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Post by R-F on Aug 1, 2021 17:54:50 GMT -6
It was just past 1 A.M. at the Cerulean City Gym. A maintenance worker was on his way to the Gym's aquarium. They detected something...odd occurring with tank #4's electrical system, and sent a man down to check things out.
He entered the hall; each tank had dim lighting, except for one...
"That all it is, the light go out?"
The man reported it, but as he was about to find out, it wasn't all...
He approached tank #4 and felt a sudden chill in the room.
(The heater's busted now? This is gonna be a fun night...)
...But when he reached the tank, the lights came back on. While there he looked into the glass and waved.
"Hi fishies!"
...But he saw nor heard any.
He sighed. "Great! I get sent down here, and its for an empty tank!" This could've waited till the morning, so someone on the day crew could've gotten it.
He was about to turn and leave, when he did notice...something, a slight ripple in the water. He turned back to face the window and swore he saw something move, and yet saw right through it. This tank was for regular fish and not Water Pokemon, so what did he see?
Curious, the man tapped on the glass, he figured that'd scare the thing off, but instead he got a 'response' as there were ripples coming from the same spot on the other side. He tapped again somewhere else and the same thing happened and repeated twice more.
While he was focusing on the taps, he failed to notice his new friend, become less and less transparent, only stopping upon seeing a black mass of water...
...IN the water!
He backed away as a pair of glowing red eyes opened, he turned to run before a pair of liquid tendrils burst through the glass and wrapped around his legs. He was yanked backwards through pouring water and broken glass.
:H-HELP ME!"
He looked back to see the black mass phase through the window, and a giant mouth formed.
The tendrils pulling him in...
The mass melted back into water, and went down a drain, a disembodied voice echoed through the aquarium.
"I will return for you."
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It was 11 A.M. and Ryuusei walked out of an auto shop, his van had broken down on the outskirts of town and he had to have it towed into town. The mechanic told him it'd take about two hours, so he was going to grab a bite while waiting.
There was a diner a couple blocks away, so he figured that'd be a good place.
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Post by T.K. on Aug 4, 2021 11:41:28 GMT -6
Said diner was already inhabited by another young man who happened to be taking a break in town having come in from a campsite to satisfy a classic burger and fries craving. Terrence was already in the middle of eating a large double bacon cheeseburger, it had been something he's been wanting for a while now so he was not overly concerned if bits of it would fall out onto his place..he'd get to those later. He was in the middle of chewing a mouthful as he slowed and an eye slowly turned towards the door as he felt a familiar life-source approaching the place "Small world this is.." he mused quietly to himself as he went back to eating the hamburger.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Aug 5, 2021 2:59:45 GMT -6
Misty:  was out shopping for the Gym. She had to get some more supplies to make badges. Even though her sisters have gotten much better as Gym Trainers, they still tended to lose a lot more than she did. She wasn't sure whether it's because she had more experience training Pokemon than her sisters with all her traveling or if her sisters had just gotten lazy in their training outside of their water show training. They seemed to care more about being fashionable than being Gym Leaders, but they were going to have to learn to be better Gym Trainers, especially once she starts traveling with Ashley again. She missed all of her traveling days with Ash. Her stomach growled as she made her way over to the same restaurant that Terrence and Ryuusei had been at. Her henshin item ready to go should she need it. Hopefully she wouldn't need it. She entered the restaurant and got a table for one as she ordered a Dr. Pepper as she looked over the menu. OOC: Terrence and Ryuusei |
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Post by R-F on Aug 5, 2021 10:51:52 GMT -6
Upon entering, he spotted a familiar face chowing down on a burger. "Yo!" He took a seat across from the man, noticing the small chunks of meat spill from his mouth onto the plate..then quickly moved his head to avoid one flying in his direction.
"Whoa! Watch your aim, dude! Talk about Friendly Fire!" He said with a grin.
He looked over the remains of the burger. "Got a bacon cheeseburger, awww, and here I had you pegged as a 'Cowboy'."
Not long after he'd sat down, a certain redhead entered the diner.
"Hey that's," What was her name? She was one of Ash's friends, but he'd never really talked to her. "Sissi, Missy...something like that."
Regardless, he moved over a seat, in case she wanted to sit with them.
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Post by T.K. on Aug 5, 2021 16:15:12 GMT -6
At first he thought about almost hitting Ryuusei with food then decided against it as the young man continued to speak while he himself finished chewing the mouthful of burger he had, he shook his head with a slight grin at the friendly fire comment "Hey you saw how I was eating, you knew the risks when you came to sit here so you only have yourself to blame." he retorted with a smirk as he popped a fry into his mouth. "On one hand I'm kinda curious about what you mean by cowboy but on the other hand I suspect I'd rather not know." He gestured towards his burger "Seriously though I can't resist a good burger and fries, gotta feed the engine and what better way than with a heaping helping of calories, protein and carbs."
What he wasn't saying is he also really still missed fast food from the years he had spent in the dimension prior where this sorta thing really wasn't available. Pausing briefly he glanced towards where Ryuusei had pointed and waved as Misty entered the diner "Good eye on spotting her, though memory could use a bit of work.." he said to Ryu before calling just a bit louder "Over here if you want to join us." He had seen Misty a couple times and heard her in mention from Ashley so it was the least he could do to invite her over if she so wished.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Aug 5, 2021 19:28:35 GMT -6
Taking her drink from the Waitress, she headed over to the table that Ryuusei and Terrence were at. Before she headed over there, she let the waitress know where she was going to sit as she accepted a menu from her.
Once Misty was over there, she set her drink down, pulled up a chair and started reading the menu, "so what brings the two of you all the way to Cerulean City?"
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Post by R-F on Aug 6, 2021 17:55:28 GMT -6
"It's a kind of burger." Then pointed to the 'Coyboy Burger' on the menu. "Nice'n spicey with cheddar, BBQ sauce, and onion rings." He glanced at it again. "You could've even gotten it with bacon."
It looked like the redhead was taking up their offer and chose to sit with them. Having seen her talk to a waitress made him realize he should figure out what the hell he wanted to eat. He looked over the menu some more, until... "Ooh! There we go! A full rack'o'ribs!"
He answered both people with a shrug. "Van had problems, so it's gettin' worked on. "Besides that, really just passin' through."
"You guys?" Asking them both, not knowing that Misty lived there.
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Post by T.K. on Aug 6, 2021 18:27:15 GMT -6
Terrence briefly eye'd the burger that Ryuusei was pointing at with a humm "I suppose that does look pretty appealing but I really do like my traditional bacon cheeseburger, kinda a traditional dude in a number of ways including the foods I like" he admitted with a slight shrug as he bit into his hamburger again while Misty took them up on his offer to join them. He spoke up once he swallowed what he had been chewing on "Honestly? I have a campsite outta town here after traveling some, I don't say in one spot too long and like to see different things. Was craving a burger and planned on picking up a few more supplies while in town, meeting you two here was just a happy coincidence."
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Aug 6, 2021 19:06:14 GMT -6
"Ryuusei," Misty said, then continued, "I guess you never realized that I am actually from here in Cerulean City. My sisters and I run the Cerulean City Gym. I was out shopping for some Badge supplies to make some more Cascade Badges and got a bit hungry." Misty then opened the menu and looked at it as she took another sip of her Dr. Pepper.
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Post by R-F on Aug 8, 2021 17:53:09 GMT -6
Ryuusei nodded. "Nope, this is my first time commin' through here," He more than likely passed where Terrence was camping and didn't realize it. "and I don't think we talked much."
She was a Gym Leader, he'd been on planet for awhile, but never quite figured what that meant. One of his earliest adventures with their group was in Erika's 'Gym'...but that seemed to be more of a green house and perfumery.
"So what kind of stuff do you do?" He gave her a once-over. "You look pretty fit, so aerobics?"
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Post by T.K. on Aug 8, 2021 19:44:59 GMT -6
As Misty and Ryuusei started talking Terrence took the opportunity to wave over a waitress when she was passing by "I'll take a plate of seasoned potato wedges.." before returning attention to his dwindling meal as he opted to focus on eating his lunch while the two spoke since he really didn't care to eat cold fries or a burger for that matter. With a pleased humm he took a long sip from his strawberry milkshake before havin another bite of his burger, but now that there were others at his table he was eating with a bit less gusto. Still he figured he'd be done before his wedges arrive.
..now if only he could put a finger on why his gut was tellin him something was amiss when there wasn't anything out of the ordinary goin on around him as far as he could tell.
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Aug 8, 2021 22:39:38 GMT -6
Misty smiled as she continued looking through the menu, "well, I actually accept challenges from trainers that want to win the Cascade Badge. Before my sisters got better with battling, all they cared about was fashion and doing water shows. I've taken part in several water shows in the past. I was even the Mermaid Princess in one of them that Ash took the place of my big sister Daisy in one time. Heck, Team Rocket's Jessie and James even took the place of my sisters as the villains one time. I swim and travel a lot. That's probably why I look so fit."
The Waitress for their table then came over to the table with an order pad, "I would like a Grilled Buffalo Chicken Sandwich and an order of potato wedges," Misty said.
The waitress then wrote down Misty's order as she looked toward Ryuusei, "what about you sir do you want anything else?"
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Post by R-F on Aug 9, 2021 19:39:34 GMT -6
"I'll take the full rack of ribs. Oh, and put it all on one check, his stuff too." Motioning across the table, figuring if Terrence ordered potato wedges, that he hadn't paid yet. Misty had good tastes, kind of made him regret not ordering wings, but the ribs were just too enticing.
He waited for the waitress to leave before commenting. "Sounds like you gotta do a lot there by yourself. Do you still take part in the shows?" Since she brought it up, he kinda wanted to see her in a swimsuit.
he glanced across the table and noticed an odd look on the man's face. "Somethin' botherin' you? I doubt it's you wishing you were next to a hot redhead."
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Post by T.K. on Aug 10, 2021 8:21:27 GMT -6
Terrence nodded thoughtfully as Misty spoke about what she did giving her a small grin "Sounds like you got alot on your proverbial plate, still its impressive to shoulder that much responsibility at this age so I'm confident you'll go far in life if your such a hard worker now" he mused with a friendly smile popping a fry into his mouth afterwards to chew on while Ryuusei spoke. He let out a quiet hum before swallowing the fry and speaking up when he was asked what was bothering him "Well I mean I'd never turn down the company of a fine woman but your right in this case that isn't what I'm thinkin about."
"Ever since I've entered the city something feels off, I couldn't even begin to say what or why just..well lets just call it intuition that there is something going on." He wasn't being specific because he himself had no idea what the deal was yet has experienced this enough times to trust his instincts that there -is- something up. "Don't ask me what since I don't know, but I figure I'll find out if I take a little stroll around the city, my luck just swings that way. For now though I'm going to enjoy this meal and worry bout getting to the bottom of this after we're done here."
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Mar 1, 2022 3:20:44 GMT -6
"I'll take the full rack of ribs. Oh, and put it all on one check, his stuff too." Motioning across the table, figuring if Terrence ordered potato wedges, that he hadn't paid yet. Misty had good tastes, kind of made him regret not ordering wings, but the ribs were just too enticing. He waited for the waitress to leave before commenting. "Sounds like you gotta do a lot there by yourself. Do you still take part in the shows?" Since she brought it up, he kinda wanted to see her in a swimsuit. he glanced across the table and noticed an odd look on the man's face. "Somethin' botherin' you? I doubt it's you wishing you were next to a hot redhead." The Waitress wrote down the order. Before she left she turned back to Ryuusei and smiled, "my name is Zari, I will be your server today, let me know if you need anything else." With that, the now named Zari headed back to the kitchen to place the order. Terrence nodded thoughtfully as Misty spoke about what she did giving her a small grin "Sounds like you got alot on your proverbial plate, still its impressive to shoulder that much responsibility at this age so I'm confident you'll go far in life if your such a hard worker now" he mused with a friendly smile popping a fry into his mouth afterwards to chew on while Ryuusei spoke. He let out a quiet hum before swallowing the fry and speaking up when he was asked what was bothering him "Well I mean I'd never turn down the company of a fine woman but your right in this case that isn't what I'm thinkin about." "Ever since I've entered the city something feels off, I couldn't even begin to say what or why just..well lets just call it intuition that there is something going on." He wasn't being specific because he himself had no idea what the deal was yet has experienced this enough times to trust his instincts that there -is- something up. "Don't ask me what since I don't know, but I figure I'll find out if I take a little stroll around the city, my luck just swings that way. For now though I'm going to enjoy this meal and worry bout getting to the bottom of this after we're done here." Misty had a thoughtful look on her face as she pondered the words that Terrence said. Once she was done pondering, she spoke up, "now that you mention it; I did get a report about something weird going on with one of the empty tanks in the Gym. Do you think we'll need to call in Ash and some of the others? I'll help you get to the bottom of what you're feeling Terrence." Misty then turned to Ryuusei, "how about you Ryuusei?" OOC: Terrence and Ryuusei. |
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Post by R-F on Mar 3, 2022 14:23:09 GMT -6
"Yeah I'll have some mozzarella sticks and a large order of buffalo wings." He motioned to the other two at the table. "And put theres on mine."
Once the server was gone, he responded to Misty. "Did something like this happen before?" He was thinking 'maybe' as she was already considering calling in the troops. "Did you file a police report?"
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Post by T.K. on Mar 3, 2022 17:32:48 GMT -6
"I'm not sure that would be something to contact the police about, if there is a problem with an empty tank then that might be something to have checked out by a repairman y'know? However lets hold off on contacting anyone for the moment until we have more than 'bad feelings'." He picked at his fries before taking a bit of his hamburger "How bout this, since its a tank at your gym can you get us in to at least take a look? if its just repairs then you can call someone to fix it or if there is something more suspect then we can decide upon our next course of action there."
"Right now its too early to assume anything and we just need to gather some information"
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Post by Ashley✭Ketchum on Mar 5, 2022 2:51:30 GMT -6
"Yeah I'll have some mozzarella sticks and a large order of buffalo wings." He motioned to the other two at the table. "And put theres on mine." Once the server was gone, he responded to Misty. "Did something like this happen before?" He was thinking 'maybe' as she was already considering calling in the troops. "Did you file a police report?" Misty looked toward Ryuusei with a thoughtful look on her face, "The strangest thing that has happened is my Psyduck getting into the regular fish tank. He's always thinking he can swim, when he actually can't. My Gyarados has had to save Psyduck multiple times because he has fallen into the tanks not realizing he can't actually swim. There really hasn't been anytime we've had to file a police report except the many times that either Jessie, James, and Meowth or Cassidy and Bob have broken into the gym trying to steal Pokemon." Somewhere in Team Rocket Headquarters, Butch sneezed and rolled his eyes, "Someone must be talking about me." Butch then rubs his nose, then goes to wash his hands. OOC: Ryuusei "I'm not sure that would be something to contact the police about, if there is a problem with an empty tank then that might be something to have checked out by a repairman y'know? However lets hold off on contacting anyone for the moment until we have more than 'bad feelings'." He picked at his fries before taking a bit of his hamburger "How bout this, since its a tank at your gym can you get us in to at least take a look? if its just repairs then you can call someone to fix it or if there is something more suspect then we can decide upon our next course of action there." "Right now its too early to assume anything and we just need to gather some information" Misty nods in agreement with Terrence, "the best thing we can do is investigate the incident ourselves before we make any assumptions. Of course I can get us into the Gym, I'm one of the Sensational Sisters of Cerulean City." *winks and poses out of habit* Misty Sweat Drops and rolls her eyes, "I'm sorry about that, I've been around my sisters waaaaay too much. I really need to get away from Cerulean City. Sometimes I feel like I'm turning into my sisters." OOC: Terrence |
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Post by T.K. on Mar 5, 2022 6:44:03 GMT -6
As Misty explained whats happened in the past he was mentally compiling a list of facts in his mind, he wasn't sure if any of this will be relevant in the future but until they knew what was up he'd do his best to remember such things. He had long trained his mind to capture everything like a trap a skill he was forced to develop when he realized he had access to dimensional storage, unfortunately it also came without a means to conveniently track what he all stored so he was forced to memorize everything he placed in it along with some redundancies in case he couldn't remember some things. He couldn't help but roll his eyes as she mentioned her psyduck's actions as he worked on another large bite of his burger.
He downed that mouthful when Misty said they could get access to the gym to check the tanks and had to resist sweatdropping as she posed and could see how it had been somewhat automatic without really thinking about it. 'That seems like an awkward habit to have locked in the brain..' he mused inwardly before he spoke "First off..your psyduck sounds like it was dropped on its head too many times or somethin, secondly its good that we can get in, we should be able to pick up some clues as to whats going on if there is something more than just a purely mechanical problem. We'll go right after we're done here, no point in wasting valuable time."
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