Stow-on-Side

-Hanging around the bazaar-

Was that a pair of DNA Splicers I saw? Possibly a replica, thought I saw the Orbs again but they could've just been super convincing replicas...

Turffield Stadium, Watching Ian & Evelyn VS Milo

Fuka: Ooh, I love Ludicolo!

Fuka starts mimicking its dance, as does Elanor, or at least the hand movements of it. Fuka tehn stops.

Fuka: Wait, he had Pokemon like that up his sleeve and all Will got was an Eldegloss?

Suzie: Will's a kid on his first Gym, Milo probably didn't use the fancier Pokemon on him.

Mother and daughter stare at one another for a moment, then nod.

Fuka: Ronin? Could you do us a favor and absolutely do not tell Will about this part of the battle?

Ronin: He won't want to know anyway. He might like that hearing about that Iron Tail thing.

Ronin hops onto the floor, hardens his own tail, and starts spinning in place for a few moments before stopping and falling over, dizzy.

Turffield Stadium, VS Milo

Me: Hanuman, use Flame Wheel on Tsareena!

Evelyn: Mirai, use Magical Leaf on Ludicolo!

-The corners of Hanuman's mouth start to flare as if preparing for a Flamethrower attack, but then Hanuman jumps into the air, curls into a ball and surrounds himself in fire as he rolls right at the dominatrix mangosteen.-

-Mirai pirouettes on one foot as she surrounds herself in multicolored leaves before flinging them at Ludicolo with a sniper's accuracy.-

Milo: Tsareena, use Trop Kick! Ludicolo, fight back with Seed Bomb!

-Tsareena's boots begin to glow in tropical colors as she charges at the flaming ball that is Hanuman.-

Tsareena: <You will bow before me, you miserable ball of-

-Ludicolo picks some seeds out of his... um... sombrero? and throws them at Mirai-

Ludicolo: <♪Heave ho, Heave ho, and AWAAAAAY WE GO!!!♫>

-...only for Tsareena to burn her feet on Hanuman's flames.-

Tsareena: <Aiaiaiaiiii- Hot foot! Hot foot!>

-The seeds collide with Mirai's Magical Leaf and explode into an array of colors.-

Stow-On-Side

-Gale bursts out giggling and facepalms a little-

Legendaries, you guys...

-She pouts a little and glances around-

Egh, if I didn't have a few discussions to have with certain more serious people I'd be in a better mood...

[Burj-al-Arab]

-Salem (incognito) sees a someone wearing a medical mask, sunglasses and a hair-concealing backwards cap and goes over to talk to them.-

Salem: Is this seat taken?

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on May 27th 2020 at 11:31:20 AM

S-O-S

"Well, if nothing else, it helps to practice what you want to talk about, go over the talking points with a neutral third party before you tell it to the real deal."

"You just want him to bend your ear."

"Metaphorically, he might scratch it on the way."

[The Burj That People Don't Often Think About]

-The mask-wearing bloke shrugs and gestures at the seat-

Kitbash: Go for it.

Stow-On-Side

Egh, it's a pretty serious thing about like... Contracts and such.

-She sighs and tries to figure out how to pass it off as no big deal-

Besides, you can just ask if you want a scritch, dear.

[Burj-Al-Arab]

Salem: So... Have we met before?

S-O-S

As Ammy's ears and tails materialize, Colton shakes his head.

"Not something you're at liberty to discuss? Fair enough."

Ammy wasn't listening, she tried to rest her head on Pent's shoulder.

[The Burjer Hotel]

Kitbash: Eh? You meet a lot of folks with masks or somethin'?

Stow-On-Side

Yeah, it's kind of... Blah. Serious and needing to be addressed and so on...

-Gale smiles and gets to carefully lavishing attention to the foxen-

Have you been behaving yourself?

S-O-S

"Fair question," she purred, leaning into the pets. "I like to think so."

"I can imagine - talks of business are a necessary evil," Colton sympathized.

Turffield, Standing Stone of Water

Alyesha tried to not smile at Puri's interjection, giving a nod

Alyesha: "Nice to meet you and your team, Will, I'm Alyesha."

Matvey: <I'm Matvey~>

Fyodor: <And I'm Fyodor>

With that, the Rowlett took up from his perch on Alyesha's shoulder, instead landing on the Garchomp, bending down and all but dangling in front of her face with a curious expression on his face

Fyodor: <Are you doing a good job of watching over him?> :3? <We babysitters need to hold together after all>

The last part netted him a chuckle from Alyesha's side

Alyesha: "While I'm flattered about your care, I'd like to remind you that you are the youngest in the entire team"

After another slight chuckle, Alyesha turned over to Will again

Alyesha: "So, the gym challenge? Truth be told I wanted to start it as well"

Edited by Sergey_Smirnov on May 27th 2020 at 7:01:21 PM

Stow-On-Side

Good girl.

-Gale is quiet for a moment before deciding to try and not leave that remark hanging on it's own-

A-aaaand I've seen your matches, good trainer too!

[The Burj that is not the Burj but is a different Burj]

Salem: -whispers to the masked man- Just so I don't draw suspicion to us, my Codename is Salem. I'm a Pokémon Hunter, I was called here on a mission by Delta himself, and I would assume that I am not the only Hunter here with that distinction...

[The Burjer Place]

Kitbash: Ah man that's mint. I've got this meme you should see.

-They type at the phone a little before holding to show the word "Kitbash"-

Kitbash: I gotta say, big same my friend. It's so nice to take a business trip out to a place like this.

-The mask moves in the way to suggest a smile as he goes back to typing-

[Burjer King]

Salem: Kitbash, huh? Nice to meet you.

[Burjs]

Kitbash: Heh, nice. What's your field, friend? I'm in whatcha call 'Innovative Solutions'. A lot of bespoke solutions to tricky problems. It's a tough industry and kind of a part-time gig but it's so nice when the client sees my bits and bobs come together.

[Burj-Al-Arab]

Salem: I'm more involved in the field, to be honest. I just LOVE the thrill of the hunt!

Turffield Stadium, Watching Ian & Evelyn VS Milo

Suzie (thinking): I want to think Will would be sorry he's missing this, (Suzie smiles) but he'd probably be more excited at the prospect of facing these kinds of moves than seeing them from the sidelines.

Meanwhile, Fuka has rejoined the Binacle Cheer Squad and resumed cheering for her fellow J-Teamers.

Fuka: Boldy Dealing Some Misfortune! Mirai's and Hanuman's win's in motion!

Turffield, Standing Stone of Water

Sami leans in and gives the Rowlett a conspiratorial whisper.

Sami: <Oh, little Will's a good boy, so I don't need to worry much with him. Puri's a little more troublesome, but she's just at that age. Needs to be the alpha over everything.>

Sami does the closest equivalent a Garchomp can to waving her hand on "oh that silly child" way.

Puri flattens her ears against her head.

Puri (muttering): <I can't hear what she's saying, but I don't like it.>

Will is paying more attention to Alyesha herself.

Will: It's all right... 's a bit boring since you already have an idea what the Leader's gonna use. My mum says if I can do it i'll have a chance to fight some real tough blokes in the tournament.

Will smiles at the thought, but his expression falls when Sami speaks up next.

Sami: <Speaking of mommy, didn't she give you a job to do, young man.>

Knowing Will hasn't fully learned Garchomp monese yet, she punctuates her words by tugging on his jacket with one claw and pointing at the standing stones with the other.

The Burj

Aaand Domino shows up with all of his required materials. Cotton is beside him, scratching at a collar Domino put on him.

<This itches.>

Domino stares at Salem.

"...Oh. You."

He turns his attention to Kitbash.

"And who are you? One of those "IT" people I've heard others complain about?"

[Burj-Al-Arab]

-Salem looks up and sees Domino.-

Salem: We meet again, Domino... How couldja tell it was me?

Turffield Stadium, VS Milo

-Ian and Evelyn look to the crowd and smile their best before calling their next attacks.-

Evelyn: -telepathically to Mirai- ~Mirai! Use Draining Kiss!~

Me: -telepathically to Hanuman- ~Hanuman, use Dig!~

-Hanuman and Mirai look at each other...-

Hanuman: <Ready fawh de old one two, or what?>

Mirai: -giggles- <I know where you're going with this.>

Hanuman: <Awright, let's DO dis!>

-Hanuman jumps into the air as Mirai stands in front of Hanuman, covering his tracks as he burrows into the ground of the battlefield.-

-Mirai skips cheerfully over to Milo's side of the battlefield, with a million-Ꝑ smile on her face, and hardly a care in the world.-

[Burj Al-Arab],

Ma'at: Mr. King, your guests have arrived.

Stormchaser

Phineas: Kanto is nice in the summer. And it's little trouble at all, I assure you. On my end, at least. Upton has taken care of your mother's comfort. I'm more fascinated by the fact that you can talk in a human language. It was confirmed that Pokémon can and do learn human languages without a problem but except for maybe poorly documented accounts of a talking meowth speaking human languages, such instances were thought impossible without technological means.

Another gentleman walks in. Clara would recognize this one.

Baal: I beg to disagree, Doctor.

Phineas: Oh, put a sock in it, Ba'al. Zoroarks are casting an illusion that gives the impression that they are speaking a human language. It's not coming out of your respiratory system.

Baal: You're moving a goalpost. Speaking a human language was the criterion, was it not? And yet here I am, talking. And by that definition, you aren't really talking. You're using a program on a dex to speak.

Phineas: Touché

Baal: Could've sworn the two of you already met, doc.

Phineas: I must be getting old.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Jul 24th 2020 at 2:08:27 AM

"Very good," Jack said adjusting his outfit, "Send them up to the Executive Meeting room on floor 14, I'll be waiting for them in Room 101."

Sphinx's many fingers and pies had been very useful for the guild, as it meant that he could effectively distribute the technologies and tools developed. Such as the technologies that Delta and J developed for the Guild, or in this case, the Room 101.

Every place had a Room 101, and many places where the more high end business style hunters had one added, it was simple, a Room that blocked out all noises, rendering all conversations private. Good for cooperative meetings, or in some cases, interrogations if needed. It was thanks to Sphinx's ability to reach everywhere that made getting those popular.

Delta picked up the small device from the floor and clicked it once more, it beeped for a few seconds and turned green, Zatara leaned over, ~Is that needed? You already know this place is bug free.~

"Just checking."

Jack smoothed out his hair and adjusted his tie, stepping out into the hallway, and making his way, to Room 101.

Lobby, [Burj Al-Arab]

What appears to be an [Emiraiti] woman joins the group of hunters in disguise. She is followed around by a drone.

[Emiraiti] Concierge: Mr. King's guests, I presume. Please follow me.

She leads them to one of the escalators, which faced a giant fish tank filled with colorful exotic species of aquatic Pokémon, many of which have colors that are not commonly encountered by trainers.

[Emiraiti] Concierge: Do enjoy the sights. Mr. King's partner is one of the dealers of exotic marine life in the area. He provided us with some of the rarest specimens in our tank, including...

A shiny gyarados and milotic swim past.

[Emiraiti] Concierge: Them.

Edited by MasterJayAM on May 29th 2020 at 2:02:38 AM

[The Smaller, More Intimate Burj]

-Kitbash stares astonished at the exotic aquatic Pokemon on the escalator ride up. As much as it painted them to leave the van back in the old Unova the sheer decadence of this hotel and honest even the city in general was making it feel like less of a pain-

Kitbash: IT yep, sure. Omileges that one's so pretty...

-They glance at the others on the escalator and gulp-

Kitbash: They'd fetch a good price, but not a good idea to steal from the boss' pockets. Fish tank. Boss' fish tank.