Ancient Dynasty; A Viper's Promise

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
I noticed the smudge,Plushie.But like I said,you ARE real good at drawing expressions,even for cars.X3
Its like,greatness.^^

Grumpig does pwn.Honhin's growing beautifully.^^*huggles Honhin*
Eh,I don't mind Plushie getting a Grumpig though.^^

And,like,Feebas the timezone.And the fact that I need to go to school for CCA(Co-Curricular Activity..-_-) Orientation tomorrow morn' so I'll probably miss the start of the Tournament.XP
English Speech and Drama!Just because the school only has Badminton for Boys!>O
Anyway,everyone says I should join Speech and Drama as I would like,be a 'good addition' or something.All my new teachers call me 'spontaneous'.
Like,yey?XD

So,no worries,I'll catch up later you dudes just continue with your stuffers bou the Tournament.But I do need to get around doing somethin' else after school,so I'll be late.^^;;

Ic-

Cona lowered her arms upon realising that the passer-bys were staring at her and the others,blushing a noticable scarlet before following after Avery.

So,Valen had come back.And he was with Rosarie.
A plan to take down the Cheese Market and Toothfloss Industry,like what the boy had admitted a few hours back.Or was something deeper about to take place,like the end of the world perhaps?She had still to meet her father,the world couldn't end yet!Okay,maybe not the end of the world.But something was definately going on.And she was determined to find out what it was if it was the last Feebas she huggled!

The Mawile had ran up to them,Avery's Sableye jumping down from his spot on her shoulder to greet the Steel Type,and so were Krystal and Kuner.

{Oh,hello,new friend!I am Krystal!}the Marshtomp waved to Kachiko,rather amazed by her large maw.Was it possible for one to have a giant mouth on his head?That would seem rather nice,indeed.

{And,I am Kuner.I must say,your maw is cold.Yes,very.}the Pidgey(who meant the word 'cool') was trying to fit in with up-to-date slang.Now if only he knew how to properly say it,perhaps if he listened more to young peoples conversations.That is,if his hearing wasn't failing him again.

"A Mawile?Wonder what someone could put into its maw.Probably cheese."Cona mumbled,looking intently as her pokemon conversed with the Deceiving Pokemon,almost getting lost in thought once more.

"Oh,hey.Rosarie...Valen.."she said the names with suspicion,feeling that they might've snapped or stared at her funny(like the people around were doing) if she didn't address them.Not that they weren't already.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Gah, why am I always so slow with posting on mornings? ~_~ Oh well, it's about time I made one now...

First of, welcome back, Mika! ^^ Dang, that's a proper excuse if I ever saw one. School is evil, yes it is. Out to steal people's souls...and computer time. <.< Heh, I'm glad I'm still on vacation. ^-^ *Brick'd by all non-vacationers in the room*

And Plushie, concerning your moveset...well, it needs work. Let me bring it into the professional quote of correction. Moves I consider wrong are overlined, suggestions are in bold and comments are in cursive as usual.
[Quote="Random Plushie]

Alakazam (M) Lv.54 ** Tekkai
@Leftovers/Choice Band (See comments)
Naive Nature (+Spd, -Sp.Def)
- Psychic
- Hidden Power [Grass]/Ice Punch/Fire Punch/Thunderpunch
- Calm Mind/Trick/Ice Punch/Fire Punch/Thunderpunch
- Recover Substitute/Disable/Ice Punch/Fire Punch/Thunderpunch

Okays, first of. Recover on Alakazam is a waste of space because its defense and HP royally suck and its Sp.Defense is average at best. To top it all, the Naive nature reduces the Sp.Defense making this one completely hopeless from a defensive perspective. About the Hidden Power...I'm not sure. On one hand, it's probably quite far from the maximum, so any one of the elemental punches would probably pwn it in power (Not to mention the added effects), however, since Hidden Power is always considered a physical move regardless of type you could use that to stump Mirror Coaters. Also, the grass type gives you a definite edge against a few choice opponents, Swampert perhaps being the most essential. Still, it could do with having Ice Punch or Thunderpunch to increase type coverage, because as it is,pok?mon like Exeggutor and Houndoom simply trample this poor thing. So, for filling up the slot left by Recover you could use Substitute as a prediction move (I.e. Use it either against status attackers or against pok?mon that you know will switch out against you). Also, trickbanding (I.e. Using Trick to switch over a Choice Band to your opponent) is always fun because it lets you mess up stallers and special sweepers/tanks bad. With that strategy you should be careful around physical sweepers though, excluding the ones that sitt down to buff, or revers. Because they will only get stronger from that Choice Band and wreak considerable havoc on your team. Another, and rather interesting, version of the trickbanding strategy is to add Disable to your set. Once you've secured the Choice Band on your opponent, try to hit it with Disable, if you succeed, you'll have locked your opponent onto struggle for as long as the move lasts or until they switch out. ^-^ It's a pretty risky strategy, though, so the easiest way is probably going with the old Psychic+2 other special attacks+Calm Mind formula. Sweep away as many opponents as possible with your attacks and use Calm Mind when you think your opponent will switch out or use Protect/Endure. There's some neat stuff you can do with Encore too, but since that requires breeding I won't bother listing those things. I've also heard of something called a Subpunchzam which is specifically aimed at eliminating Blisseys and Tyranitars, but I can't for the life of me remember how it worked exactly. Sound like one of those fancy specialist movesets anyway, so meh. Well, hope something of this helped. ^^
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Ahh...nothing like a movesetrating to get me going. Thanks, Plushie. ^-^ Anyways, you asked how tall I am? Hmm...that's a good question. I haven't checked in a while so I'm not quite sure myself. Hmm...last I checked I believe I was 1,89something meters, now I think I'm a little bit taller than that. Can't say anything very exact, though.

Oh, and that's a cute Herbie piccie by the way. ^-^ I actually saw a Herbie movie on the plane to Thailand. Twas' fun to watch, I give it that. ^^

Ehh...is there something I'm still forgetting? Oh yes, congrats on getting pok?mon Emerald, Charon! *Throws confetti* Even though it might be a fake...

IC:

{Ohh! Your eyes are so nice and shiny!} Kachiko exclaimed, staring wide-eyed at Sableye's gemstone eyes, obviously experiencing a strong urge to poke them, and seemingly ingoring his questions alltogether.

{Oh, hi to you too other new peoples!} the Mawile called as Krys and Kunner came to introduce themselves, {Oh, you're a big funny new person!} she exclaimed with a voice easily as awed as the one she had just adressed Fable with, experimentally prodding the Marshtomp before proceeding to climb on top of him, using the water types various appendages as help {Oh, and my maw isn't cold, silly flying little person.} she added, giggling at Kuner, she reached out the maws closer to the Pidgey, {You try.} the steel type urged, smiling innocently, {They are not too warm and not too cold but juuuust right.} the steel type giggled again, now having reached the top of Krystal's head, and turned towards the direction where Henna and the other funny people were.

{Hiiii Henna!} she called enthusiastically, waving at the Magmar and nearly tripping over in her excitement, {Look at me!}

Valen didn't pay attention to this however, as he was far too preoccupied with another matter. Namely; a young girl, probably not a day beyond twelve if her looks were anything to go by, who was running towards them and calling after someone called onee-chan. By the looks of it, that was most probably Rosairie, although where the girl had ever gained such a peculiar nickname the boy didn't know, nor care about overmuch. What he did care about however was the fact that it was getting far too crowded for his liking. And the fact that Avery and Cona had taken up approaching them wasn't helping matters.

"Who's that?" he asked Rosairie in his usual cold voice, nodding towards Kyoko, "Your baby sister?" she certainly seemed to have the looks for the part, frail and pathetic as she was, Valen thanked his lucky stars that despite how incompetent some of the Viper workers he was forced to co-operate with were, none of them would ever be half as poor as this sorry collection of organic matter. The boy seriously doubted that even those two combined could ever amount to anything in life, be that an intellectual or physical endeavor. They were simply like fungi, a waste of perfectly good space and oxygen, and the sooner he got away from them the better. Valen cast a hopefull glance at a nearby clock to check if it wasn't time for the tournament to start yet, but to his dismay, he saw that they still had a good hour to go. Beautiful... he thought bitterly, watching as the tides of idiocy seemed to roll in on over him from all sides, leaving no room for escape, Simply B, E, A, utiful...

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
Knew I forgot somethin!^^
Hey Mika!Like,welcome back!^^

And like,you dudes are real tall.o_O

Ic-

{Whoa!}Krystal nearly fell over as the Mawile started climbing onto him.The Marshtomp steadied himself by holding his fins out for balance,grinning at Kachiko when he was sure they wouldn't tip over.The new weight seemed rather fun to be with,especially with her numerous pokes,it felt tickly,but good all the same.

{Thank you?}the Mud fish chuckled,before turning to were Kuner had landed.

The Pidgey jumped back as the Mawile brought her maw forward for him to touch.The jaws..and the teeth were so sharp.Ouch.

{Well I'll be a Mankey's Uncle!This looks like it packs a whallop!}he exclaimed,scratching his head,as if pondering over whether to touch the huge jaws or not.After a small nod from Krystal(which was quite hard,with such a heavy pokemon on one's head),the Flying Type streched one wing out,closing his eyes and shivering.

As the feathers made contact with the metal which was Kachiko's maw,Kuner opened his eyes.What the Steel type said was correct,it was indeed warm.

{Oh!Oh!Its warm!}he chirped,quickly withdrawing the wing just in case the Mawile felt uncomfortable.

"Onee-chan!"Cona looked away from the pokemon,spotting a girl(a rather young looking one at that) running towards them.It seemed that she was addressing Rosairie.What was 'Onee-chan'?Some type of morse code?

And,the girl was sure she had seen Kyoko before,somewhere.

 

[Light_Azumarill]

OOC: Heh, Valen makes me laugh so much. ^-^ He absolutely hates all these girls and yet they somehow find him out. The best part is that they all seem to be oblivious to how he feels. Man, if someone didn't like me that much, I'd like to think I would notice and leave straight away.

HEY! I got past that blasted Fire Emblem level!!! Phwee! Although, Dozla didn't make it through it. I had to let him die; it was either that or I'd be starting over again for the 13th time. >_____>

Cute Herbie, Plushie! In fact, I saw some of the original Herbie movie on TV last night. It made me think of you actually. ^^

Welcome back Mika! School does suck. And it seems to get harder the older you get. 9_9

Where's the others at? BB, Deathspector, Kogenta? Ah well, at least the tournament hasn't started yet, so I still have time to make this post...


Reina
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Looking around a bit, Reina then spotted the snack bar that Lori had mentioned before at the end of the tour. It appeared that many trainers were at it, and some of them had some very delicious-looking shakes. She suddenly felt a bit thirsty, and turned to JJ.

"Hey, I'm going to get one of those shakes. You can come along if you want," she said to him, taking off towards the bar. It was a small snack bar, and had a few pastel colored tables nearby for groups of four or two to sit at while they ate. Most of the trainers were standing, as there weren't enough tables for them, and they talked about the tournament and of the caged pokemon, and pretty much everything.

Tabansi heard one of them talking excitedly about the raging Aggron, and felt a shiver escape him again. He still felt funny about that pokemon.

Reina approached the attendant at the ber, and asked for a shake. The man nodded, got the money from her, and then produced a shake in no time out of one of those shake machines. Reina frowned, and turned around with her shake.

{What's wrong Reina?} Tabansi asked, clicking his wings curiously.

"I didn't know it was from a shake machine...," she said with her frown still on, "I thought it was from real ice cream."

Pixie was curious about this and stared at the machine as they walked away from the bar. {A machine? How does it make shakes? Is there an ice cream man inside?} she asked, trying to look awed, and as usual, failing.

{There's no man inside, it's a machine that pours milkshake milk and flavoring into a compartment in the machine, mixes them together, and then pours it out into a cup,} Tabansi said smartly.

{Oh wow,} Pixie said in her kind and timid voice, {You are so smart Taban. Much smarter than I am.}

{I'm older... I think. That and I have been to many more places and seen many more things than you have Pixie,} the Heracross replied, feeling flattered and trying not to let it get to his head.

"So the tournament's gonna start soon guys! I'm so excited!" Reina paused from drinking her shake, "I only wish I had another pokemon or two. No offense to you guys, you know you're the best, but sometimes there's strength in numbers."

Tabansi understood this; Pixie looked a little guilty though. Perhaps Reina wouldn't feel that way if she had evolved when she had wanted the Staryu to. Pixie had always felt a bit guilty about deciding not to evolve. Tabansi had tried to comfort her though, and that always made Pixie happier.

{I can help you with that,} came a voice from behind Reina.

Tabansi didn't look alarmed, neither did Pixie, so Reina didn't feel threatened. She turned her head around to see a beautiful Ninetails standing next to them.

"Uh... what?" Reina said, at a loss to know what to say. What did this strange Ninetails want?

{I have come here to protect you,} the fox pokemon said with a smile, and she took a step closer to them.

Reina blinked and was still very confused by this wild pokemon coming up to her, and also found herself wondering how it even got into the building.

Pixie gasped. {L-Look at her eyes Taban! Remember what Ostria said?} she whispered to the Heracross. Tabansi looked at the Ninetails' hazel eyes, and yes, they did match Reina's closely. This was quite strange, and Tabansi couldn't come up with an explanation for it; which was bothering him greatly.

"Uh... okay, so why?" Reina asked, still confused and wondering now how she could understand this pokemon. One of her brothers had owned a Vulpix though, so perhaps it was because she could understand that.

{Please Reina, let me protect you,} the Ninetails said patiently, {I cannot explain why. At least not now....}

Tabansi suddenly felt a flare of jealousy rise in him, how dare she just come up to them and start wanting to protect Reina?! That was his purpose, his job! He took a step forward, {Reina already has a protector thanks.} He tried to sound curt, but a hint of anger showed through his facade.

"Tabansi, cut it out! I'm not one to refuse an offer like this!" Reina said, picturing herself as the winner of the competition, a cut above those dumb girls and that annoying Rosairie.

The Ninetails looked down at Tabansi, {I'm sorry you feel that way, but I assure you I will only be here for the duration of the event. After that, I will as gone as I was before this started.}

Tabansi folded his arms and clicked his wings angrily. He was intellegent, but even the greatest intellegence couldn't stifle jealousy.

Pixie was absolutely enamoured by the Ninetails, and jumped a bit, {Ooh! With you on our side, we shall win for sure!} She said this in more of a soft whisper than a yell. The Ninetails gave the little Staryu a smile.

{No, I'm not that powerful. Actually, I'm not here to help anyone win. I am here to make sure that nothing bad happens. This is something I felt I had to do,} the Ninetails said, {But, Reina, you need to register me before the event begins. Otherwise I will be illegal.}

"Ah! We don't have that much time!!" Reina said loudly, tossing her shake into a trash bin as she spoke. She wouldn't give this opportunity up just because she wanted to finish her machine-made shake. She jumped up and hurried off down the hallway, the Ninetails and Pixie at her heels.

Tabansi lagged a bit. He felt a pang of hurt. {She didn't even ask me to come along... hmph...,} he mumbled to himself, not bothering to hurry.

Reina had stopped short at the receptionist's desk, out of breath and realizing that she still had fifteen minutes left. Talk about cutting it close. She held out a pokeball, "Hey, Ninetails, I should probably catch you in a ball. Oh... what's your name anyway?"

The Ninetails smiled, {Phoebe is my name. And you may catch me Reina.}

"Oh... that's an interesting name for a Ninetails," Reina said, and touched the fox with the pokeball. In seconds the pokemon was gone in a flash of red light, and Reina turned to the receptionist.

"Excuse me, I have a pokemon to register that I just caught," she said.

Tabansi hobbled up behind Reina and Pixie, still pouting a bit. Pixie turned around. {Isn't this strange?! Just like Ostria said! She really is a psychic!} the Staryu said excitedly.

The Heracross looked unconvinced, {It's a strange coincidence. Perhaps she knew about the Ninetails.}

If Pixie had eyebrows she would have frowned, {You can be such a stick in the mud Tabansi.}

OOC: Oh, I just remembered that I never congratulated BB on his Lv.100 Walrein! Congrats!

 

[Charon]

Rosairie's face broke into a gratefull smile at the sight of Kyoko.
"Hello!" she called back, waving cheerfully, "Where've you been?"
Rosairie gave a sigh of relief. Thank God, there was someone like her here now! Valen's constant, stony expression was driving her up the wall, and the others were rabbiting on without the slightest composition. It was enough to turn one's head. Rosairie wouldn't be ashamed to know Kyoko back at home; her clothes were a little outlandish, admittedly, but at leats she had some grasp of style and shade...

Rosairie blinked as Valen spoke up from beside her. "My sister?" Rosairie cocked her head. Kyoko and her were similar in build, both petite and slender and relatively short, but there was no real similarity between them. They were both girls, obviously, and they were both wearing boots, but that was where their alikeness ended. "No, of course she's not," Rosairie laughed, "we only met half an hour ago, or whatever."

Henna smiled at the little Mawile. {Hello, Kachiko. Have you met some nice friends?}

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Eh, sorry for the lateness, folks! *Waves* I just went to get myself some carrot juice upstairs when I noticed that mum had started watching 'Spirited Away' and it was just reaching the boiler room scene. I decided to stay and watch that (Because I simply lurve those little cinder-creatures ^-^) and then I kind of stayed and watched the rest of the movie too. Hey, I'm only human you know! Miyazaki's films are very addictive...wish I had more of them...

Ah, but I simply seem to have wasted my daylight hours again. *Sigh* I do seem to be talented at that. I'll wait a bit more for the benefit of certain members before I let the plot proceed.

Anyways, concerning Valen...well, he's trained to keep his expression and voice emotionless when he wants them to and he pretty much despises all humans so maybe it's difficult for them to tell when he's more disgusted than usual? ^-^ But it's true, they do seem to swarm on him like a school of vicious barracuda wherever he goes. Guess the dark, brooding types really do have their charm, eh? XDDD Ahh, but it's all very therapeutic. And besides, he's a bit more big words than actions, not a lot, but a bit, so he's really not quite as much of a people-hater as he thinks he is if that makes any sense. ^-^

On the tallness thing; heh, yeah, I guess so. ^^ I'm like the second tallest in my family (I think dad's still a couple of centimeters taller than me), and I do know that I'm taller than my older brother (Hehee...it gives me a reason to call him my lil' bro ^-^). Mum's already shortest (If we exclude the dog of course), even Arty has outgrown her, and he's still at it, growing that is. Well, as long as he's shorter than me I shall still call him Shorty Arty, for that is my brotherly duty. XD

IC:

Kachiko nodded enthusiastically at Henna's question, beaming at the Magmar, {Uh-huh!} she called back, {The funny big person is real nice and lets me climb on him and the funny little flying person asks funny questions and so does the funny little imp person, and he has these nice shiny eyes that I just want to huggle and poke forever!} she performed several skipps on Krystal's head out of pure excitement.

"I see..." Valen replied to Rosairie's comment, nodding, "My mistake then, I could have sworn that she called you 'sister' just now." the boy shrugged to signify his indeference to the matter. What did he know about such things after all? That was just one of those small phrases he had picked up from the streets, discerning the meaning through context, he had no way of verifying wether his assumption was correct or not. Well, unless you considered walking up to someone and asking about it a way, but Valen didn't. It just didn't suit his style to go begging for answers to such trivial strangers from complete strangers. It was simply...degrading, far too degrading. As was fraternizing with every individual he came across. The boy cast a glance at Kachiko as she continued to prance around Krystal's head, he could not for the life of him understand how the Mawile was still able to do such things with such ease. But then again, Kachiko was still a child, and children tended to do a lot of foolish things. She would learn in time. Oh yes, she would learn how this world worked...and she would learn, just like Valen had, that it was a dreary and ugly place...

 

[Random Plushie]

Herbie luvs you all. ^^

You thought of me, Melissa? I feel so loved! XD

They were simply like fungi, a waste of perfectly good space and oxygen, and the sooner he got away from them the better.

I resent that! You wouldn't be able to digest anything without fungi! XD

Oh yes, and thankies for the moveset thingies! Your advice is greatly appreciated. =D
I remember learning the Trickbanding strategy.. It's fun. Plushie likes it. But Plushie would rather go for.. Fiyah Punch. 'Cause every time I get stuck it's usually because I need Fiyah Punch. @.@ Seriously, that's actually the one I wished I had the most. XD

But now that you told me Recover isn't worth it, I'll just head over to the Battle Frontier and bam. ^^

But I must say.. You are taller than Plushie by nine centimeters, that is if I translated correctly.. ACK! *shot*

You're like one of three people I've ever met who ish taller than me. Be proud of yourself, 'kay? XD But that doesn't mean you shouldn't ph33r my shoe! Seriously, today some kid threw a wet paper towel at me and I beat him to the floor with it! XD

Lolness.

Yibber = Spontaneous. XD



IC:



{Avery would agree with you there. Fable asks such questions.} Fable said, once the little Mawile had commented on asking funny questions, seeming to have ignored the fact that the child had just said that she would like to 'huggle' his eyes. {Seen any nifty rocks around here lately? Fable cannot find any.} He continued, finding this.. Kachiko.. Very interesting. Especially since she seemed to be younger. Oh yes, that meant FUN.

"Onee-chan? Where have I heard that before?" Avery commented in the meantime, looking up from the Pokemon to turn back towards the other Trainers besides Cona. Indeed, there seemed to be a younger girl near Rosairie, probably the owner of that voice that had called out a bit earlier.

Apparently someone had an apprentice.. Unless of course Avery was misinterpreting something. And she did that a lot. She quickly lost interest and looked back down at the Pokemon near her feet, wondering what the Pokemon other than Fable were talking about. The Sableye's responses were usually so random that she often couldn't be sure that he was giving a proper reply to someone else's Pokemon..

Speaking of the Sableye, as Avery looked back down, he immediately went into a hand-stand, practically his favorite thing to do. He waited a few seconds to lift up one arm and make it a one-hander, all the while maintaining his usual grin. Either he was trying to get attention, or merely pass the time.

 

[Kogenta]

[OOC: Er, I apologize for not posting for some time (not that my character was ever particularly integral to the story). And, I may not be able to post too often for a while. My finals are approaching. And, my Physics one has caused me particular concern. If anyone is skilled with that subject, any help that is willing to be offered is willing to be received.

I hope my post is properly in context (I was only able to skim the posts due to a lack of time and energy) . . . ]

As the tour ended, Chain wordlessly turned from the others and started down the hall, motioning for Sneasel to follow. Tilting her head before pouting slightly, the dark Pokemon started after her trainer. Though usually impudent and troublesome, she sensed Chain's restless mood and thus remained silent for a long moment.

Making his way down a separate passage, Chain strode toward an elevator, paused before its steel doors, and firmly pressed the button marked with an arrow pointing downward. As the doors opened, the trainer hesitated and glanced back over his shoulder down the hall. Then, returning his gaze to the empty elevator, he stepped in and selected the first floor. Slipping into the elevator at Chain's side, Sneasel finally ventured a question.

As Chain replied, he allowed one of his rare smiles, though this one seemed obviously forced. "Don't worry Sneasel. I'm . . . fine. But, there's something I need to check. Think you're up to helping me?"

Sneasel nodded, eagerness flashing in here crimson eyes.

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"Good . . . Doesn't look like anyone's here." Chain stood inside an empty internet cafe, casting his gaze cautiously about. "I suppose everyone's outside, preparing for the ceremony," he mused, his voice still low. Making his way across the earthen-coloured tile floor, the trainer selected a terminal hidden from the cafe-manager's view.

As Chain seated himself before the computer, he felt a paw grasp his pant-leg. Turning, he saw Sneasel staring questioningly toward him. "Snea . . . Sneasel."

"Your job? Your job is to stand guard and make sure no one sees me. If someone's approaching, don't attack them, though. Just alert me." Though slightly disappointed, the ice Pokemon nodded and postioned itself several yards away.

After glancing at Sneasel, Chain turned his attention toward the computer before him. Removing a dark-coloured object from his hidden pouch beneath his jacket, the male plugged it into the computer before logging in as a cafe customer. Lightly tapping the Premier Ball that hung from his necklace, Chain tilted the black device as a scarlet light was again emitted from the white containment sphere. The laser-like light moved about, as though searching for a target. Finally, it met a small panel on the obsidian-dark item and remained linked to it as Chain placed the object on the desk.

Tapping a few keys on the computer's keyboard, Chain's eyes narrowed slightly. Whatever's happening with those "wild" Pokemon back at the tour, it isn't normal--though the guide seemed to want us to think so. Maybe it's nothing, but I get the feeling that there's more going on here than people here are being told. If nothing else, I want a little assurance that there really is nothing unusual happening. Lightly touching the Premier Ball that hung about his neck, Chain murmured, "Porygon, we'll be hacking into Wai Wai Inc.'s database. It'll be tough, so I'll be depending on you to help me get past their security systems. You up to the challenge?" The Premier Ball vibrated slightly as a response. Fleeting satisfaction flickered through Chain's green-gold eyes. Good. It's been awhile, but we've cracked pretty tough systems before. And, I've made you stronger since that incident. Besides, we've never found a system we couldn't overcome. So . . . Chain loosened his hands slightly before returning them to the keyboard. "Let's begin."

[OOC: Eh . . . That post was awful. My sincere apologies.]

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

'Tis okay, Kogenta. As mentioned before, school sux majorly. D:

Although I did write a poem at school today.

I posted it in the Poetry section since it's only been forever since I did that. :x

Bleh, I'm starting to think that picking a rather defenseless critter was a bad move in replacement choice. He's starting to get just a wee bit harder to train. XD

But I shall have faith! Yeah, that's what I'll do.. Believe in Tekky and it'll be all good. XD [/corny]

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
*ish so short compared to Titan and Plushie*XD

And,don't mock me Plushie!Some people would just give their Feebas to be as spontaneous as me!>D
The Openhouse today was like,scary.Like,everyone was passing out flyers to promote their clubs.And course there were dudes walking around holding a pen and paper and asking you to join their CCA by jotting down your name on the paper.

Yibber tried running away from them at first.They just ran after her.
She tried ignoring them.They smushed the pamplets against her cute face.
Drastic measures-
I like,started shouting 'I'M NOT INTERESTED!!!!" at all those dudes who were walking towards me.(This caused most of the student body to stare at me and my friends.But,me friends'll thank me later.XD)
Oh,and 'Leave me alone!' plus 'I signed the freakin' paper already!'

^Some dudes forced me to sign the paper.Not like I'm really going to join those clubs anyway.Speech and Drama all the way!>D

No worries Kogenta.School be real unfair at times.>_<
Oh,and I'll like,check that poem righ after this post,Plushie!^^

Ic-

{Oh!Hello more friends!}Krystal turned to where the Mawile atop his head was waving.Kachiko was waving to a Magmar,belonging to a girl standing beside that boy with the funny colored hair.The human,who was wearing a skirt,seemed that she had owned a pokemon other than Henna.T'was a Jolteon.The Marshtomp waved one flipper,quickly trying to regain more balance as the Steel type on his head decided to start jumping up and down.

{You're a nice lil' youngin' aren't cha?}Kuner laughed at Kachiko's energy and mischevious ways.The Pidgey noticed Fable doing a handstand.He clapped his wings upon the sight,very astounding it was!He'd lose a tail feather just by standing on one clawed foot,no doubt!The Flying type then noticed the pressence of Henna and Silence,not really wanting to fly over,but then again.It seemed rather interesting.The Magmar had a fiery tail.The Jolteon,eye-catching spikes.Being mostly in Hoenn all his life,the Flying type was never given a chance to actually meet Kanto pokemon.

"Pidgey!"the bird chirped,landing on Cona's shoulder and pointing at Rosairie with his right wing.His trainer gave him a surprised look.When had ol' Kuner been interested in humans?Well yes,they had a certain percentage to be evil..

"Fine.."the girl told a happy Pidgey,starting to walk over to where Rosairie,Kyoko and Valen were standing.Besides,she wanted to find out more of this new girl and her morse code.What did Onee-chan mean anyway?Behind her,Krys slowly followed,noting that he was walking rather slowly,there was a child on his head for Feebas' sake!

 

[Charon]

Glancing down at her watch (which was, may I point out, a very expensive designer brand), Rosairie sighed. "Still got an hour left..." she muttered out loud. She was hungry, and tired. She had been walking all day, apart from the train journey, and other than the packet of chips she and Henna had shared on the train, they had eaten nothing as well. Her mind flashed back to the greasy english delicasy... english chips were like fat french fries, irregular peices of potato fried, then served with lashings of omato ketchup. Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside... Rosairie's mouth began to water at the very thought of it.
Luckily she pulled herself together at the last moment.
She glanced around the shops, looking for somewhere to eat. Most of the cafes were rather pathetic; selling little more than a latte and a muffin, they could hardly stave of a growing girl's hunger for the afternooon.
Rosairie let out another defeated sigh.
She was hungry. She was worried, too. All the others...their pokemon seemed professionally trained. None of them had 'attitude', like Henna, Sinbad and Vampress did. None of them ran the risk of their pokemon going overboard, or refusing to fight, or... running awya scared. Her eyes flicked to Silence, but only for a second. He couldn't help being the way he was.

Cowering behind Rosairie, Silence was still watching the others. If he was to fight them, he needed his wits about him. While they chattered or rested in their balls, the little jolteon listened. He had done this all his life. Whether he was out with Rosairie, or back with them, he had always just watched in Silence.

Henna, meanwhile, was growing steadily more confident. If se was to fight these guys, there'd be no competition! Even at ten years of age, Henna was as fit as she ever had been. She had experience of battle, and she was quick, and... there was nothing to worry about.
{Hey, Rozz, what exactly are we battling?} the magmar asked. Even if they had to battle one of those aggrons, well, Henna was still confident. She had type advantage. And a trainer.
Rosairie shrugged. "I'll check." She turned back to Valen. "What...or Who... exactly... are we battling?" she asked.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Whoa, Plushie, you're tall you are. I'm taller than a good half of my class and yet you come so close. Respect. And I'm special now! Yay! ^-^ *Throws confetti*

Anyways, don't blame me for Valen's narrow-mindedness. It's not like he's some kind of biology pro or anything. How would he know? xP

Oh, and you've posted a new poem? I'll go check it out after this post. ^^

And Kogenta...Physics? *Shudder* Urgh, I feel your pain. I hate Physics so I can fully symphatize with needing the time. Well, my grades in that subject are waaaay to shabby for me to try to advice you on it. Good luck, though, both on the Physics and your other finals. ^^

Oh, and Yibber...don't think of yourself as short, just...compact. XD Anyways, your Openhouse-thingie sounds pretty nightmarish. Good on you for giving them a piece of your mind, and vocal chords. XD

IC:

Valen looked up at Rosairie's question, If I told you, would you go away? he thought bitterly, but did reply "Wild pok?mon of course." he replied, shrugging, "What species exactly, I can't say, although if you're thinking of a single-pok?mon conquest then you might as well perish the thought. They'll have prepared a wide assortment of types to stump us, I'm sure, and no doubt they'll all be released in mixed groupings when the tournament starts." he took a pause, wondering wether he should even be telling a competitor-to-be such information but deciding that the pathetic little girl would hardly be a treath anyway, "Most of them are probably local ones." he said at last, "They're easier to round up in large numbers. But there are some imported ones in the mix too, strong species only, mind you, the weak ones wouldn't be worth the cost, time, and effort to ship all the way here." he stopped talking there, turning his gaze elsewhere again to signify that he had lost interest in the discussion and sinking back into his thoughts. What was it about him that Lori and Slythe were so keen on hiding but deemed so important? He remembered finding it odd that Vincent, an executive no less, had been dispatched to gather him up in the first place, as it turned out that such routine assignments were usually delegated to grunts, and he had been the youngest person to ever join Team Viper. At the time, Valen had simply considered it recognition of his superior talents, yet in retrospect, could his talents simply have been born from the fact that he had been personally trained by a well-respected executive? Was he some kind of experiment? A new breed of Viper operatives? Or something more? Something different? If only he knew...

{Yeppers!} Kachiko replied happily to Kuner's comment, {I is the nicest little youngin' ever! Yes I is!} she turned to watch as Krystal began moving towards Valen and Rosairie, {Hey! Are we going back to papa and the others now?} she asked {Cool! Giddyap funny big person!} the steel type let out another delighted giggle.

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Meanwhile, back in the Waiwai Inc. Building, a fairly fit looking man in his mid-thirties with short, black hair and small, alert-looking dark blue eyes, dressed in a slightly fancier Lg. Inc uniform consisting of a simple but well-made black suit with a white shirt and dark purple tie to go with it and a small name-tag identifying him as Vincent Ravenloft, Chief of Security, sat down on an armchair, carefully placing a large, and half-full, cup of coffee onto the desk in front of him and turning his attention to the computer located on it. Making sure that the door to his little office was properly shut he leant forward, quickly logging onto the network.

"More reports..." he muttered for himself, klicking his way through a variety of windows, "A man's work is never done. Iris, come in."

{Yes master?} a digitalized female voice asked, a small window featuring a peculiar creature which was perhaps most closely resemblant of a blue and red rubber duck popping up on the screen, its two pixel-eyes focused on the man behind the screen. Vincent permitted himself a small smile of contentment as he saw the creature, oh how his colleuges had mocked him when that freak surge permanently trapped the Porygon2 within the Waiwai Inc. system, and oh how he had been mistaken about the norma type's further usefulness. What had at first looked like a considerable disadvantage, the loss of a prized battler, had turned out to become one of the most all-around usefull system upgrades. A virtual assistant no less.

"Iris." he said, snapping out of his reveries, "Bring me the security reports on wild pok?mon activity in the area."

{Affirmative...} the cursor briefly turned into an hourglass as Iris began searching for the required files, but after a while, it returned to an arrow, and the Porygon2 delivered her report, {I am sorry. The files you requested are already being accessed by another user.}

Vincent's eyes narrowed,"Another user?" he echoed, "Impossible. Those files are classified! No-one should have access to them but me. Confirm user login!"

{Commencing...} Iris replied, once again taking a brief pause, {Search complete. Username confirmed as Chain.}

"Chain, is it?" the security chief frowned, somehow the name sounded vaguely familiar but he couldn't place it. Well, it was probably one of the countless hackers he had run into. And whoever it was he needed to be disposed of fast. The files contained a myriad of reports on peculiar pok?mon activity that could compromise the advertising of the event as safe, and bad publicity and media attention were the very last things that Waiwai Inc. needed "It looks like we have a little bug in our system, Iris." he said, staring at what little information of the intruder had been brought in front of him, "Eliminate it."

OOC: Yay! Cybernetic battle! >D I had no idea of Chain's username so if you had another one in mind, Kogenta, just tell me and I'll edit it. ^-^

 

[Charon]

{ooc| Urgh... I gotta go shopping for some more school uniform later... namely a new tie, mine has been thoroughly chewed by my dog...
Random fact: my school was named after an evil priest that burned Joan of Arc at the stake!}

Rosairie pulled a face. Wild pokemon. Local ones. That didn't help her at all! She had no idea what species lurked in the long grass here, but it was pretty safe to say rattata, zigzagoon or sentret would be one of her opponents. What else...? She gave up racking her brains, and gave Valen a quick smile.
"Thanks." His answer had been given grudgingly, and sounded like it had been taken straight out of a tournament guidebook. Still, he had given her what she asked for. Rosairie was never one to forget her manners, the same way she was never one to drop her T's. Still, there was something steely about the way she said it.
"Look, guys..." she turned to the others, "I'm gonna go find a cafe somewhere. Get some food, feed my pokemon... You're welcome to follow if you wish. It was nice meeting you."
She bobbed a curtsey, her skirt fluttering, and turned to leave.

Her magmar and jolteon both jogged to keep up with Rosairie's determined stride. The tohers really were throwing her here. Jacona seemed clinically insane and incredibly random; Rosairie wouldn't have been surprised if she spontaneously combusted. Avery was... well, indescribable, really... and Valen, ooo, he was such an insufferable scrooge! What ever happened to common politeness?
The girl found a cafe on the corner. It wasn't her first choice, for in was all nuevo cusine with metal seats and glass tables, but Rosairie wasn't in a mood to pick and choose. Next door was an internet cafe; she would feed her pokemon, get a drink, and then do some research. By that time, the tournament would have started... Ah, and then in a few more hours it would hopefully be all over. She could return home a champion! After all, how could she loose, with Henna on her team?
Rosairie kicked off her boots and wiggled her aching toes.
"Waiter~!" she called, with the air of one that was very used to this kind of service, "One large cappuchino, please, don't stinge on the cream." she then gave the lanky teenaged boy that had come to take her order her most dazzling smile, and he hurried off.
Henna sat down next to Rosairie, much to the chair's distaste. Have you ever had a fire type sit on you? I think not. It is a most unpleasant experience.

{EDIT: I'm back with ties!}

 

[Random Plushie]

Avery silently watched Krys slowly walk towards the others after Cona, that Mawile still atop his head. Dang, that must've been uncomfortable, now that she thought about it.. However, she didn't continue on with that, looking up as Valen began to comment on what type of Pokemon they could expect to see in the tournament.

"Wild Pokemon.." Avery repeated softly. His information was helpful, seeing as the brochures she'd managed to actually pick up were little more than advertisements and promotions, although they certainly had claimed to hold valuable information when she had picked them up.

Losing interest in the Pokemon's conversation, she began to make her way towards the others, much like Cona was doing, although Rosairie had already stated she was leaving to feed herself and her Pokemon.

I'm not hungry.. Avery lied to herself as she walked, not wanting to resort to the cafes around here. She didn't like coffee sort of things that much. Now, if there was a smoothie stand, maybe she'd go for it.

As for Fable, he quickly braced himself with both hands on the ground, now walking towards the others in a zigzaging line behind Avery. Ah, it had only been a few months ago that the little imp finally perfected that..

"I hope the tournament hurries up and starts." Avery said, not really directing the comment towards anyone, and succeeding in ignoring Fable's antics. Her voice still had that optimistic touch to it.

 

[Kogenta]

[OOC: Actually, I had no specific username in mind. So, "Chain" works. ^-^;;]

"It seems we've been discovered," Chain said calmly, a faint light playing through his eyes. "Circuit, begin immediate download of all available files--and activate the download accelerator at its maximum. After that, start a scrambling program to prevent them from identifying our location. Then . . . Why don't we see just what we're up against, ne?" A dull glow emanated from screen of the black device plugged into the computer as the download began. Within seconds, the ruby light projected from the Premier Ball vanished as Porygon fully entered the computer.

The emerald flame in Chain's eyes gained intensity as he began to type commands to his Pokemon. I would have liked to have more time to look over the files myself. But, hopefully I can get them all downloaded before breaking the connection.

"Circuit, bring up a video window of your point of view." A new panel appeared on the screen, displaying a moving image. Chain's eyes widened slightly before his expression transformed into a satisfied smile. Porygon 2--an extremely rare Pokemon. But, being that its Waiwai Inc., I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. "Don't do anything for the moment," Chain commmanded his digital Pokemon. "First, let's see what our enemy will do."

 

[Mika]

(ooc)
??; Sometimes I think there's a divine force keeping me away from this rp.

Rawr. My dad's sick, my mom's sick, my sister's sleep deprived. o_o Guess what that gives Mika no compy time. >.o But I rawred. So I got on. But I'll be like, not here much til tomorow. o_o; Setting up the network today at mah house so I get my own friggen line and I dun gotta ask to get on and rp.....Muwahahahahhahaha....

I'll check the board as much as I can. I shant be absent anymore!

o_o Phsyics sucks. Japanese 2 sucks atm. ~.~ I got a friggen huge test (like a final but not) in a month and I hafta study... alot. So I know teh pain. T~T

(/ooc)

(ic)

There was something about Valen that caused the girl clinging to Rosairie's arm to decling and disapear into the shadows. Something about his mannerisms, his voice, his tone, set off something in her mind that woke up an unpleasent memory or two that she didn't exactly want to remember. She'd opened her mouth to say something but her voice was caught and held tight and though her lips moved, they moved silently. With a timid sigh, she'd disappeared from the group, blending into the shadows as easily as she had come from them.

Her minun had slipped from its ball and clung to Kyoko's shoulders, nuzzling her trainer's neck to try and comfort the girl. She was rewarded with a pat on the head and a ketchup packet but other than that, she was all but ignored. The little mouse's determination couldn't be stopped however and she continued to try and comfort her beloved trainer.

For awhile all she did was walk, trying to snap herself out of a memory that didn't want to be forgotten. In doing so, she'd... well... she'd forgotten to watch where she was going. Thankfully Minna had nudged her away from most obsticals...until she hit the sign that was hanging over the side of the cafe door. The Minun had nudged her away from the door itself but the sign was taller and to be frank, the little one hadn't seen it.

Thwack!

She hit the sign hard, bashing her forehead and sending the minun flying. It rebounded and padded back to the girl's position kneeling on the ground.

"Oh darnit..." she sighed, standing up, her hand still on her head, "Let's just go in."

They wandered inside and after a small bit of whimpering, got a bag of ice and some nice warm green tea. Taking her tea to a table, she sat down, not noticing Rosairie-nee-chan because her head was now throbbing.

Minna, however, noticed the girl right away... and remember the lovely hug she'd recieved. She pattered over, squeaking softly... until she saw something more precious on the table.

A brand new bottle of 100% Ketchup.

Rosairie was forgotten almost instantly as the little one bounded up on the side of the booth that was the least occupied and all that anyone would see would be two little yellow paws reaching up towards the Ketchup bottle oh so slowly.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Aaack! How long has it been since I posted here again? *Checks* Right, over a day. That's too long, really...pfiffle, have to remedy that right away. But...where'd Melissa and BB go? o.O *Sigh* More delays for the tournament I suppose...>.<

Anyways, welcome back, Mika. Yeah, it does look like there's something at work to prevent your posting, much like there seems to be something at work on preventing the RP from moving onwards...

And school's starting for me tommorow too...lovely, just lovely...it probably goes without saying that that will cut into my attendance.

Anyways,

IC:

Now that's more like it... Valen thought. noting that not only Rosairie, whoever came up with such pretentiously complicated names the boy didn't even want to know, but also the little girl who had run up to her which such haste decided to leave, the latter doing so by vanishing into the shadows with a timid squeak, Just like a pathetic little Rattata, scared of her own tail. Valen thought with a certain measure of distaste. It seemed unnatural to him that such weak and helpless creatures should even continue living, wasting the food, water, and air of those who actually had the potential to become something in life. Someone like that would probably not have survived a week at Stonewall Orphanage. No doubt she was mommy's and daddy's little sweetheart, enjoying caring 24/7 ever since day one, never having to fend for herself, or worry wether she would make it through the day. Never have to ponder wether what she saw in front of her on the breakfast table was edible for humans or would end up giving her lethal food poisoning, or whether she had violated some new conduct rule she wasn't even aware of because it had been instated on the very same day and would have to face a severe punishment.

Valen snapped out of his bitter reveries at Avery's comment, noticing that he had absent-mindedly been staring in the direction where the annoying little girl had dissapeared and quickly turning around in irritation. Only two more to go... he thought for himself. It couldn't be too hard to get rid of these last two, could it?

"I second that motion." he replied, The sooner I get away from these people the better... Valen had always disliked being around people, but the problem only seemed to intensify when it was people around his age, or worse yet; younger than him. The boy just couldn't seem to help building up glorious rosy pasts for them all and then envying them for it, and the habit annoyed him. Why should he be envious? He had faced the worst life could throw at him and pulled through it with a sound profit, grown stronger than any of those fools could ever imagine. Why did he find himself wishing that he could trade places, pasts, experiences with those who hadn't? Why did he want to be normal? These were questions he didn't have answers to, and the more he confronted himself with them the more frustrated he grew, and the more frustrated he grew, the more his next opponent would have to suffer. For Valen was not one to waste his rage on pointless tantrums, no, he saved it, hid it away, and channeled it into his fighting, never failing to startle an unsuspecting opponent.

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Meanwhile, Vincent gazed at the display of his opponent on his monitor with a small smirk on his face, "A Porygon, eh?" he thought out loud, "That would explain how he broke through our system. Well, that's as far as he'll go." he took a brief pause contemplating his next move before issuing the command;

"Iris." the security chief said in a clear, authoritan voice, "Transfer all available files from the Public Relations folder into the Reports folder immediately, use whatever applications you can find to speed up the process, then try to scramble up as many of the reports as possible, use the standard code. Our little rat is looking for something to download so let's not dissapoint him..." the man leaned back in his chair, bringing his fingertips together and smiling contentedly. The Public Relations folder contained thousands of advertising leaflets, disclaimers, announcements, and countless other pieces of useless information, enough to hopelessly clog up all but the fastest and most reliable of connections, and what's more, the individual files were fairly small so if his opponent was going for the files in order of download time then he would end up with a scarce selection indeed.

"Oh, and Iris?" he added, "Once you're done, why don't you show our digital friend here the way out? Use Lock On and be ready to hit it with a Zap Cannon at my mark."

 

[Charon]

oocl my keyboard has died, everyone. i'm currently using the on sceen keyboard, its weird xp
this rp must be cursed. lol.
i will see you all soon hopefully!

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Aiyah, I bet school has got its firm grip on all of 'em. >.<

Yibber's gone away, too. ;.;

And you, Alter, you should be glad that you got one more week's worth of sleeping in compared to most people. XD


AND CHARON!!!!! My laptop's keyboard broke a long time ago! I feel your pain, broken keyboards suck!

*huggles Charon*



IC:



Fable sighed, noting that everyone seemed to be ignoring him, but then decided that they were all merely caught up in.. Whatever they were caught up in. Great, now he didn't feel like talking to much of anyone except Avery, and she was pratically tired of talking to him by now, he supposed..

The Sableye quickly swayed back and forth until his feet touched the ground, and he could stand right-side up once more. He had done enough hand stands today anyways, he'd have to do something different later. Once that was done, he quickly closed the remaining distance between Avery and himself, tapping the girl on the shin.

Avery, who had nodded absent-mindedly at Valen's.. Response.. Now looked down at Fable with an expression that simply read 'I'm bored and there's nothing to do.'

{Release someone, Fable commands you.} The Sableye said, abruptly tilting his head when he was done.

"Who.. And why?" Avery replied, still quite bored. At this, the Sableye tilted his head the other way, pondering what he should say. Of course, that only took a few moments.

{Skarka, because she's fun to confuse.} Fable replied, clapping his little paws together. Avery had to surpress a small giggle when his words brought up a certain memory, but nonetheless she decided to grant the Sableye his wish and unclipped one of the Pokeballs that were attached to her belt. In an instant the Pokeball had been opened and a flash of red light burst out, quickly taking the shape of a rather ghoulish thing and revealed it to be a Duskull when the light died down, its one red eye moving about behind that skull mask.

{Ah! I see I have been summoned!} The Duskull cried in a loud voice that resembled that of an opera singer. {And who has the honour of being graced with my wondrous presence?} She continued, observing the nearby strangers with that red eye.

Fable chuckled from his spot on the ground, his brain already thinking up new ways to throw this particular Duskull off her tracks.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Missing RPers, school starts, keyboard breaks...yeah, this RP really is cursed it seems. O.O Plushie...have you been out cursing again? *Remembers the adopter RP*

Anyways, yeah, I suppose you can look at my school start like that, although I did have school longer into December than you guys. Gah, still doesn't change the fact that school starts at 8 AM tommorow...~_~

Sorry to hear about your keyboard Charon, that really sucks. Mine is kinda bad too, and the right arrow key died on me over a month ago, but somehow I've just always forgotten to mention it...dang me and my short memory! >.<

IC:

Valen took a precautionary step backwards as Avery released the Duskull from her pok?ball, instinctively reaching for one of his own in preparation of any possible treachery. The boy was by no means afraid of the ghoul pok?mon however, seeing as how they were standard fare among Team Viper members, and he had, in fact, sometimes contemplated getting one for himself. Even though she was more or less as annoying as the others, with the exception of Rosairie who was in a league of her own, Valen had to admit that Avery had very good taste when it came to pok?mon. This far he had yet to see a single frail and useless species. Granted, Sabelyes weren't exactly the toughest breed around but the fact that no attack seemed to hold a special edge against them more or less compensated for it.

Kachiko, who had been busy observing a funnily shaped cloud in the sky, nearly fell off Krystal's head as she burst of into a hysteric fit of giggles at Skarka's introduction.

{You...you sound j-just like Smell-aagh!} she managed to squeal inbetween the giggles, {You're funny, floating, one-eyed new person!}

Valen stared at the proceedings in silence for a moment before finally speaking up; "Would you mind telling me..." he asked, his normally neutral voice carrying a small hint of curiosity "Why you decided to bring out that pok?mon all of a sudden?"