ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

At the conclusion of their night, Artoria turns to Corrin.

Artoria: "This..." -She looks down, before looking back up at Corrin, smiling.- "This was nice."

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

...

Magneton fainted!

Wattson is out of usable Pokémon!

-Wattson lets out a hearty laugh.-

-Jessica does a V for Victory pose.-

Wattson: "Not bad, girlie! You're a fine trainer."

Jessica: "Thanks!"

-Heaty flicks his whip, smirking, before letting it dissipate into smoke.-

Wattson: "Here!"

Jessica recieved the Dynamo Badge!

Jessica recieved the Generation 6 TM72 - Volt Switch!

Wattson: "You might not get much use out of that, but it's good to have. Good luck!"

Jessica: "Thanks!"

edited 21st Feb '18 4:54:32 PM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

-Corrin turns to Artoria, beaming. For a moment, she seems like she's about to gush about the performance, but she catches herself and composes herself, instead giving Artoria a calm smile-

Corrin: It was. I'm glad this could happen.

Ever: Cool. I mean, I basically did anyway, but nice to hear that it's official.

Brie: You can't own someone's soul.

Ever: You can't.

-...-

Ever: Anyway, yeah, you should tell Alli. I'm sure she'll be thrilled.

Muninn: <...You should check on my sister. Out of the two of us, I think she may be the more dangerous at this point.>

-Ever blinks-

Muninn: <...And for what it's worth, Waka, and I understand that isn't much...I'm sorry.>

Ever: Well.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Artoria nods. "We should do it again someday."

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

Waka: -to Muninn- <...I... I understand.>

-and he flies off-

-Once enough people reach the gates, the remaining Rabbids dissolve as if they have been K Oed-

Beep-O: -to Pent, observing the sight- <I don't know... But I have a feeling the answer's waiting in Castelia.>

-the group thus heads in that direction-

-Alonya is around-

edited 21st Feb '18 5:18:46 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Corrin: I'd be glad to. You know, I do still owe you swordplay lessons one of these days.

Natalie walks up Alonya. "Fancy meeting you here." Artoria grins. "Yes, you did promise."

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

Cupid hops up and down extra puffy.

Cupid: <I'm telling you! She's building a giant robot to carry us across to Hoenn!> :V

Amber pats Cupid and hugs him.

Amber: You're a silly, happy Pidgey, Cupid!

Solana looks into her tea.

Solana: Aye... I got the reports back from Volpe, and the pictures. That, and I've been the head monitor of the captive we nicked from the Unova base. Well, me and my assistant Mattie~

Lifealope pours himself another cup.

Lifealope: {We will defeat them. I'm sure of it}

Xerneas examines his empty pot.

Xerneas: I've observed your little ragtag group for the past four-ish years now, and I have learned from watching you that adversaries don't tend to last long when they make an enemy out of you...

Solana points to Xerneas.

Solana: That is true~

She takes a final swig from her tea, before looking at Mason.

Solana: So, was meetin' Xerneas as scary as you'd thought It'd be?

Lifealope and Xerneas chuckle.

Xerneas: I'm a lot more affable than many humans assume~

Lifealope: {Cousin welcomes all to his Glade~}

I'm having to learn to pay the price

-Brie at some point wandered off, going inside to check the news for anything else going on with multiverse problems-

-Ever is still on the roof, watching Muninn-

Muninn: <You haven't said anything. For almost a day.>

Ever: I'm enjoying the weather. Aren't you?

Muninn: <A day, Ever. Mortals don't do that without cause.>

Ever: You apologized.

-...-

Muninn: <...So I did.>

Ever: Whycome?

Muninn: <Some rather good advice I received.>

Ever: Not mine, I can presume.

Muninn: <Indeed.>

-...-

Muninn: <I was told that the fact that it won't fix anything is no excuse for the forgoing of an apology. ...Well, I was told that my approach to my crimes was probably ineffective for my psychological health, but there was subtext.>

Ever: Lit.

Muninn: <...You're not using ghosts again, are you?>

Ever: Check and find out.

Muninn: <I wasn't really wondering. When I mentioned old wounds, I wasn't only talking about Waka.>

-Ever leans back a little. The wind picks up his hair-

Muninn: <It's a common enough response to trauma. I imagine the ghosts were simply a practical way of solidifying it.>

Ever: Ironic.

Muninn: <My point is...I'm sorry.>

-...-

Ever: That means a lot to hear.

Muninn: <It shouldn't. I wronged you profoundly. You were harmed, in ways even now neither of us may fully understand. Words can't fix that.>

Ever: But they are meaningful.

Muninn: <...I suppose.>

Ever: Anyway, I killed you.

Muninn: <I was trying to kill you at the time. You can hardly claim balance in the scales between us.>

Ever: I didn't mean, like, karmically, or that we're even or anything. You're still well in the red. I'm just saying, getting a little payback was fun.

Muninn: <...Presumably, the sixty or so years remaining to our partnership are part of this payback.>

Ever: I've got good genes; I'll be around for a while yet. Though I suppose ten years isn't terribly important to you.

Muninn: <I've thought that way before, but it's not consistent with sanity. Every year is important.>

Ever: That's almost sweet.

-the two lapse into silence as the stars come out, and the wind blows-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Silas was whistling looking over the forge, <I could make something down here.>

Hacks nodded before pulling his attention over to Harbinger, <What is it?>

<We're good at keep our lips sealed.>

-Mason chuckles mirthlessly, and gladly lets the subject of the Flare raid fade into the past. He stares into his cup for a moment.-

Mason: Well... I feel like... this has taken a bit of a weight off my shoulders, at least. Talking about all of this. A-all those years ago, when you healed me, you never said a word, and it... left me questioning a lot of things, and I never had any of the answers until now.

Corrin: Then shall we plan on that being the focus next time?

 LaRousse 

-Practices harmonica while my mons play Head-It-

 Pinwheel Gates 

-Ann and co follow-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Gates

-Pent nods, stows his sniper and throws out a few heals to anyone that looks hurt as the team heads in-

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Xerneas smiles at Mason.

Xerneas: Well, the reason I didn't speak is because I was projecting myself. Considering that, at the time, I was still trapped in the Feywilds...

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Castelia City

“Nice to be back,” Colton observed as he walked through the city, having returned Julius and Kazuma and stuffing the Orange Scarf back in his pocket.

“But what exactly is here? I’m sure I would have noticed it - but probably not from my apartment, now that I think about it,” he considered as he pocketed Pot Shot and Sylveon’s Desire. “Where to, Beep-O?”

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Artoria: "That sounds like a wonderful idea."

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

Alonya: Natalie! I've been meaning to see you since I got out of the hospital!

-soon enough, Laura and the Rabbids have indeed assembled five Solgaleo-like robots-

Laura: -to Cupid- I almost just built a portal gun but your idea was more fun!

Rod: Laura, are you su-

Laura: Positive!

-looks around-

Hmmm... we need a fifth pilot...

-grabs a Rabbid-

You can be the leg!

Rabbid: <Bwah!>

-She and the Rabbid climb into their respective robots. Rod sighs and climbs into his-

-The group arrives here, to find the place filled with Rabbids-

-Many of them are carrying things to the center of the city-

Contact Me!

-Mason blinks-

Mason: That's a real thing? Is that, like, where the Fairy-type was before it just appeared out of the blue a couple years ago?

Corrin: I'll certainly look forward to it, then.

-She yawns-

Corrin: It's getting rather late... We should head back to sleep for the night.

Channah: -sits on a nearby bench, listening to the music-

Thierry: -shyly watches the Head-It game

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

Remy and Emilie blink.

Remy: What.

Emilie: <...Huh...> -Turns to look at Cupid- <Guess you were right, Cupid. She was building a robot.>

Cupid twitters happily.

Cupid: <Horray! Giant robot!> ^v^

Amber gasps

Amber: Oh my gosh! That's so cool!!

Amber scurries and climbs up to take her place in the robot as one of the arms.

Remy and Emilie shrug as they take their place in the other leg.

Xerneas nods.

Xerneas: Indeed it is. In fact, the Glade of Life of which you are sitting at this very moment is, in fact, a liminal space between the main world and the Feywilds.

Solana: Yep!

Lifealope: {Indeed.}

edited 21st Feb '18 7:56:45 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Artoria yawns as well. Damn contagious yawns. "Yes, probably." Natalie: "Oh?"

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

-The Harbringer nods, satisfied.-

The Harbringer: <You all saw Farkas. He's not the only one. The whole circle had the beast blood.>

-As he speaks, Aela unsheathes her Leaf Blade dagger and hands it to the Harbringer.-

The Harbringer: <After some delibaration, we've decided to induct you into the Circle. If you wish.>

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-Shaun, Jessica, and Jamie are indeed in a store.-

-It appears to be some combination of a Hot Topic, a tattoo and piercing parlor, and a hair/fur salon.-

Shaun: "I can't believe we're doing this."

Jessica: "I told you, I wanted to celebrate our victories!"

-They stop outside the tattoo/piercing area.-

Shaun: "Jamie, you can look around. Don't get in any trouble."

-Jamie salutes with his tails and marches off to the salon to look at dyes.-

Shaun: "Tattoos first?"

-Jessica nods. They both begin looking at the various designs.-

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

-Megan and Pippy jet out of the pipe in time to see the mass-disintegration-

Vee: -about to swing Rabbid!Megan at another Rabbid, who dissolves before she can- <...huh.>

-she looks around, then swirls back into her regular Vaporeon shape-

-regaining the use of her regular vocal cords- <Well, that's convenient.>

-and Megan reaches out and scoops her and Rabbid!Megan up as she and Pippy jet by-

Megan: Maybe good to know, tactically!

Vee: <Indeed~>

Rabbid!Megan: BWAAAH!

Pippy: <What an interesting scenario.>

Megan: Well hey, if the universe is apparently giving us puzzles to solve, there's an implication that they're solvable, all of them! Things're looking up from here! ^_^

Megan: ...

Vee: <...>

Pippy: <...>

Rabbid!Megan: -waving at another of the many, many Rabbids in the city- Bwaaah!

-...-

-pop-

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Megan: ...I know. >_>

Thespi: -nods-

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edited 21st Feb '18 8:14:32 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

-Corrin nods, and they head off for the night.-

-And this interaction can finally come to a close.-

Mason: That... certainly explains the odd feeling in the air...

-He finishes his cup-

Mason: ...Thank you. For bringing me here, Sol, and for forgiving me, Lord Xerneas...

edited 21st Feb '18 8:26:04 PM by BittersweetNSour