Project PS; The Pokemon shifter case, part 1:

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{^^; Whups. I edited my post now.}
 
OOC: Edited my post as well, Boom-Yaa! XD
 
Coran shook her head. "I...don't know," her voice dipped as she spoke, "My parents were Rockets - and...I didn't believe in what they did." For a moment, she simply stared at Teioh. "You're a dark type. You know how people are preduced against people like me, just because of the company I keep. I have an Arbok... A Houndoom... And a Raticate. Rocket pokemon. The team's disbanded now, but that doesn't stop people hating the members. Attitudes take generations to change, not years."
Acting on impulse, she bent down and hugged the Umbreon aroud the neck. Rave sniffed loudly. "I wanted... I wanted to do the right thing... Wanted to challenge the league, fight my way to the top... But Oak wouldn't sign me up. What could I do...? He took one look at my parents and turned me away. I took the only route..that my family knew..." Her voice cracked and broke, as if she was on the verge of tears.

Coran knew it seemed like a minor thing, but to her, it was the one big blotch on her life. And...it was the one that had stained and run.
 
"I'm sorry..." Teioh replied, his mindvoice now almost overflowing with compassion, although there was a hint of guilt inside it, guilt over the fact that he hadn't been quite honest about who, or rather what, he really was. But this wasn't the right time to tell her. It was obvious that Coran was on the verge of crying as it was and Teioh was afraid that exposing himself now would alienate her "I'm sorry that life has been so unfair to you. Those people had no right to treat you like that, no right at all...But you're a good person, deep down. I know you are, and this sort of thing...it doesn't suit you...and you shouldn't have to do it. I'll help you...I'll help in any way I can. We'll find some way...some way not to..." for the moment, Teioh seemed completely oblivious to the rest of the world, his entire attention devoted to trying to make this girl, this poor misunderstood girl whom he had so crudely tackled down a moment before, feel better. It all seemed like the most natural thing to do, the words simply running out on their own accord. Like a river breaking free from a dam, the words that Teioh had always wished that someone would say to him came spilling out. "I know what it's like to be judged for things that you had no say in." he said hoarsely, unaware that it also occured outside the sanctuary of mindspeak "I know that all too well. But you can't let it drag you down like this. You're not a criminal Coran." his mindvoice decreased in volume ever so slightly, fading into a kind of half-whisper "And I'll make sure that you will never have to act like one again. I promise..."

OOC: Foreshadowing some of Teioh's shadier family relations a bit. Oh, and he's got a last name now. Check the sign-up sheet. ^^
 
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OOC: Remember me? XD Stupid messed up Internet providers... >_< Anyway, yeah, Finland is cool (Don't worry about not knowing about schools in America, because I don't know how schools work in other places either XD). Actually, anywhere but America seems cool to me... could be because it's the only country I've ever lived in. Everything else seems to be so much cooler. Or it could be because I'm not too fond of our president. T_T Mm... maybe I've said too much! I usually make it a rule not to talk politics with others.... Anyway, onto the RPing!!


Mara & Squirt
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Squirt nodded as Limpy responded to her idea. She did feel a ping of guilt for yelling at the poor, old Ratatta, but he deserved something. She would make it up to him though. She would at least get to help him out of here.

"Hey Roberts!" Squirt yelled to the large guard.

"What?" he grunted, looking as if he really didn't want to hear what Squirt was going to say.

Squirt pointed to the cell across from her where Limpy and Biggs sat. "There's a Ratatta in that cell that hurt its mouth on the bars and now it's bleeding everywhere! Isn't there something you can do for the poor thing?" she pleaded, trying her best to look both worried and disgusted.

Roberts raised his eyebrows. He was a bit suspicious of how a Ratatta got into a cell with barred windows, but he had to check it out regardess of whether it was hurt or not. He would inspect it, look to see it its mouth were indeed bleeding, and then report it immediately.

He walked briskly up to the cell front and leaned downward, towards the Ratatta's head....

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Mara stared at the girl before her. "Oh... I'm so sorry. I don't really know what to say... none of my family had ever been a part of Team Rocket to my knowledge," she said to Coran, frowning, "I can't imagine what it feels like to be so disliked."

Seth stepped forward. While he didn't like Team Rocket, it was obvious that this girl meant no harm, and they needed all the help they could get. He nodded.

"Well then, let's hurry and work together. I won't discriminate against you if you don't discriminate against me; and maybe somehow we can help you to clear your name a bit sometime in return for your help," he said, smiling.

"Yes," added Mara, "I think you should never be judged by what life your parents led! If that were true then I'd be doomed to a really boring life. Plus, anyone that is so willing to help us out is deifinitely worthy of helping back."

Growlithe was the one to pick up on Teioh's slip. He had been listening carefully to the boy-Umbreon, and raised an eyebrow.

{You've had experiences in this area?} the Growlithe said suspiciously, {Good, then you are more complex than I though you were.} He looked away. He didn't think of Teioh as a threat or someone overly suspicious, but someone who, like even he was, had more than a perfect, happy past.

OOC: OMG! TEIOH HAS A LAST NAME!! ^-^
 
{I like America... but mainly because you have way more junk food than we do, and loads more theme parks! heh heh... I love England... but I live in the nice, green countryside. Some of our cities are seriously rough places.}

Coran was beginning to feel slightly stupid. Here she was, for some reason crying her eyes out over these injustices that she had, for many years, buried deep down. She let go of the umbreon, as a familar feeling of embarressment began to set in, and leant against the wall.

"Thanks, you guys. I'll try and help too... maybe.... she might be in these warehouses?" She pushed the keys into Mara's hands. "You... have them." she muttered, in between sniffs. Her mascara had run, giving her a 'panda bear' appearence.

Oh well, she thought desperately. At least it was an umbreon I hugged. Imagine if I had grabbed Mara or Seth instead! Coran stroked her Houndoom in silence, her face still flushed red. Why had she gushed out her entire life story to a...pokemon? It made no sense.
 
OOC: Heh, hard to keep politically correct eh, Melissa? XD
Yeah, I think I can understand your viewpoint and in all honesty there are certain finish politicians I'd rather see booted out as well. And I guess a homeland seems less cool by definition, although I always tell myself that I'm lucky not to be in Sweden (Lived there for 2 years and got utterly sick of the snobbs in the populace who considered themselves better just because they were 'pure swedes'. Gawd, I even knew how to speak Swedish with the real accent. People actually refused to believe that I was from Finland. ^^) or Russia (Haven't lived there and wouldn't want to either; could be because 48% of the populace, according to a poll made a while back, still believe that Finland really belongs to Russia and should be returned to them...<_<).

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Teioh nodded at Growlithe's remark, {It's a long story...} he said quietly, giving the fire pok?mon a weak smile {But...I'll tell you once Squirt has been safely returned to us. If you would care to listen...}. He looked up at Coran who now seemed to be feeling utterly embarassed over spilling out her life story like that, now convinced that not telling the girl about his true identity had been the right decision. After all, it would certainly have been even more embarassing for her to know that it was actually a teenage boy, and a complete stranger to top it all, whom she had gone and hugged like that. At the same time, Teioh was slightly confused by his own actions; never before had he let slip that there was something dodgy about his past, so why did he suddenly feel such a strong urge to tell it? Perhaps it was that Coran's story could just as easily have been his if he hadn't had the lucky break he had gotten. Yes, that had to be it. After all, why else would he be so concerned over someone he had just met?

"Your help is appreciated." he said as the keys were passed on to Mara. "So...where should we start?" The boy-Umbreon asked, scanning the rows of warehouses as he decided to turn back to bussiness for the moment partially to give Coran a chance to compose herself and partially out of concern for Squirt.

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Limpy waited patiently for Roberts to bring his head as close to his as possible before performing his move, wanting to make the surprise moment of it as great as possible.

{BANZAI!}

Suddenly, the Rattata leapt up in a flash of greyed furr, sinking his teeth hard into Roberts' nose as he performed a vicious Super Fang attack on the guard that sent a shock of pain throughout the victims whole body.

"What the-?!" Roberts exclaimed, flailing widly and attempting to dislodge the rodent who was stubbornly holding his nose between its teeth. After a moment of struggling the guard finally managed to grab his opponent by the stomach and pull him off, only to find that this had been precisely what Limpy had waited for as the Rattata slipped out of his fingers with surprising agility and briefly seemed to dissapear from view before he struck Roberts on the back of the head with a Faint Attack, knocking him out cold.

{Well...} Limpy said, dusting himself off and pulling out the keys from the unconscious guard's pocket with a definitely satisified smirk on his face {...that certainly was liberating. Let's be off, shall we?}
 
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OOC: Theme parks! I love theme parks. Though, they're so expensive I hardly ever get to go. I've never even seen Disneyworld in Florida. THough I have gone to Disneyland in southern California a few times. There are a lot of people there. X_X Yes we do have quite a lot of junk food here, though that's also why we're all getting so fat. XD It seems the cupboards in my house just aren't complete without cookies and potato chips. Luckily, I myself am only about ten pounds or so over my ideal weight, so I'm not obese (though with the things I eat I should be >_>).

That's so stupid about other people that are 'pure' acting better. Ugh, you're still a person, aren't you? Oh if only they could spend a day in the life of someone completely different, maybe then they'd change their minds. And yes, I am tired of trying to find something good about my president... he's an idiot. Anyway, time to RP before I write more up here than down there! ^^;


Mara & Squirt
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"Let's just look around a bit. But won't we have to be careful of more guards; I mean, there must be more than just Coran out here?" asked Mara, looking around timidly. She did not like the idea of getting caught. They'd all probably get turned into Shellder or something.

Growlithe walked forward, {There's only one way to find out, and I for one am tired of standing around here.} He sniffed the air which still smelled of Sweet Scent, but noticed that it was now starting to wear off. Sweet Scent only stayed around for so long.

Seth looked a bit worried about Coran, but decided that it would be best to just leave her alone for a little bit. He didn't want to embarrass her further, and she had looked like she had been through enough.

"Wait Growlithe!" Mara called, dashing forward, "Wait for us!"

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Well, Limpy had done his job (I'll let you describe that part if you want Ego ^^), and now Biggs and the old Ratatta were free from their cell. Biggs fumbled with Roberts' keys as he tried to find the right one to free Squirt with.

"Not to be rude or anything Biggs, but could you please hurry!" Squirt said impatiently. It wouldn't be too long before the others discovered that Roberts had not come back from his quick check, and they would come looking....

Finally Biggs found the right key, with Limpy's help, a few clicks and Squirt was free at last. She then looked around nervously.

"Hm... there could be a problem with this plan... I'm not quite sure what we do now...," she said looking down at the two pokemon before her, "Wait, maybe I can use Roberts' clothes?"

With some help from Biggs, Squirt quickly tugged off Roberts' shirt and shoes and decided she could pull it off with the pants she had already been given. She did not feel like taking Roberts' pants off.

"Okay, come on, let's try and sneak away," she said motioning for them to follow her. Limpy shook his head. They had no idea where they were going. Hopefully, they were not walking right into where they would get caught.

OOC: By the way Alter Ego, what's your native language anyway? 'Cause if it's not English, you sure do a great job of writing it! Better than me too.... XD
 
{If it's not English, you're really intelligent. I can speak german quite well, but my grammar and spelling is terrible... I would never be able to roleplay in that language.

I don't like George Bush's attitude, but I've never really met him, so...^^;}

Coran watched the growlithe dash off, and began to compose herself. She was the sort of girl that felt things deeply, and right now she felt a great deal of respect for both Mara (who seemed to be coping with her pokemon's disappearence extremely well) and Teioh the umbreon.

She glanced to Rave. He was growling lowly, but his teeth weren't bared; he had probably caught scent of something in the distance. Coran turned to Mara and Seth. "We should try the next warehouse... quickly. There aren't that many left." she patted her houndoom gently. "C'mon, boy. I'm sure we can help somehow..."
 
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OOC: Heh, yeah...I'll sort the Limpy bit out in a minute, don't have much time before I have to go and don't know if you'll be back online when I return. And I don't think there's any way of changing the mindset of a snobb, they don't have the intellectual cappacity to handel two ways of seeing the world at the same time. And guess what happened when I moved back to Finland? I was discriminated against because I sounded like a Swede...*Sigh* people can be so narrow-minded. -_- And as for my native language; it's Finnish actually, although my Swedish is just as good and I've been reading English since primary school (Actually self-learned a bit from the computer before I even went to school. Aww...imagine how my teacher reacted when I could use words like 'catapult' in casual conversation. ^^) So uh, thanks for the compliment on my English skills. ^^ Got to go now...Mom's calling, see ya! ^^
 
{Have fun!

I've never lived in another country...but here, I think people with foreign blood are thought of as more exciting, if you get my meaning. A bit of Erotica-Exotica. xD My uncle moved to germany, though, so I learnt quite a bit of that when I was younger so I could talk to my cousins.}
 
OOC: Sounding swedish is exciting? o_O That's a new one, I always thought it just sounded annoying and most people seemed to agree with me. But seriously, there's quite a long history of inofficial discrimination between Swedes and Finns. Nothing major usually, but it's there. And as for languages: I can also speak and understand German fairly well, studied for three years, my grammar is pretty awful though, and I can understand and write a little french (Studied for two years), but my pronounciation is abbysmal. <_< I made it with a solid 9/10 for both languages though, shows how well our grading system works. I sure couldn't RP in either of those languages even if my life depended on it. Well...maybe I could do it verbally in German, somehow...but not in the way that I'm doing it here. Speaking of which, I have added Limpy's 'battle' with Roberts and am adding an IC to this post, so...

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Teioh nodded, "I'll go with Growlithe then." he sent out to the others, bounding after the fire pok?mon. Experienced though Growlithe was, there was always safety in numbers and the boy-Umbreon was confident that his other friends, to which he now included Coran as if she had always belonged there, were safe in each others' company. Teioh returned his mind to the task, picking up the trail of smell which was becoming ever clearer as the Sweet Scent covering it began to lift.

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{Hold...} Limpy whispered, tugging Squirt's pant leg to keep her from walking further as he pointed towards a spot just after a turn in the corridor where a sentry in LG inc. uniform was standing guard and lazily inspecting all bypassers. {Look...} he said, turning to Squirt {You've got the uniform so just walk by casually like no-one's bussiness and if he asks, tell him that you've been charged with relocating Biggs to cell block 4B. Don't ask me how I know that there is such a place, that's something you just learn when you spend four years under lock and key. There's always a block 4B. I'll hide under your cap and whisper you instructions if you need them.} he then proceeded to do just that.
 
OOC: Heck, any guy with an accent from anywhere is "exciting" to girls in America. I happen to like British accents. ^-^


Mara & Squirt
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"Okay," mumbled Squirt, hoping she could pass for a human when she didn't even remember being one.

They came up to where the sentry was standing, and Squirt suddenly felt very nervous. Trying to ignore the fact that she was sweating profusely, she inclined her head towards the guard.

"What do you think you're doing with that prisoner?" he asked lazily.

Squirt gathered her courage, "He's to be relocated to Cell Block 4B." She tried to keep it simple. If she rambled on, she would probably gain suspicions.

The guard looked over Biggs, and then nodded for them to pass.

Squirt exhaled a bit in relief, but as they passed she heard a shout from behind.

"Oy!"

She froze and slowly turned around. "Yeah?" she asked.

"The Cell Block you want is that way!" he said, pointing to the left corridor, "You know, it the one near the entrance?"

"Oh... oh yes that's right," she replied, nodding.

"Hey what happened to Roberts?" the guard asked, looking a bit confused.

Squirt thought quickly, "I'm not sure... they told me he didn't show up to check on the prisoner so I had to do it."

The guard sat down in his chair and shook his head, "Slacker."

Squirt slipped away quickly before the guard had a chance to ask her anything else.

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Growlithe bounded ahead, sniffing something he could have sworn was Squirt's scent. It wasn't quite the same though... and he didn't even want to think of what those people could have done to her....

He looked back at Teioh, {I can smell her.} Then he saw the large entrance to the biggest warehouse of them all. And it was being guarded by two guards! This was not going to be some walk in the park. Growlithe slowed to a stop, and waited for Teioh to catch up.

{Any ideas?} he hated to admit it, but it looked like they could use a certain Houndoom's help....
 
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OOC: Any accent? Dang, wish I'd heard that one before I went and ditched my old swedish accent, but then again, I might have a finnish one now. XD
Wonder if it's better? On second thought, I'm not really the type to capitalize on such things anyway so never mind...on to RPing. ^^

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{Well...} Teioh said, examining the scenario and attuning his senses to the building, catching onto a presence that could very well be Squirt's, even though there was something peculiar about it that he hadn't sensed before, at least not as strongly. {There's two of us, and there's two of them. Maybe one of us could distract those two while the other sneaks into the facility to look for Squirt? Sure, it's risky, but it's the best I can think of at the moment. Hang on, I'll send a message to the others.} The boy-Umbreon closed his eyes for a moment to focus. Distance telepathy was far more difficult than doing it face-to-face, but he soon got the link established. "I think we've located Squirt!" he sent out to his friends, a measure of excitement evident in his mindvoice "We've got a fairly reliable trace of smell from one of the warehouses. It's the largest of the bunch and it's got two guards at the front, you can't miss it."

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Limpy listened to the events from underneath the cap, experiencing Squirt's nervousness in a very personal manner. {Well...} the Rattata whispered as they began to leave the guard's company, trying his best to soak up as little sweat as possible {Judging by the amount of...moisture I find myself with that could have gone smoother but we made it, and to think that he even pointed us to the exit. Too precious...} he gave a chuckle indiscernible for anyone who wasn't in his immediate vicinity before returning to his previous state of silent waiting. Biggs remained silent as well, knowing that it would simply be too suspicious for a guard to be speaking with a captive pok?mon.
 
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Coran blinked. Hearing Teioh's voice in her head while not seeing him was....well, weird... She wished she could send a message back, but she honestly didn't know how.
She turned to Rave. "Go find them, tell them we'll come... maybe the keys will work, I have't tried the bigger warehouses yet." She glanced to Mara, as if to ask if she had anything to add - but the Houndoom had already set off, bounding in the direction Teioh and Growlithe. He covered the ground quickly, each of his long leaps carrying him far.

He came to a halt beside Growlithe and Teioh, and repeated Coran's message. His voice was low and cold, until he added: {I'm getting a bit worried,} he muttered, his voice now gentler, {We've been on site for a while now, and I doubt those two are the only guards...There's probably Close Circuit Television around, and Mara, Seth and Coran are sitting ducks. We need to get in or get out soon.}
 
Teioh nodded at the statement {Alright...} he said, peering at the two guards in front of them and growling slightly {If we could just get those two nimrods out of the way I think I could sneak in undetected. Maybe if we just strike fast we can knock them out before they even know what hit them. Don't know if there are cameras about, though...} he scanned the area in search of said devices but found none. {But it's not like we have much time, is it?}
 
The houndoom growled. {You know faint attack? We could attack undetected...and as long as we're in sync, neither will have any idea what hit them when they wake up.}
Rave had a long experience with that paticular strategy - faint attack made you temporarily invisible, for little more than a split second, so it was perfect for stealth-based missions.
He glanced to growlithe. {We should wait for your trainers, though. It we take the guards out Mara can use the keys to get in. She'll have to hurry, though...}
 
{That was precisely what I was thinking of, actually.} Teioh replied, instinctively drawing a bit further into the shadows as one of the guards looked a bit too intently at the spot he was at. It was probably unnecessary though, as the guard soon yawned widely and resumed his lazy surveilance of the area. {But yes, we should wait for the others to come first. I'm sure even LG guards would get suspicious if there was no sign of those two in a while.}

He sighed quietly and turned to watch the door while he waited for the trainers to arrive. Somewhere in there... he thought, Squirt is somewhere in there, and all I can do is wait. . Teioh twitched a bit, wishing that the others were there already, waiting was such a drag.
 
OOC: *in an innocent, little kid voice* Are you guys waiting for me?? Okay then, maybe I'll just go off and do my Japanese homework and then eat something and take a nap and... XD Just kidding, I'll post now. ^^


Mara & Squirt
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"Well come on, I guess we'd better go after them...," said Seth in a strained voice. He was brave, but this was starting to become more serious. His hand dropped compulsively to his pokeballs.

Mara gulped, but she remained stiff in her resolve. She had to find her little Squirtle, and with the others there with her she felt much better about it. What would have happened to Squirt if she had never agreed to follow Seth? Would she have just been taken and never seen again?

Mara tried not to think of it.

Seth beckoned for Coran to come too, and soon they were with their pokemon again, wondering what to do next.

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"Sorry about that up there," Squirt mumbled to the Ratatta hidden in her hat. She was sure it was getting a bit slippery from the sweat. This was tough work, and the last thing she needed was to get scratched up from a Ratatta falling off her head!

Where on Earth was this exit the guard had talked about? This place seemed to be a neverending channel of tunnels. Squirt squinted as she passed by another row of corridors and noted that one said "Cell Block 4" and "Entrance". She sighed with relief. Soon the worst part, she hoped, would be over.

She walked a little faster, when suddenly she could hear a voice from down the hallway. It was far off, but loud voices echoed clearly in the long, metallic corridors.

"I WAS KNOCKED OUT, THAT'S WHAT! WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED? I ATE MY SHIRT?!"

It was Roberts, he must have woken up, and he was obviously yelling at the very guard that Squirt had just talked to a few minutes ago.

"That's it!" Squirt breathed, and took off in a faster walk; she had very little time now, and if she could just get free of the building, then they might have some space to hide.

She grabbed up Biggs, heavy as he was, so that he wouldn't fall behind. "Oof!" she grunted, noting his weight, "You're heavy...."

As she passed by a group of guards walking down one of the side corridors, she caught them saying something...

"I heard that they spotted some kids snooping around... but they'll be taken care of if you know what I mean," one said to the other. They chuckled together.

Squirt hurried on.

She saw a large door at the end of the corridor, and knew in an instant that it was the entrance! She tried to keep going, but suddenly there were more shouts from behind her. This was not looking good... those shouts were all about her probably.... They would catch up with her before they got to the door. What on Earth could they do?

"Biggs," Squirt panted as they reached the seaed door, "Biggs do something!" She knew that somewhere the little Slowbro had powers he could call upon.

"Anything! Anything you can... think of to... hold them off," she panted, looking at the controls for the door. This wasn't going to be easy, and as she stared at the controls for the door, she realized that she had little idea of how it even worked.

OOC: You know, it's not like I am the only one that can control Seth. If you guys want, you can control him as well. That way if I don't post and you guys need Seth to interact with, you can just play him.

Oh yeah, and about the accent thing. I remember in my senior year of high school there were like 5 guys that were foreign exchange students, and all the girls had crushes on them. XD I didn't know any of them that well though, they weren't in any of my classes. My best friend had a crush on the guy from Germany, I believe his name was Andy.
 
Coran saw Seth's hand moive to his belt, and she did the same, selecting her Raticate's ball. Her finger paused on the release catch - just in case.

She followed Mara obediently, feeling sick to her stomach. Was she doing the right thing? Maybe more importantly, was she doing the wrong thing? She petted her Houndoom with her spare hand. "I guess I'll leave you to removing the guards... then Mara can unlock the door..."
Her houndoom didn't answer. He was watching Teioh again, and shot a glance to his trainer. Coran knew her pokemon well enough to tell he wasn't happy.

{Is it okay with you gusy if I describe the inside of the warehouse? I have a plan...}
 
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