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@Zardoric Sure, I'll edit it if it makes more sense!

Edit: Okay, done! I cut it off before she sent out any Pokemon, so she's just hiding against a tree now.

And on the gender thing, it really doesn't bother me either way. Unless there's obvious visual differences for the species, I'd say most trainers would be paying attention to more important things at the time.

You could maybe have the Pokedex be able to tell by scanning them.
I think we're pretty much done with the conversation, just waiting for the principal.








Location: Campus Grounds
Interacting With: Minako Ikeda @Thundercrash
Mood: Daydreaming → Nervous





Amy had been walking for a little while, bored, but not having anything better to do at this point. She was still wondering what had put everyone in such a rotten mood, but it had faded to the back of her mind. Her thoughts had been drifting, but there wasn't anything really meaningful. Just the usual daydreaming, but it was pleasant enough and she had a smile on her face.

It took her a few seconds to register that she was being spoken to, but figured there was no-one else around. Giving the girl a once-over, she was pretty sure she'd never seen her before in her life. It was possible she'd just forgotten, but Amy liked to think she was better than that. Besides, seeing as it was directions she was asking for, it made sense that the girl was new to campus. Pausing for a second, she shrugged, and looked up. "Sure, I've got nothing better to-" her words cut off when she made eye contact with the girl.

All of a sudden, she felt some sort of weird feeling. She wasn't sure what it was, but found herself extending her powers almost on reflex, shutting off whatever it was. Trying to play it off, Amy laughed nervously. "So, uh, B Wing, was it? I can show you the way there - you know, if you want." She said, realising that that wasn't the best attempt at hiding something the world had ever seen.







Location; In front of the East Dorms
Interacting With; Eliana Lovelace (Mentioned) @Lovely Complex
Mood; Apathetic → Content → Frightened




Keats registered the Lovelace girl's passing. All by herself, as well. On any other day, it'd be a prime opportunity to pick a fight, but he was having enough trouble with his head already without her freaky dream shit added on top of that. Sometimes Keats wished more people in this academy would just punch things. Keats could deal with punching shit. He understood punching shit. He couldn't deal with all the people that would mess with his head around here.

Abandoning any ideas of picking a fight he might have had, he settled for glaring at the back of her head as she entered the dorms. He spent a few more minutes staring into the clouds, and eventually found himself drifting off, exhaustion from his lack of decent sleep finally kicking in. Eventually, he found himself dreaming.




It started off pretty fun - he was skydiving, and his sister was there. He should've realised how things were gonna go when his sister was there - these dreams always went the same way - but his dreaming brain didn't register her presence as strange. They jumped out together, and were laughing, yelling out in exhilaration, but when they were supposed to open the chutes, things took a turn for the worse.

Her chute wouldn't open - the backup one wouldn't work either, and he just had to watch her fall, screaming out in helplessness. It was the way they always seemed to go. She'd fall off a bridge, or get hit by a car, or taken hostage, halfway through every dream she was in. He couldn't do anything to help. She always died, in every single dream.

He landed, rushing over to where she was. She was dead, or at least it seemed like it, but the body's head twisted around, like some sort of puppet from a horror film. It grinned at him slowly, its eyes blank.

"Why didn't you save me, Sam?" He didn't have an answer.

It seemed to split into hundreds, thousands of faces surrounding him, accusing, judging, haunting. Repeating that question over and over. He tried to protest, tried to make them stop but it didn't work. "There was nothing I could do! It wasn't me!" he yelled in his dream. Unconsciously, he was mumbling the same words in his sleep. It didn't matter, though. The faces wouldn't listen, and seemed ready to swallow him whole.

"You left me behind, Sam. You didn't come back."

"You said you'd protect me."

"You let me die!"





Keats woke up with a start, taking shuddering, frantic breaths. "It's just a dream, Keats. Just a dream." he muttered, trying to reassure himself. Despite that, he still wasn't completely calm, and he felt his eyes stinging. Had he been crying? Keats wiped his eyes, standing up, but looking genuinely frightened and upset by his dream, despite his efforts to put on a brave face.

The nightmares had started not long after the fire. They were getting better - it used to be every night, but it only seemed to happen when he got too hung up on Sis. He looked around, hoping no-one had seem him in such a state, then walked a little further off from the dorms entrance. He needed to clear his head, that was all. If he did that, everything'd be fine. He was Keats, you know? Samuel Keats! Dreams weren't gonna get to him, he was tougher than that!

He tried to convince himself, to be positive, but was failing miserably. With the state he was in, it didn't even occur to him, but to anyone that looked closely at his face, it would be obvious Keats had been crying.


Mae shrugged at the other two's response. "Oh, I wasn't joking. He's definitely crazy, but he's our crazy. You know I don't actually mind it, Wolf Claw." she'd forgotten that they could be a little sensitive. "Although I agree that I'd probably be delicious."

Mae listened to the Time Hound's warning, although she didn't really seem bothered by it. When weren't things changing in this city? You got used to it after a while, so the advice didn't actually do much for her. She tended to sleep with one eye open at this point, 'cause you never knew who'd turn around and stab you in the back. With a smile, she responded. "When am I not prepared, Time Hound?"

If things were gonna get more dangerous, though, the crazy one had the right idea. "Wolf Claw has a point though. If things are gonna happen, we're better off getting some rest while we can. You know where to find me if things go wrong."

There was an abandoned skyscraper where she tended to stay on the top floor when she could - the stairs were destroyed, so no humans could really get up there to bother her. Ghouls were a different story, but that was the same anywhere in the city. If they needed to track her down, she'd told them where it was.

With a smile, she fixed her mask back on her face and gave them a nod before she flew back up to the rooftops, darting between them towards her destination. At this rate, it would take maybe ten minutes to get where she was going, but she scanned the streets below to see if anything caught her interest. If it did, then she'd consider dropping down.


Mae had been flying around the city for a little while, darting between buildings fast enough that she was barely noticeable. She scanned the streets below, until eventually she caught sight of her allies. She dropped down into the alleyway, retracting her Kagune and landing silently behind Riley. "Miss me?" she said, tapping the other ghoul on the shoulder as she removed her mask, the ghoulish grin being replaced by the face of a young girl with a slight smirk.

Her expression darkened as she heard Markus yelling to himself, as usual. "Oh, and you even brought the crazy one. How fun. Feel free to take offence to that, by the way, Wolf Claw." she said sarcastically. Hey, she appreciated that the guy was a teammate and all, but if he was going to sit there having a conversation with himself, then she had to mock him a little bit. Really, it was an easy target. Besides, he'd know she wasn't serious. Probably. Eh, she could outrun him anyway.

She turned back to Riley. Hang on a second. Something seemed off about her. Striding over, Mae grabbed the other ghoul's mask, lifting it up for a split second before letting it snap back into place. With a look of extreme irritation, she sighed. Riley didn't look well. "You've been starving yourself again. How many times do I have to tell you to stop that?" Honestly, sometimes she felt like the only sane ghoul in the group. Telling the Time Hound to eat properly was hopeless, and she knew that, but decided to try anyway.

"I'll speak slowly so you get it. You. Are. A. Ghoul. Act like it. You're putting yourself in danger as long as you don't. Oh, why am I even bothering, it's not like you'll listen. You haven't the last fifty times." she rolled her eyes, and sat down against the wall with a pointed look at the other two Pack members.
Abigail Lowe

Route 1


Pouting at Tesh's response, she was caught completely by surprise when the net went up. Abigail needed a moment to absorb what had happened. Quill had been right there, and it seemed like the Sneasel had disappeared for a moment. Following the others' gazes, Abigail stared up at the net. It seemed really high up. It was like twice Abigail's height, if not more, between it and the ground. The Sneasel's claws didn't seem to work on it either, which was pretty strange.

Her eyes widened as the guy emerged from the trees. Was he the one that put it there? Then he had to be a bad guy! Wait, she wasn't ready for this! She'd barely ever left Redorchard, and... Was that a knife?! Abigail wasn't having the best time with this, and had gone a bit pale. She was ready to deal with wild Pokemon and everything, but she didn't like the idea of getting stabbed very much. She found herself snapping out of it a little when Lynn started advancing on the guy. "H-hey, shouldn't we, like, talk about this or something? I'm sure it's just a huge misunderstanding, right guys?"

Of course, when Lynn actually spoke , Abigail had a feeling that talking it out had been thrown out of the window. She got it, and she knew she'd sure be mad if someone messed with her starter Pokemon, but the guy had a knife! What if Lynn got herself hurt? Abigail thought about sending out Waffles, but the man was clearly a bad guy, and if she did anything to make him angry then who knows what he'd do?

She glanced around the clearing. The net was so high, how were they supposed to get Quill out? ...Wait. She remembered her newest capture - Her brain seemed to have shut down for a minute from the shock of the situation, but if she could get Cookie up there... The guy would see if she did anything, though. At least, while she was with them. For that, though, Abigail had a time-tested strategy. One that had been passed down and refined through generations. The ultimate way to deal with any situation.

Running away really really quickly.

"You guys have fun!" she yelled, and turned tail, disappearing into the trees. Part of it was strategy, but another part of her really wanted to just keep running. She really considered just taking off and leaving them behind, but... She was supposed to be a hero, a Pokemon Master! As much as she wanted to, she couldn't just let them take on the bad guys alone.

Diving through a couple of bushes, she kept going for a little while before stopping, sitting with her back against a tree. She sat for a couple of moments, then started to think of a plan.




Pokedollars: 800







Outside a small club in a dark, damp corner of Tokyo, Mae Shiba rolled her eyes at the curfew announcement. Honestly, any human that hadn't figured out that being outside at night was a bad idea by this point just about deserved what they got. Natural selection, you know? Besides, she'd been getting a bit... Peckish. She hadn't eaten in quite a while, and she worried that her human-loving pack mates were rubbing off on her. Couldn't have that.

And so, crouched in the shadows, 'Comedy' watched the door from behind her ever-smiling mask. Oh, it was possible that whoever came out of the club would be a perfectly decent person, just down on their luck and looking for escape. Perhaps they just couldn't find work, or were looking for someone they'd missed. Maybe they had a partner, a child just waiting for them to get home. Wouldn't that just be tragic? Sadly, these thoughts didn't bother Mae Shiba. To tell the truth, she couldn't care less.

Besides, there were very few decent people around these parts. So, when a man stumbled out of the club, drunk and trying to get back home before curfew, he was sliced in two almost instantly. At least it was a quick death, as these things went. Some ghouls would be a lot more showy about the whole thing. Grabbing the remains, Mae disappeared down the alley, a glossy puddle the only evidence of the man's demise. Once she got a bit further away, she ate her meal.

She thought about bringing some back for the others, but decided not to bother with the idea. At best they'd reject it, at worst they'd get all judgemental or something. Why they were so hung up on helping the humans, she would never understand. Ghouls were just above them on the food chain. Simple as that. Of course, any hope of actually taking anything despite that was dashed when she glanced down the alleyway, and saw a pair of black eyes staring back at her. He wasn't seriously going to pick a fight with her, was he? No, he couldn't be that stupid.

The ghoul unfurled their kagune - another Ukaku, by the looks of things. Oh, joy. Mae lazily released her own Kagune as the ghoul launched a flurry of projectiles at her, which were easily blocked by a single large wing. Honestly, it was slightly pathetic. Barely a C-level ghoul, by the looks of things. Not even worth toying with, which was a shame. He did seem fairly surprised to find his left leg no longer attached to his body. And half of his right one.

"You know, in future, you should probably look at your opponent before trying to hunt them. What you just tried was like a rabbit trying to fight a lion. Say, have you ever heard of survival of the fittest?" she said casually as she strolled over to him. He glared up at her, muttering defiantly. "S-screw you."

Behind her mask, Mae raised an eyebrow, then leaned down, her mask's grin just inches from his face as she laughed at him. "You know, I might have let you live, but it seems you just can't learn your lesson. The weak die, unless they bow to the strong. That's just the way it is. Allow me to demonstrate."

It was the last thing he heard before a razor-sharp projectile went through his skull. Mae stood up, satisfied, but she heard the sound of people approaching. With a sigh, she took flight, landing several blocks away. What a pain. At least she'd gotten something to eat before he'd tried anything - dealing with idiots and weaklings tended to ruin her appetite.






Location; His dorm room → In front of the East Dorms
Interacting With; No-one, really.
Mood; Confused → Exhausted → Grumpy




Keats got the feeling that he'd had a little too much to drink, as he stood up. He couldn't remember much beyond climbing in, looking like an idiot, and heading straight to get a drink. That's what you get for drinking instead of just accepting you made a fool of yourself, Sammy. he berated himself mentally.

Apparently he'd gone back to his room at some point, which was a plus, but he was still in the clothes he'd worn to the party. He looked around, and noticed that Will was gone. He'd actually gotten up before Keats for once, which just showed what a sorry state Keats was in.

Standing up, he walked through to the bathroom, hoping to avoid any loud noises, and glanced into the mirror. For once, he didn't like what he saw. It was a strange and bewildering sensation. The guy in the mirror looked about as good as he felt. That... Was almost impressive. Keats didn't think it was possible for him to not look good. "Miracles really do happen, huh? he grinned.

Hey, at least he could still smile about it. No idea what he'd done at night, but he got the feeling there was something he'd forgotten, some kinda commitment? Nah, wouldn't be anything important. Probably. Hopefully no-one picked a fight with him today - for once, Keats was feeling a little fragile.

Still, trying to make the best of it, he showered, changed into some more comfortable clothes, and headed down the stairs once he was satisfied with how he looked - having freshened up a bit, he felt remarkably better about the whole thing. Well, mostly he just felt tired now, rather than ill. It was an improvement, at the very least.

He didn't feel like trying to cook anything, so just grabbed the first thing he could - in this case a banana - and wolfed it down. Normally this was the point where he'd go for a run, but he again just wasn't feeling up to it, so after finishing his breakfast he headed outside and sat at the front of the dorm.

He didn't feel like going anywhere, but hopefully the fresh air would do him some good. At the very least, it wouldn't cause him any harm, unless something went really wrong. At that point, though, he'd probably have more than a hangover to worry about. It wasn't quite as bad as it had been when he first woke up, although it was still something he could live without to be perfectly honest.

With a scowl, he looked up at the clouds. He didn't even know why he'd gone to the damn thing in the first place. Stupid Mayweathers keeping him awake. It was their fault he was in this state, as well as seemingly everything else that went wrong in the life of Samuel Keats. At least he hadn't spilled anything about his sis - he felt certain that he'd remember if he had done something that stupid.









Location: Kitchen → Walking around campus
Interacting With: Cooked breakfast, if that counts.
Mood: Resigned → Curious → Cheerful





Amy had been having a pretty interesting morning, if 'interesting' meant being glared at by grumpy hungover people every two seconds for breathing too loudly, or other aspects of generally existing. Could folk from the States just not handle a drink or something? Either that or the whole party thing had gotten more exciting than expected - Probably a bit of both. Still, dealing with hungover people was a pain, especially when a decent chunk of them were arseholes at the best of times. She didn't want to deal with it for the whole day, that was for sure.

Luckily, growing up in Glasgow - at least the bit she'd been in - gave you some experience dealing with other people's hangovers. And as far as she knew, a decent breakfast seemed to help. Of course, there was no way she was cooking a proper breakfast for an entire dorm, just a few plates of stuff that needed used up anyway. Anything past that, they could sort out for themselves. Luckily, she didn't really need to pay attention to cook well - using a frying pan apparently counted for her power, and she could keep track of the time fine by herself.

It was actually pretty fun, cooking, and making something for people to eat that wasn't just cafeteria food might help tempers a little bit. Alright, so bacon and eggs wouldn't exactly lead to world peace, but it was a start. Maybe they'd make it to midday without someone being assaulted. A girl could dream.

Once she'd finished cooking up a fairly decent selection of breakfast foods, she grabbed some bacon, made herself a roll, took her bag and set off across the campus, taking bites out of her breakfast as she went. Normally she'd stick around a little longer, but she seriously couldn't be bothered dealing with the mood in the dorms. Something surely had to have happened for the atmosphere to be this miserable. Amy was pretty glad she hadn't gone to the party, seeing the state of everyone.

She found her thoughts drifting as she walked along the path. Wonder what went on at that thing... Everybody's going about looking like someone kicked their cat. Was there some sort of catastrophe? Cat-astrophe? she snickered, finding herself funnier than most other people would. With a spring in her step, she kept walking down the path, not really going anywhere in particular.

There was a bit of time before she was due to be in class, so she decided she'd go for a bit of a wander around campus. Amy always appreciated it being sunny outside so often in the morning - the novelty of that wasn't wearing off quite yet. Maybe she'd bump into someone, maybe not. Either way, Amy found that she was in a pretty good mood.
Tomomi Katayama


Hey, he talked properly! Tomomi didn't seem to take heed of his warning, just sighing and sitting back. "Eh. I get 'crazy' a lot anyway, believe it or not." she said. She looked at Akira, at least appreciating that he himself wasn't calling her crazy. At least, she thought. He did look pretty tired though, so she decided to spare him any more effort. "I'll let you chill out now, you seem look pretty tired."

It didn't look like Akira was up for any more conversation, so she trailed off. With most people she would've pushed a bit further, but he didn't seem up for too much more talking. She'd gotten a decent amount out of him compared to normal, so might as well quit while she was ahead.

She looked at the stage, muttering in frustration. "They still not got that together? These people are supposed to be the ones giving me my education, and they can't even work a microphone. No wonder I suck at exams."
Tomomi Katayama


Yup, definitely as friendly as ever. At least he was talking, which was better than she'd expected originally. Of course, he was right in saying she hated school, but missing the point a little. "Mandatory attendance. I'd rather try and be cheerful about it instead of moping all day like some people." she shrugged, with a pointed look at Akira.

Anyway, Akira wanted to know about the disappearances? Never let it be said that Tomomi passed up a storytelling opportunity. She'd have to go with the short version. "Well, there were a couple of murders back then, as you'll have guessed. Unlike most stuff, though, the police had no idea what was going on. Town'd get foggy, and then a body'd appear in some weird messed-up position." she shrugged. "Most people didn't really pay that much attention, but I did - spent the whole year payin' attention to anything wierd in town - and..." she lowered her voice so people couldn't hear her.

"See the ones that got killed? Lotta people don't realise they weren't the only ones to disappear. A ton of people did, not getting kidnapped all dramatically, just one minute they were there, the next they were gone. Like magic. Shazam." she made a motion with her hands, mimicking a puff of smoke. "Those ones came back though. All got weirdly pally, too." she shrugged. To be honest, very few people had been paying anywhere near as much attention as Tomomi. She was the only one that was bored enough to get quite that fixated on a case she wasn't involved in.

"Took the police a year to figure anything out - they tried saying the case was closed like twice before they found the real culprit. And the kicker? Guy was one of their own detectives! Right under their noses, for a whole year. Can ya blame me for being a bit sceptical about what the Inaba Police Department got to say?" Tomomi sighed, shaking her head, feeling like she'd made her point.
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