A wild HONEDGE appears!

[ofpromisedvictory]

[Action - The Verdant Forest]

[On your way to/from Caldera for the festivities? Wandering out in search of Pokémon? Fleeing from a flock of Spearow? Odds are that you might run into a Honedge wandering the woods. They're not completely uncommon in Union, but finding them in the wild outside of ruins is almost unheard of. Too bad it's not Shiny...]

[It's definitely behaving oddly, though. Rather than going for the immediate attack, as many Wild Pokémon do, it's...lurking. Observing, actually. It's too honorable to lurk. But it seems to be hesitating about approaching for a little bit.]

[At this point, you can choose your path, almost like it's some sort of visual representation of a novel with multiple options given to the reader:]

1

[Approach the Honedge with Pokémon ready to attack, or with a Warp Band as if you're about to try to bond it (she, actually), and she'll unsheathe herself, ready for a fight.]

2

[Start speaking plainly, or wait long enough for the Honedge to get comfortable, and the Honedge Shifts into the form of a young lady in an old-fashioned dress, who immediately bows in greeting.]

Greetings. I ask of you - do you know the way to a place called "Union City"?

Comments

[platinumlucifer]

[ Run, Saber. Don't look back, just run. ]

That's okay, I don't mind explaining it to you. Although you're not really what I expected, if I'm being honest. I thought there was some pokemon watching me.

[ofpromisedvictory]

Speaking technically, I am a Pokémon. I only recently became able to take on this form, but it makes speaking to humans a great deal easier.

[platinumlucifer]

Oh interesting! So are you from Union, or someplace else? Did you choose this form yourself?

[ Because wow you have good taste if you did. ]

[ofpromisedvictory]

I'm from someplace else.

The form came naturally, as far as I know. Other than the hair, it's efficient, so I can't complain.

[platinumlucifer]

Someplace else? Like where?

[ofpromisedvictory]

Hm...

[She thinks about this.]

Is it appropriate to tell a human I woke up in a tomb? It's natural for a Honedge, after all...

[platinumlucifer]

That's kind of morbid.

[ It slipped out before she could catch it. Even she knew when a comment wasn't called for, and Excellen backed off a bit. ]

But different strokes for different folks, right?

[ofpromisedvictory]

It's an understandable reaction. Most humans aren't ghosts, as far as I'm aware.

[platinumlucifer]

Yeah, not so much. Or if they are, they don't tell anybody.