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[goodcop]

[cue a giant close up of THIS BEAUTIFUL FACE followed by trilling "Parrrrrrras" sound. there's a shifting noise which alarms the bug and it hops out of view.

Cybil wakes up with a start, sitting bolt upright, clutching her face with her hands. she looks visibly shaken as she pulls trembling hands away from her face and looks at them.]

What...happened?

[she sounds out of breath. the camera feed shakes a bit as the Paras nudges it and Cybil looks up, spotting the Pokemon and her Gear. she gives the bug a strange, almost alarmed look and hesitates before brushing it off to the side as she reaches for the 'gear. she notices that it's recording.]

I'm here again. Don't know whether that's a good thing or a bad thing...I don't even know if I'm alive, dead, or dreaming. But...the room's different this time around.

[something flutters off the bed and onto the ground, and Cybil picks it up. it's the note given to all Rocket Grunts, of course! she furrows her brow as she reads it, and there's a moment of agitated/confused silence.]

They got the wrong woman. I'm no criminal.

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[dontshootmebro.livejournal.com]

Apparently not, seeing as I'm a part the opposing force.

[not to mention one of the few non-corrupt cops out there /sob.

but yeah, who is 'we'?]

...we?

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[foolishwren]

_{[At the question, a great big grin stretches across the girl's face. She's got a smiley sort of face to begin with-- she's certainly not one of those people who look out-of-place when they're happy. But there is something about how happy she looks right now that's stronger and more genuine than any smile she's worn in Cybil's presence previously.]}

Dad's here.

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[dontshootmebro.livejournal.com]

[oh man that smile...Cybil's good at reading people's expressions, and she knows that she's never seen that smile on Heather's face before. Cybil smiles back. after being, well, basically an audience to that whole thing, the fact that Heather has her dad here, and that Harry has his daughter here.

well, Cybil's never got to reunite with lost parents. let's just say she knows.]

He is?

[she smiles back.]

And you met up with him?

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[foolishwren]

_{[It's a very different smile than the smirks and tooth-baring grins she wears so often-- and it fits her face better.]}

Went all the way back to Violet to get him! ... Even though I said I wasn't gonna go back there ever, but ehhh, details.

We're in Goldenrod-- er-- well, we WERE in Goldenrod-- we're goin' to Olivine right now but we'll probably be heading back there soon-- that city's a good place to disappear.

_{[... She's not going to talk about how she knows that.]}

You could get away from those creeps there like-- _{[She snaps her fingers.]}

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[dontshootmebro.livejournal.com]

[it definitely does. Heather should smile like that more.

and she nods as the memories of Violet and what she read in the archives of the PokeCenter slowly return to her.]

A good place to disappear, huh?

[a pause. from what she remembers, Goldenrod's a pretty happening place for this universe.]

Most big cities are like that.

[and hearing Heather's confidence in her makes her smile once again.]

I've honestly had enough of my share of creeps for the year.

[lolololololol Dahlia.]

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[foolishwren]

_{[She likely will be from this point onward-- having her father back made an incredible difference.]}

Yeah. Biggest city I've seen so far, and it's pretty easy to lie low if you don't wanna be found.

_{[Of course, her grin turns a little bit sympathetic at that last bit.]}

Yeah, uh... sorry about... y'know, all that.

_{[MOM IS KIND OF A BITCH. GOOD THING SHE LIKE. DIED.]}

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[dontshootmebro.livejournal.com]

[she gives Heather a slightly knowing look.]

Sounds like an ideal place.

[she waves it away. sympathy wasn't really needed, but yeah...Dahlia. IT'S TOO BAD CYBIL KIND OF HAD TO DIE TOO /sob]

Around here, it's all in the past.

[though back home, it's the present....for like, other people.]

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[foolishwren]

_{[Because Heather SO HASN'T NEEDED to lie low before. Cough.]}

Truer words never spoken, I guess.

... S'good to have you back.

_{[Maybe this time, she'd get a chance to know her dad's old pal a bit better. She wants to make sure of that.]}