The Search for Orbs

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It was around midday. The temperature was pleasant and the wind present only in the form of a small breeze, perfect for cooling one off every now and again. Unfortunately for such a pleasant day, the trees of Shadowhue Forest were too dense to let majority of the sunlight through their leafy canopy, and as such the light was only present as rays that filtered through the gaps in the treetops, and a scattering of dappled light on the forest floor.

A Mothim had entered the forest, fluttering on his large orange-scaled wings but traveling at a rather slow pace in order to accommodate for his younger companion. The Ralts that accompanied him was hoping to join the Windrose Scouts, and although Russell didn't usually go with the potential WS candidates on their entry challenge excursions, he'd made an exception for Eve.

"Alright, here we are!" he smiled, motioning at the forest around him with his small white forelegs.

From the brush, right in the direction that Eve felt them, a pair of pokemon turned up. A Pinsir led the two, followed by a Flabebe. The Flabebe hid behind one of the bug type's horns, peeking out from behind. The Pinsir spoke up. "I haven't seen you before. You best leave now before things get ugly." Surprisingly, it was Eve that answered first. "We don't mean any trouble sir. We are only looking for a few things. If you feel uncomfortable with us being here, we can look elsewhere." Eve could sense no hostility, at least from the Flabebe. Eve was hoping that the Pinsir was willing to let her and Russell go if they were willing to leave. Better to cause no trouble that attack for no reason, right? "Maybe you can help us if you don't mind? We are looking for orbs, any orbs will do."

The Mothim was immediately on his guard as the two pokemon appeared. It was better to be cautious than harmed he would reason, as he was sure that anyone who turned out not to be hostile would be able to understand that particular reasoning.

Although he remained on his guard, Russell was particularly interested in watching how Eve handled the situation, especially since this time she had gotten her words in first and was awake to contemplate what to do herself rather than having to rely on him. He wanted to see just where she wanted to go with this, and whether it would work.

He was somewhat aware of the ability of Ralts to sense the emotions of others, but was unaware of just how effective that may be in these sorts of almost hostile situations. Perhaps this was his chance to learn something as well.

Solilo carried out 6 launched of one Shadowhue Forest :

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(I have 6 energy so im rolling everything now to see if we actually get any orbs with the rolls and can attempt to plan in advance if we don't. We don't have to use them all right away though, we can spread them across the page until we can get more energy and stuff.)

Eve stared as another Pinsir showed up, the little flower pokemon floating behind them. They seemed protective... kinda like her own parents. Eve decided to try to be peaceful rather than start something. "Hey there. My name is Eve and this is Mr. Russell. Me and him are just out here to explore and stuff. Its a nice place, right?" The Pinsir relaxed a little at child's explanation and the Flabebe floated over. Eve decided to try to be nice. "You have a very pretty flower there. I wish I could float with one of those." The Flabebe was pretty pleased with the compliment, circling around. Eve seemed to prefer a peaceful solution instead of a violent one. She was just a kid after all.

Russell continued to be cautiously wary as a second Pinsir arrived on the scene. Luckily it didn't seem like any of these pokemon were going to attack outright, so perhaps they would be willing to listen to Eve and let her reason with them.

As the young Ralts introduced him, he waved one of his white front appendages, a small smile on his face as he greeted them with a polite, "Hello."
The Mothim too seemed to relax a little as he watched the Pinsir visibly become less on edge. A relaxed stranger was less likely to attack than one that was overly wary. Although, Russell suspected that they would still be intelligently cautious as himself and Eve were still strangers.

One of the Pinsir still seemed a little wary, even after Eve's words and kept a very close eye on the Flabebe, even as the flower pokemon enjoyed the complement from the Ralts. The second Pinsir, a little more relaxed, seemed to have decided to give the duo somewhat of a chance, "Well, as long as you don't intend to bring harm to any of us..."

Eve shook her head firmly. "We aren't from here and you guys aren't doing anything to us! Only a truly evil pokemon would attack others who haven't done anything. I can feel it. You three are good pokemon. Especially this little guy." She grinned at the little flower pokemon, getting a smile in return from it. Eve then looked around again. "But really, if you can help us, we'd really appreciate it. See, we are looking for two orbs. Any orbs will do. I am kinda out here on a test from Mr. Russell. I want to join his scout group. It seems like the perfect fit for me!"

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