FINALLY intro-ing this guy sob

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[[Upon surfacing out of the ocean, Magma Admin Mitch did not expect to see an island only a few minutes swim from his position. Nor did he expect to have that infuriating Team Aqua Admin just...disappear. After all the effort he went to in rescuing the guy

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[As scarce as Maxie has been making himself lately when it comes to this island, preferring to spend most of his time holed up in that cave of his with Camerupt or as deep underground as he can manage to get - and some of those caves extend quite far down, thanks - he's actually been fairly satisfied in that regard. Less cold that way, at the very least.

However, something seems to have drawn him out today, his gaze both wild and deeply intense; he can't explain exactly how he comes to be on that damn beach, either. The closest thing he can define it as is a presence.

Feels like the Blue Orb - or rather, someone who's handled it. Someone from their world. Not reading the same as Archie, either - not even close.

Of course, that beach is just...kind of confusing in and of itself. The splash of color from that hood, darkened with water though it is, catches his eye; no one from Team Magma should be reading like that, save for -

...oh. Oh holy shit.]

...Mitch?

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[...Mitch...what...what the fuck...

okay yeah um

is there another response to give to that outside of facepalming

because right now Maxie cannot think of one

so that is what he will be doing, thanks]

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[[FLAILING

FLAILING

OH MY GOD I HATE THE OCEAN-]]

Torkoal!!

SORRY ANOTHER CHAIN OH GOD

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Tor-!!!

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There you are!!

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[[BRB PICKING UP MY TORTOISE

HEY THESE HUGE BICEPS DO MORE THAN JUST MAKE ME LOOK HELLA SEXY OK]]

I found him, sir!

[[OK PLOPPING BOTH TORTOISE AND HIMSELF BACK ON THE SAND, NOW.

SO PROUD.]]

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[Oh, well, that's good - ...wait]

...Mitch, why did you have Torkoal out while you were in the submarine in the first place?

[This somehow fails to make sense even by Hoennlogic standards.]

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Gas, sir! To increase buoyancy, on the off-chance it could get the sub to the surface faster!

[[...he's really quite proud of that strategy, ok

yes i can science when i need to]]

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Huh.

[Well, yes, apparently you can. That was actually pretty damn clever, too. But at the same time...oh good god, remind Maxie never to be trapped in any sort of sinking thing like that with you ever. Just...shit, Mitch, oxygen!

...okay, maybe it's you that shouldn't be trapped in anything like that with him, as he'll probably be too busy hyperventilating to think and accidentally kill you both, but. Technicalities...]

Good work, then.

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[[o-omg

have i done well]]

Thanks, Leader! I was lucky that we were near the surface when it broke apart, otherwise I'd have been doomed!

[[Just. Chilling on the sand, here.]]

So....what is this place?

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[You have.

That last question gets a bit of a smirk, by the way, though he's not focusing on Mitch; his gaze has found a certain fixed point on the horizon, a good distance away.]

Arguably? Hell.

[He reaches down without looking, burying one of his hands in the sand for a moment before lifting it a bit again, letting the grains run down his fingers in thin streams before repeating the process again, over and over while he thinks. It's an idle motion, really, nothing else, though that smirk still hasn't left.]

Some say it's some sort of alternate dimension. I'm both not sure that I believe that, and unable to come up with any other sort of explanation - people just end up here. It's not like anything that I've seen before, but then, there are a lot of unexplained things here.

It doesn't make much sense; the important things to know are that this place likes to toy with people, and you can't leave.

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[[b-best day ever

...except

apparently not, judging by that answer...

Mitch will just watch Maxie playing with the sand for a moment as he tries to process what he just heard.]]

An....alternate dimension....? That we can't leave....?

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Mmhmm. I've been here for eight months, you know. Do you really think I would still be here if we could leave?

[That smirk remains steady, as do his motions as he toys with that sand between his fingertips; his words, however, do not, and he laughs again, quietly.]

You're the first from Team Magma that I've seen here. So really? It's so good to see you.

1/2

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Eight....eight months....

[[He pauses for a moment, looking out over the horizon in disbelief. Mt Chimney smokes in the distance, but he doesn't mention it. His boss is telling the truth, after all.]]

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[[HAVE A FRIENDLY SHOULDER-CLAP.]]

Glad to be of service, Leader~!

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[WOW that came from out of nowhere oh good lord what -

Mitch, you...really just exude derp, don't you...but then again, it's. Well. You. He isn't really expecting much else.]

I'm sure you are.

[...oh fuck this is going to be embarrassing as hell later, but it's not like there's anyone else on this beach and as far as he's concerned, by the time "later" comes around he can make himself believe that it never happened - he will just be really unceremoniously twisting in your general direction and. Kind of. Totally not hugging you that is not a hug fuckdammit...

he missed you, okay

tell anyone about this and you're a dead man]