ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

-Sure enough, in a few minutes he's on the approach, minus the big duffel bag but plus a couple of smaller ones under his eyes.-

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Virbank City

-Kaito likewise starts heading down toward the ice cream place. When they cross paths with Lucius, it's immediately apparent how awkward they're acting, even more than usual.-

-Lucius is so preoccupied with trying to look casual that he nearly walks right into Kaito before noticing them.-

Lucius: Oh! Uh, hey.

-He smiles. It's awkward and ever-so-slightly forced, but the effort is there, if nothing else.-

Lucius: Something wrong?

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Virbank City

-Kaito fumbles but regains their composure-

Kaito: Oh, uh, hey! Uh, no, it's— it's nothing. It's weird.

-They shake their head-

Kaito: It's, um. It's nice to see you again. On better terms. Y'know?

Natalie is in her lab, working on a cybernetic leg.

This mostly involves yelling at her unpaid interns lab techs, at the moment.

Natalie: "PUT THAT DOWN BEFORE YOU SHORT IT, JENKINS. DIDN'T YOU LEARN ANYTHING IN YOUR PHYSICS CLASS ABOUT STATIC CHARGES?"

Jenkins the Intern: -quickly sets the delicate circuit board he was holding down- "Sorry, Doctor."

Natalie: "Good, now go get your anti-static band on, and clip the fucking thing to the table before you pick my hundred-dollar circuit board up next time"

Jenkins: "... Sorry ma'am."

Natalie sighs, going back to her diagnostics. "You would think that being able to make a perfectly functional cybernetic arm would make it vastly easier to make a cybernetic leg. You would only be mostly right."

Intern 2: "Doctor, I think we're ready for preliminary testing."

Natalie: "I'm staring at the diagnostics screen, Marie, why am I not seeing results?"

Intern 2 Marie the Intern: "..."

Natalie: "... Did you..."

Marie quickly removes the battery and flips it around, plugging it back in.

Natalie facepalms as the diagnostics start actually coming in.

Natalie: "Alright you two back behind the plexiglass wall just in case this goes incredibly poorly. You're both only semi-competent but int- lab techs are expensive and I don't want to fill out death reports."

Marie, whispering to Jenkins: "Aww, she does actually value us."

Jenkins: "... You are incredibly optimistic."

Natalie: "Here goes nothing..."

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

-Lucius takes a moment, but eventually nods, his smile still hesitant.-

Lucius: ...Right, yeah. Better terms.

-He glances around, mostly as a means of avoiding eye contact.-

Lucius: Yeah, it's weird. To think that we first met a literal stone's throw away from here, I mean, not... not for any other reasons.

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Virbank City

Kaito: Yeah... it's weird that this is where all the sentimental value is. Virbank isn't exactly the definition of a sentiment-friendly place, all things considered.

Lucius: That's true, I guess.

-He shrugs.-

Lucius: ...Wanna go for a walk, see some of the old sights? I'm pretty sure we could make a case for suing Pokestar Studios for lost royalties, but I don't think there'd be time before I... well, I'm sure we've both got better things to do with our time.

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Neo Flare Base BF2

Verax: -He walks in- "... Clean up on isle science?"

Ezran: "They were taking too long to stop being idiots."

Verax: "I was wondering why so many of your subordinates requested transfers."

Ezran: "At least you've finally stopped calling them subs."

Verax: "I mean in this context saying "All your subs ran from you saying "their SO was was too harsh with them" is entirely appropriate."

Ezran: "It's commanding officer. I'm a commander."

Verax: "And I still think mine is funnier! Anyhow! Gordes! Princess! Down the stairs we go!"

-Ezran and Gordes sigh and head down the stairs-

---

Jeremiah: "We're just gonna pick it apart anyhow, do we need a bit of every- Weskel. Weskel, what are you doing."

Weskel: -Looking at his Shadow Scolipede, and holding up a ball he found in the storerooms- "Heh...hehhh.... hehhh. Science!"

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Virbank City

Kaito: Oh, man, don't remind me, Diane told me about Skye's drunk rant. But, yeah, I'd be up for revisiting the old haunts. That's what I was doing already, honestly. In particular...

-They stop, and shuffle their feet awkwardly-

Kaito: ...Nevermind, it's... it's weird. You'd think it's really weird.

-Lucius raises an eyebrow.-

Lucius: ...Kai, it's been five years now. At this point my weirdness threshold is pretty high.

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Virbank City

-Kaito sweatdrops-

Kaito: Mine too! It's just, uh...

-They rub the back of their head-

Kaito: So, um, flashback to three or however many years ago, when you, y'know, died. We ended up finding your and Alice's bodies and giving them a proper grave, and... well, we didn't really know where it would be particularly fitting for Alice since none of us really know her all that well, but I suggested Virbank, because that's where we met, before everything went to shit. That's, uh, that's what's "just a bit north" of here. I was doing the whole solemn reflecting-and-lamenting thing there.

edited 4th Dec '17 10:48:12 AM by BittersweetNSour

Melemele Cemetery

-Ilima and Ludmilla collectively pick their jaws off of the floor as a flash of black-and-purple light flares from Mao.-

Mao the Malamar: <I! AM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN!>

-Ilima shakes off his shock.-

Ilima: I... had not learned to respect the Inkay line before. I, uh, hopefully will not make that mistake again.

Mao: <YER DAMN RIGHT YOU WON'T! SOMEONE GET ME A MEDIC, I FEEL MY SPLEEN TEARING IN HALF!>

Deziree: Squids don't have spleens.

Mao: <IRRRRRRELEVANT!>

Ilima: *Cough* Yes, anyway, I believe this is yours now.

-Ilima hands Ludmilla a white flower petal.-

Ilima: That's your second out of seven. I believe your next stop is Mallow and Lana over at the Lush Jungle.

Ludmilla: Oh, alright! I know the way!

Ilima: Oh, before you go - have you heard of the Mantine Surfing beaches that have opened up now?

-Ludmilla blinks. Deziree gets a big smile on her face.-

Deziree: Did you say surfing?! I've always wanted to try actual surfing!

<Come on! Get on outta there, we got a celebration for you! Quite frankly this was awesome!>

Riju sounds very excited, <I may be able to loan you something to make your journey easier!>

<You guys coming out or not? The Great Dekarule awaits!> The Gengar called out.

Below, a single Jester shadow out of sight of everyone, was observing the sword.

Galant Groudon

Phaz: "Uh? Oh, sure."

"Now... Where's the exit?"

He looks at the hole in the beast.

Then goes to it.

Dank Darkrai

Spinme: "Right. Lemme help you, Pent. If you want of course."

She holds one hand out.

What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold

Castelia City - Colton's Apartment

Not yet used to listening to Amaterasu, Lucario and especially Sylveon constantly talking smack about the movie - no matter how deserving - Rei was tired of listening to them. She decided to leave the scene and explore the rest of the apartment.

She soon found the kitchen, having found the scent of something tantalizing.

Within a few minutes she had torn through four packs of fruit snacks and was regretting every decision she ever made.

<What are going to do with you...> Julius sighed, having also entered a short while ago, looking at the Sharp Claw Pokemon clutching her stomach while lying on the floor.

Galant Groudon

Why don't we show up in style? Colton asked himself, wandering back to the panel and placing his hand on it.

The world changed around him again. Assuming that the statue never shifted, Colton tried to imagine the sensation of being in Groudon's body before trying to turn to Va-Ru and walk there.

And then he noticed nothing was happening. He removed his hand and looked to the hole. "Fine, we'll go the boring way," he grumbled.

edited 4th Dec '17 7:06:50 PM by AbsentCoder

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

-Lucius blinks. Twice. No, three times, in fact.-

Lucius: ...Okay. Not gonna lie, that is pretty weird. Even being as inured to weirdness as I am, "let's go stare at some stones in the unspoken, mutual understanding that your own dead body and that of your childhood friend are lying no more than six feet beneath you" still registers on the weirdness scale.

-He rubs the back of his neck.-

Lucius: That said... I guess Virbank's as fitting as anywhere. It's where this all began, in a way. Besides, how many people get the chance to visit their own graves? Other than ghosts, of course. They do it pretty much all the time.

edited 4th Dec '17 12:42:12 PM by Herbert40k

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Virbank City

Kaito: Wha— I wasn't suggesting that we should go again! I was giving an explanation for my weird surreal mood! Like I said, I had some things I was reflecting on. J-Team stuff's been on my mind.

edited 4th Dec '17 12:52:21 PM by BittersweetNSour

-while Aquilas flits out of reach, the Soak lands home, Necrosyrtes letting out an annoyed caw as her type is changed to Water-

-then Tyto's strike hits-

-for a second, as the Leaf Blade sinks in, it looks very much like Necrosyrtes isn't going to have to worry about keeping her head clean ever again-

-and then the strike meets resistance. Under the Mandibuzz's skin, there's some sort of mesh protecting her vitals-

-Necrosyrtes, meanwhile, barely seems to register the hit. Tagg might notice that, despite the gash in her neck, there was no empathic backlash that might suggest a pain sensation-

Necrosyrtes: <It's been so long since we had this kind of fun!>

-she latches onto Tyto, using him as a shield from the other incoming attacks-

Aquilas: <Isn't it spectacular? A bloodbath for the ages!>

-he circles the room, lunging at Jiānhùrén with another Brave Bird-

Leslie: It is, I suppose, a pleasure to meet you too.

Martin: Every spoke highly of you.

Leslie: She was under the impression that she mattered to you.

Martin: We disabused her of the notion.

-hey, speaking of PEFE!Every, what's she up to?-

-well, as the hole is made in the wall and Doc and Victini bait Unigma, Unigma lets out another one of its two-Metagross-on-the-third-date screams and barrels after them, barely seeming to notice the Dazzling Gleam. It stumbles for a moment on the sand, but almost instantly regains its footing as energy bursts out from the vents on its sides. There's a smell of ozone, and-

Unigma used Thunder!

-and PEFE!Every and Ever are watching this all go down-

Ever: Come on, let's go help them not die.

PEFE!Every: I can't believe they would do that...

Ever: Hey. Hey.

-she glances at him-

Ever: We kind of need your help right now.

PEFE!Every: Why would I help any of you?

Ever: ...Because we're your friends, and you don't want to see us die?

PEFE!Every: (flatly) None of you are my friends. I've seen ample proof of that.

Ever; (exasperatedly) What proo— Look, I'm going out there. The other version of me is out there, there are a lot of people out there, and I'd really rather not see any of them get hurt either. You are welcome to stay in here with the people who are actually trying to kill you, but I don't recommend it.

-and he dashes for the hole in the wall. PEFE!Every blinks a couple times, and decides that Ever may have a point, taking advantage of Martin and Leslie's distraction to get outside-

Brie: ...Well. That sure happened.

-not really interested in looking around, she makes a beeline for the door downstairs-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Lucius blinks at Kaito again.-

Lucius: Oh, right. That... that makes it a lot less weird. Still kinda weird, since of my two bodies, I'm pretty sure this one is in much better condition... but I guess it's understandable, in a way.

-He glances down at his feet.-

Lucius: ...Honestly, that stuff's been on my mind too.

edited 4th Dec '17 1:02:45 PM by Herbert40k

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Grand Darkrai

-Hyp heads out to the Dekarule Tree-

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

Ocean Between Melemele and Akala

-Deziree screams as she falls off her Mantine.-

Tentacool: <I'm swimmin', here!>

Deziree: Watch where you surface, you blob of nematocysts!

-She hauls herself back onto her Mantine, only to almost get tossed off by yet another Tentacool.-

Tentacool: <'Ey, watch it, sista!>

Deziree: You watch it!

Surfing Mantine: <Bleeeeegh, why are there so many Tentacool out today...?> DX

-Meanwhile, Ludmilla has pulled far ahead, and is doing spins in the air.-

Ludmilla: WOOHOO!

-She comes back down, and all of the nearby Tentacool quickly dive away from her.-

Tentacool: <You hear about that Blissey of hers? My cousin in Hoenn says she can squeeze out your jelly and turn it into a contraceptive!>

Grand Darkrai

Eh, fine. I was going to figure out piloting but if noone trusts me handling that I might as well go look at the Sword and advise on who should pick it up...

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

 Warehouse, last night 

Tyto: -Is hit by Lucani's Thunderbolt, but doesn't take much damage, so he's really just kinda annoyed- <Lucani!>

Lucani: <Sorry!>

No pain reaction, plus the endomesh, equals augmentations. How foolish of them.

Tyto!

Tyto: -Manages to pluck out a feather arrow with his beak, and takes advantage of their close range to stab Necrosyrtes with it-

Tyto used Spirit Shackle!

Necrosyrtes cannot escape!

Muddy: -Uses a Waterfall to boost over before trying to Ice Punch Aquilas-

 Desert, last night 

-Doc and Victini only barely dodge the Thunder aimed at them-

Doc: <My Dazzling Gleam worked about as much as your Searing Shot!>

Victini: <I noticed!>

Doc: <It's probably Dragon/Fire or Fire/Dragon then!>

Victini: <Is there really any sort of difference?>

Doc: <Probably not, let's do this!>

Victini: -Starts tying up Grass Knots-

Doc: Time to try out that one new move!

-Works himself up before jumping onto Unigma and stomping on him repeatedly-

Doc used Stomping Tantrum!

edited 4th Dec '17 1:52:01 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Neo Flare B2 Storerooms

-BEFORE THE EXPLOSIONS-

-The group here is looking through the various things-

Giselle: Destroy any empty Infinity Balls you can find. Confiscate the rest of the tech. I'll be seeing what I can do with it. And rescue any mons stored here.

Trina: -to Giselle- Say, we were disguised as mons for so long we never bothered to grab any of our own... This is probably a good time!

Giselle: I like your logic.

-She takes a Great Ball and a Heal Ball. Trina takes a Love Ball and a Dusk Ball.-

Jared: Hey, don't leave me out of the good stuff!

-He takes a Moon Ball and a Quick Ball for himself, and he, Giselle, and Trina proceed to destroy any empty Infinity Balls and narcotics and stuff the guns, Infinity Rings, Infinity Tools, full Poke Balls, etc. into hammerspace bags and Giselle stuffing full Infinity Balls into their own bag-

-Suddenly, EXPLOSIONS!-

Giselle: What the hell?

Jared: Hey, we're missing the action!

Trina: We better finish this up then!

-They finish clearing out the storage of important items and head off to the labs-

Flare B2 Labs

Jean: Damn, I didn't even get to shoot any.

Aggron: <It's a pity, really.>

Rockruff: -indignant woof-

-They head downstairs. The storeroom group soon follows-

Grand Darkrai

-The group heads down to the Dekarule-

Gudrunn's Dream

Gudrunn: -to Kanny- I wish I could offer a good counterpoint, but.

Molph: -to Kanny- Er yes, quite... But as for how it happened with us...

-he sighs-

It started when the princess and I tried to make changes to how the island was ruled, in particular make it less isolationist and to accept more from faraway cultures. Her father, the king, did not agree, thinking isolation would protect us, and there was a great rift in the royal council. Compounding things was a rift between the human and Pokemon population on the island, with some of the humans convinced that recent advances to technology meant that Pokemon were unnecessary to society. This was compounded when a revolutionary new fuel for our machines was discovered deep beneath the island.

...You probably already know what this fuel really was.

Gudrunn: Jester told me it was him.

Molph: -sighs- I heard as much...

edited 4th Dec '17 2:14:04 PM by Umbramatic

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