p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"strongspan style="background: transparent"A/N: Hello, hello, hello, what have we here? It seems I have another follower! Welcome to the party... supersexyghotmew95! Gosh, that's quite the username! Anyways, you all aren't here to read my ramblings, so I'll just send ALL THE LOVE to my followers, remind you to review for freedom, beauty, truth, love, and candy, and go on with the story!/span/strong/span/span/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I must have been more tired than I'd realized, because I drifted off under the tree, the sounds of the forest lulling me to sleep, and the warmth of the day the only blanket I needed. /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"When I woke up, it was evening and it had cooled down considerably. My Pokémon were all resting, curled up around me for warmth. I smiled softly, then gently woke them up, one by one, then checked on Nathaniel. He was still not conscious, but I hadn't really expected him to be, not with the injuries he'd sustained, but he seemed to be stable, if not slightly better. I stood and stretched, carefully working out the knots in my shoulders that I'd gotten from sleeping whilst sitting up, then got everything ready to go. Once I'd gotten everything else put in order, Engelbert got into the pack with Nathaniel and I gently pulled it onto my back. Now ready to face whatever was thrown into my path, I started moving towards Nacrene./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I was halfway to Nacrene when I heard the faint sound of 50s jazz approaching and my name being called. I stopped, half-turning and half-smiling as Cheren jogged to catch up to me. "I just wanted to thank you for your help back there." He said, panting a little. "You helped a bunch by taking out his Pokémon; we still haven't come up with an effective and safe way of dealing with them." /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background: transparent""span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"No problem, Cheren. You're kinda doing me a favor by giving me the benefit of the doubt, I figured I'd help you with Plasma. Plus, they rub me the wrong way." I said with a sour look. /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"He sighed and said, "Trust me, they rub everyone the wrong way, in more ways than one." He checked his watch and said, with perhaps a hint of regret in his voice, "Well, I need to get back, so I'll see you later, Leigh." He turned and started walking back, and I looked after him, thoughtfully. Then, shaking my head, I continued on my way to Nacrene./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"The days were starting to turn cold and crisp as I walked into Nacrene, fall giving way to winter. I ventured to the store to get much-needed supplies, then checked out the surrounding area./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"As I walked in the forest that I'd found out was on the other side of Nacrene, a paw tapped my shoulder, and I gently removed the Totoro backpack and set it down so I could see what Engelbert wanted. I was greeted with the sight of Nathaniel stirring, his eyes half-open, and Engelbert peeking out of the bag. I smiled softly. "Hi, Nathaniel. That Patrat sure did a number on you, didn't it? You shouldn't move too much, just in case, but so long as you don't do too much and you rest, you should heal just fine."/span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"Nathaniel chattered weakly, and I reached down and petted him, making sure to scratch behind his ears. Making sounds of contentment, Nathaniel closed his eyes and his voice slowly died away as he drifted off to a true sleep. I sighed happily, glad that I had some sign that he would get better, then gently picked the backpack back up and continued exploring./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I had barely wandered into the forest proper when I saw a plethora of Plasdorks. Since there were easily ten or so and I hadn't been noticed, I promptly did the sensible thing, which was turning right around and leaving their vicinity as quickly and quietly as possible./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"Once out of the forest and the danger zone, I slowed down and realized there was something sitting on my foot and vibrating slightly. I looked down, expecting Afriel, but an unknown Pokémon sat there. I frowned, sat, and carefully removed its vicelike little grip on my ankle. "And just what might you be, little one?" I asked it rhetorically, studying the round little thing. It looked like a tadpole... sort of? That was the only thing I could really think of to compare it to. As I studied it, I realized that it wasn't just vibrating, it was making noise, and the noise rose and fell like a song. "Are you singing, little one?" I asked it idly, and was rewarded with a particularly happy sounding fillip in the tune and a nod. I smiled. "You'd like to come with me?"/span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"Another happy fillip and a more enthusiastic nod, the little thing almost bouncing from how hard it was nodding. I laughed. "That settles that, then. Your name's Charmeine." /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"She put an inquisitory sound into her song and cocked her head at me, the song now sounding expectant. I chuckled. "You're a curious one, aren't you? Well, Charmeine means "Angel of Harmony", which fits you very well, since you sing all the time." I tickled her and the song sounded like giggles as Charmeine fell onto her back, wriggling and smiling. After tickling her for a while, I let her go and get aquainted with the others whilst I checked on Nathaniel. In the days it'd taken to get to Nacrene he'd improved considerably , but he was still weak, and was in no condition to fight or even walk for very long. I hoped to God that I wouldn't get attacked here like I was last time, because, although I had six companions, one was Nathaniel, and most of the others weren't really used to me or each other yet. We had trained some, but not nearly enough./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I sighed, and, looking at the darkening sky, decided to bed down for the night, and maybe get some more training done with the newbies. Looking towards the large city, and back to where I'd seen the Plasmas, I amended that thought. emA lot more training, and not just for the newbies. Everyone needs to be at peak form, just in case.../em I didn't really want to finish that thought. Whatever I finished it with, what I actually encountered was bound to be worse./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"strongspan style="line-height: 12px;"A/N: Hey, I'm back! I decided to put the music stuff down here so that you didn't have to scroll past it to get to the real reason why you're here. So, I have two songs today! The first goes with most of the actual update you see here, "Holiday Club" by Jim and the Povolos (or pretty much any of the four songs on their Holiday Club EP). The chill tone and harmonies and all just go with the chill (and cute in places) nature of most of this update. Nothing crazy, just a girl and her Pokémon on a walk :) The second fits what I actually did when writing this update, and that is grinding like hell on trainers. There were so many close calls, it felt like I was actually in an epic fight! I was flipping out so much, I feel like "Hawks Serpents" by The Sword fits that particularly well. But that's fighting music and don't fit with most of the actual update I turned out, just the end and what I was actually doing, so ^_^; you get two! This is really long, so I'll sign off with: So long, and thanks for all the fish!/span/strong/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I must have been more tired than I'd realized, because I drifted off under the tree, the sounds of the forest lulling me to sleep, and the warmth of the day the only blanket I needed. /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"When I woke up, it was evening and it had cooled down considerably. My Pokémon were all resting, curled up around me for warmth. I smiled softly, then gently woke them up, one by one, then checked on Nathaniel. He was still not conscious, but I hadn't really expected him to be, not with the injuries he'd sustained, but he seemed to be stable, if not slightly better. I stood and stretched, carefully working out the knots in my shoulders that I'd gotten from sleeping whilst sitting up, then got everything ready to go. Once I'd gotten everything else put in order, Engelbert got into the pack with Nathaniel and I gently pulled it onto my back. Now ready to face whatever was thrown into my path, I started moving towards Nacrene./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I was halfway to Nacrene when I heard the faint sound of 50s jazz approaching and my name being called. I stopped, half-turning and half-smiling as Cheren jogged to catch up to me. "I just wanted to thank you for your help back there." He said, panting a little. "You helped a bunch by taking out his Pokémon; we still haven't come up with an effective and safe way of dealing with them." /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background: transparent""span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"No problem, Cheren. You're kinda doing me a favor by giving me the benefit of the doubt, I figured I'd help you with Plasma. Plus, they rub me the wrong way." I said with a sour look. /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"He sighed and said, "Trust me, they rub everyone the wrong way, in more ways than one." He checked his watch and said, with perhaps a hint of regret in his voice, "Well, I need to get back, so I'll see you later, Leigh." He turned and started walking back, and I looked after him, thoughtfully. Then, shaking my head, I continued on my way to Nacrene./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"The days were starting to turn cold and crisp as I walked into Nacrene, fall giving way to winter. I ventured to the store to get much-needed supplies, then checked out the surrounding area./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"As I walked in the forest that I'd found out was on the other side of Nacrene, a paw tapped my shoulder, and I gently removed the Totoro backpack and set it down so I could see what Engelbert wanted. I was greeted with the sight of Nathaniel stirring, his eyes half-open, and Engelbert peeking out of the bag. I smiled softly. "Hi, Nathaniel. That Patrat sure did a number on you, didn't it? You shouldn't move too much, just in case, but so long as you don't do too much and you rest, you should heal just fine."/span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"Nathaniel chattered weakly, and I reached down and petted him, making sure to scratch behind his ears. Making sounds of contentment, Nathaniel closed his eyes and his voice slowly died away as he drifted off to a true sleep. I sighed happily, glad that I had some sign that he would get better, then gently picked the backpack back up and continued exploring./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I had barely wandered into the forest proper when I saw a plethora of Plasdorks. Since there were easily ten or so and I hadn't been noticed, I promptly did the sensible thing, which was turning right around and leaving their vicinity as quickly and quietly as possible./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"Once out of the forest and the danger zone, I slowed down and realized there was something sitting on my foot and vibrating slightly. I looked down, expecting Afriel, but an unknown Pokémon sat there. I frowned, sat, and carefully removed its vicelike little grip on my ankle. "And just what might you be, little one?" I asked it rhetorically, studying the round little thing. It looked like a tadpole... sort of? That was the only thing I could really think of to compare it to. As I studied it, I realized that it wasn't just vibrating, it was making noise, and the noise rose and fell like a song. "Are you singing, little one?" I asked it idly, and was rewarded with a particularly happy sounding fillip in the tune and a nod. I smiled. "You'd like to come with me?"/span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"Another happy fillip and a more enthusiastic nod, the little thing almost bouncing from how hard it was nodding. I laughed. "That settles that, then. Your name's Charmeine." /span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"She put an inquisitory sound into her song and cocked her head at me, the song now sounding expectant. I chuckled. "You're a curious one, aren't you? Well, Charmeine means "Angel of Harmony", which fits you very well, since you sing all the time." I tickled her and the song sounded like giggles as Charmeine fell onto her back, wriggling and smiling. After tickling her for a while, I let her go and get aquainted with the others whilst I checked on Nathaniel. In the days it'd taken to get to Nacrene he'd improved considerably , but he was still weak, and was in no condition to fight or even walk for very long. I hoped to God that I wouldn't get attacked here like I was last time, because, although I had six companions, one was Nathaniel, and most of the others weren't really used to me or each other yet. We had trained some, but not nearly enough./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-family: Calibri;"span style="font-size: 11pt"span style="background: transparent"I sighed, and, looking at the darkening sky, decided to bed down for the night, and maybe get some more training done with the newbies. Looking towards the large city, and back to where I'd seen the Plasmas, I amended that thought. emA lot more training, and not just for the newbies. Everyone needs to be at peak form, just in case.../em I didn't really want to finish that thought. Whatever I finished it with, what I actually encountered was bound to be worse./span/span/span/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;"strongspan style="line-height: 12px;"A/N: Hey, I'm back! I decided to put the music stuff down here so that you didn't have to scroll past it to get to the real reason why you're here. So, I have two songs today! The first goes with most of the actual update you see here, "Holiday Club" by Jim and the Povolos (or pretty much any of the four songs on their Holiday Club EP). The chill tone and harmonies and all just go with the chill (and cute in places) nature of most of this update. Nothing crazy, just a girl and her Pokémon on a walk :) The second fits what I actually did when writing this update, and that is grinding like hell on trainers. There were so many close calls, it felt like I was actually in an epic fight! I was flipping out so much, I feel like "Hawks Serpents" by The Sword fits that particularly well. But that's fighting music and don't fit with most of the actual update I turned out, just the end and what I was actually doing, so ^_^; you get two! This is really long, so I'll sign off with: So long, and thanks for all the fish!/span/strong/p