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Izshta The Flamebringer from Mor Ardain Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Flamebringer
#559176: Aug 12th 2019 at 7:29:52 PM

Carmilla Fight

Brynhilde, no longer coated in obscura, fails to do much to Gloire.

After being stabbed a couple times, she disappears.

And Bryn, for the first time in the fight, speaks.

Brynhilde: <Has no one ever told you not to grab a Honedge by the hilt?>

Her tassel wraps around Mephisto's arm.

Brynhilde used Soul Bite!

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#559177: Aug 12th 2019 at 7:39:24 PM

Torna, past

-Uses the greater length of my Blade weapon to stab at the Mobius Grunt from further away-

Fuchsia, last night

Muddy: -Loses a quarter of his health, but responds with another Ice Punch to the ground to make things more slippery-

Ali: -Goes for another Ice Hammer-

...The last being who made Kai their plaything, their head I had removed, so let me continue that custom... personally.

-And a bladed Aura chain swings at Carmilla's neck-

Edited by rmctagg09 on Aug 12th 2019 at 11:07:30 AM

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Pentigan Fwomph from The Underverse Since: Apr, 2010
Fwomph
#559178: Aug 12th 2019 at 8:11:16 PM

Route 16 Homestead

-Pent, Gallade♀ and Sorine Jurard warp in at the quasi-Daycare of Gunmar-

Yo, Gunmar, you ready?

-There's a brief shout from inside the house and in a few seconds the gruff dimension-shifted Nord wanders out with an Arcanine at his side-

Sorine: Hello Gun.

Gunmar: Been a while.

Sorine: Yeah, catch.

-She underarm throws her complete crossbow and returns to tinkering together the incomplete one-

Okay, are we all set?

Gunmar: Yes, let's get-

-There's a whimpering sound as a little puppy Rockruff plods over to the open front door-

Gunmar: Oh wait. One moment friends.

-Gunmar goes over and picks up the precious pupper-

Gunmar: -No, you can't come along with me. It's dangerous for a small thing like you.

-He lets out a genuine laugh as he gets a lick to the face-

Gunmar: Okay fine, I'll give you something to eat and then I really need to go out for a while.

-He glances back at the others with an apologetic look before ducking inside to prepare some food for the Rockruff-

Well he's gonna be a minute.

Sorine: Good, gives me time to not cause a tonal expulsion on accident.

What?

Sorine: What?

What was that about- nevermind...

-They wait for Gunmar to finish giving his entire roster of precious doggoes food before returning. They Teleport out to the third and final pickup of this psychicly-enabled carpool-

It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
memyselfandI2 Dunsparce Cloud from The Biosphere Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Dunsparce Cloud
#559179: Aug 12th 2019 at 8:15:12 PM

Stormchaser, Viobhan Room

-there's a clang from the vent-

-followed by a quiet, and familiar to at least Vi, "ow"-

-there are another two clangs-

???: Oh for the gods' sakes

-and then a brief hiss, followed by the vent cover launching itself across the room-

-a Dunsparce, and then a woman in gray, slither out of the vent-

PEFE!Every: Hi! You used to work for Mobius, right?

Also why are you building a submersible mecha? That sounds cool.

Fuchsia City Outskirts, Carmilla Zone

Brie: WHIRLYGIG!

Whirlygig: <I die as I lived, causing others distress...>

-with the respite granted by Whirlygig being flash-chilled, Brie curls up into a ball, and then kicks out at Carmilla with both legs-

Brie: You're not walking away from this!

-meanwhile, Calamity seems unsure what to do now that Mata Hari is dealt with-

~Do you mind if I borrow you?~

Calamity: <Huh?>

-and Halcyon grabs Calamity with telekinesis, swinging them into Merlowe-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Asterisk395 No voice to cry suffering from Hallownest Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
No voice to cry suffering
#559180: Aug 12th 2019 at 8:29:19 PM

Stormchaser, Piplup Zone

Vee: -nodding, softly- <Yeah, baby. Bullshit.>

-she can't seem to take her eye off him-

Pippy: -at Ever, a solemn, disappointed stare-

Vee: -to Ever, still staring at Baby- <Mmmmrrrrgh, I can hardly kill you now.>

-baby peck-

-tapping him back with her nose, gently and playfully- <He's attached, I can smell it on 'im. It'd be mean.>

-nevertheless, she flicks her tail out to rub against Ever's legs-

Pollen: -flutters, listlessly-

Pippy: -sits back down, with a flipperfull of Oran, which he starts to peel and slice into tiny cubes-

Vee: <...so what're ya callin' 'im?>

Fuschia City Outskirts

Vee: -coalescing somewhat, growling- <Damn right, you perambulatory leech.>

-she takes the scant Aura she managed to seize, and rather than taking it into herself-

Vee used Helping Hand!

-she slams it into Isbrand, and Whirlygig, and Brie who is frozen and everyone on their side as they launch their assault-

-panting- <And don't you fucking touch her, either—>

-and Whirlygig is blasted with the chill of the grave for their pains-

Vee: -gritting her teeth- <Fuck this.>

-and she charges in, spinning fluidly into a sawblade lined with serrated teeth (as in her teeth, which are fangs) and striking down at the arm holding Whirlygig-

Vee used Bite!

Saw!Vee: -roaring- <Fight ME, asshole!>


Megan: Uh—

-glancing at Alice, following her lead- O-okay.

-she appears to hesitate long enough to send out a twin of herself...if that twin was a fever dream of a Whismur-

Megan: Watch over them.

Rabbid!Megan(???): BWAH!

-...it's probably the Aura loss-

Megan: I—oh no.

-charging off- Vee, NO!

-she breathes unusually heavily as she runs, trying to make up for the drastic loss of vital essence with oxygen rather than unconsciousness-

Saitama: -increasingly high-pitched, frantic clicks- <—you know, this "Carmilla" probably hasn't gotten to be this old without learning the art of extreme murder we could probably learn from—>

-Megan slowly takes in the battlefield through a fatigued haze, watching everyone beating down Carmilla, the sheer scale of force she's bringing to bear, the manic melee around them, and comes to a slightly delirious conclusion, scooping up a handful of dirt and pebbles and shoving it at Saitama-

Saitama: -closing his claw around it- <—the misshapen wrecks of her previous victims and peers and THESE PEOPLE and LEAVE—>

-she takes aim for the Murkrow trying to eat that poor, innocent Dunsparce-

Saitama: -strangled screaming- <nOT THE DECEPTIVELY UNASSUMING ONE—>

-and Megan reconsiders-

-she raises Saitama into the air and fires-

Saitama: <AAAAAAAAAAAAA>

-and fires, and fires, and continues "firing"-

-there's an immense surge of hazy water—almost comical in the amount that emerges from this tiny shrimp, rising to fill a chunk of the darkened sky-

Saitama (begrudgingly) used Muddy Water!

-and a master artisan emerges beneath the mass, shaping it into spiked pillars that smash down at the various instances of combat occurring, targeting Medea spewing corrosive venom, Mephisto where he's trying to stab somemon with somemon else, Méabh in melee with a Mega Swampert, and that Murkrow that just got rushed into the ground-

Pippy used Waterfall!

-water crashes and rages around them, and Megan lowers Saitama to level at Carmilla-

Saitama: -dully- <oh, good.>

<we're fighting everyone.>

Megan: -wild-eyed- Sh.

-voice cracking- cARmilla!

-she is, in fact, shaking slightly-

-more than slightly, really-

-she may have bit off (ha) a bit more (haha) than she could chew-

Edited by Asterisk395 on Aug 12th 2019 at 11:38:34 AM

No mind to think. No will to break.
memyselfandI2 Dunsparce Cloud from The Biosphere Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Dunsparce Cloud
#559181: Aug 12th 2019 at 8:49:54 PM

Stormchaser, Piplup Zone

-the Piplup, seeing this clear demonstration of what to do, also toddles over and flicks Ever's leg-

Ever: ... Yeah.

-they pat Pollen-

Ever: It'll be alright.

-Vee-

Ever: Wait wait what he's your kid Vee I couldn't—

-...-

Ever: (softly) I was thinking Arc.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
SwiftSeraph pain peko from The Void Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
pain peko
#559182: Aug 12th 2019 at 9:04:32 PM

Carmilla Battle

-Both smol bipedal mons yelp and scream as they get hit with super-effective damage, immediately falling into the red.-

Mako: <You'll pay for that!>

-He charges into the Gardevoir, flat of his head outward.-

   Shade   : <I WILL DRINK YOUR ORGANS THROUGH A FUCKING STRAW!!!>

-Her eyes glow red as she surrounds Mochizuki in a cloud of smoke.-

-Hellfire growls and Howl-chains into a Fire Fang on the enemy Roserade.-

-Isbrand gets the wind knocked out of her but swiftly gets back up, katana sheathed and Einbite in a two-handed grip. A surge of energy flows through her thanks to Vee.-

Isbrand: "I already told you, Carmilla! Pick on someone your own size!"

-With the vampire restrained and distracted, Isbrand rushes forward, sword raised overhead...-

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isbrandcutinv01.png
"You shall feel the pain of one hundred deaths!"

-And Einbite comes down on Carmilla's arm, right by the shoulder.-

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Aug 12th 2019 at 11:08:08 AM

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
Izshta The Flamebringer from Mor Ardain Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Flamebringer
#559183: Aug 12th 2019 at 9:13:11 PM

The Stormchaser

Vi: "I'm not!"

Siobhan: "We most definitely are."

Vi sighs and flops onto the bed.

Vi: "To answer your other question: Yes. Also, hello, Every."

Siobhan gives a wave.

Siobhan: "But... why did you crawl in through the vent?"

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
memyselfandI2 Dunsparce Cloud from The Biosphere Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Dunsparce Cloud
#559184: Aug 12th 2019 at 9:22:56 PM

Stormchaser, Viobhan's Room

PEFE!Every: Hi Vi!

-she waves back to Siobhan cautiously-

We're friends. That's what friends do.

Right?

Cervantes: -nodnod-

PEFE!Every: Anyway! This sounds interesting! And I would love to help! But also my girlfriend is stuck in another dimension and I need to pick your brain.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Herbert40k Not A Lawyer from Widdershins Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
Not A Lawyer
#559185: Aug 13th 2019 at 4:33:53 AM

Fuschia City Outskirts - Carmilla Chaos

-Alice is pulled towards Carmilla by her whip and almost loses her footing as she staggers forwards, but manages to regain her balance as she gets close, conjuring a ghostly scythe to slash at the hand still holding Whirlygig.-

Alice: Release them. Now.

-Arsenic, meanwhile, glances over at Megan in the midst of battle.-

Arsenic: <Keep it together, soldier! We've got the enemy on the run!>

-She and Cyanide continue trying to break through the darkness with Sunny Day, while Belladonna uses what remains of her strength to try and blast Mephisto with another Psychic.-

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.
MetamorphicHalis Misunderstood Mimiga from Grasstown Since: Jan, 2019 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
Misunderstood Mimiga
#559186: Aug 13th 2019 at 6:24:04 AM

Stormchaser, Halis's Room(?)

Once more, Halis is nowhere to be seen. However, there's no sign this time, and the door appears to have been opened haphazardly and abruptly, even being left open which is highly unusual for them, and the bedsheets aren't neatly folded and organized like they usually are.

Viridian Forest

Halis is here, tensed up about a text they're about to send. They've come to some rather hasty and unfortunate conclusions about things as of late, and feel as though their current arrangement with Lucius has been in error.

Halis: "...I honestly never thought about it until now, but the evidence is self-sufficient... I can't believe I never even considered some of the things I've heard before, but it's becoming clearer by the minute."

They've brought all their things and hover over the 'send' button...

Stormchaser, Halis's Room (earlier in the day)

Unlike what would happen later on, their room appears as spotless as it always had been, and they're 'reading' their book, asking it various minor questions when they ask one very crucial question.

Halis: "Do you think I've been going about things the right way?"

A new arrangement of symbols appears, and they transcribe it as usual, but tense up and even stop after a point.

Halis: "...Wh... n-no, that can't be right. I'm reading this wrong, surely?"

They give it another readthrough, but it remains as-is, and they start to panic a bit internally, getting up quickly.

Halis: "I... oh. This... I n-need to go. I just... I need to go."

Halis closes the book shut, picking up all of their meaningful belongings and opening the door without closing it, leaving for a place that's quiet and a bit dark even in the daylight hours.

Viridian Forest (now)

After all of their (likely inaccurate and poorly thought out) ruminations leading up to this moment, they've since come to the conclusion that they need to retrace their steps, starting by regaining their independance for the time being. Knowing this, they hit send, and sigh.

From: Halis Aria

To: Lucius Cain

luci, i'm sorry, but i really can't do this anymore, i think i've been making terrible mistakes this whole time honestly and i think setting the bar back to zero might be best for that, so... please don't take this personally, but we're done for the time being :c

Halis: "Now I have to think about my next move."

They begin to do so, not realizing this overthinking of everything is in fact causing far more issues than it's solving.

BittersweetNSour Flying Colors Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Flying Colors
#559187: Aug 13th 2019 at 7:09:54 AM

CW: Body Horror

Fuchsia City Outskirts — Two Days Ago

-If you ever needed proof that Aura vampires have blood, this is it.-

-Carmilla's broken arm becomes a broken lack of an arm, as Whirlygig falls into the sand with the severed limb frozen in place. Carmilla screeches in pain, and staggers back, narrowly avoiding Tagg's Aura chain.-

-The blood pouring out of the wound from her shoulder starts to turn dark as Obscura globs it together, coalescing around her limb in a sort of makeshift, amorphous, uncomfortably sticky limb. The ambient draining around everyone falters. Carmilla looks around at her assailants...-

-And with an almost animalistic snarl, she abandons the current fight to instead lunge at impossible speed toward the girl who just shouted her name. In a flash, a Venom-esque limb lashes out at Megan, wrapping around her and Saitama, draining her at a somewhat weaker rate than she drained Kai earlier.-

Other parts of the battle will come later, sorry guys

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Aug 13th 2019 at 10:14:28 AM

Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Meet The New Boss
#559188: Aug 13th 2019 at 7:14:47 AM

Fuscia City

-Keaton lets go of the severed, frozen arm-

Keaton: <See, me and Whirlygig just needed to hold you in place!>

-he tugs on and rips at Carmilla's dress in an attempt to distract her from Megan-

-Waddles... Is still engaging with Carmilla's mons presumably-

Edited by Umbramatic on Aug 13th 2019 at 10:18:07 AM

Contact Me!
Asterisk395 No voice to cry suffering from Hallownest Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
No voice to cry suffering
#559189: Aug 13th 2019 at 1:33:31 PM

Stormchaser, Des's Present, Past

Logan: -contemplatively- ...you achieved the rank of Admin.

You're driven, have a fairly solid, if harsh, sense of right and wrong, but struggle with connection.

Furthermore, you consistently go big— join the J-Team, join Mobius—you were interested in my Styler, in the last raid.

-understandingly- I get it. You have to be doing something that seems "worthwhile", or you can't rest.

(Megan, Pippy, Vee: -nod surreptitiously yet firmly at Des, for varyingly wry corroboration of how Logan is, generally-)

Logan: -smile- May I submit something else for consideration?

-putting their hands in front of them- Big Good, Big Bad, you're drawn to either extreme—if not one, then the other, trying to find someplace you fit. And thanks to your upbringing, you're more familiar with the latter.

1: Yet you're here, and you're trying. Asking for help isn't weakness, it's strength. One way or another, we're stronger together—

And A:

-wink- As you can guess, I'm not much for binaries.

-spreading their hands-

Good comes in degrees, Desmond. These big acts of heroism—they're Loud and Important, but they're rare—

Addie: -murmuring- <Less so around here, but still.>

Logan: —and what we have is here and now.

What little kindnesses have you wrought? Who have you helped lately?

Why does it matter? Well.

-holding up a finger- It matters to one.

-pointing at Des- And it matters to you. One way or another, it matters to you.

These things are far more common, and frankly they only matter more for it.

An example?

-and they nudge Megan-

Megan: Uh!

W-well, you said hi to me? That's nice! And came and made sure I didn't like burn to death in lava.

Pippy: <Me, too. That's appreciated.>

Pollen: -her forelimbs tangled in thread- <Yeah, the—weird introverts could use a shoutout every now and then.>

Addie: <An extrovert to scoot by and adopt them?>

Vee: .3

Logan: One example!

If you're not happy with how Good you are, well:

"Good Person", "Bad Person"—these are shackles, taking your past and trying to paint a picture of your future with it.

Time progresses. People change.

People do good and bad things, or mundane or startling or clever or strange, and those radiate outward. You've probably done more than you know—but now you're aware.

So be kind.

Today, someone helps someone else, who helps someone tomorrow, who helps someone new.

Every little bit matters. Pay it forward.

-they get up, surprising their party, and hold out their hand-

-to Des- Come, help me with something.

Stormchaser, Piplup Zone, Ambiguous Past

Pollen: -tries not to lean into it-

-...-

-leans into it, buzzing-

-Vee just gets the widest, warmest grin-

Vee: -smiling- <Good.>

Pippy: -stacking little bite-sized Oran cubes within easy toddling distance, understanding Vee and beaming in turn- <That's a beautiful name, Ever.> ^v^

Vee: -slithering over to Ever's other leg- <Good, good. Keep that in mind, now.>

-to Ever- <...hey, we were serious in picking ya to take care of 'im—>

-wonderingly- <—of Arc.>

<...so it's turned out to be a bit more permanent than I expected.>

<They've gotta leave the nest sometime. We're mons.>

-brightening- <And hey, we'll be around. Legendary arts to pass down, an' all that. Hug quotas.>

Megan: -nods, firmly-

Vee: <...Honestly, we couldn't've chosen better?>

Pippy: -nod- <You're careful, Ever. We're...still working on that. Hoped to be better by the time Arc hatched, but.> ^v^;

-shaking his head- <Oh, don't worry about us, though. We're learning!>

Megan: -beaming- And there's plenty of time for togetherness! No worries!

Vee: -grinning, looking at her- <We'll be just fine—here, stayin' alive.>

Fuchsia City Outskirts, Two Days Ago

Vee: -horribly- <NO!>

-and she doesn't make any more sound-

Reality

-and she looses a terrible scream that rattles down to the soul-

Vee: -desperately- <<GET AWAY FROM HER!>>

-it's a command, audible to those whose souls are similar enough to her own—anyone sufficiently Water-aligned—-

(-or, perhaps, a fellow vampire currently housing a spark of her own Aura-)

- —suffers the siren sound of an indomitable will, at the precise instant it smacks into a meat grinder of raw terror-

Vee used Synchronoise!

-Pippy, being himself, obeys Vee without question-

-he turns to Megan, (runs from Megan? Could she be "her?") who is likewise caught in the unconscious rush to flee—-


-sensibly, Pippy and Megan turn to run, presumably prompted by the enraged elder vampire before them, possibly heeding Arsenic's advice and finding room to gird themselves-

-but Pippy is simply smashed aside by Carmilla, and Megan is seized-

-she flails weakly as the life is sucked out of her, Saitama falling out of her grasp, trying and failing to jet away as he's caught with her in Carmilla's limb-

-but the opportunity Megan sought is close-

-at close range, she brings the stake in her left hand to bear-

Megan: -choking- D-d-d—

-she stabs upwards-

-at the awkward angle, with the loss of vitality, within the haze of panic, it merely skitters off of Carmilla's ribs and falls away-

-wheeze, going limp- —distraction.

-the stake falls to the ground-

-and from behind Carmilla, something tiny and invisible in a patch of darkness tries to slam something small, thin, and sharp through her, right at the center of the massed Aura-

-it's a bit underwhelming, most likely-

-this is the surprise attack?-

-nothing more than a tiny bug, wielding an insignificant little needle-

-terrified and frail, with no hope of success-

Pollen: -sobbing, desperately- <La.>

-and the needle erupts in a blaze of pure sunlight-

Pollen used Solarbeam!

Edited by Asterisk395 on Aug 13th 2019 at 4:39:46 AM

No mind to think. No will to break.
PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#559190: Aug 13th 2019 at 2:01:43 PM

Stormchaser, Logan's Speech

Des is...rendered speechless.

"Today, someone helps someone else, who helps someone tomorrow, who helps someone new..."

He looks down and ruminates on what Logan just said to him. His words cut deep, but they didn't sting. There was a gentleness to them. Little droplets appear on the floor beneath him. He touches his face. He was crying. Actually crying.

Teary-eyed he looked up at the hand offered. He swallowed, wiped his tears and took it firmly.

"...Ok. Thank you."

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
Herbert40k Not A Lawyer from Widdershins Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
Not A Lawyer
#559191: Aug 13th 2019 at 2:53:18 PM

Stormchaser, Halis's Cabin - Aug 4th

-Who was responsible for those strange recorder melodies emanating from outside Halis's room on that fateful day? I guess we shall never know.-

Stormchaser, Lucius's Cabin - Present

-As of right now, Lucius is very busy with the important business of lying in bed listening to an indeterminate Caverns and Charizards podcast when his phone makes the sound of a Buneary's cry.-

Lucius: Urgh, what has the kid gotten themself into this time...

-He rolls over to check his phone, and his eyes widen with panic the moment he reads Halis's message.-

To: Halis
From: Lucius

wait what

hold on

what do you mean

you haven't done anything wrong, i'm always the one fucking up

you're free to do whatever you want but i don't wanna "set the bar back to zero" or cut you off or anything like that

what's going on?

Fuschia City Outskirts - Carmilla Chaos

-Alice just about sees Megan get grabbed by Carmilla and weakly struggle before the blaze of sunlight all but blinds her.-

Alice: Ack! No!

-In desperation, she hacks at where she last saw Carmilla's Obscuric tentacle with her own weapon, trying vainly to sever it.-

Edited by Herbert40k on Aug 13th 2019 at 12:34:27 PM

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.
Izshta The Flamebringer from Mor Ardain Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
The Flamebringer
#559192: Aug 13th 2019 at 2:55:32 PM

The Stormchaser

Siobhan: "I don't think friends crawl through friends' vents???"

Vi sits up.

Vi: "What do you need? As long as that's not literal."

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
MasterJayAM Since: Mar, 2011
#559193: Aug 13th 2019 at 3:01:32 PM

Learner Lab Season 8, Summer Special: Epipelagic and Coastal Habitats

Tommy, wearing a pair of sunglasses that should look cool but look strangely awkward on him, begins his opening spiel in a typical manner. Only this time, the backdrop behind him is the poolside garden of a ritzy Alolan hotel. Also, he's shirtless.

Tommy: Okay, so I know what you're all thinking. The last time I was in Alola in board shorts, mean people in the comments said something about it cheap fanbase pandering with little payoff. Also that episode was strangely popular and half those comments ended with a kitty face. I wonder why.

Cuts to a clip from the Waves and Tides episode, where Tommy—clad in an Alolan shirt and board shorts—was "getting an earful from a furious Dr. Williams".

Flashback!Dr. Williams: Whaddyamean you could only get one ticket! I thought it was lost in the mail for weeks!

K-FAB: Y'all done it now, Tom.

Popup: Dr. Williams co-wrote the episode and it was his idea to make a waves and tides episode with a surfing theme. A scheduling conflict meant he couldn't come during surf season!

Tommy: And I get that, yes, there is an element of pandering when it's a Beach Episode and we promised Dr. Williams was gonna show and then it turns out all you get was an entire episode of me in a wetsuit getting pelted by the ocean, Dr. Williams appearing as an audio clip, and you waiting until the end of the episode to see my abs.

Popup: We made him run around in circles and do fifty pushups before filming this. You're welcome.

Tommy: So, in the interests of our audience, we decided add more pandering in this episode.

Dr. Williams: If we're going to pander on this web show, we do it my way.

The camera pans away, revealing (who else?) Dr. Williams! He's also just wearing short shorts and had awkward badly painted-on abs, which the camera lingers on for some reason. Once both of him and Tommy are in frame, he does a quick flex for the camera.

Canned sound effects include rapturous applause, fangirlish screaming, and a Wolf Whistle lingering at the fake abs.

Popup: A message from Mrs. Dr. Williams: He's taken. Back off.

Tommy: Our special guest host and episode co-director Dr. Roger Williams, everybody!

The two shake hands.

Dr. Williams: Good to be back, Garfunkel.

Tommy: And fellas, welcome to Learner Lab.

Intro plays. It's the remastered version of the first season intro.

Tommy, voiceover: Was that the old intro?

K-FAB, voiceover: We got it remastered to HD; it wouldn't be pandering otherwise.

Tommy, voiceover: Cool.

Pop-Up: Check out this playlist: Geographic Society presents Learner Lab All Season Intros HD.

Cut to the two of them wearing Alolan shirts and bucket hats.

Tommy: Okay, so on today's episode we're going on a two day excursion to check out the types of life that live above the ocean's surface in what's known as the epipe—

Dr. Williams: Epipelagic zone.

Tommy: Thanks. This is also known as the sunlit zone and basically comprises the part of the surface of the ocean where the sun can still penetrate. In sunny warm places like Alola, the oceans can harbor an immense diversity of life just by the seashore.

Dr. Williams: Alola is also home to large, deep trenches, and we'll be contacting our friends from the Omastar Oceanographic Foundation to get a glimpse of what lies just beneath the sunlit layer. Now, because I have a scuba license—

Tommy: And I don't.

Beat.

Dr. Williams: I'll be taking our crew down to the reefs to check out the life that flourishes in the sunny waters of Alola.

Tommy: And I'll be wading around the nearby habitats in the seashore. We have beaches, tide pools, and mangroves. Dr. W will be joined by my good friend who is also a scuba licensee Gavin. Our second guest star for the episode. Say hi.

Shutter leans in. He is wearing an oddly familiar-looking T-shirt and the same hat he always wears.

Shutter: Hello.

Tommy: Okay then. We'll cut for now because it's usually around this point where the ad starts playing.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 26th 2019 at 6:32:23 PM

AbsentCoder Some Rando from Doofenshmirtz Neutral Incorporated Since: Jul, 2017 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Some Rando
#559194: Aug 13th 2019 at 3:26:24 PM

Stormchaser, Room 713

A Lycanroc and Rockruff laid on the bed, both asleep beside each other. A phone on the nearby dresser buzzed, earning the Lycanroc's ire but not waking Ellie up. With a glare an illusory glove picked it up and showed him what he was alerted to.

The J-Team facing off against some vampire. Why he was alerted, he didn't know, since he knew that the Team could handle it easily. With a set of gestures from the glove Ellie was returned and he stood up, scratching behind his ear with his hind leg and catching a whiff of some tea. Within a few seconds Roy entered, Koyasa beside him, eating a stick of cinnamon.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
BittersweetNSour Flying Colors Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Flying Colors
#559195: Aug 13th 2019 at 3:34:13 PM

Fuchsia City Outskirts — Two Days Ago

-After being scorched by holy flame, and losing her arm to a Gliscor, Carmilla has just about had it with distractions and surprise attacks.-

-Which is why the moment she feels the pinprick of the needle, she backs up and turns around, and holds Megan right in the path of the Solarbeam.-

Carmilla: -with the most seething rage- You must think you're clever.

-And whatever becomes of Megan as a result of the attack, she tosses her into Pollen, breathing heavily as exhaustion starts to take its toll on her. Alice's whip makes contact with her construct arm, but sinks right through due to its fluid nature. Carmilla kicks Megan's dropped stake away, before glancing up at Nix.-

Carmilla: Now, how about the goddess next?

Nix: <In your dreams!>

-Carmilla blocks a gout of flame with her bloody arm, which sizzles with a smell not unlike roasting meat.-

-Meanwhile!-

-The Earthquakes manage to stagger Medea, and combined with the Muddy Water from earlier, finish her off. Mephisto yelps as he's ganged up on, by Belladonna's Psychic as well as Brynhilde Soul Biting him.-

Mephisto: <Oh, cruel irony, so cruel!>

-And he's down.-

-Meabh is hit hard by the Ice Hammer, getting knocked down to the red, and staggers on the icy ground, but stomps her foot to get traction and aims a Giga Drain at Muddy.-

-Mozart winces from the Fire Fang, but all things considered, it's a lot less than everyone else is taking, and returns the gesture with another Sludge Bomb at Hellfire.-

-Mochizuki is bombarded by Isbrand's team, knocked down to the red, and deciding Shade is far too loud, fires a Moonblast at her.-

-Marlowe, meanwhile, tries to shake off the paralysis enough to act, but is too slow, and is slammed by the telekinetically flung hunk of living rock, and squawks in pain.-

Marlowe: <Augh!>

Vo: <You know what? This was worth it.>

-And he drops an Ancientpower on Marlowe, knocking him out.-

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Aug 13th 2019 at 6:41:15 AM

Umbramatic Meet The New Boss from WAAPT usually, sometimes WHABP or maybe PEFE Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Meet The New Boss
#559196: Aug 13th 2019 at 3:43:43 PM

Carmilla Fight

-Keaton is grazed by the deflected Solarbeam and staggers back-

Keaton: <...I'm not doing shit to her... Plan B!>

-Does a sudden lunge at Mozart, attempting to clamp down with a Fire Fang-

Waddles: COMING THROUGH!

-Poison Jabs Mochizuki-

Contact Me!
SwiftSeraph pain peko from The Void Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
pain peko
#559197: Aug 13th 2019 at 4:01:15 PM

Carmilla Battle

Critical Hit! Shade fainted!

-But that gives Mako just the opening he needs to attack Mochizuki, lunging at their throat.-

-Hellfire gets knocked to the yellow by the second Sludge Bomb.-

Hellfire was poisoned!

-Foregoing strategy, he gnashes with another Fire Fang.-

-At the same time, Foreseer's eyes flash and a pink lightning bolt comes down on Mozart.-

Isbrand: "Foreseer!"

-With the field-wide Aura Drain gone, Isbrand has the strength to Mega Evolve her Absol, the necklace under her clothes glowing.-

-A Mega Cocoon forms, and out bursts an angel.-

Foreseer: <I am the begining and your end!>

-He bides his time, two ghostly doubles at his side.-

-Isbrand then runs over to Megan and Carmilla, intent on never giving the vamp a chance to breath.-

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"
OlympianSoul Myth creater from Eugen, OR Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Myth creater
#559198: Aug 13th 2019 at 4:41:13 PM

Storm chaser

-"Homer is sitting in his room (closet) typing on his laptop. His pokemon are all out and doing their own thing."-

-"Morrigan and Melinoe are playing chest. The young Misdreavus eyes her peices, not sure what to do. She then nervously moves her knight, only for the Alakazam to take it with her rook. Mor sobs."-

-"Mokuba sits on the ground, Anubis next to him, drawing pictures of large castles and him self as a knight/king/ninja/samurai."-

Freyja, leaping out of no where: <LOVE ME!!>

-"Freyja glomps Anubis, much to the Umbreons annoyance."-

-"Zagreus, meanwhile, gnaws on the only lamp in the room. Than gets electricuted."-

Zags: <Mmm, spicy spaghetti.>

-"The Kadabra continues on the lamp cord, and continues getting electrocuted."-

Homer, tired: The fuck even is my life?

-"Gets up and grabs his jacket."-

Homer: Everyone in their balls. We're going for a walk.

Let's all have fun
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (USA) (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#559199: Aug 13th 2019 at 4:46:47 PM

Fuchsia, past

Muddy: -Manages to block with a Protect- <Not this time.>

-And he and Ali send a flurry of Ice Punches in Méabh's direction-

Megan!

-Tries grabbing her with some Aura chains before she collides with Pollen-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Daydre That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth from the trash Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
#559200: Aug 13th 2019 at 4:46:56 PM

Torna

Daydre looks at Tagg, then looks at Rowan.

Daydre: ".. So I guess we do what they're doing??"

Rowan: "I guess??" Rowan focuses and a large, bladed folding fan appears in Daydre's hands.

Daydre weaves around and attempts to smack the Grunt attacking Tagg in the back of the neck with the closed fan.

Hearthome

".. Uh Rowan did I ever teach you Sunny Day?"

Rowan: <No.> He says, whilst putting up a Protect because Daydre is distracting herself.

"Well there goes that plan. Remind me to do that later, I guess!"

Daydre just purses her lips as Luciana is thrown out of the arena.

".... Hm. That's not good."

Edited by Daydre on Aug 13th 2019 at 8:04:39 AM

off the shits

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