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-Ren's eyes Flash as Shadow Lisa and Moh Shuvuu gang up on Seiten Taisei.-

Ren: Attack.

-Izanagi's coat glows a metallic silver and swoops forward to try to hit Shadow Lisa with the tail of his coat.-

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-Ren nods at SleepyHead's assesment.-

Ren: We need to hurry and pick a door, we've been here a while and I doubt my shadow will let us discuss thi—

-Suddenly, Shadow Ren's voice echoes through out the room without any discernible poit of origin.-

Shadow Ren: For once, my idiot self is right.

Seal my fate tonight?
You know I hate to have to cut the fun short —
But the joke's wearing thin.
Pick a door and then
Let the show begin!

-The last line fades into silence. Shadow Ren's tone leaving the group that he's not going to wait for them to come to decision much longer.-

Solaceon

Erin has no idea why she's still here. All she can tell is that something big is happening.

Erin: Are those Pokemon... talking?

On the outside, nothing stands out. On the inside, she's screaming.

Whatever these people are doing, I want in on it!

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-Seiten blinks and Protects against the Aerial Ace. He tries to block the Psychic as well, but can't get the barrier up fast enough and is tossed to the side. Dune is sent flying as well, eliciting a string of curses.-

Dune: WOAHDAMMITCRAPSHI-

*THUMP*

Dune: OW!

Galvani: <... Huh. OH! RIGHT! Quick, while Seiten's out of the way!>

-The air around Yurlungur shimmers with copper light as a prismatic wave of copper oxide washes towards both of the Spec. Defense-compromised opponents.-

CU, Theater

Dune: I vote neon door!

Galvani: <Neon! Neon!>

edited 13th Jun '16 1:53:59 PM by DuneTheWanderer

Old Chateau, 18 minutes until sunset

Cynthia: <I don't really think we need to move this... Maybe remove the matress and break the bottom of the bed? If that doesn't work, well, we'll have to move it.>

-Meanwhile on Phaz's side...-

Phaz: -internally- Oharceusstopstickingwithmeplease -externally- O-okay, no, it's not normal. stoooppleassgowithAshleyorKiaranwhatever U-unless you wanna dye some of your clothes,stooopplease b-but i don't think this is the case...

-Meanwhile in Phaz's mind...-

-Meanwhile on Ashley's side...- Ashley: <There is definitely something wrong about this picture. I think i saw what you saw Kiaran... And i don't like it either... Mighty creepy indeed...>

-And now for some answers to Audra...-

Cynthia: <Yes Audra, there is something weird here! Some kind of drawings that are under this bed.>

Phaz: Hey, that ties with the ink bottle and the paintbrush that E-Ekundayo and i found! Maybe that mean that-

Ashley: <Stop! We are observed! I think.>

Phaz: ...Waddya mean?

Ashley: <This picture is glitching like when the walls were glitching to eat the ghosts! It means the glitch... thingie is aware that we are here! So maybe he can hear us!>

Phaz: Hey, Imamu told us so, Ashy.

Ashley: <Don't call me like that... Rayray!>

-Cynthia giggles.-

Ashley: <Anyways what was that about this drawing?>

Cynthia: <I can't say what it is, but it's under the bed. Swear to Arceus if it's something like "Get out" or something like an horror movie...>

Phaz: Yeah whatever. Let's just push the bed and see what it's like under!

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

Old Chateau, 18 minutes until sunset

(Simon begrudgingly moves over to help lift/push the bed.)

Tastes better on the way back down.

CU Theater

-Joseph nods-

Neon sounds right!

Another green world.

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Mendel: -through the accessories- For what it is worth, I think you all should pick the candlelit door.

Ren: -thinks for a few moments- I think Mendel's logic is the most sound. That, in conjunction with SleepyHead's and Daydre's assessments. I also think the candlelit door is the door to pick to advance.

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-Right the twins are here-

Jacob: "Screw it, picking a door."

-He walks up to the candlelit door and throws it open-

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

-As soon as the knob was turned, the black marble floor changed in to a tiled dance floor with triangular tiles in an expand circular patern alternating between black and six colors while multi-colored spot and strobe lights begin to flash and turn as the demon statues come to life to perform, eventually encircling the group as the sing and dance.-

Demon Ensemble
Go! Go! Joe!
Go! Go! Joe!
Go! Go! Joe!
Go! Go! Joe!

Go, go, go Joseph you know what they say
Hang on now Joseph you'll make it some day!
Sha la la Joseph you're doing fine
You and your dreamcoat ahead of your time!

Go, go, go Joseph you know what they say
Hang on now Joseph you'll make it some day!
Sha la la Joseph you're still in your prime!
You and your dreamcoat ahead of your time!

-The Liepard-like Helios and the Gothitelle-like Maso move forward and start dancing to either side of Joesph-

Go, go, go, Joe!
Go, go, go, Joe!
Go, go, go, Joe!
Go, go, go, Joe!
Go, go, go, Joe!

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go Joseph you know what they say
Hang on now Joseph you'll make it some day!
Sha la la Joseph you're doing fine!
You and your dreamcoat ahead of your time!

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go Joseph you know what they say
Hang on now Joseph you'll make it some day!
Sha la la Joseph you're still in your prime!
You and your dreamcoat ahead of your time!

Maso
Ahead of your time

Helios
Ahead of the time

Maso and Demon Chorus
Ahead of your time

Helios
Ahead of the

-The demons crowds around Joseph and lift up on their shoulders as all the spotlight miake their way to shine on the demons and Joseph as the music cresendos.-

All
Time!

-The demons set Joesph down before taking a bow then rushing out the south door.-

Ren: ... ... ...

Mendel: -though the accessories- I'm so glad I'm recording all this.

Ren: >_<;;

edited 13th Jun '16 3:16:11 PM by keys2tkingdom

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Arahabaki finally snaps out of its confusion!

"Finally!"

Rock Tomb on Moh Shuvuu!

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"Oh, we're voting? I choose candlelight I gue-"

Cue Jacob.

"-Never mind then."

Then the musical number!

"... I don't know what I was expecting."

off the shits

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-Dune and Galvani watch in absolute befuddlement.-

Dune: ... I don't think I have the proper background to make sense of any of this.

Galvani: ...◊

Hearthome

Jason:-nods-In any case...at least it's over with now...

-He smirks-

And hey, new scar. That's...kinda a plus?

Solaceon

Uta:<Right...course.>

-She shrugs-

<Bigger things, more worry, yeah...>

-Beat-

-She drops a Moonstone on the ground-

<Here...you wanna get stronger, use this.>

-She hops, making a Shoomp! noise as she Teleports to a tree branch-

<I was gonna give it to you on Valentine's Day...but...well, you know...>

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-Joe is set down, turning back to the group-

WHOO! That was great! :D

-he's giggling happily-

Another green world.

-Titan sends a Rock Slide at both enemies as well-

-With this and the Sludge Wave and Rock Tomb, Moh Shuvuu is knocked out and vanishes in a puff of smoke-

-The former two attacks, plus the Iron Tail, despite the latter not being very effective, knock Shadow Lisa to low health-

Shadow Lisa: <Ngh... I... I'm not...>

-She tries using another Aerial Ace on Titan this time, nearly knocking her out-

SleepyHead: <...Well, that was a thing too. Let's keep going.>

-She heads through the door-

edited 13th Jun '16 4:42:02 PM by CorvusAtrox

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

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Galvani: <Sic 'em!>

-Yurlungur bolts at Shadow Lisa in an attempt to bind her in a crushing Wrap.-

Galvani: <Did you know that some groups of Ekans hunt birds? Eat their eggs, too. Fascinating, really, how they managed to pin the bird's wings to their body, taking away their main advantage, leaving them at the close-range mercy of a much heavier opponent.>

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-Ren mentally laments that Iron Tail's secondary effect didn't trigger.-

Ren: Well, you can't nail every performance. Back to basics then, Izanagi.

-Izanagi nods then swings his spear-glaive, sending a Rock Slide at Shadow Lisa.-

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-Ren follows SleepyHead down the hall and opens the door to the third parlor.-

Third Parlor

-Once the group enters this room, the piano silences and reveals that this room, while worse than the last two rooms put together, still shows some of its former grandeur. The oak wood paneled room is now dirty and the air stale while the mirrors that adorn the walls a cracked or broken and smeared with dirt and grime. Two sculptures in the middle of the room hold up two life sized portraits - one of Keiran and the other of Sarah. The now tarnished silver statue of Artemis - which is a Bisharp with Froslass-like ice protrusions on her body - holds up the portrait of Keiran as the begrimed gold statue of Apollo - who is a Bisharp with Blaziken claws and leg plumage - holds up the portrait of Sarah. A door on the north wall has a handsome - if not dirty - brass handle while the door on the west wall is off its hinges and opens to the outside of the theater.-

Close your eyes for your eyes will only tell the truth And the truth isn't what you want to see In the dark it is easy to pretend... That the truth is what it ought to be...

Ren: ... It can't be that easy...

edited 13th Jun '16 5:03:57 PM by keys2tkingdom

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Dune: ... Okay, now they're just talking in circles.

-Galvani immediately closes her eyes and starts wandering around aimlessly. She might run into someone or something in her inane amblings.-

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-that somebody is Joseph-

Joseph: Oi! Be careful!

Another green world.

Credit to Tangent for spagging a certain desk-y individual's role from this point onward, nyan.

Chapter 4: Corruption

 Desert Village 

-As the Ampharos drag Chrome and Mata Nui outside, they see the village in chaos as glitched, armored spacemons emerge from dropships and assault the villagers and their homes-

-In the midst of it all, however, Chrome whispers to Mata Nui-

Human!Chrome: You know how I said I needed to be human coming here?

Mata Nui: ...Yeah?

Human!Chrome: Don't exactly need to right now; care to help me get something off?

Mata Nui: ...

-Stomps, sending a Stone Edge into the face of the Ampharos holding Chrome, breaking its grip; Chrome takes off the armband, turning into a Metagross and telekinetically flinging the other two aside-

-The First Disorder troopers refocus their assault on them; the two start fighting them off with wild abandon.-

-Chrome Meteor Mashes a glitched Clefable trooper into a rock, who impacts into a rock right next to a suspiciously more humanoid trooper. The latter rushes over to the Clefable, who grasps at their helmet before dying fainting. This seems to trigger something in the humanoid trooper.-

Trooper: Oh no... Oh no...

-looks around in panic-

Trooper Arika: WE'RE TRAPPED IN YET ANOTHER STAR WARS HOMAGE™!

Solrock Trooper: <...Is something the matter, LP-484?>

Arika: -suddenly faking a monotone- Nothing. Let's get back to terrorizing these hapless villagers. Yay, Team First Disorder.

-The Solrock stares before giving the equivalent of a shrug and going after Chrome and Mata Nui. Arika follows him with his gaze-

Wait, If I've got the part we're in right then next is...

-Her, Chrome, and Mata Nui's gaze drifts to a sudden incoming ship shaped like a dragon's head with two massive wings-

...Ah shit.

-The troopers manage to restrain Mata Nui and line up the villagers; meanwhile, the large ship lands and from it emerges a sinister figure seemingly identical to a certain Kylo Ren... -

-...Except his helmet is distinctly different; the slits in the visor are shaped like the Mark of Grima, with horn-like structures on the side to match.-

Kylo Robin:    ...   

Arika: ...Figures.

-Kylo Robin marches straight up to the restrained Mata Nui-

Kylo Robin:    Some old friend of Nox's you are. Falling to us so easily.   

Mata Nui: <You've become far worse with them!>

Kylo Robin:    Enough of this. You know full well what I'm here for.   

Mata Nui: <And I full well know who you were before this Glitch thing! You were Umbra's friend, like me! Like the rest of us!>

Kylo Robin:    Irrelevant except that you have the map to Nox. We know you found it.   

Mata Nui: <You'll just use it to corrupt him! I'll never let you do that!>

Kylo Robin:'''    I'll just do it myself then.   

Mata Nui: <You can't! He's you're friend! He's my friend!>

Kylo Robin:    He meant nothing to me. As for you... Quick enough fix.   

-he conjures a lightning-bolt-like glitch spear and rams it into the crack on Mata Nui's chest-

-Mata Nui shudders and screams as the glitchy energy fills his body-

-Chrome attempts to Shadow Ball Kylo Robin from behind in response, only for Kylo Robin to extend a hand in his direction and freeze it in midair with glitchy energy, followed by the same happening to Chrome himself. Kylo Robin then addresses a few troopers-

   Search that one. There should be something to subdue him more easily.   

-The troopers do so, finding Chrome's armband and placing it on him to turn him human. Chrome promptly yells in pain himself as the glitchy energy coalesces around the armband and solidifies to graft it to his arm, and the troopers drag him in front of Kylo Robin-

-Kylo Robin bends down to Chrome as the two glare at each other-

Human!Chrome: So... Who do you plan on talking first?

Kylo Robin:    Better question that also answers yours, the golem gave you the map to Skywalker, didn't he?   

Human!Chrome: You're a bit hard to hear behind the mask and that voice of your-

Kylo Robin:    ...Search him.   

-Two of the glitched mon troopers pat Chrome down-

Glitch Ampharos: <Nothing, sir.>

Kylo Robin:    ..Put him on board.   

-The troopers haul Chrome aboard Kylo Robin's ship as a glitchy Mandibuzz approaches him -

Captain Deskma: Sir! Submitting a THX-1138 Request for Interrogation form regarding the Golurk!

-she passes him a piece of paper-

-Kylo Robin stares at the paper, then at the silent Mata Nui with a glitch haze surrounding him-

Kylo Robin:    ...I'm assuming you want a go at getting the map info out of our new recruit?   

Captain Deskma: Resource Logistics is listed in my job description. It seemed appropriate given disorganizational policy.

Kylo Robin: -eyebrow raise under helmet-    ...Go ahead.   

Captain Deskma: Golurk! We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Please divulge the location of the map to Nox. Otherwise, I will have to use the Contingency Proceedure...

-she then reveals a roll of red tape, which she starts peeling in a threatening manner-

Glitchnui: <...Dont... Get... It... Captain...>

Captain Deskma: ...very well.

-she tapes Glitchnui to the ground, then pulls out some forms-

You aren't leaving this spot until you've completed some    paperwork   ...

Glitchnui: <What... For?>

Captain Deskma: For the Unforthcoming Interrogation Penalty Tax! That will be Forms 17-B, G2775-A.5, 1567EZ, 1567MD, 1567HD, 1567LG, 1567AR, VI 6 SIX, W2, and the ol' WAAPT-SIGNUP for good measure.

-Glitchnui hastily scribbles out the forms, finishing off with a profile of a Fighting monotyper with minimal issues minus one mon that doesn't quite fit-

Captain Deskma: ...hold on, you said you had a Fighting Monotyper... can you explain the Mantine on their team, then? And why does it list among the Mantine's possessions's... "Map to Joseph Nox"?

Glitchnui: <...First... Thing... That... Came to mind...>

Kylo Robin:    Seems we have what we need... If decidedly not in the way expected.   

-Er, clearly the bigger issue is "Cast Fist" is sadly not an actual Pokemon atta- -

Kylo Robin:    Who said that?   

-...Just a hapless villager, nyan. Help, heeeeeeeeeeeelp!-

Kylo Robin:    ...Get the Golurk on the ship.   

-Some troopers do so-

Captain Deskma: And what about them?

-she gestures at the villagers-

Kylo Robin    Assimilate them all; we could use more forces.   

-The villagers scream as the troopers and Deskma apply devices to their bodies that cause similar effects to what happened to Mata Nui-

-Arika just stares stunned at it all until she notices Kylo Robin staring back...-

-At which point the suspended Shadow Ball impacts right next to her as Kylo Robin stalks back to his ship-

Arika: ...This is going to be complicated.

-She hurries back to her own ship-

Thoughts, folks?

edited 13th Jun '16 5:12:12 PM by AgentPurrloinmence

The Fourth Wall knows my Outrage. :3

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So the truth is visual but the song's asking whether we want the truth or not... But also it's saying the truth is easier to hide in the dark? So if anyone's got a torch mind lighting the doors up better to see if they change appearance?

edited 13th Jun '16 5:48:34 PM by Pentigan

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

-Blitz looks at Jason like he'd suddenly regrew his arm, then shakes his head-

Blitz: "Riiight... Since when is a new scar a good thing?"

Mondo: <....>

-He looks up at where she teleported to, then down at the dropped Moonstone for a little bit then back up to her-

<Uta... Look. I don't really care about that right now. I need to talk to you! Would you just come back down here?>

-Erin, might notice a blond ponytailed young woman of around 20 trying to watch the Clefairy and Wigglytuff as well-

-Blitz pulls the book out, and tries not to be too put off by the dried blood. Though that is rather concerning...-

Blitz: "Huh, I always assumed the J-team were the only ones with much experience with glitches... Kind of a weird book for a child's room though"

-He opens it, idly curious who might have written it. But more importantly hoping to find something about what it's previous reader was researching-

-To Imamu- "Has it been missing long?"

-Mondo rummages around the closet a bit, but doubts he'll be interested in anything in here-

Mondo: <Looks like a bust over here>

edited 13th Jun '16 5:54:30 PM by BlitzTrain

Hearthome

Jason:Well...Bel likes them? o3o

Solaceon

Uta:<Why don't you come up here, if you wanna talk. Hmph!>

Hearthome

(Speak of the Bel, and she shall cometh!)

Belinda: What's this about a new scar? >:|

Tastes better on the way back down.

Blitz: "Uh.... Likes them-"

-Bel!-

"H-ah! Bel! Hi! What are you doing here?!"

Mondo: <Ngh... Fine>

-He skirts the Moonstone, and starts climbing up the tree with his stubby limbs-

Hearthome

-Squeak!-

Jason:U-U-Uhm...hehe...hi there...sweetie...

-His chest is still bandaged-

I, ah...may have had a close encounter with an Obscura Odachi? ^-^;;;;

Solaceon

-Beat-

-Blink-

Uta:<You're...>

-She watches-

-The branch is kinda high up-