Novien Adventures: Phoenix Rising

[Razgat]

Janie first turned to the guy with the wormple and sighed. "I already told you, I don't sell food, and you just ate."

She then turned to Vinn and thought about all the places off the shore or nearby. "There's a shipwreck not too far from the shore in a rocky area. You could swim there, a lot of people do."

[Calefrun]

Calfrun noticed Vinn's disapproval of his way of handling things, but undercover just wasn't his thing. He was sort of like an assasin, though he usually didn't kill his targets. Anyway, he would stay here for now. He was determined to get that gastly.

[Myrdraxxis]

Vinn nodded and wordlessly left. Zen followed behind him, for once silent.

[Xero]

Michael chucked a couple more berries at the random Team Whateveritscalled members to shut them up.

"In the ocean, huh?" He thought a little bit. "Is it on the other side of that whirlpool? Off the Gravensoil shore? I passed by a big cave over there on my way here from Hoenn. That place is pretty spooky. I'd stay away from there."

[Xero]

(lol Wow... I like how my post and Nicole's post just matched up by coincidence. Except Nicole was talking about a shipwreck, and I was asking about a secret base.)

[Myrdraxxis]

(For the sake of a timeskip effect my guy wont do anything for a few posts.)

[Razgat]

Janie watched them leave and looked at her watch. It was only around 3, but she decided that there would probably no new customers for a while. The small gathering of trainers seemed to scare them away. Janie took off her apron to reveal her vest and bathing suit underneath. She made sure her choker and necklace were aligned before bending down to fix her socks and shoes, since she had rushed here before.

She pulled up her socks to about halfway up her thigh, and tightened her sneakers. Marill bounced off of the counter and next to Janie as she got up to leave. "Well, it was nice meeting you guys."

She turned to head for the beach so she could go to her secret base.

[Razgat]

(oops, sorry, I didn't see the posts before mine.)

[Xero]

"I guess I'll see you around, since I've got nowhere to go," Michael said. "Thanks for the decorations."

Michael turned to Wesley. "So, Mr. Wesley, where are you headed? Maybe I can accompany you there."

[Xelwes]

Wesley handed Michael his master ball back.

"Well I'm going solo, not what I want. But hey I was gonna go find a cafe or something, see if they want an act. I need money, see, I'm broke." Wes pulled out an odd sphere. And a screwdriver. He liked to make things, and this was one of his special pokeballs. He had caught Aristar with one, and Masamune with another. This one was made for a dragon type. "After that I was going to head back to my home in Burlain. You can come if ya want to."

"Ooooooh by theee waaaaay, he doesn't like the word missssster. Caaaall him Wessss. Or Wesssssley." Aristar informed Michael.

"Return Masamune." His small little Ralts then zipped back into his special little hideaway in a large marble-sized ball.

[Xero]

"Thanks for the tip," Michael said to Aristar. Then, speaking to Wesley, "That sounds great! I'm always up for a little exploring!"

Scar began running circles around Wesley, hoping Aristar might come down so they could talk/play/whatever on the way there. Xero kept it cool and flew silently beside Michael.

[Mizagium]

Apparently no one noticed Tyler, because they all left him at Janir's stall. "Hey!" he yelled. "I'm here too!"

[Calefrun]

Calfrun was about to follow Wes, but then his Poketch started beeping again. "I swear to god, if this is another freaking eevee..." He said angrily.

As it turned out, there was another eevee loose in Team Phoenix's HQ, but that wasn't why he was being called there. Team Phoenix had just signed an agreement with Team Magma, dividing rights of control over Novien. The Phoenix and Magma conquest was about to begin.

[Calefrun]

(Wes plz don't black hole this attempt at creating a plot... and if more people could make characters on Team Magma or Team Phoenix it might help move this along... even Team Aqua characters might do something)

[Myrdraxxis]

Vinn stepped into the cave and glanced around. Sure enough, there were a great deal of old ruins and crumbled buldings in the large cavern. "Perfect." Vinn muttered. Zen trotted behind him slowly.

"Abra..." there was almost a warning tone in the voice. Vinn stopped when he saw light up ahead, further into the ruins. Quietly Vinn and Zen slipped over a fallen pillar and ducked behind a wall. There were three of them.

Explorers from the looks of it. Harmless enough...but they were in Vinn's way.

Vinn reached into his pocket and withdrew a pokeball. Then he stepped out into the light.

THe three men jumped up from hteir lunch in surprise when he appeared seemingl;y from nowhere. "Oi? Hello there." one spoke up. 'Didn't think there was anyone else exploring these old caves."


Vinn said nothing and simply held out the pokeball. "Let's go, Scynn." he said and threw the pokeball. A scyther appeared, leering dangerously.

"Scyther.."

"Oi..what are you.." before he could finish the scyther lunged. He swung a bladed arm, burrying it in the closest man's chest. The man went down sputtering as he bled. Scynn whirled around and with his other blade beheaded the second man just as quickly, sending more blood flying.

Now the third man tried to run, but found that he was frozen in place. "W-wah??"

"Abra..." Zen jumped up on Vinn's shoulder, holding the man in place. Scynn turned slowly and swung both blades.

Vinn left Scynn to guard the entrance while he carried on into the ruins, leaving the three bodies behind.



After traveling a small distance in, he found a wall bearing strange markings and an archaic drawing of some sort of pokemon.

"Bingo."

[Razgat]

Janie stopped and glanced back at her stall. "Oh, sorry. I didn't see you there. There were so many people. You can tag along with me if you'd like." (she's talking to you tyler.)

[Calefrun]

Calfrun entered the briefing room. "Ah, there you are." said the commander of this mission. "I assume you heard the news?" Calfrun nodded.

"I've been waiting for this day." he said. "If we succeed, it will have been worth not getting that gastly." Before the commander could say anything, an eevee fell from the ceiling and landed on his head. It jumped again, but Calfrun grabbed it. He then proceeded to punch the small pokemon until it lost consiousness. He used a pokeball on it.

The commander had aparently forgotten what he was about to say. "Everyone to the airship. Our first target is Darongonind." Calfrun put the new pokeball in his pocket and started towards the ship. There was a healing machine on it, he would deal with the wounded eevee there. He had more important things to think about at the moment.

They were about to raid Team Aqua's Novien HQ.

[Xelwes]

(What are you talking about Zac?)

"Your welcome." Aristar said. He looked over at Tyler. And with a tongue flapping about, he spun quickly.

"Aristar..." Wes sighed. He began to walk off towards a small shop with a few tables outside. It seemed like a promising venue.

[Xero]

Michael followed Wes to the stall and looked around. Down the street he saw a couple food stands and wondered why the Team (qbiowph) members hadn't gone there. He looked the other way and saw a Poké Mart and a Pokémon Center, as well as a few shops that sold TMs, vitamins, and other assorted items. He pulled 100¥ from his pocket and handed the money to Scar, instructing him to go buy a Carbos and some Iron. Scar jumped up, landed on his tail, and pushed off the ground hard, soaring through the air all the way to the vitamin shop.

"Hey, Wes," Michael said. "I've got to use the pahoneh." He held his hand up to his face, his thumb at his ear and his pinky at his mouth. "I'll be right back."

He walked across the street to a small stand beside the Durgood Forest. On the wall of the stand was a video phone. Michael punched in some numbers, and soon the face of Professor Birch appeared on the screen.

"Hello, Professor!" Michael said.

"Michael!" the Professor exclaimed enthusiastically. "How are you?"

"I'm doing pretty well, sir."

"How's that Treecko of yours doing? Is it doing better after that fire?"

"Yes, Scar is doing much better." Scar jumped up on Michael's shoulder suddenly, holding three bottles, one of Carbos and two of Iron. "In fact, here he is right now! Haha."

"Hello, Scar!" Professor Birch said.

"Treecko!"

"Well, Professor, I just wanted to let you know I'm in Roi Rill Port in the Novien Region now."

"Novien! My, that's far out of the way. What's it like? Have you seen any new Pokémon?"

"It seems very alive. At least, the Durgood Forest seems that way. The Pokémon... I haven't seen any I haven't seen before. But I did meet a talking Gastly and his trainer."

"A TALKING Gastly!??"

Michael grinned. "Yes, sir. His name is Aristar, and his trainer is Wesley, the famous rock star!"

"Really, now? That's a mighty fine discovery."

"Yeah, I was really surprised I got to meet them. Well, I should get going. I'm traveling with Wesley right now, and he's got a gig right now. Looks like it's getting pretty crowded, so I should go catch up with him before I completely lose him."

"Alright. Well, good luck in Novien, Michael!"

"Thanks, Professor. Oh, by the way, you wouldn't happen to know anything about the Team Magma and Team Aqua bases here, would you?"

"Hmm... No, I don't think I do. I didn't know Magma and Aqua had extended their reach so far. Hold on a moment." Professor Birch pulled a binder from beside his video phone and flipped it open. "It says here that Team Magma and Team Aqua have small sub-bases in Novien, but they do not have any particularly important strongholds. But there is another team in Novien you should know of. It's called Team (hovbnoeiew). They seem to be the dominant force in Novien, and they tend to intervene in any and all Magma-Aqua skirmishes. That may sound good at first, but they have a record of stealing Pokémon, much like Team Snagem in the Orre Region."

"Thanks, Professor. I'll keep that in mind. Well, I'd better go."

"Good luck."

"Bye."

Then Michael headed over to the stall where Wes was.

[Xelwes]

Wes set up his little hasty stage. With the help of Masamune and Aristar it was quick. From his case he pulled a 20 watt amp. Hooking up for a secret show was often fun, but when it wasn't planned at all, it wasn't.

"Sir, do you have a microphone?" He asked.

"Yes, I'll be right back." Soon the teen returned holding a small beat up mic.

"I guess it'll do." Wes sighed as he saw Michael returning.