Quite suddenly, her nightmare wasn't her own personal hell anymore, though the woman barely noticed the scenery change. Barely noticed Amor Rose's own distorted desires start to form. She only noticed as black soot landed upon her shoulder, the pain ripping her back into...well, not reality, but back to herself.

Fire.

She cringed back, instinctively fearing the burning, feeling her death creep up on her. Was she to die like she did at Littleroot now, in this terrible place? Yet she didn't know this place...it wasn't a memory of hers. If there was anything known about Kaida, she was curious, and she rarely backed down.

Her still twisted form started to lurch towards the burning mansion, clearly afraid, swiping away burning sparks from her fur...she didn't know it, but she was still unmistakably Kaida. Stoic, beastial, yet brave.

tl;dr: Having a nightmare~ Fun! Encounters Amor Rose's nightmare. Uses Unknown Report word "black"!

Kaida shuddered at chryssa glasgow , feeling like a child trying to understand something unknowable as she gazed upon her Shinx's egg, "Are you saying, she will be different if she hatches...holy? Maybe?" If that was the case, was there still a chance of getting Odindottir back? As long as this egg birthed...something? She shook her head wildly, not wanting to consider such exceptionally deep consequences. "I don't care what happens when she hatches, just make her hatch." Was it possible it would be another monster, yes, but they'd deal with it like everything else. By defeating it.

She felt blood leave her face as the trees summoned by Ruby Walker's memories turned stark white, dripping with an ichor she didn't dare try to smell...she didn't know what she'd do if they smelled of iron and burns. She tried to hide such discomfort, averting her eyes downwards and sucking in a breath. Yes. Death had visited her. That meant she could take this risk. It wouldn't matter to put her life in danger, for it was already forfeit.

Regardless, she wasn't reckless. She didn't want to die, simply recognized the lesser worth...it made her brave. "Make sure she hatches," She spoke to her Houndoom, still with the Shinx egg, and walked up to her Onix, "That cat's name is Pangur, I saw...let's go after him, he may help." While mysterious, it didn't seem it wanted to harm them...she hoped. Maybe it was just leading them out of its territory.

Kjoll lowered his head, taking Kaida on before rising up. The Onix was tall, but not yet tall enough to follow the cat in entirety, and groaned mournfully as he was short. "It's ok, Kjoll. She patted the Onix before standing up, looking about and crinkling her nose as the scratching smell of smoke demanded attention. Perhaps they could have him wrap around the tree and-

Her eyes settled upon an Enigma Berry, tilting her head at it, Kaida felt curiosity start to rise in her chest. In a place underground, in a church, with all these strange occurrences, was it possible to assume the berries grown from their memories held a sort of power? Looking upon the path of her gaze, it seemed Kjoll agreed, and his eyes glowed as Ancientpower constructed a careful bridge for the woman, the branches too close together for the Onix to risk sticking his head in.

And Kaida crossed, too curious, too little fear. The serpent's within the tree were dark, surely she'd see a strike coming.

The tree stuck unpleasantly to her hands as she pawed twigs out of her way, and she broke eye contact, clicking her tongue before reaching for the berry. She grabbed the berry, and something else grabbed her. She only had a flash of pain in her arm before she was suddenly wrenched off her feet. Somewhere above her, Kjoll roared, moving too late to catch her as she tumbled down. Berry in hand, right on top on branches crudely curled upwards.

If her blood wasn't dripping from the trees before, it sure was now.

q0RzQ_z_ (+55 WHITE)

TLDR: Kaida is freaked out by chryssa glasgow, but willing to play along. As the place changes, she concludes that she is the one that is most appropriate to take any risks, and tried to follow Pangur atop her Onix. They fall a little short, and she smells smoke and notices berries. Thinking they might hold a power like everything else down here, Kaida has her Onix use Ancientpower to get her across her where the Enigma (ACID) berry is, and picks it (touching sticky trees in the process). She is pulled in and off her Ancientpower bridge, and will land on some branches (her GREAT COST).

Touch the sticky trees (+10 White)
Follow Pangur (+10 White)
Smell smoke (+10 White)
Collect an ACID berry at great cost (+10)
? (+15)


(Shiny!)
(Shiny!)

Kaida looked upon her two teammates, Eylyssa Kay and Remiel Calcifet, and nodded at them. Their Pokemon were competent, and she trusted they would be able to catch up now that they were in a battle. "We'll wash them away." She had no idea of what to name their team, however, and would leave it to more creative minds.

Muspel launched into the air, aiming to support the two Pokemon with her presence. She didn't breath flames, claw, or even launch slicing winds. No, she Leered, and snarled dreadfully. Not many Pokemon could look upon the sight and act in a cool manner, not while also under attack.

A presence on the battlefield, she aimed to distract from the air. Too many cooks in the kitchen after all, burnt the soup.

TLDR: Kaida is here! Muspel uses Leer!

Kaida followed her Houndoom doggedly, halting in shock as she noticed one person assisting, Locke Jamison, vanish. "Arceus...Kjoll." The curse left her lips instinctively, waving a hand to signal her Onix. Even if the rock snake was too large to get too close, he used Protect to try and defend the humans, Pokemon, and cat. If something was making the people and Pokemon disappear, then perhaps the Sturdy Onix could stop it.

"Ha...if you want to hunt some, you have to hatch soon, Odindottir." Kaida whispered to her egg as she approached the cat, pointing behind her to tell the intimidating Houndoom to stay back a little. Perhaps the Shinx wouldn't be able to take it anymore, and break free. She was always a feisty feline.

She herself stays slightly behind Hideo Kino, hoping the boy would be less frightening to the feline than herself, "It's ok, we're all safe here." A lie for certain, and one that she doesn't think is believable. The cat's eyes gleam, and more meaty sustenance is demanded from the woman.

And she provides.

Death. The burning of jaws, followed by an impossible awakening. "I-I need to find why I'm still here, because I need the reason...I'm not very special. Yet I'm living a second life. I need to know why that happened." The irony of her words weren't lost on the woman. Resurrection, a secret she revealed in a church. Perhaps the cat would find the words and memory satisfying.

Kaida cringed back as she completed her remembrance, almost glaring at the cat as if the delving had been a violation, "What are you?" She hissed, wondering if next, the cat would talk back. She had given up a secret, and while she didn't value her own privacy, she thought it was fair to expect an answer back. Even the touch of the mysterious cat, to get an innocent(?) creature out, she would accept.

OywqwwzV (+70 WHITE)

TLDR: Kaida catches up and notices that the cat have been cornered. She notices Locke Jamison disappear, and gets worried, telling the cat that it is safe (a lie), and unwittingly gives a memory and a secret at the same time (her memory of death). She is still holding an egg, and starts telling Odindottir to hatch if she wants to participate. Kjoll uses Protect, hoping to prevent any more disappearances or danger if any attacks are the reason for them.

Feed the cat a memory (+10 White)
Feed the cat a lie (+10 White)
Feed the cat a secret (+10 White)
Try to hatch one of the eggs (+10)
Say the Lord's name in vain (+10)
React to someone appearing or disappearing (+10)
Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10)


(Shiny!)
(Shiny!)

Kaida grimaced as she was presented with her own chosen "advertisement", how tacky.

Nonetheless, she was sure she could make this work. Muspel was already showing off moves that were strange for a Charizard, this would likely cap it off nicely.

"Introducing the Magnet, your perfect booster for all electric moves." Her voice was monotone, sounding terribly bored, but the audience wouldn't be paying attention to her anyway, "Make a thunderstorm."

Tossing the Magnet into the air, Kaida smiled as Muspel activated Thunder Punch, the lightning curling off her claws as she reached out and grasped the Magnet. Instantly, lightning exploded off the Charizard, who showed her fangs in a proud smile as she looked to the audience, looking more the eye of the storm than a fire-type.

Yes, that did nicely.

TLDR: Kaida is here! Muspel uses Thunder Punch! Advertisement of the Magnet!

She was alone, not anywhere near her friends. Not even near the friendly stranger Amor Rose.

Kaida looked behind herself, and found nobody. Where had her family gone? Where did anybody go?

"Congratulations, you've found yourself." Something was pushing in on the back of her mind, forcing her to truly, really look at herself. Kaida rose, looking at herself in a gleaming surface, and felt her heart start to pound. Blood rushed into her ears, the whooshing sound drowning any other noise.

For what she saw was something terrible. She twisted into an upright stance, almost human, but covered in terrible fur and scale. Not a Pokemon. She had nothing related to herself, not a real family, nor the family she had found for herself. Too arrogant to be a human, too terrible to be a Pokemon. She barked out a laugh, feeling her sides burn horribly. The old scar, the killing bite, shone like a smile.

What human died and returned? What Pokemon killed and seeked violence like her? She belonged no where, no matter what she did. A dead woman walking, convinced of her own lack of humanity. A beast on two feet.

There was none like her here, and her own barking laughter filled her ears.

tl;dr: Having a nightmare~ Fun!

...the soul dances and wanes.

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She stayed silent as the man makes his own wish, not questioning the silence. She had long learned privacy was valued by most people, and didn't try to butt in...she needed no secrets, only company. It was strange, hoping for a stranger's wish to come true.

And suddenly, a meteor fell out of the sky like a loose decoration, smashing into the courtyard. Her Pokemon squealed and her Yamega prepared to scatter...only to stop as all the meteors seemed to gravitate towards one spot. "Damn..." She breathlessly cursed, quickly centering herself and springing off Amor's Dragonite, her Yamega catching and grasping the woman, "Apologies, I have to see what's happening!" Even if the meteors hadn't scattered, there was still too much of a chance that someone was injured, especially with that pink fog covering up all possibility of vision.

She'd try to stay near Amor, signaling her Yamega to stop above the fog, fearing poison.

At first.

She squinted into the fog, seeing shapes move within...and then a Seviper's head poked out, waving its head in a beckoning motion before vanishing into it. "Hema?" Had her Pokemon followed her here? Another shape moved, human...no, it couldn't be. It pulled too much, called to her, "I-I, I'm sorry...I need to-" She didn't know who she was talking to, Amor? Her Pokemon? Did it matter? She lunged in her Pokemon's grasp, ripping free from her Yamega, who buzzed in distress as Kaida fell into the dreamy mist.

She landed, graceful as a cat.

The pink grew into trees, into the shrine, and turned into home. The Pack was gathered around, and more. It was real. It felt real, as the wind passed over her ears, and the shock of greenery wafted past in both sight and smell.

"Late. Are you ok, leader?" Someone spoke, a voice she never heard, but knew like it was always there. "I'm fine Hema, Ormr and the rest will be here soon." Her voice sounded different, as she bounded forward, standing on her hinds as she faced her Pack. It was confidence. A growl of a non-human. She was her. A her she always wanted, far from the complication of being human, to really be family with her Pack.

Still on her, however, was Ranger markings. A badge. Communication. Yes, she was still her. Still valued, beyond her appearance of humanity. She picked up the device, and heard Laurence Anderson voice, her friend, a valued leader, "We need some help. Some shit keeps going down when the Pokemon keep trying to move in. You mind watching over the situation?" Move in. Pokemon were moving in, like humans? Her heart ached, she must have hit her head. There was no way this was happening. Pokemon didn't become equal like that. She didn't turn Pokemon, just like that.

Had a god decided to change her life, like the one that gave her a second life? She crushed the nagging feeling of wrongness, wanting nothing more than to melt into this scenario.

She typed in: On my way. And started to set off, she had a long way to go before Pokemon and humans really lived together.

tl;dr: With Amor Rose ! Jumps into the dream mist! Sees her friends. Sees herself

"Show them more of what they haven't seen." Kaida ordered softly, possibly unheard by the crowd, but definitely by her Charizard, who flapped her wings once more, the familiar blue glow rising from her scales once more.

Everybody knew about Charizard's fire and flying abilities, Muspel could likely never create a new idea from that, but this, she could do.

Another draconic move, powered from the previous Dragon Dance, flowed from the Charizard. It solidified above her, a vague dragon head resting upon her back before she lunged forward...at the audience. Screaming at the audience at full speed, she flew right above the ground, snapping upwards at the last second, but the Dragon Rush continued, dissipating as it flew over the audience, it left nothing more than blue wisps and a sort of coolness.

TLDR: Kaida is here! Muspel uses Dragon Rush!

"Odindottir!" A shriek came from the usually composed woman as she lunged forward, catching the egg before it could fall onto the hard floor. Hurriedly, she wiped at the poor egg, as if the grime was the worst of their problems. She barely noticed the rest of their party picking up the pieces, staring at the Shinx egg in total disbelief.

Of course Odindottir moved to attack in such a way, that's what Kaida had been hoping for. It was her fault her packmate was reduced into an egg, would she even be herself when she hatched again, or was Odindottir gone? The very idea pulled her lips down into a miserable frown, barely keeping her face composed enough to not tear up as she hugged the egg close.

They needed to destroy the monster, before it hurt more of them.

She watched as other people made for different routes, wincing as she noticed one of the little ones (Eris Halla ) was tended to be more well meaning people. Knowing no healing, Kaida pushed the concern away. As the girl was not a Pokemon, she would not be fighting anything...all things considered, she was in less danger than their Pokemon. The best they could do for the girl was get out of here quickly.

Desperate rage drew her to the blood red route, but with egg in hand, there was no justification. She couldn't put Odindottir in more danger.

This concern in mind, she hurried after Hideo Kino and Cardamom Bliss, noting with relief that the two had escaped much injury. Kaida took out her Pokeballs and, noting the size of the area, freely released her Sturdy Onix and Houndoom. She shoved Odindottir's egg at Ulf, the Houndoom yapping in confusion as she warmed the egg on her fur, hopefully assisting in the egg's hatching, "Ok...find that meowing, both of you." Her voice was clipped, quick orders coming out before briskly walking after the group. "I...I'll help, thank you for helping Odindottir." She mumbled to Hideo Kino, incredibly dour looking as she thanked the boy, perhaps a little more grateful of his presence than the other adults around. Her eyes grazed over a fallen book as she moved it out of her way When the Universe Was Young, how appropriate.

Her Houndoom subtly used Odor Sleuth to locate the mystery creature, tracking it as her Onix used Ancientpower, aiming to get any obstacles out of their way as they trailed after the floating letters.

DTgC2GzU (+95 WHITE)

TLDR: Kaida catches Odindottir, reacting and horror and shame as she puts the blame on herself for the situation. She notes there are injured, but concludes there is nothing she can do, and so moves onto the White path. Releases Houndoom and Onix. She takes Hideo Kino's help and declares she's helping. Tries to warm the egg using her Houndoom's fur. Onix uses Anicientpower on any debris and is Sturdy, protective and strong. Houndoom tries to use Odor Sleuth to track the Church Cat.

Chase, search for, or lure out the fluffy creature (+10)
Locate a specific book (+10)
Follow the escaping letters (+10)
React to the devolved Pokemon (+10)
Mention the damage/injuries (+10)
Try to hatch one of the eggs (+10)
Blame yourself for the situation (+10)
Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10)
? (+15)


(Shiny!)
(Shiny!)

The meteor shower started as they soared, forcing the woman's jaw to drop before snapping back shut. She didn't think they'd be so close, she didn't think poetic thoughts. There was no thoughts on how they were "breathtaking", or "beautiful". Just that she never saw something like this, and she thought she'd never see something like this again. Amor would be able to see a toothless smile from the woman, lips streched tight as if attempting to curb any happiness.

As Professor Holo requested everyone make a wish, ironically nothing but noise on the ground, Kaida seriously spoke into the air, "I wish to not die...again." Only she could turn such a sweet tradition like a wish and turn it so morbid. She thought it would only be fair to assume her Pokemon were wishing for their continued lives too, and so deigned for a selfish wish...for as long as she was able, she wanted to live on as Leader. She turned to try and look at Amor, jerking her head at the falling lights, "Hurry and make your wish, they might be gone soon. Make it important, like mine." Gravity pulled at them, threatening to take them away from the sights and light.

It felt like any second from now, it would be over.

tl;dr: With Amor Rose ! Uses the word "Breathtaking". References gravity!

Kaida and Muspel started off slow, like they would a battle. Nobody caught anything by rushing into it, especially hearts, at least she believed. She didn't have the patience to normally capture hearts, but in a contest, Kaida wouldn't lose without a fight.

Her Charizard took off into air, looking for all the world trapped under the ceiling, wings beating furiously. An ominous blue glow came upon her scales before she plummeting like a rock, all wings and glowing scales as she twisted and turned in mid-air, the light coming off of her spiraling and clashing brilliantly against her orange scales...

...and then the Charizard landed on her feet, snorting out a puff of smoke as the glow started to dissipate. She was pumped.

TLDR: Kaida is here! Muspel uses Dragon Dance!

Kaida didn't much appreciate not leading the group, knowing her Pokemon were one of the best in defensive qualities, but in the time it took for her to return Kjoll, some of the group had moved onwards, including Hideo Kino , she noted with a disappointed hiss. Couldn't anyone else take the lead?

Unfortunately for the woman, they were all stuck together in the staircase, clutching a Pokeball near as she felt unnerved in the dim lights. Unless she found a larger space, Kjoll would be unable to defend the group.

As the group emerged, Kaida noticed first the books, question rising in her face as she wondered what would be the point of hiding books like that...libraries weren't hidden, were they? She noticed the damage, and in the seconds it took for her to gaze upon the monster, her arm already whirled back to launch her Pokeball. Her eyes barely lingered on the monster, feet whirling backwards as she tried to retreat...and found she was barred in by the humans behind her. "A monster!" She shrieked, unable to describe it as anything but, "Odindottir, help it!" The closest Pokemon she thought the Shinx could help, the Sableye (Katherine Fairburne 's!)! Thrown in chaos, the yellow furred Shinx obeyed instantly, moving to headbutt the fellow Pokemon away from the acidic looking projectile, bravely taking the hit if necessary.

Even unevolved, the Shinx was fierce and brave. Droplets of poison licked at her fur, but she wasn't one to shy away, she had Guts! The Shinx roared (as much as she could, anyway), and charged, jaws flying open to Crunch one of those pearly orbs. Knowing to get away, Kaida actually got closer, crouching low and nearly crawling on the floor as she made space, flinging a book at the monster in instinctive rage crossed with terror...if it attacked her, she knew how to deal with it better. The archive book flew true, bound in loving leathers and leaving the loss of it like a gap in the air.

Don't freeze don't freeze don't freeze

dvKQ4AZR (+70) (RED)

TLDR: Kaida returns Onix before proceeding downwards. She follows closely to Hideo Kino , unable to push past in the tight area. Upon sight of the monster, Kaida tries to back up but fails to escape unleashes her Shinx, Odindottir. Shinx tried to headbutt Katherine Fairburne 's Sableye out of the way of the attack, taking the hit before charging. She moves to use Crunch, a very Gutsy Pokemon. Terror.

Attack the monster (+10)
Take a hit for someone else (+10 (RED))
Entrance (+20)
Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10)
Fail to escape (+10)
? (+10)


(Shiny!)
(Shiny!)