Upper Coumarine
-Herbert pulls a Sweet Poffin out of his bag and offers it to Balthazar, placing Tsumugari down on the ground and scratching behind the ears of one of the Hydreigon's puppet-heads with his free hand.-
Herbert: No, I got everything in the right order. I mean, making sure Pokemon like you never have to go through something like that again is the important thing... but it doesn't mean much if the culprits are free to do the same thing all over again, does it?
Shalour
(The Jolteon chooses hugs, as evidenced by her nuzzling into Joseph. Meanwhile, the conversation goes as follows:)
???: <Information: I'm serious. Mikki will blow his nut if we don't find her soon.>
¿¿¿: <It's not like he hasn't told her a thousand times->
???: <Information: Actually, he has told her a total of 306 times, not including the inevitable upcoming telling-off.>
¿¿¿: <Oh, wooooow. You seem to think I care.>
Tastes better on the way back down.Munnscape
Hero: "Turn back, then. But lend me a horse."
The Guards look at each other. One dismounts, and gets up behind another one, giving his mount to Hero.
Guards: "Good luck."
Hero mounts up.
Hero: "Come, then. We go on."
He waves to the Guards as they ride away, back in the direction of the Watchtower.
Shalour
(As Joseph asks his question, the speakers come into view. They are a Magnezone and a male Luxray, respectively.)
Jolteon: <Hey guys, great timing!> (to Joseph) <The Magnezone is Thorvald, the Luxray is Rainier. Got that?>
Thorvald: <Greeting: Hello there.>
Rainier: (scowls) <Who are you, and why are you suffocating Twitch?>
JolteonTwitch: <Oh yeah - I'm Twitch, by the way. I was so busy being hugged I forgot to tell you my name~>
Coumarine Town
Balthazar: -Closes his eyes as he happily eats the Poffin and he starts wiggling his legs in response to the scratching-
<Yeah... mmmmmmm this is a good Poffin. Oh now I remember. I think you got it mixed up who did what. I wasn't snagged, Verax just took me and had me purified after Cipher fell apart, along with all my other friends. We were all super pissed off at him but... well... hm. He's different now. At least mostly. He's not who he was before he shadowed me but he's definitely more like that than who he was after.>
-Makes a thinking face- <Hm... now that I think about it I don't know why I'm still tagging along with him. I mean I have every reason to just eat him but he's different now. Kind of. You hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes. Also I think the fact that everyone he's run into has threatened to kill him first then cools off and leaves him alone even though he's tried to kill them before means something but I dunno... oooooh yeah right there I've been itching ALL DAY and I didn't notice...> -Purrs-
-Yes he just purr'd-
-It's probably a very unique sound-
"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."Upper Coumarine
-Herbert's expression darkens with rage, and the scritching stops immediately.-
Herbert: Wait... you're telling me that you're still with that bastard? Fuck that. There's no way going to let you run around with someone who Shadows Pokemon for fun and profit. People like that don't deserve to be trainers. They don't even deserve their own wretched and miserable lives.
edited 17th Feb '14 4:13:39 PM by Herbert40k
Munnscape
Soon, they exit the desert and have entered the foothills of a foreboding and forbidding mountain range.
Hero: "Don't look, but we're being tailed."
Around them, the shadows host glittering red eyes. Quiet, subtle noises of very large predators trying to be very quiet float on the still, stagnant air.

Snowbelle City
... Yeah, sure. I've got time. I'm not doing anything. Like I said... boring.
Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!