Ancient Dynasty; A Viper's Promise

[Kogenta]

Despite the silent request that had sounded in his mind, surprise replaced exasperation as Chain's unspoken words received an unexpected response from Valen. After delivering a few phrases that were somehow less aggressive, yet no less direct than usual, Valen left the room. Within moments, Chain's initial surprise faded into relief tinged with gratefulness. And though he could not wholly approve of what Rosairie and Kyoko said afterwards, it was expected enough to prevent him from saying anything in reply.

Opening his eyes to accept the number Kyoko handed him, Chain nodded slightly and shifted his gaze from the pink-haired girl to the piece of paper in his hand. As he folded the paper in half, a thought caused him to return his attention to Kyoko and Rosairie. "Don't get into trouble," the hacker said quietly before the two other trainers left.

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Um.. hello. *wave* Gosh, I feel so bad for not being caught up in this RP. o.o;;

I shall go back and read everything! Even if it takes a while! And I shall do my best to whip up a satisfactory IC as soon as possible! =3


Edit: Grr. I had read everything from page 37 up, and was halfway through this Edit when my laptop decided it would be a fine time to randomly shut down. D:

It turned out to be a problem with the charger.. apparently, it's getting old. When you use it for too long, it stops working, so even if it's connected to an electrical outlet, the laptop doesn't get charged. So, it was basically dying right in front of me, but it didn't display any warnings because it was connected to the charger. -_-;;

*is trying to get over it*

On a side note, 48 happens to be my absolute favorite number! =D



IC:



It wasn't until after Cona had stopped speaking that Avery noticed that people were staring at them. Of course, she probably would have turned and stared, too, if she saw a couple of girls hugging each other on the ground for no apparent reason. With new-found vigor, Avery struggled until she was finally out of Cona's grasp, quickly standing up and brushing imaginary dirt off of her clothes. She tried to avoid eye contact with the multitude of people nearby, who were already taking it upon themselves to hurry away from the awkward scene.

"Um, yes, Cona. We actually managed to get ourselves invited to a fancy celebration of some sort." Avery said. She found herself become worried when she remembered the situation with JJ, courtesy of Cona's questions. "Oh, but we're going to be late if JJ doesn't get back soon. He went back to his room to change, you see."

{Oi, Avery!}

Recognizing Fable's voice, Avery raised her eyebrows to turn toward him.. to find that he had somehow managed to climb up the wall to get near the television screen that JJ had mentioned earlier. Needless to say, said wall was now littered with small dents from the Sableye's claws. And Avery did not feel like paying for property damage, however small. Not with the pressing matter at hand, which was to get to the so-called ceremony.

"Fable, what are you doing to that wall!?" Avery exclaimed, rushing toward the T.V. screen. "Get down from there before one of the nurses sees you and your claw marks!"

Fable just tilted his head.

{Relax, little Avery. If anyone's headed this way, Fable will see them before they see Fable. Just look at what it says on this screen here.} He replied, removing one hand from the wall to point at the T.V. with one claw.

Frowning, Avery decided it was best to just do it. She raised her eyebrows--at the top of the screen was a bold title--Memorial Battle Tournament Results--Top Eight Contestants. Below it, the eight names were scrolling continuously, including hers, JJ's, and Cona's. But at the very bottom of the screen, there was more text that remained in one spot, just like the title. Tournament winners are requested to attend the celebration ceremony at Waiwai Inc. Headquarters, to take place at ten o'clock.

Avery frowned, again. Now she knew where and when the ceremony was taking place, but there wasn't a clock in sight. How was she supposed to know if they were late or not?

{Isn't it uncanny?} Fable said suddenly, grinning widely. Avery gave him a 'what?' look. The imp ignored her clueless expression, keeping his grin up. {You know, how we met all of the winners yesterday?}

Avery blinked. "What are you talking about? We did meet JJ and Cona yesterday while the tournament was going on, and stuck with them afterwards, but we didn't meet anybody on this list."

It was Fable's turn to blink.

{Are you saying that you entirely forgot two-thirds of what you did yesterday?}

Avery stared at the Dark-type. Sure, her memory was kind of fuzzy, but that was probably just because the day before had been entirely overwhelming. It wasn't like she had somehow gotten all of her memories erased. What were the chances of that happening?

Avery did not reply to Fable's ridiculous question. She had a lot more things to worry about, like what time the ceremony was and whether or not they would make it in time. She turned back toward Cona then, glancing back toward the direction JJ had headed off in before speaking to her.

"Well.. this screen that Fable showed me says that the ceremony is at Waiwai Inc. Ten o'clock. But I don't see a clock anywhere.. do you have the time?"

 

[Charon]

Rosairie watched blankly as Kyoko busied herself, acting sweet and cute once more. She latched on to Rosairie's wrist and dragged her straight out of the room, past Valen, who Rosairie's eyes seemed to skirt right past.

"Where to go...?" she replied, not really believng at all what was happening, "I... I..." she didn't know. She wanted to shop. She wanted to spend money. She wanted to look in a mirror and seee herself in something beautiful and feel that everything was okay. They didn't have time for retail therapy, though. She waited until the were around the corner, away from the others, before she pulled Kyoko back and pressed her mouth to the other girl's ear. "Kyoko," she whispered, so quietly only her friend would hear, "I want to explore this place. I think... I think I might be able to find out what happened to Si if I look hard enough."

{ooc| Is this is okay, Alter? If not, no worries, I'll edit. Then Ro can go shopping... *loves shopping*}

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Nyah, actually that works great, Charon. This way I can have a certain NPC speak his piece without Valen stealing the show like usual. Heh, it just seems a bit too implausible for him to run into all of the weirdos, no? Too bad about her shopping possibilities, though, eh? ^_~

That aside, nice to see you posting around here again, Plushie. Now if we could just pull Yibber over here, not to mention getting Melissa back (Say...where is she anyway? I haven't seen her around here for ages. o.O) we might actually start making some progress again. Since BB is probably still busy with other concerns, I'll just kind of shuttle JJ onward as discreetly as I can. There is a plan, my dear RPers, there is a plan. *Laughs manically* >D Now all I've got to do is check up on it again to make sure I get it right. xD

IC:

'Why don't you try out of the window or down the elevator shaft?' Valen thought resentfully at the sound of the piercing falsetto that was Kyoko's voice, not bothering to voice that particular opinion out loud as he proceeded to discreetly position himself as far from the annoying duo as possible as quickly as possible. This did not prevent him from overhearing Rosairie's comment, however.

'Oh, what an absolutely lovely idea...' he thought for himself, casting a sideward glance at the girl duo as a small smirk spread across his face, '...go out on a merry little exploration trip in the big bad corporation's headquarters. Tempt the wrath of foes you don't even know and rot in jail...' he shrugged indiferently, 'Just see if I care..'

He walked a bit further away, partially to avoid any possible comments from Rosairie and Kyoko and partly to clearly mark his distance from him and whatever trouble they were heading into.

 

[Mika]

-OoC-

I LIVE

;-; Sorry sorry. I'm in a humungoly hard AP Lang and Comp class with a paper-happy teacher. She failed me because I wrote a paper about Roleplaying's Uses in the Classroom and I directed it at Video Game Geeks and RP Addictties and since she couldn't understand it, she failed me. D< Failed my six page paper because my "audience" did not include her.

So I had to rewrite it. xx; and pray to god I didn't fail the term.

=D! PLUSHIE Plushie PLUSHIE -pounce-

;; Mika missed your fishie. -nodnod-

Welcome back. <333



-IC-

She tilted her head lightly, "You mean go look downstairs? But- Chain said- Chain said not to get into trouble!" She squeezed her hands together tightly, "Nee-chan... I'll do it if you promise I won't get in trouble. I, I wish I wasn't saying this, but, Valen made me see something. He made me see that I can't go back to the GP place. They already know I can escape so they'll make sure I can't and I do not want that to happen again; I can't let that happen again; I want to stay in the free world, not at home on my parent's display." She hissed lightly at the thought, "So if you can promise that that won't happen, I'll go with you."

Her body sagging at the effort required to do what she'd done, Kyoko grappled onto Rose's arm, "Sorry... I don't mean to be so weak. It... just happens I guess." Sighing lightly, she nuzzled the arm in her posession and pointed onward, "Let's go... but..." Tilting her head lightly, she looked up at Rosairie, "We need a way to get back really fast..."

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Thankies, Mika~! ^o^ *likes hugs/pouncing*

I really only posted just to say that. xD And also to say that I shall track down Yibber, so Alter dun have to worry about that. 'Cause she's a nice sister. Like, the sister I never had. And yeah, Melissa hasn't been around in a while (although not as embarassingly long as me xD).. still, I hope everything's okay with her. o.o;;

On a side note.. Mika, your avatar is the ABSOLUTE PWNAGE. =DDDDD


*will go away now and stop posting pure OOCs*

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Nyah, thanks Plushie. Guess that's one missing RPer I won't have to worry about at the moment. ^^ Oh, and that sucks about your failed paper, Mika. Hope your new one works well. ^^

Anyways, ominous foreshadowing time.

IC:

Shuffle.

The somewhat thin and abnormally pale lips curled up slightly in contentment, long, nimble fingers moving in a complicated series of motions as they reorganized the the cards spread out across the table, their identical backs moving around in an almost eerily smooth manner with only the faintest of rustles giving away their motion. He knew that this process was pointless, that it wouldn't impact the end result in the least, but there were certain rules to this art which one had to follow.

Shuffle.

"Sir?"

The man's gaze shifted ever so slightly to identify the person who had entered while the hands continued their work as if nothing had happened.

"Yes, Vincent?" perhaps it was just the executive's imagination, but Slythe's voice sounded far more detached and serene than what was normal to him and the fact that there was but a single little lamp illuminating the room didn't exactly ease the sensation, casting peculiar shadows across the pale bussinesman's features as it did. Still, Vincent reminded himself, making people feel uneasy was what Slythe was all about, no doubt this was just some new technique that the Viper leader wanted to try out before meeting his guests.

"The time for the ceremony is now, but only five of our guests have arrived. Should we proceed without them?"

"No." Slythe replied airily, continuing to shuffle the cards as he did so, "Let them wait for a bit, I want everyone to be present."

Vincent nodded, "Understood." he replied, "I'll dispatch a few men to-"

"That won't be necessary." Slythe replied, briefly lifting up a hand to silence the executive, "They are on their way here as we speak. I can sense it."

Shuffle.

The executive raised an eyebrow, "Sense it?" he echoed taking care not to make his scepticism too open, "With all due respect, sir-"

"Did I say sense?" Slythe replied, "I meant to say that I recieved an observer report on them. My apologies, I have a lot on my mind."

'My apologies?' Vincent had serious trouble masking his shock at this, when Slythe apologized to his employees about anything something was definitely wrong.

"Sir?" he asked, "Are you feeling quite allright?"

"Never better." the Viper executive replied, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have certain matters to attend to before the ceremony begins."

"But sir-" Vincent insisted, "I need to tell you about one of our contestants, Kyoko, she's-"

"I'm certain that you'll have covered that quite well in the report you sent me earlier." Slythe interrupted, "And when I asked you to excuse me, I meant to say that you are dismissed. Return to your duties."

"I-" Vincent began, but then thought the better of it, bowing curtly, "Yes, sir. I'll keep you informed."

"I'm sure you will..." Slythe replied, barely sparing a glance in Vincent's direction as the executive backed out of the room, closing the door behind him.

"Keep me informed..." the Viper executive laughed quietly for himself. It was a hollow, eerie laugh that spread across the room, lingering there barely noticeable, like the faint remnants of a lethal gas, as he spread out the cards across the table, carefully selecting eight of them and placing them in front of him.

The faint smile returned, "...I already know precisely what's going on..."

And sure enough, he could tell every card before he even flipped them face up, quietly naming them as he flipped them up in order, his smile growing slightly wider at each correct prediction.

"The Empress, the Strength, the Moon, the Star, the Hermit, the Fool, the Chariot and of course..." he was almost grinning from ear to ear at the last card, "...the Hanged Man. All the pieces are coming together, and soon..." he reached out his right hand complacently, selecting one more card from the pile and placing it in front of the others, "The wheel of fate turns..."

OOC: Ohh...ominous. ^^ Of course, those tarots all have significance (Like I would ever make a random pick xO). Basically, I went and did some quick research on tarots and their associations and paired each character with the tarot that matches them best:

The Empress - A symbol material wealth and beauty as well as maternality. This one I thought was a pretty obvious Rosairie, especially with the way she's looking out for Kyoko and Silence.

The Strength - This one I was a bit less sure about, but it did mention survival and moderation in attitude towards pain and danger (I.e. Neither trying to avoid it at all costs nor actively seeking it), as well as a gentle side, so I figured Reina.

The Moon - A symbol of - among many other things - inner conflict, deception and unrealistic ideas. I actually had two characters in mind for this one, but in the end I picked Kyoko, mainly because she was so hard to fit into any of the others. xP

The Star - I think this one was the most glaringly obvious choice, the star is a symbol of hope and optimism, so I immediately thought Avery. Besides, she's even got stars on her outfit. ^^

The Hermit - Nyah, not a hard connection to make when you know what the tarots are about here. The Hermit represents deep understanding and perceptiveness, but also silence and reclusiveness. For those who didn't guess it yet, that would be Chain.

The Fool - Ahh...I couldn't resist this one. The fool represents inexperience, adventure, spontaneity and lack of understanding concerning consequences so I immediately figured Cona, what with her spacing out and ranting about random things every five minutes or so. ^^

The Chariot - A symbol of courage, honor and striving for success and recognition, but also impulsivity and anxiety. For those who didn't figure it out, this one would be our JJ.

And last but not least...

The Hanged Man - Symbolizes indiference and lack of freedom, but can also be a change of perspective. Not perhaps quite as neat a fit as the Moon would have been, but I still think it's a pretty recognizable Valen.

The wheel of fate tarot should be pretty self-explanatory, but basically it means the coming of a significant event, be it good or bad. For those of you who read all of these: good on you; for those of you who didn't: I'll have you know that I'm deeply hurt by such indifference. Oh, and if you disagree with the tarot I handed your character, feel free to suggest a different one and I'll make the switch. ^^

 

[Charon]

{ooc| Great choices, Alter. Suits Rosairie down to a tee.
Whay, I'm off to look at my college tonight.}

Rosairie peered down the hallway, then turned back to Mika.
"I don't have any ideas for a quick escape route, but.... " she leant over and hugged her friend, "If those darned GPs come looking around I'll hide you. I'll even fight 'em off for you." She took a step back, clasping Kyoko's hands tightly in her own. "We probably haven't got long util that ceramony starts. Shall we have a look around?"

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-

Hello!XD

Sorries for mysteriously vanishing, school activities + studying + shoe polishing = No more Yibber, as I have explained to Plushie. Thankfully, the activity for today was suddenly canceled. Yey! =D

I'm free for a bit, hopefully. ^^;;

And, niah, the Fool describes Cona perfectly, nice choice Titan. X3

Have fun at teh college, Charon! ^^


Ic-


"We got top placings..."Cona barely heard Avery's voice, she had blocked out most things. Still caught up with the new discoveries, along with the conspiracies that followed it. The girl took no notice to the looks people shot her and her friend. She was oblivious to them.

One thought claimed priority in her mind - Tell Kuner and Krystal

She briefly caught a few phrases from Avery, about JJ, a changing room and of nurses and their claw marks. Then, a short conversation between trainer and Sableye.

"-We did meet JJ and Cona yesterday while the tournament was going on, and stuck with them afterwards, but we didn't meet anybody on the list."

Cona raised an eyebrow, not bothering to ask who the winners were. Rather, just trying to remember who she was with yesterday. She met a red-haired girl actually, two other girls as well, one with wavy hair, the other was a tad short. Some guy with green and golden eyes, and... the last boy. Yes, he had something to do with a cheese conspiracy. She couldn't recall it well, it wasn't clear because of her previous headache. But she had met some awfully strange people. She knocked her head lightly with one hand before rubbing her temples. The only thing she could confirm was sticking close to JJ and Avery after the competition.

She supposed the names of the other five would return to her in a bit, the amnesia liquid aliens used never really was of good quality.

"-the ceremony is at Waiwai Inc. Ten o' clock. But I don't see a clock anywhere.. do you have the time?"

It took Cona a few moments to realize that Avery was talking to her. The girl immediately raised her left hand and stared at her empty, watch-less wrist.

"... Nope.. But, we're at the Pokemon Center, aren't we? There's bound to be a clock at the counter!"the trainer said, starting to reach for the girl's wrist with one hand. She stopped midway, as something struck her.

"I don't know which way's the counter though,"she admitted, the memory of wandering around before finding Avery replaying, she let her arm fall back to it's original position by her side.

She couldn't lead them any-which-way she wanted this time, they had to get Kuner, Krystal, JJ and reach the Waiwai Inc. building without getting caught by the aliens or agents sent by conspiracies. All before ten o' clock.

Yup, easy.


OOc-

Apparently, the mouse likes it when it doesn't allow me to copy and paste the post, I spent 10 minutes trying to get the thing to copy then I accidentally logged out. DDDX

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Yay~! Yibber's back early! ^_^

And Titan's use of tarot cards has given this fine RP approximately 467 pwnage points! =D

As well as advertisements for tarot card readers along the top and bottom of the page. xD


IC:


Avery sweat-dropped slightly when she realized that none of them had a watch. Not only that, but neither she nor Cona knew which way the counter was. And on top of that, there was still no sign of JJ. Avery frowned, listening to the pitter-patter of Fable's claws against the marble floor as he caught up with them. It was then that Avery realized something..

Hey.. why is it that I have Fable, but Cona does not seem to have any of her Pokemon? Avery shook the thought away. I'll think about that later! Right now we have to get the Pokemon we don't have and make it to the ceremony on time. I'm not sure about JJ..

Lifting her hands up, Avery locked eyes with Cona. "Okay, don't panic." She said, even though Cona was clearly not panicking. "First, let's get to the counter. I don't think JJ is going to be coming any time soon. Although I don't know where to start looking for the counter."

Approximately two seconds passed. That's when Avery noticed that Fable had stopped listening to their conversation and had started scurrying away. She grimaced when it became clear that Fable was headed toward a particularly helpless-looking Pidgey, much un-like Kuner, near the feet of its Trainer, a young boy with brown hair.

{You there!} Fable suddenly shouted, eyeing the Pidgey. {Where is the counter of healing?} Instantly, the Pidgey's eyes popped out as if he had seen.. well, quite literally, a ghost. And soon afterwards, the eyes of its Trainer followed.

{Ghost~!}
"Ghost~!"

In unison, the Pidgey and brown-haired boy screamed, the Pidgey fluttering up into the Trainer's arms.

"Memories! They haunt me!"

And with that, the boy with his Pidgey ran off, attracting much attention from the already growing crowd in the hallway.

{Well, I tried.} Fable said, shrugging toward Avery, who had already slapped a hand to her forehead. {Does anybody have any better ideas?}

"Right. Come on, Cona! Fable!" Avery exclaimed, moving off in the direction that the Pidgey Trainer had fled. She figured that the poor boy had made a run for the exit, which was pretty much close to the counter where Nurse Joy would be.

Finally, we have a chance at making progress.

 

[Mika]

-OoC-

D: -whineflail-

I apologize for my lack of postying. ;.; I dragged my poor father around town for a full like, two hours trying to find a libary with INTERNET ACCESS that I can use (Out of state makes it tricky. e-e) and we found one. <3

Yoohoo ^^

Aww Alter. ;-; if you need the Moon that much, I can switchyswitchy. -doesn't wanna make Alter sad- D:

Also, Alter, post in Drache please. D: if you're waiting for Kaiyo, dat's fine but I'm waiting on j00~


-IC-

"..." She stayed silent for awhile, shaking her head firmly, "No. Chain... said not to get into trouble... and I don't want to give Valen any more reason to treat me like a billigerant child. If they don't shove us into some stupid stuffy confrence room and just accidentally lock us in, we can go after the ceremony." Scoffing lightly, she took her adoptive sister by the wrist, dragging her inward, pushed her lightly into a chair and claimed the one next to her, her head snuggling quickly into the girl's shoulder. She wasn't going to admit it but all she really wanted was a nap. A nice. Long. Nap. All of this critical thinking had given her one hell of a headache and it was quickly changing her mood, her personality along with it.

So what if she had more personalities than her index, pinkie and ring fingers combined? Why should that bother her? It's not like any one of them wasn't her. In some way, they all were. She'd been switching from cute to sarcastic to infantile to mature-beyond-her-years for so long now that, well, she'd forgotten which one she'd started with. But she couldn't tell anybody this, this was a secret. If anybody found out, it would most likely be her sister... but maybe not even then. She wasn't sure she even wanted to tell Rose.

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-

Wow, Mika. XD

The libraries here don't give us internet connection, or at least, access to any site other than their own and possibly a few other government sites... as far as I know. They don't like people going over and playing games on their computers. XD


Ic-


Cona raised an eyebrow as Avery told her not to panic, as far as she knew, she wasn't giving off any signs of the sort. She nodded anyway, ducking behind the girl as Fable walked up to a boy and his Pidgey, clearly distinguishable from her own Kuner due to the absence of ruffled feathers and stern gaze.

As the two strangers shouted out in terror, Cona couldn't help but mumble to herself as she looked over Avery's shoulder, ".... Clearly, they are spies from an evil organisation that have been sent to spy on us for reasons unknown...". Why else would they be running off in the first place? It was unlikely(to her) that they really were terrified of a Sableye. She paid no heed to the stares the various people among the crowd shot her. Instead, the girl straightened her posture and joined Avery and her Sableye in their chase.

"Before we catch and pry the truth from the spies, I need to take my Marshtomp and Pidgey back from the nurse at the counter."she added as they ran after the fleeing boy and his Pokemon.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: A moment of your time ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement to make:

Ahem! *Clears throat*

I FRIGGEN' HATE THE PALACE MAVEN!!! >_________<​

I was one single friggen' turn away from beating that Evasion-loving, OHKO-using cheapie (I had his last pokémon on a well-developed Toxic) and then he got lucky with Horn Drill (His very last Horn Drill to be precise <<) and KOed my Snorlax! Urgh, it's at moments like these that I feel like strangling a game designer, preferably the one that came up with Double Team and OHKO moves. Now I have to go through those random evasion haxers all over again with my pokémon being all "incapable of using its power"...T___T

That aside, I did kick Tucker's powdered fairy buttock in the Battle Dome, so yey for that. ^^ And...I don't really have much to IC on at the moment, just needed to went my frustration somewhere, I guess. xD As for Drache...well, I was waiting for Chibi-chan to post, actually. (Since Sem would kind of prefer to her Kaiyo's opinion on everything before uttering his own) but since she's been a no-show I'll try to write up an IC for it now. ^^

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

..'tis okay, Alter. One day you're gonna rule the world anyway. x3

As for libraries, I only go to the one at school, and that's only when I have to, because practically every site that doesn't end in ".gov" is blocked by Websense. Very annoying. And they don't have any good Fantasy novels.

;.; <---- sad Plushie

But this RP is much better than a fantasy novel anyway. By the by, did any of you Showgan folk catch that cameo? xD


IC:


Fable's ear twitched slightly. That Cona girl was talking under her breath again, and from what he could hear it was something about spies. Shrugging it off, the little Sableye quickly began scurrying along the floor again so as to keep up with Avery, who had already begun weaving through the crowd that the Pidgey Trainer had passed through.

Avery barely heard Cona's statement about picking up her Pokemon, on account of all the laughter and bits of conversation floating through the air, but nonetheless, she turned back and nodded to her to acknowledge that she understood. Turning forward again, her vision seemed to blur as she went forward into the crowd.

Voices, Pokemon, billboards, ceiling fans..

Everything was noisy and chaotic. Avery could only hope that Cona had not lost her. Or rather, that she had not lost track of Cona. And it was for a long while that she kept walking, listening to everything and anything and the familiar sound of Fable's footsteps behind her, until finally the crowd lessened and Avery found herself in the Pokemon Center's main lobby, the counter to the left, and the exit to the right.

And from far away, beyond the exit, came a scream of terror..

"The ghosts are everywhere~!"
{Memories~!}

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-

Oh my Feebas... I spent the half an hour typing a post out. And what do you know when I want to make the final adjustments- I press backspace and it goes back one freakin' page. GAH!! O_O

Now, to repeat every single thing I wrote--- ;.;

Plushie is right Titan. XD But it is good to vent frustrations sometimes. GAH.

And, I haven't played my Emerald recently, but I can never beat Tucker(gahh, Salamence pisses me off as much as ebil keyboard) and Brandon. I suck at the Battle Factory to boot. XD

And yes, the secret spy and his spy Pidgey did remind me of someone. XD


IC-


Cona could not comprehend the sudden horde of people blocking her view, the alarming number of trainers seemed to take her by surprise - Either that, or she couldn't notice the crowd that had gathered behind her and Avery. She struggled to keep up with her friend, side stepping people who obstructed her, managing a quick 'sorry' or two when she bumped into anyone. To keep track of Avery and her Sableye in such a crowd would have been a hard task. Would. Thankfully for Cona, her eyes were sharp enough to spot faint stars making turns and weaving through the crowd a few feet in front. The only trouble was maintaining them in her line of sight.

The girl held her hat into place as the people in the crowd decreased in number and allowed her to enter to lobby soon after Avery. She narrowed her eyes at the sound of the boy and his Pidgey's screams from beyond the door of the Center. ".... Darn, they got away."she sounded more disappointed than angry.

"Oh, wait here, I'll go and fetch my Pokemon,"she told the girl, spotting the counter to her left and approaching one nurse who didn't have anything to attend to.


--


"Um, I left my Pokemon here yesterday, a Pidgey and a Marshtomp. They.. should be fully healed by now, right?"Cona asked once the usual chirpy morning greeting had passed. How they trained the nurses to be peppy all the time, it seemed to puzzle the girl very much.

"Oh, yes! I remember..."she nodded her head once and tucked the lose strands of short blonde hair behind her ear, checking a small clipboard located on the desk beside her. "Please wait here while I go and fetch them,"the nurse held her hands neatly in front of her uniform, and walked into the back room.

Cona leaned against counter, thoughts of brain washing and cloning taking shape in her mind. Which, actually did seem possible. The fact that all Nurse Joys looked alike had always struck her as a mystery. Her eyes darted to either side of her, as if expecting something unexpected to happen.

A few more seconds passed before the nurse reappeared again, this time, holding a tray in her hands. On it, two pokeballs sat, though most could barely notice that they were rolling back and forth on the metal tray. She held the spheres out for Cona to receive,"They must really miss you, been restless all night."the girl replied with a small smile, saying 'thank you' before proceeding to return to Avery.

"Also, congrats on entering the top eight finalists! Though, I'm not too sure whether you'll be able to make it on time. I was sure.. I placed a clock somwhere around here..."it looked like the nurse had made an effort to remember the faces of the winners of the tournament. A thoughtful look replaced the smile she wore, before she decided to check the time on the computer placed next to her.

--

Once she was beside Avery again, Cona made no hesitation to release her Pokemon. Krystal appeared first, shaking his head and sniffing the air to adjust to his surrondings. The first thing he spotted was Fable, to whom he happily said, {Hi! I remember you! You asked something about... cuckoo clocks!}not expecting a reply, he quickly embraced his trainer's pant leg with much enthusiasm. {Cona, Cona, Cona! Hi, Cona!!}

After that, did a Pidgey materialise in a flash of red light, blinking a couple of times before flying up to his owner's shoulder, claiming his usual perch as a look of agitation crossed his face. He refused to admit being worried for Cona since the night before.

{Bah, I take care of you young'ins' and all I get in return is a night with the nurses.}he grumbled, ruffling his feathers and allowing himself to look dignified. His unusual speak pattern from yesterday was gone, reverting back to sounding very much like an old geezer.

"Okay, everything's set now. We only have JJ and the time to worry about."Cona spoke once the bird was done saying his piece.

"The nurse at the counter told me she put a clock up on the wall..."the girl glanced around for the time.

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Psst! Yibber! You should show everyone the wonderful-y piccie you drew! Because you draw so nicely and it would certainly earn lots of smiles. :3

And I was hoping that I'd get the chance to write an accompanying IC, but unfortunately, my mother just demanded that I get off RIGHT NOW. >.<

I'll come back ASAP.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Nyah, piccie? Did someone say piccie? *Foams at the mouth like a rabid junkie* Yes, please show whatever artwork you're hiding from us, Yibber. Your art always makes people happy. ^_^

But...you can't beat Brandon? Come now, where's your Swampert, girl? xO Hydro Pump (Or even Surf) handles Regirock, and Earthquake takes care of the other two regis. A Swampert is the perfect Regi pwner. I should know, I just beat that guy today, along with Greta, Annabel, and Noland. Nyuk, nyuk. Now if I could only get that stupid spirit symbol I'd have all the silver ones, which would mean a free, rare berry from Scott. ^^ I was so close to getting my gold match in the Battle Factory too, but then I ended up with a lethal combination of really sucky pokémon selection and shameless crithaxing which led to my (Narrow) loss two matches away from Noland. *Grumbles* It's not fair...<.<

That aside, I did catch your reference, Plushie...and I do believe that a certain ghost type would be glad to hear that her reputation lives on even in this distant RP. xD

Anywho...could you stop fussing about the klock and get your characters somewhere where I could cause an NPC-initiated scene? *Is itching to get an IC done* I can't type anything if no-one plays with me. ;__;

 

[Kogenta]

[OOC: Chain has not done anything for a while, so I will move him. It would be ironic if Chain found an unfavorable situation after telling Kyoko and Rosairie to stay out of trouble. ^-^;;

Also, the Hermit is quite fitting for Chain. ^-^ Though your post originally had The Prophet listed, I think . . . ]

Over the dim hum that filled the room like an unseen, audible mist, came a series of soft beeps--awkwardly clear against their blurred backdrop. Without a word, Chain drew his Pokenav out of his pocket and straightened. Using the side of one hand, Chain brushed his bangs away from his eyes as they opened. The hacker then glanced at Reina, stating briefly, "I need to take a call. I'll be back." Whatever devices are hidden in this room, I'd prefer they not see or hear this.

Pokenav still in hand, Chain made his way to the door and tested the latch, noting that it turned fully and easily. Whatever Valen did earlier seems to have left the lock open for the moment. Exiting the room with little further thought, Chain closed the door behind himself and started down the passage while looking for a side hall to enter. Only once he had arrived at the elevator did Chain find a sufficiently empty hall that apparently lacked surveillance equipment--though appearances could little be trusted in such a situation.

Leaning against one of the walls, as was his custom, Chain snapped his Pokenav open and looked at the caller ID displayed on the screen. What the trainer expected was an alert from Circuit, but what he saw was a name he had not seen or heard in months. After a moment of stillness, Chain pressed a button to indicate he would accept the call. Lifting the device to his ear, Chain waited in silence for the caller to speak the first word.

"Hello?"

"So it really was you," Chain replied in his normal, calm tone, his voice only slightly more distant than usual.

"Not a very warm greeting for someone you haven't talked to in so long," came the voice, a note deeper than Chain's and at the moment carrying an aura of amusement.

"Why are you calling?"

"Does a father need a reason to call his son?"

"You've always had reasons for everything you do."

"That sounded almost like an accusation--but I'll let it slide. I mean, either way, it takes one to know one, right?"

Chain was silent.

"Still so cold, eh? I don't think we're quite as estranged as you seem to think of us being. Besides, you were the one who disappeared those years ago. And it's pretty hard to contact you when you don't want to be found."

"I acknowledge that. But I ask again, why are you calling?"

"Well, I would say I called to 'breach the gap', get to know you better, heal our 'father-and-son' relationship, or some such cheery lie, but you wouldn't believe me anyway. To be direct, I'm calling about your Porygon."

". . ."

Unperturbed by the lack of response, Chain's father continued, "If you'll recall, the last time we talked, you were asking me about a program you were working on for him. A program that would increase Circuit's learning capabilities, teach him to draw conclusions from previously-gathered facts, and allow him to process more quickly--maybe even allow him to act alone."

"Yes."

"I suggested you just evolve him into a Porygon 2 which, I might add, almost ended our conversation for reasons still unknown to me. Well anyway, I've been thinking about the ideas you told me, and fooling around with programs of my own."

". . . And?"

"And I came up with something. Tell me, have you added the program to Porygon yet?"

"I haven't completed a satisfactory final version, so I've only made lesser updates."

"I see . . . Well, if you're willing, I'll take a look at the program you have so far and see if I can fit it with the code I've been working on. Of course, you can make any changes to my changes that you want, or not use my program at all. How about it?"

"Why the offer?"

"Why the offer? Why the suspicion? Whatever our relationship may be, I haven't lost my interest in Pokemon research or the concept of digital Pokemon. And though I know you'd rather I not refer to your 'Circuit' this way, I'll admit that I find him to be an interesting specimen. Like I said before, once you see the code, you're perfectly welcome not to use it. So what've you got to lose?"

Everything. I've enough confidence in your programming skills to know you could create a virus that would initiate whether I would have the program activate or not. However . . . "Alright," Chain agreed, removing a data attachment from beneath his jacket and plugging it directly into a port on the side of his customized Pokenav. He began the file transfer. However, even if the timing seems too convenient, I need Circuit to be as good as he can be. Under normal circumstances, getting those files from WaiWai Inc. open would take days or maybe even weeks. I don't have that long. So I'll take what I can get.

As the file transfer completed, Chain's eyes turned downward like golden lights hiding their inherent gleam. The hacker hesitated a moment before speaking. "Thank you . . . And by the way, the incident that happened--I never blamed you for giving me--"

"I know. Though it would be better if you didn't blame yourself either. I'll call you back once I'm done, alright? Bye."

"Bye."

Click.

 

[Random Plushie]

Anywho...could you stop fussing about the clock and get your characters somewhere where I could cause an NPC-initiated scene? *Is itching to get an IC done* I can't type anything if no-one plays with me. ;__;

OOC:

Actually, I was going to get them moving in my next IC, it's just that I didn't get the chance to post after my mom kicked me off, y'know? Don't worry, though, I would've said the same thing if I were you.


IC:


For a second, it seemed that Cona had vanished into the crowd. Avery glanced down at Fable for a second, just to make sure he was there. Of course, it was pretty much a given that he'd be there, near her feet--Fable was always quick enough to avoid getting stepped on, and what with his vision being so sharp, there was no way that he could have gotten lost among the throngs of people.

".... Darn, they got away."

At the sound of Cona's voice, Avery heaved a sigh of relief. She turned slowly toward the other girl, about to express the joy she felt in having finally found the exit, when Cona said something about retrieving her Pokemon, and ran off.

Well, hopefully it won't take too long.. Avery sighed again, smoothing her bangs away from her eyes. Hearing Fable's footsteps start up again, Avery glanced toward the imp and started following him with her eyes. Really, all she needed was for him to cause trouble.. but luckily, he came to a halt at a muddy footprint that someone had left on the floor. Needless to say, Fable instantly began picking through it in search of stray rocks that he could snack on.

Come to think of my Pokemon.. Avery looked away from Fable and at her belt, where her Pokeballs where clipped as they always were. The girl pursed her lips together as her pondering deepened. Okay, there's something wrong here. I could have sworn that I had also left my Pokemon with the nurse..

Avery froze.

Suddenly, nothing was making sense. All of her Pokemon with her, although she remembered leaving them with the nurse the day before. Fable was sure that she had met five people during the tournament, even though they were complete strangers to her.

Avery locked her gaze on the Pokeballs, narrowing her eyes.

Had she really forgotten two-thirds of what she had done on the day of the tournament? Breaking her gaze away from her Pokeballs, Avery looked toward Fable, remembering their earlier conversation near the T.V.

Something was wrong.

But she didn't even know.. if she was worrying over nothing.. right?

"The nurse at the counter told me she put a clock up on the wall..."

Avery snapped her head toward Cona, and became aware of their predicament once more. Looking toward the walls, Avery scanned them until she saw a clock, partially hidden behind the leaves of a tall plant. Tilting her head, Avery could barely make out the time..

10:18 AM.

"We're late!" Avery shrieked. Instantly, the worry she had felt just moments ago dissolved, and a whole new worry over the current time replaced it. All she could think about was making it to the ceremony, and as soon as possible. Looking back toward Cona, Avery tried to form her panic into words. "Cona, we have to get a move on right now. We can't keep anyone waiting!"

Frowning with frustration, Avery turned toward her Sableye. "Fable!"

At the sound of his name, Fable's ears seemed to perk up. Abandoning the muddy footprint, he crawled across the floor, rushing toward Avery, and sprang into her arms once he had come close enough.

"C'mon, let's go!" Avery exclaimed, nodding at Cona, and her Pokemon. She paused briefly, allowing Fable to crawl up to her shoulder. Then, hoping that Cona would see her point and follow, she did an about-face and hastily began darting toward the exit, maneuvering around anyone who was in her way.

Ugh.. all this time we were late, and all we've done is dilly-dally in the Pokemon Center..

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-

Wah, they made us go back to the rifle range for more practice yesterday. It was 4 hours long and everyone only had abou' half an hour to shoot since half of the shooting lanes were booked and we only had eight lanes to divide among 40 people... yes..
Yibber's group was the first, yes, though I'm not very good at it. XP For the next 3 hours we went to bowl at the conveniantly placed bowling place one floor under the shooting range. e.e I kept getting gutter balls tho.XD Tis' the curse of the left handed people and the lane(or maybe it's because I'm not that good, but me and another lefthanded guy tied with equally low points. Then in the second game he managed two strikes... strange. XD). And now, I have no more money... XD

*posts a link* Avery and Cona with their main pokemon! Not the best, but I like Avery's shoes. =D

I'm planning to enter this month's Artstravaganza.. it being Christmas and all. Might post up my entry later. It's nearly done, though I shall be spending the coming weeks to color it. XD


IC-


Cona's eyes lingered over the clock behind the plant, squinting as she looked past the leaves and saw the time for herself. 10:18am. The girl frowned, finding it hard to accept that it was already that late. She scratched her head as Avery suddenly shrieked about being late, causing her to wince. The Pidgey on her shoulder flinched while the Marshtomp at her feet shot the girl confused look.

"Cona, we have to get a move on right now. We can't keep anyone waiting!"

The trainer nodded at Avery's words, after all, it was rather rude to keep someone waiting.

{Late? Late for what? Jus' cause I'ma old don't mean y'can keep secrets from me!}Kuner squawked loudly, demanding an explanation as Fable tore himself away from what looked like a footprint to return to Avery's side.

"We need to get to this meeting for all the winners of the tournament,"Cona told the complaining bird, causing him to quiet down as the news reached his hearing. The Pidgey opened his beak to say something, but nothing came out, he was far too stunned for words at the moment.

{Oh wow! That's the greatest, Cona! Did any of our friends win too?}Krystal plastered a wide smile across his face as Fable clambered onto Avery's shoulder.

"I'll tell you later."the girl directed the statement to her Marshtomp as her friend turned around and began running towards the exit. Cona started after them with her Pidgey clinging onto her shoulder. Behind her, Krys followed with ample speed as they passed the doors of the Pokemon Center, avoiding any collisions with strangers. Once again, Cona relied on Avery's vest to keep track of her.