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kalos warehouse
Kat: Hmm... So there's a restaurant... I'm assuming restaurants have toilets. Perfect for getting into the air vents, and a meal! Shame I couldn't just have a nice meal out with Cady...
Cady: <We could do that some other time.>
Gwen: I'm sure it's perfectly safe but I'd not trust the food the Marcauls give. Especially if someone catches on you could end up waking up somewhere you don't want to. Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything. Let my paranoia get to me. Anyway, brought my own snacks.
-She pulls out a bag of pokemon kibble and starts eating it.-
Merah: Mind if I have some?
Gwen: Sure!
Merah: My favorite brand!
Cady: <So yeah, I'd be happy to offer my ability to go tiny places.>
I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.
Meet The New Boss
Kalos Warehouse
Voyd: -to Daydre- I was in your head once remember?
Merlin: <Okay then here's the plan. Reynard sneaks the bag in with his chocolate, Daydre sneaks me in with her art, Flabebe girl deactivates the security, then we go find and steal the Z-Crystal.>
Voyd: Only one problem. Who's going to distract the lady who got her grubby hands on it? That Kai fellow? Are they here?
Stormchaser, Roy
Aphrodite: Here, hold on.
-Starts typing a text-
From: CEO Of Fabulous Inc.
Any of you J-Teamers know any Blazing Sigil characters from Jugdral that wound up in this dimension? I found one, a Heloptile named Ishtar.
Meanwhile
-Gabe gets the text and gulps-
From: Goth But Fabulous
I may have found one?
-Archer sweats-
From: THIS IS HOW YOU GET DURANT
Me too?
Kalos Warehouse
Reynard: That's settled. I'll make a few calls and get a few samples in. It'll be a cinch.
Witness: Wait, you're not planning to let the old man let you all into that place?
Reynard: I don't mind. Good cau—
Witness: We can't let senior citizens go around places unattended.
Reynard: What? I have [Life Alert]? I keep fit—
Witness: Besides the point, monsieur. You're a bajillion years old. Someone has to come with him. Like, an assistant. People will believe you better if you have an assistant anyway.
Reynard: Okay, I guess. Any takers?
Geographic Society Offices, days after the Lycanrow incident
Jonathan: Chief, have I got the story for you. You've familiarized yourself with the Lycanrow incident, eh?
Jean: Was updated on it live. I've seen your footage. It's troubling. How'd so many Pokefutures assets even get into [Europe].
Jonathan notices that Jean is with someone else in the room—someone he's vary familiar with.
Jean: You remember my son, Armand.
Thierry: I go by Thierry, now, Captain. A pleasure to meet you again, Monsieur Halliburton.
Jonathan: A pleasure. We... met at the St. Aldrich Auction.
Thierry: I had suspected something shady in the auction and went undercover, though it boggled me that Pokefutures managed to be prominent in that one as well.
Jean: Okay, you two, I brought you here since you seem to be investigating this larger plot. Now, we all have heard of the vigilantes that broke into the seized facility off the Sinnohan coast a few weeks back. They left no trace and all we know about them is the witness accounts by the arrested grunts. We haven't made much of a connection of substance between this and the St. Aldrich raid. But I do suspect a more direct connection between this and Eddisburg.
Jonathan: Meanwhile, my fearow's aerial footage reveals a bunch of high res images of superheroes, who had been antagonizing the suspected Pokefutures grunts that were fleeing the area before the monster came in. Some of their compatriots were seen in nearby Eddisburg, coordinating evacuation with Interpol.
Thierry: Whoa, did you say Interpol?
Jonathan: Yes. They served alongside the superheroes during the evacuation. We were able to identify at least some of them.
Thierry: They may be overstepping their boundaries if they lingered too long after the evacuation.
Jean: Let him finish.
Jon sets down a few pictures from Interpol photographers.
Jonathan: We identified at least one of the vigilantes as Vulpecula, a superhero who occasionally works in Kalos and is usually accompanied by an Armored Arcanine.
Thierry: I am familiar. And hold on, play the footage.
Walter: Yes, officer.
Jonathan: Hey.
Walter moves to the computer and opens a video file of the superheroes seen in the top part of the castle. One of them, coated in gunk, seems oddly familiar. Walter pauses the video.
Thierry: Doesn't that other figure look like Gaia?
Jonathan: Is she out of retirement? And that guy over there next to her. Kind of reminding me of the Jackal.
Thierry: Isn't he just an urban legend?
Jonathan: I've been investigating those poacher raids for some time now, eh. The Jackal they mention is very real, but also very hard to describe. Nobody ever gets a good look at the dude to have anything too concrete, but they do describe him as armored, masked, and kind of burly. Just like that guy.
Thierry: You're not serious.
Jean: Do either of you think they match the reports from Sinnoh?
Edited by MasterJayAM on Oct 29th 2019 at 1:24:40 AM
Kalosian warehouse
Silversmith's stomach betrayed him and growled. While he was unnerved and unsettled by the seemingly endless transformations that surrounded him, he took solace in the fact that nobody paid attention to him. He turned around, picked up the box he had left on the floor, stashed it, and took a deep breath. He was trying his hardest to suppress his fears and hunger, when Reynard requested an assistant.Silversmith: "Oh, absolutely. I volunteer! I would love to assist! I'll attempt to exude an atmosphere of legitimacy!"
The job was perfect. Away from the main force, almost not breaking any rules, easy to feign ignorance should worst come to worst, and even from a position where he didn't know the active goings on of the raid. Silversmith felt like a coward, but the thought of any unfortunate accidents justified his actions to himself.
Some Rando
Kalos Warehouse
Colton and Caliburn looked out across the warehouse and paused.
"Some part of me wonders if we have too many people involved in this," Caliburn considered.
"Yeah," Colton agreed. "We're trying to be sneaky here, and with a party this big it'll be pretty hard. But I can still help - hide us in an illusion," he offered.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Kalos Warehouse
Reynard: That was forward. Alright, Mr. Silversmith, welcome aboard the chocolate express. You look hungry. We have more biscuits and chocolate. Put meat in them bones. Also, since this job will end up being legit, you'll actually be hired by my company and will probably get a few bucks for being my assistant.
The Wanderer
Stormchaser
From: Tagg
Yeah, but that might be a bit...awkward.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Kalos Warehouse
Me: I guess that means I'll be getting in the bag with the rest of the J-Team...
So, Piku-chan...
Piku-chan: <Yes?>
Me: Do you trust me to call you back into your Poké Ball so we can hide in the backpack with the J-Team long enough for Cady to disable the Macrauls' security system, Grandpa Reynard and Silversmith to distract the Macrauls with chocolate, Daydre to sneak Merlin in with the art and wait for the right time to reclaim a Z-Crystal that rightfully belongs to Voyd?
Piku-chan: <We're gonna do it together, and It's Gonna be great!>
Me: Are you being honest with me?
Piku-chan: <I am, yet I'm scared...>
Me: I get it, Piku-chan... You're so used to being outside your Poké Ball and riding on my shoulder or walking by my side. You and I are like Oliver Capsule and his buddy...
...or like a trainer we've never met...
...but I want you to trust me on this... I'll let you out of your ball once the raid is over or we end up having to fight the Macrauls...
Whatever comes first...
Piku-chan: <I trust you...>
Me: Okay...
-thinks to self- I never thought I'd have to say this again...
Piku-chan... Return.
-I call Piku-chan back to his Poké Ball
-
Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Dec 14th 2020 at 1:24:11 PM
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
The Flamebringer
Rue Macraul
Luciana frowns, digging out her letter.
Luciana: "Heart's desire... spades... club... diamonds."
She steps on the plates in that order.
Textspace
From: Robin (The other one)
I believe Julius, at least.
Kalos, Warehouse
Kaze: "I'm confident in my abilities to get in separately. Artoria and I will stay out separately for backup in case things go wrong."
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
Meet The New Boss
Kalos Warehouse
Voyd: Question still is if that Kai person or someone else is gonna distract the pepper lady Macraul.
Merlin: -to Colton- <I'd prefer you give the ball to me yeah.>
-to Kaze- <If you insist.>
Reversal Mountain
-Fortuna's Moonblast doesn't do much damage, but it does throw off a Dragon Pulse meant for Ann-
Lina: I meant for defending, not attacking!
-Eventually the Bucklers fall-
-Neo-Alovye keeps spitting Dragon Pulses at the party tho-
Textspace
From: CEO of Fabulous Inc.
Okay, you all meet me in the Stormchaser and we'll hash things out.
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Kalos Warehouse
Daydre: "Well yeah but I kinda assumed you just read my surface thoughts. Or something. I don't really know how mind stuff works."
"Damn I guess this means I'm going to have to make like, an actual painting or something..."
Reversal Mountain
"That thing just doesn't quit, huh..." Daydre continues avoiding attacks, Sylvie and Rabbid!Daydre dodging and also attacking.
Edited by Daydre on May 5th 2019 at 9:16:07 AM
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Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Kalos Warehouse
Me: Mind stuff, huh?
-thinks to self- It must be that Telepathy stuff I encountered during my training... Boy, during the raid would be the WORST time for me to learn that I had powers like that...
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Fwomph
Reversal Mountain, Past
-Yeesh, this is a pretty unrelenting battle ain't it?-
-Pent's just trying to keep healed up, his Rabbid self is the one doing actual damage-
Kalos Warehouse, Quasi-Present
-Pent stays by the wall and watches everyone make plans-
Rue Macraul, I Guess That Makes This Near-Future
-As the tiles are stepped on in order, they make a pleased grinding sound. From unseen speakers, a tinny version of the 'Secret Found' jingle from Lo Z plays-
PA System: Congratulations, you solved my front path puzzle!
-The door swings open to reveal a black void-
PA System: Welcome, aspirants!
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Some Rando
Rue Macraul, Near-Future
Colton stared into the black void before he started towards it.
"How did you...?" He asked.
Kalos Warehouse
"Right now?" He offered, holding the ball out in front of him, towards Merlin.
"Wait, whose bag are we using?"
Stormchaser, Aphrodite
<Any takers?> Roy asked.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
The Flamebringer
Rue Macraul, Near Future
Luciana: "Cool. Not ominous at all."
She walks into the voooooiiiid .
The Stormchaser
F!Robin walks up to Aphrodite and Roy.
F!Robin: "Hello."
She waves.
Reversal Mountain
Rin continues to attempt to find cover.
Archer holds up a now-rapidly-failing protect barrier.
Ruby attempts to dodge meteors and heal anyone who needs it.
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
Dunsparce Cloud
Textspace
To: Kylo Elric
From: Ever
ahahahaha
ill b right there
Not A Lawyer
Rue Macraul
-Shun blinks as the door opens to reveal the void .-
Shun: ...What do they want with us, anyway?
-Rather than walk blindly in, he turns on his flashlight and points it at the void in the hope of illuminating it.-
Textspace
From: Lucius
<3
love you babe~
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Kalos Warehouse
Me: I'm offering to use my backpack for the raid if anyone wants...
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Meet The New Boss
Kalos Warehouse
-Merlin snatches the Pokeball-
Merlin: <Yes please!>
Voyd: That kid's backpack yes.
Stormchaser, Roy
-Gabe and Archer are here too-
Aphrodite: -to Roy- Looks like it. Though I hear Julius is... Sensitive.
Gabe: It's... complicated.
Archer: And messy.
Ishtar: Julius... Sounds familiar...
Aphrodite: Hmmm. Robin, what do you know?
Contact Me!
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Kalos Warehouse
-Ian takes the sewing kit out and gets to work-
-Ian sews a J-Team Pocket for his Backpack-
Me: Now there's a special pocket for us to hide in until it's time to implement our plan to retrieve the Z-Crystal!
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Some Rando
Kalos Warehouse
"Neat," Colton and Caliburn chorus, grabbing their transformative stones, respectively transforming into a Lycanroc and Kartana, and retrieving the other's Pokeball from the former's backpack.
Stormchaser, Aphrodite
Roy turned to F!Robin, looking at her with an amount of nervousness.
<Could I have my choker back?> He asked Ishtar.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Fwomph
Rue Macraul
-Pent follows the other three in, feeling a little apprehensive himself...-
-Once everyone's inside the black void the door vanishes. There isn't even a sound, just the light and last glimpse of the outside disappears into the black. Everyone is left in that silent black void...-
-Let's come back to this after the rest of the post-
Kalos Warehouse
-Pent takes a few moments to sort out what tools and such he'll need directly on his person before approaching the person in charge of carrying the Team in-
-He holds back from making a bad-mannered remark about how hammerspace bags used to be a direct gift from the gods-
Elsewhere?
-Nope, no other plotlines need posts right now-
-What? Well dang, I guess back to-
Rue Macraul - The Void
-It is a tense few moments in the void before some kind of light appears. Though it casts no illumination, four glowing colors are visible ahead and slightly above the intuitive horizon: A red earring shaped like a Heart, a yellow signet ring with a Diamond-shaped panel, a blue pauldron with a black Club shape formed from negative space and a green wolf mask bearing a negative space Spade.-
-And then the music kicks in-
-The lights kick on, four white spotlights illuminating the four bearers of the glowing trinkets in turn, standing upon a stage. The first is a tall man in a red suit, faux-leaning on a cane and wearing a smirk bordering on unsettling. The second is a lady in a yellow labcoat, standing straight and attentive with clipboard in hand. To their left is a guy in blue armor, legitimately leaning on his plain wooden cudgel. The last, the wearer of the mask is a short person in a green dress, trying to hide behind their more confident companions-
-Once all four are lit the room lights up in glowing panels of their four signature colors for the rest of the song, once it fades out the man in red bows and taps his lapel microphone-
The Red Brother: Welcome to our humble home, aspirants. Are thou ready to seek your heart's desire? I am Lucian Macraul, and these are my siblings.
The Yellow Sister: I am Ekaterina Macraul, and I would like to reinforce my brother's welcome. I do hope the door lock wasn't too strenuous on your minds.
The Blue Brother: Yo, name's Tomas. You guys look like you can handle the games, I wish ya luck. Oh and the pipsqueak's Janus, she's too shy to say it.
The Green Sister: N-no I'm not... Hi...
Lucian Macraul: As you can see, we've put a lot of effort into establishing this place, and I dare say it's paid off!
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
The Flamebringer
Rue Macraul - The Void
Luciana: "Hey quick question what happened to the door?"
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
Not A Lawyer
Rue Macraul
-Shun blinks at the four siblings, hand moving to his Pokeballs.-
Shun: ...What's going on here? What do you want with us, and why did you send the letters in the first place?
Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.
Kalos Warehouse
Daydre: "I mean I could do girl scout cookies too that lifetime membership was expensive I might as well use i- I mean, uh. Yeah. I'm kinda surprised you knew that."
Marco: "Gods I'm going to have to climb in that"
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