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Pokémon: There and Back Again

Stella Lumite

inventory

GP: 3700
Items: PokeBall 3x

roster

Kaebe

Lv 7, HP: Full/??
Tackle, Tail Whip, Roar

Ocul

Lv , HP: ~1/Not a lot
Struggle Bug

Scamp

Lv , HP: 9/??
Tackle, Tail Whip, Nuzzle

Niblet

Lv 5, HP: 21/??
Absorb, Fury Cutter, Electroweb

PC

Empty

Stella stared at the birds for a second before walking casually aside with Kaebe. "That's... A lot of birds..." She had a seat with Kaebe off to the side, giving him some pets as she planned.

She let Yamper out. She dug into her bag and got a little snack for him from her bag. Maybe she should keep an eye out for berries, too. She's heard trainers will leave berries with their Pokemon, and they can eat them at will. "Scamp. Find a place nearby to hide. I'm going to throw a PokeBall at one of those birds, I want you to wait for the way to be clear before you grab the ball and bring it to me. Can you do that?"

"Yam?" The poor pooch tilted his head to the side. That was a complicated order.

"Too much at once, huh? Hmm." Stella thought for a moment. She needed to simplify the command. "Ok. Once the birds leave, fetch the ball. And you can use Nuzzle if you're in trouble."

Scamp looked at the birds and then back at Stella before giving a soft yip. This was the place he'd come from, after all. He knew to avoid the big crowds of birds like that. Angry things.

"Good. Now go hide nearby, where you can see. Kaebe, I'll have you pick out one of those birds and tackle it toward me. I'll hit it with a PokeBall and then we will... Run." Kaebe had liked the plan until then. Run? "Don't worry," she let the small Pokemon she was about to mention out, into her shoulder, "we've got Niblet to cover our escape with Electroweb. Stay hidden in my hair until you need to shoot, so they don't see you. Kaebe-" wait a minute, "ooh, you can Roar, can't you? That makes this much easier. Niblet, Kaebe, change of plan."

Stella picked an empty ball from her belt, "Niblet, Electroweb a few of them. I'll get one in a ball. Kaebe, you roar after the ball closes to send the rest away. We'll fight the remainder, or maybe I'll catch more."

Niblet nodded with determination and jumped down, throwing web at the nearest ones and then hiding behind Kaebe as Stella wound up her throw.

Pokémon: There and Back Again

Stella Lumite

inventory

GP: 3700
Items: PokeBall 3x

roster

Kaebe

Lv 7, HP: Full/??
Tackle, Tail Whip, Roar

Ocul

Lv , HP: ~1/Not a lot
Struggle Bug

Scamp

Lv , HP: 9/??
Tackle, Tail Whip, Nuzzle

Niblet

Lv 5, HP: 21/??
Absorb, Fury Cutter, Electroweb

PC

Empty

The Pokedex confirmed for her, Kaebe's paralysis was removed. "Excellent work. C'mon back into your ball, Niblet. I'm hunting for a bird, next." She returned the little bitty pokemon to it's ball and holstered it. It would be good to use Scamp, but he wasn't doing so well after his encounter with Kaebe.

Kaebe was busy shaking out his limbs. That paralysis had not been pleasant. When Stella called him to go tracking down a bird, though, he came bounding along. It sounded like it was something fun.

""I saw a dark colored bird while we were running around. A Rookidee. While we look around, we'll get you and Niblet some training in. Then we'll get to a town and get some rest and food and supplies aaaand we'll just have to see what time it is then." She gave her ancient reptile a pat on the head as he plodded next to her. She watched him flex his jaw idly, "you want something to crunch, buddy? We'll have to get you some kinda crunchy snack or toy while we're in town."

Avalia

Aiko Yume

Time: Morning
Location: Avian City Landinng
Interactions: Yuka @princess, Orias @Helo, Xavier @Omni5876, Augus @FunnyGuy

Things had certainly gone fairly smoothly until this point. Even a slip up and no questions. Yet. Just had to stay consistent for a little while longer. They knew she wou- hey hey hey, keep it up. Pride just killed the mood, it would be very bad to slip up again, especially now. Why couldn't we have met androgynous? Just wait until we're done at the general's.

Speaking of the general; it was like hearing dear brother's voice again. That was no good. "If you really must know what little their is to tell of me, fine."

"Orphan. Went out and tried isolation for a while, didn't like it. Came back, and found myself a little pub to get comfy in; work for my needs met in a peaceful place. Things were fine until just the other day, too. Were you expecting something more impressive? In return, I'd like you to work on that awful impression of unity. Perhaps you're just under stress, but people scarcely want to cooperate with someone so Proud. More so now than ever. It'll remind them of something." By this time, they expected to have the general's eyes. They would maintain eye contact for as long as he would, staring deeply. "I only want our success."

Pokémon: There and Back Again

Stella Lumite

inventory

GP: 3700
Items: PokeBall 3x

roster

Kaebe

Lv 7, HP: ??/?? PARA
Tackle, Tail Whip, Roar

Ocul

Lv , HP: ~1/Not a lot
Struggle Bug

Scamp

Lv , HP: 9/??
Tackle, Tail Whip, Nuzzle

Niblet

Lv 5, HP: 21/??
Absorb, Fury Cutter, Electroweb

PC

Empty

"Good job, buddy! Lemme grab Ocul." The PokeBall was still shaking as she held the appropriate ball out. "Return." The light reached out and drew in the familiar creature before the ball was tucked away in her belt. "You worked really hard, too. Rest."

The third shake ended it a click! She'd caught the Joltic! She was on a hot streak on her first day, three pokemon caught so far. She should have bought a potion or two. Stella pet her ancient as she went to retrieve her PokeBall. The young lady checked her Pokedex for a status update on her Pokemon, and as she entered the nickname an idea came to her. There was one more Pokemon she wanted to get, that she'd seen around here, but she wasn't sure her team was ready for it. If she could take care of Kaebe, she could go in with confidence.

She sat in front of her jaw Pokemon, "sit with me, buddy. I've got an idea. Niblet, I have a request." She let her new Joltic out and looked at Kaebe, "you eat electricity, can you eat his electric paralysis?"

Pokémon: There and Back Again

Stella Lumite

inventory

GP: 1200
Items: PokeBall 3x

The hard-to-envision Struggle Bug hit its mark, dealing... Normal damage. Even though Joltic was clearly bug-type, it wouldn't be resistant to a bug-type move. More electric sparks from the grass cued her from any thoughts wandering around in her head.

"Ocul, dodge! Look out!" Stella plucked another empty PokeBall from her waist. She could see the center of the sparks and electricity, and could even see where the electro webs were coming from. The way the webs crackle in the air, had she mistaken that for paralysis before? Ocul might be alright, actually.

Kaebe hadn't understood what she'd commanded earlier, either, he looked at her with confusion. "Tail Whip, buddy. Use Tail Whip. It's in there somewhere, draw it out with your tail." She tossed the PokeBall into the tall grass, trusting her logic and the evidence in front of her to target the Joltic. If it was launching more webs, would it be able to move at the same time? "Probably too late for it, now, no doubt it's focused on Ocul. You can't see it in there, can you?"

Pokémon: There and Back Again

Stella Lumite

inventory

GP: 1200
Items: PokeBall 3x

If she thought about it, she'd never really heard of a trainer doing things quite like this. It was always one-on-one or some such. In a battle with another trainer, sure, you should have rules or it'll surely become chaos. Especially for something like a tournament. Could the rules be more interesting? Maybe. But the league will be as the league will be. Perhaps strict rules were best for this kind of thing.

But Stella wasn't really interested in the league, or battling. She wanted to study Pokemon, and battling was just a means to that end. To catch a Pokemon, and have the chance to really examine it, she'd fight just a little dirty, too.

With a dramatic point of her finger, "Tail Whip that Struggle Bug!" She didn't want to give away Ocul's presence any sooner than she had to, but had to give the order at the same time. With the both of her team suffering electric paralysis, this could be difficult. Her only other option was a wounded Yamper. Though, she did have that potion...

Kakumei [Absolute Shounenverse]

There were aliens?

Avalia

Aiko Yume

Time: Morning
Location: Avian City Landinng
Interactions: Yuka @princess, Orias @Helo, Xavier @Omni5876

"My name? Hmm~, you'll have to make it up to me if you want my name." Their arrival had been too rough, he didn't feel like giving information away. He got a tour, anyway, though it was effectively unguided. Even though they were moving with purpose, Aiko was able to pick out a few things from about the city that they might like to investigate more later.

Unexpectedly, they entered a residential area after crossing a long bridge. What would the city look like, without the bridges? Would the island float freely around each other? Perhaps it used to be that way. There was also no guarantee that all the islands were connected to the city by bridge. Certain assets would be best left free floating and harder to find, wouldn't they? There must be secret islands, perhaps concealed by enchanted cloud cover.

Ah, but that wasn't their concern, just now. Maybe secret islands would be relevant later.

"Is that all you want? There are other ways, Yuka. Dare I say, better, less painful ways." Cuddle and call her sweetie? Come now, surely she knows an easier way to get that from them. Oh dear, oh dear. They just barely caught the glare from the human, oh hoh. Unafraid, but rather emboldened, Aiko mentally went over a clash between a demon's shadow magic and this human's lightning. Xavier's lack of control would be his undoing, certainly. Maybe the human had oomph, but power is nothing against sufficient skill.

The residential area on the far side of the bridge caught Aiko off guard. They weren't going to go to some military building? As they went through the large residential complex, Aiko understood more; it was a military building. The home of the general. Even had his own war room. To defeat his expectations again, Yuka held silent in front of the general. Xavier offered some proof of his magic, and Orias spoke. Dead for years, maybe, but a fine prince.

"Like a lone Phoenix from the ashes, the prince reveals himself in the hour of need. Tis-"

Is that going to be the theme, today? Interrupt the demon? They would have complained more, but the sight of Pride interrupted all thought. Pride had a human in his grip. They knew what was coming. More slaughter. Damn these broadcasts! Was there no way to shut them out from this invasion of their homes? Another distressed and restless night lay ahead. Good dreams would be hard to come by.

"Damn you, Pride." The seven sins were all involved? Aiko sighed slowly, rubbing their face for a moment before leaving their hand against their cheek. "Unity is our only viable solution. We will need all the help we can get."

Avalia

Aiko Yume

Time: Morning
Location: Avian City Landinng
Interactions: Yuka @princess, Orias @Helo, Xavier @Omni5876

It didn't take Aiko long to confirm Yuka's well-being. No, this didn't seem very fatal. The lioness was acting, and poorly at that. The demon in disguise couldn't help but roll their eyes. "Ah, yes, so grievously injured. So much so you'd do it again, is it?" Mm hm. It probably hurt, more than anything.

Xavier took the bait. Not everyone could see through cheap acting, apparently. Maiden? Aiko didn't have any hard evidence, but you'd be hard pressed to fool a succubus on such matters. They wouldn't say anything about it, though. Perhaps it was best to let the poor fool believe.

More importantly, he zapped her? Aiko took a look at Xavier. Elemental powers marked him as human. And, wait, what was that, from their elf companion? Orias? Hmm. Yes, his face was scarred enough to be that of a man who'd died once. The magic he'd been so scarcely able to offer unto the light above... Did that scrap of magic have something to do with the stories of his death?

What an amazingly rag-tag group of heroes they'd turned out to be. Where had Yuka even found this human? It was good to get him out from Roshmi, at any rate.

With Yuka well and the whole mess sorted out, Aiko straightened themselves out and have their parasol a twirl. Yes, this had gone smoothly. Now, they supposed it would be time to find out if this really was Prince Orias. That would certainly give them the leverage they'd need to gather allies.

"Perhaps you can give us a tour after we've met the general, Captain?" The fox followed along with the others, very carefully keeping their form. Military personnel didn't tend to let unknowns go by, so sneaking in a gender shift probably wouldn't go well.

Avalia

Aiko Yume

Time: Morning
Location: Avian City Landinng
Interactions: Yuka @princess, Orias @Helo, Xavier @Omni5876

Oof. Not a fraction of movement. In fact, the man stonewalled harder. Folks like this were likely to catch on to any alterations to their mental facilities, as well. No relaxing their way out of this one. "Believe me, captain. I want my normal, peaceful life back as much as the next guy. One where I can walk down the streets without worrying if I'll be seeing more bodies today... The first day of this war had been harsh enough." They hadn't actually seen the bodies, but had enough hearsay from a night of dream walking to know there must have been bodies. Terrible, mutilated bodies. That was it, though...

"Forgive me. I'm a little bitter, but for others, I expect bitterness is only the beginning. I have little right to comp-" Zap!

Aiko whirled about, having yet to rejoin the shoulders of his companions. Surprised mostly, maybe a little spooked, he quickly pieces together... Approximately what happened. Their latest companion seemed shocked and Yuka seemed less well than she was before, and somewhat frizzy. Whatever had happened, Aiko hurried to the designer's side.

"Ooooh, sweetie, are you ok?" He tried to tame her hair, running a hand over her hair. "Looks like whatever that was roughed you up, what happened? I was turned away..." He looked up at Xavier for a moment, questioning but not aggressive. He didn't seem confident about whatever had happened, and he didn't run away immediately.

Despite the crisis, they had to resist the rising desire to shift. Something about how Yuka had called them her sweet fluff had made the urge worse. If they weren't careful, they'd do it without noticing.