ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

mood music, Room of Angel by Akira Yamaoka in case the link dies

-as one moves closer, the faint scent of decaying flesh gets stronger, and shapes can be seen in a protective shell around the figure - sloping elaborate sand-structures depicting an Alolan Raichu, Lapras, Meganium, Steelix, Chandelure, and Togekiss, all in positions of repose-

-in the center, a young man's skinny, badly-scarred torso juts out from the dunes, obviously dead. His head is tilted up, staring at the sky as a black ponytail hangs limp down his back. His eyes are bottomless dark things. A rope is looped around his neck. Carved across the flesh of his chest is the line "11/21"-

-there appears to be a small book nestled in the sandy arms of the Chandelure sculpture-

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

The Beach

-Pent recoils slightly at the scent but approaches to give everything a quick look before he notices the carved number-

Alright! I was correct after all. Ladies and gentlemen this is our designated serial killer, I don't know if his name's the same but I'll assume not. You might ask yourself how he's killing folks if he's dead but my answer is that we're not in the mortal world so he's allowed to wander about as a sort of very physical ghost, this is just his body he left behind after the first ten kills. Now given that we're a bit early I'm willing to field lore questions in the hope that we stumble onto the next track. Any takers?

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Jessica: "Where's the dressing room?"

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

"YI Ke" Daydre jumps out of the way of the Sheer Cold/Blizzard, and fires back with her Gatling gun.

Lilith blinks twice, slowly.

Lilith: <You met her.. here?>

off the shits

 The Beach 

-Taking the book out of the Chandelure sculpture-

I mean Ghost mons can kill things just fine so it's not that surprising again.

-Pacing-

I wonder if... You know what, it probably is.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-Eventually the group comes across Julius, Bathory, Gabe, and Plague Doktor-

Jackie: There you are. Gabe, you take good care of him?

Gabe: Sure did!

Julius: Jackie! I had my first Pokemon battle!

Contact Me!

Mew: -cracks her knuckles- ~Alright, so a heavy aura transfer from the vampire to the vampiree should reverse the semiotic infection, allowing me to lift the vampirism state~ ♥

-her paws glow in preparation for the operation-

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Archer is hiding behind cover, while Ruby is currently flopped on the ground trying to avoid things.

Given that one of them is unleashing earthquakes, this isn't going well.

Rin, meanwhile, is currently sniping at Blizzy.

Vi and Siobhan are currently in a room.

Siobhan: "So, you found Raijinto... and made it into a power source for a taser."

Vi: "Yes. What else would I do with it?"

Siobhan: "I dunno but it sounds awesome."

Vi: "Yeah. Then I had to give the sword back."

Siobhan: "A shame."

Vi: "Yeah. So you're an astronaut, yeah? Went to Mars?"

Siobhan: "Yep! I also design spaceships! It's so cool."

Vi: "... Yeah well I worked on a Mobius airship and I've been to another dimension."

Siobhan: "... Yeah sorry that's really nothing impressive given - waityouworkedforMobiuswhat."

Vi: "... Yeah. I did. I was an engineer on their airship."

Siobhan: "Oooh, neat. I helped design an airship."

Vi: "... Cool. I was looking into wormhole technology, then I found out Mobius had... darker secrets. I mostly worked there because they pay was good, the uniforms were aesthetic, and the benefits were nice."

Siobhan: "Relatable, honestly."

Vi: "And I got spare parts to do what I wanted with."

Siobhan: "Also relatable."

There's a pause before both speak at the same time.

Siobhan: "I think you're cute."

Vi: "We should work together sometime."

Beat

Both; "What?"

Siobhan: "Did... I just say that out loud?"

Vi: "Uh, thank you?"

Vi looks bewhildered but somewhat appreciative while Siobhan just kind of... headdesks. Headtables.

Siobhan: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

Vi just sorta... blinks at that, not entirely sure how to respond.

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

Akravator sees the body.

Akravator: <Gah! I hate how correct you were.>

Hae-won: -to Tagg- "...Wonder what?"

Hazard: <Okay, cool...>

He loosens up and then braces himself.

Lumiose

Kaisei and Yunwa might be around.

edited 17th May '18 5:49:43 AM by CorvusAtrox

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

Jimmy sighed and checked his sidearm, "Don't really got anything for ghost hunting, figured if the guy was human I could probably shoot him and end all this early."

Mantis shrugged, ~Gray has dark type moves, So does Raiden, we could probably handle it.~

Dracula however, <I apologize, but... how do we gloss over the fact that we are talking to a Mew... so casually I might add.>

He looked incredulously at Mew, <What? How? Why?!>

-Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt.-

Scarlette: Mrrphmphm...

-Scarlette groggily wakes up to her phone alarm buzzing. She blinks awake a few times, before reaching for the phone and checking it. "Diane".-

-...-

-Wait a sec. That isn't the alarm. It's an incoming phone call.-

-From Diane.-

-Scarlette squeaks, fumbling to maintain her grip on the phone, and quickly answers the call. In the corner, Gus perks his ears up.-

Scarlette: Aaaaa sorrysorrysorry hello!!

Diane: Hello, Scarlette! This is Diane calling, I hope you're doing well! I've finally gotten the opportunity to start developing that prosthetic you wanted, do you have time to talk about that a bit?

Scarlette: O-oh, uh, yeah! Aaaaaa. Um, what— what do you need to know?

Diane: All right, so, obviously I'll need to pay you a visit soon, to get measurements on your good arm so I can get the new one fitted correctly. Since you do still have an upper arm left, I'm thinking a Yang Xiao Long style model would probably suit you well. How's that sound?

Scarlette: ...Uh. I never watched that. What, um, makes it different from, like... others?

Diane: Let's see, let's see... if we're going one-to-one, it's gonna have a small bit of nerve attachment, enough so that you have a teensy bit of sensation in your fingertips and joints. The joint part really does help with coordination, actually. It'll be through detachable bonds, so you can take it off if need be. It'll sting, though. The other big options are fullblown FMA-style automail completely connected to your body, and then a more skeletal Luke Skywalker style — no feeling in it, just the movement range, so if someone comes up to break it, it won't hurt.

Scarlette: Uh... the Yang option sounds best to me, I think.

Diane: Great! It's also the version that'll probably look most human — the automail one is a bit more armor-ish typically, because of all the inner workings needing to be protected. Yang's model is a lot more streamlined, with rounder joints and all. Here, hold on, my fiancée helped me out with a few preview sketches of that sort, gimme just a sec...

-Scarlette slumps a bit hearing the background chatter between Diane and Skye.-

Scarlette: Don't get jealous don't get jealous don't get jealous... dammit I'm so fucking jealous aaaaaaa

-She immediately goes quiet as Diane returns to the phone.-

Diane: All right, she just texted you a pic of the sketches~

Scarlette: Right, okay, um...

-She takes her phone away from her ear so she can see the incoming image.-

Scarlette: It... looks really good, yeah. I like it.

Diane: Wonderful~ And, of course, it can't be a Yang model without a sick paint job. You can figure that out later, though.

Scarlette: Right, yeah, okay. Um. Thank you.

Diane: No prob! I do have one more thing to ask, though — would you be interested in trying out a model that you can transform into the respective appendage of your Pokeform?

Scarlette: ...I don't think I know mine yet.

-One can almost hear the smile on the other side.-

Diane: Wanna find out?

edited 17th May '18 6:59:34 AM by BittersweetNSour

Lumiose

“Good to hear,” Colt mused. “Do you issue commands down to when to dodge, or do you favor to stay silent and let your Pokémon decide how they battle?” He asked. “Who did you use?”

Caliburn had returned.

edited 17th May '18 7:30:02 AM by AbsentCoder

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Camilla: <Yes, she was with this Mason fellow.>

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Lumiose

As Kaisei and Yunwa wander around, the former happens to notice a storefront.

Kaisei: "Megavonne?... Huh, that name... sounds familiar."

Yunwa: "It does? Let's head in, then."

They push open the door and Kaisei looks inside.

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

Denali is inside taking a big sip of wine when they see customers, in a hurry they put the wine away and say, "Hello and welcome to Megavonne! How can I he-"

Then Denali recognizes them, "Oh hey, you're with the J-Team."

Megavonne

Yunwa looks confused.

Yunwa: "J-Team? What's that?"

Kaisei: "Uh, yeah, I'm part of that."

Yunwa: "You mean like that thing Sholto leads?"

Kaisei: "Uh, no, that's kind of a subgroup. More like Silas, Kai, Megan, Colt, Tori, and such."

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

Desert Temple-Core

-Kainé slashes through one last door, revealing another room with a pit, this one with a...sand curtain?-

Y-Y-You tresspass on sacred ground and-

Kainé:<Cut the crap, you asshole! Where do you get off, calling some murdurer your "lord"?!>

Library

Nier:<Last time I was there...well, I never went inside, just into the junk piles around it. But it's out the other entrance to the village. You can see it from the entrance to the valley.>

Sylph:<A tower to productivity against a beautiful landscape...I hope we find something there...>

-it's a children's picture book, old and tattered. The print is just legible and most of the pictures have faded past recognition-

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

"Oh you're those Weremon guys! Nice to meet you! I'm Denali, fine purveyor of fine evolutionary stone goods!"

Several gem hands appear and start clapping as Denali bows, "So, what can I help you with? Want mega stones?"

Nierverse

Mandrake: <Mm... did Popola say something about more activity there? Maybe it changed since you were there?>

Megavonne

Kaisei: "Uh, yeah, both of us are."

"Though, hm... well, I know Hazard and two of my kids can Mega Evolve..."

At this point, Hazard pops out of his ball.

Hazard: <Mega Evolution, Huh? Kinda curious what that's like...>

Yunwa, meanwhile, is just looking at the evolution stones, in particular a Shiny Stone.

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

Mew: -to Dracula- ~It's impolite to stare~

-A red-and-pink double-helix slices into the space between Hazard and Dracula, binding to their auras-

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

"Well it all depends on the individual in question. It's intensive and powerful but prone to exhausting you out if not properly regulated."

Denali smirked, "I know two Lucarios that can Mega-Evo, brothers and descendants of someone rather notable in Kalosian history. It's pretty neat. I suppose you already know them."

Dracula looked at the Helix and then back to Mew, <So we're just going to gloss over the fact that we're talking to a Mew so casually...>