[Anthony] It seems like everyone just decided to step in to stop this whole situation, including the newly-introduced Chip, who used sand attack on Static, who tried to retaliate by using thundershock, though, I doubt Chip even felt the attack hit him, considering his type. Static grumbles, and Chip tries to explain that I shouldn't be friends with him, and I answer with "Well... he's not so much a friend as he's important to that quest we're on. Either way, this is the first time I've ever seen him act out like this," Static listens to the others make their points, and he says "Yeah, I guess you're right, it's a fake, but, I'm certainly not opposed to a little bit of interrogation," he then turns his head towards Nina, who escaped when she got the chance. "What!? How'd she get away so quickly?" Static asks me. I give my best impression of a shrug, and he starts searching the entire floor for her, eventually giving up, and saying to Rebecca "You know, those puns are a dangerous poison. Be careful with yours, they almost killed me," Static seemed serious, but I knew he wasn't, and he returned to my bag after that, apparently defeated. "Thanks, you guys, seriously. I'm sorry I didn't help you out, or step in, but honestly I wasn't sure what to do, or who to help," I then say to the group, who again seemed to be a team. I start to leave, but instead ask "Hey, I don't think I ever got your team's name, who are you guys?" I then just await their answer as I hear someone sneak around behind me, and I could feel Static trying to jump out of my bag, however, this time, I made sure that he couldn't get out. I then turn towards Xeno, who seemed to look back for a moment, smiling, after giving his thoughts on the matter. I nod, hoping he'd understand that yes, he said the right thing, and say "No, arguments aren't always this complicated, but they're probably more complicated than you're used to," [hr] [Nina] Just before what I assumed would be the final onslaught by the mystery pichu, everyone else stepped in, and stopped him. Rebecca came up with some light puns, and I couldn't stop myself from chuckling a little bit... of course, she also explained that the pichu is going about this all wrong, and that a real guardian wouldn't bring such a powerful item to a guild, while Levita suggested that they interrogate me, and that the pichu should slow down. I shake my head at that, a little scared of any kind of actual interrogation, especially if Static, right, that was his name, was the one doing the interrogating. Chip yells at both of us, and uses sand attack to temporarily blind Static, which I saw as an opening, a way to escape. Anthony started talking for a moment, distracting Static even further, and allowing me to head straight upstairs to the guildmaster's office. Once inside, I was greeted with "Oh? Are you a new friend?" I give the guildmaster, an audino, a confused look, but his assistant, an archen, then asks "Would you like to join our guild as an apprentice?" I then finally say "Oh, yeah, I would. In fact, that's why I'm here," the archen then remarks "That's the only reason why someone like you WOULD be here... er, never mind that, would you like to start a new team, or join an existing one?" I think for a moment, and remember the group who helped me get here without too much harm. "I'd like to join an existing one, which team is it that has a nincada named Chip, a drifloon named Levita, a ralts named Rebecca, and a goomy named Anthony?" They both look at each other, and then started digging through the records, eventually pulling out four pieces of paper. The guildmaster's assistant then responds with "They're not all on the same team, most of them, however, are on team Crescendo, with Anthony being on team Scarab," I then give it a bit of thought, and ask "Which team is the pichu named Static on?" They take another look, and the assistant adds "He's nowhere to be found in our guild records, sorry," I then make my decision, and say "I'll join team Crescendo, then," I overhear Anthony continuing his speech, still distracting Static, and I make my way downstairs, never really passing them, considering they're on the first floor, with the mission boards, and the entrance, whereas the rooms are on the second floor. Once in my room, that is, the room that Archie, the guildmaster's assistant led me to, I notice an extra bag lying around with some stuff in it and my name on it. I pick it up, and try my hardest to put it on, only succeeding a few minutes later. [hr] [Spruce] After stuffing my face with a couple chesto berries and an apple, as well as listening to what Josh had to say about Anthony, I responded with "Huh, that's odd... so, you kept the ex-outlaw, and your leader left you?" I then end up asking "So, what are you guys doing? I mean, a few teams here are doing some things that aren't board missions, heck, my team and I are -" I then get cut off by Kamina saying "[i]There[/i] you two are. I hope M and I are't interrupting anything," I stop for a moment, and say "N..no, you're not. I was just talking with Josh, he's kind of our next-door neighbor. He, and the rest of... wait, what was your team name? Er, anyways, he, and his team live in the room right next to ours. They were also helping us at the whole Beach Cave incident with Anthony and that outlaw mudkip," I then turn towards Celes, who was asking the same thing I was for some reason, and from the corner of my eye, I could see Archie leading someone to a room. A new guild member, perhaps? I basically ignored that, though, and just waited for everyone to say something. I was already finished with breakfast, but the others still seemed to be eating, and I was patient, at least today I was. M seemed oddly quiet, today, though, I guess the most I'd usually get out of him was a grumble or a mumble about something or another. He always seemed to be in a bad mood, especially ever since we headed off to Deep Ocean for some reason. [i]I wonder what's on M's mind right now... meh, I guess I'd know if I was psychic, but I'm not, oh well.[/i] I think as I start looking around, noticing that my group seems to be the only ones in the mess hall right now, well, save for that one bidoof, who seemed to be eating half of the guild's available food. [hr] [Bonnie] The feeling of dread only seemed to intensify as we searched, as every minute seemed to be bringing me closer to the mansion, my father's mansion. I expected everyone to just wait there while I searched for the imaginary seeds, however, they all tried to help for some reason. I DID find A stash of seeds, but I don't think they were mine. In fact, they were in a bag with a picture of a snivy on the front. I took a look inside, and dug around, finding nothing but a stockpile of quick seeds. Everyone was going to ask about MY stash, and will probably be suspicious if I can't produce one, so I took off the picture of the snivy, and said "Uh... I found it... but it wasn't warp seeds, it was quick seeds," I almost instantly regretted saying that, as now we had no more excuses to not head into the mansion. I decide against eating any quick seeds at the moment, and continue to lag behind my team as we tried to head into the mansion again. However, the moment we got there, I could already see my father, he was across the room, and most likely heard the big, creaky door open. "I...it's him!" I shout before trying to run, eating one quick seed, and dropping the bag near my teammates as I race off, with my father chasing me. I had an idea of where that bidoof was, however, I was heading in the wrong way, I headed upstairs, a place where I've never been in all my time living here, whereas the bidoof was probably in the basement, where he used to keep me, his previous victim. Thankfully that quick seed allowed me to outrun my father, but not by much. I ended up hiding in some random closet, reminiscent of that OTHER mission involving an overly fancy mansion and a horrendous monster living in it.