#cuboneposting

What's in it?

...A note talking about a "team leader". Forgot Rescue Teams had those... Who should it be?

M-Maybe it should be Wave? He's always been super strong, and he has the heart of a true Ranger!

[Chris and David cringed at the suggestion.] ...He's also... Well... Crazy.

I HEARD THAT! I CAN HANDLE MYSELF JUST FINE, THANK YOU!

That being said... I don't think Stephanie would be a great choice either. She's kinda always on the move, isn't she?

So you won't say she's crazy, but you'll say I am?! She's more of a lunatic than I could ever hope for!

I was about to get to that.

HEY-!

He's right and we all know that. What about you, David? You look like you know what you're doing. I'd be lying if I said you weren't the reason we survived our first encounter with Yveltal...

Sure, but you're the one that decided that he had awful vibes to begin with.

Me and Lucas were the only ones that knew who he was back then!

And you chose to tell us about him immediately after.

And I didn't want any of you following me after the fact. If you all had gotten hurt, it would've been my fault. And some of you DID get hurt.

Not by Yveltal, we didn't. Wave wanted to be a daretina and try using a move he hasn't learned yet to break his fall, and ended up breaking his nose instead. And... I'm... kind of a special case.

...You... [Wave turned his back to Chris, blushing a bit.] ...I guess you would be a good leader. But I'm still stronger, alright?!

[Chris laughed awkwardly.] He-he... right...

I think you would do really good as a leader, Chris!

So... it's decided?

[Chris continued looking through the box, and he found two blue stones, no bigger than his nose leaf, alongside another note.] Hey, there's some other things in here too...

"To further your path to becoming professional Rescue Rangers, we've given two Link Stones to your team as a gift. One shall remain with the leader of the team, although the other can be given to whoever the leader decides on.

These are very powerful items. You must be very careful, ensuring not to use these items in quick succession with each other, lest you suffer unspeakable consequences.

Best of regards, Claude Samurott and Hanson Blaziken of the Rangers' Guild."

[Chris held one of the stones in his wing. For a brief moment, it flashed red, before becoming a calming forest green. It appeared that only he caught the bizarre change.] ...I guess we get to keep these until we graduate? [Chris took the other stone and tossed it to Stephanie, who caught it with one of her vines. Unlike Chris's, it remained the same blue it was when it were initially revealed.] If we're going to be using these often, we should try finding something to wear them on.

Oh no... Please keep updating on the situation. I really hope noibat is not hurt...

Aaand that makes three folks that found out he's missing before the day was over. David, you owe me 15 Poke.

Besides the point. Look, Jay-

Are you sure we're on nickname basis with the guy yet?

-We're trying. We really are. Best we can assume is that he's not out of town, 'cause he's made it very clear that he wasn't ready to explore on his own yet, at least not without a reason.

We'll try convincing Mr. Nidoking if we can just try looking outside. We'll just say Wave threw Stephanie's necklace out the window or something. But, if we can find a way to take a picture, I'd show you what we did in the meantime...

Wait, David! I-I know how to do that! Can I use it?

[ID: A Cubone's face, of course covered by a skull mask. The right eye socket had a crack running from either side of it, although it didn't look like it was falling apart any time soon. It was taken at a very unflattering angle, with parts of his chest and his chin taking up most of the frame.]

Ga-ak, wrong way, wrong way!

[ID: The top bunk of a wooden bunk bed, presumably the Noibat's. Under a purple blanket was an plush imitation of him, which was oddly well-made. The nose-leaf and ears was made from various shades of purple shreds of cloth, and the eyes were made from some kind of hard, shiny plastic balls. From a distance, it could easily be mistaken for the missing teammate.]

Stephanie helped us make this! It fooled every t-teacher that's seen it so far, b-but I'm scared that they're going to find out it's a trick. We'll really be in for it then.

I doubt anyone'll find out. Unless that Katie girl snitches. Which she probably will... But it'll be fine. Remember, if anyone asks, just deny everything.

Everything?

EVERYTHING! Jayden, I assure you that he's going to be fine. Because if he comes back dead... I'll kill him!

That d-doesn't even make SENSE.

Wave!

WHAT?!

[David sighed, face-palming at the Buizel's idiocy.] ...We'll keep you updated, dude. Promise.

Mr. Samurott kn-knows that something i-is going wrong right now... He was t-talking to s-someone on his Connection Orb. Th-They said that they were going to bring someone "special" to t-take care of it.

What the heck are you talking about, Lu-...

What, wh-what's going on!?

Oh CRAP, Lucas, this is really, really bad!

What!?

There's some rumors going on in the Academy that there's a Pokemon coming from another continent to see what's going on! And... Their species never got recorded.

WHY?

And I-I'm still trying to figure out what to do a-about Player, David and the others... I feel like I'm the only one that isn't t-trying to stay at arms-length with them.

And sp-speaking of the Rangers, they've been really busy, l-lately. We don't know th-the details, but they've had their p-paws full with a lot of incidents that th-they think are related. I wanted to help, but Mr. Blaziken said that it was too dangerous for Bronze ranks to be involved...

Maybe I shouldn't have l-lied. I'm j-just digging a deeper h-hole for Chris to climb o-out of... He'll never forgive m-me...

...A-At least David's still h-here, he always kn-knows what to do.

...Maybe I should just t-tell him that it's truly hopeless. I-I suppose I wouldn't r-really be lying... r-right?

Everyone's asleep r-right now, and it always leaves me with just m-my th-thoughts... I'm forced to think about... that n-night. When e-everything... was taken...

Even n-now, whenever I l-l-look at Chris, I always see... IT.

...Th-that MONSTER.