As Elinor approached the stranger, she could swear she heard something grumbled barely audibly. She swore it was something about ‘another’ and so replied as such. “Another one?”

Realizing then that it might be the Flabebe behind her “Oh, no this little one is with me.”

“Say you wouldn’t happen to have seen some Caterpie around here?”




MISSION: FOR THE SWARM
LOCATION:

Much like Josh Devlin, Elinor had procured herself a full-body heat suit for the occasion. Yet through all of this she could still feel the heat attempting to beat its way through, and it made her wonder if this was how Laurence Anderson felt whenever the sun shone just a little bit.

By her side a Hisuian Typhlosion walked around, sniffing the air in search of something, anything. But unfortunately it was not a trained tracker.

While Elinor walked around looking for clues as best she could, a question began to form in her mind alongside a worry. A worry which she decided to investigate.

“How are you holding up, Josh?” She worried what had happened to kyle lopez weighted heavier on Josh’s shoulders than he would let show. The tone in her voice made no attempts on hiding that.



LOCATION: Mt. Chimney

The competitive fire roared between the two trainers.

“Nice catch!” Elinor gave the competition a thumbs up. She had no intention of souring the experience with bad sportsmanship.

Unfortunately for her and Talonflame it seemed there was little prey to catch this time. Perhaps they would have better luck by moving area?




OOC: Skipping
DUO WILD TYPES: dark / ground / dragon.
LOCATION: Route 114

“Nice catch Gron!” Elinor praised her Pokemon.

A bridal style landing was achieved putting Lynette safely in his arms. Luckily Gareth would not need to fear as Lynette was not in Gron’s egg-group. And so their closeness did not distract from the battle.

Speaking off. Gron would weather the EARTHQUAKE with Lynette in his arms, trying to keep her safe as the force of the very ground washed over him. But even with that massive pain he pushed through and summoned a ROCK SLIDE in an attempt to help Lynette in capturing at least one of their opponents.



OOC:
LOCATION: Lilycove City

Laurence Anderson lam logan

Music had never been Elinor’s forte, but she certainly didn’t mind diving in when it seemed to elicit more of a conversational continuation than anything else.

“So, which is your favorite song to perform?” A simple question, but one that was sure to continue the conversation.

Meanwhile the Shaymin began to play rather fervently. Elinor’s shaymin did its best to dodge becoming it, though after a bit, it could dodge no further leaving an opportunity for Evette’s Shaymin to boop it.




OOC: Shaymin Playdate?
LOCATION: Forests bordering Verdanturf/Route 117

Andrea’s offer of a hug tempted her. It would be nice, not only to get the comfort but to unload her burdens on Andrea. Yet, she couldn’t. She wouldn’t put something like that on her friend. These were her burdens to carry.

A quiet, but certain nod revealed the answer before her words left her mouth. “They did hurt me.” The very thought of it spurred old memories to resurface. She felt the phantom itch of the clawed-scars she had inflicted on herself afterward, rearing its ugly head. But she let the warm water soothe the fading scars on her arms.

Eyes gazed on the water surface, resting in contemplation for a moment as she buried the unpleasantness again. “It was part of the reason. But not the entire reason -” She stopped, considering how much she wanted to say.

“ - I suppose my departure really boils down to finally realizing that even as a member of the council, I was simply a pawn for the League to discard when I had outlived my usefulness.” Elinor knew there had been reasons and justifications, wisely dolled out to any who thought her worth saving. But all of that did not matter to her as the Victim. The League had shown what they thought her worth.

But one creature that would never abandon her was the Aggron she had leaned up against. It's tail moved in the water, gently wrapping around its trainer protectively, as if to let her know that she was safe, always.

She paused. Then looked toward Andrea, wondering if these words would make the light-hearted Dragon Enthusiast see her in a different light.


MISSION: POST To Sow Dragon's Teeth
LOCATION: Lavaridge Hot Springs

The Drampa had barely been caught before the next victim made itself known. A rustling bush nearby alerted both Elinor and Talonflame to the running Toedscool.

Elinor had to take a moment to consider. It wasn’t usually something she would catch, but maybe just this once. She gestured for the bird and it dove down, talons out, wings glinting with the sparks of fire falling off of it like gentle snow for moments before going out.

Not long after the loud thud of bird hitting its prey and pinning it to the ground alerted to the successful capture of its victim. Luckily for the Toedscool, fungi weren’t on the list of things this predatory bird wanted to eat, and so Elinor did not need to rush over there to throw her Pokéball.



OOC: Trying to capture Toedscool
DUO WILD TYPES: dark / ground / dragon.
LOCATION: Route 114

From atop her perch she was given ample time to watch the riders alongside any oncoming threats, though admitted there was none of the later

She didn’t envy the ride that their passengers were given. She knew it was rough on the untrained, and it certainly would be rough even on her, though she had a bit of experience riding a variety of Pokemon by now, nothing compared to Josh of course.

But either way they all made it back to Littleroot safe and sound. Even her descent from high up would be without issues. It pleased her to see that there was still moments of peace to be found within the region, for she had expected this mission would have gone awry, and yet it did not.



OOC: Finished
LOCATION: COMMITMENT ACT 1 (Repeat)

Elinor raised an eyebrow in surprise, when Evette spoke of a trade. Shaymin were rare Pokemon as far as she knew, so the idea that some might trade away their little friends wer surprising.

But she decided not to pursue that line further as Evette began to introduce herself. Elinor noted the pep that was suddenly to be found in their voice. “A Songstress?” Elinor repeated curiously. “What sort of songs do you make?” A basic question, but one that had to be asked.

Meanwhile Elinor’s Shaymin took a moment to catch its breath and regain some energy as it watched its fellow kin prance around ready to initiate. But the other did not initiate a game. It found this strange for a moment but then Shay decided to do it herself. It jumped forward gently booping the other Shaymin’s Snoot as it proclaimed in its Shaymin-tongue ‘you are it.’




OOC: Shaymin Playdate?
LOCATION: Forests bordering Verdanturf/Route 117

“I am sure your words reached him in some form.” Elinor reassured the young Dragon Enthusiast. Though admittedly, the confused expression she noticed from Meatloaf could suggest otherwise.

But Elinor decided not to question it further.

And so in the comfort of the hot waters Andrea decided to turn the conversation to darker subjects.

Now, had this been some B-list Anime the very question might have caused a stronger reaction, maybe even a flashback back to the times of trauma. But now, bathed in comfort and in the company of people she knew would never hurt her, she merely took a deep calming breath and said.

“Sure I can talk about it?” The tone in her voice making it quite clear that it definitely wasn’t a comfortable topic to even approach.



MISSION: POST To Sow Dragon's Teeth
LOCATION: Lavaridge Hot Springs

Andrea’s question caught Elinor by surprise. She thought her statement had been quite clear.

“Oh I just meant I can’t grow complacent when competing against you otherwise you’ll definitely take the lead!” Elinor replied. Perhaps she had misspoken or the Dragon Enthusiast had thought there was some deeper meaning.

While it seemed her Flaming Eagle had scared away weaker Pokemon there were still Pokemon that were up for the challenge. A twister suddenly flew toward the flaming bird, engulfing it for a moment.

The bird was sent hurtling into the air until it regained control of its flight. And by then the Drampa was quick to set upon it in battle. But if it had thought the bird would be weak in a brawl, it would be sorely surprised.

The Talonflame lit ablaze and began to burn the Drampa with its fire. But the Drampa did not relent for a moment, in fact, it did not relent for so long that by the time it fell from the sky it was knocked out.

Luckily Elinor was quick to throw a ball after it, hoping to safe it from hitting the ground.



OOC: Trying to capture Drampa
DUO WILD TYPES: dark / ground / dragon.
LOCATION: Route 114

So fair their mission was a success. The people that needed saving was saved and brought over the river on Josh’s aquatic mounts alongside their equipment.

All was good. With the hard part over and done with they simply needed to transport the passengers back to civilization. An easy task. But even so, Elinor and her Metagross performed the work with the same professionalism as before.

Their watchful gaze kept an eye out for dangerous Pokemon lurking around. And luckily for all involved there seemed to be no such thing. Perhaps it was the presence of so many trained Pokemon that kept them from foolishly attacking. And honestly Elinor didn’t mind that one bit. It was nice with a bit of easy work.



LOCATION: COMMITMENT ACT 1 (Repeat)