Jessica: "Okay, so bare minimum, I want a lethal and a nonlethal. I'm thinking something fire-based - flamethrower, Dragonite's Breath, a Shishkebab, etc. As for nonlethal, I'm thinking something along the lines of what those blasters have for stunning, if possible."

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

"H-huh? Oh, uhh, great. Yeah." She's a little confused, but grinning.

Trope-tan is here! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir

Denali smiles, "Alrighty then... since nobody else is around."

The Gem Hands clap again and everything goes dark, the lights come on and Denali and Nana are in a large area, Nana's at the top of a diving board with a pool at the bottom.

"Pull on your scarf, and make a perfect dive into this pool!"

The pool light up with neon lights in a circle, while other pools lit up, the neon was green while the others were red.

"It's a bit unorthodox but I'm feeling fun today!"

"We can fabricate the weapons here pretty easily," Silas commented on opening a folder revealing several blaster designs as he picked up his two blasters and st them down.

"As for non lethal weaponry, we've got the standard static stun blast which spasms a target's muscles and renders them unable to move. Or the Concussive round used by my revolving blaster, firing a burst of energy with a kinetic hit that knocks the wind out of them."

Hacks steps over, ~Why do you have this? You have pokemon.~

"Delta raids."

~Oh right.~

Shutter slumped in his seat at the airliner. Coach. Of course they'd get him to sit in coach. Good Arceus in wherever that one guy from accounting is a cheapskate.

It was only a few days ago when the line producer for the ambitious documentary series The Pokemon Trainer, assigned him to get interviews and capture footage for this episode. An anticipated introspective into the world of Pokemon training and the vibrant culture behind the sport that had hundreds of young people trekking across the country, it was an honor just to be on board. The segment he was assigned was that of Pokemon trainers who have experienced extradimensional anomalies.

i.e. the Very Special Episode.

The final in-flight movie — the Geographic Society's docu-dramaThe Castles of Kalos — had fortunately been relevant to his destination (if miscast; "The 10th Lord Shabboneau looked nothing like Brad Van Darn!"). The past few hours have been a mix of cliche films set in Kalos depicting the region in varying degrees of accuracy. From Lumiose City with Love (yet another Brad Van Darn vehicle) had the decency to show enough action to be interesting, from what could be heard behind the fangirlish screaming. The children's show about the purple Tyrantrum singing about the joys of sharing ("...yeeeessss") in the Parfum Palace just made the 12 hour flight seem even longer.

Other than that, the flight had previously been uneventful, a fitting prelude given how... "unusual" (to use the line producer's words) things have been in that corner of the world.

Hours later, Shutter found himself in the transit lounge of the Lumiose City International Airport.

Shutter: Welcome to Kalos, Gimbal.
Gimbal: <Finally, I thought those sickos at the back would never shut up.>
Shutter: We need a better casting director for those docudramas.
Gimbal: <You're just mad that you didn't get to DP that episode. And that Brad kid did a good job anyway.>
Shutter: What do you know about the art of casting?
Gimbal: <Nothing. I do know you've been itching to take pictures of this place since we met.>
Shutter: Well, we're here now and that's what matters. We should be expecting a phone call soon. And once that's done, we can go sight-seeing.
Gimbal: <I thought you said this place had a lot of funny business going on?>
Shutter: Come on, Gimbal, what could possibly be worse than that time in the Safari Zone with the beedrill nest, or that weird time from 1999 with the airship and...
Gimbal: <Nobody wants to hear that story again, Gavin!>

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"Whoa—" Nana gasps, peering over the edge. "I can do this human no sweat, but..." She pouts slightly, tying the scarf on her arm, and promptly begins coughing again once she transforms into a Salandit.

<HeGACKre goes fuckin' nothing...>

She skitters awkwardly up to the edge, not used to her new lizard legs, and...

...falls off, somersaulting through the air.

...And then lands right in the middle of the target pool anyway.

...She's drinking the pool water.

Trope-tan is here! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir

Stormchaser Arena

-Bathory is only still standing because of the resistance-

-She fires another Dark Pulse-

Lumiose Airport

-Outside the airport, a woman waits-

N's Castle

-The Smashers swing Ice Hammers at the group, while the Peek-A-Boos fire more Giga Drains-

Contact Me!

Jessica: "I'll take the concussive rounds and the Dragonite's Breath. We'll let Shaun keep his electricity."

---

Oberon: <Ah, alas, thou is to powerful. Thy magic be too strong, witch! And to think, I had so much more to do with my life...I doth take condolence in my knowledge. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.>

Oberon fainted(?)!

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"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Denali stared at the Sandalit drinking the water, clapped their hands, and the pools vanished, "Okay you made it! Now on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being awful and 10 being amazing, how would you rate that experience?"

Silas nods and brings out a moon clip with the concussive cells for his blaster, "This right here are the concussive batteries. The energy needed for said concussive shot has to be contained and can't just be drained like a regular battery."

He then brought up some designs, such as what appeared to be shotgun gauntlets, "Now, what do you want for the weaponry? We figured out what kind you want, but how do you want this power to be conveyed?"

<I'd liGACKke that water back out of tAAACKen.> Nana gacks, struggling to dry herself off with the flames on her tail.

Trope-tan is here! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir

Driftveil City, Team Plasma Safehouse:

Mark couldn't help but snicker after overhearing who he assumed to be the leader, or at the very least an officer of some kind wonder what a cosplay was. "So your outfits are legit, like you expect to battle with your pokemon or something?" Mark couldn't help but wonder aloud before quickly changing the subject, "That aside, what exactly have you been trying to do to help them? They don't seem to listen to anything while they're in a frenzy."

Living The Fever Dream

Lumiose Airport

Shutter: Is that one of the ladies we called up for the interview?
Gimbal: <I dunno Gavin. How many people did you call up?>
Shutter: I called up a lot of people. Didn't expect one of them to be here so soon. Before I check in to a hotel.
Gimbal: <Can't keep her waiting. Don't you have... thingies for that.>
Gimbal: <Look, if you're worried about settling in then give me your phone and I'll have you checked in.>
Shutter: Meh, suit yourself. We have a budget, though.

Shutter approached the woman from outside. Gimbal transfers herself from the stabilizer Shutter held to a phone in his pockets.

Gimbal: <What does 'budget' mean in human again? Meh, I'll just pick somewhere nice.>
Shutter, whispering: We have a list of pre-approved hotels.
Gimbal: Oooh, this one looks great! You'll like it. It has a bubble thing and has like a ton of charging stations and...

Shutter shoves his phone — and Gimbal — down his pockets in an attempt to muffle her chatter.

Shutter: Uh.. hello?

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Stormchaser Arena

-Bathory also collapses, panting heavily-

-And starts glowing-

Lumiose Airport

-The woman - a lovely middle-aged lady with ice blue hair, a long coat of the same color, and a monocle - looks to Shutter-

Aphrodite: Hmm? I assume you're that new client.

Contact Me!

N's Castle

Daydre lobs more grenades, dodging Giga Drains as she goes. Tabitha isn't as lucky and gets hit.

Rabbid!Daydre who I totally didn't forget about, no way comes running in, narrowly avoiding several hammer strikes, and tries hitting the Smashers with her own hammer.

off the shits

Lumiose Airport

Shutter recognizes the aristocratic-looking woman as one of his contacts. He bows his head respectfully as he introduces himself.

Shutter: Good day, madam. My name is Gavin Albright, newly appointed director of photography and episode director for the Geographic Society's newest production. I take it that you must be Ms. Aphrodite. On behalf of my line producer and our production staff, it is a pleasure to meet your acquaintance.

stormchaser, past

-Lila is packing some stuff-

Lila: Yes! Ok now, tickets, passport, stuff, pokeballs, ok I'm all set. Off to the airport.

Lumiose airport

-Lila notices Aphrodite-

Lila: Oh, hi there, egg- erm… Well, this is embarrassing. I can't remember your name apart from the fact that on April fools you were the egg prophet. Awkward.

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Lumiose Airport

Aphrodite: Right, you're here for that documentary we're sponsoring. Pleasure to meet you, Shutter.

-to Lila- Not now, this is a buisness interaction. Also we don't talk about the egg thing.

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Contact Me!

Lumiose airport

Lila: Sorry about that. Aphrodite, wasn't it?

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Hau'oli City

-Forte awakens to find a big malasada placed upon their bed and a circle of waiting Eeveelutions-

Icicle: <Happy birthday!>

Forte: You guys remembered? Awww. -pets Icicle-

Shadow: <Someone had to. And no one else was around.>

Marine: <We couldn't find a cake shop, so we got you one of these instead.>

Leaflet: <Hope it's okay.>

Forte: Yeah, it's fine. -takes a bite-

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

-Oberon opens an eye and rolls onto his side to watch.-

---

Jessica: "Silas...are those Balistic Fists?"

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

A pile of water pours on top of Nana, "You really need to learn how to control those abilities if you want this scarf. Good news is that the scarves are indestructible."

Denali claps and the room goes dark, when the lights return Nana will find herself and Denali back in the store, only with the scarf off, "Still want it?"

Silas looks at Jessica and shrugs, "I suppose so, the idea is that the concussive cells would need to be either precisely aimed, or burst out to be effective, so I decided to tinker with this design... I stole a few weapon files from the foxverse and have been modifying them."

Nana's mid-trying to drink the water from the air when she turns human again. "I mean... if you're still gonna give it to me?? Does it work on my Pokemon too?"

Trope-tan is here! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir

Lumiose airport

Lila: Sorry, I've got to go. Goodbye.

-she runs off towards departures-

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Game Night

"Cauterize or disinfect the wound! I don't know how, just do it!" Absent demanded as he applied pressure to the wound as best he could.

N's Castle

Sylveon takes an Ice Hammer and responds with a Draining Kiss.

Colt takes a Giga Drain and responds with a Dark Pulse Orbitar.

Stormchaser

Sunny grabbed her trainer's shoulder. "Hm?" He hummed.

<Could I have your phone?>

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[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Hau'oli City

-Forte receives a call-

Fortis: Hi Forte! Happy birthday from me and Astral!

Astral: <Hello again. Happy birthday.>

Forte: Uh, thanks, but... why is there a legendary there?

Fortis: Because Astral evolved! Now she's a big moon bat and she's gonna give her light back to the world with no sun!

Forte: Okay, that's cool... weird, but cool.

Fortis: Oh, and Piano and Pianis want to say happy birthday too!

-Fortis turns her Xtransceiver's camera toward her older siblings-

Mezzo: -asleep on a couch- Happy birthday or whatever. -lazily waves an arm-

Pianis: Congrats on turning 19. Also, tell your cat to stop cheating.

Shadow: <I'm not cheating, you're just a sore loser.>

Forte: Well, thanks. I know you guys left me behind again, but it's good to know I'm not forgotten.

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

Lumiose Airport

Shutter stood still as the two discussed some matter regarding eggs that seemed both straight-up bizarre and yet strangely unsurprising. His phone began to vibrate.
Shutter: Pleasure's all mine, madam. Would you excuse me?

Shutter briefly turns around and leaves Aphrodite to chat with Lila.
Gimbal: <HEY GAVIN I FOUND YOU THIS COOL PLACE NEAR THE TOWER!>
Shutter: The tower, really? Close to the most expensive part of town.
Gimbal: <It was on the list.>
Shutter: Ugh, fine. Accounting isn't gonna like that but hey.

Shutter turns his attention to Aphrodite, recalling her affiliation with the Clavis Corporation.

Shutter: It's an honor working with, you, madam. Admittedly I haven't heard much about your company's work with extradimensional rifts, but I am more than familiar with the Clavis Conglomerate's Camera divisions.
Gimbal: <If you're talking about the "lucky camera," It's a piece of junk!>
Shutter, to Gimbal: Shut up. It's reliable.
Gimbal: <It uses a firewire and doesn't even have wifi access. Wifi, Gavin.>

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