Pokémon Fallout (M) [Best Veteran 1Q '13]

[IceFyr1928]

Aria heard Spark, and nodded, not realizing that Spark couldn't see her.

"At the moment, everyone In there is coming with us!" Aria replied, and started rummaging through the supplies.

The children soon filed out, and Aria began to organize them. A few elected to stay behind, and Aria didn't stop them. Once they were all ready, Aria began leading them out of the city.

Aria followed a few streets through the city, and left east. The group slowly grew accustomed to the way that they were organized, and they sped up their walking. As the sun began to set, they had reached mount Coronet. Aria's group reached a road that branched south, and took it. By the end of the following day, they arrived at Hearthome, also known as the Children's City.

"Alright Spark! Get ready to help get everyone into the city!" Aria shouted as they approached the gate. There were a few guards, supposedly spirit kids, who ran over, brandishing various weapons. They began directing the crowd, and soon only Aria, Spark, and Kalie were left standing just outside of the city.

[Pppgggr]

(Hey guys, just got accepted and wasn't sure how to pop in, so I went ahead and wrote this in the hopes that someone would be willing to join me in the roleplay)

Tetsu slowly began to awaken after a long night's sleep, his eyes slowly peeling apart and letting a clear view of the ceiling seep through. After simply lying in bed for a few moments, he pulled himself up and off of the small, rough cot he was sleeping on. Shooting Ralts a quick metal "Good Morning", he then turned his gaze to the room around him only to see that the rest of the children were still a sleep.

For several months, he had been sharing a small house on the edge of the Children's City with several other occupants, making the best of what he had available. In such dangerous times, there was safety found in numbers, and considering his fairly mediocre skills in battle, he had no choice but to find a group of his own.

Quietly making his way out of the building, he walked around the side and plopped himself down beside a tree. Then, reaching into his pants, he pulled out his great grandfather's old journal and began to flip through the familiar pages, taking in the many sketches of pokemon long dead. Coming across a picture of a Ralts, he began to smile, giving his partner a mental nudge.

You were tiny back then, he mused, only getting a warm surge of emotion as a reply. Ralts rarely spoke.

A thoughtful expression crossing his face as a though entered his mind, he pushed further.

Will you ever be like that again?

At this, Tetsu could feel a sea of emotion erupting from his partner. Taking a few moments to think it over, Ralts gave him a reply in his high-pitched mental voice.

It depends on humanity, I guess. You caused this, and it'll be like this until Arceus changes his mind.

Leaving the conversation at that, Tetsu resumed flipping through the book, the idea of pokemon returning in full weighing heavily on his mind.

(Edit: Left out the italics where the mental speech was supposed to be. It's fixed. Sorry about that.)

[Khawill]

Spark
Spark went out to explore the city, ignoring the question that Aria asked (as she had already answered Spark's question) and feeling the need to see this new city. She ran around the city, astonished by all of the other kids. Her new friend Kalie struggling to keep up, she snaked through the buildings.

After she thought she had explored every possible spot, she saw a boy laying against a tree looking ever so melancholy. As if he had a guilty past, Spark stopped abruptly and Kalie just slowed down to a halt completely out of breath. "Whats the matter Spark?" She rasped.

"That boy," She pointed to him, "He looks so sad and is holding a book."

"Yea I suppose he is, but we shouldn't leave the safety of Aria, she might be worried."

"Oh she'll be fine, I mean she is so strong she stops the lightning girl." Spark said, proud of her sister. "Let's go see what is wrong with him, maybe we can make him happy!" She whispered her plan into the little girl's ear. "Okay?"

"Yeah let's do it!" They crept up behind the tree, acting like they were going somewhere else, then Spark showed a silent count down from three on her fingers. Then they jumped out from behind his tree, standing just before the boy dancing. "We know you're Sad but this dance should make you glad!" They chanted in hopes of raising his spirits.

[Pppgggr]

Tetsu was horribly startled as the two other kids burst out in front of him and broke into dance, his thoughts on pokemon ceasing entirely. Nearly dropping the old journal, he quickly caught himself and took a moment to gather his senses. Feeling the cheerfulness radiating off of the girls, he then closed the book and began to smile, his ralts-like instincts kicking in.

"Sad....? I'm not sad!" He blurted, pulling himself onto his feet. Walking up to the two of them, he decided to go about with his introductions, a rather hyper tone flowing off of his voice. "I'm Tetsu", he stated gleefully, and when feeling a surge of irritation coming from his partner, he quickly added "......And my Pokespirit's Ralts!"

Without even waiting for their names, he quickly took the journal and shoved it into their faces, beaming. "I was just reading my great grandfather's book and thinking about pokemon!"

Still, not even awaiting so much as a response from the two ladies, he pulled the book back and quickly began flipping through the pages, looking carefully for one in particular. Spotting it, he turned the book around and revealed to them the sketch of a small pokemon. Below the picture was a label that read 'Ralts'. "See? That's Ralts!", he erupted, massive amounts of energy simply radiating from him.

At this, he then silenced himself, allowing the awkward pause to roll in as he awaited their reaction.

[IceFyr1928]

Aria watched as Spark and her friend walked into the city. She sat on the edge of the truck.

They can take care of themselves. Aria thought. She then stood up and walked over to one of the guards.

"Anyplace that I can train?" She asked him. He nodded and pointed into the town.

"Go down this street, and take the first left. Walk until you reach the gym, it'll be hard to miss." He said. Aria nodded, and followed his instructions. She was soon sanding in front of a building that reminicently looked like the Overseer's.

Aria walked in, and walked over to someone that was pounding away at a bag that seemed to be filled with sand.

"Excuse me, is there a place that I can trade with my sword?" She asked. The boy nodded as he continued to box the sandbag.

"All the way back, take a right" he said through his punches.

[Khawill]

Spark
Spark looked at the book in awe, "Hey there aren't any words in here, just that weird thing, what is that?" She looked at it, and then asked, "What is a pokespirit? Is that some kind of game?" She looked at Kalie, "Do you know what a pokespirit is?"

Kalie stood up like she was a teacher, "A pokespirit is the spirit of a dead pokemon, given to children at the mountain. All of them must follow laws made by Arceus. My mom told me all about it before she died!"

Spark thought for a moment, "Would the lightning girl be one?"

"Yea she would."

"And Aria?"

"Yep I think she would be."

"What about me?"

Kalie was surprised, surely this girl would know if she did, "Well... uh... no I guess not, If we go to the mountain we can get one."

Kalie looked at the boy, "Do you want to go?"

Spark livened up, "Yeah lets go on an adventure!"

[IceFyr1928]

Aria looked around as she walked out of the gym. She had practiced for well over an hour, and she had to go find Spark and her friend if they were evr to make it home. she was walking through the town when she saw her two companions walking with a taller boy, who had red plates on his neck.

Pokespirit? Aria asked Eve.

Most definatly. Ralts by the looks of it. Was the answer. Aria drew her sword, and began walking towards the small group.

"Spark, Katie, who is this?' She asked, trying to not seem menacing, which was near impossible with a drawn sword. They had stopped walking, and Aria walked up tho the boy, and looked down at him.

"And what does he want?" She asked after her companions didn't respond for a few seconds.

[Khawill]

Spark
"This is Tetsu and he has a pokespirit named Ralts! He says that ralts looks like that" Pointing at the picture in the boy's book. "Kalie say you and the lightning girl have pokespirits and that me and her don't because we are just normal. So we are going to the mountain to get one and we asked Tetsu if he wanted to come, can he?" Spark tugged at Aria's arm, "Can he go with us please?" She waved for Kalie to come over and help. and they were both pulling on Aria's clothes begging. "I want to be as strong as you so I can fight the lightning girl and she won't give me bad dreams anymore."

[Pppgggr]

Tetsu simply stared at the two girls, rather surprised that they hadn't known what a pokespirit was, considering there were so many of them. Allowing them to go about their conversation without interrupting, he suddenly became tense as the new girl started heading their way, his ralts-like instincts picking up on her concerned and somewhat defensive emotions. As the girl began to draw her sword, he quickly began to draw upon Ralts' power, focusing hard on the tree behind them. Immediately, he faded out in a small flash of blue light, re-appearing on top of the tree, grabbing onto two branches with his hands, and pushing against two more with his feet to stabilize himself. After completing his teleportation, he began to pant heavily, having very clearly exhausted a great deal of energy.(Teleport was one of my accepted skills, and ralts can detect emotion.)

Looking down at the girl, still panting, he returned her menacing glare with an incredibly wide smile and blurted out "Hiya!", staring down at the group cheerfuly, though ready to jump into action in the case that the other pokespirit wielder decided to attack.

Ignoring the fact that the two girls had already introduced him, he then proceeded to do so himself "I'm Tetsu, And my pokespirit's Ralts!", he chanted cheerfully. Unsure as to what her pokespirit was at first glance, he let go with one hand and grabbed the journal, waving it into the air and shouting excitedly "Hey, What pokespirit d'you have?! I wanna see it!" Then, grabbing one branch with his teeth, he quickly went about flipping the pages until he once again reached the one on Ralts. "See, this a picture of Ralts!" He said in a muffled voice, as his mouth was full.

[IceFyr1928]

Aria started when this 'Tetsu' teleported to the top of the tree, but soon relaxed, seeing that he was no threat. she replaced her sword, and walked over to the tree. In an amazing show of agility, she quickly climbed to the top, where she stood in front of Tetsu, and then merged with Eve.

"Look familiar?" She said. She then turned to the two girls below, unfusing as she did.

"Of course we can. the more people, the merrier. wait. Spark, did you just say that you didn't have a Pokespirit?" Aria said. she lept down from her perch, rolling when she hit the ground.

Well, now's better than ever. she knows she has them, but she doesnt know what they are... Here goes nothing... Aria thought. she walked over to Spark and knelt to one knee.

"You have two Pokespirits right inside of you. That's more than I have. You should be proud of yourself." She told Spark in a low voice, putting her hand on her shoulder. She hoped that the memory serum would hold up to subtle reminders. The last thing that she wanted was Spark going the way she waas in the middle of the Children's City.

[Pppgggr]

Tetsu looked down in awe at the girl as she gracefully made her way to the top of the tree, amazed at how easily she could do so without teleporting, and even more so at how she could merge and un-merge with her pokespirit at will, something he had never figured out how to do. As she jumped back down, he quickly began flipping through the old journal in search of a picture of her pokespirit.


Before he actually found it, however, he overheard the pokespirit wielder explain to the girl he had met earlier that she had two pokespirits inside her already. Unsure as to how anyone could forget that, he went ahead and teleported back down from the tree, this time landing directly in adjacent to spark, staring at her curiously.

"Two Pokespirits.....And you couldn't remember? How could you forget?! Mt. Coronet was INCREDIBLE. There was a flash of light, and I started to change, and there was that cool stone-thingy carved by the god-pokemon......And how can you handle THREE people in one body? Doesn't it make your head hurt? Just sharing my head with Ralts confuses me sometimes.....But Another one? How could you forget that?!?! Ralts talks to me all the time! Did you hit your head or something?"

At that, he then proceeded to begin rather roughly patting the girl on the head with his right hand, every few seconds saying "Reeeeeeemmmmmeeeeeeeeemmmmmberrrrrrrrrrrrr"

[Khawill]

(Oops you posted before me)
Spark
Spark jumped for joy, "Yay! We're going to get Kalie a spirit!" She ran to catch up with Aria, "I bet since we all have spirits we can be like heroes, and save people!" She counted all of the fingers and then held all ten out, "This is how many bad guys we will stop, and then we can start over and stop that many again." She skipped merrily toward the entrance, "And all the good people can be safe because all the bad people will be gone because they will be afraid of us." But she stopped after saying this and looked sadly at Aria, "If we are scaring people, does that make us bad guys?"

Kalie
Kalie kept pace but stood behind them, left to her own thoughts. She was sorting through her own memory, focusing, remembering what her goal was. She clenched her fist, don't worry I will get revenge.

[IceFyr1928]

"Don't do that!" Aria yelled at Tetsu as he ranted at Spark. "You don't want her to remember..." She said in a lower, sadder tone.

She took Tetsu aside, and put her hand on his shoulder.

"She had a brother, Arc, who traveled with her. In an... Unfortunate series of events, Arc died, giving his Pokespirit, a Minun, to Spark, who has a Plusle, who went on a rampage. I have her a serum that made her forget of her old life, and made her the way that she is. She has been regarding her Pokespirits as 'voices' and didn't know what they were until now. If she remembers, she will go on that rampage again, but this time there will be no way to stop her. That is why she can't remember." Aria explained, making sure that the two girls didn't hear her.

Done talking to Tetsu, she walked back to Spark and Kalie.

"You guys ready to go? Let's go get Kalie a Pokespirit!" Aria shouted triumphantly, and began walking back out of the city.

[Pppgggr]

Tetsu stopped in his tracks as Aria suddenly yelled out at him, unsure as to what he was doing wrong. A confused expression crossing his face as she pulled him aside, he listened carefully as she began to speak, his mood dropping as she explained to him what had occurred with Spark and he began to release how much of a danger she was. Feeling the surge of sorrow radiating from her, he nodded as she ended her lecture and stepped away.

It only took moments for his cheerful mood to re-ignite and he instantly jumped back to the journal, popping it open and surfing the pages in the hopes of finding an image of Minun and Plusle, though due to the limited nature of the book, he failed to do so. Storing the book, he then heard the call to leave town and began to follow, electing to run as opposed to teleporting, hoping to conserve energy now that he knew the danger he may have to face, which could come seemingly out of nowhere. Unsure as to what he should do, he elected to consult with Ralts.

Tetsu:......She could hurt people.....But is it right to make her forget like this? She can't remember who she was! She's making her someone she's not!

Ralts:.....Sure, it hurts her....But from what her friend said, she would hurt many people if she remembered. We should do what she said and keep quiet.

Tetsu:Alright.....

And at this, he left it, his new secret-to-keep weighing heavily upon his mind.

[Khawill]

Kalie
Kalie and the others had decided to camp for the night, they were sitting around the fire but she had gone to bed early. She sorted through her past, everything that she could remember. She held out a doll, "Hey Kalie, how are you." She said in a high pitched voice and shaking the doll, "I'm good, and the people are taking me to the mountain for a spirit." She spoke as the doll again, "Those people are so nice, but they can't help you." She choked on the last words, beginning to cry. She put the doll down and silently cried herself to sleep.

Kalie was walking with her mother, she felt hungry and scared so she held her mothers hand tighter. "Mom I'm hungry, we are going to eat today right." Her mother picked her up and rubbed her head, then hugged her but said nothing. She carried Kalie down the broken road.

The dream skipped forward, Kalie was standing over the body of her father, her mother's hand rested on her shoulder. Kalie cried as she placed a purple flower on her fathers chest, tears streaming down her face. "Mom I'm sad, I won't be sad anymore right?" Her mother looked sadly down at Kalie and hugged her, too skinny and weak to pick her up, again saying nothing.

The dream skipped again this time there was nobody walking down the street with Kalie, she walked to the grave of her father but didn't feel the weight on her should as she had before. She continued on the road until she was outside the city, all she could see was a sign where "Children's City" had been scrawled. The boy who had "liberated" her was in control, having taken the city and a kind soul. This time there were no tears, Kalie stood anger replacing the sadness and despair she had felt the day he had killed her mom. "Mom I'm angry, and I'll be strong enough to kill the tyrant." This time she wasn't asking, she wasn't helpless.

[IceFyr1928]

Once they had gotten out of the largest city in Sinnoh, Aria began leading them towards the mountain pass that they had crossed on their journey. They reached it, and set up a small camp. Kalie had decided to eat quickly and go to bed early.

"Alright gang, from here, we need to hike. It won't be that hard of a climb, but you need to be prepared. There might be a bit of snow, but I wouldn't count on it. I'll have your packs ready in the morning." Aria said, then walked off to get more firewood.

Seeing it as an opportunity to practice her swordsmanship, she drew her sword. She then used various combinations to chop large limbs into usable pieces. She then took the limbs back to the camp, and put two of them on the fire. She then put out her bedroll, and lay down on it.

"Goodnight." She said before she fell asleep.

[Pppgggr]

As they stopped to rest, Tetsu quickly went about helping the group set up camp, using his teleportation ability to zip to the tops of trees and break off the thinner branches for firewood. Exhausting himself from the constant teleportation, he eventually decided to settle down and preform one last teleportation to the top of a thick, sturdy tree. Leaning himself against the branches, he pulled out his journal and once again began to flip through the pages, studying the book carefully. After a while, he came across the pages on Plusle and Minum, thinking back to Spark and her condition.

After moments of consideration, he closed the book and jumped back down from the tree, heading off into Spark's direction after looking over at Aria, ensuring she was asleep. Tapping the girl on the shoulder, he then opened the book once again and turned to the pages he had been viewing before, showing them to spark. "Hey, look at these!", he whispered excitedly, hoping that this would only be enough to help her remember her pokespirits, and not set her off.

[Khawill]

Spark
"Hey those are the things in my dream! Maybe I had a doll that looked like them, because the ones in my dreams don't talk. Maybe the voices in my head are them actually, I'll ask."
No child, we are not spirits, just merely friends. Please do try to rest, it is a long journey to the mountain. "They said they aren't, and since they don't lie because I can't lie to myself I trust them. And also I'm not as strong as Aria so I can't have spirits. They told me to go to bed, thanks for showing me the pretty pictures though, tomorrow we get to get Kalie her spirit!" She layed her roll next to Aria's, as she had done every night since her nightmare and fell asleep.

In her dream Spark was watching a girl and a woman walking down the street. The woman lifted the small girl, cradling her as they walked. She stole a piece of bread from a cart and gave it to the little girl, Spark didn't see her steal anymore food for herself. The next dream it was raining, but the same girl and woman stood over a body. The woman hugged the girl again, but she was much skinnier than before. Kalie turned around and noticed that a house was destroyed debris everywhere. The woman and daughter stood and looked at the rubble, adults were running away as a boy destroyed things, much like the lightning girl. They boy looked at the woman and smiled evily. He walked up to her and slew her, right in front of the girl. Spark covered her eyes before the killing blow, but she heard the scream and when she looked again there was nobody but the girl.

Spark silently cried for the rest of the night, fearing the power of pokespirits even more than before.

[IceFyr1928]

Aria woke early the next morning, and took an inventory of their supplies. There was still enough for three full days. She walked back to the main area of her camp, and started the fire back up. She then boiled water, puting some leaves in when it did.

"Time to wake up! Breakfast's ready!" Aria shouted. She heard stirring, and soon Kalie was sitting next to her. Aria handed her a steaming mug, and prepared one for herself.

"You ready for the climb?" Aria asked Kalie, who nodded.

Aria looked up the mountainside, planning the easiest route for them to take. She saw a flash on top of the mountain, then saw a kid jump off one of the cliffs, growing wings as he did. He began flapping, but wasn't used to it, and hit the forest floor.

"Hm. Idiot." She said as she looked back to the rest of the camp.

[Pppgggr]

Tetsu let out a rather soft sigh at Spark's reaction to his journal. He had truly hoped it would have been enough to allow her to remember her pokespirits, beings that should have been her best friends. Returning to his tree, he dwelled on the topic for several hours before finally drifting off to sleep, his beloved journal cradled in his arms.

Despite having gone to bed rather late the night before, he awoke early on in the morning as the sun's first rays were beaming down upon him. He spent his first hour or so of conciousness watching Spark sleep, his internal conflict still fresh on his mind.

Becoming distracted some time later, he picked up his journal and began flipping through the pages once again until Aria awoke and finished breakfast, calling to the group. Feeling hungry, he quickly teleported from the tree and and joined the group in their meal.

[Khawill]

Spark
Spark awoke hardly awake, she didn't know what time she woke up but she was much more happy then she was before. She decided not to tell her dream to anyone, not yet at least. "What is for breakfast?" She looked at the food Aria was preparing, there was a lot from all of the adults they had robbed or killed. Spark simply ate a piece of bread, having lost her appetite from her dream. She looked down and wondered how she would word her next question, she started trembling, fearing the answer. "K-Kalie why do you want a pokespirit?" Spark looked directly at her.

Kalie looked up surprised, and then then tried not to make eye contact with Spark, "Do I really have to tell you?"

"Yes. If you don't then I don't want to take you, and if Aria still does then I'm leaving."

Kalie knew she couldn't get out of the question, and Spark was staring at her seriously. She tried to speak, but took a sip out of her cup. "I want to have power."

Spark was staring at her more intensely, she just felt like she needed a full answer. "Why do you want power..."

"I don't want power, I need power. I can kill that who has taken what I loved most, I can't just stand by while the person lives life." Kalie yelled at Spark, but Spark looked down, sadly. "Come walk with me, alone." She stood up and Spark followed.

"You are going to be a bad guy, I just know it, the bad guys are always the ones who want to kill. It's just like the stories my mommy told me as a little kid, the bad guys only want to kill." She looked at the ground, the dirt was filled with footprints and there was a yellow flower crushed in one of them. "Even people who only want to kill bad guys are bad guys, because you only make them want to kill more people."

Kalie shook her head, "I've thought about it, and I will be able to kill and still be a good guy." Spark stood up and gave Kalie a hug.

"Please make that a promise." Kalie nodded. Spark brightened up "Then lets go Aria!" It echoed through the trees, and a wind blew. Spark heard the sound of men. "Quick hide, I think me, Aria and Tetsu can hold them off."

"But Spark, you don't have a spirit, and you're powerless."

"I don't need power to be a good guy." Kalie nodded and hid in a nearby bush. Spark pulled out her knife, unsure how to use it but ready to use it if needed. Maybe if I beat them without a spirit then Kalie won't want to get power anymore and she won't be a monster.

The motherly voice in her head spoke, But neither Aria or Tetsu are monsters, you don't need to fear spirits, just he people.

But the people and spirits are one in the same, I don't even know if the spirits are good, what if Aria just keeps me around because I'm her sister. The motherly voice didn't speak, Spark was getting to close to a memory. Of the five different voices she heard, only one of them appeared. She figured the other four had either split or gone to camp. She held her knife firmly, ready to prove herself.

"Hey there little girl, you want food and shelter? I'm sure ya would, why don't you come with me and we can get you a nice house in Eterna City." Spark held her knife up toward her face pointing it at him ready to lunge. "Well I guess killing you would be just as good, I hear there are plenty of sick cannibals around." He laughed manically.

No time to feel afraid. She charged forward, "You're scum!" he pulled out a knife and was ready for her, he stabbed at her but with a reaction even she didn't expect she dodged it. No time to think she sweep kicked, causing the man to fall. She starred at the man angrily, about to plunge the knife right through his chest. "Bad guys deserve to die!" She raised her hand, Now who's the monster she hadn't heard that voice before, it sounded like her but demonic, Go on, you know you want to. Spark dropped her eyes, then she got on her knees and starred in horror at the ground, the man began to laugh.

"Typical of a kid, can't finish the job, but I can!" He hopped up, pulled out a throwing knife and was just about to throw it at a helpless Spark. He let out a grunt and toppled over, Kalie had just knocked him out cold with a large stick.

"Come on Spark, the others may need our help, I heard the other four were going to surround our camp." Spark nodded, back in focus and picked up the mans throwing knife, putting it in her bag then sheathing her own knife. "We don't have much time."

They ran toward the camp, keeping silent.

[IceFyr1928]

Aria watched as the two girls walked off, and then heard a twig snap in the opposite direction that they had gone. Her ears stood straight up, and she drew her sword. Another twig broke, and Aria nodded in Tetsu's direction. She held up four fingers, then pointed in the general direction that they were coming from.

"Well, we didn't expect visitors. We dont have much, but would you like some food?" She said as soon as one of the men had revealed himself. The others stayed hidden, and the one that had come forward nodded. Aria grabbed her cup, never taking her eyes off the man, and offered it.

"If you want it, you're going to have to come get it." She said, gripping her sword. He walked forward, and Aria tripped him. She held her sword at his throat, and he smiled.

"Go ahead. Kill me." He said. Aria hesitated, much to his enjoyment. She then kicked him behimd the left ear, knocking him unconscious. She spun around to face a man who had snuck up behind her. She punched him in the face, which knocked him unconscious as well.

Suddenly, an arrow whizzed past her ear, and buried itself in a nearby tree. Aria fused with Eve, and caught the next arrow, mentally tracking it to a position in the bushes. Aria sprinted to him, slicing an arrow in half as she did, and flipped over him. The man dropped his bow, and drew a knife.

"Wrong person to mess with." She said before knocking him unconscious with the pommel of her sword, dragging him over to the other men.

"What fun." She remarked.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Lucy - Base of Mt. Coronet

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Lucy took Amethyt's hand and gripped it in a firm manner, quite content to offer this to the other. She was however distracted by Creed's presence, looking behind herself at him in an ever so slightly unnerved manner. What was he doing back there..? She decidedly didn't seem all that bothered by the male's position, or at least not enough to do anything about it.

...The group would move along at their own pace for a while. Progress was made. They were now approaching the base of Mt. Coronet.

A figure, ...female, was present in their path. She seemed to be upset over something, or perhaps... in pain? She gripped at her head and shot a glare in the group's general direction. A strange formation in the form of an actual battle-axe protruded from the sides of her skull, and heavy reptilian armor covered the backside of her body. A thick tail protruded from her backside. It was.. a haxorus wielder. Lucy caught the girl's gaze and returned it with her own, staring skeptically as they approached as if to ask the other what in the world she was looking at.

...But really, the more she looked the more she was unnerved. This girl had something strange about her. Her eyes stared with unwavering intent. No thought was evident behind them. Lucy abruptly stopped, ceasing to trust this girl enough to walk right by her, and with good reason. A tremor rocked the girl's body and she abruptly turned, taking a rather unsteady step towards the group, or rather Lucy in particular. Lucy tensed immediately because of the very odd behavior, which turned out to be an appropriate reaction because the haxorus wielder proceeded to reach out towards her in a violently manner, clawed hands threatening to dig into her. She was fast, extremely fast even. Lucy didn't have time to properly defend herself from such an abrupt, vicious close range attack.

"W-What the hell--?!" she exclaimed before gritting her teeth as draconic claws dug into her upper side opposite Amethyst. At this point Lucy would let go of the other girl, needing her hand for something slightly more important. Lucy's fist glowed with an awesome power, and she proceeded to strike out and slug the other girl right in the face with a dynamic punch. It /looked/ very painful, and packed enough force that the other's clawed hands were forcefully removed from Lucy's side by the sheer recoil she received. However, the other took the attack with inhuman grace, fitting for a powerful wielder. That is to say, she didn't seem to notice that Lucy had just /wrecked/ her face. Rather, she came right back at Lucy and used the battle-axe formation on her skull to slice directly up her arm, evoking an unrestrained scream from Lucy. It was counter. The attack left Lucy's arm limp, and she was clearly injured in a rather significant manner, as she clutched at said arm with a confused look on her face. What had just happened? Why were they being attacked? Why was this person so /vicious/? She didn't understand/

An inappropriate giggle escaped the haxorus wielder's lips, equally wild and almost involuntary in nature. This was despite the that she'd just suffered a brutal punch to the face. The lights were off. Nobody was home. Though many would be unqualified to recognize it at a glance, unrestrained madness was all that could be observed in the girl's eyes. Without further warning, she would reach out and attack to sink her claws into Lucy a second time, though by this point any others had enough time to interfere if they desired.

[Pppgggr]

A surge of hatred and malintent flooded through Tetsu's ralts-like senses as both Spark and Kallie began to converse, and eventually walked off. The emotions that he had detected from both girls left him highly unnerved and he began to debate whether or not he should run off after them or inform Aria of what he had felt. When the two of them merged, Ralts taught Tetsu that emotions were both private and sacred entities, and though he could use his knowledge of them in self-defense, he should never reveal to anyone what another person was thinking......This, however, was a touchy case.


Before he could decide what to do, however, he began to detect a surge of caution flooding from both Aria, and the new arrivals within the bushes. Just as he was about to act on it, Aria decided to take charge and invited the stranger into the camp. Upon seeing this, Tetsu loosened up, hoping the exchange would turn out to be a peaceful one.

Standing by as she and one of the arrivals began to converse, he was completely caught off guard when she made the first move and attacked the member of the group. As she went about pummeling the group, he could only watch in horror. Though she didn't kill any of them, she had been the one to initiate violence, and she did so before he could feel anything specifically Malicious coming from the men.

As she knocked out the last of them, he allowed his emotions to flare and turned towards her, an expression that he had rarely shown plastered firmly onto his face: An expression of anger. Unsure as to what she would do with the men she had defeated, he lifted his right hand into the air and began to gather his energy. Allowing it all to flow into his hand, he then let loose a massive burst of psychic energy, allowing it to pulsate outwards and into her direction, shouting out "YOU HURT THEM!" as he did so.

[Khawill]

Spark
Spark and Kalie were walking back to camp, they heard the fighting. Spark went into a rapid sprint, she didn't know if the two could survive if there were more than four. Kalie struggled to keep up, and when they got to the clearing where the camp was, Spark was relieved to see Aria finishing up the last guy. Spark didn't feel right, it was as if something was wrong, she looked for Tetsu. She saw him looking furious, and she could see the energy he was emitting. He was looking right at Aria, He is going to hert her! Spark ran toward Aria, as fast as she could.

"You Hurt Them!" He yelled, Energy was sent toward Aria. Spark ran up to Aria and pushed her away as hard as she could, catching her by surprise. Spark took the full blast of the attack, unable to get out of the way. She was sent flying back.

Kalie let out a panicked scream, she charged at Tetsu and tackled him to the grass, attempting to try and restrain him.