Some Rando
Hearthome City
“That Fly move is really serving us well,” Colt mused as Warner landed in front of the Center. “The view was pretty, too.”
<Nothing I haven’t seen,> Warner snarked as he returned himself.
Eventually he found the Gym and entered, navigating the darkness by shadowporting ‘till he found the right way, eventually finding Fantina on her own.
They both nodded and started, each grabbing a ‘mon’s ‘ball.
A Banette met eyes with Sylveon, offputting her a bit, which yielded her trying to still her racing heart, only be slashed at midway through.
Sylveon used Hyper Voice in anger, which surprised Fantina in that the move connected on her Ghost-type, as well as dealing a little more damage than standard fare. Both her and Banette shifted a little before the latter set fire to Sylveon’s coat.
Sylveon sweatdropped a little and appeared to chastise herself before she attacked again. Banette staggered and couldn’t approach, so she stayed distant as she attacked.
Sylveon brushed off the damages before she yelled something incoherent. Banette flipped onto her back and didn’t try to get up.
Fantina looked at Banette, and then the heavily breathing Sylveon. She tapped her forehead and threw forth the next ‘mon.
Drifblim appeared and hovered above the ground. Sylveon managed to put up a barrier before Drifblim pierced it.
When Sylveon was returned, Drifblim looked noticeably better off, even though she had never taken damage.
Colt threw forth a Nest Ball, a Staravia appearing from it and hovering above the ground, behind the Screen. At least, before he quickly lashed out at Drifblim.
Drifblim attempted to bombard Warner with Psychic, only for the screen to dilute the attack.
Warner then used Fly and hung out in the rafters for a bit, staring down at the Ghost-type.
Drifblim called for Gengar then hi-fived him. Gengar just stood there, feeling the rush of energy Drifblim gave him before Warner pounced with Fly.
Gengar, angered, now had a target to Focus and Blast. The snag was that Warner was faster than he gave credit for and managed to dodge and ram into him with everything.
Now recognizing what he was up against, Gengar watched Warner squirm and squawk. The flying-type had to land to regain feeling in his wings, which Colt used as a chance to return him and send out Rei.
The Dark-type almost reflexively clawed the Ghost-type’s face with Fake Out before she caught herself and just dug her claws into the ground. Ice rained down on the poison-type who was starting to falter from the combined assaults. Eventually, it was too much and Gengar was unconscious.
Fantina begrudgingly sent out Drifblim again, who could barely even process being out again before Rei grabbed her and slammed her into the ground, where she lay.
Rei parried the Relic Badge with an Ice Shard, caught it and the two left the room as they entered, sans four ‘mons who could be in better condition.
<Holy crap did you see that?!> Warner chimed from the depths of the backpack.
“Yes, Warner, you were awesome back there.”
<Yeah, but I didn’t even let that ghost dude’s scary-looking mug deter me! Holy crap, I’m awesome under stress!>
Some Time Earlier
From: Colton Rever
Affirmative
Edited by AbsentCoder on Aug 5th 2018 at 1:17:42 AM
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Trans Terminus Homo
Stormchaser
Seeing neither made any comment about her profession, Alyesha merely shrugged with a grin, switching the topic
Alyesha: "Hm, never saw them myself, so, I couldn'T say, but it does sound strange, yeah"
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"
They who say "heck"
Stormchaser
Kala: <Hm...>
Kael: <Honestly, though, were it my choice it wouldn't be anywhere near as hard to find... for the right people, of course. This is getting a bit confusing. By all accounts we should have found it by now, but it just simply doesn't seem like it wants to show up.>
Trans Terminus Homo
Stormchaser
Alyesha: "You think so? I don't know, the search for it alone seems fun as well, no?"
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"
Dunsparce Cloud
PMD-Rune, Guardiana, past
Brie: <Massive legions...are all well and good...but it would be nice if we weren't fighting...all of them.>
-she weakly bites a Pawniard-
Foam: <Where's your sense of adventure?>
-he whips up a Surf wave to attack with-
Edited by memyselfandI2 on Aug 5th 2018 at 4:57:42 AM
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Undisclosed Location, past
Son X: <I'm just the teleporter here.>
???eon: <I don't know who's hired you, catbird, but I need that vault. My best friend got married a few months back and I owe the happy couple a wedding gift.>
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Dunsparce Cloud
Undisclosed Location, past
Jab: <And I need it to collect payment from Child X and the Silly Pidgey in exchange for the building for their new business.>
-he pops a claw-
<I'm sure we can come to an agreement.>
-meanwhile, Other!Jab appears in a puff of flame-
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
They who say "heck"
Stormchaser
-Kala seems to be concentrating on something.-
Kael: <The destination is important, as is the journey... but not when the journey is overly-long.>
Undisclosed Location, past
-the Xatu, ???eon, Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon just stare at Jab-
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Dunsparce Cloud
Undisclosed Location, past
Jab: <...What? Are we not solving our problems with violence anymore?>
Other!Jab: <Uh, dude?>
Jab: <What?>
Other!Jab: <You're trying to steal a vault for Child X and the Silly Pidgey. Obviously Son X is an ally of theirs so is involved in teleporting you out.>
Jab: <Right.>
Other!Jab: <???eon is stealing the vault for their best friend. Son X was also involved in teleporting out their agents.>
Jab: <Yeah.>
Other!Jab: <???eon is in cahoots with Son X.>
Jab: <Uh-huh.>
Other!Jab: <Who is also acting on behalf of Child X.>
Jab: <...And?>
-Other!Jab facepaws-
Other!Jab: <We're stealing the vault for the same mons, dumbass!>
Jab: <Oh, well yeah.>
-...-
Jab: <But if the Eevees get it there first, we don't get paid.>
Other!Jab: <...>
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Hajime takes a deep breath and climbs in the mine cart.
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
Trans Terminus Homo
Stormchaser
Alyesha stay silent shortly before nodding
Alyesha: "I suppose that's true as well, but, we have to accept it for now"
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"
Undisclosed Location, past
Jolteon: <So, we'll just pay them instead. Problem solved.>
???eon: <We don't have that much money...>
Flareon: <Could we share the credit and the money?>
Vaporeon: <They aren't going to pay us for giving them a wedding present!>
Son X: <...forget this. I didn't get them a gift either, I'm just gonna double-cross all of you.>
???eon: <HEY!>
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Some Rando
Canalave City
Some dude with perfect blond hair, white facial hair, a track shirt and a couple of peace-bonded katanas walked into the Gym, excitement visible in the way he ascended the Gym’s floors to confront Byron. He eventually locked eyes with him and threw the Pokéball, catching Byron off-guard and getting a laugh out of him fumbling the Pokéball.
The Lycanroc Byron’s challenger sent out waited patiently for the Skarmory to recover by simply shattering stone spires summoned to surround himself.
Skarmory met him when he finished with a sharp wing in his face. Talbain shook himself off before he slammed his paws down again, this time summoning spires that knocked Skarmory out of the sky for a moment.
The Steel-type recovered his flight and broke off the spires to surround the Lycanroc.
The Rock-type clicked his teeth and bit down, hard. Skarmory massaged his neck as best he could, only to see the spires ascend again.
Skarmory fell to the ground, but Byron returned him before he could land and sent out his next ‘mon without missing a beat. Steelix landed and stared down Talbain, whose ears drooped, eyes widened and resolve fell, then came back twice as strong.
Talbain clicked his teeth and bit Steelix hard, who pretended to not even notice as the segment Talbain bit began to spin faster and faster and soon slammed his adversary into the ground.
The challenger winced, returned the Rock-type and kissed a new Great Ball he threw forth. A Shiny Ninetales landed and howled, summoning intense sunlight, but her howl was interrupted with the Stealth Rocks piercing her flesh.
she wore an absolutely devilish smirk, fangs bared only for it to be wiped with the ground giving out from under her.
Steelix then attempted to start up a Sandstorm to dilute her attacks, but Amaterasu’s Fire Blast connected before the Sandstorm was put up.
Confident Steelix was on the ropes, evidenced by his sagging form, Amaterasu Extrasensory’d him and watched him collapse.
Byron returned him before he fell and caused another set of tremors. His third was sent out, the Aggron staring down Amaterasu like she had stolen his gray.
Amaterasu poured in everything she had into what she was certain would be her last move, and Aggron looked only somewhat injured by it, and one more Stone Edge forced her collapse.
The challenger returned the Fire-type and grabbed a Dusk Ball. Alright. This was it.
Mae landed and looked at Aggron.
Aggron stifled a laugh.
Mae let the expletives flow, but begrudgingly threw herself into Aggron. Aggron tried to counter with a Metal Burst but his body wouldn’t respond.
A blue crystal hidden behind Mae’s ear started glowing. She spoke, as her teeth started to become covered with ice.
<You never seemed so tense, love~,>
“Never seen you fall so hard; do you know where you are?”
Mae unleashed her full-force Z-Move!
Subzero Slammer Renkoku Hyouya Frozen Fury
Mae bit Aggron. The ice lingered and began to spread until Aggron could not move. Mar turned around, announced <Break!> and Aggron broke free from the ice and fell face-first.
The badge landed in Mae’s mane and she and Helmsman walked out of the Gym.
<Holy eff I survived,> she realized, a paw at her heart. And then she started laughing. <Holy eff I survived!>
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Dunsparce Cloud
Undisclosed Location
Jab: <Well, then I'll doublecross you!>
Other!Jab: <Uh, how?>
Jab: <...By hitting him with Pursuit if he tries to go anywhere, I guess?>
Other!Jab: <...Or we could steal the vault.>
Jab: <...Let's do that.>
-and they make a dash for the vault-
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Undisclosed Location
Son X: <Not if I get there first!>
-the Xatu flies towards the vault after the Weavile-
???eon: <AFTER THEM!> -Aerial Aces-
Vaporeon: <What are we supposed to do here? Both teleporters double-crossed us...>
Flareon: <Hope one of them triple-crosses us back?>
Jolteon: -using Agility to run ahead- <Just try to stay minimally relevant.>
Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
Dunsparce Cloud
Undisclosed Location, past
-Jab gets Aerial Aced, Other!Jab continuing ahead-
Other!Jab: <Slow them down!>
Jab: <Huh? Why me?>
Other!Jab: <Because you get Icy Wind, moron!>
Jab: <Oh! Right.>
-he breathes out a slowing wind at the pursuers, while Other!Jab comes to a realization-
Other!Jab: <...Why am I running?>
-and in a poof of flame, he teleports to the vault-
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Undisclosed Location
Flareon: <Aaaaaaa no stay warm~!> -uses Flare Blitz to keep charging through the Icy Wind-
Son X: <...curse you>
-the Xatu teleports to the vault as well, before pulling a gun on Other!Jab-
Jolteon: <He has one too?!>
Vaporeon: <Pretty sure it's the same one his old man had.>
Son X: <Enough games.>
Edited by Tangent128 on Aug 5th 2018 at 10:04:39 AM
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Dunsparce Cloud
Undisclosed Location, past
Jab: <Oh, sh—>
-Jab is sent flying and crashes down by the vault, stunned-
-Other!Jab, meanwhile, snickers-
Other!Jab: <Didn't anyone ever tell you not to bring a gun to a Pokemon fight?>
Jab: <Wait, idiot, don't— >
-Son X will likely find that the gun no longer fires-
Jab: <Aaaand now he takes the vault and leaves. Nice going.>
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Undisclosed Location, past
Son X: <Exactly.>
-he prepares to Teleport the vault-
Vaporeon: -Surfing in on a wave sweeping up everybody- <Not so fast!>
Splashblip!
Unopened Location, past
Splooosh!
The Silly Pidgey: <Aieeeeeee!>
Child X: <Why would somebody doooo this!>
-the wave subsides, revealing a large vault surrounded by conflicted conspirators in the center of a warehouse-
Son X: <...congratulations on the marriage.>
???eon: <No! Our congratulations on the marriage!>
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Dunsparce Cloud
Warehouse, past
-as the wave subsides, an additional two presences are revealed: a pair of soaked and annoyed birdcats-
Other!Jab: <You won't...get rid of us...that easily.>
Jab: <Mazel tov. Pay up.>
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Flying Colors
-Five minutes to closing time.-
-A Fennekin paces impatiently in front of the retail truck window, looking for any potential customers-
Fennekin: <I do wish our valuable time wasn't wasted like this. Every day, we get no customers for our final hour on the clock, so why keep the shop open?>
-The shop manager, none other than Midori herself, pouts at the Fennekin-
Midori: Oh, hush, Ewan. There is always a chance of a last-minute visitor!
Fennekin Ewan: <Forgive me for doubting, but I do not believe— >
???: <WAIT DON'T CLOSE YET HOLD ON I'M COMING>
-The frantic flapping sound of wings punctuates the sudden panicked squawking of a Starly in a rush. Midori smiles cheerfully at Ewan.-
Midori: Forgiven!
Ewan: <I... stand corrected.>
-The Starly flops in front of the window, exhausted.-
Soleil: <Phew... I made it...>
Midori: Well, hello, ma'am! Welcome to Midori's Herbal Garden. What can I help you with?
-Soleil picks herself up, looking around at the shop.-
Soleil: <Okay, okay, so, I have a couple things I was supposed to ask about...>
-She blinks, squints, and flies up to the window.-
Soleil: <Wait, I know you! It's you! You're the Midori I know!>
-Midori blinks, tilting her head.-
Midori: Am I?
-Soleil poofs-
Soleil: <Yeah! Kaze's your dad, right? It's me, Soleil!>
-Midori blinks again, before a moment of recognition dawns on her-
Midori: Oh! You must have come through in one of those wormholes too!
Soleil: <Yeah! Gosh, it's so nice to see another familiar face, especially one as cute as yours.>
Ewan: <Ahem.>
Soleil: <Sorry, it slipped out!>
-Midori giggles-
Midori: I appreciate it. But, back to business! You are here to make a purchase, right?
-Soleil snaps back to proper attention.-
Soleil: <Oh, right, yeah, yeah. Business. I've got... hold on, let me get the list...>
-She digs through her feathers to find where her hammerspace went, and pulls out a list written in what is unmistakeably chicken scratch.-
Soleil: <Let's see, let's see, let's see... gosh, Cynthia has really bad writing... uhhh, okay, so, we heard you had some Seeds, with a capital S? Not just like, seeds, we're talking Seeds. They're apparently from, like, really far away, >
Midori: Luckily, indeed we do! In addition to our standard selection of herbal seeds, we also have imported Stun Seeds, Heal Seeds, Sleep Seeds, and others, including a small supply of Reviver Seeds should you need them!
Soleil: <Oh, man... let's see, Heal Seeds are the big thing on the list, but Reviver Seeds would be super useful in a pinch... Lemme get a bunch of the Heal Seeds and, like... two Revivers?
???: <I got it!>
-There's a shuffling from inside the truck, and after a moment, what is distinctly a Sky-Forme Shaymin head in a jaunty green hat pops up into view.-
-Nobody in the current group actually realizes the significance of this.-
Shaymin: <All right, a box of Heal Seeds, and two Reviver Seeds.>
Midori: Ah, thank you, Tressa.
Shaymin Tressa: <Of course!>
-Midori starts ringing up prices on the register.-
Midori: A box of Heal Seeds, and two Reviver Seeds, will run you about... 5500 Pokedollars. Will that be all for you?
Soleil: <Iiiiiiiiii think so...>
-She looks at the list again, squinting.-
Soleil: <Yeah, I think everything else is gonna have to be from other places. That's all!>
-She digs out the money from hammerspace, and the transaction is completed.-
Soleil: <Thank you! Gosh, I'm really sorry for being so late.>
Midori: <Oh, don't worry about it. Pleasure doing business with you!
Soleil: <Yeah! Maybe we could, y'know, do business more together. I dunno.>
Ewan: <Really.>
Soleil: <Uh, nevermind! Just— just if you wanna find me, I'm part of the Bronze Birds. Ask for the Justice Cabal!>
Midori: -giggles again- Will do!
-Soleil stuffs the list and the Seeds away, and flies off.-
Tressa: <Sooo, old friend, huh?>
Midori: We knew each other, yeah. Not super well, though. Anyway! We're just about done for the day! Ewan, help me pack up, okay?
Ewan: <Of course. But, I do still have to wonder if it is profitable to keep the extra hour, disregarding today's deviation from the norm...>
-They start closing up shop.-
The Eccentric Electric
Clay Cave:
Mark adjusted himself as Hajime climbed into the mine cart in an effort to avoid being kicked or stepped on by accident. When he got what could be considered comfortable (as a mine cart can be), he told his machop companion, "Hey Chopper, mind giving us a boost?" The mon nodded in acknowledgement before pushing the cart forward with ease. Chopper would continue pushing as he slowly came to a run before giving it a shoulder rush to get its momentum going a lot faster.
"Nice thinking kid, now—-" Mark said as he pulled out Chopper's pokeball, but was denied the opportunity to recapture him the moment the Machop saw what was about to happen. Instead, Chopper sprinted at a surprising speed for his size, jumped with a front flip, and almost fell flat on his face, had it not been for Mark grabbing the mon with both hands, almost falling out of the cart himself before falling back the other way.
"Chopper you're fucking insane, you know that?" Mark said in a way that suggested his Machop was prone to doing stuff like this, with the mon merely shrugging it off as he knew his trainer meant nothing mean-spirited in his remark. Meanwhile the Woobat followed behind, staying airborne and negatively, silently judging the group the entire time.
Living The Fever Dream
Fwomph
Slateport, Warehouse District
~Step, step, step~
???: This doesn't look like the right place.
Mobius Airship, Kalos
Lily Thane: Well I'm sorry but are you the one with access to bleeding edge dimensional tech?
-She took a moment to look at the readout again. She was sure, the incursion, the source, the words only she would notice... She couldn't account for the blast of endless 1 that filled the signal before it faded-
Radio ???: Hey, calm down. Just saying, this place is-
Slateport
???: -pretty empty.
-He rounds the corner and clicks on a light-
Radio Lily: Just look for anything out of place. It's here, trust me.
Kalos
Radio ???: I'm seeing a lot of crates, look pretty normal... Hold on, someone's stowed a cardboard box up here.
Lily Thane: What is it whatisit?
Radio ???: Calm down, looks like it's just some old product, packaging was probably real flashy when it was new. It's eggs?
Lily Thane: ... What kind?
Slateport
-Click click click "mysterious eggs" "purple pokemon", "poison-type eggs", "breeding companies ending with -nment?", "purple gelatinous eggs with green spots", "how to tell if an egg is dead"-
???: Alright so...
-He carefully shines his torch through the gelatinous egg-
???: Goomy, healthy. Like that's out of place but it's not weird.
Kalos
Lily Thane: Alright, bring them back.
Radio ???: To Kalos?
Lily Thane: Hm? Oh, no, head to Kanto I'll text you the directions. Don't hatch those things until we meet okay?
-She yawns and slumps a little on the console she was using to keep track on the readout-
Lily Thane: I... I'll grab a sleeper flight and meet you in the morning...
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Stormchaser
Kala: <I honestly do w-wonder where it went... I r-remember seeing it show up like, twice one time, s-so...>
Kael: <That was probably just a mistake and I highly doubt it's meant to happen.>