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Late again, Radian? From the depths of the dark abyss Radian's consciousness had fell into when she drifted off to sleep, came a sparkling, chipper voice strangely resembling the sound of a babbling brook. Radian's conscious mind arose from whatever dreamworld illusion her subconscious mind had been spinning, and halfway awoke, finding herself strangely caught between the two worlds. As the voice penetrated Radian's sleeping conscious mind, she found herself standing on all fours in a peculiar place she had never recalled seeing.
I thought you could only dream up what you've seen before.. Radian mused, as she soon found that she was ankle-deep in the purest, clearest water she had ever seen before in her life. The area surrounding her was shrouded in a heavy mist, and though Radian realized at this point that she was dreaming, she could've sworn that she felt the cold moisture clinging to her fur. Shaking her shaggy coat out, Radian looked around in a daze, searching for the owner to the voice that had playfully called out to her. After a few moments of simply just standing in the water, Radian noticed that the mist had begun to clear, and a few crumbling marble remains of what once appeared to be a glorious building were visable in the water. Radian then realized that she was standing in the middle of a sacred shrine, or at least what was once one. A small, flitting shadow appeared just behind the veil of mist, and Radian couldn't help but feel that the figure was disguising itself on purpose.
"Were you the one who spoke to me?!" Radian called out, jumping back, startled, water splashing up all around her tiny form as her voice echoed back to her. The shadow let loose a feminine giggle, but otherwise gave no other response.
"Who are you?" Radian tried again, determined to get the shadow to respond. She knew that if it did, she would soon find out if this was the person (or pokemon) who had been speaking to her.
Maybe.. Maybe not. The shadow giggled playfully, and Radian grinned, satisfied, as these three words had been all that she needed to prove her theory. The voices matched, this shadow was the one.
"So why are you hiding out in my dreams?" Radian asked suspiciously, attempting to move closer to the form. She was unsuccessful, however, as the shadow again just effortlessly flitted away. Radian sighed, and again stopped, realizing that her efforts were futile. She realized would only discover it's identity if it wanted her to.
"Or did I just dream you up?" Radian queried, determined to start a conversation and get some answers.
You didn't dream me up, i'll tell you that right now. The figure informed her, teasingly moving closer, just close enough so that Radian was sure it would finally reveal itself, and then darting away farther than it had been before in the blink of an eye. Radian huffed impatiently and furrowed her brow.
If you had, I would be a bit worried. That would make you a pretty lonely person. But anyways.. The shadow paused momentarily, and though it's eyes weren't visable, Radian could tell it was sizing her up.
Enough chit-chat. The reason why i'm here is to wake you up! I suppose you didn't realize how heavy of a sleep you are. You fell asleep in the middle of an important conversation, and though you've met two of your kind, you have so many more to encounter! And today's the day to start! You're late again, Radian. Late again, Radian. Late again, Radian.
Radian anxiously looked up at the shadow, as she felt herself detaching from the fantasy worldaround her, and beginning regain consciousness into the real world.
"Wait!" She called out, making a huge splash as she felt her entire body being tugged out of the water.
There are pokemon who need your help, so go! The shadow urged her, floating further and further away from the little Eevee who struggled in midair, desperately trying to get back to the shadow.
"Do you know why i'm here?!" She called out, her body relaxing as she gave up in her useless struggled. But before the shadow could muster up a response, Radian felt herself awaking with a start. Peeling her eyelids open, she groaned, stretching her forearms out as she forced herself up into a sitting position. Cracking her back, she looked around her, momentarily confused until she remembered the events that had taken place last night. Following Marc from the banquet, healing his head, having an extremely long conversation with him.. and.. and then what? Radian scratched at her head, being unable to recall just what had happened after that.
Maybe he was kidnapped by Wigglytuff! Radian thought anxiously, a cold sweat enveloping her body as she pictured the giant pink furball of a guild master in her head, only with narrowed red eyes and sharp Vampire teeth.
Eek! Radian shuddered, jumping up and quickly shaking the sand from her coat, retracing the path she had made last night from the Banquet hall in the guild. As her golden eyes followed along the blend of Totodile, Eevee, and another unfamiliar type of pokemon pawprints, she wasn't really paying attention to where she was going, and accidentally bumped into Chatot, who was just flying out the door. He squawked angrily in surprise, and as he saw that it was Radian he had run into, puffed up even more, his eyes narrowing as he fiercely shook a wing at her.
"What are you still doing out here?!" He screeched, looming over the tiny Eevee, forcing her to shrink back and retreat a couple of steps.
"Eh..I.." She stuttered, grappling around for an answer, having a feeling that he wouldn't be too fond of hearing the truth.
"Nevermind!" He huffed, placing his wing against his forehead as he stalked around the flustered little pokemon.
"The others are all starting their missions!And you will too to earn your keep, or you'll be kicked out of this guild faster than you can say 'Perfect apple'!"
"AGH! PERFECT APPLE!" The Chatot screamed, suddenly seeming to remember something important. Radian simply stood before him, mouth agape in a confused little smile as she stared cluelessly at him.
"WE RAN OUT OF PERFECT APPLES THIS MORNING AND THE GUILDMASTER WILL FLIP IF HE FINDS OUT!!!" The Chatot agaonized, zooming past Radian and taking flight in a frenzy. He didn't even bother to look behind him as he called back to her.
"I have to go find some before he wakes up! Go check the message boards and see what's available! If any of the others have returned, you might be able to team up with them if you're scared to go alone!"
And before she could say anything back, the Chatot was just a speck in the sky.
"Uh.. Okay..?" The little Eevee murmured to herself, turning back around to enter the guild and find the so-called message boards Chatot had been ranting on about.
