[color=yellow][h2][center]♪♫♪ Cecilia "Cici" Taylor ♪♫♪[/center][/h2][/color]
[color=yellow][h3][center]Location: Feyhollow Town[/center][/h3][/color]

All in all, it had been a reasonably successful day. The keyword being "reasonably". Cici had managed to scrape together a small amount of money from her busking session, and booked a music act for the next evening in one of the eateries, so that was good... right? This would prove reliable enough after all... wouldn't it?

Over the course of the afternoon, she'd gone from performing outside the mart to practicing in the forest. Her two new Pokemon couldn't resist joining in, Cadence providing the beat with her ringing sounds. Living up to her name, she was proving to have a good sense of rhythm.

Cici gave a soft laugh as she put away her guitar. She'd lost track of the time again, and now it was getting late, shadows settling over the forest. It probably wouldn't take long to meet up with Tommy, though.

[color=yellow]"Well, we'd better head back now,"[/color] she said as she stood up. [color=yellow]"You know... I really hope things go alright, travelling with other people."[/color] The worry and doubt were clear in her tone. [color=yellow]"And if things don't go alright... At least there'll be moments like this to look back on."[/color]

After petting the Igglybuff, then the Kricketot, she returned them both and started on her way out of the forest. She frowned. That was... odd. A strange mist slowly seeped into the area, thickening until she could barely see anything except small white lights in the distance. [color=yellow]"What...?"[/color] Cici backed away, but they drew closer, surrounding her, coming into view through the mist. Tiny, glowing, mushroom-like Pokemon formed a ring around her.

Against her better judgement, she stood frozen to the spot instead of running, the lights drawing her in. No! Whatever they were doing, it wasn't anything good. As she forced herself to look away, flickering spores filled the air. Maybe, hopefully, her Pokemon could fend off these creepy little creatures... The moment she reached for a Pokeball, though, something brushed against her hand. Something soft and silky.

Every muscle in Cici's body relaxed as she looked into a pair of wide, friendly blue eyes. The pink-and-white Pokemon approached her, one of the ribbonlike feelers extending from its body stroking her arm as if to tell her everything was alright. Cici gave a relieved smile. These Pokemon meant her no harm. They were just playing. They just wanted a friend...

What?! What was she thinking? Cici turned and ran for it. The moment she did so, one of the ribbons wrapped around her ankle. The forest lurched, and she landed with a painful thud. All four of her Pokeballs rolled from her belt, popping open. No sooner had her Pokemon emerged than they drifted off to sleep, dusted with glittering spores.

[color=yellow]"No..."[/color] Cici's own voice sounded distant to her. Her eyelids grew heavy as she breathed in the spores. The last thing she felt before passing out was her panic giving way to an odd sense of serenity.

...

A Pokemon, much larger than the other fairy mushrooms, stood over the sleeping woman, shading her from the floating lights. "Shii... Shiino-Shiinotic," she whispered, watching in fascination as the woman stirred and opened her eyes. The group of Morelulls drew closer, squealing and giggling in excitement. The human's eyes were no longer blue, but glowed white as moonlight.

As the human tried to stand, the Sylveon used her feelers to help her up. The pink, fox-like Pokemon pointed one of the ribbons at the guitar on the girl's back.

The human nodded. [color=lemonchiffon]"I will play for you,"[/color] she said in a soft voice, sitting on the ground, leaning against a tree. [color=lemonchiffon]"I will sing for you... my friends."[/color]

The fairies crowded round as the girl strummed and sang, her melody no longer bright and cheerful, but eerie, haunting. From what she'd said earlier, it sounded as if she wanted friends who wouldn't leave her. Now, she had them.

[hider=Cici]
[b]TP:[/b] +1 (21)
[b]Pokemon:[/b]
[list][*]Whismur (Forte), male, lv3
[*]Swablu (Dulcet), female, lv2
[*]Igglybuff (Ligeia), female, lv2
[*]Kricketot (Cadence), female, lv2[/list]
[b]Inventory:[/b]
[list][*]Pokeball x2[/list][/hider]
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Cici is under a fairy curse!

[hider=CP]+1 (24)[/hider]