Thread: Pokemon Quest 2: Melody of Hope (Yusei Fudo and Duke Devlin)

Midori frowned. "I... I'm not sure. But you know, to kill you might not kill Ales, maybe it'll just set his soul loose. And they'll catch him that way. I dunno how this spirit stuff works... You could try asking Ales. See if he had any enemies or friends maybe who want his soul, or something. But if they just want Ales, why do they want Joey and I? Joey's Jazz's brother-in-law... Right? And I'm..." Midori paused and swallowed.

To say it out loud scared her. It meant that things really had changed, that she acknowledged her father had been lying to her all those years.

"I'm the daughter of Rian Demyzek. Leader of Team Galactic. Whoever it is wants to intimidate both Team Galactic and the Pokemon League, and wants the spirit of a Celestrian prince. Know anyone like that?" She gave Shooter a hopeful look.

"YOU'RE A WHAT?!" Shooter exclaimed in surprise, his voice was heard by every students in the corridor that they instantly glared at him. "Hey come on, did you just bumped your head or something?"

(... I hate to admit it, but she's right,) Ales' voice echoed in Shooter's head (I almost blew up her house because of her dad...)

"Come on, this is uncool!"

Yes, it was kind of hard to believe that those words escapes Midori's cherry colored lips. Well, she always seems like a nice, shy little girl who spent most of her time studying... Who could have guessed that her dad is a wanted criminal?

"... Man, did anyone else knows about this?"

Midori sighed and shook her head. "I... I don't think so. I had no idea myself until recently. But it seemed... Everyone in Team Galactic knew..." Her eyes squeezed shut, determined not to let any tears out. "So... So maybe it's someone formally from Galactic, who holds a grudge... I don't know." She let out a heavy sigh and ran her fingers through her brown hair. "But anyways.. Lets find Joey and tell him."

"Oh well... It can't be helped, then... I can take you to your dorm and tell Joey myself, or would you rather go with me?"

Truth to be told, he don't know what to do now. Turned out that Midori is the daughter of one of the most dangerous man, and suddenly there's something or someone that is going to kill them. This is all too fast... Yesterday, he just found out that a Celestrian prince's spirit are residing inside his body, and today? It's as if lady luck hates him so much.

"Rrgh, dangit..."

"I... I'll go with you." Even though Jasmine's advice was to split up and hide, she hated the idea of hiding alone, curled up in a corner, waiting for something to get her. Besides, if the thing came after her, wasn't there strength in numbers?

***

Jasmine tore up the steps to the headmaster's office and pounded on the door frantically.

"All right," Shooter forced a weak smile, then he get behind Midori, playfully pushing her. "Walk faster then, princess~"

The boy exited the main academy building, and strode towards the library building.

"You see that medieval building over there?" Shooter pointed towards a building similar to a church with pointed arch. "Yeah, that's the library."

Shooter took Midori's hand, and ran towards the library, pushing the wooden door open and winked at Midori. "Take a look around. I'm sure you'll like it."

The library is one of the most elaborate buildings on the academy. The main entrance is adorned with symbols and writings in various ancient languages. The rest of the sculptures throughout the library; gargoyles and interior panels and ornamental designs were designed and executed by the headmaster himself. The nave is decorated with marble reliefs depicting the history of Snowpoint Academy. A giant statue of Arceus surrounded by figures representing Pokemon Trainers greets scholars over the circulation desk. Bosses on the ceiling of Nave represent writing implements. Even the doors of the elevators are handwrought iron, depicting various images about legendary pokemons. The most famous detail about the construction of the library, however, is its windows. In total, there are some 3,300 hand-decorated windows in the library. They depict everything from fiction to history and even small insects on otherwise unadorned panes created to look real.

The library, containing over 4 million volumes of books. It is an example of Gothic revival architecture, adorned with thousands of panes of stained glass.

The Library has 15 levels, each with its own category of books, but of course, Shooter never bothered to check every single levels.

The details are quite incredible, and Shooter is quite sure that Midori will love seeing the closeups of the hand-carved wooden arches and the painted spanish ceilings.

The roof is of oak, with the bosses at the intersection gilt. At the end of the room is an enclosed bookcase, and opposite each window is a corresponding recess for books; these recesses have carved oak doors. There's also some elegant chairs, library tables, and a footstool.

"All right," Shooter forced a weak smile, then he get behind Midori, playfully pushing her. "Walk faster then, princess~"

The boy exited the main academy building, and strode towards the library building.

"You see that medieval building over there?" Shooter pointed towards a building similar to a church with pointed arch. "Yeah, that's the library."

Shooter took Midori's hand, and ran towards the library, pushing the wooden door open and winked at Midori. "Take a look around. I'm sure you'll like it."

The library is one of the most elaborate buildings on the academy. The main entrance is adorned with symbols and writings in various ancient languages. The rest of the sculptures throughout the library; gargoyles and interior panels and ornamental designs were designed and executed by the headmaster himself. The nave is decorated with marble reliefs depicting the history of Snowpoint Academy. A giant statue of Arceus surrounded by figures representing Pokemon Trainers greets scholars over the circulation desk. Bosses on the ceiling of Nave represent writing implements. Even the doors of the elevators are handwrought iron, depicting various images about legendary pokemons. The most famous detail about the construction of the library, however, is its windows. In total, there are some 3,300 hand-decorated windows in the library. They depict everything from fiction to history and even small insects on otherwise unadorned panes created to look real.

The library, containing over 4 million volumes of books. It is an example of Gothic revival architecture, adorned with thousands of panes of stained glass.

The Library has 15 levels, each with its own category of books, but of course, Shooter never bothered to check every single levels.

The details are quite incredible, and Shooter is quite sure that Midori will love seeing the closeups of the hand-carved wooden arches and the painted spanish ceilings.

The roof is of oak, with the bosses at the intersection gilt. At the end of the room is an enclosed bookcase, and opposite each window is a corresponding recess for books; these recesses have carved oak doors. There's also some elegant chairs, library tables, and a footstool.

Shooter's hand felt so good around Midori's, and a grin spread across her face as he dragged her to the gorgeous building, despite their situation. She let out a gasp, and her eyes instantly drunk in her surroundings.

"Th-this... Is amazing!" She stared up at the intricately decorated ceiling, then rushed to the bookcases, smiling and running her hands over the books. "I love it here!"

There will be time for this later, Midori, her ever-methodical mind told her. Right now, Dan and I have to find Joey and warn him of the impending danger. Next, I hide.

***

Hearing no answer, Jasmine sat back and thought, thinking about whether or not it was worth it to pound down the door. She decided to give it another chance, knocking again.

"Hahaha," Shooter let out a small laugh, since he shouldn't make any noise inside the library. "Come on, there's somebody that I want you to meet. We can come back here later."

After he said that in a low tone, the boy walked towards the elevator and pressed the button, waiting for the lift to open. Joey is probably at the thirteenth floor, where books about fossils, ores, and other boring stuffs associated with rocks and geology are kept.

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"Please come in." The principal's voice could be heard through the double wooden door with exquisite gold markings.

Sobered, Midori nodded. "Yes, let's find him." She followed him onto the lift.

***

Jasmine sighed with relief. She wouldn't have to break the door after all. Would've been a pain to deal with, not to mention it would probably add to the argument that she really wasn't in her right mind.

"Er, hello.... Sir," she said awkwardly, not remembering the eerie man's name. "I have reason to believe three of your students are in danger."

The lift opened with the 'ding!' Sound, and Shooter stepped out, scanning the huge, medieval era library for signs of Joey. Knowing Joey, he would probably sit at a corner, with stacks of post war books and some books about Pokemon Fossils.

Even though Shooter briefly wondered how could his friend never gets bored on reading books about the same topic over and over, the boy just dismissed that though from his mind and walked around to look for Joey.

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"And I believe that I don't have any reason to trust even the mighty Elite of Sinnoh, if she doesn't have any proof," The principal raised his eyebrow, while his piercing red eyes stared right at Jasmine's in a polite, yet intimidating manner. "Please be seated. An honor to have one of Sinnoh's top idols at this academy."

OOC: are we gonna run into Joey anytime soon? Lol we've been through like, ten posts of suspenseful buildup xD

Midori followed silently behind Shooter, still drinking in her surroundings. This library was amazing.

***

"Thank you." Jasmine nodded cordially and took his invitation to sit down. "I understand that this is really sudden-- and that you may not believe me, as I don't have much evidence. It's more of a... hunch."

OoC: yeah. I just wanna sync the time in the RP with Val's mail xD every one page, 15 minutes pass :p remind me again what time it is and when the blizzard is gonna happen?

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"There he is," Shooter grinned, walking towards Joey, who is sitting quietly in a table. The sun shone through the stained glass window and into him, bathing Joey in a magnificent light. Shooter kicked Joey's chair playfully and he almost jumped from his chair.

"Why you little son of a--" Joey stopped himself and stared at Midori. "Hey, it's you."

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"A hunch, you say? More of a reason to not believe you," he said. Well, the only person that can be rude and polite at the same time is only sir Malucius Ruthven. "Let me assure you, my students are safe here."

OOC: Okay, yeah, make me do the math. XP So then it's been 45 minutes, then... So it's about 2:15. The massacre thingamahookie isn't supposed to happen until 3:30. So there's still some time.

***

Midori smiled shyly at Joey. She recognized him as Shooter's best friend, the one who hangs out with him all the time. She's caught him staring at her a few times before.

"U-um, hi. You're Joey, right? I'm Midori."

***

Irked, Jasmine let out a sigh and put her head in her hands, trying to think of a way the headmaster might believe her. "I understand that you school has great security here, however the Pokemon League has received a threat to this school and we want to make sure everyone is safe in case something happens."

OoC: amen! XD

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"Um, yeah. I'm Joey. Nice to meet you, Midori," Joey grinned, taking off his cape and threw it at his chair. "The uniform is too formal and gothic-ey, don't you think? Hahaha."

"Yeah yeah, blah blah. You're blushing, stupid."

With his friend's sarcastic comment, Joey's cheek grew even redder and he shoved his friends away. "Cut it out, man."

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"Oh, is that so?" Still, all of Jasmine's words could not bring one tinge of colour to those ivory cheeks or one gleam of emotion to those abstracted red eyes. "well madam, I can take you to a tour around this castle. I can show you that everything is perfectly safe for the children and there is nothing you should worry about."

For a moment, the principal just sat on his throne like chair, fixing his eyes on Jasmine. Finally, he closed his eyes and sighed. "If you have one little prove or anything... I'll be glad to send my students home."