PMD-M7Past-c: Going Forward, Together

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Guild: Rescuers
Mission: Apprehending Shade
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Note to everyone: Do read my RP/Story blurbs down below! Story is told there.

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Shaking off the shock and letting his headache subside, Raggs finally made his way down from the tree and followed the guild leader of the Rogues. He soon found himself gathered around a group of fellow Rescuers. Strangely enough Dr. Quaak was here. And that Watchog officer. And a Chandelure he didn't recognize? What was going on here? Where was Aya?! In a sudden panic, Raggs raised himself as high as he could and scanned the group of Rescuers. The group wasn't particularly big and from what he could tell, a lot of pokemon were missing. Aya was unfortunately included in the missing category as Raggs saw no sign of his partner.

This fact was quickly dawning on all the Rescuers and a small commotion started up.

"What's going here?"

"Where's my partner? Have you seen-"

"Achoo! This is some weird flower. I don't think these grow around Tao."

The clamoring became a united sound of worry, fear, and concern amidst the indistinguishable voices. These feelings quickly turned to the Rogue guild leader that gathered them together.

"What's the meaning of this Devonshire?!"

"Yeah, where did you take us?"

"I want to go home!"

Raggs looked at the ghost pokemon in mild confusion. The worried concerns and accusations from the crowd were understandable. Heck, a small part of him even wanted to shout at the Sableye as well. But some strange feeling made the Dragonair keep his mouth shut. Rogues were not always the savory type, but most of the members in the guild still meant well. Most importantly, Devonshire was no fool. So... what really happened?

Before the thought could be completed a spine chilling roar-like cry made them all freeze in place, "SILENCE!"

Heterochromic eyes widened as Devonshire ceased to be and all that was there was a vast emptiness that could swallow them all. The group cowered at the sight and many tried to shift away from the shadows. Thankfully, the emptiness passed as the ghost pokemon snapped back into existence with only a few tendrils of darkness looming around him.

"Now then. Since I have your attention, I suppose I should tell you what I know. Caldera here," Devonshire divulged as he casually directed a hand towards the Chandelure, "has made some curious discoveries about our current location. How did he say it again? Ah yes, 'we have been displaced some distance upstream'."

Hushed whispers spread through the group.

"You may interpret that as you will, but we must face the facts before us. We are not anywhere near the village." Devonshire paused for a moment as the Rescuers slowly pieced together the truth. "Now, I've been informed of this special mission you all have partaken in. It seems that whatever has happened is related to this mission. It would be in our best interest to detain this Zoroark as soon as possible to collect all the facts. I assume that we all feel the same regarding this matter."

While hesitation still lingered in the air, there was no doubt in anyone's mind regarding what they should do next.

"Excellent. Shall we proceed with the hunt as they say."

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