[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Out of all the places in the academy and island this was Santo's favorite place to escape to. The Blancblack Manor home of the first owner of the island and it is rumored that he and his family haunt the place along with the many other ghost and stuff but Santos didn't really care. He was actually a regular at the mansion coming in there on various nights to get out of his room or away from other students where he could read or study by Candle's light. Literally he used Candle his litwick to generate some light so that he could read.

The pokemon there had gotten used to Santos hanging out there because he didn't bother them and was rather quiet just doing his own thing so they didn't bother him. The only time they got upset was when another human came into the manor investigating the light that his Litwick generated. Santo's didn't really want to get spotted by people investigating or having someone tell him he couldn't come there. So he always recalled his litwick into her pokeball and hid until the investigator left then making an exit himself.

It seemed that Santos' nighttime reading has generated a rumor/ghost story about flickering candle light in the library that disappeared when someone went to go investigate it.

Tonight Santo's was reading a murder mystery called rest in pieces. He was in a particularly good part where someone found one of the pieces, a head, of the murdered victim inside a pumpkin that was on display.

Santos hummed as he read over the passage "man that is one way to mess with everyone's heads"

Candle trilled in agreement as she too was reading

Tick chirped from Santo's head then rubbed one of her legs against his scalp to get some static electricity.

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Tagged for Lilith

#Open to others as well

[Lilith Sinclaire]

A raven-haired beauty stood gazing at the dilapidated mansion as the cold air engulfed her entire body, causing an unexpected shiver to rush down her spine. The walkway guiding her towards the abandon mansion was cracked and decorated by weeds growing between those cracks. Crimson roses grew wildly in thick batches near the antique gate. The silver moonlight cast an eerie glow onto the old mansion. Various types of vines created a twisted maze upon the sides of the mansion, spreading their emerald tentacles towards the rooftop. The mansion's walls showcased black decay, caused by neglect. Small portions of original paint hinted at the house's former prosperity. Creepy cobweb covered the corners of the doors, while a couple of Spinarak passed through in search of their next meal. "I just don't understand. How could the academy allow what was once a beautiful mansion decay into this haunted mansion." Lilith spoke with disappointment ringing through her feminine voice as she glanced down at the eerie Pokemon egg resting in her arms. "Since we're already here guys, we might as well take a look around inside. Maybe, we will discover the mystery behind this huanting candle light tale." She stated slowly, yet loud enough for her Misdreavus and Vulpix to hear her. Exhaling a deep breath, she reached her dainty fingers out to push the door open.

The doors begrudgingly creaked open. Immediately, a fetid and disgusting odor spread through Lilith and her Pokemon noses. "Ah! It smells almost as bad as this place looks!" The mansion was dead silent, expect for the intermittent creaks made by the weakened floor. Little splotches of brown mold sprinkled the ceiling, showing some evidence of rain seeping through the rooftop. Lilith and her Pokemon soon entered into the dark and mysterious living room. The peaceful, yet brilliant moonlight gleamed through the tiny cracks within the windows, blessing the trio with enough light to explore the living room in a careful manner. The furniture sitting within the living room were slightly overturned, revealing groves on of the floor where the furniture used to sit. Floral wallpaper felled from the walls and laid curled up against the dusty floor. In the distance, a grand bookcase rested in the corner of the room. It was quite obvious that the books resting there were undisturbed for eons. She made a mental note to herself to come back and check out some of those books after exploring the mansion for a little while longer.

Lilith and her Pokemon soon found themselves standing at the foot of a twisted staircase. Lilith's cold, bluish-gray eyes peering towards the top of the staircase, wondering what awaited them at the top. After mustering up enough courage, the trio tiptoed up the stair case. Each step taken by then intensified the creaking of the stairs, as if one more step could cause the entire staircase to collapse. Once upstairs, Lilith quickly became drawn to a lone room resting on the right side. There appeared to have been a interesting glow coming from the room. Perhaps, it was the mysterious candle light reported in those horrifying tales. She slowly made her way over towards the door leading into the lit room, struggling to get the door open at first. Luckily with the help of her Pokemon, they were able to open the door with a forceful push. Would she discovered the true source of the light or would those haunting tales only be proven to be a rumor.

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[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Just as the door was forced open. The sound of a returning laser was heard and the candle light in the room went out making the room dark minus some moonlight coming in the windows and something could be heard shuffling in the room but then a hiss of pain was heard and if someone looked towards the window they would see seen a head of a silhouette hiding behind an overturned couch however the silhouette was in a kneeling position seeming to holding the fingers of it's right hand against it's mouth. It however turned aware and quickly ducked down behind the couch.

Santos having been too caught up in his book had to make his 'disappearance' quite quick. He recalled Candle and attempted to dive behind an overturned couch however he scrapped the knuckles of his hand against the old couch and got a minor scrape by a rough edge on the back of his hand. Santo's was neutral to pain so he didn't make as much noise but it still hurt enough to cause a minor reaction. Would this have him be caught? Eh most likely. All the person had to do was investigate and he would be found and he was just getting in a good part of his book too...

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith carefully stepped inside of the mysterious room, only to notice that the source of light had managed to fade away. "W-what it's gone. I'm pretty sure that there was a light coming from this room." She spoke to her Pokemon, a hint of confusion expressed through her voice. The moonlight shone through the uncovered windows, but it wasn't enough light to guide Lilith and her Pokemon through cold and dark room. She slowly started making her way deeper into the room before quickly coming to a halt after hearing the sound of something or someone shuffling about in the room. Shortly after the shuffling her ears picked up the sound of someone releasing a sharp hiss. "W-who's there?" She asked out loud, her voice sounding a bit shaky. The Misdreavus and Vulpix sense the nervous of their trainer and swiftly decided to take attention. Mallory glanced over at Brinley and gave her a quick nod before floating ahead in search of clues. Meanwhile, Brinley stood closely beside her trainer in a protective stance. There was clearly someone else in here and both Mallory and Brinley were opening to find mysterious being before it endangered their trainer. 

While Mallory was scoping out the room, Lilith took it upon herself to dig into her back pack in search of a flashlight. A few seconds passed and she had managed to pull out her long, purple flashlight. She beamed the light towards the window and she could have sworn that she had noticed some sort of silhouette hiding behind a soft, but before she could even take a second look it had disappeared. Luckily, Mallory had noticed the silhouette and didn't waste anytime floating towards the overturned sofa. Her ghostly eyes scanned over the sofa for a few seconds before floating over the sofa and identifying the injured human. Mallory let out a loud screech to inform her trainer and friend about the young male's presence. Lilith swiftly beamed the light from her flashlight towards the sofa as she rushed over to check out the scene. "What is it Mallory?" She asked, slowing down her pace a bit as she prepared herself to look behind the sofa. 

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[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

"Nothing important" Santos grunted "just your ghost type informing you that there's a mortal here."



Santos came up from his hiding spot blowing on his scrapped knuckles

"humph." Santos huffed as he gave Lilith a bit of a glare and waved his hand because it was injured "you're a brave soul to come wandering around here." He hissed in anger

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith jumped a bit as she noticed the mysterious guy standing up from behind the sofa. "Oh. We're sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt you. We heard about an old rumor related to this mansion and we decided to come back to explore." She explained, backing away from the purple-haired eye a bit. She could feel her pale cheeks starting to slow a rosy-pink hue as she noticed that the stranger was quite attractive. Her attention soon shifted from making eye contact with him and down to his knuckles. Apparently, he had managed to hurt himself. "I guess I can be brave soul at times..." She replied in a softer tone as she heard the anger in his voice. She actually had no idea why he sounded so angry right now. "You hurt yourself. Please, let me help you." She offered, digging into her bag to pull out her first aid kit.

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[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Santos scoffed as he stuffed the hand into his jacket "You want to help just pretend you didn't see me here and don't tell anyone else that there is actually someone up here trying to read by candlelight." He turned to head off but all of a sudden a pokeball rocked and opened releasing Candle the Litwick who appeared on the nearby table. She hummed as her eyes glowed blue and her candle flared and a force grabbed Santos' injured hand and pulled it out of his jacket and towards Lilith slightly dragging Santos with it as if she was allowing Lilith to put some first aid on it.

Santos grunted "cut that out Candle." He stated as he tried to pull back his hand but it was like trying to pull against a stronger armed person and Candle despite her size was actually quite mentally strong.

Candle chirped and thrilled as if she was reprimanding Santos for being angry at Lilith.

Santos growled as he seemed to understand Candle's trilling "darn it Candle she and the rest of those academy brats like her always have to stick their noses in places it shouldn't be. Guy can't even get a moment's peace without a nosy brat sticking their nose in his business."

Candle chirped several notes then turned towards Lilith and seemed to make a slight bow. She waved her small hands towards Santos and his injured hand to signal that Lilith was allowed to heal it

[Lilith Sinclaire]

A slight frown covered Lilith face as she continued to back away from the angry young man. She still had no idea why the stranger taking his anger out on her and the more the his rage started to build up the more she found herself becoming even more uncomfortable around him. Mallory could sense her trainer starting to glow more uncomfortable around Shadow and the ghost Pokemon quickly gave him a stern glare. She did not appreciate the male trainer taking his anger out on her trainer at all and she wanted him to know that without actually having to send him a warning shot with her powerful attacks. 

It wasn't long before Lilith and her Pokemon nodded that one of Shadow's Pokemon had surprisingly released herself from her Poke Ball and position herself on the table. She then used her powers to take control over Shadow's body and led him closer towards Lilith's body. The raven-haired female could feel the beating of her heart starting at increase a bit. She wanted to help the guy clean up his wound, but the guy made it known that her presence wasn't welcome there. She watched as Shadow struggle to break free from Shadow's power, only to end up failing.

A soft chuckled escaped from Mallory's mouth as she listened to the other ghost Pokemon scorn her trainer for acting so angry towards Lilith. After hearing those hurtful words coming from Shadow's mouth, Lilith found herself lowering her head towards the wooden floor. She never liked being called a brat. Yes, her parents were affluent, but they did not raise her up to become a brat. The comment about her sticking her nose where it did not belong didn't make any sense to her. The mansion wasn't off limits to students or anything. Therefore, anyone was free to explore the place. 

Lilith soon turned her attention towards the Litwick, who appeared to have been giving her an okay to go ahead and care for her trainer's wound. At least his Pokemon presented with great manners. She walked over towards Candle and gently placed her mysterious Pokemon beside her. She knew that Candle's flames would help keep her egg nice and warm. "Please look after my egg for me." She spoke to Candle in a gentle tone. Mallory soon floated her way over towards Candle, greeting Candle with a friendly smile. Meanwhile, Brinley stood close to Lilith incase Shadow tried to harm her. Lilith opened her first aid kit  She covered her dainty fingers with two latex gloves then carefully opened a pack of hydrogen peroxide wipes. "This may sting a bit." She warned him before gently cleaning off his wound with the wipes. Once she had managed to remove the blood from his cut, she then took out a couple of bandages to cover up his wound and to protect it from getting an infection. "All done. You should be fine now."

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[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Santos growled and hissed when he was healed with the wipes and then bandaged. He couldn't move with Candle holding his hand out by force.

He looked at the healing and while his face still had a displeased look. There was a moment of gratitude but then he looked at Candle with an annoyed look "okay Candle she's done now let go so we can get out of here."

Candle shook her body in a defiant no and trilled as she used her fire element to warm the egg.

Santos groaned "come on Candle let me go I don't want to be here."

Candle repeated her defiant no then trilled something.

Santos recoiled "you want me to what?!"

Candle made several sounds as if she was spelling out sounding out a word. Then the mystery book opened and the word apologize made itself known to Santos

"Apologize?" Santos muttered "for what?"

Candle rolled her eyes then the book closed and smacked Santos over the head then Candle trilled as she reprimanded Santos. She knew he knew for exactly what. His parents had raised him right. He had been rude and it was uncalled for.

Santos grunted as he used his free hand to rub his head "I think my pokemon telling me that my attitude stinks..." he muttered then exhaled "look I'm sorry I went off on you there. you caught me off guard and I hate being caught like that."

[Lilith Sinclaire]

After she had finished cleaning up his wound, Lilith tossed away the used items into an old trashcan that rested beside one of the tables. She then carefully placed the rest of her items back into her first aid kit before stuffing the kit back into her bag. She released a sigh of relief as she closed her bag and turned her attention back onto the others standing in the room. At least she had managed to assist Shadow without anything bad happening between the two of them. In fact for a few seconds she could sworn that she had noticed a hint of gratitude reflecting in cold eyes. 

She lowered her head again after hearing Shadow state that he no longer wanted to be inside of the mansion anymore. She truly felt bad for ruining his entire night, even though her actions were not intentional. She slowly moved her fingers through her long and raven-hued hair, removing a couple of loose locks away from her fair face. A few second passed and she had finally decided to turn her attention back towards Shadow after hearing the mysterious guy engage into another conversation with his Pokemon. The two of them appeared to have been arguing about an apology of some sort from what she could piece together with her sharp mind. 

Lilith crossed her arms together as she watched Shadow fix his lips to say something directed towards her. She nodded her head at times words. "It's okay. I forgive you. Maybe, the next time someone sneaks up on you try not to be so angry with them. It's okay to let then know you wish to not be bothered, but say it in a polite manner." She spoke in a calm tone before stepping away from him and heading towards her Pokemon egg to check up on it. 

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[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Santos exhaled "I've tried that, never worked. Other students were always insisting that I do something with them and what was worse was they went whining to the dorm warden and then he insisted I socialize." He grimaced as the memory haunted him. "glad that warden's gone..." He muttered

Candle hummed as she warmed the egg while her ability wasn't Flame Body. She was still a fire type and she could use her fire to warm things.

Santos finally took note what Candle was up to. "A Pokemon Egg?" He muttered in curiosity. He hummed as he tried to identify which pokemon was inside. "dark color shell..." His voice trailed off as he looked up to see the Misdreavus staring at him and being near the egg. He hummed as his eyes shifted between the egg and the Misdreavus "I take it that's one yours." He stated to the ghost pokemon.

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith gave Shadow a half smile before fixing her lips to say something to him. "To be honest, I'm not that much of a sociable person, too. It's mostly because I'm a little on the shy side at times. Sometimes, I prefer being off alone to myself at times. I'm still working on coming out of my shell and growing more comfortable being around other students. It's a challenge, but it's also a challenge that's worth taking, because it sucks being lonely sometimes." She stated being completely honest with him. "At least try to befriend some people who you share commons interests with then you wouldn't have to worry about not doing stuff that you do not enjoy doing." She suggested with another half smile.

Mallory nodded her head at Shadow before giving him a prideful smile. "You're correct. I recently breed my Misdreavus with my Spiritomb a few days ago and the two of them produced this egg together. I wasn't sure if the two of them would produce a Misdreavus or a Spiritomb at first. I have a hunch that the reason for this egg being a Misdreavus egg and not a Spiritomb egg has something do with the fact that Misdreavus are consider to be rather common Pokemon. Spiritomb on the other hand is a rare Pokemon. Perhaps, that makes Misdreavus' genes a little more dominant over Spiritomb's genes." She explained as she took a seat in one of the chairs facing the egg. 

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[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Santos hummed "interesting theory, I always thought that it was determined by the female of the species that was breed but then you got to wonder how male only species breed or those without gender..." He tried to move but Candle was still holding onto his hand which prevented from getting a nearby chair and sitting down. "alright Candle, I've got the message, you helping care for the egg. So I'll stick around but can I at least sit down please..."

Candle giggled and let go of Santos hand.

Santos sighed as his hand was let go with a sharp release. Santos recovered it and looked at the hand. It was still stinging somewhat but he hummed and returned to the first topic "my problem isn't completely shyness but it's more..." he hummed "I guess the word is fear, When I was a child I got these feelings and I couldn't help but feel vulnerable or threatened by the people around me even other children. The more attention by humans I got the worse I felt. Around Pokemon I'm just fine but the minute a human that I don't know enters into the picture. It's starts and my first thought is I want to get away or get an advantage. If I engage the person before they engage me or surprise me. I think I mentally give myself an advantage by doing that and as for common interest. Well Pokemon is the big one with me however some didn't really like my choices of pokemon." He looked at Candle then a chirp was heard as Tick his female Joltik made herself be known from Santos' hair and climbed down onto his shoulder. "some saying they were creepy or perfect for a shadow lover like me."

[Lilith Sinclaire]

"Ah, I see. Our reasons are totally different from each other." She spoke, nodding her head at Shadow as she continued to listen to him speak. "The best way to get over your own fear is by facing it face to face. I've been working on that a lot here at the academy. You may not want to believe this or want to listen to it, but you do not have to fear other people. Yes, they are some bad people at the world, but not all of them are bad. There are some good people in this world, too." She explained as a soft smile spread across her lips. "I'm interested in Pokemon, too. I'm studying to become a Pokemon Breeder. I love all types of Pokemon, but my favorite types Dark, Ghost, and Psychic Pokemon. I guess those types would be considered to be creepy to some people, but I think they're cute and just as lovable as any other Pokemon." She spoke as her smile spread a little more. She soon noticed the tiny Joltik climbing down from Shadow's head. "You're Litwick and Joltik are cute." She giggled, extended her index finger out towards Tik, hoping to give her a gentle rub without getting shocked by her.

"Yes, it is an interesting theory and I'm hoping to do some more research on it soon enough. I want to learn everything there is to possibly learn about Pokemon Breeding." She explained as she turned her attention back towards her Pokemon egg. She had took her egg to the Pokemon Infirmary the other day to have Nurse Thea preform a small check up on it and Nurse Thea informed her that her egg should be hatching sometime soon. 

[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Tick took the rub with a happy chirp and then crawled onto Lilith's finger and hand. Rubs were fine as they generated static electricity it's pokes or being buried under something she didn't like.

Santos hummed as he watched Tick be friendly with Lilith. "yeah, there the best companions a guy like me could have." He inhaled and exhaled "and my parents say the same thing about how there are good and bad people and as I've grown older I've started to understand that and I've learned through experience that a good incinerator of a good or bad person is how pokemon responds to that person." He hummed as he looked to his Litwick "Candle been my main pokemon for that. If she doesn't like you, you can bet that I won't like you but if she does like you... well I may come around, eventually..." He let out a light chuckle then he looked at the egg. "You know they say eggs exposed to positive emotions of the trainer or pokemon caring for it like friendship has a boost on the bond between the two.