Post by tsundere on Feb 2, 2012 15:05:20 GMT -5
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[/style][STYLE=width: 450px; padding: 10px; background-color: ececec; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; color: 202020; border-bottom: 5px solid #0f0f0f;]Sootopolis City had been wrenched from Nox control in a coup that had been unprecedented in Lux's overwhelming victory. Thalia herself had not been on the battlefield, but she had heard the story, both from Lux's official paper, and from the other soldiers who had been on the field themselves. Nox had been broken thoroughly, chased away from their former haven.
But perhaps the cost had been too great. At least, that was how it appeared to Thalia now as she surveyed the city from her vantage point atop the hill overlooking the day's latest construction site. It had been a month since the last battle had come to an end and Sootopolis had rejoined Lux's territories, but only now were the last of the corpses being pulled from beneath the all-encompassing snow; only now was the last of the rubble and debris being cleared away in order to rebuild.
She could take some credit for that, although it didn't feel like enough. Her new rank was useful for such--prodding. She'd been able to comandeer two additonal Lux squadrons to join those already working on the construction, and to guarantee a constant influx of food and supply air drops. Hoenn was not Johto, but when a Champion said “Jump,” most people only asked “How high?”
A handful of Pokemon—her own Swampert and Charizard among them—were hauling the last of the brick and mortar that would be used for the project today to the site. A new house for a family of four to replace the one they used to own, which had been destroyed when a Nox member's Venusaur's Solar Beam missed his opponent. Thankfully the family had been at a shelter—no one had been injured or killed—but their house had been decimated. At least Thalia could give them another one, a better one. At least she could do that.
The workers—her squadrons, and a few volunteers from Sootopolis itself—were off to the left of the Pokemon, going over the blueprints and assigning roles. With a sigh, Thalia stood up to join them. Her signature white cape and white clothes—she'd forsaken the armor for today, it would only hinder her ability to aid in the construction—gleamed against the snow. White: clean and uplifting and the color of Lux. But she felt no joy as she went over to the group, only a bone-deep and unyielding weariness.[/style][STYLE=text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;]made by MINNIE of BTN.[/style]
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But perhaps the cost had been too great. At least, that was how it appeared to Thalia now as she surveyed the city from her vantage point atop the hill overlooking the day's latest construction site. It had been a month since the last battle had come to an end and Sootopolis had rejoined Lux's territories, but only now were the last of the corpses being pulled from beneath the all-encompassing snow; only now was the last of the rubble and debris being cleared away in order to rebuild.
She could take some credit for that, although it didn't feel like enough. Her new rank was useful for such--prodding. She'd been able to comandeer two additonal Lux squadrons to join those already working on the construction, and to guarantee a constant influx of food and supply air drops. Hoenn was not Johto, but when a Champion said “Jump,” most people only asked “How high?”
A handful of Pokemon—her own Swampert and Charizard among them—were hauling the last of the brick and mortar that would be used for the project today to the site. A new house for a family of four to replace the one they used to own, which had been destroyed when a Nox member's Venusaur's Solar Beam missed his opponent. Thankfully the family had been at a shelter—no one had been injured or killed—but their house had been decimated. At least Thalia could give them another one, a better one. At least she could do that.
The workers—her squadrons, and a few volunteers from Sootopolis itself—were off to the left of the Pokemon, going over the blueprints and assigning roles. With a sigh, Thalia stood up to join them. Her signature white cape and white clothes—she'd forsaken the armor for today, it would only hinder her ability to aid in the construction—gleamed against the snow. White: clean and uplifting and the color of Lux. But she felt no joy as she went over to the group, only a bone-deep and unyielding weariness.[/style][STYLE=text-align: center; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;]made by MINNIE of BTN.[/style]