Verax's Villa

-Ezran is tackled and her mug of hot chocolate is shattered-

-She is also cocooned in several thick quilts, so, you know, she doesn't suffer any larcenations-

".... Fuck it, here." -She tosses Verax her phone-

-Chrysa whirls around and lets the Solar Beam loose on Falchion to defend her trainer-

-The Machoke and other mons go and start trying to stem the stabby tide, but it is not working great-

Verax: -Grabs her phone and holds it triumphantly towards the sky- "HAH!"

-He pushes the power button and lets the locked screen show towards the Pawniard-

---

-Below the hatch is the lowest floor, which is separated into two halves, a lab in which several engineers and scientists are working on picking apart things seized from the Neo Flare base, and then a large glass room behind which are four rows of desks and computers all facing a wall of 13 monitors, which display... a lot of stuff. Lucius probably doesn't care much about it. But if he does, it's records of shipping details and and activities from other organizations, weather reports, and other things-

-There is also, beyond that, a door to what looks like a separate office space. This one got its own room rather than a cubicle upstairs!-

edited 6th Dec '17 2:39:41 PM by Verax

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

Anville Town

Trina: Asshole goddess. Greeeat.

Giselle: Do we have a plan for dealing with her?

Route 16

-the monstrosity is rammed into by a Tauros using Return-

Reina: Give it hell, Theseus!

Watchog: <Ack! The J-Team is definitely behind this!>

-sends a Thunder Wave-

Entree Forest

-Gabe enters, entranced by the woman's beauty-

Gabe: Who... Who are you?

-beside him, a Wigglytuff gulps-

Wigglytuff: <She seems weird... But both good weird and bad weird...>

edited 6th Dec '17 2:49:04 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Sholto: -to Jacob- <Aw... alright. Maybe you should try Moonblasting her to see if she'll stop, though.>

-to Tamamo- <...Tamamo no Mae? You named after her?>

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

Wela Volcano Peak

Ludmilla: Go, Astarte!

-The mountain shivers under the call of the Aerodactyl as she wheels in the sky.-

Kiawe: Woah! Lana didn't mention anything about that!

Ludmilla: Ancient Power!

Kiawe: Flash Cannon!

-The two ancient beasts launch their attacks, which collide mid-air and explode. Neither combatant was within range to take damage, but Astarte seems even faster now.-

-Astarte's Attack increases! Astarte's Defense increases! Astarte's Special Attack increases! Astarte's Special Defense increases! Astarte's Speed increases!-

Kiawe: Flash Cannon, again!

Ludmilla: Rock Slide!

-The two sides move to trade blows, but the Aerodactyl quickly dives to give herself an opening before crashing into the arena's wall and sending chunks of it flying at her opponent. The Turtonator loses ground due to his lowered defenses from the Shell Smash.-

Kiawe: Dragon Pulse!

Ludmilla: Dragon Claw!

-Having lost little momentum from the Rock Slide, Astarte dives in for the kill on her opponent, talons wreathed in teal-red flames. The Turtonator is rent and clawed until Ludmilla calls for his assailant to stop. Kiawe quickly recalls his champion while Ludmilla admonishes Astarte's lack of restraint before recalling her.-

Kiawe: Well, that was certainly quite a fight. Here, let me-

Hiker David: ALOLA!

VS! Hiker David!

Kiawe: WAIT DAVID NO

Ludmilla: GAH!

Hiker David: Go, Magmar!

Kiawe: COME ON DAVID WE TALKED ABOUT THIS

Ludmilla: Oh, crap! Uh, uh, uh... Go, er, Sandnix?

-She sends out a Cubone. Kiawe is taken aback by his gas mask and lead pipe.-

Sandnix: <GAH! Noisyloud packperson! Why so noisyloud?!>

Hiker David: Use Fire Punch!

Ludmilla: Bonemerang!

-Sandnix hurtyspins throws his thumppipe pipe, smacking the Magmar's forehead. It quickly does a 180 and smacks the back of the Magmar's head, knocking his face into the dirt.-

Ludmilla: What the heck, David?!

Hiker David: Sorry, I, uh, kinda got carried away...

-There's a flash of light as Sandnix evolves. His gas mask gets tossed to the side as he stands tall as a true Marowak... a true Alolan Marowak, his hide a charcoal grey.-

Sandnix: <Woah! I'm... ghoulyghost?>

Deziree: Yeah, I kinda saw that coming.

Kiawe: Interesting... Say, where did your Cubone- er, Marowak come from, by chance?

-Deziree quickly hops forward to fill Kiawe in on the Ship Graveyard Cubone clan.-

edited 6th Dec '17 2:50:33 PM by DuneTheWanderer

Akala Island

-A certain smol has been doing her own island trial offscreen, and has just cleared the Grass Trial!-

Mallow:Oh yeah! One more thing!

-She nabs Iggy's Ride Pager-

Beep boop boop beep!

-Bring!-

-Iggy can now use Stoutland Search!-

Iggy:Uwoooooah~

---

-And later-

Iggy:So juuuust...

-Boop!-

-POMP!-

Stoutland:<FRIEEEEEEND!>

-The big doggo pounces on the Iggy and applies licks-

-This throws the Salandit off her shoulder-

Chara the Salandit:<Woah!>

-Much licks are had-

Stoutland:<Know friend! Hi friend!>

Iggy:Hehehehe!

-Beat-

Know friend?

Stoutland:<Know friend! Much ride!>

Iggy:...GD?

-Doggo nodnod-

Chara:<...oh my god.>

Yes, it's Greater Dog:<Friiiiiiiiiend~>

-Many more licks-

-Falchion is knocked the fuck out by the Solar Beam as the stabby tide pause their collective stabbing to look up at the phone in awe.-

Pawniard #73: <The information rectangle...>

Pawniard #191: <I... I'd heard the legends, but I thought those were just children's tales!>

Pawniard #54: <Take my eyes! Sight would be naught but a curse after witnessing such beauty!>

-They all immediately dive for the phone, or in this case, whoever's holding it.-

---

-Lucius drops down into the labs, sees all the engineers and scientists surrounding him, and takes a moment to assess his situation.-

Lucius: ...Okay, I guess this is as good a time as any to go loud. Plus if there's a day when I shouldn't have qualms about shooting, it's today.

-He unscrews the silencer from the autopistol on his belt, fires it into the air, then immediately recoils.-

Lucius: OW! Arceus fuck, that's loud... Uh, attention terrorist assholes! You guys familiar with the term "hostile takeover"? Because... um... shit, I had a line prepared for this exact scenario, and now it's gone. Point is, I've got a gun and my Lucario will break your legs if you're not on the floor or outta here in, like, five seconds.

-Kirk cracks his knuckles to emphasise the point.-

edited 6th Dec '17 3:08:40 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.

Artoria and Masako arrive at the scene.

Masako: <... I admit I was wrong.>

Artoria: <By Arceus what is that?>

Masako: <An... abomination against all that is good and holy, that's what.>

Artoria: <Well that is obvious.>

Masako: <Great, she's picking up my snark.>

Artoria rushes in, placing herself between the machampcross and the two teenagers, slicing at a leg with a Leaf Blade.

Masako: <Why do people do this to me.>

She blasts the thing in the side with an Ice Beam.

Tamamo just smiles at Crow, before turning back to Jacob.

Tamamo: "That would be very helpful, thank you☆"

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

Wela Volcano Peak

Kiawe: With that all handled... Here's my petal.

-He holds out a bright red flower petal, which Ludmilla quickly takes.-

Kiawe: I do believe you're over halfway done. Olivia managed to avoid getting roped in, so your next opponent should be Sophocles.

-Ludmilla stops and counts her petals. One from Mina, one from Ilima, one from Lana, one from Mallow, and one from Kiawe. So that makes five.-

Kiawe: He should be waiting for you up at the Observatory.

Ludmilla: Woo!

---

-Sandnix blinks as the procession of Alolan Marowak bow to him.-

Alolan Marowak: <We are beyond pleased to hear of another island-dwelling tribe, though we are also saddened by the lack of ancestry linked to it. In order to help develop your tribe's history, we would like to bestow upon you this Thick Club, once used by a Totem of this very mountain. With it, we hope that it may begin a grand collection for the Shiprust tribe that will last many generations.>

-Sandnix takes the Alolan club. Despite its heft, it remains remarkably balanced, excellent for spinning. The recently-evolved Shiprust takes it by the middle and gives it a test twirl. The club spins like a rotor, and two flames sprout from the end to Sandnix's amazement. The procession beam with pride.-

Sandnix: <I'm no good at talkyflaps, but fellow Gobbybones will feel great boomingpride at such nicetrade!>

Verax's Villa

-All the scientists and engineers who were doing stuff drop to the ground-

-Except Weskel-

-Who, being a brilliant mind, comes at Lucius swinging a fire extinguisher-

---

Ezran: "I SWEAR IF YOU BREAK MY FUCKING PHONE-"

Verax: "ACK ACK ACK!" -He's dived at but luckily he'd already retreated a small ways, and also Pawniard are like, a little over a foot tall, they're not gonna reach a 5'10 man holding up a phone above his head-

-However, he really doesn't want to deal with them, so he hurls the phone down the hole they exploded their way in through-

"I'll buy you a new one!"

Ezran: "If I hadn't just moved all my pictures to my computer I would kill you where you stand."

Verax: "... I should not be scared but I am."

Nimbasa

Jacob: "Nah, she's been nice to me and doesn't push my buttons in an aggravating manner."

-He nods to Tamamo- "... Well, there's this big weirdness what the fuck is that thing."

-He points east towards Route 16-

Regina: <...>

<...Oh.>

Entree Forest

???: -She smiles at Gabe, walking past him and the Wigglytuff, gently brushing his face with her hand and running her other though the Wigglytuff's fur, before switching to monese in a voice that resembles Tapu Lele- <All you need know is I mean no harm to you.> "Though, I find myself in an unfamiliar land and unaware of where we are. Would you be kind enough to escort me out of these woods?"

-She holds up her arm as a shiny Butterfree flutters from the treeline and perches on it-

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

Sholto: <...Huh. Wonder why it has 10 Machamp arms and not 6 or 8.>

edited 6th Dec '17 3:12:08 PM by CorvusAtrox

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

Entralink Woods

Wigglytuff: <...OK then!>

Gabe: -grins- I know a fellow fae when I see one. But I'll show you around!

-he leads ??? off-

Contact Me!

Flare Forest Facility — B2

-As Mason sees the chaos, his immediate instinct is to duck into the shadows and rush for the doorway as quickly as possible.-

-He quickly realizes there's a problem.-

-There's a Mega Tyranitar and a Mega Scizor fighting right in front of the doorway. It's not a pretty scene.-

Mason: Well shit.

-He stops, staying hidden in the shadows-

Entree Forest

-When Kaito came here, they were expecting to be able to clear their head from worrying sick over Lucius (and getting the typical "someone I care about is doing something really fucking stupid" headache).-

-They certainly weren't expecting the most beautiful person they've ever seen to walk out of a portal nearby.-

Kaito: ...Holy shit hello.

Astolfo: <Mr. Bird why is that your first question?>

Tamamo: "That seems a promising place to look☆"

"Also a problem that needs resolving."

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

Lucius: Shit!

-He wheels around to face Weskel, his autopistol coming up a second too late...-

-Only for a massive pile of Pawniard to go diving through the newly-formed ceiling hole and bury Weskel, who made the immensely poor decision to allow Ezran's phone to land by his feet.-

Pawniard #35: <It's mine! The Information Rectangle is mine! Truly, I am become Chattr, destroyer of reasonable discourse!>

Pawniard #84: <You heretics know nothing if you believe that to be a mere Information Rectangle! Its true name would drive men to madness, but we know it as the dread Nightmare Rectangle, through which we may watch society collapse in real time! Ia Ia! An'droidu fhtagn!>

Lucius: ...Huh. Good work, guys.

-He turns to look towards the desks and monitors.-

Lucius: Geez, they're not even trying to hide the fact that they're Cipher down here...

-He smashes the window leading to the glass room with his elbow, then sends out EDI.-

Lucius: Alright, EDI, can you get us in?

EDI: <...If you start quoting Hackers right now, I cannot be held accountable for my actions.>

Lucius: Hey, my only crime was curiosity.

-EDI just glares at Lucius before turning back to the console.-

EDI: <I will need a minute.>

Lucius: Then you've got one.

edited 6th Dec '17 3:47:56 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.

A Mega Blastoise is currently firing it's water cannon around wildly while a Mega Kangaskhan gang up on a Mega Garchomp

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Anville Town 

Wanderer: -To Giselle- Watch, observe, step in if she tries to take over this world.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

JD ducked from the attacks and continued on forward, "We're almost in the clear!"

Anville

Giselle: Duly noted.

Neo Flare B2

Jean: Me, Giselle, and the Aggron will recall and claim these Pokemon. The rest of you run!

-everyone else bolts twoard the Tyranitar and Scizor, whie Jean's team ducks and weaves between attacks to recall Pokémon into their Infinity Balls and stuff them in Giselle's bag-

Contact Me!

Neo Flare Base BF2

-In the distance-

Jeremiah: "What did you do???"

Weskel: "... So, it works. At least."

-He's tackled to the ground as an enraged, pained roar tears out of something and the wall behind them is sundered-

-The two run out of the storeroom and into the hallway-

Verax's Villa

-The window is shattered as Weskel vanishes under a pile of Pawniard-

-Verax drops down-

"Weskel!!"

-He digs through the Pawniard, sustaining lacerations before throwing his friend out of the fray, who is now bleeding and unconscious-

"Dammit, one of you idiots has a Audino! Help him!"

-EDI has sufficient time to break into things before Verax finally turns his attention towards the intruder-

Entree Forest

-She smiles- "Thank you. I... am a bit at a loss. It's the mark of kindness to help a stranger without taking advantage of them. Please, feel free to explain where we are and..." -She gently pets the Butterfree's head-

"I... cannot remember these pure, lovely spirits. I may need help getting oriented on a fundamental level. I'm sorry for the inconvenience."

-She looks over at Kaito and smiles softly as they draw closer to them- "You have an air of experience, and unfortunately deep worry. Will you join us? It might help clear the senses a bit." -She offers out her hand, her smile brightening-

edited 6th Dec '17 3:58:58 PM by Verax

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

Route 16

The creature roars with rage as it's attacked, and rounds on the newcomers.

You have drawn the ire of the Arm Beetle!

The Thunder Wave in particular doesn't seem to do much- the hand it hits seems less able to move now, but when you're fighting something with ten hands...

The bunny-masked girl is alerted to the others' presence and somehow manages to express worry through her mask.

"Aah! People! Who are you and why are you provoking the arm beetle?? Run away before you get hurt or something!"

The fox-masked girl on her shoulder picks her head up and, through gasps of pain, mutters, "I'm... assuming they're natives and.. Arm beetle?... Really now?"

"Well what the heck else am I supposed to call it, that sums up what it is pretty well doesn't it???"

The fox-masked girl groans and goes back to being in pain, while her compatriot pulls out a naval dirk.

.. I'd rather not have randos get involved in this, but I can't well fight it off alone right now...

The creature or Arm Beetle as it were sends a flurry of five Arm Thrusts towards Artoria and Masako- and, due to its size, anything in their vicinity.

The Arm Beetle's Skill Link allowed it to hit five times in a row!

off the shits

Flare, past

-Brie sprints down the corridor as fast as she can. Halcyon raises up barriers as he flies after, Brie doing her best to keep herself between the Sigilyph and the worst of the crossfire-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Shun clings to Halycon for dear life.-

Shun: Engage weapons! Concentrate fire on... whatever that is coming up behind us!

-The Pawniard are too busy fighting amongst themselves for ownership of the Information/Nightmare Rectangle to oppose Verax while EDI does the hacking thing.-

EDI: <...Upload complete. The 0-Worm has now been installed and is mining->

Lucius: Good, 'cause we're out of time.

-He turns to face Verax, his expression darkening behind his mask.-

Lucius: ...You. I should've known you would be the one behind all of this.

edited 6th Dec '17 4:14:39 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.

Neoo Flare B2

Giselle: -to Weskel, dodging a Mega Areodactyl's Iron Tail before recalling it- What did you do?!

Route 16

-Theseus tries Smart Striking the bases of the Armbeetle's lower arms-

-the Watchog tries Thunder Waving more areas of the armbeetle's body-

Reina: -to the two girls- How did you get here? What's up with this thing?

Entree Forest

Gabe: -whispering to Kaito- Be careful. I've got your back.

Wigglytuff: <Probably.> -giggles-

Contact Me!

A Mega Bannette pops out of the wall to strike a Mega Lucario from behind.

A Mega Mawile rips an unfortunate Neo-Flare grunt to shreds with it's head mouths.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

"Note to self. Avoid mega-volutions... Note to Team. Prepare Backup now. Teleport blockers in place."

JD continued to run, "We're almost there!"