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Treasure Town ~ Main Square

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Chibi Pika

Stay positive
Staff
Location
somewhere in spacetime
Pronouns
they/them
Partners
  1. pikachu-chibi
  2. lugia
  3. palkia
  4. lucario-shiny
  5. incineroar-starr
“Aww, are you in a bad mood? Need us to tell you how much we love and appreciate you while we put ourselves on the line doing all the real work for you? I’m sure Allmother Arceus herself weeps for you. Just make sure you aren’t mistaken for a child throwing a temper tantrum... Because apparently you’re fine with us killing those, after all.”
Starr chuckled to herself at Celeste's backtalk until he got to the part about killing kids what the actual hell. First Brisa, now Celeste too? Where the hell did these people get that from? They were literally the first ones to try knocking her out because she was possessed, but then they just... changed their minds??! Hypocritical shitheads.

God, she wanted nothing more than to call that out too, but she couldn't do it with this many people around. Not if she didn't want to get kicked off another team. No thanks. Biting her tongue (literally), she went back to setting up her stupid online profile.
“Wait, we’re, um, killing kids now?”
Okay. She couldn't resist saying at least one thing. "No we're not, some people just like taking things way the hell out of context," Starr muttered under her breath to Cuicatl.
 

windskull

Bidoof Fan
Staff
Partners
  1. sneasel-nip
  2. bidoof
  3. absol
  4. kirlia
  5. windskull-bidoof
  6. little-guy-windskull
  7. purugly
  8. mawile
"The fuck kind of a beverage is named Soda--oh, wait, I think I had a margarita called Soda once, guess that makes sense..." Soda grumbled. "Didn't taste any good, though."
"Well, I've never heard of anything called 'soda'. Or anyone named it except you. I haven't heard of any foods called Maple or Surf or Turf, for that matter. I just heard Owen use 'Tamato' with no objections and assumed any name based on a berry would be acceptable, is all."

“Aww, are you in a bad mood? Need us to tell you how much we love and appreciate you while we put ourselves on the line doing all the real work for you? I’m sure Allmother Arceus herself weeps for you. Just make sure you aren’t mistaken for a child throwing a temper tantrum... Because apparently you’re fine with us killing those, after all.”
Nip paused, glancing skyward at Diyem's outburst, then to the side to look at Celeste before looking up again. He elected to just frown and let out a grunt, but held his tongue. Probably best not to agitate further.
 

Ambyssin

Gotta go back. Back to the past.
Location
Residency hell
Pronouns
he/him
Partners
  1. silvally-dragon
  2. necrozma-ultra
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. dreepy
  6. mewtwo-ambyssin
Ah, wonderful. More squabbling. And while Necrozma was delighted it was directed toward Diyem — you reap what you sow and he's done nothing to sow trust with the team — it had little bearing on the current predicament. "Might I suggest we focus on helping Team Spice? It's not like our supervisor is going anywhere... sitting pretty in his dreary manor. He'll still be there to complain to after we get back from this Aegis Cave place." He was still tapping away at the badge, which apparently came with a search function regarding pokémon species.

A-R-C-E-U-S.

Oh. So that was what the so-called Creator looked like. Why is its midsection stuck inside a dhelmise?
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Just make sure you aren’t mistaken for a child throwing a temper tantrum... Because apparently you’re fine with us killing those, after all.”


"Wait, wait, wait, let's back up a bit," Cynthian began, throwing Celeste a bewildered glare. "What's this all about? When and where did that happen?!"
 

Chibi Pika

Stay positive
Staff
Location
somewhere in spacetime
Pronouns
they/them
Partners
  1. pikachu-chibi
  2. lugia
  3. palkia
  4. lucario-shiny
  5. incineroar-starr
No no no NO, we are NOT talking about this right now.

At Nip's words, Starr jumped forward to stand next to him. "Yeah, we really do not need to rehash what happened at the bluff for the millionth time. Everyone already knows Turf got possessed. Let's focus on the damn mission."
 

Shiny Phantump

Through Dream, I Travel
Location
Hallownest
Pronouns
She/Her
Partners
  1. sylveon
  2. absol-mega
  3. silvally-psychic
  4. ninetales-phantump
  5. cosmog
  6. gallade-phantump
  7. ceruledge-phantump
"Wait, wait, wait, let's back up a bit," Cynthian began, throwing Celeste a bewildered glare. "What's this all about? When and where did that happen?!"

Celeste took a deep breath and tried to calm himself, but he was still shaking a little. His feelings about Diyem’s command were boiling over. “It was when we were in the bluff, trying to save Turf from the disease that was making her lash out. We were trying to subdue her, but once there was an opening, he told us to kill her instead! Now, we all ignored him, so everything turned out okay, but if even one of us had have listened... we would’ve had to explain to Team Spice that we killed their youngest in cold blood while they were away.”

"Might I suggest we focus on helping Team Spice? It's not like our supervisor is going anywhere... sitting pretty in his dreary manor. He'll still be there to complain to after we get back from this Aegis Cave place."

“Sorry, I... was... It had been lingering with me and... I... I got carried away. This wasn’t the time. Yes, the mission...”
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Cynthian was about to respond to Celeste's words in spite of Nip's words, but he grew visibly tense when Starr interjected. "Right, I'll just have to ask you about this more later, Celeste. Where were we?"
 

Chibi Pika

Stay positive
Staff
Location
somewhere in spacetime
Pronouns
they/them
Partners
  1. pikachu-chibi
  2. lugia
  3. palkia
  4. lucario-shiny
  5. incineroar-starr
“It was when we were in the bluff, trying to save Turf from the disease that was making her lash out. We were trying to subdue her, but once there was an opening, he told us to kill her instead! Now, we all ignored him, so everything turned out okay, but if even one of us had have listened... we would’ve had to explain to Team Spice that we killed their youngest in cold blood while they were away.”
Too confused. Too stressed. Celeste wasn't throwing her under the bus? What was happening.

"I don't..." she started, struggling to get her words straight. "I don't think that's what Diyem was saying. Back then." Was this all... a miscommunication? What in the hell.

Anyway, uh. Time to talk about literally anything else. Something, anything. "Right, uh, I still need to enter in some dumbass food name. What's everyone else putting in?" She glanced over at Cabot.
 

Virgil134

PMD Writer
Partners
  1. sylveon
  2. weavile
  3. kommo-o
  4. noivern
  5. mothim
Cabot looked up again, noticing Starr and Brisa standing besides him. Although he couldn't hear their thoughts, judging by their body language and the way they looked up at the sky it seemed like they were snapping back at Diyem. His feelings were confirmed when Celeste did the same, but spoke his thoughts out loud instead. Cabot smiled a little to see that some of his teammates were sticking up for him, Celeste's comment about murdering children going over his head as a result. Whatever had made Diyem act so hostile to him all of a sudden, at least he wasn't alone.

Feeling a little better, he once again focused on the empty spaces of his profile. Whether it was due to Diyem's... less than stellar translations or not, he supposed he really couldn't just use his own name if it sounded as weird to the locals as their names did to him. Owen had named himself after a berry, so maybe he could do the same? Though it raised the question which berry would fit best. He could just go with something that tasted good, even if using it as a name would feel a bit strange... and probably make him hungry if mentioned enough by others. Perhaps there was a berry that shared some properties with him instead?

Cabot paused as he tried to think of all the different kinds of berries he knew of, when an idea came to mind.

"Oh! I think I'll go with 'Coba'!" he exclaimed right as Starr asked what everyone else was putting in. "Since Coba berries help defend you against Flying-Types moves, which I already resist naturally. Plus it's not that far removed from my own name."
 

Ambyssin

Gotta go back. Back to the past.
Location
Residency hell
Pronouns
he/him
Partners
  1. silvally-dragon
  2. necrozma-ultra
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. dreepy
  6. mewtwo-ambyssin
"It's not as if we actually have to refer to each other by these names." Necrozma held his badge up. "It's just for this thing's communication tool."
 

unrepentantAuthor

A cat that writes stories.
Location
UK
Pronouns
they/she
Partners
  1. purrloin-salem
  2. sneasel-dusk
  3. luz-companion
  4. brisa-companion
  5. meowth-laura
  6. delphox-jesse
  7. mewtwo
  8. zeraora
Brisa's mouth gaped as the Bluff incident came up, her head span for ways to shut down the conversation, and it ended before she had a chance. Thank fuck for that.

Names. They were talking about names. She could help with that, keep things moving in a helpful, normal sort of way, right?

"What about 'Anise' for yours?" she said to Starr.

The litten gave her a look that was somewhere in the region of surprise and shared borders with confusion and suspicion.

"From the spice. Star Anise. It would be easy to remember, kinda sound a bit like a surname if you say it in full."

Shit, should she have even said anything? Aw, hell.
 

Namohysip

Dragon Enthusiast
Staff
Partners
  1. flygon
  2. charizard
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. sceptile
  6. marowak
  7. jirachi
Diyem had been quiet while the explosion of shouts pounded at his mind, and once they finally moved on, he bit down on his feelings. He was used to this. Perhaps in some ways he deserved it. He knew that they all knew he was hiding something, but he wasn't about to go off and tell them in front of Maple. It could destroy their chances at the mission.

To clarify, no, I was not intending for you to kill a child. I may not like kids but I don't have any intention of being rid of them. Also, you should know that I knew you wouldn't have the strength to ill anyway. Turf is the daughter of a human. I don't think I know how to properly express how difficult human-Pokemon and their descendants are to kill.

"...Troubles with your coordinator?" Maple said, frowning. "That bodes well."

Owen knew that everyone was prepared to demonize Diyem for what he was doing, but he could never fully relate to it. Diyem was going through too much trouble to be someone they couldn't trust. Perhaps it was because Diyem was often talking to Owen about his problems that he knew more, but that just begged the question, why did Diyem not try to talk to the others? Maybe one day he could ask that...

"Diyem? Are you okay?" Owen called.

Let's just focus on the mission. I apologize for my outburst. It has been a frantic week of searching.

Owen nodded, but then glanced at the others. "Oh, um, Diyem was helping with the search. Anything he found or didn't find I reported to Maple and stuff."

"It certainly helped narrow where we had to check. He happened upon a place he could not see in Aegis Cave, and from there we mobilized. Regarding that..." Maple's eyes swept over the team. "Are we ready to go? If you want to speak with your leader, you may do it after you are dropped off."
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Cynthian gulped. The foodnames chatter had made him forget for a minute that they were about to head off on a dangerous rescue mission.

"Right, let's go Team Spies, I mean Spice!"
 
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