-Tagg is swallowed up by the dark pool; however, before the others can do so as well, quicksand wells form underneath the feet of the others, gripping them and pulling them under-

Walter: -just smiles in response to Pent and looks on-

-Hae-Won, Pent, Amanita, and Jimmy surface from a disorienting ride in the sand into a large airship hangar, from which an empty white void can be seen out the mouth of the hangar. Creature-like movements can occasionally be seen in the void, but only for a split second at a time. A massive wrought-iron fence is the only thing separating the hangar's contents from the outside-

-on the other side of the room, in front of the exit, is a large slab with a 3x3 grid pattern on it and some [Korean] writing lining the slab-

Walter's voice: -echoing, as Song begins to materialize behind the four- As promised, you will not die. Be assured, in exchange for your aid, you will live forever...

-Tagg is transported to elsewhere within the airship, the black liquid dropping him unceremoniously into a boxy cage suspended high in the air on a chain. He's not alone - Channah is sitting, docile, in an adjacent cage, holding something in her hands. They hang above a grimy, bullseye-shaped room - At the center is a circular island of bloodstained concrete, surrounded by a larger pool of the same liquid, and a ring of flat concrete lining the walls beyond that-

-anchored to the central island is a familiar-looking beast-

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

 Otherworld binary chamber 

-Looking at the chained figure below-

Oh, them again.

At least if I fight them this time I won't need a Persona...

-Noticing that I'm not exactly alone-

Is that you or Hale in control right now?

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

"Gaah—" Nana manages to get Candy back into her ball to prevent them from being completely overcrowded, but it's still a tight fit. "Th' hell are we gonna do??"

Trope-tan is here! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir

Julius: This!

-he opens the other door to the closet, leading to the Stomchaser-

That store is magic somehow, can lead just about anywhere...

-there is a rumbling from the closet they exited-

Jean: Sure thing. Come on.

-she leads Lucas off-

Pidge: -headtilts- <I don't get it.>

-Gabe eventually collapses, staring at the celing enthralled-

-the Rotom is launched-

-it soars and soars until it's a twinkle in the sky-

-Rabbid Reina and Rabbid Lina high-five and start glowing, emerging as Loudred Rabbids-

Reina: Well, that's finally taken care of...

-suddenly Beep-O buzzes-

Beep-O: <Oh! I have another email!>

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Channah: -looks up from her lap at Tagg, her eyes glassy but normal- ...Tagg.

-the thing in her hands is the Dragon Fang necklace from earlier; she's gripping it very tightly-

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

Nana barely has time to BSOD before she's shoved out of the door.

"What in the fuck just happened. What. How the fuck."

Trope-tan is here! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir

Brie: It really was. And it's always nice seeing you too.

-she grins-

Amanita: ...Ho-oh's Sacred Fire.

-she sends out Ares-

Can't tell if we're going to be able to get out of here or not, but I will not be consumed by a sandcastle. Or a ghost. Ever would be pissed.

Ares: <Wait what how did things deteriorate this badly>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

 Binary chamber 

-To Channah-

I'm glad you're alright... our current situation taken into account.

Hitodama: -Comes out- <Can I eat his soul?>

Tempting, but no.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-Kai's cheeks tint.-

Kai: And likewise.

-She gets up-

Kai: Anything else you want to do today? I hate to go so quickly.

Sylveon: <Uwaaa!>

-She's still running.-

???: "Damnit, stop running!"

-She reaches into her pocket, pulling out a smooth black metal ring. She leaps into the air and slips the ring on...-

-A Luxray with similar piercings hits the crown and keeps running.-

???: "Siiiissss!"

-He slips on a forest green armband.-

-Now there's a Leafeon chasing a Luxray chasing a Sylveon.-

---

-Laurent nods.-

Laurent: "I see."

-Morgan brings them to m!Robin.-

Morgan: <Father! I brought someone who can help!>

-She turns and sees Laurent.-

Morgan: <Laurent? You're here too? What happened to your hair?>

Laurent: "I will explain later."

-He kneels by m!Robin, inspecting him.-

Laurent: "Robin, where are we?"

---

-Laurent approaches Lucina, hands behind his back.-

Laurent: "Lucina?"

Laurent: <Hmm? Hello, Laurent. I was just musing on the future. Is something wrong?>

Laurent: "No more than usual, I suppose. You're aware that I've been doing odd jobs to earn some funds?"

Lucina: <Yes. That's why you've been using the armband.>

Laurent: "Yes. The particular reason I was performing various tasks was so I could purchase a present for you."

Lucina: <Oh Laurent, you didn't have to do all that for me.>

Laurent: "Nonsense, Lucina. It behooved me."

-He hands her a jewelry box wrapped in dark blue wrapping paper. Lucina carefully slices it open...-

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Channah: -fingers the beads on the necklace- ...All of this is my fault.

Song: -uses Iron Defense as he moves closer to the trainers-

-Aztec Camera and her captive are nowhere to be found-

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

Brie: I'd say we could see the sights, but do either of us really know them?

Also I should probably find Zebub and Foam.

Why did I leave them alone.

That was a terrible idea.

Amanita: Crap. Ares, Screech!

Ares: -screeches-

-not sure what anyone expected there-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Sweatdrop-

Kai: Uh, yeah. Let's go find them before something disastrous happens.

-The Sylveon has disappeared, much to ???'s bewilderment.-

-Suddenly a claw's at her throat.-

Achille: <You scared and chased my daughter. Give me one good reason I shouldn't kill you right now.>

???: <I can give you a couple, Achille.>

Achille: <Who sent you? Iron? Mobius? Cipher?>

???: <I serve no master but myself.>

Achille: <Then no one will miss you.>

???: <I wouldn't do that.>

-A Leafeon slinks towards them.-

???: <How would Shaun feel if you murdered his daughter?>

---

-Inside the box is a golden chain necklace. Dangling from it is a blue butterfly, like Lucina's mask.-

Lucina: <Oh Laurent...it's beautiful!>

Laurent: "May I?"

-He (awkwardly) puts it on Lucina and backs away.-

-In a flash of light, the Doublade is replaced with a Spring Lucina.-

Lucina: "!!!"

"..."

"Thank you, Laurent."

Laurent: "The pleasure is mine, Lucina."

-He hesitates, fumbling awkwardly.-

Laurent: "I have some additional Poké left, if you want to shop for clothes."

-Lucina beams.-

Lucina: "I'd love to."

"This isn't because of my outfit, is it?"

Laurent: "No, not at all. In truth, I find you to be quite ambrosial in your Spring outfit."

Lucina: "Hang on...did you just call me cute?"

-Laurent's face turns the same color as his mother's hair.-

Laurent: "We ought to get to the store before if cloes."

---

Semi-grimdark warning: Experimented-upon Pokémon; Mutilation Reference (Tongues cut out)

-Famine stroaks Hunger's fiery mane.-

Famine: <Have I...ever told you about...the dreams?>

-Shaun looks at her in interest, unwrapping some food.-

Famine: <I said we were...created. But we were not...lab-grown. They...twisted us. We were...taken from our homes. My brothers...they were much younger. This...is the only life they know.>

Shaun: "Which is why they all try to kill me?"

-Famine nods.-

Famine: <I was...conditioned as well. But the longer I stay...away from our masters, the less...controlled I am. I was always the...difficult one. But my brothers had already...imprinted on me. They were...stuck with me.>

-She cautiously takes a Poffin from Shaun.-

Famine: <T-tha-thank y-ou.>

-She sounds pained.-

Famine: <But...I dream of my old life. My...mother. Siblings. The...island.>

-Hunger nuzzles her.-

Shaun: "Not to seem rude or anything, but why don't you talk?"

Famine: <Oh, that...Hunger and her "siblings"...were all bred in the labs...their genes modified...but they kept intelligence. They couldn't...do that. Not with the...goal of the project.>

-Famine shivers - odd, considering she's a Fire-type.-

Famine: <So they...gave us the eggs. We...grew up together. Then...they...they...they cut out their tongues. And...drugged them. They didn't want...intelligent beings. They wanted...beasts, automatons. But when we were...away, we never...drugged them. Not even my...brothers.>

<I-I want to...go back...in...the ball...now. P-ple-please.>

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

EMPEROR: <Right-o!>

EMPEROR slides off in the direction Neon pointed.

Marco: <Whatever...>

Daydre squints◊ as the Rotom flies away.

".. Well."

off the shits

 Binary chamber 

-To Channah-

Which parts?

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Hangar World

-Pent... Yawns? Weird. Like this is a really threatening situation and he really should be less... He kinda feels done? At least until he notices the nice 3x3 grid with the text going on-

Ooh, boss fight puzzle? Nifty.

Route 4

-You're being watched-

-Some dark rotund being watches from atop an ice spi-

~Crack, crack, snap!~

-The icy perch it was standing on crumbles under it's brooding weight and the being scampers off after recovering from the fall-

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Lumiose, Café

Volta: <...Well ain’t that a shit show. What did they even do...?>

-he floats near Phaz-

<You okay there, buddy?>

Phaz: "I can see the future. My god, it’s full of stars!"

-and just like that, he’s the last one to pass out, leaving Volta completely unsure of what imeven happened.-

What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold

Moon

Hazard just kind of shrugs.

Other Room

Akravator: -to Ares- <I don't know!>

Hae-won looks at the writing, to see if she can make some of it out.

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

Bwahte 4

“Regale us,” Colt offered to Beep-O, having had Lucario use a couple Revives on the both of them. Colt shifted to Talbain for it to work, and eventually just chugged a Lemonade like he always did.

Then an icy perch broke and Colt’s head reflexively turned, his Lemonade no longer cold as it had been exposed to firescura to engage the adversary. But there was no one.

“Ignore that,” Colt warded off as Kazuma picked up the dropped Lemonade and drank some. And then drank some more.

The Moon

<So, the moon,> Helmsman breathed as he looked out at the earth.

<Yes,> Julius sighed. <We’re on the moon. And that’s planet Earth. A lot bigger than the moon appears to us, eh?>

<Half’s not visible since the sun’s light isn’t on it, and of course it’s bigger; Earth is four times as large! C’mon, Julius, you know this,> Helmsman teased as he lightly punched the Normal-type’s shoulder.

<I think most everyone would, in hindsight,> Julius chuckled.

Helmsman would have taken offense if he didn’t recognize it as a good burn. <Walked into that one,> he said, a fist halfway between him and the Big-Hearted Pokémon.

The gesture was reciprocated.

Meanwhile!

<You getting a little bored?> Rei asked.

<“Yeah,”> Sylveon and Colt chorused before the two of them saw their trainer snap his fingers, a gesture that made no sound.

Without warning, the two of them were picked up, raised above their trainer’s head and dropped. The fall was slow enough to not be anything damaging, but the momentum could have heaved them up much further than anticipated.

<Colt, what the-?> Rei stammered as they landed, visibly at the same time.

<All objects fall at the same rate in a vacuum. Just wanted to test that.>

<The moon’s atmosphere isn’t a perfect vacuum,> Sylveon explained.

“Well, it’s the best we could get,” Colt defended as he saw Sylveon and Rei rub their chests in discomfort. “Oops.

“Hey, I’m sorry I tested it on you guys with no warning. I’m still trying to ride off the excitement,” he defended.

<I was actually thinking we get out of these suits and have a battle in the ship at reduced gravity,> Rei explained.

Amaterasu, who had been watching the entire time, spoke up. <Sounds fun,> she conceded.

And so the two of them would have left if not for one problem. <That matchups a little unfair to Rei, no?> Sylveon observed.

Colt nodded. Dejectedly, the two of them sat back down beside their trainer.

Helmsman, Julius, Sunny and Roy eventually returned, looking over the vast expanse. Without warning, about five minutes later, Colt had taken a group photo with an illusory hand operating his phone camera’s shutter.

He returned the phone to his infinite backpack and just mulled over everything he could think of.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Silas overhears the conversation and broadcasts to Colton, "The wall terminals have temporary functions for artificial grav, the ship will be compensating for the moon's lack of a terran G. Set the settings down to low in the Cargo bay if you want to fight."

Silas looked over to the horizon and started marching, he had placed his ship here for a reason. It was a straightforward march, and he was looking forward to it.

Tae, Hacks, and Bishop followed, Tae looking out over the surface, <Really amazing stuff honestly. The arceus damned moon, all in your own private airship.>

"I think it qualifies more as a space ship now," Bishop said.

Tae laughed a bit, <Still, impressive stuff.>

Hacks nodded, ~Mars, the moon... what's next?~

"Well it'll be a long time before we can get the Asimov Engines on the rockets out far enough, and it'll be even long before I can get my ship upgraded to open up the Solar System. One favor with Ziltiod is enough."

Hacks nodded as Silas reached a spot and stopped, judging from his aura, he was pleased. Hacks was confused until he stepped over and saw it.

There before them, was the flag, plaque, reflective plate, and landing module.

~Oh my god... You brought us here?~

"When going to the moon, is there anywhere better?"

Hazard: <Heh, yeah, guess it's a good thing I bumped into you all so I could come along and see.>

He sees the site.

<...Huh, flag's more faded than I'd expect.>

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

Lucas follows her

Angel: <well, it means that adventurers go out into the unknown, making new paths to explore and discover. tourists and other people walk the paths that have been walked several times over, if that makes any sense.>

Here's a Godmodder. Please Kill him before he fucks up everything. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15527074470A62989200

Weremon jail

-Gwen is still fiddling with her hairband-

Gwen: <I guess it just makes me feel connected to my mom. I mean my biological one. I never knew her. She left me with my family when I was a baby because it wasn't safe for me to stay with her. I wonder what my biological family was like. I wonder if they were weremon like me. I sometimes wonder if I was originally a pokemon or a human, whether I was born or hatched from an egg. I'm not sure whether I refer to myself as human or pokemon. Sometimes I feel more human, but I can sometimes have mon moments, like enjoying kibble. Sorry for rambling on and making you listen to my identity crisis. >

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

Brie: Right.

-she darts out of the restaurant-

-and is promptly knocked to the ground by a Mantine-

Foam: <See, Zebub? I've completed my quest.>

Zebub: <Hi, Ever!>

Brie: -sigh-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.