ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Forte: Uh, hello class, my name's Mezzoforte Morendo but you can just call me Forte or Mx. Morendo, and I'm here to teach... uh.

-Forte looks over to the chalkboard, where a picture of a Vaporeon has been drawn-

Forte: ~Yeah, that should work.~ I'm here to teach you about Vaporeon biology.

Random Student #1: Are you a real Pokémon Trainer like Ilima?

Forte: What? Yeah, I'm a real Pokémon trainer. Why wouldn't I be?

Random Student #2: That's Miss Polly's Vaporeon though! How come you didn't bring your own?

Forte: Uh, actually I did. Here, let me show you.

-Forte lets out Marine-

Random Student #3: Cooool!

Marine: <Uh, what's going on?>

Polly's Vaporeon: <We're instructing the little ones.>

Marine: <Okay?>

Forte: Anyway, do you kids know about Eevee?

Random Student #4: Yeah!

Random Student #5: What's an Eevee?

Forte: Eevee is a Pokémon with an unstable genetic code and a lot of possible evolution paths. You can get a whole lot of potential out of them. Anyway, Vaporeon is what happens when you evolve an Eevee with a Water Stone. The Water-type energy in the stone changes it into this form that's specialized for living in water.

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Ever: (flatly) You shouldn't.

-their expression quickly brightens up though, as they bend down to wave to Hitodama-

How've you been? Drinking lots of life, I hope?

-they sit down fully, and look up at Tagg-

Sooooo....almost confessed, huh?

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

 J-Con 

Hitodama: <Always...>

-Slightly annoyed-

Nothing "almost" about it, I did confess and she thought I was fucking with her.

edited 16th Jun '18 12:43:38 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Forte: Anyway, the cool thing about Vaporeons is that their bodies have a similar cellular makeup to water. Have you ever heard of the move Acid Armor, or as it's sometimes called, Liquefy?

Random Student #6: Yeah! That's that cool one where they melt away!

Forte: That's right! Marine, why don't you show them?

Marine: <I still don't get what this is, but okay.>

-Marine melts into a puddle-

Forte: That might look dangerous, but it's actually harmless to him. The main purpose of using it in battle is to improve your defense, because it's harder to hit something that's just liquid.

Random Student #7: Can we drink him?

-Marine reforms his head out of the puddle-

Marine: <Wait, whut?>

Forte: Uh... please don't drink my Vaporeon.

Random Student #8: What's he taste like?

Forte: Like water, probably... but listen, drinking one is a bad idea. I mean, even considering how it's inhumane, things would be really bad for you if that Vaporeon decided to reform itself while inside your body.

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

-Echo is there.-

-Wearing the FOXY pants.◊-

edited 16th Jun '18 1:20:54 PM by BittersweetNSour

-Ever smiles at Hitodama-

Ever: So do it again and communicate more clearly this time. People say "I love you" platonically pretty frequently, it makes sense it might not come off as an expression of romantic intent.

Merle: <Is this what we're doing now?>

Ever: Yep.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

 J-Con 

-To Ever-

I don't know, if that was her reaction to what she thought was just me fucking with her, then I don't know how she'd react if she realized I was dead serious.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-Ever shrugs-

Ever: There's no way to really know unless you try.

Merle: <Or investigate closely.>

Ever: That would be wrong.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-"Edmond sits on a couch, drinking diet soda, and watching the news on his TV. The people on the TV are talking about what happened at the contest hall.

Edmond: -sigh- Man, can't they just move on from that? It's been a week now... I think.

-"Next to him sits Jade, Weavile, and Esmeralda, Roserade, stuffing their faces with potato chips."-

Esmeralda: <It would have gone better if somebody didn't Blast burn all over the place!>

Jade: -sarcastic- <Yep, because it totes wasn't our fault.>

-"To the right of the room stand Finn, Typhlosion, playing ping pong with his "wife" Elly, Ampharos."-

Finn: <I wouldn't have had to intervened if you two would just get along already.> -smacks the ball back at Elly-

Elly: -smacks the ball back at Finn- <Oh come on honey, they're just doing what teens do.>

Finn: <Teens fight and destroy things?> -hits ball back at Elly-

Elly: <Yep, in a few years, Rose will do the same thing.> -hits ball back at Finn-

Finn, eyes going wide and dropping the paddle: <what?> -the ball goes past Finn and hits the floor-

Elly, throwing her arms up: <Yaahhh, I win, Wooo!>

-"Meanwhile, to the left of the room, Moby, Poliwrath, is punching a punching bag, while Gulliver, Togekiss, reads a nice book."-

Moby, annoyed: <Would you -punch- shut up already -punch- you're distracting -punch- my fist -punch-.>

Gulliver: <I'm not sure that's the right wording.>

Moby, turning threatening to Gulliver: <What was that boy!>

Gulliver, scared: <No-nothing.>

News reporter: And with that, it looks like the contest hall will be back up by tomorrow. Hopefully, with less fire types.

-"Edmond sighs again and turns off the TV."-

Edmond: Man, come on, it's bad enough I can't go back.

Jade: <Cool, so I wont have to wear to dress again.> -Shoves a handful of chips into her mouth-.

-"Edmond thinks for a bit, then suddenly sits up, surprising Jade and Esmeralda."-

Edmond, passionate: No, no way. There is no way I'm letting this bring me down. We've worked long and hard. I'm not just going to let it be thrown away for one bad show. So what if we can't go to the Sinnoh contest halls, we'll just travel to Unova or Hoenn. I wont let us be rejected, I'll make it so everybody screams our names. Yeah, I'm gonna go beyond super sayan blue, and Pluss Ultra us all the way to the top, BELIEVE IT!

Edmonds little sister: Why are you talking to your self like a weirdo again?

-"Edmond jumps up with surprise and falls backwards onto his back."-

Edmond, very embarrassed: Oh, hey Marge. How, how long have you been standing there?

Marge, standing in Edmonds doorway: Long enough to know you're a dork.

-"Suddenly, a small Mareep sneaks past Marge and rushes to Finn and Elly."-

Rose, leaping towards her father: <Daddy Mommy!>

Finn, happily lifting his child into his arms: <There's my little girl. My little, none teenaged, girl ''who I wuvv very very much.>

Rose, laughing: <Mommy, Daddy funny.>

Elly, happily smiling and nodding: <Yes he is dear, daddy very funny.>

-"Edmond pulls himself up."-

Edmond: So, what's up sis, you want some help with something?

Marge: Naw, mom and dad just wanted me to tell you to start packing, we're leaving for the plain in an hour.

Edmond: Oh, right... -surprised- wait, what plain?

Marge: The one going to Kalos.

Edmond, shocked: Since when are we going to Kalos?

Marge: Since last week when mom and dad bought the tickets and told me to tell you but I decided not to because I thought it would be hilarious, which it is.

Edmond, smiling and nodding: Oh, that's right... -angry- wait a minute.

Marge, as she starts walking out: We leave in an hour so get a move on.

-"Marge walks out, rose in tow, a smug smile on her."-

edited 16th Jun '18 4:03:56 PM by OlympianSoul

Let's all have fun

Game - Port 13 Bar

-Camélia squints her eyes. She doesn't remember signing a contract for ventures.-

Camélia: "...What did I do last night again...?"

-nontherless, she speaks up.-

"Uhm... If you wanna know a special talent, I'm sort of good with my fingers."

"I wanna roll a dice to pickpocket him something to show him it's the case."

Oblivion Wing

Phaz: "...I know Camélia is literally across the room, but she has Gardevoir inheritance, so I can ignore the distance in that roll, right?"

-He shows it by pulling out multiples of Silas's masks from him drink after opening it.-

"Teleport and all. So, do I roll?"

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

Silas blinked, "Uh. Sure. Roll dexterity and magic check."

Oblivion Wing

Phaz: "Alright, so... two D20 dices."

-Phaz rolls the dices!-

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

The results came in, for teleport, a natural 20, for pickpocket, a 5. With the current modifier, it wasn't enough to succeed.

Silas grinned a bit, "Well look at that."

Camelia would find herself holding onto a old music player, playing some annoyingly catchy beat from centuries ago.

Whiskers just stared as the player continued to sing.

"You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care! 'Cause I can tell what's going oooonnn! It's hip to be square!"

Whiskers coughed, "Could I have that back?"

Oblivion Wing

-Phaz chuckles at the result...

Game - Port 13 Bar

...And so does Camélia.-

Camélia: "Oops, hehe."

-she stands up and walks to him to give it back.-

"I swore I heard that back in Honeycomb Galaxy... Well, something like that. Nice tune, man."

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

-"Homer sits in a car, reading on his phone and pointing a laser pointer on the ground."-

Homer, reading: So it looks like this thing has been here awhile. Messing with campers, eating mountains... wait, is that a story about a squritle robbing somebody? Fucking prank news pages.

-"Homer exits out of the news page."-

-"Zagreus, Mokuba, and Freyja chase after the red dot of laser pointer."-

Zags, shocked: <WHAT IS THAT?!>

Mokuba: <IT'S A DEMON!>

Freyja: <FUCKING KILL IT!>

Mokuba: <Could we reason with it?>

Zagreus: <I'm a sleep now.>

Freyja: <   FUCKING KILL IT!   >

edited 16th Jun '18 5:07:49 PM by OlympianSoul

Let's all have fun

Oblivion Wing - Game Night - Inside the Pokeball

SP: I don't think Colt is going to be able to make much use of Absent that isn't just self-insertion.

LE: Been looking over the bio sent by Xatu. Absent's just a preferred nickname for some dude named Kamie Airetsu.

DD: Weird name.

SC: It's 20 Minutes in the Future, anything goes.

SF: I get the distinct feeling that translates to something... eh, let's just see how he crashes and burns.

Port 13 Bar

Absent's head turned at the announcement that everyone had been processed. Assuming that meant himself, he breathed a sigh of relief. Any excuse to get out of an office job, haha!

"I'd hazard that would include me," he Bluffed, spinning the grass knuckles on one of his fingers.

edited 16th Jun '18 5:52:49 PM by AbsentCoder

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Artoria's laying in bed annoyed and restless, but also internal bleeding is a bitch so she's confined to bed. A certain albino Delphox taps Lin on the shoulder, pointing to a certain oddly vacant conference room.

Merlin: <You might find that interesting. Just a thought.>

And he disappears again.

Lin tosses a shiny Honedge in the form of a No-dachi out. "Muramasa, keep up for once."

Muramasa: <Fiiiine.>

Lin rushes through the con floor with a lot of 'excuse me' and 'pardon me, coming through' muttered,

She kicks the door down and reaches behind her for Muramasa... who is lazily floating along about ten feet back.

Lin: "Muramasa I said keep up."

Muramasa: <Nah.>

Inside, a Metagross is holding an unconscious Mordred in one claw.

Lin: "Put her down, now."

Metagross: <You'd have a more effective threat if you actually had anything to threaten me with.>

Lin: "Damnit, Muramasa."

The sword shrugs.

Metagross: <But I'm sorry, I can't do that. My trainer requested this. I will not break my vow to her, despite the duress it may put me under.>

The Metagross turns and floats away, before pausing. <Follow us if you must.>

He teleports off.

Lin: "Shit."

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

Forte: Uh, anyway, let's move on. Another cool thing that Vaporeons can do is related to that, actually.

Marine: <Because we are cool.>

Forte: They can actually absorb water from elsewhere into themselves. So for example, if you try hitting one with a Water-type attack... hey Marine, wanna show them?

Marine: <Sure thing.>

-Marine tenses a moment, then blasts a huge jet of water at Polly's Vaporeon-

-the sheer force causes a bunch of water to splat around the room, making some of the kids take cover under their desks, and giving Forte a mouthful-

Forte: Mrblrgl!

Marine: <Uh, whoops.>

Forte: Uh, that was a little excessive maybe, but you see the point?

-Polly's Vaporeon isn't moved at all, and instead drains the incoming water into his own body-

Vaporeon's Water Absorb made Hydro Pump useless!

Forte: Because their cells are so similar, Vaporeon can just absorb the water from Water-type attacks and incorporate it into their own structure. And he comes out without a scratch on him.

Random Student #9: Could a Vaporeon get bigger doing that?

Forte: Theoretically, yeah. Though if they get too much they usually have trouble holding the extra water, but there was this one special case in Hoenn where there was like a 50-foot-tall one.

Random Student #10: That's scary!

Forte: Also there are some that are specially adapted to absorb rainwater instead, so when it's raining they can take the water from that and use it to clear their body from stuff like poison and burning.

Random Student #11: What's the point of that though?

Forte: Well Vaporeons are pretty sturdy anyway, so some competitive battlers like it to make them able to withstand more attacks.

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

 J-Con 

-To Ever-

I suppose, problem's just figuring out the best time to do so.

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

This post approved by Verax.

-Tagg will get a message from Verax. Whether he's the one who sent it is up in the air.-

Ever: No time like the present.

-they've taken out Glimmer, who blinks at Hitodama somewhat apprehensively-

Glimmer: <...You smell like life.>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Whiskers looked over to Absent, "Yes you. You submitted work papers didn't you? Come on we got a galaxy to explore!"

Whiskers wheeled over to Lei, "Lei is it? Why what else? The study of the universe! The anomalies popping up especially! You get your own room on my ship and we're gonna go see why these things are popping up!"

"I'm in," Daniel responded.

Forte: Anyway, abilities like Water Absorb also mean you should never use attacks of all the same type on one Pokémon. Because if I send out my Vaporeon and yours only has Water type moves, then you wouldn't even be able to hurt him.

Random Student #12: You should never use a team of all one type either!

Forte: Uh, I dunno about that. Everyone else in my family does and they're all really powerful trainers... plus lots of Gym Leaders and Elite Four too.

Random Student #13: What's a Gym Leader?

Forte: Uh right, Alola doesn't have those... uh, they're kind of like the Trial Captains and Kahunas you guys have. They specialize in a single type and you get a badge when you beat them.

Random Student #14: What about you? Are you just a Vaporeon user like Miss Polly?

Forte: Uh, no, I have lots of different Eevees. Here, let me show you everyone.

-Forte sent out their entire team!-

Icicle: <Hi! Do you kids like snow?>

Shadow: <Hello?>

Fireball: <Hey everyone!>

Marine: -waves a paw-

Leaflet: <Um... hi.>

Electro: <Hiya!>

Stella: <Greetings.>

Celeste: -waves a ribbon-

Forte: Now can anyone tell me which type each one is?

Random Student #15: The purple one is Poison!

Shadow: <Purple one?>

Random Student #16: I heard the one with the ribbons is Flying!

Celeste: -twirls a ribbon-

Random Student #17: Is the black one Ghost?

Stella: <The nerve!>

Random Student #18: The yellow one is Fighting!

Electro: <Heck yes I'm ready to fight!>

Random Student #19: The green one is a Bug type!

Leaflet: <What? I... have actual leaves.>

Forte: Uh... those are some nice guesses, but all are wrong. They're -pointing at each in turn- Ice, Psychic, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Dark, and Fairy.

Random Student #20: Ooooh.

Random Student #21: They're all special types?

Forte: They're all... what? Hang on a sec, I thought they retired that distinction in like 2007. How old are your textbooks?

edited 16th Jun '18 8:00:09 PM by Mezzopiano

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Hazard: <Oh? Anomalies, huh.>

Lei: "Heh, sounds like a job you might want a bodyguard on. If you're looking for more people..."

Hazard: <And... hm... I'm gonna have him reach behind the captain's ear and suddenly produce a resume.>

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