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 Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:28 pm
Although more an abstract than a specific place, the Streets are very much real.
The Kingdom of the Sun is lined with streets ranging from beaten down dirt to cobblestone paths that run between the city's many buildings and homes.
Any activity on the streets anywhere in the city takes place here. Whether it's an idle conversation or merely passing one another by, these roads act as a complex maze to wherever you wish to go. After all, there's a path from every start to every end!
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:23 pm
 VerVer wandered across the streets of the kingdom. The team was pretty relaxed recently and Sai wasn't at his tail to behave so taking advantage of the opprotunity worked out quite well. This wasn't entirely to the Flareon's liking though; having been wilderness raised. He looked back down toward the path he'd come. Such a lifestyle seemed...confusing. Too chaotic to his liking. His attention fell forward. There were people everywhere too. Expected, I guess. Getting lost couldn't have been good, but he feared he already might have been. Oh well. He'd get back sooner or later. Worst situation is Darius falls out of nowhere in the middle of the night to tell him Sai's pissed. It wouldn't be the first time.
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Waifu Trashu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:34 pm
Ivy
It was always so busy here, Ivy did not appreciate being jostled around by the large crowd. Everyone was much more polite in the guild.
"E-excuse me!" She squeaked in protest as someone trodded on her tail and the Glaceon flicked it upward off the ground to avoid a repeat scenario.
Her golden eyes watered, but not at the pain. Her tail barely hurt, it was the principal of the situation that upset her and the culprit hadn't even paused to apologize! The rudeness of it all left her weepy-eyed and sniffling.
She'd never been treated to such uncaring manners back in the guild.
'I should stop with that...' She thought immediately. Comparing the outside world to the guild would further prove to Moonfall and her Uncle that she shouldn't wander around alone, but Ivy was bored...and lonely.
She was certain they'd both be angry she snuck off, but at the time her rebelious need for freedom had overpowered her fear.
Now she regretted leaving at all.
It was so...barbaric out here! Stumbling across an Ekans' tail in her path she fall flat on her snout at the paws of a black and white Flareon.
Ohhhh, great! As if she wasn't feeling bad enough, now add embarassment to her list of agony.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:49 pm
VerVer was ignorant of the Glaceon among the crowds of people. It wasn't like just one being made a difference. He continued on his way, his nose to the buildings' tops as he examined. That was the only freedom he really had in such a congested area. Though, Ver suddenly paused, a small noise escaping his mouth with his breath as he stumbled over the Glaceon that'd tripped in front of him. The larger Flareon staggered as he struggled to regain his balance, suddenly entirely still as he stood over Ivy. He didn't breathe, he didn't move, he didn't open his tightly closed eyes. He remained there for a second before assured he wasn't going to fall and Ver released his breath as he carefully stepped back away from the Glaceon. "S-Sorry, I wasn't paying atte--" He stopped as he finally looked down at her. Wooow, it was a girl~ She was pretty too. Ver straightened his posture quickly as he poked at the smaller female with his nose. "You should probably move to the side of the road, c'mon." Ver lifted his head from Ivy's and looked around, staying at her side until she moved. She'd likely get trampled otherwise.
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Waifu Trashu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:57 pm
Ivy
Ivy slapped her paws over her eyes in alarm, a small whimper escaping her. Oh Arceus, now she was going to be stepped on, but no. As it turned out the Flareon managed to catch himself before he crushed her. That would have hurt too, he was rather big. About as large as that pretty Flareon her uncle was friends with.
The Glaceon stood slowly to her foot, snapping her head up as he spoke and bumping her nose into his.
"S-sorry."
She shook her head, 'clutz' was muttered inwardly in her mind as she scolded herself.
When he started to speak of moving out of the crowd she quickly nodded in agreement and began to trot to the side, slowly so she didn't move too far past him.
He was a decent barrier between her and the constant flow of Pokemon moving about.
A tiny voice warned her to be carefulof strangers, but she ignored it.
Stranges were the lesser of two evils when compared to being flattened by rude Pokemon.
Once near the side of the road she turned back around to her...shield/savior and bestowed upon him a bright smile.
"Thank you very much." she dipped her head slightly. "I...I'm Ivy. Ivy Eclipse. It's nice to meet you..." Her words curled at the end in a slightly questioning tone, clearly awaiting him to introduce himself as well.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:10 pm
VerThe Flareon continued to smile brightly as he trotted on after her to the side. "It's fine, really!" He hugged the wall what best his chubby body could in order to avoid people... This wasn't the best place for such a girl. It was obvious she wasn't used to such conditions either. Not that he was, but at least he had the balls to tell people to ******** off if they started with him. He watched the Glaceon as she introduced herself, he in turn making the slightest nod of his head in response to the thank you. Her name though... Eclipse... EclipseEclipseEclipseE--Oh. ... Duh. "Ah. Nice to meet you, Ivy! I'm Ver. Eclipse, huh? I thought you were familiar. I remember you from that party the Seasons Guild had." Not that she'd remember him. All he did was sit in the back and doze off. "...What brings you to a place like this...?"His tail twitched behind him curiously as his paw reached up and pawed at his collar nervously.
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Waifu Trashu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:19 pm
Ivy
"Nice to meet you."
The Glaceon's tail swished back and forth behind her as he spoke, introducing himself.
The party? Well, now that she thought about it he did look vaguely familiar.
A memory tugged at the corner of her mind and she smiled as the realization kicked in.
"Oh! Right, I saw you too. Sleeping, I believe."
Ivy giggled at that, her paw raised to cover her mouth. It might be rude to laugh at him, he might think she was implying he was lazy!
Shaking her head she pounced at his next question to change the subject.
"I-ah...I wanted some air. It gets so stuffy in the guild. I rarely get to go out as it is..."
What with the attacks happening all the time and her family being overprotective...
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:44 pm
VerVer nodded. Yeah... Sleeping. He reddened with embarrassment for a moment before rushing it off along with the thought. He could make up for that with this meeting. "Air?" He blinked. This was certainty a great place for air... "You picked quite an area.." He chuckled slightly. His expression changed as he retraced her words though. Royalty was a pain. "Yeah... I imagine you never get out much, do you? Well, hey. We're both free for now~ Anywhere you'd like to go?" Ver smirked. Runaways.
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Waifu Trashu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:49 pm
Ivy
Ivy's tail thumped the ground repeatedly as she wagged it in delight.
An escort would make this venture much easier, in her opinion, and she'd have a less likely chance of getting hurt since he was so big and intimidating.
He was bound to ward off any would-be-enemies.
Not that there wasn't alternative perks to his company, he did seem quite nice.
"Go? I'm not sure. I don't really know the area that well." She barely had the guild itself memorized, the Glaceon constantly got lost in there without Solaris or Moonfall around.
As she pondered quietly, straining her memory to recall somewhere...anywhere...they could go to, her stomach gave a distinct and demanding grumble.
The Glaceon's face flushed from light pink to tomato red in seconds.
Thank you stomach, thank you for that.
"I-I guess...somewhere with food?" She asked sheepishly, head ducked and paws scuffing the ground.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:59 pm
VerOkay. Okay this was going well so far! Ver's tail wavered as well for a moment as Ivy spoke. He expected her to know the area-- but then again, she did mention not getting out much. He came still in the silence before his eyes widened slightly and his ears twitched at the sound of her stomach growling. He made a nearly silent whine in response as he struggled to keep the cutesy comments at bay. Good boy, Ver. ...Food... Food! Food was fine. Yes, food was just fine. Leave it to fatty to know the food locations. He nodded quickly as he stood. "That's fine~ Can't leave a princess starving~" Not exactly. Kinda but needed a sweet term. ((TO THE KINGDOM *Points and falls forward* Feel free to pick next postttttt-- or I can.))
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:27 pm
 Tolin" ...You said you had a job. What do you want?" The voice seemed to carry throughout and past the enclosed alley, as if stretched and pulled by the faint breeze. " This." Tolin handed the sheet of paper to the Smeargle. " I need you to destroy this the city over. Contact friends if you can to cover other areas." The Smeargle examined it over with care. " This seems a little fishy. A Jirachi? Tower of Origins? Who put this thing out? I don't wanna piss anyone off." " Let's just say it's someone who I've invested a great deal to stop. I'd prefer the man on the paper alive." The Smeargle backed off slightly. This seemed like a bad idea. He didn't know who the Scyther was, but he seemed like he meant some serious business. " I think I'm going to have to pass..." He took a few, careful steps back as he constantly kept an eye on the Scyther. " Look. Right now, in this world, there's two people you need to worry about pissing off. Both of them can kill you with just a thought, but only one of them can find you anywhere you go. Which one am I?" The Smeargle took a few hurried steps back and grabbed his tail which quickly formed a thin sheet of ice in preparation for an attack. Before he even had time to react, the Scyther had the tip of his blade stuck to his throat. " Fine, fine, I get it. I'll do it. What exactly is it that you need done?" The Scyther drew back, taking care to avoid any sort of counterattack in case it were merely a ruse. " Take that poster and make copies of it, but change the wording. Put down different rewards, put in different pokemon, change the description, change the location... Things like that. Then put them up all over town. If any of the original get put back up, tear some down to try and keep it in balance. I don't want anyone knowing which one is the original. And try not to get caught when you do it." The Smeargle looked at the sheet. This would be a little bit of a pain. He knew a guy with a printing press, but keeping the variety high enough to avoid suspicion would be hard. But, on the other hand, this Scyther didn't seem to be joking about the whole murder thing. Well... he could always "take" the job, do it for a little while and then slip out after a week. " Fine. I'll do it. But at the first sign of trouble, I'm gone. My pa' didn't raise a fool." Tolin nodded and backed off as he set to opening up the bag at his side. " That's fine. Just do your job and don't get caught doing it." He tossed the bag over to the Smeargle, who caught it in midair and set to opening it. The look of shock was plain as day. " That's your pay. For the next week. Do a good job and you'll see more of it." The Smeargle looked up at the Scyther and then dug his hand into the bag. He very quickly closed the bag back up and bowed readily. " Well then, Dmitri is at your service. I shall do the job to my utmost capability, sir...?" " You never met me." The Scyther disappeared in the crack of a teleport, leaving Dmitri standing on his own. A look of glee slowly overrode his face. " My pa' always did tell me to follow the money~ Dmitri's gonna be eating good tonight!"
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:29 pm
 
Orion --- Topaz
The streets were crowded, the sleek gray Espeon pushed past the crowd with little pause. He had a destination set in his mind and no amount of pushy Pokemon would deter him from it.
Pausing to examine the stalls to his left, Orion narrowed both red eyes as his target came into his view.
She would not be pleased to see him. Most Pokemon never were.
Stepping forward lightly, he pretended to examine some of the ornate necklaces that seemed to be made of carved ice. Nevermeltice to be exact. They were pretty, he had to restrain himself to keep from pawing at one. As he acted the part of the intrigued browser he waited until she had finished speaking to another customer before turning in her direction.
"Topaz, how are you?"
The Froslass turned sharply, what was blue on most Pokemon were orange on her. Aside from the odd coloring she seemed to be a normal Froslass, though somewhat aged.
Upon spotting the Espeon she gave a start and pulled back as though preparing to run.
Orion would have none of that, he leapt upward onto the counter and a Protect shield formed at her back to block the only other path of escape.
"...no. I need your help."
"I know the kind of help you want, I won't do it again. Last time was...last time was horrible. She's still in that room isn't she, Orion? She's still restrained like some anima-"
"ENOUGH." The Psychic hissed, teeth flashing in a snarl.
"This time will be different. There isn't much left for you to break..." He turned, his tail swished in a silent command to follow and the Froslass hesitantly shifted in place before sighing and following.
It was that or he drag her along by force.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:23 pm
 
Steven & Christine
Steven did find himself back in the city. It hadn't taken long after that debacle in the forest for him to come back. And, of course, he had a good reason to do so...
He wanted to peel her off, he really did, but she had decided to settle on the back of his head and there really wasn't anything he could do about that. The Sentret had laid herself over the back of Steven's head with her tiny little hands gripping onto his wing-like ears. Her little feet just barely touched his shell as she turned lightly back and forth to take in the sights around her. There was so many things here! Tall flat things came in different sizes, colours and kinds. Everything from a cheap, flat wall made of plaster to a brick & mortar store was new and exciting.
Fortunately for Steven, she was exceptionally light. Even for a Sentret, she weighed very little... otherwise the ordeal would be a rather painful one.
Steven walked along the streets taking in the various sights as he decided what to do... or tried to, anyways. He wasn't sure. There was an adoption center for unhatched eggs... not that it did him any good. There wasn't an actual orphanage anywhere, but he didn't have the heart to abandon the little thing. That would be just too cruel. But he wasn't sure he could keep her, either... Keeping her meant taking her on jobs or leaving her alone in the wild for extended periods of time. It also meant a lot of money... money for food, money for water, money for blankets and supplies and a basic education...
He could afford it if he took a lot of work and kept his belt tight, but he valued money a lot. It was a big investment to make... something he wasn't sure if he could do or not.
The Wartortle leaned forward slightly as he closed his eyes and rubbed his head. This was more thinking than he liked to do... Well, this was more indecision than he liked. Work was easy. This is too risky for the pay, or this amount of pay is worth the risk, or the client seems nice so there could be negotiations... lots of things.
Deciding what to do with a barely-hatched child wasn't so easy. He felt an obligation even if it wasn't there. It wasn't an easy choice.
As Steven was lost in his thoughts, he failed to take notice of the little Sentret's heightened breathing and quiet chittering. As he had walked through the city, he had gone from place to place to place... from quiet and simple to very loud and bustling. New colours and forms flashed through her vision. She wasn't sure she liked this!
With a sudden tug, the little Sentret climbed up Steven's head and ran down his face to hide in his shell. It was nice there, it was safe there.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:59 pm
Ivy
It wasn't often she managed to escape the palace. Security had been bumped up and Uncle Solaris was on a tirade of panic since the last attacks and her Great grandmother's passing. It was sad, but Ivy had never met her so the sorrow didn't stick for long. She felt some guilt at getting over it quicker than the others, but that was just how she was. Sad things weren't something she wanted to dwell on, but as unfortunate as the circumstances were they did open up her chance to get some air. Everyone was so preoccupied lately that they didn't notice the Glaceon slip out of the guild and she made it to the street market undetected. Glorious!
She glanced around, hoping to find something worthy of holding her attention. The trinkets in the stalls lined up on either side of her were hardly interesting enough to occupy her time. Sure, they were shiny and a few of the necklaces caught her eye as something she'd like and had she the gold she'd have considered it, but she had forgotten to bring any with her. Shame.
Gazing past the crowd a flash of brown and biege caught her attention. Just as quickly as she saw it the thing had vanished into a white and bro-oh! That was a shell! A Wartortle's shell to be exact!
Her curiousity peeked, what could that have been, the Glaceon made quick pace to catch up to the water type.
"Hello!" She greeted cheerfully, padding up to walk alongside him. "How are you this nice day?" Polite conversation first, then figure out what she'd just seen. ...first phrase the question properly. She didn't think 'Can I look into your shell?' would go over well at all.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:24 pm
Steven & Christine
"Oh come on, get out of there..."
As much as he wanted to, he couldn't really interact with the Sentret at all once she dove into his shell. All he could really do is speak into it and tap on it, but the child wasn't anywhere near old enough to understand anything but the most basic forms of communication. If he screamed or shouted sure enough he could scare her and he could communicate very, very basic ideas... but that was about it. He didn't have any means to get her out of his shell, which was kind of inconvenient as it made walking a little bit hard.
He was pulled from staring into his own shell when the Glaceon spoke to him. Did he know this girl? He hadn't recalled ever meeting a Glaceon and she was too young to be involved in his work.
Whatever. Had it been any other day he would've just kept on going, but he didn't really have any business or tasks... even if it was just idle chatter with a stranger it might help give him perspective.
"Fine, thanks."
His response was nothing if not brief and simplistic. Steven wasn't exactly the kind of person you talked to randomly. Idle chatter was something of a weak point for him.
His body language however was receptive if a bit... odd. He almost looked as if he were hunched over inside of his shell?
Aside from the bit of strangeness however, he was facing the Glaceon properly and he didn't seem to be shying away from the encounter.
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