ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

-Rose looks around in confusion.-

Rose: Uhh, guys? How'd you get yours to work?

-Rose frantically puts the mask back on her face, and tries to whip it off again more emphatically.-

Rose: Uh, Persona! You! Come on! Hello! I summon you!

-Still nothing. Rose keeps trying frantically as the twin Ponyta advance.-

Rose: Why aren't you working?!

-She panics, bracing herself and closing her eyes-

---

It's useless, don't you think? Another fight lost.

No, it... it can't be.

Really? It doesn't seem like something you can do anything about. You're occupied.

...I have to help. I cannot stand by and let this happen. I can't just stand aside while someone dies!

Is that so? And what are you going to do about it?

Why do you keep asking me?

Because you're faltering. Every moment you falter, every moment you waste not making a choice, is a moment closer to another loss. So, stop wasting time, and let's make a deal. A contract, you could say.

...

Do you know who I am? I am thou! Thou art I! I am the Goddess of Thunder and Lightning! I am...

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KANNA KAMUI!

-There's a scream of pain. Not Rose's, but rather, someone in front of her. Rose opens her eyes, and sees Corrin in a fighting stance in front of her, holding a mask dripping with blood, breathing heavily — an almost primal, bestial manner. In front of her is a blue Jangmo-o holding a sword, blocking a blow from the Shadow.-

Corrin: Just hang in there, Rose... I've got this one.

Rose: ...Holy shit.

-Kanna Kamui leaps up, and piledrives one of the Ponyta into the ground.-

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Mar 4th 2019 at 10:16:01 AM

Jubilife(?)

-Oberon is in a battle stance by Susan, just in case.-

-Christina and Lakshimi frown.-

Christina: <Shame I can't attack them...do your best.>

-Lakshimi sticks her tongue out at a knight.-

Lakshimi: Boo!

-Elizabeth bites her lip and gestures to Titania. The Gardevoir unleashes a Psychic.-

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Jubilife City

Artoria: <Here goes nothing...>

She takes her mask off, a red and gold Honedge materialzing behind her. As the blade leaves its scabbard, it ignites in flame.

Honedge: <I am thou, thou art I... from the walls of Camelot, I ride. I am Gawain, the Knight of the Sun, vanquisher of the Green Knight.>

Artoria: <... Right... Shadow Claw.>

The Honedge's flames flicker purple, before it swings itself at the nearest Ponyta.

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Jubilife City- The Prost

Lane:That did something...again!

-Decarabia fires off another Water Pulse at one of the Ponytas-

-He gives a smirk at hearing the awakening going on behind him-

Another joins the fold...at least they have things covered back there.

Jubilife City

Tori: "...I know they said something about pain feedback, but are those thing supposed to make you bleed?" .-.

Silas has tried his best to avoid trouble so far, for the many advancing demons and foes, he's continuing to just have his Persona burn things.

"Okay so Solaire... like the Solaire that served with Arthur."

Jubilife City

-Susan can't help but look amazed at the Awakening and self-sacrifice happening on the right flank from behind the Protect bubble she'd be put in for safety-

Susan: <Guys... She's bleeding.>

-Pent stops commanding Orpheus to fling flame once the typing is yelled out, and then looks over at Rose and Corrin after Susan whispers about bleeding-

Oh crap... Orpheus, heal!

-Orpheus sends a cascading Heal Pulse over the group-

-The piledriven Ponyta is sent scattering away after being smashed, the knight on it's back falling off and going limp... Before it's head rolls off-

Edited by Pentigan on Mar 5th 2019 at 2:28:17 AM

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Jubilife - Prost

Still keeping an eye on Rose while Camazotz attempted to catch a few Berith in a Boomburst, Colton saw Corrin rescue her with pride, wincing a little at her bleeding.

He caught sight of the beheaded Berith, looking away as quickly as he saw it.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Jubilife

Fire-type, huh?

Mokele Mbembe: -Sends out an Earth Power-

Omoikane: -Sends out another Psychic-

-Cue Persona awakening-

That's... not what I got described to me for awakenings.

Doc: <Alright, now for me! PERSONA!>

-Doc's mask burst into flames as a pinkish Oddish with red leaves appears-

Oddish: <I am thou, thou art I... from the sea of thy soul I come! I am the man-faced plant, Mandrake!>

Doc: -Sweatdrop- <...You know this probably isn't the best thing for fighting a bunch of Fire-types, but beggars can't be choosers I guess.>

<Mandrake! Stop them!>

Mandrake: -Sends out a Stun Spore towards the remaining Berith-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

-Aria and Oscar blanch at Corrin's bloody face-

Ren: Huh. It's a lot... Messier than what we went through...

Morgan le Fay: <Messy is a word it... Blegh>

Ren: Hmmm...

-Ren closes his eyes for a moment And with a sparks of blue flames Ren's mask appears on his face as Arsene disappears.-

Morgan le Fay: <Hey! Don't just dismiss your Person—>

Ren: Come forth! Abe-no-Seimei!

-Once again blue flame blaze... But this time a familar form to a few in the group appears.-

Abe-no-Seimei Fighting fire with fire. But there are other ways of setting the stage...

-Abe-no-Seimei spins in the air as he majestically waves his shaku as he softy chants, causing and clouds to form and rain to fall.-

Morgan Le Fay: <WHAT!? YOU CAN USE MORE THAN ONE PERSONA!?>

Jubilife City-The Prost

Lane:Urf...

-Lane coughs-

Well...good to know they're empty on the inside? Right?

-He chances a morbidly curious look at the headless Berith while Decarabia continues to Water Pulse his own Berith-

...right?

Corrin: ...It's fine. I've suffered worse wounds on the battlefield.

-The mask in her hand dissolves into blue flames, which curl up her arm and engulf her. Once they disappear, her face is healed, and more noticeably, she's wearing a new outfit — somewhat like this, except prominently blue.◊-

-Her breathing steadies, and Kanna Kamui's stance relaxes.-

Rose: Hey so what the everloving fuck.

Jubilife

-The five felled Ponyta dissolve into black goo and evaporate, along with the armor... But the thing is the knights aren't empty. Lacking the armor, the 'knight' is revealed to be... A mannequin?-

-With his support deleted, the Eligor turns tail and charges back into the Theater. Battle complete!-

-Pent has Orpheus stand down but doesn't recall him just yet as he walks over to Corrin-

Weird... Last time we needed to smash down a Shadow Self to get main Persona... And here you are doing it without an innate confrontation, without even seeing a Shadow Self...

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Jubilife City-The Prost, front

Lane:-as Decarabia vanishes back into his domino mask-Interesting doesn't begin to cover it...new world, new rules, huh? Guess it'd explain why we can't summon ours again right now...

-beat-

-to Ren-Well...expect you, apparently.

Edited by Skyzerk on Mar 4th 2019 at 11:00:30 AM

-Abe-no-seimei vasishes as Ren's mask reappears-

Ren: -in response to Pent- It makes me think we aren't in the Collective Unconsciousness.

Morgan Le Fay: <Well DUH! That's because you aren't!>

-Morgan leaps to the ground from Ren's head but he now looks like a Purrloin in a black cat suit.-

Ren: Other than the fact that you are different type of cat-mon now, what do you mean?

Morgan Le Fay: <I TOLD YO BEFORE! I AM NOT A CAT! I'M A HUMAN!>

-Aria and Oscar both strike a synchronized doubtful headtilt at the ranting feline.-

Ren: Okay. Sorry. But where is this place if it isn't the Collective Unconsciousness?

Morgan Le Fay: <This place is called the Metaverse. It's a world formed around distortions in the hearts of humans and Pokemon with distorted desires.>

Jubilife, Metaverse

-Elizabeth appears to be having a minor panic attack but is otherwise fine.-

Christina: <So...a similar concept then.>

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Jubilife

Artoria: <Okay... so what, precisely, does that mean?>

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Metaverse-Jubilife

Lane:...you know, not the weirdest thing I've heard in my life.

-Rose looks at Pent, somewhat frustrated at herself.-

Rose: Hold on, back up, Shadow Self? What's that supposed to refer to? There's, like, two things I know "Shadow" refers to, and I doubt you're talking about the thing on the ground on a sunny day.

Corrin: ...I did hear a voice in my mind. Telling me to stop faltering. And telling me to... make a contract?

-Beat-

Corrin: ...Did I just become a magical girl? Is that Kyubey over there?

-She turns dramatically, pointing at Morgan.-

Corrin: Nobody make any contracts with him!

Jubilife

I feel like they're still connected, somehow, because we can use Personas here...

-Sweatdrop-

Your Shadow Self is the part of you that you deny... Persona... Shadow, two sides of the same coin...

Edited by rmctagg09 on Mar 4th 2019 at 11:26:06 AM

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Jubilife

Artoria: <Corrin, dear...>

<Introducing Corrin to magical girl anime was a mistake.>

<Mordred why.>

Edited by Izshta on Mar 4th 2019 at 8:40:41 AM

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Jubilife Prost

"So if I'm understanding this correctly," Colton started up, making his presence known as he returned Camazotz into the mask. "Last time this happened you were roped into a world formed of the thoughts of humanity. But now individuals have become so corrupt that their individual desires have either created a new world or distorted the old one to such an extent we have to do something about it. Did I get anything wrong?" He asked, holding his hands behind his back in nervousness at the catmon that couldn't decide what catmon she wanted to be.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Mar 4th 2019 at 8:47:10 AM

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Jubilife

Oh hey, I got that reference. But no like, it's a contract with yourself kinda? It's a promise to your darker side that you'll be a better person?

-He shrugs-

I feel like I'm a better person than I was after the last time we went to the CU so what gives?

-He starts pacing as Susan idly knocks on the Protect shield-

Susan: <So when do I get to have one of those things?>

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

-The Protect shield dissolves as Genbu vanishes back into Aria's mask.-

Aria: I'm kind of new to all this too...

Ren: Great... A new type of mental landscape...

Morgan Le Fay: -at Corrin- <How many times do I have to say it? I! AM! NOT! A! CAT!>

-He shifts into a Glameow, to Skitty, then to a Normal Meowth as he rants-

Oscar: <I'm not touching that one.>

Edited by keys2tkingdom on Mar 4th 2019 at 11:28:36 AM

Jubilife

Artoria: <Well, you certainly look like one.>

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.