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teamflareTitle: The Greatest Enemy This World Has Ever Seen
Fandom: Pokémon Legends Z-A
Pairing: Emma & Ivor
Rating: G
Summary: Ivor bursts into Emma's office with an emergency.
Notes: This is a translation of this fic by my friend Sawcha. With some beta help fromjonphaedrus 💗
AO3 Link: Here.
"Emma!"
It's a good thing Mimi thought to open the door to the Looker agency upon hearing who was coming. Ivor just showed up in the young detective's office with a racket that made him impossible to miss. Clearly, he's making a lot of noise, and he's there to be noticed... and then some! If Emma had left the door locked, he wouldn't have hesitated to break it down so he could get in. The door was originally locked, too. The detective was in the middle of a very important meeting with the boss of the Rust Syndicate. The kind of meeting you can't barge in on like that, and Corbeau will not let anybody forget that he won't let himself be interrupted.
"Can I ask what the fuck you think you're doing?"
The leader of the Fist of Justice pays no attention to the Poison-type trainer and simply ignores him.
"Hey, I'm talking to you."
"Hello, Ivor. I was in a meeting with Corbeau," Emma says, trying to cool things down.
"There's no time to lose!! We have a huge, urgent issue to solve!!"
"How may I help you?" Emma tries again. The Fighting-type handler always tends to make every trouble into an insurmountable mountain, so she’s sure his issue won't take very long. She already expects him to say that he needs help unlocking his phone because he can't do it when Gwynn isn't there. In short, no real emergency, and Emma knows she'll need a lot more time to help Corbeau.
"I found something out about the women from the Dojo!!"
"Really? What is it?"
"Something extremely important! A matter of life or death for the Fist of Justice!"
Wow, it really does sound serious... Even the Poison-type leader, who couldn't care less what might happen to this kind of group, seems curious. Sure, the Fist of Justice are noisy, obnoxious, and Corbeau has often had to take care of the damage they've caused. At the same time, they're still living in Lumiose, and for someone who considers protecting the city to be his mission, the well-being of its inhabitants matters.
"Who knows if this evil won't affect all the women in Lumiose? Maybe even all the women in the world!"
"So, explain yourself, Ivor. What's going on that's so important?"
Emma's calm voice is at least communicative, and so instead of making an even bigger deal out of it, he finally tells them what the issue is.
"I learned of a horrible affliction... Period cramps!!"
Both Corbeau and Emma try their best not to burst into laughter.
"Every time it happens, they always get angry and have a hard time following our training... Some of them even tell me they can't get out of bed because it hurts so much! It's awful! What kind of evil could target women specifically?! You're a detective, aren't you? And you're a woman, too! You must know a lot about period cramps! Enough to be able to fight back against this monster that goes after all of womankind!"
He's completely serious. The other two are fighting back the urge to laugh as best as they can. He's so earnestly concerned, with no trace of irony; all of it is absolutely genuine.
"What can we do? I require assistance from the best detective in Lumiose! You found my sister even though she was hiding somewhere nobody could find her, you can no doubt stand up against period cramps!"
"Y'know, not only women get those," Corbeau intervenes.
"Excuse me?!"
"I have them. And some women don't. Take Lebanne, for example."
"Whaaaaaat?! What do you mean?! Is it an evil so great that even men can be affected?! What can we do?! And, wait a second... Some women aren't affected by period cramps, like Lebanne?! How is that possible?! It must be her strength as a Dragon-type trainer, no doubt about it! She was the strongest trainer I know... Hold on, if Jacinthe is stronger than she is, does that mean she also isn't affected?!"
"Why don't you keep insinuating that I'm weak," the Poison-type trainer grunts. Usually, he would have sent out his scolipede at the insult, but he'd rather avoid destroying the detective's office in the resulting battle.
"It's more complicated than that," Emma says. "It's not about being strong or weak... Even I don't get period cramps."
"W–what?! What kind of creature are you?!"
"I'm not a pokémon," says the young woman, embarrassed.
"We should work together, you and me! A woman who managed to defeat the greatest evil and the strongest man in Lumiose... Together we can overcome adversity! You and me, we'll destroy the greatest enemy this city has ever known!"
The Ultimate Weapon and Ange, what are they compared to this? Truly, this man is terrible at gauging things... Emma struggles to find the right words to make Ivor understand. She even shoots a glance at the other client currently in attendance, who looks about as bewildered as she is. The only difference is that he can't help but glare at the other man with disdain; something that the target of his annoyance remains oblivious to.
"At this point," Emma says, "I think the best thing to do is to find a way to reduce the pain from the cramps. Having them rest, giving them hot drinks..."
"But of course! This is why we need to work together, you're the one who knows the most about the world! I'll go right away! Period cramps, just you wait... I will rescue women from your grip!"
And there he goes, taking off as fast as he arrived... Leaving the two people standing in the bureau at a loss for words.
"What was that," Corbeau lets out when he finally manages to get back down to Earth.
"He's so funny," Emma says with a slight smile on her face.
"Funny? The bar is on the floor."
"Remind me who you were looking for?"
Hitting him right where it hurts, just as her grin turns mischievous.
Fandom: Pokémon Legends Z-A
Pairing: Emma & Ivor
Rating: G
Summary: Ivor bursts into Emma's office with an emergency.
Notes: This is a translation of this fic by my friend Sawcha. With some beta help from
jonphaedrus 💗AO3 Link: Here.
"Emma!"
It's a good thing Mimi thought to open the door to the Looker agency upon hearing who was coming. Ivor just showed up in the young detective's office with a racket that made him impossible to miss. Clearly, he's making a lot of noise, and he's there to be noticed... and then some! If Emma had left the door locked, he wouldn't have hesitated to break it down so he could get in. The door was originally locked, too. The detective was in the middle of a very important meeting with the boss of the Rust Syndicate. The kind of meeting you can't barge in on like that, and Corbeau will not let anybody forget that he won't let himself be interrupted.
"Can I ask what the fuck you think you're doing?"
The leader of the Fist of Justice pays no attention to the Poison-type trainer and simply ignores him.
"Hey, I'm talking to you."
"Hello, Ivor. I was in a meeting with Corbeau," Emma says, trying to cool things down.
"There's no time to lose!! We have a huge, urgent issue to solve!!"
"How may I help you?" Emma tries again. The Fighting-type handler always tends to make every trouble into an insurmountable mountain, so she’s sure his issue won't take very long. She already expects him to say that he needs help unlocking his phone because he can't do it when Gwynn isn't there. In short, no real emergency, and Emma knows she'll need a lot more time to help Corbeau.
"I found something out about the women from the Dojo!!"
"Really? What is it?"
"Something extremely important! A matter of life or death for the Fist of Justice!"
Wow, it really does sound serious... Even the Poison-type leader, who couldn't care less what might happen to this kind of group, seems curious. Sure, the Fist of Justice are noisy, obnoxious, and Corbeau has often had to take care of the damage they've caused. At the same time, they're still living in Lumiose, and for someone who considers protecting the city to be his mission, the well-being of its inhabitants matters.
"Who knows if this evil won't affect all the women in Lumiose? Maybe even all the women in the world!"
"So, explain yourself, Ivor. What's going on that's so important?"
Emma's calm voice is at least communicative, and so instead of making an even bigger deal out of it, he finally tells them what the issue is.
"I learned of a horrible affliction... Period cramps!!"
Both Corbeau and Emma try their best not to burst into laughter.
"Every time it happens, they always get angry and have a hard time following our training... Some of them even tell me they can't get out of bed because it hurts so much! It's awful! What kind of evil could target women specifically?! You're a detective, aren't you? And you're a woman, too! You must know a lot about period cramps! Enough to be able to fight back against this monster that goes after all of womankind!"
He's completely serious. The other two are fighting back the urge to laugh as best as they can. He's so earnestly concerned, with no trace of irony; all of it is absolutely genuine.
"What can we do? I require assistance from the best detective in Lumiose! You found my sister even though she was hiding somewhere nobody could find her, you can no doubt stand up against period cramps!"
"Y'know, not only women get those," Corbeau intervenes.
"Excuse me?!"
"I have them. And some women don't. Take Lebanne, for example."
"Whaaaaaat?! What do you mean?! Is it an evil so great that even men can be affected?! What can we do?! And, wait a second... Some women aren't affected by period cramps, like Lebanne?! How is that possible?! It must be her strength as a Dragon-type trainer, no doubt about it! She was the strongest trainer I know... Hold on, if Jacinthe is stronger than she is, does that mean she also isn't affected?!"
"Why don't you keep insinuating that I'm weak," the Poison-type trainer grunts. Usually, he would have sent out his scolipede at the insult, but he'd rather avoid destroying the detective's office in the resulting battle.
"It's more complicated than that," Emma says. "It's not about being strong or weak... Even I don't get period cramps."
"W–what?! What kind of creature are you?!"
"I'm not a pokémon," says the young woman, embarrassed.
"We should work together, you and me! A woman who managed to defeat the greatest evil and the strongest man in Lumiose... Together we can overcome adversity! You and me, we'll destroy the greatest enemy this city has ever known!"
The Ultimate Weapon and Ange, what are they compared to this? Truly, this man is terrible at gauging things... Emma struggles to find the right words to make Ivor understand. She even shoots a glance at the other client currently in attendance, who looks about as bewildered as she is. The only difference is that he can't help but glare at the other man with disdain; something that the target of his annoyance remains oblivious to.
"At this point," Emma says, "I think the best thing to do is to find a way to reduce the pain from the cramps. Having them rest, giving them hot drinks..."
"But of course! This is why we need to work together, you're the one who knows the most about the world! I'll go right away! Period cramps, just you wait... I will rescue women from your grip!"
And there he goes, taking off as fast as he arrived... Leaving the two people standing in the bureau at a loss for words.
"What was that," Corbeau lets out when he finally manages to get back down to Earth.
"He's so funny," Emma says with a slight smile on her face.
"Funny? The bar is on the floor."
"Remind me who you were looking for?"
Hitting him right where it hurts, just as her grin turns mischievous.