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 Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:27 pm
While Robert did feel tired, he was too furious inside to allow himself to be tired. Furious at himself for trusting the man, for being not skilled or strong enough to beat him, and at the sage himself for stealing the Pokemon of others, lying to him that he was going to return them to their owners. For everything that had happened, the man was a two faced b*****d. Attacking a group of Pokemon, then healing them, then giving him healing potions to help the other Pokemon, only for him to make off with other people's Pokemon. If there was ever a text-book definition of a double standard, the sage fit it, at least in Robert's mind.
Robert looked back to Henrietta as she spoke to him. Robert gave a nod before looking over to Freya. "Freya, help her if she needs support. Chances are they're probably headed towards the city if they aren't already there. Considering how dark it is, we might get lucky and he might be staying somewhere in town. Beatrix, I'm counting on you. I need you to sense out that robed man's mind or that of his Pokemon. At least if we find their location we have a better chance of getting at them in the morning." Robert said. With that, he'd start heading towards Striaton City.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:29 pm
Shery's face went progressively redder and redder, her hold on Munna getting tighter the more Salieri ranted. When the battle girl was finished, a silence filled the void of angry shouts.
Okay erm.
What do you say after all that?
Right!
"So..." Shery said, "Do you require medical assistance?"
Wayne facepalmed.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:36 pm
Eunmi was right. Even if the whole crew went after them, they'd probably lose. Badly. Henrietta looked over at Robert who seemed intent on going regardless, even regarding Henrietta as an ally. She was torn between the feeling of going to save Darumi right now and the rational answer, which was to rest, recuperate and prepare for rescuing them another day.
Henrietta fell onto her back. After everything that happened today she was tired and weak. After everything had happened what was there left to say? "Please," she said, though she wasn't sure if Robert could hear her, "save Darumi."
With that she brought her hands to her ears as the tears came. Oh how she'd failed today, needing to be saved on more than one occasion, losing all of the important battles and, frankly, putting other people's lives at risk because of her own stupid bad luck.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:40 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:45 pm
Salieri calmed down as Salem hopped onto her lap. How could she be upset when a cute lil' Eevee was purring and cuddling with her like that? She smiled softly at Shery's question.
"I think I'll be fine, but my pokemon could be doing better if you could please take a look at them," she asked the nurse while releasing Chen Zhen and Liuye Dao. "I went to Accumula's pokemon center before, because...oh yeah. Striaton City's exploded," she told the group, tacking that onto the end of her list of unfortunate events. Although that was really just unfortunate for everybody. "I think I might just head back there for the night, unless there's a closer place to stay-"
And then Henrietta had started crying. From what Salieri had heard, it sounded like Team Plasma had taken away Darumi. Was that the Darumaka that she and Salem had battled before? The Battle Girl looked away, at first not wanting to involve herself in anyone else's business. It was sad, but that was Henrietta's problem. She should have fought harder if she didn't want to lose-
Sal, you are just a grade-A a*****e.
"Hey." Salieri got to her feet and walked over to Henrietta, kneeling down at the kendo girl's side and putting a reassuringly gentle hand onto her shoulder. "Hey, let's go find a hotel or something, we need to get some rest. My treat since I still owe you after that battle. And I'm not letting you refuse this time."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:46 pm
Robert took in a few deep breaths. He could tell the girl wasn't going to be able to keep up, and honestly, he wasn't sure how long he could keep himself awake for. He just barely heard Henrietta's words. "I will do everything I can." Robert spoke before looking to Freya his Lucario. "Freya, stay with her and help her to someplace where she can rest safely. Beatrix, Garnet, you two come with me." Robert said before he broke out into a run towards the city.
Once he reached the City, Robert felt a bit more fatigued. Coming across a gas station, Robert headed inside to quickly grab and buy one of those 5-Hour energy drinks. Chugging it down on the way out, he began running down the streets with his Gardevoir floating behind him, her mind searching for the same mental wavelength as the one she sensed back in the Dreamyard. Garnet ran right beside Robert, trying to steady the boy as he ran. It would take a bit for the energy drink to kick in. He didn't know where exactly in the city he'd go, only following the major roadways via the sidewalks, waiting for something from Beatrix to tip him off.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:52 pm
"You should go back and help your trainer," Eunmi said to Freya. "We can take her to the hotel on our own, and he's going to need all the help he can get if he's that stubborn."
Eunmi was glad that Salieri had come to help. She had only met the battle girl briefly, but it was fortunate that Henrietta seemed to have more friends than she thought.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:53 pm
While everyone else was having their dramatic moments, Robby was sitting with a pot in front of him, held up by various things, which would probably make someone wonder where all this came from, and where the Musharna had gone. From the pot came a magnificently delicious smell, and steam was rising from it, while Bacon seemed to be standing guard. With a bowl in his hands while he ate. A reward for being the fire.
Robby, meanwhile, was dipping himself some of his magnificent Musharna stew. Various other things, such as potatoes and carrots, had been put in as well, and the obese lad was smelling deeply to see if it was right. With a short nod, he began eating the stew from his giant bowl, with plenty more in the pot. For him, of course.
Edit:
After a moment, the obese lad would notice the depressed Henrietta, and feel a bit as though he ought to offer her something. He would frown down at the bowl, discovering it to be empty, and then look to the pot, and call to her. "Hey, ya want what's in here?" A hand pointed to the pot, of course, had he taken the time to actually look properly, the obese lad would notice that it was empty. Except a small remnant of the Musharna, that might show what the main stew ingredient was.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:02 pm
((Robby's stomach transcends spacetime))
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:03 pm
Audino hurried over to Salieri's injured pokémon and began to heal them with Healing Pulse, letting the soft pink waves of light wash over them and mend their injuries. Meanwhile, Shery averted her eyes at the news that the pokémon center had exploded. She knew, of course, having been in Striaton when it happened.
It was sad. How often did you hear of a pokémon center just exploding? And the hospital. It was unheard of (in this reality)
Wayne went white with shock. No way. He found his fingers grinding up dirt. No way. The Center was destroyed? Plasma. He grit his teeth. It had to be Plasma. There was no other alternative. He felt the same anger he had when he faced Chuck bubble up inside of him. Then he remembered himself.
Recalling them was easier than running over and picking them up, so Wayne did just that. He recalled Hitmonlee and Solosis, who was sitting next to the downed fight type, then immediately released them so that they could share in Audino's Heal Pulse.
He stood up slowly. He wasn't physically hurt, but breaking through Gothorita's hypnotic hold had drained him mentally. If it wasn't for everything that was going on, he probably would've passed out by now. And then there was that burning sensation behind his eyes. He put his hand over them, blocking out all light. He could still feel something. A tired prickling.
What was that?
Wayne dropped his hand and watched his pokémon being healed. Hitmonlee was waking up slowly and looking around. He decided to recall the two when they were done. Noting that Robert had already run off, he said, "So who else is for heading back?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:04 pm
"Heyyyyyy!" David ran up to everyone, the Munna still in his arms and Cicero on his shoulder.
"Everyone okay?" He looked over to Goliath and Samson, then turned to Eunmi and the others with a confused expression.
"That's a lot of Munna, was Team Plasma after them? I had a rough time trying to protect this one from a pair of their Grunts. If that weird robed guy hadn't showed up and scared them off, I might have been a goner."
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:10 pm
Henrietta looked over at Salieri as she arrived. She recalled the girl from earlier today. They had battled, right? Had it really just been noon, only little more than a quarter of a day ago? Henrietta rubbed her eyes to get a better look and she sat up.
Before she could answer, there came Robby, and then Wayne and then David and Henrietta felt the shy side of her emerge. Exhausted and not wanting to be the center of attention she said, "I-i'm fine," as if to answer everything, though if asked she couldn't tell you all that had been asked. Only Salieri's question.
Truth be told, however, she wanted a shower, a shower and a bed and maybe a meal. Anything she'd eaten that day she'd managed to puke up before the end of it, after all.
Henrietta, with a bit of effort, managed to get to her feet and she looked at the small crowd that had gathered and said, "I-i'm heading back to the city." Of course, she didn't want to go alone, she'd already had a bad enough day that she expected to be mugged if she tried. Still, she'd prefer that over walking back with the huge crowd that had formed.
***
As for Robert, he would find himself running when he got the psychic alert. Team Plasma, Sage Gorm, dead ahead. The car had stopped at the side of the road and Gorm was making his way to the driver side of the car, the three grunts from before long since gone.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:23 pm
Beatrix spoke. Robert gave a nod to his Gardevoir's report. "Not really, but there's no other choice." Robert spoke. Robert broke out into a full dash before jumping forward with all of his might to clear the car and land in front of it, rolling forward before getting to his feet.
"Those Pokemon! Give them back to their trainers!" Robert shouted. Robert expected one of two things to happen. Either the man would drive the car at Robert or he'd get out. If he tried to run Robert over, Beatrix would use her Psychic attack to hold the car in place for as long as she could. While Robert hoped he could do this without a fight, he kept himself ready for one, even if it was a fight he couldn't win. He felt even more fatigued from that burst of speed and acrobatic stunt, but he was still standing upright and sturdy.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:26 pm
After the healing was done, Salieri recalled all three of her pokemon. Right after, her stomach rumbled. That was right, she hadn't eaten anything since breakfast that morning with her pokemon. Then again, she hadn't had the time. So when Robby offered his soup to Henrietta and she passed it down, Salieri took up the call.
"Oooooh, soup?" she asked as her ears perked up. Her manners were fading away as her hunger increased while she walked over to the pot. Whatever Robby was cooking smelled ludicrously fantastic. Was it just because she was hungry, or was he some sort of master chef? It did look like he had eaten quite a bit of good food in his lifetime.
But when she got to the pot, Sal frowned when she saw that there was nothing in their other than some weird, misshapen purple lump. "...I'm sure that was delicious. It-it was the thought that counted, dude," she told Robby with a congratulatory pat on the obese kid's back, although on the inside she had died.
"Errr, I think I'll go with you guys," she told Wayne, Henrietta, and everyone else who had decided to leave as she jogged up to where Wayne stood at the head of the pack. Ending the day sounded good to her, and if she could split a room with Henrietta and Emi then it would be even better. When she got next to the lanky trainer, she looked up at Wayne with a sigh.
"So, remember that sign that said 'No Trespassing?'. Now I can see why." Despite the day that she had had, Salieri had a wry grin on her face. They were all still alive, after all.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:28 pm
Gorm did not stop the car, not for a human, but for a pokemon? He did. He stopped and stepped out and cocked a brow at Robert. Had he seen this boy someplace before?
"Pokemon? All I have is Mienshao," he said and, on cue, Mienshao arrived, accompanied by that powerful pressure that said all who pass this line are dead.
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