ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Basket: <Well... I should probably give you a break...>

<...but can you at least tell me what the questions are? Maybe not now, maybe once you know what to ask...>

Crewe has the sudden urge to sing a song she's never heard before, but presses it down.

"I need to figure out what I am, Basket. And what I'm going to do."

She opens her hands and looks down at her fingers.

"Not to mention that whole thing with Jab..."

-Lake pulls himself up, his thick scales having protected him from any major damage.-

Lake: <That was pretty roug- Whoa!>

-The Feraligatr is cut off by me wrapping my arms around him as far as I can, anyway. and giving him a big hug.-

"I'm so glad to have you back! It hasn't been the same here without you..."

-Lake similes, then pulls me into his arms and hugs back.-

Lake: <I missed you too. And everyone else...>

-He looks over at everyone else, a grin on his face.-

Lake: <How's it going, guys?> *Notices Treeo.* <Wow, looking festive, Treeo!>

Treeo: *Smiles.* <Thanks. It was Woolly and Comet's idea, though.>

Lake: *Tilts his head.* <...Comet?>

Comet: *Raises a claw.* <Yo.>

Lake: <Oh! Didn't see you there! Are you a new team member?>

"She sure is."

Comet: <Yep! I joined a little while ago. Nice to meet you, Lake!>

Lake: <Nice to meet you, too!> *Sees Maekrite.* <Oh, hi Maekrite!>

Woolly: *Smiles.* <Hi, Maekrite. No luck finding Dintel?>

Maekrite — <Hey Lake! Woolly! No... no luck finding Dintel. I don't see how we are going to have any luck here in Hoenn when we lost Dintel in Goldenrod, but meh.> — sees the rest of the group — <Hey... wait, you guys were travelling alone? No trainer?>

Eerily looks around.

<...And what's with the F**** ashcloud?>

Route 114

Felis: <If those idiots had their way, they'd flood the whole planet just to have more room for their precious water Pokémon.>

Inn

-Icicle jumps at the ash cloud, trying to catch it-

Fallarbor Town

<Gene: "Oh hey there!">

<Milo: "Nice to meet you. Now can we take care of what's important and get this ash off of us?">

-From an ash-coated bag-

<Toothless: "Wait, what happened to Lake? He's speaking differently now...">

-To Maekrite-

<Gene: "Oh, they weren't without a trainer...">

-Shows off a now-ashy Trainer's License-

edited 15th Dec '11 7:34:44 PM by TracerBullet

-Peculiar Fangirl decides to exit the area, become tangible, and re-enter-

Peculiar Fangirl: Oh, what is going on here?

Inn: Base of Operations

Spathi, Aqua, Sulfur, Minty, Youko, Blossom, Joe, Dash, and Orchid *randomly enter*

Aqua: <Everyone left us alone!>

The mons disperse to get caught up all of the information, aside from one in particular.

Sulfur: *eats some stray decorations hanging from Treeo*

-After hearing everything-

Muddy: <Well that's...pretty weird. Perhaps we should leave soon before Tagg actually starts paying attention to the outside.>

Roc: -Looks over at Copahue- <Why's he looking at me like that?>

Sentinel: -Hunched over- <Where's everyone else?>

Elsewhere

-The majority of my teammates are attempting to catch Victini and Limna after they decide to play an impromptu game of hide and seek-

-Red!Star turns around-

Red!Star: Hey, Come on- -Hears Rex- Huh? Star disappeared? That can't be good. -looks at green!star- You should probably come along too, Green.

Green!Star ...Right... -follows Red through the door-

Elsewhere in the Mindscape

-Star gets teleported to a replica of her bedroom-

What the heck? -looks around- Where'd everyone go?

-the Star in the Dark green jacket turns away from the group and teleports to Star's room-

Jade!Star: Does it really matter where they are?

Woolly: <Really? No luck at all?> *Lowers her head, letting out a sad bleat.- <Aww...>

Treeo: *Notices Sulfur.* <Hey, get away! Woolly and Comet worked hard on those!> *Tries to shoo Sulfur away.*

-Coughs.-

"Urk! I don't like this ash at all. Can you do something about it, Lake?"

Lake: <Um, okay. Hang on...>

-Lake takes a deep breath, then sprays everyone covered with ash with Water Gun gently.-

-Follows behind Red and Green Stars-

Route 114

Breeze: <Wait, the planet? That isn't goo—>

-sees Peculiar Fangirl- Oh, hello.

Mindscape

-behind the two Stars- Where are we going?

Mindscape

So Star, uh, the Star, disappeared and you're okay with this? -follows along-

Route 114

Sunny: Hi!

Rex: I hope there are any dangerous aspects in Star's mind. She always was kind of scary with her faces and ellipsis... ... ... *realizes that Red and Green may have heard* n-not that she isn't a good person!

Fallarbor Town

<Milo: "Oh come on! I need to feel clean, darn it!">

<Nadia: "Oh, quit your whining.">

"Wait, why do you three want to leave so- Oh right..."

-Mulling-

-To team-

"Hmm... Anyone feel like switching out? I mean, we might be stuck here for a bit..."

<Audrey: "... Can't we just go off later? How far do you all plan on going anyways?">

<Gene: (*shrug*) "Depends.">

<Nadia: "Well... I'd like to stay here... For obvious reasons...">

<Audrey: "I guess I can go with Milo, he probably needs someone to keep him in line anyways...">

<Milo: "WHAT?!">

-Quickly trading Pokeballs with Gene-

"All right, have fun you guys! And try not to get into too much trouble!"

<Milo: "This is so not- AAAAH!">

-Is telekinetically lifted by Audrey-

<Audrey: "Whine later!">

-Turning to leave-

<Gene: "Oh wait, I almost forgot!">

-Fishes out Toothless from his bag and gives it to Nadia-

<Gene: "Alright, see you all later!">

-And hastily leaves with the others, minus Nadia and plus Audrey through the broken windows-

<Toothless: "... So how long do you give it until Tagg finds out?">

Peculiar Fangirl: What happened here? Someone is missing?

Route 114

Breeze: Hm? Well, I'm trying to find my Sneasel.

In Crewe's Room

Copahue chirps nervously.

Copahue — <If he finds out I lost his daughter I'm done for....>

Maekrite — <Perhaps you shouldn't voice that aloud!> — tries to shake the cloud away, then notices Icicle — <wow, somemon is having fun.>

Copahue — <...Ack!> — to Icicle — <Please get it away from me! Please!> — shudders.

Maekrite goes closer to Gene and watches the Trainer Licence.

Maekrite — <What... I mean... really... Ugh...> — shakes head — <I don't know if to feel surprised any longer...> — to Gene — <Uh, who is your Starter?>

Maekrite, Harriet and Copahue are washed by the Water Gun.

Harriet — <Oh this feels so much better... thanks Lake!>

The ash cloud seems to react surrounding Copahue.

Copahue — <Awww free at last... hey!> — starts trying to swat it away.

Maekrite meanwhile notices Rex's mons ans waves a hi to Orchid while still keeping his attention on Gene. But seeing that Gene is now gone, returns to Orchid.

Copahue — <...COME ON!!!> — exasperated Wing Attacks.

edited 15th Dec '11 7:46:29 PM by SilentReverence

Basket: <Good starting place for questions... hope you can make them more specific later on.>

<The first one is probably not as pressing; I mean, if people never realized you weren't a born human, the difference can't be too much...>

<What you do, though, that's both important and complicated, and I will give you space to think it through for now.>

<Jab... heh, I'm hopeless at figuring out romance, no advice at all from me there, sorry. AU me was so much better at this...>

AU PEFE HQ

Tangent: -hangs up the blue telephone on his desk-

So I'm in a coma there, and their Tagg neglected to say why...

OT PEFE HQ, Communications Wing

-Matthew is trying to figure out why they're getting souls coming in every few weeks-

-Matthew suddenly wonders where they are even keeping these souls-

"Oh, they left...I was kinda' hoping they would stick around for a while."

Lake: <It's okay. I'm sure they'll be back soon.> *To Harriet.* <Oh, no problem!>

-Lake looks at Nadia, then gives her a hug.-

Lake: <Thanks for staying with me. I appreciate it.>

Treeo: <So Lake, how were things with Gene?>

Lake: <Oh, we did a lot of really cool things.>

"Care to tell us?"

Lake: <Of course I will! Well, me and Nadia will, of course...>

edited 15th Dec '11 7:49:20 PM by Luke924

Route 114

Sunny: That's right! Every here has lost his Sneasel and we need to search for him!

Inn

Icicle: <Get it away? You don't like snow?>

Shadow: <Dad, it's not snow...>

Icicle: <It's funny snow.>

Shadow: <It's ash. It's like the exact opposite of snow.>

Icicle: <Hmph. It's still fun to play with.>

Fallarbor Town

-Calling back to Maekrite while leaving-

<Gene: "NOT SURE YET!">

-Getting cleaned off by Lake-

<Nadia: "Ooh... That feels good... Uh... What happened... Well...">

-Begins narrating the events of the last few weeks-

edited 15th Dec '11 7:50:54 PM by TracerBullet

Pillow Fort

Shahinne is sleeping in between two pillows.

Shahinne — <...zZz... ...zZz... dad... help... Dintel.... ...zzz...>

Suddenly she chirps awaken.

Shahinne — <...Dad?> — hops and looks around insistently — <...Where?>

She starts looking in the pillows.

Red!Star -To Mezzo- I never said I was. But we can't find her without Blue, So... -continues walking-

-She then looks at Rex nervously-

Star's mindscape room

...Who are you?

Jade!Star: Well, You should know, Shouldn't you?

-Thinks-

....Envy?

Jade!Star: That's right.