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Post by Ezekiel Sparrow on Jul 15, 2011 19:00:10 GMT -5
Zeke had gone quiet after, letting the others just talk. He hadn't really known what to suggest anymore, as their conversations washed over him. This was ridiculous. They were stupidly helpless, to a point where they were having to set up camp for the night. They needed to act quicker, and yet they're just standing around and searching. If it were up to him, he'd just keep going and search the place until he found the poacher, but Zeke's bad sense of direction would just lead him in circles. He'd threaded his fingers through his hair and tugged idly, trying to come up with some plan beyond "keep moving forward and hope to find something", but there was nothing. Oh brilliant.
He'd stood by as the camp was made, staring off into space. Intermittently, he thought about Esme's situation and other, more random images. His head was a weird place, really. Couldn't pin anything serious down in there before the strangeness started to creep in. Zeke blinked slowly and looked over at Arthur upon the other's nudge, smiling slightly.
"Let's go for a walk, c'mon."
"Alright, okay, I can do that." He followed slowly, away from the camp.
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Post by Arthur Duncaté on Jul 15, 2011 19:04:56 GMT -5
((Arthur and Zeke are having some 'alone time' now So thought it would be best to make a little sub-thread so we don't obliterate this thread with their banter xD They will be back at some point, so don't leave without your favourite pirate and herpaderp!))
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Post by Evelyn Cherry-Holme on Jul 16, 2011 17:58:29 GMT -5
And so they were stopping for the night, it seemed sensible enough. Evie was used to camping out, it was pretty much all she ever did in Sinnoh. Lorna and William had gotten to work with sorting out what they were staying under the night, Evie had one of those nifty tent in a cans; she didn’t bother trying to get it back into the can after use - she just had an endless supply in her bag, so they were nice and disposable. Her two-man tent was up and ready for sleepings in only a few moments, only needing to peg it down, which hardly took too long. She rubbed her hands together, pleased with her very small success as she would join William by the fire.
She fished out of her bag another, smaller, plastic bag. “I got marshmallooows.” She waved the bag eagerly, hoping that despite the fact two Pokémon just got kidnapped there was a chance in salvaging some happiness by toasting delicious sweet treats. Evie also saw Zeke and Arthur wander off into the brush, she pressed her lips together; wondering whether it was such a good idea for them to go off; but no one seemed to be making a fuss over it so she shrugged and opened up the bag and offered the marshmallows around.
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Post by Lorna McKinley on Jul 16, 2011 19:43:59 GMT -5
Arthur and Zeke left the campsite, eliciting a low noise of disapproval from Lorna, but the Johto veteran kept her mouth shut. She didn't give a rat's ass about Arthur, but she was mildly concerned about Zeke - Arthur might boast a lot but judging from the way he'd squealed when she grabbed him he probably wouldn't be much use in a scrap. Still, if they were stupid enough to wander out on their own then they weren't of any concern to her.
Her mouth twitched in a miniscule smile as Evie randomly pulled out a bag of marshmallows and started handing them around. She politely declined and passed them to William and returned to her previous activity - which was little more than flipping her knife blade open and shut and occasionally tossing it at a piece of wood. A rustle in the bushes caused her to stiffen and she listened hard before turning to face the trees. Clearing her throat she made a few soft yipping sounds and was answered by the same call along with a small howl. She turned to the remaining group and shurgged with a half smile. "Just a few Poochyena."
She continued to toy around with the knife, balancing the blade tip on her finger with a bored expression. "Well this isn't quite how I'd planned things."
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Post by Nyght Zasq on Jul 17, 2011 1:04:14 GMT -5
(Can I jump in here? If not just say the word and I'll delete the post ) Just as Lorna admitted that the movement so far had not been as she had planned, a sudden swoosh flew by and two trainers and an Unfezant were suddenly in front of them. "Sorry we're late," Seth said sheepishly, withdrawing Unfezant. "I had to go get some supplies for my team." "Nyght Zasq, Lorna McKinley. ATK Gym Leader. What's the word so far?" Nyght said unhesitantly, extending a hand. Seth noticed Evie was handing out marshmallows, and just then his stomach growled rather loudly. "Uhh... hey Evie, can I have a marshamellaw... whatever you've got in the bag?" Seth internally kicked himself, only around Evie could he feel like a fool and forget what a marshmallow was.
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Post by Lorna McKinley on Jul 17, 2011 14:14:41 GMT -5
Lorna paused in her knife play to grip Nyght's hand, shaking it firmly. "Not good I'm afraid, two of our pokemon have been stolen - a Snag Machine we suspect. Zeke's Chandelure was taken as was my Dragonite," she growled. "We managed to locate what we think is the poacher's main camp and we're heading that way at first light."
She looked over her shoulder for a moment and sighed. "Two of our party have wandered off somewhere, Zeke and Arthur - the latter needs keeping an eye on, he's been nothing but trouble since this thing began. He has no concern over the stolen pokemon and frankly, I think he's only here for a lark." she grumbled as she resumed flicking her knife open and closed with a soft snick. "So here we are."
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Post by Lumine Divina on Jul 17, 2011 17:07:32 GMT -5
Lumine sat there and looked up as Seth and Nyght came onto the scene, and smiled, getting up from her place and walking over to Nyght, extending a hand out to him. "I don't think we've met before. My name is Lumine Divina, Pokemon Ranger. It's nice to meet you."
She smiled, and looked over at the place where Arthur and Zeke disappeared to, and then her smile faded, thinking what Lorna said. She did agree with one thing Lorna said: Arthur didn't care at all whether or not any Pokemon were stolen. She shook her head, and looked over at Evie who was offering marshmallows around, smiled, and took one, as she felt it would be rude to not accept the offer.
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Post by Evelyn Cherry-Holme on Jul 18, 2011 1:11:43 GMT -5
Lorna declined the marshmallow offer, and Evie couldn't help but look somewhat shocked about it - who wouldn't want comfort food in a time of need?! Never the less, she didn't press the issue and continued to hand them out, just as Lumine took one Seth and Nyght arrived. Evie grinned at the pair, "Well you two took your sweet time." Her tone is so dripping with sarcasm they ought to know she was only teasing them.
Evie patted the space beside her by the fire, indicating that she wanted Seth to sit down with her, "If you're that hungry you'll need better food than this." She chuckled, digging into her bag. She'd draw out a mess tin and what appeared to be a bag of some freeze dried camping food, she'd offer it over to him. "Help yourself! I bought it just for this trip-" She turned to the others, "I know you guys probably have your own, but if you fancy anything from what I've got, go ahead!" D'aw, so hospitable is our dear Evie.
The girl looked a little bit lonely then, looking at the space in her lap where normally Aphrodite would lay curled up in her lap. It sucks they couldn't keep Pokemon out.
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Post by Nyght Zasq on Jul 18, 2011 10:43:26 GMT -5
Seth sat down beside Evie quite happily. Now that he thought about it, he hadn't eaten since the poacher had gone after him. No wonder he was hungry...
"Thanks very much Evie," he smiled, taking a marshmallow and then looking through her freeze-dried foods, finally picking one he thought looked tastiest. "Evie? Where's your Pokemon?"
Meanwhile, Nyght was still chatting with Lorna, though he did take a moment to offer a gentlemanly bow to Lumine and shake her hand.
Lorna explained what had been happening, and Nyght frowned. "We'll have to be sure to get those Pokemon back. We should probably plan for tomorrow, divide it up a bit to take on more sides of this main camp. And I don't like the sounds of this Arthur guy, but from what it sounds like he's not likely to be part of anything more than pranks and joking. I'll be sure to let you handle them first though," he said with a wink.
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Post by Lorna McKinley on Jul 19, 2011 11:50:29 GMT -5
"Hn not a good idea Nyght, if I had my way I'd have him tarred and feathered," she muttered, digging the tip of her knife into a log with a frown. Evie was digging out food and offering it around but again Lorna shook her head. She had her own supplies and besides...right now she wasn't very hungry, she was too concerned about Dragonite. If only she'd returned him sooner - if only she hadn't been so arrogant. She should've known her dragon would be a target. "I'll take first watch tonight, you all can can go to sleep, no worries."
The biologist finally closed the blade with a soft snick and placed it back in its leather holder on her belt. She had the feeling she'd start annoying people with her habits soon.
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Post by Evelyn Cherry-Holme on Jul 20, 2011 12:58:40 GMT -5
"Evie? Where's your Pokemon?"
Evie frowned, "We have to keep them away at the moment, the poacher has a snag machine... He got Chandelure and Dragonite already - we need to keep them safe." She explained. Then looked around at everyone else to see what was going on, seemed like they were all preparing for bed.
"Well I for one am quite exhausted... So I'm gonna hit the hay, wake me when you want me on watch. Good night everyone!" And with that, she finished up a couple of marshmallows and disappeared into her tent.
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Post by William Potts on Jul 21, 2011 7:41:43 GMT -5
William slowly stood after a while, stretching back slightly. "Good night everyone, Brooke I will take the next shift, come and wake me when you get tired..." He said before turning and climbing into his shelter.
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Post by Lumine Divina on Jul 21, 2011 12:34:31 GMT -5
Lumine stifled a yawn as she headed back to her tent. "I think I'll head off to sleep as well. Good night everyone..." She then headed into her tent and fell asleep on top of the sleeping bag inside, but then got up again to close the entrance, and then fell back asleep.
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Post by Lorna McKinley on Jul 21, 2011 12:54:58 GMT -5
Lorna nodded and muttered a soft goodnight as everyone went to bed, leaving her alone to stoke the fire and keep watch. She looked at the trees expectantly, cursing Zeke and Arthur under her breath. Those boys should've been back a while ago. She huffed in her frustration and idly tossed another junk of wood onto the fire - it was all hardwood she'd gathered so it would burn for a long time.
Every snap in the trees, every soft pokemon call set the hair on the nape of her neck on end and her hand straying towards her knife. She felt vulnerable without her pokemon - whenever she was at her base camp nearly her full team was out and free to wander. Without them she felt - well she felt lonely. She looked down at Dragonite's empty pokeball and sighed. "I miss you buddy."
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Post by Nyght Zasq on Jul 21, 2011 21:51:03 GMT -5
Seth watched as Evie went to sleep, whispering an almost silent "Goodnight Evie" as she did so.
He took no time setting up his own tent, and also fell asleep. Nyght, however, made no such shelter.
He took a spot under a tree, and dozed for a bit. But he realized he wasn't tired enough to fall asleep yet.
Nyght stood up and walked back over to Lorna. "Mind if I keep watch with you? Besides all this excitement, I have no real reason to rest yet," he said quite casually. He was quite an odd fellow, but he wore it well.
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