Light Lord

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Crossroads of Time [Full]

Devon the Totodile and Brick the Poliwrath

[Town Path - F7]

@Shiny Keldeo@Ninian
The fluster that over took Ember once she was casually elected by Lilisette to lead the party caused Devon to smirk and roll his eyes. Once Selena looked over at him, he quickly nodded and walked up to give Ember a reassuring light slug in the side. "Come on, don't put yourself down like that dude. You were pretty good at leading the charge against the thief yesterday."

Gesturing to the narrow hall to his right, the blue crocodile leaned in close to the Quilava and shook her a bit. "How about you lead for a bit, and then I'll switch in when you want me to? That way we can both have some experience with this."

Snapping a claw, the human turned Pokémon struck a pose and pointed out into the dungeon. "Lead on, Ember!"

About an hour later...

[Folio's Trunk - Waypoint]

After a rather uneventful trek through the length of the giant tree's trunk, Team Horizon, along with Brick, arrived at the large moss covered room that marked the divide between the Town Path and the Treacherous Roots. The large room had an oddly dome shaped roof, the interior smooth wood walls marked with the writings and small doodles left by passerbys. Evidence of a recent camp fire in the form of charred wood logs lay in a pile of ash near the center of the room. A large gaping hole shaded by overhanging moss lay on the far side of the room from the group, while on their left, was a carved wood arch that lead out into the heated sands of the Sand Continent proper.

While no more worse for wear than he already was, the brown spiked Totodile rubbed the sole of his left foot a bit before turning his head towards the various claw and charcoal marks on the walls. A crude sketch of what looked to be some sort of long necked Pokémon with an orb on the end of it's tail caused him to stare bit dumbly. Shaking his head, his brown eyes then shifted to the front at the sound of a grunt.

Their Poliwrath guide and slipped in front of the kids wordlessly, his unwavering glare remaining as he pointed a gloved finger towards the exit of the tree. "Alright guys, I know it hasn't been that....Exciting so far. Usually the Town Path has more varied terrain and hostile Pokémon, but never the less you're doing fine. We can break here for a bit and give you a bit of time to look over your gear and prep if you want, the desert isn't nearly as forgiving as this Dungeon has been."

"Works for me. My feet are starting to hurt." Sighing in a bit of relief, the Water-type then smiled before waddling around to face everyone. The three glittering stones embedded in the Looplet on his wrist shimmering. "I can't believe we've made it this far and had such good luck! We've picked up a bunch of coins, a bunch of Emeras, those Confusion Wands...." Putting a clawed hand to his head, he deflated a bit, groaning. "I really wish I wouldn't have stepped on one of those things. My heads still spinning. Anyways, should we break or nah?"

Glyph the Flygon

[Folio Town - Glyde's House]

@Shiny Keldeo
The cry at the door was met with a small gasp, and the rapid sounds of tiny feet scuttling across wood flooring. "Ah! I got it I got it!"

The solid wood door with the stylised carving of a Dragonair on it shuddered a bit. Squeaking grunts coming from the other side, despite there being no one visible in the small window near the top of the door. The knob soon clicked, and the door swung back. The Trapinch attached to the interior handle of the door via it's large mouth flailing a bit before falling to the floor onto it's back with a tiny cry. "OW! I really wish I had hands...."

Rolling onto it's side, the little orange Mon blinked it's starry eyes at the two much larger Pokémon at the door, and put a stubby leg to his chin. "Whoooa. Are you guys from Uncle Glyph's Guild?"

Fast as lighting, a pair of green hands reached down to pluck the young Trapinch off of the floor, and raise him up to the green face of worry belonging the Flygon. "Glen, are you alright? You must stop jumping at the door like that! One of these times, that fall will..."

Glyph's lecture was soon cut short as his stern red glass stare drifted away from the wide eyed face of his nephew. His domed eyes growing wide at the sight of the badger in the doorway. "Oh....Oh my goodness."

The large green Dragon awkwardly bent down to put the Trapinch softly on the floor next to him, before stand up hesitantly taking a step forwards to lean out onto the porch. The Guildmaster appeared to be at a loss for words as his maw went agape, swallowing before he finally got his speech together. "Pepper? Is that truly you? Have you come back?"

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Crossroads of Time [Full]

Raiden the Feraligatr

[Folio Town - Outskirts]

A cool southern wind scattered a few stray leaves along the path. The deserted branches far from town proper whispered with the chatter of surrounding plant life. The harsh desert sun occasionally peaking in through gaps in the canopy and bringing light to the scarred visage of the lone alligator as he walked the forgotten road. His orange eyes flicking about at every sound, and shudder the ancient oak tree produced due to the desert gales.

Eventually his gaze settled for the sight directly in front of him. Far up the path, stood another reptile. Though shorter than the towering Water-type, the red and black Ground-type with it's natural 'eye mask' meeting his piercing glare with a fanged grin was none the less an unsettling sight.

"Fancy meeting you here. I was under the assumption that you preferred the cooler climate of the Water Continent."

The Krookodile's comment was met with a stoic stare from the Feraligatr as his slow stomping walk came to a halt. "You knew I'd come here."

A hearty laugh echoed out of the croc's long, pointed maw as he put a clawed hand on his hip. "Getting sick of the scent of blood are we? Raiden, Raiden, Raiden! You know that taking a vacation isn't going to get you anywhere! How very selfish of you! Your friends are out there getting things done, while you're here, talking with strangers."

The taunting of the stripped Dark-type seemed to not phase the Feraligatr as he narrowed his eyes and tilted his head forward. "You know damn well that's not the reason. The bigger question is why you're here, and why you haven't tried to kill anyone yet."

The Intimidation Pokémon's tail dragged along the ground behind him as he waltzed to his left, and put a thoughtful had to his chin. "The war, isn't the payoff. I had hoped you've realized that by now. All I want is for things to be a bit more simple. And while a war may make things simpler, I couldn't care for it. I'd rather it not happen." Turning his head towards Raiden, his beady eyes bore into Raiden's as the grin returned. "That isn't very heroic of you, is it Raiden? To want to cause a war? You do have other plans, don't you?"

The Feraligatr continued to stare, before letting off a throaty growl. "I'm just a Pokémon trying to protect what he cares about. I don't care who thinks it's heroic or not."

A shadow cast over both scarred reptiles from the leaves above as they continued to stare one another down. Minuano turning to face the Big Jaw Pokémon and tap his chin. "Then I have a question for you, Raiden. Is what you care about worth it? Lately it's been nothing but a pain in your ass. You're a predator; you could easily survive on your own like you used to. That village, and that spoiled girl, are lost causes. You just can't bring yourself to admit it."

A loud slam echoed through the foliage as the ragged old bag hit the ground next to the scarred Feraligatr's left foot. His arms positioned down towards his stomach, a long white blade of light clutched in his claws. "I'm tired of talking to you. You came here to end this, so let's do it."

A smirk crossed the Krookodile's jaws as he put out his right arm to the side. "Oh? No more chit chat? Well good, I guess we can skip right to the last part then. I like that." The three short claws glowing a menacing red before extending out into a singular sharp blade of aura. The croc's hand closed around the blade as he spun it around in a circle. "But you're wrong. I didn't come to end this, Raiden. Your death or mine won't end anything."

Minuano's arm was a blur as the crimson energy blade now positioned itself towards Raiden. "You were just alone, and you happen to owe me that eye of yours."

Pokemon: Legendary Guardians [V2]

Devon Lyton

Shock the Ampharos, Cyan the Azumarill, Quill the Monferno, Missy the Mismagius, Nasir the Zoroark, Ace the Starly
[Vertigo City - Pokémon Center]

@Ninian@Shiny Keldeo
A confident smirk grew across the crowd shy Trainer's face as the idea made his Dark-type's face practically glow. "Well, that's what your 'crowd training' you've been giving me has been for right? Of course I'll give it another shot for you Fuzzy. Just say the word."

After grabbing his own small plate of various food and fruit, Devon followed the rest of the group outside, and also caught sight of the lonely looking girl. A curious smile coming across his lips as he went over to the table with everyone and looked the girl over. She sort of looks like a younger Clair....I wonder if she's from around here?

Everyone else began to introduce themselves, with Devon raising a hand to do a short wave and intro himself as well. "I'm Devon, and this Starly is Ace. What were you thinking about Alicia?"

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Crossroads of Time [Full]

Devon the Totodile and Brick the Poliwrath

[Town Path - F7]

@Shiny Keldeo@Ninian
As Lilisette explained the skills of the two craftsmon, Devon's jaw went ajar at the revelation. "Whoa. That's amazing. You could tap into that power whenever you wanted...." Crossing his arms, he sighed. "But if we did manage to find those guys and bring them back, that Emera would be long gone anyways. We'll probably find another one later down the line. It'll take awhile for me to even need it, right?"

The novice Totodile listened to the two girls go back and forth on the specific effects of Emera Ember had picked up, he cracked a slight smile as he walked on. "We can do that. I'll peak into any of the item rooms to check if the coasts clear before we grab anything. Who knows, we might even find those other two Emera Selena mentioned."

...

The Gligar let off of huge sigh of relief once the Absol took it's paw off of his body. The Fly Scorpion looking wide eyed at the Glaceon and nodding quickly as he got to his feet, 'dusting' himself off as he avoided her eyes. "Y-Yeah yeah. I'm fine. I-I'm just gonna uh.....Go look for more...stuff. Away from that guy. Very far away." Stiffly turning around, the Gligar then attempted to give his tiny wings and few flaps and dart up to the dark rooted ceiling of the dungeon.

Tokyo Ghoul: Virus

So, from what I'm seeing it's been a month since we've started posting, and not much progress has been made at all. Maybe it's bad timing due to exams, schooling, work, what have you, but I don't think this is going to work out. I'm honestly thinking of shutting this down until further notice.

I'm also personally swamped with RP at the moment and I don't know if I'll be able to focus enough to keep track of this during the time between posts. So sorry if any of you were looking forward to this.

@vFear@FallenTrinity@l0ck0n@Shadow Daedalus@Ninian

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Crossroads of Time [Full]

Devon the Totodile and Brick the Poliwrath

[Town Path - F7]

@Shiny Keldeo@Ninian
As he walked off to the next hall, Devon's face screwed up as Lilisette began to fluster over the loss of the blue gemstone. Was that really that Awakening thing that she told me about yesterday? The one that would evolve me into something super strong? But it wouldn't even help us that much right now would it? I'd need to be a Feraligatr for it to work, and Emera break when they leave a dungeon anyways.....And who're those two mon that she mentioned? Could they do something with the Awakening?

The Totodile slowed his pace a bit to fall back near the blue Kirlia and the concerned Bayleef. His head turning towards Lilisette as he tilted it. "I wanna know too. If it's really that important, we could probably go back for it..." Grimacing, the Water-type grunted. "That Absol might be trying to go for it. I seen him gunning for that Gligar as I was turning around back there."

Looking over to Ember, he raised a thumb up and smiled. "Like you can see through walls and stuff? That's awesome, now we can keep track of anyone else that decides to start stalking us."

...

Back in the other room, the Poliwrath made sure to stand at the mouth of the hall that Team Horizon had made their way down. His beady eyes focusing on the Absol as it intimidated the poor bat. The thick muscles in his arms tensing as he simply observed the situation for now. Though, upon the appearance of the two Eeveelutions and another Absol, Brick made a silent agreement with himself, and slipped down the hall.

The Gligar began to sweat bullets as the Dark-type approached him. The little purple creature eeping in surprise as he hopped back from the Absol's paw, and began to slowly walk backwards as he weakly stared down Volug. "H-Hey! Just cause I-I didn't let those guys have it, d-doesn't mean I'm gonna let you have it neither! H-Haven't ya ever heard of 'Finder's keepers'? E-Eh heh?"

The Ground-type continued to tremble, until the arrival of even more Pokémon, and the resulting shout, caused him to jump in alarm. The glowing blue stone slipped from the bat scorpion's claws much to his horror. The Emera falling to the knotted wood floor and shattering into glittering dust with an unceremonious clack!

The room went dead silent as the Gligar stared agape at the pile of dust that was once the omni-powerful gemstone. A nervous laugh seeping out of his maw as he clicked his claws together and forced a panicked smile. "O-Oh...O-Oops....Guess uh....Guess no one's gonna have it now, huh?"

Stein the Scizor and Teth the Nidoqueen

[Folio Town - Outside the Guild]

@Shiny Keldeo
The Nidoqueen didn't move away at the rather weak shove. The concerned frown across her creamy muzzle however, faltered as her mouth gaped at the Typhlosion's identification of herself and her partner. "What? How could you know that? Our mentor? Who are...."

The words were quickly lost on Teth's lips as she gasped at the sight of the badge in the fire badger's paws. Stein froze at the tarnished oak tree, his head soon craning up from the badge to the face of the pin's owner. "....Pepper. We all thought you were dead...." The shock of coming face to face with a ghost dazed the giant bug for another moment, before he awkwardly reached out a claw and stepped out towards the Fire-type as he left. "Wait! Shouldn't we...!? Damn it, why do we need to be on guard duty now of all times?"

"This is wonderful....After so many years, he came back!" The badged Nidoqueen whispered to herself giddily. His brown eyes shooting towards the two Luxio as she smiled and crouched down berfore them. "Fuse, it's wonderful! That's Pepper! Ember's father! He's alive!" The happiness evident on the dino's face began to fade a bit, Teth biting her lip as she looked back to the exiting Fire-type. "Oh, but he's so unwell...Are you two busy? Could you please go with him? He wants to tell Glyph something, but he really does need Rhys help..."

Raiden the Feraligatr

[Folio Town Square]

@Ninian@Shiny Keldeo
"Excuse me."

The throaty voice of the large gator grumbled to the pair of door guards, and the two lions standing in the the wood archway. Raiden casually strolled past the group of four mon and disappeared into the crowded square.

...

One of his meaty blue hands reached up to grip the small pearl attached around his neck as he walked. The Feraligatr's thumb gently running over the cream colored sphere as he stared off blankly into the on coming crowd. However, something seemed to catch the scarred Rescuer's sharp gaze. Raiden's slit orange eye's flicked off into the sea of bodies to his right, and nearly shattered the pearl in his hand from gripping it suddenly.

Zeke, tell everyone that I've been followed. Tell them to retrace their steps to make sure they aren't being stalked as well. I'm going to take care of Minuano. I'll call if I need back up.

As the squeaky, strangely legible voice accepted the request and sent the message, the Water-type blinked at the grinning red figure leaning against a wall far beyond him. As soon as he opened his lids again, the figure had vanished without a trace.

Tokyo Ghoul: Virus

@vFear Like I said, no post order. If you got something to reply to, go for it.

Pokemon: Legendary Guardians [V2]

Devon Lyton

Shock the Ampharos, Cyan the Azumarill, Quill the Monferno, Missy the Mismagius, Nasir the Zoroark, Ace the Starly
[Vertigo City - Pokémon Center]

@Ninian@Shiny Keldeo
The mention that there was no charge for the food in the Center caused the teenager to raise a brow, before shrugging and putting up a smile on his face. He waved a hand to the pink haired woman behind the counter as he passed by. "Thanks. I'm surprised, in Johto and Sinnoh you usually need to pay for any food they give you."

Making his way down the hall and practically coughing on the dust that Celes kicked up, Devon pushed his way past the light café doors and looked around. Though the place was packed, it seemed like there were a few seats. His brown gaze drifted over to the Illusion Fox near him, and he smiled. "So Nasir, there isn't a Gym in this city, but I think I heard there's a Contest hall. If you wanted to enter another Contest, I'd be all for it."

Tokyo Ghoul: Virus

@l0ck0n I'm fine with it. Hope school's going well for you.

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Crossroads of Time [Full]

Devon the Totodile and Brick the Poliwrath

[Town Path - F7]

@Shiny Keldeo@Ninian
A sluggish sigh escaped the pushed aside Totodile's limp form as the Quilava pulled him to his feet. Shaking his head a bit, Devon put a hand to his nose and rubbed it a bit as he glared at his Gligar assailant. "Yeah....I'll manage. Thanks Ember."

The flying Ground-type completely ignored the furious Psychic in front of him as he continued to rub the gem against his face. Half audible mumbles and giggles escaping his lips before he opened his eyes dreamily and blinked at the two girls once Selena said her piece. A smirk growing over his purple face. "Yeah, well I had my eyes on it waaaaaaaay before he showed up! So tough deal! This Awakening's mine!" The thief stated as he stuck his comedically large tongue out.

Devon soon walked up beside the blue Kirlia and blew a bit of sand off his arm, before leaning to look her in the face and point a claw at the Gligar with an amused expression. "I'm not gonna lose sleep over the thing Lilisette. If this guy wants it so bad, let him have it. He's a loser anyways."

Holding the shiny gem above his head, the Gligar twitched in announce at the commented, and pointed towards the Water-type as he stomped a foot. "I ain't no loser! You better shut your trap, croc cakes! Because as soon as I figure out how to use this thing, I'll be the strongest mon in this whole dungeon! You'll see!"

Rolling his eyes at the scorpion bat's anger, Devon simply shrugged before turning around slightly and beginning to walk off. "Sure. Whatever makes you happy dude."

Stein the Scizor and Teth the Nidoqueen

[Folio Town - Outside the Guild]

@Shiny Keldeo
Both of the door guards went wide eyed at the sickly appearance of the Pokémon that approached them. The hefty Nidoqueen immediately dropping her ridged stance and moving over to put a hand on the mon's chest and steady him. "O-Oh my goodness! What happened to you!? No no no, you need to see the cleric right away!"

An uncomfortable wince came over the armored bug as he stepped close in attempts to assist as well, shaking his head. "And Glyph isn't here, he's off with his sister. If it's really that urgent, just tell me and I can relay the message. Teth's right, you need some help sir."

Minuano the Krookodile

[Town Path - F8]

@Shiny Keldeo
Putting a clawed three fingered hand to his chin, the Krookodile rubbed a bit and smiled at the mention of the local Explorer Guild. "The Guild? I'd almost forgotten this town had one."

Flashing a charming toothy grin at the two females of the group, the croc began to walk backwards slowly. "Thanks for the information girls. I'll see if I can catch up with that gator then. See you." Turning around proper, the Krookodile soon eyed the path leading to the next room. The toothy grin on his face never fading, but it did seem to become a bit more menacing once the reptile narrowed his darkened eyes.

So Raiden, you came back to the most predictable place possible. It's almost as if you wanted my company.

Raiden the Feraligatr

[Glyph's Guild - Guild Member's Quarters]

@Ninian
Doing his best to bring a smile to his cut up jaw, the Feraligatr put his large hand on the doorway and looked back. "I'll try to be there if I can. If I can't, well, I'll be sure to get the message to you. See you later Pyrrha."

Sliding out of the door frame and moving slowly down the darkened hallway, Raiden's head hung low to the ground. His hands firmly gripping the worn strap of his bag as he simply stared at his dragging feet.

Out of all of the things I've done.....Lying to her has been one of the hardest.