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Celadon City

-The birb girls share a look.-

Diane: Do you want the full list?

Mordred "Ye-"

Artoria: "I do not think we need a full list, no, we'll take your word for it."

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

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Diane: Phew, good, I actually didn't really have a list prepared, there's just a lot and I don't know where to start.

Skye: Just wait around until April Fools Day and you'll know what we're talking about.

-Mezzo is holding a pair of Purrloin-eared headphones given to her by her parents, wondering what to do with them-

Mezzo: They're cute but I am gonna feel so awkward wearing these.

-the two girls near Mezzo suddenly start jumping up and down-

Fortis: Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!

Noelle: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Mezzo: ...What's gotten into you two?

Noelle: She said yes!

Fortis: Oh my gosh oh my gosh!

-Mezzo tilts her head-

Fortis: Birdie girl wedding!

Noelle: They're tying the knot!

-Mezzo tilts her head further-

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Celadon

Trina: -holding a large box of Pokemon eggs- It's tiiiiiiime!

Giselle: We should have done this the night before. Fits the holiday better.

Trina: T Hat would have worked better if I wasn't piss dunk. And it'll help us get to know Th- er, Umbra's friends better either way.

Giselle: Fair enough, let's go.

-And so they go around, conversing with and giving eggs to various J-Teamers!-

-To Hae Won, they give a Trapinch egg-

-To Echo, they give a Cutiefly egg-

-To Lane they give a Chimchar egg-

-To Iggy they give a Skrelp egg-

-To Shaun they give a Wimpod egg-

-To Jessica they give a Heatmor egg-

-To Phoenix they give an Eevee egg-

Giselle: -sniffs- You smell like punch.

-to Daydre they give an Alolan Vulpix egg-

-to Ahe they give an Abra egg-

-To Des they give an Aron egg-

-To Ludmilla they give a Zorua egg-

Giselle: ~To protect you from meaner Psychics than you or me.~

-To Megan they give a Rotom egg-

-to Colton they give a Pyukumuku egg-

Trina: It can facepalm with its guts!

-To Phaz, they give a Feebass egg-

-To Alyesha, they give a Grubbin egg-

-to Blitz, they give an Alolan Sandshrew egg-

-To Tori they give a Charmander egg-

Trina: Phew! This is busier than I expected and we still have a few more...

Giselle: We trekked all across this sector of the multiverse to get those eggs... Hopefully people like them.

-They start looking for their last few giftees... who happen to be the members of the Jean-Ome Project. They hand an egg to each of Jean, Jackie, Jared, Gabe, and Neon.-

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-Hae-Won gets her gift-

Hae-Won: "Oh, thanks! Wonder what'll hatch from it..."

The following section written by a certain gracious secret santa

 Celadon Center 

-Maggie is listening to music in a bed-

-When suddenly whatever she's listening to is interrupted by the Kidz Bop cover of Bring Me To Life-

Maggie: -turns to Sleepy Head, reading nearby- SleepyHead, what did you do?

SleepyHead: -shrugs- <Not me.>

-Maggie grumbles and gets up-

-She asks her other mons around wherever she is, and none of them know what caused the change as the Kidz Bop keeps blaring in her ears-

-She eventually goes outside...-

-And is confronted by a strange, Clamperl-themed magical girl-

Girl: Hello! I am World's Oyster and I am here to bing CHAOS! :3

Maggie: ...What?

World's Oyster: -holds up a staff with a strange glowing pearl at the tip- You have wronged me! For that, I will use my Pearl Of Entropy to make sure you listen to that cursed song forever!

Maggie: Well, I can just take the headphones o-

-finds she can't-

...Huh?

World's Oyster: -giggles- My work here is done. I am off!

-she flees-

-Maggie grumbles and goes to get her mons-

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-World's Oyster is sitting at a coffeshop sipping a drink-

-Maggie suddenly barges in with Squealer-

Maggie: I DEMAND ANSWERS

Squealer: Good ones!

World's Oyster: Ohhoho, really? Not without a fight!

-She warps Maggie and Squealer outside, and strikes a battle pose-

I'm ready for you!

Maggie: -groans- Fine. Squealer, Hammer Arm.

Squealer: <Sorry it had to come to this! For what it's worth I like your style.>

-He attempts to bring down a MIGHTY AURA FIST down on World's Oyster, but she moves aside, and it merely dents the pavement-

World's Oyster: Ahaha! Your feeble attempts at doing harm shall yield nothing! NOTH-

-Is hit in the face by a Flamethrower-

YEOW! OK, you got me there.

-She fires a Hydro Pump from her Pearl Of Entropy at Squealer, knocking him back-

Squealer: <Ha! Face my wizard powers!>

-he casts a Grass Knot, which trips World's Oyster and sends her sprawling-

World's Oyster: Ow!

-she fires an Ice Beam that freezes and breaks the Grass Knot, then delivers a Psychic STRAIGHT TO SQUEALER'S BRAIN-

-Squealer promptly faints-

Maggie: Grrr...

-She sends out Foudre-

Foudre: <HA! We are gonna beat this girl down!>

"World's Oyster:' That's what you think~

-She hits Foudre with a Sucker Punch-

Foudre: Oof!

-Tries a Thunder-

-The Thunder hits, sending World's Oyster staggering-

-Then she grins evilly-

World's Oyster: Oh, you don't think that was all I had up my sleeve, right?

-two shell constructs shatter around her, bathing her in power-

World's Oyster used Shell Smash!

-She starts spamming attacks around the lot willy nilly-

AHAHAHAHAHA

Maggie: Foudre, Crunch!

-Foudre roars and pounces on World's Oyster mid-attack, biting her arm-

-It is then Maggie notices an armband on World's Oyster's arm-

Remove the armband!

Foudre: On it!

-She swipes at the armband, knocking it off-

-In an instant, the chaos ceases, and World's Oyster is reverted to a Clamperl, her Pearl Of Entropy staff clattering at her side-

-Maggie's headphones loosen from her ears, but she stomps over to World's Oyster-

World's Oyster <Ehe, no hard feelings?>

Maggie: Why!

World's Oyster: <...All right, I admit it! You are the inferior apprentice to Tagg compared to Ever, but no one else thinks so! So I set out to knock you down a peg!>

Maggie: ...

-smacks World's Oyster in the face with a Dive Ball-

---

-A J-Teamer who if were named would reveal the true author of this gets a box-

-They open the box to find a Dive Ball, a strange staff, an armband, and a note:

-the recipient of the box shrugs and carries it off-

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Phoenix: How'd they even find me...

-The family, finished opening presents, is conversing happily.-

Alex: Boooooring.

-Alex looks at Phoenix, expectantly.-

Alex: Can we go outside with Barkley now, Caleb?

Phoenix: With who? Oh. Sure, one sec.

-Phoenix picks up his egg and places it in his backpack, wrapped in a sweater.-

Phoenix: Kay. Let's go.

-Alex is holding a leash, attached to which is Barkley. Phoenix walks alongside him, team trailing dutifully behind.-

Lawrence: <So, kiddo, happy with your new trainer?>

Barkley: <He's so nice! I can't wait until we can battle, and play games, and... and play games, and battle...>

-He doesn't seem to know many words.-

Phoenix: Hey, Alex, wanna go get some Casteliacones?

Alex: But it's freezing outside!

Phoenix: That didn't stop you from poking that Vanillite.

Alex: That's fair. Let's go.

Clerk: Welcome to the Conery, how may I help- Caleb, is that you?

Phoenix: *under breath* shit, it's Ernie

Phoenix: Mhm! How've you been?

Ernie: Dude, I had to take all your shifts! What the f-

-Lawrence menacingly stands above Ernie.-

Phoenix: Watch your language in front of the kid.

...

...

Alex: Yeah, watch your damn language!

"Oofff.."

As Des graciously takes the egg his upper half is forced down because of its weight.

"Th-thank you ^__^;;;"

Waddles away, struggling to keep the heavy egg off the ground.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

Castelia City - Colt's Apartment

Sometime through a third bad Christmas movie, when drive to riff was at its lowest, a squelch noise was heard behind the couch.

"<What the->" Colt, Sunny, Sylveon, and Natu chorused, Julius being the only one who knew who it was.

<Any name you'd prefer?> He asked, the only one willing to approach. From her mouth, a hand formed and scratched her head. She stopped and created the illusion of a shrug.

"We'll come up with one later," Colt decided as he left the couch and let everyone else take a break - Julius and Sylveon returned while Natu and Sunny slept on the couch.

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The GM House

-Ludmilla opens up the a box to find a Zorua egg.-

Ludmilla: Oooooo~

Dune: Oh, I know what that is! That's a Zorua egg.

Ludmilla: A Zorua?

-Deziree hits a button on her remote and a little black-and-red fox pops up on the screen. Ludmilla's eyes go wide.-

Deziree: They're tricksters and pranksters who can even disguise as humans. They can be a handful sometimes- uh? Ludmilla?

-Ludmilla is hugging the incubator to her chest.-

Ludmilla: I love them.

-Dune just tilts his head.-

Egg Time

Megan: Oh! Thanks!

Pippy: <I guess we're going to have another team member!>

Thespi: <You will be the hope of this team's future!>

Vee: <That's all of us, cloudbutt.>

-nudges- <Including youuuu>

-Thespi giggles-

No mind to think. No will to break.

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Alyesha gave a courtly bow and took her egg with a smile, quickly wrapping it up in her sweater and was about to pack it securely away as Semyon nudged her

Semyon: <Cap? Can ye give me yer egg? I'll keep it safe 'n sound>

Alyesha gave a happy nod again, squatting down to hand over her egg to Semyon who - despite not having hands - picked up the egg and held it close to him

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Solana: Like wildfire, my friend. Besides, considering how buddy-buddy you are with Tagg, it was bound to happen eventually.

Amber: Woah...

Remy: So do you have any other Pokemon you can turn into? Or just Greninja?

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Blitz: "Hah, and I wasn't expecting anything this year."

-Any concern he might have had over whether he should really be training mons is temporarily forgotten in anticipation of the hatching of new life-

-Grins- "Thanks"

---

-Elsewhere, Tori is predicatably likely with Lane for the jolly day, and chuckles at the gift-

Tori: "You'd think with my parent's I'd be the one handing out eggs."

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-Pent crawls out of bed and almost falls over the small assemblage of presents outside his bag-

-He takes a moment to look at them before carefully putting each gift into separate plastic bags and into his main bag. He'll unwrap these later, firstly there's a meeting he should probably attend-

Celadon, Elsewhere

-The shadows spasm. Pent has arrived for this meeting that has been requested of him-

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Celadon — Now

-Echo smiles and nods to Trina and Giselle as they give her the egg-

Echo: Thank you, I'll make sure it's taken good care of.

---

-Kai smiles as the shadows shift, and turns to see Pent. Her dress's hood is up. It helps to keep a slight air of mystery to her.-

Kai: Nice to see you again, Pent. It's been an awful long time, hasn't it?

Clavis Manor — Party

-Echo grins-

Echo: The J-Team sure catalyzes the strangest friendships, do they not?

Sporbs

Creepfrog: <Seven different ones! Greninja, Drifblim, Aggron, Houndoom, Joltik, this really weird tall Exeggutor, and even this crazy cool alien muscle bug!>

-He idly taps at the hourglass symbol on his chest-

Creepfrog: <It's all on a timer, though, so I can't just switch between them. That would be super cool, though.>

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-Pent nods and stretches a little bit as he exits the shadows-

Were you at the Ren party? Didn't see you mostly because I was busy making sure Selene didn't get into trouble.

-He shrugs-

Anyway, I'm pretty sure given recent texts I know that this is about borrowing the amulet again...

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Solana: Indeed it does~

Solana sips down her drink.

Solana: Though Echo, do tell me about yourself. For someone I've heard so much about, you're still an enigma to me.

Amber: Aww...

Cupid: <Bummer...>

Remy: -Finishing off his last Cloyster- That's a shame. Still, that's real neat!

The waitress comes out to clear the dishes.

Waitress: Sir, the next meal will be ready in five minutes.

Remy: Bon!

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I'm having to learn to pay the price

Celadon

-Ahe is looking at his egg-

Ahe: An Abra, huh? Buddy, you're gonna be really strong once I get you up to everyone else's level.

-Ahe's eyes then widen-

Ahe: Dear Lugia I'm gonna have to take care of a baby Pokemon on my own.

-As Ahe begins to panic, Aurora lets herself out of her Pokeball-

Aurora: <Relax, Ahe. You did fine with me, you'll do fine with Abra.>

Ahe: But I had Makuahine and Makuakane to help me!

Aurora: <That's true, but you've got the team to help you. And your parents are just a phone call away.>

-Aurora rests her head on Ahe's shoulder-

Aurora: <Besides, Abra'll still be an egg for a few months. Who knows? Maybe you'll have a Kangaskhan or a Blissey or something like that by then if you're really that concerned.>

-Ahe sighs, before straightening his face into a smile-

Ahe: Thanks, Aurora. I needed that.

Aurora: <No problem.>

You see, I mistook this for some kind of... sentient garbage.

Near Tori, maybe Celadon

Lane:Hehe, yeah.

-He cradles his egg-

-Iggy looks up Skrelp-

Chara:<...looks scrawny.>

Iggy:It look cute!

<If you say so.>

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-Kai giggles and shakes her head-

Kai: Nah, it's not about that. It was a great catalyst for me learning about myself, but at this point, I'm fine without. This... I suppose, I needed the perspective of someone like you on something. A sort of... paradigm shift, I guess, that I've noticed about myself, and that others have noticed as well.

Clavis Party — Past

Echo: Oh, good, the "enigma" aspect is working, that's relieving to hear.

-She chuckles-

Echo: Anyway, about me... I'm sure you've heard all about my time as an aspiring supervillain, what with the Illusion Project. Unfortunately, I was not quite at my most reasonable at the time, in an embarrassing turn of events.

Sporbs

Creepfrog: <I know, right? It's come in real handy in the superhero business. Did I mention I'm using it to be a superhero?>

Alex: Hey Caleb! Let's have a Pokémon battle!

Phoenix: ...are you sure?

Alex: Yeah! I wanna train Barkley!

Phoenix: Well, we could go into the wild and look for some-

Alex: I wanna battle now! Go, Barkley!

-The Lillipup runs forward, yipping.-

Phoenix: *sighs* Alright, go... Larry.

-Larry steps forward, not knowing what to do. He takes a vague battle stance.-

Alex: Barkley! Use tackle!

-The Lillipup charges forward, barreling at Larry.-

-Larry hardly moves.-

Lawrence:<Shit, I don't want to hurt the kid...>

-Larry does all he can.-

-He punts the Lillipup over a building.-

Lawrence: <Sorry!>

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Okay good, I was going to mention that you looked fine as you are currently.

-He nods and takes a moment to parse what he just said-

Anyway, what's this shift about? Cause like you don't seem too different, I mean the purple hoodiedress is new but not something unexpected.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Celadon

-The corners of Kai's mouth rise up at Pent's compliment, regardless of how he meant to say it.-

Kai: Well, about two weeks ago, I had a rather... interesting encounter with the fae, which long story short, ended up with me becoming some uncertain amount of fae myself. It's strange, despite coming with a burst of self-understanding and clarity, I paradoxically don't know what to make of it.

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-Pent pales a little at the mention of the fae. Ever since that whole business with the Fairy type coming back he'd been a bit concerned that the world was entering a new age of myth and magic and now there was full on fae running about?-

... Okay so I guess first thing is does this understanding involve feeling like your life until this point has been a dream? Because that would lead me to put you in the Changeling category.

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.