ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Asimov HQ

Phaz: "Yes~ I can finally relax here~!"

He goes for another hug and maybe a kiss~?

-Note the Cynthia being very enjoying the spectacle, squeeing inside.-

Brooklet Hill, Past

-Etran follows Lana, and enters through the Captain's gate.

Lana: Time to undergo my trial!

Etran: So all those Wishiwashi were-?

Lana: That's right! The Trial begins!

-Etran notices water rippling in front of him-

Etran: I'm guessing I need to check that out?

Lana: You got it!

Etran: Alright, then. Siku, let's go.

-Siku jumps in the water, and Etran jumps on him. They make their way to the rippling water. As they get closer, they notice several Wishiwashi gathering. Then a Wishiwashi in school form jumps out. It is enveloped in a special aura.-

Etran: So this is a Totem Pokemon. Malice, let's do it!

-Etran sends out Malice-

Malice: <My turn? Oh, how fun!>

Etran: Malice, thunderbolt!

-Electricity surrounds Malice, and it is sent at the Totem Pokemon. Wishiwashi is damaged, but not by a lot. After that, the Wishiwashi sends out a water gun at Malice. The water gun hits her.-

Malice: <Well, that one hurt.>

-The Wishiwashi cries out, and a second Wishiwashi in it's normal form appears.-

Etran: Alright, Malice, thunderbolt on the new one!

-Electricity surrounds Malice, and she strikes the second Wishiwashi with it, knocking it out.-

Etran: Good job!

-Malice is hit by another water gun from the Totem Wishiwashi.-

Etran:Vanish!

-Malice vanishes from sight. Wishiwashi looks around confused.-

Etran: Phantom Force!

-Malice appears from behind Wishiwashi and rams into him at full force. Malice is then hit with another water gun.-

Malice: <Not sure I can take much more!>

-The Wishiwashi cries out, and an Alomomola comes out of the water.-

Etran: Zap the Totem's ally! Thunderbolt!

-Malice zaps Alomomola with a thunderbolt, knocking it out. Malice is then hit with a water gun that knocks her out.-

'''Etran:"You did good, Malice. Return.

-Etran recalls Malice, and pulls out another Poke Ball.-

Etran: Bacchus, let's finish it!

-Etran sends out Bacchus.-

Etran: Bacchus Razor leaf!

Bacchus: <Yeah, yeah.>

-Leaves fly up from Bacchus and are then shot towards the Wishiwashi, damaging it. The Wishiwashi then fires yet another water gun at Bacchus, which does little damage.-

Etran: I think it's almost done for! One more! Razor leaf!

-Leaves fly up, and then fly towards Wishiwashi, hitting it and knocking it out.-

Etran: We got it! Return, Bacchus, you did good.

-Etran recalls Bacchus.-

Po Town

-Paula blinks-

Paula: ...I actually can't argue with that one. Good luck, then!

Po Town, past

Archer: ...Thanks, Mom A.

-he hugs her-

Asimov HQ, R&D

Both the hug and kiss were eagerly reciprocated by Sergey, and in the same vein as Cynthia, Aicha as innerly squeeing - while Mireille had what amounted to a "They grow up so fast"-look on her face.

Po Town

Paula: ...Ah.

-She gives Archer an uncomfortable head pat-

Po Town

Mona: -sighs- <I knew this would happen.>

Archer: -breaks the hug- OK, I gotta figure out what to do about Mom 1. See you later.

-He hesitates, then heads off, Mona following after-

Po Town

Paula: All right, see you, kid.

-The doors close behind Archer, and Paula breathes an overdramatic sigh of relief and flops onto a couch.-

Paula: Ugh, I thought he'd never leave me alone.

Route 10

-Ludmilla looks up the mountain. Her legs still wobble with aches and pains.-

Ludmilla: ...

-She pulls out a Pokeball and releases Cu Sith the Growlithe.-

Cu Sith: *Gasp* <It's time!>

-Ludmilla nods and smiles, kneeling down and rubbing behind the puppy's ears.-

Ludmilla: Here you go.

-She places a Fire Stone to Cu Sith's forehead.-

*Shhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingfwoooooooom!*

-The air around Ludmilla heats up, making her feel like she'd stuck her face into a dryer. The light dies down, revealing not just a big puppy, but a really big puppy compared to what she was before.-

Cu Sith, Arcanine: <Woah! I feel... big!>

-She sniffs Ludmilla's face and licks with a massive tongue, covering her entire face with a single stroke and knocking off Ludmilla's sunglasses. The girl sputters and falls back.-

Cu Sith: <Aw, you're so cute when you're small!>

-She lays down on top of Ludmilla and licks her face some more. Ludmilla tries to object, but between her tired legs and the massive, warm canine that's easily three times her size directly on top of her, she can't really do much.-

Shaun: "You okay, Jess?"

-Jessica, who's sitting on the edge of the cliff, looks back at Shaun.-

Jessica: <Hmm? Oh yeah. Just thinking.>

-Shaun lets out an exaggerated gasp.-

Shaun: "You know how to do that?"

-He grins, and Jessica grins back.-

Jessica: <Course. Why, do you need me to teach you?>

-Shaun chuckles and sits next to Jess, dangling his feet over the edge.-

Tsunami: <That's a good way to fall of...>

Ace: <You say that like he cares.>

-Shaun calls over his shoulder.-

Shaun: "I have faith you're fast enough to catch me, Ace."

Jessica: <Bet we could ask Tsunami how quick he his, if ya know what I mean.>

Shaun: "Heh, bet we could. What're you thinking about?"

-Jessica turns to him, seemingly prepearing an eloquent, meaningful, insightful stateme-

Jessica: <Things and stuff.>

Shaun: "Sounds interesting.'

Jessica: <Shaun?>

Shaun: "Yes?"

Jessica: <R-no, nevermind.>

Shaun: "Ooo...kay. Wanna help me get a small fire going? Need to cook dinner."

Jessica: <Sure thing!>

 Vast Poni Canyon 

-We have ended up near the end of the canyon-

Well, going by that sign I would assume that we won't be going further until we manage to beat the actual trial.

Benkei <The Lord of the Canyon awaits.>

Pici: <Who?>

-Suddenly, a Jangmo-o leaps at us, who is then met by Lucani in combat-

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Seafolk Village

-Joe and Munn sit on a dock, bare feet dipped in the water. A Vaporeon and a shiny Milotic swim around in front of them-

Cupid: <Oh! Oh! Watch me! Munn! Munn! Joe! Munn! Do you see me do you see meeeeee? :D>

-Munn smiles at his Milotic-

Munn: I see ya, Cupid! You're doing great!

Cupid: <Thanks!> :3

-Joe leans his head on Munn's shoulder-

Joseph: How're you doing, hun?

Munn: Better with you here. You doing OK?

-Joseph nods-

Joseph: Yeah...I think so, at least.

 Vast Poni Canyon 

-One defeat later, as the Jangmo-o scurries away-

This is kinda like Ilima's trial, isn't it? Our journey's come full circle.

-A Hakamo-o then jumps out, who is then met by Tyto this time-

 Seafolk Village 

The Wanderer: -Comparing a Leppa and an actual apple while looking into what appears to be a mini-rift- I wonder if this verse has larger cultivars than this Leppa Berry that are more like this apple.

Judith: -Shrugs absentmindedly-

The Wanderer: I mean, I know the PMD verse has those Perfect Apples but I've yet to see any of those over here yet.

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Capim Reception

It was around this time that Colton had finished his Malasada - and could speak again because it was just WA~Y too spicy for him.

Guzzling some random beverage from the snack bar given to him by Sean - wasn't water, thank fuck - he was panting again. <Is anything going on?> He asked his Lucario. He then went back to scraping his tongue, the unfamiliar burning-like sensation returning, even if less so.

-Above, hidden in the shadows, a set of green, pupiless eyes watches Tagg and his team.-

 Vast Poni Canyon 

-As the Hakamo-o is felled, I can sense the eyes on me, but am far more concerned with the massive amount of killing intent that covers the area around the Totem-

Legion: <Eep!>

That's... pretty creepy, but I've faced worse. Way worse.

-Walks up towards the totem, as suddenly a larger than normal Kommo-o jumps in front of us-

Benkei: <The Lord of the Canyon!>

Totem Kommo-o: <If you wish to reach the Altar, you must defeat me! Have at thee, Trainer!>

-Aura flares up as he lets out a mighty roar-

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Asimov HQ

Phaz kept up the kiss a bit before stopping to truly cuddle.

Phaz: "There's present for you in the bags too~ I even found you some Gunpla like you like~."

He stops hugging them a bit to take two of the bags labelled "Sergey". In it, toys and some clothes to protect them. Meanwhile in the background Cynthia is still squealing and the rest of Phaz's mons are looking through Phaz's loot

Asimov HQ, R&D

Sergey kissed Phaz again before looking in the backs with a smile

Sergey: "That wasn't neccessary Darling~ You coming home is the best present you could have given me."

A bit away Sergey's Pokémon were also looking rather amused, while Alyesha was still cuddling with her team and already started sharing stories about what she did.

Brooklet Hill, Past

Lana: Very well done. Please come back this way.

-Siku swims back to land with Etran.-

Etran: So, I passed?

Lana: That's correct. Here.

-Lana hands a Waterium Z to Etran.-

Lana: "Watch. This is how you use the Waterium Z.

-Lana does the Waterium Z pose.-

Etran: I see. I'll have to remember that for when I get my hands on one of those Z-rings. Thank you very much, Lana.

Lana: I think you should head to Wela Volcano Park next. That's where Kiawe's trial takes place.

Etran: I think I will. Thank you again.

-Etran heads out.-

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▎▙▄▕▋▛▕: ...Well?

▟▖▚▜▁▉▖▏▛█▕▟: Well what?

▎▙▄▕▋▛▕: How do you suppose we justify that scene taking so long?

▟▖▚▜▁▉▖▏▛█▕▟: I don't know! I wasn't expecting it to!

▎▙▄▕▋▛▕: How are we supposed to explain the gap?! There's no way any of them would take that long to actually do anything about anything!

▟▖▚▜▁▉▖▏▛█▕▟: The last few weeks have been stressful, okay? They've been stressful! I would have done it all a lot sooner if I could!

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▎▙▄▕▋▛▕: Okay, fine. Let's just do some cosmic bullshit and get things back on track.

Po Town

-Some cosmic bullshit happens, and the recently-finished Po-Town scene happens a lot more recently. Like, probably just before the events of the wedding or something. I dunno, just not an entire month.-

Asimov HQ

Phaz kisses him back another time.

Phaz: "You're so good, Dearest~! I too think you're the best thing I can have today~!"

Cue him realising how much eyes were on him.

Phaz: blushing hard, to his mons "H-Hey! Stop looking at me like this!"

Cynthia: <Bite me!>

Phaz: "Language!"

Asimov HQ, R&D

Sergey blushed as well as he noticed this.

Sergey: "l-Lets just err... got to my room, Darling and you know... away from here for now" ;^_^ "I want to talk to you a bit in private~"

Seafoam Village

-Alex is fishing, Cogsworth hovering next to her-

Cogsworth: <Remind me of what this is for again?>

Alex: There's a Pokemon here called Dhelmise that's a Ghost and Grass type but has qualities of a Steel type. Naturally, I want one.

-She pulls up a Magikarp, then tosses it aside to a bunch of others where it flops on the deck and flops like a fish-

...Unfortunately they're hard to find.

Cogsworth: <Well clearly they don't want to be fou->

-Suddenly something big hooks Alex's line-

Alex: Ah! This isn't a Magikarp!

-she pulls up a Dhelmise-

Delmise: <AHA! I shall finally have my revenge on->

-Beat-

<...Where am I? What day is it? What year is it? Getting stuck on the ocean floor is mighty disorienting.>

Cogsworth: <...Well then.>

Alex: Now hold on anchor bucko, revenge on who?

Delmise: <Chantey! Oh, he was the one pirate captain this side of the Sea of Kyogre who dared to do better than me at it! I heard he and his crew were haunting a ghost ship somewhere aroundabouts, but the ocean is big, I lost my crew when I died, and I could never track those haunts down.>

Alex: Hmmmm, well here's a proposition. How about you join me and I help you find them?

Davy: <Well, I ain't about to look a gift Mudsdale in the mouth. You got yourself a deal!>

-Alex grins and tosses a Dive Ball-

Cogsworth: <This is going to end badly.>

Alex: Not if I don't... Yank his chain.

-ba dum tish-

Cogsworth: <...Where did that drum set come from>

Alex: Trade secret~

Asimov HQ, R&D

Phaz nodded.

Phaz: "R-Right. I'm following you, dear~"

Asimov HQ, Sergey's Room

Sergey was now sitting on his bed

Sergey: "Now, tell me your stories, Darling~"