The Poisonous Paradise- Keith's Secret Base

[Marion Ette]

"I think the evolution suits her," Coselle comments with a grin. "Umbreon has to be one of the most dignified Pokemon in existence..." Coselle smirks, turning to Keith. "Would you not agree?"

Cyanide immediately warms up to Coselle the moment she begins scratching under her chin, even going as far as to wag her tail. Coselle smiles, continuing to lavish Cyanide with affection; if there was one thing she learned from when Liliana was an Umbreon, it was the Umbreon that decided when you stopped giving them attention, not you. They were very catlike in that way.

Coselle feels Keith's hand enclose around hers as her other hand pats the Umbreon, the comforting gesture likely indicating that Keith had noticed her wistful expression, and wanted to comfort her. Coselle says nothing, but the momentary smile that she gives Keith before turning her attention back to Cyanide speaks volumes. Though her attention is clearly on Cyanide, she addresses her lover;

"Say, Keith... I heard that the place I mentioned makes burgers for Pokemon, too... Veggie burgers for herbivores, that sort of thing. D'you think Cyanide would like that?"

[Missingno. Master]

Coselle stated that Umbreon had to be one of the most dignified Pokemon in existence, and asked if Keith agreed. Keith grinned. "I don't think I can argue with that," he admitted. Coselle then stated that she heard that the burger place they had been about to head out to made burgers for Pokemon as well, and asked if he thought Cyanide would like that. Keith opened his mouth to answer, but the way Cyanide perked up at the phrase "burgers for Pokemon" was said it all for him. Immediately, Cyanide's eyes glowed blue as the Umbreon made use of a strange Psychic power to pick up her trainer's trademark hat and place it on his head.

"I'm gonna go ahead and say that answers your question right there," Keith remarked as his Umbreon started to walk towards the door. "Well, why don't we get going, then, Coselle?" he added. "We're both pretty hungry, no sense in waiting, right?"

"Yo! Are we getting burgers or what?!" Cyanide yelled excitedly from the door. Keith chuckled at this.

"And there's really no sense in keeping Cyanide waiting," he added as he started to make his way to the door.

[Missingno. Master]

**NOTICE**

The storyline denoted by the use of yellow text is now over, leaving only the main storyline, in which anyone and everyone is allowed to, invited to, and encouraged to participate in, as denoted by each member's use of their usual text color and size, or lack thereof. I would also like to say... you guys do know you were allowed to, and in fact encouraged to, keep the main storyline going while me and Marion did this secondary storyline, right? I mean, I think I stated that when the storyline started, and I know Marion made that clear when the storyline transitioned from blood red to yellow... Well, either way, all that remains is the main storyline, which you are all encouraged to keep going, and for those who wish to participate, jump right in! I encourage people to post in here. Even if your character's never met mine before- in fact, I'd enjoy to see what kind of story behind the visit you could cook up.

[Raves]

OOC: To hell with colours, font master race.

IC: Outside the petrified tree, a large area began to shimmer, repelling small traces of spectral essence from it in preparation for the teleportation coming into play. Almost at once, a burst of light struck, revealing a few forms in the midst. One of these hovered in the air, before nudging the human who then recalled him into his ball to recover presumably from the exertion of teleporting several beings over a considerable distance.

The smaller of the three held a metallic framed lantern within which was a ball of light from a distance, but upon closer inspection was actually a petite Joltik, sparking with electricity and providing light for the Snover and person behind it. Atop the Frosted Tree pokemon's head sat a Tentacool, tentacles wrapped gently around the chin to form a sort of comical helmet as the ice type began trudging forward. The other two figures consisted of a human clad in veiling garb, a neckerchief over the face and beret on the head revealing only his grey eyes, while beside him trotted a smaller humanoid holding a very large branch of mahogany, the lumber still toting a small leaf on the end of it. Giving a small grunt, the Timburr darted her eyes around a bit warily, worried for signs of trouble while the Snover simply plodded onwards for the tree, without a single point of fear.

"It is for your own good to socialise, Alex."

"Well...if you insist, Fragarath. There's a treehouse some guy with a poison penchant has open to visitors, if you wish."

"...you son of a whore. Myself and Totsuka shall remain here, at least the city has no qualms about a Zangoose being in the vicinity."

Remembering his reason for visiting, Alex followed behind Mistilteinn, Gel and Quark, with Tantalia keeping a close eye on his rear, the trainer looking all too akin to a bandit of some sort than a trainer.

[Missingno. Master]

While all the action was going on inside, Ginny still insisted on standing outside, guarding the entrance. Then, she stiffened as she noticed several figures being brought into the vicinity via teleportation. She looked on, and saw, in addition to a Joltik, a Snover, a Tentacool, and a Timburr approaching, a human who had to be their trainer. It struck the Pawniard as suspicious (then again, what didn't strike this Pawniard as suspicious?) Immediately, she made use of a Magnetic power to Rise into the air and float down to where they were, hovering before them. "Halt!" she exclaimed. "Not another step until I can be certain that you all can be trusted," she stated. Just then, a hearty laugh could be heard with seemingly no source... and then came the source, a grinning Gastly, materializing out of thin air next to the Pawniard.

"Oh, lighten up, Ginny," Chuck laughed, speaking in English. "Not everybody who wants in has to go through your ridiculous security checks."

"Maybe not, but some of them do, and I can't take chances as to which ones do and which ones don't!" the Pawniard snapped. "And this bunch looks suspicious to me!"

"Ginny, everything looks suspicious to you," Chuck stated. "Go and get some rest. You're not the only line of defense should Keith's life be in peril," he stated.

"Fine," tha paranoid Pawniard grumbled as she floated away, muttering to herself about irresponsible Gastly.

"Sorry about her," the Gastly said to Alex and his Pokemon. "Ginny means well, but she's paranoid and suspicious of nearly everything. The name's Chuck, by the way. I'm correct in assuming you came to visit Keith?" he asked. "Right this way," he stated as he started floating away, leading the way up to the front door.

[Raves]

Their approach to the treehouse did not go unnoticed as the Pawniard noticed Alex and his team's appearance, who then utilised some magnetic power to float before them, stopping at the command from the living chess piece. Alex frowned slightly, before a hearty laugh emanated from nowhere in particular before the source of said vocals appeared as a Gastly materialized beside the steel type. Without much surprise, the Gastly dismissed the Pawniard, who went by the name of Ginny, before introducing himself as Chuck, giving the quintet a bit of spiel on the paranoid pawn. Leading the way, Chuck mentioned a Keith, which Alex assumed was his trainer.

"Uh, yeah, my Honchkrow advised me to get out more and socialise a bit, and well, I decided to take some of my team with me. I would have taken my Zangoose too, but I was strongly advised not to, so her and my bird are in town doing...something. The name's Alex, and these four here are Mistilteinn, Gel, Quark and Tantalia."

Following Chuck, Alex headed for the rope and started to climb it while his four pokemon stood below, partly to cushion the blow in case he fell, but also having small discussion between themselves.

"I not coh-cuh-really sure about this...speh-ghosts make me neh-nuhr-nev-worry..." the Timburr slowly slurred, holding the log as it were over shoulder as she looked up at the grey and gnarled wood.

"No need to worry. If anything hassles, it goes through me."

"But poison types...they sound horrr-hor-hurr-scary...and you have weak-ness to them..."

"They will hopefully be welcoming. So long as you make a good welcoming impression and don't threaten anyone, you should be fine."

Opening the lantern, Quark cheerfully hopped out and bolted swiftly up the tree in a literal blink of an eye while Gel shifted himself to Mist's back, holding on like a backpack while the Snover helped Tantalia up the rope before following her, not a single trace of fear in his jade eyes.

[Missingno. Master]

The trainer, named Alex, explained that his Honchkrow had advised him to get out a little more. As he explained that he was strongly advised against bringing his Zangoose, Chuck nodded. "Oh, yes," he grinned. "Zangoose are not allowed on the premises at all, for safety reasons. Keith owns a Seviper, as I'm sure you've guessed. In addition to that, one of the other guests here has brought his own Seviper. So yes, very good idea to follow that advice."

As Alex climbed the rope ladder, one of his Pokemon, a Timburr, expressed concern over how scary she found Ghost-types and Poison-types. "Oh, you needn't worry," Chuck replied as he floated next to the Timburr. "Ironically, my days of intimidation were before I became a ghost. And the rest of the team, for the most part, they're friendly. The Seviper and one of the Shuppet, you might find to be a tad disagreeable, but they are the exceptions, rather than the rule."

Once everyone was up to the top, Chuck formed a hand out of some of his gas and pushed the door open for them.

[Gemini Spark]

As Connor's Gliscor, Jacques, blushed, Hyrem noticed this. "Haha aw, he actually looks kinda cute! Hey Jacques, how are you, dude?" he said before going over to try to shake the Gliscor's hand. Then Coselle approached him. Marion's sister was acting a little odd, though to Hyrem something always felt off regarding Coselle, though he couldn't think of what it might be. "Uh, hi, I've been great!" Hyrem says, slightly nervous. "I-I've actually gotten some more new Pokemon too, and I even brought one of them!" He takes out a Premier Ball and lets out his adorable Bulbasaur. Zyra then looks up at Hyrem happily and lets out a "Bulba~!" before nuzzling his leg. "So, what do you think? Her name is Zyra! Say hi to everyone!" Zyra only looked up at him, however, wanting to be picked up. "Haha, no, them, silly!" he chuckled before giving in, picking her up into his arms before turning her around. "Now say hi!" Zyra gave everyone a cute smile and greeted them in Bulbasaur language.

As Hebenon suddenly appeared before Delilah, Goyle and Sirius weren't too far behind, appearing before their respective lovers. Daphne giggled at the sight of Goyle engulfing Keith's head, then quickly detaching once he saw Daphne. "Hi there, Goyle!" Daphne said back. "So, was that something you normally do with your human?" Delilah was happy to see Hebenon and blushed and flashed her lights as a result. "Hi, Hebenon, it's great to see you again!" she said lightly. Leila was also surprised by the way Sirius came out all of a sudden, though his wagging his tail made his happiness obvious. "Sirius! Aw, I missed you, so very very much!" she said before giving the Mightyena a hug around his neck with her arms and her legs. Wow, she wasn't exaggerating!

[Missingno. Master]

As Hyrem's Bulbasaur greeted everyone, the sound of running met their ears. Before long, a perky Ivysaur could be seen at Hyrem's feet, looking gleeful. "Oh, woooow! I knew he'd get a Bulbasaur of his own someday! Oh, oh, hi, hi! My name's Pomona, what's yours?" she asked Zyra, looking nothing short of thrilled at meeting another of her kind.

"Yeah," Goyle replied as Daphne asked him whether chomping down on Keith's head was a usual thing for him. "I greet him like that every time he sends me out. And for all the complaining he does about it, he knows it's how I greet him, and he's fine with it. So, Daphne, how have you been?" he asked.

"It's great to see you again too, Delilah," smiled Hebenon. "So, what have you been up to lately?" he asked.

Leila exclaimed about how much she had missed Sirius, just before making use of all four limbs to hug the Mightyena around the neck, which only intensified his tail wagging. "I missed you too, Leila," Sirius said happily as he began to lick the Sneasel's face.

[Missingno. Master]

As of today, my Secret Base has been renovated. This is now how the base is laid out;

1F:


2F:

By no means do I intend for this to disrupt the current storyline. Anyone who was previously in the kitchen area of the living room, simply act as though you were in the kitchen the whole time. Those who were in the bedroom on the first floor, act as though you were in the bedroom on the second floor the whole time. I feel this is the easiest way to make the transition as smooth as possible without disrupting the storyline. Thank you for your cooperation.

[Celebii151]

Deep inside the forests that surround the Hidden Mansion, a trainer is walking through, a Venipede on his shoulder, directing him. "Veni!" Silane orders, pointing to the left with her antenna. "Pede!" she says, pointing to the right this time. "Silane, are you sure we're going the right way?" Cele asked. "I swear I've seen this tree fourteen times, but who's counting?" Cele says with a grin. "Venipede, pede!" Silane yells viciously. Cele doesn't need a translator to know that Silane is asking if her could do any better. "Oh really? I'm sure I can find Keith's Base in the next 5 seconds." Cele boasts, before crashing into a tree. "Damn, stupid tree." he says, rubbing his forehead. He looks up, and notices a building hidden in the tree. "Found it." Cele says, as he finally notices the rope ladder hanging. He climbs up it, and knocks on the door. "Keith? Are you home?" he asks.

[Missingno. Master]

As Cele knocked at the door, a Pawniard floated down in front of him, brandishing her blades at both him and Silane. "Identify yourselves!" she barked.

At that moment, however, Keith showed up in the doorway. "All right, Ginny, that'll do," he said. The Pawniard nodded and floated down to the floor, though she still glared up at the newcomers suspiciously. "Sorry about that, Cele," Keith said. "Ginny means well, she can just be a little paranoid at times. And Silane, hello," he added to the Venipede on Cele's shoulder. Already, Keith was producing a Poke Ball. "I get the feeling I know exactly who Silane's looking to see here," he explained to Cele as he opened the ball, unleashing a dark grey Venipede with blood-red eyes onto his shoulder. Salazar smiled happily upon seeing his beloved. "So, come in, come in, there's already other guests here," Keith invited Cele and Silane in. Then, he saw Alex, along with some of his Pokemon.

"More guests here," grinned Chuck, the Gastly apparently about to lead them into the house.

"Ah, good, good," smiled Keith. "Don't think we've met before, though," he said to Alex, holding his hand out for a handshake. "Name's Keith. Keith Masters. I take it you've already met Chuck here."

"This is Alex," Chuck introduced him. "He's also brought some of his Pokemon along, though he very wisely decided to not bring his Zangoose."

"Ah," Keith nodded. "Yes, very wise decision," he said darkly. "I have nothing against Zangoose, myself. My Seviper, on the other hand... well, yeah, you can guess from there. Well, come on in," he added, leading the way into the house.

[Celebii151]

"Wah!" Cele yelped as a Pawniard floated down in front him and threatened him with her blades and screamed that they should identify themselves. "Um..." Cele said, a bit frightened. Luckily Keith opened the door and explained the situation. His Pawniard had a serious case of paranoia and was acting as a bodyguard. Keith then noticed Silane on Cele's shoulder, and released his own Venipede, a gray one, with red eyes that looked into your very soul. Keith took Cele and Silane inside his Base, and his Gastly appeared, telling him that there were already guests inside. "Hey, Keith, since when did you have a flying Pawniard and Gastly?" Cele asked. Keith's Gastly introduced them to Alex, another trainer. Cele decided to introduce himself. "I'm Cele. This is Silane." he said, pointing to the Venipede on his shoulder. "So, Keith, I hope you don't mind if I bring my other Pokemon out." Cele said, pulling out five Pokeballs. He tosses them, a Wurmple, Paras, Eevee, Cacnea and Wartortle appearing. The Eevee jumps into Cele's arms, being caught by Cele. The Wartortle heads over to the fish tank to cool off, and the Wurmple uses String Shot swings to get to the fridge as fast as he can. The Cacnea walks off on her own merry way, while the Paras grabs Cele's leg and tries to make herself look invisible. Silane crawls off Cele's shouder and calls out to Salazar. "Hey, Salazar! Are you coming down here, or what?" she says.

[Missingno. Master]

"Well, you know how everyone got those special passes for the Egg House for Christmas?" Keith said. "The Super Rare Enigma Egg I picked up hatched into Ginny here, and Marion's Super Rare Ghost Egg hatched into Chuck here, though Coselle got her to give her the Gastly so she could trade him to me. Oh, and Ginny can fly thanks to her Magnet Rise attack." Then, Cele asked if he could bring out his other Pokemon. "I don't mind at all, go right ahead," grinned Keith. Cele brought out five more Poke Balls, and sent out a Wurmple, a Paras, an Eevee, a Cacnea, and a Wartortle.

As Silane asked if Salazar was coming down, the male Venipede expertly jumped down from Keith's shoulder, landing right next to his beloved. "Hi, Silane," Salazar said happily. "So, welcome to my trainer's home. Want me to show you around?"

At the splashing sound of something else entering the fish tank, Pisces swiveled around, her eyes narrowing as she spotted the Wartortle. The Blue-Striped Basculin swam stealthily towards the Wartortle (who didn't seem to notice her yet), fangs bared, ready to chow down...

Meanwhile, the Wurmple went directly into the kitchen, making a Beedrillline for the refrigerator. As he got there, however, it appeared that there was already something rummaging through it. As the fridge door closed, the Wurmple could see a Gible messily devouring an entire ham. Only once the whole thing had been eaten did the Dragon/Ground-type notice the Wurmple. "Hey. 'Sup?" asked the Gible. "Name's Jaws. You got a trainer or are you my second course?"

[Celebii151]

Cele listened as Keith explained how he obtained his Pawniard who happened to know Magnet Rise, and his Gastly. There were hatched from eggs that were obtained using the Egg House Passes used at Christmas. "Oh yeah, the Passes. I picked one up, just for the fun of it, even though I didn't have permission to use the Egg House. It expired two months ago, left unused." Cele explained.

Silane watched as Salazar jumped off Keith's shoulder, landing right next to Silane. He offered to show her around. "Yeah, I'd love that Salazar!" Silane exclaimed.

Neptune jumped into the fish tank, expertly swimming in eights and doing all sorts of marine tricks, when his fluffy ears picked up a sound. It sounded like... something was approaching him. And fast. When the Blue-Striped Basculin lunged at Neptune, clamping her jaws down... he wasn't there anymore. He appears behind her, Faking her Out. When she flinched, Neptune began to speak. "Who are you, and why did you try to EAT ME!" he yelled.

As Lepido rushes towards the fridge, he finds that there is already a Pokemon chowing down on the contents. A Gible, which has just finished devoured an entire ham. He introduced himself as Jaws. "I'm Lepido, and yes, I have a trainer. Now, did you leave any food for me, or did you eat everything?" Lepido asks jokingly as he crawls over to the opening.

[Missingno. Master]

"Ah, that sucks," sighed Keith as Cele explained he couldn't use his pass, as he didn't have permission to use the Egg House yet. Then, he looked at the Eevee in Cele's arms. "Cute Eevee," he remarked. "I had one myself, though she recently evolved into an Umbreon. What's that one gonna evolve into, do you know yet?" he asked. Then, he noticed the small Paras trying to hide behind Cele's leg. "And who's this?" Keith added as he bent down to get a better look at the Bug/Grass-type.

As Silane agreed, Salazar led her down the entrance hall, and into the living room. "OK, well, here's the living room," Salazar said. "There's the seats, there's the table, a TV, there's the tank for the Basculin and Qwilfish..." He led the way back to the entrance hall and indicated the other door. "This way's the kitchen," he added. "I'd show you inside, but my trainer's stupid Gible is in there," he said, rolling his eyes. "Not exactly the smartest Pokemon on the team. And up these stairs, my trainer's bedroom," he concluded. "Nice and private... usually, anyway. Just saw Marvolo and Amethyst go up there a few minutes ago."

As Lepido introduced himself, Jaws had already started gnawing on the Wurmple's head, before the Bug-type's words sunk in. "Oh, oh, you do have a trainer, alright," nodded the Gible as he detached himself from Lepido's head. "Sorry about that. I don't eat Pokemon that got trainers, you see. Yeah, there's food still in here, but not for long if I get all hungry again."

Meanwhile, Pisces's attempts at eating the Wartortle had failed miserably. Though she flinched from the Fake Out, Pisces was far from deterred as the Wartortle angrily demanded her name and reason for trying to eat him. "The name's Pisces. Remember that now," the Basculin growled. "And to answer your second question, I'm hungry. That should be enough reason for you." With that, Pisces fired off an Ice Beam in an attempt to hinder Neptune's movement.

[Celebii151]

Keith shows Cele some sympathy regarding the Egg House and his lack of permission to use it. "It's okay. I've still managed to acquire an excellent variety of Pokemon without it, like this Eevee, and this Paras." Cele replied. Keith complimented Shade on his cuteness, and told Cele that he had one himself, but it evolved into Umbreon. "You have an Umbreon? That's such a coincidence! Shade here is planning on evolving into Umbreon! So, where is your Umbreon? May I see her?" Cele asked, but Keith seem to be distracted by the Paras that was still holding Cele's leg. "That's Cordy, she's my new Paras. She's very nice normally, but very shy. There's a reason to her shyness, but it's kind of a long story, if you want to hear it." Cele explained.

Salazar took Silane on a tour of the Base, showing her the living room, the fish tank, the kitchen and the bedroom. On the mention of the bedroom, Silane opened her mouth to suggest an idea, before Salazar mentioned it was currently being occupied by Marvolo and Amethyst, two Seviper they had met before. "Too bad it's occupied. You sure there's nowhere two tiny bugs like us could go?" she asked hopefully.

Lepido opened the fridge, see that most of the shelves of the fridge were empty, courtesy of Jaws. "Wow, you have a big appetite, don't you? I respect that." Lepido said, before diving into the remaining contents of the fridge, starting with a watermelon, which he cut open with his stingers.

Neptune expected an attack from this feisty Basculin, as she charged an Ice Beam and fired at the Wartortle. Neptune quickly Withdrew into his shell, a green Protective sphere forming around him. The Ice Beam harmlessly dissipated on contact with the sphere. Neptune came out of his shell and spoke again. "Dude, would you please stop attacking me? I don't want to have to hurt you."

[Missingno. Master]

Cele stated that Shade, his Eevee, was also planning to evolve into Umbreon. "Funny thing is, my Eevee was initially set on becoming a Flareon," Keith said. "I don't even think she expected to evolve into Umbreon until it happened, but neither me nor her are complaining." Cele then asked where Keith's Umbreon was and if he could see her. "Well, I saw her going off towards a nearby hill earlier," Keith stated. "I think her boyfriend was with her- ever met Jake? He's kind of a new trainer around here, and his Aipom and my Umbreon are in love with each other. Still, I'll call her over. She's not exactly the best-behaved Umbreon, but if you make it clear you think she's the most beautiful Umbreon you've ever seen, she'll warm up to you real quick." Then, he stuck his head out the door, faced the direction of the hill, and called, "Cyaniiiiiiide!"

Over at the hill, Cyanide and Pom were watching the sunset and enjoying each other's company, when the Umbreon heard her trainer calling her. "Damn," grumbled Cyanide. "Keith wants me back at the base. Probably wants me to meet somebody. Come on, Pom," she said as she led the way back.

While they were waiting for Cyanide to return, Keith and Cele turned the subject to Cordy, Cele's Paras. "Sure, I'd like to hear the story," Keith nodded as Cele explained that there was a long story behind Cordy's shyness.

At that moment, he felt something behind one of his legs. Keith looked, and at first it looked as though a Poke Ball had rolled into him. However, he smiled and scooped up what turned out to be a Foongus into his arms. "Heh, speaking of shy Grass-types," Keith chuckled, "Meet Six, my Foongus. Six, this is Cele, say hi to him, OK?" Keith asked his Foongus.

"Uh... Um... Hi," squeaked Six as he waved a stubby little arm at Cele while simultaneously trying to pull his cap down over his face.

At that moment, another Pokemon approached Keith and Cele- a Swoobat. "Ah, there you are, Luna," Keith smiled. "Cele, this is Luna, my Swoobat. Luna, this is Cele."

Hi, Cele, Luna transmitted the message telepathically into Cele's mind. You're Raijin's trainer, aren't you? I don't suppose you happened to bring him with you? she continued hopefully.

Silane hopefully asked Salazar if there was any place the two could be alone. "Well, we could probably chase that Gible out of the kitchen, then we'd have the place to our- Jaws, get off of me!" snapped the Venipede, for at that moment, the Gible had come waddling out of the kitchen, and chomped down on Salazar, by way of a greeting.

"What's up, Salazar?" asked Jaws.

"My temper, right now," the Venipede replied icily. "How many times have I told you to not bite me?"

"Uh... Let's see... Um..." murmured the Gible, apparently counting on his stubby fingers. "Um... A bunch?" he shrugged.

"Not often enough, apparently," Salazar snapped. "Now what are you going to do?"

After a moment of apparent thought, Jaws made to pounce on Silane instead. This infuriated Salazar, who sent the Gible flying into the living room with one swing of his Poison Tail attack.

"There, that should keep him off our backs," sighed Salazar. "I am so sorry about him, Silane," he added. "I told you he was stupid. So, anyway, this should mean we'd have the kitchen to ourselves..." he said with a sly smile, though he had no idea that Lepido was already in there...

At Neptune's words, rage flashed in the Basculin's eyes. "'Dude'? 'DUDE'?! I'm a GIRL, moron! You 'dude' me one more time and we'll see just how easy it is for me to digest Wartortle shell!" Pisces snarled. "Give me one good reason why you shouldn't be my dinner. Go ahead. I dare you."

[EpicSquirtle]

"Oh, Telpo, thank you!" Millicent said happily as she gave the Abra a hug, but then she started to look a little guilty. "Um... I... I didn't get you anything, though," she murmured apologetically. "Oh that's ok Millicent" Telpo replied. Just then Millicent jumped out a nearby window. Millicent then climbed back in with a heart carved out of a rock. "Thanks Millicent, it's beautiful" Telpo said before quickly teleporting away and then came back after a few seconds. "Sorry just had to put that somewhere safe"

"Alright I'm coming" Pom said as Cyanide explained that her trainer probably wanted her to meet someone.

Jake was quite surprised when Hyrem revealed that he was Sprout's previous trainer. "Wow this really is a small world." Jake replied. "I'm just glad Sprout didn't spend a whole lot of time in the adoption center, you see I have another pokemon that came from the adoption center, an Abra, he's still a bit traumatized about being in the adoption center." Meanwhile Sprout seemed quite happy to see Hyrem again and even did a small little dance. Just then Kieth called out his Qwilfish,who rolled up to Sprout and asked for a hug. "I'd be happy to" Sprout said before using her vines to avoid the spikes and gave the Qwilfish a hug.
Meanwhile Sparky crawled on Hyrem's hand when a Venipede came over to him andd introduced herself as Aisa. "My name's Sparky, it's a pleasure to meet you Asia"
Just then a pokeball from Jake's belt opened and out popped a Plusle. "Oh I almost forgot" Jake said before picking up the Plusle and showing it to the group. "Almost forgot I also got a Plusle her names Tasu" Tasu gave a smile to the group and a quick wave as she looked around as if she was looking for something.

[Missingno. Master]

"I'm glad you like it," Millicent smiled as Telpo stated that the heart-shaped rock was beautiful. "You... You mean the world to me too, Telpo," she added, blushing slightly.

Just then, Willow spoke up, the piece of lumber still propped up against the wall. She made her voice audible only to Millicent and Telpo. "The two of you are indeed very lucky to have each other," she stated. "Having said that, however... I confess I am worried that I might start to become something of a third wheel, what with you two spending so much time together..."

"Oh, Willow," sighed Millicent as the Timburr consolingly wrapped an arm around the log. "You'll never be a third wheel. I love Telpo, yes, but you're like a sister to me. You made life actually bearable for me in that wretched Adoption Center. As far as I'm concerned, we're family," the Timburr stated firmly. Then, she turned and looked at the Abra. "Right, Telpo?" she added.

Pom followed Cyanide right back to the tree. The Umbreon used Psychic to lift both herself and Pom up to the top of the ladder. As they entered, Keith patted the Umbreon on the head. "Here she is," he said to Cele. "This is Cyanide. Cyanide, meet Cele, and that Eevee, his name is Shade, he wants to become an Umbreon too."

"Really?" Cyanide replied with faint interest. "You got good taste in evolved forms, don't you, Shade? The name's Cyanide, in case you didn't hear my trainer. And this here is Pom," she added, grinning at the Aipom who entered with her. "So you don't look too familiar to me," she added, addressing the Eevee. "Most trainers I've seen that have an Eevee got them from the big-ass litter I came from. What's your story?"

Just then, an irate Meowth stomped over to where Keith was, a small dragon gnawing on his head. "Hey! Keith!" called Meowth. Keith looked down. "Ya tink youse can get dis Gible offa my head here?" Meowth asked.

"Oh, sure, no problem, Meowth," nodded Keith as he placed Six back on the floor, then gently pried the Dragon/Ground-type off Meowth's head. "Cele, I don't believe you've met Meowth yet, have you?" he asked Cele. And this is Jaws, my Gible," he added.

Hannah was nothing short of ecstatic as Sprout happily hugged the Qwilfish. "Yay! Thank you!" Hannah exclaimed. "So, what's your name?" she asked.

[Marion Ette]

The sound of Coselle's Xtranceiver going off distracts her from the ongoing conversation, and she excuses herself for a moment, climbing down the rope ladder and leaning against the tree upon which Keith's Secret Base is perched in order to answer the call.

"Hey, sis," She greets the lavender-haired caller on the screen with a wicked grin. "No, no you aren't disturbing anything..." Coselle sighs deeply, looking up toward the sky with an obvious look of disappointment. "Keith has... visitors," she grumbles. "Oh, stop laughing, you silly girl! Maybe the next time you decide to visit Duke, I will call everyone and let them know there's a party at his house and see how you like it." Coselle makes a face as the woman on the line makes a retort to her sister's snide comment, though it is clear that she soon changes the subject by Coselle's sudden change in expression from an odd mix of irritation and amusement to pure irritation.

"Yes... Yes, the hellion you hatched. What about her? ...Wait, what? Are you serious? You... no, you are out of your mind, girlie. I am NOT- It doesn't matter if I promised to take care of Gadget before! Gadget isn't her. You are- No. NO."

Coselle and her sister bicker back and forth for a few minutes, and eventually, the dark-haired woman breaks down. "It's a fair point. With so many people and Pokemon around, she would not be in my hair for long, I suppose... And I suppose there is some measure of Shadenfreude in having them deal with her instead of me." Coselle cackles a bit at the idea. "All right, fine. Send her over. Have fun at your stupid smart-people conference- Yes, I know it's an oxymoron. That's the joke, little miss smartypants. Go have fun being an intellectual." Coselle sticks her tongue out at her sister before ending the call, a Pokeball soon materializing onto Coselle's belt. The dark-haired woman sighs heavily before climbing back up the rope ladder and back into Keith's Secret Base.

"Please... Please behave, at least until you find someone else to torment," Coselle whispers, before anxiously releasing the Pokemon within the recently-materialized Pokeball onto some open space on Keith's living room floor. The little Axew that forms from the Pokeball blinks once, looking around at her surroundings, before giving Coselle a rather nasty glare. The Axew opens her mouth to bite down on the toe of Coselle's right combat boot, before being rather unceremoniously picked up by Coselle. The Axew thrashes and roars, clearly upset by being handled by someone who was not her rightful trainer. Looking rather overwhelmed by the biting, kicking Axew, Coselle looks around for a place to dump the fiesty Pokemon.

[Missingno. Master]

Coselle re-entered the base with a Poke Ball in hand, and found some open space in the living room to send out the ball's contents- a very unruly Axew. The thrashing and roaring of the Dragon-type caught Keith's attention.

"Sorry, Cele, I'll have to hear that story some other time," he stated. "What the hell's going on in there..." he muttered as he walked into the living room.

As Keith entered, his Gible still held in his arms, he saw Coselle struggling with an Axew. As he walked over to her, the Gible jumped up. Keith did not react, other than moving his arms to expertly catch his hat as it was pushed off his head by the Gible now chomping down on it.

"So, I'm gonna go ahead and guess Marion got an Axew," Keith said to Coselle, sounding largely unfazed by the Dragon/Ground-type currently treating his cranium as a chew toy. "Charming little dragon there. By the way, this is Jaws," he added, pointing to the Gible on his head. However, at that point, Jaws released Keith's head and fell back down into Keith's arms.

"Hey," the Gible said to the thrashing Axew. "Another dragon around here. Pretty cool. They call me Jaws. What's your name?"

Keith then walked a little closer to Coselle, and set his Gible down on the floor. "So, can I help you with that?"

Back with Cele, Meowth looked up at him. "Hey dere, Cele," Meowth greeted him. "Wat was dat story Keith was talkin' about?" he asked.

[Marion Ette]

Keith is immediately drawn by the sound of the Axew thrashing and snapping her powerful Jaws at Coselle, the creature's powerful teeth gnashing mere inches away from Coselle's face. As she tries to position the Axew's face away from hers, she finds herself getting whacked hard in the stomach by the dragon's powerful tail, nearly getting the wind knocked out of her. Keith approaches her with Gible taking a new position atop Keith's head, gnawing happily. As the Axew wails and roars, Coselle seems to be in a similarly sour mood;

"YES, she did... She wasn't supposed to, of course... Was supposed to be a gift for tha- OW- boyfriend of hers, but - STOP IT STOP IT STOP IIIIIIT UGGGGHHHH- he told her to keep the damn hellion. Can't say I - OW F**K - blame him!!"

Coselle looks up at Jaws, a shocked expression suddenly appearing on her face. "Oh my Giratina, is he hurting you?" The dark-haired woman seems ready to pummel the Gible to smithereens despite having to wrestle with an unruly Axew, though she quickly realizes that the creature does not seem to be causing any harm to Keith. Coselle laughs a bit at this.

"Likes gnawing on your head, does he. Hahaha, I wonder if he enjoys biting you as much as I- FFFFFF-" Coselle is cut off as her hand is viciously bitten by the Axew, blood staining the tusks of the little hellion. Though Coselle retracts her hand enough to avoid serious damage, the bite mark in Coselle's hand will more than likely leave a scar in its wake.

"Charming, my ass," Coselle hisses at Keith's bit of sarcasm. "Could you help me out, here?"

The fiesty Axew does not seem to have noticed Jaws yet, though perhaps once she is done thoroughly mauling Coselle, she may see fit to say Hello.

[Missingno. Master]

"Don't worry, he's not hurting me. It's like when Goyle clamps down on my head, it's just a friendly greeting," Keith said reassuringly. As Coselle asked for his help, Keith quickly yet carefully reached in to take hold of the Axew himself. "Reminds me of when Nagini was still an Ekans," Keith remarked. "Believe it or not, she wasn't always the kind and gentle Arbok she is today. And then there was that Tentacool all those years ago... Yeah, long story short, I have experience with unruly Pokemon. Hand him over, let's see how I do." He held out his arms as he said this, bracing himself for the unruly Dragon-type, and thanking Arceus that his Gible, impromptu pouncing episodes notwithstanding, was much more docile.

[Marion Ette]

Keith reassures Coselle that the gnawing does not hurt, as the Gible simply performs the gnawing as a means of saying Hello. Keith remarks that despite Nagini's kind and gentle nature in the present day, she used to be quite unruly, much as the Axew was now... Coselle seems slightly relieved at this, thinking that perhaps, one day, Marion's unruly baby dragon would settle down as Nagini had. Coselle carefully hands the Axew over, careful not to let her jaws too near Keith, as the baby angrily tries to wiggle out of Coselle's grip. The baby seems no happier to be held by Keith, though from Keith's vantage point, she is able to see Jaws more clearly. She stops thrashing for a moment to inspect him, then yanks hard against Keith's grip, attempting to break herself free to see Jaws.

You! You there! She roars out in her native tongue; Big teeth you have, yeah? Can you bite through metal? Haha, I would love to see you try~

Coselle looks on with some measure of concern as the Axew reacts similarly to Keith, ignoring her wound for now and watching carefully in the event that the Axew lashes out at him. Much as she tries to hide it, her posture and constant vigilance clearly communicates her worry for Keith's well-being.