ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Tex: "Ah. I like them both, but my pal Steve is absolutely obsessed with dark type. It's kind of disturbing."

Cathedral

Vierr: It certainly looks the part, at least. Does it have an "official" name that you know of, or is it a "lost to the ages" deal?

-He winces at something, although he doesn't realize it-

edited 2nd May '16 6:28:53 PM by BittersweetNSour

Lake Verity

-Oggie and Maxim turn to Jastis with maniacal grins on there faces.-

Oggie: <Ho ho ho, gut idea, brother. So, Jastis...>

Maxim: <Ze Mistress vunce showed us a sport as a vay to teach da Commandant how to svim.>

-They each grab vun- er, one of Jastis's shoulders each.-

Oggie: <Und hyu know vhat dat sport vas called?>

-They pick him up before he can weasel his way out.-

Maxim: <A leetle think called...>

Oggie: <VATER POLO! HY CALL FIRST SERVE! GO LONG!>

-Maxim jumps into the lake as Oggie throws Jastis into the air.-

Kalos, abandoned theater, past

Sholto: "...Did you get us to come here for any reason other than your twisted idea of fun?"

Eterna Center

Maggie: -to Etran- "Oh, it's fine. No worries."

Sack: <Like I said...>

Maggie: -to Sack- "Since when did you turn into Pitch?"

-Sack shrugs-

Eterna

Kaisei: "Er... define 'obsessed'?"

edited 2nd May '16 6:00:46 PM by CorvusAtrox

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Æther: You really have no sense of humor, do you?

His Majesty's not been himself since he lost his sister. It was so... tragic. So I thought to myself, how could I console him? And I thought hearing her voice was just what he needed to cheer up!

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

Eterna, hospital

-A bolt of lightning suddenly zaps the desk in front of a receptionist, moving erratically.-

Receptionist:Kya!

-When it moves away, there's a message-

-The woman headtilts, looks up, and is honestly shocked to see what equates to a sled made of melting ice, pulled by a Durant, carrying a young man that's missing his left arm from the shoulder down.-

-Bzzzzt-

Receptionist:Well...

-Jason is soon admitted to the hospital-

Lake Verity

-His face drops as he's grabbed-

"Wait do I get a say in this?"

-And he's thrown in the air-

"MITSUKO HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeee-"

-And he faceplants in the ground next to Dimo-

"..."

"Ow."

Tex: "Darkness is almost all he talks about"

Kalos, abandoned theater, past

Sholto: "Maybe they might help more if they were of happy moments and not ones like... that."

Eterna

Kaisei: "...Sounds like it could be a mite much, yeah."

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

-Æther sighs.-

Æther: Yeah... no sense of humor at all.

But there's another reason I'm doing this. Want to find out what it is?

Eterna Center

Etran: A-anyway, I was packing up to leave for Hearthome.

Malice: < Make sure to use ghosts against Gardenia. She loves ghosts.>

edited 2nd May '16 6:25:13 PM by etran12

Kalos, abandoned theatre, past

Sholto: "I would, yes."

Eterna Center

Maggie: -to - "Ah, alright. Might see you whenever I get there, then."

-to Malice- "Er, given my boyfriend's afraid of Ghosts, I'm a bit disinclined to exploit someone else's fear of them."

Lake Verity

-Dimo looks down at Jastis in mild surprise.-

Oggie: <OOPS! JUST A LEETLE TOO MUCH OOMPH! Hehehehehehe, schmottass.>

-Maxim jumps back out of the lake next to Dimo. Dimo arches an eyebrow at his brother, who gives a not-at-all smug shrug in response.-

The Cathedral

-To Vierr-

No one I've ever met, living or dead appears to know its name even in their oldest legends, so I suspect it has to be more than 2,000 years old at least. I suspect going by the reliefs that some predecessor to the Aura Guardians might've built this place, but nothing concrete.

Lake Verity

Jastis: -He gets up and dusts himself off- "Well! I have no idea how to get to Jubilife but I assume you good fellows will be escorting us?"

-He adjusts his bowtie, and then snaps his suspenders on his shoulders-

Beat

-He is suddenly bear-hugging Dimo's thorny leg, tears streaming down his face-

"I have no idea how I got here and I'm so scared and I just wanna see Phosy and know what to do nooooow..."

Tex: "Anyway, I have several hours of time to fill, so I think I'll start by challenging the gym."

Ember: <We finally get to do something!>

edited 2nd May '16 6:41:51 PM by MajorProblem

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Æther: Wonderful!

Y'see, life is just like a prison. A prison without any exit. And there are a lot of different people in that prison. We have the first group. They're the ones who don't realize they're in a cage, who manage to live their whole lives in blissful ignorance. And then there are the others, the ones who know the bars are there. And among them, there's a second group, the ones who desperately cling to delusions that they might one day be able to escape. And yet the other, third group, knows that death's their only way out. And me? I'm content in showing the people in the first group the bars, let them see that life is hell. And I help people in the second group come to their senses, show them that escape's impossible. It's all great fun.

I wonder which group that one might be in now.

Kalos, abandoned theatre, past

Sholto: "...What?"

Eterna

Kaisei: "Uh, well, good luck to all three of you, then."

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Æther: Ignore my drivel. The fact of the matter is, Zachary Motte is not leaving this building alive.

-He pulls out a revolver and loads it.-

I'm just waiting to see who will make that happen. Me... or him.

Cathedral

Vierr: You know, I've been meaning to ask about them. The Aura Guardians, I mean. I know some stories, they used a part of the Holon Ruins for one reason or another, but outside of that... I don't know much. You seem like you'd know way more.

Eterna City

Etran: I guess I should be heading out. Siku, Return.

-Etran recalls Siku-

Etran:G-goodbye.

Kalos, abandoned theatre, past

Sholto: "..."

-Sholto flies and perches somewhere between the line of sight of Æther and Zeal-

Ghostus: <...Crow, whatever you're thinking.>

Sholto: "And why is that?"

Eterna

Maggie: "See you, then."

-Sack waves goodbye-

edited 2nd May '16 7:03:28 PM by CorvusAtrox

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Æther: He's been keeping himself alive all this time with the possibility his sister's still alive. Look. Face it. She's not.

And judging by his silence, I think he finally gets that. What'll he do now, I wonder?

Waffles: <Zeal...>

Kalos, abandoned theatre, past

Sholto: "...Zeal?"

-To Vierr-

Not much I can say that you probably haven't heard before. While their exact origins have been lost to time, the Aura Guardians used to be a lot more numerous centuries ago, with their monasteries dotting all the regions from here to Kalos and Unova. They'd go around righting wrongs and keeping great powers in check and stuff like that.

-Face darkens-

But then, things changed.