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Turning to Kalani, Nejire nodded slowly. She's got a good head on her shoulders. "That's a good point." Pausing, he thought for a moment. "It would make sense for Kansha and I to split up and target the ones that we don't have a type matchup for. If anyone else is good at navigation, they can also go after the plates without a matchup. It will be easier to locate a place that matches our being, so it will be important not to get lost on the way if you're not following your instincts." How to split them up, though? There was also the possibility that those troublemakers would go after them, so safety in numbers ought to be considered as well. "There are seventeen plates and fourteen of us," he said after a moment. "I recommend that we work in pairs and go after seven plates at a time, regrouping after each round so that we stay out of trouble. What do all of you think?"

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Kansha listened to Nejire speak, mentally counting everyone as he spoke. It amazed her how natural of a leader he was, considering how stubborn he'd been in the past; she figured Arceus had either given him a talking-to or given him an incentive. Probably the latter. What were the types they were missing? She knew just from herself that they had Grass and Flying as well as Ghost and Dragon. Versil was apparently a Fire type. She thought that the tiny girl in green was probably a Grass type, and the quiet guy in sharp blue was probably part Ice. Were there any types that they were missing? "I think sticking together is a great idea," Kensha said, breaking her thought process. "And while I would love to go search my home, I suppose you're right that we should act as guides instead."

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Ryoko rocked back and forth on her feet, eager to explore the new region and its history. She knew that Sinnoh had many legends surrounding Pokemon, and she hoped to gain even more knowlege to aid in her time travelling endeavors. A Grass and Psychic type, she wondered if there were any other Psychic types. She could certainly feel a strong presence from several of the Pokemon; Latios and Latias, of course, but also from Versil, Viean, the girl in pink, the cosmos-hair girl - okay, from most of them, apparently. Perhaps her Grass-typing was of more use here. "I am a Grass and Psychic type. I think I am the only other Grass-type besides you, Kensha," Ryoko quipped, looking at the girl with pink flowers on her outfit. "I can go after the Meadow Plate, if you want." Then something hit her. "WAIT! There are so many Psychic types, if we split up, we can use telepathy to communicate between us!"

Kalani nodded along as the conversation continued, but paused when she heard "telepathy". Did she have telepathy? She knew what it was, sure, but her and Solgaleo never used it when communicating, and they were both Psychic types. And surely Solgaleo would have chatted with her over the years if they could, right? Well, it's not the end of the world if she can't, she still speak out loud using words. "Yeah, right." she agreed with the young girl, though not as enthused as her.

"I'm a Psychic and Ghost type, so I can go look for the Spooky plate." She tried recalling what Arceus had told her when she asked for information about the other Pokémon assigned to the task. She was one of...two ghost types. Giratina was the other, and she already met Nejire. She would finally be going to explore more of this "new" world and learn more about it. She brightened at the thought, a bounce back in her feet. Eterna Forest and Solaceon Tower...they sounded like they'd be fun to explore.

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Versil followed the conversation to the best of his ability. As he looked around, he wasn't sure who he'd partner with. He didn't sense a fiery aura from any of them besides the girl in white who he guessed was Reshiram. The other matter was directions. "Since there are only two Sinnoh pokemon here, perhaps we should try and locate a town map for each group to use?" Versil asked the group. On another note, does telepathy even exist? Versil thought to himself. Can the others read my thoughts right now!?

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Nejire nodded, a little surprised that of all the Pokemon, the little green one was the one giving solid input. Although he wasn't a Psychic type, his ability allowed him to communicate with telepathy as well, and even some other legendaries did not need abilities or Psychic typing to communicate that way. "Telepathy is a good point, but can all of the Psychic types here use it? I can use it, but that's only because of my ability. And I can go with Kalani, to start, if that's alright with you," he said, glancing back at the girl with star-hair.

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Kansha shrugged. She'd managed to use telepathy to communicate with humans once or twice, but it was pretty challenging and only a few humans could actually hear it. She'd never tried with Pokemon, or long distance, for that matter. So, for these purposes, she couldn't really use it. "Well, I think we would need to get maps from humans, right? We don't exactly know how human things work, even with my prior knowledge...I think you have to swap things with humans to get things from them, but what do they even find valuable?" Kansha sighed. They really were out of their element when it came to this sort of thing. She'd lived near humans her whole life and often gave them gifts when they expressed gratitude, but it was one thing to gather the names of places and some people and a whole other to understand how their world worked.

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Ryoko was a little confused by the very...unconvinced reaction that everyone had. Did they not communicate telepathically? She used her skills to keep in contact with Dialga sometimes, very long distance, but most of the time she found it easy to communicate within the same region to any Pokemon who she needed to reach, and occasionally, she could speak to a human. "I can use telepathy," Ryoko said, replying indirectly to Nejire. "It is basically just sending a message, but with your mind. It is one-way, usually, and it is limited; I cannot read anyone's thoughts, only tell them mine. But if we cannot talk to each other, how will we know if everyone is okay?"

Ocha had been listening quietly to each input. She finally spoke up, her hands clasped behind her back. For someone who was usually so extroverted and silly, it seemed odd for her to be so so serious. But when it came to something like this, she had her priorities. And that included stopping the Swords of Justice. "I think that we need to stick together, though I'm open to splitting up if it seems like the best plan. Personally, I think that the Sinnoh natives would be the best guides, allowing us to find them quickly. But if you can sense the pull, then go. But make sure that you stick with a Sinnoh legendary, or perhaps a flyer or psychic. That way we can quickly find you, and continue on." Like a switch had been flipped, she grinned and said, "How does that sound?" bouncing on her feet.

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"How do you even use telepathy?" Kalani asked, more to herself. She might be able to do it, but no one had taught her how, if she even could. She knew that it was based in the mind, but everything else was up in the air.

Kalani perked up at the sound of her name. She had hoped that Nejire would offer to come with her, as she didn't want to explore all alone. It was much more fun to explore with someone else, after all. Kalani nodded in agreement. "That's good with me." she didn't want to sound too eager. She was also a okay with going in a large group, she would have more chances to make friends, but it would certainly slow their progress, and who knows what would happen if the plates got in the wrong hands.

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Oasis immediately shook his head. No way was he leaving Ocha. Yeah, the siblings' deep Psychic connection and Sight Sharing skill could be useful, but it couldn't do a thing if he was halfway across the regionand she got into a dangerous situation, being unable to even fly without Psychic in this form, let alone do so at his normal speed. It wasn't in his nature to trust these other Pokemon to protect his sister. Overall, it seemed like a better idea to him to avoid splitting up; there was a reason they were in human form, after all, wasn't there? This wasn't exactly a safe mission they were about to set out on. He said nothing, however, simply stepping closer to his twin and crossing his arms, his point made clearly without the use of words. The Latios honestly couldn't recall the last time he'd said a thing to someone other than Ocha.

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"Well, we should probably start getting into groups and get moving. We don't know how long we've been out here, and the Swords of Justice could be already after the plates!"Versil exclaimed after listening to everyone's thoughts. It had suddenly dawned upon him that the Swords of Justice could be disguised as humans too. "Don't forget, the Swords of Justice could be disguised as humans as well, so keep an eye out for people who look similar to them!" Versil spoke, and he started to adjust himself to the new human look by tucking in his small wings.

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Kalani agreed, nodding her head along while also instinctively rubbing her arms to warm up. She hadn't realized it at first, but Sinnoh was noticeably colder than most of Alola, the only exception being Mount Lanakila and she wasn't up there often, if ever. Her attire wasn't much help either, as it was more suited for tropical areas, not the boreal regions of the planet. If they got moving she might warm up a little, though a coat or cloak couldn't hurt in the long run.

"I'd love to start going," She took a moment to breathe into her hands and then began rubbing them. "...but I don't think we actually said who all was going with who, or where we were all headed first." The thought of coats and cloaks brought up another thought: would they need supplies, and if so, how would they get them? She held her tounge for now, though she wanted that one anwsered before she couldn't feel her fingers.

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Kori thought he should might as well say his input at this point seeing as he would have to work with these other pokemon "Well as an Ice type I'm guessing I'll be trying to get the Icicle Plate right? And you said that might be around... Mount Coronet is that correct? Well I honestly don't care if I go alone or need to have a partner but I guess I would need someone who is atleast somewhat familiar with the geography of this region, as I barely know anything about this region. And about the maps we could just go into one of the towns or cities here and ask one of the locals where we could get one. And since we would probably need to trade something for the maps, we can just figure that out on the way." Kori finished his statement as he fixed his clothes which he still need to get used to.

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Oasis sighed and glanced at his sister, about to say something to her telepathically. However, before he could muster the strength required to carry out such an action in this form, a snicker from a hill off to his left caused him to turn. A tall man with long green hair falling down his back and wearing a similarly green robe with bright orange and yellow decals all over was standing with his arms crossed, staring down at the legends in the clearing. To his right was a young woman with sapphire blue hair pulled up in two ponytails, one to the left of her head and one to the right, and wearing a red-blue-and-white minidress with long billowing sleeves, and to the left was a young man with spiky red hair, a red dress shirt with black decals that was unbuttoned over a white t-shirt, and black jeans with red decals. "What have we got here, eh?" the woman, who Oasis thought must be Kyogre, said with amusement. "Looks like a motley crew, out to save the world and steal our plates," the red-haired one responded. "You mean the Sword's plates." "I mean what I said." "You mean meant." The two were now glaring at each other, their attention completely diverted from the clearing. The green-haired man broke in, sounding exasperated. "Cool your jets."

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As everyone else spoke, Phin stood back, not too willing to participate. Instead, he found themselves thinking over what the Swords of Justice were doing. She wasn't too eager to say it was entirely wrong, and she could see their line of reasoning. However at the same time, they didn't want humans to be killed. And they just really didn't like fighting in general.

A sudden voice made Phin spin. For a horrifying moment, he thought the trio were the Swords of Justice. He tensed up, stepping away from the wall and glancing at the other Legendaries.

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Kalani heard voices in the nearby distance, drawing her attention from the conversation to the entrance of three humans, but from their conversation she inferred that they were legends like them. Would they have to fight already? Fight or not, they got her attention, and some of the others' attention as well. And while her posture was relaxed, her hand gripped the side of her skirt as if all the tension she had was gathered in her hand. She fiddled with the fabric in her hand to distract herself from the feelings that were starting to billow in her chest.

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What do they mean, "Our plates?" Oh, Nejire did not like this at all. He knew who these clowns were; the idiots in red and blue had nearly destroyed the region they were supposed to protect, and he'd heard hundreds of rants from those little water sprites..what were they called again? Phone, or something. Whatever. He'd heard that the currents got mixed up like crazy after the spat, and that it had caused migrations on land to be wonky because of the heat the great oaf in the red gave off. Heatran in particular had been furious. He wondered briefly whether they were here to cause trouble. Maybe it would be better to stay together for now and form a better plan, especially if things like that - he narrowed his eyes as he glared at the stupid green person who he knew was that ozone-layer dragon who was too arrogant to even touch the ground - were going to be against them. Slightly stepping in front of Kalani protectively, he raised an eyebrow at the trio. "I hope you're not thinking of dissuading us," Nejire said coolly. "We're on orders from Arceus."

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Kansha was about to jump in again when the three strangers just...appeared. How had they gotten here so fast, or were they somehow tracking the group? She couldn't help but get the impression that they...didn't exactly come in peace. They were strange looking, but she got the feeling that they were somehow linked; after their early argument, Kansha figured that if they were connected, it certainly wasn't because they were best friends. Sidling closer to Kori, the last person to have spoken, she shivered. Leaning towards him slightly, Kansha gave him a nudge. "D-do you have any idea who these guys are?" Something told her she was severely outmatched by these three; they had an aura of power that felt ancient.

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Ryoko was very confused. What were they doing here? If she recalled correctly, they were the Weather Trio, and had definitely caused their fair share of trouble before, although the middle one - Rayquaza - was usually more reasonable. Deciding to address him instead of the other two, Ryoko hopped right up, appearing tiny before the man. "What is your business with our endeavors?" she demanded, attempting to sound authoritative and wise, and succeeding in sounding comically proper, not unlike a four-year-old reading Shakespeare very seriously.

Kori having a slight annoyed look on his face decided to answer, he couldn't really just walk away or ignore them. "No. I don't really know who they are, I prefer living away from others and being isolated. So because of that I don't really know much going on outside of my home. I barely know half of what's going on in my own region, so of course I wouldn't know who these pokemon are." Kori replied back somewhat coldly as he rubbed the area where Kansha had nudged him. He decided not to talk back about the nudging as he figured there would be different things to worry about, now that the three new legendaries appeared

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Ocha watched warily as the Rayquaza raised an eyebrow cooly. "What is a child, a Mythical, no doubt, doing here? Llyr, Amir, what say you we-" "Hold up, your names are... Llyr and Amyr. Please don't tell me your-" Ocha pointed to the Rayquaza. "name also ends in 'ear'." The green-haired man paused and glared at her. "So what if it does?" he growled. "Well, I'm just saying, it's... dumb." "Ocha!" Oasis groaned, whapping her shoulder with the back of his hand. "Whaaaat?" "He's Zephyr," the Groudon said, somewhat offhandedly, clearly not quite registering the situation.

Ocha shrugged in triumph. "There you go!" she said. "Dumb. So are you, like, going to try and scare us off? Also dumb!" "Agh! Fancy demonstrating to them their own stupidity?" he intoned to his younger siblings, inclining his head back towards them. "Certainly," the Groudon grinned, flames beginning to flicker about his hand as he prepared a Fire Punch. Llyr elbowed his shoulder. "Idiot," the Latias heard her grumble. "Don't use a close-range attack!" "Oh, shut it, what do you know?" the red-head retorted loudly, but he obeyed, kneeling and slamming his fist into the ground, setting off an Earthquake, though this was at a much larger scale than that previously caused by the legend Ocha was assuming to be a Landorus.

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As the earth shook again, Spiri took her eyes of her mischievious brother. She had been distracted with the other things going on, but suddenly found herself on alert once again, turning to the weather trio, glaring on as she soon caught on to their antics. From tales from other regions, Reshiram knew these three, particularly Kyogre and Groudon, had a tendency for being destructive. Her feathers ruffled, the dragon spread her odd arm-wings. Her tail began heating up, the tips of her shiny white hair fading to a washed out red as she built up energy in her chest.

Archion stood to attention as his sister turned away from him to face Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza. From the looks of it, these three looked to be causing trouble, as he observed from the reactions of those around him. Spiri seemed ready to attack, an and while he wasn't so sure on combat himself, he cautiously placed a foot backward, balancing his body weight more evenly...just in case. Zekrom really wasn't a fighter, more of a friendly fellow, so he was hesitant to attack without any sort of reasoning...he may have a tendency to rush into things, but he wasn't aggressive. He stared intently at the opposing trio.

Riko's sword was active. Ready. She held it securely in her armored humanoid hands. She, unlike the dragon siblings, both pairs of them, had been paying attention fully to the three oppossing forces, suspicious they may be up to something...the second Kyogre mentioned 'our plates', that was it. Riko knew a villain when she saw them, and was eager to show what a warrior did to unruly villains.

Mew had been floating nearby, as she did, watching with wide, curious blue eyes. She wasn't afraid to fight, but didn't seem tense like some of the others. Her muscles relaxed. Probably because her abilities made fighting a bit less stressful, and she fought better with calm, free-moving limbs. Then again, she wasn't one to rush in, especially considering she was levitating over the earthquake attack.

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The earth shifted and rumbled under Kalani's feet, making it hard for her to keep her balance. "I didn't think we would be fighting so soon," she commented. Kalani tried sticking out her arms to keep her standing. She failed, causing her to fall over. The fall didn't hurt as much as it would have, but she heard the distinct sound of shattered glass in her mind, a clear indication that her shadow shield lessened the blow for her. It still stung, the chill only made it worse , and now she was a little more vulnerable. To help rectify this, Kalani tried standing herself up, closed her eyes, and began to focus. She drew from the Cosmic Power from space to help her be more resilient. Small stars swirled around her and she shone ever so slightly, though it was unnoticeable in the daylight. It only would do so much for her, but it would give her a small amount of time to think. She planned that, unless she was in immediate danger, she would bring her defenses up more before attacking and then she might be able to figure out what types the three legendaries they were fighting were.

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Nejire grunted as the earth began to shake. It tripped him up a bit, but honestly, it wasn't that bad. These guys might be old, but hey, so was he. He'd done his fair share of fighting in the past, one little quake wasn't going to topple him. Especially since it was going to cost him; his ability made sure that using any move would drain twice the power from a trigger-happy opponent. Shrugging off the attack, he glanced back to make sure no one was injured before quietly stepping back to the shadows. They'd have a real fun time trying to catch him in the dark, that's for sure. Phantom Force was a favorite of his.

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Not really registering Kori's frosty demeanor, Kansha squealed as the red Poke-human used Earthquake. She was certainly not the defensive type, and she wished that she could be in her Sky Forme to avoid the attack altogether. Instead, she steadied herself against the much more sturdy Kyurem beside her, wincing as she felt herself take damage. Yep, she knew this was a losing battle for her. As the attack began to end, she felt a surge of gratitude for the warm sun, although for some reason it seemed a bit cooler than it had a few minutes ago. Even so, her Synthesis revitalized her, drawing in energy and enabling her to stand back up on her own.

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A child. A child?! The nerve of this guy!! Ryoko narrowed her eyes. So this guy thought he was better than her because of the title of "Legendary", huh? She was tempted to go back in time just to smack him down as soon as he showed up here, but she figured teaching him a lesson here was as good as any. Raising an eyebrow as she simply used her wings to hover above the ground in avoidance of the Earthquake, she shot a healthy Leech Seed attack at all three of the very rude Pokemon before her. "How dare you poke fun at my petite proportions! And I'm every bit as powerful as you," Ryoko hissed. They'd be sorry to know that she was the one who always had to fix their messes, along with whoever else was supposed to keep them in check. Her myths said that she "showed up in times of peace" - more like, she showed up after she'd kept the peace to make sure things were alright.

Kori surprised at the fact Kansha used him to stablelize herself, and no doubt wanted to retaliate and snap at Kansha, but decided to focus more on stablelizing himself. He knew that this quake was more powerful than the earlier one, he first moved his feet to a position that would keep him steady and then used Psychic to stablelize himself even more. Kori didn't take much damage as ground wasn't that effective against ice, which helped him, but he noticed that Kansha didn't take the attack as well. As the attack ended Kori stopped using Psychic and started massaging his temples as the excessive use of the move tired him out. He wouldn't usually be tired after using a move but as he is still getting used to the new human body, it seemed this body wasn't used to using a large amount of power

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