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Posted by: 2gamers May 27 2011, 10:26 PM

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Posted by: Douken Sota May 28 2011, 12:09 AM

Laughing at Lima's antics, Douken stood there, enjoying the sites of so many trainers. This was a completely different feeling form Castle Vonmoto, that was for sure. Bank them, all of the trainers seemed to of been selected by a swarm of Delibird, but this event was streaming the news lines. You couldn't even enter a Pokemon Center without seeing pamphlets everywhere.

"I swear, Lima and Saber would make great friends," he yelled at Pan, looking over to the Skarmory, acting wild just for a taste of other people's food.. It seemed to work, until a trainer thought he could try and catch him while he was distracted. When the Pokeball was bounced off his head, he was shooed off immediately before Douken himself getting yelled at by his actions. With apologies aside, Douken sighed it off and looked around.

Unlike Pan, Douken didn't select any of the tents. He didn't set up his own. Could be after all of the years training with the Amazons, he gained a liking to sleep under the stars.

After returning the Armored bird, he looked around at the other Pokemon. Maya seemed to of been getting really friendly with the kids who were brought with their parents, enjoying the attention. Looking the other direction, he saw Rufus with a bunch of other dog Pokemon who were trying to train for a Pokeathelon event by catching a Frisbee. Seemed they didn't mind the extra competition, at least. Watching him using a Houndour as a stepping stone made Douken laugh, but was quickly interrupted by a set of screams. Turning back to Maya, his Duskull decided to say hi... probably in the worst way possible.

"Reep! Try not to scare the kids!" Watching the ghost rub the back of her head and apologizing best she could, he couldn't help but sigh. "Guess that is what happens when you try and train a ghost, right?" letting that go, he turned over to see Koldo, staring off into the distance. Glancing in his way, he seemed to of saw the shadow of an Absol staring at them, before dashing off into the shadows. "Okay, now that makes five... Now where is Rusty?"

The Magnemite was nowhere to be scene outside. Looknig around, he thought he could see it with the other Magne-family Pokemon, but didn't seem so. All that was left was the tent.

Klomp klomp klomp klomp...

Opening the tent entrance, he looked enough, there was the iron ball, being timid as ever.

Klomp klomp klomp klomp...

"Now Rusty, cmon. No need to be shy. I am sure you will make many friends. Now get out here."

Klomp klomp klomp klomp...

As he pulled the magnet ball out of the tent, a large shadow rose over Douken, "Kangaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas," echoing before him before the large arms wrapped around his body. "khaaaaaan!" Lifting Douken of the floor, the Kangaskhan squeezed tightly around the trainer.

Well, didn't see this coming...

Posted by: Xpedential May 28 2011, 01:58 AM

Posted by: Living Arrow May 28 2011, 08:14 AM

Lady
Victor
India
Bravo
Romeo
Poliwag

Posted by: Pokefan209 May 28 2011, 08:23 AM

To: No one in particular
Location: The "Sky Ranch" table

Kenz was beyond exited for coming to PokeCon. She wanted to see friends, meet new ones, and most of all, show off her flying Pokemon. She smiled at Tropius, who had happily flown her all the way here. Tropius smiled back, enthusiastic about seeing all the different Pokemon.

"Okay, everyone come out!" she yelled. The festival wasn't super croweded yet, but she wanted to make the most of the time she could see within five feet of her area. Pidee flew up immediatly, taking in his surroundings, then diving down toward the "Sky Ranch" table. Kenz reluctantly followed him after picking up Caterpie and placing him on her shoulder. Pidee was observing the bird Pokemon and screeching at them in a random fashion when Kenz made it to the table. It was decorated in blue paint and had many pens and Pokemon around it.

"This is quite amazing," she breathed, transfixed by the sheer abundunce of Flying-Types. She picked up a black-plumed pen and gazed at the inscription: Vullaby Pen. "What got you so interested in this? The pens, and all the Flying-Types?" she asked the vendor.

Posted by: Dragonwish2 May 28 2011, 08:29 AM

Posted by: Pokefan209 May 28 2011, 08:43 AM

To: Liz Nadira Shir
Location: "Sky Ranch" Table

Kenz turned around sharply, hearing the familiar sound of a friend she had met in the Safari Zone. Her brown eyes twinkled as she saw Liz. She gripped Liz in a hug before letting go and taking in how her friend had changed. Not much. Still the same smile, glasses, and bright personality. Kenz gave her best smile and replied.

"My Pokemon are great. As you can see, Pidee's going crazy with the bird Pokemon, Ca-Caterpie, you get off that girl's face this instant!"

Hearing his trainer's yell, Caterpie got off of the smooth surface that was Liz's face. "I just wanted to see if she was friendly or not!" he yelled, but all that came out was "Cat Cat Pie Caterpie!"

"Sorry about that. Caterpie's still rambuncious as ever, and Tropius is growing just fine." Kenz finished before chiding her bug Pokemon.

Tropius straightened her back at hearing her sister mention that she was doing a good job. Tropius, with proper nutrition and exercize, had grown a full foot since Liz last saw her. She was nearly adult size now.

Posted by: Proby May 28 2011, 10:13 AM

~Alex

Posted by: Ozzy May 28 2011, 11:19 AM

Posted by: Tekno May 28 2011, 11:53 AM

Posted by: 2gamers May 28 2011, 09:41 PM

To: Darryn
Location: Buffet Table

“CLEFFA!”

Lima did not pay heed to the fallen Darryn. In fact, the chubby cleffa used the coordinator as a stepping stone to the vast amounts of food. She jumped onto his stomach, wobbled across his chest, and stepped on his face to reach the tablecloth. With a jump off his cheek, Lima grabbed the cloth and began climbing up the table. Though she was heavy for her species, she was still light enough to avoid spilling all the food trays all over Darryn.

All except the giant bowl of spaghetti.

As the cleffa journeyed upward, the bowl of tomato sauce and noodles was quickly creeping towards the edge, threatening to empty its contents all over the coordinator. Doom seemed to be inevitable until an arcanine rushed onto the scene. His rider jumped off and calmly picked up Lima before catastrophe set in.

“Hey Dazz,” Pan said as she hugged her cleffa, who was struggling to dive into the chocolate cake. Pan gave a bright smile as she waited for Darryn to realize that an old friend had arrived.

Posted by: Douken Sota May 28 2011, 10:00 PM

To: James Stanley
Location: Pan's Tent

Laughing, Douken squirmed, trying to get free of the grip. "Calm down, girl! Calm down! Trying to get his arms out, his glasses slipped off his face, hitting the floor and breaking into pieces... again. "Looks like tape didn't work." It seemed that after the incident at Lenolia, he tried to repair the frames with scotch tape, but held together with no avail. Sighing, he said, "Alright, Tamia, you can put me down now."

With a smile on her face, Douken was set down before his hand petted the bottom of her chin. "I am guessing they are here as well, since you are?" With the Kangaskhna nodding, Douken smiled before going to pick up the pieces of his frame. "Guess I can tell them hi later."

Turning over to the new kid, he let Rusty go to float about (as in behind Douken), before scratching the back of his head. "Yeah, there was no worry there. This is my father's Kangaskhan, Tamia. Tamia, this is..." He stood there for a moment blankly beofre turning back to him and asking, "Who are you, exactly?"

Posted by: Xpedential May 28 2011, 10:10 PM

Posted by: Angels Fall First May 29 2011, 12:36 AM

To: No one in particular
Location: Field of Tents

Finnley had found himself walking around the PokeCon. He was new to the region, so that made him even newer to the festival that was going on. People all around him were setting up tents, supposedly spending the night. It wasn't for awhile before he actually got the point across that he should do the same, before all the good spots were taken. In a flash, Finn took out his green tent and put it together.

A mere ten minutes and his humble home was up and ready for use. With his hands on his hips and a grin on his face he took a few moments, soaking in his simple achievement. That's when it hit him, he should spend some time with his Pokemon. "Rue," the trainer said as he tossed his pokeball into the air, "have some fresh air."

His little piglet appeared a second later, with its' nose in the air and a big smile on his face. It hopped up and down as Finn bent downwards, patting it on the head. "We'll be here for a few days. This is suppose to be a good festival, from what I've heard."

Rue just nodded, still grinning widely to his trainer. His eyes wandered, watching as other trainers and Pokemon were doing the same as they were.

"Maybe we can find a few trainers to practice on too!" Finn said as his eyes grew with excitement. "We'll need all the training we can get."

Posted by: Ozzy May 29 2011, 07:04 AM

To: No one in particular
Location: Shops; Sky Ranch Table

After the purchase of her pendents, Adelaine walked around the little shops, looking for anything else she wanted to buy. She glided around the tables, past all of the breeders trying to get good deals for their baby Pokemon. She stopped for a moment, long enough to pet a few of the little ones in the stalls. There were Pokemon from all around and all types; there were ground-types, fire-types, normal-types, something from every type. She stopped by a small kiddie pool, filled with baby water Pokemon. She patted the head of a small Horsea, "Well, aren't you a cutie," she said, smiling at the little Pokemon.

Adelaine continued walking around the shops, until she came to one selling the feathers of Flying-type Pokemon, made into quills. Sora, who was still following her, made a little perch of her shoulder. She picked up a quill made of a Swellow feather and held it up to him. "What do you think? You'll be a Swellow one day." She ran her hand along the feather, taking in the amazing blue color that it was.

She put down the Swellow feather and browsed through some more of the merchandise. She found the feather of a Braviary, a strong, powerful flying-type, known mostly for their strength and fearlessness. The feather was brilliant shades of red and blue. Speaking to the person behind the table, she said "I would like this one."

Posted by: FirePower May 29 2011, 02:32 PM

To: No one, really.
Location:Entrance

"Wow, so this is poke'con." Kaya and Luke walked under a bright banner showing that they had entered the place of this wonderful event. Luke wandered off to a breeding stall to look at some baby pokemon, while kaya and manera hit the buffet. amongst the tables they saw a strange looking pokemon with a horn sticking out of its head. Kaya took out her pokedex and scanned it.

"Absol, the disaster pokemon. It has the ability to detect natural disasters. It lives in the mountains and appears only to humans to warn them of impending danger." The pokedex said. This was odd to Kaya. The absol right in front of her seemed to be trying to get noticed. As a matter of fact, they were everywhere, all striving for attention. Nothing seemed amiss, though. It was probably just some sort of ritual researchers hadn't learned about yet.

Posted by: Dragonwish2 May 29 2011, 02:42 PM

Posted by: Asterna May 29 2011, 04:41 PM

To: Kaya
Location: Entrance

Rose walked up the path to Starfall Field, face lighting up as she spotted the brightly colored banner labeled "PokeCon" in large letters. "Yay, we're finally here!" she exclaimed happily. It had been a rather long trip from Port Barley to here, and she'd had to take it mostly on foot. At last, she passed under the banner, and found herself looking at what was already shaping up to be a magnificent affair. She stared about her in awe, taking in the sights and sounds of PokeCon. This, she decided, was definitely worth the trip.

"Hey, Alaia, check it out!" she exclaimed with a bright grin, pointing (rather unnecessarily) at the various tables. Her Cottonee gave a cheerful chirp, bouncing up and down on top of Rose's head. She grinned in response. "So you like it too, huh? Now, what should we do first?" Rose wondered aloud, surveying the area. She peered at some of the signs labeling the various tables, muttering to herself. "Let's see... the Sky Ranch -- that sounds interesting -- a glass artisan, Adopt-a-Pokemon..." She pouted slightly. "Oh, I don't know. What do you think, Alaia?"

The Cottonee turned around on top of Rose's head, balancing precariously as she looked around. Finally, she fluttered to the ground and bounced in place for a moment before moving forward in one direction. Rose followed Alaia, curious, to find that they were heading towards the tents. "Oh, that makes sense," she muttered, a little sheepishly. "We should unpack first..."

She looked around the campground, musing that it was a good thing that Alaia had pointed it out to her. The place was packed already; if she'd arrived any later, all the good spots would have been taken. After some searching, she finally found an empty spot that was reasonably close to the main part of PokeCon. She rummaged around in her rather large backpack for a moment before locating the portable tent she carried. Setting it up quickly with the ease of long practice, she stood back and surveyed her work, nodding approvingly. The small blue tent was rather plain in comparison to some of the other trainers' elaborate affairs, but it worked just fine for her. "Alright, looks pretty good," she said, half to herself.

That done with, she decided to return to the fair. If they were doing practical things first, then food would be next on the agenda. She set off for the buffet, Alaia hopping along companionably beside her. Her stomach grumbled in anticipation as she got closer and smelled the delicious aroma of the food there. Once she arrived, however, she was distracted by a familiar face. She opened her mouth to call out to her friend, but shut it again once she noticed the Pokemon Kaya was standing in front of. Rose walked up to her friend and said quietly, so as not to spook the Pokemon -- an Absol, according to Kaya's Pokedex -- "Hey, Kaya. It's nice to see you again."

Posted by: FirePower May 29 2011, 05:25 PM

To:Rose
Location:Buffet

"Oh, hi Rose. Nothin' much I s'pose. I think I saw James over by one of the tents. It would be cool to catch one of those," Kaya said to Rose. Then she brightened. "And why shouldn't I? Manera, attack!"

"Blitzlebli!" the zebra-like pokemon cried.It charged at the Absol, but it jumped out of the way and crashed into a, luckily empty, table. Kaya noticed that it only had three legs. Before Manera could charge again it ran away.

"After it!" Kaya shouted, chasing the absol. The two of them wove through the crowd, around booths and into craters. The absol must have only lost its leg recently, because its gate wasakward and slow and it tripped often. The combination of the three made it possible for Kaya to follow it, even when it went into a group of absol. Finally, Kaya managed to corner it behind some booths.

"Manera, quick attack!" The blitzle charged past its trainer and rammed into the absol, which countered with a scratch attack. It then proceeded to use a taunt attack, which sent Manera into a rage. The blitzle charged again and again at Absol, which every time dodged and countered with scratch. There were a few that landed- and when they did hit, they hit hard. By the time taunt had worn off, though, Manera was about to drop.

"Manera, shock wave," Kaya said. The pokemon focused all of its energy into a ring of lightning that expanded from it hooves and hit the absol. It in turn jumped over Manera, slashing its back with dark blue claws. It collapsed on the ground, fainted, but her attacks had done their job. The absol was weakened enough to capture. Kaya threw a pokeball she'd gotten from Jillius on the way here. It clicked once, twice, three times before the absol quit struggling.

"I think I'll call you beacon, since absol are supposed to show up to warn people of disasters and all," Kaya told the pokeball as she picked it up. Then she turned her attention to Manera. A trip to the pokemon center later, the blitzle was happily bounding about again. The two of them went back to where Kaya had run into Rose.

"Sorry," Kaya apologized. "I got a little carried away. How've you been?"

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam May 29 2011, 05:59 PM

Justin Smart

Posted by: Douken Sota May 29 2011, 07:08 PM

To: James, Justin
At: Pan's tent

Douken laughed as he told the kid, James, "Ah, nothing to worry about. I'm Douken Sota. Nice to meet you. My pal behind he is Rusty." Thinking about where he said he was from, he added, "You know, my dad said he is from Sinnoh too. However, he was born in Sandgem town." Of course, never being there, he didn't know it was pretty much the opposite side of the continent.

That was when a familiar voice called out to him. Looknig over, he could hardly tell the blur, but knew the voice. "Justin!" After a quick shake of his hand, he could not help but say, "Either you got a fast travel Pokemon like Arcanine or Skarmory, or you know how to travel." This was the third time Pan and Douken met up with Justin, each time of their parting, he went in an opposite way. Third time, and they still yet to get to Petropolis city!

When he started talking about the Kangaskhan, he rubbd the bottom of her cheek and told him. "Justin, this is Tamia. She belongs to my dad, which means my parents are... here..." He saw another Absol, and a quick moment passed though his head. "Uh, care to meet them?" he had to make sure someone was not freaking out...

Posted by: SaphireShadows May 29 2011, 07:27 PM

To: No one
Location: PokeCon

"Wow..." was all Twila could say as she looked out upon the scene before her. PokeCon was almost in full swing in front of her, and many, many people were already there milling about the place. Twila had caught a bus and had traveled through the night from Petropolis. It had been a long trip, and she hadn't gotten much sleep on the bus, but she was excited nonetheless to see the breeder stalls and all the trainers around that she could battle.

Right...people... she thought as she timidly made her way through the crowds, her thick, black, curly hair bouncing as she went. She held on to her messenger bag tightly as a particularly large group of people walked towards her. The feeling of running into random strangers made Twila want to get to an open area as soon as possible.

Twila breathed easier as she walked along the backside of the berry stalls. There were less people on this side, which was fine with her. What were there, however, were about three Absols. They were walking with purpose, as if they were trying to say something. One was brave enough to walk right up to Twila and sit right at her feet. Thinking this was actually someone's Pokemon, she looked about to see if she could locate the trainer. Oddly enough, there was no one that Twila could see that was looking frantically for a Pokemon, so she just stared confusedly at the Pokemon for a few moments. A few moments later and the Absol was gone, almost without her even noticing. She shook her head dazedly and walked on. The field that PokeCon had been set up on was strange to Twila. She had never seen so many meteorites in one place, and never would she have ever thought that she would be walking past a meteor as big as a mini van.

With so many trainers in one place, there were so many different kinds of Pokemon that it made Twila's head spin. In just one instance she saw a Charizard, a Flygon and a Salamence flying in perfect synchronization in the mid morning sky, leaving trails of smoke, sparkles and fire behind them. Seeing all of the Pokemon reminded Twila that she had yet to bring out her own, so she quickly rummaged through her bag and brought out three Poke balls.

"All right everyone, come on out!" she said as she dropped all three balls on the ground. All three opened at once and released their charges: a very tiny Ralts by the name of Mai, an overexcited Makuhita named Merle, and an aloof female Nidoran named Kimber. "Welcome to PokeCon guys!" Twila said as her three Pokemon looked around in wonder. There were so many sights and sounds that the three became over stimulated very quickly. Feeling uneasy, Mai shuffled over to Twila and held her arms out, a clear indication that she wanted to be picked up. A flash of nervous emotions flowed through Twila as she picked up the tiny Ralts, which made her start. Had Mai just tried to use telepathy? It was possible; Mai was almost to the point where she could pick up on even the tiniest change in Twila's mood. Her psychic powers were growing, and once she evolved, who knew what she would be able to do?

Twila once again walked through the crowds of people, feeling a little more confident now that her Pokemon were beside her. She browsed the stalls - picking up free samples of berries and granola bars for her Pokemon at the Berry stalls - and came upon the Sky Ranch breeder stall. The types of bird Pokemon displayed there was astonishing, and Twila was very tempted to adopt an adorable Pidgey fledgling, but restrained herself and looked toward the other side of the stall instead. A beautiful collection of feathered quills was being displayed at the front of the stall. A rather large, bald man was watching over the quills, glaring suspiciously at anyone who passed by. He was very sweaty (although the temperature was perfect) and smelled of rank cabbage. Twila wrinkled her nose and proceeded to browse the shelves of quills furthest from the foul man. She was mildly interested, and was about to leave when she paused over four quills placed neatly in a row on the front table. One was white with red and black stripes at the end. It had a very native-like feel to it. The second one was a full, very black feather that was no doubt from some Dark Pokemon. The third was a long pink feather that danced in the slightest breeze. And the last one was a teal, somewhat primitive-looking feather. Twila leaned over the four beautiful pens, wanting just to hold one to see what it would feel like, when the large bald man stood up from his chair looking quite angry. Mai tugged on Twila's shirt warningly, but she was too engrossed in the beautiful pens to notice.

"No touching of the quills unless you plan on buying one!" he shouted. Twila's eyes widened as she quickly took her hand away, but the man yelling wasn't what shocked her. It was the sound of his voice. It was so high and squeaky that it reminded Twila of a certain famous cartoon mouse on helium. It was so absurd that she had to almost run from the stall to keep the clerk from seeing her laugh.

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"There," Twila said as she admired her work. After running away from the Sky Ranch stall, she had picked up a tent and had gone to search for a place to set up camp. She had chosen a spot around the edge of the campground between three large meteorites. Twila reasoned that if the wind decided to pick up, the three boulders would at least slow the wind down, making it much harder to blow the tent over. She had just finished setting up her tent when another breeder stall caught her eye. Curious, she abandoned her campsite for the time being and went to investigate, her three Pokemon loyally following.

Posted by: Pokefan209 May 29 2011, 07:46 PM

((I hope its okay that I'm playing some NPCs. They can be played by anyone, I was hoping.))
Listening intently, Kenz's face dropped slightly to a sad smile when Liz left. Returning the strong hug, Kenz waved after her.

"Good luck with the competitions!" She called. Watching her Pokemon out of the corner of her eye (Tropius was fighting with some people over her fruit), she returned to the counter.

"Excuse me, sir!" she called to the man in the back of the counter. A man with no hair and blue eyes turned to face Kenz.

"Well, hello to you, good lady! How can I help ya?" he asked in a slightly hourse voice.

"Well, I was just wondering if I could do anything to-"

"My goodness! I can see the flying spirit in your eyes!" he shouted suddenly. He zoomed into Kenz's face, making her head jerk back in surprise.

"Grandpa! You better not be messing with a customer!" came a voice from the back. A much younger man, about 20 or so, with short black hair, came out and dragged his grandfather away.

"Sorry about that. You want to do something? Come on, I'll show you what you can help with. My name's Yume, by the way."

"Kenz," the scared girl replied before following the man into the back, still watching the grandfather nervously, who was now mumbling something about a Braviary running over his grandma. In the back of the stand, Kenz noticed a large nursery with many baby bird Pokemon running around in a playpen. Some were expirementing with flight, but most were falling in a very comical way. The ones who were able to sustain flight fell back to the ground shortly in exhaustion and took a nap.

"Now, these little guys need watching. Make sure none get out of the pen, and if they need food, feed them the bottles," Yume pointed to a table with bottles and blankets and such, whatever you needed for babies. "And if they get tired and can't sleep, let them play a bit, then rock them to sleep and put a blanket over them."

"Thank you! You won't regret this, sir," Kenz happily exclaimed, excited to work with Flying types at their littlest stage.

"I'll leave you to it, then," Yume sighed, walking back out. Kenz watched the little Pokemon play around, fed a crying Vullaby, and rocked a baby Zubat to sleep. Best. Job. EVER, she thought.

Posted by: Tekno May 29 2011, 08:16 PM

Tyson was cheerfully on his way to both of the famous stalls when something caught his eye. Lava Cookies. Freshly baked too. Something seemed oddly familiar about them, though... There was a small group of people standing in front of the stall in a way that obscured most of the interior from Tyson's point of view but once he got through them what he saw pretty much surprised him.

"Grandma?!" the elderly woman behind the counter was indeed Tyson's grandmother but what she was doing there was beyond his understanding.

"Oh, Tyson, dear! What are you doing here?"

"I should be the one asking you that, don't you think?" the crowd was now focused on both of them and Tyson decided to speed things up. "Anyways, good to see you! How have you and Grandpa been?"

"Oh, always the same, dear. We thought we'd just get out of Arasam for a while, you see? As for your Grandpa..." before Esmeralda Ealdwine could finish her speech Tyson was already sighing.

"Let me guess, he's around here somewhere with his own stall making paintings." his grandma nodded at his statement and Tyson sighed again. "Fine, I'll go and try to find him. Oniden, lets go." the Elekid saluted the elderly woman before following Tyson out of the scene. This time it was Esmeralda's turn to sigh.

"By Arceus, that boy will never change. Running off like that. Cookie, dear, follow him and make sure he doesn't get into trouble." the small electric furnace behind her started shaking and out of it came a Rotom. With a mischievous laugh it rapidly darted off through the crowd to follow Tyson.

Posted by: Angels Fall First May 29 2011, 08:42 PM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: Nearby a Breeder Stall

"Hey!" Finnley shouted at his joyful pig darted away from him. "I told you to stop!" The green haired trainer flailed his hands as he blurted out more nonsense until Rue finally stopped. The little piglet just glanced over it's shoulder with its' playful smile. It giggled and nodded, but began running around yet again.

Sighing deeply, Finn looked down at the ground as he sulked silently. "First Bailey, now Rue." As his head was down he didn't notice where he was walking, until he already had bumped into someone. It was a woman with long, black hair, who had her party of Pokemon around her.

"Whoa!" He muttered, taking a step back. He had only bumped into her slightly, but it was enough to knock him back a step. He shook his head and looked up. That's when he took his time and actually checked her out. A chuckle escaped his lips, which was unintentional.

Finn slapped his mouth gently as he didn't want her to have heard his little giggle. She was quite the looker from what he could tell. Tanned, something he wasn't at all, with freckles too. Finnley was somewhat speechless, until it struck him to be polite. "Are you okay?"

Posted by: SaphireShadows May 29 2011, 10:53 PM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: Almost to the Breeder Stall

Twila was almost to the breeder's stall. She could just see the pens where the young Pokemon were kept when a small pig Pokemon ran past her. She watched curiously as the little pig looked back and giggled. That's when something bumped into her back.

A small "uh!" escaped her lips as she skipped to regain her balance. Kimber, who was right in front of her at the time, uttered a startled "Ni!" and scrambled out of her trainer's way. She growled a little, but returned to Twila's side, giving her a half-hearted glare. Twila turned to find out what had bumped into her and saw that it was a green haired boy. He had large green eyes that made him look younger than he was, and was dressed smartly in a green vest and white shirt. Twila blushed slightly when he looked at her.

"Woah!" he said as he took a step back. Twila blushed an even deeper red and looked down at the ground. Mai gazed over towards this new human curiously. Seeing as she was still on Twila's hip she didn't have to look up at him, which was a pain if truth be told. She was so small that everything seemed to tower over her, and she was beginning to dislike it. Mai's attention snapped back to this new stranger as his mood shifted slightly. Twila didn't notice.

What she did notice was that he was giggling at her, which made her want to turn invisible. She was beginning to wonder if this guy was now mocking her, but a quick hand over his mouth told her that the giggle was unintentional, so she relaxed a fraction of an inch.

"Are you okay?" he asked after a few moments of silence.

Twila looked to the ground again and said, "Y-yes, I'm f-fine." Twila straightened Mai's necklace to keep from having to look the man in the eye. She was so bashful around men and she had never understood why. Mai nuzzled against Twila's shoulder, trying to reassure her. She ventured to speak a few more syllables. "A-are you, umm, okay?"

Posted by: Amissa May 30 2011, 01:47 AM

To: Delainey
Location: Tents, and then Sky Ranch Table

"There! It's finally done!" Victor Worthington crowed with a wide grin as he wiped some sweat from his brow. His son, Daniel stood beside him and marveled at the tent that they had spent all morning preparing. The Worthingtons were one of the biggest names in their hometown of Gigarte. Victor was the current CEO and head architect of Gigarte Construction. He was the mastermind behind most of Gigarte's greatest building endeavors, all of which were functional, environmentally friendly works of art. However, Daniel himself had recently attracted a lot of attention in Gigarte in his exploits as a pokemon trainer. Naturally, they had to have an awesome tent.

Victor wanted their outdoor abode to be beautiful and comfortable, but natural. The tent had one bedroom for the family, and another room for indoor lounging, but the rest of it wasn't outdoors at all. Instead, it was something like a covered patio. There was just enough cover to protect from the rain. The hard work hadn't actually been putting the tent up, it was planting the garden. The Worthingtons, like most people from Gigarte, didn't know how to get on in life without being surrounded by the scent of flowers and wildlife. Therefore, they had carefully dug up a few of their precious babies...er, flowers, and brought them on the camping trip with them. Victor and Daniel had just finished surrounding their entire campsite with beautiful flowers from home, which had including preparing the soil, adding mulch, fertilizer, and water. Of course, when it was time to go, the Worthingtons would be digging it all up again and taking great care to leave the space exactly the way that they found it.

Meanwhile, Marie Worthington added the finishing touches to their tent. She had all of her paints out and was adding a few final dashes to color to her masterwork on the tent. "What do you think, my dears?" Marie asked her family as she stood back for a better look. On each side of her tent, she'd painted a Gigarte landmark. On one side showed Tigiate Square, another showed the beautiful Pokeringer Stadium, and on one side colored in mysterious and ominous dark blues and violets was Gigarte Grotto.

"It's wonderful! We have the most beautiful tent in the field, I think!" Daniel answered quickly. That much was obvious to him. The loveliness of the flowers and the lawn combined with his mother's own artistic talent made their tent stand out. Others had flags and symbols, and while they had neither, no one could look at their tent and guess that they came from anywhere else in Furoh.

Victor looked uncertain, however. "Are you sure that it's best to include the Grotto? I mean, after all that's happened there..."

"It's a part of our city, though, and that's what I wanted to represent. Gigarte isn't just a city of beauty, but also a city of triumph." Marie explained, looking up at the tent with a proud glow in her eyes. Victor couldn't help but smile, as he gazed at his wife with a tender expression. "I'm so happy that you thought of bringing the whole family here, Victor! We really needed to get out. No reason to let Daniel have all the fun. Plus, this way we can keep an eye on him."

"Mom!" Daniel blushed and ducked his head in embarrassment, but his smile never faltered. He loved his mother, and he enjoyed being spoiled and fussed over more than he would ever publicly let on.

"And the babies needed a chance to travel, I think." Marie continued. "The babies" in this instance weren't flowers, but the family's pokemon. When Marie and Victor met, each of them had their own pokemon. Marie had her beautifly, Skylight, and Victor had his grotle, Gaia. For their wedding, Victor and Marie were giving a sunkern which they named Sprout and raised together. On their ten year anniversary, the couple evolved Sprout into a sunflora. Lastly, they had Trick, a male nidoran that they had been given to commemorate the birth of their first child, Daniel. Since neither Victor nor Marie were actual pokemon trainers, they pokemon weren't very strong and lived mostly as family pets. Now, the group of pokemon made themselves comfortable around the camp.

Sprout did a merry little dance in the sunlight amongst the freshly planted flowers as Skylight twirled around him, the ageing beautifly just as graceful as ever. Gaia and Trick shared a bowl of food in the shade of the tent. Then, of course, there were Daniel's own pokemon. As a trainer, his pokemon were much stronger than his parent's was, but he was still learning how to bond with them. His machop, Hercules was his closest companion, but he was shy of crowds and Daniel kept him in his pokeball at this sort of gathering as a result. His newest capture, Ami the stunky, also stayed in his pokeball, but this was because Daniel had learned that stunkies were not well-appreciated pokemon. Even his mother, Marie, who normally loved all living creatures, was less than thrilled when Daniel boasted about his first captured pokemon. Of his team, only Geb the ninjask was outside his pokeball at the moment, buzzing faithfully at Daniel's side. Seeing his parents and the close relationship that they had with their pokemon, made Daniel feel a great surge of affection for Geb just for staying with him.

"I'm going to go check out some of the shops, okay," Daniel said, taking a look around and deciding that he wanted some time to explore on his own.

"All right, honey, but let's meet up for dinner, okay?" Marie suggested.

"Try not to get into too much trouble, Daniel," Victor said, giving Daniel a skeptical look as though he worried that his son might spontaneously combust if he was so much as poked too hard. This was normal. Daniel's parents were unusually protective because their son was unusually prone to deadly disasters. They hoped that by coming with Daniel to the PokeCon that they could somehow prevent any kind of impending doom by merely being present.

"Okay! Bye guys!" Daniel shouted. He was already running off towards the numerous stalls and was soon lost in the sea of trainers and pokemon lovers. Geb buzzed above Daniel's head now, and the young trainer had to take care not to accidentally tread on anyone's toes or they tails of their pokemon. "There's so many people...I can hardly see anything." Daniel complained to himself. Geb began to fly slightly in front of him, and without realizing it, Daniel was soon following his pokemon. Geb had his own ideas of what he wanted to do and before long Daniel found his way out of the crowd in front of a stall of feathered pens.

"Finest feathers in Furoh!" The vendor boasted. "If you can name a bird pokemon, I can show you a pen with that feather."

Daniel looked all of the feathers over, but he couldn't see the one that he was looking for. He shared a look with his ninjask as he put a hand over his chest, covering the secret that he kept hidden under his black T-shirt. Daniel had taken to wearing the rainbow feather that marked his first adventure as a pokemon trainer as a necklace tucked under his clothes, the adventure that was nearly his last. He wasn't sure if it was for luck, but the feather had come to mean so much to him that he wanted it with him at all times.

Daniel frowned (a rare thing) as he gazed down at the feathers, confused by his feelings at the moment. He felt sad that he couldn't talk to anyone about exactly what happened that day, and lonely when he missed his friends from the adventure, but that adventure had been his true initiation into what it meant to be a trainer. He'd felt like it was some sort of test of his heart, and that he had passed.

"Is something not to your liking, sir?" The vendor asked. Daniel blinked at him, and then smiled politely as he remembered where he was.

"Not at all, sir, they're all beautiful, but not quite what I'm looking for today." Daniel explained and then whispered to his bug pokemon, "Why'd you bring me over here, anyway?"

Suddenly, a cry rose up from the crowd as a large man screamed the most girly scream that Daniel had ever heard. Following this was some rather ghostly laughter. Standing on his toes, Daniel was able to catch a glimpse of the misdreavus as it continued on its reign of terror. "Geez, looks like some people can't control their ghost type. Who would let their pokemon just wreak havoc like that at an event like this? Some folks can be so irresponsi--oops!"

Daniel had turned suddenly just in time to see Delainey, a girl that he explored Gigarte Grotto with and whom he thought was particularly pretty. At once, Daniel's face turned a bright red and words failed to come out of his mouth even as his lips continued to move. Eventually, Daniel simply stopped trying to talk and just stood there to embrace the "I suddenly ran into a pretty girl and am now to terrified to speak moment".

Man, I thought I was getting over this whole "Girls freak me out" thing! It wasn't this bad when we were in Gigarte, but maybe that was because we were both so busy with exploring and training. Behind his head, Geb swayed back and forth, buzzing cheerfully at Delainey. Geb, Daniel thought, this was his plan! Why would he bring me to her, I wonder?

"Hi," Daniel eventually managed to croak out. "How've you been?"

Posted by: Pinsir May 30 2011, 01:51 AM

The PokeCon was quite the sight. Tents stretched as far as the eye could see and mobs of people were swarming various tents for rare goods and exchanges. Zach took a deep breath, surveying the whole place, taking notice of the oddly large number of Absols surrounding the festival. He just shrugged it off and made his way down to the path towards the center of the gathering.

After 5 minutes of walking, Zach was lucky enough to find a space to set up camp next to a tent selling Lava Cookies. He placed his bag down and looked around. He was going to need a tent. Quickly, he spotted a merchant selling tents, trying to lure customers in. "Top notch quality for the lowest prices! Get your tents and tent supplies here!" he cried out. Zach made his way over to the tent and asked the man how much it was for a tent.

"700 PokeDollars," the man responded. "We have lots of different designs and colors."

"I'll take one, preferably just a solid color though." Zach said. After getting the tent and handing over his money, Zach made his way back over to his area and got ready to set up his tent.

~~~~~

30 minutes of hard work later, Zach stepped back and observed the tent. He sighed out of relief and mopped the sweat off of his brow as a cool, satisfying breeze of cool air passed his face. All that hard work had made Zach hungry, and the amazing scent of lava cookies from the stall next door seemed like perfection at this time. He made his way over to the stall and was overwhelmed by the delicious scent of warm, oven baked lava cookies. Zach ordered a box and looked around, and he could've swore he saw the head of his friend, Tyson. He didn't have anything better to do, so he preformed some stealth recon and followed the person in question.

Posted by: Master Houndoom May 30 2011, 02:47 AM

To: No One In Particular
Where: From the Entrance to the Sky Ranch Table

Two figures walked up the path leading to the con. Despite it being the night before, it seemed to be in full swing already, perhaps owing to the many trainers who had opted to come early and stay the night. It is typical of such informal occasions that merchants try to hawk their wares early, and customers oblige them.

The pair stepped through the entrance, if two poles with a banner strung across them counted as such, hand in hand, and, though they spoke to each other, they looked around, and though they seemed to bicker, they were grinning from ear to ear.

"We're so late..!"

"Yes, well," said the young man responding to his companions complaint, "somebody refused to fly, and then the bus broke down--"

"Look, I have flown twice now in those... unnatural contraptions," the girl's face scrunched up, even though the boy, a tall, blonde young man, looked at her in confusion, "and have no intention of doing so again unless it's life or death."

"Contraptions," the boy said, after a short pause. "Really?"

"If the clanking death machine fits..." The girl looked at the boy and stuck her tongue out cheekily.

"Anyway," the boy continued, laughing, "I meant you could have gotten Bloodwing from the PC."

The girl, barely coming to the boy's chest and sporting bright red hair, rolled her eyes. "Bloodwing can't fly both of us, and somebody doesn't have a flyer of his own."

"I think Bloodwing would argue the point with you."

The pair walked on, cutting through the center of the field and avoiding people as they jostled to and fro, still hand in hand. The girl bumped the boy with her hip, playfully, and he laughed again. "Besides, I liked being next to you on the bus," she said. "You're a very comfortable pillow."

"Yeah," he said, patting his stomach and looking at it with a hint of worry, "maybe [b]too[/i] comfortable."

"Oh, please, Jaima," laughed the girl. "The way Shadow runs you around every morning, you're probably in better shape than when you left!"

Jaima looked at her sidelong, then bit his lip. Though he didn't answer, he was glad that she'd had that much confidence, even if his fear was something stupid. Of course he hadn't been getting fat. He just felt lazy since, for the past few days, he hadn't had the chance to train with his lucario. "Thanks, Meiko," he said, pulling her close by the shoulder.

"Don't thank me for telling you you're being silly, Jai-chan." Meiko wrinkled her nose, and the two walked on in silence.

Something caught Jaima's eye, beyond the notice of Meiko. "Do you think we'll see Pan? Or Darryn?" she said, sounding eager.

"Mmm."

Meiko looked up at him and sighed. "Don't be a butt, Jaima. Darryn went his own way, and th--"

"Huh? Oh! No, no. I hope we do. I just... doesn't that look like something out of Johto?"

Meiko followed where he was pointing, and blinked. "Yes, yes it does. And it's a breeder's stall... you don't think..?"

Unlike the other displays, the breeders were in their bed, likely allowing for their pokemon babies to rest. Some of them had personnel out there, tending to the nocturnal breeds, but the one in question did not. Jaima looked thoughtful, biting his lip, then shrugged. "Guess we'll find out tomorrow, huh?"

At that point, they reached the place where, nbenownst to Jaima, Meiko was headed: The Sky Ranch display. As soon as they got there, Meiko started browsing over the pens on display, giggling or cooing at the particularly well-made ones. Jaima watched her, not saying anything, and then turned to look, a small smile growing on his face.

"Oi," he said, after a bit. "Want me to set up the tents?"

"Tent."

"Tent, th-- Wait, what?"

Meiko turned, blushing. "I was going to pull something like, 'Oh no, I forgot my tent', but I didn't want to be dishonest. So... I didn't bring my tent."

Jaima looked at her, then blushed and looked away. "O-... ok... Tent, then... um... just the one."

"Yes," Meiko said, turning to the table again to hide her own blush. After a while, she turned to him, pulling him close to speak more privately, not that anyone was listening. "It's not like we'll be able to get up to anything... not with all these people around..."

"Right," Jaima said, nodding. "Just, um..."

Meiko waited, and Jaima cleared his throat, pulling back and giving her a mock stern look. "Just be sure you keep your hands to yourself, young lady..!"

"I'll try to be good," she said with a smile. A very mischievous smile.

Posted by: Living Arrow May 30 2011, 08:06 AM

Who: Darryn
To: Pan
Where: Buffet

"Mmmph-face!" Darryn groaned as a pink ball of a Pokemon tottered across it and towards the nearest buffet table which, luckily, he hadn't fallen into. If he had, then that would have been one messy... "NOT THE HAIR!" He squealed as a large bowl of spaghetti teetered at the endge of the table, threatening to fall and coat the Co-Ordinator and his latest travelling outfit in bolognese sauce. He raised his hands quickly to obstruct what he could of the inevitable staining but thankfully the sticky feeling of pasta on his face never came.

"Hey Dazz.”

"Wha-?" Darryn parted his arms and blinked upwards to find a welcome face smiling back at him. "Pan! I should have guessed you'd be here!" He exclaimed as she hastily got back to his feet and wrapped his old friend up in a tight hug. She squeezed him back just as hard but the sensation for Darryn was more than a simple embrace. Joy. Excitement. Shock. A pinch of relief. So much emotion was emitted by Pandora Gibbs that Darryn had to drink it fast so that he didn't miss anything.

"You're a long way from Petropolis so this is either a bizarre vacation or you're working. Am I right?" He grinned widely, then his eyes widened. "Oh! And since last time, look what I got!" He dipped into his jacket pocket to reveal his blue and silver ribbon case, clicking it open to reveal his newest glittering pin - the Mirrormist Ribbon. "Ribbon number two! What have you been up to since Mount Carello?"

Kaki
Suika
Momo
Ichigo
Anzu
Ume

Posted by: Pokefan209 May 30 2011, 09:18 AM

Once she had rocked all the babies to sleep, Kenz sat down contently. All the snores began having an almost hypnotic affect on her. Her eyes slowly closed, and just as she was about to fall asleep...

"KAAAKAAAA!!" An ear-piercing caw came from another room. A Skarmory had just had a very unpleasent experience.

"No! Platinum! Please be quiet!" Yume called, appearing in the nursery before turning to Kenz with a look of distress on his face. "Kenz! Take care of the stand! Platinum's having her egg!" He then proceeded to run into a shaded room that Kenz hadn't noticed before. Leaping up, she almost ran to the front, but took notice of the babies. They had the natural ability of all children and teenagers to be able to sleep through anything. All were snoozing, snug as Joltics in rugs. After proceeding to sweatdrop, Kenz moved toward the front and took an apron and hairband from the closet and from her pocket, respectively. Tying her hair in a pony-tail to avoid grossing the customers out, she took the front.

"How can I help you?"

Posted by: 2gamers May 30 2011, 09:45 AM

To: Darryn
Location: Buffet Table

As Pan and Darryn embraced, Lima was brought a bit closer to the vast amounts of food awaiting her. While the pair was distracted with their talking, Lima would begin with her early dessert…

“Where do I even begin,” Pan started. So much had happened since they last talked via video phone in the Underground. Many of those adventures turned out to be quite dangerous, most notably her recent trip to Lenoilia. She really didn’t want to freak Darryn out over the gory details, especially after the events of Castle Vonmoto. He almost gave up his dream just to travel with her and make sure she didn’t get into too much trouble. What was the harm in fudging the story a bit? So long as he didn’t read too carefully into her blog, she should be fine.

“Well, we went to Arasam a while back. I even tried one of those contests with your beau. I really don’t know how you do that stuff on a regular basis; there’s way too much prep to go into one competition. I don’t have a shiny ribbon to show off, but it was a fun night.” As Pan examined Darryn’s newest ribbon, she thought about her story. She decided to leave out the part where Troy gave Pan and Douken a drunken joyride around town…and nearly off a cliff. It wasn’t too important to the story. “Douken won his first badge at the local gym there, so he didn’t leave empty-handed.”

“Then we made a stop at Loch Ranch and helped out there for a bit. The family there is real nice. We even settled a disagreement between some unruly travelers through an old-fashioned pokemon battle.” Nevermind that those “unruly travelers” were Darkrai worshippers bent on releasing their deity to bring about a better world. Again, not important.

“We had to make a stop in Lenoilia during a thunderstorm. It was a pretty rundown place, but many of the people there are quite swell. We helped them out with a pest problem, and life seems to be improving over there.” This time Pan had to fib on the details. The pest problem was actually a gang of unruly bikers that took over part of the city with a genetically-modified abomination. Since the incident, Pan was told to keep tight lipped on the matter. She even had to delete her most recent blog post on the subject!

“One phone call from the professor, and I’m flying on a plane to Daigake and racing over here to study the absols running around here. I should have known there would be a few familiar faces around here, what with the trainer and coordinator tournaments tomorrow.”

As Pan started talking about PokeCon, she noticed that something was missing in Darryn’s usual style. His outfit was immaculate as usual (aside from the tumble to the ground) and his hair was ready for another showcase on the big stage. No, his outfit had nothing to do with it.

“Where’s the rest of your posse?” Pan said, determining that Darryn was alone. “Are they all right-”

“Ar!”

Pan turned around to look at her arcanine. Fenrir nodded his head towards the cleffa, who had an arm covered in chocolate.

“Lima!” Pan shouted. The cleffa quickly hid the evidence by wiping her arm on Pan’s shorts. She gave a chocolate-covered grin to her human, feigning innocence in her raid of the dessert.

“This is Lima,” Pan said to Darryn as she wiped the cleffa’s mouth with a napkin. “I found her in the Underground. I’ve been trying to get her on a diet, but…she’s sneaky. Aren’t you, Lima?”

The cleffa simply started singing in “clef’s” and “fa’s”, as if practicing her Doe Re Mee’s.

Posted by: Angels Fall First May 30 2011, 09:53 AM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: Paces away from Breeder Stall

"I'm just fine," he replied. The girl seemed nervous which made Finn grin just a bit. The shy girls always made him feel a little more at ease than the ones who knew what they were doing. His eyes then shifted towards his little piglet who was standing nearby, just looking up at his trainer and the girl, still with a wide smile. "I told you to stop running around, Rue."

It nodded, answering its' owner. Finn chuckled and did the same, nodding his head. He brought his hand up and smiled, "I didn't mean to bump into you, accidents happen, right?"

That was when he took notice of the girl's Ralts, who was holding onto her shoulder. Finn slipped his hand passed her and gently rubbed the Ralts's head. "Cute," he said softly.

Posted by: SaphireShadows May 30 2011, 10:37 AM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: " "

"I'm just fine," he said. Twila was uncomfortable. He kept staring at her, which made her fidget nervously. He then turned to look behind her and said, "I told you to stop running around, Rue." Twila turned to see the little piglet that had run past before grinning at the two of them. It nodded toward its trainer and continued to grin. Twila wondered if the little Pokemon hadn't done this on purpose just for its own amusement.

The man chuckled at his Pokemon, then extended his hand in Twila's direction. "I didn't mean to bump into you, accidents happen, right?" Then he stretched his hand out and patted Mai on the head. "Cute," he said as Mai closed her round pink eyes and smiled. Down by Twila's feet, an angry Merle stood fuming at this new human. Without warning, he stepped up to the green haired man and punched him hard in the kneecap. A clear way of saying "No touchie."

Kimber, sitting on the opposite side of Twila's feet, simply fell over laughing.

"Merle!" Twila exclaimed, realizing what he had just done. "That was not very nice at all. Return!" And she held out his Poke ball which engulfed him in its customary red light. Merle looked everything but apologetic as he was sucked into the device and placed back in Twila's bag. Twila looked back up at the man and blushed apologetically. "I-I'm sorry. Merle gets very...p-protective of m-me and M-mai. A-are you all right, Mr....?"

Posted by: Angels Fall First May 30 2011, 11:07 AM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: ""

In an instant he was down on the ground, holding his knee tightly. He mumbled a curse as he rubbed his knee gently. A second later he took a few quick breaths and calmed himself down. Finn was getting better at that, holding in his anger and letting is pass. He was still on the ground as he looked up, "I should have known better than to step on his territory. I'd be like that too."

The whole time Rue had been doing the same as Kimber, rolling on the ground laughing at what had just happened to his trainer. The piglet rolled on over towards his trainer, still giggling as he neared. Rue stopped once he was at Finnley's leg though, rubbing his head against it, trying to show affection. Finn patted his Pokemon and rose.

He slowly picked himself up, putting his weight on his uninjured leg instead. He held out his arm, this time towards Twila, "Finnley Oakley. No need for mister either, just Finn will do."

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam May 30 2011, 01:38 PM

Justin Smart

Posted by: Living Arrow May 30 2011, 03:44 PM

Who: Darryn
To: Pan
Where: Buffet table

"Woah... sounds like you've been one busy Gibbon." Darryn couldn't believe how much Pan had managed to accomplish in the small time since they had parted ways. He had always known that her work in Furoh would take her all across the region but never had he thought it would be so fast-paced. She must have seen so much and met so many people and Pokemon! *I bet she sees loads of new and unusual styles of fashion and training, too...*

“Where’s the rest of your posse? Are they all right- Lima!” Pan scolded the baby pink Pokemon in her arms even as she introduced her to the Co-Ordinator. Darryn had never seen a Pokemon like that before, but a quick consultation of his Pokedex later and he was fully informed. This cute little ball was the Star Shape Pokemon, Cleffa. And, true to Pan's claim, the little one was in desperate need of a diet.

"Fa fa faaa clefafafaaa!" The baby sang happily, clearly showing off for her newest company. Darryn smiled. She reminded him of Meiko and Precious Eggheart the Happiny.

"So cute." Darryn enjoyed the gleeful waves coming off of the Pokemon's Emotaglow. "And such a nice singing voice. Pleased to meet you, Lima."

"Fa!" She wiggled her arms at him.

"Oh, the others?" Darryn returned to Pan's question and immediately felt guilty. "I split up with Jaima, Meiko and Tuesday back in Petropolis. Not in a bad way or anything. It's just, after getting the Mirrormist Ribbon I was forced to consider my options as a Co-Ordinator. The Contests I've won have been complete flukes so far and my style isn't sharp enough to really capture the judges the way I've seen others do it."

*Shalim and Tyron... Where are they now? Probably getting Ribbon number three...*

"So," Darryn continued, "rather than slow the others down I thought it was right to take some time out in Petropolis and find my real self - settling on my own Kellor style of Co-Ordinating and maximising the potential of my Pokemon before moving out again for the next Contest Hall. It's not all bad, though - my cousin Lyla has joined up with me. You remember Lyla, right?" Darryn thought back to their days in Celadon High. Had the two girls met? Maybe at one of Darryn's birthday parties? It was difficult to pinpoint if they had.

"For all I know, Jaima and Meiko could be married and Tuesday could be Furoh's Next Top Model. What am I saying? I'd know about that... Anywho, I'm sure they're doing great whatever the case." Darryn rounded off. "But there's another reason why I've decided to go it alone for a little while." He lowered his voice and looked around carefully. No-one was eavesdropping and Pan could be completely trusted, he was sure of it. Keeping this particular secret from her before had been difficult since his Empath abilities had been new to him when they last saw each other but now he was completely in control and had accepted them as the gifts they were meant to be. Plus, he was excited to have someone around him who was emotionally linked to him - able share his abilities as Lady, Lyla, Jaima and the others all could. "You won't be able to reply, but you'll be able to hear it."

"Hear what?"

<This.> Darryn's mind flowed into hers. <It really is good to see you again, Pan.>

Posted by: Asterna May 30 2011, 04:38 PM

To: Kaya
Location: Buffet

Rose watched curiously as Kaya ordered Manera to attack the Absol, frowning a little when she noticed the Abol's missing leg. In the meanwhile, she took out her own Pokedex and scanned another Absol nearby. "Rumored to sense disasters with its horn, it became a target. It fled deep into the mountains," the Pokedex rattled off in its robotic voice. Rose raised an eyebrow at that -- "rumored to sense disasters"? "Fled deep into the mountains"? If that was true, then what were all of these Absols doing here? Now that she thought of it, she had heard a few rumors on the way here. She'd heard some people on TV talking about the Absols being an omen of disaster to come or something, but... surely that was just superstition. Right?

Rose shook herself out of her reverie as Kaya returned from the Pokemon Center. "Huh? Oh, it's fine," she reassured Kaya, giggling a bit. "That was actually pretty cool to watch. Congratulations on capturing Beacon, by the way," she added with a friendly smile. "Although I wonder what happened to its leg..." Her smile faded a bit, but returned quickly at Kaya's question. "Oh, I've been doing pretty well. Nothing exciting's happened so far -- I just got here, so I haven't really had a chance to look around. How about you? Have any plans for PokeCon?" she asked.

Posted by: Douken Sota May 30 2011, 04:39 PM

to: Justin, James
At: pan's tent

"Pan? Of course she is here. Are you saying you don't recognize her Pokemon," he said, pointing over his shoulder to the others. "She had to chase down hungry little Lima again. I am sure she is fine though." Walking over to the napping Venusaur, he called out, "Hey Turnip. I am going to say hi to my parents. Watch the fort here, will ya?"

With whatever response the walking pant gave, let it be a yawn or a nod, he smiled before letting out a whistle, calling his Pokemon to gather back around. with everyone gathered, he returned them all back into their balls. With a quick glance at James, he told him, "You are willing to follow." Whether he accepted or not, Douken didn't mind. "Alright Tamia. Show us the way to their stand."

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Posted by: SaphireShadows May 30 2011, 05:10 PM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: " "

Twila nodded as Finn told her his name. She started to walk towards the breeder's stall when she remembered that she hadn't told him her name. Turning back around she clasped her hands behind her back and said, "I-it's nice to-to meet you. My name's T-Twila." Mai hugged her around the neck, and a blip of bravery washed over her like a light rain. "Would...would you like t-to go to the, uh, breeder's s-stall with m-me?" Granted, talking to men her age wasn't one of her strong points (it was as weak as a Magicarp splash), but still, walking around with someone was better than wandering around alone for the whole festival.

-------

"Aww, what a cutie!" Twila gushed as she held a baby Buneary in her arms. The little rabbit Pokemon was sleepy, and was dozing off. Mai had gotten down and was now curiously watching the young Pokemon in the pens. Some would look over at her and smile, others would just go about their playing and sleeping. "They're all so adorable. How can anyone resist wanting to take them all home?" she asked to no one in particular.

"Most people can't," a voice said to Twila's right. She looked over to see a woman with a coral-colored apron walking over. She was short - shorter than Twila - and was wearing round glasses. Her hair was back in a tight ponytail and she was holding a little Cleffa in her arms. "Welcome to our stall! My name's Wendy, would you like me to show you around?" Twila placed the sleeping bunny gently back in the pen, then straightened up and smiled at the shorter woman. It was much easier for Twila to talk to girls than guys.

"I would like that," Twila said, picking Mai back up. Wendy smiled, placed the Cleffa in the pen, and beckoned for her to follow.

The five pens that were in the stall had many different Pokemon in them. One was just for water types, and Twila could see a few Staryu on the bottom of the small pool while Mantyke raced each other in the water. Another pen had dozens of dog Pokemon in it. "We have many dog-type Pokemon," Wendy said, gesturing towards the large pen, "They're very popular. Why don't you check 'em out?" Twila grinned and stepped into the pen. In an instant, about twenty dog Pokemon - from Eevee to Lillipup to Growlithes - were swarmed around her, begging for attention. Twila laughed and snuggled them all, but none of them seemed to click with her. She regretfully left the pen of pups and continued following her guide.

"And here are the incubators." Wendy said with a hint of pride in her voice. They had walked through every pen outside, but none of the Pokemon seemed right for Twila. Wendy had then led her into the tent, saying that she knew just what to do. The incubator room was chocked full of different types of Pokemon eggs.

"Woah..." Twila breathed as she walked through the aisles and aisles of eggs. A few other trainers were back here as well, apparently having the same dilemma as herself. "Look at this one Mai," Twila said, holding the Ralts up so she could see. It was a light green egg with darker green spots on it.

"That," Wendy said, coming over to where Twila was, "is a Bulbasaur egg. Just laid a few days ago." Twila's eyes widened as she ogled at the egg. Bulbasaur were her favorite Pokemon, and she was about to buy it then and there when she heard a "Ralts! Ralts!" from across the room. She looked down to find that only Kimber was at her side.

"Mai? Where are you?" Twila asked, walking along the rows of eggs. Mai called out once more, and appeared in the corner of the tent. Curious, Twila approached her Ralts. She was standing in front of a particularly old incubator with a determined look on her face. "What's this Mai?" she asked looking at the egg under the incubator's light. It was green and beige, with little spots of yellow on it. Twila pressed her fingers against the warm shell, feeling the smoothness of it. It reminded her of porcelain. Her fingers trailed up and down the egg until she discovered something at the very top of it. It felt like a crack in the egg, but it was sealed over.

"Poor thing," Wendy said, eyes dark. "We found it outside one day in the fall. It was cold, and looked like it had been thrown around a bit. We mended the crack in the shell hoping that it would keep the baby Pokemon inside it safe. We've checked it constantly, and it is still alive, but no one will take it because they think it's flawed." Wendy folded her arms and furrowed her brow. "Humph! What do they know? I've heard that an Arcanine can lose one of its legs and go on like nothing's different. Flawed my left foot...Anyways, we've put it on for half the price of all the others to try to get it a new home, but we can't seem to-"

"I'll take it," Twila said. She was still stroking the egg when she suddenly gasped. "It moved!" she exclaimed, placing both hands on both sides of the egg. Stillness, and then a weak wobble. Twila smiled and dug through her bag to find her wallet. Wendy grinned from ear to ear as Twila got out the money and handed it to her.

"Thank you very much. I know that you'll take good care of it." Wendy said, handing her a small device. "This is a travelling incubator," she said, handing it to Twila, "It's for trainers who are travelling and can't carry a regular old clunky incubator." Twila thanked Wendy and exited the egg tent with a giant grin on her face.

"Look you two," Twila said to Mai and Kimber, "meet the newest member of the family!"

Posted by: Ozzy May 30 2011, 05:37 PM

To: Daniel
Location: Breeder Stall & Sky Ranch Table

Adelaine had wandered down a stall from the Sky Ranch Table, to the breeder's stall right next to it. There were shelves and shelves, a rainbow of Pokemon eggs. She browsed through them for a few moments, wondering which types of Pokemon came from which eggs. Of course, the breeders themselves knew, but this particular stall was left a secret, "Pokemon Roulette," they called it. It was like a gamble, you never knew what you would end up with.

Walking among the shelves, she came across one egg that was particularly intriguing to her. She stared at it for a minute or two and then picked up the egg to get a closer look at it. It moved momentarily in her arms, but then it stopped. "That means it likes you." There was an old lady working at this stall, her face worn with many laugh lines. "When they move in your arms like that." Adelaine smiled at the old woman and looked at the egg some more. It was pretty heavy, heavier than a normal egg. It was blue with tiny, darker blue freckles around it.

"You know what, I think I'll take it." There was something about the egg that just called out to her. She walked back to the front counter, being careful of the egg.

"Here, darling, you can put it in here." The old woman laid an egg incubator on the counter and Adelaine put the egg inside. She watched the egg move around a little bit before settling into the incubator.

All of the sudden, Adelaine heard a scream. Thinking it was a child yelling for help, she turned to find a large man running from Phoebe. What will I ever do with her? Adelaine turned back and paid the woman so she could attempt to coral her Pokemon.

"Hi, how've you been?"

Adelaine heard a familiar voice and saw Daniel standing next to the Sky Ranch table. She had momentarily forgotten about Phoebe's antics, grabbed her newly purchased egg, and walked over to him. "Hello," she smiled.

Posted by: FirePower May 30 2011, 06:45 PM

To:Rose/Alex
Location:Buffet/in front of tent booth

"Luke and I don't really have any plans. Our boat to Fidona got had to get repairs, so we're not going there for a while. We decided to check out this place. There's bound to be tons of trainers here to battle." She remembered vaguely hearing someone offer a battle. Over by the tent stall. She didn't know how strong his pokemon were, but she was still confident after catching beacon. She had plenty of spare cash from battling trainers on the way.

"I'll take you on," She said, walking over to the boy, who appeared to be fourteen.

Posted by: Master Houndoom May 30 2011, 07:03 PM

To: Lyla
Where: Her tent

Meiko turned at the sound of a familiar voice. "Layla!"

Jaima turned as well, both of them taking in the spectacle of Lyla trying to put up a tent with the "help" of her baby pokemon (which, both could attest, ended up making whatever job they had been "helping" with take about three times longer than needed). Finally, Meiko knelt and took part of the tent in hand, releasing her feraligatr to help her spread it properly.

"I'll tell you what, Lyla. You and I will set up the tent, and Jaima will go find a place for us to camp, hmm?" She finished the sentence with a pointed look at Jaima, telling him in no uncertain terms with her eyes that she would brook no argument.

"Yeah, ummm," Jaima looked around, then nodded, "I'll just be over there. Struggling... you know, with our tent."

Meiko gave him a grand smile as he walked off, and set to putting up the tent.

"So, is Darryn around, Lyla? I'd really love to see how he's doing!"

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To: No one in particular
Near: The participants tents (near but not at Pan's)

Jaima was impressed with the amount of people around, and a little overwhelmed. To that end, he let his pokemon out of the pokeballs they had been trapped in for the entire bus ride, half because it was, after all, a bus, and half because he hadn't wanted to buy twelve extra tickets. Or more.

Grondir was the first to look around and was able to find a spot that they could squeeze their tent into, setting himself at the edge with Ingrain to make sure it wasn't taken. This turned out to be lucky, as one rough housing person had tried to take it before being warned off by a cranky ivysaur.

Jaima set about setting up the tent, a small two person affair much smaller than most people's family sized housing. He swallowed again. It was a cramped space, that was for sure, and though he and Meiko had shared a bed, for sleeping, after the ordeal before arriving at Petropolis, they hadn't made a habit of it.

He tried to put it out of his mind as he, Mercury, and Shadow worked on the tent. Fang took his opportunity to go out and explore, wary of the absol he'd smelled around, and Tsunami went to do what she did so well when they camped: she found and fetched some water.

When they were done, Jaima looked at his handiwork. With two pokemon helping, three if you counted the odd vine from the otherwise immobile Grondir, the tent had gotten up as quick as anything.

He heard a couple startled squawks, and turned in time to see a pair of blurs charging right for him, shouting, in unison, "TOU-KUN!"

Oh, boy... was the only thing he had time to think before he was tackled to the ground, and the only thing preventing Shadow from intervening was the sight of Mercury rolling on the ground, giggling her head off.

Posted by: Jonahman10 May 30 2011, 07:05 PM

To: Delainey, Daniel
Location Sky Ranch Table

Hope whizzed around her cart, making the ribbons twirl around gracefully. The nice breeze from her wings was refreshing on a hot day like this. The small Combee gladly announced the presence of her stand to the crowd below. However Austin, her Pidgey, was much less active; he simply perched on a small jar of Grade A honey. Even though the Grotto Disaster had terminated her debt, she still needed to make an income somehow. If she hadn't brought several hives, she would have already sold out.

Sweat beaded down onto her face; the dense seas of people made the heat even worse. Hope seemed undeterred, Amelia couldn't help feeling that she had chosen such an appropriate name. Most people had gotten here in the last few days, but she had been here several weeks to prepare for business. It was a good thing she went sightseeing with her Pokemon before the crowds showed up. It seemed liked the tent grounds had nearly tripled over night!

Suddenly a muscular man with a childish scream smashed in to her cart, sending jars of Honey flying. Amelia could only catch a few jars, but most of the rest flew off the cart and smashed into the ground. Amelia couldn't contain her anger and she started yelling at the man.

"Look where you are going, clumsy! You're gonna pay for all of that honey, and maybe it will teach you a lesson about paying attention. Someone could've gotten hurt, stup-AUSTIN!"

Amelia, whose finger was pointed directly towards the man's chest, dropped to the ground searching for Austin's small form. The shards of glass could've shredded him to pieces! She herself had already gotten some cuts from the glass, would Austin survive the sure mutilation which had been acted upon him so cruelly by this masochistic man? Tears fell from her eyes when she didn't find Austin...

"This is all YOUR fault!"

Amelia went up and smacked the evil man in the face. He crashed to the ground. As she opened her mouth to scream a multitude explicatives, she felt a pecking on her head. Looking up, she discovered that Austin had landed in her bandana. The tears were no longer from grief but from happiness, and her body immediately began to relax, to an extent that is. The man would still have to pay for the honey.

Was she hearing laughing? Floating above the cowering buff dude was an old friend; Phoebe. The man cringed every time she drew near to him. Great, a man with enough gall to run into her stand is still afraid of a harmless Pokemon.

"Hey Pheobe, Is Delainey here? Maybe she could help me teach this jerk a lesson!"

Posted by: Tekno May 30 2011, 07:05 PM

Posted by: 2gamers May 30 2011, 07:11 PM

To: Darryn
Location: Buffet table

It was great that Darryn was on a quest to find himself, not simply going through the routine. What was concerning, however, was that he was distancing himself from his best friends to do it. Sure, he had family going with him, but…

“Well, don’t drift too far away from everyone. You might find that a big part of yourself is in the friends you keep. And by the way, I think I met Lyla briefly at one of your birthday parties. From what I remember, she didn’t seem like someone who could brave the outdoors. I mean, I’d rather you travel with her than no one at all, but can she handle herself on this big journey?”

And then, Darryn started using his mindspeak.

Among the things that Pan experienced at Castle Vonmoto, she had at least one psychic pokemon speaking through her mind. It wasn’t a new sensation, but what was new was that her old friend was somehow able to use the same skill.

“Wow,” she replied. “I guess the whole coordinator business has a few more perks than I thought it did.”

As she spoke, Pan took a quick glance back to her tent. It looked like all her pokemon were accounted for, and Douken was striking a conversation with Justin. It was nice to see that he was still doing fine.

…Wait, what? What was Justin doing here? Supposedly, he had a big job in Gigarte, or at least she thought it was big. He certainly left abruptly back in Lenoilia, not even saying good-bye. It was something Pan could not let go easily. It even made her angry that he would lead her on so, leave, and show up here. And yet, she had a gnawing curiosity about his motives. Who was he and what was he trying to accomplish out of all of this? And then, there was a growing passion to jump into his chest and leave all the details for later. The combination of feelings left her feeling very confused.

And then she realized that Darryn had a nifty gift of talking mindspeak. And that he may or may not be able to read what she’s thinking at that very moment. There really was no point in lying about, and she did want to talk to someone about her problem.

“Darryn, there’s this guy…”
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To: No one
Location: PokeCon Main Office

Off to the side of all the activity, several portable buildings were set up for the administrative portion of PokeCon. There really wasn’t anything of interest, unless you were an employee looking for a paycheck. It was here where the head organizer of PokeCon, Marie Thingamabob, resided in her office. Currently, she was on the phone with one of the other organizers, gloating about her decision to keep the event on schedule.

“I told you! If anything, those absols are attracting even more trainers over here! They’re getting captured left and right. I’m telling you, by dawn, there will be no absols on the fairgrounds.”

As she talked on the phone, she looked through the blinds on her window. What she saw caused her to end the conversation abruptly.

“I gotta go. I’ve got a pod of wailords rolling in!”

“Oh, and get the Ferris wheel running!”
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To: No one
Location: Camping grounds

Much of the grounds were already taken by eager trainers that arrived early. From the air, the sea of green was dotted by a rainbow of colors. The exception was a closed-off patch of field that no campers were allowed to set up in. Signs all over read “VIP only”.

Driving towards this section was a convoy of large vehicles. To call them trailers or RVs would be considered an insult to their owners. They were yachts on wheels. One had a deck, the trainer watching the scenery from the vantage point. Another had a pool on the roof. Each was custom painted with designs of ornate pokemon flying through the air.

The rich kids had arrived.
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To: Myself
Location: Pan’s Tent

<<DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM…>>

Turnip had his ears plugged with his own vines to drown out the absol’s repetitious warnings. The creature kept standing in front of the venusaur, proclaiming loudly of the incoming doom. Turnip was not interested in entertaining the delusions of a seemingly crazy pokemon.

Chi-Chi however…

<<OMGDoom?Whatdoom?>>

<<Flaming Doom! With flames! And DOOM! DOOM DOOM DOOM!>>

At the sight of an approaching trainer wielding a pokeball, the absol dashed away, but not before exclaiming “The end is nigh!”

<<Crazy critter…>>

Posted by: Pinsir May 30 2011, 08:30 PM

To: Tyson
Where: Running after Gobi.

As Zach approached the person, a Rotom came out of nowhere and started to swivel around Zach's head as if he had his own gravitational pull. Suddenly, Zach heard a voice call out to him. "Wait. Zach? What are you doing here?" Zach looked around and spotted the person who had said his name, and surely enough, it was Tyson.

"Hey Tyson! Wha.....whoa!" Zach cried out, dropping to his knees as the earth trembled beneath his feet. He watched in shock as several people, including Tyson, did the same. All of a sudden, Tyson's Hippopotas, Gobi, popped out of the ground and dashed in the direction of the food tents. "That can't be good..." Zach muttered to himself.

"Was that... Gobi?! Aw, crap! Zach, help me out chasing this thing!" Tyson called out to Zach as he started chasing after the Hippopotamus Pokemon. Zach got back to his feet and gave chase after the fleeing Pokemon. Mid-stride, he pulled two PokeBalls off of his belt and released Spark and Bones in a flash of light.

"Bones! Spark! Help me and Tyson stop Gobi! He's going towards the food table!" And with a nod, the two dog Pokemon took off in the direction of Gobi. With their incredible speed, they were able to catch up with Gobi and all that could be heard were barking and "Pooooooooooooooootas!" (Translation: FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!) Heroically, Spark got ahead of the Pokemon and stopped completely in the path of the charging pokemon, only to be trampled on by the hippo. Bones stayed with him, however, and because words persuasion wouldn't work, he decided to bite the tail of Gobi.

Gobi let out a loud, "Pooooooootas!" and crashed to the ground, sliding a foot or two on the ground and stopping only feet away from the food tent. Moments later, Zach and Tyson caught up, panting heavily.

"He's pretty quick," Zach said, in between breaths. "Sorry about taking him down like that. Nothing that a quick trip to the PokeCenter won't fix." He looked down at Spark, who was resting in his arms. "Speaking of PokeCenters, this little guy needs to get to one too. He got run over pretty bad." Zach let out a nervous laugh.

Posted by: Amissa May 30 2011, 10:47 PM

To: Delainey and Amelia
Location: Sky Ranch Table and other stalls

"Oh, is that a pokemon egg? I wonder what kind of pokemon has an egg like that." Daniel latched on the egg as a topic of discussion and felt his blush fading as he relaxed a bit. Pokemon were the perfect social lubricant. Bring up the topic, and you can instantly go from awkward to interesting. "Maybe it'll be a squirtle, or a female nidoran. Hey, I'll bet you'll be a great mom!" And back to awkward again.

Their conversation was abruptly interrupted by a crash at another table, followed by a woman's angry yelling. Daniel curiously looked up and over, and saw a honey stand a bit down the line. The woman yelling was none other than Amelia, the same woman who had gathered them all together for the first time in order to save their town. He looked over just in time to see her smack some guy senseless. Literally senseless, the poor man hit the ground with the force of the blow. Daniel flinched in sympathy for the guy and reminded himself never to make Amelia that angry, but he was more worried now about him trying to take revenge on Amelia.

"Hey, Delainey, look!" Daniel pointed the stall out to his friend. "There's Amelia, and I think she's in some kind of trouble. Wanna come and check it out with me?" Daniel kept an eye on Delainey, but he didn't wait for her response before he came over to Amelia's honey stand. He naturally assumed that she was coming too. After all, they'd been in all sorts of danger together, so she obviously wouldn't be scared of a fight.

"What's up?" Daniel asked as he came over and surveyed the destruction. Several glass honey containers had fallen and shattered, spilling their gooey delicious contents all over the ground. The large man was attempting to stagger to his feet, but Amelia had cuts from the broken glass and she looked like she was crying. "Hey, hey, everything is gonna be all right. Don't cry. Let me take a look at those cuts, okay?"

As Daniel set down his pack and began to remove some bandages and antiseptic cream, the large man and culprit honey smasher finally stood back up. He looked apologetic, and there was sure to be a bruise forming on the side of his face where Amelia hit him.

"I'm real sorry, Miss. Yow, you didn't have to hit me so hard. I was startled is all. There was this ghost. It just came out of nowhere. I mean, I can handle a lot of things, but ghost pokemon just scare the bejeesus out of me." The man looked middle aged, with black hair slightly balding at the top. Daniel felt sorry for him. He thought ghost pokemon were scary too, but he'd never had such a reaction to them even when they were at their worst. In those kinds of situations, you had to keep your head. It wasn't any good to panic and go running in a random direction and possibly land yourself in more harm, the way that this man did.

Ultimately though, it was up to Amelia how much mercy she felt the man deserved. "You should get something cold on that bruise. I'll look at it once I'm done here, okay?"

He wanted Amelia to let him tend to her cuts. If she allowed it, he would clean the injuries with some alcohol and bandage her up, and she would find that Daniel seemed to have a particular talent at mending wounds. In places where his hands touched, pain would subside in an unnaturally pleasant way. Daniel, however, was unaware of this fact.

Then, Daniel activated and instant ice pack and gave it to the ghost-phobic man. "I carry stuff like this around all the time, on account of my getting hurt so often. After all, a trainer can't take care of his pokemon if he can't even take care of himself."

Meanwhile, the smell of honey seemed to have attracted other visitors. A wandering absol made his way over and sniffed at the fallen contents. He licked his lips hungrily, but looked up at Geb hovering over him before he proceeded to help himself to the free honey.

<<You are all going to die if you don't get away from here.>>

Geb eyed to dark type pokemon curiously before responding. <<No sir, you are going to die if you eat that honey. You see, it's full of broken glass.>>

The absol's eyes widened in surprise, before glaring up at the ninjask. <<Well played, insect. But booby-trapping the honey will not preserve you from the mighty destruction that is to come. Fear it!>> And with that the pokemon bounded off, either looking for less deadly food to devour or other pokemon to preach his warning to.

Posted by: Kamaitachi May 31 2011, 02:28 AM

To: No one in particular. Then maybe Darryn and Pan, since they're there?
Where: Entrance to Buffet Tables.

PokeCon. Tag had no idea precisely why he'd chosen to come to the massive event filled with essentially trillions of people. He hated people. If anything, perhaps he had wanted to come across some fantastic new pokemon and perhaps indulge himself in a few fantastic battles. Tag liked pokemon, and Tag liked battles. When he put it that way, he felt like some sort of a caveman. Regardless, he was sure that there was something interesting to do, and most likely there wouldn't be too terribly much socializing.

Tag had never seen wild absol before. He had traveled through Hoenn, and only fought Wild Absol in his travels, but he'd never seen so many. Not the superstitious type, Tag paid their presence no heed. He assumed that this was what people had referred to as 'swarms'. Sometimes pokemon swarmed. How was this any different?

The "field of tents" seemed pretty impressive. Sprawled out everywhere were trainers, cavorting about with their pokemon and doing typical trainer, breeder, pokeathlete and coordinator things. If anything, he could, from a glance, note at least 400 different species of pokemon running about. It seemed like a fair estimate, with a standard deviation of about a hundred pokemon species or so.

Hands in pockets, Tag strolled at his usual leisurely pace. With his tattoos, wife beater and jeans, he appeared to be something of a thug, and cast his usual intimidating glares over at anyone who happened to glance at him. Despite his aversion to socialzation, Tag was very fond of making eye contact, simply because it forced people to avert their eyes.

The stalls around him seemed quite interesting, at least. Pokemon wares of all kinds seemed to be set up. The breeder stalls seemed somewhat interesting. The bright, colourful pokemon eggs drew his attention as they sat serenely in their holders. Pokemon Breeders doted over them, and silently, from his distance, Tag stoically did the same. No one would've pegged Tag for the sort of person to be holding an adorable, newly hatched baby pokemon in his arms, but it was the sort of thing he loved most in the entire world. He briefly flashed back (just in his mind) to his first few moments when Suzu had hatched from her egg. She had immediately clung to him with all six of her arms and stared up at his scarred face with her adorable saucer eyes. This memory warmed his heart somewhat, even his face retained its emotionless gaze. Eggs evoked memories. Perhaps he'd purchase one....oh wait...broke. Moneybags Raven wasn't around to buy him one, so he'd have to wait a bit.

Then, a beautiful sight stopped him dead in his tracks. Tag gazed out with utmost awe and what was probably the closest thing he'd ever felt to ecstasy. Before him, spread out for what was essentially as far as his eyes could see was a fantastic spread of food. There was so much food.

Barely able to contain himself, he cautiously approached the glorious image of the tables, parking himself next to a frat-boy looking guy with glossy brown hair. The kid looked like an Abercrombie and Fitch model, and normally Tag would've taken some time to sneer at him. This kid (Darryn), was talking with a very cute girl with short black hair. She seemed pretty fashionable, and had intelligent hazel eyes (THIS BE PAN), but Tag paid little-to-no heed to the couple. They seemed to be talking about something mundane, asinine and altogether useless.

This moment of studying the two had distracted him from the food before him, and that made him somewhat irritable. He glared challengingly at the food, mostly to see if it would respond. Slowly, as if in prayer, he reached out and picked up the closest food-thing to him. Snapping out of his trance, he immediately crammed it into his mouth. Not taking the time to fully chew the food, Tag reached out and grabbed most of the food within sight, cramming it messily in his mouth. The food was glorious.

His food-frenzy was interrupted by a shrieking noise. It snapped him out of his gluttony-trance immediately as he stared down his face. His mouth was enclosed around part of a squirming, star-shaped pokemon. He stood there sheepishly, blinking owlishly at the Cleffa in his mouth. Slowly, he removed it and held it out in front of him with both of his hands.

"Oh, sorry." he muttered to the pokemon. "It appears I thought you were edible."

Posted by: Ozzy May 31 2011, 03:01 PM

To: Daniel and Amelia
Location: Sky Ranch Table, Honey stall

"Oh, is that a pokemon egg? I wonder what kind of pokemon has an egg like that. Maybe it'll be a squirtle, or a female nidoran. Hey, I'll bet you'll be a great mom!"

Before she could answer, their conversation was cut short by the sounds of glass shattering and a woman screaming. Adelaine pivoted in her spot, turning towards the sound of the crash. She sighed when she saw Phoebe floating around, will she ever calm down?, but smiled a little when she saw that the angry woman yelling was Amelia.

"Hey, Delainey, look! There's Amelia, and I think she's in some kind of trouble. Wanna come and check it out with me?" Daniel ran off to Amelia's stand, with Adelaine in toe. She didn't make it over as fast as he did, since she had to be wary of her newly purchased egg. This may get a little difficult, carrying you around. Daniel took care of everyone's wounds, so Delainey took it upon herself to help clean up.

"Hey, I'll be right back. Phoebe, you come with me." She gave Phoebe a stern look as if she were in trouble. Scolding Phoebe was like scolding a small child.

Adelaine walked the length back to her tent. It took her a few minutes, since it wasn't very close to stalls, but she quickened her pace so that it wouldn't take her too long. She sat down her egg inside of her tent, "Fuy, I need you to stay here and keep an eye on it, okay? Phoebe, you stay here and watch it, too. You can scare off anyone who tries to take it, okay? But you have to stay here. Got it?"

"Yes, Mistress."

She picked up Axel, who was still snoozing in the sun, and carried him back to the honey stall. "I need you to do me a very important favor." This time, she ran back to the stall and made it there in no time.

Adelaine borrowed a small broom from one of the nearby stalls and swept all of the glass into the piles of honey. "I need everyone to stand back. Axel, I need you to use Ember on all of the piles of honey. Sora," she said, turning to her Taillow, "I need you to make sure none of the flames jump towards any other stalls. We need to keep it controlled."

Axel used his fire power on all of the piles of honey. Since they were all on the ground, covered in dirt, the flames didn't leap off in different directions. The heat of the fire was high enough to the point where the honey was evaporating. "I don't think anyone would want dirty honey." The glass, also, was melting. Once the flames went away, she quickly ordered Sora to use his wings to cool them down. The rapid cooling of the glass caused all of the small pieces to mold together into one. There were about five different piles, five pieces of glass left. Once they were cool enough to touch, Adelaine picked up the glass and piled them on Amelia's cart. "There. All gone."

Posted by: Jonahman10 May 31 2011, 07:37 PM

To: Delainey and Daniel
Location: Sky Ranch Table and Amelia's Honey Cart

Not only Delainey, but Daniel came running towards the wreck of her cart. It was nice to see them, but not under the circumstances. She blushed realizing that she was still crying from the relief that Austin wasn't dead. She quickly ended the tears. Now that she wasn't crying, she realized just how badly cut she was.

Daniel quickly attended to both their wounds; he was always prepared for stuff like this. If he wanted to, he could probably become a Doctor or a first responder or something. His parents probably wouldn't have any problem affording that kind of school anyways. He was always prepared, even in the grotto.

Frankly, she didn't quite believe this guy. She knew that Daniel was mildly afraid of Ghosts, but he didn't overreact ridiculously. He still could've killed Austin! Regret didn't bring people back from the dead. Plus, it didn't pay for her losses.

"You could've killed my Pidgey! Plus, if you don't pay for the loss honey how will I cover the production costs! I need to make a living somehow! I need some sort of compensation!"

Delainey was busy cleaning up the mess and Daniel was still applying first-aid. It was good to have friends. Austin was still fairly shell-shocked, but Hope was gazing off into the distance. Amelia almost yelped when she saw an Absol nearby. They said that they were always around before something truly devastating happened, something much worse than spilled honey.

"Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate the help. After me and this guy get sorted out, we should get together and do some investigating again..."

Posted by: 2gamers May 31 2011, 07:53 PM

To: Tag
Location: Buffet Table

“CLEFAAAA!”

As Pan was talking with Darryn, a mysterious stranger covered in tattoos started devouring food left and right. Among his entrees was Lima! He took the cleffa out of Pan’s arms and had one of the pokemon’s limbs in his mouth. It was quite terrifying for Lima. One moment, she was resting comfortably in Pan’s arms. The next, she was staring down the gaping maw of a scary looking man who briefly considered her to be “cleffa-cream pie”. Needless to say, she was on the verge of tears.

Before she could burst into a crying fit, Pan snapped Lima out of Tag’s hands. The cleffa buried her face into Pan’s shoulder, while Pan stared Tag down in disbelief. It was one thing to have a tauros burger. It was quite another to snatch a baby out of her trainer’s/mother’s arms and devour it before her very eyes.

“My pokemon aren’t on the menu,” Pan said with a good bit of anger in her voice (a rare occurence). She didn’t need to be much more forceful than that. That’s what Fenrir was there for. The arcanine turned his attention to the stranger, ready to drive him off at Pan’s command.

With a number of eyes directed at the group, rumors would no doubt spread of the man who eats baby pokemon...

Posted by: Angels Fall First May 31 2011, 10:47 PM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: Breeder's Stall/Tent

Finn was surprised at the girls response, asking him to go to the stall with her. He, of course, agreed to it and followed suit. Silently they browsed the stall, looking at the different pens of Pokemon. Some that caught his eyes were that of the kittens. All were adorable and cute, something that was always Finn's weakness.

Twila had been doing the same, interacting with all the different Pokemon in the pens. Finn copied her, sticking his hand in the kitten pen, and petting all the different cute Pokemon. One of the cute Pokemon's that caught his eyes were that of a Skitty. The pink cat sat at the edge of the pen and Finn, gently brushed its' ear. It purred, then brushed itself on his hand. "You're precious." He laughed, gently moving his hand under it.

As he was about to lift the kitten up, it brought its' fangs down and bit into Finn, causing him a lot of pain. He yelped in pain and swung his arm back, cursing under his breath.

"I'm so sorry!" One of the owners of the stalls shouted, hurrying on over towards Finnley. She brought up a rag and wiped his arm that had been bit. "She is the last of her litter." The woman looked down at the Skitty and sighed, "Again though, I'm so sorry about her."

"It's fine," Finn said, slipping his hands away from her deathly grip. "I should be fine." His eyes wandered back down to the Skitty also, watching it as it was doing the same too. "I see why she's the last though, she's got an attitude or something."

"That's true." The woman replied. "You're a trainer aren't you?"

Finn was afraid to answer the question, but he shrugged it off and went on with it anyways. "Yeah, why?"

"Why don't you take her with you?" The breeder asked. "I'm pretty sure some discipline will do her good. That's all she really needs."

"You've got to be kidding me," Finn sighed. "Taking a Skitty that just bit me? If it bit me now, what makes you think it will even listen to me." He turned around, a little irritated by the bite. He went a few paces away and looked at the other pens. Puppies, fish, eggs, you name it. Finn was going to leave empty handed. The breeder was willing to give the Skitty away for free. If Finn wanted to become a better trainer than he would have to start getting more than he had.

"Fine." He muttered, as he turned back around. "I'll take her. For now though."

"Of course," she replied, "for now."

In a matter of minutes, the exchange was done. Finn had a new Pokemon in his team, a little Skitty by the name of Kyla. She was spunky and stubborn, who liked doing her own thing. The trainer was going to have his hands full. Rue appeared a moment later by Finn's feet, staring up at his trainer and his new pal in the Pokeball. It chuckled and then looked ahead, watching as Twila appeared out from a tent with an egg in hand.

"Looks like I'm not the only one with a new Pokemon, huh?" Finn said, waving his Pokeball.

Posted by: SaphireShadows May 31 2011, 11:23 PM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: Breeder's Stall

Twila gazed at her new egg and smiled as Finn commented on her new addition. She could feel it shake from time to time; something that the breeders said eggs did when they felt comfortable in their surroundings. She gave it a loving stroke and placed it in the traveler incubator. The device was odd indeed: it was somewhere between tin foil and fabric, and you had to tie it around yourself like you would a sash. Twila carefully situated it in the folds of the incubator, then tied the device around her shoulder somewhat like a toga. That was when she noticed Finn waving a new poke ball at her.

"I t-take it you, umm, got a new one as well? A new P-Pokemon, I mean," she asked, stumbling through her words like she always did. "I mean, I d-didn't get a Pokemon. I g-got an egg. But, umm..." she mentally smacked herself. Why couldn't she just shut up instead of babbling away like she couldn't stop herself? A montage of soothing mental pictures suddenly flashed through her mind, and she instantly knew it was Mai trying to calm her down. She took a deep breath in, and released it slowly.

"Ab! Sooool!" the noise startled Twila almost to the point of dropping her new egg. She gripped it protectively and looked around to find an Absol prowling around the pens of the breeder stall. It looked to be talking to the Pokemon in the pen, but what it was saying, Twila did not know.

"Huh...that's the fifth one I've seen today," she muttered. The Pokemon in the pens were starting to become afraid of the Absol, which made Twila feel like she had to step in. "Go on, shoo! Stop scaring the babies, you troublesome Absol!" But the Absol would not move. It kept repeating it's cries of "Ab! Sooool!"

That is, until Mai stepped up.
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<DOOOM! DOOOOM! DOOM UPON YE WHO REMAIN HERE!> The Absol declared, yelling at the frightened young Pokemon.

<And what is this impending doom?> Mai asked, tilting her head to the side. <I've heard many of you preaching to any Pokemon that will listen today, yet you never say what is coming. Why are we all in danger?>

The Absol looked put off by this question, and responded with anger to hide his confusion. <WE DO NOT NEED TO EXPLAIN OUR PREDICTIONS TO MERE CAPTIVES. WE ABSOLS HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE, AND ALL YOU NEED KNOW IS THAT WHAT IS COMING IS FIERY! YES! AND DOOM-Y! FIERY DOOM! WITH FIRE! AND DOOOOOM!>

Mai cringed and said, <All right, all right, I get it. Would you cease with your yelling? It's hurting everyone's ears.>

And surely enough, each and every Pokemon in the pens were covering their ears and trying to keep as far away from the loud Absol as possible. The Absol looked around sheepishly, then turned to leave.

<I concede. I shall leave, but heed my warning. HEED IT! THE END IS NIGH!> And with that, the Absol was gone.

<Crazy old thing. Still, he may be right. I feel something's about to happen, but I can't put my finger on it. Whatever it is, though, it feels like trouble.>

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 1 2011, 04:47 PM

Who: Darryn
To: Pan / Tag
Where: Buffet table

"A boy?" Darryn leant closer. "Tell me more!" Darryn hadn't heard of Pan's exploits with men since... Well... Since their exploits? He mentally shuddered.

Pan just about opened her mouth when a scream from her baby Cleffa (still amazingly cute) snagged their attention way from the topic at hand. What the pair turned to find was a struggling Star Shape Pokemon in the hands of some thug with more than a little barbeque sauce around his mouth and muscles to die for. He was clearly a fellow trainer, though - Pokeballs decorated his belt - despite his outwardly rough appearance. Pan's Arcanine bristled almost immediately - he was clearly well raised.

*And there's no malice there. He's just clumsy.* Darryn noted, being careful not to get too consumed by the ball of red growing in Pan's Emotaglow. *Why do things always end up getting out of hand so fast? I mean, seriously! Drama drama drama!*

"Pan, be cool." Darryn murmured, laying a hand on her shoulder for comfort. "It's probably just a mistake. Your Cleffa does look good enough to eat, right?

Posted by: Tekno Jun 1 2011, 07:01 PM

"God... Damn... it!" Tyson was panting heavily now. At least Zach's Houndour manage to put a stop to Gobi's rampage towards the food stalls. Not before he ran over Zach's other Pokemon, that is. Tyson took the chance to return Gobi before the situation got any worse and held a firm grip on the Pokeball to prevent it to open at the Hippopotas' will. And he thought Hippopotas were meant to be slow. Zach was now saying something about the Pokecenter and how they should take the time to heal the Pokemon involved in the chase. Gobi did get bitten in the tail and Zach's Electrike had taken quite the beating from the rampaging hippo.

"Sol..." a cry interrupted their chat, though, and yet another Absol was standing in front of them. Spotting the Dark-type Tyson called out Tyrogue.

"I got attacked by one when I arrived. Better safe than sorry." he turned to Zach, warning him that these Absol were trying everything to gather attention, even attacking the trainers.

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<<Disaster is about to strike, foolish idiots, yet you still won't leave. Do you have a death desire, Fighting-type?>> the Absol seemed much more calm than the others roaming around who were just shouting their doom profecies. This one spoke in a much more collected way but no less direct.

<<You're the one who's going to suffer a disaster if you don't shut up, furball.>> Tyrogue wasn't amused or afraid in the slightest. Worse come to worse he'd take down the Absol himself.

<<Quite the courageous one, are you? Mark my words. You have been warned, Fighting-type.>> this last bit infuriated Tyrogue, for some reason. Perhaps the Absol had used Taunt on it?

<<And you mark my fists!>> Tyrogue lunged into attack, fists glowing in a metallic color. Without any warning he unleashed a flurry of Bullet Punches on the Absol who was knocked back slightly. With the exact speed of Tyrogue's attack the Absol responded by smacking him with his body and then using his scythe to send Tyrogue flying back to the ground. Taking this opening it started to create a whirlwind around it's body.

<<Such rash behavior will only kill you faster, Fighting-type. Calamity is upon us and there's no escape.>> and with this said the whirlwind concentrated on the Absol's scythe who then swiped it against Tyrogue in the shape of a blade made of pure wind.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 1 2011, 09:45 PM

Who: Taggarty Lee
To: Darryn and Pan
Where: Buffet Table.

"My pokemon aren't on the menu." The girl snatched the baby pokemon out of his hands rather roughly. Tag bowed his head sheepishly at her, holding the back of his neck with his hand. Despite his thuggish appearance, he looked incredibly sympathetic.

"Pan, be cool. It's probably just a mistake. Your Cleffa does look good enough to eat, right?"

The boy seemed the more reasonable of the two. It was to be expected, of course; he didn't have a pokemon that was nearly eaten. On the other hand, the Arcanine nearby (that he'd completely failed to notice), bristled at him. The more insane part of his head found himself cooing at its appearance. He'd always loved Arcanine as a species, and this one seemed particularly cute. The more sane part of his head realized that he was in very grave danger of being burned alive then eaten. Hopefully no one had a sense of poetic justice.

"Your friend is right: it was a mistake." Tag looked to Pan. "Please, forgive me. I was hungry." Despite the contrition in his voice, it still wasn't any sort of good excuse to attempt to eat a baby. "I travel a lot, so, I don't often see food like this. When I do, my own voracity overtakes me." His further explanation probably wouldn't sate the clearly irate Pan. He raised himself back up to his full height and met Pan's eyes. "How can I make this up to you?"

His eyes moved back to Lima and he offered something of a smile. Really, it was the best one he could muster, but his own natural instincts moved it into the realm of a smirk. In an attempt to fix this, he made a sort of...bizarre smile frown and then simply looked embarassed again. "Your Cleffa was pretty tasty?" he offered in an attempt at a lame joke. Oh Tag. Too soon?

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 1 2011, 10:16 PM

Justin Smart

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 1 2011, 11:48 PM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: Breeder's Stall

Finn was surprised to see Twila react to the Absol with no hesitation. He had just met the girl, but when she talked to him, she was always stuttering and nervous. Now with the Absol she went straight into an attack mode, along with her Ralts, who just had a conversation with the angry Absol.

The green haired trainer wandered up and stood behind Twila with his smirk as the Absol disappeared, "Seems like you and your Ralts have a strong will to protect others." His little piglet took a seat next to Finn's feet and nodded, smiling at Mai, for what she had just done. "Tay-pig!" It cheered for them.

"And yeah," Finn continued, "I did get a new Pokemon. A Skitty," he said, tossing his ball into the air. "Hopefully it listens. Unlike someone I know." He looked down to his feet and chuckled, giving Rue a wink.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 2 2011, 12:31 AM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: Breeder's stall

"Good job, Mai!" Twila cheered as the Absol vanished. Mai turned toward her trainer and smiled. "Although," she said, turning from happy to disappointed, "it would have been nice to get to battle it. Come on, you know you need more training." Mai gave Twila a flat stare. Twila grinned at her Pokemon.

"Seems like you and your Ralts have a strong will to protect others." Twila started. She had completely forgotten Finn. She turned around to find that he was standing right behind her. She quickly took a step back as she turned cherry red.

She rubbed the back of her neck nervously. The lack of space between them when she had turned around had left her completely lost for words.

"And yeah," Finn continued, either unknowing of her predicament or not wanting to bring it to attention, "I did get a new Pokemon. A Skitty." And he dropped the Poke ball in his hand, revealing an adorable pink kitten.

"Awww!" Twila cried. She had a soft spot for any furry living thing. Twila was about to stroke the kitten's head when she jerked her head up and bit down hard on Twila's hand. Twila gasped as she felt the little kitten's fangs pierce her skin, and a few moments later she was trying desperately to get the little devil off of her, tears streaming down her face. Hey, having sharp kitten teeth lodged into your flesh hurts.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 2 2011, 01:47 AM

Who: Meiko
To: Lyla
Where: Lazy Lyla's Large Livingspace

Meiko wiped the sweat off her head. Lyla, so far, had been far from helpful, and yet Meiko felt that, in her mind, the girl was trying. Nightwish floated over Meiko's head, more intent on receiving the coos and praise from the stylish looking woman than helping her own trainer out. Chompwater, however, was a great help, holding down the edges as Meiko set up the base stakes, pounding the stabilizing rope stakes with her tail, and generally making sure this pink and blue monstrosity didn't get blown away from her trainer.

As the two women talked, in a time when neither of them were looking at her, the little gothita turned to look at the absol around. They were howling, with varying intensity, about DOOM of some sort. Her little eyes narrowed, and she tilted her head. Some of them were obviously crazy, likely from not being listened to, or worse, being blamed. But the others, the calm ones that merely sat near the humans and spoke little, those worried her.

As much as she hated to admit it, there might be some danger afoot.

"We totally did it!"

Meiko looked over at Lyla, who was admiring the tent now that it was up. Lyla was still as neat and tidy as could be, not a hair out of place, while Meiko was admirably disheveled, sweating lightly, hair mussed, and her cute little hat swept off her head to fan her face. Lyla had done little, but her enthusiasm was so sincere that Meiko didn't have the heart to tear her down.

"We... we totally did..."

This thing looks like a gigantic porygon...

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Who: Jaima
To: The rotten girls who attacked him!
Where? The other side of the tent area

Jaima laughed as the smaller forms of his sisters tackled him, sending him to the ground at what would have been an alarming speed if he didn't roll with it. Shadow had thrown him tot he ground so often, it was becoming second nature to soften the blow. The two landed beside him, and leapt to their feet, grinning down at him, Natsume's cyan colored hair cut short, and Mariko's emerald hair pulled back in a ponytail. They were wearing nearly identical shorts and t-shirt outfits, with the colors opposite of the other: Natsume's was predominately gold with orange highlights, while Mariko's was orange with yellow.

"Tou-kun!" Natsume's voice shook a little. "We weren't sure we'd see you!"

Mariko grinned more openly. "She wasn't sure. I knew. In my gut!"

"Sure you did," Jaima said, standing up and brushing his pants off from the dirt he'd gotten on them. "Hence the surprise."

Mariko made a show of buffing her nails against her shirt and looking at them, trying to sound non-chalant. "I have no idea what you're talking about..."

Jaima smirked, but any retort was cut off by Natsume giving him a hug around the waist, joined, quickly, by Mariko. "We missed you, Jaima," Natsume said, her voice shaking. Jaima knelt and hugged them close.

"You OK," he asked softly, beginning to get concerned, but Natsume sniffed and nodded.

"We missed you, that's all," Mariko offered, wiping at her eyes, still trying to make a show that she wasn't crying. "But we're fine. No big problems since you called us."

"We have more badges! We're up to six!" Natsume beamed, unashamed of the wetness in her eyes. Jaima smiled, proudly, ruffling both girls' hair in a way that made Mariko squawk.

"Soooo," Mariko started, a glint in her eyes, "where's your..."

"Giiiiiirlfriiiiieeeend?" the girls sing-songed in unison.

"Which one," Jaima said, trying to sound innocent, only to once again be cut off by his sisters trying to tickle the information out of him.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 2 2011, 02:17 AM

To: Justin (and everyone within earshot)
At: Sota Tent

As Justin praised Douken on his suicide attack to save the city, his father grinned and said, "Most likely got that from my side of the family. Wouldn't of gotten this if I wasn't such a risk taker!" Only Sven Sota would be a man proud enough to grab about a loss eye, as well as try to show it off as the Pokemon who did it to him many years ago slept aside them.

"Being a breeder is so much fun," Lyra answered to his question. "We see so many Pokemon, right, Belle?" The Miltank nodded before walking up and offering a cone of ice cream. "Why don't you send out your Pokemon? They can enjoy a treat as well as we give them a quick check over."

Douken was not going to hold back. Taking the six Pokeballs on his belt, he tossed them all into the air, his team bursting out in a wave of white lights. "Now, I am sure you two remember Koldo, Maya and Rusty-"

"So you finally named them, eh?" his father interrupted, looking at the team. "And my, has she gotten big." Walking over to the Dewgong, he began to rub her horn, saying, "How have you been girl?"

Clearing his throat, Douken had to snap them back to attention. "Who you haven't met here is Rufus, Reep, and Sabre." AS they all said their hellos, Belle went over and gave each of them some of her Moo Moo ice cream.

Reep, happy with the treat, have both of them a hug, telling them, "Thank you." His mom froze completely a the ghost's voice echoed in her head, eyes wide, before letting out an ear-piercing scream that could e heard over PokeCon. It was even loud enough to have the chansey and perso on the screen to appear as the item transer brought over a glasses case.

Posted by: deyv87 Jun 2 2011, 05:59 AM

To: Nobody in particular
Location: Campground, then Custom Pokeball table toward the back of the PokeCon

Mack had just finished setting up his complimentary tent quite a distance from the PokeCon proper. He was astounded that he had managed to arrive anywhere near the start of the Con, let alone on what appeared to be opening day. After hearing of the Con two weeks ago, he began walking, hitchhiking, and eventually gliding his way there after sitting down one day to craft himself some all-terrain skates. His tent rustled in the breeze, devoid of anything but a sleeping bag an official had handed him. Mack pulled a can of black spray paint from his backpack, scrawling, “CUSTOM POKEBALLS! LOOK FOR MACK AT POKECON!” across the front of his tent. He stuffed the paint can back into his rucksack, bulging with the tools, components, debris, and detritus that the homeless pokeball expert had collected over the years.

After strapping his skates to his feet, he wove his way through the campers’ tents and RVs, stopping for a moment to gawk at the monstrous affronts to fiscal responsibility that were currently rolling into the campground. Convincing himself that this was actually a good thing if he could sell some stuff to these opulent bastards, Mack continued weaving between tents.

Mack began skating around the convention, searching both for a spot to set up a table, and a computer he could use. He easily found a computer; however, it took him several minutes’ worth of zipping around the fair before he found a spot to set up. It was a fairly bad location, far away from the entrance, and closer to the restrooms than he would have liked… but really, he couldn’t complain.

Several minutes later, Mack returned to the empty location he found, having double checked the price of pokeballs at a PokeMart stand. He unfolded and set up a table and chair he had withdrawn from a computer, then pulled two yellow “Wet Floor” signs from his backpack, set them up flanking the table, and taped to them:



Mack then taped a piece of construction paper to the front of the table upon which he had written:

-Prices-
Poke Ball: 300
Heal Ball: 400
Great Ball: 700
Repeat, Timer, Nest, Dive, Luxury, Quick, and Dusk Balls: 1100
Ultra Ball: 1300

-Alternatively-
Supply the ball, + 100 for labor

-Timing-
Pick up tomorrow: + 0
Made while you wait: + 200

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 2 2011, 08:16 AM

To: Tag, Darryn, then Douken and Justin
Location: Buffet table, then Pan’s Tent, then Sota Stand

Darryn’s and Tag’s comments on how tasty Lima was were not helping the situation. The cleffa’s sobs became a bit louder, though still muffled against Pan’s vest. Though Pan had calmed down a bit, she was preparing to head back to her tent.

“I think she just needs time alone,” Pan said to Tag. She wasn’t completely satisfied with his excuse, but at least he spoke in polite terms (despite the creepy-looking smile).

“Darryn, I’ll see you later, alright?” she added to her friend. With that, Pan walked alongside her arcanine as they headed towards the tent.
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“Here we are, safe and sound.”

Pan and Lima were within the confines of their temporary abode. She had set her backpack aside in one of the corners and tended to her cleffa. Lima had stopped crying, feeling a bit safer within the tent and away from other people. That being said, she did not hesitate to disappear into her pokeball when Pan offered. To the baby pokemon, the pokeball acted as a security blanket, a private room where only she could enter. Many humans would kill for that kind of privacy.

With the cleffa, safe in her pokeball, Pan focused on another pressing issue: Justin. She was a bit disappointed that he left before she arrived. It was a pretty big event; finding one person would be a fairly difficult task. Of course, she had Fenrir’s nose to help out.

At the sound of an ear-piercing scream, Pan looked outside to see the source. Screams weren’t too uncommon at PokeCon. A few trainers had apparently let their ghost pokemon loose on the grounds. Though it was good for pokemon to get out and stretch, letting them run loose showed a lack of control on the trainers’ part.

Her commentary on training was set aside as soon as Pan sighted Douken and Justin at one of the stands, the source of the scream. She took Lima’s pokeball and called for Chi-Chi to come with her. The pachirisu scampered into Pan’s vest, her head poking out to take in the views. Fenrir joined Turnip in soaking the last bits of sunshine before sunset, keeping guard over Pan’s things.

As Pan walked towards Douken and Justin, she was setting a plan in her mind.

“OK, act casual. No need to be too eager to meet him. We’re just talking with friends.”

“What’s all the commotion about?” she asked as she stood behind Douken and Justin. She had not realized that they were meeting Douken’s parents. Pan was too busy patting herself on the back for not embarrassing herself in public.

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 2 2011, 08:41 AM

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 2 2011, 08:45 AM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: Breeder's Stall

"Gah!" Finnley shouted as he grabbed a hold of Kyla. He held her body tightly with one hand and the other, rubbing her jaw, trying to get her to loosen her teeth from Twila. The girl began to cry which made Finn actually feel bad. "Kyla! Stop, now!"

The Skitty held on for a few more seconds before finally letting go. Finn grabbed her now, with both hands and held her up. "You are going to stop biting people, you got it?" It just glared, at Finnley, not budging one bit. Sighing he placed her on the ground and returned her to her Pokeball a second later.

"That wasn't suppose to happen," Finn said as he neared Twila. "Let me see your hand." He inched closer and fumbled his hand around in his pocket, taking out a band-aid. The trainer smiled, hoping to cheer up Twila, "Good thing the lady who gave me Kyla, gave me a few of these too."

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 2 2011, 11:25 AM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: On the ground at the Breeder's Stall, then Buffet Table

Twila held her hand in pain. The puncture marks weren't deep, but they were bleeding pretty badly. She sat on the ground and wiped the wetness from her face.

"That wasn't supposed to happen," Finn said, coming closer, "Let me see your hand." Twila extended her hand slowly as Finn fumbled around in his pocket for something. Mai was now sitting in her lap, hugging her around the waist. A small tear escaped her eye, and Twila wondered if she had felt her pain. She stroked her back with her un-bitten hand. Finn had pulled something out of his pocket, a band-aid, and smiled. "Good thing the lady who gave me Kyla, gave me a few of these too."

Twila smiled meekly and said, "I m-might need a napkin f-first though." The blood from the bite marks was now dribbling down her arm. In a flash, Mai was gone and back, now with a napkin in her small hands. She had Teleported over to the buffet table and gotten a few napkins (she did not fail to notice the two Pokemon trying to steal the spaghetti bowl). Twila thanked her Pokemon and began to wipe the blood away from the bite marks. When she could see the marks properly, she felt a little silly. They were small and shallow, but man did those little teeth hurt.

Finn carefully placed the band aid over the bite, and Twila thanked him. She stood up and sighed, feeling a little embarrassed, and looked around. "Umm, I think w-we should go," Twila said nervously. A lot of other trainers had congregated around the stall, and it was starting to feel cramped. A loud growl from her stomach made Twila blush - again. "Er, m-maybe we c-could go find something to, uh, eat?" she asked, putting a hand over her growling stomach. Mai and Kimber cheered.
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"Oooh, foood," Twila groaned as she saw the spread before her. Nothing had looked so good. Everything you could think of food-wise was piled onto the many tables that served as a buffet. Careful not to dip her new egg into any food, Twila filled a paper plate with pasta and bread and salad. "Oh, everything looks delicious!" she said, taking a baked potato as well. Mai and Kimber were on the ground, waiting for their food. Twila walked over to the Poke food table and got out three bowls. She filled them all to the brim with food, then walked to the nearest picnic table with all the dishes piled on her arms like a waitress.

"All right, everyone, dig in!" she said as she placed two of the three bowls in front of her Pokemon. They both cheered and began to chow down. Twila smiled, then turned serious as she rummaged through her bag. She pulled out Merle's Poke ball and opened it. A sulking Makuhita emerged with his arms crossed over his chest. "Merle," Twila began, feeling like a mother punishing her child, "you can't go around beating people up just because they get close to me or Mai. You hurt Finn, and I want you to apologize when he gets over here." Merle searched the crowd until he found the green-haired human. He growled softly and shook his head at his trainer. "If you don't," Twila threatened, "you won't get your food and you'll go right back into your ball, got it?" Merle started at the mention of food. He looked over to find Mai and Kimber already half finished with their bowls. Feeling defeated, Merle nodded his head gloomily. "Good!" Twila said happily, then gave the Makuhita his bowl. Merle brightened up and began to wolf down his food. Unbeknownst to Twila, Merle was grinning behind his hands. He was beginning to form a plan to drive this human away, and it involved a certain large cake in the center of the buffet table...

At that exact moment - proving to intensify the moment - an Absol rushed by and screamed, <DOOM!>

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 2 2011, 02:04 PM

Who: Darryn
To: Tag
Where: Buffet table

“Darryn, I’ll see you later, alright?”

<You'd better! I still gotta hear about this boy of yours!> He sent after her quickly.

With Pan hurrying off with more of a stalk in her step than a spring, Darryn was left rather awkwardly with the muscled guy who had tried eating Lima the Cleffa. How someone could mistake that creampuff for a... creampuff...? was beyond him but as the trainer's Emotaglow read - he had no ill intention towards the Pokemon or her worried trainer. After he had spoken up, however, Darryn had been instantly taken aback by the way this young man spoke so eloquently. Given the rough exterior that he chose to display Darryn had thought that maybe Cleffa's almost ingestion was down to the intention of a mindless yob but he had hastily admonished himself:

*You're always getting down on people for judging others by the way they look! Shame on you, hypocrite! Shaaame!*

"Sorry about Pan," Darryn offered the guy, unsure of how he should really be around someone who had (albeit accidentally) insulted one of his closest friends, "she loves her Pokemon in a ball, not a serving bowl." There. A lame joke would work wonders in a situation like this! Darryn mentally facepalmed himself - the trouble with travelling with the same few people for so long was that getting the hang of meeting new people all over again could be pretty awkward and unsettling.

"I'm Darryn," he held out a hand formally, "a Pokemon Co-Ordinator."

Posted by: Tekno Jun 2 2011, 02:50 PM

Tyrogue took the Razor Wind head on and knocked him back even further. This Absol was not just messing around anymore.

"Tyrogue, stop it at once!" Tyson tried to snap some sense into Tyrogue but the small humanoid was pissed beyond reality. He ignored the command and leaped straight into a Mach Punch. The Absol merely sidestepped to avoid the attack and retaliated with a Scratch, bringing Tyrogue back to the floor.

<<Give it up already. If you can't even muster the strength to defeat me in combat then you will fall like all the others.>> the Absol was showing it's clear advantage, both in size and power. Despite Tyrogue's natural typing being superior the Dark type was proving to be much more agile than it was thought. A final glare with his oddly green eyes pissed Tyrogue off even more. It then began charging up another whirlwind.

<<So, Fighting-type, is that all you got?>> and once more it unleashed a blade made out of pure wind. This time, however, Tyrogue was able to evade it thanks to the boosted speed from his Bullet Punch and the impact on the ground caused a dirt cloud to rise while Tyrogue lunged into what could possibly be the final hit of the battle. The dirt cloud faded and Tyrogue was still on the field and the Absol was nowhere to be seen... Standing on its place was now a Duskball that just finished it's last beep.

"Enough, Tyrogue!" the rogue Pokemon turned its back before Tyson returned him to his Level Ball. God, was he a stubborn one to raise. He then released the Absol.

"Sorry about Tyrogue's behavior. I'm not going to force you to come with me, it's your choice whether you want to stay free or come along for the journey."

The Absol stopped for a moment. While Absol were able to sense disasters they could do little to actually prevent them. However with the help of humans that would be a different story. He turned his head and nodded.

"Again, it's your choice to stay or go but if you insist. How about a name? How does Ceress sound?" the Absol nodded again, not showing dislike towards the name.

"Well then, guess we're off. My grandpa wanted to give me something, I believe, do you mind if we pass by his stall to see what it was?" Tyson turned to Zach who he somewhat forgot about thanks to Tyrogue's little scene.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 2 2011, 04:54 PM

Kenz was manning the station when she noticed the RVs pulling up. No, that wasn't right. They were limos, yauhts on land. Groaning, she realized that the rich boys were coming. Of course. Her luck had come, all right. With her luck, it would be-

"Hey, Kenz! Its me, Charles!"

-the rich boy that made a bet with her and had eyes for her. Kenz groaned. Charles came from his yauht to her stand with the speed of a boy about to make a move towards a girl. So, pretty quick, but slow enough to do the "swag" walk. Not that it made the situation any better.

"So, Kenz, I was thinking about going for a walk. You wanna come see my trophies on my boat?" he asked, his eyebrow raised in a flirty way that just made him look weirder in Kenz's opinion.

"Um...sorry, I have to cover the stand..." Kenz choked out, trying to be polite.

"Oh, I'll pay you double what this place pays you." Charles moved in with his head, stretching his neck to get closer to Kenz.

Kenz, painfully aware of this, backed up slightly. "Um...no, I'm good...I got enough exercize today, thanks."

"Um, sorry if I'm not clear, but I want to go for a ROMANTIC walk with you."

Kenz widened her eyes. "Um, Charles. I'm really sorry, I just don't want a boyfriend right now." Kenz nodded. "So, I'll just stay here. Why don't you check out the festivities?"

"Oh," Charles shrugged. Kenz felt relieved, until he spoke again, a mad glitter in his green eyes.

"I don't care. You're going out with me, whether you like it or not!" He grabbed her shirt collar and pulled her close. Kenz pushed him away.

"Get off of me, you freak!" she yelled, throwing her apron in his face, then jumping over the counter and running away. After being momentarily stunned by the sky blue apron in his face, Charles followed. Kenz jumped over a ramshackle honey stand and several other stores, to the utmost confusement of the shop owners. When she finally stopped, she was under a buffet table. Scared like crazy, she peaked up to several people, a boy with green hair, a girl chiding her pokemon, and a dude with red spiked hair talking to a huge muscle man.

"You guys! Please help! Do either of you have an outfit or disguise I can use? Some rich boy is chasing me!" she yelled, the red table cloth hiding her hair as she pleaded.

OOC: You guys can have fun with this. I'm not kidding; I want this outfit to be hilarious.

Posted by: Amissa Jun 2 2011, 05:33 PM

To: Amelia and Delainey
Location: Honey Stall, near the seller's stalls

Daniel packed away his supplies while Amelia took care of the man, feeling rather good now that he'd found both Delainey and Amelia at this place. He only got a short glimpse of the absol as it bounded away, and then he watched as Delainey and her pokemon carefully cleaned up the mess around the stall. Geb came over and buzzed at his side. "Yeah, I don't feel good about this either. I've heard about absols on TV. Aren't they called the 'disaster pokemon'? In that case, shouldn't we be a little concerned that they're like, all over this place?"

Daniel observed the crowds of people milling here and there, cooing over sweet baby pokemon or playing games of chance to win pokemon related prizes. Then, here and there he could spot one like finding Wanda in one of his "Where's Wanda?" books as a child. Absols were hidden everywhere in the pictures. There was one sniffing around the buffet table, and here was another howling at the babies near a breeder's pen. Now and again, a trainer would pull out a pokeball and try to capture one, but Daniel didn't see a single person looking anxious or worried about so many of the creatures in one spot.

"If no one else is concerned, then it probably isn't a big deal, right?" Daniel asked, feeling uncertain. He was especially prone to disasters and by now he was starting to wonder if it had something to do with him in particular or if he just had a tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was even more worried because if anything happened, he couldn't see everyone escaping alive. What would happen to all of those eggs and baby pokemon? What would happen to the families, the elderly, the small children, or the handicapped? Surely, they wouldn't be taking this kind of a risk if there was even the smallest chance of something terrible happening to all of these people.

Finally, the man seemed to concede that he would pay Amelia for the damages, and after giving her the money, he sulkily turned and walked away into the crowds. "What now I wonder? I don't know how we can figure this one out, unless we could find someone who can talk to pokemon or something..." Daniel trailed off in thought for a moment. "...Or a pokemon that can talk to people."

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 2 2011, 10:26 PM

To: Darryn
Love From: Tag
Location: Buffet Table.

After taking a moment to recalculate the situation, Tag picked up a napkin, gently wiping away a few of the choice stains from his engorgement. The girl with the Cleffa had moved off, and could he really blame her for that? He found himself secretly hoping that she wouldn't hold a grudge over the matter, but then chided himself for bothering. (Had they checked their facebook accounts, they would've realized that Justin Smart was a mutual friend.) He was most likely not going to run into her again at this massive congregation of fellow pokemon enthusiasts.

"Sorry about Pan" At first, Tag was taken aback, and interjected with:

"I'm the one apologizing, you needn't-" but then he was hit like a ton of bricks by Darryn's incredibly lame joke. He tilted his head, staring blankly at Darryn, wondering if he'd truly just said...whatever that was. Slowly, a genuine smile began to creep across Tag's face. It was unlike his usual smirks or his bizarre attempts at forcing smiles (which really was just an odd showing of teeth). He really couldn't believe that this guy had seriously laid out the worst one liner/pun he'd ever heard in his life. (This coming from Tag, the master of the worst jokes in existence.)

He shook his head disbelievingly, the smile not leaving his face.

"Wow." was his only response as he looked back at the person he'd met.

"I'm Darryn, a Pokemon Co-Ordinator" Maybe Tag imagined the odd emphasis on "ord" but maybe Darryn had funny cadence. Who knew? Either way, Tag reached out and grasped the hand firmly.

"Tag. Dr-...Pokemon Trainer." Tag blinked awkwardly for a moment. He'd nearly blurted out the words 'dragon trainer', and had to catch himself. He'd not made this mistake since his arrival in Furoh. Even the people who'd known him the closest since his arrival (which is to say, not much), didn't even have an inkling of his past. Yet, here was this boy, who without even trying, nearly made him divulge his past. Tag wasn't sure he liked this.

"So..." Tag searched for a point of conversation. He couldn't quite remember what it was that Co-Ordinators won for their trials, but he was sure it was something girlie in comparison to a badge. Not that a badge was particularly manly, but it seemed a bit more solid and to the point than...whatever it was Coordinators received. He therefore amended his question: "How has the Contest Circuit treated you?"

If, of course, anything could make the moment more awkward, it was the arrival of a new pokemon on the scene. Having stowed away on board one of the transport vessels to Starfall Field, a Poochyena had been making his way around the grounds. He had slipped by fairly unnoticed, since there were several pokemon out of their pokeballs. He had a demeanor typically associated with Poochyena, so no one paid him any real heed. This let him do essentially whatever he wanted.

Now that he'd woken from his nap, he decided that the smell of food was by far the most enticing of the ideas. With that, he trotted through the field of tents, making his way to the buffet, next to two men who didn't really pay him much heed.

Leaping up, he began to chow down in a similar fashion to the way Tag had been just moments before. Tag turned to look at the Poochyena, confusion written all over his face.

"Excuse me" he held a finger up to Darryn, then looked around. No one seemed to be reprimanding the Poochyena, and no one seemed to mind that it was simply chowing away. Tag's suspicions bubbled up, and he drew an empty pokeball from his backpack. Reaching over, he tapped the pokemon on the head with it.

To confirm his theory, the pokemon was sucked in. Pokemon already assigned to a trainer did not get drawn in to new pokeballs. That was part of the design. That meant that this pokemon was wild.

The ball snapped open, re-revealing Poochyena on the table with a rather guilty expression on his canine features. He had been found out.

"Sneaky." Tag muttered at it. "I like you."

The Poochyena blinked, tilting his head to his side as his tongue lolled out. That wasn't quite the response he had expected to hear.

"You're wild?"

Nod.

"I see." Tag crossed his arms "You have a choice then. Join me willingly, or let me try to capture you."

Poochyena pulled something of a concerned face. He looked placatingly up at Darryn, as if searching for an answer in the other boy's face, then back to Tag. The man looked intimidating, but didn't feel that way. He also looked fairly tough. Perhaps it was time to test his own mettle.

With a growl, Poochyena bounded off the table and landed on the ground before Tag.

"I see." Tag smiled, holding up an expanding pokeball from his belt. One hand sliding into his pocket, he tossed the pokeball forward. "Suzu, Mach Punch." Tag had two badges under his belt, and didn't intend to slack on his training simply because the enemy pokemon was cute. Suzu burst out of the battle and immediately slipped straight at the Poochyena, punching it ferociously. Tag and Suzu had faced a Poochyena named Ivory back in Petropolis, he knew what he was doing here. The wicked quick punch hit the puppy, sending him flying backwards.

As he stood back up, the Poochyena turned around and kicked up some sand, which was clearly a sand-attack. As Tag made the next command, Suzu was already executing it.

"Encore." Poochyena found himself on the receiving end of applause, much to his dismay and chagrin. By now, the pokemon battle by the buffet had attracted attention, and people were starting to watch. However, the applause was coming from the Five Star Pokemon, Ledian. As Poochyena prepared to leap forward and bite, he found himself turning around, kicking up some more fairly ineffective sand in the Ledian's direction.

"Supersonic." Once again, Suzu was already prepared for this part of the combo. She reared her head back, unleashing a shrill shriek into the air, made palpable by the appearance of sound waves. As they washed over the Poochyena, he found himself wobbling a bit, the sound having addled his brain. He tried once more to move to bite the Ladybug, but found himself trying to kick up more sand in stead, and ultimately found himself falling over in a fairly ungainly fashion. Before he could completely regather his sense, he felt a blow on his side from something cold and metal.

Tag watched closely as the pokeball rocked back and forth slowly, almost dizzily on the ground. Then, it made its signature "ping" noise, indicating a successful capture. Tag retrieved the pokeball, glared at the crowd that had gathered, then turned back to Darryn. No, Tag hadn't moved from that spot the entire time.

Suzu floated over, perching herself on Tag's back, peering over her trainer's shoulders at this boy. She looked him up and down once, then nodded approvingly at him.

"So...as I was saying." he crossed his arms, sizing Darryn up. Now that he had just had a brief battle, he felt the mood to have more overtake him. However, he'd just met Darryn, and honestly felt himself trying to meet someone for the sake of meeting someone, rather than battling them. That seemed to be a better way to make acquaintances. "How as the Contest Circuit treated you?"

* * *

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 3 2011, 11:27 AM

Who: Jaima
Where: Making their way toward the buffet tables
To: His sisters and anyone who may approach him (in the future)

The two girls held his hands as Jaima walked, chattering non stop. Yes, Mom was with them, no, her boyfriend wasn't (Jaima gave a quick sigh of relief at that), yes, they had time on their journeys for this, yes, they would be going back to Johto after the convention, no, they didn't have boyfriends (although there weren't the "ews" Jaima had half expected), did he know that Mae Greene had left to go to yet another region, yes, they had just gotten there a few hours before, no, they hadn't told him, they had wanted it to be a surprise.

Jaima had called his pokemon out at the tent, and the girls cooed and marveled at his pokemon, especially happy to see that Ember, Fang, and Grondir had evolved and were looking so healthy. They, too, called out their pokemon, and Jaima was impressed as well. Besides Chico, Mariko's bayleef, and Toto, Natsume's croconaw, there were Mariko's spinarak and Natsume's hoothoot, Ara and Hooty, as well as Wisp, Natsume's haunter and Polly, a poliwhirl caught by Mariko. Rounding out their team were Twofer and Tryke, a girafarig and dodrio, respectively. Fang, Grondir, Ember and Tsunami opted to stay and guard the tent, getting to know these new pokemon. Shadow and Mercury followed behind, Mercury still flushed from the vociferous praise of her beauty from the girls.

Jaima listened with an ear of practiced patience, almost happy that he hadn't lost the ability to listen with both ears to two girls who kept interrupting and finishing each other's sentences. He took the opportunity to look at them, smiling. Mariko had grown a little taller, and, with her long hair, looked slightly older than her sister. Natsume was squinting, and Jaima tsked.

"Why aren't you wearing your glasses, Natsu?"

The girl blushed and fumbled in her pocket. "They just look so--"

"I told her to get contacts like me, but the thought of putting something on her eye activates her Run Away ability." The two girls stuck their tongues out at each other.

Jaima adjusted his own glasses, taking his pokegear off of his wrist and typing into it briefly. "I'll have Mei-chan meet us at the table. Bet she'll have something to say about your glasses..."

Natsume huffed and found her glasses, sliding them on and pouting. Mariko and Jaima shared a smile, before she coughed and looked down.

"Jaima? That boy who was with you before... is he going to be here..?"

Jaima shrugged, looking around at the crowd at the buffet table. "I don't know, sugar. We kind of split up in Petropolis--"

"What did you do?!" Mariko looked alarmed, her cheeks reddening at her outburst. Jaima raised a brow and pursed his lips.

"Nothing! He just wanted to concentrate on contest training for a while, and had a good opportunity there. Meiko, Tuesday and I moved on to work on badges." He shook his head. "I'm sure we'll meet up sooner or later," he said, trying to sound nonchalant. Truth was, however, Darryn was sorely missed. Jaima had been hoping to see him at the con.

The girls started to become more subdued as they approached the groups, but Natsume pulled on Jaima's sleeve. "What's with all the absol," she said as he turned to look at her.

Jaima took a good look around. He'd noticed some pokemon, but, this being a pokemon convention, hadn't thought anything of it. But Natsume was right: there were a lot of absol around, and many of them didn't seem to have been caught. They were making their cries and, although not being an out and out disturbance, were distracting because many of the trainers wanted to catch them.

Jaima turned to Mercury and Shadow. Mercury looked extremely worried and pressed as close to Shadow as she could, and Shadow looked correspondingly wary. A quick mental communication confirmed, from Shadow, that the absol were not a danger as they were right now.

Mercury added, shakily, that they were crying about doom coming, fiery, swift, angry doom. Jaima tried to send her calm thoughts, but psychic communication was not a talent that he had. He felt gratitude at the attempt if anything.

Jaima nodded to the trainers as he and his sisters gathered plates to eat with, Jaima looking around for a familiar face.

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 3 2011, 05:09 PM

Who: Darryn
To: Tag
Where: Buffet tables

Darryn watched on as the guy called Tag broke their conversation to make a capture of a wild (and ravenous) Poochyena. He couldn't say that he cared much for the Pokemon's species after the way bullies had tormented them with their own yappy dog when he was little but this particular creature seemed pleasant enough. Both human and Pokemon had a pale green emotaglow with shining rays of white at the moment of capture which could only make Darryn smile. The pair would be a good match.

"How as the Contest Circuit treated you?"

The second time around, Darryn actually reached for his Ribbon Case for the second time that day and clicked it open. Inside, the curling draconic nails and crimson ribbon with snow white stars of the Metalliclaw and the shimmering flat with foggy black ribbon of the Mirrormist twinkled in the floodlights illuminating the evening convention. Two empty groves marked the place of the other pieces of puzzle that would allow Darryn to enter the Grande Festival competition.

"Well so far, I suppose." Darryn buffed the corner of the Metalliclaw idly. "Two Ribbons in the case and two more to get my place at the Grande Festival. They've been tricky to get but we've got loads of time before the entrants need to be announced."

To Darryn it always seemed odd to talk about his achievements on the Contest track since it had never been his dream until the first Ribbon had found its place with him. Even so, it was relieving to be able to share his pride with someone after putting in so much effort those past few weeks in Petropolis. All of his Pokemon had worked hard for those Ribbons and each had come so far in their own way.

*All except that Poliwag...* Darryn mused, his mind straying to the newest Pokeball at his belt. They had done some minor, incredibly unsuccessful training so far and the water-type didn't seem to fit in with the others right away but then again, neither had Lady at first.

"And I'm guessing you're a trainer?" Darryn reached for a paper plate at the buffet table and began to pile up a stack of snacks for himself and Lyla to share at their tent. "My cousin is setting up our tent just over there - why don't we sit and you can talk us through some battle tips? I'm sure you could teach me some clever moves like that Encore combo and Lyla would be happy to take some notes. If, that's OK with you, anyway?"

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 3 2011, 05:55 PM

Justin Smart

Posted by: Ozzy Jun 3 2011, 06:24 PM

To: Amelia and Daniel
Location: Honey Stall; her tent.


Delainey didn't notice the Absol watching her while she cleaned up the spilled honey. She picked up the unbroken honey jars and wiped the dust off of them. "See, you've still got some good ones left." She smiled at Amelia and finally noticed the Absol that was watching her. Hm. "I don't know. Absols seem more like... good luck, don't you think? I mean, they ten to avoid people and aren't the friendliest creatures, but at least they warn us." She watched as the Absol turned and ran off into the crowd. "We should be careful, seeing as some of these Absols like to take things and they are here for a reason. They're here to tell us that something is going to happen. Most people think that the Absols bring bad luck with them, but that's not true. We should be grateful that they're here. So we can be prepared."

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 3 2011, 10:18 PM

To: Douken, Justin, Liz
Location: Sota stand, then “somewhere private”

Apparently, Justin was no longer running away to another job. In fact, he seemed quite eager to talk to her alone. This after Pan recognized Douken’s father from the computer back in Arasam. She quickly realized that they were in the midst of his parents. To top it all off, a random stranger appeared to investigate the screaming. The girl couldn’t have been much older than 12. Much as she would have liked to have met all of these people, Pan felt she had to focus on Justin.

“Er, sorry to rush out of here, but…um…nice to meet all of you,” Pan said to the bunch. As she followed Justin’s lead, Chi-Chi waved maniacally at the group, making sure no one was left out of her good-byes.

Being at a large outdoor convention, private areas were few and far between. The pair managed to make do with one of the large RVs. The owner was not around, meaning that they could have some sort of discussion behind the large vehicle without interruption. This was exactly what Pan needed as she gave Justin a piece of her mind.

“OK, what’s going on? First, you want to do more stuff with me. Then, before we can even make arrangements, you storm off to a ‘job’ without even saying goodbye. And now, we’ve crossed paths again. What’s going on?”

Pan was very confused at Justin’s desire to hang out with her and his simultaneous disappearances at inopportune moments. She was still convinced that he was getting ready to cut ties before they even started dating. To save herself anymore pain, she sprang an ultimatum before he could speak.

“Look, if you don’t like me, that’s fine. But please…don’t drag it out. I’m a big girl, I can handle it.”

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 3 2011, 11:19 PM

To: Justin, Pan (before the two leave for the moment), Liz
At: Sota Stand

Looknig at all the crowd his mom caused, he gave a bit of a nervous chuckle. "Guys, don't worry. My mom is just paranoid over some of the Pokemon stories she grew up with. Growing up as an Amazon, connected with the Pokemon, grew has gone to see Pokemon lore as truth, like how the Absols are signs of disaster."

"And in the same case as the lore behind the Duskull family," his father added. "They say their lineage are guides to the afterlife as well as punishers of misdeeds. What was a simple hello was misinterpreted as a fright tactic."

That, and I doubt my mom had a Pokemon talk to her telepathically either, Douken thought as a footstep was heard beyond the crowd, just as Pan and Justin left. Looking over, an Absol walked over, staring with a growl. Curious, Douken asked, "Hey Reep, think you can translate for me?"

With the ghost resting herself on his head, she told him, "Let's see. 'Foolish humes. You do not understand what is at sake. It is best to leave now and save your hides before you perish within the flames of eternity.' Wow, what a poet!"

"Yeah, well I don't think he should be scaring those with death threats. Koldo, ready?" With a small croak, the frog walked up in the way of the Disaster Pokemon. Sparks flew beyond them as they got ready to fight.

With claws glowing white, the Absol took no time to go in and fight. "Koldo, he's attacking! Use Sucker Punch!" As the claws here raised high, the Poison frog slammed his fingers into his stomach before the claws dug into his skin. Sure, dark type moves were not as effective against dark, but a surprise hot was still good.

However, he did not like it as wind began to circle around him. "He has something ready. Quick, Mud Bomb!" As the frog went to blind the foe, Sven went to the glasses case and handed them to Douken, with word to the wise to see what he is doing.

With new sight found on old frames, he watched the wind blades fly through the frog and into one of the dragon trainer's tents. "Now Koldo, Revenge!" It was an great time to trigger as the Croagunk picked up the Abol and slammed him into the floor.

"Go for it, boy!" Sven called out, signalling Douken for the catch. Grabbing an empty ball in hand, he got ready to chuck it. That was when a hand took his arm. Looknig over his shoulder, it was his mom.

"You already have a death guide on your team," she murmured before giving Douken the death glare. "What makes you think I will be comfortable having the sign of disaster walking around my home?!" Douken should of seen this coming, but it was his instinct to go for the catch. Even struggling against her grip was hard, as her amazon force seemed to of been unleashed, the sleeve dropping and showing the tattoos crawling down it. "Sorry Mom, but I can't let an opportunity like this pass!" Opening his hand, he flung the ball out best he could, though only causing a slow bounce.

"NOOO!!!" His mom panicked as the ball bounced further and further away... until the red eyes peered open and saw it coming, dashing out of thee way and into the woods. This didn't stop the Pokeball though, as it son began to roll its way onto a sleeping... Dunsparce.

Yes, as the con was being put together, the Dunsparce decided to make this spot home, and with the number of Pokemon running about, it was hard to tell who had what, or if they were just wild. This one, apparently, was wild, because when the button tapped the sleeping land snake, he was launched right in, the button beginning to flash red.

"Okay, now it is going to wake up, be pissed, and attack me, or run..." *ping* Neither case, as it seemed the Pokemon was so asleep, he didn't event notice. However, the button was still glowing red. "Huh?" Picking it up, he wondered why before the ball suddenly vanished. "What the?"

Douken has captured a Dunsparce.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 4 2011, 01:46 AM

Who: Tag
To: Darryn
Where: Buffet Tables

Tag eyed the ribbons. From what he had read, the Metalliclaw was from Arasam, and the Mirrormist from Petropolis, which meant he had something in common with this trainer.

"Halfway there." Tag nodded. He had meant to sound encouraging, but it really sounded more matter of fact than anything. This socializing thing was difficult.

"I'm in fact a trainer" Tag nodded, then turned slightly to show Darryn his tattooed arm. "Here is the Twilight badge, from Petropolis, like your Mirrormist. Here's the Emberwing badge from Arasam. Both of them incredibly difficult battles that I won mostly through luck." He recalled briefly how it was mainly the leaders' pokemon damaging themselves in most cases. He remembered how Raptor the Murkrow had taken out his comrade Slink the Spoink with an errant Dark Pulse, and how Ivory the Poochyena had basically bitten himself to death (due to Suzu's confusion-induction). He then recalled that Otis' Darmanitan had beaten itself into submission (again, thanks to Suzu's supersonic), and how the Dodrio had done the same (a third time thanks to Suzu's supersonic). Likewise, Otis' damnable Charizard had simply underestimated Bachi, leading to his poisoning and ultimate defeat. For all intents and purposes, Tag would've most likely lost all those battles if it weren't for Suzu and her supersonic move. This pleased him greatly, and for a moment he glowed with pride for his pokemon partner. However, he was a bit disappointed in the fact that luck had played more in his victories than skill. He wasn't short on skill, by any means, but even still...he needed to redouble his training. Now he had a Poochyena on his team, which added even more possibilities for status and attack, so at least he could start to vary up his teams a bit.

"I'd be honoured." Tag had never been asked for his battle tips, really. It was rare to meet someone actually interested in studying up on pokemon, rather than just learning on the fly through battles. Tag immediately began to categorize the list of techniques he'd utilized or thought up. Unlike his days as Seto Kaiba a Dragon Trainer, he had focused almost entirely on power and sweeping. Nowadays, he tended to fight defensively and preferred to control the field through status effects. Moves like Encore, Worry Seed, Toxic Spikes, Imprison, Disable and Snatch were definitely his standards. Besides that, Bachi, his Nidorino, was the only pokemon with a high damage output at the moment. As he indicated for Darryn to lead the way to the tent, he reached over and grabbed another handful of food.

"Seconds." he stated, his voice stoic and matter-of-fact.

Posted by: Proby Jun 4 2011, 08:19 AM

~Alex

Posted by: Pinsir Jun 4 2011, 10:35 AM

After the little "calamity" of the battle, Tyson turned to Zach once again. "Well then, guess we're off. My grandpa wanted to give me something, I believe, do you mind if we pass by his stall to see what it was?"

"Well, I think I'm going to check out some of the stands over there," he pointed to the southwest. "There were a couple that caught my eye before I'll catch up with you later, alright?" And on that note, Zach took off in the area of the interesting stands. Zach passed a couple of stands, one of a person selling custom Pokeballs, one of a person selling honey, until he finally stopped at one of the stands. There was a huge, roulette-like wheel hanging on the back of the tent.

"Excuse me sir, if you don't mind me asking," Zach said politely, "What is this tent for?"

"Oh, I sure don't mind. I'm glad that you asked!" the merchant said enthusiastically. "In this tent, for only 250 PokeDollars, you can spin the wheel and if you get it on the right spot, you can pick one of my bred Pokemon out back!" Zach pondered for a second, before blurting out, "What the heck, I'll give it a try!" Zach forked over 250 PokeDollars and watched as the man spun the wheel. After a good 15 or so spins, it stopped.

"We've got a winner!" the man cried out excitingly. "Come on back here, son, and you can pick your Pokemon!" Zach hopped over the counter and exited through the back of the tent, to reveal several fenced in areas full of both baby and fully grown Pokemon. A particular Pokemon caught his interest, a Tauros near the back of one area, and he walked back there.

"Hey buddy," Zach said gently as he approached the Pokemon, reaching his right hand out for the bull Pokemon to sniff. He did so, and started licking Zach's hands. The merchant walked over.

"This is one of my favorite guys." the man said, admiring. "He is gentler than most Tauros's and he doesn't get into a lot of trouble."

"I think I'll take him," Zach said, pulling a PokeBall out of his bag and extended it out to the Tauros, who, without hesitation, touched the button in the center with its nose, and was sucked in by the bright light, and with 3 fast wobbles, the PokeBall clicked, signalling that Zach had acquired a new PokeBall.

"I think I'll call you Rampage."

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 4 2011, 05:04 PM

Justin Smart

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 4 2011, 11:34 PM

To: Twila Reanne
Location: Buffet Table

Finn walked around amazed by all the food that was laid out in front of him. Rue, still walking along by his side, sniffed the air, yelling whenever he smelt something he wanted. "I see you're not the picky one, huh?" The trainer chuckled. He picked up a few random things, and soon enough his plate was full. Rue though, wanted more.

Finnley had two plates in his hand now, one for him and one for Rue. Before the trainer was just going to share with his Pokemon, but it seemed as if Rue had a plan of his own. The two had found their way towards Twila who had already gotten her Pokemon out, and who were already halfway done with their plates.

Placing Rue's plate down right away, the little piglet went to work. Chowing down on all the different fruits and Pokemon treats that Finn had picked, or more he did himself. Finn sat across the table from Twila with a grin, "Looks like you're digging right in too."

Taking his fork and trying some of his pasta, Finn smiled widely. "Mhmm, this is delicious! How's your food, Merle?" Finn asked, trying to warm up to the fighting Pokemon. "Good I hope."

Posted by: FirePower Jun 5 2011, 06:51 AM

To:Alex
Where:Stall area

The boy sent out an unfamiliar black-and-white bird pokemon. knowing she Couldn't fight a pokemon she didn't know, Kaya scanned it with her pokedex.

"Staravia, the evolutioin of starly. Starling pokemon. Recognizing their own weakness, they live in flocks. When alone, STARAVIA cry loudly." her pokedex said. An evolved pokemon? Kaya was beginning to wonder just how strong her opponent was. But she wasn't about to quit now.

"That thing's a flying type, so it should be weak to electric attacks," she thought aloud. "Manera, go!"

"Blitzlbli!" Manera saidbefore running in front of Kaya, ready to fight.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 5 2011, 09:06 AM

To: Justin
Location: Behind RV

As Pan listened to Justin, she felt that he was very sincere. He was truly sorry for leaving her in such a rush. She could only assume that Nate’s uncle was quite a hardass and forced Justin to leave immediately. If that were the case, why didn’t he just say that? He seemed to want to avoid the subject. Perhaps it didn’t matter now. Right now, Justin liked her and wanted to do something about it. He wanted to take things slow, or at least that’s how Pan interpreted it. In any case, she accepted.

“Well then, what are you waiting for?” Pan said as she flashed a smile. She offered a bent elbow, encouraging him to take her arm.

“So, what are we going to do first on out first date?”

As this was happening, the sun had finally disappeared, the sky surrendering to the night. Clouds began moving in over the campgrounds, though none threatened to rain on the festivities. Large spotlights were switched on to provide some light over the area. Many campers were settling down for dinner, gathering around campfires to talk about their adventures. Despite this, the shop stalls remained open for late customers, and the ferris wheel glowed with neon lights. The absols showed no sign of tiring, becoming even more active into the night. Some even gathered with trainers around the campfires. One was bold enough to take a ride on the ferris wheel.

Though the day had ended, the festival carried on.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 5 2011, 09:13 AM

To: Finn Oakley
Location: Picnic Table

Twila smiled sheepishly as Finn commented on her plate. She had already demolished her baked potato and was now halfway done with the salad on her plate. What could she say? She basically hadn't eaten all day. She put her fork down a minute to give her stomach time to settle. She absentmindedly stroked her egg inside the incubator, and it gave a little wiggle in contentment.

"Mhmm, this is delicious! How's your food, Merle? Good I hope." Finn asked of Merle. Merle stared at Finn blankly, then whispered something to Kimber. As she listened, a small grin appeared on her face. She nodded to Merle and then trotted off.

"Don't go too far Kimber!" Twila called out. Kimber looked back and nodded, then resumed her presumably purposeful journey towards the buffet table. While Kimber went to...do whatever it was she was doing, Merle walked over to Finn. Twila tensed, ready to recall the fighting type if he hurt him again. Merle stared at the green haired trainer for a few moments, then stuck out his gloved hand.

"Maku-Makuhita," he said, waiting for Finn to take his hand. Twila relaxed: this was the closest thing towards an apology that Merle was going to give. Twila decided that this was better than nothing, and resumed eating her food with a smile on her face.

Meanwhile, Kimber was underneath the buffet table with two fighting types: a Machop and a Tyrogue. They were exchanging words, both fighting types listening interested in Kimber. Finally the two nodded and walked out from under the table, then proceeded to climb up to the top of the table. When they had reached the top, they could see their target: a very large, many tiered cake that had been beautifully made by a master baker. The two Pokemon looked at each other, nodded and made their way to the cake, making sure not to step in any of the other dishes. They stood on opposite sides of the cake with their hands underneath the platter it was on. The Tyrogue counted off, and at three they both lifted the cake. Walking sideways to the edge of the table, it looked as though they were about to carry the whole thing off. A few of the people around the table watching them started yelling (the others were laughing), and the two Fighting types decided to drop the cake and run, leaving it at the edge of the table.

The people watching the display started wandering off, a few tripping on a few rocks on the way. "Geodude!" these rocks said angrily, and the offenders quickly walked away. Kimber peeked out from under the table and grinned evilly. She had done what Merle had told her to do. The Geodudes were in perfect position, and the cake was in the exact right spot. This will be fun, she thought as she trotted back to the table.

Merle had gone back to eating his food when Kimber returned. As she walked up, Merle looked over at her and she nodded. Merle smiled and went back to eating. Kimber, on the other hand, wandered over to Finn's Pokemon Rue and started up a conversation. After a while, she motioned for Rue to follow her back to the buffet table and walked away with Rue (hopefully) following. Kimber went over the last part of the plan in her mind: all she had to do was make the pig squeal and his trainer would come running...right into the cake. She positioned herself between the Geodudes and the cake, waiting for Rue to catch up. And when he did, well...she'd have a nice pointy "present" for him.

Posted by: Proby Jun 5 2011, 03:24 PM

~Alex

Posted by: FirePower Jun 5 2011, 10:19 PM

To:Alex
Where:Stall area

"Things aren't over yet!" Manera replied to the staravia, which had now turned into twelve. The blitzle didn't know which one was real. It looked around, trying to figure out which it should attack.

Meanwhile, Kaya had some suspicions as to whether or not the strange commands her opponent was giving his pokemon were really attack commands. Telling a pokemon to ride a bicycle seemed like something a ringmaster would say. Still, that was all the boy had said, and the staravia had used double team. She made a mental not of the result of the strange command, just in case. Now it was time to focus on countering the move. It was impossible to tell whjich staravia was real, but Kaya had recently learned a technique that was foolproof for hitting the real one.

"Manera, use shock wave," Kaya calmly told her pokemon. A ring of electricity burst from the ground at the blitzle's feet. Sure enough, the unmissable attack hit them all.

"We won't go down easy," Manera told Stryk as she got got ready to evade the dangerous-sounding Redbull.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 6 2011, 10:48 AM

To: Twila
Where: Picnic Table

Finn shook the Makuhita's hand with a crooked smile. Afterwards the two went back to their eating, Finn, trying all the delicacies on his plate. While he had been eating, he noticed Kimber who had come by and took Rue away.

"Rue!" Finn called out to his Pokemon, "Don't wander, because I know you will."

The little piglet just giggled and went on his way, following the Nidoran. As they neared the table, Rue smiled cheerfully, but was quickly met with a shocking revelation. He was tricked. Kimber had set him up. The Nidoran struck Rue and he squealed loudly, calling out for his trainer.

Finn heard his Pokemon's call for help immediately, getting up from his spot and looking around for his Tepig. "Rue!" His eyes glanced across the crowd of people, and as it was becoming darker, it was harder to find his little pig. Just to his luck though, his eyes came upon the two, who were now at the Buffet Table. He rushed on over, but didn't see what had been planned for him.

As he ran, Finn tripped over a Geodude, who went by unnoticed by not just him but almost everybody else too. He stumbled and took a step, but it didn't matter, because he was off balance and the table was already right in front of him. With his hands shielding his face he stumbled, hitting the table. It wasn't just the table that he had hit though, it was also the cake that was set up for him.

His arms went straight through the cake and his face went right into it too. He came out covered in frosting, with his eyes and face blazing.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 6 2011, 02:34 PM

At: No one in particular, yet. Near end, Finn
Where: Buffet table

Anita's stomach rumbled loudly with hunger. She had been walking in the foothills for over three days, not quite lost, but nearly so. Her current problem was that she only had one chocolate bar left, and she didn't want to eat it yet. The soda wasn't running low, so she drank some every now and again. Excalibur was perched atop her Backpack, as usual when he wasn't in his Pokeball. However, he was silent for once. His nose in the air, he looked almost as if he was sniffing for something, most likely for food. Cane in his right hand, the little Snivy would occasionally poke Anita in the back of her head to gain her attention and direct her in one way or another. Anita was grateful for his help, although Excalibur could be rather snobbish.

Suddenly, Excalibur perked up. Crying out, he stood up rather suddenly, using his cane to lever himself onto his feet. "Svee!! Svee skit!" he said in a bossy tone to Anita, while jabbing her in her neck with the tip of his cane. Anita felt this and raised her hand to swat the cane away from her neck. Her hand connected with the cane, and she her hand pushed against it. This caused poor Excalibur to lose his balance. "SKRAAII!!!" he squealed, as he toppled headfirst from his customary perch atop Anita's backpack. Falling towards the ground, Excalibur clutched the top hat with his left hand and got a firm grip on the cane in his right hand. Twisting about, he managed to get his tail above him, and landed on his belly, rather than his head.

"Ree..." he moaned. Anita stopped walking and turned around. "Hey, you okay, dood?" she asked Excalibur. He looked up at her, and waited, silent. Anita stood there, looking at him confusedly. "What?" she asked. "Ya need sumat?" Excalibur glared at her, a baleful expression on his face. "Svita!" he yelled, and jumped onto his feet. Brushing himself off, Excalibur began walking in the direction of the smell of food. He didn't even look back at Anita, so she decided to follow him and see what all the fuss was about. She had no idea why he'd suddenly become so excited, so Anita was following just to make sure he was alright.

Following the Snivy in the direction of the fairgrounds, Anita began to smell the most wonderful aroma. The scent of a full meal, she realized. Anita began walking faster. Faster, and faster she began to go, until she began to run. Bending down, she grabbed Excalibur by the tail, causing him to squawk in surprise. Anita ignored that, and threw him up onto her backpack. "Thank you SO much, Excalibur!" she yelled in relief. "I never thought we'd make it to that thing on the Poke Center flier!"

Rushing down from th foothills, she spied spotlights in the night sky. "Spotlights? How the spork could I not have noticed those?" Anita wondered to herself. "Oh, well..." Running around the side of the hill, she was nearly blinded by the colors and light that awaited her. The noise of people and Pokemon jovially enjoying the fete was near-deafening. Anita stared, wide-eyed, at the wonderful scene, jaw agape. Excalibur, squealed with sudden delight and pointed his cane at the most wonderful thing either of them had ever seen. A giant buffet table, covered in the most delicious smelling food was only a 25-yard sprint away from Anita and him. Excalibur suddenly rapped Anita over the head. "VEEEEEEE!!!!" he cried, sounding almost as if yelling "Charge!" as Anita ran full-speed towards the table.

"GANGWAY!" Anita yelled. Upon her reaching it, unfortunately, she crashed right into it, knocking sveral dishes flying at a trainer standing not too far from her. The poor guy had just fallen into the table as well, landing in a cake by the look of it. Anita wasn't much better. She'd landed with her right elbow in a big bowl of Berry Pudding and her left hand on a giant platter of cookies. Excalibur went flying off her backpack into the air. "Svee swee! Svita svee!!" he yelled, as he entered a perfect swan-dive into the punch bowl.

Posted by: Proby Jun 6 2011, 02:55 PM

~Alex

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 6 2011, 03:40 PM

To: Finn
Location: Buffet Table

Twila started as she heard Rue squeal. "Kimber, you better not have done this..." she groaned as she ran after Finn, Mai and Merle trailing right behind her. The sun had set, so it was quite difficult to see the ground, even with all the lights. And then she saw her. Kimber had stuck Rue with a Poison Sting right in the snout. "Kimber!" Twila growled as she stomped toward her Nidoran. Unfortunately, she too didn't notice the Geodudes stuck in the ground. Realizing this, Merle went to stop his trainer, but it was too late. She had already tripped over the rock Pokemon and fell right into the cake along with Finn.

Twila sat shocked as frosting dripped off her face. Over to the side, Merle stood in complete horror at what his prank had caused. Mai, on the other hand, was glaring at Merle angrily. She wasn't the only one either. Twila was just about boring holes in the Makuhita's head, she was glaring at him so vehemently. Slowly, she got out two Pokeballs and said in an eerily calm voice, "Kimber, Merle, return." The two Pokemon disappeared into red light, knowing without a doubt that their punishment would come later.

"I am so, so very sorry," Twila said as she grabbed a handful of napkins from the table and began to wipe frosting from Finn's shirt. "I d-don't know what's gotten into Merle lately...He's usually so s-sweet and nice." she felt so ashamed of her Pokemon. Mai was over by Rue gingerly taking the sting out of the pig's nose, also trying to apologize for Kimber's behavior. Twila stopped trying to clean Finn's shirt and looked down at the ground. "I am so s-sorry," she apologized again, "There's no excuse for their behavior. I hope y-you're not too mad." And then she wiped some frosting off her own face and put it in her mouth. "Mmmh, but we do taste delicious now." She giggled nervously, hoping that this joke would ease the tension of the moment.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 6 2011, 03:44 PM

Who: Meiko, then Jaima and his sisters, then all of them together in one place
Where: Merchant Tents, then the Buffet (which is obviously big enough that one trainer may not see another)
Who: Anyone who wants to interact with them

"OK, Lyla, I'm going to find Jaima! Tell Darryn we're here if you see him before we do, OK?"

Meiko waved her hand after replacing her (cute little) hat on her head, smiling broadly. The smile, curiously, lasted after she had turned her face away from the blonde girl. Lyla was sweet, if a little clueless, and Meiko was finding that she genuinely liked the girl. Could only take so much, sure, but genuinely liked her.

After asking for directions from a convention worker, she made her way to the camping site and found Jaima's tent. After the events in the forest, they had had to buy new gear, and Jaima was forced to ask his mother for some of the money that had been automatically sent from any of his credited winnings. Without any question, but with a suspicious eye that all mothers get when their sons ask for money (even their own), she wired it, and Jaima picked out a rugged, two person tent, spacious on the inside, since it had been bought for two people not intent on snuggling through the night. Meiko, too, had ordered one, but it wasn't going to be delivered until later, and had even taken the precaution of "suggesting" to Darryn and Tuesday to order tents for themselves, just in case they might split up.

Sadly, the precaution had been needed.

Though the tent was up, and there were pokemon gamboling in and around it, there was no sign of her boyfriend at all. She stuck around, concerned for a while until she saw that four of Jaima's pokemon were among the twelve, and released her own. Chompwater would stay with her, and made this evident by imposing her large form behind Meiko, but it seemed that Eggheart, Cosette, Desertdancer, and Ramhorn all made their intent to stay as clear as possible. Meiko had no qualms with that. If these new pokemon decided to get rowdy, she'd prefer to have her team backing up Jaima's team. Much less likely to lose another tent that way.

Deciding that Jaima was elsewhere, and hoping it was in the direction of the delectable smells, Meiko made her way to the buffet, admiring the absol as she went.

* * * * *

Mercury looked around, her eyes worried. Though they had come to an agreement of sorts, she still pulled close to Shadow. For his part, Shadow understood. The convention grounds were littered with dark types, mainly absol, but with the odd trainer's poochyena, its evolved form, an umbreon or two, some of the newer dark pokemon making their way to Furoh, and all sorts of mixed types that were also of a Dark nature.

<I'm sorry, Shadow,> Mercury said, a mental wince in her otherwise audible voice, <I'm still very nervous around them, and I can't sense further than ten meters in any direction. I can't sense Trainer Meiko at all...>

<I'm not complaining, Mercury,> Shadow assured her. <If it's any consolation, I can sense them, and sense their intent. None of them mean any of the trainers here any harm.>

<Their going on about doom this and doom that isn't exactly helping.> She mumbled softly, bringing a chuckle from the lucario.

<Hey, no worries, little lady. We just want to see these people hurt, dig?>

With a slight shriek, Mercury spun, and Shadow did as well, the opposite way. Mercury, having been floating, was wrenched out of her spin and pulled with Shadow's, stopping when he did with a dazed look.

<Whoa, there, hombre. Didn't mean to startle the little sister, just letting her no we aren't that scary. Something bad's going down, man. It's going to be a real drag, man. I'd bug out if I were you, but no one does.>

Both Shadow and Mercury looked at each other, Shadow wary and Mercury startled enough to forget her phobia. Mercury forced herself to look at the creature. What kind of "drag" is it going to be..?>

The old absol seemed to smile that Mercury, who had been afraid, had braved up to ask the question. <Oh, man, the usual stuff. Fire, brimstone, freakin' out, people and pokemon gettin' hacked. Guys'll be all "Whoa!" Then chicks'll be all "WHOA" and we'll be all, "Whooooaaa..."> The absol smacked his lips. <Hey, you guys know where I can score some grub? I got the munchies like you wouldn't believe!>

Just then, someone fell into the cake, and someone else bumped into that someone and upset even more food, and a snivy landed in the punch. A large portion of pasta flew up and landed in front of the absol. The creature grinned, bearing teeth, and nodded his head. <Hey, all right! You guys are the beedrill's kneedrills!> Not giving the pair time to dicipher that sentence, Shadow and Mercury turned, seeing the results of the calamity. Shadow's eyes widened, and Mercury put her two handlike appendages to her mouth.

<Oh, Trainer Meiko...>

* * * * *

As this was going on, Jaima was in the middle of preparing a second plate, made with many of the same items he had on his, with some differences. Beside him, his sisters looked up at him, then at each other, then at him.

"Hungry, Tou-kun?" Mariko said with a deadpan look in her eye.

"Maybe he's pregnant! He's eating for two!" Natsume chimed in, trying, without succeeding, to stifle a giggle.

"You two think you're funny, but you're not. Meiko's with me, and I'm ma--"

"Mei-chan?!" The girls said in unison. Jaima turned to look at them with an incredulous look.

"Well, yeah, you guys saw her when we were at Tuesday's Uncle's house, remember?"

"Oh," started Natsume.

"Yeah," finished Mariko, both continuing to pile food on plates of their own. "Well, we'll wait for her then and go find Haha-ue."

"Sounds good. I can't wait to see Mom!"

Natsume giggled and pulled her plate away from the table. Mariko was in the process of doing the same, and Jaima was balancing a plate in each hand, when the Cataclysm of the Buffet Tables happened, leaving one boy with a face full of cake, another girl sending dishes flying into that same boy, a snivy doing a perfect swanna dive into the punch, a third girl also falling into cake, and startling several other trainers into sending even more food flying.

Mariko screeched and dove, just managing to keep her plate from spilling.

Natsume, stunned, was perfectly still yet lucky, as a bowl of pasta hurled over her head without hitting her.

Jaima dodged the food, managing to keep from spilling either plate.

A soft, long suffering sigh issued from behind them, and all three turned to see a food spattered redhead in blue clothing standing as if she'd just gotten bumped into, but covered in food.

"Oh," Mariko started.

"No," Natsume continued.

"Mei-chan!" Jaima finished, crossing to her, still balancing the food.

Meiko looked up, gave a small, long-suffering smile, and spied the plate in his left hand, with a more genuine grin spreading on her face, she said with natural cheerfulness, "Oh, how sweet! You made me a plate!"

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 6 2011, 04:02 PM

Who: Darryn/Lyla
To: Tag
Where: Kell-Moore Tent

After Tag had accepted Darryn's invitation to sit and share training pointers, the two made their way to the gaudy tent that Darryn was to share with his flighty cousin. It was, an eye-raping monstrosity of barbie pink and electric blue on the outside but the inside was altogether a more stylish affair. Soft throw rugs that Lyla had insisted on bringing made a small seating area near the entrance, the rear divided in two to give both Darryn and Lyla a small private sleeping space and pockets adorned the lower sections of the walls for additional storage. While it could probably sleep six grown adults rather comfortably, this particular tent was only occupied by the two.
After Lyla had made a pot of tea on the fire outside the tent set up by Anzu upon the arrival of the co-ordinator and trainer, the three moved inside to talk about battle strategies, methods of raising Pokemon and their experiences in Furoh.

"So..." Lyla twirled the pencil in her hand and tapped it to her lower lip with thought. "Your Ledian, was it Soozie? Soozie knows the move Encore that you used in your gym battle..."

"Suzu." Darryn quickly corrected her - Tag had literally said her name in the last ten seconds and she had still managed to get it wrong!? Sometimes, he questioned if his dear cousin was a few crumbs short of a full biscuit.

"Right, Suzu." Lyla tapped her lip for a moment longer, peering at her notebook with great interest. "Bug egg group... That would totally mean that her father is a Shuckle who has learned the move, Encore!" She denounced, scribbling furiously and grinning broadly.

Darryn blinked. After all of her blonde moments, Lyla still managed to surprise him with her knowledge of Pokemon breeding and the heritage of moves and abilities. Yes, he was fully aware of her mission in Furoh but the level of understanding that she had managed to accumulate in her time with the breeding center in Mauville City was nothing short of amazing. He found himself smiling in spite of himself. He was very proud of his cousin and couldn't wait to see what else she had up her sleeves as they travelled together.

"Using a move like Encore to prevent an opponent from using other moves is a great idea..." Darryn sipped his tea slowly. "But unfortunately for me, most of my Pokemon don't know any status changing moves. In fact, I'd be surprised if they knew more than a couple between the lot of them! We try to make up for it by combining other moves in Double Battles to create unexpected fusions that catch the opponent off guard - like my Vulpix and Pidgeotto. They can use Extrasensory and Featherdance to make a floating pathway of feathers for my Vulpix to get airborne and dodge Ground-type attacks! We had to use it to get our latest Ribbon - without it, we'd have been done before the match even really began. Have you had any nail-biting matches?" He asked Tag, swigging his tea again.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 6 2011, 04:02 PM

To:Alex
Where:Stalls

Manera cringed as the wing hit her. It had hurt. Kaya could see that, too.

"Manera. Use charge," she said. Sparks zapped in Manera's fur and it's mane glowed bright yellow. Back in Arthro, she remembered using the move to shock a scraggy in a battle with a thieving scientist. Even if the staravia didn't use a direct attack, Manera's next shock wave attack would be more powerful and it's defense and special defense would be raised until charge wore off.

"Don't dodge Manera. And get ready to use shock wave," Kaya said. The blitzle obeyed, standing its ground.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 6 2011, 06:27 PM

To: Kaya, then Jaima and co. at the end
Location: Buffet to Sky Ranch and back

"Oh," said Rose, nodding a little in response. "I haven't really got any plans either, so I figured I would just come to this huge event..." she trailed off as Kaya walked away for a battle. "Um. Good luck!" she called after her, a little put out.

Well, what was she going to do now? She wasn't all that hungry, so... "How about we go exploring now?" she asked her Cottonee. Alaia bounced up and down in place -- her version of a nod -- then hopped off to the stall area. Rose followed, and the two wandered around the display tables for a time, oohing and aahing at the various displays. The one that really caught their attention, though, was the Sky Ranch.

"Wow!" Rose exclaimed, staring at a beautiful Unfezant feather pen in awe. "These are amazing!"

"Thanks," said the man behind the counter with a grin. "So how about it? Interested in purchasing one of these little beauties?"

Rose considered, looking over the pens. "Well, they're really pretty, but I don't know if I want to spend money on them," she said doubtfully.

"Well, that's no good," said the vendor, frowning. "I assure you that our pens are well worth the cost, but perhaps you would be more interested in one of our bird Pokemon?"

Rose perked up at that. New Pokemon? "I think I would be, actually," she said, leaning forward eagerly.

"Right this way, then," the vendor said, directing her towards a different section of the table. There, various bird Pokemon were kept in a large caged area. Rose immediately hurried over to that area, Alaia following after. She looked over the various Pokemon, making sounds of admiration. As she peered at a magnificent Pidgeot, she noticed a small Rufflet standing in the corner. Curious, she walked over to it -- no, him, she thought. Rufflets were an all-male species, if she recalled correctly. "Well, hello there. Aren't you a cutie?" she cooed, squatting down beside him.

The Rufflet looked up at her through the cage with large black eyes. He drew himself up and gave a miffed chirp, as if to say, I am not cute!

Of course, this had the opposite effect on Rose. "Oh, he's so cute!" she gushed, looking up at the vendor. "How much would it cost to adopt him?"

The vendor leaned down next to her, looking at the Eaglet Pokemon. "Oh, this little one costs... $125," he said after a moment. "How about it?" he asked, giving Rose a salesman's grin.

"Hm..." $125 was a bit much, she thought. That was almost all of her savings for the month, and she would have to borrow some money from her parents if she wanted to buy anything other than supplies. But then again... Against her better judgement, she looked at the Rufflet again. He blinked up at her, tilting his head to the side in what Rose found to be a ridiculously adorable manner. Oh, that's just unfair, she thought, wavering. Another blink of those big black eyes, and Rose felt her resistance crumble away. "Alright, I'll take him," she said with a defeated sigh.

"Glad to hear it!" the vendor said cheerily, pulling a key chain off his belt and holding out a hand to Rose. "Payment and your trainer card, please."

Rose handed them over with a slight twinge in the case of the money, then watched as the vendor opened the cage door and whistled two notes. The Rufflet came waddling over, clearly well trained, and allowed the vendor to pick him up. The vendor returned, locked the cage door behind him, and handed the Rufflet to Rose before placing the money in the till and Rose's trainer card and a Luxury Ball in some sort of machine next to it. A brief wait later, he returned with both of the items and handed them to Rose. "That's the Rufflet's Pokeball," he explained. "I just assigned it to your trainer ID. Have a nice day, and take good care of your new Rufflet!" he said, leaving them with a professional smile.

Rose kneeled down next to the Rufflet, beaming at him. "Hey there," she greeted him. "I'm your new trainer, Rose. That's Alaia," she said, pointing to her Cottonee. Alaia bounced forward, greeting the newcomer enthusiastically. "These are my other two Pokemon, Ciar..." -- she called out her Zorua -- "... and Nina," she finished, calling out her Panpour. "Guys, meet your new teammate," she said to the two that had just come out of their balls.

Nina greeted the Rufflet just as cheerfully as Alaia had, giving him a welcoming smile and a wave. Ciar, on the other hand, hung back a bit -- eying the crowds nervously in the meanwhile -- before quietly addressing his new teammate. Rose just watched for a while as her old and new Pokemon got to know each other; after the conversation died down, she stepped forward. "Alright, so you need a name," she said to her new Rufflet, examining him consideringly. "Hmm... How about... Wyatt?" she said at length, trying to mentally cycle through the contents of the baby name book she'd read a while ago. "I think it's a nice name. It means... strength, or something like that, if I recall correctly," she told him.

The Rufflet seemed to like that. He puffed himself up and nodded, pleased.

"Great!" Rose exclaimed, grinning. "Welcome to the team, Wyatt!" She stood up, looking around at her now four-Pokemon team. "Now then... where to next?"

Wyatt lifted his beak in the air for a moment, then waddled rapidly off in the direction that Rose and Alaia has come from in the first place. Rose exchanged glances with her older Pokemon, shrugged, and followed after the eaglet, jogging briefly to catch up. The rest of them followed after. When they returned to the buffet, it was to a scene of chaos as food flew everywhere. With a startled yelp, Rose dodged a flying plate of chicken salad, blinking at the carnage. Wyatt, on the other hand, appeared unfazed as he calmly trotted up to a half-spilled plate of spaghetti and meatballs and began nosing through it, swallowing meatballs whole whenever he located one. Somehow, all the food soaring past missed him. The rest of the team, meanwhile, hastily ran to hide behind Rose.

Rose opened her mouth to say something to them -- something along the lines of "Don't eat that!" or "What am I, a meat shield?" -- only to have it filled with vanilla pudding as a bowl hit her full in the face. Sputtering, she groped around blindly, eyes squeezed shut, for something to wipe it off with. Nina quickly ran off to one of the tables, dodging around various dishes, and returned with a handful of napkins, which she handed to her trainer. Rose took it gratefully, mopping pudding off her face as she looked around, rubbing her eyes with the hand that wasn't holding the dirty napkins. "What on Earth happened here?" she asked a nearby group of trainers, rubbing at a dollop of pudding still stuck to her cheek.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 6 2011, 06:35 PM

Who: Tag
To: Darryn/Lyla
Where: Kell-Moore Tent.

Tag seriously began re-considering the offer to join Darryn at his tent. While Tag had no discernible fashion sense, he did have an eye for basic aesthetic. This...thing...however, defied every traditional beauty sense he'd ever heard of. Perhaps the Lollipop guild, or shagadellic spies from the 60's enjoyed this sort of thing, but he knew for a fact that he clearly didn't. His eyes felt a little like bleeding, but he couldn't exactly tear them away from it.

However, it was rather spacy, and Lyla did make some pretty decent tea. Nothing like the tea he'd had in Ecruteak, per se, but still pretty good.

"Suzu" Tag corrected, evidently at the same time as Darryn. The Lyla girl seemed a little...lost. It was perhaps her aesthetic that had led to the creation of the abomination of a tent he was now seated within.

"I'm not sure of Suzu's heritage, but a Shuckle does seem the most correct. She also has access to the move Bug Bite, which would also come from that odd creature."

Tag turned to Darryn "You mentioned you had a Vulpix. My Vulpix knows the move Disable. If he uses Disable after Suzu has used Encore, it disallows any further techniques until Encore ends. That relegates your enemy to only using Struggle."

He filled them in on his generous use of Kyoko's Worry Seed, like how it one time removed Levitate from a Koffing, making it immobile.

The extransensory-Featherdance combo was a brilliant technique, and Tag praised Darryn on his savvy and moxie. Probably in those words.

"Have you had any nail-biting matches?"

Tag blinked for a moment, then rested his hands in his lap, looking over his shoulder at Suzu, who had remained perched there the entire time.

"Both of my gym battles were, as you say, nail-biters. Vega of Petropolis had a Murkrow that could use Brave Bird and Dark Pulse. If not for my Nidorino's Poison Point, I would've lost for sure. Likewise, my battle with Otis of Arasam had me facing a Darmanitan, a Dodrio and a Charizard. Darmanitan knocked itself out, thanks to Suzu's Supersonic. Dodrio damaged itself, again due to Supersonic, but was eventually hounded down by Bachi's Horn Attack. However, the Charizard was the most intense foe to date. Had he not underestimated Bachi's venom, he would've easily mopped the floor with us. I have to thank Luck as much as I can boast my own skill."

Tag found that he enjoyed conversing with others when it came to battles. Co-ordinating battles seemed a little more complicated and were probably beyond him, but he enjoyed the rapt attention that Lyla was paying him. Perhaps it was too rapt, as he sensed she was studying his tattoos on his face and arm a little too closely.

"My pokemon do not specialize in dealing damage, but rather controlling the field through statuses and tactics." He summoned his entire team into the tent for the moment, to show Darryn and Lyla.

"Suzu, you already know." He indicated the Ledian on his back "She uses moves like Encore and Supersonic, but also is the defensive bastion on my team when she uses moves like Light Screen, Reflect and Safeguard." He then pointed to his Nidorino.

"This is Bachi, he's my main offense at the moment. However, with his Poison Point ability, and his Toxic Spikes attack, combined with his strength, he can force most foes onto the defensive. He's also braver than any pokemon I've ever met. He ended up single-handedly facing Otis' Charizard, and through sheer perserverence, won."

"This is Kyoko" he indicated the Bellossom "At current, she's my main means of inflicting status, as she has Worry Seed, Sweet Scent, Poisonpowder, Stun Spore and Sleep Powder at her disposal. Her tactical prowess has just opened up now that she learned the move Sunny Day." The Bellossom bowed to Darryn and Lyla with her usual cheerful smile.

"This is Tobi" The Vulpix fluffed himself up regally, posing for the duo in the tent. "Tobi has a wide array of moves at his disposal. My favourites are Disable, Hypnosis, Psych Up, Will-O-Wisp, Confuse Ray and Imprison. Imprison is particularly devastating to other Vulpixes, as I've found. He's also rather vain, so be sure to praise him lest he grow despondent. Isn't that right?" Tobi made something akin to a sarcastic face at his trainer. To watch a pokemon make a sarcastic face was truly something special.

"Orin here is rather new to my team, but I know she has the move Spikes." He picked her up and sat her in his lap, smiling down at her. "She's very shy, and isn't yet used to me, but I know she'll be excellent."

He then turned to the Poochyena who sat there sniffing at the other pokemon curiously.

"This is...how about Zuki? Let's call you Zuki." He flipped out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon, which gave him a list of techniques. "Ah, Snatch. That's a very tricky, but useful move."

He faced Lyla and Darryn "If, say your pokemon wanted to use Swords Dance to boost its attack, and I had Zuki here use Snatch, Zuki would gain the attack boost rather than your own pokemon."

Tag felt very talkative, but seemed very proud of his team of six pokemon.

"Now." he turned to the two "I showed you mine, you show me yours."

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 6 2011, 08:59 PM

To: Parents, then Jaima + co.
At: Sota tent, then buffet table

Congratulations on your seventh catch!" his father exclaimed as he patted the boy's shoulders, even though Douken was staring at his empty hand.

"But... what happened, exactly?"

"You see, a trainer can only hold six Pokemon at a time. The seventh caught and beyond, and they are sent over to the trainer's caretaker, like a professor. Since we are your designated caretaker, it was jsut sent on home. You can call us up to have us send her over to you, as long as you bring back a Pokemon to send back to us. So, what will her name be?"

The wall of information hit him, but he seemed to of understood it just find. Now for a name. "Let's see? I remember reading in a book about creatures called basilisks, and she seemed to of had some of the same details, so I think Balisk would be a good name for her!"

"Good, good! A very good name indeed. Now then, enough about us. You go and have fun. Have you eaten yet?" Douken's stomach answered him, before giving a laugh. "Buffet's that way, so grab yourself a bite to eat. We got things on this end. Mom should be fine in a moment."

Nodding, Douken returned his team before waving goodbye to his parents. Pocketing the glasses fragments, and adjusting the old pair on his face, he headed over to the calamity over at the food area. There were people flying, food flying, and a green Pokemon with a top hat and a cane swimming in punch. With a nervous laugh, he gave a look around before collecting his own plate: barbeque chicken, corn, and mashed potatoes. However, as he placed the yellow bits on his plate, he noticed a familiar face from another big time event like this. "Jaima!" he called out, walking to him. "Who is the rest of your crew here?"

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 6 2011, 11:05 PM

To: Rose, then Douken
Where: Buffet Table

"What on Earth happened here?!"

The group turned as one to see the poor girl with the pudding all over her face, and Jaima and Meiko, both separately and simultaneously, praised the ancestors that Rockclaw was still ensconced in his pokeball. After the events of the forest, Meiko had not deigned to let him out, and in the present chaos, he would have only made things much, much worse.

"Oh, you know, it's the usual things when us pokemon trainers, coordinators, breeders, pokatheletes, and actors get together. Sheer chaos," Meiko said in a nearly off handed way. Jaima cast her a look. She was being awfully calm after having gotten splattered herself. Meiko looked at him and gave him a broad grin, holding out her half-eaten plate. "Here, honey, let me help you clean up..."

"Jaima!" came another voice from the other side, and Jaima turned, looking owlishly at Douken. "Who's the rest of your crew here?"

Jaima grinned from ear to ear. "Douken! Good to see you! Allow me to present to you Kuonji Mariko and Natsume, my sisters from Johto. My mother is around here, too. And I believe you've met Meiko?" He gestured behind him, where Meiko was helping get pudding out of Rose's hair. "We just met the girl with her, due to... similar circumstances." Jaima waggled his brows and was rewarded with a glob of pudding smacking him in the back.

"I heard that!"

"Well, I did say it loud, dear," he quipped back, earning him a stuck-out tongue.

As Jaima pulled off his outer shirt in order to try to get the pudding off of it, Mariko and Natsume bowed to Douken, then, as one, stepped forward, examining him closely.

"It's true, Natsu-chan," Mariko said.

"It is, Miko-chan."

"Our brother,"

"The recluse,"

"The shut in,"

"The shy young boy from Cherrygrove city..."

There was a pause, then both finished the sentence in unison, "has friends."

"We're finally free," Natsume whispered dramatically, then both girls clung to each other, mock weeping in joy.

Jaima loomed over them with a stern, almost convincing look of disapproval on his face. Mariko and Natsume looked up, but not back at him, their faces filled with mock fear. "He's right behind us, isn't he," Mariko asked Douken.

"Yes, I am, and I'm going to make you pay."

"Eep!" Thegirls said as one, especially after Jaima grabbed them both and hugged them. After the hug, from which much giggling had emitted, Jaima looked up at Douken. "So, how are you doing?"

As this was happening, Meiko slowly and methodically helped Rose clean up, even having her feraligatr provide some water to wash her hair out with when they'd gotten the majority of the goop out. "There you go," she said with a genuine smile. "Feel better?

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 6 2011, 11:38 PM

To:Jaima
At: Buffet Table

Douken laughed at the antics between the two girls as they teased their, apparently shy, older brother after getting a bow for a greeting. Figuring it would be wise to return the greeting with a bow of his own, he told them, "Well, it is nice to meet you two. I am Douken Sota. Born and raised in a nearby island called Fidona." Lowering to his level, he asked them, "Now would you believe me if I told you I had Amazon blood?" with a grin on his face.

Hoping back up to stand, he bowed to Meiko (figuring that would be the best greeting), and answered, "Considering the chaos that happened up there, I don't exactly remember. I mean, you remember all of that chaos, right?" Douken laughed, scratching the back of his head before going into his pocket, soon to pull out a piece of medal.

"I still remember then, I only had three Pokemon and just getting started on my journey. Now look at me," he laughed, showing Jaima the full belt of Pokeballs and the medal, the Emberwing Badge. "We have certainly improved since our last meeting.

Pocketing the badge, he decided to fill them in on what was going on. "You remember Pandora Gibbs, right? Well, we are journeying together and were headed for Petropolis. She has to pick something up from her professor as I get to challenge their gym. However, the same professor asked her to come here to check up on something.

"What about you, Jaima?" he continued on. "What's been new on your end? How has everyone been?"

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 7 2011, 10:44 AM

Finn was filled with mixed emotions. He held in his burning anger, which was now warming up his whole body. He was trying to keep a calm composure, because last time he got angry he got a little scolding. The trainer didn't need that reminder anymore. It didn't help him that he was nervous too as Twila cleaned off his shirt.

When she stopped he gave her a crooked, half smile. "It's... fine. Don't worry about it." The mood was awkward until the girl told a joke, which made Finn chuckle lightly. "That's a pretty good one." He then tasted the frosting that was already on his hands, closing his eyes and taking in all the sweet sugar that was used to make it. "You're right, at least we do taste good!"

In no time, Rue was back to his usual self, smiling and chipper as ever. It rubbed its head against Mai, showing his thanks. Then squealing and running around the Ralts, to show that it was all better. That made Finn smile even bigger.

"Good to see you're not down and out."

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 7 2011, 11:15 AM

Who: Darryn/Lyla
To: Tag
Where: Kell-Moore tent

"I showed you mine, you show me yours."

Darryn grinned. Not because of the clear innuendo (Troy made far far worse) but because he absolutely loved showing off his Pokemon to new people. Not only that, but he felt like this Tag guy really understood what it was like for other trainers at their intermediate stage in their journey. He admitted having luck openly but Darryn suspected that the tattooed trainer was more skilled at battling than he gave himself credit for. He knew a lot about different Pokemon attack and had shown that his own brand of tricky combinations had a particular kind of potency that Darryn's flashy Appeals would never be able to stand up to.

"OK..." Darry started unclipping his Pokeballs. "We're lucky that I don't have my other Pokemon with me."

"Other Pokemon?" Lyla placed down her notebook. "What do you mean?"

"I did some transfers before we came." Darryn maximised the first. "November and Zulu are both taking a break at the Oak Lab in Pallet Town now." He remembered his company quickly and and hastily added: "November is my Rapidash and Zulu a Rampardos."

Premier, Quick, Heal and Dive balls all burst open - their places on Darryn's place unchanged for a long while. Two other balls, however were joining them. Net and Lure clicked and expelled their contents in a flash of light. The managerie of Pokemon in Darryn's arsenal near filled the tent but there was just about enough room to house them without anyone getting uncomfortable right away.

"Bravo, my Pidgeotto, has been with me the longest as was the very first Pokemon that I ever got. My sister caught him before I even moved to Furoh but he's evolved since and learned a whole load of attacks and gotten really speedy, too." Darryn stroked the bright pink crest feather's of his bird Pokemon and summoned him back to his ball to make some extra space.

"And here's Romeo - my Jolteon." Darryn took the time to straighten the blue bandana around the eeveelution's head. "He's got unnaturally long fur for his species but I find it makes for more potent Pin Missile, especially when he's all charged up. He helped me to get my very first ribbon and is probably the fastest member of the group." Again, a recall.

"Lady is my Vulpix partner. She's a really special member of my team." Daryn said pointedly but the fire-type did not react to the compliment. Instead, she stared blankly ahead like a statue. Darryn hated that she would not speak back to him and hated more that she acted as though nothing was wrong between them. Her emotions were all over the place but since they had won the Mirrormist Ribbon, she had decided that telepathy between them was no longer acceptable. "I found her outside of a snot hole called Lenoilia. She has some impressive psychic talent and even knows the grass attack, Energy Ball. Whenever I've been in a pinch, she's always been there to help me out and I've never seen a Pokemon have as much willpower as her."

"Then there's Victor, my Squirtle." Darryn introduced the Tiny Turtle who began putting on a 'gun show' for their guest. "We've not enetered into a Contest together yet but after seeing what he can do, I've decided to definitely enter him at the next one for the Battle Round." Victor looked to Darryn and shouted with glee, punching the air for emphasis. "He and Lady are going to show that Water, Fire and Ice can be an amazing combination after we pin down our combos. His Icy Wind and Ice Punch moves are going to blow the audience away, I'm sure."

With only two Pokemon left in the room, Darryn could get a good look at his remaining Pokemon.

"This is India." Darryn patted the Butterfree's head. "She was my only hope in the Appeal round for my first Contest and she came through where no other Pokemon could. She's been taking a break for a while at Floaroma Town in the Sinnoh region but I decided it was time to bring her back in for some more battle experience - we don't you to get too rusty, do we?"

"Frreeh!"

"And lastly." Darryn looked down blankly at Poliwag. "This is my Poliwag. He's... something special, alright."

As though on command, Poliwag stood to attention, saluting by swinging his tail over to tip at his forehead. Darryn groaned. The water type thought he was a member of the military or something. From the way he battled during his capture, Darryn had thought the Pokemon would make an excellent Appeal contestant, using his tail like a sword, but it turned out he was far to studious for pretty moves and flashy tricks. Although cut-clean, all of his attacks were incredibly basic and straight forward and he wasn't showing any promise of improving in the few session Darryn had spent training with him.

"We've not had a lot of time together," Darryn admitted, "but I'm sure we'll get along just fine."

"My turn!" Lyla grabbed her Pokeballs eagerly. "Let's go every-"

"Woah!" Darryn reached out an arm and surpressed her summoning of her Pokemon. "I'm not sure if getting the little ones out in here is a good idea, Ly."

"Hmm?" Lyla looked at Darryn, then around the tent. She looked blank for a moment before the light switched on in her head. "Oh right! You're, like, totally right, Dar." She bobbed her head to Tag. "My Pokemon are mostly all babies at the moment, since I, like, bred them not long ago. They're all super cute, though! I've got a Plusle, Magby, Azurill, Smoochum, Skitty and a Miltank!"

Darryn couldn't tell if Tag was impressed by what he saw but he didn't worry over it. There would be plenty more chances for him to show off his prized teammates during PokeCon and it had only begun the first night. Night?

"Woah! We've been in here for ages!" Darryn recalled his final Pokemon and nodded to Tag. "How about we go check out what PokeCon has to offer for nighttime entertainment?"

Posted by: Proby Jun 7 2011, 12:29 PM

~Alex

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 7 2011, 12:31 PM

Who?: Taggarty Lee
To: Darryn/Lyla
Where: Kell-Moore Tent

Tag made a mental note that with a Rapidash and Rampardos on his team, Darryn had some very powerful pokemon in his line-up. A Pidgeotto, a Jolteon, A Vulpix, A Squirtle, a Butterfree and a Poliwag. The first four seemed rather powerful, and appeared to be very well trained. It was clear that Darryn had a very direct approach to battling, since most of his pokemon dealt in either strength or speed. Tag suspected that if the two were to battle (and this was his favourite thing to surmise), that it would be a rough battle. However, Darryn didn't quite seem like the type to handle stress well. Perhaps this was all first impression; the guy had two contest ribbons already, which said something.

Tag studied the Vulpix, curious about her blank look. Tobi, upon sensing another Vulpix in the room, immediately trotted over and took up something of a showy pose in front of her, hoping to impress.

"Tobi is from that same Snot-Hole. I rescued him from the Black Market there." Tag nodded. He wondered if Lady had also been a Black Market pokemon. Why else would non-poison, ghost or dark pokemon wind up in that horrid place?

Tag had always been secretly fond of Butterfree, and he smiled gently over at its direction. Suzu, a fellow Bug/Flying type, rose to greet her in the air, greeting her as pleasantly and as matronly as she always was.

Tag's mind turned to mush at the sight of the Poliwag, however. The little...circle...was so cute. It really was quite the militaristic little tadpole.

"You've some excellent pokemon." Tag nodded. He didn't look impressed by any means, but he was. Tag had the problem of typically maintaining a stoic face when he wasn't sure what other faces to make. "I'm sure they'll make you proud. Just make sure you do the same for them."

It sounded like a fairly deep thing to say. He hadn't meant to sound didactic by any means, but it was something he truly believed in at this point in his journey.

He found himself utterly disappointed at not seeing Lyla's team. They sounded fantastically cute, and Tag really enjoyed that sort of thing, despite his thuggish appearance.

"Woah! We've been in here for ages! How about we go check out what PokeCon has to offer for nighttime entertainment?"

Tag didn't like nighttime entertainment that much. A beer, perhaps, he might enjoy. Perhaps a battle. Something. Either way, he recalled his pokemon and nodded, looking at the two teenagers to lead the way.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 7 2011, 01:08 PM

Who: Justin Smart (J-Sizzle)
To: Pan Gibbs

Pan offered Justin her elbow, which Justin looked at, blankly for a moment. It all seemed to go so smoothly. She just accepted it, and that was it. They were dating now. It wasn't complicated. It wasn't confusing. There were no games or tests. It was simple.

It was unfamiliar.

Finally, he smiled and took her elbow with much machismo. She asked what he wanted to do for their first date. The sun was going down already, which technically made it a proper dinner date, which meant that if he played his cards right... Good things might happen later. Granted, Pan didn't seem the type to put out on the first date, but come on. This was hardly their first date.

"Well," he pondered, not letting his brain get in the way of his words. Though he did often think about the double meanings and intentions behind his conversations with women, he was still good at talking to them. "I was thinking, uh," he looked into the crowd, which was just as large as before. "You know, I haven't really eaten all day. Snacks, I guess, on the way over here, but I bet they put out some good stuff for dinner."

He immediately felt guilty about offering to take her to a free buffet. Well, technically it wasn't free. You had to pay to get into PokeCon. But he didn't pay for her ticket, meaning she had to pay for her own meal on their first date. How tacky.

Posted by: Proby Jun 7 2011, 01:48 PM

~Alex

Posted by: Ozzy Jun 7 2011, 02:11 PM

To: Amelia and Daniel No one in particular
Location: Delainey's tent

The Absol was furious. Delainey took the egg right out of it's mouth. The Absol dashed for her, knocking her to the ground. The egg in her hands flew through the air. She hit the ground with a loud thump, Ow. Axel ran in just as soon as the Absol made another dash towards Delainey. He ran towards the new threat, hitting it right in it's side and knocking it to the ground. The Absol glared at the small fire-type and recovered quickly. It came back with great power, using it's claws to attack Axel. "Axel, Ember!"

Flames flew from the Cyndaquil's mouth, right into the face of the Absol. It's face was dark, fur burnt from the Ember attack. It used it's paws to quickly cool down it's face before the next attack. Absol ran at the Cyndaquil again, claws outstretched once again. Axel dodged the attack and moved, almost like lightning, towards it's foe, hitting it square in the chin. Absol stumbled backwards, but just shook off the attack.

Sora flew in with a Peck attack while the Absol was focused on Axel. It was so furious from being attacked with fire that it didn't even notice when the little blue bird flew in. "Sora, Quick Attack!" Just like Axel before, Sora flew like lightning towards the Absol. It hit Absol in the side, but the Absol quickly came back with another Scratch attack, knocking Sora to the ground. This didn't stop Sora, though, and he attacked with another Peck attack. The bird used it's sharp beak to attack the feet of the Absol.

Absol was tired of the scrawny, little bird attacking it's paws, so he swatted at him until he knocked Sora to the ground one more time. "Smokescreen!" Out of Axel's mouth came a dark cloud of smoke. The smoke engulfed the Absol, making it unable for it to see. "Quick Attack!" Once more, Axel used all of his might to run at the Absol. Sora, too, used Quick Attack and the two ganged up on their foe. Sora hit the Absol's feet and Axel hit it's side once again. The combined attack was too much for the Absol and it collapsed on the ground.

Delainey saw that the poor thing's foot was bleeding from the peck attack. She attempted to help it, but he wouldn't let her near him. "I have to check that so it doesn't get worse." Every time she put her hand close to the Absol, he would try to bite her. How can I help him if he won't let me... She pulled out a Poke ball and the red light surrounded the dark-type. Capturing it was the only way she thought of to help it. Maybe Daniel could help it.

"Wait... where's my egg!?"

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 7 2011, 02:40 PM

Kenz couldn't stand waiting under the table for any longer. She was about to expose her cover when a young man, about 18, with a buzz cut walked by and bumped into her. She stifled a groan as her knee slammed against the table leg.

"Oh, my! I-I'm so sorry!" he said, helping her up. "Are you okay?"

"No," Kenz grumbled. "Some crazy rich boy is chasing me because he wants to be my boyfriend. I just need a disguise."

"A disguise? I can help with that." The adolesent pulled out an outfit from his backpack.

The crazy disguise consisted of a small pair of flat wooden shoes that were raised like platform shoes. They had thin straps that designated them as raised sandles. A light blue kimono with an intricate design came afterward, and a headband with slots for two pokeballs completed the outfit.

"Really?" Kenz asked, disbelieving of the complete randomness of the outfit.

"Its all I got. Take it or leave it."

Kenz groaned, but grabbed the outfit and headed into the nearest bathroom.
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When she came out, she felt extremely uncomfortable. The makeup consealed in the kimono was used to exagerate her features and whiten her face. She felt unbelievably exposed as well, and drastically out of style. Everyone else here was wearing modern clothes; she doubted anyone here was wearing anything over 5 years old. Well, Kenz thought, sulking won't do much. Might as well talk to people.

She walked up to a group that consisted of a boy with spiky brown hair, a boy with blond hair, and two girls, one wearing a purple hat over bright red hair, and another with many freckles and dark brown hair, much like Kenz's.

"Hey guys!" she said, walking over. Well, stumbling over in her large platform sandles.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 7 2011, 03:12 PM

To: Meiko
Location: Buffet

Rose had to giggle a little at Meiko's off-handed remark, even as she yanked futilely at a gob of drying pudding stuck in her hair. "I suppose that's true enough," she agreed, smiling through the layer of vanilla still coating her mouth.

"Here, honey, let me help you clean up..."

"Huh? Oh, you don't have to!" protested Rose, backing up a bit. "I mean, you got stuff all over you too, so..." she trailed off half-heartedly as Meiko began cleaning the pudding out of her hair. With a quiet sigh, Rose submitted to Meiko's ministrations, and began cleaning the rest of the goop off of her face while Meiko got her hair. Nina, watching what Meiko's Feraligatr was doing, decided to help by spraying a low-force Water Gun onto Rose. This, while effective, also had the unfortunate side-effect of soaking her shirt.

"Uh, thanks, Nina," Rose sighed as she reached for another clean napkin to dry herself. She rubbed it over her face and hair, wringing the worst of the water out of her clothes. She finished with that just as Meiko washed the last of the pudding out of her hair, and looked herself over for any last traces of pudding.

"Feel better?"

Rose considered the question for a moment. She was rather damp, but blessedly clean -- and she did feel much better now that she wasn't covered in sticky dessert. She liked pudding just fine, but not when it was all over her. "Yeah, I do. Thank you so much!" she said with heartfelt gratitude, looking up to meet Meiko's smile with her own. "Um, your name is Meiko, right? I'm Rose," she introduced herself rather belatedly.

Meiko had helped her out with her predicament, so what could Rose do to repay the favor? She eyed Meiko's food-covered state, and made up her mind. "Well, you helped me clean up, so let me help you, too," she told the older girl, pulling her backpack off and setting it down on a clear patch of ground. Now that she was mostly clean, she was able to go through it for the towel she knew she had somewhere. She dug through the rather large pack, sifting past various supplies for camping, Pokemon, and botany. She pulled out her encyclopedia of plants, setting it carefully on the ground next to her backpack, and finally managed to locate a small hand towel near the bottom of her backpack. "Here, use this," she said, handing it to Meiko. "Um, just let me go get some more napkins..."

So saying, she darted off to the nearest table and grabbed a sizable stack of paper towels. On the way back to the group, she snatched up Wyatt from where he sat eating meatballs off a plate on the ground. He squawked in protest; Rose poked him lightly in the forehead in response. "Shush, you. You'll get something better to eat later, okay?" That seemed to pacify the Rufflet, and he sat obediently by the rest of Rose's Pokemon when she set him down to go help Meiko.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 7 2011, 03:48 PM

Twila sighed as Finn loosened up again. He had looked like he was going to yell at her, which would have made her cry. That would have been humiliating. She giggled a little less nervously as Finn took some frosting off of his fingers and ate it. "You're right, at least we do taste good!" Twila smiled, her face a light pink blush in the dark.

Mai giggled as Rue ran around her squealing. In a second Mai was chasing the Tepig around in a circle, trying her best to catch him and give him a good tickle. Twila laughed as Mai finally caught up with Rue and started to tickle him on his belly. That was when Twila noticed that she felt lighter than she was earlier. She felt around her stomach to find that her egg was missing. Her heart stopped cold as she searched frantically for the egg.

"My egg is missing!" she told Finn as she looked around for it. The shadows of people cast by the lights made the ground confusing and difficult to search. Twila crouched to her hands and knees and began feeling her way around where she had fallen.

"There it is!" she exclaimed, pointing to her right. A small bundle was sitting in the middle of a busy walkway. She stared in horror as large, clumsy feet walked past the fragile egg, apparently not even realizing a tiny life was in danger. Then something came into view that made Twila's blood turn cold. A large cart pulled by a few Ponyta was making its way toward the egg at a fast pace. Twila scrambled toward the walkway, but she knew it would be too late to get to it.

The cart squeaked to a halt just in front of the egg, and Twila quickly ran over and retrieved it, hugging it tightly to her chest. Her sudden appearance, however, made the two Ponyta spook. When the Ponyta's actions started to make the whole cart shake, a shabby, portly man appeared from out of the cart.

"Hey, hey! What's going on out here?" he asked as he went to calm the Ponyta. Twila looked at him more closely and found that he was wearing a very old, very holey suit coat with an old tophat who's top was punched out. All in all, he looked very grungy.

"Umm...I'm very, very s-sorry. M-my egg was in the p-path of your cart." Twila stuttered, finding the man to be kind of intimidating. The man stared at her and said, "Well why was your egg in the middle of the path young lady?" Twila was just about to answer when the man cut her off, "No matter. It's safe, so no harm done. Attention! May I have your attention, ladies and gentlemen!" The man turned away from Twila and towards the crowd of people that had gathered. "My troupe and I would like to welcome you to PokeCon! As a welcome gift, I would like for you all to watch one of our world class performances!" The man grabbed hold of the door to the cart. The crowd that had accumulated held its collective breath as it waited for the man to continue. "I give you," he growled, pausing for dramatic effect, "the Troupe de Furoh!"

And with that, he yanked the door open to have two identical twin girls cartwheel out of the cart, each wearing identical - yet different colored - short, shabby dresses. After them, a juggler emerged already juggling five Pokeballs. The juggler was followed by dancers, singers, people playing musical instruments, and even a man on stilts. All in all, way too many people came out of the cart than should have been physically possible. "And now, let the show begin!" The troupe leader declared, sweeping his destroyed tophat off his balding head and stepping into a bow. The twins cartwheeled around in a circle; one placing torches at equal intervals while the other lit them. The crowd "ooh-ed" and "aaah-ed" as the twins front flipped in unison behind the juggler as he took out a sixth Poke ball and added it to the five he was already juggling. Then the leader walked into the middle of the performance holding a single Poke ball. He twirled the ball like a basket ball on his first, middle, ring and pinkie finger, then let it drop to the ground. A burst of light later, and a Vulpix had appeared and was dancing to the music being played. Twila stared entranced with the fox Pokemon as it danced and breathed fire.

The Vulpix flipped in mid-air, mysteriously producing a bag. It trotted along the outside of the crowd with the bag in its teeth, and many people started putting coins and paper money in the bag. Twila took a closer look at the Vulpix. It did not seem to be enjoying the performance, and it looked pretty skinny, but one look from its master set it to dancing again. The Vulpix shook its six tails and returned to its dancing, its eyes glowing in the semi-darkness. Twila tilted her head to the side, suddenly noticing the Vulpix's eyes were blue instead of the usual brown.

Such pretty eyes, Twila thought, reaching into her bag, Such pretty eyes deserve some money, right? She took out her wallet in a trance-like state, ready to dump all of her cash into the Vulpix's bag.

"Ralts?" Mai asked, tugging on Twila's boot. When she did not respond, Mai quickly ran through the crowd to find Finn. When she found him she quickly ran up and tugged on his pant leg. "Ralts! Ralts!" she cried, trying to get him to follow her back to Twila. She needed to be woken up from her trance or else she'd wind up giving all of her money away and be left with no way to care for herself or her Pokemon.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 7 2011, 03:55 PM

To:Alex
Where:Stalls
Kaya watched, somewhat confused, as the staravia simply flew head-on into manera, deliberately fainting. After she received the 500 pokedollars for, apparently, winning the battle, the boy introduced himself as Alex and asked what her name was.

"My name's Kaya. Nice to meet you, Alex," She said. Alex seemed to be going somewhere, so she left and went towards some of the other stalls. Deciding to let her pokemon stretch their legs, she released them. A drilbur, spearow, venipede, psyduck, and her newly-caught absol came out. Instructing Manera to keep an eye on Pede-erpat, the venipede, and Attila, the psyduck, she went to look for Luke.

He was at a breeder's stall, adding even more drawings in the margins of his already-full pokemon journal. Whoop had climbed into the pen and was playing with the other pokemon. Happy to play with some pokemon that weren't Flit, Pede-erpat, or Attila for a change, Miner, Kaya's drilbur, climbed in too and started playing with the pokemon.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 7 2011, 04:50 PM

At: Everyone around her/ whoever answers
Where: Buffet table

Anita managed to get her elbow out of the pudding, blushing deeply. "Uwaaaahhh!!! Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!!" she yelled,. "I've been lost for a few days in the foothills, while trying to find this place. I almost ran outta chocolate bars!" She stood up straight, and placed her weight on her right heel and left toes, stuck her hip out to her right and raised her arms up to put her wrists on the back of her neck in a relaxed stance. Her right arm was still covered in pudding, and her clothes were still dusty from the nights of sleeping under a dirt-covered blanket, which could be seen budled up in a wad tied to her backpack, which she still wore. Lowering her arms, Anita began to take off her backpack. She pulled her arms out of the straps, and grabbed a hold of the handle on the top of the bag. Lowering it onto the ground, she looked back towards the buffet table.

Excalibur was still swimming in the punch bowl, unfortunately. Anita looked over at the little Snivy, and suddenly began to giggle hysterically. She couldn't believe how unbearably cute he looked, swimming in the bright red liquid, cane in hand, White top hat turning pink from the punch coloring. "Excalibur!" she squealed. "Get out of there, silly! You're gonna ruin your hat." She turned and walked towards the table. Reaching out her hands, she grabbed the Snivy around the middle and lifted him out of the punch bowl. "Ugh, you are gonna be SO sticky if we don't give you a bath." She held him up at arms length, away from her body, and looked at him. His back was to her, so she turned him around in her hands. Excalibur stared at her. "What?" Anita asked, her face shining with mischief. "I know I need one, too. You wanna take a bath with me?" The Snivy suddenly blushed, and looked away. Closing his eyes, he nodded. "Svee...." he said softly.

Excalibur hated being dirty, Anita knew. She liked to tease him about it on occasion. Unlike the rest of her Pokemon, he seemed intent on personal hygiene, and instilling the same morals into his fellow Pokemon. Anita looked at him, the love in her eyes was all for her Pokemon. "Don't worry. We'll get your hat cleaned, too." she said to him. "But, first things first. Let's eat!!!" Placing Excalibur on the table, she looked towards the food. Smiling in an even more mischievous way, she reached down to the other three Pokeballs at her waist. Grabbing them in her right hand, she pulled them off of her belt and threw them up into the air above the buffet table. "Chow time, guys! Come on out! Nyan-nyan! Fluffy! Poof!" Anita yelled.

Each of the Pokeballs opened with a bright flash of light, spewing a Pokemon. Skitty, Growlithe, and Mankey all popped out in turn, each landing in a different dish of food. The Skitty landed in the pudding bowl that Anita's elbow had previously vacated, the Growlithe went straight for a platter of chicken, and the Mankey landed face-first in the remains of the Cake that had been face-pwned by the green-haired trainer. Each of them immediately began eating their chosen destination's contents. The Skitty meowed happily as she licked pudding off of her body while the Growlithe tore through meat and gristle, scarfing it down whole. The Mankey just buried his face in the cake, and seemed to be inhaling it like a vacuum.

Excalibur, however, picked up a clean napkin and proceeded to wipe his cane down. Anita watched them all for a moment, then began to shove food into her own mouth, ecstatic to be eating food. "Chocolate is great, but it isn't enough to live on. Speaking of which, I need to restock. she thought to herself. She'd been down to her last chocolate bar, and that was the worst thing she could ever think of. Death by chocolate-deficiency. Anita shivered at the very thought. "Umph! By.. snurf da way... gobble my name's Anita." she said with her mouth full. "By the... munch sorry 'bout my... slurp landing."

Posted by: Tekno Jun 7 2011, 06:32 PM

It didn't take long for Tyson to return to his grandpa's stall. Little less than five minutes, to be more precise. After Javier was done with whatever he was doing he took the back exit to meet back with Tyson.

"You know, kid, back when you were a little kid I worked as an assistant to Professor Elm, the fella' back in Newbark Town. Good times." he took a moment to pull out a box from inside the stall and handed it to Tyson "As a token of said times he sent me something to give it to you. C'mon, open it up." the young man did so and inside was a black device with the lower portion being a blue Pokéball-styled button. He picked it up and another screen appeared behind the first one, showcasing a list of various species of Pokémon. The bottom screen displayed what seemed to be a qwerty touchscreen, most likely for search functions.

"That's the newest version of that Pokedex-thingy. He said in the letter that's already upgraded to recognize Unova species or something of sorts." Javier explained. He never was much of a technological person and he always preferred to dedicate his life to the brushes and paints rather than computers.

"...Wow, I really don't know what to say..." needless to say that Tyson was speechless. Most of the times he carried around an encyclopedia to search on species he wasn't familiar with but, with the recent arrival of Unova species, the book was soon rendered useless and impractical with time. This thing, however, was much more compact and could be updated with little to no effort. Awesome stuff. He pointed it towards the nearby sleeping Todasul to analyze the Pokémon, even though he already knew a lot about Venusaur.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 8 2011, 12:19 AM

Who: Meiko
To: Rose

"Oh!" Meiko looked down at herself. She hadn't forgotten that she, too, had been struck with food from the flying food fiasco, but none of it had gotten into her hair, and she was no stranger to getting mud and dirt and, yes, even food sometimes, on her.It was actually a pleasant surprise to her that another trainer would reach out to help her. Never mind the fact that she had done essentially the same; people sometimes would not stick their neck out to help another, a harsh fact that the journey teaches one sometimes.

She had almost laughed when the girls panpour, a new type of pokemon Meiko had only read about, had tried to help with a low pressure Water Gun, but spared the girl the humiliation, especially since the creature seemed to be eying her with the same intent.

Not that Meiko was a stranger to being sprayed water on, either. She had raised a rather excitable totodile, after all. But Jaima was there, and his friend Douken, and there were several other boys around, and while her shirt was a dark color, it would still cling to places she'd rather not have ogled thank you very much.

She accepted the towel gratefully and began to wipe the caked, drying sauces from her arms. The shirt was a lost cause, at least until she could change, so she didn't bother trying to clean off anything more then solid pieces of food.

Meiko smiled as the girl came back with napkins. "Thanks for the help, Rose. I was afraid I'd smell like the buffet all night..."

As Meiko and Rose cleaned themselves up, Jaima kept up his conversation with Douken. The twins were, as they usually got when around a new person, quiet, staying near their brother as he spoke. It certainly wasn't the exact same as when they were much younger; They didn't hide behind his legs and peer out with wide, nervous eyes, nor did they huddle close together. It was, if Jaima had taken the time to think it over, more like Tuesday was usually. Quiet, listening, and above all, respectful.

Jaima smiled as Douken produced his badge. "Good job! Yeah, I've got my badges. I managed to challenge the Gigarte, Arasam, and Petropolis gyms. Meiko's looking to do the pokethelon in Barley or Gigarte on our way back through, and Darryn split off from us. He had a good opportunity to help him with the Halls. Way too good to pass up."

Jaima ducked his head and nodded. "We're heading toward Barley now, making our way to Fiona. When I heard about this, I'd half hoped to see Darryn here, but I guess not. Still, I got a nice surprise out of it," hegrinned, ruffling his sisters hair, eliciting a loud "HEY!"" from Mariko.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 8 2011, 09:54 AM

To: Jaima and sisters
At: Buffet Table

"Hey, since I am headed for a Gym you already fought at, any advice you can give on what the Petropolis Gym leader uses?" It was a good thing to keep in mind. Knowing what types he was going to deal with would help him out. Last time, he had to guess on the field's location for an idea. However, he figured not all gyms were like the Arasam Gym, sitting in the Pokemon's elements.

With Jaima's reply on the information in hand, he pocketed the metal before telling him, "Well, good luck with Maxy Z. he didn't become the head of the Amazons for doing nothing." Of course, it was his heritage that did help.

"Now then, as much as she stands out, I haven't seen Mercury about anywhere." Of course, with all the Pokemon running around, and the old prescription, it was hard to tell other details as well. "And speaking of Pokemon, do your sisters have any on hand? I would like to see them." Looking down at them, he said, "You show me yours, I will show you mine."

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 8 2011, 10:43 AM

To: Twila
Where: Troupe de Furoh Show

Finnley had been searching frantically when the troupe arrived. He was happy to see that Twila had found her egg, so he waited patiently in the back, as the crowd that was forming became bigger and bigger. That's when he noticed people coming out of the cart that almost ran over Twila's egg. People after people came out from what he could tell, but a few people in the crowd were taller than him so it made it that much harder to see.

That's when Mai appeared. She tugged on his pants and he bent down to greet her. "Yeah, good thing Twila found the egg, huh?" But the Ralts responded with a frantic and worried voice, urging Finn to follow. "Okay?" He followed the little Ralts through the crowd, but as they neared he noticed that everyone stood entranced by the street performers.

Mai tugged again, pointing at Twila who had her eyes on the show, especially the little Vulpix that was now running around the crowd, collecting money. He noticed her hands were full of money, which seemed like more than she was suppose to give them. It wasn't till the Vulpix neared them, that he saw everyone was giving her more than enough. It made Finn feel a bit uneasy.

"Twila?" Finnley called out, "Twila..?" After the second time around he grabbed her hand and took the money from them, "Twila, you don't need to give that much money to them. I mean, they're shows not even all that great." There was no response at first, so it worried the trainer. He turned and took a closer look at everything that was going on.

The performers kept on going while the Vulpix collected the money. "The Vulpix!" Finn called out, watching it get closer and closer to them. "I should have guessed it from the start!"

He then turned Twila's body, and as they faced each other he placed one of his hands on her shoulder, "Listen to me, Twila. You're under the Vulpix's spell. You've got to snap out of it!"

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 8 2011, 11:10 AM

Kenz, before being able to talk, was pushed by a swarm of people toward a show. Her large kimono shoes were unable to make any traction as the people swept her off her feet and rushed toward the Troupe de Furoh. The manager, a porky man in his thirties who looked extremely cheap, came toward her, leaving slight indentations in the ground where he had stood before.

"Nanami! So glad you could make it!" he said with a deep baritone voice.

"What? I'm not-" Kenz tried to reply, extremely confused as to what was happening.

"Come, we have your throne!" He interrupted, grabbing her skinny wrist and dragging her toward a large chair covered in pink and white shells.

"Furoh, we give you, Princess Nanami!" he thundered to the cheering crowd. Kenz, even more confused, struggled in the man's grip. Two attendents placed a silver tiara with a deep blue amethyst in the center on her head, and a trumpeteer dressed in a jester's outift played a tune and danced foolishly.

"Wait, what?" Kenz said, her eyes wide and her struggling even greater. She looked out along the crowd, and noticed the adolecent from before grinning evily. She had been set up! The man gave her a disguise, and the manager was posing her as Princess Nanami to earn more money. She could only stare helplessly as people put even more money into the hat a skinny Vulpix was carrying. She noticed a boy with green hair trying to shake a girl out of a trance. Kenz had heard his name before: Finn, was it?

"Finn!" she called, before the burly manager slapped his hand over her mouth. No one in the crowd seemed to mind.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 8 2011, 01:10 PM

To: Finn and Kenz
Location: Show

"Huh?" Twila said, blinking slowly. What was happening? One moment she had been watching the show and now she was face to face with Finn with his hand on her shoulder. She looked at him confused, then down at his other hand. It was full of money. More confused than ever, Twila looked down at her bag to find that her wallet was on top...and empty.

"Listen to me, Twila. You're under the Vulpix's spell. You've got to snap out of it!" Twila blinked again, more quickly this time, finally losing the glazed look in her eyes. She quickly stuffed her money back into her wallet and turned to look at the crowd. Most of them had that same glazed look in their eyes as Twila did as they watched the show - which, despite what the leader had said, wasn't the best show Twila had seen - and were handing fistfulls of money over to the Vulpix with the blue eyes.

"It must know Hypnosis!" Twila said over the din of the music and the laughter and applause. Suddenly, the man in the tophat came forth again and pulled a woman out of the crowd. She was wearing a kimono and the man called her Princess Nanami, but she didn't look like she was supposed to be part of the act. She kept trying to pull away from the man and run, but his grip was too tight. Once she was sat on the throne, the Vulpix stopped working the crowds and placed the bag full of money and watches and jewelry at her master's feet, waiting for further instructions. The man looked into the bag as the other members of the troupe went on with the act, but looked to the Vulpix in fury. Apparently it had not brought back enough, for the man kicked the Vulpix and stomped back to the cart with the bag. The Vulpix sank to the ground in pain and curled up in a ball, facing away from the audience.

When the leader came back to the center of the "stage", he had a slightly forced, toothy grin on his face. "And now," he said, as the juggling man came closer to "Princess Nanami", "We shall have a little dance for the Princess!" And the juggling man let two of his six Poke balls drop to the ground, revealing two Sableye who immediately went into a kind of jerky, possessed looking dance around the Princess's throne. Even though the show before them was becoming more and more disturbing, the people in the audience did not seem to care, and simply went on cheering or standing there staring with glassy eyes. Twila looked back to the Vulpix to find that it had not gotten back up from where it had fallen. Silently, she motioned for Finn to follow her. She made her way around the crowd until she was not ten feet from the injured Vulpix. While she had been doing this, the juggler had let out another of his Pokemon - a Duskull - to dance around the throne.

Twila motioned for Finn to stay where he was, then creeped out of the crowd towards the Vulpix. Since all of the troupe's focus was on the people in front of them, they didn't notice her. She had just reached the Vulpix and was carefully picking it up when the girl on the throne cried out, "Finn!" The tophat man put his hand to her mouth and looked in the direction the girl had called. Damn, Twila thought as the fat man's gaze turned from confusion to sheer anger.

"Get her!" he yelled to his troupe as Twila picked up the Vulpix and ran. The twins sprang into action, front flipping toward Twila as she ran behind the troupe's cart, making the Ponyta spook again. The two horse Pokemon reared just as the twins made their way to the cart, effectively knocking them both in the head with their hooves. The two girls laid on the ground just beside the cart, unconscious. Knowing more people were chasing her, Twila turned back the way she came, slipping right through the juggler, the stilt man, and a couple of fire-breathers, and headed for the girl on the throne. The three ghosts who had been dancing turned to face Twila, ready to battle, but she was ready for them.

"Mai, use Confusion!" she called, and Mai Teleported in front of her and let loose a blast of Psychic energy. The Confusion attack hit the Duskull, flinging it backwards. The two Sableye panicked and ran for it, leaving the leader the only one in the way. The man quickly stepped in front of the throne, blocking it from view, but Twila had a plan. Smirking, she looked to Mai and shouted, "Teleport time, Mai!" Mai nodded and vanished, only to reappear right next to the fat man. She took his hand and disappeared once more, reappearing at the back of the crowd. Mai grinned at the flustered troupe master and teleported back to Twila.

Twila ran by the throne, grabbing the girl's hand as she went, and headed back to Finn. "Let's get out of here!" she said as the whole troupe regrouped and came at them again. With the Vulpix, her egg, and the girl in hand, she ran back through the crowd and into the maze of stalls.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 8 2011, 04:32 PM

Kenz, awestruck, watched the Vulpix make money almost instantaneously, but nearly cried out when the troupe leader kicked the poor Pokemon. No matter what, a Pokemon was a friend, not a tool for making money. She was about to protest when a juggler came in front of her and released two Sableyes that seemed to jerk and twist in a strange dance that entranced the young girl in a scary way. They were making her unable to move; that seemed to be the plan to keep the audience playing along. Kenz couldn't move until she noticed the girl out of the corner of her eye.

Twila came up and grabbed Kenz's wrist, snapping her out of the crazy spell that the troupe leader had laid out for her. "Thanks," she muttered, watching the confident Ralts confuse the porky man with its crazy teleporting game. She ran off with the two kids, as far away as she could. She was happy Twila was pulling her, because she couldn't make much distance in her awkward sandles. Suddenly being caught by a crazy rich boy wasn't as horrible as it used to be, and she discarded the sandles as she ran. Once they stopped behind a poffin cart, she began washing her face makeup off.

"You guys just saved me! I can't thank you enough," she began. "Is there anything I can do?"

Posted by: Asterna Jun 8 2011, 05:44 PM

To: Meiko
At: Buffet

Rose just grinned back in response. "No problem! Just repaying the favor," she explained. Really, she didn't know why Meiko seemed so surprised -- anybody would help another in such a situation, after all, especially if said other person had just helped them too. It was just common human decency, in her opinion; anyone that needed help should have gotten it. Then again, she had met some nasty pieces of work during her travels...

Rose shook her head to rid herself of unpleasant thoughts, and busied herself helping Meiko clean up. When all that could be removed had been, she stood back with a pleased smile. "There you go! Much better!" She frowned a little, inspecting Meiko's shirt critically. "It's a pity about your shirt, though. And it looked so nice, too..." Rose thoughtfully tilted her head to the side and propped her hands on her hips, sizing up the older girl. "Well, I think I have a spare in my backpack, but it probably won't fit you... You're like, over a foot taller than me," she observed ruefully, scrunching up her nose a bit. She really hated being so short sometimes.

"Hmm..." A sudden idea occurred to her, and she looked around the area -- perhaps there might be some soap plants growing around her? No, no... not the right terrain, she thought, deflating. And anyway, she'd have to take her shirt off to wash it, and then she might as well just change... she thought. "Well, do you want to change right now? Wearing that must not be very pleasant."

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 8 2011, 09:39 PM

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 8 2011, 10:16 PM

To: Jaima + co., Rose
At: Buffet Tables

Nodding at the notes and details, he got himself a vague idea on what to expect. It was a situation where Koldo may be in a good spot, but in a bad one as well. Reep seemed to of had some pluses and minuses as well. If it was anything like his first challenge, he would need to decide a third teammate to use. Still, unlike last time, he had some notes to keep in mind about his upcoming battle.

Watching Meiko walk up, Douken smiled and said, "Well, if it isn't the http://forums.gtsplus.net/index.php?s=&showtopic=27918&view=findpost&p=766365 that was in the Castle's pool." With a laugh, he gave his greetings and introductions to Meiko, as even though he remembered the like Jaima said, he couldn't remember if he had a proper introduction.

Then came the girl Meiko was taking care of, and being taken care of. "Douken Sota," he introduced himself. "I'm a Furoh local. Pleased to meet ya."

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 8 2011, 10:36 PM

To: Justin, a little bit of Jaima/Meiko and their entourage.
Location: Shops, Buffet Line.

The pair had left the RV to reveal to the world that they were together for the night. Pan walked with Justin, arm in arm as they walked through the stands on their way to the buffet. It was nice to do a bit of window shopping, looking at all the nice things being offered by the vendors. After a while, something caught her eye.

“Care for a picnic?” Pan asked as she held out a blanket from one of the merchants. It was a simple pokeball pattern against a blue background, but it wasn’t exactly for aesthetics. She insisted on buying the cloth, wanting a bit of a souvenir. On the other hand, Pan‘s mind was racing once more. How did Justin feel about this? By making the purchase herself, was she taking the lead in the date, a role traditionally held by the man? Pan attempted to push that thought out of her mind and continued towards the buffet.

Finally, they arrived at the buffet. Judging from the spilt food and large numbers of people gathered around (and not grabbing food), something had happened earlier. Whatever it was, it didn’t seem too serious and there was plenty of food around. Pan had a healthy craving for meat; she quickly grabbed a traditional burger and fries meal. But was Justin expecting her to pick something more…girly? She gave a shy smile towards Justin as she picked up her chosen meal.

Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a couple of familiar faces leaving the dining area. It had been a while since she last saw Jaima and Meiko. In fact, not since their adventure through Castle Vonmoto had they last spoken. Though Meiko was sporting a new outfit, her face and red hair were enough to recognize her. Both seemed to have quite an entourage around them (Douken among them); it didn’t seem like quite the time for a reunion. For now, Pan waved at the pair in hopes of catching their eyes. It was a simple wave, an acknowledgement that she had seen them. At the same time, she hoped the sight of her male companion would give them enough of a hint that she had plans as well for the night. After all, there would always be the rest of the convention for them to catch up, right?

Absols: RAWNG!

Panjust just realized that she was paying too much attention to other people and not enough time with Justin. They had barely talked during their walk. This was getting screwed up fast. She quickly pulled a conversation topic out of a hat.

“So, how’s working with Nate’s uncle? What did he have you do last time?” she asked as she grabbed a roll for her eager pachirisu (a little hand poked out of Pan’s vest to direct her to the best treat).

Great, Pan. The first thing you bring is probably the one thing he hates. You’ll be eating alone tonight.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 8 2011, 10:53 PM

Everything in the last minute went by in what seemed like seconds. Finn heard Twila and followed, but once again she commanded him to wait, so he did. He watched, now a bit engrossed, at what was going on in the show. Dancing Sableye in front of a dressed up princess. Then lightning struck and time went by so quickly Finn didn't have time to think of anything.

His name was shouted and new orders were given, and they were just as easy as his last ones. They were to run. Twila, who by now had taken the Vulpix and the princess, dashed right by Finn, ordering him to follow. He did, and looked back to see that they were still being chased by the troupe's men.

"Rue!" Finnley called out to his Pokemon. The tiny piglet replied by squealing and charging right behind him. It rushed to Finn's side and the trainer lifted him up under his stomach and raced on, following Twila and the princess.

They made their way through stalls, finally find cover. That's when the princess spoke again. "I didn't do anything," Finn said with a grin. "Twila did it all." He gave the girl an applaud, which she did deserve for a girl who seemed quite timid and nervous at times.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 9 2011, 01:54 AM

Who? Justin Smart
To? Pan Gibbs
Where? The buffet table, and then on a picnic blanket

"Care for a picnic?" Pan asked quite cheerfully.

Justin smiled. "Yeah," he said. "That sounds awesome." As Pan went for some money to buy the blanket, he tried to interrupt. "Let me get that," but she insisted on buying it, so he let it go. He was the type to overthink things and screw things up by doing so, so he let it slide.

Then they got to the buffet table, where they saw Douken again. Justin raised his head towards him when they made eye contact. He noticed, as she got a burger and fries, that she seemed to know a lot of people here. It made sense, after all. She was clearly somewhat of a social butterfly. The only people with whom Justin was really friends anymore were Nate, her and Douken pretty much, and he and Douken were never really close anyway.

There was Tag. He barely counted as a friend, though. They were more like enemies, and that's kind of the opposite.

“So, how’s working with Nate’s uncle? What did he have you do last time?” Pan asked.

Great. Justin held back a sigh as they continued walking towards a place to sit and eat. Finally, a casual conversation with this awesome girl, and the first thing he does is lie. Way to start out strong, Ace. She seemed to know that he didn't want to talk about that, though, and sort of flinched and blushed. "Look, Pan," he smiled. "You don't have to force it. It's still me, you know? You're not gonna scare me off so easily.

"But yeah, it's, uh," he began, back on subject. "You know, it sucks. It's work, but, you know, work sucks. Got me beat up pretty bad a few days ago, don't know if you remember that. There was this whole thing with a monster and we saved a town and blah blah blah." He chuckled (hopefully her too?) "No, but you know, I'm working on finding something more stable, I guess? I don't want to have to keep hoping Nate's uncle has some sort of crisis which can be solved with a super strong Hitmontop."

"What about you? You're still working for the museum? Is that why you're here? Work?" Should he do it? Maybe. No, he shouldn't. Yes, he definitely should. "Or for pleasure?"

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 9 2011, 09:38 AM

Hiding behind the Poffin stall, Twila looked out from underneath a table full of the Pokemon treats to find almost half a dozen people looking for her. She hid back behind the table again and found that the Vulpix had stirred, staring up at her with questioning blue eyes. Twila smiled at it and pat it gently on the head, to which the fox Pokemon nuzzled into and settled back into her arms.

As the troupe moved farther away from the poffin stand, the girl in the Kimono spoke up. “You guys just saved me! I can't thank you enough,” she said gratefully, “Is there anything I can do?”

"I didn't do anything," Finn said, grinning, "Twila did it all." And then he applauded her, making her blush prettily. Twila felt proud of herself: she could be brave when she needed to. It was really just guys talking to her that freaked her out. Placing her egg in her bag so it wouldn't be in the way, she simultaneously looked back out into the lane. The last of the troupe seemed to have moved on in the search for her, but she stayed put for a few more moments just to make sure.

"Finn," Twila said, turning back to the green-haired trainer, "I'm s-sorry that I've gotten you in-into so much today. I know th-that hiding out with a stuttering g-girl who stole a P-pokemon was not something you w-wanted to be doing tonight." She cast her eyes down to the ground, giving the Vulpix another stroke.

"Oh, how touching," a voice from outside the stall said in a mocking tone. Twila immediately lifted her head to see the face of the fat man, his top hat eschew on his balding head. Before she could even stand up, the troupe master had grabbed a chunk of her hair and was pulling her out of the stall. Once she was out in the open, she could see that the rest of the troupe had gathered on either side of the Poffin stall, creating two walls that cut the stall off from everything else. The troupe master lifted Twila up by her hair, making her hiss in pain. The fat man held her face a few inches away from his and said, "No one steals from Mr. Portini and gets away with it!" He suddenly let go of Twila's hair, letting her fall to the ground. The rest of the troupe had taken a few steps in, closing off the Poffin stand even more. "You've stolen our money maker, so hand her over and I won't have to get nasty," Mr. Portini said, extending his hand toward the Vulpix. Vulpix shook her head quickly and tried to bury into Twila's arm to get away from the man.

"Not on your life," Twila said, holding the Vulpix protectively. "You treat her like your personal ATM, and then when you don't need her, you treat her like dirt. You don't deserve to have a Pokemon like her!" Vulpix gazed up at Twila with a look of wonder in her eyes. This trainer wasn't even hers, why did she care about her so much? Portini's eyebrow twitched, making him look even angrier. In a flash he had taken out two Pokeballs, revealing a Purrloin and a Murkrow.

"Attack!" Portini ordered, pointing directly at Twila. Twila got into her battle position and called out Merle and Kimber.

"Merle, use-" Twila began, but Vulpix had jumped out of her arms and landed in front of her, ready and willing to fight. "All right then." Twila said incredulously as Vulpix attacked the Purrloin with an Ember attack. Mr. Portini spluttered, apparently put off that his own Pokemon was attacking him. "Okay, Kimber! Double Kick on Murkrow!" The little Nidoran ran towards the flying Pokemon and jumped into the air, delivering two powerful kicks to its face. The Murkrow folded its wings and plummetted to the ground, but got back up on shaky legs.

While the battle was going on, the juggler had brought out his Duskull. He was not interested in the battle at hand though, he was more interested in Mai. Thinking of how much money the little Teleporter could make for him, he quickly decided to steal her. "Duskull, Shadow Sneak," the juggler whispered, and in a flash, it was gone, racing toward the Ralts as nothing but a shadow on the ground. It was feet from Mai before she even noticed it was there. A look of surprised horror dominated her face as the Duskull struck, but a wall of energy kept the attack from landing. Mai grinned evilly at the sight of the Duskull completely forgetting what it had came to do, and unleashed a powerful Confusion attack that knocked the ghost all the way back to its trainer. Mai curiously turned to look behind her to find Merle. He had used Wide Guard to protect her. Mai asked how he knew that move, since he had never practiced it in any of their training sessions, but Merle just shrugged his shoulders.

"Vulpix, Ember!" Twila commanded as Portini's Purrloin came in for another Fury Swipes attack. Kimber had finished off the Murkrow with a Poison Sting to the wing, but not before taking a Wing Attack to her side. She walked slowly back to Twila's side and lay down, letting the Vulpix handle the rest of the battle. She wasn't doing too bad either; being as thin as she was, she was still really quick, and her reflexes were perfect.

"Purrloin, finish this off with a Pursuit attack!" Portini shouted. He looked even more a mess than when he started; (what was left of) his hair was disheveled, his tophat was on the ground now, and he looked about the shade of a cherry. And he was dreched with sweat. The Purrloin sprang into action, a dark aura appearing around it as it charged toward Vulpix. Twila didn't know what move to command, so Vulpix decided for her. A vortex of fire leapt from the fox Pokemon's mouth and hit the Purrloin dead on. The tornado of fire sprang up into the sky, creating a beautiful light show for anyone who did not know what was going on. Twila watched closely as the Fire Spin dissipated, and saw the Purrloin on the ground, unconscious. She cheered and crouched down to stroke the fox, who nuzzled her hand in return.

"I will not concede! Give me back my Vulpix!" Portini commanded, holding a Pokeball in his chubby hand. "Vulpix, retu-" was all he got out before Vulpix's blue eyes began to glow. The Hypnosis washed over Portini, and with a glassy eyed look, he took the Pokeball in both hands, opened it, and effectively snapped it in half. A red glow surrounded Vulpix along with the glow from her Hypnosis, but in a second it was gone, indicating that Vulpix was now released. The glow of the Hypnosis disappeared as well, leaving Portini with a dazed and confused expression on his face. Vulpix shook her six tails at him and sat right in front of Twila. The fat man took in breath, sounding like a fish out of water, and realized that his Vulpix had made him snap her Pokeball. He sweeped up his top hat and stuffed it back on his head, and without another word, walked away.

Vulpix heaved a sigh of relief and snuggled against Twila's legs. Twila smiled and kneeled next to her. "So, you're free now, what would you like to do?" she asked, rubbing the Vulpix's ear. Vulpix took a step to Twila's side and stuck her nose in her messenger bag. Twila looked at her confusedly until she brought out one of the Pokeballs that she had altered. This one was the traditional red and white, but had a picture of a flame stamped right above the white button. Vulpix placed it in her hand and sat, waiting. Twila grinned and tapped the fox Pokemon on the head with the ball, sucking her into it in a red light. The three customary dings went by quickly, and with a final click, the Pokeball grew silent. Twila stood back up and dropped the Pokeball, releasing the Vulpix.

"Vul!" she cried happily, prancing around her new trainer and her new Pokemon companions.

Twila giggled, then pointed to each of her Pokemon in turn. "Vulpix, I'd like you to meet Mai, Merle and Kimber. Guys, this is...Fae." Fae wagged her tails excitedly, happy to finally have a name. Then, Twila turned back to Finn and the kimono girl and introduced them to Fae. "And this is Finn," Fae bowed her head in greeting, "And this is...er, what is your name?"

If you guys want to get a battle in, now would be a good time! Also, Merle has just learned that he can use Wide Guard, an egg move. Also also, Twila has obtained a Vulpix (duh).

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 9 2011, 11:02 AM

Kenz looked on in happiness when the girl tried to talk to Finn, but in shocked surprise when Portini came over and blocked their exit. She grabbed her belt instinctively, only to realize that her Pokeballs weren't there, but on her headband. Grabbing Caterpie's Pokeball, she noticed the troupe dancer giving her in specific a look of greed.

"If I get you, my salery'll double!" he shouted, sending out a Joltik. It buzzed with electrical energy and shocked itself a bit in the process. Kenz took this opportunity to attack.

"Caterpie, use String Shot!" she shouted, throwing the Pokeball. Caterpie appeared in a dark red light as his matter reformed into a solid state. His mouth filled with sticky spit, and he released it at the yellow bug. The Joltik, still shocked from its own electricity, watched helplessly as the sticky string wrapped around him, entangling him in a web of no escape.

Now the dancer wasn't so cocky. He began blubbering random commands, which the Joltik couldn't do because, well, no pun intended, it was in a sticky situation.

"Now Tackle, Caterpie!" Kenz shouted, more confident than before. The brown bug Pokemon charged at Joltik, slamming against it with plenty of power. Unfortunatly, this shook it loose from the web, giving it the opportunity to attack again.

"That's better. Now, Spider Web!" the dancer shouted, his fickle mood shifting to positive once again. To Kenz's shock, the Joltik aimed the Spider Web at her! The course and sticky string planted Kenz's shoeless feet to the ground and covered her mouth, causing her breathing to become much faster and her heart rate to pick up. Caterpie looked over, shocked and afraid. She was caught! He had failed in his job to protect her.

<Kenz! Please don't leave! NO!> He broke down into tears for a second. Rethinking, he turned back to the Joltik, his face red in anger.

This time, he wouldn't lose.

He rushed at the Joltik with more might than before, fueled by anger and rage. The Joltik, foolishly cocky, wasn't looking, and was quickly knocked out by the ferocious tackle. The dancer recalled his pokemon with a grin. The Pokemon had done its job; other than that, it was worthless in his eyes. He walked over with a smug expression, and when Caterpie jumped in his way, the dancer simply kicked him aside. Nothing was standing in his way now.

Except, of course, a Metapod.

Realizing what he had to do, Caterpie closed his eyes and concentrated hard on evolution. Before a moment had passed, his body glowed in a blinding white. His entire body became encased in a hard green coat, and his eyes were the only thing visible from the outside. He jumped back over to his rightful place in front of Kenz.

"Huh, you evolved. Well, tha-" the dancer began, before being cut off by the Metapod jumping on his face.

Metapod coated itself with a metal-hard layer, and Tackled the offender, knocking him unconcious with a large welt forming on his head for the time being. He turned around to Kenz, who was shocked with seeing Caterpie become a strong, dependent Metapod. Metapod grinned from inside his cocoon and began unraveling the Spider Web.

After about 10 minutes of work, Kenz was free. She stumbled over to the others and addressed the young Vulpix. "I'm Kenz, no matter what that crazy Portini says. Nice to meet you, Fae." Fae nodded happily, and Kenz smiled at her new friends.

But when she looked at the leaving Portini and he looked back too, their eyes met, and she couldn't help feeling that this wouldn't be their last encounter...

Posted by: Asterna Jun 9 2011, 03:08 PM

To: Jaima/Meiko/Douken
At: Buffet

"Oh, sure," Rose said agreeably, following after Meiko as she went over to talk to her boyfriend and friends. She listened curiously through their conversation, trying to keep track of names and such. She perked up a bit when Meiko's boyfriend -- Jaima? -- mentioned his Pokemon; that was always interesting. And speaking of Pokemon... Rose looked around for her own. All four of them were sitting nearby in a clump, looking around. Rose quietly beckoned them over, and looked up in time to hear Meiko introduce her to her friends, and vice versa.

"Oh -- nice to meet all of you," she said with a friendly smile. "I'm Rosalind Fiore, but call me Rose -- uh, like Meiko said," she added a little sheepishly. "I'm from Unova; I started my journey three years ago there, but I've only just arrived in Furoh -- I came here straight from Port Barley." So they're from Johto and Furoh, huh? she thought idly -- an idea occurred to her then.

"I know that the other regions only learned about us fairly recently, so... Do you want to know anything about my Pokemon?" she asked, gesturing behind her where they stood or sat; at the moment, Alaia had settled herself on a tolerant Ciar's head, and Nina was making sure that a disgruntled Wyatt didn't go off searching for food. They were hardly the most impressive-looking group, but the others were likely unfamiliar with their species. Rose liked talking about her Pokemon, and if they were all trainers, then they would probably like hearing about new ones, or so she thought.

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 9 2011, 04:16 PM

Who: Darryn/Lyla
To: Tag
Where: Towards buffet/central area

"So, this is, like, totally weird..." Lyla mumbled as she, Darryn and Tag approached the enormous buffet (which had miraculously maintained well-stocked throughout the evening). The three made a very odd group - Tag's tattooed muscles, Lyla's barbie pink and white dress and Darryn's uber style were not exactly the expected recipe for social success but somehow they pulled it off. Darryn was surprised by that - he'd not really spent much time with too many trainers since he started out so had expected not to gel with anyone particularly quickly but Tag was a nice guy. Not only that, he was smart and had already given him some new ideas for the next Contest.

"Hmm? What's up?" Darryn humoured Lyla (she'd often go ranting on about some random thing on her mind and he'd switch off) as they fast approached the buffet.

"All these Absol..." Lyla frowned deeply, hugging her arms around her own shoulders like a comfort blanket. "I've never seen this many in one place before. In Hoenn, we say that they are, like, a warning that something bad will happen or has already happened or something like that. And here, there are... Well, like, too many to count?"

"Really?" Darryn couldn't say that he had noticed the alarming number of the Dark type around the event but now that Lyla mentioned it, it was very strange. "Well, maybe it's a gimmick? The organisers of these events are meant to hype it up, right? So maybe this is an ironic statement of 'what's the worst that can happen?' since clearly everything is aiming to be a success?"

Lyla's pensive expression softened.

"Yeah... You're probably right, Dar! You'd know, like, way more about that PR stuff than me, anyway!" She neared the closest table and picked up a red apple as they passed. A red apple. Shiny red. Red and cute apple. Red and cute? Cute Meiko! "Oh! Darryn! Your friends Meimei and Jaimo are here!"

"What?!" Darryn tilted his head with frustration. His cousin could be really dappy at times! "Ly! You could've said earlier! It would be great to see them while we're here..."

"Oopsie..." She rubbed the back of her head bashfully and trotted to the other side of Tag, using him as a human shield. "I forgot! You stay with Tag and I'll go find them!" With that, Lyla turned and dove into the crowd.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 9 2011, 05:07 PM

Who: Tag
To: Darryn
Where: Towards the buffet.

Once the buffet came back into view, Tag felt his belly rumble a bit. Despite the large amount of food he'd tucked away earlier, evidently he was still a bit hungry.

Either way, his time with Darryn and Lyla had been, dare he say, delightful. Tag didn't have the spiritual or emotional knowhow to notice Darryn's emotaglow, or anything of that caliber. All Tag knew was that Darryn and Lyla were nice people, and he'd warmed up to them surprisingly quickly.

As Lyla surmised about the appearance of all the Absol, Darryn offered his hypothesis, which seemed wholly plausible. Perhaps it was, after all, just a gimmick set up by the commitees. The only problem was that it rattled most of the pokemon that had come along, most especially the Psychic types.

The hubbub of the PokeCon had not died down, not in the least. It appeared that more battles had sprung out here and there, which was to be expected. Any small meeting of trainers would usually culminate in a battle. With such a large scale gathering, Tag had expected several battles to occur. Off to one side, he saw a column of fire spring up in a way that could only mean a Fire Spin had been ordered. (That would be Twila and Fae, unbeknownst to him).

The next thing he knew, Lyla was hiding behind him and Darryn seemed visibly irritated. He shouldn't have spaced out like that, but what he recalled was that there were people named Mei-mei (which if he recalled, meant Little Sister in Mandarin), and Jaimo? Which meant...Jaimo? In...Spanish?

Without much warning, Lyla disappeared into the crowd, perhaps in search of these mystery people. Tag stood there awkwardly with Darryn, then stared around a bit, wondering if he knew any familiar faces.

He didn't know too many people in Furoh. Not including gym leaders and Nurse Joys, he knew: Malcolm Smith, Justin Smart, Nate guzman, Raven Amaranth, Cameron Ramirez (Eron Ingress), and now Darryn and Lyla. He really couldn't count that on two hands.

Unfortunately, he caught a glimpse of someone that greatly resembled Justin, and was most likely him. However, he was with the girl whose Cleffa he'd attempted to eat earlier, which meant it wasn't exactly the best time to say hello. On top of this, he wasn't really sure where he stood with Justin anyways. Even knowing that the man was a criminal, he didn't really bear too, too much bad blood with the kid. He'd helped get Raven to Hospital after the incident in Mt. Carello, but on the other hand, had Raven and Tag not run into him, she would never have needed a trip to Hospital in the first place. He really wasn't sure.

He was feeling rather refreshed though. While still quiet about his personal life, he was getting better at the socializing thing. Perhaps he'd give Justin another chance?

Nah. He'd just avoid the situation as best he could. That was clearly the most healthy and normal way of handling it.

"So." Tag was running out of conversation ideas. "Your cousin is...really something else. Who are these other people she mentioned, friends of yours?"

Tag then found it rather odd that he was a 27 year old man hanging out with teenagers. For the first time in his left, he felt really, really old.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 9 2011, 08:46 PM

To: Justin
Location: Picnic blanket, behind Pan’s tent.

The pair gathered just behind Pan’s tent. Perhaps it wasn’t the most private place, but it was private enough for the occasion. Chi-Chi had joined them, eating her roll while the humans discussed, of all things, work.

“Well, yes, the professor wanted me to look into the absol swarm here. It just so happens that its taking place at the gathering place for trainers. So I guess you could say it’s a bit of both.” She smiled as she admired her luck in getting an opportunity to explore this mysterious land. She was getting paid to do what she loved to do!

It was too bad that Justin didn’t have the same feelings for his line of work. Perhaps it was time for a change in subject.

“What about you? What do you do…for pleasure?” Pan asked, playing around with his use of the somewhat cheesy phrase.

Posted by: Xpedential Jun 10 2011, 06:25 AM

James stood as he watched Douken walk away, he had decided not to follow him and do his own thing for now. But time had rolled by quickly already, they were trying to split up into teams now and James wanted to be apart of the action. James walked over with his pokemon trailing very closely behind and looked around to see the mass amount of humans and pokemon. They were all grouped up trying to sign up for teams, James was in no rush as he patiently waited.

James thought of what team he would try to join for the event, he had heard there were three teams: Team Ice, Team Rock and Team Steel. James really liked Ice the most out of those three types, but for once he didn't follow his mind as he had made the decision that he would join Team Rock. The decision was completely random and he knew that he would meet new people and hopefully become friends with them. James got to one tables as he signed his name to a piece of paper and Team Rock signifying the team he had joined. James handed it to one of the organizers as he then looked away.

James didn't really know what to do now, he was kind of blank. He didn't feel in the mood to make any friends, but he was just looking around at all the different variety's of stalls at the event. There seemed to be trainers piling in and out of each looking at all the objects for sale or just on display. James even saw an egg stand, he didn't know why it suddenly dragged his attention but it was almost like a magnet from James's head to the stall. James walked over to the table as he observed.

James looked closely at the different types of eggs, they were pokemon eggs and one day soon the eggs were bound to hatch into a pokemon. James knew that he had four pokemon already and didn't know if he needed any more. The limit was six and as many as you need in your personal computer but James didn't want his pokemon to live in the personal computer forever. But the eggs were dragging his concentration away very quickly, they were all different sizes and colors and all looked equally unique. But something had caught James's eye very quickly and he knew it was something he wanted.

James glared on as he saw the egg, it was blue on the bottom and had a black fur like coat near the top. It was very dazzling but was sitting by itself. James didn't have a clue why it was sitting there by itself and wondered if it was up for sale or if it was just a display. James waved to the employee behind the desk as the tall man wearing a very casual uniform of brown shorts and an orange shirt then asked,

"Hello trainer, how may I help you?"

James looked eagerly at the employee as he tried to get the wording right as he then opened his mouth and pointed to the dazzling egg that had caught his eye and said,

"Is that egg there up for sale? If so how much, I would like to buy it."

The employee smirked for an obscure reason and James didn't know why, but James wasn't worried about some employee strangely smiling. James sights were glued to the egg as he waited for the employee to open his mouth again to answer. Then he talked again as he said,

"Yes sir, that egg is one of our rarest stock and is hardly ever seen. It's the only one that I have had for a few months. But it will come at a reasonable price of $500."

James knew the employee must of smiled because he knew he would most likely be able to get James to buy this 'Rare' egg. James knew he didn't have $500 cash on hand as he opened up his wallet and scurried around to look for his credit card. Then he grabbed out of a little pocket in the wallet a thin not very long card. It had a picture of Snowpoint City. James's Mum had gotten it engraved by a family friend so that he could have another memory of home. James then grabbed the little machine and popped his card in as he awaited for the response from the machine. But the response was taking time.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 10 2011, 11:35 AM

As the troupe charged in, Finn's eyes met with two others. The trainers had sent out their Pokemon instantly. One being an Aipom, the other an Exeggcute. Finnley had already kept Rue out, so he quickly tossed another to be the pigs battle partner. "Bailey, ready up!"

The little Cottonee was battle-shy and just plain old shy, so she hopped on by Rue's side, being as ready as she'll ever be. The Aipom was given the first order, which was a scratch attack on Bailey.

"Cover her, Rue!" Finnley shouted, "Defense Curl!" His sturdy piglet hopped in front, curling itself as the Aipom appeared and struck the pig with its' claws. "Bailey, Leech Seed!" His Cottonee quickly shot out seed after seed at the Aipom, who wasn't expecting it at all. His energy was being drained away as Rue uncurled himself.

"Exeggcute, Barrage!" His opponent ordered. "Take them out!" Objects from all over started flying in their direction. Finn had no time to think as each Pokemon was now being struck with different things. Bailey was hit and was out, it hopped away with a dampened spirit, as Rue picked himself up with confidence.

"It's your turn, Rue!" Finnley roared, "Ember!" He pointed directly at the Exeggcute, hoping to knock that one out right away. His little piglet charged up, and a second later a barrage of fireballs went in the bundle of eggs way. It was hit and the eggs began their crying, but Finn and Rue didn't budge until their opponent returned them. "That's one!"

But it was too late, Finn had only been paying attention to the Exeggcutes that he didn't notice the Aipom had ran up behind Rue, using an Astonish, catching Rue way off guard. His little piglet squealed and hopped forward by the attack, shaken.

"Bailey, let's get back in there! Rue needs you!" The little cottonball had been watching in horror as her friend was now being attacked. Her spirits were rekindled a little, enough that she wanted to help her friend in need. It hopped forward and whispered a little call. "That's it! Let's show them your newest move! Mega Drain!"

The little fluff began to glow a bright shade of green as did the Aipom. Draining energy was a specialty of Bailey, and Finn was going to use it to its fullest. The Aipom screamed too, as beam after beam of energy was being sent back to Bailey. His trainer returned it, running off along with his partner, back to their troupe's caravan.

Finnley picked up each of his Pokemon, giving them words of encouragement about their battle. He turned to Twila and her newly found Pokemon with a grin. "Hiya, this here is Rue and Bailey." He lifted each Pokemon respectively, proud at what they had just accomplished.

The trainer then turned to Twila with a softer smile, "And don't worry about it, Twila. This nights been one heck of an adventure. Maybe I should stick with you a little longer, huh?" Finn let a chuckle slip, hoping to lighten the mood a little more.

Posted by: Proby Jun 10 2011, 11:47 AM

~Alex

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 10 2011, 12:40 PM

Who: Jaima, Meiko, and twins
To: Douken and Rose (with a hint of Pan)
Where: The Tent™

The group chatted lightly as they talked, Mariko finally gaining enough confidence to join in at points, but Natsume still keeping as quiet as possible without being rude. Mariko instantly began to question Rose about her pokemon, both marveling and praising the uniqueness of the Unova natives. This perked Natsume's interest as well.

"The bird is so cute!"

"This one is pretty! It looks like a cotton ball..."

"I bet that's a grass type!"

"Mariko, don't be rude, let her talk," Natsume admonished.

"Natsu, she can talk! No one's stopping her from talking! Besides, that little fox is sweet, isn't that fox sweet!"

"Yes, but please, she can't get a word in edgewise..."

Mercury, Shadow, and Chompwater brought up the rear, Mercury keeping a wary eye on the absol. The only relief in her mind was that none of them would likely try to lick her, like Tuesday's Asjleigh was prone to do. She made sure she was well between Chompwater and Shadow.

Jaima and Meiko walked close together, and Meiko waved, attracting Jaima's attention. There was Pan, walking with a boy with food in hand. Meiko looked at Jaima, grinned, and waggled her brows. "I'll get dish later," she said softly, not interrupting anyone who had been speaking. "There's all kinds of time, right?"

Jaima winked.

Soon they were at their tent, where no less than sixteen pokemon lounged. Fang and Desert Dancer, seemed to be talking to each other, Fang being more and more animated as Desertdancer endured it with a seemingly good-natured smile on his face. Cosette and Grondir sat with Chico, Mariko's bayleef, having a contest about who could shoot leaves the furthest. Chico and Cosette were evenly matched, the little leaf on Cosette's head spinning rapidly and releasing leaves as if she were dealing playing cards, and Chico's own leaf coming out slower, but arcing higher to compensate. Grondir would, at times, flood the contested area with a flurry of leaves that didn't go quite as far, but seemed to believe that many was just as good as far, and had it's merits. If Chico didn't agree, Cosette did.

Ember was putting on a flame show for the younger looking ones, including Eggheart, Ara, Hooty, Tryke, Twofer, Wisp, Polly, and Nightwish, Meiko's newest capture, all looked on in awe. Ara did make sure to keep her distance, of course. The "show" was flanked by Toto and Tsunami, who were putting out any grass that caught fire. Ramhorn sat to the side, watching everything in that serene manner he had.

Suddenly, Mariko let out a shrill whistle. As if trained (which they were), Toto, Polly, Ara, and Twofer got up from where they were and assembled in front of her. Similarly, Natsume clapped one hand, her fingers striking the heel of her palm, and Chico, Wisp, Hooty, and Tryke jogged toward her. Together, the two girls turned to Douken and smiled.

"Oh, Douken, you're in for trouble now," Jaima said with a smirk. "They're going to talk your ear off."

"Quiet you," Mariko deadpanned, then returnedher smile to Douken.

Meiko laughed. "I'm going to go change out of these clothes. Rose, do you need a clean shirt? I'm sure I have something!"

"Awww," both of the younger girls said in unison.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 10 2011, 02:54 PM

To: Twins + Meiko
At: Kuonji Tent

Rose blinked a little as the twins bombarded her with various questions, smiling at their excitement. "Okay, how about I tell you a bit about all of them?" she asked, when she was finally able to get a word in edgewise.

"That's Wyatt, my Rufflet," she explained, pointing to the bird in question. He seemed to be soaking up the attention, puffing up his downy chest feathers and strutting along as best as he could with his short legs. "He's a normal/flying type, and I just got him from the Sky Ranch back there." She jerked a thumb back in its direction, smiling sheepishly. "He was just too adorable to resist."

Moving on, she pointed at Alaia, who gave them a cheerful greeting before returning her attention to her almost one-sided conversation with a mildly irritated Ciar. "The cotton ball over there is Alaia. She's a Cottonee, and yeah, she is a grass type. The one she's sitting on is Ciar, my Zorua. He's a dark type; his species can make illusions." The dark fox looked up briefly at the sound of his name, spotted strangers, and looked away again, somewhat uncomfortably.

Rose just smiled at him before continuing on to the last member of her team. "And finally, the blue monkey over there is Nina, my Panpour." Nina glanced over, giving a friendly wave. "She's a water type, and her species is one of a trio of elemental monkeys. The other two are Pansears, fire types, and Pansages, grass types."

She chatted with the twins a bit more until they reached the tent, at which point she stopped to stare at the spectacle taking place there. She watched the grass types' competition and Ember's fire show, impressed. "Your Pokemon are cool," she remarked admiringly to the trainers of the Pokemon in question.

She continued to watch the Pokemon, happily intrigued -- she hadn't seen many non-Unova Pokemon until arriving in Furoh, and they still fascinated her -- until Mariko's whistle snapped her out of it. Rose examined their teams curiously, looking up when Meiko addressed her. She glanced down at herself consideringly; her shirt was still a bit wet, but mostly clean. It would dry soon enough, and she could deal with it until then. "Ummm... No, I think I'm okay, but thanks anyway." She glanced over at the twins and their Pokemon. "Besides, I want to hear about Mariko's and Natsume's Pokemon," she added with a sheepish smile.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 10 2011, 06:53 PM

To: Rose, Jaima + co.
At: Jaima's tent

Douken gazed at all of the new Pokemon before he saw the black fox. Taking his glasses off, he stared at the black's fox blur, before he finally registered that was the Pokemon they fought, and quite possibly his evolved form. Placing his frames back on, he pulled out a piece from his broken pair and held up the arm with the hanging lens on it. "Zorua, huh? Your species did this to me." As he showed the fox,. he remembered the slots they were looping through (Although the others saw different things), and the Dark Pulse he barked out, causing the damage. The marks of the dark rings were still scratched into the lens.

However, during trhe walk there, he turnd around and looked back to see two familiar Pokemon, and one not familiar. "Well, if it isn't Mercury and Shadow, right? Glad to see you two are well..." before looking to the giant gator, "And a hello to you two, Feraligator."

However, things were interrupted when they got to the tents, and Douken stared at the wave of Pokemon standing about, haves of attacks and performances going off. Watching the twins give off commands, Douken watched the squads of Pokemon gather up before being warned about being talked his head off, before Rose and Meiko giving a distraction. It was enough time for him to release his team of six as well.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 11 2011, 12:36 AM

Twila smiled as Kenz introduced herself as NOT Princess Nanami. She seemed to be a nice girl, with good Pokemon too. Then Finn introduced his Pokemon to Fae, who nodded to them both. Twila could tell he was very proud of them both for doing such a stellar job in their battle. Heck, she was proud of them too, along with her own Pokemon. Finn then turned to Twila and said, "And don't worry about it, Twila. This night's been one heck of an adventure. Maybe I should stick with you a little longer, huh?"

Twila suppressed the urge to squeak nervously and instead said, "I-I would like that." Mai smiled up at Twila while Merle crossed his arms and pouted. Then it clicked that she had not punished Kimber or Merle for the cake incident yet. She looked down at them both, and they knew that their punishment was at hand. "All right you two, you march back to the tent and play guard Pokemon to the egg, got it?" They both nodded glumly as Twila handed off the egg-incubator-combo to Merle, and they trudged away with no prospects of an exciting night. Twila watched them go with mixed emotions: she was proud of herself for not letting them get away with a nasty trick, but she also felt a little bad. It was like being a parent and punishing your child.

The area around the stall was now mysteriously empty, which was a little creepy to Twila. There weren't any people there anymore besides Finn and Kenz, so why did it feel like she was being watched? Probably because of the dozens of Absols watching them all from between stall tents and inside dark shadows. Twila shuddered and instinctively took a step closer to Finn. Mai clutched Twila's leg in fear of the dark-types. Fae, on the other hand, stood her ground and growled softly. "Uh, F-finn? Why don't we go s-somewhere more...well lit..." It was true that there was only a single lamp in this part of the 'Con, making for a very creepy atmosphere, and even more shadows for Absols - and any other unspeakable things - to hide in.

Posted by: Xpedential Jun 11 2011, 01:14 AM

James had swiped his card, after quite a wait it put in his pin code. Then after another wait it came up on the machine 'Accepted'. James had paid for the rare egg and now he was eager to get it off the employee, and that's exactly what he did. James threw his arms out as he took the egg of the owner carefully not trying to hurt it. James then grasped the egg not to tightly so that he could nurture it. This pokemon was his first pokemon to hatch from an egg so it had to be a bit special in James's mind. But then he heard the employee talk to him again as he said,

"Oh and the name of the pokemon inside that egg is Deino."

Deino. James now knew that 'Deino' was going to hatch from this egg. He didn't mind how long it was going to take to hatch, he would just try to bond with it. James thanked the employee and then walked away from the stall, his pokemon followed all gazing at the egg in James's hand. They all wanted to see it, so James lowered himself down to the ground and Sandy, Jolt, Muddy and Trikey were happy to see the egg in front of them. James didn't know why but they were just as attracted to the egg as he was. James stood back up as he kept walking along the grass nurturing the egg and trying not to forget about his other pokemon.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 11 2011, 07:35 AM

To:Nobody
Where:Behind poffin stand-ish.

The stand Luke and Kaya were at wasn't far away from the poffin stand where the performing troupe battled Finn, Kenz and Twila, so when the fighting began, it caught their attention pretty well. Both of them returned their pokemon (Manera excluded) and ran to the site. Before they could reach it, though, they were challenged by a pair of clowns. One sent out a natu, and the other, a cubchoo. Kaya didn't have time to scan them with her pokedex at the moment, but she did recall the natu was a psychic/flying type and cubchoo, and ice type. A psychic pokemon would be tough. If only she had a dark type like an absol, or a... absol!

"Let's do this Beacon!" Kaya shouted, calling out the disaster pokemon she had just caught earlier that evening. Beacon looked at the trainer and sighed inwardly. She didn't trust humans. Not any more, that is. She used to have a trainer. She'd thought he loved her. He treated her special, spent more time with her than any other pokemon he had. But then, he simply watched with a smirk as she took the hit that had cost her her leg. In the pokemon center, where they had had to amputate the now-useless limb he had acted worried, but once nobody was looking he abandoned her. Left her in the middle of a dry dessert. That was a mere three weeks ago. She had wandered aimlessly until she found her way here. The moment she stepped foot in the valley she had known something was wrong, but she didn't make a big deal of trying to get everyone's attention, like the others of her kind that had swarmed the area did. She'd kept to herself at the buffet, and, of course, a human had found her. She wasn't used to walking on three legs yet, and the human had caught her. Still, something seemed... different about this one. Maybe she'd stay, at least until she figured out if this girl was different from her old trainer.

Kaya didn't have anything at an advantage over the cubchoo with any of her pokemon. Luke did, though. Ice was weak to fire, steel, and fighting. That would mean a good matchup would be whoop or...

"Strall, use scratch" Luke said, releasing his pawniard. The steel and fighting type swiped at the cubchoo with it blades, knocking it back. It responded with a blast of powdery snow, which had melted by the time it reached strall.

"Beacon, scratch!" Kaya ordered. The absol lashed out with its claws at the natu, but it teleported before the move hit. Teleport, that would make the natu near-impossible to hit. Kaya remembered Beacon using taunt in the battle that Kaya caught it in. Later, as she waited for Manera to heal in the pokemon center, kaya had learned that taunt made the target only able to use moves that directly deal damage. At first she couldn't see why anyone would want to use such a move, but now it was starting to make sense. "Now, use taunt," She commanded. The natu became enrage and, solely by luck, landed a peck attack on the absol's back. Now Beacon unleashed scratch after scratch on the little bird pokemon until it soon fainted.

"Strall, fury cutter," Luke told his pokemon. Strall slashed at the cubchoo, who managed to land a powder snow in the heat. Under the command of her trainer the pawniard kept using fury cutter, which became stronger after each hit. It didn't take long to faint it's opponent.

The clown with the natu had fled, but the other one had sent out a second pokemon, a chachot. "Strall fury cutter again," Luke said. The sharp blade pokemon's bug move was much stronger than it's base power, but it still took two of them and a scratch to defeat it, due to type matchups. Still, it was an embarrassing defeat. Before running away with his partner, the clown broke the chachot's pokeball under his foot, releasing it. Then, without a word, ran back to the caravan.

Luke picked up the bird pokemon and told it, "Hey little guy. If you want you could come with us." The chachot nodded enthusiastically, apparently warming up to the kind trainer quickly. It got an empty pokeball out of Luke's bag and pressed the center button with it's beak. The pokeball clicked immediately, signaling the chachot hadn't struggled. He sent it back out, where it hopped on his shoulder and whistled.

"Now," He said, "You need a name. How about Chatter?" The chachot shook it head.

"Notes?" Another no.

"Are you a female?" A nod.

"Then... how's Harmony sound?" The chachot nodded again, whistling.

"Harmony it is, then!" The newly dubbed harmony flew in circles around luke's head, happy to have a name. Seeing that everyone left at the stand seemed fine, Kaya and Luke took their pokemon to the pokemon center to be healed.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 11 2011, 09:53 AM

To: Everyone
Location: All over PokeCon

As the night marched onward, the festivities continued. While many trainers were attempting to get some sleep and stalls were beginning to close up shop, the more active trainers were still eager to party into the next day. One trainer brought a large boombox stereo and a generator to plug it into. As soon as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i8tCNDTr3I started playing, dozens of trainers gathered around the area, forming an impromptu dance club. Even their pokemon participated in the fun, performing all sorts of tricks on the dance floor. One particularly spunky hitmonlee was repeatedly sweeping his feet across the ground in a circular motion, gathering quite a following. The beats and trances emanated throughout the fairgrounds, much to the chagrin of sleepy visitors.

In addition, the ferris wheel still had quite a line of people. Various couples were eager to take a ride amongst the stars, though a few had to be pulled out early for “inappropriate behavior.” Other trainers gathered around various campfires for stories of suspense and hilarity, as evidenced by the gasps and bellows of laughter around the tents. This was indeed a magical place to be.

And then the music stopped.

The participants of the dance party looked back to the stereo to see that the cord had been cut. The perpetrator: one of those pesky absols! He had cut the power cord with his horn in order to keep things quiet. Before the trainers could react, a loud howl echoed over the area. Another absol, placed at the top carriage of the ferris wheel, was crying out to the humans and pokemon, its echoed voice reaching all ears.

“What?” Pan said suddenly as she jerked her head towards the ferris wheel. “It’s an absol! Come with me, Justin. I have to get closer.”

Pan rushed off of the picnic blanket and raced towards the source of the noise. Her pokemon abandoned their posts and followed. The eerie behavior of the dark types made them all a bit uneasy. All the while, Pan was setting up her camera to take video. She quickly stopped and zoomed in on the absol, able to record both its movements and sound. All eyes were set on the wailing absol, all except those of the other absols. Their eyes were set towards the sky, anticipating the disaster they had forseen.

As soon as the absol stopped screeching, it immediately started climbing off the amusement ride, dashing between steel beams and carriages. The rest of the absols made equally hasty retreats towards the forest. One absol tore through a tent in order to escape into the nearby forest. They all knew what was coming, and none of them had any intention to stick around to confirm their predictions.

One moment, the absols were numerous. The next, absolutely (no pun intended) no wild absols remained on the fairgrounds. One would think that would make people feel more comfortable, what with no prophets of doom hanging over everyone’s shoulders. On the contrary, it made many people feel even tenser.

“Everyone, return,” Pan said, absorbing all her pokemon into their pokeballs. She wasn’t a believer in superstition, but she couldn’t help but feel that something terrible was about to happen. She had forgotten that her camera was still running, dangling around her neck as it waited for what happened next.

“What do you make of all of this,” she asked Justin, her voice still steady. She wasn’t afraid (not yet anyways); just very...OK, maybe a little afraid. She kept looking all around to see the reactions of other trainers. They too were talking in worried voices. Some began to regret not paying heed to the absols…

Posted by: Proby Jun 11 2011, 02:32 PM

~Alex

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 11 2011, 05:04 PM

To: No one
Where: Buffet table

The scenes unfolding around them seemed to go by faster than they realized. Music and lights and Pokemon cries were abundant, people shouting orders and requests littered through it all. The sun had sunk lower in the sky. Lights were coming on all over the camp, and fire Pokemon were helping to light a hundred or so bonfires all over the camp. The smell of fresh food wafted through the area, signaling yet another course being prepared for the buffet table. This, of course, was the world as Anita saw it, while she and her little troupe continued to systematically clear the table.

Anita and her Pokemon continued to cram food away like living vacuum cleaners, clearing the dishes on the table in seconds. Nyan-nyan, the Skitty, seemed to be more drawn to the sweets, along with Poof, the Mankey. Fluffy, the Growlithe, found every meat dish to his taste, and proceeded to rip and tear at the succulent morsels. Excalibur, the strange little Snivy in a white top hat and carrying a cane, was somehow managing to keep himself clean. Napkin in hand, he wandered from dish to dish, sampling bits from one or another as he saw fit. Anita was right in the middle of the action, grabbing everything in reach, and shoving it into her mouth.

Finally, after clearing an almost unbelievable two hundred and sixteen platters of their contents, the lot of them suddenly turned and looked at one another. Anita and Nyan-nyan stared at one another for a few seconds before Anita opened her arms wide to her Pokemon, welcoming them into a hug. Poof and Fluffy both jumped towards her, and collided in midair. Crying out the two Pokemon fell in a tangled heap of fur and limbs. Anita and Nyan-nyan looked at them, concerned.

Poof and Fluffy landed in a heap on the ground. The two glared at each other, still entangled. Anita knew that Mankey's were prone to fits of rage, so she pulled Fluffy off of Poof. "Careful, guys." she said. "My hugs aren't going anywhere." Anita picked the Growlithe up in her arms and hugged him briefly before setting him down on his paws. Looking over at Poof, she spread her arms wide to welcome him into an embrace. Poof looked up at Anita in surprise, shaken out of his anger by the love in Anita's eyes. Poof smiled, and jumped up into her arms.

Posted by: Amissa Jun 11 2011, 08:52 PM

To: Delainey (somewhat of a belated response) and then no one in particular
Location: Shops and then later on the dance floor and the ferris wheel

Delainey had run off into the crowd and Daniel had no idea why. She darted off so quickly that she didn't even notice that her shoes fell off her feet as she ran. "Hey, Delainey!" He called, running over and grabbing her shoes. She didn't hear him though. She was long gone. "What the heck do you think that was about?" Daniel asked out loud, waving one of Delainey's shoes in each hand. He had the urge to tie the laces together and throw them over something tall where everyone could see. Delainey would have to ask her bird pokemon to get it down for her. However, the risk of his adorable prank ending up as just plain annoying was a bit too high and he stored the shoes in his pack, assuming that Delainey would want them back later.

Looking around, Daniel found that he could no longer see Amelia's honey stall through the crowd. He probably would see it again if he just went back the way that he'd come, but a tank filled with newborn baby seel being looked after by their dewgong mother was an irresistible pull to him. He wasn't sure how long he spent gazing at those babies with wide lovesick eyes, but by the time he tore himself away even his extremely patient ninjask was well ready to move on. "It's about time to meet Mom and Dad for dinner anyway."

After he'd eaten dinner with his parents, the sun was beginning to set. A space was cleared for dancing, and Daniel eagerly participated, momentarily forgetting about investigating with Amelia, Delainey's shoes, and the mysterious absols. Geb danced too, twirling around and around or swaying to and fro and otherwise shaking his insect groove thing. Daniel wasn't a bad dancer, but he seemed to slip up and trip if any pretty girls wandered his way. On at least one occasion, this worked in his favor since the pretty girl apparently thought clumsy awkward guys were cute. He talked to her for a bit, and even led her over to the ferris wheel, where the two enjoyed a glimpse at the starry sky.

Daniel was far too shy to try anything "inappropriate". He hardly knew her, after all. He'd learned that her name was Jessica and that she had a thing for bird type pokemon. She was blonde and wore her hair back in a ponytail. She was very cheerful and loved her pokemon as any trainer should. "Of course not all bird pokemon fly, you know. I have a torchic. He's so cute and fluffy! I also have a piplup, but I also have a pidgeot."

"Wow, sounds like that one must be really well trained." Daniel commented. He was blushing bright red, visible even in the moonlight and he kept fidgeting nervously. He leaned forward as she talked, as though he hung on her every word. If she considered this creepy, she didn't show it.

"Of course! Apollo was my very first pokemon. I caught him as a pidgey when I was a little girl. Nothing and no one could be dearer to me." Just then, the music from the dance floor below cut off as a horrifying bellow erupted from one of the carriages above them. "It's one of the absol," Jessica cried in terror. "What are they doing?"

Daniel looked up at the carriage, but then up at the stars, in the same direction that the absol were gazing. What did they see there that upset them so? However, the scariest part was when all of the absol ran off. Even the one in the top of the ferris wheel got away by climbing down the beams.

A profound silence and confusion seemed to have settled. Neither Jessica nor Daniel spoke. Most people on the ferris wheel wanted to get off now, but the two of them would have to go all the way up before the wheel would turn them back down and they could get off. Daniel worried how long that would take or what might happen in the meantime.

"Hey Jessica, how many pokemon do you have that can fly?"

"Why do you want to know? Do you think we'll have to fly?" Jessica snapped. She glared at him, and Daniel didn't know what he'd said wrong. He wasn't blushing anymore, and a very different kind of anxiety had settled over him. It wasn't the sort that made him act silly or quiet or clumsy, it was the sort that came over him before a challenge. He knew he was scared, and he could acknowledge that, but he would have to keep his wits if they really ended up in danger.

"I don't know. I just thought it'd be nice, you know, to have a pokemon that could fly you around."

There was an awkward pause before Jessica said, "Apollo can carry me. He's so big and strong now, he could probably carry you too if he had to."

"That'd be nice...you know, in an emergency or whatever..." Daniel responded uneasily. Geb was safely stored in his pokeball at this point, and though the bug type could fly, Daniel didn't think Geb could carry him. He didn't know why the absols were upset, but if something was about to happen, the top of the ferris wheel was probably the worst place to be. At least with a pokemon that could fly, they wouldn't necessarily be stranded.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 11 2011, 09:33 PM

Who: Justin Smart
To: Pan
Location: Ferris Wheel

Justin smiled as Pan reciprocated his double entendre, and wondered if he sounded that goofy. "God I hope I didn't sound that goofy just now," He touched his face and silently cursed himself for not shaving that day. He wasn't scraggly or anything, and there was no visible beard, but his face was still a little bumpy. It would be a problem when he undoubtedly kissed her later that night. Things were going really well!

"I'm really gl-" he stopped before he could finish as the music cut off rather loudly. He jerked his head in that direction and heard the awkward howling.

"What?" Pan asked, also looking in that direction.

"I have no idea," Justin shook his head. "There's something going on, though."

"It’s an absol! Come with me, Justin. I have to get closer."

"Sure,"

Together, they ran through the crowd as Pan fumbled to get her camera out and document the situation. All of a sudden, though, the Absols, in unison, left the area entirely. Justin stood, arms crossed, and watched the pokemon run without any sort of regard for objects or people in their way. He held out his left hand to Pan's stomach and took a few steps back, pushing her body with him as an Absol charged right through where they had just stood.

"What do you make of all this?" She asked.

"It's not a publicity stunt," Justin shook his head. "But my instinct tells me to follow the pokemon. They left for a reason. Just, whatever happens, stay with me, okay? Something bad's about to happen."

Posted by: FirePower Jun 11 2011, 11:04 PM

Beacon seemed scared of something. It had tried to run away, and Kaya had to recallit to git the disaster back under controll. Whatever was going on, it must have been coming soo, because none of the absol were eager to stick around. She thought about following them out of pokecon, but thought better of it. Surely ithere wasn't really a disaster. All those legnds surrounding absols were just folklore, right? Still, she decided she might as well take one precaution for her pokemon. Manera didn't have a pokeball yet, which could prove inconvenient and even dangerous for the blitzle. She bought a pokeball from a late-night vendor and assigned it to Manera. Normally it would travel alongside Kaya like it ussually did, but if there was an emergency, or Kaya needed to get to a place it couldn't access, then it would go into the ball. Luke had also returned Strall and Harmony.

Preparing for the worst, Luke and Kaya went to the spot that they had set up their camp, towards the edge of the valley. Luke had gotten himself a tent, but Kaya prefered to sleep under the starts with only a small, tattered sleeping bag, just as she had done for the past three years since her folks disappeared. Their backpacks, full of supplies, were there. They grabbed them and went back into the crowd, looking for whatever the absol were warning of.

Posted by: Fei Fei Jun 12 2011, 12:11 AM

To: No one in particular.
Location: From Buffet Table to the Ferris Wheel area.


A starry-eyed interviewer, accompanied by a faithful cameraman, had been stalking the tables of the buffet area earlier in the evening, ensnaring food-eaters at absolutely the worst moments (read, just after having stuffed a burrito with everything on it into a mouth already crammed with fries) in order to ask them what they thought of PokeCon. How has your experience been, so far? In one to two meaningful words, how would you rate this phenomenal event? Have you ever thought of attending an event like this before? Alex, who'd been mercifully empty-mouthed when she'd been pounced upon, had calmly and very reasonably answered that, no, she'd never thought about attending something like PokeCon before because nothing like PokeCon had ever existed before, and, choosing her one to two meaningful words with the utmost care, declared the "INTERVIEW OVER."

Leaving the intrepid reporter and still-rolling camera to find another target, Alex stood up from the table and starting walking along through the rows of food. As she walked, the questions rolled around in her head, and she considered them more carefully now that she wasn't getting a microphone shoved in her face. She was having a wonderful time here at PokeCon, she noted with a small, pleased smile. Hiiro noticed the upward twitching of her lips from where he was strolling along by her side, and he glanced up, looking at his sister questioningly. She just smiled down at him in answer, and he smiled back, and they continued walking.

She'd arrived late to the convention, which had been bound to happen, really. She'd been lost in the woods for longer than she'd liked to admit with MD and Dynh, and after finally finding civilization, the three girls had agreed to temporarily part ways. It wasn't through any lack of chemistry - in fact, Alex was already missing the nurse and nutcase terribly - but she had honestly feared for her sanity at the thought of spending too much time around Dynh, and with a meaningful glance between them, she and MD had decided that it would be best if they all went along on their own for a while, so that the next time they met, they could at least navigate a forest without nearly killing themselves (Alex maintained that getting lost in a forest was perfectly excusable when the forest was actively working against you). Once on her own, Alex had been almost immediately inundated with news about some upcoming event known only as "PokeCon." PokeCenters, billboards, fliers - she couldn't have ignored it all if she was blind and deaf, and she didn't particularly want to ignore it, either. She grew more and more excited with each advertisement she saw, until she finally made up her mind to just go.

Because she'd had to backpack it all the way to the Starfall Field, Alex had managed to get to the Convention just before the sign-ins had closed up. She might have missed out on a bit of the beginning festivities, but she had no problem in immersing herself in the energy and excitement of the convention itself. First, she'd been so mesmerized by the setting itself that a good chunk of her first day had simply consisted of visiting the craters of the Field - a little pidgy even told her that the craters were good for finding Moon Stones, and though most of the craters she'd searched were bare, she just knew that she'd find a merchant somewhere selling them. Hime and Oiji had practically hummed in anticipation with the mere thought of it.

Then, most of the rest of her day had been spent by the Breeders' tables, where an enthusiastic young man had stopped her when he saw the egg she was carrying protectively in her arms. After asking her where she'd gotten such a healthy-looking egg, they'd fallen into an easy conversation about the best way to care for eggs, and how to get them to hatch quickly (but not too quickly - the man had seemed staunchly opposed to the practice of using a slugma's Flame Body to speed up an egg's natural hatching rate). Alex had only wanted to escape from the conversation twice, which was pretty good for a two-hour conversation (the first time had been when he'd gone into a - blissfully short - tangent concerning ditto-breeding and the curiosity of the DNA carrying in that case, and then, later, when he'd gone into diversity within breeding categories. Alex had been prepared to shout "Fire!" into a crowd when he'd inevitably brought up skitty and wailord breeding, just to shut him up).

And that brought her to the buffet, where she, Hiiro, Kuchi, Hime, Ouji, and Unnamed Egg (or Ugg, as she affectionately called it) had enjoyed a meal before trailing off out of the foot-tent to the Ferris Wheel field.

Then, just as she was walking along, looking around at the lights and people absently, the music cut off, and the field when eerily silent. The silence from lack of background noise that she'd gotten so used to almost made her ears hurt, and she quickly glanced around, looking for the source of the - an absol? Alex's eyebrows drew together in confusion. She had heard someone mention earlier that an influx of Absol sightings had had people spooked, but to cut the music off (it wasn't that bad) and to cause this fuss? She pouted to herself, and then set her shoulders as she hurriedly walked towards where the commotion seemed to be coming from. She might be hilariously out of the loop, but she was sure to find someone who'd be able to tell her what was going on.

Posted by: Ozzy Jun 12 2011, 09:53 AM

To: No one in particular.
Location: Delainey's tent.

Delainey frantically searched her tent looking for her egg. Where did it go? She was so afraid that something might have happened to it. She couldn't think straight. All she could think about was her egg. "Is this what you're looking for?" Delainey turned around to see a young man holding her egg.

"Oh thank you! So much!" I was so worried about you, she thought to herself. "I really can't thank you enough." The young man handed Adelaine her egg back and extended his hand to her.

"Hello, I'm Adair." Delainey grasped his hand and shook it, exchanging hellos. A woman, young and fair-haired, holding a very small child walked up to Adair and smiled at Delainey. "This is my wife, Elizabeth, and our daughter Evangeline." The child was the most adorable thing she had ever seen, so small and... perfect. Delainey introduced herself to Elizabeth before the child began to cry.

"Adair, darling, she really needs to get some sleep." Delainey thanked him again and then the family walked off towards their tent. It wasn't far from Delainey's and she could see that dragon Pokemon were painted all over it. He must be a dragon tamer.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 12 2011, 12:28 PM

To: Everyone
Location: All over PokeCon

Just like that, the festivities stopped. People were far too tense to celebrate. The absols had given one final warning, leaving the crowd wondering what would happen next. People were mimicking the absols by gazing into the night sky. Unfortunately, a blanket of clouds obscured their view, its secret remained just that.

Pan held onto Justin’s hand. It felt nice that he was ready to whisk her away at a moment’s notice. He too shared Pan’s feelings on the situation: that something was about to occur, and it wouldn’t be good. Still, Pan had a better idea than Justin acting as a shield.

“If we need to get out of here, I have Fenrir. Don’t worry, you’re safe with me,” Pan said in a sarcastic tone, patting Justin’s hand. Somehow, she was able to pull a joke out at a time like this.

About the only person not worried about the impending doom was Ms. Thingamabob, one of the organizers for PokeCon. She was riding around in a golf cart, addressing everyone through a loudspeaker system.

“Alright everyone. The absols are gone, which means the disaster is over! Yay! Everyone back to partying! The food’s going to be put up, so you better hurry up if you want seconds- HOLY CARP!”

Those who were still gazing into the sky bore witness to a spectacular and terrifying sight. A portion of the sky grew brighter and brighter; something big and fiery was about to arrive. Sure enough, a meteor streaked downward and across the fairgrounds. Though no one was in danger of getting hit, the meteor was far too close for comfort. It sounded as though it were just above the participants’ heads; that wasn’t too far from the truth. The space debris landed quite a distance from the main fair grounds, though it felt much closer. Visitors could feel the earth tremble under their feet; a few people lost balance and fell over as a result. If that didn’t scare anyone, the enormous BOOM that followed certainly did. Several people screamed in terror. Pan however stayed firm, catching the entire scenario on her camera, her other hand grasping on Justin’s.

More significantly, the meteor seemed to have created a ditch, dragging the earth with it in its crash landing. In actuality, that ditch was actually an underground tunnel, one that hadn’t been opened for a millennia.

After calming her own nerves, Ms. Thingamabob addressed the audience once more.

“O-OK…that was the disaster. A-and it’s over. So c-c-c-c-carry on. And s-stay away from that rock. It could be radioactive or…or…”

The organizer’s face shifted to sheer terror as looked into the sky. It was lighting up far more than last time. It wasn’t just one meteor coming. It was a downpour.

Hundreds of people and pokemon were running around in sheer panic as meteors rained down upon them and the fair grounds. The rocks ranged in size from that of pebbles to boulders that were crushing anything underneath them. The fiery rocks were setting the structures ablaze: stalls and tents were the first to go. Stadiums only recently finished were getting bombarded by space debirs. It wouldn’t be long until they fell.

As for the people, they faced a double threat to their lives: In addition to the threat of large rocks crushing them, the sheer amount of panicked people and pokemon threatened to trample their fellow beings should they cross their path.

“Fenrir!” Pan summoned her arcanine and quickly climbed upon his back. After helping Justin up, she told him her plan.

“We have to get everyone to that ditch. It’s the only safe spot left. I’m going to take you over there, but we need the others to follow.”

With a soft nudge to his ribs, Fenrir started running towards the first fallen meteor in hopes that the ditch was a suitable shelter. The arcanine zigzagged around people and meteors as fast as possible, while Pan shouted at the top of her lungs.

“TO THE DITCH! TO THE DITCH!” she shouted. “Chi-Chi, we need to draw peoples’ attention!”

The pachirisu obliged, climbing up behind Pan’s head. Chi-Chi performed her flash attack in such a way as to make a strobing light, similar to those on top of emergency vehicles. If this didn’t work, Pan would have to go back into the danger zone and try again. Whether she would make it out of the first trip (much less a second attempt) did not enter her mind. For now, she wanted to get Justin, Darryn, Douken, Meiko, and all those she had yet to meet out of harm’s way.

One thing was for sure: Starfall Field was earning its namesake...

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 12 2011, 02:38 PM

Who: Darryn
To: Tag
Where: Buffet - moving on to a large stage just north of the Buffet.

"Friends?" Darryn sighed and rolled his eyes in the direction that Lyla had gone. "Um, yeah. Jaima and Meiko were my travelling buddies not so long ago. Therewas a younger girl called Tuesday, too... But Lyla didn't mention her... That's weird - I would've thought she'd stick with Jaima no matter what. Anyway, we've been together a fair old while but I decided to go solo... with Lyla... for a while. We didn't fall out or anything - I just had some, I guess you could call them differences or interest?"

He cut it off there. The recent split from the others was not something that Darryn thought made good conversation, especially with a near stranger. Not wanting to change the topic too much but still move it on, Darryn grabbed a box of chicken wings from the buffet and indicated to Tag that a stage for the evening musicians was going through sounds checks and would be starting up with some live music soon. Together, they started to make their way over.

"So, did you travel with anyone?" Darryn asked, offering up a chicken wing as he took one for himself. "Or are you more of a lone ranger type?"

Towards the other side of the field, closer to the Ferris Wheel, a commotion started up as the numerous wild Absol began to go crazy. Yes, Darryn could hear the Absol yelling and yes, he was a little freaked out by them, but what was more overwhelming was the sheer shift in emotion all around PokeCon. He squinted back the Emotaglows that began to break uninvited into his vision and erected a barrier to stop himself from being swamped by the confusion and worry flooding across Starfall Field.

"O...K..." Darryn watched as the many Absol burst away and towards the far forests. "That was weird..."

A voice rang over the loudspeaker system by Darryn was too busy blocking the emotions all around him to pay it any attention. Emotions that were rapidly becoming out of control...

"Oh my God!!!" Screams split the air as the attentions of trainers attending PokeCon turned skyward. Darryn's half eaten chicken wing fell from his hand as his wide-eyed gaze followed the path of a descending meteor over their heads, crashing into a nearby field. The ground literally shook with its impact and the box of chicken was dropped completely. Darryn looked panic-stricken to Tag and for a moment was struck by a realisation: it was the same look he normally gave Jaima when something was going wrong. Did he always look to someone else for help and guidance in bad situations?

A flaming streak of red in Darryn's vision suddenly stole his attention. Another meteor was coming down! And another! And...

"Get down!" Darryn grabbed the Quick Ball at his right hip and threw it over Tag's head. "Romeo, Protect now!" The ball span free and the Jolteon darted into the air, a green forcefield growing out from his centre in an instant to meet with the descending ball of flame. It bounced off the Protect field, thundering harmlessly into the grass nearby. Darryn stooped to scratch Romeo's head upon his return and looked to Tag again. "What do we do now?!"

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 12 2011, 03:56 PM

Kenz nodded nervously. "Yeah, I think we should move to somewhere with more-"

She was cut off by the complete stop in celebration. Standing up, she noticed that the rides had stopped, the music had stopped, and to her surprise, the Absols were running away. Every last one of them had utterly dashed away, and a person in charge seemed to be comforting everyone. You know, up until a giant meteor raced above everyone's heads.

Kenz relaxed slightly after it wizzed above her head and landed far away from the field. That was the disaster, right? That is, until she realized it wasn't just a meteor. It was a meteor storm.

Meteors landed everywhere, on top of carts, destroying the contents inside. One hit a power line, and sparks flew near the Poffin cart. Kenz ducked out of the way before a particularly large one smashed it to pieces. Metapod stayed submerged in her arms, all confidence from the former battle evaporated. Kenz eyes widened as she realized that Pidee was still in the Sky Ranch stall. She hadn't had enough room for his Pokeball, so she left his there. She began running toward the stall, but a tug pulled her back. She whipped around in fury, and saw Tropius's mouth on her kimono tail. Tropius seemed to say, "He's fine. Go to safety. You'll meet him later."

Kenz understood and, with a small tear on her cheek, she jumped onto her back and prepared to have her fly the three young and terrified kids, Kenz, Finn, and Twila, to the ditch that a very loud Pachirisu was pointing to.

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 12 2011, 05:41 PM

To: No one in particular
Where: A little south of Pan


Liz scrambled to return her pokemon, which had mostly panicked, except Ryan. She wanted to stare at the impending shower of stone, but that would be suicide. She glanced around warily for shelter and heard a girl screaming to run for a ditch. Liz recognized the girl from earlier and immediatly headed in her direction. Where had this party gone wrong...??

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She had left after realizing the group she had found was alright. No use missing the party, right? She wandered off to the buffet and grabbed some snacks (and let Greg and Oreo rejoin her duo) before heading to the tent. Both the PokeCon and the long bus ride to it had worn her out, and she wanted a nap. She found Kelli running with Serena from an angry and frightened woman whom Kelli had scared. Liz calmed the woman and scolded her zorua before going inside her tent. Night had fallen by then, and she slept peacefully, Ryan guarding the tent with Greg.

When she woke around midnight she pulled out her flashlight and went back to PokeCon for some rides. The sky was dark, and the absols had vanished; it was very creepy. She turned off her flashlight and listened and watched the destructive rampage begin.

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Now she was running for her life from space rocks. Liz screamed in unison with the girl, "TO THE DITCH! TO THE DITCH! EVERYONE GET TO THE DITCH!!!!" She used all of her leg power to run. She froze and screeched to a stop. The stall pokemon! Liz turned sharply around. "THE EGGS AND POKEMON!" She bolted along and ran towards PokeCon, dodging the people carefully and into the mass of semi-crushed tents. A few people had also realized the situation and followed or were already at the breeding stall. Liz grabbed up several eggs and carefully grabbed a ralts, which had been among the baby pokemon. She loaded them all into a nearby thrown out duffel bag and bolted back to where the ditch was.

Posted by: Arcyena Jun 12 2011, 06:08 PM

Who: Chris Portnoy
To: No-one in-particular
Where: Initially Poke-Con entrance, moving towards the ditch

“Man, I can’t believe I missed the first day of this thing” Chris sighed heavily as he finally found himself entering the site of ‘Poké-Con’, Starfall Field. At the moment, he didn’t particularly care that he was seemingly talking to himself, or rather that there was no ‘seemingly’ about it, nor was he actually too bothered that he had missed the festivities of the opening day, despite what he may have voiced earlier. In all honesty, he was just so-damn-glad to finally get here. Seriously, the amount of detours he had to take to get here was so remarkable, the still-teenage adult had began to wonder just whether someone had been sabotaging his route as he made his way here, either that, or all these Legends of Absol’s foretelling disasters actually held some truth to it.

You see, as well as having numerous ‘incidents’ on the way here, Chris had also come across numerous members of this species of Pokémon as he made his way here, much more than he had ever seen back home, which was quite strange when one considered just whereabouts he lived in Hoenn. Admittedly, he hadn’t seen one after the first incident, so that may well have just been bad luck, but as the Male had neared Starfall Field, the sight of an Absol became more and more common, the most recent of Chris’ misfortunes actually being looked over by no less than not one, not two, but three of these admittedly magnificent creatures.

Just what was going on? He couldn’t honestly say, but clearly, Chris’ recent trend of suffering through endless misfortune was far from over. It was bad enough that three bridges being closed, an overflowing river, and a landslide had managed to massively delay his arrival at this convention by at least a whopping 72 hours (yes, he had in fact intended to get here, or somewhere near, a few days early), not to mention the fact that he had been separated from someone who appeared that she would be a most excellent travelling companion, but now his destination was currently being struck by something he had never seen, nor expected to ever lay eyes on in his entire life-time.

The shockwaves as each piece of ‘space-debris’ hit the earth’s surface were truly phenomenal. For the first few impacts, Chris could do no more than stagger around like a baby Deerling learning how to walk, his already exhausted legs trying their best not to buckle as the teen eventually figured out a method for maintaining his balance after each impact. “What the hell?” didn’t even come close to mirroring the confusion going through his mind, and no additional profanities could possibly change that. Still, he couldn’t just stay confused; he had to get to safety, for his own sake and his Pokémon’s. Fortunately, they were all inside their Pokéballs right now, meaning that he literally just had to focus on finding a safe location, which at first seemed like an impossible prospect when you consider that what he was trying to take cover from was a meteor shower, resulting in him running deeper into the convention grounds as he attempted to find some suitable shelter.

Buildings were out of the question; a meteor could quite easily take out the roof of it and simply provide more debris to crush the young man and his Pokémon companions, so where exactly was he meant to head? Amongst the general commotion, the teen spotted some kind of fluorescent light display out of the corner of his eye, causing him to catch a glimpse of a Female figure yelling something about… a ditch?

A ditch? Did he hear that right? What good would a ditch do? If anything, the lower someone was, the higher the impact of the meteor due to it’s higher resultant velocity as it falls closer to the ground, right? However, it soon became apparent to Chris that the female didn’t really mean any simple old ditch, as he should have imagined. After a quick look around as he had continued to run, his desperate search for shelter currently massively dwarfing the exhaustion he could feel in his legs, Mr Portnoy had caught a glimpse of said ‘ditch’, and even after a brief glimpse, he could already tell it was more than just a little hole in the ground. As for what exactly it was, he couldn’t be sure, something which seemed to be a growing trend at the moment, but that didn’t really matter at the moment. That ‘ditch’ was currently his best bet of survival at the moment, and he had to get there at all costs.

Veering his previously straight-line dash to his right, the teen soon continued to run once again in a linear fashion, his body doing everything it was physically capable of as he headed straight towards the sanctuary he sought for himself and his Pokémon from the fiery-debris raining from the heavens. Of course, there was the possibility that Chris would simply find himself being clobbered, or rather crushed, by said debris before he got anywhere near the ‘ditch’, a thought that was admittedly rattling the teen’s mind as he frantically dashed towards cover, the only mild detours he took being a result of his legs being knocked off balance as further impacts made themselves known the only way they could, occasionally causing the athletic young male to occasionally stumble as he struggled to maintain his pace. If he got to... no, once he got to this ditch, he would seriously need a breather, a sign of which being his uncharacteristically harsh breathing.

Posted by: Tekno Jun 12 2011, 06:35 PM

To: No-one
Location: Don't even know anymore

It didn't take long for the Absols to leave the scene after finishing their commotion. Whether this was a good or bad sign was still unknown and thus Tyson returned Oniden to his Safari Ball. As he was about to resume his walk yet another Pokeball from his belt burst open, this time revealing Ceress' white body who simply looked up to his new trainer.

"Let me guess; it's starting. Whatever you guys predicted is about to strike, correct?" the Absol nodded at the question. Tyson's voice was calm for the current situation seeing how freaking out when a disaster of sorts is about to strike didn't help at all. "Can you at least give me a hint of what this is about?" the Absol looked up into the sky as a reply this time.

"...Holy mother of Arceus." it was both a beautiful and horrific sight. A large mass of rock was rupturing through the atmosphere at top velocity and was going to hit very closely, if not the PokeCon itself. The meteor did land (thankfully missing the fairgrounds) and the earth shook with such and impact that some stalls even fell over. This was not the end of it, though, as more and more meteors began to fall like incoming rain.

"Damn it!" Tyson cursed as one of them hit a nearby empty tent. The worse, however, was that his grandparents were still out there. Seeing one of his Pokemon was too risky seeing everyone except Ceress lacked the agility to avoid the meteors. However... That's it! Cookie! The Rotom had been following Tyson during this the whole time! Seeing how it was partly Ghost-type it lacked a physical body and thus it could easily avoid any blows coming from the space rocks. The problem was where they could look for cover. Pretty much everything in the fair was made of cloth combined with wooden supports and those barely protected someone from a gust of wind. That's when a couple rushed by on top of an Arcanine trying to direct everyone to the ditch. If meteors were like lighting and rarely strike twice on the same spot it was worth a try. Besides, solid rock always offered better cover than some random cloth.

"Quick, Cookie, go get gramps and grandma! Bring them to where the first meteor feel! Fast!" the Rotom didn't waste any time and quickly darted off in search of the Ealdwine couple. Neither did Ceress, for that matter, who was already chasing after the Arcanine, leaving Tyson to rely on his two legs to take him to the spot. This wasn't to abandon his trainer, though. It was because he knew that Arcanine from somewhere, even though the last time he saw it it was nothing more than a Growlithe.

<<Well, what do we have here? If it isn't the old street dog.>>

Posted by: FirePower Jun 12 2011, 07:53 PM

To:No one
Where: stalls, sky ranch table

"Oh no." Kaya could only watch as the first meteor fell, creating a large ditch. A couple on an arcanine were directing people to it, as well as another person, who then quickly went back towards the stalls. The pokemon!

"Luke, get to that ditch!" She said, more harsh than usual. A little hesitantly, he left. Kaya tried to return Manera, but the blitzle refused. Beacon also came out, eager to help. Taking materials from an empty stall - it would end up burnt to the ground anyways, so it might as well be put to good use- She made a pair of bags for them to carry baby pokemon and eggs in. They ran towards a stall with several baby pokemon. Kaya with the help of Manera and Beacon, broke open the wire wall of a pen. The baby pokemon crawled into Beacon's bag while Kaya ran into the tent and grabbed eggs to put into Manera's bag. The tent must have had good buisness that day, because they managed to get all of them out. The next stall had done even better, with only a few baby pokemon in a pen. With some of them riding on Manera and beacon's backs, they managed to all fir.

"Take them to the ditch. If I'm not there an hour after you guys... I'm probably dead. Don't bother lookin' for me until this mess gets straightened out." The pokemon needed some urging, but the left for the ditch as well. Kaya ran over to the closest breeder's stall, the Sky Ranch table. She opened the gate and all of the panicked birds inside flew off. One pokemon, that hadn't been in the pens, stayed. It was a pidgey and it looked like it belonged to someone.She was about to walk up and pick it up, but a meteor hit about a hundred yards behind her. It was too far away to be deadly, but it knocked kaya bakwards several feet and flat on her back. She got up into a crawling position, but fell back onto the ground as she heard a thud and the sound of splintering bone as searing pain shot up her left calf.

That was my leg, wasn't it?

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 12 2011, 10:35 PM

To: Darryn
From: Tag
Where: Buffet to stage

"I only actually travelled with one person, and that was somewhat brief." Tag's mind flashed over to Raven, wondering where she'd wound up and how she was faring. He had grown more comfortable with her infilitrating his thoughts, seeing as she was the closest thing to an actual friend Tag had had in a very long time.

His thoughts were rudely interrupted by the raucous Absol. It was sort of haunting, the calls of the Disaster Pokemon across the field. An ominous chill slipped down Tag's spine; his survival instincts told him that something horrible was about to happen. Pity his instincts hadn't kicked in before he decided to travel to the Convention.

Then, a meteor struck. It seemed like the most out-of-place possible occurance. Tag had prepared for a Tsunami to somehow wash over them, or for the earth to simply split open and swallow them whole...but a meteor? Absol's could sense disasters coming from space!? He felt a panicked set of eyes turn to him and he snapped his head over to Darryn. Of course. Darryn might've been a seasoned traveler, but he was still a teenager. This was the same face that Cameron Ramirez had made to him a few times during their stint in Lenoilia.

Darryn yelled "get down", which Tag instinctively responded to. He ducked, and peeked upwards, watching as Darryn's Jolteon sprang in to action.

"What do we do now?" Tag stood back up, momentarily stunned from the sheer amount of stimulus he was receiving. Most people around them were panicking and running, and they were in danger of being trampled.

"Suzu." Out popped Tag's most trusted partner, the Five-Star Pokemon Ledian. "They're yelling 'get to the ditch'. It's either that or die. Suzu, find Lyla and meet us at the ditch." Suzu nodded compliantly and buzzed off.

"Let's go." Tag wasn't sure what the ditch precisely was, but he figured it'd be in the general direction of where most of the crowd was headed. He grabbed Darryn's arm and tugged him before letting go. The small gesture was meant to indicate that he wanted Darryn to follow, and to stay close. With a sort of hopskip start, he began to run.

* * *

Who: Suzu
To: Lyla
Where: ASBFBASDK?

Suzu flitted through the air, her insectoid senses prime for this particular set of conditions: Her antenna allowed her to feel the vibrations in the air, allowing her to avoid the other flying pokemon, but more importantly the meteors falling all around her. She found herself dodging instinctively several times. Yet, she kept her eyes scanning the field, constantly searching for the girl she'd met earlier. She couldn't have gotten too far from Tag and Darryn in that short amount of time, so she had to be fairly nearby.

Sure enough, Suzu found the girl simply because she wasn't moving. In fact, Lyla, whom Suzu had decided she liked, was somewhat unmoving in the midst of all the panic and chaos. Suzu flew forward at full speed, narrowly dodging the debris and people until she was directly before the crying girl. Suzu buzzed insistently at her, even going so far as to tug on her arm in a surprisingly similar fashion to how Tag pulled Darryn's.

"Yan, Yan Yan. Ledi-yan!"

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 13 2011, 09:32 AM

To: Kaya
Where: A short distance from the breeding stalls.


Liz could tell by the distance between her (and everyone else behind her) that there was a nice chance of being blocked off by a meteorite before she could get to the ditch. She slung the duffel bag over her shoulder and looked around. A miracle appeared before her eyes. An ATV! Liz ran to it and checked the keyhole. "Yes!" Keys sat in the ignition, just begging to be turned. She turned it and looked at the machinery. The best thing she ever had learned to drive was a small motorboat, with adult supervision. She pulled a lever and hit one of the pedals, screaming as she was thrown forward while the machine took her backwards.

Liz shoved the lever forward and hit the pedal again, turning after hearing a slam. A girl lied near what Liz recognized as Kenz's pidgey. A meteorite lay smoking about ninety or a hundred yards away. Liz choked as she saw the girl's leg twisted in a way that didn't seem right. A knot formed in her throat, threatening to keep her paralyzed until a meteor would hit her. Liz slowly reached to her belt and pulled out two pokeballs, releasing them into the ATV. Her riolu and taillow now were with her, to aid her, as they had in her father's death. Liz coughed and pointed. "Serena... get the pidgey to Kenz, then fly overhead and alert any pokemon that aren't heading to the ditch. Ryan, help me get her into the ATV." Serena took off towards the pidgey and started rapidly speaking in short, "TAIL TAIL TAILOOOW!"'s while Liz and Ryan got out quickly. Liz lifter her by her back, while Ryan gently held up the teenager's feet so as to not cause pain in her leg.

Together, they carried her into the ATV and set her lying down by the duffel bag of eggs and baby pokemon. Liz got into the driver's seat and pulled back the lever, then slowly moved backwards and turned around. She looked at Ryan. "Watch the bag and her. Make sure they don't fall out." Ryan nodded firmly and sat in the back with the precious cargo, watching it carefully. Liz pushed the lever and headed towards the ditch.

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Serena explained the emergency to the pidgey and flew into the night, dodging meteorites. She looked down at the people and pokemon.

EVERYONE! HELP YOUR PERSON TO THE HOLE IN THE GROUND! A few of the older and smarter ones followed her advice and changed direction slightly, tugging their trainer's along. Serena cawwed and flew back to look for Liz.

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Once she had landed on Liz's shoulder, Liz smiled. "Thank you. Now, let's run for our lives!" She pressed the pedal harder as they sped towards the hole, which grew larger as they approached.

The entire time the ralts in the duffel bag was staring through the cloth, as if she could see Liz in the dark of the bag.

Posted by: Ozzy Jun 13 2011, 03:38 PM

To: No one.
Where: Heading to the ditch.


Rory's sulking didn't last long. Shortly after the Absols had gone, he shot up and stared at the sky. He still was not too fond of Delainey, but he still did not want any harm to come of her. He tugged on her clothing, trying to pull her along. "What is it?" Rory was not giving up and turned to trying to push her along. "Rory, what is it?" He stared up at the sky and howled, alerting Delainey to the oncoming danger.

A flash of light soared through the sky, getting closer and closer to the earth. It was a meteor, not something you see everyday. Sora put out the flames with gusts of wind, made from flapping his wings. The fire went out quickly and Delainey started to pack up her things just as the meteor struck the ground. The ground trembled beneath her feat and everyone around her started screaming. Delainey quickened her pace with her packing, not knowing what was going to happen next. This is what the Absols predicted. This is why they were here.

Delainey recalled all of her Pokemon, except for Rory who refused to return to his Poke ball. She shoved all of her belongings into her bag and started to run off with Rory behind her. She ran for a short distance until she tripped over a piece of the ground which had been loosened by the fallen meteor. Her fall had skinned her knee, but she was ignoring the pain because the rocks falling from the sky was a greater danger.

More and more fell from the sky. It was raining rock and everyone was heading for the first meteor. Delainey got up, but couldn't help running with a limp due to her hurt knee. She heard a noise coming from behind her, which at first she believed to be just the rumbling ground, that turned out to be the sound of an ATV. Adair, the dragon tamer who had saved her egg, pulled up beside her and helped her onto the vehicle. He told her that he sent his wife and child off on his Dragonite, but stayed behind to make sure Delainey had gotten to safety. She was so young and alone that he wanted to make sure that she was okay. They drove off towards the ditch with Rory leading the way. He could sense the change in the air patterns, alerting them to the falling rocks that came in their direction.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 13 2011, 04:14 PM

To:Liz
Where:Near the stalls

"Thanks," Kaya said. She tried to help as a girl- who she recognized as the one who had shouted for everyone to run to the ditch and then ran towards the stalls- and her riolu carried her into an ATV, but with a broken leg she couldn't do much except to stay still and be an easy passenger. The riolu reminded her of Manera and Beacon, hopefully almost to the ditch by now. Had they made it, with all of the pokemon and eggs? Kaya couldn't bear to think about the alternative. They placed her in the back of the vehicle next to a duffel bag that was full of eggs and a baby ralts. The riolu stayed in the back keeping her and the duffel bag from falling off.

Kaya noticed that her hat had stayed on the whole time. This wasn't the first time, either. For instance, there was that time she was pushed into a tree. Whoever had made it must had lined the insides with infernape glue. That, or they were all in some virtual world where some laws of physics were not in use, which was an insane idea. A completely random thought in the midst of all the chaos. Why she was thinking about her hat while their lives were all in jeopardy she had no idea. Must be one of life's great mysteries. She thought, holding on to the back of the ATVs seat for dear life as The girl made it go even faster.
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To:No where
Where:Stalls

It soon became apparent to Beacon and manera that neither of them had the strength to pull a bag full of eggs or baby pokemon through the crowd into the ditch, something neither Kaya nor them had anticipated during their rescue. The two were tired from dodging feet and flaming rocks. Suddenly beacon noticed something. A blue-and-yellow dune buggy parked not too far away.

<"Manera. I've got an idea,"> She said.

The blitzle looked in the same direction as the Absol and its mouth fell open in shock. <"You can't be serious."> Beacon simply smiled.

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To:Whoever's there
Where:On the way to the ditch/ at ditch
<"I've got a really bad feeling about this,"> Manera said as she helped Beacon load the bags into the back of the vehicle.

<"What could go wrong? I'll steer, you push the pedals an use the stick thingy, and the baby pokemon keep everyone in the back from falling out!">

<"Um, just about everything. Have you ever even driven one of these things before?">

<"No, but it can't be that hard, if those rich-kid snobs could ride them.">

<"You're going to get us all killed, and then what? What's Kaya goin' to think when she gets there and we never come back?">

This made beacon stop for a moment. She still wasn't sure whether or not she wanted to stay with the kid, but she had figure out that Kaya wasn't the one to abandon her pokemon in the middle of the dessert. She would be devastated if anything happened to them.

<"We're even less likely to make it if we keep lugging those bags around. Now are you coming with me or not?">

Manera sighed and climbed into the dune buggy with Beacon. They had discovered that the buggy had mesh walls for both the back and front seats, so the baby pokemon were instructed to stay safe in the bag if they could. The others had crawled under the front seat. Beacon turned the key in the ignition. Instantly the engine roared to life.

<"Now let's get this baby rolling!"> She said, front paws on the steering wheel and back paws in the seat. <"Move the stick thingy and press the small pedal!">

<"Umm, does "R" stand for rockets?"> Manera asked.

Beacon shrugged. <"I think so."> Manera used her muzzle to push the lever to the "R" symbol with a hoof already on the gas pedal. The buggy zoomed backwards and crashed into a stall. <"Appearently not. switch it the "3". I bet it goes fast then."> The blitzle switched it again and the buggy hurtled towards the ditch. Beacon did her best to not run over anyone, but it was hard considering the panicked crowd and the facts that she had neither driving experience nor thumbs, and often people found themselves scrambling away from not just the meteors. Once she felt a bump under the tire. <"Sorry!"> she yelled, not able to tell whether or not she had hit something alive. Before long they had reached the ditch and crashed into it. Luckily, all of the pokemon and eggs had managed to survive the hectic joyride. A few people, thinking the absol and blitzle were wild, tried to catch them. It soon became clear they were someone's pokemon after the balls simply bounced off their heads and backs. The group started asking around who's pokemon they were. No one claimed them. Then they saw the baby pokemon and eggs in the crashed buggy. A few breeders scrambled up and grabbed the bundles, ready to take care of their contents. Manera looked around, jumping on the top of the dune buggy for a better view.

<"I don't see her!"> She said. Beacon got up with the blitzle and scanned the area. Sure enough, Kaya was nowhere to be seen. They wanted to go back, not stop looking until they found her, but Kaya had specifically told them not to. They could only wait.

Posted by: Pinsir Jun 13 2011, 06:58 PM

To: Anyone who would be interested in helping out :p

After mounting on his newly acquired Rampage, Zach took off in the direction of his tent, however, the sudden disappearance of the Absols intrigued him. He looked around when suddenly he heard someone scream, "HOLY CARP!" as she pointed up into the sky. A large meteor flew past the common grounds, and landed in the field a good distance from the event.

Whew, so that was the disaster.

Or not. Zach looked up in terror as the night's sky lite up. This is time, it wasn't a single meteor, but many meteorites. Zach was completely immobilized out of shock, which Rampage shook him out of by running around in a circle out of fear, causing Zach to topple off.

"TO THE DITCH! TO THE DITCH!" Zach heard in the distance, and looked up to see a girl with short black hair, mounted on her Arcanine, directing all the terrified people to safety.

"Come on Rampage, let's get to safety!" Zach said, and turned around to find his newly acquired Tauros not standing there, but rather running away. He cursed out loud before looking around for some options. Just when he had thought he had lost his new Pokemon, an idea struck his mind. He ran over to a group of ATVs and checked the ignition for a set of keys. Luckily, the last one did.

Zach revved the engine twice before stomping on the gas, taking off in the direction of his Tauros. He had a lot of ground to make up, and Rampage was extremely fast. After a minute or so of chasing, Zach was able to get in range of the Bull Pokemon, and started to carefully take off his PokeBall of his waist. "Tauros! Return!" Zach cried out as Rampage was sucked into the PokeBall in a bright red light. "Yes!" Zach said, relieved. Now, it was smooth sailing to the ditch.

That was, until he hit it.

Zach was too busy celebrating to realize that he was going to run straight into the path of a crashed meteorite. Zach hit the crease and was immediately flipped to the side, causing him to fall off the ATV and hit the ground. The ATV landed on top of him, landing on his right leg and rolled off. Zach cried out in utter pain as he felt the ATV crush his leg.

Zach looked out in the direction of the ditch. He could still see it, but who would know if they would be able to hear his desperate cries for help. Nevertheless, he started yelling.

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 13 2011, 08:23 PM

To: Kaya and Zach
Where: Riding an ATV (at a ridiculously slow speed) towards the ditch.

Ryan grunted to note the girl was conscious. Liz glanced over her shoulder. "Hello there! Sorry for the rush, but I don't like the idea of being crushed!" She turned back the road and hit the pedal harder. She looker around as she flew through the ruined PokeCon, looking for stragglers or anyone stuck. She spotted another ATV flip around after hitting a meteorite, the rider spinning through the air before falling and being partly crushed by the ATV. Liz recognized the hurt figure as Zach. "ZACH! HANG ON!" Ryan followed her gaze and jumped out of the ATV, running ahead. Liz watched him go and looked down. The ATV was slower than him!

Liz slipped her bag from her back and set it on the pedal, keeping it going at it's ever so slow pace. She leapt out and went to the back. She prayed for a miracle, a gas tank, something... Liz groaned as she saw only a spare tire. She went back around and pulled the bag off then ran to Zach. "Hey there. Do you need a lift?" She gingerly lifted him and slung him onto her back like she was a mule. Ryan once again ran to the back to keep him up. Liz carried him to the ATV, quickly catching the multiple drops with her riolu's help.

She laid him in the back, her cargo now adding up to two people with injured legs, and a bag with a pokemon and eggs. Liz let out Greg, his red furry form appearing as if by magic next to her riolu's. Liz grimly nodded. "Greg, I'm going to need more help with this. Keep watch with Ryan." Greg barked and sat firmly, staring at the bag and Zach. Ryan watched all three passengers. Liz groaned as she checked the gauge of feul. It was close to E, which Liz figured was exhausted, since that was the term her father had told her when they road the motorboat. Liz remembered the ATV that had hurt Zach. She ran to the flipped vehicle and checked it over. A slightly leaking gas can was strapped to the side. Liz grabbed it and hurried back, pouring it in and watching the gauge rise merrily. She tossed aside the empty can and jumped into the seat, spinnint it around and zooming towards the ditch again. "Hang on!" she cried as she hit the pedal harder, sending them speeding off.

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The ralts stared on, listening quietly, a hidden smile on her blank face.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 13 2011, 08:47 PM

To:Zach and Liz
Where:ATV ambulance for the injured and left behind

"Hi! I'm Kaya!" Kaya said to the newest passenger, who she'd heard being called Zach. She couldn't say anything else before she had to claw at the seat again as the girl who had rescued her started driving at what Kaya considered to be a ridiculously high speed. The ditch was getting closer and closer. Kaya could see Manera and beacon on top of a crashed ATV. Kaya perked up, trying to get a better view before pain shot up her leg again and she had to get back down. Still, she groped for their pokeballs so that she could return them, making room for other people and getting out of danger. The two pokemon jumped out of the ditch and ran towards the vehicle. The must have seen her, too.
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<"I saw her! Over there, on the back of the... what are they called?"> Manera shouted. There were two others, too, as well as pokemon. On the back, with a growlithe and a riolu, was Kaya and another boy they hadn't seen before. Driving it was a girl with brown hair, and she was coming pretty fast. Beacon also noticed a duffel bag in the back. The two pokemon ran towards the ATV which reminded Manera of their joyride through pokecon. Now that the incident was over, she found quite hilarious.As they got closer to the fast-approaching vehicle, both pokemon went to the side and started running in the other direction, as if directing them towards the ditch.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 13 2011, 08:50 PM

To: No one
Location: still en route to ditch

Pan rode her Arcanine through the panicked masses, Justin sitting behind her. She felt responsible for getting him to safety, but knew that others needed help as well. The meteors showed no sign of stopping, their impacts felt through the ground and echoed over the field. While many people took Pan’s hint and headed for the tunnel, many others were too afraid to move that far. They were taking shelter amongst fallen stalls. Some were using their pokemon for protection, forming invisible barriers to deflect space debris. And then, there were those that lay upon the ground unmoving. They had either been hit by the numerous meteors or trampled by the unsuspecting crowd. Their adventure had ended.

Pan tried not to think about the dead and focused on getting Justin to safety. It was funny about the whole gender reversal thing. Recently, it was Justin coming to her rescue. Now, she was returning the favor.
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To: Ceress
Location: Wherever Ceress is :P.

“Pup?! What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be watching the pack back home!”

It had been quite some time since Fenrir left his pack back in Barley. He knew they were in good hands at their new home: the pokemon club. He assumed that the absol would have taken the opportunity of his departure to become leader of the group. Clearly, that was not the case.

“You better have a good explanation for being here. And you better not get crushed before I hear it!” the arcanine added as he continued racing to his destination.
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To: Anyone on the ferris wheel, anyone close to the stall area…and anyone else who wants to be in the path of mortal danger :P.
Location: HOLY KARP!!!

All of the meteors were hitting the fairgrounds at random. No one could tell where one would hit next. That being said, there was a small chance that one space rock would cause catastrophic damage in one blow.

But there was still a chance.

One of those meteors zoomed across the landscape and hit an unfortunate target: a spoke holding up the ferris wheel. A loud creaking noise, the sound of metal bending and moving, erupted after impact. The wheel was moving once more, but was by the aid of an operator. The ferris wheel was doing what wheels do best: roll. It rolled off of its stand and started careening down the field with frightening speed. The unfortunate occupants were tossed around their carts until they were thrown out of the ride (hopefully close to ground level).

The ferris wheel went on a rampage through the fairgrounds, rolling straight through the stall area. It was crushing everything in its path; any survivors in the area would have a hard time dealing with another such obstacle. Worse, the debris would eventually turn the wheel to a new direction.

It would be heading straight to the ditch, the same sanctuary our heroes were heading towards. Pan was too busy focusing on the goal to notice the new threat that would soon be right behind her…

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 13 2011, 10:02 PM

To: Pan
Where: Near the Ferris Wheel?

Justin accepted Pan's help up onto Fenrir. Despite Pan's apparent insecurities, Justin was far more concerned with not dying. As they moved, zigzagging impressively through the falling debris, Pan still somehow seemed to be focused on getting everyone else to the supposed safety zone where the initial impact was.

The situation didn't truly hit the realm of reality for Justin until he saw the violent finishes many people faced. He had never actually witnessed something like that, and it was certainly something which may be traumatic in the future, but presently, all he could think about was how lucky he was for still being alive.

It was hard to hear specific noises due to the chaos surrounding them, but it was very easy to see the ferris wheel steamrolling through the crowd, almost as if it were chasing down targets, some of whom were not quite as evasive as others. Justin turned back forward and buried his eyesight in the back of Pan's head, gripping her waist even tighter. He closed his eyes to try to gather his thoughts, but with his eyes closed, the sounds seemed to be a little more clear.

He opened his eyes and turned his head to see the ferris wheel changing its course and coming straight to them. "Pan," he said, softly. Too softly, in fact for her to hear over the panicked sounds all over. "Pan!" he yelled. "Pan, the f-" It was getting too close. "Fenrir, change course!"

Posted by: deyv87 Jun 13 2011, 11:09 PM

To: Nobody in particular
Where: Stalls, en route to the ditch (because surely meteorites don't strike twice)

Mack had just scooped his three pokemon to their balls and thrown his backpack on. It was complete chaos, and Mack intended to take full advantage of it. He eyed an abandoned stall, still with merchandise sitting on the table. As Mack zipped toward a particularly shiny looking Ultra Ball, he was thrown back as the ferris wheel crashed through the stalls, destroying nearly everything in its path. A red-hot, basketball sized meteorite landed several feet away from him, kicking up a wave of dirt that clattered down around him. Looting was no longer a priority.

Normally he would have struggled to stand up from this position on his side wearing his off-road roller-skates along with his clunky backpack, but far too much adrenaline was pumping through him for that. Grabbing a nearby chunk of metal pole, Mack propped himself up and dashed off in the direction everyone was fleeing. Ahead of him, the runaway ferris wheel continued to rampage, kicking up dirt and flotsam, occasionally dropping someone's body. He was faster than the unfortunate people who had to run on foot, but felt bad that he was unable to help. Another chunk of space rock fell near him, and the thought was gone from his mind.

Mack ripped a six foot tall flag near someone's tent out of the ground with his free hand and used the two poles to stabilize himself as he darted between people and debris. A flash of red and orange shot by his left as he was passed up by someone riding a ponyta. At one point he saw someone appear ahead of him, carrying an abra, and promptly disappear with someone's unconscious body. Mack's heart sank as he looked out over the crowd and saw how far off the safety of the ditch was.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 13 2011, 11:10 PM

Who: Douken
At: Jaima + co., Rose
Where: Tents

Sudden chaos. The Absol saw the signs. It was as if they watched the stars before the clouds moved in the way, reading the disaster to come. They were here to tell everyone about what was coming, but it seemed no heed was taken, or merely thought it was going to be a simple light show for the night. This was no light show. As the first rock hit, Douken looked around at the impact site before back at the sky, watching the rocks fall from the sky.

Looknig over to the girls, Douken said, "Now may not be the time for introductions. Return them and get to safety." Looking over, he saw the racing Arcanine along with the flashing squirrel. No doubt who that was. "See the Pachititsu using Flash on and off? Follow her. She seems to know the safest location. Jaima, I am sure this is nothing like Vonmoto, so be careful. May be wise to have Mercury Teleport others to safety." He then looked at Rose. "I have no idea what they are capable of, so... good luck!"

Good luck indeed as he watched one of the axles got blasted away, causing the set up ferris wheel to begin rolling. Pulling out four Pokeballs, he returned most of his team before they could be introduced, leaving only the Skarmory and Duskull. "Reep, the ferris wheel seems to be a problem. Use Shadow Sneak to head over there and try to buy people time with Trick Room. Tell them what is going on and have them head for the ditch slowly until they leave the hue. I trust you will make your way back." With a salute, he watched the ghost dive into the floor, before watching the dark spot dash through the trampling crowd. Only question now was how it would effect an object partially inside the field, and how people would react to a ghost symbolizing death telling them to head for the ditch being a safety zone.

With her gone, Douken looked over to the chaos. "Now then, time to pull another stupid move." Dangling on the side of a Ponyta-drawn cart over a cliff: Stupid. Running up the arm of a mega-illusion Zoroark that wanted to kill him: Stupid. Mounting his Skarmory to fly through a meteor shower: Stupid. Still, he knew the risk as he climbed on top of the Armored bird. "Jaima, Mariko, Natsume, Rose. I will see you all in safety." He was promising them that he was going to be safe, as well as having them promise to meet back with him. With the bird's wings spread, the bird took off, flying through the flurry of red-hot rocks.

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Who: Reep (Duskull)
At: Anyone at, or on, the Ferris Wheel
Where: The moving wheel

The ghost zoomed through the destroyed floor. This was one of the only instances her body could move this fast without Trick Room, using a speed-class move in the shadows to avoid obstacles. This, however, didn't mean she was free from the meteors. As she moved, she had to swerve the hurling rocks to make sure she was out of the way. It was until she got to the rolling wheel. There, she popped up and collected the blue energy in her hands before expanding out, designating the area of Trick room before the rolling wheel. It was still a question of how objects moving in and out of the zone worked, but she couldn't think of that. She had to move quickly through the zone, touching whoever she saw and telling them, "Trick Room is in effect! Head slowly to the ditch until you leave the hue!"

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Who: Lyra and Sven
At: Anyone running away from the meteors
Where: Near the ditch

"I TOLD YOU THIS WAS A BAD IDEA!" Lyra yelled at her wife. Being one of the firm believers of the Absol, she felt like she had the right to tell everyone who didn't, "I told ya so." However, now was not the time to brag. Too many people in danger. Staring at the sky, her eyes gave a new glow. She no longer took the status of the kind mother. Her eyes glared of the savage Amazon.

Sven knew this look too well (It happens when you are married to her). She was serious, and he had to be as well. "Well, guess now its time to roll back my old Trainer sleeves, now is it/ Scarr, Tamia! Ready yourselves!" With the order, the Kangaskhan and the awoken Scizor walked up, taking a battle stance.

"Belle, time to clear up the skies." The mother's orders brought forth the cheerful cow, giving off the same dangerous demeanor.

With the three Pokemon at the ready, both of the parents declared, "Take out those meteors!" First to come up was the red claw. Opening up, a bright energy gather within before blasting of a stream of energy, swiping it across the sky. The power of the Hyper Beam making big meteors into smaller, less lethal, rocks. As the bug recharged, the other two got themselves ready, charging blue orbs in each hand. First, the Parent Pokemon launched her Focus Blast before charging a new one. As that one charged, the Milk Cow launched her own. Taking turns, the two switched between focusing and blasting, doing damage as the Scizor charged before firing another Hyper Beam into the sky.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 13 2011, 11:32 PM

"What the-!" Finn swore. He moved his hand quickly over his belt and drew out his Pokeballs. "Bailey, return!" The little Pokemon that he had been holding was now gone in an instant. A second later he withdrew Rue's ball but was caught by a surprise. A meteor struck nearby, causing him to lose his balance, landing on his arm. "Ack!" He cursed.

His little piglet rushed on over to his trainer's side, urging him to get up. "Twila, are you okay?" Finnley said, picking himself up. This whole time he had been worrying about himself, something that was pretty normal, but he felt that it was part of his duty now to help the nice girl out.

That's when he took notice of even more meteors coming down, and panicking attendees from the PokeCon. Their new friend Kenz was a step ahead of them, finding them a way to escape. They took flight on a Tropius, which by god however they managed that, Finn didn't care, as long as they were safe.

He held on tightly to his Pokemon and to the others around him as they soared through the air. That's when another shocking sight came into his view. "Kenz! Careful, look!" Finn shouted, pointing at the rampaging ferris wheel. "We gotta move it!"

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 14 2011, 12:21 AM

Who: Jaima, Meiko, Mariko, Natsume, et al.
To: Douken, Rose, etcetera etcetera.
Where: Jaima and Meiko's tent.

The conversations had been lively. Mariko and Natsume had described, in great detail, how they had caught each of their pokemon, even the day that they had acquired Toto and Chico, which were the starters for the region they were journeying in. Jaima and Meiko were no help in reigning them in, giving them the same rapt attention that they had given Rose when she presented her pokemon from her home region. Jaima had a fond, wistful look in his eye, and Meiko simply looked content.

It had been cosy, even fun. Jaima got to hear about his sisters adventures in a way that he had evidently missed, despite the confusing way they would start and finished each other's sentences, which he seemed to follow effortlessly. Meiko, for her part, did seem to have trouble following it, but did not seem to mind.

This pleasant scene was disrupted by the sudden, eerie silence as the music cut off. Even those who had not been paying attention specifically to the music stopped, noticing that something had gone wrong.

Then the absol howled, sending a chill down everyone's spine. Jaima glanced to where his kirlia, the shiny blue Mercury, floated, hanging onto his lucario's arm, her eyes unnaturally wide. Unseen by anyone, as she was floating over her own trainer's head. the gothita Nightwish had also been affected. Unlike Mercury, her reaction was not terror, but a healthy amount of wariness, an expression that looked odd on the otherwise baby like face of the pokemon.

One of the convention coordinators rolled amoungst the people, trying to get people to return to the party, but Jaima focused on his pokemon. Mercury, he thought, hoping she was still listening. Shadow nudged her, and she looked at him, then toward her trainer. What was that about? What did he say?

He... he said... "It's coming..."

Jaima had no time to ask what was coming, because it had suddenly become evident. A huge chunk of rock fell from the sky in a blazing inferno.

"OK, that's it," Jaima said, looking around. "We need to find s--"

There was even more commotion, and more rocks came falling down. With a command of "GO!" The group took off running, almost scattering, but Jaima made sure that at least his sisters were within arm's reach. Meiko kept pace with him, sprinting past him at one point.

A familiar voice called out to find shelter in a ditch nearby, and Jaima guided his sisters, with a touch on their shoulders (the only spot he could reach, with the speed they were putting on themselves), and moved that way himself. Meiko and the girls lead him by a good three feet, but a cry from behind caused Jaima to pull short. A few meters away, Jaima could see a man who had fallen, scrambling to try to get up. Something had fallen on his leg, and he was pinned.

Jaima switched directions, sprinting toward the man, ignoring the calls in his ears and brain to rutern, asking what he was doing.

"Guy needs help! Get Shadow out with me, you and the others stay put! Protect the girls!"

Trainer Meiko says that you'd better not be including her as one of the girls. But she's doing what you are. Chompwater is with her.

Jaima didn't take the time to grouse against it, or to even consider that Meiko was doing something wrong. They could be frustrated with each other risking their necks later, when the risks were over. Besides that, Jaima was at the man. A table had been flipped, landing on the man's leg, the contents on its underside, pinning him.

"Hey, sir," Jaima said, breathlessly. "Be just a minute."

Jaima pulled at the table, Shadow on the other side lifting as well. Together, they managed to get space under the table for the man to pull his leg out, and Jaima braced him.

The man looked up and trembled. "Oh, merciful dragon, no..."

Jaima followed his gaze, and swallowed, but as soon as his mind registered the large rock hurtling his way, another came from the left with a trumpeting cry, and, as if aimed, crashed into the one endangering the group, sending both flying apart and out out of harm's way.

Jaima turned toward where the second stone came from, seeing a green haired woman standing next to a large donphan. She patted the pokemon's flank, trotting toward the two humans and one lucario.

Jaima almost sagged. "Thanks... mom."

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 14 2011, 07:20 AM

Kenz grabbed on tightly to Tropius and nudged her forward. She was afraid to look back, but did, and was met with a horrifying sight.

"Move, Tropius!" she screamed. "We have to leave now!"

Tropius, grabbing Twila in her mouth, took a running start and lifted off, leaving not a second before the ferris wheel plowed down the poffin stand they had been standing under. She made rapid speed for a pokemon that had three people in her care, but she knew from the screams of panic and the red-hot adrenaline pulsing from everyone that this was a life-or-death situation. They flew over and around falling meteors. Eventually, they made it to the ditch, the only safe sanctuary.

To Kenz's surprise, she saw her Pidee there, but to her even greater surprise, he was holding an unconcious bird Pokemon in his wings.

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Who: Pidee
To: Kenz
Location: The ditch

Pidee had been swooped up from the Sky Ranch by Serena the Tailow. He recognized her from their adventures at the Safari Zone. Before he left, he grabbed his new beloved, Archen. He had fallen in love with her beauty and personality, an unlikely combination in such an ugly and abused Pokemon. Still, he had seen past that and seen true beauty.

He had carried her in his beak through the mess of meteors, making sure to sacrifice his own safety for hers. He got close to the ditch before the ferris wheel was off its rung, and made it safely as the ferris wheel barrelled through the stalls. He carried her, the unconcious girl, to the bottom, where she would be safest. He raised his head to check for Kenz, and, to his surprise, he recognized Tropius's form siluetted against the light of the hailing meteors.

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Kenz waited until Tropius landed in the ditch, then jumped off of her and ran to Pidee, embracing him in a long and emotional hug. He was safe, and that was all that mattered.

Pidee returned to the bottom of the ditch to comfort Archen, and Kenz looked over the top to welcome scared victims to the ditch.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 14 2011, 08:22 AM

To: Justin
Location: About to get run down by ferris wheel

Pan felt Justin grip her harder as he continued to call out her name. She knew the situation was a bit scary, but Justin a bit more worried than usual.

“Well I’m going as fast as I-” Pan turned around to see the amusement ride bearing down upon them. She was about to order her arcanine to speed up, but then she also noticed that the wheel was being slowed by the Trick Room technique, courtesy of Douken’s duskull. Because of this, they had plenty of time to veer to the right and allow the ride to pass them without harm. That didn’t mean the humans weren’t scared to death over what could have been.

“Justin, you’re squeezing too hard…ow…”

A few minutes after escaping the wheel, Pan and Justin had arrived at the ditch. As they looked at the conditions, they saw loads of people already settled in the trench. It was a welcome sight to see trainers helping each other with treating injuries and comforting shocked visitors. More intriguing however was what lied at the end of the ditch. A wide tunnel entrance was revealed, leading towards an endless darkness. It would provide perfect shelter in case meteors or debris pelted the area. She had no time to explore; others needed her aid.

“Justin, see if you can help people get into the tunnel. Just don’t go too far into there; I have no clue what could be inside. I gotta help the others. I’ll be back, I promise.”

Before Justin could voice his displeasure over her decision to go back, Pan pecked him on the cheek before running off. Soon she was back on Fenrir and racing into the fray.
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To: Mack, Jaima/Meiko
Location: Wherever he is

The arcanine raced through the field of fallen meteors, looking for more survivors. They reached the destroyed stalls. The first person she saw was an eccentric homeless person attempting to roller skate on the grassy field. That didn’t seem to be working too well, so Pan decided to offer a hand.

“Need a ride sir?”

As they were talking. Pan caught sight of Meiko and Jaima. They were with other people and their pokemon, but they seemed to simply be standing there. That was a good way to get crushed. There was no way she could carry all of those people.

“Guys, you have to get out of there,” she shouted. Just then, half of one of the RVs landed not far away. Apparently, it was launched from a strike of a large meteor. That got Pan thinking…

“Let’s make a chariot.”

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 14 2011, 09:11 AM

Who: Liz
To: No one, really
Location: Still towards the ditch (ATV's are slow in disaster zones.)


Liz felt the ATV slow again. She looked around for a cause and saw Greg and Ryan barking and yelling madly. Liz let loose the pedal and watched them go faster for a split second before they stopped. She tried it again, gently hitting the pedal and keeping them at a walking speed. The machine roared and zoomed forward before taking into a steady speed.

She looked around again and noticed Ryan and Greg were still screaming, though pointing behind her now. Liz turned and screamed at the sight of a huge ferris wheel slowly rolling towards them.

She calmed and breathed deeply. There were too many people; it would be a massacre if they didn't get there NOW.

Liz panicked; her nerves wanted to flail, her throat wanted to cry out until she was mute, and she was almost blind in her fear- then calm, a soothing sea green in her mind. She paused and slowly thought.

She could carry possibly two more passengers, more if she moved the duffel to by her feet and returned her pokemon.

Liz wailed again as a small meteorite smashed a few yards in front of her, making her swerve and brake quickly. She stood, her lip quivering, her eyes threatening to burst with tears.


Chances were now that within the next ten minutes she would be severly injured or dead.

Chances were she would lose everyone on her makeshift ambulance even if she lived.

Chances were a meteorite would fall in three seconds and crush her.


Liz waited and looked up. Nothing happened. She stood quietly in the jeep, staring, mesmerized and blank.

A cry next to her woke Liz from her stupor. She looked down to see the ralts from the duffel bag, watching her, waiting patiently and expectantly. Liz's calm returned and the ralts cried out again. "Rall!" She stared down at the tiny, young pokemon whom she had been rescuing. The little princess was now saving the knight. Liz stared, wide eyed, and hit the pedal gently, sending them moving again.

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Liz couldn't make sense of it. She had been waiting for death to simply come at her. She had expected it, searched for it, almost longed for it...

Liz hit the horn violently and pushed on the pedal harder. The ralts was still in the seat next to her, though now accompanied with Ryan. Liz glanced at them. Their sight helped her go into panic again, calmed her even. She sighed and faced the road again.

As she drove, a tear slid down her cheek.

Posted by: Arcyena Jun 14 2011, 09:45 AM

Who: Chris
To: Again, no-one in-particular, though I hear Chris would very much appreciate a little assistance right about now...
Where: Approaching the ditch, still.

Continuing his increasingly lethargic dash towards the ‘ditch’, Chris was relieved to find that he had stumbled, almost quite literally, over a group of un-manned ATV’s, the tell-tale sign of fresh tire-tracks an obvious indication that some people had already acted in the way that he was about to. Checking that there was a key in the ignition slot, which there was luckily; Chris soon took off with the level of skill and confidence one would expect from someone in possession of a Driving License. Surprisingly, the small vehicle handled just about as well as a car, though it obviously didn’t quite have the same speed capabilities, not that such a feature would help however considering how clustered everyone was at the moment. Navigating through crowds of people on a motor vehicle was difficult enough in its own right, no need to make it harder by hitting over 70MPH.

As he began to near his destination, Chris allowed himself to take a quick glance at the situation around him, his brain still finding itself arguing against the images his eyes were sending it. Saying it was a ‘little hard’ for Chris to take such a ridiculous amount of chaos in at once was quite the understatement. Everything that what going on around him, ranging from what was falling from above to those lying stationary on the ground was not just nerve-wracking and disturbing, but also a completely unfamiliar experience for him. He had not once had to experience death first hand, yet now it was right in front of him, and not just a single case either. However, now was not the time for such trails of thought. What Chris need to focus on was simply getting to his destination, while at the same time avoiding being both flattened and incinerated at the same time.

Come to think of it actually, the phenomenon that was causing all of this havoc and despair was quite peculiar. Surely, this meteor storm would have been predicted, right? So why on earth was this convention not cancelled? Really, things like this were occasionally closed if it was a little too windy, surely a meteor storm would also warrant closure? Really, what on earth were the organisers of this event thinking?

Despite being on a vehicle, Chris didn’t particularly get too far before his progress was interrupted. In fact, it was being on a vehicle which was the very reason the male didn’t quite make the progress that he would’ve liked. As he had began to navigate through a crowd of people which seemed to be slowly growing in density, the teen was suddenly greeted with an extended, stiffened arm right across his face, knocking him clean of ‘his’ ATV as the vehicle slowly skidded to a halt, while he simply soon plummeted to the earth. Needless to say, the person who had assaulted him soon occupied the ATV and took off, leaving a bloody-nosed long-haired male to pick himself up off the floor and continue his attempted escape on foot, now having pain to deal with as well as his ever growing fatigue, all thanks to one rather self-righteous individual.

Continuing his attempt to flee from the plummeting space debris, the impact of each meteor seeming to be at least ten times stronger now than it was previously thanks to his current state, causing him to stagger to a proportionally larger amount upon each impact, Chris soon began to find himself wondering just how much longer he would be able to carry on before one of these glowing balls of death would land square on him. The fact that he’d managed to survive this long felt like it was a miracle in it's own right, not that he was complaining, but with all the misfortune he’d been having as of late, it began to feel a little bit like something catastrophic, besides the fact that meteors were falling all around him, was in fact destined to happen at some point, though there was always the chance that the complete polar opposite would happen.

"Yeah, that would be nice." Chris thought, using his thoughts to distract himself from the events surrounding him, as well as the fact that was now a fair distance behind the vast majority of those heading towards the safety of the ditch. "A little bit of luck wouldn't go amiss right about now."

Posted by: deyv87 Jun 14 2011, 10:04 AM

To: Pan, Jaima, Miko, anyone else nearby who wants a free ride.
Where: Ging TFO

Just as Mack was about to shout that he could save room on the arcanine's back for someone else by just getting a tow, half of an RV landed on its side nearby. Glass, dirt, and random items Mack assumed had once been neatly put away in drawers were scattered about the inside, some spilling out of the ragged hole that used to lead to the back of the RV.

“Let’s make a chariot.” the girl on the arcanine suggested.

"Can do!" Mack shouted, managing a quick smile as he frantically skated to the wreck, abandoning his makeshift ski-poles on the ground. He released his makuhita next to the overturned RV. "Buck, time for some weight lifting. Flip that RV over so its wheels are on the ground."

"Maku" The rotund guts pokemon responded as he rubbed his hands together, then bent over and firmly grasped the wreckage. Meanwhile, Mack took his backpack off, pulled a few particularly long extension cords and pieces of rope out of it, and lobbed it into the still overturned RV. The makuhita let out a few short breaths, preparing himself, before letting out a loud, "Hita!" as his vital throw attack launched the roof of the RV skyward. The RV tipped right side up, silverware clanging about inside, and crashed to the ground with a loud bang that was dwarfed by the impact of another meteorite a dozen yards away.

Mack rolled to the gaping hole in the RV, tied together several lengths of extension cord and rope to make one long cable, and tied either end to holes he found in the RV's floorboard. He laid the cable out on the ground in a loop so the arcanine could easily stand in the middle of it, scooped his makuhita back up, and hopped inside the makeshift chariot. "You pull! I'll steer!" Mack called out to Pan as he buckled himself into the driver's seat. He then turned to the group of people and pokemon and yelled through the shattered front window, "Everyone else just hop in and hold on tight, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!"

Posted by: Amissa Jun 14 2011, 01:06 PM

To: Pan, Jaima, Meiko, Mack, and the rest of the chariot group, but only near the end
Location: Out of control ferris wheel, and then wherever the heck that threw him

Before Daniel could speak another word to Jessica about their planned escape from the ferris wheel, the decision was made for him. He didn't even see the meteor, but he heard the crash as it hit and felt the sickening lurch as the wheel first began to move. It was that terrible feeling when you know exactly what is about to happen, and you understand that you have no power over it, and worse, that you probably won't survive it. Daniel clutched the sides of the carriage, and looked sadly into Jessica's eyes. She looked back, terrified and strangely beautiful. Was it because she might be the last thing he would ever see that he found her so attractive now? And he might have found the courage to kiss her, to make his last action in this world a lovely one, except that then the wheel began to roll.

It's amazing, how the soft and slow turn of the ferris wheel can be so soothing and romantic. However, when the wheel spins without any control or sign of stopping, there is no enjoying it. It wasn't a ride built for speed, with straps and restraints to keep you from bouncing around and hurting yourself. Daniel, Jessica, and all of the other poor souls were tossed around and spinning so fast that there was no way to tell which way was up. Jessica grabbed onto him, screaming, and Daniel still clutched at the sides, but his grip was slipping. He heard the screams, the crashes of demolished stalls beneath the wheel. He couldn't hold on any longer, and as the metal slipped from beneath his fingertips, Daniel and Jessica both felt the sensation of weightlessness.

It lasted much longer than Daniel would have guessed. Of course, he had no way of knowing how high he was at the time, but perhaps it was just because he was anticipating the impact that it took so long to happen. Impact would at least be an end. If the impact killed him, well then he wouldn't have to worry about anything else. Fortunately, he survived, but then he bounced, and then he rolled. The world went dark, and Daniel didn't feel anything at all anymore.

Then there was pain, dull and distant at first and then throbbing and aching. He felt like one of the pokemon dolls that he let his machop Hercules beat the stuffing out of for practice. Daniel's breathing quickened and slowed. He had to make a great effort not to faint again. Carefully, he began to move, to pick himself up, and he found that all of his limbs were still working properly and all of his pokeballs were still on his belt.

"Jessica," Daniel muttered, and then shouted, "JESSICA!"

He heard a groan and staggered over to her. He walked on top of shattered wood, torn tents, and broken glass. He had no idea what area of this was before it had been destroyed. Luckily, Daniel's darkvision was a bit better than most or else he probably would have accidentally stepped on the girl. She laid splayed out across the devastation, her legs twisted in an odd, unnatural way. Daniel crouched low and touched her face.

"Daniel," She whimpered, tears glimmering in her eyes. "I...I can't..." She was talking about her legs. She was pretty sure that they were broken. She'd have no way of escaping, and Daniel probably couldn't carry her.

"At least it doesn't look like you've taken too much damage to your head and torso. I think it will be okay for me to move you. I can't carry you, Jessica, but where's your pokemon?" Daniel asked, trying to sound calm and reassuring, as though they hadn't just been thrown from who-knows-how-high into what now looked like an empty wasteland.

"Here," She said, as she reached one arm down to a belt that was tied fashionably about her waist. Her fingers ran over the pokeballs there and she smiled at him. "They're all there. Thank Arceus, they're all there!"

"Where's Apollo? Call him out."

Jessica plucked a pokeball from her belt, one that was decorated with a star. "Apollo! I need you now!" There was a blast of light, not red, like Daniel was used to, but white light that made him blink and look away. When at last he could look, he saw a bird pokemon nearly as large as he was. Apollo look regal, fearless, and frankly ferocious. He took one look at his trainer lying helpless on the ground before spreading his wings and screeching at Daniel aggressively.

"No wait, it wasn't my fault! It's the meteors, and Jessica can't walk, so you need to fly her to safety!" Daniel blurted out quickly, not wanting to become bird food.

Apollo took a quick look around, noting the falling rocks and the danger that they were in even as they spoke (or Daniel spoke since he hadn't said much himself). He gave Daniel a brief nod before taking Jessica's shoulders in his talons and heaving her off into the air.

"Goodbye Daniel, good luck!" Jessica cried, as her pokemon flew her gracefully into the distance. Daniel hoped that they could find somewhere safe. Now he just had to figure out what he was going to do with himself. The balls of flaming rock were still hurtling to the ground around him, and Daniel didn't know where he was, let alone where he needed to go.

Then, some distance away, Daniel heard a crash and the sounds of voices. Looking over, he saw what looked like an RV that had tumbled on it's side, and a group of people surrounded it. Amongst the figures, Daniel could make out the outline of an Arcanine. Arcanine, some deep long-forgotten experience told him, were good. They inexplicably reminded him of flowers. Carefully, and slower than he wanted, Daniel stumbled in their direction.

When he came closer, he could make out more familiar shapes. Mack, a character that Daniel knew from Gigarte was there, using his pokemon to turn the RV over. Daniel also saw Pan and Jaima, whom he knew from Castle Vonmoto. He'd been thinking of Jaima just earlier, thinking of their adventure and the rainbow feather. Daniel looked at each person in turn, blinking, not knowing that he was covered in dirt, that his clothes were torn, or that he had about a dozen different cuts that he was bleeding from (the largest one being on his head next to his right eye). Then, he looked at Jaima, and just said. "I think I liked the avalanches better." Then he said, "Can I come with you guys too?"

Daniel then climbed into the RV/chariot thing, sat down, and hung onto something. He didn't feel well. He hoped he didn't throw up.

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 14 2011, 02:57 PM

Who: Darryn
To: Tag
Where: En route to ditch

As soon as Darryn had managed to find his feet, Tag released his arm and together they sprinted with the general flow of bodies towards where the first meteor had fallen. Heat burned all around Darryn, not only because of the fires that had been caused by the falling balls of flame but also from the adrenaline lighting up his veins. The screams of the people hurrying to safety became drowned out by the thrum-thrum-thrumming of blood in his temples and deep snatches of air that his lungs claimed in desperation. Past the buffet and into the fields of tents, the two ran haphazardly as they wove between canvas walls that had been erected too close together, not sparing time to aid the fallen or the fatter slower participants of the conference.

"Romeo!"

Darryn's Jolteon zipped out of view, behind the pair and a brie flash of green light at Darryn's periphery confirmed that the electric-type's Protect had deflected another incoming threat. In a moment, the speedy canid was at Darryn's side once more.

<Lyla!> Darryn flashed his thoughts out to his cousin, somewhere in the madness that was sweeping PokeCon. <Lyla! Tag's Ledian is coming to get you - follow her back to us, y'hear?> His telepathy, though one-way, was as firm and encouraging as it could be but he already knew that the dippy blonde would be panicking her pumps off. Whatever the case, he had to have faith that she would be OK and that Tag's Pokemon would be able to protect her and bring her back to safety.

*I should be going back for her myself...* Darryn cursed himself, continuing his race for survival.

"Ungh!" Darryn's foot caught in a tent stake protruding from the ground but only Tag's hasty reaction managed to save him from falling flat on his face. The strong guy's arm caught in the Co-Ordinator's armpit and hoisted him before he even truly fell. Darryn offered up a thankful nod and reached for another Pokeball.
"Lady, clear us a path with Extrasensory!" He pitched the Heal Ball ahead and the crimson Vulpix took in her situation at once, leaping to run ahead of the humans and literally use her psychic energies to sweep a patch for them to run along, clearing the way of any debris (including broken bodies...). With fewer obstacles, the two were at least able to cover ground at a better speed. Well, until something else came their way...

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 14 2011, 03:25 PM

Who: Tag
To: Darryn
Location: En Route, then at the Ditch.

Darryn's pokemon were doing a lot of work in aiding the duo reach their destination. Tag's mind was mentally racing, wondering how he could help out as well. However, Tobi didn't have Extrasensory like Lady did, and his fire would more than likely exacerbate the meteors, rather than destroy them. Suzu, who had a variety of defensive techniques, was most likely using them to get Lyla to the safety of the ditch. Bachi, Kyoko and Orin were too slow in this sort of situation...

Then Tag had an idea. He recalled briefly when Kyoko, as a Gloom, had ridden on his back, shooting Acid at a rampaging Tyranitar. Something similar would work to help keep the meteors off of them. After all, if Romeo continued to use protect at such a rate, it would surely fail at some point, as Protect often did, and would leave the Jolteon and the trainers in a lot of pain.

Tag reached down and drew out a pokeball, not bothering to toss it. He popped it open in his hands, revealing his Snorunt, Orin, before reclipping the empty ball to his belt. As he ran, he held her out by the back of her head/body, as if pointing a cannon at the oncoming projectiles from above. Lady was clearing the path before them, Tag and Orin would help Romeo keep them safe.

As an array of several small projectiles streaked towards them, Tag yelled: "Icy Wind!" Despite her confusion at being lofted up in the air in such a way, Orin shut her eyes tight and blasted out a gust of frigid air. It did nothing to destroy the meteorites, but at the very least pushed them off course and out of the way.

With the trio of pokemon working in tandem with the trainers, Tag and Darryn eventually reached the ditch.

Standing at the entrance, Tag took a moment to double over and catch his breath before turning back to the crowd.

"We have to protect them." Tag turned to Darryn "Make sure they get in here safely." With that, he set Orin down and drew another pokeball, summoning his Bellossom, Kyoko.

"Orin, Kyoko, keep the meteors at bay. Icy Wind and Magical Leaf!" The two pokemon compliantly sprang into action, firing off their projectile attacks at any threatening chunks of rock falling through the air. At the very least, it would provide a wider safety net for those both in the ditch and fleeing towards it.

Posted by: LittleShadowPokemon Jun 14 2011, 06:36 PM

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 14 2011, 08:24 PM

To: Mack, Chris, Daniel, Joey, MH’s motley crew
Location: Their makeshift chariot, which will hopefully not end up being a chariot of fire :P

It turns out Pan had picked the right homeless person to hitchhike. Not only did Mack have a strong makuhita to turn the RV upright, he also had some engineering know-how as he wielded ropes and extension cords to form a harness. Pan was quite surprised that Mack had such a supply amongst the items he carried. She didn’t have time to comment on his genius; meteors threatened their continued existence. Pan grabbed the other end of the extension cord-rope contraption and tied it around her arcanine’s chest.

“Are you sure these are going to be strong enough?” Pan asked Mack as she finished tying Fenrir in. Just then, a meteor crashed nearby, flinging pieces of dirt towards the group. Pan managed to cover her face in time, followed by a quick “nevermind” to Mack as she rushed to the other end of the RV.

While they only had half an RV to work with, the group was lucky enough to get the roomy half of the vehicle. Specifically, it was the front half of the vehicle, with Mack in the driver’s seat. There was a front passenger seat next to Mack, a row of leather-padded seats on each side of the RV, and one leather recliner bolted to the middle of the hardwood floor. Even though it was missing a roof, there was some air of luxury within the dilapidated vehicle. However, there was a bit of a problem. The back of their chariot would drag through the ground, greatly slowing their progress to safety. If only they had a third wheel to balance it out, or perhaps…a pivot.

“Pivot, I need you,” Pan shouted as she summoned her baltoy. “I need you to be our third wheel. Harden yourself, then balance out the weight of our chariot. I’ll help.”

The baltoy obliged, hardening its body to withstand the weight it was about to inherit. With its psychic powers, Pivot lifted the torn end of the RV and floated directly underneath it. Pan joined the baltoy under the RV, adjusting the pokemon to get to the proper point of balance. With her signal, the baltoy slowly let the back end down, resting upon its head. Its psychic powers combined with its levitate ability allowed the baltoy to hold up to the pressure. It was quite fortunate; otherwise, Pan would have had an RV on top of her!

Luck wouldn’t last much longer, so Pan started getting the passengers ready for takeoff. Among the visitors was another familiar face from Castle Vonmoto: Daniel. Last she recalled, he was a bit shy around her presence. Pan smiled at his joke about the avalanche and invited him aboard.

“Yeah, I prefer snow to rocks any day of the week,” she commented, trying to make light of the situation. All the while she helped Daniel into the RV, seating him next to Mack. Pan patted his shoulder as she left to check on the rest of the guests. The researcher was surprised to see yet another visitor of the castle seated in the leather recliner: Joey. Rather than throw him out (he looked like he expected such action), Pan helped him fasten his seatbelt, conveniently built into all of the seats.

“By any chance, have you seen Darryn around?” She vaguely remembered the two being in the same group in their last get-together (yet she couldn’t remember his name). She hoped her friend was alright out there…

While Pan was talking to the others, Chi-Chi was scurrying around the RV for any treats. Even at the brink of disaster, the pachirisu still found time to look for treats. In her search, she caught sight of a long-haired boy nursing a bloody nose. He seemed like he needed a ride too, so the pachirisu began using a flash attack to get his attention. Chi-Chi waved her arms and jumped up and down to flag down another passenger.

"PACHICHI!"

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 14 2011, 08:31 PM

Who: Douken
At: Those in danger
Where: In the blazing sky!

Okay. This is the STUPIDEST thing Douken has EVER DONE! The first time was an accident. The other time, he felt like he knew what he was doing. This was just pure insanity! Even though he didn't have to worry about trampling others or getting trampled himself, he pushed himself into the chaotic sky. Still, he had to place his faith into the armor bird's wings. The bird understood as well as his body dived and swerved around the falling rocks, his silver body shining from the rock's blazes from entering the Earth's atmosphere.

"If this place gets filled with Clefairy or a Deoxys beings walking around, then I am sure we can say those stories are true." Oh, what a bad joke to say as a rock hurtle towards them. However, before impact, it was met with a Focus Blast before blowing up. Looking down, he saw the spheres flying through the air, and smiled. "Looks like the Ghost Crushing Duo are on Meteor duty with Scarr," he told Sabre. "Now then, let's look for those in need of a hand. Use Agility and keep your eyes open!" With a cry from the bird, his body glowed white before launching himself forward, swerving through the rocks to look for help. Hopefully, the armor's shine and attack's glow would attract attention.

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Who: Scarr (Scizor)
At: Taggery and Darryn (and defending Pokemon)
Where: The ditch

Taking a moment to recuperate, he looked on at the two small Pokemon, using moves to try to move the rocks out of the way. Decent attempt, but the idea was to destroy, not move. Wings buzzing, he flew on up in between the duo, holding his right claw out. "Pushing them will help no one, little ones," he told the two. "You are just giving others problems. You need to insure survivors." Claw opening, the golden-yellow energy began to glow. "You need to aim to destroy!" With another Hyper beam fired, the big rocks were taken down into less lethal debris before falling down to his knee. Fatigue was taking over the Scizor as he was using so much energy. Hyper Beams one after another would easily tire one out.

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Who: Reep (Duskull)
At: Jaima, Pan, and everyone else gathered.
Where: RV portion

After warning everyone of the danger without giving heart attacks, the ghost drifted out of the realm of Trick Room and dazily moved forward. She made room to be sure the Ferris Wheel would remain in place, but the Wheel could always get out, or the Room would fade or break beforehand. A temporary fix, if anything. Still, she mustered a lot of strength to create it, more than usual, to be honest.

However, the exhausted ghost soon came up to the Arcanine and the people gathered up. Her body just wanted to land somewhere, so when she found Pan, the Requiem Pokemon rushed as much as possible over to her, planting herself on the researcher's head.

"So tired," she told Pan. I don't know how long it will hold, but I tried my best to have it stay..."

Posted by: Asterna Jun 14 2011, 09:47 PM

To: Jaima & co., Douken, a bit of Pan and Mack
Who: Rose
At: Chariot-thing by the end

Rose had been chatting quite cheerfully with the other trainers when the blackout came. The ever-present music ceased abruptly, immediately followed by what was quite possibly the eeriest sound Rose had ever heard as the various Absols raised their voices in a howl. She trailed off in the middle of a sentence and turned to face the rest of the field, which was in similar disarray. "What the H-E-double-hockey-sticks just happened?" she asked nobody in particular, already reaching for the Pokeballs on her belt as their usual occupants arranged themselves in a circle around her.

Then the chaos truly began. Blazing meteors shot down from the sky, crashing down all around them. One came uncomfortably close to their little group, raising a cloud of dirt from the impact. With a startled yelp, Rose scrambled to recall her Pokemon even before Douken told her to. She watched and listened intently as Douken gave his orders to both Pokemon and humans, nodding firmly as Douken told them that he would be back safely. Hastily stowing her Pokemon safely in her backpack, she whipped around to scramble after the Kuonjis and Meiko, barely keeping track of them in the confusion. Somehow, she managed to follow them in the direction of the ditch. Abruptly, Jaima switched directions, calling out that a man needed help.

Rose slowed, hesitating for a moment as she watched him go. She wanted to help, too -- she wanted to do something other than save her own skin. But she couldn't. She was too weak right now; her Pokemon were too small and low-leveled to be of any help, much as she hated to admit it. She couldn't do anything but get out of danger so that no one else felt the need to save her and endanger themselves int he process. Biting her lip, she ran on, but the ditch was still far off. Then, a voice called out, offering a ride.

"Hey, mind if I join you?" Rose gasped out as she clambered into the makeshift chariot, clutching at her backpack. She sunk down to the floor of the RV, trying to get her breath back. She was just as fit as any other traveling trainer would be, but a sprint like that still took a lot out of her. She looked around at the assorted passengers, but couldn't find any familiar faces. She at least had a vague idea of where Jaima and Douken had gone; the other girls, however...

"Meiko? Mariko? Natsume? Are you guys okay?" she called anxiously, leaning out the side of the RV a little in an attempt to see where they might be.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 14 2011, 11:24 PM

Who: Justin
To: Everyone at the ditch, then Darryn and Tag
Where: At the tunnels

Justin, Pan and Fenrir were some of the first people at the ditch. It seemed like they had made it, like they were finally safe, especially when they saw the underground tunnels, which could protect them from falling fiery death and such. However, Pan basically pushed him off of the arcanine and headed back into the fray before Justin could protest, which he certainly would have, not only because she was going, but because she was leaving him there.

As she rode off, he sighed, standing motionless and dumbfounded, completely clueless as to what to do next. Oh! Right! The tunnel.

"Everyone!" he called out to no one in particular. "Move into this tunnel It'll protect you from the meteors!"

People began moving towards the tunnels, and more and more people began getting near the ditch. It was difficult, because meteors were still falling in this particular area, and it was hard to see people get so close to safety, and then not make it. That's when Justin decided his job wasn't just to direct people to the tunnels.

He heard a yell and saw a kid around the age of sixteen falling into the ditch, rolling down awkwardly. It wasn't a shallow climb, and Justin wasn't surprised that, in peoples' panics, they got to the destination a bit prematurely (as kids tended to do) and made unexpected falls. The more people got there, the more awkward landings there were. Moving slowly due to a twisted ankle could mean life or death in this situation, so he quickly ran over to the boy.

Before even asking if he was okay, Justin leaned over, put his arms around the kid's back and pulled him up. "You!" he called to the nearest big enough guy he saw, "Take this kid to that tunnel,"

"Yeah," the man nodded and took over as Justin ran to the next person who fell, a young lady about his age, but when he got closer, he noticed that she was familiar. Jill Sanchez, a woman with whom he had slept a while back, close to immediately after Tina broke his heart.

There was only a brief second or two where they made silent eye contact and Justin pulled her up by her left arm. "You okay?"

"I fell on my right arm," she said. "I think it broke,"

"Okay, shit," Justin said, breathing heavily. "Okay, hold it up with her left arm." She did so, and Justin pulled off his shirt. He ripped it right from the neckline and immediately tied it into a sling around Jill's neck, allowing her to rest her arm in it. "You good?"

"I think so," she nodded.

"Okay," Justin said. "Get to that tunnel up there, should be safe."

"Hey, Justin?" he turned to her before he could run off to help someone else. "Um, my friends, Kerry, James and Alec were here too. If you-"

"I'll keep my eye out," Justin said, "Get to the tunnels." She nodded and ran as Justin made his way to his next target.

It didn't take long for him to recognize Tag Lee. The situation was a bit intense for their usual awkward hatred confusion, so he just nodded towards the man. He noticed his pokemon were being incredibly useful and that he would likely take over as some sort of organizational leader now that he was there, since he was much more strategically minded.

"Hey," he said, approaching the man, his usual awkwardness overtaken by urgency, even given the fact that he was magnificently shirtless. "There's a tunnel right over there, the ground above is thick enough to protect against the meteors. I've been sending people- Shit, watch out," he pushed Tag aside and jumped up onto a rock by which he was standing at the edge of the slope. There was a little girl tumbling down, and if not for Justin catching her, she would have dove head first into the rock. "You okay?" he asked.

"Y-Yeah," she said. "I think so. But I can't find my mommy!"

"Okay," Justin said. "Can you make it to that tunnel over there on your own?"

"Mhm," she nodded.

"Alright, we'll send your mommy over there too when she gets here, okay?"

"Okay,"

As she ran, he stood back up and looked at Tag for a moment. He just nodded and turned back towards others who might need his help.

Posted by: Fei Fei Jun 14 2011, 11:55 PM

To: No one in particular.
Location: Ferris-Wheel-o'-Doom to The Ditch

The speed at which disaster strikes is always just a little bit faster than the speed of "what you'd expect." The first meteor in the sky had almost been beautiful, as scary as it has been, and Alex and Hiiro stopped in their path to watch it fall across the sky. It was like nothing Alex had ever see - not even on TV or in pictures. "Amazing," she whispered under her breath, smiling a little as she ignored the noise in the background to just appreciate . . . the . . . what? Alex's eyes widened as the sky began to light up all over the place, as trails of burning rock and ice began to streak across the sky in an alarmingly frequent and impending manner.

"Hiiro . . . do they look like they're getting . . . closer," she asked in a slightly shaky voice, keeping an admirable control over the panic rising in her stomach. Hiiro responded with a slow nod, his neck craned up to look at the sky. "I was afraid of that," he said, letting her eyes drop down to look at everyone around her, all of them looking up, looking up . . .

And then the first of the little, hurtling meteors hit, and "chaos" was the only word that could have described it all. Alex's legs trembled at the impact, and she cursed under her breath as she fished in her pocket for Hiiro's pokeball, the little monster too stunned to move, with his eyes fixed on where the meteors were falling.

"Crap, Hiiro! Return! We've got to get out of -" her words were cut off as a meteor hit far too close to home for her comfort, and the rippling of the ground sent her feet stumbling out from under her. She caught herself on her hands, suddenly glad for the seemingly-useless fingerless gloves that she always wore as they protected her palms from being scratched up, and she barely looked behind her as she started scrambling up again, not only avoiding the falling rocks but the flailing people as well. It's like they don't see anyone else - they probably don't. Herd mentality or . . . MD would have know the doctor-y word for it. But now wasn't the time for searching her memory bank for Freudian psychological conditions - now was the time for running, and running fast.

As she began to run like Giratina was on her heels, she was able to notice that some of the people around her were releasing their larger pokemon, riding them to fly or gallop around the meteors. One person - they were going to fast for her to see who was riding - flashed past on the back of an Arcanine, some kind of pokemon on the back Flashing brightly as its trainer yelled "Head for the Ditch!" Alex didn't need to be told twice. Too bad none of her pokemon clocked in about two-feet.

She came to a huffing stop, her head bent over and her hands resting on whatever she could find as she tried to think about what she could do. How the heck was she going to- she looked up and noticed what, exactly, she was leaning against. It was an ATV dirt bike (she'd seen some rich kids using them earlier). And look, the keys were left conveniently in the ignition.

She smiled toothily. That would work.

After scrambling on and starting the machine up, and after pitching forward a few times as she tried to get used to the feel and kick of the bike (she wasn't looking to become professional motocross here - just living to the end of the night would be good for her), she raced for the ditch that was (very gladly) visible in the distance, all the while playing a mental game of "avoid people and meteors."

Posted by: Proby Jun 15 2011, 06:33 AM

~Alex

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 15 2011, 06:55 AM

Kenz looked at the many people coming into the ditch, including a little girl, a girl with a broken arm, and someone held by two buff guys. It was amazing. The meteor storm was making people put their differences aside to truly appreciate human life. It didn't matter if you were enemies with the person next to you; their life mattered just as much as yours, and you had to help them. It was crazy how life or death situations really changed your view of life. A few more of these, and there might be world peace!

Kenz shook her head. Musings about life weren't helping the people in danger. She looked at a small girl that came up to her waist who was tugging on her ripped kimono.

"Where's my mommy?" she cried.

"I d-" Kenz thought better of disagreeing with a scared five-year-old. "She's coming to the ditch, okay? She got a little delayed because she's trying to help other people. How about I tell you a story while we wait? Then, if you fall asleep, your mommy will be so proud of you for being so calm."

The little girl smiled, showing her two holes where her front teeth should be. "Thank you, miss!"

"Okay, I'll be there in one second. Just sit down in that corner and I'll be right back," she said, walking up to the entrence to the ditch where other people were entering. She looked out in specific for a girl her age with brown hair and a navy fadora. Liz.

Posted by: Arcyena Jun 15 2011, 10:56 AM

Who: Chris
To: The RV Brigade
Where: Ditch-ward bound?

“Ugh… it’s sure been a while since the last time I’ve been hit in the head like that...”

Clearly, Chris wasn’t taking his recent facial injury all too well, as one would indeed expect considering the amount that his nose was currently bleeding. Fortunately, the blood vessels in the nose are amongst those which repair themselves the quickest, so this wouldn’t keep up for too long, but this didn’t stop Chris from feeling the effects of blood loss, in particular light-headedness, yet another symptom which began to further hinder his progress. At this rate, it truly would be a miracle if he did end up at his intended destination. Well, if he were to rely simply on his own two legs to carry him there anyway.

Fortunately though, he didn’t have to.

Once again finding his eyes drawn towards some kind of light display, the teen had to check twice that he was indeed seeing what his eyes were saying was before him. Seemingly, someone had the bright idea, no sarcasm intended, of attaching half of what appeared to be one of those vehicles which was a combination of a caravan and a car (Campervan? Recreational Vehicle? Whatever they’re called…) and attaching it to an Arcanine, forming some kind of make-shift carriage. As for the source of light, well that appeared to be a Pachirisu using what appeared to be Flash, possibly the same one that had drawn his attention earlier when what appeared to be it’s trainer was directing people towards the ‘ditch’? That would make sense, a trainer with that level of kindness, risking her own skin in order to attempt to inform others of a route to safety, would also more than likely be the one, or one of, the minds behind this carriage scheme.

Either way, Chris was not about to look a gift electric-squirrel in the mouth. Making his way to the severed vehicle as quick as his body would let him at this moment in time, instantly trying to find a way to prevent himself from falling out once the carriage picked up speed. The first thing that caught his eye happened to be some kind of handle built into the roof of the vehicle, so rather than risk the carriage suddenly moving while he was still looking, the teen opted to remain standing and simply hold onto the handle with his left hand, while his right continued to reduce the flow of blood from his nasal passages. This handle was more than likely one of those safety features many people believe would never, ever have any use whatsoever, clearly, was today a thing for things that would never happen, happening.

Now that he had gotten himself secure, Chris quickly turned his head in search for the Pachirisu which had informed him of the vehicle, giving the Pokémon a nod of appreciation as well as a smile, completely forgetting that he had his hand covering the top half of his mouth, meaning there was always the possibility that the little Pokémon couldn’t tell what sort of expression his face was pulling, though the muffled “Thanks” he gave it probably made it clear just what he was doing.

Now that he had finally made it to a position where he could allow himself to think a little, since his safety now depended on actions which were pretty much out of his control, the teenager began to let himself take in the situation a little more, analysing the events which had occurred and just how he had ended up where he was now.

The more he thought about it, the more Chris realised just how unlucky he had been causing him to actually shake his head in disbelief, not paying the slightest bit of attention to anything anyone around him was doing at the moment. Also, he happened to realise that this whole time he had been running, ditching his backpack probably would have been a very good idea. He had no valuables inside of it, his wallet being his jeans pocket while his Poke Balls were attached to his belt. It was a little strange for him to not think of that earlier, perhaps his level of exhaustion combine with the tension created by the current situation and it’s immediate effects had simply wracked his usually calm, collective minds.

What was even stranger however was that Fenrir, being the protective Poochyena that he was, could still be found confined in his Poke Ball. Perhaps he was still feeling the after effects of the exhaustion he was suffering from a few days earlier, but that normally didn’t stop the Canine creature from leaving his Poke Ball on his own accord every hour or so to check on things. Again though, Chris wasn’t going to complain about such a reality. If Fen was finally going to get some rest, he wasn’t going to be the one to complain. To be honest, right now, he wasn’t really in the mood to do much of anything, meteor storm outside or not. After what seemed like endless hours of continuous travel, followed by running for his life, then suffering what felt like a brick being thrown in his face, the teen was more than ready to call it in for the day, and his red-rimmed eyes were showing it.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 15 2011, 11:47 AM

To:No one, really
Where:Ferris wheel area.

Kaya stared at the Ferris Wheel, waaaay slower than it normally was in a blueish box of light. She couldn't help breathe a sigh of relief. It was too slow to run anyone over, at least anyone with the sense to get out of the way. Past the outside of the box, she saw a panicked breeder carrying a slackoth, which had amazingly managed to stay asleep. A particularly large meteor slammed right into them, and hardly a trace of the two were left.

Kaya couldn't believe her eyes. Before she'd seen the meteor wipe the two from existence, she'd still had half a hope that it was just a night mare, and she'd wake up in a few minutes and pokecon would be going on as it had been earlier in the day, before the meteorites. She loosened her grip on the back of her chair and fell out of the ATV. She tried yelling for help, but they didn't seem to hear her. The ATV was going too fast and her voice was drowned out in the chaos. She walked towards the ditch, dragging her bad leg behind her. Zach and the driver of the ATV were out by now.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 15 2011, 02:21 PM

At: No one
Where: Buffet table's previous location/ trying to run for the ditch


Anita and her Pokemon were caught completely off guard when the meteors began falling. The first one they actually saw was the one that demolished the buffet table more effectively than a rampaging Gyarados. Anita screamed in surprise, as the piece of burning rock slammed through the table. The resulting shock wave of its impact caused Anita and her Pokemon to go flying into the air.

Landing in scattered positions, her Pokemon sprawled out; all of them except for the Skitty were knocked out. The Skitty landed on her backside. Anita managed to land in a perfect frontwards splits. Arms up, she displayed her landing in the gymnast's stlye, proud of her landing. Looking around, she realized her Pokemon were injured. Terror splashed across her face, she panicked, not sure what to do while the burning rocks fell all around. She got up and ran over to her backpack. Grabbing it, she turned around to look back at her Pokemon.

Anita reached into the side pocket of her backpack and retrieved her Pokemon's balls. "Oh, no! This can't happen, not now... Poof, Fluffy, Excalibur, return!" Anita yelled holding out their Pokeballs. The unconcious Pokemon glowed red as the beams from their Pokeballs touched them. Each returned to it's ball, safe and sound. Anita picked up her pack by the straps and heaved it onto her shoulders. Stuffing the Pokeballs onto her beltloops, she began running towards the ditch. As Anita ran, Nyan-nyan's Pokeball suddenly burst Open. Nyan-nyan landed and began running along with Anita.

Suddenly, a meteor hit the grond right behind them, causing the Skitty to panic. Jumping up, Nyan-nyan attached herself to Anita's face with her claws. "KeeeYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Anita screamed. Anita reached up and tried to pull the Pokemon off of her face to no avail. Blinded, she began flailing her arms around above her head, stggering in what she hoped was the direction of the ditch and NOT the direction of the out-of-control ferris wheel's path.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 15 2011, 03:12 PM

Who: Douken
At: Anita
Where: In the sky, taking to the ditch.

Douken could feel the heat from the falling rocks. Each one flying by, the bird and the human tried their best to escape the shower safely and return to freedom. However, as they flew past another meteor, Skarmory's eyes caught a sight of a girl spazzing about. Think back a moment, when he was talking to Jaima, he could recognize the backpack, and her voice full of food saying her name was Anita. "Let's help her out!" he told Sabre, causing the bird to enter a dive.

With Sabre moving into position, he moved him,self to her back and swooped down, grasping her exposed arms into his talons. Looking down, he saw the girl under him curl up into a ball, as if the panic from being suddenly lifted up. Good thing too, as if she didn't she would make them a bigger target for the meteors. "Anita, right?" he asked her, looking at the balled-girl with pink fuzz plastered to her face, "Stay like that, and I will get you to safety! Sabre, time for Agility once more!"

With the Armor Bird glowing white once more, he shot off in the direction of the ditch. However, without taking to land, the bird released his talons as he dove down, causing the girl to fall and roll down into the ditch area. "Sabre! What were you trying to do? Sky Drop?" He read the move from a magazine before arriving here, and it seemed interesting enough. Seemed Sabre read it too, as he chuckled at the question. With a sigh, Douken replied, "I'll take that as a yes. Guess this means we got to give you lessons on it." If Sabre did master it, then it would be a good combo to use with Reep when she evolved. Still, for now, it was all about trying to more people to try and rescue.

Posted by: Jonahman10 Jun 15 2011, 03:25 PM

To: Anyone (Chariot Crew Possibly)
Where: Honey Cart, the Himan Trailer

The compensation for the destruction of her Honey cart was quickly obtained, but not quickly enough for both Delainey and Daniel to run off. Well, it was nice seeing them, but it would be too dangerous to actually go and investigate the Absols any further without any help. She would just have to get some more honey from her camper and go on making money.

She pushed her cart through the bustling crowds fairly quickly, not wanting to miss any business time. As she got to her camper she realized she had a visitor. Uncle Sam was average sized, a bit overweight and had a mane of facial hair.

His deep voice boomed past her trailer and made several nearby Absol turn their heads. Sam was her favorite uncle, and he had given her the high-tech watch she was wearing at this very moment. He was always kind and loved the outdoors, even though he liked to take naps in the hammock more than he should.

"Sam, what are you doing here?"

"I though you would get lonely here by yourself. Hey, have you been playing with knives again?"

Amelia explained what had happened as they headed in to her trailer...

.......That Night..........
Amelia had sold out another cart's worth of Honey and was headed back home, when the music was cut. It was probably the same guy who ruined her stall earlier. He had to be rich if he had all that money in his pocket when he ran into her stand. The Absols that had been hanging out near their trailer seemed to have left. Sam was on another of his famous naps...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

The first meteor smashed in the distance. As she turned around to go wake up Sam she found another smaller meteor smashing into their truck. She gasped as their trailer went up in flames with Sam still inside. She released Austin and instructed him to go get help as she ran into the burning trailer.

Her eyes stung as the pungent smoke from began to fill her lungs. Her watch vibrated as the contamination app activated. She jumped over a fallen panel from their wall, finally making it into the sleeping area. He had passed out from the smoke already; his lungs were weak from years of lack of exercise. There was no way she could get him out by herself, and she was starting to feel dizzy too.

But when she tried desperately to lift him up, another pair of hands brought enough strength to lift him. Slowly navigating through the remains of the Trailer, they managed to bring him out.

Her lungs relaxed as she dropped to the ground and let fresh air refill her body. She would never be able to pay for another trailer, even with the money from today. Her livelihood was as good as ruined. Comfort would never be in her lifestyle, thanks to fate who hated her. She should probably at least say thank you to man who helped save Sam though.

She turned to the man, crying from the smoke and her financial loss. She wept from that and terror when she saw that the person who had saved Sam was no other than the one who had ruined her cart earlier, and that Austin, whom he almost killed, was perched on his shoulder...

Posted by: Pinsir Jun 15 2011, 03:57 PM

((collaborated upon with dragonwish2))

Who: Zach and Liz
To: Each other and Kaya
Location: Close to the ditch- in the ditch

"Thanks for the lift," Zach said as Liz, who had came to his aide, helped him on to her ATV, which was doubling over as an ambulance of sorts.

"Your welcome."

Without hesitation, Liz stepped on the gas pedal, sending the motor vehicle in the direction of the ditch, dodging rocks and debris as they smashed into the earth. For a little girl, she had some pretty good driving skills. Just when it had seem that there was hope again, Zach was made aware of a ferris wheel coming straight towards them, and it was gaining speed rapidly.

"L-L-Liz!" Zach stuttered out of fear, "Behind us!"

Liz loosened the pedal and hit the brake. She looked back at the ferris wheel again.
"I saw. HOLD ON-NNNNN!" She trailed off sharply as she pushed back down on the gas pedal, sending the ATV once again onward. The crowd had thickened, some injured, others fleeing and caught in the panic. Liz revved the engine and a few people stepped aside as best as they could, though that was little. She turned around at Zach. "Any ideas?"

"How about a little detour?" Zach suggested, "It will probably be less crowded near the sides, we can get to the ditch faster.

Liz nodded and swerved aside, now pulling in a very long half circle around the mass of screaming people. She aimed for the ditch, watching for stragglers.


She watched the road and groaned as the ATV shook.
"It's getting rough, hang on!" she called to the girl and Zach. Liz glared at the dirt now, a red fury against it building in the pit of her gut. Ahead laid a bump, which at this speed would either cause a complete flip and an explosion, or a gentle glide with a hard landing.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This was not a great feeling in Zach's leg, causing him to wince slightly. Suddenly, the ATV went airborne as it hit a ridge, gliding through the air before landing roughly on the ground, causing more pain to Zach's leg. Zach slowly lifted up his pants leg and examined it. It was already black and blue, and it was severely injured, if not broken.

"Liz, I'm going to need some help getting inside," Zach said calmly as the ATV approached the ditch, "My leg is in a lot of pain. The ATV landed on it when I flipped."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Liz looked back and nodded.
"I'll be helping you both. Ryan and Greg will help." She looked forward. The ditch was there! A few people were running into it. Liz braked and got out. She walked around the ATV and looked over the girl, Zach, and the bag. "Okay, I can probably carry one of you at a time with Ryan, and Greg can take the bag- OH NO NO NO!!" Liz grabbed the ATV as it rolled towards the ditch. Ryan jumped off and joined her. Liz shook her head. "Get the bag inside!" She watched him sling the bag over his shoulder and run inside.

Liz dug her heels into the dirt and slowly came around to the front, pulling or pushing the ATV as she went. She pushed it back onto flat ground and looked at it. The only possible carrying device would be to wrench the back lid off...

"Ryan!" The riolu came running quickly out of the ditch. "Can you help me get this thing off with force palm?" Ryan ran and jumped. Liz tugged as he struck, the back sliding off a bit roughly. "Thanks, buddy. I owe you a lot of poke blocks when we get out of here." Ryan simply grunted and gripped one end. Liz rode the ATV away and hustled back. She took the other end of the lid and they slowly took the two patients into the ditch.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Just place me against that wall, so I can rest," Zach grunted as Liz and her Riolu, Ryan, slowly pulled the two injured passengers on the torn lid inside of the ditch, and placed Zach leaning against the wall. He winced once again, and looked around. There were many injured people, and some were very frightened as well. One trainer was being comforted by her Chansey, who gave its trainer a hug to assure her that it would be alright. Zach took a PokeBall off of his waist, and released Spark in a flash of light, who quickly assessed the situation before climbing on Zach's lap, licking his face before sitting down on Zach's stomach.

"We might be in here for a while Spark," Zach said, "So make yourself comfortable."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Liz looked over the situation. The people who had made it to the ditch need serious medical help. She checked her jeep, but there wasn't a bandaid on it, much less ointment or wrappings. Liz looked up out of the ditch. There was currently two options; stay, leaving a large chance for people to die of wounds, or go out again to look for one simple first aid kit among the rubble. She rubbed her head and sighed.

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 15 2011, 04:49 PM

Who: Darryn
To (ish? they're nearby ;p): Tag / Justin / Scarr
Where: The Ditch

Darryn's eyes were dazzled by the latest large meteor to come hurtling this way right up until the silhouette of a lithe, shining red Pokemon got between him and the perfect view of the incoming missile. With a flash and a roar, a Hyper Beam shot forth from the Scizor's clamp-like pincers and shattered the enormous flaming boulder into tiny fragments that whipped down to that ground like blazing darts. For a moment Darryn's Co-Ordinator side took a snapshot image and he squirrelled it away to look at again, if he survived. Whatever the case, his cousin was still out there somewhere and she had still not arrived safely at the ditch that was providing some sort of cover for the trainers slowly collating there.

"Lyla!?" Darryn yelled over the screaming, edging to the side of the ditch and peering over the rim of the blasted earth. Carnage was out there and a throng of bodies was still making its way towards them.

"Joltee!" Romeo dashed in from the side of Darryn's vision, a green bubble erupting around them just in time. A fist-sized projectile glanced off his Protect field, inches away from striking the side of Darryn's head. Instinctively, he fell, tumbling back to the base of the ditch. He tasted dirt in his mouth and he spat freely, blinking away the dust in his eyes only to find pink hair bobbing only a few feet away.

Fussing over a strange metal device with two cup-like holders, a Nurse Joy was bashing buttons on the screen vigorously. Darryn blinked. Could that be a transporter? He'd only ever seen larger versions of the device in Pokemon Centers where trainers could swap out Pokemon in their party for those in storage but never a portable kind. If that thing worked, then...

"Joy!" Darryn scrambled towards her, kicking up loosened dirt where a good portion found its merry way into his shoes. "Joy! Let me transfer out my Pokemon!"

"I can't." The Nurse looked him over. "This is for medical emergencies, only. Wait... Aren't you Darno? Derry? Jaima's friend?"

Instantly irritated and not caring where the Joy knew him from, Darryn snatched the device from her hands and held her at bay with one hand. Outraged, she lunged back at him to take the transporter back. He retreated into the Empath space between them and began to draw out her desperation, anger, fear and confusion.

<You are completely supportive of me using this.> He informed her, inserting a seed of calm and support into the woman's Emotaglow. <In fact, you're feeling helpful and want to show me how this works.> The Nurse's eyes glazed for all of a few milliseconds and then softened slightly. Not all of her fear or anger was gone, exactly, but she was definitely ready to support Daryn with his suggested request.

""Oh, you'll need to place your Pokeball here." Joy pointed a shaking hand at the black circle nearest to Darryn. "And enter your destination on the panel. Scan in your fingerprint and your options for a return will show on the screen."

Done and done. Darryn fired off the Premier Ball from his belt and thumbed the selection for a Repeat Ball to come through from Pallet Town. A crackle of white energy later and the replacement was with him. Rinse and repeat... Only this time he made a mistake. What he thought was a Lure Ball was actually a Quick Ball. In a confused buzz of alarm, the transporter shot out a red beam, snagging up a startled Romeo and with an audible 'DING!'disappeared in a burst of energy only to be replaced with a black Luxury Ball. No time to change what was done, Darryn pushed the device back towards Joy and got back to his knees.

Lady
Victor
India
Poliwag
November
Zulu

Tag or Justin: I don't think Darryn will be getting very far... I leave the rest to you

Posted by: Tekno Jun 15 2011, 06:34 PM

Who: Ceress
To: Fenrir
Location: Following Fenrir around

<<Look, Fenrir, I'm an Absol. We live our entire lives predicting disasters. This, however, is something that I just couldn't ignore, especially with a human fair undergoing on the precise spot.>> as Ceress continued his dash he tried to explain his reasons to the elder Arcanine. He could still end up with a bad burn, though, if he survived the ongoing disaster, that is. <<I figured out the pack didn't matter as much as thousands of lives. If only the bloody humans followed our omens this could have all been avoided.>> a trail of whirlwinds began to form as the Absol moved and another Razor Wind followed them, this time to throw a small meteor out of his course to avoid hitting them.

A chill ran down the Absol's spine. Something was about to happen. Something bad. And it wasn't coming from the skies above either... It was the Ferris-wheel just about to begin his rampage down the field as if the damn meteors weren't enough already. Thankfully some trainer managed to hold it down with a well ordered Trick Room, slowing down the fast motion of the Ferris-wheel and allowing people to get a safer route to the ditch.

<<I'm right here so if you need help with something just say so. Just like the good old Barley days.>>

***
Who: Tyson
To: No-one
Location: En route to the ditch

This wasn't good for Tyson. He lacked a Pokemon that could carry him or that could keep up to provide decent cover. He did, however, have a slight idea. He may not have a move that completely blocked incoming strikes but he did have something that could soften them. Without thinking twice he released Lícia out on the field and made his instructions fast and clear.

"We don't have time for explanations, Lícia. I need you to set up a Reflect. Fast." the Bayleef nodded without asking any questions. A force field was created around Tyson and everybody nearby and Lícia was returned to her ball as soon as it was done. Speed isn't something Bayleef are known for and thus Tyson decided not to risk it and began making his run towards the ditch. The smaller (the size of an eyeball, almost) meteorites were greatly slowed down by the Reflect, making it feel like someone's just throwing pebbles around. The bigger ones, however, Tyson tried to avoid as they could cause a lot more damage. Yet another problem was the fact that Ceress had run off after the Arcanine. Best case scenario they would meet back up at the ditch.

***
To: Tag
Location: The ditch

After some gruesome fifteen minutes of running the ditch was finally in sight. Carefully sliding down the slopes not to fall flat on his face (as many people did in their rush) he finally felt safe down in the giant hole, as odd as that sounds. This wasn't enough for Tyson, though, as he felt the need to help the remaining survivors. Heading towards a quite big (and somewhat scary) looking guy he offered his help.

"Uh, is there any way I can help? I can set up some Reflects, if needed, or I can help clearing out the area of debris." he knew it wasn't much but at least it was something. Hell, even escorting people into the tunnels would be pretty damn helpful in this kind of situation.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 16 2011, 12:07 AM

It's: Tag
To: The League of Ditch Protectors, First Scarr, then Justin, then Alex, then Douken/Anita (Sorta)
Where: Ze Deetch.

Tag found himself somewhat relieved when, well, relief came in the form of a Scizor, flat out destroying a meteor. He seemed to be discussing with Kyoko and Orin, but the girls seemed rather displeased at his comments. Tag was most likely imagining things again. Either way, as the giant rock dispersed into several, equally dangerous smaller rocks, Kyoko and Orin neatly deflected the detritus with their own techniques.

"Thank you Scizor" Tag commanded "You take care of the big ones, we'll deflect the rest." Tag and his team were not intending to shove meteors into peoples' paths, but rather out of the way, providing safe passage. He felt remotely bad about commanding another person's pokemon, especially a stranger's, but at the same time, these were desperate times.

"Hey"

Tag was familiar with this familiar awkwardness. He tossed Justin a sidelong glance, for he was still rather focused on having Kyoko and Orin protect the meteorite refugees as they made their way into the safety of the ditch. He was not terribly surprised to see Justin magnificently shirtless. It just seemed the appropriate Justin-style technique. Falling meteors of doom, and some ripped dude who was awkward. It sounded "Reign of Fire" with Matthew McConaghey, except sans the giant fire breathing dragons.

"There's a tunnel right over there-" Tag was entirely unsure as to why Justin was pointing out such an obvious fact. Then he found himself rudely shoved aside, only for Shirtless Justin to make some miracle catch, snagging a tumbling girl out of the air like she was a winning pass.

As Justin looked to Tag, who had sprung back up, ready to throw fists, Tag watched Justin be surprisingly kind to someone other than himself. It was somewhat heartwarming, and once again forced Tag to re-assess Justin as a person. They made eye contact once again. As Justin nodded at him, Tag simply nodded in reply. Of course, in a crisis, their sense of fraternity sprang to the forefront. This was yet another time when they'd been unlikely allies in times of duress, and Tag was not only getting used to it, he was actually growing quite fond of it, even with all the awkwardness.

"Don't die, idiot." he nodded.

Then, of course, a car crashed in the little trench, fairly near to where he was. This most definitely interrupted his Justin-themed reverie. Three teenaged kids piled out of the car, fairly uninjured, but their car had nearly hurt several people.

"Ummm...hi. I'm Alex. Nice to meet you."

"Kid." Tag snapped his head over, almost growling "You could've killed someone, idiot! Help out here, or get to safety." With that, he turned back, pointing out meteorites to his two pokemon and additional Scizor.

Tag watched, then, as a boy on a Skarmory flew by, unceremoniously depositing a wailing girl into the ditch. He narrowed his eyes for a moment at the boy and his skarmory. They seemed familiar, as if he'd met them in a dream.

It was odd. Even amidst a calamity, Tag still had time to think about seemingly random things. After all, his pokemon were doing all the grunt of the work, he was merely directing them. This was his element, after all, and his veneer of calm was at its most outstanding once again. There was no strategy against the meteors, because unlike Asteroids ™, there was no increase in difficulty.

"I can't stay here and just leave Lyla behind. I'll be back as soon as I can! November, I choose you!"

Darryn was now back at his side, once again interrupting Tag's thoughts and focus. A Rapidash appeared, and Darryn quickly mounted it, ready to sprint off. Tag instinctively reached up and grabbed Darryn by the wrist.

"Idiot, you'll get yourself killed! Suzu will get her here safely, please trust her! Let's make sure she has as safe a passage as possible from here; you need to be safe too." He had let Justin run off, because Justin was foolhardy enough to survive the nonsense going on around them. Darryn, on the other hand, was younger and probably a bit more frail than Justin. Justin also had an incredibly overpowered Hitmontop under his command. He stared the boy directly in the eyes, not wanting to say the overused "Trust me" line, but instead willed it with considerable effort to keep Darryn from trotting off to his demise. Tag, however, in turn, noted the mixture of panic and determination. Darryn needed to rescue his cousin. After a second, he let go, perhaps because he simply didn't like physical contact with people, and returned his attention to clearing the sky of meteors with his pokemon.

"But, you're essentially an adult. Do as you please. I won't stop you." Tag grunted, crossing his arms. Part of him wanted to go with Darryn, to make sure his beloved Suzu was safe. However, he did trust his most loyal pokemon to return to him, with Lyla. She would most likely see Kyoko and Orin and know to join her sisters at the ditch. "Just don't die." He added, almost as an afterthought to Darryn.

And once again his thoughts were interrupted as yet another kid walked up to him (Since Justin ran back off to help people, so we'll assume that it's to Tag.)

"Uh, is there any way I can help? I can set up some Reflects, if needed, or I can help clearing out the area of debris."

Tag snapped his intense gaze over at the newcomer, Tyson.

"Excellent plan." He nodded. Here was someone showing just a modicum of sense in this hectic hullabaloo. "Do it."

With the slew of distractions currently somewhat over, Tag returned his attention to his pokemon. Clearing rubble did seem like the next logical step in this operation. With that in mind, he summoned another pokemon to the field.

"Bachi". A flash of light revealed the poison pin pokemon. "Double Kick on the debris. Keep the path clear as best as you can." Bachi nodded confidently and trundled out onto the field as fast as he could, kicking the rocks to the side to form a fairly streamlined path, with little piles of rocks marking either side. "Orin, keep Bachi safe! Kyoko, keep it up!"

Posted by: Tekno Jun 16 2011, 12:05 PM

At Tag's approval Tyson released the remainder of his team before instructing each of them in what to do.

"Alright, no time to explain, guys! We need to act quick as this is a matter of life or death." the Pokemon nodded, even Tyrogue, surprisingly. Most likely because dying wasn't on his agenda for today more than trust for his trainer.

"Lícia, set up a Reflect. Try to cover as much as you can but don't overdo yourself." with those words spoken the Bayleef began to focus and created a barrier protecting both Pokemon and trainers alike. Taking in account the recent addition of the skill to Lícia's moveset the force field wasn't huge but it still covered a moderate amount of space. "Stay focused, we need this to slow down the meteors." the Bayleef nodded while retaining her concentration on the barrier.

"Gobi, I need you to dig a big enough hole where we can deposit the debris. Be ready to cover it up when we're finished." the usually lazy Hippopotas began to work on the hole immediately so that it would be finished when needed. While the Hippo Pokemon dug away Tyson directed his orders to Tyrogue and Oniden.

"Tyrogue, go help the Nidorino smash the rocks. When you're done begin carrying them to the hole Gobi is digging up. Oniden, you go help out the Bellossom and Snorunt with the meteors. Swift should be good for the job." Tyson knew the Elekid's attacks weren't nearly as powerful as those of the Bellossom and Snorunt but it was worth a shot. Every little bit helped. Tyrogue quickly went it's way to help out the Nidorino while Oniden saluted Tyson before heading out.

"E-Excuse me.." a voice from behind caught Tyson by surprise. He turned around to see an elderly man addressing him with a collar of sorts on his hands. "Is that Bayleef using Reflect or Light Screen by any means?"

"Reflect, yes. She's using it in order to soften the meteors' impact."

"I see... Well, this might be helpful then." he handed the collar to Tyson. At first it didn't seem special in any way until he noticed the center piece. There was some sort of clay encased in glass that gave off a faint glow. "That's a Light Clay. It makes Reflect and Light Screen become more persistent than usual." Tyson quickly thanked the man and ran towards Lícia to give her the new helpful item. As soon as the item was equipped the barrier became significantly more noticeable, thus increasing the length of the Reflect.

A fast scan of the operation revealed that everything was going according to plan. The hole Gobi was digging was nearly finished and the Hippopotas was slowly making his way back up to help carrying the debris. A huge pile of dirt was also set to cover everything back up when the procedure was finished. All Tyson had to do now was to wait and see what could possibly happen.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 16 2011, 03:15 PM

With no time to ask questions, Jaima, his mother, and the man they had rescued clambered into the RV. Shadow followed, but Midori's donphan had to be recalled owing to her massive size. Only then did Jaima take the time to hug his mother, who squeezed him back with abandon. Pulling away, she held her hands to his shoulders and looked him over, her lips pressed together.

"Are you eating enough? Are you getting enough sleep? My goodness, you've grown! You aren't supposed to grow up while you're away, you know," she said in rapidfire. Jaima was blushing, biting his lip.

"Yes, I'm eating fine, and sleeping OK when I can, and really, is this the time?" He looked at her imploringly, but Midori Kuonji only chuckled.

"Well, if you'd sought me out before all this happened, I would have gotten it over with. Where are the girls," she said, her voice dropping to a much more serious tone.

"I sent them to the ditch with the majority of my pokemon team. I was following when I saw him," he said, pointing back to the man who was, it seemed, still too shocked at the near miss from the meteor. Midori nodded gravely. "And Meiko?"

"Ummm," Jaima went to the back and looked out, his face growing more worried. "Last I actually saw her, she was headed to the ditch too, but Mercury said that she went out to help someone with Chompwater-"

"Ah, yes... I wish I could ask what you two are thinking without being a complete hypocrite..." She pressed her lips together and sighed. "Who's Mercury?"

"My kirlia, mom, I wrote you about her--"

"Yes, yes, but she was a ralts when I last heard... you never write to your mother..."

"I do so! Well... I mean... I've been, you know, distracted..."

"It's all right," Midori said slyly. "I knew if I sent a girl to you you might forget about your mother... You are being a gentleman, aren't you?"

Jaima flushed even brighter red, sputtering for a moment before finally getting a "YES!" out. "Besides, you're one to talk, you're here with your boyfriend!" It was Midori's turn to blush, which was promptly turned to a paling as he continued. "When I get back to the lab, I have to look him in the eye, you know..."

"What... what are you talking about, Jaima?"

"You're dating the Professor?"

Midori's eyes bugged out, and her hand flew up to her chest. Then, surpassing Jaima's every expectation, she began to laugh. "N-n-no hahahahahahaha no I'm not!"

Jaima blinked, rapidly, but he couldn't distract his mother from laughing. Finally, as she wound down, she could explain, wiping her eyes and giggling. "Professor Elm has been happily married for ages, young man! They live above the lab! How could you have possibly missed that?!" She collapsed into a fit of giggles again as Jaima blinked, taking this in.

"Umm... Then..."

"One of the lab techs," Midori said, moving to the back to help people onto the RV. Jaima joined her. "He's very nice. You'd like him, I think..."

Jaima joined her, and for a while, they worked to help people on, staying silent. Jaima suddenly slumped in relief, and Midori looked at him, worried.

"Meiko made it back to the ditch. I..." he blushed slightly. "I was worried."

Midori smiled. "We'll be all right," Midori said softly. "You'll see."

Jaima nodded, his jaw tightening. "Yeah... even if we have to make sure we're all right ourselves."

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 16 2011, 06:09 PM

To: Reep, Rose, Jaima, Ceress, Amelia
Location: Their makeshift chariot

Whether Joey’s answer was positive or not, Pan still had to get their chariot moving before being crushed. She nodded to the boy and turned her attention to the duskull that landed on her head. She recognized it as Douken’s…and the one that slowed the ferris wheel. If his pokemon was here, where was Douken? Could he have succumbed to the meteor strikes? No, he was much better than that. He was probably already in the ditch, helping people get to safety. In return, Pan would deliver his duskull.

“You can stay right here,” Pan said as she placed Reep in the cockpit, between Mack and Daniel (unaware of the latter’s fear of ghosts [did I get that right?]). The researcher turned her attention to Jaima and several others traveling with him. The first among them to climb aboard was a young girl named Rose. She was rather small and exhausted in her dash to the chariot. As she called out for Meiko and the others, Pan put her hand on the girl’s shoulder.

“Hey, I’m sure they’re fine. In the meantime, you should buckle up. It’s gonna be a pretty rough ride.”

On the other side of the RV/chariot, Jaima and his mother were discussing their relationships in front of the entire group. Since it was such a small space, it was hard to ignore the chatter. As amusing as it was to watch, Pan thought it best to get their attention.

“Um…” she started, “I don’t mean to interrupt, but if any of you have pokemon that can help deflect these rocks, that would be really helpful.”

As if there weren’t enough going on, a particularly large meteor crashed close by, causing the RV to tremble. Pan had to lean against Joey’s chair to avoid completely falling over. Now more than ever, they needed to get moving. Much as she would have loved to talk more with the group, there would be a better time for that…hopefully.
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“Just get in the back and knock off some of those rocks.” Fenrir said to the absol. The arcanine figured the humans would need all the help they could get. All he had to worry about was getting everyone there in one piece.
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Pan was making final preparations, getting ready to mount her arcanine and begin the riskiest joyride she’s ever had. Chi-Chi was still on the lookout for trainers in need. She spotted a trio of humans mourning the loss of a trailer, which burned furiously. This was no time to cry over spilt honey! The pachirisu decided to get their attention by throwing a seed bomb straight into the air. The seed exploded like a firecracker, acting as a flare to locate the chariot. Hopefully, they would abandon the burning pile of metal and make for salvation.

As soon as everyone was seated, Pan climbed up onto Fenrir, looking back to the others for one last wish.

“Wish us luck.”

And with that, Pan urged her arcanine forward. Fenrir immediately took off running, able to tow the passengers with no problems. The rope-cord combination was holding up well, though. However, the true test had yet to come: the meteors seemed affixed upon their hapless group…

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 16 2011, 06:44 PM

Who: Liz and Kenz
To: Each other
Where: Outside the ditch- a destroyed stall


Liz finally made a decision; she would have to go out again and find a First Aid Kit. She looked back at Zach and... wait a minute. "Where is the other girl?" She froze up, shaking all over. Liz finally calmed enough to think. She would find her with the kit, even if it meant her being injured or... delayed.

Liz returned Ryan and Greg. She climbed up out of the ditch and immediatly saw Kenz. She ran forward and hugged her friend. "I-I'm so sorry, I didn't know where you were... How did you get here?" Liz was almost crying now with joy and relief.

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"And once the Dragonite was defeated, the prince went up to the top of the castle and kissed the princess. They were wed, and everyone lived happily ever after."

The little girl smiled and laid against the floor. In several seconds, Kenz heard her breathing become soft and deep. She was finally asleep. Almost immediatly afterwards, Kenz was wrapped in a deep hug from a familiar friend.

"Liz!" she said, her face opening in a large grin as she returned the hug. "I-I got here by Tropius, the most amazing flier ever! Where have you been?" She couldn't believe that Liz was here. Everyone she loved was here. They were all safe. Kenz shuddered slightly as tears began flowing down her cheeks.

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Liz smiled broadly.
"I got the eggs from the breeding stall, a girl who's leg had beens mashed, and Zach, who had a similar problem." She paled and gripped Kenz's shoulders tightly. "Whatever you do, help people get in the ditch, which is looking more like a cave. I have to go find Kaya, the girl I rescued, and a healing kit. A lot of people are injured." Liz looked at the girl sleeping. "Man, you're way ahead of me." She looked back at Kenz. "I have to go, but good luck!" Liz hugged her and ran out of the ditch.

She went to the ATV she had driven aside and revved up the engine. With a turn of the wheel she was spiraling back the way she had come, once again around. So far it was a clear path. Liz breathed a sigh of relief and looked up before blacking out.

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Liz woke with a huge headache and a small stone nearby. The ATV had crashed a bit slowly into a stall, leaving more debris around. She slowly got out, rubbing a new bump on her head. Likely a meteorite had hit her, she comprehended slowly. She looked around and saw a white but dirty duffel bag with a red cross on it and a fire extinguisher. Liz squinted at the bag tightly, remembering. She scrambled up and grabbed it, holding up. She ran back to the ATV and got in. She turned the wheel and slammed the pedal, her head still hurting immensly.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 16 2011, 08:00 PM

Kenz, letting go of Liz so she could help more people, turned to Zach, who was just sitting there, the life draining out of his leg.

"Zach!" she yelled, running up to him and sitting beside his body. She ripped off a bit of her kimono (honestly, she was running out of pieces; it was pretty torn from the adventure getting to the ditch) and dunked it in her water canteen. She gently laid it on his swolen leg, trying to cool it down enough to begin healing.

"You poor thing..." she murmered. She laid her hand under his head to cushion it slightly, and felt his soft black hair perfectly outline her shaky hands. She stared into his deep green eyes, green like a reflecting pool in a small garden. She looked at his lips, his pale lips, that looked so perfect and-

Whoa, whoa, whoa! What was she thinking about? This was a life-or-death situation under a meteor shower; not the ideal place for a first kiss. She averted her eyes to his leg.

"So, how did you bust it up like this?" she muttered softly.

(Sorry if romance isn't good for you, Pinsir. But if it is, I have this whole scene planned!)

Posted by: Asterna Jun 16 2011, 09:05 PM

To: Pan, Jaima
Who: Rose
Location: Chariot

Rose smiled gratefully up at Pan as the older girl patted her shoulder comfortingly, although it didn't quite reach her eyes. "I'll do that, thanks," she told her sincerely, reaching for the seat belt near her and buckling herself in. She let out a sigh and leaned back, relaxing as best she could when meteors were smashing into the ground all around them -- some came uncomfortably close, jolting the makeshift chariot with the force of the impacts -- and she was still fraught with worry over the other trainers she'd been with.

Then, Jaima clambered into the RV with an older woman that had a rather close resemblance to him and his sisters and the man he'd gone to save. "Jaima!" she exclaimed happily, sitting up a little. "Glad to see you're safe!" She paused then, noticing that he was deep in a conversation with the older woman -- his mother? -- and subsided sheepishly, although she was still grinning a little from the sheer rush of relief that at least one person she knew was safe.

Pan politely interrupted the Kuonjis' conversation with a request for aid. Rose paused to think about it for a moment, mentally running over her Pokemon's abilities. Alaia was far, far too small and light for deflecting meteors physically, and none of her moves could do that either. Ciar's forte lay in creating illusions, and all of his current attacks were physical -- again, he was much too small to block enormous, burning chunks of rock that way. Wyatt was still young, and he was in much the same situation as Ciar (excepting the illusions). Nina, though... She did have Water Gun, although she wasn't too strong -- well, not that any of Rose's Pokemon were, much as she hated to say it.

Nevertheless... she had to do something, didn't she? She hesitated a moment longer. Nina would be in danger too, though, and Rose didn't want her getting hurt... Still, she knew that her Panpour would want to help, and it looked like they would need all the protection they could get, she thought with a wince as yet another meteor crashed down next to them. Rose called out her Panpour to make the decision herself. Nina appeared in the usual flash of light, first taking in their surroundings and the situation before looking up at Rose inquisitively.

"Hey, Nina," Rose said. "So... there are all these meteors falling, and you're the only one on the team that has any chance of deflecting them," she explained, flicking a glance outside at the blazing chunks of rock falling everywhere. "Do you want to do it?"

The Panpour took a cursory glance outside, barely considering the danger at all before returning her attention to Rose and nodding firmly. With a quiet sigh, Rose unbuckled herself and stood, grasping onto her seat to keep balance as the RV was shook by another falling meteor. "My Panpour has Water Gun, so she could use it to try and deflect the meteors," she told Pan. "Can we help?"

Posted by: FirePower Jun 16 2011, 10:22 PM

Kaya was going at a pretty good pace- maybe it was because of the blue box? Anyways, when she had finally made it out, she felt her pace slow dramatically. The crowd was moving faster now, and Kaya was afraid she would lose her balance and get trampled to death like some unfortunate individuals she could see on the ground. Then again, your injury could be what saves your life.

The meteor, slightly larger than the ATV Kaya had fallen off of, hit the ground 30 feet ahead- about where she would have been if her leg wasn't broken- Sending about 200 people or so into eternal sleep. As it was, the force of the high-speed impact knocked her backwards and high above the surrounding area. She could see half an RV attached to an Arcanine some ways away, which reminded her. James, Rose, and Willow if she had made it, had been caught in the meteor storm too. Had they made it too the ditch by now, like Luke, beacon and Manera had hopefully done- or had they- she couldn't think about it. It would just make her panic. As if being hurled 20 feet in the air by a smoking chunk of space rock didn't. She hit the ground where what was left of some tents lay in rubble, and everything went black.

Posted by: Amissa Jun 16 2011, 11:26 PM

To: Reep, Douken's duskull, though Mack, Joey, Rose, Pan, Jaima, and anyone else in the RV can probably hear him
Location: Chariot/RV

Daniel hunkered down and whimpered slightly as the duskull was seated right next to him. He was already dealing with the acute stress reaction caused by the disaster, so his ability to cope and make sense of things were already pushed to the limit. There was no way to maneuver away from the pokemon in the small crowded half-RV. He glanced over at it's creepy red eyes and deathly aura and found himself babbling at it. "Pfft! You're not scary! I'm pretty sure that I just recently got thrown off of an out-of-control ferris wheel, and I walked away from that. I am way scarier than you are! Unfortunately, I may also be dead. Hopefully, I don't find that out at the end of all this like the final twist in a horror movie. So don't even give me your 'I'm a ghost pokemon, and I'ma creep you out' crap. Not gonna work today, buddy!"

Daniel felt the RV tremble as a falling meteor hit particularly close by. He clutched harder at the seat. "And furthermore," the teenager continued his tirade at the ghost (who he was totally not afraid of!), "if you are here to collect my soul because I am actually dead, I'd appreciate it if you gave me the head's up so that I can figure out what to do with my pokemon. Maybe give me a chance to say goodbye to my parents and leave my team with them. That is, assuming that they are still alive." And at that thought, the boy swallowed hard and turned his head as he fought hard against a despair and hopelessness that threatened to reveal itself in tears. He'd hit a wall in his rant by mentioning a tragedy so unspeakable that Daniel was completely and utterly certain that if his parents were dead, then the world will have truly come to an end. It took Daniel a few brief moments to get himself straight and continue.

"And if my pokemon have actually died with me, then they should have somewhere nice to go. They should all go to wherever good pokemon go when they die, because each and every one of them is wonderful beyond words. I'm sorry that I was dumb enough to bring them out here even with all the absols around. And if I'm alive, and we're all alive, and I'm only slightly insane right now, then I wish I could help get us through this, but I don't think there is anything that I or my team can do to help." There was another brief pause. "But my family will probably sue the living crap out of whoever's idea it was to hold a Pokecon amongst a sea of absols and ancient fallen meteors. Now that I think of it, maybe it was really obvious what was about to happen. Ah, hindsight."

Yes, that would make him feel better. The idea of getting legal revenge against someone for the disaster focused Daniel's mind a bit better and made him remember that he'd never actually taken off his back pack. He had an awesome first-aid kit in there, and by the looks of things a lot of people might need it whenever they got where they were going. He'd start with that if they survived long enough to reach somewhere safe.

Posted by: deyv87 Jun 16 2011, 11:54 PM

To: The chariot crew
Where: The chariot, Ditch-ward

As more and more people clambered into the chariot and situated themselves, Mack used his left leg to pull his rucksack closer to him, sliding his leg through a strap to keep it in place. Becoming slightly worried at how long the group was waiting to get going, he also picked a dented sauce pan off the floor and placed it on his head to protect his noggin from the falling rocks. He smiled at Daniel, whom he recognized from Gigarte, and stifled back a chuckle when Pan placed the duskull next to the boy. The urge to chuckle quickly subsided as the boy began hysterically ranting at the ghost pokemon.

When the subject came up, Mack went over his lineup in his head, and quickly realized that none of his pokemon would be very helpful in protecting others. Ohmega, his starly, would be crushed by the falling rocks. His magnemite, Jenny, might be able to take come hits from the meteorites, but many of them seemed to be on fire from their entrance through the atmosphere. Lastly, Buck might be able to punch the rocks without problem, except that the makuhita was a scant yard tall. Nope, he decided as he threw the RV-half into neutral, the youngins would have to deal with meteorite deflection on their own.

Quite faster than he expected, the chariot lurched forward, picking up exceptional speed considering the weight that the girl's arcanine had to pull. Mack quickly twisted around in his chair, facing out the gaping hole with his left hand on the steering wheel and his right foot hovering over the break, just in case. As the arcanine pulled the group toward the ditch, Mack maneuvered the rattling RV around as much debris as possible.

Without warning, at least any that Mack noticed, the RV's driver side went airborn as a large meteorite landed nearby, heaving the chariot onto its passenger side wheel. Mack's backpack slid up his leg, letting loose a half-full bottle of champagne across the cramped compartment, along with his makeshift helmet and the silverware and junk that had been jittering around on the floor. With a cacophonous crunch and pop the chariot came back down to earth, landing on its wheels. Mack worried for the baltoy's safety underneath the chariot.

The thought quickly passed as Mack's concentration on steering had to be increased. The driver's side of the chariot was now bouncing up and down far more than the passenger's side. Mack prayed that it was merely a popped tire, and not a broken axle, or else this chariot would quickly become a sled.

The image of a tin can on a string being dragged behind a newly married couple's car flashed through Mack's mind.

Posted by: Jonahman10 Jun 17 2011, 10:27 AM

To: RV/Chariot Group
Where: RV/Chariot

"You, YOU! Why would you save us when you nearly killed us earlier? And after that I made you pay for all that honey, what do you want? I can't give you anything!"

"I... just wanted to make up for earlier."

"There always something more with guys like you, but I guess I do admit you saved both our lives. I'm not going to give your money back if that's what you were thinking though."

"I don't want the money..."

"No one could be THAT selfless, besides if you were that selfless you wouldn't have ruined my honey and nearly killed Austin!"

"It was an Acci-"

"I don't believe you."

"Austin does."

Amelia stared at Austin who was still perched on his shoulder. Couldn't Austin find someone else? Why did he appear so fond of a stranger that nearly killed him? She thought for a minute, then remembered that stars were falling into the field. She was wondering why the field was named that...

"We can talk about this later. Hey, that looks like that is our way out!"

Close by a caravan being pulled by a ridiculously strong Arcanine had just sent out some sort of a flare. It was a good thing they did for a meteor was heading straight for them. Amelia and the stranger struggled to put the still unconscious Uncle Sam on her honey cart but somehow managed to do it and make it to the chariot before the massive meteor destroyed remnants of the expensive trailer.

It was good she decided on getting such a large push cart for her honey, or else Uncle Sam would have never made it. She hooked the metal handle onto a latch on the back of the chariot and then jumped inside. It was the most crowded truck she had ever been in. It was packed so that they probably couldn't fit another person in. Forks and knives were rolling around and the chariot seemed extremely lopsided. Her watch was still vibrating from all the smoke and fire. Daniel appeared to be talking to a Ghost, and some other people were discussing their relationship issues. Mack was also there, slightly creepy as always. Wait wasn't the stranger's fear of Ghosts even worse than Daniel's?

On cue, the stranger yelped like a little girl and jumped back to "Make sure that the guy on the honey cart was O.K." Amelia nudged her way through the group and sat next to Daniel.

"The weather is interesting tonight, isn't it?"

Posted by: LittleShadowPokemon Jun 17 2011, 01:49 PM

Who: Joey
To: RV crew, Pan
Where: RV Chariot

Joey managed to slide comfortably into a surprisingly empty leather recliner. He tilted his packed tent and crutches in a small space between the wall and his chair and propped them up by his pack. The cast-like bandages on his leg were cracked and dirty, and finally being able to let the adrenaline leak out of his system, he started to notice several previously overlooked injuries from before. Nothing major and nothing broken, the young trainer knew things could be much worse. Murphy’s Law was having a field day today. He was struggling with the seat belt since the lack of adrenaline allowed him to feel pain, and it seemed like every nudge was a knife stabbing into his leg. He was about ready to give up when suddenly someone snapped it for him.

Looking up, he vaguely remembered the girl from somewhere…Castle Vonmoto! It already seemed like another lifetime ago when Joey had been invited there mysteriously by Delibird post. Feeling very thankful, Joey started to say “thank you” before he caught himself, and it ended up in just a slurred mess. She didn’t seem to notice though, and followed by asking him a question. Joey could tell it was a question, but due to the darkness, dust, and his inexperience with lip-reading, he couldn’t make out any more than that.

Feeling bad and reveling in that usual social awkwardness when someone doesn’t realize you can’t hear, Joey just fidgeted in his seat trying to think of what to say. He decided to use his only learned form of sign language, a quick rub on his left collarbone with his right half-clenched fist which meant “sorry”. Not knowing if she got that or not, (there was really no reason why she should) he mumbled out a verbal “sorry” hoping it was coherent, pointed to his ears, shook his head then lowered it, blushing hot. He was getting really frustrated. As if he didn’t have enough problems communicating with people regularly, now he had a physical handicap to it? At least he had that to hold on to, if he ever needed to die, he could remember that he wasn’t that comfortable with living.

That’s when the wild Raticate hopped into his lap, his unusual small figure balancing lightly. Looking up, Joey noticed that a Duskull had settled itself on Pan’s head, thankfully distracting her from his social awkwardness. She went to tend to it and the other passengers, and Joey relaxed. He caught sight of some more familiar faces, one he recognized as a Furoh famous Pokémon battler with (was it two?) gym badges. Also from Castle Vonmoto, Joey recognized a young man near his age, or perhaps slightly younger, with which he had battled. Flashes of the scene between Jet, his Seel, and the boy’s Nincada brought themselves to the forefront of Joey’s mind.

Of course! Why wasn’t he helping with his Pokémon? Feeling the RV Chariot lurch forward, he turned to see that the Arcanine was pulling with a makeshift harness, and the girl who had helped him was riding on top of it. Meteors were still raining their way, so Joey quickly flicked through all his Pokémon’s abilities. Compared to some of the ones he’d seen, a Scizor and a Kangaskhan using Hyper Beam, his Pokémon were so little and frail. What could they possibly do? But other trainers were calling out their Pokémon to help deflect, and every bit of help was useful, he knew. Following suit, he rummaged through his pack and called out Claw, his Pidgey, Babylon, his Eevee, and Jet, his Seel. Now was the part where he needed to work through more, his Pokémon were hardly trained to begin with, much less trained to obey signals or hand motions. He seriously needed to get on that, he realized. Instead, he brought them together, huddled in the already cramped and noisy environment, and spoke as clearly and projected as he could. He hoped it sounded something like he meant.

“Jet, Claw. You two combine your Whirlwind and Icy Wind to help deflect the meteors and debris. Work together.” He said that last part more firmly than the rest. Their total and well-coordinated efforts had to be flawless. Only when the two moves were perfectly combined did they have a chance to make a difference. He started to second guess his idea. Did they really have the chance to stand up to a meteor? Or was he being hopelessly foolish? They had to try.

Turning to Babylon, Joey directed the final piece of the puzzle. “Stand behind them and use Helping Hand whenever they attack. Got it?” The Eevee uncharacteristically nodded with determination. Admittedly, it was too soon to tell, but Joey had him prematurely pegged as a pudgy, pampered, pansy pet. Perhaps that wasn’t the case. Claw and Jet moved carefully to the end of the RV where it was widely torn and prepared to attack if need be. Claw had locked himself to the sparingly chipped wooden flooring with his talons to make sure he had enough room to whip up a whirlwind and not be blown out in the process, and Jet was next to him, a little unsteady in a moving vehicle. When the young Seel was getting ready to slip, two small hands clasped around his tail and lower body to steady him. The Seel turned around to see Sinbad, the Raticate, giving his own version of a helping hand and what Joey imagined to be a small, confident smile. Jet nodded and determinedly looked back out onto the destruction happening right outside their small shelter.

Joey was ready with his Pokéballs to recall them if things got too bad for them. If they were in their Pokéballs, their chances of surviving a meteor shower were much greater than if they were not.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 17 2011, 08:21 PM

To: RV/Chariot crew
Location: Eventually, the ditch/tunnel.

That large meteor took Pan by surprise as well. As the RV went off a sharp turn, Fenrir was getting dragged with the vehicle. In the chaos, Pan lost her grip on the arcanine. She tumbled off Fenrir’s back, giving off a short scream before seemingly disappearing underneath their makeshift chariot. The RV landed back on its wheels with a noticeable bump, possibly leaving passengers wondering if they just ran over poor Pandora Gibbs. The slowing speed could very well be her mangled body stuck upon the axle, dragging across the ground and dooming the entire party!

Of course, that was not the case. Close…but not quite.

Quick reflexes allowed Pan to grab ahold of the harness before getting swept under the tires. She was getting dragged around quite a bit, but urged Fenrir to keep going. The bottom half of her body threatened to drift into one of the tires. Luckily, Pan was able to get a leg around the harness before doing too much damage to herself. From there, she was able to wrap her body around the rope and stay relatively safe from being butured by the vehicle.

In this position, Pan had a good look at the bottom of the van. Indeed it had taken heavy damage: the axle creaked as it bounced up and down, threatening to collapse at any moment. In the far back, Pivot was still holding up. The baltoy had managed to compensate for the sharp turn by levitating with the rising cart, slowing its descent with his psychic powers. Still, the pokemon would not be able to hold up the cart without the wheels; it was crucial that the team get to the ditch soon.

Unfortunately, there path was impeded once more by meteors. Three boulder-sized meteors crashed nearby. They didn’t land with craters but rather continued their momentum by rolling over the ground. With all the other meteors crashing around them, navigating around the rolling boulders would be close to impossible. The space between the space boulders was too narrow; one hit could flip the entire chariot. With the speed the meteors were approaching, the group didn’t have much of a choice. Maybe if they focused pokemon attacks on one of the rocks, they could create a bigger opening to slip through. As all of this was happening, the bottom of the chariot began to glow. Either it was about to explode, or a certain baltoy chose a great time to begin evolution.

All of a sudden, the entire carriage, including the arcanine pulling it, flew a couple yards over the crushing boulders! Fenrir was extremely confused as to why he was walking on air, his legs flailing about as he traveled through thin air. Though Pan had to close her eyes from the blinding light, it became clear to her that her baltoy was now a large claydol. Its arms separated from its body to support Fenrir as they “flew” towards their destination. Pan couldn’t help smiling as a breeze passed over her in the flight.

“Good work, Pivot.”

With no terrain or car problems to slow them down, the chariot glided straight into the ditch in front of a surprised crowd of people. The arcanine roared loudly in order to clear a runway. Survivors obliged, parting to the sides of the ditch to allow a safe landing for the group. Pivot left its position and lowered the RV chariot slowly to allow passengers to exit. Meanwhile, Pan finally let go of the ropes and lay upon the ground, her body hidden between the tires. Holding herself up over the entire trip was exhausting, not to mention that her butt still hurt from getting dragged across the ground.

“That was pretty awesome,” she admitted to herself, resting there for a few moments.

She didn’t realize that some may have thought her dead, a bloody mess that would have to be hosed off the RV for proper burial.

Pan’s baltoy evolved into a claydol

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 17 2011, 09:15 PM

Who: Reep
At: Daniel and Pan
Where: RV Chariot to pit

Chuckling at the boy's rants, Reep went over and patted his back, letting the contact communicate to him through his mind. "Now now, you aren't dead. It's not my job to send people to the afterlife. Maybe my uncle, but not me!" She then gave out a chuckle, thinking about her uncle Dusknior before her single glowing eyes looked at him through the left eye socket. "But if you do die, I will be sure to tell my uncle everything you told me!" With that, she held out her wispy hand, like she was giving a thumbs up, until she heard a massive crack.

Looking over at the ferris wheel, she watched meteors fly through it as well. In and out the dimensional shift, the alterations were too much for it to handle, and Trick Room was beginning to crack. Any second it was going to shatter before sending the wheel-like structure back to the base destination. "Now may be the best time we hurry things along."

That was when Pan got lost under the cart. Moving to the edge, she looked around, trying to find her before checking the cord, looking at the dangling girl. She gave a sigh of relief, glad she didn't have to call her uncle for a friend. Then, like a chain reaction, the cart lifted up thanks to Pivot's evolution. Events happening so fast when adrenaline were slowing things down!

When the group reached the ditch, the Requiem Pokemon hovered over to the psychic type and gave the same thumbs up as to the human, telling the Claydol, "Nice timing."

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Who: Douken
At: Everyone at the Ditch
Where: Ditch

Douken saw the cracks forming at the box, and was partly interested. He had never seen the move fade before battle, or handle anything outside of a battle arena, so these were things to note down. However, that was for later. Trying to survive was priority, and things weren't getting any better. Gazing down, it seemed the trio of Pokemon his parents brought along were tiring out from the constant onslaught, and the skies were not getting any calmer. Were those Absol predicting Armageddon?! Douken thought before getting an idea. Something he couldn't pull off in the air.

"Sabre, land now!" With a squawk, the armor bird drifted down to the ditch where the chariot just handed before Douken hopped off, returning the Skarmory. "Now, let's hope this works. Maya, I need your assistance!" With a quick swap of orbs, he tossed a ball into the air, releasing his Dewgong. "Maya, remember the performance we did in Arasam. We need to think as creatively as then. A move combination. Think you can do it?" The seal looking at him, she gave a nod, ready to try anything.

"Now then, form a clear Ice Shard on your horn!" Now, being used to forming it in front of her mouth, the location ordeal caught her off guard, but knew the move well. Forming the cold energy normally, she stabbed it with her horn before it solidified into an ice crystal around it.

"Now, aim for the sky and use Aurora Beam!" pointing in the air, Maya looked before thinknig what he was getting at, before it clicked to her. She gave a small clap of approval before going to pull it off. This time, the hold energy was focused at her horn, shining through the ice crystal before blasting away. The ice, acting as a prism, blasted the aurora energy in multiple directions, filling the sky with its magnificence. He only hoped it was enough to stall for breathers or everyone getting inside, because Trick Room just completely shattered!

Posted by: deyv87 Jun 18 2011, 02:40 AM

To: The RV group
Where: en route to the ditch... then in the ditch.

Mack's head was reeling. A moment ago, the arcanine and he were headed straight toward an impassable obstacle; yet, somehow, they had passed it. Mack mostly forgot about the meteorite hail surrounding everyone and leaned out the shattered side window next to him. The underside of their carriage was glowing, illuminating the landscape yards below. Mack scratched his head as he watched the three large boulders rolling past, directly where the RV should have been.

Thoroughly confused, he turned back to the front of the RV, which was now the back of the chariot, and scanned the landscape stretching behind the group as the vehicle slowly descended back to earth. Mack jumped, held in place only by his seat belt, when the arcanine let out its roar. Mack assumed the poor thing knew its master had fallen during the escape, and was grieving in the best way it knew how. He turned his attention back to looking for the girl's body out in the landscape, but found it nearly impossible to even identify individual objects. It was like a looking at a Where's Waldorf book, except everything not on fire was coated in brown from all the dirt flying around.

Disappointment washed over Mack as the ground rose above his head, obstructing his view as the group sunk down into the ditch. When the RV touched down, Mack threw the vehicle in park. Ignoring the other passengers as he took in the situation, he glanced in the remarkably undamaged side mirror. A claydol floated next to the RV, slightly in front of the parted crowd of fellow survivors. Several seconds later Mack realized how they had managed to fly over their latest obstacle.

Twice then. Twice that young girl and her now-masterless pokemon had saved Mack's life, not to mention the lives of everyone on board the chariot. Mack sat in his seat for a moment, both hands still on the steering wheel. "Did anyone know her name?" Mack finally called out to the group, his voice cracking. He swallowed the lump in his throat down before continuing. "The girl riding the arcanine?"

Posted by: Ozzy Jun 18 2011, 08:57 AM

To: No one, really.
Location: Towards zee ditch, zee ditch.

The meteors kept falling as Delainey tried to make her way to the ditch. Rory ran along side the ATV and warned them when those rocks were going to land close to them. A few times this happened and they had to quickly change course, almost toppling over in the process. Adair pushed on the gas as hard as he could, trying to make it to the ditch as soon as possible. The pain in her left leg was excruciating, even more so with the racks from the ground being kicked up and hitting her every now and then. She tried to ignore it the best she could, but it wasn't working. Tears welled up in her eyes making it very difficult for her to see. Good thing she wasn't driving...

They pushed on towards the ditch. They were only yards from their destination when they dodged another meteor. Adair quickly turned the ATV to avoid it, but the machine flipped and sent both of them through the air. Delainey landed on the ground with a loud thud, but no permanent damage. Her legs were scratched up a bit, nothing worse than her knee. The two of them completed the distance to the ditch by running because it would have taken too long to set the ATV upright again.

"I have to get back to my family." Adair said, "Are you gonna be alright?"

All Delainey could muster at the moment was a nod. Adair called out another one of his Dragonites and flew off, in the direction that his family had gone. Now on her own, Delainey, along with Rory, joined the group forming at the ditch.

Eeeeh, shortness. Eeeeeh, writer's block

I will fluff it up later. I just needed her to get to that dang ditch already.

Posted by: Arcyena Jun 18 2011, 10:28 AM

Who: Chris
To: The RV Brigade in general, eventually anyone who can see the RV at the ditch
Where: Eventually and finally the ditch

Despite having witnessed the speed of an Arcanine first hand on multiple occasions, Chris had to admit that he was beyond impressed when the chariot had started moving. Not only was the ‘Legendary’ Pokémon pulling the weight of the RV, but also the weight of what at first glance, seemed to be around a dozen passengers (including himself), yet it was still managing to keep this kind of speed up. The sheer physical abilities of Pokémon surely were a sight to behold at times, as was the force of nature…

Keeping an eye on the meteors behind the RV as it moved forwards, deciding that he’d rather not be caught by surprise by a meteor and would in fact prefer to see that which brought his demise; Chris couldn’t help but notice the amount of Pokémon that were doing their utmost to prevent any meteors with potentially dangerous trajectories impacting upon the planet’s surface, as well as the fact that none of those Pokémon were his.

“None of them have any ranged attacks apart from Heruga, and all an ember is going to do is make the meteor that little bit hotter as it crashes into us…” He thought to himself, attempting to remove this rather spontaneous sense of guilt with a bout of rational thinking.

“As well as that, none of them know any barrier-like moves… not much we can do…”

Despite knowing full well that he shouldn’t really be beating himself up over this, Chris couldn’t help but tighten the hand which was holding onto the over-head handle, just as much a form of venting his frustration as it was a way of attempting to ensure his safety. In all honesty, Chris couldn’t have chosen a better time to do this.

Suddenly, one side of the chariot seemed to leap into in synch with the sound (and vibration) of a nearby meteor collision, the Hoenn-born male trainer suddenly finding himself in the awkward situation of deciding whether he should be standing on the floor, or the wall, while also making sure he wasn’t impaled by the cutlery making it’s way around the RV’s interior. Fortunately, the latter wasn’t a concern, as it seemed to keep it’s distance away from the teen, but that hadn’t stopped him from eyeing the knives and forks with what could only be describe as sheer terror. Seriously, today had been bad enough, though being neutered by a stray kitchen knife could quite possibly have been the ‘suitable’ way to round up the day’s events.

Eventually, the chariot did return to it’s stable, resting position, landing with a thump nearly as deafening as that of the collision that had initially sent the carriage into the air in the first place, the sound of rattling cutlery only helping to add to the tension of the situation.

“We, are going, to make it...”

The teen told himself, this time stating his thoughts rather than keeping them to himself. Whether it was because he wanted to hear the words be said, or whether he wondered if someone else needed some assurance, he wasn’t entirely sure, but Chris felt that he had to say those words for one reason or another, the situation just seemed to demand it.

Then, all of a sudden, the carriage seemed to be lifting off of the ground again. This time though, it wasn’t just one side of the carriage that was lifting off of the ground, it was the whole damn thing. Turning around to the front of the carriage, Chris could just about see that the Arcanine was still there, but given by the way it was now significantly lower than the carriage, it was clear that whatever was causing the carriage’s current behaviour, it probably wasn’t the Arcanine or it’s… wait, where was the Pokémon’s trainer? She hadn’t fallen off, had she?

”No way. If she had, that Arcanine would doing it’s best to go after her.” Chris affirmed to himself, refusing to believe that someone who was going to be the heroine of so many, could have also bitten the dust with such act. The ingenuity she must’ve had to get a carriage like this set up, she’d most likely simply found herself having to adopt a different position of some description once the carriage took off. Speaking of which, just how the hell had such an event occurred anyway? Chris wasn’t aware of anyone releasing any flying or psychic Pokémon to lift the carriage off of the ground, so what was going on?

Ultimately this was of no real significance however, the only real concern at the moment was the safety of the carriage and it’s occupants, not to mention that of the Arcanine’s owner. Since Chris seemed to be amongst the worst injured in the carriage bar the male with casts on his legs sat in the RV’s recliner, he found himself coming to the conclusion that the first thing that needed to be done upon arriving in a safe location was checking upon the Arcanine’s trainer. The sheer fact that the person had casts was enough to inform Chris that he had obviously picked up his injury prior to today, or at least these events, therefore it was not a recent injury, so there shouldn’t be an immediate cause for their concern. Obviously, needs be, Chris would offer a helping hand to the person to help them out of the RV, but the Arcanine trainer’s safety was the main thing occupying his mind.

Upon the RV’s touchdown, the still bloody-nose teen immediately let go of the curiously positioned over-head handle and departed from the carriage and instantly began his search, Chris' devotion to his cause leading to be completely oblivious to one of the RV's occupants questioning the name of the very person he was looking for. A quick sweep around the chariot led to the rather disheartening result of the female being no-where to be seen, leaving Chris, and probably many others, experiencing something else which was completely unfamiliar to them, the loss of someone who had in fact saved their own life...

Posted by: Proby Jun 18 2011, 10:34 AM

~Alex

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 18 2011, 10:57 AM

Who: Liz
To: No one really
Where: The ditch

Liz drove back, exhausted now. She had looked five minutes for Kaya and found her wrecked in some destroyed tents. She had also gathered the things in her toppled tent, which had only been left alone due to being near a large meteorite that had likely hit earlier.

The ditch was lit up with beams and moves of pokemon. She stared in admiration, an idea hitting her. If she got out of this mess, she could use that image and incorporate it into an incredible contest scene.

For now, she would have to worry about surviving. As she neared the ditch a RV pulled by an arcanine zoomed past and slid into the ditch. Liz braked her ATV as it slid down with the RV, making the ATV screech to a stop beside it.

Liz could now see it was only half an RV, ripped in two like a sheet of paper. She got out and carried the unconscious Kaya next to Zach. She slung down the first aid kit and opened it up. "I have a lot of work to do then." She pulled out a wrap and a bottle of pain killer pills. This was a job for.. Nurse Liz!

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She started with Kaya, wrapping up her likely broken leg after cleansing the wound where blood flowed freely. Liz moved on to Zach, wrapping his leg similarly, after peeling off Kenz's makeshift cover. She nodded in approval at it. "When Kaya wakes, can you give both Zach and her a pill?" She handed Kenz two pills which would help reduce pain and prevent or bring down any fevers.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 18 2011, 11:53 AM

(bunnying with permission from Pinsir)

Who: Kenz
To: Liz, then Zach
Location: Ditch

Kenz nodded slightly. "I'll make sure they take these," she replied, relief and worry blocking her vision. She was glad Liz had made it back, but what was that bump on her head? She wasn't 100% into the game, and she needed to be if she was going to help people.

"You," she pointed especially to Liz. "Need to get some rest. You know its for the best." She gestured to an empty space on the ground that looked relatively comfy, then turned to Pidee, who was stroking Archen's feathers, trying to calm her down.

"Ok, Pidee, if Liz even thinks about resisting, you lay her down and make sure she doesn't get up until she's gotten some sleep, okay?" Kenz requested to the bird Pokemon. Pidee nodded and slowly moved the distressed Archen to Liz's temporary cot. Kenz then turned her attention to Zach.

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Who: Zach
To: Kenz
Location: Ditch

God, she looked beautiful.

Even in a ripped kimono with white makeup, sweat, and tears all mixing together on her face, she managed to find a way to retain her unspeakable good looks. Zach looked at her, his eyes squinted from the pain his right leg was bringing him. He felt slight relief from the cast Liz had made him, but not much.

"Here, take this," Kenz said, handing him a pill. Zach quickly swallowed it, and immediatly felt relief. He shifted positions slightly to sit up straight and look at his teenage crush. He stared into her eyes, and she stared back, and the connection and electricity was greater than the magnetic pull of a Magneton. He smiled despite the pain and the circumstances, and she smiled back.

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Kenz was scared for Zach's safety, but couldn't help being drawn to those green pools that were his eyes once more.

"Are you still in pain? What can I do?" she asked, worry clouding her voice.

"Yeah, my lips hurt, really bad, too." Zach stuttered. Kenz raised an eyebrow. How did he hurt his lips? His leg was the thing smashed by the RV. Suddenly, everything stopped. The meteor shower, the screams, the wails of pain, even the drop of sweat descending to the ground from a nearby man carrying a very large supply of poffins. All that mattered in the world was Zach, his soft black hair, his green eyes, his tender lips. Kenz slowly but surely scooted up closer, then gently moved her head forward to meet his face. Her brain screamed, "DON'T DO IT!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?" but her lips had other ideas. Her lips connected softly with his, and passion seemed to explode between the two. Her lips were diagonal to his, and his lips seemed to dovetail with hers. She released as softly as she began. The kiss lasted only a second, but the effect would last forever. Kenz's first kiss.

Zach stared slightly, then smiled, then drifted off to sleep from the pain killer. Kenz curled up as well, but she doubted that she would ever sleep again.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 18 2011, 03:45 PM

To: Mack, Christopher, and Pan at the end, although whoever's in the RV can see her
Who: Rose
At: RV to Ditch

Rose managed to get herself to the back of the RV, and clutched onto a nearby seat. She peered outside, flinching back a little from the various impacts of meteors falling farther off. Nina scampered up behind her, followed Rose's line of sight, and made a questioning noise. Rose glanced back at the uncharacteristically serious Panpour for a moment before returning her gaze to the outside. Nina's not powerful enough to blast away the big ones... Rose looked around, and spotted a smaller meteor headed in their direction. "Nina, get that one!" she called to her Panpour.

Nina complied, taking a deep breath and sending a strong Water Gun straight at the meteor. It wasn't enough to blast it away, but it did redirect it in a different direction. Rose grinned, congratulating her Panpour, and the two of them continued their attack with renewed confidence. We can do this! Rose thought.

Abruptly, a large meteor crashed down nearby, and the chariot jerked sharply. Rose let out a startled shriek, letting go of the seat to grab Nina. She managed to keep her Panpour safe, but without an anchor, the force threw her to the side. Rose crashed into the other side of the RV with a yelp, landing in a crumpled heap. After a moment, she sat up with a groan, rubbing her now-bruised back, just in time to see the Arcanine's trainer lose her grip and fall -- directly underneath the chariot! Rose paled and scrambled to her feet, releasing Nina. She raced to the nearest window to try and see what had happened to the other girl, only to see three enormous boulders rolling towards the RV. Rose stared at her approaching doom in horror. Oh my God... am I going to die here? she wondered frantically, squeezing her eyes shut and grabbing Nina again as the boulders rolled closer.

Suddenly, the chariot rose in the air, flying a few feet above the boulders. Rose opened her eyes, looking around in confusion. "Wh -- what just happened?" she asked the air, blinking in disorientation. A muffled "Pour!" from her arms caught her attention, and she looked down to see that she was still clutching a ruffled Nina. The poor water monkey was practically being crushed. Hastily, Rose released her Panpour with a quick apology. The chariot glided down into the ditch at last, landing surprisingly smoothly.

Rose pulled herself to her feet, using a nearby seat as leverage. She winced, her shoulder and back aching from when she had slammed into the RV's wall, but shook it off. She was clearly one of the least hurt here; a couple of bruises were nothing compared to the broken bones and cuts some of the others had. This is nothing to complain about, so suck it up, she told herself sternly.

She was safe now, as were the rest of the occupants of the chariot, thanks to the Arcanine's trainer. But the older girl was now missing, most likely dead. Rose shook her head sadly as she heard Mack's question. "No... I didn't," she told him quietly, looking down. It wasn't fair. It wasn't fair that such a good person had died... no, wait. There was still a chance that she could be alive -- Rose hadn't actually seen her die. Even if there was only the tiniest chance that she might be alive, Rose still had to look. It was the least she could do for their savior.

With a sense of renewed hope, she scrambled out of the chariot and quickly searched around it. The Arcanine's trainer was nowhere to be seen in the vicinity. That left the underside of the RV as the only place left to look... but Rose wasn't sure she wanted to look there. If the girl she was searching for was dead, then there would either be nothing there, or, worse, her bloody corpse. Rose didn't want to see either of those things. She spotted a bloody-nosed boy nearby, clearly doing the same thing she was. Perhaps he had seen her, and Rose wouldn't have to look down there. "Did you find her?" she asked him hopefully, although she was afraid that she already knew the answer.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 18 2011, 07:57 PM

At: Liz ~Bunnying approved via Dragonwish2~
Where: Rolling into the ditch at top-speed


Anita felt someone or something suddenly grasp her arms and lift her up into the air. Startled, she instinctively curled her self into a ball to make herself a smaller target. Tucking her legs up into her chest, she pulled her head down towards her chest. Her backpack was still on her back, which made it a little hard, but she managed. Anita wasn't afraid of heights, but as she couldn't see, what with Nyan-nyan attached to her face, nor feel the ground, she panicked a little. Time seemed to speed up as she felt herself being carried.

Suddenly, Anita felt her arms released from the steel-like grip. She pulled her arms in, wrapping them around her knees to help lessen the impact of her fall. Plummeting at top speed, she hit the grounf, and rolled forward, still curled into a tight ball, just as a small meteor smashed into the ground not far behind her, giving her and the face-clinging Skitty a major speed-boost. Anita continued to roll forwards until she felt the ground drop out from beneath her.

Anita rolled off the edge of the ditch and tumbled in like a bowling ball. As she came down the slope, she slammed into Liz, knocking her down. Anita rolled to a stop after hitting Liz, and suddenly uncurled her limbs while lying flat on her back. Anita lifted her legs up and kicked herself up onto her feet, as many martial artists do. Landing on her feet, she reached up and tickled the Skitty with her right hand until it let go of her face, meowing in displeasure. Dizzy as she was, Anita realized that she had knocked some poor person to the ground. Thrusting her left hand into the air, Anita suddenly turned towards Liz, her face resembling a Spinda's. "STEEEE-RIKE!" Anita yelled.

Nyan-nyan had landed on the ground on her paws, and was none too pleased about being tickled by her trainer. The Skitty looked up at Anita, about to retort in a most rude way when she spied Anita's hair ribbon hanging loose. "Nyaaaaao!" Nyan-nyan exclaimed, excitedly. Jumping towards Anita's face she stretched out her paws to catch the flyaway ribbon. Unfortunately, Anita had turned away, so Nyan-nyan ended up catching onto Anita's backpack instead.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 19 2011, 10:36 AM

Who: Justin Smart
To: Fenrir
Where: The ditch
Why: Why the hell not?

Justin found himself tiring out from running around the ditch, directing people and helping the wounded get to the tunnel, all the while, trying his damnedest to avoid getting crushed by falling death. That was about the time when he saw the RV (or what was remaining of it) fly over the edge of the ditch and Fenrir running awkwardly in front of it. At least, he thought it was Fenrir. Where was Pan? "Okay," he said to no one in particular. And then he saw that there were quite a few people in the way of the spot where a large vehicle was soon to land.

"Everyone get out-" he began to command, but he was too late! Not in a bad way, believe it or not. They began to make room for it to land without needing Justin's brilliant leadership. Of course, his initial concern was not with the people moving out of the way, but with them pushing and fighting to do so. It seemed to work out naturally because everyone made way, not just the people in the direct landing zone.

As soon as it landed and people started making their way out of the RV, Justin ran straight up to Fenrir. The two had never quite had a typical bonding experience, but he hoped the Arcanine at least remembered who Justin was. "Hey, Fenrir," he said to the large dog, reluctantly patting its side. "Where, uh," he began. "Tell me she's okay." He knew the pokemon wouldn't be able to give him a detailed answer in English, but at least it could nod.

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 19 2011, 02:10 PM

Who: Lyla
To: Suzu (Tag's Ledian)
Where: Amid the blazing chaos moving towards the ditch?

"I-I..." Lyla wailed, unable to move from where she had just fallen. "I can't keep going."

Covered in mud, her pristine dress ruined and torn, hair in complete disarray and a nasty burn running the length of her left forearm, Lyla Moore was not in good condition. She'd like to have been able to say that she had been in worse situations, that she had the trainer know-how to get through the insanity befalling her, but in all honsety she was not like a good deal of the other Trainers at PokeCon. She was a breeder - a lover of young and baby Pokemon - and had close to no battle experience uunder her belt, no powerful Pokemon to protect her. Well, apart from the one protecting her right now.

"Deeee!" Suzu shouted at Lyla, grabbing her hair with four hands and yanking her back to her feet.

"Owwie!" Lyla struggled up and found herself compelled to staggered after the bug that was leading her towards the ditch. "Ok, OKAY!"

Lyla felt some relief that Suzu had released her hair but the fear and panic that was consuming her did not leave. Amid the burning field of over-turned tables, slashed tents and destroyed stalls, she ran like a woman posessed - unable to think anything over than *this is it. we're all dead. we're all dead.*. The distance covered by her small strides went unnoticed in her mind until more and more trainers could be seen around her and a very visible trench in the burning fields could be seen.

With a surge of hope and energy, Lyla kicked her legs harder and sprinted right for the ditch...

Posted by: Arcyena Jun 19 2011, 03:06 PM

Who: Chris
To: Rose specifically, though anyone at the ditch around the RV is free to over-hear
Where: The ditch

Alerted by the noise of someone’s voice, Chris’ head snapped to face its source to find a clearly relatively young, possibly pre-teen female was addressing him, Chris having to tilt his head forward considerably to look her in the eye. Seemingly, she too was looking for the RV group’s saviour, meaning she had also been aboard the makeshift chariot.

“No. I’ve not seen her since we took off…” Chris stated with an audibly dry throat, the teen struggling to figure out just how he should be acting, but knowing full well that he couldn’t just stand here and be speechless while both his fists remained clutched, even if that was his gut instinct. The bottom line was, simply standing here wasn’t really helping himself, or anyone else for that matter. He needed to do something, whether it be simply for his own benefit or somebody else’s.

Raising his right hand, the teen gingerly began to gingerly run his finger down his nose, smearing a small amount of blood down the ridge of his nose, until a rather sharp exhale revealed that he had found what he was hoping he wouldn’t, a sudden ‘dent’ section in his nasal bone. Clearly, his nose had been broken to at least some extent, though it hadn’t been disfigured to a particularly large degree, a fact which he was very much grateful for. Fortunately, his nose had retained it’s initial vertical alignment. Actually, the whole position of his nose was pretty much exactly the same, bar this one aforementioned small dent, which was more or less invisible to the naked eye (well, providing someone wasn’t particularly looking for the fracture anywho). Really, this would probably be better described as a minor fracture. Nothing to worry about at all, it’d just hurt like when Chris had to sneeze for a week or two.

Returning his attention back to the young girl before him, the fact that his mind had been previously distracted meaning that he had only just noticing that she was being accompanied by a Panpour, the teen began to shift his focus towards others rather than himself, the state of mind which he personally felt that he should have been in to begin with.

“Come on Chris, you need to get your head together. Alot more people than yourself have been effected by the current events, suck it up and see what you can do to help them…”

“So are you two OK? Nothing broken or anything?” The teen enquired, his voice carrying a notable amount of concern in his voice as he began to take in the fact that he was talking to a girl who had not just been through the events that he had, but at an age that had to have been at least three or four years younger than his own, if not more. Even at his age, Chris was viewing the situation that he was going through as very unfair, but for a girl of her age? He couldn’t even begin to imagine the thoughts which could potentially be going through her mind…

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 19 2011, 08:30 PM

Finn stood close by Twila as they landed, thanks to Kenz. They quickly parted ways though, as Kenz began helping others into the dug-in safezone. Finnley noticed people pouring into a tunnel, getting the picture that the tunnel was the safest place to be, he tugged on Twila's shirt and motioned his head towards the tunnel. "Come on, we have to get to safety."

The two of them ran over in a matter of seconds. Rue was still out, making Finn feel a little bit safer in case the tunnels weren't as safe as they had thought. "What in the world is going on." Finn muttered, as he turned back and took the time to watch the field and the sky which was filled with meteors.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 19 2011, 08:49 PM

Who: Rose
To: Chris
At: Ditch

The older boy's answer was, just as Rose had feared, in the negative. She looked down at the ground silently, frowning. After a moment, she realized that she should probably say something to the boy. "Oh," she managed in an unusually small and disheartened voice. It was odd, how she could normally talk on and on about practically anything, but found her store of words entirely dried up now. Well, she supposed, her lack of words only suitable for this kind of situation. It would hardly be appropriate to babble inanely when something of this magnitude had just occurred.

A flicker of movement from the boy caught her eye, jerking her from her thoughts, and she looked up to see him tentatively fingering his nose, leaving a small trail of blood. He let out a sharp exhale -- for what? Was he in pain? Was his nose broken? Rose frowned, concerned, and was about to inquire after his health when he beat her to the chase.

"Are you two okay?" he asked, voice full of genuine concern. Rose felt a little twinge of guilt -- he was the one whose nose was probably broken, and he was worrying about her, when she was in comparatively good health.

"Um, yeah, I'm okay. Just a few bruises, nothing big." To say that there were only a few bruises was probably an understatement -- her shoulder and back ached fiercely, and the pain would undoubtedly only be worse the next day. It was true that her injuries were only minor, though. It hurt, but it was nothing that she couldn't handle, and nothing was broken, although it was a bit of a close call. If she'd landed on her wrist or another more easily breakable area, a fracture would have been entirely possible.

As for Nina... Rose gave her Panpour a questioning look. Rose had tried to shield Nina from the worst of the damage, but she could have gotten hurt anyway... Her concerns were relieved when Nina smiled back -- though her smile wasn't quite as bright as it usually was -- and flashed a peace sign. Rose turned back to the boy and added, "Nina -- my Panpour, I mean -- is fine, too." She paused, craning her head upwards to consider his face. His nose looked fairly undamaged -- there was no obvious breakage, at least -- if a bit bloody, but still... "How about you? Is your nose okay?" she inquired worriedly.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 19 2011, 11:08 PM

When Pan had suggested that the Kuonjis use strong pokemon, Midori immediately called out her donphan. "Phanny, keep the rocks away from us!"

With a loud trumpet, Phanny ran alongside the RV, swatting at the rock that got within range of her trunk. Jaima looked down, pressing his lips together, and mumbled to his lucario. "Make sure anyone who need to get in does. Keep an eye out..."

Midori looked over and scruffed Jaima's hair, and he ducked self-consciously. "All my pokemon are with the girls," he mumbled, just loud enough for his mother to hear. "And none of them are big enough to block giant space rocks..."

"Yet you went running out into the danger without a second thought." She sighed, looking out at the rushing landscape. "You have a lot of your father in you."

The comment sent both into contemplation, Midori watching the landscape, and Jaima and Shadow pulling people and pokemon into the cart as needed. As they got closer to the ditch, this was needed less and less, until finally, with a call and a crash, the RV hit the ditch.

People had tumbled everywhere, and it too the Kuonjis some time to both right themselves, then right some of the others. As Midori stepped out to help with any injured pokemon, Jaima helped some of the older people, making sure they were passed into the hands of someone with first aid knowledge if they needed it, and others kept safe if they didn't.

Suddenly he was beseiged by three girls, all in various stages of panic. "Jaima," Meiko cried, her eyes filling with tears, "Pan got pulled under this thing!"

Jaima blinked and raced to the front, his sisters and Meiko in tow, crouching there near the growing crowd. Blood fled his face as he looked at the implications. Standing, he looked around, then whistled. Within seconds, his pokemon were around him. "We may need to try to lift this thing. One thing is for sure, we can't drag it forward..." He looked down where the reins seemed to be swallowed up by the RV and grit his teeth. Frankly, it did not look good for Pan.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 20 2011, 08:06 AM

To: anyone worried about Pan
Location: Ditch

As Pan was taking a few minutes to rest, she started hearing people talking about the ill fate she had apparently met. People were asking about her name, others were mourning. Close by, Justin was questioning her arcanine about her whereabouts. She felt horrible for causing so much grief just for taking a rest. Pan was about to make haste in revealing herself to the crowd, but then she realized…

“My shorts are ruined!”

Indeed, her attire was not made for getting dragged around at high speeds. Her pants were not simply dirty, they were mangled. She could feel a breeze behind her: the hole could be massive. If she stood up, they could very well fall off. Pan really didn’t feel like being a morale booster to the men of the camp. She didn’t have much time though; Jaima was getting ready to lift the RV.

“Jaima Kuonji, don’t you dare lift this RV up,” Pan shouted loudly. The echo from underneath the vehicle would no doubt alert everyone in the area that she was in fact alive.

“Now, the only casualties in this journey are my shorts. I’d really appreciate an extra pair right about now. Or you know, something …anything.”

As if on cue, Chi-Chi burst out of the RV chariot and started to inspect several trainers’ clothing. She threatened to gnaw off the button of one guy’s pants, but he threw off the pachirisu before she had the chance. So far, it didn’t appear people had time to grab their luggage during their escape; extra clothing wasn’t a priority. All Chi-Chi could manage to grab was an unused picnic blanket and a pair of suspenders. She quickly snuck the items under the chariot, closing her eyes tightly for Pan’s privacy.

“Hm, I did say anything…”

Moments later, Pan emerged in her new attire. Though a few people applauded, it wasn’t for her style points. The red-checkered picnic blanket was converted into a long skirt that reached her ankles. The slit revealed much of her right leg (no more than her shorts) and allowed for movement. Though the blanket was tied (the knot sticking awkwardly at her side), the pair of dark brown suspenders and her own brown belt added extra support. Needless to say, it clashed horribly with her purple vest. At least it was functional, unlike her shorts. She tossed them aside, the back only held together by a single thread of denim cotton.

As Pan went over to Fenrir to thank him and return him to his pokeball, she met back with Justin. He was still shirtless.

“That’s not a bad look for you,” she commented with a smile.

Posted by: Proby Jun 20 2011, 08:37 AM

Who: Stryk, Alex's Staravia
To: The Pokemon of the chariot crew
Location: Flying around the meteors.

There was only one of Alex's Pokemon who wasn't situated in The ditch, and that was Stryk. Instead, her job was to fly around the path to the ditch and get anyone who was still not in the ditch to it safely.

She was doing pretty well so far. She'd already safely guided two trainers to the ditch, and now she was dodging meteors expertly once more. Suddenly, she dived at a massive group of people in a makeshift chariot. This would be a very valuable find of trainers, because Stryk was sure that some tough challenges still lay ahead in Starfall field.

She reached the chariot and started flapping her wings frantically, so she got attention from the people. She then just repeated the same phrase very lovely until some Pokemon listened to her:
"Do you need some guidance, or do you know where you're going?"

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 20 2011, 02:41 PM

"Jaima Kuonji, don't you dare lift this RV up!"

The echoing pronouncement had many reactions. Meiko slumped against Jaima's arm, nearly crumpling to the ground in relief. Jaima himself stood straighter and blinked, his eyes widening. Natsume screamed.

"GHOST!"

This attracted many stares, not the least piercing was the hooded eyed glare from her twin sister.

"Really, Natsu-kun?"

Natsume flushed. "What? Other people were thinking it!"

"No they weren't, Natsume," Mariko insisted, arms crossed. "Most of them were relieved. MOST of them don't have an irrational fear of ghosts."

"It's not irrational! It's a perfectly rational... fear... of ghosts..." Natsume crossed her arms as well, huffing and stomping a foot.

"Don't you have a haunter? I mean, you did train a haunter from a gastly, right?"

"That's enough, girls," came two voices, one male and one female, as Pan scooched her way out from under the RV. Jaima, the male voice blushed. "Sorry, Mom."

Midori smiled, but Mariko rounded on him. "Don't get me started, Mister! You took off out of no where, in the middle of a meteor shower," Mariko began a towering rant, but Natsume, who looked just as incensed, was suddenly focused on something behind Jaima. "Then, your girlfriend does the same thing, and worse, you both leave most of your pokemon behind, leaving yourself with little protection!" Natsume reached out and grabbed Mariko's sleeve, pulling it, but the green haired girl pulled her arm away sharply. "AND MOM was out there, too! We didn't know what was going on! We were, and still are, terrified! WHAT DO YOU WANT, NATSUME?!"

The other girl, almost as pale as her cyan colored hair, wordlessly pointed a trembling finger out of the ditch, where the humongous wheel of the ferris wheel continued its roll toward the ditch. Mariko blanched, her mouth dropping open and a simple, "huh..." coming out of it.

That was when people and pokemon once again had to spring into action.

Posted by: Tekno Jun 20 2011, 03:36 PM

Who: Ceress
To: No-one
Location: Reaching and arriving to the ditch

Nothing was causing too much trouble to the chariot until a meteor sent it to only one of its wheels. In an attempt to balance out the weight the Absol started climbing to the airborne side which, eventually, settled down back to the ground. However, as a result of this commotion, the human being carried on Fenrir's back had disappeared. No time to head back now as the priority was to get the remaining survivors to the ditch.

<<...We aren't going to make it at this pac- What?!>> the chariot was now completely above ground. The Absol looked up to see a Claydol carrying the entire group through the air like it was a weightless feather. All except Ceress, that is. The Dark-type jumped off the makeshift chariot as to not interfere with the Claydol's psychic influence on the vehicle and finished the rest of the journey by foot, keeping close to the chariot with the help of his Quick Attack.

***

Who: Tyson
To: Tag and everybody around
Location: The ditch

Yet another group arrived at the giant hole in a rather strange contraption. Much to Tyson's relief Ceress was actually with them, arriving just a few seconds late.

"Ceress! Here, quick! We could use some help!" the Absol obliged and started to run towards where Tyson was only to stop midway across as yet another chill ran down the Disaster Pokemon's spine and it quickly changed course. Reaching the top of the biggest rock available on the location it let out an howl similar to that of the Absol that announced the arrival of the meteors. As it did so the ground started to shake noticeably and Tyson took notice of the warning.

"Everybody, change of plans! Return!" with this said he returned every single member of his team except Ceress who was still howling to warn everybody else. To further help the Absol he turned to Tag and everybody around. "Something big's coming! We need to either stop it or get to safety!"

Posted by: Amissa Jun 20 2011, 08:13 PM

To: Amelia, Reep, and Joey
Location: The ditch, getting out of the chariot

"Oh no!" Daniel shouted and shot to his feet as he saw Pan fall beneath the RV. "Oh Arceus!" That poor girl! He couldn't remember her name exactly, but at Castle Vonmoto he remembered meeting her with her pachirisu. He'd felt shy then because she was a stranger and very cute. Now he knew that she was actually a strong trainer with a heroic streak, an awesome arcanine, and soon an epitaph. All he could imagine was lifting the RV up to find her bloody remains.

Unfortunately, with all of the movement and debris, standing turned out to be a terrible idea. Daniel lost his balance and fell over sideways, possibly toppling over Amelia ("When did you get here?" Daniel muttered) and possibly Reep. After all, with so little space there was no way to fall without landing on someone. "Sorry! Sorry! Ow!" Daniel apologized, but waited for the RV to stop moving completely before getting up again. "C'mon," Daniel stood up and then reached down to offer the girl a hand. "We should check. You never know. Maybe it wasn't as bad as it looked."

As he got off the RV/Chariot, Daniel eyed the duskull warily one more time. That skull-like face and blazing red eye (What happened to its other eye? Daniel wondered, strangely concerned for the creature even if it terrified him) totally gave him the heeby jeebies, and he shivered once. "Uh, thanks. For the talk and stuff..." He then proceeded to put as much distance as possible between himself and the ghost.

Once out of the RV, Daniel was relieved to hear Pan's voice, apparently yelling at Jaima not to move the RV. Next, her little pachirisu ran through the group and sniffed through all of their supplies, but took nothing but picnic blanket and some suspenders. Huh? Weird...but at least now we know that Pan is okay. Daniel overheard Jaima's family yelling at him over wandering off on his own and smiled privately. Secretly, Daniel greatly admired Jaima. Jaima was the first boy that he'd ever met that had ever won a gym badge, and he played a large part in leading them safely through Castle Vonmoto when the first avalanche hit. It amused him to hear that he had plenty of family who were all worried about his safety just like Daniel's own family would be. But where is everyone? Did my parents make it out okay?

"Niiiiiidoran!" the shrill cry of a pokemon erupted from somewhere inside the ditch. Daniel didn't even look. There was so much noise and chaos still going on that it didn't even register to him. It wasn't until Trick the nidoran began tugging on Daniel's torn pant leg that the boy looked down to notice.

"Trick! Hey Trick! Scary stuff, huh?" Daniel cooed as he crouched down to look closer at the little nidoran. The poor fellow didn't seem to have gotten through unscathed. Some of his barbs were broken and bleeding, but overall, Trick just looked relieved to have found him. "Poor guy, you've had it rough haven't you? I think I've got a potion to put on that..."

But there wasn't time for potions. Before anything else could be done, Daniel heard the rising commotion from the other trainers. Looking up, he saw the ferris wheel, the same ferris wheel that he'd been tossed out of, careening towards the group at top speed. "Oh, really?" Daniel whined in a didn't-I-just-finish-with-you? tone of voice. He'd had it with fair rides for the day (and possibly for the rest of his life). He was all for running like heck, of course, but with people injured there was no way to move very far or very fast.

"Hercules, come out! I need you!" Daniel cried as he released his machop from his pokeball. Hercules stretched and took a quick look around, taking in the scene and the impending danger. "We've got to make a break for it, but some folks are injured. We need to help everyone get to safety and fast!"

"Maachop!"

Daniel then ran into the RV with Hercules close on his heels. He looked at each person in turn before settling on Joey. "Hey guy I don't quite know, we're all going to be crushed, so we have to run now. Obviously, you're not much for running, so let me help you out. If you don't want help, I don't care." Daniel rattled out before attempting to help Joey up. "Herc, get his stuff please. Hey guy? Your pokemon okay?"

Posted by: deyv87 Jun 20 2011, 11:49 PM

Mack considered offering the girl he thought was dead under the RV the small blanket in his backpack, but she had already been given some material by a crazed pachirisu. Unbuckling himself, Mack untangled his backpack from his leg, and tossed a couple of handfuls of silverware in for good measure. After walking out the gaping hole, Mack began untying the cord to put back in his pack, but realized when he was done that most of it was tangled under the RV. Mack released his makuhita once again. "Buck," he explained, "I need you to lift up this end of the RV a bit. It should be easier this time thanks to the wheel." The RV shifted as the makuhita raised the open end about a foot. Mack pulled the rope out and patted his pokemon on the head. "Good job, I owe you a snack later, but for now..." he trailed off as he scooped Buck back up.

Mack began winding the cord up to keep it from getting tangled again in his pack. Gazing up out of the ditch's hole, he noticed the ferris wheel come into view. "Huh, that's unfortunate." He muttered, calmly sliding the rope and extension cord mass back into his backpack. "I'll take that apart later." Mack turned to the nearby arcanine. "Good job, by the way. Thanks." Some people began pointing skywards, where the ferris wheel was approaching the crowd, while others began actually doing useful things. Mack, however, made his way around to the RV's engine, intending to scrap as much of it for parts as he could.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 21 2011, 02:53 AM

Who: Suzu, then Tag
To: Lyla, then Ditch team.
Where: Ditchward bound.

Her antennae twitched wildly for a moment. Suzu turned her head backwards to see the giant Ferris Wheel rolling towards them at a surprising speed. Since the fading of Trick Room, the Ferris Wheel had managed to regain much of its lost momentum, and was now bearing down on the ditch with a surprising fury.

The Ledian flashed downwards, next to the running Lyla and matched speed with her. Reaching out with her four hands, she clapped them firmly on the side of the girl's head, and muttered an apologetic: "Yan." With that, she gingerly, without releasing her firm grip, began to push on the back of Lyla's head, as if urging her on with her entire body. With that as a gentle nudge, Suzu released, then lowered herself so her hands were in line with Lyla's back. She flew forward slightly faster, not enough to trip up the girl, as it would spell doom for the both of them, but rather enough to egg her along with Suzu's own form of gentle encouragement.

Up ahead, the safety zone was really quite close. Suzu had seen the familiar attacks of her comrades. With them clearing the meteors out of the sky, it was safe to focus her energies on getting Lyla back to her cousin, Darryn.

Tag waved for Suzu and Lyla to hurry, directing the towards the ditch as they sped by.

The kid (Tyson), had the right idea. Meteors were one thing to handle, but surely their combined teams would prove moving a rampaging ferris wheel futile. Hastily, he recalled all of his pokemon in the same fashion Tyson did, and made good on the kid's advice. It was time to get to safety in the tunnel.

However, there were still other people. Breathing in deeply, he yelled over to Justin and the RV crew. He hadn't used the full extent of his vocal chords in years, perhaps not since his final moments in Blackthorn City. He had forgotten that he held a fairly powerful instrument, even if it had gone fairly unused. With a loud bellow, he simply yelled:

"INCOMING!" He pointed to the Ferris Wheel, then motioned for them all to move into the gaping maw of a tunnel.

Tugging Darryn's arm once more, he broke into a run, hoping to catch up with Suzu and Lyla, who'd simply gone right past them.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 21 2011, 08:18 AM

To: One and All!
Location: Just about anywhere

As more and more people barreled into the ditch, the area was beginning to become more organized. Several people were setting up a hospital for the wounded. Many others were commanding their pokemon to defend their makeshift shelter from the pounding meteors. Just like in Castle Vonmoto, trainers were uniting for a cause much bigger than their next victory: their own survival.

The eternal bonds of everlasting friendship were going to be put to the ultimate test before the night was through.

People were starting to realize that there was a giant ferris wheel rampaging towards their shelter. The organized setup quickly fell apart as people were making a mad dash into the deeper recesses of the tunnel. Many more trainers were getting their pokemon ready to rain attacks on the structure in a desperate attempt to stop its advance.

“Cast this fiend back into the abyss!” commanded one overly excited trainer. Following his lead was a farfetch’d, who gave a surprisingly ferocious battlecry and pointed his stick towards the “enemy”. And so, the attack began. Whatever they could muster, be it beams, rocks or the elements, they threw it against the metal contraption with renewed courage. It was quite a sight to the stream of attacks coming from the ditch, all from pokemon of a variety of shapes and sizes.

In the end however, none of it impeded the wheel’s speed. The attacks did, however, alter its course, causing the ferris wheel to fall upon the ditch on its side. While many people watched in horror as the amusement ride came crashing down upon them, there was no reason to fear it. The wheel was supported by the walls of the ditch, forming a roof over the occupants’ heads and leaving them intact. That didn’t stop people from ducking for cover. Once everything was clear, there was only one real option left. They could no longer keep defending their current position from a seemingly endless onslaught of meteors.

They had to journey through the tunnels in hopes of finding safe passage out of Starfall Field.

And so, the exodus was beginning. People started helping the injured to walk the unknown distance. Pokemon were helping to carry injured as well as what little supplies the group had to work with. Still many others were staying in the ditch, hoping that their friends were still on their way. Pan was among those heading for the tunnel, but she had to make sure someone was among them.

“Darryn!” she called out. “You better be here Darryn.” Pan looked all around the crowd, trying to pick out her old friend from the masses. “Justin, can you help me look? Please?”

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 21 2011, 10:38 AM

Who: Liz
To: Anyone listening
Where: .... Everyone alive is likely in the ditch

Liz started to argue with Kenz, but before she could speak she was knocked backwards, sent sprawling on the ground. Her bump now felt like a fire in her head. She staggered up only to be shoved down by a few people running as the ferris wheel crashed upon the ditch, held up and preventing damage, but blocking the exit. Liz rubbed her head, desperate. How do we get out? She looked down into the dark tunnels.

She rose and looked around. "So, anyone got a plan? Maybe a map?" Liz looked around. "Does anyone know how to fix a broken leg in five minutes?" She gently touched her bump and whimpered. Her memory seemed to close from her slightly, far back memories faint, if not darkened completely. She realized what had happened after the second hit. Liz was getting a small case of amnesia.

Posted by: Jonahman10 Jun 21 2011, 11:00 AM

To: Daniel & Joey
Where: On the Way to Tunnels

Amelia's joke wasn't answered as the timing of her question coincided perfectly with the girl riding the Arcanine falling off. She didn't have much time to be shocked; Daniel stood up and promptly toppled backwards on to her, and they both slammed into the Duskull. Her cut up hands slammed directly into the ground, and they throbbed with renewed pain.

Amelia probably would have yelled at Daniel if she hadn't made a tunnel explode in on him earlier. Besides, she had acted brashly when her trailer caught on fire and Uncle Sam almost died. He had been a good friend anyways and she needed to work on her temper issues.

She reached for his hands despite the throbbing. As he touched hers, they felt better immediately. Maybe he should become a doctor. Or maybe he moisturized well. They got off to here that the girl who fell had managed to grab onto the bottom of the Chariot and stay there while they were airborne! That was good.

She ran over to her makeshift stretcher. Uncle Sam was still unconscious but the stranger had already left. At he probably had something more pressing to do. On cue the Ferris Wheel popped into the ditch, sealing the ceiling. The stranger was probably doing something related to that...

She started pushing the stretcher and saw Daniel helping someone else nearby. It would be best if they stayed relatively close together since they had experience fighting alongside each other. Everybody was going in the direction of some sort of cave. It seems all of her adventures took place in caves, why couldn't she have a nice exciting adventure in a museum or a forest or anywhere else?

Posted by: Ozzy Jun 21 2011, 11:37 AM

To: No one, yet.
Where: Zee tunnels.

Delainey wasn't used to being in such large crowds. PokeCon was fine for her, everyone was all spread out, but now everyone was starting to get packed together in the tunnels. She was beginning to feel a bit claustrophobic, but she refused to show it. She was brave, she was strong. She'd been in worse situations than this. There were less people, but... She had to push through it. She wasn't going to let a crowd of people squander her fighting spirit.

Her fear of large crowds had momentarily distracted her from the pain she felt in her knee. Good thing I didn't leave my bag... She pulled out what looked to be a makeshift first-aid kit, filled with random things she's picked up along the way. She sat on the ground to clean off her knee. Delainey pulled out a few wipes and started to clean her wound. It was deep or anything, but the placement of the injury caused her a lot more pain than it normally would. Every time she bent her knee, a new shot of pain would rise through her. Overall, it was mainly just a scrape that a child would get from falling on concrete. The wound was filled with small rocks and pieces of grass, which Delainey used the wiped to clean out. Out of her bag, she also had some peroxide and some bandages. Delainey poured some peroxide on her knee to flesh out the wound a little more and let that dry for a few moments. After it was dry, she wrapped it in bandages, tight enough to stop most of the pain, but not too tight that it would cut off circulation.

Delainey stood up after cleaning her wounds and started looking through the crowd. She had almost forgotten about her friends and she wondered if they were okay. I have to try and find them. She walked around for a few minutes, but wasn't having any luck. There were quite a few people and it was hard to look through such a crowd.

Moments later, a red light shot out of her bag and Phoebe materialized in front of her. "You can never just stay in your Poke ball, can you?" Phoebe tugged on her hair in response and started to float through the crowd. She called Rory into his Poke ball, I don't need him starting trouble, and began to follow Phoebe. Where is she going?

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 21 2011, 01:45 PM

Pidee began squalking at Kenz, who was attending to a little girl with a broken foot. The little girl was squirming and kicking, which was making Kenz's job ten times more difficult

"What is it?" Kenz asked, mildly annoyed. She looked at Pidee, who was standing over a very confused Liz. She looked up just in time to see panicked people knock her friend over. She rushed over quickly to see a glazed look pass over Liz's eyes. She realized this from an amnesia case at her school. Liz was losing her memories. It wouldn't be long until she forgot Kenz. Unfortunatly, people were beginning to swarm the tunnels. She picked up Liz and carried her to the entrence to the tunnels.

"Does anyone have a pokemon that knows Healing Wish or Moonlight?" she asked, her voice wavering. Would her friend be destined to lose her memories?

Posted by: Proby Jun 21 2011, 02:29 PM

~Alex

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 21 2011, 02:51 PM

Who: Anita and Nyan-nyan
Where: The tunnel, going towards the Ditch
At: Nearby persons and Pokemon

Anita had stood up, only to be suddenly swept towards the tunnel's depths by panicking trainers and Pokemon. She was stunned for a moment by the sudden swarm of bodies. Or, at least until she looked up. Her eyes reflected a giant, spinning metal deathtrap that was coming right at the ditch. Anita's eyes first seemed to reflect the same irrational terror of most of the trainers around her. Then, grim determination.

Anita suddenly braced herself against the oncoming crowd's push. Anita dug the toes of her right foot into the ground under her, her left extended out and slightly behind her, and leaned forwards, her shoulders hunched up, arms held up defensively in front of her chest. She'd been an effective, albeit light-weight, defensive blocker for her old football team back in Veridian City Middle School. Anita knew dang well how to hold her own against even the most stalwart of foes. Anita lowered her head into a ramming position, and yelled, "Okay! Whoever doesn't want mud in their faces had better get outta the way, FAST!"

People looked at her, as if unsure whether or not to dismiss her sudden comment. Most of them began to part around her, and Anita had a path to move forwards. "Nyan-nyan! Nyan-nyan? Where's my Skitty?" Anita said. Nyan-nyan mewled from her perch astride Anita's backpack. Climbing up to the top of it, the little Skitty managed to gain access to the top of her Trainer's bag, and proceeded to jump onto Anita's head.

"Oh, hey Nyan-nyan." Anita said. Getting a happy "Puurrr. Nameowow, gahh!" in response, Anita pointed at the oncoming ferris wheel. "Okay, Nyan-nyan, moment of truth, here! This is your first real test. Ya, ready?" Not waiting for a reply, Anita yelled in the loudest, most proudest voice, "Let's go!!! Mud bomb!!!!!!!!!"

Nyan-nyan smirked. ~Purrr... My trainer is smart. Mud to slow down the spinny-shiny-cutty thingy!~ Nyan-nyan thought to herself. The little pink Pokemon looked up at the ferris wheel of doom, and steadied herself. Placing all four of her paws on the crown of Anita's head, she opened her mouth wide. Inhaling a deep breath, Nyan-nyan began gathering her energy into a big, brownish glowing blob in front of her. As it took form, the Mud Bomb seemed to droop a bit, as if too heavy for use by such a small Pokemon. Nearly three feet across and two feet deep, the blob was perhaps large enough to cover an area of twenty by twenty feet in a thin coating of slippery mud.

Nyan-nyan lifted her head back, and lifted her tail. Readying herself to launch her all-too-large Mud Bomb, she scrunched up her face. Anita stood under her Skitty, braced to help Nyan-nyan launch it. The ball's glow suddenly flickered, as the Skitty began to ready herself to launch it. Anita saw this. The thought of failure flickered through her mind and across her face. Nyan-nyan's Mud Bomb was huge. Anita and Nyan-nyan had never really tried to use this move before. Nyan-nyan only knew this move because her Father had been a Swinub. Anita's face set into a confident expression. ~No time! Nyan-nyan can do this! She has it.~ Anita thought. ~I hope, at least!~

Nyan-nyan's tail swished down, and she thrust her head forwards, launching the mud bomb in the direstion of the ferris wheel's path. Glowing brightly, the blob was launched forwards, only to fall straight down a mere two feet in front of a stunned Nyan-nyan and splatter all over Anita and the crowd nearby. Shock ran down Anita's spine. No, this coudn't be! Nyan-nyan knew the move, right? How could it have failed so epically? Nyan-nyan's face reflected the same horror as her trainer's did, as if they shared the same thought. Anita raised her eyes, towards Nyan-nyan, who peer down past Anita's bangs in turn.

The two of them smiled all of a sudden, and started giggling. Anita's mud-spattered clothing was no peculiar site to the both of them. But, Nyan-nyan's face was flecked with bits of mud, which was not exactly common. The two of them laughed, unaware of the stares and angry mutters of some of the people nearby, many of whom were covered in mud, as well. Turning around, still laughing, Anita walked at a fast clip down into the tunnel. Looking back over her shouder, Anita said loudly, "Well, I warned ya, didn't I? Faces, meet Nyan-nyan's first attempt at Mud Bomb!" She burst out in hysterical laughter and turned to begin a sprint down the tunnel, just as the ferris wheel came crashing down behind them.

Posted by: Living Arrow Jun 21 2011, 03:01 PM

Who: Darryn and Lyla
To: No-one (Tagish for about a second?)
Where: Into the tunnels

"Lyla?" Darryn frowned at the almost unrecognisable girl as she flew over the edge of the ditch and staggered unerringly onward, urged by a flitting Ledian that the Co-Ordinator instantly acknowledged as Tag's Suzu. "Lyla!"

Another tug from Tag on Darryn's arm was all he needed to kick November's flanks and canter after his cousin, rapidly disappearing into a deep tunnel, its entrance carved out by the very first meteor. Lyla's hair waved like a dirt-smeared golden banner as she charged underground, passing the injured and other trainers as she went in a determined race to the center of the earth. Of course, November's long strides made it impossible for the girl to outrun them and soon enough Darryn was snatching at Lyla's hand.

"Lyla! It's me!" He wrestled her wrist for a moment as her blind fear fought back weakly but once her eyes had found the source of restraint, she was tugging at the arm that she had been fighting only moments before.

"Darryn!" Before he knew it, Lyla had dragged him completely from November's back and both of her cut and bruised arms were wrapped so tightly around his shoulders that he could hardly breathe. "I thought I was, like, so dead! Oh, Darryn!" Her face buried deep into his neck and he smoothed her matted locks and hushed her for calm. Her thoughts were haphazard and emotions so powerfully crushed by fear that even his natural blocking of "emotional noise" could not keep it at bay.

"It's alright. It's alright." He repeated over and over, rocking her softly in his arms. "I'm here. Shhh."

There, they stood for some time, flinching only once as the ground/walls/ceiling shook all around them but never letting go of one another. As Lyla grew more calm, Darryn was made aware of a mass of bodies all around them - a crowd of trainers forming in the dark underground space with an assortment of lanterns, flashlights and glowing Pokemon as a source of light. November, a particularly large light in the dark had attracted a lot of people in a short amount of time (she wasn't complaining about the extra attention one bit).

"Here." Darryn guided Lyla to November's flank. "It's going to get crowded so we'll sit on November to get a better look around and not get squashed too much. Maybe Jaima or-"

Darryn broke off. How could he have been so selfish before?! He had automatically sprinted for safety in the face of danger and forgotten about his friends who were somewhere out there in the meteor-ravaged plains of Starfall Field. Jaima, Meiko, Pan. Maybe there were others that he had met in Furoh fighting for their survival right then. Or maybe... The alternative wasn't bearable.

"Lady?" He looked down and to the right, only to find her usual spot at his side empty. She hadn't been put back in the ball before... Somewhere out there his precious Vulpix was on her own. So much had gone wrong all because he didn't keep a cool head. Gritting his teeth, he mounted November and helped Lyla to squeeze up behind him and slowly they made their way through the crowds searching for a face - any face - that he could recognise as a friend.

"Darryn?" Lyla sniffed at his shoulder. "Darryn, can't your Rapidash, like, make this place any brighter?" She asked, peering around through narrowed eyes. "We'll never find anyone with it so dim in here..."

"Right." Darryn stroked November's neck. "November? Give us your best Morning Sun, OK? Light up the whole place."

The unicorn nodded once and then focused her thoughts (with a visible bow of her head) before brilliant light shot out from her body in all directions, illuminating the dark tunnel with the sort of dazzling light that she had used before in the Arapet forest. Instantly, the surrounding area was far easier to navigate and blurry faces became clear as they were draw out from the gloom. She received another stroke to the head.

"Good job, November."

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 21 2011, 04:12 PM

Who: Anita and Nyan-nyan
Where: The Tunnel
At: Er... Whoever it is that has blinded Anita. XP


Anita came barreling down the tunnel at top speed, Nyan-nyan in hot pursuit. Anita hadn't expected the move to fail so miserably. Mud Bomb. Oh, man, it was terrible. Nyan-nyan hadn't even been able to get it more than five feet. Plus, it was HUGE! ~Controlling that thing is gonna be an issue...~ Anita thought, as she ran. She ran further into the tunnel, weaving expertly through people and Pokemon, managing to avoid bumping into them while maintaining her speed.

As Anita ran down the tunnel's length, she looked back and forth, her thoughts racing faster than her feet. So many were injured, yet there was nothing that she could do. She remembered little about how she had gotten into the ditch. Just the freaky moment when Nyan-nyan had nearly mauled her, then she was lifted into the air, only to be suddenly dropped and go rolling into the ditch. Anita had knocked somebody down, but she couldn't remember who. This was one of those times that she cursed herself for her lack of attention.

Anita finally began to slow down, nearing a large group or people who were standing around a bright Pokemon. Anita slowed to a casual walk as she heard someone say something about a "Morning Sun." There was a sudden flash of bright light, and Anita's eyes suddenly failed her. "Guh-AAAAACK!!!" she screamed. "Who the bloody SPORK got the bright idea to blind us?!!! There's gotta be tons of Zubat in here! That's a sure-fire way for-" Her reply was cut short, however as the sound of rushing wings began to fill the ears of everyone in the tunnel. A swarm of Zubat and Swoobat were rushing directly at them!

Posted by: Arcyena Jun 21 2011, 05:17 PM

Who: Chris
To: Rose specifically, though anyone at the ditch could probably over-hear him if they wanted to
Where: The ditch

Well, that was certainly a little bit of good news. Apparently, the young girl Chris was currently talking to only had a few minor bruises to contend with rather than any more serious injuries. Even if the girl may have been going through a fair amount of emotional trauma (which if she was, she was masking pretty damn well), she didn’t have too much physical stress to deal with on top of that. Seemingly, her Panpour was also holding up pretty well. Given the way it had just flashed a “V” with it’s middle and index finger when the young female had inquired about it’s health, the Pokémon’s antics bringing out a hint of a childish smile from Chris.

“Oh I’m fine, don’t let the blood fool you. It’s nowhere near as bad as it looks.” Chris retorted as the girl, whose name he really should find out at some point, decided it was her turn to make sure that he was all right. “The only problem I’ve got is that if I pick up a cold all of a sudden, it’s not going to be particularly pleasant for anyone who’s a little shy around blood…”

Wiping the remaining bit of blood left on his fingers on the sleeve of his black jacket as Chris himself cringed at the prospect, not willing to cause any concern by stating that his nose had been fractured, Chris faced away from the girl as he tried to make a little bit of a compromise. Clearly, the girl had seen him react to the pressure he had replied to his fracture, hence the way she was surveying his face. If Chris had learnt anything when his older sister had gone through her over-protective phase, it had been that if someone with any shred of concern for him noticed that he was bleeding, he’d have to admit that there was something ‘wrong’ with him, or at least that he could do with a brief patch up.

”Well, I suppose a bit of a clean up wouldn’t hurt, but there’s more important things to be taken care of at the moment.” Chris stated, his tone a little on the authoritative side, but holding no subtle tones of aggression at all. It was uncanny how similar this was to how he learnt to address Lys back when she was questioning his well-being, even the way he used to bring in something else in the immediate vicinity to distract her from his injuries.

“I’ll take care of it when I get the chance, but for now, let’s focus on not getting crushed by meteors. Seriously, I doubt this place being a safe have for much longer the rate these things a dropping.”

Starting to come back a little to his usual self, any previous feelings of fatigue clearly washed away by the teen’s instinct of self preservation (and more than likely a few recent adrenaline surges), Chris scanned the ditch with a much clearer mind than that when he was searching for the Arcanine’s trainer earlier.

“”I’m Chris by the way, Chris Portnoy.”

Having complied with the formality of stating his own name before a female made her own clear, even if she was a child, Chris suddenly found his attention drawn towards the cry of a rather eccentric trainer ordering his Farfetch’d to attack a… rampaging Ferris Wheel?

Seriously? When the hell did that get there?! Well, to be fair, Chris’ attention had been drawn more by what was in the ditch than that which was outside, not to mention the sound of nearby meteors was keeping him from picking up the noise of the death-wheel. Fortunately, the wheel had indeed been stopped in it’s path, more by the ditch itself than the attack of the Farfetch’d, but still, it would’ve been unfair to say that the bird Pokémon hadn’t contributed.

Well, when one problem was averted, it seemed another was simply bound to pop up. Yes, the wheel had been stopped, but now the hole which had previously been used as an entry to the ditch had been sealed by it. Now, there was only way left to go, and Chris wasn’t particularly too fond of the idea of taking it. No matter how strong a structure the tunnels seemed, there was always a chance of a cave in during this ‘weather’.

“Well, looks like there’s only one option for us at the moment. The longer we stay here, the longer we tempt out own annihilation, we’ve gotta get moving.” Chris stated, hoping that the young girl was still near him as he looked at the tunnels just ahead, and that she’d heed his advice.. “We’ll just have to trust that everyone else understands that and moves forwards when we do. From what I can see, everyone’s got an available way to get out of here too, so there’s not much reason to linger around.”

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 21 2011, 06:47 PM

Who: Douken
At: NOIP/everyone
Where: Tunnel

Douken and his parents sat around inside the cave, watching the meteors fall before the mass of the wheel. It was crazy, but now they were trapped inside because of the structure, and who knew how long the cave or the wheel would stay in tact.

And speaking of the cave, Douken looked down into the deepening darkness as Belle went over, taking care of the Pokemon and providing quick refreshments with her own milk. it amazed Douken that a structure like this was here in the first place. How deep did they go? Did they find an entrance, or opened up an exit?
Shaking his head, he couldn't really tell, but he knew one thing for sure: there was no way they could get out this way. Their only answer was to continue deeper. Luckily, Ghost types are used to the dark and caves, so Reep would be useful in this situation. However, the large trick room to slow down the said-blocking wheel took out a lot of energy, so she had to rest. Still, some were restless.

"Hey," he called out to a group trying to get in deeper, "We don't know what lies beyond this point. We should at least take up groups so we got each other's backs. No wandering off on our own!"

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Who: Lyna (Douken's mom)
At: Everyone/Injured
Where: Tunnel

The Amazon looked about, seeing who remained after such an incident. Many were exhausted, few were injured badly, and those outside were most likely dead. She blamed it all on the Absol.

"EXCUSE ME!" She called out to everybody, waving her arms. "I would like to take the moment now and act as a representative here for all of the believers on what just happened. So this is what we would like to say." Of course, she was only guessing on this, but with a deep breath, she yelled, "I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!"a So loud, that most of the cave-dwelling Pokemon actually retreated away. "Now then, any of the injured should come over here for treatment. My Miltank here, Belle, will take care of your Pokemon..."

Posted by: FirePower Jun 21 2011, 08:01 PM

Who:Kaya
Where:The vicinity of the ditch
To:Rose eventually, and Anyone who might hear her

Kaya regained consciousness to find a panicked crowd trampling all around her. She had been propped up against the side of the ditch, so that she was avoided for the most part, but a good number of them ignoring her bad leg, sticking out at an odd angle.

"HEY!" She shouted, mad. A few individuals took notice of her, but most of the crowd was too panicked to listen to her antics.

"Miner, Attila. Help me up, will ya?" She asked, reaching for her belt. It was empty. Her hat was gone as well, but that was the least of her worries.

"GET OFFA ME! YOU AREN'T THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLANET!" she yelled, hoping to get people's attention. She wasn't about to sit there and do nothing, even if she was one of the injured people. She had to find her pokemon and make sure her friends were Okay. Luckily, the crowd had cleared after her comment and Kaya could get up. Her leg seemed to be even worse the before, most likely because of the hundreds of feet running over it.

Suddenly, she remembered she hadn't made to the ditch, where she now was, because she had fallen off the ATV and was hurled even further from the haven by a large and particularly fast and fiery meteor. Someone must have found her while she was unconscious. She didn't know who, but she'd find out and thank them later. She had more pressing matters to attend to right now. For all she knew she could have fallen asleep on the way here and it had all been a crazy dream. The girl braced herself against the crowd and went in the opposite direction, away from the safety of the tunnel behind her. She had almost given up on finding anyone when the crowd stepped back from a patch of soil that was moving a little. The ground broke and a small mole pokemon poked it's head out. It looked around timidly and somewhat confused before spotting Kaya who hadn't moved. It jumped out of the hole and ran towards her, followed by a venipede, psyduck, and disgruntled spearow.

"Miner!" Kaya said, running/limping forward and hugging each of her pokemon in turn. "Attila! Pede-erpat! Flit!" Miner, the drilbur, handed her her hat and missing pokeballs. Kaya more than happily returned all but the spearow to safety.

"Flit, see if you can find anyone we know," Kaya said. The usually stubborn pokemon nodded and readily flew off among the crowd. Kaya had one last concern when it came to her pokemon team. Manera and Beacon still hadn't come. Knowing Manera, they were probably already back in the ditch and looking for her. Still, she couldn't help but worry. Climbing up on a rock and looking over the crowd, she could see a small figure she recognized as Rose talking to a teenager with long, dark brown hair, sharing a scary resemblance to her own.

"ROSE!" Kaya screamed, going as fast as she could towards the pair. She shouted again, "ROSE! ARE YOU OKAY?"
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Who:Pede-erpat, Miner, Flit, and Attila
To:Nobody, except those who were around when Kaya's pokemon appeared.
Where:In the midst of the meteor chaos, then the ditch.
(Note that much of this section takes place before the one above)

Kaya's hat and pokeballs had fallen off towards the beginning of her flight caused by the meteor. She had already been out of sight by the time the pokemon had been released. Pede-erpatat, who had appointed himself Miner's guardian once he had gotten used to the group was keeping the drilbur calmed down for the most part.

Flit, meanwhile, couldn't help but laugh at Attila's antics. It had taken the psyduck three seconds before it was running around screaming at the top of his lungs, "Repent! The end is nigh!"

"Will you stop jabbering?" Pede-erpat snapped. "Panicking will just get us killed."

Flicked taunted the psyduck by saying, "Besides, you're and evil pokemon, right? You wouldn't want to ruin your image!"

Attila glared at Flit before asking Pede-erpat, "Well, Mr.Alakazam. What's your bright idea?"

"The humans are heading to that ditch over there," the venipede replied. "On foot we'll never make it, there's just too many people. But underground we wouldn't have any competition, not to mention we'll be shielded from falling rocks. Miner, try to dig us a tunnel over there."

"Me? Um... okay. I'll try," the driblur sighed. Using his digging claws, he started to make a hole in the ground. Flit and Pede-erpat had eventually talked Attila into helping with the project, and it and the venipede were deflecting the meteors as best they could (In other words, they just got lucky and nothing larger than a birdhouse came in their direction.). Miner eventually made an entrance large enough for them to fit in. They all piled into the structure, Flit somewhat reluctantly. Over the course of an hour, now with Attila helping to wear away at the dirt with water gun, they headed underground, closer to the safety of the ditch. Every ten minutes or so, they would pop up to the surface to let oxygen in and to see where they were. Eventually they made it to the ditch, where miner spotted their missing trainer with a nastily bent leg. Happily, they all jumped out to greet their trainer. Miner was concerned about his trainer's leg, but either she didn't notice the injury of she was purposely ignoring it. Without a word of explanation about her leg she returned all but flit, giving it the orders to find anyone the group knew.
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Who:Luke & his pokemon, Manera, Beacon, and flit
Where;Ditch
To:No one

Manera and Beacon, after losing sight of Kaya, had gone back to the ditch. They hadn't been able to find their trainer, but had found Luke, so they stayed with him as to not get lost. Luke was walking the length of the ditch looking for his friend before the Ferris Wheel had been released from the trick room. He headed towards the ditch like everyone else, not noticing when he walked right past his unconscious companion.

Flit had headed in the direction of the ditch, opposite of Kaya gone. She found Luke not too far in the tunnel, helping to direct others to the ditch.

"Spea!" the spearow skwaked. She landed on Luke's shoulder. Luke looked over to the bird pokemon.

"Is she alive?" He asked. Flit nodded. Luke breathed a sigh of relief. She was alive at least. Flit flew up from Luke's shoulder and waited in front of him as if it wanted him to follow. Luke shrugged and took off after the bird.

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 21 2011, 08:25 PM

Who: Liz
Where: .... This is becoming a bit of a rhetorical question by now, isn't it?
To: Douken's Mom and Kenz


Liz listened, since there wasn't much else she could do. When the boy's mom spoke of her miltank (Liz recognized the voice, but she couldn't quite remember where she had heard it), she brightened slightly. "Kenz.. the woman!" She walked over to the lady.

"Um, I got hit by a tiny meteorite, and it's causing a bit of amnesia. Think you can help?" She rubbed her head and let out her riolu. Ryan appeared front and center, immediatly concerned at her groggy motions and glazed look. Liz stroked her pokemon's head. Ryan stared up at her. His trainer sighed and continued to stroke his short furred hair.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 21 2011, 08:51 PM

To: Chris, anyone else around that wants to get involved
Who: Rose
At: Ditch to tunnels?

"Oh. Well, it's good that it's not serious, but you should still get it checked out. After we're not about to get crushed by meteors, I mean. Uh, like you said," Rose added sheepishly. Ugh, she was babbling -- she took a deep breath, calming herself down. Focus, Rose, she told herself with a mental frown. She was still a little worried about the other trainer, and not entirely sure if she believed his reassurances, but he was right -- there certainly were bigger things to worry about. She followed his gaze, looking around the ditch. Meteors were still falling all around, and although the trainers were doing a good job of holding them off, they and their Pokemon would get tired eventually. The boy was right -- it was only a matter of time until they had to evacuate the ditch as well... But where would they go then?

The older trainer -- Chris -- interrupted her uncharacteristically pessimistic thoughts with an introduction. Rose blinked -- she'd completely forgotten the usual formalities, what with this situation. "Oh -- I'm Rosalind Fiore, but call me Rose. It's nice to meet you, ignoring the meteors and stuff," she said with a slightly nervous giggle.

A shout from another trainer caught her attention. She glanced over in that direction and blanched, flinching back a little. An enormous ferris wheel rolled toward them, and for the second time that day, Rose stared up at her approaching doom in terror, unable to do anything. Then, other trainers with more presence of mind began bombarding the ferris wheel with various attacks, following the lead of the overly zealous trainer and his oddly ferocious farfetch'd. The ferris wheel fell safely onto its side over the ditch with a mighty crash. Well, at least they wouldn't all be crushed to their deaths... but the entrance to the ditch had been blocked. Rose looked around; people were heading en masse to an opening opposite the ferris wheel -- the only exit.

"We've gotta get moving," said Chris from her side; she glanced over at him, nodding. Taking a deep breath, she paused to recall Nina -- it would probably be crowded in those tunnels, and the small Panpour might get lost or trampled -- before forging onward, looking back at Chris to make sure he was coming with her. She'd heard Pan's voice, signifying that she was alright -- Rose felt no small measure of relief at that -- and she thought she'd seen Douken, the Kuonjis, and Meiko around before, but there was no way she could get to them now, in this sea of people. Chris was nearby, had been very nice so far, and seemed to have some idea of what to do, given his authoritative but not condescending tone. She would be glad to have someone she knew, however little, around during what was to come.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 21 2011, 11:35 PM

Who: Justin Smart
To: Pan
Where: The ditch, to the tunnel

Tag's loud warning was quite effective. Justin immediately looked up and saw the ferris wheel basically flying directly towards them. He watched as trainers sent everything they had to stop the thing in its tracks, and almost summoned Hitmontop himself, but then he realized it had built up far too much momentum to be stopped, and he would much prefer taking his chances and dodging the damn thing than putting his best pokemon in the line of fire. However, dodging it quickly became impossible as the wheel's direction was altered by the various attacks. While he initially thought this was a good thing, it seemed as though, rather than rolling through the ditch, it was going to land directly on top of it, likely almost everyone.

He sighed. What else could he do when facing probably death? At the very least, he could grip Pan's hand and turn to her, look her in the eyes. He could see the wheel's shadow growing bigger and bigger as it fell right over them. "Pan, I-" but it was too late. He heard the crash. He'd never died before, so he didn't really know what to expect, so all he could do was close his eyes and hold his breath. But then, a second later, he opened them. Pan was still in front of him. People were still around him. The ferris wheel as...Above them? "Huh," he sighed, this time with relief, as he loosened the grip on her hands and looked up. "That was lucky."

His eyes ventured over to the ominous tunnel. Being trapped under a ferris wheel was much better than being crushed by one, especially when there seemed to be some sort of escape route. Perhaps a less desperate man would have questioned the purpose of such a tunnel, but their options were quite limited at that particular juncture. "So...To the tunnel then?"

As they began their walk there, Pan seemed to be looking for someone, Darryn, whom Justin hadn't met. She turned to him and pleaded to help her look for this guy. "Um," Justin rubbed the back of his neck. "Sure? I don't really know what he looks like, but I can help you call his name if you want. Either way, we should keep moving for the tunnel. If he made it to the ditch, he'll be there, and I think it'll be a lot easier to find him once things calm down a little bit. Everyone's looking for everyone right now, people are panicked and scared and things are just so hectic. It'll be much easier to sort through people and find him once we get everyone settled and figure out how we're gonna get through this tunnel. You know?"

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 22 2011, 07:17 AM

To: Tom, James, Justin

Earlier, when the ferris wheel was about to crash upon them, Justin took Pan’s hand and was about to say something to her. What it was, she couldn’t tell, for he stopped once the wheel was safely over their heads. She’d have to ask him later as to what he wanted to say. For now, she had to make sure her friends were OK. When she asked Justin to help her find Darryn, a couple other boys overheard their conversation. They wanted to help as well. Though she wasn’t expecting people to randomly approach her to assist, Pan figured more eyes would help and so took up their offer.

“Well, I’m Pan, and this is Justin,” she began. “I guess the more the merrier. Anywho, Darryn is probably the most smartly dressed person in the crowd. He has styled brown hair; seriously, you’ll know it when you see it. He often travels with a vulpix, and…he’s on top of that glowing rapidash.”

Indeed, the Morning Sun attack had clearly marked Darryn and his cousin in the middle of the crowd. Lyla seemed quite distressed; Darryn was comforting her as they traveled. Now probably wasn’t the time for reintroductions

“He seems a little preoccupied, but at least he’s here,” Pan said to the group. “Well, thanks anyways guys. We should probably keep moving.

As they traveled through the tunnel, there were a few things to note. For one, it was a singular path; there were no branching paths to get lost in. Second, as revealed by the glow of several pokemon (including Pan’s pachirisu safely tucked into her vest), spheres were everywhere. They lined the walls, ground, and ceiling, sparkling in their various colors. Surely there were other treasures as well. Pan grabbed a large pink sphere and showed it to Justin.

“Remind you of anything?” She was referring to their very first adventure in the Underground so long ago…

Posted by: FirePower Jun 22 2011, 07:45 AM

"Rose!" Kaya shouted again. Evidently she hadn't been heard in all of the chaos. As it was, Rose seemed fine anyways, so she went on to look for others. Going as far as she could up the ditch- was that the Ferries Wheel covering the entrance? How could she have not came to from that?- she continued to search for James, Luke, and her remaining pokemon, but she didn't find anyone. She could have missed them in the crowd. She followed the mass of people. Maybe she'd find them further up. As she did she tried to catch up with Rose.

the would be a whole lot dadgum easier if my leg wasn't broken. She thought. Then she remembered that She probably would have been killed by that meteor if her leg wasn't broken. Once again dragging her leg behind as fast as she could she tried to at least keep up with the crowd and hopefully catch up with her friend.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 22 2011, 01:58 PM

Who: Anita
Where: Tunnels
At: NOIP


Startled by the sudden outcry of a woman who looked like an amazon, Anita stumbled back. She felt the heel of her left foot hit something hard. Her foot caught on a rock that was jutting out of the cave floor. "Yipe!!!" Anita fell back, landing on her bottom. Anita's face held a look of stunned surprise. Her eyes were wide, mouth open and slack, and her eyes brows were knitted together lending her a look of almost comically angry confusion.

Anita looked up, as the woman's yell caused the cave's inhabitants to flee. ~Awwwww...~ she thought. ~And here I was hoping to catch one of those bats....~ Anita started to pout, rather uncharacteristically. She knew that she didn't have any experience with catching Pokemon. Anita had been in only one battle with a wild Pokemon, and it had ended with her running away, dragging a rather ruffled Fluffy out of harm's way. They had been fighting a wild Pidgey, and the little Growlithe was no match for it. Anita had heard about battling, but did not think that it was so hard. Still, the experience had given her some food for thought.

Anita looked over at Nyan-nyan, who had somehow managed to climb up onto a small rock outcropping above the crowd. ~That was probably to avoid being stepped on,~ Anita thought, her face clearing of the frown that she'd worn only a few seconds before. Watching Nyan-nyan clean herself, up above the crowd, Anita felt a sense of urgency. Being trapped in a cave, with almost no food or drinks was NOT the way she wanted to die. Looking up at the crowd around her, she started to think of away to ask if anyone knew how to find food in a cave, when she remembered her stash of Oran berries. Her backpack did have its share of hidden pockets, and she'd placed them in a rather hidden niche of the thing. She'd have to make those last, so she figured she would worry about food later. After all, Anita and her Pokemon had gorged themselves before the meteors decided to wreck what was supposed to be a fun weekend.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 23 2011, 02:10 AM

Who: Tag
To: Uh...
Where: Ze Tunnels.

Tag was a particularly easy person to spot in a crowd. Face tattoos simply weren't all the rage in Furoh. Except maybe in Fidona, but Tag had yet to go there, so he had no idea how well his appearance would be received. Suzu, therefore, was able to find her master without much delay. Not only was she finely attuned with him, but her keen vision allowed her to pick him out in a heartbeat.

Tag had now lost track of anyone he possibly knew. Of the various rag-tag people he'd journeyed with, there was only Justin. Of the people he'd just met, there was Darryn, Lyla, and evidently Pan. Pan had been with Justin, and therefore, that was probably an area Tag wanted to avoid at all costs. This was partially due to the fact that he was naturally awkward (hence him nearly eating Pan's Cleffa, Lima)(Also hence his every meeting with Justin), but also partially because his appearance would potentially be a hindrance to Justin in what could only be his attempts to woo the girl with his big muscles and dumb personality. As Tag was currently on a "Justin's not so bad" kick, he figured he'd let Justin screw that one up all on his own. He didn't need Tag to exacerbate things any further.

Back to the subject at hand, Tag and Suzu were virtually alone amidst the crowds of people in the underground. Darryn and Lyla seemed rather occupied, but at least the brilliant Morning Sun technique that Darryn's Rapidash had thoughtfully employed meant that Tag could keep some tabs on him.

As his gaze swept over the people, he noted some faces that he'd encountered just recently. There were the three idiots, fairly near to Pan and Justin, who had crashed a car into a ditch. There were several idiots who'd crashed ATV's into the aforementioned ditch. There was the glasses-wearing dorky looking guy who had been flying around on a Skarmory. Tag was still convinced that they'd met somewhere, but for the life of him he couldn't figure out quite where. Then there was the kid who had summoned Pokemon to aid Tag's in the meteor defense. For all intents and purposes, that kid, Tyson, seemed like the only sane person currently in the tunnels. While Tag had a clear head on him, he hardly included himself on the short list of the sane.

With no other real options except to follow the herd of people, he recalled Suzu into her pokeball to rest. He then tucked his hands into his pockets and walked, keeping somewhat equidistant between the Darryn/Lyla team and the Justin/Pan combo. It seemed like a reasonable place to be, right?

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 23 2011, 07:37 AM

Kenz smiled and walked over with Liz, her Pokemon withdrawing back into their Pokeballs in a flash of red light.

"Do you just have some Moomoo milk? That would be really helpful." She asked, looking at the people heading for the tunnels. She grabbed a bottle that Douken's mom held out for them and ran off with the rest of the group, still holding Liz's side tightly for support. As they walked into the tunnels, Kenz tried to locate bumps and bruises on her head and use bits of cloth to clean them.

"Here, try some of this," she said softly, holding some out for her friend. Kenz just hoped that Liz would regain her memories in enough time to remember Kenz. What if she forgot all about thier friendship?

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 23 2011, 10:14 AM

Who: Liz
To: Kenz
Where: The Tunnels


Liz followed Kenz into the tunnels, taking some of the milk and drinking it slowly. "Thanks, Kenz. I feel a lot better." She stopped and looked over her shoulder. "The bag." She walked over to the duffel bag and picked it up. Liz slung it over her shoulder and walked back to Kenz. "Don't worry about me, it's not as bad as it looks." Ryan frowned at her. He could tell when she was lying. He continued walking with her, though, to keep an eye on her. He looked at Kenz and shook his head slightly before looking back at Liz. It might be better than it had been, but it could easily worsen any second now. Ryan looked forward into the tunnels. Liz pulled out a flash light as they entered the tunnels.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 23 2011, 01:38 PM

It was hard to move.

Not because of the crowd, though that was part of it. It wasn't even because of the abundance of pokemon funneling into the small cavern that the ditch everyone had crowded into for safety lead into, though that was also part of it.

Having twin ten year old girls practically clinging to your legs? That makes it very hard to move.

Meiko and Midori walked behind Jaima, both with varying levels of amused looks on their faces. Meiko's bordered on bemusement, and Midori's had a wistful quality to it. Meiko turned to Midori.

"He knows he could just pry them off, right?"

Midori chuckled. "Yes, I'm sure, but he won't. He's always been very compliant with the girls, so long as they were respectful to me and him. More me than him, though." Midori shook her head. "I wasn't a very good mother--"

"Oh, goodness, Kuonji-sama, please don't let him hear you say that..!" Midori smiled. "You were, and are, a wonderful mother, and he constantly says so."

The pair were speaking softly to keep Jaima from hearing, and Midori smiled despite herself. Meiko said nothing more, but, silently, understood something new about her boyfriend: The self-depreciation instinct was hereditary.

Jaima, in the meantime, looked around. At the mouth of the tunnel, where he'd stayed to make sure that others who possibly needed it more were sent to safety, there was a bit of a bottle-neck. Luckily, people seemed to be entering in a relatively calm manner, and Jaima briefly wondered if someone had used Sweet Scent to make sure people and pokemon remained calm. The entrance to the tunnels was definitely much calmer than the ditch had been, where there was now stacked a half-RV, three ATVs, and a car as well as a huge ferris wheel. Hopefully, everyone who wanted to be safe was in the ditch; the ferris wheel would be far too much of an obstacle to get past safely.

Right now, his main motivation was to get his family to safety, including his girlfriend, who was back with his mother. He stopped at the mouth of the tunnel. "OK, girls. Off."

"Awww," Mariko whined, but complied when Jaima flashed an eyebrow up near his hairline. Natsume, slightly less rambunctious than her sister, also let go, not wanting the eyebrow turned on her. Tou-kun's eyebrow was no laughing matter!

"Go in."

"But..!"

"I'll be right behind Mom, who's going to be right behind you. OK?"

"Fine," Natsume said, her look wary. "Don't run off."

Jaima shooed them in, then waited for his mother and Meiko to arrive. "Ladies," he said, "your table awaits."

Midori smiled, and Meiko rolled her eyes, and the three of them entered the tunnel.

Meiko spotted someone out in one of the pockets of activity and waved. "Pan is over there. But she's with a boy, so I don't want to disturb her more than I have to." Her eye twinkled.

Jaima looked around, motioning for everyone to come further into the cave opening, making room for the rest of the crowd. The cavern was oddly bright. Someone must have used Flash or Morning Sun to brighten it, and that gave Jaima hope, but he could not locate Darryn or Lyla.

moving further in, he found a person who seemed to be off to himself and walked in that direction, there being more room for Jaima's semi-large group. Hopefully, the man wouldn't mind.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 24 2011, 08:18 AM

The crowd continued onward through the tunnel, hoping salvation waited for them on the other end. Many continued talking amongst themselves about various subjects (obviously, meteors dominated discussion). Others were taking advantage of the treasure-laden walls and digging up a souvenir. Judging from the huge supply of spheres available, it was clear that they were among the first people to traverse this part of the Underground in quite some time. What could be waiting for them on the other side? With the echoes of meteor strikes still ringing through their ears, no one had any intention to stop and rest.

And yet, they stopped. They stopped upon seeing something they never thought they would see in such a dark place. It was a plant, a simple weed that wouldn’t look out of place above ground. More impressive was the dome-headed pokemon feeding upon said weed. Many people recognized it as a cranidos, but only from fossils and revived specimens. Never had they encountered a wild specimen. The creature cried out upon noticing the crowd of people and proceeded to run in the opposite direction. At least one person gave pursuit.

“Excuse me! Sorry! Gotta get over there!”

Pan quickly navigated the confused crowd and gave chase. As a researcher, it was her job to figure out why wild pokemon thought to be extinct in the wild were roaming free in this deep place. As the tunnel turned right, more plants appeared. A light shined at the end of the tunnel. How could it already be morning? Had they really travelled that long? As more people followed, they alerted the others of that they reached the end of the tunnel. Soon everyone was rushing down the path, just as they did when entering said tunnel. What they found at the end was unimaginable.

As they stood on an elevated ridge, the group was greeted by a vast rainforest. From their viewpoint, much could be seen in this living time capsule. Trees, flowers and fruits provided a huge variety of colors never thought to be seen in the Underground. In the middle was a huge lake teeming with ancient life. One could see a pair of kabutops dueling on the shoreline. In the sky, ancient archens and archeops roamed above. The “sky” was an in accurate term; they were still underground. The sunlight washing their faces was provided by a huge nest of volcarona and their young, located on the high ceiling, undisturbed by the local wildlife.

In addition to the ancient forest, four structures stood out amongst the foliage. Unlike everything else here, these structures were built by humans, temples that served some purpose. The closest of these temples was also the largest, a vast complex that would not only reveal vast amount about Furoh’s ancient past, but more importantly serve as a suitable rest stop.

It was as if they had gone back in time.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 24 2011, 11:00 AM

"Whoa." That was all Kaya could say. With her broken leg and being closer to the back anyways, she was one of the last people in. She had met up with Luke some time ago, and he, as well as Manera were looking at the ancient pokemon in awe. From their vantage point on the cliff, they got a view of the whole jungle. Everywhere you looked you could see the supposedly extinct pokemon going about their buisness as though nothing disastrous had ever happened to their kind. One pokemon, an aerodactyl, was actually bold enough to land right in front of Kaya.

"Daaaactyl!" it screeched, apparently curious about the strange creatures that had entered it's home. As it sized her up, Kaya hoped they didn't all become fossil-food.

"Dact!" it said again, snapping up Kaya by the back of her shirt and taking off.

"Flit,. could you, um try to help?" Kaya said, releasing the spearow. It flew up to the kidnapping pokemon and looked it in the eye. The aerodactyl growled- to kaya it sounded more like a playful growl than anything else- and flipped Kaya into the air. Soaring under her, the rock-type expertly caught her on his back. The aerodactyl continued with it's tricks, doing loops, corkscrews, and generally horsing around. It didn't seem all the mean to Kaya. It looked like it just wanted to play. She was starting to have fun, too. Eventually the aerodactyl brought Kaya back down next to Luke. It gave Kaya another screech, as if to thank her for the fun time, and took off back to the jungle.

"That was fun," Kaya said, returning Flit. Manera looked up at her questioningly, as if wondering how being kidnapped by an ancient pokemon could be any kind of fun.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 24 2011, 12:50 PM

Anita stood up, and brushed her capri pants as clear of dust as she could manage. She began walking further into the tunnels along with everyone else. As the leading edge crowd suddenly began to murmur in awe and surprise, Nyan-nyan jumped down from the ledge and landed on Anita's left shoulder. Anita looked up at her Skitty, not really paying attention to where she was going. The girl continued to walk forwards, clearly unaware of the sight ahead.

Anita's walk was interrupted by a large, flying pokemon landing not to far from her. She watched in surprise as it suddenly picked up a girl who was standing only a few feet behind her. Anita watched as the creature, Aerodactyl it was called, if she remembered correctly, suddenly toss her up into the air, catch her on its back, and begin to do aerial stunts far beyond what it looked capable of doing. Laughter rang out from Anita. She watched with delight as the ancient sky-beast executed fantastic flips and loop-the-loops.its wings flapping powerfully, causing echoes to ring out across the just-now-noticed sprawl of trees and water below.

Anita was distracted for a moment by this, her eyes opening wide in surprise. All of this? In the UNDERGROUND?! ~What the spork is going on here?~ Anita thought, her face showing a most interesting display of her natural curiosity and complete and utter confusion. ~Is this all real? I mean, so many Pokemon that shouldn't be here, yet are... Hmm...~ Anita's eyes swept over the scene lain out before her. A feeling of awe and wonder began to set in, an almost crushing sensation of having no means of really protecting herself in this ancient wonderland of mystery and danger. She had read plenty of books about this world that had existed so long ago. There were plenty of things here that could easily snap them up for lunch.

On this thought, Anita's immediate thought was of the girl being carried around by the Aerodactyl. Looking up, she saw it coming in for a landing with the girl on its back who was safe and sound, a small bird in hot pursuit. The little brown bird stood out a lot in this place, so Anita figured that it belonged to the pretty young woman. She watched as the Aerodactyl landed, and allowed her to dismount. Nyan-nyan mewled competitively at the creature as it turned away. Anita noticed her Skitty wanted to battle, but the both of them looked at the Aerodactyl as it flew away, returning to its jungle abode.

At this point, Anita realized the man-made structures that were towering above the landscape. She squinted at them, trying to figure out what they reminded her of. She looked hard at them, noticing the strange markings on the ancient columns. They hadn't been effected by wind or rain, so the markings were still distinguishable, even from this distance. The closest one seemed to be the most wonderful of the four, what with having the most impressive looking appearance. Anita took a step forwards, only to feel the ground begin to crumble.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 24 2011, 03:26 PM

Kenz supported Liz all through the cave. Occasionally a Zubat would swoop down and scare her for a second, but it was only looking for sport and quickly passed over her head.

"Scary, huh?" she whispered to Liz. The path ahead was so unsure; so much could happen during this time, Kenz was especially sceptical. The suspence and terror was almost greater than it was during the meteor storm. Almost. Kenz really didn't feel like going back and seeing all the damage and death brought by the flaming rocks from space.

Suddenly, Archen burst forth from her Pokeball and began cawing and flying forward, like she knew something the two girls didn't.

"Wait-woah," Kenz murmered as the large group entered a large rainforest with healthy ancient plant-life and Pokemon-life combined. She looked at the large flowers. Most were poisonous, she instinctively knew. Archen was flying around, chasing a small Kabuto that she wanted for dinner.

"This is amazing!"

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 24 2011, 04:13 PM

To: Kenz
Who: Liz
Where: The tunnels, then the elevated ridge.


"Scary, huh?" Kenz whispered to Liz. She nodded in agreement and looked around. The cave had rock jaws formed by water dripping, giant teeth in the dark. Each pair of eyes from a pokemon only added to her fear. Liz looked ahead at a weed, which was being grazed by a giant dino. It caused some commotion, and a few people ran after it as it fled into the tunnels.

Liz let go of Kenz and went out, following the crowd as they moved along. Kenz wasn't far behind, which eased Liz slightly. The cranidos lead the mass of people to a natural balcony of stone, though it lacked any form of rails. Below was a sight for many eyes.

A vast lush forest sat on the ground. Tall tropical trees normally impossible underground sat in broad (was it daylight?) light. Flowers took the ground below, in hues and shades Liz had never seen before.

Rocks glittering with dew held moss and ancient pokemon, some which Liz recognized, such as Anorith and Lileep. Others she was entirely new to. A flying stone bird took up one girl, setting her back down minutes later. Liz gaped in awe.

"Is this a dream?" she whispered, to no one in particular. Liz looked now at the strange structures, four in all, which stood out like a sore thumb. The one closest appeared to be the largest. She looked at Kenz and smiled. "This place is incredible!"

Posted by: Asterna Jun 24 2011, 04:32 PM

To: Kaya
Who: Rose
At: Ridge

Rose trudged through the tunnels, pushed along by the crowd. Returning Nina had definitely been a good idea, she thought -- she herself found it difficult to move in this mass of people. Keeping track of her panpour would have been difficult, if not impossible. She sighed softly, trying to look over the shoulders of the people in front of her -- she would have liked to have some idea of where they were going, even if she was only able to see more tunnels ahead of her. Not for the first time, and certainly not the last, she cursed her height (or lack thereof). Her curiosity was only peaked further by the awed murmurs of the crowd ahead of her. She stood on her tiptoes, even trying to jump up a little, but only managed to catch a glimpse of a massive, dome-headed Pokemon before she landed back on the ground again. Rose blinked, and jumped again, this time managing to identify it as a cranidos from the fossils she'd seen in the Nacrene Museum before her view was obscured once more.

A wild cranidos? Rose exclaimed mentally, pushing through the crowd to try and get a better look, only to see the creature run off. Even so, Rose was amazed. As far as she knew, they were a long-dead species, only seen today in fossils and the occasional revived specimen. She'd never heard of a wild one before. As she neared the place where the cranidos had been before running off, she spotted the plant that the fossil Pokemon had been chewing on. She couldn't identify it on sight, but it didn't look foreign or anything, although it showed some characteristics of ancient plants. Scientific curiosity awoken, she hastily pulled out her camera and snapped a picture of the plant. She would have liked to take a proper sample of the plant for better identification purposes, but there was no time -- not with the way the crowd was moving forward. She ran forward with them, but not without a single regretful look back at the mysterious plant. However, the thought of that single specimen was quickly forced out of her mind by the murmurs she heard from the others around her, and she soon saw for herself. Light? Underground? What on earth was going on?

She rushed forward, eager to find the source of the light -- she only paused momentarily to briefly examine the increasingly abundant plants along the way. She still wasn't sure how they were growing this far underground; perhaps she would be able to find out when she reached the light source. With that thought in mind, she hurried onward, to be greeted by the amazing sight of an entire ancient world below them. Rose gaped at the awe-inducing scene before her, blown away. She could see several typical rainforest specimens, but also many plant species that had died out millennia ago -- and all underground! She wasn't sure what to be more excited about; this botanical marvel, or the multitudes of thought-to-be-extinct Pokemon that were clearly alive, well, and thriving below them. She clutched her camera, staring about her speechlessly. She wasn't even sure where to begin with this.

She was finally pulled out of her happy stupor by the sight of a familiar figure being flown about by an aerodactyl. Rose watched in awe as it performed various aerial tricks, looping around and performing corkscrews midair. When it touched down again, Rose rushed over to her friend, eyes practically sparkling with delight. "Kaya! That was amazing! This is amazing! Some of these plants are like millions -- maybe even billions -- of years old, and all these wild fossil pokemon! This is so awesome!" she exclaimed, words pouring out of her in an exhilarated torrent as she bounced up and down gleefully.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 24 2011, 10:39 PM

Who: Douken
At: Pan

Chasing his partner down as she chased the mysterious wild "fossil" Pokemon, the two, soon to become the many, came across an ancient utopia, where life that was thought to be extinct strived. To think, Pokemon people would see skeletons in the museum, they were seeing running about like it was the thing to do. Below, Archen ran on the floor, trying to mimic their evolved brothers and sisters trying to fly, even though they did not yet have the right wing shapes. Alongside were fierce Kabutops, fighting it out to claim a nesting area. So much activity, it was amazing.

Standing next to Pan, he told her, "I am surprised you don't have your camera out taking pictures. Or even video footage. I mean, think about what we stumbled upon here. Wouldn't your boss love images of this right now? I mean, we are underground, and it is as bright as day, surrounded by a civilization thought to be extinct." Then his eyes looked down at the temples down below, taking a knee for a closer look. "And what about those buildings? i doubt Pokemon made them. Maybe this is a major link to the past. Imagine the story you can give to your professor!"

Still, only one thing disappointed Douken: this was no exit. They found an entrance, so as far as they knew, they were at the end of their rope unless those buildings allowed escape.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 25 2011, 09:57 AM

To:Rose
At:The cliff

Kaya walked/limped over to meet her friend. As Rose started talking about how old the plants and pokemon probably were, Kaya couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm.

"Yeah. Next time you get kidnapped by the aerodactyl," Kaya said, though by the tone of her one could easily tell she was kidding. In all truth, she was just glad that Rose was okay. The shorter girl was banged up- who wasn't?- but certainly better off than her. The Kaya noticed the temples. How she missed them, she didn't know. Probably like how she missed the Ferriss wheel crashing down on top of the ditch. There were four elaboratley carved temples. Kaya adventerous side began to show.

"Wouldn't it be cool if we could explore those temples?" She asked, scanning all the pokemon she could find with her pokedex as she did so. This was somthing she may never see again, she though, so she might as well take it all in now.

Posted by: Proby Jun 25 2011, 11:00 AM

~Alex

~Tom

~ James

~ Blaze, Swamps and Rai

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 25 2011, 01:09 PM

Who?: Justin Smart
To: Pan
Where: Tunnels then Ridge

Justin smiled when Pan mentioned the first time they met, back in the underground passage outside of Under Hill. He looked at the sphere in her hand, grabbed it and looked at it for a few seconds before shaking his head and smiling. He remembered getting into a fight with her over these things. He realized that, even back then, he liked her. Why else would he get in a fight over nothing? That was when he was still with Tina...

Then they found the Cranidos. Justin didn't initially think anything huge. It was a cool looking pokemon, one which he'd never seen before, but he didn't really know that it was extinct, at least until he heard murmurs in the crowd, and figured out that this was actually kind of a big deal. When he looked back towards Pan, though, she was gone. He looked forward, seeing that she was pushing through the crowd to follow it.

The crowd eventually kept moving through the tunnels after ogling the pokemon and Justin just went with them until they came to the ridge. It was really an amazing sight. There were a lot of ancient pokemon, some of which he actually recognized. He saw a few Yanma, there were some Tangela hopping along, but most of what he noticed was the amazing natural scenery. He'd never seen anything like it. Living in Petropolis, especially, he was mostly used to...Not nature? The trees, the tall grass, the streams and bushes and flowers. It was perfection.

Justin was speechless and somewhat mindless.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 25 2011, 04:39 PM

Who: Rose
To: Kaya and James

Rose just grinned at her friend, still too excited about this amazing discovery to notice Kaya's limp. "You know, maybe I should! It'd be pretty cool, I think." She glanced out at the "sky", but the aerodactyl was long gone -- it seemed that she wouldn't get the chance to fly on an ancient pokemon today. Rose shrugged to herself, undeterred by this disappointment. There were many more interesting things to see here, after all.

She followed Kaya's line of sight to the four massive temples. She had noticed them before, but her interest had been drawn to the living organisms more than the buildings. Now that she looked at them more closely, though, they did look rather fascinating. "It would be pretty cool, huh?" she remarked, eyeing the temples thoughtfully. Now, the problem was how to get to them... Well, this aerial view would be pretty handy for mapping a route. With that in mind, she finally began to use her camera. She raised it and took a careful snapshot of the jungle spread out below them, and took a few more from different angles to get more of the expanse below. However, she was careful not to take too many -- doubtlessly, there would be many more picture-worthy things below.

That accomplished, Rose turned to Kaya, about to ask her how she thought they would be able to get down to the jungle and then through it in order to get to the temples, when she finally noticed the taller girl's rather lopsided stance. "Hey, you're hurt!" she gasped, bending down to look at Kaya's leg. "Is it broken? What happened?" she asked worriedly.

At that point, an unfamiliar boy walked up, introducing himself as James. Rose straightened and turned to him, though not before casting Kaya a look saying that she still intended to hear the story about Kaya's injury. "Hey, I'm Rose. Nice to meet you," she greeted him politely. A battle, huh... Rose thought to herself. Oh, must be the one she had earlier.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 25 2011, 05:41 PM

To:Rose and James
Where:Same ol', same ol'

"Yes, it's broken," Kaya said. "I was over by the Sky Ranch stall and a meteor fragment fell on my leg. I'm fine though." Then a boy came over and introduced himself as James, the brother of Alex, the boy she had battled earlier.

"I'm Kaya. Nice to meet you, James," She said. Speaking of James.

"Oh, shoot! Rose did you see James anywhere?" Turning to the James that was actually there with them, She explained, "Not you, James, umm, Stanley I think his last name was. He's about this high and probably wearing Black track shorts with a red tank-top and bandanna with some black on them. He also has black hair and blue eyes, and a slightly crooked nose. Did you happen to see anyone like that around here?" Odds were he didn't make to the ditch, since Kaya traveled most of the ditch and didn't see him, but she could still be wrong.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 26 2011, 10:05 AM

To: Douken, Anita, anyone interested in important plot points
Where: Underworld (the official name we’ll put on the PANE map)

It wasn’t long after Pan had arrived in this magical place that Douken was telling her to do her job. Yes, this was the kind of thing she would report back to Prof. Stone. It would also help put her on the map in the researcher world, which would lead to even more projects. No, she didn’t need Douken to tell her to do her job.

“Geez, Douken. I just walked in,” she commented as she grabbed her camera. She realized that it had been on ever since the absols disappeared, leaving the camera with very little power. Normally, this would have been disastrous, but Pan had Chi-Chi for such tasks.

“Chi-Chi, can I have a charge?” The pachirisu obliged and took the camera, putting her paws on the metal contacts (which would normally be used for a recharge station). Using her charge attack, she not only increased her own powers, but also transferred electric power into Pan’s camera. The researcher watched as the battery meter increased to full. She gave Chi-Chi a high five and began filming.

Unfortunately, Pan had missed the unusual behavior of an aerodactyl and its flight with Kaya. One would wonder why a predatory pokemon would play with a wounded human and not eat her. It was something Pan would have to write about after all of this was over.

“Let’s get to that temple before something eats us,” Pan suggested to the group. As she said this, she pulled Anita back. The girl had wandered too close to the edge of the ridge, causing a bit of the ground underneath her to crumble. The quick actions of Pan managed to save the girl from a nasty fall. Meanwhile, Douken seemed was helping another boy who slipped off the ridge.

“Seriously, let’s move.” It seemed disaster would befall them if they stood still.
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The brief stroll through the jungle led to the massive temple. The stone structure was covered in vines, unkempt for many years. One could see a glorious balcony overlooking the jungle. All of this contained ornate designs that had somehow been preserved for such a long time. A long ramp led up to the entrance of the structure, where even more awaited the group.

Large pillars kept the roof up, leaving the impression that the temple looked like a palace. A series of pictures depicted the story of what happened here so long ago. Judging from the amounts of items lying around (including apricorn balls), whatever happened had happened suddenly. To the side, a large device was spinning rapidly in place, its function unknown. And dead center within the temple was the supposed master of this palace: the still form of Regigigas. The legendary pokemon was sitting upon the thrown, appearing as a statue. Dust covered the golem; it had not been active ever since this temple was abandoned.

As the crowd marveled at the sight of the legendary, Pan kept taking pictures. She had a good record to work off of, certainly enough to get a team out here to gather samples. Her attention turned to the series of hieroglyphic pictures. They weren’t depicting another language, but rather visual story of what had happened here. As she looked over the stone carvings, the camera recorded her comments on what they were showing. Since she was speaking aloud, others gathered around to listen.

“Let’s see…this is definitely Furite,” Pan began. Seeing that some people were confused, she gave a brief explanation of what she was talking about before continuing. “Furites were the ancient people that lived and disappeared well before the Four Founders arrived. Anyways, in this particular set of carvings, there appears to have been a great war. The Furites created a device that…drew rocks from the sky…”

Pan turned back to see the mysterious spinning device shaped like a large round dining table. Was that the cause of all their troubles? Pan continued to delve deeper into their story.

“They thought they could control where the rocks landed, but they were all directed to the temple. In this panel, the people went to the three temples and revived the servants of Regigigas: Regirock, Registeel, and Regice. Together, they summoned Regigigas, molder of the world. With their incredible strength, they covered the region with land to shield it from attacks. That must mean Starfall Field is right above us.”

It was quite clear as to what they had to do: they would have to split up, find the other regis, revive Regigigas, and hope they can perform the same miracle twice. But before they could start on that, there was one more carving to interpret.

“According to this, after the Furites left, they assigned guardians to protect this place. But, where are they?”

Not long after Pan said this, a strange looking pokemon emerged from the wall. The creature looked like an ancient robot with glowing white eyes and incredible strength. Being three feet tall, it didn’t seem like a threat at all. In fact, this particular golett grasped onto Pan’s legs in a tight hug. More golett started appearing in the main chamber, grasping onto others’ legs in a similar fashion. Most people thought this was quite cute, encouraging the welcoming party with pats on their heads.

Down the hallway, something much larger was heading their way. It appeared to be another pair of goletts, only these specimens were over nine feet tall. They were seemingly carved as warriors, glowing emblems and a seal adorning their bodies. These creatures were banging their fists together; their intent was hostile. The goletts weren’t hugging the visitors in joy. They were holding them down while the larger golurks lumbered towards them, getting ready to smash them into smithereens.

Luckily, Pan’s arms weren’t being held, which meant she could reach her pokeballs.

“Turnip, get the big ones!” The venusaur appeared before Pan ready to take defense against the behemoths.

Posted by: Proby Jun 26 2011, 01:47 PM

~Alex and Tom

~ Blaze, Swamps and Rai

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 26 2011, 03:20 PM

Who: Douken
At: Alex, Pan, and those with Pokemon with a certain move.

He had no idea why the Alex kid ran off the cliff like that, but he was only of the closest people to help him out, so by taking his arm, he pulled him away form the cliff's edge. "Just be careful, alright?" With everyone safe from immediate danger, the crowd continued downward, soon entering the main temple.

Inside, Douken examined the walls as Pan translated the wall, telling a very interesting story. Apparently, it was all because of the odd device in the room, spinning rapidly, which was most likely drawing forth the meteors that hit. It made him wonder how would a device excluded from society re-activate, if it was deactivated in the first place, if no one was around to do it. He doubted a Pokemon would understand human technology.

When Pan mentioned Guardians of the temple, Douken got a little worked up, surprised the thought this place, though excluded, would be defenseless. It was almost on cue that a few blue ball-like Pokemon came through the walls. More Pokemon I've never seen, but walking through walls seems like a normal trait of Ghost Pokemon. The odd part was how clingy these guys were. Each seemed to of gone for a leg of everybody, giving them a nice hug. Cute, yes. Dangerous? Well, why not ask the loud footsteps heading for them?

The Golett were actually there for the coming Golurk to come forth. Now, most likely in the Past, Poke-balls were not as quick as they are now, if they had any, so holding onto the human's arms didn't seem like a problem. With Pan already on it with Turnip, Douken grabbed two Poke-balls from his belt and sent them out. "Maya, Rufus, time for action!" With his Dewgong and Growlithe out, Douken had to get them ready. "Maya, go help out Turnip. As far as i can tell, they are Ghost Types. Rufus, get ready."

Turning to everyone else, he told them, "If you got a POkemon that can use Roar, send them out now. One collective roar should have all of these Pokemon let go!"

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 26 2011, 03:39 PM

Who? Justin Smart
To: Pan, Douken, Golurk
Where: Where else?

Justin followed the group, mindlessly adoring the scenery as he went, then when they got to the temple, his childside left and fear overtook. They were leaving a natural wonderland, and entering quite an ominous temple. Nothing about this place sat right with him. He made his way through the crowd as Pan read the tablet. Apparently she could read Furite. Cool.

He walked up beside her after she finished reading and smiled at her, then raised his head Douken on the other side of her. That was right about the time when the little Golettes decided to make their grand entrance. Justin had never seen these pokemon, and thought it odd that they were grabbing his legs. There were quite a few of them, but not enough to grab everyone's legs. "This is, uh," he rubbed the back of his neck. "Something?'

Boom. Boom. Boom. The rumbling was getting stronger and louder and then the big golems made their way into sightline. "I think I found the guardians," Justin said. As Pan summoned Turnip, Justin summoned his strongest pokemon, Hitmontop, who appeared before them, spinning quickly on his head. "Hey, bud," he smiled. "Looks like we got some company. Think you can handle those big dudes?"

"Top!"

"That's what I like to hear," Justin smiled. "Get in there. You know the drill. Fake Out, Mach Punch!"

Oh, Justin. Maybe next time you should do a little research on the typing of pokemon before you order a Normal/Fighting combination against a Ghost type.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 26 2011, 06:12 PM

Kenz, like everyone else in the group, surged into a temple and listened carefully. The whole place just seemed...unnatural, which put Kenz on edge. Well, Kenz thought, of course its unnatural. This whole place should exist five billion years ago! Kenz snapped out of her thoughts and listened to a girl named Pan recite the wall text, which was otherwise unreadable, in Furite. Pan was pretty cool in Kenz's eyes. She thought of her as a role model after hearing the news story about her, Douken, and two other unnamed people save Lenolia from a giant shadow Zoroak.

Suddenly, tiny little Pokemon referred to as Goletts waddled up to the people. One latched itself on to Kenz's leg. She jumped up with the leg that wasn't grabbed by the mini golem, because the other one was turning numb from Golett's pull. It looked up with its cute yellow eyes, and Kenz proceeded to "Aww!" and pet it softly.

That's when Kenz heard it. Boom. Boom! BOOM!

Large Golettes became visable, shaking the ancient structure with their giant footsteps. They looked about ten feet tall, and they certainly weren't going to give her a friendly hug. Scared people without Pokemon began to cower and scream, stuck in place by the mini golems. Not Kenz, though. She had just handled a crazy rich boy and a circus freak. She could handle anything.

She pulled out her Unova guidebook. She knew there would be different Pokemon than in Johto in the new region of Furoh, so she had packed a Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova Pokemon handbook. Her fingers moved with faster speed the louder the footsteps became. Sweat beaded on Kenz's forehead as she flipped the pages hastily. She came to the Golett page when a particularly large golem was one step away from flattening Kenz.

"Weakness...where's the weakness?" Kenz muttered. Finally, she found it. Ghost, Water, Ice, Grass, Dark. Grass!

"Tropius, get this thing off of me!" She pulled Tropius's Pokeball off of her headband. Tropius, after appearing in a flash of red, used her hind legs to bump the Automaton Pokemon off of Kenz. They both backed away from the giant Automaton, who was in mid-step and accidentally crushed his little brother. It looked at Kenz's crew with a new hatred.

"Uh oh," Kenz said miserably.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 26 2011, 06:19 PM

To: Nobody in Particular
Location: Temple

Twila struggled against the Golette that was hugging her around the legs. The beauty of the underground forest was now forgotten as two large Pokemon that looked somewhat like the small robotic Pokemon holding everyone in place came into view. Twila quickly got out her Pokedex and scanned it, along with the mini-me version.

Golurk, the Automaton Pokemon. It is said that Golurk were ordered to protect people and Pokemon by the people who made them. It flies across the skies at mach speeds. Removing the seal on its chest makes its internal energy go out of control.
Type:
Ground/Ghost

Golette, the Automaton Pokemon. These Pokemon are thought to have been created by the science of an ancient and mysterious civilization. The energy inside them enables them to move, but no one has yet been able to identify this energy.
Type:
Ground/Ghost

"Okay, Mai, come on out!" She called as she threw the Ralts' green Pokeball. There had been no time to go back to Twila's tent and collect her Pokemon, so Mai had Teleported Kimber, Merle and the egg back right before a particularly fiery meteor struck the tent and caught it ablaze. In a flash of red light, Mai appeared and assessed the situation. "Think you can get this thing off me before we're all crushed?!" Twila asked in a panic. The Golurks were advancing rapidly, pounding their fists in a not-so-friendly manner. Mai nodded and used her Confusion attack to knock the robot off. It didn't move.

"Umm...okay. Merle, come out!" another blast of red light, and Merle the Makuhita appeared. "Use your Vital Throw to get this thing off me!" Merle nodded and rushed toward the Pokemon, but was given a surprise when he fell completely through it. Twila blinked in surprise, then remembered that the Golette was part Ghost-type. Merle's fighting type moves couldn't touch it.

"UGH, give me a break!" she groaned as the Golurks bared down on everyone in the room. "Come on out Fae!" Twila's newly obtained Vulpix appeared, ready for a fight. Twila quickly scanned her with her Pokedex.

Vulpix, Female
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Hypnosis, Disable, Secret Power, Ember, Tail Whip, Roar, Quick Attack, Fire Spin

"All right Fae, use Roar on this thing!" Moving herself into a powerful position, Fae opened her mouth and let loose a deafening, terrifying roar. The Automaton Pokemon blanched and let go of it's prisoner, running off as fast as it's legs could carry it.

"If you got a Pokemon that can use Roar, send them out now. One collective roar should have all of these Pokemon let go!" a man with glasses said from somewhere to the right of Twila. She looked to her new Vulpix, who seemed to still be itching to fight.

"All right Fae, let's go help the others!" Twila said as she returned Merle and Mai. Fae nodded excitedly and followed her trainer into the group of trainers and Goletts.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 26 2011, 06:25 PM

Kaya was upset about not finding James, but the disappointment was soon banished when they began to trek through the forest. It was just flat-out amazing. The ancient pokemon were amazing now that she got to see even more up-close. Several times she was tempted to catch one, but it ran off before she start a battle. Once they got to the temple, she was even more amazed. A girl towards the front of the group was talking about some pictures. Kaya was fascinated with them. So the spiny thingy in the front was causing the meteors to come. And the statue in the room was actually the legendary pokemon regigigas. Wow.

Just then several strange robot-like pokemon came and started grabbing people's legs. One got a hold of Kaya's good leg and she lost her balance. She fell flat on her face and her nose began bleeding. She was about to check to see if it was broken when something much more urgent caught her attention. From her vantage point she could see the shadows of two much bigger pokemon coming towards them. Kaya quickly put two and two together.

"Something's coming! Something big!" She shouted to anyone near her. Turning her attention, to getting herself out of the smaller pokemon's death grip, she said, "Manera, could ya get this thing offa me? WAIT! NO! NO! NOT LIKE- zzzzt!" Manera had used shock wave to get the pokemon off of her, forgetting that its trainer would also be affected. The blitzle was looking to the ground and giving it's best form of apology, with the intended target wholly unharmed.

Ignoring the blitzle except for a nod to show the accepted the apology, Kaya sent out Attila. "Attila, use water gun to get this thing off of me." The psyduck Directed a stream of water at the pokemon latched to Kaya's leg though it also hit Kaya as well. The pokemonFell off, fainted. By now the larger pokemon were upon them. drenched and slightly smoking, Kaya scanned them with her pokedex. Ghost/ground types. That would explain why the gollett, as she found out the smaller pokemon were called, wasn't hurt by Manera's shock wave.

"Everybody, go!" Kaya said, calling out the rest of her team. The newcomers:a venipede, Drilbur, spearow, and absol- looked at their trainer expectantly, along with the blitzle and psyduck that were already with Kaya as she gave out orders to her pokemon. "Attilla, get the golletts off of everyone else, then help with the gollurks. Those are the big ones. Flit, Pede-erpat, Miner, help fight the gollurks. Flit, I want you to only use peck. Pede-erpat, use poin sting until they're poisoned, the use twineedle. Miner, use Mud slap and try to get it in their eyes if you somehow possibly can. Manrea, use tail whip to lower their defense. Beacon do the same thing as Manera with leer, but keep an eye on everything that's going on. They may know protect or detect. If you see one using one of those moves, use feint to take it out. If you or Manera see any hurt pokemon that aren't gollet or gollurk the bring them to me." The pokemon nodded and went off to do their respective tasks. In the meantime Kaya rushed back to the entrance, though not to make a quick getaway. Her pokemon had already been given their orders, so there was only one other thing she could do to help. Kaya had seen several berry bushes growing just outside. She'd emptied her backpack to mark her spot already so she had plenty of room in it to carry the berries. She made one last run for berries and then stayed at her spot, ready to treat any injured pokemon.
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Nearby, Luke was sending out his pokemon as well. He remembered seeing a strong trainer with these small pokemon before. Flipping over to it in one of his notebooks, Luke found out that they were Ground/ghost pokemon and that they evolved into gollurk (see page 67) at level 48. Turning to that one, Luke saw a drawing of the massive pokemon some trainers were beginning to battle.

"Out," He said, sending out his Pawniard, quilfish, ghastly, chimchar, skourpiki, and chachot. He gave orders to his pokemon as well.

"Kreek, hypnosis and spite, then night shade. Whoop, ember. Harmony, mirror move, then peck. Ego, spikes. All on big ones. Arch, knock off on small ones. Strall, with me." Luke and Strall ran towards the rotating disk. Luke hadn't heard Pan's idea of re-awakening the legendary golems. He was thinking that maybe they could stop the disc by combining the powers of all their steel-types.

"If we use our steel pokemon, could we stop this thing?" He asked a nearby person.

Posted by: Asterna Jun 26 2011, 06:26 PM

Who: Rose
To: Kaya, Justin, Kenz, whoever's listening

"James?" Rose frowned, shaking her head. "I haven't seen him at all today. I hope he's okay, though..." Rose trailed off with a worried look into the distance. She shook herself to get rid of her unpleasant thoughts, and looked back at Kaya with a slightly forced smile. "Well, I'm sure he's fine! Even if he isn't in the ditch, he must have gotten somewhere safe," she said with her usual optimism. "I mean, he's got his Pokemon, and there are lots of people that were helping others."

Of course, Rose wasn't at all sure if this was actually true. However, it was no use worrying about it now -- there was no way she'd be able to get back up to the surface to look for him now. Besides, it was true that there was plenty of help available if he needed it, Rose thought to herself. She wasn't entirely convinced, but worrying would do no good now. Thankfully, a distraction was soon provided in the form of traveling to the temples. Rose was quickly absorbed in studying the various ancient plants along the way, taking several pictures and even a few plant samples, which she carefully stowed inside the collecting bags of her backpack. It was only the fear of getting left behind by the group and being lost here that kept her from lingering to look at them more, but even then, she had to be dragged away from the plants. Mom and Dad will be so jealous when they hear about this, Rose thought happily to herself, thinking of her botanist parents.

After the regrettably short -- or so Rose thought as she looked longingly back at the jungle and its fascinating wildlife -- trip, the group arrived at the temple. She finally turned her mind to something other than the ancient vegetation as she peered over the shoulder of the person in front of her, trying to get a good look at the symbols on the wall. As a botanist-in-training, plants fascinated her -- especially a marvel like this -- but this was interesting enough to focus on for at least a while. With a sigh, she gave up on trying to actually see the carvings, instead focusing on Pan's translation. She listened curiously, mentally noting down the information.

Then, a group of Goletts suddenly appeared -- Rose recognized them from her visit to Dragonspiral Tower. One of them grabbed onto her leg. Puzzled, Rose smiled down at it uncertainly. "Um, hi?" she half-asked it. Then came a loud booming noise, coming closer with every passing second. Rose paled as the clearly hostile Golurks approached. She grabbed at her belt, frantically trying to remember type match-ups.

Nearby, a rather buff-looking man summoned his Hitmontop, ordering it to use Fake Out and Mach Punch. That was a bad idea, Rose thought. If she recalled correctly... "They're Ground/Ghost types!" she shouted to everyone in the vicinity. "I don't think Normal- or Fighting-type attacks are going to work!"

With that in mind, Rose ran through her lineup. Ground/Ghost... she had a Grass type, a Dark type, a Water type, and a Normal/Flying type. Of those, Grass, Dark, and Water were super-effective against that particular type combination. Alaia, Nina, and Ciar all had offensive moves, but Ciar's were all physical -- Rose didn't want him getting too close to the rahter intimidating-looking Golurks, so she probably shouldn't call him out. Alaia and Nina were probably fine, though, since they could attack from a distance... With that mind, Rose called out her Cottonee and Panpour. The two of them observed the situation, and quickly got ready for battle, looking back at Rose for orders. They probably weren't strong enough to take on the big ones, so... "Nina, use Water Gun on this thing hanging onto me -- get it off! Once that's done, do the same thing to the Golurk. Alaia, use Stun Spore on the big ones!"

They all leaped into action. Nina first blasted water at the Golett clinging to Rose's leg, managing to get it off with some effort. Rose grimaced a little as it soaked her pants, but at least she could move freely now. Meanwhile, Alaia sprayed yellow powder at the Golurks -- hopefully, it would at least slow them down. Nina, her task accomplished, sent the strongest Water Gun she could manage at the Golurk near them -- the one that was advancing towards a girl with a Tropius. It didn't seem to do much damage, but at least it distracted it from the girl... Or perhaps that wasn't a good thing. Rose gulped, backing up a little as the massive Pokemon turned its head towards her.

Posted by: Yzarc Drowsnam Jun 26 2011, 07:18 PM

Who: Justin
To: Rose

A little girl, standing nearby, informed Justin of the mistake he'd just made. He would have been embarrassed if not for the fact that he was now concerned for the safety of his best pokemon. There he was, Hitmontop, leading the charge of many pokemon prepared to fight these behemoths. And yet, their fearless leader would be utterly worthless against them. Maybe not, though. Hitmontop had a few moves he could use which weren't Fighting or Normal. There was Earthquake, which would...Probably destroy the temple. Nevermind on that.

Pursuit? It was decent, but mostly of the targets are fleeing, and these Golurks were far from doing that. He could technically call him back and use a different pokemon. Sudowoodo had recently learned Ice Punch, which was good against Ground, and his more recently captured Octillery had plenty of Water attacks. However, it would be in bad taste to have such a powerful pokemon run straight into the battle, with many younger pokemon looking up to him, and then calling him back just before he did anything.

It was too late to change his mind anyway. Hitmontop's failed Fake Out and Mach Punch combo on one of the Golurks was go. The pokemon seemed confused that his Fake Out had no flinching effect and his Mach Punch went right through the ethereal skin. It continued spinning and immediately took two Shadow Punches, which hurt quite a bit, but not nearly as much as they would have hurt some of the weaker pokemon. That was when Justin realized Hitmontop's utility here: He was going to take hits and support the other pokemon, rather than deal a ton of damage.

"Hitmontop, Wide Guard!" He called out.

As some of the other pokemon got to the front of the battle to join Hitmontop, the Golurk began using Magnitude, which would have been a terrific plan to thin the numbers. However, these attacks were blocked by Hitmontop's massive Wide Guard, which protected multiple allies from big attacks such as that. The failed attack left the Golurk quite vulnerable to the onslaught of pokemon unleashed by the crowd.

"Thank you," he said to the girl, "I've never seen that pokemon before."

Posted by: Tekno Jun 26 2011, 07:24 PM

The tunnels seemed untouched by time. Even the jungle standing at the end did so with thousands of supposed "fossil" Pokemon happily roaming around like disaster never struck. Things changed, however, the moment they entered the temples. After a brief explanation on what exactly happened for things to be that way countless miniature golems grasped onto peoples' legs, Tyson included. At first he didn't think much of the blue robot-like Pokemon but it was only a matter of time until the big guns arrived with more severe intentions than a hug. He took the chance to try out his new Pokedex and analyze the so called "guardians" of this underground jungle.

Ground/Ghost type
Despite its large size, Golurk is capable of flying. By inserting its hands in its arms and inserting its legs and feet in its body, it can take off like a rocket. An undefinable energy burns inside it, and if the seal on its chest is taken off, the energy will go out of control.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 26 2011, 07:34 PM

Who: Sven
At: Justin, Golurk

"A Ghost type, eh? No problem for my Tamia, right girl?!" With the Kangaskhan walking up, she decided to join the battle. "Hey kid,," he said, looking at Justin, "Remember to use things you know will work. Tamia, let's show them how things are done! Fake out, then Dizzy Punch!" Wait, what?! The Hitmontop already tried Fake Out, and it passed through! And Dizzy Punch was a Normal type attack as well! Why give such commands?! Scrappy.

With the Parent Pokemon up at the Golurk, she jumped up and slammed her fist into the Golurk's face, catching it off guard as the giant automaton staggered backwards. AS it recovered from the blow, her fists began to shine as she let off a chain of blows to confuse it.

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Who: Douken
At: Justin, Dad, Golurk

Sighing, Douken placed his hand on his forehead. "We get it, Dad. The Ghost-Crushing Duo are awesome because people don't expect Scrappy. This way, you don't got to waste time to use Odor Sleuth or Foresight for Fighting and Normal Type moves to hit."

Staring at the staggering being, Douken had to take advantage, since those things looked like they had a lot of power to them. "Now Maya, Aurora Beam!" Thanks to the girl stating they were part Ground, Douken knew his gut for Maya was a great option, seeing how her Ice moves were very powerful. Not only that, but Aurora Beam's cold waves were known to drain the strength of their enemy.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 26 2011, 07:49 PM

"Rue, Ember!" Finnley shouted, tossing out his piglet Pokemon. Soon enough his pig had gotten him free and he pointed at another set of Golett coming their way. "Bailey use Mega Drain!" He tossed out another Pokeball and out came his little Cottonee.

"Another spray of Ember too!" He ordered again. This time the Golett ran away, but it didn't help his case with the Golurk. The others had banded together and were now attempting to scare away the Golurk with a combine of Roar. None of Finn's Pokemon knew the move, but he wasn't going to not help for his survival.

"Cover the others with everything you got, you two." The green haired trainer said. "Don't let anything get in their way, got it?"

His two Pokemon nodded in agreement, Rue being more confident in his reply, as Bailey slowly turned around, frightened by the sight of the Golurk still.

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 26 2011, 08:52 PM

To: Justin, Pan, Tyson, Kaya/Luke, Twila, Douken,

Tag had been silently impressed when a kid managed to sneak an entire family into his personal space. He had also been silently impressed when they entered the underground world. He had even been silently impressed when Pan displayed her knowledge of early Furoh. However, the time for Tag to be silently impressed with things was over. Now there was impending battle, and the fire in Tag's blood was quite cleanly lit. With something of a smile, he reached down and unclipped all six of his pokeballs. For whatever reason, each person had picked one or two pokemon to take the field. Tag was of the mindset that if it wasn't a sanctioned battle, but rather a life or death one, Tag would take every advantage into account.

He watched as Justin's Hitmontop appeared on the field and immediately proceeded to fail. If the ludicrously powerful Fake-Out/Mach Punch combo failed, that meant that the mystery pokemon were Ghost type, of some nature. With their appearance, Tag surmised that they were a Ghost/Rock combo, which seemed about right. Then a girl announced that they were ghost/ground. Ah. That made more sense. However, with so many pokemon taking the offensive, Tag decided that he'd rally up the defense. Most trainers were focusing on directly attacking. Tag looked at the line of trainers facing the Goletts and Golurks, and immediately moved to support his circumstantial comrades.

"If we use our steel pokemon, could we stop this thing?" The nearby person Luke happened to ask turned out to be Tag. Magically. Tag cast a sidelong glance at the kid.

"What if you break it and it goes out of control?" Tag blinked "You want to be responsible for destroying the world?"

With that he scanned the battlefield. The battle against the scary protectors of the temples had been met with a roar. As Hitmontop spun around, Tag watched as several Golurk began to converge in on him, and Tag knew that Hitmontop would be having trouble with them, even with Sven Sota's Kangaskhan was helping him out.

"Suzu, Reflect with Hitmontop. Support him with Supersonic."

Douken suggested using Roar, however, he wasn't sure they even had enough pokemon to use Roar, first of all. Secondly, Roar was a low priority move; it tended to let the enemy get in a move first while the pokemon worked up the vocal energy to perform the move.

He watched as a girl with a Vulpix use the strategy to success, however, he was sure said success would last; there were too many enemies.

"The seal! Try to break the seal on their chests!" Tag finally flipped out his pokedex. With so much information being tossed haphazardly around, he had to make sure for himself. With that, he turned to Tyson, who had been so practical before, had made a panicked command.

"Idiot!" Tag barked at Tyson, glaring at him "What happens when their energy goes out of control? Knock them out or force them to retreat." With that, Tag pointed Bachi over to Tyson's Tyrogue. "Bachi, intercept the attacks, support with Helping Hand!" Bachi charged over, intercepting a Shadow Punch aimed at the little pokemon. He then focused his energy on Tyrogue, helping him power up his attacks on the Ghost Guardians.

"Orin, help the Dewgong!" Maya, Douken's Dewgong, was firing off aurora beam, which would be super effective against the Goletts and Golurks. "Icy Wind!" Orin scuttled over, hopping up onto the Dewgong's back and pointing herself at an angle, covering more ground with Ice moves.

Then there was Finnley, who seemed to be using a Pig and a Fluffball. Tag pointed over Zuki and Tobi. The two canids nodded and rushed over towards Rue and Bailey. "Tobi, use Flame Burst. Zuki, Assurance!" The Vulpix launched a powerful ball of flame from his mouth, exploding over the ground type to very little effect. However, zuki rushed through, hammering home with his powered up Assurance attack, knocking back the Goletts almost to the point of unconsciousness. "Help them out." Tag nodded. He looked down to his side, seeing that Kyoko remained with him, stalwartly awaiting her command. He wanted to issue a Sunny Day, but with so many water and ice types out, it would seem more detrimental than not.

"Kyoko, see that Venusaur? Cover his back! Magical Leaf!" The Bellossom nodded and bounded over, hopping up on the Venusaur's back and firing off her magical leaf to cover his blindsides.

Tag nodded with a smile of satisfaction as his team of six pokemon moved to support the younger trainers and their pokemon.

Posted by: FirePower Jun 26 2011, 09:40 PM

Who:Kaya
To:No one in particualr

The golletts had already hurt a few pokemon that had been sent over to Kaya. It seemed there weren't near as many now that a himontop had begun to use Wide Guard, backed up by a ledian. Hopefully that meant her own team was at least a little safer now. In the meantime, there were these pokemon to attend to. She may not have gotten a proper education, but she still knew quite a bit about caring for pokemon. Her family had been nomadic, which meant she'd seen her fair share of injured and sick pokemon and knew how to take care of them at least a little. She didn't notice one of the golurk turn it's head toward Rose.
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Who:Manera, Kreek, and.co
To:no one in particualr

Flit noticed one of the golurks look at- what was her name again? Rose?- probably without any good intent.

"This one!" Flit shouted to the rest of her team. Her and harmony dove in unison at the large pokemon, while Miner, who it turned out couldn't hit above the golem's knee, Ego, Pede-erpat, and Whoop attacked from the ground. Kreek was still doing its best to put it to sleep or lower it's PP, while beacon and Manera worked to lower it's defense. Hopefully it wouldn't take to long before it started to get a little weaker.
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Who:Luke
Where:Near the plate
To:Tag

"What if you break it and it goes out of control? You want to be responsible for destroying the world?" The person Luke had asked about the plate responded. True. He hadn't thought about that before. When another person recommended breaking breaking the seals, the same person mentioned it breaking would make the energy inside go out of control, which would probably kill them all. Yes, it would be be best to follow the man's idea, to faint them or make them leave. Luke could see that Flit and Harmony were both aiming for only one of the two pokemon. That gave him another idea.

"What if we only attack one at a time?" He asked the man, who seemed to have the most common sense of the people around. "Easier than fighting two at the same time?"
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Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 26 2011, 11:49 PM

Who: Twila
To: Finn

Twila listened as a few people spouted off suggestions while one serious looking guy with tattoos gave some pretty sound answers. She did not want to be blown to smithereens by either a spinning magnetic obelisk or a machine Pokemon gone haywire. Although the Pokedex entry was interesting: wouldn't it be fantastic to be the first one to figure out what kind of energy made these Pokemon tick? Pushing these thoughts aside, Twila went back to freeing people without Pokemon from the Goletts.

"Another spray of Ember too!" Twila heard from close by her. Recognizing Finn's voice, she pressed through the crowd of half-free, half-trapped people until she found him helping the trainers fighting off the Golurks.

"Having fun yet?" Twila said sarcastically as a Golurk swung its big arms towards them angrily. Coming toward them from behind, unfortunately, was a wall of Goletts, who looked pretty angry for robots. Getting a little panicked, Twila called Mai back to the field.

"I need you to use Double Team, then Lucky Chant, then Growl on the Goletts on the left. If you can get a few Confusion attacks in as well, do it. Just weaken those things as much as possible!" Mai nodded and began to make fifteen copies of herself. Twila then brought out Kimber, who yawned and looked about at the ensuing chaos. "Kimber, I need you to use Supersonic on the Golettes on the right. Use your Poison Sting as well, so at least some of them will get Poisoned." Kimber shrugged lazily, trying to emphasize that she was only doing this to save herself, then turned to face her opponents. "Fae," she looked down to her blue-eyed Vulpix, "use Hypnosis on the ones in the middle. Try to put as many of them to sleep as you can. For ones that don't fall, use Roar or Fire Spin." Fae nodded and got into her battle position, her tails twitching with anticipation. As the three engaged with the small army of Goletts, Twila turned to look around, noting that many of the trainers fighting the Golurks had yet to see this new threat.

"Er, w-would anyone c-care to help?!" she yelled, feeling slightly more panicked all the time. Through all of this, she still found room in her brain to think it was enormously frustrating that she was still stuttering in a life-and-death situation.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 27 2011, 12:37 AM

Who: Finn
To: Twila

"Don't worry, I have your back." Finnley answered from behind. He threw up another Pokeball and out came his charming new Pokemon, Kyla. "Rue, go back up Mai with Ember, now! The ones that are asleep, use Mega Drain on them, Bailey!" Finn was on a roll with his commands, pointing and shouting at each of his Pokemon, in hopes that they would aid Twila and hers.

His spirits slightly shook as he was left with Kyla to be given orders. "I need you to listen to me, okay?" The trainer looked down, giving his pink kitty a stern and serious look. "Twila and the others need help. We have to do this."

Kyla was silent for a moment before glancing around at everyone who was, by now, defending and protecting one another. It nodded in agreement finally, causing Finn to smile. "Alright! Go support Kimber now! Use Foresight and Sing!"

Finn moved up closer to Twila, smiling widely. "I'm having so much fun." He chuckled, trying to lighten their life-or-death situation.

Posted by: Amissa Jun 27 2011, 12:54 AM

Who: Daniel
To: Joey, Delainey, and Amelia (and anyone nearby who wants to be included)

Daniel attempted to help Joey along so as not to be left behind by the group. Much of the journey was little more than a blur for him. He remembered seeing the ferris wheel come at them, and he watched as every pokemon gave it their all to stop it only for it to land as a cover upon their hiding place. Now, the only way out was forward through the tunnels and into unknown danger. Delainey's ghost pokemon, Phoebe, greeted him and the chilly, eery sensation that he got whenever a ghost was near was mostly overwhelmed by his feeling of relief. If Phoebe was here, then surely Delainey was nearby. He thought that Phoebe felt too attached to Delainey to leave her in any danger, so he trusted the ghost to lead them together.

Once they'd found each other, Daniel did his best to keep putting one foot in front of the other, following the surging crowd while keeping together with his friends from Gigarte. Hercules, his machop, trailed faithfully behind. He carried Joey's things in one arm and later when Daniel seemed to be tiring, he took Daniel's backpack in his other. He kept close to his trainer's heels, feeling deeply uncomfortable about the size of the crowd, but too aware of the danger of the situation to complain. Trick, the nidoran also skipped along. Daniel had managed to give him a potion to help him make it through, but it was pretty apparent that Trick wouldn't be doing any battling on this adventure. Meanwhile, Daniel tried to coax Joey into talking.

"What's your name again? I'm Daniel, and I remember you from some place, Castle Vonmoto I think. Man, those were the days! Nothing but floods and ice and homicidal ghost pokemon...none of these newfangled meteor showers and runaway carnival rides. This is like being trapped in some funky science fiction novel."

That was about the time that they reached the underground forest with roaming ancient pokemon that Daniel had always been taught were extinct.

"And it just keeps getting weirder!" Then, to Amelia he said. "Reminds you of Gigarte doesn't it? The forest and all are very pretty. It's like a whole underground world, like a prehistoric, low-tech Gigarte."

The prehistoric pokemon and underground jungle didn't freak Daniel out one bit, not after everything else that had happened. Having spent almost his entire life underground, Daniel actually felt much safer in the tunnels. The jungle was actually a comforting reminder of home to him, and he became progressively more positive about the situation. They were sure to find a way out, and if they had to wait for a rescue, at least they had a beautiful place to wait. His parents were probably somewhere hidden in their group. With so many people around, it was easy to get lost. That, or Daniel's parents had escaped another way, and they'd soon be looking for Daniel and their lost pokemon.

Eventually, the group reached a large temple-looking place, where Daniel was happy to take a rest. "How are you holding up?" Daniel asked Joey, concerned for the other trainer's stamina and spirit. He listened as Pan explained what she knew about the origins of the place that they were in, and Daniel nodded understanding as she talked. He remembered learning about the Furites and the Four Founders in school. The idea that they'd built this place was fascinating, as was the idea that they could communicate with pokemon that he'd only heard of in stories and legends. "Hold on, what I'm getting out of this is that we need to go find where these legends live, knock politely on their door, and ask if they can please ask their bigger, legendarier friend to save us from fiery meteor doom?" Daniel paused to consider the proposition. "Yeah, sounds like fun to me. Which group should we be in?" He asked Amelia, Delainey, and Joey, assuming that they should all stay together.

Before much further could be discussed, however, some strange pokemon approached. They were small, robot looking creatures with a mysterious blue glow in their eyes. When one came over and hugged Daniel's legs, he smiled at it and pet its head with his free hand. "Aren't you a cutie?" Daniel said with a charmed smile. Hercules, however, stepped forward aggressively.

"Machop! Machop!" Hercules yelled at it, but didn't put down the supplies that he'd been instructed to carry.

''What's up, buddy?" Daniel asked, concerned over Hercules's reaction.

"Machop! Machop! Machop!" Hercules waved his arms in the air in frustration and waggled his fingers in the direction that the little goletts were coming from. He heard them before he saw them. They were much larger, stomping forms. They were like the goletts but stronger and obviously aggressive.

"Oh crap!" Daniel said, and fumbled in his pockets for his pokedex. "What the heck are these things!" He'd never seen anything like it, and he didn't have a clue how to fight it. He managed to get his pokedex out and open with one hand and aimed it at the closest giant.

"Golurk!" The mechanical voice of the pokedex said. "The ghost and ground type pokemon. It is known as the automaton pokemon. It is said that Golurk were ordered to protect people and pokemon by the ancient people who made them."

Could they have been made by the Furites as well? Daniel wondered before pocketing his pokedex again and preparing for battle. My stunky is weak against ground, but my ninjask would be immune to ground attacks. It's bug type moves won't be very effective though. What should I do? Daniel saw all of the other trainers already calling out their pokemon to battle.

"All right! Geb, go! Create a distraction to keep them from attacking the other trainers and pokemon! Get it its face and use Double Team!" Daniel ordered, releasing his bug type from its pokeball. He could only pray that he was making a good tactical decision and that Geb wouldn't end up being squashed as a result. He thought of sending his stunky to fight as well, using its poison gas or smokescreen attacks, but he worried that those might backfire and hinder the other trainers too much.

Geb, however, was a solid choice. The speedy little insect zipped up and around his opponents fast enough to leave behind illusory images of himself, which would hopefully confuse his foes. He would continue increasing his speed and becoming more and more evasive, and if all went according to plan, he could keep the giants' attention away from the other pokemon. He also took care to stay out of the way of the other pokemon's attacks, keeping aware of the battle raging around him.

"Herc," Daniel called quietly to his machop. The fighting type hadn't gone far and looked up immediately. "Can you help me get this guy off. I take back what I said. He is totally not cute! I think you'll need to use foresight to be able to do anything though."

Hercules nodded before coming over to inspect the little golett that had attached itself around Daniel's legs. First he tried prying the thing off without using foresight, but it soon became clear that this was not a battle that he would win on brute strength alone. Plus, he had to do his best not to hurt Daniel. Thus, Hercules used his foresight attack. It was easily to most boring attack in his arsenal. It consisted of him carefully analyzing the his opponent, searching for any weakness and focusing his mind in preparation for attack. By the time it was taking him, Daniel knew Hercules had to be thinking his hardest to figure out ow to release him. He only hoped that Herc could figure it out before one of the larger golurks made it over to pound him into the ground. Trick, the little nidoran, bounded in front of the Daniel protectively. He tossed his horned head in challege at the giants, though he was too weak to join the fight himself.

Posted by: Tekno Jun 27 2011, 10:38 AM

To: Tag at the end.

His idea wasn't all that bright. He was known to be rash but that was just plain stupidity on his part. Quickly taking back what he said he returned his attention to Tyrogue who had already finished his Foresight on the Automaton Pokemon. With Tag's Nidorino covering Tyrogue he decided that it was time to lung into attack.

"Tyrogue! Aim for the knees! Stay away from its feet and hands at all costs! Mach Punch!" The Golurk could easily stomp the small Pokemon and most of its attacks involved using its fists. By attacking the knees Tyrogue was out of range for both and still gave a nice chance of knocking down the thing. Problem is the attacks weren't even doing that much to the Golurk. He kept walking towards the human without even noticing Tyrogue's attempt to stop it.

"C'mon, Tyrogue, you can do it! Just keep it up!" he didn't keep it up. Tyrogue realized how worthless his moves were against it even with Foresight's effects and Bachi's Helping Hand. How could he vow to get stronger if he couldn't even stop a single threat against his trainer? Could this mean that his previous trainer was right in abandoning him? No. He wasn't going to fail again. This time he'd prove himself. This time he would protect his trainer and stop ignoring orders. This time he would evolve. The small pink Pokemon grew in size midst a bright white glow. His cries of "Tyrogue!" eventually shifted into shouts of "Hitmonlee!" and a new being stood where Tyrogue was. Saving the celebrations for later, Tyson didn't waste any time in giving orders to his newly evolved Hitmonlee.

"Hitmonlee, hit it with a Rolling Kick!" the Kicking Pokemon was swift on his feet and quickly reached the Golurk. Spinning in the air and hitting it with a well positioned kick the Golurk staggered back, finally acknowledging his opponent. A slow attempt to snatch the Hitmonlee failed as the Pokemon back-stepped out of danger and awaited for a new order.

"Now, bring it down with a Jump Kick!" with a powerful jump from his flexible legs the Hitmonlee bashed the Golurk's chest with yet another powerful kick. But he made a big mistake. He got far too close to the Golurk's fists. Taking the opportunity to strike the unprotected Hitmonlee his fist got surrounded with a red aura. It punched the Kicking Pokemon into unconsciousness with a powerful Dynamic Punch before resuming its large footsteps towards the humans.

"You did well, Hitmonlee. Have a good rest." he returned Hitmonlee back into his respective Pokeball and let out Gobi instead. After that was done he turned to Tag.

"Think you can finish that thing off? It knocked out Hitmonlee but not before he did a nice number to it."

Tyrogue evolved into Hitmonlee

Posted by: Asterna Jun 27 2011, 01:39 PM

Who: Rose
To: Justin, Twila, Finn

"Hm? Oh, no problem. They're from my region -- Unova -- so..." Rose explained, shrugging a little as she trailed off. Unova was a new region to most people, and most were unfamiliar with its Pokemon. She knew about them, so it was only right that she shared her knowledge. Now then... they didn't have much time to waste with conversation. What to do next? Her Pokemon's offensive strength wasn't all that great, especially in comparison to the more experienced trainers... still, she could help a little.

"Alaia, Leech Seed!" Rose ordered, pointing towards the Golurk most people seemed to be targeting. It would help siphon off some of its health, and make Alaia stronger as well; she also wouldn't be in too much danger of being attacked, since the Automaton Pokemon seemed to be focusing on other Pokemon now. The Cottonee complied, shooting several seeds at the Golurk. They clung onto its form, quickly sprouting into small vines that crawled across the Golurk's form -- however, they weren't large enough to restrain it much. The vines glowed a red color as the move sucked energy away from the Golurk.

A girl's voice stammered out a request for help. Rose turned around to see what was amiss, and spotted the wave of Goletts approaching from the other direction. Well, she thought to herself, I can fight those, at least. "Guys, come over here!" she called to her Pokemon, slipping through the crowd to the girl who'd asked for help and a green-haired boy close to her.

"Hey, you asked for help?" she greeted them cheerfully, or as cheerfully as she could when they were being attacked by a small army of hostile Pokemon. Now then, time for business... she thought, pulling out the other two Pokeballs on her belt and summoning her Zorua and Rufflet. It seemed that they needed all the help they could get with this new threat, and Ciar and Wyatt were in less danger facing these weaker Goletts.

Upon seeing the situation, Wyatt, apparently delighted, charged for the nearest Golett with a Scratch attack, only for it to pass through. Puzzled, the Rufflet tried again, only to be met with failure. "Wyatt, it's a Ghost type, that won't work! Use Wing Attack!" Rose called hastily. The Rufflet chirped indignantly, as if to say 'I knew that already!' before he proceeded to attack the Goletts with a vengeance.

Rose kept one eye on her youngest Pokemon as she turned to the others, who had more sensibly waited for their orders. "Okay... Alaia, use Stun Spore and then Leech Seed on as many of them as possible. Nina, Water Gun -- back up Wyatt. Ciar, use Leer, then Pursuit on the ones that are asleep or paralyzed -- if any of them run away, then go for them, but I don't know if that's going to happen anytime soon," Rose said, eyeing the stubbornly advancing Goletts. The three of them immediately leaped into action. Rose, fairly confident that her Pokemon could handle themselves for a little while, turned to the other trainers nearby. "So... um, hi," she greeted them somewhat awkwardly.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 27 2011, 04:16 PM

To: Finn

"Don't worry, I have your back." Twila sighed in relief as Finn and his Pokemon came to back her up. Her own Pokemon were doing a good job, but there were far too many of them to fend them off indefinitely. She looked around at each of her Pokemon: Mai was in the middle of a circle of Goletts with three other copies of herself, Kimber looked like she was taking this battle more seriously now, and was alternating her Supersonic attacks with her Poison Sting attack. Fae was doing a good job of putting many of the Goletts to sleep, and sending others away with her Roar. At this moment, Twila stood back to admire her Pokemon's strength.

"Ralts!" Mai cried, getting her trainer's attention. Her copies had disappeared, leaving her feeling very alone in the circle of Goletts. The golems advanced, making the circle smaller and smaller, hiding Mai from Twila's sight.

"Mai!" Twila yelled, trying to catch a glimpse of her Ralts.

"Ni! Niii!" another cry to her right indicated that Kimber was in trouble as well. Twila turned to find that a few confused Goletts were running straight towards the little Nidoran. Twila froze, she didn't know what to do. What would happen if the Goletts ran down two of her Pokemon? It was too much for her to think about. Twila closed her eyes in fear.

Suddenly, two bright white lights flared behind her eye lids. She opened her eyes wide in surprise to find that Kimber and Mai had been replaced with bright glowing balls of light. Thinking that it was the Goletts doing this, Twila could only stare in horror. What was happening to her Pokemon? When the lights faded, her Ralts and Nidoran were gone. They had been replaced with a Kirlia and a Nidorina. Her Pokemon had evolved!

"Kirlia!" Mai shouted, and suddenly three Goletts went flying. Mai's Cofusion attack had become even more powerful with her evolution.

"Niiido!" Kimber cried as she fired off Poison stings the size of magic markers. A few of the Goletts ran off with quills sticking out of them at odd angles.

Fae had turned her attention to her newly-evolved comrades when there were no Goletts coming her way and cheered, then resumed her Roar-Hypnosis combo.

"All right!" Twila cried, then turned back to Finn and grinned, "I'm having some fun now too!"

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 27 2011, 05:44 PM

Who: Anita and her Pokemon
Where: The Main temple
At: Pan/ Anita's Pokemon and a Golett later

As the beautiful researcher pulled her back from the edge of the cliff, Anita's cry of surprise sounded out across the open cave, echoing off the walls. She turned around to thank the woman, only for the researcher to suddenly walk off, saying that they should really move. Anita followed the woman, Pan she was apparently called considering that was what people called her as Anita tail-gated her down the path to the temple. She was one of the first ones to reach the temple, along with Nyan-nyan, her Skitty, who walked along at first, then decided to jump up onto Anita's head for the rest of the way.

Anita slowed to a stop, not far from the huge spinning device. She listened dumb-struck to Pan's explanation of the giant machine .Pan's voice suddenly grew darker as she continued. Anita listened , rapture on her face, as Pan claimed that the Ancient Furites had actually been able to communicate with the Regi Pokemon of legend. Here, in this ancient wonderland, the four Pokemon slept. Anita remembered hearing about these Colossus in what little school she had actually attended rather than ditch.

Anita followed her into the Temple along with the others. Nyan-nyan was sitting on her shoulder. Suddenly, the little Pokemon hissed in surprise. Anita turned her head to the right in the direction Nyan-nyan's hiss was directed. Anita squawked in surprise as an unusual Pokemon walked out of the wall of the temple. It paused for a second, taking in Anita with it's eyes, almost as if sizing her up. The creature suddenly took a step forward rather awkwardly, and, almost immediately tripped over its own two feet. It fell straight forward, landing on its face. The blue Pokemon's legs waved in the air rather comically, as it tried to right itself. Anita and Nyan-nyan burst out laughing. Anita laughed as she pulled out her Pokedex. Anita opened it and pointed it towards the Pokemon. "~Golett: The automaton Pokemon. These Pokémon are thought to have been created by the science of an ancient and mysterious civilization.~" the Pokedex quipped.

~Wow~ Anita thought, excitedly. ~This goes to show that the lady- what was her name again? Oh! Pan, that's right- knew what she was talking about. Anita and Nyan-nyan continued laughing as the Golett managed to turn itself around onto its butt and sit up. It looked at them, and suddenly looked almost as if it was going to cry, that is to say, if it had any tear ducts... "Leeeeeeettt!!!" it yelled, as it jumped to its feet. Another Golett appeared, and grasped Anita's leg in a steel-tight grip. The first Golett glared at Nyan-nyan. "Guh! Guhletto guuho!" it yelled, pointing at the ground in front of it. Nyan-nyan mewled rudely in response. Anita, at this point, guessed what the two were talking about. The Golett wanted to battle, and Nyan-nyan did NOT give a Rattata's bum.

Anita stopped laughing at this point, and looked up at Nyan-nyan. The Skitty was smirking at the Golett, as if taunting it. "Spoilsport." Anita said. I think we should battle it! Nyan-nyan. To battle!!! she cried. Nyan-nyan turned to look at Anita in surprise. Shrugging, the Skitty jumped down from Anita's head and landed on the ground on her paws, lightly. Nyan-nyan pranced towards the Golett, tail up, ready for battle.

Anita had seen the Golett come through the wall, so common sense told her to tell Nyan-nyan to use foresight. However, she instead decided to have the Skitty use fake out. "Okay, Nyan-nyan. Fake OUT!" she said. Nyan-nyan, tail up, ran headfirst at the Golett. This of course failed miserably, with the Skitty running right through the Golett. The Golett merely turned to face Nyan-nyan, not even bothering to attack her back. While Nyan-nyan may have been stunned, Anita was completely unfazed. "So you are a ghost type. I kinda shoulda figured on that when you came walking outta the wall..." Anita said. Okay, then. Plan B! Nyan-nyan, Foresight." Nyan-nyan turned to look at the Golett, and her eyes suddenly widened a little, revealing a glowing sliver of eye. She stared at the Golett intently for a moment, sizing up her opponent.

Nyan-nyan closed her eyes again, and smirked a bit more. The Golett, on the other hand, suddenly leaped towards Nyan-nyan, with a sharp cry of "GOH!!!" The attack didn't even land. Apparently, the wild Pokemon had used Astonish. Nyan-nyan suddenly laughed. Anita looked at the Golett in surprise. She figured that living down here, where most of the Pokemon were rock+other types didn't give it a lot of chances to fight normal type Pokemon. Okay, Nyan-nyan. Tackle!" The Skitty lowered her tail and charged at the Golett. Running towards it, Nyan-nyan turned her head to the left, preparing to slam into it shoulder-first. The Golett, had recovered from its earlier charge, and turned to face Nyan-nyan. Suddenly, it swung its right arm around and struck Nyan-nyan in the side of her head, just as the Skitty was about to collide with it!

"Myah!!!" she cried in pain. Nyan-nyan went flying into the cave wall and was knocked out by the force of the Golett's pound. "Nyan-nyan, no!" Anita yelled. She reached into her left front pocket and pulled out two Pokeballs, she held the one in her left hand out towards the unconscious Skitty. In a streak of red light, Nyan-nyan disappeared into her Pokeball. Fortunately, Anita had had her Pokemon healed earlier by a kind lady with pink hair that may or may not have been one of the many Nurse Joys. The Pokeball in her right hand was the only one not contained in her backpack.

Fluffy! I choose you! Anita said, tossing the Pokeball into the air. A Growlithe popped out and descended to the cave floor behind the Golett that had knocked out Nyan-nyan. "Hey, Fluffy. That Golett knocked out Nyan-nyan! Get him!!! Bite!" Anita yelled. "Grrow?" Fluffy replied, cocking his head to the left and perking his ears up. "Rowf! Grrrrrr....." he said menacingly. The Golett turned to face Fluffy, only for Fluffy's ability to activate. Growling, his eye glinted. Intimidate dropped the Golett's attack. The blue Pokemon suddenly flinched under Fluffy's gaze and it glowed a dark blue which immediately faded. Fluffy took advantage of the Golett's fear and jumped directly at the Golett's face with his teeth bared.

Fluffy bit down on the top of the Golett's head, hard. The Golett flinched visibly as the Growlithe's fangs went deep into its head. "Again, Fluffy. Bite it!" Anita said. Fluffy bit down on the Golett repeatedly, not giving it much of a chance to respond. First, he bit the Golett's arms, first right, then left. Next, he ran around behind it and bit it on the butt. The Golett whirled around to retaliate, but Fluffy ran back around behind it again and proceeded to bite it's legs. This brought the Golett down onto its belly and hands. "Okay, hold it still." Anita said. Snarling, Fluffy chomped down on the Golett's head and held on to it.

She reached up and took off her backpack. As she did, she tried to move the leg that was held by the other Golett."Stubborn much?" she mumbled at it when she couldn't get it to let go. "I'll worry about you next." She opened a side-pocket or her backpack and reached in. Anita dug around for a moment and smiled as she found what she was looking for. Victorious, her hand emerged bearing an empty Pokeball. She immediately threw it at the pinned Golett. The Pokemon glowed red, and disappeared into the ball in a flash of red light. The ball dropped onto the ground as Fluffy stood up and stepped back, alert. The Growlithe watched the ball intently as it shook once... twice... three times. Then, it burst open, spewing the Golett onto its back on the ground. The ball flew back into Anita's outstretched hand.

"Darn it." Anita said. She watched as the Golett breathed heavily, trying to right itself with what strength it had left. Failing to do so, the Golett gave up and lay there on its back waving its arms and legs in feeble attempts to attack Fluffy. "Okay, bite it again Fluffy." Fluffy complied with much gusto, biting down on the Golett's exposed belly. Chomp, chomp, CHOMP! Fluffy bit it three times, then ran around to the Golett's head and bit down a fourth time, holding it in place again. The Golett made little attempt to struggle, so Anita threw the Pokeball again. This time, she looked at Fluffy and said, "Fluffy, sit on the ball! I'll give you a treat..." Fluffy barked, and sat on top of the Pokeball, his tail wagging excitedly. The pokeball shook a few times, then clicked loudly, signaling that the Golett was safely caught.

Fluffy stood up and turned to pick up the ball. He opened his mouth and bit down gently on the top of the Pokeball, picking it up in his mouth. Lifting it up, Fluffy carried it over to Anita, who accepted it with her right hand. Anita reached into another pocket of her backpack and pulled out an Oran berry which shew held out to Fluffy. TheGrowlithe immediately snapped it up, eating it in one bite. He wagged his tail happily as he ate it. When he finished swallowing the berry, he looked back at his trainer. Noticing the Golett attached to her leg, Fluffy growled. At this point, Anita and Fluffy noticed all the commotion around them. Looking over, they saw people and their Pokemon fighting a pair of huge Pokemon, similiar to the Golett she had just captured. Anita turned pale. ~Oh, god! Don't tell me those are the parents...~ she thought. Anita looked at the Golett still attached to her leg and began to try to shake it off, dancing around in a panicked frenzy.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 27 2011, 06:15 PM

Who: Kenz
Location: WHERE DO YOU THINK?!
To: Anyone within radius at the end

The large Golurk that looked at Kenz with rage was tall and powerful. Kenz wasn't entirely sure her pokemon could take it.

"Pidg!"

"Meta!"

"Trop trop!"

"Archen!"

One after the other, her Pokemon gave cries of war at the hulking behemoth. They weren't scared of the outcome of this battle. Somehow, they knew, against all odds, they would win this battle. Kenz decided to go with it and supply orders.

"Tropius, use Growth to get to the size of that Golurk! Pidee, use Gust! Metapod, Tackle! Archen...uh..."

Kenz didn't know what moves Archen knew, as she had just obtained the bird. While she looked at her guidebook, the Pokemon began working together. Tropius covered herself in a green glow and shooted up to nearly the ceiling of the temple, making the Golurk step back a bit in fear. Pidee used Gust, flapping his wings at Golurk's side, spinning him around and making him dizzy. Metapod attempted to Tackle the foe, but, in a burst of forgetfullness, forgot the giant Automaton was Ghost type. Metapod flashed right through it and landed on his face at the other side.

Kenz, meanwhile, had found a move for Archen to use.

"Use Wing Attack, Archen!"

Typically, Princess (as her previous owner called her) wouldn't listen to anyone who didn't call her by her real name. But, seeing how this was Pidee's trainer, she made an exception. Using a keen instinct inside of her, she made her wings bright white, then flew up and smacked the Golurk with them repeatedly.

The Golurk stumbled back, confused. What was going on? Everything was so blurry...

Kenz shouted to the trainers near her. "Guys, its dizzy! Can someone help me knock it out?"

Posted by: Dragonwish2 Jun 27 2011, 06:53 PM

Who: Liz
Where: I will not answer this on your life
To: No one


Liz immediatly felt uncomfortable with the Golett. She didn't enjoy hugs from strangers, let alone pokemon in a place teeming with likely threatening things. Liz kicked it off before it got a firm grip and let out Ryan and Zorua. "Alright you two, help me keep these things away! Ryan, foresight! Kelli, pursuit!" Ryan looked over the enemy carefully, his move taking affect immediatly. Kelli roared and leapt on a nearby Golett like a kitten, striking a hard blow on the ghost type pokemon.

Liz pulled out her pokedex, flipping through it. "Come on, come on, come on..." she muttered. At last the page pulled up, showing the blue creature. Liz looked over it's page and nodded, looking up to see a giant version of the hugging Smurfs. These, however, did not sing songs around mushrooms. Liz paled slightly. "Ryan, Force Palm on the giants!" Ryan looked towards the new foe with renewed determination, a hunger for a good fight boiling in his gut. He ran and flipped up towards it and swung a huge glowing palm into it's chest, shoving it down. The blue pokemon simply rose and tossed Ryan off, coming further towards Liz.

Kelli grinned mischeviously and transformed into a copy of the giant. It stopped and moved past it. Kelli moved in front of it, a mirror image. The golurk pushed towards Kelli and knocked her over, transforming her back into herself. Liz frowned worriedly. "Kelli, you can do it! Fake tears!" The Zorua immediatly turned into the image of a little Golett, bawling her head off like there was no tomorrow. The Golurk became distracted then, but it just stared, as if mesmerized.

"Ryan, quick, throw her into the air! Kelli, pursuit again!" Ryan got up from where he had been thrown and slowly walked over to his comrade, throwing her crying form towards the Golurk. Kelli flipped into a dark mass of black and red, glowing a dark purple. She barreled into the pokemon and sent it staggering back, falling backwards and crushing a few Golett.

Liz heard Kenz ask for help and turned around. "Okay Ryan, this should be it. Quick Attack, on the golett!" It took the riolu a moment to realize where he was aiming, but he quickly ran and punched the pokemon into another, knocking them both out. Liz smiled and returned him, kissing the pokeball. "Have a good rest, Ryan," she whispered.

Posted by: Angels Fall First Jun 27 2011, 10:45 PM

To: Rose & Twila

"Hi," Finn replied, giving his new acquaintance half his attention. "I'm Finn, let's talk a bit more after this?" He tried smiling to this stranger, in hopes of hopefully making a new friend later on, but his mind was still on the battle. "Let's finish these guys!"

His eyes were quickly diverted back towards his Pokemon, who were still trying their best in aiding the others. That's when half of Twila's team evolved. A smirk appeared on his face as he was now a bit envious at what was happening. New Pokemon, and stronger at that were always something Finn wanted for his own team, but it took time and experience. But he knew that already.

"Don't let out!" Finnley shouted to his Pokemon. "Let's keep holding on!" He pointed at his team and urged them on, trying his best to boost his teams morale. "Rue, Growl then Ember! Bailey, give them a taste of your Leech Seed!"

The trainer now took notice of his new Skitty, who had been attempting in helping Twila's Nidoran, Kimber, (who by now had evolved), with a combination of Sing and Foresight. One Golett had found himself by Kyla, and swung his arm, giving the small kitten a taste of his Pound attack.

"Kyla, no!" Finn yelled. He rushed on over, picking up his Skitty. "You've done enough." His kitten shook her head and bounced out of Finn's hands, landing before him determined as ever. "You're still willing to battle?"

Kyla answered with a nod, turning back to the Golett that had attacked her. "Sounds good then!" Finn said, smiling widely. "Let's put on a show for him! Sing!"

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 27 2011, 11:28 PM

To: Finn and Rose

Twila looked back at the girl who had come to help them with the mini-Golett army. "Hey, glad you could help," she said, also giving this new girl half her attention. The strange thing about Twila is that she can talk normally to any woman; it's just guys that she can't talk to well. Perhaps it was because she felt she understood women better than men, or maybe having a sister helped with this kind of thing. Either way, it helped calm her frustration with her stuttering.

Twila's Pokemon were doing splendidly well: Mai and her twenty-some-odd copies were bowling over dozens of Goletts with Confusion attacks, Kimber was confusing every golem that came her way, and Fae was performing beautifully with her Hypnosis and Roar combo. Finn and the other girl's Pokemon were doing marvelously as well, and soon there were only half as many Goletts than there were originally. Twila sighed in relief.

From the direction of the Golurk battle, however, came a sound of stone smashing against stone. Twila turned to see a Riolu knocking one of the Golurks into the other, effectively knocking them both over. Unfortunately, unbalanced things tended to want to fall over, and that's just what the two Automaton Pokemon started to do. Their knees gave way simultaneously, and both plummetted toward the ground, threatening to take a few people or Pokemon with them. Hopefully they had the presence of mind to get out of the way before they were smooshed.

Turning back to the severely diminished Golett army, Twila placed her hands on her hips and said, "I think it's about time to finish these guys off, don't you think you guys?" She looked to Finn and "new girl". New girl? She would really have to ask her name when there was time for it.

Posted by: 2gamers Jun 28 2011, 06:27 AM

To: Everyone
Where: Temple

As the couple of golurks approached the group, they were quickly bombarded by attacks from all sides. Despite the numerous opponents, many of the attacking pokemon were far weaker than the golurks. Still, the vast number of attacks was proving rather effective against the slow lumbering automations. All that was needed was a powerful attack to make the final blow.

“Turnip, vine whip on that one! Hold his arms back! Chi-Chi, Seed Bomb!” Even with a golett clamped firmly on her legs, Pan was more than able to command her pokemon. The venusaur quickly launched several vines towards the golurk, stretching his arms outward to prevent further attacks. The golurk struggled against Turnip, each pokemon pulling back and forth against each other. During the struggle, the pachirisu scurried up the vines and onto the ancient automation. With a mischievous chuckle, Chi-Chi started dropping seeds into various grooves of the golurk, particularly around the head and arm sockets. Chi-Chi immediately rushed back onto the vines, surfing downward on her legs as explosions erupted around the automation pokemon. The creature’s legs buckled, but Turnip’s vines maintained their hold as he set it down softly. The first golurk was finally taken down.

The second one was another matter.

The last remaining golurk flew up into the air, energy flaring behind him like a rocket. However, the pokemon didn’t perform any impressive acrobatics. Rather it used its height to gain momentum for an attack. As soon as the golurk flew to the ceiling, it fell back to earth, rearing its fist back in anticipation for its attack. The automation struck the ground with full force, performing a powerful magnitude attack!

Pan was able to return Turnip before the blast hit, but she couldn’t get Chi-Chi in time. The pachirisu was in the middle of her victory dance when she was tossed into the air by the attack. The electric squirrel cried out as she disappeared within the crowd, knocked out cold by the powerful ground attack.

Worse, stones and debris were thrown all around by the attack. With a golett holding her down, Pan could only lie upon her side and cover her face with her arms. The golurk’s mission wasn’t to protect the temple itself. It was to ensure the humans didn’t mess with the device. Too bad the pokemon didn’t realize that the device was already activated…

Posted by: Kamaitachi Jun 28 2011, 11:59 AM

Who: Tag
To: Luke, Tyson, then others

"What if we only attack one at a time?" He heard someone ask him "Easier than fighting two at the same time?"

"Painfully obvious statement, kid." Tag slipped his hands into his pockets calmly, still surveying his pokemon as they engaged the Goletts who had been removed from people's legs "But if we focus on one, the other will attack while we're vulnerable."

"Think you can finish that thing off? It knocked out Hitmonlee, but not before he did a nice number to it." The boy had done a decent number on the Golurk, but really, it probably still had a lot of energy left in it.

Tag had been ready to unite his pokemon into an offensive, when he watched the girl, Pan, use the Golett/Golurk strategy against them. Her venusaur held the Golurk in place while the smaller Pachirisu basically exploded it from the inside with some well place Seed Bombs.

However, the second Golurk flew up into the air. At the sight of the Golurk rising up into the air, Tag's pokemon immediately pulled back to his side, awaiting further commands. The magnitude attack was devastating, sending debris flying every which way. Tag raised his arms over his head in defense, and his pokemon braced themselves as best they could.

None of them seemed any good for the wear after the intense attack. Even Suzu, with her flying type allowing her to avoid the bulk of the ground based tremors had still be struck by flying debris.

The attack had been quite devastating, ally pokemon were falling like ninepins, and the Golurk, while weakened itself, seemed still ready to fight more. Tag, however, had decided that it was nigh time for the battle to end, and he would take it upon himself to end it.

"Bachi, Poison Sting" His Nidorino roared and charged forward, past a very attractive looking Nidorina, towards the large Automaton, slamming into it with all of his might. "Orin, Ice Fang! Kyoko, Leaf Blade!" The girls leapt forward, Orin clamping down on the Golurk's leg, sending shockwaves of icy energy into its body, while Kyoko slashed viciously with her leaf rapier. The super effective hits seemed to stagger the creature, giving more room for Tag to finish his team's assault. "Tobi, Payback! Suzu Silver wind! Zuki! Assurance!"

Tobi leapt through the air, his tails glowing with powered up dark energy, slamming it home on the Golurk's head before springing off of it. As soon as Tobi had cleared, Suzu's potent Silver Wind move slammed home, striking the Golurk full force and tilting it backwards at a ludicrous angle. As it started to fall, Zuki sprang up into the air, slamming his entire body directly on the Golurk's chest, sending more dark energy through its entire body. With a heavy thud, the creature fell and lay on the ground, unmoving, as Tag's pokemon return to his side. With that, Tag turned to Tyson and smiled.

"Consider it finished."

There were still Goletts around, but Tag figured he could leave the grunts to the younger trainers, who would probably benefit from the experience.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 28 2011, 06:04 PM

Kenz ran to congratulate Liz, but was stopped by the universal gasp that echoed through the temple as the giant Golurk that jumped up to smoosh everyone in a massive magnitude. Kenz sighed in relief that all her Pokemon were flying types.

Until, as if fate was mocking her, she saw Metapod stuck in the corner, completely prone to the attack. Crap.

"NOOO!" Kenz called as the Golurk smashed onto the ground, sending a massive shock wave through the entire temple. People were thrown against the ground, and part of the ceiling came off right in front of Kenz. She flew back, completely overtaken by the magnitude of the magnitude. She landed pretty hard on her back, but she was fine. No broken bones or anything.

Metapod was a different story.

He went flying backwards into the wall, then slumped down and just lied there. Kenz pulled off his Pokeball from her headband, then clicked the button to withdraw the fallen bug.

"Love you," she whispered, a tear going down her cheek. She placed the Pokeball back, and watched, amazed, as a single guy's Pokemon attacked and won against the giant automaton.

"Thank you!" she called to him. She had heard his name amongst the crowd. Douken, was it? "Thank you, Douken!"

OOC: I'm talking to Tag, but Kenz got the names confused. This will be funny XD

Posted by: Asterna Jun 28 2011, 06:23 PM

Who: Rose
To: Finn & Twila

"That'd probably be a good idea," Rose said in response to Finn's comment, almost absentmindedly. They really didn't have much time for casual conversation, though things were definitely going in their favor, she thought as she watched Wyatt slap one of the Goletts in the face with a wing with a fierce battle cry -- Rose had to snicker a little at that. That one was quickly finished off by a Water Gun from Nina. "And it's no problem," she added with a quick smile in their direction.

Now then... she thought to herself, eyeing the severely diminished group of Goletts. "I think we'll be done soon -- " she began, only to be cut off by a massive crash from behind as the Golurk used its powerful Magnitude attack. With a startled yelp, Rose hunched down, protecting herself from as much of the debris as she could with the meager defense of her arms. A few smaller chunks bounced off of her arms, leaving them stinging. Looks like I've got even more bruises now, Rose thought with a grimace, and swore under her breath as a larger rock hurtled her way. She hastily moved out of the way, but it still clipped her elbow -- thankfully, it missed her funny bone.

After the rain of debris had ceased, Rose uncurled herself, wincing, and hastily checked on her Pokemon. They were all decidedly worse for the wear, but still up and fighting. Furthermore, the Magnitude attack had taken out a few of the Goletts as well, and Rose saw that the last Golurk was finally defeated by a tall, tattooed trainer and his Pokemon. Victory was very near for the humans.

"Looks like they've won over there, so I agree -- we should finish up here," she said with a confident grin. Her Pokemon, though now tired and a bit battered from the Magnitude attack, continued their assault with a renewed vigor. They were toppling Goletts left and right, and soon only a few were left standing.

Posted by: Douken Sota Jun 28 2011, 09:23 PM

Who: Douken
At: Kenz, Anyone with a Golett on their leg

With the Golurk in the air, ready to slam down, Douken turned to face Rufus, and called out, "Roar!" Low priority, yes, but the target where the Golett, who were not putting up a fight in any way, which gave the pup enough time to loud a trembling roar before the Magnitude hit. With the Golett right at his face, and the intimidating look he gave them beforehand, the duo completely freaked out and began to ran off (comically bumping into each other and rolling away in the process) before the Ground-type attack struck, hitting Rufus hard.

"Rufus, return." Retaning the Pokemon back to his ball, he went over to look at Maya, who gotten worn out from the blow, but was still standing. "Maya, use Rest and regain your strength." With the Dewgong doing the usual Seel tactic of sticking out her tongue, her head plopped down onto the floor, soon for a snot bubble to form to slow her asleep.

Watching her rest, he heard his name get called out, making him look over, and wondering why he required thanks. "Welcome?" he called back, before looking at the collection of Golett. Looked like there was still some work to be done.

Taking another Poke-ball in hand, he released his Duskull, who looked at the scene confused. "Reep, think you can make them flinch and let go?" Placing his hand on her head, he initiated the contact to allow communication.

"Flinching? Of course. I can use Astonish, after all."

"Sounds good. Just don't pass through the humans. We don't want them flinching as well." Thinking about it, Douken remembered he had someone else who could help. "Koldo, we need your help." Taking yet another ball, he sent out his Croagunk, who stared at the crowd. "Now them, you and Reep will go around using Astonish for the weird Pokemon to flinch and let go, got it?" With nods in agreement, the duo began to run thorough the crowd, beginning to shock the hugging Golett.

Posted by: Master Houndoom Jun 29 2011, 06:24 AM

To Jaima, things started happening very quickly. Being near the back where the majority of the injured were made his next move clear. Only this time, as he set up his perimeter with his pokemon, he was joined by almost twenty more as Meiko, Mariko, natsume, and their mother all released pokemon to defend against the little glowing rocks.

Glowing, walking rocks that clung to people's legs.

Jaima was about to make a command when his mother held out a hand, stopping him and Meiko both. "Wait. I think there's enough. Let's keep ours in reserve, just in case."

Jaima shot her a glance, one that she was all too ready to respond to. "Don't think I don't know some of what's been going on with you, young man. Channel Four news has been showing highlights, and not all of it has been gym battle." Her lips pressed together. "If you were the girls' age, I'd be trying to make you come home right now. But I am going to exercise my rights as your mother: Take a break and let someone else handle this one."

Slowly, Jaima relaxed, and Meiko as well, but their eyes continued to watch, wary and attentive. They had gone through too much, together and with the rest of what had been dubbed "Team Rogue", that they were even less inclined to trust anything than they had been at Castle Vonmoto.

Midori saw this, of course, but said nothing. back when she was on her journey, there was a team as well, and she and a group of new and experienced trainers had been harrassed by them for months. Eventually, the team had been brought down, only for another to take it's place in time for the next one. Midori had always speculated that these teams were sanctioned, and put there to give trainers something to fight.

It had made her giggle before, but seeing the looks on these two young people's faces, well, that wasn't so funny.

"Meiko," she said in a softer tone, trying to lighten the mood. "Your father asked me to set something up. He wants to know if you'll allow Ramhorn to go home with him, for home defense, and has arranged for me to trade another pokemon with you... is that all right?"

Meiko looked back at Jaima, grimly. Her eyes began to swell with tears. Both of them recalled that Shadow had spoken to him, revealing that he was lost, as he believed that he was to have fallen in battle protecting Meiko, and now, when the time it was to have happened came and went, he didn't know what to do. Slowly, she nodded, reaching out for Ramhorn.

He turned, looking into her eyes with one of the small, glassy black eyes on the side of his head. Wordless, Meiko looked at him, then hugged him. "You'll be happier there," she said at last. "And I don't have any intention of letting you die..."

Ramhorn hugged her back with surprising gentleness, then stepped back, lifting his horn high in salute. Meiko recalled him to his pokeball. "OK... let's do this."

Midori brought out a small pad-like device, setting a pokeball, which was cyan on top instead of red, and black on the bottom instead of white. Meiko put Ramhorn's pokeball on the opposite divot. There was no wooshing, no disappearing, nothing like that. Midori simply pressed a button and there was a chime, and the registration on the pokeballs changed.

Meiko picked up the pokeball, bit her lip, and opened it, calling forth the pokemon she just traded one of her first pokemon for. Out came a tiny, yellow bird with orange feathers on it's tail and head. "Oh!" she said in sudden delight, her smile tentative. "It-"

"He," Midori corrected with a small smile.

"He is so cute..!" The bird hopped around, looking about, then saw Meiko. With a high peep, it hopped to her and nuzzled her knee as she crouched. "Let me guess, Ruffles? Duster?" Meiko smiled. Her father was notorious for his lame names.

Midori chuckled. "I think he knew this one was coming to you. He named him Blazeclaw."

Meiko blinked in surprise, then beamed. "Blazeclaw," she said softly, petting the little bird on his head.

Meiko has traded ramhorn for a level 30 shiny !

Posted by: FirePower Jun 29 2011, 09:07 AM

Kaya's pokemon had all been sent flying by the magnitude attack. Luckily, the larger two had ended up where Kaya was and were promptly returned. The others were being retrieved by Harmony and Flit, who had managed to avoid the brunt of magnitude and debris. These included Luke's pokemon.

"Flit. Find Luke and bring him over here," Kaya told her spearow as it and Harmony dropped off the last of the bunch, a drooping venipede. While Kaya worked on treating the now enormous ammount of injured pokemon with the help of Attila- the only one who was still conscious- the last gollurk was defeated by Tag.Girl and evil psyduck were a bit too busy to notice. Soon Luke showed up with Flit and Harmony and returned his pokemon, relaying the events of the battle to Kaya. With the majority of the gollet also defeated, Kaya began to focus on finding these pokemon's trainers.

"Hey, did anyone leave a pokemon here?" she asked, hoping people would come to claim them soon.
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"Well, er," Luke said, trying to find a new idea. His brainstorming was cut short when one golurk was defeated and the other rose up into the air.

"Strall, return!" He said, anticipating the larger pokemon's next move. Sure enough, the gollurk dropped, creating a powerful magnitude attack. Panicked, he rushed into the crowd, looking for his other five pokemon. A rush of relief came to him when Flit and harmony appeared and led him back to Kaya, who had Ego, Whoop, Kreek, and Arach. He returned his pokemon and told Kaya what had happened in the battle.

Posted by: SaphireShadows Jun 29 2011, 12:43 PM

Who: Twila
To: N.O.I.P.

Mai was just about to finish off another Golett when a strange sound came from behind. Twila looked around to see on of the Golurks had flown up into the air. It shocked her that the thing could actually fly, even though the Pokedex entry had stated that, yes, these creatures could fly. As it plummeted back to the earth, Twila realized that its impact would create severe shock waves. She immediately recalled all three of her Pokemon, crouched down, and held onto her egg just as the Automaton Pokemon hit the ground.

The attack was powerful, and sent many people and Pokemon flying. Twila looked back in time to see the ground moving like waves. She was reminded of pictures of severe earthquakes where the vibrations literally caused the ground to liquify, and then she was sent flying several feet through the temple. She let out a high squeak as the momentary feeling of weightlessness came upon her. She held onto her egg tightly, hoping that she could protect it from the rocks and debris that could smash it into a million pieces. As she fell back to earth, she curled herself around her bag and her egg, then landed on her side and slid across the floor. She had just enough time to feel all the sharp stones scrape against her ribs and hip before she collided with a large rock. A flash of pain and white light, and then everything went still and dark.

Posted by: FlyingMew Jun 30 2011, 01:12 AM

Who: Anita
Where: Keep up with the story, for crying out loud...
At:

Anita's frenetic dance of panic was cut short by a sudden lurch of the ground. Crying out as a piece of debris struck her on the left shoulder, Anita fell onto her rear end. The Golett attached to her leg merely watched her fall. Anita reached up with her right hand to clutch her aching shoulder. She looked over at Fluffy and saw him lying on his side, knocked out by what she guessed had been the "Magnitude" attack that everyone was yelling about. "Oh, noooooooo..." she moaned. Now two of her Pokemon were unconscious. She reached for her Growlithe's Pokeball which should have been in her right front pants pocket where she had put it, only to find empty air.

Shocked, Anita looked down at where the right half of her pants should have been and saw that her pants had been pulled down far enough to expose her underwear. The Golett that was gripping her leg was looking away, an unusual pink tint working its way up the Pokemon's face. The Golett suddenly straddled her leg as if to ride it, only to turn and reach for Fluffy's Pokeball. The Golett grabbed the Pokeball in its right hand, and tossed it backwards over its shoulder to a rather stunned Anita. Catching it in her left hand, she immediately turned and pointed it at Fluffy. "Return to me. Fluffy, in ya go."

The bright red beam shot from the Pokeball and touched the unconscious Growlithe's left ear, causing him to glow red. As Fluffy was absorbed by the beam, Anita glared down at the Golett, who must have felt it, as it unstraddled her leg and returned to holding it in a hug-like grip. The Golett was still blushing, so Anita reached down with her left hand and grasped the waistband of her capris. She lay back and pressed her shoulders (or rather, backpack) into the ground, pressed her free foot flat onto the ground, lifted her hips, and wiggled her pants back up over her buttocks. Her pants back in the proper position, Anita lay her butt on the ground, and pushed her Pokeball back into the right front pocket of her pants.

At this point, Anita was able to get a hold of one of the other Pokeballs on her bag. Grabbing ahold of Snivy's Pokeball with her left hand. She pulled it loose from her backpack and tossed it up into the air. "Okay, Excalibur. Let's clean up the riff-raff!" The little green Pokemon that erupted from the ball was wearing a white top hat and carrying a cane in his left hand. His eyes locked onto the Golett that was holding onto Anita's leg. "Okay, Vine Whip the little bugger!" Anita yelled. A glint flashed across Excalibur's eyes.

Goletts were all around them, some still attached to people's legs. Others were being chased off by the trainer's Pokemon. Of course, there was still the Golett hugging Anita's leg and looking at Excalibur in wonder. The Snivy twitched his tail in response. He spread his arms wide and raised his tail up behind him. "Svee... TA!" Vines unfurled from the Snivy's tail and shot towards the rather surprised Golett. The vines struck the Golett square in between the eyes. The Golett cried out and relinquished Anita's leg. It stumbled back, but managed to remain standing. As soon as her leg was free, Anita sprang to her feet and caught the Pokeball as it descended in her right hand.

"Good, work. Now, let's get outta here! Return." Anita said, holding out her Snivy's Pokeball. The little Pokemon vanished back into his ball, which Anita pocketed along with the others, the last of which she had retrieved from her bag. Shoving all of her Pokeballs into her right front pants pocket for easy access, and began to run through the battling Pokemon. Weaving back and forth, she avoided many Pokemon's attacks on her way towards the area where she figured that she was going to be safe.

Posted by: Pokefan209 Jun 30 2011, 12:44 PM

Who: Kenz
Where: ....Seriously?
To: Twila
Kenz jumped up and screamed. "TWILA!" she yelled, heartbroken and forlorn. She ran toward her fallen friend, despite the large amounts of pain coursing through her lower body. She had probably injured her spine, but that didn't matter right now. All that mattered was getting to Twila, saving her life. Kenz would give up her own to save her friend's.

She got to her side and stared at her closed eyelids. "Twila...." she sobbed softly. Pidee, Tropius, and Princess popped out of thier pokeballs to comfort the pained teenagers.

"H-h-how do we save her?" Kenz asked her Pokemon. They shrugged. They don't know..., Kenz thought. No one knows. We're doomed! She began sobbing even harder. She was receiving strange looks, but she didn't care. Nothing mattered if she couldn't save Twila.

Pidee jumped up onto her shoulder and nuzzled her head. Kenz smiled and petted her Pidgey, sniffling, but beginning to subside on the sobs and bawling tears. She was still worried. She gently began to pick up Twila, not trying to injure her any more. Maybe I'll find help elsewhere.

Posted by: Jonahman10 Jun 30 2011, 03:23 PM