[Sylvia Lane]

Oh sure, Sylvia had heard the rumors about this place. About it being haunted, not just by ghost Pokemon...but something else. The usual haunted house story, really. But even with their cliche nature, those stories still inhibited fear into the hearts of the masses, and had in fact snuck some fear into the hearts of quite a few of the students of the academy. Sylvia walked through the front door of this rumored building, though, with nothing boiling in her heart other than rabid curiosity.

After entering, the door squeaked noisily and finally shut behind her. A little too noisily, she thought. She dropped her eyes down to her feet before giving the room a once over, "You okay, Ark?" she asked gently. The Shinx's fur had bristled slightly from the sudden sound, but at hearing her voice, he visibly relaxed. An affirmative, though slightly uneasy sound rumbled in his throat and he trudged ahead of her. She smiled weakly after him, before following.

"It certainly does give off that 'haunted house' feeling," she voiced this thought aloud while looking around. It was a pretty old house. She wouldn't have been surprised if it actually had belonged to the original owner of the academy. But why were they keeping it around, she wondered. For historical purposes? To keep the ghost story alive? Well, whatever the reason, she actually found it to be almost...pleasant. Sure, it was dark, dusty, maybe a little unsettling. But it was quiet too. And the furniture looked awfully cozy...

With that thought, Sylvia set her eyes on an armchair that looked a little less dusty than the rest of the furniture. Leaving Ark to his nervous prowling, she walked over to it and sat in it carefully in case it was extra fragile on top of being super old. It was comfortable. Though musty. "There's an open spot on my lap, Ark~" she sang teasingly to the Shinx, who jumped a few feet in the air in response. He turned his frightened yellow eyes on her, coughed, then walked over with his nose in the air. Sylvia snorted, then smiled as he leapt in her lap and sat up straight, looking around, "...how can you be this tense sitting in someone's lap?" she chided playfully, rubbing his back in the hopes of calming him down.

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Preferred spawn: Solosis, Shuppet, or Ghastly

[Eri]

I declare that he who smelt it, dealt it!




Species: Gastly
Gender: Male
Ability: Levitate
~Moves~
Shadow Ball
Curse
Dream Eater
Sucker Punch

[Sylvia Lane]

A couple of minutes passed before the Shinx relaxed a bit. Whether it was the closeness of his trainer, or just simply fact that he couldn’t see anything that was particularly dangerous in the vicinity, Ark finally curled up in Sylvia’s lap. His eyes stayed wide open, of course, but most of the tension was gone. Sylvia smiled down at him and stroked his back a little, before turning her eyes to the ceiling. Or what she could make of the ceiling anyway. It was already very dark, but the ceiling itself was so high that she could only make out bits of the chandelier that hung from the center of it. Bits of chains hung from the structure, and what Sylvia could only make out as diamonds dangled from the ends of it. If she could light that chandelier, she thought a little whimsically, the place would surely feel much more welcoming.

The thought was abruptly cut when her eyes spotted something. Her green orbs blinked once, then narrowed as she tried to get a better look. A shadow? Some sort of…ball? Whatever it was, Sylvia had definitely seen something faze right through the chandelier. She waited a moment, staring in the hopes of catching a glimpse of it yet again. There. “…ahh. Well, that makes sense,” Sylvia laughed a little, then carefully pulled Ark from her lap and placed him on the floor. “It seems we have a visitor, Ark. Well I suppose we’re the visitors here, so I suppose we’re being welcomed.”

Ark had been giving Sylvia confused looks since her first, seemingly out of place comment. Now, he stood at her feet, tense again and followed her gaze up to the ceiling. Their “host” decided to send down a little gift for them right at that very moment. A gift in the form of a shadowy blob that shot right for Ark at an alarming rate. “Dodge!” Sylvia stomped out her surprise  before it could settle in  in time to blurt out her first command. Ark leapt back, just narrowly escaping the attack which crashed into the floor and dissipated. Another shadowy blob descended from the ceiling a moment later, but this one was distinctly different from the last one in that it had a pair of huge, devilish eyes and huge grin, highlighted by a pair of fangs. It cackled at the two of them and zoomed around in a small circle.

“A Ghastly, then,” Sylvia muttered, recognizing the Pokemon without looking at her Pokedex. She’ll leave any in-depth research for afterwards. “Alright, Ark, let’s start with Leer!” she called out. Ark’s huge, yellow eyes focused on the Ghastly and narrowed slightly as he followed the orb’s movements. The Ghastly stopped flying around for a second, noticing the Shinx’s staring, and gave him an amused smirk. Ark narrowed his eyes even more, a low growl beginning to rumble in his chest. The Ghastly flinched a little at this, his smirk faltering ever so slightly. “Now Bite!” Sylvia suddenly called, and Ark was off.

Now that the other Pokemon’s guard was down, it was easy work for him to get up close and sink his teeth into it...who knows how that worked, but Sylvia wasn’t questioning it. Regardless, the Ghastly cried out as Ark hung on by his teeth, then slowly began drifting to the ground. Taking this as her cue, Sylvia tossed a ball at the Ghastly, watched it shake a few times after capturing it, then walked over to pick it up after hearing that satisfying click. She sighed as she knelt to pick it up and gave Ark a pat on the head before standing up. “You know, Ark…why does Bite work on Ghost Pokemon?” she crossed her arms and looked back up at the chandelier. “It doesn’t make all that much sense does it? I mean-“ But Ark was already walking for the door, apparently having completely had it with the place.