ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Noelle: Oooh, road trip!

Pianis: I really don't think we want to go back to that place, but okay.

-the four Deerspeople hop onto Xerxes' back-

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Veilstone, past

-Xerneas uses a pink cocoon to warp everyone off...-

Phenac Outskirts, past

-And warp here not long after the other group had gotten there-

Kendall: <Okay, so we->

-blinks-

<...Xerneas? What are you doing here?>

Xerxes: <Trying to find you guys!>

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Phenac Outskirts, past

Well, this simplifies things immensely.

-Notes the rest of Xerneas' party-

Jenna... this'll go well.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-Siobhan is warped.-

-Siobhan is a tad dazed from the teleport.-

Siobhan: "Never been to Orre before. Guess this is as good a time as any for a first visit."

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

Pastoria City

-Somewhere in the city, a frail, bony young man is watching the news intently.-

Newscaster: —increased reports of strange, reality-bending activity around the Snowpoint area. As we have reported before, such activity has been in the northern parts of the region for months, but it has been creeping closer to the city for several days now. What it wants has yet to be confirmed...

-The man scribbles something in a notebook, frowning-

Solaceon Ruins(?)

-The world comes into focus again around the remains of the deformed, deranged Cherrim hybrid the group had faced before. Samus blinks, as she looks around through an ominous fog.-

Samus: <What— why are we here now? What's going on?>

-One can almost hear... whispering? Too quiet to be intelligible... if it was ever intelligible in the first place.-

-It's also very chilly, sending a shiver down everybody's spine near-simultaneously.-

???

Wilhelm: Please don't call me "Willie" again. How would you like it if I called you "Annie", hmm?

(He coughs falsely, giving him time to regain his darkly cheerful demanour.)

Wilhelm: Lawsuits, eh? Have Arthur's shadier connection finally caught up to him, or is this something on your end? I'm not surprised about the children, though - what do you expect when you've treated them as mindless fashion dolls their whole lives? I imagine rebellion was on their minds as soon as they hit puberty.

Tastes better on the way back down.

Unova

-Harumph-

Marianne:I have done nothing but pamper Maria my whole life, Wilhelm. As for the lawsuit....

-Tch-

That is none of your business.

???

Wilhelm: Yes, yes... pamper. Wouldn't want your little darling to turn out like me or Clarice, would you now?

(There's a subtle yet biting trace of venom to these words. Regarding background noise, nothing can be heard except the low hum of a large computer at work.)

Tastes better on the way back down.

Unova

Marianne:Hmph. You have a problem with the way I treat my darling daughter??

-The scowl can almost be heard through the line. Something crunches in the background-

Besides, Maria is still alive, so she has that on you. Sane too.

-She coughs-

But that is the past now, isn't it?

???

Wilhelm: What happened to Clarice is no fault of mine, Marianne. Unless your sanity comment was directed at yours truly? In which case, I am deeply offended. Shame on you.

Tastes better on the way back down.

Unova

-Mariianne tuts-

Marianne:Now now. You should know I was talking about her.

-Ahem-

Anyway. My sources tell me you've joined up with some new faction...one "Neo-Illusion?"

NI HQ, because why bother hiding it anymore

Wilhelm: Why, yes, I have. I thought you'd come to that eventually.

(There is the sound of a swivel chair being adjusted.)

Wilhelm: What services do you want from us, then?

Tastes better on the way back down.

Unova

Marianne:Well, it's quite simple. You do me a favor and I'll get you the funding you might need.

-Smirks-

NI HQ

(A short pause.)

Wilhelm: What, dare I ask, is this task?

Tastes better on the way back down.

Unova

Marianne:It's simple really. 2 quick little...eliminations.

-A deep chortle-

My own men can't seem to get the job done right. And Lane's becoming more of a thorn in my side...and that redhead my daughter's decided to...

-An audible shudder-

Be, with.

NI HQ

(Wilhelm tone changes abruptly, from smooth and slightly sneering to forcibly impassive.)

Wilhelm: ...you want me to have your children assassinated.

Tastes better on the way back down.

NI HQ

-a woman's voice (loud, somewhat squawky Mistralton accent) can be heard from Wilhelm's end-

Kirsten: Who are you talking to, Wilhelm?

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Another green world.

Jenna: -to Tagg- Dammit, not you again.

Lily: Jen, be nice.

Forte: Uh, what's going on?

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Unova

-Harumph-

Marianne: NOT Maria.

-A snarl-

Lane is no child of mine. And neither is that....Kearny!

NI HQ

(Wilhelm briefly tilts his head away from the phone to talk to Kirsten.)

Wilhelm: Just discussing my cousins with my aunt. It's nothing important.

(Back to the phone.)

Wilhelm: ...I somehow doubt Boucher would be willing to waste manpower on petty familial grudges. Shall I do this myself?

Tastes better on the way back down.

NI HQ

-Kirsten's right hand twitches slightly, before sidling up closer to Wilhelm. She doesn't say anything, but rather listens closely to Wilhelm and what she can hear from the other end-

Another green world.

Blitz: "Heh, looks like you found us then!"

-Beat-

-Blitz stares at non-legendary members of Xerneas' party almost more than the legendary being himself-

"...What's with the costumes? Starting a super hero club or something?"

-A highly confused mecha-bird-sparce turns and looks around at the surroundings as they fade in-

Aero: <Huh? ... Is someone talking...?>

Unova

Marianne:That would be wonderful. Get it done, and money wont be an issue. Good bye.

-Click-

NI HQ

(Wilhelm is going to respond, but Marianne hangs up before he can. He instead sighs in the general direction of Kirsten.)

Wilhelm: Arceus above, that woman has no patience...

Tastes better on the way back down.

NI HQ

-neither does Kirsten-

Kirsten: Who was that? What were you talking about? You cut a deal. Who are we going after?

Another green world.