The Legendary Beast Pack

[Arylett Charnoa]

(...Holy Carkbagels. Geez! That's a lot... I was gonna go to sleep now, but I think I should post before... I get REALLY off-track with this.)

So the on-comers had come. And now several more annoyances had been added. The show was getting interesting.

Great. The black Absol rolled her eyes a bit. She didn't really like the look of that annoying Togetic. So much light and glitter and... happiness. Ugh. Even the name was the opposite of everything she embodied. Smile? Smiles weren't worth a crap unless they were a sarcastic smirk. But perhaps... she grinned a bit evilly... she could break that spirit. Her red eyes glimmered maliciously. Breaking happiness was her favourite thing to do.

The Riolu was a pest not worthy of her time, exchanging insignificances with the annoying Sprinkles. The Persian was a jackass, but he sure did put on a good show. At least he stopped that stupid Togetic, although before she could... that attack of his looked strong. But she noted with interest the small bundle of fur he carried and coddled... a weak spot. And then... Sheila... hmm... seemed to be that black Ninetales. Another weak spot. Some weak spots that would invite her surely to death... that metallic arm of that Persian's certainly wasn't for show. He was... ah... she remembered now why she felt this bad vibe... the Golden Terror... she knew of him. He'd always talk about him... how he was superior to her in every way... a shining example she'd have to emulate.

She glared resentfully at the Golden Terror, her eyes shining with pure anger for a moment. Then she thought of the blood...

Later, she'd deal with him later. Leave him be for now... strike when he's weak.

The rest weren't really worthy of her attention. That Lucario was a bit intimidating, but, nothing really to target yet. No obvious weaknesses.

For now, the Togetic. She had even managed to shrug off the Persian's hostility... damn, no fight. And then Claude Spoono's didn't work. Now she was going to heal the Arcanine... let's see what the Horrid Queen can do though.

"Well, well, well! This show was good at first, and then Sprinkles over here showed up. Hey Sprinkles, I don't know if you know this, but, you're really annoying!" And the Absol imitated Smile's happy tone cruelly, smiling sardonically at her. "Lemme see if I can tell you the truth, although you might be too stupid to handle it. So I'll just be blunt.Nobody likes you and that Persian was trying to get rid of you. We all think you're some annoying stupid little weak pest, and to be honest, that's probably true. Smiles can only last so long, your happiness is nothing more than fake. So stop pretending to hide some big trauma you got from the pits, probably your human thinking you were too worthless and happy to fight and then dumping you."

And then she stopped and smiled at Smile mockingly to see the impact of her words.

 

[Anomaly 54]

Paza nodded, sat down by the stump and fell into a deep sleep.

((Short post is short, but I don't really have much to add until the plot gets rolling))

 

[Bluberry Bat]

Ammy paused, listening intently now, an almost familiar voice doing numbers to mitigate her fear of the situation.
"Oni skazali... chto ya govoryu na yazyke moyeĭ materi... y- ya strannaya?.." As she said this, her head sunk down again slightly - the mention of strangeness struck a certain chord with her. In the lab, it was like a second code name. Apparently, she was part of a set of 'freaks', talked down upon constantly. Of course, there were never answers as to why, it just was.
"Pozhaluĭsta... gde ya..?" She was sure how to ask such things, but this was the first time there had been a response at all.

 

[Black Yoshi]

In response to Frollo, Xhan stuck his tongue out, and made a couple baby-like imitations of Frollo's speech. He was already standing up, prepared to run. Pleasepleaseplease, dear Arceus, let these guys just say, 'buzz off,' and let me live. "Yeah, I know you've killed a lot. But guess what? I don't care. We're not in the pits anymore, Goldy. 'Kay? We're out, right?"

At this point, Xhan figured he could die at any second. But he couldn't help but grin. I can already say I officially got to three of them! Ha!

 

[Stormecho]

((Ye gods, guys, give me a chance to post a response, eh? x3))

Basaina snorted. "I'll be fine," she retorted, though she... clearly wasn't. Nevertheless, she turned her head to the side, acknowledging that having someone look at the sluggishly bleeding wounds was rather important. Hopefully, if he noticed the weals from the whip, he wouldn't comment. But of course, he started saying something, and the battered Riolu responded and he... went off to examine her. She watched, interested, for a few moments, before directing her attention to the Golden Terror. "So are you the leader of this little pack? Or are all of you?" And she jerked her head towards Halan and Sheila. "You're all veterans, after all." She had never faced any of them, but she had certainly heard of them - and as the Wildfire, they might have heard of her.

Her gaze darted to the Alakazam for a moment. All her senses and instincts told her that he was dangerous, but then, a good portion of the pack fit in that category. She would have to keep an eye on everyone here... except maybe the Riolu making a fool of itself and the Togetic that had suddenly wanted to heal her. Some of the newcomers were childish, and she doubted they had been honed by the pits - more like broken by it, or had left too early for even that. The pack seemed like an odd mix of the innocent and the murderers, though she knew well where she would have fit.

 

[Exo-Raikou]

Frollo was half-tempted to switch his spoons to daggers and end the Riolu's existence then and there.

But then, common sense kicked in. Killing the Riolu now would certainly do no good for his reputation in this group (except maybe the Persian, but Frollo saw him more as a wild card at this early stage,) and though he wasn't trying to make any friends in the group, the Alakazam felt a bit of an... obligation, to go along, if only to see how worthy all of these pokemon really were.

Instead he simply said, "We may not be in the pits anymore, boy, but the law of survival will no doubt still apply; perhaps even more so, now that we are out of what can at best be called our homes, and we are now cast into the entire world. You do not want to make yourself seem as though you are... incapable of surviving whatever we might face in the world. Push this Persian, or myself, much further, and you will soon become incapable. Very incapable."

With that, he floated away, passing by a Lucario that had been eying the Riolu that the Golden Terror called "his child" with interest... or was it fear?

Frollo could not tell.

 

[....]

Leo smirked.

The absol's mockery was wonderful. Just the thing he needed to cheer him up.

"So guys, are we allowed in yet or what? I wanna go break into a pit already," Leo said awfully loudly.

 

[Mai]

Smile looked at the black absol confusedly.

What is she talking about? There's no one here named Sprinkle...

"What are you talking about? There's no one here named Sprinkle... Do you mean me?" She asked quizzically. "I'm friends with Xhan! He's fun! And the persian was just helping us with snow. That was nice! Plus, I'm always happy! See, I have joy dust! Togetic make it... somehow," Smile shrugged, then continued. "And it makes people happy! Look how happy I am!"

The normal-flying type ended with a nice look, and then went back to play with the banette.

She's silly! I mean, I'm always happy! And the people here are nice... I think.

Yeah, they're fine...

 

[Black Yoshi]

"Yeah, and I think the rules of survival basically say, don't attack a potential ally." Xhan pointed out. Hope he doesn't call me on that. I'm not much use, so... Me as an ally isn't all that wonderful. But he put on a smile regardless. "Verbal abuse is fine, of course. They're just stupid words, for stupid people, myself included. I think it's all fine as long as we don't try to make each other bleed... Unless you trip on a root and faceplant and your nose starts bleeding..." Xhan stared at his nose, the memory coming back to him. "Then again, that was my fault." He said to himself.

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

She sighed in exasperation. So this WOULD be a tough one to crack... a challenge. How could someone be SO DAMN HAPPY? She didn't understand. Especially when life in the pits had made many of them awful...

One more try.

"Sprinkle, that's YOU. Smile or whatever awful fake happy name you've been given. I guess I was right though; you ARE too dense to hear anything negative. I mean, at least Boneass here gives a better show when I insult him." The Absol shook her head and then looked at Boneass a bit, then back to Sprinkleface. "You really need to wise up; or you're gonna get... killed... I wouldn't do it because I'm such a nice girl, but Persian over here would have a riot on you. Although, that'd make a good show... so okay! Continue being annoying! I can't wait to watch." And with that, she continued her mocking happy tone and strolled away from the Togetic. For now, that was the best she could do. A steady stream of insults might break this disgusting impenetrable barrier of false happiness.

"So eh, I'm bored with Sprinkles over here now. When are we going to start, you know, actually... DOING something other than annoying the hell out of each other and sitting around uselessly? And..." She turned her gaze to the Lucario speaking in a different language. "Babbling?"

 

[Exo-Raikou]

"I would have to agree with the Absol and Quilava," Frollo noted, "If this 'liberation group' as it's put, is to accomplish anything, we might want to achieve the jailbreak soon, before this group dissolves into..." he glanced at the Togetic, "... more of those.

"The first order of business would likely be where and when we would break into the pits... I highly doubt that there would be only one entrance to them, and depending on when we strike, there might be more or less enemies of ours. Either way, we need to make our move soon."

He turned to the Riolu. "As for you, the only allies I need are the ones that are judged to be worthy in battle. I have not in several decades found a number of worthy opponents, and I doubt that you will be any better. When the chance to fight arises, pray to whatever gods you believe in that you prove me wrong."

 

[Zora of Termina]

Sheila lost interest around the point the child started speaking in tongues. Halan spoke that. He could do more for her than she ever could without being able to understand her.

However, now another had caught her eye. That black Absol... she had gotten negative vibes from her earlier. But now she was telling the annoying sparklefairy off... perhaps Sheila could get to liking this Absol.

Hah, someone who's just as annoyed by that thing...

"You have to admit, it would be fun to break her spirit. See just how much the little ball of disgustingly saccharine happiness can take."

Sheila blinked. Where had that voice come from...? It didn't sound like anyone here... but she couldn't help but agree with it. And the guy who said they needed to get a move on.

 

[Coloursfall]

Edward stared as the Togetic shucked off his full-power Thunderbolt, barely registering Halan's smack or words. There was no way that was real. He was a highly-trained killing machine, and even if he wasn't the best at special attacks, that should have done much more damage. Sparkleass was getting on his nerves now.

The feline gently pushed Ammy towards Sheila, taking one of her tails gently in his mouth and draping it over the little Riolu.

"I'll be right back, lil' fluffy one, okay? Sheila, can you watch her?" He added, looking up at the vixen with a faint feline smile. "I'm gunna go teach that ball of stupid to shut it's mouth."

With that, he started stalking toward Smile, tail flicking and feet silent on the grass, the posture of a hunter. As soon as he was close enough behind the flying type, he leapt, claws out and pinned her to the short grass with a his. He made sure his claws would press in enough to hurt and cause bleeding, but not kill her.

"Listen to me, sparkleass. Shut up. None of us want to deal with you, or your bullshit "sparkles" and your overly enthusiastic behavior. This is war, runt, and you need to nut up or shut up. Or I'll make you shut up. Permanently. You catch my drift?" He hissed, voice low and dangerous. He didn't get up. "Now, I want you cut out all this cheerful bullcrap. Most of us have been through hell, and you...you wouldn't have made it, if you'd been through the same. They fed us Pokemon like you for meals. So, we're going to figure out or plan of attack, and you're going to be quiet."

 

[River]

Allum shook his head slowly, "It won't help to kill Smile. Not everyone reacts to the pits in the same way." He stood and walked over to the Golden Terror, he knew the records but Allum didn't care in the least. Every single being had a weakness, this Persian's appeared to be the child. "No matter what any of you think, it can't hurt to have a positive outlook. Although I do find the forced joy annoying." He knew that speaking like this wouldn't earn him respect but it mattered not.
He walked back over to the stump and decided he would communicate with the other Eevee, "Hello, nice to meet you. Nice wings too. Call me Allum".

 

[see ya]

Pali stared at the Golden Terror and shivered a little as he pinned Smile and gave his speech. She felt a little conflicted. On one hand, it wasn't really so wrong of Smile to want to make the best of their situation and try to put their nasty pasts behind them through just being happy. On the other, well it just seemed kind of wrong, how happy she was. Even Pali herself, trying her best to just enjoy the night for what it had to give, felt troubled that her future would be anything like her past. That Smile felt none of this concern was disquieting.

Pali also felt worried about Frollo's constant talk of judgment and worthiness. He seemed to be taking charge now, and Pali herself had only won a single battle in her time in the pits. What if she was one of the ones to be left behind and alone? She didn't want to think about it. Not now.

She found herself right next to the little Riolu, who still seemed quite frightened. Even though she couldn't understand a single word coming out of the child's mouth, she still found herself answering.

"You're so small..." Pali said, "Too small... You were down there too... weren't you? That's sad... But we're gonna be okay now... It looks like someone's gonna take good care of you..." She looked over at the Golden Terror. He was big and scary, yes, but if he was willing to be so gentle with this tiny Riolu he couldn't be all bad.

She squeaked a little as her fluff brushed up against the Riolu, and she hoped the Persian didn't catch that.

 

[Black Yoshi]

Xhan mostly ignored Froo-froo, or Frollo, whatever his name was. Mainly the Persian was occupying him. Way to help the mood, here, Spiffy. Ya' really know how to 'rally the troops.' He shook his head, and looked once more at all the other pokemon.

All these pokemon were different from the average of their species. Somehow. And while Xhan had noticed the little lump of fur that was another riolu, he had tried to get the image from his mind. It only upset him, mostly because he wanted to somehow help the thing (He couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, since he had only caught glimpses of fur) , but he was afraid any attempt he made could be taken the wrong way. It had happened on more than one occasion.

Instead, his attention was effectively drawn back to the Golden Terror. He sighed at the cat's threats. Taking a deep breath, he steeled himself, and approached the feline. "Look, don't be mad at her for being happy. I mean, really, there's no point to it. Just... Calm down..." Xhan didn't know if this advice was for the Persian or himself. "Deep breaths.... In, out." He smiled calmly, or as much as he could next to this guy. "C'mon, just lay off for a bit."

I am in this guy's face way too much, even by my standards. I'll be dead by the end of the week if I don't go somewhere else. And whether Smile comprehended Ed's threat or not, Xhan didn't like the idea of everyone being at each other's throats. He was used to being strongly disliked, so he wasn't bothered if the cat hated him, and although he didn't really know Smile, he figured from what he had seen of her, she was too innocent for her own good. She needed someone to stick up for her, in Xhan's opinion, whether she knew it or not... And she very well might not have.

 

[Mai]

The persian pounced on Smile, accidently digging his claws into her chest. It hurt, it hurt a lot, but he didn't mean to, she was sure. She was still happy, anyway. Her mood wasn't broken that much.

He was angry, she knew. And he forgot her name. Sparkle would've been a nice name, though. Almost as fitting for her as Smile! She was bleeding, but her sparkles were healing her. Or were they? They made her feel slightly better. He also wanted her to play the quiet game. Or he would make her.

That doesn't make much sense, The togetic wondered. Would he make me jealous of his quietness? That might be nice. No offense, but his voice sounds kind of mean...

The blood was messing with her happiness. She considered how to fix that while the persian finished his angry rant. When he got off her, he dragged his cuts a little more. That hurt. It might've even been intentional.

Smile sat up. First things first, to fix the cuts, the sparkles had to be moved away. She brushed off a good amount of joy dust, wincing. That just made it worse. To use wish a second time would be silly, so she just wiped it off her chest and flew up a bit. Flying sounded much better than walking.

Xhan was talking to the persian, chewing him out for pouncing on her. It was nice of Xhan to do that, and it was a bit harsh for that persian to jump on her. He might've even meant to hurt her! It was rude. And to think of it, he probably would've been the type of person to do that, but she wasn't sure.

He's been pretty hostile, I guess.

But he had been just helping her the first time, right? The second time and now, though... it was confusing.

Her sparkles were returning, making her feel much better.

Maybe the persian was just rude, and angry. That was fine. Smile could deal with that. Perhaps she was just overreacting in the first place. After all, why would anyone do that?

Either way, the one person who was the least rude and angry here was Xhan, and he's fun. The riolu was a great friend.

 

[Sylph]

Halan glanced at edward and watched him tackle the 'smile' pokemon, shaking his head a bit before turning his attention back to the small riolu now in Shelia's care. He lowers his head to the riolu and spoke softly and slow to her, not wanting to make her scared. "Vy ne stranno. No vy govorite, vy govorite tak zhe, kak tvoya matʹ ..."

Halan lifts his paw and brushes it over the pup's head, the tugging in his body driving him mad. He would swear that this was not real, that it was just something unrelated...

But there was only one other Lucario female he ever met that could speak the same way he does.

"...Shelia...this may sound strange but...I've only known one Lucario that spoke the same vay I do. She asked me to help her be vith child...and I think this riolu...this pup." He looks up at Shelia, a questioning look in his eyes.

"Vhat do you think. Could she be...?"

 

[Zora of Termina]

Sheila stared down at the Riolu handed to her. "I... I'm not sure. Podría muy bien estar, she may well be. She smells like you. If that's the case... she needs a name, Halan."

Again, she wrapped a tail around the Riolu, nuzzling her softly. "Será niño fino, pequeña, I'll take care of you." She looked up at Ed for a moment, now thinking that maybe he was going a bit too far. Yes the sparkle-ball had annoyed her, but... no, that stupid little thing deserved it. Now just watch the child. She took to laying down, curled around her, and started cleaning her.

"You know, if he really is your father... you're in very good hands."

 

[Sylph]

"...Then...if you can see it too...it must be true. I'm a father...she vas able to bring child to term in these times." He whispered, a slight smile on his face. He brushes his paw over her again, a sad look in his eyes as he passes the place her arm should have been. Edward found her somewhere, and that's never a good sign in these times.

She's the dead...her mother is dead and she is vounded. Those humans...those blasted humans did this to her.

He could feel the under-current of rage in him bubble, hatred for the human race festering deep inside of him. He closes his eyes and lets out a strained sigh. The image of a young human girl flashes across his mind's eye, calming his rage back to the under-current.

Miyu...the only light in that place.

Halan opens his eyes and places a paw on the Riolu's tiny body, feeling her heartbeat under his palm. Tears started to form in the corner of his eyes, a new feeling coming over him. This pup was his flesh and blood. His kin and daughter.

"...Anastasia. Vashe imya budet Anastasiya." He leans down and kisses the her forehead, lowering his voice to a soft whisper. "Vy mozhete ne veritʹ mne, no ya vash otets. YA budu zdesʹ, chtoby zabotitʹsya o tebe i lyublyu tebya. Vsegda."