Stormchaser, Temporary Field Office of the Geographic Society/Geographer Weekly,
Tommy, transcribing interviews with a disinterested face while on the phone: Hey, Gavin, before anything else, did you figure out what "J-Team" means?
Lumiose City Gendarmerie
Shutter: I dunno. Rumor has it that about half the founding members' names were named Joe, but somehow I find a bit too weird. Like how that Capumon RP we were in had this similar group of over-the-top superhero scientists called the H-Team because the founding members were all named Herbert. Hold on, I'll get back to you. Officer Jenny's here. The official report plus my video analysis should be enough to clear Kala's braixen on anything too serious.
Stormchaser, Geographic Society Temp Office
Tommy: Well, that's good to hear. Could you give her my report on suspicious activity directly, too?Lumiose City Gendarmerie
Shutter: I can try. Get those reports done, and if you're going on another Superhero photographer stakeout, tell me about it at least an hour prior. Gotta learn how to be dependable, kid, otherwise you'd be back delivering pizzas.Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 15th 2018 at 10:33:42 PM
Knight Cheesebeam
Stormchaser control room
-Alisher pours through the book, and he finds it full of technical jargon and confusing diagrams-Alisher: "...maybe."
Timers to measure time, thermometers to measure thermomets, mometers to measure mom, and measuring containers to measure measurements.
like christ, but with more nails
Route 14, earlier in the day
-Channah is battling a trainer in a double battle, with her Thierry and Liberty against a Slurpuff and a newly sent-out Furfrou. Hale is watching silently from the sidelines-
Thierry: < greetings > -slams the Furfrou with a Wood Hammer, eliciting a yelp-
Liberty: -shoots a Flamethrower at the Slurpuff- <Woo, the ol' cannons are gettin' a workout today!>
Trainer: Furfrou, Odor Sleuth! Slurpuff, Draining Kiss on the big guy!
Liberty: <Not on the lips not on the lips not on the - Mmmph!>
Channah: -watching carefully- Again, but Fire Blast this time.
Trainer: -digging in his fanny pack for new balls as his Pokemon are further pummeled and knocked out- You're not one for subtlety, are you?
Channah: Don't need it at this level. It's not today's focus area, anyway.
Trainer: What's that, then?
Channah: Endurance. Also plain curiosity.
Thierry: -exhausted from recoil- < that peaceful darkness will claim me soon >
Liberty: -panting a bit- <The darkness might claim my arm if I keep this up...>
Channah: -to Liberty- Then use the other one. -to Thierry- Suck it up, Thierry, not much more.
-the trainer sends out a Florges-
Channah: Only one, guys. You got this.
Liberty: <Bluh, why'd we have to skip straight to the high-intensity workout? What's the hurry for, a gym circuit?>
Thierry: < the veil... calls to me... so does a nap... >
Stormchaser, now
-Channah sits on her couch, surrounded by the snoozing forms of her team draped across the furniture and floor. She herself looks beat-
Channah: -staring up at a weird dark stain on the ceiling- (Might've gone a bit overboard... Maybe should ease up on the training regi...) -falls asleep-
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
pain peko
Stormchaser - Deck
-Shaun and Tsunami lean against a railing, gazing at a distant thunderstorm.-
Shaun: "You remember, uh...Veilstone, March 2016?"
Tsunami: <Yes, a storm worthy of the wrath of Kyogre.>
Shaun: "Everyone was inside cause it was so bad..."
Tsunami: <But you and I were watching from on top of thr department store.>
-Shaun laughs.-
Shaun: "That was probably dangerous."
Tsunami: <So's life.>
-They continue to gaze at the storm.-
Gabrielle: "Beautiful, isn't it?"
-She strides up.-
Gabrielle: "So alluring, so dangerous. Do you mind if I join you?"
-Shaun shrugs. Gabrielle pulls out a fancy leather case...-
Shaun: "You smoke weed?"
-Gabrielle nods as she lights a blunt.-
Shaun: "I thought you were a priestess."
Gabrielle: "Of Xerneas, the god of Life itself. The only real commandment is "Thou shalt not kill"."
-She offers a blunt to Shaun.-
Shaun: "I don't smoke."
Gabrielle: "To each their own."
-The trio continues to watch the thunderstorm.-
Shaun: "...I don't like us sitting on our haunches while everyone's still out there. The longer Mobius, Iron, Best Berry, and the School are out there the more harm they'll do."
Gabrielle: "Patience, Shaun. Dr. Tagg and Dr. Echo have access to all the files Zelel can access. We'll know when to go."
Shaun: "We're at an Arceusdamn stalemate and you know it."
Gabrielle: "What are you going to do, assault a base by yourself?"
Shaun: "Never. I'd bring my Mons."
Gabrielle: "I do hope you're joking."
-Silence permeates the air.-
Shaun: "I have a feeling something's coming."
Tsunami: <We all do.>
-Shaun sighs and leans forward.-
Shaun: "I just hate the anticipation..."
-He leans back and stretches, pivoting on his heel.-
Shaun: "By the way, Gabrielle, word on the street is that Lucius is dating Xerneas."
Gabrielle: "Mcscu-I mean, pardon me?"
-Shaun's gone. So is Tsunami.-
Gabrielle: "Merde. I should've stayed at the church 7 years ago."
"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
The Eccentric Electric
Clay Cave:
After recovering the rest of his team's HP with super potions and collecting Chopper's lemonade can whenever he was done with it, Mark decided to continue venturing through the tunnel the group was currently in. There wasn't much of anything to look at, aside from the occasional lantern and structural support keeping the tunnel from caving in. Eventually, the group would come across a dead end with a heavily reinforced steel door. On closer inspection, this dead end turned out to be an emergency shelter with a security camera perched above the doors and an intercom on the right side.
"I wonder if this still works," Mark wondered aloud before a voice from the intercom satisfied his curiosity by saying, "Of course it still works! A better question would be what the hell you kids are doing out there, it's not safe!"
"Hey I'm almost an adult, and we're here because we've got a lead on where all these pokemon swarms have been coming from," Mark explained before another voice from the intercom replied, "Wait, you actually faced down a swarm and won? I almost wouldn't believe you, but then again I've heard of kids somehow foiling criminal organizations...so it may be possible..."
Living The Fever Dream
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Mezzo is lazily lying on a chair while Fortis is watching a trio of batmons-
Rouge: <Okay, so first thing, you want to flap your wings to gain altitude.>
-Astral hovers up to Rouge's height-
Rouge: <Not like that!>
Shade: <How do you do that hovering thing anyway?>
Astral: <It's just something I do? I've never tried... not doing it.>
Rouge: <We're teaching you how to properly fly though, not mystical legend cosmic hover things.>
Mezzo: Hey Fortis, earlier you said you didn't want Astral to be a battling Pokémon, but why not? I mean, if I had a legendary at my beck and call, I would totally use it to wipe out my opponents.
-Fortis shakes her head-
Fortis: Nuh uh! Because miss fire lady from the other timeline was worried that I'd use her as a weapon, but I'm not like that! I want Astral to use her powers for good!
Astral: <As do I.>
Fortis: She's gonna bring light back to the world with no sun, but first I want to teach her how to fly and use those powers!
Rouge: <And that's what we're here for.>
Mezzo: Um, that's noble of you, I guess.
-Mezzo rolls over-
Mezzo: Whatever.
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
The Best Worst Psychonaut
"Good idea! Sooo..." Jetta trailed off, circling a finger, "when were you leaving? And... come to think of it, what are you leaving on? I'd have thought a big-name business-lady like you woulda had your own private jet, with the convenience and the Aipom butlers and all of that!"
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
Meet The New Boss
Stormchaser
Julius: Mabye...
-presses a button, his voice echoes-
HEY THERE'S A MISSING WHIMSICOTT ON THE SHIP
Angela Airport
Aphrodite: Nah, just a normal plane. I like to keep a low profile.
Contact Me!
Some Rando
Stormchaser, Casa Del Rever V. 2.0
“Give me reason, to fill this hole; connect the space between~” Colton’s headphones blared into his ears as he laid back on his bed, hand over his forehead. He didn’t seem to be doing much of anything. Not even looking at Pyukumuku tending to his wounded team, Purifying scratches, spraying Hyper Potions, using Revives, the whole nine yards.
The announcement of the missing Whimsicott over the speakers woke up everyone who was able to be woken up. Lucario, Roy and Rei all stood up in a panic.
<You gonna help us look?> Rei asked Roy, who looked rather shifty.
<No,> Roy waved off as he dug around his trainer’s backpack. <He needs a reason to be happy right now.>
<Okay. We’re gonna see if we can’t find that Whimsicott,> Lucario decided as they walked out of the room, down the hall.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
They who say "heck"
Stormchaser, Kala's room, present
-The sink in the bathroom is suspiciously taped up around the pipe with various burn markings as well. We're not going to go into how or why that happened, though, for various reasons. Instead, Kala and Kael are just minding their own business when the announcement blares into their room, freaking them out.-
Kala: aaaaAAAAAAAAAAA why-hy!?
Kael: <Agh! Why would anyone blare commands at us so loudly!?>
-Needless to say, they are not happy about it.-
Kael: <That's it, I'm going to go find who did that! Nobody interrupts my personal reading time and gets away with it!
Kala: Kael, no! I know that was, like, really, really loud, but—
Kael: <I will accept nothing less than an immediate apology for that horrid nonsense!>
-Kael storms down the halls, trying to figure out where the announcement came from. Kala follows him, trying to stop him the whole way through.-
The Best Worst Psychonaut
"Eh, fair enough. So, when are you going? I'm all set over here, because I thought I would have left already..."
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
Stormchaser, Geographic Society Tempquarters
Tommy: Sure hope this helps.
To Julius
My name is Thomas Petersen, Shutter Albright's assistant from the Geographic Society. I arrived here a little over four days ago. We had encountered the lost whimsicott just shy over a day ago while we were at the laundry room; Shutter had been able to contact you on its whereabouts but it may have wandered off while we were cleaning clothes.
We were able to ask it a few basic questions on their identity and that of their trainer and even provided it with a moist warm towel to help them clean themselves after apparently wandering around the ship's extensive HVAC systems. They left with the towel.
I should be able to help you track them.
To Shutter
Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 16th 2018 at 6:11:57 PM
Stormchaser Hallway
Shutter: Hey, Kala, good news. I've just been to the Channel 8 station; they received Officer Jenny's statement of the public disturbance case; Kael should be cleared of any charges of disturbing the peace. They're releasing the retraction/errata tonight.Shutter stares at an irked Kael.
Shutter: What's eating him?
They who say "heck"
Stormchaser Halls
-Kael stops abruptly to inform him, along with Kala.-
Kala: Oh, that's great! Thanks, but, uh... that announcement kinda interrupted his reading time, and he really, really doesn't like that... I'm trying to stop him, but he—
Kael: <Is perfectly justified in his actions and will be recieving an apology from them shortly. That's what will happen!>
-He starts storming off again, but Kala stops him.-
Kala: ...Stop, please.
Kael: <...>
-Kael just bypasses him and keeps going anyway.-
Kala: Oh, no...
-Kala then follows him, trying to get him to stop more to no avail.-
Meet The New Boss
Stormchaser Halls
Shutter: If he has beef with the management, I can't blame him. Still, try not to go overboard. By any chance was the public announcement about the whimsicott we met the other day? Oh, drat they can't hear me.Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 16th 2018 at 6:51:08 PM
The Best Worst Psychonaut
Jetta perked up, almost sneezing yet again but managing to hold it in. "Oh, w-wow. Really?! Already?! That's, uh... interesting... I-I mean, not that I'm complaining! It's cool! But still, like... okay, I'm gonna be honest, are you Darkrai? Is this my reward for praising you that one time? Hehehehe*snort*hehe, hehe... ah, I-I'm just kidding, I mean... I never literally prayed to the guy, just said it was cool, that's all, with the nightmares and the endless trauma destabilizing the opponent's... uh, never mind."
Jetta followed her on board the plane, her luggage in tow.
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
Meet The New Boss
Kalos Airport
-One plane trip later, Aphrodite and Jetta have arrived here-
Aphrodite: Now, to get to the Stormchaser...
Contact Me!
Stormchaser Hallways
From: Hank Habakkuk Harvey
Subject: Interview requirement
I am due for yet another interview with the EVP of Battle Company and she told me, again, that I need to battle her assistant, and her assistant is off taking care of some Arceus-damned business in Kalos. I'm giving you and Petersen two weeks to have that meeting arranged.
From the desk of Hank H. Harvey
Line Producer, Editor-in-Chief, Geographic Society News and Public Affairs
Senior Editor, Geographic Society
Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 22nd 2018 at 12:58:23 AM
The Best Worst Psychonaut
After the flight, a tired Jetta yawns and rubs her eyes, feeling drowsy and imbalanced from the jet lag. Not a single minute of sleep, she could get. Almost stumbling over, she scratches her head and mumbles to herself, "Ugh, that was... uneventful... I swear we talked about stuff, but... can't remember a thing, like we'd just teleported over here or something, heh..."
Aphrodite didn't seem the least bit affected, seemed just as oddly friendly as before they left. Jetta was starting to feel slightly unnerved by her, like it seemed she was reciting some sort of script. She shook her head, but was jolted a little more awake after her next remark. "Sorry, uh... the what-now?"
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
Meet The New Boss
The Best Worst Psychonaut
Jetta raised an eyebrow. "R-right, those J-Team guys... uh, remind me, what do they do again?" she asked. She could sense something wasn't quite right about this... why on Earth would a big-name businesswoman she doesn't work for give her a free flight, anyway? Krete certainly wouldn't do that if she didn't want her somewhere, like where she was going...
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
Meet The New Boss
Lumiose Airport
Aphrodite: They're a group of skilled Trainers that have dealt with many threats to both people and Pokemon. They're helping me with a personal project.
Contact Me!
The Best Worst Psychonaut
"Uh... personal project?" Jetta repeated under her breath, shivering a little. It was abundantly clear by now that all sorts of red flags were going off in her mind. 'Personal project' was never a good sign; she knew that much from what Krete told her. 'Personal' in these instances usually meaning 'off-the-books', and you don't make something off-the-books for no reason. It certainly didn't help she was being pretty vague about the... come to think of it, she never even saw a picture of Aphrodite Clavis before now. How could she even know this was the real Clavis and not some actress?
She pulled her luggage - with her Pokemon inside - closer to her. This would warrant some kind of action, she knew, but she could hardly just accuse her of something that might not even be true. She'd need an exit strategy.
"UMMM... AH! Th-that's pretty interesting! But, um... listen, I just realized, I drank quite a lot on that flight and I need to take a leak! Like, real bad!" she said, purposely crossing her legs together to simulate that feeling. "Will you excuse me for just five minutes, I'll be right back!"
Having said her piece, she immediately dashed for the nearest ladies' toilet, taking her luggage with her.
Edited by PresidentStalkeyes on Aug 16th 2018 at 2:23:11 PM
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."
Stormchaser
-Julius picks one up-
Julius: Could be this?
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