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Post by cojemo on Feb 19, 2014 18:56:32 GMT -8
Colt turned towards Arietta, seeing despair on her face. "Woah, we should go sit down first." Colt grabbed Arietta by the arm and led her over to a nearby bench. Luckily, the bench was undamaged, and was only surrounded by a few pieces of debris. He sat Arietta down, then sat down beside her. "Okay, let me hear it."
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Post by colday on Feb 19, 2014 19:18:02 GMT -8
Arietta swallows and nods, "Sorry, give me a second. There was a charred body in the water and I could.. Feel his death." She takes a deep breath, and slouches a little. Her pokemon were surrounding her feet, all looking concerned. "The man talking with the police over there said that a woman and her Arcanine jumped up onto the bridge before it was consumed by black flames. First a person on fire jumped off of the bridge to his slow death in the water... and the second was a woman made of flames who 'skated' away on the water." She looks at Colt, "I think it was a disciple."
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 19, 2014 22:05:23 GMT -8
Well, this was a predicament. Mami had been wondering around the forest, curious to see how the creatures around here differed from her friends back home. The young woman was much happier in the forest rather than in a town of any kind. She could relax and be herself out here so easily, not worry about how clumsy she was or how weird things happen to her when she's upset. It didn't even matter that she had a tendency to get lost, she felt at home in the woods, so she never minded losing her way. It was so pleasant and quiet out here in the wild.
... Except when weird things happened to her while she slept, of course.
Mami had been taking a nap, since she had been wondering around out here for a while, which wasn't uncommon. Bob, the shroomish, was resting comfortably on her stomach while Tomatoe was out foraging for a meal. Mami wasn't a trainer, but these two pokemon were always around her, and she considered them to be two of her best friends. With them around, Mami felt safe, and had no problem falling asleep almost as soon as she closed her eyes.
Mami didn't dream as she slept, at least not at first. How she wished that it could have stayed that way. In her dream a stubborn little girl ignored the warnings of her parents and went somewhere she knew that she shouldn't be, to play on a certain natural bridge across a small river. Inevitably, the small child slipped off falling into the river. The water seemed to drag her down, filling her mouth and nose, making them burn as she struggled to stay above the water. But no mattered how much she flailed around, the girl sank, time and time again. Nothing helped, and the girl knew that she was going to die.
"Let it end here... please, don't go any further."
There was a flash of black hair and dark skin as a tall slender woman dived into the water. She swam towards the girl with all her strength, even as the river flow began to increase in speed.
"Stay back, don't do this."
'It's going to be alright, I've got you, Sweetheart,' the woman said, as she pulled the barely conscience child close to her. She tried to swim to shore, but the water was moving too fast, and it was all she could do to hold on to the child.
"Let go... get out of there, Now, it's not too late."
The dark skinned woman was gasping for air, becoming tired, but she didn't give up, it would be alright... after all she had promised. She smiled suddenly, there was her husband rushing to their aid, his pokemon at the ready. At this point, things seemed to slow down to a crawl as the woman turned downstream, and saw that she and the child were heading towards a very large rock. A voice screamed out, "No, let go, please. Nononononono!" the dream voice pleaded, but to no avail. The woman did the only thing she could do, held her beloved daughter protectively in her arms as they hurtled forward. 'Good bye, Mami,' the woman said, just before impact.
"MOM!!" Mami screamed as she jolted awake. Something felt strange, but the fear and pain kept the young woman from realizing it at the moment. "Where?" she said, looking around in confusion, where was Bob? A snort from below her got her attention. Oh, there he was, down on the ground.... wait, what?
It took a moment for reality to sink in, but Mami did put it together eventually: She was now in a tree, one branch hooking the back of her shirt and lifting her off the ground. How this had happened, the teenager didn't really know. Plants had a tendency to just... do things around her, "Bob... is Tom back?" she asked, but the shroomish shook his body back and forth rapidly in the negative. This wasn't good. Mami wasn't sure how to get down from here without hurting herself.
It was a blessing in a way, although Mami didn't realize it. Thanks to this bit of excitement, she had forgotten all about her dream.
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Post by cojemo on Feb 20, 2014 14:14:53 GMT -8
"Hmmmmmmm, a disciple." Colt cupped his right hand around his chin. " A dangerous one at that, obviously willing to kill." Colt could deal with people like Silas; people who always wanted to prolong the pain and keep it going. There was usually ways around it and they made slip ups. But someone who is a straight up murderer... "Is she a-" Colt paused. Arietta still didn't know he himself was a disciple. "What god does she follow?"
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Post by Esuefuji on Feb 20, 2014 15:49:02 GMT -8
"I recently received a report of a girl in another region who was accused of burning down the orphanage she grew up in, though she was the only survivor. I believe she is wrongly accused. My sources say that she is in the Kalos region at present fleeing the wrongful charges and travels with an Arcanine. She has not had a stable residence since the warrent was signed for her arrest. Here is her profile; see if you can rescue her and bring her back here."
A coal burns in Emir's stomach as he reads the report. It's 6 years old already. What incredible trauma this poor girl must feel, having to live on the run for false charges all this time, and starting at age 15...He quickly memorizes her appearance when last seen and then grabs one of Mr. Heir's pokemon to borrow. It was going to be a long night.
A Talonflame screeches through the skies above the forest, wings beating heavily after the long journey. Talonflame was among the fastest of bird pokemon that could still carry a rider, and Emir held tight through the cross-regional journey though his arms were sore and his legs had fallen asleep some time ago. A plume of smoke caught his eye and he bade the Talonflame to land for a few moments, painfully waking up his legs as he investigated the scene of the fire. It seemed like the officers were already taking care of dousing the flames and there were no injuries other than apparently some man who had set the fire and burned alive inside it. First things first, Emir would not function properly if he was exhausted. He let the Talonflame perch on his shoulder as he walked down through the forest looking for a nearby city; the walk would do him good after so much sitting and he was confident in his ability to deal with any wild pokemon that might be here.
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Post by Void Valice on Feb 20, 2014 16:16:39 GMT -8
Silas I was leaning against a tree as the police and fire squad dealt the aftermath of some apparent, I sighed and knew in a while I would have to get moving, with this much attention being drawn to a single point near me I would be spotted. I looked to my large Houndoom who padded up beside me smelling the air trying to find the culprit, if she was going around doing this then it was only a matter of time before I either got caught up in one of the blazes or got caught by the cops that followed them. Houndoom huffed to signal my attention to him as he walked in a semi cirlce to turn about, I turned on my heels away from the scene and followed behind him as he followed the apparent scent of the culprit.
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Post by colday on Feb 20, 2014 16:34:00 GMT -8
Arietta licks her lip and shrugs, "I don't know. I haven't been a disciple that long, and I've only met Silas and that speedy hyper kid who's name I never learned." She frowned, "I don't know any more disciples, or what disciples types there are." She sighs, "We'll just have to watch out for a lady with an Arcanine and the ability to catch on fire." She purses her lips, "Shouldn't be to hard." the sarcasm in her voice was heavy. -- Elaine skates through the forest, a tail of small flames trailing behind her, waiting for her command to cause an actual fire. The forest was dense, and the trees old. The sky was barely visible through the tall trees. The forest floor was covered in small hardy plants, no new sprouts to be seen. She was much more calm now that she had destroyed that piece of trash path, her head clear. The forests of the country were the real reason she was here, famed for old growth. The sprouts would never have room to grow here, and it was the desire of Entei to make way for the new. She wanted to please her god, who had granted her so much. She lets go of the core of her power, her body returning to it's original state, clothes miraculously unscathed. "Come on out, Leviathan." She coos lovingly at the pokeball, letting out the Arcanine with a slender finger. Leviathan stands proudly, staring at her. Elaine remembered how small the pokemon had been when she first got it, and now it was taller then her. "Leviathan, darling, would you help me burn this forest to the ground? These little old sprouts down here can grow if the adults are hoggin' all of the sunlight." A smile slowly crosses her face, and Leviathan gives her a toothy smile back. Elaine lets out a bell-like laugh and sits on Leviathan's back. The Arcanine takes off, and the two of them begin to unleash flaming destruction across the forest floor. She completely misses the girl stuck in the tree, but she caught the giant thing on fire. Soon, there was a long line of fire through the middle of the forest, and that's when she spotted the man with his pokemon- a Talonflame. She remembers how the viciously the police went after her in Johto, and didn't want to be caught again. She had two options, kill the man and let everyone know there was a vicious something on the loose, or go to him and look like a victim. "Come on, Leviathan." She whispers, "Just go along with me." Elaine turns the pokemon and runs up, managing to summon tears to her eyes. "Please, Mister, there's a vicious fire pokemon in this forest! I saw it burning up everything so me and my Arcanine ran!" She pretended to break down, putting up a very convincing act, looking at the man with her wide, glistening and teary cat-like eyes.
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Post by cojemo on Feb 20, 2014 17:38:56 GMT -8
Colt jolted his head towards the forest as he heard a tree crashing on the ground. There was large amounts of smoke coming from within. "Guess you were right about it not being hard." He couldn't help but give off a slight chuckle, despite the circumstances. Lucifer looked up at him with a stern look on its face. "guess we should go check it out." Colt stood up from the bench, then looked at Arietta. "If you think you can handle it then follow me." Colt looked down at Lucifer. "I'm going to need you to lead me to anyone you smell in the forest." Lucifers nose started to twitch, then promptly ran into the forest as Colt followed.
Colt ran through the burning forest, avoiding any falling branches and hot flames. Trees had already begin to topple over as the fire spread fast. There was no telling when things could go wrong. Lucifer was a few feet ahead, running in the direction of a scent. Suddenly Lucifer stopped in his tracks, and Colt looked forward to see 2 people up ahead. One was a man with a Talonflame, the other was a lady with an Arcanine. Through all the fire and danger around him he couldn't remember the description Arietta had given him at all. 'They could both be people in danger.' He thought. 'Or both the culprits behind this.' Colt thought for a second, then, against his better judgement, ran up to the two. "Hey, are you two alright?" He noticed they were both significantly older then him. Sometimes, he even forgot he was only 17.
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Post by colday on Feb 20, 2014 18:30:11 GMT -8
Arietta tried to run after Colt after getting all of her pokemon into their pokeballs, but he was way to fast for her. She managed to get far into the flames with him in view before he disappeared. "Colt wait! It's dangerous!" She screams, but it's swallowed by the crackling of the flame bank. Arietta stared at the flames, eyes wide. Some were normal, but others were a terrifying blotchy black that made something inside her feel like it was in imminent danger. Arietta decided it was a bad idea to stay there, and started running again. "Colt? Colt!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, eyes burning, and lungs filled with black smoke. Arietta coughs and sputters, when she notices something. A small mushroom pokemon on the ground. "Is that a shroomish?" She asks no one in particular. She scoops it up and shields it from the heat. "You okay little guy?" She pants heavily. Arietta was getting ready to just up and fly outta there, this was to much.
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 20, 2014 19:54:24 GMT -8
Fire? Really? What else could go... Mami stopped that line of thought. She was a little worried that she would end up getting an answer to such a question, and it wouldn't be an answer she would enjoy. She was up a tree, and the forest was on fire... and she was still lost, but that didn't seem so important now.
"Shroom!" Bob said, elated to find someone right now. He didn't care who this person was or why, but he was happy to see her. "Shroom, shroom shroomish!" he chattered, trying to draw the woman's attention upwards, not an easy task for something without arms. He did his best to point upwards with his body, hoping to get the woman to notice Mami, they had to get out of here right now.
"Um... excuse me?" Mami said, coughing at the smoke that was filling the air, "Could you help me out? ... or down, actually?" she asked hopefully. Aside from the coughing, she didn't seem too perturbed by the fire. In fact, she thought it was a very good thing. The forest was overgrown and had a considerable build of up dead leaves, twigs and needles all along the forest floor. This wasn't healthy for the forest in the least. But the fire would make the soil incredibly fertile and open up space for new plants and trees. some animals would lose their homes, but they would be fine, nature usually had a way of balancing out, so Mami wasn't worried about that.
Then she heard Bob, and the way he was panicking so badly, "Oh yeah... there is that whole, fiery death thing to worry about..." Mami muttered to herself thoughtfully, "We really have to get out of here," she said to the other girl, hoping they would get out of this in one piece.
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Post by colday on Feb 20, 2014 20:06:34 GMT -8
Arietta looked up at the voice, and let out a squeak. What an odd place to find a person! "Yeah, I can help you down, but you have to promise not to panic, okay?" She yells up at Mami, "Also we'll be flying to the next town, I don't know where to find my friend so I can only hope to find him in the next town!" Arietta frowns. She hoped dearly that Colt was alright. She put the shroomish on her head, "Hold on as tight as you can, alright?" Arietta reaches within herself with her energy, and grabs the core of her power. She rips it to the surface of her body and transforms into a small version of Yveltal, and her bag still managed to hang on her despite the change of form, which was impressive. "I'll be right up!" She says in a mutated voice. Arietta takes a deep breath, she'd just have to trust her instinct when it came to flying with these awkward limbs. Spreading out the long arm-like wings, she lifts off the ground and grabs the woman on the tree with her three-pronged feet, flying higher now that she had a good grip on the woman and knew the shroomish was on her head still. Although, the woman was heavy. She flies away from the smoke, and once out of the smoke's clouds, she looks at her cargo. "Are you alright?" Her voice strained from the weight of the woman and the use of muscles that were never used.
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 20, 2014 21:08:07 GMT -8
Bob nodded to the girl as he did his best to prepare himself. He was used to Mami tripping and rolling down hills, or into the side of a building... or over a waterfall. If he could hold on during all of that, he was confident that this woman wouldn't have to worry about him holding on.
Mami smiled at the woman below her, and nodded, "I won't panic," she said, wondering what the other girl could possibly do that was more upsetting than being stuck in a tree during a forest fire. Still, she was grateful for any help the stranger could provide... so she believed.
Then the woman wasn't a woman anymore. She was a strange large bird of some kind, one that Mami had never seen before. What kind of Pokémon was that? She had definitely been a human a second ago, so what had just happened. But the next thing she knew, they were up in the air, and any questions she may have had would have to wait.
At her question, Mami looked up, and then back down to the burning forest far below them, "I'm fine... are you alright?" she asked, not missing the strain laden in the mysterious woman's voice. "We should find a place to land... over there," she said, pointing towards a river nearby. Hopefully they could rest when they got there... Mami was a little worried for her savior at the moment.
Speaking of worried, Mami hoped that Tom wasn't looking for her in all of that. The Ursaring was tough, but he wasn't fireproof. She silently prayed, not sure who or what would be listening that Tom would be alright... she wasn't sure what she would do if she lost her best friend.
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Post by colday on Feb 20, 2014 21:21:09 GMT -8
Arietta nods, "I'm fine, this is just the first time I've used this form in a strenuous situation." her mutated voice freaked her out a little, but she flew on, "After we stop by this river, lets head to Mauville or someplace near it. I need to wait for someone there."
Arietta flaps her wings and takes off to the river, landing next to it. She gently places down the girl and thuds ungracefully next to her. After laying their breathing heavily, she moves her arms up and helps move into a standing position. "I'm not used to this form at all. It's all limbs." She murmurs, before letting go of the power in herself, sliding back into her human form. Arietta looks in the river and frowns, her hair was slightly messy. She gets out a brush after placing the shroomish on the ground and begins to brush it. "My name is Arietta. I'm sorry if I freaked you out earlier, but if it makes you feel any better I freak out every time I transform too." She smiles at the girl, "I'm glad I found you before anything bad could happen."
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 20, 2014 21:42:17 GMT -8
Mami nodded, to the strange bird woman. Her voice was kind of scary, and something about this form really worried her, but Mami couldn't believe that this woman was a bad person. She had gone out of her way to help Mami after all... Mami wasn't sure if she could have gotten out of that situation on her own. Not in one piece at least.
Still, a part of Mami wished that this moment could last forever... it was amazing. She had never flown before, "This is fantastic," she told her rescuer, enjoying the way the wind blew threw her long black hair. In a way, she was sad for it to come to a stop like this, but she supposed it couldn't last forever.
"Thank you for your help," Mami said respectfully, bowing to the other girl. The small girl reached up to play with the flower in her hair, a gift from her mother and the most valuable thing she owned. It comforted her just knowing that it was there. "My name is Mami, and you don't need to apologize... it was kind of unsettling, but I got to fly, so I think it evens out, don't you?"
Mami thought for a moment, "I think I would have been fine... Tom would have found me... he always knows when I'm in trouble somehow," she said with a grin, but hesitated for a moment, still worried about her friend, "I hope he's okay," she muttered. As she spoke, a shadow fell over the two women, although Mami didn't seem to notice. The shadow belonged to an Ursaring, a particularly large one, who did not seem very pleased at them moment. Smoke clung to its fur as he took a step towards the women, growling roughly as he approached.
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Post by Void Valice on Feb 21, 2014 14:23:54 GMT -8
"Well this is an interesting turn of events. Disciples of Entei, Yveltal, and Giratina, all coming to gather. Things might just be more interesting then I thought." Silas cooed holding on to the fur of my Hydreigon as he watched from the skies above. As shadow flicked off his shoulder after delivering its report, its small wings carrying it back into the smog as it chattered. Silas and his Hydreigon, which was large for its species circled around and flew in the direction of the next city, now knowing the best place to make another "fated" encounter with his... acquaintances. His shroud blowing in the wind as his mighty dragon carried him through the sky toward Mauville City, he looked below to see the Yveltal disciple and her new friend being approached by an Ursaring. This actually stopped him, neither looked like an experienced trainer and the mauling would be quite interesting to watch, but Silas saw another potential ally in this large Ursaring. With smirk he snapped and his Hydreigon turned about and rushed back towards the scene, "Tri Attack when we're in range." he said planning to take it down before it saw them.
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Post by colday on Feb 21, 2014 17:02:02 GMT -8
Arietta smiles at her, "Yeah, I guess it does even things out." She laughs lightly, "Who's Tom...?" She stops when a shadow creeps over them. "Oh my gods." Arietta whispers, "Mami, there appears to be a large pokemon behind us, and it doesn't look happy." Her voice was strained. If she panicked it would only lead to an unpleasant situation, so she bottled it for later.
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 21, 2014 18:25:03 GMT -8
Mami smiled, "Oh, Tom is my best friend," she told the other woman, which Bob mumble in annoyance, "Shroomish!" He grumbled at her, apparently not pleased with Mami saying such a thing, "What, Oh Bob, you're my best friend too, you know. Now, come here, okay?" she told the Pokémon, shaking her head at how silly he was being. The Shroomish on the other hand stubbornly clung to his current perch, that is to say, Arietta's head, showing no sign that wanting to move from there, in spite of Mami's urgings.
Mami blinked at the other girl's words, and turned her head a little bit, trying to identify what was approaching them. The Ursaring glared at the girls and his sensitive nose twitched and he turned to look at Arietta, as if he could smell the fear on her. Leaning forward, the Pokémon suddenly roared at the top of its lungs, the force of the sound enough to move the clothes and hair of the two humans as if they had been caught in a huge wind. The Bear Pokémon took a step towards the girls, baring his teeth menacingly. Every inch of his appearance and behavior made it clear: he was a threat, and they should leave now.
So of course, Mami smacked the creature's nose harshly, "Bad, Tomato, Bad," she said crossly, and the intimidating air the Ursaring had been exuding just moments before vanished almost instantly. He looked at Mami, a small whine escaping his throat, "No, you know better than going around scaring people like that," she said and then turned to Arietta, "This is Tom... he's a little overprotective, he probably thought you were trying to bully me or something," she said, and looked at Tom, who chuffed softly, confirming Mami's theory, "He should know that doesn't give him the right to act like a bully himself," she said harshly, her hands on her hips as she scolded the large Pokémon, who was not at all pleased to be on Mami's bad side. It wouldn't last long, of course, but still, it was not fun to have a person whom was so gentle normally yell at you. But Mami would forget about this whole mess soon enough, it was just part of who she was.
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Post by colday on Feb 21, 2014 23:22:41 GMT -8
Arietta quickly calms down, a smile crossing her face. "Good, good." She breaths out, "So this is Tom? I've never seen anything like him!" She stands up, and frowns, "Poor guy probably was caught up in the smoke looking for you." She walks over to Mami, a smile on her face, "And the Shroomish is Bob? Are they your pokemon? They don't seem like caught pokemon." There was a certain aura to caught pokemon, and they didn't have it, although they seemed very docile, "Or are they just your friends?"
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 22, 2014 9:32:56 GMT -8
Tom chuffed softly, and happily knelt down next to Arietta, happy to take any sympathy she was willing to give, glad that she didn't seem to hold a grudge for scaring her before. Mami sighed and petted Tom's side, "Yeah, I guess you were worried," she muttered, and patted the large pokemon's side. He towered over them, nearly seven feet tall and a build to match, but he was one of the kindest and most kind creatures Mami knew. He just was a teensy bit over of protective of Mami... just a touch.
Mami smiled, "Yep, that's right, Tom and Bob," she said, pointing at each in turn as she spoke their names, "And no, I'm not a trainer, these two are my friends... they just like to travel with me," she said, and smiled softly, "I'm looking for... something," the young woman said, feeling drawn somewhere, but she didn't know where it was or why. She just knew that it was important, "So, which way to Mauville?" she asked and then climbed onto Tom's shoulder. The large Ursaring offered a paw to Arietta as well, "He's willing to carry you too, if you want," Mami explained, "As thanks for helping me," she said to the taller girl, feeling pretty good about things right at this moment.
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Post by Esuefuji on Feb 22, 2014 19:53:27 GMT -8
Emir blinks tiredly a few times as the voice of a young lady penetrates his consciousness. He turns to see that the fire has somehow spread to the forest, and there was a person running to him for help, someone who looked rather familiar...but his first obligation to anyone caught in this fire was to get them to safety. Then notify the fire fighters to contain the blaze, tip them off about the fire pokemon, and...then an even younger man joined the fray, running up to the two of them and asking if he was alright.
"I'm okay, a bit tired is all." Emir gives a reassuring smile to the young man and then turns to the lady. "If there's a fire pokemon on a rampage here, we need to get you both to safety. Do you have pokemon that can carry you? If not you can go ahead on my Talonflame - I think there's a city that way and I can meet you there. I'm going to go notify the police and help contain the fire if possible."
Emir smiles and then his expression strengthens some as he stands side-by-side with them, feeling some of Keldeo's power running through him. These were powerful allies possibly, and if they decided to fight with him he wasn't quite sure what would happen but a tingle ran up his spine in anticipation. He recognized the feeling of a disciple ally from the times he had battled side-by-side with Mr. Heir, Jailene, and Terr. This was the beginning of something. He almost wished that Terr was here to see it.
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Post by cojemo on Feb 22, 2014 21:15:43 GMT -8
"I'm not leaving, I'm staying to help put out the fires. I may be young, but I can help out." Colt reaches into his jacket and pulls out a pokeball. "Let's do this, Poseidon!" Colt tossed the pokeball, releasing a Crawdaunt from it. Almost out of instinct, Crawdaunt immediately started bubble beaming the fires around them. Colt had swapped out his team before leaving slateport, so he had an almost completely new team, this one full of his friends. He had met Poseidon while visiting sunyshore. He had used him against the cities gym leader and even though Poseidon was at a type disadvantage took out half of the leaders team. Colt looked at the girl. "I don't know what you can do, but help out if you can. If you have any water pokemon, put out the fires. If not, try to evacuate anyone who might be lost in here." He turned his head towards the man. "you're not doing this alone." Lucifer gave out an excited bark. Colt wasn't the type to avoid helping others when he had the means to make a difference.
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Post by colday on Feb 22, 2014 22:06:08 GMT -8
Elaine gives the man a wide eyed look of thanks and terror, "Oh, thank you. Please do be careful! I wouldn't want a nice guy like you hurt!" She turns to the younger looking boy, "I'm sorry, but I don't have any water pokemon. I'll go look for anyone else stuck in the fire!" She lies, sitting side-saddle, "Come on, Leviathan, darling! Lets get going!" She pats the Arcanine's rump and goes off. As soon as they're out of sight they head towards town. Stupid boys. She hopes her black flames devour them whole. -- Arietta smiles, "It's to the North east," She points towards the city, " and no, it's alright. I want to look for my friend." As she says this, she slowly morphs into her avatar of Death form, "If you want, you can meet me in Mauville! I think you'd be a great person to travel with!" She fully morphs, "I'll see you there if you want to travel with us!" She takes off, "If not, it was great meeting you Mami, you are very understanding, and I like that in a person." Arietta flies above the forest, just beside the billowing smoke clouds. She sees the firefighters and veers towards them, then sees Colt and dives into the forest a little away from them. As quickly as she can she morphs out and runs towards them, "Colt!" Arietta was kind of pissed at him, but she was relieved to see him okay.
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Post by cojemo on Feb 22, 2014 23:17:28 GMT -8
The heat from the fire was starting to really make Colt sweat. No matter how many fires Poseidon put out, it never seemed to be enough. He hated to admit it, but it was looking like he should pull out and let the authorities deal with it. As Colt wiped the sweat from his forehead, he heard Arietta call his name, causing his head to turn around to face her. "What are you doing here, I thought you stayed behind!" Colt hadn't realized she was inside the forest as well. However, he was glad she was safe nonetheless. Besides, it gave him an excuse to get out. "Never mind, we need to go." Colt returned Poseidon to his home, and Lucifer ran up beside him. He looked behind him at the other man. The man had said to go on ahead before, so Colt assumed he would be safe on his own. "Let's go." Colt grabbed Arietta by the hand and started running out of the forest. Things were getting dangerous. Trees were toppling around them as they ran, flames were flying inches away from them. He quickened his pace. Colt had to get the two of them out of that burning death hole fast. Almost as if on cue, a large tree started to topple in front of them. Having no time to run past it, Colt instinctively took off his jacket quickly and covered Ariettas entire upper torso including her face. He then shielded her from the flame splash from the toppling tree, taking the full heat of the fire on his back. "Agggghhhh!" Colt cried out in pain as he fell to the ground while shielding Arietta. It hurt, no doubt about it, but he knew he could handle it given time.
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Post by colday on Feb 22, 2014 23:48:51 GMT -8
Arietta's heart did a backflip when the tree fell and when Colt screamed, "Colt!" She panicked, quickly trying to see if he was okay. There was nasty looking burns on his back, and she took deep breaths to try and calm herself at the sight, "Colt, come on we need to get you out of here!" Arietta says pulling him away from the flaming tree. Her heart was hammering, she'd never been in this kind of situation before. Quickly she throws the coat back across his shoulders and helps him up. Maybe she could fly out of here? She looked up, and there was flames in the trees, but not normal ones- black ones. Arietta's knees begin to tremble, those black flames were eating up the forest like a starved animal, and moving fast. She grabs his arm and tries to run forward through the last opening, but another tree falls and cuts off their last exit- quickly igniting everything around it. "Colt, we're trapped!" She screams, panic now entering her voice, "There's no exit!" She looks at her hurt friend, eyes wide.
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Post by cojemo on Feb 23, 2014 0:08:04 GMT -8
Colt grunts in pain, slightly raising his head to look around. She was right. No exit, every path blocked. Lucifer looked up at him with a worried look on his face. 'There is always a way out,' Colt thought to himself. 'It;s just a matter of finding it.' He thought of sending out his Crawdaunt to try to fight back the flames, but it would take too long, plus his jacket was around his shoulder, leaving all his pokemon on his back. There was also the chance that they could bolt through the flames, hoping not to get burned, though that was risky. Maybe he could convince Arietta to leave him behind, giving her more mobility and a chance to get through. That wasn't going to happen, though. Even if Colt was fine with the idea, which he wasn't 100%, he was sure Arietta wasn't. There was only one way he could think of that the two of them could get out of there. Colt raised his free arm, releasing dark antimatter from his hands. The shadowy glob spread from his fingertips, encroaching the flames and trees blocking their path. The trees and flames slowly started to be eaten away by the antimatter, and within seconds they are gone. Colts' hand falls down back to his side. Using that much power in the state he was in was extremely tiring, and he used as much energy he could muster just to stay conscious.
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Post by colday on Feb 23, 2014 0:29:56 GMT -8
Arietta just files this in the back of her mind of things to talk about later, and looks at Colt. He was so tired he could barely stand. She taps into the very last reservoirs of the energy of lives she took, and puts it into her strength. She grabs his arm and wraps it around the back of her neck, and begins to pull him forward as fast as she can. The smoke was filling her lungs, the heat stinging her eyes, but she persevered forward. Soon they made it away from the fire, and towards the edge of the forest. "Colt, when we get out I'm going to set you down and get some help. The burns on your back are bad." She huffs, and finally they make it out of the forest. There's people standing around and as soon as the two of them come out of the forest people rush up to help. Arietta feels the last of the energy finally depart, and when they help set Colt down she collapses out of pure exhaust- but remained conscious. In the back of her mind she wondered if Mami was okay, and that's when some paramedics showed up and escorted them to the hospital. She tried to argue against it, but they took her anyway, saying she had heat stroke and she was very dehydrated.
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Post by Saitosays on Feb 23, 2014 11:20:37 GMT -8
Mami waved to Arietta, "I hope I can find you there," she said, and meant it. "It'll... be nice to have a girl to talk to," Mami said, holding out her arms for Bob, who promptly leapt towards the small girl. Mami smiled as the woman transformed again, but flinched a bit as she heard the voice again. Mami still couldn't shake an unsettled feeling when she looked at the Avatar... she didn't know why. Mami was no expert in pokemon or religion, so she did not see Yvetal for what it was.
Tom grunted at her as he began walking towards town, "I'm sure she'll be fine," Mami said, more to herself than anything else. Mami shuddered as she watched the fire, hoping that none of that none of the Pokémon that lived there were hurt during this... She prayed for this, "Tom, after that dies out, how about we go check on the forest? I have some Berrie seeds and such that we can plant?" she offered. It wasn't much but giving the local pokemon a little more options for food would make a little bit of difference to how well they adapted after the fire... or so Mami hoped.
For now, she moved to the city, getting off of Tom's shoulder as they neared Mauville. Mami didn't have a Pokeball for him to rest in, and people got really nervous when a wild Ursaring wandered through town for some reason. as such, Mami had learned that it was best to just leave Tom outside of town... he always found her if trouble happened, so she didn't worry about it too much. Bob sat on her head, looking around the city curiously, wondering where they would go first, "Um... I guess we should go to the Pokémon center?" Mami offered, not sure where else to go. She wasn't a trainer, but it was a good place to go to rest. Besides perhaps she would find Arietta there? Mami didn't know where else to go if she hoped to find the woman. While the small teen wasn't sure if she should travel with Arietta and her friend, Mami at least wanted to be sure they were alright.
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Post by cojemo on Feb 23, 2014 13:09:28 GMT -8
Colt lost consciousness shortly after he was no longer surrounded by the smoke and fire of the forest. When he awoke, he found himself lying on a bed in an unfamiliar white room. It took him a moment to realize he was in a hospital. He turned his head to look outside of the adjacent window, seeing Mauville cities gym. "So, I'm in Mauville..." Colt sat up, wincing as his back stung with slight pain. Lucifer ran over to his bedside with his clothes in his mouth. "Thanks buddy." Colt swung his legs over the side of his bed as he reached down to grab his clothes. Colt endured the pain as he slipped on his clothes and put on his jacket. "Shirts a little burnt in the back, but no biggy." Colt mumbled to himself as he stood up. Lucifer looked at Colt with a look of worry. "You know me, Lucifer. I'm not going to just lay in a hospital bed and recover." He knew he probably should, but he had too much pride to require help when he could fight through something himself. As he reached for the door he paused. He was in much worse shape than Arietta, at least from what he knew. He should probably just stay in his room and wait for her. Colt returned to his bed and took a seat.
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Post by colday on Feb 23, 2014 13:37:44 GMT -8
After being escorted to the hospital, they gave Arietta a bed and a bottle of water, treated some very small minor burns- she'd avoided the worst burns because of Colt. After they left her-which they left in a panic when six of their patients suddenly flat-lined, and her god cooed into her head a thanks- in her own room she let out her pokemon, who were all concerned with her well-being. Theo seemed the most nervous, probably because he just had gotten this family and didn't want to lose it. Arietta pulled her pokemon in close and cooed soft word to them. "It's fine guys. I'm alright, and I think Colt will be alright. You're all safe. It's okay." She whispers to them, burying her face in Moraya and Theo's fur, and hugging everyone else close. She must have stay like that for awhile, because she woke up and they were all sleeping around her. After some shifting around, she managed to wake them up. "Let's go check on our mentor. I think we need to have a talk." Arietta smiles. She was really grateful for him protecting her, and the fact that he was safe. But, she was pissed that the boy for running off on his own and for hiding that he was... Well, a disciple of some sort. There was no need for him to hide the fact from her, it's not like she could use it in any way. Arietta got up slowly, and returned everyone but Theo to their homes. She wanted to bond a little with Theo. She left her hospital room, and after asking a depressed nurse for directions, she headed towards Colt's room. She smiled when she saw he was awake, and decided to see how he was before she talked with him. "Hi Colt." She walks over to the boy, "How are you?"
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Post by cojemo on Feb 23, 2014 15:26:19 GMT -8
"Fine, fine." Colt replied. "Bit of a sting from the burn, but all's good." Colt examined Arietta. she seemed unharmed, as she wasn't favouring a side or holding a limb. Colt stood up from the bed. "Well, let's get out of the hospital first, then we can get moving on. We are in Mauville, after all." He knew Arietta probably wanted to have a chat about what happened in the forest, but he wanted to get out of the hospital first. Plus, he was hoping she would just forget about it and not mention anything.
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