Phew... Seems Like He Passed The Vibe Check Somehow. At Least For Now, That Was.

"Yeah I tutor the Kahuna's grandkid. What 'bout it?"

hi my brain is full of epic the musical lately.

anyway ruthlessness from epic, specifically for aquaverse archie

OH HELL YEAH!!!

I've also been listening to Epic the musical lately handshakes u I have just not listened in order yet oop

BUT YEAH I CAN SEE IT!!!

@downtrain asked: “the locals say this place is haunted” ( lowkey nervous/accusatory…? may or may not see archie in the dark and be like oh my god it’s a monster… first thought was on the abandoned ship in rse but could just as easily be on the beach somewhere since u have archie in alola rn ! )

"If ya think this place is haunted, then ya haven't seen the bottom of the ocean, bud." Who is this person.

"Anyway, nah, prolly not." He's wrong. Place is haunted but he's not picking up on it vibe wise.

@gnzma replied: throwing a ball of the ballpit in. spoiler we're not fixing it

"...Why the fuck do ya have that?"

"I can prove it."

But will he get kicked out...

"Nah, not really."

swinging the bat at the beedrill's nest.

"Naaaahhhh. Bwahaha, doubt it, pshh--"

Very smooth, Archie. Very smooth. Either way, he didn't feel like sharing what the other could know him from right now. No need for that. He was a changed man. Though water is still very cool. "...So ya don't want our Crobat t'meet? I think they could be pals."

"Kinda off" is uh.... an understatement. Cyrus was just standing there, looking relatively uninteresting, but ...

The moment Archie tries to make small talk he's brushing right past it. "Do I know you?"

Whew. That was blunt- but he genuinely wanted to know. Even his massive Crobat at his side was eyeing Archie up.

Maybe in Cyrus' own world he vaguely remembered some stories of two imbecilic scientists from Hoenn... or maybe RSE Archie was just familiar enough to actually surprise Cyrus and prompt his question.

"...I can't have some o' tha', I'm afraid."

Curse his sensitive stomach... Part of him would eat the cupcake anyway, but... He's still healing a bit.

"They're super cool, tho'."

"Cupcake ingredients. I bought a pack of them. Um" Shes reading the back of the package.

"Four, Sugar, Egg, baking powder, salt, chocolate chips, butter, milk, and Vanilla iceing"

She looked at the cupcake.

"Oh and there is a little plastic ring that looks like a water stone on top!

"I fuckin' hate you so much rn."

...still. He did top. Sooo.

THIS MEANS HE'S THE ALPHA--

"Thank ya."

He might sound sarcastic here, and maybe he is a tiny bit (he hasn't forgotten their first interaction), but he's also kinda grateful for a distraction right now. Archie sits up a little, blanket wrapped around his shoulders.

"So... I've gotta say, you've got a nice team goin' here. Real good people. Feels like a family." He misses that. A lot.

Oh this COCK.

"...fine."

He's sitting down. Arms crossed, practically slouched on the nearest chair, giving him a sign as to say 'let's get this shit going'.

"I saw you on TV, scamp. Champion's match, right?"

That had been Ree, right? Did he remember wrong? "I might be a fish but I keep up with the news, heh. And yeah, I know about the Tapu bein' a li'l shit. More o' a Fini guy m'self, if ya catch my drift. Though, to be honest? They're all kinda weird."

He had never met them in person, but he heard stories about the Tapu.

“Yeah, po town. The town the tapu cursed to never stop raining. Sis said you were from here, right? From Alola. You gotta know about that… right?”

They shift on their feet, trying to stave the hurt that they’re going to feel pretty soon.

“You don’t gotta patronize me though. You haven’t seen me battle or nothin. You wouldn’t be able to tell. It’s fine.”