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"Yes... It's rather... large, isn't it?" Puer stared up at the rather large and festive banner, which boldly declared the intent of the gathering; "For mutual prosperity", or some other silly message like that.

Shuffling uncomfortably, Puer saw a chance to rejoin his comrade. He tried his best to mimic Tolin, if only for a moment. "Ah, if you'll excuse me, I must be getting back to my companion. It was nice speaking with you." Strange pauses in his speech made it obvious that the style of speaking was foreign to him.

He inclined his head slightly (the best Rhyhorns can do, given their rather blatant inability to bow) before heading off in a seemingly random direction.



Tolin nodded at the Pikachu's question. "Yes, I've cut a great many things with these." Holding them up against the light, they could be seen to have a clear sheen. Thick and solid, there was little doubt that they could cut through anything; even a wall, if he needed. Chuckling wryly, he added "Sometimes I wish I had more... convenient, arms though. They make it somewhat difficult at times."

Tolin laughed genuinely as the small Turtwig bounded into Morana, knocking her over. When it became rather apparent that she was in distress, however, he paused for a moment. "I'll show you, if you wait a moment."

Shifting towards Morana, kneeling beside her, he put one razor scythe precariously near her neck. "I'm afraid I'll have to ruin your collar for a moment." Pushing his left scythe into the gap between her neck and collar suddenly, he slowly pushed through, slicing the collar in half.

"Dammit, not the drinks table, I'm looking for a Houndour! Slightly pink bones?No, not a houndoom, a houndour!" Incultyr was rather irritated. Not only was he completely lost in the crowd, he still hasn't found Morana. He left the Spinda he had been asking directions from and headed out into a random direction. (Then he questioned the wisdom of asking a Spinda for directions...)

After running into the drinks table, he finally admitted to himself that he was no good with crowds. Give him a mountain and he would know it inside-out within days, but this...

Frustrated, he stalked back into the crowd. He pushed his way past a pikachu and a kirlia, and stopped as he saw two familiar faces before him. What were the chances?

Lucky for everyone in the area, he had arrived moments after the scyther had his blades anywhere near Anna's neck. Bad things would have happened if he had seen anything that looked so threatening towards his partner.

"What happened here?" he asked, walking forward. Acer was on the ground, gnawing at the white collar Anna had worn today, and it had been neatly cut. The sun pin had come loose, and Incultyr scooped it up before the turtwig could gulp it down and choke.

Anna was still a bit shaken at what Tolin had done. Sitting on her rump (she had fallen back over when the weight of the baby on her collar had vanished) she was still painfully aware of how close Tolin's scythes had been to her. She had met him before, and knew he was a good person, but it was still unnerving nonetheless. She didn't know if he was aware how close she had been to biting him. Despite her...aura, she has a strong bite, and her bites comes with fire. And maybe electricity. What if she had hurt the bug-type?

Morana looked up to see Incultyr make his way between Jazz and Liena. She allowed him to place the sun pin onto the fur on her head, at the edge of her ear.

"Um...Acer was just being a little too playful." She reassured him.

As usual, Blade simply stood there behind Solaris, watching blankly as the Ryhorn stumbled over a few sentences and lumbered away. Kid didn't seem to be too comfortable with parties, he had to admit he was the same way to an extent. If he could help it he wouldn't bother with these events, but as long as Solaris was still obliged to go then he was as well.

Pilot frowned with concern as Ami seemed to only get more upset as the conversation progressed, and he glanced around anxiously while shifting his little feet for a moment before thinking of something to say. "Well who says you have to stop exploring when you're Guildmaster? You don't have to do the job exactly like your dad..." he reasoned, walking over and patting the Eevee awkwardly on the shoulder; a rather difficult task with his stubby limbs, but he managed well enough.

Despite all the interesting sights to see around the room, the Moon Guild Gardevoir and the clan of Gallade continued to hold Jonah's attention, and his eyes narrowed thoughtfully as the Gallade grouped together and began talking quietly amongst each other. Something seemed off about this, and he wasn't sure he liked it...
Before he could do more thinking however, the argument between Tavian and Cael a short ways off behind him had come to a climax in the form of the irate Pikachu hurling a finger sandwich at his partner, which the Riolu quickly dodged, leaving the snack flying through the air right at the back of the merc's head. As the two tried to call out a warning, the Gardevoir's eyes flashed red for an instant, and a small blast of psychic energy deflected the sandwich to a new trajectory, soaring safely over his head... and directly towards the Gallade. Oops.
"...Oh dear." he remarked, with so little concern in his tone it was almost sarcastic, and took a sip of a drink from the refreshment table while he watched the sandwich fly ever closer to it's new targets, not making any move to try and stop it.




Tavian and Cael both stared wide-eyed as the sandwich Cael had tossed flew towards the mercenary Gardevoir, but when he deflected it without even having to do so much as look their way, both pokemon relaxed considerably with a relieved sigh.
"Idiot." Tavian said with a frown, smacking his partner upside the head, and the Pikachu glared at him before opening his mouth to retort. However, before he got the chance another voice chimed in, and they both looked up to see Altair making his way over.
As Tavian grinned back and waved a little to the Absol, Cael used the distraction to try and sneak away into the crowd, but his partner was one step ahead of him (literally), and promptly stamped down one foot on the Pikachu's tail, pinning him in place. "Hey, how are you?" he said once Altair was close enough, completely ignoring Cael's angry grumbling as he sat trapped on the floor.

Rem nodded in understanding to Altus' comment on his team, and Iski chuckled. "Ah, that'll happen. A lot of these Explorer dudes can be a little flakey." she said, grinning with a flash of her fangs.
The Charmeleon's attention stayed on Altus as he spoke again, but Rembrandt turned and watched as the Riolu's Larvitar friend stomped away, and he waved goodbye cordially to the other pokemon's back before turning back to the others.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't let it ruin your night." Iski continued. "There's so many of us here compared to them, I bet we could take 'em. Besides," she added, smirking as she pointed with one claw to where the Moon Guild Lucario was holding a clearly-drunk Selena under one arm, "I'm thinkin' that Umbreon dude's not up to pulling any evil right now."
Rem tilted his head slightly to one side as he followed Iski's gaze, his tail swaying a little behind him. "She does seem rather intoxicated, doesn't she?"

((Cerby-kins is still sulking in the corner if he's at all needed. XD; ))