Jubilife

-blink blink-

Joseph: You were pretending?

Jubilife

Eldräv: <Kinda, sorta, probably, I guess. Long story, lots of introspection involved.>

(Then, within a millisecond, she's bouncing on the balls of her feet and speaking in her high, childish voice again.)

Eldräv: <But I can still do this voice just fine I just don't wanna do it for too long at any time 'cuz it was starting to hurt my throat like I said and that's not nice is it?> :3

(Then, a second transformation. This time, she speaks in a sly, seductive Contralto Of Danger, a world away from both previous voices.)

Eldräv: <On the other hand, I could potentially do this~>

edited 18th Feb '16 6:45:41 PM by Uilleam

Jubilife

-Joseph flinches somewhat-

Joseph: H-have you been taking lessons from Alistair?

Alistair: <Today, I am Teddy Roosevelt!>

Jubilife

(Eldräv giggles at Alistair's outburst. Interestingly, her laughter is as high and chirpy as it's always been.)

Eldräv: <Suuuure you are, sweetie~> :3

Jubilife - Rooftops

-In the distance, a tan-clad figure scrambles his way to the top of a roof with a suspiciously heavy looking sack over his shoulder-

????: "Whew... Didn't realize how heavy this stuff could get"

-He looks over his shoulder, then chuckles-

"Alright, guess I can take my time now..."

Jubilife

Joseph: Right, uh...so, what's new, fluffyfluff?

Jubilife

(Sudden foxglomp!)

Eldräv: <Less than you'd think, actually~> :3c

Jubilife Rooftops

Emperor:Eh...?

Justicar:Wat.

-They both jump up-

Looks like a thief to me!

'Emperor:Then we're on the job!

-They both jump toward the figure-

Stop right there, heathen!

Jubilife

Joseph: O-oh!

-glomps back-

Joseph: And how's your trainer and the rest of his mons?

Jubilife

Eldräv: <They're doing as fine as they usually are, which is to say they're constantly squabbling and coming up with dumb ideas and squabbling over dumb ideas. Never a dull moment~> X3

Jubilife Rooftop

-The figure shoulders his bag again, and starts to take a step before turning suddenly to face the voices-

???: "Blue Emperor?!"

-On closer inspection the man can be seen wearing Meowth shaped mask covering his face except for the mouth, there are even whiskers, pointed ears and a medallion to complete the resemblance. The rest of him seems dressed more sensibly in a tan and brown pin-striped suit with a red tie, and dark brown gloves and shoes.-

???: "Tch, I see you've caught on to my plan already. Impressive!"

Route 203

Starly: <Take this!> -the starly dives at Sinbad.-

-Sinbad stumbles, hit by the flurry of feathers-

Sinbad: <Hyahhh!!>

Dunyazade: -facepalms- Melodrama. Overload.

Scheherezade: That... doesn't explain much.

Dunyazade: It explains all you need to know.

Scheherezade: -mildly amused- I'm sure.

-Sinbad charges at the Starly, pouncing on it.-

-The Starly recoils.-

Starly: <No! I am foiled!> -overly dramatic faked death-

Sinbad: <Victory!>

Starly: <I will go quietly.>

Dunyazade: It surrenders.

Starly: <She. I'm female.>

Dunyazade: Make that she.

Scheherezade: I'll name you... Shirin.

Shirin: <Very well. BUT I WILL RETURN!!!!!> -evil laughter-

Jubilife Rooftops

Blue Emperor:Well...

Both:It was really obvious.

Battle Factory

-The doors of a battlefield open with a hissss, and Sarah walks into the center.-

Sarah: I've got to say, this place has certainly kept me on my toes.

Noland: Glad to hear that. I've heard you're good at taking surprises like they're nothing. Going by the footage of your last few battles, there seems to be some truth to those rumors.

Sarah: Well, when you travel with the J-Team for a few years, you learn to adapt to whatever freak accident life throws your way.

Noland: Oh, of course. Most of us Frontier Brains were in our own ragtag team years ago, you know.

Sarah: Anabel did mention that. So, should I expect that some Legendary is going to come in at the end as a final trial or something?

-Noland grins-

Noland: You should already know the answer to that.

-Sarah matches his grin with one of her own-

Sarah: All right, then, let's get this going!

Battle! Factory Head Noland vs. Palace Apprentice Sarah!

Battle Factory

-Sarah sends out a Florges-

Sarah: All right, let's see what you've—

-Suddenly, an Ice Beam comes out of nowhere, and freezes the Florges on the spot-

???: <Whoo! Bullseye!>

-Sarah blinks. Noland smirks.-

Noland: For the record, the answer was "you should expect absolutely anything."

-A sparkling blue bird flies into sight-

Articuno: <Hey! Sorry about the sneak attack, I just couldn't resist!>

Sarah: ...Well, that was a bit of a surprise. You're earlier than I expected.

Noland: The best part about randomness is that there's no such thing as a cliche.

Sarah: I'm sure there's a cliche somewhere if you look deep enough, but hey, this is a battle, not a literature class. A battle I'm prepared to win!

Articuno: <Good luck, because you'll need a lot of it to beat me!>

-Sarah smiles and recalls her frozen Florges, swapping it out for a Dunsparce.-

Dunsparce: <...?>

-The Dunsparce looks up at the big blue snowbird looming over it. Articuno flaps its wings to blow a Blizzard over the arena, but the Dunsparce keeps low to the ground to avoid getting pelted by ice.-

Dunsparce: <...>

Sarah: Glare. We're doing this just like last match, Dunsparce.

Dunsparce: <...>

-The Dunsparce tenses up and looks directly into Articuno's eyes, hissing some sort of Sparceltongue death threat that can't safely be transcribed. Articuno freezes up (ha ha).-

Articuno: <Aah!>

Sarah: All right, Rock Slide!

-The Dunsparce proceeds to slam down into the ground, causing things that probably aren't actually rocks but similar enough to fall off the ceiling and onto the legendary bird.-

-Articuno staggers, giving the Dunsparce enough time to drop more rocks. Articuno recovers just in time to avoid it, and flies up to blow a Blizzard directly down on the field. The Dunsparce is nearly knocked out, but shivers the cold off and uses another Rock Slide.-

Articuno: <Grr…>

-It flaps its wings for another Blizzard, but locks up due to paralysis. The Dunsparce hisses in satisfaction as it drops a final Rock Slide on the prone bird.-

Articuno: <Aargh! Enough!>

-It glows blue, and returns perfectly back to normal-

Articuno: <I concede defeat…>

-It leans down and leers at the Dunsparce-

Articuno: <But just know that if I were going at full power, you'd be Sparcicles.>

-The Dunsparce sticks its tongue out at Articuno, a gesture that earns it an irritated peck on the head before Articuno perches elsewhere in the facility to rest.-

Sarah: ...Well, that happened.

Noland: Hey, you won that round. You can't argue with that. Good luck keeping that up, though!

Cherrim: <...dwoop beyoop.>

-Sarah smirks-

Sarah: Looks like luck's on our side. Certainly a nice change from my battle with Lucy. Dunsparce, Glare!

-The Dunsparce tenses up again and glares, somehow affecting the Cherrim through its folded petals.-

Cherrim: <d-w-o-o-p>

Noland: Sunny Day.

-The Cherrim unfolds its petals as a ball of light appears.-

Cherrim: <BEBEBEBEBEBEBEP>

Sarah: Perfect! Dunsparce, Flamethrower!

-The Dunsparce hisses, which is garbled by the jet of sunlight-enhanced flame flying out of its mouth.-

Cherrim: <YOOP YOOP YOOOOOOOOOP>

-The Cherrim runs around, trying to pat the flames out, before returning its attention to its opponent-

Noland: Solarbeam!

-The Cherrim finally puts out the flames, and immediately shoots a beam of light at the Dunsparce, knocking it out.-

Sarah: (Hmm… I wonder if it'll be enough…)

-She sends out the still-frozen Florges-

Noland: -raises an eyebrow- Quite the risky move you're making. Solarbeam!

-The Cherrim fires another beam of light at the Florges-

Sarah: Don't worry, I know the risk. Fortunately, nothing particularly worries me about that Cherrim…

-The ice starts cracking at the point the beam strikes-

Sarah: So these risks are more than worth the reward.

-The Florges breaks out of its ice-

Florges: <GAH! Holy [REDACTED], that was cold!>

Sarah: You're not gonna last long out here, so let's make this count! Hyper Beam!

-The Florges shivers, and fires a huge beam of energy at the Cherrim, knocking it out before she collapses to her knees.-

Florges: <Never [DATA EXPUNGED] doing that again… I don't need this [CENSORED]...>

-Noland recalls the fainted Cherrim and sends out a Banette-

Banette: <Ooh, fresh meat!>

Noland: Shadow Claw, Banette!

-The Banette grins, and slashes wildly at the prone Florges, taking out the last little bit of its health.-

Sarah: It's all down to this, then. Metagross!

-Sarah sends out a Metagross, which looks at the Banette curiously-

Metagross: <Spoopy death puppet! :X>

Sarah: Meteor Mash the spoopy death puppet!

Metagross: <DEATH TO THE DEATH PUPPETTTTTTTT>

-The Metagross leaps into the air and dramatically spirals down onto the Banette, smashing its face in.-

Banette: <Ow! You'll pay for that, metal thing!>

Noland: Shadow Ball!

-The Banette gathers an orb of Obscura in its hands and lobs it at the Metagross, which is struck and wobbles a bit-

Metagross: <Death orbs!>

Sarah: We can do this! Just one more Meteor Mash!>

Metagross: <DEATH FROM ABOOOOOOOOVE>

-It slams into the Banette again. The Banette attempts to get up, but flops over helplessly.-

Noland: ...Well, looks like that's it. You've earned yourself a Knowledge Symbol, Sarah.

-He presses it into Sarah's Frontier Pass.-

Sarah: Gotta say, you definitely caught me off guard with Articuno at the beginning, but it's nothing I can't handle. Now I just have the Battle Pyramid, then Spenser's gonna finally test me himself.

Noland: Well, I'm not gonna tell you what to expect, but I can promise you it'll be your toughest one yet. Be prepared, and expect anything.

Sarah: Oh, of course. Thanks for this battle, Noland.

Noland: Any time.

-Sarah heads out-

edited 18th Feb '16 7:55:18 PM by BittersweetNSour

Jubilife Rooftop

???: "...Well, no matter. You'll never catch me!"

-He points a fist dramatically toward another building-

-Then pauses, looks at his gloved hand, and pounds his wrist into the palm of his other hand a few times-

"Ngh, blasted thing. I was counting on-"

-There is a sudden pneumatic "Pssht!", and a dart with a cable attached whizzes above the Blue Emperor's head and buries itself in the building behind him-

"Wah-!"

-Suddenly the man is yanked forward by the device on his arm to collide with the hero-

Distortion World, inside a well of souls

-Pianis and Lily have happened upon the heart of the Distortion World, where a black cocoon-like object rests-

Yveltal:    The soulstone is within the human world. Soon all human souls shall be absorbed into it.   

-the cocoon unfolds itself into a Y-shaped bird-

Yveltal:    You will be the last of your kind, for a few moments.   

Pianis: Your plan to wipe out humanity is complete madness! We'll put a stop to it right here!

Lily: Yeah! The human race will never go quietly into the darkness!

-Yveltal grinds his claws against each other-

Yveltal:    Death comes, humans.   

-Lily rushes toward Yveltal, striking with a series of flying kicks from all directions-

Lily: Hi-yah!

-Pianis calls down a rain of ice shards from above, while also blasting Yveltal with an Ice Beam-

Yveltal:    Death is beyond your reach.   

-Lily lands on the ground, then hits with a flurry of punches, ending with a backflip-

-a pool of fog appears on the ground-

Pianis: Watch out for that! It's an—

-and then wraps itself around Lily; it causes her body to crumble to dust as her soul is sucked into Yveltal's wings-

Pianis: —Oblivion Wing.

Yveltal:    A world free of evil. You need but die!   

-Yveltal flies to the center of the room, then fires a barrage of Dark Pulses in all directions; Pianis dodges a few, then gets hit by one and dies-

Yveltal:    The end is inevitable.   

Snowpoint City, inside Pianis' house

-which causes a particular boy and girl to look at their computers disappointedly-

Jenna: You two suck at this.

Lily: Oh come on! That is so unfair!

Pianis: Yeah, you kinda have to watch out for moves like that.

Lily: Ugh.

Pianis: Wish Piano was here.

Lily: What, is she better at this than me?

Pianis: No, but she makes a great target.

Wayward Cave, far past

-To DS-

Well, I guess we can just go back to Jubilife now, I'll just shoot a text to the others regarding what happened here today.

Solaceon Town, past

Aaron: -To Connie- <No idea, when I managed to get back the police had managed to discover the place "somehow", so it was deserted, but those responsible managed to get away.>

edited 18th Feb '16 8:27:12 PM by rmctagg09

Solaceon, past

Connie: <Hm...>

<Well, good it got taken down, but unfortunate the people involved got away...>

Jubilife Rooto...oh dear-

-The kick lands right in the hero's chest-

Emperor:Oh...SHIII-

-CRASH!-

-And sends him right into the window of a flower shop-

Justicar:Emp...?

-She looks around for the perp-

Greene Flowers-

-Our hero has landed here, unceremoniously, atop the counter, surrounded by glass and flowers-

Jason:@_@

-You did not read that wrong. His helmet flew off again-

-And...well...-

Eve:J...JASON?!

-Yeeeeeah...-

Jubilife Rooftops

-The Meowth-suited criminal lands on his feet on the side of the building, and spends just a moment to marvel in his luck before scaling the rest of the building and attempting to escape-

Jubilife Rooftops

Justicar:O...Oh...

-She sweatdrops-

...

-Beat-

-She looks down-

...he forgot his loot.

-She picks up the bag-

...I'll go return it.

Greene Flowers

Eve:So...I believe you owe me something.

Jason:....I'll pay for the windows?

Eve: >:|

-Bop-

And an explanation to this damn getup, dumbass!

-Ear grab!-

Come on, now!

-PUUUULL!-

Jason:OWOWOWOW! Okay, I'm comin'!

-He's dragged upstairs-

Oreburgh City, Duniree's Room

-Deziree collapses onto her desk with a groan, drawing Dune's attention from his Hagane no Tsume scroll.-

Dune: Okay Dezi, I know your various sounds of frustration, and that was a bad one. What's going on?

Deziree: Uh uh. Dezi's in lab coat town.

-Dune frowns as Deziree pulls her coat up around her head.-

Dune: Dezi.

-Deziree shakes her head.-

Dune: Deziree.

Deziree: I'm just... Holy crap! I've got so much going on! I'm STILL sorting through Transistor data, I've found a lead to my existence in Night Vale from that data, we've got glitches running around and we haven't even SEEN one, there's the crazy dream world that we can't get into because our sleep schedules are FRUNKED right now, and IT'S BEEN YEARS AND I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS DAMN BRACELET WORK PROPERLY!

-She slams her head against the table ^note "Owie..."-

Dune: Deziree. May I state a possible solution?

-Deziree mumbles a generally affirmative-sounding grunt before squeaking in surprise as Dune rests a very cold bottle of water on the back of her neck.-

Dune: Maybe you should worry about one thing at a time.

-He gives her the aforementioned bottle and opens his own.-

Dune: The data can wait, the longer you leave it the clearer it gets anyway. Night Vale naturally makes everything complicated, from what you've told me, so it might be best to drop it for now. The glitches are strange and random, we'll handle them if we find one first. And the Collective Unconscious is... well, when we start going to bed on time it'll be easier to handle.

-Deziree starts thinking to herself, popping open the water and taking a swig.-

Dune: I'll let you think about it.

Eve's Room

-One massive explanation later-

Eve:So...you're one of those heroes that showed up last year?

-Nodnod-

And..you're decent but not that good...

Jason:Hey, I wouldn't say th-

Eve:I want in!

-Beat-

Jason:EXCUSE ME?! You want in?!

-Eve nods-

No!

Eve:What?! Why not?!

Jason:It's dangerous! And besides, I don't need more sidekicks!

Eve:Fine! I'll...I'll upgrade your suit, secure the suit! Add forms! Be your tech girl!

Jason:...Look Eve, I know ya tinker an' all, but the odd model isn't going to help mu-

-Eve tosses Jason an orb from her pocket-

-The button's been pressed-

What's this supposed to b-

-Whawhipwhipwhip!-

-And now Jason is ensnared by Vine Whip-like vines-

Eve:Enough to convince you?

Jason:Well...I'm more Water/Steel type themed...

-Eve scowls-

Eve:Uuuurgh...fine! Just go on your super dangerous and cool thing without me again Maxwell!

-She prepares to leave in a huff-

Jason:But!

Eve:...but?

Jason:Yes, but. You really should let me finish my thoughts.

-Ahem-

I might be Water/Steel themed...but!

-Beat-

...What did you say about other forms?

Eve:You mean-

Jason:Heh, may as well give ya some kinda chance. Welcome to Team Emperor!

-Beat-

...but...can you untie me first please?

Wayward Cave - Past

- Nods -

Okay.