#aachromaa

[funkaliicious]

fun fact: this is from a discord interrogation thread

[invictarre-archive]

@aachromaa asked: describe me :) / description asks

You don't like the way he looks at you. He's going for something like sympathetic understanding, you think, a honeyed reassurance he knows what you've gone through, he gets it--

He knows nothing.

He wasn't there.

He didn't see you choking on your own agony, trembling hands pressed tight to your chest and trying not to think about the exposed bone you can feel beneath your fingertips. He didn't see you finally lose the strength to hold yourself up, vision blurred, clothes and skin soaked in blood as the pool around you only grew wider. He didn't see you fighting to hold onto consciousness even if it meant enduring the unbearable, terrified that if you let yourself rest, you'd never wake back up.

He didn't see the aftermath. He didn't see the tears, the mental anguish, the desperate need to know why you weren't considered important enough for the police to help. He didn't see you take to the skies, finding a lonely cliff edge to stand and shout away your pain, your frustration, your fury.

Why aren't you here? Why won't you help us?!

Our civilians are scared, our Rangers are overwhelmed trying to assess the damage the wild Dynamaxing caused, our Gym Leaders- my friends -are swamped with people needing advice or comfort or reassurances of safety. Why aren't you here?!

Galar needs you! We- I need you!

He didn't see you fall to your knees and scream until your throat was raw and bloody, cursing every officer and their inaction.

We could have died! My brother, his friend- Those children could have died!

He didn't see you break down into frenzied sobbing as Char's wings encircled you, wrapping you in their warm, leathery cocoon. He didn't see you cry cradled in your ace's arms, continuing until this fit had devolved into shaky, uneven exhales that tasted faintly of metal.

So, no. While you don't doubt that he believes he understands, believes that he can claim to know what you faced with any degree of accuracy, you're not buying it for a second.

He has no idea what you went through.

( Very few people do. )

[sekizein]

❝ could you tell your brother to stop being mean to me? ❞ :(

" no. because it is funny to me personally. " / @aachromaa

[yyamask]

Everyone involved with Plasma has my unending hatred for life.

[redlegend-a]

@aachromaa​  from x

He couldn’t. Not effectively or without a lot of explanation. He raises his good hand and spells.

<<F e l l . S h a r p . >>​

And half of it was true. He’d tongued the projectile and slipped it into his pocket.

<< No pain. Running. Bandage. >>

[seginbeats]

❝ so! where's the REVOLUTION PLAYLIST? and does it have REVOLUTION 909 on it? ❞

if it doesn't, the doctor will be sorely disappointed.

“DUH! ! ! ! Oh you want a WHOLE playlist drop—? Yo okay, yeah, I’ll get on that, holdup just keep an eye on Chatter—“

Good to know that everybody seems to be collectively agreeing that the government is mid.

[chounaifu]

❝ proton, bestie, how could you give john that iono card...? do you know how much you could've sold that thing for...? ❞ he looks genuinely disappointed.

"But bestie, I got a Slowpoke--"

One of his grunts slides over their phone to show the market value of the Iono card.

And Proton SHRIEKS.

"FUCK! NOW I GOTTA ROB JOHN."

[rcmantorchwick-a]

“ Unova and their dodgy blokes are the least of my interests, don’t flatter yourself with upping security. “

[elitepoppy]

"Maybe....if you wore a technicolor coat? The same one, but rainbow?"

[profutured]

@aachromaa / continued from here!

He was pacing. Had been doing so since he'd first gotten the text responses, walking neat lines from one end of Zero Lab to the other.

Aldrés usually kept himself in sleep mode when alone in the lab, his body unmoving while he hopped from monitor to monitor, keeping everything powered and working as intended. What point was there, of pretending to be human while no audience was available to watch? Its abilities functioned identically regardless of if it was controlling a physical form or not, and continuing the masquerade simply for the sake of doing so felt... oddly lonely. Too much of a reminder of what once had been.

But this time was different. He knew he had to break the news - to attempt deception now would be an insult to them both and the height of cowardice - but how would it be best done? Surely being presented with a lifeless shell would cause more panic than necessary. But was it better to grapple with the sudden news while looking at a dead man's mirror image? Would that not cause distress, too?

Too many variables, every one of them unpredictable.

The call was answered immediately. Aldrés hoped any robotic notes in his voice would be brushed off as line interference, a strange by-produce of the waves of Tera Energy this crater was drowning in.

                     ❝ Greetings. I see you have made it to Zero Gate. I do apologise I wasn't there to meet you, but there are certain... difficulties that require my attention down here. ❞

That's one way to put it, he supposed. There certainly were many problems in need of his constant, undivided attention.

                     ❝ Due to an unprecedented influx in unauthorised personnel attempting to access the crater- ❞ and an alarming number of Paradoxes trying to get out of it ❝ -Zero Gate has been put on lockdown. From my position, I should be able to temporarily re-channel sufficient power back into it, allowing you to enter. ❞

There was a pause, and Aldrés' voice softened. Relief replaced his usual cool detachment, the next words warmer than anything most would expect to hear from the Professor.

                     ❝ ...I am glad you came, Doctor. ❞

[funkaliicious]

@aachromaa asked: steals his scarf and wraps it around both of their shoulders.

It's more than long enough for two. With how he lets it hang across his shoulders, brushing against the hem of his coat, there's easily enough fabric to accommodate a duo, a trio, possibly even a quartet. He's let one or two of his favourites borrow it before, snuggling their faces against its softness and shutting out the bitter winter air.

But this particular encounter isn't about warmth. It's July, the height of summer -- there's no need to seek out any extra layers.

Cabanela knows this. Cabanela will play along anyway.

Both ends of the scarf are grabbed and wound around his hand, the bright red a nice contrast against his skin. He admires this sight for only a moment before giving both sides a sudden, sharp tug, forcing the men closer together. One arm slips from the scarf to wind its way around Colress's waist instead, resting loosely against the bone of his hip.

                     ❝ Gettin' chiiiilly, baby? You should have said. ❞

                     ❝ If thaaaat's the issue, I'm sure we can think of soooome waaaaay to warm you up. ❞

[telekinetiq]

« GEE, YOU SURE ARE BIG AND TALL!!! HOW’D YA GET SO BIG AND TALL, ZZRT ZRT? »

rotom titters and flutters around mewtwo excitedly before prattling some more.

« YOU SEEM SUPER STRONG, TOO!!! I CAN FEEL IT!!! I’M STRONG TOO, Y’KNOW!!! MAAAAYBE NOT AS STRONG AS YOU, THOUGH. ZZZRT! »

                 ❮  ... I am ?  ❯

ㅤㅤsure, compared to humans Mewtwo was fairly large, and even for parallel versions of himself ( he doesn't even want to think about that ) , but there were plenty of Pokémon that were far more massive— a fact he found mildly displeasing, but it wasn't super important. he wonders what the Rotom's frame of reference is for his size. if he was being compared to Mew or Rotom itself, then ... yeah. he was several times their size.

                 ❮  I was created like this ... well, almost. I was slightly shorter a few weeks ago. self-experimentation lead to, among other things, an increase in height. I decided to keep that change.  ❯

ㅤㅤthe psychic passively watches his newfound acquaintance circle around him excitedly while continuing to talk, still rather taken aback by the sudden and very enthusiastic interaction.

                 ❮  yes, well ... I was created to be the strongest, so unfortunately I cannot take too much credit for it. you ... certainly have a lot of spunk for one so small. are you lost, little one ?  ❯

[sekizein]

it’s ok emmet ur brother is mean to me too

" HE KEEPS DOING THAT. AND I WONT STAND FOR IT ANY LONGER, MR SCIENCE MAN. " / @aachromaa

[yyamask]

[shepherd-tothestars]

@aachromaa answered:

 ❝ miss zossie! i am delighted to see you again. ❞ colress hummed and flashed the young ultra human a smile, before nodding his head affirmatively. ❝ yes, i have been to the GREAT CRATER OF PALDEA before! i’ve been there a few times, actually. located inside the great crater is a place called AREA ZERO. ❞

 the doctor hesitated. he knew better than to openly discuss the secrets of area zero, when he was so generously entrusted with them in the first place. to break the TRUST of his closest colleagues, even for the ultra recon squad…

 too much has already been lost down there. i cannot lose them to that hellscape, too.

 ❝ … access to the crater is restricted for good reason, my dear. its geography is unlike that of which you have ever seen, and the life forms down there possess power that could rival the power of the BLINDING ONE. even the STRONGEST pokémon trainers are RISKING THEIR VERY LIVES when they enter area zero. several scientists have lost their lives to the HORRORS that dwell within the crater’s depths. ❞

 colress bent down to zossie’s height and took her hands into his, insistent on getting his point across. as his piercing golden gaze met hers, he uttered, ❝ you, nor any member of the ultra recon squad should enter that crater without explicit permission and guidance from the area zero research team, of which i am naught but an honorary member of by association. i cannot stop you from pursuing permission to enter the crater, but i implore you to heed my warning, and the warnings of others. you must not enter area zero. do you understand, zossie? ❞

"It's really that bad...? As strong as the Blinding One?" She could hardly imagine anything like that. There were only two 'pokemon' in URS records that rivalled the power of Necrozma, that being its natural rival Eternatus and the Original One itself. The notion made her more curious, but equally fearful. There was absolutely no reason to distrust Colress and his warnings.

"Oh you've gotta tell all this to Dulse... He has talked about entering with or without human given permission already. Hearing talk of weird creatures in there get his sort of UB-excitement going... But there's no Ultra Beasts in Area Zero, are there???" To think that there were possibly undiscovered Ultra Beasts. That was highly unlikely, but it would definitely draw her partner as long as the possibility remained.

"What's really in there..??? If you tell us, we might not need to do any research there after all. We're mostly here to study Tera Energy, and it's at its strongest in the crater... If it's really too dangerous, we'll have to work around it..." Her anxious eyes gazed at his for advice. They didn't want to turn up with nothing, nor did she want themselves to end up entirely endangered. Zossie wasn't exactly sure how to go about this.

Then again, if Colress had been there but came out fine... Surely they could, too. As long as they had the right guidance.

[seginbeats]

That’s a fun group of fans. Giacomo is popular amongst Unovans.