ITT: We Have All Become Pokémon

Outside

Lemme help yas up... (Marsha says to Marlon.)

(Marsha moves to help Marlon up to his feet. As she is doing this, Dodie sees Cole, Gene, and Zelgius approaching.)

SHUT. UP! Zelgius?! What are you doing here? Were you a Combee? My gosh, it's been ages! (She asks the Aerodactyl.)

Entrance

Once Marsha helps me to my feet I level myself back onto said two feet and start walking forward. One step, two....three....

Four. And then four steps back. I'm walking, but with a limp. Very remarkable that this is even a thing, healing powers. Back home I'd think spiritual healers were nonsense. Breathing a sigh of relief, I finally smile for the first time since before making it here.

I'm feeling better, but this limp might mess with me once I get back to combat. Where are the beds in this place?

Something still doesn't really feel right...

Edited by Team42Larson on Jun 30th 2020 at 10:16:37 AM

Outside

Well, dair hasta be some somewheres in dair, right? (Marsha says.) C’mon, let’s find somewheres ta crash for da night. We’ll see da rest ‘a yas inside, okay?

(Marsha leads Marlon inside in search of a place to rest for the night.)

Entrance

I start to limp ahead after Marsha in an attempt to find the beds. Thank god I can walk after all that, but it's still painful.

Eventually we find the beds wherever Konk may dictate them to be, and I immediately crash.

Kevin remains at the entrance for now, beginning to head to the beds once the Teddiursa does.

Edited by Team42Larson on Mar 17th 2019 at 11:44:51 AM

The Teddiursa does indeed follow Kevin and sleeps in the beds, staying close to him or Woodruff.

L'Arachel's Manor – Entrance ===> Beds

So, I've witnessed the healing of Marlie.

Yet...he still can really move properly.

Some of others have proposed to rest here...in this manor.

Goddamnit, if I knew that, I could have talked with that "Michalis" guy near the tower!

But I guess we should catch some z's...

Hmmm...so this is the bedroom, huh?

They look soooooo high-quality, but I wouldn't doubt that. This is a manor that was owned by a rich sorceress, after all.

I slowly place myself in one of the beds and hug its pillow....how fluffy and soft...and....

I started to quietly snore, looking dormant.

Edited by Theyja on Mar 17th 2019 at 6:13:47 PM

"Long time no see, Dodie", said Zelgius with a grin, "... My reason for being here is uh, kind of complicated, but maybe we should just follow with everyone else and try and rest for the night before I tell you everything. We'll catch up tomorrow, if we can."

With that, Zelgius continued moving in to the manor to find somewhere to rest.

"Let's go then, Yasuhiro", Yukari sighed as she followed Zelgius in. She briefly noted some of the authorities taking away the Grass Pokemon that fought by her side previously.

Inside the manor, Gerome was speaking with a Feraligator assistant chief.

"... There's a ton of rooms, yeah, but there's also a TON of mons here, rooming may be an issue", the Feraligator explained to his chief.

"Hrm... Did a bunch of you bring extra sleeping bags like I asked?"

"Yeah, but... I'm not sure how enthusiastic anyone'll be to sleep on pretty much the floor with 'em."

"Better than nothing", the Nidoking said before holding a sleeping bag and going over to where there seemed to be the highest concentration of Pokemon congregated. The chief explained the rooming situation and that some of them may need to take sleeping bags and sleep elsewhere within the manor, under guard from the officers, of course.

For those heading up, there indeed are many sleeping quarters throughout the upper floors. Some with single beds, some with multiple, all of them in decent condition, although some are a bit dusty.

Noriaki advances onward, even past open rooms.

"... Noriaki, where are you-"

"I must see", said the Decidueye as he stumbled upon a notably ornate door, opening it.

There was a big, fanciful room with a large canopy bed with velvet-like curtains and blankets over it. The blankets were tucked in neatly.

Montresor sighed, "Noriaki, why..."

"If I must rest in this household for the night, I may as well plunge myself deep in and see where it takes me", he explained, "And perhaps... It is partially from nostalgia."

"... I see", said Notte, "... We will find our own resting place for the night and leave you be, I suppose."

The two former vassals walked away.

"... Are you sure you will be fine, Noriaki?", Hikari asked, slowly reaching out and grabbing Noriaki's wing.

"... Honestly, no. But... Regardless, I will survive", he responded, tipping his and walking in, "You being here should help, regardless."

The two walked in and shut the door.

Edited by Konkfan7 on Mar 17th 2019 at 5:53:21 AM

"Y, yea, that's alright..." [I follow along...]

L'Arachel's Manor, Kitchen

[...jumping off the bottom rungs of the obscured ladder, I walk into the kitchen, noticing Dinah and the Clamperl from before...] "Dinah, wh..."

[...weren't they going to try and look for the girl's mother? Where is she?] "...uhh, how, how are you...you..." [Trying to keep this nagging possibility off my mind, I make my way over towards the stove...there's some Pokemon huddled around the cabinets getting a bite to eat, though it's a wonder to me that there isn't any more.]

[Reaching around them—] "Excuse me." "Op." "Hey, watch it." [—I start rifling through the cabinets for something to eat...there's a few loaves of bread, some caches of berries, dried beans, a canister of water, oil...]

L'Arachel's Manor, Foyer

Woodruff looks back to Kevin and silently nods. "Son," Lyman says to him, putting a hand on the boy's shoulder. "it's alright...we just want to know if something else happened."

Woodruff gulps...then relates to his parents what happened during the brief time he spent with Hiordis...

Outside L'Arachel's Manor

"Now that's the spirit!" Yasuhiro swivels about for a moment, trying to look for somewhere to go...and then he looks up at the moon in the night sky. "Ahh, nuts, it's late...you never know what kinda riffraff's out there wandering the woods."

Seeing no other place to go, Yasuhiro simply turns around and heads back to the manor...wonder if there's a wine cellar in there somewhere...

Tiago nods and then picks up the Bisharp, ready to take him to the station.

L'arachel's Manor, Kitchen

Sally once more doesn't move as she's set down, and she opens up her shell just enough for her voice to be heard through the background noise of other mons. If someone managed to catch a glimpse of her through her shell, they'd see her looking bleary and red-eyed, but there wouldn't be much time to examine the situation before she closes again.

"A... Leppa?"

Koss initially goes with Eliot down to the kitchen, but when he sees the crowds that have gathered, he opts instead to quietly depart and make his way to look for some sort of resting place. He's not exactly pleased to be continuing his pattern of provisional housing, but it's better than the netting he'd used on the boat at the very least. He doesn't even try to find an isolated room, instead lying down on one of the seats in what appears to be a study and curling up to try to rest. The bustle of mons outside reminded him of home, but nowadays that wasn't a good thing.

L'arachel's Manor, Bedroom

Mila doesn't care to notice the path they take to get where they're going, nor how long she clings on to Autumn, wrapping her paws around the Braixen's neck. Eventually, they reach a secluded room and Mila finds herself lain down on a threadbare blanket while Autumn goes to close the door behind them and produce a flame to light the candles around them.

"Are you...?"

Mila voices something between a quiet cry and a groan of exhaustion, to which Autumn responds by sitting on the edge of the bed next to her and placing a paw on the Raichu's head. She sits there in silence for a moment, before giving up her hope of getting more out of Mila tonight.

"Mila, please, we need to do something about this. I don't want to lose you, but I don't know what to do. I love you."

"I love you too."

The hollow frailty present in Mila's voice during her response response only serves to worry Autumn further, but she tries to hide that as she moves to tuck Mila into the bed and blow out the lights, leaving her to find her way across to the other side of the bed in the darkness.

"Good night, Mila."

"Good night..."

Autumn finds herself tossing and turning in the next few minutes as she attempts to sleep, feeling waves of cold and heat alternating through her body. Eventually, she holds on to Mila for support, hugging the Raichu even as she's unable to move to return the gesture, already completely out and unconscious.

Outside

Very well. (Gene says.) Come on, everyone.

(Dodie looks to Anthony then to the others.) Hey, what about Anthony? He can't exactly bunk with a bunch of complete strangers...

Maybe my Tiá Alanna is here... (Anthony says, looking around.) She's a policemon...

(He soon spots a Ferrothorn among the cops.) Yeah! There she is! See you guys later! (Anthony says to the bouncers before whirling off toward his aunt.)

Take care, kid! (Dodie says. She turns to the guys.) Anyway, to bed?

Yeah, let's follow Zelgius. (Cole says. The bouncers head in after him.)

Manor (Kitchen)

All right, let me see if one is here... (I rummage through the cabinets, but don't see a Leppa Berry in it. I turn around to move somewhere else and almost walk straight into Eliot.)

Oh, Eliot! (I say upon seeing him.) Sally seemed incredibly hungry, so I went to find some food for her.

(I look back at her and sigh as I continue my search for a Leppa Berry.) I haven't found her mother yet. The only Gorebyss, Huntail, or Clamperl I've seen among the restored Pokémon has been a male Gorebyss. (I explain to him as I locate and grab a Leppa Berry.)

(I happen to see the Gorebyss in question here in the kitchen as well. He is currently eating (or sucking dry, anyway) a Watmel Berry.) The one over there... (I motion toward him.)

Blissparce

(Returning to the police station, I see that Mr. and Mrs. Dos Santos are still there along with the Ammoonguss cop. I notice Wendy is also now here as well.)

Oh! You got him! (The Amoonguss says, waddling up to us.) That was quick...

Well, he didn't put up much of a fight. (I say.) And then he fainted when he saw Izabel. So bringing him here was pretty easy, all things considered.

(I notice Izabel looking a bit ashamed after I say that she made him faint. Mr. Dos Santos glares at the still unconscious Norwood under Tiago's arm, and even Mrs. Dos Santos looks a bit angry as she herself looks at the Bisharp.)

(Meanwhile, Norwood is starting to stir.) Tiago, you'd better get him in a holding cell before he wakes up. (Mia says.)

Edited by kablammin45 on Mar 17th 2019 at 7:02:50 AM

Blissparce

With nothing else to say as they return, Tiff return to her parents' side for now.

Tiago nods. "De acordo."

And then puts the Bisharp in one of the holding cells, letting the officers handle it from here.

Blissparce

(Not too long after Tiago puts him in the cell, Norwood comes to completely and sits up.)

   I don't I should let him see me...    (Izabel says, falling back toward her parents and Tiff.)

(Regardless, Norwood sits there in the cell in a fetal position, trembling as he looks ahead at us.)

Well, you going to do the honors? (Rutgers asks Taylor B.)

?????

(In a deep underwater cave, quite some distance away from the Castle of Coral, a certain creature tosses and turns as he sleeps in a makeshift nest of seaweed.)

Lugia! (A voice says suddenly.)

BRRAARGH!! THUMP! (The startled Lugia yelps, jumping up and hitting his head on the ceiling of his cave.) Ow...

(Lugia rubs his head and examines the cave he has lived in for many years. Besides being covered in seaweed, there are many mementos from his few journeys outside of their cave. Among them are seashells from the shores of Silversand, an abandoned and now tattered uniform used by the Blue Cross in Slak Rock, and a dog-eared traveling brochure from Lower Roseleaf, and a mirror that had sunk to the bottom of the sea once. The mirror shows his blearly-eyed, white-feathered self. And there on the ground beneath him is Manaphy, sitting there with two of his Ludicolo bodyguards and his good friend Belle Selkie.)

Oh, greetings, Manaphy. (Lugia says.) How are things in and around your castle?

Um, good! (Manaphy says, nodding.) I don't hate Goodras anymore, I left the cave for the first time in years a while ago, I went to Gleamscape...I've been having a good month!

He really has, your excellency. (Belle tells Lugia.) Manaphy is leaps and bounds better than he was a month ago. Perhaps eventually, he will be able to travel outside the cave freely.

That's wonderful, Manaphy. (Lugia says, letting out a small sigh.)

Something wrong? (Manaphy asks.)

I am sorry... (Lugia says.) I merely had another restless sleep. Nothing unusual for me...is there anything else that brings you here?

No, Lugia, we simply came to report to you on Manaphy's progress. (Belle says.)

Oh...do you really have to go? (Lugia asks.)

Well, I do have to return home to my family soon. (Belle says.) I can probably tarry a few minutes, though.

Oh, I see... (Lugia says. He looks to Manaphy and his guards.) Will you be able to stay long, Manaphy?

Uh... (Manaphy would hate to not be able to travel back with his best friend Belle. He freezes and tries to think of an answer.)

...If you cannot, it's fine. (The mighty creature says.) It's probably selfish of me to try to make you stay here.

No! I can stay! I just... (Manaphy looks toward Belle.) Do you have to go?

Hey, you still have us with you, you know. (One of the Ludicolos points out.) We'll keep you company here and heading back to the castle.

(Manaphy looks unsure about this, but nevertheless nods.) O-Okay...

All right...I will see you back around the castle, my prince. (Belle says, giving Manaphy a caring pat on the head and leaving to head back home.)

Good-bye... (Manaphy says as Belle heads on before turning to Lugia.) Y-You want to know more about what I did?

Certainly, Manaphy. (Lugia says, sitting down in a reclined position.) I am listening.

(Manaphy spends the next while telling Lugia about everything that has happened to him for the past several weeks.)

Nifel

(After a day of rest, the Meditite nurse helped the Clawitzer to his metaphorical feet. After a few check ups, she gave him a thumbs up, a map, and sent him outside.)

(As soon as Waylon left the hospital, the bitter air enveloped him. He found himself in the middle of a busy street, primarily consisting of ice-type Pokémon. He looked at the map of the residential district. He heard from Kim that the Margolis family is in a hotel called Svöl and headed there.)

(Along the way, he found two guards, an Abomasnow and an Alolan Sandslash conversed nearby, both with a blue-painted chest piece.)

You've heard of Lucas Reynard, right?

That so-called "master of all tricksters?" Yeah, I've heard. Made one hell of a stink when Leo kicked him out.

Did you hear of what he's done, right?

Multiple counts of murder, corruption, conspiracy, that sort of deal. How come you're bringing him up?

Heard from Wallace that he might have spotted him right outside the mountains.

Really? I thought he'd wind up dead on that range. How come Wallace didn't just go rushing ahead?

He saw him in a town far from the mountains, Gjöll, I believe. And get this, he saw that he was sitting on some throne while plenty of mons practically worshipped him!

Arceus alive...

(Of all the Pokémon to pop up, it had to be his old man's favorite customer. He didn't interfere with the two, what he heard was enough for him. Across from them, he found the hotel and entered. Inside he saw two Torkoal generating heat on opposite sides of the room, one of them chatting with a Bergmite. In front of Waylon, a Aurorus sees the new arrival and introduces himself.) Hey there! How are you?

Alright. Just a little shaken up, but I'll live.

Well, if you want to, you can stay here for a little while. As long as you have enough Poke on you. I mean, you gotta pay the bills, you know.

Yeah. I get you. (He might have just enough Poke to stay for a week or two, but he hoped it'll be more than enough.) Name's Waylon Graham.

(The Aurorus picked up a list of tenants and a pencil. One look at the list and he saw a certain name: V. Margolis. Yep, this was the spot. He made his signature on the list and made his way to his room as soon as he got the key for it.)

L'Arachel's Manor, Kitchen

[As I go to the stove to whip something up with what I've found, I look over at the Gorebyss Dinah mentioned. At least it's...]

"...you think he could be his father." [...wait, isn't it kinda rude to talk about him without...you know...talking to him?]

[I wave my hand, snap my fingers to get his attention.] "Hello?" [I hope my effort wasn't wasted.] "Uhh, is...is she your...your...umm...daughter?" [I point over towards Sally.]

Blissparce, The Police Station

"Uhh," the Hitmonlee sputters, "I-I-I-wh-wh-what d-d-do y-you—"

Taylor A shoves the other Taylor...okay, her other Taylor out of her way. "Ahh, Rutgers, if he's just gonna be a baby about it, why ask him?" Approaching the cell, she clears her throat, a little excited at the idea of talking to the suspect and grilling him for so much juicy info.

"Aaaaarrrright!" The Servine, stomping down her foot, takes a confident pose, her sash flapping about from the effort. "Whoo are youu workin' with?!" ...really, Amaranth? That's the first thing you ask?

Manor kitchen

(The Gorebyss snaps his head up from the Watmel Berry upon hearing Eliot, a bit confused, and looks to the Clamperl as Eliot points her out. Isn't that the same one a Krokorok asked him about earlier?) Huh? Oh no, she isn't, sorry. I don't even have a partner or spouse, much less any kids. I hope you do find her parents, though. (He says.)

(I look on anxiously as I take the Leppa Berry over to Sally.)

Blissparce

(Norwood stays bunched up in his cell, not saying much and still starring at Izabel in horror.)

Uh, today, Johnson. (Rutgers says.) Don't worry about her right now. All you need to do is say one name. A-Answer Amaranth's question, please!

(He just sits there still before he mumbles something that I can't understand.)

Speak up, ye scalawag... (Rich says.)

ssnsssrrrmayorsassistant (Norwood says again.)

Huh? (Mia asks.)

The mayor's assistant! Miss Dala! (He finally says, a bit louder.)

(I feel a bit sick to my stomach hearing about who is responsible for this, but looking towards the Dos Santoses, I can see that Mr. Dos Santos looks dumbfounded, Mrs. Dos Santos's jaw is agape, and Izabel has her tree claws up to her face.)

Huh...you think you know a Pokémon... (I hear Wendy mutter, followed by Mr. Dos Santos hissing something at him in Spanish.)

Undersea Caverns

(Manaphy has been talking Lugia's ears off since being left there, going into the nitty-gritty of his adventures since he became less afraid to leave the Castle of Coral. He is currently sitting on top of Lugia's stomach as he finishes telling Lugia about the incident with Winifred.)

This Winnie person... (Lugia says after Manaphy finishes.) She seems like a cautionary tale about what a Pokémon will do if they cannot take rejection well.

Yeah... (Manaphy says.) Miss Belle says that she thinks that if Winnie wouldn't act mean like she did in Gleamscape, she'd have a lot more friends.

Indeed... (Lugia muses.) It's a shame I don't leave here. I wouldn't mind trying to pick her mind.

Hey, maybe we should take you to her! (Manaphy suggests.) Maybe after talking to you, she won't be mean anymore!

Well, I cannot guarantee that it would work... (Lugia says.) I've only ever had to mediate things between the Birds and the Beasts...and myself and Ho-oh. Never anyone else...

Well...we could still try... (Manaphy says.)

And how am I supposed to go find her without leveling a town with one flap of my wings? (Lugia poses.)

Um... (Manaphy thinks for a moment before moving off of Lugia's belly and moving towards Lugia's pile of surface-world mementos. Lugia follows the small Pokémon to it.)

I'm not sure how any of that is supposed to help me... (Lugia says.)

I'm just trying to think of something... (Manaphy mutters. He shows Lugia the Blue Cross uniform.)

That does not even fit me, Manaphy. (Lugia says.)

Hm... (Manaphy rummages through the other items. At one point, he pulls out a necklace that he found at the bottom of the sea some time ago. It has a charm shaped like the face of a cheerful (but also somewhat cocky-looking) Snivy. Manaphy yelps and quickly tosses it aside. It lands in front of the Ludicolo guards, who likewise jump away from it.)

Oh, I would have liked to have forgotten that enchanted necklace was here... (Lugia mutters as he looks down at it disdainfully.) I did not like being trapped in a Snivy's body.

Yeah... (Manaphy says as he continues to rummage.)

(The Ludicolos stare down at the amulet in front of them. Suddenly, one of them seems to have an idea.) Your highness? (He beckons to Lugia.)

Hm? (Lugia looks over.)

Perhaps...perhaps you could disguise yourself with the necklace? (He suggests, lifting the necklace off the ground (but not daring to put it on).)

Use the enchanted locket to disguise myself...? (Lugia says.)

Hey, yeah! (Manaphy says.) Th-Then you won't blow houses down when we go to shore!

(Lugia looks between everyone and then to the necklace. He sighs.)

Well...I suppose that it's a less dangerous solution than I going up there and risking wreaking havoc with my power in my true form...or bringing a lot of attention to myself, for that matter. (He says.) Hopefully, I won't have to wear it for long, though. Give it to me.

(Lugia leans his head down to let the Ludicolo guard put the amulet around his neck, closing his eyes. The Ludicolo uneasily does so. A great green glow surrounds the Legendary Pokémon that slowly shrinks until it reveals a perfectly-normal looking Snivy on the ground. The only indication that this Snivy is actually Lugia aside from the amulet he is wearing are his eyes.)

Well, it is done, I guess. (Lugia says, uneasily looking at himself.) Now come; let's go let the others know what is going on.

Uh huh! (Manaphy says.)

(Manaphy, the guards, and the disguised Lugia leave Lugia's pad and begin heading toward the Castle of Coral.)

L'arachel's Manor, Kitchen

Sally doesn't open up during the conversation about the Gorebyss, and only when she realizes that Dinah has brought her a berry does she pop out, albeit just long enough to grab the food and bring it inside her zone of relative safety and isolation. She chews on it slowly, gulping down small pieces at a time, and remains as still as before after she's eaten.

Should Dinah and the others remain there for a while without disturbing her, they might hear snores as the Clamperl falls asleep where she stands.

Blissparce

Tiago is surprised, he mutters for a bit, unsure what to think.

Dieter hears this and lets a sigh out.

"Wow... seems this whole mess is... something but it might be coming to an end..."

L'Arachel's Manor, Kitchen

"...r-right..." [I get back to cooking...I glance at Sally for a moment before I tear my eye away, trying to hide my paling face. They have to be somewhere, right? Either of them, or her mother, a guardian, whoever...they'd have to be here...because if they're not...]

[I stab the knife into the countertop, I can't concentrate...breathe, Eliot, breathe...just breathe, it's]

I can feel my heart thumping in my neck. It's starting to die down...but... where the hell am I, and why do I feel like I'm on the edge of a breakdown...

...and why the hell am I so...big? For a Salazzle at least...at least that's consistent, but...and my arm, and...whose cloak is this?

...food...was I..preparing...food? I pull a knife from out of the counter

Blissparce, Police Station

"...y-you're joking." Taylor B looks around at the others nervously, wondering why the hell they're believing this. "Y-you guys don't r-really believe this, d-do you?"

"It does sound kinda crazy," Amaranth admits, "buuuuut that's what he said! And he's been pretty forward soooo far, soooo..." She just shrugs her shoulders.

"B-but, but if it's really her, th-then..." The Hitmonlee's eyes go wide, and he pushes past the others to the suspect. "W-what about the mayor? P-Please don't tell m-me he's involved, t-too!"

Manor kitchen

(Well, she's eaten the Berry, and now it sounds like she's asleep. Now maybe I shoul-)

(The sudden slamming of something into the counter startles me. I turn to see Eliot pulling a knife out of the counter.) Eliot? (I ask.)

(But I deduce that Eliot might be angry from the Gorebyss telling him the same thing he told me, and I begin to wonder if engaging Eliot would be a wise idea right now. I uneasily sit down by the counter Sally is on, waiting to see if Eliot will respond to me and wondering if I'll even be able to sleep tonight.)

Blissparce

Does sound really nuts... (Mia admits. She listens in to what Norwood has to say next.)

No...no, he doesn't know about this. This is all her. (Norwood says.) She wants to keep the Viral Aggression out of Blissparce so it doesn't end up destroyed like Milklett and Hiveton, so she...she appointed us as her goons to help her look for Pokémon showing symptoms of it. If we saw a Pokémon we thought was carrying it we had to...to...oh Arceus....

(He buries his face in his hands.)

You...you'd kill them...? (I ask, still feeling sick to my stomach.)

   I was carrying it? Oh no!    (Izabel cries. I see her starting to back away from us. Mia puts an arm on her shoulder, though.)

Yes... (Norwood says.) We'd get them somewhere alone and then we'd frame it like it was the forest spirits picking villagers off or something. But it's been all us...all me...

Why did you even agree to this? (Taylor R asks Norwood.)

I've been h-hitting on hard times, man...my Berry b-bushes haven't giving me as much as they used to and s-selling what little I've ended up with is so much harder with that d-damned snake and his damned berry f-farms. (Norwood shakily says.) She told me she would give me a plot on her own farm if I helped her. But it's not worth it...constantly having to watch my back...being afraid someone would find out...constant nightmares...I've even considered...doing terrible things to myself...

(Man, I had always found a good mystery fun to read about, but being in one is not fun in the slightest. My mind is going a million miles an hour right now as I try to process all of this and try to wrap my mind around everyone's motives in all of this. I sit down as I listen on, pulling on my antennae so hard I think they might pop out of my head. I find myself wanting to go home again...)

(Mia, meanwhile, is cracking her knuckles.)

Edited by kablammin45 on Mar 22nd 2019 at 1:34:42 PM

L'Arachel's Manor, sleeping quarters, dream?

Day 26 for anything that isn't still ongoing on day 25 IE Blissparce.

I'm still asleep.

???: "Oh thank god you're alive. You're gonna be okay, you're gonna get help. I want you to find a place to hide, somewhere safe. I want you to remember the sight of her splattered all over the ground when you murdered her you diseased cocksucker!"

I jump awake.

L'Arachel's Manor, sleeping quarters

What the hell was that? Certainly no dream I've ever had before. Why am I being reminded once again about an incident that I've put well in my rear-view mirror? Bella, like L'Arachel, is dead now. Wait, L'Arachel is dead? Everything felt like a blur after we stormed the mansion-

Dammit. My leg. The fact that Hikari could just come in and heal my leg without much in the way of repercussions still shocks me, even given the context of our situation, being Pokémon now. The fact that any injury can be healed with moves is...still shocking. I look over and see if Marsha is awake.

Kevin, in a separate room, awakens, and looks to see if the Teddiursa is doing the same.

Treasure Room

Hallie wound up falling asleep in this room, not having succeeded in finding her pendant. She fades back into existence and begins the search anew.

The sun has risen yet again. For many, it's one of the first things they notice upon waking up.
Not me, though. I haven't slept a wink. I tried to, don't get me wrong, but I just… couldn't. All I could do was sit there, watch my little campfire fizzle out, watch Dana sleep (Aw, shit, I'm a creep), and think to myself. But that wasn't all I ended up doing. Dana was sleeping. This was my chance. I could leave right there and then, and she wouldn't be able to stop me.
And, fuck me, I actually did it. I got up, looked over at her to make sure she wasn't disturbed, and quietly left. No real sense of direction, no other light to guide me but the moon peeking through the trees and my own flames. I was doing it. I can finally leave this group and never have to worry about my ties with them ever again. Or how I would ruin those ties. How I did ruin those ties.
Despite that… Despite how strongly I just wanted to disappear and be done with it… Something kept pulling me back. I stopped in my tracks and looked back. I was hesitating. Maybe it was fear. Maybe I couldn't bear to be alone. Maybe I just wanted to be with them regardless.
I started walking back. My direction of travel was a fairly straight line, so finding my way wasn't impossible. However, as I journeyed back in the general direction of the manor, or more specifically, my makeshift campsite, a voice inside me cried out.
Why are you going back?! Don't you get that they don't want you anymore?! And who would at this point?! Just look at what you did!
I agreed with the voice more than anything, but that goddamn pull… I found the manor yet again and took a short detour to find a burnt out bundle of sticks and a slumbering Vulpix. And I sat there and waited until the sun rose once again.

L'arachel's Manor, Bedrooms

Autumn finds herself the first to wake up between herself and Mila, little to her surprise. The Raichu had been completely out of it, and she'd been unable to get a good amount of rest in this place. It wasn't that it was too extravagant— she'd lived in a palace for her childhood after all— it just felt... off. Uncared for, maybe. The concerns she had to wrestle with too weren't any help.

Autumn shifts the covers slightly so that they're still piled up on Mila while freeing herself and sits up in the bed before placing a paw on Mila's head to stroke her fur while she waits for her to wake up. Autumn is somewhat shocked to find that Mila's skin underneath the fur is almost hot to the touch. Worrying about the possibility of a fever, she scans the room for any pitchers of water to little avail.

"Mmuhhh, Autumn?"

"Mila... how are you feeling? You're burning up..."

"I'm, well... ughhh, I feel sorta, awful? But not sick, just..."

While Mila pushes away the cloudiness of sleep, Autumn pushes the sheets off of the girl and onto the ground, letting Mila rise into a seated position and hug her while still formulating her thoughts.

"I feel bad for what I did... for not telling you. I'm sorry, for all of this."

"But we'll change something, right? Make it better, so we don't..."

"I hope so."

Finally letting go, Mila slides off of the bed and onto her feet to approach the door. She waits for Autumn to follow, and while the Braixen prepares herself she picks up her bag and checks that its contents are still accounted for. Once the two are ready, they make their way to the ground floor once more.

L'arachel's Manor, Study

Having been unable to get more than a handful of hours of sleep on the couch, Koss has taken up an empty journal from the study and been writing in it for the past few hours, working through his memories of his past travels and finally putting them to paper. He's still not quite sure who the book is for, but he writes anyways and only stops when he hears motion outside of the door once more. Instead of moving outside to check, however, he simply probes past the door with a psychic ping to learn that it's morning.

"Guess ah'll keep workin' on this later. Not like she'll mind if'n ah take this from her."

Towing the book and quill behind him in a psychic grip (leaving the inkwell since he'd rather not put that much focus into keeping it balanced), Koss starts to make his way back down to the kitchen to prepare some sort of breakfast for himself.

Edited by Cabe_Bedlam on Mar 22nd 2019 at 1:06:25 AM

Manor (Sleeping quarters?)

(Marsha is still asleep.) mrrzzzhandsoffmylunchzzzz (She mumbles, rolling over and off the bed.) WAAGH! (whumph)

Ugh, dat's one ways ta get up, I guess... (She mumbles as she groggily sits up and looks at Marlon.) How's yer leg, Marly?

(Over where the bouncers are, Dodie wakes up first.) Hey, the rest of you sleepyheads up yet? (She asks Cole, Gene, and Zelgius.)

Mmf...yes, Dodie, I'm up... (Gene says, sitting up and trying to find his glasses.)

SNOREEE... (Cole is very much not awake.)

Oy, Cole always gets up last, I feel like... (Dodie grunts, starting to shake him.)

Manor (Kitchen)

(I have no idea when I went to sleep last night. All I know is that the next thing I know, I'm waking up curled up on a large sack of flour beside the counter where Sally went to sleep after having a surprisingly dreamless sleep. Oh no, how much flour do I have on myself...oh good, nothing I can't simply brush off myself.)

(I stand up to brush any flour off myself. As I do, I look around and see other Pokémon still asleep, and Koss entering the room.)

Good morning, Koss. (I greet Koss before turning to see how Sally is coming along.) Sally? Are you awake? (I also try to look for where Eliot ended up.)