Arthur nodded, "And thankfully you didn't get put into legend. Trust me it's not fun," he commented.

<You have a reputation because of it. I believe it would be wise to uphold it.>

Arthur rolled his eyes, "Listen to Hayden here, insisting that I try to follow the damned reputation of the Knight."

He smirked, "So back in Galar, got any family out here to visit?"

Silas and Knight felt themselves pushed back by the force palm, Silas feeling scratch marks develop across his chest, "Those better not scar."

"Please we know that they'll just make us hotter."

Knight floated over to Paula, "Paula as one 10 to another-"

"FOCUS."

"Right."

Knight went right back to the New Moon Beast and gripped both fists, "We've been waiting to say this for awhile... ORA!"

Knight went to town.

Chateau D'Avarice, December 2019

Julius: Okay that worked PARTLY as intended...

Nemean Lion: -limping a bit from Throat Chop, Crush Grip, and recoil but still in fighting shape- <And it'll work again.>

-Crunch-

Stormchaser, December 2019

Alex: Nice speech, nice speech, could have put more mad science in there, I give it a 7.8 out of COGSWORTH

-A Klinklang is sent out to soak up as much of the the Sludge Wave as possible-

Cogsworth: <How unsanitary.>

-He responds with a Flash Cannon-

Motostoke, Jackie Zone

Jackie: ...Oh. Um. Okay?

Motostoke, Arthur Zone

Olivia: -frowns- Not anyone I'd personally know, at least no one qualifies who are living. There are other things though.

Edited by Umbramatic on Feb 3rd 2020 at 10:39:17 AM

The Rebel Treble

Kim: (starting to get terrified) "Ian? E-Evelyn?! W-what happened?!"

(She looks around, getting more and more panicked every second.)

Kim: "M-Meloetta?! Milagros?! Des?"

(She suddenly notices Colton's choker and picks it up, and her eyes grow wide with horror.)

Kim: (starting to panic) "Rever?" (she looks around) "Rever?!"

(She doesn't see him. Her panic only grows more and more as she looks around the room, seeing all the damage that has been done to it, and eventually she finds she can no longer take it, and cries out, in a state of unparalleled as-of-yet panic, one word:)

Kim: (utterly terrified and on the brink of tears) "C-COLTON---!"

(Her Pokemon all gasp.)

Kaylan: <"C-Colton"?!>

MEANWHILE... FROM OUTSIDE...

(The Quagsire who has been watching the entire time is also blown back by Colton's Legendary Facepalm. He is blown out of the building, and when he lands, he glances up and looks around, dazed.)

Quagsire: (very confused) <Hm...?>

Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Feb 3rd 2020 at 10:45:16 AM

Stormchaser

<NOPE!> Sylveon decides upon recognizing the Hypnosis, ringing a Heal Bell as loud as she can.

Koyasa and his mother look at each other and nod, both raising a Light Screen and Reflect, respectively.

Roy leaped over it to raze the Gengar with a Blaze Kick.

Ammy struck at the Palossand with a Shadow Ball, as did D.C., glaring him down through his Expert Belt.

Chateau d'Avarice

Mercury dives under the floor for a brief moment while Rage and Love's swirling Obscura reserves are put into a Dark Pulse he throws at Robinson.

The Persona soon Dug from under a few shadows, biting at them as best he could after.

Rebel Treble

"Ow," he groans. "Don't have to yell so loud, I'm right here."

Edited by AbsentCoder on Feb 3rd 2020 at 7:52:18 AM

The Rebel Treble

(Kim instantly lights up upon hearing Colton's voice and runs in.)

Kim: "Colton!"

(She runs up to him.)

Kim: "T-thank goodness— thank goodness you're okay— y-you sounded panicked and all of a sudden you left and there was this loud boom and now everything is destroyed and Ian and Evelyn were blasted out of the building and I have no clue where they are and..." (she starts to tear up) "...I saw your choker and I... I thought an earthquake had gone off... a-and I was so scared... I still am..."

(she looks down)

Kim: "I..."

(She can no longer take it, and folds down onto her knees and starts quietly sobbing. Her Pokemon all see her and run up to her in concern, hugging her.)

Kim: (crying) "I just..."

(She can't say anything more, and tightly hugs Orwell while staring up at Colton with a mix of relief and fear.)

Stormchaser, December

-Examining Robinson's Aura-

Kinda reminding me of Ever right now with the ghosts, or... myself back in Orre.

Nah, I'd say you're just in time, since you tried to kill Pef I kinda owe you a beating.

-Blocks the Hypnosis with the simple method of covering my eyes with my arm, as a bunch of my mons mass Protect to serve as a makeshift Wide Guard against the Sludge Wave-

Revenge must really make you dumb if you're going to try attacking us in our house.

I wonder if the flow of battle here may affect the battle in the Metaverse.

Tyto: -Fires a Spirit Shackle at Grit, while Ali slams down with an Ice Hammer- <You're just gonna sit in my trainer's table like that other Palossand!>

Botuli: -Attacks Bartemaeus with a Crunch-

Chateau

-Pink and Ariadne appear, the former using Galen to try scoping out the others-

Ariadne: <Did you find them yet?>

Pink:<Yeah, but they're already fighting Robinson's Shadow.>

Ariadne: -Putting a blade to her chin- <It might be on super high alert since the Treasure's manifested, but Robinson has no idea we're here yet, so we might be able to get the drop on her and help the others.>

Pink: <It's worth a shot anyway... but let's not go through the front door.>

-And the two move out-

Stormchaser Airship, do you remember the [garbled] night of December

-PEFE!Every screams-

Stormchaser, Ever's Room

Ever: (sleepily) She's fine.

Arc: <Are you sure?>

Ever: It's when they stop making noises that you start worrying.

Arc: <Feels callous.>

Ever: It's been a long month.

Back to the corridor

-PEFE!Every dives out of the way of the lunge, with reflexes born of absolutely nothing-

-she stumbles, falls, and rolls before getting back to her feet, still not totally steady-

PEFE!Every: W-wait!

-though other things are already taking over from emotion-

New fluid.

We parted on amicable terms, insofar as Carna or I is capable of amity. Something's changed.

Conclusion, fluid.

Option, destroy fluid. Likely dangerous to Carna, but an available tool in case of threat to life beyond what's currently present. Still, I'd hate to do it.

Ugh, I've gotten soft.

I'm not a match for her in a fight. That's not even something someone could bet on. It wouldn't even be a fight, not really. And...Ever keeps disarming the traps I set around the airship.

So what would they do?

Aside from apparently sleep.

Maybe what they would do is completely worthless.

Essential principles of winning a fight against someone who's stronger than you is to set things so they aren't...and if you can't arrange everything ahead of time, you have to do something to eliminate their advantages in one motion.

Her advantage is sheer power, so...

-PEFE!Every sends out Rotary-

PEFE!Every: Power Split.

Rotary: <Huh. Been a while since we—>

PEFE!Every: Quickly please!

Rotary: <Oh. Yeah, sure.>

-fixing Carna with a glare from about half their eyes, they...-

-well, it's a pretty straight drain, in this case-

Rotary: <...That's a rush.>

PEFE!Every: -gulps-

Rebel Treble

The Unovan kneels down, inexplicably turning into a Lycanroc and nuzzling Kim.

<If you want to know what really happened, I just got way too frustrated. After nine years of doing it almost daily, my facepalms just kind of... detonate,> he summarized.

The Rebel Treble

(Kim is still in tears and looks up at Talbain.)

Kim: (still sobbing) “Y-you... I thought you needed the choker t-to do that...” (then, after a pause and a few heavy breaths) “Wait... you got too frustrated... w-was it me? D-did I... did I provoke you?”

(She realizes she’s crying.)

Kim: (still sobbing) “I... I’m sorry... I...”

(She begins breathing heavily out of fear and sadness.)

Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Feb 3rd 2020 at 11:39:43 AM

Rebel Treble

<The choker to do what? I was facepalming over your inexperience combined with your confidence,> he explained.

The Rebel Treble

Kim: (with immense regret, in tears) “Oh my god... I... I did provoke you...”

(She looks around the room, still sobbing.)

Kim: “A-and everything’s destroyed... a-and I don’t know where Ian and Evelyn are... a-and...”

(She sobs and hugs Talbain.)

Kim: “I... I’m sorry...”

Chateau d'Avarice

Sorceress: "SPLIT!"

-Her eyes flash yellow as she rips off her mask.-

Sorceress: "CAIT SITH!"

-The black cat, her Rue, smirks.-

Cait Sith: <Finally, some action!>

-Her eyes flash in Tom Fool's direction.-

-Songstress and Amphirite rush NMB, the Persona firing off a Moonblast.-

Guardian: <Come to me, my blade! Excalibur!>

-The shining blade of lore appears and glares at Changeling.-

Excalibur: <You are a disgrace to my master's kind. Begone!>

Stormchaser, December 2019

???: "Looking for someone?"

-Near Pent's room is Vulpecula and Lyra, both fully armed.-

Vulpecula: "A little kitty told me the J-Team might need some outside help. So why don't you come with us?"

-Gabrielle's rapier sings as she launches a bolt of ice at Robinson, face emotionless.-

Gabrielle: "You always were my least favorite Admin, doctor. A shame I didn't cause more trouble when I left."

-A pair of angel wings behind her looks forward through time to see Grit's fate.-

The Rebel Treble

Olivia: "Good, someone decently skilled."

-Elizabeth's eyes flash to a different color as she shakes her head.-

Elizabeth: "When's the first round?"

Christina: "And is there a specific genre of music we must focus on?"

Edited by SwiftSeraph on Feb 3rd 2020 at 11:01:05 AM

Cipher Chateau

Okay folks, got the scan going. New Moon Beast is a Dark/Poison with Rough Skin, Tom Fool is a Dark/Ghost with Con-... Okay I guess it has Own Tempo now, and Changeling is a Fairy with a kind of variant on Disguise that changes the type based on form. And all around us, the spooky hands thing? That's Shadow Robinson, Ghost/Psychic with Cursed Body.

-Shift lets out a bold laugh and poses with his Persona(?)-

Shift: Arsene, cut them open!

-The gentleman thief still chained to Shift draws a sword and slashes as the New Moon Beast, doing... Practically no damage?-

Decemberchaser

-Pent's pokemon start whispering once they hear the taunts of the ghost-thing outside-

Carl: <The Phantom Thieves? What?>

Revol: <Is that like... A part of the J-Team or something?>

/Duck/: >It's one of sir's obsessions, though he asked me to stop mentioning it a while back.

Tepig: <Thaaaaaaat's weird.>

Oakley: <Where is Pent anyways?>

-Noone speaks up-

Oakley: <O-kay, I guess we'll be asking when he gets back. Till then, maybe...>

-He smirks in a way only a Snivy can-

Oakley: <It's only one Mimikyu, we can take it.>

The Rebel Treble

Meloetta: <Okay. So after that... Outburst? Magical explosion? Whatever. There's no specific genre focus, you can play what ya want and as for when... I don't really know where you all want to play so I'm giving you the freedom to organize the where and when of each match amongst yourselves as long as you let me know and have an audience.>

-the ring of fire encircles them, and they don't turn around-

Addie: -glance- <Ringmaster?>

Logan: -sparkle, pulling at their collar- Hey, if the ring fits. I like it!

-they smile, as warm and encompassing as the flame itself-

-beginning to pace around, counterclockwise- And, Jevil...some things are different, this time around!

One.

-they fistpump their right arm, once—bringing attention to a second red-and-yellow device on their forearm-

-powering on- You're looking at the Ranger Union's newest Top Ranger! The J-Team's very own, self-assigned!

Two!

-they flip forward the odd roll of cloth-

I am back on my home turf. And I don't go anywhere without old friends—

-and unfurl it, revealing angular patterns stitched in gold thread in its surface-

—to help me make new ones.

And three!

-here there's close-up of their face, their heroic expression-

-glee...?- I h a v e n ' t s l e p t r i g h t i n f i v e m o n t h s !

-their bags have bags-

I've got a lot to share with you, friend.

-clicking switches, cheerfully- Now, let's get started.

-they fire one Capture Disc point-down to the cloth and the second up into a light fixture, and current streams through them from the Stormchaser into the sheet-

-the symbols blaze and burn away, Involith-paths opening—-

-the shockwave sweeps through what's here of the Drama Club, who have now spent an eerily long time holding the same pose-

-like...have they even breathed, in this time-

Thespi: <The answer, of course, is that the story suSTAINS ME>

-wheeze- <But I take my point...!>

-and the three of them break character, sharing a giggle-

Tripod: ^-^-^

Ceal: -turning- <Why hello!> ^ . ^

<I-it's great to see some fellow Alolans out a-and about~!>

-she extends a flipper to Sugar and Spice-

Tripod: -waves, also, at Azure and Friendo and Tabitha-

Edited by Asterisk395 on Feb 3rd 2020 at 12:10:05 PM

Rebel Treble

"Oh, an audience?" Ammy asked as casually as if her trainer didn't just set off a massive concussive force less than three minutes ago. "Well that rules out my first idea, but my second is still good."

"Where's that?"

Unova, Cafe Sonata

A letter appears on the counter in a green flash.

Circhester

-Violet rushes to her house and bursts through the door.-

Violet: I got your call, is everything alrigh-

-Everyone is gathered around with presents and party poppers.-

Violet's dad: Happy 16th birthday!

Violet's mom: Look at my baby all grown up!

Eufy the male Indeedee: ~Oh, you're back again.~

Violet: Oops! How could I forget my birthday? Where are all my presents? And where's Hamish?

Violet's mom: He's out playing with Nutmeg.

-She runs out of he back door of the house and returns a few minutes later, with someone who looked like a shorter, male version of Violet and a Dedenne in tow.-

Hamish: Happy birthday!

Nutmeg: <You got any good food?>

Wild Area

"Oh, what is that up ahead? A city or something?" -She made her way towards the entrance and inside.-

Monostoke

"Oh wow this city looks so cool!" -She looked around the area- "A TM shop? Might as well see what they have" -She went inside-

The Rebel Treble

-The door is pushed open carefully, so as not to be knocked off its hinges, and Ian and Evelyn step (read: stagger) through with spirals in their eyes: a clear, albeit cartoony, sign of dizziness.-

Me: -dizzily- Hey, guys! We're back!

Evelyn: -dizzily- So that's the Legendary Facepalm... Wow... it lives up to its name...

Me: -dizzily- This is a firsthand experience of... Whoops!

-Ian and Evelyn misstep, causing them to fall down the stairs.-

The Rebel Treble

(The second she sees Ian and Evelyn, Kim runs over to the two of them in tears.)

Kim: (still teary-eyed) “Ian! E-Evelyn! You’re okay!”

Rebel Treble

With a hand extended, Ammy catches Ian and Evelyn in a psychic grip before they hit the floor. "Yeah, typically people somehow make it out of these... relatively unscathed," she mused, eyes darting over to the remains of Colton's guitar.

Her trainer's eyes followed.

"[$50]," the two of them estimated while the Unovan picked up the two halves of the neck, the torn strap and the broken strings.

"[$75]," he reconsidered, vanishing in a black flash.

The Rebel Treble

Kim: (suddenly noticing) “Rever’s guitar broke...”

(She wipes away her tears and suddenly nods with determination.)

Kim: “Ian? I’m going to need you to head back to that record store and get Rever a new guitar, stat.”

Rebel Treble

"No, all this was his fault," Ammy started, her vulpine ears flicking and her tails fanning out behind her. "So he's going to buy repairs for it out of his own pocket. With all the royalties on his book and the money he has reserved from years of a 9-to-5, it's honestly inconsequential," she explained, lowering Ian and Evelyn to the ground.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Feb 4th 2020 at 11:34:30 AM

The Rebel Treble

-Ian and Evelyn fall asleep from the dizziness.-

Piku-chan: <They'll be fine, Kim. They just need some time to rest.>

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Feb 4th 2020 at 2:35:48 PM

The Rebel Treble

Kim: “Oh. I see.” (beat) “Are you sure, Hikari? I just figured it would be the right thing to do. That and I kind of figured that I was the one who provoked him in the first place— albeit inadvertently.”

Rebel Treble

"He's already shadowported away to a store," she started. "What's happened happened."

At the mention, another portal of shadow appeared on the wall, and Colton stepped out, down one guitar. "Said it'll be an hour to replace, restring and retune," he said.

"So, how much?" Ammy asked.

Colton smirked. "[$99]."

Edited by AbsentCoder on Feb 4th 2020 at 11:56:27 AM