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-The pushing seems to work-

-Mahina suddenly gets an idea and opens an Ultra Wormhole-

-Right as the pushing and a sudden incoming Lynel force the Mean Bean Machine through-

Dr. Multiman: What? NO! Who did that?!

A Sonicverse

-The ACTUAL Dr. Eggman is aiming a laser weapon at some unsuspecting city-

-When a Mean Bean Machine and a Lynel fall out of the Ultra Wormhole on top of it-

Dr. Eggman: What? NO! Who did that?!

Lynel: ? 3:

-It is about that time the Mean Bean Machine reaches maximum beans and the counter reaches 0-

Oran OS: ...Oh fiddlesticks.

-B O O M-

Mobile Base

-Stabbing through a Bokoblin-

This is uncomfortably reminding me of Sinnoh back in 2011.

-And then my Aura Sense picks up on a certain powerful presence and a Lynel-shaped form hurtling towards us-

Shit!

-Ducks as the Lynel bursts through and sends the Mean Bean Machine away-

Wanderer: -Strides in through the hole created by the Lynel, helmet off- Dr. Univyse, in the name of the Alliance, you are under arrest for crimes against the multiverse. Surrender would be in your best interest.

Pikachu: -On his shoulder- <Wouldn't want to end up like that Lynel.>

-The other Wanderer Corpsmen follow right behind, weapons aimed at Multiman-

Edited by rmctagg09 on Oct 24th 2019 at 3:15:35 PM

Deku!Halis: "Uh... where'd that come from?"

As Halis is perplexed by all this, though, a remnant local Bokoblin almost manages to hit them, before Asterios notices this and snaps out of his blind Rage to quickly Take Down the Bokoblin, as it flies past Halis, mildly frightening them.

Asterios: <Don't get careless...>

Deku!Halis: "O-oh, uh... thanks, Asterios."

They then notice the random soldier-looking guys marching in.

Deku!Halis: "Uhhh... wait, hold on, who are these people? I thought we left the space universe thing already..."

Their confusion intensifies by the minute.

Zora!Megan: -hands on knees, panting from exertion- ...Tagg??

Pippy: -blink- <But...>

-glances back-

-looks forward-

Fate!Logan: That's usually a good thing to do.

-handing Dew their Styler- Do you have their number?

Edited by Asterisk395 on Oct 23rd 2019 at 11:57:43 AM

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Cady: What just happened?

Kat: Did we win?

Macraulloween

-Dew can't really hold a Styler well (it's a wonder how a Samurott can hold a seamitar hilt with their paw shape) but she is at least able to tap in Skye's phone number.-

Dew: <There. You know better what happened than I do, so you might wanna explain it.>

Chateau d'Avarice

Rose: Yeah, uh, let's get out.

-She opens the door, and gestures in a "go, go, go!" fashion. Paula wastes no time in leading the way.-

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Oct 24th 2019 at 8:45:05 AM

Mobile Base

Dr. Mutiman: Damn you... We need to get out of here.

Metal: ...

<...I'm not coming.>

Dr. Multiman:

...What?!

Metal: <I have known it long enough. You are not the Dr. Ivo Univyse who raised me from an egg. But I stuck around out of loyalty. No more.>

Dr. Multiman: ...

No... It can't be... even my own starter... I can't... why... I'm doing it for him... Damn you... damn you ALL!

-he presses a button on his lapel-

-All Mobius personnel is teleported out, save for Metal and possibly Lily Thane if she resists-

-Metal pauses a bit then lets out a long, drawn-out sigh-

Edited by Umbramatic on Oct 24th 2019 at 3:24:23 PM

Chateau d'Avarice

Lifting up his blindfold for a better view to see if anyone else saw them, Mercury materialized on Rage and Love's shoulder, looking in the opposite direction.

Mobius

Colton let out a heavy sigh. "We're not done. We did all we could, yes, but until we get Merlin and La back," he trailed off.

Macraulloween

Jonathan continues to fly around in the Gadget Copter while continuing his unholy amalgam of every trenchcoated character in fiction. Walter meanwhile, is still hyperbeaming the creeps while projecting an AT Field as he had done from the start.

Jonathan: Looks like trouble down at the City of Wrong Light. No matter. I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.

Walter: Make it double.

Gaspard: Dare I ask what you folks are doing here.

Jonathan: Jeers looking at you, kid! You look way too much like a guy I used to work with. Glad there's some good influence in your life.

Gaspard started swinging around a mallet made from polymer and a piece of lowecrete he found lying around in the house.

Gaspard: I'll take that as a complement and... wait, you know Mr. Petersen? That would be cool if we didn't dislike you.

He approached a couple of other J-Teamers. Anyone who has encountered him before will notice that he seems to be generally happy in a way that isn't off-putting or creepy at all, which is weirder than his usual self.

Gaspard: You fellas look familiar.

He dodges a creep using the polymer shooter and climbs up, spotting Abilene.

Gaspard: Hey cousin. Who are your friends?

Edited by MasterJayAM on Jan 27th 2020 at 12:44:23 AM

Mobile Base

Muddy: -Noticing a certain Primeape- <Henry?>

Ali: <You know this guy?>

Muddy: <We met him in an alternate Nacrene shortly before we went to Alola.>

Henry: <It's nice to see you guys again.>

Wanderer: -As Multiman teleports away- He can run all he likes, we have his signature so tracking him back down is child's play. Next time I'll just freeze him in an ice block before he does it again.

Calvin: -Putting his rifle away- Le sigh.

Judith: -Crossing arms- I suppose we should be scuttling this thing now...

Pikachu: -To Metal- <So what are you going to do now that he's left you?>

-Looking at the Wanderer-

He does look like me, but not completely.

Colton's right, Izaya's gone with our friends, and he's probably twice as dangerous as Multiman is.

Mobile Base, After the Fight

Me: I-It looks like we won... but... something doesn't feel right...

Piku-chan: <What do you mean?>

Me: I mean... Dr. Multim-I mean, Dr. Ivo Univyse... He raised Metal from an Egg, as I raised you from an Egg, Piku-chan...

Piku-chan: <And we both have been raised with love and care...>

Me: Right... but now... Seeing as how Metal turned against Dr. Ivo Univyse out of anger... It makes me think... that something in Ivo's life made him go down the path of evil and become Dr. Multiman as we know him...

Piku-chan: <I see...>

Me: Something tells me that if Dr. Multiman hadn't become Dr. Multiman, formed the Mobius Society and tried to condense the multiverse into one universe, maybe Metal might've been happier...

-Ian proceeds to look at the palm of his hand, and then proceeds to flip to the back of his hand-

...and we wouldn't be here today, fighting them...

Piku-chan: <I understand your concern, Ian...>

Me: What Metal needs now is a loving trainer to care for him and help him through this...

Piku-chan: <Do you think that trainer could be you?>

Me: Maybe, Maybe not...

Raru: <It's not the first time you befriended a Pokémon who had another trainer...>

Piper: <He's right... You were there for me when we captured The Nameless after my original trainer...>

-Beat-

Piper: <M-my... original... t-t-trainer...>

-Piper breaks down crying-

Me: -in a soothing voice- There there, Piper... It's okay... I'm here... I'm here... I'm here...

-...-

Logan: -walking up to Metal, after Pikachu- Do you need a place to stay while we get your Trainer sorted out?

Zora!Megan: -musingly- ...IIIiiizaya...

Pippy: <We've been gone for awhile, but like, he promised to destroy us and the whole Team??>

-befuddled- <Who is this jerk? What does he want?>

Poison Ivy!Abilene: -firing Razor Leaves with her starter- Cousin. Left your cave?

Korra!Megan, who has not met him before: -glances to the side, a jet of water putting a dent in a hapless lamppost- He seems nice!

Poison Ivy!Abilene: He's not.

Seeing-Eye Watmel!Natu: -barks, marking a number of targeting reticles-

-one fixes itself on Abilene's "friend"-

Poison Ivy!Abilene: -pointing- This person is Megan, a metaphysicist and dimensional researcher. I hired her once for the gauntlet, then we grew uncomfortably acquainted during my recent absence.

She's competent enough.

Korra!Megan: -blink- Wow, high praise.

Poison Ivy!Abilene: Pay no mind to her muscles, she has strange hobbies.

Korra!Megan: -stopping- Um, actually, mining really is more my thing and I'm just kinda dabbling in—

Poison Ivy!Abilene: If you see a short person who talks about friendship and is inexplicably not dead, direct them to me. They're a guest and possibly a hostage.

Walnut!Castanea: -cutting in- <In my capacity as an attorney and personal aide, my Trainer did not, and does not suggest that Logan Shockley-Voltaire be abducted, threatened, or harmed in any way. Furthermore, any written or vocal indication of such was made without her approval, and is subject to litigation of the highest degree.>

Zatanna!Pippy: -to Abilene- <...I'd like to note your cousin is dressed as a superhero, whereas you're dressed as a supervillain.>

Poison Ivy!Abilene: I'm less nice.

Walnut!Castanea: <...why did you bother wearing a suit? You have one baked into your plumage.>

Zatanna!Pippy: -awkward, gorgeous shrug- <It's the principle of the thing.>

Walnut!Castanea: <Those feathers of yours must be terrible for the lining.>

Zatanna!Pippy: -glancing down- <Honestly, it doesn't seem too bad?>

-Logan takes the Styler back and hits Call-

Yuuno!Addie: <Honestly, we weren't there for very long, but we'll relay what we know.>

Fate!Logan: -holding up a finger- Hello? Is this Skye?

Edited by Asterisk395 on Oct 24th 2019 at 3:40:57 PM

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-Cady and Kat look sheepishly at metal.-

Cady: Um... Oops.

Kat: Sorry about attacking you and all that stuff.

Deku!Halis: "Oh, uh... I guess we won. Though I don't really feel like we actually won, it just feels like we're done fighting for now. To be honest, though, I wouldn't mind doing more universe-hopping in the future, even if only to see what forms people take."

They look over at the doorway from earlier.

Deku!Halis: "I wonder where Pent went, though..."

Asterios: <...I win?>

Asterios seems confused about the sudden exit of Mobius, but looks over at Metal.

Asterios: <...>

He isn't sure what to make of them, but doesn't see them as an enemy, going back over to Halis's side.

Macraulloween, Wrong Lumiose

Me: Time to light up this forsaken night with Volt Tackle!

Piku-chan: <I like where this plan is going!>

-Piku-chan surrounds himself in electricity and jumps into the magic circle-

Me: Time for an enchanted evening, illuminated by the moon and stars, guaranteed to Shock and Awe!

-YEET!-

-With a wave of his wand, Ian makes the magic circle launch Piku-chan into the dark of Wrong Lumiose, a trail of electricity following Piku-chan as he makes his flight-

Piku-chan: <YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HOOOOOOOOO!>

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Oct 24th 2019 at 6:00:10 AM

Macraulloween

Gaspard: I was going to see what the fuss is about inviting J-Teamers to this house but for some reason I just don't feel like making a judgment call right now.

Gaspard continues to pummel the dark creatures with a yoyo/mallet made from polymer and a Lowecrete bust of Sylvestra Macraul.

Gaspard: Pleased to meet you all. Kind of a funny way to meet you here, what with the fighting and all that jazz. Now would you excuse me, I've got these—wait, what are these things. Funny is that they're kinda reminding me of some Disney-Squeenix baddies.

Lamarck: Sir, doesn't it strike you peculiar that someone claimed that you were dressed as a superhero—oh, wait. Now I see it. That one Parker Netherlands movie you just watched on the streaming service.

(This will strike people unfamiliar with Gaspard as kind of weird: an umbreon talking through a collar.)

Gaspard: Yeah. It kind of does look like that one fella. Amazing how he and Learner Lab's Petersen sorta look alike. And yeah. If I was wearing tights this gauntlet thingy would've really made me look like an actual superhero. But I'll settle for looking like a superhero's secret identity.

Lamarck: Hold on—wasn't Petersen also the fellow who takes Arachna-Guy's pictures?

Gaspard: He was quite proud of that, honestly. Weird.

Lamarck: You're dressed like some superhero wannabe and are behaving like one. Hopefully without the creep factor.

Gaspard: That explains the gauntlet, then. And the sheer exhilaration I get keeping these mobs away from the guests.

Lamarck: Indulging your superhero fantasy?

Gaspard: Totally. Let's go Fortnite this shit.

He turns to Abilene again.

Gaspard: As for the short person to escort. Got it. Who or what are they dressed as?

Edited by MasterJayAM on Oct 24th 2019 at 10:51:00 PM

Mobile Base, Cockpit

-Lily Thane refused the teleport, she was still in nominal control here and she couldn't bear to let this ship end up in the hands of the J-Team...-

-Unfortunately she is a little beat up from this fight. Slay the Turtonator is fainted, Wake the Flygon is still up but looking damaged and Pan... Pan was still there at the console ready to shock in more jumps-

-Something flickers behind Lily's eyes and she smiles-

Lily Thane: Fine then, I guess I can die happy knowing I've removed the J-Team from the board. Pan! Warp us into the Prison of Light, let it's prisoner devour us!

-The ship shudders, but a portal fails to form-

Pan: Warp failed? Path not available

Lily Thane: Then do something!

-Following the vague orders to do something, Pan shocks the console once more-

Mobile Base, Exterior

-For a moment as she glanced out the front windscreen, Lily Thane thought that they had managed to successfully breach the Prison of Light this time. But as she took in the swirling void of purple and black that comprised the sky she was confused, that wasn't black opal? The landscape below the Base now is composed of endless grey dotted with bits and pieces of other, more vibrant locations seemingly pulled into this world from elsewhere-

-The ship drifts through and so many, many things happen at once-

-Time for many things that aren't alive stops. Watches stop ticking, engines seize up, the ambient battle music cuts out entirely-

-Creatures start appearing in the Base. Masses of dark matter with rudimentary limbs and seemingly useless wobbled tendrils and bright yellow eyes. They move devoid of emotion, seeking only to satisfy their hunger for hearts...-

-There's a riddle here, remember what these heartless creatures look like-

Mobile Base, Hallway

-The battle wasn't going well for Pent, he and his pokemon were getting tired and injured and he just couldn't keep up with whatever manner of demon this supposed future kid of his was-

-Funny he should think those words, as the Base floats into this new world of darkness...-

The Owl: Context changed. Ad-

-The construct pauses mid-air, stopped in time. And the illusion it was manifesting splutters out. The futurekid looks different now; still very human but marred and marked with scars of combat and an intricate network of circuit-pattern tattoos inked in a pulsating green. Her weapons have changed again, a pair of double-bladed glaives in an almost harshly neon green metal. A pair of horns atop her head, a pair of wings at her back. And her eyes are spheres of brass metal that have stopped functioning-

-And yet she's still so very human, standing there bewildered and lost-

Pent's Futurekid: ... ... Run, please. They're going to notice I'm free.

-The keytar-shaped weapon in Pent's hands now seems almost a perfunctory part of this new dynamic. He didn't know what to say, what to do. He was still injured and honestly something tugged at his mind saying his daug-... Instinct told him his foe was not a threat, despite her twisted and harsh appearance-

Want... Want me to destroy the owl?

-There's a pause, the futurekid looking over her shoulder to the paused machine-

Futurekid: Just run. They're gonna recover me soon...

-Even though that was basically a non-answer, Pent decides to take the hint and limp off down the corridor, trying to make some noise to get the attention of his allies-

Wrong Lumiose

-So remember what I said, a section ago? Here's the riddle: If those creatures were Heartless, what are these creatures? Because they are similar but not close enough to be the same thing-

-Especially because Heartless don't have projectile weaponry like some of the larger, sturdier shadow creatures coming out of the dark beyond the streetlamps-

An urban area in Kanto

The strange carbink accompanied by the mysterious voice is wandering through Kanto. She's currently settled into an alley, and is having a conversation.

Strange Carbink: ~Will you complete your information gathering?~

Mysterious Voice: "Hm... the metatheoretical stabilization fields seem strong. I can't do much without being physically there, and depending on how that world handles the translation I may be rendered completely powerless. Not that I could get there in this state. To sum: Aside from advice, thread detection, and maybe the occasional artifact, you're on your own."

Strange Carbink: ~Then what did we do?~

Mysterious Voice: "Continue with the mission, I still have... You have incoming."

Strange Carbink: ~Will someone be there?~

Two young trainers turn into the all

Trainer: "Look! What's that?"

The second trainer holds up a pokedex.

Trainer 2's Pokedex: "Some say that deep beneath the surface of the world, a pack of Carbink live with their queen in a kingdom of jewels."

Trainer: "Hey wait, the carbink on screen has a much less ornate jewel on its head and is pink! That one's got bigger jewels and is green!"

Trainer 2: "It must be a special carbink! The Professor would want to see this!"

Trainer: "And did you hear that about the kingdom of jewels? This one must be high ranking with that fancy head jewel! We'd make our parents rich!"

Sadly, the children do not understand economics.

Mysterious Voice: "... You there! Child! Where might one acquire one of those devices!"

The two trainers look around in shock!

Trainer: "Wh - where did that voice come from!?"

Strange Carbink: ~You will scare them.~

Trainer 2: "Did... Did the carbink just talk too???"

Trainer: "It was kind of like Mom's Gardevoir! It must be a really special carbink!"

Strange Carbink: ~What is a 'Gardevoir'?~

Trainer 2: "... See! It must be from the Carbink Kingdom! It doesn't know much about the world!"

Trainer: "Let's catch it then!"

Strange Carbink: ~You were not-~

The strange carbink is cut off by a ball flying at her.

Mysterious Voice: "DODGE!"

The strange carbink's eyes light up.

The strange carbink darts to one side, the pokeball clattering off behind her.

Trainer: "Hey! Just let us catch you!"

Trainer 2: "Wait, we need to battle it first!"

Trainer: "... Right!"

The two send out a turtwig and a fennekin.

Turtwig: <... Oh, are we fighting?>

Fennekin: <A fight? A fight! I challenge thee, strange rock, to an honorable duel!>

Turtwig: -yawning- <Why do I have to put up with you...>

Trainer: "Go get 'em!"

Trainer 2: "Yeah!"

The strange carbink looks at the two confusedly.

Mysterious Voice: "... Well. Don't die, or get captured, now. That'd be inconvenient."

Strange Carbink: ~I tried.~

Wrong Lumiose

With a flick of her wrist, Ammy sends out a powerful jet of purple flame, complimenting it with a black orb that detonates in a cross pattern. With a simple gesture from her fingers, a small crowd is cleared out via the detonation rotating.

Helmsman throws himself into a bunch of the shadows, slamming punches into more and more, not even noticing any scrapes he suffers before Roy throws out a quill at a shadow before dashing to him, healing them both.

A number of feathers flit around Sunny before being thrown and recalled again, before Sylveon throws Gambol Shroud out again, slicing through them all repeatedly.

Colton took to the sky, diving towards a shadow with a bladed wing extended while grabbing another and dragging them along the ground. He soon flew up and drove the second shadow into the ground, catching a few more shadows in the crossfire he subsequently defeated with a few more errant strikes.

They seem to be getting stronger as we get more accustomed! He attempted to relay to Roy, flying overhead to get back to relative safety, turning around and recoiling backwards via firing a few fireballs.

Roy dashed to Helmsman, leaping out of the way as he hollered the information while the blue-haired human raised a pillar of earth to slam a shadow's head through. Reflexively, he dashed off again to someone that Absent doesn't write for.

Mobile Base, ??????

-Ian looks around the Mobile Base, confused as to what world they are in now... then looks at himself to see that he is no longer a Hylian-

Me: Well, one thing's for certain, I'm not a Hylian anymore...

Piku-chan: <That's a relief...>

Me: But the first thing we need to find out is... "Where are we now?".

Everyone, save for Piku-chan, return.

-Ian calls back all of his Pokémon except for Piku-chan-

Piku-chan: <Now that everyone's safe in their Poké Balls...>

Me: Let's go take a look around, shall we?

-Ian wanders the Mobile Base, looking for some semblance of where he, the J-Team, and any remaining member of the Mobius Society are now-

Me: I'm getting a little worried, buddy.

Piku-chan: <How so?>

Me: What if we don't know where we are? And what if we can't get back home?

Piku-chan: <That is a problem.>

Me: I hope we can find out just where we are before something big and mean comes out of this eerie darkness and attacks us...

Mobile Base - Cockpit

-Isbrand aims her keyblade and waits a moment.-

Isbrand: "It's over. Everyone's gone. Give up."

-Hellfire growls at the Flygon and Pan.-

Isbrand: "Besides, you couldn't destroy the J-Team. We're not even all here. And you can't kill an idea, Lily. As long as there's evil..."

-She smirks.-

Isbrand: "Where's Pent's team? And his relics? We can come to a deal, can't we?"

Mobile Base

Jessica: "Izaya's just using Multiman. Hell, we don't know how deep his influence runs..."

Kaiiseii: "Regardless..."

Cereza: <Let's return. This craft is...functional.>

-Luca begins heading towards Pentigan's voice.-

-Then Heartless.-

Jessica: "Shadows? No, not quite."

-Divinius Ignis is loaded.-

Jessica: "Even with them gone, we still have to deal with this shit?"

-Shotgun pellets rain forward with a burning rage.-

Not Lumiose

Isbrand: "Flower Power!"

-Shaun and Jess blink.-

Shaun: "Shoot them?"

Jessica: "Shoot them."

-Stormflower and Magnhild fire, a hail of bullets and a rain of sparkly pink grenades.-

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Oct 24th 2019 at 8:26:28 AM

The red flashes of lightning and blade swings ahead of the group in the darkness had dimmed quite a bit since earlier, seemingly from distance, and now they've just outright stopped. Even those who can see past the darkness in some capacity wouldn't be able to see anything happening where they should logically be. Seems like Halis rushed too far ahead...

Halis reverts to their normal self after all that.

Halis: "Phew... that was getting a bit awkward. It's one thing to be stuck as a mon, it's another to be stuck as a mildly-threatening bush."

After recalling Asterios, they hear Pent's voice.

Halis: "O-oh, right, Pent! Don't worry, I'm coming..."

As they start making a run for the door, they can't help but glimpse... something in the dark.

Halis: "..."

They're a bit confused about it, before a blast from a shotgun in that same direction rings out inside the same room. They choose to try and simply avoid whatever's coming, continuing to head over towards Pent's assumed location.

"Uh huh. And now Locke, do you think you're ready to regain control of your life? It'll take a bit of work but it is possible," Denali asked, writing down some stuff on their notepad.

Silas and Roxy were handling the few shadows that got close to them well, Hacks propelling any he could find back, ~You two got lucky.~

"I'm a cybernetically enhanced super soldier at this point," Silas commented as he stuck a armblade through a shadow, "The question we need to sort out is, the hell happened."

Roxy tossed a incinerate at a few more, "You're the bright guy, you figure it out."

Silas blanched a little, "Yeah no... I don't... I'm not... very good with stuff like this. My work is more... numbers..."

Jackal stuck close to the party and kept quiet, not even his breathing could be heard... he had just started to hold his breath.

"Now... we wait... which is boring, wanna hear a joke?"

Mobile Base

Shizuo: Damn it... Izaya got away...

Mahina: <With my brother...>

Rod: I think we have other problems right now...

Laura: We need to get out of here, NOW!

Macraul Party

Akira!Jackie: Shit they have guns.

Legion!Genesis: <Not for long!>

-They try wrapping their chain around a group of the creatures with guns before slicing at them-

Therapy

Locke: Yeah... I guess...I wanna move on with my life.

Wrong Lumiose

Piku-chan: <Uh oh...>

-Piku-chan bounces off one of the buildings and finds his way back to Ian-

Me: How'd it go?

Piku-chan: <Well... I found out something that you might not want to hear...>

Me: Oh? Tell me.

Piku-chan: <Those Shadow monster things are armed and dangerous...>

Me: Oh, that doesn't sound good... Well, we'd better be careful...