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 Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:04 am
 AzraAzra raced down the hall, leaping over a small pile of boxes, with her arms spread wide like wings. Her Halloween costume, complete with bird-like mask, and brilliant blue feathers, was strapped back onto her body, just for the sheer thrill of the game she played.
She was Articuno, the great and powerful! She pretended to breathe an Ice Beam across the hall, her vivid imagination picturing the ice that swirled easily up the stone columns of the hall.
She would never attack anyone, of course, but the sheer power that she, in her mind, possessed, was more than a little exciting.
The little Riolu raced down the stairs, leaping several steps at a time as she ran, and doing so with surprising ease. The girl was extremely graceful, and her level of fitness already rivaled her father's, though she was not as strong.
Azra, however, stopped dead when she spotted the unusual group at the end of the hall, and the unconscious Scizor between them.
She squeaked, ducking hurriedly behind a column, and watching with awed eyes.
They were all very powerful-looking, aside from the unusual Venonat they had with them. The male Gardevoir, and the Infernape in particular looked incredibly strong, and she felt a flash of jealousy run through her. She wanted to be like that one day, even if she never fought a battle in her entire life.
She curled her tail in excitement and curiousity, continuing to watch from behind the column.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:22 am
    Jonah && Zaru && Blade && Flash
The Gardevoir caught sight of a little Riolu in some sort of blue bird costume and blinked in mild surprise, not recognizing the kid from the last time he was at the Guild. "Hello there," he said cheerfully, smiling as Zaru jumped and turned to follow his gaze in astonishment, "Who might you be?"
She seemed pretty much harmless, so after his initial surprise Zaru relaxed and went back to his thinking--or at least he tried to, despite his embarrassment at overreacting to a child's presence. Flash smirked at the Infernape, but said nothing, still just waiting to get going so they could get this delivery over with so he could go take a nap.
((Short post blah. >_> ))
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:41 am
AzraThe Riolu hid a little further behind the column, feeling a sudden spark of shyness at the powerful Gardevoir's attention. She didn't move as he spoke, watching and listening with a flicker of awe.
"...My name is Azzie..." She introduced quietly, cautiously stepping out from behind the column, her little paws brushing against the stone surface. "...I've never seen you before... " She murmured, her crimson eyes wide with innocent curiousity.
The Scizor was huge, now that she compared him to her own size. She wondered what Solaris felt like, perching on his friend's shoulder like that.
He looked so tired, though... It looked like he hadn't slept in a very long time. Bruises and scrapes covered his body, and he seemed weak. She'd bet he would do well with something to eat. Shame he wasn't awake; she would have given almost anything to meet him.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:07 am
Azzie. Jonah made a mental note of the girl's name for future reference and smiled, chuckling at her mention of never seeing him around the Guild before. He and the others really had been gone a long time, it almost gave him a headache just thinking about all the things they'd need to catch up on considering how often crazy things tended to happen in these Guilds. But at least the place wasn't a smoking pile of rubble, so that was a good enough sign that the all hell hadn't necessarily broken loose--or if it had it had been fixed up.
"Well that's understandable, I haven't been here in quite a while. My name is Jonah, that's Zaru, and..." he paused as there was a small popping sound and Flash Transformed from a Venonat to a Glaceon, curling up on the floor with a contented sigh, "That would be Flash."
The freshly-morphed pokemon opened one eye to glance at the Gardevoir and gave a slight shrug. "What? It's easier to relax like this than as a bug." he reasoned, while the other two rolled their eyes.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:18 am
AzraAzra nodded quietly, smiling shyly at the Gardevoir as he spoke. Jonah, Zaru, and Flash. The trio were pretty strange, in her opinion, but they were beyond the level of any of the others she'd seen.
The sheer power hidden within them was insane. She wasn't even that close to them, and already she could sense a very strange, and very powerful aura.
As the Venonat spontaneously transformed, the Riolu clutched suddenly at her head, shutting her eyes tightly. A flash of power. She'd felt it. Even if it was just for a second, she'd felt it.
Her crimson eyes shot open again, and she watched the seemingly lazy stranger. Flash was a Glaceon now, and she was more curious than ever. Anyone that powerful was clearly someone just begging to be investigated properly.
The little Fighting-type, still dressed in costume as a bird, went down onto all fours as she approached, before sitting upright to crouch in front of Flash.
"How did you do that?" She asked, her crimson eyes fixed on him. Her tail twitched, flicking from side to side.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:30 am
 Jonah && Zaru && Blade && Flash Jonah watched the little Riolu's reaction to Flash Transforming, intrigued by how she seemed to notice he wasn't necessarily just the lazy bum he first appeared to be; but it was understandable considering her species.
His pondering was interrupted however, by Zaru walking over and nudging him. "Who do you think we should take him to?" he asked softly, motioning to the unconscious Blade.
"I'm not sure," Jonah admitted, frowning, "He definitely won't be thrilled to see Solaris right off the bat, so probably someone else..."
Meanwhile, Flash once again opened one eye as he was approached by Azra, his expression not changing as she asked him how he had changed into a Glaceon. "Transform. It's a move that lets me change into different pokemon." he said simply, but surprisingly gently for his usually blunt and rude nature.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:33 am
Jasper
A loud stream of curse words and angry growls carried out from a nearby hall and it was no surprise when the resident grumpy Raichu padded into the main hall, single eye focused down at the floor as he moved along.
It was...upsetting the thoughts he'd been having lately. What was more annoying was that he DIDNT WANT the thoughts and as much as he tried to banish them they just kept coming back!
It had gotten so bad that he couldnt even be in the same room as his best friend without the onslaught of mental images driving him insane.
Jasper was unhappy and in pretty heavy denial.
The electric rodent would never admit his feelings even under torture.
It was then he sensed the electric pulses of other beings in the room and looked up sharply, alarmed. He'd been so deep in thought he hadnt noticed anyone at all!
"Zaru? Jonah? Flash? Wha-what the hell?! Where have you three been?!"The Scizor was ignored entirely.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:49 am
AzraAzra frowned at the Glaceon, shaking her head. "No no! Not that!" She replied, sounding very much like the child she was. "You send out this... big, wavey aura thing when you changed! How'd you do that?"
It wasn't his change specifically that she felt curious about, but the amount of aura and energy that Flash radiated. She wanted to learn about it, because, whatever he was, he was a lot stronger than anyone else here.
Wrapped up in her determination, she curiously spread her aura closer, cautiously poking at the Glaceon's consciousness. It was like a solid shield. She'd heard of Psychic-types doing that, though she'd never tried it herself. He was very strange.
At the sudden outburst, the Riolu squeaked sharply in alarm, diving under Blade's wings to hide. The Raichu was very large, and very angry, and she really didn't want to be on his bad side.
She peered up over the unconscious Scizor's shoulder, her ears flat with fear, and her large, crimson eyes peering at the newcomer.
He was almost as scary as the weird, rocky Pokemon she'd seen that one time she went exploring... Zori had had to save her, then...
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:06 am
"Oh, that." Flash sighed and got to his feet, inwardly grumbling about having Transformed in front of a Riolu in the first place. So much for just getting comfortable and taking a nap until the others needed him. "That's because... well..."
Rather than go through the effort of explaining to the little girl just what he was, Flash simply went for the visual approach and with another small pop he Transformed again, this time back to his normal form. The Mewtwo motioned off-handedly as a finish to his earlier sentence, then looked up at the same time Jonah and Zaru both turned to see a familiar grouchy Raichu enter the room.
Zaru grinned at Jasper while Flash remained more or less indifferent, but Jonah frowned slightly as he noticed the Raichu's behavior. He seemed quite angry; and though granted, Jasper was almost always angry about something, this felt a bit different than usual. Sort of... deeper. The Gardevoir reached out mentally and poked a little at the electric-type's mind, just enough to uncover that a lot of the Raichu's thoughts had to do with Leon, and a thoughtful expression crossed his face. Well this was interesting...
"Well first we were convincing Flash here that living in a Guild again wouldn't kill him, and then we had to go track down Blade after he had his little meltdown and ran off." Zaru explained to Jasper, not noticing any of the subtleties that Jonah was focusing on and shrugging as he motioned to the sleeping Scizor.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:16 am
Jasper
"Well, it's about damn time you all got back." He huffed, indifferent to the story behind the reason they'd all gone, but somewhat relieved they had returned regardless.
He was still stuck in 'father-figure/team leader' mode when it came to the other Ex-Mercenaries and he disliked not knowing their whereabouts.
His fur bristled as he felt a slight intrusion in his head. His mate had been a Gardevoir, he knew a Psychic probe all too well.
Jasper snarled, teeth barred towards Jonah.
"Mind your own BUSINESS!" As much as he tried to convince himself his face was heating up from anger...it was sadly not the reason.
He barely noticed the Riolu in the room, if he did it would have sent him into a panic. Riolu evolved into Lucario, Leon was a Lucario. GOD DAMN YOU TRAIN OF THOUGHT!
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:38 am
AzraThe flash of aura grew stronger in her mind, and the Riolu instinctively probed around the powerful Pokemon's mind. The shield was still there, but it was very obvious now, the amount of power swirling in his mind.
"Woah...." Eyes glazed with sheer awe at the Mewtwo. She'd only ever heard of them, before. They were Legendary, literally, to the point that even a gendered one such as Flash, one that wasn't even fully-powerful, made her feel extremely lucky to even be in the same room.
She didn't move from her little hiding place behind Blade's body, for fear that the Raichu would see her, but at least she had a full view of the Semi-Legend before her.
The Raichu's angry voice echoed through the hall again, and the girl turned her head slightly, ducked down, to listen.
"...Mr Flash?" She whispered quietly. "Who's the really scary guy over there...?" She asked him, her voice staying low. The more the Electric-type talked, the less she wanted to be discovered...
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:50 am
 Jonah && Zaru && Blade && Flash Jonah withdrew from Jasper's mind after the Raichu's outburst, frowning again and folding his arms across his chest in a casual manner. "Fine, fine. But you need to stop freaking out so much, you'll give yourself a heart attack." he said, a touch of his old rudeness creeping into his voice towards the end of his remark. Something was definitely deeply upsetting Jasper, and it had to do with Leon... add that to the fact that the electric-type's face was now turning so red that even his fur couldn't conceal it... oh my.
As the Gardevoir put two and two together, he raised one eyebrow at Jasper but said nothing, while Zaru glanced between him and the Raichu in hopeless confusion. "Uh... but anyway... um..." he hesitated, then shook off his confusion and continued, "We're not sure who we should bring Blade to, since we can't take him to Solaris yet and we're not really sure what the power structure's like around here anymore."
Flash watched the drama and was distinctly unimpressed. He could care less about emotional issues and whatnot, that was half the reason he didn't like the Guilds so much. The Mewtwo glanced down at where Azra was hiding behind Blade and sighed, looking back at Jasper with a scowl. "Eh, that's Jasper. He's always a grouch, but Jonah's poking around in his head's just made him extra mad. He's not so bad when he's not all furious though." he explained, not caring if the Raichu in question heard any of what he said or not. If Jasper got upset with him and wanted a fight, he could always just leave.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:58 am
Jasper
"If I have a heart attack it'll be because of you! Give me some privacy for Arceus sake!"He was going to have an anneurysm from all this yelling one day, his blood pressure was already high enough as was and Lloyd kept telling him to 'take a chill pill', but Jasper had never been a calm individual.
He was nowhere near as collected as, say, Leon wa-Oh GOD! The images are back!
Abort topic! Abort topic! Baseball, cold shower, baseball, cold shower, imagine everyone naked! FFFFF-crap! They were Pokemon, they were already naked!
"Ffffffffffffffffffffffffff-Gck...I think I just had a stroke."
Raichu down, Raichu down!
Well, he had been told he'd stress himself to death one day. At least he'd die with dignit-nope....nope...the mental images were still there.
Dammit.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:08 pm
AzraAzra nodded silently, taking in the Mewtwo's words, with minor astonishment that the angry, embarrassed-looking Raichu hadn't realized her existence yet.
"Maybe he just needs a hug, Mr Flash~?" She suggested innocently. "Hugs make lots of people feel better."
The sweet, childish smile that lit the Riolu's face was the one she often gave her father, and was one of the sole reasons that her father couldn't say no when she asked him for anything. She didn't do it on purpose, it was just a talent that many children had, developed to overcome the protective, spineless attributes of their fathers.
Moments later, the Riolu turned to look back at the Raichu, stretching to see properly over Blade's shoulder. "...He doesn't look very easy to hug, though, does he?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:21 pm
Jonah && Zaru && Blade && Flash Aaaaaand now Jasper had collapsed. "Stroke??" Zaru repeated the Raichu's words as he once again was thrust into a world of utter confusion, and Jonah simply rolled his eyes with a small smile.
"He's such a drama-queen." he remarked, clearly more amused than anything else, "I'll take care of him, you guys deal with Blade. And whatever you do, don't let Solaris know he's here."
Zaru nodded, still staring at Jasper in astonishment, and Jonah waved to the assembled group before strolling over to the Raichu and Teleporting himself and the electric-type to the Hospital.
A rather strange and unusual thing occurred just then: Flash actually laughed. "He probably does. Who knows how long it's been since someone dared to try." The Mewtwo stepped back as Zaru walked over and lifted Blade with one claw draped across the Infernape's shoulders, and the dual-type then looked down at Azra with a somewhat apologetic expression on his face.
"Uh, do you happen to know where we could find someone who could help us with this big guy until we talk him into confronting Solaris?" he asked the little girl, nodding to the unconscious Scizor. As weird as it had started, this day was continuing to get stranger and stranger for him...
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