The Wedding

Kim: "Ah. Okay, then."

(At that moment, she hears a voice coming from behind.)

Geddy: <...Kim?>

(Kim turns to Geddy, hearing it.)

Kim: "Yes...? I'm... kind of talking to the Alduins now, so-"

Geddy: <There's this thing called the Wild Area... the Scorbunny and Sobble were just telling me about it.>

(Upon hearing the words "Wild Area," Kim's interest is peaked.)

Kim: "Wild Area...?"

(The Scorbunny and the Sobble suddenly come into view, the latter shaking like a leaf as always.)

Sobble: <Oh... p-please don't go there... i-it has a bunch of really strong and scary Pokemon... I- I wouldn't want to go there, anyways...>

Kim: "You don't have to."

Scorbunny: <Yeah! You don't have to go to the Wild Area if you don't want to! Besides, most of the Pokemon that are there aren't even that strong anyways, and you can go camping and make curry...>

Kim: (pausing) "Camping?"

Sobble: <T-that's the only part I like...!>

Scorbunny: <There you are!>

Sobble: <B-but even still! Wild Pokemon could come out and attack us!>

Geddy: <I doubt it. It's kind of interesting.>

(Kim looks up.)

Kim: "It seems interesting to me, as well... I just need to know what Paul, Sinatra, Dio, and Kaylan will think of it."

Geddy: <You can go ask them if you want to.> (He goes ahead.) <Come on. I'll lead you to them.>

Kim: (smiles) "Thank you." (She turns towards the Alduins.) "Hang on one moment. I'll be right back."

(And with that, she follows Geddy away.)

Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Jan 22nd 2020 at 7:58:01 AM

Wedding

-To DS-

So I notice Linnéa and Ray are a bit more... independent these days, how'd that happen?

Route 2

-As the Purrloin runs off-

A little mean, don't you think?

-Suddenly Arrokuda-

...Fitting.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Jan 22nd 2020 at 8:57:28 AM

Galar Route 2

Channah: I feel like I really understand this - -checks dex- Arrokuda. Like we have a strong bond. Weird. And eh, whatever.

Wedding Zone

Alduin: <Take your time!>

Alduin-B: -sighs-

Tiamat: -sighs-

-At the edge of the party, Giselle and Trina watch-

Trina: They're so happy...

-pause-

It's... it's not going to last forever, is it.

Giselle: No... At the very least his current happiness... with her... and these people... will be over by the time he meets us.

-she smiles-

But... He may very well still have a long, long time. Time he knows to cherish.

Trina: Yeah... That's good at least.

Giselle:' Come on, Trina. We're done here.

...It's his turn now.

-they exit the party-

-and walk through a portal, vanishing-

Reception Zone

"Um..."

He pulls Kaiiseii in close and whispers into his ear, wrapping his arms around his waist.

Fortree City

-The Ark of Yamato is floating a fair bit above the city's treehouses, with all of Team Umbra - plus Lumos, Styx, and Mata Nui - gazing out at the horizon.-

Robin: There's so much of your world I still haven't seen...

Arika: I feel ya; heck, not even the rest of us know exactly what's ahead.

Lina: There's only one way to find out - going there.

Styx: <Whatever it is, I'm betting it's gonna be awesome!>

Lumos: <And it'll be better together as a team - human and mon alike!>

Mata Nui: <Whatever or whoever's out there, bring it! Hostile or not, I'm ready to meet it head on!>

Human!Ammy: Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go!

Nico: Ammy's right. It's a magical world out there...

Umbra: ...Let's go exploring.

-And with that the Ark flies off into the sky-

Gino: That's all folks, nyan!

Thank you, all of you, for a great run with Team Umbra. There's more to come with everyone else though! Plus, ah, some bonus stuff with Lina and Robin...

...

...

...

...And now for not one but two stingers. Imagine the first as a mid-credits scene and the last an end-credits one.

???, a long, long time ago...

-Polly and her Dunsparce are patrolling a village-

Dunsparce: <Geez, this place is boring...>

Polly: ~Honestly, I feel you... Not much usually happens in places like thi-~

-Suddenly, a shockwave of sound hits them hard enough that Polly's hat is blown off and her Dunsparce curls up in alarm.-

-After Polly's ears stop ringing she quickly retrieves her hat and looks to the direction the soundwave came from with amazement.-

Polly: ~That... That was the loudest Auric Scream I'd ever heard!~

Dunsparce: -uncurls- <Let me guess, you want me to find what caused it.>

Polly: ~Yes, but be careful.~

-Dunsparce slithers off as Polly waits.-

-Eventually Dunsparce returns by burrowing up from the ground-

Dunsparce: <Found it!>

Polly: ~Tell- No, show me!~

-The two make a mental link... after which Polly's eyes widen in surprise-

~Dunsparce? Wait here for the moment. This is something I need to investigate personally...~

-And with that she heads off in the direction of the sound herself.-

...

...

...

???

This... is a fragment of a story that will likely take a long time to truly be told. As such, the fine details will likely change over time...

But the gist/spirit of it will hopefully stay the same.

-In a strange room filled with various odds and ends a man is typing away at a computer-

-Notably, he looks identical to Umbra, except◊ wearing a suit instead of his normal outfit and having a coffee mug with the words MULTIVERSE'S BEST BOSS on it.

-Suddenly, a lanky young man◊ with literally red hair and eyes the exact same shade enters the room-

???: Yo, Boss!

"Boss:"' -turns to face him- Oh! Hello, Otto.

'Otto: Hey, man, just wanted to check in on ya after that mission.

"Boss:" Thank you; I saw it went well?

Otto: Oh hell yeah! We all thought it was the most fun mission we Multiverse Warriors have had in months!

-He smiles-

You know, I gotta hand it to ya, Boss; After all the shit we went through before we met you, you organizing us as a real team and sending us across the wide open multiverse to help anyone we can was the best thing to ever happen to us.

-The Boss smiles back-

"Boss:" Thank you, Otto, It's certainly been a pleasure having you Multiverse Warriors around.

-Otto smiles back before a puzzled look crosses his face-

Otto: Say, Boss... You've never told us your story.

"Boss:" -Seemingly confused- I haven't?

Otto: Nope. You've known all our stories since Day 1, but none of us have ever heard of yours! What the heck ever happened to you before we met you?

-The Boss pauses and thinks to himself for a bit-

"Boss:" ...I've been to many places... Had many odd jobs, some much odder than others... Had a lot of wacky adventures... Made many friends... Fell in love a few times...

-he grows silent, looks away from Otto, and stares off into space, lost in his rapidly-moving thoughts-

-Otto looks at him with an unamused expression before waving his hand in the Boss' face-

Otto: Hey, Boss! Earth to The Boss...

"Boss:" -snaps back to attention- Oh, sorry about that, just reminiscing.

Otto: It's fine. What I'm more worried about is you're being way too vauge here! Come on,tell me the details! Judging from what you did say you weren't playing Pokemon the whole time or something like tha-

???: -from afar- Otto, pizza's ready!

Otto: -eyes widen- Shit! I gotta get to the kitchen before everyone else eats it all! See you!

-He dashes of at a literally supernatural speed-

-The Boss watches him go before a girl that's not quite solid but not quite holographic emerges from his computer; she wears a black-and-white striped T-shirt and jeans but has a very familiar face with black hair and dark blue eyes-

"Boss:" I assume you heard all that, X?

X: Yeperoonie. I mean, my coding got overhauled so hard not even the genius of the bunch knows what kind of program I used to be...

"Boss:" Yes... But... Otto did give me a bit of nostalgia...

-he carefully presses on a point in the middle of his desk to reveal a thumbprint scanner he promptly presses his thumb on-

-It opens a hidden closet right next to the desk containing a familiar coat, scarf, and hat as well as a painting exactly like this one◊-

-The Boss and X stare at them wistfully for a while-

X: ...You are going to tell them eventually... Aren't you, Umbra?

Boss!Umbra: -smiles- Yes, Xion...

...Someday the Multiverse Warriors will know my real story.

Edited by Umbramatic on Jan 22nd 2020 at 8:59:36 AM

Wedding Party

(Paul, Sinatra, Dio and Kaylan are all busy talking to each other, when Kim, Geddy, the Scorbunny and Sobble approach them from behind.)

Geddy: <Um... excuse me?>

(The rest of the Pokemon turn to them.)

Sinatra: <Oh, hey, Kim. What are you doing here?>

Kim: "Simple. I just heard from the Scorbunny and Sobble about the Wild Area. It has a lot of Pokemon and you can camp there."

Kaylan: <Camping?! That sounds awesome!>

Dio: <Yeah! I want to go to the Wild Area!>

Paul: <Me too!>

Sinatra: <Same.>

Kim: (smiles) "Well, that settles it. After this wedding is done, we're heading off to the Wild Area."

(The rest of Kim's Pokemon cheer.)

Kim: "But right now, I'm talking to the Alduins."

(Kaylan blinks.)

Kaylan: <The Alduins?>

Kim: "Yeah. They're two Hydreigon. One of them seems to hate the other's guts."

Kaylan: <Can I talk to them?>

Kim: "Sure."

Kaylan: (happily) <Yay!>

(He bounds off to join Geddy, the Scorbunny and the Sobble happily. As they go back over to the Alduins, the Scorbunny looks up at Kim.)

Scorbunny: <You know something? I like you.>

Kim: (smiles) "Thanks. Same here."

Sobble: <I... I like you too... s-so long as you don't do anything dangerous. B-but you don't seem like you would... your Pokemon seem nice...>

Scorbunny: <'Specially Geddy. He's pretty cool!>

Kim: (smiles) "Yeah, Geddy is very sweet."

Geddy: <Do you think you'll end up catching them?>

(Upon hearing those words, the Scorbunny and the Sobble light up.)

Scorbunny: <C-catching us?!>

Sobble: <T-that's a good thing... right?>

Scorbunny: <Is that a good thing? Is that a good thing?! Sobble, it's the best thing in the world! If Kim catches us... we get to be a part of her team!>

Sobble: (breathes a sigh of relief) <Oh thank goodness. I just wanted to make sure it was a good thing... I thought that it was, but... y-you know me...>

Scorbunny: <Please catch us, Kim!>

Sobble: <Y-yes... please do...>

(Kim pauses in contemplation for a few moments.)

Geddy: <I personally think they'd be good additions to the team.>

Kim: (to the Scorbunny and Sobble) "...Do you like any kinds of music?"

Scorbunny: <Well, let's see... I like [Rush], [Elton John], [Queen], the list goes on and on. Of course I love music! I love all kinds of music!>

Sobble: <Y-yes... why do you ask?>

Kim: "It's for a Battle of the Bands thing... and also for possible nickname ideas."

(The Scorbunny gasps in happiness.)

Scorbunny: <Sobble! Don't you realize what this means?!>

Sobble: <She's going to catch us!>

Scorbunny: <Exactly!>

Sobble: <W-well... i-if you're looking for nickname ideas... you could just go with what everyone else calls their Sobble and name me James Pond... i-if you want to, I'm not that big of a 007 fan...>

Kim: (blinks) "Why would I name you that?"

Sobble: <B-because Intelleon are spy-themed...>

Kim: "Intelleon...?"

(The Sobble takes out a picture of an Intelleon and hands it to her.)

Sobble: <Here's a picture...>

(Kim takes the photo of the Intelleon and looks at it closely.)

Kim: "Hm... actually, I'm kind of getting Freddie Mercury vibes from this thing..."

Sobble: <F-Freddie Mercury? A-as in... from [Queen]...?! B-but Freddie Mercury is probably the most confident and charismatic person there is and...> (He starts to tear up.) <I- I'm not confident at all...!>

(He breaks down crying, at which point Kaylan and Geddy approach him and comfort him.)

Kaylan: <Awww... it's okay, Sobble...>

Geddy: <I'm sure that Kim will give you plenty of confidence.>

(The Sobble wipes his tears away.)

Sobble: <W-well... I do like [Queen]...>

Kim: (smiles) "Very well. Freddie it is then. Even better, he's [British]." (She turns to the Scorbunny.) "And given that you're more or less Freddie's foil and are way more confident than he is... I'll name you Elton."

Scorbunny: <As in [Reginald Dwight]? Will do, chap! Elton it is! Now... go for it and catch us both!>

Kim: (smiles, and takes out two PokeBalls) "Gladly."

(She tosses the PokeBalls, and instantly Freddie and Elton go inside of them. Kim doesn't have much time to see if they were caught, though, as she looks up to find herself face-to-face with the Alduins. She raises a finger.)

Kim: (to the Alduins) "One moment, please."

(She turns back towards the two PokeBalls- only for the centers of them to both glow yellow a second later, signifying capture. She smiles, picks up both of them, puts them in her purse and turns to the Alduins.)

Kim: "Alright. Now... where were we?" (she pauses to think, then snaps her fingers) "Ah, yes. You had just said you were the original." (looks at Alduin-B and Tiamat) "And apparently you two hate him... why is that?"

A FEW DAYS LATER— January 22nd— The Wild Area

(Kim looks around the Wild Area, smiling to herself, before eventually turning to Ian.)

Kim: "Well, Ian... here we are. I must say, this place is certainly bigger than I expected."

Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Jan 22nd 2020 at 9:44:05 AM

Galar Route 2

-Deep sigh as I look out towards the lake-

Lots of Arrokuda from what I can tell.

Galar Route 2

Channah: -tapping at her PokeNav- Yeah. I wonder if any of those Cramorants are around here, since they seem to like eating them.

Edited by Metanoia on Jan 22nd 2020 at 10:05:13 AM

Chateau d'Avarice

- As the rest of the team is taking care of Tom Fool, Rose and Paula both dash down the hallway Robinson went through, defacing walls and smashing paintings as fast as they can.-

-Unfortunately, their efforts are stopped by a locked door.-

Runaway: Ah, fuck. Don't tell me there's a key we need to go find.

Paula: Psh, nah, we can just blast the door down. But... this goes downstairs.

Runaway: To the basement?

Paula: Yeah. If that's where Robinson's hiding out, I think we better come back to it next time. When we're ready to take her, y'know?

Runaway: ...Yeah. When we haven't had a clown and a cursed doll thing wearing us down.

Paula: Mhm.

-She jogs back through the hallway-

Paula: Hey, y'all! Boss fight's that way! Gotta deal with the narrative the right way before we do that!

Tom Fool: -is fast asleep from the Grasswhistle, despite both legs being gnawed on-

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Jan 23rd 2020 at 6:42:05 AM

Galar, Wild Area (Present)

-In the distance, Ian and Evelyn walk through the Wild Area, happy as can be.-

Me: -to Evelyn- ...so then I said... Saiminjutsu? I barely know you!

Evelyn: -laughs at Ian's joke-

-Ian and Evelyn then see Kim and run over to say hi.-

Me: Hey, Kim!

Evelyn: Kim! Hi!

Me: Yeah... This place is pretty big.

Evelyn: Probably to accommodate all the Pokémon who live here...

Angela. After the meeting with Des, but before now.

-Following a tip-off and rumors, the media has converged at Angela airport to witness the arrival of noted J-Team member Pentigan Fiveside. After finding out this was going to be a thing, his friend and confidant opted to show up at the airport in the guise of Maxi Eary. And Pentigan steps into the terminal proper, popping a warm smile at the assembled press-

Maxi Eary: Welcome to Angela my keytarist. You got a ticket to show me?

Pentigan: Ah sorry, no golden ticket. Aintcha happy to see me anyways?

-Maxi looks a little perplexed for a moment as she catches eye contact. Pent's eyes were duller than... Ah-

Maxi Eary: Of course I am. Been looking forward to getting you in the studio.

Pentigan: And out of the prying cameras aye? I could do with that.

-With the rumors disproven, the media backs off a little. For now, all that is known of Pentigan Fiveside is that he's in Angela, working on his album-

Wedgehurst Hills. At the same time.

-It was a promise. To herself mostly, a lingering idea that each year would be better than the last. And as she sat in her campsite on the outskirts of town, it really felt that way-

A Snom: <New look?>

-Gale Knight pinned up her silver-and-gold tresses into a ponyta-il and peered over at the gummy iceworm perched on top of her backpack-

New year, new region, new look.

-The accent was Galarian, posh. Like someone from Wyndon or a country estate. Gale Knight was a local, clearly-

A Snom: <Huh. You seem happy so yay.>

Thank you for your support. Oh, right! S-K, when's the meeting with that man from [Pokemon Craigslist]?

-Her wristwatch beeped and manifested an image of a bird in a circle-

Skeleton Key: >Twenty minutes from now. Called in to confirm meetup location.

Thank you.

-With a tilted smile she slipped a pair of opaque (from the outside) black sunglasses over her sparkling blue eyes and stepped out of her tent to greet the new day-

Let's roll.

Wedgehurst Proper. Soon after.

Sobble Expert Damien: Gotta be careful about that'un, poor thing's a little anxious around strangers. And familiars. And when 'e's alone...

-Gale sat on the floor cross-legged, trying to look nonthreatening to the Sobble currently tearing up next to it's pokeball-

Hello.

Sobble: <Hi...>

Do you have a name, little one?

-The Sobble shook his head and Gale nodded-

That's fine, do you have a name you want to have?

Sobble: <James is a nice-human name...>

Well if you want to have it then sure.

Sobble Expert Damien: He's got a decent Nature, bit of a fixer-upper but I think he'll be a good League pick if you treat 'im right.

Don't worry, I am a very good Pokemon trainer.

Route 1. The next morning

-Scouting out a route looking for a Rookidee was what could be considered an excessively easy task normally, but Gale had decided today would be the day she utilized her resources to make an easy task if not easier than definitely more tacticool-

Heat signal at fifteen meters. Confirm target?

Skeleton Key: >Negative. Latent psionic signature suggests Blipbug.

-Gale took the technological binoculars off her eyes and peered at the grass patch again from her place laying on the hill-

Yeah confirm, Blipbug. Drat, how hard is it supposed to be to find a single bird?

Skeleton Key: >Thirty percent encounter rate.

-Gale rolled her eyes and looked through the binoculars again-

Okay, two'o'clock, heat signature at twenty meters. Confirm target?

Skeleton Key: >Uh... Night? On your six.

-Gale carefully shuffles herself around, still laying on her front-

Skeleton Key: >No I mean the other six.

-She turns back around?-

Skeleton Key: >Listen there's no way to say 'above you' in this clock analogy.

The Wooloo on top of Gale's back: Woooooo~

Oh, hello!

Wooloo: <Hai!>

Mind getting off me?

Wooloo: <Okay!>

-The Wooloo rolls off Gale and she scrambles to her feet-

Well then, what're you doing over here?

Wooloo: <Hugs?>

Hugs? Sure.

-With a bit of care Gale knelt down and wrapped her arms around the sphere of wool-

Great Arceus you're so soft~

-She's so lost in the softness she doesn't notice the soft chirp-

Skeleton Key: >Night? Above you again.

-She perks up and goes wide-eyed as the Rookidee on her head hops down onto the Wooloo-

Oh! Hello!

Silas smiled at Mireille, "We have a bunch of J-Teamers in a hostile environment with a organization with the "Team" name with grunts marching about for some grand scheme. We're gonna need to keep them under wraps cause natural J-Team curiosity will get the better of them and they'll go off into restricted zones."

Roxy nodded, "We shouldn't be too long, it's just figuring out what the next part of the job is."

"Yep, we're in the home stretch."

Back with the tour group, the Pen sensing a opportunity made itself visible to Des's eyes, appearing as a man in a dark gray suit with a suitcase, walking past mumbling in a stilted tone about time, before vanishing. It spoke to Pent, Honestly messing with your friends is fun.

Autumn led the Tram zone and were greeted with the sight of a tunnel stretching on, made of rock and steel, as well as a large electric cart, "We improved our research center so we need to split it off, this'll get us there in 10-15 minutes. Though this means we'll be leaving the usual range of our antennas, and with the storm coming in we'll be going dark radio wise, tightbeams will be scrambled but keeps HQ informed that we're safe."

Tassa raised a hand, "Uh yes, these storms, how frequent and dangerous are they?"

Autumn gave it some thought and responded, "The storms are irregular dependant on martian wind patterns, and it depends on the class. Old Mars rovers and research vessels managed to survive due to their study construction and profile design, as well as sensors that alerted them to danger and safe zones. Class 5s are the weakest and the most common, usually just light dustings really, class 4s are bit heavier but perfectly navigable with a good suit, class 3s are pushing it and require heavier protection like a hard suit or rover, class 2s require staying in the base or a heavy rover, and class 1s like Debra rolling in here basically require the base shut up for the time being."

"Oh. Sounds dangerous."

Autumn shrugged, "It is, but so is every aspect of living in space, once we get the planet terraformed over the next century or two they should stop."

Autumn stepped on the cart, the mon at the controls being a Raichu wearing a Captain's hat. "Any other questions before we head to the research center to look at old relics?" Autumn asked.

Chateau

-Arachnce attacks with an X-Scissor while Tom Fool sleeps-

Route 2

-As a Gyarados rises from the depths-

Don't think so.

The Wild Area

Kim: “Indeed. Of course, before we actually try to go out and start catching any Pokémon, I would like it if we could just sit down and start camping. I’d like for Freddie and Elton to get to know my Pokémon a bit more.”

(She suddenly pauses.)

Kim: “Of course, this is assuming I have any camping gear... do you, Ian?”

Wild Area

-The moment Kim asks if Ian has camping gear, a psychic force (Ian's own) lifts his hat into the air about a foot above his head.-

Me: Nope.

-Ian then lifts himself into the air with a psychic force to fit his hat back on his head before he drops back down to the ground.-

Postwick, Wedding Zone

-Lucius takes a moment to adjust himself on Asterios's back as he addresses Halis, evidently not used to being in the metaphorical saddle.-

Lucius: Eh, I'm sure we'll be fine. It's not like either of us take up that much space to begin with, and we're gonna have plenty of time to practice.

-He glances around.-

Lucius: Speaking of, looks like the party's wrapping up. Know where everyone's staying for the night? After all, hitting up the pubs isn't really an option when you're stuck like... well, y'know, a kid.

Edited by Herbert40k on Jan 22nd 2020 at 4:26:07 PM

Galar Route 2

Channah: -looking up- Ohai.

Jack: -doing a jig- <WHOA>

Owen: <Did you know that Brian Wilson wrote the song "Til I Die" by experimenting with whatever finger positions looked the most interesting on the keyboard?>

Sometime after getting drunk under the table, Wedding Night

"T̀́en͠ tǫ t͝͡w̧͟͢o͘͡ ̵̧A̶҉M̸҉, X͟͞͠,̢͞ ̨҉Y̷͞o͘͠g͏͘i̧͜ ̛҉D̸̢M̴T̡̛̀ ̢a͏n̶͡d͝͝ ͘ą̶̛ ̶̴̡b̴҉͞o̷x̷͡ ̢̧o̧f K҉r̡͟iş͞p͜y ̵̢͠Kr̨e̵͝m̡e̴͟s̨̢ ̕͞i͘ń m̵̵͡y̵͞͡ ̸̨͠n̷e̕͠e͢d-t̸̀o̷҉-̶kn͜ow̛͠ ̶ṕ̀os͝e̸̛͞ ̶͡j͜͟u͢͠s̵͞t ̸óut̴͘s͜҉i͞d̷͜e̵ ̨A̧͏r̨̕͠e̶̶a ͡5̢͠1͜ ̡͠c̶͢o͏̛ǹt̡̕͝em҉͡pl̢̧͟a͢t̴i҉̧̛n̸̸͞g͏̡̢ ͡t̸h̀͡e͜͝ ̡̧ẁh҉ơl͡é͘ ̴"͟͢҉c̴̛̛h̶̢́ơ͞҉s̶͘e̛n͜ p̢̕e̶͢ǫ̸́pl͜͡e̡"͢ ̶͢ţ͘hì̢͟n͡g̢y̷̨ w̧̕he͘͟͞n͏ ͜j̕̕uś̴͟ţ̀ ̶̀a͏ F̡̕L̢͠͝A̧MI͡͏͠N̕͟G̷͡͠ ͠sţ̷̨e̛a̢l̢͡t̷́͟h͏ ̛b͞a͠n̶ań̨a̸̢ ̴͡s̶̕͘p͡l͏͠i̴t̸ t͟h̵ȩ̢ ̧̛͢s̨͝k̶y ҉l͝i͢k͡e̶͘ ơ͟ņ̀͞ę̸ ̶w҉̶́o̧͘u҉l͟͟ḑ͘ ̴͞h̸o҉̡p̧҉e̢͢҉ ̡͞b̶u̡̧̕t͏̡ n͏ę͢ver̴͜ r̢͘e̶̢à̴l̵ĺ̸y͞ ҉e̷҉͜x̷͡p̴̵͠é́c̨t ̴̢t̢o͘͘ ̀͟s͏e̷̡̧e̢ ͡ì̴̛n͏́ ͘a̛ ͘͡p̢̕l̶̡͞a̴͝͠c͝e͜ ̶̸l͢i͏͞k͏̷͠e͏ ͟͠t̕h̨͘i̧s̵.̵̢̕
̶̀̀ ̢ C͜u̴̸t̀t́͞í̴n͘͡g ̷́r̡įg͜h͘͏t͜ ̢͝a̸̸n̷gl҉̀͞e͢͏ ̢́̀d̵̴o̵͟n̡̕u͠͞t̷̵̢s̀͞ ̸o̧͜n̨̕͢ ̵̢͟a̸̕͠ ̨̧d͠i̷m̡e̛҉̸ ͞a͘n͟d̕ ̶̴͠st̴͜o̕͢p͝p̡į͟n͘͞ģ ͟r̕i̕͠ǵ͝ht͘ ҉̢át̷ ͠͝͏m͡ý̕͞ ̢B̀͝͠i̸͜rk̵é̡͏n̴̸͟s̷͟t̵͡ǫ̧͢ck͠s͘͘͜,͏ a̸nd̴̶́ ̶҉m̵̴̵e̸̕ ҉y̴҉ȩl̵̢p̢͟͏ìn̷̵͜g̷:̸̧̧
͏͞

HO̡LY͠͞ ̛F̸̧U̴͢Ç̛K҉I͟͞NǴ͏ ̵̢S͡H̴I̢T!"

The Next Morning, A Hotel Somewhere in Galar

...

That Evening, The Same Hotel

All Colton knew was pain. Head-splitting, ear-ringing, gut-clenching pain. A glass of water - a number of them, actually, rested on the side table, and he pounded all of them in rapid succession, a number of medicines for headaches and hangovers taken with all of them.

He clawed himself out of bed, a terrible, terrible idea forming in his head.

But after a hangover any idea sounded like a good idea, and he didn't want to hurt himself with a plan B.

Clutching his pounding head as he summoned Ammy with a Pokeball, he returned himself.

The Local Pokemon Center, 5 minutes later

"Didn't help as much as I hoped..." the Unovan muttered, holding a bag of ice to dull the pounding headache.

"Your drunk and sober halves really need to exist in better harmony."

"HONK fucking HONK."

Valhalla

Being a sucker for cute, Colton got on board the moment he noticed the Raichu was wearing a captain's hat.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Jan 22nd 2020 at 7:36:41 AM

Valhalla

-Ian sees the Raichu wearing a captain's hat and is immediately on board as well. Ian then thinks about what Piku-chan and Piper would look like wearing captain's hats...-

Wild Area

(Kim doesn’t see him. She is rummaging through her purse. Eventually, she looks up.)

Kim: “Aaaaaand... no camping gear. You have anything, Evelyn?”

Halis: "T'be fair, I don't think they'd let us in anyway... uhh, iunno where I'm staying. Didn't look too much into this, uh... Geh-lar region? Go-lar? I don't know how to say the name, never learned it. Wanna play teacher and tell me, Luci?"

Asterios: <...Are we leaving soon?>

Halis: "Yupyup, sure are. Just as soon as we uh... know where to go."

Valhalla, Mars

-Pent tried not to chuckle as he noticed the hilarious jape pulled by the Pen and instead got onto the tram-

Oof, fifteen minute tram ride and a four minute signal lag if no-one's using the bandwidth. Anyone brought a newspaper to read?

Wedgehurst Hills, Campsite

Okay. So two days into my new gym challenge and already got a solid team of four.

Snom: <Uh... About that...>

Wooloo: <Are we supposed to fight?>

-Gale's face faults as she looks at the two blanc members of her team-

Snom: <I'm a pacifist.>

Wooloo: <No fighting. No bully.>

Ooookay. So two days in and I have a solid team of two. Unless there's any more revelations..?

-James the Sobble looks almost like he's going to say something but then doesn't. The Rookidee just sits there preening-

You really should let me know, I don't want to start the Gym Challenge if none of my friends want to fight.

Rookidee: <Mm? Mm. I've had scraps before. Easy.>

James: <I... I can fight.>

Alright, I can deal with this. Are you gonna be alright Snom and... Actually hold on do any of you have names?

James: <My name's James.>

Yes I know I mean the others.

Wooloo: <My mum called me Millie!>

Rookidee: <Don't have one...>

Snom: <Neither do I.>

Alright I'll work on some names, just gimmie a few days. For now, everyone can relax and get to know each other and we'll make our way north to get registered.

-She smiles and fishes in her bag before setting out some packaged Pokemon food-

We're gonna be good friends, I can tell.

Route 2

-To Channah-

So... that guy.

Galar Route 2

Channah: You're bringing that weirdo up?