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Margarita's quickened steps came to a slow halt, nearly colliding with Myrrh had she not been paying attention. Instead, as the spiritomb turned back around to write on the envelope she had carried from the manor, Margarita peeked over her shoulder in curiosity. Not once had the grimer-girl thought her accomplice didn't have some sort of idea on what to do next, for she seemed very adept at coming up with them on the fly, if they weren't preplanned from the start. Margarita was good at doing so when it fit into a role, but she was also in more for the fun than the goal -- it was obvious, even to her, why she was not leading any excursions.

Eagerly bouncing in place as she watched Myrrh make a run for the van, Margarita watched curiously in the place she was told to wait. However, she couldn't hear anything from this distance, and there was only so much she could see in order to put words in the conversing individuals' mouths. After a bit, her eyes slid over to the van itself, studying the antennae mounted at the top of the Action 9 News lettering. Sure, she knew what it was used for, but couldn't a structure like that be used for other things, too? Absently, the banded girl began wondering how far into space it could pierce.

Her attention came back to reality as she spotted Myrrh heading back, a brief flicker of a glance back behind her. She grinned as they met back up, "Looks like you really made them happy." She kind of wished she could turn a television on to watch the breaking news, but alas, the only portable thing she had on her was a salt shaker. Idly swinging the plunger she had confiscated from Giovanni's mansion, she glanced first from the remaining envelope in Myrrh's hands, and then to the storm on the horizon, brewing that much more agitatedly. "Over there, right? The storm looks angrier now..." Margarita pondered on the thought, "What if you get struck by lightning again?" If nothing else, it was an interesting thought... if only because she didn't think something like that could really stop Myrrh once she got on a roll. Spinning the plunger to rest it on a shoulder, a mischievous giggle erupted from the girl's mouth, "Heh, this should be interesting. Alright, I'm ready!"

It was a fairly long distance to travel, much more leg work than they had previously managed that evening. A shrine was not something that most people would keep within city walls, not like a rich, shady businessman might. It did not make things any easier, as Tornadus seemed particularly riled and mirrored his mood with the shifting of the winds. Margarita, after all, was rather lightweight, and the rolling and shifting of the ground made running more than a little treacherous. She stumbled more than once, with more frequency as they neared, and skinned a knee at one point. It was met with little more than a frustrated pout before she continued on, however; luckily, she could practically be considered being made out of rubber, held together by boundless energy. They were on a mission, dang nabbit!


Calcifer made note of the foundations of the hole in the ground they now found themselves within, curious as to how it happened that the floor gave out on them. She was no geologist, though, so it was only rickety speculation that she could formulate. At Terra's question, she gave a warm smile, "Oh good, I'm glad you're alright! I'm fine. It's strange, but I actually like the water." There was a light snicker she gave at that, turning back to the statue rooted in the water, the very same that seemed to take them on this joyride in the first place. "Land... oh! Well, there's some writing on this thing, you see, but it's difficult to make out," she pointed to it, maneuvering slowly over to and around it, "I think... I think it says 'Landorus'... Didn't Landorus have a shrine dedicated to it? Do you think this might be from that? And if so, why is this thing out here?" Baffling indeed! Was that the reason why the weather was acting so crazy lately? Could the answer really be that simple, to stumble across?

As the hybrid girl examined the fallen stone, preoccupied, she jumped at the appearance of an unfamiliar, ghost-white girl. At first, Calcifer was stunned -- how had she managed to get on that side of the statue? -- until she noticed the fin. Thunderstruck, the words popped out of her mouth before she had the chance to verify them, "Woah, are you a mermaid?" Calcifer was enthralled by pirate stories, real or made up alike, so of course she'd jump to such a conclusion!

However, as soon as Terra gave introductions, the slugma-girl felt herself flush in embarrassment; that could have been considered rude, after all! She nodded, confirming that she was in the same predicament as the burmy-girl behind her, and added, "Sorry about that. Hi, I'm Calcifer! That boulder didn't hit you, did it? Do you live down here?"

She glanced again to the opening to the surface, noting the rubble and how it sloped to a nice incline, "We can probably get back out that way, actually, if it'll hold our weight. I'm not sure how we'll get the statue out, though... or carry it back to the shrine." Or even if that was the better way to travel, now that she thought about it. Was this a tunnel underground, or just a pit? Her expression knit into a concerned frown; how were they going to fix this mess? Maybe they could tell someone else about it and let them figure it out, but that seemed a little too anticlimactic.


With a frustrated sigh, Cardice sunk into the hat around his small physique, but gave a slight nod to Holly's suggestion, <<Yeah... that sounds like a smart idea. We don't really know where we are anyway. Maybe they can help us after.>> He took a tentative look around the area, just to make sure the young piplup didn't end up jinxing them into experiencing another flood, but it seemed like the weather had died down in that respect.

As the berries were exchanged, Cardice watched curiously at how quickly the effects took place, and the follow-up tactics Escher employed. While he was a little confused as to what exactly the palkia was referring to, a little light bulb seemed to go off in his head after a moment of consideration, <<A shrine? You mean... to worship?>> Oh boy, maybe he was more familiar with this sort of thing after all... Unfortunately, that didn't mean he was any more useful.

With the way that Holly seemed to stay her ground through the rumblings caused by Landorus, Cardice was virtually unaffected, perched on her head. He had ducked a little under the hat, but the reaction came a tad too late to really make much of a difference. <<I'm alright,>> he responded with a bit of a grumble, <<Just wet... which isn't much different than before.>> After having been caught up in a flood, a little splash of river water was nothing in comparison.

Once attention was given to the girl that tumbled out of the tree, the little helioptile maneuvered himself around to get a better look at the one that he had probably seen as a shadow under the obscuring cover of foliage. Even if it was a little unceremonious, he was glad that she decided to come out and introduce herself, especially since she had seemed so shy. Truthfully, he was also glad to know that he hadn't just been seeing things, under the pressures of stress. The only reason he hadn't given his name yet was that he hadn't been sure the majority of the others even knew he was there, but once Phee started introducing everyone else, he was quick on the uptake, giving a little wave to be spotted, <<And I'm Cardice!>>

He seemed to sink a little further into the hat, pulling the brim up about his frilled ears in anxiety, as Phee indicated the direction that they were most likely to head towards. The exact direction he was afraid they were going to head towards. Oh goody, dealing with angry gods; that was exactly how he was wanting to spend today, when they were in full-blown smiting mode...

Tryce popped out his ear plugs and pocked them quickly, "Something is happening up ahead..." He frowned thoughtfully and tilted his head as if focusing on any noises ahead. Not too hard since it seemed like a big racket was happening at the construction site, "Let's go check it out." He smirked towards the two, "Can't miss a rare chance like this right?"

With that he started forward.
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Flushing lightly Raiden just shook his head slightly before following after Bethanne.

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"Then let's go. I don't want Bethanne involved, and if she's busy trying to run out with everyone else she won't try to follow." He had the feeling though that with his sister involved the camp would not be where the two had went. The noise ahead of them that was over the construction site worried him as well. Protecting Bethanne though was his current mission as he trusted Raxka and Tryce to take advantage of anything occurring around them.

With all this craziness exploding around them it didn't look like they would miss out either...
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Running around Will the ampharos let out a light laughter, it was slightly maniac in the way it sounded through the trees yet the delight in the rush of action was obvious. This was what the teen lived for and Raxka was honestly disappointed to see so few adversaries on their way in. As they approached the base she smiled deviously towards Will, "So now that we can sneak in...what would be the best way to shut down this operation?"

Options, options, options...but which to take?

Riley gave a small huff of relief. He certainly didn't want to be arrested, and it was much nicer to be seeing the officers helping rather than chasing off.

As the winds picked up, he felt his balance waver and let out a shriek as he nearly lost his balance, clinging to Hazan's arm for support. The lightning was only making his heart race further, and he somehow fought the urge to shut his eyes. Surely, the other boy would need him to be able to watch where he was stepping. He was greatly relieved when they started off again, holding tight to Hazan's hand. He thought he could hear people screaming.... but maybe it was just the wind in his ears. It was all he could do to keep himself upright!

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Kirsi looked sadly up at the hole above. It looked so high to her. Though, any amount of height looked high to the water dweller.

She perked up as Terra and Calcifer spoke further to her, and she pointed to herself. "Name. Kirsi. A dewgong, dew! ....Almost mermaid." Giggling, she turned and pointed back the way she'd come from. "Tunnels under there. Followed to find why lake dry." Her expression fell. Had she reached a dead end?

Statue? Curiously, Kirsi pulled herself closer to get a look at the statue that Calcifer had mentioned. It was large... "Gotta move this... up there?" she asked with a frown. How would those two manage that? And, if they could get the statue up there... Maybe she could get herself out as well!

So much was going on. Koujen had just started to turn his attention to the falling troops and figuring out that they were whom they were to fight when it seemed everyone was wanting to move on again. He sighed a bit feeling more like a burden. But there was really no reason to feel either way about his actions with this group. He watched the one he had attacked float back up and he looked around to see if everyone else was going to go to the darkening place.

He knew tornados were bad things though he had never seen one in person. He wondered what it would be like to see one up close. He looked up towards the sky with his bad eyes and chewed his lower lip. He could see it was dark but he could tell it was bad. He sighed a bit and decided he would go where ever the most of this group would go. He could not stay here with all these 'bad guys' with his bad eyes and more so since they had been attacked and would wake mad. He sighed a bit and looked down ready to follow the one he had attacked.

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Mariette was so thankful to see the family was safe and though there was a fire raging in their house. She felt so bad for them and could her face express emotion her eyes would have gone wide as one of the younger children ran into the house shouting that his stuffed Ursaring was inside. The parents had not been able to grab him as he ran into the house. Mariette ran forward, "Don't worry...I will get him." she said and ran into the house after the child.

Luckily for her she was able to catch the child before he got too far, "Don't worry I will get your Uraring...go back out to your parents." she said and carried him out side into his father's waiting arms and went back in to get his toy. She was not sure why she was doing it but she knew that he would have a hard enough time with his house being ruined he should at least have his toy. She covered her mouth with one hand and searched for the toy. She prayed it was not upstairs and she hurried threw the house glad that so far the fire seemed just to be on the upper floor.

It felt like an hour before she saw the tuff of brown fur of the toy. She would have smiled it she could as she grabbed the tuff and would smile if she could have as she grabbed a hold of the toy. She clutched the large stuffed animal to her chest with her two lower arms as she hurried back out. She was covered in soot as she neared the door. She had to jump back nearly being hit by a falling burnt timber. She gasped and pulled away before shivering and ducking past it back into the chilled rain.

She smiled across her back and handed the toy to the child and turned to gather up her basket of supplies only to see that it had been trembled by people coming to see the fire. She sighed and gathered up what she could and carried it along with her back to the club. At least the bandages were not too dirty. She could not tell but she was going to need some now herself.

As the various individuals and groups began to head towards the shrine, the Trio began to calm a little. Things settled around the area...the winds died down, the earth quieted, that sort of thing. Those who tried to address the trio however were ignored. They had other things on their mind than conversing directly to anyone, even other legendaries like Ialu.

Giovanni had been settled at his desk the tv on but ignored. Until he could hear the sound of Gaia 9 Action News Special Breaking News coming up, and he jumped up from his chair hands slamming onto his desk as all his scheming was laid out for all to see and hear. His plans, they were ruined!

He reached out with a growl and smashed his hand on a button. "TEAM ROCKET! FALL BACK! ABORT THE PLANS!" he turned to his Persian with a growl and grabbed his things. It was time to fall back, to come up with a better plan, and a better way to hide it apparently.

At the site of the partially constructed building those words blared out, and Team Rocket stopped what they were doing...before all were running, abandoning the area. If the boss said to go, then it was time to go!

The officers Jenny looked around in confusion, especially as the Kami Trio began to prowl the area around the shrine, looking agitated still, but for the time being harmless. Or as harmless as three grumpy men can look.

Fluff returned Brenny's hug, glad the other seemed to be feeling better. He did agree that they should help anyway, even if these gods were causing trouble for them. When he heard the voice in his head, he looked around, trying to spot the source of the voice.

"It looks like they just want help. They shouldn't take their anger out on others though. Maybe helping them will appease them. We can try. And the storm is scary, but we have to go,"Fluff pointed out.


'I was under the impression they were weather gods. That is about all I know about them though. I guess all we can do is go over there and try to get them to calm down. They should have asked for help though, before getting so upset,'Callie responded. She looked to the others, ready to head for the storm. She was a little nervous, but if it stopped all the trouble, she was game. She took a deep breath and told herself everything was going to be alright.

Lighting had a confused look in her eyes at how Brenny went from not wanting to help, to suddenly wanting to go into the storm. She shrugged, she guessed it didn't matter. What mattered right now is that they needed to head into the storm and be very careful.

"Alright, so if we are all pretty much in agreement, then we need to start heading in that direction. And yes, it could be dangerous, but can get more dangerous if we don't try to help. And they may not be the direct cause of that is going on, but it is probably not helping,"Lightning explained. Then she started to lead the way to the storm, wondering what they would find.

No luck it would seem, the trio just didn't seem as though they wanted to talk. It seemed as though they were all action at the moment, stubbornly so, but perhaps that was something that came with age? Ialu himself, despite being a rather old Pokemon, had spent a lot of that time asleep until he started to pass out his stars. He had yet to spend as many years on this earth to become as old and hardheaded as the Kami Trio seemed to be these days. He wanted nothing more then to talk to them, to try to settle things, but it seemed as though there would be no chance of that happening, no time soon anyway.

Sighing a little to himself he allowed himself to float down, landing on a branch of a tree as he continued to observe. There wasn't a lot more that he could do at this point but that, not until they opened themselves up to speaking. There was a voice in the back of his head that said a blow to the head might get their attention... but he decided against that. He didn't much like to battle if he didn't have to and calling down Draco Meteors on the heads of the Kami Trio would likely only rile them up more instead of getting their attention. Waiting and watching seemed to be the best option for the time being. Until the time that they were able to come to their senses he would pray that his 'children' those he had shared his stars with, would be able to come up with a better plan then that.

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Nidhogg gave a bit of a laugh, "I kinda prefer broken down, abandoned structures myself. They tend to be comfortable and empty of all but the stupidest humans." He commented, rather finding that the tower, one that once belonged to some Ho-Oh before it got smashed up, was quite to his liking. It was a place he liked to go for naps or to hide things that he collected during the times that he came down out of the sky. There was just something about a good, broken down and abandoned ruin that the Rayquaza just loved!

Tail swishing he waited for his brother to decide upon what it was that they were going to do... but much to his surprise it seemed as though they were going to wait? He gave a laugh before floating closer to his brother, reaching out to put a hand on his forehead, "Hmmm... you don't seem to have a fever. Maybe it was that blow to the head that caused you to stand back and wait?" He asked in a teasing manner before shifting so that he could lean against his own tail. If they were going to wait and watch he supposed that he would make sure he was comfortable while doing it. What came next though was a bit anticlimactic. It seemed as though the grumpy old men were having none of Ialu's peace talks, meaning... what?

Did that mean that they were gonna jump one of them? Best that he got an attack prepared just in case! One never knew when his brother would want to strike out at their enemies and it was hard to tell which he'd go after first. Whatever he decided upon though Nidhogg would do what he could to back him.

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Gideon flicked his tongue for a moment before nodding, "Humans can be a bit of a pain at times, what with their incesent desire to catch us. There are good trainers, of this I am certain, but there are also those that cause messes like the one we are witnessing." He said, for a moment sounding quite serious, something that was out of ordinary for the normally jovial serpent. It was likely due to the circumstances, one could only laugh off so much before they got annoyed with things. Given the giant mess being made because humans had decided to mess with things that were beyond them left the snake a bit hissy, so to speak.

"Well, if we happen upon any of those troublesome humans I will be sure to give them a good smack! I have a pretty mean Iron Tail move that I can use!" He said, sounding quite proud of the move that he'd inherited from his mother. It was one that he'd be more then happy to use against any of the people that had caused the Kami Trio to get so out of sorts that they would throw such a messy fit.