ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

-Some footsteps are heard, which are clearly not human, and the door of the laboratory opens-

Meganium — "yum????" — <Who is this? What do you want?>

Elm (offscreen) — Basil, is it my wife? Don't let her in so fast, I overslept again!

-The Meganium rolls eyes and facevines-

edited 29th Jan '12 1:04:19 PM by SilentReverence

Okay, you do that. Just be careful. See you soon, then.

-I end the call, just as Lake suddenly remembers something.-

Lake: <Darn it, how could I forget! Cinder!>

Cinder: -Gives Lake a cold look.- <What?>

Lake: <Well, I saw Meganium the other day, and...She told me to say "Hi" to you.>

Cinder: <...Oh...>

-Cinder pauses to think about Meganium, a small smile crossing his face.-

Cinder: <Right...Thanks for telling me.>

-Cinder turns away again, secretly smiling to himself.-

Hi! My name's Helen. I have a delivery for the Professor.

-pulls out the package-

New Bark Town

Meganium (moves back and pushes door open with vines) — "Ganium! uuum... nyum?" <Walk in, be careful... Won't this be another of his wife's tricks to get him up early?>

-Basil follows Crewe in closely-

Elm (peeks from behind a pile of books) — Aaaah... A delivery? — frowns — You don't work for my wife by any chance, don't you?

Goldenrod

-Past some bushes, Maekrite walks into a small clearing carefully; as he sniffs around, he sees a blue horn peek from behind a berry tree-

Maekrite — <Yay!♥>

-Hops in, but as soon as he approaches he is met by a trap dug on the ground, and he falls in-

Maekrite — <Ouch...! Wait what? What did I do now?> — drops ears. — <Crerah?>

-A female appears above and looks down at him angrily-

Cleirah — <So I see you are leaving... look pretty happy.>

Maekrite — <Oh...> — rubs head — <Well, it is complicated...>

Cleirah — <Sure it is...> — turns around crossing her paws — <Come on, let's hear your excuse for this one.>

-Maekrite drops his ears and gulps-

edited 29th Jan '12 1:03:46 PM by SilentReverence

What's with those cloths they gave Silent, then? I could have sworn it looked a bit like armor, from what little I saw of it. Oh well. We'll see in a few minutes

-Lake glances around, wondering where Maekrite has gone off to.-

- The Resistance are busy working on turning the Entralink into their new base -

Girl in White 1: ... Where did all these Pokémon come from?

Girl in White 2: (shrugs) Well, I wouldn't know that. Why don't you try asking one of those few trainers that also came with them?

Girl in White 1: ... Maybe later. They all seem a little busy right now.

-is helping move stuff into the base-

Not feeling well. Probably won't post a whole lot. Just wanted to say hi.

Entralink Old Man:-thinking- Hmm, all these Pokemon have just showed up out of that old tunnel. I wonder if that Espeon from before had something to do with it.

edited 5th Aug '11 2:56:43 PM by strawberryflavored

I wonder how my home is doing?

Elgyem: <Wanna check?>

Not yet.

-Is pacing inside the Relaxation Center as he waits for the timer to go down to zero-

Vanilluxe: -Eyes are going swirly- <He keeps on going round and round.>

Nudi: <You get used to it after a while, since he does it so much.>

-helps some of the pokemon set up-

-Drake and the dragons arrive on a bit of land somewhere on the coast of Unova-

Hey Star what are you doing?

-follows Meganium inside-

Thank you, and this isn't a trick.

-smiles brightly at the Professor-

Hello Professor! I have a delivery from you from someone from... PEFE, I think it was. And no, I don't work for your wife. I'm not if you remember me, but I actually received a Cyndaquil from you.

Helping to move these supplies.

What are the supplies?

New Bark Town

Elm — A Cyndaquil? My... I never remember this kind of stuff.

-Fetches package-

Elm — From PEFE? At this time? That's weird... Eyes Only... Hmmm... perhaps we could watch it with my wife and kids for dinner...

Basil (resists the urge to vine whip the Professor, stomps the ground instead) — "Niiiium!"

Elm — Ah, yes, payment... — produces some bills and a random TM disc — Thanks for your services. I'd invite you to stick around, but, see, it looks like I have to feed Basil here.

-Basil sighs.-

Goldenrod Colony

-Behind the bushes-

Maekrite -sits begging after climbing up the hole — <...and you heard what they said. Besides, all those Nidos need our help.>

Creirah -pacing around — <Weren't you running bets last week that you were going to beat even the Discepolo when we had to invade the city?>

Maekrite — <Well I won't be here for the event, perhaps...> — drops ears.

-The female turns to him and leans closer, smiling, moving slowly before giving him a sweet kiss and offering her cheek for him to smooch; Maekrite feels defenseless and confused, but trying to not miss the chance, leans forward, only to meet the female's claws slapping his face, sending him rolling.-

Maekrite — <Why do I always fall for this?>

Creirah -angry — <Have you any idea what it feels like to find a suitable mate that passes all the tests only to fail in the last one?> — bares teeth — <All that time lost?>

Maekrite -sobbing cheek — <Hey! I did come back. I brought the food.>

Creirah -growls — <It. Was. Cold. Humans don't eat Torchic cold.>

-Maekrite is about to say something, but feels put down; Creirah stares at him for a moment and sighs-

Somewhere Else

-Meanwhile I try the makeshift clothes that I left at the colony for when we had to move around the city, if it ever happened. Nothing too fancy, mostly pants and a sort-of-gabardine in white and purple coloration, with scratched shoulder paws for Nidos to hold on when they climb on me, abdomen plating and hidden armpads that look pretty resistant to damage.-

''Mind... this was reserved for a city attack, but if I'm doing to do battle at PEFE after this long, I think I will be needing this-

-Try to walk around with the makeshift suit before returning to the clear, to the sight of Luke and the Nidorans who smile at me-

— Ready to go? And please don't say anything... — looks around — Maekrite?

edited 29th Jan '12 1:14:27 PM by SilentReverence

Unite: <Woolly. I'm not sure about this, it seems silly talking to a stone like this...>

Kazoo: <So talking to a Plushie is fine, but talking to a Stone that's actually a sleeping legend isn't?>

Unite: <You're not helping, Kazoo.>

-Before they leave the Tower, Woolly and Unite have come to talk to the Light Stone for a little bit.-

Woolly: <But Reshiram won't wake up until you've bonded with her, first. And the best way to bond with someone is to talk to them. Besides, even if she can't speak back, I bet she'll appreciate having someone talk to her. She's probably been really lonely since she turned into that stone.>

Unite: <Are we even sure she can hear us or not?>

Woolly: <I think she's at least somewhat aware of what's going on, Unite. She wouldn't have been able to give me that vision of her when I touched the stone that time.>

Unite: <...I guess you're right. Okay...>

-The two turn their attention to the Stone.-

Unite: <Um...Hey there, Reshiram.>

Woolly: <Yeah, hey there.>

-The Stone remains silent. Not that the two expected it to suddenly start talking.-

Unite: <So...How ya' doing? Do you like being back here at the Dragon Spiral Tower? All the guards are certainly happy to have you back, at least.

Hmm...Apparently, I might be your Hero of Truth. That's what the Elders here say, anyway. I certainly hope I am, because...I really want you to help me. Unova's in a really dark state right now, and...I don't think I can make things better. Not without your help.>

Woolly: <It's true, Reshiram. Things have gotten really bad. But if you side with Unite, I know he'll do everything he can to help you make things right again. So, if you could wake up for him...We would all appreciate it.>

-Unite gives Woolly a smile, happy that she put a good word in for him-

Unite: <Yeah. We'd all appreciate it, Reshiram.>

-I try to resist the urge to say something about Silent's outfit.-

Yeah, we're all ready to go, I think.

-Turns to look at Lake and Cinder, noticing that Maekrite is gone.-

Hey, guys? Where's Maekrite?

Lake: -Is checking around for him.- <I dunno! He was here a second ago.>

Cinder: <Relax. He can't have gone far.>

Oh, just food and stuff. We're taking it over there. -points towards one side of the entralink-

...Do you want to help?

Yeah!

-picks up some supplies-

Where are we taking them?

Goldenrod Colony

-Creirah and Maekrite have been discussing some things like the direction of their relationship.... if any.... and the conversation has ended with him pushed against the ground munching some dirt-

Creirah — <Oh well... on the other paw...> — sighs — <no other Nido around here is gonna endure as fine as you do, so...> — states tidying paws.

Maekrite -stiffening ears, pupils wide — <...Makeup snu–?>

-The female stares angrily enough that Maekrite shuts up on the spot; she walks towards him prompting him to stand and fall back cornered against a tree, her claws pressed against his shoulder-

Maekrite — <...Spoke too soon?>

Creirah — runs her finger further down, irises blood red — <Well let's just say that you better be back before next winter with all those Nidos, or you won't even get death-by-snu-snu from me.> — moves away — <Hmph!>

-Turns back and darts away, disappearing in between the bushes-

Maekrite — <Awww...> — thinks for a while before realizing something — <Wait! That means she said yes♥!>

-From beyond I call for Maekrite a couple of times-

Maekrite — <Oohhh... gonna go.> — tries to tidy himself before leaving in my direction.

-A couple of seconds later crosses the last bushes and stands there to look at me to find me dressed in new attire. Inka and her mate are there too, observing-

Maekrite — <Wait how? What are you wearing?>

Inka — stands close — <Exploration outfit. And... something else.>

-I blush-

— I'd prefer I explained this later, Maekrite. Come, climb to my shoulders...

-Maekrite nods and leaps to my arm (oh, nice, that's what the armpads are for!) before leaping from there to my shoulder, the pad is wide enough to allow him to sit there-

Maekrite -looks pretty happy- — <Hey, this is nifty! How come you don't have this in the other timeline?>

-I let out a forced smile, combined memories and everything-

— Well, if I understand Inka all right... that timeline never needed it.

edited 29th Jan '12 1:27:18 PM by SilentReverence

-Drake realises that he has no idea where Undella Town is-

-He heads towards the nearest town to find a map-

Heh. That Armour seems pretty handy, Silent.

Lake: <Stylish, too!>

Anyway, we'd best be going.

-Pulls Cinder's ball of my belt.-

Sorry, Cinder. Dusty can't carry you, Lake, and me. So-

Cinder: -Gives me a cold look.- <Hmph, You don't need to tell me. Just do it.>

...Sorry.

-With a sigh, I recall Cinder and place his ball back on my belt. As I release Dusty, Lake can't help but feel bad for the Typhlosion. To be fair, he certainly did seem to be hogging all the attention.

He couldn't sort that out now, though. We had to get going so we could save the Pokémon from that horrid laboratory. Those poor Nidoran, and goodness knows what else they could be doing in there.-

Alright, Dusty. We need to go to [REDACTED] What? In the Sea of Kyogre. Can you take us there?

Dusty: <Yeah. I think I might be able to.>

Great.

(To Daisy) Over there. -points to a pile of supplies disguised as a shrub-

edited 5th Aug '11 4:03:09 PM by memyselfandI2