c3p-0h

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

Lord knows I made you all wait, and I didn't even have the excuse of sun and moon being out at the time. I think I can spare some patience for you ;3

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

@c3p-0h I found it neither "uninteresting" nor "short." But I won't criticize your personal standards. xP
However, I'm not sure if there's discontinuity here. @Prints Avoid seemed to describe that Joy was already there when Haven would have entered and that Haven would have seen Diego and his Scyther as well as the stranger.
I'd like to clarify something else, as well: Did you intend to have "found" Sapphire (Diego was wondering where she was as she hadn't returned)?

@Phoenix

yup, haven found sapphire. or rather, sapphire found her. but i totally misread the end of the post. i thought joy had already led the stranger away, so it was just diego in the room. i… have no excuse for missing the scyther. hectic week lol. for continuity purposes, follow prints' post for who's there and who's not. haven's dialogue doesn't change.

Lantern

Artemis mirrored the citizens' urgency as she moved through the streets, careful to try and look like she belonged. It was dark, people were frantic, and fog was rolling in from the sea – hopefully that would all be enough to keep eyes off her. She didn't like how she stood out though. Her uncommon features usually drew at least passing attention, and Artemis knew even without those she looked odd. Her clothes were wet, torn, covered in soot, she was barefoot, she somehow had picked up a Kith of all things who looked up to her for being a murderer or something…

At least the soot dulled the white shine of her hair to an ashy grey. That was… something, at least.

Artemis needed to blend in better if she was going to spend any more time in this city. And she needed to figure out how to ditch the creepy kid before a Pirate noticed her and zapped them both with lightning.

She looked up to see lines of clothes hanging high above the streets. Well, it was a start.

Ducking into a deserted alley, Artemis started rummaging through her bag.

"I'm sorry, did I invite you on this adventure?" she said to the Kith girl as she pulled out her stolen knife and a persimmon. Shame. She liked persimmons. "Get lost kid. I don't need someone catching me with a Kith." Her hands were busy carving a crude, sharp-edged rune into the skin of the fruit. She looked up one more time to make sure the coast was clear and then peered high above at a line of clothing. Artemis set her jaw. She'd always had terrible aim.

Artemis cranked her hand back and threw the persimmon. It didn't even come close to hitting the line. For one thing, it flew at least a yard below the line. Artemis tried to not close her eyes at the embarrassing display. The persimmon landed on the cobblestone ground with a muffled splat and… and another sound. A sound like cracking stone. Artemis blinked in surprise at the half-squashed fruit. Then a small smile began to curl the corner of her mouth. Hurrying forward, she bent down and picked it up with careful fingers. One side was completely caved in, the skin torn apart on the impact. The meat of it, once hard, was more of a squishy pulp. But below it, almost hidden beneath juice and bits of fruit on the cobblestone, was a small, clean cut.

Damn, but Artemis loved runes. A new idea came to her then. Knife in hand, she drew another small, plane rune under the first one (it hadn't been on the side that'd been destroyed at least) and stood back up. Artemis cocked her hand back once more and threw.

This time even her terrible aim couldn't stop the persimmon's flight. The second rune guided it up with perfect aim to the line. The moment the fruit touched the cord it severed. The persimmon fell to the ground again, but Artemis wasn't looking at it. She was beaming, watching the line fall, bringing the clothes with it. It wasn't quite long enough to reach the ground when it was still attached at the other side. But Artemis was tall with a long reach, and her prizes were well within her range. Artemis ran and plucked clothes from the line. At least now she'd have something better to wear than her heavy, ruined skirts.

Looking around the alley once more she ducked behind some sort of large trash bin. It'd have to do for. Artemis started stripping out of her old clothes and putting her stolen goods on.

Lantern

Ok so my post is like half written. So today for sure >.< sorry guys

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

uninteresting post! long overdue post! i will try to make my next post less of both!!

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

Pokemon Day-Care - Route 117

Haven stared absently at the egg as the old woman spoke, a crease worrying her brow. If Cloak and Dagger hadn't snatched the egg from the daycare then where the hell did it come from? Had they stolen it from some unassuming trainer in Mauville? From a wild nest along the route? Haven leaned back in her chair and ran a hand through her sopping hair.

At least she was slowly warming up. Her shivering hadn't stopped yet though. And she could feel a new tightness around her throat that promised trouble.

Yeah. Walking all the way out here with no jacket in a storm hadn't been her brightest idea.

Haven told her that nothing particularly special had to be done with her bag – her spray cans were fine, her clothes were soaking wet, her... shit. Her sketchbook. She'd splurged and got a high quality watercolor sketchbook so it might've been ok. But who knew if the paintings in them had bled and run with the extra water they'd been exposed to.

"The only thing is my sketchbook… if you could lay that out and let it dry that'd be great." And with that Haven was dismissed with the promise of a shower and dinner. She nodded her thanks and forced herself to her feet.

The daycare was a small, homey building, old but still sturdy. With tired legs she made her way up to an empty room with the door that she assumed had been left open for her. A shower sounded wonderful. And food. And sleep.

Haven had grown up taking short, brisk showers, careful not to waste water or heat in her family's little apartment. And so, despite how heavenly the hot water felt on her skin, she was done in a matter of minutes. Stepping out of the shower she grabbed a large towel hanging on a railing attached to the wall and made her way back into the room.

A bath robe had been placed on the bed for her as she showered.

Haven raised an eyebrow at that. She hadn't even heard the door open.

But she wasn't exactly in top form at the moment (the shower had woken her up a bit, but she was still sore and exhausted and could feel the beginnings of a cold) and it wasn't as though she expected the old woman or her pokemon to do anything creepy. The robe was a pale mint color and clearly too big for Haven. She reached out a hand to touch the material – soft and promising warmth. Who cared if it was big? Big promised heat, and Haven had always preferred oversized sweaters anyway. Even if she did look like a kid playing dress-up.

Soon enough she was wearing the robe, the sash synched tightly around her waist causing the thick material to bunch awkwardly around her, and the sleeves rolled up several times until her hands were poking out. She was already smaller than average. The oversized robe was comically big on her. Her thick dark hair fell in long wet clumps over her shoulders and down her back, already beginning to soak through the material. Haven shrugged to herself and after putting her four pokeballs in the robe's pockets (they'd want food too, though she wasn't sure she trusted Cloak and Dagger not to roughhouse… at least Blink would try to keep them in check) she opened the door to her room and poked her head outside.

Haven could already smell the food. Wasting no more time, she closed her door behind her and walked down the stairs – only to run into an Azumarill when she reached the bottom. She remembered the woman running the daycare had an Azumarill… but this wasn't the same one, was it? No, this one seemed younger, more energetic as it bounced in front of Haven and beckoned her back towards the lobby. Haven raised an eyebrow. When she didn't immediately follow after the pokemon it turned back to her impatiently and waddled back. Very firmly grabbing her hand, it tugged Haven forward to the lobby. Too curious (and confused) to fight, Hven obediently followed until they arrived. The Azumarill released her hand and ran up to the guy standing by himself. It looked very proud of itself as it presented Haven to him.

Haven looked from the Azumarill to the man.

"Uh… hi."

Haven vaguely recognized him as the person who'd come into the daycare after her. She'd been a bit distracted at the time. He was young, maybe around her age, and was wearing clothes clearly too small for him (not that she was necessarily complaining). The corner of her mouth twitched up at that. It seemed the daycare had trouble sizing people. Or their clothing options were just sparse. Haven looked up again to meet his eyes.

"Smells like food's ready, so… was there something you needed, or?" Haven let the sentence trail off. The Azumarill had dragged her here for something but she had no idea what he could possibly want. And she really wanted to eat. Or just pass out. Whichever came first.

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

holy shit that didn't happen. i'm so sorry i keep on putting this off. life has been kicking my ass but on the upside i now have a charger, and i have lots of free time tomorrow and i will not be exhausted like i currently am. i'm also thinking about what to write…

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

I should have a post up sometime today... chargers not in yet but I can just use a computer at school.

Pokémon: Hoenn - Make a Wish

Hey is it cool if you push the gm post back to Monday or Tuesday? I'm restricted to my phone until my new laptop charger arrives in the mail... my puppy chewed through my old one and my laptop is out of battery...

Lantern

Gonna see about getting a post up today or tomorrow.