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Jubilife City

Alyssa: But how do we save them? They do the transformy thing!

-Dihrao has sought out help from Eitr-

Eitr: <I'm not touching you.>

   Dihraozard X: <PLEASE! You've got the glitchy thing, you might be immune, and you're the only one who has a chance of undoing this! What if it's the cure? They're trying to find a cure, and you might be it!>   

Eitr: <Ugh, fine, if it'll make you leave me alone. I might be able to do something.>

   Dihraozard X: <Wait, really?>   

Eitr: <Key word might. I can try knocking you back some amount of time. Not sure if it'll work, but it's worth a shot.>

   Dihraozard X: <Thank you thank you thank you!>   

-Eitr starts stretching and winding up a punch, glitch particles sparking over his fist-

Eitr: <So, how far back are we talking? A few days, a year, a couple weeks, a month or two, maybe a lustrum if we're ambitious?>

-Dihrao blinks-

   Dihraozard X: <...Lustrum?>   

Eitr: <Lustrum it is, then.>

   Dihraozard X: <WAIT NO THAT WAS A QUESTION WHAT THE HECK IS A— >   

-POW!-

-As the punch connects, from where there was once a 'Mega Charizard X, a small purple form goes tumbling backward.-

Dihrao: <Ow! Come on, you didn't answer my...>

-He trails off as he realizes what's different: what was once a Nidoking is now, once again, a Nidorino.-

Dihrao: <...I'm... tiny! I'm cute! Whatever you did, it worked even better than we hoped aaaaaaaaaa~>

-He doesn't seem to have noticed that, in his place, Eitr has now become the black-and-blue dragon that Dihrao was moments before.-

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edited 31st Oct '16 5:50:11 PM by BittersweetNSour

Striation City, Hudson House

-crouching beneath the window as the children look on, Joseph and Munn talk with a small gathering of mons-

Joseph: So what do we do?

Scarlett: <If they want the candy, let them have it! I don't want to have to fight them, it's Halloween!>

Nightshade: <What? No way! We don't negotiate with evil!>

Scarlett: <They're only evil if they do anything to us, which they won't if we give them the candy!>

Joseph: But we don't have-

Margaret: <I say we should just fight them. We're strong mons, aren't we? They probably have Purrloins or something like that.>

Zappa: <Don't jinx it! That's bad juju you put on us, Maggie! Now they'll have a Hydreigon each, mark my words!>

Joseph: But that doesn't matter, because we don't have any-

Scarlett: <We ought to appease them! We'll just push out the bowl and->

Nightshade: <-and have peace in our time? Yeah, that doesn't work.>

Margaret: <It's not like it'll be hard, right?>

Zappa: <Stop it! They're going to turn out to be some weird creatures or something, and it'll be your fault!>

Joseph: But WE DON'T HAVE ANY CANDY!

-all goes silent. There is a firm rap upon the window-

Vampire: We know you're lying, still. You're doing this to fake us out.

Joseph: I swear, we're not-

Mew Girl: You have another five minutes. Use it wisely.

Pokemon Center

Fuuma: Well we have to find the real cure, and fast!

-Someone might notice something moving in the shadows-

edited 31st Oct '16 6:04:29 PM by Umbramatic

Psyche steeples her fingers. ~We stay in quarantine for now and try to text someone else. If they can't get to us, we'll be fine.~

Striation City, Hudson House

Joseph: Damnit. Arceus fucking damnit, how fucking convenient that we ran out of candy right when the Children of the Corn come along. Wonderful.

Munn: Well, what are we gonna do? We can't just let them come in!

Joseph: ...this is gonna make me feel like an asshole. But how quickly can you get to the house behind us?

Munn: I...dunno. Why?

Joseph: They leave a bowl out. If you run and hop the fence and get the candy and run right back, we might make it in time.

Munn: ...really?

Joseph: I know! I know! But what the hell else are we gonna do?

Munn: ...OK. Give me some time. Stall if you need to.

-he makes his way to the backdoor. Joseph sighs and turns around, before he blanches. Mew Girl stands before his window, a stern, unknowable expression on her face. She holds five fingers up-

Joseph: ...Munn? Munn!

-Musing-

There's definitely something we're missing he-Sees something moving in the corner of my eye-What's that?

Pokemon Center

The Shadow: <Aaaah!>

-Duolis pops out of a bookshelf's shadow via Shadow Sneak-

<Oh, Richard, thank goodness you're here! Do you know if Joseph's been infected by this awful Charizard plauge?>

Fuuma: ...Duolis? You made it all the way out here?

Duolis: <...Seishirou? Fuuma? Is that you?>

Seishirou: Yep. We're humans now, long story.

Ashen: <GAH! Oh, just a Doublade.>

-To Duolis-

Wouldn't surprise me. Now...

-Pacing-

Since Full Heals and the like worked five years ago we know this virus works like a status condition, like poisoning or paralysis, but what makes this new strain so different?

edited 31st Oct '16 7:45:29 PM by rmctagg09

Striation City, Hudson House

-Joseph runs to the back door-

Joseph: Munnmunnmunnmunnmunnmunnmunn! The kids are gonna-

-he stops and freezes. He hears the door swing shut, and hears a thump of an object-say, an unconscious body-being dragged along by the feet. Then, the sound of a Psychic-type using their powers to levitate said object-

Joseph: ...oh, shit.

-he immediately sends out Lady and Rogue-

Joseph: Follow them.

Lady: <Yes, my dear.>

Rogue: <Got it, teeheehee!>

-the two of them rush out the back door as Joseph stomps back to the window-

Joseph: I know what you're doing, you little shit! You had one of your weird friends use Hypnosis on my boyfriend! There's no candy, just leave us alone and-

-as he reaches the window, his ranting suddenly stops-

Joseph: Oh, now you pull the disappearing act on me. That's fine. Great! I love having dangerous young children hiding from me with no idea where they are or what they're going to do. Brilliant! Beautiful! I've got an evil little girl dressed as a Mew who wants to kill me, and-

-stops again, before continuing, continuing to look out the window-

Joseph: ...I'm a Heart, you know. You can't do the sneaky right-behind-you bullshit if I can feel your emotions.

-a pregnant pause for a moment, before, as though controlled by a light switch, the emotions shut off-

Near Tagg

Duolis: <Oh, that's why I needed you if I couldn't find Joseph, Richard...>

-she pulls out a biohazard container with a broken, glitchy vial-

<I was told to deliver this to a PEFE higher-up and figured would be a good time to talk to Joseph after...?> ^^;

edited 31st Oct '16 8:24:03 PM by Umbramatic

Ashen: ~That looks unpleasant, whatever it is.~

Argent: ~If we could get a sample of the virus, or of a Glitched Charizard, maybe we could test it and isolate the differences?~

edited 31st Oct '16 8:17:26 PM by Izshta

Psyche shakes her head. ~That is not what I wanted to hear. I'm sorry, dears, but we are officially on lockdown.~

~That said... I'll show you two what I've been working on for the past month or so.~

-blip!-

Nimbasa City

Psyche and crew arrive in Psyche's old home. ~Welcome to Chez Psyche. Turns out the old man left the house to my brothers, but they don't use it when they're traveling, so they let me use it. I've been working on a few things.~

She snaps her fingers and all the doors and windows bolt shut.

~I apologize, my paranoia is pretty bad, so I just worked on upgrading the security system first. It's gonna be hard to get in here without a teleporter~

She clears her throat. ~I know it looks pretty dingy, but it's reasonably spacious. Feel free to make yourselves at home. We may be here for some time. From now until the end of the glitch virus, this is the Psenter for Disease Control.~

edited 31st Oct '16 8:27:00 PM by ConflictedPsyches

-To Duolis-

...Well that's not good. How'd it break?

edited 31st Oct '16 8:34:32 PM by rmctagg09

Psyche grimaces.

edited 31st Oct '16 8:43:11 PM by ConflictedPsyches

Near Tagg

Duolis: <The Seven think it was the Glitch terrorizing Sinnoh...>

Raspberry: <The Seven?>

Teksab: <The Seven Jerk Dragons from that one dimension's history!>

Raspberry: <...no, I don't think->

Basket: <While those two> -he gestures to Seish and Fuu- <are in fact from that group, I believe she's referring to a Seven from a different parallel universe.>

Raspberry: <...> @_@

Teksab: <I like this crowd!> ^_^

<Anyways, is it maybe not a primary status effect this time? What if we do try paralysis or sleep?>

-To Duolis-

Wonderful.

-To Teksab-

Possibly, though I suspect it could also be some sort of unique Ability. Only way to be sure is through direct conflict-

-Texts this info to Psyche-

edited 31st Oct '16 9:07:45 PM by rmctagg09

Near Tagg

Duolis: <If it's an Ability what would that entail, though?>

-The Jerkbros sweatdrop at the Tropii-

Psyche grimaces.

-To Duolis-

If it is, we use moves that change an opponent's Abilities first before administering the cure. Gastro Acid, Worry Seed, Entrainment... I'm sure coating body parts in Lum Berry Juice while having Mold Breaker for an Ability would probably work too.

edited 31st Oct '16 9:27:16 PM by rmctagg09

Pokemon center

"Uh... Okay then." Daydre then starts paying attention to the other J-team members who entered the Center.

Raspberry: <But, um, even if I had Mold Breaker, I'd kinda want to test that theory in a way that doesn't involve physical contact with the infected.>

Basket: <Well, we can be sure you know Worry Seed, at least.>

-he claps wings with Teksab-

Ashen: ~Seems like a solid plan.~

Jubilfe City, near the Pokemon Center

Phaz: *munch-munch* Hey look, peoples are starting to enter the Pokemon Center.

Ashley: <Yeah.>

Phaz: *munch-munch* We could probably take our chance at going over there... What do you think Sergei?