The Sound of Silence (Ethe/mod)

[Jay]

The sun had just come up and was starting to refract on the water causing obscure light rays to shimmer here and there. The air twisted about itself blowing back the waves and causing them to crash on the boardwalk where a young man stood. His long hair was tied back all expect for partial strands that well to the sides of his face, and his clothes were rather loose and seemed to catch the wind every few seconds. This was the scene to most who looked upon it, yet there weren't that many eyes in the area anyways due to the time of day. However, the boy was actually a girl.

Nero Ishi stood at the end of the boardwalk with a pokeball in hand. She said nothing but just stared down at it for a moment. Finally pressing the open button, she threw it out into the water. A Gyarados broke from the ball and splashed into the water. Moving upwards and staring at the girl who had captured him, the Gyarados let out a roar. "As promised," Nero said aloud in a flat unreadable voice. "You're free now that I am at the sea."

he Gyarados seemed to blink in surprise before looking out towards the sea. Was...she serious? The girl intended to let him live freely in the sea instead of in that small lake he had been in before? Well then... Looking back at Nero, The Gyarados only seemed to take one long drawn bow in thank you before slowly disappearing under the water. Nero bowed back quiet slowly before looking at her empty pokeball and shaking her head before pocketing it again. It was useless now, yet it would serve as a memory place holder. With that, the dark haired woman turned back and started down the boardwalk.

[Ethereal]

A man strolled along the docks, whistling to himself. He had stayed up the entire night bar hopping and now the sun was rising. His drunken glow had worn off almost completely, as he had left the party to wander the streets. As far as he could tell, this city was lame.
"No drunk chicks." He noted then spit to his left. "That's what the problem is." He nodded to himself then shivered. He hadn't realized how cold the sea breeze was until this moment. "Shit, it's cold. I hate winter, or fall or, whatever the fuck this season is."

He had seen a gyarados suddenly appear at the edge of the wooden boardwalk.
"How cool," Seth said with a smile before walking faster toward it. His eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the...person ahead. He/she seemed familiar. Before he could pin point exactly who that was Seth realized what was going on.

"Dude?!" He yelled loudly as the gyarados sunk into the ocean. "Did you really just release that thing?" It was inconceivable for a trainer to let go of such a powerful pokemon. As Seth stood beside the other trainer he realized who she was. "Hey, aren't we in the same gang?" He asked with a smirk, "You could've just given that gyarados to me." He looked back out to the horizon, "Think you can call it back?"

[Jay]

The smell of alcohol made Nero twitch inside as she turned her head and caught sight of Seth as he was talking about the Gyarados. The dark haired girl stared at him and shook her head at the green haired man not saying a word for a good solid minute before getting the words she would use in order. "I caught it for a different purpose than to keep it or give it away to begin with," she answered back with a rather indifferent voice before turning her head to one side and staring at Seth. "And...yes we are in the same gang."

[Ethereal]

"What the fuck kind of purpose is that?" He asked with a sharp laugh. He smothered his laughs a bit when she looked at him and coughed. "I mean, most people wouldn't catch a pokemon just to release it." He paused, smirking, "Hm, seems like you lack loyalty to the gang." He was having fun with this, "Next time you're lookin' for a favor don't come crying to me."

[Jay]

"I don't feel compelled to give my reasoning to you," Nero answered back rather blankly. She lacked any sort of expression on her face and was quiet again as Seth talked about the gang and loyalty. She didn't say anything to this but was answering the question in her own mind. Indeed, she wasn't loyal to the gang as a whole. There were only a few in it that she even considered worth recognizing this being Boss Kamui and Rai off hand. Everyone else was simply a name.

[Ethereal]

Seth put his hands up as if to surrender and chuckled,
"Alright, I see you've got an attitude." He paused, running a hand through his green hair, "Fine don't explain anything to me. It's not like I care." He shrugged then looked out to the water.

"I guess I don't need more pokemon anyway. I have a shitload as it is." He looked back to Nero, "Did you know I'm an expert trainer?" He asked, lowering his mask to show a wide grin.

[Jay]

Nero said nothing to Seth's comment on being an expert trainer but simply shrugged her shoulders. "And also the Chushingashira of the Yakuza," was the dark haired woman's answer. It had come back to her that this was one of the big three under the boss. She had remembered Maverick but had forgotten the other two mostly because she wasn't around them that much. Not to mention she would probably have forgotten Maverick as well if she had not run into him at the castle a few weeks prior. However, now the thought had come back again.

[Ethereal]

"Eh..." He made a noise while thinking about what that word meant. "Oh right!" He remembered where he had heard it before. That was the title of his rank in the gang, "Yep." As far as he knew, he was relatively high in rank, which made him happy. He didn't want to be in charge, because too much responsibility was bad for anyone, but just high enough to earn respect was perfect. "Those damn Japanese words. They make no sense to me, but whatever."

He wetted his lips, "Kamui's a cool guy." He remarked, "I saved his ass from this one crazy bitch," He paused and smirked, "Probably why he wanted me in his gang in the first place." Then he became somewhat serious, "Being in a gang is kind of cool." He said thoughtfully, "Having people watchin' your back is kind of...comforting." He coughed and his characteristic demeanor returned, "Not that I need any protection. My pokemon are badass enough for that."

[Jay]

Nero's eyebrow raised for a split second before going down again as Seth seemed to register his own title, and as he explained why Kamui had probably took him up, she blinked. "Boss needed saving....from a woman?" she asked keeping her monotone voice but letting it raise slightly in question. She couldn't imagine Kamui needing to be saved by anyone especially against one person.... The thoughts on what a gang meant, made Nero blink as well. She had not joined for protection or for any of that. However, she wasn't going to admit any time soon why she was there.

[Ethereal]

Seth nodded,
"Yeah some chick was after him. Managed to fuck him up a bit with her gun." He thought back on the incident, "I guess she was a bounty hunter or some shit. Either way she wanted his ass dead."

"I'm sick of talking." He suddenly realized, "You talk or I'll be forced to ask some seriously intrusive questions..." Seth smiled tauntingly.

[Jay]

Nero said nothing back and simply stared. Even when Seth saying that he was going to ask questions, the dark haired woman just stared back. She wasn't one for talking and wasn't going to talk just because of what appeared to be an odd threat of sorts.

[Ethereal]

Seth frowned slightly at her silence,
"Fine." He retorted, "I'll take that as a challenge." The man crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Nero through the corner of his eye, "I'm not sure if this has been addressed already but..." He smirked, "Are you a chick or a dude?"

[Jay]

Nero stared blankly back. "Male," was the answer she gave. To nearly everyone aside from those that happened to find out such as Kamui and Rai, this was the standard answer given by Nero Ishi. She had used it for many years thanks to her mother's strives, and she was still not comfortable stating anything else at this point.

[Ethereal]

"Huh," Was all he said at first. He wasn't exactly surprised, as Nero's gender could go either way. "Well that's probably a good thing," He chuckled, "Because no offense man, but you'd make one ugly chick." He scratched at a spot on the side of his neck, "By the way, I have a shiny nidoking named Nero. I bet he'd be pissed if he found out a girl had the same name"

[Jay]

Nero blinked for a full minute surprised that Seth had registered her name. Finally deciding it was probably her title as the law advisor that had finally hit him or something of that nature, the dark haired girl half nodded. The blow to the gender wasn't really something that fazed her in the least, and all the dark haired girl did was store this as a thought for later. After a moment, she forced a laugh despite the fact she didn't believe it was that funny. "You nicknamed the pokemon after me or before me?" she asked with a rather cal, voice already believeing she knew the answer.

[Ethereal]

"Before you, obviously." Seth rolled his eyes and playfully punched Nero on the shoulder. He was glad to get a laugh out of her, even if it was fake. It was a sign that she was trying to socialize at least. "I don't like you enough to do something gay like that." He almost wanted to take that back, in case Nero was gay. He wasn't exactly fond of homosexuals, but the last thing he needed was conflict between a fellow gang member.

"What about you, what kind of pokemon do you have?" He asked, quickly changing the subject. Seth was actually curious and enjoyed showing off pokemon.

[Jay]

Nero more or less skimmed over Seth's wording until he asked about pokemon. "I believe you have one of Meteor's children, actually," she answered back remembering the eggs she had sold in order to get enough money coming in. Taking out a pokeball, she released the Shiny Metagross who seemed to stand suddenly defensively eying Seth over a bit before relaxing as Nero didn't give any sort of order to attack.

[Ethereal]

"Oh yeah?" He looked at the shiny metagross and was quite impressed. Then he thought of the shiny beldum he had hatched the day before. Seth then reached to a pokeball in his backpack. From inside the red and white sphere came a female beldum who zoomed toward her parent curiously. "I'm still trying to nickname her. Any ideas?"

[Jay]

Meteor's eyes seemed to soften a bit as he caught sight of a child of his own. Alright then... he'd be civil at least for now. Seeing the young pokemon, the Metagross all but smiled at her. Nero stared at the Beldum for a few seconds before a light smile came and went from her face. "None that I can think of," the dark haired woman answered back as she watched the Metagross and the Beldum.

[Ethereal]

He shrugged,
"Eh, oh well." He put a hand behind his neck, "I guess I'll come up with a name eventually." The beldum had playfully bumped into her father then backed off a little in case he got angry. "How about Torpedo?" Seth laughed, "She sure likes to act like one." He thought for a moment, "One second thought, I do like the name Zena." The shiny pokemon turned back to her trainer and looked at him for a moment; she liked the name too.

Seth was quickly getting restless,
"So hey, since we're in the same gang we should probably hang out or something." He paused, "Let me buy you a drink." Then he thought about the head ache he already had, "Or a better idea would be to go somewhere and fight shit." The man grinned, "Yeah let's go somewhere and train and maybe catch some pokemon. Sound good, man?"