ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

The machine has some scratches on it, the hull holding up, the arms swing low at the people attacking.

Jester laughs at Walt, "Beat me? My friend... I'm not even here."

The upbeat nature drops, "I'm not in this room, I just had enough of a presence to finally make contact. Where I am is cold and damp, I could show you."

Asimov Island

SN slipped out of the plane with a few others, duffle bag in one hand, admiring the busy scenery unfolding around him. It was kind of fantastic. A beautiful display of human development that considered the needs of Pokemon, and worked towards a collaborating goal.

He was pulled out of his train of thought by the voice of a woman.

He noticed her brown hair first, followed by the space suit...and then her height. He gulped and smiled dumbly to her. He was dressed in a grey button up, matching dark purple sweater vest and bowtie, and a black jacket on top of it all. He kind of looked like a grandpa, but his youthful goatee and fluffy shaggy brown hair didn't sell the illusion.

"Pleasure to...um...meet you, Ms. Barton." He greeted with a smile, reaching out his hand to meet hers. "I'm Teddie Lace, and well, thank you for having me."

He glanced upwards at the robots, marveling at them for a bit. "I have to say, all of th-this is quite impressive..."

Dab for me.

Malie City

-Ever is wandering around-

Ever: Hey, what's that? I thought Mimikyu was the local Pikachu-knockoff.

Muninn: <Have you ever picked up a biology textbook?>

Ever: I think we both know that I have not.

Muninn: <Mimikyu, as a rule, deliberately mimic Pikachu out a misguided attempt to be loved. Less Batesian than Bathosian.>

Ever: First of all, that pun was disgusting. Also, I like that you say that as though you didn't do the same.

Muninn: <I merely obtained the first available disguise.>

Ever: Sure.

Muninn: <At any rate, Pokemon like Plusle, Emolga, and in this case, Togedemaru, are actually biologically related to Pikachu, hence the similar characteristics.>

Ever: Togedemaru?

Muninn: <It's Steel/Electric-type. When it's threatened, it uses the quills on its back to stab people.>

-Ever thinks back to the Canuhlaev Jim, where the IP claimed to have a Pokemon from a faraway region and then fired a nail gun at him-

Ever: ...Huh.

Malie Center

-Pleth is keeping an eye on PEFE!Every-

PEFE!Every: I can't believe...I'm going to...be in the hospital...on Halloween. I had...the best party...planned.

Pleth: <Oh, I love parties. What was it?>

PEFE!Every: I was gonna...lock everyone who came...in a module...and expose...them to Nihilego toxins...to observe results.

-Pleth stares-

Pleth: <...Well, I'm sure everyone will be absolutely devastated that that fell through.>

PEFE!Every: Why does...my face itch?

Pleth: (innocently) <Bandages?>

PEFE!Every: No, it's...specifically...where the bandages...aren't.

Pleth: <Weird...Maybe it's just psychosomatic.>

PEFE!Every: I guess...

-the reason, of course, is that wherever the bandages aren't, Ever took some time out of his evening to draw a several-layer-deep fractal pattern with a felt-tip pen-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Malie Hospital

Basket: -using Sweet Scent- <She'd probably appreciate the attention to detail in better times.>

<Pecha Berry?>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Malie Center

Pleth: <I'm sure she'll appreciate it whenever she actually notices it.>

PEFE!Every: Notices...what?

Pleth: <Nothing.>

PEFE!Every: (to Basket) I'm not supposed to...be eating...solid food.

Pleth: <Oh, come on. Live a little.>

PEFE!Every: That's...the goal...yes.

-she realizes that there's only one person who would ever ask that particular question-

PEFE!Every: Oh, hi...Basket. You're not...upset, are you?

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Akala Island - About 15 minutes left

Biting his tongue and waiting on Rei to be incapacitated - it's just that he knew it was coming - Colton felt his phone buzz. Reaching into his pocket for the device, he looked at the message that was sent to him.

He then pocketed his phone and noticed that his two or three bags of luggage were beside him.

This is gonna be fun to explain.

15:30 remaining

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Malie Hospital

Basket: -sighs- <I'm not going to belabor the point your cousin's already chewed you out on. And you were under duress, in a way.>

<You'll probably end up on a raid again in the future, though. Have allies next time. Remember Gateon Port? You have family now. Good family, not pokefutures creepos. Lean on them.>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

A boat docks in the port.

P.A.: Now arriving at Malie Island Ferry Port.

Phoenix stretches, then disembarks from the boat. He takes out his Pokémon.

Phoenix: Alright, guys, time for a bit of fun in the sun.

The five wander toward the beach, gazing with wonder at all the exotic Pokémon.

Phoenix: *contented sigh* This is the life.

He pulls out 5 Casteliacones with the movements of a pro.

Phoenix: Dig in, guys.

Malie Center

PEFE!Every: Gateon Port struck...me as more...defensive. But...point taken.

I'm hoping...not to do this...again.

Pleth: <And yet you most certainly will. Evil teams abound. Also, wait, what's a Pokefuture? I'm from a Poke future.>

PEFE!Every: Science...organization. Very...cutting-edge. Parents...worked there.

Malie City, near the port

-Ever and Muninn notice the five-cone spread-

Ever: That is...incredible technical proficiency.

Muninn: <They're holding ice cream.>

Ever: I've never seen such power.

Muninn: <Ice cream cones. They're feeding their team.>

Ever: I'm in awe.

Muninn: <You've met gods.>

Ever: This is the highlight of my life.

edited 29th Oct '17 9:41:42 AM by memyselfandI2

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Phoenix notices Ever watching. He walks over to him, grinning.

Phoenix: Impressed?

He pulls out two more ice cream cones and puts a handful of sprinkles on each, handing them to the two watchers.

Phoenix: The name's Phoenix.

Malie Beach

-There is suddenly a goth next to Phoenix, gazing hungrily at the ice cream-

-A Mawile cowers behind him-

Pokeworld

Walt: <We don't want to see what hole you crawled out of, thank you very much.>

Akala

-The Gigalith recoils from the Ice Shard and paralasys, but retaliates with a Stone Edge-

Malie, past

'Kolemm: H͏̟̦̰͎͍e̸̱̫̥̣̻̜͔y͖̖͈̺̱,̹̝̦ ̥̞͜I͕͖̱̼͕̯͟ ̜͎̥̙ju̴̹s̻̝̖t͎͖̺̘̲̗͚ ̜̬̮̱͠w̵̟͈̱̩̳a͎̙̜̣͚̥̲n͚͈t̼͙ t̵̪o͇ ̴̖̼͔̦̻̤b̴͖͉̙̣͕̰e̛̗̲͇ ̥͉̪̗a̻̬͚̻̼͇͞t ̺̟͔̞̫͈̱t̫͖̤̺͙͝h̘̤̖̳̯͚͚é̦̭͖̼ ̧r̩͠i̙̥̪g̪̼̼̤̹̺h͍̫̟̪̜ͅt͕ ͕p͈̮͚̞̻l̬a̗̕c̥̱͎̻͡e͈͕̦̟̹̭͝ ̫͉̣͓͞ą̲̼t͍͎̗̗ ͈ṭ̣́h͏̦̰̹ḙ̺̠̙̙̻ͅ ̣̣̟̀r̛̻͔ͅi͕̝g̝̟̪̮͜ḩ̹̘̩̝t̸͎̣̭ ̴̭̹͈͕̺̯ͅţ̟̺í͍̝m͙̲̬̺̝e͍̫ ̣͕w̼̥͖i̙͇̬ͅth̭̼̗̙͓̻ ͓̺t̪̗͎h̸̝̪͇̲̠e̝̙̯̜̕ ̺̻̗̥͖̗ͅri̟͍̱g̤͚̹h̜̝̗͉t̮̩ ҉̻̩p̪͖̦͟ȩo͈͍pl̡̦̭e̟͍̗͇̦.̭͍̜̳̀.̗ ̥̘̲̘M͓̫̱͇̘͍o̫͓̦̦̞͎͎͠s̭͓̦̙̬r̦͉̼͘l͙͇͍y̨ ͍̳̼̳̬t̴̖̳he͏̭̙͎̪̞̼ ̷t͖̫h̷̬i͈̳̮̤̲̮rd̥͖̤̫̰̻ ͏͇͓̰͍̖̖̝b̬̱̯͈̭͠i̝͇̲t̥͔̖̺̳.͚

Somewhere

-Most of my characters are getting ready for something-

Contact Me!

Phoenix: I wish I had started charging for these things...

Lawrence: <Hey, how's it going?>

Phoenix: Lawrence you already have a cone.

Phoenix pulls out as much ice cream as needed to feed the people and pokémon surrounding him.

Phoenix: It's like I never left the stand.

edited 29th Oct '17 9:59:45 AM by redneckphoenix

Akala Island

Rei was sent sprawling. Face down in the dirt in front of her trainer, she weakly reached for Colton's jacket.

0/133

Understanding the gesture, Colton returned Rei as he sent out 9-Volt again, who was feeling a little bit better. Enough to try to sap some power from the Rock-type.

36/193

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Mezzo: Why do I suddenly feel like I'm missing something important?

Sunny: <You're probably missing a lot of important things. Will you get up now?>

Mezzo: Hmm... no.

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Malie Beach

-Not too far from the ice cream group, came a noise that was very...energetic.-

Queenie: HEYO MALIE BEACH. I'M GONNA BE ROCKING YOU ALL WITH SOME SWEET TUNES. PLEASE PLACE ANY SPARE CHANGE OR GENEROUSLY DONATED DOLLARS INTO THE TASTEFULLY SEQUINED BEANIE NEXT TO ME, THANK YOU.

-A girl in a dress that could be summed up in the words pink, frilly, and lolita, bounced around with a cordless microphone and small speaker, singing a pop song in a voice that was...not necessarily BAD, so much as LOUD.-

-Next to her a togetic happily span in circles, enjoying the attention.-

edited 29th Oct '17 10:01:14 AM by Radioactiveboy

Dab for me.

Phoenix walks over and puts a few Casteliacones into the beanie.

Lawrence: <This hurts my ears.>

Phoenix continues eating his ice cream, glad he made friends so quickly.

Phoenix: Hey. These are my 'mons. We've got Frank...

-Cut to Frank with a melted ice cream on his head.-

... We've got Jackie...

-Cut to Jackie holding her head, clearly struggling with brain freeze-

...this is Finnegan...

Finnegan is just there, looking as stoic as a fish can.

...and we've got Lawrence.

Lawrence does a little bow, showing his stamps.

Malie Beach

Goth: -trying to make himself heard over the music- HI, I'M GABE! THIS IS MANDIBLE THE MAWILE!

Mandible: <AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>

Contact Me!

Malie Beach

Ever: Oh my gosh thank you so much!

-he takes a cone, hands it to Muninn, then takes another-

Ever: Actually, wait. Should I be eating this? Are you fae?

Muninn: <If he were, you wouldn't have asked.>

Ever: Hmm, good point.

-cronch-

Ever: ...Hm. That's some peculiar music. Are we sure we're not dealing with the fae here?

Muninn: <He did just put ice cream in the tip jar.>

Ever: Crap.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Malie Beach

-The music, which was at one point bouncing and thumping loud, stopped in an instant. Queenie looked down at her tipjar, which was now dripping with semi-melted icecream.-

Queenie: ...My tastefully sequined beanie.

-Looking up, the blonde girl in pigtails turned off her speaker, before pulling the hat into her hands, walking over to the boy that placed the sticky mix in it, silently with a flat face.-

Queenie: .....

-In one quick movement, the girl attempted to squish the hat over the head of the boy, before moving to wrap her arms around him and pull him back. If she were successful, she would cry in a voice that pierced the heavens-

Queenie: S U P L E X !

Dab for me.

Malie Beach

Gabe: Ooh, ooh! I'm fae!

-Mandible is still screaming at the music-

-When he sees Queenie he screams louder and attempts to Play Rough her away from Phoenix-

Akala

-The Gigalith not only takes heavy damage, but is too paralyzed to move!-

edited 29th Oct '17 10:21:08 AM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Phoenix: What- what is this- what are you trying to do?

He pushes Queenie away and holds two ice cream cones like a cross.

Phoenix: Begone, beanie demon! Beanmon! Whatever!

Malie Beach

-Queenie was double defeated by both a shove that met with a Play Rough at just the right time. This proceeded to send the girl wearing platform boots sprawling backwards onto the sand, with a face full of ice-cream filled tastefully sequined beanie.-

Queenie: .........

-The togetic that had been with her simply floated over and sat on top of the hat, chirping happily at nothing-

Flan: <Again! Again! Again!>

Dab for me.

Malie Beach

Mandible: <...I did it! I killed it!>

Gabe: THE MIGHTY BEANMON HAS BEEN SLAIN

Contact Me!

Phoenix: What an eventful arrival. So, who are you guys? Whatcha doin? Would you consider buying stocks in Casteliacone Industries?

Malie Beach

-Queenie just sort of stayed on the sand, letting Flan bounce a bit before slowly raising a hand.-

Queenie: I would...it's pretty good...for...soothing a wounded ego.

-And proceeded to place that hand back down and lie like a rock.-

Dab for me.