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Post by Raven on Sept 20, 2016 1:43:19 GMT
"Holly" just stares blankly. She doesn't seem to understand what the problem is. The Honedge makes some sort of noise like metal on metal.
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Post by lichlord on Sept 20, 2016 2:23:21 GMT
"Alright, that totally reinforces my confidence. Excellent. Extremely Excellent."
Mae throws her hands up and walks back.
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Sept 20, 2016 4:10:00 GMT
"Whatever." Marcus says tiredly. "We'll sort this out in the morning. I need to get dry." He nods to Mae and Holly before heading back to his room.
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Post by Raven on Sept 20, 2016 4:13:28 GMT
Seeing as the other people are gone now, the odd girl quietly returns to her meal.
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Post by lichlord on Sept 20, 2016 15:37:38 GMT
At the very least she'll make for an excellent distraction for anything that the gym leader throws at us. And a doubt Mr Geta and I will find much stronger...
Her thoughts linger on 'Holly' for a while before she shakes her head and heads to her room for the night, Sync in tow.
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Post by magnyrdelorn on Sept 21, 2016 3:05:38 GMT
Each of you in turn heads to bed, wondering what awaits you the next day.
Marcus wakes up first, to agitated cawing. As he blearily opens his eyes, he spots Jupiter near a knocked over lamp, and Aquillo flying in tight circles around him, trying to intimidate the small electric pokemon. This seems to be having the opposite effect however. Marcus recognizes that Jupiter is about to attack, and if the acrid odor in the air is any indication, the small bird is about to be struck by lightning.
Mae is woken up next, by Sync bumping deliberately into her with enough force to jar her awake. As she moaned in protest, the Porygon2 jumped into the Dex he had moved to her bed, and it springs to life, seemingly in the middle of a news broadcast. "-med meteorologist, pokemon professor, and doting father, Gregory Mondrian, was among the many who passed away yesterday afternoon in the second freak lightning storm to wrack the Bromid region in less than a month. The Pokemon League spokeswoman and current Champion, Brynn Turley, had this to say: "We here at the League grieve the loss of Greg. He was a warming influence on so many hea-" The broadcast continues for quite a while, listing names and photos of people both confirmed dead, or lost from the storm. All told, dozens of people are named. It seems the continent you're currently on was spared the worst of the storm. The mainland was hit hard, however.
Holly wakes to silence, which is pretty standard for her and her pokemon. Her Honedge is propped against her bed, and her Cacnea has taken up residence on the wide windowsill, catching the first sunrays of dawn.
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Sept 21, 2016 3:29:44 GMT
Marcus immediately throws his pillow at Jupiter, knocking the brat over and forcing the electricity to harmlessly discharge into the fabric. He then rolls up a magazine that was on the bedside table and swats Aquilo. The bird and Jupiter are both met with an annoyed glare until they sheepishly look at the ground.
"Guys, we're a team." Marcus begins, beckoning Terminus and Fulgora over from their beds of rolled up blankets. "That means we don't fight each other, we don't ruin anything that I have to pay for and we definitely don't wake me up in the morning." He says, looking each of his pokemon in the eyes as he does. "Seriously Jupiter. You should know better than this."
After restoring the room to it's original state and grabbing breakfast, Marcus goes outside and trains his 3 new acquisitions, before returning to the centre and looking for the others.
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Post by Raven on Sept 21, 2016 4:27:39 GMT
Holly reaches down to touch the Honedge, which quickly wraps its tassel around her wrist again. Somehow, this always makes her feel better. Whenever she is separated from Honedge for even a brief period of time, she begins to feel empty; incomplete somehow. Holly understands Cacnea enjoys the sun. She found it in a harsh, dry environment after all. She and Honedge care little for sunlight, however, and Holly quickly pulls her hood back up to shield herself from the sun (she only has the one set of clothes).
She lets Cacnea remain in the window to follow or not as she and Honedge head someplace private to keep their edge. Hearing her leaving, the Cacnea hops off its perch to follow.
(Honedge and Cacnea are Brutal. Honedge gains 5 xp, while Cacnea gains 4.)
After the brief practice session, Holly and her Pokemon head towards where the food is.
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Post by lichlord on Sept 21, 2016 5:28:25 GMT
"Sync what are you-"She watches stone-faced as the video plays. "So that's what that ambulance was for..."She puts down the dex, unable to watch more. She stares out the window, recalling the events of yesterday. That power killed one of the few people looking into the storms. She didn't know him well, but he did not deserve to go out like that. Whatever is doing this is threatening to eclipse her goals in her own mind. For the longest time, showing the world the error of her ways was all that mattered. And now it's being pushed out of her mind like this. She doesn't like it. She hangs her head for a while, until Sync begins tapping her, beginning to worry. She looks down at her newly evolved Porygon2. "Let's just go train, and we'll show Mr Geta. I'm sure at least he'll care."She does her quick training on her single pokemon, and heads to find Marcus. Brutal Training applied.
XP training for Sync
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Sept 23, 2016 2:41:11 GMT
Marcus sits down in shock after seeing the video. "Well that's a thing." He says after a few moments. "Some of his equipment probably overloaded and exploded or something." He says, thinking over what happened. "Which sucks but doesn't change much for us. The storm was as unexpected as the last and I'm fairly certain you're not going to turn back." He stops, clearly bothered by what he's saying. "So this changes nothing for us. Do you want to head over to the gym ASAP, or do something else first?"
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Post by lichlord on Sept 23, 2016 3:24:59 GMT
"I suppose you are right in that it changes nothing. It does 'suck' but I thought you should know. But yes, I suppose it's time to head to the gym."
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Sept 23, 2016 3:44:17 GMT
"Alright. First we need to find our new friend though." Marcus says, sarcasm audible in his voice and apparent in his expression. "Actually, she probably isn't weirder than Seth, though significantly more obvious about it." He says, comparing the girl's glowing eyes to the hydrokinesis of their previous travel partner.
After a moment's though he goes to Holly's room and knocks on the door. "You in there Holly? Mae and I were going to go challenge the gym."
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Post by lichlord on Sept 23, 2016 3:49:37 GMT
"Don't kid yourself, 'Mad Scientist'."
Mae hangs back and waits for Marcus.
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Post by Raven on Sept 23, 2016 3:56:17 GMT
The room appears to have been vacated. If not for the messy bed, you would think nobody had even been in here. A quick search of the rest of the building provides the answer: She's in the cafeteria again, stocking up on whatever free food she can get that keeps for long periods of time. The odd girl acts as if she has no idea where her next meal may come from. Then again, she may not. Who knows with her?
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Sept 23, 2016 4:10:21 GMT
Marcus approaches her and smiles. "Morning Holly. Mae and I were going to head over and challenge the gym. You still up for doing so as a team?"
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Post by Raven on Sept 23, 2016 4:15:12 GMT
Holly looks up as she finishes stuffing her bag with food. "Yes.." is all she says. For a second you swear you can see the Honedge's eye flash brightly and Holly's dim, but when you look again, it's the same as before.
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Post by lichlord on Sept 23, 2016 5:45:34 GMT
"Well then we should get going."
After the show that was this morning, I think we need a win. Now if Holly can be relied on, maybe that'll help.
She looks out a nearby window pointing in the way of Cadet Town, and Mae winces slightly. She shakes it off to focus on the task at hand.
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Post by magnyrdelorn on Sept 24, 2016 23:22:10 GMT
The group heads over to the gym at noon, and find a squat, unassuming dojo. An attendant greets you at the door and leads you through the sparring area into a back room, where a small dining table is set up with a delicious smelling meal of fried fish, Mac and cheese, and spinach. Erin has her place setting set aside, and she seems to be going over some documents, but when the door opens, she smiles thinly, and gets up to greet you. "Welcome! Welcome! I hope you will spare me the imposition, but I love to get to know my opponents before I challenge anyone. I hope you'll share a meal with me, and then we can go to the arena we'll fight in." She gestures welcomingly to the seats, and then has a seat herself. "I trust you've heard about what transpired yesterday in Cadet Town while you were making your way here?"
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Post by Raven on Sept 24, 2016 23:25:05 GMT
Having already eaten earlier, Holly just takes a seat and waits for the rest, Honedge's eye pulsating slightly in time with an almost imperceptible dimming of the glow behind the trainer's.
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Post by lichlord on Sept 25, 2016 0:45:50 GMT
Mae looks really confused that the leader would feed them beforehand, bit sits anyway.
"I didn't tell our impromptu third, but I wasn't sure if she even knew."
I mean it's not like she's very forthcoming...
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