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The other humans in the village began murmuring unhappily, only to be silenced by the umbreon, who, with dead eyes, lunged at the crowd. Everyone backed away, and the uniformed human shouted something unfriendly at them. The Pokémon would observe him take a position above the crowd, standing on top of an elaborate fountain depicting the Swords of justice at the top, with little carvings of other Pokémon lovingly crafted into the stone, most of them woodland Pokémon in their basic stage. He shouted.

"Master Paige demands we convert this town into a factory for our purposes. All of you will be moved to Sorarian City, you have a week to pack your belongings before Team Celestial staff will arrive to take you away." Came his gruff, unfriendly voice. He spoke in a blunt tone, as if inviting no reaction. He stepped down from the stone fountain, and Meka could have sworn she'd seen him spit in it. She narrowed her eyes, enraged at the blatant disrespect, but remained where she was.

A rebel Minccino would find themselves cut off by snapping fangs and a loud, obnoxious bark. Suddenly, the team Ceslestial members went to investigate the noise, an undesirable expression on their faces.

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Breeze, looked up as the Hoopa they'd been left with began to act up. It pulled out an odd trinket she'd never seen before. "What is that?" Breeze muttered as she watched the hoopa put it on their head. She tilted her head, marveling at the Mythic's display. Trixie was making a hilarious mockery of human trainers, as if trying to brighten the mood, which Breeze definitely appreciated, her being as awkward as she was. She couldn't fully stifle her laugh as the hoopa fumble with an invisible pokeball

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Heleo notices some people looking miserable, hearing them chat via hiding underground. They heard about what terrible things they had done and felt quite mad "All creatures deserve the right to do their own things! Not follow a grouo nor one person" they thought, digging underground again and accidentally hitting a tree, shaking it violently (OOC: Artsy, wanna interact?)

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Sunny looked up out of the corner of her eye, and immediately jumped. It was him! He was here to- oh wait, no. Sunny shook her head back and forth quickly to clear her brain. That was just the Hoopa wearing a trainer's cap.

Her task wasn't difficult. Why was she so jumpy?

Even having multiple distractions around him didn't prevent the banette from staring at the child, that it until his view was obscured by a small crowd and a few odd and unfamiliar people. From what Maeshi could hear, the odd ones were ordering the crowd around, and being quite rude about it as well. Focusing carefully on the situation, he gathered every bit of information he could about what was in front of him, until a ruckus begun due to the rowdy minccino. His head snapped in the direction of the noise, only to be met by a frightening bark from one of the pokemon the village intruders had put under their control. Maeshi immediately sunk into the ground, keeping himself out of harm's way and slowly backing away to avoid any risk. Gah, what was he doing? That was such a cowardly move, saving his own skin and leaving the rest to be spotted. Well, too late now...

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I won't let this die...
Eris had finished her praying session and was looking around. She spotted the Hoopa imitating a human Pokemon trainer and couldn't help a small giggle. It was quite funny! Carefully hiding her necklace away, Eris the Shiny Froslass began to float about, wandering the area here and there, looking for either food or entertainment. Or both if she was lucky.

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Uh oh... If that Minccino doesn't get out of there fast or they're going to be Team Celestial's newest captive. I want to help... but if I do I'll blow my cover. Better to play it safe.
Artemis buried himself deeper into the bush to keep his bright feathers out of anyone's gaze. He quietly munched on a Bluk Berry to calm his nerves so that he wouldn't end up in a similar situation to the Minccino.

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Bag
Razz Berry: 1x
Jaboca Berry: 1x
Bluk Berry: 1x

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Where... Where am I? What is this place? Why is it so dark here? I can't see anything!
Wait... over there. Is that... a light? Maybe if I can see I'll be able to figure out what's going on...

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Majoree

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Majoree froze in her tracks, her paw hovering, about to take a step. She was trapped. She started backing up, and her tail brushed a tree.

"I can't run," she whispered.

Whoops...

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Luther

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Luther tripped, barely catching himself and yanking his face back into the bushes. His heart thudded in his chest. He risked a peek. The Minccino was trembling. She was surrounded.

That was undoubtedly her fault.

She was to blame.

He kept telling himself that, but he was already weaving through the bushes towards her.

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A houndour made it's wrinkly, growling face visible. It was the only thing able to see them at the moment, but that would soon change, as the Celestials were fast approaching. They'd have to make a move now.

Meka, her attention turning to the small pokemon targeted by the houndour, cursed to herself. Someone had been spotted! They needed to get out of here, now! It seemed, however, that the minccino had gotten herself cornered by the houndour and a tree. Growling to herself, she hissed at the other spies. "Get your tails outta here now! Go back to the forest quietly, I'll take care of this." She then vanished out of sight, not giving them time to respond. A few seconds later, the houndour was hit by an aura sphere out of seemingly no where. A loud noise and a flash distracted the Celestial members.

"Run!" She ordered again

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The Leafeon's ears pricked. Was that a noise in the distance? She could have sworn she'd heard a loud boom. She shuffled her paws anxiously. She hoped the Mew and her party would return soon, and started to regret not coming along. Maybe she'd mess it up anyway, but then she wouldn't be here, spooked by the slightest sound.

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Majoree

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She didn't hesitate for a second.

Majoree raced through the forest, her tail flying behind her. The whole world whipped by, trees and branches reaching to entangle her. She dodged each time, leaping over roots and acorns, running as fast as she could, no time to pause, no time to escape-

She tripped.

Her chin smashed into the dirt. She choked.

"Get up!" A voice hissed.

She tried, but her legs wouldn't respond.

The other Pokemon hissed and snatched her by the scruff. It dragged her away. She lay limp in its grasp. It tugged her into some bushes and put her inside.

"Stay in."

She didn't think it needed to ask that.

Before it turned away, she caught a glimpse of yellow eyes.

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Luther

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We had to be saved.

Luther raked his claws over the earth, frustrated. Why had this happened? Why did it always turn out this way, someone else needing to help?

He supposed he should feel grateful. Guilty, maybe, that someone else's life was in danger now.

But all he felt was annoyed.

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Trixie
The Hoopa stopped mocking the humans when a loud noise was heard in the distance. Were the humans coming? It was not a good idea to mock them when they are nearby.

Banshee
The noise in the distance scared the poor Mismagius to the point where she made a small squeak noise in fear. Hope that wasn't loud enough to hear

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Sunny's ears perked up at the loud boom. What was that noise? And what had caused it??? She looked nervously in the direction it came from, nibbling on a Pecha berry (which again we do not ask where it came from)

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Artemis wasted no time and asked no questions. As soon as Meka gave the signal, he bolted back towards where the others were left behind... but he noticed a rustling in some foliage next to him and cautiously approached it.
"Wh-who's there?"

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Bag
Razz Berry: 1x
Jaboca Berry: 1x
Bluk Berry: 1x

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As he stepped into the sun, its light glistened on his electric blue scales. His piercing yellow eyes scanned his surroundings carefully until they fell upon a purple Fletchling. "Where are we? And who are you? What's going on?"
"We don't have time right now. Follow me or they'll get to you first."
"Them? Who's them?"
"I'll explain when we get back. Oh, and I'm Artemis by the way."
"... Hephaestus."

The Mew, still invisible, used the commotion of her attack to flee. She hoped the other spies had taken her order seriously and had bolted toward the forest soon before. She headed there now, heading back to their base where she had left Trixie and the others.

Upon reaching them, Meka shed her invisibility, panting, within view of them. "Is...everyone...okay?" She was moreso panting from the rush of adrenalin than actually being tired. She looked around, counting heads silently. Is everyone here?

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Breeze started at the sudden appearance of Meka. She looked around. She didn't see any of the other spies yet. Had they gotten away safely? Would they have to go back for them? What had happened. So far, nothing had happened back in the forest. It was kinda boring, even, just waiting, and she didn't doubt the other pokemon shared the same sentiment. She just hoped no one had been captured.

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Eris was a little startled when the Mew from before appeared, panting as if she had traveled from far in a short period of time. Hearing her question worried Eris a bit. Had something troubling happened to the mission members?? Had some not returned yet?? She looked about, trying to remember who had left and who had stayed.

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All the hidden banette could do was watch in the shadows, the mew's warning didn't seem to reach him before it was too late. There was a houndour right above him. It knew he was there. He hald already sank so deep he was completely drenched in darkness, but the beast could still sniff him out. It knew, he knew, and there was little he could do. He could run in the shadows, but then the houndour would know. maybe he could make it out safely? Suddenly, a loud boom was heard from not too far away. He watched as the houndour turned it's head, giving Maeshi time to escape. He ran, hoping he was going in the right direction, but it was hard to tell in the shadows. He heard some familiar voices as he moved, causing him to slow down and stop. Looking up, he saw the odd fletchling he knew from before and an unfamiliar, electric blue face. What was going on here... Instead of doing what he should've and met up with the Mew back at the clearing, he stuck around and decided to eavesdrop. The question was, would they know? His nervousness and panic probably could've been felt in the air, not to mention the sudden drop in temperature that came with it

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Artemis shivered as a chill ran down his spine. He looked around cautiously... and somehow spotted the Banette. "What the- what are you doing?" he asked, slightly suspicious of the semitransparent figure, "We need to head back to the others."
"Who are you talking to?"
"... There's a Banette right there... can't you see it?"
"No..."
"It doesn't matter. We need to head back. Now."

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Bag
Razz Berry: 1x
Jaboca Berry: 1x
Bluk Berry: 1x

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Artemis jumped into the clearing where the others were hidden and looked back to make sure Hephaestus was behind him. "Made it!" Artemis collapsed and tried to steady his breath. "And I found -pant- someone else -pant- they didn't get to."
Hephaestus looked around at the ragtag bunch before him. He tried to smile warmly, but instead showed a glint of intimidating sharp teeth. "Hi there! I'm Hephaestus, it's a pleasure to meet you all... but why are we here? What happened to this place? It used to be so pretty... I enjoyed watching the Gracidea bloom here..."

Eris the shiny Froslass was surprised. This place once had Gracidea blooms? The land had suffered just as much as the Pokemon and the people had... She returned to checking who had left with the spy party and who had managed to make it back...

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