Welcome to Gaia! ::

Tolin glanced around the fields. Pokemon could be seen in all directions, seemingly popping out of nowhere. Scores of half-transparent phantoms marched across the field, numbering in the thousands. He recognized most of the more solid pokemon--they were all members of the Guild of the Sun.

"What's going on?"

((Much as Tolin, your characters are to "awaken" in the barren field described. Interact with each other, screw with the ghosts... do as your heart pleases.))

"Oh, I feel weird... Oh, where am I?" Verity blinked at the odd field around her. Her team members were beside her. "Hey, guys, are you okay?"

"Uh, yeah. Where are we?" asked Yuki in confusion. Suddenly, a Froslass appeared from Yuki and floated forward, a blank expression on its face. "Whoa! She just passed through me!" Verity gasped and stared after the Froslass. "She's... transparent..."

Team Nikko stared at the Froslass as she suddenly vanished. "Okay that's creepy."

"Talk about it."

~Jack~Kyle ~Raven

"Kyah!"
A familiar Lopunny awoke with a jolt, a look of utter fear on his face as a plethora of shadows waltzed around his upright and seated body without notice to him. There was an almost static look to the majority of them but thankfully more and more 'solid' ones were also becoming apparent in the vacinity, looking around with the same amount of confusion that he had.
"Five more minutes..."
A nearby sloth of a Flareon groaned, squirming for a few moments in his half asleep state before realizing he was no longer in his bed. Needless to say this sudden shock was enough to at least get him wide awake and panicking suddenly.
Shouts of his name repetitively were enough to awaken a lone, sleeping Lucario. Groggyness taking the best of them though as he took a moment to get to his feet. It seemed however the voices weren't stopping their rampage and coming closer and closer. Soon enough at least it seemed Rin found her target as she trampled over the sprawled out Lucario in her panic.
"Where are we?.."
He groaned out, oblivious to what weight there barely was to the Gardevoir, though in the end he honestly didn't mind the view.

.::Stark & William::.

Stark opened his eyes groggily, then jumped as he noticed his surroundings. This wasn't the Team Room- not even close. e glance about him, at the dead grass and ground about him. This wasn't right- not at all. He stood carefully, in case something might see him as threatening. Where was Luna? Was she lost in this desolation? A shade of panic gripped his heart.

"Luna?" he called quietly. No response. "Luna?" He called louder. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. "LUNA!! Luna, answer me!! Rem? Geisha? William? Someone! Anyone!! ANSWER ME!!" He listened closely for any sign of life. There was nothing- not even wind to stir the grass. He was alone. Completely alone.

Suddenly, off to his left, there was a rustle in the grasses. Stark quickly flinched down into a ready crouch. He pondered the sound- had he really heard anything? He closed his eyes, paying close attention to his surroundings. The grass rustled again. And again. The sound slowly made its way toward him, until it was right on top of him. Suddenly, Stark sprang into action, tackling the source of the sound, pinning the Pokemon by its throat, raising a paw to strike-

Right into William's face. Stark pulled back at the last moment, his claws an inch from the Luxio's face. The Luxio sat stock still, eyes intent on Stark's claws.

"Arceus... remind me never to get on your bad side," he said shakily. Stark released his hold on Will's throat.

"I thought you'd already figured that out," he said, backing away from William. The Luxio got unsteadily to his feet.

"Well, yeah, but... still." William looked around the plains around them, concern etched on his face.

"Any idea where we are?" he asked, looking queasier by the second.

Stark shook his head. "No idea. Haven't seen anyone else here. This place feels..."

"Dead?" finished William. Stark looked sharply at him, then nodded in resignation. Willam pondered for a moment.

"So... what do we do?"

"We look," stated Stark simply, then turned around, looking out at the plain. He then started walking into the grass, determined to find life. William looked around uneasily, then moved to follow Stark into the waste.

Crescendo took down his barrier, and slithered tentatively towards the Gardevoir who had just ran into a Lucario on the ground. He picked up speed when he realized they weren't see-through, and when he reached them, formed himself in a circle around the other two Pokemon, and erected another barrier. He was terrified of this place, his eyes constantly darting fearfully to the phantoms in the area.

"...Home..." Was all that he managed to whimper.

---

Morana walked side-by-side with Chase, nervously glancing around as the Vulpix constantly whispered reassuring words to her. He kept talking to keep her mind off their predicament and the ghosts, having learned already that they were harmless. He stopped suddenly as he saw a Dragonair soar up into the air a little distance off, and then shook his head, reminding himself firmly that it was not real. At least, he could not interact with them in any way.

"Hey look- more people." Chase mumbled, pointing to a crowd in the distance. The two picked up speed, turning their trot into a full-out run when they saw the solidity of the Pokemon. Chase skidded to a stop near Solaris, recognizing the Guildmaster. He caught bits of the words directed at Solaris from the phantoms, and watched as one of the guildmembers attempted to attack it.

Morana's eyes were wide, her ears flattened against her head at the harsh words. Even if they were not directed at her, the hate and spite in them made her cringe.

Chase moved to the Guildmaster's side, waving a paw in front of his eyes, and then glanced at the phantoms of many important guild members, dead and alive. And then with an apologetic shrug, he grabbed Solly by the...tuft of fur coming out of the bottom of his ear... and pulled Solaris's head aside so that the Espeon was looking at the Vulpix's face instead of the phantoms.

"Snap out of it. They're not real." Except Jack but he's a jerk.

A ralts and a geodude were sleeping in a large box in a plain. A gust of wind came by, imitating the sound of a ghost. it woke up the young ralts and she peered outside of the box to see what was happening. She gave out a small scream and dived back into the box. The geodude woke up and looked at the ralts. "What are you doing?" King asked the ralts. "There's.. there's ghosts outside!" Rosie replied back, trying to hide behind King.

"No there's not.." King said back, not believing his friend. He glanced outside of the box and indeed saw the ghosts. ""What... GHOSTS!?" he wailed, rolling up into a ball to hide.

"We need to do something, King. Come on, you're always living in your little fantasy world, would you like to save me from the evil ghosts? I know I can't handle them off with my psychic attacks. If only if I had some very strong and brave pokemon with me.." Rosie said, knowing he would change his mind.

"Huh? What? You need saving? Let me lead the way!" King shouted, hopping out of the box, posing with his cape fluttering in the air behind him. Rosie just rolled her eyes and followed.