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Coumarine, Sunday Morning

-They do indeed come across the circle of hats, though they don't do so until Tide trips over one of them while trying to get a better look at the map-

Tide: <Oh! ...Sorry...>

Lumiose Badlands, Past

Keys: <You know how the old saying in goes, "if you play with fire —

-Keys some puts on a pair of black shades-

<— you're going to get burned". Still, I got to say There Is No Kill Like Overkill.> >:D

Ren: -sending out Kitsune- Keys, who are you talking to?

Keys: <No one you would know. Also, we should probably clean up a bit, because lets face it, no one likes that Mexican-baked-flour-burnt-to-charcoal-and-ashes smell.>

edited 28th Apr '14 1:14:01 PM by keys2tkingdom

Couriway Town

Duke is currently training Recette and Pluto while apparently making some notes.

Thanks to Silent for Spagging this with me.

Anistar Gym

-At the center of the Gym's internal weird outer space (whatever that is and however she manages to do it), Olympia stands on a large platform held by her own psychic power; she at first does not seem to react to the presence of a new challenger, though the psychic platform does seem to react by changing its colouration as one gets closer to the Gym Leader-

-Crow gets closer, eventually reaching said platform-

Crow: "Hey! I'm here for the challenge."

-Olympia now seems to react; she stares at Crow for a moment before approaching slowly.-

Olympia: "Here to test your fate? Hmmm…"

— seems to psychically examine Crow while producing a Pokéball from her cloth —

"I see your eagerness, I shall then make you draw out your power."

-She then sends out a Swoobat-

Crow: "Hm..."

"You're up, then, Hookwolf!"

-He throws the ball, releasing a Pawniard from it-

Hookwolf: <Prepare to do battle, o fluffy one! Your combat aeronautical may be strong, but we shall prevail through the power of the ancients, teamwork, and dance!>

Crow: "Oh, right. Use Swords Dance!"

Hookwolf: <I shall!>

-He proceeds to sloppy swish in order to sharply boost his Attack-

-The Swoobat turns to Olympia and gives out a cute, but eerie call-

Olympia: "Worry not yet, go ahead and stay ahead; attack with Charge Beam!"

-And the Swoobat flies up a small distance to try and get out of reach, then bats wings with strength while collecting a cloud of psychic energy that itself summons electricity from the ambient-

-Once the Swoobat has collected enough energy and remains shielded from it (bird, remember) she fires it towards the Pawniard's position-

-Hookwolf is struck by the Charge Beam and knocked backwards-

Hookwolf: <Ah! The bright light, it baffles me with it's brilliance!>

Crow: "Try Feint Attack!"

-Hookwolf nods, then uses his boosted power to try and strike the Swoobat in an unavoidable manner-

-The Swoobat tries to evade the attack as much as she can but since it's an attack delivered in an unavoidable manner, it doesn't work, and she ends up struck on the head and knocked down to the ground for her troubles-

Olympia: "Hang in there. In this critical sutiation cut to the chase, use your strengths. Cut with an Air Slash!"

-The Swoobat gets back to the air and takes advantage of her still staying close to the ground to tilt herself and bat her wings once, releasing a wide blade of air that heads straight for Hookwolf's chest at top speed-

-Sometimes blades of air come around-

-And they knock Pawniards down-

-But Hookwolf gets up when they knock him down, knock him down-

-...Anyway, Hookwolf took a fair amount of damage, but he's still standing-

-And he uses this opportunity to attack with another Feint Attack-

-Olympia does not have much time to warn Swoobat about the attack, not that it would have helped anyway. Swoobat takes a hit and is sent spinning to the ground with a scream, she even bounces once when she lands, and then remains there motionless except for the swirly eyes-

Olympia: "…A surprising result. Yet this does nothing more than setting the score for us to play to. This time I'll take a safer approach."

-Olympia steps back and using her psychic power conjures a black mirror. She sinks her arm into it and from whatever lies at the other side she produces a Pokéball, which she tosses to the field-

-A Slowking, a bit on the small-ish side for its species, pops up from the Pokéball and awaits with its arms crossed-

-The Slowking looks at Hookwolf arms crossed, puts up a somewhat forced smile-

Slowking: <Good afternoon…>

Hookwolf: <Good afternoon! I hope you are as good in combat as you are at smiling!>

Olympia: "Battles ahead must be handled with care. Wounds burnt, scars washed. Go with Scald!"

-The Slowking takes a moment to notice the command, uncrosses arms and runs a small distance to approach Hookwolf and shoot a scalded water jet-

-Hookwolf is unable to dodge the scalding water due to the Slowking's surprising speed when he actually battles, is struck by it, and faints-

Crow: "Hm..."

-He recalls Hookwolf-

"Alright... Go, Chariot!"

-He sends out the small Pumpkaboo-

Chariot: <A battle against the youngest prince... Hope this goes well.>

Crow: "Hm... Let's start off with Trick-or-Treat!"

Chariot: <Fear not, young prince, for I shall escort you to the ball!>

-He makes some motions and an ethereal pumpkin carriage pulls up behind the Slowking-

-A Phantump footman opens the door and shoves the Slowking in-

-The Slowking seems to not notice or react the carriage stopping behind him, let alone care about being carried in. There are some light effects and sounds coming from the inside and some yells, and in the end the voice of the Slowking coming from the inside:-

Slowking: <Aaaah… you seem to be a nice Pawniard! I hope we have an interesting battle!>

-and then he's kicked out of the ghostly carriage, his skin and eye features looking more "ghostly"-

-Olympia tilts head at the effects of the attack, and seems to look up to the "space" (the sky) for counsel-

Olympia: "When the arts are mind-twisting, a new look at things is needed. Detach yourself, Slowking," — turns to him — "in a self-imposed sacrifice. I thought I would never say this but enact a Curse!"

-Slowking takes quite a moment to react and starts focusing its force of mind and spirit; however instead of the usual effect of the summoned power twishing his body increasing his physical attributes, the energies are cast in the form of a ghostly, screaming Voldemortian face in the direction of the Pumpkaboo-

-Chariot is struck by the Voldemortian face and has its curse placed on him-

Chariot: <Oh dear me... What a fright...>

-He loses a quarter of his health-

Crow: "...Well, didn't expect that."

"Anyway, hm..."

Chariot: <To be able to use such moves unafraid, clearly the young prince does not know fear. I shall teach it to him.>

-Chariot forms Obscura around himself to make the form of a monstrous Liepard-

Crow: "...That works."

-Chariot then tries to dash forward and 'claw' at the Slowking-

-Though, in practice, this is just a glorified Astonish-

-The Slowking is surprised by the Astonish-ingly monstrous Liepard figure while he was just beginning to rush towards Chariot, and in his surprise and pain lets out a notorious, Slowpoke-y yell. He also seems to take a good amount of damage and to be surprised for reasons unrelated to the move… not to mention late…-

Olympia: "…More aperture of mind, this creature needs. Don't let this apparent fate lead you stray, attack with another Scald!"

-But then the Slowking falls to the ground and seems to meep for a moment, which makes Olympia tilt her head even more as the Slowking flinches-

Slowking: <…N-no! What a waste, poor Pawniard! This burns, not having been able to even introduce myself properly…> — and continues meeping.

-Chariot loses another chunk of health from the Curse, but still looks satisfied-

Chariot: <Excellent, it seems you understand fear now.>

Crow: "Chariot, do that again!"

Chariot: <...But the young prince already knows fear!>

Crow: "Drive the point home, then?"

Chariot: <Alright, then.>

-Chariot turns into a monstrous Ghost-Liepard again, then tries attacking the Slowking-

-The Slowking blinks when he finally sees the Pumpkaboo again-

Slowking: <…Oh? What a cute little thing we have here!> — eagerly — <I'm Tlas! Who are you, little creature?>

Olympia: -seems to realize what's going on, assists her command with a psychic hint- "Slowking, you must take this battle head on! A Zen Headbutt should help!"

-The Slowking reacts by bracing himself up and rushing at Chariot with some speed, not much; he is slashed at by the Liepard-esque figure that Mezzo would probably be proud of, but fortunately for himself manages to continue, despite looking very harmed; he casts his head crown and jewel in Psychic energy in the meantime-

-Chariot is struck by the Zen Headbutt and, with the combination of it and the Curse, runs out of energy-

Chariot: <It... seems he didn't learn fear after all...>

-He faints, then is recalled by Crow-

Crow: "Alright... You're up, then. Teacher!"

-Crow sends out the Malamar-

Teacher: <...Please tell me you're not expecting me to get my tentacles dirty in battle.>

Crow: "Please?"

Teacher: <Your begging is insufficient, though it is appreciated.>

Crow: "Maybe you'll be able to get your adoring admirers by winning battles?"

-Teacher folds his tentacles-

Teacher: <There have to be better ways to do it.>

Crow: "Maybe, but you can work on those later. Now, try Night Slash!"

Teacher: <Hm.>

-He tries slashing the Slowking with an Obscura-coated Tentacle-

-The Slowking is a bit busy minding some of his own business and does not even notice the Malamar showing up. In the time it takes for Teacher and his Trainer to argue, the Slowking seems to be doing some arguing of his own against an unseen figure-

Slowking: -gesticulates- <…What? Who are you and why are you pulling me like that?> — dramatic pause — <Hey, I'm not paying you Team Fare's cartel nothing! I hire no ride!> — mumbles, clenches teeth, seems to struggle — <So that's what things are going to be like, huh?>

-Olympia seems at least a bit baffled by Slowking's struggle and is about to try to give him a command when the Slowking falls over, as if pushed by some invisible force-

Slowking: <…Gwaaah!>

<I can _see_ the door, you know?>

<Figures…>

-He stands up, pats, and cleans himself over-

<…Oh? What's with my paw? It feels->

-And has his monologue interrupted by Teacher approaching with the Obscura-coated tentacle, which hits him squarely on the head. The Slowking yells in pain as the Obscura courses his entire body with greatly increased effect, and as the attacking energies find an exit through his head crown the Pokémon falls over, defeated, eyes swirly-

-After Olympia makes her call for the Meowstic, the constellation of the Meowstic shines, in light red color. Then suddenly a short distance over the battlefield a small, white hole opens in space with a boom and a cone of light beams and rings forms. From the nothingness at the end of the cone, the figure of a Meowstic slowly emerges, her steps miffled by the thundering hole in space; but as soon as the Meowstic steps down from the hole and onto the battleground, the cone of light shrinks into nothingness, its light and sound disappearing-

Ceiling Meowstic: <I was summoned here.> — looks around, notices a Malamar — <…Is this what I have to do?>

Crow: "...Huh."

Teacher: -to the Meowstic- <Do I sense hesitation in your voice? You could gain so much more by serving my magnificence than carrying out this battle.>

-The Meowstic gives a half-second glare that quickly turns into an expression of derision-

Ceiling Meowstic: <Don't confuse mercy with hesitation, and don't tire your opponent of either.> — waves paw — <Peoplemons with a personality case like yours might serve a grounding down to "Earth", hmmm...>

-Olympia does not take notice of the trash talk but doesn't seem to like the way Meowstic is addressing the battle; still, she summons her forward to recommence the battle-

Olympia: "Very well, this is the last effort, and with catlike tread we will walk the plank to assume our fates." — to the Meowstic — "Try to seize advantage, go with a Sucker Punch!"

-The Meowstic nods, then darts forward while wrapping her arm in Dark-type energy that is summoned on the road-

Teacher: <Hm, who are you to address me as su->

-He is struck by the Sucker Punch, due to the act of aggression being somewhat like an attack-

Teacher: <...You clearly have a great lack of sense to dare do this to me.>

Crow: "Alright... Try Night Slash, then?"

Teacher: <It's a shame I have to deal with you myself.>

-He tries to strike the Meowstic with an Obscura-coated tentacle-

-While retreating after the Sucker Punch, the Meowstic takes Teacher's Night Slash across the chest, being slapped away; she takes enough damage to have her react violently, with yelling and hissing; however, being a cat, she does not lose her balance and merely steps back to a safer distance-

Ceiling Meowstic: <Aha…> — rubs chest fur — <For somemon so prideful at least you can back up your own words.> — gives a half-leer in Crow's direction — <You are not a lost cause yet, perhaps.>

-Olympia evaluates the situation for a moment, calls for the Meowstic to keep just out of range-

Olympia: "These valiants efforts must be answered in kind. Don't let any move to go waste and don't lose your temper over this. Calm Mind, then Magical Leaf."

-The Meowstic steps further back, assumes a more relaxed posture. She closes her eyes and summons psychic energy from the ambient to cover herself and imbue her own fur and skin with it, shielding it against further damage somewhat. She then starts levitating only barely above the ground, but along with her many small particles across the ground are lifted and coated with Grass-type energy flowing from SOMEWHERE-

-Teacher is struck by the unavoidable leaves and is knocked to a bit below medium health-

Teacher: <Quite persistent. It's a shame we have to be enemies. Things would be much easier if you would...>

-His eyes start glowing-

<~serve m-~>

Crow: -cutting the Malamar off- "...Teacher, don't do that."

-Teacher's eyes go back to normal-

Teacher: <...Hm.>

Crow: "Great. Now try Payback."

-Teacher begins amassing obscuric energy, then tries to strike at the Meowstic-

-The Meowstic lands after sending out the barrage of leaves, then braces herself to take Teacher's strike; still, the boosted effect of the attack sends her rolling a short distance, and she seems fairly distraught from the effects the Obscuric energies have over her body-

Ceiling Meowstic: <Ouch… How pitiful...>

-She stands up and cleans herself up.-

Olympia: "This battle is getting hard; time to strike decisively and give a clear signal of out faith, Meowstic..."

-The Meowstic narrows her eyes at Olympia, then at Teacher, and then flares up her ears to start collecting a large amount of energy-

Ceiling Meowstic: <Do you think I would not know of your delusions of grandeur? Your mind is so simple, you ambition to little, and born of petty need. Let's examine if this lack of self esteem bugs you!>

-And with a psychic hold coalesces the energies flowing around into a small disc, from which with a swing of her paw she fires a whip of Bug-type energy at Teacher-

-Teacher is struck by the Bug-type energy and looks barely conscious-

Crow: "...Teacher?"

Teacher: <...>

<You think your words can affect me like that? How little you truly know me. You are insignificant before me!>

Crow: "...That could have maybe been phrased better, but great! Let's drive the point home!"

-Teacher tries attacking the Meowstic with another Payback-

-Thanks to the distance she has built, the Meowstic has the time to brace for the attack, though she still takes quite a beating. She is thrown to the ground and has to get up panting, looking like she's gone through a rough patch. Still, her demeanour seems to not have changed and after a stern look at the Malamar the Meowstic just resumes the task of cleaning her fur-

-Olympia shares a look with the Meowstic, who does not seem too eager to continue the battle; with this, the Gym Leader decides to attempt a last attack-

Olympia: "Okay, let's try a final shot, something for this battle to be remembered by... give him your Charge Beam."

Ceiling Meowstic: -shakes herself, shrugs- <It's fine by me… if you don't get it. Don't you?>

-She summons electric energy that she maintains only barely isolated from her body, her fur standing on end; then she opens her ears to create a small arc between them and from there channels the energy in a bright beam towards the Malamar-

Ceiling Meowstic: <You win against an opponent naturally disadvantaged, and instead of living happily in that and securing the good things you have, you boast about riches you don't have. I'll leave here for you a sample of the shocks life has in reserve for you.>

-Teacher notices the Beam coming at him and manages to dodge barely-

Teacher: <Hm. I pity you. A creature who acts superior as if she doesn't know how beneath you she truly is.>

-He tries striking the Meowstic with another Night Slash-

-The Charge Beam has missed by a tentacle and change, and the Meowstic is left without much if any chance to brace herself in her condition; she takes the Night Slash without much defense and is sent spiraling to the ground, stopping a couple of meters away. While she doesn't go swirly eyes, several seconds of struggle to get back up pass before the Meowstic simply lets out an annoyed hiss-

Ceiling Meowstic: <Fine, if there's no use from challenging your bias then,> — curls to rest — <shall be it that a Pokémon more aware of the hardships of life comes to give you a spanking.>

-The Meowstic yawns boredly, simply lies there taking a quick nap. Olympia places a hand on her waist and after waiting for a moment recalls the Meowstic-

Olympia: "Very well then, this is how the tides of fate have grown, the doubts in your team to be washed away." — approaches — "You have shown to be prepared for one future, and this marks your chosen path."

-And produces the Psychic Badge to give to Crow-

Teacher: ...Hmph...

Crow: "Oh, thanks."

-He takes the badge, recalls Teacher, then heads off-

edited 28th Apr '14 1:10:02 PM by crowlover

Xanadu

-Umbra throws a Shadow Ball at Jane while Cuyahoga Fire Blasts and Ereth Seed Bombs-

Could be anywhere, probably. I think they're probably in Kalos, though.

-Zeal, Lanie, Braden, and/or their mons exist at this/these location(s).-

Snowbelle

-Joseph pops up next to Zeal-

Hai!

Snowbelle City

Zeal: Gah!

-He falls down.-

Snowbelle

How have you been, Zealzy? :3

Snowbelle City

Zeal: Well, right now... cold.

-He half smiles and stands up.-

Snowbelle

Oh, right! It's snowing.

How's your egg? :3

Snowbelle City

Zeal: It's probably cold, too.

Lumiose City, Evening, Past

-Recognizing the name on the caller ID, Ren picks up.-

Ren: Oh hey, long time no see.

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Ren: So what can I do for you this evening?

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Ren: Sure, I got plenty of it. What do have in mind?

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Ren: Heh. I approve. Do you have measurements and design sketches or images?

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Ren: Thanks. I'll check my mail for them later. By the way, what's this for?

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Ren: WHAT?! I can't —

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Ren: No! I won't enable someone to pull something so —

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Ren: But you could —

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Ren: But —

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Ren: Rrrrrgghhh... Listen.... I... *sigh* Nevermind... ... ...I'm assuming you're set on this?

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Ren: And there's no way I can change your mind?

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Ren: Alright. Fine. I'll do it. I want to make sure this is done right.

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Ren: However, there will be conditions.

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Ren: First of all, I will only do this under the understanding that you'll allow me to add a few modifications to your design. I'll have Gamma make some CG models and base specs and I'll mail them to you for approval.

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Ren: We can discuss further conditions once you see my first draft.

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Ren: Of course you'll have input. I am a professional when it comes to commissions after all.

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Ren: I'd rather you not thank me for this, as it's against my better judgement. But I also know you'd do it with or without my help, so I going to make sure it's made right.

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Ren: You're welcome. Be safe and we'll talk after you've checked my proposal.

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Ren: You too. Good night.

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Ren: Good bye.

-Ren hangs up and calls for Gamma, who is Playing LL XIV in a laptop.-

Ren: Gamma, I just got a commission. I'm going to need your help with it.

Snowbelle

Oh! Well, maybe we should go inside! :3

Snowbelle City

Zeal: But...!

-His teeth chatter.-

...Actually, I like that idea.

Snowbelle

OK!

-they step inside the Center-

- Morrigan and HABIT, having no luck in Anistar, decide to go to Snowbelle. -

- one convienent plothole later, they are finally there. -

Snowbelle City

Zeal: Hm... What's the warmest place you can think of? Maybe bringing the egg there will help.

Snowbelle

Well...do you have a mon with Flame Body?

Snowbelle City

Zeal: No, but Mel's got a mon with Magma Armor. I should ask her about that...

Xanadu - Past

/Duck/: Model ready for export, savename?

Oh wonderful, name it... I should probably see it first shouldn't I...

/Duck/: Exporting

-A small black square opens next to Pent-

Brilliant.

-He smiles and reaches into the square and pulls out... A thin conductor's baton...-

/Duck/: I may have gotten a little too enthusiastic with the sculpting tool. Maybe.

... Okay, it'll have to do.

Right then, let's give it a shot...

-He glances at Jane, then at the ~ and decides the best idea would be to throw the really sharp baton at the crazy AI-avatar-

edited 28th Apr '14 3:40:15 PM by Pentigan

Xanadu — Past

-Jane is once again struck by the attacks. She looks at Vierr, who is charging at her with as much of an Obscura blade as he can manage.-

Jane: You're going down!

-She grabs him, and a large pillar of glitchy block comes down and crushes him.-

Vierr: Hrk—!

-He barely manages to withstand it as the pillar flickers back out of existence. He gets up and backs away.-

Vierr: ...I can't handle another of those...

edited 28th Apr '14 3:46:15 PM by Eskay64

Xanadu

-Umbra leaps up and attempts to slam a Shadow Ball over Jane's head-

Anistar

Azumarill is struck by Poison Jab, super effectively, and across the arena. Though Azumarill's health is near half, it seems like he himself doesn't mind the pain.

Azumarill: They really do seem to love each other!

Robin: Heh. Normally, when one of you gets knocked down another thinks up of a "witty" comment.

...Oh, yeah, the fight. Azumarill! Play Rough!

Azumarill: I saw this game in Robin's comic book! I'm sure it'll be fun for you~

Azumarill lets out a flurry of punches, as he charges at Rocker, all while screaming a rather bizarre, inaudible battle cry...

edited 28th Apr '14 4:27:42 PM by mrsunshinesprinkles

Route 19

Ever: ...This is not a valid battle.

Sky Battler Sera: Don't be silly! Sky Battles are an old tradition!

Ever: I'm not questioning them. I'm questioning my Heliolisk trying to get involved.

Sky Battler Sera: ...Can he fly?

Ever: No.

Cuseinga: <Pah! I can compete with any flyer! Just watch me!> -folds arms-

Ever: -scooping up the Heliolisk- Absolutely not. I don't need my license rescinded for letting my mons fall to their deaths. -starts walking away-

Cuseinga: <Aww...>