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||Ulla Hanabi||



Ulla kept staring at her SNAG machine. "This is the real thing now. She then put the machine on her right hand as it fit almost perfectly to her hand. Riolu then tapped on Ulla's shoulder as they were coming close to the meet up point with this person named Crystal. He then pointed at the Hybrid, Ulla started to walk a little faster as she realized it was a Hybrid. "Uhm excuse me?...Are you Crystal? She tugged on the Hybrid's bag. "I'm the new recruit, Ulla. It's nice to meet you."

Riolu and Rowlett both chirped and howled to Crystal to introduce themselves. "And these are my partners. Riolu and Rowlett. We've already read through the mission statement. I don't know if this will work but. She pulled out a map and pointed on the map "We can have Claydol teleport us as close as he can to the island. Riolu knows dig, so he can dig us under till we get deeper in the island till it's safe to pop out.

Crystal blinked a few times, not expecting someone so young among the group. "I... Uh, yeah, I'm Crystal, uh... Pleasure to meet you all as well." She shook her head as she recomposed herself. "Um, well, I'm not sure. It's not a complete secret about Victini making its home there, so they're probably not taking any chances going onto the island, just incase it probably decided to kick their hides. However, they're probably also going to monitor the island for any unexpected energy spikes, like anyone teleporting onto the island. So, what we're going to need is to create some sort of distraction, or a skirmish or something..." The hybrid would bring up a small version of the map with the current status and position of the armies. "I mean, maybe if we could get some of the Aqua line to break by making a skirmish and sneaking in there that way... I want to really avoid getting onto Flare's radar. They're probably the more organized bunch."

The hybrid would finally turn her head with a twitch of her ears, noting the pleasant aroma coming from the Pelilil. "Mm? Ah, hello to you as well. I'm Crystal, and who might you be," she's ask, holding out her hand to shake.

Wren listened to Crystal when he spotted her, not expecting her to be a hybrid for some reason that even he couldn't fathom. He'd give it some thought later but maybe it had to do with the name? He imagined she was some beautiful young girl, probably around 18 or 19. Possibly a brunette. Regardless of what he'd imagined, he was listening to a purple-furred and even-darker-purple-haired Espeon hybrid explain what they were doing. "I'd offer to have my company's delivery crew come in and distract them but I don't think a fleet of Jumpluff or a handful of Tropius would do much to really distract these people. They seem to be too organized." He replied, already feeling quite anxious in spite of Altissima's calming scents.

"More importantly... I just realized I don't have any Pokemon that can swim... I'm completely landlocked in battle." Why had he agreed to come along on this 'mission' to an island without the ability to traverse water efficiently?

Crystal tilted her head, ears tilting further into an 'L' shape. "I.... You know. As long as they don't freak out about random humans and a hybrid getting on their backs, maybe. Riding on the Altaria would be best because they've got more fluff to hide in." She'd turn to Terashi, eyes showing concern as her fur rippled for a moment, picking up on the man's emotions. She said nothing on the matter though, merely asking him a question. "You think you or your Gardevoir could help with that?"

Wren seemed a bit confused by whatever was going on between the Riolu and the flock of Swablu and their parent Alataria. He thought it somewhat strange to see Altaria flocking together as the Dragons were so hard to come by in the wild on their own most of the time that he had never considered that they might get along well with others of their own kind when humans were around their habitat constantly. Unity Island was a very remote locale with fairly few humans to bother them, after all.

Then came the conversation between Crystal and the new arrival, Terashi, he thought his name was. He'd met that one before, back at the Grove, when they had helped put together the refugee camp. When his Gardevoir spoke to the flock as well and he seemed to understand his partner's response, he grew confused for a moment. "Um...What?" He asked, not meaning the plan of using the Altaria as cover. That was brilliant, in his opinion. He just hadn't ever seen trainers who understood their Pokemon so completely with so little effort involved. He did, however, walk over to one of the Altaria and, after a moment's hesitation, he carefully climbed onto the bird's back and with a bit of shifting his weight, found a spot he thought would be comfortable for them both. "This alright?" He asked the cloud-like dragon bird as he recalled Altissima for her safety.

Crystal smiled as they obtained the flock's cooperation, gently sitting herself on an Altaria's back and snuggling in close as they took off. She almost wanted to fall asleep, the fluff was that fluffy and soft, but the sound of the Flare ship brought her back to reality, mentally keeping an eye on it. The ship would seemingly pass by without going to investigate further, at least for now.

The flock would eventually land at the island, which was conspicuously quiet. "Thank you for giving us a ride, friends. Go ahead and head on out now, I at least don't want any trouble to come to you." The hybrid would pat the Altaria she rode a couple times with a gently flicking tail before turning to the lighthouse. "Hm... The island's not that big, might Victini be inside there," Crystal pondered as she took out a notebook from her bag, flipping through it almost absentmindedly. Her ears were tilted in one direction again, something about the island bothering her, but unable to put a finger on it.

Wren hugged himself close to his avian steed as he was lifted skyward, snuggling comfortably into the silken fluff that was the bird's feathers. As much as he loved this moment, the Pokemon wouldn't do well in his desert home and he couldn't bring himself to consider catching one of them just to take it to the incredibly hot climate when he returned home and let it suffer. He kept still and quiet when the airship passed them by, despite wanting to let Aconite blast that thing with as man Seed Bombs as she could muster.

When the flock landed uninterrupted, he breathed a sigh of relief and patted his mount's fluffy wings. "Thanks for the ride." He told the avian as it prepared to fly away again. "Stay safe with those warmongers out there, alright?"

When Crystal and Terashi began questioning whether or not Victini was present, he spoke up. "I've never met Victini, personally, but I've heard the stories. It's supposed to appear to the combatants in battle and shower them with the power of victory, allowing them to win.

Crystal's SNAG would go off before they made it to Liberty Garden Tower and she'd receive a potentially helpful message from another hybrid within the team.