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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 27, 2018 1:07:29 GMT
Donovan squeezed back as he looked around the field. His heart was racing as he tried to figure out exactly what was going on. He wasn't turned into a Pokemon, there was no exit, and he still had all his stuff. He still had all his stuff.....When the realization crossed his mind, he took his free hand and dug around for Rose's ball before releasing the Budew in front of himself.
"I have an idea Mica." He says with a grin, before turning towards Rose and speaking again "Rose, can you understand me?"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2018 1:14:38 GMT
The Budew looks up at Donovan with a recognizably miffed look, chittering as if saying 'Of course I can, don't be stupid.'
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 27, 2018 1:19:02 GMT
"Damnit. I had hoped it would be like the rest of the Temples. I really wanted to talk to you buddy" He says as he recalls the Budew. Sighing, he pulls a little on Micas hand as he starts walking "Yeah, I guess you're right. We should just keep following this path until SOMETHING shows up. It can't just be us in here, right?"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 27, 2018 1:22:59 GMT
As the pair begins to walk, following the path, it seems as if Donovan's right. There's a figure up ahead, that looks human even, although they're too far away to tell for sure. They seem to be wandering around a little bit dazedly, before stooping down next to a flower bed to pick a bloom and smell it.
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Post by Robot on Apr 27, 2018 22:57:03 GMT
"A... Another person?" Mica looked at Donovan, and her brow furrowed in thought. "Donovan, what would normal be? It's just... The status quo right? More mundane than any other type. It resists the unusual." She let go of his hand, took a deep breath, and forced a smile. "We can do this."
She started off at a jogging pace, waving to the stranger. "Heeeeey!"
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 27, 2018 23:48:53 GMT
Donovan followed after Mica but was lost in thought. Normal, that was an idea. But he wasn't sure. Looking around once more, and seeing the actual sky and the lack of an exit, he wasn't so sure they were actually in a Temple. Maybe something went wrong, maybe they were pulled somewhere else. It would make sense, they had changed their own world so much that things had happened involving them that they couldn't even remember. And maybe things they did remember didn't happen. So it wasn't totally out of possibility that they were pulled to a different universe. Maybe this one didn't have Temples and this is just where one would have been.
He shook his head, trying to stop thinking about it and finally catching up to Mica, but staying quiet.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 28, 2018 0:00:41 GMT
The figure, as you approach, is clearly a human woman, who looks up as Mica calls towards her. She looks towards the pair with a mixture of confusion, relief, and then suddenly shock, as she calls out, peering closely, "...Donovan?"
Donovan realizes that he recognizes the woman... she looks older than when last they met, but it's clearly Melody. "What... I don't understand? How did you get here? Where is here?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 28, 2018 1:49:14 GMT
"Donovan...? She's your sister or something right?" Mica glanced between Donovan and the unnamed woman, but keeps her attention more to the latter. This wasn't right, random people couldn't just wander into the temples! Then again, she had been disastrously wrong before.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 28, 2018 3:06:27 GMT
Donovan stared, slack jawed for a moment, before a wide grin spread across his face and he ran forward and wrapped his arms around the girl "Oh my God Melody! I didn't think I was ever gonna see you again! Rose is good, he's getting really strong" He smiled and slowly let go.
Taking a few steps back, he looked over at Mica, still with a grin on his face "No, not my sister" He giggles a little before continuing "This is Melody. She's the one who gave me Rose. She's why I decided to be a trainer" He was so giddy at what was happening that he wasn't thinking of WHY it was happening, even a little bit
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 28, 2018 3:21:42 GMT
The other girl briefly returns the embrace, smiling. "That's good to hear," she says, laughing. "I always knew you'd be able to do it. I assume you're either training for, or taking on, Gyms? Or, heck, I guess you might've beaten 'em by now. It has been a while, after all."
"And you're just as pleasantly surprised as I am," Melody says, looking around, staring off at the surroundings. "This doesn't look like anywhere I've ever been before... where are we?" She glances back over at Mica and Donovan. "I guess I really shouldn't expect you guys to know anything more than me. Oh, sorry," she looks at Mica, "I'm being rude, and haven't properly introduced myself. I'm Melody. Are you one of Donovan's friends?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 28, 2018 11:33:17 GMT
Mica took in the pair. From far away Melody had seemed out of sorts but now that they were here talking to her she'd regained some measure of stability in Donovan. They were so familial with their flushed faces and apparent history. Melody was even the sort of name you'd expect a girl girlier than Donovan to have. Mica didn't like it, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why that was. "I go by Mica, and we're good friends, yes." She replied to Melody, her focus wandering the surrounding terrain. They were here, and then someone one of them knew was here too. It had to be a cause and effect thing.
"How long have you been here, Melody?"
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 28, 2018 23:05:53 GMT
"I've taken on just one gym so far. I've only been on the circuit for a few weeks" Donovan says sheepishly "But I've been a bit distracted with the Temples. I'm not sure how much you know about the region of Vesperia, but there's these Temples that have been locked up for as long as anyone knows. Except me and Mica were in an explosion and can enter them now. It's really a scientific wonder. I just can't really explain how it's happening. Anyways" He turned a little red before calming down "Now Mica and I are trying to go to all the Temples and bring the various tribes together so that they can be free again. We entered a Temple and instead it brought us here"
He scratched his head "But I'm not sure where here is, and I'm really not sure why you're here"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 28, 2018 23:21:20 GMT
"Only, like, a few minutes," Melody says to Mica. "I was really just trying to figure out what had happened, and where this is when you guys came along. Was hoping you might have some answers to that, but I guess not."
"All that stuff is... hard to believe," she admits. "Sounds more like a fairy tail than anything. But, I haven't really known you to lie, so, if you say it's true, it must be. Sounds really cool, if it is, even if I don't exactly understand all of what you're telling me. Tribes? Must be a Vesperia thing." She gives a laugh. "So, if you need a hand at all, well... it sounds exciting. Besides, it'd be fun to adventure with you, now that you're a Trainer!"
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Post by Robot on Apr 29, 2018 0:38:58 GMT
"You've been here as long as we have to the moment." Mica commented passively, continuing up the trail past Melody. "What sorts of adventures did the two of you get up to before Donovan became a trainer?" Her disinterest in Melody and the distraction with their surroundings was very unlike Mica, but it might almost be jealousy, were the situation not so strange.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 29, 2018 0:48:06 GMT
Donovans eyes went wide and the grin returned "I think it would be great if you tagged along!" He turned to Mica, looking happier than he had since before the last Temple "Melody is a super strong Trainer. She was getting ready to fight her 8th gym when I met her, and that was two years ago. I can't imagine how much stronger she is now."
He tapped his chin "We just did regular stuff. When we met, she was saving me from a swarm of Beedril that she chased off with her Gourgeist. Like I said earlier, Melody is the one who gave me Rose, back when he was just an Egg. She set me both on the path of being a Trainer and also for using Grass Types."
He looked up at the sky with a dreamy look on his face "After she saved me, she taught me the basics of battle and I showed her around town. She was there for a few months getting ready so we got to know each other pretty well. We were kind of....nevermind" Donovan blushes and goes quiet for a moment before turning back to Melody "The first thing we should do is figure out where we are. But if this IS a Temple, then I'm sure you can make it into the others too. If so you're the first person that we've met who wasn't at the explosion who can make it in. Which is kind of...unbelievable really..." He shook his head and tried to chase the thought out "But let's not think about that. Instead we should focus on finding where we are"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 29, 2018 0:56:17 GMT
"Yeah," Melody chuckles, "those were some good times. Though, I don't expect you'd need me to save you from a swarm any more. Though, you still smell strong and floral enough to attract one." She winks.
"If we're finding things out," she says, looking around, "then we probably shouldn't stick around here. Or maybe we should, in case something happens, I guess... hmm," she seems pensive, "What do you two think? Any way in particular you feel will help?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 29, 2018 1:11:00 GMT
Mica continues to put more distance between herself and the couple, picking up speed. Her suspicions and that wrong feeling was getting heavier in her chest. They had been close. Closer then Mica had ever been with anyone. Closer then Mica was with Donovan. That was why it hurt. She just wanted to leave this place. When they got out, Melody would go away and she wouldn't have to think about it anymore. "I'll go look around." She barked out, perhaps a little more forcefully then she would have liked.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 29, 2018 1:20:57 GMT
Before Mica even ran off, Donovan knew something was wrong. Someone else mentioned that he smelled like flowers and she didn't say anything about it. She ALWAYS said something about it. He found it annoying at first but eventually it grew on him and he found it really endearing. But she didn't point it out. She didn't say anything. His grin fell and he turned to Melody "I'll be right back. I need to go check on her"
Donovan ran forward and put a hand on Mica's shoulder "Alright, what's up? You're not acting like yourself. This is a new person who I said is a strong Pokemon trainer and you didn't even ask to see her Pokemon. That's not the Mica I know at all." He took his hand off her shoulder and put it in his pocket "You'll really like her when you get to know her. I know it's weird that we just ran into her out of the blue but like....maybe whatever power is in control of all of this pulled her here to help us. Weirder things have happened" He seemed to be reaching, trying to convince himself as much as he was convincing her, but his face was still plastered with concern over how Mica was acting
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Post by Robot on Apr 29, 2018 1:33:34 GMT
"Donovan, she doesn't matter right now, she's probably not even really here. People can't just enter the Temples. You haven't seen her in two years and she just shows up in here in the exact same timeframe we did?" Color flooded her cheeks, Mica was starting to lose her calm. "You've got a big giant pair of rose colored goggles on and you're not even thinking about it. You two can adventure together, I'll figure this out on my own." She gently eased his hand off of her shoulder. "You have history together." She slouched.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Apr 29, 2018 2:02:04 GMT
"You're not doing this on your own" Donovan said flatly before crossing his arms "You and I have been through SO much in the last few weeks. There is no way in hell that I'm gonna let you go off on your own and try and solve this yourself. You're stuck with me, whether you like it or not"
"I may have 'rose colored glasses' about Melody, or I realize that there is the smallest chance that it's actually her. And if it is, then we have someone stronger than us who can HELP us. Mica we don't have to do it by ourselves anymore if this is real. Is it so bad that I want that" His voice went from resolute to pleading. He closes his eyes for a moment and caught his breath, but just saw Oronis die once more. The image had been haunting him since they left the temple. Every time he touched the Grass Plate he was reminded of what it had cost to obtain "Mica. I'm not strong enough to do this alone. And I'm so so so glad that I have you here to do this with. But is it wrong that I'm hoping that we finally found someone else who can help us to?"
He wiped at his eyes for a moment, though nothing had come out, before looking at Mica with a determined expression "And besides, if she isn't real. Don't you think it's a better idea for her to think that we think that she is. That way we never actually let our guard down but she doesn't suspect anything."
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