ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Raid, last night

...It seems like they're heading for a trap, but we're already in one.

Light Screens, extra strength!

-Some of my mons start using Light Screens interspersed with the Protects to try to destroy the emitters-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Main Group

The hologram version of Lex laughs

Hologram!Lex: You really think I developed these without taking Detect, Safegaurd, The Screens and Protect into account? You jerks really are nothing more than lumpy, clumpy clods~ And I haven't even fired them yet!

edited 2nd Sep '15 12:41:59 AM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Phenac City, Silph Co Labs

Deziree: Hey, Dune! We heading back to Sootopolis now?

Dune: Sure. Don't see why not. Just turned in a few of those bonds at the bank earlier today. They had to do a few background checks to make sure I wasn't trying to pull a fast one on them.

Deziree: Don't take it personally, they do that with everyone. But anyway, I'll go get packed!

Dune: Alright. I'll go grab us some lunch before we leave. What do you feel like?

Deziree: Eh, something light.

Dune: Really? I thought you missed breakfast this morning.

Deziree: Eh, maybe, but I'm not feeling to hungry right now.

Dune: Alright. Be back in a bit.

-Dune walks out. After a few moments, Deziree's stomach grumbles and she grips it.-

Deziree: Uuuuugh, I didn't think this through... that place had better be as good as Ren recommended...

Sootopolis, wateride

-Iggy taps her foot to a tune in her head-

Iggy:One-an-two-an-three-an-ha!

-Sting jumps out of the water as practiced...and then lands on Iggy's head not as practiced.-

Sting:...<I don't think this is going to work, Ignia.>

Iggy:Myeeeeh, this's haaaaaard :c

Sootopolis City

Lucius, having finally returned to the city after being teleported away by Maul, is now out for a breath of fresh air with Bishop and Maul by his side.

Lucius: ...Y'know, when you said "the Mushroom Kingdom calls for aid", I was not expecting you to take me to an actual kingdom full of Shroomish.

Maul: ~It was fun, though.~

Lucius: No, it was like Westeros but smellier. Which, given the typical standard of hygiene in medieval fantasy worlds, is pretty darn impressive.

Bishop: <I have never been so grateful for my immunity to poison.>

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Neo-Flare Base, Past

Ren: -Blinks- Lex, you're either bluffing through you teeth or those "lasers" are just energy bursts based on Fighting Aura and Ghost Obscura. That, or you have a Hoopa.

-stepping away from microphone- So it's time to find out which! Normals and Ghosts, take the stage!

-Gamma, Brun, Atlas, Hecate, and Vanamonde, drop their Protects and begin opening fire on the laser turrets with Swift, Heat Wave, and Blizzard.-

Sootopolis, Present

-Ren, Kitsune, Rio, and Lumen are Waiting at The Caldera for Duniree and co to arrive.-

edited 2nd Sep '15 4:31:58 PM by keys2tkingdom

Sootopolis City

-Lucius would find himself suddenly face to face◊ with a hovering Cofagrigus-

Edge: <....>

<LUCIUS!!>

edited 2nd Sep '15 4:34:33 PM by Verax

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Sootopolis

-While Lucius gets distracted by Edge, Bishop might notice a flash of red around a corner-

Main Group

Hologram!Lex: Psych!

Lex beams. Maybe due to the gunked up communicators, he completely misses the heavy thunk of the steel panel crashing back down. Was it raised up?

Hologram!Lex: DIEDIEDIEDIEDIEIDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIE!

Frickin' Laser Beams begin bouncing around the room.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Sootopolis Center, Duniree's Room

-Dune and Deziree are sorting their bags as they settle back in. Deziree's stomach growls.-

Deziree: Oooooogh...

-Dune gives her a concerned look.-

Dune: You alright?

-Deziree is about to respond with a reassuring remark when she suddenly gets a better idea.-

Deziree: My appetite's swinging back around, I guess. Let's go get something to eat.

Dune: Heh, yeah, I would imagine. Lemme guess, you want some place with big portions?

-Deziree mentally pats herself on the back.-

Deziree: Yeah!

Dune: How about a buffet?

-Deziree hears a mental crowd cheering for her in her head.-

Deziree: Oh man, that sounds sooooo good!

Dune: I think I saw one earlier. The... Cauldron? Cal... Cal-something... Calamari? No... Calipso? No no...

-Deziree catches herself leaning over towards Dune in anticipation. Dune snaps his fingers.-

Dune: The Caldera, that's what it is!

Deziree's Imagination

-A crowd of Dezirees cheer Deziree on as she holds up the "This Plan Went Perfectly" plaque, awarded only to Dezirees who have made great strides in the field of plan-making.-

Back in Reality

Deziree: Well, what are we waiting for? I'm starving!

Getting dragged off to dinner myself, be back as quickly as possible. T Sing might be a thing depending on how long this takes.

Sootopolis City

Lucius: GAAAAAH!

He jumps back a surprising distance for someone with such short legs.

Lucius: Where the hell did you come from?

Maul: ~Same place you came from. Beyond the grave.~

Lucius: I wasn't asking you, Maul!

Meanwhile, Bishop sees the flash of red and goes to investigate, his curiosity piqued.

edited 2nd Sep '15 4:49:59 PM by Herbert40k

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Sootopolis City

Edge: <I'm here because I felt like it. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SO LONG!> -He tries his damnedest to reach out and hug Lucius but blindly shoving arms forward is relatively hit or miss-

<You look different! Did you grow a few inches or something or is it the other way ar->

-Beat-

<Wait. Back up.> -Pulls out a record player and slams it on the ground, just to play a record needle scratch-

<YOU? From the grave???>

-He hurls the record player backwards, destroying some stand-

"MY CABBAGES!"

Edge: <WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS>

<YOU SURVIVE ME ONLY TO GO OFF AND GET KILLED>

-Grabs Lucius by his shirt and shakes him in the air-

<WHAT THE HELL IS THAT CRAP??>

The Caldera

Jacob: -Is sitting here waiting for Dune, reading a book-

... You know after this I should try taking Hikari out on a date. Ever Grande has some nice views... Or we could do just like a relax and watch movies thing. Dammit. Why am I so bad at this?

edited 2nd Sep '15 4:54:52 PM by Verax

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Neo-Flare HQ

Ever: Well, crap on a stick.

-Ever dives out of the path of a laser beam-

Ever: I kind of hate this guy.

-he sends out Ephemera as a laser beam burns off a chunk of his hair-

Ever: Ephemera, Signal Beam!

Ephemera: -summons a Volbeat, which fires a laser of its own back at the incoming attacks-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Neo-Flare Base, on the way to R&D

Mezzo: Well, isn't this guy a jer— Yeep! -hops out of the way of an incoming laser-

Mezzo: Okay, Protect doesn't block this. Damn that move is useless. -jumps away from another-

Mezzo: Why did we make that shield wall again?

-she takes a look at the shield wall and notices that contrary to what Lex said, it is holding-

Mezzo: Arceusdammit. -dashes behind it-

edited 2nd Sep '15 5:05:02 PM by Mezzopiano

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

-The five mon Ren ordered to move are KO'd before Ren recalls them as the rest of Ren's mon stay in place to maintain the protective shields over the group.-

Ren: -still safe under Kitsune's Protect- Well at least we know he was bluffing no—

-Turns as he hears the steel panel's crash-

And here comes the Reaper...

edited 2nd Sep '15 4:57:10 PM by keys2tkingdom

Sootopolis

-Bishop would come across a heavily scarred Scizor giving an exasperated sigh toward a rather androgynous girl-

Future!Bishop: <...but even so, I do wish you would slow down a bit. You know more than anyone this is a dangerous path, considering what it did to your father.>

Lillianna: As much as you may be right... I would very much appreciate it if you didn't compare me to him.

Sootpolis City, with Edge

Not for the first time, Lucius finds himself wishing he was a proper, incorporeal ghost as he is gripped by flailing Cofagrigus arms.

Lucius: Urk!

He attempts to wriggle free.

Lucius: Hey, look on the bright side! We're even now. Er... well, not really, since you weren't actually the guy that killed me. But we're both post-mortem Ghost Obscurics, so that's gotta count for something, right?

Sootopolis City, with Lillianna

Upon rounding the corner, Bishop recognises Lillianna and freezes in place, unsure whether to prepare for a fight or retreat to warn Lucius of the perceived threat.

edited 2nd Sep '15 5:07:20 PM by Herbert40k

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Sootopolis City

Edge: <What.>

<... So you were killed. Came back. And got new powers for it and a human body?>

<...>

<Kickass!> -Drops Lucius like a sack-

<Death is a funny thing. We all float. Well not any more since we're undead. But you know.>

-Whirls around to grin in Lucius' face- <SO!>

<What can you do with your shiny new powers?>

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Sootopolis

-Lillianna likewise notices Bishop, and freezes up as well. Future!Bishop blinks and turns around.-

-There are several seconds of awkward, tense silence.-

Sootopolis City, with Edge

Lucius: That's... pretty much the long and short of it, yeah.

He grunts as he's dropped and gets to his feet, brushing himself off.

Lucius: I wish I could float. All I can do with my new powers is make sparks that happen to be a slightly different colour to the sparks I could make with Aura. Not worth dying for, as far as I'm concerned. If I'd known how much undeath sucks I never would've killed you in the first place. Uh... sorry, I probably could've worded that a bit more tactfully.

Sootopolis City, with Lillianna

Bishop: <...>

The silence hangs in the air for several moments more before Bishop turns slowly to Future!Bishop.

Bishop: <...You remind me of somebody, but I can't put my claw on who.>

edited 2nd Sep '15 5:26:50 PM by Herbert40k

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Sootopolis City

Edge: <Laaaame.>

-Waves his arms dismissively- <Ah don't worry about it. I've gotten used to it. Also I can FLY so we're cool.>

-Looks Lucius up and down- <... Wait all you can do is make sparks? Weaaaak. Floating might be beyond the realm of your tiny body but you killed me! You've got to have more potential than sparks.>

-He reclines back in thought for a moment- <... What have you been trying to do? Like. Explain to me you process with trying to materialize it.>

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Main Group

Solana raises her Obscura bubble around herself again.

Solana: This is gettin' exhaustin'. Who is this twerp, anyway?

Salvador: Alexandre Felix Ambroise Rashid Cain. Vouz avez plein de merde

The solemnly, priestly figure of Salvador comes into view. Most of the skeletal, moth-like constructs that adorned his body have long dissipated (leaving bloodstained marks where they once were) but the wings remain. Despite Salvador's calm voice, It is teeming with rage.

Lex's reaction is a lot less glamorous. Falling over with a "BWAH" before scampering back up, though cowered towards the screen.

Hologram!Lex: S-S-Salv? When did you-? I didn't know-? Ahem! You're aligned wi-with them?

Salvador's eyebrow twitches in response.

Salvador: Who I'm aligned with is none of your concern. What did I warn you back in Pueltown?

Hologram!Lex: ...Don't get caught up in Obviously Evil syndications. Especially ones with "Flare" in their titles...

Salvador: And what have you done?

Hologram!Lex: ...Got caught up with an Obviously Evil syndication. In particular, one with "Flare" in their title...

Salvador rubs his forehead.

Salvador: Your decisions when Lucrece and I are not around are still as poor as ever.

Solana: -Looking to the Fourth Wall- ???

edited 2nd Sep '15 5:34:50 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Sootopolis

-Naturally, Lillianna's instinct is to blurt out the worst possible thing she can: the truth.-

Lillianna: H-he's you—

-She is quickly shooshed by a red claw to her mouth.-

Future!Bishop: <Who I am is of no concern to you.>

Neo-Flare HQ, Main Group

Ever: ...

How do all these people know each other?!

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Neo-Flare HQ, main group

Mezzo: -to Ever- That's a really good question.

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.