Reversal Mountain

Ann: -Manages to get her bearings back and starts shooting at the red markings-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Gaspard's Bedroom, Macraul Manor

Gaspard—somehow still dressed in an immaculate dark suit—is fixated on an LCD screen while playing [Fortnite]. Beside him is a seemingly ordinary umbreon with a weird collar.

Marius enters.

Marius: Young master, your uncle is inviting you to the Function Room Roi Soleil to test the new chocolate.

Gaspard: Uh. I shall join them soon. Call up mother; may be she's interested.

Marius: Is she still in the premises?

Gaspard: I cannot recall.

Marius: I do recommend joining them at the soonest convenience. It is unwise to spend too long playing video games, no matter how deserving the n00bs are of abject humiliation for being of inferior birth.

Gaspard: Yes.

Lo and behold, the collared umbreon's speech can also be translated.

Lamarck: Sir, Marius is correct. I recommend joining your uncle as soon as this Battle Royale has finished. I am aware of how much pleasure humans derive from chocolate.

Gaspard: Yes.

Marius: I shall see you there momentarily, sir.

Gaspard: Yes.

Marius leaves, presumably to invite the other family members present. The Battle Royale ends.

Gaspard: Once again the unwashed masses have been put in their place.

Lamarck: Sir?

Gaspard turns off his Switch and TV and gussies himself up.

Gaspard: I shall proceed to Uncle Lowell's business. Perhaps this confectioner shall be less disappointing than the last.

Lamarck: Indeed.

Gaspard: Summon your brothers and sisters and have them patrol the grounds.

Lamarck: Yes, sir.

-Rogue almost instinctively turns to glance at Shaun, but pauses long enough to put on a different, non-helmet-based mask before they do.-

Rogue: Who, or what, exactly? Some variety of glitch, I assume?

Vierr: We've got to get those artifacts out of her! I think that's what the red markings are!

-He swings the hammer's chain again, and throws it toward the markings. Vierrabbid takes another shot at them.-

The Stormchaser, F!Grima's room

F!Robin: "..."

F!Grima: "..."

F!Robin: "... We'll discuss what we're going to do with you later. You need new clothes first."

F!Grima: "... Thank you."

F!Robin offers F!Grima a hand, pulling her up.

F!Grima takes it, somewhat tiredly.

F!Robin: "I have questions, but they can wait. Let's go."

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

Reversal Mountain

-Pent and his Rabbid duplicate both turn and open fire on the markings-

The Bwaaahtmon: <BWAAAAHA!>

Once the game rule enforcement goes down I am so getting a sword out.

The Oblivion Wing

-Nightingale had returned to the Wing, but not to any of the public areas. She had sought out the most secluded, darkened part of the ship to sit and decompress from the day's raid. Eventually she gained enough awareness to think a single question-

What did you do?

Four Macraul Mansion

Janus Macraul: The Gorajo is a-

-A deep bell rings faintly through the house-

Tomas Macraul: Fuck, that's the generator ain't it?

Ekaterina Macraul: I'll go check. Please keep calm Luk- Lucian. It's not good for your health.

-She departs backstage-

Lucian Macraul: You know, I wanted you to feel like you won. Do you think I'm some murderer luring people in with a false premise? No! I have given people their heart's desires, and they sure as all hell felt like they earned it afterward!

-As Lucian has a brief coughing fit, there is a second chime from the bell. Janus checks her tablet again-

Janus Macraul: Brother, you're affecting the reactor stability...

Lucian Macraul: Do you know what reward is without effort? Without earning it? It's inheritance, and I know it well! Do you know how frustrating it is to be a Macraul and a perfect collection just falls into your lap? It's unsettling, it feels like you just... You're just supposed to sit on it and leave the fun to everyone else.

-A third tolling of the bell. Lucian's looking kind of upset-

Tomas Macraul: I'm gonna help Kat out...

Lucian Macraul: So I made these games to give me just that hint of what it must be like to strive for something! And in you come and complain, complain, complain like you deserve to get something for nothing! Ekaterina could wander off tomorrow to collect memories with her Psychic whatevers if she ever thought there were better ones outside this house. Tomas could walk out that door and use his Fighting prowess to collect wounds, whether his own or someone else's. Janus... She's content to sit at home collecting words in the Dark, but at least she can leave! And here I am, trapped in this house with a collection large enough to last a lifetime but feeling like a Ghost in my own body...

-Fourth bell, another weak flurry of coughs from the thin man in red-

Janus Macraul: Stop shouting...

Lucian Macraul: But fine! If you want to see what getting what you want without effort looks like then I'll abandon the pretense!

I am Lucian Macraul and I collect stories, it's high time I got a chance to make them!

-The fifth bell rings, the world goes dark for a moment and when it returns Lucian is gone. Pent stumbles back, staggering like he's been shot before he regains his footing-

... Let's leave.

Janus Macraul: N-no. If... If 'arms outstretched' means anything to you, you shouldn't leave...

It's meaningless, let's go.

Edited by Pentigan on May 7th 2019 at 10:31:26 PM

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Stormchaser, Roy

Gabe: I could like, call him?

Reversal Mountain

-The continued assault causes Neo-Alovye's physical form to grow unstable-

   Neo-Alovye: N͓͈̪̙͎̰o̼̬̳͚.̫͖̲̤͈͎̜.̴̳͈̗͇.͕ ̲̺̼̼͘N̤̖͔Ó̬͎̠͓̪̣!̨̹̦͕͙   

-She attempts to Flare Blitz and catch as many people as possible in it-

Contact Me!

Four Macraul Manor

-Shun blinks at Lucian's rant and sudden disappearance, then turns to Pentigan, looking confused.-

Shun: What... what just happened? I feel like I'm missing something important here...

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.

Four Macraul Mansion

Luciana: "... Someone sounds entitled."

"And probably unhinged."

"But is definitely making strawman arguments."

Reversal Mountain

Rin, Ruby, and Archer dive behind cover with varying degrees of success.

The Stormchaser

F!Robin: "... Yes, if you have his number."

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

my mouse slipped

Edited by SwiftSeraph on May 7th 2019 at 8:33:35 AM

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Oblivion Wing

-Shaun stares at the group takes off his mask and hood, shaking out his hair.-

Shaun: "That's what Nightingale was using, yes. There were some...incidents last year. Glitch-powered animation studio, then...Hyul."

"An ancient island, hidden from the outside world. Like HQ island. Magitek-based society, insanely advanced for their time. They had a fucking cryo chamber, for Palkia's sake. But...their tech was fueled by Glitch power - Ink."

"Me and a couple others got "invited" to that island and had to kill the Glitch and its, er, offspring. There was...one human survivor. Everyone else had died. Mon-only population, since the human princess was in stasis."

"Anyway...they had Beasts just like the one you guys saw. But after we killed the main Glitch - called Jester - all the Ink dried up, like I said. Isbrand and I went there to check on the island and salvage some tech. I assumed nothing of his still existed, besides Pent's Artifact, which...seems splintered off, from what I've seen."

-Shaun runs his fingers through his hair and glances at Alice.-

Shaun: "Clearly I was wrong."

"..."

"The Beast you fought. What color did it glow?"

---

Reversal Mountain

Isbrand: "Joke's on you, Pentigan!"

-She and Isbrabbid dodge and weave through pillars, the latter tossing grenades at Neo-Alyove.-

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Stormchaser, Roy

Gabe: One sec.

-Dials a number-

Hey, uh, Julius? We need you in [WHEREVER IN THE STORMCHASER THIS IS TAKING PLACE]. Yes it's important. Okay thanks bye.

-hangs up-

He says he'll be right over.

Contact Me!

Rue Macraul

Colton stared before breaking the silence. “I don’t know if that’s reason to continue or leave, but if they went through all this for us,” he decided. I’m in.

Stormchaser, Aphrodite

"Good to hear,” Roy allowed.

Reversal Mountain

Having been close to Neo Alovye due to hitting her with Facepalm Over Two, Kazuma’s body was sent flying into Helmsman, rendering both of them out of commission.

Only Colton remained. He had stayed out of range and fired Sylveon’s Desire at someone who needed it.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Four (Three?) Macraul Mansion

Does it matter what happened to him? He exploded or something or just decided to shove off somewhere else. Let's just leave.

Janus Macraul: Please don't leave... You're not supposed to...

Oh just be quiet for a moment and let us leave.

-There's a strange feeling in the air. Some sort of presence-

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.

Four Macraul Mansion

-Shun begins to follow after Pent, but then stops after a moment.-

Shun: ...No. You can leave, if you wish, but I believe that what I have seen here warrants further investigation if only so that I can begin making sense of it.

-He turns back towards Janus and begins to approach her.-

Shun: Excuse me, miss, would you please take the mask off? I have a few questions for you.

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.

Rue Macraul

Luciana: "Yeah, well, I'm not very good at doing thing I'm 'supposed' to. Nero over here has a point, this is all really fishy and we should probably just leave for our own safety. That said, being a Cain I am a paragon of good decisions, and, thus, I'm with Mister Detective over here. This warrants further investigation, creepy or not."

The Stormchaser

F!Robin nods.

Edited by Izshta on May 7th 2019 at 7:35:15 AM

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

The Pen's avatar formed before Nightingale and spoke -Hey I didn't do anything! I got knocked out, something in that room was attuned to Jester base constructs and it shut me down. Didn't think that was possible. How'd you fair? You and your team kill some zombies?-

Silas cocked a brow, "Okay then. Hyul artifacts, remember Phaz giving me a report about those."

~Maybe Nightingale's friend the Pen could explain some stuff.~

Roxy shrugged, "It's a theory. But still, a glitch, different from what I thought we'd be fighting. I figured we're the Punisher type of hero, small time, undercover dirty black op work. Or Blackwatch from Overwatch."

Snakeye chuckled a bit, <Widowmaker main.>

"It was not glowing at all, only glowing parts were soft areas near it's so called bloodstream, which appeared to be made of a green ooze of sorts."

~It also seemed to be... patched together, parts of its arms were exposed showing this bronze metal similar to the Alakazam helmet Tonio talked about.~

Silas paced a bit, "This is going to be trouble."

Roxy raised a hand, "Did we even set out what we aimed to do?"

Silas paused, giving it some thought, "We went there to find out what Pokefutures was up to, as well as burning their armories, uncovering whatever details on their experiments we could, and stopping them from getting the immortality bit. We killed a giant monster which Tonio said might contain the secrets."

~Actually about that, Roxy you fought zombies and helped people get out of Eddisburg, Shaun what did you and the others on the Catacomb team fight?~

Oblivion Wing

Shaun: "Hmm. Interesting."

"Oh, we fought...zombie Helmuth. And his zombie Salamence. There was a lot of green fire there, and he almost crushed my windpipe."

-He shrugs.-

"He...did not really pose a huge threat."

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Stormchaser, Roy

-Eventually Julius enters-

Julius: Hey guys what do you nee-

-notices a Helioptile, Alolan Vulpix, and Alolan Sandshrew staring intently at him-

...What?

Archer: Uh, Julius? The Vulpix is your mom. The Helioptile is your girlfriend. And the Sandshrew is... Some other guy.

Julius: ...

Deidre: ...

Ishtar: ...

Sigurd: ...

Contact Me!

The Stormchaser

F!Robin: "... Tact, thy name is not Archer."

"What kind of name is Archer, anyways?"

She sighs.

"But yes, a, um, blunt, if not inaccurate, way to put it."

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

Restaurant Macraul

Gwen: Thank you. I think I will have the roast Miltank.

Merah: Could I have the mushroom sautée, please?

Kat: Such a pleasant selection... I will go for the Basculin fillet.

Merah: Hmm... So many pokemon foods to choose from. Are there any you would recommend?

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Restaurant Macraul Function Room Roi Soleil

Though he had no psychic powers and was not present to hear it, Silversmith got a feeling of foreboding when Gaspard said "less disappointing than the last". He was unable to perfectly continue his facade of legitimacy, but he did manage to smile and assist Reynard whenever needed. He plotted his eventual exit.

Restaurant Macraul, main dining hall

Waiter: Might I suggest the poképuff? They're a favorite among most visitors' pokémon.

Restaurant Macraul, Function Room Roi Soleil

-Ian the Pikipek hears what Gaspard said-

Ian the Pikipek: -whispers to the rest of the J-Teamers in the bag with me- We've got trouble...

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on May 8th 2019 at 2:35:14 PM

♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...

Restaurant Marcaul

Merah: Ah yes! How could I forget such a traditional Kalosian delicacy? I will order three pokepuffs for our pokemon.

I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.

Restaurant Macraul

Waiter: Thank you, mademoiselle. We shall have the meals delivered posthaste. Thank you for letting us serve you today, on behalf of the Macraul family.

The waiter exits with a flourish because Macraul employees are extra that way.

Function Room Roi Soleil

Lowell: Forgive my nephew, sirs. He has a tendency to make that joke.

Gaspard gave an impish grin, which makes the people around him, including his uncle, visibly unnerved. A clear wave of relief was to be had when returned to his original sullen expression.

Gaspard: People tend to say that I am not especially humorous. I find that difficult to believe.

Lowell: Yes. You may be seated Gaspard.

Judging by the expression of the chocolatiers, they appear to be very pleased with the product.

Lowell: My apologies, but very few members of my family are currently present. My rotom has been sent to personally summon those present. My cousin Ludovic may fall behind in joining us as he may have other matters to attend to.

Reynard: Will Lord Macraul himself be around?

Lowell: Alas, my brother is engrossed in important business elsewhere.

Reynard: I see.

Edited by MasterJayAM on May 23rd 2019 at 10:24:24 PM