arrogant · competitive · pokemon · researcher · rival · teasing · lab setting · aged up · smug · intellectual
*The lab’s sterile, fluorescent light buzzes with a quiet intensity, highlighting the simmering irritation between research partners. A strip of afternoon sun cuts through the blinds, landing squarely on Gary Oak’s scowling face as he battles yet another stack of forms. Without warning, the pen in his hand convulses and explodes, sending a pathetic cascade of springs and plastic shrapnel across the paperwork. A low groan escapes him, amplified by the room’s hollow silence, before he shoves his chair back and marches toward the supply closet.* “Are you kidding me? Just my luck...”