Flying Colors
Lumiose City Pokemon Center
Kai: ...Almost a year. Right on my birthday last year. The 21st.
Dunsparce Cloud
Lumiose PMC
Brie: Oh.
...
-she folds her arms, and the nervousness in her face gives way to determination-
Thank you for finally telling me. What help do you need?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Flying Colors
Lumiose City Pokemon Center
-Unfortunately, Kai does not match Brie's confidence. Their resolve is pretty much shattered.-
Kai: I... d-don't know. She... Carmilla wanted me to k-kill Mason. Because he— he helped me with the last job. But I can't, and she made it clear that if I didn't, she'd— she'd hurt me, and hurt you, and hurt other people, and— and I don't know who she's going to go after first.
Dunsparce Cloud
Lumiose City, PMC
Brie: Oh, Lugia...
You...you have time, right? Time to come up with a plan?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Flying Colors
Lumiose City Pokemon Center
Kai: I... yeah. I do. I don't know how much.
-They don't notice a flutter of pink feathers flying past the window.-
Dunsparce Cloud
Lumiose PMC
-Brie, of course, has no good reason to be concerned about pink feathers, aside from the likelihood that there is a bird near-
Brie: Okay, well, the first thing to do is let people know they're in danger, right? So they can take whatever steps they might need to take to hide themselves, or back you up.
...Actually, the first thing you should do is put some bandages on those. And maybe some ice.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Flying Colors
Lumiose City Pokemon Center
Kai: Y-yeah...
-They sigh, closing their eyes.-
Kai: ...I can't... be in Lumiose any longer. I'm not safe here. I'm not... safe anywhere. But especially not here.
Fwomph
New World Magmonster Battle
-The Hunter known as Pent looked at the person already wailing on the last Magmacore-
Hunter Pent: You got this?
-Without waiting for an answer he gives a thumbs up and prepares to jump off-
Hunter Pent: You got this!
Somewhere in the OU, currently
-Pent's just... Well to be frank he's brainstorming his next incredibly impractical media-based project-
-Some of the words scrawled on his Messy Conspiracy Board include; "Mobile Aura Nexus", "Abandoned theme park might be cool", "okay but; azerite pokeball" and "Wizard Chat"-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Dunsparce Cloud
Lumiose PMC
Brie: Good idea. But Kai?
-she folds her arms-
Nothing's going to happen to you, okay? I'm not going to allow it.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Flying Colors
Lumiose City Pokemon Center
Kai: ...Thank you...
-And finally, there's the hug.-
Dunsparce Cloud
Lumiose PMC
-Brie hugs back-
Brie: Now come on, let's get you fixed up and out of here.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Flying Colors
Lumiose City Pokemon Center
-Kai nods, and finally gets back up to take care of their wounds again.-
The Flamebringer
Hearthome City
The latest round of attacks causes the glitch possessee to stumble back, seemingly defeated...
Before he, apparently, falls off the edge.
Luciana: "Is it over?"
Each of the torii gates shatter, and an oppressive darkness starts to cover the platform.
Luciana: "Guess not."
Glitch: " YOUR LIGHT WILL DROWN IN MY SHADOW! "
From seemingly nowhere, a massive, clawed arm, nearly as black as the shadow behind it, sweeps out to slam - either physically or via a wave of energy accompanying it - into everyone.
Torna
XB!Siobhan hesitates for a moment, before nodding to Tagg.
XB!Siobhan: "Your aid would be appreciated. I can't do it alone. I'd hazard a guess that their base is in that cave over there."
She gestures over to the cave opening.
"But I have no concrete proof of that."
Vi: "Seems sensible to me."
XB!Siobhan nods and waves her Blade along, starting to walk in that direction.
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Hearthome, VS Glitch Man
-Ian turns around too late and finds himself getting hit by the Glitch Man's attack-
Me: AAAAAAHHH!!!
Raru, Mothra, Oshawittle and Piku-chan: <Ian, No!>
-Ian's Pokémon gather around him-
Raru: <Are you okay, Ian?>
Mothra: <Please, Ian... Don't give up...>
Oshawittle: <You can't let the glitch win!>
Me: Urgh... You're right... I... no... we can't let the glitch win...
-I try to get back up and continue the fight-
Piku-chan: <We'll hold 'im off! You just try to get back to your feet... And focus on helping anyone else who was knocked down back to theirs...>
Me: Thank you... I will...
-Piku-chan, Oshawittle, Raru and Mothra turn to face the Glitch Man and unleash a Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Flamethrower and Confusion attack all at once-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Castelia, Ren's apartment
-Ren comes home late after a long day of sifting through business deals and Phantom Thieves requests.-Ren: Sorry I'm la—
-Ren turns to see Cambria in a yellow evening dress that shows a lot of leg.-
Ren: te... Ummm... My birthday's tomorrow.
Cambria: -giving a sly smile- Doesn't mean we can't start celebrating a few hours earlier.
-Cambria strides forward and grabs Ren's arm as drags him out the door.-
Cambria: Aria and Oscar said they were going to be out doing some work for you... Which means we can take allll the time we want to ourselves. By the way. I have your tux in the limo. You can change on the way.
Ren: In the limo?!
Cambria: I don't think anyone will mind.
-And Cambria shuts the door behind them.-
pain peko
Hearthrome
-Luca is sent flying, crashing in a heap on the ground.-
Luca: "Ouch."
-He staggers to his feet spits out a glob of blood for Dramatic Effect.-
-He's not even hurt that bad but somehow he managed to get blood in his mouth.-
-...maybe he had a fake blood capsule in his mouth this whole time?-
-That's something he would do.-
Luca: "Now that was just rude. Take a guy out to dinner first, at least."
"Blood Crimson Overdrive!"
-Despite the edgy name, it appears that the red Aura is simply a glorified Heal Pulse, as Luca's cuts and bruises heal immediately.-
Luca: "You shall not overcome me, for the light in my heart can overcome any darkness! I am Luca Ardizzone, brother of Benedetta Ardizzone, and I do not bow to anyone!"
-Take it easy man this is your first Monster of the Week.-
Luca: "Come at me!"
-His body shimmers light blue as Luca takes a defensive stance.-
"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Hearthome City
-Ian gets back up onto his feet-
Me: Well, that was just rude... I mean, seriously.
Piku-chan: <Don't worry about us, we've got your back!>
Me: Thanks, Piku-chan... Thanks guys...
-I jump into the air to try and get a view of who else was hit by the Glitch's suckerpunch-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
The Wanderer
Flying Colors
Stormchaser
-Out of fear of being found, Kai has most likely opted to stay with Brie for the time being. Their neck is bandaged up, but they don't seem to have gotten much sleep last night, if at all.-
From: Kai
Over the past year, I've been forced to work for an Aura vampire, by the name of Carmilla. I'm not certain, but she is old enough to have possibly been the very same Carmilla that Sheridan le Fanu wrote about, implying the story is not quite as fictional as it's made to be. She is also incredibly powerful, and now that I've told everyone about her, I've put you in danger. Please always be on your guard. If you encounter her, call for help immediately. I can't let her hurt anyone anymore.
-After sending this text, Kai slumps.-
Kai: ...I told everyone. I promised nobody would know, and now I've told everyone. Because breaking a promise won't kill me.
-There isn't an ounce of confidence left in their voice.-
Edited by BittersweetNSour on Aug 6th 2019 at 9:39:04 AM
Fwomph
Heathome Brawl
-2B watches as the glitch strikes, rolling her shoulders and tensing her body in preparation of another volley of blade dances-
J-Team Textspace
Misunderstood Mimiga
to be honest, i feel like one way or the other people were going to learn about it if this is all true, so... it's better for you this way. if you need anyone to help you, just say the word. we're friends, and that's what we're for. :)
No voice to cry suffering
New World Raid, Inside the Base
-they flip that flipping switch-
New World Raid, Skyward
-the wide Flamethrower sweeps through a massive swath of sky, utterly annihilating quite a few clones and several hidden speaker units despite fancy flying-
-being bait, this was expected-
-the real Mane Charges his horn somewhere behind the Zorah Magdaros-
No mind to think. No will to break.
Ren's apartment
-After a really lovely night out Ren and Cambria are asleep in their room.--Keys floats down the hall.-
Keys: <At least they had the foresight to put a sock on the door.>
-Keys knocks.-
Keys: <Would the two lovebirds kindly get up? It's almost time for lunch. And be careful waking up. It wouldn't do to cause a paradox this late in the game.>
-Inside the room two figures stir at Keys' voice. Cambria is in her human form, resting her head on the side of Ren's pokeform.-
Cambria: -yawns- That was a fun morning. And falling asleep like that really was worth getting the armband back on.
-Cambria turns to gently shake Ren awake when she sees the orange and brown egg gently resting against Ren's forelegs.-
Cambria: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
—Downstairs—
Keys: <I wonder if her reaction will be the same when I tell her the other bit of news...>
The Wanderer
Stormchaser
From: Tagg
Aura.. vampires, I guess that's a thing now, figures since we've got weremons. Anyway, does she have any allies, if she's indeed the one from the story?
Guess I'll be taking a visit to Lake Acuity...
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Lumiose City PMC
Brie: ...Oh.
-a lot of things start coming together-
Oh.
That was...and then you were...and that's why...
...How long?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.