Category: Pokémon
Rating: M
Couples: ?/OC
Warnings: AU, hint of rape/character death
Chapter: 3
Copyright: Characters & places © By Game Freak, Plot © by me
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"Err… Good morning?" Diantha blinked a couple times at the woman that had appeared on her doorstep on what was 'far too early o'clock' after spending nearly the entire night awake with worry. May I ask what you are doing here?"
"Getting you out of bed, I guess." The green-haired female chuckled softly. "Apologies, I had been assured you were more of a morning person."
"Normally I am." The Champion grumbled. "So how did you even get here?" She remembered locking the gate after herself last night. She sincerely hoped the woman hadn't climbed over it to reach the mansion in Lumiose's outskirts.
"Right. I am Iozys." The other woman sketched a small bow. "My father Allortan has been hired as your lawyer."
"Allortan?" The white-clad woman blinked. "Of Allortan Advocates?"
"The one." Iozys smiled lightly. "Incidentally, I got the code for your gate from my employer. I assumed they'd warn you I'd be coming."
"They didn't." Half sleep-drunk she stepped aside to let the other in. "Mind if I get some coffee and then you explain things to me." Before she knew it however, her guest was making her a complete breakfast. It was surprisingly good.
"You'd fit with Malva." Diantha took a bite of her eggs. "So anyway, Allortan got hired as my lawyer?" She resisted the urge to ask who had won the lottery to afford the man. His office was known to make arrangements for poorer clients – something about asking for percentages of salary, if she remembered properly – but she figured she'd have to put down a fortune to afford him. Especially considering how close the court-date was.
"Yup." Oizys was nursing a mug of black coffee between her hands. "So he send me over to arrange some things."
"Huh." The actress mused. "Who did it though?"
"I am afraid that falls under confidentiality." Oizys pulled a laptop from her bag. "No worries, no organs or limbs were sold to afford this."
"You normally accept those?" For the first time in a while, Diantha laughed softly.
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"I do hope no one is ever going to ask why I took 'two sodas' as payment for representing her." Allortan snorted, looking at the woman leaning on his desk. "I think there might be some questions asked."
"You're a lawyer, it should be no trouble." Olympia's two Pokémon were snuggling into several vases on the other side of the room. "It's not like they look that closely at your tax-returns."
"You are going to get my license revoked one day." He leaned back in his seat. "You'd better be glad I own this place, otherwise this very small bill would raise some questions."
"Just tell people I bribed you to accept it." The Gym Leader moved to sit in a chair opposite his desk. "I will not have them turn her into their scapegoat for something no one could have prevented."
"You're playing with fire." He leaned his elbow on the armrest of his chair, looking at her through lidded eyes. "Let's see if the law can be bend the way you want."
"You don't need to bend anything." The Psychic rolled her eyes. "Last I checked, there is no law that says lawyers need to have a minimal fee. I paid you, you accepted, that's that."
"Let's hope my esteemed colleagues agree with you there." He rose from his seat, meandering over to where the male Meowstic was a ball of blue fur in a glass container. He gently fished the catlike Pokémon out of there, petting him while walking back. The Psychic-type gave no real indication that he minded, in fact purring as he was being held.
"We'll throw your father at them if they don't. Wasn't it said that Allortan Senior can work miracles in the courtroom?" She retrieved her female Pokémon, the white-furred form snuggling onto her shoulder.
"My father is over 70, Pia. He's a bit too old to go to court like that." He snorted softly, before being distracted by a message arriving on his phone. "You didn't tell Diantha I was going to represent her?"
"And have her ask how I can afford you?" Olympia countered. "Allortan, you do not come cheap normally. If we didn't know each other for over 2 decades, I don't think I could have convinced you to do it for 'two sodas'." She stole his seat while he was still standing in the middle of the room. "Which then would start the entire questionnaire as to how that never came up."
"And neither of us wants to go into that." He sighed, taking a seat on the corner of his desk. "You better appreciate me sacrificing a free day for this."
"You can come over for dinner?" She briefly stopped her petting to allow the Psychic-type to move to her lap. "How's that?"
"It's going to be weeks until I get a day off again." He countered, gently sliding the other Pokémon into her lap as well. "Two dinners."
"Bribery done."
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Monday came far quicker than Diantha would have liked. Granted, she had a lawyer, but considering the League wanted to see blood, she didn't hold much hope that it'd make any difference.
"Good morning." The man that arrived her door that day wore an expensive suit and designer glasses with his hair hanging down over his shoulder in a ponytail. "You seem more awake than what my daughter told me."
"This time I knew someone was arriving." She smiled lightly, following him down to his car. She wore one of her fancier ensembles that she used to wear for an opening night long ago instead of her regular white outfit.