forum The Golden Days[Pokemon RP // Closed, but stalkers are welcome! // 5/5]

Started March 23, 2019 by @Cloudy_is_trying_her_best

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(It's just the one shelf/bookcase that was knocked over, btw. I worded that badly, didn't I? Sorry)

The bookcase went upright with the help of Anna and Ceasar, wobbling a little when it landed. Anna's eyes went wide for a second, and she grabbed for one of the shelves. It didn't fall over, thankfully. "Phew," she breathed, then set to picking up the books. "That's a cool name," she said to Zozzie without looking up. Not that she was trying to be rude, she was just trying to gather all the books and binders that had fallen off the shelf. "Both of them, I mean. Author and Zozzie." Cyndaquil picked up a particularly heavy volume and managed to totter a few steps before almost falling over. "Whoa!" Anna exclaimed, reaching out and catching the Fire type. The book fell to the ground with a thump and Cyndaquil squealed in surprise. "You okay?" she asked, knowing that her partner would likely be unhurt but a little surprised. It nodded. "Alright. Be careful, though, these books are huge." The two went back to work, Cyndaquil sticking to the lighter books. "Oh, hey, that reminds me," Anna said, "I should probably give you a name, huh?" She thought for a moment, looking at Cyndaquil. "Umm…how about…Cinnamon? What do you think?" she asked. Cinnamon looked at her, then blazed its back up.

"Cyndaquil!" it exclaimed, smiling.

(I'm gonna assume that you guys want to skip because I haven't gotten any replies, soooo)

After a little while, things were looking a lot better. As Anna started putting books on yet another shelf, the door opened. A boy a little older than her walked through it. He had pale skin and gray eyes that scanned the lab almost professionally, as if he had come here to get something done and was damn sure going to do it. The boy wore his crimson hair in a low ponytail, though towards the front it hung free. His clothes were clearly intended to be showy, but the navy blue suit jacket, white dress shirt, undone red tie, and navy blue slacks somehow seemed casual. Of course, Anna recognized him.

Who didn't know who Silver, the Champion, was?

Followed by a Feraligatr and Crobat, Silver approached Professor Elm–who was checking a bookcase towards the back of the lab to see what was missing–ignoring the new Trainers. "Professor," he said with a somewhat curt nod. Elm turned around.

"Hello, Silver. I was starting to get worried. You got my message, then?" he asked. Silver nodded.

"Yes, I did. I would have gotten here sooner, but…something popped up." The Champion's expression darkened a little.

Professor Elm's eyes widened. "A lead?"

Silver nodded. "A hiker found his hat and jacket in a cave near Mt. Silver. The hat was extremely dirty and the jacket was in shreds. There were also signs of a Pokemon battle, and even blood stains."

The Professor was pale now. "And did they find a–?"

Silver cut him off. "Body? No. All of his Pokemon were recovered, though. I stopped by his mom's house and gave them to her. Professor…" he took a deep breath, as if to steady himself. "Wherever Gold is, whatever happened to him…I think the situation is a lot more dire than we had first thought. Crystal, too."

Anna didn't know what to think. She'd heard about the disappearance of Gold and Crystal some months ago, but nobody had been able to find anything to track them down until now. She looked around to see how the others were reacting to this and couldn't help but feel that all of them were intruding on something.

Zozzie tilted their head, owlish eyes blinking in the direction of the new people. They didn't understand why Anna was looking at them so strangely, they were just people. It was clear that Zozzie didn't know much about any famous people.

(Silver: Hey you know Gold? Ex-Champion? Missing for months now? Yeah some guy found his hat, torn up jacket, and Pokemon in a cave

Silver: Also he might be dead but we don't know. Nobody's found a body

Anna: shooketh

Zozzie: Huh nope nothing unusual other than Anna being surprised/scared

Idk I just thought their reaction was funny)

Caesar let out a disheartened sigh.
"That's unfortunate…" he said, accidentally sounding a lot more sarcastic than he intended to.
He looked over to Anna and Zozzie, trying to gauge both of their reactions.

(Okay, so Red left due to not being able to be online a whole lot and RPs not being a huge priority[note that they are totally welcome to come back if they want to or change their mind], so I'll be using Simon as an NPC for a little bit.)

Simon and Bulbasaur had been fixing a potted plant that had been knocked over. Now, Simon stood stark still. He had heard about the case over the radio, but hadn't really thought much of it. Now, with the mention of someone possibly dying, he couldn't help but feel scared. Bulbasaur nudged him. "Ah–I'm okay. Just a little rattled," he assured the little Pokemon.

( @The-Moral-Ambiguity-of-Metaphors )

Oof.//

Sorry.//

Yes…//

Annie jumped out of her thoughts at the crash of a flower pot, still gripping her Totodile close to her chest, who was straining towards the Feraligatr tailing Silver, of course who had distracted the young trainer. She never could see herself in the confident male's shoes, but sometimes wondered what it would be like if someone would beat Silver.
She looked over his large Pokémon curiously, though she frowned at the news the champion brought. The news of the pair's disappearance was rampid in Kalos and Unova, and she had seen it a lot on her way over to this lab.

(Lol you're good, glad you're not leaving! Sorry I took so long to reply, I had State Band Festival.)

Anna blinked hard. She shook her head a little bit, steeling herself, then looked at Silver. "You're talking about Gold, right? The Trainer that went missing several months ago?"

Silver looked at her. She had picked up Cinnamon, who didn't appear to grasp the fact that someone was missing, possibly hurt or dead. The little fire mouse did understand that people were upset, however, and looked at Silver expectantly, head cocked slightly to the side. He hesitated, seeming to consider whether or not to answer, then nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"Well, when you hear the words 'bloodstains' and 'body' in the same context, it's a little scary, I guess?" Anna replied. She looked down at Cinnamon. "Plus, Gold used to be the Champion. If something could take him ou–down, then it'd need to be something extremely powerful, right?"

"Yeah," Caesar agreed, "Do you guys think it was another person, or maybe some big, scary legendary pokemon?"
He was entertaining a lot of thoughts in his head about the situation. It scared him a little, but mostly, he was intrigued.
He stroked Chikorita's neck and it made a soft, happy noise.

"First off, stop asking a guy about his probably dead friend, that's fucked up." Zozzie said, shaking their head like 'what the fuck guys.' They turned to Silver and said. "Look dude, I don't know who you are, but I know losing someone fucking sucks."