Stormchaser, December

PEFE!Every: Oh. Um. I can just...

PEFE!Every: Yeah. That.

I did a little research on the purification process, but it seems like the kind of thing Ever or Brie would be better at. But they don't know her at all...

-she wrings her hands uncomfortably-

Thank you for your help, anyway.

-outside, a Mareep wanders by for inexplicable reasons-

Motostoke, Pastoria

Ever: Hahaha. Perfect.

PEFE!Every: What's perfect?

Ever: You'll see~

Anyway, looking forward to seeing you all at the ceremony. ^_^

PEFE!Every: (alarmed) The what?

Ever: Eh, it was fine, don't worry about it.

Brie: ...I'm sure you'll do great, Megan!

Oracle: <It's alright. I understand.>

Turffield, now

-Ever shivers-

Glimmer: <Something wrong?>

Ever: Like someone walking over my grave...

Glimmer: <You never know where your grave will be, so really anyone could be at any time.>

Ever: Thanks for that, Glim.

motostoke, past

Violet: Well, technically they're not my pokemon, they just stubbornly follow me around a lot. If I actually owned them, I'd probably be arrested faster than you can say 'hey look a silver Chimecho'. But yeah, they got kidnapped by colour coded supervillains.

Roger: <Hmm...>

Turffield Stadium

Des was hanging out in the entrance to the field. He was bouncing on his toes and stretching, waiting for his challenge to begin.

Motostoke

The two old dudes would come across a certain short-haired lesbian with a katana on her back and a goth man, also bickering about something.

C: "No no no! You put the milk in first then the tea!"

Lita: "That's absurd! Would you put the milk in before the cereal?"

C: "Yes I would actually."

Lita: "Well now you'e just confirmed my suspicions that you are a loony. Oh hey, it's the dude that reforged my sword."

C: "Who's the hotty with him?"

Lita waved Arthur over.

Arthur looked over and saw Lita, he smiled and walked over, Victor following him.

"Hello Lita, good to see you again," Arthur said with a smile.

Victor grumbled.

"This is my associate and former comrade during the curse, Sir Victor Helstrand."

Victor perked up at being referred to with his proper title, "Charmed. How you all, and who might you be?"

Motostoke

Lita: "Aw yes. More immortal old dudes. Immortality seems all the rage these days."

She does a little bow to Victor.

"I am Lita, this is my friend C."

C bows as well.

C: "Charmed I'm sure. What is this curse you speak of?"

"I'm actually starting up a club for immortals and resurrected like Victor and myself. I'm in the resurrected camp," Arthur explained.

Victor smirked at C, "The Curse of Kalos, rough time 600 years ago, latent energy from the Superweapon had been collecting for centuries formed into... well Glitches. They terrorized Kalos and became warlords, as a result a mage attempting to making the people of Kalos stronger, she made a curse that resulted in well... Arthur if you would."

Arthur chuckled a bit, "Victor here got lucky and avoided the curse, I got hit and thus gained a title I hate, the Undying Knight. The Curse was in a sense immortality, you couldn't die, every time you did, you'd awaken at the last location you felt safe and fully healed with everything on you. You also had knowledge of how you died so you could avoid it."

"And so he engaged on a epic quest to undo the curse and save Kalos blah blah blah," Victor added.

"Victor was a soldier and joined me and another soldier by the name of Guiscard in fending off several Glitch Lords," Arthur added, "I miss my Talonflame, Lancelot."

"Hey, remember when that noble tried to Cask of Amontillado you?"

Arthur sighed, "I don't know what he expected it would do. So in short, I'm a legendary hero and the history museum in Lumiose has a section dedicated to me."

PMD-B Group A

Me: I wonder if Stylus and /Duck/ are nearby. Hopefully there alright.

Logan: -blink- Oh. Convenient!

-headscratch- Well, if you need me for anything else, you've got my number.

-headtilt- And hey, how does it go? Emotions are—brain chemicals, in the subjective framework of consciousness...

So there're these Colognes, Cologne Scents, that can help. It's not just words and battles that help, and from the Grepavine I hear you're a pretty accomplished biochemist. And even if it does have to be you, I'm sure Ever or Brie would help, if you let them know. And me, of course.

-smile- It's not like you have to go knocking on the heart's door without a fistful of brass. Or unaccompanied.

-this speech is interrupted—they eye the Mareep with no small trepidation, as mons bustle ambiguously behind them-

Addie: <High sheeeelves~>

Logan: -palm to her face- Shuuuuuush

Addie: -nibbles-

Megan: -yelp- Ceremony!

Right, I...remember that! That's a thing!

Pippy: -puzzled- <...we didn't have—>

Megan: We didn't have that back home.

Pippy: <It's—been awhile.> ^^;

Vee: <For me, it's been never!> .D

Megan: -determined(?) star eyes, at Ever and Pef- I'm gonna—watch all your challenges! >:«

Pippy: -point- <You'd better watch out!!>

Megan: -glance, likewise- Yeah!!

Pippy: <We're gonna do—something!!>

Megan: Yeah!!!

Pippy: <I look forward to seeing you as well!!!>

Fraidy: -sniff- ;-;

Motostoke

C: "That's cool, but what have you done lately? Oof!"

Lita gave him a sharp elbow in the ribs.

Lita: "Sorry, my friend here has a habit of writing cheques with his mouth that his other body parts can't cash. Anyways, I thought you were always a blacksmith?"

Arthur gave Lita a look that said, "What do you think?"

"He was never knighted, the title was given to him during the romanticism era, long after he had originally passed," Victor explained.

Arthur grumbled, "I am a blacksmith and have always have been, forged my own armor and everything but noooo that's not good enough."

Victor nodded, "I was actually knighted, hence the title "Sir". A fact I am very protective of."

"Not as protective of as your wandering castle."

"Must be," Ribbon said picking up the coins, "Guess people have a different form of currency down here. Bullets and weird pressed coins... who knew?"

She stretched, "Well, we best get moving, we'll find Stylus and /Duck/ faster if we keep up, anyone here with aura sight keep a eye out, we have no idea what horrors we'll find in these tunnels."

Stylus decked another Manectric away, brick break worked wonders, it sent the Manectric flying through a metro tunnel wall. He grunted and stared at the other Manectrics, "Come on then! I can keep this up all day!"

He couldn't really, it was bravado, whatever these things were, they weren't aiming for a friendly fight, he was scratched up heavily, scar tissue with his fighting type constitution wasn't likely but it still stung and took a lot out of him.

The sound of the thing on the tracks was still getting closer, he could hear it rolling still. Stylus took a deep inhale as one more Manectric mutant stepped forward, it was far larger than the others.

"Must be the Alpha then. Right then, I kick your ass, gut you probably and then I rule," He commented through gritted teeth.

Stylus didn't know how much longer he'd last, but he wasn't about to go down so easily, he'd make sure every secon-

KRAKANG

The Manectric looked up in shock as a bright light shone upon them, they ran off as. The object finally stopped, it was a electric service car of sorts, off of it stepped a man followed by a Gengar and a Alakazam.

"You were right Khan, there is something here."

<Do not doubt me Artyom, I know these things quite well.>

"Whatever it is, doesn't seem to be doing so hot."

Stylus finally slumped, his body felt sore all over, <Oh boy...> he commented, <Company.>

Cafe Sonata

As the lights came back on, the stage was absent of all evidence any sort of performance had ever been conducted. No speakers, no people, not even any instruments.

The most recent set of performers were effectively where they were before they started.

"... Too personal?" Ammy asked Pent.

Turffield stadium

’’’Milo:’’’ “A challenger! Welcome! I hope you weren’t waiting too long, Wooloo escaped again and I had to chase him down. I am Milo, the gym leader here. I’ve always been rather fond of Grass-type Pokémon. I know my record isn’t the best, but if you’re not careful we’ll plow right through you! Go, Gossifleur!”

And with that, the gym challenge began.

Cafe Sonata

(At the end of the performance of Jambi, Kim- and the rest of her section of NDD- look on in disbelief at what they have just seen.)

Geddy: (shocked) <Whoa...>

Freddie: (panicked as always) <T-that performance was so good... too good, even! So good that Rever's band might win and then New Dawn's Dreamers might get kicked out!>

Elton: <Aw, come on, Freddie; I still think we'll have a chance to win.>

Kaylan: <Yeah, but he has a point. How can we top anything like what we've just seen?>

Kim: (smirks) "Oh, don't worry, Kaylan. I have a feeling that the performance of [Headlong Flight] will be enough." (She turns and sees Colton.) "Oh, look, there's Rever."

(She walks off to talk to him again. Kaylan looks down nervously- still somewhat self-conscious of Colton's opinion on his singing voice— then follows his Trainer. Eventually, Kim approaches Colton and smiles.)

Kim: "Can I just say that that was the most incredible performance of [Jambi] that I have ever seen?"

Cafe Sonata

"Let me guess," he said simply, drinking his lemonade like some shady dude at the end of the bar. "It was the best performance of the song you've seen by default.

"Kim, it was just a song we like. No reason to start singing our praises to the high heavens."

Galar Wild Area - Some time after Turffield

Trainer and Pokemon-turned-temporary-trainer sat under the shade, each holding a drink.

"Hey!" A distant voice chimed, catching both their attention.

The two of them waved to Gail, a little surprised to see her. "Hey, Gail! You doin' alright?"

"Yeah, actually," she said, approaching. "Sorta. I see you're all doing the League - I'm interested, myself, but I don't have a sponsor."

Colton and Ammy looked at each other, shaking their heads.

"What?"

"Generous as our sponsors are, they're probably not going to exercise enough patience for a third sponsor," Ammy considered.

"Though, if you do need reason to get someone to sponsor you," Colton trailed off, reaching into his bag and pulling out two Wishing Stars. "These rocks can allow you to D-Max a 'mon, provided you get someone's help in fixing them up to do so."

"We've got ours," Ammy said, raising up her wrist as Colton followed suit before pulling down their jacket sleeves. "But we're going to see how far we can get without using them."

"Your call," Gail decided, grabbing one. "Oh, by the way," she added. "Tell Xatu thanks," she said before she threw up a couple Pokeballs, releasing a Corvisquire and a Hawlucha.

"Meet Vatista and Ignacio," she said.

<Charmed,> the Corvisquire nodded.

<Hola,> Ignacio added.

Edited by AbsentCoder on Feb 22nd 2020 at 12:32:16 PM

Motostoke

Lita: "I see. Well maybe if you ask the current monarch nicely they'll give you a knighthood."

C: "I'm sorry, which on of you is a vampire again?"

Lita: -pinches her brow-

Turffield Stadium

"Very well."

Des sent out Miz the Stunky.

"Miz use Toxic!"

Miz launched a glob of poison at the Gossifleur.

Cafe Sonata

Kim: "Ah. My apologies."

(She suddenly hears a sound from behind her. Confused, she turns around— and sees Kaylan standing there, shuffling his foot and looking up at Colton with extreme trepidation.)

Kim: "Kaylan? What are you doing here?"

(Kaylan pauses, then...)

Kaylan: (to Colton) <Did you... did you think my voice sounded good enough? I was a bit worried you wouldn't like it...>

Stormchaser, December

PEFE!Every: Right. Yes. I'll...call you.

-she frowns-

I have a few chemicals that might help. Various relaxants...

Hm. I'll be in tou—

-she trails off, at Logan's reaction to the Mareep-

Is something wrong? It's just a Mareep. I'm sure she's with someone on the ship.

Mareep: <Rayit'ca l'ta'a ime kovat hagolgolet? ...Nǐ jiànguò dàizhe kūlóu mào de xīyì ma?>

-she points at Carna-

<Bùshì nàgè.>

PEFE!Every: ...

-pat pat-

PEFE!Every: Ow.

Motostoke, hahahaha

Oracle: -pat, pat-

Ever: -easy smile- You should watch our challenge, yes. You might have to battle one or both of us, after all.

PEFE!Every: Wait, what?

Ever: Yeah, the format here's a bit unusual, isn't it?

Turffield, now

Ever: A Grass gym, huh? That's a bit of a departure, isn't it?

Arc: <...You're not using us, are you?>

Oracle: <Whew.>

Ever: We'll see. Glimmer and Scramble do need training, but I gotta round up my team, too.

PEFE!Every: Have you seen the Gym Leader's Pokemon?

Ever: Uh, the little flower thing?

PEFE!Every: Eldegoss! Yes! I think I'm going to offer to write the article on them.

-...-

-...-

Ever: ...Pef, do you like cutesy stuff?

PEFE!Every: What?

Ever: ...I mean, like, little mons with big eyes, stuffed animals, that kind of thing?

PEFE!Every: Yes, obviously?

Ever: -blink-

PEFE!Every: My Krookodile is named after a character from a children's movie.

Ever: I...

PEFE!Every: Is this a surprise to you?

Ever: ...Uh...

-they wander off-

PEFE!Every: Where are you going?

Ever: -just keeps walking-

Cafe Sonata

"... 's an acquired taste," he eventually decided. "A voice you learn to like, like [Weird Al]'s nasally voice or [Petrucci]'s unique yet nondescript universal pitch.

"So yeah, I liked it. But not initially," he conceded.

Cafe Sonata

Kaylan: <Oh.> (then, tilting his head) <W-why not initially? Did I sound bad?>

Cafe Sonata

"Let's just say there's no shame in turning down the microphone's sensitivity - I could hear your lips and breathing as much as I could hear your words. Sure, you need to hear them to make out consonants, but too much and it's like you're eating into the mic."

Turffield Stadium

Milo winced as his beloved Gossifleur was badly poisoned.

Milo: “You’ll reap what you sow. Must you sow poison? Gossifleur, use Aromatherapy!”

A pleasant aroma wafted through the air, and the damage was undone.

Cafe Sonata

Kaylan: (headtilt) <Eating into the mic? D-don't you mean eating the mic?>

(then, beat)

Kaylan: <Also, I... don't really have lips. I'm a Turtwig.>

Turffield

"You wasted your time curing that status effect. Miz use Acid Spray!"

Miz rushed the Gossifleur and sprayed acid all over it."

"You've left yourself exposed!"

Cafe Sonata

"Hey, I hear what I hear. And I can understand 'mon and it sounds like human speech to me. So that’s the world we live in."

Cafe Sonata

Kaylan: <Oh. Well, regardless, would the mic even be able to fit inside my mouth...?>

Kim: (facepalms) "No, not-" (She sighs.) "It sounds like you're eating into the mic- as in, eating food over the microphone- not eating the mic."

Kaylan: (beat) <Oh. Ohhhhhhh!> (then, after a pause) <But wait. No one will be able to understand a thing I'm saying if I'm eating into the mic...>

Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Feb 22nd 2020 at 5:34:31 AM