Silas raises a brow, "Huh..."

"You don't seem so surprised."

"Hacks we live in a world with literal gods, aliens training pokemon is nothing new. Plus I was one just a short while ago."

Silas turned back to Dina, "We're just a little under the weather as we're recovering from stress, I was turned into a pokemon and captured, 2 months they spent looking for me."

Upon the battle, "Kick their ass Megan."

Mauville

Lila: Yup, I'm pretty good. My pokemon, including Karpy are fine as well. That was so weird, wasn't it?

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

-Ever has left PEFE!Every to think, and is pacing around the Stormchaser, when there's very suddenly a Sceptile-

Ever: Gah!

Pleth: <Why didn't you Mega Evolve me when we were fighting Gudrunn?>

Ever: Uh?

Pleth: <I didn't wanna bother you about it 'cause you seemed pretty busy the last couple days, but you're obviously not doing anything better now. So what gives? That would have been the perfect time to get a cool power-up and kick some ass.>

Ever: It didn't work the first time we tried it. What would be different?

Pleth: <More adrenaline? Higher stakes? Better narrative something?>

Ever: You're probably right on the narrative issue. But on the other hand, what if it hadn't worked? Like most things I do, that fight required a lot of timing, and it didn't really leave room for anything to fail.

Pleth: <So, what, you don't trust our bond to work when it counts?>

-Ever frowns-

Ever: I would say it's a major risk to take in a situation where we can't afford to trip up.

Pleth: <...I'm not sure risk minimization is really compatible with "reckless power-up.">

Ever: ...

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Nothing is here. Artoria nods. "Is there a reason you came to us in particular? Is there something else you needed help with related to it?"

Severa: <... Mordred, who are these people? They seem important.>

Mordred: "Our... friends? Friends. And sorta gods. i'll explain later."

Severa: <What!? You can't just leave off like that!>

Mordred: "Tough."

Severa: >:/

F!Robin: "Well, he's obviously not dead, for... better or for worse, depending on the circumstances."

Morgan nods.

Cynthia: "Hey! Leave her alone!"

She flies down, and her Pegasus attempts to kick Violent Knight away from Kattraea.

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

Celena: {Not to interupt, but...>

Shaun: "   Yeah, as touc   hing as this is, we kinda have literal dozens of Pokémon to deal with,"

-Jessica's wasted no time in turning human and throwing Dive Balls into the Magikarp tank like basketballs.-

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"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

-The Nido is knocked out.-

Illusion Grunt: All right, not bad! But see if you can handle this!

-He sends out a Hariyama, who takes a stance-

Hariyama: <We shall defend our turf with honor!>

-The kick hits hard enough to leave a large crack in Violent Knight's helmet.-

Violent Knight: <   ...   >

-Starling Artist starts to stir awake again.-

Starling Artist: <Oof... I feel kinda woozy...>

Violent Knight: <   ...Starling. It is t—    haaaack pth holy shit that voice hurts my throat. It's time to leave!>

Starling Artist: <Oh, then, very well! We shall bid you Bronze Birds adieu!>

-They take to the sky and fly away, leaving a cloud of Stealth Rocks in their wake to make following difficult.-

Kattraea: <Darn, they got away!>

Hollow: <We will find you eventually, mysterious duo!>

Soleil: <Phew... that was a lot more than I thought it would be.>

Cynthia: "Another victory for the heroes!"

She turns to the Bronze Birbs.

"Are you guys alright?"

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

Legault: -joining the group, wrapping his bandana around his head-wound- Who'd they say that thing was?

Channah: Dunno. Friend of our hangers-on. -withdraws her team, then sees the Weavile that Legault's dragging and blinks-

Nino: -stepping in front of Jaffar's limp form- We have to take him back, okay? He's important.

Channah: Uh, sure. -withdraws the Weavile into a ball and watches Jessica catch Magikarps, then cuts her eyes to the other mons in the room- This might take a while.

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

-Semigloss chirps excitedly-

Semigloss: <We did it, Soleil!>

-she deflates a little, wings and antennae drooping as she yawns-

<Whew...>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Cayenne puts a hand to her mouth in a dramatic reaction to Barclay-

Cayenne: Oh my! I have heard your name before! We haven't met, of course, but your name is certainly a familiar one from when I was learning about the family history. It's a pleasure to meet you, then!

-She then pouts at Braid-

Cayenne: Oh, don't be absurd! Not all of my "doohickeys" are cursed! It is nothing more than the hubris of petty burglars to befall unfortunate fates after pulling off museum heists for valuable artifacts. It should be a lesson, not a curse!

-Beat-

Cayenne: But yeah, this is probably one of the ones with a curse on it, from what I've gleaned from its history.

-She takes a rather rusty looking locket out of her bag.-

Cayenne: That said, I believe I'm safe from its effects, so as long as I'm the one with ownership, it should cause no problems, correct?

-Soleil likewise deflates-

Soleil: <Yeah, we did. Whoo.>

Kattraea: -nods to Cynthia- <Yes, we're fine! They surprisingly didn't seem to be particularly bloodthirsty despite appearances.>

Hollow: -checking the damages- <It looks like all of these overturned cars are plastic decoys! Nobody seems to be hurt!>

Kattraea: <Damn, fooled by decoys again! But, ah, I suppose it is for the better that they aren't genuinely harmful. Perhaps they were simply here for a story?>

Soleil: <Yeah.>

-...-

-Soleil sidles up to Cynthia.◊-

Soleil: <So, uh, hey. You were pretty cool out there.>

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She doesn't take her eyes off of Kai.

"I desire to see maximum goth."

Lita is doing sword drills in a tank top.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

 Petalburg Warehouse, past 

Thresher: <...Okay.>

Aerial Ace!

Thresher: -Spins at the Hariyama-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Macraul Estate

Barclay nods.

Barclay: "Pleasure to meet you as well. Nice to meet someone newer to the family while I'm trying to figure out how to reintegrate with it."

Barclay looks at the locket, feeling he should maybe recognize it, but since he doesn't, there's probably no problem.

Barclay: "Well, I can't criticize much about curses considering what I learned to do after death, but I guess that's one way of looking at it."

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

Logan: -sigh- It was extremely weird. But pretty much par for the course for me and a bunch of other people since the J-Team came around...

Addie: <Do you know much about the J-Team, Lila?>

Manetric: -glances at reflection in a nearby surface, surreptitiously brushing down a stray hair with a paw-

Dina: ~Mr. Whiskers! Use Tackle!~

Mr. Whiskers: -dashing on tiny mouse paws- <I'm gonna getcha!> :<

Pollen: <...>

Pollen used Energy Ball!

-bamf-

Mr. Whiskers: @•@

Dina: ~Mr. Whiskers! Oh Nooo!~

-they recall him, and swap Pokéballs-

~You will be avenged! Flutter, I choose you!~

-bom-

Yep, that's a Pidgey: <I still can't believe this is my life now.>

Tripod: -"you can do it!" fanfare~- ^-^-^

Megan: ...um.

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No mind to think. No will to break.

Amber let out a small chuckle, <Oh this is a bit unfair.>

"First gym challenge and they aren't doing so well," Silas added.

Hacks shrugged, "Well everyone starts somewhere."

Youngster Joey: WOOOOOOOO! YOU CAN DO IT DINA!

Braid: <At least tell us about any curses when you stick one of those things in a museum.>

<Scheherazade isn't bad at cursebreaking but it's just rude to make her clean up your messes.>

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Cynthia: -To Kattraea.- "That's good."

She looks down at Soleil. "Thanks! I try my hardest to be a hero!"

She hops off her Pegasus.

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

Mauville

Lila shrugged.

Lila: Well, I've heard of them, but hasn't just about everyone? I don't really know much about them though, but I heard that they're often at the center of shenanigans. My parents said that they got involved with some stuff in Alola while I've been away. I heard that there was also some crazy stuff that happened at the place my parents used to work at. Wasn't surpassed myself, some of the higher ups there were kinda off.

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

Kai: Heh, yeah. There are better cities to be airborne in, certainly.

-Kai grins at Lita.-

Kai: Maybe you'll see it another day. Today I'm sticking with subtlety.

-The Hariyama is struck by the Aerial Ace, but stands firm.-

Hariyama: <You have made the first attack!>

Illusion Grunt: Whirlwind!

Hariyama: <And you shall make no more now!>

-The Hariyama waves its giant flat hands like fans, creating a powerful gust.-

Soleil: <We do too!>

-She flaps her wings to create a gust, letting her cape billow in the wind.-

Soleil: <We're the Bronze Birds, the heroes of the sky! We take flight to fight for what's right!>

-Kattraea giggles-

Kattraea: <Nice rhyming~>

Cayenne: She shouldn't feel compelled to clean up! Any curses upon any donated artifacts are beyond my knowledge, and I cannot take responsibility for them, nor should the Macraul family as a whole.

Sammy: <But, um, wouldn't it be easier to not be responsible if we just kept them all in the hoard? It's such a good hoard except for the missing spots!>

-Cayenne pats Sammy on the head.-

Cayenne: Our collection is one of persistent change, my dear Sammy. It is simply right.

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Castelia City

Colt exited the bunker for some fresher air before he drew his phone and looked at the messages sent.

He admired the Key Stone for a little bit before he drew his headphones, eventually finding somewhere he could attach it to without damaging the headphones.

Colton's Headphones have evolved into Mega Headphones!

Agrabah

Colt and Amaterasu held their tongues, their MST 3 K habits biting them in the butt.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Barclay: "Constant change? That's an interesting way of doing it. Even if I tried making a library or something out of my collection, I doubt it'd change much beyond getting bigger."

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

Semigloss: <Maybe it was a prank? Seems kind of extreme, though...>

-she yawns, and Roosts-

-Brie nods-

Pleth: <—I'm just saying, I think that if you were willing to take a leap of faith, we'd have better luck.>

Ever: I have faith in people and in Pokemon. This is a rock.

-he wiggles the fingers of his prosthetic-

Pleth: <It's about the faith in our teamwork, not the stone.>

Ever: (noncommittally) Maybe.

Pleth: <I'm not getting what you're so worried about. You didn't want me to use Dragon Pulse back in Hoenn, but then I figured it out and we won the battle. How is this different?>

Ever: Well, fewer lives depended on us winning a Gym Battle.

-Pleth snorts-

Pleth: <At the very least, we could get into an actual battle with someone and give it another try. If we lose, we lose. What's the harm?>

Ever: I would argue it's more tangibly correlated to the strength of the bond between us. If I catch a Pokemon, and we go on a League challenge together, that Pokemon will get stronger as long as they're trained, whether or not I take the time to form a close tie with them. And furthermore, it's perfectly possible to lose a battle, even if I were using Diesel or Breeze. I can point at their progress as a sign of my competence as a trainer, and maybe translate that into closeness with them as a friend, but with the rare exception, such as Gattaca, I don't have any physical proof of my accuracy as to the objective strength of our bond. With Gattaca, I was essentially shooting blind, on the theory that she'd eventually evolve, but Mega Evolution requires that active push to initiate, and if it fails, you have direct feedback that the closeness isn't there. Which, in turn, causes friction between Pokemon and Trainer, encouraging reticence in the future.

Pleth: <So, cutting through all the words you just said...because it didn't work once, we're never trying again? What sort of answer is that?>

Ever: (irritably) I'm not saying we're never trying again. It just needs to be the right time.

Pleth: <Right time would've been when we were fighting Gudrunn. If I'd been able to hit harder with that Frenzy Plant, I probably could have knocked her out, or at least pinned her down for Skyfire to finish things up.>

Ever: For someone so insistent on it being an expression of the Pokemon-trainer bond, you're very focused on its use to you as a power boost.

-Pleth Leers. Ever's Defense falls slightly-

Pleth: <Are you going to psychoanalyze me?>

Ever: I'm simply pointing out a fact. Each of us is relying on the other's problem to avoid facing our own.

Pleth: <That's an awfully roundabout way of saying we suck at this.>

Ever: Mmm.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Logan: -blink- Ah. This wouldn't happen to be...Aether, would it?

Dina: -bucked up by the cheering- ~Now, Flutter! Use Peck!~

Flutter: -hop-flapping forwards- <Never said I was complaining, though!>

Megan: -command pose, but almost hissing- Pollen!

Pollen: -reading something in her Aura- Yeah, fine...

-it's a good thing that her rolling her eyes is visually indistinguishable from her otherwise-

-still-

-Flutter Pecks at Pollen as she beans her with smaller, bouncier Energy Balls-

Pollen: <Ow. Ow. Ow.>

Flutter: <Now! -peck- You're! -peck- Mine! -peckpeck->

-if Pollen floats low enough to stay in easy pecking distance, no one comments-

-...-

-eventually, their brawl ends, though, with Pollen the victor-

Flutter: <Oof!> @v@

Pollen: -fluttering, huffing- Oh...

Megan: -winces internally-

Dina: ~I see! You are a powerful Trainer indeed!~

-recalling, pulling out another- ~Still, I have no intention of losing here!~

Tripod:

Dina: ~Ms. Buzzy, I choose you!~

-bom-

It's a Weedle!: <Buzz buzz, motherf—>

Dina: ~Use String Shot!~

-Pollen is rapidly wrapped up in a spray of silk, falling to the ground-

Pollen: -burning her way through the cocoon, flatly- <Oh no, what shall I—>

Dina: ~Now, Poison Sting!~

Ms. Buzzy: -Weedle Weedle-

Pollen: -needle needle- <YEOW!>

It's Super Effective!

Pollen fainted!

Ms. Buzzy: <Gotcha! That's how I do this!> -rears up on tiny stubby larva legs-

Dina: -starry-eyed-

Megan: ...um, okay, the actual closest to appropriate-strength for the encounter is...

-she pulls out a ball, newly in a blue casing-

No mind to think. No will to break.

Hacks smirks and steps over to Megan, "Actually Megan, the Grant Brothers would like to loan one of our Lucarios for this situation."

Silas shrugged, "Well you a-"

"No. I'm not referring to myself."

Silas blinked, "No. Hacks no... come on... just... no."

"Oh it's not so bad, you like the form don't you?"

"Yes but I just got back to being human."

"It's just for the one battle. I promise."

Silas grumbled and looked at Megan, "Up to you really..."

 Petalburg Warehouse, past 

Thresher: -Is blown away-

Helios: -Is dragged out and poisoned- <...>

Quiver Dance into Hurricane!

Helios: -Twirls before sending high-speed winds at the Hariyama-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.