Meet The New Boss
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Fight Area
Daydre is waking around when she notices the flickers.
... What the.. is that a glitch?
off the shits
The Wanderer
Fight Area
-Noticing the flickering-
So the eyewall has finally arrived, I suspect our final battle begins now.
Cobalt: -From behind- <Are you ready for this Tagg?>
-Eyes narrow-
Born ready.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Sunny looks around curiously-
Sunny: <You ever get a feeling of dread sometimes...? Like something is out to get you?>
Mezzo: Well, yeah. Someone's always out to get me.
Leafeon: <That doesn't sound healthy.>
Mezzo: What, are the fans on the loose again?
Sunny: <No, I just feel like something's... off.>
Mezzo: You know, I could rant about the many, many things I think are off, but I think I've talked enough about politics.
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Flying Colors
The World
-As the fuzziness grows, everything seems to slow down.-
-And then it stops.-
-Everything stops.-
-The present, the past... it's not clear if the future does as well, but it can't be seen.-
-Everything becomes a blur.-
Beyond Space and Time
Palkia: WHY IS IT ALREADY HERE
Dialga: SKREEEEEEE
Palkia: HANG ON GUYS WE'RE GONNA FIX THIS
-Palkia kicks a cosmic router to attempt to get something working. Dialga SKREEs in a manner that can only be mortally interpreted as an exasperated sigh-
And we're gonna leave that paused until Pippi can get here to be the first phase
edited 7th Feb '17 12:41:46 PM by BittersweetNSour
edited 7th Feb '17 12:50:19 PM by keys2tkingdom
The Wanderer
Dragonspiral Tower
-Deep within the treasure vault, Dragonspiral's Adamant Orb suddenly gets a long crack-
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
The Flamebringer
Siobhan: Why. Why glitches why. Can't you just go away?
Ashen: ~Time to go to work, people.~
-Sigh.-
-Goddamn glitches.-
-They mess up everything.-
-I need a drink.-
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
Meet The New Boss
???
-The flickers finally cohere into Team Umbra-
Nico: Where... Where are we?
Umbra: Wherever it is the Glitch that was terrorizing Sinnoh brought us here!
Human!Ammy: Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Lina: Get ready. This Glitch won't go down without a fight.
Arika: It could throw anything at us.
Robin: Then we should throw all we can at it.
edited 7th Feb '17 2:06:04 PM by Umbramatic
Contact Me!
Fwomph
Coronet Foothills
-Before the Great Pause descends upon the world, Pent is listening to music on a high a volume as he can bear, trying to block out certain sounds-
We could of gone north, cracked the sky before this happened.
Fires fade, the dimming of the embers...
But no, the clouds now twist, the gods panic and we're to blame. The crescendo rises.
Wake from your sleep again...
Is this Catherine? She's been so far from the PokeFutures prototype that stole her mind away... Fires fade.
Wills of steel to temper...
Come, reignite your hateful flames!
-Time comes to a stop around them-
edited 7th Feb '17 1:53:05 PM by Pentigan
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Bona-Fide Mastah
Jubilife, moments ago
Jason:All this activity...god this can't be good, why'd I leave Orr-
-Jason is Frozen in Time-
???
There's silence.
"Wait, what?" asks a voice. It gets no response. Even if reality were working, no one is even remotely nearby.
"... Is it the apocalypse?" asks the voice. Once again, no response.
There's an awkward pause.
"Oh FUCKING HELL! I was supposed to cause the apocalypse! I am the literal definition of God Damned! And reality just breaks some some cheapo horse cart?!" The voice rages in the silence. "I did NOT break out of that stupid rock prison in a fucking hole in the ground JUST TO END UP NOT CAUSING THE APOCALYPSE!"
Elsewhere
Coyote: ... What? What's... oh. Oh ho ho! I know what this is! It's the first scene of a wonderful show!
-Ren and Mendel are paused in mid speech.-
-Keys, while stuck in time, is humming Always Running Out of Time
in his head.-
-The computer terminal sparks as the screen goes fuzzy-
-Tori's eyes go wide in shock. She jumps back, recalling King into his heal ball as she tries to shout a warning to Lane-
-There is an explosion, and everything freezes-
-Nearly oblivious to all of the above, a Greninja holds a sleeping and snuggly Mismagius to try and help her rest better-
-Looks like they'll be lying on that bed for a while-
edited 7th Feb '17 3:48:48 PM by BlitzTrain
Flying Colors
Neo-Flare Base(?)
-Suddenly, many of those who experienced the Pause are suddenly un-Paused. Wherever they were before, they no longer are — instead, they have been gathered here, in a place that seems all too familiar to a number of members.-
Neo-Flare HQ(?)
-Joseph has been unpaused here-
Joseph: Whuh? Huh? I...um...
-he looks exceedingly nervous. Munn, next to him, is less fazed, though still somewhat concerned. Samantha, on the other hand, simply blinks-
Another green world.
Neo-Flare HQ(lolwut)
Ren: -orrow we'll go into— What the...?
-Ren, Kitsune and Keys all ready themselves. Mendel, on the other hand, looks more than a little nervous. Mendel doesn't like being in combat scenarios.-
Bona-Fide Mastah
Neo Flare HQ(?)
Jason:-is unpaused- -re!
-Beat-
...Alright, who's fucking with me? Where am I?!
-A variety of characters appear here, unfrozen-
Maggie: "Wait... what are we doing here?"
Sholto: <This doesn't look too good...>
Gogie: <Well, guess if trouble's coming, I'm glad I'm a Mightyena for it. Hopefully the Thornes don't end up in too much trouble with me gone.>
Hajime: "Uh... Hopefully I can stay out of too much danger..."
Punk Guy from Earlier: "...Wait, this isn't the airport."
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Neo-Flare HQ (?)
-ping! A belated Mimmy-
Mimmy: ...oh! What's this?
Another green world.
See ya
-There is a Savannah there.-
-There is also a Lanie, who has grown quite a bit since anyone last saw her and now has an X-shaped scar on her face cutting through one of her eyes. She's sitting in a wheelchair with a Munna on her lap.-
Savannah: M-Mel?
Lanie: Oh, Savvy! I haven't seen you in forever!
-She looks around.-
Or anyone else, for that matter!
Nice to see you all again? Now what's going on?
-She smiles in a half-cheerful half-please-tell-me-I'm-not-crazy way.-
-There is also a Sneasel there no one would recognize who similarly has no idea what is happening.-
edited 7th Feb '17 6:36:23 PM by AZealousIndividual
I'm done here.
-Much to at least his own surprise, Shinobi appears on the floor mid Slyph cuddle, except without the ghost-
Shinobi: <Gre-?>
-He blinks and quickly stands to look around-
<Jason? I thought you left>
edited 7th Feb '17 6:33:39 PM by BlitzTrain
Bona-Fide Mastah
Neo-Flare HQ(?)
Jason:Blitz?
-Beat-
...you know, I don't even know anymore.
Atlas
Neo-Flare HQ(?)
(Alex seems completely unfazed by the abrupt change of scenery, as is typical of him.)
(The other transplant of mine, however...)
Simon: Okay wait wait what where the fuck is this?!
Tastes better on the way back down.
Palkia: IT'S COMING EARLY AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
Dialga: SKREEEEEEE
Palkia: WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH HER! THIS SORT OF THING TAKES A LOT OF SCHEDULING!
Dialga: SKREE.
Palkia: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT
Dialga: SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Palkia: LOOK WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT SO HELP ME GET THINGS SORTED OUT BECAUSE CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF I CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE
-While Palkia and Dialga are bickering and sorting out their own issues, things are starting to grow blurry...-
Edited in on Keys's request
-Ren and Mendel are busy reviewing plans for taking down Mikuratana-no-Kami and miss the flickering, although feel a vaugue sense of dread which they dismiss as something watching them from their hiding place in the Collective Unconsciousness - which isn't entirely incorrect.-
edited 7th Feb '17 12:49:35 PM by BittersweetNSour