Stormchaser, Luciver Cabin

-Lucius nods at Spathi.-

Lucius: I mean... I am evil, or at the very least was evil not too long ago. I'm pretty sure a paladin would start screaming if they looked directly at me. I dunno where what puts me on the alignment scale, though.

-He turns to Ever.-

Lucius: Anyway, the emergency situation was something I was totally unprepared for... your birthday!

-Confetti fires out of the room's security turrets as Lucius produces a cake that reads "Happy 22nd 24th Whichever Birthday!" on top.-

Lucius: Sorry about the, uh, everything. I didn't know it was your birthday until today, and I didn't know whether poking would be enough to wake you up.

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Stormchaser, Luciver Cabin

Spathi: <...Okay.>

-confetti-

-Ever blinks-

-...-

-oh yeah that's today-

-you lose track of time when you're hiding in a terrified ball in a corner of your room-

-it does seem to take them a minute to readjust their framework of the situation from "I am about to fight for my life" to "birthday celebration", though-

Ever: ...Uh. Thank you.

-they smile. It looks pretty genuine and not fae-

-Breeze and Diesel then pop out of the turret and cake respectively-

Both: <Happy birthday!>

Ever: ...Okay, that I probably should have anticipated.

Stormchaser, Luciver Cabin

-Lucius blinks as Diesel pops out of the cake.-

Lucius: ...How did you get in there? I didn't... oh, never mind.

-He leans forward and places a kiss on Ever's cheek.-

Lucius: Hope I didn't scare you too much. I mean, scaring you was part of the plan, but if you'd died of a heart attack or something that would've been totally anticlimactic. You deserve to die in battle, or at the very least fleeing from one.

Edited by Herbert40k on Jan 12th 2019 at 7:04:51 PM

-Well that's difficult, know anyone who might have a Lunala on hand? Cause yeah that's warping out of my ability, we're more likely to kill ourselves trying and we'd still miss. I don't know about you but self sacrifice ain't worth it.-

The Pen shrugged, before pulling up Pent's phone, -You have friends, and allies, you want to help, but you need to send out the text asking the question. It wouldn't hurt at all and it would likely stop a lot of headaches. But really it's still up to you.-

Silas sighed, "So it's time to fufill my end of the bargain?"

~Yes. Traxx will be here shortly and I need my "champion" to represent me in the games!~

"Games?"

Roxy looked over, "Games?"

Hacks blinked, ~Games?~

~Traxx and I have a deal where every so often we pick a solar system, fly out to the edge and we get a champion to fight each other. It's a bet sort of thing and this year I bet 150 Nalaxians on this!~

Silas sighed, "Okay beam me up and we'll-"

~Oh I'm not beaming you up. You're taking your own ship.~

Silas blinked, "Ziltoid this thing can't fly farther than the moon and even then it needs a gravity assisted slingshot maneuver to even make it there! What makes you think this thing can make it out to... where are we going?"

~Jupiter.~

"Jupiter? Ziltoid that's days if not hours away!"

~Nonsense! I'll just outfit your ship with improved thrusters for this little scenario and you'll be there in 3 hours! Easily!~

Silas sighed, "Okay then... I guess that's not so bad. Anything else?"

~Grab some friends if you wish to observe, it is of no concern to me!~

With that Ziltoid vanished, Silas shrugged a bit and sent out the text.

Stormchaser, Luciver Cabin

Ever: Psssht. I intend to outlive my -their voice briefly shakes- ...enemies. Battle is for nerds.

But...really. Thank you. This is sweet.

Breeze: -eating the confetti in the corner-

Diesel: -attempting to stop this from occurring-

-"Ramona sits on the, drawing in the sand."-

Ramona: So, if I use Norma for most of it... But then he might use a poison type, so maybe if I switch in Victor... Er, my head hurts.

-"She rubs her skull, watery eyed from stress."-

Sinnoh League

Colton stared at the entryway to the place that he blamed for his downward spiral back in August. Hesitantly, he placed a hand in his pocket and began to walk in, only to be halted by a buzzing in his pocket. His phone.

Silas. He had contacted everyone, asking if they wanted to see something.

As if summoned by the thought, Sunny and Roy appeared from his backpack, the Blaziken pulling out his Fennekin son, who was angrily gnawing on a stick of cinnamon.

"Let me guess, you guys want to spend some time with Koyasa as a family? Some maternity leave?"

Sunny and Roy nodded.

"Don't let me stop you," Colton allowed, giving them a fair chunk of money to spend.

Sunny raised her staff and they vanished in a flash of pink.

"Now then," Colton continued after most of his Fire-types left. "I still got Warner and Ammy. Let's punk!"

And so he entered the league, ready to challenge it again. Cynthia wouldn't be able to stop him now, much less his team.

A shame Sunny and Roy wouldn't be able to take part, but he hadn't planned on then being used to beat Cynthia anyway.

Oblivion Wing

In a flash of pink, Sunny, Roy and Koyasa would all appear, the former two turning human afterwards, much to their son's shock, evidenced by him fighting to get out of Roy's arms.

"Koyasa, it's still us, it's still us!" Roy quickly defended, noticing the Fennekin's panic, which did ultimately calm him down somewhat.

Entralink

There was already a flurry of texts to that effect... Days ago. It didn't go anywhere besides some vague plans and no one got back to me on any actual action being taken. Just some basic discussion and no one committing to actually getting stuff done just like always.

-A dude in a pretty casual outfit looks a little confused as he waves around a brown paper bag a bit-

Some Dude: Uh... Who ordered this?

-The laptop nearby emits a brief sound of attention-

/Duck/: >Just put it over here, my owner is a bit busy.

Some Dude: Huh, okay. Enjoy.

/Duck/: >Thanks!

-The random civilian leaves after setting the food delivery next to the laptop and Magnezone-

Blueberry: <Rolling around at the speed of sound~>

Shadow: <Why did you introduce her to this?>

Blueberry: <Got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow~>

Forte: I knew she'd like it. Sonic's blue, and he's got good music.

Blueberry: <Can't stick around, got to keep moving on~>

Shadow: <You could have introduced her to an interesting game, like chess.>

Blueberry: <Guess what lies ahead, only one way to find out~>

Forte: Sonic is interesting!

Blueberry: <Must keep on moving ahead~>

Forte: Besides, you sing Sonic music too.

Celeste: <Wait, you do?>

Blueberry: <No time for guessing follow my plan instead~>

Shadow: <That's not relevant.>

Forte: Is so.

Blueberry: <Trust me in what you can see~>

Shadow: <I sing better songs than this.>

Blueberry: <Take my lead, I'll set you free~>

Forte: Oh, let her be. She's having fun.

Blueberry: <Follow me~
Set me free~
Trust me and we will escape from the city~>

-Forte pets Blueberry behind the ears-

Ultra Jungle, past

-To Channah-

It's good to lighten up sometimes, because otherwise you die early from heart failure.

A couple hours later

-We approach what appears to be the outer portion of the base-

Hmm... How are we going to do this?

Ultra Jungle, past

Channah: -squints- ...Was that meant to sound ominous? -follows-

Ultra Jungle, later

Channah: -makes an explosion sound and smacks her fist into her open hand, raising both eyebrows- Eh?

After having caught a Bellsprout and promptly being distracted by yet more spam mail (amongst other things), Halis decides to name the Bellsprout "Orea" after having figured out that it's a male. They release Orea from his Pokeball alongside Aran so they can properly introduce.

Halis: "Uh, hey... sorry about all that stuff the other day. We were just in need of a second team member and you seemed like the best choice."

Orea: <...>

Orea just stares at Halis.

Halis: "I've, uh, decided your name's gonna be Orea. Is that alright?"

Orea: <...Orea, orea. Orea!>

Halis: "Uh..."

Aran: <You can talk, right?>

Orea: <Orea.>

Halis: "Oh dear... I don't think he can."

Aran: <Or he's playing stupid...>

Aran tries to intimidate Orea.

Orea: <O-orea! Orea!>

Orea cowers behind Halis, hiding from Aran.

Halis: "Aran, I don't think that's exactly, uh, the best way to get what we want..."

Aran: <...Maybe not. I don't trust him, though.>

Halis: "He's fine, Aran. He just needs time to get settled in."

Aran: <If you say so...>

Aran recalls herself into her Pokeball. Meanwhile, Halis fails to notice that Orea is texting Silas, sending them a completely pointless message...

Halis catches Orea doing this, but not before the message is sent.

Halis: "H-hey! Don't touch that!"

Orea: <Orea...>

Orea then gives Halis a cute look... or, at least, as cute as a Bellsprout can be anyway.

Halis: "...I won't hold it against you, but please don't do that again. What did you do, anyway—"

Halis starts blushing.

Halis: "Oh no. Nonono... H-how do I uh, unsend? Delete from internet? Anything???"

Halis is now panicking, trying to figure out any way to undo this, and Orea quietly recalls himself while this happens.

Ultra Jungle

-To Channah-

Tempting, and between the two of us I'm sure this base would fall pretty quickly, but we might want a more... subtle touch.

Muddy: <Stealth time?>

Yeah, just need to find a back way in.

Ultra Jungle

Channah: BS, did you see a back door anywhere? Maybe an isolated window?

Big Savings: < i did NAAAHT >

Channah: -to Tagg- Welp. I'm out of ideas.

Ultra Jungle

-Aura Sense pulse-

Well there's one spot we can infiltrate... but I'm not sure if you'd like it.

Ultra Jungle

Channah: Tagg, I've dabbed. Anything that takes me further away from that memory is an improvement.

Ultra Jungle

-To Channah-

Well...

Ten minutes later

-Sidling near what appears to be a sewage pipe directly spewing into the river-

You sure this is better than dabbing? All this tech and Mobius has no better way of taking care of its garbage?

Ultra Jungle

Channah: Waste management isn't fun science. -looks down at the sewage- Okay, it's like - you can wash off this shit. You can't wash off the knowledge that you participated in an obnoxious meme that threatens your peace of mind.

Big Savings: < rip >

Ultra Jungle Mobius Base

-Upon getting near a door leading inside, slightly amused-

Whatever you say dear.

Silas can only stare at what has just occurred, "Uh... okay then..." he opts to leave it be, "Take a room that isn't currently occupied and feel free to relax."

Hacks sighs, ~This is gonna be fun.~

Silas checks his texts, "Actually we just got a thing, we'll get onto the Ziltoid stuff a bit later."

Silas walks up a little later, "Hey you wanted to fight? Don't know why, I've got a full team."

Hacks stretches and cracks his neck a bit, ~I could use a good spar though.~

Ultra Jungle Mobius Base

Channah: ... -gives him a furtive look and follows-

Halis jumps back and yells a bit.

Halis: "N-nonono, I didn't send that, I swear! Why would I w-want to fight you, anyway? I'd have nothing to lose— uh, I mean gain from it! It wasn't me! I'll do anything you want if you d-don't fight me!!"

Halis cowers in fear and embarrassment because of all of this happening so quickly. It's obvious the stress from it really gets to them easily.

Ultra Jungle Mobius Base

-Entering what appears to be a laundry room-

Okay, let's see if we can find some uniforms that can fit us, going by the size of this room and the amount of clothes we can assume that the base contains enough Mobius operative that they won't notice two extra. Plus my SEP Fields work better when I'm already blending in.

Ultra Jungle Mobius Base

Channah: -lazily- Yes-sir. -calls back Big Savings and tries on a woman's uniform- Of course they don't run petite. -rolls up the pants and looks around- (At last I get to pull some weight. Figuratively.)

Silas quirked a brow, "Your mons got their mits on your phone didn't they?"

Hacks nodded, ~That makes sense.~

"Calm down, I don't believe in a lot of the conventions, heck I wore a mask for a few years to avoid making eye contact."

~You sure it wasn't because you find trying to emote hard?~

"Don't call me out like this right now," Silas said giving Hacks a look.