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Jump

Jump nodded with a grin. "Yep."

Fortunately for Bill, he tossed all of his implements aside (save for the Basculin, which he threw into a small tank of water). "I mean, I can't really torture you yet. We have a point system, and I don't get any points if they don't see it happen. This is just my way of getting to know ya, bud," the agent told Bill with a light clap on his back.

He spun a chair around and sat in front of Bill. "What about you, how do you get your kicks? Liberating pokemon? Cooking? Jenga?"

((Not in the book, but it's still torture))

Jackie

Aaaaand beep. Jackie let a smile slip through then turned her attention to Zack. She'd really put him out for the count. In fairness, he was launching explosions at her; it wasn't a typical training session. All the booms and bangs left a slight ringing in her ears. Even though her level of Natural Infusion protected her from the sudden shift in air pressure that surrounded Zack's explosions, it wasn't a complete defence.

She put her hands together, closed her eyes and breathed evenly. It was an Aura circulation technique, which promoted healing. You had to be calm to make it work, so it was rarely something a person could use in battle. All Aura users had a slight regeneration ability, but someone like Gorm was special. She opened her eyes again and the ringing stopped. She looked at the unconscious cousin on the floor. They still had a long way to go.

"On your feet," she said, nudging him with her foot. Nothing. Jackie frowned and scooped up Zack's arm and slung it over her neck. God damn he needed a shower. "Ferox, training's over."

The Arcanine complied by removing the Flash Fire barrier and Teleporting to Jackie's side. Another Arcanine might have shown reluctance to follow the orders of someone who just beat their master into unconsciousness, but Ferox was smarter than that.

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Jackie dropped Zack in the passenger seat of Jump's car while Ferox hopped in the back, her long, flowing tail curling around her. From a distance, one could be forgiven for thinking a cloud just sat in the back of Jump's car. Jackie put the pokémon-repelling device on Zack's lap and called the pokémon over.

The pokémon's movements were like a flicker. She started to leap out of the car, vanished and completed the landing next to Jackie, gracefully and softly. The operative put her hand to the pokémon's head, and told her to "Teleport."

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And a moment later, Jacqueline and Ferox reappeared in the warehouse with Jump and Bill. She cleared her throat, "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"

When everyone started showing off there powers, it all connected. that doppelganger he was with earlier was His Aura Ability and those mental zippers where his way of controlling it.

He then got a bright idea how to show off his ability when Sal invited to hit her in her stomach.

The silver haired youth shrugged, "Ok, just don't tell my mom!" he exclaimed, stepping towards sal hurriedly. it only took a few steps to close the distance in henrietta's already crapped room, but in his first two steps forward he reached out with a mental probe, ignoring that primal instinct that screamed not too, and yanked down on a mental zipper.

A tingle raced through his body and it felt like a piece off him was ripped off, like and arm or something, it didn't hurt and in an instant he knew it worked.

Twin Tk's now occupied the room, two fists colliding with Sal's stomach.

an awkward moment of silence elapsed before both Tk's recoiled, holding there injured hands against there stomachs, bouncing up and down and howling in pain."Tha-That hurt! why would you tell us to do that!!!" both Tk's said simultaneously.

((I'm trying to listen to that while writing this post, and it's damn near impossible

@Kenta: The summary thread is almost up to date, but since then everyone's left Castelia.))

Jump

Jump smirked. "Ah. I see. Well, your mom is so fat that when she cuts herself shaving, marshmallow fluff comes out." Another one came to mind. "Oh oh. Your mom is such a whore that oh my god Ferox!" he yelped, nearly falling out of his chair. "Damnit Ferox, everytime! Everytime!"

The Interpol Agent was startled to see the ancient Arcanine appear with Jackie out of thin air. Teleporting pokemon like Alakazam and Gardevoir were one thing, but teleporting beasts? That was still a shocker for him.

"I was just telling...nevermind." He grabbed the remote that was next to the durian off the table and turned off the speakers in the warehouse. Now that Jackie was here, they could really get down to business.

"Found this guy on Route 18 with that Plasma Sage Zack and Artemis fought the other day. He was up to something, cause there was an explosion that gave him away." Jump stood up and put his hands in his pockets. "I haven't really asked him anything yet, just been messin' with him. Was gonna make him eat that thing, though. Have you ever tried a durian?" The Interpol Agent shuddered at the thought of eating one.

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Salieri

"OH s**t!" she exclaimed when a second Takamaru appeared out of nowhere, punching her in the stomach as well. It must have been Aura as well, but Salieri had no idea Aura could do something like that.

After the silence, Salieri looked down. She barely felt those punches, it was like they were just patting her tummy. Most of their force had been absorbed by her skin. She giggled. "Hehe, sweet. Works like a charm." Her eyes closed as she concentrated to return to normal. It took a couple of seconds, but she shifted her armored skin back to it's usual form.

The Battle Girl released a bated breath. Maintaining the change didn't take any Aura, it seemed, but making the change itself wasn't simple. If she wasn't fully focused, it hurt a little.

Salieri rubbed her stomach, then put her hands onto both Takamaru's shoulders. "That was a good test run. Sorry TK...uh, TK's?" Her eyes darted back and forth between the identical preteens, and she poked lightly at both of their arms. Definitely real. "Whoa. This is bizarre."

"So it looks like we all hit the jackpot. An Interpol Agent told me that it was those shockwaves yesterday that triggered my ability. Must have been the same for all of us."

Sal folded her arms and looked over at Wayne. The only one who hadn't shown any ability. Maybe he didn't have one. She thought that when she had shown him her ability in the desert, that if he had one too he would have at least told her. The trust was there, right? "Wayne, you didn't get any Aura powers, did you? Were you in Castelia when the sky turned orange?"

Henrietta

Henrietta stifled a giggle. Wayne was Experience Man, or Captain Experience. This went similarly around the group as Henrietta applied superhero names to each of them in her head.

"R-right," she said, once she'd gotten her list. Scanner Boy, Callous Girl and Dopple Boy.

"There's just one more thing I have to mention." She found she couldn't make eye contact with anyone anymore now that they were ridiculously named superheroes in her head.

"The man that confronted me yesterday wasn't working alone. We should be wary of people that approach us from here on out. Not paranoid, but wary." And because they had no leads to follow, any leads would be ideal. Even if they were poor ones. "Someone else approached me today. I dunno who she was - didn't seem like a spy - but she mentioned a concert tomorrow. It's not really Plasma's thing, I think, but it's something to look out for."

You know, since they really had nothing else to go off of, unless they wanted to band together and assault the Plasma Headquarters.

Bill

"Plasma?" Bill looked at Jackie and smirked. "That's what this guy's been saying this whole time but let me tell you a secret. I ain't no Plasma, this a*****e got my house blown up and then tackled me. Next thing I know I'm in this s**t hole listening to tracks my teenage daughter would listen to."

sweet biggrin im back, atleast for now ^^ and im already in nimbasa. anyone catch anything new?

@jump: lol i assumed that much ^^ ill get to reading it... eventually))

O^O forever alone! lol))

yay biggrin i shall be part of the group now!))