Eterna Gym - Past
Jacob: "...." -He slumps back- "... Wheew... okay yeah, those things are no joke."
-He gives a thumbs up- "Good work everyone!"
CU - Pagoda F3
-As Dune turns the corner to peek, there is a massive bloody Duskinoir head two inches from his face-
-It roars and the chains binding it rattle-
Eterna Gym - Past
Blitz: -Blinks at the spectacle of the glitches defeat-
"Finally... Geeze, Tagg, I can see why people seemed so serious about glitches earlier"
-To Maggie and Zepplin- "Well, good to see something good came out of this!"
-He pauses, and his gaze settles on the hole in the roof-
"...We're not gonna have to fix that, are we?"
Veilstone Game Corner
-Lucia has lost at the slot machines several times in the past hour.-
Bezique: <You sure you should be doing this?>
Lucia: Just one more! Look at all the luck we had earlier, that can't have worn off yet! There's no way!
-She puts in three more coins, pulls the lever, and stops the reels. Another loss.-
Lucia: Agh! One more, I almost had it!
???: Lucia. Thought you'd turn up here eventually.
Lucia: Huh?
-She turns around and sees her brother. He grins.-
Marcus Vidal: You sure you should be doing this?
Lucia: Marc! I, uh... Maybe not.
Bezique: <No fair, that didn't work when I said it...>
-Lucia stands up.-
Lucia: What are you doing here?
-A Metagross walks toward them.-
Telkes: ~Stopping you from losing everything.~
Lucia: H... hey...
-He pats the Metagross.-
Marc: She's not wrong.
Lucia: But... I could've sworn I found my luck earlier. Guess I still have to beat that guy...
Marc: That again? No one "stole" your luck.
Lucia: Yes! Ever since I played the man with the red coat, my perfect luck's been... well, the opposite of perfect. Usually. It's inconsistent.
Marc: If it makes you feel better, I'm still looking for the guy.
Lucia: No luck?
-Marc shakes his head.-
Marc: Not a bit.
-Lucia sighs.-
Lucia: Figures... Maybe he took your luck, too.
Marc: Anyway, I was—
-Lucia doesn't catch the rest of his sentence, as she suddenly feels incredibly dizzy and collapses. A few seconds later she comes to. Bezique is holding her up, and Marc is standing over her. Some other guests in the Game Corner are watching nearby.-
Marc: Lucia? Lucia?
Lucia: I'm okay.
Bystander: Should I call for help?
-Lucia shakes her head.-
Lucia: No need.
-She looks at Marc.-
Help me up?
-He nods and helps his sister to her feet.-
Marc: Come on, let's get you back to your room.
Lucia: Right, thanks.
-She stumbles a bit. Marc gives her a shoulder to lean on, and the two walk back to the room Lucia's been staying in. Once she's on the bed, she has a realization and sits up.-
Lucia: ...Hang on.
Marc: Hm?
Lucia: How'd you know where I was staying?
-Marc says nothing and holds a hand to the flash drive he wears around his neck.-
Lucia: You looked through my mind without permission again, didn't you?
Marc: ...Yeah. Sorry.
Lucia: Marc, you're not supposed to do that.
Marc: I know... I just can't help it sometimes. You were in trouble and, well... I panicked.
-Lucia frowns.-
Marc: I'm really, sincerely sorry. It shouldn't have happened.
...Hug?
Lucia: ...Yeah, sure.
-They hug.-
Marc: I'll try not to let it happen again.
...But what happened back there?
Lucia: Huh?
Telkes: ~Maybe you didn't know, but people don't usually just faint like that.~
Lucia: Oh... yeah, that's true.
I don't know what could've caused that.
Marc: Maybe we should call for help.
Lucia: I don't trust that kind of doctor.
Marc: Yeah... I know. I won't.
-He fiddles with the flash drive again.-
Do you mind if I stay the night? To make sure you're all right? Would that be any better?
Lucia: Yeah, it would. Go ahead.
Telkes: ~I take it that would extend to me?~
Lucia: Of course.
Telkes: ~In that case, I'll remain awake all night to keep watch. I needed an excuse to read that series I discovered last week, anyway.~
-Lucia smiles.-
Lucia: It's really nice to see you again. We've been apart way too long.
-Marc smiles back.-
Marc: Nice to see you, too. I've missed you.
Telkes: ~Note to self: twins being apart for a while leads to really sappy lines.~
Marc: Oh, shut up.
Telkes: ~Ouch. I'm wounded.~
Marc: Y'know what, I'm just going to ignore you and sleep now.
-He lies down on the couch.-
Night, Lucia. Love you.
Lucia: Love you too. Sleep well.
-They both close their eyes. After a while, Lucia falls asleep. Marc notices, gets up, and pulls out his laptop. He takes the flash drive from his neck and puts it in. He types a few things, closes the laptop, puts the flash drive back around his neck, and goes to sleep for real.-
I'm done here.Eterna Gym, past
Time feels like it's starting to return to normal too...
-To Blitz-
Well, we didn't have to pray for deliverance, so it could've gone way worse.
-Looking up at the ceiling-
Well, technically that wasn't our fault so...
Pica: <So that was one of the fabled Glitches, eh?>
Ana: -Looks miffed that she was unable to acquire a sample, while Bohr just looks relieved-
Gardenia: -Starts waking up- Ugh, my head...
Gardenia!Torterra: -Also getting up- <That was not a fun experience at all.>
edited 24th Apr '16 8:53:08 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Harthome Jim
-the Mismagius dips, but manages to stay out of the flames-
Mismagius: Giratina, you're heavy!
Ever: Are you...calling me fat?
IP: Ha! Smoke rises, so all you've done is bought you and your team a little time.
Ever: My...
-he looks up, and sees his mons suspended from the rafters-
Ever: Oh, for crying out...
IP: Finally! Ever since you defeated my precious Magikarp back in Coomareen, I've longed only for your death!
Ever: ...You know, at this juncture I'm honestly not shocked. Mismagius, can you get us to the ceiling?
Mismagius: <And why would I do that for you? Smoke won't suffocate me.>
Ever: Fine.
-he squeezes the Mismagius again, and produces another Night Shade. The two are propelled up to the ceiling, and crash into it Ever-first-
Mismagius: <You like that?>
Ever: Oh, please, I've had worse. Now get me to my team!
Mismagius: <Never!>
-the Mismagius starts to phase through the roof, but Ever grabs a hold of the tendrils to keep himself afloat-
Mismagius: <Release me!>
Ever: Be patient!
-Ever kicks his legs back and forth to build up momentum, and then lets the Mismagius go-
Mismagius: <Freedom!>
Ever: Bye, ghostie!
-he lands in a rafter, and rushes over to his team, taking a small pocketknife out to remove their various restraints-
Ever: Breeze, Salamence, get us out of here!
Salamence: <On it~>
-she blasts a hole in the ceiling with Dragon Pulse-
Ever: Breeze, now you!
Breeze: <Okay, six tickets to Route 208!>
-and he launches everyone out of the Jim with Psychic-
Route 208
-Everyone lands in a heap, followed by Salamence neatly fluttering down-
Ever: Well. That was close.
Cornelia: <Just to clarify, did we leave that person behind behind in a burning building with a damaged roof?>
Ever: Yep!
Cornelia: <Oh, thank Zygarde.>
Ever: Wait, what?
Ever: Um...what.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.CU, Pagoda 3F
Lisa: <...Alright, let's hurry and->
-She starts to move, but suddenly runs into a blue gem on the ground, picks it up, and looks at it with the same look she gave the key-
Lisa: <...>
<Let's just hurry. Anyone need a Tailwind?>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also EveryEterna Gym - Past
Blitz: "Does that usually need to happen? Because I'm not sure I want to find out if Mew would just make me do whatever I was praying to her for help with..."
-At the ceiling comment-
"Good point. Anyway, uh..."
-He turns to watch the people checking on the gym leader-
edited 24th Apr '16 9:14:54 PM by BlitzTrain
Eterna Gym, past
Gardenia: -To Jacob-, I'll be fine, just need some rest.
-To the rest of us-
You don't have to worry, the League will pay for this one. I would appreciate some help with the rebuilding though.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Eterna Gym - Past
Blitz: "For the record, I know almost nothing about construction"
-He pauses for a few seconds-
"...But I guess I can at least try"
Eterna - Present
-Blitz is at his laptop, relaxing while he can and keeping an eye on the white and green egg on the desk when he finds several emails he missed. A couple of them embarrassingly old-
Fan 2: What I want to know is if Blitz and Sakura are gonna do anything special before the year is up.
Blitz: "Wait... What?"
Blitz: "Already...?"
-Beat-
-He tints-
Fan 1: Come on, you know that's just a TV plot.
Shingekofan: Suuuure, but what about those greninja that seem to follow her around? She's obviously got a thing for frogs. And those two got together awful fast at the begining... Gotta be something unusual going on to get her attention considering how long she was with Rawst and how that ended.
Fan 5: Easy answer, they're all fictional. Some writer decided they were cute together and started playing Arceus. Duh.
Shingekofan: If you ask me, she's better off with Shingeko anyway. And besides, his greninja are better trained!
Blitz: "...."
-Sigh-
"Yay secret identities"
Shingekofan: Hey, I'm a fan of both. But since you mentioned it...
Shingekofan: o3o
Blitz: "............"
"One of these days I'm going to stop reading things Tori sends me"
edited 24th Apr '16 10:07:30 PM by BlitzTrain
Pagoda F3
-The Reaper bellows and turns towards the blur with a pistol, and an odd ripple in the fabric of time-space coalesces around the barrel's tip, its single visible eye gleaming, when a burst of lightning hits its back and it stops, completely unfazed, looking back behind itself-
Verax: -Smirking- "Yeah big boy, why don't you pick on someone your own si- Hoo boy."
-And he dives around the corner of the hall as several bullets tear through the air-
"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."Eterna City Gym, past
Scheherezade: -sneezes- Well, at least that's over with. Finally. -Pulls the goggles up onto her forehead.-
Dunyazade: That... sucked. Massively.
Shahryar: I would concur. -stares up at the hole in the roof- That seems... problematic.
Shirin: <Right, I'm exhausted. Back in the pokeball with me.>
Scheherezade: Ok. -pulls a pokeball out of one of her coat pockets, and recalls Shirin.- Dune, remind me to invest in a gas mask at some point.
Dunyazade: Uh, okay...?
-Right then, Sinbad bursts through the door, looking for miscreants to hit.-
Marjanah: <You're a bit late to the party. It just finished up.>
Sinbad: -dejected slump. How a cat can slump dejectedly is left as an exercise for the reader.- <Damnit.>
Scheherezade: -turns towards Sinbad,- Where were you, anyways?
Sinbad: <I... um... had a very important thing I had to do.>
Scheherezade: -skeptical- Riiiiight.
-Outside, on top of a building, an Absol gazes towards the gym, watching as the burst of glitch energy escapes and turn the sky back to normal. Shortly thereafter, the Absol bounds away.-
Eterna City Library, Present
-Scheherezade and Dunyazade are looking around.-
Dunyazade: And how, exactly, are you envisioning this helping? You should be going to a university library, not a public library.
Scheherezade: You're probably right, but this is easier.
Dunyazade: If you say so.
Scheherezade: Plus, they theoretically have what I'm looking for.
Dunyazade: You said that about Canalave, too.
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.Eterna City, Sergey's Camp - Past
Aicha: <Okay~>
She put the other stuff back into the 'storage', returning only with a few cards with only a single word scribbled on them.
Giggling she gave Sergey a good shove to separate him from the rest
Aicha: <You're first~>
She gave him a card after she had mixed the deck.
He looked on the cardSpoil the word
After looking a bit around Sergey started to point at Magnus, trying to mimic his performance.
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"Eterna Gym - Past
DS: Whew... It's over...
HotStuff: (smiles) <You did well.>
DS: Ah, thanks, I guess...
Ray: Well, that was... something.
Drifloon: <Ooh, I think I saw another Drifloon evolve! I wonder if I'm close to evolving too... Do I look any stronger?>
Male Meowstic: (tilts head) <... Maybe?>
Drifloon: <Yay!>
CU, Pagoda, 3F
Lisa: <...Right...>
-She uses a Tailwind, draining herself a bit in the process, but making herself and the others in the group move faster-
Eterna, Sergey's Camp, Past
Hajime: "Uh... Dance?"
Buddy: <Waltz?>
Eterna Gym, past
Zeppelin: -to the Drifloon- <Strength and evolution will come eventually, as long as you keep at it!>
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also EveryEterna Gym, past
Zeppelin: -to the Drifloon- <Excellent!>
Maggie: -to Etran- "Well, we can either relax for a bit, help Gardenia by cleaning up the mess, or something else entirely."
-She pauses a bit, looks over at DS, trying to figure out how to word something-
"Uh... Was this Glitch like the stuff you were expecting? Like the others?"
Eterna, Sergey's Camp
Hajime: "Pair?"
Buddy: <Knot?>
edited 25th Apr '16 6:11:05 AM by CorvusAtrox
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also EveryEterna City, Sergey's Camp
Aicha shook her head to signal Sergey that Buddy didn't get the right one.
So Sergey shook his head again, now pointing towards himself, then to Magnus, again trying to mimic his performance followed by silently clapping
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Jason:It can't ever be easy, huh...
-He sighs-
But hey, we did it...
-Beat-
I'll see about getting Gardenia someplace to recover.