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Victory Road

Jason:Heh...

-He leans, cracking his back-

So...learn anything? What's been up?

Ever Grande

Brushfire: -blinks, but does not remove the Pecha berry- <Was there some reason for that?>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Ever Grande City

Orcus is currently on Solana's laptop, reading comments on a J-Team fanblog out of morbid curiosity.

J-Team Fan Forums

-A little while later-

Back to Orcus

Orcus: ...

...<Okay, that's enough of [that] for today>.

<Time to wash the taste of [that] out with some [Neo-Flare Official Chattr]> ;3c

Orcus closes the current tag and opens a background tag.

Orcus: .<[Classic~]>

edited 10th Oct '15 6:18:58 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Floating Fortress, Command Center

On that topic:

Lazarus: Glendower I'm boooored. Not even the experiments are entertaining. WAIT I'VE GOT IT.

<Glendower: ?>

Lazarus: -proceeds to troll and/or shitpost for the next five hours-

Joe and Munn's Room

Joseph: Tch.

Munn: Wha?

Joseph: There's this whole thing where people on the J-Team forum are shipping Tagg and Salvador now. And they got this silly picture of Sal in thigh-highs, too! The depths these people go to, I swear...

-Munn "mmphs" and rolls over to sleep-

Joseph: ...

Those are really nice boots...and legs...and everyth-MONOGAMYMONOGAMYMONOGAMYSTUPIDSEXYSALVADOR

edited 9th Oct '15 8:32:45 PM by ILoveDogs

Victory Road

<Yeah, I think I've got a better idea how tough the league challengers here are now>

-Shinobi thinks for a few moments-

<Lately I'm mostly relaxing and trying to figure out what to do with myself now that I don't have to worry about Mew being stuck with some Galactic weirdo>

Ever Grande

Tropius: -While surfing the web- <Tagg, looks like we should've been a bit more careful coming back.>

Huh?

-Checks-

Arceus, it's like when people shipped me with Tracer after that battle with Giovanni.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Somewhere

[A trainer and a Pokemon are sitting in a vague location with no distinguishing characteristics- It wouldn't be inaccurate to call it a 'void.' The trainer's name is Slouch. Not an imposing figure by any stretch of the imagination, he stands at a modest height and rather closely resembles a particularly dopey-looking stick with a mess of brown hair perched on top.]

Slouch: I-I'm right here...

[His surly-looking Pokemon companion is a different story. Riptide, being a Feraligatr, boasts a fearsome size and strength.]

Riptide: <You know it.>

[Physical descriptions aside, Slouch and Riptide are currently A.) Bored out of their minds, B.) Clueless as to their whereabouts and C.) Clueless as to a great number of other things.]

Riptide: <So where exactly are we?>

Slouch: [Looks around] I can't say, but... It feels like we've been here for a very long time.

Riptide: <Days? Weeks?>

Slouch: Years.

Riptide: <Don't be ridiculous.>

<...Although->

Slouch: [Cutting in] What's the last thing you remember?

Riptide: <Easy. We were... Uh...>

[Riptide pauses. A look of deep concentration washes over him for a moment.]

<Wait, something's comin'. Goldenrod- No, Olivine... There was a Krabby, then...> [Frowns] <...That pisshead of an eel.>

Slouch: MGMT?

Riptide: [Scoffs] <You know any other pisshead eels?>

[Slouch concedes wordlessly.]

<Anyway, that's all I got. What about you?>

Slouch: Uhhh... Olivine?

Riptide: [Narrows his eyes] <Do you mean that? Or are you just sayin' it 'cause I said it?>

Slouch: The latter, I suppose... [Sighs, then falls back, lying on the ground]

[Riptide starts rummaging through Slouch's bag.]

Slouch: What're you doing in there?

[Riptide does not answer. Instead, he pulls out a Premier Ball, a Safari Ball and a Poké Ball and releases their inhabitants- A male Forretress (Wally), a male Marowak (Numbskull), and a female Typhlosion (Vesuvius).]

Riptide: <What's your guys' opinions on all this?>

Wally: [Mid-sentence- He must have been talking to himself, and currently appears to have no awareness of his surroundings] <...and I think the main reason behind that is because, like, I'm a ball, right? The relationship between Mon and Ball... it goes further than the physical. It's like... It's like I can connect with the Ball on a spiritual level, because we have that much in common...> [Continues rambling]

Numbskull: [Engaging in a rather one-sided conversation with Wally] <Bone bone bone bone? Bone bone bone bone bone bone! Bone bone bone bone bone, bone bone: "Bone, bone!">

Riptide: [Flatly] <Great. Stellar contributions as always, you two.> [Returns Wally and Numbskull to their Balls]

Slouch: Vess? Surely you've got some input.

Vesuvius: [Frowns] <I know as little as you two on this one, sorry.>
[Looks around]
<Looks a little Hoennese, doesn't it?>

Slouch: How can you tell?

Vesuvius: [Hesitates] <...I can't. No, I've got nothing.>

Riptide: <Well, that makes five of us.>

???: <Six!>

[Slouch, Riptide and Vesuvius turn to face the voice.]

Thanks to Herbet and Tangent for spagging this with me.

Shun's Room, [Schrödingers] Pokécenter, yesterday

-Sholto comes flying in-

-Shun glances up momentarily from his notebook-

Shun: "Ah, you're back. How did your excursion go, if I may ask?"

Sholto: "Not the best, but I helped him find the guy, at least."

-blip!-

-Mew pops into view above the table-

Mew: Hey, I was told there was a glitch?

-Shun stares incredulously at Mew-

Shun: "...One moment, please."

-he whacks himself on the forehead with his notebook, then blinks-

Shun: "...Apparently I'm not dreaming. That comes as a surprise to me."

<Oh, hey, Mew. Didn't expect to be seeing you.>

Mew: What's his problem?

-she pokes Shun-

-Shun flinches back, as though he hadn't been expecting Mew to be solid-

Shun: "I don't know, perhaps it has something to do with THE LEGENDARY POKEMON MATERIALISING IN MY ROOM? That is what's happening here, correct? I'm not merely imagining the floating pink cat hovering two feet in front of me? Because empirical evidence aside, a stress-induced hallucination would be the most logical explanation."

Sholto: "Oh, uh, she's real, yeah. Explaining what she's probably doing here might take a bit, though..."

Mew: I thought my existence was a scientifically established fact by now? I mean, you guys did clone me and all~ ♥

Anyways, I heard you had issues with your weremonnyness?

Sholto: <Uh, yeah, it's not much of a problem for me personally, but I've been stuck as a Honchkrow for a while now.>

Mew: Let me see...

-she pokes Sholto-

Mew: Oh, I see. This guy caught you? He does know you're a weremon, right?

Shun: "Not until you mentioned it, no, but I had my suspicions about whether or not he was always a Honchkrow. Also could we please address the fact that Mew is in my room talking about weremons as though they're an actual thing? I don't think we're giving that the emphasis it deserves."

Sholto: -to Shun- "Oh? You knew? How'd that happen?"

"And maybe? I don't know, I guess I'm used to things enough at this point that I just accept it. I can see why it'd be difficult for you, though."

-to Mew- <But anyway, does that make a difference, Mew?>

Mew: When you joined his team, you made a contract, if you will. What your friends call The Vow.

It... doesn't exactly take weremons into account. Maybe we need to bring that up for amendment in a few decades if this stays a common thing.

But for now, you need to break the contract- which is kinda poor form- or get permission from your trainer to split time between your human and Pokémon lives.

-she flips upside down to look at Shun-

Mew: But that shouldn't be a problem, right?

Shun: "...I suppose not? It would help if I had any idea what I was agreeing to. Or indeed any idea what's going on at all, but I gave up hope on that one around the time when weremons were introduced to the conversation."

Mew: Oh, that's easy, I could just show y- ow!

-she gets hit by a paper airplane-

Paper Airplane: Don't go turning people into weremons willy-nilly, remember? -Celebi

Mew: ...right. Well, all you really have to do is be fine with him being human again sometimes.

-Shun nods-

Shun: "That's perfectly acceptable. It might even make things easier on occasion."

Sholto: "Oh, yay, that'll make things easier. And I definitely didn't want to break that contract."

"Though..."

Mew: Though?

Sholto: "This may sound a bit ungrateful or something, but... while I admit it'll be helpful to be able to be human again... I'm a bit nervous about getting stuck as a human now. Especially since I dunno what'll happen if the Murkrowvirus goes."

Mew: -pokes Sholo-

Bam. You're default-Honchkrow now.

Sholto: "Oh, yay, thanks!"

<I should probably figure out how to get rid of the Murkrowvirus, then.>

Shun: "What in the world is a Murkrowvir- actually, never mind. I already know I'm going to regret learning the answer to that question."

Sholto: "Oh, was going to tell you, but okay, then."

Mew: 'k, now if you'll excuse me, I have to go see what all the hip young kids are doing online these days.

-blip!-

Sholto: <See ya!>

Shun: "I'm going to pass out now. Wake me up when normalcy has reasserted itself."

-he flops into bed-

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

Ever Grande City - Battle

Seeing the other Mon charging towards Electivire, Alexander has an idea.

Alexander: "Electivire, use Thunder Punch!"

Electivire waits until Arcanine is pretty near, then strikes.

Victory Road

-Jason blinks...thrice.-

Jason;Mew Galactic wat! ?_?

-A certain human Lucario walks up, tipping her Choice Specs down in a scowl-

Shana:Jason! You're falling behind again! Do I have to drag ya?!

[The voice was that of a golden Noctowl. It hovers above Slouch and his team.]

Noctowl: <WHOO ENTERS MY DOMAIN?>

[The three watch incredulously as the Noctowl descends and lands.]

Noctowl: <YES, IT IS I: THE BLINDINGLY BRILLIANT BIRD OF BOUNDLESS BENEVOLENCE; THE SPECTACULAR, SHINING, SHIMMERING STRIGIFORME OF SWEET, SWEET SALVATION. I AM THE GUARDIAN OF THIS SACRED REALM. IF IT IS KNOWLEDGE YOU SEEK, YOU MUST FIRST BEST ME IN SINGLE COMBACK>

[Before the Noctowl could finish his sentence, Riptide was on him, one hand around his throat and the other readying an Ice Punch.]

Noctowl: [Wings flailing in a panic] <Alright, alright, alright! Cool your jets, guy, I was just messin' around!>

[Riptide lets the Noctowl go.]

Noctowl: [Dusting itself off] <Ahem. Now if you're quite finished...> [Glares at Riptide]

<I assume you'll have a question or two?>

Vesuvius: <As a matter of fact, we do. First of all, where are we?>

Noctowl: <We're in the Mystery Zone. Have you heard of the Mystery Zone?>

[Silence. Slouch looks at Riptide, who looks at Vesuvius, who shakes her head.]

Noctowl: <Well, that's understandable. It is, after all, quite mysterious.>

Slouch: I've got a question. How come we can't remember anything from the past, if I had to guess, year or two?

Noctowl: [Shrugs] <I'unno. That one's on you, buddy.>

Slouch: How'd we get here?

Noctowl: <Again, I don't know. That's none of my concern.>

Slouch: [Frowns] Aren't you supposed to be some all-knowing mystical sage or whatever? I mean, you came across that way, at least.

Noctowl: <Well thank you, but no. I just work here, man.>

<...Anyway, I digress. I assume you guys are wondering how to get out of here, correct?>

[All three nod.]

Noctowl: <I thought that might be the case... Well, the truth is...>

[The Noctowl sighs] <I hate having to break it to them like this...>

<...You can't.>

[Slouch cries out and stumbles backwards, beginning to turn pale. Riptide snarls and makes a move towards the Noctowl, only for Vesuvius to jump in front and try to talk some sense into the Feraligatr.]

Noctowl: <Just kidding! Just kidding. Just a little practical joke we like to play on newcomers here. Some take it better than others. No harm done, alright?>

Slouch: [Still taken aback] Kind of a dick move, though...

Riptide: <Been a while since I tasted bird meat...>

Vesuvius: [Stern] <Rip, enough. This bird is our only ticket out of here. I understand your line of thinking, given the circumstances...> [Vesuvius shoots the Owl Pokémon a glare] <...But you need to exercise restraint.>

Riptide: [Pauses] <...Yeah. Alright. Sorry, Vess.>

Noctowl: <Guys, I get it. It was in poor taste, I'm sorry. Joking aside, the way out is in actual fact quite simple: I use my amazing powers to transport you elsewhere.>

Slouch: That easy?

Noctowl: <That easy! Really!>

Slouch: No... catch? No hidden drawbacks?

Noctowl: [Thinks] <Well, there is one th->

[All three shoot the Noctowl a look.]

<I get it. No, no drawbacks.>

Slouch: So... Can you do that, then?

Noctowl: <Right. Of course.>

[The golden Noctowl takes to the air and begins to circle around Slouch, Riptide and Vesuvius while reciting a strange incantation...]

Victory Road - Entrance

[Slouch opens his eyes and sits up. He looks around in a daze. Riptide and Vesuvius are asleep nearby. Slouch, noticing his backpack is open a crack, peers inside.]

Slouch: [Frowning] ...Did that Noctowl steal my wallet?

Mystery Zone

[The golden Noctowl is perched atop a grotesquely large mountain of wallets and purses of various shapes, sizes and colours. He throws another onto the pile.]

Noctowl: <Haha, yeah.>

Victory Road - Entrance

Slouch: ...Son of a-

I'd better get to sleep, it's late here. See you in the morning, all

edited 11th Nov '17 10:46:13 PM by Slouch

Victory Road- last night

-Shinobi briefly looks to the red-eyed human girl-

<So, Jason... You find a new J-teamer?>

Victory Road, may as well be today

Jason:Find...a new one? Whatcha mean?

-Shana crouches down to stare at the frog-

Shana:Hmmmmm...

Victory Road- today then

<Well I haven't seen you with a girl in a while...>

-Shinobi trails off and stares curiously back-

<...?>

Victory Road

-beat-

Jason:Haven't...

-He blushes-

Hey! I still have a girlfriend, man! Bel's...just been busy!

-Shana stares more-

-beat-

-picks up the Greninja-

-beat-

-And huggles~

Shana:Eeeee~, what a cute frog~

Victory Road

<Right, sorry, just curious>

-Shinobi blinks as he's lifted-

"Gre?"

-And suddenly is hugged-

Strange girl hugging because cute watdo now??

-Beat-

-The Greninja gently hugs and pats Shana's back-

edited 10th Oct '15 8:59:09 AM by BlitzTrain

Victory Road

Shana:You never told me ya knew such a cutie, Jaaaaasooooon~

-Frog nuzzle squeeze~

Imma take you home with me!

Jason:Shana no stealing Blitz.

Shana:Bli...tz...?

-Blink-

Victory Road

-Shinobi croaks as he's hugged tighter and threatened to be taken home, presumably for more cuddles-

<Uh, yeah. That's my name...>

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-Frog plushie squeeze-

-Beat-

Shana:That's...yer friends name...

-beat-

What the heck?!

-Brings Shinobi to eye level-

Hmmmmmm...

-beat-

-tint-

Still...pretty cute...>_>

Jason:-chuckles-

Ever Grande City

Lyuri is looking at the Tagg/Salvador shipping

"Sometimes I feel like the people in the team are just asking for this stuff to happen."

She looks at Salvador's picture

"... Yeah, not my thing." she said

Victory Road

-Shinobi tints and slightly raises a hand to wave-

<Hugs are nice and it's nice to know I'm cute but I've got a trainer and a human girlfriend already...>

-he gives an awkward half chuckle-

<...Assming you understand me>

Ever Grande City

-Something on Tori's laptop has finally alerted her to the fandom's newest ship-

"...Huh... I didn't think Tagg was the kind of guy to want a romantic relationship in the first place"

-She clicks away, somehow finding her way to another site torn between gushing over Sarah/Duke and mourning a Duke/Lyuri break up-

"...Do the fans really think our relationships are this fragile??"

edited 10th Oct '15 10:13:12 AM by BlitzTrain

Victory Road

Shana:Of course I understand ya!

-She giggles-

Jason:Yeah...Blitz, this is Shana, my Lucario. Didn't you see the Choice Specs?

-beat-

Shana:So...can y-you ask yer trainer if I can borrow you for tonight...

Ever Grande City

-Hajime is out wandering when a Honchkrow swoops in-

Sholto: "Heya!"

Hajime: "Agh!"

"...Oh, wait, you're that guy from before."

Sholto: "Yeah, got my thing working again if you still want help."

Hajime: "Oh, yeah."

"Though... don't you need the moon or something? Isn't it kind of early for that?"

Sholto: "Well, yeah, but figured there's no harm in asking earlier."

"Besides, there's something apparently happening today and don't know when it'll be in relation to sunset/moonrise."

Hajime: "Ah, yeah... Would I be a Pokemon the whole night if that happened?"

Sholto: "Yeah, probably."

Hajime: "Er, you mind just helping with that now, then, please?"

Sholto: "Sure, yeah."

-He lands, then takes off his sunblock band-

-With some sparkles, Sholto changes to human form-

Hajime: "...That's something."

Crow: "Yeah, my trainer reacted a lot more, though."

"Anyway, we need to find a dark room without natural light where two humans and a Vileplume could comfortably stand in..."

Hajime: "...I could draw the curtains in my room at the Center."

Crow: "That works."

Ever Grande City, Hajime's Room

-Hajime and Sholto arrive here-

Sholto: "Okay..."

-He sends out Mandrake-

Mandrake: <Greetings!>

Hajime: "Oh, wow, your Vileplume looks really nice."

Crow: "Uh, thanks. He kind of found me."

Mandrake: <Indeed I did!>

Hajime: "I would be tempted to get a Vileplume, but I do have Buddy as far as Grass/Poison types go. Especially since they're neutral to Ground."

Crow: "Neutral to Ground?"

-Hajime gets a bit flustered-

Hajime: "Oh, uh, that's no big deal. Let's just... do this."

Crow: "Oh, okay."

-Sholto moves a bit closer to Hajime-

Crow: "Ready, Mandrake?"

Mandrake: <Indeed I am!>

-He then uses Moonlight, coating the room in an artificial lunar glow-

-As this happens, Sholto once again transforms back with sparkles-

-Hajime is caught in the sparkles and transforms into a Cherubi-

Sholto: <And with that you are now a Pokemon.>

-Hajime takes a look at his new berry form and up at the others-

Cherubi!Hajime: <Mm... I... admit I'm a bit nervous, being this small.>

Mandrake: <Well, you look fairly cute regardless!>

Cherubi!Hajime: <Uh, thanks.>

<...Oh, right, I can understand other Pokemon now!>

<I'll need to talk to my team when I can.>

Sholto: <Glad to help.>

-He puts his sunblock band back on-

<Anyway, I'm going to be going now. If you want to change back before tomorrow, find a source of sunlight before the sun goes down and you should be good.>

Cherubi!Hajime: <Uh, wait. Would Morning Sun work too?>

Sholto: <Oh, yeah, if one of your team knows it, it probably would.>

Cherubi!Hajime: <Well... I think I know it, being a Cherubi and all, but I'll be safe in case I don't.>

Sholto: <Yeah, also remember it'd change you back if you got into a battle at night or something.>

Cherubi!Hajime: <Uh... yeah... probably not getting into battles.>

Sholto: <Oh, well, that solves that problem, then.>

<Anyway, c'mon, Mandrake.>

-He opens the door to leave-

Cherubi!Hajime: <Oh, wait!>

Sholto: <Hm?>

Cherubi!Hajime: <Er, could you leave the door ajar? My team's all kind of small and with me now small and not having hands... I'd rather not get stuck in my room if I can't use Morning Sun.>

Sholto: <Oh, okay. Sure.>

-He and Mandrake then leave, the door being left slightly open-

Cherubi!Hajime: <Well... this is certainly something.>

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

Victory Road

<Oh! Well, she's not the first human I've seen wearing a Pokemon accessory for fashion> At least I don't think they do anything else if you're not in poke-form... Unless it's different for Aurics

-Shinobi pauses at the mention of being borrowed-

<Um... I've got a thing I'm doing later tonight, but I mostly live alone so I don't usually need to ask my trainer about stuff Unless I need my pokeball>