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Old 01-11-2013, 02:33 PM   #1
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Munna ~Joshua's Repose~



High in the skies of the Cloud Garden, Joshua comes to a minimalist den for some much needed rest and relaxation. His adventures, I dunno if you've noticed, tend to try to kill him. Like all the time. What even? But in this quiet den, he can get a peaceful night's rest in his sleeping bag, chill and bond with his Pokémon, reminisce and reflect on his adventures thus far and even host a little party when he feels like it with all the awesome people he's met on his journey.

Currently, there's no furniture, because interior design is for people who know how to do that, and Joshua does not. He can cook with his Torkoal's help, shower with his Water types' help and power for his laptop etc. can be provided by his Magnemite and Stunfisk, when the latter doesn't feel like being a tool.

Welcome to Joshua's Repose, the peaceful, minimalist (... for now...) Secret Base. We are open for business.

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A small mailbox sits beside the leaf-covered entrance to the base.

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Cinccino Team Birthdays

January:

4th - Mercutio the Male Poliwag and Undine the Female Poliwag
30th - Joshua himself
31st - Gem the Female Staryu

February:

3rd - Sonata the female Illumise
12th - Trucy the Female Abra

April:

17th - Ace the Male Eevee
19th - Zorro the Male Zangoose
30th - Rydia the Female Venonat

June:

15th - Voltron the Shiny Genderless Magnemite
24th - Isabella the Female Zubat

July:

4th - Florence the Female Torkoal

August:

23rd - Livewire the Male Stunfisk (FIRST ZONE CAPTURE)

September:

8th - Yamask the Female Yamask
10th - Bishop the Male Hoothoot (STARTER)
22nd - Amélie the Female Nidoran
25th - Cloudy the Male Swablu

October:

10th - Oswin the Male Karrablast
22nd - Winston the Male Cubone
25th - Steven the Male Munna

December:

1st - Aegis the Male Wartortle

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Lapras Base Rules

1: Anyone who wants to RP in here has an open invitation to do so. Have you met Joshua? Doesn't matter, but please introduce yourself if you haven't. He likes meeting new people, doesn't bite and likes pina colada and getting caught in the rain.

2. This base is one of those exceptions to the six Pokemon rule. Bring as many as you like, within reason... Steelix etc. aren't going to fit in here, and aquatic Pokémon won't do well unless they're amphibious or you carry a tank.

3. Have fun! Roleplay away, meet my character and his mons and while the nights away.
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"Who we going ta go see again?"

Keith rolled his eyes as the Meowth on his shoulder asked that question. "As I've told you, Meowth," Keith sighed, "We're going to go see Joshua. Remember? From the bar?"

Meowth thought for a moment. "Oh, yeah," he nodded. "Wasn't he dat guy who came in through da roof?"

"Yep," replied Keith as he approached the base's door and knocked. Just then, a manically grinning face appeared on the door.

"WAH!!" Meowth exclaimed as his fur stood up on end. Keith, however rolled his eyes, albeit while smiling.

"Chuck," he said. "Come on, now, let's wait for him to actually answer the door, all right?"

"Of course, of course," agreed the Gastly as he phased out of the door and floated next to Keith.
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Surprisingly, Joshua didn't hear the knock. What he heard was a cat's cry of shock. "Eh?"

"Jo, go check?" Steven, his faithful Munna inquired. He nodded. He wasn't aware that his vacation home had a cat-owning neighbour. In his peaceful repose, all was well. Flo and Isa were busy at work as always, far off in the corner, communicating to one another about their next musical project. Mercutio had vanished into the woods, looking for a flower for Undine, who was currently gossiping with Rydia near the entrance. Bishop and Cloudy had gone for a race around the woods, Voltron and Trucy were taking a nap, and Aegis... Well, he was trying to get Livewire to open up. Unsuccessfully. All was well for once.

Joshua and Steven opened the door, to see a trainer they'd met a few times now - Keith, the Poison type specialist with the talking Meowth. He seemed to have picked up a few new Pokémon since their last encounter, including a Gastly! A rare Pokémon indeed. "Well well well. Keith, Meowth, good to see you both since I last... dropped in on you." He couldn't resist. "Come on in, I'll have Florence, er, my Torkoal, heat up some tea. She's surprisingly good."
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The door swung open, and Joshua greeted Keith, with his Munna next to him. "Hey, Joshua," Keith said. He couldn't help but crack a smile as he mentioned the last time he had "dropped in" on them. Neither could the Gastly next to Keith, who let out a hearty chuckle in appreciation of this joke. "Oh, yeah, this is Chuck, my Gastly," Keith said. "Chuck, this is Joshua."

"Wonderful to meet you," grinned the Gastly, the look on his face somewhere between amused and creepily unnerving as he addressed both Joshua and Steven.

At that point, Joshua invited Keith in, offering to have his Torkoal heat up some tea. "That'd be great, thanks," Keith said appreciatively. "I hope you don't mind if I let some of my Pokemon out, by the way," he added. "I brought a few others with me. Nothing too large, so don't worry about that. I did bring my Grimer, but if you're not used to the smell, I can leave her in her ball."
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Steven immediately floated over to the Gastly, Chuck apparently, somewhat curious about a Pokémon made completely of gas. Florence put out a lot of gas... Smoke, being a Torkoal of course. Get your mind out of the gutter. Could she make a Pokémon like this? He resolved to ask her later... Then again, it was a creepy, weird Pokémon... But he liked him. "Hi. Steven," he said, introducing himself.

"His telepathy isn't perfect yet," explained Joshua. "His name is Steven, he's not calling you that. Anyway... Flo? Isa? She might be a while. She's a tortoise after all..." Sure enough, the Zubat came around the corner first, perching herself on her trainer's shoulder. "Isa, could you tell Flo to heat up some tea for our guests?" A quick chirp, and she was off again. "Wonderful pair of friends. I hate carrying one in my party without the other, y'know?" Keith asked if he could let out his Pokémon to let them stretch their legs presumably. "Of course you can. I live with two tadpoles and a dab. I think I can handle a bit of muck stench. Please, come in and make yourself at home."
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"Ah," replied Keith as Joshua explained that Steven's telepathy was not yet perfect. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Steven."

"Yes, nice to meet you," echoed the Gastly.

Joshua called for two of his Pokemon, Flo and Isa, the former of which Keith assumed to be Florence, the aforementioned Torkoal. He wondered as to the identity of "Isa", however. At least, until a Zubat rounded the corner and perched on her trainer's shoulder. "Cool," grinned Keith. "I had a Zubat myself, years ago. She's a Crobat now, and one of my most loyal Pokemon." As Joshua invited Keith to enter and make himself at home, Keith did just that. The base seemed to him to be structured not unlike his own Secret Base, except this one had no furniture whatsoever. Keith raised an eyebrow at this sight, but decided not to comment. Instead, he took out six Poke Balls and threw them. "Come on out!" Keith shouted.

In flashes of light, there appeared in the rather empty room a Stunfisk, a Weedle, a Grimer, a Swoobat, an Ariados, and an oddly grey Venipede.

"Let me introduce you to these guys," Keith said to Joshua. "This is Rubeus," he said, gesturing to the Stunfisk, who was currently floating in midair by flapping his fins like wings. "I told you about Neville, right? Well, Rubeus is nothing like that. Hell, his goal in life is to help others see that not all Stunfisk are mischievous pranksters. This is Hermione," he added, pointing at the Weedle currently crawling onto his shoulder, the one not already occupied by Meowth. "Very intelligent. She loves to learn. She also has a talent for cooking ever since she learned how to use Firestream, so if your Torkoal needs any help, she's the one to go to. This is Strychnine," he said as he pointed to the Grimer, who happily waved at Joshua and Steven. "Very friendly and kind. Once you get past the stench, she's one of the nicest Pokemon you could want to be around. I got a Skuntank that's the same way, in fact. It's never been a problem for me- my first Pokemon was a Koffing, so I never have a problem with foul smells."

"It's easy ta get used to dem," added Meowth. "And believe me, bein' on dis guy's team, ya need to get used ta bad smells."

"Anyway, this is Aragog," Keith continued as he indicated the Ariados quietly walking along one of the walls. "He's a little less than comfortable in social situations. His original trainer was more into training than having fun, so he's more interested in training and battling. This is Salazar," he said as he indicated the grey Venipede who was aimlessly wandering across the floor. "I think you may have seen him before at the bar. And of course, you might remember Luna, only now she's evolved into a Swoobat," Keith finished as aforementioned Swoobat flew over to Joshua.

Oh, yes, I remember you, Luna said telepathically, transmitting the message into Joshua's mind using her psychic powers. And you must be Steven, right? she added, addressing the Munna now with telepathy. I'm the Woobat who told you through telepathy where your trainer was that one time. Except now I'm a Swoobat, of course, she added, smiling. My name's Luna. It's nice to meet you in person.

Just then, Strychnine came oozing over to Joshua, arms outstretched. "OK, hold up, Strych," Keith said hastily. "Strychnine likes to greet others by hugging them," Keith explained. "I personally don't mind it, but I know others do. Strychnine, only hug him if he says it's OK, got it?" Keith added to his Grimer.

"Got it!" replied Strychnine, nodding, a smile still on her face.
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"Oh wow, your Gastly can talk too? Neat!" In addition to this, Keith mentioned that he had his own Crobat. Joshua had expected as much, Keith was known in Fizzytopia as a big Poison-type fan - something Joshua could respect. He liked a lot of Poison types. Rydia and Isabella were just two of them, and he had fond hopes of capturing some others some day, in addition to several other Water types... And Bugs... And Psychics... Hell, he wanted to catch a lot of Pokémon. Soon, in addition to the Gastly and Meowth in the Repose, there were a Stunfisk, a Weedle, a Grimer, a Swoobat, an Ariados, and an shiny Venipede. Keith was packing some very cool Pokémon, all of whom he introduced. "Pleasure to meet you all. And of course your Grimer can hug me. Believe me, I've dealt with worse," he joked, picking up the slime puddle. It felt both gross and warm. Awesome.

As he did so, Florence and Isabella came tottering around the corner, Florence happily singing as per usual. She was humming along to Drumming Song this time, one of her favourites, and Joshua's too. On her back was a small tea tray, two cups, saucers, a jar of milk, several sugars and a teapot.

"Flo here will need no assistance, she's kind of a tea guru. It's strange. I suppose I should introduce you to everyone too in a moment. Please, pour yourself a cup while I do. Milk and sugar?

"Anyway... As you can see here, Florence is my Torkoal, named for our favourite... chanteuse. She's my only fire type, and invaluable to us as the team chef. She's never far from Isabella here, or Isa for short. These two love to sing above all else. Over to the side here is one of my Poliwags, Undine. She's a little vain, but very sweet. Rydia the Venonat is her closest friend. The team genius, though she's a little... Out there..." Rydia made some clicking sounds in response.

"Love you too!" he called back to her. "Let's see, who else is here... My Magnemite and Abra are napping, so we can meet them later. My other Poliwag, Hoothoot and Swablu are all out too. Which leaves... Oh, Aegis! Livewire! We have company!"

The Wartortle rounded the other corner, carrying his dab companion alongside him. A nice gesture, and it was only out of respect that Livewire didn't shock him. That, and knowing that Aegis could probably beat him in a fight. "Aegis here was the first Pokémon I got after starting my journey. He's very protective of our friends, so he's always training to become stronger. Livewire... Well, I've told you about my Stunfisk. He was the first Pokémon I caught, but he has some issues... He was taken from his family by Team Aqua. Livewire, this is Keith. He's got a Stunfisk too. Why don't you have a chat?" The dab reluctantly hopped over, and buzzed a greeting.

"I think they'll be fine." Joshua sat down on the floor, next to Florence, and took the tray from her. "Thank you darling," he said appreciatively, stroking her shell. "So Keith, any tips for raising a Zubat? Isabella here has been in the Beauty Salon a lot lately, so she can become a Crobat herself some day..."

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Chuck grinned as Joshua reacted to his ability to speak the human language. "Yes, there's many Ghost Pokemon that can speak the human language, regardless of what they were in life," the Gastly stated. "I'm certain they all can, in fact, and some are merely more talkative than others."

Strychnine was very happy as Joshua not only agreed to let her hug him, but actually scooped her up in his arms. The Grimer hugged him happily for several seconds before letting go and oozing back onto the floor. Then came the Torkoal and Zubat with the tea. As Keith poured himself some tea, Joshua introduced all of his Pokemon that were present, including a Venonat, which got Keith's attention.

"Cool," Keith remarked as he briefly scratched the Venonat behind the antennae- having owned a Venonat himself, he knew very well that they liked that. He then turned and smiled as he saw Aegis the Wartortle. "I used to have a Wartortle myself," Keith said, a slightly sad look on his face. "Had to give him up for adoption, though- this was way back before they changed the laws restricting PC storage space, otherwise I'd have kept him. Same with my old Dunsparce, too. I still miss them sometimes, but I know they got good trainers now."

Joshua then changed the subject over to Zubat, asking Keith if he had any tips for raising one. Keith nodded. "Well, one thing to bear in mind is, Zubat love to drink blood. It's important to teach them from a young age to not go after humans or Pokemon owned by trainers. In fact," he added as he took out his Pokedex and pressed several buttons, causing a Poke Ball to appear in his hand, "why don't I bring my Crobat out right now? Come on out, Hedwig!" he exclaimed as he tossed the ball into the air, releasing his Crobat, who perched on Keith's shoulders, and cast a glare at Joshua. "OK, Hedwig, come on now," Keith said patiently. "Didn't I tell you not to glare at everyone who gets within three feet of me?"

"Cro..." murmured Hedwig as her gaze softened slightly.

"Hedwig's been with me practically since the beginning," Keith explained. "Back when I didn't even have a full team of six. It was just her, a Koffing, a Tentacool, an Oddish, and a Venonat back then. Oh, I don't have that Tentacool anymore, though," he added. "Dangerous, it was. Violent, uncontrollable, I had to give him up for adoption. I actually checked the records for the Adoption Center to see who the Tentacool ended up with, but as far as I can tell, he got released."

Rubeus found himself approached by another of his own kind. He wasn't entirely certain how he felt about this- he knew that the stereotype of the mischievous prankster Stunfisk, while not indicative of the behavior of all Stunfisk, was also not entirely inaccurate. "Hello," he greeted Livewire politely. "My name's Rubeus. You're Livewire, if I heard your trainer correctly?"
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Chuck made sense... Joshua had heard a lot of rumours about Ghosts speaking English, for whatever reason. Perhaps being dead for hundreds of years gives you nothing better to do. ... That was morbid. Keith talked about how he'd given up some of his previous Pokémon for adoption because of their violent streaks and PC storage laws, which were now repealed. He couldn't help but wonder - would he ever take them back? Joshua thought about Livewire, but he'd made his resolution to help him some day. It wasn't happening any time soon.

Then it was on to Zubats... Isa needed to be specifically trained not to attack others for blood. Great. Where was he supposed to get blood for her though? She'd been docile so far, but what if she developed a sudden thirst? Maybe Hedwig would be able to help with this somehow... If she would stop staring at him.

This visit was more stressful than Joshua had anticipated. But she was clearly the protective type too, like Aegis. Isabella stared in awe at the mighty level 100 Hedwig. Was this what she could become? Um, yes please. Florence was equally impressed. Keith was obviously a very experienced and powerful trainer to have a Pokémon like this. Isa squeaked up. "Hi there! Nice to see a fellow sonar-user!"

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Meanwhile, Livewire was introduced to Rubeus. "I am. It's... Been a long time since I've seen another of my own kind. I don't like to talk about last time... Where are you from?"

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Meanwhile, Cloudy finished another loop-de-loop in midair. "Show off!" Bishop hooted at him.

"I just like to stretch my wings and test myself!"

"Bah... I wish my wings weren't so stubby. Once I evolve..."

"It won't be long Bishop. You're getting so big lately! And you're still the highest level on the master's team..."
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As Hedwig was approached and greeted by the small Zubat, her look softened further- she was rather pleased to be meeting another of her kind. "It is nice to meet you," the Crobat replied to Isabella. "I am Hedwig. What is your name?"

Keith continued to tell Joshua about how he should train Isabella in terms of her inevitable bloodlust. "Now, it's well within Fizzytopian law for a trainer-owned Zubat, Golbat, or Crobat to suck the blood of wild Pokemon, so finding a source of blood for Isa here shouldn't be any sort of problem. The important thing is to train her to not drain humans or trainer-owned Pokemon."

"I came from an Egg," replied Rubeus. "I went from trainer to trainer... wound up in the Adoption Center, where I met the infamous Neville. I spent so much time cleaning up after his messes, offering help and comfort to his victims, trying to help everyone see that not all Stunfisk are as bad as that thing, that vile, insane prankster, that disgrace to our kind. Then I met Keith- he used to be Neville's trainer. I persuaded him to adopt me- I knew the most damage Neville had done had been done around Keith, so I knew he would be the one to go to in order to continue to right Neville's wrongs."
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Isa reacted to Hedwig as she did to most new Pokémon. Flying all around her, using sonar from practically every angle to get a good look at her. "I'm Isabella," she chirped in her usual cheery tone. "Am I really going to be as big as you some day?"

"I don't know if I'd like you that big, Isa. I like being able to let you perch on my shell, and propel you with a jet of steam..." mumbled Florence, still on the floor. It was obvious that there was still plenty to work out before any of that happened.

Joshua pulled out a notebook and jotted down Keith's advice as he spoke. It all seemed pretty useful. Perhaps he could let her go hunting at night... But he'd have Bishop accompany her, definitely, to keep her safe. At least until she was a little stronger. However, he was suddenly distracted by a ringing phone. Joshua excused himself momentarily to take the call, the call that was ultimately going to change his position in Fizzytopia...

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Meanwhile, Mercutio the male Poliwag was working his way upstream, a pretty, light blue flower held tight in his mouth. He hoped Undine would like this. She'd been feeling a little down about losing her place as the group's sole female, so Mercutio wanted to make her feel special again.

Not that he had any reason for that besides being a good friend. Nope.

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"So, I just got off the phone with the Enchantress. The elite around here are starting to delegate roles around Fizzytopia... Y'know, running some of the shops that they're just too busy for. Long story short... I've got a job, working at the Shop of all Trades." Joshua smirked, proud of his achievement.

Livewire understood Rubeus' pain. Another mistreated Stunfisk... What was wrong with humans? Rubeus had been passed from human to human as nothing more than currency. And now he was atoning for another's mistakes? What a load of crap. It took all of Livewire's self-restraint not to go on some kind of Scalding rampage. "As for me... some freaks in bandanas took me away from my family in the swamp... Dumped me in a tank in some park where I lashed out... The idiot over there stopped and captured me. Hmph. Humans. All of them monsters."
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"You will," nodded Hedwig as Isa asked if she would someday be as big as the Crobat. "It'll take time, of course, but you will someday be as big as me. You'll like it, I'm sure- the extra wings make flying easy, as well as completely silent- my prey never hears me coming if I don't want them to."

Joshua got off the phone and informed Keith of the good news- he was now in charge of the Shop-of-all-Trades, a place that specialized in converting seemingly useless objects like shards, Shoal Salts, Shoal Shells, and Apricorn into various valuable items, like evolution stones, Shell Bells, and special Poke Balls. "That's great, congratulations," Keith grinned.

Rubeus shook his head at Livewire's assessment of humanity. "Not all of them are monsters," he stated. "Some of them are, for sure... Those freaks with the bandannas you mentioned, they sound like Team Aqua, this group of no-good criminals who wish to flood the world for some reason. But that doesn't mean all of them are. My trainer is, in fact, a kind and understanding human, who actually likes our kind. You should give your trainer a chance. He seems like a nice person."

Meanwhile, Hermione spotted the Venonat that had entered the room and crawled over to her. "Hello," the Weedle greeted her. "My name's Hermione, who are you?"
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"Hehe," giggled Isabella, "I know where Joshua keeps his Rare Candy stash! If I swallow it all, I bet I'll be bigger in no time!" She was probably the most excitable Pokémon on Joshua's team.

"That may not be the best idea, Isa..." hooted a weary Bishop, who flew into the room with Cloudy by his side. "You know how the humans treat the Candies. Currency. Don't ask me why."

"Bishop, you're back!" She was happily ignorant of his statement, simply flapping all around him now.

"Who are our guests?" asked Cloudy.

"Keith came to visit, and this is his Crobat apparently. Bishop, you look so tired! Were you trying to race Cloudy again?" sniggered Florence cheekily. Bishop went a little red under his feathers.

"Of course not! I'm more dignified than that!" Cloudy said absolutely nothing. "Ahem. My name is Bishop. Welcome to our Secret Base," the owl continued to Hedwig.

Meanwhile, Keith was congratulating Joshua on his new job. "What about you Keith? Any dreams of heading up a store around here? Or do you just prefer to travel? I'm lucky, I don't really need to be in the shop too much."

"Hmph," grunted Livewire, "I have no desire to get any closer to him. I'm with him to get back to my family. Nothing more." Aegis, however, concurred with Rubeus.

"Livewire, we all want to help you. Why can't you just open up to us?"

"BECAUSE I'M FURIOUS! BECAUSE THE LONGER I SPEND FOOLING AROUND WITH YOU ALL, THE LONGER I'M AWAY FROM MY FAMILY! For all I know... I'll lose them forever..."

"Ah, another admirer of my genius, Undine," beamed Rydia as the Weedle approached.

"I wasn't aware you were known so far and wide."

"Please, with a brain like this, I'm the next literal Pokémon Professor. Yes, my child, I am Rydia, the legendary genius Venonat! I assume you're here for a lecture, or an autograph?"
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Hedwig couldn't help but smile at the Zubat's desire to evolve. "You don't want to rush it, though," the Crobat said. "There are times I wish I had stayed a Golbat for longer than one measly month, you see..." At that point, a Hoothoot and Swablu flew into the room, and the Torkoal introduced their guests. "Pleased to meet you," Hedwig said to Bishop as the Hoothoot introduced himself. "I am Hedwig."

At that moment, Luna flew over. "Oh, hello, Hedwig," the Swoobat smiled. "Who are these?"

"Hey, Luna," Hedwig replied. "Guys, this is Luna, my little sister. Luna, this is Isabella, this is Bishop, and this is... Er... Didn't get your name, sorry," she said to the Swablu. Hedwig wasn't usually the most personable of Pokemon, but the presence of a young Zubat so eager to grow up to be like her had put her in a good mood.

"I do like traveling," Keith said to Joshua. "Though if I did have the opportunity, I might be interested in a job at the Egg House. I seem to have a way with newborn Pokemon."

"Oh, it's true," added Chuck, the Gastly appearing seemingly from out of nowhere, his usual grin stretched wide across his face. "Take me for instance. Not two hours out of the Egg, and my original trainer's sister trades me to her boyfriend. We hit it off immediately, didn't we?" he asked Keith.

"That we did, Chuck," nodded Keith.

Rubeus listened as Livewire showed a clear desire to reunite with his family. "You know, Livewire," Keith's Stunfisk said, "Aegis has an excellent point. Even if you don't return to your family, you're still surrounded by others who care about you."

Meanwhile, the Venonat introduced herself as Rydia, the alleged "legendary genius" Venonat.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Rydia," Hermione said politely. "I must admit I've never heard of you before, though. I consider myself to be... well, not exactly a genius just yet, but certainly rather intelligent. I do enjoy learning, though," she added earnestly. "If a lecture wouldn't be too much trouble...?"
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Isa didn't exactly pay much heed to Hedwig's warnings about staying in her second form for a while. "I just want to be big and strong! Apparently I'm happy enough that I can evolve whenever I want!"

"Calm yourself, Isabella," sighed Bishop. "Look at me. I've been at the appropriate level to evolve for a few months now, but I've held off. I'm not ready yet. You would do well to listen to our guest after all." He nodded to the Crobat. Isa stuck out her tongue, and perched herself on Florence's shell. A Swoobat had fluttered all the way over to the group now, introducing herself as Luna, who had once helped Joshua locate the group when they were lost in Fizzytopia, thanks to Livewire's Earth Power.

"I'm Cloudy. How rude of me not to introduce myself. I'm sorry," chirped the Swablu meekly.

"I never thanked you for your help before, Miss Luna. Without your telepathy, Steven, Voltron and Livewire may never have found their way to the Bar," continued Bishop.

---

So Keith liked newborn Pokémon? Well, he did seem to amass them quickly. Joshua recalled his meeting Six and Pisces during his brief... drop in to the Bar. So to speak. His Gastly apparently agreed. "It's always nice to hit it off with a new friend." He sighed. "We're still having a hard time with Livewire. Only my Abra seems to be able to talk to him, but you know Abras... They sleep all day. Trucy's in the back right now, still sleeping. That said, there is a newbie on my team everyone's enamoured with." He fumbled for a Pokéball made of chocolate. "It's taken all my willpower not to eat this. But come on out, Amélie!" In a flash, a small, blue rodent appeared in Joshua's arms. The Nidoran took one look at Keith and the terrifying ghost in her face, and immediately jumped onto Joshua's head, terrified. "... She's a little shy."

---

"Bah, this isn't working..." muttered Aegis. I'll be right back. At least one Pokémon can talk to him..." He waddled off, in search of the sleeping Abra.

I'm aware that the big idiot over there cares. But here's the thing. I don't. I just want to find my family and get out of here. So I'm along for the ride, not to form any attachments. My violent streak? Well, need to make it fun somehow..." grumbled the bitter Stunfisk.

---

"Oh, here we go..." grumbled Undine. Rydia's eyes were glowing. Nobody ever asked for a lecture. As she began to speak passionately about the venom in Zubat fangs, the Poliwag decided 'Forget this' in her mind and waddled off outside, only to run in to Mercutio, bearing a pretty purple flower.

"You said you liked this kind of flower, right?"

"You remembered?"

"Righteous. Diggity, yo."

"You're an idiot. But a very sweet one." The two Poliwags' tails locked in affection.
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Cloudy and Bishop both introduced themselves to Luna, Cloudy apologizing meekly for not introducing himself earlier, and Bishop thanking her for her earlier help. "It was no problem," Luna replied. "And you don't have to be so formal, just call me Luna," she smiled. "It's nice to meet you both!"

Joshua sent out his newest Pokemon- a female Nidoran. Keith looked nothing short of thrilled at the sight of a Poison-type, but she seemed a tad frightened of him and Chuck. While the Gastly laughed heartily at this and floated off, Keith looked a little more sympathetic. "Aw, it's OK," he said gently to the Nidoran as he slowly reached out to stroke her head. He hadn't had the pleasure of owning his own Nidoran, not yet, anyway, but he knew how to behave around them. When Poison-types are your thing, you tend to want to learn about them, even the ones you don't own.

Rubeus sighed as Livewire asserted that while his trainer cared, he did not. "I suppose it's easy for me to say," conceded the Stunfisk. "I never knew my family... Why don't you tell me about your family?" he asked Livewire.

As soon as Rydia launched into her lecture (and the Poliwag left), Hermione swiftly whipped out several sheets of paper and an ink bottle from Keith's backpack, and by dipping her tail stinger in the ink, started taking notes vigorously, taking in the Venonat's every word. When the Weedle said she loved to learn, she wasn't kidding!
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"My my. There certainly are a lot of unfamiliar Pokémon around here today," observed Bishop.

"It's nice though. Look at all the new friends we can make," chirped Cloudy in response, "Your trainer seems to have a lot of Pokémon. Of course, ours has about 16 now I think, so it certainly makes sense, since Keith's obviously been out on the road a lot longer than Joshua. Is is strange to be part of such a big group Luna?"

---

It took a moment, but Amélie eventually began to warm up to Keith, allowing him to pet her head gently. "She seems to be a lot more timid than most of my other Pokémon. Down you come missy," sighed Joshua, lifting the creature off his head to cradle her a bit. "I haven't really worked out how to get her over it yet. But she's cute as a button. I figure it'll just come with time as she gets stronger. She's already got a nasty Scratch attack anyway."

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"Trucy? You awake?" inquired Aegis, poking his head around the corner.

"Hehe. More than awake..."

"I'm really not in the mood for your games, Truce. Need your help with Livewire." All of a sudden, there was a small figure clinging on to his shell from behind. The Wartortle jumped. He hated it when she did that. Trucy and her Teleport shenanigans...

"Hehe. Oh come on Aegis. I can't help it if your shell's this smooth and comfy..."

"You coming or not?"

"Of course."

---

Someone wanted to know about his family? Nobody had ever really asked that before. "Well... We lived on a moor somewhere far away. It was near a small town and a big bridge, I know that. I forget what the town was called. Just me, my two brothers and my sister. Those two dabs... They were inseparable. Everywhere those two went, they went together. My sister and I got left in the mud a lot because of that, but it never mattered to us. We were a family. Always came back to our patch at night. Talked about the day. Then those bandana-freaks came... I don't even know where my siblings are now, or if they were captured too... Oh. Aegis. You brought Trucy I see."

Indeed, the Wartortle was back, the Abra still clinging to his shell. "Why so grumpy today Livi?"

It's Livewire..." the Stunfisk grumbled reluctantly. "'N' I'm no grumpier than usual..."

"Hehe. I know when you're lying, remember? Anyway, I have a new trick! Wanna see?"

"Not especially."

"He'd be delighted." Aegis was glaring at the dab. One could almost hear him saying to indulge Trucy, who was sliding off his back.

"Watch carefully boys... And newbie. Whoever you are. Abra..." She clapped her palms, and lit the room with a brilliant Flash attack, dazing pretty much everyone for a moment. Joshua, who had no idea what was going on, quickly apologised to Keith. As everyone's vision returned, Trucy had gone.

"Flash into Teleport. Trucy, I have to be honest. I'm not seeing the novelty in this trick. You did this one yesterday." Aegis was exasperated. It was always something with this team. Granted, he didn't mind dealing with it all, but still...

"Kadabra! Are you so sure about that one, Aegis?" came the voice from behind him. He turned to see a much bigger creature behind him, with a star on its forehead, a magnificent moustache, and a long bushy tail. It was also, for some reason, carrying a spoon. "Ta-da..."

"Trucy? Is that you? You evolved!" Even Livewire was impressed by this one.

"Yep! Been waiting for this one for a while now. We'll talk later. I need to show the master!" And of course, she Teleported away to him.

*Trucy evolved to Kadabra!* *Trucy learned Kinesis!* Trucy learned Confusion!*

---

The Weedle was taking notes?! Rydia practically squealed in joy at her new student. She soon moved on from Zubat fang venom to Torkoal smoke, and how it made bacon so much better. Because of science.

"So who's the broad with Rydia?" asked Mercutio, as he came back in with Undine.

"I think her name's Hermione or something. She's very into the books and stuff I guess."

"Haven't seen her eyes light up like that for a while..."
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"It's not that strange, actually," replied Luna. "I've been a part of Keith's team since the day I first hatched. My original trainer traded me to Keith on that day, so being part of a large group was pretty much all I knew. There's... 35 Pokemon on the team in total, including me. Even so, it seems to be pretty difficult to weird me out," she added. "At least, that's what I'm told. I think I was one of the few of my teammates to not be surprised to learn that Keith is 25% Gastly, or that the woman he's in love with is a Banette."

~~~

Keith smiled as the female Nidoran gradually warmed up to him, allowing him to pat her on the head gently. "Yeah, I hear that," Keith nodded as Joshua explained about how timid she was. "My Foongus is actually the same way," he stated as he produced another Poke Ball. " You remember Six, don't you? In fact," he added as he enlarged the ball and tossed it up. "Six, come on out!" he called.

In a flash of light, a small mushroom with a Poke Ball cap emerged, shyly glancing around the room. "Foooongus," squeaked Six, waving timidly at Joshua and the Nidoran in his arms.

Meanwhile, Rubeus listened to Livewire, and felt sorry for the fellow Stunfisk for losing his family like that. "I hope you find them again someday," he said firmly before they were approached by a Wartortle and an Abra, the latter of whom seemed to demonstrate a combination of Flash and Teleport. Joshua was apologizing to Keith for his Psychic-type's antics.

"It's alright," Keith said, chuckling as he blinked, his eyesight slowly returning to him. "Truth be told, this is hardly the first time I've taken a Flash attack to the face. I don't think I'll ever forget when I had Myrtle learn Flash. This was back when that Shuppet had almost zero respect for me, so yeah, that wasn't exactly the most pleasant week." Then, Keith looked again. "Uh, Joshua?" he said. "I'm starting to think your Abra wasn't just doing that for the hell of it."

Sure enough, at that moment, a Kadabra Teleported over to Joshua. "Heh, cool," grinned Keith as he took out his Pokedex and aimed it at the Psychic-type.

"Kadabra, the Psi Pokemon, and the evolved form of Abra," it droned. "Kadabra's presence causes an eerie shadow to appear on TV screens. Seeing the shadow is rumored to bring bad luck. Without the spoon it holds, Kadabra would be limited to half its usual levels of telekinetic power."

"Cool," Keith remarked. "Congrats, Joshua, Kadabra are cool. And hey, if you ever need any help evolving her into an Alakazam, just let me know, I'll be happy to help."

~~~

Rydia seemed nothing short of thrilled at Hermione's attentiveness, and soon changed topics, going on about how Torkoal smoke was beneficial to the taste of bacon. Hermione payed particular attention to this- one thing she enjoyed, in addition to learning, was cooking, and this tip would surely be of help to her. If, of course, she could convince Keith to acquire and keep a Torkoal, anyway. At one point, she had to ask Rydia to pause for a moment so she could go and get a fresh bottle of ink. Once she did, she was right back to taking more notes.
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"35 Pokémon, wow. I wonder if Joshua's team will ever get that big?" squeaked the Zubat.

"I dunno Isa. But as long as we're all friends, that's what really matters~" hummed Florence dreamily. The two were off in their own world as usual, leaving Cloudy and Bishop to concentrate on the next - rather shocking - part of Luna's statement.

"Wait... You're telling me that that human is part Pokémon? Gastly no less?" Bishop's eyes widened more than usual.

"And he's in love with a Banette?" Cloudy thought about Banette, and its terrifying face. Brrr. Well, to each their own... "But how on earth does all that work?"

---

Keith had summoned his Foongus, reminiscing of his initial timidness when he'd first been hatched. He seemed friendly. "I vaguely remember Six, yeah. Not that I really remember too much of that day. Slight concussion after all. Amélie, this is Six. You two might get along?" He set the Nidoran on the floor next to Six. She gave the mushroom a quick sniff, unsure if he was trustworthy.

Aegis nodded with Rubeus' sentiments. "And we will help you find them, if you let us, Livewire."

"They could be anywhere though. How do you know you can help?"

"Good question... But remember, we have Psychic Pokémon. They might be able to detect them. Or what if Joshua ever captures a Ghost type? They have ethereal senses too, right? The point is... Don't give up hope."

"Hope. Hmph. I need to be realistic, not hopeful."

"Do I need to get Gem in here?"

"The silent star with the German accent and the therapist complex? Oh definitely not."

Aegis sighed. "Gem's the team's newest member, a Staryu. Livewire isn't keen on her yet," he explained to Rubeus. "Hey, thanks for your help so far. I'll let you two talk it out. I need some air, honestly." And with that, he hopped out.

Meanwhile, Keith's Pokédex explained some basic facts about Joshua's new Kadabra. "You can make weird shadows appear on TV? I'm not sure if that's the silliest psychic power ever or the most awesome... But regardless, you evolved! I'm proud of ya Truce!" He knelt down to give her a hug. Keith offered his services for evolving her further too. "Thanks, but I think we'll wait a while, until she's sure she's ready. Besides, she might like her new form, right?"

Trucy nodded. She seemed to enjoy the added size, and twirled her spoon confidently.

---

Rydia was still a little bit in love with the fact that the Weedle was taking so many notes. "Ah, if only we could demonstrate! Where is Florence when we need her? Do we even have any bacon? Mercutio! Undine! Go find Florence! And bacon!"

"Oh, please tell me she's joking, Mercutio."

"Pretty sure she's not, chica..." The Poliwag duo sighed. It was going to be a long day. They waddled off together, in search of bacon.
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Bishop and Cloudy were clearly shocked as Luna had informed them of her trainer's part-Gastly nature, as well as the true nature of Coselle. Cloudy asked how it even worked.

"Well, what I heard about how Keith became part Gastly is, he drowned when he was seven, but his heart got started up again when a Missingno. started pushing him to shore. He lived, but his soul had already started to transform into a Gastly. I guess the process of becoming a Ghost Pokemon when you die is more or less instantaneous. Anyway, for whatever reason, the transformation never undid itself when Keith came back to life, so he's permanently one quarter Gastly. I mean, he functions just like a normal human, it's more or less minor things. He's much quicker to learn Pokemon speech, though so far he's only learned to speak Shuppet language, and can understand Banette language. He can also understand Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar language naturally, though he can't speak those languages himself. He's lighter than he looks, and he can use Smog, though that really tires him out, so he hardly ever does it. Oh. and he can't be poisoned, either. As for Coselle, well, that's a long story, but I'll give you the short version- Coselle is using human essence to maintain the appearance she had when she was alive. Initially, she had only about half a year's worth because of the incident in the Bar on Halloween- I don't know if either one of you heard about that? Anyway, that was running out, so Keith and Chuck worked out a solution, so Coselle can live much longer now. See, if she runs out, she dies all over again, and Keith doesn't want her to go through that." Luna paused for a moment. "Strictly speaking, I'm not actually supposed to be telling anybody all this. The whole team was sworn to secrecy, but I feel like I can trust you two," the Swoobat added.

The female Nidoran took a quick sniff at the Foongus, wondering whether he was trustworthy. "Um... Uh... Hi," Six said shyly, waving one of his stubby little arms at the Nidoran in greeting.

"It's not a problem," Rubeus said courteously to Aegis as the Wartortle thanked him for his help thus far. As the Wartortle excused himself, Rubeus turned to Livewire. "He does have a point, you know," he added. "True, you don't know that the Psychic Pokemon will be able to help. On the other hand, you also don't know that they won't. Why not at least let them try to help you?"

Keith nodded. "Yeah, I understand. There's never any rush to evolve one's Pokemon. My Gloom, for example, refused to evolve into Vileplume until my Venonat was ready to evolve. Believe it or not, my Vileplume and Venomoth are in love with each other. It's not exactly the most normal arrangement, but it certainly seems to work for them, this has been going on for years. Anyway-" Keith broke off as he saw Aegis make his exit. "Oh, yeah, that reminds me," he said as he took out his Pokedex and pressed a few buttons, causing a Poke Ball to appear in his hand. "Maybe Aegis would like to meet my newest Pokemon," he stated as he tossed the ball into the air. "Come on out, Chance!" he exclaimed as a Squirtle appeared in a flash of light. "This is Chance, my Squirtle," Keith said to Joshua.

"Hi!" Chance said to Joshua, smiling happily as she waved at him.

"You know, I heard my trainer actually used to own a Torkoal," Hermione said to Rydia after she had sent the pair of Poliwag to go get their Torkoal teammate along with some bacon. "He didn't keep it for very long, though. And he loves bacon, too, so once I let him know about this, he's sure to want a Torkoal of his own. It would be nice to have a Fire-type on the team, though, to help with cooking. I do well enough on my own, of course, and I enjoy it, too, but still. Then again, Scorpius is always willing to help me," she said, smiling slightly at the mention of him. "Oh, but I must taste Torkoal-smoke-cooked bacon for myself, though," she added. "Those Poliwag, what were their names? Mercutio and Undine? I hope they hurry, I'm starting to get hungry..."
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