Ultra Plant Base

-As the Xurkitree continue shocking and smashing-

Okay I told Helianth to have an Ultra Wormhole ready right about... now.

-One appears... right over the side of the cliff-

We're gonna have to jump, or teleport above the hole, either one.

Stormchaser, today

-Noticing Korexis-

Oh hey, what's this?

-Takes the gift bag-

Megan: -peering down over the side- ...ooooooh, yep.

-and there's a little pulse of static as a...thing descends-

-it seems to be a "ship" in the loosest sense of the term, and appears to be composed largely of hinges and glowing weld lines-

-it's a tour bus if a tour bus had no wheels, was...some number of times as large, shone a vague silvery at all times, and hung in the air like the back half of a song-

-it has all the charm of a brick someone tried and failed to hew out of bismuth-

-oh, and it's being possessed by a Rotom-

Spaceship?Rotom: <Hiiiiii~>

Addie: -from an open...door-thing- <You're alive!>

Logan: -leaping up to land beside Megan- Seems so!

Megan?

Megan: -grinning- Heh, yeah...

-and they turn to look back at the Wormhole-

(Xurkititan: -roars in Ultra Beast-)

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 3rd 2019 at 6:44:37 AM

Ultra Plant Base

Channah: -returns Big Savings- -whoosh- <Good thing I'm a bird.> -flies in-

Stormchaser, today

Korexis: -tugs back at the bag for a few seconds before letting go with a tiny growl-

Channah: Give him the- Okay. Good. Uh, hi. Happy birthday.

-there are two things wrapped in blue tissue paper in the bag-

Ultra Plant Base

-PEFE!Every is ambling along after the others, Scuttle nudging her from behind-

PEFE!Every: You see, here there's the "Ultra Wormhole" to escape. But because there are still things to settle, it's out of easy reach, implying the necessity of choice. It's like Ever always says—

Scuttle: <And now I know you're loopy.>

-he kicks PEFE!Every onto the ship, before jumping after-

PEFE!Every: Hi Logan! Do you represent a defibrillator? I hope not; I don't think those work the way everyone thinks they do...

Ultra Plant Base

-Does a Leap of Faith into the Ultra Wormhole-

Stormchaser, today

-To Korexis-

Don't be like that, remember your training.

-Opens-

Ultra Wormhole

-Alex rides Zenyatta through the wormhole-

Alex: Woooohooooooooooooo! Suck eggs, Mobius!

AU Fiore

-As everyone converges outside, the base collapses and an angry Julius (not that one) storms off-

Jean: Well that's one down. Any word from the others?

Stormchaser, today

-the first item is a Dialga-themed phone case-

Channah: Okay, I know it's lame, but I saw it and thought it might fit your iPhokéx.

-the second is rather heavier - a Mudkip made of colored clay, curled in sleep around a clay Swampertite; its somewhat crude look suggests it wasn't made by a professional-

Channah: It's, uh, just small stuff, but I'd like to think it's a bit better than my last gift.

Edited by Metanoia on Jul 3rd 2019 at 7:58:24 AM

Braun audibly paused and then said, "Oh you know Tonio? Dislike her as well, how delightful! I'm very sorry for the violence earlier but the way you talked about my work here made me think there was no other way to motivate you, forgive me, I have been here so long."

Jackal grunted, "Sounds like a typical Pokefutures researcher begging for mercy."

"I guess you could say that, as for the FutureOS comment, you have experience eh? I'd be delighted if you told me what happened to it. And I suppose that is the closest to what I am, thank you for that... er.. Rogue... really you want to call yourself that?"

Fox blinked, "Is there something wrong with our names?"

"Well they just seem a bit... silly, as well as your costumes. What are you a group of costumed vigilantes?"

Jackal grunted again, "Protect our identities and keep attention away, we do some undercover work and less pleasant stuff."

"Ah stealth team. You remind me of a manga that was popular around my time, a tale about a young ninja who never did anything stealthy or assassin like... I wonder what happened to it."

Jackal motioned the team forward, splitting the party in half with Gaia as they took the staircases up to the center room.

"Well I suppose while you continue your little power walk... Tonio was brilliant surely but she lacked a certain... je ne sais quoi if you pardon my Kalosian. She saw the work we were doing with our Future series program, pokemon made even better through cybernetics, and totally loyal too... but we were expanding beyond that, we had gotten our hands on a single strand of dna from a Legendary."

Fox started to worry as Jackal slowly opened one of the rusted sliding doors.

"And I did it, I made my greatest creation..."

Sitting inside was a singular frosted pod...

"Which was only the start of what went wrong when Tonio wanted to shut it down, and when we didn't capitulate... well let's just say the rusted models standing outside decaying were not my idea of lawn decoration. However with you all here, you can help me, enter my greatest creation. My Thor, please, grant me a new body."

Inside was a Adonis shaped cyborg, glowing a bright yellow with folded wings with arcing bolts of electricity among them. Hayon shivered, ~That thing is alive alright, it has a aura but... there are no grooves among it, no history, no personality, it may as well be dead.~

"So, who wants to help me get my mind in there, I have no love for my old employers, they never once checked in on me, I could help you fight them... I could help you kill Tonio even."

Arthur recalls his team, as does AU!Silas, and they begin booking it out of there, Arthur unsurprisingly being faster.

AU!Silas has only one thing to say as he starts charging out of the collapsing base, a consistent cluster of f-bombs.

"Keep running, it's good for your cardio!" Arthur calls back.

"So is not being crushed!"

As they get outside, Arthur says, "Well that was fun."

Silas exited the elevator, followed by Hacks as they looked about, the floor was empty and the living area had blood marks and broken drywall. Kent Walters apartment was room 23 and from what Silas could see, lead a direct path to the Living Area, interesting detail.

The apartment complex was being shut down in a few weeks so people had been moving out, leaving only Walters and 2 others on this floor before they had to move as well. The first one was his neighbor, Mrs. Jameson who was a older woman who retired from the Research labs before Juniper got the job, and Thorpe, who was a Geosoc employee who did urban reports.

Silas had issues labeling either of them suspects, one was a old woman and the other was a reporter who was reported as "anti-social", attacking a former judge even if he had been a ass beforehand. "Got anything Hacks?"

~What do I look like, a search dog?~

Silas stared at the auric pokemon with a long snout and sensitive ears, Hacks caught on, ~Don't answer that.~

The two stepped into the apartment of Mr. Walters and began to look around, Silas finding a half emptied bottle of whiskey, a dirty shot-glass, and a file of old records from his days as a judge.

"Drunk rage? Could have been caused by any number of things, perhaps drunkenly waxing on old glories."

Silas set the whiskey bottle down and set about investigating the rest of the apartment, the window was open and the fire escape was clear.

"Did someone sneak in?"
"Must collect more data."

Hacks shrugged, ~I ain't smelling anything beyond the bourbon...~

"Perhaps smell isn't what we need, We'll continue the investigation and come back to this soon."

The living area provided little beyond signs of a fight, the impacts stating it got pretty heavy, "More people should probably just play cards to sort out their personal problems."

~I place one card face down and end my turn.~

Silas pulled out his pDroid and gave the area a scan, "Okay so... seems we have CCTV for the living area, cables follow that way."

~Oh hey, tech stuff, the one area you're really good at.~

Silas stared at Hacks, who grinned in smugcario, "Give me a quick scan of the area with aura sight please. See if we are the only ones here."

Hacks rolled his eyes, ~You're paranoid, there is no on-~ he froze as he gave the floor a scan, and in a very hurried tone said, ~There was someone else here... for a brief moment.~

Silas turned directly to Hacks, ~For a brief moment there was another auric signature down the hallway, different, but it vanished as soon as I started the scan...~

Silas let out Conroy, who stretched, <Hey what are we->

"Conroy, you and Hacks keep a ear out, for anything."

Conroy shrugged, <Okay the paranoia game.>

The three stood there, Silas keeping a close eye on his surroundings as Hacks and Conroy kept listening, waiting for a single creak, anything to give awa-

<To your right!> Conroy shouted.

Silas darted off down the hallway, as he did, he could hear the sound of footsteps, running.

He broke through a door and chased, a cloaked figure running, and staying ahead with every step. They leaped through a open window, Silas stopping short so as to not toss himself out 15 floors into the air without any assistance. He looked out the window and saw nothing, "The hell?"

Conroy and Hacks caught up, ~Arceus give me some warning, I'm capable of keeping pace with you when I know what you're doing! What even was that?~

"Our first sign that this isn't some simple case Hacks... Arceus can we J-Teamers ever get anything normal like a stabbing?"

~A stabbing is normal?~

<Well when you're chasing after hooded figures who vanish into thin air, yeah someone being hit with a knife is very normal in comparison.>

~Not helping Conroy!~

"We have more research to do, but let's face it... this isn't mere coincidence."

Logan: -hopping aboard- I like to think of myself as more of an extended lumberjacking process, metaphorically, or a nice relaxing evening of record-keeping.

Megan: -taking their hand up- And I'm—uh,

—drowning in a creative miasma? .-.

Logan: -smirking- Childlike wonder?

Megan: -snorts-

Addie: -idly, fiddling with some wires- <You hate record-keeping.>

-the inside is rather more spacious and only slightly as hazardous-looking as the exterior would imply-

-the control panel appears to be made of at minimum seven control panels, in at least nine languages, none of which are recognizable-

-at least it seems to be ergonomic?-

Pollen: -at the helm- <Okay, this time, take it slow—>

Spaceship?Rotom: <Let's—>

Pollen: -panicked- <Slow—>

Spaceship?Rotom: -cheerily- <—goooooo~>

Pollen: -clinging to a wall- <WISP>

-and with practiced ease, everyone grabs ahold of everyone else as the ship plummets into the Wormhole-

Luxor: -grabs PEFE!Every by the scruff(?)-

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 3rd 2019 at 7:47:01 AM

Orre Factory-Floor 25

Des followed the group into the room. He stood and looked at the figure in the frosted tube. Initially he didn't say anything, his mask offering no way to indicate his emotions. His eyes, however, did light up green.

Although the others in the room were likely unaware, Des was using his aura sight to confirm what Hayon said. Indeed, the thing did have an aura.

"...what in the hell have I walked into?"

He cautiously walked forward til he was right in front of the tube. He raised the but of his launcher and struck it against the container, testing it.

AU Base

AU!Tagg: -To Jean- Going by how we haven't been greeted with a horde of Mobius folks outside I'd assume the others have succeeded with the Ultra Plant raid.

-As Julius runs off-

That guy should probably be more properly taken care eventually.

Stormchaser, today

...

-Wraps Channah in an embrace, lifting her off the ground-

I really like it, thank you.

AU!Halis only stops running once they're clear of the base, falling over onto the ground.

AU!Halis: "Oof... haven't had to bolt off that fast in a while."

They sit upright a minute later, putting their bag aside and looking at the group of strangers.

AU!Halis: "So... two questions, one, who are you people, and two, you wanna buy some stuff?"

Orre, Tower

Skadi: "And why should we trust you?"

Ultra Plant

Siobhan has definitely been keeping up with the fleeing-from-the-collapsing-base thing.

Siobhan: "But consider: flying!"

She hops onto Dalamadur and flies down through the wormhole.

Stormchaser, today

Channah: Urk. You're welcome. -hugs back-

The Tower of Doctor Braun

Taipan: There is a direction that request would go. I have MST'd enough cheesy action adventure films to know where this is going.

Mistress: <You don't need to be psychic. And don't get any ideas, Murphy.>

Murphy: <Well, would you rather leave it to that creep?>

Ultra Wormhole

".. Well there's the portal. If it wasn't time to leave already it is now."

Azure: <Are you telling me I have to jump off this cliff?>

"If you wanna go home, yeah."

Azure groans and hops in the portal. But not before noticing a certain someone!

Azure: <Hey isn't that that girl who made you blush but you thought was dead for like this whole past year? What was her name again? It started with an M.>

"Wait, Mega-"

And whatever she says after that is swallowed by the Wormhole.

Ultra Wormhole

-PEFE!Every peers curiously at Megan and Logan-

-this is not helping her become more lucid-

Scuttle: (to Luxor) <Don't worry, I've got this.>

-he fires a String Shot at PEFE!Every to anchor her in place-

PEFE!Every: Ah, I see, the webbing represents the bonds holding me to—

Scuttle: <Can it, Gwen Stacy.>

-nyoom-

Orre Tower

Lamb stood, abhorred. "If that's what it'd take for your soul to pass on I'd be willing to let you join. Can't speak for all of us, though," she amended. "But just know that if needed, we can and will end you," she said as she held a flare in her palm.

AU Base

With Xatu having teleported the party out, everyone on Colton's team was present and accounted for.

When the Unovan caught sight of Julius, running off, though, it took every bit of restrain he had not to facepalm.

Ultra Plant

-Piku-chan and I are still running-

Piku-chan: <We've gotta get outta here!>

Me: You're quite right, and LOOK!

-I point to the Ultra Wormhole-

Me: If that portal can get us here, then that portal can get us out! Let's go!

-I run at top-speed toward the portal with Piku-chan on my shoulder-

Me: Here... I... go...

-I jump for the portal-

Ultra Space Base

-Daev can move quick under pressure. He gets out and immediately collapses on his face once he's a safe distance from the base-

AU Base

-The dragon departs through the ceiling because of course he's gonna do so, he's a big damn dragon who can do that-

-Though he does follow back from the others and just in time as the big gold band sparks yellow again and bam now Drake's back-

Drake Palmer: Well, that was a fairly destructive time. I shall send the locals to follow-up on the renegade dragons...

Orre Tower

-The eyes of Nightingale's helmet turn red-

Nightingale: Sk-Key, locate correct song for this situation. The one about Frankie I think?

-She waits for a moment-

Nightingale: Oh, right. Uh... That form looks little big and powerful for just a new body... I'm inclined to say no to letting that beef walk out of here without some way to make sure he isn't gonna go trash stuff.

-She wanders about-

Nightingale: Uh... Frig man I'm sympathetic about your likely long-lasting state of uncomfortable quasi-deadness but don't you have a less boss-fight-level body we can pour you into?

Orre, Factory Tower, Level 25

-Gaia scowls beneath her visor.-

Gaia: Of course. And once you've helped us with all of that, I presume you'll use your new body and the Legendary power it's infused with to volunteer at a Day Care Centre and assist with curing world hunger as well.

-She glances over at Jackal, and despite her face being completely concealed, it's pretty easy to tell what she believes should be done with the body.-

Edited by Herbert40k on Jul 3rd 2019 at 1:52:06 PM

Ultra Plant, Ultra Wormhole

-Ian and Piku-chan escape through the Ultra Wormhole-

Stormchaser, today

-I faceplant in the Union Room of the Stormchaser-

Me: I made it...

Piku-chan: <We made it...>

Me: ...safe and sound...

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Jul 3rd 2019 at 9:47:41 AM

-The contents of the Ultra Wormhole from the Ultra Plant are dumped out, right where Echo is patiently watching and waiting.-

Echo: Ah, wonderful. It works in action.

-She writes something in a notepad.-

Stormchaser, the Union Room

Me: -pulls face from floor- What is this place?

-looks to see Echo-

...and who are you?

Stormchaser

-To Channah-

Oops, sorry.

-Lightens the hug a bit-