Artoria Eemps.

Artoria: "Um, hello?"

---

Tamamo: "Nope! Not related☆" Natalie scoots in awkwardly to fill a glass with water.

Natalie: "Oh, hello Alonya... Scarlette? And, uh, new guy."

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

Clavis Conservatory

<Not related?> Sylveon parroted. <What do you mean by that?

<Looks like it's not gonna matter anyway,> She observed as Amaterasu loped in with a Full Restore landing close to Tamamo. <Use it,> she barked, pawing at Rowan for him go full Ninetales so the Full Restore would work better.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Aspertia City Gym:

The Riolu is hit in the chest with the tackle, but still remains on their feet. At almost half their health remaining, the Riolu was determined to win as Mark then ordered, "You going to stand there and take it? Show that dog a Focus Palm to the face!" Riolu would promptly do just that as they forcefully delivered a Focus Palm attack right into the Lilipup's forehead.

Living The Fever Dream

Clavis Family HOUSE OF PAIN

Izaya: Well... Shouldn't you be careful?

-A Weezing hovers nearby-

---

Ilya: Hello! I am Ilyasveil Von Fucking Dracoknight, and this is my younger brother, Heracles Von Fucking Dracoknight.

Heracles: -snarls a greeting, then another snarl indicating the "Fucking" is mandatory-

---

Neon: -sticks his head out of the group hug- But I skipped puberty! I wouldn't know!

Team Iron Water Cooler of Fun

Alonya: What Scarlette said. I had... Other matters to attend to.

-She perks up when Natalie shows up-

Hello Natalie! This is Lucius.

Aspertia Gym, past

-The Lilipup goes down. Cheren claps.-

Cheren: Congrats! You earned my badge...

-he tosses it over-

But I can tell from the look in your eyes that's not the only thing you're looking for here.

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Contact Me!

-Alice huffs.-

Alice: It is practical formal attire, thank you.

-It's worth noting at this point that her eyeliner is very thick.-

-Lucius bows his head at Scarlette and Alonya.-

Lucius: That's good, at least. Sorry that I couldn't do more to help. Though... other matters?

-He looks over at Natalie.-

Lucius: Oh, uh, hi. I'm new.

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.

Lady Finger the Maractus: -cheers from behind Ryklys-

Read: <I suppose we could drag this out for drama...>

Read used Earth Power!

Read: <...but me and Klav's spaghetti would get cold.>

Cephas: <Hm... it's on the other side of this block I think?>

-seeing a hotel, he decides to cut through it as a shortcut-

Cephas: <...this is decorated in entirely too much gold trim.>

<...wait a minute.>

???: What's this pet doing in here scram. Get him out, get him out.

Cephas: <...>

> ACT

>> Dessert Cart

>>> Pie

>>>> Express Severe Disagreements

-Cephas is Rolling Out of the hotel, pursued by lovely men in black suits-

-he dives into a sewer drain to elude pursuit-

Cephas: <...okay, maaaaaybe I should lay low for a while...>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Clavis Family Residence, Pain Train

Megan: ...be careful?

Thespi: <Yes, reveal your secrets, chuckle man...>

No mind to think. No will to break.

Right next to Alice

Gabe: Did somebody say Full Goth?!

Contact Me!

Mordred: <... Safe to assume that that growl means the 'Fucking' is a mandatory part of your legal name?>

Artoria: "Oh, uh, hello. I am Artoria, and this is Mordred."

Natalie gives Lucius a smile. "Doctor Natalie Weiss. A pleasure." She extends a matte-black polymer hand to shake.

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

Clavis Residence

Your parents must get some sorta laugh outta that, Colt mused as he shook his head and approached, unsure if his presence was welcome anymore.

He said nothing, but was visible. Not offensively visible, but still.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Nero: <...Well, it's a victory for this universe. And you'll note, the battle ended in the sun.>

-he's knocked unconscious by the attack, and the sunlight fades away to the Mauville evening-

Vilkas: ...

-he grins-

Good battle, Ryklys.

Vilkas: Hmph. Team...well, Team Blue triumphs.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Celadon City

Kai: Oh, sure, the suit is practical, and under normal circumstances, I'd think it's exactly the perfect amount of effort put into one's appearance. But your makeup tells a very different story, dear Alice~

-She blinks as Gabe appears, and beams-

Kai: Gabe! Hey! Alice, Liam, this is Gabe, a relatively new acquaintance of mine. Gabe, this is Liam, who deserves the world and has never done anything wrong in his life, and Alice, an old friend and your new competition in gothness.

Iron Cooler

-Scarlette lets Alonya answer Lucius about the "other matters", instead greeting Natalie-

Scarlette: Oh, hey. I'm Scarlette. I don't think we've gotten a chance to meet.

-She sets down her cup temporarily to offer her own handshake after Lucius.-

Clavis Manor

Ludmilla: Shush you. Don't remind me.

Selene: One, big, dysfunctional supernatural family~

Doomsday: <Can we stop hugging? I'm getting slightly murderous.>

Selene: Ah, good times~

-Alice frowns.-

Alice: It was a formal event. Makeup was expected.

-She turns to face Gabe.-

Alice: Oh, hello there.

-Liam goes very red somewhere within his hoodie and nods at Gabe.-

Liam: Uh, h-hi. This is a lot of p-people...

-Lucius stares at Natalie's extended hand.-

Lucius: ...Oh my god you have a robot hand that is so cool

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.

Natalie raises her other hand as well. "Two of them, actually. Amongst other things."

Seeing as Lucius is dorking out, she shakes Scarlette's hand. "Not formally, no."

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

Celadon

-Verax wakes up-

-And he looks around the hotel room-

---

Regina: <Argentum, have you seen Jacob?>

Argentum: <Not since yester->

<... Oh no.>

Regina: -She tilts her head- <Is something wrong? I merely find it odd he would leave without telling us.>

Argentum: <When has he done that before?>

Regina: <... Where is Siegfried? Where is Seigfried??>

---

-A cloaked human sits perched atop a building overlooking the Clavis Estate-

Wraith: ".... They look like they had so much fun."

---

Ezran: -She's sitting in a room in the Pokemon Center, playing with Chrysanthemum- "Well, I'm stuck here until the boss shows back up... I guess we could go see if there's an archery range. A city this big has to have one, right?"

---

-A woman dressed in a black turtleneck sweater and heavy jeans strolls into town with a Sableye on her shoulder and a large Kommo-o behind her-

???: -She smirks and removes her sunglasses-

-She's young, could not be a day over 19-

-She flips her long obsidian black hair out of her face-

"So! Vetala! Bhima! I think we're in the place, yeah?"

SableyeVetala: <Looks like it..!>

Kommo-oBhima: <YES! We have done well to make it this far, Kalida.>

???Kalida: "Great! Then this next step of our mission!" -She pauses to point out at the city-

"Begins!!"

-Vetala and Bhima both let out a cheer and pose with her-

-Beat-

"... As great as we look, we should probably actually move into the city."

Vetala: <Probs.>

Bhima: <Let us proceed!>

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

Clavis Party

-Pent just keeps up the hug, though it's light enough that the silly Doomsday can slip free probably-

So. Anyone else hungry?

A Kitchen, Earlier Today, The Present

-The kitchen smelt of burnt carbohydrates and raw flour, and Pent was sleeping, face collapsed into a half-full bag of castor sugar-

Chirpy Monvoice: <I'm surprised he managed to sleep through half an hour of that beeping>

zzzzzzz

Illusionary Humanvoice: Yeesh these are basically charcoal.

Actual Humanvoice: How many attempts did he get through before falling asleep?

Chirpy Monvoice: <This was the fourth batch>

Verminous Monvoice: <I don't see why he can't of just bought some damn cookies.>

Weasel-y Monvoice: <The lad's trying to make something special and homemade to impress his girl.>

Verminous Monvoice: <Well he doesn't need to tell her that they're store-bought.>

Actual Humanvoice: He really needs help.

Illusionary Humanvoice: You should make some he can gift!

Fake Ass Kalosian Accent Monvoice: <Vonderful, perfect idea.>

Actual Humanvoice: I can't cook.

Chirpy Monvoice: <You can't?>

Actual Humanvoice: I have catering staff.

Verminous Monvoice: <Well I doubt you'd be any more incompetent at it than him.>

Fake Ass Kalosian Accent Monvoice: <I believe the phraze is 'hold my beer'~>

Actual Humanvoice: Alright fine, where's the recipe?

Chirpy Monvoice: <It kinda got immolated when Pent left it on the baking tray on batch three.>

Actual Humanvoice: Guess we're freestyling this.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

-If I may. There is another option.-

The human visage of the Pen appeared before the group, -We glitch it and just bend reality to say there were always cookies.-

It grinned, -No less unusual than any of my other constructs. Only edible.-

Revali lead the group outside, showing that now part of the city was coated in ice, a shriek split the sky and the visage in the fog of the Grand Articuno taking flight could be seen.

<Tell me about it. Bad enough they warp reality...>

As for the Golem and the Growlithe, <Unless you can get someone to help, you're going to prison this time...>

<Yes actually,> The Airidos responded.

Iron Aux Base

Zrone: -He's picking apart the main cannon of one of his two remaining Sectopods and fixing it up a bit-

"Maintenance is obnoxious but ultimately necessary..."

Reaper: <... You're very boring.>

Zrone: "I HAVE NO WORK TO DO SO I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE BIGGER GUNS SMALLER TO PUT THEM IN THE STOMPY STOMP MACHINE UNTIL I DON'T HAVE TO JUST KILL TIME"

Reaper: <No need to shout->

Zrone: "WHEN HAVE I EVER DONE ANYTHING OUT OF NEED???"

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

Vali City

Colt drew a Great Ball and lobbed it upward, the visage of a Ninetales appearing and soon landing in front of them, she let her Drought activate before deciding to stay out and prime a few wisps on her tails and slowly let them build up some heat.

"<Fuck me,>" Amaterasu and her trainer swore upon recognizing the Articuno buggering off.

"Cynthia, do you know Teleport, Levitate, or anything we can use to get up to the Articuno? Because I don't think we'll have the time to throw the other airship together," he reasoned.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Celadon — Hotel

-Paula, surprisingly, did not mysteriously vanish overnight.-

-She's still there, asleep, a grin plastered on her face.-

-Again, it might be cute to someone who doesn't care that she's a huge asshole-

Clavis Family HOUSE OF PAIN

-Heracles nods at Mordred-

Ilya: So, what brings you two to this party? The J-Team, I presume?

---

-The Arbok slithers closer, circling-

Izaya: Well!

-he swirls his martini glass-

There is a group much like the J-Team called the Dollars, centered around this very city of Celadon in particular! And you know what I did a few years ago? I broke them. Took the help of a berry corporation, but I pulled it off. The Dollars are still around, but a shell of their former selves, still recovering. Not that I needed them dead anyway; I had other plans, and there was only one particular person I had to really screw over.

-the Arbok circles closer, and Izaya leans in-

And just how do you know someone won't break the J-Team?

---

Neon: Er, sorry, sis...

-to Pent- I am!

Celadon Mean Streets

Gabe: Really?! I look forward to our new rivalry! When I'm not wrangling that Evan case, that is...

Team Iron Cool Cooler Of Fun

Alonya: Anyway... -sighs- It's about my brother.

Contact Me!

Ryklys: -says nothing, but flashes a big toothy smile-

Read: <So, where's the spaghetti?>

Waiter: -stands nervously beside a large table of food-

Read: <Oh, Klav, this way!>

-Ryklys grumbles, plopping down into a chair around the table-

Ryklys: Alternate universes don't count. No telling Muninn about this.

-she releases a Charizard and Venusaur and starts tending to her team-

-Cephas is in a maze of twisty passages, all alike-

Cephas: <Now which way was north...>

-he spies a shadow on the wall around the next bend-

Cephas: ?

-a shadow of a large, round, bulbous head, with scrawny tentacles dangling below it...-

Cephas: <NIHILEGO!>

-He dashes down the tunnels in the opposite direction-

...

...

...

-the shadow's owner rounds the bend, lifting the brim of her large, floppy hat-

Zoroark Green: <Did somebody say something?> :?

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Clavis Family Residence, Betrayal

-as they listen to Izaya, horror grows a mouth and screams inside them-

Megan: -stunned immobility- ...

Pippy: <...get back>

-he attempts to spin his gross blob of punch water into a ring between them and the terrors closing in-

Thespi: -behind Pippy, horrified- <He's a villain! Not a real-estate agent!>

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No mind to think. No will to break.

-the area gets just a tiny bit warmer as +1 body heat is added to it-

-someone's standing next to Izaya. Someone blue from the Latios-themed Mimikyu on the top of their head, to the tip of their shoes'... -sigh- toes-

Ever: Izaya, to whomst are you lying?

-he gives Megan a somewhat sheepish smile-

- Vilkas and Vilkas both sit down-

Vilkas: (to Ryklys) You lost fair and square.

- Vilkas rolls his eyes-

Klavazazel: -barks happily- <Do you think we'll have enough spaghetti for four?>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.