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Akala Island: Southern Edge - 17:59 Remaining

Having been somewhat fatigued by putting enough juice into the Web so it would persist upon future contact, the Galvantula was a little to fatigued to dodge the rocks lobbed at him.

Almost every single one hit him, the only exception being one missing caused by other stones knocking him away.

100/193

Knowing the type matchup - Rock/Steel - he reconsidered what he could do. He leaped for the Steel-type in the hopes that he could dig in.

17:46 Remaining

edited 28th Oct '17 3:17:10 PM by AbsentCoder

Pokeworld Stuidios - B5, The Ink Heart

Oh yeah there's some cracking new mediums. Heck even animation has left the ink behind!

-Oh crap skeleton man-

Well it ain't proper immortality is it? You're a ghost stuck in a fluid suspension. And of course while you've been trying to secure your own immortality, the public has all but forgotten your works. Only Lena is remembered, clips and shorts in the public domain... Walt's achieved immortality, in both body and works. He's won.

Zachary squinted, the Machine stopped, steam venting from it. The Ink flow had stopped for just a moment.

Zachary came to a halt, "I was trying to secure immortality of the public opinion. I'm not gonna pretend these past 50 years haven't given me a chance to think on things-"

"%$#* 50 years? That's how long we've been gone?"

"-And honestly this is not what I wanted. Kicked out of my own body, left to rot in a shell, a ironic hell of my own."

The Skeleton began to laugh, it didn't sound like Alan at all.

"The Ink... it's not Ink. I don't know what it is but it's fucked over every one of my colleagues, and here you are Walt. Acting as if this is your responsibility, so high and mighty you are... There is something worse beyond this ink. It's not your fault at all, don't come in as if this is your mess."

The machine began to pump again, Zachary/Alan began moving as Alan's speech became more distorted.

Down dropped the Centurion, it looked over everyone, it's metal frame barely holding together.

"Break. The! M-Hmbbgmmh" Alan let out before being silenced. His mouth vanishing.

Sam backed up, "I hope someone understood that."

The Metal arms snapped out of place, lifting the Skeleton up, and from it a scracthy voice came, "Oh boy. A new toy to play with, it's been far too long!"

It straightened out it's suit and stepped down, the ink gaining a greenish tint and beginning to form what looked almost like a body.

Pokeworld Studios - The Final Battle

"Can someone please explain what in the name of Arceus' unholy flank is going on?" He asked with impatience that would be evident to the most socially oblivious character.

Malie Center

Ever: I suggest you get used to superfluousness. (to Izaya) Come along.

-he leads Izaya into a room where PEFE!Every is lying in bed, wrapped in bandages-

Ever: You good?

PEFE!Every: Nothing I can't...reboot.

-Ever blinks-

The Skeleton stopped, as did Zachary and the Centurion.

The skeleton clapped its hands, "Oh! I love guessing games, go on everyone, guess."

The skeleton, the figure was starting to smile, the ink forming a very humanoid figure, with slicked green hair, and two green eyes.

Pokeworld Studios - B5, The Inkwell

One moment, aim for the machine!

-Alright, time to try and dodge around the metal man and strike at whatever part of the ink-mixer seemed the most ramshackle and ill-maintained over the decades-

Kaisei: "Yeah... that'd be nice."

Pokeworld Studios - The Final Confrontation(?)

Colton's pose shifted, one arm no longer at his side. "Guess what? Your identity, motivation, what?"

Pokestudio

Améllie: "I do believe the most obvious thing to attack is the ink machine and that skeleton. Which is why..."

takes out celluloid bands

"I will now burn that thing down!''

Throw the celluloid bands at the machine and shoot them to ignite them.

"Oh my name! Hm... Been awhile since I had one, technically I'm not even really here. It's cold and damp where I am... You may call me Jester. I love a good joke, I'm always up for mischief, and I'm the real sauce boss here. That's not Ink by the way. It's not really that gross, considering what I am. But hey long story."

The figure smiled, "You may use whatever pronouns you wish for me. I don't really have time for that, though He and him is fine, that's what my old "friends" used for me. They also helped me design that thing. Say hello!"

The Centurion began to wave as Jester laughed, "Ahahaha... aaaaah... It can't talk. I have to say, Alan here was a good dope. Gave me plenty of... what to call it. Corruption. Bugs. Ruin. Enh I'll figure that out later, we'll call it Ink for now. Alan wanted creativity, I gave him creativity. Care to guess what happened next?"

The machine took damage and begun to swing its other arms, "Well that's rude. We're having a conversation here."

edited 28th Oct '17 4:26:17 PM by EchoingSilence

Pokeworld Studios - The Final Confrontation

Colton slowly approached Jester, keeping an arm raised in an attempt to ward of the Centurion. "So..." he continued. "Are you the bad guy here? Because you seem to be dissuading or indifferent to the destruction of the Ink Machine, fully aware of the misery it's causing."

edited 28th Oct '17 4:30:21 PM by AbsentCoder

Pokeworld

Walt: <Of course it's Glitch shenanigans. Jester, if you're the source of all these innocent peoplemons' pain I will personally give you a beating.>

Malie Center

Izaya: You seem to be doing better... Mission sucessful, I take it?

Malie Past

Jackie: ...Only one?

Jean: ...What she said.

Kolemm: W̳͚̙͍̞̫̦͝e̫̱͉͇l͕̻̥̭̦͚l̺͉̠̣̹,͇͘ ͢I'͏̯̩̱m̫͍̫̙̟͍ ͅŕ̳͈͙̞̠̤̣i͍͜g̥̻h̜͜t͍̥̼̦̯̦̰ ̧̞̳̗̞̦̝̻w̗̹̫̣͉̭̖h̶̥e͍͓͎͖̲͡re̪͚ ̘I̟͉͚̼̟ ͓̪̰w̘͉͔a̙̜̖̦̕ͅn̬̣t͞ ̶͇̪̯̫̤̦t͏̫̳͓o̸̘̱ ͖͇̤͚́ͅb̡̖̺͉̫̬̺̯e͍̭ͅ.̳̪̞ ͙̼O̭n͓̱̭̥̥̗̣ ̧̳̯̟̩̜͍ͅt̡̖̦h͏͕̮͔͕i̮̹͓͔͟s̴͇̼̥͙ ͉̹͞s̙̥u͝s͇p͈͎̺͎̮i̡̥͎c̴̤͙̟̮̣͓ͅi̸̱̖o̦̮̺̙͝us̥l̬̭̘͍͓̻y̬͢ ̱̬̤͇̝͓͢f̗̳͙̲̰̞a̷̙m̹͈̠͖̙il̦̭͜i̢̞̮̞a̮r̝͙ ̲̥͎͚͉̤̮͞g̪i͇̹̻͓̙r̨͔̹̦͔͓ͅl̯͍͇̲͖͈͎'̲̺s ̝ṉe͍͉̜̠͚͎̝c̪̺̰̩̕k̫̻̰̟͙.҉̱͖̖̻̠̙̯

Mt. Lanakila

-Mason drops his and Rose's disguise as they reach the top of the elevator.-

Rose: So, illusions, huh? Pretty impressive.

Mason: Yeah, it's my specialty. I can do a few other things with Obscura, but most of my abilities are illusion-based.

Rose: The Zoroark furries must be jealous.

-Mason gives Rose an unamused look. Rose smirks.-

Rose: Sorry, couldn't resist.

-Mason rolls his eyes.-

Mason: Whatever. How about you? You got anything special up your sleeve?

Rose: Unless you count a head full of amnesia and secondhand stories about my ugly past, not really.

Mason: Ugly past? Wait, does it have something to do with what those guys were going on about with Team Skull?

Rose: Ugh, don't remind me. Do you want the convoluted explanation or the simple, cliched-sounding one?

Mason: ...Hm. Let's start with the simple version, maybe it'll be funny.

Rose: I have an evil twin.

-Mason snrks-

Mason: Wow, geez, you weren't kidding.

Rose: I know, right? It sounds like a bad direct-to-video sequel to an already mediocre movie or something.

Mason: Oddly specific description, but you're not wrong.

Malie Garden

-Joseph has been wandering through the area, letting the peaceful, cool air tease over him and enjoying the sight of emerald greens and sapphire waters-

-and, recently, his older self-

Thirtyjoseph: 'Sup?

Joseph: YEEK!

-he whips his head around-

Joseph: Where did you come from?

Thirtyjoseph: The future, dude. I already told you that.

Joseph: I mean, were you here?

-blinks-

Joseph: Where do you stay, anyway? You don't live with me and Munn.

-Thirtyjoseph shrugs-

Thirtyjoseph: Would you believe me if I said I live in a van down by the river?

Joseph: Nope.

-Thirtyjoseph just shrugs-

Thirtyjoseph: Like I said, though, we oughta get together and, like...I oughta teach you stuff, y'know?

Joseph: Teach me what?

Thirtyjoseph: Broadly, doing what your boyfriend used to do, but peacefully. Specifically, we'd start by having you chill.

Joseph: What do you mean? I'm chill.

-Thirtyjoseph shakes his head-

Thirtyjoseph: No, you're not. You're not, like, neurotic-not all the time. But you're not chill.

Joseph: Do I have to be chill? How does that help me?

Thirtyjoseph: ...hmm. Maybe "chill" isn't the right word. "Controlled". You gotta control your emotions.

Joseph: Again, why? Do I look like I'm about to snap any moment?

Thirtyjoseph: That's not what I mean. You could be totally well-adjusted and not a wreck at all-

Joseph: Which I'm not, by the way.

Thirtyjoseph: -and you still wouldn't meet what I'm talking about.

Joseph: So, what are you talking about?

Thirtyjoseph: You know. Feeling emotions as much as you need to feel them. Showing the emotions you need to show at any given moment.

Joseph: You want me to be emotionless or something?

-Thirtyjoseph sighs-

Thirtyjoseph: That's the opposite of what I'm saying. I'm saying that you've got something really fucking valuable for the kinda job you'll be doing and you'll need to learn how to do it. And I can teach you.

Joseph: ...uh. OK? Sure. What's that involve?

Thirtyjoseph: Well, you're gonna have to-

-freezes for a moment-

Thirtyjoseph: Shiiiiiiiiiiit. I've got a friend I gotta meet on Melemele. See ya around?

-Joseph, glad to be alone again for the time being, nods-

Pokeworld Studios - B5, The Laughing Ink

Sorry mate, I'll just patch it up shall I?

-He flashes a smile and cracks out some tools to begin... Well he's definitely not fixing it but he's trying to make it look like he is while he tries to figure out enough of how it works to pick a particularly delightful way to sabotage it-

 Malie, past 

-To Kolemm-

If you're attempting something of ill-nature, it won't turn out well for you.

 Mt. Lanakila Pokémon Center, tonight 

-Has been antsy for the past day for non-League related reasons-

Mt. Lanakila

Mason: All right then, so what's the full story? I mean, it's your ugly past, not your evil twin's, right?

-Rose rubs her head nervously.-

Rose: See, that's where things get complicated. Basically, uh, the Unown gave me amnesia as punishment for being... well, one hell of a nasty Cipher agent.

Mason: Yikes. And the twin was in it with you, but didn't get the memory wipe?

Rose: ...Uh. Well. She kinda... is my memories. Apparently the Unown's chosen method of mind-wiping is to take your memories, form an actual physical entity out of them, and seal that thing away?

-Mason stares.-

Rose: Yeah.

Mason: ...That's either really inefficient, really lazy, or really dickish.

Rose: My guess is "dickish".

Mason: Geez. But, uh, that certainly explains it, I guess. Probably makes it really hard to regain those memories, for better or worse?

Rose: Oh, yeah, definitely. I don't think there's any sort of, like, trigger to spark my mind and remember all of those memories again. It's especially awful when you know everyone else's view of me is bound to be shaped by what they know about my past.

Mason: Well, if anything, I'm not judging you based on it. Now it's just an evil twin, right? You're not the one to take revenge on.

Rose: ...Thanks. I guess.

Malie City, Past

<If it's any consolation, I have no idea what's going on either.> Star whispers to Jackie.

Pokeworld Studios - The Final Confrontation

At this time, Colton had returned to the posed adopted when they were engaged by Jester. "Wait, glitch?" Colton asked. "What and why are those?

"Are they something that have to be... "rectified"?" He asked pseudo-bluntly.

Mt. Lanakila

Mason: So, is that the reason you gave up your island challenge?

-Rose hesitates to answer.-

Mason: ...Is that a "yes but it's embarrassing"?

Rose: It's a "yes but there's a lot more to it than just meeting the evil version of myself".

-She sighs-

Rose:' I... lost a friend, because I didn't tell her what I knew about my past.

Mason: Ouch.

Rose: And she was already super stressed out because she just had a really bad trial then a bunch of encounters with Ultra Beasts and she might have gotten poisoned by a Nihilego and then we met Paula and she left and now Scarlette's getting herself into really shady deals and I don't—

Mason: Chill. Chill.

Rose: ...

Mason: First off, which one's Paula and which one's Scarlette?

-Rose sighs-

Rose: Paula's the twin. Scarlette's the friend. Ex-friend, apparently. Also ex-girlfriend.

Mason: I... see. Next question, shady deals?

Rose: She met someone in Malie Garden and they recruited her into something, I don't know!

Mason: Recruited. Was it Team Iron?

-Rose shrugs-

Rose: I don't know anything about it, other than that something happened.

Mason: Right... well, if it was Iron, then I promise I'm gonna help to get her back. I mean, I'll help even if it isn't Iron, but you get the point. I'm looking for someone in Iron myself.

-Mason smiles-

Mason: You can count on me. And if anyone in Iron gets in the way, I'm gonna kick their ass for both of us.

-Rose manages a chuckle.-

Rose: Heh. Thanks. Don't expect to get all the glory, though, I'll be there too.

-Mason smirks-

Mason: You'd better.

-They reach the second elevator, and proceed to the peak.-

Shaun: "Sounds great."

-Hr lets out an Alolan Vulpix.-

Jamie: <Hey, um, Kaisei? Shaun, is this your home?>

Shaun: "Actually my house is on the East coast of Sinnoh. We're right by the West."

-Shaun shines his flashlight around.-

Shaun: "We're almost there."

Lyra: <Let me help you, Pent.>

-She stands next to him and carefully observes the Ink Machine.-

Elizabeth: ~Haku, you think this is like that Glitch-thing that was in Konikoni?~

Haku: ~Likely.~

-He moves in front of Elizabeth.-

Malie Center

PEFE!Every: How long...have you been... watching?

Ever: Pretty much the whole time, far as I can tell.

PEFE!Every: ...Oh.

Ever: Please tell me the flashdrive got broken.

PEFE!Every: -gestures weakly at the counter next to her, where it's lying, quite intact- Had a death grip...on it. Nurses had to...well, you probably don't...want to know.

Ever: Great.

-he picks up the drive and hands it to Izaya-

Ever: Now can you go kick a Lillipup or whatever it is you do for fun? I'd like to have a word with my cousin.

edited 28th Oct '17 7:12:15 PM by memyselfandI2

Malie Center

Izaya: Very well. You two take care.

-He leaves, the flash drive and confused Mobius employee in tow-

Akala

-The Probopass flails and tries another Power Gem-

Akala Island

With Giga Drain having connected, 9-Volt felt much more satisfied.

142/193

Until he took a Power Gem again, this time suffering every hit due to his proximity.

23/193

Looking at the staggering Electric-type, the Unovan contemplated. The entire reason he sent out 9-Volt was so he could have some practice against a type he was weak to. It would be easy to just send out Lucario or even Sean and just Bullet Punch-Mach Punch-Low Sweep her entire team.

Not really wanting to exhaust his Bug-type even further - hell, he could tell from just how much slower he was than normal he was still hurt from those Fire Punches - he decided.

"9-Volt, get back!" He announced as he held out the Great Ball. This time he sent out a different Great Ball, this one with no markings.

"Rei, let's ride!" He announced. The Sneasel made her presence known to the Probopass by reaching for his beard to just yank as hard as she theoretically could.

And then she'd slam him into the ground. Were they weak to that type?