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Void stared down at the red and white ball as it bumped against her dark blue claws. She paused, then flicked it back to the Inteleon, not really wanting to play. Her red eyes flicked to the Emolga that seemed to be causing mild chaos throughout the center. The Absol narrowed her eyes, following its movements. She felt Lace run her hand through the ruff of fur on the back of her neck as the girl tended to whenever she was unsettled and leaned into her trainer, wanting to provide what comfort she could.

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Sparkling Umbreon at her side, a hooded black haired girl entered the Pokemon center behind all the others. She didn't make a sound, or do much to attract any attention other than just walking into the building like everyone else, but the shadow over her face caused her to give off an eerie vibe. Dusk had intentionally lagged behind, not too intrigued by the idea of being dragged into a conversation by any of the others in the group. She was actually a little irritated by the fact she'd been chosen to come at all. She certainly wasn't what most would consider a 'hero' or 'protector' of any sort. In fact, her lack of compassion would make most rational thinkers make her to be the villain of any story, but oh well. If Mew said she was to go on a heroic journey, perhaps she had no choice.

As she entered the Pokemon center, Dusk blinked at all the bright colors that flooded her vison after the greys and whites of the snow-filled backdrop of the outdoors. Pokemon Centers always did this to her, ruining the aesthetic of the rest of the town with the bright reds and and blues of the animal hospital and the shop next to it. Needless to say, she wasn't particularly fond of them, or bright colors in general.

Instead of picking a seat, like everyone else seemed to be doing, Dusk and her partner took a seat on the floor as they awaited their stay at the Center. Yoru, her Umbreon, grabbed a book using psychic and floated it over to her trainer. Yoru was a good friend, always knowing exactly what her master liked. Dusk had had a rough childhood, her father murdering her mother after being drunk one night, scaring his daughter out of the house. She hadn't stuck around long enough to figure out why he'd done it, neither had she'd called the police, being too young to know how. That, combined with the bullying she'd received for not fitting in with her classmates at school led to the darkly dressed girl not to have a kind view on her peers. Pokemon, however, like Yoru, had always stayed by her side through it all. When she'd ran away that night, her precious silver Eevee had evolved. They'd stuck together ever since.

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Meso kicked it back, not getting the message. He looked at the emolga and gave it a 'Misbehave and be sniped' look. Although that was mostly for fun and not much else.

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Fenrir stared at the Emolga, blinking at her a few times, then quickly sniffing her to see if she was friendly. He backed up a bit after noticing that she smelled a bit like hOOman. Tiamat was petting whichever of Nidhogg's arm-heads was the closest to her.

Dahlia rushed to the Pokémon Center, with Floof perched on her shoulder, as she talked to herself. "Cold. Coldcoldcoldcoldcold........... Whew, that's better..." Considering that her outfit certainly wasn't suited for the cold, it was safe for the others to assume that she was another type protector.

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"Right away, ma'am."

Shinobu went back to her office, called back her team, put on some warmer clothes, locked her door, and went to find the project managers.

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Daemon's head flicked over to shinobu's office. "Hey, whats going on?"

Alex say the girl which entered and handed her a coat. "Here"

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Meso decided to investigate the emolga more. Walking over to it he crouched down and looked at it. It seemed to be intrested in the Lycanroc more than the spy Pokemon himself, which was good, because the last thing he wanted to happen was to deal with a Pokemon that was smaller than him- and maybe annoying.

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Lace leaned against a wall, watching the goings-on. She felt odd and out of place; the girl lived alone in a small apartment with only her Pokemon, and she was rarely found at large gatherings of people. Scanning the assembled group, she assumed that anyone who wasn't clad appropriately was one of their number. She felt a nudge at her side and glanced down at her Absol.

Void ignored the PokeBall cooly; clearly the Inteleon couldn't take a hint. Instead, she raised a clawed foot and pawed at the winter clothing her trainer was holding. The oft-absentminded girl was just watching the other trainers and seemed to have forgotten about her sopping wet apparel. The Absol began to nudge Lace back towards the PokeMart, having observed a changing room just outside. She smiled a bit and ruffled the fur on Void's head. "I'm sorry, I know. Thank you," she whispered, turning back.

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Viola had let the rest of her team out. Since she couldn't be bothered to sit on a bench so she sta on Brayon's back with Psybee in her lap. Trixie and Twilight were chatting beside her. It was natural for them to get along since Twilight loves listening to Trixie's music, or more of her screeching. Viola didn't understand why she enjoyed it, but it didn't matter

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"So are we gonna to talk about what mew said?" He asked the other 'protectors'

Honey rubbed her eyes as she sat up. "huh? oh yea" she Groggily said.

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Emolga stared back at Fenrir, cocking her head. She flapped her wings once, lifting her a few inches off the ground, and fell back down again. "Molga, Molga!" Playing by herself was no fun, and now that there were new pokemon, she wanted to get to know them. She hoped this Lycanroc would play with her.

Xaiver shrugged, letting Bolthund crawl into his lap and start chewing on his scarf. "I suppose we could." Xaiver wasn't about to say it out loud, but he was still very confused.

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Lace heard the boy's question as she walked away and turned around, now walking backwards. "I think we should wait until we're somewhere private," she called, not paying attention to where she was going.

The Disaster Pokemon glanced at the white haired trainer, then turned back just in time to see Lace crash into a post. Taking a step towards its trainer, the Absol's feline face contorted in an expression of concern. Lace rubbed the back of her head, muttering, "Oww..." but adding, "I'm fine, Void," upon noticing her Pokemon's worried gaze.

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Dusk was admittedly a bit irritated by the mention of speaking about Mew in such a public place. And now? In such a time where she just wanted to go to sleep and not deal with her problems until morning. She was tired, after the long day out in the world, just trying to make enough to survive, plus the sudden transport of all her cells miles away from where she'd been, added to the prospect of journeying to any further location. She wanted nothing more than to disappear into Yoru's fur and loose consciousness. Staring at the long pages of the novel she was now reading was getting her lost in the story, not to appreciative of being forcibly snapped back into reality. She blocked everyone else out and returned to reading once more. Yoru was already asleep beside her.

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he shrugged "hmm, then lets find a spot to stay?" His minccino was cleaning up all the water that has been dripping off everyone.

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Viola nodded, smiling "We should find a spot to stay, that kid is right." She started, recalling Meso, Booster, Trixie and Twilight into their respective poke balls. She decided to leave Brayon out to ride and Psybee, because he was precious and was cute.

Psybee looked bellow him, suddenly being scared of the drop bellow him. Even if Brayon was a average height Mudsale, for the male meowstic he was a giant. He calmed down when he felt the familiar stroking of his trainer's gloves.

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Lace nodded, then turned around and ran smack into the post again. Letting out a hiss under her breath, she hurried away to change her clothes, holding her forehead, Void trotting behind her. Clumsy... so clumsy... the girl thought to herself, her cheeks flushed red from embarrassment. She loved Void with all her heart, but she felt guilty that it always seemed like the Absol was caring for her, not the other way around.

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Psybee watched, before falling off Viola's lap. Hitting the cold floor, he was trying to not cry, but the movement of Brayon crouching down was enough to push the meowstic off the edge and cause him to basically have a mental breakdown over falling off.

Brayon turned to Viola, worried that he did something wrong. Viola stroked his head, before picking off Psybee-in-a-tantrum-mode off the floor and back on her lap.

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"hmm, We should probably reserve a room if were gonna stay here." Ales spoke to the others.

Honey retrieved her galvantula and plopped her venonat on her head.

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Dahlia, after putting on the coat that was offered to her, decided to send out her team, seeing as everyone else had their Pokémon out as well.

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Shinobu, after briefing the team that Shroud asked her to lead, was now flying towards Snowpoint, atop Garuda's back. Sometimes she wished she could've been given a Salamencite rather than the Absolite she ended up with, but such is life. Even if she did get a Mega Stone that Garuda could use... She'd probably end up using her in battle more than she'll ever use Absol, and she might as well take Absol's Mega Stone and then hand him over to be tested on, before catching a different Pokémon to fill that sixth party slot, like maybe a Zoroark or something.

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Daemon rode his pidgeot, his sneasel Pressing her self as close as she can to him. He pet her black fur.

Alex was arranging rooms for the 'protectors' to stay in. He talked to nurse joy.

Honey just slept. Her venonat sleeping too.

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Bella waited patiently with her pokemon

Viola was also waiting, petting Brayon's neck gently

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