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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:28 am


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*I looked at the green ball in front of me and clicked the little button. Rays of light formed around me and blinded my vision. I struggled in the light and when I arrived at the guild, I fell onto my face. I brought my hand to my head and rubbed it as I looked around*


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(omg, I didn't notice this post! sorry >.<)
Huffnut was standing by Zan and felt a bit dizzy. He noticed Zan had fallen over and went about to right him. He also noticed they were in the guild hall where the job posts were.
PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:24 pm


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*I looked at the green ball in front of me and clicked the little button. Rays of light formed around me and blinded my vision. I struggled in the light and when I arrived at the guild, I fell onto my face. I brought my hand to my head and rubbed it as I looked around*


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(omg, I didn't notice this post! sorry >.<)
Huffnut was standing by Zan and felt a bit dizzy. He noticed Zan had fallen over and went about to right him. He also noticed they were in the guild hall where the job posts were.



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*I looked around at the pokemon and Gijinka rushing in and out of the guild for jobs, but my sight was soon interupted. A sudden jerk of my ear pulled me back to see the Vulpix gijinka grinning*

*Zach, for once, politely bowed to us, holding his fiery stone tight*
Thank you, you two!!... I guess onto the reward
(it's alright XD)


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:59 am


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*I looked at the green ball in front of me and clicked the little button. Rays of light formed around me and blinded my vision. I struggled in the light and when I arrived at the guild, I fell onto my face. I brought my hand to my head and rubbed it as I looked around*


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(omg, I didn't notice this post! sorry >.<)
Huffnut was standing by Zan and felt a bit dizzy. He noticed Zan had fallen over and went about to right him. He also noticed they were in the guild hall where the job posts were.



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I am the Fire Lucario, forever cursed by his flames


*I looked around at the pokemon and Gijinka rushing in and out of the guild for jobs, but my sight was soon interupted. A sudden jerk of my ear pulled me back to see the Vulpix gijinka grinning*

*Zach, for once, politely bowed to us, holding his fiery stone tight*
Thank you, you two!!... I guess onto the reward
(it's alright XD)


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Huffnut raised his eyebrows if only to show some surprise. He then smiled at Zach and bowed his head slightly in return to the gesture. He wondered silently what the reward was but he didn't mind what it would be. He glanced at Zan somewhat with a strange sense of relief.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:04 am


(I'll read as up to date, asap, and I am really sorry for not being active. My Quotev account had a huge meltdown and Ive been refused publishing stories and going in the forums on that website so I have literally spent my year so far saying goodbye to my fans and friends and trying to figure out why. On the bright side, the guild will be gaining a new member and i also think a few new roleplays and things... I have tons of stuff to keep people entertained aswell that need selling. Feel free to continue the rp, I dont think I will be able to join in with it again too soon, I need to clear a few things up, such as the bazaar, my profile and also the lucario thing. It couldn't be fixed which means X lucario and things will be down for a while. Also, hello again!!)

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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 9:36 am


Aura stared at the clock with wide curious eyes. What was it, this feeling? Pulling out the glass rose she looked at it before turning to Samurott. "Does this look familiar to you?" She asked. Strangely enough it wasn't Samurott who replied, but rather Serperior.

Drawing up to full height he dropped his shinsai (japanese sword) and walked towards Aura. His eyes glazed with anger, but Aura wouldn't draw back.

"You are going to get us all killed!" he yelled, tearing the treasure from her hand and slashing it against the floor. Samurott's eyes grew wide. "Serperior!" then "Aura...." Aura smirked. That had done it. That was the most precious thing to her, the relic fragment. And serperior had just smashed it like it was nothing. "Samurott. GO see whatever the newbies are doing." Her gaze was level with Serperior's. Before Samurott could respond Aura's hand had grasped Serperiors and slammed him into the clock. The man's steel gaze didn't faulter. "is that it?" he challenged, shock clearly marking his eyes. He reached back before remembering his sword was not by his side.

Samurott wanted to stop the fight, but he could tell that it wouldn't stop until one side had clearly won. He didn't know what the big deal with that glass rose was before it had been shattered, but after the bloodhed, or whatever occured or remained after the fight, he would have to ask Serperior. Get us all killed. How?

He left in search of Zancuno and Huffnut.

Serperior reached out and grabbed Aura's neck seeing no other option. "i am the leader. You follow." he said. A low growl embedded in Aura's throat. Downstairs Billy jumped. "Golly! Something is happening upstairs!" He looked at the other guild members. "Sounds like a fight!"

"I heard glass!" someone smiled. "looks like Aura finally snapped. Samurott left so-" everyone stopped. A few looked scared, a few others seemed happy. Either way, they all ran towards the room where Serperior and Aura were.

Just as they arrived, Aura swung underneath Serperior and clung to him tightly, just dodging some razor leaves. "WHAT?! THINK I CAN'T FIGHT!?" She hissed. Serperior turned and kept turning trying to swing her off.

'I can't shake her///' he realised as her nails dug into his stomach. It was hurting, but hewasn't going to lose to a weakling like her. "Move or die."

"Why did you break it?!" Aura still wasn't letting go.

"I warned you- MOVE OR DIE"
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 9:41 am


SAmurott smiled when he saw Huffnut and Zancuno. Wincing at a crash he forced himself to smile and bowed apologetically to them. "So, you passed the mission I presume?"

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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2015 10:57 pm



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*I looked towards where Samurott was standing and shivers ran though my body. Almost like something grabbed a hold of my soul. My body started to tremble but I grasped my arm and put on a fake smile, trying to grip hard enough to slow the shaking. I was putting on a very fragile mask for reasons I didn't understand myself. My mind went to the question as I turned to Zach*

*Zach raised his set of curled tails at the sounds upstairs. He shook his head and looked back at me and huffnut* Oh right... the reward!
*He pulled off a small satchel from his side and pulled out what seemed to be a gold Yen(japanese type currency, based since pokedollars actually translates to pokeyen since the symbols are almost the same. Wonder why the currency is always in 10s and 100s?) with an inscription on it in some language for 100P. He walked over to huffnut and handed the coin over to him. He bowed then walked over to samurott and held out what seemed to be the other 90% of the reward 900P.*

Thank you for letting me post a job here. I'll have to go to the "Spring of Evolution" soon, I may be back for a higher rank request.

*I looked in the same overwhelming feeling to Samurrot. Clenching my arm, still not weary of my damaged body.*

I guess so...

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:23 am


Samurott looked at the lucario and then turned his attention to the door. "Well... this is a normal day at the guild..." he said cautiously as the lamp shook violently. Sighing he smiled. "Congratulations on completing your mission! Are you settling in well?" he asked, bowing politely.

***

"Well was there any need for this rthen? What about the rose you shattered?!" Aura clutched to Serperior, so that he couldn't move or harm her in any way. "You are going to get us all killed." Aura stopped and let go. Serperior shrugged off the fight and withdrew his sword back into his silt before turning to face Aura. Before Aura had time to react he grabbed her hand and jumped out the window, vanishing amongst the shubbery. Sensing no dangers he put her down on a rock. "How did you find that? That rose cost..." he winced remembering the day he had seen it. "...The life of my parents." Aura looked up and stared before sighing.

"I didn't. All I know is I woke up one morning to find it next to me, along with Victor. After my mum was killed. He gave it me and then ran off. He is a vampire you see. Don't ask me how. A Duskullian. What do you mean... it cost the lives of your parents?"

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:50 am


Princess Auracat
Samurott looked at the lucario and then turned his attention to the door. "Well... this is a normal day at the guild..." he said cautiously as the lamp shook violently. Sighing he smiled. "Congratulations on completing your mission! Are you settling in well?" he asked, bowing politely.

***

"Well was there any need for this rthen? What about the rose you shattered?!" Aura clutched to Serperior, so that he couldn't move or harm her in any way. "You are going to get us all killed." Aura stopped and let go. Serperior shrugged off the fight and withdrew his sword back into his silt before turning to face Aura. Before Aura had time to react he grabbed her hand and jumped out the window, vanishing amongst the shubbery. Sensing no dangers he put her down on a rock. "How did you find that? That rose cost..." he winced remembering the day he had seen it. "...The life of my parents." Aura looked up and stared before sighing.

"I didn't. All I know is I woke up one morning to find it next to me, along with Victor. After my mum was killed. He gave it me and then ran off. He is a vampire you see. Don't ask me how. A Duskullian. What do you mean... it cost the lives of your parents?"



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(Sorry huffnut said he was going on a temporary hiatus. For a while now huffnut has run into issues irl and is now called away I guess from Gaia for a while. I'm sure he'll post upon return but I'll try to word everything where it'll just be like, "Walks with huffnut to room", or word it where it can be filled in. This means that I have a limit to a few posts before I "have" to wait for the reply.)

*I look to Samurott, not noticing that the vulpix gijinka (Zach) waved and was walking away. I continued to put on a mask but couldn't help my ears lowering. I was still new to this body and thinking I was once human, am not used to controlling my ears and tail. Obviously the dropped ears was a sign of one of the few possible things: worry, sadness, or fear. I went to answer Samurott unaware of how my ears were setting.*

Well I'm still new here but so far I've been able to at least settle in knowing that I'm doing something for this place, but I feel like more is going on besides what smiles are put off of like what's upstairs. Especially you.....

*"****", I just realized that I let my lips spew out too much of what I've been feeling. I almost felt as if I walked into enemy territory. I don't think anyone has noticed something odd going on with me, but I knew something has been off. Ever since I touched that crystal around my neck and saw my abilities take form, I've been feeling emotions non-stop from every being around me. I could only relate the blue essence that came off my hand as I let go of the crystal, what Aura used to heal me. Although in my training Serperior kept saying that I have a natural ability and kept repeating Aura's name as it. I felt confused by this as when I looked for what's locked in the crystal, the same name would appear as the power "aura". I couldn't know if this related to this odd ability of feeling emotions around me, but it's a possibility. Either way thanks to my ability I just slipped up and said something that could cause hazard towards me. I may not remember anything before waking up here but I can remember Serperior's punishment for doing something wrong in training.*

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 6:47 am


(I am not too sure what just was said, so Im going to roleplay by what I think it means...)

Samurott put a hand on Zach's shoulder before turning around and yelling "chimecho!" Almost in an instant a girl with pink hair and a white and red nurse uniform came hustling in, a bag still attached to her hairclip. Seeing zach she rushed over, only just managing to pullit free from her hair. Opening upthe bag she pulled out a brown bowl and carefully took his arm. "calm down..." she soothed, carefullypushing him into a sitting position and handing him the bowl before checking and attending to his wounds.

Samurott looked at the money in his hands. "erm... we aren't like wigglytuff guild... we only take 80%..." he said, handing back some money to huffnut. . Billy burst through the door.

"Theyre gone!"

"What?! Who?!"

"Serperior. Aura. They were there one minute, the next they were gone!"

"I want the guild on lock down, now! Houndoom, Soh! Check the volt room! Billy, fetch me the box!" Then turning to Chimeco he said "you - heal these two and make sure they are safe!"

"Y-Yes sir!"

A huge crack appeared in the window. "Why didn't anyone notifyy me of the date!? Serperior and Aura are missing, you guys were cheering them on for a fight, oh and yeah - our new recruits look nearly dead from an E grade mission. Billy, you.... friday the 13th is the day when the auratical field surrounding the town falls down, the changlings, the ditto's are here!" a bead of sweat formed on his brow. " Sunflora, you're in charge while I am gone. Don't let anyone in or out!" just as the covers went down locking all exits, samurott bolted out.

Sunflora unsure of what to do sat down next to Chimecho and smiled. "Ditto. What is a ditto anyway?" Chimecho looked up at her. "Ditto are ninjas who can take on the form of anything. Nothing is safe when they are around. Also, a Ditto killed well... Samurott and Serperiors parents." she dabbed at one of Zach's wounds.

"SUNFLORA! " In came a small child hugging at sunflora's skirts. "They won't let me out to play!" it was Togepi, one of the children from the village. If it had of been any other member of the village she would have flipped. Samurott had brought in the whole village. But it was little Togepi.

Little Togepi.

She turned to Chimecho.

"i'm dead." she facepalmed.

"Right. Only exploration teams will be allowed out, that includes you two trainees. Green team, you'll be looking for food. Zach, Huffnut. You two do what you do, -"

"Sunflora. Calm." then to Zach- "Your wounds aren't too bad, except the one on your shoulder blade. I wouldn't risk too much and-

"TOGEPI WANTS MOMMY!"

how was she gonna cope with all this?

"He shouldnt be too long should he?"

"they went to the waterfalls."

"?"

"Well, Serperior did."

"this isnt naruto"

"Might as well be." lock down for ditto ninjas. of course. and there was another normal night at the guild.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:01 am


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(I am not too sure what just was said, so Im going to roleplay by what I think it means...)

Samurott put a hand on Zach's shoulder before turning around and yelling "chimecho!" Almost in an instant a girl with pink hair and a white and red nurse uniform came hustling in, a bag still attached to her hairclip. Seeing zach she rushed over, only just managing to pullit free from her hair. Opening upthe bag she pulled out a brown bowl and carefully took his arm. "calm down..." she soothed, carefullypushing him into a sitting position and handing him the bowl before checking and attending to his wounds.

Samurott looked at the money in his hands. "erm... we aren't like wigglytuff guild... we only take 80%..." he said, handing back some money to huffnut. . Billy burst through the door.

"Theyre gone!"

"What?! Who?!"

"Serperior. Aura. They were there one minute, the next they were gone!"

"I want the guild on lock down, now! Houndoom, Soh! Check the volt room! Billy, fetch me the box!" Then turning to Chimeco he said "you - heal these two and make sure they are safe!"

"Y-Yes sir!"

A huge crack appeared in the window. "Why didn't anyone notifyy me of the date!? Serperior and Aura are missing, you guys were cheering them on for a fight, oh and yeah - our new recruits look nearly dead from an E grade mission. Billy, you.... friday the 13th is the day when the auratical field surrounding the town falls down, the changlings, the ditto's are here!" a bead of sweat formed on his brow. " Sunflora, you're in charge while I am gone. Don't let anyone in or out!" just as the covers went down locking all exits, samurott bolted out.

Sunflora unsure of what to do sat down next to Chimecho and smiled. "Ditto. What is a ditto anyway?" Chimecho looked up at her. "Ditto are ninjas who can take on the form of anything. Nothing is safe when they are around. Also, a Ditto killed well... Samurott and Serperiors parents." she dabbed at one of Zach's wounds.

"SUNFLORA! " In came a small child hugging at sunflora's skirts. "They won't let me out to play!" it was Togepi, one of the children from the village. If it had of been any other member of the village she would have flipped. Samurott had brought in the whole village. But it was little Togepi.

Little Togepi.

She turned to Chimecho.

"i'm dead." she facepalmed.

"Right. Only exploration teams will be allowed out, that includes you two trainees. Green team, you'll be looking for food. Zach, Huffnut. You two do what you do, -"

"Sunflora. Calm." then to Zach- "Your wounds aren't too bad, except the one on your shoulder blade. I wouldn't risk too much and-

"TOGEPI WANTS MOMMY!"

how was she gonna cope with all this?

"He shouldnt be too long should he?"

"they went to the waterfalls."

"?"

"Well, Serperior did."

"this isnt naruto"

"Might as well be." lock down for ditto ninjas. of course. and there was another normal night at the guild.



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(Zach was a vulpix gijinka who was our client, guess I should have recolored his side of my posts. The ditto concept makes a ton of sense, just remember there is a hidden ability for ditto called impostor which allows them to instantly transform into the first pokemon they see. Would be great for the elite ones.)
*I looked at the confusion around me but soon had my eyes dragged off to the one rushed to me. I was utterly shocked to hear the words "Calm Down" right now and couldn't help but feel the masses of emotions surrounding me and clouding my mind. I clenched my hands and straightened out my arms. I closed my eyes, trying to block out these weird sensations and stilled my shaking. Chimecho was very quick at tending to my wounds and the heads of warning were no more than accurate. I could guess my already pre-burned jacket was almost but useless now. Upon the confusion I saw that Zach was forced back into the room. His hands were clenching his fiery stone. I opened my eyes as Chimecho finished wrapping around my shoulder and just around the bottom of my rib cage to give my shoulder blade some support. I had not realized that the wound around my chest had already healed to the point of not needing a bandage. It was mysterious as to why it healed so fast. Either way, my ears had started to raise and I looked around to my surroundings, I could imagine that huffnut was just as phased as I was at the situation. Although it seemed that I was the one that took the most grief out of our mission. I stopped holding back and the emotions flooded once more. A usually cheerful pokemon seemed quite worried. Many were in as much confusion as I. Although one emotion caught my attention. I turned to Chimecho*

Thank you, sorry that I'm so much trouble.

*I turned to look at Samurott as he was organizing the whole mess but that one emotion I could sense was bothering me. I could feel the presence of someone unknown and not carrying the general fondness of people inside the guild.*

Guild Master... we're not alone...

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:18 pm


(Sorry, Im now more confused... Whats going on on your and huffnut's side? )

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:46 pm


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(Sorry, Im now more confused... Whats going on on your and huffnut's side? )



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(x.x sorry.... hmmmm how to explain this. Well just a recap may be best. When you left the guild on your own, Samurott appeared before us and gave us a mission. In the middle of explaining he was cut off and we never received the slip of paper and our only directions was to the cave of the mission. huffnut and I traversed into the cave having to fend for ourselves until we found our client. Our client (had to make the client up and mission x.x) was a vulpix gijinka named Zach. He was being pressed against a wall by many rock, fighting, and other cave dwelling pokemon and gijinka. In doing so we saved the little tyke. We found out he was our client and proceeded to find his "treasure". In doing so we angered the pokemon dwelling in the cave but were guided by this vulpix gijinka (Zach) to the lower floors. We eventually ran into a monster house where we got separated from Zach. We were struggling to fend all of them off and eventually had to escape the room and down the dark passages. We finally figured to use our packs for recovery items and ate and replenished as we ran. Eventually I heard a scream that huffnut couldn't hear and dashed into a room with a Absol gijinka holding up Zach. The Absol gijinka froze huffnut immediately but I rushed full out towards it without thinking or judging the opponent. I got my major injuries from that but was able to get Zach free. In which he re-stole his treasure from the absol gijinka (the absol was never explained as why was there or why he had the item). Zach proudly grasped his fire stone and I laid on the ground barely forcing consciousness to come back. Upon learning that our mission was complete we eventually figured out how to use our badges to return to the guild. I believe that should catch you up I hope. huffnut though is on a temporary hiatus from Gaia so I am quite limited on my posts as of now.)

Edit: The Absol just beat the crap out of me with few moves and walked away without any word or change of face


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:04 pm


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(Gah! Sorry, I haven't been around >.< I'll try my best to rp again since I haven't been doing so in a long while. I hope this is okay.)

Huffnut blinked. His mind wandered aimlessly as the guild's bustling was begining to borderline on panic. At one point or another, someone had placed some money in his hand. There also was talk about ninjas and a togepi was crying.
He looked down and just noticed someone tending to his wounds. He looked to his left and gazed curiously at Zan, who was trying to say something to the guildmaster. He wasn't sure if he was heard or not over all the ruckus.

...He felt his mind rewind the last ten seconds as something occurred to him. Someone was saying something about dittos and ninjas? That would mean something about changelings. And a barrier?

He shook his head and tried to refocus himself. He lucidly decided to look at the window on the wall to his left, his vision being obstructed by the any number of gijinka rushing passed. He suddenly saw something flicker in the window. He was taken aback and stood up and stared at where he thought he saw something.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:02 pm


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"I believe so."

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