Tainted Chosen

[Alana]

This is just something that popped into my head and I typed it up in a hurry so it may not be very good but I hope to get at least five people to join.


The war for control has been raging nearly ten years now. It started with the struggle between the two teams of Hoenn and slowly began to draw in others. Team Rocket of Kanto, Team Galaxy of Shinou, Team Thunder and Team Drake of Yenta, and Team Surge of Teronan. The reason why so many teams became involved the same struggle was unknown until just a few years ago, when Team Rocket fell. It seems that many people’s suspicions of the teams being after control of all the regions was pretty close to the truth. The idea of complete control was not knew, several of the teams had always planned to seek it someday but it was the incensement in Team Aqua and Magmas struggle for the control over Hoenn that made things turn. Team Rocket and Team Galaxy acted almost at the same time. Both saw the advantage of attacking Hoenn’s teams when they were so focused on each other and both invaded. Hoenn became the main battleground for the war between those four teams. Seeing what was happening, Team Surge decided to use a similar advantage on the warring teams of Yenta. That region became the second battleground. Eventually Team Thunder and Team Drake joined forces and drove Team Surge out of Yenta. With their combined strength, Thunder and Drake headed for Hoenn to take care of the other teams. Surge, severely weakened, returned to Teronan to regroup and wait for the chance to strike again.

The devastation in Hoenn was so great that many parts of the region were abandoned. Johto and the Orange Islands became a haven for refugees seeking relief from the fighting. Team Rocket has claim on those regions but their main forces were in Hoenn and Kanto. Team Surge realized this and seized control of Johto. The Orange Islands were too spread out to try taking because their forces were still recovering from the blow in Yenta. Rocket wasn’t happy about losing Johto but there was nothing they could do about it so they withdrew all of their remaining forces from the region.

Team Thunder and Team Drake chose to pull out of Hoenn and invade Kanto instead. They had decided that it would be easier to overthrow Kanto, which had only one team, than Hoenn, which was currently fighting four. Again, Team Rocket was defeated. This blow was the worst because Kanto had been their main base. Without it their forces quickly weakened, they were defeated, and the team disbanded. Even calling on every one of their members in the Orange Islands didn’t help them. After that, Team Thunder rejoined the battle in Hoenn, leaving Drake to keep control in Kanto.

It’s been three years since Rocket was defeated. Aqua and Magma have become distant allies in an attempt to drive Surge, Galaxy, and Thunder out of Hoenn. Kanto is still under control of Drake and Thunder as is Yenta, Surge has grown stronger and is considering rejoining the battle in Hoenn, and Team Galaxy has weakened and are beginning to withdraw from Hoenn to regroup in Shinou. It seems as though the war will never end. But hope still remains. The have been rumors of a prophesy foretelling the end of the war. It says that six chosen of tainted blood will band together once more and put an end to the war. Six former members of Team Rocket, by an extreme coincidence, have just met each other on an island known as Sun Burst. It is a popular vacation area in the Orange Islands and all six of them decided to visit it. Their destiny is unknown to them but it is about to become clear. Lugia, the legend of the Orange Islands, is heading for Sun Burst to start the Chosen on their journey to end the war. The only question is, will they accept? And if they do, will they succeed.


Rules:
1. No spamming, no flamming
2. No power playing, no godmodding
3. No special powers (psychic abilities, element control, super human strength, etc)
4. Romance is allowed but keep it to a minimum
5. Only five people can join.
6. I can kick you out or refuse to accept you into the RP. If you fail to get a place please don't pester me.
7. No reserving spots unless you have at least half your profile typed up.
8. Have fun. ^_^

Profile
Name: No characters from the TV Show, manga, games, etc.
Age: If you’re from Hoenn you must be at least 18
Gender: Male or female
Pokemon: No more than five, no shinies, no legendaries, no made ups. Fourth generation Pokemon are allowed but only those that have moves that have been revealed.
Description: What your character looks like/what your character usually wears
Personality: How your character acts
Native Region: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Orange Islands, Shinou, Yenta, or Teronan
Other: Anything else you would like to add. If your character is from Hoenn, Shinou, Yenta, or Teronana include a short explanation of how and why you joined Team Rocket.


Mine
Name: Trinity Elzamoki (Trin)
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Pokemon: Houndoom (Erebos), Pidgeot (Liridon), Kadabra (Meka), Sneasel (Core), Scizor (Arun)
Description: Trinity is a fair skinned girl with medium length dirty-blond hair kept out of her dark grey/blue eyes by a black headband. She has a scar over her right eye and a red R tattooed on the small of her back. Her usual outfit consists of a dual colored tank top (most often black and a light blue) and a pair of faded jeans with a belt that holds her Pokeballs. If the weather calls for it, she'll don a brown jacket. She always has a PokeGear and a silver locket around her neck and a fiery orange wristband on her right wrist. Her shoes are always black with a grey stripe on the side and she always has a small backpack slung over her shoulder.
Personality: Trin is rather cold to everyone except her Pokemon. Even as a former member of Team Rocket, she still respects and cares about her Pokemon and they are the same with her though she’s not sure if she considers them her friends. She’s sarcastic and sometimes cruel. She’s intelligent and a quick thinker and usually calm. She does not regret her past and she will hurt people to get what she needs. She does have a soft spot but it’s been buried under her cold exterior for so long that it hardly ever comes out.
Native Region: Johto
Other: Trin likes to dance and play an instrument similar to an ocarina. She likes peace and quiet and enjoys reading and drawing.

[Allelujah Haptism]

Pretty much done. May add more later.

Name: Sara Midori
Age: 18
Gender: Female

Pokemon:
Species: Manectric (Male)
Personality: Manectric is perhaps the only pokemon on Sara's pokemon team that isn't dead serious- other then Mantine. In fact, he's extremely hyperactive, and has trouble sitting still, keeping quiet, and not getting on every other being in the world's nerves. This makes him extremely speedy, but still, not quite as fast as the "pack leader" as he refer's to Arcanine.
Location of scar: Across Manectric's chest.

Species: Golem (Male)
Personality: Golem is basically a rock. He show's no emotions, no feelings, and no opinion's. He's dead silent, and is often the one to be pointing at something important- but completely ignored due to his utter silence. He follows order's quickly and without protest, and always does them the best he can, regardless of whether he agrees to it's moral or not.
Location of scar: Diagonally across the bridge of Golem's snout.

Species: Mantine (Male)
Personality: Mantine is the placid one of the group, and often the one who is silent along with Golem. If needed, he is often the peacekeeper, or the one to persuade the other's into doing something. The only problem about order's and commands that Mantine has, is that his opinion's are extremely strong, and he won't do anything that he deems is a horrible wrong-doing.
Location of Scar: Across Mantine's belly.

Species: Grovyle (Male)
Personality: Hard to deal with, sullen, and moody, Grovyle could very well be labeled as the 'rebellious teen'. He has an extremely short temper, is rude to an astonishing extent, and is often the one to entirely ignore commands and order's- from anyone but Sara that is, whom is really the only person he doesn't want to piss off. But thanks to his mostly silent and patient or oblivious team, he doesn't make too much drama....but only with his team.
Location of Scar: Across Grovyle's left eye.

Species: Arcanine (Male)
Personality: A leader and a powerful pokemon, Arcanine is very similar to Sara in his 'shut up and go do it' personality trait. None of the pokemon on the team mess with Arcanine's order's- except Mantine and his strong opinion's. He has a patient personality unlike Sara though, and is definetely a perfect father figure for the group. Though, he does have trouble with Grovyle at times, as he's usually the only one Grovyle is able to piss off even slightly.
Location of scar: His split right ear is his 'scar'.

Description: Sara has shoulder length blonde that has a single part down the middle. With two clumps of her blonde hair hanging in front of the cobalt blue headband she usually wears around, her peachy complexion and bright blue eyes make her look like mostly your average girl. On her head band, just above her left ear, is the imprint of a red 'R', that is really barely visible. Her outfit comprises of a pair of black cargo capri’s that have a silk-like quality to them, though the capri’s are most definetely not made of anything as fine or delicate as silk, but something durable with the same sheen and feel. Her top is a plain bold blue spaghetti strapped shirt, and seperating her black capri’s with her top is a heavy white belt hanging across her waist, that carries potions, pokeballs, and a larger fanny-pack like bag on the side- what’s inside is usually her plain black jacket. She wear’s a pair of plain black skater shoes, save for the bright neon blue streak that zig-zags along the outside edge’s of the shoes. A cobalt blue fingerless glove on her right hand and a black glove on her left complete’s her look.

Personality: Sara, though definetely not what her appearance gives the impression of, has a personality similar to that of a drill sergant. She has a 'no excuses' way of thinking, and she's always simple, and straight to the point. She doesn't beat around the bush no matter how touchy the subject is, and in other words, is extremely outspoken. One thing she doesn't tolerate, like many drill sergant's, is moaning, groaning, or complaining. She responds to this with many criticism's, and is often like a whip, what with her sharp and snappish voice. Though she's not all talk, as she spends most of her time vigorously training herself, and her pokemon, and usually comes up with plans that are so complicated, they're overly complicated, and hard to understand. Sara's extremely competitive, and hate's being embarassed or losing, and therefore, has a very touchy patience level. As in, she has a very short temper, and when she blows up- she blows up. Through all this, as a natural stereo-typical drill sergant, she's extremely serious, and seems to have no sense of humor whatsoever.

Native Region: Hoenn

Other: Sara joined Team Rocket mainly because her parents had been apart of the original team, when they weren't broken down into scattered pieces, and also because she consider's Team Rocket's troubles a great way to train her pokemon without having to have issues with weak wild pokemon and trainer's who don't want to fight. She has forsaken the nicknaming of her pokemon, and has each one attain some kind of scar in battle- the trend started by Grovyle who'd been slashed by a fellow grovyle across the eye.

[Alana]

Spot reserved. ^_^ Your profile looks good so far.

[DragonQueenRachel]

(Looks interesting.

Name: Rain Skylark
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Pokemon: Salamence (Ruby), Dragonite (Serena), Blaziken (Hera), Kingdra (Queenie), Milotic (Mystic)
Description: http://www.absoluteanime.com/yu-gi-oh/kisara.jpg

Though she usualy wears a white trench coat, blue skirt and tanktop. She has a tatoo of a red letter R on her right arm, which she keeps to remind her of the dangers of corruption and evil in the world. She also has strange markings that cover most of her body, these markings look identical to those of the legendary pokemon Rayquaza.

Personality: Quiet, but kind hearted to those she trusts. Rain has always had a kind heart, even when she was a member of Team Rocket, she would later regret any crime she comitted. She learned from experience that trust cannot be given freely, it must be earned, and those who wish to gain her trust must work hard at it. She is also a little bit of a pessimist, but can be optimistic when she wants to be. In battle, she is ruthless when you do something to tick her off.
Native Region: Kanto
Other: Nothing much to add, but I might as well say how she came to join Team Rocket. She grew up in Viridian City, and was an apprentace of Giovanni for some time until Team Rocket was defeated, she always regreted what she did, but now she's free from the nightmare of Team Rocket, and stuck in the middle of a war.

[Lily]

Ah, an rpg. Finally.

Name: Remorse Enn
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Pokemon:
Absol (Dismal)
Banette (Sorrow)
Ivysaur (Cancer)
Mawhile (Masochist)
Cloyster (Sadist)
Description: A queer, supple creature with a daunting aura, Remorse looks to be quite a strange adolescent. Locks of gold grace her delicately carved face, bangs swept over to one side. The rest is tied in an unkempt manner in a severely distorted bun, random strands popping out from all directions. Her eyes are a perfect gray almond, dark eyelashes accentuating the dusky, if not hollow, appearance. She wears a sleeveless cloak that is neither too loose or too tight, shaded in an unpleasant puce, lined in silver, reaching an inch or two above her bare knees. Matching gloves fits nicely past her elbow. Slender black boots finish off the ensemble, covering up most of the leftover exposed skin. Overall she stands at about 5'2.
Personality: Rigid, cynical, pessimistic, if not a bit..eccentric. Remorse, quite contrary to her name, rarely feels any remorse. In actuality she is a very afflicted person; troubled between the line of good and wrong, Remorse often winds up doing things against her will. Due to her inexperienced age and an overly confident wish to surpass her peers, Remorse tends to make silly and careless mistakes, something she grieves over for a long period of time. She is naturally ambitious and thinks her way is the best, so to speak, and always sees the negative side of everything, very often ticking people off. To former acquaintances, however, she is known on shedding some light. To even closer acquaintances, i.e. 'friends' and her brother, she'll carry a more rambunctious disposition.
Native Region: Johto
Other: She is siblings to Sui Enn, her younger brother. They both joined Team Rocket together.

[Dactylus]

Finally, here is the finished edition. I hope it satisfies your quota?

Name: Jayk Deuson

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Pokemon: Scyther (Mantis), Heracross (Stag), Poliwrath (Fist), Vigoroth (Swipe), Gengar (Wisp)

Description: Jayk is different. His 6’0 posture is excellent, already a leap away from his peers, and he leans with a casual air many his age attempt to replicate. And yet, his relaxed stance – leaning on support as often as not – is a blatant lie. At any moment it seems he could uncoil, snapping into action, from the way he carries himself. A thin grin curls his lips under analyzing brown eyes and ruffled black hair sweeps over his ears, stray strands common among the untamed mess. His body is not at all what one might consider large or muscular, with a medium build closer to light then heavy, but the muscles that are uncovered do look toned and ready for use indeed. A sleeveless red shirt with a loose neck shelters his torso, with a pair of black cargo pants riddled with pockets billowing around his legs. Simple sneakers with flat rubber soles complete the outfit, along with his left forearm and hand being wrapped in white bandages.

Personality: Jayk is, well, interesting. Outwardly, he’s genuinely friendly, if a bit inverted, and would gladly lend a hand to someone assuming it does not hinder or deter him from anything. But he is restless, as are all his age, and can sometimes turn to a more snappish attitude wherein his responses are irritated and bold. Throughout he is a general practitioner of sarcasm, sometimes dripping his sentences in them. While is not the sort to jeer a fellow for tripping, he is EXACTLY the sort to tease them playfully for such an act of clumsiness, which at times leads him to seem a bit more arrogant and rude then he might be. But don’t misunderstand; Jayk IS arrogant. Quite arrogant. Such years poured into his training, combined with the oft rebellious nature of a young man, is a concoction that can offer no other alternative. If there is one thing that Jayk will refuse to joke about, or accept jokes on (no matter how playful), it is his kung fu style. His devotion to it is absolute and single-minded, and few, if any, things can deter the reverence and respect he has for it. Even for a moment.

Native Region: Kanto

Other: The young son of Mark Deuson began following in his older sister’s and father’s footsteps at the age of five. He enrolled in one of the local martial arts schools; Wah Lum Northern Mantis (a mixture of Northern Mantis and Tam Tui) at the tender age of five. He is no prodigy, but nor is he slow. The lad progressed fairly, and at thirteen decided to enlist in team Rocket. After a few months, they stationed him near a secluded island off the southern coast, and during his stay he found a relatively unheard of school of Wah Lum and promptly joined to continue his training. The sifu there was wise and knowledgeable, and helped both Jayk and his pokemon with fundamental principles as well as training (of course, the latter applied little to the pokemon). In nearly all of his spare time, he raised his treasured allies into a rather fearsome fighting force in the hopes of one day showing his skills to the world.

[charizard_maa]

EDIT:

Name: Mike Anone
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Pokemon: Charizard (Char), Beedrill, Absol, Dragonite, Nidoqueen
Description: Mike wears a long black jacket that he used to wear when part of Team Rocket. Mike usually place all his supplies in the pockets of his jacket like pokeballs and potions. He wears a light backpack over his shoulder that carries his bigger items. He wears long brown hiking boots and blue jeans which are held up by a large belt that carries his pokeballs. He wears a red shirt to represent the red R logo of Team Rocket but to Mike it also means power and strength. Mike is skinny and tall but his long puffy brown hair made his head look longer.
Personality: Mike is mostly kind to his pokemon and strangers. He has a strong sense of righteousness and hates to bring pain to others without a good cause. He tries to be helpful but that is hard when one is part of an organization like Team Rocket. Still Mike has learn to preserve his old self and tries to look on the bright side of things. Mike is very analytical which helps him out in battle more then in real life. Mike is also a very determine person and willing to work hard for his dreams.
Native Region: Kanto
Other: Mike is a native of Cinnabar Island in the Kanto region. He never really wanted to join Team Rocket but truly wanted to go on a pokemon journey. Still with the war of the teams it made that dream hard to do. So he made the decision to join Team Rocket only to become a powerful trainer. He never participated in stealing pokemon but was more involve in trainer grunts because of his skill with pokemon.

When Team Rocket disbanded MIke was happy because it finally gave him the chance to travel and up his skills. He was able to take down some grunts and even a few executives from the other teams while visiting the other regions which include Johto, Hoenn, Kanto and northern Shinou. Now MIke is in the Orange Islands hoping to take a small break on Sunburst Island.

[clowsui]

Name: Sui Enn

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Pokemon:
Gardevoir (Cheer)
Pikachu (Optimist)
Altaria (Jesus [J pronounced like spanish J; an h sound])
Roselia (Roses)
Lapras (Hope)

Description: A person with a consistently cheerful disposition, Sui is often seen with much more positive feel than his sister. He has long blonde hair that he keeps in a ponytail; strangely, it is not as soft as his sister's hair - it is much less graceful and is seen in messy tosses no matter how hard Sui tries to rectify this. Gray eyes with soft flecks of darker shades within the irises rest at the top of his small and (very slightly) flat nose. Moving down slightly darknened skin, a necklace is perched at the point where the collar of his very old, slightly green and white long sleeved shirt meets his neck. This shirt is made of a fabric derived from Kecleon scales - it adapts to conditions and therefore changes to suit the environment. A pair of rough and dark blue jeans have a spray of faded color rippled across the many creases and unkempt folds end at his devillishly large feet, which rest in a pair of tropically colored sandals. Sui is a bit taller than his sister, standing at 5'5".

Personality: Sui is often seen with an eccentricity that exceeds his sister's by leaps and bounds. Never seen without a smile, this boy is annoyingly optimistic and thus does not meet many people's standards of "adorable optimism". With his carefree and painstakingly unspecific attitude, however, Sui doesn't care about this. He always enjoys a good game/battle and is surprisingly very strategic at points, though these times come rare and few as his instinct is the basis of his strategy. Outside of socializing, Sui is surprisingly somewhat quiet and insists on a specificity that is considered by many to be hypocritical. When with his sister, parts of this hypocrisy is installed in Sui's mind and makes him more subdued - however, he does always make attempts to use his infectious cheeriness to his advantage to make his sister smile. These attempts, more often than not, fail.

Native Region: Johto

Other: Remorse Enn is Sui's older sister, a fact that Sui is extremely proud of. The two joined Team Rocket together, and are often found close by one another.

[Alana]

Ok, including me that's seven people. Only six are allowed.

Bijou: You're accepted. Nice work on your profile. ^_^

DragonQueenRachel: Your profile needs work. Your personality is not nearly detailed enough and try to add a little more description to your description. Not accepted.

Lily: Accepted. Nice work on your profile as well. ^_^

Dactylus: I'm not reserving spots, sorry.

charizard_maa: Hmm, your personality and description need improvement. I can't accept you as it is now.

clowsui: I'll wait until you finish your profile to decide whether or not you're accepted.

As of right now there are three spaces left.

[Team Galaxy]

Name: Ken ("Kin") Ichi
Age: 20
Gender: Male

Pokemon: Naetoru, Zangoose, Steelix, Flygon, Wailmer

Description: Ken has dark black hair, chin length (Like James), and dark emerald eyes. He is usually seen (when not in uniform) with a long sleeved dark green shirt, covered by a black vest. Both his hands are covered by black gloves with finger coverings that go to the middle knuckle. Long baggy black pants that give ample room for movement and space if he should so need it adorn his lower body, with green and white shoes covering his feet. The pants have a white V shaped pattern going down the outer sides with several pockets hidden within the fabric.

In his white backpack, he carries essential items such as Pokeballs, food, tms, potions, and other things necessary for his journey as he attempts to find other work than being a Rocket.

Personality: Kens personality is slack and calm, he always keeps his wits about him, even when the going gets tough. The only problem is that he has an illness, the fact that he has a split personality, and so when this new personality, named "Kin" appears, everything about Ken changes, his personality totally does a 180. What used to be calm, nice and intelligent is now reduced to a being of pure rage, hate and fury. Kin is what you'd call the dark side of Ken, shouting commands, being ruthless to his pokemon when they fail. Thank the heavens that his pokemon have come to understand that he has two different personalities and cant help it..and that he is truly sorry when he returns to his normal self since he can recall everything that has happened.

Native Region: Shinou

Other: Ken is a Shinou trainer, but moved to Kanto when he was 15. Upon arriving and living in Saffron City, he begun to hang out with a bad crowd...in fact it was this crowd that got him accepted into the ruthless Team Rocket. Upon hearing of Ken's old homeland, they began to formulate a plan..To get into the root of Team Galaxy and over throw them. But they hadnt counted on Ken actually being a worthwhile Trainer, nor did they count on his family moving back.

After being given the title of one of the top 20 members of Team Rocket, he informed the leader about his move back to Shinou, and with that he was given the new mission..join Team Galaxy and report all new information in a hidden location. Ken nodded, and moved back to Shinou, and joined up with Team Galaxy with Team Rockets boss deleting any police records and information about Ken that would point to him being a spy.

They hadnt counted on going to war with the other teams..and so Ken had to drop from his position, drop from the risk of being found out and killed...and so with hopes of one day returning to Team Rocket, he decides to spend a vacation at Sun Burst...letting himself feel the freedom before becoming another high ranking member.

EDIT:: Nuts, a few seconds too late..lol. Oh wait..nevermind...I misread your post as saying that you were full already..My bad.

[DragonQueenRachel]

Okay, I edited it. *crosses her fingers*

[Alana]

clowsui: You're profile looks good, accepted. ^_^

Team Galaxy: Hmm, I'm hesitant on the spying on another team thing, but your profile looks good so I'll accept you.

DragonQueenRachel: I'm checking over your profile now.

[charizard_maa]

I edit the sign up. Hope it is to your liking.

[Team Galaxy]

The spying thing was before the war thing broke out, so Ken disappeared and stopped contact with Team Galaxy afterwards to avoid any problems with them finding out.

[Alana]

I really didn't expect this RP to be so popular. I'm going to wait for everyone who has currently posted to edit their profile then choose so that you all have an equal chance. No more people may sign up.

Edit: Okay, the last spot goes to ‎Dactylus. Sorry DQR and charizard_maa. If no one replies after this I'll edit later to start.

[YoshiRiRu]

You gotta be kidding me.. O_o

You posted this like 30 seconds after I started writing my sign up...

Blah!

Always one step too slow.

[DragonQueenRachel]

Very well, I will honor your decision, after all, there will be other RPG's.

[Alana]

OOC: Sorry. ^^; Just keep your eyes out in case anyone has to drop out. *evil stare at members* No drop out, drop out bad, make Alana angry. :P Anyway, we can start now.

OOC: Again. I think my brain is ready to work again so I'll start this.

IC: Trinity's footsteps were almost silent as she moved slowly through the peaceful quiet of the forest. It was one of the few places on Sun Burst that led to a beach that didn't have a resort and wasn't crowded with people. She preferred places like this. She found it far more relaxing than listening to a bunch of people talk. Core, her Sneasel, was jumping from tree to tree above her. This method of travel had been developed back in the days of Team Rocket and it was still useful and quick.

The sound of waves came from somewhere to the northeast. Trin knew that they were nearing the beach. From above, Core stopped. Trin halted as well and looked up. "What is it?"

'Nothing,' the dark type replied in a low rough voice.

"Then why have you stopped?" Trinity's voice was not irritated, simply curious.

'A feeling,' said Core. He looked left and right, his sharp eyes scanning the trees for what was bothering him. 'It is nothing. A Pokemon in this forest.' He jerked his head towards the sound of waves and continued.

Trin made no reply and followed. It did not take them long to reach the area. It was a peaceful beach with little signs of human presence. A large rock jutted out into the ocean with several smaller rocks around it, a perfect place to sit and watch the ocean. The water looked cool and inviting as the two approached the short strip of sand leading to the water. Trin removed her shoes and socks and placed them beside a tree then hurried across the sand towards the rocks. She rolled up her jeans and dipped her feet into the water. It felt cool to her skin and a rare smile crossed her face as she sat down to enjoy the peace. Core glanced at his trainer then ran up the large rock and did a cannonball into the water. Trin's smile turned into an amused grin as she watched her Pokemon swimming back to shore to jump off the rock again.

OOC: Again again. Ok, that wasn't the best post in history but it's better than what I tried to type last night. :P Just make your character go to that beach and hang out until everyone posts.

[Team Galaxy]

Ken was surfing along the beach where Trinity had arrived, not noticing her due to the fact that he was focused on his balance. Kens Wailer floated along with him, bobbing up and down in the ocean as waves pushed him along. "Lets get out to the big wave Wailmer!" Ken shouted as he laid on his board and paddled out even farther into the limitless blue. As soon as he got out far enough, the dark haired man sat up and turned his board around, facing the hidden beach, staring at the rocks as he saw movement from that area.

"Is someone here?" He asked as he looked to the small ball whale Pokemon next to him. "Wail?" Ken shrugged it off as a rolling wave came from behind. "Alright! Lets ride this mother of a wave down to the beach to see who's down there.." Ken said as he stood on his board, riding underneath the crest of the wave, weaving back and forth. Soon he rode up the wave, flinging his body and board into the air and spinning to complete a 360 combined with a backflip. He landed it a little shaky and rode the wave down and soon was thrashed on as a wall of water fell on him.

Wailer dove under water and then nudged Ken, pushing him and his board to the surface. "Gah!" Ken gasped for air and bobbed up and down. "Man! That was freakin awesome!" Ken said between breaths. "Lets go see who's at the beach..I hope she doesnt go through my bag." The wet black haired individual said under his breath as he and his pokemon went towards the sandy land.

[Allelujah Haptism]

"TWENTY LAPS." Sara barked irritably at Grovyle, who'd just reopened the gash across Golem's snout. Grovyle muttered something to himself- just as irritably, and dragged himself slowly along the surf of the once calm beach. Golem lightly stared cross-eyed at the freshly opened cut. It would make the scar last, but it wasn't nesseccary. Mantine, resting underneath a cover of sand on the edge of the water lifted his head, seeing what had interrupted his peaceful nap. It was no surprise that it'd been interuppted, it was just curiousity of what had caused the ruckus this time. Arcanine sat calmly next to his trainer, who had both hands on her hips with leg's planted one foot away from the other. He let out a huge yawn, and Grovyle sped up, to prove his worth to nobody in particular.

Manectric, was just rounding the corner from his fifth lap, for accidentally shocking Sara's hand. His tongue slapped wildly as he ran to catch up with a moody Grovyle, and Sara folded her arm's, sighing as Golem rubbed some sand across his cut, sealing it up again by fusing the mineral's in the sand with the cut. He blinked up at Sara, and decided to take a break as well. Wobbling over to a small pile of rock, he nestled himself in the very middle for his own nap, as Sara and Arcanine oversaw Manectric and Grovyle's laps. Arcanine being the only one counting, of course.

<'ONLY TWENTY MORE TO GO!'> He shouted after Grovyle, whom was still techincally walking. Grovyle grumbled more loudly this time, so they all could hear him complaining, and sped up.

"Remind me to give his ass a good tanning when he get's back." Sara said to Arcanine, in reference to Grovyle's grumbling, and Arcanine straightened, nodding diligently.

OOC: We're already there. Just a nonsense post, sorry.

[Alana]

Trin turned, her eyes on a shape moving quickly towards her. It appeared to be a boy riding on a Wailmer. She focused on him. He looked familiar but she couldn't place him. She gave a shrug. She had seen many people in her life, it wasn't impossible that she had seen him so where before.

There was a sudden splash beside her and Trin felt herself become rather wet. She turned to scowl at Core who was grinning as he paddled lazily back to shore. "I'll get you for that," she said, the slightest hint of amusement in her voice. She stood up, pulled off her clothes to reveal the bathing suit under neath, and dove into the water. She hadn't intended to go swimming for a while yet but the chase was too good to pass up.

Core was far ahead of her but stopped to splash some water in her face then moved on. The delay let Trin catch up to him for a minute. She seized him and pushed him under. He struggled for a moment then grabbed her ankle and yanked her under as well. They came up laughing near the rocks.

OOC: It's ok, my posts are nonsense too. :P

[Team Galaxy]

Ken arrived on shore and carried his Wailmer in his arms after strapping his surf board to his back. He walked over to the girl who had just stripped of her clothing to reveal her bathing suit to chase a Pokemon into the waters. He sat down where her stuf was and laid Wailmer at the shoreline to allow him to swim around and frolick.

Ken then leaned his board against a tall rock and sat down, watching her closely as he tried to figure out why she looked familiar to him. He continued to exhale in and out, watching his Wailmer as he soon became transfixed with figuring out who this lass was. "She looks familiar..I think I've seen her before..but I usually remember everyone that I meet...but..I cant place her." Ken said under his breath.

He then smiled and watched Wailmer swim around and roll through the water as small waves pushed back and forth along the shore. His memories drifted back to using Wailmer as a Member of Team Rocket, having Wailmer involved in many of the water based missions, using its attacks on fire and electric type objects to short it out...lots of fond memories.

((Yay for nonsense))

[Dactylus]

Jayk sauntered through the forest, a heavy, if plain, backpack slung over a shoulder. One hand gripped a half-eaten sub, and the other deftly thumbed through a wad of bills. His eyes seemed to groan, brow furrowed as he again counted the thin pack of money. Provisions seemed to be knocking down his funds like a cudgel, and odd-jobs were getting harder to grab a hold of. It seemed there were far too many sorry guys desperate for a bit of quick cash. A bit of quick honest cash. His mouth worked silently into a grimace; hopefully it wouldn’t come to being forced to try his hand at the other kind.

Leaving to ‘expand his mind and see new styles’ may not have been as genius a suggestion as sifu thought. Not at all.

Sighing, he stuffed the tiny bundle into a pocket of his pack and shouldered it again. He bit furiously into the sandwich, arching his neck to survey his surroundings for the first time in a while. The trees were becoming slimmer – and sparser. Jayk blinked, that beach must be getting close. Time really flew when you were counting relatively no money. He kept walking. He kept sighing.

Finally, with walking and sighing aplenty, the horizon glimmered blue-green. The high sun speckled the shining surface of the ocean with an army of blinking stars, a parody of the night sky hours away. If less ominous, at least. Stretching, and with a grisly yawn, Jayk quickly scouted the sandy surface. It wasn’t really a conscious action anymore. His eyes just…did it these days. A few dots far to the left he discarded, but not fifty paces away a short-haired blond girl caught his interest.

She stood next to an arcanine, majestic against the beach backdrop, and was commanding what looked to be a yellow-blue dog – for the world he couldn’t identify it – and a…grovel? Grovhl? Grovyle? Jayk chuckled to himself; he never was good at remembering those Hoenn pokemon. Without tearing his gaze from the sight, he pulled a minute sphere from a pocket, marked with a slash of bright green on its glassy red half, and punched a button that expanded it to roughly the size of a baseball.

“Hey, Mantis,” he muttered, smirking, “check it out. A girl; way out here on a secluded beach. Fancy that, eh? Let’s see if we can – by pure accident and coincidence of course – meet her, huh?” The ball swiveled on hinges to spill scarlet energy, which swirled into a vague shape and solidified into his ally, a scyther. The creature only nodded, a grin betraying his harsh glare, and hunched low. A moment of silence…

And Mantis was off. In a blur, insect wings slammed to motion, hurling him into blurring speeds, the sand rising in steady clouds as the tips of his feet skimmed its surface. At ten paces, he deliberately veered away from its target – the grovyle – and came to an abrupt halt hardly five feet from it, cruel scythes raised dangerously to match a vicious snarl. Buzzing wings still stirred the sand beneath him.

“Mantis, stop!” cried a stern Jayk as he rushed from the forest – no snail himself – to the scene. Perfect.

[Charon]

{ooc| Eep, is it too late to join?}

[Allelujah Haptism]

I blinked, at the very least, covered in wet, mushy, ploppy sand. Manectric was laughing his head off, and had even paused in his laps just to laugh. I felt like a snowman of sand. Sandman. No. Noooo. Arcanine was laughing too- more inconspicuously then barking, howling, and rolling Manectric. I moved my arms, to crack off the sand to show thin green lanky leaves and folded them, turning around entirely eventually, with my usual death glare pasted across my face. That BUG had picked the WRONG pokemon to mess with. I stomped over and yelled, <'HEY YOU HALF-ASSED SCYTHER WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!!!'>

Unfortunately, Sara's team of pokemon weren't exactly inclined to 'aggresive hints', and I didn't even notice the Scyther's angry expression or shiny scythes, because I'd just been humiliated in front of an idiot. See the next paragraph as for why.

Manectric howled in laughter, and I turned around, <'AND YOU! SHUT UP, NOBODY LIKES THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE!!!'> He laughed harder.

I know that Sara was just sighing and slapping her forehead at the sound of me shouting "GROVYLE GROVYLE GROVYLE GRO GROVYLE!!!" But who cared?! maybe an extra 10 laps, but that wasn't important! Right now, I had to size up and go all out with pride- nobody around here by the species of Grovyle would swallow their pride tonight. I glanced at Sara, and she hadn't even seemed to notice my anger, instead, was snapping her finger's with Arcanine bowling straight for me!!

I resisted the urge to scream as Arcanine ducked into an Extreme Speed, opened his mouth, and let out a huge stream of flamethrower, as I scrambled ungracefully to get out of the way. One hit from that, as a grass pokemon, and I would be burnt to a crisp. Good thing he wasn't aiming for me, as I narrowly avoided it before it continued hurtling toward the arrogant ego-centric Scyther. I saw Sara glance at the boy who was shouting for the Scyther to stop, and she muttered an, "Oh. Whoops." In a very blantant tone.

She snapped her fingers again, and Arcanine sped up, swallowing his flamethrower and skidding in the sand to prevent himself from ramming right into the scyther. Sand flew up and the Scyther got what was coming before Arcanine bounded back to Sara. I sighed moodily, and folded my arms. What kind of trainer attacked an opponent while their own pokemon was still around? Sara did, that's who. Manectric on the other hand, had started up his laps again- around the new statue of sand. Well, Sara had never specified for him...I guess.

I sighed again and dragged myself to finish the 18 laps I had left. It would be a looong day, and I bet that Sara would revert back to drill sergant in a minute and start berating the Scyther. I guess I'd have to swallow my pride, right about now.

[Alana]

Trinity and Core watched the scuffle on the beach with interest. A Scyther against a Grovyle would be a good match and she was keen on watching the battle. To her slight disappointment, none occurred. She gave Core a shrug and dunked him again. Before he could do the same to her she pulled herself out of the water and looked over to the rock where she had left her things. A boy was sitting there watching her. It was the same person she had seen earlier. He still looked familiar to her but she wasn't interested in placing him any more, at least not at the moment.

'Just make sure he doesn't steal any of my food,' said Core in a bored voice as they made they way towards him.

"I'm more worried about the important items," she replied edgily.

'My food is important. If I don't eat I'll get cranky and then I'll starve and then I'll die and you wouldn't want that now would you?'

"I'm trying to decide whether that would be good or really good." Core shrugged and hurried ahead. Trinity's curiosity of the boy's identity increased as she neared him. Perhaps when she learned his name she'd remember who he was.

OOC: Once Lily and clowsui post the RP can move on.

[Dactylus]

Mantis cocked his head, smirking at the grovyle. The original plan was to remain as cruel and dangerous as possible, threatening in posture but not in action. But watching the thing snap into a fury and screeching was just so…comical. Mantis couldn’t help but let the grin curl his mouth. The two glared at each other for a moment, a pair of blade-wielding beasts of battle, before his opponent again shed dignity to whirl around and scream at the yellow-dog pokemon shuddering with laughter behind. His buzzing wings still sent puffs of rising sand fluttering beneath him.

Then the arcanine began to move.

Grovyle ducked urgently, scrambling out of the way, as the huge canine began to lurch into graceful motion. Mantis narrowed his eyes, the smile gone. What was that thing’s intention? Was it honestly going to charge him? I suppose it made sense; he did look like an enemy…but that seemed to be a tad un-honorable for such a majestic creature. After all, he and the grovyle were already engaged in conflict, a possible duel if need be.

It began to speed up, muscles tightening for a burst of agility. Oh yes. It was attacking.

Mantis’ wings pulsed with even more force as the arcanines maw dropped. A flamethrower. The sheet of wild, billowing flames erupted and he pushed off with his legs, skittering to the right. The ocean materialized under his feet almost immediately, while the dog doubled its pace, swallowing its own attack and skidding to a stop barely a pace from where he had just been. It rebounded, loping quickly to its trainer, and Mantis again cocked his head, confused.

<”Did it know I would move…? Or maybe the girl stopped the attack short?”> Hovering fifteen feet out to sea, Mantis could only shrug.


Jayk cursed silently, running faster. He hadn’t expected them to try and attack with a different pokemon. Well, he mused, nothing to do about it now. But just in case, he kept one hand close to his pocket of pokeballs.

“Hey!” he called to the girl, jogging towards her, “is your grovyle alright? Sorry, Mantis has a bit of an…overactive competitive streak.” Jayk stood in front of her, running one hand through his hair in mock relief, “At least nobody got hurt, huh?”

[Lily]

Footprints. Once, Remorse had savagely yelled her head off at Dismal for making the most ridiculous footprints. The absol had cringed, warily gazing at her with an expression that epitomized pity and disbelief. Remorse had ordered the poor creature to walk back and forth between a distance of a yard repeatedly until finally satisfied at the track it made. She then returned it to its Pokéball, and sensed Dismal was quite glad to be rid of her presence.

But it wasn't her fault. It was never her fault. Every single Pokémon she caught was weakened with unnecessary sorrow, grief, anger, inner strife that proved to be pathetic in her eyes, hence their given names. Perhaps that in turn affected her, transforming her into a beautifully misunderstood person whose disposition cruelly took a wrong turn at the expense of her Pokémon.

And this was precisely why Remorse was at Sun Burst Island, thoroughly irked at the way the water distorted her already distorted sand footprints. This, of course, was not her fault either. Her younger brother, Sui, had suggested it in the first place. He was currently walking a bit behind her, basking in the sunlight and wearing a smile that only too much revealed his cheerful demeanor.

"I'm gonna have to get a DNA test one day to see if he's really my brother," she half muttered to herself, watching him smile even wider at the bright, bright, hellish sun that hurt her eyes. A lot.

[clowsui]

Sunlight. It made him so happy! While his sister was kicking at her and Dismal's sandy imprints in the sand, Sui was twirling his hands and allowing all of his arms and legs to bask in the sunlight. His long blonde hair gave off a reflective sheen onto an equally cheerful Jesus, who was floating behind him and singing a beautiful yet haunting song with its wonderful voice. Slowing his steps only for a second to allow Jesus to float by his side, the childish trainer offered a hand to Jesus, who gladly accepted it and nuzzled it fondly with a cry of "Alt!". Laughing, Sui himself broke out in music, humming and singing while his messy and criss crossing footprints penetrated layers of neat yet wet sand.

Sui's happiness was exceeded by none - in fact, people found him to be the subject of their loathing more often than not because of this. His cheerfulness rubbed off on his Pokemon too - this was what made them so confident and optimistic. The bright blonde had, in fact, singlehandedly changed (whether in a good or bad way) the widely known phrase, "Like father, like son," to "Like trainer, like Pokemon" for many people.

As Sui hummed and twirled in his cute dance, he thought back to exactly why he came here, but then he recalled with a cheerful smile. It was to give his sister a break - and a vacation in to places that had much more happy~ potential. Grinning, he could only start singing and humming in a girl way again as Jesus did the same. The males looked absolutely ridiculous, but how were they to look at themselves?

Rushing forward, the straw-haired youth latched onto his sister's arm not after she scowled in the face of the penetrating sunlight. "Soooooo Rem~ Whaddya wanna do~?" Sui asked as Jesus chirped in a questioning manner as well while singing at the same time - he had developed the ability to sing with the back of his throat, something that assisted his trainer's little solos immensely.

[Team Galaxy]

Ken watched her near and then glanced away for the moment to see his Wailmer splashing along playfully. It was already past evolving but Ken wanted to keep his small whale Pokemon at its current size, as it could still battle in both land and water, and if it evolved it'd be too massive to fit on normal battle fields. He watched the girl and her Pokemon strut towards him. He moved a hand through his dampened hair, his emerald green eyes soon locking onto the girls.

He looked deep into her eyes, smiling a bit. "Ya know, even if I dont know her and just imagined it, she's still cute..though she looks a bit young ." The twenty year old said, shrugging it off. "I dont really care though, she's pretty." He released another one of his Pokemon, Naetoru, one of the new Pokemon from the Shinou region. The small turtle Pokemon closed its eyes as the sun shined on it. The small snapping turtle-like critter dashed into the water to play with Wailmer, both calling out in glee.

"Have fun you two..maybe I'll let everyone else come out too actually." Ken said, he moved back and grabbed the rest of his Pokeballs, releasing Zangoose, Steelix and Flygon. All his Pokemon looked down at their surroundings. "We're at the beach guys, so have fun. ITS VACATION TIME!!!" He shouted, falling back to lay on the warm sand.

((OOC:: Oh yeah, I guess from our talking and whatever else you do, your IM thing is full lol...nope.nevermind..I guess you did a while ago..I feel retarded.))

[Alana]

OOC: Yay, everyone's posted! :D

IC: Trinity stopped to watch the boy release his Pokemon, taking a keen interest in his Naetoru. She had always loved unusual Pokemon and having never been to the Shinou region, she didn't know much about the Pokemon that lived there. She knew enough to know it wasn't particularly rare, just around these areas.

"Interesting team you have," she said as she reached the rocks. "Especially that Naetoru. I've never seen one in person before." She moved to take her Pokeballs from her belt and released her Pokemon. It seemed only fair that the rest of her Pokemon should enjoy the vacation as well.

Erebos didn't much care for the water and simply curled up on one of the rocks to do some sunbathing. Liridon and Arun started up a game of tag, trying to get Meka, who decided to do some quiet meditation, to play along. Core joined in the attempt to annoy the psychic Pokemon while Trinity sat down to watch.

She turned to speak to the boy with the Wailmer but her words were cut short by a strange sound. She turned, her eyes narrowed against the bright light from the sun. The sound came again. It was a deep melody, beautiful and mysterious, and it seemed to be coming from beneath the waves. Trin stared into the water where ripples were beginning to form. A shadow could be seen rising quickly to the surface. Her Pokemon had stopped their games and were now staring into the water as well. Core moved closer, prepared to protect his trainer if necessary.

The song grew louder and louder as the shadow began to become clearer. Then there was a loud boom as whatever it was broke the surface of the water, showering everyone in sparkling droplets of water. Trinity's eyes widened as she stared at the creature now landing gently on the large rock, not more than a few yards from her. "Lugia..."

OOC: Sorry to stop here but I haven't quite finished Lugia's speech yet. ^^;

[Team Galaxy]

Ken looked towards the majestic Pokemon in all its splendor. "Lu...Lugia..what are you doing here?" The young man asked as he picked up his Naetoru. "Toru, Naetoru" it called out, squirming in his arms slightly. Ken had heard rumors of what the Lugia song sounded like, it had been several years ago when three bumbling members of Team Rocket encountered one during a fued between the legendary trio of birds.

Kens emerald eyes gazed into Lugia's, then he turned his attention to the girl. "Rare Pokemon such as this would surely help me..it'd surely help my team." He said under his breath as he set down Naetoru and grabbed a Pokeball. But his actions were soon stopped as he heard another melodic call from this rare creature.

[Alana]

'You are foolish, child. Do not attempt anything you may later regret.' Lugia's voice sent shivers down Trinity's spine and she turned to look at the boy next to her. She really hoped he, or anyone else present for that matter, didn't do anything to upset it. She had heard many stories about the anger of Lugia and she didn't want to find out if they were true or not.

'Why are you here?' Demanded Core, making Trin give him a sharp look.

'To deliver a message to these trainers.' The answer surprised Core as much as it did Trinity but neither spoke. Lugia surveyed the small group of trainers carefully, stopping to stare at each one in turn. 'Pay close heed to my words for they will change your future. As you will know well there is a war plaguing the world. You may also know of a prophesy that foretells the end of this war. I will now recite this prophesy to you in its entirety and I beg you not to interrupt.' It waited for a moment to make sure no one would speak then continued, 'The time will soon come when the world will be plagued by a battle of control. From the north, the east, the west, the south the battle will come and many lands will suffer. When the Earth completes ten cycles around the glowing Sun, six chosen of tainted blood will rise and put an end to the war forever. It is from a former life of the Tainted that the wars beginning came. These six must face many trials, and after these trials more. To the north, the Trial of Trust, to the east, the Trial of Heart, to the west, the Trial of Courage, and to the south, the Trial of Wisdom. Once these trials are passed the final struggle will begin and with the victory of the Chosen the world will return to peace.'

Silence overtook the legendary as he once again surveyed the six around him. 'You six, you are the chosen of tainted blood.'

OOC: It seems I'm not very good at writing prophesies but it could be worse. I may edit it later to make it sound better but for right now it'll have to do.

[Team Galaxy]

Ken looked at Lugia and put his Pokeball away. "Fine..but what do we have to do..what do the six of us have to do with it? I mean really, this is entirely awkward and none of us think we know each other..I mean that girl over there is somewhat familiar..but I dont think I know her. Please Lugia..come with me and help Team Rocket rise against his stupid war..we've already lost much face." Ken pleaded as he neared the rare Pokemon.

Naetoru and Zangoose crowded near their trainers as he moved closer to the white-silver legend of the seas. He held his arms out, begging for Lugia to come with him to help Team Rocket. "Even if you wont come with me..what are we supposed to do? How do six trainers stop a war against large armies?"

[Allelujah Haptism]

Sara didn't have time to respond, or berate anybody, as she looked up at Lugia recite his poetry- Er, prophecy. Then, she looked the boy who was completely, and totally and completely following along. Like Sara's trainee's, that had absolutely no backbone. Bad first impression. On both of the guys. She folded her arms and sat down, Golem already underneath her after hearing the faint snap of her fingers. She sighed and listening inattentively, before saying bluntly, "This is awfully short-notice. Never heard a' that prophecy before now."

Mantine floated from his position, no longer camoflauged in the sand and said, <'Sara! This is a chance to stop these wars- don't you think we should do something?!'> His trainer simply glanced at him, and he was silenced momentarily.

Sara glanced at Arcanine, now sitting upright, who stared back, saying, <'I don't see the harm in it.'> She rolled her eyes to look at the legendary pokemon again, saying, "And, would those trial's be starting about now? Are they...annoyingly difficult trials?" Grovyle, halfway across the beach, sweatdropped, embarrassed at having such an obviously uninterested trainer, who was obviously only going to do this if it was like a walk through the park. He sighed, and continued his laps.

[Dactylus]

The surface began to roil. Ripples only – at first – pulsed from the dark blotch on the ocean, a haunting song threading its way though the air. Jayk recoiled, his eyes narrowed, as the ripples became lapping waves. Something from the water? The melody, perhaps beautiful to the ears of others, only filled him with a resonating graveness, its deep hum echoing off nothing and everything. Lapping waves swelled to foam-tipped, rolling ones. Something from the water. His muscles tensed, stiffening, before self-control eased them into relaxation. The beach seemed to be swept away in the crashing roar of the song.

Whatever was coming, it was no ally of his to make such an entrance.

Jayk’s hand tightened around another pokeball, individualized by a slash of purple on the shining red half. A crash bellowed from the black stain as the sea shattered, water hurled from the spot, and a colossal shape emerged. Its wing span, the hue of snow, stretched longer then any bird he’d ever seen, and its glaring eyes, wrapped in a blue glow, ensured its power. He could not hear what the two trainers near the shoreline were saying, but from the booming response of the huge beast, one was going to try for a capture.

Trials? Chosen? Prophecies? Jayk chuckled. What a stupid creature. For all its wonder and size, it was a shame to see such poor decisive skills. He dropped the pokeball behind him, to hide the scarlet burst of energy from the thing, and smirked as he heard the coarse whispering laugh of the gengar behind him.

“Wisp,” he murmured, “surprise our friend.” Without waiting for an answer, he reached for another ball, and nodded curtly to Mantis.

- -- -- - -

Wisp locked a glance on the legendary – a fellow pokemon had a way of knowing these things – species from between his trainer’s legs. A macabre grin matched his wicked eyes, and he shook with silent amusement. It didn’t look like anyone had even seen him yet…even if they had it made little difference. He was going to have his fun. Oh yes. That ghastly smile bulged, showing more teeth; so long without fun. No more deprivation. Fun now. Fun. Yes.

He vanished.

- -- - - - -

Mantis met Jayk’s stare, and nodded back. He was vaguely aware of that grovyle sighing and trotting away, but that wasn’t his concern anymore. His wings began buzzing louder, louder, louder; louder until the water beneath him began sending ripples from the force of the air. And like a bolt of green lightning, he was moving. Paper thin rows of water, clear as glass, rose beneath him as his feet skimmed the surface, flying towards the legendary pokemon. Scythes lowered – he didn’t want to appear a threat after all– he made his way towards the thing. If anything happened, he had to be there to save his companion, after all.

-- - - - - - -

As Mantis began cruising forward, Wisp appeared before the legendary beast’s gaze, invisible. But even so, his eyes, a deep blood red, shimmered into sight only a foot from his foes, already emitting powerful waves of hypnosis. Fun! he thought, cackling softly as he focused his energy on the attack.

[Lily]

"Sui, keep your mouth shut for a moment," Remorse said blandly. "Can't you see a big legendary flying bird thingy is talking to us?" Despite the magnitude of the statement, she could not have said it in a more indifferent, apathetic tone. But there was something about the way the glint in her eyes shined, with envy, admiration, mockery, and most importantly, desire. But none of this was conveyed through her facial expression, of course. And she had hardly listened to the song or 'prophecy.' Something about tainted blood. Well, yeah, she had inherited high blood pressure, but...

"Go, Sadist," she commanded in an equally as bland tone, watching the flash of red light before it gradually settled into the form of a cloyster. The little black orb encased in the massive spikes slowly revolved around, two unblinking eyes coldly staring into space. How cute. "Well, go...talk to it. Or something." A stare. "You're a water Pokemon, aren't you?" she demanded angrily. "Go...do your water Pokemon thing. Or something. Oh, hell I don't know," she ended in an aggravated note, until Sui tapped her on the shoulder playfully.

"Sis, it's flying, though~" he chirped. She inwardly shuddered.

"Well, I don't have a flying type, now do I?" Remorse snapped. She felt like suffocating; prophecies often did that to her. Why were they chosen, why were there trials, and why did it all sound so bothersome and tedious? She wasn't usually the type to accept the prophecy with a bright, happy smile. That was Sui's job, not hers. It was difficult enough being in Team Rocket, and now a huge white bird came sauntering in preaching about how essentially, the peace of the world was in their hands.

Perhaps it was all the stress and annoyance building up inside her, for Remorse glared at the bird and silently fumed, oblivious to her own childish tantrum.

[Alana]

Trinity listened in silence to what Lugia said. The prophesy did not sound correct to her. Weren't chosen supposed to be valiant and pure of heart or something like that? And what did it mean "tainted blood"? Were they going to be poisoned or maybe they had already been poisoned. That would certainly be tainted, but it seemed very unlikely. Before she could voice any questions, the boy beside her spoke, asking Lugia to aid Team Rocket.

Her head turned sharply at the mention of her old team. So he had been a member as well. No doubt that was where she had seen him before. But the idea of Lugia joining a dead team was nonsense. She was about to say so, but the great beast suddenly opened its mouth and sent a blast of energy at thin air. Trin and Core moved backwards, not wanting to be in range of a second attack if it should come. Lugia took to the sky, its sharp eyes flashing in anger.

'You lot truly are tainted, it seems unlikely that you will be remotely capable of passing the trials.'

Trin felt a stab of anger rush through her. She was perfectly capable of passing a few trials, no matter what they were.

Before anything more could be said, Lugia landed once more upon the rock and continued speaking, 'Whether you accept your place as the chosen or not is not for me to decide. You can let the world die or you can try to help it. I will not help you. I remember only too well the actions of your former allies. Now, enough of this talk, do not attempt any more tricks and do not ask any more questions. Simply answer me, do you accept your duty?'

Trinity's face was clear of expression. Much as she admired the legendaries of the world, she did not like this Lugia. But her pride and her loathing of the other teams stopped her from simply refusing to help. She took a quick look around at all of the trainers present. All seemed somewhat familiar to her. Had they all been a part of Team Rocket? Was that why Lugia said they had tainted blood? "I'll help, but only because I want the other teams to pay for what they did."

[clowsui]

Nodding to her question, Sui whimpered after getting the cold shoulder. It was obvious that his sister was in yet another of her inclementing spurts of anger and it was even more so that she didn't wanna be bothered. A crooning Jesus hovered behind him as he petted the soft blue fur lightly. Why did the legendary bird have to come to them? Oh yeah - a prophecy. Noticing Jesus behind him, his eyes quickly flashed to Sadist - that was it; Jesus could fly Sadist up to Lugia. Eyes bright, Sui did another dance that Jesus coordinated himself with and said, "Hey sis~ Jesus can carry Sadist up there!" Blinking when he got a kick of sand to his legs in response, Sui decided to motion Sadist to Jesus' wings - of course, the Cloyster did so and at the same time, decided to cause pain to the bird-like dragon, extending sharp spikes from its body only the barest bit. Wincing slightly, Jesus still flew on slowly (Cloysters were very heavy, after all) towards Lugia.

Smiling, Sui clapped his hands in joy and said, "See sis? You wanted Sadist to go say hi to that pretty birdy, right?" Dancing afterwards, Sui noticed that Roses came out and they both did a dance. It was kind of weird - two Team Rocket agents that were in front of a legendary no less, were dancing simply because a Cloyster didn't have to hop out of the wavy films of the ocean to get to a Lugia, instead riding on an Altaria. Yes indeed it was weird...

But as Jesus flew to Lugia, he heard him ask, "Do you want to save the world?" (at least, when he simplified it in his head). Thinking about it for a bit, he decided that the decision went to his awesomely miserable sister. "Hey Rem~ Rem~Are we gonna save the world Rem?"

(bah short post >.>)

(bah short post, i know >>)

[Allelujah Haptism]

Sara was glaring daggers at the flying beast, and Arcanine was getting unsettled, what with Mantine having slipped off into the ocean to clear his mind, Manectric and Grovyle on the other side of the beach, and Golem watching and waiting placidly. She folded her arms and glanced at the boy who'd tried to attack the Lugia. Tainted blood indeed. Arcanine shifted his butt in the sand and twitched his tail to the side, <'I think we should help.'> Sara's glinting eye caught Arcanine's for a moment, and he was quickly silenced. No more questions, she'd repeated in her mind.

"I don't like being ordered around," Sara stated, "And if these trials turn out to be troublesome, I'm backing out. For reference, that's not a question of whether or not I can or can't back out: It's a fact." She called up to the Lugia, "So I'll help- for now." Arcanine sighed, knowing his trainer didn't really care about the fate of the world. She was just looking for some adventure, as after Team Rocket disbanded, they'd often be bored, just fighting amongst themselves.

He couldn't believe this lot of trainer's- save for the boy who'd obviously made a fool of himself in Sara's eyes, was the only one who was doing this to...well...save the world! What was the world coming too? No- what were human's coming to? That was more accurate. Well...she'd agreed. That was as best as it got with Sara when she was pressured for an answer on the spot. Usually it was a blatant- No. Arcanine allowed his tail to flick back and forth in relief.

[Dactylus]

Damn. And here I am without any focus items for Wisp to strengthen his hypnosis. Fighting these big guys is always such a drag, groaned Jayk, running a hand through his hair. The corner of his eye caught the girl glancing at him, arms folded, and he cocked an eyebrow. Did she know he had attacked? That didn’t make sense…nobody should have seen Wisp. How had she -…

Huh, he mused, don’t know if they can fight, but looks like she’s got a tough roster. Fancy that. It was a risky maneuver, but seeing that savage display of power, and apparent ability to shrug off mind control without being weakened, left few alternatives. Jayk sighed, tugging another ball from his pocket, this time with a streak of light blue.

“Hey, girl,” he exclaimed, pivoting on his heel, “sorry, I don’t know your name. But by your look I’m going to assume you know that, somehow, that things attack is connected to me in some way? If you don’t, now you do.” Jayk shrugged, rolling his shoulders. “You aren’t seriously to just agree to help some random pokemon out of the sea, are you? I’ll agree that maybe – maybe! – this “prophecy” deserves some looking in to, but the damn thing already said it wouldn’t help us!

“I know you’re not stupid. No idiot could raise such robust pokemon. You have to have realized how much we could sell this thing for, right?” A smirk played across his lips, “You catching on? Hell, I even have…contacts that will take this guy out of our hands in exchange for some serious bills. Maybe save the world and get rich? Whadyya say; partners?” He nodded at her, one hand extended. “From what I see, it’ll be our ten against one.”

“Well?”

- - - - --

The beam of searing power scorched the space Wisp had been. Had. He laughed madly, some twenty feet from the bird, now completely invisible. <”Fun, fun fun!”>

<”What blood will you peddle to me today, keeper of legends?!> cackled the specter, spitting nonsense in his ecstasy. Under his breath, he chuckled, <”Hurry with your plan, Jayk. I can’t wait forever.”>

- - - -

Mantis hovered, hesitant to continue the charge. Perhaps it would be safer-…er, more strategic to await commands from Jayk. Yes. That seemed the tactful thing to do. Strategy. Very important. That’s why he needed to wait. Yes. Strategy.

[Team Galaxy]

Ken looked around at the girl whom he had been looking at since she arrived. "I'll do this...but how are we supposed to do this? Whats the meaning of this tainted blood you speak of?" His emerald orbs stared into the eyes of Lugia, studying its body and attempting to grasp an idea of what power it had...what power could be given to him in hopes of reviving Team Rocket and bringing havoc and vengeance upon the other Teams.

"I dont know about all you others...but I need to do this to bring Team Rocket back to the top of the world..Screw Magma..Screw Surge...Screw all the others..Team Rocket once and for all...Lugia...when do we go on this trial journey? I need to do this as soon as possible!" Ken shouted, his anger and hidden side trying to surface. The dark haired man fell to his knees, burying his hand underneath the sand and clawing away at it. "I'm sick and tired of being on the run..I'm angered by the fact that Team Rocket fell in this way...I want to bring them back to the people's mind of how dangerous we are...how we claim the title of the first and original powerful gang." He claimed.

"Please Lugia...If you know how this all started..if you know any additional tidbits of information to help me on my journey and mission...Please tell me...I would be in your service if you would lend me your knowledge..."

[Alana]

Lugia stared at Ken for a minute before answering his question. "I will not help you with your plans to restore your old team. It is because of you that this war started. The balance of power between the teams of the world is very delicate. Some may be warring within their own region but this is part of the balance. However, when your group joined in the fighting of the two teams of Hoenn you damaged this balance. When the other teams joined in the balance was destroyed completely. Unless the balance of power is restored this war will never end and other regions will end up like Hoenn. This is the only knowledge I will give you. As it seems several of you have accepted this task I feel my duty is done. My final advice to you will be to head to the region of Yenta to begin your journey. We will meet again. For now I bid thee farewell." The great beast lifted its head and let out a final note of song before soaring into the air and diving back into the sea."

Trinity stood staring after it with Core beside her. A million thoughts were speeding through her mind all at once and she couldn't focus on any of them at the moment. One thing did stick in her mind though. She turned and picked up the things she had left on the rock earlier. "Well, I guess we're going to Yenta."

'Seems so,' Core replied coolly as he watched his trainer pull on her jeans and return all of Pokemon but Liridon to their Pokeballs. 'How many of them do you think will join you?'

"No idea, but I'm hoping most of them. It won't be any fun if I have to do all of this on my own. At least most of them agreed to help, no telling if they'll keep to their word though." She pulled on her tank top and turned to the boy from Team Rocket. "I don't recall your name at the moment but I do know I have seen you and everyone else here before. My guess is that all of us were once members of Team Rocket. I'm Trinity, Trin if you like, and I think that the sooner we get to Yenta the better. Do you agree?" A soft breeze blew her wet hair into her face as Liridon landed beside her, holding her shoes.

[Allelujah Haptism]

Ah, I screwed up. Will edit later.

[Team Galaxy]

Ken looked to the girl who just introduced herself and nodded. "You were in Team Rocket also? I thought you looked familiar..there were just so many people to keep track of. And members usually stick with the other members of their squad, so its most likely we just saw passing glimpses of each other at the base. My name's Ken by the way..." He smiled a bit and gathered his Pokemon back into their balls. Thoughts poured into his mind as he attempted to decipher what Lugia meant by restoring the balance.

"So..we're heading to Yenta...and we need to restore the balance of the teams to their regions? How does that all make everything better? What do you think is waiting for us in Yenta Trinity?" The dark haired man asked as he adjusted his swimming trunks and the snug fitting shirt he wore over his upperbody, somewhat like the top of a wet suit.

"But I'm coming..I dont care if anyone else comes or comes and betrays us..because either way..we're doing something for Team Rocket...and I cant stand us being ground into the dirt like this." He said in angered tone.

[Alana]

Trinity nodded. "Ken, that seems familiar. Perhaps we were part of the same mission at one point." She was silent for a moment, listening to him question what Lugia had said. Her mind drifted, asking the same questions.

"Who knows, probably some question and answer thing where we have to answer with a pure heart of some rubbish like that," she said in reply to his question to her. That was, of course, completely unlikely. Trials like that weren't exactly world saving were they? If they were then they wouldn't have needed chosen, whoever they were.

"Let's get going. I'm restless just standing here. Staying still has never been my strong point. Whoever wants to come with is welcome to follow. Or lead, whatever you want." She walked over and slipped her feet into her shoes then climbed on Liridon's back. Core jumped into her lap and glared coldly down at the others. "Stop showing off," Trinity snapped at her Pokemon. He ignored her and adjusted himself into a more comfortable position.