[X] My Assistant

[Asterna]

Members: Rose Fiore, Kaya Rovera, and Xavier Cross.
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Rose hopped off of the ferry with a quick word of thanks to the crew. With a sigh of relief, Rose gave a long stretch, her body having grown a bit stiff during the trip over from the Furoh mainland.

Rose had accompanied her friend Kaya Rovera to Fidona, following their adventures in Starfall Field. Rose grimaced just thinking about it. Sure, it had been exciting and an unforgettable experience (for many reasons, not all of them good), but it had also been extremely dangerous -- life-threatening at times -- and occasionally utterly terrifying. She'd never been more relieved in her life than when the choppers had arrived to evacuate them from the meteor-strewn field, especially after that enormous meteor had nearly flattened them all. While the new, almost alien-looking landscape of Starfall Field was interesting and all, Rose would much rather be somewhere green and full of life -- like Fidona!

Rose turned to examine the island from her vantage point at the port, beaming at what she saw. Rich rainforest surrounded the bustling city; she would love to take a look at the plants and Pokemon living there. Closer to their actual location, visiting trainers and citizens alike roamed the streets of Fidona's capital. Rose smiled widely, happily taking it all in. Her favorite part of traveling was seeing the sights, and Fidona was certainly a place worth visiting. It was definitely worth the trek it had taken from Starfall Field and the ferry ride to get to see the island -- and, of course, for Kaya to have to chance to face Maxy-Z in a gym battle.

With a smile, Rose released her four Pokemon to let them see the sights as well. She'd kept them all in their balls during the voyage to keep them out of the way, but now that they were in a more open area, she was free to let them run around outside their balls. "Hey, check it out! We're in Fidona!" she told them excitedly. Alaia the Cottonee fluttered up to Rose's head to get a better view, and showed her appreciation of the sight with a few happy bounces. Nina, a Panpour, looked over the city streets with wide eyes, giving a delighted cry. Ciar the Zorua showed his interest more subtly, looking around curiously and making a soft noise of approval. Wyatt, meanwhile, observed the city haughtily, fluffing his feathers self-importantly; the young Rufflet always did like showing off. Rose grinned at her Pokemon's reactions. "Nice place, huh?"

Pokemon taken care of, Rose turned to face the ship again, where she knew Kaya would be disembarking. "We're finally here! What do you think of the place?" she asked with a smile.

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Meanwhile, a shadowy figure observed the trainers disembarking from the ferry from a distance through a pair of binoculars. "There's a young girl with a group of Unova Pokemon," he said to a woman sitting nearby. "A Zorua, too. They sell for pretty high prices."

"Hmm. Our next target, do you think? An inexperienced trainer should be an easy fight."

"Maybe. She's got a friend, too; let's see what she's got," said the man with a distinctly predatory grin. "All the more for us, after all..."

This post has been edited by Asterna: Dec 7 2011, 04:59 PM

[Asterna]

Rose sat on her bench, swinging her legs absentmindedly as she waited for the others. She stared blankly into the distance, thinking about nothing in particular. Eventually, some of the conversation of the trainers coming in filtered into her foggy brain. Rose blinked and sat up a bit, now paying more attention to her surroundings. A fire? That didn't sound good... Her concerns were only heightened by Royce's question.

"Xavier and Tawny?" With a frown, Rose looked around, but they were indeed nowhere to be seen. She stood up and peeked outside the Pokecenter, but their missing companions weren't outside either. "You're right, I don't see them anywhere... Maybe they got separated because of the fire?" she suggested with a worried frown.

She deliberated for a while, thinking out loud. "Well... we should probably get to the gym soon, since we've waited long enough. I don't think that the two of them are in any danger, either, and they wanted to get out of Fidona anyway, so I guess it wouldn't be too bad if we just left them..." she said slowly. Xavier and Tawny were strangers, after all, and Xavier at least hadn't seemed too eager to come along with them. They were both trainers as well, and they could probably take care of themselves without Rose's help -- Fidona was a civilized place, and they were near the Pokecenter, which should provide them with any help that they might need. Even so, Rose didn't want to just leave them without at least trying to find them again. "I'll go see if I can find them before we leave," she decided. "You guys wait here!"

Without waiting for the others to respond, Rose swung her backpack onto her back with a grunt, then hurried outside to look for Xavier and Tawny. The previously peaceful atmosphere of Fidona had been shattered. Instead, chaos prevailed as groups of curious onlookers crowded around at a safe distance from the fire. Clouds of thick black smoke floated around the area, making it difficult to see. Looking at this, it was easy to see how Xavier and Tawny got separated from their group. Rose accidentally inhaled some smoke and coughed; with a grimace, she covered the lower half of her face with her sleeve and pushed through the crowd, looking for any familiar faces, but found no trace of the two she was looking for. However, she did find a white-haired boy, frantically shouting for his Cyndaquil.

"Your Cyndaquil?" she asked, shouting to be heard above the crowd. "Hang on, I'll help!" she told him determinedly, now completely distracted from her original purpose in coming outside, as the prospect of helping anyone tended to do when Rose was involved.

The fire itself -- coming from a nearby tree -- wasn't all that big; indeed, several trainers were already using their water Pokemon to wrestle the fire into submission. It was half-out already, but Rose decided that more water couldn't hurt, so she tossed out Nina's Pokeball. The Panpour appeared in a burst of light, and took in the situation quickly. Without needing Rose's prompting, Nina began spraying the tree with her own Water Gun. That along with the Pokemon already working on the fire quickly put it out.

With that over with, the only thing left to do was to clear the area of smoke. Rose thought of having Wyatt blow it away, but his wings were nowhere near large enough to do anything of substance. Fortunately, one of the other trainers' Pokemon was not as ill-equipped. The trainer called out a large Staraptor and ordered it to use Defog. The enormous bird Pokemon flapped its wings, generating a strong wind that soon swept the smoke away. With all the obstacles now gone, a Cyndaquil became visible by the base of the tree.

Rose pointed towards it and turned towards the boy. "Is that her?" she asked, opting not to actually go over and grab the Cyndaquil in question -- that might startle it and cause even more trouble.