JD nodded, "Agreed. Let us leave already..."
He then proceeded to lean into Lex, letting the scientist get a good look at the black skull and cybernetic eye.
He smirked a bit and whispered, "How would you like a place far away from here, with your own lab, no nazis, and cloning and medical bays to help your bird?"
The Pokémon Genius
Neo Flare Base BF3
Verax: "Alright, let's get moving. Gordes, Ezran, make sure no one touches the prisoners. The rest of you, keep moving with me. The teleportation jammers I think are still functional, let's just back track."
-Verax eyes JD and starts tugging the group along-
"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."
Meet The New Boss
Neo Flare Lex Lair
-Everyone files out of the room, Jean and Trina leading the prisoners, Jared carrying Diogenes, Giselle glancing worriedly at JD-
Va Ru
Kass: <Last I knew she was in the basement. If she sent a text after that... That means she's OK.>
edited 5th Dec '17 11:16:44 AM by Umbramatic
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Asimov Space Crew Member
Va-Ru Garage
Phaz: "Then don't worry about her! She seems safe for now. I don't who she is, but she's more bait for us than anything."
-Back to Colton- "Now that the seed of doubt has been planted among the group, we need to act a bit quicker! Let's rest a bit after all of this. It's barely the morning after all. I'd say we choose one of the pods quickly, and then keep moving. Let's take some alternate guards for sleep. Or we stay and visit the city! Or find out what that ｗａｃｋｙ Ｊｅｓｔｅｒ is about! What do you think is best?"
He looks in the sky.
"I have no idea what I'm doing. More seriously, let's rest for a moment and enjoy the place. I'm interested in this culture."
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
-a woman with pink hair, wearing pink attire, is currently trying to stress-eat a bowl of Pecha Berry yogurt-
-she's a bit too stressed to eat-
-emotions can make of you like that-
-she had thought she'd sworn off emotions, towards mortals anyways; as an immortal she'd inevitably get bitten again, after all-
-but that plan blew up with the whole thing with the Sneasel girl-
-and, well, the few years since then had been really... enjoyable!-
-but now she'd gone and gotten herself face-to-face with death again-
-it was unusual that it was her fluffy tail on the line this time, though-
-"impending mortality" was not an emotion she could claim to have felt before-
-if she could feel that, was she even immortal in the first place?-
-were her laments of the emotional strains of immortality just her being a drama queen?-
-she has a headache-
Mew: ~groan~
plop!
-annd now her forehead's gone and buried itself in the bowl of frozen yogurt-
...
-the cold's actually kinda relaxing. she'll probably stay this way until approached-
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Flying Colors
Route 4 Dessert
-Someone sits down next to Mew.-
Echo: I can see you're enjoying your ice cream more than the average woman.
Some Rando
Va-ru Garage
"Meh, your call," Colton shrugged. "Whatever ends in..." He coughed.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
<Oh they are all technically sand pods. We don't fully understand how it works but we think it relates to electric pokemon that float using magnets. We call em sand pods because largely we use them out here... in the Sand.>
She smiled, <And the reason I'm being so friendly is because you guys have provided some genuine excitement! It's boring out here, even my favorite passtime was getting boring due to nobody wanting to race!>
<So thanks to you two, I actually got to do something really awesome for a change!>
The shadow stopped, perked up, took a 3D shape and enunciated "werk" at the crew.
It hissed and tried to slither after the tree, it didn't look very tough, a simple hit should've solved this anyways.
Meet The New Boss
Joyous Forest
-Duolis strikes the shadow with a Shadow Sneak as it tries to crawl away-
Va Ru
-Kass gives Phaz a glare for the "just bait" comment-
-To Colton-
Kass: <We should probably use these sand pods to get to a hostile location.>
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Some Rando
Riju's Bunker/Garage/Whatever
"A~nd how long have you just been trying to beat your personal best?" it's damn addicting, Colton mused, looking at all the pods.
"I think I'd actually favor trying to get a little more sleep," he decided.
Then he turned to the Skarmory. "That's actually a pretty good idea," he decided, reaching into his jacket and pulling out a scarf. "Who wants to tag out?" He asked.
Amaterasu materialized, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes with the back of her paw. Colton nodded, placed the scarf around his neck, and the Lycanroc returned himself, a Shiny Ninetales in a jacket the same color as her coat as the only evidence he was ever there.
<Kikimashita- I heard,> Amaterasu explained. <No need to recap.>
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Asimov Space Crew Member
Va-Ru, Here in Salazzle's garage
Phaz: points to a sand pod "That one then. Seems good enough."
He looks at Kass, realise what he said, and looks away, ashamed.
Phaz: "Let's take that, uhm, new sand pod over there, it'll be fun to hover through the hills. Anyway, yeah, let's move I guess. Think we'll be able to come back once it's all over? Sure wish so..."
Then a glance at what Colton did.
"Colton what the fuck"
edited 5th Dec '17 12:32:59 PM by Phazya
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
Some Rando
The Garage
Amaterasu turned to Phaz, her eyes, despite their solid color, saying a lot.
<You want the long or the short?> She asked rhetorically.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Mew: ~snurglbluwrabifit~
-she looks up at Echo, face covered in pink froyo-
Mew: ~Heh. I almost get killed by Every's pet, and now I'm feeling bad he died.~
~Is this what being a mortal mom is like?~
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Flying Colors
Route 4 Dessert
-Echo chuckles-
Echo: A bit. I assume, anyway, I don't have experience to say so myself. But it sounds like it, certainly.
Eclipse the Moon
Lex sneers back at JD.
Lex : Don't try and fucking tempt me. I know you just wanna use me like everyone fucking else does.
I'm having to learn to pay the price
JD smirked a bit, "That may be true. But I am genuine, take a look at my construction, actual living flesh over a advanced endoskeleton, think of all you could accomplish with my organization. And we've never been found, we're safe..."
JD leaned back, "I'll let you think about it."
He turned to the others, "Alright. Let's get out of here, before any more grunts show up."
While they moved forward, he pinged "home" and sent a message, "Prepare mass relays 5-9, outfit for heavy resistance" and smiled a bit, the smile became hard to keep up for a moment, namely with everyone around him, and the accusation of being used.
Riju's eyes were sparkling in amazement, <I didn't know humans could do that!>
The shadow was struck and hissed out in pain, it vaporized. Leaving the clearing free of Jester's influence.
Jester grunted, "Great..."
The Wanderer
Route 4 Dessert
From: PEFE Head of Field Research and Wilderness Survival Tagg
It's been about two days, so I might as well tell everyone now. As you all know, ever since Pokefutures fell, we've been chasing the scientists who either didn't reform or who didn't manage to get jailed during the initial fall. As of December 4th, Leslie and Martin Dekalb-Owens, or as my scouring of their warehouse hideout has revealed, Memito, died as they lived, messing with forces they couldn't understand, and ultimately killed by their own creations. (In more ways than one...)
However, just because they'll no longer prey on other beings, doesn't mean our work is done. There are still plenty of their ilk still running around working for just about every Team or other such syndicate you could imagine, and it's our responsibility to bring them all to justice. Science is and can be a great boon to the world, but when not tempered by ethics and morality, it can harm just as easily as it can help.
That is all.
Some Rando
Riju's Garage
<It's tied into that scarf he has,> The Shiny explained. <Really, the more impressive part is how he can understand us. Humans normally can't do that.>
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Eclipse the Moon
Lex spits back
Lex: A gilded cage is a cage noneoftheless, I have no interest in developing any sort of hell tech for whatever nefarious grand scheme you really have in mind, cyborg. Go find a different tool, this one is done.
While Lex spits this back, rummaging can be heard above on BF2
Neo-Flare Grunt: They're down in the Generator Room! That place is tight quarters! If we act quickly we can pin them down and decimate them there! Grab an Infinity Ball and get down there immediately!
The Flare grunts filter into the storerooms and grab one of the balls on the pyramid willy-nilly, causing the whole thing to collapse and forcing a bunch of confused, in pain, bursting with energy and angry Megas all out at once, causing a stampede.
In particular, a Mega Slowbro spins out towards the group of grunts like a very angry toy top.
Mega Slowbro!Shellder: AIYIYIYIYIYIYIYIYIYI!
Mega Slowbro!Slowbro: Slo?
The sudden influx of screams and roars indicates that problem solved itself... though now you may need to deal with an angry rampage of Mega Evolutions on the way up.
edited 5th Dec '17 1:54:39 PM by PippingFool
I'm having to learn to pay the price
Fwomph
Joyous Clearing
Alright, are we in the clear now?
Flying Colors
Flare Forest Facility — B3
Near: ~Ah, it sounds like they messed with my structure. Shame.~
Mason: Oh, come on, we have to go back that way!
Joyous Forest
Dekarule: 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶 𝓼𝓸... 𝓱𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓘 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓭𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽, 𝓲𝓷 𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓹𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓽. 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝓯𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮.
"It would seem so... however, I still would advise rest, in case any other potential assailants decide to attempt to take it. It will be safe here."
-It's subtle, but there's a sense of urgency in Dekarule's voice.-
Lush Jungle
Lana: Uh, Mallow?
Mallow: Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh...
-Ludmilla and Deziree stare at the two young women as Mallow breathes in a lungful of Aromatherapy from a gang of flowery Pokemon.-
Deziree: ...
Ludmilla: ... *cough*
-The Pokemon panic and scramble into the bushes as Mallow jumps and turns.-
Mallow: OH! Uh uh uh hi!
Lana: I tried to tell you...
-Lana shrugs as Mallow turns red.-
Ludmilla: What was...
Mallow: Nothing! Nothing at all! In fact, you know what, here, have my petal. No fight. Just... don't mention this to anyone. Ever.
-Ludmilla obtained the green petal!-
-Lana shakes her head.-
Lana: Fine then, if you're gonna be like that, I'll fight her so Mina doesn't call us lazy.
Ludmilla: Oh! Cool. Let's go!
VS! Trial Captain Lana!
Ludmilla: Go, Anastasia!
Lana: Sharpedo!
-Deziree looks at the embarrassed and blushing Mallow, who is now curled up in the corner.-
-Seems so kid.-
JD groans, "Alright people, how are we gonna deal with a stampede of steroid hulked pokemon?"
Meet The New Boss
Various Places
From: Umbra
I wasn't there for Pokefutures, but good to see we're weeding the ones that fled out. We can't have them causing harm to others... Dave nonewithstanding.
-Speaking of which...-
From: Dave
Wait, you fucking found the Memitos? They were the nastiest peices of work I ever had the displeasure of working with, and that's saying something in a company like Pokefutures. Good fucking riddance. Here's hoping they never reproduced.
From: Umbra
About that... Remember Every?
From: Dave
...fuck
Neo Flare Generator Room
Giselle: ...Remind me to finally clean up that stack of Infinity Balls when we get up there, we got everything else.
edited 5th Dec '17 2:27:35 PM by Umbramatic
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Mason: All right, we've got the bird, and we've got the nerds, can we please go now before any other people try to kill us?
edited 5th Dec '17 10:58:09 AM by BittersweetNSour