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"W..Well... You seemed to be rather... Distressed." Puer stood face to face with the Weavile for a moment, feeling immensely uncomfortable. Why was he ((the weavile)) acting like this?

What seemed like many awkward minutes later, the strange man turned away from him and began muttering incoherently. Puer turned in surprise to see a large jet of fire had shot up, engulfing the only exit.

"F...Fire..." Taking a few steps back, Puer began to frantically search for another exit. Fire was one of the few things the experienced fighter disliked; he could handle fire attacks with ease (often enough, they simply bounced off his toughened hide) but real fire was not something he could block or defeat.

It was an irrational fear, but the reality was that fire was an invincible and constantly changing foe. As long as he wasn't too near it, he was fine, but with the only exit engulfed how long would that last...?



Tolin didn't notice the fire immediately, the sound drowned out by the prolific chatter of other pokemon. But, eventually all stares turned one way, and the chatter rose to screams.

Tolin's wings began to creak as he flapped them as hard as he could, jumping up into the air. He could only hover for a moment, but... "Puer! Get over here! Now!" Convinced that the Rhyhorn had seen him, Tolin let down onto the ground.

Puer had seen him, and was glad for the sight. He began charging through the crowd, trying his best not to trample anyone, but often knocking others over.

"Tolin!"

"Puer, do you have any idea what caused the fire?" He shook his head, being just as confused as most of the hall was.

(( Chaos, how sturdy/well built do the walls look/are? Is there anything on the other side (such as a hallway), or is there just more wall? Would the common person know/not know of this, etc.? As it is, we're pretty much trapped in a box, so I'm wondering if there's any more/less obvious methods of escape one could ween from the description. Windows, things like that. I think everyone else is, too. ^^; ))

He sometimes hated how accurate these instincts of his tended to be.
At the sight of Ami being held by one of the Gallade, an angry glare appeared on Blade's face as he stepped forward to attack, but the huge fire that suddenly blasted into being made him hesitate. Being as weak against flame as he was, it was enough to make him more cautious, especially when Solaris' daughter was being used as a bargaining chip. However, he remained by the Guildmaster and quietly charged up a Razor Wind, eyes locked on the Gallade holding Ami as he waited for a chance to strike. He only needed one clean shot...

The smile remained on Pilot's face as he struggled along after Ami, trying to keep up with her as she pulled him across the room; but his grin vanished abruptly as all of a sudden he was flung backwards, and when he got back to his feet he found that a Gallade had appeared, and was holding Ami in a very threatening way. "H-hey!" he exclaimed in mingled shock and anger, then leapt at the Gallade's arm with his large jaws opened wide in a Bite attack.

Ah, of course, just as this had been starting to get fun. Jonah grimaced as he turned to see a massive fire starting around the portal, and after a brief look around he was about ready to find whoever designed this place and wring their idiotic necks. That was the only way out?! There were no emergency exits, or safety precautions in place? Really? How stupid could you possibly be, all the groups in this room probably had lots of violent enemies who could be expected to try doing something like this! Ugh, typical Guild stupidity, now he suddenly remembered why he hadn't bothered looking to join any new ones over the years.
Frowning and stepping forward a bit towards the blaze, the Gardevoir's eyes glowed red as he used Psychic to try and push the flames back from the crowd, trying to make sure that it at least didn't catch any of the Guild kids by surprise and burn them to a crisp. This was ******** retarded, and he could only imagine the "I told you so"-s he'd be getting from Jasper when this was over.




Blinking in surprise at Altair's comment on evolution, Tavian was about to stammer out a reply when he was cut off by several screams and the sudden roar of a fire bursting to life, and he whirled around to see a group of Gallade turning the party into yet another chaotic scenario. Great, well that figured.
The Riolu frowned and lifted his foot off Cael's tail, taking a small step towards Altair as both he and the Pikachu braced for attack, Cael's cheeks sparking as a bitter grin crossed his face.

Cerberus stared blankly as the Caterpie continued talking with big complicated words that it took a minute for him to work out, but before he could get annoyed and try again at being rude, all hell broke loose and whatever he had been about to say was forgotten.
The Houndoom tensed and quickly got to his feet, eyes darting around the room as a slight panic started to knaw at his insides. "I... someone's started a fire, and... oh! Some Gallade's got the Guildmaster's daughter!" he yelped, all evil behavior gone right out of his head as he took a step back and looked around for any sign of an exit. This was very bad, and dangerous, and... sure he was into evil stuff, but this was a little too much for him!

Hey, this dancing thing wasn't so bad! As long as she remembered to keep her tail from whipping around and burning Altus, this was--what was that scream? Iski stared for a moment as the chaos unfolded, then turned and nodded curtly to her Riolu buddy as he ran off. He needed to deal with things how he could, and she'd deal with it her way.
Dashing over and jumping up onto the refreshment table, the Charmeleon waved one arm to try and get some attention before calling out over the roar of the flames. "Are there any water or ground-type dudes in here?"
They'd have to act fast if they wanted to get everyone out okay; she knew from experience that even if they could avoid getting roasted by the flames the smoke they created would wipe them all out if it was allowed to burn for too long.

A rare frown crossed Rem's face as he swung his tail around and grabbed hold of it in one paw, then darted into the flames in case any pokemon were in there, occasionally using Flame Wheel to avoid getting himself burned.

Crown looked back at Ceberus's words, and noticed the smoke now gathering up at the ceiling.

"Oh dear...this is a difficult situation..." She didn't do well with fire. Or any sort of excitement for that matter. She's a Caterpie, so what do you expect from her? String Shot and Tackle?

Because she couldn't really see anything, Crown moved towards the wall at a painfully slow pace. Reaching the wall, she began to climb up it, the smooth surface not a match for her sticky feet.

Once she was about head-height of most pokemon, she looked around from her sideways perch.

"Oh my..." She commented on the chaos, quite unsure of what she should do.

Morana broke free of the crowd and crashed into the fire, nearly bowling over a Smeagle who was protecting himself with fire moves.

The flames licked at her fur, trying to catch hold, but it wouldn't. She was fireproof and if anything, the fire, the heat, was invigorating.

She knew there had to be Pokemon near the portal when the fire had started. If any of them were still here, they were in serious trouble. And that's why she's here- there!

There was a small silhouette within the roaring flames ahead of her. She couldn't tell what it was, but from its flailing she could assume it was a pokemon.

Morana jumped to its side, and nearly tripped over the slippery floor. It was a slowpoke, and its been throwing water guns randomly all around it since the fire had started, which had created a small patch of calm. It was panicking, and the heat was obviously painful for it to be near, but she ignored his complaints and clamped her jaws down firmly on its tail. It didn't even seem to notice as she started to drag it through the fire. It was nearly twice her size, but she persevered. (She managed to avoid the urge to bite down harder. Her family's caught a slowpoke before and their tails are delicious...)

She actually kind of enjoyed it...this was the kind of thing she had formed an exploration team for. This was the first time her visions of a brave pokemon risking life and limb to go rescue others seem to have been met. Well, yeah, she wasn't risking much due to her fireproofness, but it still felt cool.

She went through the Psychic barrier a Gardevoir had put up with no effect -she was dark type- and the Slowpoke probably didn't even feel it, being psychic type himself and flailing violently from panic. Morana let go of the tail, and the slowpoke calmed down, looking back at the fire and then at Morana blankly.

Morana looked up and saw the Gardevoir, swallowing she she recognized it as one of the Mercenaries. Ever since the whole training for war thing, she's been more than just a tad scared of the Mercenaries.

"U-um...C-can I...I mean...is there...did you..." She shook her head, flustered. Not this again! Taking a deep breath she forced the question out before she could screw up a simple sentence again.

"Did you see any other Pokemon caught in the fire?" She asked quickly with a single breath. She directed the question at all the Pokemon that were nearby. She hadn't been here when the fire started after all, so she didn't know how many people were potentially trapped -or dead- in the fire.

((Adding to the pile of questions Cysic made...what's the building made of? The fire would be two completely different problems depending on if the building's wood, or brick, stone, etc))

Tolin's eyes began darting back and forth, his neck craning to get a better view. To the passerby, it may have seemed he was panicking, his movements so sharp and frantic.

In truth, he was gathering as much information as his eyes could provide. The fire started at the exit wasn't spreading thanks in part to the brick walls and in part to the large number of pokemon trying to douse it.

The group of Gallade had approached Solaris, and given the reaction of his guildmates they were likely the instigators.

Morana had wordlessly run off, leaving behind Acer, who was looking rather panicked and uncomfortable thanks to the screaming.

The majority of the pokemon that weren't fighting had already retreated to safety, or at least a less dangerous place.

For some unfathomable reason, fireworks were being set off and exploding near the ceiling.

His first priority was... Acer. Then the guildmaster. Hopefully he was as strong as his father was.

Tolin quickly grabbed the ribbon that the baby Turtwig had let hang slack from his jaws, untying the knots as quickly as possible, cutting it several times.

"Puer, let me get at your spine." Puer wordlessly assented, pushing his body as close to the floor as he could. Tolin began half-tying half-wrapping the ribbon around one of the protrusions on Puer's back. One end of the ribbon hung loose.

It was a horrid knot, in earnest. It probably wouldn't last another 5 minutes, but, it would serve it's purpose.

Picking up the Turtwig carefully, Tolin placed him on Puer's back.

"I need you to get in behind the guildmaster and keep this one safe. I'll help them deal with the Gallade."

"Alright." This was good. Puer could be dependable in times like this, he'd keep the little one as safe as he could.

Puer ran off at a fair pace, towards the guildmaster. The ribbon that Tolin had tied to his back began to move in strange directions, much to the entertainment of Acer who began to playfully snap at it.

Tolin headed forward to the group of Gallade as quickly as possible. Crouching down low, he swung one razor sharp scythe, trying to cut a Gallade's hamstring.

((For those that don't know, the hamstring is an essential muscle in the leg that is pretty much required to use the leg for... just about anything. A cut hamstring would leave an individual permanently crippled!))

Before the gardevoir in front of Morana could respond, the battle had ensued. She didn't know why people had started fighting, but she did understand the intent of the gallade running towards her and Jonah with one blade-arm raised.

"Behind you!" She yelped, and reflexively brought forward all the electricity her tiny houndour body could produce. It gathered inside her, and then zig-zagged through the air, hitting the gallade straight-on in the chest.

He stumbled, the electricity now crackling through his entire body, wreaking havoc with his muscle control. Morana dashed past Jonah and jumped into the gallade, knocking him over. She hesitated for a slight moment before her momentum carried her face right into the gallade's throat.

She bit down hard, ending his thrashing. She tasted blood, and had to tear herself away from the dying Pokemon. It's been so long she's gone without a proper meal of meat that it took a lot of willpower. And oh god...did she really just kill a Pokemon thrice her size?

This unnerved her, and she quickly backed up off the corpse. She had acted without thinking, before even determining for sure that the gallade was an enemy. That is not a good thing! What if she had attacked a friend!?

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Incultyr was focused on the fire, and thus didn't expect it when pain exploded somewhere on the back of his skull and he was thrown forward into the fire, crashing against the hard floor.

Ah, hot hot hot hot. Damn damn damn damn. It hurt like hell and he could feel the fire trying to crawl in under his tough skin, but he was disoriented and couldn't bring himself to stand up. He had no idea who or what had hit him but whatever had done it did it well. His head was still ringing. It took him a second later to realize he couldn't breathe.

Idiot, you're in the middle of a fire. It's eating all the oxygen. Get the hell out of there.

Easier said than done.

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As the Gallade dropped Ami, Altus pushed with his momentum, causing the pokemon to crash forward onto the ground. He jumped on top of the gallade and with a grimace, chopped straight down on the back of his skull.

Light's out.

He took a step back, closer to the guildmaster and his daughter. The riolu took on a defencive stance, positioning himself so that Ami would be in the middle of a triangle formed by him, Blade, and Solaris.

Riolu glared at the nearest gallade, daring him to even get close to the baby eevee. What kind of monster would involve a little kid in their fight?

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Acer batted at the string, but his attention kept being turned by the excitement around him. People were making a lot more noise before, and crashing into each other. He really didn't like it- he felt too vulnerable. It didn't hep help that no one familiar was nearby.

When a panicking Pokemon crashed into him, pushing him forward against Puer's spiky back, he had enough.

"Turrtttwee!" He cried out angrily, pushing back with enough strength to fling the pokemon away from himself, and started shaking his head. His magic threw razor sharp leaves from the sprout on his head, and the shaking of his head sent it randomly in every direction.

"Twaaahhh!!" And to make it worse, he started crying.