Some Kind of Pun Based on the Word "Dead"

It seems like this is the place, Tenatus thought to himself, So as long as I go and make a team I can accept jobs, seems simple enough. Staring at the doorway to the Grassveil Guild, the Shinx had thought over what he must do, he was gonna go right in and get his membership, and that was that. Walking through the entrance the small Pokemon found itself in a kind of foyer.

Looking around there wasn't much to do here and there seemed to be stairs leading down to another floor, It seems like that's the way to go, he thought while walking down the stairs, it seemed that Tenatus would have to go deeper to get into the guildmaster's room.

Looking around the boards seemed to be towards the doorway he just came from. It was probably a kind of ease of life thing as the doorway was right next to the boards. Right next to the boards was another doorway leading down again, taking this he ended up in the dorms, now he was totally lost. Where was the place he would sign up at?

It didn't take long for heavier footsteps to gently stomp through the halls, clearly trying to be careful and not too loud, but the weight placed on them just was too much to be completely silent or light. Soft murmurs of Pokémon could be heard from a distance, about where the footsteps were coming from. Speech, short sentences. Greetings, perhaps.

Faye was coming back from her walk, needing a short break now and then in between work to be able to continue at her full potential. Fresh air did good, as did stretching her legs. However, there was always a lot to do, meaning she would eventually have to return back to her quarters. There was no time to dillydally!

The Meganium walked through, seeming to be momentarily lost in her own thoughts – before she realized the presence of a small Pokémon on her path, almost at the risk of being squished had she not been careful. Immediately, Faye stopped. No harm was done, but who knew if the Pokémon had been worried…
"Oh, pardon me, sweetie. I was a bit preoccupied with my thoughts," the Guildmaster smiled, her eyes apologetic. Now that she took a better look at the Shinx, however… She didn't think she had seen him before?
"Are you perhaps visiting?"

The Shinx was lost in thought as footsteps started coming from the upper floors. Not small footsteps mind you, but big enough so that it was heard throughout the guild. Looking around, Tenatus' body started developing adrenaline, and a lot of it. Not due to exercise, nor anything like that. It was due to one thing that every creature shares.

The fight or flight response is one that fills a creatures with adrenaline in order to either escape or fight off something. It is usually triggered by fear, and if one is alone, and in a basement, in a hallway, that response will become activated super quick when scared. In the Shinx species when this response is activated they start to glow automatically.

The hall, now glowing, was now filled with some muffled voices and the still descending footsteps. Looking around the small pokemon, which was not just subjectively tall, it's species' tallest being a foot and two thirds. Tenatus is still a child, and has growth needing to be done. But turning around and finding himself in front of a Meganium that was about 5 times his height. However the glow soon died down when the pokemon realized that it was in a guild, nothing to be afraid of. "Umm, I guess you could say that, I'm looking for a way to join the guild. I didn't know where that was so I kinda just, went down here..."

Oh, the poor Shinx seemed to be a little freaked out by Faye's sudden appearance, but luckily he managed to quickly gather himself. His words caused the Guildmaster to smile and give him a little nod.
"If you want to join the Guild, going to there does sound like the best course of action. So you're pretty close to your goal already, sweetie!" She chuckled, her laugh soft and gentle as she gave some words of encouragement to the Shinx. After all, he showed initiative and tried to figure out things, even if he wasn't entirely sure what to do. Such shouldn't be discouraged.

"You would have to meet with the Guildmaster so you can sign up. I can take you there, though… Would you perhaps want to look around the rest of the Guild first? You can of course have a tour later or have some other Guild member show you through, the Pokémon here are very helpful, so you should never be afraid to ask them for help, dearie."

"Thanks!" Tenatus said with a grin. The Meganium chuckled a bit, which seemed, off. However it was more of a slight chuckle, nothing evil, nothing malignant. "Oh, of course I'd like a tour! I don't know a lot about guilds... What I do know is that they are super cool! They explore, they get the bad guys, they do everything!" He had passed by the major places in the guild, the boards, the mess hall, and the main entrance. but being guided around by an actual member, that was a dream come true.

"But I gotta see the Guildmaster afterwards. At least I think I do, not sure on the whole process. In any case, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Tenatus, as one could tell, is not aware that he is in fact speaking to the Guildmaster, in which case he probably would have talked more formally.

Faye nodded with a smile as the Shinx agreed to a tour. He still seemed to be young and inexperienced, perhaps not quite realizing everything it was that the Guilds did… But new teams weren't sent on dangerous missions. There was time to learn, if the young Pokémon decided to give it a try.
"Of course, sweetie," the Meganium laughed softly, though her tour was started closer than the Shinx probably expected,
"These are the sleeping quarters of our Guild members. Many stay in these rooms when not on missions, though often only to sleep. They can be decorated as seen fit, though not many seem to consider that all that important," she continued, smiling as she looked at the hallways filled with closed doors. There had been a time when all of them had been empty, but it was no longer the case…

The Guildmaster soon took the Shinx further on their tour, especially making sure he knew where to find the bulletin board where the new missions were found and the mess hall where Pokémon could get to eat. As they weren't alone in the Guild, many Pokémon stopped to greet the two – or at least the Meganium, it seemed. With their round completed, Faye took the Shinx back to where she had found him and a bit further, in front of a large door to her quarters.

"And this is where the Guildmaster's room is, dearie. Did you happen to have any questions before you wanted to go in?"

Of course he would look for a guide for the guild, but he didn't think it would start immediately. But she started talking about the sleeping quarters and Tenatus had to assume that the hall was the sleeping quarters. Which he thought odd as he thought that was weird that so many Pokemon lived here. Ascending the stairs again to see the bulletin board and the mess hall.

Throughout their little journey Pokemon kept greeting the two, or more likely, the Meganium. Moastly due to her being the Guildmaster, in any case, Tenatus was gleaming with happiness all the way. It was like a little welcome party and he loved it. As they arrived at the Guildmaster's door the Meganium asked for any questions, and a thought came to him. "Hey, whose team are you on anyway? What do you do!" he asked Faye with a sparkle in his eye.

((OOC: Before someone corrects me on my grammar, if a question is shouting you don't put a question mark and an exclamation mark together, just use an exclamation point))

Faye laughed softly as the little Shinx was more interested in who she was than any big questions about the Guild or how it worked. Well, she supposed this was always the moment when a Pokémon would learn her identity, if they got this far without knowing. Only the Guildmaster would sign someone up to the Guild, after all. The Meganium turned to look at the little lion cub.

"Why, I'm in charge of signing up new members for the Guild. I am Faye, the Guildmaster," she spoke, revealing the little secret she had kept as she gave the Pokémon a tour.

With a small chuckle the Pokemon turned towards Tenatus, "Why, I'm in charge of signing up new members for the Guild. I am Faye, the Guildmaster." With this bombshell the Shinx's eyes would have seemed to have grown larger as well as shrinking. Trying to present himself more formally which seemed to just make the Shinx try to brandish his shoulder blades out more and bringing his feet together.

"Uh, hello Miss Faye, I'm Tenatus," he said rather robotically, as if he had recited it to himself numerous times before coming to the guild, "Uh, I'd like to join, if that's okay." It was nerve racking but still, it was what the young pokemon had been working towards for a few days, to try and convince the Guildmaster to let him join.

Faye smiled at the little Pokémon's shift in demeanor when he heard the truth of her identity. That certainly was one reason to keep it a secret, to see how a Pokémon was when they didn't know and weren't trying to put on airs to impress her. It certainly felt like many were a bit more relaxed when they though they were just talking to yet another normal Guild member rather than the Guildmaster…

"It is good to meet you, dearie. Please do come in," the Meganium nodded as a vine slithered from behind her neck flower and opened the door to her quarters. A rather important wooden desk sat near the far end wall that was covered in shelves, full of books of potted plants.
"I don't see a reason why you couldn't join. Did you happen to have any further questions about the process or the Guild?"

Trying to present himself in an 'honorary' matter almost tripped him. But he caught his footing before he fell over and managed to not look ridiculous in a manner of speaking. As the Guildmaster opened the main door to her room, there was a desk at the far wall, well it was more like the closest to the shelves in the back.

I guess I can join no problem then, he thought to himself, but he really had no questions about the guild, it wasn't because he didn't understand anything, it was because he actually didn't expect to get this far. "Uh, not really. I mean I guess, I thought It'd take more to let me into the guild, so I didn't expect to get this far..."

"Please do sit down if you'd like," Faye motioned at the two little chairs in front of the desk and waited for the Shinx to go inside before she followed after him, closing the heavy door behind the two. She made her way behind her desk, her eyes browsing the shelves until her eyes caught a particular large book one of her vines reached out to grab.
"It's not joining the Guild that is the difficult part," she laughed softly as she turned around and placed the book on the desk,
"It's very much what you do after that, sweetie. Not everyone does well at missions."

The Meganium flipped through the pages, looking at all the past teams that had registered. Many pages were filled with text, but of course there were plenty of blank ones for the future.
"Had you thought of a name for your team?"

Walking over to the desk, Tenatus hopped up on to one of the chairs and sat down. Looking behind, the two doors closed and then the Meganium walked to the desk with a book from the shelves in her vines. Placing the book on the table she started to flip through the pages.

"Well I uh guess the team needs a name if I'm going to join, it's just myself though, hahah," the shinx laughed a bit uncomfortably, ironic as these chairs were incredibly comfortable. "Uh I guess just The Team will work if that's fine with you."

"A team… Called The Team," Faye mused out loud when Tenatus mentioned his name idea, her pondering eventually turning into a gentle, good-willed chuckle. Well, that certainly was a name. No one had suggested that one before, that was certain.
"Of course it's fine, dearie," she continued chuckling, honestly finding it quite adorable. It wasn't an offensive name or anything, so there was no reason to not accept it… And names could always be changed, if the Shinx later on wanted to do that.

"Now, what we have to do is write the name of your team and yourself into this book," the Guildmaster informed the little Pokémon as she took the quill pen from its holder and dipped its tip into a small bottle of ink waiting on her table, bringing the feather closer to the pages of the book with her vine,
"Any questions before we do that?"

This was it, the moment I've been waiting for! Tenatus thought to himself as Faye prepared to write the team name down. Until she asked if he'd want to ask any questions, this stumped him, he thought he knew everything, how dungeons work, what the guild does. What else would he need to know?

"Nope, no questions, he said rather quickly. He was excited, new friends, new places, new things, all a moment away. This was it, the time was nigh, he was practically shaking with excitement. Another fact about the Shinx is that their muscles can conduct electricity when moving, it is important to be wary when around a Shinx as they ussually have a built up ammount of static energy. To note when this is happening simply look to the fur, if it extends straight up away from the body, it contains static. Now after all the walking around Tenatus had gained a bit of static, if any pokemon happens to touch him both would recieve a shock as the electricity travels.