ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

AU Orre

-Soujin notices Archer heading off and decides to follow him-

Ever: Yeah, that does seem like the better option.

-a Mantine crashes down from the sky-

-followed by a girl on a Charizard-

Brie: Hey! Sorry about that, I was super busy! Did I miss something?

Ever: ...We were about to head down to Malie.

Brie: Oh, cool, I'm in.

Amanita: What's that on you?

-indeed, Brie is spattered with something that appears to be ichor-

Brie: ...Apple juice. Apple juice syrup.

-Amanita and Ever both stare-

Ever: ...Well, it's good to see you. I thought you'd gone into one of those cracks in the sky.

Brie: Haha! Of course not! Why would anyone ever do such a thing?

Ever: Well, Fortis did.

Brie: Wait what why.

Shady House, Halloween

Ludmilla: I...

-She scratches the back of her head.-

Ludmilla: This is not how I envisioned this all going.

Polydamas: <Just take the stupid crystal and let's get out of here, before that Meowth I spotted earlier comes back to try and eat me!>

-The mention of a cat spurs Ludmilla forward.-

Ludmilla: I think I'll just accept the crystal, then.

Nondescript Past

Aulstyne: Well, if Orlandeau is the one who recommended you, that must mean that you've got a mean streak, a chip on your shoulder, or just some serious Groll.

-She lapses into a severe Germanic accent at the last sentence.-

Po Town — Halloween

Paula: All right, kid, lemme just...

-She digs through her pockets for a moment, before pulling out the crystal.-

Paula: Ah, here we go!

-She tosses it to Ludmilla-

Paula: There, one Bug crystal. Feel free to keep the clothes, too, it's hilarious.

Nondescript Past

Scarlette: You could say it's a chip on my shoulder.

-She leans forward-

Scarlette: Did you know that the J-Team has allied itself with former Cipher members? I was stupid enough to think they were heroes until I found out the hard way what their... varied history with Cipher is. One girl in particular.

AU Orre

-Soujin may find Archer looking frantically around a forest-

Soujin: "Uh, hey... what are you looking for?"

AU Orre

Archer: Sephiroth! I don't know where the llttle guy went off to!!

-Soujin may notice Archer's bag shaking-

Mezzo: Who knows why she does anything, honestly.

Pianis: ...You sure you don't want to wash that off or something?

Mt. Lanakila

Brie: I mean, it doesn't dissolve in water but I'll get it out later.

Ever: ...Come again?

Brie: Anyway you were heading to Malie?

League Center

-It had been a few days. Pent had set the pen aside for a day or two to clear his head and determine that he was thinking clearly when he desired to see just what kind of power this new trinket or tool or weapon had-

-So to that end, he's set the pen on a table, gotten himself a mug of coffee and an empty cup just for courtesy and sat down facing an empty chair-

Alright. I'm ready. Well, kinda sorta ready. Lemme finish the coffee and we can do the thing.

The Pen's avatar manifested, this time wearing a blue coat and white hoodie. It smiled, -Alright kid. This'll be a lot of fun.-

It cracked its non existent knuckles and extended a hand forward, -Let me know when you're ready...-

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edited 6th Nov '17 4:22:51 PM by EchoingSilence

Jamie: <Um, yeah, he is. That's Shaun. He's a, uh, friend of that Mightyena you mentioned.>

Shaun: "'Course, Gogie never said who the Ninetales in question was..."

League Center

Colton exhaled. With him and Pent the most privy to the pen, Colton wanted in and wouldn't budge.

Here they were now, the Unovan still as stressed as ever. Stilling his breathing and any paranoia. He nodded. "I don't know about Pent, but I'd say I'm ready." He declared.

Hokulani Observatory - Past

Not sure if he would even get a response, Lucario instead stepped through the doorway and soon found a door with the same coloration as a Trial Gate.

He knocked.

edited 6th Nov '17 4:43:02 PM by AbsentCoder

League Center

Ah, my apprentice.

-He chortled slightly under a sip of the coffee, there was something about merely having an apprentice that felt nice-

Alright, two hedge obscurics versus a glitch obscura pen. Sounds fine.

-He stops drinking the coffee and lowers the arm holding it as the other goes in for the handshake-

Lanakila Center

"So how exactly is this gonna play out?" He asked. "Do we just go in and run some tests on how you tick in comparison to when you have and have not had interactions with... with...

"Did we EVER decide on a name?" He realized.

The Pen smiled, as he gripped onto Pent and Colton's hands, blue flames engulfed them, -Nap time kids.-

The two would awake in a thick black void, nothing as far as the eye could see, the ground below them made of a slick ink substance. A slight blue tint to it.

"It's a beautiful day outside..."

There was the Pen's voice again...

"The flying type Birdmon are singing-"

It sounded more natural

"The school bells are ringing"

There it was, there HE was. Standing, hands in pockets, the flesh seemingly fading away revealing a skeletal form.

"And suckers like you..."

His eyes glowed blue

"Are gonna burn in my hell."

Several skulls appeared their appearance thick with the glitch ink, eyes focused, jaws unhinging as energy charged, "Don't worry. You can't die here."

The energy spheres approached a critical mass, "You just gotta hit me once..."

The skulls fired.

Mindscape

"FUCK ME!" Colton swore as the lazer scored a glancing blow on him as he sidestepped out of its way, his jacket still singed.

Any lingering traces of good in the air were instantly sucked out as he stared at the damage to his jacket. "Screw if we can't escape or rest until we strike you," he decided. "This time it's personal." He gathered Obscura, knowing how easy this would be with a mere Sucker Punch. But that was no fun.

"I am Colton Rever! And I shall teach you the meaning of pain!" He decided, his darkness flaring harder.

Penscape

-Pent was torn between two jokes. His initial one before it became super duper obvious what the pen was referencing was gonna be "this is gonna be a real high class bout" and now that yeah skeletony was charging skulls he was gonna go for "check it out now, font soul brother" but both of those got drowned out in trying to dodge friggin' skull lasers!-

An agility test was maybe the last thing I was expecting but okay!

"Juuuuuust keep it up kids. I'm using full power here safely. If you "die" you respawn. The aim of the game is to use my powers or your obscuric abilities to land a single strike on me."

Pen put on a ;p face as the lasers kept coming, "Me however? I already know all about ink constructs and glitch bits. Pent here is gonna learn that stuff."

As the two tried to dodge the lasers, out came the sign of bones, "Hm. No."

The bones vanished. "I wanna have fun and really screw with things."

Two giant hands appear and began to chase the two, in the forms of giant fists as the barrage stopped. "Hope you enjoy bullet hell. I know another Glitch artifact, takes the form of a cute girl in a blue dress, she's really into bullet hell."

???

Tragedy: -Looking up into the endless expanse that is the broken multiverse- {...}

{...And the idiots just hand me power on a silver platter?}

???

Verax: "... You know, maybe I should tell boss about this."

Ezren: -The red haired, red eyed, dark skinned woman calls out- "I have your coffee, Command-"

Verax: -Slams both his hands on the desk he's sitting behind- "THERE BETTER BE CARAMEL-"

Ezren: "It's fucking three-fourths caramel!!"

Verax: "GOOD!"

Balthazar: -Yawns and bats at a ball of yarn dangling from the ceiling-

Mt. Lanakila

Jacob: -Is out here with Siegfried, now a Gallade, Regina, and Sylva- "... You ever get the feeling things are about to go wrong?"

Siegfried: <Occasionally.>

Regina: <You feel that all the time.>

Jacob: "Because I'm always messing something up-" -And he's interrupted by a facehug-

Sylva: <Jacob no. Bad! No negativity.>

Jacob: -Resigned, makes garbled mumbles in response-

Penscape

With grace only rivaled by the girl in blue mentioned, Colton managed to dodge the bullets and plugged his headphones in. There were no lyrics to sing, merely the sounds of the guitar getting him prepared.

Ducking and weaving under bullets like he had the patterns memorized, the almost serene look on his face was soon offset by how much aggro he was demonstrating. Not content with just dodging the bullets, he was actually steadily approaching.

Ever: I usually feel like things are about to wrong. I've started tuning it out.

Amanita: That explains a whole lot.

Ever: Hey now.

Brie: ...Is that a Phione?

PEFE!Every: Weird outside dude! You're alive!

Ever: ...You two know each other?

A large wall appeared in front of Colton and Pen was now way behind him. "I'm gonna cheat a bit you know, ya gotta get clever. Cause glitches don't play fair. And the Jester he's a even worse cheater."

A skull rose behind Colton, "Not gonna let it end so soon."

Mt. Lanakila

Jacob: "THE FU-" -He topples over backwards-

Regina: -Nods in greeting- <Ever. Every. Brie. ... Amanita? I haven't seen you in a while.>

Siegfried: <... You know all of them?>

Sylva: -Leaps to facehug Brie-

Jacob: -Gasping for breath- "I... yes! I'm alive! I've been fighting Cipher and Shards and the legal system! Oh and doing official Champion stuff. But YES!"

"..."

"WHEN DID YOU ALL GET HERE?"

Penscape

With the pen's voice penetrating his music, Colton knew what would be coming.

"So we're going to go down this route, huh? FINE THEN," he decided, cycling through his music while trying to stay out of the skull's line of fire. With his nonexistent jacket having been struck a few more times and ultimately penetrated, he decided.

"LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!" He announced, Nasty Plot activating once more. And maybe with the song and tone of voice of the singer, it may have also constituted Snarl. Who knows.