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He was not willing to eat. How could he? He had seen what that JUNK did to people! To the chains-- but he heard as the others talked and what had to be done. If he didn't eat, they would either be punished, forced to eat or grow weak. Their had to be a way around this. He tried not to think, but his head was in a vice, weak, throbbing and an empty stomach. Then he saw it through the bars. Those who ate the Moochi, the cells themselves would open in place, as the bars would become new poison chains to their masks to keep them secure but allow them to wander the yard. The Moochi became a means of leaving the cell-- and in their cells they couldn't accomplish anything. [break][break] It was then that a sound came-- and that Big, Ugly Poison-Chained Mutt showed up through the bars. He gave a big toothed grin, insisting they eat or he would cause the same pain he did to the inmates. [break][break] Zachary glared at the dog through the slits of his mask. He could only hope the mask obscured the nasty look he gave his warden, but the doggy was growing impatient. [break][break] Finally, Zachary knew what he had to do. He took one of the Moochi. One and only one. In a fevered attempt, he ate the one. He slammed it into his mask and quickly ate it-- sweet as it was to the taste, he soon felt naucious as it hit his stomach. The truth was, he only ate about maybe no more than a few bites, the majority he smeared on his mask, or slip through his sleeves of his prison garb, trying to avoid eating the majority to fool the dog. [break][break] Seemingly satisfied, and the bars changing-- soon connected to Zachary's mask and neck. [break][break] Okidogi came in and soon offered Zachary a pat on the head, as if to say "GOOD JOB"--- before grabbing his head and slamming him into the dirt. Zachary felt some of the Moochi already come up a bit from the violent slam, the dog a sadistic warden. The dog soon left the cell, seeming making a sound he could only presume was laughter. [break][break] Zachary groaned as he soon struggled to get up. Perhaps he should of ate more of that Moochi, but if it was poison, eating more wouldn't help him. Having as little as possible, meant it would leave his system later. As hungry as he was, eating something that could eventually kill him was not a good idea. If he had to he would eat more later, but for now... he had to prioritize learning more, so they could escape. [break][break]

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[break][break] He soon joined the others on the labor floor. The white armored humanoid visitors were indeed problematic guards, to which Zachary regarded no different than the Okidogi. There were no tools, just having them slam rocks into rocks to try to dislodge and break the crystals. Tera Crystals. They were perhaps the only thing of interest to Zachary there as he knew those could be useful. For now, he just tried not to provoke the ire of the guards, or the sadistic doggo acting as their warden. He soon saw some people he thought he might know! They wore the masks but was it possible-- especially since he could see their faces. He may of seen Josh Devlin and ever blackwell rangers he knew from his journey so far! Friends! More so, he also saw a woman with beautiful long, violet hair. That was unmistakable. Elise Calcifet ! She was here. He soon tried to approach her, moving closer so he could try to converse with the familiar souls he knew... [break][break] However, he felt a sudden tug on his chain and it caused him to trip. He fell flat on his back from the trip, covered in the dust of the mine-- to look to find Okidogi glaring down on him, his foot on Zachary's chain. [break][break] The irony of this situation was not lost on him. [break][break] Picking up the chain, the dog dragged Zachary to an unsorted pile of rocks, the boy scraped cruely on his back by the drag. With a vicious whip of the chain, he threw Zachary against the rocks, indicating he had to get back to work. [break][break] Zachary coughed as he fought for the strength to get up. "Ugh... Even DANTE was a better doggo than this prick..." Zachary sarcastically grumbled with a use of his coping mechanism. [break][break] However, Okidogi
seemingly understood-- and answered by kicking Zachary hard in his stomach, making Zachary cry out in pain. After a few vicious chuckles at Zachary's expense, the big bad dog finally left him alone so Zachary could work. As Zachary began to beat the stones, harvesting the Tera Crystals, he tried to see what small slivers of them he could use too. More so, every so often in an attempt of a 'break', he would look to where the guards, the watchposts, the center hole-- anywhere he could. He had to learn where things were, where this prison was oveseen.[break][break]Ultimately, he wanted to find where their Pokemon were being held. If they could get to their Pokemon, they would no longer be at the mercy of their prisons and could escape. He could only hope his own Pokemon were not subjected to these monsters. As he worked, what small shards of Tera Crystals he broke off that would be easy to slip into his pants or in the palm of his hand, he would squirl them away, trying to hold them on. He even would store some in the flap of his mask to keep them hidden. If he could find fire or psychic shards, that would probably work out the best... [break][break][break][break]

Alexei Ivanov

NOTES

✦ Weakling Ward.[break]
✦ Reluctantly eats MOOCHI -- as little as possible smearing and hiding the rest to fake the majority.[break]
✦ Okidogi being a cruel and annoying mutt as he shoves Zachary's face into ground.[break]
✦ Zachary tries to 'work' while scouting out who is there with him, recognizing a couple of people.[break]
✦ Okidogi once again punishes Zachary by dragging him across the yard and shoves him back to work and kicks him in the stomach. .[break]
✦ Continues to look to find where the guards and Okidogi are keeping their Pokemon-- their only real hope of escape. .[break]
✦ As he separates the piles, he uses what small slivers of Tera Crystals he can to hide in sleeves or keep concealed on his own body, so that he could use some for something.

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His head throbbed like it was in a vice and he couldn't breathe for a moment. He groggily got up, soon realizing he was not in a bed. Not in his usual clothing, his jacket got-- he was groggy not remembering how he got there. It was cold and damp, filthy as he felt the hard surface under him. As Zachary regained his senses he soon reached up to his head-- to discover the iron vice mask over his face. Along with the poison chain that now wrapped around it and his neck. "Wha..." he groggily breathed, panic resting up from sleepiness. He soon tried to pull the mask off, struggling but no matter how hard he tug, the mask was linked to the chains around him. "What the hell?" Zachary groggily said as he moved towards the barred door. He looked out, finding the yard where the other cells were along with the odd center building. [break][break] He shook the bars. "Hey! LET ME OUT!!" He shouted, confused how he got there. He couldn't even find his Pokeballs, and likely taken from him. He was stuck. There was no other way for him to escape right now and stuck there. [break][break] He soon backed up from the bars, trying to figure a way at least to break out of that mask, but to no avail. He was growing frustrated so soon stopped and spoke to himself. "Calm down Zachary... focus. THink of what is in front of you, and take it one step at a time. You panic, you make your situation worse." he huffed, trying to keep in control of his emotions. All the while confused and scared -- especially where his Pokemon were. [break][break]

Alexei Ivanov

NOTES

✦ Weakling Ward.[break]
✦ XXX.[break]
✦ XXX.

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In the pokemon center, Zachary sat at one of the nearby tables as he had his journal open. He tapped his pen to the paper, struggling to write. After a moment of pondering about what monkey's he knew, Jumanji--he began to write. [break][break]

Monkeys do what they do best. [break][break]
Wits wrangled and tempers test. [break][break]
Oranguru teaches you the most valuable lesson -- maybe. [break][break]
You're in the jungle, baby! [break][break]



Zachary's mind wandered with a scene from one of his favorite shows using that 'classic line' and it seemed to fit, accidentally using that same voice-- till he saw some people staring at him. His face turned red, and just gave a wave of 'hello-- I'm not crazy' at them. To which, they walked away. Once they left, he took the poem and swiftly mailed it into the pokemon center mailbox. . [break][break][break][break]

Shalin Nariya

NOTES

✦ Posting silly poem.[break]
✦ XXX.[break]
✦ XXX.

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It took Zachary's self-restraint not to run around with that THING on his back. If it was a simple thing like a catterpie or something not dangerous, he wouldn't of reacted so badly. But those things were Poisonous!. Of course he would freak out. The moment Josh got it off his back, he finally sighed and stopped freaking out. He fell to his knees and panted, exhausted by the shock. In a patronizing way, Dizzy walked over to Zachary and with an embarrassed look, gently rubbed his trainer's back to help him calm down. The fox may of been embarrassed by his trainer's reaction to bugs-- but he knew how badly it was for Zachary and sympathized. [break][break] Spriggatito too had watched, and the little cat -- for better or worse seemed to be 'laughing' as it rolled on the grass, its arms and belly out as it caught stray flicks of sunshine. [break][break] Josh's explanation on bugs were pretty self-explanatory. In the end, Zachary knew more than often bugs were not violent in reality, but the poisonous ones were the ones he worried about. Specifically like Beedrill-- which Josh didn't know he had an encounter with before. Zachary turned over his shoulder to glare at Josh. "Yeah... you mentioned it," he replied at the mention of the ranger again. [break][break] The old man sat there, observing the two's interactions. If Zachary didn't know better, he could of seen the old man laughing a bit under his beard. "Well, you two are a lively pair. Ah youth..." he sighed with a pleasant tone. [break][break] As Zachary finally got his wits about him, seeing more bugs and birds nearby, he straightened himself out and continued. "Look, I really am sorry. And I get it, but there has been a misunderstanding. That Leafeon took my Mime Jr and Rabsca-- and I really do care about them. If you have ANY idea where this Leafeon is, can you show us please?" he said, expressing his sincereity. [break][break]Realizing the situation and the boy's fears, the old man nodded. "Yes... very well. The Leafeon doesn't go near humans but I have seen it. It will always go to the densest part of the woods. Go off the beaten path and find the thicket parts to push through. Rumor is, there is a special grove where it would make its home, along with other pokemon there. Just keep off the general paths and you should find it." the man explained, pointing to a dark corner of the woods. [break][break] With a direction to check and potentially a chance to find his lost Pokemon, Zachary felt a bit of his optimism return. "Thank you, sir. I really appreciate your kindness." Zachary said with a bow of respect to the older man. With that, he took off-- causing Dizzy and Spriggatito to follow him. [break][break]

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Happy was in a pickle now, while Rabsca and the others got alone. Happy had tried to leave the grove three times... [break][break] And now he was 'grounded'. Having been tired of retrieving Happy, the large Leafeon now had a big paw on his back. Happy now was stuck, pinned there like a Pyroar disciplining a naughty cub. A soft sigh escaped the Mime jr, more embarrassed than troubled. [break][break] Swadloon would converse with the seemingly passive Rabsca, using Grass Whistle to share wonderful music in the grove. [break][break]

Josh Devlin @tag

NOTES

✦ Wild Duo start with Josh [break]
✦ passing on both [break]
✦ Leafeon has 'kidnapped' Happy, Rabsca, and Swadloon.

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Zachary's confidence was renewed as Happy's clever use of Metronome paid off. This was what Happy was good at, adapting to random situations and finding the best outcome in the heat of the moment-- depending on how their luck went. Of course, they couldn't depend on luck the whole time. If he wasn't careful, it could blow up in their faces. But this was the time to turn the tide. It came to Zachary. Dhelmgist was weak against fellow ghost attacks-- and grabbing Phantom Force via Mimic was the perfect tool to even the playing field between the stronger Pokemon. [break][break] However-- that was before the ghost maranier of a pokemon suddenly created a Whirlpool around it, acting in a defensive measure. Zachary's eyes widened as the sudden whirlpool spawned around the ghostly wheel-- and began to spread outway. Happy was completely swept up by it. "Happy!!" Zachary cried as the Mime was washed away. [break][break] The whirlpool went round, and round-- making the Mime Jr. look like a stray rubber ducky. The mime would shout as he was thrown around, the little guy not physically strong enough to swim out of the watery trap. [break][break] Pressure was on Zachary, to make a sound judgment. Regardless the whirlpool would keep Happy at its mercy and make him a sitting duck. If he didn't act, it would come back to hurt them. He felt the urgency-- and that meant now was the time to strike. He had to have faith, in Happy and his own judgment to act. The time was now! [break][break] "Happy-- Dive below and do it!" Zachary cried out to Happy. Hearing his trainer's voice over the roar of the whirlpool-- Happy gave a optimistic cheer. He then used all his strength and plunged under the water! [break][break] To everyone, Happy had vanished under the water. No one, not even Arron or the audience could tell where he was. Zachary slowly smirked, leaving everyone wondering what his plan was. But Happy knew and did what he did best. [break][break] By now Dhelmgist would be behind his defensive whirlpool. The seemingly emotionless pokemon probably wouldn't know what would happen. [break][break] Boink... boink-boink-boink[break][break] Soft pokes would be felt by the ghostly wheel from behind it, presuming taps on the shoulder. Eventually it would turn-- [break][break] "Mi-miiiii!" Happy said with a mischievous smile on his face, sticking out of a ghostly portal from behind Dhelmgist! Happy had used Phantom Force escaping the whirlpool and appearing behind the enemy. [break][break]"Now-- METRONOME!!" Zachary shouted, giving luck another chance. [break][break] WACK!! In that instance, Happy pounced on Dhelmgist, its body suddenly surrounded by a viciously black aura as Happy pounced, delivering a powerful wack with its little arms. It wouldn't have done anything-- but that black aura just gave it a vicious impact. Zachary had no clue what THAT was, but anyone clever enough could figure it out. After all that power building-- it could only be one thing. Foul Play -- a Dark Move that got stronger, the stronger the enemy was. Considering their vast differences in power, no wonder it would produce such a powerful result! [break][break][break][break]

Aaron Toral

NOTES

✦ Reflect now at 5/5 active before dissolving. Last round. [break]
✦ Happy dives under the Whirlpool as he is tossed around, and soon uses Mimic - Phantom Force. Uses it to escape Whirlpool and get behind Dhelmgist. [break]
✦ Happy's Metronome produces Foul Play creating a powerful impact over their attack differences-- and using Dhelmgist' own power against him. [break]
✦ Pre-emptive use of Metronome roll for next post. Anything can happen!! (See rules below) [break]
✦ Personal Metronome Rules: A die is rolled and Metronome's effect will be determined by the following. Odd numbers indicate a status-move, even numbers indicate an attack move. 1-33 , will be a weak move, 34-66 will have power between (50-70) , 67 -100 will be 80+ attack power. Type is free to choose for the user. Depending on player cooperation, a lower power move may be selected if the roll is higher.

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The amount of humor in the mood caused a mix of things. Especially with two Terrastellized Pokemon in the room. Dizzy would give Josh an equally peeved look of embarrassment. If Dizzy wasn't so red with the Terastellar glow, he probably be blushing now. As for the crown-- it didn't appear the last time Dizzy used this power. Was it because it wasn't via the Tera Orb and through Area Zero-- or perhaps there were other factors involved he couldn't understand? [break][break] As the laughter died down, Prof. Yew Approached. The offer to test the Pokemon's durability with this power was interesting but she shook her head. "Let's save the mass destruction for another time outside. Even in this Labratory, has rare equipment I rather not destroy. But the crowns, are manifestation of those Tera types. They mean something. Those that do manifest them, perhaps show they have stronger affinities of the Tera Types than others. Who knows." she explained, and looked to the Delphox. However, she then had the syringe in her hands. "Still, your Delphox is such a fascinating specimine in its Terallized state. I'd love to get a tiny, tiny sample...?" She said it all with a smile that was verging on creepy. [break][break] Dizzy's eyes glared even more at the Professor-- and answered with a violet glow. Suddenly, the same aura captured the syringe, and soon it shook-- and was yanked out of the professor's hand. It soon shot upward and became lodged right into the ceiling, its needle sticking right into the plasture above them. [break][break] Zachary gave a sheepish, embarrassed smile. "Yeah... can't say I don't share Dizzy's dislike of needles, Prof. Yew. Not unless its necessary," he explained, as the fox turned away from Prof. Yew. [break][break] After a few minutes-- the crystal of Dizzy's body began to glow and shimmer. He soon glowed-- and then the crystal form of him shattered. THe crystalized coating on the fox vanished into bits of dazzling red light, returning Dizzy to his original form. With no reason to keep the form, Dizzy had returned back to his normal self. With the crown and crystallized form gone, Zachary approached his Fox and gave him an appreciated pat behind his big ears. [break][break] "Well, now you know how to use Terrastellization. From now on, you will use the Tera Orb to trigger the transformation. And here, take this along with the orb. " Prof Yew said as she handed Zachary something else. He took it to reveal it to be a shard of crystal-- much like the ones back in Area Zero. "The crystals down there carry the genes for tera types. In order to give your pokemon similar effects, you have to adapt them to it too. Think of these shards much like evolution stones. It will naturally become a part of them. Keep it. It may come in handy, and you can find more in the Grand Chasm or even in other places in Hoenn. " she explained. [break][break] Zachary thought about it-- but soon paused as he realized -- was she giving him all this? "What? Wait! I can't just take this. I don't have much money but I can--" [break][break] Zachary was interrupted by the Professor's laughter. "Oh don't worry about it, please. Consider it all fair compensation for your hard work in Area Zero. You have a bright future as a trainer, Zachary. I look forward to what you discover with the power of Tereasstellar transformation. Same goes to you too, Mr. Devlin. " she said with equal interest. [break][break] Zachary smiled, feeling their information was well explained. He had to wonder-- what kinds of Tera types could his Pokemon have, or if they had them already. What combinations could he do with this power? His imagination was already buzzing with the possibilities. . [break][break]

Josh Devlin

NOTES

✦ Tera Test Mission Link.[break]

✦ XXX.[break]

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Despite the sincere apology for Josh's recklessness, Zachary didn't blame or pay him too much mind. In the end, how could it have been predicted. Though perhaps getting his TYpe NULL to behave wouldn't have been the worst of ideas. Still, Zachary couldn't blame him too badly. In the end, Zachary blamed himself-- for being so scared of bugs it cost him loosing his Pokemon to that wild Leafeon. [break][break] It was then the older man began to explain. "As the rumor goes, many years ago, a trainer grew frustrated with his Eevee. Considering it a failure, it grew angry with the creature, and abandoned it. " the man explained. [break][break] A breath caught in Zachary's throat. "He just... abandoned it? Why would he do such a thing?" he asked, though in the end an obvious question of how cruel trainers could be. [break][break] The older man nodded. "At the time, many people didn't understand the evolutions of Eevees. This was around the time only people knew of three of their known forms. " he explained. Josh and Zachary would listen, as the sad tale unfolded. "Left alone in the woods, the poor Eevee worked to survive. It eventually became a Leafeon, but having been hurt by humans, its one kind nature was soured. However, now it seeks out other Pokemon, who have been hurt or injured by humans. It will respond to any form of aggression that humans have in the forest, seeing it as a threat. In the end, the poor thing is simply acting to not let others suffer the same cruelty it did." the man said. [break][break] Zachary's heart ached, not just for losing Happy or his fear-- but the Leafeon who now had his pokemon. In the end, it was just trying to protect them. And it had responded to Zachary's hostility towards the bugs around him, mistaking it for hostility. [break][break] "How horrible..." Zachary sighed, wishing he could help the poor Leafeon. The Spriggatito near them gave a sad meow, hearing the story too.[break][break] Dizzy's eyes snapped open and barked. He looked alarmed as he looked at Zachary, urging the boy to turn. [break][break] "Huh? Dizzy, something wrong?" Zachary asked. He looked behind him, seeing the fox point urgently to Zachary's back. Of course, Zachary couldn't see or understand the fox's barking. "What? Dizzy calm down. What are you trying to say?" he asked, unsure what he was pointing to. [break][break] As Zachary turned around, trying to figure out-- it revealed that something was on the back of his jacket. Slowly climbing up the blue fabric and on his back-- was a large Venepede. It had found its way onto Zachary's back and was slowly climbing up. Zachary's fear of bugs may of been a hinderance-- but a poisonous centepede-like Pokemon on his back would no doubt push him over the edge. [break][break] Dizzy soon got out his stick, and tried to poke the thing off, but it still clung to Zachary's back. [break][break] "Dizzy, stop poking me and--" Zachary turned to the other side, to soon see the antenna and face of the Venepede just looming over his shoulder. His face froze in shock as he soon saw the creature there. He became as still as stone, his body rigid. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!!" He gasped, now scared stiff as he feared any rapid motion would get him stung. And fact was, he would be right. "Getitoff-getitoff-getitioff-getitoff!" he hissed in fright to Josh to save him[break][break]

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Their attacks were successful-- to drive off the vengeful Victini. Zachary frowned as it flew away, sad he couldn't permanently help the little guy. But with it being so violent, there was no other option. Zachary's train of thought was interrupted with Arron's request. The battle was over and they could try to descend to the ground. [break][break] Dizzy gave Arron a dirty look that said 'Do I look like a dry-cleaner? [break][break] With clever use of his Magic Room, Dizzy began to descend the blocks down to the ground via his Psychic Power. Prophet glided down, and Tarot simply teleported like he liked to do. Eventually, they reached the ground-- but for Zachary, he looked completely lost as he looked up to the 'sky'. It was a totally different color, different look-- even the forest seemed alien to them. They were in another different realm. A pit of worry brewed in Zachary's stomach, wondering how they would get home. [break][break]Arron explained a few things. Especally the avatars. That made Zachary wonder-- as he remembered the members of the Dark Triad had mention that. "Avatars? Well... my biggest question is, you been here before? I trust there is a way back to our world, I hope?" he asked. [break][break] If Zachary wanted to leave-- now was the time. But Zachary sighed, realizing he wanted to explore this place. He just hoped that there was a way out. But there had to be-- otherwise Arron had not returned the first time. Zachary shook his head and looked to him with resolve. "Well, I'm certainly not leaving you here alone. That's for sure," Zachary said with determination. A show of the confidence Zachary had within. [break][break] BONK! Zachary felt the 'swift punishment' of his Kadabra as the pokemon sneak-teleported behind him and gave him a wack of his spoon upside his head. "TAROT!!" Zachary shouted, the moment ruined. [break][break] Dizzy had finished 'toasting' Arron's clothing a little, only to bark at Kadabra for being such a troll. [break][break]

Aaron Toral @tag

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