NeoAJ

Elementals: The Scarred World (Semi-Open)

I'm good with it.

Elementals: The Scarred World (Semi-Open)

Nataly felt comforted that at least one other person on the ship thought the Commander was absolutely insane. I knew it! I knew it couldn't just be me! At least there's someone on this ship I can trust to be sane... She was about to confirm Ling's thoughts when a crew member came bursting in, demanding that Ling take a look at something elsewhere on the ship. Sounded shadowy.

Shadowy meant it had no interest to Nataly. As Ling went off with the crew member, a yawn escaped the Hydromancer's lips. The fight had taken more out of her than she thought. She decided her room was too far away so the common room would have to do. It wasn't unusual for people to crash in public areas at the academy. Surely the tradition would carry over here. Nataly curled up on the little bench that Ling abdicated and pulled her singed robes over her head as she attempted to get a nap in before the Commander did something else crazy.

Pokémon: Warriors of Sengun (Up To Four Spaces Open)

The forest didn't look as imposing as it probably should have given the massive amounts of underbrush and lack of light patches filtering into the trees ahead outside of the designated path. Looked very similar to Pinwheel Forest from what Robyn remembered of the treks across the bridge. Of course Pinwheel didn't have stones or gardens or anything fun like that. It was just dark. Everyone else in the group seemed to be set to tackle the woods with gusto, Ezra headed off down the path immediately. Alix slowly followed along the same path while the other kid kind of hung back.

Robyn, she was a bit undecided on what she really wanted to do. I probably should go looking for more Pokemon... She looked down at the still snoozing pink puffball, taking out her Pokedex to try and get some information on it. The beep recognized the species, finally giving Robyn something to call her catch other than puffball. "Skitty, huh?"

Skitty finally recognized her new trainer and awoke from her slumber, gazing up at the human. ".....Nyaaaa?"

Robyn nodded. "Well at least you have that down. Let's see. Looking pretty basic for a Pokemon. Tackle, Tail Whip...Fake Out? That's interesting."

Skitty didn't seem to care as much for the strategic thoughts of her trainer, giving Robyn a confused look. "Nyaaaaaa?" Suddenly, Skitty's ears twitched. The Kitten Pokemon darted forward on the trail that led towards the standing stones, leaving Robyn staring at the Pokedex until she looked up to see the fleeting glimpse of a pronged tail.

"Skitty? ...Damn it. Freaking ADD Pokemon..." Robyn chased after the figment of tail that she thought she could spot. She quickly lost the trail though. When it wanted to, Skitty could scoot a lot faster than a one-legged woman. Eventually though there was rustling up ahead. "Skitty?"

As Robyn rounded the bend she could see the Normal-type grabbing onto the tail of a young purple Pokemon, writhing around in an attempt to lose the hanger-on like a celebrity heading into a VIP room. It wasn't having much luck. There were scratch marks on it's head from where it looked like Skitty had Tackled it.

"What the..." Robyn reached into her pocket and produced a Pokeball. "Well, might as well not let it go to waste..." She took aim as Skitty's opponent appeared to be tiring, losing the will to force the Kitten Pokemon off it's back. "Ekanssssssss...." Yeah this sucker's worn out. A quick toss of the ball and a couple shakes locked the Pokemon in place.

Skitty seemed disappointed having lost it's play thing. It padded over to the ball but couldn't get a paw on it before Robyn picked it up. Skitty looked up at her trainer. "Nya nya?"

Robyn shook her head. "No Skitty, it's not a play thing." Shaking her head didn't help her figure out where Skitty had led her. "Well, now what? Looks like we're lost in here..." Robyn slowly continued on the path, Nina cradled in her arm as Skitty followed.

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@vietmyke On the plus side, the holidays are coming up soon? That's something?

Elementals: The Scarred World (Semi-Open)

I know I appreciate the casual pace...

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Atomik had the book thrust into her hands by the leader of the team, and she wasn't quite ready for it, almost fumbling the tome in her hands. "Gee, thanks Crystal!" she said. While she wasn't very good at detecting sarcasm, Atomik could occasionally dish it out. "At least I'm not first I guess..."

Hearing what Cypher and Crystal had wrote down in the book upon its request did set the gears in motion of Atomik. Shoot...I dunno...They sound like actually important things to them. Like personal things. I...I don't think I have anything like that. What would I really give up? I...I don't think there's anything there that I would give up. She looked around. Crystal was talking to Apex, likely to try and get caught up on what happened while everyone was separated. Cypher was still strolling around the small room, taking in the sights of the strange building that the team had found themselves left to explore. BreGle was...waiting for her... OK...

Looking around the room the answer was made somewhat clear. This team, this world, even her current body. There was thing responsible for all of it and in the end, it's been the main force for good in Atomik's life and it was something she valued above all else. That's why it didn't take much convincing for her to join this team when asked those few years ago. So deliberately she wrote down as she said it outloud, "The Digital...World." She wrote the shorthand form on the designated page and closed the book before tossing it towards BreGle. "OK, I think that's good enough for me. Whoever wants to go can go." She didn't give BreGle much choice in the matter but it was doubtful Apex would come over while still talking to Crystal.

Elementals: The Scarred World (Semi-Open)

All Nataly could do was shrug when Ling mentioned Tristam's ...mediocre alchemic abilities. He was better than Solomon. That crap he was trying to peddle tasted like sour water. You could shove an entire lime into the thing and it wouldn't improve that taste. He got pretty sour when Tristam started making drinks too, and hasn't really gotten over it since. Kinda shut himself away. Ah well. He was a tool.

"Hmmm, I don't as much now as I used too," Nataly admitted to the Nightshade. "I mean yeah, when I was a little younger, I'd be all over it, going out during the breaks. Instead of practicing my craft, I would down some craft beverages. But, I mean, we all do stupid stuff while we're young, right? Now, I'm a little more serious about it. Plus it's a lot cheaper to spend my time at the Academy instead of in town buying stuff I don't need, you know?" She looked down at her robes. "Course that storm did do a number on my robes. I really shouldn't have worn them out like that. So yeah, I guess that's one reason to go in town...but yeah."

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So I was holding off posting because volunteering to go first is definitely not something I think Atomik would do. However, if it will help move things along, then I will work on something to get the ball rolling up again.

Pokémon: Warriors of Sengun (Up To Four Spaces Open)

"Which one of y'all's from Unova? Heard a lot of awesome stuff about that place."

Hearing her hometown fully absolved Robyn from of her trance...mostly... "Oh, yeah, it's definitely awesome. You should totally go some time. Hit up Castelia when you get there, it's not got the arenas that Nimbasa's got but the shows are awesome. You sound like you'd be the kind of guy who dig it, Ezra." She was finally coming back down from the clouds. Ezra? All the names in the world and they couldn't think of one better than Ezra?

Nina was still staring wearily at her new teammate, while the pink ball of fluffy was curled up using it's own tail as a pillow. Robyn looked over at the other two. "So...did I basically just catch a ditz? This Pokemon chases it's own tail and sleeps. I dunno how useful it's gonna be..."

Elementals: The Scarred World (Semi-Open)

After taking the contents of the vial in her mouth, Nataly instantly started to feel the soothing effects. Her ankle wasn't bothering her as much anymore, the feeling was beginning to return in her hand, and she didn't feel like murdering that crazy commander anymore. This was proving to be pretty good stuff...although not as good as some of the party drink Tristam cranked out. Still, it definitely did the job. And it seemed like Ling was just as miffed as the rough landing as she was. At least she had a sword or something to busy herself with. Nataly just stood there holding the empty vial like a frosh trying to hide the fact they couldn't take anymore fire water.

"I'd prefer to avoid both those things," she commented as she moved to hand the empty vial back. She looked back over her robes to see how much damage the flaming shrapnel had done to it, but they were still wearable. Just definitely not as elegant or pristine as they once were. "I didn't do a good enough job so far, lousy driver...or storm...whatever..." She held the glass in front of Ling, as if subconsciously asking for a place to put it while she still examined her weapon. "So, Ling, right? I think I've heard your name before. Tristam was always complaining about you showing him up I think. Probably why he kept making the drinks for us. But you're clearly better right? I mean, that medicine was almost as good as that Siren's Kiss stuff he makes, and that's him trying to make stuff that tastes decent. So...that mean you just spend all your time studying back at the academy?"