ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

"Hey, I just take it as it comes." Colton waved off. "I'm not gonna have him not be him.

"Double points for D.C. possibly being the strongest Pokemon on my team." Colton mused. "For better or worse," he muttered.

The Treasure Cave

Corrobin: Maggie's right! You can't just hole up in a cave and expect you to think you've been loyal!

Sam: <But I've been waiting for you, Robin. Waiting for you so long..>

Route 16

Shizuo: For me that'd be either Celty here-

Celty: <Heh, thank you Shizuo.>

Shizuo: Or my Blastoise Mikey. Of course they're both mostly chill.

Soujin: "Orlok's a pretty good candidate for me."

Maggie: "And I've been waiting to try and get that off of you!"

-She grabs the Franchise Randomizer-

Treasure Cave

Sam: <...Hey! Put that down! It's not yours!>

-He moves toward Maggie; Robin meanwhile snaps out of his trance and attempts to dig for something he can use against Sam-

Maggie: "Did any of this belong to you in the first place?"

-Unsure what exactly to do with the Franchise Randomizer, se tries fiddling with it-

"Granted, when he's calm enough to be Lucario, or even Sean, the calmest-slash-nicest of his three personalities," Colton explained. "It's definitely Helmsman." He lobbed his Pokeball somewhere where he would have room to land. His Samurott landed a short distance away.

"'Nough about me," Colton resumed. "What sort of misadventures do you engage in, and how do I join in? Or does it just happen?"

Treasure Cave

-Sam starts charging a Dragon Pulse at Maggie before Robin flings a first-place bowling trophy at his head, nearly dislodging the Chalice. Sam hurredly readjusts, biding both some time-

Route 16

Shizuo: It just happens.

-Celty approaches Helmsman-

Celty: <...Hey there.>

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"Well, that's kinda anticlimactic." Colton mused.

<So this is an Alolan form,> Samurott noted. <Could be fun~> He sang, noticing the flames on the ends of the bone Celty was holding.

Soujin: "I mean, when it happens, it happens. My first adventure with the team was when I got pulled into Glitchstuff when time stopped or something."

-Maggie sends out Habakkuk, the fiddles with stuff more-

Habakkuk: <Don't think this'll be hard!>

-He tries bringing down an Avalanche on Sam-

"And now you call that 'Tuesday", right?" Colton questioned, chuckling.

"Wait, no, lemme guess. That was Missingno?

"I'm sorry, it's just that I've done most of everything there is to do on these islands and I'm bored out of my skull."

Route 16

Shizuo: We like to save the climactic stuff for after you join.

Celty: -to Helmsman- <It has its perks.>

Treasure Cave

-Sam teeters back from the Avalanche, struggling to maintain his grip on the Chalice-

-Meanwhile Maggie flips a switch on the Franchise Randomizer that causes it to emit a teal beam, hitting Robin as he yelps and is eveloped in light-

"So it does go further than 'just happens'!" Colton realized, lighting up somewhat.

<Wait, no.> Helmsman sighed. <Ground and Fire are both weak to Water. No challenge.> He sighed.

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Soujin: "It actually did become Missingno. for a bit, plus a bunch of other stuff like 'M and something that looked like some guy's bara scalesona."

Maggie: "...Wait, was I supposed to press that?"

Habakkuk: <Hopefully not.>

Treasure Cave

-The glow fades and Robin is now the spitting image of Ardyn Izunia. -

Ardbin: ...I feel like my identity situation just got worse.

-Sam roars and fires off a Draco Meteor-

Route 16

Shizuo: See I missed that.

Celty: <Your loss Samurott.>

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"Yeah, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it." Colton mused, deciding to return his Samurott.

<WecanstillbattlelaterifyoulikethethoughtofanAquaJe-> Helmsman got out before he was returned.

Megamart Pikashrine

-Nora just stares.-

Nora: <...I feel violated just looking at this.>

-Rose, meanwhile, tenses up, and slowly turns around...-

Maggie: "Huh. Nice hair. And hat."

"Dunno how to turn you back, but..."

-She tries firing it off while Habakkuk is hit pretty hard by the Draco Meteor-

Habakkuk: <Ugh... I'm not sure... I'll beat you...>

-He shoots off another Avalanche-

Route 16

Shizuo: Sounds good.

Treasure Cave

-Sam dodges this avalanche and fires a Hurricane-

-Robin is hit by the second beam and turns into a gold-armored figure-

Robgamesh: ...Why do I find this familiar? And why do I have an urge to call everyone mongrels?

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

-Behind Rose is a Pikachu-

-An innocent, unassuming Pikachu-

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Megamart Pikashrine

-Nora looks at the Pikachu.-

-The innocent, unassuming Pikachu.-

Nora: <...All right, you can cut the weird crap, okay? You might fool some people, but you can't fool us! We have... PHOTOGRAPHY!>

-...-

-... ...-

-... ... ...-

Nora: <...Ahem. Photography! Rose!>

-She nudges Rose, who snaps out of her confused daze and fumbles for her camera to take a picture.-

Poni Island, seaside

Amanita: —And that's why we're here.

-both Brie and Ever are staring at Amanita in mild confusion-

Ever: You just stared into space for a full 48 hours.

Brie: Ever and I caught up about our lives while you were out.

Ever: We played, like, thirty games of slapjack.

Brie: And five of poker.

Ever: Are you okay?

Amanita: Did I not just share the story?

Ever: You most certainly did not.

Amanita: Alright, let me try again...

-Amanita suddenly shrinks slightly, while-

-What do you want? You don't have any lines here-

-don't tell me what to do-

-There's no need for that sort of language-

Poni Island, same place, a few hundred years ago

-Shush. Anyway, a young woman bearing a resemblance to a certain snake-loving pirate is sitting on the shore, dangling her legs in the water. A Drampa is lying in her lap, allowing itself to be skritched behind the ears. Behind the Drampa woman, another two women are standing. The older one looks a great deal like Brie, and has a death grip on the arm of the other, who looks very much like Amanita save for the expression of confusion and concern on her face-

Drampa Woman: Oh, good, you found her.

Brie Woman: Yeah, me and Trace—

-she gestures at a Togekiss behind her-

Brie Woman: —tracked her down in the Orange Islands.

Drampa Woman: Well, there's no escaping the call of the sea forever.

-she turns around, a smile on her face that suggests limited experience with either the expression or the associated emotions-

Drampa Woman: Hello, do you know why you're here?

Amanita Woman: N-no.

Drampa Woman: Are you familiar with the pirate Revy Memito?

Amanita Woma— Look, these conventions are ridiculous. It's obvious who these people are:

-She's right, you know. Just put in the correct descriptions.-

They'll catch up:

I will:

-Let's get back to the narrative, please-

Ancestor!Amanita: Uh...I've heard of him. My mom used to tell me stories. Said I should avoid anyone who claimed to be a descendant.

Drampa Wom— She's one of Ever's ancestors. Also one of All's, PEFE!Every's, and Descendant!Revy's. For the sake of narrative convenience, she's Ancestor!Ever: Whoops.

Ancestor!Amanita: ...Are you—

Ancestor!Brie— Oh, what, are you surprised?: Yep.

Ancestor!Ever: Welcome back to the family.

-Ancestor!Amanita gulps-

Ancestor!Ever: You're probably wondering why you're here.

Ancestor!Amanita: I mean, why are any of us here? The universe is—

Ancestor!Brie: Please don't philosophize. (to Ancestor!Ever) She wouldn't shut up about Descartes on the way here. I nearly threw her overboard.

Ancestor!Ever: Wait, has the Cartesian school of philosophy even been established at this point in time?

Poni Island, present day

Ever: Hold up. They said that?

Amanita: No, I'm just trying to remember what they did say.

Ever: How do you know all this happened, anyway?

Amanita: Spooky psychic visions from Revy.

Ever: He never calls me.

Brie: You, All, and PEFE!Every did all threaten to exorcise him. I don't think he's so happy with your branch of the family.

Ever: Well, Muninn tried to kill me, and now we're best friends.

Muninn: <We are not.>

Ever: Yeah we are. (to Amanita) So where's this going?

Amanita: If you'd let me finish—

Back to the story!

Ancestor!Ever: See, Revy left behind a number of grottoes for his descendants. Some were accessible by whomever found them, but a few were magically sealed to require the presence of descendants from all three branches of the family. Like the one underwater here.

End story! That was real quick.

Ever: Oh are you serious...

Amanita: Yeah. The three of them went to go find it, but they never came back, so I think Revy wants us to collect whatever he left in there.

Ever: This isn't like the time he wanted us to murder the Morendos, is it?

Amanita: I don't think so.

Brie: Anyway, what's the worst that could happen?

Ever: ...Never say that again.

-Habakkuk manages enough energy to duck under the hurricane's winds and try something more Blizzard-y-

Maggie: "Uh, can you claim all of Sam's treasures as your own like this? If not, I'll keep trying."

Manchineel: <Yeah, I'm not too big an Aqua Jet fan.>

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

-As soon as its picture is took the Pikachu starts warping and distorting-

-Its features become those of a massive thing shrouded in a a sheet with Pikachu features-

-The door slams shut behind it-

Totem Mimikyu: <Ya͟.҉.͘. h͘a..͡. ̶ha͢.̧.̶.̧ ͘ýou... f́ou̵n̵d͢ m͜e.͠.̶.̀ ̴n͏ǫw...̧ dȩ... ̀di҉e, ͢d̸ie͠ ̷di͏e̵ ̷d҉ie d͡i̡e.͟..>

-A familiar giggle echoes from behind Rose-

Treasure Cave

Robgamesh: I don't know how that would work so try again?

-Maggie nods and tries again-

Treasure Cave

-Robin is hit again and becomes a familiar blue-haired warrior-

Chrombin: OH COME ON

-Sam ducks around the Blizzard and fires a Flamethrower-

Habakkuk: <Ugh... I think I can battle after that...>

Maggie: "Has your end come?"

"Anyway..."

-Maggie recalls Habakkuk and tries doing one more zap-