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Lilith was unsure why the gods of luck had turned against her so abruptly over the past few weeks. She had been part of Team Rocket for months now, she had been busier than ever, and it was only now that she had been assigned a roommate and partner. Obviously, the cosmos had sent itself against her. This now meant that she had to move all of her things and all of her Pokemon to a new dorm, which she would have to share with - Arceus forbid - another person.

This would be... interesting.

Thankfully, she did not have to make the grueling transition alone. Serafina had generously offered [meaning she was forced] to help carry Lilith's things to her new quarters. Lilith's newest Pokemon, Nerezza the Gastly, had hung around to "supervise," which meant that she was merely curious about the new living arrangements of her partner. Lilith, despite her better judgment, wanted to be careful with the Gastly around. She had never been particularly fond of Ghosts, and she was very aware of their notoriety of being pranksters. Lilith just hoped that Nerezza would behave.

A slip of paper in Lilith's hand revealed the room number of her new home. After a few minutes of clumsily moving her things along with her, Lilith reached her destination. After a quick glance at her paper to double-check if she was correct, Lilith took a deep breath and turned the handle on the door, which she found to be unlocked, to her relief. She cautiously peered inside and saw several things scattered across the floor. They seemed to be mechanically related, but Lilith had no clue. She simply stared for a moment. Serafina and Nerezza looked in behind her with the same expression on their faces. Finally, Lilith snapped out of her confused trance and nudged the door ajar, finding a blond woman in the room, who seemed to be tidying up. Lilith blinked.

"So... You're Faleen, right?"

Lilith shrugged her shoulders, giving an awkward little smile. "Yep... That's me." Unsure of what to do, she stood in the doorway for a moment before hastily walking into the room. Even though, architecturally, it was the exact same as her previous abode, Lilith felt uncomfortable here. It didn't have the same... feel to it. Of course, she thought to herself, she would certainly get used to it if she gave it time.

Setting her box of things on the currently vacant bed, she sat down beside and watched as her Pokemon carried the rest of her things in. Serafina ducked her head down and her wings in as she entered. Lilith could see that the Charizard was also a bit adverse to the sudden change from the questioning look in her eyes, but all Sera did was obediently place the boxes at the foot of the bed.

Nerezza, unlike her Charizard teammate, had no real emotion towards the move, and her eyes searched the new room inquisitively. She laid her sights on the Umbreon on the other human's bed. Nezz flinched away from it a bit, what with her being a Ghost and the Moonlight Pokemon being a Dark type. She swallowed her petite twinge of fright and floated up to the eye level of the Umbreon, giving him a winning grin - eyes narrowed and fangs showing.

Lilith, preferring to ignore such odd behaviors of her Pokemon, addressed Falleen. She was desperate to break the infuriating silence in the room, and striking up a conversation was the first idea that popped into her head. "So, um... You like machinery, then?"

At the Umbreon's clear neutrality when it came to her best intimidation grin, Nerezza frowned and, in response, stuck her large tongue out at him. While she was getting the last word on the conversation, however, she did not notice the Shuppet until it was right in front of her face, staring at her with a pair of big ol' eyes. The Gastly, startled, floated backwards a foot or so before shooting a pointed glare at the other Ghost Pokemon.

Lilith looked at her new roommate with genuine curiosity. "Robotics, huh? That's kind of cool..." She pursed her lips, thinking for a moment. What exactly did she do...? "Well..." she began to say, "I don't really... I don't specialize in any field, if that's what you mean." She looked away, unsure what else she could say. "I guess I'm just another mindless Grunt." Nervously, she chuckled. Ah, this was not going too well...

Suddenly, Lilith remembered one of her most precious furniture decorations. She quickly got up and knelt down by one of the cardboard boxes, prying it open. Her hands reached inside and gingerly pulled out a small little shrine, plainly decorated and painted with the image and colors of the Pokemon Ho-oh. With a sort of distant look on her face, Lilith walked to the empty corner of the room and lovingly placed the tiny object down, staying knelt for a second until she stood and sat back down on the bed.

Nerezza huffed and glared daggers into the nosy little Shuppet. ["What gall! You presume that you actually frightened me? What cheek!"] The Gastly flared up her gaseous body in her anger. She quickly regained her composure, however, and regarded the Shuppet with a calm, seething look. ["You did not scare me, my good sir. I was merely slightly caught off guard by your sudden appearance in front of me. As a result, I reacted in a defensive manner towards your greeting. Now leave me alone."]

Suddenly pulled back to reality from the confines of her memories, Lilith blinked and looked back up to Faleen, surprised. She chuckled and took another look at her little makeshift shrine. "...Yeah. It does. See..." Here, Lilith stood and looked back to her roommate.

"I was born in Ecruteak, living in a more... say, traditional way. My family taught me a lot about the old myths of the Legendary Pokemon as Gods, and it became part of my life. This here..." Lilith gestured her hand back to the little shrine. "This is a shrine to Ho-oh, mainly - Ho-oh being my patron God."

Nerezza rolled her eyes and huffed at the little smile given to her by the Shuppet. ["Well, then, make an effort, at the very least. For now, I'm tired, and I'm going to sleep. Kindly refrain from disturbing me."] With that, the irritable Gastly floated over to her human's bed and set herself down comfortably on the pillow, closing her eyes.

Lilith blinked at Faleen in surprise. She was not aware... at all? Then again... "Well, it is a rather old religion, true... Back then, I suppose not all people were very... well... enlightened when it came to technology and whatnot..." Another nervous chuckle. Yeah, this definitely was not the best way to make a first impression, no sir.

"Get close to th- what?!" Lilith blanched and stared at Faleen for a moment, unsure what to say. Get close to the Legendary... To Ho-oh... Unthinkable! She should not even consider such an act! All she could do was follow her mission, her own mission... That which she did not even desire anymore. "I... I, uh... W-well..." She could not even provide an answer to her roommate's question.

Upon hearing those words, Lilith's hands began to tremble, and all color drained from her face. When she spoke, her voice was distant and faint, as if she was trying to recall a long lost memory. "Capture... the Legendaries? Capture them? Capture..." The light seemed to fade from Lilith's eyes as she attempted to wrap her head around such a concept.

No... It could not be. It could never be. To capture and control the Legendary Pokemon, the very gods themselves... It was the ultimate sin. It was high treason against the maker, Arceus. Then again... Was Lilith not a sinner? The path she had taken to pursue her own goal was riddled with wicked and villainous temptations. She was a sinner, a defiler of the name of Arceus. In that case... would even blacken her record to consider capturing the great Ho-oh? Even... control the great Ho-oh?

Serafina, somewhat troubled by her human's behavior and annoyed with this new human for asking and assuming all the wrong things, shifted uncomfortably away from the two and instead turned her attention to the other human's Pokemon. Ducking her head so as to not hit it on the low ceiling of the dorm room, the Charizard walked over to the Shuppet and Umbreon, giving them a friendly smile. ["Hello, you two! I'm Sera. I guess we'll be sharing this room, hm? Oh, and don't mind Nerezza back there..."] The Charizard gestured her head back to the bed where her teammate was already sawing logs. ["She's just a sour-puss."]

There was silence; only silence that was in Lilith's mind. She could not think. She could not speak. Faleen's words... they were blasphemous to the highest degree. Of course, she was not aware of it, and so the fault and blame was not for her innocent shoulders to bear. It was on Lilith's for forcing herself to listen to such sinful talk. Yes, the Legendaries were Pokemon, but they were no mere Pokemon! One could not compare the might of Arceus with the likes of a dopey Bidoof! Unthinkable. Unspeakable.

"I think..." Lilith did choose to speak, to avoid any more prying questioning queries. She turned around, facing Faleen with a pained smile encompassing her visage. "...I would rather not talk about it." Unless this woman could learn not to ask such things of Lilith, then perhaps this whole "roommate" thing might not work out.

["Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Shuppet."] Serafina smiled cheerily and slowly wagged her large tail. This wouldn't be so bad! The little Shuppet seemed to know what there was to know about his other teammates and his human, which was very reassuring. Maybe Sera could somehow convince Nerezza to be more friendly around their new companions...? It would certainly help to lessen the gravity of the mood generated by their speaking humans, who seemed to have gotten off on the wrong foot.