ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Lo: However you prefer. Channah - snap out of it.

Channah: -in a small voice- What the fuuuck...

edited 16th Dec '17 11:43:28 PM by Metanoia

There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.

-the skies clear up as a bewildered Lapras returns to shore-

Tangerine: So, how did we do?

Lana: -stammering- Uh- ah- a- Nihl- Ultr- ah-

Basket: -tilts head- <She's speechless!>

Lana: -weakly passes Tangent a Waternium Z- o_o

Pankaja: <Thank you!> ++(^_^)++

Tangerine: Great acting job, by the way. A+ work on setting up that creepy atmosphere.

-And they depart aboard Basket-

Lana: O_O; -faints-

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

-PEFE!Every groans-

PEFE!Every: I think I've had my fill of life lessons for the time being. They're just concepts. I'm not gonna try making things again, not after last time.

-Ever follows along on Marmalade, Salamence trailing behind a little as she's not quite as fast a flier-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Phoenix: Hmm. Might be a little crazy, but I'm not a dipshit. Run.

-Phoenix throws the remains of his pipe at Tragedy and runs. His team follows suit.-

-The gang arrive to find other members outside, as well. Phoenix thinks for a moment, then curses.-

Phoenix: SHIT WE FORGOT FRANK

Revali Office

Cynthia: "Alright, following."

She does that indeed.

Phaz clutches on the mug of tea, sipping it.

Happy little trees

Spinme:' "Can do. Anyone could help me with Beck and Coldplay? This is getting old."

Coldplay: <Be more reasonable first.>

Beck: <Stop being a Diglett.>

"Alright fine."

Beck and Coldplay let Spinme go, and she stands up, dusting off the dirt.

"Well that was a stupid move by me."

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

Tsunami: <He's not.>

-The group looks at Neon.-

Ace: <By Dialga's left horn...>

Achille: <Excusez mon Kalosian mais ce que le putain?>

-Ace gazes closer at Neon.-

Ace: <I don't think I could help him without the aid of a Legendary - Dialga, Celebi, or Jirachii, specifically. Or Arceus, but He would not come down for this.>

Achille: <Will the boy live?>

Ace: <...I don't know.>

edited 17th Dec '17 7:18:40 AM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

-Ever is still chasing the Stormchaser-

-on a sandstorm and a cloud-

-how the tables have turned-

-PEFE!Every is presumably still in bed. You can't move if there's a cat. It's the law-

-Amanita and Brie are hanging out-

Amanita: Really? No memories and no Pokemon?

Brie: I know! I hope they're okay...

-the group of people is currently attempting to get its bearings-

Leader: Judging by the Scythermen, we're in the Underground. We wouldn't actually be able to find anything unless we get further up. We don't know if our clearances would still work in this universe, so we should maintain stealth for as long as we can.

-Suri raises a hand-

Leader: I've told you, you don't need to do that. Yes, Suri?

Suri: I can put the guards to sleep!

Leader: Good initiative, maybe wrong time. Harriet?

-a woman standing in the back looks up-

Harriet: ...

Leader: We're going to need to be invisible for this.

Someone Who Is Named Nathan. All These People Know Each Other and It Is A Waste to Try Introducing Them: Yo, we can break illusions, who's to say we can't do the same here? We've got Marie and Alphonse and Tim—

Tim: (is a fairly large man) Timothy. Please.

Nathan: Yeah, uh, whatever. And we've got me and Rita. We go in, we hit them, we take control. Boom.

Rita: (is a woman of about the same height as Nathan) Please don't drag me into this.

Leader: Just to clarify, Nathan, your plan was to go in guns blazing against a Pokefutures from an alternate world? Clever. Brilliant.

Nathan: Yeah, I thought so.

Leader: Look, I'm not the Leader of this mission because I'm smarter, or stronger, or anything like that. It's not even because my legal name is Leader. I'm the Leader because I'm good at hearing ideas and synthesizing them into a cohesive strategy.

-he sighs-

Leader: Which I already did before we got here, which would have been a good time for you to propose this alternate plan, Nathan.

Nathan: Okay, okay, I'm suitably chastised.

Leader: Anyone else got problems with the stealth approach?

Suri: None at all!

Leader: Okay, I could have predicted that. That was my fault.

Isaac: It does seem to be the best approach.

Leader: Okay, good. Emily, anyone above us?

Emily: -is short- Not sensing a thing.

Leader: Thomas, Johannes?

Thomas: -is a tall, weedy man who has been staring at the ceiling since the group got here- There. Structural stability will prevent additional damage and allow for easy muffling.

-he points at a location on the ceiling. The last member of the group with a name, a short, stocky man, walks up to the point indicated-

Leader: Wait.

-he looks at a device on his wrist. 24 dots, each with a letter or number above it, can be seen on a small display. All are a bright teal green, except for one under the letter J, which is olive-

Leader: Johannes.

-the stocky man turns-

Johannes: Hm?

Leader: Your vitals are at 99%, not 100%. What's going on?

Johannes: My girlfriend left me yesterday. Been a little broken up about it.

Emily: Ooh, that explains the crippling despair.

-Johannes glares at her, not that anyone notices behind the masks-

Leader: ...I see. Try not to let it affect the mission.

Johannes: I'm insulted.

-he leaps straight up and kicks the point indicated by Thomas, Aura bursting from his leg. At the same time, Harriet raises her hands, and a cloak of obscura covers the entry point-

-absolutely nothing happens-

-maybe it becomes a little bit colder for a second?-

-but then it evens out again, so...-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Frank is sprawled out on the floor. He sits up, groaning.-

Frank: <Where... am... I... bro?>

-He looks at his surroundings, confused.-

Frank: <Where's... Caleb?>

edited 17th Dec '17 8:41:29 AM by redneckphoenix

[Schrödinger's Location]

-a tall, dark-haired girl is wandering around, accompanied by an Empoleon, a Ribombee, and a Castform-

Pollen the Ribombee: <uuuugh we've hardly battled anyone since that Staryu teleported us heeere>

Pippy the Empoleon: -cheerfully- <We're seeing the sights! None of us have ever been here before! We'll have time to fight later; now is for exploring!> -he ruffles the top of her head, gently-

-she grumbles but doesn't move away-

Thespi the Castform: <And besides, did you hear what that Staryu called himself? Omen! That's a name that screams narrative significance if I ever heard one! I'm sure we'll run across something eventually!>

-their trainer seems to have tuned them out, being unable to understand their speech if not their general tone-

-they may be approached-

No mind to think. No will to break.

-cat-

-sleeping cat-

-purring-

-this could be a problem-

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Psyche texts PEFE!Every.

"If I am to be met with disrespect, then I must first love myself with a fierceness no fool can take away." - Vraska, Gorgon assassin

-PEFE!Every receives a text. Her heart skips a beat or two, but that might just be a long-term consequence of being hit by a lot of lightning the other day-

...Wait.

-she goes through her text history-

-...Sunday. She was meeting Psyche Sunday.-

-awkward-

-attempting to wriggle out from underneath Mew, she sends out Tuft and begins texting back-

-she shows the text to Tuft-

Tuft: <Uh, when someone offers to show you around their hometown, you say yes.>

PEFE!Every: I've seen Nimbasa. It's bad.

Tuft: <As your wingmon, I cannot condone this text.>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Oh noooo you woke the kitty!-

-Oh wait no there's the sound of a can opener from the kitchen-

-Whew, off the hook-

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Psyche blinks and screams internally. ~I offered Nimbasa as a sign of good faith, I don't know anything about its cuisine, I've been eating out of the garbage for 16 years!~

She looks back over it. ~The only... quiet? Place I know in Nimbasa is the University Library and I never actually went there. @-@ Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

She thinks for a sec and responds.

"If I am to be met with disrespect, then I must first love myself with a fierceness no fool can take away." - Vraska, Gorgon assassin

Nimbasa City

-Near Aster, a girl with copper hair and a bright red sweater perfect for this time of year is talking on the phone.-

Rose: Meeting someone? In Opelucid? Right, okay. Ooooooh. Uh, awkward. Good luck with th— oof!

-Due to being distracted, Rose walks right into the dark-haired girl and drops her phone.-

Rose: Aah! Sorry about that!

edited 17th Dec '17 9:31:09 AM by BittersweetNSour

-the Group is proceeding through the corridors, Emily and Thomas out in front and sweeping for any sort of defenses-

Leader: Guess they— or, y'know, we didn't count on someone coming in from underground.

Nathan: Or an alternate universe.

Leader: Well, that too.

Harriet: Keep your voices down. It's hard enough muffling all of our footsteps. And breathing.

Leader: Sorry.

Nathan: Sorrynotsorry.

Rita: Could you not?

-Emily and Thomas suddenly stop-

Emily: Someone's coming!

Thomas: One person. Male, young, ambitious, slightly stressed. Gay. Isaac?

Isaac: Trans-universal relationships rarely work.

Thomas: I obviously meant that you should attempt to open negotiations.

Isaac: Because we're both gay, Thomas? Is that why I should do it?

Thomas: N-no, I—

Isaac: -giggles-

Thomas: ...Are you serious?

Isaac: I'm the only likable one here. I'm on it.

-ignoring glares from Emily and Rita, he steps forward-

Leader: Harriet.

Harriet: (tensely) Give me a second. Multiple distinct illusions are complicated.

-she moves her hands a little differently, and the invisibility around Isaac fades, replaced by...well, Isaac. Instead of a combat uniform, he's wearing a gray labcoat. Without the mask and body armor, he's revealed as a slim young man with dark brown skin and hair-

-oddly, his eyes are a bright yellow-

Emily: Put your best food forwards.

Isaac: Always do.

-he puts on a confident grin, just as another man walks around the corner. This one, naturally, is wearing a PEFE-issued labcoat-

-which is certainly not gray-

Researcher: ...

Isaac: ...

Researcher: ...Wh-what are you—

-and he falls asleep as Suri steps out of the illusion, tossing a Hypnosis his way-

Suri: Nailed it.

Leader: ...Again, good work.

-Suri beams. Harriet grumbles and reapplies the invisibility as the group surrounds the sleeping researcher-

Leader: Who is this man?

PEFE!Every: ...

-she reads the text a couple times-

PEFE!Every: ...I'm an idiot.

Tuft: <Huh?>

PEFE!Every: I asked for somewhere quiet. She's deaf.

Tuft: <Welp. That's on you; I don't even know her.>

-PEFE!Every sighs-

Tuft: <At least put an exclamation point.>

PEFE!Every: Your advice has not been serving me well today.

-she sends the text as-is-

---

-downstairs, Mew may find a Haxorus opening a can of tuna with his face-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-thusly observed, their location waveform collapses-

Nimbasa City

Megan: "Oof! Oh no, sorry!"

-She bends down to pick up Rose's phone-

Thespi: <See? We've already bumped into someone!>

Pollen: <Oh, so you think this random girl could be the key to some "great, overarching storyline"? When has that ever happened? Also, she bumped into us!>

Thespi: -heatedly- <It could happen!>

Pippy: -having steadied Megan, looks over Rose for signs of injury- <I hope you are all right...>

-...trying to convey sentiment through tone rather than language-

No mind to think. No will to break.

-it appears that the sound is coming from a giant Haunter methodically opening every can in the cupboard, sorting the contents into various pots-

Haunter: <Hm? Oh. It's you. Long time no see. I don't like what you've done with the mammals.>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

I'm cutting this up so A) it's not one giant post after another and B) I don't want to kill myself for writing so much at once.

Alola League, Past

-Ahe walks into a room with yellow gemstones set into the walls. Standing on the other end of the room is Hala-

Hala: Welcome, Trainer! I take it you're here to fight me?

Ahe: I am.

-Ahe cracks his knuckles-

Ahe: So let's get to it.

Hala: Ha! I like your style!

-Hala sends out a Hariyama-

Ahe: Alright, then. Let's go, Arashi!

Arashi: <This is it, then. Give me all you got!>

Hariyama: <Funny. I was about to say the same to you.>

Arashi's Drizzle made it start to rain!

Ahe: Use Hurricane!

Hala: Fake Out.

-Before Arashi can use Hurricane, Hariyama rushes forwards and slaps Arashi with both hands, making her flinch-

Arashi: <You ass! Eat a Hurricane!>

-Arashi succeeds in using Hurricane. She whips up a powerful vortex around Hariyama, damaging him greatly-

Hariyama: <You haven't taken me out yet.>

-Hariyama cocks a fist back. It becomes wreathed in electricity-

Hariyama: <I doubt you can withstand my Thunder Punch.>

Ahe: Arashi! Reversal!

Arashi: <But I can't learn Rever- oooooooh. That's what you mean.>

-Hariyama leaps forwards, striking Arashi with his Thunder Punch. Arashi's wings clamp down on Hariyama's arm-

Arashi: <Steel Wing bitch!>

-A lot of the electricity is channeled back into Hariyama. Both Arashi and Hariyama faint-

Hala: Ha! Just what I'd expect from a Trainer who made it this far!

-Hala sends out a Poliwrath, and Ahe responds with Hadilla-

You see, I mistook this for some kind of... sentient garbage.

Nimbasa City

Rose: It's fine, I'm okay, I've bumped into worse.

-The sound of a voice asking "Everything all right?" from the other side of the phone call can be heard before she takes the phone back.-

Rose: Yeah, it's all good. I'll talk later, all right? Gotta watch where I'm going.

-She hangs up, and smiles at Megan-

Rose: Sorry about that, one of my friends was trying to work out some stuff. I really should have been watching where I was going.

Psyche gives a sigh of relief. ~All righty then, let's do this.~

She blips to Ever's house and knocks on the door?

Malie City, past

Psyche flails. ~Fine, I'll text them.~

"If I am to be met with disrespect, then I must first love myself with a fierceness no fool can take away." - Vraska, Gorgon assassin

Cytosol: <She's here.>

-PEFE!Every's eyes widen-

Click!

-and she opens the door-

PEFE!Every: Um...hi.

-the group have relieved the Researcher of his things. Thomas is currently conducting a psychometric analysis of his ID-

Nathan: What's PEFE?

Thomas: Be quiet and I can tell you.

-he hands the wallet to the Leader-

Thomas: PEFE, or the Pokedex Extended Filesystem/share Endeavor, among numerous other backronyms, is an organization dedicated to the study of Pokemon.

Nathan: So what, like us?

Thomas: Actually, no. Apparently, PEFE took over the headquarters of the Pokefutures in this timeline.

Nathan: That's embarrassing.

Rita: Wait.

Leader: Rita?

Rita: Do you remember those kids who attacked us? Like, what, seven, eight years ago?

-there's a long silence-

Nathan: ...We're in a universe where a bunch of random trainers with a weird animal sapience fetish took us down?

Isaac: Wild...

Emily: I guess that means this is a revenge mission now?

Suri: Why would it be a revenge mission?

Leader: Emily's not technically wrong. Our mission was to steal as much as we could. It's just that, instead of crippling ourselves from another universe, we're crippling the organization that defeat us from another universe.

Suri: I like that better anyway!

Nathan: Of course you do.

Rita: Be nice, Nathan.

Johannes: What do we do with him?

Leader: Take the ID, coat, any other identifying features we might need.

-they do-

Leader: Rita, dispose of the body.

Rita: Right.

-silent, ghostly flames pool in her hands-

-and then real, actual flames remove any evidence that the Researcher ever existed-

Nathan: I could have gotten the Chandelure Drive. But nooo, I'm the Weavile guy.

Isaac: Well, it suits you.

Leader: Stop dawdling.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Nimbasa City

Megan: "No, it's fine, it's fine."

-...-

-Pippy nudges her-

"Oh, um..."

-she sticks out her hand-

"Hi! My name's Megan! And yours?"

-Thespi looks over from her bickering with Pollen-

Thespi: <Hey, wait, isn't she that Trial Captain?>

Pollen: -with renewed interest- <Ooh, she was tough! I CHALLENGE—>

-Megan, without looking, or seeming to recognize her any more than she has, recalls Pollen-

Megan: "Sorry, she can get a little battle-happy..."

edited 17th Dec '17 10:13:38 AM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

Driftveil City — Past

Nimbasa City

-Rose shakes Megan's hand-

Rose: I'm Rose. Nice to meet you.

-She hears Thespi and Pollen, and sharply inhales in that "wow holy shit I am suddenly very stressed" way. She keeps her smile, though.-

Rose: It's fine, they seem friendly enough.

Malie City, past

Psyche inhales deeply. ~Every's in Nimbasa what if she sees me, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

Ever's house

Psyche's currently wearing her Shiny Mega Gardevoir garb, and claps her hands at Every. ~You look cute~ ...Now I feel really overdressed.~

"If I am to be met with disrespect, then I must first love myself with a fierceness no fool can take away." - Vraska, Gorgon assassin