Strange Hobbies (Open/Mod)

[SongofWindchimes]

Trish Maddie Gabriel Eight

A spooky old burnt forest with a graveyard in it.

Era officially had the most awesome places.

Trisha Walker was an odd woman, as everyone always told her. Hair dyed a bright pink, tongue pierced, and covered head-to-toe in a bizarre mishmash of mostly-black clothing to give her a chaotic goth-punk look, she reveled in being the creepy chick with the freaky pokemon. And she loved abandoned buildings, scary forests, and graveyards, especially when they were crawling with ghost pokemon.

Maddie twirled in the air and shrieked with joy, the shriek dissolving into insane cackles. The Mismagius was clearly in love with her surroundings; the only thing she enjoyed more than telling the world how to wear its hair was spooky places like this that her kind were supposed to call home. Gabriel, the abundistic Ninetales, was little short of a ghost himself, a silent spectre at his trainer's side, Spell Tag around his neck swinging with each step, always keeping in reach of Trish's gently-stroking hand.

Hopefully, some of the ghosts hanging around this place would come out to play. Even more hopefully, they'd find that graveyard that was supposed to be in here somewhere. Trish was practically giddy with excitement, but she kept her composure. "Keep a lookout, guys."

[Jay]

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[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Damn it BJ why do we keep coming back here?? Cas complained loudly in the back of the purple haired man's mind. Cas shut up, I'm tired of hearing you... Ripper growled soon enough. A quiet 'eeeep' sound escaped from Cas, and the voice in the back of Black Jack Spade's mind fell silent not wishing to invoke the wrath of the serial killer voice if he could help it. Third muttered a few things to himself along the lines of 'waste of time' and such and such but didn't actually complain about being in the Haunted Grove again. Black Jack spade had effectively ignored them all anyways and was humming to himself lightly as he walked through the spooky area. To him, truly, it was a rather fun place, and why not stop and kick back in it when he'd just finished, quite literally, a boat tun of work? He could go bug Alias, but there was only so much Jack could do before someone got mad and tried to punt him, and besides, he knew from experience that there were at least a few pokemon in the grove that liked to party and why not find some? Following a bit behind BJ, Rodo, the rather mischievous Rotom, twisted himself here and there through the trees fazing through them and coming out the other side. The small electrical ghost wasn't too pleased with the idea that he couldn't take anything over in the nearly all natural area, but he did have to admit it was a pretty interesting place and worthy of one's exploration when it came down to it. "Rodo don't fall too far behind~" BJ chimed a bit as he continued to walk. The Rotom practically ignored what had been said and instead continued at his normal pace. BJ just shrugged his shoulders and continued to hum as he walked through the grove. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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[SongofWindchimes]

The further she went, the more enveloped she became in the burnt trees, the more at ease Trish felt, but also the more 'twitchy,' for lack of a better word, she became. She'd started 'drumming' lightly in the air with her pointer fingers, singing softly to herself. Trish was hardly a siren, though she was a much better singer than the insane Mismagius nearby, who, luckily for anyone who may be within earshot, was contenting herself with waltzing in mid-air with an imaginary partner rather than trying to join in.

"Call me Hellfire, like a Houndoom's flames. My burns never fade, and you're to blame. You ruined me, left me to burn. Now I'm Hellfire, and it's your turn..." Okay, an angry, vengeful, in-your-face breakup song hardly said 'let's party,' but you couldn't help what you got stuck in her your head.

Maddie burst into a fit on crazy giggles. "I love that song," she cackled, twirling once before giggling again. Trish's black-painted lips quirked into a smile.

Gabriel, however, froze and twitched his ear. "I...don't think we're alone," he said after a moment, turning the direction he thought he'd heard a voice, haunting red eyes glowing faintly.

He immediately regretted saying anything, as Maddie suddenly shrieked in delight took off in the direction he'd been looking. Trish looked after her with alarm. "Maddie!" The shout fell on deaf ears.

Maddie cackled as she darted through the trees--quite literally, as she phased through them a number of times--searching for whatever it was that Gabriel thought he heard. "Come out, come out, my lovelies!"

[Jay]

[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3]
[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Somewhere off in the general vicinity, Jack had heard the singing, and sometime in between realizing that it was not coming form his own humming and questioning whee it was coming from, Jack's hum had turned and mimicked that of the song in question. However, in another moments, Jack heard something rushing through the grove, and as he turned his head in the general direction of it, he haerd the call to come out. Eh? Who was hiding? Ah hell.... that sounded female.... Ripper hissed not too happy with the prospects of having someone there. SWEET! Cas squealed sharply causing Ripper to groan in turn. Third was more ro less humming to himself. It sounds interesting enough.... the Third voice finally commented. BJ, himself, had to agree with Third. Grinning a moment, he cupped his hands over his mouth and called out. "But who's hiding?" he called. Rodo froze for a moment and looked towards his trainer rather confused for a moment. He had got distracted by a rather interesting looking tree and had somehow tuned out whatever BJ had heard previously. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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[SongofWindchimes]

The call just spurred Maddie on, and she let out a stream of crazy giggles, speeding in the direction of the voice. Trish had already taken off running after her, Gabriel at her heels.

"Maddie! Stop! Slow down! Heel! Something!" she shouted as she raced, darting through the trees and trying not to either run into branches or trip over roots. Even after all these years, she'd never been able to get a proper reign on her Mismagius when something caught her attention.

"Iiiiii found someone!" Maddie sing-songed, not slowing in the slightest.

"You're going to scare them!" Not that terrifying some poor sap didn't appeal to part of Trish, but this wasn't exactly how she'd want to go about it.

It was about that moment that Maddie flew around a tree and found herself looking at...gasp...potential admirers! Namely, a Rotom and a human. She clapped the tendrils of her 'cape' together like hands and squealed in delight. "Trish! Get over here! I found a cute one!"

It was about that moment that Trish emerged, pulling a twig from her pink hair and very grateful she'd only accumulated that one twig in her mad dash. "This...is why...I don't...take you anywhere..." Which was a complete lie because, despite being trouble, she took the ghost nearly everywhere, but that was beside the point.

"You love me and you know it," Maddie sing-songed cheerily, before bursting into giggles.

Trish caught sight of the man nearby and straightened out her posture, ice-coloured eyes locking on the other human as Gabriel emerged and stood at her side, tails wrapping around her waist in a protective impulse. She laid a hand on the abundistic Ninetales' head, stroking him without looking at him. "Hello," she said simply, voice calm and expression fairly neutral.

[Jay]

[atrb=style,height:168;width:494;border:0 black none;][atrb=style,border:5 #EBA947 groove,bTable][atrb=background,http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc64/Heart-of-Thorns/VC/jacktable2.png,bTable][cs=3]
[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Upon finally seeing the Mismagius emerge, Jack found himself grinning a little towards the ghost pokemon. Ah, it reminded him of his own, Pearl. However, when the Mismagius called back towards someone, Jack found himself looking off and finally found a woman emerging and talking to the ghost type. Ah, so it had a trainer already... actually... she already had a trainer. From the voice, Jack was almost absolutely positive that it wasn't male. At the greeting. Jack grinned a little. "Well hi there," he grinned a bit turning his head to one side as he spoke. "Having fun in the grove too?" Or she could be lost! D: Oh dear poor thing!.... And she's a pretty hot poor thing... Cas chimed in rather quickly in the back of BJ's mind. Ripper face/palmed, and the smacking sound seemed to vibrate in BJ's mind as well. Third just sighed and said nothing at that moment in time. Somewhere in BJ's mind, another voice was muttering something about being alone, yet because it was not one of the main three, Jack barely even registered it. Rodo had quickly turned his form and noticed the Mismagius. Smirking to himself, he flew over towards the other ghost type and seemed to hover just above Jack. "Rotom," he stated unable to speak human but stating something along the lines of 'hello' to the Mismagius. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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[SongofWindchimes]

When Trish received a greeting, rather than being treated like some sort of ghost-monster, she relaxed just a bit, and the corner of her dark lips twitched. Gabriel's stance relaxed as well, but he still watched the man warily. Something just seemed a bit...off.

"Mmmhmm," Trish hummed in response to the question, a full-fledged smirk coming to her face. "I heard there was a graveyard in here somewhere. Been wanting to check it out." Presumably, if he found a spooky forest 'fun,' he wasn't going to be creeped out by her attraction to graveyards. She ran a black-gloved hand through her hair, checking for any more foliage and not finding any.

Maddie just giggled and twirled in the air, clearly overcome with glee at the whole situation. She grinned probably a little too widely for her face at the Rotom's greeting. "Well hey there, sweetie," she chimed cheerily.

[Jay]

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[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy] Cas fidgeted in the back of BJ's mind, yet Jack himself simply grinned a bit. "Ah ya... it's pretty cool... I wandered over to it on accident once and then ended up at this house in the middle of this place a while ago," BJ smiled rather easily at his own words. It was then that his eyes took in the woman for all she was, and noticing the details, Jack found himself still rather at ease with her. "Is this your first time in here?" he continued to grin easily. The Rotom simply blinked a moment before grinning back at Maddie. <Hallo~ Sup?> he asked with a generla ease about him. He always did like being around other ghosts, and they were of the few times that he actually felt compelled to talk to on occasion. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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Trish perked up, just barely, when he mentioned having seen the graveyard before. Well, that was fantastic luck on her part if he remembered where it was and was willing to show her. Not to mention that he'd found a haunted house in here, too. Okay, he hadn't said 'haunted,' but the house was in the middle of a spooky forest with a graveyard so she felt it was a safe assumption.

Her smirk became a smile at the question. "Skirted the edges here and there. Never gone in very deep," she replied with a small shrug. Her hand found her keystone necklace, gloved fingers idly intertwining themselves in the black chain. "But I've got all the time I need today, so I figured I'd go for it." Realizing what she was doing with her fingers and pulling them from the chain, she added, "Name's Trish." Giving her name seemed safe enough, since most fans of her band didn't know it, anyway.

Maddie grinned again at the Rotom. "Oh, not much. Just getting this silly girl out of the books and somewhere properly creepy. She's positively lost without me." Maddie wasn't even bothering to change to her native tongue, or perhaps didn't even realize she hadn't, but Trish more or less turned a deaf ear to her.

[Jay]

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[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy] Jack seemed to grin a bit at the eply. Ah, so she'd been around a bit at least. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand she has time! Cas chimed rather happily at that thought. Ripper face/palmed and then smacked Cas as hard as he could. BJ himself mentally cringed at the sound of it echoing in his head. As the woman gave her name, Jack nodded a bit. "Nice to meet'cha, I'm Jack," he answered back rather easily. "And.... I'm pretty sure I could figure out the way towards the graveyard if ya wanted to come with me." He chuckled a bit to himself after that. <Ahhh heh, well it's good you're keep an eye on her there> the Rotom smirked a little before looking sideways at Jack and then back up at Maddie again. <That one pretty much comes here when he's bored, but I've never actually been out to see this place... kinda boring though since I can't take over anything.> The Rotom frowned at his own statement a moment before smiling again. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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Trish smiled, strolling over. "I don't mind the company if you don't mind playing tour guide." She was actually a little embarassed with herself; she had been in Era how many years and hadn't properly checked out a place called 'The Haunted Grove?' Gabriel shifted so that he was standing in between the two humans when Trish came up beside Jack, the Ninetales still looking at Jack with his haunting stare. Trish did nothing to discourage him; she knew he wasn't the possessive type, just cautious.

Maddie giggled. "Well, there are a lot of fun things to do besides possession in a place like this" she said with a broad grin, "And I'm always the unlife of a party." She twirled in the air and giggled. "Trish an' me, we've never met a graveyard we didn't like, and couldn't make into party central. Just you wait."

Trish silently admitted that that was a fairly large exaggeration, but, then again, Maddie was insane, so attempting to tell her such, even in her more lucid moments like this, was a lost cause, so she didn't bother saying anything. Just as long as she didn't...

"Hey, Trish!" Maddie chirped, suddenly looking over at the human, "Why don't you sing again?" The crazy Mismagius didn't even notice the faint blush starting to form on her trainer's cheeks at the suggestion.

[Jay]

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[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Jack grinned a bit rather easily. "Heh, I wouldn't mind playing tour guide," he answered back rather easily. His eye slid down to the Ninetales that was staring at him, yet he simply half smiled back. You wanna fight ya furry little-.... Ripper had started before a sudden shout vibrated in Jack's mind. D: RIPPER BE NICE! Cas had cried causing the other voice to face/palm. Third was, for some reason, chuckling to himself but didn't say anything. "Ah, and heh... your Mismagius reminds me of my own.. though Pearl is a bit of a different nature all together," he grinned a bit. Rodo chuckled to himself at Maddie. Well she certainly was a fun one wasn't she? <Well maybe we can find some more friends then> the Rotom finally answered back to Maddie's first comment only to hear her last. Ooooh was that the human that had been making those melodic tunes of sorts? Interesting. Jack too was surprised to hear Maddie's comment as he then realized that ----well dugh he'd been hearing and it wasn't like ....whatever....--- Chuckling to himself, he looked back at Trish not even noticing the blush either. "I only heard ya from a distance, but ya sounded pretty good," he half grinned. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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When Gabriel received the friendly expression, his ears pricked and he cocked his head to one side curiously. He wasn't hostile, just...wary and overall confused. And he wasn't even sure why. Trish just lightly scratched the Ninetales behind an ear, and smirked when Jack mentioned her Mismagius being different than his. Maddie was one of a kind, all right.

However, that one of a kind ghost wasn't about to let up on the singing idea. At Jack's compliment, Trish's cheeks just reddened further. She chuckled a little awkwardly, rubbing at the back of her head. "Well, I do have an ear for music...I'm just not normally a singer."

Maddie flew over and circled above Trish's head in a way that made it tempting, on a subconscious level, to swat at her, cackling the whole time. "But you sound good! Not as good as me--" Maddie either didn't notice or ignored the very obvious cringe Trish gave at the idea of the ghost singing. "But still very nice. Why don't you sing 'Hellfire' again?"

Trish rolled her eyes a little. Better 'Hellfire' than something really weird and embarrassing, she supposed, even if the song was dark. If Jack turned out not to like her voice, she could always shut up, after all. "Okay..okay..." She cleared her throat a little, while gesturing for Jack to lead the way.

"Call me Hellfire, like a Houndoom's flames. My burns never fade, and you're to blame. You ruined me, left me to burn. Now I'm Hellfire, and it's your turn. You hurt me, so I'll hurt you. Watch out, boys, hound from Hell coming through..." Trish really didn't have the kind of 'aggressive' voice for the song, just a bit too calm, but, hey, she wasn't exactly performing on stage. Maddie was dancing and twirling just above her, giggling crazily. She gestured with a tendril to invite Rodo to join her.

[Jay]

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[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy]Ahhhh~ MUSIC! Now there is an art! a sudden voice from the back of Jack's mind jumped now to the front of it in a sing-song fashion. Composer Jack, maybe? Hm.... BJ himself internally sighed at the new presence in his head while Cas was suddenly elated. OH hello there~ he called back to the other voice who then greeted Cas. Third was humming to himself, and Ripper was trying and somehow succeeding in keeping his cool. At the Maddie's words, Jack simply chuckled to himself and nodded his head a bit before Trish started singing again. Ah, he voice was rather lovely though even if something he couldn't place didn't sound perfect, heh. Rodo burst into a grin as Maddie gestured and then took said tendrill with his electrical 'arm' before spinning with her in the air rather easily as the song went on. <Not bad music at all~> the Rotom commented suddenly reminded of a time he took over a boombox and had quite a party with it. Jack, meanwhile, found himself humming even as Trish sang, and as she finished, he grinned a bit. "Hey you're not bad at all," he chuckled a bit. "Are ya at least in the music biz?" he asked rather easily. She'd said she wasn't a singer but had also noted her ear for it, so heck why not ask? [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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Walking through a scary forest in search of a graveyard, singing about revenge for heartbreak while ghosts danced above her. It all felt completely natural. Trish wasn't a shy person, exactly, and the initial embarassment from Maddie's blurting out long faded by the time she finished singing.

Smiling a little at the question, she nodded. "I'm a percussionist," she answered, before clarifying, "A drummer." 'Percussionist' was a little more dignified-sounding, but she'd gotten enough blank looks upon announcing that to know she was better off with 'drummer.' She supposed she could mention the band...but why? She wasn't out to impress Jack, much as she was sure Maddie would prefer otherwise.

Gabriel had stopped staring at Jack for the time being, looking around at the trees. "It's quiet," he commented softly, his deeper-than-normal voice coming out like a rumble. "I'd suppose the ghosts are at the graveyard?"

That seemed to grab Maddie's attention, and she looked from the Ninetales to where he was looking, before she suddenly got a wicked grin on her face and took off like a shot straight up, shrieking like a banshee. Both Trish and Gabriel winced, both fairly used to the Mismagius's screeching by now but still caught off-guard.

Oh, good God, what's she doing now? Trish thought as she watched her cackling ghost weave her way through the branches all around them. With a small chuckle, she smiled at Jack. "She's a little..." She twirled a finger at the side of her head in the symbol for 'crazy.' "...But I think that's part of why I like her."

[Jay]

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[atrb=width,20][atrb=style,border:0 black none;]	[atrb=style,BORDER:0 BLACK NONE;height:202!important;width:320!important;color:5f3f5f;][scrolly:h(202),w(320),sy] Jack blinked a moment when Trish answered back that she was a percussionist, and though he recognized the term, at least one part of him was glad to get some sort of conformation. Like *I* would be wrong! a sudden irritated voice shouted. SHADDAP YOU! Ripper barked clearly displesaed by the fact that there were more voices than the usual 'big thee' roaming around. Why I never! the voice shouted back. "Ah, fun," Jack grinned managing to ignore the voices in the back of his mind. Mmmm a drum set sounds like fun~ Cas said after a few seconds. He had been about to say something more. However, Gabriel had commented, and in another second, the Mismagius had suddenly taken off. Rodo blinked confused as he watched Maddie run off, and for a moment, he was mildly offended at her suddenly running off. However, somehow, the screeching seemed to shove this from his mind (in a good way) and he found himself grinning and sparking up electricity as he then trailed after her. Jack turned his head sideways and watched as the ghost seemed to speed off yelling all the way. Except for a little twitch of his right eyelid, Jack had taken the sound well enough. Where the hell is that thing going.... Ripper hissed both with a bit of irritation and an actual bit of intrigue. Third was silent for words but chuckled to himself rather quietly. "Ya think she found something or is just running for the hell of it?" he asked after a moment. [/scrolly]	[atrb=style,width:154;border:0 black none;]
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