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

[divine_braid]

Ruins, huh?

[He didn't think it was odd. This was a kid that had spent some time on his own in Old City after his parents were killed. Living inside ruins wasn't all that strange to him.]

That actually sounds kinda cool.

[ofpromisedvictory]

It was certainly quiet.

I'm fairly sure most humans wouldn't appreciate it much, though.

[divine_braid]

Probably not. Then again, most humans also think places like that can be creepy.

I guess I see their point. [He shrugged.] I got used to it after a while, and it was a good place to hide.

[ofpromisedvictory]

You lived somewhere similar? What were you hiding from?

[divine_braid]

Well, it was more out of necessity, I guess. No one seemed to want a Ghost type Enlightened kid, so I just struck out on my own. It was a place of shelter, and I found out that people didn't chase pickpockets and shoplifters into ruins and tombs.

[He said it rather nonchalantly, but it wasn't completely relaxed. There was a slight layer of underlying tension.]

[ofpromisedvictory]

I see...

[Saber's concerned, but more with the first part of that story than the second.]

You were forced to fend for yourself because you're Ghost-type?

[divine_braid]

Kinda, I guess. I came into my Enlightened abilities really early. Some have said that human Ghost-type Enlightened are actually dead people come back to life. I dunno if I believe that... but I don't remember what happened to my parents or what they were like or any of that. So, I'm not really sure if they're wrong.

I guess that makes me kind of creepy.