DarkLight

265 Not even a visit to/from your relatives?

Seaking

263 Really? I was only kidding. My mother would never let me down if I stayed the house all day and play a game .-.

"Finally, it's done~" Danielle announced to her Pokemon as she held up the picture for them to see. The gooey coating of honey had made the entire picture glisten when it is hit by the sunlight. However, it is still wet and requires drying before it could be touched. She put down the collage beside her feet and took a quick shot of the finished product with the borrowed camera. Then, she began to gather her belongings to head back to the original campsite. Avis and Corona gave their happy responses while Zared nodded absentmindedly, lost in thought over what Avis just told him. ‘Having seen such torture at such a young age… No wonder my master is scared of us now,’ he thought. Was there a way he could get Danielle to get over her fear without overwhelming her? He did recall that poking her didn't seem to faze her back in the cave, so maybe... Danielle felt a poke on her leg and found her Mawile looking back at her gently. Before she could ask what's wrong, she saw Zared holding out the palm of his left hand and poked it with a finger on his right. Zared then waved his palm out in front of her face and let out a soft cry of encouragement asking her to do the same. Danielle was confused, yet relieved, that her Mawile stood by her side at first before she realized that she didn’t react negatively to Zared every time he has poked her. ‘He’s trying to make me lose my fear slowly so that I won’t run away.’ Danielle nodded at his suggestion and inched her finger towards Zared’s small palm. She quickly shut her eyes when her finger made contact with the Mawile’s surprisingly cold skin. “Mawile! Maw!” Danielle slowly opened her eyes to find a jubilant Mawile giving her a thumbs up with his free hand. She smiled despite her racing heart; this was definitely a good step in the right direction and her new partner knew it. They both nodded as put down their arms. A silent agreement has been made: They will conquer that fear together. With that done, Danielle slung her backpack over her shoulder, picked up the tree bark and motioned for her three partners to follow along. “Let’s go back and give this to Rebecca, okay?” All three of them were only happy to oblige after that experiment; Corona began to crawl along on Danielle’s left side, Zared was on his master’s right and Avis flew from above as they all headed back to the clearing.

Kangaskhan

261 I'll tell you where you're going to go: Nowhere. You will be at home playing the aftergame of ORAS.

Chansey

259 Understandable; I have family coming over on Thanksgiving day.

Exeggcute

238 Welcome back ExLink. Now you two can go have fun lol!

Krabby

234

232 Have fun with that~

Drowzee

Gengar

230 I won't judge if you associate yourself as a witch lol! Hey, ExLink! Look what you have done!

Gastly

228 What are you? A witch? xD

Danielle stood by the entrance of the cave waiting for Zared's eyes to adjust to the brightly-lit, outside world. Avis and Corona had already gone out to find some honey-covered trees while Zared was shielding his ruby-red eyes with the two ear-like extensions on his head. Although the Mawile showed no intention of harming her or the others, Danielle still clutched onto the picture tightly to her chest, refusing to pet him despite his job well done. She knew this nervousness was an irrational fear by now, but she still couldn't bring herself to accept Zared fully just yet. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Zared slowly released his two black straps and began take in the view of the forest. It was certainly different from the browns, blacks and the blues that his cave has to offer; the forest was filled with all sorts of colors that he never saw before! He took a tentative step onto the grass before he looked up at his trainer. Seeing her give an approving nod, Zared began to walk more confidently onto the crunching leaves and flowers as he heard the various cries and sounds of the Pokemon around him. The beautiful, clear blue sky above them elicited a cry of awe from the cave-dweller. This was nothing like the water he had seen inside his home! He tried to reach for it with his small hands before he heard Danielle giggle at his attempt. "That's the sky, Zared. It gives water to us, but it is not something we can touch." The Mawile gave a small cry and put his hands down; he proceeded to walk around the nearby trees to examine them and, occasionally, giving a few of them a bite with his huge jaws to test out its strength. Zared found himself disappointed each time as he released the tree trunk; ten deep teeth marks are now visible on each of those trees. These brown rock-like formations are not as hard as the boulders found in the cave. He then heard Danielle approach him before she explained his discovery. "And those are trees, not rocks. The things growing at our feet are grass and flowers and the leaves came from these trees." Zared nodded as she pointed each of the objects out; this world is, indeed, fascinating. The duo finally heard Avis coming back to tell them the good news. The Murkrow pointed to their right to indicate her findings before they all ran towards that direction. As soon as they stopped, they could see Corona was clinging onto a tree chirping at them. Next to her white and red body was a patch of sticky, yellow substance that smelled really sweet - Honey! "Way to go, you two!" she congratulated her two Pokemon, giving them each a pat on the head. Danielle quickly put down her belongings near that tree and took out a stiff, black feather from her backpack to use as a brush. Once the feather was coated thoroughly, she made quick, brush-like movements onto the collage before she got back up to replenish the used honey. Not to be outdone by his teammates, Zared explored around the area to see if he could help, too. As it so happens, his foot bumped into what appears to be a glass bottle with some left over yellow goo in it. He picked up and sniffed its content: It smelled just like the honey Danielle was using! He quickly ran back to her with the jar in his horn. "Wile!" Danielle looked up from her work to find Zared running over excitedly. As soon as he stopped in front of her, he turned around and opened his jaw to roll out an almost-empty jar with some honey still sticking to its side and bottom. Zared then closed his second mouth and looked at her with a proud look on his face. "Oh, Zared, this is great! Now I won't have to get up and down to gather the honey! Thank you so much!" Pleased with her Mawile's finding, she raised her hand to give him a pat on his head - but her hand suddenly froze right when Danielle was about to touch him. Her heart began beating really fast and her hand was starting to shake. Danielle’s hand quickly retreated back to its owner from the confused Mawile. “I’m… going to go and get the honey…” After giving an apologetic glance to her new teammate, Danielle got up and began to scrap the honey into the empty, glass jar from the tree. Zared continued to stare after his coordinator, stuck rooted on the spot. “Maw…” he finally said despondently. Although he understands that Danielle fears fairies, he still couldn’t help but feel a bit down when he didn’t get her full praise. Sensing his discontent, Avis hopped to his side and gave him a pat on the back and began to explain to him that Danielle was doing a lot worse before she met him in their Pokemon language. When Zared gave her a questioning look, Avis sighed and began to tell him the back story. Danielle allowed the conversation to continue as she sat back down to finish the honey coating. She tried not to look at her Mawile, whose disappointed expression pained her to the core. “Larvesta~” she heard Corona chirped on the tree. Danielle turned to look at Corona, who pointed to the duo that was deep in conversation. When the human girl faced the Murkrow and the Mawile, she found the Mawile nodding at certain points in Avis’ monologue. He didn’t seem upset now; Zared’s normally tough and polite demeanor seemed to give way to a softer, concerned expression. Danielle turned her attention back to the nature collage that is sitting on her legs and proceeded to finish off the bottom half of the petals with her honey-soaked feather, having a good idea of what Avis was telling the newcomer. She will leave it to Zared to decide what to do with her situation.

"That's fine, you don't need to change back and forth to tell your side of the story." Artemis said calmly. She proceeded to take a seat as Otto continued to address Lady Mira. Her gaze wandered over to the mountain of gold that Lady Mira was sitting on top of. The Swablu was contemplating on how to link the Milotic's profits to Otto's tale. 'I wonder if I could phrase it so that she could be worried about falling profits once she hears Otto's side of the story...' "Permit me to say one thing, Lady Mira: Although Otto is correct in that the matter doesn't concern rising profit margins, it may have to do with the long term revenue stream if we do not take any precautionary measures now. I believe it would still be best if you could hear him out."

I saw Surge using why_not in the Surge story OOC thread, so I took that idea from him. I just prefer seeing the words instead of the Wynaut.

Farfetch'd

221 So all of this is happening while I was making a post in a RP? Just wow...

Updated my team on my character post to include Zared and his moveset!