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[unreined]

[It has been a long journey from her mountainous home in the far north, but Absol has finally reached the front gates of her destination: Union, home of the illusive "humans".

She was actually quite lucky: noticing the odd behaviour of a swarm of Beedrill, she had stalked their route until they had emerged into the clearing where Union was based. The Beedrill seemed to be drawn to the voluminous blossoms that coated the city in unnatural amounts: was this even normal, or some product of human foolishness? Her answers would lay inside, she decided.

Seeing no reason for caution or cowardice, she approached the front gates with a fearless stride. Of course, her lack of Warp Band was more than enough reason for the guards to take notice, and move to stop her. Ahh, she recognised this: the alphas looking to defend their pack from outsiders. In that case, it was time to be diplomatic by asserting herself.

With one movement she drew the jagged naginata from her back into a battle-ready position, and declared in her most powerful and dominant voice:]

My name is Absol! I seek entry into your nest, humans!

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[stahlflugel]

[Eren snerks as he sits down to mess with the warp band around one ankle with the large claws on the other foot with surprising dexterity] You say that now. But you can't read the street signs and most of the buildings look exactly the same. You'll get lost.

[he pauses, blinking at her]

... Human-bred? I'm not a Pokémon. ... Well, I am. But I was born a human. I'm a shifter, like you are.

[unreined]

You're... a what?

[stahlflugel]

A human. [he stands up. He needs to stay in Pokémon form for molting purposes, but... it won't hurt to shift back to show her. He glows a bit, then shifts back to his normal form; a human boy with bright green eyes and scaled bird legs. His hair is a little disheveled to go along with his messy molting] See? I mean, you DO turn into a regular Pokémon, right? Or am I totally off...? [aw hell maybe he'd misjudged her. Maybe she was some... weird... raised-by-pokemon girl and not a shifter]

[unreined]

So... so there are more like me! [Her face lights up.]

I mean, yes I do. I am a Pokemon! Who can become human. That's why I came here, to Union, I mean.

[stahlflugel]

Yeah, a lot, in the city. [she seems happy to hear that, so he lightens up a bit] We're called "Shifters" here. If you say that, people will know what you're talking about. Whether they're pokémon who can become humans, or humans that can become pokémon, the word is the same.

Anyway, I can't leave my post, so I'm going to call my Jolteon to escort you to the library, alright? [It's much easier to use his warp band with proper fingers, and a Jolteon appears in a flash of light next to him. It seems the grooming issues are just Eren; Blitz is well groomed with a sleek coat, long legs, and bright eyes. He has a blue collar with a dangling gold name charm. He sniffs at the stranger's hand, then looks up at Eren]

{What did you call me for?}

I need you to escort this visitor to the library, Blitz.

[unreined]

Hmph. As if a human who becomes a Pokemon is "the same"...

What was that flash of light...? I've never seen an ability like that before.

[stahlflugel]

[he rolls his eyes at the muttered words, but opts not to fight with her on it

Warp band. [he taps the device on his wrist] It allows the user to warp our pokémon companions to our location or back to the habitats in the city.

[Blitz grins] {It's really great when you don't wanna walk anywhere!}

You're so lazy.

{Lazy.... or smart?}

Lazy.

[unreined]

Hmm. [Absol regards Blitz with some suspicion, since it was summoned by a Weird Human Device Thing.]

You're "Blitz", huh? Nice to meet you.

[stahlflugel]

{That's me!! So I gotta escort you, huh? Well, c'mon then.}

[he turns, walking past Eren, who shifts back to Skarmory form]

I have to get back to work. I hope you find what you need. [and with that, he returns to wall duty]

{So, where did you want to go? The library? That place smells funny.}

[unreined]

Yeah. That place I can find out about the Savior.

... how long you been living here, anyway?

[stahlflugel]

{Oh, you're curious about the Savior, huh? Well that's definitely the place to start! Oh, that or the Church of the Savior. But I think those guys might look atcha funny if you go in there not knowing anything about Her.}

[Blitz pads through the city, looking up at the buildings. He knows his way around town]

{All my life! I'm a city pokémon, born and raised!} [and he sounds proud of himself too.]