Jackie: -to Ever- I was biding us a little time.

-To Rose-

But yeah, Rose was it? You look like you reeeeally need some fresh air so just... tell us if you want any.

Jared: We'll keep you company!

edited 7th Mar '18 10:32:16 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

-The now-identifiable Pupitarδ groans and rolls away from the crash site.-

Soleil: <Oww...> @_v@

-She rights herself, poofing up a bit.-

Igneous: <...All right, so, who are you two kooks? You trying to pick a fight with ol' Igneous too?!>

-He very obviously looks exhausted.-

Rose: ...

-For a moment, she hesitates, but turns back to the hall.-

Rose: ...S-sure. Whatever. I need to put this shit away.

-She trudges toward her room again.-

Solana begins to laugh heartily and genuinely at Tagg's suggestion, before looking at him with a smile.

Sol: Oh Tagg, I thought you'd never ask~

She rolls her eyes and giggles.

Sol: Honestly Tagg, I was wondering when you were gonna ask this. I feel like this has been on your mind for a while, dear~

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Santalune 

-Record scratch-

What do you mean you were expecting this? Was it really that obvious?

Muddy: <Well there was the whole "dance with Echo" thing.>

Oh come on. >_>

edited 8th Mar '18 12:52:08 AM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Solana: It was a L' il obvious~

Diego: <As obvious as the sun at midday on a cloudless day>

Sonny Jim: <Or as a blaring air raid siren, soldier!>

Sol: It was kinda adorable~

Solana looks to her left and stops.

Sol: Anyway, we may have to discuss the rest of the details later, we've arrived~

Sure enough, a charmingly rustic cafe is on the couple's left. A dangling sign reading "Le Délice Impérial" hanging over the door.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Santalune 

-Enters-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Maggie gets Colt's text and gestures to the Nidoran by her in response.

Maggie: "This is Yarne, for the record."

Yarne: <Eheh...>

And with that the Togedemaru falls.

Noticing Ratigan is gone, most of the minions hightail it out of there in various directions.

---

Dawson: <It does, yes. Now, there's no time to lose! Basil might need our help!>

He is about to head in when a wave of Ratigan's goons rush past him. He stops, stunned until they are all passed.

Dawson: <...Well, that's not good.>

edited 8th Mar '18 4:44:04 AM by CorvusAtrox

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

An airplane above Mauville

Lila leaned forward in her seat to look at the view. She had always prefered the aisle seat, but she liked to look out of the window when landing and did not want to ask the person sitting next to her to lean back. Her attempts at looking through the window were fruitless, so she decided to continue organising her bag.

Lila: Ok, let's see. Passport, money, trainer card, Pokeballs. I'll need my passport ready, so I'll put it in this pocket. I'll put my money here and, um, my other things in the big pocket here. Ok, all done. Now I just need to wait for the plane to land.

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Semigloss: <Huh? We're not picking a fight with anyone! And we're not kooks, we're heroes!>

<...>

<Well, heroes in training. Are you okay? You look awful.>

Ever: -shrugs- Alright. Take care, hope to see you around.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Igneous: <Yes, I'm fine! I've been exploring and training and getting lost because these damned caves make no sense whatsoever and I'm tired and hungry and no I'm not fine get me out of this place!>

Soleil: <Oh, leading the way out is something we can definitely do! Haha, I thought this was going to be some sort of big fight.>

-There's the slow metallic clanking of what sounds like armor from the darkness.-

Semigloss: <...Um.>

<...Uh, you said your name was Igneous right? Do you know what's making that sound...?>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Beat-

Igneous: <I thought I lost him.>

Soleil: <A friend?>

Igneous: <Hell no! Some Aggron just started chasing me because—>

Aggron: <I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU, YOU LITTLE PEST!>

Igneous: <HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH, HAVE YOU, THEN? HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR ROUND SEVEN OF ASS KICKING, DELTA STYLE!>

-Soleil just stares as Igneous goes flying at the Aggron, only to essentially be punched out of the air.-

Semigloss: <...>

<...>

<...>

<Well, fuck. Guess we gotta fight him, right?>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Soleil: <Uh, fight the big scary metal monster? Or the weird pupa thing? Because like, the pupa thing is kind of a jerk.>

-She staggers and flaps her wings to avoid an Earthquake attack that hurts Igneous hard-

-Semigloss flutters off the ground to avoid the shockwaves-

Semigloss: <I mean, it does kind of seem like it's his fault, but...we can't just leave him here, right?>

-she starts to sing a lullaby, to try and calm down the Aggron-

Semigloss used Sing!

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Fusewheel Forest

-A ways into the forest, the trees start showing explosives damage - splintered twigs, then branches, then trunks, all the way until they reach the blackened epicenter.-

Deziree: What the...

-Deziree can't help but stare at the two little Whismur fighting at the middle.-

-One has a head of familiarly cowlicked strawberry blonde hair, with a green shirt and leather vest on. It (she?) appears to be having a slap fight with another Rabbid.-

-A pink one.-

-With a familiarly long, crooked nose.-

Dezirabbid: <BWAAH! BWAA, BWAAAAH!>

Doofenbwah: <BWA BWA, BWABWA BA BWABWABWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!>

-Gripped by both of them is a gunmetal grey bracelet. Sorry, Bracelet.-

Fortis: Oh my gosh!

Astral: <Pew?>

Fortis: Xaldin's secret admirer is back!

Xaldin: <What?>

Fortis: Uh huh! It says right here that I need to ask if you remember!

Xaldin: <Of course I remember that.>

Fortis: Okay!

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

Pippy: <Oh dear oh dear oh dear...>

Megan: ...hmmm, let's make this quick.

-Pollen readies herself for a fight, but Megan just takes off her backpack, sets it on the ground, and reaches inside with both hands-

-she struggles for a bit, then heaves out an Iron Ball-

P-Pollen, Trick.

Pollen: <...huh.>

-she flies down and taps it with a glowing appendage-

Pollen used Trick!

-attempting to swap it for the Bracelet-

Thespi: <No no no no! There's gotta be some way, I-I don't care how much of an anticlimax it is! We gotta—we gotta—we can't just leave—>

Plusle: -shrugging- <Sorry, fluffles. Trail's cold.>

Thespi: -ignoring her- <O-or maybe, maybe we can make this work, Basil's important to the plot, he's his nemesis, maybe he'll break free on his own, and he'll be fine—>

Plusle: <—unlikely—>

Thespi: <Or, we, we could reframe this as like a fake-out, narratively, make it quick and have something else go wrong, or, or—>

Minun: <mmm.>

-Tripod, meanwhile, fizzles for a moment-

-they shut their eyes, sparking angrily-

-then the moment passes and they pick up the fainted Togedamaru with a magnet-

---

Ten Minutes Late With Starmiebucks

Ceal: <...what happened...?>

-they cast a concerned glance at where the mob went, then back where they came from-

No mind to think. No will to break.

Lina: What.

Reina: What.

Elliot: <What.>

Chrome: <What.>

Rabbid Lina: <Bwah.>

Rabbid Reina: <Bwah.>

-the latter two attempt to carefully extract the 🅱️racelet-

Jackie: Well. We tried.

Jared: I dunno, I think we got to her, mabye.

Jackie: -sighs- We can only ho-

Jared: Hey! There are still Jangmo-O on the coffee table!

-he rushes off-

-Jackie sighs again and follows-

Marina: <Dammit, he got away...>

-The others arrive-

Umbra: ...Okay, what happened?

-Enzo checks to make sure the coast is clear before joining the others-

Contact Me!

Whittington

Dawson comes forward to the others.

Dawson: <Basil... he's supposed to be with you, isn't he?...>

edited 8th Mar '18 1:05:16 PM by CorvusAtrox

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

-Fortis reads the text aloud to Xaldin, who simply "hmph"s in response-

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

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

Pinwheel Forest

Colt looked at Maggie. "Fascinating - I've never played any of those games," he confessed. And then he saw the Bracelet getting Tricked.

"Well, that works, too, I suppose," Colt observed as Helmsman bit his tongue, removed the scarf, dropped Category 5 and Monoxide, returned himself and screamed. He'd come out about 30 seconds later, breathing heavily.

Colt flipped his phone around in his illusory hand before throwing it back into his real hand and pocketing it. He sighed and sat down.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Arrivals, Mauville airport

Lila: phew. That took way too long. There must have been, like a million planes landing within five minutes of each other! I should head for the hotel. My flight to Alola is tomorrow afternoon.

Lila went towards the airport hotel.

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Fusewheel Forest

-The Bracelet gets zipped~ out from between the two. Dezirabbid notices a second before Doofenbwah and lets go.-

Doofenbwah: <BWAHRK!>

-The Iron Ball flies into Doofenbwah's face, sending him (and a few extra teeth) flying and rolling back into a burnt tree trunk.-

Dezirabbid: <BWAHAHAHAHA!>

-Deziree, meanwhile, is uncomfortably close. She's eyeing the Bracelet and holding her hands out for it with the face of a child who is using all of their restraint to not rip open their Christmas presents.-