Ultra Plant

-Zenyatta rolls his six-ish eyes and uses Earth Power again-

AU Fiore

-The Incineroar doesn't like that! Not at all! He uses- -

-Uh oh-

-Phantom Force? on multiple people on the battlefield-

Edited by Umbramatic on Jul 2nd 2019 at 2:48:30 PM

Ultra Plant Base, VS Jevil

-In the middle of his pirouette, Ian thinks to himself-

Me: -thinks to self- Y'know... the one thing I didn't know about this fight before it started was how fun it would be... I think I can enjoy myself here!

-I let out a hearty "Ha ha!" as I push against the ground with my left foot and speed up my pirouette, smiling all the while-

-Ian's Pirouette Sped Up!-

AU!Halis notices the Incineroar suddenly disappearing.

AU!Halis: "Oh, uh, wait, it's gone? Where'd it go?"

They look around, confused.

AU!Halis: "Is this one of those magic tricks? I always did wanna learn those... f-for, uh, legitimate reasons, of course! Yeah, no ulterior motive there. Certainly not, I am 100% a legitimate, honest individual..."

They keep watching for wherever it went, expecting some sort of curtain or mirror to fall out of place any minute.

Arthur and AU!Silas backed up against each other, looking out, "I hate ghosts."

"I technically am one," Arthur commented.

<Hey I'm right here,> Alucard commented.

Jackal stared at Gaia and Rogue, and then began to laugh a low rumbling laugh, with his modulator it sounded even more unnatural. "Thanks, I needed that," he responded.

Fox gave the two a thumbs up and walked after Jackal as he started to look about the floor, "This is the spot right? The place of great amounts of power!" she asked.

Jackal looked about, "It's supposed to be, that's what the scans said, Obelisk are you still getting a readout of the tower?"

"Of course Captain, displaying on your huds now."

In everyone's HUD a layout appeared with what looked to be a temperature measurement, the floor they were on was bright with power, "How is Armstrong doing as Overwatch by the way?"

<I'm doing well, nothing to report so far, those cyborg things you killed were the last of them.>

Jackal placed a metal finger to his chin, "Odd..." before turning to Stranger, "We're the Aurabolts, we're on a Pokefutures raid, this place appears to be a factory for their line of cyborg minion, really a mecha mook considering the cloning aspect. It's less evil than their other stuff but still pretty depraved."

"Braun has also been quiet," Fox added.

~Think he decided to shut up?~

"Oh now you want me to speak? Alright I can do that."

Jackal groaned, "Let's go inspect that center room, we'll let the jackass ramble."

"I know you want to punch my face in, have a go, it's right beside you."

Jackal blinked, and looked over, and then down to see a shrivelled husk of what appeared to be a researcher with [german] facial features and thick blonde hair... or it would have were it not a shrivelled husk.

"The fuck?"

"I am not a AI, I am not a Ghost. I am the very soul of Dr. Phineas Braun, I died in this tower 20 years ago, and I will get out... with your help."

Brigit spoke up, <How in the hell did this happen?>

"It was so wonderful, the ultimate project... until a young prodigy maybe no older than 14 came in, Oh Elizabeth... If I ever meet her again I'm dealing with that Alto Marian myself."

Jackal looked to Gaia, "You don't think he me-"

"Oh you've met Tonio? She's the reason why this place fell apart! It's really a fascinating tale!"

Orre Factory-Floor 25

Stranger listened to Jackal as he told him about their team and what they were doing here.

"I've seen some of the stuff Pokefutures is capable of doing. Or rather was capable of doing. These guys must have had their feet in everything. It seems every few years some as-of-yet unknown project or experiment of theirs surfaces."

As the arrive to the dried husk, Stranger just stares at it for a second.

"...Well now. That's something you don't see everyday."

He gingerly pokes the corpse(?) with the barrel of his launcher.

"You're looking rather parched, buddy."

Orre. The Laboratory of Doctor Braun.

Taipan: You said there was someone legitimately alive here.

Mistress: <He is alive, that much is true. Not in the sense that a porygon is, nor in the same way as a ghost is. Ghosts are disembodied spirits of the dead. I can't quite put it in words, but from what I'm feeling, that is a human in an artificial body. Maybe the body shriveled but the mind didn't die with it. But it's so bizarre the only thing I can say is that it is still a living being.>

Edited by MasterJayAM on Jul 2nd 2019 at 4:08:46 PM

-Rogue just winks at Gaia and Jackal (a mask expression that came pre-programmed with a little heart emote). And then they listen to Braun's spiel, and glance between the hallway, the body, and their teammates.-

Rogue: ...This brain upload wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the FutureOS project, would it? I can't recall the timeline quite well enough to be certain if it lines up, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if you're the same sort of thing FOS was.

Orre, Factory Tower, Level 25

-Gaia is very grateful for the fact that her visor conceals the redness in her cheeks, but her expression sours into a scowl upon mention of Tonio's name.-

Gaia: ...Tonio. I should have known she would be involved in this somehow. Thankfully, she is a problem I have some experience in dealing with.

AU Base

Koyasa quickly raised a Reflect screen while Caliburn and Talbain used Swords Dance and Ammy let her Drought activate.

Orre Tower, Floor 25

Feeling some mixture of emotions, Lamb looked at the bow she had pulled off of her back like it was the kickstart of some sort of spiritual awakening.

"Who?" She asked in a half-hearted attempt to distract herself from her flurry of emotions as she continued to stare at the cadaver.

Ultra Plant Base

Three Minds... that's just... weird.

-Starts to near-singlemindedly move in Pef's direction-

AU!Sekra Range Base

Teuthis: -Knocks Raijuu out of the way so that he can take a Phantom Force- <Oof!>

-He then starts doing some mocking laughter-

Aquarius: -Fires a Moonblast at Julius-

AU base

-Cecelia uses protect to lessen the damage.-

Ultra Plant Base

Channah: -shrugs at Pride's disappearance and follows Tagg-

Big Savings: -hesitates, then floats over and pats Megan on the back- < pepperidge farm remembers >

Orre Factory Tower

-Nightingale amps up the distortion on her modulator-

Caroline

-Her head tilts to the side as the eyes turn blue and orange-

Ultra Plant Base

-Daev looks fairly concerned at this thing that was previously making unintelligible noises was now straight up singing his native tongue-

-The Aron meanwhile proves to be startlingly fragile for a Steel Type and is knocked back over to clatter up against Daev's legs and faint-

-Perhaps it's a good time to note that Daev isn't carrying the Aron's pokeball, if it has one-

AU Base

-Drake slides under the Lariat and springs up to slash at the Incineroar-

Stormchaser, OU

-Pent has come out to the deck to just... Ponder things in the dead of night. Another year down, who knows how many he has left. Why does it feel like he's running out of time?-

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me...

-His thoughts catch for a moment at midnight, his vision blurring and head pounding for a few seconds... He rationalizes the static haze as just a lack of sleep-

-The flailing swipe hits Barty, and... well, at the very least, it does more damage than anything else Pef threw at him probably would have.-

Barty: <I never did like needles when I was alive!>

-He hawks up a big blob of Aura, spitting it at Checkmate.-

Dr. Robinson: Oh, please. Betrayal is par for the course in my line of work. But you? You're not even the sort of power-hungry sycophant that normally does it, that's what gets me.

-Jevil teeters a bit more, but it doesn't seem to be due to the attacks at all.-

JEVIL grew more TIRED!

Jevil: {Hee hee, what fun! You kids know how to wear an old fool out! But we still are bringing the house down today!}

-He grabs his head, rolling it around excitedly in his hands, causing it to glow.-

Something terrible is coming...!

Stormchaser, OU

Insomnia. It's a bitch.

A certain Unovan found his way onto the deck, holding a thermos of coffee that smelled more of sugar and vanilla than coffee. He noticed Pent, on his own, singing what almost sounded like a birthday dirge. Hesitantly, he approached.

Ultra Plant Base

Checkmate: <F—>

-PEFE!Every gulps-

Um...Bug resists Ghost! Or does Ghost resist Bug...or both...? Does Poison resist Ghost? Bug has to resist Poison, right... And Poison resists Poison?

I need to battle more.

-she sends out Scuttle-

PEFE!Every: Shadow Sneak! Sorry about this?

Scuttle: <Why are you apologizing? I get chances like this every once in a blue moon; I'm not complaining!>

-he sticks a leg into the darkness, reappearing it out of Dr. Robinson's shadow for a quick jab at Bartemaeus-

Just need to hold out until Rotary gets here...

PEFE!Every: This is a moral issue, not an ambition thing. You remind me too much of my mother.

???

Rotary: <Honestly, this would be easier if you stopped following me.>

Diggersby: <But what fun would that be?>

Edited by memyselfandI2 on Jul 2nd 2019 at 4:20:40 AM

Ultra Plant

Alex: Try to Protect as many people as possible!

-Zenyatta does so-

AU Fiore

-Julius (not that one) roars and uses Shadow Claw, swiping and tearing into anyone who gets close-

Jean: I think it's part Ghost type!

Orre Factory

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-The Mimikyu giggles-

Ultra Plant Base

-Still walking over at a brisk pace-

If that person touches a hair on Every's head I'm feeding them to Sue.

AU!Sekra Range Base

Tuethis: -Hearing Jean- <Oh?>

-Grabs at Julius in an attempt to flip them to the ground-

Raijuu: -Fires a Thunder Wave-

Otegine: -Jabs with her beak at Julius' throat-

Orre, Factory

Skadi: "Yes, I'd hazard to say that makes you a Rotom in all but name."

She directs Sorli to slam another cyborg into the ground.

Megan: -sorta stands there staring into the middle distance, desperately cramming emotions back into their haphazardly-labeled bottles for Not Deadly Times-

-and then is brought back to herself by a Big Savings pat-

Megan: -smiles up at a friendly Tentacool- Thank you...?

Oh gosh we're moving.

-and she follows, at a quick pace-

Vee: -trotting along beside them- <Mmm. Smells like worry. What's up?>

Lapis: BWAH!

-she grabs ahold of what looks like a large wind-up key, and starts twisting-

-and smacks a button with her ear, and presses down a pedal somewhere-

-and the mech's gatling gun, grenade launcher, and sniper rifle just start unloading waves of ice in the vague direction of Jevil-

-the ice-hammer just sorta flails about-

Logan: -already Styler-flicking- ...that cannot be good.

-and they redouble their efforts to Capture Jevil, at a new tack-

-they try to attune to his chaos, filling the circling Line with the runoff of falling skies and rupturing earths—the familiarity of dancing through mazes of lightning and terrible light-

-and then try to turn it in on itself, into the exhaustion of a shut door three hours before sunrise, the moment when the storm settles and the sun glints off the horizon-

You're not from here, are you? And you didn't ask to be.

Don't you just want to go home?

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 2nd 2019 at 7:37:59 AM

AU!Halis looks around before noticing a room nearby, breaking into it with a makeshift lockpick (read, ramming it with a chair), looking around inside.

AU!Halis: "Ooh, I bet there's a lot in here... let's see."

They loot through the room for an extensive period of time, only finding basic office junk and papers with jargon that they can't understand.

AU!Halis: "Yeesh... these people were nerds. I can't even understand half of this garbage. I don't care about 'multidimensional theories' or whatever. You can't sell a theory, that'd be like if I told someone I knew where buried treasure was when the treasure was just a plastic spork or something. Oh well... at least now I won't get hassled, hopefully."

They ball up one of the documents and throw it aside, taking a chair and watching a computer screen somewhere they more than likely shouldn't be, through a computer that's got access to security cameras focusing on the fight but nothing else of interest. They refrain from touching any of it, out of fear of breaking it.

AU!Halis: "Just who are these people, anyway? Hmm..."

AU Base

-Drake finishes his slashing assault and backs off, to give himself plenty of room-

Drake Palmer: Ah yes, and what's super effective against Ghost... Oh I know!

-He readies a voice stronger than a mortal's should be, to speak to the song of the world-

Drake Palmer, Leader of the Emerald Scale: Yuvon. Vuld. WADREN!

-Something hidden under his outfit on his wrist emits a brief flash of yellow sparks as his form starts shifting in the way that happens when an Armband is put on... Or removed-

-And, soon enough, there is a Hydreigon here, with a few adornments befitting of his station along with a large gold band on one front leg-

Paarthurnax, Leader of the Emerald Scale: <Ghost is weak to Dark, yes?>

-He lets out a rumbling chuckle before going in for a    Cronch   . There may have been some uh... Splash damage from that Shout though-

Stormchaser Deck

-Pent stares out at the moon as the feeling of pain and loss passes, eventually he tears his gaze away to notice someone approaching-

Oh, heya Colt...

Edited by Pentigan on Jul 2nd 2019 at 9:51:07 PM

Oliver's Room

-it's been a long day with Oliver and Addie—they've walked about, had lunch, idly battled their respective mons, jumped into a nearby lake on a whim. They're both well and truly tired, and Oliver is laid out on the bed while Addie is using the shower. He seems happy and, for the first time since Joe's gone, genuinely relaxed-

-Addie's Pansage hops up onto the bed, the young mon playing around with Oliver's long brown hair. He laughs-

Oliver: Easy there, little guy. I don't want monkey spit in my hair.

Pansage: :3

-as though he understood what Oliver said and purposefully decided to tease him, the Pansage begins to nibble on the tips of one of the human's locks. Oliver giggled, reaching a hand out to ruffle the Pansage's headfur-

Oliver: C'mooon, I told ya to leave it alone!

-the Pansage smiles and flomps onto Oliver's hair, tangling it up and nibbling some more. Oliver smiles again-

Oliver: C'mon, get oooooff!

-the Pansage is undeterred, giggling like the monkey he is and rolling around until...-

Oliver: ACK!

Pansage: D:

-they're both startled by the sudden appearance of a Chandelure, her blue flames flaring, her eyes cold-

Lady: <He said get off.>

-the Pansage gasps and scampers away, pushing the bathroom door open and (with the shower occupied) hides in the wastepaper basket. Oliver looks at Lady, confused and annoyed-

Oliver: What the hell was that for?

-the Chandelure just sighs-

Lady: <Nothing, dearie. Let my temper get the better of me.>

Stormchaser Deck

Colton wordlessly nodded to Pent. When close enough, he seemed to consider something before he decided to simply summon the illusion of a seat and sit down in it, slouching forward, staring down at the ground in front of him.

With his thermos in his left hand he offered it to Pent. "... Happy birthday," he offered.

AU Base

At Jean's words, Caliburn and Mae went for a Night Slash, Koyasa a Shadow Ball, Amaterasu an Extrasensory and Talbain a Snarl.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Jul 2nd 2019 at 4:57:45 AM

Ultra Plant

Naga: "Defend yourselves."

-Tempest and Symphony cover themselves and their trainers with Protects.-

AU - Fiore, Mo-Bius Base

-Typhoon glares at Julius, while Beowulf leaps away, only getting grazed by the Shadow Claw.-

Shaun: "Outta the way!"

-Shaun dances ever so gracefully, putting his fingertips on his temples then holding his palm out at Julius.-

-Beowulf's sword lengthens, becoming a huge greatsword à la the Buster Sword or Dragonslayer. He leaps forward with a flurry of attacks, blade moving faster than the eye can see.-

-Shaun stumbles and falls to the ground, gasping for air. AU!Shaun picks him up and leans him on his shoulder.-

AU!Shaun: "Dumbass. Now I know you're me."