ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Ace: <Run.>

Tsunami: <I'm not gonna flee like a coward!>

Ace: <No, you'll die a fool! I'm not letting my girlfriend and best friend die because she thought she could single-handedly kill a god-like being! Now grab Shaun AND RUN!>

-Tsunami halts at Ace's words and picks Shaun back up. She follows Tagg out along with Ace and Achille.-

Achille: <I don't get paid enough for this...should've stayed retired.>

-Shaun stirs weakly.-

Shaun: "You're...only 37."

-He returns to the void we call sleep.-

Templar Base

-Vierr kneels and covers the entire area behind him with an Obscuric barrier, while Elysia just uses Protect. The former is significantly less capable of shielding against the attacks, but it still works well enough.-

Vierr: FUCK OFF!

-He gets back up and keeps up his attempt to flee-

-welp-

-Breeze just sort of allows his brain to shut off quickly. It's better than the alternative-

-Cytosol, unfortunately, doesn't have that option against physical attacks, but PEFE!Every is a quick thinker and recalls her before the attack goes off, as they're in the same octahedron-

-pity she can't do the same for herself. She wraps the labcoat around herself as best she can-

-Ever stares in horror as she drops to the ground-

Ever: Oh no no no...

-he rushes over, recalling Breeze as he goes-

Ever: Don't be dead don't be dead don't be dead...

-PEFE!Every breathes in sharply-

Ever: Oh thank Reshiram.

PEFE!Every: Fuck.

Ever: Are you okay?

PEFE!Every: No.

Ever: 'Least you're honest. Send out Rotary. We're leaving.

PEFE!Every: ...Can't move.

Ever: Reshiram's cloaca.

PEFE!Every: You don't think it's inappropriate to reference a god of fire right now?

Ever: Oh fuck off. Which ball has Rotary in it?

-he begins checking PEFE!Every's coat pockets-

PEFE!Every: Second from the bottom, third from the left.

Ever: Right.

-he reaches into a pocket, grabs Rotary's ball, and sends the Claydol out-

Rotary: <Huh? What's going o—>

Ever: Away.

Rotary: <Wait, what happened to—>

Ever: Now.

Edited by memyselfandI2 on Jul 28th 2018 at 2:14:13 AM

Bonfire: Hmmmm. And what do you plan to do once you get out?

-Polly watches a scan of the HQ facility, green topographic-like lines sweeping over it-

-she leans into a microphone-

Polly: OK, it looks like a rift is forming in sector 233B, send Gothitelle team #3 to squelch it.

Professor Banana: Hmph. Playing whack-a-drilbur with spacetime. Is this a good use of the talents of the world's best nutritionist?!

Polly: -massaging her forehead- If we get them early, we don't need to bust out the amber, and it's that easier to clean up once we figure out how to set things right.

Templar Base

-Lina misses the faemitos just before they teleport, and is now trapped between Tragedy and the escapees. Great.-

-Neon stumbles about and coughs in the smoke. He's vulnerable-

Dashedreams

Grima:    ...I don't know. I didn't think I'd get this far.   

edited 16th Dec '17 8:22:05 PM by Umbramatic

Templar Base

-The collection of attacks hit Tragedy-

-There is a strange shimmer in the air, like a kaleidoscope, before it looks as if none of them had any effect, and the Pyschic Terrain is dissolved before it can even take effect, overpowered by the sheer concept and presence of this... thing-

-It's meteors strike the Protect thrown up-

Tragedy: ⦕...⦖

-It pauses-

-Then, directly behind Vierr, with a whoosh and a thump, it appears◊, and continues strolling after Tagg, Lina, Neon, and everyone else who ran-

Tragedy: ⦕Yes. Run. Run away. This is far more entertaining. Scurry like the pathetic, useless maggots you are.⦖

Templar Base

-Vierr doesn't even turn to face Tragedy. He just grits his teeth and keeps moving.-

Vierr: Yeah, yeah. I'm useless. I'm pathetic. I'm worthless, I'm weak, I'm feeble, I'm terrible. Come up with something actually fucking creative.

Elysia: <...>

Debug: <...>

edited 16th Dec '17 8:29:39 PM by BittersweetNSour

-Hey, you know those stat drops? That affects speed stages.-

Ace: <TAGG I HOPE YOU HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE MINE IS TO SAVE SHAUN AND MY TEAMMATES AND HOPE THE REST OF YOU LIVE!>

-Arceus they're so slow.-

 Templar Base, far past 

-To Ace-

Only one!

-Ali and Legion have been bashing on support pillars the whole time as we run out of the base-

 In the Sky, sometime long afterwards 

-To Robin-

We're almost there!

edited 16th Dec '17 8:38:43 PM by rmctagg09

Ever: Oh Kyurem that's so much blood...

PEFE!Every: Where are we?

Ever: Nimbasa. Um, okay, uh, I know this seems bad, but I can get you to a doctor, you'll be—

PEFE!Every: I'm obviously dying, Ever. Most of my ribs are shattered, I have fourth-degree burns, and I don't think I've felt my heart beat in several minutes.

Ever: Uh, no, don't talk like that. You're gonna live forever. Let me just—

PEFE!Every: Sssh. I need to—

-she coughs, spattering the alleyway with blood-

Zekrom I hope nobody walks past....

Rotary. Can you... hear me?

Rotary: <Just a bit.>

Get blood. Get DNA. Get...you know.

Ever: Rotary? What's going—

Rotary: <Right.>

-they levitate a globule of blood. It's not hard to find-

-and floats it into themselves, before vanishing with a Click!-

Ever: PEFE!Every! What's going on?! Should I call an ambulance?

PEFE!Every: This'll be...over...be...fore...

Ever: ...Right, stop talking.

Oh no oh no oh no...

-Ever, not really having any better ideas, starts to sob-

Rotary: <I have returned!>

-a syringe pops out of them, levitated by their psychic powers, and sticks into PEFE!Every's arm-

Ever: Wait, if a hospital can't save her what is that going to—

-a few minutes later, Ever stumbles out of the alleyway, and vomits into a trashcan-

-shortly after, PEFE!Every, looking more or less fine, if slightly paler even than her usual, follows, being supported by Rotary, and does the same-

Ever: Don't...don't take this the wrong way, because I'm incredibly glad you're alive, but that was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.

PEFE!Every: (weakly) Did you expect it to be pretty? I'm not actually a Ditto.

Ever: That has been made readily apparent.

PEFE!Every: ...Yeah.

Ever: ...Are you alright?

PEFE!Every: ...Could use a glass of Oran juice.

Ever: Cool. Let's go get that while I yell at you and hope my friends aren't dead.

Edited by memyselfandI2 on Jul 28th 2018 at 2:17:00 AM

Hope’s Base and Despair’s Trainers

With Psychic Terrain not even appearing, Talbain and his entourage chased down where they heard Tragedy’s voice, surprised in how slow they had become until Talbain had an idea.

<Grab onto me!> he allowed as the bug-type jumped on his sweater and his new fire-type jumped on him.

And then Talbain used Accelerock, the move’s inherent ability to outclass faster Pokémon not using similar moves proving invaluable as he chased Tragedy down. His Dark Pulse Orbitars trailed in front of him, they’d explode on contact with Tragedy.

Templar Base

-Tragedy laughs, its a low, scraping sound that darkens the air around it, and causes frost to radiate out-

-Talbain's Accelerock connects, there is an impact and its body ripples and warps-

-And then there is a woosh of air and its body looks as if it was never struck-

-Before they can react, Tragedy imprisons Talbain within a glowing octahedron, and is summarily bombarded with blasts of Auric energy-

-The Dark Pulse Orbitars are obliterated as a storm of black stakes shoot out from the ground and walls, detonating them prematurely-

Tragedy: ⦕Oh? Trying to collapse the building. Here, allow me to help.⦖

-It waves its hand, and the floor and walls start to disintegrate in an increasing radius at a distressingly fast pace-

-The entire building groans as it becomes patently obvious a collapse is imminent-

edited 16th Dec '17 8:47:57 PM by Verax

Bonfire: Typical behavior for recently-divorced Aspects. You probably thought you'd chase down your former body, force them to take you back, turn them into a dragon?

-she shakes her head-

I've put that behind me. And now I'm having lots of fun!

Tangerine: So, the Water trial. What are we looking at?

Rufus: <Nothing I want involvement in!> -recalls himself and his hats-

Cephas: <At least watch it...>

Basket: <Most of the advice online says nothing beyond... "Lana lies!">

Tangerine: Charming.

Lana: Oh! Trainer, you're here for the Island Challenge, are you not? I would be delighted to run a Trial for you, but if you don't mind, I could use some assistance first.

Tangerine: -glances at Basket- Sure...

Lana: Oh, good. You see, the water has been disturbed lately, and I imagine some sort of Pokémon is causing it. Could you investigate?

-she gestures at the pond and its plesiosauric denizen-

You will, of course, have the assistance of Lapras here.

Lapras: <Salutations.>

Basket: <Couldn't you fly on me over the water?>

Tangerine: That is not How Things Are Done.

Basket: <mkay.>

-Tangent boards the Lapras, who sets off towards a thrashing spot of water-

-a moving spot of water-

-a rapidly approaching spot of water...-

-somebody had a premonition-

Mew: ~EVERY ARE YOU OK~

edited 16th Dec '17 8:54:46 PM by Tangent128

 Templar Base, past 

This is... unwise, but better possible bruises then a morgue trip.

Helios, Hurricane!

Helios: -Whips up a wind to blow everyone forward-

Templar Base

-And suddenly Vierr and co. are blown out of the building by Helios's Hurricane.-

Vierr: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Debug: <AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>

Elysia: <AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA>

-Ever and PEFE!Every are sitting at a table. PEFE!Every is drinking Oran juice. Ever is alternately healing Breeze with a Max Revive and drinking directly from a bottle of vodka-

PEFE!Every: Can I have some?

Ever: No, because I'm angry at you. You nearly got yourself killed, and now we're here instead of helping our friends.

PEFE!Every: ...Sorry.

Ever: ...I mean, it was certainly going to try and kill us anyway. Just...it would have been nice to try and get out before anyone got hurt.

PEFE!Every: I could send you back with Rota—

Ever: Oh dear Reshiram no. Drink your juice and go to bed.

PEFE!Every: You're not my mom.

Ever: I'm considering calling her.

PEFE!Every: Oh Kyogre please don't.

Ever: Then get some Arceusdamn rest.

- blip occurs-

PEFE!Every: Oh! Um...hello, Mew. I'm alright.

edited 16th Dec '17 11:05:41 PM by memyselfandI2

Channah: -still looking at the sky- ... Was that Tagg? Did they forget him or something?

Ever's House

-PEFE!Every receives a text.-

Tunnels

-Lina sends out Xavier-

Lina: GET US OUT

Xavier: On it!

-Blip-

-But not before Neon rushes toward Tragedy in a desperate, blind struggle to get away from the smoke and noise-

Dashedreams

Grima:    I'm not going for my old body. Fuck that guy. I'm doing my own thing from now on.   

Near Tagg

Robin: I suddenly feel insulted. But HOW IS SHE DRIVING THAT THING SO FAST

Bonfire: Good attitude. But what way will you be going?

-Mew is a bit disoriented at appearing in the other timeframe, but chalks it up to Celebi since she's not the most fourth-wall aware-

Mew: ~OK, good, you don't look dead, I just got the sense something attacked you~

~Um. Did something? Your look like you've done something new with your tissues~

Basket: <Is that a... fish?>

Wishiwashi: <SWIM AWAY! SWIM AWAY!>

-it bumps into Lapras-

Lapras: <Apologies, but if you would watch where you->

Wishiwashi: <DESPERATE TIMES! DESPERATE MEASURES!>

-the water ahead roils as more and more fish join the panicked Wishiwashi, forming a large, recursive fish of a Schooling Form-

WISHIWASHI: <NOW WE WILL REMOVE THE IMPEDIMENT!>

Lapras: <NOW PARDON ME!>

-They rush forwards, trying to Take Down Basket-

Tangerine: DISPERSE THEM WITH LEAF TORNADO!

Basket: <WHY ARE WE ALL SPEAKING IN CAPS?!>

-she swipes her wings, angling a leaf-filled vortex at the Schooling Wishiwashi; in addition to taking bruising damage, the spinning drives the individual Wishiwashi in different directions-

Tangerine: Careful, they'll probably refor-

Wishiwashi: <SWIM AWAY! SWIM AWAY!>

The Totem? Wishiwashi fled!

Basket: <...huh.>

Templar Base

-As everyone scrambles out in their own ways, Tragedy laughs, and turns to rip open another hole in spacetime-

As it gets the tear started in the air, the thin blue hairline crack appearing, Neon stumbles towards it-

Tragedy: ⦕... Oh? This will be interesting.⦖

-Feeling somewhat malicious, it waits until Neon partially through the tear before ripping it open fully, the hole forming through Neon as more creatures pour forth and are absorbed and escape-

-And this hole dims too, being drained into Tragedy and eventually vanishes-

-Tragedy listens as the floor above them collapses down on to this one, and the sound of shattering and crumbling rings out-

-Believing its job done, it braces against the ground, and shoots out of the building, blowing another hole in the city street above before soaring off through the sky, vanishing into the horizon in a blink, for parts unknown-

Dashedreams

Grima:    I dunno. Hopefully outta here.   

Outside

-Lina and co. land out here-

Lina: Whew. Guys, you OK? Neon, you-

-she turns and stops, stares in horror-

-Neon is on the ground, convulsing, static crackling around him. Some of his features are still of a young boy, others of a young adult, someone middle-aged, an old man, but all those are convulsing, flickering, constantly changing and different from feature to feature-

Lina: ...No...

Ever: Was that Echo?

PEFE!Every: No.

Ever: Totally was.

-PEFE!Every grumbles, finishes the carton of juice, and goes to find a place to sleep. Ever waits until Breeze looks like he's doing alright, and then falls asleep at the table-

-sorry, Mew. The timeline has been hectic-

PEFE!Every: Oh, um. This strange creature attacked me while I was with the J-team. Electrocuted me to a near-death point and roasted me to boot; had to conduct an emergency restart. You know.

On the other hand, I think I might have been right about its abilities and how to circumvent them. At least, some of them...

-she sighs-

-Mew will likely notice that she's not wearing her usual labwear, instead wearing a nice cardigan and jeans that aren't stained with various acids, bases, and other sundry compounds-

-she's also lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling, periodically checking her phone-

-a pair of Scythermen are chatting-

Scytherman#1: <Two. Last guess.>

Scytherman#2: <Your last guess was one. Are you really sure your second guess is two?>

Scytherman#1: <Oh, look at you with your fancy fingers.>

-this fascinating discussion is interrupted by a sound remarkably like a thinly-stretched multiversal barrier tearing open. Abruptly, several dozen people, all dressed in camouflage and identical masks, appear in the room-

Scythermen#2: <They've got fingers. Come on, let's take those and then we can count up to, like...>

-he looks at the assembled people-

Scythermen#2: <...Eleven, at least.>

Scythermen#1: <Don't make me do math at this ho—>

-and the two are both knocked unconscious by a Hypnosis administered by one of the people in camouflage. They appear to be a woman, and a fairly short one. She looks expectantly at someone who appears to be the Leader of the group-

Leader: Good work, Suri.

Suri, apparently: Oh, good. I mean, I figured I should knock them out, but, like—

Leader: I said good work...

-another member of the group steps forward, looking down at the sleeping Scythermen-

This Guy's Name is Isaac: I guess it's good to know the Scythermen are a multiversally-constant failure of ours.

Leader: Don't get philosophical. We're here with a purpose.

edited 16th Dec '17 11:11:53 PM by memyselfandI2

Templar Despair

Talbain threw himself at his prison and only then started to notice the building was falling in on itself.

9-Volt and Sunny returned so they wouldn't weigh their shapeshifted trainer down as much as he summoned some stones to parry parts of the building that would possibly fall on him. He dashed out as fast as his paws would move him, only now noticing how almost pleasurable this was, this sort of rush.

After he managed to get out of the collapsing building and watched the entrance cave, he exhaled. <I guess,> he started as he removed his scarf, seating himself and rubbing off some sweat. "I guess that's it."

He had no desire to do anything major, only electing to retrieve the bags he left in the Center. Dude would probably sleep until the party. Okay, not really, not even he could sleep that long after this, but a shower, a nap, and a meal were in definite order.

Where did all those captive 'mons go? Eh, they'd probably be fine. He released them before anything could happen; no consequential loss of life.

edited 16th Dec '17 9:46:43 PM by AbsentCoder

Bonfire: Well, I offer very reasonable rates on baked goods, including cookie portals to other planes of existence.

Mew: ~ew, regeneration. I haven't had to do that in... well, a while. I think~

-she's not so blind to the fourth wall as to categorically rule out the possibility of dramatic prequel events to be written perhaps years from now-

Mew: ~Anyways, you're dressed up. Someplace to go?~

-oops. Looks like that part of the facility is blocked by a post-it note on the spacetime integrity monitor-

-Tangent glances back at Lana, only to not see her-

Tangerine: Hm. The way she carries on you'd think she should run the Ghost Trial.

Basket: <Was that supposed to be the Totem?>

Tangerine: You'd think, but we haven't actually passed the Trial gates yet.

-and then they do-

Lana: Ah, you're here. It's concerning... I haven't seen the Totem today. Maybe that's why the Pokémon seem uneasy?

Perhaps you could find it among the disturbed water in this lake.

Tangerine: Well, let's investigate!

-the Lapras paddles them out into the water, where they see another roiling spot-

Basket: <Hello? Is anybody down there?>

Goldeen: <GO HIDE SOMEWHERE ELSE!>

Goldeen used Splash!

Goldeen fled!

Tangerine: ...curiouser and curiouser.