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@@Umbreon, @@Leafeon, @@Vaporeon, Abigail woke up to a pressure on her chest. "Huh?" "-ry!" The pokemon had crawled up on to her to wake her up at an early hour. "Oh, Isabella?" She put her arms around the pokemon and squeezed it in a hug, "thanks for waking me up! We wouldn't want to sleep in today, after all." The clefairy puffed out its cheeks and responded with a flat, "clef." Abigail let her pokemon out of her embrace and stood up in her bed. She stretched out her arms and let out a content sigh. Her hair was a complete mess, and it was quite evident upon her face that she had just woken up. She patted the clefairy on its head and stood up to go open the door of her room. She peaked down both sides of the hallway, and satisfied there was no one there, she proceeded to the restroom on that floor. Stepping out, she felt quite refreshed, her hair neatly combed and her skin newly moisturized. She slapped her cheeks in a final resolution to face the day with a bright outlook, and walked back to her room. She looked at her two pokemon, the clefairy and the krabby, and then looked at the egg she had set down in its container. "Well, sorry you two, if I'm to pay enough attention to this little fella, I can't have you out of your pokeballs and running about. Especially you, Jeanne, I don't think you could keep up walking along." The krabby snipped its pincers once in dissatisfaction, but couldn't really argue. Abigail picked up their pokeballs from the nightstand and returned the pokemon to them, before clipping said balls onto her belt. She picked up the container and the egg inside of it, "hmm... I should probably get a bag to carry this around in. I'm sure a mart here would sell one, and some nice comfortable cloths to pack it in with." She walked out of her room and down the stairs, and bade the nurse on duty good bye and thanks before heading out the door. She walked to the local mart, and soon stepped out of it with a new back-pack on her shoulders, the eevee egg comfortably inside. Content that it was now okay to divert her immediate attention from it, she summoned her two pokemon and picked up her krabby to cradle it in her arms. "Alright! I think we're ready to go!" She looked around her, looking for a familiar face, "huh, I guess we should meet up with Cilla first, huh?" She looked down at her pokemon, "I think it'd be alright if we took a stroll around town for a little while, y'know, get the muscles warmed up for our long day ahead." The pokemon nodded their heads. Abigail smiled and took off at a leisurely place, humming a soft melody as she walked along, her thoughts wandering as she considered the day ahead of her.

@@Umbreon, "Hyeh?" Abigail uttered, partly in surprise and partly in relief, when the bell rang and the students started to leave. Her clefairy had stepped forward to continue her battery, but Abigail walked up and picked her up, knowing the battle was ended. Her pokemon squirmed and wriggled around, but Abigail patted her on the head and she calmed down in resignation. "-ry." The clefairy puffed out its cheeks. "It was our pleasure, really. I think I learned a lot, too." Abigail said in response to Rin thanking her for her participation, before running off to supposedly grab something. Abigail looked in blank confusion as she heard a cacophony of sounds from Rin scuffling inside the school. She looked down at her clefairy, who simply shrugged her little shoulders in mutual confusion. When Rin came back, Abigail beamed as she saw what was being presented to her. "Oh, wow! Really?" She let Isabella down so as to receive the egg. "Of course I would want it. That's so generous of you, Rin!" She nodded her head in excitement, "don't worry, I'll take good care of it! This wouldn't be the first time I took care of a pokemon egg," she looked down at her clefairy, "isn't that right, Isabella?" The clefairy puffed out its chest, turned away with its hands on its hips, but had a fluorescent blush on her cheeks. "Clef." Abigail simply smiled at her suddenly embarrassed pokemon, but turned her attention back to Rin and the egg. "Thank you so much, again, Rin. I hope we meet again sometime!" She held the egg and its container in her arms, and bowed in a respectful farewell to Rin. She headed towards the pokecenter, to heal her pokemon first, but also because she hadn't noticed anywhere else to spend the night. Upon receiving her newly refreshed pokemon, Abigail headed upstairs where a helpful nurse had directed her to a vacant room. She stepped into the room, and carefully set the egg's container down, and summoned both her pokemon out. She let out a hearty sigh as she flopped onto the bed, eager to rest in a proper bed for the first time in a while. She stretched out her arms and then looked at the egg she had received that day. "We're gonna have to figure out a way to carry that around with us, team." She looked at her clefairy, "back when you were just an egg, I could just carry you around in my arms wherever we went. But I fear I'll need to keep my hands free now... that is, if we're to help with this, um, situation we found ourselves in now. Heh-he." She nervously laughed. She was quite scared of what laid ahead of her. "Non-non. We can't just stand idly by, right? I mean, that's not what she would do in my position." She resolved, trying to follow the example of someone she admired dearly. She stood up out of her bed and turned off the room's lights. "Dormez bien, Isabella. Dormez bien, Jeanne." She laid back down on her bed, and fluffed her pillow before resting her head on it. "Clef!" "Koo!" Her pokemon bade her good night, as well. Abigail smirked in appreciation of her pokemon's responses, and quietly fell asleep.

@@RetroArcadeRat, I do like it! Never seen her in a style like this before, it's cute. Thanks!

@@Umbreon, The clefairy was struck by the quick attack, and barely kept her footing. It raised its arms in retaliation, to slap, and then slap again, of course. "Alright, use double slap this time..." Abigail said, since her clefairy was going to go ahead and do it anyways.

@@Leafeon, "Disgraced?" Cecil balked, and put a hand over his barren chest, fingers splayed for dramatic effect. "I'll have you know that you should consider this an honor! Back in Kalos I was a well-known and well-regarded male model!" He exclaimed, mostly lying. "To think I would waste my talents in a filthy city like this, why, the very idea of it is absurd!" "Okay... not well known; it was just that one time that I modeled. But, still, I am very talented, and could make a career out of it if I chose." "But alas," Cecil said, putting his hand up to his lips, before flourishing his hand for further dramatic effect, "I am more then willing to put up with such an environment for the benefit of such a lovely person." He gave a wink to Roxie "as in, myself. This is proving quite beneficial to me. Silly Gym Leader." Meanwhile, his growlithe was bounding across the field, maneuvering every which way, accelerating further and further, keeping his eyes locked on the enemy. Upon reaching his top speed, the growlithe considered simply barreling into the enemy. But... it looked so soft and squishy. Not the red parts, of course, those looked too... odd. But, still, saliva was forming around its lips as it imagined biting down into it. Not for food, but simply to bite for the sake of it. Oh how the growlithe loved to bite new things. It ran towards the tentacool, putting its entire weight and speed into a take down. But so, too, did it open it maw and attempt to bite into the squishier blue parts of the enemy.

@@Umbreon, Sand got in Isabella's eyes, and so she used her hands to clear her eyes instead of following through with her double slap. "-ryyy..." she said irritated. "Isabella, please, use disarming voice this time." her trainer called out, a concerned timbre to her voice, just in time for the swift stars to hit the clefairy. This knocked her back, and she was none too pleased. She let out a pained cry that would make the coldest heart shatter, intending to make the eevee feel bad about itself for daring to hurt her.

@@Mint Drop, (('tis alright. I am a patient person. 'tho, now I am not certain of where exactly we should go. Most everypony seems to be in the library. Perhaps you could think of someplace that could exist our characters could check out?)) "Ooh?" Ambrosia exclaimed with chipper enthusiasm, her tail twitched. "Great!" She smiled widely, and got up from her seat with excitement. But then she remembered that Kisu was still enjoying her own snack, so she sat down, a slight blush of embarrassment on her face. "Um, whenever you're ready to leave, that is," she rubbed the back of her neck with her hoof, "heh-heh."

@@Umbreon, "Well, it's rather late, so 1v1 would be best. Though I would want Jeanne to get some action, Isabella would throw a fit if she didn't handle this," she looked down at her clefairy, "alright, Madame Isabella De Pompadour, you're up!" The clefairy puffed out its chest and strutted onto the clearing. "Let's keep this a 1 on 1 battle, 'kay?" She gave a friendly wink to Rin. "Hmm... what move should we use? If we start with Sing, we could put it to sleep... but if that doesn't work, we would be in trouble. Perhaps we should just attack?" Abigail was uncertain of the course of action, and the clefairy had walked up towards the eevee, "use disarming voice?" Abigail said, but instead the clefairy raised its hand to slap a fool. "-ry!" "err, Isabella..."

@@Leafeon, Cecil blushed a bit at Roxie's remark, as he stood up. "I couldn't help it!" He shook his head, regaining his nerve, and straightened his posture. "no, wait, I can totally work this to my advantage. I must! Great trainers such as myself must always use whatever resources they have for victory." He ran his hand through his hair, and gave the Gym Leader a (what he would assume to be)seductive glare, "why, do I make you bothered?" Meanwhile, the bubblebeam was too much for the valiant sandslash to handle, and it could not get up from the ground, "-sand..." Cecil let out a sigh, "it's alright, partner. Come on back," he returned his pokemon to its pokeball. He turned to his last remaining pokemon, "alright Scout, let's finish this." "-Lithe!" the growlithe bounded on to field, landing with his legs spread far apart as he readied himself to face the foe. "again, she may have the type advantage, but I will not allow that to determine the outcome. A truly great trainer such as myself can overcome such adversity. We should utilize Scout's superior mobility. And, hopefully..." he gave Roxie another wink, "we can catch them unawares..." Cecil bent down to order his pokemon beneath his breath, "agility, don't stay still for a moment. Keep picking up speed until you see an opening, then Take it Down!" The growlithe yelped a "grow!" in understanding, and started running around the battlefield. Cecil straightened back up, and every now and then would strike a pose for Roxie's sake.

edit: darn, ninja'd 7/10 not a badly designed OC, but the picture itself is bland because, well, PonyCreator.

Gardenia Gardenia was one of the last ones to step out of the carriage, not entirely too eager to rush out. Further, she hardly noticed with any immediacy that the carriage even stopped, but she broke out of reverie when the others started to leave. She took one final drink of her wine, emptying its contents finally. As she stepped out, she took in the appearance of the stallion before them, "hmm... Red Cask? Seems amiable enough. In fact, seems quite more a gentlestallion then his employer, at the least." Gardenia listened attentively as he listed the various locales that they were free to visit; the two that caught her attention specifically were the Library and Play House. She wondered what kind of books a small town like this could have, "some hidden gems, perhaps?" Sunset and Emerald spoke up, asking some questions to M. Cask, and she had to admit she was curious if there was anything specific planned. Not that she wasn't content to settle in and check out the locales on her own time, but it would be nice to know. One thing said by Emerald stood out to her, though. "'my beautiful friend's question,'" she repeated in her mind she glanced over to view Sunset, "yeah, well, I suppose she is pleasant to look at. Seems an odd thing to say, though."

Also non-mlp related: HeavyxSandvich

@@Umbreon, Abigail turned around, startled by the tap on the shoulder. She smiled widely as she saw the woman, and her adorable little pokemon. "Oh wow!" She looked at the oddly colored eevee with wonder. She'd seen eevees before, they were relatively common pets back in Lumiose, but she didn't know they could have such pretty shiny fur. This excitement made her almost miss Rin's invitation to battle, but she snapped back to reality just in time. "Huh? Oh, a battle?" Abigail seemed a bit apprehensive. She had came here hoping to learn a bit, not to battle. But, she figured it would be a bit embarrassing to admit that she was wholly inexperienced at her age, and given the fact she had two pokemon with her. "Yeah, sure, Rin! I'm Abigail, by the way!" "-ry!" her clefairy interjected. "Oh, and this is Isabella." she said, pointing down to her pokemon. She looked down to the krabby in her arms, "and this is Jeanne!"

@@Leafeon, The sandslash successfully latched onto the tentacool's tendrils, shutting its claws back closed from their splayed position to keep the grip tight. "Spin around, now, Warden!" its trainer commanded, and the sandslash started to pivot around, swinging around the tentacool like an Olympic hammer-thrower. "maybe, just maybe, we can confuse the tentacool. Or, you know, throw it around for good damage." Then, the tentacool regained its nerves, and fired a supersonic. Given the close proximity of the two pokemon, it most certainly hit the sandslash, who was befuddled and disorientated by the rays of light. The sandslash was already in the process of swinging the tentacool, though, and the sandslash was continuing by simple momentum. Then, came the water. Pouring out of the spinning enemy, the water pulse went everywhere, spraying the battlefield down, and of course, hitting the sandslash for super-effective damage. This hurt the pokemon, of course, but the sandslash was quite confused already and the stinging pain of rushing water wasn't the first thing occupying its mind. A stray splash of water was coming directly for Cecil, and he stepped back to try and avoid it. Unfortunately for him, the water still hit him. Or, at least, his shoes. "Gah! Why must this battle be such a mess? Soggy shoes are the worst." He sat down on the floor, and took off his footwear, showing his bare, tender but honed, feet, flexing and wiggling the toes to get any stuck water to drip off. The sandslash was still spinning, having picked up quite a bit of momentum from the pulse of water. But, it finally tripped over its feet, and fell onto the ground, slamming the grappled tentacool down with it. "Sla~a~a~ash?" The pokemon exclaimed on the ground, quite dizzy and eyes still spinning, but still inadvertently gripping onto the enemy's tendrils due to his claws naturally wanting to stay closed.

@,@@Umbreon, @@Vaporeon, "Cilla?" Abigail rolled the name off her tongue. It was not a name she'd ever heard before, but it sounded nice. "Cilla, umm, I really don't think traveling all that way would be wise right now." Abigail looked bashfully away for a second, "not that I think you can't handle it, of course." Abigail gaily skipped over to the exit, "it's just, I think it'd be better if we went along together. You might get slowed down on your way there, anyway." Abigail put her hands behind her back, and smiled. "So... I think I'm gonna go prepare myself for what's ahead, okay?" She stepped into the elevator, and unclipped her two pokeballs from her belt. She summoned her two pokemon, "okay, Isabella, Jeanne! Let's check out that school, mmkay?"

@@Leafeon, "A barrier, huh?" Cecil contemplated as he witnessed Roxie's third pokemon take the field. "That could make thing's more difficult. Not to mention, it's another blasted water type... gah. That's just a load of bullocks." The sandslash was tirelessly digging away underground. It's acute senses and experience alerted it to the summoning of the enemy above, and it lied in wait where it had heard the pokeball hit the ground. Without a cue from its trainer, it would break onto the surface at any moment now. It knew not what enemy it faced, but was prepared to attack it without fear. "Think... Warden's new attack, crush claw. It could possibly lower its defense back down. Warden doesn't really have any other attacks it could use, anyway. Roll out wouldn't be resisted, but it is a gamble anyway. We need to think of a way to use our situation to our advantage... Warden's capable of improv, I know. I should trust him." Warden burst through the ground, popping underneath the tentacool. "Crush Claw, Warden!" Cecil said, putting his hand up to his barren chest, splaying his fingers. "Slash!" The sandslash splayed out its claws, on both arms, reaching towards the tentacool's tendrils specifically. "The tendrils? Is he hoping to grab onto them, perhaps?"

-anything composed by Yuki Kajura(such as Madoka's OST, as well as quite a number of others. She's rather prolific) -Revolutionary Girl Utena's entire soundtrack -The Opening theme to Serial Experiments Lain Lain's OP, for those curious:

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@@Leafeon, The croagunk fell back down upon hitting the qwilfish, this time actually fainted. "Ah, darn." Cecil uttered, "I was hoping to keep all my pokemon in good condition through this battle. Oh well, you did great Rogue, I'll get you healed up soon." He unclipped the croagunk's pokeball from his belt and returned it to safety. Cecil clapped his hands, "alright! Now, you two!" Cecil turned to face his remaining pokemon, "I know you're eager Scout, but let's send in Warden, alright?" The two pokemon nodded their heads. The sandslash had just finished scraping off the silk off its back, and was ready for action. "Slash!" The sandslash rolled onto the battlefield, uncurled, and flourished its claws. "Dig, now!" Cecil commanded, not even waiting to see what pokemon Roxie would send out.