o1. audio / action

[ladyofluminosity]

[Voice]

Hello, can anyone hear me? I believe I'm still in the signal area. In any case, I believe that I may have found something interesting! A community of Spearows, so close to the city! I thought that they were solitary Pokémon, and yet there must be at least half a dozen of them nesting here, in close proximity. While I have not been able to get too close, I have been able to construct quite a few interesting ske--

Camille, what are you doing there? Camille, sto--

[The feed abruptly cuts off.]

[Action]

[The Verdant Forest, early morning, the trees covered in a new layer of fluffy white snow. The ratata are slowly crawling out from their hidey-holes to find their first meal of the day; pidgey cooing gently, welcoming in the day; the sweet, dulcimer cry of an errant Enlightened screaming--wait, what?!]

Comments

[thewindything]

[LSK;askmfa;;a WHat??? Ugly??]

[(Wow, rude? At least I don't smell like I rolled in my own crap.)]

[Yeah, I don't know who they were kidding when John set out to be the mediator. Looks like we're going with plan distraction.]

[ladyofluminosity]

[Lux wasn't sure what John was saying, but from the way the flock of spearow suddenly started to fluff out their feathers and squawk, she assumed negotiations weren't going well.

At least he was in ghost form, otherwise those scratches and pecks would not be feeling good right about now.]

[indy_wannabe]

...yeah let's just get this done.

[Ez blinks out and appears beside the book, launching a shot at one of the nearest birds and snatching it up.]

RUN

[sixwholeplates]

TWICE IN ONE DAY!

[Cecilia shrieks and bolts, running like a madwoman when Ez screams. She does yell, though -- maybe it'll get some of the Spearows' attention?]

[thewindything]

[John is cursing up a storm that Lux should probably cover Camille's ears for if she could understand angry ghost noises.]

[He's also letting the Spearow get close because his body is made up of poison gas right now and watching them drop is cathartic. After he takes a few out he'll rush after the others.]

[ladyofluminosity]

[Wow this looked familiar. They were off running again. Indeed, a few spearow got caught in the poison gas, and yet more continued to trail after John.

Cecilia did manage to get a few birds' attention, but the real attention grabber was the human that suddenly teleported in near the sketchbook.

WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT EVEN ABOUT? PECK AT HIS HEAD FIRST ASK QUESTIONS AFTER!]

[sixwholeplates]

Run, Ezrael! Run!

[Cecilia shouts it in his direction -- and then she gets an idea; it makes her slow, because she's turning at the waist to look at Ez while she runs. She raises a hand up. There is a shimmer in the air, a faint pink light around Ez.]

[A few ghostly flowers sprinkle by, and a sparkle of light -- and then Ezrael's defenses are briefly supernaturally enhanced!]

[Raftina whistles loudly, then; with a yelp, Cecilia ducks around the tree she almost ran into.]

[indy_wannabe]

[Ez takes off running, blasting a few of the Spearow with bolts of lightning and swearing. Finally, after a few seconds and a few shots, he teleports back away and takes off, catching up with everyone else]