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blazing-destiny · 3 years ago

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As Darren sat in the empty room engulfed in silence with his eyes closed, he thought back to a time before his parent's disappearance. They brought him on his first quest and got trapped in a cave after a cave-in caused the entrance to be blocked, so the trio had to camp out there. The minutes passed by the young scornbunny started to wonder if anyone would come for them, looking at his mother with a worried stare.

"M-Mom....." The scared child spoke, fear evident in his voice. "Is...is anyone gonna come for us.....I'm scared."

The cinderace, who was starting a fire, turned to the young mon with a smile. "Don't worry, honey, I'm sure someone will come for us, all we need is a little hope, and things will be ok."

Her voice was soft and soothing enough to put Darren at slight ease one question was still on his mind "But..... But what if no one is coming at all? Then what?"

"Well, we keep our hope alive." Replied his mother kneeling down to rub her child's head. "Even if things seem bleak, even if it seems like there's no way out, have hope it'll work out. The tiniest bit of hope can work wonders. Remember that."

Those words echoed in the raboot's head as he opened his eyes again, rising to his feet with a determined look on his face.

"Even if things seem bleak, even if it seems like there's no way out, have hope it'll work out. The tiniest bit of hope can work wonders. Remember that."

"That was the advice she gave me all those years ago... I can't forget them now, not here when there is a chance." Darren muttered to himself as he slowly walked over to the door. "I'll keep the hope alive just like you said. I'll find both of you, so we can be a family again!"

After what seemed like hours, the office door opened, and Darren stormed out in the direction he came from. His resolve renewed, and his heart set ablaze. It was clear he had found the strength to carry on.

"Darren! You came back!” Buttermilk had a look of pure joy as his boyfriend finally appeared after so long, almost tackling the raboot as he gave him a hug which made Darren giggle

“Calm down! You make it seem like I went somewhere far away hehe.” Darren replied, gently pushing the houndour off as Brynn walked over

“So, have you made a decision?” The glaceon asks, a worried look on her face

“Yes, I have. We’re going with you to help my parents.” Darren replied smiling as he faced Brynn

““We’re”?” Odin chimes in, tilting his head in confusion

“That’s right.” Darren looked left to right at his teammates and boyfriend before continuing. “If I’m doing this, I’m not going in without my best guild members or my best friends.”

This caused the houndour and two hybrid’s eyes to widen in surprise, a smiling Solblitz jumping up in the air.

“Darren, are you sure? This isn’t our fight.” A worried Ninjara asks, arms crossed

“Yes, it is,” Darren replies. “You three are as close to family as anyone else in this place. Not only that, who knows what sort of dangers could be lurking once we get there? I want the people I trust the most there with me when push comes to shove. I’m not just asking as a guildmaster; I’m asking as a friend”.

“I know I’m definitely going!” Solblitz suddenly exclaims, startling Ninjara. “We’ve been waiting for this chance for so long! No way I’m missing out!”

Buttermilk gets close to his boyfriend once again, nuzzling him slowly. “You already know I’m on board, hun. Can’t have my boyfriend dying, not if I have anything to say about it.”

Looking at both his friend and co-guildmaster, the dragonic frog shakes his head, smirking. “Then I guess I can’t say no, can’t have you lot getting into trouble with no one to bail you out.”

The glaceon smirks turning away from the group walking towards the exit. “Then it’s settled. Let’s hurry. We have to go somewhere and prepare as well as meet someone to can help us.”

“W-Wait, are you sure we should be taking everyone with us?” A worried Odin inquired to his partner

Brynn nods. “Darren has a point; it has been quite some time since our last visit who know what matter of enemy could be lying in wait to attack us. We need all the help we can get.”

The Dragonair sighs, chasing after Brynn. “I guess it can’t be helped. Come along now you four. Brynn is right; we have to gather some items and meet up with our contact.”

Darren looked at each of his friends with a resolute grin receiving one in turn from all three and running off to catch up with the pair ahead of them.

A few hours later

The group arrived at a vast area full of people, shops, stalls, an inn, and a tavern. Among the many bustling pokemon that were milling about, some included a zeraora being followed pokemon not quite like your the common variety known (@ask-glorious-guild), an alolan vulpix chatting with a rockruff, at a nearby berry stand a bulbasuar was buying some berries a torchic eagerly waiting by its side (double feature from @dawn-at-dusk), over at the inn, a pokemon resembling a cross between a thievul and a zoroark headed inside (@pokemonmercenaryspies), and finally, a shiny Eevee marveling at the display of a nearby weapons shop, much to the displeasure of the bayleef standing nearby(@luckystravels).

“Wowwww!” Solblitz exclaimed, looking around at the wonders before her. She seemed ready to explore and quickly turned to face Odin, floating next to her. “Hey Odin, what is this place!? It looks so cool, and there are so many pokemon!”

“This is the Universal Guild Hub or the UGH for short. Guilds from all over the world gather here to exchange information, team up, gather supplies, or even rest up. The UGH is also open to the general public; this is the place where we met Darren’s parents for the mission.”

Darren’s eyes were wide as he looked at all the pokemon occupying the hub. Like Solblitz, he was stunned by the amount of pokemon gathered here in one place.

“She the guardian of the temple Darren’s parents are trapped in,” Odin replied, looking around the tavern, which didn’t have many pokemon inside.

“Odin, take the kids over the Hopping Spoink to meet Vayu. I’ll go run a few errands for us.” The glaceon runs off, leaving Odin with the three fire types

“Whose Vayu?” Ninjara asks as he and the others head inside the tavern as Brynn instructed

Out of the more notable mons, a tapu koko seemed to have a small number of glasses next to him. He was smiling at the tapu bulu who looked like he had seen this scenario before (@ask-the-island-guardians). And what appeared to be a hybrid of a pikachu and latias sitting next to a pikachu currently eating some berries who Odin seemed to recognize.

“Yeah, that’s me.” Darren replied. “These are my friends Solblitz, Ninjara, and my boyfriend Buttermilk.”

“Speaking of which, there she is, and it seems she’s brought her brother along. Let’s go.” Odin remarks as he leads the others over to the booth

“Ah Odin, you’ve finally arrived, and I see you’ve brought Darren and who I assume to be his companions.” The hybrid said upon noticing the group at the table

“Sure, I don’t mind.” Darren said, getting comfortable in his chair

Vayu smiling bow a little “Pleasure to make your acquaintance. As I’m sure you’ve been told, my name is Vayu. This is my little brother Capala.”

The pikachu waves his mouth full of berries. “Hiya!”

“It seems like we have some time to kill since Brynn isn’t with us just yet; I assume she went to gather some supplies for us. Why don’t we chat, and you four can tell me a bit more about yourselves.” Vayu chimed in.

The group is available for asks! Vayu and Capala's profiles have been added to the Dossier

And a huge thanks to the mods who allowed me to cameo their characters (I hope I didn't butcher anything). Check out their blogs! Don't worry if you didn't pop up in this post I'll be adding more cameos in later posts!

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blazing-destiny · 4 years ago

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(ask-imaginary-dreamers) Casey frowned at Bryn and Odin, “So, why are you two here? Like what kind of info did you get on Darren’s parents? Are they ok?”

@ask-imaginary-dreamers

@asksavel

Brynn and Odin looked at each other then to the ground a bit hesitant to answer the question until Brynn finally broke the silence

Brynn: Me and Odin are a part of another guild that was aiding Darren's parents' investigation of a mysterious new region said to hold a treasure of unmeasurable power

Odin: We were at a temple that was rumoured to have clues about it's whereabouts when the temple doors shut with them inside.

Upon hearing this Darren and the rest of the group gasped Darren the one most affected by the information clenching his fist from inside his hoodie pocket

Darren: And you just left them there to face whatever dangers were in there?

Brynn: Of course not! We tried our hardest to get into the temple searched for alternative entrances even combined our most powerful moves trying to break down the door but to no avail.

Odin: That is until we met someone claiming to be the guardian of the temple. She said that to reopen the temple doors someone of the same bloodline arrived there and so we came here.

Brynn: So as it stands Darren it's now up to you to save your parents.

Darren stood there in shock. The words he wanted to hear for the longest have finally been spoken but he couldn't believe it, part of him wanted to get there as fast as possible but the other part of him was skeptical. Why now? Why wait after all this time? All of these thoughts were rolling around in his head it was starting to get a bit overwhelming

Darren: I-I need some time to think it over!

And with that he ran off to the guildmaster's office leaving the group behind

Buttermilk: D-Darren wa-

As the houndour started to run off he was stopped by Brynn's paw

Brynn: Leave him. He needs some time to sort this out

Buttermilk frowns as he watched the raboot enter their shared office closing the door behind him, part of him wanted to comfort his partner but decided to follow the glaceon's advice

Buttermilk: O-Ok

As Darren closed and locked the door to the office behind him he slowly sunk to the ground tears gradually dripping down his face trying to calm himself down. He leaned back against the door eyes closed deep in thought

C-Could this r-really be happening...the moment I've been waiting almost a year for...

But...what if it is a trap

What if...they're actually gone..

No...No I can't think like that

I...I...I have to...

Darren suddenly opened his eyes wide startled by the sudden voice but most of all that one word...

HOPE

I-Is that what this feeling is?

Darren asked as he slowly stood up looking around for the voice as if it was nearby

Hope...I never thought I would hear that word for a long time..... Should I have hope? What if it'd all be for nothing....what then?

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