Hypscape

Hyp: <Not really understand what numbers mean.>

-He goes to check Abilities-

Hellbenderscape

-Hellbender looks at her watch-

Hellbender: <...When did this get here?>

<Mmm...>

<Might as well check out the first.>

-She checks her stats-

The following series of posts is the result of a spag between me and Dune, and contains some musical suggestions from him, Tracer, and Bitters (though neither of the latter saw the spag before this.) Me and Dune had a ton of fun writing it, so hope you all enjoy.

Under A Waterfall

-In the middle of the roaring waterfall stands, quiet and serene, a Lucario. Surprisingly, despite the pounding water, his red bandana and armbands remain tightly affixed to his body.-

-Even so, a Garchomp and Flygon cautiously approach him-

Seishirou:: <...Champloo?>

-Champloo’s left eye snaps open. He blinks a few times.-

Champloo: <Hm? Visitors?>

-He steps forward, shaking the water from his fur.-

Champloo: <Hello there. To what do I owe the pleasure?>

-He pulls a towel off of a nearby branch and starts drying his ears out.-

Fuuma: <Er, I'm Fuuma, he's Seishirou. You may or may not remember us, we... we...

Seishirou: <Really like your food.>

Fuuma: <...Yes, that. But we also need your help.>

Champloo: <Hmmm… Let me guess. You have a birthday that needs a cake or a mob boss will put out a hit on you. No? How about a cooking competition that an orphanage needs to win the prize money from or it’s going to be bought out by some evil corporation? A chef murdered one of your father and you need revenge? Any of these close?>

Seishirou: <Not quite. More like...    fangirls.   >

-Champloo stops. He goes quiet as his eyes focus on some event on the horizon, deep into the past.-

-The icing. Dear Arceus, there was so much icing...-

-Champloo snaps back to the present.-

Champloo: <Then it’s worse than I thought. Come, tell me all the details that you can.>

Fuuma: <Well, we got this reverse weremon curse...>

Seishirou: <And apparently our squishy naked ape bodies are of a sort human females find attractive...>

Fuuma: <So he wound up inadvertently attracting a large amount of fangirls...>

Seishirou: <So we told them about an exploded bakery we need to repair to get them off our case...>

Fuuma: <But then we realized they'd murder us if they found the truth and got help building a bakery...>

Seishirou: <...Only to realize neither of us can bake.> >_>

-You could have told Champloo that the larder had been raided by Raticate and his face would not have been as grim as it is now.-

Champloo: <Then we have no time to waste. Quickly - we must begin your training at once.>

edited 1st Dec '15 7:01:47 PM by Umbramatic

Farmland

Champloo: <We start at the beginning - where all baked goods come from. There are many minor sources, but the big three are thus - grain, rice, and potatoes. Study them - find what looks best. Nature does not lie when it shows you something that looks good aside from flowers but we're not getting into that right now. Remember these qualities, because never a good cake was made with bad ingredients.>

Fuuma: <So... Which of those three are good for what?>

Champloo: <An excellent question. Grain is the main staple of western diets - however, do note that cultures unused to the gluten in wheat may have developed sensitivity to it. The earthy taste of grain-made bread, especially rye, can add a bite to savory dishes - like ham and mustard. Wheat is the baseline grain - use it as a starting point. If another type of bread is called for, then do not hesitate to use that instead - however, do not worry if you stick with the tried and true golden wheat.>

-Champloo picks up a bag of rice.-

Champloo: <Rice is… difficult to turn into what most people consider bread. Rather than grind it and turn it into flour, rice is best used by soaking it in savory or sweet sauces, where the kernels will absorb the flavor and become packable into onigiri or other treats. Just don't try making donuts out of them.>

-Champloo then holds up a potato.-

Champloo: <Ah, the potato. The most underused of the carbohydrates in terms of baking. Potato bread is some of the most soft, moist, and healthy alternatives to wheat available. Do note, however, that you must always be watchful of the temperature while baking - they burn far easier than grains and rice. Potato flour is also not nearly as common as wheat flour, and only certain batches of potatoes are made for that use. A sad fact of life, though I will admit that a baked potato is certainly with merit, even if it is diverted from this scrumptious alternative.>

-Champloo places the potato back in the box it came from, gently patting it for a moment as if it were a baby Lillipup.-

Champloo: <After we're done here, we can move onto the practical experience!>

Seishirou: <Then let's get to that then!>

Champloo: <Hehe, I remember when I was that eager. Next lesson - following instructions!>

edited 2nd Dec '15 9:12:13 PM by Umbramatic

Abandoned Shed

-A single wooden table sits in the center of the room, with a strange box and a book.-

Champloo: <For this exercise, I will be outside the room. Go on in.>

-Seish and Fuu cautiously step in-

-Champloo closes the door behind them. The distinct sound of tumblers locking can be heard through the latch. A speaker in the ceiling crackles to life.-

Champloo: <Alright. Now, on the table, there is a box, correct? Don't answer that, that was rhetorical. I know there's a box there. Next to the box is a book. Both of these are important. Because the box is a bomb and the book is the instructions manual on how to disable it. Follow the manual to disarm it, and everything will be fine. Fail, and that box explodes like a hotdog in a microwave. You have five minutes, starting… Now.>

-Seish and Fuu, upon reading the book, will likely be surprised in that, rather than in any human language, the entire book from cover to back is written in Draconic.-

Champloo: <Also, I figured it'd be fair to test you with your native tongue, rather than a language you're less familiar with.>

Seishirou: <Gee, thanks.>

Fuuma: <HOW DOES DISARMING A BOMB TEACH US HOW TO BAKE?!>

Champloo: <Follow instructions to the letter while feeling pressure from forces outside your control that can only be placated by you finishing your task. Just another day in the kitchen. Four minutes forty seconds.>

Seish and Fuu:

-Open the box to find the bomb-

Seishirou: <Okay...>

-Flips open the book and starts paging through it-

<The wires, it's always the wires... Okay, so, there are four wires on this module->

Fuuma: <THAT LIGHT'S BLINKING WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!>

Seishirou: <Hey! I need the wires page, not the lights page!>

Fuuma: <Oh, of all circumstances where I'd actually want Vallok around...>

-Four and a half minutes later…-

*Ding!*

Champloo: <Alright, that's time.>

-Champloo undos the bolt and opens the door.-

-Seish and Fuu are slumped in front of the box, panting heavily-

Seishirou: <W-We did it... We defused it...>

Fuuma: <I'm suddenly so much more glad to be aliiiiiiiiiive...>

Champloo: <Oh! Good! I'm proud of you two.>

-Champloo pats the two.-

Champloo: <Let's get something to drink, see if we can't put some more electrolytes in those bodies before we start up our next test.>

-Champloo opens up a panel on the box, and takes out two soda cans that were attached to shakers.-

Champloo: <Here - you conquered the bomb, you get to enjoy it's contents.>

Fuuma: ...

<IT WAS A SODA BOMB?!>

-Champloo just stares, not understanding the question.-

Fuuma: <I HAVE A DAUGHTER! I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE AND SHE'D BE DEVASTATED! WHY WOULD YOU->

Seishirou: <Brother, calm down. The dok^translation hound may be crazy, but would he really wanna kill us?>

Fumma: ...

-Puts a claw to his forehead and sighs-

<Right, sorry...>

-Seishirou pats, then turns to Champloo-

Seishirou: <That said... After that, give us the fucking soda.>

edited 1st Dec '15 7:12:16 PM by Umbramatic

   Palace of Shadow   

-Doopliss takes the attacks, including the Hydro Pump to the face, and his form starts to waver-

Doopliss: <Gaaaaah! You've got to be... Grrrr!>

-He starts reforming into a familiar glitchy monster, grabbing the two X-Nauts in two of its tendrils-

Smorg!Doopliss: <...I'm not even gonna try to imitate this thing's speech. Just go down already!>

-He slams the tendrils wildly. Meanwhile, Beldam is knocked back by the Shadow Ball, starting to grow weak again-

Beldam: <Aack!>

-She blows another Blizzard again-

Pokemon Center Kitchen

Champloo: <Now, we'll be training focus. I won't be giving you a timer like last time. Just do the quick, easy-to-do cupcake recipe I put on the counter for you while I watch and provide timely distractions.>

-Champloo is sitting in a lawn chair with a drink, despite still being indoors. He has a cooler next to the chair.-

Fuuma: <Those distractions better not be hazardous... >

-Both he and Seish go over to look at the recipie-

Champloo: <Oh, don't worry. No harm to your health.>

-The recipe appears as Champloo described - a mostly pre-mixed cupcake recipe, with the only oddity being the slightly shorter-than-normal bake time. Champloo stays silent, and takes a sip from his drink.-

-Seish and Fuu read over the recipe carefully and start preparing it-

-Seish feels something wet slap the side of his face.-

Seishirou: <Ack! Wha- >

-turns to try and swipe at the source-

-The source flops down onto the counter… and stares up at Seish.-

Luvdisc: <Haaaaaaai~> ~3~

Seishirou: <You bitch!> -points to his glass eye- <That was my blind spot!>

-Angrily tosses the Luvdisc of the counter and goes back to the recipe-

Fuuma: <Brother, don't get too unfocus->

-Smooch~*-

Luvdisc #2: <Gotcha, sweetie~> ~3~

Champloo: <If you can dodge a Luvdisc, you can dodge a fangirl!>

'''Fuuma"' <Ack!> -smacks the Luvdisc away-

Seishirou: -hears Champloo- <...Is that so?>

-To Fuuma-

<Are you thinking what I'm thinking, brother?>

Fuuma: ...

-Smirks-

Old Dragon bro tag-teaming?

Seishirou: -smirks back- <It may not be tearing apart jet fighters, but it's worth a try.>

-The two return to the recipe, but keep their senses hyper-attuned for anything incoming-

-Time seems to slow as two… four… six… eight Luvdisc jump out from around corners, launching their eager lips right at the draconic brothers.-

-With carefully timed swipes of tails and claws said Luvdisc are quickly sent careening right back to where they came, all while Seish and Fuu finish the recipe-

-Champloo claps as the Luvdisc slink away. No more distractions follow, except for a Qwilfish that happened to misread the "Help Wanted" flyer.-

Champloo: <Very good. Very good.>

-Seish and Fuu clawbump-

Fuuma: <Alright... What's next?>

Champloo: <Well… you've handled yourself on a time limit. You've fought off distractions. Logic dictates that you deal with both, but instead, I have a different plan.>

edited 1st Dec '15 7:29:51 PM by Umbramatic

Open Field

Champloo: <Here… You shall demonstrate to me that you have the most important detail. The one thing that all students of mine have shown to this day. You shall show me…>

-Champloo sets himself into a wide stance before beginning to focus. The ground around him begins to shake.-

Champloo: <Show me…>

-The ground erupts with fiery Aura.-

Champloo: <THE FIRE IN YOUR HEARTS! FIGHT ME! TOGETHER! AS BROTHERS OF THE OVEN!>

-Seish and Fuu stare at each other in shock...-

-Before turning to each other and grinning-

Fuuma: <...Ready for another round of tag teaming, brother?>

Seishirou: <Do you even have to ask?>

-They both slam their claws and tails into the ground, Seishirou creating a burst of draconic aura and Fuuma creating an earthy seismic blast-

Seishirou: <CAN YOU TAKE ON THE POWER OF THE BOND OF TWO BROTHERS?>

Fuuma: <IF YOU THINK YOU CAN... EXPECT ONE HELL OF A FIGHT!.>

Both: <DRUN NII!>^Translation BRING IT!

Later That Day…

-Champloo coughs as he dusts himself off.-

Champloo: <I haven't had a fight like that in some time.>

-He goes over and picks up the tattered remains of his armband. The Lucario winces as he kneels - his left leg hurt in three different places. He might have damaged some cartilage in his knee, as well.-

-Fuuma and Seishirou get to their feet as well, covered in cuts and scrapes and with their wings and fins bent at odd angles and Seishirou's glass eye lying off a ways-

Fuuma: <...Likewise...>

Seishirou: <...But it was a damn good one, mindovin^translation teacher.>

-Champloo chuckles as he carries himself over.-

Champloo: <You fought well. You fought… with hil do yol^translation hearts of fire. And for that, you prove to me that I can be proud, calling you my students.>

-He kicks over an unearthed rock, still covered in dirt. Underneath rests a metal box, dinged and scraped in the crossfire. He opens it, and takes out a pair of red cloth armbands with white crossed bones stitched into them.-

Champloo: <I present you with these - the symbols of the Kitchen Fist. Wear them with pride.>

-The two dragons take the armbands, fitting them on proudly-

Fuuma: <Thank you. Thank you so much, Champloo.>

Seishirou: -smirks- <I suppose this means we're ready to take on any fangirls roaring our way?>

-Champloo laughs.-

Champloo: <Trust me, now, or forty years ago, fans never really change.>

-Champloo winces from laughing just a bit too hard.-

Champloo: <You guys go on ahead. I'll fix the divots we made.>

Fuuma: <Alright then.>

Seishirou: <And can we grab something to eat? I'm admittedly too worn out from that to cook myself.>

-Champloo laughs and waves as he turns back to the battlefield. He stretches his arms before going over and straightening a tree. He'd need to limber up, considering just how high deep the trenches the three of them had made. That's not even getting into the boulders they'd unearthed, or the poor, scared-half-to-death family of Zigzagoon who had the ceiling to their burrow ripped off.-

edited 1st Dec '15 7:27:46 PM by Umbramatic

Skye/Diane/Alyssa's Room

Diane: -to nobody in particular- Champloo is the best teacher ever.

Skye: ...Wha?

-They look at each other-

Diane: ...

Skye: ...

Diane: ...

Skye: ...

Diane: ...

Skye: ...

Diane: ...I dunno, I just felt like I needed to say it.

-She shrugs and goes back to reading a book. Skye flails in mild frustration at not understanding what the heck she was talking about-

edited 1st Dec '15 7:44:13 PM by BittersweetNSour

Ever Grande City

Noelle: I feel like someone is making snide remarks about fangirls again.

Mezzo: Who cares?

Noelle: I do! You should, because you're one too!

Mezzo: -gives Noelle a look-

Noelle: It's true!

Mezzo: I'm sorry, but there is a big difference between me and the straight fans who go and pair up two guys just because they think they're hot.

Noelle: Yeah, we only do that to girls!

Mezzo: -gives Noelle another look-

Near Silas, past

Lina: ...Probably.

Bang: <Well, she says she's been on a lot of adventures... I mostly remember the ones where she beat people up, so maybe I could tell ya one of those?>

Palace Of Shadow

-Arika sees Doopliss transform into the Smorg...-

-And her face twists into the embodiment of unbridled rage-

Arika: YOU! THE SMORG! THE GODAWFUL, UNHOLY SMORG! EVERYONE ALWAYS COMPLAINS ABOUT CORTEZ OR GLOOMTAIL BUT FOR ME IT WAS YOU! YOU WERE THE ONE THAT TORE THROUGH MY PARTY LIKE WET PAPER! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MADE ME RESET THE GAME MORE TIMES THAN I COULD COUNT UNTIL I BEAT YOU! YOU WERE THE BANE OF MY CHILDHOOD!

-Her expression turns into an unnaturally wide maniacal grin-

   AND NOW I CAN HAVE MY REVENGE!   

-Sends out every mon she owns that isn't knocked out-

   MURDER HIM, MY DARLINGS! MAKE HIS DEATH AS TRAUMATIC AND PAINFUL AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!   

Arika's Mons: O_O;

-promptly deliver a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown to Smorg!Doopliss-

Kaguya: <...Remind me to not underestimate her ability to hold grudges.> ._.;

-Melman is K Oed by the Blizzard-

-However, Bedlam may not notice Nico rushing her from behind with his wrist daggers until it's seemingly too late-

Palace of Shadow

-The former X-Nauts are picked up-

X-Naut 1: <Aaagh!>

X-Naut A: <Put us dowwn!>

Flurrie: <...Is there no end to th->

-Flurrie is unable to take the Blizzard and faints-

Maggie: "Mm..."

-Maggie recalls her-

Maggie: "...Wait, who do I have left?"

Saving Connie and Volcamel for later... Hyp's at the Glitz Pit... Kamdida, Jones, Slightly, and Flurrie aren't able to battle... Pa-Patch probably isn't willing to battle with a Ghost around... That leaves me with 5.

...It's probably a bad sign that I was wondering if I was running out of team members with that many.

But considering my options...

"Go, Molly!"

-The Beedrill is sent out-

Molly: <Ooooooh! I was woooondering when I would frolic in this land of ghooooooosts!>

Maggie: "Yeah, yeah. Poison Jab."

Molly: <It shall be doooooo->

-Suddenly Arika sends out all her Pokemon-

Maggie: "Um...."

Molly: <...Would attacking at this point be superfluooooooooous?>

edited 1st Dec '15 8:17:44 PM by CorvusAtrox

And now, back to our story in [New Orleans]...

Joseph: Alright! Where is she, Tinny?

Tinny: <ear too many flute>

Ratty: ...are you sure she knows what she's doing?

Joseph: Nope! But she's...I'll explain later.

-Tinny flit flit flits her way down the streets of the city, lights splashing on human, rat, butterfly and sentient wooden facsimile alike, until they happen upon a street with much more modest lighting-

Joseph: This way?

-Tinny flits down the street, and all follow until they reach a house almost at the end of the block-

Joseph: ...well, this looks like the place.

-"the place" is a one-story house with a ramshackle exterior. It might have looked rather nice a few decades ago, but the paint's peeled, the lawn's desiccated, and there's Murkrow crap everywhere.

Tinny: <o to the everywhere place!>

Joseph: ...you'd suppose that a voodoo witch would have a more Halloween-y place.

-he wrinkles his nose as he walks across the lawn to the front door. Swallowing a bit, he knocks at the wooden door. He's somewhat surprised that it doesn't fall in on itself-

???: Come in.

-the voice is rasped, yet not wizened or mysterious-less a witch and more of the chain-smoking receptionist at your dentist's office with a mole at the corner of her mouth-

Joseph: What do we want?

Ratty: You'll see. Go in.

-Joseph nods, and does so-

   Palace of Shadow   

-Attacking Doopliss at this point would indeed be superfluooooooooous. Doopliss is utterly wrecked, and gets knocked right back into Ditto form.-

Doopliss: <...Uuuurk... heh... izzat... izzat the best ya got?>

-He transforms into Arika, and stumbles toward her, fists raised.-

Arika!Doopliss: <C'maaaaaahn, you 'n' me, one on one! I can—>

-He stumbles to the side a bit-

Arika!Doopliss: <...I can take ya...>

-Beldam is distracted by Doopliss long enough for Nico to rush at her, and she whips around, firing a Shadow Ball aimlessly and missing him entirely-

Beldam: <Aack!>

-Something phases up behind her...-

edited 1st Dec '15 8:52:05 PM by BittersweetNSour

Palace Of Shadow

-Arika recalls all her mons, casually inspects Dooplis!Her up and down...-

-Then punches him in the face.-

Arika: That was for Chapter 4, you bastard.

-spits on him for good measure-

-Nico is about to deliver a finishing blow to Bedlam...-

-When he suddenly stops, retracts his wrist daggers, and seems to calm down-

Nico: Nah. I shouldn't take you down like that...

...

-smirks-

...She should.

edited 1st Dec '15 9:00:59 PM by Umbramatic

Witch House

-the small room that the foursome gathers in looks quite a bit like what you would expect a witch's room to look like, albeit slightly more orderly. A selection of masks, painted white, speckle one wall, while another is home to a collection of mirrors. A shelf features meticulously sorted...things floating in a sickly pale liquid (though the things varied in size, shape, color and demeanor, the liquid remained the same). Curiously, a mannequin is seated primly in a rocking chair, wearing a lacy, dusty red gown with a floppy hat and veil-

Joseph: ...nice place!

-he doesn't sound sarcastic, but the owner of the house looks up from her work (sealing a jar filled with rusty nails and wine) and stares at him as though he had insulted her somehow-

Woman: ...

-she's short (a few inches shorter than Joseph) and weathered. She has a craggy, haggard looking face with narrowed brown eyes and chapped lips-

Woman: ...so. A Rattata, an eldritch Vivillon, a wooden doll and a boy wrapped up in a Red coat come into my home. Are you the cause of all the trouble?

-Joseph and Tinny speak simultaneously-

Joseph: What trouble?

Tinny: <designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source code. The source code is of>

-the woman considers this silently, still staring at Joseph in the eye-

Joseph: ...!

Woman: No, I know that you didn't choose for it to happen. But it happened, and I can't help you. I could raise every thing, living or dead, in this city to help, and it would do no good. So, if that's what you want, I-

Ratty: We want something different!

Joseph: We do?

Ratty: Yes!

???: ~IS THAT SO?~

-Joseph lets out an undignified screech and whirls around. Tinny flaps her wings threateningly, hissing. Puppet barely moves. The mannequin that was sitting so dignified has stood and screeched in Joseph's ear-

Woman: ...Marie. Out of there.

-a ghostly sigh from the mannequin, and a Mismagius floats out-

Woman: Now, what is it you do want?

Ratty: We need to help him!

-points with a paw to Puppet-

Woman: And what does he want?

Puppet: To die.

Joseph: To live!

Puppet: No, I'm fairly sure I want to die.

Joseph: Stop being sarcastic! Just because you're a puppet doesn't mean I can't read you.

-he huffs, then turns to the woman-

Joseph: So, can you?

   Palace of Shadow   

-Doopliss is out before he hits the ground. He reverts to normal again.-

-Meanwhile...-

Beldam: <Who—>

Vivian: <Sister, this time you're being punished.>

-Marilyn gets up to see Beldam take a burst of fire right to the face.-

Marilyn: <...Guh...>

-She grabs the now-unconscious Doopliss and Beldam and drags them away, leaving a Dusk Stone in the latter's place.-

Vivian: <...>

edited 1st Dec '15 9:07:05 PM by BittersweetNSour

Palace of Shadow

-Maggie and Molly just stand/hover there awkwardly-

Palace Of Shadow

Nico: -smiles at Vyvan- Nice job there. I know facing up to a bully can be tough, especially if she's your own sister.

Arika: -smirks at the retreating Shadow Sirens, then goes over to Nico and pats him on the back-

Thanks for keeping up the tradition with Vivian.

Nico: You're wel-

...Wait, tradition?

Arika: You'll see.

Nico: ...Don't make me hack your mind.

-Kaguya sighs, then uses Recover to heal herself and turns to Maggie-

Kaguya: <So... What now?>

edited 1st Dec '15 9:18:47 PM by Umbramatic

Palace of Shadow

Maggie: "Um..."

Molly: <Continue ooooon?>

Maggie: "...Continue on!"

-Maggie starts leading the way on-

   Palace of Shadow   

-Vivian stares down at the Dusk Stone, thinking. After a few moments, she touches it, glowing.-

-The glow fades, and she is a Chandelure.-

Vivian: <...Thanks, Marilyn.>

-She looks around, and sees everyone else moving on.-

Vivian: <H-hey, wait up!>

-She quickly moves to follow them-

Palace Of Shadow

-Everyone else moves to follow Maggie...-

-...When suddenly, there is a loud crash as three mons fall out of nowhere from a hole in the ceiling-

-As the mons stagger to their feet it becomes clear they're a somewhat familiar trio of a Dragonite, a strange dark blueish Mightyena with vaguely draconic fangs, claws, and a smattering of scales, and most notably a 10-foot tall Kecleon with many physical resemblances to a Deathclaw-

Mightyena: <Oog... Where the hell are we now?>

Dragonite: <I dunno, but it's spooky! I like it!> :3

Kecleon: -sniffs- <Pudge smell death. That mean maybe food.>

Arika: -blinks then appraises the Kecleon-

OK, not bad choice for Bowser...

-points back and forth between the Dragonite and Mightyena-

But I dunno which of you two would be Kammy. And regardless you were all supposed to show up after the next boss fight.

Nico: More importantly, who the hell are you three?

Dragonite: -Beams, then gestures to herself, the Mightyena, and the Kecleon-

<I'm Bozaka! The Mightyena's my friend Gorga, and the Kecleon's my precious baby Pudge!>

Nico: I don't think that thing's a baby...

Gorga: -appraises the group- <I'm guessing you're from that J-Team?>

Arika: Most of us yeah.

Kaguya: <How did you three even get here?>

Gorga: -groans- <That's a long and sordid story, but you all might as well hear it...>

Orre, about two years ago

It all started soon after we last met you J-Teamers when we found this freaky portal...

-The trio stumbles across said portal on the outskirts of one of Orre's settlements; notably, Pudge, while still a fair bit bigger than a normal Kecleon, is a fraction of his current size-

Bozaka: <Ooh, pretty!> :3

Gorga: <...I don't think it's a good idea to go nea->

Pudge: <Pudge smell MEAT!>

-dashes into the portal-

Bozaka: <Wait, baby! Come back!>

Gorga: <Ah cr-GACK!>

-Bozaka drags her by her tail through the portal-

World [X]-1

That portal led to this weird place where we broke all these bricks and stomped all these Shroomish and Squirtle...

-Bozaka is shown stomping a Shroomish while Gorga knocks back a Squirtle, sending it spinning away-

-Pudge hits a block with a question mark which drops a piece of meat he gleefully noms; afterwards he grows slightly but noticeably in size.-

Pudge kept finding these weird pieces of meat that caused him to slowly start growing, which kept up the whole entire mess, including...

World [X]-2

..This other weird place where we had to toss vegetables at a weird assortment of mons...

-Bozaka, Gorga, and Pudge are all tossing turnips and such at Voltorb and Yamask-

World [X]-3

And another one that was more like the first but where we had to wear things like Zigzagoon tails...

-Bozaka, Gorga and Pudge are all sporting Zigzagoon ears and tails and using them to hover across the landscape-

Bozaka: <Wheeeee!>

Gorga: <Why are you so excited? You can fly already.> >_>

Bozaka: <Not helicopter style!> :3

Pudge: <Pudge defying laws of physics!>

World [X]-W

Then one where we rode these multicolored Tyrantrum at several points...

-Bozaka and Gorga are shown riding Tyrantrum of unusual colors-

-Pudge, however, is fighting his over one of the unusual pieces of meat-

World [X]-64

Then we went to this castle where we had to jump into paintings to do all these weird missions...

-The three are fleeing a giant rolling Electrode on top of a mountain-

World [X]-S

Then we were on this tropical island cleaning up sludge...

-Bozaka, Gorga and Pudge are all affixed with water cannon backpacks they're using to blast away black goop-

World [X]-G

Then we were in freaking space and jumping around mini-planets...

-The trio is running around and hopping between various planetoids and platforms, trying to use gravity to their advantage-

World [X]-3DW

And finally we went to this place where we had to zoom through all these glass tubes and wear freaking cat suits!

-The trio are now wearing said cat suits-

Bozaka: <I'm a kitty!> :3

Gorga: <Rrgh... I'm a hyena! Though it's at least closer taxonomically than people calling me a dog or wolf...>

Pudge: <Pudge has finally achieved SOFT AND CUDDLY!>

Palace of Shadow, present

Gorga: <...And now we're here, though whatever this place is the fact J-Teamers are here means we might finally be home...>

Arika: All those Mario games... You guys really are the right boss battle!

-Strikes an action pose-

Heck, I don't care if you're early! You showed up right after the last one so bring it!

Bozaka: <Ooh, you want a fight? You guys look all bruised up but that might make it more fun!> :3

Pudge: -beats his claws together- <Pudge love good fight almost much good meal!>

Nico: W-wait you guys, we just-

Gorga: -sighs- <Sorry kid, there's no convincing those two when they want a fight. Believe me, I've tried. Many times.> >_>

Nico: ...

-smirks-

...Alright then! Let's do this!

Kaguya: <...Hoo boy.>

Bozaka and Pudge: <Yay!>

Gorga: <Yay.>

-Gorga starts by snarling at the opposition-

On that note, she's a Dark/Dragon Delta. Also, Bozaka has Multiscale and Pudge, being a Deathclaw, has Unaware instead of the standard Kecleon Color Change or Protean and really packs a punch. Have fun. >:3

And while it's a bit late in the year to say this... Happy 30th anniversary, Super Mario Bros. In addition to bringing back some old, neglected NP Cs in style I felt it fitting to pay tribute through an arc based on the game that got me into the franchise in the first place.

edited 1st Dec '15 9:38:15 PM by Umbramatic

Oh hey, it's those three~

   Palace of Shadow   

-Vivian stares blankly-

Vivian: <W-whaaaa...???>

-She shakes her head, which now pretty much means she shakes her whole body-

Vivian: <Do we really have to...?>

-She's Intimidated, but doesn't seem keen to attack yet anyway-

Palace of Shadow

-Molly is intimidated and has her Attack lowered-

Molly: <You shall looose thiiiis!>

<Isn't that riiiight, Maaaaggiiiiie?>

-Maggie twitches-

Maggie: "...Wait..."

"If they came early... That means..."

Molly: <Uuuuum, Maaaa->

Maggie: "AAAAAAAAAGH!"

-She sends out Pa-Patch-

Pa-Patch: <Agh! C-Captain Pink, ya said ya wouldn't->

Maggie: "WELL THINGS CHANGE, DON'T THEY‽ THE ONLY GHOSTS HERE ARE ON OUR SIDE, SO GET BLIZZARDING!"

Pa-Patch: <Alright, alright, I'll get on it, then.>

-He sprays a Blizzard over everyone-

-Molly tries to jab Pudge with a slightly weakened Poison Jab-

edited 2nd Dec '15 6:14:14 AM by CorvusAtrox

Ever Grande Past

-Silas looks straight at Lina-

Silas: You can understand them can't you. Like the last person I met... Jason. Jason said that most of the team can understand Pokemon.

Hacks: <Oh that sounds like fun. I think the rest of Silas's team would want to hear this.>

Ever Grande City, Outskirts

Both Sergey and Mireille were lying under a tree, looking up at the sky.

Sergey: "There's the North Star, it guided countless sailors back in the day."

The Gardevoir pointed at some stars

Mireille: <This formation looks like me>

Sergey: "Yeah this also looks good."

edited 2nd Dec '15 6:36:43 AM by Sergey_Smirnov