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A wild HONEDGE appears!

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[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:]

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[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.]

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[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"?

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[Right, at this time, is heading back from the Flower Grove with his now-Furret draped around his shoulders and a red-flower Flabebe floating alongside him. He almost didn't notice the Honedge until his Fairy companion started complaining loudly about the smell of old metal.

Right quickly realized that the Honedge isn't attacking. So, he simply started talking to the Honedge as if they were ~~already~~ human, and was trying to get her to say her name when she...Shifts? Huh... That's something he doesn't see every day.]

Uhh...yeah? We're actually on our way there, since that's where we live.

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[The Honedge, a pokemon he had only read about and studied illustrations of in dusty old encyclopedias, suddenly shifting form was one thing in and of itself. The primly dressed young woman who appeared in the ghostly blade's place was a completely different story.

Waver, who was standing stark still with his eyes wide and his tiny Foongus held firmly in his hands, stared blankly at the woman for a moment before quickly searching the surrounding trees for any sign of anyone else.

Turning up nothing, he uneasily pointed at himself with questions in his eyes.]

Are you....talking to me?

[Well, this was a little unusual. Okay, so Honedges probably weren't something Yuuna should expect to find in the woods outside Union but she could hope. She'd opened the warp band in an attempt to communicate, because a Honedge would be an interesting partner...and it'd just drawn itself.

Which prompted Yuuna to draw her own sword, and as a precaution call out her Gallade, Kokishi.]

Well, if you want to duel, I've got no objections.

[ You know, it's not very polite to sit back and watch someone like that. A seasoned soldier on the field, it isn't hard for Excellen to tell that she's being followed, and while she doesn't perceive any immediate danger, after a while she simply can't take it. She's too curious.

She might not have a warp band yet, but that doesn't stop her from attempting to communicate. ]

That's rude, you know, watching a girl like that without introducing yourself first. She might get the wrong idea~

[ Excellen no. ]

[ it isn't uncommon for Jack to strike up a conversation with any Pokémon he sees, and the Honedge on the way back to Union from Caldera is no different. Jack talks to Pokémon the same way he talks to people, despite not having any gift that allows him to understand them; living alone in the woods and the wilderness got him used to holding conversations without expecting an kind of response. it was too easy to get jittery otherwise, things built up in his head too much and he would end up more unstable than he usually was.

he's gotten a lot of reactions from talking to wandering Pokémon. he... has never gotten this one before. ]

Uhhh... [ he would have gaped for a lot longer, but the Duskull accompanying him makes an impatient rattling sound, and Jack jumps. ] Oh! Uh— Yes? Yeah, we do! We were going to stick to the forest today, but I'm pretty lousy at giving directions, sooo... We could walk you there?

[Well, after a staredown with the Honedge, Maka has determined that it's not just going to go on its own. And Maka doesn't want to fight it at all, she's had enough dealings with Honedge to know that they are not to be trifled with.

So, instead, she takes a deep breath and decides to use that Kindred Soul ability she's got going on.]

Listen, I don't want any trouble, I'm just here on a walk, so--

[Until the Honedge unexpectedly transforms into a person. Maka jumps back with a yelp, falling directly onto her backside--she almost doesn't catch entirely what Saber has to say.]

Um...Union? W-well, I live there, so of course I do. Do...do you want me to show you the way?

[ as is fast becoming normal for him whenever there's a Ghost-type involved, Danny senses her before he sees her, the cold, shivering someone-just-walked-over-my-grave feeling giving him a heads-up before he spots the Honedge... staring at him?

he exchanges a puzzled glance with his own Pokemon, a Cleffa, before he looks back at the Honedge. yep, still... staring... ]

Uhm-- sorry, but are you looking at me? [ being able to have an actual understandable two-way conversation with Pokemon? definitely the only thing he thinks is 100% awesome about these weird Earthkin powers. ] Not that I have a problem with that or anything, but it's kinda a little-- whoa!!

[ OKAY, HE DEFINITELY WASN'T. EXPECTING THAT? ]

Um, greetings! [ wow, Fenton, that was smooth. he tries to cover it with a chuckle, one hand going to the back of his head. ] Wow, that startled me. But uh, Union's really not too far from here, actually!

[ Lux isn't the most observant girl out there, but when something is following you that closely, it's hard not to take notice. The blond will often sneak a peek behind her, trying to catch a glimpse of what is observing her, before giving up and continuing on her way.

Around dinner time, however, she pulls out a bit of food, before calling, a bit loudly (and over-dramatically.) ]

Wow, I'm not sure how I'll be able to eat all this food by myself. I wonder if there is someone around who is hungry enough to help me eat all this food.

[ Acting has never been her strong suit. ]

[Duo paused. He was starting to recognize fellow ghost types pretty quick. And, having explored a lot, even though he only had two Pokemon, he knew this particular Honedge wasn't where it would normally have been. Curious. He tilted his head a bit and then glanced at Shinigami, the Duskull that was following him silently.]

Hey, partner... go find out if that one's lost, okay?

[He bobbed in the air for a moment, then floated over gently.]

Skuuuulll... Duskulll? [Did she need any help?]

[Woah... Minako didn't have a ghost type, but she knew the steel type, definitely. She smiled a little to herself. A sword. This one was like the one Haruka had. That would be really neat if she could get something like that!]

Eros, come here.

[Her Sylveon came up.]

Let's go!

[With a quick trill of excitement, Eros jumped forward, ready to fight!]

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1 because Minako is eventually going to get a Honedge, and this is too funny in my head to pass up