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"Can you tell us more about this professor? What are his qualifications, and how long have you known him?" "I apologize, I must sound rude. I just want to make sure something this powerful doesn't fall into the wrong hands."

Birek smiled. "I understand your concerns and I assure you, Professor Leta can be trusted. I've known her for around eight years now, in fact, she assisted with the purification chamber when it was created three years ago. Leta used to be a lab assistant here but she decided to pursue a different field and set up a small lab in Phenac City. I would trust her with my life. In fact, it was the first Shadow Pokemon crisis that caused her to switch to the Pokemon evolution field."

"I admit I know nothing about how they were created. I just know an evil group altered them somehow to make them like heartless fighting machines. Forgive me, it just seems like some of the scale's effects are similar to those experienced by the Shadow Pokemon."

Birek frowned for a second. "I must admit, I have studied Shadow Pokemon after hearing of Cipher's attempts to use them to take over Orre and the surrounding regions and the thought had occurred to me that there might be some sort of connection between Shadow Pokemon and these scales. In fact, at one point I thought that Cipher may have used in the Shadow Pokemon creation process. I have noticed one thing however, when they come close to the scales, they don't take on the cruelty of the Shadow Pokemon. They gain the speed and strength, but they remain themselves."

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Glad to hear :) I'm posting now.

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Who's all still in this? Just checking.

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"Is that a model of the Relic Stone?!"

"As a matter of fact it is." A man in a white lab coat said as he approached the group. He was a tall man with short grey hair and blue eyes. "The inscriptions on it are the same as on the real Relic stone in Agate village. Took a while to convince the villagers to let me study the real one but I was able to persuade them." He held out his hands to the group and shook everyone's hand. "I am professor Birek. I'm glad to see you were able to make it all the way out here."

"Maybe I geeked out a little. Let's get back to whatever we're really here for. But if you or the professor have time later, I'd love to ask you more about it."

Birek smiled. "Once I'm done explaining what I need to show you, I'd be glad to answer any questions you may have. The Relic stone has fascinated me for a very long time. I'm always glad to discuss it with people."

Sean looked down and saw that his Quilava was slightly on edge and as he looked up he saw that his Beldum was staring at a large closed container near the back of the lab with a fierce intensity. "Excuse me..." Sean said as he raised his hand. "Uh...what's in the box?"

"Ah! my apologies, young man. What is in that box is the reason I called you here. Around five days ago, one of my assistants discovered a small cavern in the old abandoned mining town known as "The Under" while she was exploring it. Her Pokemon were acting...odd as she entered the cavern. She found a series of oddly colored scales and was able to carry them to Pyrite town which is where she contacted me from. For some reason her Pokemon stayed behind her the entire way. She was challenged to a duel in Pyrite and as her Pokemon fought against the other trainer's, she noticed that her Pokemon seemed...off. They became stronger and faster during the battle whenever they came close to the box she was carrying the scales in and once they moved away from the scales they seemed to lose the power-up.. I've been studying the scales since she brought them here and her Pokemon as well. Her Pokemon are fine, for which I am thankful but the scales...I don't have the equipment to study them properly. Which is where you fine trainers come in."

"I was hoping you could bring the scales to a Professor who is studying Pokemon growth and evolution in Phenac city. My studies are keeping me here unfortunately and I feel that he may be able to shed some light on why they have the effects that they do on Pokemon."

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"Sooooo, what do you think Professor Birek wants? I've been here plenty of times in the past but he's never even spoken to me before. I mean, I play with his grandson Joel all the time but the old man never talks to me..."

Sean looked up and smiled at the girl as she approached and sat down. "Hi!" He said with a smile. "My name is Sean an-," Sean was forced to break off the conversation for a moment as the Beldum floated up and looked her directly in the face as Quilava looked up at her for a moment before turning back to Sean leaving only the Beldum to stare at Veena. "Beldum." It said simply as it floated in front of her for a moment before floating above Sean's head. Sean sighed. "And these two are my Beldum and Quilava." He said as he looked up at Beldum. "You really need to learn to be a bit more polite." He said as the Beldum floated down and tried to undo a strap on the bag as Sean sighed again and took a look at another woman who had joined the group only to start reading a book.

Sean smiled meekly. "All I can say about that Beldum is that he's a handful."

"How's it goin'? I'm Claude. I'm assuming you all got a message from Birek?"

Sean smiled and introduced himself to Claude before looking at the two of them. "I'm not exactly sure what Birek wants. The only thing I know about him is that he's a relative newcomer to the Orre region and he hasn't been here that long. But if he's looking for help he must have come across something big."

"Ahh, I'm Praxis."

"And I'm Carna. It's nice to meet you all."

Sean smiled at the two newcomers and waved cheerfully at them. "Nice to meet you two. I take it the two of you received letters as well?" He asked as his Quilava got up and stretched and small bursts of flame erupted from it's back before it decided to lay down again.

Sean looked behind him as he heard the sound of a door opening. A man with a clean shaven face walked out and looked over the group. "Welcome! Professor Birek told me his guests had arrived. Please follow me. The professor is waiting for you."

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My brother got the internet going again! Happy day!

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The sun was shining brightly as Sean and his two Pokemon looked up at the large building that served as the headquarters for most of the Pokemon research in Orre. Sean looked down at the letter in his hand and wondered once again why he had been chosen to speak with the professor.

"Trainer, your presence has been requested at the Pokemon HQ lab in Orre. I, professor Birek have made a discovery that could be amazing news to both Pokemon and their trainers. I ask that when you arrive at the lab you wait for the others who have been invited. Speak of this to no one except the others when they arrive. Have a safe journey."

Sean scratched his head and looked at his Beldum. "It's a bit of an odd request, isn't it? I wonder why I received the invitation. No offense intended you two, but we're not exactly the strongest trainers in Orre." Beldum seemed to stare at him for a moment and then turned to look back at the building. Quilava on the other hand didn't seem to take any offense and looked up at his bag and a short burst of flame erupted from it's back.

"Hungry?"

Another short blast of flame erupted and Sean grinned. "You eat almost as much as a snorlax." He joked as he opened the bag and handed a handful of treats to the fire type Pokemon.

Sean sat down on one of the stairs leading up to the building and Quilava sat next to him while Beldum floated above the stairs. All he could at the moment was wait for anyone who had a letter like his.

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Post going up now.

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Opening post in the IC will be up today.

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I lowered the levels of my Pokemon a little to be closer to the others who specified their Pokemons' levels.

@Zanavy

Sounds good. Looks like we can start this up. I will try and get a post up in the IC later this afternoon.