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Post by getsuga on Nov 5, 2016 20:13:33 GMT
"One of Nadar's friends. One of us took him out though, not without heavy casualties. Reports say he could move anything and everything in a given area. My comrade Natasha prevailed by prolonging the battle and sneaking up on him. I also hope no one bothers you on your journey."
Tatsumaki grows silent as she hears the destionation she has to go to, "Hayden City... fine lets go.". She walks towards the door with her fists in a ball.
"Wait trainers!", Professor Spruce calls out to Jace, Tully, and Marietta. "I remember Marietta coming in earlier yesterday so she already has her pokedex. Jace yours is ready right now. And I need your name to register this pokedex for you." The professor looks towards Tully for an answer.
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Post by Trixander on Nov 5, 2016 22:15:04 GMT
"Mine?" Jace plays stupid. In reality he knows that the Pokedex in his bag is in fact Marietta's. "Then this must be yours." Jace takes out the Pokedex from the bag, holding it out to Marietta. Ace slinks back into the bag, deciding that it is a better place to nap than Jace's shoulder.
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Post by madandy on Nov 6, 2016 3:49:14 GMT
Tully looks up, a little startled at the attention. He wasn't sure about Hayden City, pretty big place and a lot of light, but he figures they're going to end up there at some point anyway.
"Tully." He says, hoping they'd just leave it at that.
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Post by kurohagane on Nov 6, 2016 12:44:09 GMT
The professor's alert to Jace freezes Marietta on place. Her pranks all her plans she planned since yesterday all subverted back to her. Marietta face looks so white it metaphorically freezes her over, turning her totally white from shock. She could only stare at the source of her defeat, Jace, blankly.
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Post by getsuga on Nov 6, 2016 14:40:27 GMT
The professor pauses for a moment so Tully can fully finish, "Just Tully? You're lucky the trainer registration system is very lenient."
The professor taps some buttons on the screen and viola, a brand spankin new pokedex for everyone!
Tatsumaki leads the group outside of the lab. She hands them a touchscreen device, "This a your tool to access the shop and that's all it's good for. Purchased items will take a few hours to get to your location. Most likely one of the members of my team will meet you at a pokemon center for safety reasons. Marietta, I know you said that you'll abstain from joining. Is there something you also desire?"
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Post by kurohagane on Nov 6, 2016 16:32:59 GMT
Marietta follows, fetches the touchscreen device searching for - mechanical scraps for future use, new set of clothes, pester balls, knives for practicing new juggling stunts and... gasoline. Marietta dismisses Tatsumaki's plan to bribe her, replying patronizingly. "Bribery isn't going to work on Red White ya know." Marietta then continues, testing Tatsumaki. "I arrive at Nexus looking for my parents, who went missing to fight a war in my region. I got some leads from the professor and not sure if I can stay at Nexus for long."
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Post by getsuga on Nov 6, 2016 17:51:58 GMT
"Oh, it's unfortunate that our time together will be cut short." says Tatsumaki, unfazed by Marietta's arrogance. She turns around, searching her pokemon belt. "It's a shame, someone in our organization might've been able to help. He specializes in getting his drones to search under every rock in the land." she says this with a huge grin while her back is turned towards the audience.
She bring out her pokemon Alteria, and Drifblim. "You three can rest on my Alteria while we fly. He is as fluffy as a cloud.". She attches a basket to Drifblim and proceeds to hop inside. "Let's ride, we will arrive to Hayden City *sigh* in an hour."
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Post by Trixander on Nov 6, 2016 17:58:13 GMT
"Sounds good." Jace snatches the tablet from Marietta after she finished, replacing it with her Pokedex. He take his Pokedex from the professor and with both devices in hand gets on the Alteria. Jace then proceeds to order his own prize and puts both devices in his bag (this time in a pocket separate from Ace). "Let's get this show on the road... or the air I guess."
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Post by madandy on Nov 6, 2016 18:14:19 GMT
"...sure." Tully says, extremely unsure about travelling miles in the air to the next city. Not that he was afraid of heights, no, of course not, perish the thought! he was just... vertically cautious.
Gently putting a hand on his back pocket to make sure the shard he'd nicked was still there (it almost certainly was, but against guys who can warp space and time, you couldn't be too careful), he climbs on to Alteria and immediately clings and hard as he can.
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Post by kurohagane on Nov 6, 2016 18:17:33 GMT
"Hmm? Hoho..." Marietta grins and remains unfazed at Tatsumaki's attempt to guilt trip her. The drone expert, however, interests her a little. Marietta knows she does not have to join Paradiso, but she can help the group, and she bet she can cash in favors later. Otherwise why would Tatsumaki mention the droid expert? She wants Marietta's help.
"Okay, fluffy dragon, lead the way." Marietta swiftly hops onto Tatsumaki's Altaria, leaning on the cloudy feather which makes her feel sleepy. She knows her next adventure awaits. She gives out another question to Tatsumaki. "Is every gym leader in Nexus associated with Paradiso?"
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Post by getsuga on Nov 6, 2016 21:42:44 GMT
"No, only Jeremiah. I'm sure Roderick told you about him and his wife popularity among the masses..." Tatsumaki says as she hooks the basket under Drifblim. "Roderick and Ika are childhood friends so of course he would be worried about her. I personally know two of them." She flicks Drifblim to fly and Alteria follows. They are en route to Hayden City!
The time is 3:00am on the new moon. Tatsumaki sees the glowing aura of Hayden City and shivers in disgust. From far away you can see a large dome with neon lights set to high.Tatsumaki also noticed that everyone is sleeping except Tully. She steers Drifblim over to Alteria. She stares at him with a stern face knowing that Tully is very different from the other two in some familiar way.
"You look very reliable in this group. So I'll cut to the chase. At one point you probably asked yourself why didn't I ask for the shard from you three, yet alone show it to us. Right"
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Post by madandy on Nov 6, 2016 22:20:13 GMT
"It did cross my mind." Tully says, keeping his face neutral until he knows where the conversation is heading. "Not complainin', mind you - when yer enemies can pop outta nowhere anytime they want, 'sprobably safer on the move wit' me - but I did wonder."
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Post by getsuga on Nov 6, 2016 23:04:20 GMT
"I think it's safe in your hands too and you earned the right to hold it, for the meantime. Also all we've been doing is asking for favors from you three. The reason why I didn't take it was because I was never ordered to retrieve it for our boss, if you get what I mean. There will come a time where we will need that shard. The 3rd gym leader Jeremiah, he had a mission on Spear Pillar before the renegade group attacked. I don't know what happened but he failed. If you mention it he may ask of the shard since those the direct orders of the unseen boss himself. I'm pretty sure no one thought the orbs could be used like this and the boss would not go so far as to kill them, maybe just borrow their powers for a bit, ask Jeremiah for details since you're one of us." she gives Tully a small smirk and flexes her average arms.
"Also there will come a time where I may ask for it and you better fork it over or you risk losing your life to the Terrible Tornado! *ahem* Not a threat, just a foreshadowing of future events."
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Post by madandy on Nov 6, 2016 23:08:16 GMT
Tully gulps audibly "Sure thing, no problem. Heh." He nods, then turns back to look over the view.
He quickly realizes his error, having traded the terror of the "Terrible Tornado" for the terror of falling to his death from the back of a cloud-dragon. He doesn't turn back, though - why ruin a dramatic moment?
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Post by getsuga on Nov 6, 2016 23:32:38 GMT
Tatsumaki smiles at Tully's embarassment (or fear). He's making his own way in the world.
Staraptor and Archeops finally manage to return to their master. Staraptor pearches on her shoulder and Archeops pants heavily while hanging on to the basket for his dear life. Their screeches wake up Marietta and Jace.
"Ah great you have awoke. We have arrived at our destination!"
Hayden City, the city of dreams. It is located around a large lake, giving fresh water to its inhabitants. There are only two places to enter this city. From Umbridge Town and Ferragaut Town. Known for its bustling night life and the 24 hour gambling at the casino called "Espoir" or Hope, many people visit this place to become rich beyond their wildest dreams. The casino funds most of the entertainment, hotels, and other venues in the city. Like any other casino, security is very very tight and so there is not much crime happening in or around the area. Also the gym leader, Travest, has a gym inside the top of the casino...
Alteria lands near a pokemon center. "Ok this is our stop." says Tastumaki, not intending on getting out of the basket. "If fate agrees, I will catch you all later."
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Post by Trixander on Nov 7, 2016 1:31:13 GMT
"Hopefully when we do it won't be on a battlefield." Jace climbed down. "Thanks for the ride." Mission number 1; sleep. Everything else can come after that. Jace wanted to find out more about this gym leader, but that could wait...
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Post by getsuga on Nov 7, 2016 2:15:58 GMT
Tatsumaki says her goodbyes and withdraws her pokemon. Drifblim carries her out of the area.
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Post by kurohagane on Nov 7, 2016 2:46:02 GMT
Still in a dream like daze, Marietta moans and murmurs like she was disturbed on bed. "Uhh... Mom... my chest are still sore... 5 more minutes... never know you could..." Marietta attempts to climb down from Altaria, and without her usual rhythm she falls straight on her face.
Rudely awakened, Marietta returns from consciousness and observes the city, walking around and marvelling the bright city. "Wow... this is Hayden City! Time for a cheap inn."
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Post by getsuga on Nov 7, 2016 2:46:18 GMT
Tatsumaki says her goodbyes and withdraws her pokemon. Drifblim carries her out of the area.
Our heroes arrive at an "ok" hotel. The floor map shows spacious rooms that three people can live in one comfortably for a few days. They purchase a $500 suite to stay in during the night, for everyone is dead tired. Jace opens up the door and everyone sees that the room is perfectly in order for the residents.
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Post by kurohagane on Nov 7, 2016 14:05:43 GMT
"Woohoo!" Marietta rudely barges into the hotel room ahead of Jace and scans the room for a bed, only to notice there is only one bed. Marietta figures her other two friends will want the bed themselves and looks for an alternate bed she can sleep on - the couch. Marietta relents and examines the whole kitchen, room and bathroom, checking and see if everything works fine.
Marietta suddenly gasps, it dawns to her that she is sharing a room with two guys, she feels pressured about her lack of privacy. Marietta shrugs and simply trusts Jace and Tully not to attempt things on her. She simply chuck her bag near the couch, along with her hat and MP3 players, picking up a change of clothes (different color of the same tank top and short pants she wear) from her bag and some Pokeballs. "I'm off for a soak." Marietta walks to the bathroom to get a soak before heading for coach.
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