Logan: -smiles and watches-

-Beat-

Suiko: I don't want to be arrested.

The space between Megan and the suit

Megan: -subvocalizing- Nnnnot again.

-what-

Vee: -to her- <<I'll keep ya movin'. Think somethin' up.>>

Megan: Maybe Jackal planned for this?

-he did say "may"-

Okay that doesn't speak wonders, no.

Vee: <<Hrmph. 'Kay, they're lookin' fer a way out. Gimme some words.>>

Megan: -inhale-

Suiko: -lilting- We can create a distraction simply enough.

-referring to herself- We are new; there is nothing tying us to the Aurabolts just yet. And we have methods of removing ourself from the scene.

-headtilt- Our mayhem is finely aged, you may find.

KI

Stranger piped in over Jackal's com device.

"Hey uh Boss you're lookin' like you're in trouble. There is a sizable police presence out there. You need any help?

Aurabolts

Coil: Some, but they aren't good listeners. I'm guessing you need help getting out of here?

Cafe That Totally Exists

Gudrunn: We're glad you're here Locke.

Arika: All of us.

Locke: Thanks guys.

-Massive group hug-

-Nico pulls Logan in-

-Shizuo is carrying the Caterpie-

-...Though Emi wards off the vampire-

Mobile Base

Mahina: O-oh. Yes I am.

Stormchaser, Isabrand

Odin: -grins- Weeeeeeeell...

-the two start forming a plan-

Stormchaser, Tagg

Squirps: No, I am not. You were on that raid, yes?

Stormchaser, Fuka, past

Jared: Come on then!

-He leads Fuka off-

Outside The Stormchaser

-The Flamel Base promptly touches down right next to the Mobile Base-

-Flamel emerges from it-

Flamel: <J-Team here I come!>

-Someone should probably go see him-

Stormchaser

Lita, Des and C are in one of the common areas, reading some books. Lita looks up and rubs her neck when she notices the Flamel Base outside.

Lita: "What the...?"

The trio head out to investigate.

Lita: "Um, excuse me, weird monkey dude, you do realise this is the Stormchaser, yeah?"

Des: "Yeah they aren't people to be messed with. Speaking from experience."

Halis is also watching Flamel's actions from a distance after having noticed said base... although trying to hide behind a bush with a bright pink scarf flowing in an invisible wind probably isn't very conductive to stealth.

Halis: "...Strange base, an Infernape, and three people. Hmmm..."

Stormchaser, yesterday

-To Squirps-

To that replica of Multiman's airship, yeah.

Flamel Base

Flamel: <Oh, I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm here to join up! Are Joseph and Circe here?>

Stormchaser, Tagg

Squirps: I heard tell there was a Necrozma on board.

Flamel Base

Des: "Joseph and Circe? I haven't seen Joseph in over a year. Not sure who Circe is. Unless you're talking about the other Jos-"

Lita nudged him hard in the ribs. She regarded Flamel suspiciously.

Lita: "Maybe they are here maybe they're not, what do you want them?"

Des gave Lita a cross look as he rubbed his side.

Des: "How did you-"

Lita: "You don't come to the past without doing your homework."

C: "You are a peculiar monkey. Who are you?"

Halis starts... crawling along the ground for some reason, which just makes them even more obvious as they start to approach the group.

Halis: "Slowly... slowly..."

They seem convinced they're being sneaky, even though they're not.

Stormchaser, yesterday

Oh right...

Er, yeah.

King Industries

Phantom: "''Does it count as negotiation if I just shoot them all with tranq bolts?"

Vulpecula: "I mean those are all dirty cops, probably? If it wouldn't reflect badly on us I'd just treat them like any other mook."

Phantom: "What's the plan, Fido?"

Mobile Base

"Yeah, I was there," Julius added, catching anything his trainer had to say in his throat. "And I genuinely hope we can get them back as soon as possible."

"Right, we also have to worry about Merlin..." Caliburn considered. "I like them."

KI Floor 26

Lamb's leg started bouncing, her gaze started darting, her heart started racing.

"What do we do, what do we do..." she recited to herself, the alarms creating a distraction from rationale.

MEANWHILE, in Viridian City...

(Cue scene. Kimberly and Paul are walking through the city- or at least the former is. The latter, naturally, is flying through it, happily singing to himself. Kimberly is busy taking notes- presumably on Monese, Japanese, or some other language. In the background: https://youtu.be/_J9NpHKrKMw is playing, which just so happens to be the song Paul is singing— even if all Kimberly hears is Butterfree chirps.)

Paul: <<Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace>>

<<Molly is the singer in a band>>

<<Desmond says to Molly, “girl, I like your face”>>

<<And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand:>>

<<Obladi, oblada, life goes on, bra>>

<<La, la, how the life goes on...>>

Kimberly: (looking down at her notes, then sighs, putting away the pen) “Oh, who am I kidding? Song lyrics are easy; that’s obviously ‘Obladi, Oblada.’ No syllable-counting needed there.” (she turns to Paul, who is still singing) “You know, Paul, if I’m really going to learn to understand what you’re saying, I’ll need some kind of expert.”

Paul: (singing): <<...Takes it back to Molly waiting at the->> (realizes Kim was talking to him, and stops) <<-oh sorry, what was that?>>

Kimberly: (counts syllables) “6, said with an air of apologetic questioning.” (writes down) “I really didn’t need to do that, though; I could clearly tell from your body language that you were distracted. I was just saying. I’m going to need some kind of Monese expert in order to understand you.”

(She looks around.)

Kimberly: “Now where I’m going to find one, I have no idea...”

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King Industries Bathroom, past

-Now alone, Dale rushes into a stall and pops a burst of Obscura to dim the bathroom lights, don their costume and shadowport out of the now-darkened bathroom-

Subwhere, that same past

-A moment to pause and fix up the costume and of course, get back in contact through team comms-

Nightingale's up, sorry. Where can I do the most help boss?

Wrong Lumiose, Warehouse, Halloween

-Well given everyone's just kinda rushing ahead it's actually...-

Correct Lumiose, Warehouse, Halloween

-So yeah this place seems more normal and real than the world outside, a proper modern warehouse with plenty of floorspace occupied by a few things:-

-The biggest is a series of circles drawn on the floor in chalk, shimmering with some kind of power. Then within the center is an unconscious Pentigan and a mysterious figure with big blonde pigtails. Pent's bag is outside of the circles. And one of your friends is here chilling out-

Mysterious Figure: Ah good, you're here. Took you long enough.

Monopeko: If you wanted us to rush, you could of just not messed with the pokeballs.

Mysterious Figure: Well I was getting bored and it was fun twisting them into the Logic. Anyway! Hello!

Viridian

-Kimberly and Paul may hear loud shouting in [GERMAN] nearby.-

Stormchaser, Tagg

Squirps: I see... If Mobius has gotten ahold of Necrozma... We're running out of time.

-Tagg may see Human!Voyd walking by in the background-

Flamel Base

Flamel: <I'm legendary alchemist and scientist Nicolas Flamel, I have a history with those two, and I want to join the J-Team! Also I see you, whippersnapper.>

Macrauloween

-Let's assume everyone's gotten to where the action is-

Medea: And who the hell are you?

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Halis: "Hey, I don't snap whips."

They realize they just blew whatever imaginary cover they had by replying.

Halis: "U-uh, I mean..."

They suddenly stand upright.

Halis: "I was totally here the entire time. Alchemy sounds fun. Don't know a single thing about it, but it sounds fun, at least."

Halis wakes up, noticing the intrusion of the rest of the group.

Halis: "Oh, hey, you finally caught up."

They stand back up, yawning.

Halis: "I tried to do something about this whole mess, but I can't. Might not make any sense right now, but trust me, if it was that easy, I would've already stopped this by now."

Wrong(?) Lumiose Warehouse

Hesitantly, Colton waved, Ammy tilted the brim of her hat, and everyone else simply nodded a greeting.

How do you want to do this? Colton asked, wings on his arms flaring.

Viridian City

(At that exact moment, Paul suddenly hears someone screaming in another language- and it appears to be in German. He looks up and sees a giant airship in front of him. Alerted, he turns towards Kim.)

Paul: <<Hey, Kim, I think I just heard someone coming from that airship. They were speaking some kind of language- sounded like German to me...>>

Kim: (counting) "...31, what was that?"

(Paul promptly points up to the sky with his wing. Kim looks up- and sees three huge airships hovering above her. Her eyes promptly go wide in shock.)

Kim: (stunned) "Oh, god..."

(She takes out her notebook, and writes down:)

THREE HUGE AIRSHIPS IN THE SKY— NO KNOWLEDGE AS TO THEIR ORIGINS YET; COULD LIKELY CONTAIN EXPERTS IN MONESE.

Kim: (putting away her notebook): "We're going in there. There's gotta be at least one person in there who can teach me something about the language..."

(She and Paul walk forward, and "Obladi, Oblada" fades out.)

Kim: "Though... why would three giant airships appear from nowhere?"

Stormchaser

Lita notices the Halis.

Lita: "Oh, hey little bun. How have you been lately?"

Des: "Flamel...I've heard that name before. Do you know of the Phantom Thieves?"

C: "Alchemist? Perhaps there is a thing or two you could teach me. I am quite a thirsty individual. For the arcane, that is."

Correct Lumiose, Warehouse

-Ian the Witch fixes the brim of his hat-

Me: Haven't been in this neck of the woods...

-sees Monopeko and a strange person-

Me: Something tells me that this guy is who Monopeko answers to... Tadashī ka?^note Am I right?

Stormchaser, Fuka, past

Fuka: Where are we going? Some spcecial lab? A hidden vault? A room waist high with arm bands because they're surprisingly common?

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Stormchaser, yesterday

-To Squirps-

I don't think they have Necrozma per se but-Notices Voyd-

Stormchaser, today

-Irritated-

Can't they park further away from us, damned thing should've just been left for the Heartless inside the Realm of Darkness, what use do we even have for something that big, it's just an oversized target. Should probably get everyone to move again soon, maybe to Johto.

Stormchaser, Fuka, Past

Jared: A store!

-Indeed they are at the entrance to Ersatz Alliance-

Stormchaser, Tagg

Squirps: Wait, but what?

-Void notices Squirps, flips him the bird behind his back, then dives through an Ultra Wormhole-

Flamel Base

Flamel: <The Phantom Theives? Yes, I contacted them in order to- We should probably keep this hush-hush, aren't they top secret?>

-to C and Halis- <Alchemy is fun! I could teach you both a few tricks, maybe...>

Viridian

-Contrary to what Paul thinks the shouting is not coming directly from the airships-

-It is coming from a woman with long pink pigtails beneath them thwacking a... Device with a wrench-

-There is a Klinklang watching, unamused-

Halis: "I've been fine, and I'd be interested in an alchemy lesson, yeah... uhh, what's a Phantom Thief, though? Sounds like a movie or something."

Unfortunately for them, Halis's hearing is top-notch and overheard that whole side-conversation even if they didn't mean to.