ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Cookie Country

Jab: <Trying our best here!> -Brick Breaks the Sudowoodo-

Drift: -squirts bubbles-

Cookie Country

-as Drift's bubbles hit the Sudowoodo, it falls over-

Sunny: <Glad that's over with...>

Cookie Country

Diesel: <That was utterly strange.>

Mix: <Yep.>

Jab: <But awesome.>

Cookie Country

<Yeah... Hey, I think I see something where the Sudowoodo fell.>

-Mezzo walks over to it and picks it up-

Sunny: <Hey! Those look like the oars to Magolor's ship! You should take them back!>

<Huh? What was Dedede here trying to do with them?>

Other!Route 7

Unable to find a perch without having to move for the party, Sam takes off into the air

Sam: <I swear, everybody dashing about like those parkour Wooper back in Johto...>

Tangent(?): You are a ghost trainer, Every? I guess you've been to the Celestial Tower plenty of times...

-Tangent stops-

...Twist Mountain.

Roxy: <It... won't be that bad this time, I don't think...>

edited 27th Apr '12 10:33:27 PM by Tangent128

Cookie Country

Diesel: <Who knows, let's just get them back....>

Other!Route 7

The Celestial Tower? ....Actually, no...it feels wrong to go in there and bother everyone. I don't have a Litwick line member, even.

-looks over at Twist Mountain-

I dunno, I've always loved that place...

edited 27th Apr '12 10:23:04 PM by memyselfandI2

Cookie Country

<Yeah, sure.>

-Mezzo's team picks up the oars and starts carrying them back-

Other!Mistralton, Gym

Skyla: So, you're challenging me as a duo?

Mezzo(?): That's right.

Skyla: Hmm... -eyes Mezzo(?) and Lily-

...

Skyla: Okay, here. -hands Mezzo and Lily a pair of Jet Badges-

Lily: Huh?

Skyla: You two look like you could win easily, so there, you've won.

Mezzo(?): Okay... guess I won't argue with that. -takes her badge-

Lily: But Mezzy, it's no fun if we don't fight!

Mezzo(?): Lily, you want to fight a gym with a type advantage over you?

Lily: Okay, fine.

edited 27th Apr '12 10:26:41 PM by Mezzopiano

Cookie Country

Diesel: <Finally. >_<>

Other!Twist Mountain

Cuyahoga: <Charizard are excellent lights in caves!>

Blenda sparks some light of her own, not to be outdone.

Sam shrinks back from both beasts.

Tangent(?): Eh, there were just a lot of wild Boldore last time... perhaps they've calmed down a bit?

...but what do you mean about bothering the Tower? I didn't think that would be something you'd worry about...

Other!Twist Mountain

Just because I'm a bit strange doesn't mean I don't understand sanctity.

Lor Starcutter

-after an uneventful walk back, Mezzo's group has returned to the Lor-

-the oars attach themselves to the ship as they approach-

<Wow...>

Felis: <This makes no sense whatsoever.>

Lor Starcutter

Diesel: <No it does not.>

Other!Twist Mountain

Tangent(?): a bit flustered Oh- I- didn't mean to imply-

...I mean, lots of people catch Litwick there, right?

Though I can understand the sanctity thing, I guess... seeing what one person did in Ilex Forest...

Tangent clenches his fists unconsciously

"Petilil": shudders

Lor Starcutter

-Mezzo heads inside-

Magolor: <Wow! You did it! You guys are amazing!>

Other!Twist Mountain

-tilts head- Oh? What happened?

Starcutter

Jab: <Yes. We are.>

AU!Icirrus - Earlier This Week

-A certain trainer is out and about with his mons, overlooking festivities in a main square from a vantage point on one of Icirrus' trademark windmills-

-Via Aura-

<Simo: "... This really wasn't necessary, Tracer. I would have been perfectly content knowing that the rest of you were able to enjoy the festival.">

Tracer(?): "Yeah... But this festival's for you too, buddy... And it just didn't seem right to leave you out of it..."

-(*sigh*) Yet another spring festival that we can't spend down in the streets... Fate's kinda cruel like that... Even when we go to another universe, SOMEHOW we still wind up getting mobbed by stalkers... Hope it isn't getting too deep under Simo's skin...-

<Dahak: "Hmm... Turnout seems smaller this year...">

<Nimbus: "Brr! I could have told you that would have wound up happening!">

-Hmm... Hard to believe that there was once a time when we were actually worried he might not be able to fly properly again... And that if it weren't for that pink weasel, he might not be here... All thanks to that creep Ghetsis and his damned hydra. Really, we keep having the worst luck with those things with him... He got beaten up when he was little by a Deino by a trainer that pulled a bait-and-switch on us... Beaten up again by a Zweilous after his first evolution after that stint in the Day Care... And then what that thing did to him at the League... After we had been worn down from fighting N...

I still see a bit of that same fear in Nimbus' eyes whenever we run into one of them... I really wish that I could understand him... To try and tell him that those dragons are more like him and Teala than he sees... That they can be noble creatures just as he is-

<Dreyer: "We got to actually see a couple Vanillite in this year's festival!">

-I can't help but wonder though... Am I doing the right thing...?

I mean, yeah, life's slightly more normal now... But I'm essentially a stranger to everything... Heck, it turns out that I might not have even lived in Unova in this universe...-

<Natrix: "Oh yeah, that's a real consolation for getting dragged out of a toasty hostel today...">

<Teala(?): "Quiet, Natrix. Ooh... I see that this year's statue's modeled after someone from the Hook Shift...">

-... I wonder if Dreyer's disappointed in me... He's apparently Zekrom's chosen one after all... I was really floored when I found that out... All this time, the heroes of the legendary dragons... They're the ones that no one remembers in history... Instead, they remember people like me and that Harmonia guy who lived life more or less in a bubble... The feeble, the unvaliant, the ones that compromise their ideals and their commitment to the truth when it becomes a petty inconvenience...-

<Dreyer: "... Tracer? Are you alright?">

<Natrix: "Yes, he's clearly feeling fantastic, Dreyer...">

<Teala(?): "Won't you tell us what's wrong, Tracer?">

"... I just had some stuff on my mind..."

<Simo: "To answer your question, he's not.">

Tracer(?): "Huh?"

<Dahak: "Yeah. We're all proud to be able to have you as our trainer...">

<Dreyer: "And you're not just our partner! ... You're our friend... OH! LOOK AT THAT FLOAT!">

<Nimbus: "Quick! Turn around, Tracer!">

-And turns to return to attention of the festivities below-

-I guess... In the end, it's having friends alongside you that matters most... Everything seems so much less insurmountable with them...

Huh... Never remembered that ever being in a float during the festival. Maybe I've been missing too many of them...

Wonder if there's someone like me out there with a bit on their mind too...-

edited 27th Apr '12 10:58:56 PM by TracerBullet

Lor Starcutter

<So, what's this about a reward?>

Magolor: <Oh, yes!> -hits a button on the ship's console-

Magolor: <I've just opened one of the back rooms. You can take whatever you want from there. I'll open the rest once you find all the other parts!>

Other!Twist Mountain

"Petilil": <Oh! That- we don't usually...>

Roxy: <Don't worry about it, don't worry about it!>

Sam: <Er- hey, here's the exit!> squawks

Tangent(?): Er- oh, hey! Sam found a shortcut out. Let's go ahead...

Starcutter

Mix: <Cool!> -runs into the back room-

Other!Twist Mountain

....Okay then. -proceeds out the alternative exit-

edited 27th Apr '12 10:57:02 PM by memyselfandI2

Lor Starcutter

-Mezzo follows Mix into the back room-

-the floor of the back room is littered with assorted junk-

<Wonder if there's anything useful in here.>

Starcutter

Mix: <Probably.> -proceeds to fall asleep-

Breeze: <Must be bedtime~> -Yawns his team to sleep-

Other!Icirrus

Tangent(?): Well, that bit of travel felt faster than usual...

I have some business to take care of, Every; I'll meet back with you later!

Tangent and his team head north to Dragonspiral Tower.

Blenda: <This could be troublesome... seems like quite the crowd is up there...>

Sam: <Well, we are hardly the only investigators here... really, our hope is just to find something that nobody else thought of.>

Other!Dragonspiral Tower - A Short Time After the Prior Post

-A local Druddigon has poked out of some bushes, sizing up Other!Tangent and the others with him-

<Bouncer!Druddigon: "Oh, you're new... So tell me, what are you all doing here?">

Other!DST

Tangent is making a point of staying relaxed in demeanor.

Tangent(?): Good evening... I am investigating the disappearance of the Hero of Ideals. Unlike the media hounds I had to evade, my interest is in actually locating him and ending this noisy business.

Sam: <Yeah, we'd like to ask your boss a few questions!>

Other!Dragonspiral Tower

<Bouncer!Druddigon: "... Yeah, wrong answer. This is a shrine to gods, not a consulting firm! If you're not here for the express purpose of paying your reverence to our lord Zekrom, you have no business coming any further! And if you are... Well, I'm certain that you can bear with not being able to come in. It's unusually cold this spring and most of the guards want to stay toasty and be able to rest peacefully!">

edited 27th Apr '12 11:45:26 PM by TracerBullet