Tapu Village

-Sholto is around and free to be found by Colton and co-

Malie Library

Gogie: <Huh...>

<Wait, you're from the future?>

Poni Wilds

Hajime: <Ah, hey, wait up!>

-Hajime and Buddy run after-

Tapu Village PMC

<Why do you think they're in Malie?> Colton asked.

Falconan

"We kinda got dropped in, got the Delta Wings. And turned the tides, we're now in debt to the Foxerian government until the war is over," Silas explained.

Falconian

Phaz: "Eeh... Since we got the Delta-Wings, we were asked to help win the war. Nothing much."

Route 14

-Scarlette is on her way to the Abandoned Megamart.-

Scarlette: All right, she should be around here somewhere, I think...

-Beside her, Gus bristles, as if feeling a chill. He doesn't have time to make anything of it, though, because Scarlette notices Acerola up ahead, leaning against a small rowboat, and runs up to her.-

Scarlette: Hello! You must be Acerola, right?

-The girl looks up and down at Scarlette, smiling.-

Acerola: Yep! You're here for your trial, yeah?

Scarlette: Mhm, it's the one at the Megamart, right?

Acerola: Ooh, actually, I was thinking of taking you to another one I've been planning! That's why I've got this boat here.

-She pats the boat. Scarlette's expression falters.-

Scarlette: ...O-oh. Uh. Okay.

-Gus catches up to Scarlette. He and Acerola eye each other.-

Acerola: Unfortunately, the boat's too small to have both of us and a Pokemon on board, do you think you could recall your Lycanroc while we're on our way?

Scarlette: Oh, u-um, sure.

-Gus starts to object, but is recalled too quickly.-

Acerola: Great! Hop in, I'll be rowing from the back.

-Scarlette gets in, somewhat nervous.-

Abandoned Megamart

-Rose checks her phone for the time. Scarlette should have been here by now...-

Poni Wilds

-Ahe stops, remembering that he left Hajime behind-

Ahe: Ah, sorry! I'm just super excited, you know?

Poni Wilds

-Hajime catches up, a little winded-

Hajime: "Oh, it's fine, we're coming!"

Buddy: <A bit of a warning would have been nice, though.>

The Ocean South of Ula'ula

-Acerola slowly rows the boat further away from the shore. The air starts to get foggy.-

Scarlette: Uh... so, um, where exactly are we going?

Acerola: There's an old wrecked ship this way, I figured it would be the perfect place for a trial!

Scarlette: Right, right... um... I should... probably try to let my girlfriend know about the change of plans. She was waiting for me at the Megamart.

Acerola: Good luck, the signal gets really spotty out here.

-Scarlette starts to type up a message.-

-She hits send...-

-She frowns, and tries again.-

Scarlette: Darn... hope she won't be too upset.

-She looks up at Acerola.-

-Or, rather, she would, if Acerola was still there.-

-She's gone. Acerola's gone, along with the oars, leaving Scarlette alone on a boat that just keeps going forward, deeper into the fog.-

Abandoned Megamart

-Rose checks her phone again. No sign of Scarlette yet. Not even a text message.-

Falconan

Jean: <Dropped in? How so?>

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Gina: -strikes a pose- I'm Gina, dancer extrordinare and totally better at it than Zumi and one of the Enforcers Of The Warp!

Tapu Village

Alli: Well, because - oh look, he's over there! -waves to Sholto-

Malie Library

Gible!Archer: ...Er, yes, I am. ^_^;

-Savannah stares.-

Lanie: One of the what?

Malie Library

Gogie: <...Huh, cool.>

<Anyway, you know what about it seems familiar?>

Falconan

-Trainwreck stays quiet-

edited 9th Aug '17 12:05:52 PM by CorvusAtrox

The Ocean

-A dark shape breaks through the fog, revealing itself to indeed be a wrecked ship. The creaking of wood greets Scarlette, who has let out Viper to help keep her nerves calm. It helps, but only barely.-

Scarlette: ...It looks like this is it... come on, we need to find out how to get back to shore.

-The rowboat sails in perfectly to lodge itself between two wood planks, right next to a hole in the wrecked ship's hull. Scarlette starts to enter, but Viper buzzes and spits a weakened Charge Beam up into the sky. Scarlette looks up to see what she was signaling toward.-

-An open Ultra Wormhole.-

Scarlette: ...Oh no...

-The rowboat gives way, and Scarlette quickly jumps into the ship.-

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Gina: ...Eh? You've never heard of us? I thought there'd be monuments and merchandise of us or something if this was the future!

Malie Library

Gible!Archer: <No, but let's keep looking.>

-flips a page and keeps reading-

<...Wait, what?>

Malie Library

-Gogie reads the page himself to see what Archer reacted to-

Ascent: <Yeah, no, there aren't.>

Lanie: So you've traveled through time?

-Savannah looks bewildered.-

Ulà Ulà Shore

Krieg: Alright....let's go.

Frieden: Oh, finally, I thought you'd never say that.

-Frieden helps Krieg up, and looks to Leeya.-

Frieden: Well, Leeya. We need to find an old friend of ours, so we need to go. Have fun with your friend and if you need help, and we're not busy, feel free to call us with this.

-Frieden hands Leeya a spare comm.-

Frieden: All right, let's go!

Malie Library

Gible!Archer: It says Gudrunn summoned the power of The Fanatic to turn into a Glitch called Calamity Alovye! And it wreaked havok until some Legendaries and a team of heroes took it down! And the Enforcers of the Warp were never seen or heard from again! There's no mention of a foggy thing or an Ultra Wormhole or a Nihilego anywhere!

Ula Ula Shore

Leeya: OK! See you two!

-immediately starts modifying the comm-

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Gina: Ehe, no, we actually sealed ourselves off in a pocket dimension for... I dunno how long.

edited 9th Aug '17 1:12:38 PM by Umbramatic

Lanie: So these other... Enforcers Of The Warp are here now, too? Is "here" the right word for time?

Willard: <What's a pocket dimension?>

Savannah: What does enforcing a warp even mean?

Malie Library

Gogie: <I... think I'm missing some context here, but... weird. Maybe this somehow happened before or after that?>

Shipwreck

-Blue flames flicker around Scarlette and Viper. They gather into a group, illuminating a small, Pikachu-shaped figure. Viper bounds out in front of Scarlette, ready for battle.-

Scarlette: Viper, be careful, that's a Mimikyu, they can—

Mimikyu: Hey hold on don't attack!

-Scarlette yelps as the ghost speaks. She backpedals, and watches the Litwick flames glow, showing that the Mimikyu in question is wearing what looks like a blue bandanna. One of its ears is ripped open, letting a small bit of stuffing poof out.-

Mimikyu: I-I was the one who brought you guys here! I'm sorry I just, we really need your help!

-Scarlette narrows her eyes-

Scarlette: ...Okay, w-what exactly is it that you need?

Mimikyu: Well, uh, a while back, something came out of that big old hole in the sky, and tore up our ship. That was a reeeeeally long time ago, so none of us are exactly... alive anymore, because we got stranded?

Scarlette: I can see that.

Mimikyu: Right, right, yeah, kinda obvious now that I mention it, uh... anyway, everyone died, most of us became ghosts, yadda yadda. We've sorta been stuck here for a really, really long time. Captain Chantey wanted to get back into that portal to seek revenge on the thing that ruined the ship, but we haven't exactly been able to reach it. Not all of us can float that easily.

Scarlette: Uh... huh.

Mimikyu: And then a year or so ago something purple got spit out of it into the water, and the captain took the first chance he could to go try to retrieve it. And... he's been down there for over a year.

Scarlette: Look, can you get to the point? I really, really don't want to be here anymore.

Mimikyu: Sorry, sorry! We, uh, we let down a chain, and he latched on, but whatever's down there is apparently really heavy, and everyone who's tried to pull the chain back up got... messed up, to say the least. We, uh, we're hoping some not-ghosts could try to figure out how to get him back up.

Scarlette: ...Right. I'm guessing you're not letting me back until I try?

Mimikyu: Oh, I'd really love to, but one of the Lampent that tried to pull him up ended up threatening to burn my disguise if I didn't find some decent help. If, uh, if you know anything about Mimikyu, that's—

Scarlette: Bad. Okay. Right. Let's, uh, figure this out.

edited 9th Aug '17 1:58:56 PM by BittersweetNSour

Malie Library

Gible!Archer: <Probably. It doesn't say much else aside from legends that Alovye's stain on spacetime fed into every glitch since. Mabye that's why the Fanatic sounded familiar, it spawned Alovye which spawned every glitch after...>

-blinks-

<Wait, does that mean Gudrunn is literally the mother of all Glitches? Cool!>

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Gina: -to Lanie- We're here! We just got... Lost.

-To Willard- It's like a bubble of spacetime!

-to Savannah- We served the Sorceress of The Warp! Or at least we used to.

Malie Library

Gogie: <...Well, that is impressive, but I dunno if I'd say it's cool.>

-Willard pauses, thinking.-

Willard: <I want to know more about spacetime.>

Savannah: Oh.

-She stares at Lanie.-

Lanie: So... who's the Sorceress of The Warp?

Ascent: <Is every answer going to result in ten more questions or can we be done with this?>

edited 9th Aug '17 2:02:18 PM by AZealousIndividual

Malie Library

Gible!Archer: <Yeah, point.>

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Gina: She was a friend of ours! Though, the Pidgeot has a point especially because I don't know how to explain spacetime

Chantey's Shipwreck

-Scarlette goes to investigate the chain.-

Scarlette: So, Mimikyu—

Mimikyu: Er, the crew calls me First Mate Bedhead, always have, now that I say that it's kind of an embarrassing moniker—

Scarlette: Bedhead, then. You said that everyone who tried to pull this up before got... messed up? How?

Bedhead: Oh, right, er, okay, so... whenever someone tries to pull it up, they end up getting a really, really bad temper. Like, supernaturally bad. It's scary. We're ghosts, we know scary, and believe me when I say, it's scary.

Scarlette: Uh-huh.

-A Trevenant stomps up and pushes Scarlette aside.-

Trevenant: I'm not gonna let it beat me this time!

Bedhead: ...Yeah. And sometimes they get really pushy like that. And obsess over trying to pull it up.

Scarlette: Well, it seems like they could use a little help, then—

-The Trevenant whips around and glares at Scarlette-

Trevenant: NO! I will be the one to do it!

Scarlette: Oh, for the love of...

Viper: <Hey, leave her alone!>

-Viper bounces onto the Trevenant and uses Crunch.-

Trevenant: OW! You'll pay for that, you little runt!

Bedhead: Ohhh dear, I was hoping it wouldn't come to this...

-The Trevenant slashes at Viper with a Shadow Claw, trying to smack her off.-

Viper: <Mmph!>

-Viper simply bites down harder. The Trevenant flails, scratching at her with Shadow Claw, but eventually is bitten hard enough to make it pass out.-

Viper: <Jerk.>

Bedhead: Oh mercy...