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Odd was in the training room with Cadenza, practicing his newest skills when something caught his attention. "Hey! Keiko's here!" He declared to his Shedinja Link. "Let's go see her." He suggested, offering a few minutes break at least. They'd been training all day, trying to help the boy get a proper handle on his new Channeler power.

Al had arrived along with Keiko when she requested her Claydolport, though he hadn't been expecting it and simply fell over when they arrived, the ground here far more jagged and uneven than the slow rolls of the landscape in White forest.

Al nodded to Keiko as he straightened himself up. "I'll be fine. I'm just not used to Teleportation. I don't think I've ever traveled with it before." He admitted with a bit of a shrug. "Whenever my parents and I would travel by Pokemon, it was by flight." He explained with a sheepish grin.

"I suppose one could say the sky is where I'm most comfortable......."

The two would be interrupted by a white-haired head popping through the still closed door. "Hi!" Odd greeted with a goofy grin on his face as he leaned further through the door, phasing through a bit farther, until his shoulders were out so his arms could move a bit more freely. "Look who's back from Channeler training!" He announced before pulling himself back through the door and opening it properly.

Al, despite all he'd seen in his 30 Plus years, stood dumbfounded at what he'd just seen, unsure how he should react for a moment.

Odd giggled like a schoolgirl at the shock he'd managed to elicit from Al but more at the excitement in Keiko's voice. "Um......I think my link with Cadenza let's me do it. I can merge with Limbo, the first Circle of the Otherworld, now. All thanks to Sensei's training. I'm not dead yet, so I can't say it's been....well...ever, since I died. And no, Lykas doesn't know I can do it, yet." He replied, counting off her questions on his hand as he answered them.

"Honestly, though....I can't do it at will yet.......I'm still working on figuring out how to make the power cooperate with me....." He admitted with a small laugh. "And how have you been?" He asked of Al once he'd calmed down a bit.

"I've been well....I caught a new Pokemon since I saw you last." Al responded, sounding just the tiniest bit sheepish, still.

"Yo Subbah!" Tsuki said cheerily, walking towards the Snagem Leader's office. They had done nothing his week. No law breaking, no crime fighting, no nothing. Nothing big, terrorist wise, had happened in a while. For this team that was a rarity.

Odd instantly sobered up at Keiko's question. "Uh.....no.....I'm officially a Ghost Channeler. I'm actually thinking of becoming a professional Exorcist after my training's complete." He explained as Cadenza phased through the ceiling and dropped down beside him. "Cadenza here is my Link Pokemon. I'm able to borrow his energy to supplement my own so I can use Ghost-like abilities." He continued, offering the Pokemon a delicate hug, so as not to harm his brittle body.

At her second question, he nodded. "Sort of. We met a while back, when a few newer members sort of invaded his base out in the cave. He was hanging around the lake trying to calm down when I found him."

Al agreed easily. "Quite true. He was kind enough to ask the ones invading The Lair to leave so I could return. Speaking of, I can only imagine how filthy it must be in there since we left....." He noted as the thought came to him.

"Ya....Channelers are people who forge a bond with a Pokemon so they can borrow their power. Most Channelers and their Link Pokemon are, literally, tied together with an intricately formed spiritual thread that connects them for life." He explained. It was a difficult concept to explain properly. "Um....maybe I should find you some books about it........." He finally decided, a drop of sweat rolling down his face in his anxiety. In his opinion, she needed to know this stuff. They had already faced one of these people and were very likely to have several more they would need to face.

He and Al both ignored the comments about Caenza being creepy. Mostly because Al agreed wholeheartedly and Odd simply didn't care. The Shedinja, however, was beaming on the inside. No one would be able to tell it but himself, though. She thinks I look nice? Wonderful! Odd laughed lightly at this, having discovered since returning home that hearing Shedinja's soul was much easier since establishing the bond between their different spirits.

"Hm? What is it?" Sub asked as he rose his head from his desk, to face Tsuki.