[ORP] Jumping At Shadows!

[Blood_Goddess]

Gon Jerked when Drayce yelled out ghost, his eyes wide and his stance opening up a little as if ready for action, jerking his attention toward Drayce then over to where the older boy was yelling and suddenly diving for

Treecko, who was not far from where Purrito was when he was knocked over, gave a start to the figure that had bumped into him,
Blinking in surprise for a couple of seconds before a word from his trainer caused him to snap into action. Only the command that Gon had given was not to attack, but a surprised yelp and a light thud.
Treecko whipped around his eyes wide and surprised, to find Gon rolling on the ground and pulling himself quickly back to his feet. A blob before him having caused the boy to slip.

Treecko leaped forward next to Gon as they faced the pokemon now in front of them.
Gon is going to catch the pokemon

Ray let out a light sigh as she watched her two kids promptly get into pokemon battles. "This was supposed to be a break from that...." she called out to them.  

[Gwennythe]

Blood_Goddess

Gon has found...



A DITTO! WOW!  

[insidiousEnigma]

The Pumpkiboo obviously hadn't expected for the red-head to bodily come after it because it gave a startled, "BOO!" before turning tail and hopping into the bushes it had come from. "Come back, ghost!" The trainer exclaimed, diving into the bushes after it. Purrito stood and dusted himself off, annoyed that Drayce hadn't picked him up themselves. "Es-Espurr!" The pokemon scolded before chasing after the sound of his trainer's laughter. "I must defend Purrito's honour!" The string bean of a human cried, leaping after the ghost-type....only to collide with a tree.

"Boooo~"  

[BlackFireKitsune]

[Garden/Courtyard]

Sera paused to frown at a nearby bush cast in shadow, her eyebrows furrowing thoughtfully. A sudden voice calling her name caught her attention and she raised her head to find Dith - who else could it be with a voice like that? - and was about to respond in kind when something erupted from the bush with a frightful cacophony of sound. The brunette reacted in the only way she possibly could: Immediately and without hesitation, she swung her foot up to kick the thing as hard as she could. She realized after the fact, as the clown head popped off its spring and sailed through the air to land somewhere, that had she thought about it first, given its height she probably would've hit it instead, and also that it wasn't anything to actually be afraid of. Regardless, with a huff Sera adjusted her pirate dress while Anya stared after the disappearing clown head, her ears perked straight up, and the brunette turned to Dith with a casual "hey" as if she hadn't just gotten startled and literally kicked the head off of a Halloween decoration. Whoops.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome glanced over in time to see Zacharie streak past him and into the hallways, Taking up a pace behind him, only to pass him up once more when they reached a staircase. instead of using them like a normal human being he used the banister to jump up on, kicking himself up and grabbing onto the second floor balcony and just as fluidly pulling himself up.
pausing to turn back and look down at Zacharie.
"C'mon Robin, S'what I trained ya for."

It was weird, but it felt pretty good pretending to be the good guy for once. he wasn't sure how often he got to play at this.  

[insidiousEnigma]

[Upper floor landing]

His grin grew as Jerome sped past him, nearly tripping over a group of chattering girls as he tried to keep up with his friend. Zacharie only paused for a second before leaping up onto the banister himself, nimbly running up a few steps before pushing off the polished wood and grabbing hold of the balcony railing. He took a brief moment to be thankful for the good tread on his boots as he swung himself up and over the railing feet first. He gave an exhilarated laugh as his world turned upside down for that split second before his feet touched the dusty floor of the balcony. "Ta-da!" He crowed with a bow, sending a wide, toothy grin to his friend.  

[Blood_Goddess]

[Garden and Courtyard]

Ray crossed her arms, watching the two younger trainers engage the two pokemon into battle.
"Hey hey guys come on this isn't what the point is." she announced, glancing down at her feet as a Ditto was knocked into her lower legs by an attack from Treecko.
Arching an eyebrow she reached down to pick the ditto up off of the ground. holding the squirming creature tightly in the crook of her arm
"Stand down."

Gon, who had hurried over looked a little disappointed when ray picked up the target that had tripped him, Though the sound of Drayce crying out caused him to turn and look after the tall boy.
"Heeeey Drayce? You okay?"  

[insidiousEnigma]

Drayce blinked owlishly before shaking their head to rid themselves of the dizzy feeling. "Huh?" They glanced over at the laughing Pumpkiboo before grinning widely. "Yeah, m'fine!" They called, stooping down to scoop up Purrito as the pokemon tugged worriedly on their pant leg. "Just ran into a tree." They laughed as they began to pick their way out of the trees and back towards their friends. The Pumpkiboo followed close behind, floating close behind the red-head's shoulder and staring at the Espurr cradled in Drayce's arms. "Puuumpkiboo?" Drayce hopped over a bush and stepped back onto the gravel pathway. "We made a friend though!"  

[Blood_Goddess]

The last years of training was certainly paying off, Jerome grinned at the younger Rocket when he joined him up on the landing.
Probably drawing more attention then he was used to drawing, according to the noises of amazement from some of the other guests, Jerome hurried off with Zacahire to the next haunted room, Upon entering the room the man paused, looking at the array of mirrors set up in the room.

"Huh." he grunted, making his way in with more caution this time.  

[insidiousEnigma]

[Zacharie in the Mirror Maze]

Dusting his gloves off, Zacharie followed after Jerome into what appeared to be an optical illusion room. "Neat." The grunt chirped, sidestepping his friend to go further into the room. "There's supposed to be some sort of trick to getting through these kinds of mazes." He said as he pulled a face at himself in the nearest mirror. "Should we try to find our way through it?" He turned back to the other still standing near the entrance way.  

[Gwennythe]

insidiousEnigma

Zacharie is haunted by...

Low flying silly string! A lot of it!

Booby Prize!  

[Blood_Goddess]

[Garden and Courtyard]

"Oh-" Gon perked up when he saw Drayce return, though this time with the pokemon that had been haunting them following with a good natured demeanor.
Glancing back to Ray, who was now coping with a Ditto cooing and crawling over her shoulders and head, The older women not seeming to mind or notice.

"We were having a battle."
SPLAT the Ditto flung itself off of Ray's shoulder, and oozed up around the back of Gon's neck and shoulders, startling Treecko right off of his head.
"Aach, A battle that I guess isn't over yet." He shuddered as the oozing creature climbed its way up the back of his head.  

[Blood_Goddess]

[Hall of Mirrors]

"Helll yeah" Jerome muttered in response, glancing carefully around the hall of mirrors, reaching a hand out to touch one of the mirrors, while nearly bumping into another one when he turned a wrong way "Woh-" touching the mirror he glanced back toward Zachaire, only finding himself staring at not one but five of his partner.
"... Now what one a ya s'the real one?"  

[insidiousEnigma]

"Looks like you made a friend too, Green Bean." Drayce laughed as they approached, Purrito eyeing the oozing pokemon warily from his trainer's arms. "S'not the spirit of Halloween...but friends are always nice!" They rocked back onto their heels, lightly bumping into the Pumpkaboo hovering behind them. "Reason to celebrate!" They cheered, bouncing Purrito in their arms a bit.  

[Gwennythe]

Blood_Goddess

Jerome is haunted by...



A SPOOKY SPOOKY POKÉMON! Whoa! What can it be?!

(Will you catch and keep to reveal it or move along?)