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"I would like to stay behind, for the moment, provided it doesn't cause any issue." Minerva gracefully walked into the room, well-aware of what had happened. Thanatos and Lia were behind her at either side, keeping pace with her evenly. "Solaris, return to the guild and inform both your uncle and Rebirth of what happened. Leave the tonic in the care of Lloyd, for the moment. We'll decide what to do with it later. And... good job." She took on a more menacing smile for just a moment. "But if you ever do something that suicidal again, I'll see to it that you're put somewhere 'safe'." The royal family was not made for diving into the water like a bunch of retards and nearly getting killed. They were there to fight if it was necessary with the power Arceus gave them, and aside from that... command the guilds.

Though, as the commanders, they had another important duty; diplomacy. "Diane, if possible, I would like to discuss future relations between our two guilds, as well as offer any help we can. The Guild of the Sun will be happy to help you heal and rebuild in any way needed." It wouldn't be surprising if the constant storming had damaged the island somehow. If the lower parts had been flooded, it would be possible that there was to be a significant shortage of food. If there was any significant damage or injuries, the Sun's hospital might be better equipped to deal with them. Support would be needed, no doubt.

As Ethfael and Erinn joined Era inside they all watched as Solaris spat up the Water pendant that the Wailord had held. Erinn's jaw dropped in surprise and Era smiled with delight. Ethfael just looked on in amusement, murmuring, "Well what do you know," with a slight smile. Erinn had little to no idea of the significance of this particular item of course, and thus just was surprised to see something shiny pop out of the Espeon. Era and Ethfael however, felt something they hadn't felt in a long time for their Guildmaster: respect. True he couldn't have been much less dignified about getting it, but at least it was in their hands and not those of the Elite and that was what mattered.

"He did it!" Era cheered, her spirits soaring, "We got the pendant this time!" The Pikachu was thrilled, and her Teammates felt her exuberance rather contagious. "Good work guys, we may have let the enemy get away, but we're taking home the prize," Era said brightly. Ethfael nodded in agreement before heading off to gather a few things that Zach and Diane had mentioned.

Erinn stood still, dripping water from his near drowning adventure. He was speechless with overcoming the shock of the whole endeavor. "Wh-What just happened exactly?" the Paras asked, eyes fixating on Era.

Era patted him comfortingly on the head, "We'll talk about it when we get back Erinn," she replied, "Now come on, let's go home." Ethfael rejoined them shortly and they all waited together to be teleported home.

Melissa found her missing orb miraculously intact before following the rest of the guild.

Zora assessed her leg for damage even as she struggled to get further away from the shoreline. The waters were turbulent and waves crashed down on her, trying to drag her back into the water. She yelped as the newest wave sent her sprawling, and she dug her claws into the rock to avoid being tugged back.

"Need a hand there?" Something flopped onto the land by her, and Zora turned immediately, snapping at it fiercely.

"Whoa!" The Pokemon cried in surprise, its neck darting back slightly into its shell. It was a pokemon that sort of resembled a Squirtle, though it didn't look like it'd be able to move very well on land. "Don't worry! I won't hurt'cha. You one of them Pokemon Di went to get 'aint cha? I'll get ya to your buddies, don't you doubt me."

This idea ended up not so well, for the quadrupedal-furred-he-wasn't-sure-what-Pokemon-it-was kept snapping and snarling at him.

"Stay away." She finally warned, this time her fur crackling with sparks. He glanced at her worriedly and then back at the roiling shore.

"Fine then, I'll get ya some help. But least let me stop ya from letting the Old Blue drag ya out." Since she wouldn't let him approach, the Tirtouga simply moved behind her, and with a quick Ancientpower raised the rocks as far as he could to act as a wall.

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"Heya, where's all those non-fifth set guys right now? Mind takin' me there?" He asked the first Pokemon he ran into, and got himself a free teleport there. He saw that the Guild was about ready to leave, he he poked the closest Pokemon with a flipper, some sort of grass type he guessed.

"Hey miss, one of yer teammates is stuck down by the shore. Doesn't want strangers ta get near, mind helping me with 'er? Think ya can take her back with yer badge?"

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Melissa agreed of course, and she wanted an excuse to stay a little longer and take a good look at these "fifth generation" Pokemon. The Tirtouga -who introduced himself as Randel- was fascinating, and she struck up a conversation with him as they made their way down the tower. They hurried as much as they could, but the Tirtouga had trouble on land so their pace was restricted.

Finally they found Zora around where Randel had left her, though higher up on shore, past the wave line. She was sprawled across the sand, licking her wound gingerly. Melissa became a little nervous when she saw Zora -she was bigger than the other two Pokemon combined- and the Umbreon looked up sharply at the approaching Pokemon, her lips curling back into a snarl.

It was definitely an Umbreon. Or maybe a Jolteon. Definitely one of the two, with some houndoom heritage.

"I'm just going to take you back to the guild." Melissa assured the eeveelution, one vine digging into her pack to retrieve Team Azalea's Exploration Badge. Her other vine reached slowly towards Zora, who flattened her ears back against her head, a growl in her throat. She didn't move to attack when the vine carefully wound around one of her forelegs though, and Melissa prepared to activate the badge.

"Hey miss, I'mma curious 'bout this land 'o yers. I've tried ta swim their before, but...well, 'fore the barrier came down it was impossible. Mind takin' me with ya?" Melissa saw nothing wrong with this, and allowed the Tirtouga to place a fin on herself as she took them back to the Guild of the Sun. Specifically, the badge was set to take them to Azalea's room.

((Storing my Psychic Recruit. Gonna use my Fossil recruit from two chapters back for a Tirtouga. And for the TM, I'm grabbing Ally Switch.))

Celsus observed the more important people go about their business without much interest. He had a very broad definition of "politics", and this fit it just well enough. He did crack a smile when Diane called her guildmaster a pissant, but generally didn't pay much attention to the whole thing.

Imiti sat there, reading a book, then another one, as he waited for everything to wrap up.

[[Whoops, sorry Visco.]]