Stahl

The forest seemed to be quite again. Stahl assumed the two Eevee-like looking people had found what they were after and left. He slowly got down from the tree he had been hiding in, jumping down one branch at a time. For a moment he had thought about approaching the two Gijinkas, but he wasn't sure how they would react to him. After all, he was holding a massive sword in each hand. "Doublade" he thought to himself again. The term had popped up in his head by itself, just like the term "Eevee" when he first noticed the two creatures in the woods. But after all, nothing that had happened in the last hour or so appeared to make any sense, at least to Stahl.

He had woken up in this strange forest, the two swords sheathed on his back. He had no clue how they got there, but man were they freaking cool. As he got up he immediately tried them out on a tree. Although Stahl had never held a sword in his hand, the movements came naturally to him. Slash, Slash, turn and slash, and the tree was but a collection of wood and branches. I can definitely get used to this He thought, taking another look at his swords. But there were more unanswered questions: Where was he? Who were those two other people? Were there more of them? Just thinking about all this made Stahl's head hurt. He wasn't a big thinker, more of a doer.

Following the path the two Eevee-like people had walked, it didn't take long until Stahl was out of the forest. He could make out a building...and a group of people? Not too far away from him there seemed to be a congregation of sorts. He could barely make out the two Eevees he had seen in the forest...and a bunch of other weird-looking people. He decided to put his two swords away, he didn't need any sort of trouble at this point. Stahl took a few steps out of the forest, and when he got closer to the group he shouted. "Hey guys, do you have any clue where the heck we are?" Simple and to the point, Stahl thought. Just like he was.

Mellio rubbed his head sheepishly at the little reprimand that Pyro had given him. He might have overreacted, but it was only because of the sudden knock out of a new friend. Friends should be stood up for, especially when they can't stand up for themselves. The green haired boy turned to the Zoroak Gijinka and bowed from the hip, his upper body parallel to the ground. "Sorry for jumping the gun! I won't do it again!" he apologized sincerely, keeping his bow until the black/ red haired girl accepted his admission of regret. Until the wrongs are forgiven, there can be no friendships.
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Xiphias' ears twitched as she watched the cute little shellos Gijinka bow at her. She nodded. "It is... alright. I am used to people judging me based on looks." she commented.

She flicked her ears as she watched a stranger approach, he was carrying what looked like two swords in his hands. A Doublade.. her mind told her. Though she had no idea how she knew this. She watched the stranger approach, she blinked. "We are in a city." Xiphias commented dryly. "Not entirely certain the name though." she took the last bite of the pecha berry she'd been given, swishing the healing juices around in her mouth to take the faint taste of poison out of her mouth. An Oran berry after that took her health up to full, healing the rawness of her throat in the process.

"By the way.. I'm Xiphias. Zoroark Gijinka if you couldn't tell." she commented. "And what do you call yourself?"

Dark swirls dominated her vision, hints of green, white and blue appear for mere seconds within the thick black as her mind started up from its temporary disconnection. Meloi let out a low moan of pain as her eyes gained focus once more, visual organs protesting at the influx of light that came from the afternoon sun. She tried to sit up, but fell back onto her back as a migraine hit before she could get up. The Ampharos Gijinka rubbed her temple, body slowly regaining mobility from the force shut down it had experienced. What was the number of the Ramphardos that had just hit her?

Elvina looked at Xiphias and smiled then continued until everybody was healed and happy once again as they try to plan out a place to stay for the night while everybody finished healing for the night. " Well we will chack out that place where a shelter is and see if it is safe enough for everybody in this group to fully recover from the match you guys just had between the poison type Pokemon and you guys. Sir we have no clue what happened to us we all just woke up like this. " she said to the newcomer Stahl then she looked at Twix so what is the plan Twix we really do have to get out of this open space where any wild Pokemon can attack us if we don't have our guard up or at are groups weak stats like now, So our best luck we can have here is keeping up our defenses and Stamina as well." she said to Twix Then she went over to the others and asked how they were doing now including Pyro. " we really should go somewhere safer right now and there should be a temporary shelter around here then we can move out at the crack of dawn and get out of her very fast before any other Pokemon wakes up and attacks us during our travels through this new world." she said as she continued to do what she was doing at the moment of her new life.

Twix nodded to Elvina before looking to the rest of the group as a newcomer joined them, one more for the count he noted. Now their group was quite big, it would be slower to advance with so many people but at the same time it was not like they had much more choice than to stick together. "Alright, We're Leaving Palet town towards what's called Viridian City, it shouldn't take us more than a day to get there, but as we are now we should stop half way and set up camp" he said as he wandered out to the road. "Make sure none is left behind, we mighgt not fully know each other yet, but I have a strong feeling that we all are going to need to work together from now on. he said and sighed to himself before looking ahead.

"I shall take point, I let you decide on your own who the one guarding our rear should be. Keep your senses keen as we don't know if more pokémon will be hostile to us, but do not start any fights if it can be avoided... we should conserve our strength for when its needed and only fight the battles we must. Today was evidence that we indeed possess the capabilities to fight off hostiles, but also that mistakes will be dangerous. We had luck with us today, but I do not count that we will be so lucky in the future... please pick a partner among you, we should make sure to stay in groups of at least two whenever possible and never stray alone... Elvina would you want to be my partner from now on?... We did qutie well together today" he said looking to Elvina kindly before waiting for the others to get ready. Meloi seemed to come back too it which was good, he hoped she had heard him too.

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Pyro glanced slightly at the newcomer but paid him no further attention as it would seem that the Zoroark girl was talking to him. Pyro also waved off Elvina as she asked him if he was ok, he didn't like attention from anyone. He hated the spotlight, yet it would seem that ironically he was always in it.

He listened to Twix's plan and nodded in agreement. It would suffice as a plan of action for now, and they certainly couldn't just stay here. Pushing himself off the ground now he dusted himself off before shoving his hands into his trouser pockets.
"I'll cover the rear if no-one else wants to, oi Mellio wanna be partners?" Pyro suggested to Twix before glancing towards the younger gijinka. He was rather fond of the little shellos gijinka boy, and he got along rather well with him for someone he had just met so there wasn't any harm in checking if he wanted to be his buddy.

Stahl

The group didn´t pay much attention to Stahl as he got closer, but for a Zoroark-looking girl. Her name was Xiphias, and she didn't know the name of the town either. The others either only looked briefly at him, or just kept minding their own business. Fine by him, he wasn´t here to make friends, but to find out what had happened and if it was something that could be reversed somehow. The girl seemed nice enough though. "My name is Stahl and...well, i woke up like this over there in the forest" he commented, pointing to his two swords.

He observed the different Pokehumans around him and tried to take a mental note about each of them. One of the Eevee-looking humans seemed to be in charge, as he was the one giving orders to the group. Apparently they were in a town called Palet, and Viridian City would be their next destination. Maybe they would find some sort of civilization, and hopefully get some answers. Stahl continued taking in everything he could about his companions. An Ampharos, a little guy that looked like a Shellos maybe, and a Houndoom. He still didn´t know how he could tell what Pokemon they were based on their appearance alone, but that wasn´t of importance right now.

In general, his fellow pokehumans seemed rather weak. Only the Houndoom boy seemed to be able to hold his own in a fight, and maybe the Zoroark-girl had something to offer on the battlefield as well. At least that is how Stahl assessed the situation. If things got tough, he would have to do most of the heavy lifting. Houndoom boy spoke up, offering to take the back if no-one else wanted to, but it wouldn´t come to that. "It´s alright man, I got the back. Don´t worry about it." Stahl was about to turn around, but faced Xiphias instead. "If you want some company...you can join me in the back". He spun around, making his way to the back of the column that was slowly forming.

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Mellio got up from his bow, his smile slightly chilled by the small comment he heard about basing his reaction off her looks. He didn't snap at her because of something small like that, it was because of what she did and how it hurt others. However, before he could fix that assumption, she turned her attention to a newcomer that came into the field, striking up a conversation with him. A groan from the ground notified the green boy that the girl that saved him was conscious again, in pain as she was from the awakening. He swiftly hugged her, happy that she was alright.

"Thank goodness you're ok. I wouldn't have forgiven myself if you were hurt too badly because of me," Mellio said softly to her, subtly apologizing for getting her in such a situation. He let go, knowing that the girl would need her rest and some space to recover. Afterwards, he heard Pyro offer a chance to be his partner for the time being, and Mellio's eyes alit with joy at the offer. With a wide smile, he ran towards the older teen and hugged him around the waist, tiny arms shaking with excitement. "Yay! Partner time!" the Shellos Gijinka was overjoyed, and wasn't very sure how to express it in a different way besides the largest hug he could offer.

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Frida listened to what Twix had to say and nodded once or twice. That all sounded like a fair plan. And it would keep them out of trouble regarding situations like the earlier Grimer and Muk situation. She heard someone fall back onto their back and turned to face a being who looked like an Ampharos. The Froakie Gijinka hopped over to the fully evolved Gijinka and extended a hand out for her to grab.

"Welcome back to the world of the living!" she exclaimed towards her, smiling slightly, "Need a hand up?" When Twix had mentioned partnering up with others, she thought working together with Meloi would be a pretty good partner to have right now. Or at the very least, the Ampharos gijinka was the one that Frida hadn't caught anything about. After all, outside of the new guy who reminded her of a Doublade who had just arrived, the Ampharos gijinka had just woken back up.

She seriously was messed up, her body ached everywhere, and her mind was still jumbled from her temporary unconsciousness. She wasn't even able to respond when the cute little Shellos, Mellio if her memory was to be believed, gave her a small hug and his condolences. A few moments after she was released by the green boy, a hand was offered by the Froakie girl. The words were a bit unintelligible with her mind still in recovery, but Meloi understood that the older teen was offering to help.

As gracefully as she could in her weary state, the blond used the offered hand as a support to stand up. Meloi brushed the dirt that had accumulated onto her clothes, giving the girl a small nod in thanks. "Meloi," she offered, understanding that neither of the two knew each other's names, gave her own to build familiarity. The group was probably going to stick together, and Meloi was coming along for the ride.

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Xiphias nodded as Stahl spoke. Apparently, he had woken up only recently.. while she had been awake for allmost a week now.. all alone and trying to figure out what was going on by herself. This was why.. she'd been so intrigued by the others who looked like her. Why she still was intrigued by them. "Nice swords." she commented, eyes drifting to the swords at his side.

Pallet town. The name resounded in Xiphias, sounding so very familiar... yet she knew she'd never heard it before. She flicked her ears as the Doublade spoke to her, offering her to join him if she wanted. Actually.. considering she had nearly killed one of their members it would probably be best if she did take up the rear. She still wasn't entirely certain how to use her powers yet.. and being further away from everyone meant that she could maybe have time to figure it out. Though.. maybe with her illusions a better strategy would be to be the scout for the group.. she didn't really feel like showing everyone here what she could do. However, she didn't say a word to Twix, letting him do as he pleased. She could just practice using Night Daze in the back where she could be careful not to hit anyone.. maybe learn to actually aim the move. The idea of partners.. was not something Xiphias wanted. She was sure she was supposed to be a part of a pack.. but she was also sure that she was supposed to be on her own. It was the strangest feeling of contrasting emotions.

Xiphias' scowled she surveyed the Ampharos who woke up. "I did not mean to hit you." She apologized hastily. Her ears flicked uncomfortably and she moved to the back of the line, walking over to Stahl, not waiting for a response.

She would just 'partner' with him. His swords were intriguing.. and she wondered for a moment if she could copy them. The world distorted around her as she focused, an illusionary copy of one of his swords glittering in her hands. Of course, it was just an illusion, so when she tried to use it, it just phased through the tree she'd swung it at and vanished into nothingness. Her illusions were so useless sometimes.

Xiphias simply stared at the back of Stahl's head, admiring his blonde hair. "Stahl." she stated, ears flicking uncomfortably as she stared at him. "If we are working together.. i must warn you... my attack move.. is a bit erratic." She didn't want to go into too much detail about what had just happened, so she kept her words short and cryptic. "Just.. be careful to watch out while i try and get control of it. It's a dark type move which could do a lot of damage to a pokemon of your type." She looked increasingly uncomfortable as she spoke, the guilt of knocking out the poor Ampharos was getting to her.

Elvina looked at Twix and shrugged then smiled " I don't mind being your partner for all of our journeys through this world, as long as I can Twix. Sooner or later we will have to gather more health supplies, but right now we have enough for these travels we are having right now. So I will work with you leader Twix until the end of our travels In this world." she said to Twix and just looked at pyro and just kept smiling since the houndoom seems to be doing okay now and she just watched everybody around her and then packed up her supplies back into the huge leaf and wrapped it around her throat and looked at Twix once again, " well lets move out then Leader Twix, lets go exploring and searching for a very safe shelter for all of us to rest for the whole night during this new adventure for us in our new forms right now." she said as she waited Twix to lead the way throughout this new Pokeworld as Gijinkas.

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Stahl

Stahl was starting to really like this Zoroark-girl. She seemed to share his interest for swords, even making one appear out of thin air when she thought no-one as looking. Maybe Xiphias could prove to be a lot stronger than he had first anticipated. It slowly came back to him: Zoroarks could create illusions, confusing opponents and filling them with fear. An ability that could be more than helpful in a pinch. As they were walking to the back of the group, she spoke to him.

"Stahl, If we are working together.. i must warn you... my attack move.. is a bit erratic." Her words made him stop and turn around. "Just.. be careful to watch out while i try and get control of it. It's a dark type move which could do a lot of damage to a pokemon of your type." Now, he was really intrigued. She seemed to be somewhat afraid of her strength, and that made him wonder even more how powerful she truly was. If she couldn´t control it though...

"Don´t worry about me, Xiphias" he stated with a smile "I´m sure that, if you practice it enough, you will eventually be able to control it". The group of Pokemon slowly started to move, and Stahl let himself fall back a bit. "I don´t know how far this Veridian City is...but I´m sure we can practice a bit until we get there". Stahl grabbed one of his swords, prepared to help the Zoroark learn to control her powers.

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Frida looked over at Twix and Elvina, as the two seemed about ready to depart. She nodded slightly before turning back to the Ampharos gijinka who had given her a name.

"Meloi."

"Pleased 'ta meet'cha, Meloi!" the older, yet decidedly more immature gijinka replied, smiling at the electric type, "I hope we get along on our journey together!"

She turned away from Meloi for a second to wait for the signal to start moving, she turned back towards the other girl and asked, "Err... You wouldn't happen to remember anything before this, could you?" True, no one else did, but it was at least an idea to ask Meloi. The bubbles around Frida's neck bubbled in anticipation of the other girl's answer.

Twix felt happy with Elvina's words, even thought they made him blush quite deeply as they sounded almost like a marriage or something. However he looked over the others and nodded, he then stepped ahead and started walking towards Viridian city. "Alright, lets move out then" he said to everyone as he marched onward, he would keep watch over the others as they walked, making sure to keep a pace everyone would follow...

And so they had overcome the Trials of Kanto's Palet town, waking up in a strange new world with no memories, with no choice but to bunch up together and set out on a journey. Their Journey out of town would be simple steps, but once on the road it would become increasingly difficult.



As the hours grew late, and the time to strike camp were soon at hand Twix Raised his hand and called "Okay... Lets stop here" he would say as he looked around. Ahead on the path there was lots of Vines and to continue would be difficult as it had long overgrown. He stopped himself and looked over his party members and their options, they would need to make camp soon or darkness would be all over them, thus he nodded to himself before looking to Stahl. "Excuse me, You think you can use your blades to clear a path for us ahead?... it will probably take a while, but I don't think we can get around it without difficulty otherwise... THe Rest of us should gather supplies to make camp, where we are now is pretty clear, so I believe it should be a good place to camp" he said as he looked to Elvina "Check on everyone's condition one more time please, I want to make sure of everyone's health" he said as he knew she seemed to have some medical experience.

He then smiled as he looked to other parts of their team.
"Pyro, I put you in charge of making us a Campfire. your fire typing makes you a obvious choice. Your partner is free to help, just don't try to burn the forest down ok?" he said as he had to state the obvious at some point.

He then turned his attention to Xiphias, "I Suppose you can start preparing your defensive illusions when you feel the time is right" he said before watching the younger members.

"Mel and Meloi... you can help out gathering sticks neaby if you want. Longer ones for housing and shorter ones for the fire. Just be careful" he said.

"Were going to need something to eat and a fresh source of water. I shall take a look around nearby to see if I can find any traces of one"he said as he headed into the the woods alone, of course he knew he said that they should stay together and all, but he didn't intend on going far, and he just wanted to have a moment alone to think and see if he could spot a river or something.

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Her eyes gazed towards Stahl and she sighed. "I don't want to knock you out... but if you are sure.. then alright."

She made sure to move far away from the other pokemon before attempting to use Night Daze again. Her eyes glowed blue and the dark power exploded from her body in all directions, the darkness ebbing and flowing like a wave. The sheer power behind the wave was actually frightening, and the fact it exploded in EVERY direction was a serious problem. Of course, she was far enough away that the dark explosion wouldn't hit the others, but.. the powerful dark type move was on a direct collision course with the Doublade, who she was pretty sure was weak to dark type moves.

She recoiled, her fangs flashing as she tried to dial it back a bit, but it was far too late to do anything other than watch. The world rippled around her as her emotions caused her illusion powers to surge slightly.

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They practiced a few more times before it grew late, Xiphias was tired and ended up perching on the log. She waited to watch the others as the 'leader' told her to start preparing defensive illusions.

A smile danced across her face. Finally something she was good at. The world distorted around them as she started forming an illusion from the ground up. her face was drawn into a thin line as she started building her creation. Blocking out what everyone else was saying, only her creativity to drive her. A nightmarish figure started to take shape as she closed her eyes.

Elvina tilted her head she didn't get why he blushed deeply, but she just shrugged it off and followed Twix at normal pace that she could keep up with him, she was really starting to get use to the strange transportation now as she followed. She still stumbled a bit or walked on fours once in while, but she was getting very good at keeping her balance as she walked. When twix said they would set up camp here for the night she just sat down and sighed in relief when she was seated she looked at Twix and smiled as her tail swayed and then she spoke. " Twix you are a pretty good leader for this group it makes me wonder more about your past and what were you in your eevee clan or family, even though I can't remember my past I get a feeling I was an eevee that healed my family members wounds including my father's if I had one, but oh well it just means I'm able to make brand new memories with everybody during these travels we are having with everybody in our party that has many different and unique members and personalities within it," she said as she took an oran berry and broke it in half and ate it happily then got up and decide to do her assigned job from Twix.

So she checked everybody over thoroughly and asked if they were okay including Pyro and everybody else with a sweet smile on her face as she continued to do her task and she kept going and walked normally on two legs now and even if she fell she would just get back up and not cry anymore like she did at first, but she was still totally confused about the strange collar around her neck with the weird glowing stone within her collar.

Stahl

A wave of darkness washed over Stahl, and although his two swords were up to absorb the majority of the hit, he recoiled back and felt and intense amount of pain. He grimaced first, but it quickly turned into a smile. Xiphias was strong, immensely strong, and if she managed to be more in control of her powers, she would be a menacing presence on any battlefield. The pain stung, but Stahl was thankful for it, as it meant this training would make him stronger as well. As a Ghost-type, he had to get used to fight Pokemon he was weak against, and Xiphias proved to be the perfect partner for that. The duo sparred a few more times, until both were too exhausted to try again.

As time went by, the sun and blue sky were replaced by twilight and stars. The group came to a halt and their "leader" decided to set up a camp for the night. Stahl was still on the fence about the Eevee-boy being in charge of things, but at least he seemed to have a plan. He hadn´t even finished that thought when that same Eevee-boy, Twix, approached him with a request. "Excuse me, You think you can use your blades to clear a path for us ahead?... it will probably take a while, but I don't think we can get around it without difficulty otherwise. Stahl had to agree, he was probably the best suited for the job. "Yeah, no problem. I´ll take care of it". Before he left to take care of the vines, he decided to give Twix a piece of advice. "We might want to think about setting up shifts to watch over the group as well...just a thought. A few feet before reaching the vines, he unsheathed his two swords, and promptly started cutting down everything in front of him.