WCC Intermission - Day 1 (Northwest Wild Area) [FPT]

[KrystatheMewes]

Krysta fell asleep quick enough. but she suffered weird vivid dreams. she remembered something about a giant a** sharpedo with especially red eyes chasing her through the glimwood tangle. and a strange voice chasing it off. Something strong but... somehow familiar. she couldn't place it. In another dream she was surrounded by elgeyms which appeared to be terribly frightened. she couldn't identify the location but she felt the same presence as before. She watched as several of the elgeym were kidnapped and others were... not so fortunate. she would toss and turn vigerously enough to get Muse's attention who would wiggle herself under her friends head and use her tail to cover kyrstas eyes. she knew this was a sort of weird comfort for krysta who had often lacked any real human or animal companionship. except for muse that is.

Back in Krystas dreams, another dream flashed and she was being chased by a massive sized articunon that seemed to be on a rampage but had no idea why. In yet another dream a over sized form of the professor is verbally beating her down for thinking she was smart or good enough to help an organization like snagem "Your just a reject. even your parents didn't want you. why do you think the snagems would be any different? cause they find you useful? ohh you are a stupid girl. they only need you atm. all to soon they will throw you away like the trash you are."

Krysta would cry and shout while remaining asleep. she would toss and turn as if having a fit before falling back asleep. Her last dream of the night, was of a figure she thought was familiar but... not. it looked sort of like mr sub but younger? maybe it was his kid... or his brother? or just a look alike. Krysta couldn't tell. all she remembered was sitting at a table with the character, drinking what tasted in the dream like elderberry juice, and discussing... something.she wasn't able to hang on to the dream as it was meant to not be remembered..  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd would find himself drawn into the tower from outside, sensing a sudden upswell in negative emotions inside. The moment he found Krysta asleep, he knew what was wrong. She must have been having nightmares. Unfortunately, he didn't have access to Glissando at the moment, so he'd make use of his SNAG's Pokedex function and Replay's abilities to garner the attention of a local Gastly. "I know you lot are probably still mad at me for insulting you earlier and I apologize for that. We just really needed your help and insults usually get attention faster than flattery..." He started when the Ghost-type came closer. "But this young girl here hasn't done anything but try to help people and Pokemon since we've met her. Think you could use Dream Eater and help get rid of her nightmares?" He'd ask the Ghost-type.

Gastly would give it some thought for a moment, considering whether Odd was telling it the truth or just using it as he had before until, after a moment, it decided he was telling the truth and floated over to Krysta, explaining quietly to Muse that it was just going to remove her bad dreams for her before proceeding to do just that. The Gas Pokemon made a face as it finished, clearly not fond of the taste of nightmares. "Thank you." Odd told it as it left. Hopefully, that would be enough to ease the girl into a more restful slumber for a while.

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Lykas and Kaya weren't far from Sub and Blizz as they conversed. "We should be careful if we try and drive Team Alola further away. They've got a really strong Bug Channeler on their side who managed to cheat her way into a stronger position by having some of her teammates enter the tournament using some of her Channeling partners." Kaya pointed out. "Terashi, Leon and I ran into her and barely managed to beat her but her Pokemon all got away before we could knock any of them out so she's still got an advantage over most of us."

"So if they're on Axew's Eye island, they must have set up camp after I got the Wishing Piece from the raid den on it because it was completely empty then." Lykas added, trying to remember if he had sensed anyone or anything on the island at the time. That he could recall, he had barely sensed any Pokemon. Maybe it was because of the raid den, though? For some reason, those places scrambled his ability to sense energy, somewhat.

"Those Haxorus will definitely be a problem, though, if they have control over them..." Kaya added, attempting to contribute further. "What are the chances they have a Dragon Channeler or a hybrid who 'outranks' them, so to speak?"

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Wren wouldn't be inside the tower at first, going back outside and foraging for some foodstuff. He'd manage to find some Pungent Roots along the lake shore while being very careful to blend into the grass so Team Alola wouldn't see him. He could see some of them moving around but it looked like they were tending to their weak or wounded. He also managed to find a few Large Leeks in the field on the way back. Surprisingly, he also got his hands on some Fancy Apples under a nearby tree. By the time he made it back, the man was carrying a thin river rock pilled high with the things he'd gathered. "So I'm no Jezebel but I think this stuff ought to keep anyone from starving for a while, even if it isn't cooked." He stated, more to himself than to anyone else, as he placed the rock and it's pile of nature's bounty on the ground.

"Make sure you keep your distance from this stuff so it doesn't over ripen." He warned Manna as the Apple Core Pokemon bounced next to him. "Ap App!" She agreed quietly. It was too bad he couldn't have brought along Hemlock or Aconite, he thought. With Hemlock's Rototiller and Manna's Ripen ability, he could quickly and easily set up a garden and rapidly grow a small garden to keep the team fed wherever they were camped out.  

[DragonFang099]

Brian was a bit surprised when both Sub and Blizz complimented him on his snag of the Magmortar, and Sub mentioned that perhaps Tristen could help him with his Magmortar, since Tristen had a Magmar that he'd also snagged from a villainous character. He nodded when several others introduced themselves, and he could see some of the Snagems moving around, doing different things, which made him feel a bit left out.

Sure, he was new to the team and all, but he wished there was something he could do to be useful to his teammates, especially since he wasn't actually part of the tournament. He could hear Krysta's breathing deepen as she fell asleep, though from the worried look Lu gave in her direction, she was having nightmares. He was about to wake her up when another Snagem appeared, asking a Ghastly for help, which complied and used Dream Eater before disappearing again. He noticed the sketches Krysta had done, and blushed a bit when he noticed that she thought he was kind of cute.

As he was looking this over, he heard someone nearby, and he turned to see yet another Snagem coming up with some food they'd managed to forage, as well as a Pokemon he'd never seen before. Pulling out his SNAG and opening the Pokedex function, he pointed it at the little Pokemon to see it was an Applin, a Grass/Dragon-type. This made Brian want to catch a Pokemon from Galar; at least he would have some proof that he'd been here, and maybe get a new friend out of it, too. Shaking his head, he heard something about someone named Jezebel, and Brian assumed this Jezebel usually cooked for the team.

"Sorry to intrude, but do ye mind if I give it a go?" he asked, rising from his spot on the ground and approaching Wren. "My name's Brian, by the way, and this is Lu." He was hoping to try his hand at cooking with some of the ingredients Wren had brought, though he wouldn't do so without permission.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

DragonFang099

Brian was a bit surprised when both Sub and Blizz complimented him on his snag of the Magmortar, and Sub mentioned that perhaps Tristen could help him with his Magmortar, since Tristen had a Magmar that he'd also snagged from a villainous character. He nodded when several others introduced themselves, and he could see some of the Snagems moving around, doing different things, which made him feel a bit left out.

Sure, he was new to the team and all, but he wished there was something he could do to be useful to his teammates, especially since he wasn't actually part of the tournament. He could hear Krysta's breathing deepen as she fell asleep, though from the worried look Lu gave in her direction, she was having nightmares. He was about to wake her up when another Snagem appeared, asking a Ghastly for help, which complied and used Dream Eater before disappearing again. He noticed the sketches Krysta had done, and blushed a bit when he noticed that she thought he was kind of cute.

As he was looking this over, he heard someone nearby, and he turned to see yet another Snagem coming up with some food they'd managed to forage, as well as a Pokemon he'd never seen before. Pulling out his SNAG and opening the Pokedex function, he pointed it at the little Pokemon to see it was an Applin, a Grass/Dragon-type. This made Brian want to catch a Pokemon from Galar; at least he would have some proof that he'd been here, and maybe get a new friend out of it, too. Shaking his head, he heard something about someone named Jezebel, and Brian assumed this Jezebel usually cooked for the team.

"Sorry to intrude, but do ye mind if I give it a go?" he asked, rising from his spot on the ground and approaching Wren. "My name's Brian, by the way, and this is Lu." He was hoping to try his hand at cooking with some of the ingredients Wren had brought, though he wouldn't do so without permission.

Wren nodded in greeting to Brian and held out a hand. "Name's Wren. Wren Briony." He introduced himself. "And this is Manna." He added as he scooped up the little Apple Core Pokemon. Manna's eye "leaves" folded slightly as the tiny Grass-type scrutinized Brian for a moment, as if trying to decide if he was going to attempt to cook her as well. "Cut that out, now." The Grass Channeler scolded. "Sorry. She's been complaining ever since I picked up those apples." He laughed softly as he sat the small Pokemon atop his head, where she seemed to be happy to nestle into his dreadlocks and take a nap.

"If you're willing to try it, I say give it a shot. This 'Wild Area' is overflowing with natural resources. I think we'll have plenty of food as long as no one slacks off on gathering resources when we need them." He told the younger boy at last.  

[DragonFang099]

Requiem of Whyspers

Brian smiled and shook Wren's hand when he stuck it out in greeting, then smiled at Manna when she was introduced. He could tell she was scrutinizing him by the way she acted, though he didn't say anything. "Don't worry, little one, I won't cook ye," Brian said with a laugh, when Wren said she'd been complaining since he'd picked up the apples Brian could see. He watched as Wren put the Applin on his head, where she nestled into his dreadlocks and proceeded to take a nap. When Wren said he could give it a shot, Brian smiled, listening as the older boy told him the Wild Area was overflowing with natural resources that could be gathered for food, and Brian remembered he'd seen a few berry trees on the way here. "With what ye've gathered, and the berries and rice I've got with me, I might be able to make some curry," he said, half to himself. "Fresh berries would be better, but I can worry about that tomorrow. Right now, let's see what we can do with this."

Having said this, he looked through what Wren had gathered, eventually settling on a Large Leek. Taking the Leek, he began to slice it on a flat rock he'd found, making sure to make each slice even in thickness. This done, he took some of the Oran, Leppa, Lum, Hondew, Grepa, Kelpsy, and Wacan berries, and added them to the pot he'd put the rice in, then stirred them together, making sure to keep a slow and steady stirring motion so the curry didn't spill from the pot, but also so it didn't burn. By the time he was done, he'd made a Bitter Leek Curry. "That should just about do it," he said, looking at Wren to see if he was still there. "Will ye let everyone know the curry's ready?"  

[Cecile Silverstone]

"Kaya is right. We barely got out of that Big Channeler's attack. It took four of us to actually take her down. She's crafty." Leon said as he spoke up. "I'm not sure if attacking the Alola's team is a good idea. Kaya and I were only able to get onto that island because of the cliff overlooking it. I'm sure that there is some of their Pokemon watching over that cliff so they don't get surprised again. But we can't just simply ignore them as they could attack us as well." He started to think about a plan, but. He also hated this plan as well. "Ugh....really hate to say it. But I'd like to switch off from the Hunter Team to Camp Team for Ulla to be on the Hunter Team. Ulla is a Fairy Channeler who has heightened senses of emotions. She could scare off the Haxorus so we could spot out who is controlling them. Either another Channeler or a Hybrid. I'm sure with the help of Kaya there if he were to stay on the Hunter's Team, they will be fine." He said ruffling his hair, still can't believe that he just offered his sister to go out there. "I'm sure the thought of a large crowd of dragon Pokemon being scared of a child makes you ecstatic Sub." He said looking over to him.

"As for the Wishing Stars. I'd say also give one to Ulla, just don't have her put it on her Challenger Band. People would automatically look at that. But they wouldn't think of looking here." He said as he pointed to the side of his head where Ulla's hairclip Artifact would be. "Her Artifact has different colored crystals on it. The Wishing Star piece would be able to blend perfectly in it." The thought of putting so much on his sister sort of worried him. What happens if she wavers again?

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Ulla watched from the tall grass as a Indeedee walked up to Keiko and Ter. Her eyes sparkled at the sight of a new Pokemon she hasn't seen before. She couldn't really hear what was being said, but she could tell by each of their emotions how things were going. The Pokemon seemed very depressed, but as it was speaking to Keiko and Ter, it started cheering up. She then witnessed Ter catch the Indeedee with no effort as the child was so surprised. "H-H-How did he-" She covered her mouth quickly but then heard her name being called. Busted. She walked over to them thinking she was about to get a scolding but then saw Ter's smile. "I didn't know if you guys wanted your privacy or anything that's why." Her mind then went back to him catching the Indeedee as her eyes sparkled. "Papa how did you do that?! You just tapped it with a Pokeball then it was like...sooo cool! How did you get it to trust you so quickly?! I hope I get to meet a Galarian Pokemon that would like to join my team too! Rookidee basically sees my brother as his mother now, so there's no chance it would want to be with me." She said as she heard Keiko calling out saying that it was starting to get dark. Ulla nodded and was about to start walking back to camp. But then remembered, she wanted to talk to the two of them as well.

"H-Hey...I'm sorry." She started as she looked at both of them, then put her head down. "After Ein, the Rhydon, XD002...I've been traumatized." She confessed as she trembled a bit at the thought. "I'm not okay. Feeling life so bright and new, then suddenly feeling it leave in an instant. Feeling that darkness of the Shadow Virus crawl inside me when I searched for XD002 heart...Seeing and feeling-" She then looked up to Ter with terrified eyes. "Seeing and feeling you and Leon disappear...I lost hope. I never knew my real parents. I've only heard stories of what they were like. Leon was always there for me. And I'm so glad that he was. Then, you and Keiko...you guys showed me what its like to have parents." She said as she held clasped her hands close to her heart. "I can finally say I have a mom and dad. I'm finally old enough to start my own Pokemon journey with my brother. And I don't want to loose those things. I'm not okay...I'll never be just 'okay'...that's what Sub taught me. But as long as I have things worth fighting for. Then I can keep going." The child confessed with tears in her eyes and putting on her best smile.  

[Reno Vantas]

Reno would stare over towards Freth for a moment, blinking a few times before rolling his eyes. "Right, I forget that you're somehow more cynical than Blizz." Reno removed his arm from around Tristen's shoulders to spin and fully face the woman. "See, I was doing this thing called being personable. I figured I could either try and talk things out with a kid that seemed very reasonable and agreeable and potentially establish an ally for this area or just randomly attack him and add to the absolute anarchy outside of that den and guarantee everyone involved was too tired to fight whatever might wait inside." Going to make a gesture like a scale with his hands, Reno would be left to stare at the empty space that his absent left arm would occupy before deciding to incorporate that. "So, like my arms here, looks like there should be two options but there's only really one. Take a minor gamble. So now we have at least one additional ally that I can talk things out and a minor deal that I'm certain I can fulfill myself with him."

Looking at his hand, Reno added, "Plus, he was cool with Beau trashing his alleged team mate. And we just spent the afternoon obliterating the other less reputable members from his team. So even he somehow was hiding a very competitive side, he is unlikely to have the backup for any sort of double crossing. Not that he struck as someone likely to do that." Tapping the side of his head, Reno would send the last part as a message straight into Freth's brain. 'Telepath, remember?'

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Aria would be spending a moment looking around for where Billy had stumbled off to this time, carefully searching around since he wasn't likely to wander off too far after the active day he had today. And she very quickly found where he was, armed with a small spoon and quickly setting about eating directly from the curry that Brian had just finished making. Just staring down at her Pokemon for a moment, Aria could only sigh before looking up at the kid who had been cooking. "Sorry. Looks like he got the message a lot quicker than intended. Although it is impressive he has the dexterity to operate that spoon...." Aria said, trailing off as she picked up the Toxel and began to look at the hand still clutching a spoon.  

[KrystatheMewes]

Krysta would Toss and turn until unannounced to her Odd would call upon a nearby ghastly to eat her bad dreams. After the ghastly at the bad dreams she would settler down into a deep reset. She would begin to have more enjoyable dreams. Dreams where she had friends and family who legitimately cared about her and she was a successful professor in her own right and noted for having made multiple discoveries including a couple of new Pokémon species, evolution paths and evolution discoveries tied to dynamaxing phenomenon. “Krysta wake up”. Krysta would look around but didn’t see anyone so she would continue dreaming about work. “Krysta, wake up.” She heard the voice again. It sounded unfamiliar but it resonated with her. The voice called out again “Krysta. We need to talk. Wake up.” The voice called out to her. Slowly, she sighed and put down her lab tools in the dream and began to head for the door, which in turn slowly began the process of waking her. As she woke up her mouth immediately began to water. Someone had apparently been cooking and it smelled delicious. Next to her, as she looked around was muse looking worried, and her new friend elgeym. The elegym was staring at her as it floated just slightly off the ground “Hi. I’m glad to see your awake finally. We need to talk” Krysta would blink several times before getting an even more confused look on her face. “wait. You can talk?! How can you talk? Do you even have a mouth? How are you talking without a mouth? Are you telepathically talking ti ne> That is so cool! I always wanted a friend I could share my thoughts and ideas with, and we could have sleep overs and discuss new discovers and and and….!” The Elegym would wince a little at all the thoughts that Krysta was sending its way. “First we need to get food. Your friends the snagems I believe you called them? Made some food. Would you please be so kind as to bring me some, and make sure to get some for yourself. We have had quite a busy day. And we may be for far more soon. We will need our strength. First, we eat and then we talk. “

Krysta nodded and headed over to where Brian had been cooking. “Hey Brian! Whatever you got cooking smells delicious. Could you possibly dish some up for me and my new friend elgeym? They seem to really like the smell of whatever has been cooking.” Krysta looks over at Mr Sub surrounded by his admins. “do you think he has a moment to speak to me? I have so many questions. Including what I need to do now. I’m not a snagem, and I don’t want to get you all in trouble participating as a team member when that was supposed to be set prior to the tournament.” Krysta bit her lip while looking in his direction.  

[DragonFang099]

Brian waited for Wren to answer, but it seemed fate had other ideas. First, it was a small, purple Pokemon he'd never seen before, though based on the coloring, it had to be a Poison-type. The little guy looked like he'd just hatched recently, so the fact that he was able to handle a spoon rather well was a bit surprising. A moment later, a woman that he assumed was the little one's trainer came up and apologized for her Pokemon, though Brian shook his head. "No worries, I was just about to let everyone know dinner's ready, anyway," he said, smiling. "I don't think we've met yet. I'm Brian, and this is Lu. If ye don't mind me asking, what Pokemon is that? It's not one I've seen before coming to Galar." A moment later, he dished up two dishes and handed them to her, since her Pokemon seemed to like the curry.

The ebony-haired trainer smiled when several people said his cooking smelled good, and Krysta even came over and asked if he could dish up some of the curry for her and Elgyem. He'd heard her talking to the Elgyem, and from what he'd gathered, she was unaware of Elgyem's typing. "Sure thing, Krysta," he said, proceeding to make three dishes, so she'd have one to take back to Muse, as well. "Also, just so ye know, that Elgyem ye saved is a Psychic-type, which is why ye were hearing it telepathically."

He could see several other Snagems looking in his direction, some hungrier than others, and he gave a small laugh. "Come and get it, y'all!" he called. "Dinner is served!" When Blizz asked what was for dinner, Brian gave a smile. "It's called Bitter Leek Curry," he answered. "I realize that some here might not like the taste, so I've got berry flakes to add to give it a different flavor, if needed." As he was speaking, he pulled four containers from his pack, setting them on a small table he'd set up beside him. Each container had flakes from a different berry: Oran, Pecha, Chesto, and Tomato. He would have added Cheri instead of the Tomato, but he knew that most preferred the spicier Tomato, so that's what he went with.  

[Cecile Silverstone]

Leon merely nodded as he turned to wake up Ulla, but she wasn't there where she was last before. He frantically looked around until he heard Keiko's voice. Out of habit, he looked towards Ter and Keiko. And to no surprise, Ulla was with them. The siblings locked eyes as Ulla merely smiled nervously. Leon merely sighed as he walked over to them. "What is it?" "Sub agreed to my suggestion for you to hold onto one of the Wishing Star pieces. You are going to hide it there." He said as he pointed towards her Artifact. Ulla touched it as she understood his thinking. There is a ton of colorful crystals on her Artifact, it would blend in perfectly. "You are also going to take on Team Alola, somehow they are protected by Haxorus. A bunch of them." "And you want me to scare them." "Exactly." Ulla smiled as she looked at Keiko who said she would join her. "Thank you Mama."

After a bit, Ulla heard that the food was ready. She grabbed two plates for Keiko and Ter, as Leon grabbed two plates for the two of them. Once she gave her parents their own plate, she took one bite from hers. Leon watched his sister, as she wasn't known to really like curry. She chewed slowly as she looked to her brother with a teary eye. "Too Bitter? Spicy?" "Both." Leon grabbed the Pecha Berry flakes on the table and sprinkled it on her plate. He then sprinkled Tomato on his own.