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Driftveil, now

-Umbra and Ammy are looking around, Marina (Now a Swoobat) and Puffstool (Now a Parasect) accompanying them. -

Umbra: Should we check out the PWT?

Human!Ammy: Let's find someone we know first.

Black City, now

-Arika and Lina are in front of the hospital-

Arika: Why are we here?

Lina: I feel like people we know are around here...

-Wrangler (now a Carracosta) is contemplating Gino, not sure what to make of him.-

Elsewhere in Black City

-A teenage boy◊ is walking with a Sigyliph. -

edited 22nd Apr '13 4:00:57 PM by Umbramatic

Black City, Hospital

Herbert: Being hard on myself is kind of what I do. It's the only thing that keeps me balanced, aside from...

???: ...Aside from me.

Herbert: So! You're in Driftveil, right? Yeah, we should probably get back there and with the rest of the group... I don't want to have to spend another second in this wretched cesspool of a city. I don't know how we could get there quickly, though. Maul's never been, so he can't teleport us...

-he looks up at Sam-

Herbert: Sam? Do you know a way we could get to Driftveil City quickly?

Driftveil

"You know... You should take your own advice sometimes." said Sakura, with a small disappointed sigh.

Driftveil - Elsewhere

Lyuri and Duke are somewhere in the city, free for interaction.

edited 22nd Apr '13 1:05:46 PM by FullMoon

Icy Cave

-Slashkreyd has been wandering around a bit-

Slashkreyd: <Hm... Is there anyone around?>

-A gasp is heard-

???: <I can't believe it!>

???: <You're alive?>

-A group of other Pokemon appear from somewhere and converge on Slashkreyd-

Graveler: <What happened?>

Loudred: <Did you go where the others vanished to?>

Cranidos: <And did you see Tim?>

Slashkreyd: <Uh... yes, I went to where the others vanished to. And I don't think I saw him, didn't see any Onix for that matter.>

Cranidos: <He's not an Onix anymore, he evolved a bit before you left.>

Slashkreyd: <I don't think I saw any...>

<...>

Loudred: <Something happen?>

Slashkreyd: <Let's just say Tim was in rare form...>

Graveler: <You know where he is? Can you bring him back?>

Slashkreyd: <I'll just start from the beginning...>

Driftveil

- Is sort of just wandering around -

Hmm... So, the Cold Storage is apparently gone. That tournament thing looks kind of interesting, though... Not sure if it's something I'll participate in, though.

Lillith: I hear there's some sort of market place thing around here. I wonder what kinds of food they might sell?

- Kohai and Thoreau are arguing in the background -

Kohai: <Punching and smashing is better!>

Thoreau: <No, throwing things is better!>

Kohai: (punches Thoreau in the face)

Thoreau: <OW!>

Kohai: <That is what you get for throwing Kohai in the ocean back in Virbank!>

Thoreau: (rubs his face) <Grr... Guess who's getting thrown back in!?>

- Thoreau attempts to grab Kohai, only for a certain Frillish to grab onto Thoreau's face -

Thoreau: <What the-?>

Frillish: (to Kohai) <I'll save you, my love!> <3

Kohai: <She followed Kohai all the way here from Virbank...?>

edited 22nd Apr '13 1:07:22 PM by DarkerShining

Sam grinned "I happen to have recently acquired a Drifblim capable of taking us there in a half an hour."

Hospital

Sarah: I'm gonna head outside for a bit... A bit of almost-fresh air can't hurt.

-She heads outside, where Lina and Arika might see her-

Black City, Hospital

Herbert: You do? And he can take both of us? Hmm... I don't like the thought of leaving Zeal here, but he's evidently not getting better any time soon. If we need to, we can come back and check on him. Besides, like I said, the sooner we get out of this hellhole the better. I guess I'll see you later today then, Sakura. Thanks for the call.

-he hangs up and follows Sarah outside, ready for the flight-

Black City Hospital

-Zeal stands up and leaves the room. His eyes are blue, as opposed to the usual green.-

Driftveil

Sakura just watches as Herbert hangs up, she sighs and heads outside of the Pokémon Center, wondering what to do now, she ends up heading into Route 6.

Sam is about to leave when he sees Zeal leave his room "Whoa! Hey buddy, you feeling okay? If so, you should tell Herb, he's feeling really bad about landing you in the hospital."

Black City Hospital

Zeal?: Sam, right? Physically, he's better. Mentally, it seems he's broken.

Sam cocks an eyebrow "Yeah, I'm Sam. What do you mean 'mentally broken'? Wait, your eyes...who's talking to me?"

Black City Hospital

Zeal?: I'm not Zeal. But Zeal is me. I'm sorry... That just makes things more confusing. This is hard to explain...

Sam bites his lip "Well...could you pretend to be Zeal? For Herbert's sake? I'll try to decode what you're talking about later."

edited 22nd Apr '13 1:23:37 PM by MadMarv

Black City Hospital

Zeal?: Guess I'll have to...

Driftveil

Jacob: -Is pulled out of the Center by Joy, now dressed in a plain white t-shirt and not-too-skiny jeans, but is still wearing his jacket- "I can't believe I was talked into this...."

Sam smiles and walks outside with "Zeal".

"Hey Herbert! Look who just woke up?" Sam said brightly, a twinge of guilt felt for lying to him.

Black City

-Herbert perks up at Sam and Zeal's arrival - he's not nearly observant enough to notice the change in Zeal's eye colour, but might start to sense a change in Zeal's Aura if one is present-

Herbert: Oh, hey Zeal! Are you okay? You weren't looking too good last time I saw you... did I just catch you at a bad time? In any case, I am so sorry about what happened at the warehouse. I dragged you along, never thinking you would be... urgh, I'm such an idiot. Glad to see you're okay, though. Any way I can make things up to you?

edited 22nd Apr '13 1:30:54 PM by Herbert40k

Black City

Zeal?: It wasn't your fault, don't worry about it.

Driftveil Center

-Is currently watching the news-

Newscaster: ...Two officers were found dead at the scene, with Deimos nowhere to be found. According to the police their Psychic types and Aura users are still trying to piece together what happened exactly.

-Annoyed-

If I was there I bet I could've stopped it.

Fenrir: <Shouldn't we be fighting Clay soon?>

-Coughs-

Yeah, as soon as I get over this cold.

edited 22nd Apr '13 1:34:34 PM by rmctagg09

Black City

-Sarah notices the eye color change — eyes are the first things she looks at when greeting someone — but says nothing.-

Sam quickly nods to "Zeal" and smiles, letting Oz out of his ball "Everybody ready? Next stop, Driftveil!"

Black City

-Herbert can't shake the feeling that something is off about Zeal, but ignores it-

Herbert: It was my fault, and I'm sorry about it. I'm ready to go whenever you are. Though I have to say that this doesn't look like the most comfortable of rides.

-he attaches himself to Oz anyway-

Route 6

One Axew was calmly taking a stroll out of Mistralton Cave, looking quite bored and tired, when suddenly he was grabbed by none other than Sakura, who had Dylan and Hercules besides her.

"<Hey! What the hell?!>" said the Axew, looking around and trying to free himself.

"Aaw, he's cute!" said Sakura, hugging him.

"<Doesn't look too friendly though.>" observed Hercules as he watched him struggling to free himself from Sakura.

"Maybe I startled it, but I couldn't resist!" she said, still huggling the Axew.

The Axew then could only think of one way to get out of that situation, he tried to bite Sakura's arm, but he was dope slapped by Hercules as soon as he tried and fainted.

"<Yeah, not friendly.>" said Hercules, looking at the fainted Axew

"<Wow! That was cool! You didn't even hit him that hard!>" said Dylan, in awe.

Sakura just giggles awkwardly "Poor thing, it's all my fault too, oh well, I think I'm going to catch it, gonna call you Halberd, seems fitting for his species." said Sakura, picking a Ultra Ball from her bag.

"<This one seems like he'll be trouble, might be fun.>" said Hercules

Sakura giggles and catches the Axew, now starting to go further along the route, in the meantime, Gex and Vincent were walking along the woods of the area, both sides failing at noticing each other.