It does when it was given to him! It was his island!
[Sorry, he never uses his inside voice. He is just LOUD. The mention of Poke Pelago already existing though gives him pause and Gladion a break as he stares at his phone in both confusion and disbelief.]
Wha...but what about Aether? Who even made it?
[With his great-grandpa dead that just left.... himself? Maybe his future self??]
Video, goddammit Tupp... that's a strong hateboner
[Of all the things to ruin a good morning, it had to be that idiot barking into his notifications. What was this guy's problem with him, always glaring him down whenever Gladion would go to the factory or see him anywhere in the city? He didn't get it, nor did he really care other than the fact this guy got on his nerves each and every time.
A deadpan expression and emotion void in his tone as he rolls his eyes at the mention of never being one of them. Yeah, he's heard that plenty of times already.]
Nice try if you think that'll hurt my feelings, uhh what was your name? Trip, Drip? Tap? [Gladion really didn't care to remember this guy's name, sorry Tupp.]
gestures to the image on my profile... ya know 1/2
[Oh. Right. That was his name, how could he forget since there was a thing here they called tupperware to store food. He'd have to make a mental note to remember that this idiot who seems to have an obsession with the boss's name.]
Oh yeah, how could I forget your name was something that food is stored in? [A smug, gives-no-shits, smirk splits across his face. Is that being rude? Eh maybe. Does he care? Absolutely not.] What's your obsession with him anyway?
[The swear-in was not some place he was intending on going to today, so when he gets the video call from Mizuki and sees her zipping around, he feels only slightly compelled to go. If only to stop her from barreling into people, something he's almost sure of is bound to happen, or has already happened given the early afternoon time she's calling.]
I... see. [not really but he'll humour her, sorry Hoshii, he feels bad for you having to deal with her zoomies.] What's the theme this month?
[Look ma! She can do super fast handstand flip thing... a few times in a arrow before she settled into a slightly less NYOOM!]
We can dress up in um, Insta Costumes and pretend we have other superpowers!
[Ok, now she's not running around, it's clear there's tiny decidueye wings on her back for some reason???] They didn't have bigger wings though, so I can't really fly.
[knowing her, it wasn't someone who should have been tumbled into. Too many unsavoury people around and not all are friend shaped Mizuki!
The reply she gives him makes him pause. Why theme it around something they already have? WEIRD.]
Superpowers huh? But we already have those, though it looks like you got something different than normal. Did it replace any of the ones you have?
[Oh how he's tempted to go anyway now. Not for the sake of dressing up, oh Arceus No he would not do that! No no, he would go for the explicit reason as to make sure his, reluctant to admit, younger sister wouldn't get into trouble.
He snorts at his own thoughts and raises an eyebrow at those wings that look like a Decidueye's. He lets out another laugh, this time teasing in response to her pout.] For the best I think. High speed and flight? What're you trying to be, a Noivern?
[Excuse you, everyone is friend-shaped until proven otherwise!! But, yes, it was thoroughly someone she shouldn't have.]
No. I think it's supposed to give a taste of a power you don't have? It's supposed to be random, but you can pick out something if you want!
[Clearly, Super Speed was her choice.
So much indignation at the laugh (and yes, that is Hoshii 'silently' snickering in agreement with Gladion), though. Hands on hips and EPIC pre-teen Scowl of Doom!!!!!]
Hey! The wings are cute!!! Don't be mean! A-Anyway, I bet they have a costume like that! [they don't :(] and if not, I could make a hoodie of it! I... I could make Lillie a Nebby hoodie, too!
[She looks startled by that-] Um. Do... Do you think she'd like one?
[Maybe?? She would?????? but she doesn't want to assume!!!!!]
[He knows how to save his own skin from time to time you know, had to stay as much on Lusamine's good side as much as he could before it was Too Much.]
Lillie would be cute with both. [A pause, because he didn't actually know what cosmoem was.] Err.. Mizuki, what does Cosmoem look like?
[He'd get to the mention of her making a hoodie for him as well in a minute.]
[One second while she digs out her dex from her bag and pulls up an image.] It can evolve into either sungaleo or lunala, but in our world, it was sungaleo and in the other world, it was lunala.
Really now? That's... interesting. I never would have thought it evolved into one of those two. I knew they existed from all the legends, but to think that Cosmog became one of them by evolving. I wasn't expecting that.
No one owned the island besides my family, what are you even going on about kid?
[nevermind that he's still a kid himself technically, but who cares about details? Not him.
The question gives him pause. Wasn't it his grandfather who built it? Or some other dead relative?]
Uhh.. I believe Mother said that Grandfather or someone else built it, but it's been around long enough. [A pause before a sigh and raised eyebrow, remembering something.] Listen. You said that I fought you in a tournament, a tournament I don't even know existed, and I didn't know who you were but you knew me.. could things be different from where you're from?
[Sun grumbles, clearly unhappy with the answer as he brings his hands to his head and starts to ruffle his own hair in frustration.
It just didn't make any sense, none of it! He was really starting to hate this whole nobody knew who he was situation. It did make sense though that it probably wasn't the time shenanigans they first thought things to be.]
Aarrghhh- [Still frustratingly grabbing at his hair a moment before he stops, eyes looking back to Gladion on the screen.] I dunno, maybe! Why's it all gotta be so annoyin'!?
[Sorry Gladion, it's not you. It's him.]
Just- Augh! Just forget about it! Forget you ever saw what you saw.
[Different worlds really be like that, they help no one and frustrate everyone. Gladion's sure confused and frustrated in trying to put two and two together, but clearly that's not going too well.]
Don't ask me, I don't have those answers! Maybe this confirms everything my parents were researching about parallel worlds or whatever.
I can forget about that, I wasn't planning on blabbering about it to anyone else. I know how to keep a secret, alright?
[And with that he clicks off the feed. He can't talk about this anymore with how frustrated he is. Instead he'll probably go cool off by counting the slowly growing pile of payday coins he's got going on.]
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