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Post by tequilamockingbird on Sept 11, 2016 22:40:13 GMT
Nix made her face appear nervous, but determined.
"Okay guys....lets go in."
She wandered in, shivering a little for cameras. Inside, she felt ready to blow this whole thing wide open.
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Hillary galloped into the forest clearing, seeing the snow swirl up ahead. She knew it was him. Quickly jerking to one side, she drove Betty to the left, as a gleaming black claw materialized near her face, missing her by inches.
"Stop this, Chuck!" She shouted, scared, but adrenaline pumping.
The lycanthropian Chuck shivered into vision, his breath a steaming cloud in the snowy woodland. She noted how close to human he still looked. The ears were in his hair, his torso remained mostly fur free and...his- she almost blushed, before realizing that this was not the moment. Chuck had always been a handsome, strong young man. Now he was....hairier, he had a tail, and claws.
"Such a waste." She spoke, getting down from Betty. The Scolipede made to move forward, to guard her, but Hillary halted her with a hand.
"Chuck...what happened?"
Chuck's eyes dilated as he took in the sight of her. Many feelings rose to the surface, jumbled and mixed from the drug. The urge to rip and kill intensified, as well as the urge to run. He stalled a moment, before replying.
"You...you did this...." He slurred, human speech hard for him to articulate with the drug running through his veins.
Hillary's face crumpled with pity. "No, Chuck. THEY did this to you-"
She made to move forward, and he lashed out at her in anger- or fear, or both. Blood blossomed from her arm, where his razor sharp claw had caught her. She gasped in shock, and clamped her other hand over the wound to stem the flow.
Betty made an outraged noise and made to step forward, but Hillary shook her head. Chuck was staring at Hillary, then down at his claw, his human face growing slack as his mouth opened and his eyes widened in horror.
Hillary made a step closer. "Come with me, Chuck. There's so many bad things going on. We need to get you away from them. Get you somewhere safe. I've...missed you."
Chuck shook his head wildly, his eyes growing sharper and more focused. He couldn't look her in the face. "Hill...Hillary...I'm so sorry. I'm dangerous. Too dangerous. I....I'd better go-"
With this, he took off into the woods, cursing himself and feeling intense guilt, but also feeling freer than he'd ever felt. He'd return to her, he was sure of it, but only when he knew he wouldn't hurt her.
Tears welled in the corners of her eyes, from the pain, from the pity, from the hopelessness of it all.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 20:32:03 GMT
Casen made a face but put up his scarf to cover his nose and mouth and followed Nix.
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Post by derpyarcanine on Sept 22, 2016 22:09:08 GMT
Saleme had followed the GPS signal on his pokegear heading towards the ski left as the snow was picking up and storm was brewing. “Oh you got to be kidding me” Saleme muttered as he went through the wooded area in the direction of the ski lift well at least where the GPS said it was.
He stopped when in front of what looked like a barrage of trees having rushed his way to the location he frowned as a schism logo appeared on his pokegear before shutting the GPS off. “Great I have been hacked…” He muttered turning back to look over at detective Argyle only to realize he wasn’t there.
As the snow blew around the wooded area and only more was coming down Saleme could only frown realizing his footprints would soon be covered.
Sophie would continue walking with Casen and Nix.
“So you two never explained to me how you got here” She stated while walking through the tunnel a few work doors were at each side of the tunnel and a few ladders could be seen in the distance.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 1:58:21 GMT
Casen hummed "would you believe me when I state that we were mysteriously transported out of a death trap of a cable car." He asked "Saleme set me and Nix up." He stated "I knew there was something I didn't like about that guy."
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Post by shitoku on Sept 24, 2016 17:56:28 GMT
It was a swirling storm of screaming silver. K’oueh raised a gloved hand to shield his eyes. He had anticipated the coldness and the sting of driven snow on his face, but not the ferocity of the wind and how the light blinded him. In the blizzard there was no way to know which direction to go, the usual landmarks were hidden behind the white that swirled so densely. Even Weavile in front of him was little more than a crude outline of a bipedal Pokémon mostly erased by the storm. He could feel his blood cool and his skin grow icy.
Weavile grunted sharply, alerting K’oueh of a presence north of them 3 kilometers.
“Check it out. I’ll continue moving forward in a straight line,” K’oueh said. “Intercept me again before I reach one kilometer distance.” Another grunt then the trailing sound of pitter patter as Weavile dashed off in completion of his goal.
They shouldn't have come, not in this weather. Disorientation was a given; and the cold was a killer. Either way, business is business. Onward, K’oueh trudged through the piling snow on the ground. He kept a firm face with thin lips.
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Post by derpyarcanine on Sept 26, 2016 20:06:16 GMT
- Snowy Woods
Saleme would pokegear would ring shivering he slowly answered the unknown number.
“Hi partner how you feeling that trick was a real killer” Mocked the voice on the other end of the pokegear.
“What do you want come on out say it your making this awfully personal” Saleme snapped causing the voice to burst out into laughter.
“Personal you got no idea but don’t think it’s about you it’s all about her your just on the chess board” The voice snapped as Saleme pokegear would receive a message showing an all too familiar looking building.
“Oh no…” Saleme muttered
- Sewer Pipe
Sophie shook her head.
“Saleme wouldn’t set you up his jobs to stop Schism not work for them” She muttered while climbing the ladder up and removing the sewer drain. “Umm guys…do you know what Spectre labs is?” She asked looking at the sign in the distance.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 22:54:44 GMT
"could have fooled me," Casen muttered as he followed Sophie "he's the one who offered a mission which both both me and nix accepted because he was going with. Then he sent us onto the cable saying that he would catch up." Casen muttered "either he set us up or some took advantage of the message system and intercepted it to plan a trap."
"most likely why Agent Kura gave me that encrypted text app..." Casen thought "if he wasn't linked to Nanko and she vouched for him, I wouldn't trust him either."
Casen looked at Sophie when she mentioned Spectre Labs. "Spectre Labs?" He echoed then paused for a moment in thought then hummed "nope can't say I know anything about them..." It was partly true all information he did have was stuff that Agent Kura had and he was looking into getting more. From what Agent Kura had gathered, Spectre labs was in the orre region and had an incident with Schism in the past involving powered up Shadow Pokemon. It was unknown what they were working on exactly but whatever it was. It was targeted by Schism and Schism appears to be the bad guys using Shadow Pokemon. Schism was directly bad but Spectre was an unknown element so caution had to be taken.
Casen hummed and pulled out his phone and sent an encrypted text to Agent Kura "Agent Kura, went through sewer to find a place known as Spectre Labs."
"Send out a pulse on the beacon," Agent Kura wrote back "I'll head your direction and be in range for support if needed but proceed with caution."
"Status Report on Girls." He wrote
"Girls are with Nanko. Do not worry"
"10-4."
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Post by derpyarcanine on Oct 15, 2016 16:35:01 GMT
~Battle Network
“Here with a brand new announcement as locator balls become rarer. We have decided to add map icons for each one of our competitors!” Barry explained before winking as a map came up.
“See Casen and Nix seem to be hanging out together and look she must have dumped Sally ha Im kidding like she date either of them” Barry laughed before expanding the map.
“Now for something interesting Saleme and Deandre seemed to have had a tiff because they aren’t together either and huh that’s weird Saleme icon just vanished oh well!” Barry grinned before focusing on Deandre and wagging his finger.
“Oh detective you got trouble coming your way I see some Locator ball hunters and they know you got one!” he warned as he highlighted three icons heading in Deandre direction.
~ ‘Spectre Labs’
Sophie frowned she stopped in front of the building entrance not taking time to admire its architecture because frankly she didn’t want to be here.
“So who wants to go first aye?” She asked looking over at Nix and Casen. “I go first but my hand hurt from that weird Scyther thing I came across” She muttered.
~ Forest Area North
Saleme was sat atop his Arcanine using the pokemons fur as a heat source.
“I have never been so happy to have you as a fire type right now” he muttered as the map app came up on his pokegear.
“Nix and Casen are okay that’s great...” he smiled patting his arcanine ears. The fire dog pokemon would soon begin barking rather rapidly detecting the presence of a stranger.
~Forest Area South
Deandre wasn’t alone as soon blue light could be seen off in the distance. That light was however not a traditional light but a source of energy a energy that was being used to fire a ice beam heading straight for the detectives Pokemon.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2016 20:38:12 GMT
Casen hummed as he lightly work with his beacon just about to send out a pulse when his phone buzzed with an announcement and he heard it to get information and it showed where he was. Casen grimaced slightly and his gut rumbled. He knew something was up but sent out a pulse none the less. He then texted
"Pulse Sent, does it match the location the announcement just sent out?"
"Yes."
"It's another trap." Casen wrote "do not assist unless I am down."
"10-4, be careful."
Casen hummed then summoned his Starmie "Star, do a radar scan anything dangerous in the local area?"
"Scanning." Star stated
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Post by tequilamockingbird on Oct 15, 2016 21:04:54 GMT
Nix kept her ace impassive as Sophie asked about her past. Schism thought she was somebody else, but she'd also seen far too much for them to keep her alive. It felt stupid to announce she was an investigative journalist, though.
"On vacation, really. Heard about the Godin League and the media coverage, and thought it might be fun to try while I'm here." She smiled wanly, tiptoeing through the tunnels. The dark reminded her of the dreaded Arbok that pushed her into kicking the whole Beedrill nest that was Schism, and Godin.
"I don't know about Saleme setting us up, but we were definitely targeted for something..." Nix spoke, her eyes covertly trying to find the cameras. Was this being broadcast?
"Spectre labs? Never heard of it." Nix spoke, while her head blurred with all the research she'd gathered. "Are we- are we going in?"
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Staring at her screen, Catherine frowned slightly. "Oh, Saleme. There's only so much I can do. Be safe."
She glanced at a Pokeball in her hands, and as she did, it fizzled and crackled, making a glitchy beeping noise before remaining still.
"And then there's that spot of bad news for Nix, too."
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"Well, folks, its time for your roundup of the current trainers in your area!" Evangeline grinned at the camera, playing up to her bubbly persona.
"Bored of Nix, Casen and Saleme? Think Argyle is too old, and don't even know who Hillary is? And Raija who?" She laughed, clapping her hands together. "Well me too, dear viewer! So lets check out some other local talent- a young man named Shark has been spotted in the Godin coastal area, battling those devastatingly powerful Tentacruel to find the locator ball there- and we'll get you an exclusive interview if he does!"
"And we also have Elen and Sabrina, tearing it up in a lady Pokemon fight of epic proportions in main street, in the fashionista battle challenge- who will become Godin's Next Top Model, and win that locator ball? And will they beat me? Take to your Social Media and vote now!"
As the cameras switched off, so did Evanna's smile. She slid from the staging area, away from the hot lights, and into the green room, where she saw Barry. She nodded at him.
"So, where did you hide out for the quarantine?" She asked him coolly, sitting down to sip at her chai latte.
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Hillary stood still in the snow, breathing heavily. Her hand shakily reached down her coat, to the rip Chuck's sharp claws had made in the fabric. Her skin, however, was unmarred.
Blinking, she tried to compose herself.
"Damn, it's colder than a Snorunt's toes here. I need to-" She cut off as she noticed a man head through the brush just ahead of her.
"H-hey! It's dangerous out here!" She tried to call, and hopped onto Betty to gallop after him. What if Chuck came back? What if he attacked- it didn't bear thinking about.
As she caught up with him, she cantered alongside him, to get his attention, realizing it was Det. Argyle. "Hello? What are you doing out here? The blizzard is building, and-"
She cut off as the ice beam flew through the trees, seemingly headed for the Detective himself.
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