Virbank, AFD

Hajime breathes a sigh of relief and smiles.

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

The GM House

-The sound of the alarm barely tickles the edge of Deziree's hungover perception.-

-The sound of a viscous hum, however, curls its way into her mind.-

-Her eyes are bleary - both from fatigue and lack of glasses.-

-She's on the floor of her workshop. The concrete is cold.-

-The hum is coming from a cylinder next to her hand. It used to be that old remote that Pent handed off to her.-

-She's fairly certain that she didn't turn it on, yet the hum from the internal battery drowns out everything else around her.-

-Her focus snaps to attention.-

-The alarm's going. Ludmilla's in trouble.-

-Quickly whipping out her spare glasses and grabbing the cylinder, she scrambles to her feet and rushes outside.-

Pyrite Plateau

-A whirling portal opens. From it steps a trio of young adults, one obviously older girl and two boys.-

Phosphora: Hey. This isn't Kalos!

Bismund: You double-checked the coordinates, right?

Cooper: *Cough* Always. We should have ended up outside of Lumiose.

-The portal closes, and the sound of an alarm makes the three jump.-

Phosphora: Wait, isn't that-

Bismund: The house alarm!

-The three go running.-

The GM House

-Ludmilla thrusts a palm out at the Templar leader, but he barely moves an inch.-

Bruce the Chopper: Sorry lil lady. This bloke's got a bit more paunch that wot you can 'andle.

-He raises a hand, and a midnight black axe forms in his hand. Ludmilla cries out in surprise and quickly backpedals as the obscuric axe comes down where she was standing.-

-Cu Sith bites the massive Templar on the forearm, and the two grapple, both too large to be easily toppled by the other.-

Mauville, yesterday

Lila looked up at the huge exeggutor.

Lila: What the?

Then everything dissapeared.

Mauville airport hotel, today

Lila found herself sitting on the bed in her room.

Lila: Well, that just happened.

She checked her belongings and nothing much had changed, including the fact that Karpy was still in her bag.

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

The GM House

Bruce the Chopper: Oi! Get lost, doggy!

-The Arcanine keeps hold of Bruce's gauntlet as Ludmilla back up, while also tossing a Templar grunt away with a psychic fling.-

Bruce the Chopper: I warned you!

-Bruce raises his other hand and a blast of blue energy fires from it like a shotgun blast. Cu Sith lets go and retreats, her face singed.-

Bruce the Chopper: Bet ya weren't expecting that, eh?

-He fires Auric blasts at the retreating Ludmilla, axe still in hand.-

Bruce the Chopper: You ain't hidin' from me, luv!

-Ludmilla's mind starts racing - how was he using both Aura and Obscura?!-

---

-Deziree kicks open the door and steps between Bruce and Ludmilla.-

Bruce the Chopper: Well now, if it ain't the lady o' the house! You think you can step up?

Deziree: I can do more than that.

-She takes out a cylinder, and a teal beam shoots out from the end. The beam stops three feet from the emitter.-

Bruce the Chopper: Ooo!

-Another glare of light flashes as beams shoot out of the crossguard.-

Bruce the Chopper: ... PAH! PAHAHAHAHAHA! You made a Kylo Ren saber?! That's rich - you went and made a lightsaber, and you picked the wimpiest design of all! HAHAHAHA!

-Deziree's brow furrows. She lifts the blade to point it right between Bruce's eyes. The teal blade glares, as do it's four crossblades.-

Bruce the Chopper: PAH-huh?

-Deziree clenches her teeth and charges.-

-The blade clashes with the Obscuric axe before slicing right through it. The blade cuts through the Templar armor and slices Bruce's forearm.-

Bruce the Chopper: Bloody tosser!

Logan: ...what the fuck.

8-Ball: <An-d that's a wrap, folks! You've got a bit more time on the clock, Mx.>

Logan: Wha—

Ball!Addie: -groan-

-bzzt-

-and whoever is mysteriously Teleported wherever they need to go and Logan to...somewhere they're apparently needed for the day, probably centered around defeating things with the power of drawing rainbow-y lines and also spheres-

-Zippy had departed, citing <needing to get back to work and not Logan Business, lovely though it is to see you again>-

-Logan is here, having Captured a certain Voltorb-

Logan: Geeeez...

Addie: <So did you want us here for that?>

8-Ball: <No! We wanted you here to see the giant f-ckoff airship parked outside!>

Logan: ...

Addie: <...>

-they glance outside-

Logan: ...fuck. I know that airship.

8-Ball: <Right?>

<I mean, our motives are inscrutable and literally everything and anything could be why we sent you here, as the branches of time are many and varied and it's not so much one result so much as a sort of probabilistic sum of all the happenings that could result from your presence, or so I'm told, but that was a pretty freakin' major part of it!> (Major!)

Logan: ([vague Mareepishness] Ah. ) I...guess I'll see if Lila's around, then check out that store, then...unless...

Addie: <Eh, let's see what comes up for once. Lucky 8-Ball, and all.>

8-Ball: :]

-Chrom and co. are breathed on in a really creepy way-

-it's also incredibly painful, because dragon, so they stop and guard and heal, the two royals bringing what power Naga has to offer to bear-

-they do their best to fight their way forwards, but at the very least their slow smiting might offer something of a distraction-

Lissa: -defiantly- Th-there's no way we're losing to you, not now!

-they strike outwards-

-Megan is walking back to the hotel where Silas and Gogie are, back from an errand-

Megan: You really didn't have to...

Vee: <C'mon, there's no way we're risking that.>

Megan: But this?

-she's gingerly holding on to a Luxury Ball, which cost a pretty penny-

Megan: I mean, your Pokéballs are all regular...

Pippy: <But we insist! After all, it's us on the Pokéball end of the Vow this time, and this is the ball we picked out! Heck, the two of us can afford one of these!>

Vee: -nods, grinning-

-Megan makes a tiny, soft smile down at the ball in her hands-

That Deoxys Wearing Human Clothes: ~Hello again!~

Megan: -startled blink- -Oh Arceus you're still here

Pippy: -cutting in- <Hello! It's nice to see you again!> ^v^;

Megan: I-I thought you were just like an April Fool's Day hallucination...

Vee: <Didja find the Center okay?>

Deoxys: -adjusting their cap- ~Yes, those directions were spot-on, thank you!~

~I'm looking for someone, actually, and I'd heard they're around here...~

Vee: -amiably- <We've been around here for months, ask away.>

~Oh, thank you! I was wondering, have you happened to see [unintelligible, slightly eldritch concept]?~

Megan, etc.: ...>

Deoxys: -scratching head- ~Er, sorry, someone who [slightly more intelligible concept, largely consisting of dozens of sounds laid over each other simultaneously]?~

Megan, starters: -glance at each other, ranging from nervous to vaguely confused-

Deoxys: ~Hmm...~

edited 2nd Apr '18 5:49:05 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

-Brie smiles-

Brie: The drinks are nice, yeah. I'm glad you knew about this place; I can't navigate Mauville.

-Ever is staring at the ceiling, playing with a laser pointer. On the ceiling, Pleth is chasing the red dot around-

Pleth: <This is demeaning.>

Ever: It is in your power to stop chasing the dot.

Pleth: <I'm going to catch it.>

-Ever laughs softly, and turns to PEFE!Every-

Ever: Hey. You good?

-PEFE!Every shrugs-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Kalbis: What other kinds of Pokemon are there?

-After what seems like forever the SATWHUL lands here-

edited 2nd Apr '18 1:18:12 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Silas and crew step out, Hacks wearing his scarf again as he follows Silas, who has a few more bags under his eyes, "Sleep okay Bro?"

"Slept fine... waking up was the hard part..."

"Problem?"

"Dreamt you took over my life as I was locked in a PC box to never be grabbed again."

"...Oh..."

"Just still got a few hangups, Deoxys power was nice while it lasted... I'd like to have it again."

Hacks gave Silas a concerned look, "And your scarf? Will-"

"Yes... but not for awhile. I need to be human for a bit... just... need to be me for a bit, and not Stylus."

Hacks nodded, the two walked along in silence before he spoke up, "You know I wou-"

"I know... just my brain panicking and having a nightmare after finally getting free, I'm sorry if I've caused you any stress."

Hacks let out a sigh of relief, "You know we coul-"

"No."

"You didn't even let me finish."

"Hacks if you want to try and catch me with a Pokeball, it's not happening... I'm fine, and so long as we stay close, it'll never happen again."

Hacks nodded, he understood a bit.

The rest of the team said nothing, but gave each other knowing looks, still, it was good to have Silas back.

"Oh I've got so much to do... so much to catch up on... Think Megan could get us a audience with Dialga?"

Speaking of Megan, Silas and Hacks approach, "Morning Megan."

At the Deoxys, "Hello there... I don't think I've caught your name."

edited 2nd Apr '18 1:32:58 PM by EchoingSilence

 Lab Raid left path, past 

-To Channah-

Yeah, I'm fine.

-No he's not-

Lev: -Protects against the various attacks and then starts glowing-

Anatoly: -Takes the various attacks belted at him and uses Earthquake again while still dazed-

Tokarev: -Just starts shooting at the Salandits and Combees that try swarming him, now distracted, glaring after the Heat Rock manages to strike him in his left shoulder-

 Petalburg Warehouse, yesterday 

Thresher: -Shrugs at the use of Toxic Spikes and uses Iron Head again-

edited 2nd Apr '18 4:25:44 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Mauville

Logan might see Lila coming down the street towards the food court.

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

Lab Raid, left side

Hae-won sees Lev charging up.

Hae-won: "Great..."

Akravator: <Now or never!>

He tries Dragon Clawing Lev after his series of Dragon Dances.

Virbank, AFD

Buddy: <Mm... there are hundreds of varieties I'm aware of..>

Hajime: "A lot, yeah... I mostly raise grass types like Buddy, but I ended up catching one so I could try riding him..."

He sends out a Tauros, who gives Kalbis a look.

Soujin: "Huh. Guess we've set down."

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

-The Salandit and Combee scatter at the gunfire-

-Mia smacks Lev with a Knock Off-

-The stampede continues down here-

-Subject D-776 is still chasing the Stakakata-

Subject D-776:    <BETRAYAL>   

Kalbis: Fascinating.

-she reaches out to pet the Tauros but stops herself-

Archer: Yeah...

-He exits, the Vibrava's Pokeball in hand-

Contact Me!

-as the vehicle does not levitate, despite the distance and daze, the Earthquake slams into it, battering it to pieces, instantly knocking Igor out and leaving Ironspine on the brink of unconsciousness-

-they tumble amid pieces of machinery to fall on the floor-

Dr. Ironspine: <N-no...>

-aiming with a shaking paw- <I WILL have my victory...>

-and she fires a power-absorbing Fell Stinger at one of the containers of Infinity Energy-

---

Chrom: <Where are you even going?!>

-he Swords Dances as he runs, capable of doing little else-

-Logan is wandering around, this time with a Manetric by their side along with Addie-

Logan: Lila, hello!

-they approach-

Vee: <Morning, starman!>

Megan: Morning!

Heh, if I could meet Dialga and ask for favors...

I don't think there's any worry of that happening. ^_^

Deoxys:~Oh hello! And you can call me Dina.~ ^|^

-they turn their attention back to them-

~Anyways, does [odd pattern of pulses] make sense at all?~

Pippy: -processes, shakes head-

~What about ~[jumble of emotions, largely fondness or otherwise positive]?~

Vee: <Uh, that seems more like a personal identification...>

~Darn. Hold on, I'll give them a call...~

-they close their eyes and a thin, pale aurora starts to shimmer from under their t-shirt and jacket-

-surely unrelatedly, a Pokéball on Megan's belt rattles a little, which it does sometimes-

~Oh! What about [three semi-distinct presences]?~

Megan: -having a sort of chord struck- ...hmmm.

edited 2nd Apr '18 4:12:23 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

"You mean Tripod? Megan's Magnezone that communicates only in musical bleeps?"

Hacks smiled, "Ah I remember your first meeting with Tripod, they shocked you as you were flying."

Silas gave Hacks a slight look, and sighed, "Well we'll figure something out. I've been checking up and apparently a lot has been happening, I'm wondering how the hell we're gonna see it all since... well the 2 months looking for me."

Hacks shrugs, "Maybe we could get Punch and Judy back at Asimov to see if that wormhole idea of theirs can be used for time travel."

"No no no. I got dumped into a intersolar war last time I used any of their devices, I'm not risking that again."

Hacks sighed, "Still... why are you here Dina?"

Matthew: <We get it, bro.>

Leafeon: <I DON'T GET IT HE'S A BASE STAGE WHY IS HE SO DANGEROUS>

-A Septuple Helping Hand-boosted Grass Knot tries to ensnare Subject D-776.-

---

-Fluffles yips in pain. A Vulpix goes flying across the room. Achille growls in pain and anger as he runs at Anatoly with a Night Slash. Beowulf Detects, simply Teleporting into the air as the Earthquake hits, while Shaun just...levitates.-

~If-~

We don't know what model it is. It could hold twelve shots or twenty.

-A Quick Ball appears in between Jessica's tails. It's juggled and tossed.-

Berry Bubble: {Oh, bad guys?}

-He makes an odd, disconcerting sound that could be...laughing?-

Shaun: "   ...   "

-He fires a Spirit Shackle at Anatoly. Jessica summons more pink Pokémon to charge Anatoly. Beowulf leaps into the fray with a Drain Punch.-

-Fluffles pounces at Lev with Thunder Fang while Berry Bubble tosses his 'head' at Tokarev, the head sparkling like a disco ball.-

---

-AU!Shaun follows, hands in pockets and a Leavanny at his side.-

edited 2nd Apr '18 5:11:56 PM by SwiftSeraph

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

The Tauros notes that Kalbis ended up not petting him and grins.

Hajime: "Ah, yeah, Ocory... well, he's not poisonous like Buddy, but yeah, good to make sure you don't get on his bad side."

Soujin looks out at the forest, realizing some things about it.

Soujin: "Huh... looks like we're in Johto now."

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

-Subject D-776 blasts the incoming Grass Knot with an Ice Beam before resuming his pursuit-

-The Weed Team rushes after-

Izana: <W-wait!>

-The group stops at Celebi's shrine-

Archer: Looks like the wars didn't touch this place...

-he sends out the Vibrava, who hisses, but seems transfixed by the shrine-

Kalbis: Duly noted.

-beat-

...Are any of them dragons?

edited 2nd Apr '18 5:48:51 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Nino: -running- What about the - others? Are we going to regroup with them?

Legault: No clue. -presses his hand to the back of his head, which comes back bright red with blood- Hell. -eyes the Stakataka running away from the Horsea before catching up to Nino-

Channah: -sighs, then gets lifted again by Lo to avoid the quake- -to Tagg- Probably shouldn't just stand there, then.

Dolabella: <Tch, aim was off.> -uses Helping Hand on Berry Bubble-

Thierry: -withdraws himself in fright-

Mari: -is thrown into a tank by the Earthquake, then tries to protect the Combees and Salandits with Protect-

Montanari: -tanks the Earthquake and sees Lev glowing, then decides to set up for a Counter as he beholds his now-ruined suit- <Oh, Brunello Cucinelli, you served me well...>

edited 2nd Apr '18 5:50:17 PM by Metanoia

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

-PEFE!Every and Ever have been sitting here for hours-

-...-

PEFE!Every: I didn't want them to feel unwanted.

Ever: Right. I see why that would be a sore spot.

PEFE!Every: I...I didn't think they were hurting anyone. They just wanted people there.

Ever: They were enthralling people. They made us forget, or remember things that didn't happen, to keep us from getting suspicious. I don't know if I've ever explained it to you, but I'm not a fan, and I can't imagine Brie's any more okay with it.

PEFE!Every: (in a very small voice, smaller even than usual) Oh.

Ever: Look, I...I'm not mad at you. I don't think. Frey was taking advantage of you just as much as the rest of us. But...looking down at them, even knowing they were a kid, they didn't know any better, they were working on all kinds of bad instincts and inherited neuroses, all I could think of was that the easiest course of action would just be binding their soul into a neat package and feeding it to Glimmer.

Glimmer: -perks her head up-

Ever: Nobody's feeding you a soul.

-she droops-

-PEFE!Every stares at Ever in horror-

Ever: I'm not going to. Promise. But...I need you to understand. How not okay this was.

-PEFE!Every looks down, her eyes welling up with tears-

Ever: ...

PEFE!Every: I'm sorry.

-she starts to cry in earnest. Ever hugs her-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Soujin: "Thank goodness..."

He looks at the Vibrava.

"...Something up with you?"

Hajime: "Uh, yeah, there are some dragon Pokemon, but I don't have any."

Ocory: <Can't think of any plant dragons.>

Hajime: "Well, there's Mega Sceptile, at least..."

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

Cormac falls back to the rest of the group after his Bullet Punch is blocked by Lev's protect.

Cormac: <...Sky Attack, eh?>

Finnegan jumps down from the ceiling pipe and attempts to trip Tokarev up with his chords while he's distracted with the Combee and Salandit swarms.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Braid: -waves at Cayenne-

<Is that another cursed doohicky? I prefer the jobs involving more normal stuff, like books.>

-the shrine glows as the space around it ripples, a green sprite appearing with an aerosol can-

Celebi: <...okay, you seem legit, but a little upfront warning about Shadow Pokémon would be appreciated.>

-she shudders-

<...it hasn't been that long since Cyrus on my personal timeline okay maybe getting back to work this soon was a mistake...>

<...but! You have a Vibrava to Purify, right? That would be good for my nerves...>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Vibrava:    <This place... It makes me feel...>   

-he shudders-

-and hisses when Celebi shows up-

Archer: Yeah, give the little guy some TLC, please?

Kalbis: -gets a notable change in demeanor- Eee! I love dragons! My great-grandpa Cu was a dragon! Let's find some! :3

edited 2nd Apr '18 8:46:14 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

Soujin just blinks at this, unsure what to say.

Hajime: "...Wait, a Dragon's your great-grandpa?"

Buddy: <Er, I don't think there are any dragons nearby...>

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

 Lab Raid left path, past 

...

-Says nothing to Channah's statement but steps back-

Lev: -Screeches from the attacks he suffers as he flies at the mons apart from Montanari-

Lev used Sky Attack!

Anatoly: -Runs to tank the Mind Blown thrown at Tokarev- <Oh no you don't!>

Muddy: -Flash Steps behind him- <Hey.>

-And pounds him into the ground with a fist surrounded in what appears to be a transparent bubble-

Muddy used Earthquake Punch!

It's super effective!

Anatoly: @_@

Anatoly fainted!

Tokarev: -Is reloading when he sees the tank of Infinity Energy explode and jumps back from it, which gets him tripped up by Finnegan's cords- Ack!

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.