[Spruce]

"Great, they've got Celes around their little claw, then," I say as I hear what Celes and M had to say. I didn't even trust these two as far as I could throw them at this point... but... they weren't attacking me even now, when I revealed their little plan to everyone on my team. Instead, I hear the charmeleon say "Look... just check that void crystal you returned. If we're lying, then the place should be back to normal, but if we're telling the truth... well... you three may have made their problem ten times worse," before I could add anything to that, he adds "I know where I'm unwelcome, and I've got a lot of work to do," they then summon up some sort of dimensional hole and jump through it, with the hole closing immediately afterwards. I was speechless, I've never seen anything quite like that, let alone hear them so casually put their own trust (which, might I add, I still have none of in them) on the line. Eventually, I bring myself to say something, after nodding to M who said that we should work today. "Um... so... to the Deep Ocean, then? Just to make sure it's back to normal?" I sounded a little unsure of myself, but, if that was some way of checking their honesty, and, to be honest, I wouldn't mind knocking them out a second time, then, that should be our next destination... right? Thankfully, I still had the Dive HM, and there shouldn't be too much trouble with wild pokemon given the issues the place had not even a day ago. I remember M's talk about their intentions... what exactly DID they intend to do with those void crystals? I look around for Kamina, making sure that the entire party is together before we head off.
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[Anthony]

"Right," I respond to Josh on the subject of opening the box. I then immediately open it as if it was a birthday present from my friends, and, once I was done, I reveal a very bright, white armband... apparently for Matt, a strange purple orb, apparently for Josh, some giant yellow flower apparently meant for Hex, a very comfortable-looking hat that appeared to be for Daniel, and finally some sort of weird, red bracer that looked like it was for me... oh, and the money, as well, of which, I gave 500 poke to Josh, and 500 to the delivery bird, whispering "Please give this to my mother... um... she lives at 313 Sunridge. Yeah, I know it's a bad part of town, but, that's why she needs the money, so we can actually live somewhere where we don't have to dodge a sucker punch every time we head out of our door," I hoped that nobody else heard that, and thanked the fact that the only member of our team who actually had large ears, Blaze, was not here at the moment. The delibird shrugs, and flies off with the poke in... er... wing? It didn't matter too much, that is, as long as he can make it out of there without getting knocked out and mugged. After handing everyone their stuff, and keeping the red bracer, which was kinda heavy, I say "So... to... um..." I start to say, with Static adding "That northern mountain place?" I nod, and say "Yeah, there..." I then turn towards the village we were just at, and say "This way should be north, so, follow me...?" I was still fuzzy on the whole Darkrai thing, and couldn't remember for the life of me what he said with such enthusiasm, but, thankfully, Static remembered the direction north, so that's where I headed... somehow slower than usual.
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[Bonnie]

William takes a mission involving Sludgy Swamp, and talks about it as if it was a new place. I mutter "I knew about this place before the mission... I would have sent us here anyways..." as we head towards the swamp and are followed by a wooper, who was way too excited to go there. Almost the instant we arrive at the swamp, a ditto tries to attack us, and copies William... only to get knocked out by out client before I could even do anything about it. William, himself seemed to be working on some sort of painting while the two fought, and I wondered if that was his Sketch move in action. "So... what did you sketch?" I ask William, walking up to him and also walking into knee-deep swamp water. It seemed as though he sketched himself, which was weird... can you even sketch the move Sketch? And if so, what would happen? Nothing? The smell of the place got to me, and I look to my left to try to puke, but notice that someone else already did... or, more accurately, I notice that a grimer was there, stalking us for some reason. I hold my nose, and say "Um... William? Whatever you just sketched, would you mind using it? This thing smells too horrible for me to get close to it, let alone attack it!" I sounded funny with my nose plugged, but it was the only thing I could do to keep my breakfast where it belonged. Thankfully, our wooper friend didn't have much of a nose, and had no problem using ice punch on the purple pile of putrid that decided to attack me with sludge. I wasn't able to dodge the attack, being preoccupied with not puking, and it landed right on my face, grossing me out even further. That gunk smelled just as bad as the sludge monster that was in front of me, but, it was closer, and probably literally destroying my nose at this point, and I couldn't really do anything about it, either, mainly because the 'water' was almost as bad. I made a 'help me... please!' expression on my face while I look back at William, and still remain unable to attack this thing.