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Riley smiled at the younger Eevee's delight at his trick. That was more like the festival spirit that they were here to spread. "I'm a magician," he told the girl to appease her questioning, "But a good magician never reveals his secrets," he added with a wink. Riley was true to his code of magic, even if it was only sleight of hand magic. He did it mostly for the pleasure of his audience, recieving his own dose of delight every time he got a smile in return for his work. It was his way of spreading a bit more joy amongst Pokemon, something that he had sworn to do from a very young age.

When Neo and Max walked up, Riley turned with a smile to the two, "Hey Neo, hey Max" he said, "Yes, my Team's around here somewhere." He figured that Neo must have caught sight of them before they split too far from each other considering his reaction, but by now he didn't know where any of them had gone. Well, except Era, he had his eye on her, waiting for a moment when she might be alone. "Of course you'll get there someday Neo," Riley said with a grin, "Every one of them started out young and with a dream as a Rank One Rescue Team."

Backing up a bit so that he wouldn't have to keep looking back and forth from the Eevee to Neo he answered her, "Yep, my name's Riley, what's yours? As yet another young Eevee-appearing Pokemon wandered up and peppered him with questions he smiled. "Of course you can have one," he said, tucking his paw behind her ear and pulling out deep blue flower which he handed to her. "There you are," he said with yet another grin, "Oh, and also," he conjured another flower, this one a burgandy color, and tucked it in his collar, "There, much better."

Sereni wandered through the crowds, at last spotting a familiar face in a certain Skarmory who happened to be there. She made her way over to Katara and smiled when she was close enough to ensure that the face was the same one as she remembered "Katara!" she said with surprise, "It's good to see you!" She hadn't seen the Skarmory since Christmas when she'd recieved the Mystic Water that hung around her neck from her.

Ethfael made his way through the crowd, finding Era amongst the large group of Pokemon. "You ran off awfully quickly," he said, "Where are you off to?"

Era looked back, slightly surprised, "I was just looking around to socialize with the others," she said with a smile. Her expression clouded over slightly as she thought about what was going on again. Tempest had told her to take mark of what was going on with things in the Guild, and this, a festival, would be the perfect place to find a few things out. She should probably get too that soon, but she really wanted to relax for just a little while. Thus Era decided to keep an eye on Solaris and Pluto as she turned back to Ethfael, "Come on, let's fnd someone to talk to."

Pluto saw the second feline approach, looking very much like Diane. He inclined his head in a slight bow as Laura was introduced by her sister.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." He greeted the new Purrloin. He noticed the look Diane gave her sister, particularly at her necklace, but ignored it. There seemed to be some friction between the siblings, but overall they looked like they were close enough. "This place is beautiful. Do you celebrate like this at every passing of the seasons?"

It was as good a place to start the conversation as any. It was an interesting custom, and allowing the hosts to talk and maybe brag a bit about their guild would help lower barriers and perhaps ease the conversation into more difficult grounds.

Nova stood back quietly. Pluto seemed to be doing fine from the sound of his voice, so she allowed herself to relax a bit. It was lively with festivities around her, and maybe if she was lucky she'd run into a handsome man to talk with. Listening to the Guild's politics isn't always the most exciting or cheerful of activities.



Katara turned at the sound of her name to see a Lanturn, a translucent veil over her antennae, approaching. The ditto quickly tried to remember who this Pokemon could be and finally remembered Sereni.

"A-ah, it's good to see you as well." She responded, trying her best not to be so quiet that she'd be drowned out by the crowds around her. Lilium had been trying to teach her social skills.

"Good day." Melissa greeted the Lanturn when she saw her approach. "Is she a friend of yours Katara?" Melissa saw an opportunity to help what Lilium had started. This might be a good experience for the ditto-Skarmory, and was exactly the reason they had brought her.

"Ah, yes. She was...um...Secret Santa..."

Melissa had heard about the Secret Santa event of course, though it had occurred before she came to the guild. She understood Katara enough to piece things together. She turned back to Sereni with a smile.

"My name is Melissa, and I am the current captain of Team Azalea. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Perhaps a bit too formal? This festival didn't feel too formal, but she was trying to represent her team afterall.

"And m'name's Randel." The tirtouga added his own introduction with a smile.



Chronicler caught sight of a pokemon standing beside a wall. Its body was red and grey, with blades protruding out of its chest and at the end of its arms. It was definitely a new pokemon, and the Cherrim excitedly made her way towards it.

"Hello!" She greeted happily, snapping her notebook close in politeness. She had already finished sketching the Pawniard anyways. "My name is Chronicler and I'm a Cherrim from the mainland. My friend here is Crown the Butterfree." She wasn't entirely sure how well these Pokemon knew the mainland species, so it didn't hurt to include them. Crown, fluttering above her friend, simply inclined her head to acknowledge the introduction.

Chronicler waited hopefully for a reply that includes species name so she could properly label her sketch.



Aiden stepped around one Pokemon only to find that he stepped out in front of a Pikachu.

"Ah pardon me miss." He apologized, deftly taking a step to the side so that he no longer blocked her way. In the same moment he gave a bow, one arm in front, his severed arm behind him. He knew that his stump was a little disconcerting for people, so he did his best to keep it out of view.

He smiled at the pikachu, a friendly, natural smile that came unbidden. "May I just say that you look absolutely beautiful miss? Who's the lucky man?"

"I don't suppose you're hoping to be him Aiden?" Beka stepped forward beside him, an amused look on her face.

"Must you ruin my fun?" Aiden feigned a deep, sorrowful sigh. She rolled her eyes. "No, just your face." The laughter in both of their eyes shows that the exchange was all in jest.

"Cut the antics you two." Christopher told them gruffly, stepping forward. He turned to Era and Ethfael and gave a quick bow of his own. "Don't mind them. My name's Christopher. The flirt's Aiden, and this is Beka."

Aiden chuckled and extended his right hand for a handshake.

"I apologize. We're Team Trinity. Would you mind introducing yourself and your friend, beautiful?" At the last bit Beka elbowed him, but he didn't even flinch.

"Neo and Max, how exciting! I'm Gypsaur from Team Altitude! One of my teammates came here too but he's a poop head and ran off somewhere." Gypsy turned her head from side to side quickly to look for him. Technically she was the one who ran off, but who's really paying attention to that? Zephyr is.

She turned back to the other Eevee who had some magical flowers. "Hi, I'm Gypsaur!" The Vulpix said happily to the 'magician.' When he suddenly got another flower out of no where, she squealed in joy, and grabbed ahold of the blue flower happily. "Thank youuu~ ...Riley, was it?" She put the flower in her hair fluff. Gypsy was never really good at remembering names. Tomorrow, after this was over, she would not remember the people she met here.

Ty and Thorn stood at the portal, making sure they were ready to enter this new guild, full of new pokemon. "Alright, ready whenever you are." Ty said as Thorn moved a little closer. "Ye-Yeah. Let's g-go." She said as the two walked into the portal, not knowing what they would see. As they emerged, they could see candles lining the hallways, a few of which seemed to wink at the two. As they continued to walk, Thorn started to tremble, for she wasn't sure if this was all that safe. "Come on Thorn, lighten up a little." Ty said as he saw the the light coming from the dining room. "This way!" Ty said a little louder than an inside voice as he quickened his paced.

Era blinked with surprise at the charming Grovyle who stepped in front of her, she was thoroughly flattered by his demeanor when he spoke to her. She blushed a bit when he told her she looked beautiful and murmured a thank you. When the three had finished their introduction, Era smiled back, extending her paw to shake Aiden's. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she replied, "My name is Era and this is my co-captain Ethfael,"-she gestured to Ethfael as she mentioned him-"We're the leaders of Team MistMelody."

Ethfael nodded to the three with reserve, "Pleasure to meet you," he said softly. The Dragonair was not very sociable in the best of cases and certainly not with those who flirted with Era. They weren't a couple per say, but that didn't stop him from being protective of her. He insisted to himself that he was 'just waiting for the right time' but whenever 'the right time' was it still hadn't come around yet apparently since he still hadn't said anything directly to Era. Despite his internal emotional conflict, the Dragonair did his best to seem somewhat sociable at least, keeping the displeasure out of his appearance and instead looking politely interested.

Era sighed at the lull in the conversation, having expected Ethfael to say something and keep the conversation going, "So you said your Team name was Trinity, right? It's seems like a very suiting name for you three," she said with a bright smile, "I haven't seen any of you around the Guilds before, do you prefer to work solo?" They obviously couldn't be new Team, and clearly had some experience behind them, so she was curious.

Sereni smiled pleasantly, "It's nice to meet you both as well," she said to Melissa and Randel as they introduced themselves. "I'm a member of Team MistMelody; my name's Sereni. Katara got me this for the Secret Santa," she continued, gesturing to the Mystic Water around her neck. "It's really been very useful," "I haven't really gotten out much lately, but I didn't want to miss the festivities," she said, "It's nice that the new Guild is holding them for us."

Riley took a bow at the applause that Neo and Max gave him, before popping back up to answer Gypsy's question, "Yep, I'm Riley," he told her. Turning back to Neo he nodded, "Yep, this Guild is filled with all new Pokemon. See, if you check it out, even some of the candles are Pokemon." He smiled lazily, idly pulling out a deck of cards and sitting down to shuffle them with his front paws. If the kids asked, he might do a few card tricks but for now, he was just occupying the time, having come to the conclusion that he had unofficially been assigned the task of watching several kids.

Katara gave a weak smile (as much as was possible with a metal beak) at the mention of the Mystic Water, feeling unexpectedly quite happy that her gift had been well received.

"Ah yeah, this place is beautiful." Melissa replied appreciatively, craning her neck to look up at the giant Gracidea flower. "They have some of the weirdest Pokemon here too."

"Hey, some of y'all quite strange too." Randel pointed out. "We's all been made by Arc's by some design."

"True enough." Melissa concurred, with a slight nod. "But still, we've seen the oddest Pokemon here haven't we Katara?" The ditto might need a bit of prodding to enter the conversation, and prod Mel did.

"Um...I guess so."

Melissa wanted to facepalm if it was physically possible for a bulbasaur. She turned back to Sereni, trying to keep her face straight.

"So how are you enjoying the festival?"



"Well met, Era and Ethfael of Team MistMelody." Aiden concluded as he broke off the handshake, studying the two of them. They were young, but not overly so. And they didn't have the aura of new explorers either; they've been at a mission or two at least already.

"I'm afraid none of us are terribly creative." Aiden offered in reply to the name comment. "We can blame Chris for the name."

"Better than anything you two idiots came up with."

"Granted."

Beka answered Era as if she didn't hear a thing between her counterparts.

"We've been officially registered with the guild for years but we never stay at the castle." Rebecca explained.

"The guild system provides for its teams. We work independently for the most part, but it's good to be able to rely on the guild system when someone gets hurt." Chris explained further, his eyes flicking to Aiden and Beka. This was their first venture out from the hospital since Aiden lost half his arm and Beka recovered from her own wounds.

Aiden, who was much better with the social stuff than his friends, recognized that it was probably not the topic to be getting onto during a celebration. And this really wasn't the time for Beka to be reminded of what had happened to them during their last fight. The blaziken didn't break down easily, but seeing her love nearly die had been a...rather harrowing experience.

"It's always great to see young explorers like you today. I'd love to hear MistMelody's story." Aiden offered with a smile, stepping back. He casually clasped both hand behind his back. Beka didn't seem to notice the deliberate channelling of the direction of the conversation, but Chris caught Aiden's eyes. Woops, sorry.



Pluto was about to respond when...well, Zachary happened I guess. Pluto turned to watch what was going on, almost glaring at the Zorua. It showed no self-restraint, no courtesy in the face of guests. It had cut off the conversation quite completely. As the water splashed up Nova erected a weak psychic barrier to divert it. It wouldn't do for Pluto to catch a chill after all. It might just kill him.

Well, Diane won't be in any position for diplomatic talks anymore...that leaves total number of sensible people who could be talked to down to one, and Pluto wasn't entirely sure what Laura's rank was.

For now the Leafeon decided to keep his mouth shut and allow the guild of seasons to sort out its own...problem.

.::Rem & Geisha & Luna::.

Rem jumped slightly when a Glaceon came up behind him and complimented his... wings.

"Uhh... thank you?" He turned to Geisha and Vladimir. Geisha shrugged and turned.

"I'll leave to that, then- Vladimir, would you please show us around?" The Litwick nodded, then turned, gesturing and chatting animatedly as Geisha and Luna followed him. Rem huffed, then turned back to the Glaceon. He smiled, then held out a foreclaw in greeting.

"Forgive me for ignoring you for a moment- my teammates," he said, gesturing back at the retreating forms of Geisha and Luna. He bowed slightly. "My name is Rem- Rem Hallen. And... you are?"

Ty-Thorn-Violet

The duo of desert pokemon entered the massive scene of guild members for all over. "Woooow...." Ty muttered as he gazed at all the flowers and living candles. As his gazed moved around the room, an oddly colored Rufflet started to move towards the duo. Thorn poked Ty in the back, to get his attention of the coming pokemon. "Hi, my name is Violet!" The bird pokemon said as she bowed in respect to the new comers. "I'm Ty, and this Thorn. Glad to meet you." He said as Thorn became a little uneasy with the new pokemon around. "How are you liking the Guild of seasons so far?" She asked as Ty began to wonder around with eyes again. "Uhh... Pretty Well." He said in a quieter voice. "S-Same." Thorn responded as her gaze fell to her feet.