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Post by DJW on Jan 19, 2018 1:48:58 GMT
"No, she's still down there," says one of the patrons who had a hard time missing it when a woman stripped down to her bathing suit and dove into a pond meant for fishing. "I'd be worried but I saw she had one a them fancy Re-Breathers in her mouth, so I know she can breathe alright down there. Still .. what in the world is she up to? She one of your friends? You know what she's doin' down there?"
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Sifting through the underwater soil with her bare hands, Asa soon feels her knuckles knock against something solid. Grabbing it and pulling it free, she uses her thumbs to push away the muck covering its surface to find that it's a fossil the likes of which she's never seen before.
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Post by spikehed on Jan 19, 2018 2:56:40 GMT
Asa grasped the fossil gently and motioned toward shore to her poliwag protector. She kicked to head back to the shore, being gentle with the more crowded area of the shallows. Once she was about waist deep again, she stood and shook the water from her hair before removing the re-breather with a content sigh and a rare smile.
She looked back to the shore and her companions as she waded toward them. "Hopefully I didn't ruin your fishing too much! I found what I was after." Once she got to the shore, she sat down near her clothes and returned the poliwag to it's ball. "Thanks for the help, girl."
She called Brandy from her ball. "Give me a bit of heat to dry off, Brandy." As the fox produced some heat, Asa examined the fossil carefully while wiping it completely clean.
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Post by Legarch on Jan 19, 2018 4:54:35 GMT
"Well, friends is a very strong word. We traveled here as part of the same group to visit." he said in a simple explanation, as he looked at the pond. It sure was a deep bastard. Maybe he should send the Goldeen down to look for h-...Oh wait there she was.
"You certainly seemed to have a bit of excitement down below there. What had you so gun-ho to take that impromptu swimming lesson of yours?" He could not help but asking, as he saw that her hands seemed to be, just the slightest bit muddy before she washed them off in the shallows, and she was dried off by her fire type.
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Post by DJW on Jan 19, 2018 5:02:44 GMT
Asa gets the fossil completely clean and sees that the shape preserved upon its surface does not match any of the known Pokémon fossils of the world. Truly, she has discovered something completely new! Bo sees the fossil as well, though he isn't yet aware of what a find it is. Jack and Aidan come over to peer at Asa's discovery as well.
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Post by spikehed on Jan 19, 2018 13:39:45 GMT
Asa beamed. She seemed as giddy as a schoolgirl as she tucked the rock in her pack along with her re-breather. She dressed quickly, putting her regular attire right over the now dried swimsuit.
"Do you boys still have more fishing to do? I'd like to see what the story behind those missing kids is." Her normally intimidating and cold exterior seemed to have lightened a measure.
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Post by DJW on Jan 19, 2018 22:31:29 GMT
Aidan and Jack are finished. Before Bo can reply, a big, nasty wad of mud smacks him right in the face, nearly knocking him over, too, from the sheer surprise of it. Wiping the crud away from his eyes, Bo sees a Croagunk about a dozen feet away laughing hysterically.
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Post by spikehed on Jan 19, 2018 23:33:14 GMT
Asa snickered lightly. ”Looks like you have an admirer. At least yours didn’t try to take off your hand.” She patted the newly filled ball that was at her hip, sure that the others’ Pokédex had registered the capture while she was under water.
She folded her arms across her chest and waited to see how Bo responded. Asa had not seen him battle yet and was interested in the boy’s tactics.
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Post by Legarch on Jan 20, 2018 1:54:19 GMT
As he opened his mouth to speak in response and tell Asa he was done, his mouth got a lovely organic mud-pie delivered right into his gob. Gagging and spitting up the mud, he looked on, as he heard a croaking laughter coming from not far off. Feeling, well frankly furious as the slime of the algae and grit of the mud settled on his taste-buds while he tried to purge them, he reached for his ball that contained Toks at his side.
"Toks! Go!" he called out, as he tossed his ball closer, before running up nearby to the Pokemon, determined to, if he could not catch it, at least beat the heck out of it for the humiliating mud facial.
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Post by DJW on Jan 20, 2018 4:03:48 GMT
The Croagunk suddenly stops its long, croaking laughter and gets a terribly serious look on its face. Looks like Croagunk wants to battle!
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Post by DJW on Jan 22, 2018 19:10:50 GMT
Asa, Bo, Jack, and Aidan regroup.
"Hey," Aidan says to everyone. "Look, it's nothing against any of you, but I think I'm going to keep going on this exploration mission by myself from here on, if that's okay. I just work better on my own. But maybe we'll bump into each other again. Cool?"
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Post by spikehed on Jan 22, 2018 19:31:55 GMT
Having completely dressed and picked up her bag while Bo was battling, Asa returned the fishing pole to the booth.
When Aiden spoke about seperating as all four of them were gathered again at the Pokecenter, waiting for the injured to be treated, she only offered a shrug. "It doesn't matter one way or another to me. You haven't been carrying your weight anyway." She said snidely. "Don't expect us to share our data the next time we 'bump' into each other."
Once she had gotten Brandy's pokeball back, she headed toward the police department to check on the story of the disappearing children that the boy had mentioned the night before during their trades.
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Post by DJW on Jan 23, 2018 4:02:35 GMT
Aidan has an annoyed frown on his face but chooses not to say anything to make the situation any more negative. He pushes the sequence of buttons on his Pokédex to unlink it from everyone else's and, with a final wave, he heads off to travel up Route 01.
"Y'know," says Jack, rubbing the back of his head, "I kinda think me and Minccino are gonna do the same. Not that tackling this thing as a group isn't nice, but I just wanna get that solo experience that Trainers get when they set out on their first adventure, you know? Hope that's okay."
Jack unlinks as well and, just like that, another member of the group breaks away and heads off on their own, leaving only two Trainers left - Asa and Bo.
Undaunted, Asa continues right on with her day, traveling to the police station. Upon entering, the first person that catches her eye is a young man in clothing that looks nice, like it might have been expensive, but is colored in very muted tones, mainly gray. His wild, tea-green hair and icy blue eyes stand out sharply against the dull clothing.
He's standing in line to speak with the officer at the desk, but he turns around when he hears someone enter the building.
"Hello," he says with a smile. "Everything alright? Well, I guess not, if you're here, but it's not too bad, I hope?"
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Post by spikehed on Jan 23, 2018 13:52:56 GMT
Asa canted her head just slightly as she inspected the young man. He's kinda cute... She thought that his unsteady coyness was a bit charming. "Actually, my day has been quite perfect. I'm not here about my problems, but I heard that the town had some and I was wondering if volunteers were needed to locate missing kids?"
She called out her fennekin who stretched and yawned, fealing much better than after her battle at the pond. "I'm Asa, and this is Brandy. We're new to the city and heard a rumor about kids disappearing. Is it true?"
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Post by DJW on Jan 24, 2018 4:16:32 GMT
The young man seems very pleased with Asa's reply.
"Ah! Well, I guess we'll find out soon." He extends a hand. "My name's Wally. Pleasure to meet you. I'm actually here for the same reasons. I wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help this little town with its problem. I'm sorry, I'm also a big fan of Pokémon and your Fennekin is absolutely stunning. Brandy, you said?"
He bends down to be less imposing toward the Fennekin.
"Hello, Brandy♥. You're just adorable, you know that? I think I've got something for you in one of these pockets."
He rummages around through a couple of his jacket pockets until he finds what he's looking for and produces a single Rare Candy.
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Post by spikehed on Jan 24, 2018 14:13:29 GMT
As the man bent down, Brandy's ears lay back and she shows her teeth. Once the treat is shown, she seems to calm slightly with her ears forward and takes a tentative step before looking up to Asa, seeking permission.
Asa crossed her arms and nodded to the Fennekin, who then moved boldly and took the candy from Wally's hand and laid down to gnaw on it in the middle of the floor.
"Don't spoil her too much, she's on a strict training system." Asa spoke in a stern tone, if only to let Brandy know that treats would not be the new normal.
She returned to the business at hand. "So have you found anything out about the missing kids then?"
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Post by DJW on Jan 24, 2018 19:15:54 GMT
"Not really. I'm waiting for -"
"Next," the officer at the desk says, interrupting Wally.
"Ah. For that," he says. "Come on up with me. We can ask together."
At the desk, Wally introduces himself and explains why he and Asa are there. The desk officer gives the basic rundown - kids have been disappearing on Route 1. Three so far. Officer Jenny wants to go investigate, but taking the officers out of town with her would leave no one to protect the town, so she's trying to put together a small group composed of Trainers that can go out and investigate. So far only one person has volunteered. Anyone who is interested is allowed to go through that door. He points at a door to his right with a sign taped onto it that says 'Task Force Volunteers'.
Wally is absolutely ready to join. "Are you in?" he asks Asa.
Brandy finishes the candy and feels stronger because of it. [Brandy's level increases by 1.]
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Post by spikehed on Jan 24, 2018 19:22:32 GMT
"Yeah, sure. I wouldn't have come if I wasn't." Asa smirked slightly at his obvious question. She snapped her fingers and Brandy snapped up to her feet. She licked her chops and padded to Asa's heels as she walked with Wally toward the door.
"She said a group of trainers..." Asa glanced around Wally's waist, looking for the tell-tale sign of Pokeballs. "Are you a trainer too?"
She placed her hand on the door and gave a push/pull. Brandy slunk in just ahead of her, seeming eager at the chance to explore the wilds around Route 1.
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Post by DJW on Jan 25, 2018 0:11:40 GMT
"Oh, yes," Wally says, pushing his coat back a bit to show a full belt of six Poké Balls. "I've been a Trainer for several years now. I don't like to name drop, but ... I'm actually good friends with Brendan. You know, the Hero of Hoenn?"
The group enters the room, and an excitable Officer Jenny quickly stands up from the desk where she was sitting and writing something, her chair making a loud noise as it is pushed backward. She executes a powerful salute.
"Good day, citizen! If you're here, that means that you have the decency to give back to your community when it needs you the most, and you should be commended for it!"
She looks mostly like the Jennys in every region. Her hat is a stetson and her shirt sleeves are long with tassels dangling from them, but the cut and colors are otherwise almost identical to the standard Jenny uniform.
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Post by spikehed on Jan 25, 2018 0:25:52 GMT
Asa tilted her head to the side slightly at the showing of the full belt. "I thought it was illegal to carry more than two...." Her statement was interrupted by the Officer’s sudden excitement.
"Do you have any specific information other than the route? What they were doing, wearing, or anything else they had in common?." Asa let the question to Wally fall off and got right to the business at hand.
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Post by DJW on Jan 25, 2018 5:14:19 GMT
Wally's eyes grew wide with alarm when he heard Asa's question and could tell where it was heading. He didn't want to get in trouble right here in the police station. But thankfully, Jenny's own enthusiasm worked against her and she didn't hear what Asa was talking about.
"Indeed I do!" she says when asked if she has more info. "About halfway up Route 01, there is a large grove on the eastern side. The children were all last seen playing in that area, so that will be our first stop! There's no time to properly train you as officers, so you'll have to just watch a one-hour video that hits all of the high points. The other volunteer is already about halfway through the video. Please follow me and I'll take you to a viewing room of your own."
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