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“Oh, it’s my time?” Tsuki asked in a mocking innocent tone to Agent WHITE as he gestured for him to follow after. He followed him and his strange chimera looking Pokemon into Sub’s office, taking the seat he had sat in many times before; usually after he had done something stupid or reckless back in the day. He’d listen in as Looker began asking him about his experiences with Snagem. Were they blackmailing him? Forcing some random teenager from Cinnabar Island into a life of crime under threat of violence? It was as if Looker thought he mattered so much as to warrant that kind of persuasion in order to join up with the mercenary group. Yes, between the multiple master channelers, champion level battlers, and legendary hybrids, Tsuki was somehow worth coercing. He nodded his head along to the questions before having a thought: this was a psyche evaluation.

Tsuki had been arrested before, had had officers underestimate him before. Looker was no different. He let out a snort once the detective finished his line of questions. “You… jump and attack us mid mission when we’re taking down Cipher technology that was mind controlling Pokemon, put collars on my friends like they’re animals, threaten to kill them if they resist or try to break free, and break into my home and turn over anything not nailed down. Can you do me a favor and drop the good cop routine? Because you’re bad at it.” Tsuki said with the calculated anger of someone who had been in this sort of situation before. Cops would take and twist whatever you said. “Anyone with a psyche major and a basic understanding of the law could have reasonably gathered, had you walked in with a warrant, we would have just complied. If all the effort Snagem put in to get legitimized by the Indigo Alliance was any @%^*ing indication.”

Tsuki held his gaze before eyeing WHITE in particular. Whoever he was, he watched as Sol got brainwashed and tried to kill him and Reno, only to do nothing. He supposed he’d actually answer, if only to clear the group of the idea that they were somehow blackmailing children. “I joined Snagem because I saw how they took down the Ranger Union, and I stayed with them because of how we took down groups like the Rocket Gang and Pyre Cult. And I’m here now because I asked to come back, because I wanted to help their catch and release efforts to undo the damage that Ein did to the Pokemon he’s hurt.”

"It's... not going to stop?" She was elated that she had managed to apparently stop the degradation, only to find out that it was only slowed. "I…” Her ears drooped again, frustrated about her predicament even more now. There was no guarantee that Rome would continue to exist even with this by the time Reno got back, and it’s not like. She couldn’t tell time outside, Reno was the one helping her with that, too. Who else got called out since Reno? How many were left? She didn’t know, and it was frustrating. “A friend, huh? Thank you. At least I can make someone feel like that.” She’d give Rome a sympathetic smile, sighing. “Was it not normal for you to have many friends, or is it just the long amount of time you… existed, I suppose?” Crystal couldn’t help but be curious about that, how he meant it. “Ah, I suppose if that wasn’t appropriate, you don’t have to answer.”

Keiko didn't pay them treating her like an injured person any mind and walked out of the office, headed toward the STR. Once she got there, Yuna immediately ran up to her and hugged her. Keiko picked her up, then walked over to me and picked up Serena "Let's go see Ulla," Keiko said to Yuna once she had Serena was in her arms. Yuna looked to me as Keiko started to walk away. 'Wait, what about Daddy?"

I answered before Keiko could. "I'll be fine. You go with Mommy," I told her before focusing on Keiko. "How'd it go? They certainly didn't seem to keep you long." Keiko just shrugged at that. "they just wanted to know why I joined Snagem and how Ii became a hybrid. I'm surprised they didn't ask me more." With that, she carried our daughters out of the STR and toward the main lobby, where she assumed most Snagems wound up after interrogation. "Ulla?" she called out.

Odd was still standing outside the STR when Keiko returned. When he heard the door open and saw Keiko walk in, he attempted to follow her. "Please! Get Libelle, too!" He begged her whether he was stopped or not. The concern in his voice was very real.

So Deo was free to do whatever he wanted. With the limitations of the handcuffs and can’t go far. He went to his room and saw it was a mess, stuff was thrown everywhere. So taking his time, and what he could do, he cleaned that up. The kitchen was destroyed with his grandmother's baked goods all over the place. Once more he cleaned that up with a little hiss in his tone. ‘I can not believe that these cops have no sense of respect for anything’ he thought.

He would be cleaning the kitchen window when he saw it. A pen of pokemon, and not a small pen to boot. He knew he could not go outside but how was he to know what pokemon was there. He had to know what was going on with the pokemon. But it was a complete and utter mystery to him. Thinking, he could go outside with his new…. No, that raise too many eyebrows and have snagem ask why. He could try to call…. No, nobody to call, and no phone to call with. What could he do… BINGO

Going to one of the guards, he would ask politely. “Sir, I notice all the pokemon that are still out there pinned up, can I ask why they are pinned up?” He said as he knew he did not like seeing these pokemon caged, and he has a Machamp to continue fighting. That pesky sunnava (quack) had round 2 coming up.

“It’s like you’re trying to actively misunderstand me.” Tsuki said back to Essentia. “Didn’t call him a good cop, I told him to stop playing at it. But you- you are really good at playing the bad cop. Got a lot of experience at it I bet.” He nodded before inadvertently curling his lip into a snarl when she did call his friends animals. Seemed like they both had biting marks to throw each way.

“Ooooo, so scary. Look lady I once had a freaky Ein clone knockoff try to kill me at thirteen- you think you scare me? And for the record, I was vice captain of the debate team in Naranja Academy, so you’re gonna have to do better than throwing a loaded question like that at me. I literally just said I came back to help the Pokemon that Ein hurt. Meaning Shadow Pokemon affected by the virus who need to be purified and released and the ones in Red Mountain that were being- and I’m gonna say this real slow for you here- m I n D   c O n T r O l L e D.” There was a particular say he said the Cipher scientist’s name, like he himself had personally attacked Tsuki despite the two of them never meeting.

Her questions were telling though. If he took the piss out of her a bit more, maybe he’d be able to get her to slip and admit something she shouldn’t? Tsuki leaned back, comfortable like. “The fact that you’re grilling someone this low on the admin totem pole tells me you’re desperate. I bet you guys don’t even have anything serious enough to incriminate us- otherwise why not just arrest us and send us to trial?” He asked, a genuine question. Then he’d lean forward. “Seriously though, have you guys never done an investigation before? Did you never even think to call the people involved with our sanctioning? I can share Clavell’s number if you don’t have it.”

"Yeah, they said you gave them some trouble." Keiko spoke up as Odd made his presence known. She didn't realize he'd followed her out into the main room, but he was a familiar and friendly face, so she didn't mind. Though she was quick to put her focus back on Aile so she could answer her question. "But it went by really quickly for me. They just wanted to know why I joined Snagem and how I was hybridized. I'm honestly surprised the didn't ask me more. Oh, and also either Lovrina's pulled a fast one with SWIPE, or there's more than one person with that name. He mentioned he only knew a 'Dr.' Lovrina, and his description of her didn't really match the person responsible for my hybridization," Keiko explained.

"Oh, they didn't describe her appearance. They just said that she 'has always been a stalwart defender of good ethics in science and an adamant detractor of Ein's and Cipher at large.' I plan to look into her once SWIPE clears out. But yeah, I didn't really know what to think when they said that to me, either," Keiko explained. "Considering the Lovrina that hybridized me was living in our Brig until recently, I was willing to accept that they could be different people, but honestly, I really don't know."