Stormchaser

Kala: Right, I think those two from earlier, the detective and his understudy, they were going to work on that, but until then if I have to go out for whatever reason I'd have to go in 'mon form since nobody suspects a random Espurr at the moment of doing anything wrong and if I just went as-is they'd likely immediately try to arrest me.

-Kala looks at his Ultra Ball.-

Kala: ...Admittedly, getting this thing has been a pretty revelating experience for me, as well. I know things that I didn't before because of it, done things I didn't consider before because of it... and yet it's just a simple little Pokeball, for all intents and purposes. Funny how that works.

Stormchaser Laundry

<I’m not really someone to discuss it with,> “but humanity does have its perks,” she allowed, her shirt reading “人”. “I mean, being able to set battle on the backburner and think rationally has led to some less-than benign thoughts.”

Edited by AbsentCoder on Aug 14th 2018 at 8:06:09 AM

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Lita and her buggle is around. Which buggle? One that no one has seen before.

She is feeding a Scizor.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

Xymansion

Yvan: ...Kinky.

-shifts to birb form-

   <This punishment ought to involve tenderizing.>   

Stormchaser Control Room

-This group arrives here-

Julius: So, how do we control these loud speakers...?

Angela Airport

Aphtodite: Well, if you're a buisness associate I could lend you a hand.

Contact Me!

Stormchaser

-There's a Shaun by Lita and her Scizor.-

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Xymansion, Past.

Xylander: If you ask me, I feel like that meat has already been pretty thoroughly tenderised...

Xylander coughs. Levi squeaks as Yvan shifts to his deathbirb form and begins looking at his non-existent watch.

Levi: My my my! Would you look at the time! It's time to go!

Levi quickly gets himself up, kisses Xylander, grabs Lucius by the collar of his shirt and runs like all hell's broken loose.

Levi: SeeyouinabitXy! OrmaybeyoucanvisitmeatthetowerbutanywayBYE!

Levi (with Lucius attached) disappear in a puff of smoke. Xylander sighs as he walks closer to his brother.

Xylander: Was that strictly necessary, Yvan?

Edited by PippingFool on Aug 16th 2018 at 5:28:02 AM

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Xymansion - July 5th

-Thankfully, Lucius offers no resistance as Levi drags him off, since he already let out a faint squeak and passed the fuck out the moment Yvan shifted to their hellbird form.-

Edited by Herbert40k on Aug 15th 2018 at 8:22:43 PM

Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.

Stormchaser, Ghost of Laundry past

Kala: Humanity has its perks, yes, but to fully understand the picture in any situation one has to see things from both sides, something that can be difficult or even dangerous to try doing.

-Kala relaxes a bit.-

Kala: But then again, what do I know? I'm just me, and that's all I'll ever be, no matter what form or place I'm in.

Edited by GenericGeneral on Aug 15th 2018 at 9:24:55 AM

R S M depths

-The temporarily grass-typed Greninja winces in pain from one of the falling magnebot's torch swipes and jumps back toward the door-

Shinobi: <Yeah, I'm sure Yveltal will be very interested to hear all about how suicide equals godhood>

-He plants a webbed hand on the floor and summons a Surf wave to try and sweep the bots away-

Sinnoh League - Psychic Chamber

The door slowly opened, a jacketless challenger attempting to awkwardly get Lucian’s attention.

Lucian barely looked up from his book before throwing a Pokéball forward.

“You can be fired over this; slacking on the job,” Colton said matter-of-factly as Lucian waved him off.

He wasn’t winning the Elite Four Member’s attention over his book. Well, time to get down to business.

Mae charged into the Psychic-type, only to be met with some translucent screen in her face. The attack still went through, but it could have gone better.

Through the barrier, Mae attempted to take it in her teeth. It stayed where it was, however, as Mae soon felt her body pounded by a force she’d need help describing.

Against all caution, Mae turned around. Her tail slammed through the Reflect as Mr. Mime made electricity run through her tail.

The both of them looking worse for wear, Mae bit down once more, a move the Psychic-type could not respond to.

Lucian sent out his next ‘mon, then turned the page.

Knowing she only had one move left in her, Mae poured in everything she had, accepting the retaliation.

Despite his stagnation, Colton sent out a ‘mon he knew was fairly out of practice.

Xatu, nervous, breathed. Girafarig approached as he stilled his panicked heart and bit.

Xatu, angered, flew in a pattern and watched as Girafarig staggered under the pressure.

Recognizing his opponent’s Normal-typing, Xatu went for the second-best option.

When his next opponent materialized, Xatu responded immediately.

And then a blue fist slammed into him, like clockwork, leaving blue crystals on his wings.

<I’m getting tired of this!> Xatu complained as he tried to attack, only to lose his focus to the cold.

The rapidly fading cold being replaced with scalding heat.

A little black blob appeared, staring at Medicham with beady little eyes.

Medicham attempted to ram a fist into her, only to stop dead in her tracks and watch the electricity run into the water-type. She then pulled her down to the ground and slammed her fist into her back.

Medicham got back up and punched Pyukumuku again, only to watch the energy once again go pouring into her and get returned to sender.

The next ‘mon materialized and gave Pyukumuku no time to react.

Colton muttered to himself, unsure who he wanted to send out. Until somemon decided for him.

Alakazam met her with raw psychic force she took rather well, and she returned with fire he did not take rather well.

Alakazam attempted to thug out the burn wounds with his focus, but Sunny powered through that and got Alakazam right where he was weak.

Alakazam took a moment to breathe, only to watch it be interrupted with another, more aggressive fire.

When Lucian’s last ‘mon sent out, Sunny almost felt like she was being joked with, until her attack was powered through and the ground gave out from under her.

With nary a pause to breathe, Colton threw forth one more Pokéball.

Privy to his trainer’s plan, its resident muttered something about being insulted before he bit Bronzong’s chassis.

Bronzong didn’t seem to react, until Julius’ skull started screaming for mercy.

Angered by the headache, Julius took a step back before he slammed himself into Bronzong’s chassis again, only a little more deliberately.

Colton walked through the door, behind Lucian, who merely waved him off without looking up from his book.

“We’re not going to hold anything back,” Colton resolved. “Who are my strongest, battle-ready ‘mons?” He asked himself as he grabbed their corresponding Pokéballs.

Helmsman.

Sylveon.

Lucario.

Rei.

Roy.

Cali - oh, yeah, he’s blacklisted.

9-Volt, then.

Stormchaser Laundry

“You are you; nobody else,” Amaterasu figured. “You say that you’re you like it’s a bad thing, but that’s not a bad thing. You’re thinking about what you are like it’s all you’ll ever be when you need to think about what you can become,” she explained. “Hell, you already know what it’s like to be a Pokémon, sorta. Can you say you would have seen that coming a year ago?”

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Laundrychaser, past

Kala: To be fair, nobody can see something like that coming, and now that I think about it... Espurr's only a first-stage evolution, right? Maybe it's symbolic or something, who knows. Well, I say that, and from the looks of it you seem to know already.

-Kala is definitely relaxed and calmed down now.-

Kala: If this is only the beginning, then if I wanted to I could probably do anything I set my mind to. Er, granted, sometimes focusing isn't exactly my specialty, but still, it's gotta count for something, right?

Stormchaser

“Your call, really,” Amaterasu considered. “Even if you’re not the best at focusing, that shouldn’t be much of a hinderance.

“And before I forget, the fact that you’re a first stage ‘mon is simply the fact that you don’t have much battle experience. And not the trainer battle kind. Our trainer took no credit for the battles we’ve fought. It’d be like a war general claiming he has a kill count of fifty hundred or so but never picked up a gun since his soldiers did the work,” Amaterasu figured.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Stormlaundry, past

Kala: Right. Battle experience... I get the feeling that's going to be the rough part. I could probably get Kael to help me practice, though, he's really good at fighting even without me commanding him! In fact, I feel like by this point me giving him commands actually makes him worse at it, but that's why I support him in any other way I can to make up for it.

-Kala gets up and stretches a bit.-

Kala: But that's a problem for another day, I guess. Is there anything else you wanted to mention or talk about before I head back to my room?

Xymansion, past

Yvan: <Of course it is! You remember what he did, don't you? The whole Iron thing?>

Contact Me!

Sinnoh League - Champion’s Room

The door slowly opened, revealing a strangely black hall. Shouldn’t it have been lit? Did she leave the door open?

Cynthia just stared at the door in minor intrigue as a challenger emerged from the shadows and gestured for the door to close behind him, the darkness billowing out and fading.

He stared at Cynthia, eyes full of resolve, headphones around his neck.

“I want your team to do us all a favor and hold nothing back.” Colton summarized, a Pokéball in his hand.

With a simultaneous throw of the Pokéball, the battle began.

The both of them kept to themselves, preparing for combat. Colton and Cynthia alike couldn’t help but laugh.

When the two/five of them finished, Helmsman took a wild guess at who the real Spiritomb was. He was wrong, and felt the consequence ram him from behind.

Helmsman went as behind Spiritomb’s doubles as he could and swung at all of them at once, only for him to drop the seamitar, sleepin’.

Spiritomb pounded away on his opponent’s mind, waking him up infinitely angrier, evidenced by the pure ferocity behind the next move.

As one Spiritomb looked more animated than the others, Helmsman lashed out again, only to collapse from an attack from behind.

Colton, unsure if he should be glad or not, wordlessly returned the Water-type and sent out his Fairy-type.

Cynthia looked surprised that Swift connected, but quickly composed herself and sent out her next ‘mon.

Knowing what Colton’s own Lucario could do, Sylveon channeled her Quick Claw’s power and braced herself.

The Steel-type attack was absolutely brutal, but still less so than the ensuing barrage from an almost-invisible Lucario, which was interrupted by a kiss on the lips.

Sylveon didn’t look as bad off as she did before, but she barely stood up after Lucario landed another hit on her.

<GODDAMN IT CAN I EVEN JUST STAND UP AFTER YOU KICK MY TEETH IN?!> Sylveon demanded.

A strange force pounded into her head and made her collapse.

Within three seconds, Colton sent out another ‘mon and Lucario was spasming.

The new Lucario readjusted the Expert Belt on his forehead.

In the call-and-response system they had going, Cynthia sent out her ace.

Before Lucario could even start channeling, Garchomp slammed a foot on the ground.

Lucario fired.

Garchomp quickly roasted Lucario, who now could not stand.

Another ‘mon materialized and raked Garchomp’s face before getting back and regretting the proximity.

Garchomp eventually recovered his position in time to see ice coming at him.

Garchomp powered through the move, albeit he was close to collapse, to slam into Rei with everything he could.

And then Rei learned the pain when the ground gave out from under her.

<Was that... what I’ve... been doing?> Rei wheezed. <Nice,> she remarked before she collapsed.

Two more.

<Help me; you make me perfect!> Roy demanded as he held his Mega Stone.

“Help me become somebody else!” Colton asked in exchange.

Before Garchomp could make a move, Roy attacked haphazardly, the damage he sustained from Rei in addition doing the job.

Roy sustained some cuts along the way. Boo.

Cynthia responded to the Fighting-type in front of her.

Beneath where Togekiss materialized, Roy was charging up a monstrously powerful kick. Around the time Togekiss appeared, and just before Rou couldn’t hold the charge, his knee slammed into Togekiss with a backflip that caused an explosion.

Togekiss, from the flames, sent powerful gusts at Roy.

Roy was already halfway to collapse, but powered through to scrape Togekiss.

Togekiss sent a familiar blue ball at Roy that didn’t do as much damage as either expected.

Togekiss appeared to vanish and quickly reappear. Roy, however, was busy taking hits from some invisible attacker that everyone knew was Togekiss half a second ago.

Down to his last ‘mon, Colton sent him out and watch a gargantuan bolt slam Togekiss into the ground.

Cynthia sent out her last ‘mon. She was almost impressed.

9-Volt introduced himself with some excited chitters.

Glaceon didn’t seem to notice, instead sending out raw cold in 9-Volt’s direction that got stuck in his fur.

Another beam came from Glaceon to strike the shortly-mobile-again Bug-type.

Visibly damaged, 9-Volt attempted to rectify that problem, seeming to forget that Glaceon tanked his other special attacks with little strain, evidenced when Sylveon sent a purple blob at 9-Volt, who couldn’t keep going.

Wordlessly, Colton returned 9-Volt. Cynthia was about to congratulate the challenger on merely bringing her to her sixth, but he had already put his headphones on over his ears.

Although Cynthia could not hear what the challenger was listening to, the disappointment in himself and his team, the anguish in his fruitless endeavor and the crippling blow to his self-esteem was noticeable.

And not just because he had spontaneously grew Lycanroc ears and a tail, the latter drooping.

Stormchaser Laundry

“Nah, can’t think of anything. I’m honestly pretty sure I can hang the clothes up to dry when they get out, so there’s that,” she figured. “I should probably get back to my trainer’s room anyway.” She picked herself up off the floor and made a mental note to get the laundry.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Aug 15th 2018 at 4:30:34 AM

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Jetta perked up a bit, adjusting her specs again. "...Wh-... really? You'd help me out? But, why help me out? I'm just a lowly Senior Assist- well okay, that title's kinda non-indicative, but still! I'm an errand girl, with the fetching of coffee and the traveling and the talent scouting and all that, uh, not that that's a bad thing! Heheh..."

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Angela Airport

Aphrodite: Just consider it a favor.

Gorebyss: <And not one of those Fairy type favors either!>

Aphrodite: I'm going to be returning to some... Buisness partners. You might be interested in them.

Contact Me!

Stormchaser Laundry, past

-Kala heads for the door, but says something quietly to himself before he leaves.-

Kala: ...Wonder when I'll finally find that Ersatz place again, Kael's been wanting a mon-to-human thing...

-As he mentions Kael, as if to summon him, Kael appears in the doorway.-

Kael: <There you are! Where have you been?>

Kala: In the laundry room?

Kael: <Now, why would you need to be in here? You literally wash your clothes every three days, and it's only been two!>

Kala: 'Cause stuff was going on...?

-Kael doesn't seem amused by this, even though Kala isn't lying.-

Kael: <...Regardless, something seems to be broken in our room and I need your help fixing it.>

Kala: Wuh? Already? Well, alright. I was just about to leave, anyway, so... good timing?

-Kael pulls him out of the room, leading him by one of his sleeves before he gets the chance to say anything else.-

"What'd your Gorebyss say, ma'am? I-I mean... not assuming you can tell, but... a-anyway, who are these business partners? U-uh, assuming it's not confidential, with the secrets and the cloak-and-dagger espionage and... yeah, I'll shut up now."

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Xymansion, Past.

Xylander: Yes, I'm aware of Team Iron and his involvement in it- as a bottom rung sucker with little to no power of his own to actually enact such violence against us, and regrets on even being a bottom feeder in the first place.

Xylander heads inside the mansion.

Xylander: If he was actually involved with trying to kill us, I could understand the reaction. But as it stands, he's just a sorry idiot and a rather cute one too. Maybe I'm just too forgiving, but that's where I stand on the subject~

Xylander gestures at Yvan.

Xylander: Come brother. I'll put on your favourite pot of tea~

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Xymansion

-Yvan sighs-

Yvan: <...Fine.>

-shrinks back down to human-

Bring on the tea.

Angela Airport

Aphrodite: A warning about Fairy-types. And the buisness partners are called the J-Team.

Contact Me!

Xymansion

Xylander: Excellent! I got a lovely brew just waiting to steep, and we can banter and give life updates as per usual~

Xylander holds the door open for his brother.

Xylander: Though, for real bro. That kid is not a threat. I saw him chug perfume like water twice. From the same bottle no less.

The heavy door slams shut as the two lengendaries meander inside on the way to tea and light snacks.

Edited by PippingFool on Aug 16th 2018 at 9:31:52 PM

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Jetta sighed, adjusting her glasses once again and slumping a bit. "Ugh, I know to watch out for those Fairies... ever since that incident with the inspector, with the sudden dessert monster attacks and the dazzling gleams and the knocking out of Birdie in one hit, hehehe... egh" she lamented, before standing up straight again when she noticed her luggage shaking about a bit; the Poke Ball compartment, to be exact. She nudged it with her foot slightly, figuring that Birdie might have caught that reference she made, and looked back at Aphrodite. "Ehehe, don't mind that... s-so what's the J stand for? Justice? Jury? Juice? Jokers? Jerry? Jam? Uh... jodhpurs?"

"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."

Angela Airport

-Aphrodite pauses-

Aphrodite: ...You know what, I have no idea. We'll have to ask.

Contact Me!

Stormchaser control room

Alisher: "Is there some sort of manual nearby?"

Timers to measure time, thermometers to measure thermomets, mometers to measure mom, and measuring containers to measure measurements.