I'll take my complimentary nose-plugs now, please.

[Nishrocks]

<sub>Nero walked along the stinky, smelly streets of Falenso. Icky goo was everywhere, and grimer trails and maybe more could be seen. It became clear now that Clio was a clean freak.
<ewewewewewewewewewewewew>

Nero sighed, and returned Clio. He released Tems. It'd be a lot safer if they didn't have to ouch the slimy ground...</sub>

[Darkaan]

A figure lay sprawled in the street up ahead, covered by dirty office papers. A lump of green rock lay next to a rusted fire hydrant. It looked as though water was leaking a water spout from the hydrant to the green rock.

[Nishrocks]

((Thanks))

Nero swooped down, and landed shakily on his feet. He went up to the figure, while Tempeste hopped to the green rock. She picked it up and examined it.

((Thunderstone? Leaf Stone?))

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[Darkaan]

(ooc: Oops!)

The big green rock opened it's eyes. It stopped crying.
<No. Crying Stone!> It cried.

<Please help! My trainer has been petrified by a pack of gastly and haunter.> The larvitar wailed.

[Nishrocks]

Nero nodded. "Tems, you stay with this larvitar, I'll go help the trainer!"
He ran over to the sprawled figure, which he now assumed must be the pokemon's trainer.

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[Darkaan]

Darkaan lay sprawled on the ground. Shaking in terror...
He couldn't speak but he was shaking uncontrollably. He wasn't coping with something. His eyes were bulging from his head as he looked beyond Nero.

His left arm wasn't shaking. His arm and the left side of his torso was frozen. He was half stone!

<He's been cursed by them! Please find them and defeat them! It will undo the damage done!> Mortochi wailed. <Do whatever you can! You can use his pokemon if you want! Vain-Glory knows spore!>

[Nishrocks]

That's the trainer I met at the Olympic Fair...thought Nero. The first thing he'd felt was that this trainer was more powerful than he could ever hope to be. And here he was half-stone...

Nero turned to the Larvitar.
"Does your trainer have any dark or ghost- type pokemon? Those are the strongest against ghosts..."

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[Darkaan]

<Really? I didn't know...> He trailed off.
<Then command me! I know dark moves. Defeating them will surely break the petrification curse on him.>

Mortochi demonstrated his crunch attack on a bin. Spat at the chunk through the air and used Dark Pulse against it.
<I can do this!>

[Nishrocks]

Nero gulped. He certainly didn't feel the strongest.
"Right then, use a dark pulse on any ghosts you see. For now, we'll have to go together. By the way, your name is?"

He'd always been terrified of ghosts. He stumbled nervously through the filthy city, staring at the bleak, unforgiving yellow lights that followed him like eyes. It was always dark here. It was always dead...

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[Professor Gravon]

(ooc: gosh. don't know when he'll be on next. I'll rp for him. he won't mind.)

<Mortochi.> The larvitar said. His eyes darting every which way to keep an eye out for ghost pokemon.

<They went into this hair saloon where Darkaan was petrified.> Mortochi said, trying to be brave.

[Nishrocks]

((Sure thing. It's good to have an admin who's actually administrating. Do you mind getting Percy at the lab?))

Nero nodded once, and then motioned for Mortochi to be quiet. He stepped into the dusty, gloomy hair salon and instantly found himself pinching his nose. The stench was worse IN the salon than in the streets. Nero was sure a sewage pipe had burst somewhere...

He slowly perused the gloomy, dimly lit salon, keeping a watchful eye for any ghosts. Then he saw a shadow, and let out a high-pitched girly scream. As the light fell on it, it revealed itself to just be a mannequin. He turned to Mortochi.

<You didn't just hear me scream.>

He quickly looked away, resuming his search for any ghosts.

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[Aura Guardian Ash Lightning]

_{Mortoshi just shrugged, but he did stifle a laugh. After the slight attack passed he looked around, also looking for ghost. There were some sounds off in another room, but other than that, it was way to quiet.}

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[Nishrocks]

Nero sneaked around the room...

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[Aura Guardian Ash Lightning]

<sub>Mortoshi fallowed close behind Nero, when a bumping sound came from close by.

You here that???</sub>

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[Nishrocks]

Nero wished he hadn't.

Pokeball at the ready, he turned around to face the sound.

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[Aura Guardian Ash Lightning]

_{A Gastly jumped out of a wall, yelling. After a moment, though, it laughed. Mortoshi fell over backwards out cold from fright.}

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[Nishrocks]

Nero jumped back.
<AAAGGHHHH!!!! TEMS!KILL IT! ... I mean, it's already dead, but KILL IT AGAIN!AGH!QUICKLYTEMSUSEFLYPECKWINGATTACKSINGGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!!!!"

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Tems looked confusedly at Nero, and then launched into her attacks.
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