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Post by MagisterSphinx on Jan 16, 2016 12:47:50 GMT
As each of you arrived in the surprisingly large and roomy foyer of Professor Rowan you saw dozens of others, many of whom carry obvious mutations from the Red Chain. From a lass with a pink furry tail, a roughneck with Arbok-like marks on his face, a woman glad in a purple ninja suit with only her glowing red eyes showing, a miner with shovel like claws to a reporter with small tusks. Numerous lab personnel and league officials are moving through the crowd, checking off names, performing quick tests and guiding groups together.
The five of you were directed to stand together, but silence falls across the room before you can talk. Professor Rowan is standing at the double doors that lead into the rest of his lab,, nodding as he surveys the lot of you. "Hello there." He begins, stepping forwards.
"It is a pleasure to see so many professionals here in one place. Though I would love to have more personal meetings with each of you, the urgency of the matter at hand forces me to speak to you all at once. As you all know, six years ago Team Galactic sought unparalleled dominion over our world by bending the legendary pokemon of time and space to their will with an artifact they called the Red Chain. Thankfully my proteges thwarted Team Galactic, but at a grave cost; the Red Chain was shattered, with it's fragments falling over the region." Professor Rowan pauses and looks across the room, his gaze halting on the most visibly mutated.
"This is a story you all know very well by now. And you know what these fragments have done. Humans and pokemon alike have been changed, with the effects including discolouration, the imbuement of a foreign type and in one notable case, unstable Mega Evolution. The reason I have asked you to gather here today is that the mutations are worsening. It appears that prolonged exposure to the fragments is causing the very fabric of space and time to warp. And we still know very little about them. We have assembled you into teams to investigate these occurrences and secure specimens of mutated pokemon and red chain fragments. Dispatern Industries have agreed to subsidize this research, so we can ensure that you receive due payment for your services." He pauses again and nods decisively.
"If you are not interested in assisting us with our studies feel free to leave. Otherwise my assistants can answer any questions you have, including about your assigned teams. Otherwise, get to know each other. Together I know you will all achieve great things." He finishes, turning and walking into his lab, and older man with blue hair following him.
The rest of the room explodes into noise as you turn to look at each other.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Jan 16, 2016 13:18:11 GMT
Karla turned to look over her new teammates, her eyebrow raising when she sees the jester. Still, might not be the weirdest here, she thought. There were all manner of people here, affected in all manner of ways. She had to wonder what had led him to dress like that constantly... She held out her mittened hand to noone in particular and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Karla. You might have seen pictures of me before. It's nice to meet you all."
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Post by AeonThePhoenix on Jan 16, 2016 15:56:01 GMT
Used to working out in the field alone, it felt a little disconcerting being surrounded by so many people, especially when a lot of them didn't look so much like people anymore thanks to the aftermath of interacting with red chain fragments. Not that Axel pitied them... what good was his pity to them now anyway?
Seeing a few of the more altered in the room did make him appreciate the fact he'd never come into contact with any fragments, just those who had been affected by them. Honestly it was kind of difficult not staring, which is why Axel's attention was mainly focused on the Luxray sat by his side, ruffling the fur on his partner's head and getting a contented purr in response.
It wasn't long until Axel was ushered to stand with four others, no doubt the team he was expected to work with. Compared to the other male in his group dressed in what looked like the most ridiculous getup Axel had ever seen, the three females looked normal enough. There was no time for talking however, because at that moment Rowan chose to speak up and address the room. When Rowan revealed that the fragments were disrupting the fabric of space and time, Axel muttered a frustrated "Balls..." under his breath, his go-to word for when things were going south fast.
Securing specimens was one of Axel's specialties, but he was unsure about Dispatern picking up the bill. Not that the money wasn't welcome, but he was uneasy about trusting the old Team Galactic members and Saturn, reformed or not.
As Rowan finished and the room erupted into noise. one of his new teammates introduced herself. Damned if he'd seen this Karla in any pictures but that was no reason to be rude to the young lady, as odd as she stood there in winter gear looking like she'd come out of a snowstorm. Still, it was better attire than the jester for sure.
"Axel Remington, Pokémon Chaser. This is my partner, Gauss."
The Luxray sat by Axel's feet yawned, looking up at the mention of his name. Axel shook Karla's hand out of politeness, not really being a touchy-feely person. Touchy maybe. Even with mittens on her hands felt cold to the touch but Axel declined to comment on it.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Jan 16, 2016 16:29:40 GMT
After the handshake Karla looked to the Luxray the man had motioned to. "Awww they're a cutie! Hello there, Gauss." She keeps her hands to herself, but squats down to give it a smile at closer to eye level. She looks up from there. "Pokémon Chaser? Sounds useful for catching specimens.... So what's one of those do?"
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Post by coffeegrigis on Jan 16, 2016 16:49:28 GMT
Horace's eyes dart all around the group both unimpressed by their getup yet excited for new playmates for the first time in a long time. Gulliver at this time was told to hide invisibly for a good chance to pull a joke on somebody. As Rowan's speech comes to an end Gulliver appears behind Rowan copying his exact mannerisms as he speaks. Horace chuckles quietly then immediately signals for Gulliver to stop.
"Why hello friends, my name is Horace and I'm somewhat of an expert in the field of Cults and Witchcraft. My friend Gulliver here may be a little bit too playful for his own good but he will have your back in just about anything." Horace says as he extends his hand out with a rather weak buzzer attached to it that he has been using for years. As Karla shakes his hand she feels a light shock "Hmm... that used to have a lot more power to it. Ohh Well! is said right before he lets out a huge round of laughter.
Horace then extends his hands to all of the other group members with the buzzer still obviously on.
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Post by luckygrace on Jan 16, 2016 20:16:31 GMT
Grace, once given her chunk of the red chain to the scientists, was caught off guard by the short Q&A a few of the scientists and her had. She was blindsided to the point where when it was over, she was shuffled off into a room with a few other people in it, saying that she was hired. Hearing out professor Rowen, she then understood the full gravity of what that little red chunk of rock she bought a while back was doing to her. Once the speech ended, she observed the rest of the party with Anubis, her lucario, and Eve being held in her arms. If it wasn't obvious, she was one of the trainers that didn't like balling her pokemon when it wasn't necessary.
With the speech done, She turns and observes the rest of the group that seems to be her co-workers on this job. Everyone looked rather normal compared to the rest of the people that obviously mutated... except for the man sporting a jester's outfit. Grace couldn't help but chuckle to herself, at both his and his pokemon's antics. Unable to shake hands due to the pokemon in her arms, she decides to do a polite head nod in appreciation for the jester's gesture, albeit an obvious prank set up.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Horace, Gulliver. It seems like we'll be working together for this opportunity! My friend and partner here," She said motioning to the lucario at her side, "Is Anubis! And this little thing here," She said bouncing the Vaporeon in her arms, "Is Eve. As for my strengths, I'm a fighter, very knowledgeable in the creation and application of medicines, and I've recently found interest in climate control after this gal here," She said, once again, bouncing the now slightly annoyed Vaporeon in her arms,"Learned rain dance. So I guess I'll be looking after you guys as the group's punchy medic."
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Post by shouri on Jan 16, 2016 21:53:20 GMT
Well now. I guess it takes all kinds.
As shoko's gaze turned from person to person, she mentally took note of those around her. She was somewhat intrigued by the more mutated around her and only had mild delusions about performing experiments on a few of them. As Professor Rowan's speech continued, Shoko twiddled her thumbs hoping to hear something interesting. However, her attention did nothold up and her eyes moved to those she was informed would be on her team. A rugged outdoorsman towered next to a woman who seemed prepared for a winter expedition, a seemingly normal human, and a jester. One of these things is not like the other indeed.
As professor Rowan's speech came to an end, Shoko turned to her... fellow adventurers and greeted them all at once in her usual uninterested voice, "Hello, my name is Shoko. I study shards: their use in evolution stones and other purposes. I was asked to come because I also hunt down shards for a living. I hope that the mixture of... talents we have among us will prove useful for this expedition." She opted out of shaking the jester's hand, noting the obvious buzzer.
Her lab coat began to gently wiggle and a dragonair tail popped out from the back of her coat followed by Shoko rolling her eyes. Notable bumps appeared through her coat, unable to mask the intruder wrapped around her within. "You don't... eeee... fit in my coat anymore... well okay you do but that's not the point... get back in your... " Shoko reached for the tail behind her and pulled gently, prompting the dragonair to slowly back up out of her coat. I'm glad I bought the expanding coat this time around... he's ripped far too many. "Um, this is my dragonair Mirk. He loves to hug and coil around stuff so be warned: he's a bit rough on the hugs." Shoko did not mind these hugs most of the time; Mirk could be used, and often was used, as a nice source of heat when a campfire wasn't nearly enough.
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Post by AeonThePhoenix on Jan 16, 2016 22:57:57 GMT
Gauss gave Karla an inquisitive look at her description of him as a "cutie" but didn't react negatively to her at all, giving a deep throaty "Rrray." as she smiled at him. Like Karla, he made no move to initiate any kind of physical contact and keeping his paws to himself but he didn't seem bothered by her presence.
Alex was prevented from giving Karla an immediate answer to her questions as the Jester spoke up and introduced himself as Horace and also to be a complete idjit in Axel's personal opinion. His offer of a handshake with the buzzer blatantly attached was met by a look of general disdain from Axel until Horace moved on. As if he didn't have enough trouble with Bayonet's mischief, now he had two more pranksters to keep an eye out for. God forbid the Sneasel he owned teamed up with this pair, he'd be driven insane by the day's end...
Grace seemed normal enough to Axel and certainly had an impressive mix of skills judging by her description.
As the last of their team introduced themselves as a shard researcher, sounding rather bored as she did so, Axel looked rather surprised to see a tail poking out from her coat as the surface of it rippled with bumps... was she part Pokémon? In any other room that would have been such a ridiculous leap to make but he was surrounded by people with various alterations and mutations after all...
Nope, apparently just her Dragonair being a little too friendly. Fair enough then.
With no further introductions to come, Axel turned his attention back to Karla and finally answered her question on what Pokémon Chasers do.
"As a Pokémon Chaser I travel around the known regions tracking down specific Pokémon and acquiring them as per the request of my clients."
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Post by coffeegrigis on Jan 17, 2016 3:12:07 GMT
Horace, not being use to being around such a large crowd, starts to look visibly uncomfortable the longer he is surrounded by so many people. Gulliver tugs at Horace's clothing in concern due to not use to seeing Horace like this. In an effort to quickly get away from it as soon as possibly he blurts out.
"Great! Now that we are all so close, we should probably come up with a game plan in order to find out more information on these crystals. A couple of suggestions of mine would be go to where the red chain was originally shattered, go somewhere the mutations are specifically rampant, or we can pay a visit to either Silph or Devon corp. If we cant come to a conclusion I umm... should probably go train with Gulliver and... my other friend here" as he hold up another pokeball and then puts it back in his belt "Probably somewhere secluded... and for sure nowhere flammable" Horace then peers around to judge peoples' faces and reaction to his proposal. Horace still seems oblivious of all all the mutations around him and the odd looks he has gotten due to his getup.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Jan 17, 2016 11:27:56 GMT
"Oh... eh, right..." Karla says, in a somewhat slow and worried tone. "Well those sound like good suggestions. We should ask the reseachers here if they know where mutations happen most. And if they're already taking care of where it all started. Hang on I'll go ask." Karla makes for the closest researcher, Rowen if necessary, to find out: any and all reported sites of mutations, and which has been hit hardest, and if the origin of the chain has already been sealed off and investigated. She threw a worried glance back at Horace as she went.
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Post by shouri on Jan 17, 2016 17:41:27 GMT
"Both seem feasible. But odds are that with so many people here, many groups will already head to the origin. It would be.... redundant." Shoko reaches for her pokeball and recalls her dragonair as she turns to the others. "It's important that we get moving. Does everyone here already have supplies?"
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Post by luckygrace on Jan 17, 2016 20:53:01 GMT
Grace was about to speak up agreeing with horace, but Shoko puts forth a rather good counterpoint to going to the epicenter of all of this, considering that would most likely be crawling with people eager to figure out what's going on to begin with. That and one didn't need to have her aura reading capabilities active to notice Horace's unease. Turning to Shoko, "Well, then that knocks out one of the two options of goin' somewhere then. T' be honest, it would be a better idea to go to the Dispatern Industries instead of Deven or Silph. They are the ones hirin' us afterall. It would be a good idea to go ask them what kind of information they want most. As for havin' everything," Grace said bouncing the large bag on her back, "I'm good to go!"
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Post by coffeegrigis on Jan 18, 2016 1:35:00 GMT
Horace, noticing that Grace didn't understand his connotation responds "Ohh, I wasn't going to the corporations to ask them questions. I was suggesting going to see if they have any information that they are keeping for themselves. If you really want to take the moral high road I guess we can go to Dispatern industries...Not really as much fun ask breaking the rules, but I wouldn't want my new friends to feel uncomfortable"
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Jan 18, 2016 2:53:05 GMT
The first researcher Karla finds is a brunette man in a labcoat. After listening to her he checks his clipboard before nodding. "The peak of Mt Coronet has been declared off limits by the Pokemon League, as the spatial distortions are at their worst there. Snowpoint City is still recovering after a pair of mutated Aurorus attacked, so it is likely there's a decent deposit of fragments up there. Seagarden City has dozens of reported sightings of minor mutations, nothing unstable though. Unusual tectonic activity has been reported at Iron Island, abnormal growth by the Old Chateau in Eterna Forest and something has the Unown all riled up in the Solaceon Ruins. Is there anything else?"
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Post by kagemaru656 on Jan 18, 2016 9:18:40 GMT
Karla shakes her head. "I think that's everything. Thanks for the help!" She runs back to the group to relay this info. After she has shared everything she continues with "I think we should head for Snowpoint, but via the forest that was mentioned. From my map that looks like a pretty straight path. Oh, I'm gonna have to grab some supplies first though, wasn't quite expecting such a big task." She waits to see how her team respond to her plan then.
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Post by coffeegrigis on Jan 18, 2016 9:43:12 GMT
Hearing a way to get away from the crowds, Horace cheers up. I so hope something exciting is there, unlike this drolleryd. Is there something new, mysterious Horace especially lights upDangerous! It's been so long since I've had a good old fashioned struggle. Tell me what juicy news did you get from the others, Horace loves juicy information.
Horace is visibly bouncing at this moment at the idea of excitement and getting as far away from this area. So excited he forgets about the rest of the group. "That settles it, as soon as Karla tells me all this juicy info I'll head off to Snowpoint. I am starting to really like you Karla. Ohhoho I haven't been this excited in years.
Horace now stares expectantly at Karla until another member of the group speaks.
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Post by luckygrace on Jan 19, 2016 4:43:25 GMT
Grace was genuinely curious about seeing what their employer was like, for she was rather ignorant of what Dispatern actually did beyond fund this rather expensive sounding research project. Grace was caught off guard with Horace's plan once he flatly revealed the steps he wanted to take with it. Shaking her head in response and just states a simple deadpan, "No." with an equally deadpan expression.
Though hearing about Karla's option, that didn't involve going to a corporation and possibly do illegal trespassing to find out who knows what, Grace lets out a relieved sigh. Quickly nodding her head in agreement and regrowing her usual smile. Grace doesn't actually mind going to a place filled with ice types, considering her pokemon's strength against ice. Grace stares at Horace for a few seconds displeased with the implications of him possibly doing something morally questionable. But there also was the doubt of him just taking the role of his outfit, and just pranking those listening. Eventually, she looks away and turns her attention back to Karla, "Do you need some help getting or finding supplies?"
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Post by kagemaru656 on Jan 19, 2016 6:49:45 GMT
"I saw the mart earlier, so that shouldn't be a problem. You're welcome to com with though." Karla says with a smile. she turns back to the group as a whole though to ask "Where will I meet you guys after? Oh and if we're going to be a team, maybe we should share our numbers with each other." She's a bit wary of Horace as she says this but overall it is probably a good idea... she hopes.
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Post by luckygrace on Jan 19, 2016 7:49:43 GMT
Grace suddenly relaxes, and lets out a chuckle. Pulling out her Pokenav, "Yeah, sharin' numbers would probably be a decent idea if we're not going together. Even then, better safe than sorry! 'Sides, I need to grab some more food for the trail anyway. I've been meaning to get some while I was in town, and what better time than now?" Grace said, "I need to get your number too Horace, if you have one, considering you look like you want to hit the road asap!" She said waving him over like she wasn't looking at him funny a few seconds ago.
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Post by coffeegrigis on Jan 19, 2016 9:32:38 GMT
Horace exchanges numbers with the members of the group receptive to the idea. Noticing the odd stares he got after mentioning storming the other corporation states " Listen I wasn't completely serious when I was wanting to go after the other corporations. I just know that these shards can have terrible side effects. With all the testing these corporations have done on humans I feel like there is something they are holding back and I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up using that information for nefarious purposes. I just like to add a little bit of bravado to everything I do and say. It keeps everything more interesting and helps keep me distracted from... nevermind. Either way sorry if I alarmed you and we should really get our focus back on the thrill of adventure!"
This was the first time you Horace has put on any form of serious face or act. Even Gulliver seems off put by this random change. Horace does seem to get a bit more energetic, but even after that statement he seems calmer than normal. "Horace states "Well I'd love to check out the unown when we get the chance. They always tend to get riled over the most interesting things. Another time though. I'm currently more interested in getting out of this room than heading to our destination. I'd like to stay together if at all possible due to Snowpoint being so far away. I'm going to head to the market to get some supplies before we head out I'll wait for you there. Anybody need anything while I'm at the market? I have a little cash to spare if any of you are strapped. "
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