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Post by banov on Jul 4, 2008 17:18:01 GMT -5
Dirk grumbled hearing the commotion through the ceiling. He wasn't too interested in ice cream, but the fight upstairs was a little too much... He tilted back and forth at the foot of the stairs, watching his friends eating ice cream and hearing the ruckus above.
"Ah... It really sounds exciting up there..."
He heads back up the stairs in time to see the fight's conclusion.
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Post by Rick Xeros on Jul 4, 2008 17:22:03 GMT -5
Ahz walked up to the counter and ordered a chocolate ice cream cone for him and a small bowl of strawberry ice cream for Raia. He sprinkled orin berries chunks onto it sat down at a table and put it on the floor for the eagerly awaiting shinx.
"I wonder how all that started..." Ahz mumbled to himself and licked his ice cream. "Oh well, at least I can rest a little easier with everyone else upstairs!" Ahz chuckled aloud and took a big bite out of the ice cream. Then he paused and grimaced, putting his hand to his head as he succumb to brain freeze.
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Post by The Rose Kirlia on Jul 4, 2008 17:38:04 GMT -5
Mint... though placated by the ice cream, was still curious about what's going on upstairs. While eating her ice cream, she tried to see the battle upstairs with her psychic abilities. She mentally saw the battle in overview, and it looked like everyone was in a frenzy. It look awesome! It looked exciting, it looked-!
Mint was actually upstairs in the crowd! //Oh, no!//
She accidentally used Teleport.
Kimiko, unaware that her Pokemon just disappeared, just ate her ice cream.
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Post by banov on Jul 4, 2008 17:47:17 GMT -5
Dirk caught sight of Mint in the roaring crowd, and rushed to its side. "Careful! What are you doing by yourself here? Better watch out..."
He puts a hand on its back to make sure it doesn't get away, and wonders where her owner is, seeing as he never saw Kimiko come up.
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Post by Rick Xeros on Jul 4, 2008 17:59:59 GMT -5
"Ki-Kimi-ko-chan..." Ahz said recovering from the freeze. "I was wondering just how old are you?" Ahz asked attempting small talk.
Raia had been eating happily and looked up to notice that the Kirlia was gone. Wondering if she was missing out on some game, she quickly scarfed down all of her ice cream and ran off to go look for her.
"Raia!" Ahz shouted in vane as his little blue kitten ran up the stairs. "Dammit!" Ahz got up to chase after her.
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Post by daveshan on Jul 4, 2008 18:09:53 GMT -5
The battle ends in a rather gruesome manner.
The croconaw emerged victorious after suffering three broken ribs, a black eye, lots of bleeding and two dislocated elbows.
The medicham had both its knees busted internal bleeding, and a huge frost burn mark on its chest.
However, the vulgarity of the scene was down played in everyone's mind by the interest in collecting their bets. Only the medicham's trainer was shocked and crying beside his horribly injured pokemon.
Richard, however, was smiling, even though he'd lost. It was now time for phase two.
"Man, I may have lost, but it was worth it. I haven't seen a battle that good since the last time I saw the Over Earth League."
"What's that?" One of the crowd's winner's asked.
All you need is one to take the bait.
"It's just a league that has matches like this that you can bet on." Richard said nonchalantly.
"Wow. Where is it?" Another asked. A small crowd had now gathered around Richard.
"Down by the harbor every couple of days. I think there's one tonight. Just ask around for a product called Edalb Meat."
The eager listeners soaked up what Richard said and left.
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Post by The Rose Kirlia on Jul 4, 2008 18:14:08 GMT -5
Mint was so afraid. She just wanted to see what's going on, not be in it! "Kir!" {Oh!} She felt a hand go on her back, and she froze like the ice cream in her hands. She looked to see where the hand came from.
...the explorer guy! Why, is she ever so glad to see him!
"Mint?" Kimiko looked around after Ahz left to chase Raia... Chase Raia?!
"MINT!!!" She ran up the staris to go find her Kirlia.
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Post by banov on Jul 4, 2008 18:15:07 GMT -5
Dirk remained, watching people leave but not quite seeing Kimiko anywhere. Soon, he was one of the few remaining.
And that's when he saw Richard. He recognized him, vaguely, from the beach. "Hey," he said, to the casually dressed man. "You're not bad at crowd control, there."
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Post by daveshan on Jul 4, 2008 18:17:50 GMT -5
((They met at a beach? [Insert BAPA reference] )) "Oh, hey." Richard said. "Yeah, I've picked up a trait or two. Did you enjoy the show or did you lose some money?"
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Post by banov on Jul 4, 2008 18:21:23 GMT -5
"No money lost here," he says with a bit of a chuckle. "I dunno, I thought the spectacle was a bit too much, though. Didn't you see how badly banged-up that croc was?"
Mint likely can feel his hand tense up on her back.
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Post by daveshan on Jul 4, 2008 18:25:36 GMT -5
Richard didn't know if this man was a potential customer or not. He decided to tread lightly.
"Well, the croconaw's trainer was ok with it." He laughed a little. "'Course, when anyone wins that much money, they're usually happy. Am I right?"
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Post by The Rose Kirlia on Jul 4, 2008 18:25:44 GMT -5
Mint, with her hand that's not holding up the ice cream, rubbed Dirk's, hoping to relax it. She empathized with the explorer a bit.
Kimiko, finally up the stairs after the crowd dissipated, scanned the floor for her Kirlia. "Mint!" She spotted her and then ran up. "Oh, I thought I lost you!" The girl and long ditched her ice cream cone on the floor, and jumped up and down in relief.
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Post by Rick Xeros on Jul 4, 2008 18:34:48 GMT -5
Raia reached the top of the stairs and saw Mint next to the weird guy with the tasty itemfinder. "Shin shi shinx!" {There you are!} Raia said as she walked up next to the Kirlia. "Shi shin shanyah?" {What's going on?}
Ahz finally got up to see the scene and was horrified by the carnage. Even more terrifying were all the greedy faces of the people who'd been betting on the fight. "What what is this!?" he cringed.
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Post by The Rose Kirlia on Jul 4, 2008 18:39:38 GMT -5
"Kirlala laia kir la la kir, kir kirla kirlia kirlaia, kirkir la..."{I just wanted to see what was going on with my abilities, but I got carried away and Teleported, ahah ha...} Mint rubbed the back of her head. "Kirla kir lalala kir, la."{I don't quite know what's going on, though.} She took a bite out of the ice cream cone she was holding, halfway finished. "Kir kirla, la..." {It feels odd, here...}
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Post by daveshan on Jul 4, 2008 18:41:55 GMT -5
Richard clicked his tongue. Obviously these weren't potential customers.
"Meh, what does it matter? The winning trainer was ok with it and the other trainer was fine with it too, until he lost."
Seeing as it was best not to tell these people about the OEL, Richard began heading for the door.
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