[color=a187be]"Well, I'm typically not one to dive into fights with strangers anyway. My name's Sephie, and it's a pleasure to meet you." Sephie introduces herself with a small bow, which ends up unraveling her scarf a bit. While she hurries to put it back on, she listens to Serph's words concerning the pokeflute, and she grins. "Ah, so your friend is a human, then. I was wondering just how many people dared to be out adventuring anymore. Those Revolutioneers...they've done some considerable damage, it would seem...even to me." Her tone grows darker as she unconsciously reaches a hand up back to her scarf and grips it.
Ai-yu blinks at the Lucario, and the little shiny Celebi is flooded with glee at having the Lucario so pleased to see her. For the first time in awhile, she speaks up, "T-thank you..."
"Ah, so the little one speaks! I was beginning to wonder if you'd lost your voice for real this time, Ai." Sephie laughs, seeming to have forgotten all about whatever dark moment she'd had just a moment ago. Sephie turns to Serph again, gesturing to the Celebi clinging to her shoulder. "This is Ai-yu. She was a gift from the future. Another Celebi, dying, entrusted her to me..."
When the music from the flute starts up, Sephie's group of Pokemon are caught by the joyous feeling, and start dancing amongst each other. Ai-yu does loops and whirls in the air, Sephie dances with both Pipley and Euphoria, and even Raven and Sachiko are caught moving to the beat a little, however much they try to hide it.
In the middle of the dance, however, Ai-yu slows to a bit of a stop. Her eyes glow bright green, and lose their pupils for a minute while she stares off into space. Sephie catches this almost immediately, and, moves closer to the odd little Celebi.
"Hey, Ai, everything okay?" Sephie asks.
"...Someone.....is over there...they're hostile towards us..." Ai-yu murmurs quietly.
"Hm...is that so?" Pipley mutters. "Well...Ai-yu's never been wrong before. Tch, and we were having such a good time. A pity, it is..."
Instead of any of her Pokemon picking it up, Sephie picks up the doubtful, angry aura from somewhere close. It only adds to her concerns about what is to come...[/color]
[color=39b54a]"Aqua...?" Rythian echoes, staring down at the Eevee. The name does ring faint bells in his head. He grins. "Well, well. How nice to see you again! Glad you're still well. Just as cheery as ever." He's partially unaware of the fact that he's also moving a bit to the beat of the song all the while. He thinks for a moment on Darkclaw's motives. "Well...I believe he's just a power-junkie. I used to be with him, as a Revolutioneer. But...as soon as the real carnage started, I decided to bow out. I pretended to be dead to get out of it, and I've been here ever since. I've got two other friends I look out for...a rather odd Pichu, and a rather odd Meowth. I wonder where those girls could be..."
"Hey, do you hear that?" In their part of the forest, Mystarii can just faintly pick up the sound of Ven's flute. Electricia perks up her ears.
"Y-yeah, I think I do! The song changed, but there's surely can't be two pokeflute users here, can there?!" Electricia's eyes light up with a bit of relief.
"Sweet! Now all we have to do is follow the sound, and-EEEEEP!" Mystarii suddenly lets out a cry of surprise when a tall, powerful figure rushes out in front of them, bringing the two Pokemon to a complete and terrified halt.
"Stop right there." The female Lucario in the cape narrows her eyes at the two trembling pokemon before her. Her mind is protesting, pointing out how cruel it is for her to terrorize such small pokemon, but she pushes those back.
[i]'Think about Tatakumei, Aruba. Think about Tatakumei...'[/i]
"Are you two of the Trained?" Aruba growls.
"N-no, miss! We're just Scattered..." Electricia whimpers.
""Y...You're a Revolutioneer, aren't ya?!" Mystarii's fur spikes up with fear. "P-please! Don't kidnap and torture us! W-we're just lost!"
In the middle of the ongoing please from the two smaller Pokemon, Aruba picks up auras coming towards her, as well as the sound of a flute in the distance. Only a human could play it that well. She has to be quick about this if she wants to get something done. Aruba turns back to the two smaller Pokemon in front of her.
"I won't kidnap you if you point me in the direction of that flute. There must be those of the Trained variety there." Aruba tells them.
"Y-yes ma'am! They've got to be that way! Down there, I-I think! We're lost, so..." Electricia points her in the direction that they came from.
"Very well. Speak of me to no one, or else." Aruba turns and rushes off in a hurry, under the cover of the tree's shadows. She grows ever closer to the flute, having the slight urge to dance...but finding the strength to overpower it through thinking strictly about her work and her daughter's fate.[/color]