Showgan -- Standing On Edge (Invitational)

[Charon]

Maxie did not quail under his gaze. She simply snarled back, a sense of pride glowing inside her as she saw his anger flicker and burn. She waited for it to erupt - only for it to retreat, and vanish.

Maxie smiling pityingly. "That 'noooo' didn't sound good, Rai. Luna was a psycic trainer, but she was a pretty good prophet herself, and..." she trailed off. 'I know a premonition when I see one' - that was what she was going to say. Did she, though? She had no idea about Rai; perhaps he had suffered a distrubed childhood, and was reliving it, or maybe he was the sort of person that imagined worst case scenarios left right and centre. She shouldn't jump to conclusions. Though... she was curious...
Maxie dipped her head. "I'm sorry. I..."
{Have a short temper?} Fang added.
"No...."
{Bite people's head's off?}
"No.."
{Kick their-}
"'Scuse me. 'Not my place." she said obidietly, suddenly sounding extremely meek. She even averted her eyes, the same way a good little servant should.

{ooc| YAY SHOPPING! I tried on some lovely clothes... no money though ;;}

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC: Leave it to me to fall asleep and miss Titan's grand re-entrance. XD


IC:


Kayley really hadn't said much. Actually, she hadn't said anything at all. From her position on deck, she had witnessed Rai's outburst clearly, reacting quickly by taking a few cautious steps back. Once her initial confusion had ebbed away, though (which was after Maxie's sudden display of, gasp, weakness [and that's confusion in itself, one would guess]), Kayley moved closer to the others, Fishy silently staying put on her shoulder.

"You.. Really sure you're alright? I could play you a nice little song, I guess.. If you feel you need to relax.." Kayley muttered. She had actually been seriously freaked out by his initial "NOOO", but she didn't want to say anything.

{Eh.. For once I don't feel random.. At all..} Fishy said, observing Rai carefully. Perhaps the seriousness of the situation had snapped him out of optimism..

 

[Alter Ego]

Rai gave Maxie a quizzical look as the girl finished her sentence. He had the distinct impression that she knew something about this strange dream of his that she wasn't sharing, the boy decided not to pry however, as he would have prefered to forget about the subject altogether.

"Yes, I'm sure..." Rai replied to Kayley's question, the memory of his 'dream' beginning to fade now that he was awakening properly, or perhaps it was because the mysterious island was further away now? Regardless, the haunted look began dissapearing from the boy's eyes as well, his appearance soon returning more or less to normal. "I appreciate your concern, though." he added, smiling once more and feeling happy that he had met these people...people who actually cared for him, not just his posh surname and rich parents. "But you mentioned playing a song?" he added as an afterthought, tilting his head "So that case you're carrying around, it contains some kind of instrument, then?"

Chupon blinked, slowly relaxing as Rai began returning to his normal self again. There had been something downright scary in that look he gave Maxie a moment ago, and it worried the Treecko. Hopefully, it wouldn't happen again though, so the Treecko wished for all it was worth as he leaned against his trainer's leg for a while.

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
Rightness!!Like,its,7 in the morning round here,*yawns*

So,since all ye commented and said everything was pretty much okay(cept for Jena's eyes,I have no idea why I drew the pupils the wrong way and didn't notice.^^'').I'll post the piccys now!
Jena-

Rai-

Kayley-

(Uh...I forogt the black case until the last moment,PLEASE FORGIVE THY,PLUSHIE!!!*braces self for clones of Bubu*XD)

Zachary-

No idea why I drew Ron in tha piccy,actually,I drew one piccy where they all had one pokemon with them,Jena-Ryne,Kayley-Fishy,Rai-Chupon,Sliver-Yukari and Zach with Ron.And only Silver and Zach's one could be shown,meh.^^''

Silver-

Please,do not give all credit to thy Yibber,must also give some to me friend,Flissi over there who scanned the piccys for all!^^

Ic-
Jena was so shaken by the current events,she would have jumped back in surprise when Rai looked at Maxie.Those eyes,they weren't his,but,after a second or so,he returned to normal.The girl was really worried,if something could make Rai act so...different?It definately wasn't a dream.
Not wanting to plow further into the boy,to keep pestering him to tell them,the girl had a pretty good idea what someone would feel like if the others around her just wouldn't stop,she could've burst any second,and Jena definately did not want something like that to happen to Rai,even if she had only known him for a few hours,and that went the same way for the rest.

"I,I'm not good at pokemon training."Jena replied to Zach's question,also wanting to draw the conversation away.

"I guess,that I just like coordinating,all those appeals are fascinating,making a pokemon appear to be Cool,Cute,Smart,Beautiful and Tough.Not what's on the outside only,but,they also judge what's going on inside a pokemon."Jena put a hand over her heart,before trailing off,wondering if she herself could participate in a contest one day.

{Me,I like Jena,she's nice,fun,and gives me what I need!She really cares for us,even though she sometimes goes weird cause her parents scold her..}Cascade stopped and noticed that Ryne was glaring at him.

{Yes,Jena is a wonderful trainer,when she has the time,she even brings the two of us out to play,and coordinate!Our trainer,she has always liked coordinating,hasn't she?}Ryne turned to the Mudkip beside her and asked.

{Yes,ever since she saw her first contest,daddy and mommy brought the three of us there!}Cascade nodded his head and smiled.

{You mean Sir and Madam don't you?}

{Yup,whatever!}Cascade grinned,waiting for the rest to reply.

OOc-
*smacks self over the head*

I just realised I drew those piccys in my sketchpad,tha's why there's all those lines,I shall draw a better picture on plain paper and show you all on Wednesday,yes!^^

 

[Random Plushie]

Kayley nodded happily at Rai's question.

"Yes! What else would I be carrying around?" She said, not really expecting an answer to that. "I've had it forever.. Plus, people give you money if you put a hat or something on the ground and you play real nicely. Not that I do that, of course, I just love music.. Always loved it.." Kayley said, smiling as she trailed off.

Fishy nodded at her words. {Yeah, but not as much as she loves moi!} He kipped, grinning a toothy grin.

Kayley couldn't help but grin at his statement--that guy was so full of himself.

It was then that Fishy remembered that Yukari had asked another question, this one regarding everyone's feelings about their Trainer, specifically, when Ryne and Cascade had voiced their opinions.

{Well, Kay-Kay has always been very nice to me, and she puts up with the game everyday.. Oh, and she feeds me, and hugs me and does everything a Mommy would, so I'd say I lurve her very much! 'Cause she's like the mum I never had. Really.} Fishy paused, grinning again.

{Now then! I have another story to tell. Well, not really.. I haven't decided which one to tell yet..} He trailed off, staring into space.

 

[Ibuberu]

"Wow!Do you think you could,you know,play us a song now?"Jena put her hands together and pleaded the girl,maybe it would get their minds of what had just happened,and,well,the girl really did appreciate music as well.

"One time,I think Mama taught me how to play a few tunes on her guitar,when I was younger,its all like a blur to me now.But still!I love hearing music,it kinda soothes you when you're angry,pull you up when you're down,and all that."Jena smiled at Kayley.She,herself loved music,but only to a certain extent,at one point of time,when her parents weren't as demanding as they were these days,they'd actually take time off to teach her how to play the guitar.

"Those were the days."the girl sighed absent-mindely.

{Yeah,Jena loves me too!}Cascade nodded at Fishy's statement,not realising that the Mudkip was being a little full of himself.

{Oooh,you telling us the story,yes?}the Mudkip bounced up and down,hearing Fishy say he had another story to tell.

{Right..}Ryne slowly replied,taking a glance at Rai.She felt something emitting from the boy,yes.When he was staring at Maxie,the Ralts felt something like heat radiating from him,a sensation of some sort,like there was another being inside of that human body of his.But now,the warm sensation was gone,and the boy was back to normal.The Ralts gulped,she hoped.

 

[Random Plushie]

"Well, first I'd have to decide which one I should play.. There are so many to choose from." Kayley said in response to Jena, feeling very happy at the moment because she had been itching to get her creations out of her head. "Or, I could simply play based on the spur of the moment, that usually works." She said, grinning now. "And you learned how to play the guitar, once? That must've been cool.."

Fishy's eyes lost their glazed over-ness, turning back towards the other Pokemon with a wide grin (big surprise).

{Okay! I've decided that I'll make up a brand new story! It's going to be completely random, I don't know what the ending will be!} He said, clapping his hands together out of enthusiasm.

{Okay. Ahem. Once upon a time, there was a young farmer named Dean. He lived alone in the country-side, and sold his beans to the market in the town a couple miles away. This was because his parents were poopy-heads and they didn't like that he farmed for a living. Anyways, one night, while Dean was asleep in bed, two little elves with long, pointy ears, and big, webbed feet magically appeared out of thin air above Dean's farmland, falling to the ground with a 'BOOM'!

Apparently they were from the magical world of the beyond game, so they must've accidently walked into a portal to Earth, and ended up in the air above the farm.

Anyways, when they landed, the elves exploded into big clouds of golden dust, which fell all over every inch of Dean's bean farm.

The next morning happened to be the big Harvest, so Dean was busy harvesting every one of his beans all day in preparation for the trucks from the market to come in the evening.

Around noontime, he sat down on a rock to eat his lunch, but found to his surprise that he had forgotten his lunch at home. He really didn't feel like going back to his house on the otherside of the field just for a sandwhich, so he popped a few of his good ol' bean plants into his mouth and ate them, because he was so hungry.

Within moments, the golden elf dust was activated in his stomach, and Dean instantly changed. He grew three stories, his skin turned blue-violet, and he grew massive Seviper fangs that could barely fit in his enlarged mouth!

But with this came a price. The price was his intelligence.

So, the brand new yet stupid Dean took a few steps forward, but then he lost his balance because he had lost all traces of intelligence whatsoever and fall flat on his face, causing more of the golden elf dust to activate.

In less than a tenth of a second, Dean was transported to the region of Orre, where he landed on Mt. Battle and made it an active volcano. But doing this caused him to explode into even more golden elf dust, but before it could befall the citizens of Orre, the winds of Lugia's Aeroblast blew it away.

And that my friends, is the story of how Mt.Battle became an active volcano.} Fishy finished, ending with a slight bow.

 

[Ibuberu]

{Oooh!!!!Yay!!}Cascade clapped his paws and applauded the Mudkip as he finished telling yet another of his strange and captivating stories.Ryne too,nodded her head in approval and softly clapped her hands.

{That was yet,another one of your amazing stories.}the Ralts smiled,taking note that the Wurmple was listening by nudging him.

{Wow!I never,ever heard such a nice story ever!That story was so nice that I've never heard before!}the Wurmple had been in a daze since the story started.

{Aunty Beautifly never,ever told me stories like that!No stories like that were ever told to me by Aunty Beautifly!!}he clapped all six of his front legs together.

{Though,isn't being three storeys high,blue-skinned and having buck teeth a bad thing??}the Wurmple scratched his chin and asked Fishy.

"Ahahaha..."the girl laughed,feeling a little nervous.

"I guess so,I'm not particularly good at it,mind you."

"Why don't you play what you feel like right now then??"Jena suggested,her father once told her that music would sound its best only if one could have a feeling for it.

Ooc-
Ooohh,drat Yibber's sis,keep on asking me to help play the X-box game thingys!>_<

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC: Ah, me shot ish still aching. x_X

And worse yet, me braces were tightened today, so they hurt, too.. XO



IC:


Fishy accepted the applause with a happy grin, unable to resist clapping his own paws a few times, out of happiness.

{You've all made me very happy, yes you have!} Fishy said, his grin widening once more. {Oh, and his skin was blue-violet. Much more interesting if you use intermediate colors in the name. No matter, though. I'm still happy.} He concluded.

Kayley tilted her head. "Yes, I suppose you're right. Hold on, I'm going to have to run through my ideas again." She said to Jena, closing her eyes.

 

[Ibuberu]

Ooc-
There,there Plushie,the pain shall go away.
Though,it must've really hurt.Ouch,like my arm was sore for only...three days.
*gives Bubu Plushie*

Ic-
{No,you've made US happy,happy is what you have made us!}the Wurmple corrected Fishy with a grin plastered on his face as well.
Okay,maybe you couldn't really see the mouth of a Wurmple,but you'd just know when its smiling,grining or frowning!
{What he says is correct,I think that you've made us more happy than you!}Ryne agreed,softly placing her hand on Fishy's back.

{Would you mind if I asked you to tell another story??}

Jena smiled as Kayley closed her eyes to think up of a tune to play,she turned away from the girl,so that she wouldn't bother her,and picked the Wurmple up.

"So,since you want to follow me,I've to give you a name,right?"she chuckled,hugging him before taking a glance at the bug pokemon.

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Check out me new avvy.

Teh pwnage. XD

*wants to go to sleep soon*

 

[Ibuberu]

Ooc-
Aw....
Its a CAR!!!XD
*huggles car before running off and opening fridge*

Wanted to watch that movie,eh,but didn't find time to do.XP

Oooh...Titan's late today!>_<
Better not complain,later he come after poor Yibber.^^''

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

I saw it today and instantly remembered how much I love Herbie. XD

*huggles Herbie*

Eh, I'm going to sleep. Last night I only got five hours, and now it's coming back to haunt me. XD

Bye-bye!

*snoozeh*

 

[Fls4eva]

OCC: Hmm.. Plushie's talking bout her teeth? Meh recently found out from meh mom that I have a habit of grinding meh teeth when I sleep.. it started since i was a baby.. And according ta' meh mom.. Grinding teeth ish bad for ya' molars.. Mom wants meh ta' visit the school dentist and ask them ta' custom make a mouth guard for Flissie ta' wear when she sleeps so she can't grind her teeth.. But I just realize I grind sometimes in the day too!!

IC:

{Fishy!! You tell very fabulous stories.. Can i hear another one? I love your stories..} Yukari exclaimed feeling impressed with Fishy's stories... He was so wishing that he had half of Fishy's story-telling talent.. But too bad he didn't..

Silver clapped her hands as Kayley finished a tryout of a tune on her instrument.. "Impreesive.. It isn't too bad.. I only know how to play some simple piece on the harmonica.. But it don't sound nice though.."

{I remember the times Silver played her harmonica.. It was simply...} Miruka said..

OCC: Meh will return after dinner...

 

[Charon]

{ooc| *didn't like that movie* xP I thought it was a bit over-egged. I like Fang. Whoooo!}

Maxie hadn't been paying attention. However rude she seemed, she always seemed able to outdo herself. She and Fang were busy whispering in a corner. Every now and again, she would raise her voice too high, and Fang would shush her exasperatedly.
"Exactly! An Island- oh, sorry..."
Or:
"Fake it? Don't- ooooh, right.."

Finally she dragged her attention away from her pokemon, and watched the others. "A Harmonica?" Maxie asked curiously, suddenly put her in mind of Mac. An image sprung unbidded to mind; the brown haired, grey eyed boy sitting by his terminal, enveloped with wires, the mouth organ clutched in his teeth. That was the last time she had seen him for a month.
She wrenched herself back to reality.

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
Nite,nite Plushie!XD

Flissi,oral hygiene???
*runs away towards fridge*

Wait,Charon,it was a Bagon who said that Silver knew how to play a Harmonica,Maxie knows pokemon language??XD
And,Flissi,Kayley hasn't even begun playing tha musical unstrument thingy!XD

....

Am I being prickish again???o.O

Ic-
Jena took a few glances at Maxie and her Zubat,they sure were acting weird,whispering to each other at one corner of the ship.The girl simply shrugged it off,not wanting to irritate Maxie.

"A name,a name,what should I name you?"Jena craddled the Wurmple in her arms while thinking aloud.The Wurmple merely smiled and closed his eyes,ready to fall asleep with every single swing.Back and forth,back and forth.

{Harmonica??}Cascade wondered what instrument the Bagon was talking about.

{I believe,it is a small rectangular case of about this size-}Ryne measured the size of the instrument,compared to her tiny body and showed the length to the pokemon around her.

{One Ninja Boy back home,I believe he plays the harmonica once in a while,though,it wasn't exactly,ear-soothing.}the Ralts said,tilting her head to one side,trying to make heads or tails of the rightful size of a harmonica.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Kwargh...sowwee, I overslept. Sleep ish evil, pure evil I tells you, but oh so nice! Yest it is! Ohh...dental problems? I guess I can count myself lucky to be born with such a durable set of teeth, the only dentist operation I've ever had to go through besides the routine check up stuff was when they had to drill one of my side teeth which I hadn't managed to brush properly for...well, months. Well, I hope those braces stop hurting you soon, if they don't, just call me. *Brandishes red herring* XD

Oh, and Flissie, I don't think Kayley played just yet. She was still trying to decide on the tune, ne? Perhaps you should edit your post just a little.

And Yibber, Silver said it too you know. *Points at Flissie's previous post*

IC:

Rai smiled at Kayley's comment, not really wanting to list all the things he had seen being carried about in ominous black cases. "Yes, music is a beautiful thing, isn't it?" he asked, more or less concuring with the others "My parents would never let me learn it though, mother considered it too flimsy, and-" he put on a huffy voice "'inappropriate for my social standing', in her opinion playing music is the job of plebians and listening to it is what 'priviliged people' should be doing." he shook his head with a slight hint of contempt in his expression "I did learn to sing a bit..." he added, smiling mischievously at the memory "It was part of my actors training, which of course was done right behind mother's back. She was furious when she found out that I had been trained to be a 'stage monkey', but it was too late for her to do anything about it..." he fell silent, wanting to allow Kayley to search for her melody in peace.

Chupon had been so enthralled by Fishy's storytelling that he hadn't said a word during the whole time, although he did join into the applause in a very enthusiastic manner.

{A Ninja Boy?} the Treecko asked curiously, tilting his head at Ryne's statement {Do Ninja Boys do Mareep rearing too?}

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
Sleep,its good,too bad I think I'm not getting enough of it.
*rubs eyes*
Darn!>_<

Yeah,and on the topic of oral/dental hygiene.XD
I'm going to have to get braces sooner or later,*sigh*

Ic-
"Singing?I'm not good at singing,always couldn't with a voice like mine."Jena stated,her voice sounded normal,like a girl's voice would,a tad high and soft.

"But,I can't sing."she shuddered,shaking her head.

"Actors training?You had actors training?Eh,my parents wouldn't let me have any other activities,other than learning...to rear Mareep,of course!"the girl was finally getting used to fibbing and remembering her fibs as well.

{Oh,yeah!Lots and lots of Ninja boys,and Battle girls!!And a handful of them Karate Masters!}Cascade nodded to Chupon,suddenly remembering the times when he and Jena were younger,they used to get picked on by the older students.The Mudkip couldn't help but shiver a bit,before returning back to his open and fun-loving self.

{Uh...Mareep Rearing has become a rather entertaining sport after the passing of many years.}Ryne lied in her usual calm and collected tone of voice.

OOc-
Yeah!Yibber's parents shall be playing Mahjong for the whole day,let the stimultaneous posting begin!^^

 

[Charon]

"So... If you were an actor... what made you change and become a trainer? There's big money in acting."
Maxie yawned lazily, and stared out over the sea. There was nothing for miles; no birds, no boats, and no islands.
Maxie stared at the wurmple, a look of concentration on her face. She turned to Jena. "I don't know... nicknames are hard. Fang's was simple enough; when I met him first he attacked me, and bit down hard on my glove. He didn't let go." she smiled at the wurmple. "But you're a cute little thing, ne?"

Fang looked curious. {You must have an awfull lot of mareeps, it you need battle girls to contorl them!} he said with wide-eyed honestly.

 

[Fls4eva]

OCC: O.. Kayley haven't started? Well.. I'll go edit meh post.. Well ya' should all know that misreading ish meh speciality.. XD.. Meh going out (again).. Come back later..