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Post by cojemo on Mar 14, 2014 16:39:25 GMT -8
Colt nodded back at Tom. At least now it seemed the Ursaring was a little less aggressive towards him. Colt stood up as the girls exited the bathroom. "You two all ready?" He approached the two. "My teams all healed up, so whenever you two want we can head out." Lucifer barked, indicating he was ready to go, Lilith purred softly, and Ares just folded his arms.
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Post by colday on Mar 14, 2014 16:47:16 GMT -8
Arietta nodded, to Colt, then looked back at Mami with a smile, "Is something wrong, Mam?" She doesn't even notice that she shorted her name, it just sorta slips out, "you seem a bit flustered." She ruffles Mami's hair. Scim and Moraya walk behind Arietta, they both looked a bit scuffled up, like they'd been fighting. Arietta rolls her eyes at the pokemon, "You two need to stop fighting in public. I'm surprised no one tried to stop you." She laughs at the two.
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 14, 2014 18:06:58 GMT -8
Mami jumped when Arietta spoke to her, and smiled weakly. She finally noticed Tom and pulled out his Pokeball, "Thanks for everything, Tomato," she told the Ursaring who rolled his eyes at his full name before the red light transported him into his pokeball for the time being. After a moment, she turned her attention to Arietta, "Why are you helping me so much?" she asked, including Colt in this question. "You've known me for less than a day..." she said and sighed. Not that Mami didn't think strangers could be kind to eachother and help each other out... but this was a degree beyond even her understanding of compassion. She didn't know how to handle this moment at all.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 14, 2014 18:21:59 GMT -8
Colt opened his mouth to answer Mami, then paused. He didn't really have an answer. "No reason, really." He said to Mami. "As I said when you tried to pay for the hotel before, you seem nice enough. You seemed to be a friend of Ariettas', so I didn't mind bringing you along when we first met."
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Post by colday on Mar 14, 2014 18:41:29 GMT -8
Arietta simply shrugged, "Why not? You're nice, and sweet. You make the perfect counter-balance for this lug," She playfully hits Colt, "And I want to be friends with you." She smiles brightly, "I've only known Colt for three days now, two and a half if you want to be technical, and I trust him." Arietta ruffs up Mami's hair and her smile softens, "We like you so far, Mam, I think you'll fit right in with us."
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 14, 2014 19:05:19 GMT -8
Mami looked from Arietta to Colt and then back to Arietta. The girl blushed at the older girl's words, shuffling her feet nervously. It was nice to hear them say this to her.. she thought they were nice people too... Mami looked into Arietta's eyes and her blush deepened. She nodded shyly to the girl, wondering why her heart was beating so hard all of a sudden, "Th-Thanks, Arietta," she said, just barely looking the other girl in the eyes long enough to smile at her softly. Then she looked away, still trying to get her heart to not jump out of her chest for no reason.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 14, 2014 19:27:02 GMT -8
Colt smiled at Mamis' timidness, then turned towards the door of the center. "Come on, we should get going." He looked over his soldier at the two girls. "We're going to need to get through the sandstorm again, so get your goggles." He looked at Ares. "I don't have a pair for you, so you'll need to go inside your ball." Ares said nothing as he was sucked inside the pokeball.
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Post by colday on Mar 14, 2014 19:45:41 GMT -8
Arietta laughs quietly at Mami's flustered face, and turns to Colt, "So, where are we heading, exactly? I have no idea what town lies past the desert." She bends down and puts goggles around Moraya's neck. She knew the pokemon would be able to put them on herself when the time came, and starts towards the exit of the pokemon center.
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 14, 2014 20:03:10 GMT -8
Mami followed behind her friends, the blush slowly fading as she lifted Bob onto his usual perch. The young girl didn't really know what to say about all of this... but she had gotten pretty lucky in the friends that she had made, even she knew that much.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 14, 2014 20:12:16 GMT -8
"Fallarbor town." Colt said as he slipped his goggles on, along with Liliths' and Lucifers and headed out the door. "There is a pokemon contest there we can go to, plus we can follow that path to Rustboro so we can revive those fossils." He pulled out his map as he continued walking. "There is a gym in Lavaridge on the way, but we can always loop back around and go there after." Colt looked back at Arietta. "Unless you want to go there instead. We could take a short detour and stop at Lavaridge for a bit, challenge the gym. I also heard they have a nice hot spring."
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Post by colday on Mar 14, 2014 20:19:38 GMT -8
Arietta thinks about it for a moment, "Lets do that later, I want to see Mami in action, and who knows what'll run into on the way." They exit and head up the route, "I promise I won't scare anyone with my big bag bird body, or transform into it, this time." She winks at Colt, "I'm sure we'll be able to find our way through fine this time around. Scim smashes some rocks in their path's way, and they continue walking.
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 14, 2014 20:29:11 GMT -8
Mami looked at Arietta, "How do you do that anyway?" she asked suddenly, meaning the transformation, "I mean... I've never seen anything like that before," she said and then blush, putting her goggles on as well as Bobs. Not that they were away from Town, she called out Tom and Nina. She helped the Ursaring into his goggles, "I guess Nina doesn't need them, huh?" she asked, figuring she'd be fine since she'd grown up in the storms.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 14, 2014 20:42:16 GMT -8
Colt chuckled. "Yeah, we should be able to find our way through the storm pretty easily, since it's basically a straight shot from the entrance to the desert to the exit." Colt looked at Arietta when Mami asked about her transformation, and nodded. He still wasn't too fond of the idea of talking about disciples around people who weren't themselves, but he felt that, since Arietta trusted her, then it should be fine. He just hoped that she didn't mention he was a disciple, as he still preferred to keep that a secret.
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Post by colday on Mar 14, 2014 21:10:12 GMT -8
Arietta smirked at Colt and nodded lightly, "Well, Mams, it's a long story, and one I'm not all to sure about. Just know that there are pokemon who are stronger then all of the others, enough to control nature and it's elements. So powerful I guess you could call them gods. I don't know much about them, except my own god, Yveltal." She looked at Mami, "Last year, when I was seventeen, my deceased father's last pokemon died, and I went into morning. When I fell asleep next to that dead pokemon's body- I was home alone at the time- I had a dream. It was an odd dream, but it started off with me in a cave. There were others there, but not many. In front of us were large... stones of some sort. I can barely remember the others, but there were two that stood out to me like a beacon. Both were decorated with intricate little designs, but they were vastly different. One of them was for the God of Purification... And the other one was for the God of.... Death." She swallowed, looking down, "I was distraught, and the death of that pokemon brought back memories of my father's passing." She pauses, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes- the memories clearly brought unpleasant feelings to her, "I became cynical, and went to the Yveltal marked stone- and I felt the god embrace me with open arms, literally and metaphorically. I walked to the stone and entered a new world, and Yveltal was there. It wrapped around me and I felt... Better. Taken care of. The pokemon has few followers, and most are like me- burdened by the death of a very dear person." She runs a hand through her hair, "Yveltal isn't bad. It's caring, and treats us justly."
Arietta shakes her head, "I am a disciple of the God of Death, Yveltal. My powers are the ability to steal life from others and store it for my own personal use- from making myself stronger, to elongating my own life- the ability to take on the form of my god himself, which you have seen, and a third power I hope to never use... If I am dying, I can launch my soul into another's body, killing my previous one and taking the new one over. The body will slowly transform into my old one, despite gender or size. I also kill the previous body's inhabitant." She looks at the two, "Colt is also a disciple, but not one of the God of Death. He's the disciple of Giratina. I don't know anything about that god, personally."
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 14, 2014 21:32:58 GMT -8
Mami's eyes opened wide in shock at the girl's story. It was almost to strange to believe... and yet she had seen the transformation herself, so it had to be true. Not to mention... that story about the cave, it sounded familiar somehow... mami couldn't quite put her finger on it at the moment....
However those powers were scary... too scary, "You... you kill people?" she asked, not sure she liked that concept. She knew that death is natural and necessary, but still... Mami was regretting asking her question, pretty badly right about now. She looked at Colt, wondering if his powers were as scary as Arietta's. ... This information was going to take a little getting used to.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 14, 2014 21:49:21 GMT -8
Colt winced when Arietta mentioned he was a disciple. "Darn it, Arietta!" He said with clenched teeth. "You weren't supposed to mention anything about ME being a disciple!" He definitely wasn't happy with what happened. "THIS is a part of the reason why I didn't want anyone to know!" Colt sighed and took a deep breath. It was already said, and he couldn't do anything about it. He still didn't need to say much on it, though. He looked at Mami. "Yeah, I'm kind of similar to her. It isn't anything you really need to know much about, though. It won't make a huge impact on what happens on our journey."
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Post by colday on Mar 14, 2014 22:06:53 GMT -8
Arietta frowned, "No, my job is to make sure those who have their lives extended beyond their due-date become deceased. I do not kill normal people. Also I feel like 'kill' is a bit of a strong word. It's more like strip the life out of." sighs, "When you feel a cold chill feel its way into you body and to your core, that's my power. It can also use it to chip away at bits of a person's lifeforce."
Arietta rolls her eye at Colt, "Honestly, Colt." He was so touchy. Even if he had a point that others would want to come after them for their powers, or want to take advantage of them, it's okay to tell if it's someone like Mami, "I saw him melt an entire tree once, it was pretty cool- I would have appreciated it more if everything wasn't on fire at the time."
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Post by HeadPikachu on Mar 15, 2014 4:02:25 GMT -8
Jessica chuckled, sipping her wine. "Oh? You've already been given your hints, had you been paying attention." She sets her glass down on the table. "Yami and Goro - the Cosexyrigus and Golurk - are two permanent members of my team. Loco - the Lombre - is not; he's one of the regional pokemon I use so I may have a pokemon out without getting too many stares." Important hints that would narrow down her permanent team greatly...If he caught on to it.
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 15, 2014 10:23:51 GMT -8
Mami Saito
Mami Looked from one of them to the other... it wasn't easy to process. It was especially hard with Arietta... Mami didn't like the idea of people dying... Protecting life was natural, it didn't make sense to her that it could be a bad thing. She shook her head... if it was wrong to protect someone that was dying than that meant that her mother.... "NO!" She screamed suddenly and then took off through the desert, not sure she could deal with the other two right at the moment.
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Seamus raised an eyebrow at her, "Fair enough, but there are many pokemon unique to Unova, and cute is pretty subjective, not to mention I'm unaware of how many pokemon you carry in total," he said, smiling softly in spite of his complaints, "I know you have a solid team, and a fair amount of experience so you're other pokemon will probably be intimidating, but that word is a lot more subjective than many people may believe," he said, and shrugged, "If I am missing something obvious, I blame the fact that I was dead just a couple hours ago," he said, a small smile on his face as he poured a second glass of wine for the Professor and himself.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 15, 2014 10:53:49 GMT -8
Colt scrunched up his face in frustration and ran his hand through his hair. "Are you TRYING to frustrate me? Some things are better not to talk about, to anyone." He turned as Mami ran into the desert, then looked back at Arietta. "See? THAT is what happens when you just go ahead and reveal things like this without thinking it through! What, did you expect her to be all calm and happy after you revealed you had the powers of death? I hoped you would've thought it through a bit before explaining, but obviously not! And now that you told her that I am also a disciple it is going to be A LOT more difficult to calm her down!" Colt turned towards where Mami ran and looked down at Lucifer. "See if you can track her down." Lucifer sniffed for a few seconds, then started walking in a direction. Colt followed him, still unhappy about Ariettas recklessness.
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Post by colday on Mar 15, 2014 11:20:38 GMT -8
Arietta blinked slowly as the situation slowly dawned on her, "Oops." she looks at her pokemon, and sighs. Did she say something that could scare Mami? Oh wait. "Well shoot." When you've lived with death whispering sweet nothings into the back of your mind for a while, you become desensitized to it. But when she first gained the powers... She had been terrified of herself. Of course not everyone would think that being able to kill someone with your will alone was normal. Arietta returns her pokemon, and transforms. She hopes she doesn't scare the girls to bad with this. Arietta reaches out with her energy, and quickly finds that Mami is already out of range of her energies. She takes off in the direction Colt and Mami ran in and searches with her energy. She finds Colt quickly, and knows that he's probably going in the direction of Mami, and continues past him. Mami was fast, because she still hasn't found her...
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 15, 2014 11:39:27 GMT -8
Mami Saito
Tom growled in annoyance and dropped to all fours, galloping in the direction of Mami and the others, Nina clinging to his fur for dear life. He watched Arietta take off in her altered form. He shot her a look, not pleased that she had made his charge upset, but he would deal with that later.
Mami wondered out of the desert... it had to be nearby, she could almost feel it. She sprinted forward, not caring about anything else as she ran for her goal. Something that always made her feel better when she was scared or upset. She hadn't noticed that Bob had fallen off of her head some distance back, she just needed to run for now. The grass picked up around her and she threw herself onto the nice green turf. It felt good... then she saw what she needed, a big old oak tree... Mami struggled to her feet, ran up to it and wrapped her arms around it, hugging it. Mami loved trees... they reminded her of her father, big tough... immovable. She knew that a tree would never betray her, never scare her... A tree was something she could always depend on, no matter what.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 15, 2014 12:02:37 GMT -8
Colt followed Lucifer, walking through the harsh desert. Lucifer seemed to be going slowly, probably trying not to loose her scent through the sandstorm. 'Why do I even bother?' Colt thought to himself. 'Other people only get in the way and slow me down. I should just leave and go off on my own.' His frustration was still present. Even though, he kept marching forward. He looked up to see a faint sight of something flying, though he couldn't tell what it was through the storm. Colt turned back to Lucifer and kept moving, still with no sight of Mami.
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Post by colday on Mar 15, 2014 12:14:58 GMT -8
Arietta flew out of the desert eventually, and finally caught scent of Mami's energy with her own. A cold wave passed over Mami as Arietta landed and morphed out, running towards the tree. "Mami!" She yelled, "Mami, what's wrong?" She finally runs up next to her, panting lightly. Arietta touches her shoulder, an effort to comfort her.
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 15, 2014 12:43:01 GMT -8
Mami flinched as she felt the cold energy flow through her, and then again when Arietta touched her. The small woman clung to the tree as tightly as she could. She shook her head, not wanting to answer the girl at first. Tears were in her eyes, and she found herself speaking in spite of her self. The words that had been running through her mind since she had heard Arietta's story, if not for years before that escaping her lips, "I should have been the one who died," she said quietly. She had known it all along... Arietta was proof, at least in Mami's grief laden eyes.
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Post by cojemo on Mar 15, 2014 12:55:03 GMT -8
Colt finally emerged from the desert, slightly more calmed down. Lucifer walked forward a bit, then barked. Colt walked over beside him and noticed a shroomish lying on the ground. 'He must've been following his scent, not Mamis.' Colt picked up the shroomish and placed him on his shoulder for the moment. He scanned the area, noticing the two girls over by a large tree, quite a distance away. 'So she used her power to speed ahead, huh.' Colt thought to himself. He walked over to a nearby tree and leaned on it. Better to let the two try to deal with it, and if things took too long he could jump in and try to help.
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Post by HeadPikachu on Mar 15, 2014 12:59:13 GMT -8
Jessica smirked, picking up the wine glass after he refilled it. She took a sip, before swirling the contents of her glass. "I suppose I'll just tell you, ruin the mystery and suspense." The professor chuckled. Wine was really loosening her up; not a lot, mind you, but more than normal for the professional. "Yami and Goro you've already met. I have four others on my main team, though they rest whenever they're not needed. A Galvantula, Lilligant, Simisear, and Archeops." She explained, setting the glass down after another sip. "Let's call it a draw and split the check."
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Post by colday on Mar 15, 2014 13:13:23 GMT -8
Arietta furrowed, "Obviously you are supposed to be here, Mams. I'll be frank with you, if when I had first met you Yveltal had told me you were unnaturally alive, you would not be here." She rubs her head, "You life is fine, you are fine. Obviously fate decided you should be alive. You aren't alive past your due date." She pauses, "By that, I mean, you aren't alive by unnatural means. For example, a person who had their heart replaced. Or a person who has a pace maker." She purses her lips, "It's not very easy for me to kill those people, you know. I'm not some heartless killer."
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Post by Saitosays on Mar 15, 2014 13:44:52 GMT -8
Mami Saito
Mami looked at Arietta, feeling bad for making her friend feel this way, but didn't know what else to do, "Not then... before..." she said and then rested her head against the bark of the tree, sighing, "My mother died, and it was to spare my life... I knew that she shouldn't have done it... I just knew it," she said. Mami hated herself for that moment, if she had just listened to her father... but that was so long ago. You can't change the past. No, it was more like it was wrong to try. Mami didn't know where that came from but it was true nonetheless.
------ Seamus chuckled at her, "Oh, my, lovely and generous," he said, cheerfully dropping a compliment for her, and then sighed. It was pleasant talking to this woman... she was interesting, and intelligent, but also compassionate. Three things he always appreciated. "Hmm, Archeops? The fossil pokemon have always interested me... one of the few things almost as old as I am," he said, joking mostly. Then he ran a finger around the rim of his glass, "You'll have to show me that one... one of those birds owes me money," he said and then grimaced at the bad joke, "That sounded much funnier in my head," he said with a wry grin.
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Post by HeadPikachu on Mar 15, 2014 13:57:48 GMT -8
Jessica smirked. "He wasn't found with a coin purse, so good luck getting a cent out of him." She quipped. "Regardless, you'll get the chance to meet them all tomorrow; maybe they won't even have to see you die and transform like Yami did." The professor chuckled, sipping her wine. "I swear, I never saw the poor dear so freaked out as she was today."
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