~Destino Reale~ (It STARTS! LSUs Welcome!)

[DaRk MeWtWo]

OoC: Just to let you guys know, this’ll be my last magnificent post for the next five days or so, so savor this one if thou will ^_~
OoC2: B4: Sorry for dictating most your battle…thought I’d make things interesting

Alexander, Alexis [Abra M], Lyfai [Vaporeon F], Kevin, Shade [Eevee F], Seth, Clyde [Mankey M], Ari, Efri [Eevee F], Asher, Fray [Ponyta F]

Ah, it seems as though my new friends are ready…let’s see the crew…duh Alexis is here…ah Ari’s got a spiffy Eevee…by the name of Efri, that’s spiffy as spiff I want one o’ those someday...maybe not…creepy…oi! Look at Clyde and Seth in action, they’re all pumped up like heck! And Kevin’s got…his Eevee out?! Oh well, he’ll figure something snazzy in the end I suppose…Asher…Asher omg she’s…she’s picking a Pikachu…LEIF!?

As Leif, Asher’s second pokemon, materialized out of her pokeball, she smirked at the second largest hiker as if he were a over-confident nub or something:

“I don’t need an advantage over such a couch potato as yourself. My pokemon need a challenge you fatty, so see if you can even touch my Pikachu with your slow-butt Geodude,” Asher pulled back her hair and re-secured it in a ponytail, awaiting the hikers’ reactions, which were of course pure laughter and mockery:

“Aw, the little lassie wants a challenge for her yellow little mouse, does she? She’ll get it alright! Go Geodude, slam him with our new Body Slam attack! Show no friggin’ mercy darn it!”

“Smack that tiny Eevee with your Rock Throw attack! Show him the power of the mountains!”

“Defense Curl against that Mankey’s Karate Chop attacks and counter with Counter! Hell ya!”

“That Eevee there’s a joke! Rollout, now!”

“Ha, you’re talking, that Abra’s a tiny critter, no kidding, Rollout him too!”

And so the battle was joined. Clyde and a dark-tinted Geodude took center stage, and Clyde began the battle with an expected Karate Chop attack that connected very nicely, leaving the Geodude visibly bruised. The attack had landed even before a Defense Curl could’ve been set up, yet the Geodude did manage to Counter effectively, sending Clyde skyrocketing back to Seth’s feet:

“Aw come on, Clyde, we can over-run ‘em. Remember we’re the very best! No one can stop us! Realisticaly that guy’s got no hope! Now up and at ‘em!” Clyde rose to his feet from the encouragement of his trainer Seth who eyes were fixated upon the opposing and imposing Hiker

On the west side of the battle arena, Ari and Asher were literally back to back, as Leif and Efri kept the Geodudes at bay. The first Geodude charged viciously at Leif, who giggled softly and jumped over the rock-hard pokemon, who went straight over Efri and made both protagonists laugh out loud. Unfortunately, the same wouldn’t apply to Leif, for when Efri evaded the blow, the other Geodude’s Rock Throw attack hit Leif head on, and Asher grumbled slightly…every so lightly…but just enough to transform Ari into a forgiving carcass (not to degrade you Nab, u’re cool).

“Oh no! My dearest apologies Asher! I didn’t mean for our battle to interfere with yours so badly and…I’m so sorry! I’ll make it up to you I swear!” Ari cried, jumping up and down as Efri squared off the other Geodude, who was still considering his next move, but looked he was eyeing Leif instead.

“What? Oh my gawd, don’t worry about it Ari, these things are bound to happen. Pfft, I’ll probably ruin your battle first…” But Asher took her words back as soon as she had said them, for now both the Geodudes were sending variable Magnitude waves Leif’s way, and the female Pikachu seemed eternally doomed….

Meanwhile, way over on the East side of this rocky “arena,” Alex and Kevin had their hands full with two other hikers, the two smallest ones as a matter of fact. But they had it far from easy, for these two Hikers kept using the deadly Rollout attack which seemed to gain more strength and speed every time it was used. Things looked like they were going from okay to annoying to tedious to harmful to finally dangerous, as Shade and Alexis both took a major physical blow from Roullout…lending snickering snickers from the snickering of snicker Hikers…a devious combination of snickers indeed.

Alexis and Shade did their best to over-whelm the Geodudes with their superior speed, and things were going considerably well: Alexis had inflicted serious damage with his Confusion attacks and Shade had caused her opponent to crash into stray boulders here and there quite a few times: but the truth of the story was that it wasn’t getting anywhere fast, because the Geodudes were rearing up for an unbelievably fast Rollout attack that would have left even Alexis wondering as to how to evade the blow. After a considerably close call with Shade, Kevin cried:

“Alex, I have a plan we can use. You fancy giving it a try?"

“I’m game if you are,” Alex replied, and so they plan unfolded…with the battle ever so closely nearing the center of the stage. They didn’t have to worry about Clyde and the first Geodude, however, as they had taken their fight to an extreme and Clyde was basically balancing himself as if he were participating in the circus on a Rolling-Out Geodude that was running in circles around the whole arena!

But finally the plan was set in stone—and behold the works of art, it worked like a miracle—the two Geodudes collided furiously and were knocked back on opposite ends of the battlefield, both visibly unconscious, and as Alex walked over to Kevin to congratulate his efforts, the battle between Leif, Efri, and the larger Geodudes was reaching a climatic finish….

“Aha! What’s she gonna do now? Can’t run away with your Eevee now, can ya, ya Pikachu?! Wahaha!” The third and fourth biggest Hikers bellowed and Asher was ready to give them a good noggin’ bashin’, but she was realized that indeed Leif was in grave danger.

“Oh dear…Efri! Quick! Make amends and carry Leif to safety with Agility, then create clones with your Double Team!” Ari was jumping crazily, afraid she was going to lose her first true female friend.

But Efri didn’t fail her, and the Geodude did exactly 0% damage to Leif, plus they were totally confused by the many clones around them, and eventually Leif adopted her ally technique, creating dozens of clones as well. Pretty soon it was about three dozen Pikachus and three dozen Eevees against two Geodudes.

“You just saved Leif, didn’t you, Ari?” Asher asked, looking behind her to see an equally shocked pale-skinned Ari.

“I-I guess I did…wow…that-that’s so cool…” Ari was still in a daze as the Geodudes struggled to find their point of focus, when Asher snapped back to reality and the Hikers grunted louder than before.

“J’es smack ‘em with Rock Throws, they can’t evade two volleys, right partner?” The bigger one asked.

“Right on, mate. No way hoz-a-hay,” the smaller one cackled, though to Asher and Ari they both looked unbelievably huge….

“Right, Leif! Start start charging up some electricity with Charge…” Asher turned around to see that Ari was still in partial-shock, so she proceeded and assumed command of Efri, “Efri, if you don’t mind, please try and carry Leif on your back and blind ‘em with Sand Attack. After all that you gotta ram into one of the Geodudes with a physical attack—anyone you know, just go for it,” Asher was confident in her strategies and sure enough they worked like a charm.

The Geodudes were still wondering what in the world was going on, since they had no clue which Efri or Leif clone to dismantle. In their vision, all the Leifs used a powerful Charge move, but the Geodudes weren’t worried, electricity couldn’t harm them, right? Right? Right?

Efri blinded them badly with her Sand-Attack moves, acknowledging the fact that Ari was a little side tracked. The Geodudes consistently bumped into each other, and Efri powered up for what looked like a Body Slam attack.

“Quick Leif, position a Thundershock attack just between Efri and that Geodude! Now! And again!” Asher cried.

Lightning coursed through one of the blinded Geodudes as Efri penetrated its skin with electricity—the result was a stunted Geodude—stunted in the term that he was internally shocked. The process repeated itself as the other Geodude suffered the same ghastly fate. The clones and the original protagonists both cackled in victory and the hikers were rather peeved again, to say the least.

“Huh? Wow…you’re so good at battling, Asher! Hey, Efri, nice work! Finish things up with a few Double-Edges!” Ari cried enthusiastically.

“Um, thanks Ari, ok Leif, finish them up with multiple Quick Attacks!” Asher commanded.

“Pikaa!”

“Vee!”

Efri’s Double-Edges drove the two Geodudes senseless and the rock pokemon had no clue where to go or move. On top of that, Leif’s Quick Attacks stunned them into oblivion, chipping away at their stamina till finally the two Hikers recalled their Geodudes angrily,

“T’was a burst of luck if I ever did see one,”

“Jyes, you’re gosh darn it right it was,” Needless to say the Hikers were legible for a pounding from Asher, but she couldn’t bother and was busy talking with Ari over their amazing battle….

“Woah, easy Clyde, keep it easy, now! Smack it!” Bop. Clyde’s Low Kick caught the largest and possibly strongest Geodude right where it HURTS, namely because the Geodude and the Hiker had been expecting a Karate Chop, and had ducked in response.

“Crud! Geodude, Counter that shiz, and then hit ‘em with another burst of Mega Punch! That’ll send him reeeeeling hell ya!” Unlike the other Hikers, this once was actually experienced and Clyde suffered major damage at the hands of a titanic Geodude that looked like it was ready to evolve into a Graveler….

“Geooo-go-gra—graa—grave-gravellher!” And sure enough, before Seth and his adversary’s eyes, it evolved into a even larger rock pokemon that struck a tiny chord of intimidation in Clyde.

“Ha! You think you can intimidate us with your big body and all that shiz, yeah right, we’re crush you to smithereens! Clyde, harness your energy with Focus Energy and then power up with Bulk Up!” Seth commanded.

“Ha! Bulk Up won’t help ya, I’ve taught my Graveler that move long ago, Graveler, now that you’re even stronger, make it a point with Bulk Up as well!”

Fortunately, for the overconfident Hiker, he thought a few Bulk Up moves would be enough to scrap Clyde…he had forgotten the power of Focus Energy and would pay dearly for that ignorance….

The Graveller and Clyde both powered up till they looked like they were about to burst with power, but Clyde had the upper hand with a Focus Energy charge-up, and when the time came for the two pokemon to collide with their strongest attacks, Clyde made it a point to HIT FIRST. And he did it, too.

To both trainer’s surprise, the Graveler never laid a hand on Clyde, for the Mankey was so swift in his execution of the final Karate Chop that the Graveler didn’t even have time to lift his hand for his Mega Punch technique. The end result was a Graveler decimated by a critically strong super-effective high-gear attack from a hyper pokemon, leaving much to be desired for the defense.

“Maank!” Clyde victoriously stampeded onto the Graveler, who wasn’t breathing very well and soon returned to his pokeball.

“Alright, Clyde! That was awesome! Dude you showed that pile of rocks who’s boss and ya did it well, oh, look at the expression on that hiker’s face…whaha!” Seth simply laughed out loud at the 7’5” hiker in front of him, who was rather peeved, but didn’t care for much of it.

The five Hikers reassembled themselves and shifted their legs as they departed, morning the loss of their supremacy. Meanwhile, the other two 2v2 battles had also ended, and the group, well, they regrouped at the center to congratulate Clyde and Seth on a battle well played.

“Glad you picked your teeth with their bones,” Asher.

“Wow, you’re really talented, Seth, and you too, Clyde!” Ari.

“Spiffy work and a job well done,” Kevin.

“Woah, and a Graveler too, that’s gotta hurt their oversized egos alright,” Alex.

“Yeah, Clyde pulled through rather nicely…hey your battles weren’t all that bad either. Efri and Leif bedazzled those Geodudes and Shade and Alexis struck them senseless. Ha! It was hilarious plan, Kevin, I commend you,” Seth complimented, returning Clyde to his pokeball.

“Aw shucks, it wasn’t that cool…but yeah I suppose we drove ‘em up the wall,” Kevin laughed and patted Alex’s shoulder, “He and Alexis were a big help though,” Needless to say though, he was smiling in Asher direction and she barely returned the favor with an ever so slight upcurling of her lips.

Alex sensed it would be a wise time to once again leave the scene quietly, so he walked over to Ari and struck up a random conversation, eyeing back now and then to see if Seth was also moving away from the action…and thankfully his friend had picked up on the act…or he was just too happy with his victory—Alex couldn’t quite tell…

“So, Ari, I see you’re quite experienced with ghost type pokemon,” Alex commented, his Vaporeon striding beside him and Alexis perched once again on his right shoulder.

“Well, I have lived in Lavender all my life so yes, that would be correct…you look like you’re from Viridian, right?” she asked timidly, calling Efri back to her pokeball.

“Wow, how did you know?” Alex asked, obviously shocked at her seemingly ESP nature.

“Um…lucky guess? Hehe, I dunno, you just look like those well-educated Viridians, not like the run-down Pewter people or the farmer-type Pallets, you know what I mean? She asked.

“Yes…I suppose so, though I’ve always abhorred such a stereotypical image…” Alex trailed off, unable too his eyes off of Ari’s captivating necklace…which seemed to lull him into a deep enchantment.

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OoC: OMG, Nab, I had to RETYPE the entire section with you and B4 just because I thought Efri was a Ghastly!! Ech!

Seth: sorry for leaving you out of the conversation dude, I just wanted you to bathe in glory =P

Have fun posting people.

[Arnen]

~<()>~ Ari ~<()>~
~ ~ Party: Efri (tired female Eevee), Flurry (male Pidgey) ~ ~
~ ~ With Alex, Kevin, Seth, and Asher ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Near Mt. Moon ~ ~

I had called Efri back into her Pokeball, and was about to stick it into my pocket, when to my surprise she popped back out and hopped onto my shoulder.

"You don't like it in there, do you?" I murmered, scratching under her chin. She crooned and snuggled against my neck, cute as can be. I was so happy; she had actually pulled through and won a battle! Bt then again, Asher had done most of the work... I looked at the ground.

I caught a sideways glance at Alex and saw him staring at me, or more specifically at my necklace.

"Er, yes? What is it?" I asked, fiddling with it uncertainly.

[Mystic_clown]

DM: No biggy. That was actually pretty good.

Seth
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Seth couldn't wipe the grin from his face. A graveller! His mankey had pounded a graveller into the ground. The dark skinned boy cound't help but grin, especially with all the complements he got afterwards. However, that all dissappeared when he noticed Alex staring at Ari. He could see the girl was a little bit spooked because Alex was staring at her like a marooned seaman would stare at a pile of food. Seth came up behind him and smacked him in the back of the head, knocking him out of his trance.
"It's not nice to stare," he said. Alex was confused for a few moments before realizing what the white haired boy meant.
"Oh, I wasn't staring at her," he said, trying to defend itself, "I was staring at her necklace." Seth turned and looked at the girl's necklace. It certainly was beautiful and there was somethign about it that caught the theif's eye.
"So, now what should we do?" Kevin asked. The sun was coming down, so it was obvious that they wouldn't make it to Cerulean today.
"We'll camp here for the night," Alex said.
"And then tomorrow, we could do some training," Seth added, "There's a bunch of interesting pokemon here and we could use some." Asher rolled her eyes.
"Interesting? There's just Zubat and Geodude." A sly smile spread across Seth's lips.
"And there's also Paris and Clefairy," he said.
"Clefairy?" Ari asked, interested. Seth couldn't help but smirk. He knew at least one of his group was interested in Clefairy. After all, it is pretty rare. Kevin scratched his chin.
"And I could use a Paris against the gym leader," he said. Seth's smile broadened.
"So, all those in favour of spending all of tomorow training and catching say ai!"

[Arnen]

Clefairy? C'mon, she's shy, not girly ><;;

[Mystic_clown]

Sorry 'bout that. I'll edit it now.

[classy_cat18]

Emi Tajiri ~ Cerulean City
Team: M Bulbasaur (Dimitri), M Butterfree, F Pidgey (Feather), M Pikachu (Ken)

"You...are...the most incredible guy ever!" I cried in glee, running up and hugging Chase. "How did you get them?"

"I won a contest. You like them?"

"Like them? I love them!" I walked up to a purple bike and admired it. It was so new and shiny. The handlebars were a nice black. I came up with an idea. "Let's ride them to the gym!"

"Are you ready?"

"Of course I am! My Pokemon are fed and recharged and I'm itching to get a Cascade Badge and a Water Pulse TM! Let's go!"

We climbed on our bikes and rode to the gym. We opened the doors and gaped at the appearance of the inside. "It's one big pool," I said in awe. There was a wooden walkway extending from one end to the other. We got to that walkway and walked to the first trainer.

"Are you ready to battle?" the swimmer asked me.

I nodded. "Go, Ken!" I threw his pokeball. Ken jumped out and faced the swimmer.

"Go, Horsea!" the swimmer cried. A little blue Pokemon popped out of the pokeball and floated in the water.

"Ken, you know what to do!" I said. Ken released a furious Thundershock and fried the poor Horsea. "You got any other Pokemon?" I asked the swimmer with a smirk on my face.

"Yeah! Go Shellder!" The swimmer returned her Horsea and let out her Shellder.

I decided to give Feather a chance. "Return, Ken!" The Pikachu returned to my side and I let out my Pidgey, which should have been the same level as the Shellder. "Feather, start out with a Quick Attack!" Feather swooped down and tackled the Shellder head-on with incredible speed.

The swimmer grinned. "Give that bird an Icicle Spear!" she commanded. The Shellder withdrew its tongue and shot out an icicle! Feather barely had time to dodge. Shellder shot out two more, giving Feather a tough time.

I hope Feather can hang in there. She's weak against Ice attacks. "Quick Attack again!" Feather dove again, despite more Icicle Spear being shot at her. She dove straight for the face this time and hit it, making it really hurt. "Now Gust! Blow that Shellder out of the water!" Feather flapped her wings fiercely, kicking up a mighty wind. Shellder had nothing to hold on to so it just blew out of the water and hit the far wall.

The swimmer recalled the Shellder and hung her head. "Okay, I'm done," she told us.

We skipped the next trainer and headed straight to the leader. "I am Misty, leader of the Cerulean City Gym. Which one of you is fighting?"

"We both are," I said. I remembered when I made Chase face the Onix. "My friend will go first."

"Okay. Go, Staryu!"

[DaRk MeWtWo]

OoC: O_o Nab sorry if I offended u by staring at your necklace lol

Alex, with Alexis [Abra M Full Awake Mode], Lyfai [Vaporeon F] Seth, Clyde [Mankey M], Ari, Efri [Eevee F], Asher, Leif [Pikachu F?], Fray [Ponyta F], Kevin, and Shade [Eevee M]

Whoa…I’ve never seen anything like it before…that dragon on that amethyst-hilted blade is so…cool…almost like I’ve seen it somewhere…OW!

Alex was broken from his train of thought by Seth who purposely smacked him in the head, stating it wasn’t polite to stare. Alex almost blushed in an instant and had to hold back the embarrassment.

“Hey, I, uh, was just…uh…looking at her necklace, not at her…” his voice trailed off as the group congregated once again around him. He was beginning to feel increasingly uneasy, as if a foul opinion was forming around him of his behavior.

Holy cow wtf is going on here? I feel like I’m gonna faint from congestion or something. That Seth guy meant well to knock me out of that trance, and he did do good, but now I’m even more tense—tense as hell.

“You crack me up Alex, calm down already. No one’s gonna eat you. The other two probably didn’t hear a thing…oh look, that Seth guy’s talking again,” Alexis commented mentally.

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“…all in favor of catching and training pokemon tomorrow?” Seth asked boisterously. He had sapped all leadership from Alex, for although Alex had stated the idea of camping here for the night, Seth had almost dictated that they would be catching and training more pokemon the following day. Alex was just a tiny tad unnerved—the barely noticeable things that were taking place all around him these days and were becoming routine.

Everyone else also seemed quite surprised by Seth’s commander-in-chief abilities and simply shrugged their shoulders with a simplistic “sure.”

“Seth, it might be best to decide that tomorrow morning,” Alex replied, stretching his muscles and rubbing the Vaporeon beside him on her head—she had been watching Alexis’s battle very carefully and was almost bloodthirsty for some action.

“Ye-ah, I agree with Alex…I do want to catch more pokemon, but things might be different tomorrow,” Ari timidly answered, her Eevee Efri staring right across the group to Shade, the other female Eevee in the group.

“They seem to make sense to me too, Seth. Lord knows what might befall us tomorrow—lets’ take things one step at a time…hey Shade…oh! I almost forgot you had an Eevee too, Ari!” Kevin exclaimed, softly laughing as Shade and Efri stared at each other and noticed the different tints of color radiating from their bodies.

“Mmhmm, yes, for an uncommon pokemon, Eevees seem to be all the rage these days. We’ve got two here…and with that Vaporeon Alex found…it’s up to three now…and I noticed some random guy with another one a few days back…” Asher commented, attempted and failing to recall Leif into her pokeball, who was mischeviously darting around in middle of the circle of trainers with Efri and Shade.

“That…must’ve been…that guy…ugh, what was his name…uh….” Alex struggled to remember the trainer who had “abandoned” him back in Pewter City.

“Get sm’ore brain cells Alex, it’s Lee. Lee Kenta, remember. D’uh oi,” Alexis mentally laughed out loud.

“…oh yeah it was that Lee Kenta guy. He’s speeding on through Mount Moon right now I think. Oh yeah, didn’t you guys see his Eevee defeat Brock’s Onix?! No, wait…that was before…yeah that was before you all came to Pewter City.” Alex sighed and stretched his muscles again—they were incredibly sore for someone who had just gotten through a quick 2v2 battle.

“So…I think I’ll just take a look around here while you all unpack and etcetera etcetera…” Asher sighed, giving up on any hope to recall Leif and leaving her to play with Efri and Shade. She patted Fray on the back and the two of them started to wander near Mount Moon’s entrance.

“Uh, yeah, I think I’ll go for a walk too, you stay here and have fun with Efri and Leif, okay, Shade?” Kevin stated, and scratched the black Eevee behind her ears before running off after Asher and Fray.

“Uh-uh, I see…well, I’m gonna be right…here…with Clyde and company, just lookin’ over some battle strategies and the like. If need be for lookout, I’ll tell y’all if we’re getting raided by Digletts or Geodudes,” Seth laughed at his own joke and Alex politely chimed in followed by Ari. Pretty soon he was out of earshot and Alex uncomfortably looked around and decided to observe Leif, Efri, and Shade play a simplistic version of tag on the rocky floor. Ari’s eyes traced the three musketeers as they bounced around like little devils. This continued for near-eternity, actually, it was only one full minute.

“Well, come on, tell me, what is it about my necklace?” Ari broke the silence, swiveling her head in Alex’s direction, with her black hair lightly slapping at her face. A wind was slowly beginning to blow and it lifted her hair off her face…and Alex saw that indeed she was very pale. Very. Pale. Indeed.

“Say wha? Oh, uh…well you see…to be honest I thought I saw it somewhere before,” Alex spluttered.

Why am I feeling so damn uncomfortable? It’s like that necklace’s hypnotizing or deriding my brain. Maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s just her violet eyes and white skin. It’s gotta be something about her or her necklace that’s wrecking my mind…Alexis…any thoughts?

Mental Silence.

The Vaporeon next to Alex “Eeohned” softly and looked up at Ari in fascination.

“Well, that’s not such a great answer, but it’ll do…anyhow I’m sorry to have slowed down your group. Efri’s amazing but you’ve already fashioned yourself with a Vaporeon and—oh dear she’s staring at me,” Ari commented in a hushed whisper.

“Hey, hey, easy Ari, she doesn’t bite…I think,” As if to register that sentence, the Vaporeon playfully nudged him in the knee—a little too hard….

“OW! Oops, I mean, she’s fascinated with your eyes…violet like her skin I suppose…so, yeah…I didn’t evolve her either Ari, I found her in the middle of Pewter…she followed me into the gym when I was watching that Lee guy’s Eevee battle Brock’s Onix to be precise.” Alex replied.

Ari nodded in solemn comprehension and looked up at the sky…it was slowly but surely beginning to darken…the sun was just beginning to set…but it would still be quite a while till total sundown, probably almost three hours, since it was the bleedin’ hot summer….

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Alex, with Alexis [Abra M, Full Awake Mode], Lyfai [Vaporeon F], Ari, Efri [Eevee F]

Efri [Eevee F], Shade [black Eevee F], and Leif [Pikachu F?] are playing tag at center of “to-be-campsite”

Asher, Fray [Ponyta F], Kevin are heading near entrance to Mount Moon

Seth and Clyde [Mankey M STILL in Victory Mode] are walking perimeter of “to-be-campsite,” occasionly looking back and forth at Kevin and Alex

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Pfft...what a lousy post…so empty, nothing really happened. Ah well…OI! I gotta get back to studying for AP exams…apologies once again M_C, I don’t know where to put you lol =P

Have fun posting people (and be glad you don’t have an exam in two days).

[Bulbasaur4]

Sorry I've been gone for a while...
heee... time for some fun.

Asher

Asher had sighed lightly, glad to have herself be getting away from the group. In fact however, she was extremely tense. So tense that perhaps it was shown as she walked besides Fray.

Journeying up she approached a little cliff area and with a little effort she managed to climb a little bit until she came to an outcropping that took her by surprise. It had the most beautiful view overlooking miles of land and it was absolutely stunning. Fray had easily climbed as well, leaping from little ledge to ledge and obviously having some experience at this. The two of stared outwards, as Asher closed her eyes painfully tight for a few seconds. There was that squirming feeling rising with in her...
" We're getting closer, aren't we Fray?" She said almost inaudibly, glancing at her firey friend who gave a little sad whinny in response.
" Yeah... I know. Maybe we can skip it...." Asher trailed off but she knew that was a joke. There was a gym there, she couldn't skip it. Withdrawing a shaky breath, suddenly she realized that with in a day or perhaps two... she would have to go back. She'd have to exist there... for the little time.
"We'll battle and then leave... right away." Asher stated to herself, but then she almost jumped.
"Asher?" Whirling about, she saw Kevin standing there and she immediatly seemed to roll her eyes- mostly because he had scared her.
"Oh... what are you doing here?" Asher stated, her tone shifting to a more calmed yet still slightly emotionless tone. Kevin shrugged, "I figured I'd just see wha tyou are up too... "
He seemed to purposefully not ask about what he might have heard of earlier, so Asher didn't give any response to that.
Silence echoed, as the sun seemed to set slightly... slowly disappearing over the horizon. Fray's glowing mane and tail seemed to reflect and cast a soft glow against the setting sun, and it was a truely breath taking view.
"It's a pretty view... isn't it?" Asher stated suddenly, breaking the silence as she glanced to Kevin.
" I wish life was always this pretty..."


Time for the fun part!

Lyfai

Lyfai stared at Ari... her glinting violet eyes were rather expressionless at this point. Then suddenly, Lyfai gave out a rather sharp..
"Vap! Eon!" Her glinting violet eyes stared down Ari, until she simply rose from her feet and flared her nose. It almost looked as if she were upset...
The Lyfai looked to Alex, then back at Ari, and she felt a strange connection that perhaps most did not notice. That was normal of course... Lyfai was a Vaporeon, an animal, and they sensed these things.
"What's the matter?" Alex asked, and with out warning suddenly Lyfai looked at Ari and gave a little growl. It wasn't an extremely menacing growl... but a light airy one, that stated that 'some thing was not right'.
" Hey! Stop that! What's going on?" Alex suddenly said, as Ari looked absolutely bewildered. With that Lyfai gave a slight snort of disapproval and began walking a few ways away. With a few paces then, Lyfai approached a thick pine tree and lowered herself to the ground, dragging her belly against the dirt until she had crawled underneath the thick pine branches. It was a tight place that even she had a hard time getting under... but she made it to the trunk and then slowly curled her body about, resting in it. Her eerie glowing eyes of violet, swirled with bits of silver, reflecting back to the outside from the darkness.

Lyfai had been surprised at her own reactions, but yet some how she was not confused. She realized why and what she had done... and withdrawing a deep sigh she reguarded the outside for a bit. She heard and had understood that they were to stay here, so she knew that lying under the tree would be fine. They wouldn't be moving on yet. Yet... back with in her mind, she felt rather strange for her actions. She really didn't have much taste for Ari, and at the same time she liked Ari as a person.
Odd... yet Lyfai was a prime example of oddities.

[SWAMPERT1]

Lee Kenta
Party: Eevee - Magikarp
Location: Path heading to Mt. Moon Pokemon Center
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I was walking with pride from winning my previous battle and was heading straight for the pokemon center. It was only about 300 feet away luckily because it was getting dark and well, I need a place to stay.

I had made it to the center and I did the usual things, give my pokemon to the nurse and went to the rest room. I put my bag down and hopped on a bed. The bed was so soft and I fell asleep instantly and began to dream.

Sorry its short but I still have no frickin time and I need to let you guys know I am still alive.

[Samchu]

OOC: This'll be fun

Kevin
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I tilted my head slightly, that had to be the most interesting and open thing that Asher had ever said to me before. "That would be nice," I replied, trying not to ruin the peace too much. "But...if everything was this beautiful, we'd never be able to appreciate the things in life that are especially beautiful to us, be they place, pokemon or even...people." There was an obvious hint buried in there but I don't think she got it, at least that was what I thought as I hadn't ended up like Brock.

It was perhaps the first time I had been so near to Asher without Fray standing between us, something the firey pokemon seemed to be rather uncomfortable about. I wrung my hands to try and free myself of the thought of trying to take Asher's, I thought about Brock's face as Asher's fist connected with the lower of his gut and that kept my hands from wandering. Still, the aspect of it all was very tempting, and the evening was almost perfect for it.

"You asked me earlier, why I hang around with you as much as I do, even though you think you're not a good person. I'll tell you why. Despite what you think, you can be a really nice person. I've seen how you are with Fray and now with Leif and Aries and there's no way you could have that bond with them if you weren't the good person I know you are." I sighed, "I dunno what I'm trying to say here..." If I had any guts I'd tell you that I hang around with you because I have strong feelings for you... "It's just that...I know I annoy you 'cause I'm always trying to get you to open up and I'm sorry but just so you know, if you ever do open up...never change anything else about yourself." I paused for a moment. "I gotta go get dinner ready, the others are making me cook. Come down when you're ready, I'll keep it warm if you wanna take your time."

And with that I retreated back down to our little make-shift camp to try and salvage together a decent enough meal for all of us.

[Arnen]

~<()>~ Ari ~<()>~
~ ~ Party: Efri (female Eevee), Flurry (male Pidgey) ~ ~
~ ~ With Alex, Shade (female Eevee), and Leif (female Pikachu) ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Campsite-in-Progress ~ ~

What an odd Pokemon. I observed as I picked my backpack up from the ground beside me. I yanked at the zipper forcefully yet carefully; I knew from experience that if I pulled too hard it would come off. I fished around until I found a box of granola bars.

"Want one?" I asked Alex, holding up the box. He nodded, and after I had ripped open the side I tossed him one and took one for myself. I felt something warm and fuzzy against my back, and I turned around, but nothing was there. When I looked back around, my granola bar was gone. I saw Efri munchin on it happily some ways away, sharing it with Shade and Leif. Rolling my eyes, I took out another and took off the wrapper and bit into it.

I could feel that Vaporeon's eyes on me. It was a strange feeling, like being followed home by a Gastly on a dark night. Very unnerving.

[The_Missing_Link]

OOC: We're one day behind everyone so I'm trying to catch us up


Aidan Stafford - Pewter City
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The rest of the night passed normally - dinner for everyone, then a good night's rest in the Pokecenter. I had a hard time myself trying to fall asleep, as did probably Michelle, but after an hour of restless thinking, I finally dozed off.

Morning went by in a blur, much like last night. Get up, take a shower, get dressed, breakfast for all and then some last minute training before the gym battle. By the time we wrapped things up, it was already noon.
"Better now than never," I murmured.
"Charmander," Drake agreed.
The walk to the gym was brisk, with the gym already in sight from the Pokecenter. Michelle opted to stay behind and train a little, maybe wanting to be surprised herself when going to battle. I was kind of glad to be alone anyway; I liked the solitude and ability to bond more with my Pokemon.
Maybe traveling alone is better than with someone else, I mused quietly.

Inside the gym, the walls seemed to be made of stone while the arena was a dirt floor littered with boulders of various sizes. The gym leader was sitting down on a bench at the other end of the field, reading a magazine.
"I'm here for a battle," I said loudly.
He looked up from his read and immediately threw it on the bench. Eagerly, he ran to his position at the edge of the field and grinned.
"The name's Brock. It's not often I get to challenge beautiful ladies," he smirked.
I cocked my head but ignored his flirtatious advances. He was good looking in his own right, but I wasn't looking for a boyfriend.
"I'm Aidan. And wouldn't it be more appropriate to get to know someone before trying to advance on them? It's really quite unbecoming to flirt just because of the way they look."
I unhitched a Pokeball and enlarged it before throwing it to the ground. Drake appeared, looking around the arena before stretching his arms and legs.
"I think I'll use Charmander to start off. Do you mind telling me the rules?"
Brock stared at me for a minute before taking out his own Pokeball and throwing it to reveal a Geodude.
"Two on two, no time limit. You can switch between your Pokemon at any time but I can't. First to lose both of their Pokemon wins."
I smiled at his transformation from creepy bar guy to normal and serious. He had potential, but needed to learn some self control.

"Drake, Ember."
"Use Rock Throw, Geodude."
As Drake released multiple flames upon Geodude, he hefted several rocks and heaved them at Drake. Unable to attack while dodging, Drake stopped his attack and zigzagged towards Geodude until he could finally pepper him with fire. I knew it wasn't incredibly affective, but it was the best attack he had against him. Geodude took the attack and responded with a tackle, knocking Drake to the ground. The little Charmander popped back up but was bombarded with more rocks, hitting the ground and staying there as more piled on.
"Drake, get them off of you by any means."
Struggling against the rocks, Drake managed to heave enough off to move out of the way, but already looked worse for wear. Breathing in sharply, Drake looked on as Geodude quietly hovered, grim and ready for battle.

"Drake, attack him with everything you have," I practically shouted.
"Geodude, another Rock Throw should do it," Brock responded.
Running towards Geodude, Drake proceeded to dodge each of Geodude's attempts and punched with his right claw. Glowing at the last second, it collided with the rock Pokemon and sent him reeling backwards before crashing to the ground. Then using more fire balls, Drake was able to continuously attack before Brock had to recall Geodude.
"You are pretty good," he admitted, putting the Pokeball back and taking out a new one. "But this one is my starter and is a lot stronger."

My palms started to coat in sweat as the red form revealed itself to be an Onix. Drake looked back, but I hoped he still had something left to give.
"Drake, hit him with Metal Claw."
Heading towards Onix, Drake swung his mighty fist at Onix and scored a direct hit, although it didn't seem like Onix was directly affected by it. He roared in response and swung his tail around, throwing him into the air. I promptly took my Pokeball out and aimed carefully to retrieve the damaged Charmander before he hit the ground.

Taking out Nightshade's Pokeball, I lobbed it onto the field and caught the boomeranging ball as Nightshade appeared in a standing position. It looked rather odd compared to the way most Abra's looked but I was glad to know mine was different.
"Nightshade, teleport onto him and strike."
Confused, Brock could only watch on as Nightshade teleported onto Onix's back and struck him with an icy fist, causing ice to spread all over. The snake Pokemon roared in pain as Nightshade continued to teleport all over his body and strike out. Pretty soon, Nightshade had managed to cover almost his entire body and barely received any repercussions from it. As he teleported off, Brock recalled his Pokemon and came forward.
"Well, that was certainly impressive," he admitted. "Your Abra is quite a Pokemon. How was he able to learn Ice Punch so quickly?"
"I think it's in his blood, but I'm not entirely sure," I replied, walking towards him while looking down at Nightshade. "I'm sure he gets it from his father's side."
He nodded and fished out something from his pocket.
"Well, I can easily say that you earned this Boulder Badge fair and square."
I took it from his hand and looked at it closely before jamming it into my own pocket.
"Thanks. I have a friend who's traveling with me so expect to see her soon."
He nodded as I walked out, with Nightshade seated comfortably on my shoulder.
I'm sure she'll be in for a surprise when she meets Brock.

[DaRk MeWtWo]

Alex, with Alexis [Abra M], Ari, Efri [Eevee F], Shade [black Eevee F], and Leif [Pikachu F]

Seth and Clyde ~ Patrolling to-be-campsite
Asher, Fray, and Kevin ~ Off in the distance
Lyfai ~ sulking somewhere =P

Now what in HeLl happened to our true blue friend? ‘s almost like she totally dissed Ari—or at least brushed her off as unworthy….I just don’t get it. Aw man, I just KNOW I’m gonna be losing sleep over this. This is pathetic, I’m not a girl for God’s sake.

“You better keep your teenage dilemmas to yerself, young man. I’m getting wiser by da day, and you won’t be pleased to hear how fast my species matures…I think in brain maturation and size I’m already about 19 in human years…and aging every day.” Alexis muttered mentally. Alex would’ve responded, but he was too busy smirking at Efri. She’s a mischievous critter, just like my Vaporeon…

“You’ve got a hilarious Eevee I’ll tell you that…mm what flavor are these?” Alex asked politely.

“Hm? Well yours is cinnamon, they’re all a mix really. You like?” She asked hopefully.

“Obviously! I love cinnamon stuff…” Alex took a huge bite and nearly choked on it. Gasping for air, he sensed Alexis’s telekinesis at work as the mentally Heimlich maneuver took its course. A chunk of granola narrowly missed Ari’s face as it soared over it an a truly unpredictable arc—Alexis once again.

“Oh my God, I’m so sorry Ari, I, uh, it wasn’t the food—it was just me, I mean I—oh man,” Alex turned his face away in shame as if he had committed a crime.

“Uh…’s ok Alex. No biggie,” Ari replied softly. She finished her bar and looked back at Efri to see how she was doing with Leif and Shade. Alex followed her gaze and, after an eternity of simplistic staring, decided to break the silence again:

“They’re lovable critters, aren’t they?” Alex commented.

“Yes…they are. Efri seems to make friends quickly” Ari smiled weakly.

“You can’t blame her—Leif and Shade are great pokemon, and so are their trainers, wherever they went off running too, haha!” Alex couldn’t suppress a laugh and Ari joined him, only to be stared at by the distant figure of Kevin, who was looming into closer view.

“Oh dear, we’d best be quiet, Alex, Kevin doth come our way,” Ari inferred.

“True m’lady, and I do declare his knightly presence commands our utmost respect, wouldn’t thou agree? Op!” Alex quickly sealed his lips as Kevin was soon standing right in front of him.

“You guys seem to be having a good time,” Kevin commented, looking past them to see Shade nibbling away at a granola bar Efri had handed her.

“Um, well yes. Listen, Kevin, don’t you think we should be gathering some food about now? I think everyone’s beginning to starve…and then we should set up the tents and then—” Needless to say Alex was going off on a tangent and needed to be stopped fast.

“Ap-ap, slow down buddy. Yeah, I’m gonna start heating up some marshmallow stuff right now. In the meantime you could…hm…there’s always the tents but I think Seth might be better at that kind of stuff,” Kevin stated.

“Ye-ah, with a physique like that, you couldn’t go wrong with a character like him for manual—oop.” Alex was having an exceptionally hard time controlling his thoughts today. He’d never experienced the problem before and it was far beyond the point of simple amusement—the thought it was going to land him in deep waters.

“Hehe…that’s kinda true though, Alex. We could go gather some berries if that sounds okay to you two, of course,” Ari proposed meekly, trying futilely to keep Efri out of her bag and her stash of granola bars. Leif cackled wildly from afar and Shade simply shook her head.

“Woah, you’d do that, Ari? That would be swell actually—it’s hard enough to bring fruits along on a journey, and berries would be awesome, are you up to it, Alex?” Kevin asked.

“Of course I am…I think. Yeah, I am—I know most of the poisonous berries, I’ll take Alexis with me just in case of course,” Alex motioned towards the orange psychic on his right shoulder and Kevin nodded in approval.

“Very well then, I’ll see if I can get Seth to set up one or two tents. Asher will be coming to help out soon as well, she just wants to enjoy the scenery near Mount Moon. Fray’s with her as well. You two just go ahead, oh and, Ari, I’ll look over Efri if she wants to stay here as well,” Kevin offered. Efri looked up at Kevin in wonder and seemed to be lost in her thoughts. Shade bounced next to her and nodded up at Kevin as if to say ‘He’s a trustworthy one.’ Efri seemed to shrug her shoulders—a phenomenon rather hard to describe with an Eevee, and proceeded to tackle Leif to the floor. The trio’s energy was far from expended and Ari didn’t exactly want to ruin her first pokemon’s fun.

“Thanks, Kevin. I’ll make it up to you soon and we’ll be back in an hour or something, thanks again,” Ari bowed and smiled. Not wanting to lengthen a temporary farewell, Alex had a hard enough time trying to get Ari out of Kevin’s peripheral vision. Once they had finally gotten away from the camp scene, Alex proceeded with a short mental conversation with Alexis, who seemed to still be very awake:

S-o…Alexis, do tell me something. You do know the difference between poisonous berries and normal ones, right?

“Pfft. That’s kid stuff. Every Abra ought to know basic environmental hazards the day he or she’s born. That’s how we manage to keep our smooth and unfazed skin in the wild—unscathed by the dangers of nature, if you know what I mean.” There was an air of “adult-ness” in Alexis and Alex realized that his friend was growing up, and very fast as well. Eventually the trio, Alex, Alexis, and Ari, reached the edge of the clearing and Alexis helped clear the way be bending leaves and branches out of the way till they were in the deeper forest. From then on, it was just a matter of searching for big, red, blobs of berries.

~~~~~

“Oooh! Here’s another one!” Ari cried, catching sight of a particularly impressive sized bunch of raspberry berries. She flung the collection of red, juicy delectables over Alexis’s head, who was already levitating quite a load through telekinesis.

“And this one too, Alexis!” Alex mindlessly threw a blue giant glob of blueberries Alexis’s way…except it hit Ari…on za face…and splattered badly.

SPLAT

“Oh no! My clothes…they’re drenched with blueberries! Aw…why you…” Ari picked up an oddly colored yellow-and-orange collection of berries and threw them Alex’s way.

SPLAT II

“H-ey…Ari…” Alex’s clothes were soon dyed a dark yellow with stripes of orange here and there.

“Oh no! I’m so SORRY!” Ari cried furiously, running over to Alex and doing her best to wipe his shirt with some tissues she happened to be carrying along. But, before she could do so, Alex had already grabbed a purple pair of berries and his arm had gracefully arced till the berries went for a

SPLAT III

on Ari’s face. The duo froze for a split second, and the scene was rather hilarious. Ari was just three or four inches from Alex’s face, tissues in hand, with now blueberries all over her shirt, and purple berries splattered on her face…which seemed to fit with her violet eyes quite nicely…and soon…Alex…was lost in a trance….

Only to be broken by a

SPLAT IV

as Ari chucked a particularly odd-looking green and blue giant berry Alex’s way…and Alexis cried out softly

“Abraa!” While doing his best to not ruin Alex and Ari’s “fun,” the psychic critter levitated himself out of harm’s way as Alex tumbled much like a deck of cards and lay like a corpse over the victorious Ari….

~~~~~

^_~ Have fun posting people.

[Bulbasaur4]

Asher

Asher finally watched as the sun began to get lower, and with ease she looked to Fray and offered a nod.
"We should get back."
With that, Asher clambered down the cliff with Fray close behind. It wasn't long before the two came to their little 'camp' site, only to discover that Seth was setting up tents and Efri and Leif were playing. Kevin, Alex and Ari were no where in sight.
"Where did everyone go off too?" Asher stated, and Seth gruffly looked up and shrugged.
"To get some berries... although I think Kevin went to get some firewood so he could start a fire to cook."
With that, Asher immediately smirked and glanced at Fray.
"WAnna start a fire before Kevin gets back?"
Fray gave a whinny of approval and with that instantly Asher walked to the nearest sickly tree. The tree wasn't too far off... and it was actually quite dead. Looking to Leif for a second and to Fray, Asher gave a nod.
"Hey Leif, will you knock down as many dead branches as you can for just a second? And Fray, try to stomp down as much as you can."
After a few minutes of teamwork... both pokemon had created a large pile of thick branches and hunk of wood. Asher gave a nod to this and Leif went back to playing, while Fray helped haul the wood back. Soon Asher had created a little fire pit witht he help of Fray, and Kevin had just returned with an armload of sticks.
" Hey Kevin, I thought a fire would be nice." She smirked, and with that Fray instantly touched her mane against the pile of wood and a fire was instantly lit. Kevin seemed a bit irked that he had gone through that work, but he smiled- obviously not minding that much.
"Gee, thanks Asher.." he stated sarcastically, which Asher merely shrugged.

Lyfai

Brooding was not one of Lyfai's fortes. However, the tree she had managed to sulk under was quite near to the area where Alex and Ari seemed to be having quite some fun. Lyfai crawled out for a moment, letting her eyes reguard them softly....
FLASH!
"Awww... does dah wittle Eevee want to play?"
Two figures seemed to giggle and dance before Lyfai, holding out food and playing a game in which they laughed a lot. Lyfai however was stuck in a cage... and she gave a little whine. She wanted to play too..
"But nope! You can't! You're just a pokemon... pokemon don't need to play with humans. You're just our pet and nothing more... " The girl replied, giving Lyfai an eerie cruel wink.
" Pokemon will never be more to a human than just a pet!"
With that, laughter as they continued to play their game...

Lyfai felt a little bit of moisture develope in her eyes, as she blinked curiously and then glanced back up at Alex and Ari. Suddenly Alexis caught her eyes, and Lyfai instantly met his. It was as if their was some understanding for a second... in which Lyfai seemed to say, "Don't say anything."
In that, Lyfai slowly rose up from the bush and easily avoided detection from the girl or Alex. They were too busy having fun to notice.

With that, Lyfai returned to the camp area with a rather defeated look in her eyes. The sparkling, glimmering violet seemed to have deadened into a charocoal-black swirl, as her body seemed to not longer bound and dance but just float about the ground like a shadow. Leif and Efri perked their ears up, instantly looking at Lyfai in hopes that she would join. However, she flattened her ears and it was apparent she would not. Fray gave a whinny for her to join the fire, but Lyfai merely shook her head. Tents were up... food was being made by the other trainers. Glancing up at the darkening sky, Lyfai merely found a nice flat rock and curled up along side it, upon the outskirts of the camp. Slowly she closed her eyes and drifted off, trying to forget the memory she had recalled and to just forget...

[SWAMPERT1]

Lee Kenta
Party: Eevee - Magikarp
Location: Pokemon Center
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It was early morning and the sun was shining dead smack on my face. I got up and put my shirt on while looking outside. I stared at the beutifulness of the mountain outside when a nurse walked in and said, "Hello." I said, "Hello." as well and I then was givin my pokeballs. I figured I must of been the only trainer here and that is why she knew these pokemon were mine.
I finished packing my stuff and went to buy some breakfast. After that I would head to Mt. Moon.

Sorry for the shortness again but I am soooooo busy. I havn't been able to even post in TCG, my usual posting board!

[Samchu]

Kevin
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I shook my head and put down the pile of collected firewood next to the burning tree carcass. Heck, it might come in handy if the fire started to die out. I sat down and started to pull a few things out of my bag to cook. No one said anything for ages and Alex and Ari were still out of sight. I began to wonder if they were doing a bit more than just getting berries. That would be typical...Just another thing telling me how useless I am. We've been on the road for a few days now and I haven't made any impact with Asher. Then again...I hadn't made any impact in the years that I'd known her. What difference would I hope to make in a few days?

An irritated Fray soon got up and trotted off somewhere and Asher followed to keep her close friend company.
"You should just tell her."
I turned and saw Seth sat there. "Tell her what?"
Seth shook his head. "Don't act dumb. You know what I mean."
I sighed. "You saw Brock didn't you? Do you think I wanna end up like that? Thanks but no thanks buddy, I'll pass on that one."
Seth shook his head again and tuned his attention back to Clyde.

He's right you know, you should tell her. I mean, what have you got to lose? Well other than your guts and whatever pride you have left...a couple of teeth maybe or the odd limb...this is insane! I can't believe I'm just sitting here doing nothing! Why am I sitting here doing nothing? Right...i remember...Asher doesn't even like me...what could telling her ever accomplish?
I tried to comfort myself.
I mean, heck, what the hell would you say to her? Hey, I know you hate me but I'm madly in love with you, let's go steady? Urg! That's stupid! I can't believe I even thought that!

I sighed deeply and looked in the direction she and Fray had gone. I know what I want to say. I want to tell her that she's the most beautiful thing I've ever laid eyes on. That her amazing witt, captivated me from the moment I first heard the sound of her voice. That when she battles, it's like the world stops moving and everything beautiful in it falls inferior to her divinity. I smirked to myself. Yeah I'd like to say that...

I threw a branch onto the fire and watched the flames engulfing it. With a sad sigh, I stirred my cooking slowly whilst my mind called to me, buddy, you picked the wrong girl to fall in love with.

[The_Missing_Link]

I thought about this for a while and I decided that it would be better if I dropped out of the RPG. There's a couple of reasons why but I'd rather not go into it (really, it's not as bad as you may think). Anyway, I hope the rest of you have a good time and keep this one on track

[Arnen]

~<()>~ Ari ~<()>~
~ ~ Party: Efri (female Eevee), Flurry (male Pidgey) ~ ~
~ ~ With Alex and Alexis (male Abra) ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Berry Patch ~ ~

"Hahaha!" I laughed dramatically, standing and placing my foot on his back in a corny victory pose. After a few seconds I decided enough was enough, and reached down to help him up. I was met with a face full of some sort of dark purple berry. "Hey, I thought I already won," I pouted.

"So? Up for round two?" he grinned.

"No way, I'm gonna be spending hours trying to get clean as it is," I groaned, shaking my head. He nodded, and we went back to the campsite.

Sorry I'm so boring ><;;

[DaRk MeWtWo]

Alex, with Alexis [Abra M Full Awake Mode], and Ari

Seth and Clyde [Mankey M finally out of Victory Mode]~ patrolling, probably getting hungry
Asher and Fray [Ponyta F]~ wandering off again…God knows where
Efri [Eevee F], Leif [Pikachu F], and Shade [black Eevee F]~ getting exhausted from playing now
Kevin ~ all alone at the campsite’s center, next to a flame
Lyfai [Vaporeon F]~ still sulking

What was all that about? How’d she end up standing over me like that? Where did reason go? Hell this is getting confusing…

Alex was half-lost in his thoughts as he and Ari clumsily retreated to the campsite, smeared with quite an array of berry-licous colors and hoarding scores upon scores of them in their jeans’ pockets. Alex had gone so as to use his black shirt as a giant collapsible bowl for perhaps five dozen raspberries which he was staring at while lost in la-la land.

Previously Ari had been laden with berries predominantly purple and blue in hue, and Alex had been sporting yellow and orange tinted berries. Yet now, after quite a berry-throwing fest, it was rather impossible to draw the line between a blue and a green, and a red and an orange for example.

As the neared the campsite, Alex clearly noticed a warm flame licking away at quite a few logs in center of the clearing. Eventually the figure of a rather depressed Kevin whisped into view, and Alex could tell that something was seriously bothering him.

“Well, Ari, I had one helluva time, but I guess we’d better go and get cleaned up now, eh?” Alex smirked and dumped a clump of berries into the nearest basket he could find—not even knowing who’s it was.

“Yes we did, and yes, I must go. Sorry again to have troubled you, Alex…” before Alex could say something along the lines of “it’s okay,” Ari had fled the scene in a flurry. Alex laughed again and collapsed next to Kevin beside the flaming logs, obviously reeking of raspberries, blueberries, and God knows what else. Kevin was hardly unnerved by the stench and welcomed the company, even though the two didn’t say much for quite a while.

The sun was really beginning to set now, and within an hour darkness would truly befall the camp and the group would have to retreat into a deep slumber. Although Alex was enjoying the silent fire beside Kevin, he was often the one to break the silence, and just had to so again here, in order to avoid inner insanity:

“Okay, okay, you gotta tell me now, Kevin, what in Hell’s wrong with you?”

“Huh? Me…I…have a dilemma,” Kevin responded, somewhat surprised yet not really surprised at Alex’s interrogation. What he was really surprised at might’ve been perhaps that Alex was unable to foresee his…issues, unlike Seth had so easily and readily.

“No, really?” Alex laughed again, fifth time or so today, and Kevin responded by smiling weakly at the lame sarcasm. A few terse seconds here and there and Kevin felt the urge to finally spill at least half the beans:

“Come on, seriously Alex, you know the deal between me and…you know…h-er….” Kevin had a hard time breathing whilst completing his sentence with a convenient synonym for A-S-H-E-R.

“Huh? Her? Nurse Joy? The weird lady that was looking when we were battling the Hikers? The next-door-neighbor lady whose lawn you left unmowed back wherever you’re from? Some random teacher you pissed off before leaving school on your journey? Some girl’s heart you broke for the same reason? Nurse Joy?” At that point Kevin had lunged at Alex and given him quite the shove and Alex laughed so hard he couldn’t breathe and was soon sprawling on the floor with Kevin just about ready to knock his lights out.

“Come on, you know those ladies aren’t even closely related to the angel I’m talking about….” Kevin sighed and collapsed in a heap next to Alex on the floor, not bothering to even try and sit up. Alex shook his head in confusion, trying to clear out all the drama that had taken place in the last twelve or so hours. There was silence once again for quite a while, till Shade popped out of seemingly nowhere and curled herself against Kevin. She seemed unbelievably exhausted and didn’t want anything more to do with Leif and Efri, who were soon wandering around looking for their respective trainers as well. Shade looked especially cuddlesome, all worn out and happy by Kevin’s side. Suddenly Alex felt jealous

“You’re lucky to have a pokemon both rare in color and personality, Kevin,” Alex blurted out, motioning towards Shade who was beginning to doze off.

“Well, yes, that may be true, but you’ve got an awesome Vaporeon, not to mention a rather reliable Abra…” Kevin was on the verge of uttering another individual, but couldn’t bring himself around to saying it. Of course Alex was still in quite the daze from all the activities of the day and didn’t notice this the slightest.

“Yeah, they’re pretty cool you know, Alexis always comes through and I think that Vaporeon and I have connec…HEY!” Alex leaped ten feet into the air startling Kevin like all Hell had come loose, yet Shade was unfazed—she didn’t stir a bit, fast asleep on Kevin’s belly.

“What was that for, Alex? You nearly woke up Shade!” Kevin held the black Eevee in his arms and slowly arose from the cackling flames.

“Man I just realized Alexis wasn’t on my shoulder anymore…where in hell could he have gone?! And I don’t see my Vaporeon here either…dammit I was so lost with…uh….” The parallel behavior between Alex and Kevin on uttering feminine names was truly uncanny. It was a trait they would have a hard time letting go regardless of how long they spent with their counterparts.

“With Ari, right? Heheh…” Kevin unexpectedly snickered and his eyes widened when he realized what he had just uttered. Alex blushed so vibrantly a blind Zubat could’ve seen his cheeks flush a hot red in the dark. After that Kevin sighed and cradled Shade in his arms once more. And there was silence once again between the two protagonists. From afar, Seth and Clyde were still looking around the edges of the campsite, and they seemed to be nearing…nearing Asher and Fray as a matter of fact.

Suddenly the truth of the situation hit Alex like a thousand sharp knives and he almost hiccupped at the concussion. He was almost ashamed to realize that it had taken him so long to realize that Kevin had a “thing” for the A-girl who must not be named, who didn’t quite have a “thing” for anyone, and didn’t realize the “thing” Kevin had for her.

“Blistering Bjarnis...Kevin, Seth’s making a move, darn it! Look!” Alex, still laden and reeking of raspberries, forced Kevin to look Asher and Seth’s way. Kevin began to shrug but stopped halfway. He (Kevin) couldn’t quite decide if Seth was making a move, if Asher was making a move, if they were just standing there, if Alex was just over-reacting, if he was just over-reacting, if the two previous were both true, or if Alex was just being a dumbass. Regardless, Alex quickly sputtered out the following:

“Hey, look, I’ll leave your plan of action up to you, sorry for not realizing before. I gotta find Alexis and my Vaporoen, God knows where they are and may they be safe. Best of luck knocking Seth’s lights out. Au revoir,” And with that Alex had sprinted off in the direction of the berry patch he and Ari and last been visited, hoping to find a sleeping Alexis there.

Kevin just stood there for a full minute, as if someone had instant messaged him an essay.

But the sun was really setting now, and Efri and Ari had retired into one of the tents, and Alex wouldn’t be surprised if they were half-asleep by now…or maybe reading. Ari looked like a reading person. As Alex sprinted as fast as he could back to the berry patch, he noticed Leif dragging herself to where Fray and Asher were standing, next to Clyde and Seth—the electric critter was exhausted from playing with two equally energetic Eevees and longed for the gentle hands of the A-girl. Alex shook the memory of Kevin’s bewildered face of his mind and soon realized he was about to bump into a tree…when it was too late…

THUMP a.k.a. BOP

Alex’s skull collided mercifully with a humunga-dunga oakwood tree, rendering him a short burst of pain followed by a soft numbness as he lost his balance and crashed upon the roots of the huge try. Unbeknowest to him, his Vaporoeon had been sulking nearby, and now his blue Eeveelution slowly trotted over to where her trainer had fallen.

“Eo-on?” She cocked her head in confusion and concern, for Alex looked like he was more drunk than anything else—perhaps the concussion had initiated the release of some mighty endorphins. Nevertheless, the Vaporeon moved beside him and licked his face, hoping to jumpstart consciousness. Luckily Alex was already awake and the Vaporeon’s slobber only added to the effect—soon he was shaking his head in confusion and doing his best to get up from the roots beneath him, only to find that he was still unsure of his balance thanks to the concussion. Dragging himself to the tree he had crashed into, Alex sighed and smiled dizzily at a concerned Vaporeon.

“Hey, is that you?” He asked weakly, his head beginning to pulse softly with numbing pain. Perhaps the concussion had damaged some part of his brain after all, or perhaps not, it was impossible to tell at this point without the aid of a certified doctor. The Vaporeon nudged him as if to verify her presence and placed herself beside him. A few minutes passed reminiscent of Alex’s meeting with Kevin, and soon our protagonist began wondering if awkward silent moments were going to become routine in his journey.

“You know, I’ve been looking for you for quite a while. I-I was stuck up with that silly Ari, forgot where I’d left you,” Alex mumbled quietly, trying somehow to apologize to an aquatic feline-com-mermaid. “Hey, you put up quite a show against her, didn’t you? You know, she isn’t all that bad…we, uh, had some…fun. But that’s not excuse for leaving you behind, is it? I’m-I’m sorry. Will you forgive me?”

The Vaporeon didn’t say anything for a while, for she seemed lost in her own thoughts, lost in some distant past yet listening to him all the same. But soon enough she slapped him with her scarred tail as if to state “You’d better be!” Then she seemed to yawn lazily and curled herself in a tight ball.

“Hey whatever happened to Alexis? You know where he went? I’ve been looking everywhere for him too. He kind of disappeared from sight when Ari and I started…throwing stuff…whatever, I’m really sorry, but, can you come with me now and look for him?” He asked, slowly regaining consciousness and recovering from his blasting headache. Things were started to clear up for him and he realized he had a lot of people to apologize to—from his Vaporeon to Alexis, from Kevin to even Shade.

Pulling himself off the ground by using the tree behind him as support, Alex stretched cautiously—careful not to disturb his Vaporeon’s “curling exercise.” His outburst before Shade and Kevin earlier hadn’t left a good taste in his mouth or Kevin’s. For some reason or another, he felt revitalized by his recovery from the crash into the oakwood tree, and glanced pleadingly at the Vaporeon still curled up behind him, motioning for her to find Alexis….

Man, from Ari and that berry scene to losing both my Vaporeon and Alexis somewhere out here, to totally disrespecting Kevin and Shade…and Hell even assuming Seth was making a move on Asher—what kind of a guy am I turning into? I’ve gotta put things right before we leave this camp tomorrow morning. But the way things are looking with Vaporeon, I don’t know if she’ll ever forget I left her to go for a berrylicious foodfight in the woods with a pale lady from Lavender…and now I gotta go apologize to her too, for messing up her clothes like that…and I got berries all over my shirt too…the day might be over but the night’s just begun….

~~~~~

Alex, with Lyfai [Vaporeon F curled up], in the midst of a small berry patch-cum forest near Mount Moon

Seth, Clyde [Mankey M], Asher, Fray [Ponyta F], and Leif [Pikachu F exhausted] ~ talking at outskirts of camp, actually far from Alex and Lyfai
Ari and Efri [Eevee F exhausted] ~ probably asleep in their tent
Kevin and Shade [black Eevee F sleeping] ~ probably still at the campsite’s fire
Alexis ~ somewhere =O

~~~~~

Having fun posting people ^_^

[Samchu]

Kevin
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I sighed and leaned back on the ground, stroking Shade's fur gently as the tiny Eevee snoozed in my arms. "What would you tell me if you could talk? How much of an idiot I am? That I should just tell the girl how I feel? I don't know what to do..." I gently moved Shade to the side and continued stirring the pot of food. I left her briefly to search out the berries which I seperated evenly onto everyone's plate before adding the cooked dish.

"Food's ready!" I called out.

Asher, Fray, Seth and Clyde came over but no one else came. I wasn't about to go looking for them. I handed everyone a plate and we sat about the fire eating. No one said anything about my cooking but I took Asher's lack of criticism as a compliment and was content for the rest of the evening. Shade woke up and nibbled at some leftovers with some of the other pokemon before falling back asleep.

Seth disappeared off with Clyde pretty quickly and Fray settled in for the night. Asher stood up and walked off so i decided to try and rack up a few points. I put the leftovers on a low heat to keep them warm incase the others got hungry and ran after her.

I found her sat on the ledge, gazing over the horizon. The gentle wind was stroking back her hair, making it seem alive and vibrant. The light just radiated from her so magnificantly, she looked stunning.
I felt like a moron. What chance did I have? She was this amazing person and I was this complete failure...But I had to try. I had to try!

I sat down beside Asher, too close for her perhaps but it was a narrow ledge and i couldn't fit anywhere else.
"What do you want?"
"Just admiring the view," I replied honestly. "It's truly beautiful."
Asher nodded. "It's certainly...something."
"It's gotta be more than that," I urged her. "You keep coming here don't you?"
"I like the peace. Plus, it's a chance to get away from you."
I laughed quietly. "You don't really mean that. I'm not that bad. Am I?"
"Not all of the time."

I sighed and swung my legs gently. Did she really think so poorly of me? Maybe I should just tell her how I feel, get it out in the open already.
"Asher I..."
We both turned, both looking at one another. We were so close, I could have kissed her right there and then, perhaps I would have if I had had the courage to do so.
"I...I...er..."
I gulped nervously. I might never be that close to her ever again.
"There's some food on low heat if you're hungry. I'm gonna call it a night, I'll see you in the morning."

I got up slowly and left her upon the ledge. Idiot! Moron! What a waste of good air! Argh! You're an embarassment! I hung my head in shame. Truer words had never been spoken.

[Siderous]

((Hey guys, I'd like to come back and all, but it would be nice if we sped this up a bit. Some of us haven't even recieved our first badge yet! I've got some really cool stuff in mind that I'd like to get to, but it requires you all to be a bit more powerful and skilled. Trust me, it'll be worth it, and I will show up from time to time, even if I'm not the one doing the role playing. I've asked Dark Mewtwo to rp the next morning as a prime example of me appearing without actually appearing.))

[DaRk MeWtWo]

Fumble-de dum,
One goes, one comes,
From the rising to the setting suns,
May we all return in summer to have well-deserved fun.

Alex, with Lyfai [Vaporeon F], in the middle of woods next to Mt. Moon, at around 8:30 PM at night

Seth, Clyde [Mankey M], Asher, Fray [Ponyta F], and Leif [Pikachu F exhausted] ~ talking at outskirts of camp, actually far from Alex and Lyfai
Ari and Efri [Eevee F exhausted] ~ probably asleep in their tent
Kevin and Shade [black Eevee F sleeping] ~ probably still at the campsite’s fire
Alexis ~ somewhere

It didn’t take too long for the Vaporeon to realize that Alex was dragging his feet in a deep melancholy and trudging around the surrounding trees in a desperate yet morbid search for Alexis. Alex didn’t want to leave Vaporeon behind, but was beginning to get rather worrisome regarding Alexis’s whereabouts. He had no clue why she took so long to de-curl herself and eventually start walking beside him as they dug deeper and deeper into the forest.

Now, you see, they could’ve talked, but it wasn’t the time, place, or mood anymore to do so. And what would they have said to each other anyways? Or Alex could say at least. All he could’ve done was sat there and tried to interpret what his blue friend was saying and probably fail at a time like this, rigged with fatigue and fear of losing his first yellow and orange ally. And so they walked. And walked. And walked. And walked. And walked….

Just when Alex felt his legs giving way and his feet numbing from an especially cold chill coming in from all sides around him, he heard a faint sound…which rang over and over again not in his ears, but in his mind.. It was Alexis.

Stumbling fervently here and there, Alex suddenly regained a ton of his lost energy and ran rather crazily left and right, as if possessed by the sound in his ears. The sound was rather unintelligible, and as they seemed to near the source of the sound, the words fearfully precipitated into a dreadful beat: “Die, Death, die. Die, Death, die. Die, Death, die.” Alex froze in fear and soon his accompanying Vaporeon followed suit. It was a must disturbing beat.

When they had finally reached the source of the sound, both trainer and pokemon gasped respectively and didn’t dare to move a single inch in any way, shape, form, or direction. There before them, Alexis was hovering in mid-air, his back turned to them so they couldn’t see his face, but could surely see what he had done.

A mass graveyard of Beedrills. There was no other way to describe the scene. Stingers lay abandoned in a pile, giant red eyeballs seemed glazed as if they had been rotting for days upon days. The situation was doubtlessly horror-esque, if that’s a word. And even more doubtlessly, Alexis seemed to be the sole culprit of the massacre.

Eternity passed—for the seventh or so time in Alex’s journey.

Eventually Alexis’s mental beat died down and he began to breathe heavily, both mentally and physically. His arms sagged and Alex noticed a few bloody scratches on his body. Soon enough he began to lose his levitation and was about to fall to the floor in a heap when Alex rushed forward instinctively and grabbed him in his arms. It was much like a gifted goalie saving the ball in an epic tournament final. Only this time instead of a soccer ball, it was a near-fainted Abra.

“W-Wha-What the **** are you doing, Alexis? Holy crap! Wh-Wh-What the hell is going on here!” Alex’s mind was beginning to lose all focus. After the triangle between Seth, Asher, and Kevin, coupled with the faded memory of Ari, and the abandonment of Vaporeon, Alex was having quite the time trying to make sense of Alexis’s condition.

The shallow breathing Alexis gave no response physically, and seemed to beg mentally for some reconciliation. Alex understood immediately and took out a spare Potion he had in his pocket and gave direct administration with a syringe. As the needle injected healing elements into Alexis, the Vaporeon could only watch and hope they could revive Alexis before it was too late. Next to her, a Beedrill’s pincer-com-claw twitched, then sagged once more. The graveyard was giving her the nillies.

A full minute later, Alexis was fully rejuvenated. That’s right—fully healed. Well, as far as you could get healed from a Potion or two that is. His wounds were slowly beginning to patch up, and the Abra shrugged his shoulders and suddenly hugged Alex.

Thank you for saving me.

Alex was dumbstruck and relived all at the same time. But before he could utter a word, Alexis answered his question for him,

I know the answers you seek. I cannot tell you right now. The time is not right. Much has happened since your berry-fest with Ari. I…feel older. Older than you may think. Do not worry about me, Alex. Make sure you have not severed your bond with the others and all shall be well my friend. In a few days time, I feel my body will change drastically. Perhaps then I can relate to you all that has happened tonight. But now let us retreat to the camp. Surely Kevin and the others await our presence.

And with that ceremonial speech, Alexis perched himself on Alex’s right shoulder and Vaporeon trotted next to him on the left side, just as they had been journeying thus far. They spoke not a word but savored each other’s presence as the wind around them began to settle down. However, the corpses of the Beedrills signaled a dire foreshadowing for the trio, a future only time would tell.

~~~~~

In due time, a.k.a. half an hour, the trio made it back to camp and were surprised to see that the whole camp was as quiet as a desolate Area 51 or a deserted Midwest town in the 1950s, or deep space a million light-years from Earth, or…you get my drift.

The point being—everyone was asleep.

There were one, two, three, four tents put up around the area. Yet upon closer inspection, Alex realized there were only two huge ones, each subdivided into two smaller compartments. Without a doubt Ari and Asher rested on the one to the left, which was colored a distinctive blue and violet visible even in the dark night; and Kevin and Seth were sound asleep in the one to the right, which was colored an unidentifiable deep red and some-other-dark-color-Alex-couldn’t-make-out-in-the-dark.

Regardless, the trio trudged wearily to the deep red tent and within ten minutes Alex had set up a third division for that tent. Alexis didn’t help him too much, knowing already that Alex wanted experience in this type of situation. The Vaporeon exchanged quick glances with Alexis, and they seemed to talk unbeknowest to Alex, who was just to damn tired to notice anything but his hands at work.

After those ten dreadful minutes were over, Alex grumbled something about not having anything to eat for dinner, and collapsed into a bouncy-ish black sleeping bag (inside the tent of course, outside it was still too damn cold). The Vaporeon curled up once more and rested to the left of him, brushing herself up until eventually she had half-covered herself in a blanket. Alexis wearily decided to take a nap inside Alex’s backpack, still being small enough to fit inside.

Just when the trio was almost nighty-night, Alex woke with a start and realizing he hadn’t said G’night and etcetera to his pokemon. But they were sound asleep. And I mean damn sound asleep. Alex sighed and made sure his Vaporeon was covered up from the cold. It was a rather chilly night, and, water pokemon or not, no Eeveelutions lived in the Arctic. He also adjusted his backpack as best he could in order to keep Alexis warm but give his nostrils some breathing space. Then our protagonist’s eyes got SSJ-level heavy, and he blacked out.

~~~~~

“Sleepyhead! Wake UP!” BAM.

“That didn’t work, Seth…He’s not moving.”

“D’uh of course not, Kevin, he’s asleep. Or maybe he’s dead.”

“Don’t say things like that Asher! He didn’t get much to eat, so maybe he’s just exhausted.”

“But there’s limit to how tired one can be. How late did he get into bad, anyways, look, lemme try again.”

“No, Seth! Don’t! You’ll just break his head!”

“I agree. As much of a burden as he is, we need him.”

“Asher! Why’re you so mean! NO! Don’t, Seth! I’ll kill you!” Ari yelled, tackling Seth to the floor….

Or more like onto Alex.

Seth AND Ari crashed upon the meager-sized Alex whose body was rather squished underneath their combined weights. But the tactic did work. He awoke. No, really, he did. Okay, he DAMN well did.

“OOF! What the heck? Oow…my rib cage…my stomach, my liver, everything’s broken…Seth! Ari! What in blazes…oi! Asher and Kevin are here too…” Alex summoned all his strength to push Seth off of him, who consequently pushed Ari of of him, who nearly landed on Kevin, who nearly landed on Asher. T’was the morning of the Domino Effect.

Fortunately, the little D-Effect didn’t happen. It might’ve infuriated Asher a bit over her handle and made Ari scream even louder…and Seth become even damn goofier.

“Eheh, sorry about that Alex. But, it’s like…11:00 AM, and we’ve been up HOURS…so, uh, yeah,” Seth replied, regaining his balance.

“I-I-I tried to stop him Alex, but he wouldn’t listen. I’m sorry,” Ari mumbled, her hair swishing back and forth as she asked for his forgiveness.

“Yeah right, more like you caused the whole incident to happen,” Asher snickered, her shoulders visibly shaking with laughter.

“Asher…” Kevin’s voice trailed off. He didn’t want to unnerve her, obviously. But, like Ari, he was having troubles with her … ah … attitude?

“’s okay, Seth. Eh. I needed that. Wh-where’s Alexis? And Vaporeon?” Alex tried to get up only to destabilize and crumble once more.

“They’re outside playing with our pokemon, if you don’t mind,” Kevin answered.

“Eh? Of course not. Ahem. Now, uh, if y’all don’t mind, if we want to get a move on here, you’d better let me change these berry-licious clothes, kay?” Alex began to wave them off as if he were a king—acting cool often made him look like a doofus but it was better than acting like a complete dummy. Soon enough he was all alone in the third division of the deep red tent and changed his clothes, mourning softly as he put the collection of berry-stained and stinking pair of clothes in a dry-cleaners’ bag and stumbled out of the tent quickly, not wanting to make his comrades wait anymore than necessary.

Once again, Leif, Shade, and Efri were playing tag, now accompanied by the Vaporeon. Clyde was also out of his pokeball, and was practicing some karate moves with Seth. Asher and Kevin seemed to be remotely talking about foreign topics, and Alexis was quietly levitating near a forlorn tree. Alex bought himself upon the scene and, to his utter shock, discovered a sparkling new bike, with Ari attached. (Or the other way around, I guess.)

“Jumping Jupiters! H-H-w-when did you get a hold of that marvel?” Alex exclaimed, running next to Ari.

“Oh, I, always had it. But some moron stole it from me a while back in Viridian Forest. And now it’s back here with me, only, it looks so shiny I can hardly recognize it,” she replied, still starstruck.

“Leaping lasers, what in hell is this little...holy cow!” Seth jumped a foot in the air and ran over to where Ari and Alex stood. “Hey, hey, hey. Look what I found in my backpack just now…it’s a friggin’ Bike Voucher!”

“No way. You’re the lucky boob-head, Seth. Aw man, now I wish I had one too. D’oh, maybe I just have to click my little silver slippers of some crud like that and they pop up in my backpack, huh? Eh, I guess I’ll try dat,” Alex was feeling rather goofy this morning after the events of the previous night and clicked his sneakers together and checked the smallest outmost pocket of his backpack and VOILA.

He had one, too.

“Oh yeah! Clickin snakears workt fer me!” Alex entered Crazy Mode and bounded up and down in utter joy as Ari and Seth looked on in complete disbelief, as if he had lost his mind. “Let’s go check if Asher and Kevin got one too! Hehee!” Crazy Mode Alex strafed as he skipping merrily to where the duo was standing, and, to his complete merriment and approval, found that they were also holding bike vouchers.

“Woot! Hey, look, Alex has one too,” Kevin commented, waving Alex’s way, who was jumping up and down crazily.

“Uh-huh. Wonder who gave us them though. As late as Alex came, someone must have came by even later than him to have slipped these in our backpacks and gone away unnoticed. Alexis was even asleep in Alex’s backpack as far as I could tell till around 9:00 AM this morning.” Asher detailed.

“Regardless, these babies oughta speed up our journey time as soon as we can find ourselves the respective bike shop, right?” Kevin asked, trying his best not to join Alex’s crazed merriment.

Efri, Leif, and Shade sensed Crazy Mode Alex and soon began running around him in a fury, thinking he was inventing a whole new game. From afar, Ari and Seth laughed at the sight and Asher sighed and smiled beside Kevin, who could only guess as to how Alex could have so much energy after returning to camp at what must’ve been at least midnight the night before. Regardless, it was what people somewhere in the US call a Kodak moment, whatever that means.

~~~~~

Alex, with Efri, Shade, and Leif circling around him crazily O_o
Seth and Ari ~ looking at Alex with gleeful grins from the right
Asher and Kevin ~ smiling contently from the left
Clyde and Lyfai ~ staring oddly at the whole situation
Alexis, still levitating himself next to da forlorn tree.

TaDa. Too many eternities in this post, I must add. O_o
To Siderous: Kudos to you for this idea, and hopefully we can get this thing rolling real fast.
To Everyone: I was just taking it slow because everyone seemed to be doing so. But we can make it quick if you’d all like dat bettar.
To M_C, B4, Samchu, and Nab23: Kay, someone’s gotta post and tell where they’re gonna get these bikes. Is it gonna be from Pewter, or Cerulean? We’ll go fast through Mt. Moon if we can get them before going through the whole mountain, but it would take hell longer to backtrack to Pewter just to get the tickets. I’d advise waiting till we get to Cerulean, don’t cha think? =?

Regardless,
Have fun posting people ^_~

[SWAMPERT1]

Lee Kenta
Party: Eevee – Magikarp
Location: Outside Mt. Moon
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I walked out of the pokemon center and headed towards Mt. Moon. It was a beautiful day outside and I found it to be a shame that I had to go into a dark cave for maybe a day or two. I followed a little path until I got to the Mount’s entrance. I tried peering in but it was appeared REALLY dark so I walked in to check it out.

To my surprise, it was fairly bright in the cave. The light was coming in through cracks in the top of the cave. The cave also had a fair bit of noise in it from trainers and pokemon alike.

I walked through a huge “Hallway” of rock into the real cave. I could see many Zubats sleeping on the ceiling and decided not to disturb them for my own good being. I looked around a little bit while walking and saw a trainer. I quickly ran up to them.

“Do you want to battle?” I asked the man. He was probably a good 250 lbs and was a little taller than me.

“Sure!” He replied back. We then introduced one another and began the battle.

Only about a month before I will be able to post maybe 3 times a week! I hope none of you mind my lack of updates still.

[Siderous]

Siderous Peregrine
Party: Little different from before
Location: Wouldn't you like to know?
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Siderous grinned from the tree tops as he saw the group discover their finds. "This is against everything that Giovanni wanted," Sid thought to himself, "helping out these Oak trainers. Oh well... it'll only help them along in their jouney, and I'd like them to be as strong as I am by the time I make my move..."

He quietly summoned his Pidgeotto, hopped on her back, and took off towards Pewter.

"Hey, I remember you," Brock said as Siderous entered the gym. "You were with that one chick, and some other guy..."
"Can it, rock-head, I want to make this quick," Sid snapped.
Brock froze at first, stunned at the kid's tough-talk, and then grinned and chuckled. "Kid, you've got some serious issues if you think I'm going to be easy to beat."
"You're right about one thing, I've got issues. But you are going to be easy to beat."
Brock's face fell. "Well, aren't you the little tough guy?" Brock snarled. "Okay, let's battle then. Two Pokemon each, one at a time. You can switch Pokemon, but I can't. Understood?"
Siderous had already pulled out his first Pokeball. "I won't even need two Pokemon," Sid said quietly.
Brock laughed. "I've got to admit, you've got some guts kid! All right, let's get this over with. Go, Geodude!" The boulder-like Pokemon appeared on the rocky field.

"It's time, Pidgeotto," Sid said, tossing the Pokeball onto the field.
Brock nearly choked. "You've got to be kidding me!" he said as the bird Pokemon materialized standing on the ground on the other side of the field. "You think you're going to beat both of my Pokemon with a normal flyer?"
"No. I said I am going to beat you with one Pokemon. And that Pokemon is my Pidgeotto. And I have another proposition," Sid added.
"What's that?"
"I'm willing to bet that my Pidgeotto will barely have to move."
"You're out of your mind!" spat Brock, his face turning purple.
"Prove me wrong." Sid crossed his arms.
Brock growled. "Fine. Geodude, let's make this quick. Tackle!"
"Pathetic," Sid mumbled under his breath. "Pidgeotto, use Double Team!"
Pidgeotto began to glow, and suddenly a row of six Pidgeotto's surrounded the charging Geodude.
"Geo...?" said the confused Geodude, stopping his assault and looking at all of the clones.
"Clever," growled Brock. "Geodude! Start picking them off! Tackle the one on the right!"
"Pidgeotto, Attract."
Geodude continued charging the far right clone, but as soon as it got close, it slowed to a stop.
"Geodude?" called Brock, "What are you doing?"
"Geodude! Geodude!" it cooed, bouncing around the Pidgeotto clone while smiling.
Siderous grinned. "Give up yet?"

Brock's face looked like it was going to explode. "Geodude, return," he said, calling back his love-struck Pokemon. "You won't be so lucky this time, kid! Come on out, Onix!" The huge snake-rock Pokemon appeared, and it loomed over the many clones of Pidgeotto.
"Onix, we need to get rid of those clones! Start slamming them one by one!"
"Pidgeotto, use Rain Dance."
Just as Onix pounded down on a Pidgeotto clone, clouds began to form at the top of the gym.
"What the...?" Brock exclaimed as raindrops began to fall. Soon it was a downpour of water, and Onix was moaning.
"Keep up the slamming, Onix!"
Once again, Onix barrelled down on one of the clones. Sid just laughed.
"Onix, this isn't working! Get underground with Dig!" Onix suddenly leaped up, and drilled a hole into the ground.
"Gone into hiding, have we?" Sid mumbled. He called out, "Pidgeotto, you know what to do."
The real Pidgeotto nodded, and suddenly the clones dissappeared. Brock smiled. "Great! It's defenses are down! Quick, Onix, attack the far right corner!"
Pidgeotto just stood there. About two seconds later, an enraged Onix exploded from the ground, barely a few feet from Pidgeotto. It was an all-out Slam attack, and it was right on target...

SMASH. The rock Pokemon hit Pidgeotto hard, but Pidgeotto didn't budge. Onix's momentum caused his entire body to crunch together, shooting pain throughout the Pokemon's body.
"Ooooonix!" it cried, before falling to the ground in a heap.
"Onix!" Brock cried, holding his hands to his head. "But... but... how...?"
"It's called Protect," Siderous said. "It only works 100% of the time the first time it's used. All it does is create a protective barrier around the Pokemon so nothing gets to it. It's awful tiring to perform, however," Sid noted, pointing to the semi-weary Pidgeotto.
Onix still hadn't moved, and neither had Brock. "Pidgeotto, return," called Siderous. "You did a great job, Pidgeotto. Let's get back to the gym."

Some time later, Brock and Sid were standing near the exit of the Pewter City Pokemon gym, and Brock was handing him his badge. "You're one heck of a trainer," Brock said, putting the boulderbadge into Sid's outstretched palm. "You've got some real talent in that Pidgeotto."
"Thanks," Sid said shortly. With that, he called Pidgeotto back out and hopped on it's back. "Back to the gym," he said, patting Pidgeotto on it's head. Pidgeotto spread her wings, and took off.

Buzz went Sid's arm once they'd taken flight.
"Sid here."
"Sid, where are you?" It was Giovanni. "Haven't you beaten that leader yet?"
"Of course. I'm on my way back."
"Good. How did Nidorino do?"
"Um..." Sid was told to use Nidorino and it's new attack, Water Pulse, against Brock. Further, Sid hadn't told Giovanni that he was secretly training his Pidgey, now a Pidgeotto. Giovanni thought that he had gotten rid of it.
"Great. Nidorino did wonderful. He took care of Brock like he was nothing."
"Good. Now get back here, I have another task for you... it involves Professor Oak's lab..."

Sid continued talking to Giovanni, all the way back to Viridian. Soon, he would be seen flying back towards Pallet on another mission...

[Siderous]

*sigh* It is rather depressing that this thread died... I was enjoying it quite a bit...

[Mystic_clown]

yeah. Same here. *sigh*