Sky Pillar - Past

Jacob: "Well... I don't know much. So let's start from the bottom."

Regina: -Takes a step forward, tracing her hand through some dust- <... Just think about how important this place must have been to these people...>

Jacob: "I'll admit the most I know about the Draconid people is my mother was distantly related to them, she kept the Rayquaza worshiping part of it. Low key though. Okay. So... There's Kyogre, Groudon, a bunch of people and... is that a comet?"

Apologies about the lateness of these replies.

Ever Grande City

John: <I've had practice in the art of evasion, but there's always room for improvement as the same is said in the battlefield.>

-John nodded at Aicia, acknowledging her remark-

John: <Of that I have no doubt.>

-In that same moment Alexander appeared alongside Sergey-

Nikita: "Looks like John made a friend."

John: <Hey, we just met don't get any funny ideas Nikita.>

Nikita: <I'm not judging your choices in companions, but try not to get ahead of yourself John.>

-A slightly annoyed scowl crept up on the Gallade's face at Nikita's implications before he turned to Aicha-

John: <You're on!>

-John smiled at the possibility of a rematch, seeing it as a chance to hone his capabilities in time for the upcoming challenge-

-Alexander looked back to Hajime and Sergey and waved reassuringly-

Alexander: "It's fine, honestly."

-While trainers and the other pokemon spoke, Nikita and John watched the situation with growing concern-

John: <Alex, we have to help them!>

Nikita: <John, come, we can catch up with them!>

-Alexander nodded in agreement with John and decided to help the others find Aicha-

-John and Nikita sprinted on ahead of the group to find the Mawile and utilized their mobility to traverse their surroundings-

Alexander Damn, you two make this look so easy...

-Alexander began falling behind Nikita and John as he attempted keep up with them-

edited 3rd Dec '15 6:05:06 PM by Novace

Ever Grande, weiter in der Vergangenheit

Hajime: "Hopefully..."

Rumba: <Yeah, she looked kinda mad.>

Palace of Shadow

-Molly is struck again and knocked to low health-

Molly: <Rrgh... If I weren't haunting Maggie already, I would be quite tempted to haunt yooooooouuuuu!>

-She rushes at Pudge with a Giga Impact-

-Pa-Patch tries to avoid the Fire Blast, having a bit more success than Molly, but still gets knicked by the edges-

Pa-Patch: <Oof, Ye'll have ta do better than that!>

-He sends a Ice Beam at Bozaka-

   Palace of Shadow   

Vivian: <Eep!>

-Vivian is Crunched, and knocked down to the red due to still being weak from her previous battle.-

Vivian: <Oww...>

-She uses Flamethrower again, but it sputters somewhat-

Before I continue boss fight...

I had a bit of holdup with one bit of Robin prewriting due to some ties to another bit I hadn't figured out the fine details, but I got the fine details figured out with someone else earlier today, so I finished the post and realized I could just post it now. So, enjoy.

Mossdeep, sometime soon after the events of the full formation of Team DE

-Robin is sleeping, dreaming...-

Robin's Dream

-Robin wakes up floating in a void... And despite the nothingness finds a strange familiarity to it-

Robin: This... This is just like... One with...    Him   ... My true self... erased... I am... ...Nothing...

???:    Oh yes, good times, good times. Times where I didn't have to deal with your petty hopes, dreams, and desires because they'd been all but consumed by my own.   

-A second Robin appears, but in his old attire with three pairs of eyes with glowing red irises-

Grima!Robin: -grinning-    But you do recall the true circumstances of that, no?   

Robin: ...Y-you...

Grima!Robin: -rolls all six eyes-    Don't act so surprised, whelp. I've been with you this whole time, you've noticed since that Glitz Pit incident and you noticed beforehand with that little birthmark of yours... I'm the part of myself... The old you, the true you... That lingered long after you separated from the whole... In fact, I remember quite a bit on how that happened!   

Robin: Alduin... He told me you tried to reward him for something, with me...

Grima!Robin:    Essentially... Let's say circumstances led me to discover I didn't get the respect I deserved in a sense...   

-he grits his teeth-

   Those abominable    f̢̪̰̭̘̭̭ͯ̍ͥ͠ă̛̺̣̪͉̪̖̦͖ͤ̋ͅn̡̛̜͍̣̄̃̂ͩs̘̝̙̺͇̲̥̫̬̓ͩ̌̓ͯͪͨ.̤̝̖̞̯͉̼ͬ͆ͤ̀ͯ.̫̞̦̰̳̾̑̈́͛͗͋ͪ͗̈͘̕̕.̸̝̮͙̖̞̞̪͉̇͆͒̊ͅ

-sighs and shakes his head-

   But upon learning of that... Even though that blasted prince of Ylisse in that other half of our timeline managed to seal me away thanks to that other you and the prince's meddling daughter from our half... I managed to reach some of my power out across universes... From those same circumstances, I found out there were beings like me that got the respect I deserved, and thought I had found one of them, that three-headed one called Alduin... His soul was much like mine, and yours, and I felt it appropriate to get his assistance... And after he provided it, I used my power to tap into this universe's quirks and grant him you as my vessel, with our memories to assist him in his conquests...   

-he chuckles-

   ..And to spread some of my influence to this world in the progress.   

-He frowns-

   But I misread his true nature... Despite his soul being much like ours, his heart and mind were more kind, more disgustingly pure, in an almost sugary sense... That botched my connection with him, wrenched your soul from the greater whole of what we once were, and messed up the memories, making them fuzzy, as you'll recall, and more disturbingly almost entirely suppressing my memories in favor of yours...   

-he smirks-

   But that's ultimately meaningless... I'm still part of you. Always have been, always will be. And I'll find a way to restore us to who we truly are regardless.   

-Robin scowls-

Robin: No. I'll never let you. I may have lost my old world and my old friends to you... But my memory of them means I'll fight for this world and all my friends here to the end!

-Grima!Robin bursts out laughing-

Grima!Robin:    Ahaha! Oh you, with your silly talk of "friends" and pinning all the blame on me! I'd be offended if it weren't so pathetically hilarious!   

Robin: ...What are you even talking about?

Grima:    Well, that's what I originally came about - that Zinnia girl you're up against is certainly preachy, but you're certainly one to preach about the bonds between friends yourself.   

Robin: ...What... What do you mean?

Grima!Robin: -smirks and raises an eyebrow mockingly-    Oh? Seems your memory's still fuzzy on why - I thought you'd remembered by now from your whole "wish I valued it as much then as I did now" bit.   

Robin: ...Oh... That...

...

From what I do remember... And from that game... I always felt I failed them because I didn't value my bonds with them quite enough, though it was always just a general feeling...

Grima!Robin: -chuckles sinisterly-    I can confirm it was far more than that...   

Robin: ...What the hell are you trying to get at?

Grima!Robin:    Well, as I said, your memories have been fuzzy, even though they've been getting better... And you have barely any of mine...   

-he grins maniacally-

   ...Let's fix both, shall we?   

-He suddenly grabs Robin's Mark Of Grima hand in his corresponding one. Both marks glow as Robin screams in agony, fresh memories of his and Grima's lives up until the latter was sealed away by Chrom flooding into his mind-

-Of those the fine details of one memory stick out in particular-

-A blast of strange magic-

-A dear friend helps you up-

   -A bolt of lighting to his chest-   

-The dear friend staggers back, delivers parting words-

-He falls to the ground and grows still-

-No hope... No one to turn to...-

-No hope... No one to turn to...-

   -No hope... No one to turn to...-   

-Grima!Robin lets go, and Robin falls to his knees, panting heavily-

Robin: ...No... N-No... I...

Grima!Robin:    Ah yes, things are finally clear for you now...   

-He grabs Robin's chin and strokes it in a mockingly pseudo-affectionate manner-

   When that father of yours did the favor of helping me exert my influence on you... I was able to exert enough of it for us to kill your so-called friend... At that point, you were broken, devastated... You'd stabbed him in the back - or rather the chest - all too casually, how could you face up to any of the others?   

   ...And so you gave up and turned on them as well to fulfill your destiny and become one with me in your stead.   

Robin: ...I... I...

Grima!Robin:    Don't deny it. The choice to turn on them and assume your rightful place as one with me was yours as well as mine. As horrible as    t̶̫̠̳̙̻͗̂̅ͪͧ̚͟ͅh̦̮͖̆ͨ̓ͩ̃ͮ̆̿̈͝͝͝o̍ͪ̎͌͆͋͞҉̠̯̩̹͍͇͉̯͚̕s̛͚̊̍ͧ́e͓̳̞̐ͮ̓̂̎ͣ̔͑͌͢ͅ ̢͖̜͇͔͇̤̬ͭ̓̀͐n̐̔̋̐͗͏̱͎̖͖́ǫ͎͇͓͙̰̪͕̐ͤ̽̃ͮ̌͛̄͠ẍ͚̭̭͈̼̻̂̾́͡i̷̺̜͔̣͛̌ͧ̔ͯ̂ͭͧ͝o̫̮̚͡u̡̥̣̼̯̮̼̲̖͗͐̈͌̋̾̅͟s͈̞̹̻̞̄̌̀̚,̖͓̮͚̦̮̻̖ͬͮͤ͊̈́ͭͧ̊͘͟ ̣͚̰̗̥ͪ̉̀͜p̡̹̠͙̺̻̤͕̿̊e̡̤͙̭̯͈̣ͫ̍͗͠ṭ̝͙͚̹̣̣̞̙̄ͨͯ͗͠t͉͍͌̒̓̓ͨ̈͝ȳ͎̫͇̭̤̹͚ͯ̓͂̒̅ͣ ̷̛̱̋ͧ̀͑ͧͫ͆̆f̹̱͙̱̤̥̠͍̦ͭͥ̏̍́͜ă̡̘͉̠ͧ̓̿n̮̣̮͈̯̩̖̞̍́s̞̪̘̮̲̻͔̯ͧͤ̔͆͋̕    are, their little pet theory that you wanted to stab them in the back all along, while sadly not quite on the mark, is at least close enough that I know for a fact you had it in you to do so all along...   

   ..And in light of that you have no business lecturing that Zinnia brat about bonds with others because I know all too well you'll do the same to those so-called "friends" of yours in this world.   

-Robin staggers to his feet-

Robin: ...N-no. NO! You think I'm a fool?! I would never betray them!

Grima!Robin: -laughs-    Well, of COURSE you would! I mean, look at what you did to that Team Umbra you were supposedly so fond of - one little white lie trying to protect you and you tossed them aside like garbage!   

Robin: ...

...That was... I had a reason...

Grima!Robin: -tches-    Excuses, excuses. That's enough of a sign you're going to turn on the rest of your oh-so-precious friends here just as you did back home. I'm looking forward to seeing if you use that genius tactician brain of yours to use this asteroid situation to make us one again so I can have the    r̸̡͉͉ͯ̋͊ͥ̀̓̌̿ę͕̭̼̫͇̖͖͖͌̇̿̓ͫ͜͠şͦ̅́ͭ́͘͏̱̜̳̩͓̖̺p̶͖̥͚̥̘̹̮ͪ̒̐͋͢ë͉̼̲͔̦̯́̑̓̆́ͫ́͊c̸̷̸͎͉̟̤̋͋ͩ͐ͤ̿̽t̝͈̙̲̪͓̜̠ͧͮ̂̋̑    I deserve. But I'll leave that up to you...   

   ...Because no matter what, I will always be a part of you. And I will always win.   

Robin: ...

-Grima!Robin turns and starts to walk off... Before stopping and looking back at his counterpart-

Grima!Robin:    ...By the way...   

   ...She was delicious.   

Robin: ...

GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

-Kaius' swords suddenly materialize in his hands as he makes a mad rush at Grima!Robin-

-Grima!Robin simply smirks before...-

-g͉̱̥̜̠̙̟̼ͮ̒̌ͧ͝w̺͎͍̿̌͐̑̈͋͐̀͝o̺͖̪̼̟̤̥̒ͪ̅̃̅͘͝ṙ̂͑͋̎͏̦̙̺̪̦͚͙͈p̦̙̯̭̭̱̗ͥ͛͠-

-Once he disappears, Robin stumbles and falls-

-And falls...-

-And falls...-

Reality

-Robin bolts awake, screaming-

???: <Woah, Robin, you OK?>

-Robin pants heavily, then turns to see a certain Sliggoo by his bed-

Robin: ...Qwerty? What are you doing here?

Qwerty: <I stay up this late to make sure Dvorak doesn't pull one of his notorious late-night inventions, though he's gonna be harder to handle now he's a Sceptile... But I heard you mumbling in your sleep and then this happened... So you alright?>

Robin: ...

...Yeah, I guess... Just... Had a nightmare...

Qwerty: <Seems like it was a pretty bad one...>

Robin: ...You're not wrong...

Qwerty: <...Figured. Well, I'm a bit too short and slimy to give you a real hug, so...>

-Airhugs-

Robin: ...

-Airhugs back-

Thanks... And... To help with Dvorak... Maybe you and I can have a bit of a training session before we go off with Vyvyan to Meteor Falls?

Qwerty: <Definitely a good idea.> >_>

Robin: Alright then... Goodnight.

Qwerty: <Goodnight.>

-He slithers off-

-Robin watches him go, then looks at his Mark of Grima-

-Tears start streaming down his face-

I'm sorry... Everyone...

edited 4th Dec '15 1:31:36 AM by Umbramatic

"Search for Mawile!"

Sergey: "Aicha! Come out! Please, I don't know what's wrong but please!"

Mistral: <Aicha come out, please.>

Magnus: <There is the park.>

edited 4th Dec '15 4:50:31 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

Ever Grande Park, Vergangenheit

Buddy: <Hm, so how do we want to do this?>

"Search for Mawile!"

Sergey: "Its already getting kinda dark... I hope she's aright."

Magnus: <Search for berry bushes, I guess she might be eating from them when she's hiding here.>

edited 4th Dec '15 7:02:35 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

Ever Grande, Vergangenheit

Buddy: <Right.>

-He stars searching-

-Hajime and Rumba are likewise still searching-

Hajime: "Well... if we don't find her, hopefully one of the others will."

"Search for Mawile!"

Sergey: "And now it even started raining, we need to find her fast."

Mistral: <Wait, there! There!>

The Tropius made a steep dive.

Magnus: <I didn't find her and its already getting dark. Maybe we should head back.>

Mireille: <... I hope the others did find her. Maybe we should search more, just in case.>

edited 4th Dec '15 9:07:10 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

Ever Grande, Vergangenheit

Buddy: <I suppose searching more would be better, unless we have a quick way of knowing if they did.>

Rumba: <Hey, rain is aweso->

-She and Hajime are startled by the steep dive-

Hajime: "AAAAAAAA!"

Rumba: "YEAAAAAH!"

"Search for Mawile"

Mistral dived to the ground, nearly crashing into it

Sergey: "WE'RE SHOT! MAYDAY!"

Shortly before crashing the Tropius came to a halt, not even 10 mters before Aicha

Sergey jumped from Mistral's back running to the Mawile

Sergey: "Why did you run away? I was worri-"

He was cut short by a bite into his hand

Sergey: "OUCH"

Aicha: <Why you... I wanted to be alone.>

Magnus: <Hm... okay, but if I find her I'll give a reason to run.>

edited 4th Dec '15 10:38:13 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

Ever Grande, Vergangenheit

Buddy: <Fair enough, I suppose.>

Hajime: "Bluh... Warn someone before you do something like that, please?"

Rumba: -to Aicha- <Alone? Why?>

"Search for Mawile!"

Aicha: <'Cause... Look I just want to...>

Sergey wanted to get to her again but she brought up her second mouth again, causing him to back away for a bit.

Sergey: "Hajime please, you understand her, help me talking to her, I beg you."

Aicha: <Hmph... I suppose if you're going to understand... I might allow you.>

Magnus: <Could that be her? GOT YOU NOW!>

He jumped into a bush, falling to the ground as what he thought was Aicha turned out to be just a shadow.

edited 4th Dec '15 11:10:38 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

Palace Of Shadow

-Gorga isn't phased much by the sputtered Flamethrower and delivers another Crunch.-

-Bozaka is hit to pretty low health by the Ice Beam, but Roosts off the damage-

-Pudge is hit by the Giga Impact plus another Aura Sphere and Psychic and is noticeably more damaged this time, but snarls even more viciously than before-

Pudge: <Pudge no like being ganged up on!>

-Infuses his claws with Ghost Obscura and Shadow Claws all three of his attackers-

   Palace of Shadow   

-Vivian is taken down-

Vivian: <Oww...>

Ever Grande, Vergangenheit

Hajime: "Okay... What's going on?"

Palace of Shadow

-Molly is knocked to the ground by the Shadow Claw-

Molly: <Bluuuuuuh... You win thiiiiis tiiiiiiime!>

-And she faints-

-Maggie recalls her-

Pa-Patch: <...Well, now that I don't have ta deal with that wailin...>

-He shoots another Ice Beam at Bozaka-

"Search for Mawile!"

Sergey: "Please, tell me what she says and what makes her so mad."

Well... to make this more of a real conversation and since just rewrtiting what I write only so that RP!Sergey hears it is kinda dull I thought to maybe spice things up a little. So if you don't mind could I ask you to play Aicha's part too?

If you would be willing to, here's some general information: She's kinda childish, but also accepts to be blamed when her pranks go wrong, which is her main problem with Sergey at this point, while she did bite Sergey in the hand that wasn't really powerful and more of a 'go-away' signal than a real attack.

Sorry for having left you out but I planned this for 2 players + I didn't know who already know about talking to Pokémon and who don't want others to know, sorry, I'll try to accomodate for you, but please don't be upset if I'm not able to do it right. But I'll try

edited 4th Dec '15 4:01:38 PM by Sergey_Smirnov

Ever Grande City

-Nikita and John arrived to the scene shortly as they jumped down from the nearest rooftop-

-Alexander followed closely behind by leaping over a wall and briskly jogs towards the group-

Alexander: "Hope we're not too late, what did we miss?"

-He saw Sergey grasping his hand painfully and the Mawile's second jaw opening-

Alexander: "Ah, this could be trouble..."

Slateport City

Boombox: We want you, we want you, we want you as a new recruit!

-it appears Team Aqua has a table out again; people might drop by-

Slateport City

-Savannah and Addie finally exist again, and are here. Addie's mostly caught up to Savannah badge-wise at this point. She also caught a Tropius named Vrea in a scene I'll probably show in a flashback eventually.-

-They pass by the Team Aqua table. Savannah stops and stares curiously. Addie glances over.-

Addie: Oh, what's going on here?

Slateport City

Anne the Milotic: <Oh! Oh! We have somebody!>

Aqua Admin Ryklys: Hello. May I interest you in protecting aquatic ecosystems by joining Team Aqua?

Slateport City

Addie: Um... wait, sorry?

-Savannah doesn't say anything.-

Somewhere

Jab: <Didn't Marmalade already punt you jokers into the stratosphere?>

Merle: <Yeah, you're barely recurring villains by this point.>

Gyru: <Silence.>

Mix: <It says "silence.">

Merle: <Yeah, thanks for clarifying. Hey, gears-for-brains, mind talking so the rest of us can hear you?>

Gyru: <...Ugh. Fine.>

Fade: <Miss us?>

Jab: -sharpens claws- <Nope.>

<My aim's just fine.>

-Jab races forwards, obscura glinting on his claws, but flame gouts up between him and Fade-

Jab: <Hey!>

Tim: <This isn't that kind of battle!>

Jab: <What? How could it possibly be worth anything, then?>

Tim: <You insult me. This is a rap battle.>

Jab: <What.>

Merle: <What.>

Mix: <What.>

Toxicroak: <What.>

Fade: <What.>

Gyru: <What.>

Tim: <Precisely. To the sickest beat goes the spoils. Toxicroak, as my champion, the first round is yours. Begin.>

Toxicroak: -steps forwards- <I can't say it's what I expected, but I'm looking forward to pounding you into the dirt anyway.>

Epic Rap Battles of Various Pokemon!

Fayru's Croak!

VS!

....The other guys!

BEGIN!

Okay, then looks like I'll be R Cing Aicha for a bit

Ever Grande, Vergangenheit

Rumba: -to Johlexita- <Eh, she's just a bit mad.>

Aicha: <Well, you know, I can take responsibility for my pranks myself, you know.>

Hajime: "Er, she says she wants you to let her take responsibility for her pranks herself."

Slateport

-There is also a Sharpedo in Aqua gear here-

Chum: <There's singing and dancing too!>