Virbank Complex
Hajime: "Maybe... would seem to imply they were working together and not just making a swarm..."
Buddy: <I could relax a bit, personally...>
He returns to his ball.
Horst: <I'll stick around!>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
RNP
Rabbid!Phoenix: <Bwah?>
-Then he sees the utter mountain of ice cream which Phoenix is shoveling into his backpack.-
Rabbid!Phoenix: <B... b...>
-Phoenix scratches his head, wondering what Rabbid!Phoenix—
Rabbid!Phoenix: <BWAAAAAAAAAAAH>
-The rabbid dives head-first into the pile. Phoenix shrugs and keeps shoveling.-
Alex: I couldn't find him, but I heard his Rabbid shouting. They're probably fine.
Rabbid!Alex: *eating an ice cream cone*< ...Bwah.>
Curious Mind
Pinwheel Forest
Etran and Siku follow the others.
Seafront
Mandrake: <Thank you, kind ser!>
And with that, Mandrake walks off in some direction, regardless of whether that's the way Jason went.
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Dunsparce Cloud
-Ever is outside, washing some clothes-
Ever: Slick, Shinouille, Surf!
-wait, that's not Ever-
All: Dude.
-sorry. Have you considered a haircut?-
Slick: <Sure, on it.>
Shinouille: <At your service!>
Slick: <Suck-up.>
Shinouille: <Look, I'm the new guy, okay?>
Slick: <It's been five years, dude.>
Shinouille: <I just feel like I haven't really gotten any closer to anyone since then.>
Slick: <Relax, man. We all like you.>
Shinouille: <I feel like Mako's kind of cold to me?>
Slick: <Honestly, Mako's cold to everyone. Don't worry so much.>
Shinouille: <Well, if you say so.>
-All coughs-
Slick: <Whoops. Should we—>
Shinouille: <Yeah.>
-the two hold up their hands, water swirling up around them, as it shoots into the air in a wave with a whoosh-
All: Ramiel! Whirlpool!
Ramiel: <Mhm.>
-they start to whirl, the water at the crest of the wave spiraling off as its momentum is redirected-
All: And Hallie, finish it up with Waterfall!
Hallie: <Whoo!>
-she darts at the rising wave, leaping onto it as it carries her up. She reaches the whirlpool, and dives down, swirling around as she rides the trails of water-
<This will be awesome!>
-she descends, as her own hydrokinesis focuses the falling waves even further around her-
-and suddenly she finds herself no longer moving at shocking speed, and furthermore no longer able to remain still. She floats into the air, out of the wave, and without her helping to hold it together, it frays apart into a harmless spray of water-
Ever, actually this time: Whew. Can't believe someone tried attacking us at home...nice work, Breeze.
Breeze: -not floating, and currently being held up by Ever- <I do what I can~>
All: Ever!
Ever: Huh?
All: Can you not do that?
Ever: Wait, All, were those waves you?
All: Um, yeah, who else would they be?
Ever: Literally anyone? I didn't even know you were in Hoenn.
All: I usually go to Hoenn to wash my clothes.
Ever: Why...?
All: There's a lot of water here.
Ever: Don't you live by the ocean?
All: You wouldn't understand.
Ever: Clearly.
All: ...What did you do to Hallie?
Ever: Breeze Skill Swapped her Levitate.
All: ...
-he sends out a Gyarados-
Sycorax, can you—
Sycorax: <If helping isn't something Breeze'll/Then yes, I shall retrieve the weasel.>
-All and Ever both wince-
Ever: You couldn't have rhymed water and otter?
Sycorax: <A near rhyme at best/Please leave me at rest.>
Ever: I think you could have made it work.
Sycorax: <...Unless to my jaws you're disposed/Perhaps you should keep your own jaws closed.>
Ever: Huh. That was pretty good.
All: ...Sycorax, please just go get Hallie.
-Sycorax flies up to do this-
Muninn: <Your family is fascinating.>
Ever: You have no idea.
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Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Shinobi: <Nier? Alright, we'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the help, sir>
-He likewise heads off before the group can leave him behind-
Meet The New Boss
Alonya: Yes, we have quit the vision for the future at Iron... -chuckles-
-there is a pause-
Do you think it's possible to find that future... another way though? Not like not Mauville, that's doing fine, but... you know. I've gotten... Curious.
Noble Elemental: Oooh, nice names. Want to be a team?
Dave: The lab's in Almia, of all places. Here...
-gives Tagg coordinates-
-The Bwahliance enters the Rabbid base to discover it is... Suprisingly high-tech-
Beep-O: <This is certainly more than I expected!>
-Some Rabbids gesture the group over to a computer terminal-
-poof-
-Arika and Zumi are Lycanroc-
Arika: <At least we're bipeds again.>
Zumi: <We just need t h u m b s...>
Contact Me!
Dunsparce Cloud
-Breeze has returned Hallie's ability, and Ever and All have parted ways-
Ever: Well, good to know if anyone ever attacks the Stormchaser by summoning a bunch of waves and channeling them through a Waterfall, that we can disrupt it really easily.
Breeze: <Exactly!>
Muninn: <...Why are you like this?>
-Ever shrugs-
Muninn: <...Do you mind if I visit the mall? All this water has given me an intense craving for fries.>
Ever: Sure, do whatever. I've got a summoning spell up and if you're not back in two hours I'll use it.
Muninn: <...That's one way of enforcing curfew.>
Ever: I am responsible for you.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Mall
An Alolan Raticate is here, examining things curiously.
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Flying Colors
Vierr: That was sarcasm, dumbass, we're not superheroes.
Evan: I'm a superhero!
Vierr: I've had to save your ass twice now, kid.
Evan: ...I'm just a really unlucky superhero, okay?
Vierr: Lucius was a really unlucky superhero. Also a complete jackass, but that's aside the point.
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Dunsparce Cloud
-Muninn, who is largely indifferent to the affairs of Raticate, goes to get fries from the nearby food court-
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Flamebringer
Mallville
The Raticate sees the Mimikyu.
Raticate: Hm...that one matches the description I was given. Now just to get that blasted bat on this.
Muninn would likely be able to get the fries fine but once he departs he might feel some sort of Look that might have done something while he was a Latios but not so much now.
After a brief pause, a Crobat with one of his lower wings replaced by wood swoops in to try and grab Muninn.
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"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Dunsparce Cloud
-Muninn is snacking, and so does not pay attention to the Look-
-and then he is grabbed, dropping the fries-
Muninn: <Hey!>
-he Slashes at the Crobat-
<What is this?! Put me down!>
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Meet The New Boss
Alonya: Like... Is there truly no room for the gods? Maybe the system needs to be deconstructed some other way? Iron's path seems sound but...
Noble Elemental: Okay... -to Evan- You want to be a team, then?
Contact Me!
Mallville
The Crobat is Slashed at, but maintains his composure.
Crobat: <Hehe, no can do buddy. Boss wants ya.>
He tries using a Confuse Ray to disorient Muninn while he continues flying.
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"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Dunsparce Cloud
Muninn: <Gah! That isn't going to...work...>
Flying Colors
Evan: Yeah! A league of superheroes to fight actual real supervillains is exactly what I've been waiting for!
Vierr: As long as I don't have to save your ass a third time, I don't care.
The Flamebringer
Curious Mind
Castelia
Etran looks around. "This is, uh, not quite what I expected."
He looks at the computer Terminal.
edited 23rd Feb '18 1:57:32 PM by etran12
like christ, but with more nails
-a certain Helix evangelist is trudging through the streets of Slateport-
Arkady: <Lew.>
Lewis: -grunts faintly-
Arkady: <I know you're still mad at me for dragging you off that island. But let me explain, since you wouldn't really let me talk then - It was pretty well destroyed. The area where Manasseh last saw her... I just don't see how she would've survived if that entire part just collapsed. Dasher's fast, but not that fast. That Pollen girl couldn't detect her like she could Manasseh. Plus, what if those Iron tossers came back. And if not, I reckon you would've stayed there until you starved to death.>
Lewis: ...
Arkady: <I miss her, too. But I'd miss you more.>
Lewis: ... Arkady.
Arkady: -gently- <We've searched long enough. I think it's time to go home.>
<(Exactly.)>
-Lewis' head snaps up and Arkady jumps-
Arkady: <Whozzat?>
-a pair of Wobbuffet emerge from around a corner, both wearing pink aviator sunglasses-
Wobbuffet: <Hey, boss. Could you spare a few seconds?>
Lewis: ...What?
Arkady: -frowns at them under his petals-
Wobbuffet 2: <Would ya like to play a game?>
Lewis: Um. A game...?
Wobbuffet: <It's called Shadow Tag. Aw, c'mon, it'll be quick! On the count of three, ready? One... Two- >
-the street is quiet and nearly empty. There is no sign of the most recent occupants, except for a disoriented Murkrow staggering around. It is bruised and dropping feathers with every step.-
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
No voice to cry suffering
-they ooooooh at the tech, and return to their conversation-
Megan: That does not sound like the sort of origin story I'd want... ._.
Thespi: -half-jokingly- <Aw, pooh.>
<Oh hey, we're with the heroes now! So by the ✨Law of Drama✨ you should already have an origin story, riiight?>
-she hints, by way of grin-
Megan: ...
Pippy: <...>
Megan: ....W-well, I wouldn't say it's, particularly interesting...
-Megan and Pippy avoid looking at each other-
Vee: <Heh, we hung around in Pastoria for the past ten years, watching other people go by. Which was nice, I gotta say, but we're on the stage now~>
-Thespi grins like she'd be clapping excitedly if she had hands-
Thespi: <eeeeeeeee!>
Megan: H-honestly, at this point, I'd rather be someone else's origin story than get another one. Like...yours, Thespi.
-Thespi's eyes widen-
Thespi: <M-me?>
-embarrassedly- <Oh gosh, I-I dunno, I'm here for other people's stories, y'know?>
-...staring intensely into space- <...there's so many stories about someone from humble beginnings, though. So many. I've heard and watched and read...>
-and they head over to the computer terminal-
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No mind to think. No will to break.
Leaving Mallville
Crobat: <Ehehe, watch me.>
As he continues carrying Muninn away, adjusting weight for the Disguise bust, he chomps down with a Poison Fang.
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Fwomph
Castelia City, Rabbid Bunker
Huh, impressive. Doesn't help the comparisons with the other small bouncy, loud, merchandise bait but hey still good to see they can construct things.
-He shrugs and steps over to the console-
Computer, engage exposition.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Virbank Complex:
"No kidding, I've seen the occasional swarm back in Hoenn, but I've never seen them having more than one pokemon species. I don't even know why they started attacking us, but they were definitely in a frenzy...and is it just me or did they seem more tactical than most wild mons?" Mark wondered as he recaptured his mons and began headed back toward the Virbank Pokemon Center.
Living The Fever Dream