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Word traveled fast among the wild pokemon of Zatao. A shaymin had found a valley perfect for a large group of pokemon, and away from humans, or so the rumors had said. A meeting place had been designated by the shaymin, located at the base of what the humans called the Kesfas Mountains. Whether by whim or determination, you've decided to make the trek to Shaymin's Sanctum to see it for yourself.

Arriving at the meeting point, you see that you are not alone - wild pokemon of all kinds are already there, having no doubt heard the same rumors as you. Strangely, there is no sign of the shaymin in question. Maybe you should ask the other wild pokemon if they've seen any sign of them?

Goliath wove through the underbrush towards the supposed location he'd heard in a rumor. The rumor was an interesting mention of a pokemon he had never heard of before. His curiosity was piqued, however, he remained a bit skeptical.

As he drew near to the clearing, he spotted a crowd of many different wild pokemon. Grumbling about hating crowds to himself, he moved toward the group hoping to find a decent place to sit without many problems. Going through the crowd he didn't hear much about Shaymin, the rumored pokemon, being there. Surly if it was in the clearing the pokemon would be talking about it. His nerves were frayed by the time he arrived at a place in the crowd that he was comfortable with. He was certain that today would not be a good day to enjoy.

Skitty had woken up near by the mountain, unsure what was going on she decided that she would stick around and see what was going on, listening to those around her mentioning something about a Shaymin, a Shaymin wasn't the usual thing you saw around these parts but the Skitty stretched and stood up and moved closer to the mountain, curious more so now about what was to happen.

Marmalade was taking a nap under an overhanging bush. It had taken her a long time to get to this mountain; lopunny may be swift, but they could not keep it up for long. She had reached this place last night, with others who had heard of the Shaymin's blessed place, but now as the many voices woke her, she noticed many more had come.

Many pokemon who turned up looked gleeful or relieved until they copped an eyeful of all the other pokemon and scowled or got ugly looks on their faces. Marmalade could not understand why; a place without humans should be a place for all pokemon who wanted to live there, not just one pokemon and shaymin. Shaymin wasn't hiding the fact it had found a human-free place, it was surely the one spreading the news.

Marmalade thought of going back to sleep just to avoid the drama, but she thought perhaps that things would happen now and she did not want to miss out. She crawled out from the hanging fronds of the bush and hopped down to the base of the mountain where the grass ended and rubble began.

Mokosh usually could be found on the Carona Coast but even she caught rumor of Shaymin's little sanctuary. She was intrigued even if her friend Meredith had scoffed at it saying it was only a rumor and had pointed out that it was likely there would be no water for the jellyfish pokemon.

Still Mokosh traveled from her cold water home to even colder waters. She knew that the meeting was near the northern mountains but how to get to the meeting spot. There were no real rivers up there that she knew of. Bobbing in the water she considered how to get on the land without dragging herself up there. As she considered this a Pelipper swooped down and scooped her up thinking she was something to eat. She stung him with her tentacles after he flew over the land and he quickly dropped her from the air.

Hitting some trees on her way down Mokosh now considered her situation. Looks like she really will be dragging herself. She only hoped she didn't dry out while she tried to make it to some water or the meeting spot. Reaching out her tentacles she began to drag/flop herself forward.

Honestly this mode of travel wasn't easy or very.... productive. Finally she spotted a pokemon running in, what she hoped, the direction of the meeting spot. She reached out a tentacle and grabbed on. The pokemon turned around and saw her and freaked. It ended up dragging her a good ways in the direction she needed to go but it was very bumpy. When it finally shook her off she was worse for the wear and there was this strange slimy trail behind her.

Beginning to think she wasn't going to make it Mokosh noticed some Mankeys swinging from the trees. Hm.. now that seemed to be a good way to travel. She should be able to do that too if only she could reach the branches. After much trying and stretching Mokosh still hadn't reached any branches so she could swing her way to the meeting place. Seeing a Mankey climb up the tree with its tail hanging down she flopped over to it. She reached up and grabbed its tail which seemed to irritate it. It yelled at her some and with a good flick of its tail sent her flying up into the branches.

She caught onto one and her head flipped down making the world upside down. Hm... this would be interesting. She began to swing and reached out to the next branch. She traveled this way to the meeting spot but often had to stop as she was getting slimy and it was making it hard to grip the trees. Finally spotting the group she hung from a branch above one of the pokemon. A bunch of the slime on her slide down to the top of her head (which was closest to the ground as she was hanging upside down) and then dripped off. It looked like it could either hit the pokemon below her or just miss it. Whoops at she she wasn't falling on it..... Her tentacles began slip and now she was falling.

((Quote me if you want to be the pokemon who Mokosh is hanging over/about to fall on. Also she's going to need a buddy to help her travel... and possibly keep her wet. XP And totally feel free to call me on just making stuff up for how she made it here. lol ))

Among the Pokemon gathered in the mountains Chi hadn't actually heard the news of Shaymin's Sanctum. Or maybe she had, but was too busy tracking Rei down. She was focused, and everything else was background noise to the Growlithe.

Looking up she spotted a familiar scarf and moved to pounce the fellow canine.

{ Please quote me if you want to interact with Barneby the Caterpie. }


Slowly inching his way along, the tiny, nervous Caterpie scooted along the grand route between the small home he kept tucked safely within, to the rumored spot that a Shaymin had said would be a haven from the dangers of humans. What a nice world that sounded like... how could Barneby pass up such a chance? Even if it meant risking his life actually getting there... surely it would be worth it.

And so he'd mustered up all the minute courage he possessed, and headed for the dedicated location.

As he slowly began to breach the area, his easy inching slowed further, antenna twitching delicately upon his head, large eyes blinking as he took in the sight of others present at the gathering. So many.... sunken posture wilting further, he kept moving forward, but his nerves got the best of him, making a noticeable distance be kept between him and the strangers.

As the wild pokemon waited for the shaymin to appear, a green masquerain showed up. She flew around the gathered pokemon, trying to get their attention. "Hey, listen!" She repeated the words an increasingly annoying amount of times before she felt she had everyone's attention. "You guys are allllllll here for the place the shaymin found, right~??" Looking around, she saw a number of the wild pokemon nod. "Alright~! I'm your guide to the sanctum! My name is Lain, so you guys can call me that! Or just, 'hey, you!'. I answer to that, too!"

Continuing to flutter in place, she turned and gestured to the bushes behind her. "Alright~. So! The path isn't actually a path. Not yet, anyways. So you guys who have to walk, sorry~! We're goin' through the brush - well, you are, anyways. I'm going to just fly above it, obviously!" Lain laughed as if she had made a joke that would be funny to someone - anyone - other than her. "Let's go!" And with that, she fluttered over towards the bushes.