@ShadowVentus@Snarfulblast
"Respective trainers? But, we have none, sir." Rythian glances at Jean.
"I think we should tag along anyway." Electricia shrugs. "I mean, really Ry, it's better than just staying here. It might be less dangerous, but it's more boring. And the more boring it is, the more likely Mystarii here is gonna manage to pull me into some dumb squabble."
"Oi!...That's completely true, but I still don't appreciate it!" Mystarii huffs.
"Oh. Sephie needs us, does she? Fine then...but if I sense a trick of any sort...just know that I am capable of cursing you." Sachiko warns before using her heightened senses to track down her trainer. Euphoria follows, but not without flashing Rythian another scary grin, most likely just to put him on edge.
Rythian is about to follow after them, out of curiosity mostly, when he senses a change in the atmosphere. He cannot sense auras like many of the others around him, but he instead depends on a sharpened instinct, one he honed during his time in the Revolutioneer force. His older brother, Darkclaw, was always the one quickest to go straight for the fight. Rythian was the strategical one.
His feelings are confirmed when Mystarii begins to look around, more fidgety than normal.
"I feel like somethin' weird just entered the forest...somethin' powerful that usually ain't here..." Mystarii looks at Rythian and Electricia.
"I feel the same..." Rythian mutters.
"Huh?" Electricia looks between her two friends and pouts. "Well now I feel left out! I don't feel anything!"
"...At any rate, I'm not so sure it's a concern of our. And, if it turns into one, you two know my plan." Rythian shakes his head, and proceeds to follow Sachiko an the others to where the trainers are gathering, as he originally intended to. Mystarii and Electricia look at each other.
"Plan? Did he ever tell us the plan?" Electricia whispers.
"...Maybe we just weren't listenin'." Mystarii replies. The two Pokemon then follow Rythian.
Sephie is still standing with the others, waiting, when the rest of her Pokemon show up. Well, all except for one.
"Seriously? Where the hell is he?!" Sephie groans. "I called for him an hour ago!"
"Who? Pipley? I thought he was with you already." Raven flies in and lands by her trainer's side.
"Oh, no, Pip is in his pokeball. It's been requested that I put you all into yours. Just for a short time, I promise." Sephie shakes her head. "I'm talking about Kip, not Pip."
"Last time I saw him, you were letting him lounge around in the pond over in the woods." Sachiko says.
"WHAT, WE HAVE TO GO INTO OUR POKEBALL?" Euphoria begins to whine. "NO! I DON'T LIKE THAT! THEY'RE TRYING TO TRICK YOU!" Her unhappiness turns into anger quickly, which, if gone unchecked, can easily escalate into an area-wide Hyper Voice slaughter...
"Euphie, it's okay." Sephie kneels on the ground in front of her Sylveon. "No need to attack anyone. These people aren't going to hurt me. They couldn't if they tried, and you know that."
"B-but..." Euphoria seems to calm down.
"It'll be fine. Seriously, all of you should just chill! I know I never really put you in these things, but that doesn't mean it should be a huge deal when I do." Sephie takes out 3 more Pokeballs painted like Pipley's, one painted in Staraptor colors, one painted in Sylveon colors, and one painted in shiny Meowstic colors, to help tell them apart. She puts everyone back in their Pokeballs, and takes out a last one, painted in dark blue, blue, orange, and cream. She sighs. "Come onnnn, you slacker..."
"I'M HERE! What's the problem?! WHO WANTS TO TUSSLE WITH THE KING OF THE SWAMP?!"
Sephie glances over as a huge, beefy-looking Swampert comes crashing through the trees. He wears a King's Rock proudly atop his head like a real crown, and his Mega Stone around his neck on a pendant, similar to Sephie's. He's not even mega evolved at the moment, but he's still huge.
"There you are, King Kipster! Good lord, I've been waiting for you! You already missed most of the action!" Sephie puts her hands on her hips.
"AW, SERIOUSLY?!" King Kipster looks deeply disappointed. "Man, I wanted to show people my wrestling skills! Ice Punch a few opponents in the face and shake things up with Earthquake, y'know?"
"Yes, yes, I know." Sephie snickers a bit. "But right now, I just need you with me. I gotta put you up in your Pokeball."
"That's lame." Kipster crosses his arms.
"That's the general consensus of everyone else on the team too." Sephie laughs, and sends her last remaining Pokemon into his Pokeball. Just about then, she notices the small group of Scattered Pokemon heading their way.
"Oh, hey, it's you guys!" Sephie grins. "What's up?"
"Oh, you know...craziness. Which is the norm when you're around." Rythian rolls his eyes, but smiles all the while.
By this time, Darkclaw has traveled back down the mountain base and made it to the nearby group, only to find Heat missing. He's about to go searching when he sees the group of trained meeting up from afar, and a very, VERY familiar shiny Zoroark as well. Restraining his feelings of surprise, he hides himself in the darkness of the forest and attempts to eavesdrop...
Tatakumei still doesn't speak, but her stare becomes a little less intense when Vanitas approaches the cage. She recognizes him a little more than most of the other Revolutioneers who venture down to the cells. He'd never come off as too much of a danger to her before, even when using her weak abilities of aura-sensing to identify him further. Tatakumei watches him prepare a small meal for her, and sniffs at it hesitantly. Her mother had cautioned her to inspect all that she was given while in the cage, to make sure it wasn't laced with any kind of paralytic or sleep-inducing substance. Even if her mother gave it to her herself. When the berries seem to check out alright, and Vanitas walks away, she starts eating them faster than she thought she would, not realizing how hungry she was. She's drinking the water when her cage begins to react to a sigil cast in the air by Vanitas. Tatakumei almost does a spit-take when the barrier and bars are broken and warped to make way for her escape. She's left in shock as he leaves, almost about to cry. What she, and her mother, had attempted to do for so long had been done for her. She had a chance now.
Tatakumei walks up to the opening, preparing to make a run for it, when Heat shows up and nearly causes her to trip over herself while backing up. She listens to what the large, intimidating Pokemon has to say to her, frozen with shock and confusion. Was this...a trap? A sick trick? Should she actually leave, or had her mother done something bad enough for them to take her away, or even kill her? Tatakumei doesn't know what she should do, but more than anything, she feels the strong desire to flee.
"E-even if it's a trap...I can still run from them..." Tatakumei mutters to herself. Plus, as she thinks it over some more...the Garchomp seems like he didn't want her mother raising a fuss. It made him less suspicious...but only slightly.
At any rate, she decides she'd rather be anywhere else but in these dark cells, next to a cell with the corpse of another Pokemon in it. She climbs out of her cage and leaps into the Corridor of Darkness. When she exits, the brightness, something she's been without for so long, strikes her first. She takes a moment to get used to it, but when she does, and is able to look around, she does start tearing up. She could see the sun, and the trees. There was warmth around her in the breeze. There was fresh air, and the permanent smell of blood was finally missing. Tatakumei doesn't say anything to Heat, but decides to trust him for the time being and stay by his side while she looks around.
"Rest? No. I'm fine." Aruba shakes her head and stands up, using Montainum's desk to help support her. "Besides, Vanitas said he needs me for the interrogation. I have no time to rest."
"Kehehehe, I don't even know why I bother telling you to rest sometimes!" Violetta cackles. "You never do it!"
Aruba doesn't reply, but instead glances over at Ai-yu. The Celebi catches her gaze, looking concerned about her friend.
Montainum listens to Vanitas' private reply over the speaker, and turns his eyes to Serran.
"No, Serran. Vanitas has requested a private interrogation, with only the Celebi, and Top General Aruba. He is a valued member of the Revolutioneers, and has not failed to get results in the past, so I shall honor his wishes." Montainum tells him.
"What a pity for you." Violetta teases Serran. "Guess you'll have to find something else for you to do~!" Despite her jeering, an activity she would usually put to use against everyone anyway, friend or foe, Violetta begins to get an odd feeling. Like something is...amiss. Something connected to her has been messed with more than usual. Or, at least, that's what it feels like.
"Respective trainers? But, we have none, sir." Rythian glances at Jean.
"I think we should tag along anyway." Electricia shrugs. "I mean, really Ry, it's better than just staying here. It might be less dangerous, but it's more boring. And the more boring it is, the more likely Mystarii here is gonna manage to pull me into some dumb squabble."
"Oi!...That's completely true, but I still don't appreciate it!" Mystarii huffs.
"Oh. Sephie needs us, does she? Fine then...but if I sense a trick of any sort...just know that I am capable of cursing you." Sachiko warns before using her heightened senses to track down her trainer. Euphoria follows, but not without flashing Rythian another scary grin, most likely just to put him on edge.
Rythian is about to follow after them, out of curiosity mostly, when he senses a change in the atmosphere. He cannot sense auras like many of the others around him, but he instead depends on a sharpened instinct, one he honed during his time in the Revolutioneer force. His older brother, Darkclaw, was always the one quickest to go straight for the fight. Rythian was the strategical one.
His feelings are confirmed when Mystarii begins to look around, more fidgety than normal.
"I feel like somethin' weird just entered the forest...somethin' powerful that usually ain't here..." Mystarii looks at Rythian and Electricia.
"I feel the same..." Rythian mutters.
"Huh?" Electricia looks between her two friends and pouts. "Well now I feel left out! I don't feel anything!"
"...At any rate, I'm not so sure it's a concern of our. And, if it turns into one, you two know my plan." Rythian shakes his head, and proceeds to follow Sachiko an the others to where the trainers are gathering, as he originally intended to. Mystarii and Electricia look at each other.
"Plan? Did he ever tell us the plan?" Electricia whispers.
"...Maybe we just weren't listenin'." Mystarii replies. The two Pokemon then follow Rythian.
Sephie is still standing with the others, waiting, when the rest of her Pokemon show up. Well, all except for one.
"Seriously? Where the hell is he?!" Sephie groans. "I called for him an hour ago!"
"Who? Pipley? I thought he was with you already." Raven flies in and lands by her trainer's side.
"Oh, no, Pip is in his pokeball. It's been requested that I put you all into yours. Just for a short time, I promise." Sephie shakes her head. "I'm talking about Kip, not Pip."
"Last time I saw him, you were letting him lounge around in the pond over in the woods." Sachiko says.
"WHAT, WE HAVE TO GO INTO OUR POKEBALL?" Euphoria begins to whine. "NO! I DON'T LIKE THAT! THEY'RE TRYING TO TRICK YOU!" Her unhappiness turns into anger quickly, which, if gone unchecked, can easily escalate into an area-wide Hyper Voice slaughter...
"Euphie, it's okay." Sephie kneels on the ground in front of her Sylveon. "No need to attack anyone. These people aren't going to hurt me. They couldn't if they tried, and you know that."
"B-but..." Euphoria seems to calm down.
"It'll be fine. Seriously, all of you should just chill! I know I never really put you in these things, but that doesn't mean it should be a huge deal when I do." Sephie takes out 3 more Pokeballs painted like Pipley's, one painted in Staraptor colors, one painted in Sylveon colors, and one painted in shiny Meowstic colors, to help tell them apart. She puts everyone back in their Pokeballs, and takes out a last one, painted in dark blue, blue, orange, and cream. She sighs. "Come onnnn, you slacker..."
"I'M HERE! What's the problem?! WHO WANTS TO TUSSLE WITH THE KING OF THE SWAMP?!"
Sephie glances over as a huge, beefy-looking Swampert comes crashing through the trees. He wears a King's Rock proudly atop his head like a real crown, and his Mega Stone around his neck on a pendant, similar to Sephie's. He's not even mega evolved at the moment, but he's still huge.
"There you are, King Kipster! Good lord, I've been waiting for you! You already missed most of the action!" Sephie puts her hands on her hips.
"AW, SERIOUSLY?!" King Kipster looks deeply disappointed. "Man, I wanted to show people my wrestling skills! Ice Punch a few opponents in the face and shake things up with Earthquake, y'know?"
"Yes, yes, I know." Sephie snickers a bit. "But right now, I just need you with me. I gotta put you up in your Pokeball."
"That's lame." Kipster crosses his arms.
"That's the general consensus of everyone else on the team too." Sephie laughs, and sends her last remaining Pokemon into his Pokeball. Just about then, she notices the small group of Scattered Pokemon heading their way.
"Oh, hey, it's you guys!" Sephie grins. "What's up?"
"Oh, you know...craziness. Which is the norm when you're around." Rythian rolls his eyes, but smiles all the while.
By this time, Darkclaw has traveled back down the mountain base and made it to the nearby group, only to find Heat missing. He's about to go searching when he sees the group of trained meeting up from afar, and a very, VERY familiar shiny Zoroark as well. Restraining his feelings of surprise, he hides himself in the darkness of the forest and attempts to eavesdrop...
Tatakumei still doesn't speak, but her stare becomes a little less intense when Vanitas approaches the cage. She recognizes him a little more than most of the other Revolutioneers who venture down to the cells. He'd never come off as too much of a danger to her before, even when using her weak abilities of aura-sensing to identify him further. Tatakumei watches him prepare a small meal for her, and sniffs at it hesitantly. Her mother had cautioned her to inspect all that she was given while in the cage, to make sure it wasn't laced with any kind of paralytic or sleep-inducing substance. Even if her mother gave it to her herself. When the berries seem to check out alright, and Vanitas walks away, she starts eating them faster than she thought she would, not realizing how hungry she was. She's drinking the water when her cage begins to react to a sigil cast in the air by Vanitas. Tatakumei almost does a spit-take when the barrier and bars are broken and warped to make way for her escape. She's left in shock as he leaves, almost about to cry. What she, and her mother, had attempted to do for so long had been done for her. She had a chance now.
Tatakumei walks up to the opening, preparing to make a run for it, when Heat shows up and nearly causes her to trip over herself while backing up. She listens to what the large, intimidating Pokemon has to say to her, frozen with shock and confusion. Was this...a trap? A sick trick? Should she actually leave, or had her mother done something bad enough for them to take her away, or even kill her? Tatakumei doesn't know what she should do, but more than anything, she feels the strong desire to flee.
"E-even if it's a trap...I can still run from them..." Tatakumei mutters to herself. Plus, as she thinks it over some more...the Garchomp seems like he didn't want her mother raising a fuss. It made him less suspicious...but only slightly.
At any rate, she decides she'd rather be anywhere else but in these dark cells, next to a cell with the corpse of another Pokemon in it. She climbs out of her cage and leaps into the Corridor of Darkness. When she exits, the brightness, something she's been without for so long, strikes her first. She takes a moment to get used to it, but when she does, and is able to look around, she does start tearing up. She could see the sun, and the trees. There was warmth around her in the breeze. There was fresh air, and the permanent smell of blood was finally missing. Tatakumei doesn't say anything to Heat, but decides to trust him for the time being and stay by his side while she looks around.
"Rest? No. I'm fine." Aruba shakes her head and stands up, using Montainum's desk to help support her. "Besides, Vanitas said he needs me for the interrogation. I have no time to rest."
"Kehehehe, I don't even know why I bother telling you to rest sometimes!" Violetta cackles. "You never do it!"
Aruba doesn't reply, but instead glances over at Ai-yu. The Celebi catches her gaze, looking concerned about her friend.
Montainum listens to Vanitas' private reply over the speaker, and turns his eyes to Serran.
"No, Serran. Vanitas has requested a private interrogation, with only the Celebi, and Top General Aruba. He is a valued member of the Revolutioneers, and has not failed to get results in the past, so I shall honor his wishes." Montainum tells him.
"What a pity for you." Violetta teases Serran. "Guess you'll have to find something else for you to do~!" Despite her jeering, an activity she would usually put to use against everyone anyway, friend or foe, Violetta begins to get an odd feeling. Like something is...amiss. Something connected to her has been messed with more than usual. Or, at least, that's what it feels like.