ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

-Vworp vworp vworp-

-A Julius in the middle of a red pentagram appears before Shiki-

Julius: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- wait, who are you?

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Brynhilde: "... Again, my apologies."

"But... to answer your question, I died on a battlefield in the early 18th century, and came back as a Honedge. I found this ring in an ancient ruin that lets me assume a human form."

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Shiki looks up from the book she's reading, her hair blowing a little.

Shiki: "Shiki. Who are you."

The immediately obvious thing is that Julius is back in the medbay, and the second is that Shiki's missing her left arm.

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

-"A shocked Homer stares at where Julius had been, then sighs heavily."-

Homer: So this is my life now huh?

-"Homer goes back to picking up his papers and books on legends, Camelot, and witches named Abigail."-

-"Meanwhile, Mokuba has found the kitchen and his eyes are twinkling at a cookie jar."-

Mokuba: <Cooookieee'> O.O

Let's all have fun

-The pentagram dissapears-

Julius: ...Crown Prince Julius. I see you weren't in the best condition when you got here either. Unless you're from here in which case what happened?

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Scarlette: I... I see. My, uh, Dhelmise is similar, having died in a shipwreck a couple centuries ago.

-Her eyes widen suddenly-

Scarlette: ...Oh no where's the crew been since the raid

Shiki: "No, I'm from here. Well, [Japan], but I assume you mean this universe."

"As for my arm, an extradimensional alien jellyfish crushed it," she says, as if this is a normal thing that happens.

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Brynhilde: "Ah, how interesting. I do have to wonder if that's common for Dhelmise. My situation seems to be, for Honedge-lines."

"... A... good question."

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

Ersatz

Colt patiently stood behind Squealer as his purchase was being processed, clutching the laptop bag while cursing the fact that he almost forgot the Illusion Project.

Makbaliv Ocean

Xatu and Colt dutifully follow, Xatu having used Mirror Move to get the Dive bubble.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Julius: ...Giant jellyfish? Is that one of those "Pokemon?"

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Elizabeth: "The fuck?"

"Camilla fix this right now."

Camilla: <I didn't do that.>

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Shiki: "Yeah. Of a sort. It's a type of pokemon called an Ultra Beast. They're not native to this dimension."

"The one that I fought is a Nihilego, Interpol codename UB-01 Symbiont. Stay away from them. They have a neurotoxin that can drive people insane."

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Poipole: -clinging to Tale, happily- ^.^

Pippy: <...all birds...are valid...>

-he huffs and collapses to his knees(?)-

Megan: -to Kai, hastily applying a Full Restore to Pippy- Y-yeah, that was...something.

Uh, Omen, what was—]

: -what Staryu?-

(-...what Exeggcute? Absol?-)

Megan: ...okay.

-she turns away from this thought and smiles at Kai-

-and, noticing- Oh! Are you okay? That...whatever that was, seemed to take a lot out of you...

Vee: -shuffling up, half-grinning- <yyyep, an' so're we all...>

-to Kai- <You alright?>

-she stands surprisingly nonchalantly, outwardly, despite the immense fatigue an Auric or empath could feel weighing her down, despite currently draining and absorbing the swamp's water for a pick-me-up-

-much like many of the peoplemon here, depending on the observer, the light of her soul might shine a little dimmer, the rhythm of its song a little weaker, the spicy chocolate smell somewhat...thinner...?-

-but slightly significantly more so-

Abilene: -in the midst of Holly's reassembling, examines the swamp-plants produced by the Pledges, down on one knee to feel a leaf between her fingers-

-dozens of sets of bird-y eyes hovering in the sky, just on the edge of perception-

-...oh, there's the Absol-

Kat: -calling over to Silas, grinning- <Surely you can find some reason you'd be here~>

-the attention of anyone looking at her might be strangely redirected to the...extreme devastation, fist-shaped craters in trees, scattered Poipole, the drained, lifeless gray earth-

-notably confined to this one park rather than the crowded city beyond the borders-

Kat: <You're welcome.>

-she continues licking herself clean-

Ceal: -to Gogie- <Th-that was a vampire?!> O-O;;

Vee: <ye>

Henri, Darrin: -get up with their Shiny Kricketune and Skuntank and start wandering over across the battlefield-

-Logan is here, back to work after the Iron affair-

Logan: -briskly- Alright, environment cared for, mons checked on...and we'd still like a second opinion on finding that airship. Anyone up for it now?

Addie: -head tilted, eyes closed, cheeks sparking- <...Yeah, Ironspine's ready. And she wants to show you something?>

Logan: Concerning. Well, an attentive audience always brightens her mood.

Addie: -raises a finger- <Hold on...>

<...>

<Now.>

-and with their Styler, Logan draws a sigil on the ground in glowing blue lines and backs away-

-wise, since it explodes with lightning, as usual-

(Addie: -finger upraised, sucks aside stray bolts before they can strike the more vulnerable surroundings-)

DR. IRONSPINE:    BWA HA HA HA HA HA!>   

<FOOLS! Bear witness to my VAST and MIGHTY MIND as it RETURNS from CRUSHING INFERIOR INTELLECTS BENEATH ITS HEELS!! QUAKE BEFORE IT!!!>

Igor: -inexplicably with her, as usual- <'lo again.>

Logan: -after nodding to Igor- Ah! What a terrible, awe-inspiring sight you are, Doctor.

-pacing- Look at you, so fearsome in those two-inch heels. Miracle of science, they are.

Dr. Ironspine: <INDEED! I—>

<Wait. You called me Doctor.>

Logan: -smiling mildly- I did indeed. And may I say it's an unenviable pleasure to stand before you once again.

Dr. Ironspine: -hopping forward, peering up at them- <Spare me the sycophancy, Ranger, we both know you're too clever by far for that.>

-grinning- <You've got me doing your dirty work, after all.>

Logan: -shrugging, only half-seriously- Well, I wouldn't go that far...

Dr. Ironspine: <Please. These little "challenges" you set for me? What a laugh. You know full well I can't resist a good challenge.>

-grinning darkly- <Keeping me out of trouble, scratching that itch just the way you like it. Clever enby.>

-Logan only grins that mild, neutral grin-

Dr. Ironspine: -clapping her paws together- <My, what a delight it is to converse with you with WORDS! And not that ghastly device of yours.>

Logan: -looking at their Styler- You think it's ghastly?

Dr. Ironspine: <Why yes! It works TOO WELL! Messages conveyed exactly as you mean them! There's no room for all the little conversational subtleties and misdirections I've come to appreciate—And I do so love the way you talk out of your ass sometimes.>

Logan: -quietly relieved- Ah. I must admit, I didn't expect you to be so eloquent.

Dr. Ironspine: <FOOL! As if the GREAT IRONSPINE could be anything BUT—>

<...ah, you were concerned, weren't you, dearie? How ghastly...and you didn't even make a pun. I could hear it, you know.>

Logan: Well I do care. You know.

Dr. Ironspine: -ruefully smug- <I think I know every damn iota of how much you care by now, darling.>

Logan: -rubbing their eye- If you're done psychoanalyzing me for a change, you had something to show me?

Dr. Ironspine: <Ah, YES! I have this fellow on hand. Very strong, excellent potential for a minion—>

-she tosses out the Great Ball-

(-Igor puts the game of cards on hold, motioning for Addie to get up, alert-)

<—one small issue, though.>

-which releases a Shadow Eelektross-

Shadow!Eelektross: -snarling-    <RAAAAAAAAAGH!!!>   

-and it lunges at Logan-

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No mind to think. No will to break.

-Robin and Dvorak suddenly pop out of nowhere-

Robin: Wait, where did he go?

Julius: ...Duly noted. Are all these Pokemon this dangerous? One was getting in my head earlier...

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Brynhilde: "I suppose that is a distinct possibility."

"And point conceded, Addie. We did just return from fighting a group dedicated to killing gods, after all."

Shiki: "In the sense of 'can kill you with little effort'? Yeah. Almost all of them are. With a few notable and incredibly dangerous exceptions, the majority follow something called the Vow, which means they won't do that."

"And don't worry, most people can't understand them, so those who can do it often turn to telepathy to get their point across."

edited 6th May '18 6:09:46 PM by Izshta

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Hae-won might be hiding behind a corner near where Jimmy and the Wynaut are, seeing if she can find a good time for an appropriately dramatic entry.

Tale gives as much of a smirk as a Tentacruel can and wiggles his tentacles around at an appropriate speed to entertain his guests.

Gogie: <Well, that's what Kai called it at least...>

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

Julius: Oh, that's the thing with being in my mind... What's this Vow though?

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-Elizabeth shyly shrugs.-

Elizabeth: "Ask her."

Camilla: <I did nothing!>

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Shiki: "A mutual agreement between the Pokemon and the people of this universe to not kill each other, and for Pokemon to 'willingly appear before human seekers and offer challenge, by wits or by combat, and join the seeker as an ally and obey the seeker's commands until released,' to quote a textbook."

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Robin: ...Great, just great, we were -

Dvorak: Stalking him!

Robin: -finger waggle- supervising him and now it turns out he can teleport! He could be anywhere!

-to Elizabeth and Camilla-

Though it's not entirely either of your faults, you just seemed to have startled him...

Julius: So, magical peace treaty that lets you summon them to your aid? Hmm.

-let's just pretend this is now-

-The Smasher wall is very thinned out-

-Bathory is darting between the remainder, firing Dark Pulses ad cackling-

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Shiki: "Yeah, that's one way to put it."

"Why are you in my room, anyway?"

Rin continues to snipe the Smashers, while Rabbid!Rin runs around in circles screaming tactically distracts the enemy, throwing grenades at anything nearby.

Archer puts another grenade arrow into the line of Smashers.

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-there's so much watery ice destruction, you guys-

-Vee has reclaimed the Gatling Gun and is shooting through an ice wall-

-it's disintegrating and turning into a Blizzard, made of more ice bullet/pellets-

-Pippy is sniping, less wantonly-

-...and the ice walls where he hits also disintegrate into massive Blizzards of ice pellets-

-Lapis is tossing around Snowflake Grenades that, with tutoring, she also also has learned to turn into actual Blizzards-

-Pollen, actually half in the spirit of things, is Nature Power-ing Ice Beams from the ice-

-Megan is looking on with glee, the only warm thing in this section of post-

Addie: <We did...>

<I wonder why they're not wiped off the map yet, actually.>

Logan: That is kinda curious...

-beaming- I'm from Almia, which is pretty close to Sinnoh. Did you find all these Mimikyu in that one dig? Or are they more...eclectic?

-the Eelektross's double jaws chomp outwards—-

Shadow Eelektross used    Crun—   

-but are redirected, slamming into the Protect bubble Igor raised around himself and Addie-

Addie used Follow Me!

Eelektross: -circular, toothy jaws gnashing against the shield, muffled-    <SHRIIIEEEEEK!!!>   

Addie: -shivers, involuntarily-

Logan: ...recall them.

-Ironspine does so, Igor's shield dropping, Addie running both of them back to Logan-

Dr. Ironspine: -turning back to them- <So you see my issue?>

Logan: ...quite.

-carefully- ...What would you like me to do, exactly?

Dr. Ironspine: <Why, what you always do! Exercise that art you've honed to a science and—free this poor creature from the rage that ails it so.>

-she waves a paw in the air, faux-breathily, at the last part-

Logan: Ah, of course. That, I can do.

-eyeing her- For their sake, not for you to get a new minion.

Dr. Ironspine: <Yes, yes, I'd expect nothing less, you've already shown me your mind, "hero", can we get on with it already?>

Logan: -breathing deeply- ...alright.

-breathe, calming- ...can I count on your help?

Dr. Ironspine: -rolling her eyes- <As we know, you're helpless without your little friends, as so many humans are.>

<It'd be awfully RUDE to deny you such a wonderful multitool and expect you to achieve any measure of success.>

Igor: <I am here.>

Addie: -rubs their leg-

-she doesn't have to say anything-

Logan: -breathe- ...thank you.

...

...

...okay.

-they circle Ironspine and Igor—-

(smugworriedexcitedcautiousgladwary)

Addie: (I'm here—)

Logan: (peace.)

Capture Complete! Empathic Link Established.

-—rapidly Capturing them-

Logan: -...opening their eyes, which glow softly gold- ...let's get started, shall we?

Send them out.

-and Ironspine does-

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No mind to think. No will to break.

Julius: I accidentally did a warp spell in. I didn't know I could still do any magic from my world at all.

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Jimmy blinks and then turns to Gray, "Uh... did it want something?"

Gray shrugs and begins to follow it, Jimmy follows, kind of worried.

16 looks at Pippy, <All birds are valid but some birds don't get as much love as they should.>

Silas choses to ignore that and looks at Kat, "Well as far as I know now. Time loop. Finish the loop and complete the circuit. Paradox otherwise."

Hacks grumbles a bit, ~He's like that.~

"So Kai right? Frontier Brain Kai?"

"Greetings Ma'am. I'm Bishop and this here is my Captain."

"I figure Kai knows who I am Bishop."

Wynaut: <Da da, de dum da...>

-the Wynaut goes to Tagg's room and waits outside-

Wynaut: <Knock knock!>

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

Scarlette: I dunno. Don't know what to do to try to find them.

-She slumps slightly, looking generally defeated.-

Scarlette: I don't know what to do.

-Kai bows slightly at being recognized as a Frontier Brain-

Kai: None other~ But yeah, nice to see you again, Meg! Don't worry, I'll be okay, that was just an Aura transfer. When your Aura's drained almost bone-dry by an evidently very hungry vampire musclebug, it's really easy for an emergency transfer to go awry, but luckily, I have enough experience to know when to pull out— ahem, when to stop. Phrasing. I'm still gonna be a bit woozy for a few days, probably — turns out, a lot of actual vampire traits stem from the fact that the symptoms of Aura depletion and blood loss are astonishingly similar — but nothing's immediately a concern that some good old-fashioned sweet stuff can't solve.

-She grins-

Kai: You guys wanna go get ice cream or something to cool down after this mess?

-She does glance at Vee briefly, but in her lightheadedness, she can't quite tell apart her Aura signature from usual.-

Silas blinked, "Shit... yeah I know like 5 fantastic ice cream places, this one parlour serves my favorite flavour and it's all made on sight."