[attr="class","sacred_staretag"]persephone amavi @creed @cordelia

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Why smile, if there is no one to smile for?
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Masks fall in the darkness, in the loneliness. Still, she smiled even when no one was watching. Because happiness was not something that she lacked. Perhaps it was arrogant of her - or maybe even selfish - but she could not regret it. Still, these kind of thoughts tended to sneak up on her when she was alone. Sometimes she wondered if she was just pretending, but couldn't see or understand that she was. Closing her eyes one more time, she let out a soft breath, trying to keep herself centered on the task she had in mind. The one that she came into these caves to accomplish in the first place.
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Finding that little girl's lost plushie.
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But she'd been in the dark for hours. Unfortunately, none of her partners - well except for one - could be a good light source. And her poor Lauda could only do so much before she became exhausted. And of course, the batteries in her flashlight died a while back. So for some time now, she'd been stumbling in the darkness, slowly adjusting, but still moving slow. That's when she noticed it - a faint light in the distance. It danced, almost ghost like to her eyes. But Cordelia was never one to hesitate.
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She made a straight beeline for it.
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After what felt like forever, the light was very near. But she could see shapes within it now, and that spurred her further. People she could help ( or could help her as she sorely needed it, despite never wanting to admit it ) and actual company in the near silent cave. Well, silent despite the once in a while wild pokemon encounters. Of course, there was one factor the girl didn't account for in her rush - ledges. In fact, it only came to her as her foot slid off one, and she fell.
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To her credit, she didn't scream. No, instead, she simply tried to minimize the damage, remembering how she fell off her bike or how the League was training to react swiftly to danger. And with a quite audible thump, she landed inside of a puddle, splashing what little water everywhere. But, perhaps compared to the noise of low voices, it felt like a crack of thunder went off in the cavern. Sheepishly, the girl straightened her body, ignoring the minor lance of pain in her leg. ''Well, that wasn't intended what so ever.'' she said, mostly to herself. And then she tried to stand up.
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That's when the pain transformed from a minor lance to a jack-saw.
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Letting out a rather loud yelp, the blonde went back down, splashing yet again. And this time, she knew something had gone, well, wrong. She thought she had minimized the damage, but apparently not. ''So um... sorry to interrupt whatever conversation, but I think I need some help over here.'' she called out towards the shape. Her eyes still couldn't quite tell at this distance exactly who these people were, but it would be fine.
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Well, it would be if they didn't get swarmed by wild pokemon.

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[attr="class","sacred_staretag"]persephone amavi @creed @cordelia

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of course, she had to jinx it in her thoughts didn't she?
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still, it seemed like several things happened at once - the pokemon giving off light chased something else, one of the people that had been standing came to her on top of fighting one off, and another seemed to be unconcerned with the wild pokemon that were attempting to lash out. it was a gross generalization of the situation, she knew that much, but honestly she was not one to rehash what was clearly there. but unbidden, something flickered in her chest, when she gazed on a familiar form, but one that was not hers.
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the grizzled man in front of her became clear to her eyes. admittedly, it wasn't what she was expecting, but it was nice all the same. without prompting, the girl simply sent a bright smile at him, seemingly unconcerned with the pain. ''Hi and thanks for coming to help! Well, let's see it started out as like a 0.2 and then it climbed to a 5 or 6?'' she said. her words seemed to say that the injury wasn't bad at all - but one look at her unnaturally twisted leg would tell a different tale. and she knew that her smile would be off putting, but she couldn't help the kindness she was born with. she wanted to help, and to smile despite the pain was helping. usually.
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her eyes caught movement, two of them actually.
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and her hand was already throwing a pair of pokeballs. two flashes of light in the cave, releasing a pair of pokemon. from Cordelia's mouth, came two whistles, different from each other, but clearly practiced for the pokemon that were appearing. the first one, and more obvious of the pair, was the fiery Lentum, a Fletchinder that immediately found itself flying at the Whiscash that was meandering towards Cordelia and her rescuer. with a quick Acrobatics, the bird was in range to ram it's Steel Wing into the soft under belly of the fish - leaving the pokemon unconscious. the second pokemon was hard to tell, at least until suddenly the Seismitoad that was inching behind the Inspector was caught in a Vice Grip. This illuminated Laus, her trusty Scizor. that would also mean there's a pair of them on the field now, surprisingly enough. what a strange coincidence. and of course, the Scizor quickly disabled it's opponent with an Agility, False Swipe and Night Slash combo that's been well practiced for some time now.
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with both of those pokemon disabled, Cordelia's attention returned to the male before her, observing what he was doing curiously. ''so, how bad does it look?''

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[attr="class","sacred_staretag"]persephone amavi @creed @cordelia

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there was just something warm and familiar about it all.
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perhaps that's why her heart was so at peace.
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still, did her fall really attract so much noise? it was odd, but it was like the cavern just waited for an event to come alive. she could vaguely tell that the other two seemed to be doing their own thing, so her attention focused on the man that had come to her first. the one that had decided to help first rather then be busy with his own things. and that was something cordelia definitely respected, having been taught all her life to help others first. which definitely upped her opinion of him first.
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she laughed softly at his comments, her holding her breath as he picked her up.
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well, this wasn't how she imagined getting carried. she assumed a piggy back like her dad would have, but logically speaking that would hurt her leg wouldn't it? ''ey, at least it's only a couple of weeks, that's nothing really. been out of commission for something close to two years before.'' she said, the last part added more as an after thought. this more so because her attention went to several things in the middle of the first sentence - first, her very own scizor seemed to have caught some sort of shell. secondly, her fletchinder had come towards them, and was lighting up the way with small sparks, making sure to circle around for aerial threats. and then finally, she realized she never caught the man's name.
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''so, I'm cordelia. what's your name?'' she asked her knight in shining armor. ( unbeknownst to her, it wasn't shining but faded and dull with time and pain, but there was just something about him that appealed to her more then the other two. then again they hadn't interacted with her, but she still found herself content with just his interactions. she had no idea, none, of what would happen in the future, and if she had an inkling of it, it was ruthlessly squashed because she was not allowed to be anxious or worry about things. not since then. )

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