"A... Mission? F-for who?" Luna asked curiously, if these two were hear on a mission it would make sense, but in her opinion, walking around in the cold looking for a necklace that could be buried deep in the snow didn't sound inviting to Luna. "I was... Looking for the ski resort... Know where it is?" she asked as she breathed on her hands to try and warm up. She kicked the ground a little bit out of boredom before she had kicked something out of the snow. Luna thought it was just a rock, but the object made a slight jingle sound as it fell to the ground, she picked it up and surely enough it wasn't a rock, but a necklace of some kind.

"Uh... Is this... What you're looking for?" she asked, showing both Nick and Inari the piece of jewelry.

Nick was answering Luna's questions, "The mission is for a girl that lives in Clearbrook Town. It's my first mission as part of the Helping Hand Guild. Inari here isn't in the organization, but she'll get rewards for helping I think. If you want to help too, I think we can have a third person" This seemed to satisfy Luna's question as she moved on with another. "Oh the ski resort? It's over that hill. I don't blame you if-" That's when Luna kicked up the necklace and showed it to Nick and Inari...

Nick's jaw dropped as Luna casually held up the item. The source of an entire night's worth of frustration, and it was discovered by dumb luck. Nick took a deep measured breath before replying. "Yep, I believe that's it."

Luna handed the necklace to Nick. He opened his Pokedex to inspect the piece of jewelry against the picture provided in the mission description. As he suspected, it was the right one. The time was also displayed on the Pokedex, 7:30.

He was tired, and looking around, he could tell that the others were tired as well. They wouldn't have the energy to make it back into town all at once. They needed to rest. So he sent the little girl a message, We found your necklace, but we need to rest. We will return the necklace later today.

After a quick conversation with his new teammates, Nick and friends were in agreement. In less than an hour they were checking into the ski resort. Lucky for them, the resort offered free rooms for completing the task that their own staff had given up on. Cozy and warm, each in their own room, they could sleep soundly. When they woke, they would return the necklace and claim their prizes.

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+1 CP = 15 CP

@Darkmoon Angel@Artymis

♪♫♪ Cecilia "Cici" Taylor ♪♫♪

Location: Stellanova City

@Zarkun

Lights flickered and pulsed in the dark water, red and yellow, brightening as they rose to the surface. The sea, which resembled the star-filled sky, should have been a breathtaking sight, but Cici looked away and hurried along. They were just Staryus and Lanturns, she knew that, yet they brought back memories of rather different Pokemon, ones that had lured her through the shadows of an enchanted forest with that mesmerising glow...

Shuddering, she cradled the little grey kitten. "Come on, Nocturne. I know cats like to be out and about at night, but it's going to be a big day of exploring tomorrow."

Nocturne, as alert as Cici was exhausted, simply stared ahead at something that glinted in the street lamps. With surprising speed for a hatchling, the Meowth leapt from her trainer's arms and raced forward, batting and pouncing on some dropped bottle caps. Unused to running around, she staggered and tripped over her own paws.

"Easy there, little one!" Rushing to the cat's side, Cici checked that Nocturne was ok before picking her up. "You can play once we're at the Pokemon centre. Look, we're nearly there now."

Once inside the building, no sooner had Cici retreated to her room and set out food for her Pokemon that her phone rang. Recognising the number, Cici smiled. It had been quite some time.

"Hey!" she said as she answered, her tone bright despite her tiredness. "It's been a while, how's everything going?"

The kitten turned around, eyes narrowing at her trainer's attention being on someone else. With a loud meow, she clambered onto the bed, then onto Cici's shoulder, trying to nuzzle the phone out of the way and purring as if to drown out Tommy's answer. "Ow! As you can probably tell, the egg hatched," the musician added with a chuckle.

This Pokemon was going to be a handful. An irresistibly cute handful though, Cici thought, reaching round and petting the little cat.

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When Cici picked up and asked how he was, Tommy could only note how glad he was that she had made it to Stellanova safely. If he was honest, he wasn't sure that he had been OK with leaving her alone after the Fey Hallow incident, but he also knew she wouldn't accept any kind of coddling. As he opened his mouth to answer her question though, a purring sound came through the phone, causing the trumpet player to chuckle. Meowth's were greedy and jealous Pokemon, so he wasn't surprised by it's attempt to chase him away. "I can tell indeed. My egg hatched too, and the little gal, an Axew who I've named Xena, is more than ready to start training of her own accord. Tried to get in the mix soon as she had her balance figured out. Amica's working with her now."

Tommy's smile grew as he watched his Pokemon train, pride at their trust in him and each other swelling in his chest. "You won't believe this, but I have three evolved Pokemon. Amica's a Frogadier now, Jerus a Kirlia, and Epsilon's an Ivysaur." He took in a deep breath before continuing. "I'm about a day's hike from Atana, so I thought I'd see how things are. Cell service will be really spotty once I'm there."

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