Wonderful...[Cora // Open // Mod]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



"Sweet dreams are made of this."

Its not that Xavier planned for these things to happen, no, not in the slightest... he was a good man, he lived an honest life, he wouldn't hurt a fly (unless that fly was named Haii, but that's a different story), so why Arceus, why did you like to torture him so? Sure, throw a bit of fog into the forest, that's fine and dandy, but now when it leads you into the middle of NO-WHERE.

Xavier pinched the bridge of his nose, his eyes closed and exhaling a held breath slowly. He knew he was in the Eastern lands, he had been spending a considerable amount of time on the East coast as of late (for various reasons), and he could have sworn he was on his way to set up a nice little camp in the ever-so lovely Harmony Woods, but then fog swept in and well... the red-head was fairly certain he wasn't in Harmony Woods, unless the trees there became stark and dead overnight. There was one place that he could be in, but Xavier denied it with a ferocity... there was no way in hell he got himself lost in the Haunted Grove.

"Relax, Xavier..." He mumbled to himself, looking around carefully. "Just stay on the path, and..." He cut himself off as he looked down, realizing he had wandered off the path at some point during his musings. A hefty groan passed his lips as he face-palmed. "Wonderful..."

"Who am I to disagree?"

[Baroness Charmissey]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] A young white haired girl was sitting up in a dead tree looking and watching Xavier , Oh look liked the poor fellow was lost.. Otsuyu smiled with delight, its been a while since she had a good scare.. This older man seemed like the perfect target, the young girl then jumped down from the tree and walked over to a place that would let her voice carry though the hunted grove. " Hahahaha....." Otsuyu laughed in a creepy tone. She then took out a pokeball and called out Ghen, her Gastly. Otsuyu looked at her Pokemon then pointed where Xavier. " We have someone who appears to be lost.. Lets go welcome our guest..." Otsuyu said in a low toned voiced. The ghost pokemon smiled and nodded his head before disappering. For a moment nothing happned, everything was quite besides the sounds of the forest. Otsuyu wached Xavier, he already seemed a little scared as it was, Well to bad for him it was going to get much more worse. Then with out warning Ghen appered right infront of Xavier, very close to his face and licked him before fazeing through him. Ghen then turned around and laughed at the poor man before disappering. Otsuyu started to laugh, not even brothering to try to hold back her laughter. Ghen came back to Otsuyu also laughing. Oh this was going to be a fun day indeed. [/scrolly] [bg=776fa1]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



"Sweet dreams are made of this."

Things were awfully quiet in this neck of the woods... well, Xavier imagined all the Poke'mon were settled down due to the fog. That was a logical reason, eh? . , , Wait. Xavier turned on his heel when a sound reached his ears, brown eyes flicking back and forth uneasily. He... thought he had heard something. Was something out there? 'Pah, probably just a trick of the mind... or a Poke'mon in the distance. Something completely harmless... like a Luvdisc. Yeah. They wandered foggy forests, right?' He reassured himself mentally, straightening up and coughing. Right!

As Xavier turned around, he was greeted by the Gastly, and startled backwards instinctively. He hadn't had more time to react when the thing licked him and phased through him. Xavier letting loose a shriek that was a considerably higher octave than normal and falling onto his rump, hands scrambling to pull apart the collar of his shirt to peer down at his chest. Where was it?! Did it... possess him? "NOOOOO have mercy you little heathen!" Xavier wept, eyes glancing about.

He heard the laughter and turned his body towards it, his bottom lip quivering somewhat. Areus dammit, he was a man! He was a man! He was... so fucking afraid! Whimpering, he scuddled against the Grove floor until his back hit a tree, which elicited another shriek from him. It was just a tree... "Who's there...?'

"Who am I to disagree?"

[Baroness Charmissey]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Otsuyu stopped laughing when Xavier asked who was there, not wanting to show her self just yet she carefully moved from that spot to another. The young girl then called out Maggie, her Mismagius. " Maggie, distort the area.. With a chant,and then with Ghen scare the living daylights out of him." Otsuyu whispered. Maggie smiled and left to do what she was told, Ghen close behind her. Maggie then began to chunt out loud when she was a ways from Otsuyu, she was trying to make it look like the forest was spinning like when someone gets dizzy, after a few minutes Maggie stopped chanting and with Ghen moved forward till they could be seen. " Oh my, look what we have here... A lost human... What should I do with him?" Maggie wonderd aloud. Then her eyes started to glow as did her body as if she was going to attack. Then with Ghen she rushed in at the poor man. But faded away just before they got to him and the forest went back to normal. Meanwhile Otsuyu had both handa clamped over her mouth as she tried to hold back laughter. Oh man this was just to good! [/scrolly] [bg=776fa1]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



"Sweet dreams are made of this."

When no one replied to his call, Xavier sighed heavily again, clutching his chest in an attempt to calm his horribly rattled nerves. Except now he was rather paranoid... quite like finding a spider in your room and not being able to see it after you go to strike it. Is it dead or just... harboring revenge? Xavier shuddered and stood slowly, using the tree for support, before gaining the confidence to take a step forward.

...Then chanting started up.

Xav whipped his neck around to try and find the source of the chanter, but that proved to be a horrible idea as the air around him seemed to distort, causing a great deal of dizziness for the red-head and sending him tripping back to the Grove floor. He groaned, sitting up and looking around, only to be completely disoriented. What was up, who was down, where was - he froze at the voice. He gulped. "Ohh, you should do nothing to him."

[/size] He managed to squeak out, before he saw the two ghost Poke'mon rushing him. Great. He was going to die here. He covered his head with his arms and shivered, waiting for the end.

...But nothing happened. Slowly opening an eye, Xavier peeked out to see the Grove had returned to its normal foggy self. The man couldn't help himself and began weeping quietly, as best as he tried not to. Shaking rather violently he made to stand up, leaning heavily on the tree and turning, hustling his way away from that spot. He had to get out of here~ ;-;

"Who am I to disagree?"

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[SongofWindchimes]

Trish

Trish knew she really shouldn't be out here. The last time she'd been in a haunted, misty place, she was attacked by a giant dragon. Of course, she'd then captured said dragon, but that was beside the point. Despite the potential dangers, however, Trish just couldn't resist walking through the Haunted Grove tonight, its usual creepy atmosphere all the more beautiful. Besides, this place had some very good, still fairly recent memories...

Before the gothic woman could wander too far done the memory lane of romance, however, a shriek cut through the night, which, though she'd never admit it, caused her to start a little. She was used to screams, owning a Mismagius who made them almost constantly, but Maddie was inside her pokeball right now, as were most of her pokemon. The only two she had outside with her were her dynamic duo of Sebek the Krookodile and Naga the Arbok, and they were mostly there just in case something in here decided to be unfriendly.

Trish's eyes darted in the direction she though the scream had come from and, without thinking, she started heading toward it, the pair of reptiles in tow.

The second shriek, slightly louder, confirming they were headed in the right direction, made Naga hiss and move faster, passing her trainer; she wanted to see if this screaming thing was edible. Sebek dropped to four legs, claws tearing at the ground as he followed his trainer and dimwitted lackey further into the forest.

[Baroness Charmissey]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Maggie and Ghen returned to Otsuyu who's face was red from laughing so hard. It felt good to scare people!! When she saw her Pokemon had come back she returned them back to their pokeballs. She heard the older man run off, it was time someone "friendly" showed up to help the man. Otsuyu then started to run to try to get ahead of the man, but seeing as she was just a little girl she could not run as fast as him. So then she came out of the bushes with a worried expression on her face, " Hey mister!! Are you ok?" Otsuyu called out in a worried tone. Though in fact she was plaining in her head to scare the man even more. She would act like his friend but only to take him to his "doom" " If your lost I can help you!" Oysutu said in a Innocent child's voice like she really wanted to help the poor man. Ghen and Maggie watch from afar, they knew where Otsuyu would take him if she could gain his trust. That seemed highly likely, who would not trust a cute little girl who was offering to help? [/scrolly] [bg=776fa1]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



"Sweet dreams are made of this."

Xavier was stumbling as he fled, until yet another voice called out to him, causing him to stop dead in his tracks. 'Should I look? She sounds friendly... no, you shouldn't look. That's obviously one of the ghosts trying to call you back so they can devour your soul. Don't you remember that part from Voice in the Mist that mother read you?' Xavier mentally argued with himself, pausing to recollect the stanzas his conscious had in mind...

I had to get myself away,
I wanted to see the light of day,
When a voice called me back;
A ghost - soul hollow and black.

"You want to flee?" Says she,
"You can't get away from me!
Within myself there is a hole
With a special spot for your SOUL."

Xavier's teeth chattered as he slowly turned to face the voice, eyes huge and horrified. He saw Oysutu's form and took a step back. He couldn't see clearly through the mist, but there DEFINITELY was a form calling out to him, wanting him to come back, trying for his trust.. .. ..

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO~"

[/color][/size] He shrilled, turning heel and running for his life. He wanted to keep his soul, thank you!

"Who am I to disagree?"

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[SongofWindchimes]

Another scream, even louder. They were definitely on the right track, Trish thought as she and her pokemon continued on their path. She didn't realize how right a track, however, until Naga felt something rush past her and Trish was knocked to the ground with a small yelp.

Naga slithered over, tongue flicking, as Sebek got onto his hind legs and helped Trish up. However, once the serpent realized that they were dealing with a human man and not prey, she rapidly lost interest. Trish rubbed her head a little and blinked at what--or rather who--had just run into her. "Um...you okay? Were you the one...ow...screaming earlier?"

Okay, not the most tactful way to ask that, but she'd just hit her head, and she was sure some people wouldn't have bothered to preface it with concern with his well-being in these circumstances. The fact that she was flanked by a huge desert crocodile and an also huge purple cobra and that may be a little bit scary didn't cross her mind for a second.

[Baroness Charmissey]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Otsuyu had to do everything in her will power not to laugh, this guy was just to easy to scare!! But still loads of fun to play with. Oh yes if she could get his trust she will breing him yo the house and the grave's that are deep in the grove , Otsuyu ran after the man the best she could, being only ten years old she did have short legs after all. She started to fear she would not be able to catch up to the man. If she had to she would signle for Ghen and Maggie to scare him back this way. But to her luck he ran into someone else, stopping him for the time being. Otsuyu stopped though a little ways from the man and the new comer. Heh.. Just one more person to scare in her mind. Though she had a dark type with her... So her ghost pokemon will have to be more carefull now... Then a idea came to the little girls mind. She took out a pokeball and called out Akora, her Zorua. Otsuyu then picked up the cute little dark type in her arms and ran over to Xavier and Trish. And saw they where on the ground. Otsuyu's exprassion became full if worry as she came up to them. " I'm sorry, did I scare you mister?? I did not mean to.." Otsuyu said little tears forming in her eyes as if she was really sorry. Otsuyu then looked at Trish and saw that she had hit her head. " Oh my goodness! Are you alright Ma'am? Is your head ok?" Otsuyu asked her tone of voice full of worry. She was really useing the cute card here to try to gain these people's trust. [/scrolly] [bg=776fa1]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



"Sweet dreams are made of this."

His head spun after the collision, heart racing as fast as it could. Xavier blinked and looked up, the first thing coming into view being an Arbok. He squeaked and sat up, blinking somewhat. The snake somewhat calmed Xavier, the red-head being a snake enthusiast of sorts, and he finally regained some nerve (and manners) to direct his gaze up to Trish. "O-o-oh, I'm s-sorry." He stammered, gulping in an attempt to regain his breath. A blush rose to his cheeks at how foolish he must look at the moment... "Did I...?"

Yet before he could finish, Otsuyu approached and apologized. Xavier, being a man that loved children, immediately softened up a bit. "Oh, was that you?" He asked, rising shakily to his legs. Snap out of it! "I'm sorry, I... have been having a bad afternoon." He sighed, rubbing his temples. Easy does it... "I'm Xavier... and I'm a bit lost." He slumped, shaking his head. "This fog is terrible and lead me astray... please don't say we're in the H-Haunted Grove." He stammered again, shuddering at the thought.

"Who am I to disagree?"

[SongofWindchimes]

Trish's eyes flicked over to the child when she appeared, then to the Zorua in her arms. Unlike a lot of people, she wasn't exactly prone to melting at the sight of the little girl (though the dark type was definitely cute). It wasn't that she didn't like children, but if there were any substantial maternal instincts in her somewhere, they had yet to ever make themselves known. So she just reacted how she would to anyone asking her if she was alright, which was her black-painted lips curving into a small smile as she chuckled. "Oh, don't worry about me. I'm fine."

She turned her ice-coloured eyes to the man, however, and his last sentence conjured one part amusement and one part pity. Normal people and their fears of haunted things were so silly sometimes. The latter won out, to some extent, on her expression, though Trish wasn't exactly the most expressive person in the world. "Umm...I know you just said not to tell you, but yeah, we are...I'm Trish, by the way." Considering something, she asked a moment after, "Where were you trying to go?"

Sebek was eyeing the man as his trainer spoke, probably considering how hard it would be to rob him and what he could have worth stealing. Naga, however, found herself a bit curious about the child. Children were usually afraid of her. The Arbok slithered over and lowered her head, flicking her tongue out at the girl's face. Smelled normal.

[Baroness Charmissey]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Otsuyu smiled when they said they where ok, though in truth she could careless if they where ok or not. She then whipped away the tears from her eyes smiling cheerfully. " I'm glad your both ok!" Otsuyu lied but sounded sincere. Then when Naga came very close to her face, Otsuyu did take one step back out of shock to suddenly have a Pokemon in her face. Though she smiled at the Pokemon showing no fear. " Aww!! Your cute!" Otsuyu said for real this time. Yes she like other types of Pokemon other then just ghosts, Mainly types that other people feared. And that would make Otsuyu stand out from other children. She then looked back at Xav with worried eyes. " I'm sorry to say mister, but you are in the hunted grove.." Otsuyu said with slight sadness as if she knew the feeling in being in a place this scary. But then she smiled like she got en idea. " I can help you leave this place." Otsuyu said sincerely smiling. Though that was a huge lie, she would take him into the deepest part of the grove... Have some more fun scaring him then let him go... Just like she had done with all the others. [/scrolly] [bg=776fa1]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



"Sweet dreams are made of this."

His nerves were slowly rattling back into place, the intense fear Xaier had been feeling was being sucked away by the company of other people. He inhaled a deep breath before nodding to Trish. "Pleasure." He mumbled, remembering his manners vaguely through his paranoia. Although he wasn't feeling the greatest anymore... having learned that this was the Haunted Grove. But... things would be okay. He wasn't alone anymore.

Brown eyes fell onto Otsuyu, and for once that night Xavier cracked a smile. Help him leave...? "That would mean so much to me... please, lead the way." He said. He didn't care that he sounded like such a wuss... he just wanted to get the Hell outta there. >,<;;

"Who am I to disagree?"

[SongofWindchimes]

Trish smiled a little as Naga backed up, staring at the little girl in bewilderment. A small chuckle escaped the gothic woman. "She sure is," she agreed, and Sebek crossed his forelimbs and seemed to roll his eyes.

As for the offer to leave, Trish looked at Xavier for a moment, her usual neutral expression masking her disbelief. A little girl in the middle of nowhere in the Haunted Grove with a dark type who hadn't told them her name and hadn't told them why she was here, especially when she knew the way out. No one else found this suspicious? Really? Just her? Normal people and their adoration of children made no sense.

"Mind if I tag along?" she said, "I've gotten a bit turned around in here, myself." That wasn't a lie; the fog plus her pursuit of the screaming had made it so she wasn't sure exactly where she was anymore, though she was sure she could find her way back out fairly easily. Still, this could be...interesting, if nothing else. The little girl had officially piqued her curiosity. "In fact, I've got a pokemon that can help light the way."

A flash of red light, and Gabriel; The Angel of Darkness stood among them. The abundistic Ninetales looked all the more frightening in these surroundings, his black markings an eerie parallel of his trainer's makeup and souless eyes glowing in the low light. Around his neck dangled a Spell Tag. The large fox turned his gaze from the little girl, to the man, then to his trainer silently.

"Will-O-Wisp, Gabriel." Obediently, the dark kitsune conjured a few floating balls of fire, the light they cast giving his coat a ghostly blue tint. And, of course, Trish was rather oblivious to the fact that he might seem at all unsettling to anyone.

[Baroness Charmissey]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Otsuyu looked at Xav and it took everything in her will power not to smile at how scared he was. Yes fear, how she loved to see it. Though to Otsuyu it was more of game, a game to get back at annoying humans. She would never hurt anyone, she just liked to scare them. Otsuyu was about to answer Xav when Trish asked of she could tag along to. Otsuyu felt a twinge of annoyances, Otsuyu could tell this woman would not be easy to scare so she never saw her as a target... If she could somehow lose this woman in the thick fog... But that seemed unlikely.. So Otsuyu smiled rather easily and smiled at Trish, " Sure! I would be all to happy to help you out of here." Otsuyu said in a cute tone of voice. Though when Trish said she was going to call out a pokemon, the young girl almost frowned. That was untill she saw Gabriel, Otsuyu's eyes became wide but not in fear. It was love at first site. Forgetting that they where in the haunted grove Otsuyu walked a little closer to Gabriel. He, he was just so perfect!! And so cute!!! Otsuyu just wanted to hug him. " Oooh! He is so cute!! May...May I hug him?" Otsuyu asked her eyes sparking with delight. Yes, Otsuyu loved spooky looking things even if they where not ghost type pokemon. Anything that looked like it may be a outcast to others Otsuyu adored. Akora sighed as Otsuyu got so easily distracted. she always got this way whenever she met a spooky looking pokemon. [/scrolly] [bg=776fa1]

[DJ Boomkitty]

X A V I E R



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Perhaps he was a bit too trusting. That was always a fault of Xavier's that was for sure; he was too open. Too easy-going. Too... well... trusting. Especially in times of immediate danger such as these... he would of followed a convicted killer if it meant getting him out of such a heinous, horrible, haunted place. ...Well, perhaps not a killer but... maybe... well... these girls didn't look like killers, right? The little one was just a dainty little daisy out for a stroll, and the other was... was... he blinked, daring to take a sideways glance over to Trish. She was quite dark, wasn't she... but... that didn't have to mean anything!

Rousing himself from his blabbering mind process, Xavier blinked at the odd-colored Ninetales that was in front of him. A fire-type only meant... "Light!" He practically rejoiced, barely resisting the urge to throw his arms around the Poke'mon. "Oh thank Arceus, we have light." He sighed, his quivering still noticeable, but tuned down substantially since this new development.

However, a snap of a twig nearby caused his body to twitch, and he quickly grabbed Otsuyu's hand, smiling widely despite the horrified look in his eyes. "Can we just... get to it, dear?" He said sheepishly, peering off into the Grove uneasily. Ugh, he would be sick if he stayed here...

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[SongofWindchimes]

Gabriel blinked at the exclamation from the child, and turned his head to look at his trainer. Another of Trish's small chuckles escaped her at both reactions to his presence. Xavier's reaction to a nearby twig snap, however, caused the dark woman's small smile to vanish. As silly as normal people were, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the guy. She didn't like it when people were that scared.

Trish made a little 'go ahead' motion at Gabriel, and a the fox perked up as he moved his Will-O-Wisps away from his body and let them hover near Trish. He then trotted over to the little girl and curled his long, black, fluffy tails around her and snuggled up to her. "He loves kids," Trish said, her little smile back in place. They didn't tend to like him, though, the poor guy; as much as she wanted to respect Xavier's desire to get moving, she couldn't not let Gabriel get such rare affection.