Halis: "It wasn't even an alternate form, really, it was more like I was part-me, part someone else... I think I got fused with that someone during April Fools' Day. Both of us stuck in a lucid dream, sharing the same consciousness, yet somehow still distinct... now that I think about it, it's worrisome to think what would have happened if that hadn't worn off like it did."

They're probably just overthinking it... maybe.

Denali looked at their watch, "Well, that's as much time as I have for today. Care to set up a schedule for future appointments?" they asked.

Denali smiled a bit, "You did well today Locke, I know you can get through this."

It was at that point the door was busted down, and one of the Crystal Golems... which had been muted into a kaiju shape was lying on top of it, with a Carbink, <That all you got Buddy? Susy?>

<Not even close Sam! Not even close!> Came more Carbinks, as the Pacific Rim theme played as in strided the other Golem, now in a more heroic shape.

Denali sighed, "I promise next time this won't happen."

Jackal looked about, "Oh no..."

"Wow... Zeke won't be happy with this!"

Therapy

Locke: -blinks- ...Right. Thank you, Denali, this helped a lot.

-He gets up and exits-

Interspace

Aphrodite: ...It seems we're heading close to home.

Shizuo: ...Now what?

Edited by Umbramatic on Oct 26th 2019 at 11:49:24 AM

Contact Me!

Wandererer Corps. Ship

Isbrand: "I dunno about you but I'm feeling a hot shower, some whiskey, and a cute girl."

-Helmet stowed under her arm, she winks at Lita.-

Isbrand: "Not necessarily in that order."

---

Mementos

-Oberon and Excalibur stagger from the pain.-

Oberon: <Puck!>

-The holy sword changes to the trickster fairy and flies over to Shift, dagger raised defensively.-

---

Chateau D'Avarice

Sorceress: "I'm goin' back."

-She spins on her heel.-

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Oct 26th 2019 at 11:04:21 AM

"Dang that sure is totally poggers my good bitch"

Interspace

-Ian looks out the window of the Portfighter and sees a strange tree as he sits in on the trip back home-

Me: Say, has that tree always been there?

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Oct 26th 2019 at 11:58:38 AM

♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...

Macraulloween

Cayenne: The J-Team, and the rest of the family, I believe. I don't remember hearing about someone named "Lorien" before, though.

Skye: But it's hard to verify with such a broad invitation. For all we know, he might have actually gotten involved in J-Team stuff before today, as a pretense to be here or something.

Dew: <Party crashin', just to nap in the courtyard and make weird dream mist, though? That's super weird.>

Chateau d'Avarice

-There's a loud snarl from inside. Paula swears under her breath.-

Paula: If she fuckin' dies, I'm screwed too. We're going back in.

Security Level: 50%

-She kicks the doors back open.-

Wanderer Corps, Ship

Lita fanned herself off and blushed at Isbrand as she leaned against a wall.

"Honestly I'm beat. You might have to carry me around so I can rest up for tonite."

Vs. Fuka

Wesson was slashed. The Manetric reeled back, the barred his teeth.

"Another Discharge!"

Wesson barked and let out another wide area blast of electricity.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE

Macraulloween

Gaspard: Duly noted. Lamarck would be able to find them without much of a fuss, though it could take a while.

He knocks another shadow zombie thing with his makeshift meteor hammer.

Gaspard: Oh, I finally remember what weapon this is. A meteor hammer. I remember reading about it once. Pretty cool stuff, but not as cool as a flying guillotine. Wait—shouldn't someone go help cousin Lucian? He's up there with the demon Morpeko that caused this mess.

Elsewhere.

Jonathan: You know, Ramiel.

Ramiel!Walter: What is it?

Jonathan: I don't think I'm being all that well utilized. Maybe if I focus on one character. I mean, I keep shooting them, but then I keep missing. And I'm about as effective as Inspector Gadget when he isn't defending Penny.

Ramiel!Walter: Okay, pick your poison, then. Might I suggest narrowing it down to three? Castiel, Inspector Gadget, or John Constantine.

Sparker vs Fuka

Goosey tries to dodge, but Discharge's wide area of effect means he can't. He takes the electric attack, but manages to stay both standing and mobile.

Lucy the Seviper hisses in a way that sounds like laughter.

Fuka: Goosey, get some Revenge!

Goosey extends its right claw, charges Wesson, and launches a clawed uppercut

The Stormchaser, Earlier

-Locke is wandering around here-

-When he is tackled by an assortment of mons-

Kurow: <Locke! You're alive!>

Kagura: <Where were you? We thought we'd never find you!>

-Locke squirms out of a group hug consisting of Steely Dan and The Tick, gasping and panting for breath, before replying.-

Locke: ...I had a depression crash and became a cryptid.

The Tick: {Wait, really?>

Steely Dan: You could have told us!

Locke: ...I guess I should have. Sorry.

Emi: <Don't apologize! We're just glad you're back.>

Locke: ...Thanks.

-Actual grouphug-

Outside The Stormchaser, Now

-Locke and Emi are here-

Viridian

-Robin and Gaius are also here, probably in the aftermath of another date-

Contact Me!

Interspace

-Looking outside-

What you're looking at is the true form of the Entree, the branches that weave our section of the multiverse together.

-Some of the branches happen to end in massive cosmic latte bubbles-

Those are individual universes, I think some of the separate branches from the primary ones with smaller are supposed to be different timelines from their "main" universe.

Muddy: <We fought on those branches once.>

Chateau

-Is right behind Paula-

That feeling, it's increased even more!

Edited by rmctagg09 on Oct 27th 2019 at 5:52:23 AM

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Eric: <...oh.>

<...>

Logan: ...

Megan: ...

Pippy: <...>

Eric: <...it's. Pretty beautiful, isn't it?>

Logan: -quietly- I've never seen it from the outside before.

This far outside.

Megan: -rapt- Those bubbles are whole universes?

-putting her fingers on the window- You could just...reach out and touch the edges. Of a whole reality.

Pippy: -to Muddy- <What on earth—er, what on earths—were you fighting, way out here?>

-the patch of pollen-spewing foliage grows and grows-

-it'll be awhile-

Korra!Megan: -behind cover, feeding the spring- Oh! Oh no—

I-I'll head back, we shouldn't leave the house unattended—

Poison Ivy!Abilene: -snaring her leg with a vine- No, we shouldn't split up in this mess.

Korra!Megan: Oof!

-Abilene whistles, and a pair of wild Natu blip onto her shoulders-

-...ordinary Natu-

Natu: -tweet-

Watmel!Natu: -hiss-

Poison Ivy!Abilene: -hmph- Good to see not all of you left at the first ill omen.

Walnut!Castor: -begins instructing-

Poison Ivy!Abilene: Backup will arrive shortly.

Zatanna!Pippy: <From where?>

Poison Ivy!Abilene: My collection.

-a Tropius with a dragonscale-print appliqué perches in the wings-

Fate!Logan: And the J-Team isn't even cohesive enough to...how did the party planners even come across this mailing list? All I know of is the group chat, and there's a long list of people on that. Lots more inactive, even.

Yuuno!Addie: -to Dew, shrug- <Everyone's got hobbies.>

Luxor: <Really? Spreading murder-nightmare mist?>

ParamEric: ~...is that what happened?

Yuuno!Addie: <I never said they were good hobbies. It wouldn't even be the weirdest.>

Fate!Logan: Anyways, want to get out of here? Head somewhere...nothing especially against the residents, but more secure, if one of us is already injured by an unknown party? At this party.

-a normal person walks along, whistling jauntily to themse— -

-gasp! their angst-o-meter detects a Goth Sparkle Diameter clocking in at over 108 angstroms-

-therefore, they must Befriend-

Logan: -normally- Hi!

-a weird girl heads into town to shop for more power tools, when she conspicuously startles-

-and dives behind a bush-

Pollen: -hovering in the middle of the street- <...what are you doing?>

Megan: -motioning- Get over here!!

Pollen: -wondering how her life had come to this, obliges-

-only when she's behind the bush does Megan respond-

Megan: -whispering- That's!!! Robin!!!

Pollen: -already done- <...who?>

Megan: -gesticulating- The ultimate tactician! Winner of wars, breaker of armies, traitor vessel of a dark god—

Pollen: -why_should_I_care_face.jpg-

Megan: -emphatically- Donnel's boss!!

Pollen: <...ohhhh.>

-buzzing up, peering at them- <We should fight him.>

Megan: No!!!

Pollen: -can you squint with compound eyes- <Look at him, sucking on that lollypop. He doesn't look so tough.>

-at the same time, a blank-faced Cubone wakes up from its nap on a box right next to the couple, a tiny, makeshift Old Rod and tackle box next to it-

(-pointless aside: normally, the Pidgey would be all over that, but...nope-)

(-they only peer from the rooftops, warily skulking until they spot the next shiny piece of bread, at which point the whole matter is—-)

(- —what matter? there is only bread, and plots for more bread-)

No mind to think. No will to break.

Interspace

Aphrodite: It's where the whole Yggdrasil legend comes from.

Outside The Stormchaser

Emi: <...Hi.>

Locke: Er, hello, can you help me?

Viridian

Gaius: -takes the lolipop out of his mouth- Someone's watching us from the bushes. Doesn't seem to be a threat though.

Robin: Hmmm?

-looks-

Contact Me!

Interspace

Me: The Nine Realms of [Norse] Mythology...

Piku-chan: <And where the Entree rests must be the Entralink...>

Me: At the very center of my home region... Unova... I've heard of it, but I've never actually been there... What's it like?

♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...

Oceanview Restaurant, Mandarin Island Marine Park, Past

Shutter, Ryan, and Alyesha are waiting with Shutter's grandfather Reynard at a fancy restaurant connected to the main aquarium. They're waiting for Shutter's parents. Bowls were around, filled with treats for the pokémon to eat. The main tank has a species of schooling, torpedo-shaped fish from Galar, darting about near the wishiwashi.

Shutter: Are those—

Reynard: Yeah, we still haven't received too many details on those critters, so don't ask me for anything.

Ryan: If I remember correctly, they're a dietary favorite of cramorants.

Shutter: Alyesha, Ryan, this is my grandfather, Dr. Reynard Albright. He took up his PhD in marine biology after working as head of a chocolate factory.

Reynard: A pleasure to meet you. My grandchildren are big fans of your work Mr. Seo. And it's always a delight to have a J-Teamer at our premises. I've already ordered so our meals might come in soon, but do tell me if you want anything else. And, Mr. Seo, may I have this selfie? My granddaughters weren't expecting you until tomorrow and I wanna make 'em jealous.

Ryan complied. Reynard took out a selfie stick and took a picture of them together, and then of them

Shutter: So, any odds that they might bail on us?

Reynard: Nope. I know how to browbeat Richard into doing something he ought to be doing. Years later and he's still deathly afraid of me being disappointed in him, even after the likelihood of that happening dropped considerably.

Shutter: Could've done that a few years ago.

Ryan: Gavin—

Reynard: Oh, believe me, I tried. It's apparently harder to browbeat your son over a video phone than it is to do it in person. Now, Gavin. I understand that you and your parents don't always see eye to eye since they were constantly at work. I've talked to your father about this.

Ryan: I know how he feels. My parents were hardly home themselves.

Shutter: Busy with work?

Ryan: Yeah. Competitive Ferrumite business scene. This is why I never bothered with a corporate job. And you?

Shutter: Dismantling Lawrence III's massive airship for scrap metal. Mom and dad were the foremen responsible for the ground operations. Mom only stopped working for a little bit when she was too pregnant with my brother, and then when he was weaned it was business as usual—and speak of Giratina.

Galen: 'Sup Gavin.

A teenager who looked like a smaller, younger version of Shutter arrived. He hands Ryan a slumbook and takes a selfie with him.

Shutter: Gramps, why did you invite Galen?

Reynard: We rarely have family time. I know you two reconciling is long and drawn out but I want it to happen in my life time and Arceus knows how much longer I have left.

Galen: That's not what your doctor said.

Shutter: Anyway, fellas. My actual little brother Galen. Galen, Ryan and Alyesha.

Galen's eyes wander over to Alyesha and he's suddenly enamored. Shutter goes "oh not again."

Galen, to Alyesha: Hello, Ms. Alyesha. Enchanted to meet you.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Oct 27th 2019 at 10:39:49 PM

Logan: -brightly- Sure! =D

Speaking as a professional people-helper, what do you need?

Pollen: -angry buzz- <Not a threat? I'll show you a threat, you overripe patch of sugarcane—>

-she lunges, and Megan lunges after her-

Megan: -grabbing, frantic- Pollen no—

-normally, there'd be no way in heck Megan'd be able to catch her, fast as she is-

-but there's a greater law at work here, so she manages to snag a leg-

-...and also a fireball shoots from somewhere in Robin and Gaius's peripheral vision, intercepting the bug-

Pollen: -exploded- <Aaaaah!>

-blasting her over Megan's head, flipping them onto her back-

Cubone!Byleth: -...- •_ •

Pollen: -Burned, in pain- <...>

Megan: ...hi? .-.

No mind to think. No will to break.

Outside The Stormchaser

Locke: Long story but... I need help getting re acclimated to society. Or at least the J-Team

Emi: <He went full cryptid for a while.>

Locke: emi

Viridian

Robin: ...Hi.

Gaius: Can we help you?

Contact Me!

Logan: -friendly chuckle- That's something I've heard before.

-smile- Not too unfamiliar, if I say so myself.

-tapping their finger against the side of their neck, idly contemplative- Society, or the J-Team. Those are pretty different mon.

-crossing their arms- But mostly, it seems like you just...bump into the J-Team, if they're around, whether you like it or not.

-grin- And that's not too different from peoplemon in general.

-walking off, beckoning amiably- C'mon, I'll take you to this café. It's nice and quiet.

-without a call or anything, a Pachirisu scampers from the brush and up their body to their shoulder-

Megan: -on the ground, holding Pollen securely in her hands- ...can we help you?

Pollen: -hissing- <Let me help your face—>

Cubone!Byleth: -casts Fire again, holding it in her paw-

Pollen: -yelp-

-...-

Cubone!Byleth: -sits back down, starts fiddling with a lure-

Megan: -wavery- ...sorry.

I'm a friend of Donnel's. Please don't blow me up. ,~,

Edited by Asterisk395 on Oct 27th 2019 at 10:58:02 AM

No mind to think. No will to break.

Macraulloween

Skye: Yes, please. There's some weird bullshit with a crazy Morpeko and costume-based powers and stuff, but I don't think that does anything in particular for us as Blazing Sigil characters not in spellcaster class outfits.

Kai: It does affect you as Rosalina, though, right, Cayenne?

Cayenne: Yeah, I should probably stay and help deal with... that. It was nice seeing you again, Kai!

Kai: Likewise! Let's try not to have it happen during major events anymore, though. Stuff always happens.

Cayenne: Oh, you J-Team types. Good luck!

-And thus they part ways. Kai lets out a strained breath they didn't realize they were holding.-

Kai: That goddamn locket is going to be the death of me

Chateau

-Mona yells at the group in the palace through the support link from outside.-

Mona: ~I hope you know what you all are doing! The security level has gotten to the point that there is a substantial increase of guards by now! And if it gets much higher, not only will their numbers increase further, the guards will get substantially stronger as well!~

Edited by keys2tkingdom on Oct 27th 2019 at 10:23:26 AM

Outside the Stormchser

-Logan and Emi follow-

Viridian

Robin: Donnel? He's probably from the timeline that's like mine but diffrent.

Gaius: Oh yeah there's a bunch of timelines thrown into this mess you said...

Robin: Speaking of... I should probably check up on Julius... He keeps going off somewhere where Morgan can't see him while I'm away...

Gaius: ...Who?

-Robin freezes-

Pokesona

-The four mooks are weakening, but keep firing and lunging-

-Parcelus is still looking strong, almost unscratched-

Contact Me!

Interspace

Talbain pokes his head out of the backpack, Julius looking at him before the rock-type looks out of the window, breathless.

<I guess...> he trails off. <I guess Absent, despite being my author, is as inconsequential as me,> he decides. <... why does that make me feel more powerful?>

Chateau

"We need someone who can navigate that place to go with them," Rage and Love observed. "Lest we lose two people to this place."

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Chateau d'Avarice

Daydre is also right behind Tagg and Paula.

No way I'm letting anyone die on my first time here.. Well, hopefully I wouldn't let anyone die on any subsequent trips but still I'm getting sidetracked time to stop this line of thought

Interspace

Daydre quietly watches the tree. Anything she could say about it has already been said, and anything else she just doesn't have the words for.

Macraulloween

A long whistle threads through the sounds of the shadows. Daydre doesn't notice at first, preoccupied as she is with fighting. She also doesn't notice that all the others have gotten a fair ways away. By the time the whistling grows loud enough, and Daydre realizes she's alone, it's already too late.

Something impacts the ground behind Daydre, and a wave of Obscura obliterates all the shadows nearby. A dustcloud is kicked up, the pavement is cracked, and Daydre is knocked to the ground by the wave. A familiar figure rises from the dust and steps forth. All Daydre has time to do is roll over to see who it is.

"Oh for fucks' sake-"

And a foot is planted on Daydre's chest, pinning her to the ground.

off the shits

Interspace

Muddy: -To Pippi- <Fighting a Guzzlord having absorbed the power of Shards of the Spacetime Orb to literally eat its way through the multiversal fabric to other worlds.>

Of course we didn't know it was an Ultra Beast at the time, but that's how we became Fallers since it was gnawing Ultra Wormholes to travel in particular.

As for the Entralink, well, it's got a pretty unique feel, kinda hard to describe without actually being there.

Mementos

Pink: -Has Galen use Simple Beam on Parcelsus-

Edited by rmctagg09 on Oct 27th 2019 at 11:45:39 AM

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Wanderer ship, ...earlier???

Ever: Stop.

-the creature currently attempting to burrow into Ever's chest ignores this request, flailing around briefly before retreating, looking uncomfortable-

-it's about a foot tall, with spindly limbs, its body mostly hidden under a curly hat and a red cloak with a high collar. A pair of yellow eyes peek out from under the brim of its hat-

Ever: You're not going to find anything.

Red Nocturne: <>

Ever: Because you're too cute to destroy, obviously.

Red Nocturne: ^v

Ever: -rolling their eyes- So will Breeze, probably. I've seen worse. Let's go commit a murder.

Red Nocturne: ><

Ever: Figuratively. And no.

-tucking the Heartless into their backpack, they go to catch up with the others-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.