Cyrus || Lucas - Among Men
starter for @lightssplendorโ
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐. ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ. ย
โ ๐๐๐ค๐ย ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ
ย ย โ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐, ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐, ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค. ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐. ย
โ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ก. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ. ย
ย โ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ.
It was a beautiful day outside.ย Lucas walked briskly through the tiny villa that settled right between Sunyshore and Pastoria.ย He had places to be, Pokemon to observe.ย For now, his eyes were set wholly on Lake Valor.ย There were plenty of intriguing, rare Pokemon to be found in the area according to some locals, and he had to find out just what was out thereโ well, aside from Azelf, the Legendary Pokemon of the lake.ย Heโd never be so bold as to try and meet it, though.ย It had gone through enough thanks to humans already.
Jen followed alongside Lucas, matching his pace as they approached the lakeside.ย The lake was incredibly quiet, a place of pure serenity.ย For all that these lakes had gone through, they were just as pristine as ever.ย Lake Verity was his go-to spot to relax and think when he was in Sandgem, and Lake Valor seemed just as perfect a place as Verity.ย He hummed quietly to himself, lost in thought.
Suddenly, Jen froze in her spot.ย Lucas, noticing this, followed suit.ย Lucas glanced over to his Pokemon.ย Her teeth were bared, sharp white fangs peeking out from her lips.ย He bristled and turned his eyes to where Jen was looking.ย His stomach dropped.ย No.ย He shouldnโt be here.ย He shouldnโt have been able to get here.ย Dawn said he was gone for good, so howโฆ?ย How had he come hereโฆ?
Though Lucas had never encountered him in person before, he knew exactly who this was.ย
Cyrus.
The man behind Team Galactic.ย The man who almost corrupted the very universe itself.ย It was only because of Dawn that he didnโt succeed.ย Now, he was here at Lake Valor, as if nothing had ever changed.ย And if he was here at the lake, thenโฆ
โฆhe wasnโt trying anything with the Lake Guardian again, was he?
Lucasโ first instinct was to run, but he was frozen in place.ย His knees trembled, his feet planted unsteadily on the grass.ย He needed to call the professor, or Dawn, or Barry, or someone who could help.ย Jen was clearly ready for a fight.ย She snarled loudly.ย No, noโ!ย He couldnโt know Lucas was hereโ
Too late for that now.ย Lucas reflexively withdrew Jen and placed her back in the safety of her Pokeball.ย He took a deep breath to calm himself.ย He had to think of something before it was too late.ย Say something, anythingโฆ
โExcuse me,โ Lucas said quietly.ย โWhat are you doing here?โ
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โ โExcuse meโ
โย ย โWhat are you doing here?โ
โ His eyes opened, and glanced across the lake once more in front of him. Arms fold behind his back, and without turning to the other, yet knowing exactly who it was, despite the fact theyโd never met, Cyrus heaved a heavy sigh.
โ โObserving.โ What did it look like he was doing to Lucas? Musing? Questioning his sanity? Hm. Cyrus didnโt even know what he looked like to himself. But there was no way heโd outright tell Lucas what his actual intentions were. Heโs not stupid.
โ โAnd you? What are you doing here, stranger?โ Now that he thought about it, wasnโt it strange to question what someone was doing in a public place?