-You wanna see? Okay?-
Sitting across from Pent was what appeared to be Zachary Zoroark. Smiling, then from it's mouth came -Pretty impressive huh? Standard illusion, but...-
It picked up the cup of tea and held it, to anyone not in direct contact with the pen, they'd just see the cup randomly floating.
-Fully real illusions. In fact, give me a moment.-
Zachary went limp, and suddenly was replaced by a blue-ish green humanoid over 6 feet in height, with rippling muscles and flowing black hair. -Ora ora kid. The only limit is your imagination and my access to modern media.-
Some Rando
Lanakila Center
"Hm, touche." Colton mused. "When creating the illusion of something moving, it's important to hide the original object. Limbo, if you will." He mused.
"Bee-are-bee," he said as he went to get a cup of coffee from the cafe.
About 30 seconds later he'd return with a triple cream double sugar pumpkin latte. Too seasonal for words.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Fwomph
League Center
-Pent watches the illusions and smiles a little bit before glancing over at Colton-
Just getting a demonstration before I try channeling for myself. Also it talks but I think that might just be for me.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
-I can try talking to him if you like. Plus some illusions can have a little bit of "oomph" behind them. I'm not all just obscura, I've also got some glitch in here.-
The illusion became a indistinct figure before settling on a tired looking man, the voice it used, strangely fit.
It produced a laser pointer and pointed it near Colton's feat, a small crackle was heard as a small bit of smoke produced from the floor, real smoke. -I can teach you how to use these illusions, or how to warp reality like a glitch. Within reason of course, doors and such. Money's a bit too hard to do.-
Spagged with Every
-Ephemera, completely unfazed by the general mood and the lack of audience, is still going strong with karaoke-
Basket: <Hold on!>
<So, many of our readers are rusty on their Kalosian Dustcloud Language at best. Thus, in the interests of accessibility, I will be beta-testing an experimental translation filter on this post. Please open a Github issue for any major errors.>
-Ephemera blinks a couple times, but launches straight into her next song-
Ephemera: & Exploded in the dirt, you monkey of a boy. &
& A jungle rat stalked by the birds. &
& King of a small pond, the lightning and the dragon's spirit. &
& Running through the water, then a whirlpool got you fluttering... &
& Fluttering in the whirlpool, a teenage kappa, &
& The jungle poison ate your flaming spirit. &
& Man, is that far-fetched? Did you sleep or were you put to sleep? &
& King of the crabs, charge towards your fable, do the wave. &
& Fly monkey, with your riches, snake in the dirt, &
& A pebble charging into the attraction of sleep. &
& Spirit tangled in the koi pond, fly! &
& The poison plays with the wrath of delay. &
& Timid fossil, stalking wealth, parasite behind a smokescreen- &
& Rat pulled in by the charlatan consuming you. &
& Imitation pearls, so young to get your hands dirty &
& At the start of lighting off the crushing rock of your fame. &
& You think you're of two minds, seeking light to become strong- &
& Your mom entranced with blackouts, unwanted. &
& Blast into the whirlpool, it's odd that you're sleepy, &
& Shocked at woman ringing bells of stardom. &
& But things change, your mom's dead, things change and you wish, &
& Now of three minds and a smokescreen smells bad and crabby, &
& Take your licks, charge ahead, take your pricks and meet the girl. &
& Chop through your defences, your illusions, punch ahead! &
& If you freeze up, keep dancing, it's true that romance can sting. &
& If you're scared come out of your shell and take a chance, play Pokémon. &
& Parasites, all of us, poisoned in the freezing water. &
& Blow that away, float to the surface, warm our hearts and charge ahead. &
& The dragon's strength, the grip of poison! &
& In the dirt, the dark... a star says to try, try, hard. &
& Are you cursed, are you a snake, are you a star? &
& Cut through the poison sting, change the weather and ignite. &
& Cut! Kick! Think hard! And you'll go far! &
& You can be anything! Grow tall! Ancient vigor, you have the power! &
& Be the myth! Be loyal! You'll face barriers and sadness, &
& But roll on! Explode the gloom! We're almost home! &
& You were a young dragon, you swam through the water, &
& You were broody, you got stung and you got old. &
& The old water spiral slowed you down, &
& But you can still fly high! Be a classy snake! That's all, folks! &
Basket: <Alright, going well...>
-sizzle-
Basket: <Oops, it just burned out. Oh well. What'd you think, Ephemera?
Ephemera: -Litwick!-
edited 1st Nov '17 8:02:35 PM by Tangent128
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Some Rando
Lanakila Center
"I'm not choosy as long as I can expand my knowledge." He decided. "On a less than related note, is the pen a little more benign than what we anticipated?"
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Fwomph
League Center
Alright then, I think I'm ready to try it for myself.
-He rolls his shoulders takes a sip of his mug of tea while plucking up the pen-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
-Okay then. Let's start small, I'm saving the big stuff, try to focus the energy into a point on something and set it on fire. Or maybe try drawing a face on the table, that stuff is automatic with me.-
The figure smiled, -Though if you really wanna see the big stuff. I could show you...-
It outstretched a hand, and in a instant seemed more skeletal to Pent, a soft flame around it's fingers, a grin on its face.
-
-I̦͔̖͕͚͔̲͓ͯ̆ͮ̚f̻̣̥͓̏̏̏̈ͤ ̷̜̹̤̮͉̫̲͈̅y̛̛͍̝͉͓͎̟͍̽̀ͤ́͗̎ō̱̥̦̖̖ͯ̈̔̎̊̀uͦͭ͋̓̂̽͢҉̵̥̞ ̛̻̥͓̭͂̓̃͆͗ͪ͝l̩͕̯̘̖̰̯̀͆é̸̸̖̘̲̗̆ͦ̅ͫͤ͂̋̕t̶͌͂̃̾͢҉̠̪͖͔̻͙ ̛̛̬̮̙ͦͭͮ̌͑ͣ͐̀mͬͯ̇͊ͧ̿ͯ͏̸̯̪̼̮ͅe̸̺̠̅̂̿͜͡.-
edited 1st Nov '17 8:12:40 PM by EchoingSilence
Some Rando
Lanakila
Colton pulled up a third chair so he wouldn't have to kneel at the table, looking at where he saw the cup of tea earlier. He looked at the spot to see if there was something he could spot out, so when he saw something that kind of looked like a cloud of carbon monoxide, he was a bit taken aback.
His coffee wasn't knocked down, thank goodness, because he needed to drink it to contemplate the smoky apparition.
He was thus torn between two jokes.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Fwomph
League Center
Let's just go with the laser pointer for now...
-He recoils a little from the spooky scary skeletony and aims the pen at what remained of his tea-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
The tea, caught on fire.
-Think you put too much power into there... also is that possible?-
Some Rando
Lanakila
"How much nondairy creamer do you put in your tea?" Colton demanded, looking at the blazing drink. "Why don't you get your inflammable friend to smother it?" He asked, somewhat chuckling.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
RNP
Asimov Space Crew Member
After Party
Phaz: "I'd like some spicy burning tea like so. At least you're sure it's hot. Or that it's a grog of some kind."
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
Dunsparce Cloud
PEFE!Every: Finally!
Nurse: To clarify, we're saying it's safe for you to stand up and do things. Not to...do whatever caused your injuries originally.
PEFE!Every: Tamato tamaeto.
Nurse: Just to be on the safe side, for the next week or so you should avoid strenuous activity—
PEFE!Every: Generally not a problem—
Nurse: Contact sports—
PEFE!Every: There goes my field hockey career—
Nurse: —And substance use.
PEFE!Every: ...I feel attacked.
Nurse: Oh, uh, you don't need to whisper. It's perfectly fine to speak at a normal volume.
PEFE!Every: Huh?
Nurse: ...Never mind. Have a nice day, miss. Enjoy the apocalypse.
PEFE!Every: You know, the sky is literally falling.
Nurse: You strike me as the kind of person who would find that interesting.
PEFE!Every: ...True but insulting.
-she walks out of the center-
Why are my interactions with nurses always like that?
-and runs into Ever-
Ever: Oh, hey, you're walking. And with someone's permission, even.
PEFE!Every: Yeah.
Ever: You look weird without a labcoat. And hat. ...And hair.
PEFE!Every: Eh. It was getting too long anyway. I do need a new coat, though.
Ever: I feel like somewhere in the science team you joined, you may be able to locate a labcoat.
PEFE!Every: One can only hope.
Ever: ....Good luck with that whole thing.
PEFE!Every: Much appreciated.
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Fortis tilts her head-
Fortis: Why should that matter though?
Mezzo: Because alternate universes are bullshit, that's why.
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Mt Lanakila
Hae-Won: "I'm on the side of 'I don't think they're bullshit, but I'm probably not gonna rush in just yet."
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Flying Colors
Party — Yesterday
Hollow: <Because that portal could lead anywhere! It could send you straight into a volcano, or into the claws of some horrible beast, or worse yet, it could lead you right into the hands of our enemies, who could force you into servitude and blackmail you into retrieving information in some supposedly abandoned facility that turns out to be rife with danger! ...Hypothetically speaking, of course.>
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
Fortis: That's the fun part though!
Pianis: Piano, I blame you for this.
Mezzo: What? Why me?
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Flying Colors
Party — Yesterday
-For a moment, Hollow tries to find the words to respond, but just sorta goes into a dumbfounded silence-
Meet The New Boss
Some Rando
Lanakila
He just stared at the blazing tea, curious as to how that was even possible. He ultimately decided that shouldn't exist, so he sent out Amaterasu.
The Shiny Ninetales promptly gathered the flame in her tail and smothered it. She decided to stay out, which Colton was fine with. He was done with his coffee anyway.
"Really, though," Colton asked. "Who's this friend of [Cole]'s?"
edited 2nd Nov '17 1:14:32 PM by AbsentCoder
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
RNP
Meet The New Boss
-two people, a man and a woman, are staring at the sky-
Man: The world has converged, my love.
Woman: An opportunity, dearest.
Man: And yet, best beloved, we are restrained in our capacity to operate.
Woman: Such are the constraints required in exchange for the resources we enjoy, darling. With luck, the changing states of things will provoke our superiors towards action.
-they are being watched-
Mallory: ...This isn't a private beach. If you're making some sort of evil plan, you should know I can hear you.
Man: You aren't terribly relevant, I'm afraid.
Woman: Not a concern, it could be said.
-the man sends out a Gallade, and the two vanish-
Mallory: I'm beginning to understand why I wiped my own memory last time.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.