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Ginji laughed. "I was dealing with people more powerful then even Cyrus. And twice as unforgiving, it would have been rude to refuse the plane ticket." he chuckled at Cody as Sammy danced into the room. "I hope I smell good, I just got off a 7 hour plane ride!" the boy smiled.

"Yeah, tons of fun, I'm just glad that it's over though. 2 weeks was not enough time to teach that stupid course." Ginji smiled as he stood up. "I think I'll head out and take a nap. I'm wiped."

"Bye, Mr. Ginji! Make sure that Skylar guy doesn't steal your stuff in your sleep.." she muttered, yawning and getting up herself. After the quire concert they had had, she knew that she needed to practice her high notes some more. She stalked out towards the beach, intending to practice by herself.

*Sits down to grade this mission*

I gotta say, this is a fabulous story. You are clearly well skilled in the art of wordcraft. Which makes it all the more tragic that I cannot pass this mission. You simply did not fulfill the objectives! The poachers were using some sort of wave device which you need to destroy.

While I'm here, I'll put in my two cents' worth regarding some of the battles. During Duskull vs. Spoink, Night Shade causes a fixed amount of damage (user's level), and it ignores weakness and resistance (but Normal-types are immune). Psywave is semi-fixed and not related to HP. It does the user's level times a random number from 0.5 to 1.5 (At lv 50 it does between 25 and 75 damage). If it's not too much trouble, could you break up a rather nasty run-on sentence? "It was clear that ... little damage," I'm sure you didn't intend to use so many commas smile

The other main problem I see is during Dratini vs. Slaking. Slaking's ability prevents it from taking two turns in a row. (Gives you an edge in this case) Plus, Dragon Rage is a fixed-damage special attack. Counter only works on physical attacks.

Now, generally speaking, "First-Stage" pokemon are ones that have already evolved once. Kingler is first stage, Krabby is basic stage. This is a level 4 mission, so facing evolved pokemon is definitely preferred even when not stated so explicitly.

In light of the story quality, I am willing to cut some slack on the opposition, but I expect at least half of the pokemon you face to be evolved. You're a very talented writer, Adie, and I look forward to passing the revised report.

Adie moved over to the mission board, reading over her feedback - all things she thought of right when she posted the mission in the first place. Scribbling her own note and stuck it on the board, pulling her marked mission off.

'Thanks for the feedback! Ill work those changes in ASAP. smile ~A'

Jumping slightly, she felt her TADS vibrate in her back pocket, a message from Cody appearing on the screen. Grinning, she moved into the main room, texting him back as she flopped back down on the couch.

'Just laying down at HQ. Come give me a back rub? ~A'

A strong vibration sent a weird feeling through his leg. He quickly took the phone out of his pocket and skimmed over the message. Be there in a jif.

He slowly, yet silently, made his way back into the common room, hoping she didn't hear him. He softly made his way up to the back of the couch and lightly kissed her once on the top of the head. "Guess who?"

"Well ya know," he chuckled, "It's what Tiggers do best." Cody thought back to the last time he had watched Winnie The Pooh. It was forever and a half ago. How did he remember that? "But if I was Santa, what would you want for Christmas?"

He laughed at her response, realizing how big the difference in each of those items was. He noticed her hand had managed to find his and he hopped over the back of the couch, landing on the cushion next to her.

He actually didn't know exactly what he would ask for so he said the first thing that came to mind. "Well... Ya know. I would ask for what every lost teenager wants. Someone or something to call his own. Something I could hold onto forever." He finished with a simple, "Ya know..."