Trying to break the tense atmosphere Kakiru spoke "Do you guys know each other?"

"We have… met" Riolu states

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lyn responds with a sigh

"Oh?, I don't know, maybe you putting me in the ICU has something to do with it!"

"ICU? What's an ICU?" Kakiru asks

Lyn Raised an eyebrow.

"You were the one that attacked me first Mrs "Master Of None"

"What does that even mean? That your good at nothing or moderately good at everything!?"

"That is unrelated Mr LYN".

Lyn Paused for a second before continuing.

"Regardless I was defending myself form you… you did attack first after all "Lyn said with a smirk

"Yeah… well… You still attacked an innocent… Pokémon! Who was injured! Did you not?"

"Well as you should recall I did not strike you once!" Lyn said with a smirk.

Before the conversation could continue any further the Office door was violently swung open.

A distressed Audino stood panting in the open doorway.

"Lyn!... *huff* Riolu…*huff* Gone*huff*" the Audino wheezed.

"I came as fast as I cou-?!" Bliss paused noticing the still bloody Riolu

propped up on a stack of paper.

"She's with me Bliss" Lyn chucked "Unfortunately"

A weak "hey!' in protest was heard

"Did you clear her from the infirmary?" Bliss sternly asked

"No, I thought Kakiru did?" the Guildmaster responded

The two of them turned to the Machamp

"Ehh, wasn't me, found her picking a fight with Fusha."
"Besides even if I wanted to I don't have the clearance to do so"

Lyn turned to the Riolu sighing as he did so.

"Who Discharged you from the infirmary?" The Guildmaster asked sternly.

"Uhh,.. No one? I just kinda walked out the door?"

Bliss walked up and placed a pink paw on the Riolu shoulder.

"Hey, its ok, you don't need to lie to us, you're not in trouble, we just need to know who let you out the infirmary?" Bliss asked with a sugar sweet tone.

Riolu chuckled a little.

"I don't know what to else tell you. I literally just walked out the door."

"Wasn't locked or anything," the Riolu stated matter-of-factly.

Both Audino and Lucario were silent in thought.

"Anyway…" Kariku said breaking the silence.

"I brought her to you to see what the guild could do? The poor thing can't even remember her own name."

Lyn turned to the Riolu.

"Is this true?" Lyn asked

"Yeah, sounds about right" Riolu said

"You must have hit your head in while you were being roughed up… Although during my examination I didn't notice any trauma to the head." Bliss stated.

Lyn hummed in thought, paw massaging his chin as he did.

Riolu deciding that she was fed-up of her impromptu chair Jumped off the stack of papers she currently sat on, planting her feet firmly on the ground.

Papers scattering as her tail brought the stack with her.

"THUD"

Documents and files toppled the Riolu as she was pinned to the ground.

A muffled shout of annoyance from an angry Lucario was heard while soft giggling followed from under the paper prison.


Edison woke from his slumber with a start.

The sun was up and shining through the warn blinds, casting a warm glow around his small Clean upkept room.

Fletchling and Pidgey were singing a melodic tune while a faint sound of crashing waves could be heard from a distant beach.

Begrudgingly throwing aside his bedsheets before rolling out of bed groaning as he did so.

Edison wasn't a morning person in the slightest, however he had work to attend at the guild.

Grabbing his explorer badge from a small nightstand next to his bed before grabbing a small Satchel hanging from a door handle across the room. With practiced ease Edison hoisted the Satchel over his ears and onto his back. Explorer badge shown off proudly on the worn leather of the once pristine bag.

Edison exited his room quietly making his way through the rickety house before finding himself at the front door opening it quickly as to not make the squeaky door scream any more than necessary.

As soon as Edison opened the old door his senses were filled with the scent of the fresh sea breeze.

The soft repetition of waves crashing on the beach not thirty meters of his beachside home calmed the shinx.

Edison took in a shaky breath, the chill of the morning air burning his lungs as he did.

Edison looked out to the Sea in the distance, dancing lights shimmering on the open water as the morning sun rose over the distant horizon.

Wind blew his fur into disarray as the watched the sun become whole once more.

"Dawn of a new day" He spoke barely above a Wisper.

Edison wasn't sure why he had decided to watch the sunrise today. He would normally just get on with his day, but today… it just felt right, He Felt complete like the morning sun… for a couple of seconds before he remembered that he had to spend the day at work.

Don't get him wrong he loved his job, it was Fulfilling but draining work. But he would often find himself dozing off while sorting documents for Lyn every once and awhile. Although work out in the field was always fun, getting stronger while helping Pokémon In need, what's not to love?

"I should get going" He mumbled.

Well… he had a couple of minutes, what's a short walk on the beach to clear his head going to do?

Prying his eyes off the stunning sight of the vast ocean Edison took one last look at his small beachside home before turning to a small worn-down path following its guidance to the sandy beach below.

The beach was not unlike the one himself and the Guildmaster found the Riolu on. Soft sand, crashing waves, and a beautiful view.

Paws going numb with cold as he began to slowly wade along the slow thumping waves. His paws leaving imprints into the soft malleable sand, only to wash away with the sea.

Walking down the beach was relaxing, Edison felt although his worry's had been washed away with the waves.

Edison continued to walk, pacing himself to a silent rhythm that only he seemed to hear, the rhythmic splashes of paws to shallow water accompanied by the timed repetition of the waves breaking on the shore lulled Edison into a state of carelessness.

This was immediately made clear to him when he kicked a very hard object sunken into the sand.

"Mother Fu- "Edison stammered, shaking his injured paw as he did so.

"That hurt." He pouted

Looking down to see what had ruined his walk on the beach Edison was met with what seemed to be a standard issue Explorer Satchel, and by the look of things it was well used. The once pristine leather exterior was cracked and flaking, most likely from years of use and neglect, a cracked and rusted guild badge of an unknown rank was pinned to the opening flap of the Satchel keeping it shut and sheltering its contents.

Brushing off a thin layer of sand Edison picked up the bag. He was shocked to find that there was some weight to the old thing.

Looking closer Edison noticed that there were foreign Symbols carelessly branded into the old leather.

What looked like a Cross, No, a sword? Followed by something that distantly resembled two closed doors and a Square missing a side? Edison had never seen such… Runes? Symbols?

For all he knew he was just looking at childish doodles on cracked leather.

But Edison couldn't shake the feeling of importance of these Runes. Although they were uneven and hastily carved into the bag with a hot blade, they were deliberate. Whoever imprinted these into this leather had a propose for doing so. Not that Edison had the faintest idea why?

With practiced ease Edison picked up the satchel and threw it over onto his back, groaning as the contents of the bag rattled adding to the noise of the already loud waves.

"Maybe the Guildmaster will know what these mean." Edison muttered.

"Ill ask him after I finish this walk"


"So, you say that the Jack has been played?"

"That is correct, my queen"

"And your sources are to be trusted?"

"They have not led me astray on any matter to date, my queen"

"Mmm… Good, Let's see how he plays his hand in our little game… Shal we? I have waited for our rematch for quite some time… Lyn."


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