«ONE! DON’T SHIRK WORK!
TWO! RUN AWAY AND PAY!
THREE! SMILES GO FOR MILES!»
«Alright, Pokémon! Time to get to work!»
«HOORAY!»
This was the dialogue that took place every morning between the apprentices and Chatot in front of the (often asleep) gaze of the Guildmaster.
Despite the earthquake of the previous night, the enthusiasm of the apprentices had not waned. Although some slight damage was visible, things had already returned almost to normal. Only Sparx still seemed a little shaken, just to stay on topic, but for the sake of his team and the rest of the Guild, he kept his thoughts to himself.
The morning address was like a sort of ritual of good luck so that the day would go well. That was especially for the explorers, who exposed themselves to danger more than anyone else.
In general, just to be clear, all the Guild’s apprentices were explorers. However, some of them had other very specific jobs within the building, such as doing sentry duty for Diglett and Loudred, organizing teams and helping in the kitchen for Chimecho, and Croagunk’s mysterious yet useful Swap Shop. The remaining members, Team Spark included, were dedicated solely to exploration and were rarely assigned other kind of tasks.
The latter trio had remained behind, still in the main hall, talking among themselves about what to do.
«So, where do we go today, Sparx?» Ardin asked.
The Shinx tried to collect his thoughts and focus solely on work. He delicately grabbed between his toes a couple of slips of paper from his Treasure Bag. He placed them on the ground, where everyone could look at them, and he began to mumble.
«Mmm… there would still be that “A” rank Hoothoot that we couldn’t stop two days ago, otherwise there’s this “B” rank retrieval mission that we’ve been… ignoring for quite a while now…»
Yeaf looked at the sheet reading the second mission mentioned by the leader, then, once read, she let out a resigned sigh.
«A Blast Seed? Does the client really want us to retrieve a single Blast Seed? Can’t he simply buy another one from Kecleon’s Market? It costs just 150 Poké!» she exclaimed. «We deserve better, guys!»
Even if he partly agreed with the Eevee’s words, Ardin tried to bring her back down to earth.
«We’ve made a lot of progress, it’s true, but just try to think about that Hoothoot; he managed to deceive us all and slip out from under our noses. Although I must say that his Ghost Attunement certainly helped him… Unfortunately the rumors about that were true.»
But the Mudkip’s words did not dampen the Evolution’s spirits at all, and she instead shook her head. A joyful smile was on her face as she then raised a paw in a sort of a triumphant pose.
«Come on, Ardin! We defeated an “S” rank criminal! Who could ever stop us now?» she added, her emerald eyes shining with dreams of glory. «Ghost Attunement or not, we’ll catch him for sure next time!»
Sparx chuckled to himself while admiring his friend’s enthusiasm, making in the meantime the most obvious decision on how to solve such matter.
«Let’s go to the Boards and see if we have any more missions in one of these Dungeons. At that point we’ll decide what to do.» he said, putting the papers back in the bag.
The Mudkip nodded. «Nothing to object. Shall we go upstairs?”
The three explorers walked towards the ladder that would lead them to the upper floor with the Boards. However, a sudden Chatot’s call stops them in their tracks.
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PMD Pure Spark: Rise of the Legend
FanfictionThe so called "Time Catastrophe" that threatens to paralyze the world is finally stopped by the mysterious human girl from the future transformed into a Pokémon and her partner Grovyle. But such deed is paid with their lives, making them disappear. ...
