Not Quite Right (Mod/Open)

[Jay]

Rosalba Rossi had been walking for quite a long time. Ever since she had gotten out of the Haunted Grove, the poor girl had only seemed to become more lost than before. She'd wandered for a full day and a half and was starving by most means. Thankfully, Sheryl and Dash had managed to point out food and things that were good to eat, yet that was still far from what her normal diet consisted of.

However, despite the hunger, Rosa had managed to gain at least a bit more confidence than before when it came to traveling through the brush. She had finally resolved to simply keep walking until she found a landmark or found people or something that would let her know where she was even if.........

As the thoughts had spun in the young girl's mind, she had been looking downwards rather than up, and by the time she had looked upwards, the young girl found herself staring at a large tower not far away. Wha-......What was that..... She stared for a good few seconds and seemed to finally shake her head and brought a hand to said head. Ack... her hair was a mess ><; That... that wasn't a fun reminder at all... After that moment was over, the young girl looked back up towards the tower. What... what was it... well... The young girl slowly resolved to simply go towards it and see for herself.

After an hour of walking (well now it wasn't as close as she had perceived previously, but...eh...), Rosa managed to get to the base of the tower. Staring up at the high tower, the young girl found a quiet smile coming to her face. That.. that was so cool! At least from the exterior, it still looked in tact. Grinning a bit, the young girl stepped past the broken door and stepped into the building.

[Snow Soul]

The Aerial tower was known for having to fly to the type now a days. The stairs inside had all been worn away with time. A shiny eevee watched the girl enter the Tower and shied away from the entrance. Rikka was being slow as usual. The Shiny Umbreon was walking around as they waited for Rikka. The girl had gone off after the Growlithe she had finally decided to take with her. The wingulls were attached to her shoulders as if something was going to go wrong. Finally the red hair could be seen.

Breathing a sigh of relief the green eyed girl made her way up to her pokemon, who had moved away from the tower as the girl walked in. The wingulls as last seen were still attached to her shoulders as if she would leave them some place. They were still getting used to Rikka. "Moon! Night! I found him finally! Thanks for waiting." The Growlithe was following along happily until he tripped and went rolling. Stopping he shook his head and spotted the Tower. He was the Great adventurer.

Racing forward again he slipped into the tower and went looking everywhere. He barely noticed the girl in his exploring! Wagging his tail he peaked his head out to see if his trainer was following. Rikka sighed then ended up laughing. Adjusting her pack she headed up the hill. It was a wonder how long her endurance would last. Looking into the entrance she spotted the girl. "Oh Hello!" Rikka smiled as the Growlithe finally spotted the girl. Happily he sat down and watched her. The Wingulls fluttered their wings before the Hana climbed onto Rikka's head to get closer to her brother.

[Jay]

Rosa had been looking around for a good minute and a half before the greeting hit her ears. The young girl turned around a tad startled for a good moment until her light teal eyes rested on Rikka. A.. person? She hadn't see one since... she'd accidentally adventured out away from home, and for a good few seconds, Rosa wasn't sure how to react.

However, in less than a second after this, she broke into a grin and waved a hand. "Hi!" she stated back lightly moving straight up towards Rikka and then staring at all the pokemon around and on her. They... looked a tad foreign at least to Rosa who had mostly been around ghosts and grass, it seemed, yet this didn't seem to bother the girl for one reason or another.

"I'm Rosa!" the young girl continued rather innocently as she looked at the other girl lightly. "Who are you?"

[Snow Soul]

Rikka smiled as the girl continue searching around before she seemed to realize someone was talking to her. Oh gosh. That was like what Rikka did when she was drawing. But why was a young girl out all alone? Finally the girl turned and looked her over. Maybe the girl was looking for someone? But her hair was all tangled. It made Rikka want to bush it.

Finally the girl seemed to realize she was an actual person. Waving back she smiled and watched her move forward. Night slipped behind Rikka before he could be seen while Moon walked in and stood beside Rikka. Her blue markings showing that she was a shiny and proud of it. Suddenly a Cyndaquil burst in reeling with Curiousity. She had been out side trying to looking in the bushes. But when Rikka had disappeared she had run in here. Gasping she spotted the new person. Running up to her she instantly tried to Greet her. "Cynda~!"

Rikka couldn't help but laugh. Flare was always full of energy. "I'm Rikka. Thats Flare, The umbreon is Moon, Night is my eevee, hes hiding. Hana is the Wingull on my head and Shiro is the Wingull on my shoulder. And the Growlithe is Caerus." The growlithe just seemed to grin from where he was sitting.

[Jay]

Upon seeing the Cyndaquil, Rosa felt something jump in her for half a second, but this died after a few seconds, and she simply smiled and bent down grinning at the Cyndaquil before petting it lightly before looking back up towards Rikka who was now explaining the names of each of the pokemon. Rosa's eyes followed every single pokemon as they were named, and as her eyes found the blue bands on the Umbreon, she blinked. That.. didn't look normal....though then again, she had never seen an Umbreon....hm ._. Oh well~

After a few seconds, the young girl stood up fully again and nodded. "Nice to meet you!" she said lightly before looking at the tower area for a few seconds. "Did you come here to see the tower?" she asked rather lightly looking back at Rikka and smiling a bit. "It's really big, isn't it......" Standing on her tip toes, Rosa made to try and be a bit taller either to try and see if it changed her perspective of the tower or to see if she could actually do it (probably a little of both, heh). In less than a second, she was back down on her flat feet again and looking at Rikka with an easy smile. She seemed to like this girl already~!

[Snow Soul]

Rikka watched the girl and her odd reaction to Flare. Soon it was gone though. What had that been? Oh well. Sliding her pack off she leaned it against the wall. And moved her feet before she sat down. She didn't want to sit on Night. Night blinked then moved to sit beside Moon his silver fur standing out a bit. Cyndaquil squealed at being acknowledged. Rikka had kept her at home for too long. Cyndaquil left the girl to go explore the little place. Hana fluttered her wings and looked around. No water except the snow. She was not going to get off Rikka for a while. Shiro looked around and hopped to the floor to look around with his new companions. He had never had so many companions before. Usually it was just his sister.

Rikka smiled and watched her Growlithe go and pretend to be an adventerer. "Yeah. I was coming here to draw a still life portrait.." Looking up she noticed how far up it was. Why had anyone let the stairs fall away? She's just bet the veiw was amazing from the top. Maybe she needed to add a large bird pokemon to her team. "Its huge." Moon walked over to the girl and greeted her. Moon was actually a little glad Haunter wasn't here. He would probably being trying to lick the girl in greeting. She sweat dropped just thinking about his usual greetings.

[Jay]

Rosa blinked. What... what was a still life portrait? Well, she'd said drawing.. and Rosa had a bunch of paper and pencils back home and-............ home....Breathing in and reminding herself that she'd get back home soon enough, Rosa smiled again and suddenly remembered her question once more. "What is that?" she asked after a few seconds turning her head to one side and causing her blond curls to slide at an angle.

Before anything else happened, a stream of light appeared and a Gastly jumped out from the pack that Rosa was carrying. "Sheryl?" Rosa asked a but surprised to see the Gastly leave her own pokeball. Sheryl, however, was looking rather critically at Rikka as though debating whether or not this girl would harm her Rosa... she knew the young girl's name as they had walked.....If this girl so much posed a threat to this young one, she was not going to hold back.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka watched her expressions then she smiled. "A still life is a picture of sorts that usually doesn't involve any living creature. Hmm. Oh here." Pulling a sketch book out of the pack she opened it up to a picture she had done of Serenity Gardens. Flipping it around she showed it to Rosa. "There. It would be something like this. Cept I usually get sidetracked and put pokemon in it." A sheepish smiled slipped onto her lips as the stream of light appeared from the girl's pack. Which just freaked Shiro out. Being the overly dramatic pokemon of her bunch. Squawking the wingull dove toward Rikka trying to tell her about the odd attacking like.

Rikka murmured soothingly as she ran her fingers along his feathers calmly. Soon he snuggled into her lap and stayed there. Looking up Rikka spotted the Gastly eying her. Hearing the girl say the pokemon's name she smiled. Though Moon had already decided the pokemon was a threat and had stood up in a threatening posture. "Moon its okay. She is just worried for her girl." Moon growled and settled down a bit but eyed the Gastly. <Don't even think about attacking Rikka. You will pay.> Sitting next to Rikka she kept her eyes on the Gastly. Soon Night moved to the other side of Rikka and also watched the Gastly. Rikka acted like this happened all the time.

[Jay]

Sheryl eyed the Umbreon as though she were threatening said dark pokemon to try anything. "Sheryl," Rosa stated again causing the Gastly to blink and sigh. "It's ok, Sheryl," Rosa said repeating the Gastly's name as though it might calm her down.

Sheryl sighed and shook her form still feeling uneasy but calmer before looking towards the Umbreon. <If you hurt Rosa, I'll beat you flatter than a shadow> was all that she stated before floating around the young girl and finally settling on her shoulder. Rosa breathed out a tad tiredly before petting the Gastly a little.

"Sorry... Sheryl's like a mommy....kinda...." Rosa stated rather perceptively for a moment as she made the comparison. Sheryl just rolled her eyes a little and said nothing. The young girl half smiled and then shook her head a little before resolving to continue the conversation. "So a still life is something without movement... but pokemon move," she giggled a little thinking of how fast Dash moved. Thinking for a moment, she pulled out a pokeball and released the rather playful Treecko who quickly jumped forwards and made a rather interesting 'peace' sign. "This is Dash!" Rosa grinned. "He's my first pokemon."

[Snow Soul]

Moon glared at the Gastly not even phased. She was rather annoying. Like Rikka could even hurt a fly. Rikka was more likely end up hurting her self before she could hurt someone else. Huffing out a breath the dark pokemon sat still eying the Ghost. <You don't scare me.> Her body visibly relaxed as Rikka reached out to stroke her ears. Listening to Rosa Rikka smiled in understanding. "Thats ok. I've had Moon since she hatched from her egg. Though I have to say it was a big surprise when it turned out she was a shiny."

Upon meeting the new pokemon Rikka smiled and waved. "Nice to meet you Dash!" Moon nodded to the Treecko and laid down. The Gastly seemed to have calmed down. Rikka looked around just before her stomach growled. Now that she thought about it she couldn't remember eating this morning. Rooting through her bag she pulled out all sorts of fruits. "Would you like a peach or an apple or maybe an orange? I have lots of fruit and I'm a bit hungry at the moment." She offered the girl one of each of the fruits as she started on a peach herself. Rikka loved to share and probably would end up giving the girl lots of fruit.

[Jay]

Rosa blinked a moment. Shin? Oh.... like....like odd coloring....ya....like the Mismagius she'd caught... that made sense... Yet in another moment before she could adequately respond to the Shiny talk, food was stated. Food? o3o. In another moment, the young blond haired girl burst into a grin.

"Sure food sounds great!" she smiled back sweetly. She extended a hand rather tentatively for a moment before fully extending it lightly. .3. .............And now she missed Felis's cooking, sigh.....And Miguel's......oh well ^_^ Food was food right? And fruit! That was always good!

Dash was already looking around the area and finally caught sight of the far wall of the tower. Smirking to himself, the Treecko made a flying leap towards the wall and attched his suction cups to it before starting to scale up it rather quickly. Hmmmmm what was up here? Something good? Maybe? Hopefully? YA! There had to be!

The Gastly eyed the Treecko for a moment rather disapprovingly though she lacked the full will at the moment to yell at him for being foolish. Instead, she simply shook her gaseous form and sighed a bit before looking back towards Rosa. -_-;;; Ugh... why did they have to run into people that she from the start distrusted... then again.... she distrusted just about anyone -.-;;;; oh well.....

[Snow Soul]

Rikka watched her face full out grin at the thought of food. Rosa was very sweet and cute. Who had let her stray so far from home? Some one should at least be with her. As Rosa extended a hand Rikka handed over an apple, a peach and two oranges to the girl. She looked like she needed a good meal. Oh she should look so see if she had anything else. "Hey Sheryl. Want some fruit?" Rikka's pokemon had just eaten maybe an hour ago, but she wasn't sure about Rosa's pokemon. She was always ready to feed lots of Pokemon.

Moon looked up and watched the Treecko climb up. Interesting. Looking along the wall she wondered if she could make her way up. There was supposed to be bird pokemon of all sorts at the top. Rikka could use a big bird pokemon. Those Wingulls were kind of annoying. One got overly Dramatic. The other was afraid of water! Hana was a water type pokemon of all things. And she was afraid of water. Sighing she got up and swiped a bite of Rikka's peach. Peaches were good.

Night watched then looked at Rikka's lap. Shiro was still there. That was his spot. The pokemon was so weird. Jumping up he sat on Rikka's shoulder and looked about. Hana looked at Night and fluffed her feathers up before hopping down to Rikka's other shoulder. Caerus had decided to go back to exploring cept he was back outside. He was a great adventurerer and nothing scared him. Looking up the Tower he wondered if he could get up there. It would be interesting and his new trainer would be so proud.

[Jay]

Rosa grinned and took the fruit before biting straight into the apple. @_@ ...........It wasn't nearly as sweet tasting as it was back home... then again... .x. back home Rosie took care of the gardens and made them grow better....mmmm.....After a few seconds, she continued to bite into it out of hunger and slowly grow a better tasting towards it.

"It's good... in its own way," she started aloud looking towards Rikka then with a lighter smile on her face. "Back home, we grew our own fruits and poke-berries too," she grinned thinking about the large lush gardens that surrounded the castle. They were amazing and all but appeared overgrown except for the fact that they were ordered rather well by Rosie, Felis's Roserade.

The Gastly turned her form sideways as she looked at Rikka. The gesture seemed honest enough....After a few seconds, she nodded her head and finally moved forwards to accept the peaceful gift. Hm... this... wasn't too bad then.... >> << >>........maybe...

Dash continued to climb up the wall and seemed to smirk to himself as he scaled it. He wanted to see what was up there, and by golly he was going to!

[Snow Soul]

Rikka watched her expression and laughed softly. Of course the Apples were probably a bit sour. Rikka tended to eat them last so she tried to get them while they were still red and green. It gave a bit of time to ripen. "Sorry. I don't eat apples as fast as I do peaches so they probably aren't all that sweet." Smiling at Moon she finished off her peach and pulled out another out of her bag.

Seeing Sheryl nod her head she held up the peach she had just pulled out. Handing it over she took out an orange for herself. Peeling it she listened to Rosa. Nodding, the question popped into her head again so she asked it. "So why are you all the way out here?" Popping a slice of orange in her mouth she broke one slice in half and fed them to her Wingulls.

[Jay]

The young girl giggled a bit at the comments on food and nodded a bit. She watched as Sheryl carefully took the peach using a Psychic to make it levitate in the air a bit as she consumed it with slow accurate bites. Rosa grinned seeing that Sheryl seemed pretty satisfied before looking back as Rikka asked the question. For a brief moment, she wondered what to actually say, yet after this moment, she smiled a bit and chewed and swallowed before answering.

"I was actually looking for home...." She answered back extremely honestly. "I went off because.. well my big brother's scared for some reason, and he doesn't like me leaving the house... but I wanted to get away and see what was outside... but then I got lost in a spooky tree forest thing... but I met a lot of friends, and they helped me get out of there....but then I ended up somewhere else and kept looking around, but I couldn't find my home... so I just kept walking and ended up here...." she nodded as she said it and then sighed a little.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka smiled and listened to Rosa giggle. Grabbing her sketch book she finished eating her Orange and flipped to a new page. Quickly she started on a rough sketch of the young girl. Though the picture wouldn't probably do her justice. She was just too cute. Once the girl was done she started on a rouch sketch of her Gastly that would hover over her shoulder like a mother would. When she started speaking she looked up and listened.

Why would he not want her to leave the house? Well going this far she could understand. "Where do you live? Maybe I can help you get home. This world isn't as nice as it was anymore." Good thing the girl had pokemon. What if she had run into one of the gangs? She shivered just thinking about it. Moon flicked her ears forward wondering where they would be going.

Rikka rooted through her bag and pulled out a brush and hair tie. "How bout we brush and braid your hair? Matts can really hurt if you leave them in too long. And a braid will keep it from getting tangled again. Shiro squeaked and fluttered his wings before taking off for a perch up at the top of the Tower. He didn't want the girl to sit on him. Hana took off after her brother. They would come back down later.

[Jay]

The young girl seemed to think for a moment. "It's a really big house..." she answered back trying to find words to describe it and inevitably failing. She crossed her arms and tried to think of a better word but was cut off when the idea of brushing out her crazy knots came into play.

Rosa instantly brightened and nodded her head before moving to sit less than a foot in front of Rikka and crossed her legs as she sat. "And ya... it's... not very nice at all....." she sighed a bit at the thought of the world. "It made Mommy and Daddy go away... and a lot of my brothers and sisters...." she frowned considerably and breathed in. Though she knew that it was probably a bad thing to tell a stranger about these things, Rosa... felt comfortable around this girl....

Upon hearing this for the first time, Sheryl blinked and seemed to think about what that actually meant... Well... she also learned something else... She... hated to admit it... but she only knew so much about Rosa.....She... would learn more in time, indeed.....

Dash continued to scale the wall and refused to look down until he was at the top. He just kept looking up and grinning as he did so. This was easy! Just like the castle back home!

[Snow Soul]

Rikka listened and thought about it. A big house huh? There were a lot of big houses. When she move to sit in front of her Rikka smiled and gently started to work the knots out. Her hair was so pretty. Hearing about her Mom, dad and siblings she sighed in her head. Times like these were tough. "Alright so you live in a big house. Do you know what City you live in?" Slowly the knots were coming undone and leaving the hair free to fall around her shoulders. Another couple minutes and she was left with just one stubborn knot. Putting the brush down she carefully worked it out with her fingers.

Moon listened and wondered if the Treecko would know more. Looking up she noticed the Treecko had gotten far up. Interesting. <Dash. Where do you and Rosa live?> Moon hollered up at the pokemon. The pokemon would probably give her more details then she could point it out on the map to Rikka. Night having spotted Rikka's lap vacated quickly climbed in and curled up watching Rikka work with Rosa's hair.

Growlithe had yet to find a way up and was now attempting to climb the wall with all he had. Falling back down he rolled backward and stared at the wall. How did one get to the top. He wanted to Show Rikka what a great explorer her was.

[Jay]

Rosa blinked. City? No they lived uh...... "I don't live in the city...." Rosa said rather quietly unsure if she was making a mistake in wording or not. They didn't live in the city ._. or she would have seen more people right? She'd been to Evergreen with Felis once.... that was a city... so...uh... what would you call..... Suddenly the word hit her mouth. "Castle," she stated blinking a few times. "I live in a castle..."

Dash turned his head downwards, and suddenly a rush of vertigo went over him, and the Treecko shivered greatly before suddenly gripping tighter to the wall. Don't look down. Don't look down... Don't look down..... he continued shivering and made a quiet unnerved noise. <Uh...uh....h-h-help?> he asked aloud. Sheryl's eyes moved up at the sound, and she found herself staring at Dash... What... what was wrong with the Treecko?

[Snow Soul]

Rikka listened and thought about it. A castle? Was she a noble? Finishing with the knot she took the brush through her hair a few more times then tilted her head a little and started on her braid. If she was a noble then there was lots of reason for her not to travel outside of the Castle. "Are you a Noble or....Princess perhaps?" If she was then they had to get her back as soon as possible. Just because she was nuetral didn't mean she wanted to watch an innocent little girl get hurt by the rebels. "Do you know what the Castle is called?"

Moon watched as the Treecko looked down and seemed to be frozen in place. Uh oh. Getting up she used her speed to her advantage and quickly moved up the walls bouncing from one side to the other. As she neared the Treecko she called out, <Get ready to hang on to me.> It was her fault he had looked down so she had to get him down.