Vermilion City: Repair Store

Rourke: Well, I do know there are some here, but I don't know where any specific members are. My best guess is the Public Square though.

Rourke started to put on his coat, which was covered in oil spills.

Rourke: Tell you what, since I wont be working for a while, we can look for them together.

Vermilion Waterfront

Merle: <Well, I'd know that sense of smug superiority and incongruous reference to firearms anywhere.>

<Alright, everyone, third question. What is it you want with the Graiser?>

Vermilion Public Square

-Klavazazel yips-

Klavazazel: <I'll help in just a sec!>

Ever: -dancing along absently-

Narrow: -also dancing along, because Dancer, but- <Ever! Snap out of it, we gotta go!>

Ever: Shark attack, doo-doo doodoodoo~

Narrow: <Oh no, they've got a serious case of Saturday night fever!>

<Klav, I'm pretty sure that kid snuggling you is an obscuric of some stripe! Can you get him to help you calm down Sammy?>

Klavazazel: <Oh yeah...>

-he yips dramatically, and then tackles Sammy in the manner of a large, friendly dog, motioning for Kid #4 to come along-

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Me: -smiling- Alright! Great idea, Rourke! Let's go!

Vermilion City: Repair Store

Ian, Milagros and Rourke would make their way out of the Repair Store, with Milagros leaving Rourke's boss some money on the way out.

Vermilion City

Rourke: Okay. As I said before, we should check the Public Square first. Just be aware that I'm not psychic, so don't be surprised if there's not any J-Teamers there.

Vermilion City

Me: I think we should check the Public Square. No guarantee that we'll find a J-Team member, but I'll take that chance...

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Feb 19th 2019 at 4:36:38 AM

Vermilion Public Square

Kid #4: Come back doggy!

Sammy: -is bedogged- Oof! Agh! ...hey, it's quieter...

Ultra Megalopolis

Sol: Did somebody just mention Graiser technology?

That should be the important stuff. But I imagine you would want a heads-up if we see anything about that Necrozma.

Vermilion Waterfront

#3: <Hey, what is that?>

Voice From Offscreen: <I dunno!>

#1: <I mean, you could call me a grazer but I never really thought of it as a trait to consider either way...>

#2: <Domination of the baked-goods market. Has somebody built a new one? I refuse to be left out of its proliferation.>

#3: <The what?>

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Vermilion City

Milagros: Okay then. To the Public Square!

Vermilion Public Square

-cut to Ian, Milagros and Rourke arriving in the Public Square-

Me: I sure hope we find someone who knows about it...

Vermilion Public Square

Ever: Gah! What...

Narrow: <Psychic stuff.>

Ever: ... -sighs-

Klavazazel: -yips at Kid #4- <Come on, kid! You're needed!>

Ever: ...Uh, yeah. Don't you want to hug that dog?

Hmm, I am probably exactly the wrong person to help this kid come to terms with their psychic abilities.

Also, teaching them how to handle said abilities may well cause them to increasingly lose control.

Ah, well, the struggles of education.

-Ever begins sending a text, despite the urge to hum the Shark Song-

Ever: (to Sammy) Look, uh...I know you're probably worried about all the voices, in your head and out. It can be scary, when you realize that your mind is kind of public domain. But there are ways, as you can see, to calm things down, and with practice, you may realize you've been given a gift.

-they are texting while they say all this, so the impact may be lost somewhat-

Vermilion Waterfront

Merle: <I should probably make sure Ever hasn't bought that. If anyone's going to let their smartphone be judge, jury, and executioner, it's my trainer.>

-she coughs-

<...Okay, I pick the third bachelor. On the theory that they are not Son X, and probably also not a goat. I think you got your wires crossed there, Valentine.>

Ultra Megalopolis

Helios: <Graiser? That doesn't sound like a gamma ray burst...>

-To Sol-

Yeah, that would be greatly appreciated.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Feb 19th 2019 at 5:32:30 AM

Vermilion Public Square

Me: Hm?

-I suddenly see Ever and recognize him-

Me: Hey, Milagros! Rourke! I know them!

-I point at Ever-

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Feb 19th 2019 at 5:43:46 AM

Vermilion Public Square

Milagros looked in the direction Ian was pointing at.

Milagros: You mean them?

Edited by Routeferret on Feb 19th 2019 at 10:43:40 AM

Vermilion Public Square

Me: Yep. That's the one.

I saw them at a newsstand on Route 7.

-I pull the J-Team Paper out of my Key Items Pocket-

They sold me this newspaper!

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Feb 19th 2019 at 5:42:00 AM

Vermilion Public Square

Milagros: Oh yeah, I remember you telling me about the newspaper when we first met.

Edited by Routeferret on Feb 19th 2019 at 10:55:14 AM

Vermilion Public Square

Me: This paper is what got me interested in finding the J-Team...

I want to go on cool adventures like they do!

To laugh in the face of danger with friends!

To learn more about what the J-Team does...

...and to be the greatest trainer that I can be....

Artemis: ~You say that about everyone we meet, you paranoid dumbass.~

Hal: <How old are you two, exactly?>

Ivan: "Hey! Stop bickering in front of him! Don't you remember what happened in Jubilife?"

• ahem*

"Hey, my name's Ivan Losken. I'm an intern here, and I recently finished investigating and writing a report on the disturbances at Hotel Richissime."

Hal: <Monsieur, I prefer the term "necessary interruptions".>

Ivan: "This ghost-type pokemon whom now accompanies me is renowned artist Hal Lazarus, who was unable to fully materialize as a pokemon due to an unfinished painting. I completed said painting and he had, I assume, some sort of "anchor" to the world."

Hal: <At least, I think that's how it works.>

Geographic Society Offices

Jonathan Halliburton: Well met. I usually let the higher ups handle the interns and I'm rarely ever around so I don't get to meet a lot of folks here. I do remember being bored out of my wits just writing articles based on stuff they send us rather than fieldwork.

He breathes and opens a suspiciously familiar brand of doughnuts.

Jonathan: Anyway, call me Jon. Want a doughnut, eh?

Ultra Megalopolis

Ton: We're not chasing after it.

Brebre: <He said if. It's just considerate.>

Vermilion Square

Sammy: Will it help if I get... eleven dogs?

Please say yes so I can tell my mom a doctor said so.

-Kid #4 tackle pounces the dog that tacklepounced Sammy-

Buzzzzzzzz!

-a Cloyster teleports in along with Ryklys and the rest of her team-

Ryklys: NOW LISTEN UP KIDS!

I'm here to teach you about pollution and the water cycle!

Vermilion Waterfront

Valentine: <She picked bachelor #3!>

<But first! The suitors she didn't pick!>

swish!

#1 Barley the Tropius: <Whoa that light's bright all of a sudd'n!>

-he squints at Merle-

<Aw shucks, you wouldn't like the scarecrow on my farm anyways. It all works out for the best.>

swish!

Son X the Xatu: <"Suitor" is a very generous term for kidnapping me to participate in this gesture of performative sentimentality. You kidnapped the Silly Pidgey too, why isn't she here?>

Valentine: <She goes in The Newlyweds Game, silly Xatu!>

Son X the Xatu: <I will->

Valentine: <Sorry about that outburst folks, we're back!>

<And now, for your date...>

swish!

Vermilion Square

-I suddenly hear a strange song-

Me: Huh?

Hey, Milagros. Rourke. You guys hear that?

-the final curtain is drawn, revealing a very confused-looking Zubat-

Voice From Offscreen: Oh my gosh! You did it!

Zubat: <I didn't do anything?>

-Merle may notice that this particular Zubat is a bit off; in particular, it seems to be hovering above the ground without moving its wings-

Vermilion Public Square

Ever: It could very well help to have the presence of some Pokemon in your life.

-Ryklys-

Ah, I see the proper teachers have arrived. Klav?

Klavazazel: <Yeah, incoming.>

Duirel: -boof- <Don't listen to this pro-water propaganda, kids!>

Vilkas: ...We didn't prepare a song.

Klavazazel: <Uh, actually?>

Ever: ...Okay.

Narrow: <This is weirdly wholesome.>

Ever: Admittedly? Really catchy.

Vermilion Waterfront

-Merle shivers a bit at the thought of scarecrows-

Merle: <...A Zubat? Uh, I mean you're at least in my egg group. So I guess it could be weirder.

<...Is there a reason you're just sort of hovering there like a glitched asset?>

Zubat: <What?>

Voice From Offscreen: <You're not moving your wings again!>

Zubat: <Oh!>

-the Zubat flaps their wings a few times-

Zubat: <Is that better?>

Vermilion Public Square

Ryklys: Plants can photosynthesize too

Have we taught them enough to leave yet?

Sammy: -looks to Ever for the answer-

Vermilion Waterfront

-the giant Alomomola hovers there like a glitched asset-

Vermilion Waterfront

Merle: <...This is so unsettling.>

<...So, uh...weird Zubat. Is there something you wanted to do, I guess?>

Vermilion Public Square

Vilkas: Of course plants can photosynthesize! That's the whole point!

Ever: ...I think the kids are alright.

...Also, you should unquestionably let them go home, because their parents probably miss them.

Klavazazel: <Hey. Read. You know Block, right?>

Duirel: <...So, uh, how've you been, Ever?>

Ever: Well enough.

-they skritch Duirel's neck. The Arcanine yawns-

Duirel: <You think they're conspiring?>

Ever: It seems likely.

Zubat: <I don't know what I'm supposed to do.>

Voice From Offscreen: <It's a date. You take her out to a fancy place and show her a nice time so that you can steal all her stuff when she's not looking.>

Zubat: <That's rude.>