Atlas
NI HQ, Cell
(Since he's against the wall, Wilhelm can only duck so far away from the girl's punches. He yelps as his nose breaks with an audible crunch; raising his normal hand to try and catch the blood, he simultaneously detaches his gauntleted hand from Lane's face and thrusts it forward, launching bursts of sleep-inducing psychic energy at Samantha and Maria.)
Bona-Fide Mastah
NI HQ, Cell, Past
Maria:N...Nn...
-Maria tries to resist it-
You...bas...tard...
-But she quickly succumbs-
NI HQ Cell, Past
-Samantha, similarly, passes out-
Mmmmf...
Velvet Room
-and in Joseph goes!-
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Velvet Room
Daydre follows the others.
off the shits
???
-The first thing everyone will notice that there is no Fog here. just a thin mist that hngs low to the ground. The ground itself is rather noticeable too its like white tiles with a faintly glowing prismatic pattern and red-orange borders that stretch indefinitely as far as the eyes can see. there is nothing else to see except black shape miles away.-
-Mendel has Pythagoras out and is scanning.-
Mendel: I'm picking up one powerful signature from all the way over there...
-Mendel point toward the thing in the distance.-
Mendel: But oddly enough, there is nothing else here. And even that signature is reading as "neutral" and "not aggressive".
Ren: Well its our only lead...
Fight Area Center, Yesterday
-Kitsune chuckles.-Kitsune: <Yeah... That rarely works for anything that isn't a Munchlax or Snorlax.>
-Kitsune points at a hamburger patty with some mushrooms on top with one of her tails.-
Atlas
NI HQ, Cell, past
(A bloodstained Wilhelm glowers at the three prone bodies.)
Wilhelm: Now to deal with more pressing issues...
(Getting slightly unsteadily to his feet, he aggressively punches in the code to unlock the cell door and storms out.)
Tastes better on the way back down.
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
CU
Daydre squints at the black shape in the distance.
"There's no aggressive signatures?... That's odd..."
off the shits
The Wanderer
Cathedral Roof, far past
-If Jason is doing the technique correctly, he should be able to see threads connecting between himself and other living things, the thickest close by being between him and the other human in the vicinity-
Cape, past
-To Joseph-
You're right, that Glitch does have to show itself some time.
Nudi: <And then we'll beat it, just like Missingno!>
-To me-
<You think we'll end up actually getting the legendaries to help after all?>
Hmm...
Acuity Cavern, yesterday
Uxie: -Raises up her arms as a portal of light appears in the center of the chamber- <This is how my sisters and I reach Unova.>
Jubilife City, today
-Having decided to visit for the sake of the Snow Festival-
Vanilluxe: <Tagg, remember when we participated in the festival five years ago?>
Yeah. Forgot who won though.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Bona-Fide Mastah
NI Hq, cell, past
-Lane and Maria are left on the floor-
Cathedral Roof, far past
-Jason blinks-
Jason:Huh...? String...?
-He looks around-
Interesting...
Near Tagg, past
-head tilt-
That reminds me. Do you know how we can wrangle Jirachi? I did promise Munn...
???
-watches carefully with rest of group-
???
-Ren, after hearing no objections from those gathered, opts to start heading for the distant shape.--Mendel converts Pythagoras to his more mobile-friendly form and walks along side Ren and is a sort of constant state of surprised that there is nothing blocking his way forward, nor anything that wants to attack the group.-
-After what is obviously inversely disproportionate amount of time, the group arrives that the distant shape, which turns out to be nothing more than some large metal scaffolding set that continue past the horizon. In between each set of scaffolding, and area where several of the square tiles have been sunk into the ground to make two identically shaped pits around a large square area that is level with the ground. Each of the large square areas areas is connected by "bridges" about four tiles wide.-
Mendel: The signature is literally above us.
-Yet nothing is there. Mendel sighs as he dismisses Pythagoras.-
Mendel: It was enormous and it was powerful. Yet, I detected no malice from it. It's just... there.
-Ren on the other hand is examining the the area.-
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???
Galvani: <I really don't like this place...>
Dune: ... I've seen this pattern somewhere before. Where have I seen this pattern before?
SleepyHead: <Well... are they what's responsible for the Apathy Syndrome? If so... why aren't they concerned about us?>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Fwomph
CU
-Pent follows along silently and looks rather disturbed by the situation until they reach the pits-
This isn't ringing a bell... Guess this is something unique we're dealing with. Anyone... Want to try and grab it's attention..?
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
Des eyes Pent.
"123 Not it!"
GIVE ME YOUR FACE
CU
-Joseph hesitates, before shrugging-
Joseph: Why not?
-he calls up to the sky-
Joseph: Hello? If you're listening, we're a group of friendly people who mean absolutely no harm whatsoever!
-Nothing. Absolutely no response. The silence could be unnerving to some - until Ren breaks it with an observation.-
Ren: They're mosh pits... Stages and mosh pits... -blink-
-Ren's eyes close tightly as he forces his next thought out-
Ren: I think if we want a literal audience, we have to literally be on stage...
Mendel: -wincing at the logic- I kinda want to slap who ever is responsible for that logic now.
-Mendel and Ren walk onto the first "stage".-
edited 3rd Feb '17 10:44:39 PM by keys2tkingdom
Fwomph
CU - Is this stages?
-Pent slowly nods and shrugs-
Oh, guess that works. One moment...
-He slings his backpack off his back and begins rummaging-
What the frig is some of this stuff..? Sorry, trying to find my keytar in here.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
CU
"..." Daydre looks from Ren, to the pit, to the stage, and back again. "Why does it feel like this is going to involve something I'm bad at..."
Nevertheless, she steps onto the stage.
edited 3rd Feb '17 8:07:23 PM by Daydre
off the shits
Snowy
Fight Area Center Cafe, Yesterday
-Marie stares at the image-Marie: <I want that.> -she goes up to the counter and buys the burger-
CU
Galvani: <I repeat - bad feelings.>
Dune: I feel it too...
-Dune doesn't move, trying to clear the feeling of storm clouds in his head. At least until Galvani grabs him by the collar and drags him onto the stage.-
Galvani: <If I'm doing this, so are you.>
edited 3rd Feb '17 8:13:29 PM by DuneTheWanderer
???
-As The last member of the group steps onto the stage, the spotlights on the scaffold turn on bathing the stages areas with light that obscures the areas outside the illuminated areas.-Ren: I think we got their attention now...
-Then a booming voice echoes from above the group and all around them. The Voice sounds female, but has layers of multiple females voices echoing behind the main female voice, which sounds rather like a high school girl.-
Eerie Voice: I welcome you all... To our Midnight Stage... The beginning of the ideal world where no one hurts or gets hurt.
Fight Area Center, Yesterday
-After Kitsune and Marie get their food, Ren returns with his sewing kit.-Ren: Can see your hat for a moment Marie?
-Behind Ren a Young man rushes in hold a prone Growlithe, is just staring into space while in its partner's arms. Ren's face briefly darkens before returning to normal.-
Kitsune: -looking up momentarily from her food.- <Another one.
edited 3rd Feb '17 8:28:46 PM by keys2tkingdom
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-Galvani leers at the echoing voice.-
Galvani: <Uh... huh.>
-Something strange causes a slight amount of bile to rise in the back of Dune's throat, but he quickly swallows it and slaps his head clear.-
Tori: "So, that's it? You're gonna stop trying to fight me all the time?"
Stark: <Yeah, I think so. If I stay down here a while the Doc probably won't find me, so you don't need to worry about me. You said you wanted this rock moved, right?>
Tori: "Yup! We need to get into the passage behind it"
Stark: <Well, you're talking to the right mon then!>
"Lane": "Ugh... What happened?"
Tori: "Ah-"
-Tori rushes over to where Lane is sitting and rubbing his head-
"We kinda got into a fight, but I think it's all resolved now. You okay?"
Lane: "Yeah... I think so"
Stark: <Hey, come on. Give me a hand here!>
-The two humans join Stark where he's standing at the shimenawa wrapped boulder. All three bend down to try and lift, but it goes flying as Stark stands, revealing a doorway as the boulder lands a short distance away-
<E-heh... Well there ya go. Good luck>
-Meanwhile, King had been watching Stark with a glare ever since his surrender,
King: <You think that's it?>
Stark: <Eh?>
King: <If you hadn't fed Toroko those flowers, she wouldn't be dead now->
-He points his sword at the aggron-
<I should kill you for that!>
Stark: <Ah... Yeah. I figured you'd still be upset about that...>
King: <Rrrgh!>
Tori: "King! Stop!"
-Tori steps between the two mon as King raises his sword-
King: <Why?! You saw what he did!>
Tori: "Killing now isn't going to help any, King. We need to stop the Doctor, he's the one causing this, remember?"
King: <And what makes you think he's not going to turn on us?>
Tori: "...Just... Trust me"
......
-King lowers his sword and grudgingly marches through the recently opened passage, but not before giving one last glare at Stark-
NI HQ, Cell, Past
-while Wilhelm is dealing with the Heidens, Samantha takes advantage of his distraction. She throws a haymaker right into his left ear, slamming her fist into it-