Saffron City (Evelyn)
Evelyn: I can tell that you use Psychic types. Cool! I'm trying to be a great Psychic-type Gym Leader, just like Sabrina.
Space Hotel Persephone, Zero-G Battle Arena (Ian)
Me: Well... Anyone up for a battle? I'm ready when any of you are.
-Ian walks out to the battlefield with Piku-chan on his shoulder-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...Wing Meeting Room - Past
A flare levitated in front of Ammy's gloved, outstretched palm, which she poked and watch detonate into a firework that sparkled before fading away.
Persephone Zero-G Arena Entryway
The door opened, Colton entering, still unsteady on his feet.
"What about a battle?" He asked, leaning against an illusory shelf as best he could.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]Persephone, Zero-G Battle Arena (Ian's Adventure)
Me: Hey, Colton! I'm up for a battle if you are.
-Beat-
Are you?
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...Oblivion Wing Meeting
-Nightingale took a seat and flashed the helmets eyes blue briefly. Kind of a smile-
Well your nemesis continues to be so overwrought but otherwise a fantastically successful mission.
-The eyes then pulse a soft green-
And I assume we all did our... Best out there yes? After all there's the matter of leadership...
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.Zero-G Arena
"Us or our teams?" Colton asked, stretching out his arm to grab an illusory hand rail, which he grabbed and pulled himself forward with, outstretching a hand to stop himself on a wall, where he stuck and met Ian's gaze.
"Because I'm always down, but my team likes having ground under their feet. Grounded or not, gravity is integral to the game plan."
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]Zero-G Arena
Me: -semi-confusedly- I was thinking a Pokémon Battle, and some training for things that might happen in the future...
-mutters under breath- And if I'm lucky, I can train myself for the next time I and the Magical Girl Club are needed...
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...0-G Arena
"With all due respect, there's no real point," he said, reorienting himself to be standing on a sort of podium with his shoes strapped to the base.
"There's nothing we'll gain out of learning to fight in zero-G," he started. "Save for bragging rights. A number of my Pokemon have moves to deal with opponents at different altitudes, including me," he explained, bolts of an Ice Beam, a Flash Cannon, a Thunder as well as an Icicle Crash appearing behind him. "So we can adapt if another need to fight in zero-G somehow arises."
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]Zero-G Arena
Me: Fair point. But I'd think it would be fun to learn. After all, I heard about a Gym in the Hoenn region that does it.
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...Zero-G Arena
"I'd think if there was a Gym with battles with gravity deactivated, I'd have noticed," Colton observed as he reached a hand into a shadowy portal.
Stormchaser, Room 713
Yoink!
Zero-G Arena
The eight Hoenn badges levitated behind him like some sort of halo, emblems showing his experience in the League.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]Zero-G Arena
Piku-chan: <He's good...>
Me: Still... Even if it might be impractical, I'd still want to try this place out. Even if it's just to get something I was asked back on Earth out of the way...
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...Zero-G Arena
Me: Piku-chan! Oshawittle! Piper! Raru! Up and at 'em!
-Oshawittle, Raru and Piper jump from their Poké Balls and into the obstacle course-
Me: Piku-chan! Break that target with Iron Tail! Piper! You use Quick Attack! Oshawittle! Slice and dice with Razor Shell! Raru... Show 'em your Magical Leaf!
-Piku-chan, Oshawittle, Piper and Raru unleash the attacks called on the targets nearest them-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...Zero-G Arena
Raru: <Shoot! Guess I'm sitting out!>
Me: It's okay, Raru. You, Oshawittle and Piper can cheer Piku-chan on from here.
Raru: <Thanks, Ian.>
Me: Ready, Piku-chan?
Piku-chan: <Ready!>
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...Stormchaser
Kolemm: O̸͎͇̺̹̲h̜͇͉,̳̝̺̯͓̗ ̭͎y̵̩o̶̞̺̺̰͚̯u̢̯'̠͚̤ͅr͕͙̣̱̬e ̰͉̝͈̼n̰̤̥̠͡ͅe̡̘̟̮̻̻̲w̴,̰ ̨̲̩̭̣̹͔̘h͏̗̰̭͇̘̥u̡h̳͔?҉̩̰̟̹̲͇ ͍̣͓͞W̗̲̹͇̩͈ḙ̣̞͓̝̫͕l͔̬̯̳̖͟ḷ̡̲̰̝͔̝ ͚̻̝̱m̧̦̹̣̘̮͙e̹̣̭͙͙̙ ̨͇̳̣̤̮a̵̞̯̭n̡͍d̠ ͕m̭̫y͏͔̫̳̮̣̝̠ ̡̫̼̮d̡͉͓̥̖͉̺̯a̘̮͍̪̰̱d̢̞̹ͅ ̲͔͈̩̕ha̵̜v̝͟e̳̫̺ͅ ̡̖̲͔s̼̠̙̞e̠̭̘̯͙̪p̵̬a̹̞̪̜̕r̸͎̖͇̞̙̬a̲͇͜ṭe͉̳͜l̮͇̣͍y̬̻̦ ̼b̢͈e̯̰̰é͉̥͙͔͇n̢̯͉͔̮ ̵͉̟̹̣̩̼̩t͏̝̠̲̘̝̥h͖͚̖̠̪͡o̶͉̥̖r͕̫͎̣͈̲͚͜n̶̳̪̰s̨͖̳̙̟͓̱ ̴̻ͅì̭̤͕͔̹ṇ ̜͔͈̝̱̤t̨͙h͝e̵̫͇ ̭̯̭͉͉J-̪̰̺T͔̤̤e͉͕͔͕̜͉͢a̼͓̲̱̬̗̗m̲͎ͅ'̘̩̥s̤͓̕ s̢͓̻í̪̭͈̘ḑ̝̞̦͈͉͔̫e̡̝̹̠ f͇̤̺̰o͚̦̗͞r̻̝̲͎̖͈͍ ̛͕-̺ u̝̣̘̪̘̜h̭̹,̦̞̟̮̀ ҉̥̞̳̗̼h͉͓̪͉o̙̜̭͇͉͈w̺̞͘ ̺͔̭l̙̠̲̮̝̱͈͟o͎̘͔̩̝͎ng̥̘ ̫̠̟̫̥h͕̩̻̤͓̗a̷̯̜̜̝̘s̙ ̶̼i͈̭̯͕̦̰ͅt͇ ҉b͈ee͇̹n̬̱͕̮͈͚͔͢ ̀d̨a̸̰͈̻d̜͚͍̝̗̩̖??
Dr. Multiman: Two years I think.
-to Pent- Tea would be nice but we've got urgent matters to attend to.
Angela
-Coil and Iris nod and head on board-
Aurabolts
Coil: Geez ol' Delta really doesn't like you.
Contact Me!Stormchaser
Okay, adding 'dad question mark' to the list of things you have to explain but you best start talking if it's super urgent.
-Pent backs off and goes to check on the treat he put on earlier and also to fish around in his (regular) bag for some tea-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.saffron city
Sapphy: I guess we both use a psychic type...
Saffy: But our teams are more colour themed!
Hazel: Well, good luck with becoming a gym leader. I don't have any particular goal in mind right now...
meanwhile in a warehouse in Lilycove...
-A Flabebe floats in through a small gap in the wall. She lands by a door, taking off her human-to-pokemon armband, turning into a vaguely renaissance themed costumed superhero. She opens the door from the inside to let in another costumed hero, this one wearing a dark magenta camo pattern catsuit with cat ears on the head.-
the pied piper: Okay, we're in. I didn't have to create any holes, so so far there's no obvious evidence we've been here.
the phantom feline: Good. Hopefully we can just get to the computer and delete all the files they stole from me, but I doubt it'll be that easy. But we need to get them as soon as possible, things are starting to get out of hand.
the pied piper: It seems quiet. Either this is a trap, or they're out of town currently.
the phantom feline: Let's hope it's the latter.
-On their way over to the computer, they notice a row of framed newspaper clippings, each with a story on the exploits of the twin bandits.-
the pied piper: Seems at least one of them enjoys the attention their heists are getting.
-They make it to the computer, where the phantom feline gets to work hacking into it.-
the phantom feline: Aaaaand... I'm in!
-The desktop of the computer pops up on the screen.-
the phantom feline: Now let's just look through the files...
-They look through file explorer and find the folder that housed the data, but open it to find it empty apart from a file named youfailed.txt.-
the pied piper: Go on, read it.
Hello person attempting to steal our data, I'm sorry to say that we've already moved it elsewhere. It's all backed up to 3 different storage devices, all of them password protected of course. You won't be finding any of them here, especially while we're out of town.
ps. If you're Kat, thanks a lot for all this. It's really very helpful. Do contact us if you have any more you want to give. The offer is still there :)
the phantom feline: I knew it wouldn't be this easy.
the pied piper: Hmm, if we could only get the 3 storage devices around at the same time... But then they're also password protected.
the phantom feline: Well, they did say there was still an offer for definitely not me to join them. If I manage to gain their trust with some more data, we might be able to get all the files off of the storage devices. As for the passwords...
-She pulls out a keyring of USB sticks and takes the cover off one.-
the phantom feline: My favourite keylogger. If I install this, it'll log every key they press and send the data to me.
-After putting the USB stick back, she pulls out another one.-
the phantom feline: And finally some rootkit software to make this stuff harder to find out about. I could also use it as a backdoor to their system if need be.
the pied piper: Okay, let's get out of here now.
the phantom feline: Just after I log off.
I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.Suiko: -to Jackal- You can't tell m-us what to do.
-beat-
-jerking a thumb at Megan's door- Well, as per contract, you absolutely can tell us what to do, but in this case we're breaking into this random person's permanent room, for reasons.
-and she's silent for the whole Jackal call-
Suiko: ...
Vee: -blink- <Y'know, tha's a really weirdly specific thin' to be able to smell?>
Pippy: -clapping claws together- <If accurate, nonetheless. Say hello to the nice fox, Megan!>
Megan: -muffled- "Hello to the nice fox, Megan."
Vee: -hucks a pillow at her head-
Pippy: <So!>
-beam- <Who are you, and what can we do you for?>
Vee: <...P, tha's Daydre's friembfoxen.>
(Megan: -goes still under the pile of blankets-)
-...-
-ah, the sweet, silent scream of someone failing to recognize someone they've already met-
Pippy: -the internal screamee- <Ah! Hahaha. Ahem.>
-stilted- <It is good to see you again, um.>
Mane: -sincerely- <Well, that's just swell.>
Logan: -scratching their head- We'll just need to make our way to Oblivia from here. That's a much shorter jaunt.
Mane: -eyeing Logan- <...did you fight somemon before you came over?>
Logan: -amiably- No, why?
Mane: -gesturing to his own general head area- <You're a little...disheveled.>
Addie: <It's casual Mon-day.>
Mane: <That's not—>
???: Logan?
Logan: -turning- Ditya!
-coming down the steps is a graceful woman taller than Logan (but not as tall as Alyssa), followed closely by Mane and the kitty-
Logan: Wow, this is....really convenient!
-they smile-
Ditya: ...are you okay?
Logan: -blink- Peachy.
Ditya: -holding them by the shoulders- Sure? You look...kinda like you fell down a hillside.
Addie: <We did.>
Ditya: -blink-
Logan: -moving on- Alyssa, this is Ditya, my Operator.
Addie: <Ditya, this is Alyssa—she wants to be a Ranger!>
Ditya: Oh!
-beaming- Well, it's wonderful to meet a new face. Especially one that'll probably be around more often!
I assume you're here to get everything sorted out?
The kitty: Mew.
Abilene: ...you're proficient enough with biotics to grow clones?
Sapinda: -impressed, begrudgingly- <How many libraries did you download?>
Abilene: -sigh, waving the stake- It isn't as if I don't have more of these, and this tree has failed to produce, itself, the wealth of Aura I need...but there's no telling how this tree has been changed by what it has absorbed.
-nod- Take your sample.
Rosa: <Who do you work for? Are you a freelancer, for hire?>
<This one> -pointing at Abilene- <could afford such a salary, I'm sure.>
Sapinda: -looming over Rosa- <Leave the bargaining to her.>
Rosa: -unmoved, shrug- <It's a relevant question.>
Edited by Asterisk395 on Dec 18th 2019 at 11:43:29 AM
No mind to think. No will to break.Fuscia
Alex: I'll have you know I downloaded a copy of the entire [LIBRARY OF CONGRESS] and several other databases into my databanks. And I'm up for hire! If you could help me with a thing that is.
-She carefully takes the sample-
Stormchaser
Kolemm: L͟òng ͝s͞tory ͠s̴h̴or͏t ̢dąd d҉id̷ ͢a ̕t̨i̧me ҉poŕtal acc̷i̢de͠nt̸ t̴h̛a̛t͠ t͟uŗned̵ ͏m̶e͞ int̵o͠ a̢ ̕G̀l͡itch͟ ͘s͘tu͏ck ̴in͡ t̨h̴e pa̧st,͜ ́h̨e̡ ͢tri̧ed̵ to͡ ͟mer͡g̛ę t̡he ̀m̧u͢l̛tiv̧erse t͏o bri͏n̶g͠ ḿe̴ b̷a͠cḱ,̛ ͏I͡ ͜tr̕i҉ed̶ ͝to kill҉ h̷įm҉ ̸fo͠r it o̡nly ̸to̴ ͟le̴ar̵n it'̴s̶ ͏a͡l̕s͢o t̡h͟e ̶f̶a̵u̢lt ̧of́ ́t̵his ̀Iz͞aya͢ m̀o̴th̛er̴f͡úck̷er f҉or ̡m͏ani͜pula̡t͡i͏n̸g̴ ͜h͝i̸m ̶in̢t̶o̕ ̵do͞in̢g i͏t͢,̕ ̶a͠nd ̀no̵w we'r̨e ̛he̸re.͝
Dr. Multiman: -to Aspen- That Izaya's taken over my organization, Mobius! He's planning on summoning a Glitch called the Fanatic!
Kolemm: S͔͎̳͘p̝̠͇̥̞̠e̠͈̠͙͉̙ͅa͚͈͝k̪̝̮͙i̛̺̫̠͎̳n͙̗̬g̲͡ ̬͉̕o̬̥̯̲̙͙͓f͈͎̲̺ ̭̗t̷͔͎̲h̜e̠͔̤̲̹ ̨̙̰̠͚F̞a̺͚̮ǹ̗̥͍̪a̹t͇͉́i̡c͏̞͍ ̥̲͢i͈̩̟͇̞̕s̫̟̜̫͓̱̱͟ ̡ą̲ ͚̱̱G̤͓̮̤̞̩ú̗͚d̟̪͇ͅŕu̶ͅn̲̕ǹ̩͉͖̮̼̺̰ ̻͈ͅar̞̱̮o̢̘̯̻̭u͔̮͈̳͔͍̰n̼͓̦d̼?̣̯̦̺̩̼̕
Edited by Umbramatic on Dec 18th 2019 at 1:19:07 PM
Contact Me!Wing-Meeting Room
"Ok, so we set them back quite a bit. But now this Delta friend of yours is on high alert. Perhaps next time you should better use the talents of those around you."
Stranger's eyes darted around the room before resting back on Jackal.
Persephone
Des ooohs at Kaiiseii's maneuver.
"Wow you're agile. I mean-uh.."
He's a stammering mess again.
"So, you wanna battle?"
GIVE ME YOUR FACESaffron City (Evelyn)
Evelyn: Thanks, Hazel.
-back to Sapphy and Saffy-
Evelyn: Anyways... What kinds of Pokémon do the two of you have?
Persephone, Zero-G Arena
-Piku-chan is off like a shot-
Me: Piku-chan! Use Iron Tail!
-Piku-chan's tail glows with a metallic shine as he strikes the target closest to him-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...

"Then hop on board, find a cabin that's not already in permanent use, and we'll be there in a few hours," Silas said with a smirk.
Roxy laughed a bit, "Getting used to being a taxi service?"
"Hey, make use of what you have."
"The virus has been dealt with at this point but we've scrubbed 4.7 years of work out of his harddrives, as well as collectively set several hunters back another 6 years as they were piggybacking off of his network. There will likely be a police investigation into the attack on his place of work and he'll be forced to move his base to somewhere less convenient," Bishop explained.
Silas grinned evilly, "We did it."
Josiah attempted the connection again, and it pinged, "Uh... Sir?"
Delta turned around and stepped over, picking up the Microphone, "Seems it's time."
There was a static noise, a distorted grumble, and then finally in came his voice.
"Congratulations Jackal, you dealt quite the blow there."
"Do you want me to-" "Don't bother, we both know what's going to happen."
Silas looked up and spoke aloud, "Got your systems working again?"
"Took me a bit, and I must say, I have felt something I haven't felt in a long time... absolute livid rage."
Silas pulled the mask back on and laughed, "I did well the-"
"Oh not you Jackal!"
Jackal blinked, "excusez-moi?"
"I'm angry with myself, I took you too lightly, toyed with you, got overconfident. I'm angry at you of course, but to me that's a step up in our relationship. You gave me a black eye, made me realize I was getting soft. I'm not a old man yet, good job."
Jackal frowned a bit, "You lost several petabytes of data and you're calling me to gloat? Do you know how this works?"
"I know exactly how this works, I lost, and as angry as I am, I can't help but applaud you for taking advantage of my weakness, I'll need to fix that. Congrats Jackal, you're no longer just a entertaining individual to me, every future encounter we see each other? I'm not holding back, I can't afford to. It's not personal, it's just that I wasn't very professional or efficient."
Fox rolled her eyes, "Sure sounds personal."
"Until next time Jackal. Thank you, for this defeat."
The call cut out, Bishop looked to Silas as he removed the mask, "We... did want this right? To be treated seriously by him?"
"It was never a game, in some aspects it may become even harder... Still. We did it, we'll take the victory."
The call cut, and Delta took a deep inhale, before letting out what sound like a feral electric roar, and threw one of his combat knives. The six inch blade embedding itself about 3 inches deep in one of the hull walls, Josiah looked dangerously close to passing out.
"Sorry you had to see that, the backup accounts still active?" Delta commented, Josiah nodded.
"Good, get yourself a bonus and take a week or two of vacation, you're clearly under a lot of stress and being around me won't help," Delta commented, before walking out.
Zatara grinned, ~Got your tantrum done?~
"Anger, so long since I felt this."