Sutoratosu

There's no way to get EXP share at your point unless you get REALLY lucky at the lotto corner. As for the Breeding question, yes, you are able to breed pokemon so long as you have two of opposite genders in compatible egg groups and the daycare couple has been freed. Also, in the house across the street from the poke-center and daycare place is a girl willing to trade a ditto for a furret (Sentret can be caught in the grass in the obsidia park around morning and leveled up to evolve into it.) I'd offer more help, but it's late where I am, soooo....

Oak stood to meet Clint's questions as two soldiers, both with medical training ran over to take his place by Lars, who was still on his knee's clutching his head and had yet to respound. He winced at the 'pops' part, and ignored the rise in Clint's voice, addressing him calmly "One, I'm not your father nor an old man, so do not address me as pops. Two, We don't exactly know what happened with the thunder being, but we're calling it a second storm encounter for now. He turned to Erick "That was the same creature you saw that day, wasn't it?" Erick nodded, not saying anything or meeting Oak's eyes He turned back to Clint "If you watched the news around two months five years ago, I'm sure you would know about the first storm encounter. As for what just happened with Lars, he brought this upon himself in a way." He turned his eyes to the still crouching young man "I specifically told him not to disturb Clemont while he was focusing on the task, but he clearly did not listen to me! once he interfered with his concentration, some force tried to take over clemont. We were lucky that he realized this and helped to stop himself from killing Lars." That was when Nathan strode over and scolded Clint. He couldn't help but grin. "why yes, Grey, I couldn't have put it better myself..."

*Still cloaked in the invisibility of the sun light, I sneak up behind Notus.* "Why, Hello, my old rival." *I take out an old tool of mine- Excalliber (found it in a field far from the hill, Finally!! I was looking for that thing forever!)* "Why don't you accept a little gift from me?" *literally Stabs the unwitting Notus in the back, Then Blast him with hollowed light as he hangs from the sword, disintegrating him.* "How'd this thing get back?" *Picks up Absol's masterball, ans tosses it into the ocean* "that's better." King :Kappa:

Not yet, as it's only been a day since arriving at the base They would've received Uniforms after finishing the morning briefing on their teams purpose, But hey, Shit happened

Clemont was alert of the approaching duo of Lars and Abra as they edged closer to him. He paid them no mind as they posed no threat to his task's completion. Then something penetrated his intricate web of Psychic energy that he had set up to scan the area, Irrevocably interfering with his task, and he could not allow this. As the interference spread through the web, a stream of thoughts began to flow to him from Lar's abra, but they were so scrambled, that not even Clemont, with an IQ far higher than any human ever born, was unable to decipher them. Lar's cries broke in, and finally Clemont dismissed this intrusion as a pest, and began to weave his psychic power to manipulate the earth's gravity in the area to crush the vermin... Oak looked over and saw Lar's on his knees, clutching his head as if in pain, as Abra edged ever closer to clemont, Arm outstretched. He could see certain areas around the young man begining to ripple. "Lars!!! Get away, Now!!!" But it appeared as if Lar's couldn't hear him. the amount of psychic force in the area must have been interfering with sound. "Lars, RUN!!" Again the young man remained on his knees, apparently unable to hear oak. The Area of the ripples had now become a faint sphere of purple light. Energy began crackling a little inside. Oak could feel the beginning stages of gravity Compression from here, desperately, he called for Ray and Surge. Virtue stirred from her sleep in Erick's arms, driven back to consciousness by some unseen factor. She wiggled against Erick's hold, managing to slip out of his grasp and landing on the ground feet first. She seemed to be intent on doing something. Erick was puzzled by this. "Where Are you going?" Virtue pointed out a finger over to where Clemont was hovering in the air, his eyes ablaze in violet light, Lars was nearby, a sphere of violet energy encircling him. He heard Oak call Ray and Surge, and watched as Ray's creature Salem charged for Clemont, it's mouth opened wide and the Air darkening around it's gaping maw, and as Surge's partner, a strange fire dog, also charged for Clemont, it's body becoming cloaked in flame as it picked up speed. Erick ran off towards the scene, Virtue doing a surprisingly good job of keeping up behind him. He reached Oak as Surge's and Ray's creatures were thrown away back towards their masters by an invisible wall of force. Oak called out to Clemont. "Clemont, I order you to cease this immediatly!!" Clemont realized when he heard as Oak ordered him to stop, that There was no true threat coming from Lars or Abra, but rather another place. at this realization he began to retract his power in order to fullfill the order, however... He couldn't, some force far greater than his was preventing him, locking his power into it's current use. Using his advance intellect, he immediately began trying to zero in on what it was, but came up empty, the force elluding him each time he got close to discovering it's identity. With that search failed, he began looking for a way to overide his abilities. He and Oak had trained specifally for that option, but when he tried to fall back upon them, he discovered that they were all blocked by the same mysterious force. Left with no choice, he sent out a telepathic message to the professor, and the force closed in on him at that, and it was all he could do to translate his message of raw thought into English and make sure it got to Oak: Oak! I can not stop. Some unknown force has seized control of my power, the only way to stop me is to relieve me of consciousness, and even then, there is no absolute guarantee this will stop! "What!?" Exclaimed Oak as Clemont's message finally managed to slip through to him. He saw Erick approaching and heard the flap of wings behind him. He turned to see his Noctowl land and begin eyeing Clemont as the sphere around Lars started tightening. in that instant he had an idea. He called out to Erick as he got closer. "Erick, have her use Hypnosis to bring clemont into a sleep, it's the only way to save Lars and Abra!" Erick looked back at Virtue "You hear that? Can you do something like it?" the two reached the scene and Virtue stood for a few seconds, seeming to ponder. Finally she nodded her head. "Alright then, Virtue, Hit Clemont with a hypnosis!!" Her Eye's glowed as she obeyed Erick's order, but she was meeting a lot of resistance, as the Ralts soon sank to her knees, fighting hard to send through the hypnotic suggestion. Oak watched as Genisa, Virtue, Struggled on her knees. "Damn, should've known her attack wouldn't be enough to do it..." He looked to Noctowl "Literacy, assist Virtue and use Hypnosis on Clemont!" Literacy obeyed perfectly, tilting it's head as it's eyes took on a deep red hue, it too met resistance, but less, and Virtue was able to stand back up thanks to the new support. Salem and Surge's Flareon were back on the offensive, each of them spitting out a hot stream of fire at clemont, but neither one's attack making it to the target without being blocked by a barrier. Clemont could feel as the Hypnosis attack began to press against the field of his energy, weak at first, then growing in strength as Literacy joined in Virtue's attack. Still, it was not enough to stop him. Struggling to prvent losing full control to the unknown interference, he came to one conclusion: He used Hypnosis on himself, dulling his senses to the point where Virtue's and Literacy's combined hypnotic suggestions could break through the field and take effect. The wind whistling as he fell filled his ears, then the sensation of impact with the ground, and he finally lost consciousness. Oak ran over to Lars as soon as the Sphere around him vanished and Clemont fell to the earth unconscious, He knelt beside the young man and yelled into his ear, trying to bring him back to reality. he could see Clint chasing after his tyrogue in his peripheral vision. "Lars, Speak to me! Are you Alright!!?"

Just as I thought as well. It can do as a basic reference to help get an idea as to what a character looks like, but It shouldn't be the final say in the matter of appearance. (I personally would like it if the quality were better, but hey, The Guy still put in a lot of effort, even sketched all the pokemon up to gen 4 or 5, so can't really complain. though, still, I'd rather sit down and sketch out Erick myself.) anyway, i think we've reached a point where a quick battle wouldn't hurt. Arkhidon (Keaton) has put up a proposition in the RP already, if anyone's interested...

Ah, yes, I've seen and used that before. Actually, I considered using it for character design back when the RP was first starting but turned down the idea for two reasons. 1) In my opinion, The characters would simply look to young (I've browsed all the facial features options, can't find anything that would make them look like the appropiate age of the RP characters (Early twenties)) 2) I noticed there's rather a lack of military looking garb in there... But Maybe I'll give this idea another shot. just as a way of giving an idea as to what Characters look like. I'll try and design Ray and Erick with it and see how it turns out (I realize I forgot to describe the latter in civilian dress.) EDIT: Alright, here they are So, what do you all think, should we use it? (Left is Ray, Right is Erick)

Surge Watched as the massive storm had zipped away to the south, And knew that there would be no way that the soldiers would be able to pursue it without some high-speed aircraft or a GAO capable of the same, neither of which were currently available at Bexly. He had no choice but to deny their request to Oak. Afterwards, he noticed as Ray assisted the handler of the wounded Wolf GAO (mightyena for those who haven't guessed it yet) tend the creatures many wounds; it's right front paw was bloodied and it had several seveere electrical burns all over it's face and back. at the sight of the wounded creature, Surge couldn't help but let his thoughts drift to his pidgeotto. He stepped up to the two and addressed Ray. "Ray, what ever did happen to mine and Ericks GAOs?" Ray finished bandaging the injured paw and stood, turning to face Surge. He placed his hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Matthew..." Surge knew the answer wouldn't be good at all; Ray would never Address him on a first name basis unless it was so. Ray continued "Neither one made it... Your Pidgeotto was pronounced dead on arrival at the med center. Erick's piplup... There was a lab complication." "So the two of us are down a partner." "Yes, in a sense." Ray took out a can of greenish ointment from a medical bag that sat by his side, and began smearing it on the Mightyena's burns. "What did you name that Fruit species?" Surge asked "Rawst berries" Answered Ray. "They grow around the area?" Ray looked up at Surge "All of the Berry species we've discovered thus far grow heavilly in this forest. And the variety of Wild GAO out here as well... It's almost as if the Morpher Virus made sure to target this area more than any others around it." He looked back down at the Mightyena's burns, it's face was now covered in the green ointment, the Creature couldn't help but lick the green substance around it's snout. Surge noticed a sparkling on the ground, by the Mightyena's paws. He reached down and picked it up, The creature didn't other any protest at this. He turned it over a few times in his hand... "What is this?" He asked The soldier answered "He had that in his mouth when he came back from the encounter, Sir." Ray picked up "I've already examined it, and it seems to give off some type of radial energy..." Surge fumbled the thing and dropped it to the ground at this "It... it's not nuclear or anything... Is it?" Ray finished spreading the ointment on the creatures back. closing the jar and placing it back in the bag, he answered Surge. "No, no, nothing like that. The energy from this thing is far different. Pick it up, tell me what you feel in your hand." Surge did as ray suggested, this time the stone had a strange tingling feel in his palms "It... feels like an electric shock actually..." "Precisely, I've theorized that whatever that thing was, it's power to manipulate electricity had a part in this stone's creation. In other words, the raw power of the sky itself is embedded in it." Ray packed the rest of the medical supplies and stood up. "You still have those two other stones we found?" "Yeah, right here." Surge reached into a pocket on his fatigue jacket and produced two stones "good" said Ray as he placed the thunderstone in Surges hand, where the other stones lay. There seemed to be some reaction at this, as all three stones glowed a little. "Just as I thought, there's some relationship between these stones. Let's see what a GAO's reaction to them is..." Ray took out Salem's capsule and sent him out. The fiery tiger edged closer to the firestone the moment it saw it, but other than that, there was no subsequent reaction. "well, let's have another trial. Surge, why don't you send out your remaining partner." Surge reached into his pocket and sent out his one remaining partner: the young fox-like creature rolled on the ground a few times, much to Surge's chagrin. "come on, Infantry! Enough of that." Reluctantly, the creature stopped rolling and got to it's feet. Surge knelt down and held out to three stones in front of it. "Do you really think there's any point to this?" "yes... maybe... I found some... Interesting anomalies in Infantry's genome. It seems that under the right conditions... well I can't really say for sure what will happen." The young GAO walked up to each of the stones as Ray spoke. It's fur grew sleeker and even seemed to take on a light blue hue as it approached the Blue stone, Shifting to become Staticy and yellowish as it approached the Thunder, and Then turning a deep blood red as it approached the Firestone. finally, the GAO stepped back from the stones, it's fur returning to it's normal brown. "Hmmm... How interesting." Ray was writing down notes. "Have it touch one, Surge." "fine..." Surge told Infantry to touch one. the creature stepped forward again, staring at each one in turn. finally, it made up it's mind and touched the deep red stone. It's body became engulfed in a fiery glow as a heat began to fill the air. The Creatures body erupted in light as it's form changed, It's body rearranging it's genetic code to fit it's new form and abilities. The Air grew even hotter, and the glow even more intense, finally, it all ended, the air cooled back down, and standing where Infantry was, is now a fiery red creature with an orange mane: "Good God!" Ray called as he rushed over and examined the new creature. "I shall name this species... Flareon!" "his name is still Infantry..." "Fine, whatever, but the species itself shall be named Flareon." Almost in agreement with Ray's name for the new species, the Creature breathed out a hot shower of sparks, it's body glowing a deep red. Surge stared down at his partner's new form. "Well, guess he's a fire type now..."

*Phased into the sunlight just as the piano impacted, saving me from death.* (What, thought I lost those Abilities? ) I watch as the fighting continues, then decide to make my move. *Rides the sunlight a thousand miles to the south, then rockets right back to the hill at the literal speed of light.* Hello rose, here's something Chuck Norris taught me! *Delivers a flying round house to the side of Roses head as I fly at the speed of light, the force of which decapitates her and sends her flying thousands of miles away.* Well, I'm king now. But there remains one thing to do... *Sweeps up whats left of the masterball, opens the steel cover on the pit, dumps it in, then closes the cover and bolts it down* Much better, I like to keep my seat of power clean

Yes, bibarel, you may still take part in the RP. But I still have a few questions for a few people who haven't posted in a while... (Enyo, for example) both of these pics will do. Also Chimchain, it is logical for squirtle to know it's type disadvantages, as any animal in the wild can identify something that is dangerous to them (EX. A predatory creature)

Oak studied the creature in Lars's arms. "fine, you can step up to Clemont, just don't interrupt his task. He must maintain absolute focus for this."

And things grow ever more complex... Who would've thought that a bengal tiger(They call Raikou a legendary dog, but anyone with eyes can clearly see that it is not a dog based creature, IMO, It looks alot more like a tiger) could control lightning and... fly even. and here's another theme: The Truth of Vengence

"How do ya know what kinda moves ya guys got?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Erick was stumped as how to answer Clint's question. Then the Voice chimed in... Remember, the best way to lie, is to include part of the truth... Erick decided to take the advice again. "Well... I uh... I don't really know how. I just think about what I want Ge-..." Realizing that he came very close to blundering just now, Erick fained a cough, forcing himself to break off the sentence before he could say something he shouldn't. He made sure that it was a deep, Hacking sound, to make it more believable. "Sorry about that, anyway... I think about what I want Virtue to do, and then words... Well I guess they kinda just come to me. Call it intuition I guess; though, So far the only real command I've figured out is 'Barrier'... All my other orders have been kinda vague." Erick turned and watched as Logan called out his Squirtle, who promptly jeted a stream of water into his face, then called out his chimchar. which too was squirted with water, falling to the ground after retaliating with an attack of it's own, Logan called out for Oak's help. Oak joged over, then slowed his pace when he finally aproached. "Why, there's nothing truly wrong. Chimchar has merely run out of energy, causing it to faint from fatigue. Oak reached out and touched Chimchar, looking at his hand as he pulled it back, noticing that the chimp's Fur was excessively wet. Oak looked to Logan's Squirtle, Crush, and pieced together what likely happened. "You exposed it to water didn't you? Well that would explain this, You see, Chimchar, is of a fire affinity, or, type, if you will, that means it has the ability to freely manipulate flames. Your squirtle is of a Water Type, meaning it can manipulate water. Now, when fire is directly exposed to water, It almost never ends well for Fire. You Chimchar should be fine this time, but in the future, restrain from using water based attacks on it from your squirtle. give it some rest and it'll be up and about in a few hours." One of the guards began shouting something at the tree line, several others ran over to him. a few gunshots rang out, and one of the guards send out a wolf like creature... An earsplitting roar rang out as the wolf-like being dashed off into the forest, pursuing some unknown prey. Several moments pass in silence. Then an explosion of electricity shatters the quiet, a massive thunder cloud gathers overhead... The wolf like creature that was deployed Runs back from the forest, limping and whining, it had several burns on it's body. It's handler knelt to examine the wounds as several other soldiers sent out similar wolf creatures and ran off into the forest with them, apparently trying to find a scent. The explosion Startled Virtue and caused her to fall off of Erick's shoulder, he promptly caught her in his arms. The wolf Creature was attended to by it's handler, Ray was nearby assisting. Oak had rushed over to the soldiers when the shots began, as had Ray. An inhuman roar tore through the air as a fierce some beast, with golden fur and a mane of lightning, soared up to the Nimbus cloud, seemingly wounded and retreating, thunder cracked and lightning charred the earth as it raced across the Sky, seemingly an electrified meteor going in the wrong direction... Another inhuman cry echoed up as it reached the cloud and the entire storm that had been brewing shot off to the south at an impossible speed. The sky was instantly clear again as it zipped away. The soldiers asked Oak for permision to persue, but Surge cut in "Permission Denied, soldiers. That thing is hundreds of miles away from the bases territory by now, and with no way of knowing exactly where it went, we'd just be wasting man power." All of the soldiers who went into the Forest came back with their GAO's, shaking their head, as there was no way to track a scent from a creature that got around by flying. Oak walked over to the Group, Reaching into his blazer's front pockets and pulling out two spheres, sending both of them out, releasing Clemont and an owl like creature, much like those that were used by Pseudo- Oak. he shouted out commands for Clemont to telepathically scan the area, and for the owl to fly out and scan the forest from the air. The Psychic Fox-man sat cross legged and hovered about ten feet in the air, it's spoons revolving around it at blinding speed as it focused, and the Owl flew off screeching. Oak addressed the Group "Now then, Not one of you is allowed to ask any questions about what just happened! We will be remaining here for the time being, but will leave... a bit sooner than scheduled. Now then, I would like every one to get to know their partners a little more while we're still here. Erick couldn't help but comment on the beast he just saw. "That thing... that's what I saw on during the Storm Encounter... That's what did it... I was an idiot if I ever thought I could kill it alone... It...It looked so much stronger just now than it did then..." A voice echoed in his head. it wasn't the usual one though, this one sounded like a child, and it had far more breaks in it. N...N...Not...A-Alone.... He looked at Virtue, still in his arms. She looked like she was in fatigue, the thought message had obviously come from her, just like Ray had said, she was still capable of communicating in english. something clicked inside Erick's mind. His thirst for vengence was renewed at these words (theme: The Truth of Vengence) Yes, that's right... I'm not. I have the Military now, And my partners. That thing, It has grown much stronger since I saw it. What will happen if that thing is allowed to live any longer, how much destruction would it be able to cause, how many other people will suffer terrible loss because of it.What it did that day, I will never forgive it, But I've been set on hunting it down for the wrong reasons. Killing that thing won't bring back my Father, or Lt. Algarra or the white creature, but it will end it's threat, and for that reason I will never stop pursuing it. Galvanized by a new sense of Drive, He involuntarily squeezed his arms a little harder, causing Virtue to protest as she was being crushed. He loosened his hold and stared down at her "Sorry. that message just know,That was you, wasn't it?" Erick asked Virtue nodded, then fell asleep, Resting her head on Erick's shoulder

Erick Looked over after answering the question to Logan. "What about you man? that monkey of yours took a pretty harsh attack from Psuedo-Oak's psychic fox man."

I kill the manager and set the restaurant ablaze, and once again come back to the hill, carrying a piece of burning timber in my hands. Since it seems that burning at the stake didn't work, I toss the burning wood to the top of the hill where rose stands, and watch as the mound of dirt is engulfed in an inferno. Now, then, to ensure I don't get hired elsewhere. *calls all the places I applied to, tells them that they want to hire me, then I would like to quit in advance right now.* That's better. and I'm king.

Oak turned and answered Jory's question "Well, yes, of course they are. But go ahead, release your ponyta, It was probably just uncomfortable being inside a building." Erick stared down at his Ralts. His curiosity in whether or not a GAO had a gender was peaked when he had heard keaton inspecting his Baltoy. "Hey, professor, what... What gender is my Ralts? Just out of curiosity." Oak turned to Erick and answered rather curtly "Female..." Erick stared at the small child-like creature. It stared back up at him with a human-like intelligence burning in her deep scarlet eye's. As far as he could tell, there was no bodily differentiation to signify it as a male or female. "And... how do you know this...? He was suspicious as to his Ralts origins. He'd heard a few... rumors of people being turned into things by the Virus, but hadn't given them any mind till this moment. Oak didn't answer at first, but his face darkened, Confirming the suspicion in Erick's mind. Ray had heard the question, and he turned away, not meeting Erick's eyes. Erick picked up Virtue in his arms and stepped forward a little closer to them. he asked a different question this time. "What was her name before she turned" Ray, knowing that there was no use in trying to hide the truth now, finally brought himself to look Erick in the eyes and answer. "That... I mean, Ralts, Virtue, I believe you named her..." "Yes, I named her Virtue. that was before I found out that she was once human. Now TALK!" Reluctantly, Ray and Oak led Erick out of earshot of the rest of the group. it was then that Ray began his explanation as the three of them stood near the treeline, backs to the group. "Ralts... Virtue... Her name was Genisa. She was a... five year old orphan... she became infected with the virus. none of the suppressors would have any effect... so the... Director of the orphanage took her to the local CDC... Me and oak were there... On a consultation call..." Erick, still carying Virtue in one hand, grabbed Ray by the lapel with the other. "You gonna continue your explanation, buddy?" Oak picked up where Ray left off. "We were called in to examine her, We knew from the minute we saw her that there was no chance of recovery. the only thing we could do was give her anesthesia to ease the pain... We were powerless to help this child... The only thing We could do was sit by her bedside as her body began to tear itself apart and then rebuild itself... in a new form." Ray brushed off Erick's hand and picked up. "When... it was done... Genisa had transformed into... the being you're holding right now..." Erick unleashed a torrent of questions "What was her last name, Who were her parents?" Ray looked away from him "We don't know..." Erick knew this was a lie by Ray's body language. "Don't you feed me that BS. The evaluation agency test every child at age five, whether they have a home or not. Tell me, Ray." Ray gave up and told. "Genisa... Algarra. Her mother was Leandra... Algarra. Her father was Angeal Algarra, of the U.S. Army... Lieutenant commander of the 7th Patrol, and underling of... Major Stanly S. Freeman." Erick couldn't help but take a few steps back in shock. Algarra... My next door neighbors... but then... Erick had some dark thoughts brewing in his head, he ignored them and pressed onward. "Her mother... Leandra... I remember... they lived right next door to me... Her mother was infected, and quarantined in the very house she used to live in... Her father took her to stay somewhere else while her mother was ill.That was a week before the Storm Encounter. Then on that day..." The visions of what occured that day flashed in his mind, he was about to try and force them down when something else did it for him. he heard that familiar voice. No time to breakdown from visions of the past. You need to know this. "Her father... there were two casualties... Stanly S. Freeman, Major General of the U.S. Army... And Angeal Algarra... First lieutenant." Ray put his hand on Erick's shoulder. "Yes... Her mother disappeared... Estimatedly during the attack that killed her husband... She had no other living relatives, and was put into the system as a ward of the state." Erick took a few minutes to push back the wall of emotion that was threatening to crash down on him. he failed in stopping the torrent of thought that accompanied it. So it wasn't just my own father that I just sat by and let die that day... my father's assault rifle, it dropped right next to me when the thing jumped on him... I could've filled that thing with lead until the clip was empty... but I sat by like a coward... to afraid to act. Then Lt. Algarra came.. and it killed him with a bolt of electricity before he even knew what was happening... then that white creature showed up out of nowhere... with that green helm... And it eventually died too... but it saved me... Virtue, Genisa, gave him another hug like she had in the Atrium. it was obvious she had some ability to sense emotion. he continued to press Ray, getting shakier with each passing moment. "Tell me... why did you put in this... program here. she was human, and yet here you go, putting her in a program where you knew she'd probably die like a dog in one of those animal fights from the early 2000's. Why...?" Ray stepped closer. "Because... Erick, you know what the...procedure is for a person who has transformed... Don't you...?" "Of course. it's a double-tap. two shots to the head to ensure death, my father's the one who suggested it..." "Yes Erick. Had we have done nothing... she would have died that day, despite having survived the infection and transformation. But we did do something. We ordered the soldiers and CDC agents to stand down... we told them anyone who harmed the subject would face death by firing squad..." Oak broke in "which would have been untrue and somewhat illegal if Full martial law hadn't have been in effect. but when it was, me and Ray had alot more authority beyond our fields, and the soldiers and CDC agents knew that we could arrange for it if we pulled a few strings... so..." Ray continued. "We just walked out of there with her... we took her back with us. and then we eventually put her into the project..." Erick was on the breaking point. "So you saved her then... But what does that matter!? how does putting her in this project, as my partner, keep her alive anymore than just allowing procedure to be carried out!? This is... wrong..." Erick sank to his knees, Genisa's arms still wrapped around his neck. Ray knelt to look him in the face. "Erick, everyone received the partners they did for a reason... everyone was very carefully matched by myself. I gave you Genisa as a partner for the very reaction you just showed. I knew you would personally take responsibility for her, the test all pointed to you being that kind of person. I knew you'd watch over her. I know you will do whatever is in your power to keep her alive in the heat of combat. I chose you as her partner... because you already had a connection on some level with her... You won't be willing to see her as expendable. I can't really say that about some people in this group..." "Can she communicate in english?" "Yes, we tested for that, and it seems she is capable of telepathic communication in english... it takes alot of effort on her part though..." Erick felt like sobbing. A tear or two fell down his face. then he couldn't hold back. he wrapped his arms around Ralts and returned Genisa's hug. He couldn't hold back anymore... He began sobbing... Quietly. as he had decided to never be weak in any form long ago. He whispered one thing over and over again to Virtue "I'm sorry... I could've prevented this from happening to you in the first place... I'm sorry." Oak and Ray returned to the rest of the group, whispering to each other on the way. "Should we tell him his piplup didn't make it?" "No, not right now. Tomorrow, though..." One minute. He allowed himself to sob for one minute, and that was the end of it. he released Virtue on the ground. He stood and recomposed himself, readying to return to the group. He asked Virtue one question. "do you want to be called your real name?" Virtue... shrugged. "So you're fine with either virtue or Genisa?" she nodded. "Alright then, i'll call you Virtue around other people, and Genisa when it's just us or Ray or Oak. How does that sound. She nodded again. He picked up Virtue and put her on his shoulder, then walked back to the group. He decided to stand near Clint and Logan, watching as Clint released his partners, then as Clint's tyrogue promptly punched Clint in the stomach after he reprimanded it for trying to start trouble again. He answered Clint's question a little hesitantly. "well, Virtue doesn't have a scratch on her, she came close in the fight with pseudo Oak, though, he sent his owl beast at us, but then I had her throw up a barrier, and that owl thing smashed right into it like a bird slamming into a closed window by accident.Guess it's because she doesn't need to get in close to attack..."

I quit my horrible job at mcdonalds and come back to the hill. I send out my lvl60 Gardevoir named Friend and order it to use moon blast on Absol... *It's super effective! the Foe Absol fainted!* *A battle victory theme plays.* I call back Friend and climb the hill, kicking absol out of the way. Screw mcdonalds, I'll take being king over that mess any day.

Surge was about to address sid's outburst when the walkie talkie on his side began to be hailed. "Why so low tech?" Erick asked "We have no way of Knowing whether or not the comm systems have been compimised, better safe than sorry." Surge answered. "Yes, sir..." "Yes, sir, everyone's statement of the events has been consistent so far..." "Freeman, Cannon, and Walker seemed to have been more involved than the others..." "Very well then sir..." Surge put the low tech device on the table and began to address the group. "Well, General McCarthy has just given me the go-ahead to inform you of what we have from the investigation so far: from what has been found thus far, what you all went through in there was probably the early stages of a now botched Kidnapping attempt. So Far Two conspirators have been captured and are being interrogated. We have no exact estimate on how many others were in on this, but chances are it was no more than ten people seeing as how everything in this project is need-to-know basis. Currently the base is being sweeped for anything else. We'll tell more on the situation as we find out more." Erick was still curious as to what happened to the imposter and his two GAOs "So, about that Oak imposter... Was he... I don't know, Human? or is there Some type of GAO..." Erick held up Virtue, who had been sitting in his lap like a child would with Santa at the mall, to show what he meant "That's able to... Maybe shapeshift?" Surge was surprised at the intuition that Erick just displayed. That was precisely what way described three of the five captured as. "Yes, actually. In fact, Ray himself is studying the GAO captured from the Atrium, and he says that is the most likely thing about them, which would explain how a complete imposter of Oak, capable of fooling three people who've interacted with him for several years, could have possibly been created. In fact, Ray named the three that were captured... As Ditto." The Walkie talkie was again hailed. Surge picked up "You still want to continue this after what just happened...?" "The forest? Are you crazy? The entire base is on lock down..." "How many guards...?" "And your sure that none of them were involved in the plot...?" "So, they're apart of a Squad too? Well, then I guess the risk drops then..." "Fine..." Surge turned back to the group. "I've just been informed that Briefing and initial training will continue today. All of you, Follow me outside." *Surge leads all of you out of the conference room, to the front gates of the MWB, where another troop transport truck awaits, the very same that you all rode in yesterday. You all get in as you're ordered, and the truck drives off out of the compound's front gate. Several minutes later, the truck is now in the forest, traveling along a gravel road. If you look back, You'll notice that where the Bexly base was just a few minutes ago, is just a thicket of lush overgrowth. Several more minutes pass, the truck stops. Surge comes around to the back and orders everyone out. You are all in a huge clearing in the forest. Dr.Ray and Professor Oak wait in the middle of it. Several heavily armed guards stand along the perimeter of the clearing, keeping an eye on the vast tree line. If you look at their belts, you'll notice that each of them carries two spheres, just as you all do.* Ray steps forward and addresses the group, just like back in the Atrium. "Well, good to see everyone's still alive after that little... Incident." Oak spoke next. he had a black eye and some dried blood was on his lip. "I'd like for everyone who has yet to meet their partners to call them out of their capsules and do it now." Erick spoke up, virtue clung to his leg like a small child. "What happened to you, Professor? And what did they do to your face?" Oak took the question. "They restrained me with hand cuffs in a broom closet. As for my face, they punched it... Repeatedly. But enough on that." He turned to the rest of the group "Go on, meet your partners already."

Burns Rose at the stake, Just Like I said I would someday. Guess I'm king of the hill again. I'm kinda tired of this whole monarchy occupation... *Starts searching the classifieds section of the morning paper for a new job.*

Surge nodded at lars. "as I said, I'll explain everything to the best of my abilities once i've collected everyone's statement." He looked over to rest of the group, focusing on those who had yet to speak. "Who wants to talk next?"

(Alright, guess It would be good to take a break from our continuous brawl...) *Having arrived at our positions, me and Sol watch as... Death Released Notus!! well... That was unexpected. We see Notus fly up to Zephyr's castle, then disappear inside. Death just kinda... Fades away, unepically. Morgan Freeman contacts me on the Walkie Talkie.* "Ethic, Did you just see that?" *I pick up* "Yes sir, I did. It appears that... there's a tea party going on at Zephyr's place." "Oh, A tea party, well, since Death just dissapeared now, I believe we can all relax until he pops up again. Everyone, Head to Zephyr's castle, and bring the celebration cake, we've earned it after that easy win!" *twenty minutes later, the Members of the Twilight Order Phases through the walls of the sitting room, I walk up to the table, placing the cake there as I see everyone hanging out.* "Hey there guys, hope you don't mind If we join in. And we brought cake!"

Erick Listened as Keaton explained his side of things, noticing that he had an air suck-upness about him. then sid as he blundered through a piss poor explaination He went right after sid finished. "Well, Oak, or should I say 'Not-Oak' since I'm assuming the man Clint and I battled wasn't the Professor, anyway, he started his lecture after asking me a few questions." "what questions?" Erick explained them to surge exactly as Not-Oak had asked, and exactly as he had answered. he then continued "Then he showed this... image of the big bang i guess... then he pulled up a earth bathed in a multicolor aura and asked for someone to explain what elements made up the world. that's when things got weird. I'm guessing one of Clint's and one of Logan's partners started fighting, then Not-Oak got reall pissed and tossed out some... I don't even know what you people call these things you've given all of us. Anyway, they looked a lot stronger than anything any of us had. the next thing I saw, Oak tossed away the two that had been fighting, then challenged Clint and Logan. Logan... I guess he backed down, I couldn't really tell, it was getting darker in their for some reason and they were kinda far from me. Next thing I know, I see a huge blue light high in the air, with that thing oak sent out standing that rock snake-thing that Clint had released... and I saw something else closing in it too. I figured it wasn't really fair if The old-man was gonna use two to one tactics with such an already present advantage in power, so I decided to jump in...." Erick explains his interloping in the fight. "Then you all came in, shouting, yelling 'hands in the air, hands in the air!!' and no one would answer any questions." Surge looked at erick for a while. "Try making your statement of events again. And this time, include Sir in it. You will show proper respect for you superiors, Kid!!" Erick seriously contemplated it for a while... Then another episode came... "Two points of issue i have with that, Surge. One, I don't think I can give you the respect that the term 'Sir' Invokes, not after that little stunt you pulled..." "That was five years ago!! Are you still gonna B**** and moan over it!?" "It was my fathers funeral, And you tried to hit on my sister as she went up to say a few words" Surge ground his teeth... "And two, You keep calling me kid. Not anyone else in this group, just me. If my memory serves, then your only... what, six, seven years ahead of me? I have a name, Sergeant, And I'd like it if you used it from now on. You fulfill that request, and I might call you 'Sir'." Surge stared at him for a few seconds... Erick knew this would cause major trouble down the road. he was beginning to really hate this stupid voice. "looks like the Freeman Boy has grown a pair since his daddy's death..." He muttered under his breath. "Who's next, I need statements from all of you by the way."

Oak listened to clint's rather foolish refusal to stand down, turning his attention entirely to the young Truant, He could see as the young man tossed out his onix. He could see that the incoming attack would knock him away along with Clemont, seeing as the two of them were standing right next to each other. He acted without hesitation, The Alakazam able to read his masters intentions, The two leaped six feet backwards together, Entirely Dodging the poorly aimed attack. "Fine then, boy! Logan won't be involved then, but as for you..." (Tough challenge) *The Earth faded. The Dark grows ever more... soon, you are unable to see much of anything of the battle...* He landed with Alakazam and the Beast rushed forward without even hearing it's master's command. It ran straight for the Foe Onix tail, which was low to the ground due to the attack. "Nasty-Plot. Make it hurt!!" Oak turned to Noctowl "And you, Literacy, Will use brave bird, hit it just under the chin!" As Clemont reached the Rock Snakes tail and leaped into the air, He began Fantasizing of all the ways to defeat his foolish foeman that were at his disposal, letting out a Laugh that sounded like an old tibetan monk as it landed on the Foe's tail and quickly began scaling the towering mass of living Rock and stone, Reaching the creatures massive head in seconds. Literacy's body charged up with an immence power, the Air around it became a vacum with Noctowl at it's center. With each second, the vacum expanded outward, the Glow grew so bright that it was impossible to look at. "Now, Focus Blast, unleash the attacks in perfect tandom!!" The Owl unleashed it's restraint of it's stored wrath, Flying straight at onix with insane speed, At the same time, Clemont unleashed it's own Attack, When Soemthing picked it up and tossed it off of Onix's Head. It's body glowed a deep scarlet as it was flung into the approaching Literacy, Taking the full force of the Blow and being ricocheted off to somewhere in the dark. "Interloper!" Called Oak's furious voice "Noctowl, Aerial ace, leave no survivors!!" The vicous Owl speed with like a missle, Heading for some unseen target in the Darkness. Erick's voice rang out from the dark. "Good Work Virtue, Now... uh..." From his hiding place in the Dark, Erick again entered into a Usurption episode, His mouth leaving his control and entering that of the Voice in his head. He could see the Owl closing in on the Ralts, just as Pidgeotto had done with Piplup. His voice again echoed out, with far more ferocity than before. "Now use Barrier to stop that overgrown bird in it's tracks!!" the air Around Virtue rippled and distorted, as a Wall of pure psychic energy was thrown up. The Noctowl smakced right into it with a huge amount of velocity, going limp and sliding to the ground, unmoving. Erick scooped up Virtue and ran over to clint. The Voice in his head had relinquished the use of his mouth back him. "sorry bout interfering man, but it didn't seem fair, two-one, especially when it looks that one-sided, though... I'm not one to talk." He smirked Another voice rang out from the darkness. this one sounded... Very familiar... "Enough of this nonsense, GAO#13, Order 77: Outrage!!" A dragon-like being swopped in from the darkness , Thrashing and clawing at Oak, spewing hot flames and letting out an inhuman roar, Tearing his Blazer and continuing to viciously attack the middle-aged man as he fell to the ground, his clothing on Fire. *You all gasp in shock at this* "What in the Name of Christ!!" Erick yelled in complete shock Another Voice rang out, it sounded like professor oak, but much more hagard... "Clemont, Focus Blast!!" Out of the Dark shot a sphere of pure blue energy, Erick watched as it collided into the Alakazam lying on the ground, still dazed by it's richocheted ride. An feirce implosion Burst outward, when the dust cleared, there was nothing left but... a bit of... pink ooze. A gun shot sounded off in the Dark, A single bullet tearing into the temple of the Noctowl, it collapsed to the ground, Grey matter splattering the floor... then it too dissolved into a pink ooze. Surge came charging in from the Dark, a man in a strange uniform being carried on his arm and shoulder by the velocitty and momentum of the charge. Surge leaped into the air abruptly throwing the man to the ground hard, knocking the wind out of him. He produced a Bowie knife from his fatigue jacket breast pocket and used the momentum of his fall to impale it deep into the man's thigh, cutting clear through the bone. That done, he entered a combat roll just as he landed, springing up just beside the wounded man. Ray steped out of the dark, his gun drawn and pointed at a creature that looked like the same thing Clemont was as he directed it to move forward, except this one had some type of energy shackles and collar on it's hands and neck, and a sack on it's head. General McCarthy stepped out of the dark, shouting into a walking talkie numerous voices answered back. The darkness began to ripple, then shattered like a thousand shards of Glass, Revealing the Atrium Again. A good hundred soldiers were holding assault rifles at the man lying with a bowie knife in his leg. "Stand Down!!!" McCarthy Bellowed. "what the hell is happening" Erick yelled. He had noticed that once the battle had started, the image of the earth had faded away, and the darkness had grown even inkier, but had thought nothing of it... Till now, surrounded by soldiers with X-19 assault rifles "Massive breach in security, Freeman!!! Traitors scattered all around this facility, We're still trying to round them all up!!!" "What?" Erick looked around at the soldiers. Standing by the entrance to the Atrium, He sees Oak, he looks roughed up, with a black eye and a busted lip a pair of cuffs hung from both his wrist, the chain was broken. *Surge rushes forward, ordering the group into the elevator, you do as your told, as a good mother always tells her children "Don't disobey when you're surrounded by armed soldiers how have enough fire power to kill a man a hundred-times over!!. He leads you to a conference room, you all sit down.* Erick couldn't take this vague silence on what the hell just happened anymore "Is someone going to F***ing explain anything that just happened!!??" Surge glared at him "Shut up, kid. Now, I'll explain as much as I can once everyone has answered this question. What Happened In There? From the time we left you all alone with the Oak Imposter, to when we busted in there. Answer me."

You don't nessacarilly have to use pictures, But What I meant is, If you're going to use pictures in your post, then make it realistic instead of like the anime. As for the confusion in the story, that's been cleared up. Thank you Super, there's nothing to forgive. Afterall, We all screw up on the Forums sometimes. Edit: Now, sorry if that last narration was a bit heavy handed, but I had the Idea as to how to make it so that info on the project leaks to other countries, and well, couldn't really pass it up. I understand if you're somewhat confused, so here's an explaination of what happened in that room. Don't click if you're allergic to spoilers.