[Spruce]

"Well, that solves that, then," I say in response to the fact that the zubat, the only one left standing surrendered. I then head over towards the hostage, a keckleon apparently named Rosebud, and untie her, as well as take out her gag. "Th...thank you," she manages to say to me before I press the button on my badge to warp all of us, including Rosebud, back to Arnold's guild. Rosebud then says "Well... um... I didn't really prepare a reward for you guys, but I think this will do," she then hands me some sort of blue TM... or, no, it was an HM, and it had the word 'Dive' written on it, as if to remind the owner what kind of move this particular HM taught. Hms were made of sturdier stuff than TMs were, and rightfully so, as they were often important, or otherwise needed to access certain parts of this world. Oddly enough, TMs are actually made with old human tech... the kind that kinda looks like a mirror. We'd send that thing over to a group of porygon who do something with the disk, and then color it to represent what type of move the TM now held. It was weird thinking about how something as thin as this could hold anything, but any porygon would assure you that it does. Interestingly, unlike TMs, HMs could be used without having anyone learn the move... this was actually a somewhat new feature with HMs, as apparently, the old way led to injury or death as soon as the pokemon who learned that move fainted in battle. I continue looking at the small, thin, doughnut-shaped thing that was the HM for Dive, only seeing a blue-tinted reflection of myself. [i]Maybe M knows how these things work... or how they even hold anything.[/i] I think as I simply continue to look into the thing. Rosebud already left, and I started to think about where I might be able to use this HM... the beach near Treasure Town immediately came to mind.
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[Bonnie]

"Well... the mother just sent out that mission, right? These guys aren't new, at all," I explain to William. We continue through the plains until we come across some salamence named Richard. His voice sounded oddly familiar, though. Before he had a chance to leave, I blurted out "WAIT!" Richard turned his head, and asked "Yeah? What do you want?" I then continued with "...um... do you know about a persian that lives in a mansion off to the west of here?" My voice was weak at this point, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that I've heard him before... and worse, it was from after my mother was killed. "Yeah... the guy's a complete creep. I've been trying to put that guy away for years, but I can't find any evidence that he's doing anything illegal. You weren't thinking of visiting that kook, were you?" I shake my head, and he says "Good. You should stay away from him," Richard couldn't have been more right, though, eventually, I'd have to face my father... and I'd like to have some sort of support when I do. "HEY, Bonnie! We're gonna leave you behind if you don't start running!" I hear Leo shout from somewhat far ahead. I then run as fast as I could to catch up, and Leo starts looking around for any 'newbies' as he calls them. William and Samuel were right next to me now, and Richard was probably half way to the beach. I never minded the warmth of the area, and wondered why it was such a problem for William. Leo then came up with two different litleo, both of whom were shaking, and scared... odd. "These are the only two newbies here. One of 'em's gotta be the one you're looking for," I then ask the two if their mothers might be looking for them... but... well... it turns out that they're both orphans, meaning that it couldn't possibly be them.
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[Anthony]

Hex was in some sort of daze, and Terra couldn't get an answer from her, so she simply shrugged and said "Good enough, let's go," apparently, she was a little more than impatient as she started running right for the mountain. "Hey, wait up!" I shouted as I tried in vain to catch up to her. Of course, being some sort of slug thing made any kind of running difficult for me. I only had to assume that Matt and Josh were following closely behind me, and really hoped that Terra would wait for me at the foot of the mountain. I finally make it, only to see a scowling Terra who was tapping her foot impatiently. "It's not my fault I'm slow..." I say somewhat apologetically. "Fine, I'll try to slow down... it wouldn't be easy to tackle this mountain myself anyways," she says in response, making me wonder if she was even sorry for running off like that. I then looked back and noticed someone missing, or, really, two someones. "Shouldn't we at least wait for Matt and Josh?" I ask Terra, who sighs, and says "Fine, I'll wait," Blaze then shouts "Yay! We're not being jerks!" I laugh at that, and relax, tired from that attempt and failure at running. I then dig through my bag to see if I had any apples to help me get back that lost energy, and unfortunately, there really wasn't all that much in there... only a variety of status healing berries, as well as an oran... oh! There was apparently a reviver seed, and a sleep seed in there too. I could use a rest right about now, but Terra would probably kill me if I actually did that right now... that much was apparent just from the way she glared at me when I pulled the sleep seed out from my bag. I sheepishly put it back in and simply wait for the others, and Terra nods and looks over towards where the others were likely to come from.