Masters, A Pokemon RP(CLOSED) Chapter 7: Out of the Woods.

[Mookie_Magnus]

"No Mark. I've never met Duncan before." Magnus said to Mark. He turned back to Duncan and spoke. "Azalea, you say? I've been there a few times before... How are the Slowpoke, and old Kurt? Are they still doing well?"

Magnus noticed that they were all still standing, and motioned towards the lobby.

"Maybe we should all sit down so we can talk more?" Magnus suggested.

 

[sage42]

"You guys go a head, I'm going to feed my Pokemon and get some thing to drink. Any body else want something?" Brandon asked heading towards the bed rooms used by trainers.

 

[Sporky111]

Sylas was beginning to tire from Vandal's onslaught. The advantage of his two blades was much more significant than Sylas' agility in longer matches. He deflected a pair of opposite sideways strikes, then raised his sword horizontally to Vandals downward slash. As they met, Vandal hooked his other blade over and tried to muscled down Sylas' block.

Finally, as the claws descended on either side of his head, Sylas resorted to kicking Vandals leg. The scyther stumbled, allowing Sylas to back off. They both regained composure and waited again in a standoff for several seconds. Vandal crouched and rushed, then swung his right arm in a wide sweep. Sylas blocked it, and held it. The scyther had his upper body twisted into the block, with his opposite arm behind him. Without warning, Vandal let go of the block and spun his body around, carrying the left blade around, high. Sylas was caught off guard and lost grip of the sword while leaning back from the strike. The tip of the scythe nicked his cheek and left a razor-thin cut.

Losing balance, Sylas fell back into the snow. Vandal put one foot on the sword and pointed a blade at his trainers chest with finality. Sylas gritted his teeth, then relaxed and sighed, "Fine, you win this time." He tapped a pokeball against the scythe at his chest and Vandal disappeared inside.

Sylas picked himself up and shook the snow away, then grabbed and sheathed his sword. He entered the center and walked over to Duncan with a hand on his cheek. He acknowledged Magnus with a simple "Hi" before sitting down to catch his breath.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"What happened with your cheek?" Magnus asked the young man carrying a katana. "A fight to first blood?"

Magnus beckoned for Mark, Elena, and Eric to sit down with them.

"My name is Magnus, nice to meet you..." Magnus introduced himself to the young man with the sword.

 

[Sporky111]

"Yeah, you could say that." Sylas said. He offered his hand to Magnus, then hastily switched thinking Magnus wouldn't want to shake a bloody hand. "I'm Sylas. My scyther and I spar, and it usually gets pretty heated."

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"A Scyther?" Magnus asked Sylas. "Well, I suppose that's the Pokemon to have as a sword-training partner. I'd be careful, though. One wrong step, and you could be injured a lot worse than a cut on your cheek."

Magnus was suddenly reminded of Jeffrey and Lucario, the Trainer and Pokemon he used to travel with. They too, would fight constantly, although Magnus often had trouble telling when they were seriously trying to hurt each other.

Magnus heard a dinging noise coming from the front desk, and saw that his Pokemon were healed. He went and retrieved them from the Nurse Joy, thanking her, and returned to the conversation.

"Sorry about that..." Magnus said, sitting back down.

 

[Aqualung]

The door opened as Magnus sat, emitting a strong gust of chilling air. Elena entered, looking flustered, her nose red from the cold. In her hand, she held a Pokeball, its upper half yellow and black in colour. She made to approach the group, when from the front counter, Nurse Joy called.

"Uh- miss! Miss, your-"

"Oh! Oh," Elena spun on the spot, her face brightening somewhat. "Sorry." She approached the nurse, taking two standard Pokeballs from her hands. After a quick 'Thanks', she returned to Magnus and the others.

She sat, if not a little rudely, beside Magnus, strapping all three Pokeballs to her belt. "Minos hates Pokemon Centres. It takes ages to convince him to get in his Pokeball, and they wont let him inside in fear that he'd break everything in sight." With a sigh, she looked up to the newcomers, and pulled a wide smile.

"Elena Collins," she explained.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"Mild Claustrophobia?" Magnus asked Elena. "I guess that since Minos is such a large Pokemon, that he'd naturally be a bit frightened by enclosed spaces. Oh, this is Duncan and Sylas, they're fellow Trainers."

 

[Lost In The Void]

Duncan raised his hand, "Charmed I'm sure. Where does a fine lady such as yourself hail from?"

 

[sage42]

Brandon sat down the bowl of pokefood for Faith "Okay guys, I'm gonna be in the lobby with the others if you need me. So when your done come on out and join me or go in your pokeballs. And Jack, Rash, if you start fighting again you'll both be suspended from battling...again." Both of his pokemon glared at each other, "Gall." "Poli." Fine they said together. Brandon sighed "I swear you two will never learn to get along, oh well." He said walking back toward the group.

 

[prinxess]

Aoife had actually managed to get Ruby to sleep for a second time. The petite panda had rested her furry head on Aoife?s chest. Aoife scooped up her bag with her left arm as she was holding Ruby by the right. She strolled over to Duncan and Sylas, who had seemed to be talking with another group of trainers.

As the female of said group introduced herself, Aoife thought it would be appropriate to join them. She pulled up a chair beside Duncan and Sylas and placed the Spinda on her lag, still gently stroking its fur. She smiled at the girl and kept to herself, mainly because of her shy personality.

 

[Aqualung]

"Nice t' meet you both," she said, nodding to Duncan and Sylas in turn. At Duncan's comment of 'fine lady', Elena couldn't help but laugh.

"A fine lady doesn't really describe me. A rowdy girl, maybe. But anyway- around Route thirty-eight, near thirty-nine. Near Ecruteuk, really. Johto. Oh- which reminds me-" She dug into the Tauros' saddlebag, which she had carried inside and placed on the ground near her seat. She took a bottle of milk, with its bright blue label reading Collins Milk, and placed it with a thud on the table.

"Finest milk you'll find!" she proclaimed, returning to her sales pitch as before. She looked to the other girl who had joined their table, carrying a calm Spinda, and winked. "Greatest drink for Pokemon and people alike!"

She seemed to have, for the most part, neglected Duncan's question. But whether she had done so intentionally was impossible to tell.

 

[MasterSqueak]

Spoiler: OOC

I wasn't able to get online yesterday, so where are we? The Pokemon Center, right?

 

[Sporky111]

Spoiler: OOC

I wasn't able to get online yesterday, so where are we? The Pokemon Center, right?

Spoiler: OOC

Yes, we're all in the center now.

 

[fanklok]

Mark sat down next to the group. "Heh sorry I didn't come over right away I went to see how they were doing with Combusken, and Nurse Joy gave me a few pokeballs."

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"I'm from Eterna City, in Sinnoh." Magnus said to those in the discussion. A girl with light-blond hair sat nearby, a Spinda in her lap. "My dad's from Johto, though. And I've got some cousins who live in and around Goldenrod."

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"So Duncan..." Magnus said seeing as the conversation had slowed. "Now that my Pokemon are feeling better, perhaps you would treat me to a battle? I've made an effort this trip to battle as many other Trainers as I can, within reason. The last journey I went on, I was a bit... preoccupied to do so."

Magnus' mind went back to his journey through Kanto, the friends he had made and lost, and those whom he loved and hated. Then, his mind went back to that fateful, terrible evening. The night she was taken from him... Absentmindedly, he pulled open his backpack, and reached for his quiver. Out he pulled an arrow with a solid-white shaft, and black fletchings. He stared at this, and his bloody became hot.

"I'm sorry..." Magnus said, realizing what he was doing. "My mind was just somewhere else... So, that battle?"

 

[Lost In The Void]

"I would be glad to, my Houndour has had one already, but I'm sure another would do him good."

 

[sage42]

Brando glanced at Magnus as he stared at the arrow. He remembered that night as well. He remembered seeing the hatred in Magnus's eyes when they had barged into the room of the people who had hired the assassin. Brandon shook his head, clearing his mind. "While you guys do that, I forgot my drink." He said getting up and heading for the vending machine.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"Alright then..." Magnus said, ready for another match. "We should go ahead and start outside, before it becomes too dark."