Where Greyson has his Comfey for comfort, Lex has her shadows. Where there is darkness, there is protection. All around her the phantom plane stretches between worlds, housing her own beasts that are watching, waiting. And when Hecate feels the psychic brush of the Alakazam, she grow restless. The invasion into her being is perceived as a threat.

The air around Lex grows colder in her presence, a familiar sense of emptiness that encases her. It’s enough to give her pause, a brief hitch in her step before some masculine voice is echoing off the brick buildings that rise above them. The echo gives it even more authority than he likely intended.

The dark figure he pursues glances towards him, long red hair shifting behind her shoulder beneath the tug of the sea breeze. It’s clear she doesn’t recognize his authority. He might even catch the flash of a bright smile before she turns away without a word. She drifts into a shadow like a ship slipping deeper into the fog. She disappears behind the first turn, and should he follow her around that turn, he’ll see her running.

Greyson Connors
Make It Double Mission

“Right . . . slow,” Last night was anything but slow and it seemed to work out just fine. Lex could do slow. She may need a few reminders now and then but she would do anything to keep him there with her and to know she wasn’t going to be coming home alone.

“I can do that,” she promised, resisting the urge to step closer and hold him, “And it’ll let me . . . ya know,” she vaguely motions to him as a whole, “Warm up to it,” Lex was coming to terms with the fact that Deoxys may be something she has to live with. The thief wasn’t completely on board yet and would love nothing more than to have her Killian back, but some Killian was better than no Killian.

Killian Decker

If he wanted to see her smile, he certainly made the right decision agreeing to stay. Despite his lack of enthusiasm, Lex took the small win in stride. The small smile quickly curved up into something much brighter. Warmth flooded her chest for the first time since he left. Empties faded a bit too quickly.

“Really?”

Only a few more steps brought her to his side, a hopeful amber gaze locking with his.

“Thank you.”

Killian Decker

His goading actually does coax a rare smile out of the Beast, “I wouldn’t go that far,” she shoots him a brief glance while holding her smile, “It was just one time,” two, actually, if you counted her second round of brownies she brewed up recently.

There was a hint of greed in Lex’s eye when Kepler sucked up the shiny Horsea into a pokeball, “Nice catch,” she complemented again, but the envy didn’t last long. June spotted something a little more up her alley a bit further down the path.

AGILITY brought her closer to the Runerigus that expended its arms and tail out in defense, appearing to look massive as it hovered over the small Joltik. Lex had purposefully trained this particular Joltik in fighting larger enemies. She intended to keep it small and strong – the ideal pokemon for infiltrating those small spaces her ghosts couldn’t phase through.

This one posed a particular threat since the electric-type moves wouldn’t effect it. June found that out quickly as a Thunder Wave harmlessly passed over the pokemon. The challenge excited the bug, and after a brief scuffle, Lex broke it up by tossing a pokeball over to consume the Runerigus (which was winning).

Most of what Kepler said truly didn’t interest her and went over her head, mostly. She wouldn’t admit that though, “Multiverse? Like what happened with the Tree of Life and the rumors of Sea!Hoenn?” and the League’s “brilliant” plan to just teleport a metoer to another universe, “Seems like pretty important stuff.”

kepler brueshaber
Catching!
- 3 pokeballs
Duo Wild (water/ghost)

Similar to Jayden, and her usual appearance in the underground fighting rings of Slateport, she’s dressed as if she was ready to fight as well. Her long red hair is pulled back in a high ponytail and she sports a black sports bra and leggings. Her dark red lips are pressed into an enthusiastic smirk as her amber gaze bares down on Jayden. She recognizes him, but it’s been quite some time.

“Good to see ya again.”

A flash of light briefly flash across her hard features as her predetermined pokemon of choice emerges from its sphere. She has been working with the Braixen for quite some time now and it was likely close to evolution. This is the pokemon’s first test outside the training grounds and in a real battle.

As a frequent to the underground battle scene, Lex has a little pile of fans that build up around her side of the arena. They come for the brutality that has become staple for her battle. Unfortunately, she may disappoint them today. The Braixen is not as ruthless as her ghosts.

Maybe.

“Ready whenever you are,” Lex waves a hand forward, ushering the Braixen towards the center of the arena. His hands raise, cast a sparkling barrier out before it. As he walks through the LIGHT SCREN it forms to his body, offering a layer of protection.

jayden cross

Braixen uses LIGHT SCREEN

It really was difficult. So, Lex did what she did best: She ran. Would she have to continue running?

Instead of answering, she seemed rather embarrassed. After a final scrunch with the towel, she set it aside across the back of a chair, “I don’t think I even have any coffee,” she frowned, now regretting her decision to not make sure there were at least some non-perishables around.

“Hm, grocery shopping?” her raised a brow that coaxed a small smile out of her, “If you’re staying, sure. If you’re not well . . . I likely won’t be around to use them,” They may as well just go out for breakfast at that point, or get something to go.

Killian Decker

Lex was impatient, and each second that ticked by after their predetermined rendezvous time made her even more anxious. Mint was supposed to be cracking the vault by now, disabling the Fairy Locks and allowing her to TELEPORT in. Unfortunately, that didn’t seem to be happening.

Tension set in her jaw as she tightened her grip around the comms. Just before she was about to growl into it, Mint’s frantic voice broke the silence. The North Exit? A mental map of the facility runs through her head. He’s on his way to the vault . . . but he got caught. Hopefully, they’d still be able to pull this off.

“Fuck. Let’s go,” The shadow Gardevoir beside her stirred, shifting to follow her off towards the edge of the building once again. Together they disappear in the dark mist of a PHANTOM FORCE coming to Mint’s aid.

He’d just have to hold on a little longer.

mint frost

A sparkling, crystalized beam shot from the small Vulpix with purpose. The impressive ICE BEAM was enough to take the ghost out. Even the energy to scream left it as it fell towards the rotting wood floor of the great room they stood. The primal energy that fueled its mega-evolution dissipated in dark whisps, crawling across the floor like the roots of a tree before melting into nothing.

The pokemon itself seem to deflate. The fiery tips of the arms faded back into black and the Mega-Banette reverted back to its original form. The ethereal chill in the air faded. Morgana crept closer to inspect the fainted pokemon, “Well done, Nina” Lex complimented, moving forward to also inspect the pokemon.

Morgana turned, clutching a small black stone in her hands. She dropped the treasure into Lex’s palm. The Beast inspected it with scrutiny, “It’s a mega stone, alright,” she turned her amber gaze back up the room, “No trainer though . . . interesting,” she tucked the stone into her pocket, “Perhaps Rocket will find some use for this.”

nina larson

Anxiety clawed at her belly with very passing second she was away from him. Will he be there when she stepped out of the shower? Or will he be gone again? For this reason, her shower was quick, fueled by a combination of fear and necessity.

Her hair was still dripping when she threw on some basic clothes, and so carried a towel with her as she trotted down the stairs. She was still drying the long red locks when she rounded the corner into the kitchen.

The knot in her stomach released when she saw him still standing there, a small smile creeping up across her naturally red lips. Her amber gaze drifted past him to the dusty kitchen and that’s when it hit her that there was nothing to cook. Lex’s cheeks flushed in embarrassment, “I haven’t been home much,” she admitted, “Sorry about that . . .”

Killian Decker

Mauville erupts in chaos, just as Lex is trying to get her work done. The job is rudely interrupted by a Space-Time Distortion that centers itself over the Power Plant. There had been rumors of more ghost-type pokemon shift forms within them, so it doesn’t take her long to decide to venture back into the chaos.

Despite there being very little water around, a pokeball cracks open amidst the wild winds and snarling pokemon. The White Stripe Basculin flops aimlessly for just a moment before something curious happens. Once in the air, a bright light concumes it, replacing the once small fish pokemon with a large, more frightening beast. The Basculegion poises itself, snapping its jaws together while letting loose a WAVE CRASH across the Power Plant’s cement to drive off a charging pokemon.

Lex smiles, content with her new ghostly addition.

Lex’s White Stripe Basculin EVOLVES into Basculegion (redeeming)
Basculegion learns WAVE CRASH!(redeeming)

REDEEMING

welcome to the poké mart!

1X forme change (0 PD) - Changing Red Stripe Basculin into White Stripe Basculin
1X type 1 evolution (0 PD) - Evolving White Stripe Basculin in distortion to Basulegion
1X move tutor (0 PD) - The new Basculegion will learn Wave Crash

TOTAL

do come again!

0 PD

Lex could press on, try and pry more out of him to put her mind at ease. That may push him too far, far enough to where he would actually leave, and she’d ben alone again, left with an empty, dusty house. If she let it go, it’d eat at her, but at least he’d stay a little longer.

Eventually, she decides having him here is worth more than her discomfort. Lex accepts the smile and returns it with a forced on of her own, “Ok, I’ll be right down then,” she turns to head back towards the bathroom, dropping the blanket on the way. Her turn to shower.

Killian Decker

Alexander may not have had a choice, but Tapu Fini did. The pokemon must have been desperate to raise someone from the dead in order to pursue its avatar. Alexander would cease to exist once this was all over – as it should be.

The legendary broke the stalemate with a wave of SURF. Jellicent moves forward, the thunderous wave crashes over its CURSED BODY which doesn’t shift beneath the hardened exterior. The jellyfish itself crashes through the wave, poison oozing through its pore. The sludge pools into a large sphere that arcs into the air, dropping down towards Tapu Fini like a bomb.

nina larson & ALEXANDER STONE & FERNANDO SILPH

Jellicent Uses SLUDGE BOMB