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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 5, 2021 15:25:22 GMT -6
Willow wanted to be able to show off her special card deck that she was telling Terrence about and was willing to show anyone and everyone that was eager to learn about her and what she could do. She knew that some if not most of her brothers friends might be weary about her since she just randomly showed up without reason to or even being asked, but she knew Terrence trusted her and she had a good impression that he liked her too.
She told Terrence and everyone that wanted to see her skills and learn or ask any questions they wanted to meet her in this close by open area so that nothing would be destroyed or damaged.
She had her duel disk on and cards inside ready for when people arrived.
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Post by T.K. on Feb 5, 2021 18:17:25 GMT -6
Upon mention of showing off what her cards can do Terrence perked up as he was pretty curious about how they worked, so it wasn't much of a surprise that he arrived at the clearing with Willow a few minutes after she got there. He looked back in the direction of the resort and idly wondered whom if anyone else was going to join them, considering how recently Willow showed up without notice it wasn't surprising that some folks were not entirely trusting of her presence as of yet.
He raised an arm to wave in greetings to Willow when he did show up and took note that she already had a device strapped to her arm and took several moments study it while getting closer to Willow "So is this what you use to draw out your cards abilities or something? Not going to lie it totally looks like a card game prop.." he mused with a playful smile.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 6, 2021 8:50:36 GMT -6
Ashley: Dawn: and May: were curious about what Terrence would be heading to a nearby clearing for. Ashley grabbed Pikachu and her five Pokemon, Dawn grabbed Piplup and five of her Pokemon and May grabbed her Glaceon and five other Pokemon and they headed off to the meadow. Casey, Darcy, and the others decided to stay behind in case trouble arrived. The three girls arrived in the meadow shortly after Terrence and Willow did and noticed the item strapped on Willow's wrist and were quite intrigued. The three girls sat down a little ways away from Terrence and Willow to give them plenty of space and to stay out of danger, ever vigilant in case trouble should rear its ugly head.
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 6, 2021 18:44:52 GMT -6
Willow smiled when she saw Terrence and blushed when she asked about her Duel Disk. "Hey, cutie...yeah this is a Duel Disk, and where I come from lots of people have these. Also I..." She then noticed three of the girls come over and they had their pokeballs for some reason. Maybe they were there just in case it looked like she was going to cause trouble. That statement was the farthest thing from the truth but she thought it would be best to show them. She gulped not expecting this much attention but she told Terrence most of all but spoke loud enough for them all to hear: "This is a Duel Disk. Where I used to live with my brother...you might know him...Stephen...anyway lots of people had these and some used them for good but there were and still are lots of bad people out there that use these for evil. I am not evil but you can hear me say that and believe me or you don't have to as most if any of you even know anything about me. I welcome any questions you all have, most of all from you...Princess Solaris!" "I take these cards, 5 at the start and when I want to use them I place them on the open spaces of my Disk and in the card slots under them as well depending on the card. Here let me show you and please don't be scared." She then smiled and took off the first 5 cards. Their names were as follows: Fluffal Dog Dark Magician Girl Cyber End Dragon Zubaba Knight Hinotama She then placed all of them on the spots on her Dual Disk except for the green-colored card- Hinotama.The four Monsters appeared before her hopefully soon to be friends. "Don't fear them please, they will only do something if I command them to. Now there was one other card I drew" She showed it in her hand, "This card is called Hinotama, no relation to ms. Rei Hino...this is whats called a magic card. Cards like these do certian things or can help me do certain things that I might not be able to do the first time. Now..does any of you have a creature on your belts that can withstand Fire well?" She waited for an answer before continueing.
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Post by T.K. on Feb 6, 2021 20:34:47 GMT -6
Stepping back as he felt the other girls arriving Terence briefly turned and waved to Ashley, Dawn and May "Hi girls, guessing curiosity got the best of you as well eh?" he asked his brow slightly raising as he noticed they all game with a full suite of pokemon and was kinda wonderin if they were worried trouble might spring up. Inwardly however he was pretty happy they were at least showing some caution even during this quiet downtime between attacks, but he didn't say that as he glanced back to Willow as she finally mentioned how she was related to all this "Stephan's sister you say? Hah..well I'm glad that mystery is finally solved." he mused with a chuckle.
As Willow went into her explanation about the Duel Disk it prompted him to run his hand thoughtfully over his chin even as the young woman slotted 5 cards prompting him to leap back and give some space as entities popped that matched what cards she slotted "The actual hell?.." he hummed as he now studied the creatures very intently, while the doglike creature was adorable he kinda wanted that knights swords..they seemed badass! However his eyes looked up to the three headed dragon "Well ain't that metal as fuck.." he mumbled before eyeing Dark Magician girl "Not going to lie she's cute as hell." he admitted with a grin not at all shy bout thinkin dark magician girl as cute.
However he looked to the last card she was holding and her query if Ashley or one of the other girls has a fire resistant pokemon "Yer implying you can replicate those effects through this duel disk? That thing has to be more than just technology.."
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 6, 2021 20:37:24 GMT -6
The only Pokemon that Ashley and the others had available was Ashley's Charizard May's Blaziken, and Dawn's Quilava.
"We do have some fire Pokemon that aren't affected by Fire-Type attacks much. We trust you." Ashley said with a smile as she took out Charizard's Pokeball.
"Agreed," May said, then took a Pokeball off of her belt, it was Blaziken's Pokeball, "we will release our Fire Pokemon."
"We sure will!" Dawn said as she pulled a Pokeball off of her belt, then continued, "Typhlosion! Spooootliiiigggghhtttt!"
Dawn threw a Pokeball in the air and out came a Typhlosion.
"What!? Quilava Evolved! Awesome!" Ashley said as she threw her Pokeball into the air, "Charizard I choose you! When did Quilava evolve?"
Charizard emerged from the Pokeball and gave Ashley his customary greeting, a flamethrower right to the face.
"Quilava evolved in Hoenn shortly after I parted ways with you and Iris." Dawn said with a smile.
"Ash!" May and Dawn said in unison. Ashley just laughed it off and smiled brushing it off.
"Hey, don't worry girls, Charizard always does that when he greets me." Ashley said as she was still unharmed, or rather suddenly unharmed as she shook it off.
May and Dawn were relieved and smiled.
"Now it's my turn!" May exclaimed as she sent out her starter's Pokeball, "Blaziken, Take the Stage!"
Out of May's Pokeball, her starter Blaziken emerged and stood proud.
So Ashley sent out her Fire-Type Starter from Kanto, Dawn sent out her Fire-Type Pokemon from Johto, and May sent out her Starter that she started off her journey with while Pikachu, Glaceon, and Piplup stayed out of the way.
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 6, 2021 21:10:33 GMT -6
Willow smiled as everything was going well this time..." ok..please no glitches this time..." She then looked to the others, "This is called a spell card as I mentioned earlier and it's called Hinatoma. In a normal game, it causes your opponent to lose 500 points of damage. Though in this case, it will act as the picture shows." Willow then saw a cute penguin and an ice fox (Glaceon) and had an idea trying to talk to them directly as it would be the first time she tried to talk to something like them, "Hey Little Penguin fella and little ice fox creature...I will need your help too ok? Fire is hot and it spreads...can I count on you two to stop it from spreading everywhere?" She smiled at them to hopefully earn their trust.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 6, 2021 21:19:49 GMT -6
Piplup and Glaceon nodded in cooperation with Willow, Ashley then had an idea as she sent out her Greninja that she had just retrieved not too long ago after he returned.
"Greninja," Ashley said to her Kalos Water Type, "I want you to help out Piplup and Glaceon to keep the fire from spreading as well."
Greninja nodded. He then looked toward Willow curiously, Ashley nodded toward Greninja, "don't worry she can be trusted, she is my friend Stephen's Big Sister."
Greninja nodded as he joined Piplup and Glaceon in preparation to keep the fire from spreading.
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Post by T.K. on Feb 6, 2021 21:26:00 GMT -6
Having satisfied his curiosity to an extent, Terrence made his way back over to Ashley and the others keeping clear of the arrayed pokemon so he was clear of the demonstration. "This is a real fascinating piece of work..and the fact it can double as just a card game is a great way to hide the real threat it can be" he hummed thoughtfully as he eagerly awaited for the fireworks to begin, not at all feelin concerned considering the controlled environment they were in with ice pokemon on hand to douse any excess flames.
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 6, 2021 21:33:19 GMT -6
Willow smiled, "Thank you three cuties, ok...sorry to steal your catchphrase Miss Dawn but SHOWTIME!!!!"
Willow took the card and slid it upside down in one of the slots and it showed up like the others then all of a sudden it rained down fireballs where the fire pokemon were standing.
Willow looked on watching to make sure everything went well even though it gave her bad memory flashbacks of how the house fire started that she had blamed Stephen for all this time but it was her Dual Disk malfunctioning...she did her best to try to hide the memory off her face as things happened.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 8, 2021 19:08:03 GMT -6
Luckily, much to Willow's Surprise Hinotama went off without a hitch for the time being, but who knows what will happen next. Once the three Pokemon were hit by the flames, they dissipated causing little to no damage. Of course there were a couple of sparks that hit the trees, but Ash-Greninja used Water Shuriken, Piplup used Whirlpool and Glaceon used Icy Wind. These three attacks easily put out the minor fire without any problems of spreading. The Fire Pokemon were hurt a bit, but not too much.
Ashley, May, and Dawn smiled as they gave Willow a round of applause and hugged their Pokemon for doing such a good job.
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Post by T.K. on Feb 9, 2021 12:41:27 GMT -6
Terrence let out a low 'Well I'll be damned..thats some seriously scary technology..' he muttered somewhat under his breath as the fireballs rained down on the fire pokemon without causing much harm at all, unsurprisingly the water pokemon had to put in some work dousing the excess sparks before they could sprout into flames. All in all he thought this was a worthwhile exercise as it did show off a bit of what willow's duel disk could do "I hope there are not many people with disks that can actually affect the physical world. Could be terrifying."
"Not that I'd mind seeing more of cute cards like her.." he points towards Dark magician girl "But can't say I'd feel assured seeing more of those dragons kicking around" he admitted with a laugh. Even as he spoke he looked at the knights swords "I wouldn't mind a set of those blades..they look awesome."
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 9, 2021 14:59:32 GMT -6
Willow was happy everyone was liking what she could do. "I don't think there are any other than me Terrence but I don't know."
Willow then started taking the cards out of the duel disk one by one and as she was going through the Disk sparked a little and the Fluffal Dog that was out with the others started moving and started the motions as if it was told to attack and it went after Ashley and the others!
Willow saw it but couldn't stop it and tore the disk off dropping it on the ground scared to all hell but when she did the cards started glitching then disappeared.
Willow was wide-eyed and started crying just sitting on her butt, head in her hands...
Stephen was by the hotel watching and scoffed, "Well, I knew that was going to happen.." he started walking over slowly
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Post by T.K. on Feb 10, 2021 8:51:34 GMT -6
Having been watching the situation play out Terrence had quickly moved to put himself between the Fluffel dog and Ashley ready to intercept, but it seemed like it wasn't necessary as Willow quickly tossed the malfunctioning disk away to the ground causing the summoned cards to fade away. Her reaction was giving him the impression that she knew something like this might happen. With a slight frown and a pang of sympathy he hustled over to the crying young woman and knelt down "Oi oi are you ok? Nobody is hurt so don't be so hard on yourself." Terrence reached down with a hand to offer Willow some help to her feet "Although a bit of warning might have been nice that there was a risk of a malfunction.." he offered in a concerned but firm tone.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 10, 2021 9:38:05 GMT -6
Seeing the card creatures fade away sent a wave of relief to the three girls as they recalled the various Pokemon they sent out. Once all the Pokemon were retrieved the three girls got up and ran over to comfort the distraught young woman. Ashley was the first to speak up. "I wonder if Ami could help with the malfunction of your device Willow. I'm sure Darcy could help out too. You don't need to cry Willow-Chan, we are all here for you. We've got your back!" Ashley said as she tried to help Terrence comfort her. "Hey," Dawn said to Willow, "no need to worry, I'm sure we will find what's wrong with your device. I'm sure Zoey can help out as well. She's pretty smart in her own right." May smiled and agreed with her friends, "No worries, Darcy and our resident geniuses can help out with the situation. We will try to help out anyway we can too." Pikachu, Piplup, and Glaceon nodded in agreement with their trainers. They knew that Ami and the other geniuses will figure out the problem behind everything. The group then noticed Stephen walking over with Rei following closely behind. Rei was wearing her normal outfit for traveling: as she caught up with her Stevie Weevie after following him. The three girls waved toward Rei and Stephen as they were walking toward them.
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 10, 2021 18:50:16 GMT -6
Willow continued to be upset but calmed as she heard Terrence comforting her and took his offer to help her up. She looked over at the Duel disk that caused the issue, still crying a little she told him, "I..didn't know that was going to happen...I thought I had it right this time...I can't believe I almost hurt you guys...I...I...."
She then heard the girls come over to comfort her. She gave them a teary smile as they offered to help not only calm her down but fix her Duel Disk. "You...You would do that for me? Are you sure Ashley?"
Stephen was getting closer but stopped as he sensed his FireBird behind him. Stephen waved back at the girl thinking 'Sheesh, that damn sister of mine...so many problems...should have gone to a school like Dual Acadamy...sigh'
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Post by T.K. on Feb 19, 2021 9:33:15 GMT -6
Terrence waved a hand dismissing the apology "I can only speak for myself but eh its no big deal..nowadays I usually expect shit to go wrong in some way or another when it comes to magical or technological demonstrations like this. Pretty sure Murphy's Law has a increased activation chance or something at times like this" he mused with a wry smile as if mishaps during demonstrations are almost expected at this point.
"Not going to lie I'd probably almost be more worried if nothing went wrong cause then I'd be paranoid about waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop after things had gone so smoothly" he added with a lighthearted chuckle before turning to wave at Stephan and Rei "Seems like he's got somethin to say to you.."
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 19, 2021 11:38:48 GMT -6
Willow had calmed down more since earlier and hugged Terrence clinging to him as Stephen and Rei walked up.
"You're still trying to get that stupid machine to work? You have been doing that for years Baka-Brain! Why Can't you just give up on it and do something good that won't destroy the world...OR OUR HOME FOR THAT MATTER!!! I but it was you and that stupid contraption that caused us to be on the streets for a few years...if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have turned to crime and Attacked Ashley and everyone!!"
Hearing her Brother say things to her like that and yell at her caused her to start crying again and cling more to Terrence, burying her head into his body.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 19, 2021 16:42:30 GMT -6
Rei whacked Stephen upside his head, "I understand you're upset with your sister, but you don't need to yell at her, she probably didn't know that something like that would happen."
Ashley sighed as she looked toward Stephen, "as for blaming her for you attacking us, she's not to blame, you made that decision yourself. You didn't have to go and do that. Will you stop making excuses for the reason you joined the organization that should not be named. There were so many better things for you to do I believe. We've forgiven you for your past actions, you should forgive your sister for hers. Please stop holding onto the past. The past is in the past and is part of History."
May sighed as she smiled toward Stephen, "I get in squabbles with my brother all the time and we always make up with each other. It's never good to hold a grudge, I'm sure Willow had no idea the stuff that happened to you both in the past would happen."
Dawn spoke up calmly and smiled, "we shouldn't really hold onto past grudges, it's not a very healthy thing to do. We need to move on from bad things that have happened to us in the past. My first Contest was a disaster, but I rallied and now I'm one of the best Coordinators out there, despite the fact I haven't won a Grand Festival yet. Please hug your sister and make up with her, family is very important for everyone. You are part of our big family and we are part of yours even though none of us are related by blood. We should always be there for each other no matter what."
Ashley, May, and Dawn continued to comfort Willow and reached out in hopes of comforting Stephen as well. Rei was still upset with Stephen, but she held him close and snuggled with him.
OOC: Stephen, Willow, and Terrence.
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Post by T.K. on Feb 19, 2021 21:32:09 GMT -6
A brow slooowly arched up as Stephan started laying into Willow and suddenly dumping all sorts of blame on her, and while he wasn't sure of the history of the siblings he was fairly certain by the way the girl was now huddling into his chest in tears..this really wasn't the way to address this matter especially after Willow had already been upset at this current incident. He instinctively slid an arm around Willow's shoulders to give her a few comforting pats, he was mentally debating on how to speak to Stephan but Ashley and the other girls beat him to the punch laying into him about how he spoke to his sister.
He kept his silence for the moment and held off on verbally ripping Stephan a new one. He wasn't happy that her brother chose to come down on Willow now about all this mental baggage and bringing up old issues after she had just nearly caused an incident and was already feeling enough guilt as is. There is a time and place for such things.. -this- wasnt it.
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 19, 2021 22:54:55 GMT -6
Stephen gave them a mean look for a moment as they decided to get into the family business and then jump on him...
He broke free from Rei and then said, "WELL MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE DESTROYED YOUR WHO STUPID PARTY AFTER ALL!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED!!" He then changed into Machulk and left...
Willow calmed a bit from Terrence's love and wiped her eyes after Stephen left..." Please...Everyone...don't be mad at Stephen...he's actually right... a long time ago I was working on this at our home well...what was our home and there was a malfunction more extreme than here.. and I caused the fire that destroyed our home..It's my fault he is like that..I'm sorry..."
(OOC: Decided to use this to tell the backstory between Stephen and Willow.)
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 20, 2021 9:10:50 GMT -6
Ashley: "He still shouldn't have ran off and joined our enemy that's been following throughout my entire journey. He should have stayed and let you know he was there for you. We told you we will have someone fix that malfunction, but he didn't get here until after we offered our help." *Turns toward Rei* "I may not be your leader Rei-Chan, but I am part of the Moon Kingdom family since Usagi is my Silver millennium Cousin. We will handle things here, you go find your Fiance before he starts destroying things again. I would transform if I were you."
Rei: *Nods in understanding as she raises her wand* "Right! Mars Crystal Power Make Up!"
SS Mars: "I'll catch you on the flip side Princess Solaria."
With that, Super Sailor Mars took off after her love.
May: "How the heck does she move so gracefully in those high-heals of hers?"
Dawn: "Well she has been a Sailor Guardian a lot longer than we have, so she's probably used to it in this life by now."
Ashley: "I must look like a rookie compared to her while walking in my high-heals."
Dawn and May: "We all are, even though we are used to it from our contests, we are still not used to fighting in them so often."
Ashley: "Willow why don't we get back to the resort, unless you want to stick around and tell us a bit more of what happened between you and Stephen. I'm sure Rei can handle your Little Brother, they are engaged after all."
OOC: Stephen, Willow, and Terrence
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Post by T.K. on Feb 20, 2021 10:00:58 GMT -6
Removing his hand from Willow's shoulder Terrence took a step away as if debating to chase after the transformed Machulk or not but with Ashley quickly sending Rei after the fleeing person he nodded once to himself "That was a good choice to send her instead of anyone else. Hopefully Rei can smack some sense into him after his little rant here, while it might have been Willow's fault initially the fact that it was an honest accident means he really shouldn't be lashing out like that." As he spoke he looked off in the direction Stephan/Machulk ran off in and sighed "I thought bout goin after him but I fear if I did it would have ended up in a fairly violent encounter so you made the right choice here." He turned back to willow and walked past her to pick up the Duel Disk that was discarded on the ground and returned it to the girl. "We can discuss a plan of action once we get back to the Resort as Ashley had suggested."
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 21, 2021 23:07:41 GMT -6
Machulk kept running and didn’t care what he ran through or over. He couldn’t understand what they liked in his stupid sister. She was never there after the fire and when Stephen was going through his “faze” she was nowhere to be found. That also included birthdays, family anniversary’s and most of all one of the days when he needed her most...she wasn’t there. Team Rocket was there and even that blew up in his face. ‘Maybe I should have let that creature eat me... the Willow could be happy without this deadweight’ he thought as he ran but stopped as he was now in some part of the city and trainers were around gawking at him thinking he was the Pokémon Machamp.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Feb 23, 2021 9:20:38 GMT -6
While Ashley, May, and Dawn waited for an answer from Willow as to whether or not she wanted to go back to the resort, SS Mars caught up with her love and glared menacingly at the Pokemon Trainer that were eyeing Machulk as if he was a Machamp.
"Oh no you don't trainer, this is my Machamp! No one is stealing him from me. Either back off or I'll burn you to a crisp!"
*Stands protectively in front of Machulk.*
SS Mars whispers into Machulk's ear-hole so only he could here her, "Stevie-Weevie just play along. I'll protect you no matter what."
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 23, 2021 11:13:41 GMT -6
Machulk looked back for a moment, 'Oh great...she's following me' he thought as he stared down the Trainer that wanted to catch him.
Trainer: "HEY THAT'S NOT FAIR LADY!! you can't just claim a wild pokemon for yourself...and...and..I'm NOT SCARED OF SOME CRAZY-LOOKING TEAM ROCKET REJECT!! GO BLASTOISE!!"
Machulk was shocked a few times, first that his Firebird was defending him after what happened, and secondly...that stupid trainer calling his soon-to-be wife a Team Rocket Reject...WAIT HE CALLED HER WHAT??!!
He saw her then step in front of him and tell him to 'play-along"
he whispered, "Sorry no can do babe"
He then ran in front of her right at the Blastoise and grabbed it and tossed it away...unfortunately into a building...he then went to the trainer grabbing him off the ground...
"NO ONE CALLS MY FIREBIRD A TEAM ROCKET REJECT GOT IT??!!" He then just dropped the trainer who was scared shitless and ran over to where his pokemon was thrown to...
Machulk looked around at the crowd that was now on the scene, "ANYONE ELSE WANNA SCREW WITH ME? I WILL BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF ANY OF YOU...."
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Post by sportsnutd on Feb 23, 2021 11:16:21 GMT -6
((Willow Post)
Willow took her dual Disk back from Terrence and hugged him again. She really loved how warm and comforting it was to be close to him.
Willow then looked at Ashley and the girls, "Let's go...I don't really wanna be out here anymore...let's go inside...please."
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Post by T.K. on Feb 23, 2021 14:32:35 GMT -6
Not really having the heart to slip out of Willow's grasp as he had a weakness to a girl in distress Terrence nodded as Willow indicated she wanted to return to the resort "Well I guess we're headin back, lets hope Mars doesn't need assistance." he spoke as he walked by Ashley and the other guardians with Willow making a slight nodding motion towards the resort "Lets head back inside and try to get to the bottom of this and hopefully if Ami is around she can take a look at this device" he said reaffirming what they wanted to do as he nodded towards the Duel Disk.
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Post by sportsnutd on Mar 2, 2021 16:54:55 GMT -6
Willow held the Disk close as she leaned into Terrence as they walked, "Thanks Terrence I love you" She said out loud loving the warmth and kindness the sexy man committed. She walked ahead a little and opened the front doors going inside and cheered up more and did a jump twirl to look at everyone...
"Arrigatto everyone!! thank you for everything! I hope my Baka sibling fixes his soul one day. Maybe his soon to be his wife can fix his aura inside. Meanwhile...I am going to go shower...Terrence...can I use your room? All my stuff is in there plus some new outfits you all haven't seen yet" She then winked hoping Terrence saw it.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Mar 3, 2021 20:44:06 GMT -6
SS Mars: "I will help you if anyone tries to attack you again thinking you're a Wild Pokemon to catch."
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Ashley: "Okay, will do. I will have to let them know that we have a project for our Geniuses." *Ashley sent a text to Ami, Zoey, and Darcy.*
May: "Time to head back to the resort."
Dawn: "Right."
Ashley, May, and Dawn: *Pull out their Pokeballs* "Everyone return."
Ashley, May and Dawn follow Willow and Terrence back to the resort.
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