Adventure Thread - Group A

Lia 'hmms' thoughtfully.

"Didn't the three beasts like... align themselves with noble houses or some shit?"

She looks to Kaeda.

"You're rich, babe, do you think that'd count as 'nobles' in this day and age?"

The servant does as asked, but will have to get back to Kaeda. The archives aren't far away, but to go back far enough to find actual, legitimate nobility will take a few hours.

~~A few hours later...~~

Kaeda receives a message from the servant she asked to look into the archives. It turns out that while the Starwoods are not nobility themselves, they were vassals to a noble house in the past. A rather interesting name turned up during the research into said noble house: D'Mara. Not the current one, no. Turns out the Elite Four member is the second of her name, the first being nobility back in the 'olden days'. Their line very nearly died out, and while D'Mara Dracor I was stripped of her rank for 'crimes against Kanto and her Queen' (which are not detailed, it seems), her daughter, a young woman named 'Zoey' continued the line. She eventually rebuilt the House of Dracor, and brought the Starwoods back into the fold as a Branch House. They aren't technically nobility, but they're about as close as one can get.

"Very interesting!" Jane grunts through clenched teeth, trying to suppress a yawn. She didn't have anything against family histories, but bloodlines and marriages and so on wasn't exactly her thing. To keep herself alert through the ordeal she retrieved a shiny and freshly pilfered apple from her bag. Yum!

"'I call on thee oh noble beast! Unleash ye might and kick thee lowly ass of my foes!'?" Jane suggests and takes a large chomp out of her delicious, crisp apple.

There is silence but for waves lapping against the docks. Nothing happens. No real way of knowing whether Suicune heard Kaeda or not though. Not immediately. Even if it doesn't leave the greater Kanjo area, it could still be all the way over in Cianwood City or something. All the girls can do now is wait.

To the internet! Jane does some searching of the interwebz for 'how to call a Legendary Pokemon', and gets a number of results. Some of them are absolutely silly, while others seem like they could actually work. As with anything on the internet, it's hard to tell what's real and what's trolling, but that's okay!

The 'ritual' that seems most likely to work appears to involve quite a bit of preparation time. There are geometric designs to draw, a chant to memorize whose words differ based upon which Legendary Pokemon you want to call, and a good number of other things. Nothing particularly rare is required, but the person who posted this ritual suggests that it is untested, and not guaranteed to work. Surprising for the internet! Usually they try to claim that their suggestion will definitely work. At the same time though, the poster also claims that this ritual will only work on 'proper' Legendary Pokemon. Meaning things that aren't man-made, like Mewtwo. It also reminds the reader that Pokemon, especially of the Legendary variety, are intelligent beings capable of rational thought. Thus, they could possibly either ignore the calling entirely or even take offense to it if you word your request improperly.

While Jane is doing this, it suddenly occurs to Lia that Gym Leader Ashandra has a Legendary Pokemon. Surely she would know how to get one to respond to you long enough to attempt a bargain, yes? Hmmm, but at the same time, would she really tell you? Only one way to find out.

Kaeda shrugged, and nodded. "I don't see how that could be any less effective than now. But at least we can fail, and lounge in our own home." Kaeda grabs her stuff, and looks to the others. "We can head home, if you two got nothing else to do here."

Once back at the ranch, the group is surprised to see someone waiting for them at the entrance. They are wearing strange, light blue and purple robes and have this strange, far away look in their eyes until someone addresses them.