ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Blitz: -Chuckles at the crossed out phone number's comment-

-Beat-

"Wait, really? Weren't you just shifted like, a few minutes ago? ...Oh, huh. There's mine too"

-Beat-

-Out of pure curiosity, Blitz dials Mezzo's number on his phone-

 Malie, past 

-To Jackie-

Locke I met one day in Hau'oli, but it was kind of surprising since, well, he shouldn't exist in this verse.

 Tapu Village, today 

-Standing in front of the final gate-

So, the Pokémon League is up there.

-Aura Sense-

Shaun was here not too long ago, which should make me the second J-Teamer to ascend to the summit.

You guys ready for this?

Ali: <I've been waiting for this our whole journey.>

Then let's go.

-And so we start walking up-

Every, I know that in our time in the library there was something you wouldn't mention to me that was bothering you on the back of your mind that you wouldn't tell me. Whatever it is, I wish you luck with it.

edited 27th Oct '17 3:55:35 PM by rmctagg09

 Abandoned Cipher Lab(?) 

PEFE!Every: ...Crap. If fluids haven't dried yet, that means whatever's happening here wasn't too long ago.

Fetch: <I think you're overlooking the more relevant issue, which is that whatever happened was quite clearly violent. In the extreme.>

PEFE!Every: Trying not to think about that bit. And keep your voice down.

-she makes a note to come back and collect some samples, but for now she doesn't want to meet whatever's making that noise. She speeds up a little, hoping that she can find a way into the facility before whatever it is finds her-

-Mezzo, who is still laying in the sand and may be partially buried in it at this point, picks up her phone-

Mezzo: Hello?

Forte: <Uh, do you really have to call Piano right now? I'd rather she didn't know about this honestly.>

Mezzo: Know about what?

Forte: <Dammit.>

Bartelby's Library

Bartelby: <Aha! And it's updated automatically these days...>

Cipher Base(?)

-In the distance Izaya watches. And waits.-

Blitz: "Wait, what?"

-Oh, look, it was on speaker-

"I mean this isn't [pizza hut]? Sorry about that have a nice day!"

-End call-

Not-So-Abandoned Cipher Lab

-Almost immediately as PEFE!Every makes that note, a rather scared-looking Shroomish runs past her, and starts attempting to clean the room up.-

-Since it is a Shroomish, this is not an easy task.-

-The Shroomish is also not the source of the noise.-

 Abandoned Cipher Lab(?) 

PEFE!Every: Okay, let's do some reconnaissance.

Fetch: <Normally the sort of thing one does before entering, no?>

PEFE!Every: Sssssh.

-she attempts to quietly get the Shroomish's attention-

PEFE!Every: Hey. Hey. What's going on here? Who are you, and why are you cleaning?

Mt. Lanakila

Colton approached the door to the League, clutching the Z-Crystals that could possibly never go used in his hand. He banged on the door about four times, each knock reverberating more than the last. "Is the Captain of the Rock Trial there?" He asked. "I need to do this thing before I miss my flight!"

In hindsight, a good 30 minutes would be plenty of time for him to both do this and retrieve his things from the office, but he didn't want to board the plane smelling like sweat.

-Mezzo just stares at the phone and groans-

Sunny: <What's going on?>

Mezzo: All I could gather is that Forte got into something stupid again. That's good enough for me.

-she flops back down on the beach-

Sunny: <Poor dad and Shadow and everyone else.>

Forte: <Please don't call any of my other siblings or anyone else in the team, okay?>

 Mt. Lanakila: Victory Road 

-Walks off the lift as it reaches the top, having changed into winter gear on the way up-

The Alola League's pretty new, so they don't really have a proper Victory Road yet I guess. Either that or since Vast Poni Canyon already exists, the "Victory" here is more of a victory lap.

Tyto: -Shivering- <I don't think I like this place.>

Helios: -Glows slightly to warm the immediate area as we move forward-

Cipher Lab(?)

-The Shroomish squeaks and drops the mop it was barely managing to hold in the first place.-

Shroomish: <Aah! Oh no oh no oh no, oh man... uh, the last test subject, uh, wasn't really, um, cooperative, and escaped before we could stabilize him, and uh, he broke all of this in the process, and the door, and now I've gotta clean this up or else Carna's gonna have my head— >

-She stops, and realizes who she's talking to-

Shroomish: <...!!!!! Aaaaaaaaahhhh! You're a human! Cipher's back! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!>

-Yeah, there's no more stealth to be had here.-

 Abandoned Cipher Lab(?) 

PEFE!Every: Fuck. Fetch.

-Fetch wraps a tendril around the Shroomish's mouth to try and silence it-

PEFE!Every: I'm not Cipher! I'm the opposite of Cipher! I decode things! Now stop screaming before whatever is going to has your head tries to have mine too!

Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Ludmilla: I don't want to do this.

Acerola: Oh, don't worry! Since when has a seance ever caused something bad to happen?

Ludmilla: The Exorcist. Every single movie involving a ouija board.

Acerola: Oh now you're being difficult. C'mon! You'll do fine!

Ludmilla: I really don't wanna.

Acerola: Well, too bad! You want the stamp, you gotta do the trial.

-She plants a foot against Ludmilla's rear end and kicks her through the sliding doors.-

Acerola: Good luck!

Cipher Lab(?)

-Fetch and PEFE!Every's efforts to silence the Shroomish are unfruitful.-

Shroomish: <AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH>

-STOMP STOMP STOMP STOMP STOMP-

-PEFE!Every might want to turn around. I mean, she might not want to turn around, but she should anyway.-

 Oh No It's Not Abandoned And It's Still A Cipher Lab (?) 

PEFE!Every: I am dead serious! If you keep screaming you are not going to like what happens...

...Next...

-she turns around to face...whatever it is-

Cipher Lab(?)

-For the most basic description, "whatever it is" is a Salazzle.-

-Given even the slightest bit of clarity, however, this Salazzle is far bigger and beefier than any that PEFE!Every has likely seen before, with tubes and needles protruding from her back, in place of her tail, and on each of her fingers. Her presence shuts the Shroomish up.-

-She narrows her eyes at PEFE!Every-

Carna:    ...YOU'RE NO CIPHER SCIENTIST. WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT, EXACTLY, ARE YOU DOING HERE?   

edited 18th Dec '17 9:05:16 AM by BittersweetNSour

 Cipher Lab (?) 

-PEFE!Every is about to reply, but upon seeing Carna, her voice dies in her throat-

PEFE!Every: I...I...

Fetch: <Is there any rhyme or reason to one's presence anywhere? We are simply here. Soon, we will be somewhere else.>

Bartelby's Library

Bartelby: <Yes, try not to call anyone mortal in the middke of this.>

Cipher Lab    Carna's Domain   

-Carna hisses at Fetch.-

Carna:    I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER FROM THE HUMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ADVISE GIVING ME ONE SOON BEFORE I LOSE WHAT LITTLE PATIENCE I AM BOTHERING TO MUSTER.   

-The Shroomish slips away and starts trying to clean up the wreckage so Carna doesn't have another reason to be mad.-

edited 27th Oct '17 1:39:12 PM by BittersweetNSour

edited 27th Oct '17 1:45:51 PM by memyselfandI2

     Carna's Domain    

Fetch: <Did you hear that? The Salazzle would like you to respond.>

PEFE!Every: I....

Fetch: <Now, if you please.>

PEFE!Every: (eyes screwed shut) My name is Every. I'm a researcher for an independent organization. I was asked to retrieve something from this facility. I was not aware it was inhabited.

   Carna's Domain   

Carna:    OH, GOOD, YOU CAN SPEAK. IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD LEAVE WHILE YOU STILL CAN. DEPENDING ON YOUR CASE, THOUGH, I MAY JUST LET YOU LIVE AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF ME OR ANYONE ELSE HERE.   

One of the Asimov members smiled and nodded, "Of course, the colonization effort takes many fronts after all. We got plenty of work left back here on Earth to do."

She pulled out a radio like device, A P-Droid with a Garchomp skin style case on it, it began to display holograms of bases, vehicles, even robot bodies.

"Our main industry here is support, our Mars colonists do need supplies and the projected time is still pretty long for the first successful dome. So all the help we can get is needed, the main thing we sell here on Earth are Porygon Robot Bodies."

     Carna's Domain    

PEFE!Every: I....it's...I'm looking for a flash drive. I just need to make a copy of it and I'll be out of your—

Cytosol: <If you finish that sentence with "hair", I'll kill you myself.>

PEFE!Every: F-facility.