ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Just you, I think.

The Cave

Marmalade: <...Kids, clear out. Daddy and I have some talking to do.>

Kids: -all scatter, the Deino retiring to personal caves and the Trapinch hiding in burrows-

Marmalade: (to Xakk) <Okay, would you like to guess at what's going on here?>

Xakk: <I blame Husk, personally.>

Marmalade: <Who?>

Xakk: <Never mind. The point is that something is badly wrong.>

Marmalade: <Yes...last time I checked we weren't mates.>

Xakk: <Last time you checked, sure...>

Marmalade: -glare-

Xakk: <...In my defense, it was funny in my head.>

Marmalade: <More to the point, Hydreigon and Flygon can't breed.>

Xakk: <Yes.>

Zweilous: <Of course they can. ...Are you feeling okay? Do you need to lie down?>

Marmalade: <...Kid, why are you still here?>

Violet City

Breeze: <Silly.>

Slam, another Surf please.

Slam: -complies-

edited 13th Oct '12 3:27:15 PM by memyselfandI2

Just on your end

Violet Center

-Crow and his group have done nothing of consequence since last post-

Lily: <Oh, no. It's about the mischief I'm about to do.>

Violet City

Rotom-Z is knocked down to one-more-attack-and-both-will-go-down health.

Myra!Rotom-Z: <Urk... This isn't working...>

Linux!Rotom-Z: <It's working a hell of a lot better than if we weren't doing this! I think it's time for SCIENCE!>

Myra!Rotom-Z: <What do you mean by– >

She cuts off, getting Linux's plan due to sharing a "brain" at the moment.

Myra!Rotom-Z: <Oh... that's much less insane than you sounded...>

Linux!Rotom-Z: <What do you mean by that!?>

Myra doesn't answer. The Rotom-Z starts forming two much smaller, equal size Shadow Balls, firing them at both opponents.

Meanwhile, Eskay and Alli are just watching, unsure what to say or do

edited 13th Oct '12 3:42:25 PM by Eskay64

The Cathedral, PMD-B

-Walks up to Laura-

Laura: -Notices- Hello, my brother. May I be of service this glorious day?

-Looks at our group-

That's a pretty large flock.

<Laura, right?>

Laura: That would be correct.

Cobalt: <Nicole sent us.>

Laura: -Seemingly confused- I have no idea what you're talking about.

Bohr: <So, about those Red Rider cars?>

Laura: -With a glint in her eyes- Follow me.

-Starts walking towards one of the back rooms-

What did I miss?

Violet City

Slam: -sent skidding back by the Shadow Ball, and sent down to the red-

-Breeze, however, is knocked out-

Slam, Waterfall please. Mix, you're up!

-Slam slides forward again to crash into Myrinux, while Mix examines the Rotom-Z- <....What's that? :3>

The Cave

Zweilous: <Look, you've both clearly got amnesia. I need to explain things to you!>

Xakk: <Neither of us have amnesia. This is just extremely strange.>

Zweilous: <If you don't have amnesia, why don't you remember your own children?>

Marmalade: <See, you lost me at the children bit.>

Angela-B - Cathedral

-The group is following along-

<Bottles: "O... Kay then? Guess we're just going along for this...">

<Moogle: "What's it that's over here, kupo?">

"Oh dear. Well just don't get in legal trouble, or we're all in trouble."

Ice Cave

Amber stands up slowly after Arika finishes bandaging her leg.

Amber: Ready to go Miss Arika? *Sniff*

Violet City

Linux!Rotom-Z: <You want to know what we are? WE. ARE. SCI– AAGH!>

Myra!Rotom-Z: <AAH!>

And they faint simultaneously. Eskay and Alli return them to their balls.

Eskay: Hmm...

Alli: Hmm...

Skye and Diane then come over.'

Diane: Hey, Eskay, wh-

Eskay: Hey, you two, perfect timing! Listen, Skye, could you finish this off?

Skye: <...I guess?>

Eskay: Awesome, thanks.

As Skye flies onto the field, Alli sends out Adel.

Adel: <This'll be fun.>

Diane: Knock 'em into next week!

Skye smiles, and gets ready for business.

Eskay: Aerial Ace that Leafeon!

Alli: Dragon Claw on Slam!

They do so almost instinctively.

edited 13th Oct '12 4:11:31 PM by Eskay64

Lily: -drags it over- <Ok... now... do I, erm... eh...>

Clearly a technological genius.

The Cathedral, PMD-B

-After we've all filed into the back room-

Laura: -Voice takes on a sarcastic tone- These crazies won't hear us in here.

<So, what can you tell us about the Children's plans?>

Laura: You know how the Children have those hospitals all over the place?

<Yeah...>

Laura: There's stockpiles of weaponry and armor inside them. Now that's scary. Morpheus is preaching that the earth should be "purged of the infidels", and some other crap like that. I think they're planning to take over everything!

Cobalt: <We've heard of this Morpheus character before.>

Laura: Then I'm sure that you know he's the Head Priest. He preaches peace and enlightenment and all that crap, but he's scum. No two ways about it.

edited 13th Oct '12 4:18:14 PM by rmctagg09

Angela-B - Cathedral

<(?): "Pfft. 'Purging'. They should start with their own ranks first!">

<Lardna: "... 'Infidels'? What on earth do they mean by that?">

<Pepper: "Yeah... I don't follow what they would have against the other mons around here... Aside from the obvious...">

Violet City

Mix: <Ow! Jerk...>

-Slam, being in the red, is knocked out by the Dragon Claw-

Hmm...may as well see how he does.

Spathi, take the stage! -sends him out-

Spathi: (to Mix) <Am I going to get any useful commands?>

Mix: <Dunno, this is like my second battle for him...>

Mix, Razor Leaf on the Gabite! Spathi...um...if you've got any Fire moves, please use them on the Skarmory?

Mix: -flings a few leaves at Adel and Skye-

Spathi: <My pleasure...>

The Cave

Zweilous: <Do you seriously not remember anything?>

Marmalade: <I remember plenty, just nothing relating to this.>

Zweilous: <It's worse than I thought...come on, I'll take you to Lernaea. She's your oldest daughter, she probably understands all this better than I do.>

Xakk: <Finally, some answers...>

-the Zweilous leads Xakk and Marmalade into an odd-looking cave- <Lernaea? You there?>

???: <Yes. Is it true Mom and Dad are awake?>

Marmalade: <I swear, I am not going to get used to that...>

Zweilous: <Yeah! They're here to say hello!>

???: <Yay!>

-an odd, dark shape rushes Marmalade and Xakk out of the darkness and hugs them both tightly- <Mom! Dad! You're back!>

Xakk: <....What in the hell are you?>

edited 13th Oct '12 4:17:18 PM by memyselfandI2

Violet Pokémon Center

Sunny: <And another story is finished!>

Violet Gym

-Fortis, Forte, and presumably Katie are walking out of the gym-

-Fortis is trying to pin her new Zephyr Badge to her dress, but it doesn't want to stay-

Forte: Uh, you usually don't wear Gym Badges.

Fortis: Why not? It's pretty!

Violet City, somewhere else

-Pianis has explained most of human society to Cirno at this point-

Pianis: And while I'm at it, you'll need one of these. -holds up a Poké Ball-

Cirno: <What does that do?>

Pianis: Trainers keep their Pokémon safe in them. It's a lot easier to carry a big mon inside one of these than to have it walk around all the time.

Cirno: <...Hey! Who are you calling big?>

Pianis: No, no, I didn't mean it like that!

The Cathedral, PMD-B

Laura: By infidels he means anyone who hasn't accepted his dumbass message.

<So where can we find this Morpheus? So that we can kill the bastard.>

Laura: Sometimes he preaches down here, but most of the time he's holed up in his study on the third level, guarded by the Nightkin.

<Great...>

Followers' Safehouse

Talius: <I made it to Necropolis before getting captured by Super Mutants and being taken to...this place. They threw me in one of the vats, and this is how I came out.>

Mount Vern - Johto-B - Some Time In The Past

-To Zoltan-

<Sandra: "'Aunt Teak' is just what the younguns call me, silly! Now... What was it that you wanted to talk about?">

<Teala: "Uh... It's about that paper that you let us take from your shop...">

One Explanation Later

<Sandra: "Wh-What?!">

<Rising Star: "Yeah... That's apparently what those runs say.">

<Sandra: "My... My senses aren't nearly what they used to be... Were my eyes still strong, I'd have never left that letter in the bargain corner!">

<Nadia: "Wait, so does that letter mean anything?">

<Sandra: "... It might... But I'm not sure if it would be of any use to us at this point...">

<Kat: "Hmm? What do you mean by that?">

Angela-B - Cathedral

<Lardna: "Wait a minute... 'Nightkin'?">

<Bottles: "Aren't those those gray mons that can vanish right in front of you?">

<Maurice: "Oh Arceus..." O.O;>

-To the Vault Dweller-

<Eir: "Yeah... That's kinda unsettling... I can't imagine what it must be like to be turned into something that's completely different from what you are...">

edited 13th Oct '12 4:36:15 PM by TracerBullet

Lily: <Hey Marcie, are you watching?>

Lily managed to open an odd game.

Marceline looks over. "Oh? Hmm..."

Cathedral, PMD-B

Laura: The very same, they're the Master and Morpheus' enforcers.

<What can you tell us about the Master?>

Laura: Ah yes, the Master, he's the god these nuts worship. Personally, I don't think he's a god, just somebody into manipulating everyone.

<Well that much is obvious.>

Laura: <Sometimes he even appears on the screen out front, one time I checked the altar when no one was looking and found a holo-projector and wires leading down below.

Cobalt: <He's below us then, I can feel his presence. All of the psychics did.>

Laura: There's some sort of secret entrance to...something in the basement, below the Inner Sanctum. I can open the door, but you need Morpheus' key to get down there. Even then, I'm sure that whatever's down there wouldn't be interested in talking it out with obvious intruders.

<Understood.>

Timeskip to 2 pages in

Lily: <What do these paper's say? Oooo...>

A Badass in a Nice Suit appears in the distance, and the screen fizzes a bit.

Angela-B - Cathedral

<Lardna: "So... Our way down there is through this Morpheus...">

<Gorga: "Rrr... From the way it sounds, we're going to need someone with very sticky paws to pull this one off. Someone who's used to stealing and getting out without much notice...">

-And everyone turns towards a certain Seviper-

<Maurice: "H-Hey! D-Don't look at me like that! I w-was always the d-decoy!" O.O;>

<Gorga: "That could work too...">

"Er, Lily, I dunno if we should be looking at those..."

-Sits down under tree with coffee, and pulls out list-

Right, so we can cross out that one, that one, that one, but I might want to add that one, and... should I add that? No, not really.

-Continues to relax under tree with coffee-