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"Why in Arceus's name did you let her join the team?" Albus's voice spoke at a hiss. Laura was fairly close, but the quiet rumble of the guild masked his voice. "Oh, she's not so bad." Albus stared back at him. "Not so bad!? I've only known her for twenty minutes and she won't leave me alone!"

As if to illustrate Albus's point, Laura burst through the crowd behind them and came to stand uncomfortably close to him. "My apologies. I was having a difficult time managing with the crowd."

A small little Bulbasaur chased after his hurried team. Unfortunately for his would-be guardians, he caught up with them just in time to follow them through the portal.



Unfortunately, Marcus didn't quite hear what was going on. And, as such, he followed the rest of the group in unawares of what was waiting for him...

Team Nikko made their way to the portal. "We sure about this?" asked Verity in confirmation. Sara and Yuki nodded, and one by one they jumped into the portal, Verity last. She hesitated a moment, gazing at the Raichu who stood beside the portal before jumping in.

(Quick note: Imiti would be 12~13 years old by human standards, Celsus would be ~26)
When Imiti heard the Gardevoir's speech, he rolled his eyes at the pure grandiosity of it. Someone had self-esteem problems and not enough attention to go with them, apparently. "Please do us all a favour and shut your mouth."

With that, Imiti resorted to a trick that had served him well before. He teleported onto the Gardevoir's head, teleported them both five hundred feet into the air, dropped the Gardevoir, teleported back down, and watched the Gardevoir fall.

(+1 damage if Imiti's trick works, 0 if it doesn't)

Celsus, meanwhile, wasn't just being useless. He was being super useless. He was being useless times useless.

When the alarm sounded, Ethfael and Era had hurried to the scene. As they walked in, both were overwhelmed by the amount of well known Pokemon who were there. "Should we be here?" Era whispered to Ethfael nervously.
"We are now," Ethfael replied, although the sight of so many powerful leaders offset him too. "Besides, the alarm summons all rescue teams."
Together Era and Ethfael listened as Alfred and Orion explained the situation, and then as Jasper, who was supposed to be dead, appeared and opened a portal to the world of the dead. Era shuddered as she stared at the dark portal, the feeling of despair seemed to radiate from it, or maybe it was only her imagination. Whatever it was, Era wasn't fond of the idea of entering a menacing passage such as that. "What do you think Ethfael," her voice a low whisper, "Should we go?"
Ethfael nodded, trying not to show his doubts in front of his partner. "We don't really have a choice," he said, "It's our job to listen to the Guildmaster and...Well he went through, so that means that we have to."
"Alright, I trust you," Era said. "Lead on."
As they walked through the portal, the scenery changed and they ended up in a dreary place with little color and not much of interest except a Gardevoir who seemed to be causing some trouble. There were several other Pokemon, all of them seemingly male, who were doing nothing. Era looked on the strange sight with curiosity. "This seems a bit weird," Era said, turning to look at Ethfael and finding him frozen in place. "Ethfael?" Era said with concern. "Ethfael! The tiny Pichu shook her partner trying to get his attention, but to no avail. Turning to the Gardevoir again, Era realized that this must be the fault of that Pokemon. Angrily, she charged up a Thundershock and zapped the Gardevoir. Hopefully that would help to teach her a lesson.

Tolin shouted back at Alfred as he went through the ~glow portal~. "He may be being stupid, but we still have a duty to save him from himself. Regardless of how questionable he is at times, he's still our leader... sort of." On the up side, hell was surprisingly cheery. He'd always assumed it was the "fire and brimstone" feel. Much nicer to find out that it was the "dead trees and boring sky" motif. Especially since he was probably dead in a few years.

Albus darted throughout the crowd, trying to avoid Laura. He didn't particularly feel like insulting her directly, but he didn't want her cuddling him on a journey through hell. Not that that didn't stop her from saying how "scared" she was.

Serrin meanwhile was too young to understand what the hell was going on. The area was slightly foreboding, but he didn't really get "fear" just yet.

The chains shot out of the ground before the group could even realize the danger. Tolin hadn't heard the song, and Albus had not paid attention. One wrapped itself around Albus' waist and tied him to the ground. His paws were still free to struggle for what little good it did. Tolin himself was trapped, if much more feebly. A single chain wrapped itself firmly around his leg. Unfortunately, his exoskeleton made it difficult to remove. As simple as it was, he was tied to the spot. He was surprised by the reactions of the other trapped pokemon. They were all male and they all stared lustfully after the Gardevoir in the distance.

Did this mean he himself had such feelings? It was an interesting concept to view. He'd long since abandoned the concept of mating, and whilst there was definitely a certain... edge to the Gardevoir, he didn't have a significant drive to mate with her. Of course, he didn't have the drive to mate with anything; he hadn't for decades and decades. Even the slightest feeling was well beyond the normal.

Albus fared similarly, if only through the more negative aspects of his quality. The Gardevoir was certainly... alluring. From the exposed belly and revealing top to the slim waistline and long elegant hair, she was the very picture of feminine grace. Her movements had a certain practiced charm, her very step tailored to appeal to the male... focus.

However, as much as he found his eyes following her every step, his pure royalty-bred arrogance was enough to keep his instincts in check. There was no way he was falling for something that wasn't an Eevee. He'd cut his throat and bleed out before he shagged something so far from his own species.

Serrin, of course, was unaffected. The little guy doesn't really get "genders" yet, to be honest. He wandered around the field at random, straying away from the more bruteish and violent pokemon.

Laura stared as the slutty form as it finished it's song. What a little skank. She was less... passive when Albus got tied to the ground. Laura carefully watched as Albus's head swayed to her every step, her every gesture. His ears were pricked forward to listen to her voice. This... little slut was charming her man. "I am going to RIP OUT YOUR THROAT." Her voice carried across the field. Undoubtedly, there is no thing in this world more terrifying than a woman scorned. "I AM GOING TO FEED YOU YOUR WINDPIPE." Not a thing.

A quick burst of speed saw Laura across the field in seconds. A leap and a bite later, she was firmly wrapped around Lust's arm. She'd been going for the throat, but a limb would have to do. She gnawed fiercely at the stick-thin appendage until she felt something welling up in the back of her throat. Her teeth parted for a brief moment before and blast of light shot out of her mouth, forcing her to the ground through recoil. She didn't know she could do that, and rightly so; she hadn't even been a Vaporeon for a full day yet.

Not that this stopped her. She was back on her feet and lunging for Lust's waist in a second, her fangs bared.



Marcus stumbled along behind the group. "Where... where am I?" Marcus was, in spite of the vast crowd, completely and utterly alone; he didn't know a single member of the crowd. He was stuck in a wasteland in a crowd of people without the slightest clue.

He watched the pretty lady off in the distance. She was rather beautiful. Not that he understood the kind of beauty she had; he was still just a kid. That didn't stop the encroaching terror when her face churned into a derisive smirk. Chains danced from the ground all around him, dragging allies to their feet. "What's going on!?" He didn't want to get involved in the fight with her; she was terrifying. Instead, he tried vainly to gnaw at a Lucario's chains.

((-5. Bite, Aurora Beam, Bite. Assuming they all hit, anyways.

In this post: Albus is too arrogant for hormones. Tolin is too old. He forced his shoulder back together after getting smashed into a wall then said let's go fight the angry Charizard some more, I think he can hold himself back here.))