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Oblivion Wing Cargo Hold

Caliburn looked at Yunwa, and the Kartana approached.

“No,” Colt stated simply, warding the Kartana off the approach.

The Steel-type waved to Yunwa all the same, flitting around them and sizing them up. “≈♠ ∞ ♫◙♠¶ §♠≥?” The Drawn Sword Pokémon eventually chimed.

Julius: <Mostly what kinds there are and how they work.>

Bathory: <I'm gonna go find some snacks.> -starts looking around-

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Kaisei: "Well, I guess I could talk about the sparkly kind I have now or the kind I got from eating a suspicious cookie, but aside from one of them making me a Charizard they're similar enough."

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This was admittedly a bit different from the UBese Yunwa spoke, but they figure it out.

Yunwa: "Don't think so, no."

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Caliburn paused at the remark and met Yunwa’s gaze as best he could. “§♠≥ ♦☣♀∞◙≈ ♀☣ ♠♂ ♣♠♀☣,” he began. “¶♣•√ •♦☣ §♠≥?” He chirped again.

“Hey, can you keep me updated on the conversation?” Colt asked as he approached them.

edited 14th May '18 3:58:24 PM by AbsentCoder

Julius: <What's a Charizard?>

Bathory: -is raiding the Oblivion Wing's fridge, in particular going after any meat she finds-

Lilith: <Good to see that's no different..> Lilith chuckles.

"Hey how's life here on Earth in the 2010s treating you anyways?" Silas asked, "Hope you haven't had too much trouble."

Bathroy would find the fridge was filled with chilled meats and the freezer would have various meat packages.

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To answer Julius' question, Kaisei gets out his phone and shows a selfie he took with Hazard. That said, he's a Mightyena in the selfie.

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Yunwa: "Oh, I'm a Guzzlord. I'm a human during the day for now, though."

-to Colt- "They say something about me seems familiar, and... yeah, they've got the feeling of home too."

Julius: <Oh, so it's a dragon, neat!>

-takes the ring off-

Cute dog too.

Jean: Good. Some stuff's a bit primitive and there was the whole arm thing, but otherwise good.

Bathory: <Jackpot!> -scarfs the meat down-

Silas chuckled a bit, "Losing a arm seems to be a growing trend among people in the J-Team, wish it wasn't honestly but enh... I'll get over it, new arms can be made."

~Doesn't it hurt?~

"Oh majorly and I don't want to risk losing any other body parts."

Bishop appeared, "Also we need to restock the meat section of the fridge."

Silas sighed.

Kaisei: "Ehe, well... that's me..."

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Colt met Caliburn’s gaze, having listened to the conversation enough.

He summoned some illusory pictures.

Yunwa.

The sun sinking below the horizon.

The night sky.

Yunwa being consumed by a flash of light before turning into a Guzzlord.

<Hey!> Roy demanded. <Keep it down! This [Andy] character just turned up! Things are getting interesting!>

“Actually, Yunwa, can you speak Pokémon?” Colt asked them. “And can a human tongue form the sounds needed for U Bese?”

“¶♣•√ ♣•±☣ §♠≥ ▓☣☣◙ ▼•§∞◙☼?!” Caliburn chimed loudly.

Roy donned the Orange scarf to shush him before returning to watching the movie.

Shigure: <I wonder if you're the Lilith from our world...>

Niles: "Did you get punched by a Faceless?"

Shigure and Camilla: <Niles!>

Niles: "What?"

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Yunwa: {I don't think so, no...}

They then look and realize they are now much larger they now are. And now they'll be able to talk to Caliburn.

Yunwa: {I've been saying that the guy with the headphones wanted me to be able to talk to you.}

edited 14th May '18 7:39:06 PM by CorvusAtrox

Julius: You're a weremon too? Is the J-Team some society of weremons and other shapeshifters?

Bathory: -walks over, wiping some food off her muzzle with a paw- <They're probably just furries.>

Julius: What now?

Bathory: <Right, you haven't been introduced to the Internet yet.> -giggles-

Jean: Can confirm, it hurts like a bitch.

Shaun: "Do you ever just feel...stuck?"

Jessica: "How so?"

-Shaun shrugs.-

Shaun: "I just feel like we should...do something."

-Jessica grins and raises an eyebrow.-

Shaun: "Not...when we were in Alola, the goal was to beat the Trials and the E4. Sinnoh, same thing with the Gyms. What am I doing now?"

Jessica: "Trying to be the very best."

Shaun: "Hah."

"You know what, fuck it. There's bars in Lumiose."

Beowulf: <It's Monday, and you aren't even 19.>

Shaun: "Every day's a weekend for me, and I can drink in Kalos."

Beowulf: <I already have a speech ready for you to ignore.>

Shaun: "Which I will. Come, darling. Let's go drinking."

-He holds out a hand.-

-Jessica giggles.-

Jessica: "Of course, monsieur."

Kaisei: "Uh, guess you just ran into a bunch of u-"

And then sunset.

<s. And I don't know much about furries, so.>

Lilith: <...That's an odd question. No, not that I remember.>

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<Oh god!> Roy realized.

Colt’s Mindscape

“At this hour, we should have seen it coming!” Strategist remarked.

“We couldn’t wait until tomorrow?!” Talbain cried.

Reality

Sunny grabbed the laptop and returned. Caliburn faced the commotion.

Mindscape

“Is there truly no way to learn it ourselves?!” Smartass considered.

“I don’t even think a Scarf would work on a UB!” Programmer admitted.

Reality

Colton facepalmed.

Only Arceus would know what chaos ensued, but it was calculated so that while carnage would ensue, nothing would be consumed by Yunwa, Caliburn would be sent into the wall by the back and not break anything either, and Colt and co. could continue watching.

<Look!> Talbain chimed after the turmoil settled. <I can do it, too!> he said as he gestured to the scarf around his neck.

edited 14th May '18 10:49:28 PM by AbsentCoder

Virbank City Gym:

Once again, the whirlipede's attack didn't deal that much damage, and the magnemite was probably a little about 75% of their health at the moment. "Hit 'em again Magneman, same move! And yes, I did name him after one of my favorite cartoon heroes!" Mark stated, with the magnemite once again unleashing a shockwave, rotating their magnets while also spinning them around their body this time around, as if to emphasize the amount of power they were generating and ultimately unleashing...even though it was more or less the exact same wattage, like it was trying to push itself to attack harder but not being able to land a crit.

Niles: "Hmmph."

Shigure: <Hmm...if our Lady Corrin sided with Nohr, and Camilla's Lord Corrin sided with neither country...>

Silas felt the ship shake, clamly walked over to a panel on the wall, pressed a button and said, "Hello, Cargo Bay, this is the Captain Speaking with a very special announcement-"

Over the intercom came, "-STOP TRYING TO BREAK MY SHIP!"

He stepped away and turned back to Jean, "Yeah, pain and medication..."

Upon Julius, he chuckled a bit, "Yeah I suppose once you enter the J-Team that's another aspect that happens."

Hacks smirked, ~You gain access to magic trinkets that let you change form.~

Silas is watching some Avengers cartoons, just relaxing when his phone vibrates, he checks it and raises a brow.

Silas grumbled as he set the phone down, well that was unpleasant.

Jimmy watched in horror and drew his sidearm, 5 shots left... but he couldn't pull the trigger, a ally was under and could be hurt.

"Keep your eyes pealed for anything," he told his mons, releasing Rex to add to the part.

Gray, Mantis, Rex, and Raiden backed up against him, they were ready for anything.

edited 14th May '18 8:52:49 PM by EchoingSilence

-the battle began-

-Pippy stands on the Sandstorm side of the field, unbothered except for the usual bother that he probably should have evolved for the environment on the other half of the field-

-no one else cares, since it stings no matter what side of the field they're on-

-well, Vee is standing in the Hail side because she doesn't need to filter ice out of herself if it gets in but everyone else is just covering their heads-

Megan: -goggles on- ...what's Outsider? o_o

-she [Googles]-

-and nearly misses the Unlimited Blade Works go off, since her sources of Lamp Shading and BGM are off in another world-

-but that activation phrase is awesome and also long and loud-

-she may be Inspired-

-but also she is having trouble [Googling] and gawking in dual Sandstorm/Hail, so she just says-

Megan: Wh-Whirlwind! Defog! Get those storms out from under them! H-here, Pollen, Trick another of these onto one of them...

-Lapis attempts to Whirlwind one into the other, Pippy tries to Defog and disrupt the wind, Vee melts incoming Hail into an Aqua Ring, and Pollen-

-attempts to distantly stick a supernaturally heavy Iron Ball to Sandy, attempting to pin them to the ground, possibly in exchange for whatever the Exploud may be holding-

-and rocks crash over her team, a storm of ice washes over them (like a stiff breeze in Pippy's case, adding to the paradox)-

Megan: Augh!

-shielding her face, yelling above the wind- Okay, maybe start up something spinny?

Pippy: <...nice~>

-Pippy places his claws close together and begins to twist them back and forth, water streaming in from an Aqua Ring and beginning to rotate between them, compressing into a turbulent sphere-

Pippy: -giddily- <Gosh, I wanna pull this off...>

-meanwhile, Vee begins to churn and bend with a Laser Focus of her own, different from the bladelike Saber Focus-

-Megan is here, relaxing-

-she gets a text-

Somewhere, Somewhen, Wherever Silas Is

-one of his mons may suddenly be vwip'ed out-

Pollen: <...yo dude.>

Back on the Stormchaser

-hi Silas's mon-

Lumiose, Ice Cream! Somehow Past Even Without The Time Travel

Megan: I've been...spending the last two months with Hacks and everyone trying to get Silas back, after someone caught him and made him do ''that''.

And we met Gogie in the fight to get Silas back, in which he turned into a Deoxys. And we fought him.

Vee: <It sucked space rocks.>

Megan: And then we met my Magnezone's pen pal, and had a battle? Um.

-awkwardly- I was a little worried that I was out-of-touch with the J-Team for so long, but apparently I go back in time?

And before the Thing With The...That Happened, um, we've been trying to complete the loop, which apparently involves doing a long bunch of delivery quests for that green-haired lady to get a lot of money...and being chased to that park, apparently.

So I guess I've been bored and worried, then confused and kinda busy, and intermittently terrified by scary rich people and...schadenfreude-ing at Lumiose's weird gardener population and also anticipatorially, at myself.

-grinning uncharacteristically mischevously, rubbing her hands together- Haha, I won't have known what hit me...!

Vee: <I dunno how healthy that is, but you do you, Meg.>

Pippy: <...will have done you? Have had done? Dialga's spine-frill...>

Malie, Outside the Stormchaser, past

Logan: Well, that was...rougher than I'd hoped.

Addie: <We gotta figure out something before the Mission...>

Zippy: <I'm sorry, could we go back to where you just sic-ed her on someone?>

Logan: Oh yeah, it's therapeutic.

Zippy: <...what.>

Addie: <Well, more like a sorta rehabilitation thing?>

Logan: -winding in the Disc- Through certain emotional appeals, we can direct her energies toward...less deleterious ends.

Zippy: <...okay, yeah, it'd be bad if she went full supervillain...>

-fluttering agitatedly from one of Logan's shoulders to the other, nearly pushing Addie off- <But like, you teach criminals to–to basket-weave or something! Join a Rescue Team! Not narrowly-avoid-a-kill-command-by-your-leave, Logan!!>

Addie: <Well, uh, we do challenge her with making something helpful every now and then.>

<...some of the results are on Logan's belt...conspicuously not in use.> ^u^;;

Zippy: <...>

Logan: ...well, I should be the first to admit that this might not be the most productive way to go about this. Work harder at that rant-y stubbornness of hers...

...but there's something else.

Zippy: <Oh?>

-Logan hesitates, then sighs a deep breath-

Logan: ...I'm tired of Cipher in my Regions. And everyone like them.

And if there's someone raring for a fight against something big, I may as well direct them that way.

Zippy: <...>

-and they arrive back at the Stormchaser-

-you know, like a week or so ago-

Logan: -rubbing an aching joint- ...ah, yeah. I think, after all that...we might do well to check in with Ranger HQ for a bit. See if there's anything the collective knows about helping—

-holding up the Shadow's Great Ball- —this fellow, and pacifying others without that...backlash.

-despite themself, they twitch at the memory, curling protectively around the Ball-

Addie: <Yeah. Might as well call in the news of the wreck-lab, if they're not already in the loop.>

Zippy: <Annnnd I'm back to my mail route. Later.>

<And, uh. Try not to get us all killed by railgun fire.>

Logan: <You were sorta asking for it.>

Zippy: <Well yeah. What I'm saying is don't get her mad at everyone.>

Logan: Well hey, as long as she thinks she's awing-slash-corrupting me, she's fulfilled and not wantonly rampage-y.

Zippy: <...comforting.>

Logan: I just gotta corrupt her first.

Addie: <With the power of...I guess general benevolence.>

Zippy: <...good luck with that. Laterz.>

-and with a flash and gust of wind, they're gone-

-and Logan and Addie fly off to spend the last week or so at Ranger HQ, probably-

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-there's a long period of silence, and then...-

-something breaks the surface of the lake several meters away - It's Odessa's body, slaked in mud and motionless-

-along one pale floating arm is written the numbers:-

Lilith: <Even though I know why, it's still surprising hearing about Corrin siding with anything other than Hoshido... Well, whatever she decided I would have aided her regardless.>