Rise of the Shadows!

[Magnakilro]

Iron gave her a look like "Orly?"

He pushed forward, now pinning ghost down.

((G2g to bed gn all!))

[Senna-Umbreon]

"OOF!" Ghost huffed as she was pinned down, "Heh.. Note to self, don't mess with a Rampardos!" She grinned up at him, laughing.

((Niiiight~! XD Also.. I shall be absent tomorrow. Well, I think I will be. My mom's going to the race my dad's in and I'll probably be going. Depends though, I might not, but we'll see in the morning! XD))

[Moonlost]

((I'm almost afraid to post, lest I disturb the little moment you two are having. Especially because Baaz is being moody. ))

Baaz sighed. Time seemed to have passed so quickly. Perhaps he had drifted off to sleep and not noticed? None the less, he had found no answers in the landsacpe around him, as beautiful as it may be. He rose up and stretched, yawning as he did so. He turned and looked at the cave. Perhaps... perhaps he was wrong to join them. To forsake his oath. Things had been simple with Seventeen. The Dusk were brutal, to be sure. But so was much of life. Maybe he could do something to regain the trust of the Dusk. The head of one of the "leaders" of this band might suffice. Or maybe the Umbreon. What was her name, Ghost? That sounded right, and didn't Lady Seventeen have some sort of grudge against her? Yes that would be-

Baaz snarled, catching the voices before they infiltrated his mind further. He shoved them again into a corner, letting his own force of will drown out the dark whisperings. He cursed himself for a fool, letting them creep up on him like that. It seems like each day he slipped a little lower. His ideals that he held so highly at one point just seemed to be out of reach now. He looked out at the disappearing sun one more, trying to find meaning in those disappearing beams of light. The view seemed to beckon him. It might be nice to travel for a time, to find himself once more. He looked longlingly at it for a while, before turning back and moving towards the cave slowly.

[Azunara]

((Sorry for vanishing. I wasn't really involved in much, so I fled to WoW and chatted with guildies, then went to sleep. And Sol says she approves of Ghost and Iron. Eleredar is just snickering, but he just likes teasing people.))

Dialga growled. He was in for a long, long wait, he could tell. Palkia had been the one to charge in blindly, but he had been the one to think. He paused, watching them. It looked like they'd let him live. But they wouldn't let him recover, he knew that much. But...could he communicate? That was the most important thing. He could live, and once they got fed up, he'd think of something.

That, or he could run the risk of losing control and breaking free.

To steer away from such a plan, it'd be a last resort, he idly played with time, slowing it, speeding it up, watching the sun jerk. He was kind of like Groudon! If only he could do spirals. He sighed, as it pulled a bit on his energy, and then remembered. He still had that small pocket from preserving Jingle and Sparky. When it looked grim, he could use that and get out.

Dialga grinned widely at the Dusk. Keep them confused, don't look afraid.

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Dagger woke up, taking into the skies outside the cave and circling out of boredom in the sunset. The Dusk were far off, luckily. No worries about that. But...he wouldn't see any of his kind here. He sighed, missing his family. Eleredar had gone to sleep, as had Solara, while Speck had taken a berry and rolled it in her hands, thoughtful.

[Lupis]

The ghosts guarding Dialga looked at each other, back at the grin, then at each other again. They didn't like that grin. Their leader faded and reappeared in front of Scarab and Seventeen.
"H-hey, the prisoner is... grinning. Some of the lads gotta feeling that he's planning somethin'. What do we do? Rough 'im up a bit?"

Scarab closed his eyes and sighed. Things just had to be difficult. Well... There was one way of keeping him from escaping.
"Hhhow many of your men can use Hhhypnosssissss?" he rasped, having a hard time pronouncing that last word as anything more then just one long hiss.

Summer had fallen asleep on the rock, curled up with her paws over her eyes. Now she got up and yawned, her fur glittering with a thick layer of frost. She looked at it, then froze her fur into outward-pointing needles, sending frost flying in a cloud. She shook out her fur and smiled to herself, wandering back to the cave and looking at Baaz.
"Hey, are you okay?" she asked sympathetically.

[Azunara]

Dialga studied the Dusk. Good. Fear would hopefully, work nicely in his favor. If they were scared, he could think. He watched them carefully.

[Kamalia]

Julius perked up at the sound of Ghost and Iron playing. He shoved his last berry in his mouth and dropped low to the ground, slinking behind a rock. Poking his head around, he readied himself. His bottom gave a little wiggle, and then he blasted off to them. "SNEEEAAAK ATTTTTAAAAHWOOF!" He launched himself at Iron and crashed into him at full speed (which resembled hitting a wall). He gasped hard for a few moments, trying to find enough air to breathe past his mad giggling and the fact that he was now winded from the impact. "S-sorry Iron..." He gasped, then giggled. "That was ha-harder than... I thought it would be!"

[Saturo]

"Dialga... Would you care to be kidnapped?"

[Azunara]

((xD at Darkrai.))

Dialga blinked, trying to focus his energy to reply. It ended up somewhat staticy and wavery, but it...was thereish. "Only if you're willing to risk it. They have me guarded pretty closely. It might not end well for either of us. They're planning something too, and I'm not sure what. Has me somewhat nervous." He watched the Dusk carefully, standing up and stretching, then sitting back down, watching them.

[Lupis]

The Captain of the guard tilted his head, thinking, then faded and appeared back next to Dialga and the ghosts. He whispered in their ears. Two Ghastlys and a Haunter turned their attentions to Dialga, humming a haunting song.

Ghastly(x2) and Haunter use Hypnosis!

[Saturo]

A shadow quickly flitted over to underneath Dialga, and prepared a Nightmare.
"Hehe... They think sending you to sleep is a good thing. It is, of course. Just not necessarily for them.
He explained his plan. "Everything that happens in your nightmare happens to real you too. I stab you in the dream, you bleed out here. The same principle should apply for Teleport..."

[Azunara]

"I see. Just don't stab me to prove a point. Hopefully it works..." Dialga said tiredly, growling at them and quickly being sent to sleep.

[Saturo]

Darkrai used Nightmare, and appeared in front of Dialga in the dream, with a dagger.
"Aww... No stabbing...", he said with a smile.

[Azunara]

Dialga glared at Darkrai, "Yeah. Stabbing is bad. Already hurt enough." He gave a slight shudder. "Let's...just get out of here. I can see why people don't like their own Nightmares." The two of them were in the ruins of a town, littered with human corpses, flames burning, and blood smeared everywhere. As well, dark shadows flitted around at the edges, shadowy humans wandering aimlessly. "Yeah. I just want out of here." He said. "Still, the Dusk are in for a surprise."

[Saturo]

Darkrai simply shot him a glare. "Was a joke, buddy."
"Now... Let's see if I can't get you out of here... Never actually tried this in a nightmare before, so try to not get your arms ripped off or something.", he said, and started focusing his energies on a very specific point outside the dream.

[Magnakilro]

Iron looked at Julius, Gah...we were having a moment too.... he thought to himself

He scratched a message, "...being a giant Rock has its perks "

He giggled.

[Azunara]

Dialga blinked, but decided it best not to further comment. Besides, he rather liked his limbs. He braced himself, looking at the shadows warily. Hopefully they'd leave them be.

[Saturo]

"Okay, I think I have a safe spot... Are you greatly bothered by underwater caves? Airfilled, of course."

[Senna-Umbreon]

(('Ello peoples. ... Four hours of sleep SUCKS. Oh well. Time to get as much RP done as I can before I have to skedaddle! XD))

Ghost snorted as Julius made his little 'sneak attack', "Nice sneak attack, fuzzball! Pffftt!" She burst out laughing.

[Saturo]

((Agreed Senna. Four hours DOES suck. Try doing it the Sat way, that is, three hours or less. Then it won't suck any more. :) ))