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Current Wow three years since an update....well - I guess I've been busy. Finally getting back into real story writing instead of just editing and submitting old stuff.
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Responses didn't come like I meant them to. I'm working on being able to get to them this week. Thank you for your patience with me.
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Responses to those waiting to hear from me will come tomorrow. Apologies.
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I'm an adult with a family and responsibilities that take priority, as well as mental health issues that can cause me to not get on this site for periods of time. Just know I will get back to you - hopefully within a few days. Right now my schedule is in flux until I get everything figured out properly so I cannot make promises to respond quickly.

If you've come here looking to RP, please note right now I'm not accepting any new projects. Thanks for the interest, and I wish you luck on your quest.

I recently started working on getting published, and have self published one story so far. Check it out on Amazon - Into the Night by Alexia Wynd. You can also check out more of my work - short stories and the like - at my recently started Patreon: patreon.com/storiestocaptivate

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Interactions: Adelyn @Lunarlord34, Kiba @Cello, DM @Zarkun


A twig snapped, but not from his left or across the way. From his right. Markovis released his spell and dropped down from sight. A blasted Vulcan. An unwelcome complication.

A heavy exhale did nothing to relieve the tension now building between his shoulder blades. He had fought Vulcan before. Troublesome but not particularly difficult for him as they were not the most tactful or agile of combatants. But given they didn't know what their actual prey was as a combatant, perhaps this was for the best. It would give them a chance to observe it's fighting style and maybe see an opening that would make for a better angle of attack.
Could kill them both.
Waiting would mean less effort to fight, less risk of injury to the others. It would be easier to take the canine-like beast in alive if he waited. He had little doubt the beast would kill the Vulcan even if the Vulcan thought it could take the beast. But if he made his presence known, he knew it would draw the attention of both - regardless of how he attacked. Inaction was easier. Safer.
Slower.
How long was it safe to draw this out? The lightning beast the Sergeant was watching out for could come across them in the middle of waiting and make everything harder. Hell, it could come to complicate things at any moment given no one knew how the two beasts were related. Too much risk.

Calculations swirled through the mage's head as he watched the first seconds of the combat. No, waiting was insufficient. It was going to be unfortunate, but he could not afford the greater risk. Adelyn was a mage - she could manage to survive the encounter if she used her head - and Kiba was more than competent in keeping himself safe during a dangerous task. Entering the fray was the only acceptable option, and thermodynamic conversion would not suffice in ending this quickly.

The stoic mage stood once more, thrusting his hands out toward both creatures. "Leeching Abyss." The air around him grew hazy and dark despite the daylight. Tendrils of the black and violet matter shot up from the ground beneath both creatures in an effort to latch onto the creatures limbs and hold them in place. He watched both creatures carefully to angle the tendrils of dark magic for each movement they made, anticipating adjustments to grab them and start draining some of their energy.

Faye Wrexlyn




Faye took in the surroundings in as much awe of the gorgeous interior design as she might shelves of books of the library in Kings Cross. She loved seeing fancy old places like this. She was about to raise her camera to snap a picture when she noticed the portrait on the wall. Aria Eberg - or the plaque said - staring down at her made her reconsider taking an unpermitted picture of the interior of her house. And for the life of her, the trainer couldn't take her eyes off the woman's portrait.

Her hands lowered the camera, but she didn't realize the motion. Her eyes just stayed fixed up. Her focus narrowing on the woman's face. She was someone that held secrets; Faye could feel there was secrets hidden within even that portrait that refused to surface. Maybe those secrets would help? Or...no, if she stared long enough maybe they would reveal themselves. They had to reveal themselves.

The hand on her shoulder and finally hearing the receptionist's voice were rewarded with a sharp inhale and soft squeak. "Oh, um, sorry. I - no, yeah I'm alright. I just..." She glanced at the portrait then firmly made a point to turn her body to fully pay attention to the physical person totally not about to push her back into a void of existence. "I got distracted by the portrait, I guess. This place - it's my first time coming in and it's all so beautiful. Oh! Right! Why I came in here. Do you happen to know about the Pokémon that live in the park? Or if this place has a library? Kind of two fold thing. I'm a new trainer and I'm looking to see if there's any rare Pokémon that live in the park, but also I'm trying to find out more about the geography of this particular area. Figured that this might be a good source of books on the subject given how old this place is."


Interactions: Adelyn @Lunarlord34, Kiba @Cello


Once the beast was in sight, Markovis crouched down and motioned for the other two to do so as well. Then he placed a finger to his lips, staring directly at Adelyn. He wasn't concerned that Kiba might speak and break their element of surprise. But Adelyn...? He wasn't certain she would but if either of them were going to do something foolish like that, it would likely be her. That was the bigger concern he had than whether it was insulting to her or not.

With them settled up, he pointed at Kiba then motioned toward the left then motioned his hand as a signal to wait once he got in position. He was fairly certain the silent swordsman would understand that was the position he was being asked to move to. He then pointed at Adelyn and pointed to the ground before flattening his hand and motioning for her to stay low; the beast looked far more formidable than he anticipated. Considering he'd initially shot her down from joining the job because of the danger, he was certain that now this was far more than she was capable of. As for him, he pointed to himself and then pointed to the right. This way everyone knew where everyone was supposed to be. He hoped it meant they were less likely to cause each other harm in trying to subdue the beast. If everything went well, he could subdue the beast into a cryogenic stasis with freezing temperatures. If not - he wasn't looking forward to a fight.

Markovis didn't waste time waiting to see if there were questions. He moved into position and watched the beast for another minute before slowly creeping to the very edge of the clearing. Studying this creature alive would do the guards and the guild far more good than dead. Dead was just fine if it meant the beast was no longer posing a risk to the locals. Well, no sense in drawing this whole ordeal out.
Don't hold back.
A nerve twinged at the right side of the base of his skull. A sudden itch from an involuntary muscle spasm cascaded down to his finger tips. The stoic mage rolled his shoulder and shook out his hand as he stood. He extended out his arm out toward the beast with his hand clenched in a fist. As quick as opening and closing his hand, he cast a sphere of Encompassing Freeze around the beast to suck the heat from its body. If the beast woke, and if the beast broke free, he wagered the thing would spot him and launch an attack at him rather than the others.
Good.
He was ready for that.

Faye Wrexlyn




So, now what? Faye had caught two more Pokemon, and that put her at a full roster. Not even including the egg that would eventually hatch and need consideration for her team. At least for now, she had a decent spread - okay, well, sort of. She could replace Puck or Titania, but that felt wrong after she had just promised to take care of both of them. No, both of them would stay until she figured out what made them leave their home. Then, maybe, she'd just set one, or both, free. Or not. Puck did decide to stay after all.

But the point still was, what now? After tapping her finger on her chin a few times, she decided to go off in search of Rosa. Mostly so she didn't just disappear on her friend after convincing the girl to travel with her. There had to be something a bit more rare in these gardens than the Pokemon she had found so far, and she figured the best place to find out about that would be going into the manor to ask.

When she finds Rosa, that was the plan: to let her friend know she was headed into the manor to find out more about the park - in hopes of finding out if there were any rare pokemon to be found in it. And perhaps even investigate the forest and what might be going on in there if the Manor had a library involving the forest.


Interactions: Nolan @Remram, DM @Zarkun


The guardsmen wanted to help, and Ria certainly couldn't deny them the right to do their job. They were nervous, they were underskilled for an alpha to be part of the attack, but this was what they were trained to do anyway. "Okay, so when it comes time for the shield to drop, we will work together to ensure the vehicles arrive safely, and Nolan and I will do our part to keep everyone in one piece." Safe wasn't exactly a word to use with Asterin. The armor she had provided everyone would do them at least a little good to keep them safe from an Asterin's bite, but it would break eventually and they wouldn't have it for future attacks once she dispelled the water to hydrate the grass near the outpost once they arrived. But having a game plan was better than nothing.

It'll have to do. After all your plans always fail when you rely on water to do what ice does better. Nolan was right to not be confident in her plan. It was a half-cocked idea in the first place. Ria swallowed and let out a slow breath to steady herself.

What she hadn't expected was Nolan to turn his focus on her. She blinked any self-doubt from her eyes the moment his hand touched her shoulder. If? When... "No one is dying today." She offered him a confident smile and patted his hand before he let go of her shoulder. As soon as his back was turned, her smile fell and her stomach knotted. Why was she making these promises? Her father's voice personified the knowledge deep in her gut she would find a way to mess up her part. History loved repeating itself.

She shook herself from the thought and quickly mounted her horse. She didn't want to spook any of the guardsmen by casting and maintaining magic on the back of their horse, especially if they weren't used to riding double. She trusted her horse was trained enough to allow her to focus on the magic while it stayed with the group, but to be sure she rode to be as centered as she could with the group so she could create a dome rather than shape the spell - the less she had to put effort into the spell, the easier it would be to maintain.

Properly seated, animal calmed, Ria let out another calming breath and cleared her mind of her worries as best she could. "Water-make Barrier," was accompanied by her raising her hands over her head then lowering them to the ground. Water rippled and flowed down around the group. The water swirled and whirled fast, splashing droplets to wet the ground around the edges and allowing a sense of cool air from the constant powerful current. Her eyes closed as the convoy began to move again. Only the feel of the reins in her hand kept her grounded to her horse. The rest of her focus was on the dome of the barrier, keeping it moving as if it were attached to her by a giant pole so it moved with her.


Interactions: Nolan @Remram, DM @Zarkun


The water mage anticipated feeling resistance. She anticipated having to concentrate hard to keep her spells up. But a sound called the things into withdrawing and made her preparation unnecessary. For now. She didn't like it. She could almost sense Nolan was upset about it, and as soon as they disappeared beyond her barriers she turned her attention to him to see him looking more disgruntled than she saw him in the guildhall on the noisiest of days. But it seemed he quickly came to the same realization she did - they needed to remain clear headed, if not for being able to properly react to the beasts regrouping then to at least properly communicate with the guardsmen they were accompanying.

Seeing the nod to follow, Ria wasted no time dismounting and jogging lightly to catch up to him. As much as she was uncertain if lapsing concentration on her spells was viable, she knew how long it took for the magic to dissipate and determined it was worth the risk. They needed to plan and even if she were to concentrate long term they would need to be quick to implement a proper plan. It wouldn't do to be regrouping themselves and be caught proverbially with their pants around their ankles.

An alpha meant more danger; they had a leader. She dealt with plenty of dangerous beasts in her homelands that were even more deadly when they had an alpha commanding them. Much like a unifying commander could turn people dangerous enough on their own into deadly units with proper direction. They couldn't wait for the attack, they couldn't see to initiate an assault on the beasts, and it sounded like they were trying to negotiate help from warmages that were unlikely to come because of the guild. Which only left one true course of action as far as Ria could see it.

Her mismatched gaze drifted toward the netting she crafted overhead and tapped her finger to her chin. There was always a way to work around obstacles. You just had to be flexible. "The mission is to get this cargo to its destination. An alpha and our inability to see the Asterins right now eliminates the ability to properly plan a counterassault." The recap was necessary to help her process, and as the wheels in her head worked, she needed to recap out loud.

She dropped her finger as her attention turned to Nolan. While she wasn't fully certain exactly what he was capable of, she knew he was strong. She trusted his combat expertise more than she trusted her own. "Perhaps the best course of action is not to prepare for an assault or reinforce a defense here, but to mobilize. This area is secure. For now, certainly. However, I believe you and I are better suited in rallying further away from this location. If we can get them within reasonable distance of our goal, you and I can split off and create a distraction - if not fully eliminating the threat - and so the shipment can reach the destination. I can create a dome shield that should prevent the beasts from breaking through - " unless they hit it enough it takes too much energy to maintain, she thought but tried to keep the mental note from expressing on her face. "and drop it once we get to the right spot, but I'll need to ride with someone so I can focus entirely on maintaining it. What do you think?" She always trusted her defensive magic. It was the only thing her father ever considered any good from her and she was not afraid to give it her all to provide defense for the others.







Interactions: Adelyn @Lunarlord34, Kiba @Cello


Welp, there was no time like the present to proceed. With their marching order in line, and a quick calculation of the air temperature of the area, Mark adjusted the temperature of the area they walked to create a gentle breeze that pulled their way. It was pure calculation - not something he ever attempted - but the trick to hunting was staying downwind. The trick to being downwind was knowing the direction of the wind, and the direction of the wind was dependent on temperature (among other things) creating a negative pressure system in one direction. If they wanted to stand the best chance, this was it. There was only so much he could do about how noisy they were, and he hoped Adelyn took to heart the instruction to step carefully. The girl didn't seem like she went stalking through the woods to spy on animals, too much of a city life girl.

This wasn't an area he was familiar with - and given the species of animals he was completely unfamiliar with, he supposed it would do to become more acquainted with the terrain - but there were still some carry over principles to properly walking the woods. Stay aware of your surroundings, mind your direction, and watch your footing. The last thing he needed was for one of them to sprain an ankle before they were ever in danger from the beast. He didn't like the snipers nest they were putting their back to, but he just had to trust that Sergeant wouldn't take aim at any of them while they were so far removed from the town; that would be an easy way to get rid of some foreigners, for certain. Sergeant, likewise, was putting trust in the guild to help reduce further threats to the townspeople and his garrison. It was just easier to assume Sergeant was going to hold the reason to trust the group on higher regard than to stab - or rather shoot - them in the back.

Mark waited until they were almost a mile and a half out before silently signaling the other two to walk more carefully and get down lower. He took more care with his footsteps and watched more carefully for the location they had been described the creature resting in. He didn't want to take any chances they might spook it, and being low meant they could hopefully duck out of sight faster. With Adelyn between them, it also meant he could get her out of harm's way easier should the thing sense them and decide to attack.


Faye Wrexlyn




Yup, that was the exact reaction Faye expected from Rosa. Right down to the dumbfounded stare. The farmgirl lived closer to the forest than the borderline-incapable-of-staying-on-task-for-more-than-a-few-moments trainer did and likely heard a lot more of the stories around the woods. At least, as reasons not to go in. Maybe it was morbid curiosity to venture into such a mysterious place (because you can't seriously call something the Illusive Woods and not expect people to want to go in there to see what made that all possible) and perhaps be the first in a century to get pictures within the forest. If she could get those - she'd certainly make a name for herself as pokemon photographer. So long as she could prove she didn't fake them - which was the whole point of getting a second person to go into the cursed place with her. And perhaps why she told Rosa. By Arceus! If she could get Rosa to corroborate the story it might help the claim even more.

Faye stifled a laugh at Rosa's comment regarding Tristan's battle. "Yeah, but if we stay to watch how it goes, he'll get a bigger head knowing he had an audience watching him."

The young trainer hoped she would find something rare, but she knew it was a bit too much to ask. Still, she did a mental roster of her current pokemon and which ones might help make her team a bit stronger. There were a few options here that made sense. A Taillow would give her another flying type. A Bounsweet would give her another grass type, as would a Gossifleur. A Combee would give her a bug type which she didn't currently have, as would a Sewaddle. Decisions, decisions... At the end of the day, it didn't matter - more pokemon was more pokemon. She'd need to catch more and train them all to build a stronger team anyways. For now, she wanted to focus on Tilia as her flying pokemon she supposed, and another normal type pokemon wouldn't be helpful. She already had Sage that was going to need evolving sooner rather than later; once she finally caved into making up her mind about that conversation.

So for now, she set her sights on catching a Bounsweet, with plans to go after a Sewaddle afterward.

Faye Wrexlyn




4 days sounds good. Anything changes, lmk. Will do same for you. @zarkun


"I know I don't have to travel with him, but Sage and Tilia connected with his Riolu and Murkrow. It would be rude to them to ditch him - even if I texted him - to go traveling with someone else. They all deserve a chance to say goodbye. And besides that, Tristan and I..." She looked up at the sky as if Arceus might tell her how to phrase it, and scratched the back of her head. "Well, we're kinda working out the secret to being able to enter the Illusive Forest without, ya know, disappearing."
She looked at Rosa and laughed a bit sheepishly. "So a little bit is about not giving him the satisfaction of being the only one to get in there if I ditch him."

She lost the sheepish smile to a more thoughtful look. It occurred to her that the forest could colloquially be called Forest of Fae. Which was where she assumed the tinkatinks that stole the engine were supposed to be living. That farm seemed a bit out of the way for pokemon that might live in the forest, but it was reasonable they'd hid somewhere abandoned that was near their original home if something chased them out. What if there was something dangerous in the forest that chased them out? "Plus, I think there's something wrong in there. Didn't it seem odd to you that some tinkatinks were causing issues so far from where they might be typically found? Route 1 is not their natural habitat, as far as I know, right?"

Thankfully for both of them, those thoughts kept her distracted from the cacophony of distracting potential that is the town of Florasong. Before she realized it, they were in the park. Just in time for a different type of distracting noise to catch her attention. A pokemon battle in the park? Wait, was that Tristan?...battling - is that a gardener? Well that was worth a watch, but it also probably wasn't a bad time to take a bit and get another member for her team, or even perhaps just train up one or two of them.

"Hey, Rosa, how many 'mon do you have? I think I'm going to head over to that section to see what I can catch and-or maybe just train up my 'mon battling." It might have been good to watch how Tristan handled whatever was left of the battle, she couldn't keep ignoring the needs of training up her own team just to observe how her first traveling companion handled a battle. She could do that first hand by just challenging him.

Much as she suggested she would, Faye headed off to another section of the park no far away to see if she could find a rare pokemon, or at least uncommon pokemon, to capture. In lieu of that, she planned to just get her existing team members some battling experience.

Faye Wrexlyn




Faye wasn't certain what she was expecting, but when the pokemon tapped the pokeball to return into it she realized how excited she was that it agreed to be with her. She was smiling when she stood and hooked the pokeball back onto her holder with the others. It was a small team, but it was building. Now she just needed to get them a bit stronger. Hearing Rosa's quip made her chuckle. "Honestly, your sister kicking him might be enough to flatten him, much less Puck or Titania hitting him."

Of course the real question came up quite quickly. What was she going to do now. There was the chat she needed to have with Sage, but she also needed to meet up with Tristan at some point, probably. At least if she wanted backup for ever going into the forest. Which also meant she needed to do more research. This place was more likely to have information based on the history here. If anywhere had information on such a mysterious forest, it was going to be where Aria's estate was, with the park that likely hosted numerous rare flowers. Which, come to mind the park was worth seeing too. That wasn't even to think of the various shops to explore that Tristan surely browsed already. And...

"Dilapidated farmhouses...no. A rundown house with creepy vibes, maybe. Want to go ghost 'mon hunting?" She laughed, but mostly because she doubted that was truly an option. One house on the verge of collapse was enough for her for at least the day. It'd be interesting to see how the tinks did against ghost type, but Sage wasn't capable of fighting them. Not unless he evolved. Plus, there was the matter of eventually needing to meet up with Tristan still.

Then her pokedex buzzed. She pulled it out and glanced at the message. "Huh..." She read the message again then laughed. "Maybe we could ditch Tristan for an upgrade in traveling companion after all..." Let's be real, Tristan was barely interested in traveling with her in the first place. She essentially bullied him into it ultimately because she wanted to not travel by herself. Her father said the trainers that did the best were ones that learned about and trained pokemon with others. The pictures he shared of her mother when she was still an aspiring trainer were always group pictures of her mother's group of friends and their favored pokemon.

She pocketed her pokedex for a moment and scrolled back through the pictures she'd taken while they were in Kapoc's lab to see if she had any pictures of this Jason guy. Process of elimination was easy, and she showed the image of the guy to Rosa. "This guy just texted me to ask if I wanted to travel with him. But...He's over in Starbor. Crossing Lake Charity is the most direct route there at this point." There was the side fact that her Rowlett and Eevee had made friends with Tristan's Murkrow and Roilu. It would be a shame to just ditch their trainer without the pokemon getting to say goodbye. "I think the responsible thing would be to stick with Tristan though...at least for a bit longer." she sighed.

Maybe there was a different option. Faye pulled out her pokedex and opened the map app on it. After a quick scan, she switched over to her messenger and start typing but soon enough she sent a response.
Hey, Faye here. I'd totally take you up on that except I'm traveling with Tristan right now, and we're in Florasong. Maybe we can all plan to meet up in Vastille City in about three days? Florasong has a gym we're hoping to tackle before we head out. There's other intersections between your route and mine that we can plan for later if that timeline doesn't work. Let me know.@zarkun


She tucked her pokedex away again, and looked back at Rosa. "Honestly, right now, why don't we head over to Aria's Park? I haven't actually done any sightseeing here, and it'd be a great stop to check out before we head off to find Tristan, don't you think?" And if Rosa agreed, she'd head off to the park.

Faye Wrexlyn




Okay, Rosa had a point. She hadn't actually stopped to think about the fact Tristan was kinda cute, but then there was the fact that she heard him rant about being the greatest trainer ever before she ever really got a look at his face. So maybe her opinion was skewed. Something else that she wasn't exactly cluing Rosa in on was that Tristan had been willing to go along with her reckless plan to go into the forest earlier. Before she lost her own nerve. So a willingness to go along with her hairbrained plans was a bonus. What fun was it to get into trouble alone when you could have someone watching your back?

"Well, you're welcome to join us to see if you get an idea. Like I said, Tristan's not as bad as he first seems."

Which reminded her of the stone in her pocket and the Eevee at her side. Just in time for their ride to get there. His help getting all the pokemon healed up at least crossed one more thing off her to-do list. And giving over the bit of metal she had on her - some can goods and her camping saw) to the Tinkatink that helped her checked off another thing. Partially.

While Faye may have missed opportunities to snap some pictures of the Tinkatinks working on their weapons before she interrupted them, she seized the chance to capture a plenty of pictures of the pokemon working with the burly rancher to get the engine relocated. Mr. Anderson was even nice enough to give them a ride directly to Critical Capture, which Faye was especially grateful for given she knew she'd be hiking most of her entire journey just to avoid missing as much as she could avoid missing. With several parting thanks, she entered the store.

Maybe she shouldn't have been surprised by how excited the shopkeep was, but at least she didn't look it given even in his excitement he still voiced what he had before - that it might not have been something she could fix. "Yeah, well, it was easy once it got down to it. Glad it was something relatively easy to settle. Though I'm still not entirely sure why the Tinkatinks thought an engine would be better for their clubs than any of the tools the farmer had laying about." She shrugged lightly, and a smile brightened her look.

She blinked when Rosa piped up, and looked a bit sheepish. "Oh, yeah. That'd be awful kind of you to spare some for her too. If it wasn't for Rosa here, that truck might not be getting repaired and on its way here. By the way, do yo have any scrap metal you could sell me? Thanks!

With that paid for, and Rosa's deal done, the trainer stepped outside. There were two conversations with Pokemon that she needed to have, but the most pressing one first...the tinkatink she had put in a pokeball to just help take it for healing before she realized Rosa's dad was going to help them out with it. The purple haired trainer released the Tinkatink she hadn't rightfully caught from its pokeball and crouched down. She held out the scrap metal to it. "I promised you lot you could have some metal if you gave up that engine. While we took it from you, I still want you to have something to make better clubs with. The other one got the metal I offered before, and this is for you. You're welcome to come with me, but I'm not going to make you. If you do come with me, I promise I'll keep you safe and help make sure you always have the best club you can. Just like I'm going to do for Titania. So...will you come with me? Or do you want to go join your other friend - just promise not to steal any more engines, okay?"
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