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

[espoengirl]

Espii, wake up!> xena shrieked.

i jumped to my feet to find laprissa standing in front of me, fully morphed, warding off some angry adults who had obviously found out that i had picked someones pocket. i attempted joining laprissa by morphing, but in my tired state, i couldn't. i kept trying, however, but it simply wouldn't work. by the time i finally morphed, laprissa was already finished. she then came and sat down beside me, wiping sweat off of her forehead.
"told you you'd regret it," she said. i ignored her comment.
"i wish ditz were here," i muttered. "Ditz was a ditto spirit weilder, and whenever i was too tired to morph, because i'm not a sturdy morpher, she would take espeon form and take my place until i was ready to morph. her real name is Emily, but i just call her ditz, because thats, you know, her nickname. she was sooooooo nice, but i couldn't find her when i wanted to say goodbye, and it made me sad." i looked down sadly.
"Espii, Ditz will always be with you no matter what happens." laprissa said.
"what do you mean?" my astonished eyes stared as laprissa's body suddenly changed completely!
"DITZ!" i cried. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE!"
"Oh, i thought you might need a friend on your journey." she smiled. "i diguised myself as your brother's ring. here's the real one." she flashed the expensive onix ring, pulling it out of her pocket.

<wow, she's good at this stuff,> xena said in awe.

"i brought this so we could trade it for food and other supplies. maybe someone'll want it. i also brought 2 boxes of lava cookies for you, i found it in some adults' pocket." Ditz said.
"Brilliant!" i looked at ditz admiringly. "why don't we head down to jubilife city, then head towards canalave?" i suggested.
"sounds good to me," ditz agreed. "but we should be careful. seeing as all the food carrier adults pass by here, the adult camp can't be too far away. we should watch our back." so we gathered our food, stuffed it inside some random pocket of our pouches, and set off towards Jubilife city.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

(I apologize for the briefness of Lucy's post. I'm stretched over 3 RPs I'm GMing consisting of approximately 17 characters I'm playing disregarding chat RP and I apparently hallucinated pressing submit and must've closed my fallout tab at some point, losing my original post.)

Lucy - On route to Oreburgh

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Lucy observed Amethyst with interest. The smaller girl claimed she was alright, but she seemed out of it. One of the males nearby asked her if he could come with her and she decidedly hesitated a moment to respond. You see, Amethyst had just done the most adorable thing. She had thoughtlessly taken the had they had been left with and put it on for herself! This honestly brought a smile to Lucy's face, and she scooped the smaller girl up and cradled her in her arms, completely ignoring any implications.

Finally she acknowledged the boys, Total and Alex.

"Um... alright. We're heading south to Oreburgh on our way to Mount Coronet. Follow along if you want."

She then turned her gaze directly on Alex. This boy had asked for... help.

"If we can help you on our way there, we'd be glad to. But we've got to get moving. We were supposed to be gone a while back..."

And just like that, Lucy turned and began to walk, carrying Amethyst once again, this time in her arms.

Hailey and Arcea - Children's City

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Hailey, a very... well dressed girl with short green hair and oddly eerie red eyes CHRISTMAS COLORS SHE MUST BE SANTA , was spoken to by a stranger that had no place in her current conversation. She just sort of silently turned to Ignis and acknowledged him with rather cold eyes. It was as if she were trying to pierce into his mind and read his thoughts, figure out what he thought he was doing. After a moment or two she smiled for unknown reasons and seemed to warm up to his intrusion. Turning to him and just sort of... allowing the conversation with Tim to end, she spoke up in a mildly amused sounding voice.

Hailey: "Very well. I'm called Hailey, and I think this'll work..."

Hailey glanced briefly at Fulgur, acknowledging his presence.

Hailey: "This is Arcea, by the way."

Hailey gestured at a somewhat older girl sporting odd yellow marking outlining her eyes and a fish-like tail hanging off the back of her head, and an even larger one poking out from underneath her rather short skirt. Both were openly fused with their pokespirits, not remotely scared. This was after all a city known for being friendly to wielders.

Arcea seemed to have her attention shifting back and fourth between the two boys, before settling on Fulgur. Her expression didn't say much. She flashed four large rather thick fangs, two on the top of her mouth and two on the bottom, at Fulgur by smiling. She didn't have any other teeth however, which was arguably... creepy. One could presume that she certainly didn't chew /her/ food

Hailey: "We were discussing the purging of Jubilife when some of my friends here and I had a... disagreement. The plan's simple. We head out to Jubilife, staying a good distance outside the city, and we remotely bomb the place until the adults are too afraid to come back. To do this I'm going to need both of you to power yourselves up however you can. It will require great sacrifice, but if you've got the guts to change this world, you already know that doesn't matter."

Hailey seemed to give Ignis a scrutinizing look.

Hailey: "...Something tells me you've got exactly the guts I've been searching for. Maybe even a bit more than this tool."

Hailey gestured briefly at Arcea. Arcea just sort of turned her gaze on Hailey expressionlessly. She did not react to the insult.

[Zagan]

Bay had collapsed for a moment or two before he had disappeared, and the taller girl seemed to gather the smaller girl into her arms before talking to both the remaining lads, Total Himself and another.

"Um... alright. We're heading south to Oreburgh on our way to Mount Coronet. Follow along if you want."

Total Nodded and fell in behind Lucy as she started to head south.

"Urr - I suppose this needs to be asked and or said - My names Total - what about you guys? And are we going to get a spirit for someone?"

As he spoke, he gazed up into space, or down at his feet, wondering if this was the right thing to do, as he walked just behind the girls, he began to wonder if there will be any food or if he will have to go hunting for another soul to consume, the last thing he wanted was to attack and kill another kid, unlike the adults, the kids that scurried across the once great Sinnoh region had not yet been coloured be the woes and evils in the world.

Total, Do not worry - if anything goes wrong, we will survive... remember that my young friend.

As Dusk spoke out to him from within his mind, a smile spread across the young boys face, knowing that most physical damage would not harm him anymore, being fused with a ghost type (Dusk had not outright said he was a ghost type pokemon, but Total had guessed from what powers he had inherited even with out changing into his fused form.)

[徳清アキオ]

AMETHYST YULA

Route 206
(FINALLY MOVING)

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Amethyst, now fond of her new "stylish lid" decided now that if they ever ran into that boy again, he was now going to be without his hat forever. While still in her daze, she muttered, "I wonder if we'll find bracelets or more clothes..."

Oh good lord, let me out of here.

"I still have the right to tell you to shut it, Blade." Oops, spoken aloud again. But Amethyst didn't seem to notice or care.

Vanity is a sin, you know.

"I bet telling people how to think is a sin too." Yep, she's still talking aloud. But was it really a sin? She honestly didn't know.

I've been keeping you alive, girly. You'd be dead without me.

"Well if I bother you so much then why do you help me?"

...

Amethyst smiled, more than content that she had won an argument. Seeing as she was being carried, she decided to use REST for a little bit. This would help her regain her energy fairly quickly, though it seemed to be restoring already...

[heretostay123]

Boston Jargis
Part 1-A New Arrival

Boston stumbled out of the forest, and gaped at the mess that once was Hearthome City. It's not what I thought it would be, but it's free of adults, and that's good enough for me. He started to walk towards it. It had been mere days since they had killed Mike, and his heart was pumping with hatred. I know that fellow wielders would help me get revenge. They have too! Mike, I won't let you down buddy. I WILL avenge you! Believe it! He clenched his fist with determination and continued walking. These guys hate adults just as much as me, I'm sure of it! He dug around in his pack for one of the many interesting things he found during his journeys: a piece of wood that mysteriously like a wave. It always calms him to look at it. I'm sorry Mike...I couldn't get there in time. It's all my fault...

He ate the last of the Oran Berries he had gathered hours ago as he entered the city gate. He had been living off of whatever berries and edible bark he could find, which in all honesty wasn't that much. He had managed to put off weight, which was bad at the current times. He couldn't fuse due to the fact that he would merely rage and destroy anything. Where could I find the leader here? He wondered around spotting handfuls of kids here or there, but no one seemed to notice the lost, hungry kid with a scar. "Hello? Where is the leader?" he called out hoping for a response.

[machomuu]

Mako Reese
Oreburgh City - "Dad"

After trekking through Route 206, the two finally reached Oreburgh City. The city certainly wasn't in horrible condition, it had no reason to be; after all, it was a mining city. Resources weren't actually plentiful before the genocide, but at the same time, for a city, Oreburgh was pretty low in population. Looking at it now, not much had changed. Even still, it seemed like things were still in order, for the most part. The machines didn't actually require much human input, and chances are that manual mining was done by the kids, but Mako really wasn't interested in that. He entered the city and no one attacked; in fact, it was rather quiet. All that could be heard were the sounds of rocks being lifted and chiseled out in the distance.

"Hey, kid. Mount Coronet's that way, what are we doin' in this dump?" Kraus asked. Mako looked around, noting the quietness of the town. He started walking, as if he didn't even hear Kraus ask a question. Kraus scoffed, but held off on asking any more questions for the moment. Mako continued to look around, as if he were looking for someone. There weren't many people outside, which was...odd, but he wasn't even disturbed by the fact. "What do ya' think happened to them?"

"You're from around here, you should know," Mako said with a rather snarky attitude.

"Kid, I'm from Unova, I just happened to be in Mount Coronet because someone decided to kill us off, I've been there ever since."

"Wanna kill the guy that did that to you?"

"Dark, I like it. A blow to the face'll set 'em straight." The two of them laughed, which was the first time both of them actually got along, even if the subject matter was dark. Then, abruptly, Mako's laughter stopped and his expression changed dramatically from one of just to one of full blown anger. A man appeared before them with a surprised expression on his face.

"D...do I know you?" asked the man. "I could swear that I've seen you before..." Mako simply glared at the man with eyes filled with spite. "I-is there something you need?" he said, starting to become slightly frightened by Mako's demeanor. Kraus remained silent, trying to figure out what Mako was thinking and how he knew this man. After a few minutes, the man started to walk away nervously, that's when Mako said,

"DON'T...MOVE!"

The stopped in his tracks. Actually, froze would be more appropriate. He'd never heard a voice so terrifying in his life. "Mom might be dead because of you," Mako said, keeping firm his demeanor. The man had no idea what he meant, but that's when he put two and two together.

"...M...Mako?" Mako said nothing in response, confirming the man's suspicions. "Mako, it is you! How did you find-"

"Mom would tell me about you, I've always known where you were, I was never able to come here though. Not before now, anyway. Mom had to take on three jobs, do you know the toll that took on her? Do you know the toll that took on me?"

"Mako," the man said, wiping his glasses. "I left your mother because there was no way we could feed-"

"Bullcrap," Mako interrupted. "Mom had to work three jobs to pay for berries, illegal ones. She did it for me, and she worked herself to the bone because you weren't there to help. It doesn't take rocket science to understand how well off we would have been if you had stayed."

"I...see," Mr.Reese said pushing his glasses up. "You're not as dumb as I thought you would be, that's actually quite the assumption for a ten year old child. He turned around and said, "Don't consider me evil, though. The reason I left your mother had nothing to do with you. I love you more than life itself, your mother as well." Mako's expression remained unchanged.

"If you love me so much then why didn't you stay with mom and me?" Mr. Reese remained silent. "Answer me! Do you realize the pain and suffering that I went through as well!? I was turned into a slave and now I have this monster inside of me!" he yelled.

"Ouch, that hurt." Kraus said with a snicker. He decided immediately to remain quiet since he was quite enjoying the drama that was going on in front of him. Mr Reese didn't turn around, but from what Mako could see, he was shaking.

"I..." He started, his speech coming out slow as molasses "This...was all supposed to be for the sake of you and your mother...nothing this bad was supposed to happen." He turned back to his son, tears falling from his eyes. Mako was moved by this, certainly not expecting tears from such a heartless man. "That...that bastard Kalvin...he wasn't supposed to be taking money from us both..."

The name rung in Mako's head. "Wait...you know Kalvin?"

Alarmed, Mr.Reese said, "Ah! How do you know Kalvin?"

Mako looked away for a moment, not wanting to relive the last few weeks, but finally he said, "for the past couple weeks he's been the only father figure in my life, that and a slave owner. He worked me to the bone to harvest-" Then suddenly it all came together, Kalvin was the one that his mother was getting the berries from, and Mako was the one harvesting them, although not at the same time.

"He...I can't believe Kalvin..." Mr.Reese dropped to his knees with his hands on his face, not able to deal with all that had happened because of him..."But...but your mother needs him to survive. Unfortunately, I haven't even been able to contact him in the past day and a half." Then, as suddenly as he said that, sharp pain went through Mako's head...

Mako was standing in front of a building all of the sudden, a very familiar building. He was holding a Farming Hoe for some reason. Suddenly, the door to the building opened and out came a man he'd become very well acquainted with, Kalvin. "What do you want?" He said in a disgusted tone. "I told you to get back to work! Those bruises are nothing." Mako then took the hoe, brought it from behind his head, and planted it into Kalvin's chest. "Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Kalvin yelled, blood splattering in every direction. Mako started laughing uncontrollably.

"Cree, what a hilarious cry", Mako said, still laughing hysterically. "Y'know dad, I like that name. Creed! What a wonderful name! I'm thankful for that alone, if nothing else!" Kalvin drifted away into the River Styx and once his eyes closed, Mako left the farm, setting fire to it on departure. It was strange, it was as if Mako wasn't in control of his actions, or even his speech, but he felt so...normal.

Then, all at once, he was back in Oreburgh.

"Ah..." he said, holding his head. "Ah...ah..." he repeated, trying to get a grip and understand what had just happened. He started to wobble and tremble out of the city.

"Mako, wait!" his dad yelled, reaching out for him.

Mako turned back to his dad, with a now destitute and completely broken expression, and said, "I...I love you so much, dad," promptly dragging himself out of the city back the way he came in to head towards Mt. Coronet.

[Hovde]

"Weird, looks like that girl just accepted that newcomer without any hesitation. She is practically asking to be stabbed in the back, you cant just trust someone like that if you know nothing about them" Ryan muttered <Sounded like she said something about going to Mt. Coronet., do you know where that is?> Casper asked.

"no, but i can check my map" Ryan sat and thought for a few moments. "Casper can you change into your shadow form and tail this group?" Ryan asked as the small group of Spirit Wielders headed out. " I have some things i want to do."

<Why do i get to be a stalker?> Casper complained, but headed after the group anyway.Ryan hopped out of the tree and headed a little ways into the forest. Where is it, i saw it on the way here...Ah! over here!

Ryan came upon an apricorn tree full of Black Apricorns, and picked two of them. Good thing most people just pass over these, they can be useful. Ryan morphed his right hand and used his claws to hollow out the two apricorns.

"lets see, This will do" Ryan said to himself under his breath after finding some tall crabgrass. He knotted it into a string shape, and pulled out the black powder he had in his berry pouchand stuffed both Apricorns with it, then made a hole and inserted the makeshift fuses.

These wont do much to a spirit wielder, but they are useful for distractions and such.
"time to see what this Mt.Coronet is" He pulled out his map of Sinnoh and studied it carefully.

"Ah, its here, huh, it isnt that far from here. i could fly there in a few minutes." he turned and headed out of Eterna forest, morphed, and took to the air. Well, lets head towards where Casper is and do some aerial surveillance of this group.

[espoengirl]

<what's that?> Xena asked.

there was a large monument at the center of jubilife city. we had reached jubilife, realized that it was adult infested, and now we are trying to sneak around, pretending to be on an errand. i'm not sure how long it'll work.
"hmmmm...... looks like the shape of an adult." i observed.
"it's wearing a crown. probably the monument of a ruler of adults." Ditz said.
"HEY YOU!" we heard an adult, and we turned around to find him making his way through the crowd; in our our direction! Ditz was in human morph, and i was in my espeon morph, pretending to be her slave.
"yes?" ditz said in a little kid tone.
"i haven't seen you around here before. who are you?" he questioned.
"i'm emily krigar, sir. my family recently moved from the johto region. its infested with children there, sir. could be dangerous. this is our slave." Ditz said, pointing in my direction. i stuck out a paw and nodded in his direction.
"hmmmm........................" he took us in, staring at us, testing our patience.
"bring me to your parents, please, young girl. i'd love to introduce them to the sinnoh region and show them around jubilife city." he finally said after awhile.
"eh................." Ditz stuttered.
"is something wrong?" he asked patiently.
(note: Ditz and i have no clue how strong these people are, and we don't want to take the risk.)
Ditz grabbed my hand and together we scurrried to and up the nearest tree and watched, horrified, as the adults came forward and lit the tree on fire.

<ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!> xena screamed.

Ditz quikly took the morph of a fearow pokespirit weilder slave nearby, grabbed me and together we flew, flew over the heads of the adults, over Jubilife city, away from the violence that awaited any visiter that came. we landed near the sea leading to canalave.
"whew!" Ditz wiped sweat off of her forehead.
"well, better cross before they follow us." i said.
"ya, your right. lapras morph!" Ditz exclaimed.
Ditz morphed into the same morph she used to save me when i fell off of ryan's back, and i jumped onto her back. together we crossed the route to the city we hoped not to be as dangerous as the one we previosly encountered.

[TornZero]

Alessa

Lunch was good. She didn't question how Al' got even two loaves of bread, let alone plenty; grains seemed pretty scarce. Al' took a couple minutes to brag about the fun he had, though. Some of it was funny, so the girl listened. Along with that, they took some time to talk about things, mostly what they've been doing since they acquired a Pokémon spirit, and what they learned about while using them. When Aly was finally full, she was laid back on the rooftop, nice and out of sight from the people below. Then, even though she had an otherwise entertaining companion with some nice food-catching skills, she was bored. There were still things she hadn't done that she thought would excite her, and maybe her new pal would join her.

Sitting up, Aly looked at the Ghost boy and asked him plainly and cheerfully, "How about a battle?"

Tim Korinal

Another pair of users arrived at the group, and now Tim was getting suspicious. Hardly anyone in Children's City wanted to free another city from the risk of adults, but now some completely random kids from outside the city come along and join in. Something was up, at least with Ignis and his brother, but he couldn't figure out what. It just seemed like they had their own motive, and it didn't fit with his just right. Eh, he'd worry about it later.

"I'm Tim." Then Hailey said to change the world, sacrifices would have to be made. While he couldn't disagree, Tim would never have done it by killing the kids that're supposed to help do it. As Dominick made sure Hailey and Arcea were at full strength again, he nodded to Tim and left, presumably in disgust of the talks going on. One of Tim's original brigade was gone, too. Soon enough, as Hailey's attitude (and insult about Arcea) got to him, he started to wonder about her, too. "What'll you gain by killing other spirit users, or any kids?"

[Sir Bastian]

Al’
A rooftop

Al’ sighed happily and gave his belly a firm little pat after the delicious and rather filling lunch. He was laid out with one leg crossing the other, floating in the air and slowly rocking back and forth. He lifted a hand and pushed a finger into his mouth, using his nail to take care of a piece of bread stuck between his teeth while staring up into the skies. It had been fairly interesting meeting Alessa, and she seemed to be able to handle herself well. Maybe it was time to follow her around for a while and see what they could get up to.

He picked out the piece of bread and threw it aside, raising his brows a little as Alessa asked him for a battle, seemingly rather cheerful. He glanced over at her with surprise painted on her face.

“You wanna fight? Y’know, usually that means you’ve got some kind of beef with me, but I find that kind of odd since we just had bread and fruits for lunch.” He grinned toothily and swerved around to hover over the ground in a cross-legged position, looking amused.

“But hey, if you wanna have a fight, I’m all for it! Had anythin’ in mind for a bet or the like, or are we just gonna go at it, like a pair of hungry adults between a loaf of bread?” He let out a small burp as if to signify that he was having it better than most adults.

[ytfeL]

Alex Rouse

Near Eterna City

The rag tag group seemed to have enough troubles of their own, but the girl who spoke up mentioned that they were traveling to Oreburgh. That was his home, not much of one, but still his. She also said something about MT. Coronet. Alex wondered why that place was so important, but thinking back, the few people he had encountered had mentioned that place. He looked up to ask why the group was traveling there, but they hadn't stopped moving and had already put a bit of distance between them and Alex. He must have not noticed. He caught up to them and walked up next to the supposed leader, the same girl who had spoken up before, she was carrying another young girl in her arms.

"So what is so important about Mt. Coronet? And how did you all manage to meet up and survive? And what does Oreburgh have to do with any of this?" His tone was a mixture of curiosity and contempt, though his home town was always a soft spot. He was blocking any comments from Jaqen out of his mind for now, but he was ready to flee or fight if the need arose.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Lucy - Oreburgh City

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Lucy glanced over in Total's general direction in a rather casual manner. "I'm Lucy, and this is Amethyst." she said, gesturing briefly to the smaller girl in her arms. Amethyst honestly looked too young to be a pokespirit wielder. But did anyone really care about details like that? They were all teenagers with their own issues. "We're actually just searching for something... a specific house." Lucy continued, glancing down at Amethyst. She wouldn't divulge the smaller girl's secret. She didn't even mention that the house had been hers. For all Lucy knew, the house no longer stood. Meanwhile, Amethyst began talking to her pokespirit out loud. Lucy honetsly just... ignored this. She had quickly grown used to it. She did notice a smile come to Amethyst's expression all of a sudden, and couldn't help but wonder what that had been about. Regardless, the smaller girl fell asleep in Lucy's arms and she continued to move forward.

...She was completely oblivious to the fact that she was being stalked. I mean honestly! Who cared about /her/?! She was just some random girl who had...for some reason drawn a rather large crowd. Cannibalism. It makes you popular! Why didn't anyone tell me this?! She was honestly just... not concerned with the intentions of others at the moment. Lucy has no chainsaws to give. And then Alex asked her another question! She stopped briefly, turning to him and giving him this look of disbelief, as if he'd, y'know, asked the most obvious question in the universe. "...It's the place all pokespirits come from. Haven't you gotten yours yet??" she asked, a tad bewildered. Decidedly refusing to stop moving she turned again and proceeded onwards regardless.

...PROGRESS

The group was now nearing Oreburgh City. The town had an eerie aura to it. Litter clogged the streets, and a fair portion of buildings suffered structual damage. A battered children's book lay open among the garbage, pages stained but otherwise readable. Broken windows were almost the norm instead of the exception. An eerie wind blew through the streets, carrying only emptiness and the smell of the decay of society in it's breath. Truly, this place was a ghost town. As the group reached the town and proceeded inside, the huge mouth of an ancient mine was visible. The pitch black of the mine echoed with the voices--wait what? Voices? Anyone who paid close attention would indeed hear ever so faint voices, as if spiritual remnants of miners long gone now haunted the all-consuming darkness within, their words inaudible.

Congratulations, you've found the ghost town Oreburgh.

[WolfOfEve]

AMETHYST YULA

Oreburgh

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Amethyst finally awoke, because two turns have passed she didn't need long to rest. As she opened her eyes, she found that they had just shown up in Orbur... Nowhere. They were nowhere. It looked like something out of a horror movie, and was giving Amethyst a slight case of paranoia. She decided that she could now walk on her own, Leaping down to the ground again, and running (unreasonably fast for a small dainty girl) over to pick up the book left on the ground. She flipped through the pages an-- "EW!!" She tossed the book away (down to Lucy's feet), quickly wiping her fingers off on the side of her dress. Sure, it's a story, Amethyst loved stories, but that thing was covered in germs and stained by who-knows-what.

"Blegh," she muttered to herself, giving the rest of the area a look or two. ADVENTURE MODE INITIATED Amethyst gave her hands a strong gaze. Last time she used them, some invisible claws tore up that girl that was fighting with Lucy. She walked over to one of the buildings structures left standing high, focused on the wall, and abruptly punched it. As she had expected, those claws were dug into the wall. Using this, she began to climb the wall, stopping about halfway up the building to look down and wave at Lucy, smiling with delight. This kid loved to explore, and apparently the ghost town made a perfect playground.

[heretostay123]

Boston sighed as no one answered him. I don't...don't know where to go. He couldn't go back to Eterna City. He definitley couldn't go to Jubilife. He began to run around as fast as possible, which wasn't very fast due to the large shell on his back. Curses...He was very aware that the large shell was more of a hinderance when he wasn't in battle.

He soon became annoyed and started to fire off Hydro Pumps at the ruins of builings. It gave him pride that his attacks could cause buildings to crumble over a second time. His Hyper Beam was a terrifying sight...Still firing off Hydro Pumps, he called out, "Fear my blasts!"

[machomuu]

Mako Reese
Oreburgh City - "The Walking Dead"

"Hey, kid," Kraus said. "It's those girls from before." Mako didn't even look, he seemed like a dead man walking; after all, he'd just found out that he'd apparently killed a man. He couldn't exactly see himself kill Kalvin, but he felt it. He felt the hoe break through Kalvin's chest, he felt the blood splatter on his face, he felt the satisfaction of bringing down that slave driver; and yet, he felt worse than he'd ever felt before. Kraus contemplated what to do, he was completely bored with an unconscious Mako, there was no fun to be had and no challenge to be created. Kraus had held out on one piece of information that he remembered from the night Kalvin died- he was the one who caused them both to blackout. He tried to take over Mako's mind and consciousness, but failed and then blacked out. He decided to try the trick he tried that night, and then everything went dark...

In Kraus and Mako's place, Creed appeared. He sniffed to see who was around him. "That scent...Kraus was right, it's got to be them." Creed stretched for a few moments and then started sprinting full tilt towards Lucy, yelling "Lucy-kins, Amy-kins, it's so good to see you two again!"

[Kezius]

Ignis & Fulgur
Outside Children's City

Hailey: "Very well. I'm called Hailey, and I think this'll work..."

Hailey glanced briefly at Fulgur, acknowledging his presence.

Hailey: "This is Arcea, by the way."

Tim: "I'm Tim."

Hailey: "We were discussing the purging of Jubilife when some of my friends here and I had a... disagreement. The plan's simple. We head out to Jubilife, staying a good distance outside the city, and we remotely bomb the place until the adults are too afraid to come back. To do this I'm going to need both of you to power yourselves up however you can. It will require great sacrifice, but if you've got the guts to change this world, you already know that doesn't matter."

Hailey seemed to give Ignis a scrutinizing look.

Hailey: "...Something tells me you've got exactly the guts I've been searching for. Maybe even a bit more than this tool."

Tim: "What'll you gain by killing other spirit users, or any kids?"

Ignis let off a small grin as he studied the group, from what he could make of it, it seems that this girl -Hailey- and boy -Tim- were in a struggle for the ‘leadership’ role. He didn’t mind taking a back seat to them for now, not like his intentions were on track with theirs anyway.

Fulgur was also studying the group he, however, stopped his sight on the girl introduced as Acrea just as she was giving him an almost tooth-less smile. It sort of creeped him out but he tried not to show that and smiled back. Maybe joining this group wasn’t all bad.

Fulgur went to speak up but was cut off by Ignis, as usual when they meet a group. Ignis, although hearing Tim’s comments, was focused on Hailey and what she had said.

Ignis: “Purging Jubilife sounds like it could be fun, not sure if I’ll enjoy the way you’re going about it but I’ll give it a shot. As for ‘powering’ ourselves up, we really have no way to do so. Though you shouldn’t worry to much on that. I sure don’t.”

Ignis grinned a bit more, his evil nature starting to slide out more and more. He looked over at Fulgur, this was the time he’d want his brother’s opinion seeing as how Fulgur was the more intelligent of the two.

Ignis: “Any concerns Fulgur?”

Fulgur: “Just one. If you are planning on bombing the city from afar, what’s stopping the adults from simple waiting out the attack from inside buildings and such? What makes you sure that they will leave? And not come back at that..”

Although he was speaking to Hailey, he continued to look at Acrea, she interested him more then the other’s. Mostly due to the fact that she hadn’t spoke yet and he couldn’t get a feel for her personality.

[Hovde]

Ryan and Casper had followed the group all of the way to an abandoned town that was unfamiliar to both of them. They had long since stopped flying and walked after them to reduce the chances of them being seen. <hmmm.. This place looks deserted, and there seems to be a mine there. I wonder where we are?> Casper asked as they flew up onto the roof of a building and looked at all the garbage.

"Well, according to this map, it seems that this would be Oreburge city." Ryan said, maybe a little too loudly, as he inspected the old wrinkled map of sinnoh. Ryan and Casper watched the group walk into Oreburge, and the youngest looking girl picked up a book and promptly threw it away, and studied her hands.

<Ryan, watch out, the younger one is heading towards the building we are on!> Casper warned. Ryan looked and saw that the girl was crawling up the side of the building!

"Crap!" Ryan said softly, and looked around desperately before jumping into a garbage can that is surprisingly empty, and shut the lid. As Ryan sat as quietly as he could, he heard some one yell something about "Lucy-kins and Amy-kins". <I hope we dont run into that psycho> Casper commented to Ryan, as they waited for something to happen.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Hailey and Arcea - Children's City

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Hailey seemed to hear Tim's question and abruptly fall silent, her brows narrowing a bit in thought. Well, that was a question she didn't get asked often. It honestly took her a moment to answer him. "...I fight for a cause, not material gain." she said in a rather thoughtful, yet firm tone. Her attention drifted to Tim briefly. She wasn't done yet, however. "However, there is /one/ thing I seek to gain--attunement through atonement--Satisfaction." Hailey continued. She did not seem to have a non-serious mode. What did that statement imply anyway? It was, in all fairness, very cryptic in nature. Even if one understood the words that escaped her mouth it was difficult to tell what she meant by them as the statement was quite vague, partially due to the fact that her use of the word satisfaction was... obsolete.

Hailey turned to acknowlede Ignis as he stated that perhaps he had different motives for wanting to do this. Her response was to stare at him for a brief moment with a somewhat apathetic look on her face and shrug. As if where she stood was not already clear enough, she then spoke. "When the time comes, if we cannot agree on a course of action, we will have to part ways. For now, that does not seem to be a problem. I'm interested in results, not petty conflicts over morality from those that cannot or aren't willing to grasp the scope of my ideals, never mind the ultimate truths they're derived from."

Oddly enough, Hailey did not so much as glance at either Tim or Arcea as she said this, despite the fact that it might seem to have been plausibly aimed at either of them. A more important detail was the fact that... Hailey did not speak like a child! She spoke like an adult! In fact, she acted more like an adult than most of the adults themselves! Yet she was clearly, visible speaking, just a little girl. ...How do you suppose that happens?

Meanwhile, Arcea remained deathly silent. Her expression was serious, and she appeared to be observing Hailey with her arms crossed.

[ytfeL]

Alex Rouse
Arriving in Oreburgh

"...It's the place all pokespirits come from. Haven't you gotten yours yet??" the girl replied, Lucy was her name if he remembered right. Alex didn't answer and just kept up with the group, he quickened his pace as they grew closer to Oreburgh, it was his home after all and he didn't want anyone poking around in it even if it was just a group of kids. Once inside the small city the group stopped and looked all around, but the scene was all too familiar with Alex, even a bit comforting. Suddenly, the smaller girl jumped down from Lucy's arms and proceeded to run around with newfound energy. She ran over to a book and flipped through the pages, Alex wasn't even sure if she was reading anything she was going so fast, but something must have scared her because she shrieked and threw the book at Lucy's feet. "Hey-careful, that isn't yours. We probably shouldn't be here. No one is here and that house you are looking for is most likely deserted and destroyed. We should leave."

Lucy seemed to ignore him, just as she had on the way here, and walked over to the entrance of the mine. This was too much, the city was his and he didn't want to share it, but the mine was even more of a home than the run down town was. Alex stiffened and walked straight for Lucy, whether to push her aside or yell at her to stop he wasn't sure, but it didn't matter. The sound of a hard crunch caught his attention just behind him and he could see Amethyst scaling the side of building. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING. GET DOWN, NOW." She was halfway up the wall and she just looked down and waved. Alex couldn't take it anymore. "Let me handle this boy...no one is listening so it's time to, unf, make them." Alex muttered in frustration as he slowly gave in and let Jaqen have more control. Four small bat wings broke through his back and small fangs now replaced his own teeth. Alex was set to swoop up and knock the girl right off the side of the building, probably carry her off into the forest somewhere and leave her to suffer alone before returning to deal with the others. But before he had the chance another boy appeared, or was rapidly sprinting towards them. "Lucy-kins, Amy-kins, so nice to see you again!" Names, familiarity, none of it mattered right now, and Alex's temper and blood were both boiling over. Instead of the girl, he focused his rage on the almost charging target who found the whole thing somewhat amusing. Alex clenched his teeth and flew headlong into the boys path using his speed and acrobatics to hit hard and fast. Given the speed with which they were both traveling the impact proved it would be great, should the two collide.

[machomuu]

Creed Reese
Oreburgh City - "Interruptions"

An annoying whistle, an ungodly annoying whistle that only grew louder and louder. What was it? It was irritating the heck out of Creed. His full speed sprint slowed, and suddenly he was walking, trying to figure out where that God-forsaken sound was coming from. He started holding his ears and looked around for whatever made his ears feel like they were bleeding. Then, a smell, and it was human. The smell became more and more repugnant as the whistle became louder. Someone was charging at him, and they were charging at him fast. He didn't have long to think, and he certainly didn't have time to dodge. He didn't really feel like fighting, either. Instead, he simply stood his ground and waited for impact.

Then, the two collided. Creed was knocked off of his feet and was sent quite a distance, sliding against the hard ground; but still, he couldn't stop grinning. He stood up and wiped off his clothing. He turned to where he thought the man had landed and said, "Geez, I thought I was the violent one..." he wiped some blood from his mouth. "I have no idea who you are, but I have some pretty chick-a-dees to attend to, and you're not getting in my way." He put his pointer and middle fingers to his forehead, mirroring a sort of two finger salute, and said, "Later!" He took a strong sniff and turned towards Lucy's location. "Oh, and it'd behoove you not to cross me. I'm having a pretty bad day and it won't take much to completely piss me off." He then set off once again for Lucy. "Lucy-kins, Amy-kins, don't leave me now!"

[Sir Bastian]

Al' & Alessa - Eterna City

After Al' accepted Alessa's offer, they both took places opposite each other on the rooftop they'd enjoyed their lunch on.

"First one to give loses?"

"Sounds good to me, li'l lady." Rolling his shoulders a little, Al' stretched out his arms behind him, grinning toothily over to Alessa, who also seemed to be getting ready for the upcoming fight.

"Ladies first, I guess?" Al' asked as he floated down to rest his feet on the ground for the first time in a while, making an exaggeratedly deep bow.

"Well, go ahead then," she answered. It was difficult to tell what part was worse: the fact she called Al' a lady, or didn't consider herself like one.

Letting out a laugh, Al' raised a hand to wipe away an imaginary tear from his eye, still grinning. "Oh Aly, you crack me up. But I ain't one to say no to a free headstart!" His lips twisted into a grin as he raised his hands up over him, darkness as black as the night emitting from his back, accumulating above him before firing at Alessa, who quickly answered by surrounding herself in a shield of leaves. The emissions passed her by without issue, and she threw the Magical Leaves over at Al' for a counter-attack.

"Whoa!" He cried out as he only just managed to throw himself backwards, floating in the air as a leaf sliced across his cheek, a faint bit of blood trickling down it. His tongue extended, seeming longer than it actually would be, as he tasted the blood, pulling his tongue back in with a grin. "Well well, look who gets feisty after a meal! You're welcome, by the way!" He laughed out.

Ducking down, he sped towards Alessa, making it seem like he would attack her directly, but a little ways away from her, he dived off to the side, but not before pulling his arm back and extending his fist, a shadowy figure of said fist remaining. It also seemed to continue towards her at high speed, growing a little bigger as it flew.

Well, leaves ain't gonna stop that, the girl thought. She pulled up her arms over her chest and face to create a Psychic defense, but she was easily blown back from Al's attack. However, even knocking her off the roof to plummet a good two or three stories wouldn't stop her! Not unlike Al' himself, Aly quickly recovered and started hovering, breaking off the edge of the roof with Psychic and dragging it up towards Al' from below!

Al' had flown over to look over the edge of where she'd fallen, not at all seeming worried for her well-being. His eyes widened a little as a piece of the roof seemed to break off and slam against his jaw, sending him reeling backwards, doing several spins in the air... possibly more than he should have done.

Raising a hand to rub his jaw, he shook his head a little, grinning to himself. "Wanna play rough, eh...?" He snickered and lowered himself down, slipping through the roof of the building, out of sight of Aly', who was quickly annoyed at the fact he was phasing through walls.

"Get back here and take your beating like a man!" Now what was more awkward? A little girl floating around over Eterna and screaming, the fact that Al' had been further verbally emasculated, or that there was a piece of stone falling from the sky over the broken city?

A couple of people on the streets below had started looking up, calling and shouting out to each other, pointing up at Alessa. Poor girl was making a spectacle of herself. As she scanned the building for any signs of Al' while trying to ignore the people below, he suddenly came bursting out of the wall (Though obviously not literally 'bursting'), spinning around himself like some kind of torpedo.

As he reached Alessa, just beneath her in fact, he used the momentum from the spin to thrust his left hand upwards, sending another shadowy fist towards her, swinging it straight into her gut. "As you wish, milady~!" He laughed out, giggling to himself as his shadowy fist connected with her, sending her towards the roof once more, this time however, flying right behind her, seemingly ready to continue his attack!

Al' had gone on an offensive; he was vulnerable to a counter again, and as Aly recovered against the stone roof, she latched onto his aura-covered hands with her own, trading blows between Shadow Punches and Psychics. The collision was like two shields covered in spikes clashing together, with various blue and purple hues passing through both.

After several blows of both his own attacks and Aly's, Al' winced a little, the pain starting to get a little overwhelming. He could use Hypnosis, as there were not a whole lot of chance for her to escape it, but decided against it. Where would the fun be in that? Instead, he grabbed onto her hands in turn, grinning deviously as he pulled her in and blew a raspberry against her neck. "PFFFCHTBHTBH--" Aly quickly flailed her arms about, smacking Al' away and trying to get her neck clean of that disgusting feeling.

"Whuo-ho-ho-ho!" Al' cried out, laughing almost maniacally as he floated backwards, panting a little from the constant damage, lifting a hand to wipe the trickle of blood away from his cheek, smirking at Alessa. "What's the matter? I thought you'd like a bit of affection~" he called out tauntingly. This was responded to with a reaction similarly to how they first met, though Alessa had her cheeks reddened from what Al'd done. Various pieces of the rooftop broke up, flying into Al's stomach, and this time his jaw became a victim of the assault, too. At least he was expecting something like this, so he managed to get away with fewer bruises than the first time.

"Ow, oof, hey! Cut it of- OW!" He took a deep breath after escaping the barrage, shaking his head a little, though still looking mighty amused by the 'fight', though Aly seemed embarrassed. Did he do that? Raising his hands, Al' tried his luck with another Night Shade, pulling his hands down as a shadowy pulse was shot out from him, moving quickly towards Alessa, who'd managed to cover herself with another force field made of leaves. Leaving the Night Shade to finish releasing its energy, Al' disappeared while his opponent had a hard time seeing him, sinking into the building a second time. Well, he tried to. Aly wanted revenge for the raspberry, even if it meant taking some extra damage. She pulled Al's sorry ghost butt out of the building with Psychic, nice and angry-like.

"Ah... hello again!" Al' cheerfully started. "Nice day we're having, eh?" Instead of pulling a close-up Magical Leaf or another attack, she let him go, sinking into the building herself. "Hey! Come back here and take your beating like a--nevermind!" Al' took the chance to get to a relatively safe spot, over on the wall of the building they were battling on, though Alessa was following close behind with her Shadow Sneak. When Al' finally decided to set his feet against the wall, he noticed a light draft coming up against his exhaust pipe. "WHOA WHOA WHOA! No one said anything about losin' pants here!" Yep! They were gone!

Aly appeared just a few feet behind... above? Yeah, above her second victim of a high-class pantsing, the pants in tow.

"... Now that's not fair! You're not wearing any pants!" He called up at her, the wind brushing past his bared legs, though he was thankfully still wearing his underwear. He snorted out, still smirking as he turned invisible, disappearing from sight. Alessa turned around, constantly facing a new direction while clutching the pants in her possession, not wanting to leave any blind angles for Al' to attack.

Sen, you got me covered?

He's part ghost, hun. Not easy tracking what's supposed to be dead.

After a few moments of suspense, Al' appeared once more, this time behind Alessa, with a mischievous grin on his lips, his hands slowly leaning in towards her sides before moving his hands in, poking and prodding her sides as he also leaned his head in close, trailing his tongue nice and firm along the back of her neck before cackling out to himself. Sadly, before he had a chance to reclaim his pilfered pantaloons, another (yet only a single) piece of the stone wall flew directly into... well, you'd probably guess the target fine when you heard that banshee squeal.

With what seemed to be his last standing breath, Al' managed to squeak out, "I give.... I give...."
"Got any ice?" he asked her with a sheepish, yet pained grin. He's fine.

[dcjboi]

Bay
Route 211/Mt. Coronet

Bay felt a change of atmosphere as soon as he set foot on the dark soil on Route 211. He stopped to take in his surroundings as he often did. He felt overwhelmed with nature somehow and managed to detect the nearby water, and some sort of energy ahead in a cave. He felt odd because he had never felt this sort of presence before but at the same time he felt like he didn't have to worry about it. As he walked further west and crossed a worn down bridge from at least one hundred years ago, he felt himself spiritually resonate with the area. He noticed this path felt familiar but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He shook off this feeling of awe in his senses being somewhat inhuman to notice this and walked ahead. As he got off the bridge he paused and stared into the darkness of the cave which, instead of appearing like it was taunting him, seemed like it was welcoming him instead. He slowly walked into the abyss of the cave and as soon as his eyes adjusted to the lighting, he felt a sudden gloominess overcome him, almost like despair. The majority of the cave was visible but Bay felt that he didn't need to see to travel through. He closed his eyes and tried to use his good hearing to guide him. The first two turns he bumped headfirst into the wall and he felt clumsy but afterwards he got the hang of it until he reached a giant boulder which obstructed the pathway ahead. Bay pushed at it for hours until he heard a voice that surprised him once more.

"Just break it using my powers or dig ahead" said Flow
"Why do you always remain solitary until times like these!" said Bay, half playfully.
"Because it suits me and besides, don't you do the same?" said Flow rhetorically.
Bay pondered it for a bit and then decided that there was truth behind what Flow was saying.
"Well I guess we can do so now." said Bay. "So what do you do with those books I usually give to you?"
Bay felt a sort of rush overcome him and he felt his tail emerge out of nowhere once more except it had a feel of iron. he felt an instinctive behavior overcome him and he swung his tail ahead into the boulder revealing a few more blocking the path. After breaking boulder after boulder he felt somewhat exhausted but he pressed on ahead.
"Well I like to collect knowledge, simple as that" said Flow continuing the conversation.
Bay thought about what Flow just stated as he walked through the cave exit, revealing a path of greenery and a blinding ray of light from the sun.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Lucy - Oreburgh City

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Lucy kept an eye on Amethyst, and flinched whenn the smaller girl freaked out and tossed a book at her feet. She aws momentarily distracted by the book. Those were one of the few links to the old world, and yet... Did she really want to be reminded of an older, better world she could not have? There were chances it didn't even relate to that. It could be about socks, or some asinine thing like that. The sound of metal clanking was heard and she looked up only to catch sight of Amethyst clinging to the side of a building. Was that like... a trash can or a metal object that had fallen or something? It sounded like someone was /here/! She just sort of allowed herself to become distracted by Amethyst for a moment and stared in wonder briefly. She... seemed to be getting used to her powers just fine! Lucy still didn't understand that outburst earlier, but holy moly!

Abruptly, one of the boys that had been traveling with her started... making demands at Amethyst. Lucy didn't like this. Nope. She vaguely recalled him having been complaining earlier. Something about the book... Why was he being like that? Who did he think he was? ...And then a familiar but not-so-familiar voice called her and Amethyst. "Hnn..?" she said rather reflexively, turning her head to look. Was that..? It looked like that boy she had had for breakfast earlier! He sounded... /strange/ though! And then Lucy ate Creed for being weird. Sheesh! It was quickly becoming crowded to Lucy.

...And then Alex /attacked/ Creed for seemingly no reason and gained Lucy's full attention just like that. He had suddenly decided to make himself appear dangerous. For now Ryan and Casper were safe... from her at least. Chances were Amethyst would be more curious about strange clanks, thuds, and foodsteps and whatnot. Meanwhile, Lucy began closing the distance between herself and the two males, Creed and Alex. She silently emptied her mind of her worries and other such thoughts, anticipating a non-physical attack and preparing appropriately. It was then that she finally addressed Creed. "Hey..." she commented in a rather distant tone, clearly focused elsewhere, namely the violent one of the two. A pause, and then she addressed Alex. "So like, you ask to travel with us and then you start trying to hurt people??" Lucy asked in a rather demanding tone, shaking her head lightly as if finding this unbelievable. "What the heck is wrong with you, man?!" she continued, equally demanding. Apparently she was kind of ticked off. Go figure.

[WolfOfEve]

AMETHYST YULA

Oreburgh

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Amethyst's smile seemed to disperse, as one of the boys tagging along started to yell at her and tell her what to do. Now, when this happens, there are two results. One of them is intense rage. ... Unfortunately, this was not that result.

The boy seemed to turn from attacking her to someone else. She couldn't hold it in any longer. Tears formed from her eyes and dribbled down her cheeks, then falling a long way down to the ground. The poor girl was crying now. Good job Alex. Now prepare for Lucy's maternal rage! In this moment of weakness, her powers seemed to fail, and those claws that were holding her up had now released, and Amethyst fell (probably a few stories) down, hitting ground level with a rather painful "thud".

Being a Spirit Wielder, the impact was painful, but nothing too bad. Of course, as she sat up, the tears continued to fall, her eyes reddened and puffed up slightly, and her hands and cheeks were faintly red from the impact. She pulled her knees up to her chest, and just sat there, facing the wall, and crying. Lucy, don't look!

[Khawill]

Arc was just in position for the next target. he waited for the gang's group to come into sight. He took a breath and used double team. He then proceeded tohave a clone run in front of the gang and pretend to fall over. He had done this hundreds of times and knew right when to throw the large rock to sound like it hit a physical object. He jumped into place where the clone was when the gang became distracted and pretended to be down.

"What have we got here, a child?" The dirty, scar faced member said, "I bet they'd love another slave in Eterna City!" He looked towards his buddies and yelled, "Hey we are about to make a little extra food boys." They hooted and howled loudly.

Spark watched the whole thing unfold, she waited until they all gathered around to check out their prize, Idiots. She crept up to their cart and began looking for items to steal, Some cloth for clothes, nice! Cool some bread and berries, these guys are rolling in loot! She began putting things in a bag she found in the cart, she got out through the back out the other side and broke all the wheels to the cart and burned the rest of the supplies, Hope they aren't big smokers she laughed at the mischief.

She released a little energy by shocking one of the members just enough to paralyze him. Just as she did that Arc did a back flip kick on the supposed leader, knocking him out. He then used wild charge, hearing the cracking of ribs of the last man. All of them were now unconscious or unable to move, "Lets carry them to the cars Spark!"

"I'd rather not though how about you go ahead and do that, take their shirts and shoes. try not to light any sparks near their car." She laughed a bit, she knew their boss wouldn't be happy, "Also take the car out of park and push the car down that hill." Arc complied, pleased to help his sister. they escaped back to their cave

"Can we play mercenary?" Arc was excited to be home, they had collected various things in there and all of their belongings had been hidden behind a large moveable rock, to heavy for just one of them, "I bet we will get another assassination attempt in Jubilife!" He was trying to play slaps with a double team clone, though could seem to hit his clone's hand.

We really don't need anything. She looked around the cave, many people had wondered in, only to get lost and die of hunger, It gets to hard to find lost people, and they make the place smell terrible, we need a new hideout. "Arc would you like to find a new place to move to?"

"How will we move all of our stuff? I don't think we can do it alone."

He is right, we can't steal any kind of truck to move the things without getting caught on the roads, then there's gas and actually finding one that works. She thought hard What if we find a group to work with. "Tomorrow we will look for somewhere to go to okay? Don't you want a bigger place to play?" I figure the best place to go is the underground, maybe we can find some supplies and jobs too. She shuttered at the thought of going to the lunatics hideout, at least we aren't on her bad side anymore, well the side that doesn't get us killed I'm sure shes all bad side.

"Yeah!" His clone and him jumped up with joy, and almost hit his head against the top of the cave. Spark set up some mats and roughly sewn together from old clothing blankets. they both laid down and went to sleep, Arc excited to have more space and Spark excited to get a home that didn't smell like rotting corpses.