Category: Pokémon
Rating: M
Couples: ?/OC
Warnings: AU, hint of rape/character death
Chapter: 8
Copyright: Characters & places © By Game Freak, Plot © by me
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Fantina travelled with her family that day, as the first meeting was set three days after their arrival. She had made arrangements that she would travel back to Lumiose with her Anistar-colleague. Cynthia had begged Olympia to make sure that it happened.
Diantha was beyond amused that her Sinnohan counterpart had so much fate in the Gym-leader she had taken along. Cynthia defended herself by pointing out how easily Fantina got distracted by things.
Fantina was insulted, but was there on the appointed date and time, talking softly with Olympia while they waited for the rest to arrive. In fact, they were there almost as the first, being only beaten out by those living in Lumiose itself.
The first day would only be the reading of the accusation and the consequences of all possible results. Last time, that last bit had taken 5 hours.
"I am looking forward to learning how different this inquiry will be compared to an actual courtcase." Alortan mused softly when he and Diantha entered. They lived close enough together that they had travelled together, the lawyer picking up the Champion at her home.
"Well, let's hope you are entertained." She entered the gallantly held door. "Again, I am sure you cannot do much during an internal inquiry."
"And again, I beg to differ." He quirked a small smirk at her, adjusting his sleeves as they climbed the stairs. "You are not the first client I had to represent against their business." He snorted lightly, looking up at the small group at the top. "Granted, you are the first of the League, but new experiences are to be savoured."
"So you regularly say." She greeted the colleagues already there. "I see Cynthia was worried for nothing, Fantina?"
"Of course." The bright-purple woman smirked lightly. "I do have some standards. I insisted I be allowed to come, it would reflect poorly on me if I then presented a complete no-show on the first day."
"So what about the second day?" Cynthia demanded, having arrived shortly before Diantha and Alortan hit the top of the stairs.
"Mon chou-fleur, you have some bad opinions about me." Hearthome's Gym-leader muttered, crossing her arms. "We'll talk about this after this mess is over, then you'll see that I can very much devote myself to things."
Sinnoh's Champion didn't immediately answer, instead looking down the stairs where more people arrived. Part of the group was the man who had started the inquiry, leaning heavily on a cane. She couldn't help but wonder exactly what had happened to him. She failed to notice the darkening of Fantina's gaze. Olympia did notice, but said nothing. She had long foreseen this drama when Diantha had asked her what to do. She had also seen her colleague's rant against the family that had failed to warn her of his involvement.
He also failed to notice that there was anything unusual about Fantina's demeanor when he arrived at the top, greeting those there. They couldn't help but notice Alortan got a better greeting than the rest.
"Great, he's a misogynist." The actress muttered after he left, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "No wonder he went for me first."
"Those are still around these days, sadly." Cynthia rolled her eyes, gesturing through the door he had disappeared through. "Shall we?"
The others consented, heading inside and searching their places. Unlike the other regions, Kalos was expected to being completely present. Likely, had the inquiry be planned in Hoenn, Kalos would only have had a delegation as well with Hoenn being completely present.
The room was gigantic, being enough to house the entire Kalos League – both Gym-leaders and administrative staff – if so needed. Parts of it usually was closed of to keep heating and lighting costs from skyrocketing needlessly, but this time over half had been opened.
The seats had been assigned and the League-members were neatly sorted. For now, one block was for the administrative staff and one for the executive branch, the Gym-leaders, Elites and Champions. Later one of the higher balconies might be opened for journalists and general visitors, but for now the public was barred from being present.
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In the end, it was blessedly short, lasting only a couple hours in total. Fantina promptly decided to go back to Anistar with Olympia to see her family some more and dragged her League-members along with her. Olympia was less than happy with several people cramping into her car and her having to brave Anistar traffic during rush hour just to get Fantina and her guests home.
In the end, she consented, if only to get Fantina to stop pestering her. The elaborate hairdo of the Sinnohan Gym-leader barely fit into the car without being ruined.