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Valeria Thank god... anything to not have to talk to her anymore... Valeria turned away from nikki, gazing back at Yuzuki "Because this isn't as simple as your evaluation just now makes it out to be." She said. "Yeah, we thought that at first too, when the reports started coming in. We just sat around convinced that it was no threat, that they would dissolve almost immediately from infighting and we wouldn't have to raise a finger... but then they started actually operating, and guess what? They had their shit together better than any of their individual predecessor organizations. If you looked at them with no knowledge of their varied backgrounds, you would never be able to tell that most of them once had completely conflicting missions with another... What the man leading them has done, is not as simple as just taking together a few differing, conflicting elements and slapping them together into a half baked little army of rebels who just so happen to be putting aside their own views for a common goal, destined to fall apart and disintegrate the moment it's achieved. No. Not at all. What he did was create an entirely new force from the ruins of those who came before him. He approached the survivors with a new goal in mind entirely, gave them something different to fight for; to create a new order. an order where everyone of them wins in the end. If the current order falls, if the Church and the Regions no longer exist, then who will be left to control the world? The Brotherhood will. And at the end of the day, what were the heretics after at their core? Control. regardless of proclaimed ideology, or methodology, that's all it ever boiled down to. Control. "

Valeria "So, friendship power, heart of the cards crap? I'll take the next stop off." "Well then, That's your decision..." She said, face deadpan as she stared at nikki, eyes as cold as glaciers. This woman... she was truly proving to be an annoyance. She was obviously thirsting for power, Valeria could see it clear as day; it seemed to be the one thing the fool cared about most in this world. So hungry for it that she changes her mind on a dime the moment it's mentioned, and foolish enough for it that the moment she hears some route or method to it that she isn't familiar with or acknowledge, she automatically disclaims and disregards it as false and invalid... She'd have no trouble when this particular vixen would be let off in Goldenrod. let her walk whatever path she wanted, she would have enough trouble already with Khan, she had no need for the even greater trouble that having to also keep her eye on a power-hungry fool of a trainer would produce. She had no need for fools here, and neither did the Church. "But just for the record, if you asked anyone who's ever mega evolved their partner, they would be quick to tell you that it's anything but a farce. But eh whatever, it's your life, you do with it what you want." She's just like them... that same drive, that same reckless ambition...how typical.

Valeria "Well someone changed their mind pretty damn quickly..." The woman turned to Nikki, virtually ignoring Johanna's already repeated proclamation of apathy and que sera sera at this point. "We reteach them the things that humanity has forgotten through the course of it's advancement." She said. "And we show them the power lying dormant inside a human heart- the same type of power that can activate a mega evolution in a pokemon -and we help them hone it, train it to a point where it surpasses the normal bounds of strength into entirely new territory...territory we haven't even found the exact limits of yet. If their hearts are strong enough to unlock that force, then they can potentially make the regional champions look like a bunch of little kids just having mock battles on the playground..." Yuuki and Felix Before long, Yuuki's wandering seemed to only bring him right back to the staircase from which he'd started. It seemed both the trainer and his Gallade had gotten disoriented and turned about in the utter blackness of the vessel's inards... Felix stumbled about in the darkness for a few more moments, following the curvature of the nearest wall with the sparce amount of guidance the torch provided. The hallway he'd chosen... seemed a bit off though. Almost like... he was passing the same exact doors, the same exact signs. Before long, though, he spotted an all two familiar staircase, flashlight beam falling upon two forms in the darkness, one of them obviously a pokemon... The stair would surely lead back up to the deck. But before they could make any type of acknowledgment to that fact or to one another, music came from nearby. Faint. Quiet. As if it were being played over a speaker further down in the ships depths... And it seemed to be emanating from behind the stair case. If they looked close enough... they might have noticed a door slightly ajar in the darkness, more steps leading down to a soft glow far below... ((IT's your choice. Either go upstairs to the deck or descend into the righteous side of hell. And there's nothing at all saying you both have to choose the same path.))

"Not even a little bit." Valeria answered. "He looks like it, he might've been once, but he's not, at least not anymore. To be honest, I'm still not sure what the hell that thing is, aside from a monster. And I don't trust him either... the only reason he hasn't been purged from the face of the earth yet is because the Pope thinks he's actually valuable. And if you want to know what we're after, let me put whatever that thing up in the bridge right now told you about the brotherhood and the story behind them in a laymen's terms: 15 years ago, a series of terrorist operations were carried out in six nations by various heretical groups- you all knows this already, it's nothing but contemporary history, they were all crazy people who thought they could control and subjugate the gods themselves to their own will. The church and the National Armies of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos all banded together and declared war on them... and won with landslide victories with few survivors on the heretic's side." She crossed her arms as she went on with the story, gaze growing a bit darker as she fixed on Yuzuki in particular. "Now, why don't you imagine that, by some chance... we weren't thorough enough when we were cropping out the stains from that mess. Imagine that... there were a few remnants. Remnants who, separately, were far too weak and outnumbered to pose any threat. Now imagine those remnants were smart enough to realize their sticky situation, and joined together with one goal in mind, and one goal only- to get rid of anything and anyone who dared to stand in the way of their original goals. That is what the Brotherhood is. A collection of mentally insane people who are thirsty for grade A, bonafide vengence-on-the-rocks who will stop at nothing to get the job done, and who are likely to end up destroying the entire world if they actually win. The Church's mission here is simple, we intend finish what started 15 years ago. Prevent lunatics and madmen from killing everyone by toying with powers the likes of which they don't understand. But the only thing is... the Pope has to be a bit more quiet this time. She can't just come outright and state that she messed up back then, was too soft on the prisoners they took." There was disgust on her face as she launched into the next part. Genuine, actual disgust. "So, because she's too afraid of owning up and losing face value, guess what she came up with, with Khan's help, I'm sure... She decided that instead of the National Armies, this time around, the church would rely on trainers alone for this fight. Train them, brief them, help them grow stronger, use it's power unlock the hidden potentials of themselves and their partners... and then when we finally had enough, we strike at the Brotherhood and end it all in one fell swoop. A Coup de Grace with years of build up behind it..." And there he was in her mind. Just as she had expected the dragon to be. "Mother of god... the things you have just told them..." "Don't even start. Those of them who decide to stay will have had to be told the exact same information eventually. And those who are leaving... well, who the fuck is honestly going to beleive them about this if they say anything? To be honest though, I kinda some of them actually do go talking... maybe catch her red-handed afterwards." "Hmmm.... you may have a point...but still, disclosing all of this-" She cut off the link between their minds. As simple as the mental snap of a finger; building a temporary wall between two connected hearts. The dragon's voice went silent within an instant.

well like I said, the decision she's giving right now has no value or actual weight at the end of the day... so realy, there's not that much need to be present, unless just you want your pc to hear whatever information she might have. Anyways, you both are in the ship's interior, right? I could have you get lost in the dark and bump into each other by accident... before realizing you got turned around and ended up right back at the stair case leading to the deck... if you really want to rejoin the group, that is. if not though, I have a certain lazy ass musician/ Engineer you two could meet...or Khan... Either way, I'll take care of you two in the update after this next one. ((Which I don;t think will be very long from now))

"Whinny little coward... so concerned with her own problems, so eager to go scrambling back to her precious training...does the world mean nothing to this girl?" "Be quiet. Your input isn't exactly helping at the moment...I've already got a big enough mess to clean up without you shooting your personal commentary into my head every five seconds." "Anyone else who would rather get off in johto than stay aboard?" Valeria called to everyone else yet to make their decision. "Now's the time to speak up if so. We're only making this detour once..." Of all the things Khan had ever started...god damn it. The detour and the Police matter would be fine; their window of the operation's execution time was large enough to accommodate a single day or so grace period encase things went awry. But what khan had done here... he wasn't about to get away with any of it. The Pope herself might trust that dimension hopping freak of nature, but she and Leon? Not even a single bit. never had, never would... the entity had always had trouble written all over him.

The idea of anyone hitting on one another may or may not become just a bit awkward and weird once we get further into the story and certain things are revealed :/ And god damn, you people must be masters of ninjutsu around this place... EDIT: Christ... jsut realised I mixed up Olivine City with Goldenrod... EDIT 2: nevermind... I just looked at the geography and layout, and it turns out Goldenrod could technically be counted as a port city due to it's location on the water... and it's actually closer along the coast of Johto than Olivine... EDIT3: oh, and just so no one can get pissed later on when this doesn't happen and shit goes wrong- the offer that valeria is making is purely for the sake of plot. It's not an actual decision... those will come later on in abundance once we get to the titular island...

Valeria look back and forth between Johanna and Nikki. She gave a heavy sigh, focusing on the more hot headed of the two "Enough. to answer the assessment you gave, the answer is Barely. Barely any of it is correct." She turned and walked back to the railing, bracing her palms against the smooth steel as she gazed out over the ocean. "The Entity calling itself Khan obviously withheld this from you, but the ship you're standing on, the captain and it's crew, even Khan itself, they all employed in the service of the Church of Arceus." She glanced back at nikki. "I don't know why Khan decided to step in and let you onboard, though I have my suspicions... either way though, it's his fault you're involved now. So given the circumstances, the answer to your question is no. You don't have to work for us, you won't go to jail for the police incident in vermilion... and you don't have to go flying under any radars either, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, so any warrants or wanted notices that are issued for you will be taken care off; I'll make sure of it." Then she turned her attention towards Johanna... "As for the question of fate; If anyone is fine or just doesn't care about this mess Khan has created and involved you in, then fine, you're free to stay, and I'll try to explain all the things that Khan withheld from you. But at the same time, I'm not about to force anyone who doesn't want to get any deeper into it. If anyone here wants off this boat, then Goldenrod and Olivine are the nearest port cities; Vermilion is off the table for obvious reasons. It'll only be a detour of a few hours at the very most... they can be back about their own business by tomorrow and forget anything happened here if they wanted."

Valeria "There are some beings who are not bound by the laws of this world." Valeria answered, though her gaze remained fixed on the gardevoir. "It is through their power that things like what I've just done are possible. Things like using fire to heal and replenish instead of kill and consume." She paused at that moment, seeming to consider something she hadn't before. Then turning her attention back to Joey "What exactly happened once you guys were allowed onto the ship?"

Happy b day, rose. Hope you're liking your new job on the server too

Valeria, shepard of fire!!!! Valeria didn't miss a beat, flexing her fingers in preparation. Her eyes fixed intensely on Yuzuki, reaching out a hand towards the green crest of the psychic's head "Alright. Let's go then." "Are you ready?" "Just do it. The sooner we end this charade, the better." Without a single word more, she placed her palm against the crest, giving the fairy the most comforting smile she could as whatever she was doing started. At first, for just a few miliseconds, there was nothing. Then it came. Like a storm of winter. White embers, bright emebers, warm emebers, yet not burning embers. Circulating in the air around her fingers, churning with a greater and greater intensity until finally, they merged into a silent inferno around the woman... and Natsuki. White Fire, bright fire, warm fire, yet not burning fire. No... rather than burning, all the gardevoir felt was a strange force flowing through, around her. A power beyond what normally existed in this world, a power greater than she'd ever experienced. A Power that if it wanted to, in a fury could melt entire mountain ranges, vaporize whole oceans, set the sky itself ablaze... but yet power that was just as gentle as it was formidable. So gentle, that with the same instance in which it could unleash such unbridled wrath and destroy entire continents, it could at the same time operate... with such grand precision and care that it could also heal entire armies and burn away the epidemic outbreaks of whole nations. And Natsuki could tell... that this woman before her was not the source of her power. She may appear to be the one conjuring the flames, but there was another there, where she was... another who occupied the same space at her, and yet somehow at the same time, did not occupy the same space. And that someone... no, that something... was something worth fearing. Something higher than mortals. Something of a whole nother magnitude of order above the realm of the living and the dead alike. And yet, for some reason, she did not sense this prescence trying to dominate the woman's soul... it was as if... as if they were instead working in tandem. It was strange... almost like... pokemon and trainer when a true bond exists. But it wasn't. This... whatever this was, it was far more profound. far more binding... wait... binding... "And that's it..." Valeria finally spoke up. The gardevoir looked surprised when it was finally over... Valeria paid it no mind, only turning to the trainer. The veyr fires which she had just used for... what could be described as a miracle- there were no known powers in this world, whether pokemon move or otherwise, which could take the destructive nature of the element of fire... and juxtapose and subvert it to such a point that it healed rather than destroyed- now began to slowly flicker and fade as they died down once again. "It took a bit more than I expected, Exon must've done upped his training since he..." She paused, the friendly smile she wore fading into something darker, sadder. "um... nevermind. Anyways, your friend here is the best possible condition she can be, I guarantee it." "Don't blame yourself. The boy made his decision when he deserted and left with her. If Khan hadn't struck first, you would've had to do it yourself someday... and seeing his corpse on that day would have only been a thousand times harder than it is now." "Oh please, he didn't do this for me or anyone else." Valeria muttered to herself aloud, though it was barely enough to be audible to anyone but Joey...as to who precisely the line was directed at though, was entirely uncertain. "He enjoyed every moment he was killing him." "...what had to be done, had to be done. I am sorry."

“Peanut galery? I prefer normal peanuts though! What about you, Louis?” Maya turned her head at the unexpected response from behind... and there she spotted it. Right in the monkey's paws. Well, at least is saved her the trouble of spending the next hour or so retracing her steps looking for it. The girl though... something seemed a bit...off. Just a little, or maybe alot. “Is that mine? Did you steal it already!?Nope. Where did you get that Pokédex? I hope you at least had the decency to steal from some hot and dreamy guy.” Oh, bird jesus christ... she's just like them. I... I don't really need a pokedex, do I? She knew the answer before she ever made the thought. Yes. Yes, she did need one. With a sigh she started walking over to the hyper trainer. This conversation she was gonna have to get into... was probably gonna to grind her nerves down to nothing. She could tell already. As they say though; no time like the present. "That Dex your chimchar is holding is mine, actually. And sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not exactly a 'hot and dreamy guy'."

Damn... well, too late to bow out of it now... looks like the kiddo's just gonna have to go further down the rabbit hole... of utter annoyance...

Joey, Yuzuki, maybe Johanna, who knows? "Is there a recovery machine here or anyone capable of healing another Pokemon? Natsuki isn't in the best of shape after that explosion." Valeria gave a wolfish smirk beneath her hood at the inquiry, though Joey was the only one close enough to actually see it. Before the water type trainer could answer the earlier comment about Khan, she was speaking up yet again. "If a healer is what you need, then you're in a lot of luck. I happen to specialize in just that field." She turned away from the railing and walked over to the girl. The smirk on her face was a bit less wolfish and more friendly than anything else as she approached. "Go on, send her out. I'll fix her up." Then turning her attention to address any of the other trainers nearby. "And I can do the same for anyone else here who needs it too." Not even as soon as the declaration was made though, the sigh of the dragon was ringing through her mind, clear as a bell. "Showing off now, are we? For someone who's supposed to keep these types of matters underwraps, you seem to have little qualms flaunting my power..." "If I really wanted to flaunt your power, I would've used it to vaporize those boats and the entire area around them a few minutes ago." She chimed back. "and is there really any point in trying to hide it now? They probably already saw a few things from Khan's bag of tricks...if you don't want to though, then fine... I'll use my own for it." "No, no... wouldn't want you to break a sweat or do any actual work now, would we? Give me a minute..."

The speech was over. Good. That meant no more smart asses would hold anything up. Which in turn... meant she could leave. Maya got up from her seat just as the other students around her started recovering enough from the shock of the presentation. A few of them still muttered to each other apprehensively about the scarring and battle torn field. "Dude, did you see that?" "Yeah man, I heard dragons could be dangerous... but damn..." "Bird jesus... I'm surprised they didn't end up dead..." "Ya know, I'm having second thoughts about raising a goodra now..." "Is anyone else wondering just what the state does with pokemon confiscated from trainers?" "What, you afraid they do something crazy like euthanize em as if they're dogs or something?" "...maybe." "Yeah, right... you're just mental man. they'd never." "God, it took the professor long enough... I think my ass legit fell asleep on this god awful cushion..." "Yo, is anyone else hungry? When the hell do they serve lunch or whatever around here?" "Eh, uh... did anyone else feel a surge of satisfaction when they heard the part about one being in a comma for months and the other guy being put in a wheel chair?" "I'm pretty sure no one but you gave a damn, Brian. I'm fucking hungry, I just wanna eat yo!" "Hey, be nice to Brian!" "I'll be nice if he shuts it and just gives me some damn food!" "I think I got a poptart left over from this morning..." "Poptart? what flavor?" "Smores." "EH, Brian, bro! what is up, my man?" "Just hurry up and take the stupid poptart, mike. I don't like them that much anyway..." She had heard enough. Far more than enough. Enough of their pointless back and forth to begin to feel brain cells dying- she was quite certain these ones here were going to be among the bottom of the class; it was amazing how any of them even got accepted here. Without a single word of interaction to any of them, she rose to full height and stuck her hands into the pockets of her hoodie before turning out of the aisle and heading for the doors. First Folie attacking her in order to break out of the room and cause trouble, and then the peanut gallery back there who wouldn't shut up... throughout the whole thing, they'd been almost as bad as the guy with the cottonee who kept interrupting. Right now all Maya wanted was to get back to the dorms and actually unpack. As she headed down the central aisles towards the rest of the crowd though, she had no notice of something dropping out of her hoodie, nor how it landed right beside the foot of a girl with red hair and a hyper chimchar for a partner as she strode by... At least, not until a few paces later, that was. She stopped where she was, feeling around the empty space of the pocket before scanning the ground around her... "Where the hell did it go?" She muttered, though it was loud enough for Samantha to hear, along with the annoyed, slightly dejected sigh that followed "God... don't tell me I somehow left it back there with the damn peanut gallery and future failures..." Meanwhile, the lock screen of her pokedex flashed bright from it's place near Sam's foot, the picture from Maya's student ID and her full name scrawling across lazily on it's face, apparently asking for some type of pin or pass-code or... something.

Oh my, maniacal laughter... my, that's simply... simply hoooooorrible! Well... guess I better go and single someone out then... Now granted, technically I have no reason whatsoever that I can justify Maya just going up to someone and just striking up a convo...given the mood she's in.. but, they say that the pockets of zippered hoodies tend to not be very secure... and I know it to indeed be true from experience... EDIT: Actually, I know precisely who to spark an interaction with... I kinda screwed up my chance earlier since I didn't catch the subtle hints chim was dropping... EDIT 2: Tis done! the Di have been cast!

would getting clauded really be that bad though?

Joey ((and possibly Johanna)) Yet another one who doesn't seem even the least bit phased or bothered by any of it either. Hmmm... Maybe they're all even stranger a breed than I originally thought. "Valeria." She answered, glancing at joey. "Valeria Ettna. I'm what you might call... a member of higher administration. For all intents and purposes, I'm supposed to keep an eye on Khan for the time being." The water Trainer caught a glimpse of her In the increasing light of the sunshine overhead, transitioning from early to mid morning. Long, silken locks of Raven Black hair parted to frame an olive skinned, diamond shape face. Thin, dark brows sat just above brilliantly Violet, round eyes that, in the light of sun, shone with a strange sort of beauty behind them, almost exotic in nature as they stared at him. Her nose sloped in a gentle curve, culminating in a button shaped profile and tip. Then just as quick as he caught it, she turned her gaze to the others within his ragtag travelling party. "Speaking of whom, I'm sure you've already met him; you had to have since you're standing here now. Knowing how the captain and owner of this ship generally is, Jackson himself would never have let you onboard today, not unless he was overruled or physically forced to, that is."