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"Making mistakes is -how- people learn," Tails mused. "I didn't make an energy ball on my first try, and I could only spit a little fire when I met Blizz. And run pretty fast. But that all happened because I made mistakes when I wouldn't die if I made them."

With this, another swig.

I had barely had time to uncross my arms and calm down when my SNAG cut itself back on.

"Please don't tell me you though that would work, you silly boy," GRAY said almost immediately.

"Ugh. Actually, yeah," I told him flatly.

"I see. Well, then, you must be punished for your impudence. Oh, Claydol~"

Samurai saw the pokemon before I did and jumped up to my lap to defend me. This earned him the same 'punishment' I had by teleporting the three of us - Sunny included - away from HQ.

"Not sleepy?" he asked. "You were ready for bed just a little bit ago." Tristen warily spoke up.

"Normally to humans, its actually meant to wire them up instead of make them drunk. Its the traces of caffeine as well as any sugar thats in chocolate, in whatever form it is in, rather it be hot chocolate, chocolate bars, or what have you."

"Still. I guess Im not tolerant."

"Well, lets consider this much. How much chocolate have you had since you've been with us, Tristen?" I asked.

"Not a lot..."

"Then its a no wonder."

Veronica nodded without a comment, she did not want to express her feelings so she simply stood straight with her hands in her jacket's pocket and sharp eyes. She took out a pokeball and chuck it forward, "Yea, might as well have some fun." Chi appeared from the red plasma and took a glance to both his sides.
"Monferrr!" He cheered with excitement, he indeed had not battle in a while despite being Veronica's primary pokemon. See, now, the problem with rock and ground types...
"Use Mach Punch, quickly!" Veronica commanded. ...are their overly low speed stats. Chi pushed forward with his fist as it turned a silver color just quickly enough before hitting.

Mission: Investigative Journalism

Difficulty: Medium

Disclaimer: Written while in a headache-induced daze. Take with caution.

This is purely out of curiosity, but have any of you ever seen a Legendary Pokemon in its natural environment?

I didn't think so. A close personal friend is compiling a photo book, and he's asked me if anyone can get him some specific images.

The catch is, I'm caught under paperwork in Snagem at the moment. As a result, you get to help my friend. I'll make it worth your while if you can bring me back at least one photo of a Pokemon of your choice from the following list.

Take a picture of Cresselia, Heatran, Celebi, Manaphy, Zapdos, Moltres, or Articuno in the Pokemon's natural environment. The camera (which is expensive) has been provided to us by my friend, and it can hold up to 100 high-quality images. Be careful not to break it.

Also, do not engage the Legendries in any form of combat, EXCEPT if they decide to attack you. If that happens, you are permitted to try and slow them down while escaping, but under no means are you allowed to attack them first. This is also extremely important: Do not capture the legendries, no matter what. This is a purely investigative mission.

That said, expect there to be some other trainers looking for them for battling reasons, as well as wild Pokemon in the habitats themselves. Good luck.

Objective:
Travel to the natural environment of at least one of the listed Legendary Pokemon, take at least one clear photograph of it in its natural state, and bring the camera back to HQ, undamaged.

Opposition:
Naturally-occurring Pokemon in the environments. You may encounter random trainers who are also seeking the Legendaries.

Pokemon:
You may capture one Pokemon available at your rank from the environments, or you may snag one Pokemon available at your rank from the trainers.

Rewards:
Vary.
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Josey was back down in the labs taking some samples from Tritouga now trying to see if she could find a way to revive her other fossil Pokémon Aerodactyl. “Man there has to be some sort of connection!” She was getting a bit frustrated as she wasn’t getting the results she had hoped for.

“Miss Josey.”

“What is it Spock?”

“Well I hate to be the one to tell you this, but not all fossil types are the same. It could be something to do with the trainer or its environment that will have a greater effect on your fossilized Aerodactyl.”

Josey sighs, “I suppose you’re right. I guess I should stop worrying about this fossil and focus more on building up my current team. It seems that we have been having a lot of dealings as a team with water type Pokémon. I’d really like to get a team member to counter act that.”

“That would be quite a wise thing to do. Might I suggest a grass type?”
“I don’t really want something that is a single type. I’d like to maximize my teams’ strength and get a good range. Plus I can’t hold many on my team currently so having a dual type would be good.”

“You could go with a grass/psychic type. There might be a number of weaknesses, but if you only plan to use it while in battle against water types then I would suggest to that you get yourself an Exeggcute.”

Josey thought for a moment. “I believe I’ve actually heard of that Pokémon before. Yes, while I was at the Safari Zone getting some plant samples once I ran into one. It was quite the chatter box if memory serves me right.” She looked up the Pokémon on Spock to get a better idea. “Yes this is the one. Well we will need to find a mission that could put me in a spot to get one. Perhaps this time I can catch a Pokémon rather than snagging one.”

Spock checked through the database and pulled up a mission. “How’s about this one,” he pulled up onto the screen a mission on investigative journalism. “Since you seem to love research so much, this might be just the sort of mission for you.”

“Oh Spock, you are getting to know me oh too well”, Josey smiled. “Ah Celebi, now there is a Pokémon I’ve always been fascinated with. Since it’s the same type as the Pokémon I’m seeking, that would be the perfect target of choice.”

“You do realize, Miss Josey that finding a Celebi is going to be quite a challenge?”

“Yes I do know that it doesn’t really have a natural place of origin being that it travels through time, however, it does love the forest so I think if we head to some place like the Safari Zone or the National Park we might have some luck.”

“Luck, now that’s something you’re going to need.”

Josey grabbed her stuff from the lab and headed up to her room. She put Spock back into her pack and gathered up her three Pokémon for the trip. Though having a Chinchou and a Tritouga when hunting for a grass type wasn’t going to be much use, her fun loving Chimchar would be perfect.” Checking once more to make sure she had everything, Josey grabbed her hoverboard and headed out for the search. “Oh wait! I’m forgetting one thing actually!”, she ran back inside and grabbed the camera that she would need for the picture taking.

***Nothing interesting happens while traveling***

Arriving at the Safari Zone Josey makes her way up to the counter. A beautiful young lady with flowing red hair awaits eager to assist. “Hello! Here to try and catch some of our Pokémon? How many balls can I get you today?!”

Clearing her throat Josey responds, “No thank you, I’m actually here to inquire about Celebi, are there any reports of this rare Pokémon being seen here at all?”

Cocking her head to one side the young lady responds, “I’m sorry to inform you of this, but sadly the answer is no.”

“Might you know where I could find Celebi?”

“It’s quite unlikely that you would ever see a Celebi, but if there was any chance of finding one, Professor Aurea Juniper might be the best person to speak with.”

Josey was now the one cocking her head. “Professor Juniper, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of her.”

“You would find her in the Unova region. You’d have to take a plane to get there if you don’t have any Pokémon that can fly you. It’s quite far from here.”

Letting out a big sigh and deep breath Josey thanks the young lady and leaves the building. “A plane, to a land far away from Kanto that I’ve never been to before… Man this is going to be a challenge.” Josey pulls out her wallet. “I only have 1000 pokedollars left after that team mission. I haven’t earned any more money from the other missions or the last one I did solo.” Closing her wallet she puts it back in her pack. “Well looks like I’ll have to use the money for a round trip ticket and just hope that I earn more cash for some potions and revives.”

Getting back on her hoverboard, Josey heads to the airport. Upon arrival she approaches the counter to speak to the gentleman. After a short conversation she had her round trip ticket for 500 pokedollars. She sure hoped it was worth the trip. As she boarded the plane a thought came to her mind. “Oh man! Why didn’t I just call the professor!” Josey slapped herself on the forehead. “I can be such an idiot sometimes!” It was too late to change her plans and she had already bought the ticket so off to Unova she went.

***arriving at the professors house***

After several hours of travel by air and land, she finally arrives at the professors house. Josey knocks on the door but there was no answer. “Hello,” she calls out. Still there was no answer. This time she took her fist and pounded on the door. She then heard something crash and break on the floor.

“If it’s that important to you, now that you made me drop and break my flask, come on in!”, shouted the voice from inside. She had a pleasant sounding voice, even for someone who was shouting. Perhaps it was frustration or the unexpected knock that threw her off. Either way, Josey had traveled quite the distance to meet with her so she proceeded to enter as directed. “Well introduce yourself? I haven’t got all day.”

“I’m sorry for startling you, my name is Josey. I’ve traveled here from Kanto to inquire of you. I’m coming from team Snagem, and as a favor to a friend of a member of the team I am doing a research of Celebi. I need to capture a picture of this amazing creature in its natural habitat. However, as I’m sure you’re well awar…” The professor then cut her off.

“I’m sorry to disappoint you, but anyone in their right mind would know that Celebi is next to impossible to find.”

“Ye…yes, I’m well aware of that fact. However, next to impossible isn’t impossible and I’m quite the determined person.”

“Well I gathered that much if you spent your time and money to travel all the way from Kanto to here when you could have simply just called.” Aurea could see the distain on Josey’s face from that remark. “Well young lady, since you have traveled quite the ways I suppose I can at least point you to someone who might be able to help. While it’s true that I have studied the origin of Pokémon, my father is a retired Pokémon researcher. If anyone could help you, it would be him.”

There was a sound of hope in her voice now, “Where could I find him??”
“I wouldn’t go getting your hopes up just yet, but you can find him currently at Icirrus City.”

“Thank you so much! I’ll head there now.” Josey bowed as she left the home and headed out back on the road. She then pulled Spock out of her bag. “Spock do you have a map for this region?”

“Miss Josey, I’ve been programed by the best. I have maps of every region in this world.” He then proceeded to pull up the map for Unova. With her location now fixed Josey once again hopped onto her hoverboard.

***man this is getting to be long hahaha***

Arriving in Icirrus City, Josey quickly went to work finding Aurea’s father. It didn’t take her long to spot the man, he stood out like a sore thumb with his bright orange shirt. She ran up to him with haste. “Hello! Are you Aurea’s dad?”

“Why yes, I am Cedric Juniper. How can I help you?”

Josey went into explaining her whole reason for coming all this way and what she was hoping to achieve. She seemed to stated it all in one breath so when she was finally done she gasped for air.

“Clam down young lady. I can see that you are all excited and eager. I can give you what I do know. Celebi can be found, though it is extremely rare. However, I can tell you that I have myself once caught a glimpse of its amazing beauty. It was only by chance that I was able to see it and it didn’t last too long either. Many trainers have looked to capture this Pokémon due to its ability of time travel. Your heart seems pure and as long as you remain calm you might just be able to find it.”

Josey took a deep breath. “Please Professor, tell me all that you know.”
“First off, Celebi will only appear where there is perfect peace and harmony. If there is any trouble in an area, it will not come. Second, only in the thickest of wooded areas will you see it. In fact the forest grows thicker when it is near. If I were you, I’d head to Sinnoh. I’ve heard reports of wars between land and water in some of the other regions, but Sinnoh is peaceful right now. Go to the great marsh.”

“Thank you so much! Um… I’m sorry to ask you this, but I kind of bought a round trip ticket from Kanto to get to here. Is there any way I could get to Sinnoh that wouldn’t cost any money? I haven’t a Pokémon that can fly yet.”
“I would be happy to send you there on my Charizard as long as he returns to me of course.”

“Of course sir! I would never dream of keeping a Pokémon from someone who has been so helpful!” Taking the borrowed Charizard, Josey took off now to Sinnoh directly for the Great Marsh.

***man I’ve become a world traveler in this mission***

Josey hops off the Charizard as they land and waves good bye as it heads back up into the sky returning to its master once more. “Wow this has been one LONG day. I really hope it’s worth all this trouble.” She makes her way into the Safari Zone building. “Hello, I’d like to get into the Great Marsh please.”

“Sure thing, how many pokeballs can I get you and would you like anything to lore out the Pokémon?”

“How much can I get for 100 pokedollars?”

“Well I can see you are new to this area, so I’ll cut you a break. I’ll give you 5 balls and 5 blocks to lore out the wild Pokémon. You’ll only have an hour of time though and once that time is up you will be teleported back to the entrance here.”

“Great thank you!” With that she was teleported into the Great Marsh area. It was wet and it was already getting kind of dark. Josey had spent most of the day traveling and so her day light hours were quickly fading away. “Man I hope the sun will stay with us otherwise the flash of the camera might scare away what we have come to see.” She was really just talking to herself since there was no one else around.

Stepping off the platform, Josey made her way deeper into the marsh. She saw something moving in a bush nearby but couldn’t quite make it out. The creature was sort of blending in. “Just to be on the safe side I better have Pyro out with me.” She called out her Chimchar. “CHIM!” “Shhhhhhhh Pyro, we have to be quiet because we are looking for an extremely rare Pokémon today and we can’t scare it off.” “chim”, Pyro whispered. “Now that’s better.”
There was another rustling in the grass and this time a Kecleno popped out. Josey tried to ignore it but it kept sticking its tongue out at her. “Pyro get rid of that thing! I don’t want it to scare off Celebi.”

Pyro flared up his tail and sent a flame wheel barreling toward the Kecleno. It grazed its tail as the thing ran back off into the grass. Josey then saw what looked like a thicket of trees. Deciding that would be the best place to go she made her way over with Pyro at her side. Stepping in some deep mud she pulled her foot out and decided to rest against one of the trees. Suddenly it began to move. Josey fell to the ground, “What the heck!” She looked up now only to be face to face with a giant Tropius. This beast was HUGE, but looked just like the trees around it.

“Pyro! A little help!”

Tropius wailed its leaves at the tiny monkey and hit him with some grass. Pyro being a fire type didn’t take much damage thankfully. He then flamed up his tail and sent a powerful wheel whirling toward the towering creature. Tropius stepped back into the mud and was stuck. Josey knew if she caught this Pokémon she couldn’t keep it, but at least it would be out of her way. She threw one of the pokeballs at it and after three wiggles it was caught. Picking up the ball she then released it back into the wild and discarded the used pokeball. “Well I hope we don’t run into anymore of those creatures.”

The trees were getting thicker still as she made her way deeper into the marsh. After a few more paces she heard a joyful squeal. It was almost like the sound of a child playing. She put her hand on Pyros head to stop him from proceeding before her. Slowly she crept forward ever so slightly with each foot. Sure enough as she looked around one of the trees she saw in plain view a Celebi. Daylight was now fading faster and it had already been a half hour that had gone by. She placed her pack on the ground and quietly took out the camera.

Lowering the shutter speed so as not to make much noise, Josey started to snap some photos. The first few were only of Celebis back side, but she didn’t dear move around to try and get its front. Rather, she waited patiently for the playful Pokémon to turn around. *snap* There was a sound of a twig breaking not far from behind her. Celebi turned around quickly and Josey snapped a photo just in time. Suddenly a trainer came flying through the trees at great speed. Seemed to be riding on the back of a Pokémon, it was a Growlith to be exact. Celebi faded into deeper into the forest, trees popping up blocking it from the trainer.

Josey jumped up, “What the heck do you think you’re doing! Don’t you dare try and capture that Pokémon!”

“What are you going to do about it!”

Josey then called out Bubbles her Chinchou. “I’ll show you what I’m going to do about it! Bubbles use surf!” With a wave of water the trainer was swept off the back of the Growlith and the poor Pokémon was now soaked. It shock its fur and the water sprayed and then a stink penetrated the air. “Oh man, I hate the smell of wet Growliths!”

“Growlith façade!” Screamed the trainer. Growlith growled as it lunged at Bubbles. The attack was strong, but not super effective.

“Bubbles, finish off that fire Pokémon with Hydro Pump!” “CHIN CHI!”

Bubbles charged itself up and blasted out a powerful stream of water knowing the Growlith clear off its feet. Once landed, the Growlith was no longer fit for battle.

“Trust me, you haven’t seen the last of me!” Shouted the trainer with his fist in the air. He returned his fainted Pokémon and took off.

“Great job Bubbles!” Josey patted her Chinchou on the head and returned it. She looked back at Pyro. The sky was now laced in red and orange colors. Josey looked at the camera and saw that she did get a few good back side photos and the one front side she got was Celebi with a rather shocked expression. “Well this should be interesting.” As she looked up the trees faded away. She moved forward with caution, but did not see Celebi however there was an egg sitting there on the forest floor. As she got closer it wasn’t just an egg, it was multiple eggs, “Wait that’s not eggs, that’s an Exeggcute, but how…”

She heard a joyful cry once more and looked up to see Celebi looking down at her. “Celebi!” Cried the happy Pokémon. Josey still with the camera in hand snapped one last photo as the Pokémon disappeared. She then looked back at the Exeggcute, who as not moving at all. Tossing a safari ball at the Pokémon it wiggles three times and clicked. She picked it up and at once was teleported back to the entrance. Her hour had ended.
It was now dark and had to of been one of the longest days of her life. Josey headed back to the airport and used her return ticket to get back to Kanto. Once there she headed back to base.
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Mission Summary:

Had to do a LOT of travel for this one. Went from Kanto to Unova, to Sinnoh in order to gather information and finally make it to a proper location. Most of the story is travel and conversation. Once at the destination there was 2 wild Pokémon battles, a battle against a trainer who was hunting for Celebi and finally acquiring the Exeggcute.

Took 5 photos of Celebi’s back, 1 photo of a shocked look and finally the last photo of Celebi floating joyfully above me.

"Zangoose?" Something that wasn't reheated by nuking it in the microwave? Sounded good by him. "Zangoose." He then said, handing the container over to Tails.

I believe you put the missions at the mission achieve forums, it should be self explanatory from there on :3