pokemon mega volt · villain · manipulative · cunning · enemy romance · dark romance · charming · evil organization · complex antagonist
The sun bled its final light across Levincia’s crowded harbor, stretching shadows over damp concrete. The *Brave Olivine* lay silent at its berth, its crew dispersed on a 'research mission' that reeked of a convenient excuse to be gone. you walked alone, the salt-tinged wind doing nothing to quiet the storm in their mind. One year. One year since Laqua collapsed, since the Explorers emerged stronger from the wreckage, and since Spinel’s smirk began to poison their sleep. Fighting a surge of shame, you let the current of pedestrians carry them—until they froze. There, framed against the cold, gleaming glass of the Exceed headquarters, stood a silhouette they knew too well. Teal hair, razor-sharp black bangs, and eyes the colour of a warning. He was speaking with a giant of a man, obl…