[PKMN OPEN] The Pokémon Trainer Academy (T) [Best Veteran 4Q '11]

(Too be fair, Rama deserves it. At least Skye likes him. XD)

Skye sighed to himself, gently stroking Rama's head. He was out of sight from everyone and slumped by the edge of the deck. He was sure they couldn't see him. He coughed weakly and kept coughing, a bit of blood making its way up his throat. He sighed again, trying to cough up the rest. Honestly that sounded like a lot of effort. Thankfully it wasn't much and he pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth. His throat must be hurting but he couldn't bring himself to imagine the sensation, like he used to try. Most of the time he tried to imagine the sensations he didn't have anymore, like cold or what fur felt like. But he couldn't do it right now. He was tired. Anger made him sleepy. Like...His head lolled and somehow, due to Pala being a weight on his chest and lap, he dozed off.

Rama laughed quietly at this then frowned when Ellie took this moment to pop out. She looked ticked. "I am not in the mood to be nagged," he told her quietly.

"Why was he upset? What did you do?" she demanded in a whisper, looking upset with her fur fluffed up (Hi female Van!)

"Why do you always assume it's me?" he asked her and she snorted.

"Rama, you're a wild Pokemon who takes joy in biting anybody who is not Skye and destroying the self-esteem of everyone who can understand you! I ask again: what did you do?"

"It wasn't even me this time," he protested, watching SKye to make sure he was still asleep.

"Bully," Pala stated from her apple. "Hurt Bri. Mean to Skye. Skye mad."

"Sums it up well. VOlca kicked his butt. SHould've just ki-" Ellie cut Rama off with a paw.

"There is an unblooded baby right next to us," she snarled softly. Rama snorted.

"Like you can talk, Miss. Was-Almost-Put-Down-By-The-Vet. How many people did you attack?"

"Shut up," Ellie growled and sighed. "Look, be better about this. You're the only one who can actually talk to Skye. His emotions affect us. Ours can affect him too." With that, she went back into her ball. Rama huffed and laid back down. Bossy brat.

Ciel walked around the ship. Chika was behind him again. Skye had looked sleepy for some reason. Bri was talking to someone else. That left Quin. Okay, Quin's ramblings scared him. People did that sometimes in Lavender Town, but it was surprising to have it happen, well, away from the tower. He had attacked a kid. Not cool but, okay, he himself had kicked a kid's teeth in. Self-defense. That fight with SKye had been odd. But Ciel was the definition of odd, so hey? Not just anybody had developing psychic powers. Well..., okay they did at home so not important. He still thought Quin had looked upset. He figured he should at least try to explain his own reaction, if not the others. They were supposedly self-explanatory, according to Mom.

Finally he found the room and peeked in. "Um... can I...um, talk to you...?"

Brian

Bri looked a little shocked to see Snype crawl out of Mark's bag. What had he been doing in there? Bri shook his head. He could not figure ghost types out. They made no sense to him. He glanced over and saw that Skye had fallen asleep. He sat down in a deck chair and set his crutches down next to him.

"I'm glad she's alright," Bri said slowly. Duster nudged him on the head.

"Yeah, I bet you two had a wonderful time, all alone in the hospital room..." Duster said with a laugh, covering up the exasperated sigh that came from Mark's bag. Bri looked warily at Duster.

"Quit making fun of them," he scolded. She sat down on his shoulde rand kept laughing.

"What, those two love birds? Hah, good luck getting me to stop!" Duster said. Bri shook his head and placed her on his lap, pulling out the brush he had gotten yesterday. He began brushing out her fur and she became too distracted to care about laughing at Snype.

"So... uh... Mark. Do you know where we're going?" Bri asked finally.

Quin

"Look out, you got company," Zara warned. Quin tensed up when he saw the third boy from before. What did he want? He said he just wanted to talk and Quin relaxed. Zara snickered at him.

"Don't trust him. He's here to get revenge for you hurting his friends!" Zara said, trying to put doubt in his mind.

"Shut up Zara! You're not helping things!" Quin said. Zara cackled but fell silent. Quin looked up at the other boy. Hm... He looked a lot like the Dicius of Zar, which was the old name for Hoenn. The last Dicius to be precise. Had... Had Quin found him? The man that would one day be king? Nah... Couldn't be! The future king needed to be strong, confident. Not... Not this timid creature before him. That simply wasn't the prophecy! But... The Shield of Antioch wouldn't care. Those murderous traitors to the crown would kill anyone that even slightly resembled the future king.

"I guess so," Quin said, with his thoughts on his mind. Even if this guy wasn't the future king, they would be after him. And Quin owed it to him to look after him, because of what he had done. That, and he had sworn long ago to be a Knight of Valor. To defend anyone who needed it. Well, that worked out just fine for him. That's what the symbols on his shirt and ring meant. He scooted aside to make room on the bed. Zara cackled at him, and he shook his head.

Ciel

The dark boy managed a small smile. It felt odd. Ciel wasn't good with humans. Okay, honestly, he was terrible. The ghosts were easier to talk to, and that was probably because they were dead. "It's okay," he said softly, almost looking Quin in the eye, almost. "I... My reaction wasn't your fault. Humans, they... they are...' He looked down. Okay the guy would think he was nuts. And that was saying something. "Humans are scary," he finally admitted. There, he said it. Jeez that felt odd. "Their emotions, their ways, they, humans scare me a lot." He didn't sit down. He was starting to feel scared again. Chika floated next to him and crooned in his ear. He tried to smile at his Pokemon but it felt like he was going to cry.

"See?" he said softly after he was sure he could calm down, rubbing the shoulder of his Suicune jacket. "I'm bad at this...I just figured... I would tell you... You don't need to feel bad... I've probably done worse than what happened earlier." He wasn't sure he should mention his abilities. He'd probably make Quin leave the room or something.

Snype

Snype turned red at Dusters mention of the two of them in the hospital room. "Hey we just had a long conversation for the most part. She was happy to see me so I'm happy for that." Snype said to Duster. Boy she was really going all out teasing the two of them like this. At least Thyme was well hidden. Mark felt like exploring the boat himself a little later. Question is... where was Val? Well she had a charizard so she would be able to catch up either way.

Mark

"Not sure where we're going... I hope its at least a fun trip. The teachers should be telling us fairly soon hopefully." Mark replied.

Brian

"Yeah, I hope so," Bri said as he brushed Duster. She shook her coat a few times when he was done and she sat down in his lap, curling up for a nap.

"Anyways, MArk, what happened when she went with you and Vince? Seriously? She came back all wet and her fur was sticking up on her head and everything," Bri said. He was casting around for any subject other than his humiliating experience with Quin. He really didn't want to talk about it. Not one bit.

Quincy

"Ask him about his powers," Zara said. Quin rolled his eyes.

"Shut up Zara! I am not going to say that! And don't worry. I won't hurt any of you ever again," Quin promised. He didn't bother to wonder if Ciel had powers. Of course he did! Everyone that was potentially the Dicius had some kind of power. Quin didn't want to put the boy on edge. Normally they didn't show up, ever.

"I will. Every chance I get. And there's nothing you can do to stop me," Zara said to contridict what Quin had just said.

"Yes, I know you will! You don't have to remind me every chance you get!" Quin said. He shook his head. He turned to the other boy.

"Don't worry. I'm pretty bad at talking to normal people too. You never know when Big Brother may be listening. They're always listening," Quin said as he looked covertly around. Zara snickered again.

"Way to make him think you're nuts Quin," Zara said.

"Shut up Zara. He already thinks I'm nuts. Nothing else I can say will make that any different," Quin said. He knew everyone thought he was nuts. He knew he was nuts. How could he not be after what he's been through?

Ciel tilted his head at Quin "They are," he stated softly. "The angels are everywhere." HE stated this without fear of ridicule. Everybody at home saw the angels. They were in his class. Some weren't nice but they knew to behave themselves around others, sometimes. Then Miranda hurt them. It hurt to think about Miranda. He probably needed to stop. He cast around to look at adistraction and the bed Quin was sitting on lifted from the ground. Ciel saw it,paled, and set it back down quickly. THen he looked down at his feet again.

Great he had just totally screwed this up. Skye had been slightly easier. The kid had felt different, naturally at ease. And Bri was trying to be nice, but he seemed... so... hyper... Ciel looked away from Quin. He was shaking all over. He hadn't tried to do that. The principal told him not to reveal his powers. Great...

Mark

Mark scratched his head. "Duster? Well... she had the need to fix Valorie's hat. It was all covered in gunk and she got a bunch of slime on her tail. She decided to go into some snow to wash herself off. Nothing too bad but she was pretty mad at me. Heh." Mark said. The boat was sure big, well if it could hold the academy then it was expected to be pretty huge. He tried his best not to eye his bag to cause suspicion.

Snype

Snype gave off a large smile and simply spectated the conversation. He wondered if Thyme was doing alright. Hopefully Mark would cut things short and give her a chance to get out of there. It wasn't exactly comfy in there.

Quincy

Quin was about to say something about the angels, but was stopped by Ciel using his magic powers to lift the bed. At least, he hoped it was Ciel. He hoped that the aliens hadn't come back for him. Though, from the way he was acting, it had definately been Ciel. Zara laughed loudly. Not his usual evil laugh, but a very happy one. It was a refreshing change. Quin smiled at Ciel.

"Been doing that long?" Quin asked as if that happened to him every day. Because in his mind, it kind of did.

Brian

"Oh, don't worry about Duster. If her fur is ruffled then she's mad at everyone. She almost got into a fight with Rama, Skye's Zorua. But thankfully she didn't. I've had enough fighting for one day," Bri said. He thought he heard something from Mark's bag, but he decided he was imagining things. After all, how could a bag gasp in shock? He pet Duster a little more while she slept. He sat back in the deck chair. That's how he was going to spend his trip for now. Right here resting.

Mark

"Hmm... hey Bri, we're gonna explore around the boat and see if we can't find anybody else. I'll see you before we get off the boat Bri!" Mark said happily. He mostly wanted to get out of there so Thyme could get some air. The students probobly had rooms around the boat that they could hang out in. Marked walked to the inside area of the boat. The students surely should have been assigned rooms. It might end up being a long trip after all... then again it was only a field trip. Mark found himself in an empty guest room. This would be a good place to let Thyme out...

"Alright Thyme. You can come out now." Mark said.

Snype

Snype peaked his opened up the bag and peaked his head inside of the bag. "Coast is clear Thyme!" Snype said giving off his large smile.

Ciel

Ciel nodded silently, trying to remember. "Always," he said simply, looking back up. "I stayed mostly in the forest at home. Only three people in my life, always with me, my only contact with your world as a little kid." He said your by accident. He was out of place with people, completely out of place with people. "My powers, they were from my mother's bloodline. She taught me everything she could when we moved. It's easy now." He stated these words matter-of-factly.

Skye

Skye awoke quietly, staring blankly at the wood on the deck. Pala was snoozing as Rama peered up at him. "Okay there Skye?" Skye nodded once, resting his head on his knees. "Don't tell me you're seasick."

"Scruh-hew. You," the boy replied with a snicker, causing Rama to laugh.

"Yeah, you're cool." Ellie popped out, examined her trainer once, then padded off to go bother Bri.

"Hi Bri," she said when she arrived. "Skye is being antisocial. Do you want me to bring him?"

Brian

Bri nodded at Mark.

"Later man! I'll see ya befor ewe get off this thing!" Bri said. He returned to lounging in his deck chair. He pet Duster, who opened one eye slowly. She didn't say anything, which caused Bri to be mildly shocked when Ellie showed up.

"Wah? Bring him where?" Bri said, being a little too literal. He scratched his head. Duster yawned and looked at Ellie.

"So long as Mr. Stick-up-his-tail over there has cooled off a little. I really don't feel like fighting right now. I just want to rest," Duster said as she yawned lazily and curled back up, her eyes half closed. She couldn't help it. They hadn't even left yet and she already wanted to sleep out in the sun.

Quincy

Quin smiled and nodded. Of course, he already knew powers like those were passed on through bloodlines. Unless they were the result of some top secret experiments, be it by the government to create super soldiers or by aliens just because. That brought his mind to something else. The line of the Dicius had powers. That was certainly possible that they had survived for the thousands of years. And they could be sitting, well, standing right here in front of him! He was about to speak up when a kid with a sableye and a bag that moved walked past. He got up and looked outside, but couldn't see anyone. He sat back down again after closing the door ever so slightly. Was it possible? The signs were definately there.

"Moved from where?" Quin asked. He kept his voice quieter this time. He was on guard now. He didn't want anyone to know that didn't need to. And there were spies from everywhere, all over the place.

Thyme

Thyme pulled herself out and onto the bed. She looked around and laughed.

"This is the same room Brian and I came in!" she said. She looked around, but there were no more of those candies around. That was a shame. They had been good. What were they called? Pokeblock? Something like that. She looked around but made no mention of the fact that several times she had been unable to keep quiet. Poor Brian. He hadn't even known she was there.

"So, Snype, Mark, now what?" Thyme asked. She sat down on the bed and waited for an answer.

Mark

Mark looked at both Thyme and Snype and pondered. "Hmm... well... maybe you two could go around the ship and hang out? I mean, as long as you don't run into Bri you'll be fine. He's probobly snoozing out on the deck so if you two wanna hang out together, I won't stop you. I'm mostly waiting for somebody to get to the boat..." Mark said.

Snype

Snype gave off a large grin and jumped up onto the bed next to Thyme. "Kehehe, He's just waiting for Valorie so that he can hang out with her a little more. We'll let them be by theirselves when she does arrive. Me and Mark too a different boat so we don't know our way around here. Know any interesting places around the boat Thyme?" Snype asked He was excited to actually hang out with Thyme, though he had quite a responsibility keeping her from getting harmed and such. He felt he could take care of it.

Skye

"I think you better get used to him being like that," Ellie replied darkly. "He hasn't changed in years."

"Who hasn't changed?" Rama drawled as he walked over with Skye, who looked muddled from sleep. The boy plopped down next to Bri while Rama raised an eyebrow at Ellie. "If we're talking about you, Miss Homicidal, then that's a fact."

"Shut up," she sneered. "We were insulting you."

"Good," he replied cheerfully. "Someone doesn't have to be nice. At least you'll expect it from me."

"You're a bad influence," she told him emotionlessly. Rama snorted.

"Like any of the others are much better." Ellie snorted and said nothing.

Ciel

Ciel tried to recall. "Mum was originally from Lavender Town. We were in Viridian for a while until she took me back home. But her family moved from...Verdanturf years ago. I don't know when." She glanced at Quin. Why was this important? He wasn't important but as a piece in the world's puzzle. There was nothing particularly useful about him? Was there? He stard patiently at Bri, waiting.

Thyme

"No, sorry. Brian and I stayed in the room where he slept and I ate the candy. Anyway, let's get out of here before he starts acting like you do under Attract!" Thyme said with a smirk on her face. She leapt off the bed onto the carpeted floor. She walked toward the exit of the room and stopped. She turned to Snype. She knew that Mark wouldn't be able to hear her.

"Hey, maybe we can go find something interesting to do. What do you say?" she said. She shyly and hesitantly reached out for Snype's hand. She kind of froze in midair, before deciding better of it and slowly letting her hand fall, an odd expression on her face the entire time.

Brian

"Oh, please. I'm the perfect role model!" Duster said. She yawned grandly and put her head back down. Bri raised his eyebrows at her.

"Depends on the role you want to play there Duster. Bouncy! Come on out!" Bri said sleepily. Bouncy came out of her pokeball happily. She leapt into Bri's lap, sending a very irritated Duster scampering to the ground with Rama and Ellie. She frowned at Bri. She had just gotten comfy too. Bri ignored her and focused on Bouncy. He liked her to be out as often as he could. That way she could learn a lot.

"Buff! Igglybuff!" she said. She wanted to play with someone. Anyone. She didn't care who!

Quin

Quin looked covertly around again. He stood up and walked to the door and looked outside of it.

"You may want to sit down for what I'm about to tell you," Quin said seriously. He closed the door, but that wasn't good enough. He called out Logana. She looked around the room with a passing glance.

"Veno Nat!" she said happily as she rubbed against Ciel's leg.

"Logana, please scan the room for WTs, STTs, PRs. The works. You know what to look for," Quin said. Logana gave him an odd look and did as he asked. She resumed rubbing happily against Ciel when she was satisfied. Quin waited a moment before speaking.

"What I'm about to tell you will sound crazy. Trust me, it really does. But, I suspect it's the truth. You, unless you have a brother or sister, are the last of an ancient bloodline. The line of the Dicius of Zar, err, Hoenn. The king's line. The bloodline was presumed lost in the plague of 980, but a small group remained. I believe you are descended from that bloodline. Because of your special abilities, and because you bear a striking resemblance to Tyopiday, the last Dicius of Zar. Err, Hoenn, as it is called today," Quin said. Zara howled with laughter in his mind. Quin ignored him. He waited a moment to let this sink in.

"Now, as if that weren't enough, there's more. It was prophecied that the last of the bloodline, that's you, would save the world from a grave fate. What that fate is, I'm not quite sure. But you will. There's even more than that though. A group known as the Shield of Antioch is trying to kill you and prevent the prophecy from coming true. They've had a hand in many other things, all in an attempt to find you. They've backed Team Rocket, Team Galactic, Team Magma and Team Aqua! All trying to silence you," Quin said. He sat down on the floor and took off his ring. He tossed it to Ciel.

"That's a symbol for my group. The Knights of Valor! Stupid name, I know. I'm a member of the lowest order. We are spread all around the world. We try to keep things running smoothly. All over the place, Knights like myself have been fighting the evil teams. Show that ring to someone with the same emblem, and you will always have a safe place to go. And don't worry. I can petion the knights and have another one sent to me in a few days," Quin said. He smiled at Ciel from where he was sitting and waited for aeverything he had said to sink in. It wouldn't be long now.

Mark

Mark walked out of the door with his bag and wandered around the ship looking for Valorie. On the way he caught the odd sight of somebody kissing that weird girl's butt... what in the heck was going on? He decided to muster all of his strength to ignore this little scene... The good news was that he found Valorie!

"Val! Over here!" He called out as he ran toward her. "Hiya Val!"

Snype

"Kehehe, Yeah. We'll let Mark by himself for awhile. Hmm... something interesting to do eh? Well, whatever you wanna do I'm up for it! Let's explore the ship!" Snype exclaimed happily. He turned to Thyme and noticed her expression. He wasn't sure what to make of it exactly but Snype at least hoped Thyme was happy here and not in a bed. He wandered how many thoughts were exactly flowing through her mind right now.

"Yeah I noticed. Heh. I sure came in at an odd time eh?" Mark joked. He noticed that there were tear stains on Valorie's cheeks. He couldn't resist asking her about it. "Hey did something happen when we seperated Val? Couldn't help but notice the tear stains... did somebody do something to upset you?" Mark asked, concerned for her.

Um... well... that is... if your alright with talking about it with me." Mark continued.

"...Alright. Here let's go inside. We can talk there." Mark said. He placed a hand on her shoulder as a sign of comfort and walked with her inside of the boat. Everybody was outside so the indoor part of the boat was rather quiet. They would get enough privacy there. Perhaps the guest room he was in before would work nicely as well. Snype and Thyme were probobly wandering around so it would be a nice and quiet place to discuss stuff.

When Mark reached the guest room he sat on the bed turned to Valorie. "So what's up Val?" Mark asked, leaving room so she could sit beside him.