The Cornerian Complex

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"Why the glum look, sir?" The bartender asked Butch, seeing as his expression was a little bit depressed.

"I really don't want to talk about it..." Butch sighed while drinking some wine.

"Could you at least tell me where you grew up at?" The bartender asked again while cleaning the glasses.

"I grew up...in a Bunker, Safehouse, whatever you want to call it which was named Vault 25." Butch said.

"Wait...isn't that the place people spent their lives at during some war or something that went on in Lylat?" The bartender was interested in the name of Butch's place of birth.

"I guess..."

[Vulvokunvrii]

Vault 25...... he voiced, mostly to himself.

I'd like to know this...Butch... Lucario talked to himslef as he got up to leave.

His plan was set; he'd wait outside for Butch and follow him around until the moment arose to introduce himself.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"So...what happened some time later after you were born?" The bartender kept talking to Butch.

"Well...it was like normal life, until I reached age 16, my parents were killed. I...thought I was never going to make it...until I have to make my own decisions and decide whether I should follow my father's example to be a bounty hunter or...end up like those bozos out in the streets." Butch explained a bit, surprisingly, he hasn't cried over the death of his father yet.

"And...who'd you choose?" The bartender asked.

"My father, I've always wanted to be bounty hunter so here I am now." Butch said while finishing up his wine, he gave the glass to the bartender.

"What's with the number 25 on the back of your suit?" The bartender asked before the fox was about to leave.

"It's my Vault 25 suit, we all wore it when we lived in the Vault until the war was over." Butch said and left the bar.

[Vulvokunvrii]

Lucario hopped upon the roof of the building, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and waited. All the while, he was reflecting on his recent ecapade on what had been earth; there was barely anything left, cities leveled (yes, most of my universes have something to do wit hearht being ravged by war; mostly they are post-apocolyptic like Fallout 3 or something ) . There were small settlements and the occasional person here and there....but that was beside the point; his goal had been to find evidence of his friend Aaron. The Steel-Fighting Jackal had ben plesed to find out his friends' fate, but it was quite blow to find that he had died; he sacrifsed himslef to stop the weather control device's Storm ability to save the planet from being uncontrollably ravaged.

At least he had passed on fulfilling smething he felt was right.... he thought to himslef, fighting back tears.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

Butch decided to head up to the highest point of the complex to calm himself down after explaining his history a bit, the rooftop.

Going up the stairs and eventually arriving on the rooftop, Butch looked up at the night sky and saw that it was not a starrie-night today, but it didn't matter to him.

Finding a chair to sit down at, he stared at the sky and moments soon, memories of him spending time with his dad soon spread into his head.

'Why is that you haunt me all the time, dad? Evertime I think of you...I'll be sad,' Butch tried not to remember the grousome announcement of the death of his parents.

[Vulvokunvrii]

Sensing both Butch's presence and resent thought, he re-opened his eyes and strolled over to he bench....

It can be hard not to think of those who loved or cared about you isin't it? he said as he stopped along side the two-tailed Fox.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

'Yeah...it's hard. I could've done...something about it.' Butch said, unaware if the mysertious voice was his father or someone else. He rubbed his eyes a bit, trying not to think of anymore about his father nor the past. He looked around the rooftop a bit to see if anyone was there, only a Lucario was sitting next to Butch.

''Wait, who are you?" Butch asked.

[Vulvokunvrii]

'Yeah...it's hard. I could've done...something about it.' Butch said, unaware if the mysertious voice was his father or someone else. He rubbed his eyes a bit, trying not to think of anymore about his father nor the past. He looked around the rooftop a bit to see if anyone was there, only a Lucario was sitting next to Butch.

''Wait, who are you?" Butch asked.

Lucario truned his head to the the Fox, and held out one of his paws to shake, Forgive me for the intrusion, my "name" is "Stacker"

You look as if you arent from around here....almost.... he remarked.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

Lucario truned his head to the the Fox, and held out one of his paws to shake, Forgive me for the intrusion, my "name" is "Stacker"

You look as if you arent from around here....almost.... he remarked.

"Oh I see. Well...to be honest, I'm not from around here, I'm from a mysertious planet that nobody has discovered yet." Butch said, shaking hand-to-hand slowly.

"Things never change at all, I mean...no matter what I'll do, I always imagine hearing things from my father..." He said, his body temputure cooled down a bit. "I just can't stop thinking about him...all I could think of was the first day I got this Pip-dude 4100..." His tails flicked.

[Vulvokunvrii]

The Steel-Fighting Jackal nodded, Well, all you need or attempt to do is focus on psitve memories of your Father, and/or other positve accomplishments you have  done... he trailed off.

He sighed, for he was telling anohter to think positibely, when he himself was doing completly the opposite; he couldn't stop thinking  about Aaron. Lucario knew what he did had saved or granted people more time to live out thei lives, but he elt like he had let his friend down for no being there by his side the whole way.

It was almost as if Aaron was apart of him, and it is hard to forget when loose apart of yourself....

"Stacker" did his best to think positivley, and looked up at the starless sky...trying to relax.

So where do you come from? the Pokemon asked, trying to change the subject.

(okay i need to go to bed, ill post some more later if i can; we are going to possibly go to the movies and i need to get some sleep; its 2:18 in the morining over here. See you tomorrow/ hours from now!)

[Guest Mr. Mario]

(okay i need to go to bed, ill post some more later if i can; we are going to possibly go to the movies and i need to get some sleep; its 2:18 in the morining over here. See you tomorrow/ hours from now!)

(Ok.)

"I come from the planet Kew, that is where Vault 25 is...I spent 16 years of my life in that Shelter until that war was over..." Butch said, staring at the sky as well.

"When it was over, it was time for me to explore the wasteland of Kew...all that damage caused by the nuclear bombs caused Kew to become a ruin of some sort. Everything was destoryed...including the buildings, the only police members in tha planet would be bounty hunters like me...ever since the criminals there just don't stop. It may be risky...but it's for money that I have to make to live in a home. Another shelter maybe...like Vault 25." Butch said, getting a little bit more gladder than being sad.

[Arashikage]

Harmona smirked as the last few were knocked down. Once the round was over the machine started to cry, "WINNER.....WINNER!!!" making her feel good. "Funny thing is, until yesterday....I never fired one of these things....." she admitted as she placed the toy back into the slot.

"Well, hey, you never know what you're good at until you try it" Arashikage said "I mean, I never knew that I was good at jumping out of spacecraft until I tried" He chuckled, remembering the last time he jumped from a spacecraft onto a jungle planet to rescue a few downed fighter pilots, "Good fun..." He remarked, putting the toy gun back and looking at the tickets that spewed out of the machine, "Well, looks like we got a lot of tickets to spend"

[FoxMcCloud]

Toby swallowed his food, "And you are saying your Salad is not good?" he joked, taking another bite, going back into a heavenly trance. "Guh....why this body....why????" the voice asked inside Toby.

Jade watched as the two ascended into a higher plane of thought because of some food. She then proceeded to continue eating her salad, and just laughing at the two every-now and then. She loved the Father/son Bonding they had, it seemed that they both had similar pasts, and connected on that level. She would smile and just continue to eat.

[Vulvokunvrii]

(Ok.)

"I come from the planet Kew, that is where Vault 25 is...I spent 16 years of my life in that Shelter until that war was over..." Butch said, staring at the sky as well.

"When it was over, it was time for me to explore the wasteland of Kew...all that damage caused by the nuclear bombs caused Kew to become a ruin of some sort. Everything was destoryed...including the buildings, the only police members in tha planet would be bounty hunters like me...ever since the criminals there just don't stop. It may be risky...but it's for money that I have to make to live in a home. Another shelter maybe...like Vault 25." Butch said, getting a little bit more gladder than being sad.

Kew....never heard of it.....we've mapped several systems.....but not the one you speak of... He said scratching the side of his head.

My world, or the world that i "came from" was also devestated by war......dont think im wierd asking you this, but: how did your war start? Lucario asked showing curiousity.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"That war...it was started by a master criminal known as Benny, he's the one who kept dropping the bombs on Kew...he may have been responsible for my parent's death...I'm not sure why he would want to go into war with us but., it was just wrong...I was on the road to hunt after him to end the war." Butch paused for a moment, scratching his chin a bit and looking at his Pip-dude 4100.

"I remember...when we set eye to eye...I was nearly killed by him and his soldier bodyguards, that was until another bounty hunter saved me...her name happened to be Kursed." He said while seeing the sun rise from the slightly dark sky.

[Vulvokunvrii]

The Steel-Fighting Jackal nodded as he listened intenly to Butch's explaination.

The war on "my" planet was started by...pointless squabling over resources, territory, and prestige....in the end, they had realized their mistakes and blunder too little, too late. (technically, Lucario isnt from the Erarth i speak of; hes from another "version" and somehow ended up on the one that was devistated by the war i speak of.) he said.

I-I lost a dear....Friend of mine as a reult of the war.....but he went out feeling what he had done was the right path to take..., The Pokemon gazed up into the sky once more, Why couldn't i have been with you

Aaron....why...... he said slowly...as if pondering his own question.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"Whoa, whoa...what's with this...Aaron person? You seem to be....well, bringing him up almost a lot." Butch said, hoping that he wouldn't get a negative response from the pokemon.

The sun rose into the sky as time passed, soon it became daylight once the sun has gone up high enough.

[Vulvokunvrii]

"Whoa, whoa...what's with this...Aaron person? You seem to be....well, bringing him up almost a lot." Butch said, hoping that he wouldn't get a negative response from the pokemon.

The sun rose into the sky as time passed, soon it became daylight once the sun has gone up high enough.

Lucario chuckled mentaly, which sounded almost like an unintentional evil laugh, We had know eachother for quite sometime and were "close" , but in the usual sense, the pokemon continued looking at the floor,We both had this....ability to use the Aura, although his use of it was better than mine.

We both had shared a mental bond with one another; we could sense eachother's presense before visiually or physically coming close to one another, we could sesne eachother when we we far away, etc. When he passsed....I-i could sense it...it felt almost as if i had lost a part of myself.... Lucario finished, holding back tears by closing his eyes and looking up and away so he would feel embarrased.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"I'm sorry about that...I kinda....really didn't mean to...well, bring him up." Butch said, aware of the pokemon that was trying to hold back some tears.

"Sooner or later, I'm leaving this place, I've recieved some word about Benny coming back to attack Kew...I have to protect it or else it will die. I can't let him....destroy Vault 25." Butch said while messing with his Pip-dude for a bit.

[Vulvokunvrii]

wanting not think about the grief of his friend-he had left and came back for that- he turned his attention to the wrist held device on Butches' wrist.

What does that device on your wrist do anyway? cocking his head in curiousity.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"You mean this, my Pip-dude 4100? Well, it was a creation from my father. I used this to check out quests that I need to do, like head back to Kew. It also checks the conditions of myself, it shows me how well my torso, right and left arm, legs and head are, if they weren't feeling well and I was injured badly, this thing would update  and show it's status as CRIPPLED." Butch said.

"This thing also has a map for me, plus whenever I want to, If I want to go to a certain location that's far away, I can simply fast travel by using this." He said.

[Vulvokunvrii]

Interesting..... the Pokemon replied as he observed the device from his postion.

So...., saying this as he strecthed his body to relaive tension, How'd you come to arrive on this planet? Spacecraft....Portal.....? Lucario asked, wincing when he said portal.

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"I travelled with my Pip-dude, I fast travelled from Kew to Corneria...and I ended up at the lowest point of this complex. Fast travelling with this device is like using some sort of power by a spirit...like the Krazoa for one, don't know if you heard of them..." Butch said.

"It's pretty hard to say but...the Pip-dude is pretty much my travelling device, I don't know why I would pilot a spacecraft unless the device was down..."

[Vulvokunvrii]

I came here by s differnet means....im still trying to figure out why i was put here...... The Steel-Fighting Jackal said as he looked at his aging PCV and dusted off some particles; in doing this a small layer chipped off.

Too bad there isnt a maintance facility for this thing....I wonder if the Portal had somethin to do wit this.....

[Guest Mr. Mario]

"Maybe...but I don't know." Butch added on, stretching his arms and legs.

"Well...I don't know what to say other than it's going to be dangerous for me to return to Kew. I'll be leaving in 4 days, first light from now." He got up and stood for a moment.