ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Brie: Well, hey, maybe I'll battle the Gyms here. Challenge you myself.

-her smile seems less forced now-

...Thank you. For being here.

-Brie and Ever are sitting on a couch. PEFE!Every is passed out near them, over a summoning circle-

-wait, wasn't she...?-

-well, that's not the important issue right now-

Ever: You're sure you're okay?

Brie: I'm fine, i keep telling you. It was a really, really horrible experience, I've had some time to recover, it's alright.

Ever: Sure...

Brie: Also, do you know why there's a bowl of melted ice cream in the kitchen?

Ever: Probably PEFE!Every's fault. She likes to make it into a lukewarm soup.

Brie: ...What? Why?

Ever: I don't know and I fear finding out.

Brie: Well.

-she goes to put the ice cream away. Ever watches her, frowning-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

???

No mind to think. No will to break.

-A few Rabbids get sniped and such, but start firing back-

-A few Hoppers try to Bounce on the group, even as Lina attempts to snipe them-

Dr. Multiman: Good, since you don't seem to be fairing well against mine. ATTAAAAAACK!

-More attacks converge on the second Death Egg, including a triple Dragon Pulse from Absolute Virtue-

Absolute Virtue: <You could put up more of a ssssssssstruggle than this!>

Dr. Multiman: -sees the Shadow plushie- ...Huh?

-Umbra and Ammy check their texts and give each other a Look™️-

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Contact Me!

-Pippy slides forward, Vee returning fire ahead of them-

Megan: -glancing up- Incoming!

-Pippy slows and glances over his shoulder, and nods to Rabbid!Megan-

Rabbid!Megan: BWAH!

-and she sticks a pair of Snowflake Grenades in an Aqua Ring stream, which splits off and propels them upwards and at some incoming Bouncers like guided missiles, detonating on impact-

Vee: -still flattened by a Bounce or two- <BLEH>

-incensed, she reaches through her back with a liquid tail, which emerges with the Gatling gun on the end like a stinger- <That HURT>

-and she lets loose at the perhaps unfortunate Rabbids who landed on her-

---

Further back, in a tree

Human!Thespi: I've got you in my sights...

-and she snipes at a few more falling Rabbids-

No mind to think. No will to break.

Pinwheel Mishmash

From behind his cover, Colt’s phone buzzed. He drew it and looked at the message. Like clockwork, he looked at his pocket and heard Xatu’s voice in his head.

Give me a bit.

While he waited for Xatu he trailed Monoxide through the pipe and leveled Pot Shot before firing. He quickly drew his phone and texted upon hearing the abbreviations from Xatu.

Sunny recovering from fresh wounds she had to tank for herself and Kazuma, chased after Monoxide but didn’t go through the pipe.

Kazuma couldn’t either, and ended up sitting behind the Delphox again. She growled a little but held her tongue.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Pinwheel Forest

Rabbid Maggie gets bounced on, but keeps going, popping out of the tube and shooting at the Rabbids from behind with er electric blaster.

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

-Kai smiles back-

Kai: Any time. I know as well as anyone that we all need someone there for us from time to time.

-Peck peck peck.-

-Peck peck peck.-

-Peck peck peck.-

Kai: ...Uh... coming...???

-Kai opens her door.-

-She looks down. A very small bird with glittering orange feathers chirps.-

Nix: <Hey!>

Kai: ...Oh. Uhh... hey, Nix. What are you doing here people are going to see you

Nix: <Psh, you and dad both worry too much. Speaking of, come on, he wants to talk to you!>

-Kai gulps-

Kai: Okay.

---

-Kai follows Nix outside, where a familiar disguised Pidgey is waiting on a tree branch. The Pidgey narrows his eyes.-

Pidgey(?): <Nix! Did you really just drop your disguise the moment you were out of my sight?>

Nix: <It's fiiiiiine, dad! These Battle Frontier guys are used to seeing Legendaries around, right?>

Pidgey(?): <That's not...>

-The Pidgey facewings.-

Pidgey: <Okay, fine, that leads into the point of this meeting anyway.>

-Kai just sorta stares as the argument ends and the seeming Pidgey reverts to his normal, much larger form.-

Pidgey(?) Ho-oh: <Anyway, yes, hello, Kai.>

Kai: Um hi

Ho-oh: <My daughter has been pestering me for a while about this, so... at this point, I suppose you're more than capable of handling the task. As she mentioned, a number of other Legendary Pokemon are on particularly close terms with the Frontier Brains, correct?>

Kai: -Clears throat- Ahem, uh, yeah, they do. Anabel mentioned that she spends a fortune on Pop-Tarts for Raikou.

Ho-oh: <Don't remind me. Anyway, Nix has been very eager to be involved with this whole Frontier business herself, so I'm relenting. But first, it will take a test of responsibility.>

Kai: Okay... uh, what will the test in question be?

Nix: <I'm gonna stick around with you for the next year!>

Ho-oh: <Ahem, yes. Nix will be in your care until this time next year. If you fear something happening that might endanger either or both of you at any point during this time period, summon me, and we can end it early.>

-He looks Kai in the eyes.-

Ho-oh: <But if any harm beyond standard battle roughhousing comes to her...>

Kai: It's on my head?

Ho-oh: <You'd best hope it doesn't come to that.>

Nix: <Dad, you don't have to be so intense about it...>

Ho-oh: <On the contrary, I absolutely do. Knowing the J-Team's history, you are significantly more likely to come in contact with the exact varieties of people who wish to do us and other Legendary Pokemon harm. I trust you, Kai, to make sure it isn't a worry, but the warning is nonetheless completely necessary.>

Kai: ...If you're certain that I'm worthy of the task, then... I accept.

Nix: <Oh, thank goodness.>

Ho-oh: <Very well.>

-Ho-oh sighs, then offers a kinder smile.-

Ho-oh: <I apologize for my stern attitude, Kai. You're certainly capable of this, and I'm sure it will make Nix happy.>

Nix: <Heck yeah, it will!>

-Ho-oh chuckles.-

Ho-oh: <Unless you two have any questions, I suppose I should take my leave.>

Kai: If at risk, contact you before things get messy... okay. I think we're good. Thank you.

Nix: <We've got this. We've got this.>

Ho-oh: <I'm glad to hear. Farewell, then!>

-He reverts back to his Pidgey disguise, and flies away.-

Kai: ...That sure happened.

Nix: <I'm just glad to be around someone who's less of a great golden stick in the mud.>

Kai: I shall respectfully refrain from referring to him as such.

Shadow Plushie: We have the odds, we'll make them pay

Tang: Stuck between a dragon and a sticky situation...

Basket: <I think I can fly us out while they're distracted...>

Tang: OK, everybody, retur-

Wait, where's Lua?!

-they scan the battlefield frantically-

Zavok: <Enough toying around!>

-he stomps the rooftop he's on, sending a Lava Plume cascading down into the streets towards the Mobius Society forces-

-and a Quilava-

Lua: <Fire overflow!>

-she Flame Charges back towards Tang, before running into a few Exeggutor bots-

Exegg Pawn: <Beep boop? Destroy?> -it tries to hit Lua with its face-

Shing!

-Suddenly! A gleam in the sky!-

???: <Dr. Exeggutor! And... other Dr. Exeggutor? Your reigns end today!>

-It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's not a Latii, it's a Skarmory wearing a scarf! Dives from the heavens and into the fray! Who could this intercessor be?! Why, none other than the defender of the weak, the Chrome Crusader, the-

Valiant Knight Skarmory!: <AUTOTOMIZE!>

-Our hero lobs grenades, cleverly improvised from shaken-up cans of Croagunk Cola (our sponsor!) at Absolute Virtue's eyes, before streaking at Dr. Exeggutor with an Aerial Ace OF JUSTICE!-

-A decisive blow for- -

Night Slash.

-Valiant is sent flying across the street as a figure finishes materializing in the air in front of the Exeggmobile-

-the bipedal figure hovers amid an aura of glowing red cubes, resembling a salt-and-pepper-colored Zoroark, yet wearing a Noivern mask... one eye, glowing, the other covered with a scar pattern-

Headpet: <That guy's faster than Valiant...> //(o_o)\\

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Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Dr. Exeggutor: <Behold! Tremble before my absolute power!>

-the other Death Exeggutor Robot is also destroyed in an instant, but Dr. Exeggutor doesn't even seem to notice-

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Kai: Heh. Yeah. Certainly wasn't good for mine. Didn't even work forever anyway.

-Corrin shakes her head-

Corrin: ...N-no, I'm... I'm fine.

-She couldn't be any less fine.-

Corrin: I'm fine. Yeah. Not everyone can be a hero, huh?

Soleil: <...Well, I sure think you were a hero.>

Corrin: Can we please just move off that subject?

Soleil: <Eep, sorry, Lady Corrin!>

He's family.

Tell him.

He'll never aba—

Mmm...

Ever: —I'm just saying, if you're going to make ice cream, it's polite to clean up after yourself.

PEFE!Every: (somewhat woozily) Huh? Yeah, sorry...

Ever: You good?

PEFE!Every: Uh, yes. Fell asleep while trying to replicate whatever you were doing to find Muninn.

Ever: Drink a Gatorade next time or something, okay?

PEFE!Every: Right.

-she picks herself up-

We're lonely.

Ever: Alright.

-he gives her a hollow smile-

I'm busy worrying about one cousin right now, yeah?

Please.

PEFE!Every: ...Right.

-the two glance at Brie, who...seems okay-

-she's sitting peacefully on the couch, texting-

Ever: ...Hm.

PEFE!Every: Huh?

Ever: Nothing.

They could both be happy.

Safe.

Secure.

Just—

Stop.

-she lets out a soft, nervous giggle-

-Semigloss is not very educated on people-reading, but she does have a reasonable sense of when to drop an issue, and does-

Semigloss: <...So, uh.>

-she shuffles a little closer to Soleil, who seems to have the measure of the conversation better-

<...Are you trainers?>

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Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Channah: -backs up a bit- Right, I guess...

Wild Oddish: <Pull back! Retreat! Retreat!> -runs-

Channah: -uses Quick Attack!-

Wild Oddish: <Oof!> -stumbles, and turns to use Sleep Powder- <Stay away! Horrible beast!>

Channah: -dodges the Sleep Powder and goes in for a Peck-

Wild Oddish: <Curses... Blast... Is this... my fate? My brothers - !> -faints-

Channah: -ruffles her feathers in satisfaction and huddles down for a break, surrounded by a considerable pile of fainted Oddishes and Poochyenas- <Heheh.>

Lo: <...Decent. Your Agility needs work.>

Liberty: <Reminds me of Lo when she was a small thing, attacking mons left and right!>

Channah: <Hm. Feel like I might evolve soon...>

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

-Most of the incoming Hoppers are disintegrated upon impact, but the remainder come down HARD and the rest keep firing from above. This seems to give them a damage advantage-

-Dr. Multiman bats the Shadow Plushie away-

-The humans of the Mobius forces flee the Lava Plume but the mons aim projectiles at Zavok-

-Absolute Virtue screeches at the attack and fires Moonblasts in wanton directions-

-Infinite pops out of his ball and looks at the Zoroark-

Infinite: <...Oh come on.>

Contact Me!

Pinwheel Forest

-Pent is distracted from his sniping by the text alert going off-

Hold up a second.

-He sets his phone down and lines up another shot while idly pondering whether he can slip out of this battle without anyone noticing (or getting some kind of parting shot bonus)-

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Pippy, Megan, Vee: AUGH>

-they are all further blasted from above-

Rabbid!Megan: Bwaaaah @w@

-Megan powers through to hit Vee with a heal blast before she can be knocked out by the assault-

Megan: We need—to stop this. We can't—sustain this. Dang, we need Tripod... Send Vee up?

Vee: <Nah, I don't trust the new lightning ones, and y'all'll be stuck down here while I'm up there. Not good.>

Pippy: -slowed to a halt, trying to shield Megan- <...!>

<I have an idea~>

<We should go with the rain after all!>

Megan: -taking cover and trying to keep healing everyone enough to match the damage taken- Okay, whatever you've got—do it.

Pippy used Rain Dance!

-he sends out a pulse of energy, sparking a reaction that brings down a raincloud-

-Vee suspends the rain in her vicinity, trying to get some better cover-

Vee used Aqua Ring!

---

Further back, in the trees

-Thespi continues sniping, when-

Human!Thespi: ...!

No mind to think. No will to break.

Rin is grazed by a few lucky shots, while Rabbid!Rin is not so fortunate, taking a couple of shots straight-on.

Rabbid!Rin: <BWAAAAAAH>

Archer grabs the small angery rabbit and chucks her behind a different tree, where Rabbid!Rin proceeds to heal herself.

Archer, meanwhile, steps out of cover, draws his bow, loads one of the bomb arrows, and fires at a group of Hoppers in the air.

Archer: <You stand in our way. Then perish.>

He somehow manages to not get hit throughout all of this.

Artoria makes a mental note to ask about that later.

Artoria: "Um... no, not exactly. We're both normally pokemon."

Artoria removes her scarf to demonstrate.

Artoria: <I am a Lurantis, and Corrin is a Jangmo-o.>

Cynthia seems vindicated.

Morgan: "I... guess we should follow? If nothing else, we can escape again."

Cynthia: "Hopefully... Heh, hopefully this won't be a repeat of that one time..."

Morgan: "Don't worry, you have us to make sure you don't do anything bad."

Cynthia: "Hey!"

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

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Zavok: <Don't think it will be that easy!>

-he dashes through the air, taking the projectiles head-on as he tears towards the Mobians with a Flare Blitz-

-before Valiant can even crash into the pavement, the Zoroark? is already waiting for him, kicking him towards Absolute Virtue...-

Valiant: <How did he->

-and the Zoroark appears right above the Hydreigon to catch Valiant again, where he grabs the Skarmory and slashes at the base of the dragon's wings with the bird's feathers-

Valiant: <No.. I... can't stay awake...>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Dr. Exeggutor: <Hmph!>

-one of the Exeggutor bots lifts up Valiant and places him in a capsule which attaches to Dr. Exeggutor's vehicle-

Dr. Exeggutor: <Infinite! Retreat! We've got what we wanted from here.>

-and flies away-

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

 Route 121 

-Watching-

Evolving was definitely an interesting experience.

 Pinwheel 

-Gekkota manages to get into cover, as does Rabid!Ann, but Ann gets clipped by a shot-

Ann: Ack!

Rabbid!Ann: -Uses her Heal Gun to heal her counterpart, before sniping at the enemy Rabbids-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-A few Rabbids are picked off, but they keep firing from above-

-Seems the party has to get on their level-

-Absolute Virtue screeches and tries to knock the other Infinite off with an Outrage...-

-Only to look on akwardly as Valiant is captured-

Absolute Virtue: <Thisssss sssseemssssss like a wasssste of time, Multiman...>

Dr. Multiman: They wanted a Skarmory? I have no idea what's going on here...

-to Tangerine-

Do you?

Contact Me!

Village Fountain

Nier:<That's the plan at least...>

-He lays out a map-

-A standard map of the surrounding area-

-None of which are areas the party knows however.-

-The main section centered around the village braches off 3 ways, once in a northern path where the words "Emil's House" and "Seafront" are labeled.-

-Then two other paths to the east and west-

-To the east, 2 locations are circled in red-

-Same in the west-

-Nier taps on the Mansion's note-

<That's why it's important...a friend of ours lives there by himself...things went all sorts of screwy a few weeks ago...when we met up, I offered to help find the problem and Jason jumped at the chance.>

-Shakes his head-

<Anyway, I've marked 4 possible locations we could find something at...>

-Southwest-

<The Lost Shrine, here...>

-Northwest, in a desert-

<The people of Facade could know something too...>

-Southeast-

<There's also an old abandoned factory here, could be interesting...>

-And lastly, northeast-

<And then there's the Aerie...>

-Kainé almost flinches at that...almost.-

Kainé:-to Svin-<Sounds like what, Tin Can?>

-then to the second-<And now there's two, great.>

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-they huddle under their dome of water-

Megan: What was that plan, again??

Pippy: <Wait for it...>

-and a figure sweeps out from the trees, with dark blue hair and eyes, and a dress that flows, heedless of the rain falling around it, somehow shining where raindrops pass close-

-suddenly, by some trick of the light, the clouds over the group seem to fill the sky, for a moment to cover the ground, fill vision-

-she plants her feet in the rain-soaked ground and says...-

I am the cycling seas

Storms are my heart and rivers my blood

I have watched over a thousand raindrops

Unknown to Death,

Nor known to Life,

Have withstood SUNFIRE to forge many tempests

Yet, these hands will never hold anything

So as I pray...

Human!Rain!Thespi: Unlimited Waterworks!

-she raises her arms, and blue light seems to stream from them-

Pippy: -grinning- <Distraction!>

Pippy used Water Pledge!

-and through the mist that seems to blanket the earth bursts a number of jets of water-

-Thespi casts off the scarf, and soars up on the same wind that sends it back to a befuddled Megan-

Thespi used Mimic!

Mimic became Water Pledge!

-and from the clouds, the cliffside, the water on the ground, the mist swirling around her, shoots a seemingly endless barrage of jets of water to meet blaster fire and Bouncers and Rabbids themselves as Thespi ascends to meet them-

Megan: ...What is this?

Pippy: <Oh, what an excellent choice it was, Thespi!>

-he squees with excitement-

<Well come on then, she won't last forever! But while the "Reality Marble" remains, hehe~>

-Vee breaks the dome and sends it shooting upwards, to join Thespi's advance, Rabbid!Megan tossing a few Grenades into it-

Vee used Hydro Pump!

Vee: <Let's go~>

Rabbid!Megan: BWAAAH!

-and they dash for the nearest pipe-

No mind to think. No will to break.

Pinwheel Mishmash

Colt, Sunny and Kazuma had now all gone through the pipes. The Unovan let his Delphox go first and rain down fire from Category 5, all three cackling about as madly as D.C. would.

Kazuma fired Cold Blood at a Rabbid that wasn't as damaged by Category 5 as Colt shot Sylveon's Desire at Sunny.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Channah: <The sooner I can, the better. Being small's annoying. And... uh...> -slumps a bit- <God I'm sick of this.> -freezes almost as soon as she speaks-

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

Phoenix: guh

-Phoenix wakes up, Alexes standing over him.-

Rabbid!Phoenix:< BWAH>

-The backpack flies open and the rabbid within soars into the air, fueled by the utter amount of sugar he just consumed. He lands on the ground, dashing forward with the speed of a million... fast things... and runs around, searching for a way up.

The sensible people just climb on Harvey and fly up, shooting their respective weapons.-

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