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IND. PRIV. SEL. Sven of Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Recruited by Pluto

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RANGEDTOP;; An ind. & priv. Top Ranger Sven from Pokémon: Shadows of Almia. Inspiration taken from across the Ranger game trilogy. Headcanon heavy.

Recruited by Pluto. He/him, 25+.

PSD by @noxcave; icon border by @jessource affiliated with @topranged

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sorry everyone. tomodachi life still has me in a chokehold

also leon s kennedy please stop interfering in the brooke/sven relationship. please stop trying to date them both. they only have so many hands

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I'll give you three guesses as to what game has been consuming every second of my free time

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I'll be here later, but for right now come find me on leon or N <3

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"but pluto, what's sven not good at?"

infiltration, for one. my man cannot play any part other than himself. he can sneak into places, he can try to charm targeted individuals for information or a pretense of cooperation, but the instant he's given a fake name he's way out of his depth

he's also really not the main pick for stakeouts or similar "stay in one place and wait" missions. he and his partners are too restless to be any good at it, and their skills are better suited for exploration of some kind. in the event he is sent to unfamiliar grounds, chances are he's sent with a partner — someone who is actually capable of staking out the place while sven checks out the lay of the land

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sven's very good at repressing his negative emotions to make his captures as effective as possible. this kind of emotional cherrypicking is a huge part of why he's able to hold the highest capture record in union history — he graduated from ranger school already having mastered a skill many professional rangers take years to develop

of course, this doesn't mean he doesn't feel the same things as anyone else. seeing any pokemon suffering is something that hits every ranger hard, and it's not helped by the amount of innocent people they have to see suffer, either. he still gets scared, or upset, or angry... he's just got this innate ability to numb those things when out in the field so they don't interfere with his styler transmissions

if he's going to fall apart, he does so long after the mission's ended, once he's reported back to erma and been dismissed for the day

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Well. At least he knows where the Union's going to be sending them next.

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brooke's training routine was sacred for her; hours spent at the union's gym breaking sweat and working out and EMPTYING HER HEAD, just to feel the burn. but for some reason, SHE JUST COULDN'T GET INTO IT. not ever since what happened, and even less each time sven walked in.

she had tried to make it so they wouldn't be in the room at the same time, but, THERE WERE OVERLAPS. she doesn't know why she runs, why she took to fleeing like a coward. they were friends, right ? they always have been. she remembers what she said that day: i just need some time to think.

but thinking got difficult, and as she saw him train, she immediately realizes why she was avoiding this situation this badly: sven's DEEP GRUNTS as he stretches his muscles, his heavy sighs as he sweeps his hair back, shirt sticking to him and giving her a peek of his chest rising and falling with each breath, causing his stomach to shiver, just slightly, through the cold air and the effort. she catches herself staring too long at his exposed midriff, and only realizes once her teeth sink in her bottom lip.

if she didn't know better, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS BECOMING INSANE.

then he looks her way, and brooke blinks rapidly, trying to muster a smile that doesn't look TOO STUPID. her eyes dart upwards towards his eyes, as brooke places her water bottle down on the ground. ❝ —SVEN ! hey ! ❞

❝ i ah, didn't know you'd be at the gym today ! ❞

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❛❛ Naw, it's a li'l outside my usual schedule. That storm last night rolled its way right through Vien Forest, so I was called in early to clean up the mess. Figured I might as well get an early start here too. ❜❜

It's not like he'd been asleep, anyway. Ever since his confession he's been spending most of his nighttime awake and staring at his ceiling, stroking nonsense patterns into Luxy's fur as he dissected his memories moment by moment. Had it gone well? He hadn't been rejected, but he's beginning to think that might have been preferable — at least then he'd have an explanation for the cloud of tension that seemed to hang perpetually over both of their heads.

But Sven's nothing if not a team player, and the idea of putting any more cracks into this friendship than he already has makes a leaden weight drop into his stomach. So he adapts, like any good Ranger would. He cajoles Wendy into joining him on patrol, finds excuses to take overnight missions, keeps himself friendly and warm but carefully sidesteps any of his usual flirtations.

He can absolutely, positively, definitely be normal about this.

But still, he can't help the stuttering of his heart as he looks at her properly, and suddenly all of his careful avoidance crumbles in front of him. He'd give anything to stay in her company for even a minute longer, which is probably why he finds himself offering a not-so-subtle invitation for company.

❛❛ I'll be doing a second lap in an hour or so, just to make sure no critters have been makin' a ruckus since then. ❜❜

❛❛ What are you up to later? ❜❜

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living the dream still has me in a chokehold. here's sven mii

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"You guys know why the levees broke during Katrina? The levees were built by the US Army Corps of Engineers, but they built them for shit, and where I'm from still hasn't recovered, and probably never will. I'm gonna be an engineer, and I'm gonna make sure shit like that never happens again. ... I got one life, and I'm not wasting it."

Please like ( ❤️ ) or reblog ( ↩️ ) if you're interested in interacting with an AU and canon divergent take on Kyle Spencer from American Horror Story: Coven. Written by Ann, 25+, @onlyheartaches , an independent multifandom multimuse. MINORS DNI.

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starter call <3

moots only, multis specify muse

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@darkraise; ♥'d

Naturally, the sighting of any mythical Pokémon is a big deal for the Union. Almia strives to be a safe haven for all types and classifications, after all, and the region is honoured whenever such efforts are noticed.

Darkrai, however, is more of a special case. Ever since the Blake Hall incident, the Union had had to work double time to reassure the civilians and prevent the spread of all misinformation and fearmongering, and Chairperson Erma made the executive decision to mark all future sightings as a mission of the highest priority.

Hence this situation: Sven peering through the thickening gloom for any sign of the Pokémon, searching for anything that could confirm the reported sighting. A glimpse of the Darkrai itself would be ideal, but beggars can't be choosers.

❛❛ It's alright, ❜❜ he calls anyway, voice carrying through the still air, ❛❛ I'm not spoilin' for a fight with you. We just wanna say hi. ❜❜

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forever obsessed with sven's arms and how he's got them bad boys out on display. I just know they one of his favourite parts of himself

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@topranged asked: kind of... staring at him a lil bit. while he's working out

When he finally pauses his set, he's sweaty and flushed, chest heaving as he takes long, refreshing swigs from the water bottle he keeps on the side. He tells himself that the unusual intensity of this particular workout is the only reason his face is red; surely it has nothing to do with Brooke's eyes burning twin holes into his side, making him stretch just high enough that his shirt latches on to the defined muscles of his stomach and clings to his pecs like a second skin.

Surely it has nothing to do with the phantom warmth lingering against his lips, the taste he swears has soaked into his palate.

❛❛ Well, hey, fancy seein' you here! ❜❜

He can be normal about this. What's a little kiss and confession between friends, anyway?

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While he leans into every touch and soaks up every adoring coo and compliment, they are all so superficial. Always an excuse to get his attention, to fuel whatever petty popularity contests Linda and her entourage are starting amongst themselves, and for all their delighted squeals and batted eyelashes... How many of them know him, really?

I'm still thinking about this, mostly because I love me a man with some identity issues.

The thing with Sven is that he feels like he kinda did this to himself. He knows he's attractive and likes being desirable, and he definitely does feed into the sex appeal aspect of his character. He was a heartthrob even as a teenager back in Ranger School, the star pupil, the one everyone either wanted or wanted to be. He's always been talented with a Capture Styler, but moreso than that he's always been hot. People have always flirted with and fawned over him.

By this point in his life he's the furthest thing from a blushing virgin, and to be frank, he's warmed his bed with a lot of Rangers, Operators and Mechanics alike. That middle category is especially female dominated, and those girls are drawn to him faster than Sharpedo smelling blood in the water. Knowing that he could have anyone is a lovely little stroke to his ego, but on the other hand, Sven's not stupid. He knows that these one night stands and short-lived flings or flirty back-and-forths are shallow performances, both parties playing alone because it's expected, and it can start to feel really lonely if he lets himself dwell on it for too long.

Do they actually care about him, or are they using him for a temporary status boost? Do they just want to be the latest notch on his bedpost, able to brag that they had the Ranger Union's most eligible bachelor?