-done- surprise! [steven]

[STEVEN]

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[/color][/font] he continued to work with his PokeGear, Steven finally began to tap into a number for the authorities of Celadon City. After telling of his rank and everything that's happened, he continued to chat and monitor Erika simultaneously. It took him quite a while to sink everything in. Sneaking in, finding Erika as she was, seeing her true colors, Jasper cutting her. It was all but lies, questioning, and near death.

Erika started to speak again, and Steven would have to juggle conversations now. Judging by her first question, it would seem like a simple bargaining to escape, using her Pokemon. Yet, he considered her current condition and her past self. It would be hard to tell if her Pokemon were ever in on the secret, but he would have to assume they were. After some silent thought, Steven sighed once more, and kneeled close to the gym leader, giving a "thank you" to the receiving end on his PokeGear and closing it off.

"Alright, here's the thing.", Steven began to say. "I've noted the authorities of what I've seen, and your suspected point of involvement with Team Ultimatum. They'll be here any moment, but I'll give the courtesy of keeping you company until then.", he paused for the moment, leaning on the wall and shuffling down. "I'll be telling the League of this soon after, but I believe they'll find out sooner or later, judging on how big of a scandal this will cause to the Kanto region, to you, and to others. You'll probably even lose your status as leader, if suspicion is high enough or proven...and on my end, unfortunately, my hunch is already at a moderate high."

Steven came to take a good, last look at Erika. He questioned himself of many things, once more, shaking his head. "I'll be taking your Pokemon, and leave it up to myself or the authorities to confiscate.", he softly spoke as he scratched his head. "But, I'll try and see if you can still keep Daisy while under lock and key." Steven stood up fully and took up to the lowering sun, as he finally said. "So, um, Erika...anything to say about yourself?"[/div]

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[ERIKA]

[atrb=style, width: 500px; background-image: url(http://i55.tinypic.com/s3lhtd.png); border:1px dashed;][atrb=border,0,true] so you don't know where you're going and you wanna talk? celadon gym - 403 words - tag: steven

[atrb=style, background-image: url(http://i55.tinypic.com/s3lhtd.png); border:1px dashed;][atrb=border,0,true] Erika shushed herself when she realized he was on the phone, probably with the Celadon police. It sounded like the Officer's voice she knew. She coughed again, wondering how long it would take for the rumors to spread about her disappearance. She was a highly respected figure around down - she wouldn't be surprised if the police themselves couldn't keep a lid on what they knew, confidentiality or not. Somehow, that didn't worry her. People's opinions had never been her biggest concern. When he hung up, she listened carefully to his words. Even if word did get out, it didn't look like it would matter - she was probably going to be outed of a gym leader. It's not like they would trust her again, anyway. Her trainers, especially the little twins, would be devestated. That part stung a bit. She didn't want to hurt anyone. Luckily, family wasn't an issue here - she was too distanced from her parents to care about their pain, and her grandmother was dead. Honestly, Steven was the worst person to find out. Too bad it had to be him. She smiled at the idea that her Pokemon would be well taken care of - she trusted Steven on that. "They don't know anything," she said quietly. "So don't worry about them." With that, Erika gave Roxanne a kiss and returned her to her Pokeball. "Thank you, again. I trust them in your hands." Did she have something to say? Did she ever! Erika had plenty of things to say to him, especially while mildly delirious. She wanted to tell him how silly this all was, and how pretty the world would be once Team Ultimatum fixed it. How the new land would be better designed and safer for Pokemon. How there would be less pollution and destruction. Less... man-made erosion, or whatever damaged rocks -- she knew more about the problems of building and chemicals than that. How they'd build more wind projects like the ones in Sinnoh. Overall, she'd tell him just how great things would be soon, if he just took her side. And he would, right? Of course he would! Maybe he could even convice Team Ultimatum to stop being so dangerous about it. He was Steven Stone, after all! He could do anything -- well, almost anything. Erika giggled uncharacteristically. Fever was setting in. "We'll have plenty of time to talk, yes?" [[/end thread. ... we go through threads so fast, orz]]