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[h2no]

WHO: archie and you!
WHERE: around™
WHEN: a couple of days after he came back from The Bullshit
WHAT: archie's just... trying to live his life again, okay. too bad he can't do it in peace. almost like trying to level a city is a bad idea, right?
WARNINGS: mentions of everything that happened in the event, likely



Neurologists Find Brain Still Shows Signs Of Self-Criticism Minutes After Death

[when he was deemed to no longer be affected by the thrall and not likely to try and level a city again, archie was let back out into the world. a big part of him just wanted to go home and lock his door, mope in the dark or something. he doesn't, though, because he knows that even if he was possessed, he owes more to the people that he hurt than to do that. even if his presence is unwanted in the areas of maurtia falls that're still being rebuilt.

he doesn't force it too hard, of course, still knowing that he's just one person and there's only so much he can do. he knows that people won't like the answer of just "it happened" when they were hurt and almost killed, or maybe lost a relative, but... if people reach out to him, he'll do what he can. having a purpose like this almost makes him feel less lost, in a horrible selfish way.

it's likely he'll hit any imports up that directly fought him, too. seeing how they are. wanting to help make amends for how he hurt them, or maybe you'll find him in any of the three cities doing his own thing that he thinks'll help.

the media that harass him fairly constantly for interviews and answers don't really help. ...not to mention the giant purple bat that follows him around all the time. crobat stans for his trainer.]

‘At Least Days Getting Longer,’ Squeaks Tiny Inner Voice Drowned Out By Rest Of Worries

[as much as he wants to ignore it, archie is still a human that needs to rest every now and then. he hasn't been spending as much time at home anymore, especially after matt was ported out, but he does return at some point every day for food.

he's trying to act like he's fine after what happened, that he just wants to focus on making his (magnus's) mistake right, so he acts as normal. inviting people over to hang out every now and then. won't kick them out if they come over themselves, even if he kind of looks like he doesn't really want company.]

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[pummelgranite]

[ Meanwhile, up in Maurtia, the kids have taken to #Daphne-ing

The process is simple enough, grab a couple sticks and/or leaves, and put yourself somewhere conspicuous in Persephone's pose.

Here a pack of Rowdy Youths are attempting it on top of a public fountain. ]

[h2no]

[he watches this, both unsurprised and annoyed.]

Really? [said to himself, more than anything. he watches this for a couple more seconds, then decides that one of them is gonna slip or something, and he doesn't really want to be an accessory to that.] Hey! [he calls out.] Can you not on a fucking fountain?!

[pummelgranite]

[ When they see who is yelling at them, they are delighted. Both photographer and tree scramble off the fountain, as if to run away, before freezing in place. Persepohone's voice comes from somewhere behind him. ]

Wow. They sure got you there.

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina's been trying to give Archie some space, and it's been incredibly Difficult. Everything around her seems to be falling apart, and though Tina knows it's not her fault, she's filled with the desperate desire for things to just be normal and happy again, a wish that she could just wave a magic wand and fix everything and make this not have happened. She's written some fanfiction to that effect, and it's been therapeutic to some degree, but reality keeps being unavoidable.

And when she sees Archie around Maurtia Falls one day, she wants to approach him and Crobat, but she's not sure he wants to see her yet.

So he'll just have a little shadow following him around for a bit.]

[h2no]

[crobat notices tina before archie does -- crobat would've seen her before she even wanted to shadow him. it's a predator; it has good senses. anyway, crobat isn't upset with tina or anything, so the giant bat pokes archie and nods him towards her. if anything, crobat wants him to spend time with his friends, because it knows how bad he can get if he stays on his own.

refer to: going off on his own and almost ending the world with kyogre.]

Yo, Tina!

[archie crouches down, holding his arms out. HUG HIM UP GIRL.]

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina hesitates, and it takes all of her self control to not practically tackle Archie. She forces herself to stay calm, and just walks up to him and accepts the offered embrace, taking a deep breath as she does so, then gives a shaky laugh.]

... Hey. Glad to see you.

[drivesadesk]

[When Jonathan wasn't skulking around, trying to spy on Magnus and friends in action, he took breaks to go get coffee and take advantage of his super strength to heave giant vines out of roadways rip them off of doors, as well as doing anything else that needed to be done. When he saw Archie, however, he immediately stopped what he was doing to rush over.]

Hey, Archie, what's up? Are you doing okay?

[h2no]

[he's honestly genuinely shocked and touched at how much jonathan seems to care about his wellbeing. archie is struggling to deal with anyone giving a shit after what he'd done, but jonathan is there, caring as always.

he really doesn't deserve a friend like jon.]

I'm fine, [he says, with a forced little smile.] Thanks for helpin' with those vines... good to know people with super strength, huh?

[matt had super strength. he misses matt.]

[drivesadesk]

[He notices the forced smile, but Jonathan honestly isn't surprised after everything that happened.]

Yeah, no problem. It definitely comes in handy. Sometimes. Honestly, I barely ever use it.

[By reptilian standards he wasn't that strong, so he wasn't really used to even thinking of himself as having super strength.]

[heliophilic]

[At some point, when Archie comes home, he will find something new in his bedroom. More specifically, he will find one foot-long red robot fighting prawn sitting (laying?) on his bed. Upon seeing him, said robot fighting shrimp clicks at Archie, their antennae twitching.

Their owner is nowhere to be found.]

[h2no]

[he just. stops. puts his backpack down on the ground. stares.

...

...

ah! now he remembers.]

Uh... Drag...Dragpawn, right? [he asks, cautiously, taking a step towards them, holding a hand out.] M is punkin' me, right? Well, jokes on him. I'm gonna be your new best friend.

[heliophilic]

[Their antennae lift up and touch Archie's hand as it clicks at him. They then back up and try to ram said hand with their head.]

[d33tached]

[D33 would never admit it in a hundred thousand million years that he's worried about Archie, but he is. So, he shows up one morning at about 2am, knocking awkwardly at Archie's from door and then standing dumbly on the porch while he waits for the man to answer. When he does, he'll meet him with a flat:] I couldn't sleep. [Which is probably pretty clearly a lie considering how well-rested he looks. This is how he shows he cares.]

[h2no]

[archie had actually napped earlier, which is why when he answers the door he's not wearing the bandana d33's probably always seen him in. his hair is sticking up in all directions; he'd just rolled off the couch. his beard is immaculate, though. as always.]

Uh huh. [he doesn't seem too convinced when he answers the door, but doesn't push further, just stands aside for d33 to come in. mightyena comes up to sniff at him, tail wagging. d33 might notice crobat further in the house, in a dark corner. glaring.] You want food, or anythin'?

[d33tached]

[D33 doesn't seem to convinced that Archie seems too convinced, so he just edges slowly inside anyway, giving Mightyena a small pat in passing and trying to ignore the glaring bat in the corner (though his eyes do drift a bit nervously in its direction).

[Anyway, in his mind, he'd really only gotten as far as knocking on the door, so now that he's here, he's just sort of standing awkwardly in the middle of the room, glancing between Archie and anywhere but.]

Perhaps. Will you be eating as well? [Because that matters all of a sudden for some reason?]

[sleight_of_hand]

[ As Archie finally makes his way home, he might hear a familiar shout, followed by a familiar growl. If he didn't do anything, he'd get to feel a bite on his ankle -- not a harsh bite, but definitely one that was meant to be a warning. Either way, if he looked, he'd get to see Riza, her nose up in the air as she turns her back to him, flicking her tail up in irritation at Archie. ]

[ Adachi ran up just then, looking apologetic at that. He fumbled down, grabbing up Riza's leash. ]

Sorry, Archie; she got away from me.

[h2no]

It's fine.

[he's not surprised to see riza's reaction to him. he crouches down, characteristically paying more attention to the pokémon than to adachi.]

Hey, Riza. Sorry about hurting you. I wasn't in my right mind then-- I'd never do that normally. [he holds up his own mightyena's ball.] You wanna spend some time with your dad? I guess you haven't seen him for a while, huh?

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Riza's tail swished back and forth like an angry cat, though she did look back at the mention of her dad, giving him a dare that screamed how dare Archie use her family to cater to her affections. Adachi let out a sigh, rubbing at the back of his neck. ]

Sorry she's being stubborn...

[ Like Pokemon, like human dad, he guessed. ]

[halloflamer]

[It's a while after Archie has revived that Pokehaus has another knock at the door, and there's Blue, unprompted, and alone. He doesn't look any happier to be there than the last time he was at the door, but there's also an element of exhaustion in his eyes that wasn't there before.]

[He's talked to Magnus. He's heard all the excuses. He's had time to weigh everything in his mind, to watch Red absorb it all too, but he knows he can't just go on ignoring Archie after all this. At the very least, he wants to decide whether he's still angry or not.]

[He doesn't say anything to Archie when the door is opened- just walks in.]

[h2no]

[he's clearly not overjoyed at blue barging in, but doesn't voice whatever he's thinking. archie gives blue time enough to get into the house proper before he closes the door to follow.]

Have either of you spoken to Lucretia? [he asks, without pause.]

FORRRRRRRRRRR padmé

[h2no]

[released and feeling like he doesn't have anything he immediately needs to get to - having done as much work relating to the disaster as he can for the day, archie sends padmé a text, assuming that just walking up to her office and kicking the door in wasn't what she had in mind for a visit.]

when do you want to meet?

[looseleaves]

Big bro!

[ It's a rare occurrence that Hajime is out and actually has time to spare; usually he's accompanied by a friend, but today he's alone. He's alone and he spots Archie and he calls out to him, especially considering he sees a duo of a journalist and a cameraman heading towards Archie's way. He's quick enough to come to Archie's side with a wide smile, holding a pot of flowers in hand.

He has other things to say and talk about, but he'd rather get Archie out of a possible sticky situation first. ] I finally caught up to you...

[h2no]

H-haha! Hey, Haji!

[he laughs awkwardly, backing away from the journalist duo. a huge difference from how he was before, unafraid to tell them to fuck themselves.]

Where were we going? Again?

[caduceusvalkyrie]

[Angela had been keeping herself busy to distract herself from everything that happened. Throwing herself into her work, volunteering at the clinic in Devon Chima on a more regular basis. And now Jack was gone as well. Again. He was alive, but he wasn't there. She'd been given a little taste of him in her life again and just like that.

She'd found herself walking to Archie's with a couple of bags full of fruit and other treats for his pokemon. One bag with ingredients to make dinner because she wasn't going to take no for an answer.

So she manages to wrestle with the bags and knocks on the door.]

[h2no]

[the moment she knocks, she'll hear the familiar sound of mightyena barking its head off and whining. archie swearing, possibly even odin - the bird - squeaking. it's not a lot of noise, but it's... noise. archie opens the door a couple of minutes after she knocked, smiling when he sees who it is. it doesn't last, though, when he then notices how tired she looks.]

Hey, Angie! [he chirps, trying to sound cheerful. he gestures her in, holding a hand out for one of the bags.]