[IC] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Shadows of the Past [Full]

[Ninian]

Celty the Mawile

[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]

@Shiny Keldeo
When Zaru suggested that she and the others join the Guild, Celty refrained from answering, unsure of whether or not it was worthwhile for her to tie herself down to something long term. She had already severed her ties with the Guild in Seelie. She couldn't go back, not yet, and potentially not ever.

Such thoughts clouded her mind as Zaru conversed with two Guild members that were passing through. All Celty could manage was a small wave.

Approached by Spirit, the Guildmaster, Celty flashed him a smile, uncrossing her arms. "It's nice to meet you Spirit. I uh... I'm not sure if you caught or even remember my introduction from earlier, but I'm Celty, originally from Seelie Village." Looking to Devon, and then to Dylan, she furrowed her brows before finally speaking up, "These children both don't have anywhere to go right now. I've already offered to take care of them, but I don't think either of them want that. This is prrrrobably awkward for everyone involved (including myself), but I feel like they're not going to say anything... so... Of course if they want to, would you be comfortable taking them in?"

[Iatos]

Milton the Zorua

Listening to the meeting patiently, Milton wiggled his tail in excitement to the story about outlaws. He wanted to get out there and bust that pokémon and bring them to justice. yet he knew this task was way above his head and he was quite frankly not brave enough to attempt something so foolish or dangerous.

When the meeting was set and done attention was turned to him and Zaru, and he was certain that many eyes turned to them and back. Some snickered, others shook their heads or rolled their eyes making Milton blush slightly as it felt rather embarrassing. Milton then sighed and headed up to Zaru's side before giving him a cheapish smile "Ready for the public exocution?" he asked dramatically as usual.

He then looked towards the door and shut his eyes before inhaling, raising his head high he let out his breath and with determined steps walked towards the meeting spot. While he walked he made slow drum beats with his mouth "Bam, bam, bam bam... Bam, bam, bam bam" almost like how it would be at an actual execution in the far pokémon past. Of course Milton had only heard stories of such things, and personally he found the stories quite scary.

[Noklu]

Dylan the Mudkip

Valiant Village-Spirit’s Guild

A small bead of imaginary sweat rolled down Dylan’s face, skin prickling slightly as he realized he hadn’t played that off well. At all. The good news was they didn’t seem as concerned as they had been. The counterpart, unluckily, was a bit of suspicion in their voices and words. Though, as he listened, his small bit of anxiety began to fade away, replaced by simple curiosity. Devon… didn’t remember having a tail? He was pretty sure that didn’t fall under the realm of amnesia. That could mean that he was similar as well!

Celty’s words only echoed what was going on in Dylan’s active mind. This certainly was no coincidence. Another good point was brought up by the Mawile, about how they might have known each other before, or met somehow but now forgot.

Dylan took the last bite of his apple, using the time chewing to think of what to say next. As he did so, Zaru chimed in to answer the Mawile’s last statement. Join this guild…? That certainly was an option he supposed. Better than wandering around without a place to stay. And the locals seemed friendly enough.

However, he pushed that aside as he gulped the last of the sweet fruit down, returning to the point at hand. Dylan glanced around the room briefly, seeing Zaru had started talking to a Kricketot and Gligar, presumably there for the morning meeting mentioned moments ago. Even so, the Mudkip couldn’t help but lower his voice a bit, cautious of his next words. “Well, um… Devon, this might sound a bit crazy, but your body felt odd, right? Is it possible you…” He paused, having to take a deep breath before continuing, “You weren’t always-”

Dylan’s words were cut off as his heart nearly leapt out of his chest, the Lucario’s appearance behind them catching him horribly off guard. He had been too engrossed in his serious question to notice the approaching guild leader, or even the fact that the morning meeting must have concluded. His mind was still reeling from the sucker punch as Celty answered Spirit’s question, trying its best to recover. Luckily for him, the Mawile’s response allowed him to recover enough to put on a straight face and answer himself.

“A-ah, nice to meet you as well Spirit sir! I’m Dylan,” The Mudkip chimed in, pausing before continuing. “I actually was curious, Zaru mentioned this before, but would it be possible to join this guild? J-just theoretically of course, I don’t want to push anything sudden on you…”

As he trailed off, Dylan snuck a glance over to Devon, the question of what the Totodile would do on his mind. Not only that, but he needed to finish his question to the Totodile, to make sure it was safe to not sound crazy. Or, well, at least, insane. It was a crazy situation no matter how one looked at it.

@Light Lord@Ninian@Shiny Keldeo

[Polaris North]

@Iatos

Zaru the Chimchar

Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild

As the other guild members started filling the room, he fell silent. He then turned his gaze to their guildmaster who was at the front now. Hm, a new outlaw? Flash the Scizor and five stars priority? How powerful is that pokemon? Well it didn't matter much to the young Chimchar, he certainly wasn't going to go out and take the outlaw down, that was way out of his league. Now his brother was a different story, Rick could probably take him down if he had a team with him. His mind suddenly flew to his brother, wondering where he might be now. Still alive, he hoped.

His attention snapped back to Spirit when he mentioned that he and Milton would head to the Central Plaza. Several guild members looked at him and Milton and frankly, the Chimchar was kind of used to the attention. Some were looks of disappointment while others seemed impressed by his stupid bravery for whatever he did. Either or, it wasn't something to be proud of. Although this was the first time being summoned to the Central Plaza of all places. When Milton strode to his side, he nodded. "To be honest, I'm quite curious on what will happen." He admitted.

Zaru then followed Milton towards the Central Plaza, chuckling silently at his Zorua friend who was imitating a drum sound to make the 'execution' more realistic. Admittedly, the idea of an execution is quite a horrifying one but since it didn't happen in this time and age anymore, he was quite sure they could joke about it. Although nothing about Zaru looked like he was in shame, he still had that easygoing and calm expression on his face and still not nervous. He then snickered. "What do you think will he make us do?" He asked silently. Surely there was some sort of punishment and he wanted to know what Milton felt about that.

However his mind suddenly went back to the other two troublemakers. They weren't the only ones who stayed up late. "Wonder how Rico and Lulu are doing..." He said worriedly. Lulu was injured wasn't she? The thought of them escaped him while he conversed with the three outsiders but because he and Milton were alone, the thought decided to make its reappearance. "I hope Lulu didn't get too hurt..." The two were juniors after all, younger than both him and Milton, so technically, as someone close to their age and has even been with them sometimes, he was worried.

[Iatos]

@Polaris North

Milton the Zorua

Valiant Village: Central Plaza

He looked to Zaru as he told him that he wondered what would happen, he were curious about it and even asked Milton about his opinion. Milton silenced his drumming as they reached the Central Plaza and he looked up upon the statue of the the Swords of Justice. Silencing his thoughts for a while he just starred at them in admiration, questioning to himself how it was during their time in the village... how they fought outlaws, collected treasure and become renown beyond measure... compared to them he was no more than a rodent, someone who was likely never to become something that great... or was he?. When he looked to Zaru after a while he gave him quite the sincere smile this time, gazing at the statue in ave and having calmed himself for the execution surely made him feel good enough about the situation to actually feel glad now.

"I don't know... Perhaps he will tell us to clear up all the leaves in the village or something" he said and looked around... there were lots... and lots of leaves, it would probably take half an eternity to clean them all up. However he quickly dashed around the statue with that 'gleam' of mishief in his eyes, then on the other side he leaped out... no it was Keldeo himself that leaped out!... even if it was a wrongly coloured one as Milton really had no clue what color Keldeo really was, he only recreated him from what he had heard, and those tales were slightly exaggerated and the statue probably bigger than the real thing as well. "I Keldeo, of the Swords of Justice, Sentance you... Doer of Evil, to five years of street sweeping!... Now what do you have to say in your Defence!?" he said with the firmest voice he could muster as his illusion towered over Zaru with a strict unmovable expression.

[Light Lord]

@Shiny Keldeo@Ninian@Noklu

Devon the Totodile

Valiant Village, Spirit's Guild

Celty was right, and Devon knew it. What COULD he or Dylan really do about their memory loss? Looking at the floor with unsure, dull eyes he thought. Aw, she's right....What are we gonna do? Just wait it out? The memory about my Dad and my name came back pretty soonish....Maybe all we need is time? But what am I gonna do while I try to figure all this crap out?

It was Zaru to the rescue once again. The Chimchar hanging around near them that Devon swore was asleep mere moments before spoke, and his idea was a pretty good one. Devon's head tilted back to the ceiling as he contemplated the suggestion. "Join the guild huh? I don't really know what you guys do, or if'll be much help, but I'll think about it."

Dylan's sudden question caught Devon's attention once he heard his name. The croc's gaze set upon the anxious Mudkip as the question slowly came forth. Unfortunately, the arrival of Spirit seemed to scare the Mud Fish Pokémon out of fully revealing it. This of course, made Devon more curious as he stared at Dylan for another few moments before looking up at the much taller Lucario near them and smiling. "Hey Spirit. I'm Devon. How's uh...How's Rico and Lulu doing? They ok?"

Celty then chimed in for the two Water-types before either of them could get a word in to ask the Guildmaster themselves. This causing Devon to look over to his right at the Mawile with a slightly annoyed expression. "Hey, cut that out Celty. We may be young, but we're old enough to be able to ask questions ourselves. We're not babies." Then another worried thought crossed his mind. ....How old am I? That's another thing. I'm defiantly young, but I'm not really a kid.....At least, it feels that way. It's kinda hard to tell being this small....

Looking back up at Spirit, the Totodile finally answered for himself. "Ok, yeah, Zaru gave us the idea, but I think it's a pretty good one considering our situation. Mr.Spirit, would it be ok if I could join the guild too?"

[Polaris North]

@Iatos

Zaru the Chimchar

Valiant Village - Central Plaza

While he was drowning himself in his thoughts, he was looking down at that time. However, when he saw Milton stopped, he did so as well. They were before the statue of the Sword of Justice. Zaru had heard them all over the towns he had visited. They were already an old tale but almost everyone seemed to know about them, even his parents. Although personally, he only heard a handful of stories about them but all of them held them in high regard. Explorers aspired to become like them. Zaru was different though. Sure he wanted to become an explorer but to become someone as famous and as great as them? It's not in his vision. If it's a side effect, then why not right? Although his companion seemed to think the opposite. Milton looked at the statue with eyes full of admiration, they practically sparkled. Then the Zorua looked at him and smiled sincerely.

"Leaves?" He echoed before looking around. Alright, he knew that he was prepared for boring jobs but that was just pushing it. He shuddered at the thought of even doing something like that. But it would be great training on their stamina and speed. Hey, maybe he should burn the leaves once they're done so they'd disappear forever? Yeah, bad idea. He then watched Milton circle the statue and out came Keldeo, the same one on the statue, although some odd voice inside his head was telling him that something was wrong with that Keldeo. He was sure it's Milton so it must not be that. Nevertheless, when he spoke, Zaru stiffened up as he decided to play along with his friend. "I did not do anything wrong, Keldeo of the Sword of Justice. I was merely relaxing upon a tree and showed the outsiders where to stay." He reasoned. The Chimchar was actually laughing in his mind but he managed to contain it. This was really weird for him.

[Shiny Keldeo]

Spirit the Lucario, Valiant Village, Spirit's Guild

@Ninian @Noklu @Light Lord
The Mawile identified herself first. "Celty, from Seelie Village eh? I remember the Guildmaster there, my old friend Baxter, a Stoutland If I'm not mistaken. I have to assume you are acquainted with the Guild, correct?"

Next the Mudkip spoke up to him. "Dylan, I see. So, you have nowhere else to go? Hmm..." Then the Totodile spoke up alongside him. "Devon... Rico and Lulu will be fine, they're both completely asleep upstairs right now, and thank you for coming and finding me, I owe you." Then he too mentioned wishing to join the Guild. "You too? Hmm... I do wish to warn you, the training I put everyone through here is rigorous and tough, but everyone who's gone through it has appreciated it afterwards. I'll let you all have a chance to think about it, I have a matter to attend to downtown."

As he left, he turned once more to the Mawile named Celty. "You may stay here for as long as you like, we would never turn away guests who need a place to stay, but don't expect it to be relaxing. We're usually quite busy during the day. We may even request some aid with daily activities if needed, as a majority of the Guild is currently out hunting for Flash the Scizor, a wanted outlaw who was spotted in the mountains near here." With that, Spirit took his leave from the crew rooms, and headed towards the exit.

Valiant Village, Center Plaza

@Iatos @Polaris North
When Spirit arrived at the town center, he noticed Zaru and Milton playing around the statue, with Milton as some kind of variation of Keldeo. "The illusion isn't bad, Milton, but it's nothing like having seen the real deal like I have. And so, you two... both of you were out late last night from what I understand. So I've asked around the Center Plaza and there are a few Pokemon who need some help. Milton, I know you already have that job from your mother, and Zaru, Roserade needs some help with her herb garden. Roselia had to leave for Treasure Town yesterday, so she needs someone to help her out. Once your tasks are done, come see me here, I'll be doing some supply shopping for the Guild."

[Ninian]

Celty the Mawile

[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]

Placing her arms on her hips, Celty glared at the tiny Totodile. Except Totodile was actually the same height. "Are you sure you're not a baby? Because you don't remember anything. If you weren't a child, you wouldn't be a Totodile, and that's just the fact of it." Hanging her head she let out a soft sigh, "...Children. Listen, just because you don't think you're young doesn't mean anything. When I was a child myself, I thought I knew everything."

[Iatos]

@Polaris North
@Shiny Keldeo

Milton the Zorua

Valiant Village: Central Plaza

"Hah! So they all say!... I know you're associated with the Criminal Flash! and I will deliver upon thy and thy foolish master the swiftest of JUSTICE!" he called out in reply to Zaru, he was also mentally laughing and went ahead to feign a few horn 'stabs' towards Zaru as he was quite into this role of his and enjoyed playing with his friends a lot during free times. However it didn't take long for the guild master to arrive this time, and he couldn't believe what he heard!... the guild master praised his illusion!... he was awestruck once more. Smiling widely he looked to the guild master "You really think so?... thank you, and Yes... mom went ahead to get me something to do I guess... I shall fulfill that request now then master" he said as he bounced off towards the Kecleon shop.

With such spring to his steps it only took him minutes to reach the kecleon store, his illusion dispelling itself qutie neatly as he shifted focus away from it. When he reached the store he called out for the kecleon brother who worked there "Keckleon sir?... Keckleon sir?... Its me, Milton From the Adventure guild, I... uhm I am supposed to help you out with the store today I think... perhaps painting?... or something else if you prefer me doing that instead" he said as he leaped up on a desk to see better, after all having a better overwiev helped a lot, even if some pokémon were less fans of his climbing on stuff.

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@Ordure

Tzerah the Luxray

Valiant Village: Edge

It had been a very long night for Tzerah, and when she finally spotted the village in the horizon she could scarsly belive her eyes. It felt so nice to finally be back, she had helped to chase that villain Flash for quite some time and even if he constantly managed to Elude her and the other Luxray she wasen't quite giving up so easily. However there would come another oppertunity to give chase, for now felt she earned a much needed rest and as she reached the village she could hear her belly rumble. She blushed faintly at this thinking to herself of how long it been since she eaten... she found no good anwer, it had probably not been since yesterday at dinner time and now it was already a new day. However she didn't feel like cooking anything herself, nor to consume either berries or apples... no she wanted some good food, and she intended to buy it as she was too tired to even bother cooking it herself.

Luckily however there was a place in town where she could do just that, a Pangoro ran the resturant alongside his daughter. It was a nice place enough, and right now it hardly mattered if it was a bad place to Tzerah. She advanced to the restaurant and for the most part paid little attention to anything that weren't out of the ordinary. She thought she saw Spirit and a some guild kids in the town center, but that was nothing special... and it was not like she really felt like going out of her way to speak to Spirit either... it was just how she was after all. When she reached the resturant her eyes fell on the Pancham who came towards her at high speed... It took her by a bit of surprise, and for Tzerah the last few hours had been filed with several bad things... enough for her to immedietly tense up and begin to spark with electricity at the approaching pancham.

Yet for a good few seconds she said nothing, she just starred at her fiercly before her mind eventually snapped back to it. What was she doing?... she was like 'this' close to frying a innocent civilian!... she shook her head figuring she was more tired than she realized. She needed to apologize... and sighed to herself 'Oh I'm so sorry Young one... nights been so hectic I thought for a second that you were about to attack me. I'm truly sorry... is your fathers resturant open?, I would want to get something to eat' she prepared a speach in her head quickly and then looked to the Pancham before opening her mouth. "Hey!... Watch where your going!. I almost accidentally made you into dinner!" she growled... it was not at all what she wanted to say, yet she did?... she passed past the pancham into the Pangoro's resturant and sank down by a table.

Why was it so hard to be just nice?. Was it false pride or just that she was confused?, she didn't know.. the pokémon she dealt with had somewhat gotten used to that she didn't always mean what she said. However her reaction now was a mixture of a foul morning mood and a somewhat really, really tired judgement. She groaned and laid her head on the table "I wish to order... tthe special, daily... or whatever... I don't care, just give me something to eat." she muttered, sulking to herself that she had said such horrible things.

[ladyanglaise]

Team Clawtune
Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild

Jaki split the apple in half with her claw, making a messy cut right down the middle that left some apple mush on the floor and on her claw. She didn't seem to notice, and she handed one half to Pip while she chomped down on the other half. They finished eating while they listened to Spirit. If Jaki had it her way, the two of them would go straight for Flash, but even she knew that they weren't nearly strong or experienced enough to take that job yet.
After the meeting, the two of them went to the job notice boards to find something to do. The only job they had a low enough rank for was an item-recovery job to the Tranquil Forest Crevice. They'd been there before, with... little success.
"Pip, we're going to the Crevice. How's that sound?" Jaki asked, looking down at her friend.
Pip shook his head. "Jaki, that place is way too dangerous! We can't go there."
Jaki crossed her arms, and her tail whipped back and forth. "It's that or nothing! There are no other jobs that we can do today, Pip."
Pip thought about this for a second. He wanted to go adventuring, and he knew Jaki really wanted to go, but they had to be rescued themselves last time they went to the crevice. "What if we find someone to go with us? Then we can tackle that dungeon no problem!"
Jaki's eyes lit up at the prospect. That was the trick; a bigger team! "Yeah! Let's go find another partner!" She exclaimed, grabbing the job notice and running off to the the Central Plaza to find where the other Guild Members had gone. Pip, as usual, trailed behind.

[Ninian]

Celty the Mawile

[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]

@Shiny Keldeo@Noklu@Light Lord

The female Mawile nodded at the Lucario's reply. "Oh yes, Baxter..." Trailing off for a moment she then recovered, "Yes, I am acquainted with and used to be associated with the Guild. It's... really a long story, though. I'm not exiled, or anything like that though."

With Spirit's final words she nodded with a smile. "Thank you and... yes, while I'm here if there's anything you need I'm more than happy to help."

Turning to the children once the Lucario left, she shook her head. "Since we're all new here, how about we take a look around?"

[Ordure]

AMELIA THE PANCHAM, VALIANT VILLAGE

As Amelia rushed down the dusty, wind-blown road, the plans she had formulated late yesterday night began to submerge in her mind, forming into a relatively cohesive plan - in fact, to make it extra organized and eventful, she'd drawn it up colorfully and connected it with multicolored yarn with the help of her dad. It was her main goal today to find the outlaw "Flash the Scizor," a highly powerful and dangerous outlaw that eluded intelligent and determined adventurers with ease - completely obliterating the ones that did manage to discover him. If he did manage to find him, she'd find a way to defeat him, take all of his stolen items, and run off with them, titling herself as the outlaw that defeated the ruthless outlaw and a far better and way cooler one than him. It was a relatively simple plan in theory, but considering her current.. stature, it was going to be slightly harder than the drawing she'd made implied. Amelia did consider using the help of one of the explorers going after him - but then, what would that make her? An explorer? She couldn't that, she was supposed to be a villain! But, if she did use an explorer's help, it would be way easier, of course - maybe she could trail a te-

"Hey!" Amelia exclaimed, coming to a stop in front of a large Luxray. The Luxray's eyes and fur crackled with blue electricity, and her hair seemed to be standing up on end. "Why don't you watch where you're going, lady?!"

As she passed by that oddly rude Luxray, she began to head to the ideal spot - Spirit's Guild, the location of a few hardy teams of adventurers that would most likely set out to capture the Flash. With luck, she'd manage to find the team that wanted to find and defeat him, follow them around for a while, stake the claims for herself, and proclaim herself as the greatest outlaw that ever lived! Of course, maybe with the help of some ^explorers. The guild was beginning to come up in the distance, over the next few buildings and down the dusty road - once she arrived, she could look around in the old guild space and find some stupidly nice and brave explorers to tag around with for a few missions and then use them to get to the big bad for herself. Those idiotic, good-hearted explorers would tag up with anyone and even put *trust* in them! It was frankly ridiculous. She came to a stop just outside of the entrance of the guild, and slowly entered into the belly of the beast - her father had taken her there a few times before when she was young and she was still eager to become an explorer. It'd been a while, but she still had a basic grasp on the main idea - looking around the lobby with fresh eyes for the first time.

"You don't look good, bud." Takeo offered back at the shop, his hands resting against the table the Luxray had sunk into. "Beside, our special is garbage. You okay?

[Light Lord]

@Ninian@Noklu

Devon the Totodile

Valiant Village, Spirit's Guild

Celty's reaction to Devon calling her out for babying both him and Dylan hit a nerve. The Totodile looking more and more annoyed as he locked eyes with the Fairy. She was right though, he looked pretty young being a Totodile. But he was sure he wasn't a baby. An irritated groan came from the reptile. "Ok, fair point with the Totodile thing, but did I ever say I knew everything? No. Cause I know almost nothing. I do know that I can speak for myself though."

Spirit took his leave after both Dylan and his requests to join the guild, and that left Devon with a claw on his chin as he thought about it. "'Rigorous and tough training' huh? Can't be that hard. It seems like Zaru and Milton are making it just fine here. I think we could do it." Turning to Dylan the Big Jaw Pokémon gave a toothy grin. "Right Dylan? I bet it'll be easy if we just work at it."

Celty gave a good idea, looking around and getting familiar with the place would be a good idea. Devon nodded at the Mawile. "Sounds good. I'm surprisingly not that tired. I'd be up for checking this place out. Dylan, you coming with?"

[Iatos]

@Ordure

Tzerah the Luxray

Valiant Village: Resturant

She hadn't really had the time to gather her thoughts for long when the Pangoro spoke to her, in turn she looked up at him with almost pleading eyes for a few second before they grew cold, serious and focused. 'Okay?... i'm not sure, I'm worried of my mate enough so that I can't sleep properly at night, my kid keep me up during my usual nap hours at times and I'm not certain when I got a proper nap. I believe my belly hurt slightly, not sure if its hunger or worry or if its a combination of a lot of things. I'm just really tired. ' She thought long before actually replying to the Pangoro, she didn't even seem to even raise an eye brow as he told her their special was 'garbage'. Yet she figured she looked like a wreck if someone actually had to point out that she didn't look good and at this state of mind she actually found it quite offensive.

She almost opened her mouth to say something really foul in retaliation to the offence, when instead her ears folded back and she let out a sigh. "I'm fine... just fine" she lied, she knew she lied and she had never really been good at lying. In her mind there was dull warning bells ringing, either that or she was actually having a headache. Her belly rumbled again probably loud enough for the Pangoro to hear it, and looking at her it probably would look like she was about to pass out from an empty belly. "Food please..." she said 'she actually found a please in there?, was it desperation settling in now?' she actually started getting a bit concerned with her own feelins when even the table started looking edible. She definatly didn't have time for a million questions right now, the only thing she wanted to hear was food going from anywhere to her belly 'NOW'.

[Noklu]

@Light Lord@Ninian

Dylan the Mudkip

Valiant Village-Spirit’s Guild

Dylan nodded in response to the guildmaster’s question. He really did have nowhere to go, not knowing anything at all about this world he found himself in. As the Guildmaster continued, Dylan remembered how there were two Pokemon in danger, and from the sounds of it, the two were close to Spirit. He was glad to hear they were alright at least. The Lucario went on to explain that, from the sounds of it, yes, it was possible to join this guild. However, the Mudkip could only imagine what that rigorous training would involve.

The thought of training realize something. If he was a Pokemon now, then that meant he could use moves as well. He’d have to explore that realm later when he had some free time. As he thought this, Spirit walked off, leaving the three to their own devices. And to Dylan and Devon, that meant getting a small lecture from Celty about them being kids. It was a bit demoralizing, being looked down upon.

Before Dylan could respond to the Mawile’s opinions, Devon spoke up first, seeming a bit agitated. He supposed it made sense, as Devon was more on the receiving end of the comments. The Totodile made some fair points, to which the Mudkip decided to chime in on. “Yeah… I mean, us having amnesia leaves us with pretty much nothing here. We need to find things out for ourselves a bit”.

As Dylan finished speaking, a thankful change of subjects popped up from the Totodile, leading into the option they had with this guild. Devon’s points about Zaru and Milton being involved with it helped reassure any previous fears of the ‘rigorous training’ a bit. The Mudkip couldn’t help but give an honest, small, sheepish smile in return to the Totodile’s toothy one, agreeing in kind. “Yeah, you’re right. If we just keep at it, we would be able to break through it no problem”.

For the moment, however, Celty’s idea did sound like a good one. They would need to get familiar with the guild if they were to join it, and with nothing better to do… “Ah, sounds good to me as well! I have plenty of energy to spare oddly enough, so why not?”

[Ninian]

Celty the Mawile

[Valiant Village - Spirit's Guild]

@Noklu@Light Lord
Letting out a sigh at Devon's words, Celty shook her head. "No, I suppose you didn't say anything of the sort. My apologies, I guess." When he mentioned the training she nodded, "I went through training myself, and... while rigorous, it's certainly worth it. Given you have nowhere to go, and nothing to do, you really have nothing to lose. Most of the training is physical... honing your abilities, along with your physical strength." Putting a finger to her lips she thought about it for a moment. "That actually might be difficult. Given you both don't remember anything, do you even know which attacks you're capable of? Well, you're both young water-types, so I would say Water Gun is probably a given." Looking over Devon she continued, "Given your jaws... like mine, kind of... you probably know Bite. I know Crunch, which is kind of like a stronger version of Bite.

A sad chuckle escaped Celty's lips when Devon, and then Dylan mentioned they weren't tired. "Well, I'm glad someone here has some energy." Shaking her head she thought to herself, That must be nice...

Looking out the way they came she furrowed her brows for a moment before turning back to the Water-type pair. I can't say I know where I'm going, so if anyone sees anything they want to check out I guess just speak up. With that said, Celty started towards the Central Plaza.

[Shiny Keldeo]

Spirit the Lucario, Valiant Village, Center Plaza

@Ordure @Iatos
Lucario had been traveling all over town, picking up vital supplies for the Guild. He made sure they had enough medical supplies in case Melody were to be unavailable, plenty of food and consumables, as well as picking up on local rumors floating around that could aid them in their endeavors. One of the best places to do so was the resturaunt of former explorer Takeo Feuille, whom he had worked with personally in the past. Plus, it was a good place to grab a quick bite to eat.

When Spirit arrived there, he saw Tzerah the Luxray had returned from tracking, and she looked completely exhausted. "Takeo, two fillet apples if you'd please... Tzerah, you look like you haven't slept in weeks, I know I've asked this in the past, but I'm concerned about your well being at this point..." Ever since there had been word that Flash had been spotted nearby, he'd noticed her becoming... different. She was more protective, on guard, easily provoked, and just overall tired, as if sleep were a foreign thing to her now. If all else failed, he would eventually resort to forcing her to see Melody and get some kind of remedy to help her ease her mind at night.

Rico and Lulu, the Riolu Twins, Valiant Village, Spirit's Guild

The sun was rising higher into the sky now, piercing through the curtains and windows of the room the twins were sleeping in. One of the beams of light hit Lulu right in the face, forcing her into a groggy state of awareness. Her eyes barely open due to the suddenness of the light, she felt around her and found herself back in her bed. She stood up and walked over to close the curtains... wait... she walked over without any pain or difficulty... she was perfectly fine now! Once again it seemed that Mrs. Melody had worked her magic. She closed the curtains before the sunlight could rouse her brother, who she guessed would still be concerned about her well being. She quietly sneaked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

Down in the lobby she saw a sight that made her beam. What could that sight be? Nothing short of her best best friend in the whole wide world! "Krissy, what are you doing here?" Said Lulu as she bounced forward, the Kirlia named Krissy in front of her embracing her in a friendly hug. "Lulu, I heard what happened... you're okay now though? Right?" Lulu over-exaggerated the point by performing a perfect back-flip, even sticking the landing. "I think that answers the question, your mom really knows what she does!" At hearing that Krissy let out a sigh of relief. Then she waved her on. "Come on, everybody's already waiting, we were going to start without you but I stopped by to see how you were. I'm glad I did, now everyone can see you're fine!" Lulu beamed at the suggestion, the secret meeting place of her and her friends that even Rico didn't know about! "What are we waiting for? Let's Go!"

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The shadow of a Pokemon can be seen, it is sitting at a table, seemingly reading a book. "Hmm, so it was Go-Getters who stopped the first catastrophy of the world, but not many Pokemon still remember that today... nor what the threat actually was. Fortunately, this ancient library has just what I need to learn the truth, and maybe... hmm, so that Pokemon will be an annoyance that will most likely stand in my way. He will have to be eliminated for my plan to succeed. For that... I will need... help..."

[Polaris North]

@Shiny Keldeo@Iatos

Zaru the Chimchar

Valiant Village - Central Plaza

Zaru acted like he was being stabbed and then knelt down like he was in true pain. It was only a few seconds before he started laughing. Well that was fun. But then Spirit came along and he recomposed himself. The guildmaster then praised Milton's imitation of Keldeo although it wasn't exactly the same. Oh Roserade needs some help with her garden? He actually had some fun whenever he did some moderate help for the people. "Yes sir!"

The Chimchar quickly bounded off towards Roserade's garden. His eyes started to search for the person he needed to help. "Roserade? I was sent to help you with your garden." Zaru called out from outside the garden, hoping that she would hear him called her.

[Iatos]

Milton the Zorua

Valiant Village: Central Plaza

It didn't take long for the Keckleon brother to join him, and soon enough the Zorua was showed asside to where a sign laid on the ground. The Keckleon explained how he wanted it to look like, and that he didn't have the time to paint it on his own. Milton nodded to this as he knew how important it was for the Keckleon that his sign looked just right. Then Milton got to painting as soon as he was able too, it took him some time to only color Keckleon's name at the sign and he had to be extra careful not to spill any pain on the sign itself or his fur as he knew it would be very difficult to get rid of it... so one could say it was the perfect task for Milton who usually did everything hasty, now he was quite much forced to concentrate for a very long time and be careful or he would mess up and it wouldn't turn out well.

Milton took this job very seriously however, as did he with all guild jobs. Because he knew that he, even as a junior member represented the Guild as a whole, and that his efforts shown here, was very important as it would show the whole guilds effort. If he didn't take it seriously and the sign turned out bad it would be a big sign that said that the whole guild was bad and didn't take their jobs seriously, thus it was an important job, a very important one even if he had gotten it from his mother. Even Milton's own mother could be seen as a client in this case, even if the reward was to not be beheaded for staying out late and showing that he indeed was a worthy member. He took as long as he needed to get the sign just right, not caring if it would take him hours to do so.

Because Milton knew, that once he stepped away from that sign and called it done... there was no going back. As Spirit or some older member once had told him, that you cannot regret the stroke of a pencil nor a move launched at an opponent in battle. It was a very wise saying, meaning that he had to be considerate of his actions. Once Miltion was done however, he stepped back and looked at the sign as a whole. It filled him with pride to say to himself that the sign actually turned out better than he had thought, even if he certainly had stained his fur with paint and that he would need a bath later he actually felt pride that he haden't fluked the job. He then went to tell the Keckleon that he was done, and the sign itself would be the result he had to show for it. "Keckleon Sir... I'm Finished" he would say with a smile.

Milton was sure that Keckleon probably hadn't expected such a good result from a kid, and that perhaps he even had a backup plan if the worst would happen... yet now he couldn't complain about anything, Milton had sincerely done a very good job. Milton got praised for his efforts, and as a bonus he could actually get off work now to go wash his fur, that meant he had most of the rest of the day to play or do something he actually wanted... so that was actually quite great. Yet he knew that Spirit wanted to see them at the central plaza later, and thus Milton went home to get a bath before heading there.

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@Ordure
@Shiny Keldeo

Tzerah the Luxray

Valiant Village: Resturant

When Tzerah heard the Guildmaster's words her body tensed for a moment. He too was concerned with her well being and she knew very well that she couldn't hide it from him. Her aura was probably looking as week as she felt, and probably discoloured from her feeling quite the opposite of well at the time. When she thought about what to say, thought about what to do... her ears laid flat and she tucked her tail between her legs. There was simply no denying it any longer, she didn't really know what to say to Spirit. Her pride didn't quite allow her to speak at all, nor was she physically capable of forming any words. Her body hurt at the thought of it, yet there was also a sensation of relief comming from the guildmasters care, the Pangoro also 'cared' but she didn't exactly know him that well.

Yet she knew she could trust the guild master, it wasen't the first time he had seen her at her worst. Even if she wanted to always show him herself at her best she knew that such a thing was not possible. She rose up on unsteady legs and padded over to the guildmasters side, she wasen't about to take any anger or frustration out at him, nor was she actually going to say anything for that matter either. Instead Tzera walked straight towards him and she didn't stop before her head bumped firmly towards his chest and her legs gave out under her. She sank down with her head in her lap and hid her whole face in his chest, then... his chest would start getting wet. Her body quivered slightly, she tensed for a long time before she finally relaxed... she was crying straight into his chest and drowning her whimpers in his fur.

She felt weak, misserable and unable to help herself. The guild master was at this time seen as the second best thing to her own mate, someone who just was there... when she needed it the most. She didn't have the energy to care how it looked, it just felt so right to feel that warmth right now. She laid most of her front's weight in the guildmasters lap and at his chest and belly. She stayed like that for the longest while, either refusing to move or being physically and mentally unable too. He was the comfort she had missed for a long time as well... and before she realized it, she had cried herself to sleep in the guildmasters lap, finally relaxing as she had no other choice but to give in to her body's needs.