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I have just replied (quickly). I actually haven't planned to ask any other question; so you could still assume I am in that group, but only listening to the others... I might reply if I find something else to say after someone else's post, for example, but I guess I could be ready for this action you have planned... (maybe)

After obtaining the answer to his question from Astros, Dexter didn't have any more questions... maybe just a small doubt: Dexter didn't know if all humans could see the beasts - that was what he understood, but he wasn't certain - and just decided to ask something again. "I remember I saw the beast in a vision: I could then describe it but no one would believe me, of course. But, did all of those people still see that or did they see something else, like a natural event? I also remember some news about storms - or something like that - the day I 'saw' that creature."

Important Action "Hey, do you mean that you are actually going to answer me this time around?!" Monika said, surprised. That man, who didn't think twice before "poisoning" her and making her collapse the previous day, in the alleyway, now was surprised because she didn't ask him anything. After some seconds of silence, Monika picked up the sandwich, and started to eat it, then waited before talking again with that man... Would he listen to her and answer her questions now, unlike the other day? She began to whisper: "Well, of course I'd like to know who you are or in which part of the city I am now - and actually, I'd like to ask you many more things. But, yesterday you didn't reply to any question I made: are you really going to do it now?", then, after finishing that small sandwich, and pausing for some time, she continued to talk, softly: "That aside, I'll ask you the same thing of yesterday: why, of all the people in this city, you abducted me? Do you know who I am, or have we met before? And, one more thing... I noticed you took my stuff with me yesterday: but, now it's not here...". After talking, Monika thought about a way to get her stuff back - if the man wanted to... She remebered she had some water inside of the bag, which not only she could have drunk - she was thirsty at the moment - but she could get back all of the other things that were in the bag. While surely it was worth trying, Monika found simply asking that fairly difficult - because, instead of asking informations, she was asking the man to do something else for her. His words, "Be glad you get anything", still meant (for Monika) that this man would have likely refused. After another pause, Monika whispered something again. "Speaking about my stuff... I have to admit I'm thirsty now but, instead of making you get something for me, you could just bring here my backpack: there's some water inside... I'd be very grateful." She didn't actually know how to word that and didn't want to upset the man, resulting in an unsteady voice and a lot of pauses. It was strange to say something like that to such a man - maybe a maniac, maybe a murderer - but Monika had to say that she'd have been grateful... After all, she was a polite and good mannered girl. And, that could have always helped, even in a situation like that.

Important Action "...thanks" mumbled Monika, seeing that the man, despite having poisoned her and put her inside of a bag yesterday, gave her something. He was still there, but he didn't seem to want to treat the girl as anything more than an object. Something needed for a plan - of course, if the man didn't have to feed her he would have been happier, but that was just a small price to pay. This was also shown by his words: "Be glad you get anything". Seeing that her stuff wasn't there, Monika looked around trying to find it, also waiting for the man to do something.

As they were walking, Dexter only listened to the other's questions without speaking. Maybe a good question would have come up in his mind listening to the people who were with him in that moment. Krys' question made him come up with a decent question that he proceeded to ask Takeshi immediately: "So, normal people shouldn't know about these magic powers, and about the Beasts. But... is that possible because we - the magical people - have to do something? For example, is a human able to see us when we are transformed and get to know magic, Beasts and all of that?"

This is becoming one of my favorite groups Also... Page 200!

101 Three digits! Yay!

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"Thank you" Dexter said softly to the girl who gave him that energy bar, smiling slightly before starting to eat that food. In the meantime, he started to think about what had just happened: how to transform, how to jump between buildings... so, how to dodge attacks from enemies... some important knowledge that he didn't have to forget. Now that he was "normal" again, he was starting to feel some pain like before the transformation: but, as it was just a nuisance for the blonde guy, he declared: "Alright, I am ready to go."

Finally I have posted again... Sorry for this lack of activity; I had some school tests to do and I needed to be prepared (the last one this morning). I'll have a free week now, but then, other tests again, as the school year is finishing () I read all of the new posts but I still could need some help to catch up... Thanks everyone.

Zephyros Unlike the other influential Pokemon of the Sky Kindgom, after Kruga's death and all of the other events that happened Zephyros remained for most of the time inside of his cave system or near the part of the Kingdom where most Bug types lived. Despite being always hidden, he knew most of the things that happened... just not all of the details. But that day he decided to come out to the training grounds: a Gengar that was accused of scheming to take control of the kingdom, and who tried to say that all of those accuses weren't true, was now fighting against another Gengar who had just evolved from Haunter. What happened then was something completely unexpected: the first Gengar, megaevolving, became much bigger than normal, and another Pokemon, a Lucario (somewhat unusual for the Sky Kingdom) that was in the crowd megaevolved. That mega evolution was not normal... After that, the other Gengar disappeared and left the other Pokemon there in the Training grounds: they seemed out of control and began to attack the rest of the Pokemon who were watching, including Zephyros. The Crobat did his best to avoid the attacks (especially the ones from the Gengar, as he resisted very well Fighting type attacks) and help the other Pokemon who were watching to run away and get to a safer position. He occasionally tried distracting the Pokemon, drawing on him their attention and sometimes using Haze. Toxic wouldn't have worked, as they were both immune to it, and they could become even more upset with that anyway. Zero Zero was simply starting to think that the peace between everyone was the best alternative, probably for everyone. He came to the court to watch what was happening: a Gyarados saying that there was now a group of peace keepers was now accused of disrespecting the king of the Magic Kingdom, and being judged by Uxie. Knowing that it could have been a problem for some of the pokemon in the crowd, the Porygon-Z watched from afar what was happening, listening carefully to every single word, as a word caught his attention, "peace".

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Monika thought the man would try to punch her or something, coming close to her; or that he would try to talk with her before doing anything else. But the man did something different, something that made him look like an expert to Monika. All she did was just a timid attempt to retreat, and possibly run away, but that man... Monika thought about it, before he'd actually get her. Why would someone kidnap me? The only plausible reason would be that I'm related somehow to Number cards. So, either this guy is a complete maniac who kidnaps random girls for no reason, or (much more possibly) he is related to number cards too. And, if he wants me to be a hostage, and he's not stupid, he won't try to kill me before I am able to call my friends... It seems he's trying to use me to get to them, after all. But, that changed when the man smothered Monika with that (poisoned) rug. "I wasn't expecting that..." were the last words Monika was able to whisper before collapsing and falling into the man's arms. He put her inside of something: her own skates falling right over her gave her one more second before completely losing consciousness, and made her realize that this man picked up all of her stuff too. Then, everything faded to black.

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Especially for me :| I don't even know what I am doing.

4 And of course a wild mod appeared when it was time for the 17.

15 my age

Dexter was running out of energy for the transformation, therefore returning to his normal appearance was more simple than he thought, like if he did that unconsciously. All the blonde guy needed was a couple of deep breaths. And now...? he asked himself, assuming that was the end of the training. He would have preferred going back home and trying to get his life back, but was it really worth it? So many different things seemed to have destroyed Dexter's life and ambitions: his mother "disappeared", his father died, and he was alone all the time. Here, on the other hand, Dexter had an important role, protecting the mediators like Astros (and maybe some humans as well), and found some "friends". (At least that was what he thought). Not only that, but he felt like he had the duty of keep doing that... he made a contract, after all. He just waited for Takeshi to talk again, expecting some advices on what he could do, but he already had something in mind: going back home again... although it could have been the last time he'd do that.

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I can't even see that video, even if I wanted to I'm currently learning how to play this:

Zephyros After the brief speech of the King, Zephyros returned to his cave, thinking about Kruga's words. "Does he really plan on invading all of the Kingdoms, thinking it will be this easy? I hope he's thought about our defenses." Zephyros, actually, didn't think Kruga was this good of a King: he would often fall in error, underestimating other Kingdoms' forces or overextending. He could have been... less radical. But, the Salamence was now his King, and most of the Sky Kingdom's inhabitants seemed happy with this King; so the Crobat couldn't complain. After some time in the cave, he noticed a Dragonite coming inside of the cave. He looked lost in the big and complex cave system, and came there because he needed to talk with the commander... Zephyros approached the Dragonite, who referred the King's message and then returned to his ordinary business, not before having some Golbats help him coming out of the cave. The messenger talked about something going on in the Dratini Meadow with an unsteady voice, still looking uneasy inside of the cave. Zephyros therefore sent one of his fellow cave-dwellers (a Golbat) to the aforementioned place, before following the rest of the orders. Zephyros needed to gather forces and meet the King at the training Grounds, but most of his squadron were not there in the cave: the Commanders, in fact, leaded different groups of Pokemon: Azauqyar controlled most dragon-like Pokemon (like the Draken group), and the same could have been said for Commander Eric, the Latios; Rapture the Staraptor controlled mainly Bird-like Pokemon, and Zephyros controlled the rest, being bat-like Pokemon, bug-types, and other species who didn't fall into this categories. Because of this, everytime Zephyros needed to gather his squadron, he had to reach a lot of different places: the cave system, the Bug-type area in the lower part of the Mountain, and some other caves where lived mainly Ghost-type levitating Pokemon. After reflecting for some time, he decided to come to the Training grounds with some Ghost-types and some Bat-like Pokemon, sending a messenger Zubat to the lower area of the mountain, where he could call to the duty some Bug-types. While he was the first to come at the training grounds, behind him in the distance one could already see groups of Noiverns, Golbats, Woobats approaching the area, followed by a restricted group of Yanmegas and Butterfrees. Zero Zero, who was leaving the cave again, this time to see if there was anything suspicious outside, found an unexpected scenario: the Land Kingdom's forces were fighting against the Magic Kingdom's troops near the Dratini Meadow. As he wanted to be external to conflicts, he decided to stare at the ongoing battle from afar, noticing this way a Golbat flying above him.

Important Action That was the moment when the man, who Monika was sure she had never met before, became more visible. That man was wearing a broad-rimmed black hat, and had this long hooked nose; qualifying him as some kind of "crazy maniac". He still was smiling and acting "maniacally" but now his intentions were more clear. He wanted to kidnap Monika for some reason she couldn't explain. What did I do that makes him want to kidnap me? Does this man know Ayatane, as he was in the same alleyway where I met him? Is he related with Number cards at all? she asked herself, regretting to have entered that alleyway alone. Setsuna wanted her to go with Lane, but he didn't come because of a certain meeting with Mrs Anna (the current teacher) and left Monika on her own... and she didn't wait for him, of course. She totally didn't expect that, although she should have expected that. As the man wanted to keep her as a hostage, he wanted, most probably, to make someone involved with Number cards come there, like Lane. Also, seeing as he was occupied, Monika came to the conclusion that, if really needed, she could have called someone else or the Police: if the man wanted other people to come, he would have, most probably, allowed Monika to call them. And if he wanted Lane there... he could either try to get more informations about them, or do something else... This was an idea that came istinctively into Monika's mind, as she remembered Lane's words during the launch break: "After I won the duel I tried to help him, but somehow this card transferred to me. And since my opponent seemed afraid of Utopia at first, I figured it would be best to keep Acid Golem." What if this weird guy "fell into darkness" (using Ayatane's words) and now is trying to get Lane's (or someone else's) number cards? Monika couldn't excape, so the only thing that was left to do was trying to talk with this guy - almost impossible. Also, as she thought it was her fault to have been involved in that sticky situation, she tried to think of ways to come out of that alone. She only knew one thing for sure: that weird man coming slowly, but relentlessly, at her... Monika kept standing still, getting ready for every eventuality.

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