ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Below Deck:

Pankaja: <Ooh, I smell Pecha Berries...>

-wanders into room-

<Hello? Anybody here? You'll probably like to meet Basket! She's nice and likes Pecha Berries too!>

Rufus: <Hmm? Might we have... stowaways?> -grins approvingly-

Okay, what do I say now?

So, did you hear anything last night DS?

Phantom: <! Did you hear that?>

Hallow: <Of course I did! Quick, Hide!>

-The two quickly turn invisible.-

Phantom: <Who is it?>

Hallow: <Let me check...>

-The invisible Hallow floats up so that she can see the newcomers.-

Hallow: <Oh. It's just Tangent's Pokémon.>

Phantom: <The kids?>

Hallow: <Yeah, and Rufus.> -Grins evilly. <Shall we have a little fun?>

Phantom: <Um...I'm not so keen on playing tricks on children. But...I don't want them discovering us, either, so I'll try and scare them off.>

Hallow: <Nice. How?>

Phantom: <Just watch...>

-SHIMMER!-

-Where Phantom was, there now stands the intimidating form of an Entei.-

Hallow: <Awesome! That'll scare them.>

Phantom: <You bet it will. Okay, here I go...>

-Phantom steps into view, trying to make herself look as intimidating as possible.-

Phantom: <Grr...>

Um... Last night?

Oh, what to do...?

Rufus: <YOW! ENTEI'S ON A BOAT?!>

Abigail: <Fire-type! Eep!> -darts out the door-

-Rufus follows-

Pankaja: <Hey! You were in the bubble fort! Are there bubbles down here?>

Stern of the Ship

-Dintel is sulking somewhere, loudly wondering when are we gonna hit land, so I pick him up and hug him-

— Come on... enjoy the sight.

-Dintel climbs to my head and stares at all. that. water.-

Dintel (claws my head) — <I don't like it!>

— ouch Right, right... but you are gonna be protected from it! Come on!

-Meanwhile Copahue is flying besides the ship, keeping stern and port under check-

Dintel — <No!> — climbs down to his Pokéball.

— ...You can not take sunlight inside of your ball.

-Dintel clings to my side (ouch, my spleen), then mutter something and climbs to sit on my head, although he still sounds obviously angry-

-meanwhile inside the ship-

-Ichtacya wanders around the corridors looking for something interesting to do, when she hears something-

Ichtacya — <Oh! What is this?> — pushes a door with her paw — <It reads "spa"...>

-she looks inside-

Ichtacya — <...Eugh! Humans in mud!>

-darts away-

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I'll take that as a no then.

Well...

Hopefully this won't come back to bite me in the butt.

-Decides to show DS exactly what happened via Aura-

Phantom: <...Um...>

Hallow: <Yes! Say yes!>

Phantom: <YES! ENTEI WAS! ENTEI IS HUNGRY NOW, THOUGH! AND ENTEI LOVES TO EAT WOOPER!>

???: No, he doesn't.

-To probably everyone's surprise, the form of another Entei emerges from the shadows nearby.-

Phantom: <...>

Hallow: <Oh, nice! Two Entei! That'll scare him!>

Phantom: <...>

Hallow: <Phantom? What's the matter?>

Phantom: <I'm...I'm not doing that...>

Hallow: <...>

-The other Entei flicks Phantom gently, breaking her illusion.-

Entei: I suggest that you leave.

Phantom: <...Yes. Right away! Hallow! Let's go!>

Hallow: <But->

Phantom: <NOW!>

-The Zoroark grabs Hallow, then flees from the cargo hold as fast as her legs can carry her.-

- Watches what happened, while trying to remain calm as to not wake up Anom -

O-oh... I-I see...

(thinking) What am I supposed to say?

...

- Sighs -

I'm sorry...

Cargo Hold

Pankaja: <WOW! Are YOU a Zora too, Mr Other Entei? And where are the bubbles?>

Hallway

Rufus: -Sees Phantom and Hallow rushing out- <Hurry! There's Entei on this boat!>

Abigail: <I would rather not melt!>

Cargo Hold

Entei: -Shakes his head.- No, I'm not a Zoroark. As for bubbles, it's my counterpart who lives in a bubble fort, not myself. I'm a different Entei to him.

Hallway

Hallow: <Tell us something we don't know, why don't you?>

Phantom: <SSH! Keep quiet! Someone else might hear us!>

Cargo Hold

Pankaja: <OOHHHHHH...>

<...well, good bye!> -walks out-

Hallway

Pankaja: <Oh, hi! You were at that fighting place back then!>

Rufus: -realizing they aren't supposed to be on board- <Oh! Now, Abby, Pankaja? These people are... performers. And this is their Secret Base. Don't tell anybody they are here, so they can still make a good surprise, ok?> -winks-

Abigail: <Oh?>

Pankaja: <We get to be secret agents!>

That might've not been the best idea.

What for?

Hallow: -Blinks.- <Huh?>

Phantom: <He's trying to help us, Hallow.>

Hallow: <Oh! Excellent. Thank a bunch, Sandile! Now, we really should be finding another place to hide.>

Phantom: <Wait, hold on.> -To Rufus.- <Thanks for not snitching on us. May I ask why you're helping, though?>

I... I really wish there was something I could do to help, but... since I was stuck in another dimension, all alone and with no way of contacting you guys... and... far away from all the bad stuff that was happening... I don't really know what I can do...

- Glances at Anom for a brief second -

... I guess all I can really do is try to be here for you guys...

-I smile in my sleep-

Like I said, all I really wanted was some support, which I didn't really feel like I was getting from anyone really during the month.

-Sighs-

Observing you guys over this month, it felt like practically everyone was over this thing but me. So when I got told to just get over it I, well, snapped as you saw.

I see...

- Sighs -

I would've done more to support you during this month, but... I just didn't know how.

Well, I suppose this is a start.

... Yeah, I suppose it is.

- Smiles -

-Manages to crack a small smile-

Yeah. It admittedly probably didn't help things much that the place we decided to meet up in was Vermilion.

Announcer: Prepare your belongings, we will be docking on Hamlin Island shortly.

-As I hear the announcement from stern, I call in Copahue-

— Guys? Time to go. — to Dintel — Now you'll see some land.

Dintel — <Hmph!>

-Copahue follows us by starboard so we don't incomodate other trainers too much, while I look around for Algira, Shahinne and Ichtacya-

-Watching Hamlin Island come into view-

<Iggy: "So this is it...">

<Gene: "Yeah, it'll be nice to get onto some solid ground for once.">

<Nadia: "What are we doing there first?">

"I'm not sure yet, actually..."

Oh.

- Hears the announcer -

Oh! We're there?

- Looks over at my Pokémon, Ribbons is holding the Ducklett egg, while Mira is carrying Silvermist -

Well, looks like I've got all my things with me...

- Looks at the still asleep Anom -

Hmm...

Woolly: <Oh? Looks like we're nearly there!>

Harriet: <Finally! It feels like we've been on this boat for whole day!>

Treeo: -Stretches.- <Yeah. I can't wait to get off and find a nice place to stretch my legs. There's no room to run around on this boat.>

Chord: <So, we're getting off at Hamlin Island, then. Anyone have any clue what it's like?>

Stratus: <Oh, I know! Hamlin Island is the closest Island to Kanto and the Sevii islands, so it's sort of a gateway between them and the whole Orange Island chain. Once we get off there, we should be able to easily fly or surf to the rest of them.>

Lake: <Looks like I've got a lot of swimming ahead of me, then.> -Smiles.- <Not that I mind.>