ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Cafe

Ah, okay I'll work up a username and ping you when I get the time.

Café

“That’s all I can really ask for, thanks,” Anmy conceded before she took another drink.

The Cafe

No problem, it opens up a lot more lines of communication among the Team anyway. So yeah.

-He finishes off his drink and sighs-

Good date. I think. I'm not feeling bad so it was probably a good date.

Café

“Without a frame of ref - wait, why am I judging this date by comparing it to fictitious dates? We both came out of it happier, so that’s a good date,” Ammy moved.

“And yeah, having more lines of communication across the team is a good idea,” she allowed. “Until your phone starts buzzing 30+ times in the middle of the night and you can’t sleep,” she clarified.

The Cafe

Tis mostly why I have a Porygon. Though I do have a few systems in case I need to be woken up ASAP in an emergency. But yeah, good date. I will warn you even in non-date situations I'm kinda terrible finding a way to end conversations...

Café

“That honestly sounds nice, but Colt can handle most operations on his own - seven years of software engineering can do that,” she mused.

“And I’m also bad at ending conversations, since I never know if there’s anything else to say. Plus, loneliness hurts,” she said.

Dream World, Village

-Lyra cautiously opens the door.-

Olivia: <Oh boy, a pitch-black room.>

Lyra: <Chill.>

-She takes a few moments to form a replica of her blaster shotgun, with a flashlight.-

Olivia: <Gonna shoot the darkness?>

Lyra: <Maybe.>

The Cafe

Yeah... I guess, see you again soon?

-He carefully gets up and tries to apply light hug-

Café

Amaterasu awkwardly reciprocated the hug. She polished off the rest of her drink afterwards and opened the exit, holding the door for Pent.

And then she realized that they would probably be walking back to the party together, and the silence would be a little awkward.

The Cafe

... I could of planned that better. Uh... Let's get going? ^_^;

Café

“I probably would have made the same mistake,” she allowed. “Shall we get going?”

The Cafe

Yes, we should.

-He tries to remain as not-awkward as possible on the way back. Yay?-

Café

On the walk back, Ammy silently reflected on her first date experience.

Did we both give equally? Was it ultimately beneficial? Would an onlooker find us awkward enough to be endearing?

These thoughts and more like them flitted around her mind with no answers to latch to.

On the exterior, she looked fine, though.

Dream World, ???

Lyra: <What...the actual...fuck.>

-She shines her light around the room. The walls are scrawled with the ramblings of a madman. Furniture is strewn haphazardly everywhere. The wallpaper is peeling, the carpet is torn, the light switch doesn't work...-

Olivia: <"Slaughter the intruders"..."Defilers"..."Traitors to us"...>

Lyra: <We've entered the realm of madness...or deeper into it, since we're in the Dream World.>

Olivia: <Let's look around.>

Floaroma Meadow

-The illusion drop as we see a organist (is that what you call an organ player?) appears.-

-The next one drops and we see Dusk by Tsunami.-

Ace: <That's...not the Wedding March.>

-Jamie snickers in his seat.-

Tsunami: <I'm gonna kill him.>

Dusk: <As much as I agree, please don't.>

-Beowulf sighs. The organist nods and then switches to Mendelssohn's Wedding March in C Major.-

-Tsunami nods in appreciation as she and Dusk begin to walk towards the altar.-

Stormchaser

-Shaun rolls over in bed.-

Shaun: "Guess I'm nineteen now."

-He just rolls off the bed, wrapped in his blanket like a burrito.-

Dunescape

-Tori appears no different than before, save her previous clothes have been replaced with a belly scar revealing red mini tank-top and slightly baggy red cargo pants with several large pockets-

-She looks around in confusion, more at everyone's changes and the fact some of them hardly look human anymore than the room itself-

-And unsurprisingly, Ludmillia was upset at the lack of Dune in the room. Hopefully that didn't mean that his consciousness or whatever it was that existed in this state was trapped elsewhere in his own mind... But where they missing anyone else?-

Dream World, ???

-Olivia looks closely at the writing on the walls.-

Lyra: <I found another light switch!>

-She flips it. A section of the wall slides away, revealing a small lit room.-

Lyra: <Is that...a Gengar costume?>

Olivia: <Now that I think about it, didn't that Gengar have an oddly large tail?>

Stormchaser

-Jamie and Fluffles are just rolling Shaun throughout the Stormchaser.-

Northern Driftveil:

<"I don't remember much else, other than these humans that all spoke in unison. They were kinda creepy, and they liked to hang out in a cave. I thought humans liked their own buildings."> The basculin continued, struggling to remember what they could.

Mark meanwhile continued trying to dry himself, and simply resorted to brief stretching after realizing there was no way for him to rush drying off.

Northern Driftveil

Hajime looks nervously at the Basculin, then translates for Mark what's been said so far.

Floaroma Wedding

Gogie proceeds in when he is supposed to.

Edited by CorvusAtrox on Jul 19th 2018 at 1:19:08 PM

The Boundary House

-Stiff mechanical hands move everyone away from the door as a lady dressed in what can best be described as a bronze ballgown hits the button.-

The Engineer: Yeah, yeah, what'd'ya want?

Deziree: Open this door.

The Engineer: Er, look, we've got construction, and you guys picked a bad time-

Deziree: Now.

-The door slams open so fast the doorframe tilts.-

The Engineer: Yes ma'am, sorry ma'am.

-Deziree turns to the group and smiles as two small balls of light bounce out from behind her.-

Neutron: Oh, well this is interesting.

Positron: He remembers we exist! Cool!

-Ludmilla blinks at the two balls of light before running over to the intercom.-

Ludmilla: Where's my dad?!

The Engineer: L-Ludmilla?! What are you doing here?!

Ludmilla: I count ONE question worth answering not being answered!

The Engineer: Bet you learned that from Doomsday... Look, I dunno, everyone is supposed to be in that room, but sometimes things... miss. Not our fault though! Blame the goop!

Ludmilla: Goop?

-Deziree taps Ludmilla's shoulder and points out the door.-

The Reconstruction

-Out the door is a massive clockwork castle structure, suspended over a mass of waterfalls. Or rather, waterrises, considering the water is climbing up towards the sky and horizon rather than falling downwards.-

-On the catwalk outside of the room is a glob of black-and-green semisolid material that twitches and sways.-

-It gives off a rather unnerving and unwelcome feeling.-

Edited by DuneTheWanderer on Jul 19th 2018 at 12:18:54 PM

-Ren is disturbed by the revelation of "the goop". And is thoroughly impressed at how mother and daughter steamrolling Engineer-

-As Ren looks outside...-

Ren: Oh you've redecorated! -sees the goop- I don't like that though...

-Knowing Dune's mindscape from previous dives, Ren raises his right hand as photon energy reforms matter to form the unignited Lavis Cannon◊ in his outstretched hand. Although he doesn't do anything beyond that.-

Ren: -calling out- Lorekeeper? Captain? Heroine? Pilot? Engineer? Anyone friendly?

Edited by keys2tkingdom on Jul 19th 2018 at 5:14:14 AM

Dunescape

Tori: "We're supposed to be near the 'top layer', right? If that stuff is this close to the entrance, lower down must be fun."

-She almost absently pats her pockets as she makes room for the more obviously combat-capable divers, then pauses and pulls a blue hand gun out of one-

"Sweet, Polar Star came with me! Maybe this won't be so bad after all."

Northern Driftveil:

Mark can't help but frown almost instinctively at what he was able to infer from what was being said. "Psychics hiding out in a cave...why am I not surprised? Any idea which cave they're hanging out in?" He then asked, with the basculin replying in their language, <"I don't really know, I just remember it's not far from here. Do you have any more questions? I've got some swimming to do.">

After a brief moment, Mark would ask Hajime what the basculin said, as he couldn't tell whether the pokemon heard him or not.

Edited by ParadoxialStratagem on Jul 19th 2018 at 12:45:25 PM

Dream World, ???

???: <Found out my secret, did you?>

-Lyra and Olivia turn around to see a Clefairy in a tattered and shredded costume.-

???: <You don't belong here. You Dreamers, invading...>

~Ugh, monologues.~

-She moves a glowing hand behind her back.-

Stormchaser

-Elizabeth opens her door due to the repetitive thumping against it.-

Shaun: "Help."

-Fluffles and Jamie scamper off. Shaun unwraps himself and drapes the blanket around his shoulders.-

Shaun: "Let me just stand u-NOPE"

-He crumples to the floor.-

Shaun: "Ow."

"I'm just gonna..."

-He inchworms into Elizabeth's room.-

R S M Factory

Stubby:His Grace only came to us most recently...brought us enlightenment...brought us the grace of God. Unknown are His origins, but boundless wisdom.

-Sylph headtilts-

Sylph:<His Grace? Wisdom? Enlightenment?>

Stubby:Indeed. His Wonderous Many-eyed Self claims to have seen all of creation alongside God. It would be ill advised to miss such a Sermon from one as wonderful as He.

Sylph:<Many eyed...a Claydol maybe?>

-she turns back to the rest of the group-

<Maybe their "Grace" is a natural Pokemon like us!>

Weiss:Excuse me, but "us"?

Sylph:<Oop! I mean, like me, Blitzie, and Mandrake!>

R S M Factory

Mandrake: <Hm, that might explain things...>

<But at any rate, meeting Him might not be a bad idea. Is there somewhere where He typically is, or?>

North Driftveil

Hajime: "Uh, they're not sure. They were wondering if you had any additional questions or if they could go, though."