[Spruce] I woke up to an odd sound, a clanking sound, from nearby... as in, the next room over. I rushed over to the sound thinking that it might be an intruder, and notice a strange water type pokemon on the ground, with a reuniclus nearby. Wait, no, I knew these pokemon... Joe, right, and Marty? There were also a couple of unfamiliar pokemon as well. A starly, and a, erm, vanillite? I had already rushed into the room, and probably looked like I was spacing out, so, I ended up finally saying something "Um... hello? I, um, heard something fall onto the floor, something heavy. I didn't know our rooms were so close to each other. Joe, right? From Beach Cave?" I really hoped I didn't mess anything up, but, to be honest, it's been a while since I've seen, well, anyone from that group. The goomy whose name I couldn't recall wasn't present. Either this meant that they kicked him off the team, or he just wasn't here at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if that goomy ran off and stole from someone. He WAS an outlaw before all of this, after all. The room, itself seemed somewhat cleaner than my team's room was, which was weird, considering the fact that they had at least one slime-based pokemon on their team, and sleeping in that room. [hr] [Anthony] Levita, as I learned her name was, and I talked through the night, which was fine, I wasn't exactly tired, and I was sure the guild would provide a chesto berry for me if they noticed I was dragging my non-existent feet, or falling asleep during the morning chant thing. Funny thing, nobody ever seems to actually go to that, anymore. Sure, the newer teams wouldn't miss a single one, but after a while, they'd just head right off to whatever job they were doing. I guess the reason for that was that, unlike Wally's guild, we didn't have any sort of loud pokemon to wake us up for that exact chant. "Hey, Levita... I was just sort of wondering something, but, do you think that our guild got the reputation for being undisciplined because almost none of us go to that dumb morning chant?" She seemed new, so she probably didn't know, but unfortunately, the question just sort of found its way out of my mouth before I really thought it over. Maybe I really was tired. Again, though, the guild will probably give me a chesto berry when they find me like this. Out of almost nowhere, Xeno showed up, and asked if he was supposed to remember Levita. He was already having trouble remembering my name calling me 'Aunth-something' I chuckle a little, and say "Good morning, Xeno, and sure, she's Levita, a newer member at the guild. Also, the name's Anthony," I then look back at Levita, wondering where the rest of her team ran off to. I was almost certain that they fell asleep at some point, and considering where we were, they'd probably find us soon enough. I then notice a female nidoran with an odd, shining necklace. Static woke up at that, and seemed to be trying to fight his way out of my bag until I opened it for him. "The light orb! She has it! We have to take it from her!" Static shouts almost as soon as he shows himself. "Uh... that's Static. He's kind of a part of some important mission I'm on," I then say to Levita in an effort to make Static's sudden interruption a bit less rude. [hr] [Bonnie] I finally woke up from my sleep and notice Tini uncomfortably close to me. I scream almost by accident, and almost fling him off of me. "Oh no... sorry Tini, it's just... well... sorry!" I say to him afterwards, hoping that I didn't convince him that I'm some sort of evil pokemon, or something. Eralion was sitting in the corner for some reason, awake, though Samuel and William were still sleeping for whatever reason. [i]That was pretty bad. I just hope he doesn't take my screaming the wrong way. I just don't like it when other pokemon get that close. I always think they're going to attack me or something... maybe I should try to stop that. These are my friends, or at least, my allies, they're never going to attack me.[/i] I think as I start heading towards the mission boards. The walk there was littered with other pokemon awake and ready to take missions, as well as Larry shouting at... whoever that diglett sentry was. I never really got his name. Apparently, a belsprout, a camerupt and a ponyta were all visiting the guild from wherever the heck they came from. Larry let the team in, and I finally got a look at the boards. A familiar-looking bidoof was seen on a 'lost pokemon' poster. That same bidoof that took the mission to find and arrest my father. [i]No... he didn't...[/i] I think before tearing off the mission and racing back to my team's rooms. I show them the mission, and remind them "That's the bidoof that tried to take down my father. I... I think... well... look, if there's even the slightest chance we can get him out of there, we have to do that. NOW. He won't last long in there," [hr] [Nina] Apparently, the guild was already closed by the time that my mother and I got there, so we had to stay outside for a night. Honestly, though, it was still more comfortable than the bed at her house. Of course, I'd never say that to her. Not directly anyways. Either way, after a seemingly short night, the guild opens up, and I yawn as I wake up, the sunrise looking even better than it did yesterday, with the usual oranges, and reds, though, the clouds were covering the sun, a little bit, which only made them look orange or red, rather than actually cover the sun, itself. My mother was still asleep for some reason, so I used double kick on her to wake her up. I knew it wouldn't actually hurt her, so, I didn't hold back. She woke up after the second kick, and started mumbling something about the light orb, which just made me roll my eyes. "Yes, please go back to the swamp, the orb needs you. Who knows who could have tried to steal it by now," I say in an almost sarcastic tone to her. I then take a few steps towards the guild, and end up getting stopped by a couple of pokemon. More specifically, a gurdurr, and a machoke. "And who might you be, nidoran?" the machoke asks me, with me answering "I'm Nina, and I'm going to be a new apprentice at the guild, whether you like it or not," the two laugh, but move out of the way, with the gurdurr saying "Yeah, you sure have the bravery of an explorer. You'll fit right in here, missy," I decide against glaring at them, and simply enter the guild, that is, after they unlock the front door. Once inside, I was almost overcome with the sheer number of pokemon that were just generally milling about the place. I passed by a drifloon, and a goomy who were talking to each other. Maybe they were a part of the same team, or something. I didn't pay attention to what they were saying until a pichu popped his head out of the goomy's bag, and shouted something about my necklace being the light orb. "What!? Are you insane? Why the heck would I have something like that?" I shout back to the pichu, who jumps out of the bag, and says "No. I am never wrong about an orb's location, and you have one. It's around your neck, isn't it? Are you the guardian of the light orb?" I shake my head, and step away from the pichu. Did he really want to steal my necklace because he thought it was the light orb? Thank goodness I got my mother to get back to guarding the real thing, then, if thieves were about and hiding in explorer's bags. I then overhear the goomy say something about the pichu "Uh... that's Static. He's kind of a part of some important mission I'm on," that confirmed it, then. They were thieves, and trying to throw this world into ruin by stealing the orbs of balance. I wouldn't have any of that, so I started running off, however, that proved itself to be impossible, as Static was faster than I was, and quickly blocked my way towards the guildmaster's office. "Give us the orb," Static put bluntly. "Never!" I shout back at him. I would have told him that this wasn't actually the orb, but not only did I have a feeling that he wouldn't believe me, but it would be safer for the real orb if he actually thought this was it.