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[@PlatinumSkink]

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Items: 6x Potion, 5 pokeballs, 3 antidotes, 3 paralyze heals, mandolin, sketch pad and graphite pencils, Pokemon Egg, Umbrella, Red Scarf, Blue Scarf, Fighting Gem, Rock Incense, TM57 Charge Beam, Black Belt, sketch of mirror (probably useless)

Pokédollars: 8288
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[hider=Cecil]
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Pokémon Name: Cecil
Species: Darumaka
Gender: ♀
Type: Fire
Personality:A jolly, over confident creature that will sass the hell out of people and demands cuddles.
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: It tries to mimic Basil drawing, but all that it makes are just scribbles and blobs. Also likes marmalade sandwiches. Her goal is absolute domination on the battlefield and help Basil out of his shell.
Level: 10
Moves: Rollout, Tackle, Incinerate, Rage
Ability: Hustle
Held Item: None
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[hider=Lupin]
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Pokémon Name: Lupin
Species: Sneasel
Gender: ♂
Type: Ice/Dark
Personality: An intelligent, sneaky, trouble making Pokemon that has way too much trouble keeping its mitts of other people's belongings. It is also a little cocky and likes to pick fights. 
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Likes listening to rock music. Wants to be a world class thief. Ironically, Lupin's favorite foods are spicy.
Level: 9
Moves: Scratch, Leer, Taunt, Quick Attack
Ability: Pickpocket 
Held Item: None
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[hider=Crocus]
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Pokémon Name: Crocus
Species: Bulbasaur
Gender: ♂  
Type: Grass/Poison
Personality: Crocus is a curious, friendly creature. A bit too friendly and trusting for its own good. 
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: His goal is to be an adventurer and go where no Bulbasaur has gone before! Smells like freshly cut grass.
Level: 11
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed, Vine Whip
Ability: Overgrow. Boosts power of Grass-type moves when heavily damaged.
Held Item: None
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[hider=Lancer]
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Pokémon Name: Lancer
Species: Karablast
Gender: ♂  
Type: Bug
Personality: The most arrogant bug Pokemon you will ever meet. Lancer hates to lose and thinks of itself as a knight. Does not ever back down from a duel.
Level: 12
Moves: Peck, Leer, Endure
Ability: Swarm
Held Item: None
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[hider=Aria]
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[b]Gender[/b]: ♀
[b]Type[/b]: Normal/Fairy
[b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.)
[b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.)
[b]Level[/b]: 14
[b]Moves[/b]: Sing, Defense Curl, Pound, Play Nice, Disarming Voice
[b]Ability[/b]: Friend Guard. Reduces damage done to nearby allies.
[b]Held Item[/b]: None
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[hider=Glory]
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[b]Gender[/b]: ♂
[b]Type[/b]: Fighting/Flying
[b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.)
[b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.)
[b]Level[/b]: 14
[b]Moves[/b]: Detect, Tackle, Hone Claws, Karate Chop, Wing Attack, Roost
[b]Ability[/b]: Limber. Cannot be paralyzed.
[b]Held Item[/b]: None.
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At least he had a name to put to the unmasked face now. Better than the cold hostility of being stared down by a ninja. [color=8882be]"Basil Rivens, rookie trainer and employed by Professor Kalmia."[/color] He introduced himself with some hope that it would have eased her doubts though that skeptical look sure wasn't inspiring any confidence, but at least she was starting to tell him some much needed information.  

Still, there were some questions that he needed some answers to. [color=8882be]"Is this related to the Legend of the Silent Shrine? From what I heard, there was a legend that a trainer was visited by fae that helped them defeat the creature."[/color] There was a whole bunch of information that needed to be sorted out or else he was going to get lost in the details. 

It looked like he wasn't the only one who was lost in all of this. Anise had definitely been at this longer than he had so there was probably not much he could say that would be helpful in this situation considering he was just going into this as blind as a Zubat. [color=8882be]"Maybe need you need to come at it with a different perspective? Physical strength is only one definition of being strong, but there is also of will and character though there could be other factors such as location or simply it won't activate until the beast reveals itself again."[/color] There was a detail that he was interested in; if the three known shrines were meant to be positioned triangularly then where would this Lost Shrine be? 

Basil was fishing around his belt until he pulled his Pokedex out of its case and turned it on. [color=8882be]"Let's see, where oh where... Ah."[/color] He approached Anise and held the device out in front of her. On the screen was a map of the general area of Isson they were in. [color=8882be]"Would you be able to pin down where the three shrines are approximately?"[/color] He asked before leading into another question. [color=8882be]"This is the Shrine of the Center right? Is it called that because it's in the center of the forest or the center of something else?"[/color]