Lapras Valley University Starts! LSUs are always welcome!

[Jon UKX]

Jon
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I was busy typing my story on my laptop and was waiting for my other room mates to come in but since Sam had gone home for the weekend and would be back soon, Andrew was at the kennels and I didn't know where Ebony and so I continued to type.

Then I remember that my pokemon battle class was in an hour so I returned my pokemon to their pokeballs, wrote a note to any new room mate that I was in class and quickly packed my rucksack and locked the door and ran to the caferteria.

[Girafarig]

HI can I join

Name: John Michael
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Physical Description: On the short side, with brown hair, high cheekbones, olivish skin, thin glasses, black eyes, height 5' 2",
Personality: Friendly, low-temper, sarcastic though. Not extremely smart, but not dumb either. Just average.
Girlfriend: Not yet
History: Only child, lived average life, not like anything too interesting
Other: Has a puppy, Walter. Acts mostly like any college kid, but doesn't drink, smoke, do drugs.
Pokemon: Runpapa (Padros), Bakuuda (Bin Roaster ), Raiboruto (Zapzilla), Pelliper (Pelikill), Onigoori (Icesplosion), Marunoomu (Gluttonzilla) All Male

There we go

[Jon UKX]

Jon
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After finishing PBC I went to my dorm where Sam was already there stroking his Pichu, I decided to talk to him and I said:
"Hey Sam"
"Hi Jon" replied Sam happily
"Good Weekend?" I asked
"Yeah it was cool" replied Sam in a bored tone
I couldn't wait to show him Hope and Beauty and so I decided to release them.
"Sam, meet Hope the Agehanto and Beauty the Hinbasu!" I shouted with pride.
The look on Sam's face when he saw them and he said in shear astonishment:
"You said that you only had four pokemon with you!"
I smiled and then got my mobile and texted Andrew:

WHERE R U?

I realised that I needed to make new friends at that moment as having Sam, Ebony and Andrew would be tedious after a while.

[Samchu]

Sam
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"Cool." I commented.
Pichu jumped down off of my lap and walked over to the Jon's pokemon and they engaged in conversation almost immediately.
"Looks like they're getting along well." I said to Jon.
"Yeah." He agreed, putting away his mobile.
"Hey Jon, if you haven't got any plans, you wanna go explore the campus?" I offered.
I had nothing better to do and anything would be better than that weekend I'd just spent with my mum.

[Jon UKX]

Jon
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While Sam and I explored the campus, I was looking at my picture of my family and stared at it for a long time, thinking about my family back in Hoenn made me feel sad but my thoughts were interupted by Sam:
“Jon, what was in Hoenn?”
“It was okay, but I didn’t think it as an amazing place it was more a place to live” I replied“So what was it like where you lived?”

I was feeding Hope while Sam spoke about his life.

[Samchu]

Sam
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"Not bad..." Okay complete lie. "No it wasn't, it was terrible. I grew up with my dad who was probably the world's biggest drinker and regularly hit me. Which would probably explain why my mum left and never wanted anything to do with me. Anyway, when I was 7 my dad ended up killing a bunch of people has been in prison since. So I have spent several years escaping from orphanages. Anyway, my mum finally decided to take some interest in my life and gave me ome money so I could get a trainer licence. And that's pretty much what I've been doing for the past few years, wandering around with my pokemon with no real clue what to do." I sighed. I couldn't believe I'd just been so open.

[Girafarig]

JM

"Oh dear crap!", I screamed as I fell out of the tree. Suddenly I noticed both of the two guys staring at me. "Um, I was just, uh, getting specimins for biology, uh... forget it. Sorry, I was eavesdropping. But, I feel really sorry for you, Sam. Oh, by the way, I'm John Michael, but call me JM. Anyway, I'm from Hiwaniki City. You know, the treetop city in Hoenn. Anyway, I gotta get going. I got Pokebiology next period. Bye.

[Last Exile]

Here's my first post for this RPG. Gabi, Nala, I hope this doesn't clash that much with what you guys wrote so far.

-Ryan-

Wasn't this appropriate. Riding out towards Lapras Valley University...on a Lapras!
"You doing okay there, Crystal?"
"Hmmm hmmm HMMM!" came my trusty steed's reply. Crystal was streaming through the water at a steady pace, the cool clear liquid rippling around her fins. Fine spray sprinkled against my soft face, cooling yet invigorating my optimistic spirit. I hadn't felt that way for quite a while. New beginnings were on the way.
I fished out a half-folded pamphlet informing me further about my destination. Lapras Valley University, the one place to be to hit the big time in the Pokemon League. This was the launching pad to fulfill dreams, but if you weren't serious enough or good enough, it was game over. It was quite an impressive place. I had seen some decent universities in my time, but this one was fully self-sufficient. Just being accepted into this place was a big deal. All applicants were bound to find themselves in the Pokemon League magazine in the 'Next Generation' section. Talk about pressure. Failure is not an option at LVU.
Zinger had benefited from his two hour flight. His precision and ability to maintain altitude had improved vastly over the last few months. He could already ignite with the fury of a raging bushfire, but his other powers were what needed refining. Once he accepted that, things were finally smoother within the group.
To me, my Pokemon are as much my friends as are any human friends of mine. Insult my Pokemon, you'll regret it. But hey, my team and I don't resort to violence. We're the ones that usually fix up the messes around the place. That's how I get my satisfaction in life. That's how I get to sleep at night. Making others happy. But it was time to get some for myself.
"We're going to have to get through some official stuff before we can settle in. Chaos, I'm gonna need to send my mum notice that I've arrived. Your remember where the post office here is, right?"
"Scizor!" seethed the loyal red one before flashing a brief but true smile and zooming away on his wings.
Chaos has a blunt manner at times but once you get to know him, you understand it's a sign of his intense loyalty. You have to understand swarm mentality in order to relate to a Scizor. They pledge their loyalty to the swarm at all costs. Life to life, brother to brother. So Chaos considers himself a member of our swarm and maintains his loyalty to me and the other members at all times. In fact, Chaos seem to like doing everyday tasks. It's one of the few times you can induce a smile from him. His intense manner is part of what a Scizor is. You get used to it after a while.
"Well, looks like they've got a pretty large park here. Sakura will love that. And we can surely bet that Mystic and Karma will!"
Crystal hid a stifled laugh. Everyone in the group knew that Mystic and Karma had a thing going. But you didn't hear it from me, okay?! Those two would nail me if I dared mention it to anyone outside the group.
"Pool, might be a bit small for you thought, Crystal. Kennel areas, not bad. Pokemon Centre, separate gyms for humans and Pokemon, training oval, Battle Stadiums. You guys are going to get some decent facilities this time. And I've got everything I could want. This is going to be cool, I swear!"
"Hmmm!"
"Sweet, we've arrived."
I leapt from my trusty steed and returned Crystal to her Pokeball. Three hours of swimming was more than enough for her. She definitely needed some recuperation time, as did Zinger. So a trip to the Pokemon Centre was on the cards. I had probably better do that in person. The people at the post office were used to seeing Chaos drop off mail but I could only imagine that the Nurse Joy that would see Chaos dropping off Pokeballs would faint at the sight of it. Not quite the way to break the ice. I wanted to be on good terms with as many people as possible here. Connections are important. Connections will get you along in life.
"Okay, administration building...that way." It was going to get some time to get familiar with the place. The sheer size of the LVU campus was spellbinding! Fortunately it was one of those more ecologically friendly universities. Plenty of lawn lining paved walkways and trees of all kinds along the terraces. It was a place that seemed warm and welcoming. But not everything is as it seems. You learn that quickly in life. But you couldn't deny the beauty of this place.
Walking through automatic doors I headed to the front desk. A slight disappointment followed. The desk was made of false wood. I kind of expected better, but hey, it's the modern world after all.
"Welcome to Lapras Valley University," chirped the female receptionist, sporting a smile that looked like it had been used too often. "What can I do for you today?"
"Hi. My name's Ryan Mendes. I'm here to complete the registration for my enrolment."
"Certainly sir. May I see your enrolment, subject and fees forms please?"
"Sure." I retrieved them from the blue folder inside my black backpack and handed them to the receptionist, who quickly scanned over them like clockwork.
"Everything seems in order. You're officially registered into Lapras Valley University. Congratulations. Now, here are your student card, your timetable, year schedule, orientation guide and library card. I just need to quickly determine which house you're to be placed in. The four houses here at LVU are Aquaris, Solaria, Flaria and Taras."
Houses. Hmmm, I wondered whether this was going to be something like Harry Potter.
"You're placed in Flaria house. You're the sixth person from that house to have registered yet. When you get to your house you can determine your roommate there. Good luck."
"Thank you."
So I was in Flaria house. Not bad. I've always liked the element of fire. It's a pure and essential part of life. Aquaris wouldn't have been bad either, or Solaris. Taras sounded like a really clumsy name. I pity those that were unfortunate to be in that house. But then again, what's in a name? Maybe such an assumption was unfounded and could bite me in the backside if I wasn't careful, so I set aside my early impressions of Taras.
As I headed out of the administration building, I checked my map to see where Flaria house was situated. As fortune would have it, it was just slightly southwest to the administration building. Flaria house was also the closest to the kennel area, the restaurant, the vetrenarians and the science/IT facility. We were as close to the training oval, the Pokemon gym and the Pokemon Centre as Solaris. We were the furthest away from the classrooms, though. Boy, was that going to suck! Same deal for the park, the pool and the block in the north-east corner with most of the feature stores. Such is life. Flaria house did seem a fair way away from the rest of the houses though. Taras was closest to us but they were way up in the north west area.
"Well, guess I'd better settle in."
It was a short walk to Flaria house. I was quickly impressed by the architecture. The top of the building had a flame-like structure. The symbol of fire was encapsulated by a ring of stone and a motto lay underneath. "Flaria - The House Where Dreams Are Forged Into Reality." Now that was better than your average motto.
Walking through the double doors I quickly surveyed the area. I quickly detected the smell of males fresh out of high school. The faint smell of perfume lingered in the air as well. I breathed a heavy sigh of relief. There were some females in my house! I would have gone insane if there wasn't.
"Guess you're the newest member, hey?"
The voice that greeted me was female. She was a fairly pleasant person. She was in decent shape, sported long hair that lingered somewhere between blonde and brunette and a very soft pair of blue eyes. She seemed kind of withdrawn though. Maybe that was because she was in a new environment with people she didn't know. Always an unsettling feeling. But from experience, I found that the transition was easier at university than it is at high school.
"Seems to be the case. I'm Ryan," I replied, extending my hand in offer of a handshake.
"I'm Nala. Nice to see someone a bit less green here. Too many people fresh out of high school here. Kinda unnerving with all these hormones running around," she joked.
"Know the feeling."
"Glad I haven't got one of those people as a roommate," she added.
"Oh," I blurted without even thinking. "Are you looking for one."
In a few seconds Nala sized me up, making an important decision on the spot.
"I think you're safe enough," she smirked.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. Should be fun."
Nala quickly looked down to her sports watch. "Well, I wanna go for a walk before it gets too dark. I'll leave you to get settled in. We'll have plenty of time to get to know each other later."
"I look forward to that," I replied sincerely, sitting up on my bed.
Nala smiled for a few seconds then left in a bit of a hurry. Maybe she thought she'd smiled a bit too long. I didn't. I don't read in too much into early behaviour. She did have a nice smile though. Females in general have far superior smiles compared to males.
I placed my suitcase and backpack beside my bed and stared around the room for a moment. There was a TV, a couple of desks, separate cupboards. All of the furniture was made from mahogany wood in 1940s style. It gave the room a real homely feel. I was going to like this. But I needed to liven up the walls with a few posters. Nothing raunchy though. I'd be sticking to music and video game posters.

I decided to follow Nala's lead and take a quick walk around the campus. I needed practice at learning my way around the place. I also needed a few items from the mini-supermarket, so I headed north-east. But not before long, I came across someone who was in a bit of a minor crisis.
"Aw, hell! I knew I shouldn't have bloody dyed my hair blonde during Schoolies week!"
Seriously, I wanted to burst out laughing. But that wasn't appropriate. "Well mate, you do look about as bad as Billy Idol. But a bit of hair dye from the supermarket should fix that."
The young male breathed a sigh of relief. "That's the first bit of good news I've had all day. Um, which way is the supermarket?"
"North-east corner. That way," I pointed.
"Cheers, mate. I'm Andy from Taras house. And you're...?"
"Ryan from Flaria house. I'll probably see ya around."
"Deal. Later mate."
He seemed nice enough. Guess Taras was a deceptive name. If only I'd watched where I was going when I was thinking that. But in retrospect, I was sure glad I didn't. Because I bumped into the one person that ended up being the one to meet.
"Oops, sorry about that!" chirped a delightful female voice. "I had my face absorbed in this map. I can't quite figure out where everything is. I'm sorry I walked into you!"
"That's okay," I replied. "No problem..." As she lowered her map to reveal her face, I was lost for words. Her face instantly beamed out to everyone within eye contact and said 'I'm happy to be here and I like you all.' Somehow I felt special, really special. This girl seemed so warm and welcoming. Okay, I'd better start speaking again, quickly!
"Are you okay?" she inquired sweetly.
"Sure, never better." Where did that come from?! Pull yourself together, mate! "Just that...you're holding your map upside-down."
The blonde girl gasped with a start. "Oh, why didn't I figure that out earlier?! That means my house is right over there!" She was pointing at a house with a mixture of pale and deep blues, a wave symbol on top and the motto 'Aquaris House - Where Dreams Flow Into Reality.'
"So you're in Aquaris, then?" I asked innocently, desperately trying to make conversation.
"Indeed! And you're in Flaria house, right?"
Was she psychic or something?! "Right. How did you know that?"
"I was wandering around there half an hour ago. I saw you go in there."
"Boy, I guess you were lost."
"Well, you fixed that for me. I'm Gabi, by the way. And you are?"
"Ryan." I needed to say something. This was getting awkward! "Well, I guess you'll need to get settled in then. I'll leave you to it. Hopefully we'll cross paths again."
"Oh, I think we can be sure of that!" she chirped. "Thanks for all your help!" And with that she turned towards the Aquaris house area.
Well, that was something! Three friends in one day. An opening stand the Aussie cricket team would be proud of. Now, where was I headed to? Aquaris house, that's right. Wait, no! The supermarket, you nimrod! Oh boy. This was going to be a long year. But already I knew it was going to be fun.

[Andrew]

Andrew - Taras House
Pokemon - Mr. Mime {M}, Lickitung (F), Delibird (M)
Animals - Rocky (M) Australian Red Kelpie.

Walking Rocky around, he'd tried to pee on every pole, tree and perhaps living object. Being in a new environment it looked like he'd wanted to "Tag" everything . Dirty dog. We'd gone and looked around all the new places, and I'd let him run off leash for a while in the park, but I soon called him back and leashed him back up, his chocolate brown body wagging.

Walking back to the Kennels, I wondered if I had more roomates while I was out. Right now I knew there was Sam, Jon and some poor girl they'd trapped. But were any others coming I wondered. But if there were only four of us in the house, that'd kick butt. I put rocky back in his room, and awaiting him was a bowl of doggie food, not the most appealing meal I'd ever seen, but well he seemed to enjoy it thoroughly.

I took out my Timetable sheet I'd grabbed from Reception and looked at it, apparently there was an "Free Orientation BBQ" in the park soon. It'd be a great way to meet some new people and grab a free bite to eat. It started in about an hour. Suddenly my crotch started vibrating again. It was another SMS from my roomies. I was wondering why I gave it to them... WHERE R U it came and I quickly texted back, Free BBQ in Park. Seeya later I still had some time to kill so I decided to look at the campus shops.

I was getting some wierd looks about my platnum blonde hair, sure my male mates had said it looked absolutely crap, but most of the gals I knew liked it. I was really unsure of it so decided to go into the mini supermarket, it was cheaper than the pharmasists for hair dye, but I wouldn't get help with it which was a downside. I looked at the Campus Board trying to desipher the "You are here" and I had to find the shops.

"Aw, hell! I knew I shouldn't have bloody dyed my hair blonde during Schoolies week!" I cursed myself aloud as I tried to read the map, covered over with some spider web.

"Well mate, you do look about as bad as Billy Idol. But a bit of hair dye from the supermarket should fix that." s******ed a guy as he came up next to me. But who was Billy Idol?

He introduced himself as Ryan and from Flaria House. We had a quick chat before we took off in different directions. I eventually found the shops and there was a newsagents, ducking in to grab a newspaper I saw that girl who was lost before. She was quite attractive so I decided to introduce myself.
"Err, Hi" I said giving a silly grin.

"Yes?" She said a bit wierdly and looked at my hair, she looked a bit unsure of me as her Raichu stood next to her, looking a bit confused as to what to do.

"I saw you were lost before and um, you're not now and that's good and everything, but I'm sorry I didn't help you and yeah but its all good right!" I blathered as she looked at me, a bit shocked, she ran her hand through her blonde hair.

"I'm Nala, nice to meet you" she said rather calmly with a smile and shook my hand.

"I'm Andrew, sorry I just kinda felt guilty about not helping you before" It was like I was spouting verbal rubbish everywhere.

She gave a grin as she held onto her copy of "Trainer's Weekly" which had a big picture of the latest tournament champ on the front. "Well if you had've been a proper Gentlemen, you would've helped me then" she gave a laugh.

"Well um..." I stumbled, "My dog can be unpredictable around people he doesn't know so I thought it was best if you weren't missing a leg" I gave a smile.

"You have a dog on Campus!?" she gave a gasp as she said this. Obviously people thought I was a nutter bringing an animal on campus.

"Err... yes..." I said.

There was an uncomfortable silence as we all stood there for a few seconds, happy smiles on and looking a bit confused.

"Wanna come to the free sausage sizzle orientation thingie?" I broke the silence with, hopefully I wouldn't be the only person to turn up to it. And plus we'd maybe get to meet the teachers too.

[Lady Vulpix]

Funny intro, Ryan! It's great to have you here!

Gabi
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Ok, day 1 in my new life and it was already getting weirder than I could have imagined. Good thing I normally liked weirdness. As long as it wasn't distasteful, that is. Luke couldn't believe he had followed Psywing into someone else's room. I guess the Xatu was just curious about having someone new in the house. Anyway, everything ended well and we all had a laugh together.
After that, I went to the bathroom and found... Cascade taking a shower! The whole place was a mess. He must have had a hard time getting the water to come out and now all the walls were soaked and the floor was flooded. I closed the taps and picked a towel to dry everything out, and one more for Cascade.
"What were you thinking?!," I scolded him. "We've just moved in; it's too soon to get us kicked out. I heard there's a swimming pool nearby. If you want water, you can go there. And even if what you want is a shower, you can ask me first. These taps were made for humans to open them, not Vaporeons."
Cascade looked at me with his big, shiny black eyes and smiled sheepishly. I didn't know if he had learned that from Sunny, or she had learned it from him (though she didn't normally smile like that if I shouted at her; she just gave me an innocent sorry look). In any case, it always worked. Not that I could stay mad at any of my pokemon for longer than 1 minute.
"What am I going to do with you?," I smiled, scratching the Vaporeon's head. "Ok, let's find the pool. And please behave from now on or you'll get us all in trouble."
I took my map, which was bound to be one of my most valued possesions for the next few days, and used it to find my way to the pool. Jasper, my Espeon, tagged along and soon both Eeveelutions were having fun in the water.
As for myself, it would be hard to tell where I was. My mind was too busy reviewing the events of that day and all my projects and questions about my nearest future. My kept were watching my two pokemon, and all of a sudden I felt it would be nice to be in the water with them. I told Cascade and Jasper to wait for me until I came back with my swimming suit. Well... what can I say? That took me MUCH longer than I expected!
It's incredible what my body can do when my mind drifts away from it. I walked automatically, inmerse in my thoughts when I realized I had been walking for too long. Aquarus was not so far from the swimming pool. I looked around and found another house.
"Well, at least I'm getting to know the place," I thought.
The look of the house was impressive, with its flame-like top and its red walls... a shade of red that was attractive to the sight, unlike other red constructions I had seen in the past. I reckoned it had to be the Flaria house. I saw a nice-looking guy get in the house. Strange, I normally didn't emit any judgements on people's looks, but there was something about him that made me feel like I wanted to know him. I didn't know what it was, though. Still, I was too shy to get in the house and try to start a conversation with a stranger (what would I have said?), so I simply hoped the right time would eventually come.
I turned away from the Flaria house and tried to find Aquarus again. It shouldn't be that hard... except for the fact that my mind was on a thousand places, none of which including what was commonly known as 'here and now'. I took the map in my hands, but it was all in vain. I just couldn't concentrate. And to crown a big day, I ended up bumping into someone.
"Oops, sorry about that!," I apologized. "I had my face absorbed in this map. I can't quite figure out where everything is. I'm sorry I walked into you!"
"That's ok," he replied. "No problem."
I looked up to the face of my 'victim', and it turned out to be no one else buy the guy I'd seen at the Flaria house!
I felt like the sun had settled inside my cheeks, making them burn from the inside. He looked at me, and I felt a slight tickle. I hate physical tickles, but not that kind. This was the kind that made me smile, just like all the other beautiful mysteries of the world which no one had found a name for. Energy flowing free from one person to another, following no rules and no indications. Most people couldn't even feel it. I could, and I loved it. I wouldn't try to understand it. The rational part of my mind was not meant to mess with that stuff. It was meant to remind me that I was now standing in front of someone I didn't know, and that I had just bumped into him.
"Are you okay?" I asked him.
"Sure, never better," he replied. The sensation became stronger. All of a sudden, I didn't know if I was awake or dreaming. The whole situation had a dreamy feel to it. As if physical laws could be broken. "Just that...you're holding your map upside-down."
I gasped, embarrassed, reality falling down on me with a start.
"Oh, why didn't I figure that out earlier?!," I scolded myself. "That means my house is right over there!"
It was incredible how, once I jumped back into the real world, everything began to make sense. Well, almost everything anyway.
"So you're in Aquaris, then?" he asked me.
"Indeed!," I replied. "And you're in Flaria house, right?"
"Right. How did you know that?," he inquired.
"I was wandering around there half an hour ago. I saw you go in there."
"Boy, I guess you were lost," he commented. He had no idea.
"Well, you fixed that for me," I thanked him. "I'm Gabi, by the way. And you are?"
"Ryan," he responded. I liked the sound of that name. It was almost musical. "Well, I guess you'll need to get settled in then. I'll leave you to it. Hopefully we'll cross paths again."
"Oh, I think we can be sure of that!," I told him, making sense of the countless thoughts that had crossed my mind, some of them probabilistic, some simple wishes and some bordering on precognition. "Thanks for all your help!"
I decided to go back to the house and get my things before Jasper and Cascade melted away. I really owed them an apology. Or so I thought, until I got back to the pool and found them enjoying themselves so much that they had lost track of time. I swam with them for a short while, but I got out soon, as it was almost time for dinner. I wondered if I would meet more interesting people at the bar. I would already be able to talk to Luke, Craig and Ryan if I met them. At least I could ask them how their day had been or something.
All in all, my first day at LVU was as weird as it could get (or maybe almost; let's leave an open chance for an even weirder day to come eventually), but it was a great start. For the first time in the last 6 years, I felt nothing but excitement about the future.

[Angeleon]

(OOC: Sorry for not posting for what seems like forever. Was home for the weekend.)

--Ebony Blackthorn, age 20, gender female, house of Taras--

"Huh?" I asked as a nuzzle woke me up.

Dusk smiled at me as he moved his nose away from my arm. My other Pokémon were waiting patiently for me.

Apparently I had fallen asleep. I was dreaming of my battles in my future Gym back at home. I knew exactly how I was going to do battle in my Gym. I would have many trainers coming to my Gym to challenge me. I expect that I will be hard to beat.

Because my dream was disturbed, I didn't remember where I was at the moment. But then, looking around, it came back to me. Lapras Valley University. The next step in my journey. The journey that would make my dreams come true.

I looked again at Dusk and stroked his head. "It's not dark yet," I told him. "I know that you four are eager to play your little game, and you know that I look forward to it every day, but you know the rules. You can't start until it's sundown."

Dusk slowly pawed the ground. If he could have frowned, he would have.

"Don't worry," I said, as if I was reading his mind. "It won't be long now."

[Girafarig]

JM

Early that morning, everyone in my class was waiting for the buses to arrive. Jon and Sam were standing next to me, and all of us were extremely impatient with the buses. When they arrived, we boarded and they took us to the airport, where we would be flying to Kaina City for a field trip. The first day there, we'll go to the National Kaina Pier, the mile-long boardwalk, longest in the Pokemon World. The next day, at the Ocean Museum, and the third day, off to Route 110 for a field experience. The plane ride was very uneventful. I was really hungry, though, because the airlines weren't serving meals. "The white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only". Ah, the immortal call over the intercom in the airports. Getting some tacos from Taco Bell, I caught up with Jon and Sam. "So, how do you think this will go", I asked them. "Eh, seems okay", replied Jon. "Yeah, I guess", remarked Sam. We rode our buses to the Westin on the Pier, our five-star hotel. "Up to the tenth floor, where the pool is, there are shops. Reaching 73 stories, the glass cylinder culminates in the three-level restaurant, the Sundial. The first level is an observation deck, the second a rotating restaurant, the third a rotating cocktail bar.", I read. "Wow, upscale"

[Drusilla]

PLEASE wait to be accepted before you start posting, damnit!
hmmm.. just for that... you're going in Solaria >.<

[The_Missing_Link]

OCC: So I'm assuming the rejects go into Solaria? That's why I'm in there even though none of my Pokemon are of the plant/bug type


Rebecca
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By the end of the day, we were all exhausted.
"Ok, we're done", I gasped and collapsed by the edge of the pool.
All of us were panting by the over-exhertion of the workout and decided to call it quits for the day. Lowering myself into the pool, I sighed in pleasure as I moved over to the steps and sat down as my Pokemon joined me. Even Drake went under, although carefully holding his tail high above the water. Staying in for a bit longer, we eased our muscles and pains and enjoyed the refreshing dip. Soon coming out, I wearily looked around, not wanting to move that much.
"Nightshade, mind teleporting us to the cafeteria?", I asked.
Nodding limply, he gathered us into a circle and disappeared with a flash. In seconds, we appeared in the middle of the dining hall. Not caring about some of the people freaking out, we hauled ourselves over to the line and got some burgers and chips. Finding an empty table, we seated ourselves and dug in. It was better than I thought, but not the best meal I've ever had. Looking around, I sighed inwardly as I hadn't made a friend since talking to Nadia. Knowing how I felt, my Pokemon looked at me kindly, assuring me that things could change soon. Nodding softly, I went back to my burger and finished it with ease. Waiting for the rest of them to finish, I recalled each of them once they were done and threw out the trash. Walking back to the tower and room, it took quite a bit but I smiled once I got inside and fell upon my bed, falling asleep.

[Drusilla]

no... i just did that... i do things for no apparent reason... well, I do have a reason, but no one ever understands... my therapist says that happens to smart people all the time...

[Wolfsong]

Nala - Flaria
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It was a good thing that i had brought the map with me. I had tried to find my way without it, and ended up going around in circles. I sighed. This wasn't working, so I gave up on trying to find my way without it and pulled it out. I realized that the map was gong to be important for a while, at least until I learned my way around campus. I soon realized that I was close to the shops. I looked down at Sweetie, who was now walking at my heels, and shrugged. I walked over to the shops, and glancing at the map occassionally, I was soon lost in my thoughts. I was thinking about the earlier events. It would be weird having a male room mate, but I was sure that things would work out. He seemed nice.

Suddenly, I heard a hiss followed by a yelp. I turned around to see Blazer rubbing his nose with his paw. Oliver's fur was puffed up like a freshly popped popcorn kernal. I shook my head. "What am I going to do with you three?" I asked. Just as I said that, Oliver hissed at Sparky who was about to leap onto his back. Sparky cried out "Rai!" and ran straight for me. I braced myself as she landed against my shoulder. I couldn't resist. "What have you been eating? You feel like you weigh a ton." She glared at me, before mutter to herself. Finally, I grabbed her in my arms and began tickling her. She realized I had just been kidding and began to enjoy the attention she was getting. However, about that time we actually arrived at the shops.

My pokemon waited calmly outsie while I went in to look around. Finally, I got tired of looking, so I went outside. Of course that didn't meant that i didn't buy anything. I came out with two new CDs. I had bought the latest Toby Keith cd along with Trick Pony's first album. Eventually, I made my way over to the newstand, Sparky walking beside me. I was looking at the magazines, when I heard someone say "Err, Hi". I looked up to see a guy talking to me. I saw Sparky start to snicker, so I not so gently nudged her with my foot intdicating that she shouldn't laugh. "Yes?" I answered. Sparky managed to keep a straight face, but she had a perplexed look on her face. I coldn't blame her. I probably had a matching look on my face. He continued talking, but I still had no clue to what his name was. Finally, I introduced myself. "I'm Nala, nice to meet you." At which point he took the hint, and introduced himself. ""I'm Andrew, sorry I just kinda felt guilty about not helping you before." I nodded as I payed for the magazine. I soon discovered that he had brought his dog to the university. I was about to say bye, when he spoke again after an awkward period of silence. "Wanna come to the free sausage sizzle orientation thingie?" Now it was my turn to be caught off guard. Sparky did actually burst out laughing. "Errr... I don't know." It was at the moment somehing huge, orange and furry pinned my to the ground, whining, and licking my face. Laughing, I tried to shove Blazer off of me. "All right, all right, we'll go." At that, Blazer let me up with a huge smile on his face. I knew that my hair had to be a mess now. Oh well... I shrugged. "Well, lead the way... "

Edit: I noticed too many typos to leave them the way they were. ^_^

[Megaman]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS NEVER TRIED TO CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS RPG! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! Is it too late for me to join in? if not, I'd like it very much if ya gave me a recap, i can't be bothered to read through 10 pages of this

[Craig]

Basically, It is just people arriving and socializing, nothing major has happened so far!

[Drusilla]

hmm... seeing as you don't have a room mate yet, Ryan, would you mind being mine? I don't have one either
And Jimmy, don't you dare say, "I wonder why..." >,<

[Megaman]

Name: Martin
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Physical Desc.: Is medium build at basically everything, now wears a large red trenchcoat, much like Aurons from FFX.
Personality: Fluxuating, see History section for more
Bf/Gf: see History
History: Secretly son of Giovanni, Twin brother of Dru. Years ago saved the girl Nayia Waterflower from death in a blaze in Cerulean City, losing his own memory and making him cold, after finding each other, and a tough struggle, Martin and Nayia became a couple, but after a while seperated, causing Martin to go back to his old cold state, the only one who can save him from that now is Nayia, or is it?
Pokemon: Starmie (Luna) Umbreon, Blastoise, Scizor

I'll post my first post later, I suggest you give me Aquarius again

[Last Exile]

Um, Vampy, I DO have one. Nala's my roommate. I mentioned that in my post. But don't worry. We could make it into a trio or something. And I'd have no problem with linking posts since I'm already doing that with three other people here. So that's ok, Dru. I'll see whether it's kosher with Nala. Actually, you've given me something to write abouit. Thanks! We'll see how this pans out!

Edit: Nala says it's ok. So if three people can be roommates, then you're in! Welcome aboard!

Post 2 - Ryan - Flaria House - Male

Heading over towards the supermarket, I felt like I was walking on air. I was off to a dream start on the first day. I had made three friends, two of them female, one of them in my house, Flaria. I could feel the thin line of sweat greasing my armpits, the paced beating of my heart and the deepness of my breathing. Somehow, I figured Gabi felt something similar. The unsettled and tense behaviour in our first meeting wasn’t just on my part. I had no idea where this would lead, but I had the strange feeling we were going to be a lot more of each other.
Heading through the automatic doors of the supermarket, I looked for the aisle containing the beverages. I hoped as much as anything that they stocked decent water here! I was raised on rainwater since I hit my teens. I can assure you than nothing beats pure rainwater. It has this clarity, this refreshing nature that has a slightly sweet tinge because it’s that pure. The way water should be. But heck, even I liked a bit of flavouring now and then.
One of the great conveniences of modern supermarkets is the plastic carry container. Sometimes you only want a few items, so it’s much more appropriate that shoving a worn-out trolley all over the place. My keen eyes spotted the water section and my legs brought me there as fast as they could. A familiar brand stood out, Mount Franklin water. I quickly checked my orientation booklet. It stated that every student was to be allotted a weekly budget to spend at Lapras Valley University. Initially all students would receive the same amount. However, as the year went on, your budget would be determined by how you performed at your studies, assignments and battles at LVU. That seemed fair enough. Why should slackers be given an easy ride if they weren’t performing up to the required standards? $200 was the allotment for this week. It would be interesting to see how this would pan out for the rest of the year. Realistically, it was a fair allotment. We weren’t paying rent, electricity, water or medical bills. All that was covered by the sky-high university entry fee for those that could afford it. For those that couldn’t, they were the recipients of scholarships through various programs. I was one of the scholarship students. I had no shame in that. So what if I didn’t have the big bucks?! I’d proven my worthiness to be at LVU. I was going to make sure commanded respect from those around me by the time my tenure at LVU was over.
Scouting out ginger and lime cordials, I then thought of what to get next. I thought that getting some decent meat was always an essential. But I was smart. From the annoying but beneficial exercises my mum put me through at the supermarket, I understood how supermarkets work. If you buy meat in bulk, you get a discount. Once I’d scouted the meat section, I found what I was look for. Beef fillet, pork loin chops, beef mince, all in bulk. What I was going to buy would cost around $50, a quarter of my weekly allowance! But I was thinking ahead. With the refrigerators we had in my dorm, I could stock meat in the freezer section for weeks, even months. This meat would last a long time and would save me time and money later on. I then went to the section where you’re actually given service, because I was after something in particular: Scottish pork sausages. Seriously, I have tried tons of different sausages in my life. Nothing comes close to the leanness and the sheer delicious nature of Scottish pork sausages. Easy to cook, easy to serve. I bought eight of them, then considered what else to get. Staple food is essential for proper nutrition. That meant rice and pasta were on the list. However, I bought far more rice than pasta. Rice is more versatile and contains far less carbohydrates, so makes a better staple in terms of maintaining a better physique. I also picked up a couple of tins of tuna. You have to make sure you include fish in your diet. As for fresh fish, I decided to leave that for a later date. Fresh fish is very pricey, so you have to look out for the better prices when they come.
Of the three main dairy products available, I did partake of all three, but in differing amounts. Cheese actually produces a lot of mucus in the body when consumed, so I did buy a block of this but was sure to consume it sparingly. As for yoghurt, I only bought the Greek variety. It has a much better natural taste than normal yoghurt. However, I did stock up on milk, big time. But not regular milk. I drink soy milk. It is less creamier and contains much less fat. Once you stop drinking normal milk for a while, when you try it again, you actually realise the fat content in there. It isn’t much but it is significant in comparison to soy milk, it’s plenty.
Condiments are essential to enhance natural flavours, so it was important to find my staple condiments. Soy sauce, chili sauce, stock cubes, mustard, Italian dressing, apricot jam, low salt margarine. These would be good.
Then to the final section: fruit and vegetables. I like drinking fresh juice in the morning, so apples, carrots and celery were essentials, along with a bit more of each for actual eating. Lettuce is cheap and is an excellent blood purifier, so that was in. Cucumbers, spring onions, white onions, red onions, potatoes, red and green capsicums, basil, mint, coriander, ginger, chilies, bananas, apricots, watermelon, grapes. A fairly hefty amount, but you need to get your right amount of fruit and vegetables. Seven out of ten people don’t these days. And they wonder why they feel physically drained.
Adding a small amount of chocolate and novelty sweets to my trolley, partly for myself, partly as a gift to Amy to break the ice and partly for Gabi if we paths again soon, I finally made my way to the counter, where a slightly stunned checkout girl watched me approach.
“That’s a lot of stuff to get on your first day!” she exclaimed.
“Well, I wanna stock up,” was all I could offer. That was my one and only reason.
“Fair enough. At least you’re not loading up on junk,” she noted. It took her a while to get through everything but all was sorted out.
“Well, that comes to $120 exactly. We just need your student card. Because of the new chip system, we’ll take cash from your credit and send it all to your dorm when you wish.”
“Cheers.” What a relief! I’d hate to have to haul all off that all the way across the campus. I swiped my card, typed in my password and the transaction was completed.
“Have a nice day.”
“Thanks. You too.”

As soon as I left the supermarket I detected an unmistakable smell. Meat. Cooking meat. And lots of it! The salivation that ensues once the distinct aroma of well-cooked meat hits your nose is intense. I had to find out where it was coming from.
“Hey, Ryan!” Andy appeared from behind me, appearing pretty psyched. “There’s a free orientation sausage sizzle on right now! Ya gotta be there!”
“Right with ya!” I began sprinting for all I was worth, following Andy like a gazelle on the prairie. Never turn down the opportunity for good free food or free drinks. I wasn’t going to have to worry about dinner tonight.
Arriving at the building-up congregation of people who had gotten the message by word of mouth, I was one heck of an eager beaver. Note to self: word of mouth spreads quickly at LVU, so make sure you have connections. I attached myself to the back of the queue and preoccupied myself with fiddling until I reached the front of the line.
“Hey, another Flaria member, sweet!”
That voice wasn’t familiar. It turned out to be from the person right behind me. Yikes, twenty people were behind me now and that was within ten seconds! Word does spread fast here. Note to self: be prepared for anything at LVU.
It turned out to be a female. Another one?! Okay, this is getting a little much. Was it possible to make three new female friends in one day? I hadn’t had that many in the rest of my life! Then again, why the hell am I complaining?! I thought this was what I wanted.
“Dru’s the name. As I said, I’m in Flaria house too. I’m gradually figuring out who’s who and all that. And you are?”
“Ryan. That makes two Flaria people I know.”
This seemed to be an interesting issue to Dru because she keenly pressed on with fidning out more. “Cool. Who else do you know?”
“Nala. She’s another of the females in Flaria. I met her this afternoon at the dorm. We’ve already arranged to be roommates.”
Disappointment suddenly rained down onto Dru’s face and I felt incredibly confused. Why was this distressing to Dru? Was there something going on here that I didn’t know about?
“Oh, I see. Well, it’s just that, well, I was kinda hoping we could be roommates,” she replied in a hushed tone before she sunk her head, hiding behind her dyed locks of blue and green hair.
Boy, did I feel guilty now. Looking around, a lot of people around here looked really wet behind the ears and like they were out to score. It was pretty off-putting to say the least. Some people may have been stunned by Dru’s hair and judged her as a rebel, a loser or a freak straight away. But I knew better. Privately, I thought her hair was cool. Green and blue are my favourite colours. Dru wasn’t out to hook up with others or to be Miss Popular. She was serious and honest. I liked that. She wasn’t normal or anywhere enar it. Neither was I. My mind was made up on the spot.
“Hey, wait. We can sort something out. Our room should be big enough to fit three people and have room to spare. I’ll ask Nala and see whether she’s okay with it. Because I’d have no problem with being roommates with you.”
Dru’s face jumped up and her eyes were alive. “Really? You mean it?”
“Hey, would you rather be with someone who’d be trying to check you out every five minutes and whenever you were changing?” I joked.
“Point taken. Well, hopefully this will work out. It’s kinda nerve-wracking starting afresh here at LVU.”
“I know the feeling. If Nala is cool with the idea, it should work out. I’ll find her and ask her ASAP.”
A serene smile broke out across Dru’s face. “Thanks, mate. I appreciate it.”
Yes, she used the word mate! Once you’ve got that going, you’re always on decent terms with that person.
“No worries. Catch ya around.”
Yes, I did like the way thinks were turning out at LVU. But I had to find Nala. I wanted to clear up the roommate issue ASAP. Hopefully she was around. And another part of me hoped Gabi was around too. And I could bet that Andy was around here. Things always happened around Andy.
After what seemed like ten years waiting for rain in the middle of a drought in Australia, I finally reached the line. I was more ravenous than a Houndoom.
“Let’s see, I’ll have the white bread with one of those sausages, that pork chop over there, a bit of that garden salad over there and some water please.”
Food and drink promptly came my way. My, how the simple things in life can satisfy such complex people!
“Well, more familiar person than others, we cross paths again.”
There was no mistaking that female voice. It was Gabi. Even though she was soft and sweet with her tone, I almost dropped my food and felt like a complete moron. Gabi simply giggled at the sight.
“It seems that way. Obviously you got wind of this pretty quickly. Let me guess, did a guy by the name of Andy happen to let you know?”
“Sure did!”
“Andy seems to be involved with everything around here. It’s pretty criminal to judge him by that hair of his alone.”
“Mmm,” agreed Gabi through a mouthful of salad. “He is pretty decent once you spend more than five seconds getting to know him.”
As I began to partake of my meal I noticed Gabi kept staring at my hands in bewilderment. “Um, is something wrong?”
“No, just surprised,” she explained. “You’re the only guy here that isn’t drinking beer.”
Beer?! Oh god. I hate beer. Actually, hate is probably such a weak word. Beer sucks in my opinion. But I could bet every guy in LVU would be on my case all the time if I admitted that in public. On the other hand, it seemed to make Gabi think I was more agreeable, so I had no problem with that.
“Got any roommates yet?” I asked politely.
“Yeah, I got a guy by the name of Craig. Another guy by the name of Luke asked me soon afterwards and it was kind of hard to turn him down. I only want one roommate. A lot of guys seem to be hitting on to me. I mean, it’s quite innocent, but I think they are coming on to me a little.”
That wasn’t hard to believe. You didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out Gabi was going to have guys after her from day one. Then again, I was going to find it hard to believe that any girl at LVU wouldn’t have guys after them. The term ‘eager beaver’ didn’t even begin to describe some of these guys! Then again, who was I to talk?! I wanted Gabi and I to cross paths again tonight, so I wasn’t that innocent. I bet she could see right through me. Then again, I wasn’t checking her out. Alright, that was only a half-truth. I wasn’t checking her out that much. I could barely get past her face. The woman that snags me for life is bound to have an entrancing face. Faces are the one part of the body that fascinates me most. They tell you the most about a person in nearly every way.
As if I dared to say any of this out loud. I wasn’t desperate for a slap in the face and to lose a friend one day one! Hmmm, better say something quickly!
“Well, I’ve already got one too. Nala was around when I arrived, so we made an agreement pretty quickly. I’ve had another person ask me. Another girl by the name of Dru. She seems pretty nice as well and I don’t wanna see her wind up with the hornbags. So I’m gonna see if Nala is cool with a third person.”
“I see,” replied Gabi slyly. “I’m sure all your reasons are that pure,” she joked.
Maybe I took it a little too seriously, my body sure was! I could feel the sweat under my armpits and on my forehead. My feet felt like I was standing on hot coals. Okay, Ryan, control yourself! Just reply coolly and honestly! She’s just joking around! But somehow, it wasn’t computing! God, I was about to blow it. What I would give for a distraction right now!
“AAAAAAAAAH! The beer keg’s leaking!”
A distraction! What the…?
“We’re losing the beer! All hands on deck! Save the beer!” screamed Andy, scrambling around and making a complete tool of himself.
Nearly every guy made a beeline for the beer kegs and frantically tried everything they could think of to plug the leaks. Drinking from the leak seemed to occupy the thoughts of a few guys, however.
Okay, I was grateful for the distraction, so thank you, God! But this was ridiculous! What was going to happen at LVU if all the girls that all the guys were a bunch of losers?! More disaster than on Survivor 6! I had to do something and fast. For the sake of all the guys at LVU. Even if some of them weren’t that deserving of it.
Within five seconds I found the problem. It was embarrassingly simple!
“Guys, looking for this?” I asked innocently, pointing to the lid that had fallen on the ground.
Andy scooped it up with the precision of a cheetah and quickly screwed it back onto the keg. “Phew, thanks mate! Disaster averted!”
Oh no. Another toolish comment. Ryan, do it for the sake of the guys! Now! Oh, why me?
I grabbed my water cup with vigour and flung it into my face. Instantly everyone looked at me in confusion. Then I pretended to slip on a plate on the ground but miraculously catch my balance, do a perfect rollover and finish standing on my two feet. I had no idea how I pulled that off. I was fairly fit now but I always sucked at gymnastics. Whatever happened, the attention was focused on me and it gained some light applause. I raised my right hand in thanks before turning back to Gabi. The situation quickly broke back to conversation for all parties concerned.
“Well, that was fairly decent of you,” commented Gabi like a schoolteacher. “Why did you do it?”
“To prevent male-female relations at LVU being set back 100 years,” was the only thing I could pull out of my head.
Well, it worked. Gabi let off an incredible laugh for a fwew seconds then steadied herself. “Well, make sure I’m around next time you do that, okay?”
“Sure, Will do.”
She smiled back before heading off to converse with other members of Aquarius.
Okay Ryan, not bad. You saved face for the guys and made Gabi laugh. Note to self: Gabi has incredible laugh. Make her laugh more often.
“Is this going to happen every day?”
Nala pulled up beside me, sporting a shy grin, eating the last remnants of her meal.
“Hopefully not. I’ll probably break a leg if I have to do that again.”
“And what a tragedy that would be,” joked Nala sarcastically, coming out of her shell a little.
“Well, as far as I’m concerned, it would be.”
Nala shrugged her shoulders and finished her last tidbits. Then I remembered: the roommate issue.
“Um, Nala, I just wanted to ask something about the roommate issue. Another girl from our house, Dru, asked if she could join us. I’m okay with it but I really thought I should see how you felt about it.
Nala fell silent for a few moments. I kind of got the impression that if a guy had asked me, she’d have said no on the spot and never have given it a second thought. The fact it was a girl made her consider the issue.
“What’s she like?”
“Seems fairly serious in general. Lively but grounded. Just don’t let her hair put you off, please.”
Nala was kind of taken aback by that last comment, but I figured if I didn’t mention anything now, within five seconds of meeting Dru she might be too flipped out to even think of saying yes.
“I’ll see. Give me a few minutes with her and I’ll make my decision then.”

[Drusilla]

Oh yay!
Yesh, Martin will be in his usual.

~*~Dru~*~
I had a room mate. Two, to be exact. And I had a crush. Things couldn't be better...
Yes, they could be. I hadn't seen Martin yet. I really wondered about that... I hadn't heard from him since I was at LVH. I didn't blame him. I had enough press coverage.
'Teen Rock Star Caught With Dope at Local Club'...
I remember waking to hear that everywhere. I didn't want part of it, and I bet Martin didn't either. Still, I wondered where he was now...
I had gotten a notice that there was a package in the administration building. I walked in and that same secretary was there. She stared at me.
"I have a package here?" I asked.
"Yeah... Here. Sign this."
I signed the release form. It was pretty big. What could it be that it had insurance on it?
I opened it. "OH MY GOSH!" I yelled.
It was my fave bass guitar.
~*~
g2g... finish later...

[Lady Vulpix]

Emotions are running high, aren't they, Ryan? I just hope no one gets to turn into a complete flirt now.

Gabi
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I kept meeting interesting and curious people on the campus. One of them was this guy named Andrew, who invited me to a sausage sizzling party or something like that before I could even tell him my name. As I got to talk to others, it turned out that he had been inviting everyone he crossed paths with. Apparently, it was going to be a big event. It would be a good opportunity to get to know more people, and maybe meet some I had already come across before. Like Ryan. The two of us hadn't talked much, but I was looking forward to change that. I wanted to get to know him; to find out if he was as special as I felt he was or if my imagination was playing tricks on me. It wouldn't have been the first time, but I really hoped that wasn't the case. I had felt something when I met him; something I couldn't explain. And I reall wanted to believe there was more where that had come from. I really wanted to find out that he was caring, sensitive and thoughtful, unlike most men I had met before. For some reason, I had the feeling that I wouldn't be disappointed.

I would go to the party. I just hope I wouldn't embarass myself there. I didn't know what a sausage sizzle was, but it was bound to have sausages. The word had to be there for a reason. I hoped I wouldn't be mocked for my eating habits again. I'd had way too much of that in my life. I didn't eat meat, and that had set me apart from others on many occasions. This was likely to be one of them. I reckoned it would be best to fill my stomach with something before going, so then I could say that I wasn't hungry, that I had already eaten enough or that I'd had tea too late. Anything that would save me from being pointed at and accused as if not wanting to eat sausages was a crime. Not when that was the first impression most people would get of me. When I told people I didn't like alcohol, some labeled me as innocent or childish. I didn't really mind that. I had even learned to live with labels like 'weird', 'superbrain', 'naive', 'dreamer' and others. But being seen as a reject, that I couldn't stand. It sounded crazy when I thought of it, but those things had happened to me before.

When I got to the party, my fears turned out to be unfounded. No one paid any attention to what I picked to eat. They were too busy socializing, or eating and drinking themselves. I even found some vegetables on a table, so I made myself a little green salad. At least there was something I could take in! There was also some bread. I took some, since leaves alone wouldn't be satisfactory enough as a dinner. And I also took some water to drink. Some guys came to my side and we started talking, but it soon became evident that they were drunk. One of them even put his lips together and tried to kiss me!
"Are you crazy?!," I shouted.
Well, maybe that was not the best reaction, but it was what came out of me. I didn't even know the guy! I'd try not to look at his face much, so thatI could give him a chance to talk when he was sober. If his face got stuck in my mind, it would be unlikely that I could let that image go.
I walked into a small crowd and tried to find anyone I could talk to, but it turned out to be a line for getting sausages. Not the best place to start a conversation. I stepped aside, and all of a sudden... I was face to face with Ryan!
I greeted him, grateful to see his familiar face again. Another pleasant surprise was the fact that he wasn't lolding a beer. Instead, he had water, just like me.
We spoke for a while about beer, the crazy people we'd met and our roommates. It was weird, Ryan had two roommates now and I'd been on the point of also having two. Yet another coincidence. I didn't know it was possible to fit a third bed into a room, but in any case that wouldn't leave much space and it would be awkward to share the room with two males, so I was fine as it was. Craig and Luke both seemed nice, but I just wouldn't have felt comfortable. It was the first time I shared a room with a guy who wasn't my brother. Though I had the feeling that would have sounded bad if I said it out loud.
For a moment, silence fell between us. I didn't like that, because I felt like I was supposed to say something, but I didn't know how to break it. I wonder if that ever happened to any other person at my age. That didn't last, though. The silence was broken, but the reason was not so good.
“AAAAAAAAAH! The beer keg’s leaking!,” someone screamed.
Of course, everybody gathered around the source of the incident immediately. Crowds tend to do that. I was admit I was a bit curious about this myself. It wouldn't hurt to watch, I wasn't blocking the traffic or anything. Maybe I could even get to help, though it would be hard to do anything with so many people around.

When I turned to look, I saw that the guy who was screaming was the same who had invited me to the party: Andrew.
Looking back, it was funny to see how so many people attempted to fix the leak. Some of them even tried to drink it all out! I wouldn't like to see the effects that would have on them.
Soon, Ryan stepped forward and walked past the crowd. He seemed to have found the problem.
“Guys, looking for this?,” he asked, pointing somewhere on the ground.
When Andrew picked the object up, I noticed it was some kind of lid. The lid of the ked? Had it been lying there all the time? I hadn't seen it with all those people in front of me, but I thought that at least someone ought to have noticed it. Ryan, however, seemed to have been waiting for the precise moment to point at it. Andrew thanked him while screwing the lid on the ked, where it belonged.

Then Ryan did something completely unexpected. He grabbed his water cup strongly and flung it into his face. Then he pulled a weird stunt with a fallen plate. It seemed to be a joke or something (I couldn't make sense of it, actually), but he soon became tricked by his own trick. Then somehow he managed to roll over and stand back on his feet! Everyone applauded him. Me too. I didn't know why he had done that, but how he had managed to pull it off was what got me impressed at that moment.
Once he was no longer the center of attention, I spoke to him.
“Well, that was fairly decent of you,” I half-praised him. “Why did you do it?”
“To prevent male-female relations at LVU being set back 100 years,” he replied.
He made me laugh. Well, either him, or the whole situation. What was worst, I didn't even know what I was laughing about. Anyone would have thought I was crazy. Not that it would have been the same time either.
“Well, make sure I’m around next time you do that, okay?,” I told him, managing to bring myself to a halt.
“Sure, will do,” he answered.
I smiled. I hoped not every day would be like this, but I had to admit I was having fun. Ryan was nice to be with. He just needed to open up a little. I hoped he could. It would be great to be there when that happened. But I didn't want to press him.
"Hey, Gabi!," someone called out. I turned around and saw that it was Luke.
"Hi, Luke!," I greeted him. "How are things going?"
"Good except that no one wants to talk to me," he said.
"That's not true," I corrected him. "I can talk to you."
I looked at Ryan, but he was already talking to someone else. Another girl. I had to make sure to get to know her later, but there would be time for that.
"So..." I began, turning to Luke again. "What have you been doing today?"

[Craig]

Craig - Aquarus
Sky'ree the rambuctious adventurous Pidgeot
Mirage the little cute Vaporeon
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I had met my room-mate, Gabi.. I hadn't talked to her much, but she had a Pidgeot..AND a Vaporeon..she had to be cool Luke came and asked her to be his room-mate, which must've been pretty weird for her; to have 2 people chasing to be her roomie. I didn't really care all that much,but I liked the room I had, it had a nice view over the pool and the general campus.

Gabi had left, but I decided to stay, after all I had just gotten back from swimming with Mirage, Sky was still flying around. After switching into some normal clothes again, I swiped my bass guitar from underneath the bed and went over to stereo and put in "American Psycho" by the misfits, sitting back on the bed, I picked up my bass and plugged it into the conviently small amp, I liked practicing bass while music played, it just sounded better... I decided to play Speak of the devil, the first Misfits song I had ever learned. Bass lines for songs today were pretty easy so it was easy to play just about any song.. After finishing the song, Sky flew back in the window "Pidgeoo!" he called, pointing his wing towards the window. I stood up and looked out the window, making sure not to bang the neck of the guitar on the wall or anything I saw a bunch of people socializing around eating sausages and stuff.
"The Freshman party" I said outloud, I decided not to go, considering that I just ate just an hour ago (Woops.. I just realised I went swimming after eating..hah) I looked down at people, who were running around a beer-keg, until a guy found the lid, and then slipped but..miraculously saved it, kinda weird..
"I could go for a drink" I announced to no one in particular, then I heard Mirage walking back in a few seconds later holding a plastic cup of water in her mouth, spilling it everywhere.

"You crazy Vaporeon, I didn't mean water" I yelled jokingly, Mirage laughed, dropping the rest of the water on the floor.
"Well.. Its only water!" It'll dry.
"How about we DO go to that party, if only to meet some new people.. I heard the university has a store, we could fill up the fridge a bit." I suggested
Sky'ree and Mirage nodded.
"Maybe we'll meet some of the other people, and maybe Gabi" looking over at her suitcase, which was plopped down on her bed
"Well, I don't really feel like taking the stairs".. I looked towards Sky as Mirage hopped onto my shoulder, and we bolted out of the dormitory's higher floor towards the ground with a dash.

Landing, they immediatly got in line, I recalled Skyree and Mirage, much to their discontent as I saw a small dog run around in the distance...

[Jon UKX]

Jon
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I decided to go back to my dorm and when I opened the door I saw Ebony stroking Dusk and I said to her:
“Hi Ebony”
“Hi Jon” she replied
“Good weekend?”
“It was okay”
“erm.. fancy going to the BBQ in the park, Andrew texted me about it.”
“Sure”
Ebony and I walked out of the dorm and I smiled at her, I would have a good time with Ebony as she seemed to be okay about it but I knew she had a secret but I knew she would never tell me it.

[Angeleon]

--Ebony Blackthorn, age 20, gender female, house of Taras--

To be honest, I was glad that Jon invited me to the BBQ in the park. It would give me a better chance of exploring the university without looking like I was totally lost. I have a terribly bad sense of direction.

I quickly returned Dusk to his Pokéball and grabbed my other Pokéball before Jon locked the door behind me. I wouldn't trust anyone if I had left my Pokémon behind by accident. Who would, especially for someone who spent a long time getting specific Pokémon.

As Jon and I made our way to the park, I thought about what Luke said. Maybe it really wouldn't hurt to smile more often and make a real effort to make friends. Sure, I don't have to trust them, but at least being able to talk to someone other than my Pokémon probably wouldn't be such a bad idea.

"Ebony?" Jon asked, snapping my out of my private thoughts.

I was startled, but not offended. "What?"

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I was just thinking."

"About what?"

I really didn't want to tell him. I was afraid of his reaction. Of course, he didn't react too badly to seeing my scars.

Then I thought of an idea. "Perhaps your Misdreavus would be interested in playing a little game with my Pokémon tonight."

Of course, I didn't tell him that of all the Pokémon he had, only his Misdreavus was a Pokémon that I have seen or heard of.

[Wolfsong]

Nala - Flaria
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I recalled my pokemon except for Sweetie. Blazer would practically be begging food off everyone, and Oliver and Sparky might get into mischief. Sweetie absolutely hated her pokeball, only going into it when she had no other choice. Then i followed after Andrew. Eventually, he started running ahead and I lost him. I shrugged and then pulled out the map once more and after getting a good idea about how to go, slowly walked towards my destination.

I never really was one who cared for big social gatherings. I preferred to have small get togethers with a few friends. I shook my head as I neared the park. I groaned. There were already way too many people there for my taste. I was about to turn around and leave when i caught a whiff of the food that was cooking. Well, maybe it wouldn't hurt to get a bite to eat. I made my way over to the food lines, and waited in line as the line in front of me became shorter as the one behind me became longer. Sweetie nuzzled me affectionatley assuring me that she was there if I needed her.

Once i got my food, i stepped out of the line and began walking around, when a loud whistle caught my attention. I groaned, ignoring whoever it was, and disappeared into the crowd, hoping that it was for someone else. Once i was in the crowd, i settled back toward the outskirts and proceeded to observe what was going on while I ate. As I watched, I realized that a lot of the guys were drunk. I shook my head. I had no clue to why anyone would want to get drunk... I was about to leave an go back to the room when i heard someone shout, "AAAAAAAAAH! The beer keg’s leaking!" I shook my head, but made my way to where i could see what was going on. This should prove entertaining, I thought to myself. It turned out that it was Andrew that had been the one that shouted. However, thankfully, it didn't last too long. As I watched Ryan, found the cause of the problem. I waited till it was all over before i went to find him. I saw him talking to another girl, so i quietly waited until he was through, before walking up beside him. I don't think he even knew i was around him when i spoke. "Is this going to happen every day?" "Hopefully not. I'll probably break a leg if I have to do that again." he answered. "And what a tragedy that would be," I joked. "Well, as far as I’m concerned, it would be." I shrugged. It looked as if he had something he wanted to talk to me about. Sure enough, he spoke. "Um, Nala, I just wanted to ask something about the roommate issue. Another girl from our house, Dru, asked if she could join us. I’m okay with it but I really thought I should see how you felt about it." I listened, quiet for a bit. At least he said that it was a girl and not a guy. Finally, i broke the silence. "What’s she like?" "Seems fairly serious in general. Lively but grounded. Just don’t let her hair put you off, please." I raised my eyebrows at that, before i decided to go of and have a talk with her. "I’ll see. Give me a few minutes with her and I’ll make my decision then."

Sweetie was riding on my shoulder as i weaved through the crowd looking for her. Eventually, I found a girl matching the discription that Ryan gave me. I took a deep breath before I approached her. "You must be Dru?" I asked, feeling a bit awkward. She nodded, and answered with "Nala?" I nodded. We talked a few minutes. She seemed decent, but I wanted Sweetie's opinion, because i trusted her senses. If Sweetie didn't like someone, it was a good bet, not to get too friendly with them. Sweetie almost imperceptiably nodded her head yes. I smiled. Sweetie trusted her, so that was enough for me to give her a chance. There was an awkwardbit of silence, yet again. Then i approached the subject i think she was wanting to talk about. Ryan told me that you were hoping to be our roommate." She nodded. "I don't have a problem with it, either, so welcome aboard. Well, I best be going." I said, before i did or said something stupid, and walked off. I went back to where Ryan was, and told him that it was ok with me, and that i had already told Dru that.

[Megaman]

heh, okay, I have time to post before college so...

Martin - Aquarus Tower
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A figure, hidden by a large trenchcoat walks toward the university, his face half hidden, the eyes look familiar but the soul feels different, yep, Martin is back.
"guh, late, how long was I in that town?" I muttered to myself as I took slow, short strides toward the building, I entered the front gate of it and made my way to the reception, as I did so I looked around, thinking to myself how I didn't really belong here anymore.
"may I help you?" the receptionist enquired as soon as I reached the desk.
"Yes, I'm late, Martin Naoco" I said calmly.
"Yes, you're late, you're an old Lapras Valley High student... you have the same tower as you did there, here's your key" The receptionist replied, handing me the key, I snatched it from the hand and walked off.

The tower looked similar to the old LVH one, probably because it was meant to be, but who actually cared about that? I didn't, I didn't really care about anything anymore, I made my way to the room allotted on the key I was given and opened the door, going in silently I made my way to my bed, taking the trenchcoat off I sat down and yawned slightly.
"Bah, what a journey, I should get some sleep" I muttered to myself again and laid back.
Suddenly I started to think about how strange things had happened in the past, Lady Blastoise and Sal, Dru and me... Nayia and me... I shook my head, I didn't want those thoughts, not now, she probably never even came here. I sighed, and got up.
"Maybe just a little walk about... maybe I'll see a few familiar faces..." I said slowly and walked out the door, looking around to see if I could meet any old friends.
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Boohoo, I made Martin cold again, like in the beginning of LVH 1, aren't I cruel? :>

[Drusilla]

Yesh... Martin r being soo cruel...

~*~Dru~*~
The party was great. Torch was running around somewhere with Nixie probably. I met Nala; I was glad that I hadn't gotten stuck with some b*tch. I mean, a bigger one than me. She seemed really nice.
My newest eyebrow peircing itched. It was driving me crazy. Andrew and some of the other guys were worrying over a keg. I decided to go see if they needed any help.
A few drinks later, I was feeling much better. I wasn't worried anymore. Everything was funny. Nayia shook her head.
"You can be so disgusting sometimes, you know that? You're acting just like a guy." I laughed and she rolled her eyes. My normally pale face was pretty red. I had to go sit down to keep from falling over. Andrew helped me over; he was a pretty cool guy. I knew that this was going to be a great year. Well... I didn't care about the future anymore. I was having fun.
Soon, I was sitting with a bunch of the guys and joking around. I had always been a sort of tomboy, and often prefered the company of guys to other girls.
Marc came over. "How ya doin'?" he asked.
I grinned. "Mmmkay..." I giggled. "Come on, sit down. Have a drink."
He raised an eyebrow at my altered behavior, but he did sit down.
~*~

He he he... Dru's drunk.

[Drusilla]

I have drawn a piccy of Dru! *poses*
Thankies to Mikoto for the design help and to Paul for hosting it!
http://paulspage.no-ip.com/small.jpg

[Megaman]

meh, you know the drill, do something with me in it and i'll do something from it, yatta, don't do it out of character any of you newbies -.-

[Lady Vulpix]

I'm going away for the weekend. I'll be back on Monday. Have fun, but don't make me miss it!

~Gabi.

[EVme15]

Heads up all, I'm back!
I read through a few of the earlier posts, and then the ones with "Kayla" in them (all 3... or so...). I'll post once I finish reading all the other RPGs I'm in.
Oh, and any1 else in Taras still roommate-less? >_<

[Drusilla]

~Dru~
I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. There was a guy that was maybe a little shorter than me wearing a red trenchcoat, just outside of everyone else. His back was to me, so I couldn't see his face, but he seemed familiar. I wondered why anyone would be out here and not in the party. Maybe he just got here and was looking for someone to hang with.
"Hey!" I called. I tried to get up. Suddenly, I was on the ground. How did that happen? My legs refused to move. I laughed helplessly. Andrew gave me a hand. "Thanks dude!" I hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I giggled, and he looked embarrassed.
"Go, Cinder!" I let out my huge Arcanine. Torch and Cinder were the only pokemon I had left from when I was at Lapras Valley High. Cinder was very strong and she was bigger than most Arcanine. I pulled myself onto her back. I leaned forward in whispered in her ear, "See that guy over there? Let's go say hi!"
She leaped forward eagerly and I was almost thrown off. I laughed and she looked at me apologetically. "'s OK, go ahead."
She went at a slower pace and weaved through the crowd. People I didn't know stared at me. I didn't care.
Cinder walked over to the guy and barked. He turned around and we stared at each other.
"M-Martin?!" I didn't believe it. I slid down off of Cinder's back and lost my balance. Martin reached forward and caught me. "Dru? What... You're here."
I giggled. "'Course I am, silly. If I wasn't you wouldn't be talking to me, would you?" He could smell the booze on my breath. He wrinkled his nose in disgust. "What have you been doing?"
"Having fun," I said innocently. "Come on, meet some of the others." I pulled on his arm.
"No thanks," he muttered. He didn't seem thrilled by the idea.
"What's going on, mate? Dru, you OK?" Andrew called.
"Yeah! Come here, meet my brother, Martin. Martin, this is Andrew!"
Martin glared. He shook Andrew's hand, but the look he gave was one of, 'Call me mate and you die.'
I wondered what his problem was. I knew that he and Nayia weren't going out right now, but that was all I knew about what he'd been through for the past 3 years.
"Well, ah... I gotta get back to the guys before they drink everything. Nice ta meet ya, Martin!" Andrew looked glad to get away.
"What the hell's your problem?" I demanded.
"Nothing. I just want to be left alone."
He turned and left, leaving me standing with Cinder. She helped me back to my seat.
~*~
A mysterious figure soared over the campus. No one else seemed to notice it. The figure landed in the light of the administration building. A man on a Dragonite. He ran into the building and left his Dragonite at the door. I wondered...
A few minutes later, the campus speakers crackled to life.
"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF! PLEASE REPORT TO THE CAFETERIA IMMEDIATELY! MAKE SURE ALL POKEMON ARE ACCOUNTED FOR!"
Everyone looked at each other. What was going on?
"Well..." I sighed. "This sounds important. Let's go."
We packed up our things and many Pokemon were called back. A few of the guys looked torn, not wanting to leave the keg. In the end, a couple of Pokemon ended up taking them to the dorms. Poor things.
The cafeteria was noisy. I held Torch, and Nixie was around Nayia's shoulders. I didn't see Martin anywhere. I didn't know if Nay knew that Martin was back yet.
A tall man I assumed was the president of the school came out and tried to call us to attention. It didn't work. Eventually, one of the administrators let out a Golbat and used Supersonic on us. That quieted things down a bit.
"I'm sorry to call you all at such a late hour, especially since one of our start of term parties was in full swing. I would have left it till morning, but this matter is of the greatest importance. Now, I'll let our guest tell you what it needed of you all, and I hope you'll give him the utmost respect."
He walked back and sat down. Then, a man with bright red hair came out. He was the one with the Dragonite. I knew who he was instantly. He was Lance, top Master of the Pokemon League and Dragon Master. This must really be important for him to bother coming here...
"Thank you. Many of you know who I am, so I won't bother with introductions. Time is very important right now. Whether you know it or not, students at Lapras Valley University are junior members of the Pokemon League. When you graduate, you'll become full members. In any case, there has been a catastrophe. I'm not permitted to give you any details at this point. You have been called to the League Headquarters at Indigo Plateau. There, all members will be addressed together. All Gyms are being shut down, and any competitions are being canceled. In the morning, this school will be closed and all students are asked to report to Indigo Plateau. I'm very sorry. Please go to your dorms and get a good nights sleep. You don't know how long it'll be until you'll get another one."
He turned and left. I guessed he had other schools and Gyms to visit. I turned to Nayia.
"Well... goodnight. This was a little unexpected, but I guess things will work out." Something hit me. "What about Sal?! She won't know what happened, since it sounds like this is being hidden from the public. I doubt that we'll be allowed to leave the campus now, though..."
"We can go find her in the morning. She's smart. I bet she'll know by then anyway. Who knows how Sal finds out nearly everything? Well, good night, I guess."
We left and went to our dorms. I saw Marc flirting with another girl, someone who was in another dorm. He seemed to have overstepped his boundaries again, seeing how she slapped him and walked away. Marc was grinning from ear to ear. I laughed silently and shook my head.
Ryan and Nala were in our room all ready. I decided to take my shower in the morning and went to sleep.
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I'm not quite sure what the emergency will be... PM or E-mail me your ideas! My E-mail is VampireGal361@aol.com.

[MarillTogepi]

Nadia Tenryu
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With a sigh of perpetual regret, Nadia put her keyboard away, and sent Lei back into her Pokeball. She hadn't attended the party outside, preferring to stay inside and compose...

She listened intently, nodding, her eyes on Lance. She put away her thoughts as to how cute he was, and absorbed his words into her mind.

When it ended, she sighed, picking up and obediently trotting back to the dorm. She finished clearing everything off the bed, changed quickly, then sat for a bit, reading a book, although her thoughts were elsewhere.

Indigo Plateau. A part of her was elated just to go there. The place was legendary. Another part wondered just what the emergency was. It had to be serious, if all the gyms and the school were being closed. Maybe Team Rocket was out again?

She sighed, putting the book away, then took her keyboard out again, tapping the keys softly, in a sort of wordless lullaby.

[The_Missing_Link]

Rebecca
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Still sleeping deeply, I was dreaming about beating my grandfather in a match before someone shook me awake. Getting up slowly, I yawned and rubbed my eyes before looking at Nadia.
"What's wrong?", I questioned.
"Someone just came onto the voice speaker. All of us are supposed to go to the cafeteria immediately."
Rolling off of my bed on purpose, I ignored Nadia's snickering as I stretched and staggered out of the door. Slumping down the stairs and into the cafeteria, my eyes were more awake as students who were eating or outside partying came into the hall. It only took a Golbat's supersonic to shut the bunch up as I waited for an explanation. It soon came as the legendary Lance came into the room. Everyone gazed in awe at the dragon master and hung onto his every word with ease as he spoke.
"Thank you. Many of you know who I am, so I won't bother with introductions. Time is very important right now. Whether you know it or not, students at Lapras Valley University are junior members of the Pokemon League. When you graduate, you'll become full members. In any case, there has been a catastrophe. I'm not permitted to give you any details at this point. You have been called to the League Headquarters at Indigo Plateau. There, all members will be addressed together. All Gyms are being shut down, and any competitions are being canceled. In the morning, this school will be closed and all students are asked to report to Indigo Plateau. I'm very sorry. Please go to your dorms and get a good nights sleep. You don't know how long it'll be until you'll get another one."
Interested and scared at the same time, I stared at Lance until he bowed and walked out of the door. Walking over to the nearest empty table, I sat down and brooded over his speech as everyone went back to what they were doing.
"How can they do this?", I murmured to myself. "I want to be a Pokemon Master, or at least beat my grandpa in a match."
Rubbing my head, I sighed and walked outside. Releasing Blade, we walked alongside through the campus for awhile.
"Do you think I'll ever beat my grandpa one day Blade?".
"Snea, sneasel, snea."
"I suppose so. I mean, you want to beat Dewgong badly also."
He nodded as we turned around and walked back to my tower and up the stairs. Going into the room, I said my goodnights to Nadia and got undressed. Slipping under the cover, I looked up at the ceiling while rubbing Blade's ears as he slept on.

[Craig]

This emergency seems pretty bad,maybe the pokemon league computers were all wiped/hacked into?? I'm going to give Craig one more pokemon, but she was technically in my sign up, so it shouldn't matter.


Craig - Aquarus
Sky'ree the adventurous Pidgeot
Mirage the little cute Vaporeon
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"This is pretty bad" I said, talking towards the slow flying Skyree and pacing Mirage
"vee"
"Who knows what'll happen... I mean, they didnt even explain what exactly was happening at the league, if something wrong happened over there, why would we go?"
"Pidgoo" I could tell that he wondered why we even came here in the first place.
"To be a trainer, of course" I heard a small vaporeonic laugh.
"What? I might only have you two...so? Why not get the smarts on how to be a good trainer, first." I said, looking at the ground
"Geoo"... He agreed.
"Even though I got two perfectly good pokemon here, after school or even during school why don't we pick up some new friends? Start a real pokemon team?"
"Va!!" "Pidgeoo!!" they were happy

As we walked back to Aquarus tower, I noticed that it suddenly was very dark... Meh, i'd lost track of time, I guess.. When I finally got into my room I saw a note on my bed

"Your mom called, she wants you to call her back
-Student Services"

"Why would mom call?" I ran down the stairs, leaving Sky and Mirage in the room...

Arriving at the vid-phones, I picked it up and dialed in my number...within a few rings dad picked up, the screen on voice only.
"Hello?"
"Hello..Dad?" I said
"Oh! Hey Craig, I bet you want to talk to your Mother"
"Yea... The office said she called"
"Ok, hold on. I'll get her" my dad put down the phone and within a few seconds mom picked up
"Hello?"
"Yea.. hi mum, so..you called?"
"Yes! Its about school, I heard what happened..you being sent off to the Indigo Plateau tomorrow, its in the news, how are you going to get there?"
"Uhh..they said we'd be taking a plane"
"A plane? You know how I feel about planes" Yea.. Mom had a fear of them..
"Yea..so.. How else am I going to get there?"
"Can't you ride that pidgeotto bird you have?"
"Its a pidgeot" I said annoyed sounding... Mom always kind of did hate Sky, no real reason why...
"Well... I guess it would be too hard to fly there anyways, the distance.. Well, the real reason I called you is about Shadow"
"Yea..what about her?" ... Shadow was my Persian back at home.
"Can we send her to you?"
"Why? Whats wrong with her?"
"Oh, nothing, but you might need her incase something bad does happen that the plateau"
"Thats true"
"Well... shes at the poke center right now.."
"Why?" Something couldn't be wrong with her.. right?
"Oh, cause we were sure you'd accept, the pokeball transfer machine is there anyways!" she said, chuckling.
"Mom, she's never been in a pokeball! Don't you think she'd be a bit scared?"
"Well..she hopped right in, Craig... that cat loves you! Here, let me 3way the Vet"
Her voice dissapeared, and then came back to the ringing of a phone
"Let me talk" my mom said.
For a minute or two my mom and the vet talked, until they finally needed me.
The vet said "Craig, are you ready to accept the transfer?"
"Uhmm.." I looked around for the receiving part..but then remembered its in the campus' poke center.
"Yea.." I said slowly
"Good, we'll send her over as soon as possible" as the vet hung up
"Bye Mom" I said
"Bye! and tell your cute little Vaporeon that I love her!" my mom said, as I hung up. Mom loved Mirage, she helped with her gardening all summer long.


I walked towards the pokemon center, a bit faster pace... I didn't want them to receive a pokeball and not know who it belongs too! I opened the doors to the center and walked in to the desk, seeing the nurse... Cindy.
"Hello.. Im here about a new arrival?"
"New arrival of what?"
"A Pokemon is being transfered to me"
"Oh.. I'll go check if its here"
She walked off into the distance, and came back holding a tray with a pokeball in it.
"Here she is!" I said, grabbing the pokeball, I was about to release her when the nurse suddenly intervened
"No Pokemon on that side of the counter, please!"
"k" I replied.

I walked out the doors, and said "Shadow! Come out!" as I threw the pokeball a few feet infront of me.
"Perrsian!" Shadow announced, taking in the sights of the world.
"Perssiann!!!" She ran over to me and started rubbing against my leg.
"Yes, its good to see you too, shadow" patting her head as she purred loudly.

Shadow was a nice persian, she was slightly old but not too old; she was 9, doubling the ages of my other pokemon.
"Its great to have you here"
"Mroww.." she said inbetween purring.
"Shadow... How would you say to battling? Your a formidable pokemon; Ive seen you do battle with the local cat and dog pokes when I was younger!"
"Meow!" she said, she liked the sound of that.

I smiled, heading back up to my room... When I got back in, Sky'ree and Mirage had their eyes fixed on Shadow, until running over to her. They were not strangers, Sky'ree had known Shadow for much of its natural life and Mirage had spent the summer with her; the little vaporeon was almost sobbing when she learned that Shadow wouldn't be coming with us.

"Well..Its time to go to sleep, Lance said to make use of this night.." We got ready for bed, and I slipped into the bed, my pants and shirt just strewn on the floor; I had temporarily forgotten that I shared a room with Gabi. Vaporeon was curled near my side, and Sky'ree was nestled at the bottom of the bed... while Shadow streched herself out in the spot between the two beds...

I wondered how Gabi would react to a massive cat next to her bed.


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Summary: Craig has a new pokemon! Shadow the Persian... and he went to sleep

[Last Exile]

Post 3 - February 24, 2003

-Ryan, Flaria House, male-

I spent tense minutes waiting, wondering what Nala's decision would be. Dru wasn't a person that immediately appealed to everyone's better nature. Her black hair dyed green and blue, several tattoos across her body, including the unmistakable name of US nu-metal band Korn across her stomach. She had several eyebrow piercings above her left eye, one of them new, considering the redness of the skin around it. She was dark and mysterious, but her white skin and her tall, slim figure betrayed something else. That there was a decent person there with feelings and dreams like everyone else.
Nala spent a few minutes conversing with her, getting an idea of who Dru was and what she was like. She then spent a couple of minutes convening with Sweetie, her Espeon. It was one of the most unusual Pokemon I'd ever seen. Its fur was not the standard velvet purple that adorns the psychic variety of Eevee evolutions, but a warm and fuzzy snow white colour. It was an incredible sight, yet most people were too drunk to notice.
While my mind was preparing to venture off to other thoughts, Nala returned, Sweetie nestling against her feet.
"Well, I've spoken to her. She seems decent enough. We might have ended up with a third roommate anyway, so if anyone else is going to be sharing living quarters with us, I'd prefer it to be her."
Well, that was a relief. Dru did seem decent enough after all. And she did ask me specifically. I'd never had an offer like that before, so I wasn't about to turn Dru down.
"One thing is for sure, though. It's going to be a very interesting year," commented Nala, gesturing with her head. Looking in the direction she pointed, I could see trouble unfolding. A significant proportion of the students, at least half, were noticeably intoxicated. One guy tried to kiss Gabi and got a promptly delivered slap in the face that left him lying on the ground like roadkill except that he was only semi-conscious. Several guys where having a bit of a row while Dru and a couple of other males were laughing together, slightly intoxicated but not as much as many of the rest were.
"I think we'd better make sure there's no alcohol consumption inside our dorms," I replied briskly, the words practically rushing out of my mouth like water running down a waterfall.
Nala nodded. "It isn't allowed anyway, but I bet that won't stop everyone. But, I think Dru knows well enough, though."
I was thinking of going back to the dorm soon, but something told me I should linger for a bit yet. So I wandered around for a bit, summing up the scene. It was then I heard the distinctive sound of a voice coming through a radio transmission.
"Sierra 1, this is Sierra 5. Looks like things are getting pretty intense down here. I'd say about half of the people here are pretty lucid right about now."
Oh boy. Campus police must be nearby. This was not good. I mean, they always monitor the big events. It's common sense! But when they make comments like that, it isn't a good sign.
"Any violence or inappropriate behaviour?"
"Yeah, some people are half passed-out, some guys are trying to kiss some of the women. It's getting a bit ugly. We may have to move in."
"Well, whatever you do, you'd better confiscate the alcohol. If we're not careful there might be a few cases of spiked drinks. We can't afford that here, and especially on the first night of the year."
"Copy that, but that isn't going to be easy. Most of the males are getting pretty possessive with the alcohol. I mean, did you see the way they behaved when the beer keg was leaking?!"
"Yeah, guys will be guys. Get a team of a dozen officers and move in, but don't be too forceful, we don't want any showdowns or anything." Silence followed. "And get the crew some of those macaroons, the mud cake and the eclairs."
"10-4."
From watching enough US action movies, I knew what 10-4 meant. It means that the person that gave that issue was about to comply and that they were ready to swing into action. Police action required on the first night, could things get any worse? From my experience, the women always take news like that better than the men do. There was bound to be some counterattacks from the guys and I didn't want anyone to get any smears on their permanent records. Not over something like this. It was time for me to sort out the mess again. But how?!
Fortunately pacing around and racking my brains as if my head was about to explode was not required. As if of cue in response to the need, Chaos, my trusty Scizor, hissed from behind me, concealed in a dimly lit bush.
"Boy, am I glad to see you. Have fun today?"
"Scizor!" came the zingy reply.
"Listen, there could be major trouble here. I need you to break it up. Up to it, buddy?"
Chaos smirked and banged his red metallic claws together in sheer delight. Chaos was always up for a challenge. You could tell just by the fire in his eyes.
"Okay, here's the plan. I say the best plan of attack is to Quick Attack the alcohol, as in destroy it all in one single attack. Reckon you can do that?"
Chaos nodded vigorously. I placed my hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"All yours, amigo!"
Within seconds the plan was executed to perfection. No one ever saw it coming. In fact, Chaos moved so fast that I bet no one even saw him. It was like someone had shot a single bullet that perfectly avoided all people and only hit the alcohol bottles. All of them exploded simultaneously, just before the beer kegs ruptured like champagne being poured out right after the bottle is opened.
Personally I'd thought a bit of a bitter row would follow. But to my amazement, something even better happened. Some of the guys just collapsed in shock while the rest just softly cursed.
"Aw man, what happened to the booze?!"
"Yeah, this party sucks! I'm going to bed."
"Screw this party! Didn't even get a decent chance to get majorly drunk!"
If this was the worst to happen tonight I considered it a job well done. As I reflected on what might have been, Chaos reappeared behind me, his face rife with delight.
"Good job," I replied before returning Chaos to his Pokeball. Inconspicuous behaviour was still required. Deciding to act on the police advice, I quickly scooped up a few macaroons and eclairs amongst the dispersing crowd. Bet my Pokemon would enjoy this. Chaos had earned his share tonight, that was for sure.
"Well, at least the dessert didn't get ruined," joked Gabi, appearing from behind me and reaching for an eclair of her own.
"I'm just glad male-female relationships didn't get set back to the days of the Stone Age!" I chirped.
Gabi broke out into a short fit of intense laughter before calming herself. "Well, at least you kept your promise."
"Which one?" I replied in a state of confusion, my eyebrows raised.
"That you'd be around again when something exciting happened. We can count on that as long as we've got you to fix up the mess," she giggled.
"And what makes you think I'm responsible for breaking up the party?" Was she psychic or something? Nothing much seems to get past Gabi!
"Who else?" she replied, giving me a firm yet soft look with her blue eyes. I felt like I was dissolving like the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz.
"Well, I try." No point in denying it. Women always know when men are lying. It's a trait they excel in.
"Well, keep it up. Just make sure you do just as well in your studies, okay?"
"No sweat."
Gabi smiled, letting her pearly whites linger for a moment before she turned around and headed towards Aquarius house. As she strolled off, her arms swinging back and forth slowly and her legs moving as if she was walking on air, I couldn't help but feel elated. I felt like I was onto a good thing. Things were on the up after all. My dreams were definitely going to be good tonight. I'd better make sure they didn't occupy my daytime thoughts too much.
I hope Nala and Dru don't snore. I can't stand snoring. Though in retrospect, it didn't matter after all. Because the most unexpected thing happened at that moment.
"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF! PLEASE REPORT TO THE CAFETERIA IMMEDIATELY! MAKE SURE ALL POKEMON ARE ACCOUNTED FOR!"
Everyone looked at each other. What was going on? Something was wrong, very wrong. Especially for the university head to appear at a time like this.
"I'm sorry to call you all at such a late hour, especially since one of our start of term parties was in full swing. I would have left it till morning, but this matter is of the greatest importance. Now, I'll let our guest tell you what it needed of you all, and I hope you'll give him the utmost respect."
He walked back and sat down. Then, a man with bright red hair came out. He was the one with the Dragonite. I knew who he was instantly. He was Lance, top Master of the Pokemon League and Dragon Master. This must really be important for him to bother coming here...
"Thank you. Many of you know who I am, so I won't bother with introductions. Time is very important right now. Whether you know it or not, students at Lapras Valley University are junior members of the Pokemon League. When you graduate, you'll become full members. In any case, there has been a catastrophe. I'm not permitted to give you any details at this point. You have been called to the League Headquarters at Indigo Plateau. There, all members will be addressed together. All Gyms are being shut down, and any competitions are being canceled. In the morning, this school will be closed and all students are asked to report to Indigo Plateau. I'm very sorry. Please go to your dorms and get a good nights sleep. You don't know how long it'll be until you'll get another one."
Okay, nightmare has officially begun! What the bloody hell was going on?
Gabi suddenly reappeared with a flash. "Did you hear that?"
"How could I not?! It's insane! Something major must have happened for this to be going down."
"What do you think is the reason?"
"Could be terrorists, assassinations, extortion, God knows what. I think it's better to just get some sleep and face whatever comes our way tomorrow. Worrying about the unknown doesn't solve anything."
Gabi nodded. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow hopefully." Then, without any indication at all, Gabi leaned forward and gave me a brief yet gentle kiss on my cheek.
"Stay safe, okay?"
"Sure," I replied as if I was about to die. "No problem."
Gabi smiled sunnily again before heading back to her dorm with haste. I did likewise, heading back to Flaria, where Nala was already waiting in our dorm.
"Well, this keeps getting better all the time, doesn't it?" I joked to break the tension.
"Yeah. I didn't like the way Lance said we're not going to get any good sleep for a long while. Something bad is coming our way."
"Well, we'll know tomorrow. Might as well be as fresh as possible for it."
Dru entered the room in a flash, half-dazed and just a little bit tipsy, but still in control of her faculties.
"Finally things are going great then this happens! Sometimes life really sucks!"
"And when it does, that's when things unexpectedly go your way."
"Fair point." Dru managed a fairly vivacious smile.
"We'd better get to sleep. I've got a feeling sleep will be the last thing on our minds after tomorrow is through."
I never remembered what I dreamt that night, or if I even dreamt. Perhaps it was for the best. Whatever was going on, they were going to regret having Ryan Mendes in the mix of it.

[Shadow Djinn]

Name:Zera Protoss
Age: (18-24)20
Gender:M
Physical Desc.:He has a vest and wavy spiky hair. Blue jeans. green eyes.
Personality: He's er....cold. Really smug and thinks hes the best.
Bf/Gf:N/a
History: (Famous parents? Old friends that also go here? Anything major happen to you?)Was raised by a rich guy and he could've been rich just taking the family buisness. Instead he wanted to become a traainer.
Other:
Pokemon:

Nightshade(M) Umbreon

Draggy(M)Dratini

Aqua(M) Vaporeon

Storm(M) Jolteon

Psychi(M) Espeon

Darkflame(M) Houndoom

[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

HEY GUYS I'm Back!!!Yippe!! I love this rpg series i've been gone too long from this board.Hopefully i'm not too late!!



Name:Max H. Blaze
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Physical Desc.: 5'11,blue eyes,red spikey hair, blue finger gloves,navy jeans, red flame coat and fire pokemon undershirt, strong build
Personality:strong,confident,smart,shy and quiet type,antisocial(but comes around when cute girls are around him ),
Gf: none but badly seeking one
History: Max now is a different man once he once was in high school. At the last year of high school his powerful pokemon Mewtwo changed max, mewtwo took max's special abilites away from him and mewtwo left his master to leave in pain and in a coma. Then Laparas Valley High School staff found him and left him in the hospital wing and has been there ever since, until now.(it would help me if someone tell me there was a time,year distance apart from the last highschool to the Univ.,thanks)
Other: has no human friends curently, he has trained his arcanine his entire life that arcanine is not weakened by water and max can withstand intensive heat.
Pokemon: Arcanine(Arky),Charizard(FlameDemon),Dragonite(Dra gonDemon), Jolteon(Thundee),Raichu(DenseSpark),Ferailigator(s p?)((WaterGod))



Ok now just give me the ok and the tower info.! Thanks so much for letting me be in another of the lpvalley rpg series, i think i've been on all of them except for the first one..i think....


~Max