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 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:31 am
Steffi and Sparky were all ready and packed to get back home, when Sparky heard noises coming from not so far away. He instinctively sprung into battle-position, electrical sparks coming from his bright red cheeks.
"Hush.." Steffi whispered, bending down and picking him up. She petting him between the ears, just where he liked it best. The little pikachu calmed down a bit, but still stayed alert. Steffi slowly walked towards where the noise was coming from. It got louder and louder once she got closer. Somehow though, she seemed to know the voice of the person speaking, and she was with.... a vulpix?
"Sparky, I need you to hush, ok?" she whispered, placing him out of sight. The little pikachu nodded, unsure what her trainer was going to do now. Steffi walked up behind a large bush, stalking the two. She carefully peeked over the edge and saw a vulpix. She was correct. But whose hand was it stroking it? She tried to peek further and further, until a twig broke off and she came tumbling onto the ground in front of them.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:12 am
Vulpix's ears pricked forward. She had heard something, and that something was quite near. She hesitantly took a few steps forwards and Closed her eyes, listening with much focus to the sounds.
Yume was not surprised at Pix's odd behavior of abandoning her food and jumping out her lap to listen. She had always done that, chasing off unwanted interruptions or just like that day long ago...Yume snapped back into reality when she found herself day dreaming. She smiled at the back of her Pix fondly, briskly, she packed up their remaining food to save for later and cleaned up their mess.
She walked up and stood next to Pix at her side. Pokemons were your companions, listening ear, best friends, never your tools for you to use. She bent down to stroke the tensed up Pix, trying ever so hard to hear those sounds. Then she opened her eyes and sat down. Relaxing at once. Yume smiled, this reaction ment there was nothing wanting to harm them, or another reason was there was no danger.
Pix sensed that her owner picked her way to stand beside her, and watch the surroundings. Pix could count on her master, they had gone through quite alot together already.
Her ears focussed on the sounds, listening, listening. She recognized it, the sound was a voice of two friends, she relaxed and sat down. Rubbing her head against her masters leg affectionately. "Voo-L!" Said pix softly, and from the nearby bushes fell out Steffi
Yume chuckled and stroked Pix as she rubbed her head against her leg, and heard Pix murmur something, she bent down to listen but out of the blue steffi appeared from the bushes. Yume froze in surprise.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:22 am
Mary-Anne had dozed off last night to the sound of the crackling fireplace and the sensation of sinking into the velvety couch with no way of returning.
When she woke, she found that it was still dim in the room and the fire had long gone out, its ashes smouldering with a pleasant scent. Was it day? Was it night? She couldn't tell until she glanced towards the windows and saw that curtains had been pulled over them (hence the darkness), with a few cracks revealing a dazzling morning. Over herself, she saw an old blanket, and behind her head there had been a pillow that toppled down when she woke. A small smile graced her lips -- man, was it a prerequisite that all DayCare people were so kind or something?
As M.A. plodded towards the kitchen, she noted three things: 1) Ky was still asleep, 2) Her three Pokemon had run off to who knows where, and 3) Her joints and muscles were screaming with soreness. Oh, not too pleasant on the last part, but nevermind; she smelt breakfast cooking up, an amazing smell that reminded her they hadn't eaten since perhaps yesterday morning.
Rounding the corner, she saw eight of their Pokemon feasting themselves on one side of the kitchen; apparently, they must have released Ky's and Crenu's Pokemon at one point in time. All of them look more or less refreshed and ravenous; only Ulani stopped gouging for long enough to see M.A. and sing a little "good-morning" ditty. Another smile back before she took a seat at the table.
"Oh, you're awake!" came the little voice of the little Daycare woman. "Please, help yourself; tell me if you want more!" A plate sailed in in front of Mary-Anne, and at the sight of the food she nearly salivated over herself in the most unladylike manner possible. Hash potatoes, pancakes, bacon, sausages, orange juice. . . the whole enchilada.
"Ah, but. . . you went through so much trouble, I gotta pay you somehow," she said through a thick tongue.
"Nevermind that! You can help with the dishes afterwards, but we're not taking a cent of anything you own!" the woman replied in a huff, returning back to her station at the pans and what not. With that, M.A. gladly began to eat, being joined by the Daycare moments later. For an aging man with a gaunt face, he sure ate like a monster.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:42 am
Crenu lay on the couch peacefully, he was still recovering from his ordeal and was enjoying his sleep. But as he slipped into the realm of conscious sleep he could feel a beam of light pounding on his eye lids, and despite his efforts to fight it the morning sun was to bright. He slowly opened his eyes a squinted as he looked around the room, still uncertain of what was going on. He tried to sit up, but found that it was difficult due to the pain that surged through his body. At once he remembered everything: the ghost pokemon, the battle in the forest, the phanphy and the swablu, and then the darkness on his unconscious mind. Using all of his strength, Crenu managed to sit up leaning against the arm of the sofa so that he could look around. ".....How...did I get here?" All the nurse told him was that some trainers brought him in. The swablu he found probably belonged to one of them, and the phanphy he saw was probably with them. His name being called out, and his dream. All this had to be connected, and Crenu was almost certain what it all meant.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:48 am
Kilik glanced ahead and skidded to a halt when he saw the Ledyba. It may have been small, and sure, he could've kicked it out of the way, but without Robin yelling out it was there, he would've tripped over it. When Luffy attacked the wild Pokemon, Kilik gave the monkey a thumbs up and glanced over his shoulder at Robin. "Thanks Robin! I'll see you at the Center, I suppose!" he called out, "Besides, if something comes up and I'm forced to battle, I still have these!" He held up his Park Ball and Great Ball, both of which were in their shrunken state, small enough to fit in the grooves of his fingers. These belonged to Scizor and Lairon, respectively. They were both still ready to go when it came to battles.
Tucking the spheres back onto his belt, Kilik broke into another run. Unlike Robin, he wasn't getting tired easily. He was used to running, considering the amount he did when he was part of Team Rocket. Nevertheless, he still panted as he ran, his arms pumping. At least the sun wasn't out (much), otherwise, he'd be sweating up a storm. The trainer broke into the city limits of Cherrygrove. Not much further now.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:53 am
Steffi tried her best to get out of the big mess she had fallen in. Sparky sprinted to help her. He pawed at her head, which was covered in twigs. The moment Steffi was free of all the debris of her fall, she spotted the people she had been eavesdropping. They seemed awefully familiar. There was a girl, just around her age and a Vulpix in her lap. They were both staring awefully at her and Sparky.
"Umm, hello." she said smiling. "Don't I know y-" then she realized who it was. Yume, a girl from Cherrygrove! She was her neighbour! Steffi was sure she couldn't tell who it was at first because of the fall.
"YUME!" she squealed, running forward and attacking her friend. "Oh wow I can't believe it! Finaly someone I know! I'm so glad to see you!" she hung herself on Yume's shoulders.
Sparky was frightened by his owner's enthusiasm. Something had to be wrong here. He stared wide-eyed at the two, having no idea what was going on. Then he remembered the Vulpix! Maybe she could help him understand. He trotted over to her, who seemed a bit confused too.
"Pika-pi." he said happily, handing out a small yellow hand.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:50 pm
Yume was still frozen on the spot. "Wha..?" She heard herself say when her neighbour steffi came crashing. This was indeed not expected!
Pix could sense her distress and misinpreted it. Pix thought she forgot who her neighbour was, but in fact it was pix that was wrong. She nudged her master worridly, bright eyes filled with concern.
Yume stood up halfway only to be made to sit down again by the tackling steffi. She laughed out loud in pleasure. "Steffi! How nice to see you again! How have you been? Its been so so long! " Said yume with a wide smile on her face. She glanced towards Steffi's pikachu.... It seemed to be strong... An idea brewed quietly at the back of her head. It would also definately confirm her and Pix's training back home...
Pix looked on happily as her master welcomed her friend. So she had not forgotten afterall. "Vool!" Said pix adding on more to the cheerful noise. She looked away for a moment to the pikachu. He was speaking to her! She cocked her head to aside at the hand, she had never gotten handshakes before...
Thus, she walked around the pikachu and curled her tail around his. The way SHE did things. "Voo-L!" She said happily. The friendship was made between them.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:27 am
"Oh! Its so good to meet someone real! That can talk!" Steffi begun. She had been travelling around for almost a year, but coming back home all the time to sleep. She had enough. "Well you see, I've just been walking to Violet and back, battling weedles and eating rice balls with my Sparky here." she explained, and gestured at the pikachu that was embracing with the adorably cute Vulpix.She walked over and carefully picked them both up. Continuing with her story, she said,
"And then I got tired of it, and today I decided to really set off, to Violet!"
"Pikachu." Sparky nodded in agreement.
"And we're going to battle Falkner, and after we beat him we're going to become the strongest trainers in the world!" Steffi continued, letting her childish desires slip. Sparky could see a flaw in this plan. What about Yume? As if pokemon and owner had telepathic contacts, Steffi immediately understood the problem. She gave the Vulpix a little patting, she was very soft.
"So what are you two up to? Want to join us and we can become the best duo ever?" Back in a small corner of her mind, she wanted to try out her first real battle against a trainer, but that would come in due time.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:27 am
It was getting dark by the time Jaeshan reached his house, and he used his keys to slip in through the side entrance of the large gate that surrounded the manor. He entered the house by means of the back door to the kitchen, but this time the house wasn't dark inside. Some of the cooking staff were busy with the after-supper cleanup, but their heads all turned to look at Jaeshan as he entered.
"Young Master! Welcome home!" the head cook, Marietta, called out, tossing a large dishtowel over her shoulder. She was a healthy, robust, middle-aged woman with gorgeous dark hair and lovely dark eyes the colour of rich chocolate. She'd been with the family for as long as Jaeshan could remember, and he returned her warm smile with one of his own.
"Mari! It's been too long!" he said, only the last words of his sentence were a bit squashed together as she pulled him into a big hug. He may have stood two heads taller, but Marietta was by no means a weak woman.
"Sit down! I'll get you something to eat! Boy, you look like you've been fasting for weeks!" she laughed jovially, slapping him on the back a few times. Jaeshan couldn't help but laugh too; as her comment about fasting hadn't been terribly far from the truth - he just had a tendency to forget to eat now and then. Before long, he had generous helpings of Marietta's fabulous cooking heaped in front of him, and as he started to eat, he couldn't help but notice how much better food tasted when it was prepared by someone you've known sine you were a small child. He'd gone through about half a plate of mashed potatoes, crisp, steamed veggies and Marietta's amazing meatloaf before he remembered that he had three Pokemon at his side to feed as well. Three more plates were set out, and Butterfree and Torchic began to eat ravenously. Shelgon merely looked at her plate and snorted before letting herself settle on the ground, and she watched the other two eat with feigned interest. Jaeshan rolled his eyes, remembering the PokeDex having said something about Shelgon refusing to eat for the thought of it toughening them up, but Jaeshan didn't quite see it that way; in his mind's eye he pictured Shelgon fading away to nothing inside of her tough shell, her weakened legs no longer containing the strength to hold her anymore.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:40 am
In the end, Jaeshan had convinced Shelgon to eat a little bit, although the hungry look in her eyes betrayed her stubborn resolve to only eat a few morsels. Stomachs now full and content, Jaeshan recalled Shelgon and Butterfree (who'd fallen asleep after finishing her food) and let Torchic scamper along behind him as he wandered through his home. Nothing had changed - nothing at all. Everything was still ridiculously clean and kept, with no clutter or mess that showed any signs of people actually living in this household. Jaeshan could recall a time when his toys would be strewn about the living room floor, and when his parents would watch the evening news or read a book in their respective armchairs late at night. He sighed a bit, feeling the fleeting memories of his childhood sting in his heart like tiny pins and needles. It was a time he'd never be able to go back to, and he was amazed to find out how much it hurt.
He knew his mother wouldn't be at home; she was off with her 'gal pals' (as Marietta had called them) probably playing bridge or poker or some other game that wealthy ladies liked to play to pass the time. Jaeshan knew that his mother really only played these games because she was terribly good at them, and when enough drink had been consumed to lower the ladies' judgments, and Jaeshan's mother had almost always brought home more than enough pocket change to give to her only son.
He found his father in the study, but he could hear that he was on the phone, talking loudly (and in a somewhat upset tone) to someone. Deciding to leave him be for now, Jaeshan trudged up the stairs and to his room, which was also exactly how he'd left it, with the exception that the floors had been cleaned and his bed made. After making sure that Torchic had been safely ushered in, he quietly closed the door behind him, and flopped onto his bed, sighing deeply. Very quickly, an annoyed peeping piped up from the floor, and Jaeshan peered over the edge of the bed covers to see Torchic glaring up at him with a fixed, beady-eyed glare. "Sorry," he chuckled, scooping her up with one arm and setting her on the bed. She chirped in indignation and began to explore a bit, looking at practically everything in the room at least twice before she puffed up a bit of the bedspread into a nest-like shape and settled in for sleep. Jaeshan smiled at her antics, and found that he barely had the energy to kick off his shoes, let alone change into pajamas. He didn't even turn off the light as he was asleep so fast.
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Melphaligal the Challama Crew
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:25 pm
The bug pokemon let out an unhappy cry at the sand being thrown in its face. Using two of its arms it tried frantically to scrub the sand out of its eyes. It only took a second and four arms to do it but finally it picked itself up and flew up with an angry buzz. Diving down the Ledyba tried to use a Tackle attack on Luffy. Amazingly enough though Luffy just grinned, then he spun around whacked like it was a baseball with his tail as the bat. It might have been pure dumb luck but the ladybug pokemon was whacked far into the distance. Grinning and adjusting Hat Luffy jumped over to Robin proud of himself. For her part Robin just stared in amazement, she had thought that this battle would not be over that easily. "You did a great job Luffy. Now lets go!" And once she again took off after Kilik.
Luffy who was much faster then Robin was having fun running along the path after Kilik, jumping around and just pestering the other pokemon around him. Below him, he was in the tree's now, Robin was back to the hated sport of running, this time though she felt as if she could make it. The battle had seemed to boost her spirits and she was running towards Cherrygrove with a smile on her face. It didn't take her much longer to pass by the city limits of the smallish town. It did take her a few moments though to untangle Luffy from a clothes line he had though would be cool to swing on. It took her a few more minutes after that to talk the owner down from yelling at her and Luffy for getting her laundry dirty. All and all Robin just hoped that Kilik got to the pokemon center with out incident and that Elekid was safe in the hands of Nurse Joy.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:35 pm
Kilik skidded to a halt in front of the Pokemon Center, huffing and puffing. Sweat trickled down his temple. The boy snatched up Elekid's Pokeball and stared at it for a moment. The button in the middle was blinking red, a sign of a status effect. At the rate it was blinking, the fear that Elekid was almost gone worried him more than anything. Kilik ran into the Pokemon Center, yelling as he ran to the desk. "Joy! Help, now!" he snapped. He may have been acting a bit over dramatic about his Pokemon's condition. Flareon had been Poisoned before yet he never when this nuts about it. It could've been his paternal instinct - Elekid was still a baby and Kilik needed to take care of him.
Either way, be it drama or instinctive, Kilik placed Elekid's ball on the tray, along with the rest of his Pokemon. Though he as more worried about his baby than anything else, what would be the harm in letting the other Pokemon get nursed back to perfection? Joy took the tray from the desk and smiled at him. "Give me some time. You look worn out," she nodded over to the couches, "Go rest." The boy nodded, sighing heavily.
He plopped down on the couch, crossing his legs, one ankle on his knee. He panted heavily, wiping the sweat off his brow. He glanced over at the clock--late afternoon. At the time it would take for Joy to heal his Pokemon, he'd be lucky to be out on the road again by nightfall. Perhaps he would just stay the night in the Center and escort Robin to Elm's in the morning. He'd discuss it with her when she came in.
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Melphaligal the Challama Crew
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:02 pm
After arguing with the lady, then scolding Luffy Robin wasn't even sure if what she said go through to him, she headed off again. Luffy in her arms this time she jogged through the town looking all around for the pokemon center. Finally after a few moments of searching she reached the middle of the town and the Pokemon Center was fairly easy to find, what with the bright red roof and the pokeball on the entrance way. Proud of herself for finding it Robin jogged in and looked around to see if Kilik was there yet. Spotting him on the couch she ran over to him a concerned look on her face and Luffy held tightly in her arms. "Oh I am so glad you made it, is Elekid going to be ok?" She asked hurriedly.
Managing to scramble out of her arms Luffy jumped down to the floor and decided that pestering the other pokemon here was a good idea. As he looked around he spotted a cool looking blue alligator. Dashing over to it he stared at it for a second with wide curious eyes before jumping on its back and climbing to the head and staring down at it. The Fareligatr was obviously not pleased with this hyper little monkey running around all over it. Swiping his claws up in an attempt to brush it off he wasn't prepared for Luffy's short attention span. The Aipom had spotted a cool looking Octopus across the room and was all ready halfway there by the time that the Feraligatr hit his own face instead of Luffy. Moving all around the Octillery Luffy watched it wiggle its tentacles all around. Deciding that that was cool Luffy decided to do the same thing with his arms an tail. Unfortunately for him he looked more like he was having some sort of fit instead of looking cool.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:14 pm
Kilik looked up at her then nodded. "Elekid's going to be fine. The rest of my Pokemon are getting treated as well, just to be sure they're all healthy too." The boy stood up, looking over at the Aipom. "He's a bit out of control. Ever consider sedating him?" he asked with a laugh. Kilik put his fingers to his lips and let out a shrill whistle. "Luffy! Come back to your trainer!" he called. He hoped that would work; it usually did with Flareon whenever it was still just an Eevee.
Kilik glanced over his shoulder at the bathroom, then turned his eyes to Robin. "I'm going to take a shower. I feel gross," he said, wiping his brow with his sleeve. Sweat stained his shirt. He was surprised at how sweaty he had become. It wasn't overly sweaty, but the amount was alarming considering the temperature outside when it was overcast like it was. He started walking towards the bathroom, able to spot a robe hanging on a hook inside.
He closed the door behind him and leaned against it, sighing. He stared up at the ceiling, squinting a bit at the light. "I won't run anymore, that's for sure," he nodded. He pulled away from the door and walked over to the enclosed shower, sliding the door open. Leaning in, he turned the hot water on, listening to the water shoot out of the shower head. Kilik stepped back and pulled his shirt over his head, sighing again. Dropping the cloth on the floor, he looked at himself in the mirror. "You handsome devil you," he winked at himself and flexed, feeling a bit like a dork. Nobody was around, after all. So he wasn't Mr. Macho, but he took pride in his figure. The boy sat down on the toilet lid and pulled off his boots, setting them to the side. Finally, after removing the rest of his unmentionables, Kilik stepped into the shower, closing his eyes. The water felt good. Very good.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:40 am
Yume laughed heartily, " Our companions can speak too! I never get bored with my Pix!" She said smiling happily at her friend. She too was glad... An idea came to her mind ; she made a horrified face at Steffi , "You mean you DON'T understand SPARKY?!" She pulled herself away from Steffi and made a dramatic pose.
Yume registered steffi's travels around and about the area and dreamed of reaching further points, battling gym leaders and surprisingly ; wanting to be a duo with her. Yume was flattered, after all, her vulpix was only level 5. Not that the level cared, Pix already packs punches. Although young Pix was swift and accurate, Not to mention that her embers were HOT.
She shook herself out of the pose, and looked on as steffi picked up her vulpix, vulpix had never been touched by others so Yume was glad to see that her pix was well behaved.
"Voo!" Cried pix in surprise as steffi picked her and sparky up. She watched in fascination as the things on the ground became smaller as she got higher up. How new it was to her, she squirmed a little in excitement. She ignored both the people talking and continued looking about at how the trees suddenly became larger than when she was on the ground.
Steffi gave her a pat on the head. Pix didn't like it, it was too soft, not that her master treated her badly or roughly, but it just wasen;t to her liking ; being a female, she didn't make a big fuss out of it and just waited on being put down onto the ground.
Yume giggled girlishly and bounced a little on the spot. Her brown hair bouncing along. "Sure i would like to! But, my vulpix and I both need experience.. and.. well..." Yume looked to the ground flushing slightly, "I was wondering if you'd like to battle me after going back home and grabbing a bite?" She looked to steffi from under her bangs. She had to explain to her mom why she was not gone for more than 3 hours and came back already; without looking weak of course.
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