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BittersweetNSour Flying Colors Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Flying Colors
#531176: Mar 1st 2018 at 2:28:49 PM

Slateport Library

-Diane waves as PEFE!Every arrives-

Diane: Hey, Every! How've you been? Has Psyche been treating you well~?

-She gives an eyebrow wiggle, then returns attention to tinkering-

DuneTheWanderer Since: Jan, 2014
#531177: Mar 1st 2018 at 2:38:27 PM

HEY GUESS WHAT PEOPLE WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN

Alola Elite 4, Champion's Room

Axel: Pringer X is the brother to one of the strongest Golurk in all of Holon! There's no way you can beat him and his steel abs!

Ludmilla: Oh! So he's part Steel?

Axel: ... No! I did not say that and you did not hear that!

Ludmilla: Go, Mao!

Axel: OH GOD NO IT'S THE SQUID THING!

-The Malamar gives a sinister beaked smile.-

Mao: <Oh, taking you apart is going to be fun...>

-The blue Golurk would sweat if he had the biological capacity.-

SwiftSeraph pain peko from The Void Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
pain peko
#531178: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:46:34 PM

Stormchaser Deck, Past

Lucina: "They kept me prisoner in all but name. How can we be sure you won't do the same?"

Shaun: "You can leave whenever. You have free roam of the ship. I'd recommend waiting for some specific peoplemons to show up, though."

Lucina: "Peoplemons?"

Shaun: "A general term for people and Pokémon."

Lucina: "And if we choose to go?"

-Shaun shrugs.-

Shaun: "I dunno. You could pray for divine help, or maybe wish on the Entree. But staying here is your best bet at meeting your parents."

Lucina: "...parents? Robin was the only one gone when I disappeared."

Shaun: "Then I have bad news."


Jorvaskr

The Harbringer: <They're stairs that go up the mountain you can see east of here.>

Vilkas: <There's not actually seven thousand steps though. The name's very misleading.>


Stormchaser, Present

To: Memito Complex/J-Team

From: Shaun

Glad you two are okay.

...

Why don't the high-tier Legendaries ever seem to help with Glitches? I'm not expecting Yveltal to help us take down Iron or something, but you'd expect them to do something when the thing they control is threatened (e.g. Xerneas+the School, Palkia+Mobius, Dialga+Tragedy, etc.).

Better question, why did I never think of this before?


Jessica: "Hmm, I can't decide between spandex and power armor."

Cereza: <How would you even *get* power armor?>

Jessica: "Shaun's dad, Neon, and Mew Prime. Duh."

Cheshire: <There's so many flaws there that...I just...can't...>

edited 1st Mar '18 4:46:58 PM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#531179: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:53:17 PM

Jorvaskr

<No boats or ships or anything?>

Silas blinks, <interesting.>

Hacks gives him a look, <What are you pla->

He then sees the papers, <Oh. Oh that's what you're planning.>

<I may be a Lucario but I was made for the skies.>

<Of course you are...>

DuneTheWanderer Since: Jan, 2014
#531180: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:55:57 PM

Alola League

Ludmilla: SUPERPOWER!

-Mao reels back.-

Axel: UH! UH! Flash Cannon!

-One of Pringer X's arms retracts into the form of a cannon. It takes aim, and fires, hitting Mao square in the chest before the squid's tentacles slam into it.-

-Mao's ATTACK and DEFENSE rose sharply!-

-Mao's SPEC. DEFENSE rose!-

Axel: AGH! NO! Don't raise it's defense!

Mao: <AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!>

Ludmilla: AGAIN!

Axel: Meteor Mash!

-The two trade blows on far more even terms.-

-   Mao's ATTACK and DEFENSE rose sharply!   -

Axel: Bad! Stop! No more!

Ludmilla: One more time!

Axel: NOOOOOOOOO!

OlympianSoul Myth creater from Eugen, OR Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Myth creater
#531181: Mar 1st 2018 at 5:41:19 PM

Mobius airship, Pokémon containment area

-"Several pokeballs sit on racks in a quite room, when suddenly one of them pops open."-

-"Jumping out of the ball is a small cubone jumping from foot to foot and looking like it has been in serious pain for awhile."-

Mokuba, paniced: <Gotta pee, gotta pee, gotta pee!>

-"Mokuba runs to the electronic door."-

Door [[PASSWORD NEEDED]] -"Mokuba bashes his bone club into the wall and runs through the large hole he just made"-

Mokuba, running: <Gotta pee, gotta pee!>

Door: [[PASSWORD ACCEPTED]] -The door slides open- [[HAVE A NICE DAY]]

-"We then cut to the outside of the restroom near the cafeteria. A flushing can be heard and a relieved Mokuba walks out with toilet paper stuck to his foot."-

Mokuba, happy -sigh- <There we go.>

-"Mokuba starts walking back to his ball, when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees something that makes his eyes go wide and his mouth water."-

-"Sitting on a high up shelf is a jumbo, extra large, monster size, chocolate chip cookie. Not wasting even a second, the small ground type rushes over and starts trying to reach up for the beautiful pastry... only to realize the his only like a foot tall."-

-"Mokuba makes an annoyed face, then remembers his bone and attempts to reach the cookie with it... it doesn't work."-

Mokuba: <COOKIE you will be mine!>

-"Mokuba walks away, his feet making adorable clicking sounds as he walks. A few minutes later he comes back, pushing a mountain of chairs to where the cookie is."-

Mokuba, proudly: <There we go.>

-"Carefully, Mokuba claims the unsteady stack of chairs and, with a heavy grunt, he pulls him self to the top. He smiles and reaches for the cookie... only to find himself being pulled away from it by the collapsing mountain of chairs."-

-"Several moments later, Mokuba walks back in, now wearing stilt. He's not having an easy time walking in them."-

Mokuba: <Okay, easy, easy, eas-wah>

-"Mokuba crashes to the floor, the stilts breaking and smacking him in the head."-

Mokuba: <Ow, curse you gravity>

-"After a few moments a delivery man walks up to Mokuba and hands him a package."-

Delivery person: Sign here.

-"Mokuba signs for the box and then goes about, setting up a giant rubber band at the entrance to the cafeteria."-

Mokuba, eyeing the cookie: <About 400 meters, five feet, wind 200 mph> -starts backing into the giant rubber band- <LET'S DO THIS>

-"Mokuba backs far enough away, lets his feet off the ground and then goes sailing through the air... right past the cookie, making a huge hole in the wall."-

Mokuba, flying through the air: <Darn it>

-"An employ is now paching the hole Mokuba made when the baby cubone comes running back in, now wearing what appears to be rocket boots."-

Mokuba, to the employ: <Observ pessant, as your ruler attempts what no body has attempted before, flight... flying types and people who have flown don't count.>

-"Mokuba presses a button on the side of the shoes and strikes a superhero pose as he waits for them blast off. Within seconds, Mokuba ascends into the air, and into the roof making another hole."-

-"Now, Mokuba stands over a flower bed, wearing overalls and a straw hat, watering the soil. Once he's done, a large a red mushroom pops out of the ground. Mokuba digs the fungus out and walks back to the cafeteria where the employ is now patching the hole in the roof. With a deep breath, Mokuba pops the mushroom into his mouth and grows to a massive size."-

Mokuba: <Yay>

-"Mokuba takes a step into the cafeteria, and falls through the floor due to his large size."-

-"The employ starts to cry."-

-"Within moments, Mokuba is laying in a canon, aimed at the cookie, fuse lit."-

Mokuba, in the cannon: <Fireing in 3, 2, 1>

Employ: NO. -Puts out the fuse- No more, stop making holes you little shit!

Mokuba, sad: <okay>

-"As Mokuba starts crawling out, the cannon tilts forwards and fires into the ground. Making another hole."-

Employ: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

-"Mokuba is now setting up a strange looking pad and throws another pad right next the cookie."-

Mokuba: <Got it> -Steps onto the pad and presses a switch- <Teleporting in three, two,one.>

-"Mokuba starts to glow, when suddenly a dunsparce crawls onto the pad. Standing next to the cookie is not Mokuba, or the dunsparce but a combination of a cubone and a dunsparce."-

Dunkuba: <I. Am. Dunkuba.>

-"Dunkuba screams for thirteen episodes and goes supersayan three. Then flies through the wall, making another hole."-

Employ: OH COME ON!

-"Mokuba now stands over a blue prints, sweat dripping down his face. He looks as though he hasn't slept in days, despite it only being twenty minutes sense he saw the cookie."-

Mokuba, as he draws on the blueprints: <Yes, Yes, YES.    MWAHAHAHAHA   

-"Mokuba then walks over from where his was sitting, stand in front of where the cookie is, and takes a long deep breath."-

-Mokuba used fake tears-

Mokuba, "crying": <Bwahaaaahhh>

-"A Mobius employ walks by and sees the baby cubone. Feeling sorry for the poor thing, the employ walks up."-

Employ: Aw, what's wrong sweat hart.

-"Mokuba continues to sob and points at the jumbo, extra large, monster, chocolate chip cookie."-

easily fooled Employ: Oh, here. -grabs the cookie and hands it to Mokuba- There we go, all better now?

-"Mokuba eyes light up and he wraps the employ in a tight hug."-

Mokuba: <Thank you thank you thank you thank you!>

-"Mokuba snatches the cookie and happily skips out of the cafeteria."-

Let's all have fun
DuneTheWanderer Since: Jan, 2014
#531182: Mar 1st 2018 at 5:49:29 PM

Alola League

Ludmilla: SUPERPOWER!

Axel: Meteor-

-Pringer X goes flying over Axel's shoulder. The Champion lets out a squeak of terror as he ducks and cowers.-

- Mao's ATTACK and DEFENSE can't rise higher! -

Axel: Go, Dangerama!

-The black-furred Lucario takes the field.-

Dangerama: <Alright, scumbag, time to face a real crime-fight->

Ludmilla: He's Dark-Type. Superpower.

Mao Rosé: <Die.>

*SLAM*

Axel: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

-Dangerama slowly peels off of the ceiling before landing in a heap.-

Ludmilla: We should do this all of the time.

Mao Rosé: <I concur.>

CorvusAtrox from the Dueling Arena Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#531183: Mar 1st 2018 at 7:18:00 PM

Jorvaskr

Tsubasa: <Eh, figures.>

Meanwhile a certain Talonflame comes in.

Charles: <Hm, any closer ro finding us a way out of here?>

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#531184: Mar 1st 2018 at 7:32:14 PM

Slateport Library

Lua: -sidles up to Diane-

<So, ps -a?>

Basket: -to Muninn- <I can imagine what that's about. Before entering focusmode on Lua's project, though, what's your estimate on the viability of obscuric tinfoil as a countermeasure to proliferation of... certain tech?>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#531185: Mar 1st 2018 at 7:35:12 PM

 Pinwheel 

Ann: -Looking around- Toilets? Seriously?

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Metanoia like christ, but with more nails from Antarctica Since: Jul, 2015
like christ, but with more nails
#531186: Mar 1st 2018 at 7:36:10 PM

Route 121, past

Channah: -her jaw clenches for a second and she glances off to the side, then shakes her head in a tiny gesture- ...Jeez. Okay. Whatever...

There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
memyselfandI2 Dunsparce Cloud from The Biosphere Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Dunsparce Cloud
#531187: Mar 1st 2018 at 7:41:08 PM

Stormchaser

To: J-team/Shaun

From: Ever

practicality i figure

intervening in every little thing seems like a good way 2 get another red chain going anyway

having power is great but if it can b turned against the world its dangerous 2 risk intervening

idk

im spitballing

Ever: ...Man, this world is tiring.

Brie: It's why it needs us.

Amanita: ...I am so lost.

Slateport Library

-PEFE!Every, deciding Lucius has probably dragged himself sufficiently, smiles at Diane-

PEFE!Every: Oh, I've been well. Just a moment though, I need to focus. This isn't very steady.

-so maybe you shouldn't mention Psyche, Diane-

PEFE!Every: um yes actually she's so sweet that's going really well i ACK—

-she falls off the bookshelf, and is caught by Rotary-

...um yeah

-she giggles, and is placed back on the bookshelf to continue inspecting the grapple-

Muninn: <I...suppose it would work. The problem is that if you're in a position where an enemy can place a tiara on you, you're often in a position where they can simply remove your protection.>

<And...yes. I can't say I blame him. But perhaps a more pleasant subject is in order.>

-he turns to focus on Lua's grappling hook-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
BlitzTrain Since: Apr, 2014
#531188: Mar 1st 2018 at 8:13:05 PM

Crossroads - headed south

Shinobi: -Just walks along, not particularly sure he's got anything to add that's worth interrupting the question about where they're headed-

Crossroads - headed north

Down: <So. Facade, what's your history with that town? Did you visit it before you got changed?>

-The Natu is also attempting to ride atop one of the Metagross, to variable success-

Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Meet The New Boss
#531189: Mar 1st 2018 at 8:48:08 PM

Pinwheel Forest

-Yep the group sees weird rustling and hears weird noises up ahead-

Lilycove

Walt: <Good. Anyway I can get you to the mirror. Follow me.>

-He opens an Obscura portal, and he, Umbra, and Ammy jump in-

Jublife

Voyd: Okay, see? I'm not actually here.

-They wave their hands around-

I'm projecting myself into your minds, oooh! Anyway I'm stuck in a cell in a tower far, far away! And someone's gotta help get me out, capiche? So I'm not a sitting duck for Mobius.

PMD-N

Arika: <That is legitimately reassuring.>

Zumi: <V-very.>

Contact Me!
SwiftSeraph pain peko from The Void Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
pain peko
#531190: Mar 1st 2018 at 8:59:41 PM

Jorvaskr

The Harbringer: <We have boats, Silas. But those are no good on land.>

-He looks at Charles.-

The Harbringer: <Possibly. Now, Aela and I are going to gather supplies. Meet us by the front gate around...noon.>


Outside the Fourth Wall

Mr. Narrator?

Yes, Jessica?

I gotta do something.

I'm assuming direct control! :D

What does that mean?

Hey? What gives?

Oh goddamnit you cute, cunning little cu-

Don't worry, he's fine!

He'll be back soon.

But for now...

I'm Jessica, and I'll be your narrator! Please continue with your lives.

edited 1st Mar '18 9:05:44 PM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
AbsentCoder Some Rando from Doofenshmirtz Neutral Incorporated Since: Jul, 2017 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Some Rando
#531191: Mar 1st 2018 at 9:01:24 PM

Lilycove

“Sounds good,” Ammy decided as she returned Roy and Rei. “Anything us freshmen should know in advance?” She asked the group in general, looking to Walt as her shirt turned to “闇” again and she stepped through the portal.

Pinwheel Mishmash

Colt looked at the architecture around them with exasperation. “I have a feeling someone’s trying really hard to impersonate the Rabbids,” he observed. “Mostly because they wouldn’t be this focused on a single thing.”

He was promptly pistol-whipped with Cold Blood. “I deserve that,” he admitted to Kazuma, even if the only reason he knew it happened was because it was delivered to the front of his head, and he saw it.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#531192: Mar 1st 2018 at 9:12:14 PM

Lilycove

-Pent slips something from his pocket and holds it in his hand against the keytar as he follows the portal through-

PEFE, Deep Modules

-As soon as he exits the portal takes a deep breath of the stale air from the depths of Science-

So, quick guide for the newbies. We're gonna run into a lot of worlds with their own stories, our job is to remove any external elements disrupting the flow of the plot and if necessary intervene ourselves to make sure heroes win, villains lose, the day is saved ect ect. At which point I can do a thing with whatever this baby...

-He taps his keytar a few times-

Turns into, which will give us a portal onwards. At least that's what we did last time.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
CorvusAtrox from the Dueling Arena Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#531193: Mar 1st 2018 at 9:14:36 PM

Lilycove

The three fishmons jump into the portal...

PEFE Mirror Module

And come out here.

Slliuq: -to Pent- <Haey, niaga taht ekil gnihtemos eb ll'ti gnisseug.>

The Mirror to Makbaliv is sitting nearby, ready for the group to enter it whenever they're ready.

edited 1st Mar '18 9:15:17 PM by CorvusAtrox

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Asterisk395 No voice to cry suffering from Hallownest Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
No voice to cry suffering
#531194: Mar 1st 2018 at 9:25:14 PM

Fusewheel Forest

To: There's A Time Flower Pun Somewhere

From: Vee (dictated)

Aw, that's so sweet <3

And you take care of yourself too! I'll take care of the self care for these knuckleheads, and they'll take care of me~

PS from Megan—Thanks! We'll do our best!

-(not shown: extended bickering about emoticons and the finer points of when to use exclamation points or tildes)-

Pippy: -to Colton- <...I am vaguely concerned about your face. Which is a good face, just...concerning.>

<...>

<I heard a noise!>


Lilycove

Thespi: -grinning- <Onward~!>

-she spins, ribbons of Obscura dancing around her, and twirls into the portal-

Ceal: -sliiiide in-

Tripod: -float-

Minun: -hop-

Plusle: -hop-

PEFE Mirror Module

-they arrive-

Thespi: -to Pent- <Ohmygod, it's even better than I dreamed it'd be!> :D

-awed- <I'm helping actual, honest-to-Tapu stories happen!>

Ceal: <Th-this is right up your alley, isn't it, Thespi?>

Tripod: -attempts to interface with something-

-the two electric rodents look around with some interest-

edited 1st Mar '18 9:29:49 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.
Daydre That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth from the trash Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
#531195: Mar 1st 2018 at 9:50:59 PM

Pinwheel Forest

If I were to make a joke about this situation, would that be toilet humor?

...

Why did I just think that

off the shits
Izshta The Flamebringer from Mor Ardain Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Flamebringer
#531196: Mar 1st 2018 at 11:55:39 PM

Stormchaser, past
Morgan: "... Well that immediately raises the question of who's running Ylisse."

Cynthia: "Do you know where they are?"

Jubilife
Vi: "... And I suppose you want us to free you?"
Fusewheel Bwahrest
Rin: "We should probably ready for combat."

Archer: <Always.>

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
memyselfandI2 Dunsparce Cloud from The Biosphere Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Dunsparce Cloud
#531197: Mar 2nd 2018 at 8:39:25 AM

Stormchaser

Ever: —and that's what you missed.

Amanita: You didn't say anything. You stared at me for five minutes, and then said "—and that's what you missed."

Ever: And yet, you are informed.

Amanita: ...I am. What sort of fairy bullshit—

-Ever bursts into giggles, flipping over the blanket he was curled up under to reveal that he's been cuddling with Breeze-

Breeze: <I am a master of subtlety.>

-he chimes-

Amanita: ...Exposition pranks. I thought you were above this.

Ever: Never.

-Amanita shoves him, and he falls over-

Breeze: <Are you gonna take that?>

Ever: (still giggling) Yeah.

Thorn: <Amanita, why do you always leave us out of these fights? I haven't gotten to kill anything in years.>

Spinagon: <Have you ever killed anything?>

Thorn: <Who asked you?>

Spinagon: <I'm only saying, I get the sense you put on a facade of violence to make your alienation of everyone around you seem like something more than sheer pettiness. Like, compared to Box, who genuinely frightens me, or Drifter, who is isolated but is reasonably funny, your whole shtick is kind of superficial.>

Thorn: <...>

-Dart strolls up, placing his head on Thorn's shoulder-

Dart: <Dude. He read you like a airport bestseller.>

-The Roserade brushes him off irritably with a flicker of Energy Ball-

Dart: <You can't decrease the Sp. Def of the truth, Thorn.>

-Thorn snorts and stalks away. Dart holds up his hand for a high-five, which Spinagon grants-

Dart: <...Ow.>

Spinagon: <Heh.>

-Ever and Amanita are watching this play out-

Ever: ...You know, I feel like I haven't seen much of your team lately.

Amanita: Yeah, I've decided to let them out a little more.

Ever: Huh. Nice.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
CorvusAtrox from the Dueling Arena Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#531198: Mar 2nd 2018 at 10:12:47 AM

PEFE Mirror Module

Tripod might find some further away things they can interface with that send out wireless signals but probably nothing super close to the mirror.

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
memyselfandI2 Dunsparce Cloud from The Biosphere Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Dunsparce Cloud
#531199: Mar 2nd 2018 at 11:24:29 AM

Stormchaser

Amanita: Hey, on the subject of Pokemon, you're a ghost person, right?

Ever: More of a motel, really, but closed for repairs at the present time.

Amanita: What?

Ever: What?

Amanita: Anyway, Phobos has been behaving sort of weirdly lately? Like, he's always been shy, but lately he's pretty much never left my shadow.

-a hand pokes up from Amanita's shadow and waves to Ever, who waves back-

Ever: Oh, yeah, uh, probably because he doesn't Levitate anymore.

Amanita: What?

Phobos: <What?>

Ever: Yeah, Gengar have Cursed Body now? I don't get it either.

Amanita: How does that work?

Phobos: <Yeah, nobody asked me first...>

-Ever shrugs-

Ever: I am merely a bearer of information.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Meet The New Boss
#531200: Mar 2nd 2018 at 12:07:29 PM

Pinwheel Forest

-The group comes across... a few Hoppers and Ziggies mucking around-

-One normal Rabbid is in the middle of a slap fight with a lost Carnivine-

-Oh hey the cyborg Rabbid is there too, looking around in panic-

Mirror Module

Walt: <What Pent said, pretty much. Hop on in. Umbra, I promise you won't be turned into anything heading in this time. I'll provide backup. Good luck.>

-Umbra and Ammy look at each other and nod-

Umbra: Thank you again, Walt.

Human!Ammy: Let's do this!

-they hop in-

Jublife

Voyd: See, here's the thing. There are these people called the J-Team who could probably do the job. One of them already knows me, a certain Daydre. You should probably get their help.

AU Celadon

-the group is now casually hanging around here-

edited 2nd Mar '18 12:13:40 PM by Umbramatic

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