Turffield, AFD

Dio: <Am I ready?! Of course I'm ready!>

Turffield, AFD

Raru: <Good, now... I want you to take a nice deep breath...>

Wyndon

A Spiderman: Always cool to find out how the variations work out.

Turffield, AFD

(Dio does so— and then proceeds to hold it.)

Turffield, AFD

-Raru facepalms-

Raru: <I meant as in "breathing in AND out".>

Turffield, AFD

Dio: (breaths out)

-Isaac approaches the two arachid-based folk. He can't talk about their stands without getting closer.-

Isaac: "You two have quite the potent abilities, but I don't sense any Stand energy. You're quite the anomalies."

Wyndon

Arachna-Guy: Funny how things play out, eh. And this universe has an entire franchise that just... mirrors my life in ways I swear are almost deliberate, as though the powers that be conspired to make fun of it through me, because that franchise is ''old''.

He listens to Isaac's statements.

Arachna-Guy: I thought that was just some cartoon thing. Why would we have stands? I have a partner though, and he and his buddies are all the support I need. You look familiar, as if I had to fight someone that resembled you all those years ago.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Apr 2nd 2020 at 7:40:12 PM

Wyndon

A Spiderman: Not Stand boys, we're just manifestations of the Spider Pattern or whatever. I'm too exhausted.

Wyndon

Arachna-Guy: It's been quite a day. Gee, I wonder how my parallel selves are doing.

The Lillifuture

Jane and the boys are nurturing the wounds of the dieselpunk version of their paterfamilias.

Jane: He bit you? Again?

Tobi, a legit ariados now: <I was young and foolish>

Tommy, Jr.: This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot.

Stanford: Or some sleep-deprived moron's idea of an April Fool's joke in a forum roleplay.

A Dieselpunk Timeline

Dieselpunk Shutter: Okay, this palukka is about to unleash his ultimate weapon: the artificial Pokémon born from the grand difference engine—PORYGON. Are you sure you can handle it?

Andy: But of course. Let's get dangerous.

Wyndon, again

Another, more futuristic dude in an arachnid superhero costume arrives. He appears to be pointing at the red-clad superhero in disbelief.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Apr 1st 2020 at 10:55:13 PM

Wyndon

Kamon: -listens intently, or is appearing so, to the arachnid superheroes- ...Fascinating! I played a superhero, that's about as close as I get to - -yet another one appears- -raises eyebrows- Hello there! Come join us handsome, we're expositing. Or, they are. -motions to everyone but himself-

Ice Cave (?)

Cat!Channah: -hisses, all the hair rising on her back as she fluffs up. Too bad it just looks even cuter-

Edited by Metanoia on Apr 1st 2020 at 10:58:51 AM

Wyndon

-The costumed hero points back, arm wavering a little bit-

A Spiderman: Eeeeeey man, you missed the party!

Wyndon

Arachna-Guy 2.0, pointing: Oh my God. How many more of us are there?

Notably, this Arachna-Guy has a galvantula and an araquanid.

Arachna-Guy 2.0, pointing: And aren't you Hollywood superstar Kamon Waterhouse? Big fan of you in my home timeline.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Apr 1st 2020 at 11:11:27 PM

Orre, Sometime Later

-The group is gathered around a bunker-

Locke: This is the bunker Team Umbra hid in in 2016!

Archer: Of course they're in there!

Jackie: Let's get them!

-they bust the door down...-

-And Alphos and Steve scream as they are exposed-

-Noticeably they are surrounded by food, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and paper towels-

Alphos: Ack, social distancing, social distancing!

Steve: Stay six feet away from us at all times! -stretches a tentacle to six feet to demonstrate-

Alex: What ze FUCK is going on here?

Alphos: Haven't you heard? There's a killer virus going around!

Jared: Not that I know of.

Steve: This timeline is safe! For now...

Neon: But... You guys are like, gods. A virus can't hurt you.

Alphos: Ah, see, but it's April Fools day! Imagine the virus getting THAT kind of power!

Steve: So we're staying nice and safe in here thank you very much.

Julius: ...Okay then.

-the group mutters among themselves then leaves-

Alphos: They're gone... hopefully they didn't infect anything.

Steve: Phew! Wanna get back to watching Brand New Pokemon?

Alphos: Sure thing buddy!

-they settle in to do so.-

Turffield Gym — Mason

╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 95/95 ╞╝ 
╓╢ SILVER ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 4/55 ╞╝

Silver: <...What is this crap???>

Mason: Didn't you hear anything I told you about the League?

Silver: <It never sounded important!>

ELDEGOSS: <IT WOULD DO YOU WELL TO PAY YOUR TRAINER BETTER ATTENTION.>

Silver: <Nobody asked you!>

Mason: Just— toss another Icy Wind at them before you're stomped into the ground, please?

-Silver mutters a crude, mocking imitation of Mason's tone before doing so.-

╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 82/95 ╞╝

ELDEGOSS: <THAT IS... UNFORTUNATE.>

-And a cluster of vines erupt from beneath Silver, sending him sprawling.-

╓╢ SILVER ╟─────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 0/55 ╞╝

-Mason recalls Silver as the terrain restores the Eldegoss's energy, and sends out his second Pokemon.-

╓╢ TARYON ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 60/60 ╞╝ 
╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 92/95 ╞╝

-The little Eevee quails as his first sight is that of a massive enemy plant.-

Taryon: <...Oh, Dotyyyyy, I am going to need your aid!>

Mason: Unfortunately, not an option, this is a one-on-one fight.

Taryon: <Ah-hah-hah, I think they count as at least two, so I reserve the right to a battle partner!>

Mason: Congrats, it's me. I'm the battle partner.

Milo: Don't forget, pal, you've got a Dynamax Band yourself! It looks like you're gonna need it if you wanna take me on!

Taryon: <You— can make me a giant like that?>

Mason: Apparently!

-Mason's Dynamax Band shines and red energy swirls around Taryon's Poke Ball as he is briefly taken back into it. The red ball construct forms in Mason's hands.-

Mason: This is so weird???

-He tosses it haphazardly behind him, and suddenly the form of a greatly enlarged Eevee rises through the stadium.-

TARYON: <WHOAAAAAA????>

╓╢ DYNAMAX TARYON ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 90/90 ╞╝

TARYON: <I HAVE NOOOO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING!!!!!>

-He stumbles forward in an attempt to make an attack, and the mere tremors of his paws upon the ground send shockwaves through the ground, breaking it apart beneath the Eldegoss and sending a massive pulse of energy upward through the cracks.-

ELDEGOSS: <O U C H .>

╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 60/95 ╞╝

Milo: Looks like you're getting the hang of it already!

TARYON: <AM I?>

Mason: <Are we???>

Milo: We're not gonna play nice just because you're just trying it out now, though! Eldegoss, keep up the Overgrowing!

ELDEGOSS: <BEGINNER'S LUCK>

-To another Dynamax Pokemon, the overgrown plant life doesn't look nearly as overpowering as it does from ground level. It still stings, though.-

╓╢ DYNAMAX TARYON ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 50/90 ╞╝

-The pain is slightly dulled by the energy flowing through the battlefield again.-

╓╢ DYNAMAX TARYON ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 60/90 ╞╝ 
╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 70/95 ╞╝

TARYON: <I AM NO BEGINNER, FELLOW ASCENDED CREATURE! I AM NONE OTHER THAN TARYON DARRINGTON, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER... IS IT JUST ME, OR IS IT HARD TO BREATHE UP HERE?>

ELDEGOSS: <AN UNFORTUNATE SIDE EFFECT OF TALKING SO MUCH.>

-Taryon takes a breath, and slams the ground to create another shockwave, much more intentionally.-

╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 39/95 ╞╝

ELDEGOSS: <I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE A BIT MORE OF A PUSHOVER THAN THIS.>

-Once more, the plant life lashes out at Taryon, before resting once again to heal both party members.-

╓╢ DYNAMAX TARYON ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 39/90 ╞╝ 
╓╢ DYNAMAX ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 49/95 ╞╝

-And it's that point when the energy leaks out of the Eldegoss. Slowly, like a deflating balloon, they return to their normal size.-

Eldegoss: <...Hm.>

╓╢ ELDEGOSS ╟───────────────────────────────────────────────────╖ 
╠╡ HP ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ 
║███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║ 
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ 33/63 ╞╝

Edited by BittersweetNSour on Apr 1st 2020 at 11:37:19 AM

Ice Cave (?)

It feels like a bit of Nihilist may be in there...

Shadow!Tagg: -Pacing- So, here we are, a puppet of the gods.

No, I'm not.

Shadow!Tagg: Face it, we dance on their strings, putting down who they want put down, and when we're not doing that, it's the J-Team whose strings we dance on.

Doc: <We know how the Shadows work, they say that crap so you can reject them and go beserk!>

-Despite myself-

Again, that's not true.

Shadow!Tagg: They throw some party, and everything's fine again, right? Remember how people treated you back in 2011 following that experience in that alternate universe?

Most of the people here now aren't the ones that were here back then.

Shadow!Tagg: -With a derisive chuckle- It doesn't matter, they're all the same, and the ones who aren't, they leave, or they've got their own lives now. But you, you may have effectively abandoned the Stormchaser, but in spirit you remain bound to it. Despite the fact that few of them have any idea of the real us behind their pedestal of "J-Team Leader".

-Angrily-

Please, what a crock of shit. They want us when we can solve their petty little romance and villain problems, but when we need help they're mostly nowhere to be seen. Even outside of that, the Thieves are stealing hearts, but what have they done against problems far more abstract than stalkers and a monster maker? Haven't stolen the hearts of any neo-Nazis lately, have we? But then we're one of the few who have a concept of problems bigger than the latest Team to squish.

-Eyes narrowing-

I won't deny those feelings, but I'm not gonna let you dictate things anymore. You might be me, and I'm you, but you're not all of me!

Shadow!Tagg: -Starts laughing- You're right about that, I'm not all of you, but I am the part that isn't denying the truth. Very well then, let's do this.

-Melts down and comes back up as a giant, scarred Swampert with the Infinity Judge in his right hand and a Dialga-themed sword in his left with half its blade missing. Strings from above attach to what appears to be a golden God Hand puppeteering them-

Doc: <It's gone berserk...>

Shadow!Tagg: -Unleashing a guttural scream of rage and sorrow as the cavern turns into what can be best described as a bleak bog- <I AM A SHADOW... THE TRUE SELF!!! This world's garbage, always has been, and when we're done here, we'll start it anew!>

Crochet: -Summoning Arachne- <Tagg, we won't let you face this alone, you've helped Doc and I so much! If no one else, you can always rely on your team!>

Doc: <Yeah!>

-Taking a deep breath-

Let's do this guys.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Jan 29th 2021 at 5:53:31 AM

-Forte tries to follow Eevee Kid, who is gracefully hopping along the roofs, jumping from wall to wall, and climbing all over everything she can-

Eevee Kid: Hmmm... wish I had some sort of hat to help me find this.

Forte: How would a hat help?

Eevee Kid: Oh, hats can do all kinds of things! Don't you know?

Forte: Is this gonna be like the Dream World hats again?

Mezzo: She's not my retainer.

Lalafell!Mezzo: She's not? Well, she is in my world. Pretty decent one too, well, except for being kind of weird.

Noelle: I'm right here, you know.

Lalafell!Mezzo: Anyway, maybe you should hire her as one.

Noelle: I'd be up for that.

Mezzo: Yeah, no.

-a particular Liepard uncurls and stretches-

Felis: <Would you shut up already? I am trying to get some sleep here and—>

-and is immediately vaporized by a fiery explosion-

-the three trainers stare at the smoldering crater, and Noelle drops Lalafell!Mezzo, who just brushes off her staff-

Lalafell!Mezzo: What?

Mezzo: Why did you just explode my cat.

Lalafell!Mezzo: Oh, that was yours? I thought it was a monster. Was it your familiar?

Mezzo: No, because I'm not a witch!

Lalafell!Mezzo: Well, maybe you should be.

Wyndon

Kamon: -grins- Yup, thanks! Have to say I've never heard a fan say that before, so kudos.

Rockstar: <There's even mare ae him? Ach.>

Ice Cave (?)

-all the excitement is too much for the kitty; she runs under a rock and hides-

The Bog

Shadow!Tagg: -Immediately closes the distance between us and tries swiping at Mokele Mbembe and Arachne-

Arachne: -Uses silk to try slowing them down, but if anything they seem to be going even faster due to a sudden downpour-

Doc: <So, Tagg's Shadow, typing's normal for a Swampert, Ability's Swift Swim, but it's got a secret move as well.>

-As Mokele Mbembe does a Freeze-Dry-

That being, Doc?!

Doc: <It's called Lahar, does both Water and Ground type damage and greatly lowers Speed!>

Shadow!Tagg: -Breathes out a Blizzard before following it up with said move- <We suffer for those who couldn't care less, why?>

-Aranche and Mokele-Mbembe are buffeted by the moves and buried in the mud, as the feedback hits Crochet and I, bowling us over-

Ugh!

Crochet: <Ack!>

-Standing back up-

For those who do.

Shadow!Tagg: -Bringing his broken blade down where his counterpart would've been if they didn't roll just in time- <Garbage.>

Crochet: <Even if you're right, Tagg still has us! Arachne!>

Arachne: -Manages to get behind Shadow!Tagg to slash at them with a Leaf Blade-

Shadow!Tagg: -Eyes glow before ducking under the slash, grabbing Arachne after smacking me face-first into the mud, and pounding them repeatedly with the Infinity Judge- <You're going to have to do better than th-Argh!>

Doc: -Having tripped Shadow!Tagg with a Grass Knot from Galen as it enters combat mode- <I'm not gonna let you kill Crochet, or you!>

[Trafalgar square], AFD

-Hazel walks up to the rest of the group.-

Hazel: Hey, mind if I take some pictures? I tried to take some during the fight but most of them are blurry or have someone's face blocking the action.

Hulbury stadium, AFD

-Nessa sends out her Arrokuda.-

Nessa: Use whirlpool!

-A large whirlpool now takes up most of the space in the middle of the battlefield.-

Wyndon

-The red hero shrugs-

A Spiderman: Dunno. Same as I dunno how I'm supposed to get home. And sure I'm up for some pics, this ain't my homeworld anyways.

-He gets to his feet-

A Spiderman: I mean... I guess I don't even need this mask on given it's not my world?

Wyndon

Arachna-Guy: I'm used to journalists taking my picture, so I'm up for it, too. Just not with my mask off, of course.

Arachna-Guy 2.0: Why not. I'm not from this universe either, I think. I'm from the future. I'm a bit different from either of these fellas since I rely entirely on gadgets.

Tommy, mentally: ~Upton, if you so much think of opening your birdbrained mouth right now, Arceus help me—~

Upton: ~Dude, I said I was sorry.~

Tommy: ~You owe me a new sandwich.~

Upton: ~Ten, actually.~

Tommy: ~I hate you.~

Upton: ~Dude, I know the rules. I like superheroes as much as the next person so chill. Your generally poorly kept secret is safe with me.~

Tommy: ~Say what now?~

Upton: ~Dude, it's not that hard to figure out. I'm not even psychic and I put the pieces together.~

Tommy: ~Didn't you pass out?~

Upton: ~Dude, you're basically invading my subconscious.~~

Krispy Fried Kitchen, Wyndon, much later

Tommy, Gimbal, Upton, and their respective Pokémon teams are eating sandwiches.

Tommy: So, you kinda left us with a cliffhanger there, doc. What the hell happened.

Upton: Tell me all the details.

Phineas, via phone: So, there I was, taunting my glitchy alt self on the intercom. He even used that holograph device on his phone to resemble a human and was all floating above the [Pepsi Analogue] filled cave.

Upton: Doing the Kaworu routine?

Phineas: I have no idea what that is.

PEFE HQ Caverns, Audio only

Phineas 2.0: You realize I still know what's in this place, right? If I can't become a god, I shall become a godkiller!

Priscilla: Cut the juice to the morgue.

Phineas 2.0: You really think that's going to stop me?

Phineas 1.0: This is PEFE, the benefactors of the J-Team. You really think they don't have ways of dealing with glitches.

Phineas 2.0: Like wha--

Static.

Priscilla: Well about time. Crisis averted.

Tenembaum: Shouldn't those things be automatic?

Priscilla: Bad guys are less likely to cause collateral damage if you let them gloat a bit while you prepare the counteroffensive.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Dec 23rd 2020 at 10:18:51 PM

Wyndon, AFD

Hazel: Of course. In fact, it's better if you keep the mask. In my world, superheroes basically aren't a thing so it would be nice for them to see some.

Hulbury stadium, AFD

Cady: Alto, use psychic!

-Alto uses telekinesis to fling the Arrokuda into the whirlpool current.-

Nessa: Use aqua jet!

-The Arrokuda manages to swim out of the whirlpool and ram into Alto.-

Wyndon

The Arachna-Guys in unison: Whoa, another faller. Nice.

Meanwhile, Peasy—Arachna-Guy 2.0's beheeyem—notices something about Hazel. He contacts her telepathically.

Peasy: ~This is gonna be weird to say but you may have met a version of me and my trainer before in less than pleasant circumstances. I'd like to say from the bottom of my heart that we are nothing like them.~

Edited by MasterJayAM on Apr 5th 2020 at 2:49:06 AM

Wyndon, AFD

-Hazel briefly looks surprised before sighing in relief.-

Hazel: Yeah, I arrived here in December through one of those rift thingies. It's nice to know you're not like those people.

Hulbury, AFD

-Alto is knocked out by the aqua jet. Cady sends out Treble.-

Cady: Use absorb!

-The supereffective attack hits relatively hard.-

Edited by QuantumMelody29 on Apr 2nd 2020 at 3:45:12 PM