#oc: raiden

Seller freezes for a moment. Slowly, carefully, he sets the jacket down and starts undoing his vest, without a word.

Raiden's fingers twist into their tie. “I, I mean it,” they say. “If you wanted. It could be nice. We could dance, and dress up all fancy, and I could do something with Reggie too, and—”

“Raiden.”

They almost flinch, finally looking up at Seller again. Their breath catches in their throat at the obvious pain in his eyes. “I—” they stammer. “I thought—”

“Is that all you would want?” Seller asks, their voice low and quiet. “A ceremony?”

Raiden's grip on their tie tightens, stretching the fabric. “Well, I—I can't, it wouldn't be… does it matter? It's just a piece of paper?” 

Seller turns away as he slips out of his vest, his hunched shoulders the only outward sign of the impact of Raiden's words.

“I thought you wanted this,” Raiden pleads, taking a half-step towards them. “I—I did notice how sad you seemed tonight, even though you were trying to hide it. How sad you’ve been every time we’ve gone to one. I know I'm not romantic enough. I'm trying. And I wasn't ready before, you know how I… but if you wanted it I would do it now. We could do the whole romantic ceremony, and get rings, and… it would be fun, wouldn't it? It would be nice?”

Seller doesn't say anything for several long moments, staring at their folded clothes resting on the bed. “I don't want just a ceremony,” he mumbles. “You don't even want that.”

“What?” Raiden says, pulling his hand back slightly from where he was reaching for them. “No, I… I mean, if you want to, I… but why does it have to be more than a ceremony? It's just a big hassle. And I mean, I never got my documents changed, so it would be legal, but it wouldn’t be—”

“Raiden, please,” he interrupts, and they fall silent, staring at him with their worry etched heavily into their brow. 

“I know,” he continues. “I know it isn't happening. So let's just not. I'm happy how we are now.”

“But… you're not,” Raiden insists quietly. “You’re not happy. I know you, and I know what you look like when you’re happy, and I know what you look like when you want to be happy but something is eating away at you instead. And that’s how you’ve looked every single time we go to one of these. I don't want you to have to feel like that. I don’t want to hurt you like that! And I wasn't ready then, I just couldn’t do anything about it, but I am now. I want you to be able to do all the big romantic things you want to do. I want to have the ceremony, the rings, the…”

“No,” Seller says simply.

Raiden stares at him for several long moments. “Okay,” he says, his voice small.

Seller nods and steps over to Raiden, brushing his fingers against their cheek as he leans in for a gentle kiss. “I'm happy,” he repeats softly. “I like how we are now.”

Raiden's words catch in their throat, and they just nod, closing their eyes as they lean in for another kiss. “Okay,” he manages, matching Seller's volume. “I'm happy too.”

so let's give a quick overview of all of them! let's start with the classic

Hephae Canestus! She's a mechanic at Xen with unhealthy loyalty issues. She likes to stare at people a lot, and she's got a fairly thick southern accent. She comes from Unova and got her love for automechanics from her father.

King Caliburn! He's a grunt in Bladestar who has a hyperfixation on crustaceans. His entire team is crustacean Pokemon, and he aspires to become a veterinarian for aquatic Pokemon- but he also can't stand the way GDC is run, so he's going to help put a stop to that first.

Lusca! King's best friend and boss. A Bladestar Admin who uses mollusk Pokemon, they were the reason King got into Bladestar in the first place. He's also studying to become a veterinarian.

Queen Caliburn! King's sister. A teacher at Axis High, she has no clue what's happened to her brother. She knows he's in Bladestar, but him telling her that went worse than poorly, so now they're out of contact- after the events at the ball, she's worried he died.

Eleanor! She's a "Destroyer of Aevium" - aka the people under Vitus who use wield eleki and drago. She's the owner of Regidrago! She's a very violent and angry person, having been raised to be an aggressive weapon by Vitus since she was a baby. She has a crush on Hazuki which unfortunately leads to her death in the Sanctuary.

Raiden! The other "Destroyer of Aevium", he wields Regieleki. He's the strong, silent type, and usually lets Eleanor speak for him. He's also Eleanor's impulse control- otherwise, these two would just be getting into constant fights. He can and will beat the shit out of you, though. He manages to live into the modern day, but he's no longer a Destroyer. He's busy traveling.

Nathaniel Goode! Not much to go over with him; he's basically Zeight's antivirus system while also being a virus himself. He also coincidentally looks like a Garufan programmer also named Nathan Goode. Why he does is unknown because trying to communicate with him is impossible ( he's too busy fixing the rendering engine )

whew okay breather time.

alright breather time over back to it-

Gale Suite! She's a part of a family of travelers that extend over the rebornverse for the fun of it- she lives in Aevium and helps one of her family members hunt down Zygarde Cells. We'll only go over one of the other Suites to keep things as brief as humanly possible...

Kim Suite! She's the eldest of the Suites and the scariest. She's got a perpetual smile and a shade always over her face- this is hiding the fact she's actually a 25% Zygarde. She's the one who gathers Cells- mostly Just In Case Something Happens. She tends to go between Reborn and Aevium.

Apho! Xen Mage who has a grudge against Hephae, for some reason. Regardless they're a very quiet person who also happens to be one of the creepiest people ever, constantly muttering about doing very violent things to people they don't like.

Ray and Yra! ( Yra's the one with the hat. ) Interceptor OCs based on the concept of making one different decision. Ray's paragon while Yra's renegade-- the turning point is the aftermath of Mt. Valor, where Yra decides to close herself off from everyone while Ray decides to help everyone get through it. Both are heavily committed to the Bit and tend to fail upwards in most battles.