Meet The New Boss
Iki Town, Tagg's trial
-The young man chuckles at Pici's preformance-
???: Not a bad opener.
Contact Me!
The Wanderer
Iki Town
Hala: Go Makuhita!
Makuhita: -Appears and does a sumo stomp-
Okay Pici, Aerial Ace just like last time!
Pici: -Slashes at Makuhita as he passes by-
Makuhita: -Loses about a quarter of his health- <...>
Hala: Use Rock Tomb!
Makuhita: -Also throws rocks at Pici-
Pici: -Tries to dodge, but the Speed debuff from the last Rock Tomb makes him too slow, and he's hit by a crit-
Pici: <Ow...> @_@
edited 15th Mar '17 7:57:06 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Fwomph
Iki Town, Tagg's Trial
Decent opener but couldn't turn it into a roll...
-Pent shrugs and checks his bag for some snacks-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Meet The New Boss
The Wanderer
Iki Town
Okay, let me see if I can get out Lu-
Tyto: -Lets himself out- <I'm next!>
...I guess you're up now Tyto. Aerial Ace!
Tyto: -Slashes past Makukita at high speed-
Makuhita: -Is brought to under half half- <Ack!>
Hala: Rock Tomb!
Makuhita:' -Throwing rocks- <Take this you dumb owl!>
Dodge it!
Tyto: -Momentarily closes his wings while in flight, creating a profile small enough to have the debris harmlessly move past him-
Work Up into Aerial Ace!
Tyto: -Fluffs up before slashing at Makuhita again- <Silent... but deadly!>
Makuhita: -Is hit- <You win, this time...> @_@
Atlas
Po Town, a few days ago
(Manning the barricades outside Po Town was a menial task at the best of times. For those Skull Grunts unlucky enough to be assigned to the job during the graveyard shift, it was downright torturous. As a rule, the others would wake every morning to find their supposed night guards sprawled behind the barriers in ungainly heaps, empty bottles aplenty next to their heads. Not that it really mattered - nobody except that one kid had ever trespassed in Po Town, as much because the general consensus was that it had nothing worth stealing or doing as because Team Skull were its occupants.)
(But not tonight.)
(The assigned guards had taken the darkening of the skies as an excuse to pop off and nab some canned beers. They had fully expected to return, as always, to the company of nobody except their fellow guards and the sweet, caressing muse that was alcohol. What they see instead is a figure casually leaning on one of the barricades, silhouetted by the moonlight so that no features can be made out, just a shadow with sharp protrusions emerging from all sorts of strange places.)
(It's indicative of just how little actual guarding they have to do that the assembled Grunts take a few seconds to figure out how to respond.)
Female Grunt: H-hey! Y'all be trespassing on Team Skull's turf!
(The shadowed figure raises its head, intrigued. Then it speaks - a clearly female voice, with a shrill Kalosian accent and a tone that makes even the most softly spoken words sound like an aggressive, authoritarian bark.)
Shadowed Figure: Team Skull, you say? Sounds like a good name for a gang.
Male Grunt: Y-yo, that's right! We the baddest mofos in all of Alola, so you better beat it, homie!
(Shadowed Figure lets out a sharp, keening laugh.)
Shadowed Figure: Oh my Arceus above, did you just call me "homie"? Please tell me you're not serious!
(A different Grunt takes genuine offense to this comment.)
Male Grunt: Yooooo! That shit be, like, one hundred per cent serious, ya dig?
Shadowed Figure: (guffaw wheeze) P-please, stop it! My lungs can't take all this strain!
Male Grunt: Awright, that's it, beeyotch! If the boss were still here, he'd kick yo' ass faster than a greased Ninjask, yo!
(The Shadowed Figure does not seem intimidated by this at all. In fact, she simply seems interested again.)
Shadowed Figure: Wait a minute. Did you just say you don't have a boss anymore?
Female Grunt: Well, uh... he still exists, but he's, like, doing community service or some shit like that? He ain't allowed to talk to us no more.
(The Figure is now standing completely straight. Some of the formerly amorphous spikes covering her take coherent form in this new pose - huge, jagged frills mounted on the shoulders, a hairstyle so chaotic it's hard to tell where it begins or ends, something ragged tied around her waist...)
Shadowed Figure: Well, well, well. Looks like I arrived just in time to settle into my natural habitat. Good thing, too - you need a better leader than some shithead who'd let you talk like that.
Female Grunt: YOOOOOO! Bitch, you did not just diss our boy Guzma!
Shadowed Figure: You bet I just dissed him, bitch. Now, all that dumbass slang and arm-flailing is getting boring fast, so how 'bout you get out of my way before I have to do it myself?
Male Grunt: Yo, bring it on! I'd like to see you take all of us at-
zzzt-CHAK. zzzt-CHAK. zzzt-CHAK.
(...)
(The Shadowed Figure casually strides over the shatter remnants of the barricades, which still spark with purple energy. All around her are the prone bodies of Team Skull Grunts - some merely dazed and confused, other knocked out by blasts of what looked like magenta lightning right between their eyes. As she passes under one of the few functioning streetlights in Po Town, her features can finally be made out in detail.)
(Sharp facial features, with prominent cheekbones, slightly bugged-out magenta eyes and a mouth permanently curled into a humourless toothy grin. Bright red hair, styled into a jagged, untamed cacophony vaguely resembling a Delphox's ear fur. The outfit of a Kalosian Punk Girl, with some noticeable alterations - enormous spiked black frills mounted on the shoulders, a dark red leather belt tied around her waist, ragged yellow and orange ribbons trailing from said belt in lieu of the stockings she doesn't wear.)
(Clarice Aurelia Voynich stops in the light to admire the shadow of the huge mansion at the other end of town.)
Clarice: Heh. Seems I've already found the boss's residence.
(With one list admiring look at the destruction she wreaked on the barricades, Clarice heads briskly for the Shady House.)
Any thoughts here?
Tastes better on the way back down.
Fwomph
Iki Town, Tagg's Trial
And that leaves only one mon for Hala to bust his Z move on. Tagg's probably got this in the bag.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Meet The New Boss
-Maggie shakes her head at Tyto-
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Flying Colors
Hau'oli City
Scarlette: I sure hope so...
Rose: Anyway, it's been really good seeing you again, Savannah, but it's getting really late. See you around?
The Wanderer
Iki Town
Hala: Well, it looks like I'm on the ropes, but I'm not out yet!
-Eyes narrow-
Go Crawbrawler!
Crabrawler: -Appears, and takes up a boxing pose-
Tyto: <I'm ready for this!>
Crabrawler: -Attacks with Rock Tomb-
Tyto: -Loses a quarter of his health- <Ack!>
Work Up!
Tyto: -Fluffs up-
-Of course, that means he's hit with another Rock Tomb, bringing him down to half health-
Work Up into Aerial Ace, again!
Tyto:-Slashes Crabrawler hard-
Crabrawler: -Is brought down to the red-
Hala: Now, I will show you the power of our Z-Move! Crabrawler!
-Hala does a dance ending with him punching the air, as Crabrawler starts glowing with energy-
Uh oh.
Crabrawler: -Sends out massive Aura fist and foot constructs at Tyto-
Tyto, Protect!
Tyto: -Uses Protect, but the barrier cracks in the face of the onslaught and Tyto is sent flying into a rock, as dust swells up, obscuring him-
edited 15th Mar '17 8:56:35 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Maggie: "...Those moves break through Protect?"
Kernel: <Geez.>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-a Team Skull grunt with red hair heads out into the yard of the mansion and turns on a boombox-
-he then starts posing, and shouting at no one in particular-
Team Skull Grunt♂: Yo, yo, yo! You losers can't beat me 'cause I'm strong as stone! Mess with Team Skull, and we'll grind you down to the bone!
-a Minior hovering by his side turns toward him-
Team Skull Grunt♂: We're the toughest punks on the block! You can't get through me when I'm hard as rock! Now scram, or you'll have to meet the boss! And if you do, it's gonna be a...
-...-
Team Skull Grunt♂: Loss?
-...-
-he kicks the boombox over-
Team Skull Grunt♂: Argh! This is hard!
Minior: <...>
Team Skull Grunt♂: I know, I know, but come on. I've gotta be ready for when a challenger shows up! Then we can break you out of that shell, and smash 'em to pieces.
Minior: <...>
Team Skull Grunt♂: -sigh- You're so boring when you're stuck in there. You probably don't even know what I'm doing.
Minior: <...>
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Fwomph
Iki Town
Huh... Did Tagg bring a third mon? Please don't tell me Tagg came into this with only two...
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
The Wanderer
Iki Town
Helios: <Is it over?>
Muddy: <Well, we'll see. Tagg's still got three more mons anyway.>
-The dust clears... and Tyto is still able to battle, if weakened, while glowing with a green Overgrow aura-
Tyto: -With only a sliver of health left- <Not... fun.>
Phew, seems like the Protect still lessened the damage a little.
Quickly!
Tyto: <Right!>
-Fires a boosted Razor Leaf at Crabrawler-
<Take this!>
Crabrawler: -Is hit- <Urk...>
-Scuttles forward briefly... and then collapses, fainted-
Tyto: <Yes! I really am a mighty hunter!>
-He immediately starts glowing-
I guess we might've trained a little too long.
edited 15th Mar '17 9:28:19 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Maggie: "Well, looks like he made it through fine after all."
Kernel: <I feel like he's going to get a big head over this.>
<Not that he could get much worse.>
Maggie: "He could also get more responsible."
Kernel: <I'll believe it when I see it.>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
The Wanderer
-The glow subsides, and a Dartrix has taken up Tyto's place-
Dartrix!Tyto: <I feel way stronger now!>
Pici: <But your mouth remains the same, huh?>
Hala: -Crossing arms- ...Hmmph! The results come as no surprise to me. What a fine Trainer...and what fine Pokémon, too.
-Pulling out a Z-Crystal and a Z-Ring-
As I'm sure you know, this is a Fightnium-Z, which allows Pokémon who know Fighting-type moves to use the same Z-Move you just witnessed when used with a Z-Ring like this one here. The same dance can also be used to activate the Fighting Z-Power in general.
-Grins as he stamps my Trainer Passport-
With this Melemele stamp, you have proof that you've beaten all the trials on Melemele Island. Now, continue on your journey, because I wish to see how you'll fight the next time we meet in battle.
-Bows as I take the Z-Crystal and Z-Ring-
Looking forward to it, Kahuna Hala.
edited 15th Mar '17 10:05:10 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Fwomph
Iki Town
Well, nice battle anyway. Gonna be interesting when I need to... Yeah...
-Pent panics just slightly, realizing that he might not be able to do this with just one pokemon...-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Asimov Space Crew Member
Ultra Space, Æther Outpost [Day 1]
Phaz: ...That's a relief. To Oasis: What are you doing here anyways? Beside stalking us when we're sleeping.
Oasis: <Oh, me and my friend here wanted you all to come and- wait, she wasn't here before?>
She points at Spinme.
Spinme: I have a name. It's Spinme.
Phaz: Oh, yeah, we found Spinme back at the crystal forest.
Oasis: blink <Crystal forest?>
Phaz: Yeah, the one outside this cave.
Oasis: <Oh, I see. They're no crystals. They're polyps. We wanted you to come and see them hatch, since it would've been interesting for you to see how it works.>
Phaz: Wait, hatch?... What's inside theses?
Oasis: <Oh, just harmless things. Nihilegos, I think you call them.>
Phaz: ...We need to go back to the forest.
Spinme: Wait, what? Why would I risk my life for this?
Phaz: My lost mons are back there! I can't let them in something like this!
edited 16th Mar '17 2:09:45 AM by Phazya
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
pain peko
-Shaun is wandering around, killing time before he goes to explore Ten-Carat Hill. Anyone in Hau'oli may interact with him.-
"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
Meet The New Boss
Iki Town, last night
-The young man approaches Tagg-
???: Congratulations! For a second there I thought you wouldn't pull it off.
Hau'oli City
-Either Locke or Alli may be by Shaun-
edited 16th Mar '17 5:33:27 AM by Umbramatic
Contact Me!
Ultra Space
Soujin: "Well, I'll go back regardless."
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Asimov Space Crew Member
Ultra Space, Æther Outpost [Day 1]
Phaz: Good, let's move then.
He opens the door, and bumps into something green.
Phaz: Ow. Oasis? Is that your friend?
Oasis: <Oh, yeah. Let me introduce you to Superfly.>
Superfly: <Hey ya! You're the humans Oasis talked about?>
Spinme: ...What.
Phaz: Oh, yeah, forgot to say to you. Point at the Pheromosa with a shirt She is a friendly Pheromosa called Oasis. And here's her friend... What type of Ultra Beast are you?
Superfly: <Celeris Stylialisae. More called Celesteela. Nice to meet you. Can I-
Phaz: I am pretty sure no shirt could accomodate your size. You're like over 9 meters tall. How did you even get in there?
Superfly: <Hole in the ceiling.>
Takumi: <Seems legit.>
Volta: >Hey, Takumi! Where were you?
Takumi: <Check out my spinoff series, "Alolan Scum". It's on Netchill.>
Spinme: ... So do we move or do we keep talking? Nihilegos are toxic, right?
Phaz: Yeah, right, let's move.
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
Ultra Space
-Soujin, not sure how to process this, just follows-
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Savannah: Kind of maybe, I think?
I'm done here.