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Faran raced back and forth, beginning to pant from the effort. This game was so difficult to beat! The Diglett were moving so fast that he couldn't hardly see them come up before they shot back down, let alone pin them. The little Vulpix was beside himself trying to hit a few more as things got harder and harder. Finally the game stopped, and lights flashed on the small electronic screen at the top of the mat, reading NEW HIGH SCORE! Faran collapsed to the ground in a heap, tired out from all his jumping but absolutely delighted. "We did it Puer, look!" he said, pointing that the screen which now showed their score, flashing at the top of the high scores list. His breaths came heavily as he got to his paws again, grinning from ear to ear. "That was the best!" he exclaimed, tottering slightly on his paws from slight exhaustion, but the adrenaline still helped him keep going, for now anyway.

The rest of the ride went smoothly and without interruption. Finally, after the last stop, their compartment swung down its last step at the bottom of the ride and the doors opened up, allowing its occupants to leave.

Melissa stepped out, Hope still clutched sleepily to her back. The Jirachi's eyes were open a small crack; she had woken, but seemed too tired to do much more than simply stay where she is.

"I'll be heading back to my teammate. It was nice meeting you Era, Phione, Alice." She dipped her head at each of them respectively, and with a small wave of a free vine she turned and headed back towards the food stands.

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"I do all the time. Sherman still hasn't caught on." Atra replied with a grin as he remembered the Salamence being really confused as to why Albus was in their team room. Sherman really wasn't the brightest.

"Hello!" Melissa called out as she neared the table, she looked between the two twins, trying to remember who was who again. She settled for making it not immediately obvious which of the twins she was looking at when speaking. "I saw something about a Haunted House on my way here, you interested Atra?"

"No."

"Oh, ok. Um...well, I'll leave Hope here."

"Sure."

She waved goodbye to the three eeveelutions before leaving.

"Yeah!" Faran yipped cheerfully. He remarkably was still managing to keep himself going even though he looked nothing less than exhausted. "You're lot's of fun Puer!" he said with a grin, between deep breaths. He was looking around for another game for them to play, disregarding his fatigue. The Vulpix just didn't know when it was time to stop, but luckily his guardian did.

"Faran, it's about time to head back don't you think?" Ethfael said, "Another event might be taking place soon." The Dragonair had been watching the pair with an interested gaze. Faran had seemed to be able to transfer some of his excitement to Puer, but then children can do that sometimes. Arcades weren't really something that he was into, although he, unlike Puer, would be capable of playing a few of the games. He preferred instead to merely be a spectator on the fun that the Vulpix was having. Now though, it was time to meet up with the others.

Faran's eyes brightened, and he jumped over to Ethfael, "Yeah, we should definitely go!" he said. Turning back to Puer, he realized that it was probably time to say goodbye and his ears drooped slightly. "I had a great time Puer," he said, "I hope you did too!" Then he added, "Maybe I'll see you around at the Guild sometime!" On that happy note he smiled again at the Rhyhorn before turning to head out.

Ethfael smiled, "Nce to meet you," he said to Puer before following his young Team member, "Thank you for putting up with him."

Atra turned slightly to look up at Laura, not exactly comfortable with the Vaporeon standing pretty much right next to his face. He sat back up, just as Hope opened one eye to stare at the water-type.

"Jiiirah." She gurgled happily, and burst into fits of giggles. As Atra sat back in his seat, the Jirachi stayed floating exactly where she had been when clinging to Atra's head. Hope gave a wide yawn, and then suddenly flew into the Vaporeon between her two front legs to give the eeveelution a hug.

"Happy~" She murmured sleepily, both of her eyes opening for just a crack before closing once again.

Atra watched on with amusement.

"Her name's Hope." He offered Laura in case she hadn't heard Melissa mention the name. "Jirachi asked us to raise her."

Hope nestled herself tightly against Laura, and fell fully into a deep sleep.

Atra pulled the bag of popcorn towards him, staring down at the last few pieces.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. We did a little research and looked into the rumours around Pilgrim's mountain." He explained, pawing out a small handful of food. "The Original's up there, the legends are true. Seems it's cursed to sleep for pretty much all of eternity though, which is why no one's ever really seen it. You know those Flutes the guild hands out for some reason? Took it with us up to the peak, and we woke it long enough to help fix Zero from Team Absolute Indignation."

Atra gave a wide yawn. This day was turning out to be rather dull considering he had come expecting a fight.

"So anything interesting happen with you?"

So the Mew had something to do with that Scyther. Figures. Legendaries seem to flock to the guild, and especially to Tolin, recently. He wondered dully if if he might come after Hope, and found himself thinking about blasting the bug in the face with a good flamethrower if he does. He blinked in surprise. Huh, didn't know he was all that protective of the little thing.

"What construction project?" It sounds kind of weird to imagine his brother building an apartment or something.