Lustrous Mythos

“Oh dear, must I do something with you Kilik. I know your main dish is gems. However, you can’t pick up stuff we haven’t came for. If it’s not important, leave it behind.”

The man looked concerned, bringing his Spinda closer to his chest. “Man, I don’t know. I didn’t even know she was pissed at me! I knew the chick was fiesty, but…” he trailed off. “I guess she just up and went to Unova. It’s not like we were dating or anything– wait. Are you her ex?” She has mentioned one in the past, but he was pretty sure the guy was older. This guy, though, seemed to have a deeper rooted history with the girl than Winter ever had. The two had met at a bar a while ago and hit it off. It had become a bi weekly thing for the two to get together, drink, and then go to a hotel. But she was always flaky, and distant, and he was always busy with battles, and his league challenge, the two just kind of lost contact. He wouldn’t have guessed she’d left the region entirely, but then again it seemed like a very Ivy thing to do.

“As far as I know she wasn’t dating anyone when I was seeing her but if I was… Like. The other dude, I didn’t mean it! Honest!” Pinda whined. She was getting bored ! She wanted to walk around and sniff this strange person. Stubby arms reached out to the newbie as she wailed. “Hey! Quit it, Pinda,” Winter scolded, embarased.

“Ahhh. Ex? I’m not to sure about that...maybe? I don’t think we ever officially got together...” He murmured as he thought, folding his hands behind his back as his eyes trailed up to the sky. “Mm. You have no need to worry. I believe I found myself in a similar  position when she ran off to another region while we were spending time together....Without saying a word.” He would shrug his shoulders.

“However, that’s the past. Best to look forward to the future. I hold no ill will against Ivy, I just hope she’s happy wherever she may be and where she is in her life right now.” He gave the other a warm smile and a chuckle at the Spinda, holding his hand out to the Normal type. 

Yes! New humans!

Hello meat bags, look at this shiny he found! It was very shiny! So shiny...

too shiny...

In fact...

Winter furrowed his brows as the other placed the nearly wrapped package by the door. It seemed as though he already knew that the mother wasn’t home, so Winter didn’t bother mentioning it. Perhaps he overheard his conversation with Kiyoteru.

“Uh,” he extended his hand to me Jeri’s shake and blinked. He had a title? Sounded pretty official. This was definitely not his ideal way to be meeting somebody, though. Yknow. On the grounds that they both probably had fucked the girl.

He cleared his throat. “I’m winter. What… Did you do to piss Ivy off and am I going to face the same wrath as you?” He didn’t know what he did, but the white haired guy seemed to be pretty confident about her throwing things at him and if they were in the same boat as he had said, Winter was pretty sure he’d been doomed.

May be time to cross this one off the list.

The white haired man let out a mild chuckle as he shook the other’s hand at his question, “Winter huh? Alright, I’ll keep that in mind..” He trailed off, pausing in thought as he retracted his hand, tapping his chin.

“Ah, now what was it that I did...mmm I can’t say I remember at the moment honestly, though if anything, being younger and stupid was probably part of it~” He didn’t seemed bothered by it at all! No fear from this man!

Erika had been letting her Umbreon stretch his legs when something bumped into her. 

“Woah hey there little guy, you lost?” She asked once she spotted the small dark type, “Do you need some help?”

Her Umbreon on the other hand only cocked his head curiously at the other pokemon. 

Lost!? Him!? As-- Wait a minute.

The Sableye’s head wound dart around to take in his surroundings, a worried expression growing on his face. Letting out a small squeak, the woman would quickly find him crawling up onto her until he reached her head!

There was a curious chatter that came from the Sableye, the Ghost/Dark type chewed on his claws. He could smell gems nearby! Tasty, crunchy gems!! He began to skitter around through the shadows, away from his trainer! Losing any thought on how far he would go!

It wouldn’t be long until he ran into the back of someone’s leg and let out a loud yelp mixed with a hiss! Scurrying back and flashing his large, pointed teeth! 

Jade laughed a bit as she glanced over at the Ghost, partly due to the cute happy gesture and partly due to the apparent comment.

“Well, you’re welcome, Mr. Polite Ghost,” she replied. “And I’m mostly just a trainer, but I do a little bit of gardening and contests on the side for fun. How about you, Jericho?”

“I’m just a simple wanderer ma’am. A seeker of myths and legends alike~” He seemed to chime , giving her a warm smile, “Mm, you could say I’m still a Pokemon trainer though, enter the Hoenn’s hall of fame in my earlier years!” 

“Not picky, then? Well, that makes things easy.”

Jade kept her hand held out until the Dusclops took all of them. Then, she blinked as she watched the Ghost… eat?… the candy blocks.

Ah, well. As long as he was happy?

“Anyway, yes! It’s nice to meet you, too, Jericho. My name’s Jade Kurosawa.”

The Dusclops was clearly happy, rubbing his stomach before looking over to his trainer, letting out a small grumble at him. His trainer seemed to understand.

Starter call!

“Well, guess we solved that mystery, then, huh?”

Jade dug through her purse for a moment before finding the small candy dispenser. She popped out a few Pokéblocks in different colors, holding them out to the Ghost-Type.

“Does he have any flavors he prefers? I’ve got a couple different ones, if it matters.”

“Ah, trust me miss. He’ll take anything he can get his hands on.” Jericho smiled as he watched the Dusclops gently take them, sliding them one by one under the...erm...

cloth...mouth??

Ghost types were confusing. Shh.

Ah, just a Dusclops. Okay. That wasn’t too bad.

…Okay, so the sudden red eye surprised her a bit, but, still. Jade quickly relaxed again after a second or two.

“Ah, no, he’s fine. Probably just smelled all the Pokéblocks in my purse, heh. Or maybe he’s just curious, as you said… Hey, there, big guy!”

“That may just be it then miss!” Jericho smiled, nodding to the Dusclops who gave a slight bow, his floating hand placed to his chest.

“ ‘Ghosts’.

And if harm was to be done, it would of been done.