Wedgehurst road

Tommy: Trust us, you're likely the least weird thing I've seen.

Beck: He takes pictures of superheroes. I work for a science org that owns plenty of weird things. A talking pokémon is hardly the first thing we'd find unusual.

Farmer Beckett: Lass, ya don't have ta worry about that around us. Be you.

Affirmative baas can be heard from behind them.

Tommy: I can't say the same thing about my friend Gavin, though. He has a thing for the out-of-the-ordinary. He'll make a big deal about it faster than you can say "I'm a talking Gurdurr!"

Gimbal: Gavin's doesn't have a filter. He pays an absurd amount of attention to things that don't fall under his view of "ordinary." He means well, though.

Tommy: If you ever meet him, you might get the most eager publicist for your learning center. He's cool when he sees something out of the ordinary that's harmless or constructive.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Apr 29th 2020 at 4:42:36 PM

Silas stared at the crowd, "Quite the gathering. Are they worshipping something?"

Bishop popped out of the phone, "Perhaps it is some form of self love ritual sir, boosting one's ego."

Silas considered that a possibility, "Maybe what's at the center of this circle is what we're after, a icon to vanity."

"I am a monument to all your sins," Bishop quoted.

"Whatever it is, we're gonna take it," Knight commented in the back of Silas's mind.

Silas turned his head back to Kamon and just glared, before hissing a shushing noise, Hacks spoke up, ~We have no idea what is even down here, are you trying to get us caught?~

There was a roaring noise, and out of the darkness stepped something... it looked to be humanoid, but flickered as if it was a video image with a bad connection, the eyes were hollowed out and held a soft turquoise glow, beside it was what appeared to be a flickering Raichu.

"We have attention!"

Crusaders

1. Silas - Hacks (4)
2. Des - Sniper (2)
3. Gale - Acolyte (1)
4. Kamon - Rockstar (3)

Glitch Spawn

1. Spawn Grunt - Raichu (1)
2. Spawn Soldier - Lucario (2)
3. Spawn Singer - Abra (2)

The Grunt roared and swung its sword at Silas, who pulled back and blocked with his greatsword, the Raichu fired a electric bolt at Hacks who was struck, ~IIII HAAAAATE HAA-V-V-VING METAL BONES!~~

Edited by EchoingSilence on Apr 29th 2020 at 8:16:26 AM

Old Ruins

Des loaded a special round into his revolver and fired it at the Abra. If hit the Abra would be covered in bright orange paint.

"Take the Lucario."

<Roger.>

Sniper fired a Water Pulse at the Lucario.

Turffield Stadium Entrance, After the Battle, Pre-AFD

Kim: (smiling) "Ah, yes. Daltrey is definitely a fitting name. Very well, then. Dalt it is." (She pauses.) "Anyways... what now? I presume you two are going to have your Gym Battles next?"

Turffield Stadium Entrance, After the Battle, Pre-AFD

Me: That we do...

Evelyn: Should we get ready, Ian?

Me: You know it, Evelyn!

Turffield Stadium Locker Room, Pre-AFD

-Ian and Evelyn are seen in their Gym Challenge Uniforms with the number "556" on their backs. Ian and Piku-chan are spinning around and around for some reason, and Evelyn and Hatty are reading a book that has a purplish-pink cover with a golden pentagram on it which she took out of her bag, reciting what sounds like a luck spell.-

Piku-chan: <YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...>

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Apr 29th 2020 at 5:05:59 AM

Turffield Entrance Room, Pre-AFD

(Kim looks back towards the locker room.)

Kim: "...what is happening in there?"

Turffield Stadium Locker Room, Pre-AFD

-Ian and Piku-chan continue to spin as Evelyn and Hatty continue to chant their spell-

Me: -while spinning- Alright, Piku-chan! You're getting the hang of it! Now let's get it EVEN faster!

-Ian and Piku-chan begin to spin faster and faster.-

Piku-chan: <...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...>

Turffield Stadium Entrance Room, Pre-AFD

Kim: (facepalms)

Turffield Stadium Locker Room, Pre-AFD

-Ian and Piku-chan continue to spin as Evelyn and Hatty continue to recite their spell.-

Me: -while spinning- I think we've built up enough speed, Piku-chan! Ready?

Piku-chan: -while spinning- <I was hatched ready!>

Me: -while spinning- Alright, Piku-chan! Let's do this! USE IRON TAIL!

-Piku-chan's tail begins to glow a bright metallic silver, which increases the momentum of Piku-chan's turn until he unleashes a powerful attack, lashing out at the nearby punching bag with his tail.-

-Anyone outside the locker room at this point can hear two massive *THUD*s followed by the reverberation of a metallic *CLANG!*

Turffield Stadium Entrance Room, Pre-AFD

(Kim suddenly hears the clanging noises coming from the locker room and pauses.)

Kim: (to herself) "What in Arceus' name...?"

Turffield Stadium Locker Room, Pre-AFD

-Evelyn performs a magical-looking hand gesture as she recites the last part of her spell, releasing pinkish-purple sparks of psychic energy that fade after 6 seconds.-

Evelyn: Hatty and I are ready. How about you and Piku-chan?

Me: I'm ready.

Evelyn: Then let's go out there and give it all we've got!

Piku-chan, Hatty and I: <YEAH!!! LET'S GO!!

-Ian and Evelyn leave the Locker Room and prepare to head out to the Gym.-

Turffield Stadium Entrance Room, Pre-AFD

Me: Hey, Kim!

Evelyn: -confidently- We're ready for our Gym Challenge.

Turffield Stadium Entrance Room, Pre-AFD

Kim: "...What the heck was going on in there?"

Turffield Entrance Room, Pre-AFD

Evelyn: Oh. That's simple. Hatty and I were reciting a luck spell... This is our first Gym Challenge in Galar and I don't want to make a fool of myself on live TV...

Me: As for what I was doing... Piku-chan and I were practicing a move we could use in the battle with Milo.

Distortion World

-As the light approaches, the silhouettes of a humanoid figure and a small quadrupedal one beside it become apparent. And then they reveal themselves to be, in fact, an elderly man with a companion Growlithe. The light comes from a small, crystalline lantern the former is carrying.-

Man: ...You are... not familiar. We don't get strangers often...

-For those with the historical familiarity to tell, he has distinctly Ranseian features.-

Man: Is something on the other side happening, to cast away so many new people at once?

Hammerlocke, yesterday

Channah: More like a general thirst for physical assault, but sure yeah.

Distortion World, past

Channah: ...I mean, things are always happening? -looks at the others-

Old Ruins - It's a Fight!

-The nightingale narrowed her gaze at the combatants. They were... Not what she expected to see, but regardless they were clearly not human and she thus had no compunctions with the slaughter to come-

Acolyte.

-With the telltale red glow of a pokeball the Corvisquire manifests on her shoulder-

Kill.

Acolyte: <Oh? Cool. I'll get on that.>

-As Gale draws her bow and levels her aim at the Singer, Acolyte takes flight towards the Abra. If everyone wasn't distracted with combat and if the lighting was better, it'd be a really cool aesthetic as the bird and arrow fly side by side towards their intended targets-

Distortion World

Duolis: ...

-clears her throat-

No sir. We came here on our own. For... an investigation.

Hammerlocke Power Plant

-The group reaches the bottom-

-The hallway is glowing-

-There are noises coming from down it-

Metropolis Of Vanity

-As the group gets closer, they see the Shadows are around a stage-

-On the stage is Owen-

-In an idol outfit-

-with yellow eyes-

-Singing the following:-

Motostoke Gym

-Jared is completing the gym challenge by throwing the challenge mons at rival trainers-

-It's going better than you'd expect, he's still getting points-

Turffield Outskirts, Past

<Uhhhh..... Dark!> Strictly speaking, that's not _un_true.

Metropolis of Vanity

"... Huh, he's really just... there." Says Daydre, who has been Existing in the background.

Arthur just makes grunting noises at the Ranseian Man, Hayden waves at him to stop.

"We are not castaways, we are... explorers," Hayden explained, "Here to observe this universe and find something amiss. Forgive my associate here, something psychological takes hold of him when wearing that green suit."

“He sounds pretty cool, then. I bet Tomi-chan would love his company; I bet I’d enjoy him too, actually. PSE could definitely use some publicity.”

Clara checks an Unown Radio broadcast site while waiting for her friend Tomi to get back and respond to her texts.

<Hm, so next signal time should be next Friday, message is correct, yes, yes... why’s the delay so long? It shouldn’t be that long if it broadcasts right from Johto...>

Turffield Stadium, Will vs Milo

Will: So, he figured out Rock Head. No matter, that's only the first trick up my sleeve. Ronin! I think it's time you sub out.

The Cubone flourishes his bone but seems unwilling to budge.

Ronin: <A warrior fights until the very end! Nothing less>

Milo: I'm sorry to say you realized the type-difference too late, and it seems your Pokemon's a stubborn one. Glossifleur, finish that Cubone off with another Magical Leaf!

Gossifleur: <Yes, sir!>

The Gossifleur launches another Magical Leaf in Ronin's direction. This time Ronin doesn't try to deflect and the attack hits dead on, kicking up a lot of debris and dust.

Milo: Sorry, lad. But the Gym Challenge isn't the place for rookie mistakes.

Rather than look dismayed or upset, Will looks overjoyed.

Will: Milo, I absolutely agree!

The dust clears and, where Ronin once stand, there now appears to be a rather beaten up Poke Doll, a Substitute. Milo and Gossifleur both stare at it in surprise and, as a result, Gossifleur is completely blindsided by a second Double-Edge from Ronin.

Ronin: <The trick is never as obvious as it first appears!>

Gossifleur falls to the ground, defeated.

Milo (nods in appreciation): I see now. That's what you meant when you said to "sub out". All right, then, seems you're ready for my heavy hitter.

Will's smile grows at the words "heavy hitter".

Milo throws an Ultra Ball and from it emerges an Eldegloss. However, he soon recalls the Pokemon back into his Poke Ball and clears his throat.

Milo: Come on, then! It's Dynamax time! You're about to be uprooted!

The ball in Milo's hand grows so big a smaller person would need to hold it in two hands. Instead, he uses one hand to hold the ball and his free hand to pat it affectionately before throwing it behind him. Eldegloss re-emerges from the Poke Ball, but, now that it's Dynamaxed, it's several magnitudes larger than it was.

Ronin looks back at Will, excitedly pointing his bone at the Dynamaxed Eldegloss.

Ronin: <Tell me I get to do that, too!>

Will: You're going to get to do something even better. Ronin, take aim!

While Ronin's expression is hidden behind his skull mask, there's a gleam to his eye as he realizes what Will has just told him to do.

Stadium Stands

Fuka, Suzie, Sami, and Waka are in the stands munching on snacks and watching. Once Fuka finishes her bag of popcorn, Sami the Garchomp finds a napkin, pulls Fuka close, and wipes her face.

Fuka (pushing away from Sami): So you told Will he couldn't Dynamax right?

Suzie: I did. I wonder what he's going to do now that he's fighting a Dynamax Pokemon.

Fuka: I have a guess.

Suzie: Oh yes? Do tell.

Fuka: Nope, but I'll give you a hint.

Suzie: Fine.

Fuka: Think about how Ronin likes to fight, and think about what we spotted under his helmet earlier.

Suzie's eyes widen.

Suzie: Would that even work on a Dynamaxed Pokemon?

Fuka: No idea. Betcha Will doesn't know either.

Suzie: Which is exactly why he's going to try it. (Suzie sighs) That silly boy always has to do things the hard way...

Distortion World, past

Visitors? I don't remember the Distortion World having human inhabitants, assuming this Ranseian guy even is human, but it is a pretty big place so...

Hammerlocke, also past

-Looking around-

Keep your profiles low everyone.

Metropolis of Vanity

-Looking around-

Okay, let's try avoiding them until we've figured out where the Treasure is.

Hammerlocke, yesterday

-To Channah, jokingly-

Closer to the Distortion World, right?

Edited by rmctagg09 on Apr 29th 2020 at 11:58:42 AM

Vain City Idol Party

-Anthem's actually dancing a little bit to the performance-

Anthem: <That's actually kinda good. Like they're still a bad person and I really want to jump up there and upstage them but there's some pretty strong jams going.>

-Shift gives a bit of an exasperated sigh-

Shift: Please don't feel sympathetic for the villain that's threatening to waste the J-Team's tech mkay?

Vanity Concert

"What, we sympathizin' with Vanity Angel over there? If his mind is this powerful an echo chamber, let's drag him down to earth... once we have a plan," he amended. "We can't exactly throw ourselves at him now, we'd get torn to shreds by the pit faster than you can say "How can I tolerate you?"

Hammerlocke Elevator

Roy nodded, deciding that any discreteness he could get would be worth the heat. Turning full human, he stayed to the back, ready to shift and High Jump Kick into the crowd.

-in which Addie is fishing-

Logan: -smile, finalizing something- Oh, excellent. I had hoped...

-a little device like a top pings to the ground, trailing light-

-it twirls in front of Rikuo, giving off light and performing-

-...a great many things, of careful and quiet complexity-

(-a lot of the Styler's functions are open source—an aspect of the Rangers' aspiration to contribute-)

(-given certain tendencies to weaponize empathic projection, however, several key aspects are now kept a bit close to the vest—even before individual Ranger-specific customization-)

(-so it's hard to say what exactly is happening here, behind the deceptively child's-toy spinning thing-)

[[center:Logan sent you a party invitation!]

(-a reasonable abstraction can be made, however-)

[[center:Accept? Y / N]

-meanwhile, Addie hauls a Palpitoad out of the river in an Electroweb net-

-there's numerous thoughts that pass through Abilene's head at any given moment-

-she'd never admit one to rhyme with "fuck, grandmacraul's gonna eat someone"-

Flunky: R-really? You've got—

-reverently- the magic beans?

Abilene: I brought the beans. Don't have a Miltank over it.

-she pulls a sack from her suit jacket, holding them out halfway between Sylvestra and the Flunky-

-who makes a grab for it-

Distortion World - The Void

-Logan is not particularly historically-versed in this regard, but picks up on other things-

Logan: -nodding at the two who spoke previously, smiling disarmingly- What they said. We believe the last remnant of something dangerous has gone to ground here—as J-Team, we're here to put a stop to it.

-a little light in a world of shadow—Addie squeaks to cutely punctuate-

(-puncutuate-)

Logan: -sparkle sparkle- c;

Byleth: -dully as ever- Calm down. Walk like you're supposed to be here, and no one will question it.

-says the faculty member wearing conspicuous killing-people robes-

-but she strides into, and out of, the elevator like she owns the thing, without batting an eyelash-

-...saving her eyelashes for the corridor-

Byleth: -tactically- …

-she recalls her Rufflet and releases her Charmeleon, who pokes inquisitively at the glow-

-safe for humans?-

Hulbury, [Royal Court Theatre]

-the first instrumental bit winds down, the metal about the stage moving silently behind it-

-the Substitutes they wound up animate, and take to the stage-

-Ceal gracefully moves in concert with the shifting scene, weaving through the lights-

-and positions themself opposite of Tripod's holo-Trainer—a staged battle starts-

-they sing-

Human!Ceal: -hairflip- ♫Once upon a time there was this little mary jane
Spine like stainless Regicite, a heart like lidocaine
Once upon a time her buddy Gamer picked a name
They saw a world in disarray and moved to rearraign! ♫

-trumpet builds-

-laugh- ♫Way too many times there was a sleepy little town
Gyms and gunners quake in boots when J-Team comes around
Tricks and treats they turn it up and never shut it down♫
-distorted- (̷M̵i̴s̷s̵i̷n̶g̷ ̷n̶u̶m̸b̸e̶r̵,̶ ̷c̶a̵l̷l̴ ̸a̷g̷a̷i̶n̵-̶-̸l̵e̸a̸v̶e̸ ̸a̷ ̸m̷e̸s̵s̴a̴g̵e̵ ̴n̵o̵w̶)̵

-blazing-bright melodious music oozes from the brass—Thespi's having fun tonight, shedding shells of class-

-shining bulbs dance through the hall, all incandescent glass—Magnezone and Castform both weave settings unsurpassed-

-adventure shines in theater, an audience to bring-

-onto their feet, atop the notes, when at last they—-

♫We're! All! Pokémon!
Training here from dusk 'til dawn
You think you can take me on,
You ain't seen nothin' yet—♫

♫We're! All! Pokémon!
Training 'til the sun's all gone
Two to tango, one-on-one
Come on, jack, let's dance!♫

-Suiko finds herself in the middle of a sea of people, and doesn't care in the slightest-

Edited by Asterisk395 on May 9th 2020 at 3:38:56 PM