ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

-Megan lets out a sigh of relief as the weight lifts-

Megan: Phew, that's a lot better.

-Dezi-

._.;;

Here you go! ^_^;;;

-and she hurriedly shoves the Bracelet into Deziree's hands-

Minun: -to Dawson- <...he's gone. Sorry.>

Tripod: -playing back, static-y, by way of answer- "Goodbye, so soon, and isn't this a crime~?"

-they toss the fainted Togedamaru minion at Dawson's feet-

-Thespi continues frantically muttering to herself-

Plusle: -eyeing her, unimpressed-

edited 8th Mar '18 3:23:47 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

The cafe is just as cute and quaint as it is on the outside. An assortment of tables, booths and chairs aligned neatly with the large windows, allowing customers to get a pleasant view of the city in most locations one could choose to sit - and in the center, a large display counter showing off all kinds of delicious sweets and treats.

Of course, chowing down on a sweet tart or delicious pastry wasn't the reason why they were here, no. They were here to talk with that contact of theirs.

And there he was, sitting at the booth in the farthest corner away from any window and every other customer in the store. He's shivering and shaking, his bloodshot eyes stare vacantly at the croissant in front of him which is barely touched and is beginning to frost over. Every now and then he wipes at his nose and grits his teeth. He looks like he hasn't gotten sleep for maybe 2 days now.

At the sight, Solana winces and recoils.

Sol: Yeesh. He looks worse than he usually does.... and that's saying something.

Diego: -Snorting- <Whatever's eatin' him, must be pretty bad news>

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Santalune, last night 

-To Sol-

Yeah...

-To the person in question-

Er, Volpe?

 Stormchaser, today 

-Just sits in a hype daze-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Volpe doesn't react for a moment, before looking over to Sol and Tagg with a dazed expression.

Volpe: Hm...? Oh. Yes, yes. Nice to see you too.

Volpe begins rolling his left hand, gesturing to the right side of the booth.

Volpe: Sit down, sit down.

He sniff and wipes his nose with his arm again.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Down: -Glances around as her attention is drawn to the attention their presence has garnered-

<...Perhaps we should find somewhere less public to wait?>

Shinobi: <Ah... Not quite. He's a video game character known for sneaking around by hiding in boxes>

<Anyway, checking out where you found him last time sounds like a plan, so lead the way, Nier>

Lucina: "..."

-She looks at Chrom.-

Lucina: "Did you bring the Exalted Falchion with you, Father?"

---

-Shaun peaks his head in at Tagg.-

Shaun: "...hey."

-He holds up a can of [Pepsi Analogue].-

Shaun: "You, uh, want a drink?"

---

-AU!Shaun looks at Archer for a moment before silently gliding towards his quarters, almost phantom-like.-

---

-Aela and the Harbringer step in. A Mew in a black hooded robe floats towards them.-

Mew: <Welcome, Dovahkiin. What brings you here?>

-The Harbringer nods at the Pokémon behind him.-

The Harbringer: <It's complicated, Master Argenir.>

edited 8th Mar '18 7:34:14 PM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

A few feet or so away from the Bwahliance, a certain teal robot rockets in. In one of its hands are a boy and his other 'Mons (sans Scolipede because he was too big). In the other is a Roggenrola PokeDoll and a Cofagrigus-themed backpack.

The boy is carrying a large bag, its contents were three new outfits, while he was wearing another one of his purchases: a hoody, a pair of sunglasses on his head, and a pair of fingerless gloves (complete with plastic that resembled gray plates of armor; all of the articles of clothing themed after a Bug-Type Pokemon that was native to Alola: Golisopod. (The gloves even had retractable [fake] claws!)

Leo is currently looking for the group, a small part of him excited to show off his new outfit (And to make a good First Impression), another part of him wanted to share the malasadas he also bought.

He COULD'VE gotten the malasadas at a mall in Unova, but Cerbeau said that "we HAVE to go to Alola to get the whole experience". Leo figured he might as well get some souvenirs while he was there, though. Maybe he might go back after the whole "Rabbid" business blows over...

edited 9th Mar '18 6:30:32 AM by Reuknighted

[insert something relating to myself here]

Facade

-One of the Mimikyus kinda...scoff and turn away-

-...for a big town, it's..kinda lonely...-

-The doors open in a little bit and a Doublade floats back out-

Lost Shrine

-Nier takes the stairs at a light jog-

Sylph:<So...Blitz...? Did you get here...like me, Sen, and Jason did...?>

Meanwhile, back in Alola

-Iggy could not sleep.-

-She's woken up multiple times with a headache-

-She's taken to cuddling Tamfree while watching tv.-

-In a word, she's..."irritable"-

-And this has been off and on for a few days now...-

-And Lane...well...he's seen this before.-

-And not in a good way-

Virbank City Pokemon Center Exterior:

After a walk that seemed to take forever, Mark would eventually draw near the Pokemon Center, only to discover a line that stretched outside the doors and banked past a street corner all the way next to the Pokemart.

"Woah, I haven't seen a line for any PC this long in my life! It's even longer than lines you'd see at Amateur Hour near the Elite 4!" Mark commented in bewilderment. It was a good think he had managed to recall his mons inside the comfort of their pokeballs, as Chopper would have collapsed from exhaustion upon seeing this line.

"Ey buddy you sure you wanna stick around? They're saying the wait times are around 5 minutes a person, and that this rate you're probably gonna be here til nightfall," An older male trainer that looked like an electric punk rocker asked.

"Not like I have a choice, it's this or take my chances walking to the next town, and I don't have anyone who can fly," Mark replied before asking, "So what's with the traffic jam anyway? Some champion decide to take on the whole city?"

"Nah man, I got jumped by this swarm of magnemites. One of the biggest ones I've ever seen. Don't know what set them off, but all I know is they were itching for a fight!" The rocker explained before Mark stated, "That's why I'm here! I had to deal with a swarm of magnemites **and** koffings at the same time! What's even weirder was that they were working together and not even fighting each other!"

"Wow, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who's seen something like that. I thought I was crazy!" An older, balding man who looked like he was more likely to go for a stroll in the park with a pet mon than do any serious training before adding, "I was just taking my Lillipup here for a walk and all of a sudden we got chased by a swarm of patrats. They didn't hurt me any, but they did a number on my Lilly."

Living The Fever Dream

Chrom: <I did, yes. It changed form with me when I came here, but it is with me.>

<Um.>

<I think I have...>

<two, now?>

-he draws both of his scalchops to reveal they are both, in fact, Falchops-

-each has a teardrop-shaped hole in the center that lights from within with a radiant bluish glow, and searing orange Aura crackles from the outer edges, forming long Sacred Sword blades that radiate divinity, alien to the world they occupy-

-they are also still seashells-

-there are two of them-

No mind to think. No will to break.

-Lucina smirks.-

Lucina: "So you can still use it, just as a different form."

-She whips her armband off and turns into her Hinedge form.-

Lucina: <Well I am Falchion.>

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

-Chrom blinks-

Chrom: <That is...unusual, certainly.>

-he grins- <I know I always said treat your sword as an extension of yourself, but I didn't think you'd take it so literally.>

edited 8th Mar '18 8:20:39 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

F!Robin: "... I see. So you arrived here as pokemon, too."

Cynthia: "Oh! So did I!"

<I'm a bird, apparently!>

Xander: <Strange. I wonder... what curse is it that affects us so?>

Ryoma: <Indeed.>

edited 8th Mar '18 8:35:23 PM by Izshta

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

Sumia: <Oh no not the puns>

-Lucina just smiles at her father.-

Lucina: <Prince Xander! Catch.>

-She tosses her armband to him.-

---

-Four dark shapes, four beings and their steeds, hurtle through to our universe, hungering...-

-Nyoom!-

---

Aurora: <Ah just don't get why peopleons would ruin perfectly good biscuits and put jam on 'em instead of gravy.>

Michael: <In the most polite possible way, you disgust m->

-He flinches in pain before becoming unnaturally calm. The Absol stares at the wall, eyes glowing.-

Michael: <War, Death, Pestilence, Plague. Tactician. Revenge. Hybrid. Pain. Rebirth. Questioning. Aura. Obscura. Worlds collide. Ashes fall. Life continues.>

-He shudders, eyes returning to normal.-

Aurora: <Ah didn' write any of that down.>

Michael: <I doubt it would help. It's always jumbled, and not everything comes to pass. When you can see the future, but it can change...>

---

-A PRB carrying Poké Balls enters the room Homer is in, a Beheeyem trailing.-

Zelel: "Good news. We are letting you and your team go."

edited 8th Mar '18 9:27:23 PM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

-Chrom sheathes his Falchions, smiling back at Lucina-

-to Xander- <I'm curious as well, although I've grown somewhat accustomed to this form.>

-he watches the Armband sail through the air-

No mind to think. No will to break.

 Santalune, last night 

-Sits-

 Stormchaser, tonight 

-Takes the [Pepsi Analogue]-

Didn't know you knew my favorite soda.

-Drinks-

Sorry about that, the new Nintendo Direct was quite interesting.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Volpe: S-so, you want to k-know about why I called you here, yeah?

Volpe seems to be rather anxious an jittery, his vertical pupils dilating in and out at random intervals. Solana, rather concerned, raises her eyebrow at Volpe.

Solana: Uh... You okay there Volp? You seem quite out of it...

Volpe stares directly at Solana.

Volpe: What do you think?

His tone of voice sounds utterly defeated.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

-The Aggron snarls, not seeming particularly effectively lulled to sleep.-

Aggron: <WHAT EVEN ARE YOU BIRDS DOING HERE ANYWAY?!>

-Before Igneous can really recover, the Aggron grabs him and aims to Fling him at Semigloss-

Soleil: <Glossie!>

-She flaps her wings and blows a gust full of sand into the Aggron's eyes. The Aggron winces, missing his throw, but the collision is enough to finally knock out Igneous.-

Soleil: <Glossie, we gotta grab this weird fire thing and get out of here!>

edited 8th Mar '18 10:31:56 PM by BittersweetNSour

 Santalune, past 

-To Volpe-

I'd imagine this is hardly good news, so we might as well lance the boil now.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Volpe gulps and begins to explain.

Volpe: A-A few days ago, I was summoned by one of my former superiors at Interpol to d-discuss matters of the Neo-Flare case with him. W-which is why I'm here and not back at my comfy home in Heahea where I'd rather be (because honestly fuck this stinkhole region). And he told me that they were gonna put one of their... "prime dispatchers" on the case to help speed it along and get it out of their hair.

Solana seems confused at why this fact was so hard on Volpe, as well as why needed to be told to them in person.

Solana: So Interpol is sending some... help to deal with Constantin?

Volpe: It's not the fact that they are sending """help""" in the first place, though I would have advised against that anyway because Blondie is savage and I don't want to get any more heads in boxes. It's who they're fucking sending to do it!

Volpe places his elbows on the table and buries his face in his palms, muttering and whimpering in his native tongue.

edited 8th Mar '18 11:07:00 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

 Santalune, past 

-To Volpe-

What's so bad about this person? You're giving off a lot of dread.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

F!Robin watches the armband sail through the air... clattering on the ground in front of Xander.

Xander: <... Are you mocking me, or did you expect me to catch that as a snake?>

Cynthia slides her own armband to Ryoma. <Here!>

Ryoma, having, y'know, reasonably dexterous paws, is pretty easily able to get it on. Xander... has more trouble, being, you know, a snake.

He does manage it, though.

Xander: "What... is this? Something akin to a dragonstone?"

Ryoma: "So it would seem."

F!Robin: "Essentially, yes. They come in the opposite kind, too, transforming one from a human into a pokemon."

Xander reaches for his sword to confirm it's there, and is... displeased to find it missing. "More importantly..."

Ryoma: "Where are our swords?"

edited 9th Mar '18 12:43:01 AM by Izshta

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

"Volpe raises his head from his hands, the start of of tears welling around his icy eyes. He then turns to the side to pick up a file and places it on the table, pushing it towards the pair."

Volpe: This goes into more detail, but I'll give you a lowdown anyway.

"Volpe coughs and hacks for a moment, which causes Solana to recoil. After settling down, he clears his throat and sinks back into the booth seat."

Volpe: Apologies. Anyway, the man is named Finnegan Cianán Swift, I've worked with him before. Young man. Mid 20's. [Irish]. Rather tall. Red hair. Handsome. He's been working for Interpol for about... I want to say 4 years now? Was independent before that. Pretty standard stuff. That's not what makes him scary though, nonono, it's what he does.

Agent Swift is a member of our Anti-Auric squad, and is the top-of-the-line within it. He's like, the Ferrari or Lamborghini of Anti-Auric assassins. He is skilled with existing methods of disposing of Prime Auric Targets, and is well known for inventing some of the most efficient - and most brutal - methods of his own. Tailor made for each type. He has been sent on at least 137 cases thus far, many of them high profile, and not come back with a single failure.

He's also only in the job not to restore order or to make the world a better place, but for the thrill and the kick of it all. He's brutal, a complete sadist - ruthlessly efficient and deviously smart, yes - but also unfathomably tyrannical, smarmy and cocksure. He also has no loyalties to anyone but himself. He has admitted to me, in person, that he'd abandon Interpol at the drop of a hat if something caught his fancy more than just the license to be brutal on the job.

Volpe spreads his fingers on the table.

Volpe: Ruminate on that.

Solana picks up the file and opens it, looking at the portrait of the smiling Agent Swift.

Solana: He certainly is handsome, but I'd know better than anyone that looks are deceiving and all that.

Diego: <Aren't you the one that launched this naval battle indirectly, Solana>

Solana: -To Diego- Quiet you.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Daydre sits on a bench, Rowan seated next to her. She holds the Alolan Vulpix egg in her lap.

"Man, when is this thing ever gonna hatch? It's been, what, three months already…?"

Rowan: <Maybe you have to give it a little tap or something.>

"I kinda doubt that's a good idea. What if it fucks them up or something?"

Rowan: <I mean, only if you do it too hard.. What if they need the push?>

"I'm not gonna try and break this egg, that seems like it's ask-" Daydre is suddenly beaned by a snake flying through the air. Shit, the snakes have broken the fourth wall to get to- oh wait no. It's just a Dratini.

Unprepared for the snaking, Daydre's head is forced forward and her forehead cracks against the top of the egg's shell.

"OW, what the... Is that a Dratini?! Do they live around here?"

Rowan: <Somehow, I doubt that. And for the record I wasn't recommending you break the egg open.>

Dratini: <Ahh... Where..?"

...Oh?

"... Shit."

Daydre can only watch as the egg shakes in her arms. The shaking grows more and more erratic before the egg's shell splits open to reveal an Alolan Vulpix.

"..."

"Arceus, they're so fucking cute."

Rowan: <True...>

While Daydre and Rowan are distracted the Dratini rolls off of Daydre's head and onto the bench.

Dratini: <.. Where am I?>

Daydre is snapped out of cooing over the newborn and seems to remember she just got hit in the head by a snake not a minute ago.

".. Ah! You! Why did you hit me in the head?!"

Dratini: <I did not do that on purpose, I can assure you! I.. I'm not sure why I was flying through the air though. All I can remember is…> She frowns.

<Erm, anyway.. Again, can you tell me where this is?>

"We're in Unova."

The Dratini continues to frown.

"Sorry, was that not specific enough? I can-"

Dratini: <No, no.. What's Unova?>

Daydre opens her mouth to respond, then closes it and gives Rowan A Look. Rowan gives her A Look right back.

off the shits

 Santalune, past 

So like Verax...

-To Volpe-

And you think he has a high chance of betraying Interpol and working for Neo-Flare. I feel like there's probably a bit more to this that you haven't told us yet though.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.