Prepare For Trouble (Open)

[Cassidy Smith & Pokemon]

(ooc: March 14th. Morning.)

Cassidy knocked on the door. Not hearing anyone she walked in closing the door behind her. She'd been here for a few days hearing about the war. She decided this army was the better option. Plus something about Facilier and the others sorta creeped her out. Plus she didn't want to be with the god guys in Critic's army. Especially with Brock there. So Ask That Guy's Army was it. She'd mostly been eating fruits the past couple days and whatever food she could steal. So she found herself in the kitchen opening the door and grabbing some food to make a sandwich. She was starved. She hoped no one would mind.

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Dark Nella walked in spying the girl. She recognized her from the Pokemon tv show as one of the Team Rocket villains. She decided to speak up.

"I'm Dark Nella. One of the leader of our little group. Have you come to join us? Or just steal our food?" asked Dark Nella.

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Dr. Insuedo walked in seeing the group and smiled.

"Give her a chance Dark Nella. We can always use more help." said Dr. Insuedo.

He turned to the girl.

"Greetings. I'm Dr. Insuedo. Welcome." said Dr. Insuedo.

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Jim walked out next spying the group and the new girl. The indigo lantern ring was on his left wrist while his right arm was still healing. Thankfully after the first time of him getting angry at everyone trying to help him cook and do other things he knew he could still do people tended to give him more slack. He didn't want to be treated like an invalid. He could still do stuff. Just not with his right arm. He smiled at the girl.

"So we've got a new recruit then? Hello. I'm Jim. Welcome." said Jim.

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Chuckles walked out next smiling as he saw Cassidy. He then saw the ring on Jim's finger and smiled.

"Well another beautiful woman has joined our ranks. Welcome. I'm Yellow Lantern Chuckles. I see we have a third lantern in our group now. Welcome Jim to the lanterns." said Chuckles.

[Judas Liz]

(OCC: Again. I'm bringing in Judas Liz first then eventually bring in Joey. But I'mma bring in ask thatguy too)

"Well then. It seems we have a newcomer. One that seems to be hungry" Ask Thatguy said, not as annoyed as Nella seemed to be and chuckled at Dr. Insuedo's comment before going over to the girl. "Hello young lady. I am Ask thatguy, leader of this group, I see you met my fiance Dark Nella and some others" Ask Thatguy responded kindly. He looked over to jim before looking over to cassidy once more and responded "Tell us, you have come to join us yes? If so feel very welcome" He then saw Judas liz and smiled "Well then Judas liz, I bid you welcome also"
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"Is this a private little party or can I pop in?" Judas liz chuckled as she opened the door seeing a good opportunity for herself to come in. Although she wasn't with cassidy, in a way she followed the other girl to this place and was amused to see her eating and others welcome her. She looked about and saw Jim Hawkins, wearing a indigo ring and then saw Chuckles respond that they had a third lantern. "Third? What do you mean third? You two aren't the only ones... Which means, is Black lantern spoony here? He's a friend of mine" She then chuckled softly "Where are my manners? I'm Judas Liz. I'm a friend of BLS' and Mechakara. Are they here? And before you wonder, yes I'm here to serve you guys. I don't see any reason not to. I know you guys are pretty powerful I think"

[Indigo Lantern Jim Black]

Cassidy looked at the group pouting.

"Sorry. I was hungry. I knew this was the army headquarters. I was watching you guys. I am a spy after all. But I'll ask next time if it's that big of a deal." said Cassidy.

She smiled as Ask That Guy and the others welcomed her more kindly.

"Thank you. I wish I had my partner Hutch with me. It feels strange not being here with him." said Cassidy.

She paused as Dark Nella corrected her.

"Oh right." said Cassidy, blushing.

She felt bad that even she couldn't remember her own partner's name and no one else seemed to either.

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Dark Nella nodded.

"No you're right. I just wasn't sure if you were joining. It's just a bit rude to take food before you joined but I'll overlook that. It's good to have a Pokemon trainer on our side. There's the Pokemon trainer Brock as well as the Pokemon Mewtwo in Critic's army. I'm sure you'd like to fight them." said Dark Nella.

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Insuedo smiled. He walked over to her.

"Welcome Judas Liz. Yes. Black Lantern Spoony and Mechakara are here. As well as their Mechakara's daughters." said Insuedo.

He paused leaning over to whisper to her to respect Mechakara's privacy and not alerting the whole group.

"But a word of warning. Don't mention ice around Mechakara. He was frozen into a block of ice for hours by Malachite and just the mention of ice can freak him out." whispered Insuedo.

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Jim paused turning to Judas Liz and grinned.

"You're Judas Liz? He's talked about you a lot. Black Lantern Spoony is my boyfriend. I'm the third latnern. Indigo Lantern. He gave it to me to keep me safe." said Jim.

He grinned as he saw Mano arrive and the way he looked at Judas Liz. Looks like his little brother now had a crush. He hoped it worked out or Judas Liz would let him down easy if she wasn't interested.

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Chuckles grinned at her.

"BLS and Mechakara will be so happy to have you here." said Chuckles.

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Suddenly two figures walk down Mano and Mechakara. Mechakara grins as he walks up to Judas Liz and gives her a hug.

"I'm so glad you made it. Most of Linkara's band of fools is there. Not Iron Liz yet but I'm sure she'll show up soon enough." said Mechakara.

Mano meanwhile was just staring at Judas Liz. She was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. But no way she'd be interested in someone like him. He walked up to her shyly and mumbled a hello to her.

[Judas Liz]

"We can let your hunger strike slide due to, yes, you joining. As my fiance Dark Nella said, Brock is here if you wish as well as Mewtwo. You are free to do with them as you wish" Ask Thatguy stated. He noticed a lot of attention going towards Judas Liz, Yellow Lantern Chuckles, Jim, Dr. Insuedo, Mechakara and Mano all had her attention. He smirked in complete amusement as Mano obviously had a crush on her and he was impressed. He shrugged it off, not really caring and turned to Cassidy once again "Since you've obviously eaten some things, I take it you still would like something to eat? If not, I can understand"
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"Well aren't I popular?" Judas Liz said jokingly as she saw many new and old friends come by. She smiled in pure excitement as Chuckles and Insuedo confirmed that Mechakara, BLS and Mechakara's daughters were here. She pondered "Wait? Mechakara has two now? I thought he only had one...." She then pondered and replied "Oh yeah! He said something about creating another just in case DarkHeart got lonely. About time he did it. I sure as heck missed a lot. Well, hopefully that'll change" She then nodded quickly as Insuedo warned her about Mechakara having a fear/trigger with ice. She would never do something so foolish as to unintentionally frighten, panic or harm her oldest friend. "Noted. Thanks for the warning. Consider it not a word in my vocab" She winked to him before checking the other three.

"That's me and well now. BLS HAS been busy. He gave you a indigo lantern ring? Well welcome to the lanterns kid. I'm glad you and my friend are together" Judas said politely and with a kind smile. She then looked the boy up and down "You're very nice and cute. No wonder he picked you. Congratulations. Oh and I hate to be so disrespectful to my friends' new cute boyfriend but what's your name?"

Suddenly she turned and saw Mechakara and of course a big grin came on her face. "I was beginning to worry you'd lose your manners and not come by to say hi" She hugged him tightly back and responded with a grin still on her face "You've been doing a lot of chaos and damage I hope. But not too much that I miss out on all of it" She then smiled sadistically at Mechakara's news about linkara's gang but Iron Liz wasn't here "Well she's missing out on a good ol' time of me shoving my swords up her ass. Don't worry, once she shows up I'll make sure we have a good old reunion" She then saw Mano and instantly she liked the young man. She liked his looks as well as his shy smile. She found him adorable. At his shy muttered hello, Judas laughed softly "Well don't be so shy, sweetling. Tell me your name. I'm not going to bite" She winked at mechakara before turning to Mano "Much"

[Indigo Lantern Jim Black]

Cassidy sighed.

"Sorry again about that. I was just hungry. I thought everyone was asleep or out of the house." said Cassidy.

She smiled glad the matter was dropped and she was welcome to the team. She was glad they said she could do whatever with Brock and Mewtwo.

"Well Brock should be easy to take care of. But as for Mewtwo he's a psychic pokemon. Not even my boss Giovanni could capture him and he tried several times. But maybe with some help from you guys we could. A powerful ally on our side could help us win the war for sure." said Cassidy.

She watched amused as the others made introductions and she saw Mano crushing on Judas Liz. It just made her miss her parther Hutch. She hoped he was okay wherever he was.

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Dark Nella watched the matter of Cassidy stealing food dropped. But she did make some good points about Mewtwo.

"Yes. We'll have to take that into consideration. Perhaps if we weaken him enough you could capture him into a Pokeball.

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Insuedo grinned as Jim and Judas Liz got acquainted and exchanged names. He watched amused as Mano seemed to like Judas Liz. It was certainly very obvious.

"Yes he has two daughters. He made his second daughter Seven of Eleven during the war. He based her on the modification he made on Nostalgia Chick during the space battle." said Insuedo.

Insuedo nodded as Judas Liz agreed not to mention ice around Mechakara. Then Mechakara showed up and he watched the two friends reunite. It was a very happy reunion indeed. He paused seeing Jim's reaction to Mechakara and leaned over whispering to Judas Liz.

"Mechakara was brainwashed temporarily under Facilier's army. While under their control he hurt Jim and Pinocchio. Both of them are very nervous around Mechakara. It's jus awkward. Try to not mention and stay out of it if possible. I think BLS is trying to get them to make amends but that will still take time." whispered Insuedo.

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Chuckles knew what Insuedo was talking about with the ice and silently nodded. He remained silent not having anything else to add as everyone else was busy talking. He grinned seeing BLS might want to see his old friend so he slipped away knocking on BLS's door.

"Black Lantern Spoony we have two new arrivals. Cassidy from the Pokemon franchise and your old friend Judas Liz. I thought you might want to know." said Chuckles.

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Jim nodded as she asked about the ring. He blushed as she called him cute twice.

"I'm Jim Hawkins. Well Jim Black now. Dark Nella and Ask That Guy adopted me so social services wouldn't try to take me away. They also adopted a few of the other kids in the army as well." said Jim.

He paused looking up as Mechakara arrived and he flinched. He didn't do a good job of hiding his fear as he saw Insuedo whispering to Judas Liz.

"I just remembered there's something I have to do. Excuse me." said Jim.

He turned running out of the room only to run smack into Black Lantern Spoony. Jim blushed realizing he'd been in such a rush he nearly knocked his boyfriend over.

"Hello." said Jim.

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Mechakara grinned as she teased him and they were now hugging.

"Sorry. My sensors detected new arrivals. I had to come see who they were. I'm glad I did." said Mechakara.

He listened to her.

"I'm sure she'll show up eventually. Now that you're here. Some of Linkara's atop the fourth wall crew are already here with him so it's only a matter of time before he does as well." said Mechakara.

He paused seeing Jim who flinched and made up an obvious excuse and bolted from the room. Mechakara saw Insuedo whisper something to Judas Liz knowing it was about him and he sighed. Would he ever get Jim and Pinocchio to forgive him?

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Mano blushed again as she called him sweet.

"My name is Ma-Ti. But I've been nicknamed Mano and I've been going by that ever since. It's nice to meet you Judas Liz." said Mano.

He chuckled nervously at her joke not sure what else to say.

[Black Lantern Spoony]

(OCC: OK next post I do will have BLS give Joey to Jim. For now he's going to subtly make the peace connection between jim and mechakara happen, but I apologize with how I did it but it's the best I can do)

"Weakening Mewtwo should be beneficial for us to take him as ours and control him for our advancement" Ask Thatguy agreed. He turned to see Mano and Judas liz talking and smiled instinctively, impressed and pleased that Mano had somebody, it would maybe get mano to have a bit more pleasant motivation around here, as long as mano did his job and did his service, ATG didn't care what he did. So long as he was efficent.
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"Well aren't you the creative mastermind?!" Judas said to mechakara, giving a just kidding grin to Insuedo, but smiled due to clearly being impressed with Seven of Eleven "Hopefully I'll see her real soon, and I will because she's here and so am I" She chuckled. She then punched mechakara's arm gently "Relax robo-badass, I'm just teasing. And you're probably right, knowing the idiot linkara is her pal she'll totally show up to help once she knows of this shit" She then turned to Jim and grinned at him "Jim. Good name for a good kid. And good for the leaders here to being prepared for you guys"

She then was confused to why Jim got so nervous when mechakara was here but Insuedo explained it was due to brainwashing. Shock came out of judas liz's face but seeing mechakara's humiliated expression immediately made her resort to a pleasant expression to try to make him less sad of what happened. "Thanks doc but we shouldn't whisper since mechakara's right here. It's kinda one-sided. But I'll let BLS handle it. He's much more of a problem solver than me. I think he can fix it somehow but I'll just leave it up to chance too" She then patted mechakara's shoulder "Don't worry about it, bud. Whatever happened happened and you don't need to be embarrassed. You're still a badass to me" She winked and gently punched his shoulder again

She then turned to Mano and chuckled "You're a former ma-ti? Impressive. And it's very nice to meet you. I like the name mano by the way. Sounds intimidating. Like Judas liz huh?" She puffed out her chest and made herself look as if she was posing as a world leader before laughing "God I'm so egotistical. Try to tell me a bit more about yourself. You seem like a sweet and interesting young man" She then was attacked-hugged by BLS and Judas liz laughed "You son of a bitch you could've run me over like Jim over there just did" She then answered BLS' questions "It's been boring without you boys but I've been fine. I knew finding you guys here was a good idea" Seeing BLS deliberately hug jim but put him next to mechakara was a indication that he was both protecting and persuading jim that mechakara was fine but she said nothing about it. She just grinned at BLS, pretending she saw nothing "You hiding something from us, BLS?"
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BLS had a surprise for everyone, especially jim. Very recently he found a lost horse, in fact just a couple hours ago and had that horse tied to a tree, but safe and completely unharmed. Although the horse was confused and scared, he seemed rather tame and gentle if given the right PERSON. But BLS was unsure how to approach the matter yet, he was going to do it in a bit but felt the need to plan how he was going to do it. That was until Chuckles came in. BLS grinned immediately after seeing him but jumped out of his bed in excitement at the mention of Judas Liz, and the first comment was out of surprised happiness "Shut up! Really!? Thanks chuckles! Oh my god, I gotta see her!" He then ran out of the room and at the same time crashed into the running Jim. Seeing him flustered caused him to kiss Jim out of pure joy out of the news of his friend and just simply because jim was there. "Sorry baby, couldn't help myself. Hello by the way" He then got up and saw Mechakara embarrassed and had a good idea why. So he just hugged Jim and brought the teen right back but made sure that jim was guarded in the hug to make things less tense but gave mechakara a please trust me, this will be easier soon look

He then saw Judas Liz and for only a moment grabbed her in for a hug "Hey if I did, it would be out of excitement! I'm so glad to see you, bud!" He then asked immediately "How've you been? We haven't seen you in so long!" He then went back to jim, who was seeming scared again and he pretended to hug jim just because but in reality was doing it so jim wouldn't run off again. Besides, he needed jim here for his surprise. He then saw Judas liz suggest he was hiding something and he sighed "Jesus man, you still can't be lied to by me" He turned to Jim and responded "Yeah I'm hiding something. I found something and it's a present for jim"

[Mechakara]

Cassidy nodded glad they agreed about Mewtwo. She then paused realizing about her Pokemon. She had fed them what little Pokemon food she had but was about to run out.

"Oh I have to do something about my Pokemon. I have Raticate; Hondou, Sableeye, Tentacruel, Granbull, and Charizard. Charizard and Tentacruel are pretty big and I'll have to take him to the beach or a pool to let him have exercise. Is there any chance we could make some Pokemon food? I'm nearly out of my Pokemon food. That's what they normally eat. I'm sure they could eat regular food but it might take some time for them to adjust." said Cassidy.

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Insuedo nodded to Judas Liz dropping the subject not wanting to upset Mechakara or Jim. Now that Judas Liz knew it didn't need to be talked about again. Insuedo turned to Cassidy and nodded at her request for Pokemon food.

"Sure. If you could give us some I'm sure we could copy it. Or make some new pokemon food from scratch." said Insuedo.

She had some strong pokemon especially Charizard and Tentacruel that could come in handy for this war. He smiled as the others were trying to make Judas Liz feel more acquainted. He raised an eyebrow as Black Lantern Spoony mentioned a gift for Jim.

"Another gift? You're going to spoil him." teased Insuedo.

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Dark Nella smiled nodding as Cassidy spoke about her Pokemon.

"That's some very powerful Pokemon Cassidy. I'm definitely glad you've joined our side." said Dark Nella.

She chuckled as Black Lantern Spoony mentioned a surprise for Jim.

"Well now you've got us all curious. What is this surprise?" asked Dark Nella.

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Chuckles followed BLS back to the group watching the reunion between BLS, Judas Liz, and Mechakara. He was glad to hear Cassidy had some powerful pokemon. He grinned as BLS mentioned a surprise. He chuckled also curious about this surprise.

"Yeah. What did you get him?" said Chuckles.

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Mechakara chuckled at her.

"Well I originally turned Nostalgia Chick and Todd In The Shadows into my robotic slaves. But when were freed from my control I decided to make a robotic duplicate of Nostalgia Chick when she was under my control. I even gave her the same name." said Mechakara.

He nodded.

"I'm sure Seven and Dark Heart would both like to see you." said Mechakara.

He rolled his eyes at her teasing. He was used to it and just let it pass.

"Even if she doesn't you could help me take out Linkara and some of the others. That'll surely drag her out of hiding or wherever she's at." said Mechakara.

He grinned at her.

"You always did have a way of making me feel better. I really missed you." said Mechakara.

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Jim smiled at Judas Liz complimented his name.

"Thanks." said Jim.

He chuckled as she reunited with BLS and Mechakara. He tried to go but BLS kissed him. He just stood there in surprise and blushed realizing they had an audience. BLS then hugged him and prevented him from going. He was nervous at the attention and being around Mechakara right now. He looked back at BLS as he mentioned a surprise. Everyone else seemed interested it in as well. He blushed as Insuedo said he was spoiling him. He then felt bad he hadn't done much for BLS. This was his second big gift BLS had given to him and Jim hadn't given him anything. He forced a smile to his face not wanting to ruin BLS's surprise since he was sure he'd like it anyway.

"A surprise for me? You didn't have to. You already gave me this lantern ring. I don't need anything else." said Jim.

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Mano grinned at her.

"Well I guess I'm still Ma-Ti. The nickname has just stuck. And now I wouldn't be confused for my goody too shoes counterpart. I don't know if it's intimdating but yours is." said Mano.

He chuckled at her.

"Well my parents died when I was young and I was taken in by a village. Bullied, the usual stuff. But when I got my ring I was able to seek my revenge on those bullies and others. We just made the place really rotten. I miss my old friends though." said Mano.

[Rumpleteaser]

"We can make Pokémon food easily. We can get some science or some sort of power to make it easily" Ask Thatguy assured Cassidy. He then responded to her as Dark Nella commented about being glad to have her "Indeed. Your addition really has made this army much more than it is. Welcome again. We are glad to have you here with your pokemon" He then heard Nella and a few others talk to BLS and agreed "Ah yes. Please. Let us see this gift you gave Jim. I am very glad you are so loving to him. And I am glad you got him something but let us see it too if you please"

When BLS told them to follow him, ATG obeyed quickly. Then he went to see a nervous but calm horse near a tree. Although struggling somewhat, the horse stopped seeing it had a audience. "Well now! We have a horse! This is a wonderful surprise!"
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Judas liz smirked as Mano talked to her. The poor thing was so shy. Aw well, Judas didn't care. This kid was cute and she liked him. "Well thank you. I'm glad I can be intimidating. But don't worry, I won't be all the time. I can be nice. But it doesn't matter, I do like your name too Mano" She then felt slightly sorry as she heard his backstory "Well good for you to get rid of those bitches who made fun of you. Listen I may be a bitch but even I know bullying a kid is wrong. Don't worry you won't see me making fun of you, cutie"

"Wow, you learned to assimilate and recreate. Still creative there Mechakara. Good for you dude. Can't wait to see her. And speaking of kids, DarkHeart's fighting now? God it seems like only yesterday she was being programmed to speak. They grow up so fast. I can't wait to see them. I bet they look so grown up" Judas liz said, turning her attention to Mechakara. She grinned more as Mechakara responded that perhaps she could help with dealing with Linkara "Oh you know it. I hate that bastard he nearly blew my brains out"

"Insuedo's right. God I wish I had someone who spoiled me all the time. So what's the gift, dude? Show us! The suspense is killing me!" Judas Liz said as BLS admitted to showing them a gift. Although Jim was happy she could tell Jim didn't really feel like he deserved it. She patted him gently. Then BLS commanded all who were curious to follow. She obeyed and saw Joey, who appeared nervous "Good thing he was found by us. Someone could've really hurt him"
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"I know I'm giving it to you anyway. I trust you with it more than anyone" BLS replied, seeing Jim although grateful somewhat not sure of deserving the gift. He then stuck his tongue out teasingly at Insuedo "Oh what like you won't to Insano or something? Of course I do but he's sweet. How can I not?" He knew Jim was nervous around Mechakara and the attention, so he gently hugged Jim and held him close to make him feel less confronted by everyone. He then was bombarded by people, including the leaders, to show them the gift.

"Alrightie. I can't hide it obviously. Everybody just follow me" He took Jim expecting everyone to follow which they did to outside. Out there they saw a tree with a nervous horse. "There was a rag that said his name was "Joey" but I lost it. This is for you Jim. I found him lost and I knew that you'd be the right person to take care of him. He won't let me near him but I can't leave him alone. He was just ok with me but after I tied him he won't let me touch him" He then turned to Jim and responded softly "We needed a horse yeah but something tells me this horse won't obey just anyone. I think he needs a nice touch"
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Joey wasn't hateful of his situation but he definitely did not trust any of these people yet. He was one minute with Albert, next minute he was here. BLS was right, he was fine with being taken to someplace safe but the lantern man was someone who just rubbed him the wrong way at the moment. He pulled at the rope and tried to leave after BLS left but now that he was surrounded by tons of people he stopped. Almost as if to hope that one of these people would take him away to safety. He looked at them all nervously until his eyes appeared to Jim. Jim instantly reminded him of albert. The kindness. The nervousness. The somewhat uncertainity of the world. Joey liked Jim because his behavior was very similar to Albert's. Joey neighed slightly and slowly came to Jim in greeting.
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Meanwhile, Rumpleteaser was within the bushes watching everything. She didn't know where to go but all these people looked very interesting. Curiosity may have killed cats but Rumpleteaser didn't care if this may cost her, her life. She wanted to know if these people would welcome her or not. Yet, somehow, she wanted to just watch and see how these people would react to the other animal there currently. Joey was surrounded and Rumpleteaser was wondering what all these people were going to do with him.

[Mano Black]

Cassidy nodded.

"Good. I'm not sure if they can eat anything else. I wouldn't want them to get sick." said Cassidy.

She smiled at the welcome.

"I'm glad to be here." said Cassidy.

She watched curious as she followed them out seeing the gift.

"It looks like a Ponyta but it's not on fire." said Cassidy.

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Mano smiled at Judas Liz.

"I'm glad to hear that. I look forward to getting to know you better." said Mano.

He smirked at that.

"Yep. I made them pay. And I'll do worse than that to anyone who gets in my way from the other armies." said Mano.

Mano heard Judas Liz's words and he got the idea to get her something for her. He just wasn't sure what yet. He followed the group out looking at the horse. He glanced at Cassidy and smiled.

"It's a horse. In this world there's no Pokemon. We just have regular animals. They resemble your Pokemon but don't have any powers. Well the ones from this world anyway. Some animals who've joined this war do have powers after all." said Mano.

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Mechakara smirked at Judas Liz.

"Yes. Unfortunately I lost my assimilated slaves. But I can always make others. We also have a Borg here as well. Between the two of us we could easily create a cyborg army to take out both armies." said Mechakara.

He chuckled at that.

"Perfect. I'm sure they'll try to protect Iron Liz or at least warn her that you're back in this universe. So you better be cautious." said Mechakara.

He followed the group out reluctantly knowing Jim was still nervous around him.

"A horse. Not bad." said Mechakara.

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Insuedo and Dark Nella remained silent as they followed the group out. They smirked seeing the horse as a gift.

"A very impressive gift. We'd have to build a stable or something for him though." said Insuedo.

"Then work on that right away." said Dark Nella.

Insuedo nodded making plans already to build one in his head.

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Chuckles followed the group out. Now there were three lanterns here. He could sense the ring Jim had given him and new its powers. He and BLS would need to start training Jim to use those powers son. They each had a different lantern power but they should be similar enough to help train. He watched fascinated as Jim approached the horse.

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Jim was nervous as he heard others teasing about BLS spoiling him. He blushed still not used to the attention as he followed BLS out with the others. He paused as the horse came closer to him and Jim leaned forward and started petting him.

"I've never seen a horse before. He's so beautiful. My boyfriend found you and gave you to me as a present. But you're still a living thing. I appreciate the gesture but if you'd rather live free in the wild somewhere I'll take you there. I wish you could stay but I'm not going to force you to stay. That would make you my prisoner and I'd rather have a friend." said Jim.

[Rumpleteaser]

"Oh believe me, neither do we" Ask thatguy replied with a grin, assuring Cassidy more. He beamed as Cassidy said she was glad to be here. He then focused on the rest of the group and especially on Joey. He then looked to witness a cat-like woman come out of the bushes. Looking to her, Ask Thatguy replied "Oh hello didn't see you come here. Greetings and welcome" He then frowned and reacted with surprise as the cat lady came quickly and began sniffing him.
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"Oh you can definitely count on getting to know me better" Judas Liz replied. She then listened as Mano continued to chat. She really liked this young man. A lot actually. Especially when he was passionate about something. His need for revenge actually interested her. She chuckled "Your enemies are gonna regret pissing you off from the looks of it. Good for you, kid. I like your style!"

"Of course they will but they'll be easy for me to get rid of. No worries though I won't be too rash. I'll be careful" Judas Liz responded as her focus slightly went more towards Mechakara now. She nodded with a grin at his suggestion of a cyborg army "Sounds like you got a whole range of plans of power, mechakara" She praised with a grin. She then saw the horse and realized the horse was really digging Jim.
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Judas Liz wasn't the only one to notice this. It seemed the horse was easily tamed so long a kind hand was given to him. That made BLS satisfied. BLS smiled as he looked to the team, incredibly satisfied that his gift went well not just with Jim but with everyone else. Not only did they handle it well but promised to make sure Joey was well-taken care of. They accepted that this was Jim's as well as their own and made sure to take good work with it. BLS was impressed with them. He then saw the cat-woman go to ATG and he walked over and replied "Um. Can we help you?" He then jumped as the cat-woman sniffed him now
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Joey allowed Jim to pet and talk to him. Similarly to how Albert calmed him down, Jim talked him down with words. Although in a new world, he saw no reason to leave the boy as of this moment. In fact, Joey wanted to stay with Jim and Jim only. Joey came closer, as if to nuzzle and hug the boy with his snout. Like Jim, Joey too wanted to be friends. The horse stayed firmly in place and insisted on Jim to continue petting him. He looked to Jim and it was almost as if to say he wanted to stay.
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Rumpleteaser came out of the bushes at last, to see what the heck is going on. She turned and saw ATG talk to her. In curiousness and slight suspicion, she sniffed him all over, much to the man's confusion. "Alright. You're clean" Rumpleteaser mumbled as she eventually stopped sniffing him. Afterwards BLS asked if she needed help but Rumpleteaser hummed before sniffing him as well. She coughed "Ew. You smell like you're dead!" She replied "Even he..." She pointed to ATG "Smells better and he smells like bleach and raw fish!"

[Mano Black]

Cassidy grinned.

"Well it's fun to be here already. I wish I had more Pokemon or members of Team Rocket here. Especially Hutch." said Cassidy.

Cassidy blushed in embarrassment as Dark Nella called her out on not remembering his name.

"You're right. But no one seems to remember his name. I should try to do better." said Cassidy.

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Dark Nella paused looking up at her.

"It's Butch. I don't know why you still can't remember his name after being partnered with him for years?" said Dark Nella.

She turned watching Mano and Judas Liz and then when he tripped she stepped forward at first to help. Then stopped as she saw them kiss and he asked her out. She turned to Ask That Guy and whispered to him.

"Well he sure moves fast. Reminds me of you." said Dark Nella.

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Mano smiled at her.

"I'm glad. It's nice to have more friends here." said Mano.

Mano chuckled at her reply.

"They definitely will. And I like your style too." said Mano.

Mano paused seeing her talk with Mechakara before he spoke to her again.

"Judas Liz would you...."

He trailed off nervous wanting to ask her out. He stepped forward not noticing a puddle that he slips in knocking into Judas Liz and he tries to grab onto her and pulls her down on top of him. He blushes at his clumsiness then leans forward and kisses her having already embarrased himself. After a couple minutes he pulls back still blushing.

"I think you're gorgeous, funny and very talented. I know I just met you but I want to get to know you. So would you go out with me?" asked Mano.

He looked at her nervously afraid to move.

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Mechakara nodded to Judas Liz.

"Yes. I do. Magic and science together. It works well for me. Perhaps we should start using them together. I don't think many in the other armies are using them together. Each are powerful enough seperately but together we could be unbeatable." said Mechakara.

Mechakara was amused watching Jim tell the new cat to not insult BLS and Ask That Guy. He looked at BLS with a grin.

"Your boyfriend's coming to your rescue and he has a horse. All he needs is the armor to be your white knight." teased Mechakara.

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Jim paused seeing the cat sniffing BLS and he frowned at her. Then he chuckled at her confusion.

"Well that would because he technically is dead. But he's my boyfriend and Ask That Guy is my adopted father and one of our leaders here. So you better stop insulting both of them." said Jim.

He went back to Joey and smiled petting the horse.

"Thank you again. I lived on an alien planet and there weren't any native animals there. All the animals were human sized aliens. I've seen more animals here in the past few months that I thought I'd ever see." said Jim.

He smiled looking at Joey before looking at the others.

"Black Lantern Spoony do you know what kind of food he needs? Do we have room for him? You going to help me learn how to ride him and take care of him?" asked Jim.

He paused seeing his younger adopted brother kiss Judas Liz after accidentally pulling her to the ground. Then he asked her out as Jim was amused.

"Well looks like my brother's found his happiness too. Hey if they get married and the two of us get married then you and Liz will be family." said Jim.

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Insuedo was both silent watching everything going on. He paused looking up at Mechakara suggesting using magic and science together.

"That sounds like a good idea actually. I mean Linkara's been doing it for years. A lot of his weapons were created through magic. Or magic he allowed a lot of toys to become real weapons." said Insuedo.

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Chuckles smiled looking at the new cat arrial.

"A talking and walking cat. And she's not from an animated movie. I thought Disney and animation were the only ones who made anthromorphic animals. How curious." said Chuckles.

He walked up to her grinning.

"Hello. I'm Chuckles. Welcome." said Chuckles.

[Judas Liz]

Ask Thatguy allowed the rest of the crew to converse with Rumpleteaser, smiling as Jim defended him and BLS. He then looked at approval as Mano asked Judas Liz out and kissed her. "Definitely. He learned well from me" He held Dark Nella closer at this point, being rather romantic at the moment.
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BLS meanwhile was being teased by Mechakara, which was a welcome change from his angst. BLS stuck a tongue out and replied "Oh hardy har, very funny. He'd be more like my black knight since I'm a black lantern but white knight does sound good" He then saw Joey and Jim bonding. He then heard Jim ask him rational questions "There's a stable out back, pretty small but it'll fit the horse well enough and horses eat oats, grass, carrots, lettuce and they love apples" He chuckled as Joey raised his head at the mention of apples. BLS beamed "I think you two will get along nicely. I hope so at least" BLS then remembered something "Ah nuts, what should we call him?" Suddenly the horse swerved to show a small painted spot of his name. Joey. "Huh? Guess he understands us even if he's mute. Good so he's not dumb" As if to bite back at BLS teasing, Joey neighed and gently pushed at BLS. He then heard Jim's statement of getting married and blushed with a big, dumb grin.
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Joey enjoyed Jim a lot. Listening to him discuss how to take care of him reminded him of now his other owner James Nicholls. How rational but kind and assertive. He had the friendliness of albert but the skills and rational side of James. The horse didn't really respond until the notice of his name popped up. He tried to assist in telling them he already had a name by swerving his mane to show a part of his neck that had a painted written spot of "joey". The horse then heard the lantern tease him and gently pushed him out of defensiveness. Joey then turned to the rope stuck to the tree and started to pull impatiently, wanting to walk about.
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"Use magic and science together? Well why not? Sounds like a good idea. Sounds helpful. And I like helpful" Judas liz replied to Mechakara. She nodded more about mechakara and insuedo's words until Mano once again got her attention. By tripping and pulling her down to the ground. Judas Liz was about to get up but was kissed. As cheesy as this was, there was something pretty damn ballsy about how Mano exactly did it. He did it in front of a large crowd. It was public which made it all the more meaningful. After the kiss, Judas smiled wide "After a ballsy move like you just pulled, how could I say no? It's a date. Name the time and place and consider me there. You got guts as well as a nice attitude" She kissed his lips again before getting up. She also helped Mano up "Although I'd recommend watching your step cutie, as cool as that was, I think doing that again might be painful"
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Rumpleteaser humbled herself a little as Jim corrected her. Realizing ATG was a leader spoke a heck of a lot of difference. She nodded "Oh right, sorry. Tend to get a bit curious" She looked around and looked at Joey with a curious look before seeing Chuckles. She beamed, relieved to know more names "I'm Rumpleteaser. I guess ya can say I'm new to all this"

[Indigo Lantern Jim Black]

Dark Nella chuckled.

"He certainly does." said Dark Nella.

She smiled as he held her and she grinned leaning closing and giving him a quick kiss on the lips not caring they had an audience.

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Mechakara smirked.

"A white knight and a black lantern. A perfect fit." said Mechakara.

He laughed when Jim mentioned if he and his new brother married BLS and Judas Liz and BLS's reaction.

"If he's talking of marriage he's really serious about you. You'd better not blow this or you'll have Ask That Guy and Dark Nella after you. For your sake I hope you and Jim are very happy together." said Mechakara.

He turned to Judas Liz and was amused as Mano accidentally knocked her down and watched as they kissed.

"Looks like he really fell for you." mocked Mechakra, in a teasing tone.

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Jim was unaware of the teasing Mechakara was giving BLS as BLS mentioned all the supplies and food they'd have as Jim relaxed.

"Good. I wouldn't want him to go hungry." said Jim.

Jim smiled as BLS spotted his name.

"Joey. A good name for you." said Jim, petting the horse.

He grinned as BLS blushed at the term of marriage as Jim's grin grew.

"Well you've already given me a ring." teased Jim, holding up the indigo lantern ring.

He turned back to the horse pulling at the rope as Jim untied it holding the other end.

"Will you walk me Joey? I know you want to run but I don't want you to get lost or hurt. So could you wait till we find a safer place for you to run." said Jim.

Jim grinned walking forward leading Joey with his right hand and grabbed BLS's hand with his left pulling him along after him.

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Mano smiled as Judas Liz agreed to go out with him and even kissed him again.

"This is great." said Mano.

He was still happy as she helped him up. He blushed at Mechakara's words but he nodded.

"I guess I did." said Mano.

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Chuckles smiled as the cat introduced herself.

"That's alright. It was new to all of us at one point. Welcome Rumpleteaser." said Chuckles.

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[Black Lantern Spoony]

Ask thatguy ignored the cheers as he kissed his fiance back, he grinned ear to ear, holding her close. He then nodded seeing Jim and BLS handle the horse. He then turned to everyone and replied "Well I suggest we all go in now. No need to be out here. We can continue our talks inside" He then lead Dark Nella inside
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Rumpleteaser smiled as she was welcomed by Chuckles. At the suggestion of going inside, the cat turned to the clown and replied "Yeah guess we should go in" She then followed the rest, hoping her new friend would follow her. She looked around the area and sighed "Anybody got tuna here? I'm starving already"
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"Oh haha, very funny, you're hilarious mechakara" Judas liz rolled her eyes at the corny joke. Before paying attention to Mano's reaction. He was real cute honestly. She saw Dark Nella and Ask Thatguy and gave applause and a whistle of encouragement. She then nodded at the suggestion to go in "Yeah, let's go in" She took Mano's hand and let herself in, taking mano with her.
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"I'm already happy with Jim. He always makes me that way" BLS smiled. He then blushed a bit more at the mention of the ring "Yeah, guess I did" He chuckled shyly. Then joey was a focus and he replied "Let's get you to a stable before you get antsy, huh joey?" The horse seemed to agree and obeyed Jim quite nicely. BLS saw Jim hold his hand while also holding joey, BLS gave a grin and lead the both of them to the stable.
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Joey meanwhile listened as Jim praised him and spoke to him. He gratefully allowed Jim to release him from the tree. He was feeling a bit crowded but Jim's voice was kind. So the horse obeyed and walked alongside the couple to the stable. The horse leaned his head to Jim's shoulder as if to thank him. The horse turned to see the rest go inside. Joey had a feeling he might like it here. Especially if Jim was around, although he did have a soft ache, missing his master Albert