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Albert Rosenfield ([personal profile] worktodo) wrote2013-06-02 10:31 pm

011 | Saffron City | Action;

[So here's Albert.

Since coming to Johto, Albert's seen a lot of wacky shit go down. He's seen people mutating into some kind of hideous hybrid creature from an airborne mutant virus. He's seen ledges that defy the laws of physics. He's seen dragons and dinosaurs and aliens. He's seen people who claim beyond a shadow of a doubt to be actual ponies. He's been yelled at by a teenage Viking. He's been flown all over creation on a bird with clouds for wings and carried forcibly around by a giant green sparklegrizzly and endured patently stupid roadtrips that involved caves and forests and god only knows what else. He's been taunted by ghosts. He's been assaulted with puppies. He's fallen in a really big hole.

He's survived the freaking Armageddon and still didn't let it ruin Christmas.

And now, here on the third day of this latest bout of flagrant insanity, in his quiet home in Saffron City with a brand new swimming pool sparkling in the yard and a snarling levitating three-hundred-pound flesh-eating snowflake snapping at the end of its chain near the outhouse, he is stepping outside to collect himself with a cup of coffee and a moment's peace—

...

And there is a BIG DAMN TREE TRANSPLANTED RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF HIS FORMERLY PRISTINE SIDEWALK, and WHEN THE HELL DID THAT GET THERE and WHO THE HELL EVEN RIPS UP A TREE AND—

...

...

Silently, Albert sips his coffee.

Just another day in Johto, apparently.]
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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2013-06-03 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Funny, that tree looks exactly like the tree him and Carmen climbed once. Coop looks up at it with a small, bittersweet smile as he passes, and a similar look is directed towards Albert when he shifts his attention his way.]

[Because of course Albert is here, and of course Cooper finds him, because they have things to talk about.]
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[personal profile] estimates 2013-06-03 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, hey.

That's weird. The tree. Sam's pretty sure he didn't notice that on his first pass around the perimeter of the house.

And is that — ?

A voice floats up from Albert's side, just like the thing that is literally floating near the source of said voice's shaggy blond head.]


Agent Rosenfield?
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[personal profile] estimates 2013-06-03 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, yeah. That's totally Agent Rosenfield. No further confirmation needed. Sam squints, and Edmund the Solosis floooooats right up to eye-level with Albert, also squinting.]

What are you doing here?
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[personal profile] estimates 2013-06-03 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Drinking coffee and talking to me.

[ALBERT, Y U ASK THINGS?

Edmund drifts around to the back of Albert's head, then returns to orbiting Sam's. There's a lengthy pause, then:]


I didn't see any bonsai on your property. I was in the backyard before. But that's a very nice pool you have.
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[personal profile] estimates 2013-06-03 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Good clarification, Albert, because he was about to point out that he's not traipsing. He's not even moving! Silly goose.]

I don't know. I was at the office about an hour ago.
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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2013-06-03 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Temporarily, Albert.

[A reminder, although he's sure Albert already knows. He's been told about these instances before and Cooper knows he's likely to have figured out what's going on already.]

[But it's also a surprisingly neat way of summarizing exactly what's going on with Coop: regret and sadness that he can't stay and the implication that he's going back to something he now has knowledge of that the others don't.]

[It's important, but the question is how much he should say about that.]

[He's mostly looking to check up on them, in all honesty.]


But I'm happy to be here.
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[personal profile] deputybadass 2013-06-03 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[And here's Andy.

Andy is wearing a pair of bright orange swimming trunks with a rather large (and obnoxious) floatation device around his waist standing poolside.

He gives his ol' pal, Albert a friendly wave.]
Edited 2013-06-03 05:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2013-06-03 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
I was.

[A simple answer to an accurate observation. Their conversations have always been straightforward.]

[He nods in response to the question and seems to consider the verbal answer for a short moment before he just goes ahead and says what's on his mind.]


I tried to provide closure as best as I could. For all of our sakes. [He studies Albert's face as he speaks and there's a shift in his focus - all on his coworker, now.] I came to see you last because there are things I believe you should know. But I'm not sure whether I should actually tell them to you or let time run its course without my interference.
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[personal profile] deputybadass 2013-06-03 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh no. Albert is giving him them eyes again. He must be mad about something.



Probably science related.]


Going swimming?
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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2013-06-03 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[And Cooper smiles. It's the faintly sad one he's had frequently since his brief return and it's the only one that seems quite appropriate anymore, but it's there because trust Albert to both be utterly right about everything - including what he's not saying, at least not outright.]

We don't. But I need your help.

[It sort of hurts him a little to say that because Albert has always, always helped him and it's unfair to ask for one more thing. But a lot depends on it. So much.]
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[personal profile] nowherefast 2013-06-03 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[The thing about Laura is that no matter what happens to her she just kind of tends to roll with it. Except for when it's really awful, in which case she'll fight tooth and nail first, but for the most part she tries to see where things go or minimize the friction between her and whatever is going on to have a lesser chance of damage.]

[Sometimes that doesn't work out. Most of the time it does.]

[Point is, she doesn't know this place well at all and the house is one she's never seen before. But she pauses next to it because of the tree, puts a hand lightly to its trunk and looks up into the branches. It all paints an oddly serene picture. Like she has all the time in the world for this.]

[You'd have no idea that in a different reality, she's dead and buried.]
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[personal profile] tapestodiane 2013-06-03 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[And with that there's really no question anymore as to whether or not Coop will tell him what happened. Because with Albert it stops becoming thought and becomes action - it's cut the crap and get something done.]

[That's why he needs him now. His hands are tied. He doesn't have a lot of chances because he failed the most important shot he had. And he knows, trusts, believes that Albert will do everything he can to help, and knows that he's practical enough to not hang onto false hopes or idealisms that can only get you so far, no matter the situation.]

[He regroups for only a short moment, then starts from the beginning. He speaks calmly because it's easier like that and the most reliable way to get all the information across.]


We found the place where BOB comes from. It's a reality different from ours previously believed to only exist in local legend. Windom Earle was looking to harness its power and took a hostage to open the gateway to gain entrance - this can only be done with fear.

I entered after him, hoping to save the young woman in question and find answers.

BOB was there. He took Windom's soul and imprisoned mine.

[He pauses here, the memory obviously painful, and gives Albert the quietly sad look of someone who has accepted his fate for what it is.]
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[personal profile] nowherefast 2013-06-03 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She turns at the sound of his voice - had been aware of his presence before he spoke but only in that distant sort of way. He hadn't been important to her and so she hadn't paid him attention, but by knowing her name and saying it with such certainty, that makes him exactly that. Or if not important, then at least of interest, so the look she gives him is a mix of both curious and wary.]

[Only so much, though. She makes sure to also keep it plain, to not give anything away until she knows who this man is and why he knows her.]


Yes.

[A simple confirmation with a fairly expectant tone, although she doesn't ask him who he is in turn. He'll either tell her himself or she'll find out. It's how it goes.]

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