01~Alone With The Flask(Open)

Michael's eyes were closed as he took a few more sips from the metal flask that held his drink of choice. Strands of his light blonde hair fell in front of his face as he readjusted himself against the tree, and action which actually caused his hood to fall off. It wasn't he he needed it on right now, he was being pretty stationary and he was pretty any Immortalis member he ran across wouldn't pay much attention to man drinking alone in the woods. In fact besides a single Pokeball he had on him, Michael was pretty sure he was following all the laws the organization had set up for its dark world. His eyes finally opened as he titled his head upwards towards the moon which floated gently in the night's sky.

The light of the moon light up Michael's face just enough for one to see a few of the scars that rested on it. Scars that he no longer took the time to hide, he had one point when he was younger worn bandages over the scars but...that was back when pure revenge was the only thing that he was after. He took another drink from his metal flask and as he moved it away from his lips he shook it to get a good sense of how much he had left.

Swoosh Swoosh

Judging from the sound he had enough for about four more drinks, after the flask was gone he knew he'd have to head back to base camp. He couldn't let Cherise worry about him too much, that was of course assuming she was even back from her mission. Michael's ears soon found themselves twitching lightly as they picked up on the sound of footsteps, and his body tensed up slightly. If Immortalis was coming his way he'd have to play things off cool, he didn't want to end up dead before making any real change.

Though it would have seemed that his worry was misplaced as a blonde haired man walking around with a Bibarel approached him. What Michael found odd was that the man'd Pokemon was making a chattering sound with its lips, and Michael knew enough about Bibarel to know they did that when they felt something strange. Though then again maybe the strange thing that it was feeling was Michael being alone in the woods, a part of Michael's brain figured this wasn't the cause though. Either way he tossed somewhat uneasy feeling he had just gotten out of the window, the man who had just arrived spoke to him.

"Don't forget about women, they make everything come full circle." Michael spoke his tone of voice clearly that of a well-mannered person. He had learned the proper ways of speech and a lot of other things from his friend Trinity's sister, it also helped that something about Michael just wanted him to speak with respect towards everyone. The man cleared his throat and took another drink from his flask, the man in front of him didn't appear to be member of the group that had taken over the region. Maybe he was member of Phoenix? Michael didn't remember the faces of all his members, but he was sure that he had seen this man around at least once or twice.

Being the friendly person that he was Michael held up the flask towards the man in a attempt to offer it to him. "Care to have a drink? Its Whiskey I'm sure that it'll help make walking in the woods a little bit better." and cue his smile that made its way onto his face, it wasn'the kind of smile he gave to someone like Cherise but it was a friendly smile. Though even though he thought that this man meant him no harm, why couldn't he shake the feeling that someone was watching him? This urge, this feeling caused Michael to looked around the area and sure enough...his eyes made contact with a figure standing in the shade nearby. From what Michael could tell he was wearing a mask, and was giving off a rather weird vibe.

"You just gonna stand in the shadows and watch us? I promise I'm much more entertaining when your standing a little closer."

Michael followed the man's finger as he pointed towards the old mansion that was off in the distance, he had been sleeping there? The young blonde rolled his eyes, he didn't see why anyone would want to sleep in a place that was haunted by ghosts. Michael took a sip from his flask again realizing that now he only had two drinks left in the metal object and then he would be cutting this encounter they were having short. He really did need to leave, he had people to get back to, and missions to plan out. For the first time since either of the two had arrived on the scene Michael stood himself up, dusting off his pants and readjusting the hood that rested on his head. He closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath, it was going to be a long walk back to base camp.

When he opened his eyes what he was greeted with was the sight of a Haunter licking the other man's Pokemon, and the strange person in front of them claimed the ghost type Pokemon to be his. It would figure he had a Pokemon, and that clearly pointed out that he was either a member of Immortalis or Hydra. He knew this guy wasn't apart of Phoenix, Michael may not have known all of his members but he'd have remember if one of them was walking around sporting a mask. Being told to ignore the Pokemon didn't do anything for Michael, in fact now that the Pokemon was out and about he'd have to be more careful.

The man took his few steps forward ending up about eight feet away from Michael and the other man, while it hadn't been what Michael meant it would do. Eight feet would be close enough for Magmar to let out a flamethrower if he needed to, speaking of Magmar. Michael took his hand that wasn't holding the flask and reached down to grab the fire Pokemon's Pokeball that was hidden from view. Sure it was on his pants but his hoodie covered the belt loops on his pants so that the Pokeball couldn't be seen. Pressing the center button the Pokeball he let lose the mighty fire Pokemon that was inside, Magmar now stood in front of Michael the flames from his tail brightening the whole area up.

"I'm afraid that I never got the chance to introduce myself, I'm Michael...leader of Phoenix." it was a ballsy move sure, but depending on how they man reacted to the news would determine how Michael handed the situation next. "I'm also going to be honest with you stranger in the mask, I think you might be working for Immortalis. Because I know you are not part of Phoenix, if this is the case walk away now...or I will end you." Michael's tone of voice changed greatly as end you escaped from his mouth, and his eyes narrowed at the man. It's your move stranger, it's your move.