Loksfjoer

Paranormal Activities [SporkoBug and Calle]

"Good, we aren't taking your car," Mitch said to Duncan. "I told you they are staying with me tonight, so they will ride with me. You can take her to the ocean."

"I'm getting the feeling we don't have much of an option here," Benjamin said with an amused sound in his voice.
"You think?" Mike replied, grinning in response to Mitch's glare. "You were never going to tell us about your profession if Benjamin hadn't been dating your last target, right?"

Mitch shrugged and nodded; that was true. He never had any intention to tell Mike or his friends. Stumbling across Benjamin during that mission had been unforeseen, but he didn't regret it. He eyes the guys in this room, all people he didn't know, related in some way to this Harriet person he only knew from stories. He gritted his teeth. How he hated to not know things; he would have a stern talk with his friends later on to be filled in on all the details.

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Lily watched Steph as she crossed her arms, examining her behaviour for a moment. "You know, Rose is pleasant to talk to, she already feels at home, made herself a nice little cocoon and everything. And I want you to feel at ease too. What do I need to do to make you feel at home here? Do you want me to get Benjamin for you?" Her voice sounded sweet, and the smile seemed genuine, but there was a glistening in her eyes that was hard to place. "One word and I will let someone pick him up," she promised.

Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

"I wish I could help you," Benjamin said. "It sounds like someone who studied psychology could help you with, but no-one will believe your story. There are so few who believe in paranormal events that it's just considered crazy-talk. It's how I ended up here; almost everyone believes ghosts aren't real." He shrugged; it was a sad reality, but he promised himself he would get out of this place, one way or the other.
He yawned behind a hand. What time was it anyway? And where would Dia be? He hoped she was okay.

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A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

Penalopy is as subtle as she can be XD

A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

Andy turned to the siblings of Frosiien. "It takes more than that to embarrass me," he stated and he followed them to his seat. But after two steps he paused and let out Kim and Bear, the only two of his Pokémon who were still inside their Pokéballs.
"It's time for Star Fall," he told them as he gestured to the place. "Feel free to mingle with everyone, I'm sure there will be lots of interesting Pokémon here."

Kim moved a bit closer to the Primeape; she decided to stay close to Bear for now.
Lytse also walked to Bear; he knew the Primeape was strong and it felt safe with him.

Andy put his hand on Bear's head. "Remember we're among friends here; if someone says something you don't like take a deep breath. And remember that Lytse needs you."
This was a safe place of course, but giving Bear someone to be responsible for would hopefully help him control his temper. For now the Primeape seemed to understand, because he saluted.
"You can count on me!" he said.
"I know I can," Andy said, giving him a pat on the back.
Bear nodded proudly, but paused. "Waaaaaiiiit," he spoke, drawing the word out as he examined Andy, who did his best not to grin.
"Something wrong?"
"For a moment it sounded like...
"Sounded like what?"
Bear gasped.
Benny flew a few circles around them. "They kissed!" he stated. "I wish I would have seen it. He can do what Michael can."
"Awesome," Bear said. "Awe-some.
Kim had a smile on her snout. "Don't keep her waiting too long," she said.
Andy nodded to her and joined Frosiien and her siblings again.

Michael looked around after stepping through the portal and he gently let Missy go so she could run around. All his Pokémon were out of their Pokéballs already; he just did a quick check of where everyone was. Merlin and Anthony flew in through the portal after them; he saw them fly over his head and land near Bear and Kim, where Lytse had also gone to. Saruya walked around to inspect the area and also did a check of where the small Pokémon of his team were.
He watched Niccia run off to her father and smiled when he saw how happy she was.
When he looked behind him he noticed Mindy and Gavin had come through as well; and Gavin being a gentleman held her.

"Thanks," Mindy said to Gavin. "I'm okay. That was... quite a journey." She stepped away from the portal to let out her Lapras and Onix. The large Pokémon had room here, but would most likely stay in their corner, as her Lapras had a hard time moving on land.
Mabel and Blaze joined the two, but Timothy stayed with Robin as it was nice to be with someone of his own kind again. And Marie stayed with Mindy.

Penalopy floated through the area, making a looping, followed by a pirouette in the air. "Soon everyone will be here!" she shouted.
Chifferi also floated into the area, smiling broadly. Star Fall was great and he looked forward to it. He couldn't look around for long, because Penalopy grabbed his hand and pulled him along to Mindy. "She said you are her favourite legendary Pokémon!" Penalopy exclaimed. "So you have to meet her."
He got a final push from Penalopy and bumped into the back of Mindy's head.

Tater joined his siblings at the table, also noticing their father wasn't here yet. But most legendaries weren't; the portal had just opened after all. He nodded to the cousins as he passed them, at least their mother was already there.
His guardian joined the guardians of his siblings; they were relieved of duty here. This was a safe place after all.

"True," Illios said. They stepped through the portal and on the other side he walked towards the table, taking in greeted who and who mingled with who so far.

A gust of wind blew over the area when the Forces of Nature came in, all three in their Incarnate Forme. They hovered above the grass for a moment, on their clouds and with their arms crossed, when suddenly the got engulfed in the cloud and landed on the grass moments later in their Human forms.
They were similar in appearance, with white hair shaped much like their hair in their Pokémon form, and white mustaches. Their clothes were brown, blue and green with purple spots.
"I see we have humans with us," Moralar said.

Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

Benjamin shrugged. "You were the aggressive one and through that did get Ray in trouble," he said. "But honestly, if I was linked to someone against my will, being forced to live as a spirit, I would be frustrated. I was warned about you, and honestly a bit afraid when you first took control of Ray, but right now I think I understand why you were like that."
It was good the door was closed, he didn't need staff seeing him talk to nothing again. The rounds were unpredictable though, but the last nurse had only left minutes earlier, so he was fairly certain he had a couple of hours of freedom.

Paranormal Activities [SporkoBug and Calle]

"Do you think she needs help?" Mike asked. Not that he could help someone as powerful as Harriet, but seeing Duncan worried about her made him worried too. Especially because Harriet was powerful. Anything that was a threat to her would a threat to others too.
Things had gotten downhill fast; he hadn't expected the agency would turn against Steph and Gaia like that. He sighed and rubbed his face. How long before they would consider him a threat?

Benjamin nodded and looked at the gathered guys. "Can anyone get her to the sea?" he asked them. He'd rather not drive himself, as he had early appointments and he didn't really like to drive long distances.
And he had other things to do; they needed to get Steph out of that place and that would require planning. At least they had Freya's notebook and the location of the facility. That was a start.

Mitch stood in a corner of the room, observing everything. He had thrown away the things he had used for stitches and now he listened to the others. To think he had only gotten involved because someone had wanted to murder Steph and he was appointed to assist the murder. That guy was dead, killed by Steph, but he had stayed in town waiting for the next mission. And now this happened.

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Ethan noticed something, that feeling when Gaia had sounded in his mind, but this time it was more of a feeling. He rubbed his own skin. Out of all the things she could let him know, she let him know she was itchy? Now he felt itchy too. He pulled up his shoulders and shuddered.
The link disappeared as sudden as it had appeared, but it felt good to feel his own skin again.

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"It's lovely webbing," Lily stated, smiling broadly. "I'm going to take a quick picture of it, okay?"
She took her phone to snap some pictures without waiting for the answer. Unlike Stuart who would wait for approval before doing that.

Every cell had a security camera and anything noteworthy was either directly send to Lily, or went through her assistant.
The assistant tapped Lily's back. "Gaia is shedding," she read from her screen and she turned the tablet so Lily could see the footage.
"Send in some people with brooms to collect those scales."
The assistant typed in the order and then opened the second message that appeared, clicking on the link of the footage. "We can't really see what Steph is doing, but the observer expresses worry," she reported.
Lily watched the footage and sighed. "Okay. I'm so sorry, Rose. I have to leave, but I will return soon." She gestured with her head so her assistant would follow her and hasted back to Steph's cage.

"Steph, dear, what are you doing in there?" she asked when she reached it.

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A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

Andy walked with Frosiien, watching the portal as they neared it. This would be an once-in-a-lifetime experience. Or maybe twice if they would go back the same way. Two went before them and it seemed easy enough: just walk into it.
He stepped through and it didn't hurt, just like Frosiien had said, but it was disorienting. When they got through he needed a moment to take in his new surroundings.

Michael held Missy in his arms, as Cloud had put here there, and walked towards the portal. "Are you looking forward to the party?" he asked her.
Lytse followed him, but made sure to stay close to Soul for this one; the portal was something he didn't know and he didn't know what would be behind it and it made him nervous.

Tater also moved to the portal and Saruya walked somewhere between Michael and Tater.

Mindy nodded and Penalopy said "Yes!". She floated with Mindy and Gavin, going in circles around them, as they walked towards the portal.
Mabel and Blaze walked with her, but Timothy lingered behind a bit as he talked with the Guardian.
"She was invited by Gavin to join him, yes," he explained as he stepped in the direction of the portal.

Illios smiled at his sister and offered his arm so they could step through the portal together. He was looking forward to seeing everyone again; most of the time it was just him and his sister. Would the others be there already or arrive after them? Remembering last years, everyone would arrive within an hour or so, some before the portal was made, some after.

Microfiction and Poetry Contest Hall of Fame

MF&P #3 - Wish

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The Wishing Well

I watched my coin as it fell into the bottomless black maw of the well. When I looked back up, she was waiting for me.

by @a jellyfish