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Kalos, abandoned theatre, past

-Sholto is snapped out of his move and keeps flying in midair-

Sholto And Clones: "...So it's only funny when you make the joke, huh?"

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

Cathedral

Vierr: Oh... hmmm...

-The look of consideration on his face is unmistakeable-

-Upon reaching the roof-

And here we are.

-Sits on the ground and gestures for Vierr to do the same-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Æther: I don't know how self-important you have to be to come to a conclusion like that. You're just not funny.

Regardless, you've delayed this long enough.

Waffles: <Zeal!>

-Zeal looks up as Æther pulls the trigger.-

-...But the bullet stops in midair.-

Æther: What? How...

-It flies toward the opening in the roof, where a man completely covered in black armor stands, surrounded by Magnemite-line mons.-

Æther: That shouldn't be possible...

Zeal: Wha... who...

-The man pats a Magnezone on the back.-

Youta: Good job, Cherish.

I'm done here.

Cathedral Roof

-Vierr nods and sits, gazing off the side of the roof-

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Ghostus: <...Who the heck are these guys?>

<I mean I'm not complaining, but...>

Sholto: "...Huh. Looks like these Magnemite turned the tide of this encounter."

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

-To Vierr-

Okay, now we're going to focus and activate Aura Sense.

edited 2nd May '16 9:02:40 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Youta: Mel's here. She's alive. There's a room beneath the stage.

-Zeal gets up and sprints toward the stage. A Fire Blast from the Charizard forces him backward.-

Æther: Not so fast. Remember what's at stake.

And hey, if this guy's not lying, then you'd be at fault for getting your sister blown up, too!

I'm done here.

-Eterna Forest- 2 Hours before Sunset-

-The ghosts fled at last. An bedraggled and thoroughly pissed off Audra was fuming and zapped any stragglers.-

Audra: <I SWEAR TO ARCEUS, IF ANY OF YOU SONS OF BLISSEY STOP ABSCONDING NOW, THAT I WILL SEND YOU STRAIGHT BACK TO THE SPIRIT WORLD WITH...>

-It was at that moment that Audra started evolving, the crackling of electricity and glowing noises muffling most of the R-rated rant. Once the glowing stopped, a fuming Luxio was standing there.-

Audra: <-AND A RUSTY SPORK!>

Barclay: <Wow, ye evolved through ranting. If I had the necessary appendages, I would be slowly clapping right now.>

Ralli: <Damn, youse gotta real mouth on ya girly!>

Verigan: <Sparking Deduction is indeed a terrifying and awesome being, indeed.>

Kiaran: <Yeah, Yeah, that's nice and all, but more importantly, where the actual fuck is my little sister!?>

-It was at that moment that Ekundayo finally finished crawling over the pile of blasted trees. Her crying and sniffling could now be heard without the din of battle overtaking it.-

Ekundayo: <I-i'm so s-sorry! A-a human s-s-speaking ha-ha-haunter t-t-took her away! I-i wa-was so scared I-i couldn't d-do anything!>

-It was only Verigan's restraining of Kiaran with his ribbons that prevented the Zorua from lunging at Ekundayo.-

Kiaran: <Y-you stupid bug! HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN! SO HELP ME GHOST KING I WILL SEND YOU TO THE OTHER WORLD!>

Verigan: <He who Protects the Lady, will prithee heed my call to calm down?>

Kiaran: <OTHER WORLD NO! I WILL NOT CALM THE OTHER WORLD DOWN UNTIL ARK IS IN FRONT OF ME AND SAFE! I CAN't LOOSE HER AGAIN! SHE'S ALL I HAVE LEFT TO RETURN TOO! UNHAND ME!>

-Ekundayo's crying had gotten worse after Kiaran's harsh words. Barclay awkwardly went to comfort the bug type, while Ralli and Audra stayed focused on Kiaran.-

Ralli: <Kiaran, calm the frig down. Yellin' ain't gonna bring Ark back anytime soonah.>

Audra: <In any case, seeing as we are leaderless right now, I am taking control of this team... pack... whatever you want to call it.>

Kiaran: <WHO THE OTHER WORLD DIED AND MADE YOU PACK LEADER!?>

-Audra gave a chillingly detached smirk and said-

Audra: <Until evidence to the contrary, Ark has.>

'''Kiaran: <SHUT IT!>

-Meanwhile at the Old Chateau-

-Ark wheezed from exhaustion as she collapsed back onto the wooden floor in exhaustion. Ark's knuckled bruised, bleeding in a few places, and with several splinters stuck in them. The Haunter looked somewhat amused at the proceedings.-

Ark: <I am going to break this door down eventually!>

?????: Just keep telling yourself that spitfire, just keep telling yourself that. The structure mends itself, so your efforts are going to be futile in the long run. Why not give up and play the damsel in distress? Or better yet, submit!

-Once Ark caught her breath, she shakily stood up. Reaching inside her backpack, Ark withdrew the kettle.-

Ark: <I hate being a burden, so that is just degrading for me. I'd prefer to do the rescuing, it's more rewarding that way. If the door keeps building itself back up, then i'll just have to break it faster!>

-With that said, Ark swung the kettle against the age-worn door, breaking a small piece off. The hole started to close up as Ark swung again.-

?????: Interesting. In any case, your efforts are futile, as it is but two hours til' the sun sets.

-Ark pointedly ignored her and kept swinging.-

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

Sholto: <Well...>

<...Ghostus, remember what I said about the Bridge?>

Ghostus: <Ngh...>

<Fine...>

-Ghostus rushes at Æther in an attempt to either possess him to at least try and keep him from doing anything, while Sholto and his clones make a break from where they are for the back room-

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

Cathedral Roof

-Vierr nods silently, closing his eyes and focusing on his surroundings through Aura Sense-

The Cathedral

Now...

Threads.

-Connections start showing up between us and going elsewhere-

Now, you need to connect with the Aura Nexus at the bottom of this place, use it to expand your Sight.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Cathedral Roof

-Vierr attempts to do so.-

Vierr: (This place feels an awful lot like Sol's "dark room". Except... not just Obscura. But it's the same principle, I guess...)

-He manages, although he doesn't have a very solid hold of the connection-

Kalos, abandoned concert hall, past

-The Arcanine jumps in to try to stop Ghostus.-

Æther: Au revoir.

-Youta's Magnemite-line mons do something, and all the lights go out, leaving the room dark aside from the fires and whatever comes in through the hole in the ceiling. Æther seems surprised.-

Æther: What... why isn't... Oh, I see, that disabled the remote, didn't it?

-Æther laughs, and the Charizard turns its attention to Youta.-

I'm done here.

-To Vierr-

The threads that you're perceiving represent the bonds between yourself and others, the stronger the bond, the stronger the thread. Now, if you can get this correct you should be able to sense down to the Battle Zone, at least.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Eterna Forest - Past (2 hours to sunset)

Blitz: "Well, I've never seen that before"

-With the ghosts gone, Tomohawk lands by Blitz before he approaches Ark's group of mon-

"Okay, let's back up a minute. If Ark's been kidnapped the we really don't have time to be arguing over who's at fault or who's secondary pack leader. You can take that up with Ark when we find her again"

-He pauses to think for a moment-

The sun's gonna go down soon. That might be a good thing since Tomahawk is my last battler standing after that match...

-He glances to Phaz-

...Even if it's not how I'd like to introduce something like this. But if it can't be avoided, I suppose it wouldn't hurt too much

-Blitz turns to Ekundayo- "Alright, is there any chance you saw which way that Haunter went with Ark? Because either we're going to follow it" -He gestures to the white haired, hetrocromatic young man he arrived with and gives a teasing smile- "Or I'm gonna have to ask my friend Jason here to try tracking her down, and I don't know if he's been practicing that"

edited 2nd May '16 9:54:46 PM by BlitzTrain

Cathedral Roof

-Vierr's face scrunches up as he focuses on the threads-

Vierr: ...

-To Vierr-

What do you sense?

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Cathedral Roof

Vierr: A lot more than I've ever even dreamed of taking in at once. It's... a bit overwhelming, honestly. It's giving me a killer headache. But...

-He exhales-

Vierr: I can sense a ton of Pokemon. And... I think maybe a few people? Waaaaaaay off toward the Battle Zone? It's a bit of a blur, this isn't exactly my strong suit.

Jubilife, Dusk

-Scheherezade is walking. A shadow flickers past. She looks around.-

Scheherezade: "Odd... There's no one around." -more looking around- "There should at least be-"

-She's cut off by a Scizor narrowly missing her.-

Scheherezade: "What the -"

-The Scizor makes another pass, this time it's evident it is trying to attack her.-

Scheherezade: "!" -She draws her swordcane and goes for her pokeballs, finding them missing.-

Scheherezade: "Oh, shit." -She settles into a dueling stance.-

-The scizor slashes at her with its claws, which she is narrowly able to avoid.-

Scheherezade: "Shitshitshitshitshit." -The Scizor attacks again, prompting a parry riposte, which bounces off of one of its claws.-

Scheherezade: -looks around, starting to panick.- Can't run... it's faster. -narrowly parries another attack, this time her repost connects though, not that you'd be able to tell from the Scizor's reaction.- Can barely fight... Have to fight -The Scizor lunges again, this time connecting, leaving a gash across her right arm.- Can't call for help... Can't take the time to grab my phone.

-The two fighters break, and start circling each other.-

Scheherezade: "You... You're the one from the forest. What the fuck do you want?''

-The Scizor gives an almost-imperceptible nod.-

Scheherezade: "Why? I only have one question: Why!?" -the Scizor narrows its eyes, not deigning to respond.-

edited 2nd May '16 10:51:53 PM by Izshta

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Eterna Forest - Time before Sunset: 2:00h

Cynthia: -to herself- <...Losing her again ?>

Phaz: Anyways, Blitz's right here. I'll just take care of all of you while Ark isn't here.

Cynthia: <Say... Doesn't that Volta guy knows where they are ?>

Volta: <Nah Miss Kirlia, i was living next door. I didn't even knew they were pedHaunters near there. Guess kiddos in the forest gotta be more careful now, i'm gonna tell them bye.>

Phaz: HOLD IT ! You say that you didn't know about theses Haunters. But you already know there where Haunters in this forest, because you live in in, right ?

-Beginning Cross-Examination !-

Volta: <Well, yeah, duh. I know almost everything in this forest, 'xcept maybe the north of it>

Phaz: TAKE THAT ! So you don't know entirely the forest !

Volta <HOLD IT ! I said i knew the entire forest... But i didn't said which period !>

Phaz: OBJECTION ! Don't lie to the court !

Volta: <OBJECTION ! There is no court !>

Phaz: TAKE THAT ! There is no reason you should lie then !

Volta: <OBJECTION ! I wasn't lying !>

Phaz: OBJECTION !

Volta: <OBJECTION !>

<SILENCE ! if you two are going to fight, it's not this time ! We got Ark to find !>

Phaz: Yeah, sorry, i got carried away. Anyway, what's the difference between the forest of there was some time and the forest of today, right now ?

Volta: <Well... The north side of the forest is different... Dunno why, but now Haunters doesn't like when we go here.>

Phaz: Well, this reduces a lot the search. Back to work !

edited 3rd May '16 12:03:10 AM by Phazya

What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold

Hearthrome Contest Hall, Saturday

Excalipoor: -He holds his arms out- <Bear witness to the great greatness that is my freezing coolness!>

-A stream of many teal lights erupt from Exaclipoor's arms, creating the pattern of a snowflake, they then flash and the Whirlpool L created is frozen solid-

<Ahah! I was trying to just hurt you, but that works too!>

Pagoda F3

Daisoujou: -Its head snaps towards Seiten Tensei, and breathes out a Haze, reducing the Pokesona's bulk but also restoring its lowered defense-

Lake Verity

-With that, Dimo kicks Jastis away, and he stands up, and readjusts himself- "Well! Shall we go?"

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Where the Blitz is

-Ring ring-

-Ring ring-

Eterna - Blitz's room - Today

-Blitz is currently at his laptop trawling the internet in search of some clues for where the Avenger was most recently seen when his phone started buzzing-

-Click-

Blitz: "Hello?"

Blitz's Room

-The voice is that of a nurse-

Nurse:Hello? Is this, uhm...Derek Thorne?