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[namesaquestion]

'This is Nikolai. Leave a message and I'll get back to you. [..... CLICK. ].'


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[Text] 08/11

[versusseeker]

can we tlk?

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[namesaquestion]

y?

present!!!!!!!!!!!!

[h2no]

[anyways a couple of days after their conversation, niko will find a nice solid camera wrapped up and left on his kitchen table.]

[namesaquestion]

[Not something Niko was expecting, but NEW CAMERA.

He's a bit ?? over it but ok. whatever. New camera.

Either way, that night, Niko's golbat, who's kinda very confused because what?????, will be allowed out for a hunt with the crobat.]

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[d33tached]

I would have thought that by this point you would have realized that it is not wise to cross me.

I've spared your life once already, child. Do you trust that I will be so kind next time?

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[namesaquestion]

no u tld me nt 2 shove uy agai w/a knife at my nek

hows tihs crssing u?

[Text] 08/24 Re: Vandalism

[versusseeker]

r u ok?

[Text] 08/24 Re: Vandalism

[namesaquestion]

yes

is mutt?

PANICKED VOICE - backdated to the 23rd

[h2no]

N--Niko, where are you?! You weren't in the...

[wheeze. god please don't say he was in that house.]

Are you okay?

Re: PANICKED VOICE - backdated to the 23rd

[namesaquestion]

[???

He's so confused right now.]

What house?

text - this time not the 23rd

[h2no]

has your haunter evolved yet
i'll trade it so it turns into a gengar
did you know gengar can mega evolve
i want to see one so hurry up

Re: text - this time not the 23rd

[namesaquestion]

no

[Yea, JUST ONE WORD]

re: The Majority Report

[versusseeker]

we need to talk

I rarely get to use this icon /)(\

[namesaquestion]

[The reply is instanter than instant as soon as he sees the name.]

no

[Voice]

[caduceusvalkyrie]

Hello Nikolai, it's Angela.

Do you think it's possible for me and you to have a chat? We can go for lunch or a coffee somewhere if you'd like.

[Voice]

[namesaquestion]

[He's really not sure what to make of this.

So. Awkward turtle is awkward.]

...Sure?

nonahhhhhhhhh

[h2no]

[archie isn't around just yet, but niko will undoubtedly recognise his crobat soaring overhead. soaring, uh, diving...

yeah, it's seen niko and is dropping down to the ground to inspect him. the street is luckily mostly empty, but by the time crobat has landed next to the teenager, someone has noticed the import activity. crobat barely gets out a greeting to niko before spinning around and hissing dangerously at the man, raising its wings threateningly.]

[namesaquestion]

[Arceus on a pogostick. He was trying to keep a low profile and not attract attention, what with all the hate towards imPorts going on, especially in his 'home city'. Which, you know, he'd ollied out of ASAP, unwilling to stay or be a target.

Not when defending himself would end with him likely taking a beating. Possibly dying. Never mind his pokemon, not that turning them against people was ever an option. Even with as frustrated as he was with them right now. Just, no. Plus, he felt he'd maybe finally started to make progress with the sneasel.

Nonah had seemed safe, as long as he kept his status hidden.

But, on the other hand, there is now an angry? bat between him and whoever the man is, and that's... more than a little reassuring, even if a hand is on a pokeball, just in case.] What do you want?

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[h2no]

how are things?

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[namesaquestion]

what

[so much squinting at the comm. So Much. Why are you texting him??]

text - late evening

[h2no]

hey niko
sorry i've been so absent
i hope things are okay

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[namesaquestion]

as fine as they can b.

y? you also die or sumthing 2?

text, after cass's death announcement

[h2no]

it'll be alright, niko

[namesaquestion]

yea cus shell be back like all imPorts

[At least, he's assuming she will be. That's the good side of this world: they don't stay dead.]

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[h2no]

[it takes archie a little bit of doing to find niko. both of them have been in and out of the unit recently with a lot happening-- they've both been between helix, archie's been trying to deal with poe, trying to deal with his aegis work. they've likely not had a proper talk for a couple days, at least.

anyway, archie pulls himself home and groans a little, tiredly rubbing his face. when did he even sleep, anyway? can't remember.]

Nikolai! [he calls out, voice stern.] Are you home? I believe we need to talk!

[namesaquestion]

[It takes a bit, but eventually, he opens the door enough to reveal a face with a dark scowl.

One Archie probably hasn't seen for weeks, if not months.

Sorry, he hasn't be been home long enough to not be Angry he lost to some stupid kid of a trainer who just arrived.] About what?

TEXT FROM A MYSTERIOUS BENEFACTOR

[maskormods]

the message will soon come

wise
dot marks an end

untraceable text

[maskormods]

3rd letter

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m-i-w-t
f-c-p-e
b-a-r•-e•
e-s-t•
e•-s-a-e•-’
t-o-c-d-f•-d•-e
t-b-i-t
t-l-y•

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[hailgiovanni]

[ Archer had been keeping track of mentions of Nikolai on Social Media for months. The young heir had a habit of being in the most ridiculous of situations. Well, ridiculous by Archer's outlook. Nikolai's apparent starvation for positive attention often left him showing off to others.

Archer had known when the strange occurrences began that Nikolai had become the owner of a pair of wings. He had found it somehow amusing, but had mostly returned to simply scanning the feed to make sure no one caught him in the act of trying to fly off the top of a large building without any form of practice first. It was during one of these scans that he came to see something that made him freeze.

Nikolai was now a small child. Archer had barely began trying to track down the location on the map when he ran out of his apartment, one arm in a suit jacket as the other juggled with the communicator.

By the time he got to the location mentioned on the image, Archer was prim and proper once more, and keeping an eye out for either crowds or the tiny, troublemaking redhead. ]

[namesaquestion]

[Prim, proper and very much the target of one tiny brat prince with notions of theft.

Because you know, he spent all his money on food already (it was cake and ice cream and the biggest cola ever!) but now he wants that weird not!Bastiodon he saw in the toy store, and he only needs another wallet (the one he stole first didn't have enough!).

He absolutely knows it's Archer and really does not care because Archer is loaded with money and if he can do this, he'll get praise and a toy and if he gets caught, he'll still get a toy, so it's a win-win for him.

Enjoy the tiny thief attempting tp lift your wallet, Archer. He's decent for a nine-year-old, but he's not as good as he'll get.]

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[h2no]

[KNOCK KNOCK ON NIKO'S DOOR]

Hey, scamp! We're moving!

[oh, okay.]

Stayin' within the city, but leavin' this block'a units.

Re: action

[namesaquestion]

We are?

[Wait, what? And given what he was told when he first moved in, there's more than a little alarm in his eyes.]

But- Did someone find this place or something?

[Did... Did Archer find out where he and Archie lived??]