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Xavier did look up when he saw the others enter, and, even though it pained him to admit it, he felt a little hurt at how he was being ignored. But, of course, he was able to look back on his actions and see that maybe, just maybe, he had given a bit of a rude entrance. But that wasn't important. The most interaction he was going to have with them was grudgingly working together, and then he could go back to Sunnyshore City, where the only ones he needed were his pokemon. And it was more a partnership than needing each other. He reached into his pocket and pulled out three Pokeballs. Pressing the button in the center, with a flash of light, an Elekid waddled out, a Bolthund leaped from the tiny container, and an Emolga flew out. The Emolga landed on Xaiver's head, and Xaiver smiled for real this time as he reached up to scratch its head. "Molga!" it chirped. Bolthund sat by Xaiver's feet, it's tail slapping the ground as it rubbed its head against Xaiver's knee. Elekid, being more adventrous, quickly wandered around the room, looking at evreything and evreyone excitedly.

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Tiamat nodded at Felix, setting her hand on Fenrir's head. "Sorry about my friend here. He's had a rough past, and he doesn't trust humans easily. Hopefully he'll be able to adjust to being around you as well as the others." Azazel made some clicking noises at Tiamat using her mouth and motioning towards the Pokémon Center, as Tiamat responded. "You're right, we should get going." And with that, Tiamat headed towards the Pokémon Center, holding her hand close to Fenrir as Azazel walked beside her as well.

Shinobu burst into the room, her burrito in hand, Mito floating beside her, and with a serious expression on her face (though one can't really tell with her dark sunglasses on all the time). "Shroud, this is important. Multiple trainers have been teleported near Snowpoint City alongside the mythical Pokémon Mew. Someone needs to see what they're up to."

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The venonat was asleep again. The galvantula turned and saw the electric pokemon which have been sent out.

Alex walked into the pokemon center and looked at the regon map. "so were that far north then"

Daemon had fallen asleep on his desk. His sneasel had torn the ball of yarn to shreds.

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A bit startled by the invitation, Spiri obliged, if only to be polite. "Sunny? Yeah?" She referred to the shiny golden creature in response to the girl's question. "We practically were raised together." Vulpix had turned out to be the perfect Pokémon for her. It's spicy attitude relating to her own and causing them to bond on a spiritual level. They helped each other grow, raising each other, and learning from one another's actions, and often ended up being partners in crime at particularly mischievous times. Her other two Pokémon had come at a later time, and Sunny being Spiri's first Pokémon, Spiri had a bit more of an attachment to it. Vulpix had been a gift to her from an age so young she remembered nothing else. It had found her lost in the snow and the two had snuggled for warmth before making their way back to Spiri's childhood home together. Spiri spending more of her life outside than in, the two had a sort of familial bond.

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The Elekid wandered up to Ferra, electricity sparking between the "plugs" on its head. Its wide eyes were fixated on her, and it let out a happy little squeak and waved. The Elekid was the youngest of Xaiver's pokemon, and the friendliest. While the other two continued to happily play with Xavier, who was showing the nicer side of himself now that his pokemon were out and about, Elekid had spent the time running around and playing. After a while, it got bored of exploring and was now curious about the others. Xaiver didn't spend almost any time around others, so seeing this many people was new and exciting to the Baby Pokemon.

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The galvantula wander over to the boltund. Honey was passed out on a table

"So who needs a coat?" Alex began asking other 'protectors'

Daemon shot back up and left his office to grab a coffee or something caffeinated. Sneasel climbed onto his shoulder.

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Staying close to her two Pokémon, Tiamat had entered the Pokémon Center, pulling out a chew toy just to distract Fenrir from any trainers who were also there. After the Lycanroc was all settled down with his chew toy, Tiamat had sent out Jormungandr, Fafnir, Bahamut, and Nidhogg, just so the rest of her team can at least get to know everyone. Her other Pokémon were pretty average-sized compared to their respective species, and Nidhogg had a few scars across his body from battles he had got into back when he was wild.

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Xaiver paused when he heard Alex's question. He was tempted to tell him that he did, this overcoat wasn't meant for snowy weather, but he didn't want to seem like he was depending on anyone, so he kept silent and continued playing with Bolthund and Emolga. When Galvantula came over, Bolthund looked over his shoulder curiously and panted happily. Xavier paused again to watch the Bolthund place his head on the ground, touching its nose to the Galvantula's face. As electricity arched between his nose and the Bug Pokemon's, Bolthund yelped happily and jumped up and down, barking, "Hund! Hund!" The Dog Pokemon's tail was wagging furiously.

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The Galvantula made a happy screech turning in circles. Honey softly snored.

Alex walked up to xavier "it looks like you need a coat"

daemon took an energy drink from a vending machine and went back to work. His sneasel 'humed' and kicked her legs.

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At first, Xavier ignored Alex. But after a minute, he exchanged glances with the Emolga on his head before gently shaking his head. "No, I'm fine." He really hoped Alex would leave, he didn't really want to talk to anyone. The only ones who could say they were close to Xaiver were his pokemon, and since none of them could use English, that technically meant no one could. Maybe he was being dramatic, but Xavier didn't know Alex, so who could tell? Bolthund continued playing happily with Galvantula, the electricity sparking through his fur as he jumped around.

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"okay" Alex went over to the other an asked them. His minccino left its pokeball and explored the center.

Honey softly woke as alex handed her a coat. Galvantula had shocks of electricity coming off of its fuzz.

daemon got through the rest of the paper work. Sneasel had fallen asleep and laid its head on daemon's

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Lace half-sprinted, half stumbled the rest of the way to the Pokemon Center, every bone in her body seeming to shiver. Void trotted beside her, doing her best to shield her trainer from the wind, which was picking up. Lace had stumbled across the Absol in the Petalburg Woods just prior to a terrible thunderstorm it had appeared to warn the Pokemon dwelling there of; it had fallen into a deep gulley that was beginning to fill with water, and the fall had sprained its leg. With the help of a Swellow that was nearby, she had repelled down into the crevice using a vine and then dragged the Disaster Pokemon out. Void was fiercely independent, and it had taken some time for it to grow to accept the auburn haired girl as she cared for it until it was fit to return to its mountainous home, which it did without hesitation. However, but a week later, the Absol had appeared once again, this time in an attempt to predict that fateful day, but she hadn't been fast enough...
Lace cringed away from the memory. It was dangerous. She wasn't ready yet. She reached a hand into her pocket and gripped Rend's PokeBall tightly. She didn't know if she'd ever be.
The other trainers, apparently "protectors," were gathered in the Center, some sitting on comfortable-looking benches, others standing, most letting their Pokemon roam about. She contemplated also doing so, but she decided against it. There would be time later to introduce her Pokemon to the others. It was too crowded, anyway. Walking briskly to the PokeMart section of the Center, she pulled out the equivalent of 90 PokeDollars, immediately selecting a large, silver parka, light blue water-proof ski pants, and navy snow boots. Thanking the cashier, she then returned back to the area where the other trainers congregated.

Void remained at Lace's side, not interested in interacting with the other Pokemon. Lace was the only human it had ever opened up to, and it was fiercely protective of her. Out of the rest of Lace's Pokemon, Rend was the only one who could approach it. Void was relatively cold and untrusting, taking a year to put her faith in someone Lace might do so for in a week. The auburn haired girl was an exception to that, however. The Absol trusted her completely, and, if need be, would give her dying breath fighting at her side.

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Spinning around in her chair, Shroud leaned over the section of desk nearest to the door, steepling her fingers, narrowing her eyes. "Interesting..." Sitting up straight, she nodded thoughtfully. "Which camera feed and which sector?" the woman asked, reaching her hand towards an intercom button on her desk so that she could put through an order to the tech and security department once Shinobu had told her where to look. In her mind, she ran through her next potential actions, thoroughly intrigued. Mew... oh, the boundless information they could glean from having the Pokemon said to possess the DNA of all other Pokemon to study.

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Viola walked inside the pokecenter and let Booster wonder around. The Flareon took immediate notice of the absol and shivered, knowing what it meant.

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Xavier continued playing with Emolga until it grew bored of sitting on her trainer's head and began zooming around the room. "Uh oh," Xavier muttered under his breath. Emolga was...energetic. There was a reason that it was the troublemaker of the three pokemon, with a nature of Naughty. Emolga loved to get into trouble, and was actually banned from entering Sunnyshore Gym for the time it flew in during a trainer battle, while Volkner was introducing himself, and got tangled up in his hair. That day resulted in Xaiver's father almost losing his job as a Gym Trainer, Emolga nearly getting turned over to Nurse Joy to be released, and Xaiver being "kindly" asked to never, ever challenge that gym. Xavier sprang to his feet, and gave a sigh of relief as all Emolga did was land on a light fixture. But his attitude changed when he saw Emolga's mouth opening near a lightbulb. "Emolga, don't you dare!" He shook his finger as he stepped forward. Emolga noticed Xaiver, grinned, and opened her mouth a little wider. "Emolga, don't make me put you back in the Pokeball!" Emolga's mouth hovered near the lightbulb, nearly biting into it.

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Viola looked up at the Emolga. She had only seen it on the Isle of armour and that's it. She had never seen it outside the forest of focus where it would randomly swoop down to her and try steal her hat, or whatever it felt like doing. Booster had took notice of it and started screaming, or what looked like it, at it.

A faint call was heard from Viola's bag. Searching through it she found out it was from her starter, Meso. He was getting tired of being in a Pokeball and demanded to be released out. Sighing, she opened the Pokeball and let the Inteleon out. At least he won't freeze to death.

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Tiamat was sitting on a bench, with Azazel, Fenrir, and Nidhogg close by her. Nidhogg, like Fenrir, has never really opened up to humans aside from Tiamat, but for him, it was for different reasons. Nidhogg had lived in the wild since he was a small Deino, newly hatched from his egg, and had evolved into a Zweilous and eventually into a Hydreigon without the help of a trainer. After being calmed down from a rampage, and then caught and nicknamed by Tiamat, he was still very independent and did not listen to her for a long time.

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"The camera feed was from just outside of Snowpoint City. My partner, Mito, had spotted this before I did, so I didn't get to look at it that closely. All I know is that they were outside of Snowpoint City in the Sinnoh region."

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Shroud pursed her lips thoughtfully, then pressed down the intercom button. "Crow," she spoke cooly to the employee on the other side. "Bring up all feeds from Sector 165. Route them to Display 3, please." "Right away, ma'am," came the response. The third computer display from the left, which up until that point had been black, flickered to life, beginning to show feeds from all of the cameras scattered through Snowpoint City. Shroud turned in her chair again, watching carefully. "There we are," she said, a hint of cold amusement in her tone. She pressed a few keys on the left keyboard, and the camera feed stopped cycling, now focusing on a single, 30 second video loop. One moment, nothing. Just the empty route leading to Snowpoint. The next, a Mew appeared, and then multiple young trainers appeared around it. They seemed shocked, stumbling around, then turning to watch the Mew, seeming to listen intently. 10 seconds later, the Mew disappeared, leaving behind the trainers. Hitting another key, Shroud broke the loop, allowing the video to progress. The trainers talked for a bit, then set off towards the city.
Shroud grinned. "Shinobu, take a team of project managers to Snowpoint. See if you can't get out of them information regarding what we've witnessed, but of course be inconspicuous about it. I'm assuming they'll be at the Pokemon Center."

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Meso was trying his best to interact with the Pokemon, even taking off his black belt and dragging it across the floor. All he wanted was to play with the Pokemon. Taking a look at the Absol he hesitated for a second, before chucking a random Pokeball as a playball over to it.

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Emolga was startled by Booster's screaming. Her tiny claws scrabbled as she lost her hold on the light fixture. Why was someone screaming? She was trying to play with the ball of light, not doing anything dangerous. Emolga fell for a short second before remembering, oh right, she had wings and flapping them furiously to regain her balance. When she did, she immeadiently began traveling through the room. Oh boy, this was fun! Xavier never went inside Pokecenters, cause they never got to do that thing that his dad said was called battling. She landed on a few people's heads, before taking off. Xavier groaned. "Emolgaaa." He stepped over Bolthund, who was rolling around on the ground, and dug something out of the pocket of his jeans and held it up. It was a Poffin, cut in the shape of an Emolga. "Come on, Emolga, you love these things." The treat successfully caught Emolga's attention, as she was hanging upside down from the frame of a window. Her head cocked as she stared at Xaiver. "Yes, get over here, Emolga, and I'll let you have the Poffin." Emolga's eyes went from the Poffin, to Xaiver, to the poffin, to Xaiver, and then locked with Tiamat's head. "No no no no, don't-" Emolga zoomed through the air and landed in front of the Lycanroc, staring at it.

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Daemon still worked on stacks of paper. His sneasel now curled up on his head.

Alex let out three pokemon. A minccino, a bouffalant, and a munchlax.

Honey laid her head back down. Her galvantula got tired and slept next to its trainer.

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