ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

A familiar young girl with blue hair that flows and curls like a Simipour's sits beside the Roselia Fountain in the middle of the city. Beside her, a Kommo-o is tapping it's claws impatiently on the side of fountain while a male Meowstic is curled up on her shoulder, asleep.

It seems she's waiting for someone

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Plusle: -seeing the massive crowds, and distinct lack of a reaction to horrible screaming- <...welp. Time to pack it in, folks. Sucks to be that Pikachu.>

-she shrugs and heads back inside, without waiting for Marina-

-well, she hesitates, pulling out a red Psychic Gem and shaking it, staring into its depths, then shrugging and heading back inside without waiting for Marina-

Inside

-Tripod considers the Togedamaru, then charges a very distinctive Ground-type Hidden Power, leveling it at the unfortunate fellow Electric/Steel type-

Tripod: -beeps, indicating "go on ahead"-

Minun: <...you're not the boss of me.>

Tripod: -beeps angrily-

Thespi: -calming down somewhat, with the room- <...wait. If this is that part of the story...>

<Oh no no no no no!>

-panicked, she flies with the wind at the exit Ratigan left by, only to meet the Plusle coming back the other way-

Plusle: -shrugs- <Sorry. Lost 'em.>

Thespi: -wretched- <NO!>

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Arriving Ten Minutes Late With Starmiebucks

Ceal: <...is this it?>

Chrom: <Yes,> -says he with the perpetually bare shoulder- <—you wouldn't want to catch cold.>

-he watches Robin text on the phone- <...gods, if we could figure these out for Ylisse...>

edited 7th Mar '18 8:33:12 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

 Santalune City 

-Walking over-

Hey Sol. I'd imagine our contact will be arriving shortly.

Benkei: -Stands at attention-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Artoria had muted the groupchat for her and Corrin's date, and forgot to unmute it.

Whoops.

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

Solana: Babe!

Diego: -Rolling his eyes- <Took you long enough...>

Solana slides off the side of the fountain and hugs Tagg, giving him a quick peck on the cheek.

Solana: Nice to see you again~

Sonny Jim, who was woken up by the sudden movement and commotion, salutes Benkei.

Sonny Jim: <Atten-TION!>

Solana: As for "our contact"? He just sent me a message a few minutes ago saying he was already in the cafe, so should we start heading over now? It is a little bit of a walk from here.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

-Rose gives a mirthless chuckle-

Rose: Yeah. How've you been these past, uh... since the party?

-As they descend, the cave starts to seem... different. The composition of the walls changes, perhaps not so much granite anymore. Sand is gathered in areas on the floor, only in small, almost geometric patches that look somewhat out of place.-

-The screaming starts to get louder. There's a loud thump, like something hitting the wall off in the distance.-

Ever: (brightly) Oh, awful. But things are looking up, I think.

But, uh. In all seriousness, yeah, you don't seem to be doing great. And if you want to be left alone during that process, I get that 100%, but I'm generally in favor of reaching out to people who need it, and you seem to.

Semigloss: -pauses-

<...>

-she cleans up some of the sand with her wings-

<...Okay now we can save whoever's in trouble!>

-and she flaps onwards, picking up speed-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Pinwheel Mishmash

Colt drew his phone.

He kept his phone out through an illusory hand as he and Helmsman attempted to make their mark on the hostile Rabbids.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

 Santalune 

-Hugs back-

Nice to see you too Sol.

-Face shifts briefly upon seeing a brief image of myself, Ever, and Mezzo nearby before shifting back to a neutral expression-

Yeah, let's go.

edited 7th Mar '18 9:04:16 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Mezzo: It's been... okay? I just found out that my reckless little sister now has something with the potential to annihilate me in an instant, but apart from that I've been okay.

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

Sol: Aight! Let's go~

Solana ends her hug and begins walking westbound.

Sol: So! Anything new or fun happen recently?

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Jared: Yeah, I'm all about that helping people in need stuff and I'll help you out if you need it, I guess!

Bagon!Jackie: <You should quit while you're ahead, Jared.>

-flash-

-She drops out of Jared's arms-

Oof. Hi Rose.

Contact Me!

 Santalune 

-Walking alongside Sol-

It feels kinda weird being here without Aaron and the others. I didn't even meet Kodama until the League.

Should I talk about it now...

-In a way that would suggest there's a bit more going on regarding the former portion-

Been trying to figure out how to help Channah with her problems, I'll probably end up doing a Mindscape dive within the next day or two. And the hydrophonic garden project's been going okay.

Also, Benkei's evolved since you saw him last, as you might be able to tell.

edited 7th Mar '18 9:06:38 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Solana looks at Benkei and smiles.

Solana: So he has! He seems to be getting quite handsome there! He's gonna look rather strapping as an adult~

Diego scoffs. Solana gives him a glare, before turning back to Tagg.

Solana: ...What sort of problems are you gonna be dealing with? With Channah...

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Santalune 

Benkei: -Blushes slightly-

-To Sol-

She feels like it's the only way she can really express her feelings outside of texting or speech. Surprised that I could come to care for someone so quickly in just a month, but she helped me out quite a bit so I might as well do the same for her.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Solana: Ahh. I see~

Solana looks forward, chuckling softly and shaking her head, before looking up to the sky.

Solana: You like her, don't you Tagg?

edited 7th Mar '18 9:29:00 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Santalune 

-To Sol-

...Yes. And not just her, there's Echo as well. I'd even include DS, if she wanted to. But I don't want to break up with you for any of them, assuming they'd want a relationship in the first place.

-Gives a mirthless chuckle-

How funny that we find ourselves in Kalos where the last time something like this happened it led to Constantin using it against me, against us.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-Semigloss does an excellent job of sweeping up one patch of irregular sand!-

1 / 99 Sand Patches

Soleil: <Um, Glossie, I don't think we have enough time to worry about the sand.>

-She follows her down. In the distance, a small dark shape can be seen, briefly illuminating the area with flashes of bright fiery light before getting launched into the wall.-

???: <Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>

-THUMP.-

Soleil: <Uh...>

-Rose looks distinctly uncomfortable with the focus on her emotional state, and turns away.-

Rose: ...Mmph. Just... don't worry about it. I'm fine. Nice seeing you again, I guess.

-She starts moving down the hall again.-

-Once on the airship, Archer groans, gets up, and confronts the Shadow Vibrava-

Archer: Oi! This is the second - no, third time this has happened! I almost got killed last time! You got some kind of death wish or something?

Locke: Hey, no use arguing with a Sha-

Shadow Vibrava:    <Why?>   

Archer: Eh?

Shadow Vibrava:    <If it's so much trouble, why do you keep saving me?>   

Archer: Gah, I dunno... You're a pain in the ass, but I was practically a Cipher mafia prince growing up... I saw a lot of Shadow Pokemon growing up...

...I... I always felt sorry for them...

-the Shadow Vibrava huffs-

Shadow Vibrava:    <...Don't pity me. It's not worth it. I... I'm not worth it...>   

-Archer recalls him and sighs-

Archer: Set a course to Ilex, Alex. We need to purify this guy.

-Jackie sighs and tugs on Rose's hoodie-

edited 7th Mar '18 9:45:56 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Solana gives a similarly empty chuckle in return.

Solana: It would only be funnier if we found ourselves in Shalour, where all this kicked off.

She sighs, still smiling though.

Solana: The world... Life... It has a way of fiddling with people and Pokemon like that, doesn't it?

Diego: <(Way to dance around the issue...)>

Solana looks back to Tagg.

Solana: What would you like to do about it?

edited 7th Mar '18 9:48:05 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Grainy Cave 

Semigloss: <There's always time to make things better! That's what being a hero is all about, right?>

-seeing the fiery flash, she gasps-

<I think it's a fight!>

-she raises her voice a little-

<Hey!>

 Stormchaser 

-Ever frowns-

Ever: ...Right. Sorry, then.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

 Santalune 

-To Sol-

Well... I propose... making our relationship more of an open one. It's really the most logical choice, if you're okay with that.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-There's another flash of flames-

???: <Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—>

-And what is unmistakeably a dark red Pupitar comes flying at high speeds and collides with Soleil-

Soleil: <Oof!>

-They both go tumbling into the wall.-

-Rose gives Jackie a look and tries to yank her sleeve away.-

 Granite(?) Cave 

Semigloss: <Eep! Soleil!>

-she flies over towards the two-

<Are you okay?!>

 Stormchaser 

Ever: I don't know if there's a lot of point trying to keep someone where they don't want to be, Jackie.

That said, uh...Rose, right? If you do at any point want to get out a little, by all means let me know. I've been getting kind of bored and Reshiram knows I could use the fresh air.

edited 7th Mar '18 10:26:10 PM by memyselfandI2

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.