EVENT POST - FLOCESSY SHEARING SEASON!

[united_mods]

 Step right up! As part of a welcome to the other-worlders who have reappeared, the farmers of Flocessy Ranch have opened their gates to a country fair! Aside from getting deals on woolen clothing, there's going to be hay rides, corn mazes, berry bobbing...

One of the gates is open to let people meet with the mareep there, and with all the excitement around it's impossible not to feel happy!

"HERDIEEEEER! OIIII, HERDIER! COME BOY!"

One of the farmers seems to be looking for the ranch's herdier, but surely that's nothing to worry about.

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Ok--I'm going to be replying from the Mod account for NPC from here on alright? :0

[aslla_jack]

With a nod, Jack takes a few steps forward before shaking his arms out, quickly replacing them with great wings.

"I'll search from above," he starts, before taking off. "Bullet will pass any news to you!"

"Reiiii!" Yea! Whoever gets there first gets to save the day! What a great reiuniclus uh--

As it is, he's soon flying over the woods and trails, eyes peeled--with the tree growth however, Hazel may well have better luck with Zack's nose.

Okay

[mediocrespells]

"Okay..." She doesn't bother shouting once she realizes Jack is already gone. Her Pokémon that can't keep up are in their Poké balls so Zack can go as fast as he wants until they reach the woods. Cloud is right with him and Eiko is trailing a bit farther behind.

Zack pauses to try to get a scent when they reach the trail and then he's off again at a slower pace. Wouldn't do to have to stop or swerve suddenly and end up throwing Hazel.

[united_mods]

The trees of the wood smell like bugs and dry earth, but the further Hazel and her party move in, the clearer the scent of another dog pokemon will become. Despite this, there appears to be no sign of the Herdier, or even of anything there at all. The wild pokemon, even, appear to be hiding, a curious event indeed.

The further they go in, the quieter it becomes, with even the wind seeming to silence...

[mediocrespells]

Cloud flattens his ears against his head just a moment before Zack whines uneasily. Where are all the Pokémon?

"Something's wrong," Hazel whispers. She hates it when forests got quiet. In her limited experience it generally meant a bad storm was coming or something dangerous was there. "Let's hurry." She's too worried about the Herdier to be creeped out enough to get her butt out of the woods.

[united_mods]

The silence persists--however as they come to the deepest reaches of the wood, a sound breaks the air.

"D-IER!"

A yelping cry, and a panicked bark--faint, but unmistakably pained.

"HER--!"

And again, the sound meets the air, distant whines muffled by the trees and leaves around them. But then, what could the cause be?

[mediocrespells]

That doesn't sound good. Zack speeds up without prompting. Hazel tightens her grip on his fur.

They were probably going to reach the herdier any second now. Sounds like something is hurting it.

Is Jack close enough to hear the commotion if it comes to a battle?

[united_mods]

He's not close enough to hear, but from far above he sees--and Bullet sends in a message through telepathy.

North west! North west! Trainer!

Trainer yes, good, no--and once they're close enough...

"D-ER!"

"Come on you stupid mutt... Get in the cage!"

-CRACK-

"Rr- RERR--!"

[mediocrespells]

That way then. They're practically on top of it. And just a second later...

"Hey!" Hazel is sure she hasn't been this angry since she got to this world. "What do you think you're doing?!" Angry enough to yell at a suspicious person without thinking is very angry indeed for her.

And a snarling Arcanine so angry he's spitting a bit of flame. Only thing keeping him from attacking is Hazel being on his back.

Cloud is waiting for an indication that battle will be necessary and Eiko has fallen behind enough that she isn't close enough to see what's going on yet.

the game made this so hilariously anticlimactic gosh--

[united_mods]

At the appearance of the other pokemon and their trainer, the suspicious man turns, sneering. Garbed in black, a crest can be seen over his heart, and as he grabs a pokeball he laughs.

"Hah! Looks like I'll be taking in a lot more than just a mutt," he cackles, moving himself into a ready stance. The herdier behind him gives a pitful whine, struggling to pick himself up from the ground behind him. "Once I'm done with you, this should be easy..."

Easy, yes...

However it appears the grunt fails to notice a reuniclus appearing behind him, moving to heal the herdier. And a shadow as well may be coming in overhead...

[mediocrespells]

"Easy..." She's not really confident in her own abilities but, she knows Jack is nearby.

She slides off of Zack. He steps forward and snarls warningly. Cloud steps up next to him, glaring.

Eiko has finally caught up but, Hazel motions her to stay back a little.

"I doubt this will be easy."

[aslla_jack]

"HN! Agreed!"

Before the grunt can do more than grin challengingly, the shadow comes closer, swooping down to land behind Hazel's pokemon with a leering glare--with the form of his more demonic self, feathered, serpentine body and blazing eyes, the grunt's smirk needless to say fades quickly.

"H... Hahh..."

"Are you ready to fight then?" Jack taunts, lifting his head as the grunt trembles.

"HAHHH! Like I'm fighting that sort of pokemon!" he shouts, tossing something at them as he bolts. The 'something' explodes with light, and the grunt fades with it. "I won't forget this... Consider this your warning! Team Plasma will return!"

"NGH--" SFFFF LIGHT--

[mediocrespells]

"Aah!" Being flash blinded was unexpected and not fun.

After she can see again the first thing she does is make sure all the Pokémon are accounted for.

"He ran away..." Not that she's surprised. Jack was pretty scary most of the time after all.

Zack paws at his face for a bit then starts sniffing the ground. Looks like he wants to give chase but...

"Zack, no. I don't think going after him would do much good." And they couldn't really know whether the grunt was entirely alone.

The Arcanine whines but, doesn't run off on his own.

[aslla_jack]

"Huh! Coward!" Jack have you seen a mirror as of late--

As it is, the Herdier limps up a little, sniffing around before thanking everyone in his language. Bullet, meanwhile, seems to spot something on the ground not far from Zack--'Something there?'

It certainly looks like there might be, given the light sparkle!

[mediocrespells]

Aw, poor puppy. Since it still seems a little hurt Hazel's going to check it over and heal whatever wounds it has. Minor injuries it looks like. She can handle a conversation while taking care of that.

"Uh..." Does she need to remind Jack that he's scary? Maybe. "I'm not really surprised that he ran."

Since the trainers seem distracted Zack paws at the shiny object a bit then picks it up. He goes over to sit next to Hazel and wait for a good time to give someone the thing.

[aslla_jack]

"Hn." Oh hush. "Well, I'll bring this guy back then..." Reiuniclus' healing combined with Hazel's seems to have brought the Herdier to full health--all that's left now is getting him back!

What Zack in the meanwhile has found, appears to be a TM... Perhaps a little too dirtied to read right now. They'll have to get it cleaned at a Pokemon center later.

[mediocrespells]

"Okay." Herdier safe. No one else hurt. Nothing else really needs to be said right now and time to go.

She turns to Zack to get ready for the trip and gets the TM dropped in her hands.

"A TM?" She doesn't let it delay her from getting on the Pokémon's back though. She's tired and it's not like it's going to disappear. If Jack wants to know where it came from they can talk on the way back. If he doesn't, well, she can get it cleaned up and ask him if he wants it later. "Let's just get back."