Top of the Stormchaser

Lita's phone goes off and Goober's message is heard. She nearly falls out off her chair as she scrambles to silence it.

Des: "...Lita? What was that about?"

Lita: "Oh nothing! Probably wrong number eheheheh. -whispering- Affirmative. Grip signing out."

<Master, I have done it!>

Waspinator holds a beer up to Lita...one with his needle arm pierced right through it. Beer is spilling.

<Drink up quick! ^_^>

"..."

-Noelle is lying on the bed, cuddling her Gardevoir-

Noelle: Sometimes I feel like you're the only thing keeping me together, Yunie.

Yuna: <You know that's not true. You're stronger than you think.>

Noelle: Is it really, though? I got to asking myself whether or not I really do anything for the team...

Yuna: <Think about what the team has done for you. You have friends you enjoy spending time with and a loving relationship. It's really helped you grow as a person.>

Noelle: I guess it is better than sitting in my house all day arguing about femslash ships.

Yuna: <Exactly. And it means I don't need to use telepathy for you to understand me, which is always a plus.>

Noelle: Mmm... thanks, Yunie. You always make me feel better.

Yuna: <I'm happy to. I hope your cuddle spree goes well.>

Edited by Mezzopiano on Jul 19th 2019 at 7:15:49 AM

Megan: -blink, to Shaun- Oh, I just assumed you were talking into a headset or something. You lead an interesting life.

-and all Vee needed to hear to heal her heart was "Bayonetta is nice to kids", but she listens intently to the rest-

Vee: -firmly- <Well, good. I can get behind Historical Bayonetta. Also what the hell was that about a Contract>

Megan: Oh, I, uh, I think I already have a name in mind! Which I told you already, Silas

But thank you! ^_^

Pippy: <...Vaporwave is pretty dang cool, but it, ironically enough, might clash with the theme we're going for.>

<But surprise! It'll be a nice surprise.> ^v^

Vee: -nodnod- <We gotta save "Vaporwave" for a big finisher or some...>

-sniff- <...>

-sniffsniff-

-perking up- <...someone's coming>

<someone who smells...>

<...>

-quizzically- <...like they didn't drink enough milk after getting beat up by their crushes and only partially resolving their daddy issues...>

Pippy: <...what?>

Vee: -primly- <It's inexact; there's an art to this kinda thing.>

Pippy: <You're making this up!>

Vee: <Probably! Also, they smell gay.>

Pippy: <Fraud! Trickster!>

Vee: <Skeptic! Perjurer!>

-they stick their tongues out at each other-

-and Megan meeps at further Person-

Megan: Um...hello??

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 19th 2019 at 10:42:46 AM

Silas stares at Lucius, then turns to Shaun, "Shaun did your leaving the Stormchaser somehow open a rift into my Ship's cargo bay?"

Roxy laughs, "If it did that's hilarious."

Silas straightens himself out and marches over to Lucius, "Hello, Lucius. Welcome aboard the Oblivion Wing, my ship... what are you doing here?"

His tone had taken a slight edge, a angry glare in his eyes as if he was attempting to not be somewhat angered.

~Lucius did some shit to explain, you were there actually, heck it was that raid that got you to meet Silas for the first time! But yeah Lucius was involved with a team that was going to use nerve gas at one point, Silas read up on the effects of that stuff and it's kind of painted his perception. We're giving him the benefit of the doubt but Silas isn't exactly a big fan,~ Hacks explained to Megan.

Muggy walked over to Lucius, <I wouldn't try to be too intimidating Silas, he looks like the kind of guy who is into people who could kill him with little issue.>

Edited by EchoingSilence on Jul 19th 2019 at 7:56:52 AM

Castelia City Warehouse

Goober, via communicator: Grip, this is Goober, stay where you are until further notice. Report any suspicious possible IDPD activity; they tend to congregate wherever the J-Team happen to be. Over.

Goober sighs in relief. He talks to his phone rotom.

Goober: Well, at least Grip is fine for now. What do you think, Ezra?

Ezra: You'd probably be safer with the police for now. Do ask them to escort you.

As soon as Dave's bike rolls out of the way (and out of his range), Goober proceeds to peek out of one of the boxes, still looking a bit scared (though not for the reasons the cops think). A police officer—a tall, burly one with badass written all over him—approaches him.

Jeff: Sgt. Sanchez, at your service. Don't worry, you'll be fine. Good think Arachna-Guy managed to get to you. You alright, boy? Lemme get you a juice box.

Goober: Thanks.

Jeff: I've been told you're not from around here. You mind if we have your details in case we need to pin something or would you rather have a witness testimony written in. Most of these fellas have insanely long rap sheets but we'll need all the details we can get to send these goons up the river.

Goober: That's alright, sir.

Jeff: What's you're name, son?

Goober: Uh... Ford. Pe- Paul. Paul Ford. I'm only supposed to be here to drop of something to this one store and I got lost and—

Jeff: Well, Paulie, you're welcome to stay in the precinct or if you'd like we can drive you to your hotel or you can stay in a safehouse until we can escort you to your original destination.

Goober: The safehouse will do. And thank you for the offer.

Suddenly, a wild Tommy appeared. Goober appears slightly mortified; seeing a superhero you've always admired and finding out he was your father is one thing—a cool one, in fact—but seeing a face you recognized as your father is another. The realization that he was also speaking to his uncle was even worse.

"I didn't even know they could look so young." He thought to himself. Uncle Jeff was still jacked.

Tommy: Excuse me?

Jeff: Tom-Tom, you're here.

Goober: Really, 'cause he kinda looks more like an Andy.

Tommy: Whoa. That's an odd coincidence. I'm also an Andy but I don't go by that name all that much.

Goober: Speaking out loud was a mistake, I see that now.

Tommy: Relatable.

Jeff: Tom, this is Paul. He's the hostage Arachna-Guy rescued. And Paul, my cousin-in-law and correspondent to the Geographer Weekly, Tommy.

Tommy, awkwardly: Nice to meet you for the first time. My name is Thomas Andrew Petersen. In some bizarre parallel universe I may be called Andy, but not here.

That's dad all right.

Goober: I'm actually looking forward to meeting a Geographer Weekly journalist. I have something to show you. Send this to your editor.

He hands Tommy a USB. Tommy couldn't read his mind for some reason (not that he was any good at that at the moment), but he had a feeling that this "Paul" fellow could be trusted.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Oct 19th 2019 at 3:13:51 AM

Stormchaser

Stormchaser, [Taco Bell]

With Beck

Ever???????????: Just w a c k y like that!

-and they're gone-

With Tanten and the Table

Brie: (sympathetically) So, uh—

Ever: Yeah, it's all real.

-they swallow the last bite of their taco-

Ooh, really offsets the rock

Anything else you need? I have a hot date with staring at the ceiling and pondering our collective insignificance in the face of an uncaring universe.

Brie: People don't normally say that...

Ever: Would save a lot of time if they did.

Stormchaser Food Court

Beck: Calm down, Sterling. Weird things like this are preferable to being fed to Paul Macraul's abominable birds.

He looks down to a plate of nachos.

Beck: Hey, ya cretins, don't eat all the nachos.

Jules: You snooze, you lose, Beckett.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Jul 19th 2019 at 11:40:54 PM

Oblivion Wing

Shaun: "I wouldn't be suprised if I did. Hang out with Jessica long enough, weird shit starts happening."

-He idly tilts his head at Lucius and Maul.-

Shaun: "Hello best Unova Presidential Canidate 2020. Oh, and boneless twink number three."

-Shaun yawns.-

Shaun: "Now, Silas, I'm not saying you need to like Juicy Luci here, but don't hurt him too much. I'm not keen on helping you fight a Kyogre."

-A Froslass pops out of his back and leans forward on Shaun's shoulder.-

Midna: <Didn't you almost punch a White Kyruem when Locke got arrested by one?>

Shaun: "At the time, didn't know Ilya was a Kyurem. Plus I would have also had to fight the sun and moon duo there."

Oblivion Wing, Cargo Bay

-Lucius blinks at Shaun.-

Lucius: Wait, what? I'm not a- "Juicy Lucy"?!

Maul: ~Vote for me and I will remove the bones of every twink in Unova.~

Lucius: ...Okay, that might be the most horrifying thing you've ever said.

-He turns to Silas, throwing his hands up in the air.-

Lucius: Hey, don't look at me! I was hanging around the Stormchaser when I ended up here. I didn't even know this was your ship!

-He takes a step back, glancing over at Megan as he does.-

Lucius: Oh, uh... hey. Could you tell your Vaporeon to cut it out please she's giving me a profound sense of fuckor

Kalos Route 2

Milagros would be just outside Santalune Forest with his team.

Milagros: Okay, we can start start! Wait...

He would take out his armband and put it on, causing him to turn into a Pangoro.

Milagros: <NOW we can start!>

They would all walk (fly in Dot's case) into the forest.

Megan: Uh—

Vee: -to Pippy- <Hah!>

Pippy: -flailing in her general direction- <meeeeeeeh>

Vee: -to Lucius- <And done.>

-with that, she pulls off her nose and hands it to Megan, who wordlessly pours it into an empty vial and corks it-

-congested- <It's nice to beet you, Lucius! We're gonna be briends, I can tell.> ,3

Pippy: <Um, I—I like my bones where they are??>

<Oh wait I live in Sinnoh>

<You have my vote, strange Alakazam!> ^v^

-Megan sorta takes in the bits of conflict(?), fails to process it, doesn't see a way to flee while still being polite-

-blasted social convention-

-so she goes to her fourth fallback option and goes to say something, then blinks-

-looks at Lucius-

-then back at Silas-

Megan: -remembering- ...why is like half the J-Team missing arms?

-blink, subject change- Uh. Did-did you say Kyogre

-and she sorta clasps her hands to herself, then rallies-

I—guess I can't really judge the whole nerve gas thing hi I'm Megan it's nice to meet you! I, too, am frequently horrified yet endeared by my team members.

Vee: <Teab bebber.> .3

Saitama: -listening to all the casual Legendary mentions- <...I would very, very much like to learn about the history of this system, and how it hasn't yet disintegrated itself utterly.>

-and he sorta stares at Midna-

-Pippy, on the other hand, has stopped eating and is busying himself carving the remainder of the pebbles into Lego and stacking them-

-it turns out carving Lego is hard, so he's mostly just manually sticking them to each other-

Megan: -handing the remainder of the nachos to Vee, who reduces them to ash- I—

Vee: -yawning- <Gotta nap. Thanks again for the shoulder-cry, bluefriend.>

Megan: ...you still seem hungry.

Vee: <'m fine. Need sleep.>

Megan: ...

-turning to Tanten- Oh yeah, anything else?

Pippy: -pats Brie consolingly-

-and he offers her a small, slightly soggy off-brand Lego rocket held together elegantly, if largely by surface tension-

<We're still sorting out what souvenirs to give people! But for now, this will protect you in a time of need! Slightly. I think.>

-to Ever- <If it makes you feel any better, the multiverse doesn't seem to care much either! It haunts me, ha ha ha...>

<...er, stay safe, friends. We care a lot about each other, and...that's enough, isn't it?>

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 20th 2019 at 2:33:38 PM

Tanten: "Mostly just directions to my room. Maybe a key."

The Stormchaser, Taco Bell

Astraea, who had, up until now, mostly been tuning out of the conversation, lost in reverie, snapped back to reality.

Astraea: "Rooms seem to spontaneously generate whenever needed. Just find an open room, the key will be somewhere in it."

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Hearthome

With a plan in place, it's relatively easy to follow the increasing concentration of the glitch monsters to a side alley.

At the other end of the alley, however, it opens into a space that's... well, it doesn't look like hearthome a street over.

Luciana: "What the fuck."

Indeed, the alley... morphs into a stone walkway over a seemingly bottomless abyss, leading out to a roughly circular platform surrounded by floating torii gates.

Standing in the center of the platform is a man covered in glitchy sludge.

Luciana: "I guess we found our target."

Glitch-possessed man: "   T̨̨͇̝̻͉͎̮̲͛͆̀̈͂͑͡͡h̴̦͕̼̺̥̝͓̍̎̑̎̀̔̈̕͝ị̧͈̣̝̻͎̖̣͛̇̔̌̈́͋͊̓͟s̵̞̰͇͉̲̫̥̦̄̎̒͌̒̽̀̀͡ ŵ̷̡͉̖͈̼̀̈́̆͛͊͋ȏ̶̧̩̥̟̜̳̯̦̘̅͐́̐̎̕ͅr̵̨͈̱͔̦͉͈̤̾͋̂̒̎͗́͞ͅl̵̼̯͕̯̟̬̪̪͒́́̃̓̇̔͒̚d̲̙͔̟̬̪͚̱̋̀̒́̌̆̍̑̊̕ͅͅ ẁ̷̦͇̯̻̼̱̺̱̱̭̾͐͒̈͂̑̂̚ĭ̸̧͉̜͉̪̩̂̇̇̂́͂̾͝ļ̶̡̌͂̌͋̿̈͜͜͜͢ľ̛̥͙̩̤̪͚̪̯̆͂̄͘ b̴̹̯͓͓̯͙̱͊͛͋̔̀͟ͅe̴̝̳̬̠̳̤̱͛͛͊̏͛͌͑͢ d̴̨̢̦̜̖̞̆̎̈͐͒͑̒̆̕͠ř̲̣̠̯͎̟͍͊́̋͌̅̿͞ͅo̢͙̫͇͕͙͚̖̾͂̈̀́̅͑̚͢͞͡w̸͓͎̣̩̋̌̆̐͑̃̓̈̔͟ņ̸̛̟̳̳̙̰̱́͂̅̆͟͢͝ͅe̴̢̢͔̟͙̳͖͕̖͊̇̈͛̎̍̚ͅd̴̲͔̦̜̪͕̖͎̀̊̂̀͊̅͆͟͟ į̡̛͚̘̟̉̊̅͗͌̓n̯͍̤̭͔̫͈̟͑̀͋͊͒͗̃̏̇͠ d̶͖̺̯̪̜̣̲̬̮͗̑͂͆͂ͅả̷͚̘̳̤̜̝̥̖̫̐̄̈́̓r̴̘̦͓̜̭̉̐̽̄̐͌̚͠k̛̖̩̱̘̲̲͊̀̉̌̔̇͡ͅn̢̮͚̩̲̒̈̌͗̚ė̡͕͎̞̗̟̗̐̄͜͠͞ͅs̰͓̫͚̱͌̒̿͆̾͛̆͡s̨̧̛̘̙̩͖͈̒̈́̀̎̚͡͡!   "

Glitch beasts surge towards the party.

Edited by Izshta on Jul 20th 2019 at 1:22:33 AM

Hearthome Alleyway to Hell

Max and Sunny's ribbon and whip form spiraling patterns in front of them, sending out pulses of sparkles and fire to keep the beasts at bay.

With a free hand, Sunny summons another flare whip to pick off any stragglers.

Textspace

Edited by AbsentCoder on Jul 20th 2019 at 1:49:02 AM

Stormchaser, Fuschia City Outskirts

Edited by rmctagg09 on Jul 21st 2019 at 5:44:24 AM

Stormchaser, [Taco Bell]

Ever: Yeah. It is.

-they give Pippy a cheery smile-

Anytime, Vee.

-Brie blinks as Pippy pats her, her mistrust of birds battling with her desire to be polite-

Brie: Thanks!

-she somewhat uncomfortably takes the rocket, not looking very sure what do with it-

Ever: (to Tanten) What Astraea said. If you just—

Ever?????????????: Hey! I said you were banned from here!

Ever: Oh boy.

Ever???????????????: Don't think you can hide behind that hat! I know the smell of existential despair when I see it!

Ever: Well, that's my cue.

-and they're gone, as a spatula flies through the space they used to occupy-

Brie: ...So anyway! Welcome to the J-team, Tanten, hopefully it'll be a positive experience!

hearthome

-Eva stops midway down the alleyway.-

Eva: Wait, the date today... It's my birthday!! How could I forget?

Merah: <We can have a party later, please focus on the task at hand.>

Eva: Fine, fine. You're such a party pooper.

Hearthome

"Whoop, there it is.."

Rowan spits fire at the approaching glitches while Daydre handles any of the glitches that make it through that.

Textspace, Later

Hearthome, Alleyway to Hell

Me: Looks like we won't need the radar plan because WE FOUND 'IM!

Piku-chan: <I don't like the sound of "the world being drowned in darkness"...>

Me: Well, we won't let that happen! Piku-chan! Use Thunderbolt! Raru! Use Shadow Sneak!

-Piku-chan unleashes a bolt of lightning at the glitch-possessed man-

-a shadowy aura surrounds Raru and he punches the ground-

-a shadowy copy of Raru appears behind the glitch-possessed man-

Me: Psychic "I Love You" Pulse!

-I fire a pink heart-shaped psychic pulse at the glitch-possessed man-

Pippy: -beams-

Wet Legos: -shudder slightly-

Megan: Bye, Ever!

Vee: <Hi, Ever~>

Pippy: ?

Vee: <The smell of existential despair looks thick enough that it's proooobably them.>

Pippy: <How???>

Vee: -slightly manic- <Dunno~~~>

Megan: Okay, I think it might be time to sleep—

-pulling out a napkin and scribbling on it- If you need anything or don't want to die or something, here's my number—

-Vee tackles her, deliriously, and Megan sort of flails, but in a warm, familiar way-

Pippy: <awww...>

-the pen floats out of her grip and explodes slightly, ink leaking out of it-

-the ink then calligraphies itself onto the napkin in the shape of a phone number-

Pippy: <Okay, emergency contact! Or directions, or a fr—>

-and Vee stretches out and seizes him, slowly dragging him into the ball of affectionate violence-

Pippy: -chucking the napkin at Tanten, cheerfully clinging to the table- <Here you go it was nice to meet you Tanten you too Astraea Brie it's good to see you alive call for backup any of you byeeee—>

-his grip falters, and all three of them melt, slowly imploding away into the chair and vanishing-

-...-

(-there's a distant thump-)

-approximately ten meters away, in a janitor's closet(?)-

-everyone flops out of the wall and Conversation With Other People mode, gets cozy and falls asleep-

-there's perhaps a long typing notification-

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 20th 2019 at 11:13:22 AM

Silas gives Lucius a glare and then looks over to Maul, "That's concerning and will probably cost you the primaries."

Hacks shrugs, ~It is getting a bit... active in here.~

"Who's next to walk through that doorway?" Roxy asked.

Silas turned back to Megan, "As for arm loss, yeah it is concerning. Very concerning, also Lucius who the hell made your prosthetic? What is that made of?"

"Opal and I diiiiiid!" Another voice rang out.

Silas groaned as through the doorway walked Denali, who smiled and put their phone away, "What's the matter Silas? Not happy to see me?"

"Denali you're just further showing that anyone with connections to Ersatz or the Stormchaser can apparently enter my ship."

"Ah it's all a "J-Team" only rule there. Anywho, I thought you'd be happy to see me."

"I am! I gotta thank you for that Rock Candy stuff," Roxy said smiling.

"Megan, Meet Denali Dia Monde. Aka Denali Dupree. Delilah. Dundee. Daniel. And so on... They're a Diancie who has known my family..."

"I was a good friend of Arthur's back during the 1400s, and let me say I'm very pleased to see him (and his abs) are back in the world of the living. Be happy Silas, you got your good looks from his side of the- no even the Paiges were good looking... though with less abs here and there."

Silas sighed, "Megan if you're uncomfortable let me know and I could kick everyone out to give you some space."

Oblivion Wing

-Midna stares back at Saitama.-

Midna: <There a problem?>

-At Denali's appearance, Shaun sighs.-

Shaun: "This is what I get for going to [Taco Bell]."

-He grins sheepishly at Megan.-

Shaun: "I feel like I've indirectly brought them here."

Hearthome City, Glitch Alley - Past

-Lucius blinks at the sudden appearance of the immense chasm and the glitchy horde in front of group.-

Lucius: ...Man, I'm really glad I can hover right now.

-He floats forward, trying to scythe through the glitch beasts to get the man behind them.-

Oblivion Wing

-Maul simply stares at Silas.-

Maul: ~Only if they're cowards.~

-He turns to Pippy.-

Maul: ~Excellent. Remember to bring your bones on election day.~

-Meanwhile, Lucius blinks at Vee, then looks back at Megan.-

Lucius: Uh... nice to meet you both, Megan and deeply unnerving Vaporeon. As for the arm thing... occupational hazard, I guess? Just don't piss off any homicidal Obscurics like I did and you should be fine.

-He glances back at Denali while responding to Silas.-

Lucius: Oh, hey Denali. Yeah, they made this opal prosthetic, since anything metal would probably burn off what little of my arm is left. Also I already told you that I don't even know how I got aboard, so you don't need to worry about me replicating the results in laboratory conditions.

Hearthrome

Luca: "Wow, an edgy emo villian. We really are magical people."

-He frowns.-

Luca: "No sword, no bubbles, no beetle shell scarf, no noodles..."

"YEET"

-And he swings himself over the side of the pathway.-

-...he's just running across on the bottom side.-