Fancy Macraul Loft Apartment, Castelia City

Lowell Macraul waits nonchalantly at a hallway, accompanied by Primus and a drone that contains Guinevere. A magnemite floats alongside them.

Lowell: How typical of the Nouveau Riche Unovan to reside in the hollowed out interiors of a plebeian building. Why does he insist on squalor?

Primus, via speech device: I am ignorant of the value of art, my lord, but the young master does have the agency to choose what suits him.

Lowell: You indulge him, Primus. He has our family's spirit for collecting, though one wishes it were objects of more apparent value. But still, they say value is in the eye of the beholder. I myself fail to see the value of taxidermy outside outmoded scientific context.

Primus: Sir, you would find that the young master's ability to retain a collection that has survived the encroachment of the J-Team to be an incredible accomplishment.

Lowell: True enough. If he wishes to deprive the pretentious twats of their thought experiments with junk, who am I to judge? Perhaps his contributions, though aesthetically lacking in my unbiased opinion, can add value to the family.

Primus: Do you think he'll appreciate it.

Lowell: He's been itching to have his sculptures displayed in our ancestral home. And I see no reason why not. Serving his family duties is an honor among the Macrauls.

Guinevere, via speech device: We should be on schedule as listed in the email I sent, sir. Shall I call him up?

Edited by MasterJayAM on Apr 27th 2019 at 5:12:25 PM

kanto route 11

Derek: Huh. I'm sure they just ran off somewhere. They'll be fine.

Kanto Route 11

"Might want to stick around here; otherwise we'll be separate for longer," Roy observed, subsequently kneeling down beside Minerva and petting the Zorua behind her ears.

kanto route 11

Derek: That's probably a good idea, but I'll just have a quick look around these bush-

-As he is talking he too disappears into a bush.-

ersatz alliance

-Midnight runs up to Derek.-

Midnight: <I thought I was never gonna see you again!!>

Derek: Where the hell are we?!

Stormchaser

Me: Thanks, Ms. Priscilla...

Also... Call me crazy, but I might have some idea as to what happened back when we first met and I found the strange gem...

Stormchaser

Priscilla: Cool. Let's hear it.

Stormchaser

Me: M-Maybe the crystal doesn't actually HAVE hypnotic properties and just emulated them...

...because it was testing the love in my heart...

I know it's crazy, but I felt my heart skip a beat before I became entranced by it...

Kanto Route 11

<Okay seriously; what's going on?> Koyasa asked, the Fennekin stepping down from her mother-turned-human's shoulders and taking the same route he noticed Midnight and Derek taking.

Ersatz

And winding up here.

ersatz alliance

-Derek notices the new arrivals.-

Derek: Oh, you ended up here too!

-Cady and Kat amble out from behind a clothes rack.-

Cady: Oh, it's you!

Fancy Macraul Loft Apartment

-Sylvestre arrives-

Sylvestre: Heyo! What's up?

Reversal Mountain

Alovye Jr.: <Look- just- You're doomed if you keep going! Doomed I tell you!>

-And his hovercraft hovers off-

Edited by Umbramatic on Apr 27th 2019 at 8:19:41 AM

Canalave City

-Elizabeth just gives a half-hearted shrug and looks at the ground, dragging the tip of her shoe across the ground. Oberon does nothing, but Christina gets...agitated.-

Christina: <What were we supposed to do, anyways? Oberon accidentally told him, and thanks to Medea, if we didn't take him, he would have been forced to follow us. Would you have preferred if we had attacked him? Broken his legs so he couldn't follow us?>

-Elizabeth's hands clench into fists.-

Elizabeth: "I won't lie to Julius. I trust him more than any of you. I trust him more than Igor. I trust him more than anyone besides my team."

"You should have known better than to let me tag along, Mr. Clavis. After all, I fucked up at the Ninetales' Harem Castle. I froze up last time we used this app. No one should be suprised by this."

"But you leave Julius out of this. It's my fault he's here, so if you're gonna get mad, focus all your anger on me!"

Canalave City

I'd say we need tighter op-sec but with a team like this I'm not sure we have enough discipline...

Susan: If we end up having to induct everyone that finds out about us, we might have double the members in a few months. Especially if all our targets are going to be people we personally know.

Hm... I've got some thoughts on that. Some way of expanding our catchment.

-Then again, those same thoughts are causing his head to sting a little-

Reversal Mountain

Alright guys prep up, one last fight and we're done.

-He takes a moment to pop a heal from his own gear as the Bwaahtmon takes a perch and watches the Megabug circling overhead-

We're gonna walk away from this fight with some great stories. Because I don't doubt for a second our ability to win.

Reversal Mountain

"Well, if she tries eating me she's probably gonna get indigestion. So we have that, at least." It's unclear whether Daydre is being serious about that or not.

"Ready or not, here we go.."

-Ren sighs at the outburst. He'd seen outbursts like this presiding over business.-

Ren: -calmy, to Christina- No I would not expect you to attack and harm Julius. But sleep, if available, is always an option. I believe you can use Sing?

-to Elizabeth- And failing all else, just not meeting up is preferable to letting others that have not formed contracts being let into the other side. And for the record, I am more disappointed than angry.

-Ren rubs the bridge of his nose.-

Ren: -in thought- This is all kinds of worrisome.... We are literally bending the law as far as it will go by changing hearts like this... And while I have enough legal clout to ensure everyone on my payroll is safe... Involving others throws that plan out the window...

-Aria taps Ren's arm.-

Aria: It may be better to tell him enough so he doesn't get involved if he can't help.

Ren: While telling him more makes our security less solid... -sigh- I'll agree that is probably the best we can do at the moment.

Aria: -patiently and calmly to Julius- You may be a part of the J-Team. But most of the group can't help with this. This means that, unfortunately, you can't help until you awaken or form a contract.

-in thought- Which should be soon... Professor Tagg was right, there is no way Julius won't awakened or something if he's this involved...

Ren: -to Elizabeth and Julius- And because of the jobs I offered, the work we are doing is legal. However, Julius getting involved actually makes the legality a lot less certain, since he doesn't have a job at my company. And I don't have the clout or connections to ensure everyone doesn't go to jail if we are arrested with out legal protection.

-to Pent- We can talk more in private.

Silas rubs his head, "My grandfather would classify it as a "Hearts and Minds" kind of job, we're... adjusting perspectives."

Bishop pops out, "Nice save."

"We can only say so much before legalities get really murky as the boss said."

Canalave

Elizabeth: "...sorry."

Christina: <I apologize for my...outburst. I've been on edge lately.>

-Oberon looks into the camera.-

Stormchaser, Vermilion City

Priscilla: To be honest, that wouldn't be too unlikely. It isn't the first time items tested human virtue.

Macraul Residence, Castelia City

Lowell: That's how you greet your guests, Syl?

Before he could mouth off anything else, Lowell was interrupted by Primus, who seemed rather happy to see Sylvestre.

Primus: I am glad to see you well, Master Sylvestre. Your father and I have traveled a great distance to discuss important matters with you. I see you have acculturated well to Unova.

Lowell: Yes, Syl. This news will come as a pleasant shock to you.

Primus: Did we not come to also shower him with personal gifts from yourself and Mistress Helena?

If Sylvestre would look down, he would see several boxes worth of Kalosian pastries at Primus' feet.

Stormchaser

Me: -goes starry-eyed- There were other times?

Kanto Route 11

"Actually," Roy reconsidered, "I think I'll investigate - still be close enough you can see me, but where is everybody?"

A few moments later...

Ersatz

And he winds up here, Koyasa quickly running up to him and hugging his leg.

Stormchaser

Priscilla: Well, I can't pinpoint more recent examples, but it is thought that the Great Current that passes through the Orange Islands seems to have a direct hand in the selection of the chosen one of the Shamouti Guardian Festival, which came to head when an unidentified trainer chosen for the ceremony did manage to pull through and put an end to the 1999 Climate Crisis caused by collector Gerard Lawrence III. It wouldn't be unlikely for objects blessed by the Legendaries to have such properties, and sometimes what we perceive as objects are themselves beings of wisdom.

Stormchaser

Me: Wow...

So that pink gem I found on April Fools' Day might have been blessed by a Legendary Pokémon?

Or might be of itself a being of wisdom?

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Apr 28th 2019 at 1:46:45 PM

Stormchaser

Priscilla: We'll never know unless it's tested. I mean, that's why you called us up, isn't it?

Stormchaser

Me: You're right. That IS why I called you up.

Pokesona group

-Julius is silent at Elizabeth's outburst. it takes a while for him to speak up-

Julius: Mr. Clavis, I'm just here to help. And your hostility to me and to Elizabeth isn't giving me much reason to back down. Whatever it takes to get these... Personas, I want to do it.

Edited by Umbramatic on Apr 28th 2019 at 2:23:01 PM

Rumnation Field

Jack: <Alright, nevermind. Let's g->

Ferris: Well, Jack, you're the one who wanted to fight Virizion in the first place. Now that we ARE fighting it, why don't YOU attack first?

Jack let out a reluctant sigh before floating in front of Virizion.

Jack: <What now?>

Ferris: What attack do you want to do?

Jack would quickly use Night Shade on Virizion. The latter quickly reacted with Close Combat, knocking Jack backwards a bit.