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Lunaro blinked as a sudden wave of events happened. She couldn't exactly comprehend what was going on at once, and she eventually jsut gave up trying to figure what was going on.
Instead, she blinked at the Zorua who had reappeared.
"Ah, I thought there was something wrong when you were a Pichu." She smiled. "You ran off, then I sensed you as a Zorua. Wasn't too hard to piece two and two together."
She paused as her pink fur receded into its normal charcoal colour, before she settled back onto her haunches, lazily scratching her ear with a back foot.
"So are you both entirely serious about being a Chrystanigh? If so, we could start training right away. It's not too difficult to tap into that energy. A little boost from a type master, or even a simple warrior who has honed the ability, can easily help you access it."
Lunaro stopped, putting her foot down and shaking her head.

She decided that the two younger Pokemon could use a bit of trivia. After all, they didn't seem to know much about the Chrystanigh. Just old wive's tales that had drifted to and fro on the wind.

"Y'know, any Pokemon can unlock that hidden power of learning all eighteen types." Lunaro said, almost proudly. "It just takes a little push in the right direction. Normally the Pokemon that helps you will be your mentor for life, until they pass on. And anyone can train anyone. I've known apprentices that have helped a newer Pokemon learn their newest ability, even if the young trainee was many years younger."

((Sorry for being so inactive; I had a crazy weekend.))

Still breathing a little hard from racing Crystal, Bracken nodded. He felt a twinge of annoyance from the fact that Lunaro had asked yet again if they wanted to join, but didn't let it show. He was entirely serious about wanting to become a Crystalnigh. If she didn't believe his words, well, he'd just prove it through his actions.

"Soo... how do we start then?" he asked, looking over to Crystal for a second before putting on his best game face.

Crystal took a deep breathe and looked at Lunaro. She saw Bracken look over to her and she smiled at him. "I wanna know too! I'm really excited. Even if it didn't show at first I'm happy," she said and sat down. She licked her paw and brushed it over her head to clean her ears and head. She looked to Bracken for a second and saw his serious face and giggled a little. She looked back to Lunaro for her response.

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(Just wondering how I should jump in... Also, I noticed that Endo's currently known type is Normal. Do they all know Normal to start, or is it set to their current type? If it's their current type, Endo should know Bug or Rock, most likely bug since that's Shuckle's primary type.)

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((Oh fudge. High school's been pretty hectic, and I had meant to add it to the front post. I'll have to update that soon. >:U

Thank you for pointing that out; it's been a long time since I've used a Shuckle, or even seen one in my games, so I had assumed they were Normal type. XD I'll put him as Bug and Rock, since he naturally knows both!

Jump in any way that you'd like. It doesn't really matter. He doesn't even have to meet any of the recruits until later if you'd prefer.

While Lunaro sense the type your Pokemon start as, it's basically the one you guys chose. So if you said Fire, I wouldn't be a jerk and say your Pokemon had to learn Water first. C:
Just letting everyone know.))

Lunaro smiled at their enthusiasm. "Alright, lemme see." She prowled around Bracken for a minute, her fur rippling into a pink colour as she examined the Treecko. Her eyes glowed a little, then she stopped, head tilted.

"You...have a lot of potential as a Dragon type." She mumbled, a little perplexed. "Strange. There aren't many Pokemon who have the potential to control that..."
She then turned to Crystal, circling her as she had done before with Bracken.
"Interesting," She muttered. "Ghost types are pretty uncommon too."
She stepped back, her magenta fur shifting back to its usual charcoal colour.

"I can tell that you could both take those difficult types without any issues." She gave them a nod. "But first, we have to figure out the extents of your current types."

Her fur shifted into a green scheme, and she hovered a paw above the lush grass. "I believe a certain Treecko caught me trying to create a thick vine earlier." The Poochyena gave Bracken an amused look, before she urged a small flower to erupt out of the ground. The dainty white wildflower was tiny compared to all of the other plants around it.

"Unfortunately, I'm a little rusty with my Grass type, but I can do quite a lot still. Like create life, or even listen to the plants' whispers around me. There's quite a lot a Grass type could do."

Bracken's eyes widened a little in surprise. Dragon type? He'd never seen one, but he'd heard they were quite powerful. He remembered one of the stories his dad had told him before he left, about meeting and traveling with such a Pokemon for a short time. What had he called it? A Salamence?

A little off-put by the sudden reminder of his dad, Bracken's expression dampened. He pushed the thought to the back of his mind and looked up as Lunaro changed into her Grass type, watching as a flower spring up from the ground. Figuring that she'd like to see him do something similar, the Treecko knelt down and dug his fingers into the earth. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, focusing his energy into the ground. Determined to show the Poochyena what he was really capable of, he strained, urging plantlife to grow.

Finally feeling his strength give out a little, he stopped and opened his eyes. A patch of grass had appeared in front of him, a little less than half his height. Huh. Not too bad, he examined, although he felt like he could've done a bit more.

Lunaro had tilted her head, watching the Treecko, and was surprised to see the Grass type actually make the grass grow even taller. She blinked at it for a second, then chuckled.
"Well, you seem to have gotten the idea. Although you seemed to be pushing your powers. You shouldn't need to try so hard, especially since you're a Grass type. It all comes with practice. In fact..." Lunaro wiggled a paw over the flower, urging it to raise itself higher. Of course, it only budged a few more inches, and the Poochyena dropped her paw with a fake pout.
"You may pick up on this stuff quicker than I did. Being a Grass type has its advantages; you pick up on all kinds of skills in your type range at such a fast rate, it's almost unbelievable. It's the same with any type."

Lunaro tilted her head at Bracken, thinking. "Maybe..." She began. "You could start by trying a basic Grass type ability. Unless you already know it, that is. Can you sense the life around you? As in, not the plants. Not myself or Crystal, but like the trees, or even the tiny little flowers."

Crystal's eyes sparkled when she heard that she could be a Ghost type. They were silent and sneaky and she loved it! When She saw Lunaro create a flower she wasn't sure if she should be trying that or not since she wasn't a grass type. "Umm.. is this something I should be trying?" She asked Lunaro with a bit of a confused look on her face.

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Lunaro had completely forgotten Crystal was there! The Poochyena jerked up in surprise, then chuckled.
"Oh, no. I'm just helping him out. As a Grass type, he should be able to do some basic things a seasoned Grass warrior could."
Her fur shifted back, and she tilted her head at the Dark type.
"Alright, this is going to be easier for me. Dark types are..." She trailed away, trying to piece together the right words.
"Well, they're like the masters of the shadows. They can inflict nightmares or, in your case, make illusions. Although most Dark types can make nightmarish illusions, not transform like your kind can. There was a Zorua in the camp I grew up in. He excelled at using his illusions for so many things in battle. Zorua and Zoroark are exceptional Dark types, sicne they can control what most other Dark types cannot."
She chuckled a little, almost sheepishly. "In fact, even I can't do what your kind can do, and I could be considered a master at Dark type at this point. The most I can do is walk in shadows or conjure up nightmares."

"Dark type is a tricky type to learn, since it requires a lot of concentration, but I'm sure you'll pick up on it. After all, like I said, your kind are normally very good at this type of stuff." She demonstrated by lifting a paw, a dark purple and black wisp following her movements. It swirled from the shadows of the forest floor and onto her paw, where she conjured a small Wurmple on it. It wiggled itself as it crawled onto the Poochyena's shoulder.

"Try and bring a shadow forth. It's like creating an illusion; just concentrate on that type of energy you would use, but think of using it for a different reason."

Bracken bit his lip. Sensing life? He knew how, but he felt less confident in his ability to actually do it. "Hmm, I'll try, " he said, closing his eyes again. Taking Lunaro's advice, he didn't push himself, trying to feel out the forest as naturally as he could.

At first, nothing came to him. But the more he focused, the more he sensed what seemed to be streams of life flowing up out of the ground. Ah, right, those are trees, Bracken thought, relieved that he was feeling anything at all. The streams diverged into smaller flows in the branches until they ended at the leaves. The leaves almost seemed to glow, absorbing the energy from the bright sunlight. He smiled; he liked their warm feeling.

Deciding to focus on just the one tree, he traced the flow until he reached the top. Satisfied, he opened his eyes. Though he felt a little drained, he felt better than after he'd grown the grass.

"I can definitely feel life around me," Bracken said, after waiting for Lunaro to finish her demonstration to Crystal. "It just takes a little focus, is all."

Crystal closed her eyes and tried to focused on one thing only. Ghost. She pick a ghost pokemon and kept it stuck to her mind. Litwick. Litwick. Litwick. A little swirl of shadows came up from the ground and moved to her. They started to move slowly and carefully. Crystal's eyes were still closed but she could sense their movement. They created a tiny version of a litwick and it landed on the top of her paw. It moved around her paw for about a minute before puffing back into the black wisp's of shadows and disappearing. She opened her eyes and they were completely black for a second but she could still see. She blinked a couple of times before her mind set back into place. She wobbled for a second and sat down, still blinking rapidly.

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Lunaro watched both of them attempt to try the abilities she had tasked them with.
They had preformed it flawlessly. She was sure they were a little shaky, but it would come to them naturally eventually, almost like breathing or the need for survival.

"Perfect." She nodded to both of them. "For a first try, you both did great."
"Alright, are you two ready for a little challenge?"
She had a daring glint in her eye. "Bracken, try and create a small flower of some sort. This takes more concentration than making grass grow taller, so you may have to tap into the energy around you. As a Grass type, you can easily do so.
The flower may turn out to be any colour. Don't concentrate on creating a certain flower. Concentrate on bringing life into the earth. And like I said before, don't stress yourself or push your limits."

She turned to Crystal, waiting a moment as she blinked. She couldn't help but chuckle. "You'll get used to it." She said. The shadowy Wurmple still sat on her shoulder, and Lunaro willed it to wiggle its way towards the Zorua.
"You did great for a first try. Try it again, but don't try to concentrate so hard. Just let it happen. You have the ability to do so, and you just need to attempt to tap into it."

A smile was formed on her muzzle. "You two are seriously doing well for Pokemon who've never done this before. And these are just basics. Learning another type is an entirely different story."
She was surprised they were doing so well, especially since she had seen Pokemon who had been trained to test their skills fail miserably.

Bracken smiled widely at the praise and nodded. He closed his eyes for the third time and put a hand on the ground. He focused on the earth around him, feeling for spots that had unused potential energy. Locating a few, he took a deep breath and slowly began to draw it in. Once he had gathered it together, he exhaled long and slow, letting his own energy flow into the spot, sensing it mix together. He concentrated, making sure he didn't put too much in too quickly. Feeling his energy beginning to grow a bit separate from the energy in the ground, he opened his eyes to see how he had done.

A little daisy smiled up at him, its petals shining white. Bracken resisted the urge to do a little hop of delight and instead smiled even wider than he had before.

Crystal blinked a few more times and grinned at the challenge given to her. She took a deep breathe and reached for the darkness she saw. She merely poked it and it shined black. She let the Darkness take over her and lead her to make something. She let the darkness overcome her and pull out swirling black wisps from the shadow's. The wisp's circled her and more pulled out of the ground until the wisps turned into pain darkness encasing her physical and mental self. She could control herself anymore and she pulled more and more darkness from the shadow until she couldn't see Bracken or Lunaro anymore.

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"Excellent!" Lunaro grinned, bending down to peer at the little flower. The tiny plant seemed to just glow with life, and the Poochyena sat back up, smiling at the Treecko in approval. "Perfect! You've gotten the hang of it!" She praised him. She was about to see if he could do something more, but thought of something different. "Do you want to try and harness the Dragon type? I would need to help you, but you should be able to. Unless you want to keep trying this. If you don't feel ready, we can do so later."

She stiffened, noticing Crystal becoming encased.
"Crap!" She exclaimed, diving for the Zorua. Her own shadows swirled at her paws, and she touched Crystal's, pulling at the darkness.
The Poochyena began to grimace as she sucked away most of the darkness, and it instead swirled onto Lunaro's body.
"When I said...tap into it..." She growled out, mainly speaking to reassure herself that she wasn't being taken over by the darkness along with Crystal. "I didn't mean...to take a lot of it...!"

Bracken nodded, still smiling. "I'd like to at least try," he responded. He looked over to see how Crystal was doing and cried out in surprise when he saw that she was completely enshrouded in darkness. He took a step towards her but thought better of it as Lunaro dove towards her, ripping the swirling blackness away from her. Not able to do anything, he watched the Poochyena struggle to tame the dark matter, a nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach.

The swirls around Crystal flowed into Lunaro and went away but there was still some in Crystal. Her eyes glowed pitch black when she opened her eyes. She spoke in a dark voice not her own and said "Do not underestimate the power of the darkness. Evil is hiding in the shadows of the dark." The black color swirled out of her eyes and created a Beautifly that flapped around and after about a two minutes broke into swirls and disappeared. Crystal fell over and blinked her eyes rapidly not remembering at all what had happened. "Did I do it?" she asked dizzily and smiled hopefully. She tried to pull herself up but felt too weak to sit up so she just stayed there continuously blinking.

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Lunaro didn't answer at first. She bounced away from Crystal, sending the shadows back into their original realm.
She shook a little, her crimson gaze glaring at the dirt. She slowly lifted it to Crystal, panting heavily. Her eyes softened when Crystal spoke.
"You..." She trailed off. "You did great. Just... take it easy when doing that..."
Some shadows still swirled on her pelt and up her front legs, and she dispelled them, her mind switching back to the cryptic message.

The Poochyena took a minute to regain herself before she said, "Crystal, do you know what just happened?"

Crystal gave a confused look at Lunaro. "No... did I do something wrong. I just touched the darkness and felt them flow through me and I think I mad a Beautifly that just went away... right. Did I miss something," she said watching the Poochyena glare at the dirt. Her aqua eyes shimmered with confusion that she used to poke Lunaro to tell her what happened. I hope I didn't mess up too bad.

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"No, no. You did fine. You just..." Lunaro trailed off, giving the Zorua a worried expression.
"You were kind of consumed by it. I've never seen it happen, but..." She sighed heavily. "I guess I'm not too surprised. Dark magic is a very dangerous aspect. Just take it easy when doing so, alright?" She gave the Zorua a reassuring smile.
"Now, I believe Bracken is ready to try becoming a Dragon type. Would you like to try being a Ghost type?"
'Oh, being a Ghost type involves darkness too. Lunaro thought, a pang of worry shooting through her. 'I'll have to keep an eye on her.'