Valentine began to laugh as Rayquaza fell, amazed that they had managed to take down what many Pokemon had believed to be the god of the sky. Drogo collapsed and Valentine's laughing abruptly stopped. He pulled an Oran Berry out of his bag and offered it to Drogo, he needed it after that insane battle.
Valentine turned to the familiar voice and his eyes widened a fraction in surprise. He had figured the Master would be a legendary, he just didn't know which one. Mewtwo tossed Rayquaza to the ground far below and the clouds began to rumble. Everyone scattered for cover while Valentine just flew into one of the walls. The dust cleared, where there was once a meteor there was now a foreign Pokemon cloaked in orange and purple.
"Dear Arceus..." He mumbled under his breath. They spoke of destroying the world and remaking it, quite the lot goal. Every one of his newfound comrades, including himself, began teleporting back to Infinity Mountain, then they were transported somewhere else. Change was coming, whether the world knew it or not.
The sun finally shone over the horizon, bringing forth a new day with new adventures to come. However, each day has to start somewhere. The door to the twins room opened, and the curtains in the window were flung wide open, causing the sunlight to gleam over the twins faces. Eventually they woke up, the room empty. They already knew who it was, their Dad did it just about every day.
They hopped out of bed, stretched their morning cramps out, and headed downstairs. He would always wake them up early, so they headed down and grabbed a bite to eat before waiting in the Briefing Room. "Another day, another adventure, eh sis?" Smiling and nodding, she replied. "Mhm! Can't wait to see what happens today!"
Omen the Absol and Serenity the Sylveon
[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]
Omen was already awake when Spirit came in, giving a nod as he traditionally opened the curtains to the room, the light stirring his partner. And just like that he was gone again. Serenity stirred, not used to being woken up this early. "Ugh, I forgot about how he did this every morning..." She said, getting to her feet. She looked out the window at the mostly still sleeping town, there were a few kids already out and about, a couple of adults.
"We better get downstairs, I'm back to work, not just for pleasure." Serenity moved over to him. "Don't count me out on that, we're partners in more than one way, you know." Omen smiled. "Wouldn't have it any other way." The two made their way downstairs, sitting near the twins.
Spirit the Lucario
[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]
@Ninian@Light Lord@Polaris North@Iatos@Banana After waking up his kids and Omen and Serenity, he made his way down to the crew rooms, waking up the rest of the guild in a similar fashion. Razor was up and ready, as were several of the Guild Associates. Eventually he came to the rooms of Celty the Mawile and Devon the Totodile. He opened their curtains as he had done with everyone else, letting the sun wake them up. "Morning, Celty. I hope you got your rest last night. If you'd want, we're about to have our morning meeting." He moved over to the Totodile's room.
"Morning. I hope your rest was decent. Our morning meeting is about to start, but afterwards I would like to know if you'd thought about what I'd asked you before, about joining the Guild." He'd quickly depart, moving to the Briefing Room, which was also the main room of the guild. There he would wait until all members at the guild were present and accounted for.
The Tyranitar mearly observed as the band of bad guys gathered from left and right and didn't really care to correct anyone's mistake of speech. He did not really care for most of them, and he couldn't really care less if the world would end on the completion of their mission. Yet he finally was starting to see this master 'plan' come together, and it was certainly interesting enough to keep his attention as the rest of the crew returned from their mission in the sky. It was a ragtag bunch indeed, Merc's... treasure and pleasure seekers of all kinds, one that would probably need strong leadership to even work, or at least enough satisfactory towards their own goals.
Kaiser himself felt quite satisfied at the moment. He had gotten to unleash that rage that he had held pent up for a good long while now and it had certainly proved to be a very big relief. Then as they all was brought to an underground lair he would take the time to wash himself off, after all he didn't like being covered in all 'dirt' he had picked up on the way. Now when their 'evil' plot was set in motion, the Tyranitar felt curious about what their 'opposition' would bring.
By the time they returned to the village it seemed Zeth's had long since passed out and was merely following Kargool as he hung over him. However as they entered the moonlight a Medicham came to meet them. "Master Zeths?... oh my... This is bad" the Medicham said as she hurried closer for a better look. She looked to Kargool and then back to the Meowstic before she supported the Meowstic. "Thank you for bringing him back safely... We owe you a great Dept, Call upon us and you shall have our support" she said as she gently started carrying the Meowstic off towards the library. "I will take him from here, please... stay at the guest room at the library tonight if you wish." she said and then hurried off to treat the Meowstic.
As she reached the library the door swung open, the female Meowstic would glare at them from the opening yet didn't say anything as she simply led the way inside. Once inside they put Zeths inside what looked like a well of very pure mystical water and there he would remain as they used their powers to aid his recovery for the evening.
Tzerah the Luxray and ????
Having calmed down from the evenings issues with Spirit, she honestly felt the need to apologize for tackling him all of a sudden when she didn't mean too. Yet she blamed Relay for interrupting them and making her totally embarrassed. She sighed as she silently padded around the house and took care of anything left undone. Her daughter was still fast asleep, yet she had taken officer magnezone's words to heart that she needed to spend some time with her. She was starting to feel sleepy as the hour grew late, yet a sudden sound brought her attention. "Hmm?... Sweetie is that you?" she asked into the darkness as she wondered if her daughter had woken up.
Yet as two eyes lit up in the dark Tzerah's ears folded back. "No... It is not" a Voice replied, then the pokémon stepped into the light. Tzerah gasped in relief when she saw who it was, as she had been seriously worried for a moment. You?... what are you doing here?." she asked the nightly visitor.
The pokémon sat down and sighed deeply before looking to her. "I was in these parts and decided to drop in. Don't say anything to Spirit however, my reputation is still a bit misunderstood. I'm still working hard to clear my name however" he said and sighed. He then gave Tzerah a light friendly hug. "You've grown so much Tzerah. Ever since I met you I've been watching over you. Most pokémon don't understand you, and for good reason... they don't know the horrors you've gone through to get to this point in life. Yet I can see your still struggling, and I've come to help to put you to ease" the visitor said. In response Tzerah lowered her head yet nodded as she understood what he meant. "Yes... it haven't been very easy lately" she explained.
The Visitor nodded and comforted her "Listen to me now Tzerah, because I only have time to tell you this once. When you came to this village, you was broken and humiliated... you had lived a life where trusting others brought nothing but misery... and you had been betrayed by the only one you thought you could depend on. As a last grip upon life you sought the only thing that made sense, help... and you got it. The healer of this town took you in, helped you recover... yet your spirit was still broken. Yet there was pokémon who would become your mate... a shining star in your darkness.
He helped you recover, walked with you through each difficult step as you slowly built up your confidence and turned your life around. He helped you find those you could trust, helped you become a law enforcer and to become a mother.... yet, your self confidence is still lacking. You constantly seek the confirmation from others, and often confuse your own feelings because they are so bundled up inside of you.
You are a great mother, and Lurrie is very lucky to have you as her mother. She might seem like the old you at times, but I wouldn't worry... she have something the past you never had... friends, and a family. And she too is truly sweet under the tough display she carries when she try to imitate you.
But hey... do me a favor and Kick Spirit's butt the next time you fight him. After all he could use the whopping he he... "The pokémon said and chuckled slightly, he then glanced to Tzerah who was almost asleep while leaning towards him. Geeze...i'm talking to much... well lets get you to bed and tuck you in shall we?" he said as he took Tzerah to bed and tucked her in. She was out cold after the visit.
Valiant Village NIGHT @Iatos "No problem, ma'am. I hope he gets a nice rest." Kargool was exhausted. Zeths basically stopped moving halfway to the village and would only move if he was dragged or pushed. Thank Arceus he stayed standing and walking. He kept in mind that the Medicham was willing to help him out if he needed it. That may be nice to know for when he joins the guild. "I have a room in the guild for right now, but I'll remember you guys if I need you." Kargool went baack to the guild and slept after the return of Zeths.
Valiant Village: Spirit's Guild DAY @Shiny Keldeo The Vanillite stirred awake to the sun in his eyes, and went to Spirit as soon as he woke up. Hopefully today would be the day he could be accepted into the guild. When he finally found Spirit, he asked the question he wanted to ask so badly. "Guildmaster Spirit, I am ready and willing to join this guild, if you would accept me as a recruit."
@Light Lord@Shiny Keldeo As the light poured into the room, the Mawile's eyes cracked open, annoyed expression upon her visage. What the fuck...? Oh. Spirit? Shit, it hasn't even been like four hours. Though her internal clock was likely off, she felt as if she didn't sleep an hour. Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes, looking over the Lucario, "...Um... sure."
Looking over her shoulder, she stared at the wall separating herself and Devon. I hope the kid's doing all right. Probably tired as fuck just like I am. Sigh. Standing up, Celty waited until Spirit had left the Totodile's room before making her way in. "Hey kid... are you feeling all right this morning?"
Zaru groggily rose up as he heard the nearing footsteps of Spirit. Once the guildmaster entered, he greeted him with a nod, still half-asleep for the moment. He was tired from the day before after all. The curtains were opened and Spirit left. It took a minute or two before he finally stood up and made his way towards the window. He looked out while stretching his limbs. After he was contended with that, he began making his way out of his room. Before going downstairs however, he made his way to Devon's room to see how the Totodile was faring. The guy passed out yesterday. He did not enter as he saw Celty already there, he'll greet them later on.
With that, he made his way downstairs and saw that the twins and the couple was already there. "Mornin'." He greeted and then sat down near the other pokemon.
A harsh light blanketed the young Pokémon's closed eyes. The sudden brightness caused him to shudder and squirm around slightly. In the night, he had changed positions to lay on his side and curl slightly. Tail going up between his legs and being gripped in his tiny feet. Spirit's words barely reached the half conscious Devon as his brown eyes slowly creaked open and blinked. His entire body ached and burned with the many cuts, bruises, and electric entry and exit points that ran along his blue scales. O-Ow...They really did a number on me yesterday...
The familiar voice of Celty broke through the grogginess. At least, enough to hear what she was asking. With his back turned to the door as he still laid curled in the straw nest, Devon tried to give a reply. But instead all that came out was a raspy choke and sniffle. Which utterly confused him. What's with my voice? Why did I-
Pushing himself into a sitting position, he touched at his face. Trails of water ran down from his eyes off the side of his snout and wet his normally dry scales. Turning back to look at the Mawile in the door, his eyes were visibly red and soaked with maw dipped in a sad frown. "I was crying...."
@Light Lord Concern creased Celty's brows as she looked over the damp Totodile. "Apparently. Do you know what's wrong? You look about as confused as I do at the moment." Closing the distance between herself and Devon, she sat down before him, legs crossed. "I think Spirit wanted us to go to the morning meeting, but are you even up for that? I'm not really suggesting we should blow it off, but I'm sure we can explain things to him later."
@Ninian Devon shifted around in the hay to face Celty as she asked him a few questions. His head tilting to the ground as he attempted to recall what went on in his head during the night. "I...I don't know. I remember I heard....Voices. That's it. Voices in my dreams....I don't know, if they were my friends and family or not...But..." A few tears started to gather up at the bottom of his brown eyes, before crashing over and dripping down his snout. "I couldn't hear what they were saying...I just knew they were worried about me..."
Sighing, he lifted up his once again wet face and sniffled a bit. "I just don't really want to do much of anything right now....I feel like crap in every way. But I have wanted to talk to Spirit about a few things since yesterday so I should probably catch him before he leaves again huh?"
@Light Lord "So... potential friends and family are worried about you. I see. Well, kiddo, I can't definitely say I know how it feels to be on the flip side of that. Not fun." Reaching out a paw, she attempted to wipe away the Water-types' tears. "Don't cry. You're going to make me cry, and then if that happens, I'm going to smack you silly." Letting out a soft chuckle she shook her head, "...Kidding. But um, I mean if you really want to talk to Spirit, you should probably do that. And of course if you're feeling like crap, you can just lay there. It's not like Spirit's gonna disappear forever. Well, at least I guess let's hope not."
@Ninian The crying child did nothing to resist Celty's paw as it wiped at his face. New tears soon flowed out of his eyes that replaced the wiped ones however. Her comment made Devon go stiff for a moment, but thankfully she was kidding. Looking past the Mawile and out the door with a sort of lost frown, he sniffled. "Well, Spirit didn't really ask me to go to that meeting....Hopefully I can catch him after. I think I might just....Lay down for a bit longer. My head still feels like it's spinning from smashing my face into that tree yesterday."
Falling over onto his side into the hay bed, a sharp gasp followed by a groan of pain. "O-Ow. Not doing that again." Arching his back to curl up and grab his tail between his feet again, his teary gaze shifted back up to the Deceiver Pokémon. "You can go to it if you want. I'll be ok. Just have alot on my mind right now...."
@Light Lord "All right, if you want your alone time, I get it." Flashing a small smile, the Mawile picked herself up, making her way towards the doorway. "Just uh, get your rest. Most importantly get your thoughts settled. Being in limbo like that's the worst. Trust me. Whelp, Spirit will probably be offended if I don't show my face, so I'll leave you alone. I'll be back after to make sure you're all right, okay?"
Waving at the Totodile, Celty made her way over towards the Briefing Room.
The benefits of not sleeping at the guild included not being roughly awoken Before you was ready. Yet Milton awoke unusually early due to a most particular scent. He smelled something really delicious cooking from down stairs, a scent that certainly smelled like his favorite meal in the world. "Oh Yum, Super apple pancakes!" he exclaimed out loud.
Then his body got into motion very quickly and he dashed down the stairs only to meet a Essen. Milton's ears perked up and a second later he ran to give her a big hug. "Aunt Espii~" he chimed and in return was hugged by her.
"Well hello on you Milster~.. Oh my your still growing, your getting so big... Soon you be the man of this house. Now I hope your taking good care of your little sis, and don't cause too much trouble for your mom...etc etc... You can eat"she said chuckling slightly as she realized that she surely did sound like an aunt.
After a great breakfast Milton ran across town to get the guild for the morning meeting. He waved to Zara as he passed by then raced to the meeting room.
A Espurr slightly lit up a smile as it passed by outside Celty and Devon's room. Then it proceed through the rest of the guild on its morning rounds.
In the library Zeths gasped as he awoke suddenly, he had been out cold since yesterday and didn't remember anything after he asked Kangol to lead them home. He groaned as he rubbed his head and even more so when he realized his memory was foggy. He knew how need to meditate and sort through what had happened. After waking up slightly he looked around where he was sleeping and realized that it was not his own bed.
He frowned and cleaned up a bit as it seemed he had trashed quite much. He got up and walked towards the door, then as he saw the female Meowstic napping this early with her head on the desk he realized that he probably had caused trouble for her.
He patted her gently of the head as he passed by and gently placed a blanket around her as he left. He thanked the Medicham deeply and as he left his four apprentices returned from different parts of town. Zeths looked at each one of them then nodded before passing by towards the guild.
When he arrived he would go to the meeting rooms as usual.
It seemed everyone who would be attending was here. Spirit stood up from his meditative position, giving a small grunt to the impatient Ice Cream Cone floating before him. "All right, it seems everyone needed here is here. Let us begin." He turned to the two boards behind him. "We have gotten a fresh batch of requests, as usual. But, we also have many requests from many of the townsmon here in preparation for the tenth annual Founders Day Festival. So be sure to help many out with that."
He turned back to the group ahead of him. "Lastly, I would like to announce the return of some old friends. Omen and Serenity have finally returned to Valiant Village." A short round of applause was given to the two. "Alright, time to get to work." He said, walking by, he stopped at the door. "Rico, Lulu, Zaru, Milton, I want to speak to all of you before you start anything today, I'll be at the Dojo. And you, my young ice type, please have a little more patience, I'll get around to you soon." He said, and continued to walk outside in the direction of the Dojo.
Rico and Lulu the Riolu Twins
[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]
The two young Aura wielders sat up straight and paid close attention as their father delivered the morning briefing. Following it, when he wanted to speak with them again today, they had to wonder if they'd done something wrong. "I wonder what we did this time..." Said Rico, looking out to where their father had just left. "I don't think we did anything bad yesterday, unless we sleep walked last night or something..."
They looked to the fire monkey and dark fox in the room, wondering what their dad wanted with either of them as well. Maybe it wasn't something bad, maybe he had a surprise for them... but that wasn't like their dad... maybe there was more training... but he said before their requests for the day... they didn't take requests... whatever it was, they were determined to get to the bottom of it. "We'll meet you over there, guys." Said Rico, waving as he and Lulu hopped up and soon followed their father's path towards the Dojo.
Omen the Absol and Serenity the Sylveon
[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]
It had been a long time since they'd heard Spirit give his morning briefing. Just like the good old days. After his departure, the majority of Guild Members either picked a flyer from either board or headed into town to see who they could help. "Well, let's see what's left on the boards now, then head into town and see if anyone needs any help ourselves." Said Serenity, with Omen already heading towards the boards. Together they looked to see what jobs were left. There were five in total between the two boards:
Requests
Client: Shuppet "My Gold Ribbon, it's my precious treasure, but I dropped it in a panic. I'm too scared to go alone, can someone help me?"
Job: Find 1Gold Ribbon
Location: Tranquil Forest Crevice
Difficulty: *
Reward: $500.00, 2Oran Berry
Client: Pachirisu "Me and Growlithe were exploring, but we got separated. I don't think he made it out! Please rescue him!"
Job: Rescue Growlithe
Location: Tranquil Forest Crevice
Difficulty: *
Reward: $400.00, 1Sitrus Berry
Client: Pidgeotto "A Sharp Beak, I must have one! It would help me so much on my adventures, but I don't know where to find one! Please find a Sharp Beak!"
Job: Find 1Sharp Beak
Location: Tranquil Forest Crevice
Difficulty: *
Reward: $350.00, 25Gravelrock
Outlaw Notices
Client: Magnemite "This Spearow has been creating a ruckus for the locals, he must be stopped and brought to justice!"
Job: Arrest Spearow
Location: Tranquil Forest Crevice
Difficulty: **
Reward: $600.00, 1Power Band
Client: Flareon "Dwebble mugged me and made off with my money, I have to get it back! Someone please help me!"
Job: Arrest Dwebble
Location: Tranquil Forest Crevice
Difficulty: **
Reward: ???
They looked at each other. "Well, let's go check out town, see what jobs we can help with out there. Plus..." Omen began, Serenity finishing his sentence. "We get to see a lot of our old friends and how much the town has changed! Let's go!" She said, bounding out the door, Omen slowly trodding behind. "She never changes..." He said as he followed the Sylveon.
Zaru returned a nod of greeting as Milton passed by. It wasn't long after that until Spirit started talking. His eyes went over to the two boards before shaking his head. Nah, that would wait until he actually has a proper team or if someone else decided to ask Zaru to tag along. Going into a dungeon alone would be too risky. Given how hectic things had been lately, he figured that it would be best if he would just stay in town and help around. Nothing wrong with that after all. And he also officially welcomed Omen and Serenity back to the guild. He clapped along despite not actually remembering them all that much. Well, they still helped yesterday so that was good enough.
When he thought it was over, Spirit quickly added that he was going to see Lulu, Rico, Milton and himself later in the Dojo. Now what could he possibly want from them? The only thing they did yesterday was rescue their friend in trouble. It wasn't anything bad so they shouldn't get in trouble for that. The Chimchar rubbed the back of his neck as he continued to ponder about the reason. He snapped back to reality when the twins said farewell and that they were heading in first. "Sure." He replied with a nod.
He stood up as well before making his way to Milton. "Well, let's get going shall we? Can't have Spirit waiting after all." Did they really just get in trouble for two times in a row? Hopefully it won't be anything bad. He then turned to the door and would walk towards the Dojo once the Zorua was ready to go.
Valiant Village: Spirit's Guild @Shiny Keldeo "I guess the best thing to do is wait for my turn..." Kargool thought, as the meeting went on. After the morning meeting was over, Kargool went over to the entrance to the guildmaster's chamber and sat, patiently waiting for Spirit to return and help him register for this guild. While waiting, he thought about even if he was guild material, would his old friends in Envirolock send anyone, or would he be alone in this endeavor. He had to hope someone would come from Envirolock.
@Light Lord Once the morning meeting finished, Celty made her way over towards the mission board, looking over the various requests and outlaw notices. Lucrecia... these could be so easy... if you were here... Hanging her head, and letting loose a sad sigh, the Mawile trudged over towards the Totodile's room.
The time delay was certainly a lot shorter than she had expected. Knocking on the Totodile's door frame, she then proceeded to let herself in. "Whelp, that was a quick meeting, kiddo. Spirit's already off, wouldn't have even had the chance to talk to him probably. He mentioned he's at the Dojo, though. Maybe when you're feeling less like shit you can find him there?"
@Ninian The Totodile gave an appreciative wave to Celty as she departed, now being left alone with his thoughts in the room. Devon closed his eyes and sniffled again. The tears finally beginning to subside as he dove back into his mind to try to piece together his shattered memory.
Those voices.....They were.....My friends and family...And they were human....I know they were...There was my dad...
"I know how dangerous it is out there...."
My mom...
"Devon, please don't go out there..."
This one was Jason....My best friend....Ever since we were kids....
"Devon! Fuck, are you ok!?"
A sort of pained expression washed over his scaled face as he attempted to recall the other voices.
I don't know this one....I-I just know it's a girl....A girl that I'm close with....
And..I dunno....This one just sounds like a bunch of 'meeps'?....I know who it is though....His name is Shock...
<He's not gonnna make it if we go this slow! Come on guys let's move!>
This one....I heard in my head under the bridge.....I-I swear it was right next to me...It's...Why am I thinking of Milton?.....No, not Milton...A Zorua.....Zoru....Zoro?...They have an evolved form...
"I'm sorry Devon....I want you, and all of us, to live....What would we all do without you?"
Eye lids shooting open, the jumble of names clicked in his mind.
Zoroark!...And it's..Nasir....He sounds really worried about me...Don't worry Nasir. I'm not gonna die. And I will find you guys. I promise.
Sighing in relief that he finally got somewhere, Devon rolled gently onto his back and smiled. It was merely a few moments before a knock at the door turned his head. Letting the Mawile speak her piece, the Water-type smiled warmly at her. "Hi Celty. And jeez, that guy just never slows down huh?" Pulling himself up into a sit with a few pained groans, he tilted his head at the Fairy. "I'm still not feeling the greatest, but I should probably go catch Spirit at the Guild before he goes missing or something. Wanna come with? I can tell you a bit about what I remembered just now on the way there."
@Light Lord Shaking her head she replied, "He doesn't seem to, no. I mean, can't say I know that much about the guy, but boy is he seriously in a hurry all the time." With a nod, she continued, "Yeah you should probably find him if it's that big of a deal. And yeah, feel free to talk and stuff. Bottled up feelings are the worst. Plus I guess any memory is a good thing, maybe I can help. Maybe not! But at least we'll see, right?"
[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild→Outside the Guild]
@Ninian Nodding, the Water child got onto his knees and pushed himself into a standing position with only a few grunts of pain. Head darting around the room, he spotted his Guild bag laying in the corner. Devon waddled over to the bag and quickly threw it over his shoulder before making his way to the door with Celty. "Alright, I'm ready. Let's hit it!"
The pair of rather short Pokémon strolled out of the entrance together, and it wasn't long before Devon turned to the Mawile with a happy smile. "So, I actually managed to remember a few details about the voices that were in my dreams last night. I know who...Most of the voices belonged to." Brown eyes drifting up to the sky, the Totodile frowned slightly before looking back down the road. "My dad, my mom, my old friend Jason, some...Girl, that I know. And an Ampharos named Shock, and a Zoroark named Nasir." Glancing back at Celty he shrugged. "I don't really know many details about all of them, but I remember who they are. That's what matters. Have you ever heard of those last two though? Shock and Nasir?"
