Hacks was out, Amber was scrambling for strategy, Tae was out cold (sneak attack those cowards), Bishop had never spec'd himself for combat, and Snakeye?

<Well would you look at the time?>

Snakeye's arm trembles a bit as it starts going <It's hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii->

"Okay Snakeye is gone... Captain what do we do?! Captain?"

Silas had vanished, Bishop blinked, "HOW?!"

The Supervillain? would suddenly feel a arm wrap around their neck.

Future Megan had been very helpful, Silas decided to roll intimidation.

   "Stop now."   

Silas squeezed a little,    "I don't have time for this taurous shit. Surrender now... let us pass, or I break every bone in your body... Be smart, wait a bit until I'm no longer invested."   

"OH MY ARCEUS CAPTAIN WHY?!"

edited 11th Apr '18 2:00:26 PM by EchoingSilence

Kai: Hm... well, we've already used up three slots, so let's just go all out with the fourth! Petal Dance!

-Barako starts spinning, whipping up the charred petals and generating some more intact ones to batter Muddy with-

Erstatz alliance

Lila: Yup, that's how I learned it. It's super convenient isn't-

-hears the thunder-

Waah! Help mee! Oh, just weird thunder from... Somewhere. I didn't just start having that dream again. Phew. Still creepy though.

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

Channah: Oh, okay. Just lemme run this back to the team quick. -pays and starts to leave- I was thinking about, like, doing some proper training for once with these guys.

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

-Everyone starts to shuffle out, probably following Logan or Ever-

-It is at this point La drags Homer in-

La: Okay I'm gonna contact my bosses about where to take you next. As for you... Don't go anywhere, mabye try something on.

-he darts off-

Izaya: I've been having some... Issues regarding the J-Team.

-Umbra, Ammy, and Marina follow Aladdin-

-Enzo follows Iago-

Gabite!Archer: <I'm starting to get the feeling we won't find all the answers here...>

Contact Me!

Erstatz alliance

Lila: I guess I'm still a bit jittery from that nightmare.

-shiver-

Thank you, bye!

-starts to walk out-

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

Xander: <Concerning. No Yato, Siegfried, or Raijinto, and though Brynhildr seems to have been found by an ally, Leo himself is nowhere to be found.>

Ryoma: <Hopefully it's just a side effect of... whatever brought us here, and not some malicious influence.>

Artoria: "Hopefully..."

Mordred appears to have gotten into an argument with a Rattata.

---

Cynthia: <Well, there's apparently another version of Mom running around, so it's possible!>

Severa: "Yeah. Hope you find your version of me."

"Though I can't imagine a version of me who'd get in a relationship with Inigo..."

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

 Battle Base, past 

Muddy: -Uses his increased speed to Flash Step away from the Petal Dance, appearing directly behind Barako-

Ice Punch!

Muddy: -Attacks Barako with a frozen fist-

 Mauville, today 

-To Channah-

Really? Cool, it's a really nice place to visit, there's hot springs and this cool bridge and ruins from the [Jomon] period and-Will probably go on for quite a while if not stopped-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Channah: -smiles a little and listens attentively as they go back to the Stormchaser- (That's better.)

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

Luka: <Probably a Moon Stone.>

AU!Shaun: *to Archer* "Did you really think we would?"

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Squealer: <Aw, what kind of issues? They're nice people!>

Soujin: "Alright... well, maybe I'll look into it or something..."

AU!Soujin: <Sorry I couldn't be of more help.>

Iago looks behind at the three who followed him.

Iago: <So, you're joining me, huh? Well, guess you got good t->

A reddish smoke fills the area and an Arbok slithers up to the group.

Jafar: <Well hello, there, Iago. Seems you've made some friends.>

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

edited 11th Apr '18 5:18:41 PM by BittersweetNSour

-Ever smiles softly-

Ever: The circumstances were different, but I've been a Pokemon before, yes.

Pleth: <Let me guess, a ghost?>

Ever: (holding up a finger) Dunsparce.

Pleth: <...Huh.>

Ever: -hums-

-he watches, rather nonplussed, as Logan and Rod sign their contracts, softly humming what is probably not "Never Gonna Give You Up" but certainly sounds enough like it that the tune will remain in an eavesdropper's head for an hour or two-

Pleth: <Sponsor?>

Ever: She's dear to our hearts.

-he smiles wider-

So, I believe I owe you all some directions?

-he strolls in the opposite direction, opens the door to a storage closet, and enters, leaving the door open behind him-

Pleth: <...He probably knows where he's going.>

-she follows-

-Brie is sitting around, checking news articles to see if Zemmalise has popped up again-

-they haven't-

-ding-

Brie: -smiles-

PEFE!Every: Kai?

Brie: -sticks her tongue out at PEFE!Every, and checks the text-

...Wh—

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Agrabah

-After a moment of waiting to himself at these crossroads, Pent follows behind the designated hero and his entourage of protagonists. He tries to keep the bell-jingling to a minimum but his mind is buzzing with musical activity-

How do you lot live in a place like this? The urge to break out into song is just... Overwhelming.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

-beat-

Megan: -snoring loudly on the pavement-

Ceal: -Attract-charmed, and singing a song with a Random Thief mon-

Tripod: -is stuck to a wall- @-@-@

All-Nighter: -is Taunted- <...>

-angrily?- <Wow, that's pretty cool. Sleep is good, though.>

All-Nighter used Signal Beam!

-which starkly highlights the bags under their eyes-

<I can never rest, and can only grant upon others> o.o

<Because my Ability is Insomnia> o.o

<So sleep, sweet child> o.o

<sleep> o.o

-and then they are pummeled by <A sword of howling night, eerie and fearful, enough to end the soundest of rest> and an Energy Ball-

-   Silas   -

Supervillain?: -fearfully, gurgle- W-well, y'see,

-Vee-

Vee: -grinning wickedly- <Also, you know, there's a thing about mons attacking Trainers.>

-they can see all of her teeth-

Vee: <It allows backlash.>

Supervillain?: — – -

^{I'm really rethinking my life choices right about now! @u@}

_{I'm just gonna goooooo...}

-and they sort of go limp from the scary guy and the teeth-

Vee: -proudly, at Silas- <Well that went—>

Supervillain?: -suddenly- or nOT, because thAT'S QUITTER TALK

Vee: <Gah!>

Supervillain: -flailing- FIGHT ME AND ALL EIGHT OF MY ESPRESSOS

-twitching- I DrAnK tHeM fIvE mInUtEs AgO aNd NoW i'M a G O D

Random Plant Thieves: -backing away slowly-

---

Lumiose, Elsewhere

Kat: -nods, solemnly- <Ah, those feels.>

<...you're too young to be having those feels.>

-she kicks back, booting a sudden Exeggcute-

Dracaena: ! ! ! ! !

Kat: -ignoring the crash of the Exeggcute hitting something offscreen- <Anyways! I! Cannot offer my solution. It is not for kids. But! It sounds like you need a little 🌙LUCK🌙 in your lives!>

-she scythes a nearby table leg, dumping some quantity of food between them-

<Food! Excitement—>

Some Guy: HEY! You—

-the Exeggcute -blip-s back, right as a Natu with a Black Belt tied around a leg drops an SEP field, between them dropping an amount of money in front of the guy-

Some Guy: ...okay?

-and then stare at each other, like a pair of catmons with a grudge-

Some Guy: ...okay then. I'm just gonna—

-leaves, hastily-

Kat: -without missing a beat- <—water, and shelter!>

-offering the food to them- <Mhmhm! Have you ever considered finding a Trainer? Or are you more independent souls?>

Logan: -to Kai- So we do! 💛

-nodding- I'll prepare for the Mission, so gimme a call whenever you need me!

-Addie leaves a card with their number scrawled on it in Squirrel Handwriting^tm-

Addie: <Thank you, and have a good day!>

-Logan salutes, and they go follow Ever-

Logan: -offers another chocolate bar to Lila-

Addie: -contrarily, offers some Berries to Lila-

-the Plusle and Minun snicker, then scamper after Iago-

-Tripod gazes after them, then blinks and goes with Ceal and Thespi, the latter of whom is rambling attempted-comfortingly to Ceal about necessary plot developments and the former covering her own face with her flippers still-

---

The Baddie Path

Plusle: <We have spectacular taste!>

Minun: <Mhm.>

-J a f a r-

-the Plusle grins, nonplussed by the sudden giant snake. The Minun, on the other hand, sort of hides behind the Plusle, trying to reduce her silhouette as much as possible-

Plusle: <Oh, yeah, the best friends.>

-she slings an arm around Iago, as the Minun skitters to stay behind her-

edited 11th Apr '18 6:33:36 PM by Asterisk395

No mind to think. No will to break.

-Rod, Laura, and their poss enter the storage closet-

Izaya: Not the whole of them really, just regarding one Ever Memito~

-Enzo yelps at snek and attempts to hide-

Shizuo: Right... See you, other Soujin.

-the group filters out-

edited 11th Apr '18 6:26:41 PM by Umbramatic

Contact Me!

-Kai smiles and waves as everyone leaves.-

Kai: Gosh, so many hearts today~

-Barako's eyes widen, and he is knocked forward flat on his face, unable to stumble to keep balance because of his anchored roots.-

Barako: <Oof!>

-Now at roughly half health, he spins around in place on the ground to stir up another Petal Dance.-

Kai: Wow. I may have underestimated Muddy a bit.

Corrin: Let us hope...

-She raises an eyebrow at Mordred-

---

Soleil: <Ooooooh. Cool!>

Upon the flailing Supervillain? and their 8 espressos, Silas sighs and proceeds to just apply a bit more pressure, "Go to sleep..." he stresses, his tone harsh.

Snakeye is still going, <IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII> apparently still using deadeye.

Artoria: "... Mordred?"

Mordred: <Give me a minute I need to teach this punk a lesson.>

Ratatta: <Who are you calling a punk?>

Mordred: <You!>

The Ratatta attempts to swipe at Mordred and gets a face full of Razor Leaf.

Ratatta: <Okay you win.>

Mordred: <Yeah that's what I thought.>

She turns back to the others.

<Sorry, he was being a bitch.>

Xander and Ryoma look at each other, and then give Mordred a strange look.

Mordred: <What, he was.>

---

Severa: "Well, it has been... interesting meeting you. I'm going to go back to shopping. Cynthia, you coming?"

Cynthia: -turning back into a human.- "Nice meeting you again, Soleil! Bye!"

Severa half-walks half-drags Cynthia off.

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

 Battle Base, past 

-To Kai-

That was unwise after watching my rematch with Steven.

Muddy: -Loses just under half of his health from getting blasted upwards by Barako's second Petal Dance-

Work Up into Ice Punch!

Muddy: -Spins in midair before diving back down with a frozen fist outstretched, the speed increasing its momentum-

 Mauville, today 

-Still walking-

...and that bridge they have is really picturesque, I hung out there a lot back when we in Almia almost four years ago. Just didn't really bring anyone because I wasn't exactly popular at the time.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-everyone enters the storage closet, and Pleth closes the door behind them-

Ever: Hmm. Welcome to the storage closet. I'm sort of impressed that you followed a stranger in here without so much as learning their name...

Can't be helped now. Welcome to the J-team...

-he opens a door that was probably always there, and enters into one of the Stormchaser's many common areas-

...And to the Stormchaser. Name's Ever, pronouns he/him I suppose, intense leeway to any given side.

Meanwhile

Ever: Heyo, Brie. Logan, Lila, Laura, Rod, this is Brie. Brie, these are the names I just said.

Brie: Hi!

edited 11th Apr '18 7:08:03 PM by memyselfandI2

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Channah: Yeah that's too bad. Hey, guys. -gives the Poffins to her mons and the Miracle-Gro to a pleased Thierry- Alright...

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

-Kai chuckles-

Kai: Next time, I'll stick with the veteran members, then. This is just Silver Rank, after all.

-Between burn damage and the Ice Punch, Barako is reduced to little more than a sliver of his health.-

Barako: <Ooooof... what astonishing strength... But my determination remains! Even if defeat is inevitable, it will be a hero's defeat!>

-He uses the last reserves of his energy to blow a final, critical Petal Dance at Muddy.-

Corrin: Dear gods, the rats in this world are... belligerent...

---

-Soleil waves a wing as Severa and Cynthia leave... and as soon as they're out of range, she immediately freaks out.-

Soleil: <Oh my gods I think Cynthia is dating a version of my mom this got so awkward so quickly aaaaaaaa>

Lumiose

Pichu the First growled.

<And become my brother?!>

<You say that like it’s a bad thing!> His younger brother chirped as he dug in.

<Someone has to keep you in check - I’ve told you this too many times!> he sighed as he begrudgingly grabbed a little food. <I’m trying to be self-sufficient, but as much as I love him, he’s a hinderance.>

Pichu the Second wasn’t listening as he noisily ate some food. His brother’s ears folded down, making the scars behind his left ear more visible.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.