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[color=a187be]Sephie's eyes move from Lucas to Ventus, listening to both of them. She sighs and shrugs her shoulders. "You know I was kinda just kidding about the secrets, right? While I do like to keep my magic and Pokemon training methods confidential, there's little else I have to hide. I'll even tell you guys right now, that I know Montainum, leader of the Revolutioneers, and some of his other top operatives personally. I could tell you how I met up with Ai-yu too, since I know you must be pretty curious as to how a...well, I guess I'm not a 'normal' trainer....but, a trainer nevertheless, has a mythical Pokemon like that." She grins. "Still, despite everything I just said, you can trust me. Just because I know them doesn't mean I'm part of the Revolutioneers. In fact, I'd say it makes me pretty useful to you guys, all the information I have-"
"You're going to get yourself tied up and interrogated. Again." A hand lands on Sephie's shoulder. She turns to see Pipley standing behind her. She looks down and sees his Pokeball open in the ground. Sephie puts a palm to her face.
"Pip. Seriously, STOP breaking out of your Pokeball like that!" She huffs. "Ugh...I swear, maybe too much Pokemon Amie CAN be a bad thing..."
"I'm merely doing my job and trying to protect you." Pipley has a bemused grin on his face.[/color]
[color=8dc73f]Tatakumei is nearly overwhelmed by everything that is going on around her. Not only had she just gotten free, but now there were strange, big, intimidating Pokemon coming within her vicinity at a rate she couldn't keep track of. The strange Zangoose is first, but then suddenly there's a big Staraptor attacking him, and then a huge Dusknoir appearing out of the shadows, and everyone seems just completely fine with this. Tatakumei takes a breath to steady her trembling figure. She tries to smile weakly at Taka and Charon before turning back to Heat and listening to what he says. Tatakumei takes another moment to read the auras around her before she makes her decision.
"A-alright then...um...I'll go. T-thank you." She nods to Heat and the others before venturing into the clearing, hurrying on her way. Though she doesn't quite distrust Heat and his other companions, the aura she just felt resonating from them had unnerved her somewhat. She quietly steps into the gathering of people, behind most of them. No one notices her right away, so instead of calling attention to herself right away, she stays where she is and listens in.
"Well, I won't talk your ear off. I just feel I should warn you about a particularly...eager member of the Revolutioneers. My brother, Darkclaw." Rythian says. "He's a normal Zoroark. Not a shiny. But, he's savage, quick, and good at his illusions. That is, when he remembers to do them. Most of the time he leaps straight into the fray. I used to be in the Revolutioneers with him, but...then the carnage started. I hated it, so I pretended to be dead during one of our battles, and escaped out here."[/color]
[color=ed145b]In the shadows, Darkclaw seethes with fury. So, this shiny Zoroark WAS his brother. Darkclaw is bitter at his betrayal, and what he perceived as cowardice from his younger brother. This wasn't all that enraged Darkclaw, however. He had picked up a scent that he knew far too well. Looking at the back of the clearing, he spots her. Tatakumei. Out of a cage.
Unacceptable.
Tatakumei looks around at all the Pokemon and humans she can see now. She dares to walk a little closer. "U-um...hello?"
Sephie and Pipley turn around to look at the little Riolu in the red scarf. Pipley's eyes seem to narrow for a moment, as if the sight of the Riolu mystifies him. That's not it, though. It's her scent that messes with Pipley's head.
Of course, being unable to notice such things like scents, Sephie doesn't take much notice, and crouches down to get closer to Tatakumei's level. "Hey there! Where'd you come from, cutie? You look a little...uh..." Sephie is having a hard time thinking of a nice way to say it. "....abused..."
Tatakumei looks down at the ground, but she doesn't deny what was just said either. She looks back up at Sephie and opens her mouth to say something, but suddenly her eyes go wide. She picks up on an alarmingly familiar aura, and her heart leaps up into her throat. She manages a short scream when a pair of blue eyes make themselves visible in the nearby darkness. A Zoroark leaps out into the middle of the clearing.
"Well, speak of the devil..." Rythian scowls.
"Look, I don't mean any harm. I have no fights to pick with any of you. Not even you, little brother." Darkclaw states with a slimy smirk. His eyes focus on Tatakumei. "But I need my...little daughter over there to come back with me, if that's alright.
"N-no! He's lying!" Tatakumei cries out shrilly. Darkclaw frowns a bit. In the middle of all this drama, there's a sigh.
"Everyone, no need to jump on this one. I'll handle this." Pipley holds up his paws and addresses everyone in the clearing. He then casually walks up to Darkclaw.
"Tch, what're YOU gonna do?" Darkclaw sneers.
Pipley's bemused grin returns, and he clears his throat, as if he's about to give a grand speech.
"...No." Pipley throws out his hands and hits Darkclaw with a quick Dazzling Gleam attack, like someone spraying a cat with water. "No. Bad." He repeats this a few times.
"H-hey! Quit it! STOP! STOP IT NOW!" Darkclaw cries out in frustration each time he's attacked. Finally, his anger boils over, and he aims a slash at Pipley's throat with his weaponized claws. He raises his arm, but before he can bring it down, Pipley jabs him in the stomach with his wooden staff, knocking the Zoroark to the ground.
"Now, you have two choices." Pipley leans on his staff, looking over his opponent. "Run off like a little sissy and save your skin, or I'll light you on fire."
Darkclaw looks absolutely pissed, but he quickly scrambles to his feet and runs off.
"That was awesome!" Sephie stands back up with a laugh.
Tatakumei stands relieved in the background, but something in her mind clicks as she watches Sephie and Pipley.
She recognizes them. She's never seen them before, but...they match up with the stories she got told. About who her mother's trainer was. About who Tatakumei's father was.
[i]"...my trainer? Oh, she was an odd one. A girl in a with hat who wore a scarf no matter what temperature it was outside..."[/i]
Sephie straightens her witch hat and wears a sly smile. "Were you really gonna light him on fire?"
[i]"....Tataku, your father was a Delphox. A tall, lanky fox-like Pokemon with fur in warm colors. A fire and psychic type..."[/i]
"I saw no reason not to, should it have been necessary." Pipley shrugs, walking back to Sephie's side.
Tatakumei smiles and starts to cry.[/color]
[color=ed1c24]Violetta turns to Serran and thinks for a moment. "Welllllll...I suppose a peek wouldn't hurt. Fine. You may accompany me, mortal~." She cackles, despite her worrying, and starts heading in the direction of the room with the holding cells in it.
Aruba stays quiet as Vanitas responds to her, even when he turns to yelling. She growls lightly, but stands back up, and puts her chair back where it goes.
"My apologies for offending you, but you of all people should know that I have little reason to trust anyone in this facility at all." Aruba says. She smirks, just a hint of a smile on her lips. "I know of which deity you speak. the great Giratina, yes? My trainer...she knows a lot about such legends as well. I mean...she wouldn't have met Ai-yu here if she didn't."
Ai-yu fidgets around a little at the mention of her name. She trusts Aruba more than Vanitas right now, but to her, they're both acting a little scary.
"At any rate...I suppose now there's no reason for me to stay here." Aruba fights back a wide grin as she continues talking to Vanitas. "I mean...if Tatakumei isn't here, there's nothing keeping me here either. I'm finding it very hard to care anymore now that I know she's free, but...I suppose I should ask you what you gain from seeing to it that she's free. Not that I'm expecting you to reveal this to me, but...you have a plan, don't you?"
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