ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Lanakila

He stood up. "I was planning on throwing that list out anyway," he informed. "do with it what ya like.

"But I don't think that the pen's owner is gonna be very happy 'bout this. What was his name, Quint? Quentin? I dunno, but the number 5 sticks out."

Ever: -smiles, and dozes off-

-Narrow and Estoc's heads ping-pong back and forth-

Estoc: <...Now what?>

Narrow: <I mean, I solved the case.>

Estoc: <That's patently false.>

Narrow: <What they do with the knowledge is probably their business.>

Estoc: <That doesn't strike you as irresponsible?>

Narrow: <A good detective's work is often done.>

Estoc: <That's definitely not how the saying goes.>

-he's likewise glowing-

-Mezzo curls up, holding Ever close, and slowly drifts off to sleep-

Lanakila Center

-A Jigglypuff promptly comes and doodles a fractal pattern on Ever's face before absconding.-

edited 3rd Nov '17 10:29:17 PM by BittersweetNSour

Mew: ~Don't mind if I do♥~

-the paper blips away-

The Silly Pidgey: <Right.>

-CRASH!-

<Now then... Minister, how about you marry us before our families kill each other?>

Minister Aerodactyl: <...Very well. We are gathered here to->

-Son X and The Serious Pidgeot are beak-to-beak, glaring in each other's faces-

Minister Aerodactyl: <-daytowedtheselegallysketchybutlegitimatelylovingbirdsinholymatrimonyandidunnoacceptaeulaorsomethingohdeartheyrefightingsobeforebloodisdrawnmaketheusualpromises->

-She looks into xer eyes, and xe into hers-

Child X: <I do>

The Silly Pidgey: <I do>

Minister Aerodactyl: <-ohdeartheresbloodalreadynowaitthatsketchupthesnorlaxspilledipronounceyoupartnerandwifeyoumaycuddlethe->

-The Silly Pidgey Whirlwinds the feuding birds apart, then flies with Child X off into the sunrise-

clangclangclang

-???eon follows, holding tin cans and a Just Married sign-

Minister Aerodactyl: <I am not paid enough for this. Oh, is somebody evolving?>

Lanakila Center

Echo: Ah, Pentigan. I know... of him. I can't say I'm quite familiar with him personally.

Melemele Meadow

-The glow fades.-

Vigilante Toucan: <Gasp! I'm a vigilante toucan!>

Narrow: <There's nothing I like more than a wedding. Seeing it all pay off...it's—>

-a very large spider places a leg on their head, pinning them to the ground-

Araquanid!Estoc: <Several someones, I think.>

-he jerks his head in the direction of the Toucannon-

<Proud of you.>

edited 3rd Nov '17 10:45:54 PM by memyselfandI2

Lanakila

“That’s the guy!” He chimed. “C’mon, I think I know where he’s sitting.” He said as he walked to the center’s doors.

edited 3rd Nov '17 10:50:51 PM by AbsentCoder

-Ever is still sleeping, when he is awoken by a bird landing on his shoulder-

Ever: Morning, Narrow.

Narrow: <I solved a case!>

Ever: You did?

Narrow: <Yeah! The Silly Pidgey was kidnapped on her wedding day and I figured out where she was and we brought the perpetrator to justice!>

Ever: ...I'm going to ignore most of the words you just said, and just say nice work.

???: <Don't be too impressed.>

-Ever turns around-

-to see an Araquanid staring him in the face-

Ever: ...

Estoc: <...>

Ever: Oh dear Kyurem you're huge.

-he sends out Muninn-

Ever: Muninn! Why is there a giant spider?!

Estoc: <I can hear you, you know.>

Muninn: <...Hello, Estoc. Congratulations.>

Estoc: (flatly) <Thanks.>

Ever: Muninn!

Muninn: <That's an Araquanid. They're large Pokemon. Estoc here is even a little smaller than average.>

Ever: Why did nobody tell me this.

-Muninn sighs-

Muninn: <You weren't scared of me, but a spider terrifies you?>

Ever: You only had four legs!

Estoc: <Anyway, technically, yes, Narrow discovered the Silly Pidgey. Narrow, would you like me to explain the leadup process?>

Narrow: <...I would prefer that you not.>

Estoc: <Thought so.>

Ever: ...So, the fact that you are terrifying aside, that means my whole team is back together...which means I think it's time for me to actually get that island challenge done.

edited 4th Nov '17 7:14:50 AM by memyselfandI2

16 stood up and towered over the Pidgey bot, <I can just follow you after all. I do have flight capabilities and enhanced tracking vision. You will not have brought me willingly.>

Narrow: <Wait, when did you figure out how to get between the islands?>

Ever: Well, hopefully, with things the way they are, nobody will mind if I fly.

Kid: Wrong.

Ever: Ugh, fine. Go away.

-and the kid's gone-

Ever: But, on the other hand, I do have another option.

Narrow: That being?

Ever: Literal actual magic.

PEFE!Every: -sneezes-

Ever: Ephemera, wanna help me out?

Ephemera: -Plusle! N Alakazam...-

Ever: That's fine. This is kind of a crapshoot anyway.

Ever: Okay, let's do this.

Ephemera: -....Slowking????-

Narrow: <...How—>

Muninn: <I think there's no point in questioning it at this juncture.>

Estoc: <I'd like to anyway.>

Lanakila Center

-Echo follows Colton inside, presumably with Mew in tow-

Blush Mountain

-DU-32 looks up as 16 looms over it.-

DU-32: ...Ah. It appears I will need to take the necessary emergency measures to protect the base location.

-The Pidgey automaton's eyes glow blue.-

DU-32: INITIATING DATA TRANSFER TO [loading] DU-76. 20%... 50%... 80%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... DATA TRANSFER COMPLETE. TRANSFERRING CONSCIOUSNESS TO DU-76. 20%... 35%... 45%... 62%... 80%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%... 99%...

-It shuts down. Then, after a few seconds, it catches fire and explodes.-

16 looked over the smoking rubble, and activated his tracking software. Only 13% could be gleamed from the cloud. It wasn't enough.

<I will find the birds.>

Kaisei: "Hey, Marshall. Shaun's told me a bit about you. Interesting setup you've got around here."

Ever: Well, that signup was byzantine. If that had been, like, a post in an online roleplay, I would not have wanted to read it.

Muninn: <What?>

Ever: Anyway. Let's do this. My map says the first trial is...Verdant Cavern.

Ever: Wait, where's the Gym?

Muninn: <The Island Challenge is nothing like a League Challenge, so get that out of your head. The Captains have you accomplish some task for them.>

Ever: Sounds like fun.

Muninn: <It's a literal rat stomp.>

Cross: -knocking out an Alolan Rattata with Fury Cutter- <I am the unquestioned master of combat!>

Ever: That takes me back.

Cross: <Huh?>

Ever: Nothing.

Ever: Wh-why is it so big?

Muninn: <It's a Totem Pokemon. It's enhanced by...I don't know, exactly. But in addition to its large size, it's more powerful than usual.>

Ever: Whee. Custard?

Custard: <I'm on it!>

-she faces off against the Totem Pokemon, charging in with a Brick Break-

-and is sent flying by a Bite-

Custard: <I'm okay!>

Muninn: -sighs-

Ever: That was...extremely peculiar.

Ilima: Well, congratulations. Before you move on to the trials on Akala, you should challenge the Kahuna of Melemele.

Ever: Wait, do I not get a badge?

-Muninn and Ilima both facepalm-

Ilima: This isn't a Gym challenge. Normally, we hand out the Z-crystals for the relevant move types, but you don't seem to have a Z-ring so I didn't see the point.

Ever: ...Huh.

Ever's Verdant Cavern Trial

-Someone is watching. Waiting. Eating popcorn.-

Mobius Airship

Oran OS: To keep it simple, I was once a very diffrent AI, part if the reason I'm the way I am now is insde that flash drive, and said reason is extremely dangerous and needs to be kept in containment! I don't know what Izaya would ever want with it, but probably nothing good...

PEFE!Every: ...Oh Groudon, are you like that AI from— Well, uh, never mind! Are you secretly evil? Is Izaya going to make you evil again?

Ever: Oh, neat, an actual battle.

Ever: I dunno, I feel like I might be a little over-prepared?

Muninn: <We have been training for months before we actually took the challenge.>

Narrow: -knocking out Makuhita with an Air Slash- <Yeah, this feels...unfair.>

Hala: Try this on for size, then! Crabrawler! All-Out Pummeling!

Ever: All-Out what?

Narrow: <X_X>

Ever: ...What was that?!

Hala: That was a Z-move!

Ever: ...Wow.

Hala: It's an exceptionally powerful move, used by building up Z-power through the bond between trainer and Pokemon!

Ever: ...Huh. Is it still Fighting-type?

Hala: Yes, why do you as—

Muninn: -hops off of Ever's shoulder to join the battle-

Crabrawler: <...I have regrets...>

edited 4th Nov '17 10:29:04 AM by memyselfandI2

Lanakila Center

Colton approached where Pent was, unsure if he had the pen. He gestured for Mew and Echo to stand a distance away before sitting down with Pent.

And then he turned to Echo and shrugged because he realized he had no idea what to do from there.

Mobius Airship

Oran OS: No and I hope not! Anyway you need to- Wait, she's coming back

-Indeed, Alonya approaches with a few forms-

Alonya: Read and mabye sign these, please.

PEFE!Every: Crap. Tell me later.

-she takes the forms from Alonya-

PEFE!Every: It's not a problem that I don't have a legal identity, right?

-she studies the forms quickly, and scribbles something approaching a signature on the paper-

Estoc: <I don't see why I can't eat them.>

Ever: I mean, I'm not sure, but I think they're protected by the Trial? I don't see any other predators around. (to Muninn) What were those fish, anyway? They're brave and all but they're not exactly strong.

Muninn: <They're called Wishiwashi. They're really quite weak.>

Ever: Yeah, see? If there weren't some kind of protection for them, there would be, like, Gyarados or Sharpedo eating them.

Ever: ...Oh.

Muninn: <Oh, yes, they do that when threatened.>

Ever: ...Why would you not mention this?

Muninn: <I think it's important to learn things firsthand sometimes.>

Ever: ...Great.

Ever: Cross, this is a terrible idea.

Cross: <Watch and learn!>

-she charges forward. The Wishiwashi rushes to meet her-

-and she leaps into its mouth-

Ever: What.

-which closes shut-

Ever: ...Did I just watch someone die?

-there's a glow from inside the Wishiwashi...-

-and the School Form explodes apart, Cross dropping to the ground as a Lurantis-

Ever: WHAT.

Cross: <I am awesome!>

Ever: That's extremely true!

Cross: -admiring herself- <Look at these claws!>

Ever: Look at them!

Cross: <And the pants!>

Ever: The vertical stripes are admittedly a little odd.

Cross: <I feel fantastic!>

Ever: Nice!

Cross: <Let's go fight an Ultra Beast!>

Ever: ...Unfortunately you do still seem to be you.

Cross: <What's that supposed to mean?>

Ever: It wasn't even really veiled...

Mobius Airship

Alonya: -takes the forms and blinks- Well, that was fast. Welcome to team Iron. Ready to take down the Legendary theocracy?

Mew: -Floats in observation-

edited 4th Nov '17 10:58:22 AM by Tangent128

PEFE!Every: ...We're gonna usurp the gods?

Cytosol: <Oh no.>

PEFE!Every: I AM SO IN!

...I should tell Dr. Tagg about this, though.

Kiawe: You can't keep deliberately getting the answer wrong so you can spend more time with my Marowak.

Ever: Why not?

Kiawe: It's a waste of all of our time. Just go on to the Totem mon.

Ever: Fiiiiiiine...

-he proceeds-

Ever: What was the deal with that Marowak, anyway?

Muninn: <Cubone evolving in Alola gain the Ghost-type, as well as fire powers. It's believed to be due to the prevalence of Grass-types in Alola leading to a differing adaptation.>

Ever: ...Wow. So their parents come pre-dead?

Muninn: <...And I thought I was insensitive sometimes.>

Ever: What is it with my family and giant Salazzle?

Custard: <I think I'm in love...>

Ever: Well, snap out of it and use Dragon Claw!

Custard: <I could never hurt her!>

Ever: -facepalms-

Lanakila Center

"Heya, uh, Pent?" Colton stammered. "You mind if I bum this pen for a brief moment for...

"What are we doing again?" He asked Echo. "I'm not good at this," he confessed, getting out of the chair.

"Also, Mew?" He asked as he confirmed his laptop bag and backpack were with him. "Could you possibly teleport me to the Electric Trial? And then whatever trial's after that one until I've done them all?" He asked.

edited 4th Nov '17 11:29:29 AM by AbsentCoder