Channah's Mindscape 

-To Truth-

Wimp? Reacting to something like that doesn't make you wimpy, even if this person did cause you pain. Death isn't pleasant, but you already know my story so I won't rehash it again.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-the Memito Complex is standing outside the darkness still-

Ever: I don't get it. Why would a bunch of plants want to take over this crappy desert?

PEFE!Every: It's a valid question.

Brie: I don't think they're really plants in the strictest sense? They're Ditto. Vampire Ditto. Maybe...?

Ever: Those sure are a lot of words.

Amanita: Maybe I should catch one.

Brie: I don't think they're Poison-type? If anything I'd guess, like, Dark-type or Ghost-type.

Ever: —

Brie: No.

Ever: Aww.

PEFE!Every: You already have a Ditto.

Ever: Hey, just because Glimmer's a little weird—

PEFE!Every: No, in your backpack.

Ever: PEFE!Every, I think I'd know if there were a Ditto in my backpack.

PEFE!Every: I think you wouldn't.

Amanita: Can you two focus?

Ever: Whoops.

Brie: Okay, so. Anything we find, we hit it as hard as we can, once, and we run. We're going to be in two teams—

No.

No.

No.

Ever: Maybe we should all stick together?

Brie: Yeah, point. Not sure what I was thinking.

Amanita: -blinks-

Brie: PEFE!Every, we're relying on you to be able to teleport us out when something goes wrong.

Ever: When? Really?

Brie: -grins tiredly-

Ever: That is fair.

PEFE!Every: We'll have to be able to move fast. Rotary can move within the Badlands but in and out is dangerous.

Brie: Amanita, you're the only person here without Psychics, but Ares is crazy fast. If someone gets hurt before we're ready to get out, he's on extraction. (to Ares) You good with that?

Ares: <Yeah. You're all scrawnier than Amanita, it shouldn't be a problem.>

Ever: Hey.

PEFE!Every: He's right.

Ever: It's true, but he shouldn't say it.

Brie: Any complaints?

-...-

Brie: Nothing? Ever?

Ever: (defensively) It sounds like a plan. Let's do it.

Amanita: Yeah.

-PEFE!Every just nods-

Mission Start!

Liberate the Badlands!

Ever: Wrong game.

Amanita: What?

Ever: What?

-and they proceed into the darkness-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Truth: -impassive- That's what Garrett said, too. Multiple times. And then he realized the truth, and fucked off to Angela where he didn't have to deal with his mistake of a sister or very ill dad anymore. ...Not that he said that, but that's the nice deal he got.

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

-the Memito Complex are proceeding through the darkness. Each has two mons out. Brie has Skyfire and Tara, Ever has Breeze and Diesel, Amanita has Ares and Emperor, and PEFE!Every has Sharptooth and Cytosol. Tara, Breeze, Cytosol, and Emperor are glowing with Flash lights (Though Amanita did need to borrow Ever's Flash HM, as she'd only ever gotten Defog), marking out a large clearing in the darkness-

Skyfire: <Hmph. I don't like that we're running into this again, but you've at least got backup this time.>

Brie: Hey, we made it out fine last time, right?

Skyfire: <Pretty much entirely on luck.>

Brie: -sighs-

Meanwhile

Ever: You know, it would be nice if All were here.

Amanita: Since when is that a thing you say?

Ever: I'm just thinking, you know, he was a villain, right? So he probably has some tricks up his sleeve we don't know about. At least he might have Z-moves.

Amanita: Isn't he not really that great a battler?

Ever: Well, failing that, he could always be a meat shield.

Amanita: Come on.

Meanwhile

Emperor: <I was right, you know.>

Ares: <Shut it.>

Emperor: <They're trees. They're evil. They're trying to supplant us.>

Ares: <Stop talking.>

Emperor: <You know where the word "supplant" comes from in the first place, right? It's from "supper" and "plant", as in, the trees are going to eat us.>

Ares: <Say one more word and I will fling you into the sun.>

-...-

Emperor: <—>

Ares: <With my own wings.>

Emperor: <Hmph.>

Ares: <Can you try being less lucid?>

Emperor: <I'm in a good mood. It's not often my theories are proven.>

Ares: (flatly) <I wonder why.>

-Brie coughs to get everyone's attention-

Brie: Okay, so, if this is anything like last time, there are sort of two tiers to Zemmalise's defenses? They've got these orbs, that attack out of nowhere, but they pretty much don't do anything, they're slow, and they're easy to kill. Even a good kick from a person will do the job.

Amanita: Maybe leave the kicking to Brie and me.

Ever: I was going to do that anyway.

Brie: Don't worry if you get a little scraped up, by the way. Breaking the orbs leaves little traces of what I'm guessing is ambient energy they've been gathering up? It'll heal you, is the point.

Skyfire: <Just a little, but to be fair, that's about how much it hurts to get hit by one.>

Ever: That's convenient.

Tara: <Yep! ^_^>

Brie: The bigger problem is the, uh...well, they're made out of the same stuff as the orbs, I think? But they're bigger, and they're the tough ones. A Z-move or Hyper Beam will break them, but if there are a lot of them...well, make your attacks count, okay?

Ever: I usually do.

-Amanita rolls her eyes-

Ever: What? That's, like, my whole thing as a trainer. Brie is all offense, you're all defense, I'm the one who's really careful about timing. You gotta have a style.

Amanita: This can't be the best time to talk about this.

Ever: I am defending my honor.

Breeze: <What honor?>

Ever: -offended gasp-

-Brie coughs again-

Ever: Sorry.

Brie: Anyway, Zemmalise themself is...they're really fast, they can take a Z-move and get up afterwards, and they seem to like...spawn more creatures? It's probably best if we don't actually fight them. Just try and break whatever they're doing and run for it.

Ever: Sounds about par.

PEFE!Every: I can try and get a sample.

Ever: No.

Brie: No.

Amanita: Hell no.

PEFE!Every: Okay then.

-...-

Brie: You know, it seems kind of weird that we've been wandering through the darkness for like fifteen minutes and we haven't encountered a—

-a large rock whizzes out of the darkness, clipping Brie's shoulder. She winces in pain, as an orb emerges, more rocks and dust hovering around it in a shifting cloud-

Skyfire: <Poor decision-making.>

-she blasts the orb with flames. While it takes a moment, it quickly pops, leaving floating blue lights behind. Brie reaches out to the light, and her face changes to one of relief as she wiggles her newly-uninjured shoulder-

Skyfire: <Do they make decisions? Eh. Battle banter's not my job.>

Ever: -offended gasp-

Tara: <That took weirdly long, didn't it?>

Skyfire: <...Now that you mention it, yes.>

Breeze: <Well, Rock does resist Fire.>

Skyfire: <...They follow the type chart?>

Breeze: <Everything follows the type chart.>

PEFE!Every: Well, strictly speaking—

Breeze: <Everything.>

Amanita: Hey, guys?

Ever: Huh?

Amanita: I'm sure we'll be able to figure out their typing in just a few minutes.

-indeed, perhaps drawn by the light, more of the rocky orbs are starting to emerge into the clearing in the darkness-

Brie: ...Get ready.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Beep-O: -to Colt- <See there?>

-indeed the cyborg Rabbid seems to be climbing the tower. Carefully.-

-The group comes across a field at the very base of the tower with a sleeping Steelix and more corrupted Rabbids-

-These, however, are Loudred, with body paint and carrying large blocks.-

Lina: -blinks- These are diffrent...

Beep-O: <According to the Rabbiddex these are Smashers! They're Normal/Fighting and have agressive temperments that will instantly retaliate to any attack! However they can only move so far... Hmm.>

<Also that Steelix is something to be avoided... Once it wakes up it'll attack the closest peoplemons! Granted, we could use that to our advantage...>

Nero: <Hmmm...>

-she starts pantomiming a "stay put" gesture-

-to EMPEROR and the pistachio duo- <Do what I'm doing, umu!>

-The pistachio duo wave-

Molph: <It was! There was a Glitch that murdered my civilization and tried to kill my best friend too!>

Duolis: Well, first it was getting Umbra back, then it was getting Locke back, then it was fixing the multiverse, then it was killing the Glitch Molph mentioned, then it was stopping Gudrunn... Ehe, told you I keep getting sidetracked. ^_^;

-Ereth is Super Fanged, wincing in pain but then grinning-

Ereth: <Got you right where I want you!>

-Hammer Arms Ratigan-

-Marina tries to wrench the tiara off telekinetically-

-Enzo, meanwhile, leers at Copper-

Enzo: <I can't have these pirate creeps recognizing me, all right? Makes the informant job way harder!>

edited 14th Mar '18 1:39:42 PM by Umbramatic

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Mauville Fountain

Lila stared at the pokemon, confused.

Lila: What the heck are those guys doing?!

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

-the orbs attack, and everyone fights back-

-a little skeptical of her ability to kick something covered in a protective rocky shell, Brie mostly hangs back. Amanita follows her example, and the fighting is left to the Pokemon-

-in contrast to the unadorned orbs from earlier, these orbs seem a little more defensive. Diesel, Ares, Emperor, and Skyfire particularly seem to be having difficulties, even requiring two attacks sometimes. On the other hand, Sharptooth and Breeze don't seem to be having any trouble, and Tara is positively mowing through the orbs with lashing Giga Drains. Cytosol is mostly staying out of the fighting, she and PEFE!Every both watching closely-

Ever: This isn't, like...hard.

Diesel: <It might start to be soon. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up if they keep coming.>

Breeze: <I am, and it's "27 more telekinetic blasts exactly.">

Breeze used Psychic!

Breeze: <26.>

Ever: Please don't keep count.

Ares: <He's got a point. There's only so long we can keep pelting them with random attacks.>

Emperor: <Speak for yourself! I haven't gotten to do this in forever!>

-he suplexes an orb into another orb-

<Amanita, why don't we battle anymore?!>

Amanita: -sweatdrops-

Skyfire: (growling) <We can keep this up as long as they can.>

Tara: <Yes! They may have numbers on their side, but we've got determination!>

Ares: <It's determination, Tara.>

Tara: <That seems so aggressive!>

-she slashes an orb in half with a whipping vine of energy-

Sharptooth: <In the event that violences are necessitated, aggression is likely to be the most salient sentiment present.>

Tara: <Cool!>

Ares: <...Yeah, you're gonna want to rephrase that.>

Sharptooth: <Uh...no.>

-he Bulldozes an orb. It Bulldozes him back, and Ares pops it with an Air Cutter-

Ever: You know, I am getting the sense they're not following the same type chart we are.

Ares: <Well, that's just cheating.>

Ever: Hey, PEFE!Every, any observa—

-...-

Ever: Hey, guys?

Amanita: -trying to pin an orb in place to get Ares a clean shot with a Sludge Bomb- Little busy!

Ever: Cool, uh, where'd PEFE!Every go?

-...-

Brie: Mierda.

Amanita: Fuck.

Brie: That too.

Amanita: Yours was good.

Meanwhile

-PEFE!Every, after moving very fast for a very short period of time and then arriving at a rather abrupt and painful halt, has found herself in another clearing of light. This one, while Cytosol is contributing to a degree, is mostly provided by a young man-

-a young man with red eyes-

PEFE!Every: ...You.

Eric: What brings you here?

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

 Channah's Mindscape 

-To Truth-

Were you... not exactly expected? I don't know why you think that, but I don't think you're a mistake.

 Pinwheel 

Rabbid!Ann: -Pointing her sniper rifle at the Steelix with a devious look on her face- <Bwah!>

edited 14th Mar '18 1:09:16 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Mauville

Banquo: <...Dang.>

<Wait, though, did I hear you say you're trying to do something about Gudrunn? My trainer certainly wants to save her, at least.>

Whittington

Copper narrows his eyes.

Copper: <...And you're expecting me to just let you go? Last time I did that my mentor nearly died and the one responsible for it is among these pirates. How do I know this isn't an excuse to get on their side and backstab us later?>

Lost Shrine

Mandrake: <Of course we will! With all the holes in the multiverse, surely we'll find something!>

edited 14th Mar '18 1:15:09 PM by CorvusAtrox

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

Fusewheel Forest

Deziree: Oh! Oh heck, we can just paralyze them next to the Steelix!

Dezirabbid: <Bwababawah?>

Deziree: ...

-Deziree looks down at her shotgun.-

Deziree: Okay yeah this might not be my area of excellence.

-there's a fight-

-it's not long, and ends with PEFE!Every pinned to the ground with several of her own scalpels. One presses into her throat, keeping Cytosol from involving herself in the fight-

PEFE!Every: What are you—

-Eric's face twists with rage. The scalpel moves, very quickly, and PEFE!Every cries out in pain. Eric's bland smile returns-

Eric: Answer my questions. I think you're forgetting, I don't like you.

PEFE!Every: We're here to deal with the creature that's been shrouding this area in darkness.

Eric: I see.

-...-

PEFE!Every: Are you—

-he slashes her again with the scalpel. Cytosol glares, psychic energy flaring up around her-

Eric: Call your pet off.

PEFE!Every: ...Cytosol. Stand down.

Cytosol: <I'm not just going to let him—>

PEFE!Every: Stand down.

-the glow around Cytosol fades away-

Eric: The least you could do is inspire some sort of loyalty.

-PEFE!Every doesn't respond, blinking blood out of her eyes-

Eric: Do you remember someone named Isaac? About our age, yellow eyes, pretty face, smile that could've made flowers grow? He was my best friend. Or Suri? Kind of a dork and a suck-up, but with her heart in the right place? She and I were going to play a game of chess when she got back; we were two into a best-of-three and we were tied. Nathan... owed me five dollars. But you see my point, right? We'd known each other for years! How long did it take you to kill them, huh? Twenty minutes?

-nothing-

-...-

Eric: Answer me!

-the scalpel whistles, this time only narrowly missing taking an eye-

PEFE!Every: It took me 13 minutes and 22 seconds to kill the strike team your universe sent, starting from the moment I broke their concealment and ending when the leader dropped dead from his burns. None of them had documents, only a handful even left bodies, and judging from the autopsies I conducted most of them seemed to have their hearts correctly oriented, though one of the grunts did seem to have some coronary buildup that would have killed him if I hadn't. Furthermore, you can pull on whatever emotional ties you had to your co-workers all you like and it won't change the fact that they were nothing more than petty thieves and assassins, and the only thing I'd do different a second time around is see if I can beat my old ti—

-Eric gives a scream of rage, and PEFE!Every is telekinetically yanked off the ground, suspended at a painful angle. Cytosol's eyes flash, but her own wave of telekinesis is suppressed by the psychic waves rippling out from Eric-

Eric: What the hell is wrong with you, you freak?! Are you even human?

PEFE!Every: I owe Pokemon my life. You have one implanted in your spine. You don't deserve species loyalty.

Eric: What sort of monster are you?

-one of the scalpels darts back, pointing at her-

PEFE!Every: The kind that's still one up on you.

Eric: We'll see.

-and the scalpel lances towards her throat-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Mezzo opens her eyes, then wonders if she actually did, as it was just as dark as with them closed-

Mezzo: Um. Where am I?

Sunny: <Good morning! I had Ever take us along since we promised to help with this, remember?>

Mezzo: What's 'this'?

Sunny: <The darkness plant things that they needed your Z-crystal for!>

Mezzo: Oh! Well uh, why can't I see anything?

Felis: <Did you miss the part where the runt said "darkness"?>

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

Fusewheel Forest

“I’m just gonna ignore the fact that there’s a narcoleptic Steelix in Unova and make note of the fact that we have ranged weaponry and forcing these guys to run around will fatigue them beyond capability?” Colt offered.

“And following that same strain of logic, we can have them chase us into said Steelix’s path as we make a dash for it. I think I know who I want in on this,” he finished as he summoned Sylveon.

Colton’s Mindscape

“Yo, Strategist,” Smartass paused as he looked to the reading glasses - toting variant of himself. “You doin’ fine?”

“Yeah, yeah!” He stammered as he waved off the most obnoxious part of their host’s mind while using his other hand to type what Colt was saying. Not even Talbain’s puppy-eyes were getting him to listen.

Strategist was happy, as he could do his thing now.

And he was taking that inch.

Forest

“And Sylveon, you can prime a Reflect to cover our backs as we manage to basically put them into a cage with Steelix and watch the sparks -“ He was promptly gripped by the shirt collar by the now-human Sylveon.

“Colton. Kendall. Rever,” she seethed before she threw him to the ground.

Getting the message, he stopped talking and just set Category 5 at Sylveon’s feet. He drew Pot Shot and Sylveon’s Desire.

“Let’s hustle,” Sylveon proposed.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

-something small tugs at Mezzo's pant leg-

???: (in a squeaky voice) <Excuse me? Did you make this darkness?>

Ever: Did one of the orbs grab her?

Brie: That's not really their style! Besides, there aren't any coming from behind us! Seriously, why is your sense of dimensions so bad?

Amanita: Do you have a better idea of where she could have gone?

Ever: The more worrying possibility is that she decided to split off and look for clues.

Sharptooth: -using Crunch on an orb- <Doubtful. Although my trainer is occasionally known for foolhardiness in pursuit of information, she would not willingly separate herself from her team.>

Ever: Fair enough. So something took, her and—

HELP!

-and Ever and Brie flinch, hands moving reflexively to their faces-

Amanita: Huh?!

Skyfire: <Brie!>

Ever: ...Nothing, Breeze?

Breeze: <You seem fine.> -chimes-

Diesel: <We're sort of busy.>

Help! Please, help!

Ever: We have to find her.

Amanita: I'm not arguing that. But we're a little pinned down, and—

Brie: We can make a fighting retreat!

Amanita: We don't even know which way—

Ever and Brie: (pointing) That way.

Amanita: How do you know—

Please, help! It hurts, it hurts! Don't leave me here!

-but they're already racing into the darkness, and as Tara and Breeze are providing most of the ambient light (you can teach a Drapion to Flash but you can't make him bright), Amanita is forced to follow, Ares and Emperor combining Poison Stings to cover the retreat while Sharptooth uses Sand Tomb-

-it's hard to conduct a surprise attack when you are literally carrying a night-light with you, but Eric is very invested in his vengeance-

-which is why he doesn't notice Brie until she slams into him in a full-body tackle. He notices then, and hurls her off him with a telekinetically-assisted throw, but the scalpel, and PEFE!Every, fall to the ground-

-an Aegislash quickly retreats into her, before anyone present can take note of it-

Eric: So you're all here, huh?

Brie: (rolling to her feet) Unfortunately for you.

-Eric raises his hands, shining energy gathering around them and coalescing into star shapes-

-and a second layer of energy appears around his hands, forcing them open. The stars dissipate-

Breeze used Psychic!

Ever: Hey.

Diesel: <Oh. You again.>

-without further preamble, Diesel lunges at Eric, who shoves him back with a desperate burst of telekinesis. Skyfire bursts from the darkness, already launching a Flamethrower, and Eric steps out of the way, parrying with a Water Sport-

Tara: <Hey! Not so fast!>

-she lashes at him with a Giga Drain, but he bends at impossible angles, each time narrowly avoiding the tendrils. However, each time he tries to respond, Breeze interferes, curving his attacks harmlessly away-

Breeze: <I've arm wrestled a Latios! You ain't shit!>

Diesel: <Language!>

Breeze: <Ever, permission to hurt?>

Ever: Wholly granted.

Breeze: <Awesome.>

-his eyes flash green, and the ground under Eric shifts-

Eric: Grass Knot? Re—

-and bamboo shoots sprout from the earth, impaling his legs-

Breeze: <I got the idea from Chaos!>

Ever: ...Okay.

Eric: -groans-

Ever: Walk it off. Oh wait...

-the assembled Pokemon form a loose ring around Eric. He glares at them-

Eric: You're thinking I'm like Mags, I guess? Nah, I'd really rather not take on four at a time.

-and he vanishes in a flicker of light. Ever sighs-

-he reappears behind Brie, but she's more or less expecting this, already spinning around to aim a kick. Her foot connects solidly with his chest, and, already not doing such a great job standing, he stumbles back, forced to chain several teleports to keep vertical. Between him and her mons, and not feeling the patience to send out Calamity or Ramphyros, Brie lunges for him, an arm outstretched-

-a form emerges from the darkness. Unlike most of the people in the area, the shadows almost seem to cling to it as it brings a hand down on Brie's arm. There's a noise like a lead pipe hitting flesh, a scream, and Brie stumbles to one side as the shadows around Leader? dissipate-

Leader? used Feint Attack!

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Reina: Luring the Smashers toward the Steelix does still seem to be a viable tact-

-Elliot suddenly shoots a Smasher-

Eliot: <Get out of our way you freaks!>

-the Smasher bellows and charges, getying the attention of the others and waking the Steelix up-

Molph: <Yes, we are. According to the message I just got I believe your Trainer is tracking her down in Unova, but you could help us too, if you want.>

Duolis: We could probably use it.

Cavendish: <She still doesn't get it... Whatever it is we're trying to convey to her.>

Nero: <We need a human, umu!> -looks around at the bystanders- But none of these humans seem to be paying attention to us...>

Dakota: -spotting an Ersatz Alliance storefront nearby- <Mabye we ask in there? Store people pay attention to customers... Ideally.>

-they head over, beckoning Lila to follow-

Enzo: <You don't understand! I've got a wife! Kids! What if these pirates trace their way back to them, huh?>

edited 14th Mar '18 1:50:35 PM by Umbramatic

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Truth: Oh sure. -flexing her hands and examining her nails- Not like that, although my biological mother did put me up for adoption after having me on purpose. She must've seen it early. I'm a minor error of nature is all. Something that slipped through the cracks and became an insipid mix of unsavory traits and poorly-substantiated beliefs. I've done nothing noteworthy, have no real skills or talents, and sooner or later I disappoint everyone. Et cetera. I know it's melodramatic any way you put it, but I'm just being realistic.

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

Pippy: -to Daydre- <I'm Pippy! I'm Megan's starter!> ^v^

<We've also got Vee, the Vaporeon, with us, Megan's second.>

Pollen: <...>

-they look ahead at Beep-O's word, seeing the hostile Rabbids-

Pippy: <And...perhaps we should catch the cyborg Rabbid before we engage her? If she gets them first, she has a terrible asset on her side, looking at what happened with one random panic-blast at that Carnivine...>

<Also, the more Rabbids we defeat, the stronger our forces become!>

-he and Pollen and Lapis get in ready stances-

Megan: -also to Daydre- I promised to help, so...I'll go with you, wherever.

-she nods, firmly-

-the Plusle is focus-fired by the ink ray, and despite the Light Screen's dampening, splutters painedly-

-and then the Minun interposes herself between Smee and the Plusle-

-she pushes back with a Wild Charge, and before she's dragged backwards into the Plusle's Lightningrod, the Plusle shoots a Charge Beam at her, healing her against the attack and backing her advance-

Ceal: -at the goo-fainting- <Wh-what are they?>

Rain!Thespi: <Trouble. Also, no idea...>

Tripod: -floats up, beeping urgently, struck by a few attacks from the watermons-

-they struggle for a bit, then onto one of Pyukumuku's Light Screens project an image of the unsinking ship-

Ceal: -dragging any more water-y attacks into an Aqua Ring- <Er...>

Rain!Thespi: <There are terrible forces at work here...>

<But it seems like something's in there.>

-grinning- <Let's crack it open.>

Ceal: -blocking something with the Aqua Ring- <A-are you sure? E-even if we pull it off, w-we'll be pretty useless immediately after...>

Rain!Thespi: -dodging attacks- <We made the threat, we can't not follow through. Besides, like Ever said, we're not alone! 'Pod's with us, and everyone else!>

Tripod: -absently beeps, reasurringly-

-they point out where they last saw their allies within the ship, to avoid hitting them again, particularly with this-

Ceal: <O...okay.>

<Let's sink this ship.>

-they shove the Aqua Ring outward to buy a bit of space, both they and Thespi take a deep breath, Ceal making a Wave-Motion Gun-charging sound, gather their strength, and fire a pair of Hydro Cannons, the second Mimicked from the first, somewhat clumsily forcing them together into the familiar jet of force, employing all the focus and power at their disposal to attempt to keep the water moving forwards, against pressure and obstruction-

-assuming normal conditions, they attempt to drive the Bunker Buster downwards, to slice through the heart and underside of the ship, trying to dramatically maim, if not bisect, the structure-

-at the same time, Tripod drops a Thunder on the Plusle, causing the Minun's Wild Charge to burst forwards suddenly-

Chrom: <We can't excuse the wrongs done to you—wrongs which you came back to prevent from happening to us.>

<Still, he doesn't seem to be our Grima—his mark is still gone from your mother's hand, and apparently the body this one takes is of a different Robin, not ours. Naga's strength, however—>

-he puts a paw on a Falchop, and gestures at his shoulder, then Lucina's own Falchion and her eye-

<—seems as strong as ever. And who's to say this one hasn't found some semblance of a more peaceful existence?>

<If he's been around this long without drawing the ire of the local world-defenders, then he likely isn't up to his old tricks. We'll keep an eye out, for sure, but he doesn't seem as much of a threat.>

-he smiles-

<And if something happens, we've got each other, the bonds even he couldn't break. As well as a seemingly increasing number of our friends, and our new allies. If he tries anything, we've got this.>

edited 14th Mar '18 3:38:39 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

Mauville Fountain

Lila looked at the pokemon.

Lila: They want me to follow them? Ok!

Lila followed the strange pokemon.

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

-Mezzo feels her legs for the thing that touched her-

Mezzo: Uh, no. It's something else that did that.

Felis: <Honestly, it's an improvement over the place.>

Mezzo: Maybe. Well, maybe it would be if I could see. I don't know.

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

-it's small and scaly, and has a little frill on its head-

Helioptile: <Ooh, that's the spot.>

-she squeaks-

<Well, I liked it when it was sunny. Want to help me fix it?>

-the fight goes still for a moment. Leader? doesn't. Without slowing down, she whirls around, driving her foot into the side of Brie's knee-

Leader? used Assurance!

-Brie screams and collapses, and the tension breaks. Skyfire bellows and launches a Flamethrower, but the brief pause has given Eric time to steady himself and heal, and another Water Sport reduces the power of the attack, allowing Leader? to duck out of the way, disappearing back into the shadows. Skyfire makes to follow, and two arms wrap around her, holding her fast-

Mags: No.

Skyfire: <Let me go!>

-she thrashes, her tail blazing up as it wraps around Mags' leg, but the woman doesn't release her, barriers of energy materializing around her as she almost nonchalantly deflects incoming attacks from Diesel, Breeze, and Tara, before whipping around and simply throwing the Charizard at them. Unable to extinguish her internal flames quickly enough, the impact knocks all three unconscious. Mags grins-

Eric: Took you long enough, Mags.

-PEFE!Every starts to struggle to her feet, and Eric holds out a hand in her direction. She's pinned to the ground by her scalpels, literally and painfully. Eric rolls his eyes, looking back to Mags-

Mags: Needed to wait for the signal.

Eric: Al does love her timing, doesn't she?

Ever: Really giving us timing specialists a bad na—

-Leader?, whose name seems to be Al, bursts out of the darkness again, grabbing Ever's arm. It's the left one, and pink light flares around it. Ever cries out in pain as she twists the arm behind his back, pressing a knife to his neck hard enough to draw blood-

-Skyfire snarls. Al stares at her-

Al: This. Fight. Is. Over.

-Skyfire appears to be making up her mind. Al just watches her impassively-

Brie: 'Fire, please, don't

-Mags smashes the Charizard into the ground-

Mags used Dragon Claw!

Brie: No!

-bracing herself on her good leg, she lunges at Mags-

-and into a Protect barrier. Before she can readjust her weight, the barrier vanishes, and she topples forward-

Mags used Brick Break!

-Ever and PEFE!Every watch, horrified. Brie crumples to the ground, coughing up blood, and Mags kicks her good arm out from under her-

-and that's it-

edited 14th Mar '18 2:07:03 PM by memyselfandI2

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Felis: <No.>

Mezzo: -picks up the Helioptile- Sure. What do we have to do to fix it?

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

"Oh, uh nice to meet you." She nods at Pippy.

"And, uh, thanks Megan... That's actually really-" -Cue Eliot shooting.

"Oh great, what happened to luring them?"

EMPEROR: <That sounds like a good idea!> He follows.

off the shits

-the Helioptile climbs up to Mezzo's shoulder, and lights up, creating a small bright area-

Helioptile: <See, that's the problem. I was hoping you'd know, because you smell very talented.>

-there's a rolling noise, from nearby, and a rock flies out of the darkness-

Helioptile: <Watch out!>

-the adrenaline of the battle starts to fade. The patch of light seems to almost go silent, save for the sizzling from where Al holds Ever's wrist, and the occasional sharp breath or whimper from the three Memitos-

Al: Recall your pets. I know you're able to.

-everyone complies, Cytosol recalling herself-

-...-

Eric: Oh, hey, Al, where's Bram?

Al: Could we refrain from discussing tactical issues in front of prisoners?

Eric: Prisoners? Can't we just kill them?

Al: The scientist may be useful, and I can't imagine she'll cooperate if we kill her friends.

-Ever makes a so-so motion with his free arm. PEFE!Every glares at him-

Eric: Well, she's the one I wanted dead, so...eh.

-the clearing lapses into silence again. It's broken by a soft sound of pain from Brie-

Ever: ...This is probably a dumb thing to ask, but can you heal her?

Al: Pardon?

Ever: You've got Eric as your healer, right? I know what Starmie do.

Al: You're not wrong about that. But why on earth would we agree?

Ever: 'Cause you need a way back?

Al: Excuse me?

Ever: What else would you want? We sealed your portal back, by the way. I figure you wound up here, didn't want to risk a long-range teleport because of the magnetic fields, couldn't go through the desert since none of you brought food or water, so you've been hunting or whatever, and then you got trapped here by whatever's making this darkness.

Al: You know this how?

Ever: Well, you implied that the absence of your fourth was a tactical decision, and given the third party present in this darkness, I can only assume you're having the same difficulties as we are. Given that we're both enemies of the orbs and their masters, I can assume that being slowed down by carrying an injured person is not something you want to do, but as you've said, Every won't help you get home if you kill us, and that probably includes leaving us to die.

-...-

Ever: If—

-Al switches her grip on him, and sticks the knife into his arm-

Ever: ... (weakly) Ow.

Al: I've decided that letting you talk is proving problematic. Open your mouth again and I'll put my knife through your lung.

-Ever nods wordlessly-

Al: Eric, heal the girl.

Eric: But—

Al: Now, if you please.

-he groans, and goes over to Brie, who is attempting to pull herself to at least a kneeling position. It's not working-

Eric: I'd say "hold still" but I frankly don't care if you do or not.

-he holds out a hand, an aura of pink energy forming around him as some of it flows to Brie-

Eric used Pain Split! Eric used Recover! Eric used...

-Brie hisses in pain as her injuries start to heal. Ever watches, worried-

Al: What happened to your arm?

Ever: ?

Al: Your arm. It's burnt, where I touched it.

Ever: ...

Al: You can speak. Stay on-topic.

Ever: Not my strong suit.

-Al summons a blade of obscura-

Ever: (hastily) It's a quality of the prosthetic. Burns when it touches metal.

Al: Interesting. You didn't ask me to change arms?

Ever: Obviously not. Can't text with that hand.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-The group enters here to find Bartelby staffing-

Bartelby: Welcome to Ersatz Alliance, how can I help you?

Nero: <We need to teach this girl some manners, but she can't understand us, umu... Granted, you probably can't either, umu...>

Bartelby: -blinks- Actually, I can.

Cavendish: <That's great! Can you pass along what we have to say?>

Dakota: <Or at least what the bird does.>

Bartelby: Actually, I have a better idea.

-he goes in the back room and emerges with accessories of clothing, which he hands to each member of the party. He hands a scarf to Lila-

Hear me out... the ones I handed to you Pokemon will turn you into humans. Yours, girl, will turn you into a Pokemon. We have a clearance sale on the defective stoc- er, novelty items.

Dr. Multiman: A prisoner's Cubone has been wreaking havoc; dump them somewhere that isn't deadly but where we don't have to deal with them.

edited 14th Mar '18 2:39:27 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

-Mezzo, having just gotten her sight back, has no time to dodge the rock and is smacked right in the face-

Mezzo: Ow! Who did that?

-she brandishes her umbrella at the direction the attack came from-

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