All The Tricks & No Treats (Halloween Event)

[Akira "Raine" Kaitos]

'I want you to hold on because you are the reason I keep living
To be apart from you would be more painful than death
So stay with me as you know I'd come for you wherever you will go even if to the ends of the earth
For you are more precious to me than life itself'

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Akira 'Raine' Kaitos
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OOC Info:
notes: N/A || "Akira Speech" || @

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Now when Akira had heard about the spooky corn maze that had been grown and generally created for people to visit here and make their way through it to say he were not interested in making a point of coming all the way over to where it were situated and generally exploring it would indeed be a lie, for it seemed like too good of an opportunity - in a manner of speaking - to miss out on. Of course the first hurdle that the raven haired man were to experiance was to make an effort to make a choice and decision as a whole as to who he would be taking with him when he headed out to this place.

As it would come to turn out however the choice would be come to be made for him, whether that were to be something of a good or bad thing Akira would not know just yet, especially when in the case of one of the pokemon that had near insisted upon coming along would have been Jeku. Though in all honesty Akira were partly convinced by the fact that the Zoroark female wanted to use this as an opportunity to have a little fun of her own at the expense of the human while in the case of the other in the form of the Flygon that were Theo just wanted to come out of curiosity.

With that done would Akira have begun to make his way towards the Sweet Aquav Acres of which the maze would be situated, the trek itself had been nice enough and upon reaching his destination would the raven haired man come to a gradual stop in order to use this as an opportunity to take a look over the portion of the corn maze that were within sight. Oly after a short time of passed of him having done this would Akira begin to head towards the 'entrance' to the maze in order to begin his 'exploration' of this potentially vast place and see just what would occur while he were here.

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[Gardeon]

As you wandered through the maze, a series of cut-out shapes of pokemon in scary costumes as well as what are clearly meant to be "typical" halloween monsters and beasties hang from branches of the trees around out, pop out of the bushes as you pass and glow hidden away in the deeper parts of the maze. Scary noises of ghost types wailing drift through the plants as well as a low fog across the ground, though any steps taken quickly disperse it.

Its clear a lot of pokemon, and people, came together to make this little event possible but the maze is at first, very simple. The path does not divert for a while, only a few pop-outs here and there and the odd scary noise on a blind corner until, you turn one more, and find the path splits here.

WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE? -

LEFT OR RIGHT

[Akira "Raine" Kaitos]

'I want you to hold on because you are the reason I keep living
To be apart from you would be more painful than death
So stay with me as you know I'd come for you wherever you will go even if to the ends of the earth
For you are more precious to me than life itself'

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Akira 'Raine' Kaitos
Music: N/A | |Location: || Outfit: N/A

OOC Info:
notes: N/A || "Akira Speech" || Gardeon

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If Akira had not been enjoying or generally anticipating what were to come as a result of him having come to the corn maze and heading inwards then that would be a complete lie, for this were the sort of thing he truly would enjoy but it were jsut a part of the time of year being his favourite. Granted he would be aware he would need to be somewhat wary and careful with what could potentially occur while he were out here however it would not pull anything away from the possible fun of the whole situation, but he would just have to wait and see what happened and enjoy it in the meantime.

So as Akira made his way through the maze tehre would be a glint in his eyes and a faint grin on his features as he would enjoy the sights and sounds of the 'decorations' and all else that were further in the maze itself, it were certainy clear the effort that had been put in for this event so all the more reason for the raven haired man to be glad that he had decided to come here. However so distracted by his wanderings it would take a while before the sight of the spilt in the path would make itself evident and forcing the man to come to a halt and cast his dual gaze between the two paths.

Well; this choice would have come about eventually so it were little surprise he would need to make a proper decision as to what path to take rather than continue on a straight path. It would take it a couple of minutes before Akira would take a breath and turn to head down the right path, time to see how this would go - whether it be calm or chaos it would yet to be seen.

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[Gardeon]

As Akira, and his pokemon, headed down the right path, it would become clear that a lot of effort had been put in to the maze. Sure, underfoot there were cables which were clearly being hidden under roots or trying to look like them and lights hung around the branches of the brees trees and bushes to form shapes which were just human enough to be creepy, but too far away to be be clear either.

What was clear was the figure ahead of the group, a small shape which seemed to be shaking and currently stood with their back to the group coming up behind her. The soft mutterings of "Its not real, i have to keep going. Its not real, i have to keep going" repeated over and over as the shape moved backwards and then, bumped in to one of the cut outs. This one was shaped like a well known dragon pokemon, large claws raised and mouth open in a loud roar, which quickly sounded from a hidden box in the tangle of berry bushes and set off the small trainer screaming herself.

[Akira "Raine" Kaitos]

'I want you to hold on because you are the reason I keep living
To be apart from you would be more painful than death
So stay with me as you know I'd come for you wherever you will go even if to the ends of the earth
For you are more precious to me than life itself'

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Akira 'Raine' Kaitos
Music: N/A | |Location: || Outfit: N/A

OOC Info:
notes: N/A || "Akira Speech" || Gardeon

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Of course Akira would continue to enjoy all that he were observing after having made his choice of route to take, in the case of the two pokemon that were with him there would be mixed feelings about the whole thing even if there were the knowledge that this were simply for a bit of fun. In the case of the large Flygon it would not stop him from opting to shuffle along behind the human male and near clinging to the back of said human's jacket's while periodic 'squeaks' of alarm would escape Theo at the spooky sounds that reached his ears and the creepy shapes that had been created for the purpose of this. While on the other hand the Zoroark female that was Jeku would be the one who would be enjoying this a great deal more as a literal 'spooky' chuckles would be escaping her as she were a bit more adventurous in moving ahead of the human man and would be adding in her own little additions to the spookiness much to her team mates horror.

"Alright you two, come on settle down a little please? We're here to have fun not terrify each other too much right|?" Well, it were mostly true given as try as he might Akira would try to avoid chuckling too much as right on cue Theo would bury his head into the human's back just as they came across another spooky prop just as a spooky cackling erupted forth too.

Not that Akira would find himself focusing upon his own pokemon for too much longer when the movement of the figure not far aheah would gain his attention, at first assuming it were possibly someone who were here to scare those who were moving around the maze but it were becoming clearer that this didn't seem to be the case more so when she would step backwards and into one of the cut outs before screaming as it 'roared'. This would be more than enough to get Theo crying out in alarm and fear of his own but also would seem to try force it aside as much as he could when he saw the small girl as the large Flygon would - in his mind at least - try to innocently dash forward to try 'protect' her.

Of course Akira would try hurry after the large pokemon to try ensure that the girl would not get scared further before trying to call out to her in as a ressuring a manner as were possible when he got nearer. "Hey, it's ok . . . . that one isn't really and this big guy won't hurt you . . . . you're alright." Would the man attempt to offer in a soothing manner.

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[Gardeon]

The girl jumped back at her own scream, half landing on and half landing on one of the berry trees behind herself and wincing at the feeling as she tried to find her feet, only to see another dragon rushing in her direction. Quickly hugging her arms around her body she backed up, back now pressed to the cut out of the first dragon to freak her out as she began to suck in a breath to scream again.

Now however, a voice spoke behind the dragon and she shivered in place, trying to look past a large form and rushing wings to see what she was sure sounded like a trainer. "K..k...keep it..awa...away pleas...se" she mewled out, raising her hands to cover her face and trying to back up more, only succeeded in backing around the twist in the maze she was beside as she did so.

[Akira "Raine" Kaitos]

'I want you to hold on because you are the reason I keep living
To be apart from you would be more painful than death
So stay with me as you know I'd come for you wherever you will go even if to the ends of the earth
For you are more precious to me than life itself'

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Akira 'Raine' Kaitos
Music: N/A | |Location: || Outfit: N/A

OOC Info:
notes: N/A || "Akira Speech" || Gardeon

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Now while Akira would have momentarily lost sight of the girl when Theo had 'dashed' ahead in his attempt to offer aide to given the scream that had reached his ears and the brief look he had maanged to get of her beforehand would at the very least give the man an idea of what to anticipate. As such despite the seemingly good intentions that the large Flygon male may have had given the location and circumstances as a whole this really were not going to turn out well, thus that had been the main reason for his attempt to offer some comfort to the girl about there being no threat to her.

Well; that only worked out so far and for so long if the tone of voice and what had been said were anything to go by.

Thankfully Akira would have managed to catch up with the dragon esque pokemon in order to stop Theo - if the girls reaction of him hadn't been enough to begin with - before moving ahead of the dejected dragon who would have since hung his head slightly while his dark type counterpart padded up alongside him to give a nudge to get the bigger pokemon moving albeit at a slower pace after the human and keeping a reasonable distance behind their own trainer.

"Alright, he'll stay away - I promise. You'll be alright, just be careful don't want you falling down again and hurting yourself." Akira attempted to reassure as he made efforts to get closer in order - if he were allowed or otherwise able to - to gently grab the girl to make sure she didn't come to harm. If he were not to be capable to grabbing her would the raven haired man instead half crouch, half bend down so that he were either at her level if not shorter to appear less of a threat.

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[Gardeon]

The girl seemed to take a series of breaths as the huge green pokemon slowed, then stopped, and a trainer stepped around it to speak to her. She didnt lift her head, not entirely, and stared at the mans shoes instead as he spoke to her before noting there were clawed paws beside the tail of the dragon now. "You have scary pokemon Mr" she complained softly, hugging her hands around herself before she nodded at his warning.

"I know, im meant to be careful. But i wanna get to the middle as quick as i can, i gotta find something real important" she replied, her voice small and quiet at first before it picked up an edge of worry and panic as she kept going and then rose a little. Shaking her head and turning around, she lifted her gaze to look on the path in front of her and then shivered again as she noted the maze around herself. "Its so scary though" she mewled weakly, her tone sounded so defeated as she spoke.

[Akira "Raine" Kaitos]

'I want you to hold on because you are the reason I keep living
To be apart from you would be more painful than death
So stay with me as you know I'd come for you wherever you will go even if to the ends of the earth
For you are more precious to me than life itself'

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Akira 'Raine' Kaitos
Music: N/A | |Location: || Outfit: N/A

OOC Info:
notes: N/A || "Akira Speech" || Gardeon

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Of course Akira would in no way be surrpised by the fact that the girl would effectively be avoiding looking up at himself and his pokemon - more so the latter under the circumstances - which were all the reason that he would make efforts to keep himself as calm as possible and in turn continue to make efforts to sooth and generally calm the girl before him. When he would take note of her soft complaints regarding his pair of pokemon would he glance back at the pair quickly before soon enough looking back to her with a faint ghost of a smile upon his features to aim towards the girl while nodding.

"Yeah they are a little scary aren't they? Especially Miss grumpy and fluffy over there." Cue a faint growling and grumbling to escape the large Zoroark female causing a cringed look of amsuement to form upon his face before he were to speak further. "You know it's true Jeku, ypu're scary without trying." Would the man add soon after.

Now from here would Akira - to some varying degree - feel guilty for having in whatever manner scolded the girl for the whole 'being careful' comment but would keep himself quiet all the same as he lsitened and took in what the girl would have to say in regards to reaching the middle of this maze regarding something important. This were more than enough to get him faintly curious but rather than asking right away would he pause at the weak mewled comment about the scariness of the situation would the man sigh softly before offering her a small smile again.

"Would you like some company then? To help get you to the middle of the maze and make sure nothign scary comes along?" Akira found himself asking and offering albeit in a cautious manner, after all it could be considered slightly weird under other circumstances but it were worth offering wasn't it?

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[Gardeon]

The girl smiled a little at the trainers words, though tried to keep the expression from growing as the pokemon made a series of noises and shrank back from her. "What sort of a name is "Jeku?". Pokemon should have names like Fluffy, Buddy, Cotton or Biscuit" the girl found herself saying, her face growing red as she spoke but backing up a little more all the same. "You arent a good trainer Mister, scary pokemon with weird names...." she said softly, turning and looking around herself before Akira spoke again.

She paused, tilting her head to one side but not turning back to the other trainer. "Im a big girl, i can...handle...scaries" the girl lied, her tone very much betraying her as her voice broke on a couple of her words and she balled her hands in to fists, forced them down to her sides and started to walk down the path in front of her before a rustling sounded from ahead of the group and she yelped and hopped backwards.

"Maybe, together, is quicker...."