Dunsparce Cloud
Helioptile: <Right! Onwards to victory!>
-Ever, glancing around, happens to notice Mezzo approaching. His eyes widen, but there's no good way to get a signal off at the moment-
Ever: ...So. Plan?
Brie: Uh.
Ever: Sounds good.
-Motricorch sways back and forth, eyeless head seeming not to notice the Complex. Interested in keeping it this way, nobody really moves-
-meanwhile, two of the Pokefutures agents begin to stir, Eric and Al-
-Mags and Bram don't-
Eric: ...Guys?
-Recovering away his injuries, he rushes over to them, checking Mags' pulse-
Al: ...Are they—
-Eric nods silently-
Al: ...Damn it. That Crobat...
Ares: <Uh, peace, you two.>
-and he darts back towards Amanita, who's still kneeling, and flops down next to her-
Eric: I can't get any lifesigns from either of them. They're gone.
-the dust around him starts to swirl, his eyes shining bright with psychic power-
Al: ...Eric. We still need to get home.
Eric: ...
Al: Eri—
-Eric's gone, dashing towards the Complex-
Eric: I don't care about making it out of here anymore! But none of you will!
-Motrichorch senses the movement, and lets out a roar-
-Al swears, and charges the Krawl boss. She's long since lost her knife, so she simply generates blades from her wrists and leaps ten feet straight up, digging them into its side-
Al: Damn it, Eric, the mission!
Eric: Fuck the mission, Al! Our friends are dead, and I'm going to avenge them! Starting with that fucking scientist!
No.
Guard.
Brie: You won't—
-Eric slams into her, lifting her off the ground with the force of the tackle. Rotating in the air, he flings her aside, and she doesn't get back up-
Protect!
Ever: Get ba—
-with a flicker, Eric's behind Ever. It only really takes a quick shove to knock him to the ground, and a hard kick to keep him there-
Eric: Die!
-and he lunges for PEFE!Every-
NO!
-PEFE!Every is braced against the attack-
-having parried it with the blade of an Aegislash-
We will not be harmed.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Eccentric Electric
Virbank City Pokemon Center Exterior:
"Odd, I got swarmed at Virbank Complex. All of this sounds way too strange to be a coincidence. I think someone or something is making these pokemon act out," Mark suspected before a young man looking like a new hire at the nearby power plant suggested, "You think so? Hope the cops are looking into it. Should probably let them know if somebody hasn't already."
"Maybe, but right now I really need to help my team...and it doesn't look like this line's going to let up. Probably end up stuck here until the sun goes down," Mark said with annoyance, briefly glancing toward the direction of the sun which was slowly descending toward the ocean. "To hell with this, I'm going to the Pokemart to heal my mons with the amazing power of drugs—-I mean medicines."
"Good luck with that, mart's probably sold out by now!" The same worker mentioned before Mark left the line and began heading toward the nearby Pokemon Center.
Living The Fever Dream
Mandrake: <Hm! Then I will be ready for a fight!>
Banquo nods.
Banquo: <Yeah, I'd be happy to help.>
Hajime notices Mark go off.
He's... a bit unsure what to do, bit nervous being just him in the line with his new friend running off.
Though, hey, Horst was here too. He smiled.
He yelled to Mark.
Hajime: "Hey, don't worry! If they are out for some reason, I've still got your spot saved for you!"
Dawson: <...Wait, what do you mean 'others can see you'?>
Ratigan gets struck by the Hammer Arm. If he wasn't hurting before, the sword certainly didn't help.
Ratigan: <Ngh... you...>
Basil's tiara is removed and he lets out another scream.
Basil: <I! You... Ugh...>
He immediately removes the dark cloak.
Dawson: <Basil!>
Smee manages to absorb most of the electric attacks power due to being a Wooper and a metallic raspberry comes from the tower.
Pent's continous punches take down the tower of pots until Smee is left exposed.
Smee: <Um...>
The attacks take out more of the dark types and some of the Water-type reinforcements too.
They, like the others previously fainted, change into goop and get sent below decks.
Copper: <...Okay, I won't say I'm not still nervous, but that he->
And then the Bunker Buster happens.
Hook's ship has a giant hole ripped through it and shrapnel's flying everywhere.
It's quite possible some of the shrapnel knocks Enzo out of hiding and into the main stuff.
The ship... still seems stable on the water, though, despite everything.
Hook: <Ngh! All crew! Back to the ship! We're gonna need to repair this!>
He presses something on the inside of his coat and a forcefield of some sort erupts from where he's standing. It expands out, pushing the group out with it, but seeming to ignore his own pirates.
Unfortunately for Ratigan, this means he gets pushed out with the others, everyone scattered either in the land or the water.
And with that... the ship takes off. Not in the water, but by flying in the air, trailing with some sort of shimmering dust.
The water types still stuck in the water and the dark types who couldn't get back on board press something in their own cloaks and all get transported back to the ship where the others were going.
Save for the Azumarill, who's still trying to fight Slliuq.
The Lumineon notices the Azumarill didn't seem to hear the captain.
Lumineon: <Hey, we're retreating! Go ink and get back to the ship!>
Azumarill: <.......>
He presses the button and he and the Lumineon turn into goop and shoot up at the escaping ship as well.
Slliuq: <No gniog...>
Chum: <I-I have no idea!>
Amos: <You're not getting away!>
He shoots with his arrow gun at the forcefield and... it breaks off, not making it through.
Basil was knocked in the water after the thing, Dawson having helped him get to a piece of floating debris. Copper was knocked off as well and is currently trying to swim to shore.
Ratigan... the others might have noticed he got knocked off too, but they can't see him now.
edited 14th Mar '18 6:58:27 PM by CorvusAtrox
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Dunsparce Cloud
Ever: ...PEFE!Every. Do you want to explain?
-she seems a little occupied. The Aegislash is pressed against Eric's hands, Steel and Rock energies burning between them. Eric's eyes glow blue like a clear sky...and, unusually, PEFE!Every's glow red like a sunset-
You will protect us too.
Protect the offspring.
-and she draws the sword back, slashing along Eric's palms. He screams in pain and rage, stumbling back, as PEFE!Every whips the Aegislash around, planting their blade in the ground-
Eric: You think some animal is going to stop me? You killed Isaac, you killed Suri, you're the reason everyone's dead! So I'll kill y—
You will not.
-Eric takes a step forward, and stops. His foot twitches, and goes still-
It is the duty of the parent to protect the child.
Please.
Please.
Please.
-and his eyes, though already red, begin to glow. Please-
Ever: ...PEFE!Every. What's— Please
Desperate measures must be taken in the defense of the offspring.
-both Ever and Brie fall asleep-
Amanita: Every. What are you doing?
PEFE!Every: ...Two birds, one stone.
-she hefts the Aegislash, pointing them at the battle between Motricorch and Al-
-Motricorch screeches, bringing down a sharp foot where Al was a moment ago. The agent, though so far uninjured, is in her third fight of the day, and is starting to feel the burn-
Al: Dammit...fall down already.
-she slashes her arm in a wide arc, a crescent of obscura tearing through Motricorch, and follows it up with a crescent of Steel-type energy. The Krawl boss roars, and kicks at Al, sending her skidding back as she braces herself...and then slashes through the offending leg, removing it-
It can be harmed by the agents. If it survives, it will attack us.
If the agent survives, she will as well.
The time is not right.
Wait.
-and nobody moves as Al and Motricorch continue their battle-
edited 15th Mar '18 11:37:07 AM by memyselfandI2
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
RNP
Salvadore:<psst, niner>
K-9: <what>
Salvadore: <we've gotta work real hard to make sure he has a good time. >
K-9: <i know. we've gotta make sure he's happy and stays that way. he's not going to get better if he's moping.>
Salvadore: <yep. so we've gotta... oh my arceus>
-Lou steps out of the bathroom. Notably, he's dressed in a neon-pink-and-green floral shirt, has a comically large straw hat, dark red sandals and has about 7 leis on.-
Lou: *lowering sunglasses* What?
-Lou lays on a chair, sipping a drink out of a coconut shell.-
K-9: *fanning Lou with a leaf* <i think it's working>
Salvadore: *leaf-fanning as well* <I hope so.>
Carol: *laying on an adjacent chair* <Maybe we should go to that Melee Brawl island place or whatever it's called. Do that "island challenge thing.>
Lou: Maybe. Probably tomorrow. Let's just watch the sunset for now.
-They do.-
edited 14th Mar '18 7:00:21 PM by redneckphoenix
like christ, but with more nails
Truth: -to Azama, ignoring Izana- I'm a masochist, boom. -to Tagg, in response to the first part of what he said- Felt like insulting you, basically. Got derailed. And eh... Decent guess on the carpet. It's an icon of my Deepest Self. The me of which I, the aspect, am roughly high priestess. -pauses- That gives me an idea. But later.
-she stands and paces a bit, stops to contemplate a jar of Big Savings, then turns to Tagg again-
Truth: You can't really get through to me. You know that, with my emotional range. Hm... The Chespin thing's sort of right. On my end, it's more that I'd rather not expose other people to myself too much, because it reminds me of my deficiency. Plus it's rude, you don't put the trashcan on display for visitors.
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
Meet The New Boss
Molph: <Heh, if we're recruiting people we should form some kind of group!>
Duolis: Mabye... What should it be called, though?
-Ereth and Marina jump off the ship with Basil-
-Meanwhile, Enzo is blasted and knocked from his hiding place into the water, in full view of the pirates-
Enzo: <Heeeeelp!> -blub- <I'm a shitty swimmer!> -blub-
Azama: -shrugs- <Good enough.>
-Izana teleports to and pecks the jar of Big Savings-
edited 14th Mar '18 7:13:21 PM by Umbramatic
Contact Me!
Dunsparce Cloud
-the fight continues-
-Motricorch snaps at Al. She weaves to one side, vanishing into the Krawl Boss's shadow and reappearing from another part of it, tearing at its legs. As it kicks at her, she repeats the trick-
Al: Eric! If you're not going to kill them, I could really use the help here!
Eric: Sorry! Gotta help the kid! Please
Al: Eric, what are you—
He's cracked. Great.
-she evades another stabbing motion of Motricorch's leg, stepping out...and then leaping onto the leg, dashing straight up it. She leaps off of Motricorch's back, plunging twin obscura blades towards its head...-
-which retracts impossibly fast. She lands on the ground, on her feet, but whether fatigue, or pain, or something else, she takes just a moment to move-
-and Motricorch's leg comes down, pinning her to the ground by her arm-
-Amanita, the only member of the audience currently possessed of her senses (as opposed to just generally being possessed), winces, but there's not a lot she can do-
-Al, for her part, doesn't even hesitate. A quick slash removes the arm, and a quicker slash removes the leg holding it to the ground-
-from a statistical perspective, Al and Motricorch have the same remaining limb percentage-
-from a more practical perspective, Al bleeds, while Motricorch doesn't, and Motricorch has six limbs left to Al's three-
-well, five now, after that ill-advised attack-
Al: I don't care what you are. I'm still human, and you're still only an animal. I'm smarter than you, I'm faster than you, and I'll damn well live longer than you.
-almost automatically, she dodges another stab of a leg, and removes it. Motricorch is having some real difficulty keeping its balance now, and Al grins fiercely-
Al: That's right.
-she dashes in, ducking under Motricorch's legs, and leaping up to remove yet another. There's a moment...and the Krawl boss topples. Al lands, pressing her remaining arm to her stump-
Al: There was never really any chance of—
-it's injured, and badly, but not dead. A limb lashes out-
Now.
-Eric raises his hands. Golden energy gathers around them Please-
-and a blazing wave of shining energy, composed of thousands and thousands of tiny gemstone-like shards of light, tears through Motricorch and the impaled Al Please-
-as the blast continues, Eric's Drive begins to smoke Please-
-and then, abruptly, the blast ends. Motricorch and Al are gone. Eric collapses to the ground, utterly still-
We are protected.
edited 15th Mar '18 11:37:46 AM by memyselfandI2
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Some Rando
Whittington
Amaterasu and Roy safely disembarked from the ship as Xatu teleported with the rest of Colt’s team onto the docks.
They stared at the ship, and, while knowing that he couldn’t hear them, the entire team spoke up anyway, except for Pyukumuku who just looked over the dock at the sea in front of them.
<“GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT US LIKE AN HONORABLE POKEMON!”> Roy decided to keep the scarf on, for fear he would inadvertently burn down the dock.
Pyukumuku saw Enzo. Recognizing him as on her side, she leaped in the water to act as a surrogate buoy.
Pinwheel Mishmash
“Well, I guess that’s it, then,” Colt and Sylveon decided as they elected to run around to cover away from the Steelix. They did not fire, instead electing to respectively gather himself and use Heal Bell.
Colt drew Pot Shot, somewhat aware it would probably be resisted.
edited 14th Mar '18 7:12:33 PM by AbsentCoder
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Mezzo dashes straight onto the battlefield and without a second thought, lunges forward at the girl with the sword-
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Dunsparce Cloud
-PEFE!Every stares at what was once a battlefield-
-and slumps over, digging the Aegislash into the ground to support herself as her eyes fade back to brown-
Wait! We're—
-Mezzo-
-PEFE!Every's labcoat keeps her from being skewered, but she's knocked to the ground-
PEFE!Every: Ow! What the hell—
Protect us.
Don't leave us to die.
-Ever and Brie, despite their injuries, move to their feet, Brie wobbling badly-
Amanita: Hey, enough!
-Ares punctuates this with a Screech-
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Wanderer
Channah's Mindscape
-To Truth-
You remind me a lot of my cynical aspect.
-At the second portion of her statement-
That you have trouble caring? Well, that is kinda caring, in it's own way, that it actually bothers you.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
pain peko
-Lucina's Obscura dissipates.-
Lucina: <I'm sorry, Mother. It's just...I lost you and Chrom and mother once, twice in your case...I can't bear to lose you again. And I don't want all the hardships we've all bared to be in vain. Nor do I want to let anyone else be harmed by him again.>
-She chokes down a sob.-
Lucina: <I'm not going to let him hurt you again.>
-Sumia wordlessly wraps a wing around her (avoiding the sharp bits, of course) and pulls her close.-
Sumia: <He won't, Luci. I promise you.>
"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
The Eccentric Electric
Virbank City Pokemon Mart:
In a few minutes, Mark would enter the pokemon center, which was surprisingly well-stocked for the most part, aside from some aisle sections being half-way empty. Because he knew exactly what he needed (6 revives and 12 super potions), Mark would finish most of his business fairly quickly. He would stop to take a moment and notice that the current pokemart cashier ringing up his purchase wasn't a typical salesperson, but rather the kind of athletic young woman one would expect to spend most of their time working out at a pokemon gym: Green hair akin to a typical ace trainer's (at least in appearance) that matched her eyes, and wearing the standard pokemart work uniform, Mark was unable to avoid looking at her even if for a moment.
"What's a lady like you doing in a place like this? You seem like the kind of person who'd rather go sparring with a punching bag," Mark asked her, unconsciously reclining one side on the counter before she replied, "Yeah well, gotta pay for the gym membership somehow...and keep the lights on, you probably know how it is."
"You ever spar with your pokemon from time to time? I find it's a great way to stay in shape and get some training out of the way," Mark then asked before the cashier replied with a bit of confusion, "Uhhh...no? Lemme guess, you're a trainer aren't you?"
"Damn right! Beat the champions of Kanto and my home region of Hoenn. Looking to beat the Champion of Unova, 'cause one day I'm gonna be the King of the Champions!" Mark boasted, getting a little carried away with the cashier nervously laughing a bit before saying, "That's cool. I'm not much of a trainer. Just got a Venipede and a koffing for company that I have battle every now and again."
"Didn't you say you went to a gym, like this one around here?" Mark inquired before the lady answered, "Yeah, I usually train there, but it's not like I work there or anything though I wish I could. Apparently they have more than enough gym trainers there, and it's not like I've the skills they're looking for."
"Maybe if you kept working at it, you'd be able to make it there one day. You'd probably have a better chance if you considered taking pokemon training seriously," Mark suggested before the Cashier insisted, "If I had the time I might, but I'm not a fan of traveling. I like it here in Virbank too much to want to go anywhere, especially if I had to travel all the time."
Hearing this immediately sunk Mark's spirit, at least for a moment before he finished paying for his items and departing from the pokemart, but not before saying, "Well regardless of what you do, I hope you have fun doing it." The cashier merely shrugged off his intended complimentary statement and continued with what they were doing.
Living The Fever Dream
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
Mezzo: Wait, Every? Whoops, sorry.
-she withdraws her umbrella, then looks around-
Mezzo: Uh, where are the bad guys?
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Dunsparce Cloud
PEFE!Every: Dead.
Threat?
We should make sure.
No.
-and the Aegislash vanishes back into her-
-in the background, Brie and Ever collapse-
Amanita: Can someone please explain what's going on?
PEFE!Every: Zemmalise, they talked about putting down roots. I think they meant...
-she gestures, vaguely, in the direction of the hole from which Motricorch emerged-
Amanita: Not what I meant at all.
PEFE!Every: But it's still worth looking at.
-she trudges towards the hole-
Amanita: ... (following) Hey, Mezzo. You alright?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Hajime sees Mark coming out of the thing and waves to him.
Hajime: "Hey! You got the items you needed?"
Banquo: <...Well, given what we're planning on doing and what the three of us sound like we are...>
<...Second Chances?>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Mezzo scratches her head-
Mezzo: I'm okay. Confused, but okay. So did you guys kill the darkness thing then?
edited 14th Mar '18 8:08:28 PM by Mezzopiano
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Dunsparce Cloud
Amanita: No, they got away. We did manage to kill a few of our other recurring enemies, though.
...Well, Every did. I think.
Are you going to explain?
PEFE!Every: Later.
-they reach the edge of the hole-
-inside it is a massive yellow flower, roots extending out into the Badlands, pulsing with darkness-
PEFE!Every: I think we need to destroy that first.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
like christ, but with more nails
-the Big Savings fiend has an Overly Attached Girlfriend face instead of the usual, as well as hands on the ends of its tentacles pressing flat against the glass-
Truth: So you agree that me!prime is useless. Better. That's just pragmatism, though - People, especially J-Teamers, are way too easily offended. But why should I "care" about anything in the first place. Wasted effort.
edited 14th Mar '18 8:35:31 PM by Metanoia
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
Fwomph
Whittington, Water
-Welp, there is now a Pent (among others) in the sea-
<Alright, so we have lost Hook's crew but... Ratigan fell off with us so we can still accomplish local objectives yeah?>
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
Mezzo: All right, some action! Felis, let's Z-move this thing.
Felis: <What.>
-Mezzo starts doing the pose, and the Darkinum Z around Felis' neck is already gathering energy-
Felis: -sigh- <Fine.>
-Felis launches a ball of darkness from his mouth, which expands into a black hole as it impacts the flower-
Mezzo: Okay, done.
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Meet The New Boss
'Duolis: Hmmm... Fitting but sounds like a charity orginization when our job description may include beating peoplemons up.
Molph: <How about the Phantom Force?>
Duolis: ...That works.
-Enzo clings desprately to Pyukumuku-
Contact Me!
Dunsparce Cloud
PEFE!Every: Wait wait wait I meant—
-the flower's gone, its roots crumbling away to nothing-
PEFE!Every: ...Okay.
-she sighs-
-and then nearly collapses, Amanita catching her without much effort-
Amanita: Nice Z-move. We should probably go check on Ever and Brie now, yeah?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
-Mezzo pauses as she sees the explosion of darkness-
Mezzo: ...Well, at least I didn't miss the good part. Let's run!
-and resumes charging toward it-
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.