Deviant 02 [Alder]

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] The feeling of the fire of her Rapidash’s mane blazing on either side of her as they galloped across the break between Driftveil Drawbridge and onto Route 5 toward Nimbasa City where she was posted for her assignment. The Rapidash’s pace didn’t slow even slightly as they wound their way down the more narrow portion of the route, towards the entrance to Nimbasa in the South, where she’d been told to meet in front of the Subway Station. ”C’mon boy.” she urged him, nudging her heels against the saddle on her pokemon’s back before leaning back, hands tugging lightly on the reins to slow him down before he jumped down about six feet of stairs to land on the ground “in” the city. Isabel slowed the pokemon down to a trot, sitting back in her saddle to shift her weight on his back and keep him at the slower pace. The pokemon tossed his head boredly, glancing around the massive city. The duo hadn’t been here in ages. ”Been a long time, eh boy?” Isabel asked, patting the pokemon’s neck and leaning over slightly to look more at his eye than just the back of his cheek. ”More than a year, probably.” The redhead chuckled a little before sitting up. Unfortunately, in her moment of not paying attention, a man walked out from around the corner of a building in front of the girl and her pokemon, too quickly even for the Rapidash to notice on time before he half-ran the man over. ”Oi!” Isabel jerked the reins of her pokemon to the side, causing the pokemon to instantly trot sideways and halt, turning to look at the person they’d just knocked over. ”Man…!” Isabel exclaimed, leaping off the Rapidash’s back and practically jumping over to the man who’d been in their path, ”Sorry about that! Are you okay? D’you need to see a doctor?” [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 315 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: Alder mowed over by a Rapidash as per Noka's permission ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

His destination? Nimbasa. His job? To guard the supplies that were in the city, somewhere. Right then, though? Alder was more concerned about the fact that somehow he had managed to find himself laying right on the ground of Nimbasa, completely out of it as he tried to piece together what had happened. He had been walking around a corner, heading towards the place where he was to meet the person he was going to be working with for this. And then, he had turned and, for a brief moment, saw a mane of fiery red.

A...Rapidash? Ponyta? Either of those would fit, though he wasn't really familiar with Kanto pokemon. Heck, he could have just imagined it and seen his hair! It was certainly fiery enough, and in his dazed position, he was sure his mind was playing tricks on him, remembering things in the incorrect order. At least, that was what he was thinking until he heard a girl speak to him. A doctor? He wasn't sure. He didn't feel sick. Oh wait, right. She meant did he need a doctor after getting bowled over.

Alder moved his head, and clutched it as the world swam. He stayed still for several moments before slowly sitting up. "I...think I'm fine," he informed her, though he clearly was not positive. But there was no time to waste, he had to do this job, and that was that. The sooner it was done, the better. And the faster these people would be able to move away from Nimbasa to these new places being discovered in Unova. "My head still hurts, but...I did just get run over by a...." his gaze trailed over to her pokemon. Then? It returned straight back to her. "Rapidash." he finished.

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] She bent over, hands on her knees and head tilted to the side as she stared intently at the man she’d just collided with on her Rapidash. Though her blue eyes were round with concern she was silently swearing at herself. How could she have been that distracted in such a short amount of time? How could Flame-O been that distracted to not see someone? Normally he was better than her. Isabel you idiot. she though, biting down on her lip hard enough to make it threaten to split. ”You sure you don’t need a doctor?” she asked, her voice a bit delivering as he sat up. Isabel recognized him instantly. Oh jeez… she seriously wanted to hop on Flame-O’s back and run away with embarrassment now. Of ALL the people she could have run over, why did she have to run over the Unova Champion?! Seriously?! She had a feeling the universe really did hate some of its residents and would do just about anything to prove it. ”I mean I didn’t even see what happened…did you hit your head?” she was forcing herself not to start trying to doctor him right then and there. Who would want help from someone that just ran them over? ”Agh man…” she stood up, scratching the back of her head and screwing her eyes shut, ”I can’t believe I ran you over! Hell, I can’t believe I ran anybody over, but you? I’m really sorry Alder.” She bent over at the waist, head toward the ground in a rather steep bow of apology. ”Please forgive me…I was too focused on getting to today’s job, I guess…” [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 274 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: finals are doneeeee ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

He chuckled and nodded his head to confirm that, yes, he did not need a doctor at all. Alder was sure he would be fine, so long as he took it nice and slow. Of course, that was the problem, wasn't it? Alder frequently had trouble taking things nice and slowly, he much rather preferred to rush things and do them all rather quickly. This time though, he would try to make an exception, because he had a rather important job to do.

He had to wonder where his partner for it was, though. Certainly he, or she, would have shown up already. Then again, he had spent some time wandering around, so there was that factor. "Eh...don't worry about it. Mistakes happen. Though yes, of course I hit my head. It'd be tough not to, after getting bowled over like that," he told her, slowly rising to his feet.

He stumbled a few times, but eventually was upright, clutching his head a bit. Yeah...he was sure that if he took it slow, a doctor wouldn't be necessary. Besides, he had no time for a doctor! He needed to get to a job, and...huh. What had the girl just said? A grin found its way onto his face, then he began to chuckle at the coincidence of this all. "A job? I was on my way to one myself. I guess this means we're working together, then?" he questioned of her cheerfully. It would have been nice to meet under more pleasant circumstances, sure, but the way they had met was really amusing anyway.

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] "What, really?" Isabel promptly asked, her blue eyes round with the prospect of working with Alder. A grin curved across her face. Seriously?! Her, a Rider from Black City, would be working with Alder, the Champion of Unova? That was just too good. Wait until Mom and Dad hear about this! Then again, she wouldn't tell them about her exploits until after the war, most likely. "You're gonna be guarding the people and supplies that are staying camped out around here until they decide if they wanna move out West or not?" She smiled, not waiting for an answer from the former Champion. "Alright, I can't wait! This is gonna be so cool!" Her smile shifted into a grin, "I dare someone to try an' mess with us!" She turned and practically jumped fully on to her Rapidash's back. "We're only a short way away, let's get there then I guess stand guard and wait for somethin' to happen...not to say I'm hopin' for it, but ya know." A bit of excitement was actually what she could use. [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 178 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: finals are doneeeee ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

Well then, she had gotten rather energetic rather fast, and Alder couldn't help but grin a little at that enthusiasm. It was just what people needed, really. Enthusiasm like that was really helpful to people, it made them feel hopeful for the future that such people existed. Though he had to admit that perhaps she was a little too energetic, but he wasn't about to just say that. "Yeah, yeah I am. We both are," he said with a chuckle.

This girl was an interesting sort, he had to admit to that. He wondered if perhaps she idolized him, like so many others did? It was possible, and based on how she was acting, very likely, but he wasn't about to just ask that. It would be just a little rude to do so. "Alright, alright. Let's go. And this time, make sure that your Rapidash does not knock me over." he said to the red-haired woman with a smile before he began to lead the way.

Hopefully they wouldn't get lost.

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] "What, really?"Isabel laughed out loud at his words, patting Flame-O on the neck and being sure to keep the rein opposite Alder a pinch tighter than the one nearer him, to keep a stronger tug on Flame-O’s face away from Alder in order to eliminate the risk of pokemon and human colliding once more. The pokemon half-prnaced alongside the Champion, knowing how excited his trainer was to be next to someone she had admired as a role model since childhood. He nickered some, letting his excitement showi n the closest the pokemon could get to a laugh. Today would definitely be good. They got to the edge of their block and Isabel turned to begin heading toward the warehouse she knew that had been haphazardly set up across the street from the building the refugees were being provided with to shelter in. That’s when something caught her eye. The flash of black slung across someone’s back, and then a smaller black flash in another’s hand. They were just outside the warehouse, and looked as though they were readying themselves for some sort of takeover. ”Guns.” That was all Isabel breathed to Alder before picking up her reins and digging her heels into Flame-O’s side. ”Hyah!” The Rapidash bolted forward, blazing down the rest of the block in mere seconds before coming to an abrupt halt in front of the one of the gunmen, rearing up in means of intimidation before hard hooves clomped down on the pavement only two feet from the tips of their boot. ”Oi! What the hell d’you think you’re gonna be doin’ with those guns while I’m around?!” Bad situation? Most likely. Intimidation tactic? Initiated. Backup plan? Nothing. She hoped they were just security guards, and not actually there to raid the building. She didn’t have her own guns to fight bullets with bullets. [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 307 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: control dem NPCs if you want, we both can ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

It was amusing, and nice, to see a pokemon and trainer get along like those two did. It warmed his heart to know that people could still have such bonds with their pokemon, despite the fact that death certainly lurked around every corner for them. It was just the kind of thing Alder wished could be the norm everywhere, a place where people didn't have to fear for their lives. Even Alder did, because he still had to put on a good face for Lux.

There was no telling if a Nox radical might come along at any moment and attack him. Probably a foreign Nox, considering he was sure that all the Nox in Isshu knew of what Juniper had been plotting. They were at the edge of the block, then, but before they could continue, Isabel spoke up. Guns? He frowned and turned towards her, but before he could speak, she and her Rapidash had gone rushing off towards a group of people. Shaking his head, Alder watched him while also considering what to do. It was stupid and reckless to just be going in like that, but...from what he had seen of her thus far, that was what this woman was like. Stupid and reckless.

At least reckless he could be sure about. He, however, was not about to just jump in there without any protection at all. "Nail them with a Bug Buzz, both of you, if they try anything," he ordered of the Accelgor and Volcarona he had just sent out. The two of them nodded and flew up into the air, stopping on top of a tallish building that was nearby. Satisfied, Alder approached the men slowly, keeping his eye on their guns. "Now now, men. What say you just put down the guns and we forget about this?" Alder suggested to them, noting that some of them seemed a bit less confident now that he was standing right in front of them. It wasn't unexpected, considering who he was, but it was a pain. It could be beneficial, or it could make them more jumpy.

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] The man had stammered an answer, still shaken up from the Rapidash that had flailed its stone-hard hooves less than a foot in front of his face. "Answer me!" she ordered, pulling Flame-O's head up slightly before the Rapidash exhaled in a snort just in front of the man's face. Isabel heard the click of a gun from the second man and pulled the Rapidash's head up, causing him to rear back slightly before jumping forward towards the other. "Don't you dare--!" She was cut off by the loud, incessant sound ringing from above their heads. "Agh!" Isabel exclaimed, ducking down and pressing one of her ears against Flame-O's neck, which was also curved over as his ears flattened against his neck in the similar pained manner to its trainer. Her blue eyes rose to look for the sound, and she saw a Volcarona on one of the nearby buildings. Alder. That Volcarona was rumored to be a terror in battle from the few that had advanced that far to fight the Champion. While the second man approached had kneeled to the ground with the sound drumming in his ears, the one Alder was closest to brandished the weapon angrily. "H-hey!" Isabel half-fell, half-leapt off of the Rapidash's back and elbowed the man in the ribcage, sending him off balance and to the ground, where she quickly planted a knee in his back and pulled both of his arms behind him. "You won't be shootin' anyone today! Tell us what you were doin' here." She turned her gaze to the one on the ground, "You too! Feel free to answer!" [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 271 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: control dem NPCs if you want, we both can ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

Of course they didn't put down the guns. People never did the sensible thing nowadays. After all, did they really think that he and Isabel were defenseless against them? Hardly. And that aside, even if they DID think that...what was the point in trying to kill people, especially in UNOVA of all places? It was the most safe place in the world right then, or so Alder felt, so what could these men be thinking, wanting to harm people so? As the Bug Buzz came in, he didn't wince or anything like that, he had heard the attack enough times to not be debilitated by it. And it seemed that one of the men was similar to him in that he wasn't affected too much by it. At least, enough so that he was able to brandish the weapon he had.

Alder, unfortunately, would have noticed him too late were it not for Isabel, and he gave her an appreciative smile before letting her handle the one she was shouting at. He would handle the one she had pinned to the ground. Slowly, Alder approached the prone man and put a hand on his shoulder. "Look. Times are desperate, I know that. So...why don't you just tell us what you know? In return, you promise you won't hurt anyone else and we'll let you just walk on out of here. Huh?" he spoke to the man in a assuring tone. There was no need at all to take on a hostile one, that would just make them more defensive. Much like the one curled on the ground was.

"I don't know nothing! You're goddamn nuts!" the one on the ground shouted at her, still reeling from the effects of the dual Bug Buzz.

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] Isabel half-rolled her eyes when the man pinned beneath her gave to them. Damn these people. Keeping one hand firmly around the wrists of the man, she gave her Rapidash a quick whistle once she saw the man keeling over from the effects of the Bug Buzz lay flat on the ground with his hands clamped to the sides of his head. "Oi, Flame-O, keep him down too." The pokemon obliged, stepping over the man and keeping the excess fabric of his jacket sleeves pinned beneath the weight of his hooves. That guy wouldn't be going anywehre. Now then. Isabel curled her free hand into the hair of the man beneath her, picking up his torso once before slamming it roughly - though not viciously - back against the ground. "Don't gimme that load of Bouffalant-crap!" she shouts, "I'm sure you know damn well more than yer lettin' on!" The redhead pulled his jaw against the ground until he faced Alder, looking up to meet the man's eyes reluctantly. "Fine!" Isabel half-smirked, satisfied with the progress she'd made in such short time. "We were told to raid the storage! Okay?! Just get some supplies for our boss and he'd be happy - doesn't want to go wastin' the time or money to buy stuff for himself. We were ordered to rob it, stop anyone that got in our way, and get out of there as quietly as possible." The man looked furious with himself for being forced into submission by a girl. "Are you suuuure that's all ya know?" Isabel asked, picking up his torso once more and leaning forward to look at him sideways from eye-level. "Because I'm gettin' a feelin' there's still a little more to ya." [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 289 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: control dem NPCs if you want, we both can ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

It was a shame that one of them had chosen to not tell them anything, but at the least, the other one was talking. That was a plus, it was always nice when one was so easy to get to talk, though he would have preferred Isabel to use less harsh ways to achieve it. Still though, results were results, and he certainly couldn't sneeze at the results that she had gotten. The information was certainly enlightening. Though Alder had to wonder just who this boss was, and how he could possibly be so greedy as to deprive people of much needed supplies like this.

Especially in a place like Unova, it just made Alder sick. Scowling a little, Alder kept his gaze on the man as Isabel dug into him some more. He still seemed hesitant to speak, but Alder was sure he could get that to change. "Look at it this way. Either you tell us everything you know, or my friend here does...well, whatever, and I just turn a blind eye to it. I can't really feel too bad about something if I had no idea what was going on. So tell us. Who is your boss? Where is he?" Alder dug into the man as well, a serious expression on his face.

Before he had tried being gentle, but he could tell when a tactic was working, and pressuring the man seemed to work. Alder kept his stone cold gaze on the man, just waiting for him to speak up and say he would tell them. But he continued to wait, and just as it seemed like the man had decided not to speak, well, that changed.

"Alright, alright. I'll talk already! Just don't leave me alone with her."

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] Isabel grinned, admittedly somewhat evilly at the fear the man pinned against the ground beneath her. ”Seeeee~” she let the word drag out some as she crouched so her face was next to his own, a sly look on her face, ”It’s not that hard to loosen your tongue a little, eh?” He cringes and attempts to pull away some from her and the redhead sits up, practically sitting on the small of the man’s back. ”Holy Victini leave me be!” his tone nears something closer to an annoyed hiss, ”I said I would talk! I will!” She cocks an eyebrow at him, ”Well?” He cast her an angry glare over his shoulder before looking back up at Alder, ”He…he should be around back.” Isabel rolled her eyes – naturally, the boss would be waiting nearby and letting his underlings get their hands dirty while he stood at a safe distance away. The man nodded to the warehouse they’d tried and failed to rob. ”Behind that. His name’s Marius.” Isabel looked up at Alder, a satisfied expression on her face as she cocked an eyebrow at him before nodding to the warehouse. ”Well go on.” she meant no disrespect with the casual order, ”Don’t want him getting away, do we? There will probably be some police here soon enough and these two can be taken care of.” Around back, the man stands, rolling his single pokeball in his hands as he waits. What’s taking them so long? He can’t help but begin to wonder. Normally he would have at least heard something by now. Either way, he wasn’t worried. Those guys were pretty good at their job. [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 277 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: just have to arrest the head baddie and we'll be done~ ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]

[alder]

Alder kept his gaze on Isabel, a small bit of a frown on his face because it sounded like she was ENJOYING this. At least from the tone in her voice. He nervously looked back to the poor man on the ground, and he thought one thing. Isabel could be scary. "I...think you're terrifying him. Nearly to death," Alder observed, though he wasn't about to step in. She seemed to be quite good at getting people to talk, and for a moment he wondered where she had learned those types of skills. Then he just abandoned that thought because it wasn't important.

At least not then. And even if it were important, he would hesitate in asking. Alder glanced towards the warehouse when the man nodded towards it, then looked back to Isabel. "You'll be able to manage the two of them...? Well, just be careful, alright? And please, don't frighten them to death," he advised her like a parent might to a child. Dear Arceus, was that what he had become? Someone who lectured like a parent? He cringed at the thought, hoping he didn't treat his little sister like that when next he saw her.

With that said, he quickly headed off to the back of the warehouse, trusting Isabel to deal with the two others. "Yo, Marius, I presume?" he asked of the man once he had gotten to the back of it, and with Alder was his Accelgor. The Volcarona had flown up above, to stay out of sight of this man, just in case.

[isabel]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true] [style=float: left; margin: 0 5 0 10;][style=background-color: #ebebeb; border: 10px #990000 solid; padding: 2px; height: 80px; width: 80px;] [/style] She glances up at Alder when he speaks, the slightly more malicious expression vanishing from her face almost instantly and being replaced by slight curiosity - almost like a child. She looks at the man again before giggling some - not out of reaction to the state he was in, but the fact she'd succeeded. That's better than nothing. All the benefits for her track record she can get, the better. "I won't, I won't, don't worry about it." Alder left. Isabel and her pokemon stay pinning the two peons to the ground, waiting impatiently as policement seem to take their pretty little time to show up. Marius stops moving when he hears a voice, unlike one of either man he's working with today. And they know his name. Fuck. Slowly, the man turns and stares at the one who has confronted him. Double fuck. Unova's Champion Alder. He slips the pokeball into his sleeve, arms crossing behind his back. "At your service. How may I help you?" His voice is about as smooth as acid. [style=color: #990000; font-family: arial narrow; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;]set fire to the rain, ❚ WORDS: 177 ❚ TAGS: Noka as Alder ❚ NOTES: -- ❚ CREDITS: Ambassador Tanz [/style][/style][/style]