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Description
Team Name: The Gold Needles Rank: Farfetch'd
Guild: Rogues

Member 1 Signature: Sly the Purrloin Male

Trait & Personality: Quirky, Often Lost in Thought

Move 1: Fake Out (his opening move)
Move 2: Thief (his "battle move")
Move 3: Substitute (his escape strategy)
Move 4: Hone Claws (why is that there?)

Accessories: Gold scarf, folded into a triangle and tied around neck, triangle in front

Member 2 Signature: Leilani the Swadloon (Missing) Female

Trait & Personality: Mild, Mischievous

Move 1: Razor Leaf (the one attack)
Move 2: Grass Whistle (usually saved for stealth)
Move 3: String Shot (used for movement mostly)
Move 4: Substitute (Escape move, that's not of much use anymore)

Accessories: Emerald Accent on forehead, over her right eye; keeps a gold scarf folded inside her leaves.

Member 3 Signature: Ice the Sneasel Female

Trait & Personality: Brave, Likes to fight

Move 1: Slash (favored for it's simplicity)
Move 2: Aerial Ace (used for precision work)
Move 3: Faint Attack (used for precision work or events where drawing blood isn't desirable)
Move 4: Ice Beam (not used for attacking as much as altering the terrain to her liking)

Accessories: Gold scarf, folded into a triangle and tied around her neck, triangle towards the right

Member 4 Signature: Male/Female

Trait & Personality:

Move 1:
Move 2:
Move 3:
Move 4:

Accessories:

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Leilani backed closer to the door. She wanted to keep the new paperwork safe from the rain, but it was proving to be difficult. Things would be a lot easier for the Sewaddle if her teammates were being helpful instead of themselves.

"Leelee! Look at all this mud! It's beautiful!" purred Sly. The Purrloin was rolling in a mud puddle created by the sudden rainstorm. It had drenched them and Leilani knew that the rain had slipped through her leaves and dampened the paperwork.

"It's so cool now!" shouted Ice. "I want it to rain forever." The Sneasel rose from her own puddle and chucked a ball of mud at Sly. The two of them began hurling the mud at each other and laughing.

Leilani sighed and crawled up the door and tried pounding with her stubby arms. She couldn't hear a knock, but she could barely make out a light in the office. Someone had to be there. "Hello?" she called. She pressed her head against the door and strained; she could just make out the sound of footsteps. Good, she can drop off the paperwork while it was still legible, then leave. The knob turned and Leilani realized that she was on the door, and it was about to open, which she was on. "Wait, I'm on the d-"

The door swung open to reveal a gray Ninetales. "Are you the team that set an appointment?"

"That's us," said Leilani. The three mammals turned to see the Sewaddle wobble onto the porch. "Please be careful next time you open the door, sir. My head banged into the wall."

The Ninetales laughed off the comment. "Come in, let me take your accessories!" he said. The old Ninetales trotted into his office then turned around and used his tails to swiftly remove the team's scarves and hang them on the mantle. "My name is Callahan by the way, but your introductions are for later."

It was small, and most of the space was occupied by filing cabinets, a desk, a large comfortable chair behind it, and a few wooden chairs and stools in front. The Ninetales moved to the large chair, while Sly, Leilani, and Ice took their seats. Leilani pulled out the forms and had Ice place them on the desk. The Ninetales sat there and stared for several minutes.

"My, my, this is a mess," said Callahan. "How did this happen?"

"It may have happened when you slammed the door on my face and fell," replied Leilani.

"It's useless now," said Callahan tossing the papers in the fireplace. "It's time to start from scratch. Now tell me about yourselves. We should probably start with names."

"I'm Sly," said the Purrloin. "This is Leelee and Ice Cream!"

"It's Ice and Leilani," snapped Ice.

"And the Sewaddle is Ice and the Sneasel is the one with the tropical, a bit hard to spell name," replied Callahan. Ice tensed and was about to snap again. "Oh, it's a joke, although I'm serious, how do you spell that? L-A-Y?"

"L-E-I-L-A-N-I," replied the Sewaddle. "I'm from Sapling Village, but when my father used to travel, he heard that name in Alomomola and took a liking to it."

"Now, hopefully your team name won't require any spelling questions. I find alternate spellings crude little ploys and it pains me to write those down."

"Oh, we're Team Mischief. Big 'T' in 'Team' and big 'M' in 'Mischief', the rest is spelled however you spell it," said Sly.

"Which Guild were you looking to join?"

"Oh, we're already in the Rogues, we've done two missions already."

"I see, there's another team with that name. Same Guild. They filed the paperwork first, so you have to change or risk the confusion."

"Name change! Name change! We need something reeeally fuuuun," said Sly. He was hopping up and down in his chair. "Oh, we all have gold scarves. How about Gold Rainbows! Gold for the scarves, rainbows for how different we are from each other!"

Ice broke the silence. "That is the dumbest name ever," she snapped. "We all have gold scarves, why don't we use that as a name?"

"That's so boooooring, we need something flashy," whined Sly. "Rainbows!"

"Scarves!"

"Rainbows!"

"Scarves!"

"How about Gold Needles," said Leilani. "It sounds nice and references the fact that we all can sew and use sharp attacks like Slash, Aerial Ace, Razor Leaf, and Hone Claws."

"Sure," said Ice.

"Yaaaaay! LeeLee saves the day!" said Sly.

"Now are you going to be nice to me and make that the proper spelling?" asked Callahan.

"Of course, why wouldn't we? I like proper grammar and I'm trying to teach Sly and Ice," said Leilani.

"Oh dear." Callahan gave a disapproving look to the two younger Pokemon. "Well, who wants to tell me about what they do for the Guild first?"

"Oh, I do!" shouted Sly. "Once upon a time I hatched in Backwood Slums. I was part of a band of thieves there. I was good, I inherited some great moves from my parents, so I was really good, but I always envied the more normal kids who had friends instead of backstabbing." Sly's tail and ears drooped.

"Then I heard about the Rogues' Guild! I thought if I made a team, I'd get a bunch more friends! And now I have Leelee and Ice Cream!" Sly smiled at his teammates, then looked at an unaffected Callahan. "Oh, I'm good at sneaking into places and stealing things and escaping. That's what I add to the team! I probably should do better, but I can find some Pokemon in Tao to teach me more, and we can be friends."

"Alright, we have an over idealistic thief," said Callahan. "Who's next?"

"I'll go," said Leilani. "You can call me the team's tactician. I'm the one who thinks things through, get's things organized, makes most of the plans. I'm also the group's moderate. I'm fairly good at stealth, but not as good as Sly, and I'm also a decent fighter, but Ice is stronger and more flexible. I'm well read, which I hope makes up for my lack of experience.

"What I'm really good at is sewing. I taught these two how to sew. We sometimes do group sewing together in the woods. I love it; it's so quiet and peaceful. That's what my parents do back in Sapling Village of course. My father used to do some, less than respectable things to make money before he and mom married. He doesn't anymore, although the reputation is a bit bad for business."

"And I suppose you being a Rogue is helping with that?" asked Callahan.

"I..uh...well...oh, Ice has plenty of interesting stories about being in the Slasher's Gang, and I honestly prefer sleeping at this hour." Callahan continued to stare at Leilani. "Ice, tell him some stories. He's new in town, he doesn't know the details."

"Kay!" said Ice. "So, 'fore I hatched-I'm not quite sure how big of a bit-this Weavil', Slasher, came in an' organized all the Sneasels into a gang. Sis an' Bro say things were a mess before. There were a ton a' Sneasels an' sometimes not even Sneasel eggs were safe. I think that might be why Bro's not a big fan of eggs- real eggs with babies not the fake ones he eats now- Sis says he was almos' eaten right before he hatched."

"Miss, why are you shouting about your brother's near death experience?" asked Callahan. "This story is going to get morbid."

"Oh, sir, she's mostly deaf. It was an accident during Sorbet's rampage. Two close range Hyper Voices. Doctor Quaak said her right ear was completely ruined, and her left ear isn't in the best shape either," whispered Leilani. She then raised her voice and turned to Ice. "I think your brother would prefer if you kept it down, seeing as Callahan's office is in the same building as his bosses'."

"Oh, a family divided by Guilds. Tell me more, although this better not be melodramatic."

"Well, one a' the Merchants killed Slasher, then the Merchants an' Rogues started tryin' to recruit the rest of us an' score some loot. Some Merchants found Silver but Lei an' Sly found me," said Ice. "Uuuhh, if melodromtic is us havin' t' fight on that mission an' robbin' his team's house to get flour, then I guess it is. I dunno."

"Interesting, but you didn't say who your sister works for."

"Kinda for herself. She can't really do much, when that sickness happened we got in a fight with some Rescuers. One got her hard in the knee, another burnt her up." Ice became quiet and clenched her fists,

"Ice is our fighter," said Sly. "She's reeeeaally good at it. She knows some stealing tricks, but she can't hear too well. Fighting's her favorite thing. She also likes listening to stories, spicy food, and sewing. I like sewing too. It's fuuuun!"

"Well, I guess that's all I'm hearing tonight," sighed Callahan. "Time for you to go." With that he picked up Sly and Leilani with his tails and began shoving Ice out of the door. He slammed it shut behind him and returned to his warm office.

"That was fun," said Sly. Leilani and Ice remained silent. "Oh, he still has our scarves."

"They were by the fire too," said Leilani. "It will be hard to get all of the mud off of them if they dry."

"It sounds like he's going to a backroom."

"Then he won't hear us knock."

"The alternate way," sung Sly. "Ice, get the window and give me a boost. LeeLee, I'm gonna do this solo, I heard we shouldn't mess with PK when she's feeling dark."

Ice fumbled with the window- she had only done this a few times, and prefered opening it with a claw crashing through it over the latch. Finally, she got it open and lifted the Purrloin in.

Sly landed softly. He liked being a cat, this was one of the benefits, soft landing. He'd hate to have a spill so soon after his ribs healed. He padded over to the scarves and climbed the coat rack. It wobbled, so Sly snatched the scarves as fast as possible before sliding down. He then climbed out and dropped the scarves in the mud for Ice to gather. The three then headed to the forest.

***

Callahan peeked out of his bedroom. His office looked in order. The only thing missing were the scarves, and the only signs that anyone was there was the mud drenching the coat rack and floor and the open window. Devonshire has interesting standards, thought Callahan.

Ice kicked the door open. She was exhausted. She wanted Leilani or one of her older siblings, but Leilani was one of the missing Pokemon, and Frost had left for some business and told her that Silver's team was holding him captive; after Frost had finished her business they were going to take care of Silver. She also really hated Callahan's office. The Ninetales made it uncomfortably hot, which just made the Sneasel even more miserable.

"Ice Cream, ya didn't need t' do that," scolded Sly. The Purrloin was clinging to Ice's back. Not only was Leilani among the missing, but so was there friend Peck-Pecky, and since Sully had died Team Suledin had been...different. A bad different. If he didn't let go of Ice then maybe he wouldn't be alone. The problem was Ice would knock him off at times.

"He's right, most Pokemon knock before they try to break the door in," replied a Ninetales. Callahan looked down at them from his desk. "So, Miss Leilani, the Sewaddle, is among the missing, is she?"

"Yeah," growled Ice.

"Oh, but she's not a Sewaddle anymore," said Sly. He moved up so he was sitting on Ice's shoulders. "She evolved, now she's all round an' covered in leaves, which kinda makes her less round."

"Ah, so just when she reaches the next stage of life, she vanishes," said Callahan. "Do you know what prompted the evolution?"

"I wasn't with her," muttered Sly. He wrapped his paws around Ice's head, causing the Sneasel to try to yank him off. "I was tracking a Zorua."

"I dunno," said Ice. She dropped Sly on the ground. He began circling her legs and rubbing his head against her stomach. "I got caught in one a' those forest 'llusions and I snapped outta it when she evolved."

"Ah, illusions are fascinating," said the Callahan. "What did you see?"

"None a' yer business!" snapped Ice. She turned around and slammed the door after she and Sly left.

Description
Team Name: The Gold Needles Rank: Farfetch'd
Guild: Rogues

Member 1 Signature: Sly the Purrloin Male

Trait & Personality: Quirky, Often Lost in Thought

Move 1: Fake Out (his opening move)
Move 2: Thief (his "battle move")
Move 3: Substitute (his escape strategy)
Move 4: Hone Claws (why is that there?)

Accessories: Gold scarf, folded into a triangle and tied around neck, triangle in front

Member 2 Signature: Leilani the Swadloon (Missing) Female

Trait & Personality: Mild, Mischievous

Move 1: Razor Leaf (the one attack)
Move 2: Grass Whistle (usually saved for stealth)
Move 3: String Shot (used for movement mostly)
Move 4: Substitute (Escape move, that's not of much use anymore)

Accessories: Emerald Accent on forehead, over her right eye; keeps a gold scarf folded inside her leaves.

Member 3 Signature: Ice the Sneasel Female

Trait & Personality: Brave, Likes to fight

Move 1: Slash (favored for it's simplicity)
Move 2: Aerial Ace (used for precision work)
Move 3: Faint Attack (used for precision work or events where drawing blood isn't desirable)
Move 4: Ice Beam (not used for attacking as much as altering the terrain to her liking)

Accessories: Gold scarf, folded into a triangle and tied around her neck, triangle towards the right

Member 4 Signature: Male/Female

Trait & Personality:

Move 1:
Move 2:
Move 3:
Move 4:

Accessories:

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Leilani backed closer to the door. She wanted to keep the new paperwork safe from the rain, but it was proving to be difficult. Things would be a lot easier for the Sewaddle if her teammates were being helpful instead of themselves.

"Leelee! Look at all this mud! It's beautiful!" purred Sly. The Purrloin was rolling in a mud puddle created by the sudden rainstorm. It had drenched them and Leilani knew that the rain had slipped through her leaves and dampened the paperwork.

"It's so cool now!" shouted Ice. "I want it to rain forever." The Sneasel rose from her own puddle and chucked a ball of mud at Sly. The two of them began hurling the mud at each other and laughing.

Leilani sighed and crawled up the door and tried pounding with her stubby arms. She couldn't hear a knock, but she could barely make out a light in the office. Someone had to be there. "Hello?" she called. She pressed her head against the door and strained; she could just make out the sound of footsteps. Good, she can drop off the paperwork while it was still legible, then leave. The knob turned and Leilani realized that she was on the door, and it was about to open, which she was on. "Wait, I'm on the d-"

The door swung open to reveal a gray Ninetales. "Are you the team that set an appointment?"

"That's us," said Leilani. The three mammals turned to see the Sewaddle wobble onto the porch. "Please be careful next time you open the door, sir. My head banged into the wall."

The Ninetales laughed off the comment. "Come in, let me take your accessories!" he said. The old Ninetales trotted into his office then turned around and used his tails to swiftly remove the team's scarves and hang them on the mantle. "My name is Callahan by the way, but your introductions are for later."

It was small, and most of the space was occupied by filing cabinets, a desk, a large comfortable chair behind it, and a few wooden chairs and stools in front. The Ninetales moved to the large chair, while Sly, Leilani, and Ice took their seats. Leilani pulled out the forms and had Ice place them on the desk. The Ninetales sat there and stared for several minutes.

"My, my, this is a mess," said Callahan. "How did this happen?"

"It may have happened when you slammed the door on my face and fell," replied Leilani.

"It's useless now," said Callahan tossing the papers in the fireplace. "It's time to start from scratch. Now tell me about yourselves. We should probably start with names."

"I'm Sly," said the Purrloin. "This is Leelee and Ice Cream!"

"It's Ice and Leilani," snapped Ice.

"And the Sewaddle is Ice and the Sneasel is the one with the tropical, a bit hard to spell name," replied Callahan. Ice tensed and was about to snap again. "Oh, it's a joke, although I'm serious, how do you spell that? L-A-Y?"

"L-E-I-L-A-N-I," replied the Sewaddle. "I'm from Sapling Village, but when my father used to travel, he heard that name in Alomomola and took a liking to it."

"Now, hopefully your team name won't require any spelling questions. I find alternate spellings crude little ploys and it pains me to write those down."

"Oh, we're Team Mischief. Big 'T' in 'Team' and big 'M' in 'Mischief', the rest is spelled however you spell it," said Sly.

"Which Guild were you looking to join?"

"Oh, we're already in the Rogues, we've done two missions already."

"I see, there's another team with that name. Same Guild. They filed the paperwork first, so you have to change or risk the confusion."

"Name change! Name change! We need something reeeally fuuuun," said Sly. He was hopping up and down in his chair. "Oh, we all have gold scarves. How about Gold Rainbows! Gold for the scarves, rainbows for how different we are from each other!"

Ice broke the silence. "That is the dumbest name ever," she snapped. "We all have gold scarves, why don't we use that as a name?"

"That's so boooooring, we need something flashy," whined Sly. "Rainbows!"

"Scarves!"

"Rainbows!"

"Scarves!"

"How about Gold Needles," said Leilani. "It sounds nice and references the fact that we all can sew and use sharp attacks like Slash, Aerial Ace, Razor Leaf, and Hone Claws."

"Sure," said Ice.

"Yaaaaay! LeeLee saves the day!" said Sly.

"Now are you going to be nice to me and make that the proper spelling?" asked Callahan.

"Of course, why wouldn't we? I like proper grammar and I'm trying to teach Sly and Ice," said Leilani.

"Oh dear." Callahan gave a disapproving look to the two younger Pokemon. "Well, who wants to tell me about what they do for the Guild first?"

"Oh, I do!" shouted Sly. "Once upon a time I hatched in Backwood Slums. I was part of a band of thieves there. I was good, I inherited some great moves from my parents, so I was really good, but I always envied the more normal kids who had friends instead of backstabbing." Sly's tail and ears drooped.

"Then I heard about the Rogues' Guild! I thought if I made a team, I'd get a bunch more friends! And now I have Leelee and Ice Cream!" Sly smiled at his teammates, then looked at an unaffected Callahan. "Oh, I'm good at sneaking into places and stealing things and escaping. That's what I add to the team! I probably should do better, but I can find some Pokemon in Tao to teach me more, and we can be friends."

"Alright, we have an over idealistic thief," said Callahan. "Who's next?"

"I'll go," said Leilani. "You can call me the team's tactician. I'm the one who thinks things through, get's things organized, makes most of the plans. I'm also the group's moderate. I'm fairly good at stealth, but not as good as Sly, and I'm also a decent fighter, but Ice is stronger and more flexible. I'm well read, which I hope makes up for my lack of experience.

"What I'm really good at is sewing. I taught these two how to sew. We sometimes do group sewing together in the woods. I love it; it's so quiet and peaceful. That's what my parents do back in Sapling Village of course. My father used to do some, less than respectable things to make money before he and mom married. He doesn't anymore, although the reputation is a bit bad for business."

"And I suppose you being a Rogue is helping with that?" asked Callahan.

"I..uh...well...oh, Ice has plenty of interesting stories about being in the Slasher's Gang, and I honestly prefer sleeping at this hour." Callahan continued to stare at Leilani. "Ice, tell him some stories. He's new in town, he doesn't know the details."

"Kay!" said Ice. "So, 'fore I hatched-I'm not quite sure how big of a bit-this Weavil', Slasher, came in an' organized all the Sneasels into a gang. Sis an' Bro say things were a mess before. There were a ton a' Sneasels an' sometimes not even Sneasel eggs were safe. I think that might be why Bro's not a big fan of eggs- real eggs with babies not the fake ones he eats now- Sis says he was almos' eaten right before he hatched."

"Miss, why are you shouting about your brother's near death experience?" asked Callahan. "This story is going to get morbid."

"Oh, sir, she's mostly deaf. It was an accident during Sorbet's rampage. Two close range Hyper Voices. Doctor Quaak said her right ear was completely ruined, and her left ear isn't in the best shape either," whispered Leilani. She then raised her voice and turned to Ice. "I think your brother would prefer if you kept it down, seeing as Callahan's office is in the same building as his bosses'."

"Oh, a family divided by Guilds. Tell me more, although this better not be melodramatic."

"Well, one a' the Merchants killed Slasher, then the Merchants an' Rogues started tryin' to recruit the rest of us an' score some loot. Some Merchants found Silver but Lei an' Sly found me," said Ice. "Uuuhh, if melodromtic is us havin' t' fight on that mission an' robbin' his team's house to get flour, then I guess it is. I dunno."

"Interesting, but you didn't say who your sister works for."

"Kinda for herself. She can't really do much, when that sickness happened we got in a fight with some Rescuers. One got her hard in the knee, another burnt her up." Ice became quiet and clenched her fists,

"Ice is our fighter," said Sly. "She's reeeeaally good at it. She knows some stealing tricks, but she can't hear too well. Fighting's her favorite thing. She also likes listening to stories, spicy food, and sewing. I like sewing too. It's fuuuun!"

"Well, I guess that's all I'm hearing tonight," sighed Callahan. "Time for you to go." With that he picked up Sly and Leilani with his tails and began shoving Ice out of the door. He slammed it shut behind him and returned to his warm office.

"That was fun," said Sly. Leilani and Ice remained silent. "Oh, he still has our scarves."

"They were by the fire too," said Leilani. "It will be hard to get all of the mud off of them if they dry."

"It sounds like he's going to a backroom."

"Then he won't hear us knock."

"The alternate way," sung Sly. "Ice, get the window and give me a boost. LeeLee, I'm gonna do this solo, I heard we shouldn't mess with PK when she's feeling dark."

Ice fumbled with the window- she had only done this a few times, and prefered opening it with a claw crashing through it over the latch. Finally, she got it open and lifted the Purrloin in.

Sly landed softly. He liked being a cat, this was one of the benefits, soft landing. He'd hate to have a spill so soon after his ribs healed. He padded over to the scarves and climbed the coat rack. It wobbled, so Sly snatched the scarves as fast as possible before sliding down. He then climbed out and dropped the scarves in the mud for Ice to gather. The three then headed to the forest.

***

Callahan peeked out of his bedroom. His office looked in order. The only thing missing were the scarves, and the only signs that anyone was there was the mud drenching the coat rack and floor and the open window. Devonshire has interesting standards, thought Callahan.

Ice kicked the door open. She was exhausted. She wanted Leilani or one of her older siblings, but Leilani was one of the missing Pokemon, and Frost had left for some business and told her that Silver's team was holding him captive; after Frost had finished her business they were going to take care of Silver. She also really hated Callahan's office. The Ninetales made it uncomfortably hot, which just made the Sneasel even more miserable.

"Ice Cream, ya didn't need t' do that," scolded Sly. The Purrloin was clinging to Ice's back. Not only was Leilani among the missing, but so was there friend Peck-Pecky, and since Sully had died Team Suledin had been...different. A bad different. If he didn't let go of Ice then maybe he wouldn't be alone. The problem was Ice would knock him off at times.

"He's right, most Pokemon knock before they try to break the door in," replied a Ninetales. Callahan looked down at them from his desk. "So, Miss Leilani, the Sewaddle, is among the missing, is she?"

"Yeah," growled Ice.

"Oh, but she's not a Sewaddle anymore," said Sly. He moved up so he was sitting on Ice's shoulders. "She evolved, now she's all round an' covered in leaves, which kinda makes her less round."

"Ah, so just when she reaches the next stage of life, she vanishes," said Callahan. "Do you know what prompted the evolution?"

"I wasn't with her," muttered Sly. He wrapped his paws around Ice's head, causing the Sneasel to try to yank him off. "I was tracking a Zorua."

"I dunno," said Ice. She dropped Sly on the ground. He began circling her legs and rubbing his head against her stomach. "I got caught in one a' those forest 'llusions and I snapped outta it when she evolved."

"Ah, illusions are fascinating," said the Callahan. "What did you see?"

"None a' yer business!" snapped Ice. She turned around and slammed the door after she and Sly left.