Glimwood Tangle

-Evelyn giggles, hearing Hoops sing.-

Evelyn: You have quite the singing voice, Hoops. To be honest, that's the first time I've ever heard you sing.

Glimwood Tangle

Geddy: <Yeah, your voice is good.> (then, to Ian) <Do you have a lyric for Kim to finish?>

Chromatic Path

Kim: (smiles) "Of course."

Glimwood Tangle

Hoops: You don't have to lie, Evs. I know that I can't sing. And I don't know, I guess I started to feel more comfortable around you guys.

Glimwood Tangle

Evelyn: I'm not lying, Hoops. I really like your singing voice.

Hatty: <Besides, I'd know if she was.>

Evelyn: Right you would, Hatty.

Me: Anyways, as for the quiz, there might be more to it, considering the mysterious nature of the type Ballonlea's Gym represents...

Mementos, Chromatic Path

Me: Thanks, Kim.

-Ian moves to hug Kim.-

Glimwood Tangle

Hoops: Not necessarily

Kec: <Yeah, we've been looking at recordings of gym challenges since Bede took over and we've been comparing them to Opal's questions. When Opal was the gym leader the questions tended to be more like tricks or riddles, but now they're like the type of thing you find in an exam.>

Hoops: And that's a science or maths exam, not a philosophy exam. It's one right answer or that's it.

They suddenly jump in surprise and fear as an Impidimp walks across the path, looks at them for a second, then disappears back into the undergrowth.

Circhester!!! It's Gay

Megan: Yeah!! And the hose is personality and the water is…

-musing- …fightiness? High-velocity spite, yeah.

-small smile- Oh yeah no, she got punted into the deep end in two seconds flat. We fished her out, she was sneezing for a week...

-wan- It was adorable, but uh. We were glad when she finally got that Water Stone. ^^;

-Megan tries very hard to remember if she remembers seeing Daydre, concludes that she barely remembers who she talked to yesterday, and leaves it at that-

Megan: -at once wry and sympathetic- (From...vast...personal experience that's a mood all around, I don't think you need to apologize for that.)

-snickering- My sister did the same with her Torterra all the way up to Snowpoint. Then she hit the ice, oof.

...oh!

-tugging at her swimsuit- I hear you've been doing the Gym Challenge here, too! How's that going?

-as she asks, she slides forward, sinking to sit more deeply in the heat-

Ballonlea, Interim Zone

-unblinking, the Mime signs-

Mr. Mime: [Don't turn your back on the body.]

-and retrieves the floating Bag, her gesticulations done-

Ramona: -Flapple eyes @_@- Haha, and that's the most we can hope for, isn't it?

-raising hands, stepping back- Whoa, yeah. Probably should get on with that, huh?

-smile- Give her a gift from me? I'm kind of a fan.

-she holds out an Occa Berry, sweetly-

Hammerlocke, Cafe

Abilene: -sipping- This beverage is just atrocious.

-as Lanatus wraps up his Gym-watch transcription- ...well!

Some lovely personal growth, so to speak, all around, some elegant plays—

Sorbus: -eyeballing the screen- <That tower just nuked his own teammate.>

Abilene: That's what I said. What lovely cryptids we now run with.

-screams, crashes, and a distinctive maniacal cackling filter in through the plate-glass windows-

Sorbus: <...>

Lanatus: ~...~

Abilene: ...I'm not getting involved in that.

-outside-

-a young man in red faces down a familiar Togedamaru in an iron-lined lab coat, gold gleaming in her eyes-

Dr. Ironspine: <BWA HA HA HA HA!>

Hiro: —and I doubt that your results are replicable! Your sample sizes are puny, your correlations inelegant, and you have not ruled out the null hypothesis!

Dr. Ironspine: -purr- <More compelled honesty? The past two hours of heated debate haven't convinced you?>

Hiro: I remain unconvinced that this will benefit anyone!

Dr. Ironspine: <When did I say I wanted to benefit anyone?

Hiro: -flat- You included.

Dr. Ironspine: -huff- <Wellll, if you're certain you'd like the expanded explanation with alllll the citations…>

<...>

Hiro: ...

-in a flash, she's swung her weird gun up, Electrowebbing all the alleys out-

Dr. Ironspine: -taking aim- <Sly human! You got me monologuing!>

-shrug, smug- <Joke's on you! I can ramble about my schemes all day! Without one whit of a hit to my efficacy!>

-grin- <Can you keep up?>

Hiro: She's right...I can't take much more of this…..

Logan: -skidding into frame, top trailing web residue- I'm here! Where's the fire?

Hiro: -turning gratefully- Logan!! Good, I believe this fight is yours.

Logan: I don't—

Hiro: I'm searching for something urgent, and strongly suspect that this is a distraction—

Logan: Wh—you have the Type advantage! Why haven't you just blasted her—

Hiro: Advocating fights flat-out seems unlike you and she's your Type anyway

Logan: You don't have to put it like that!! And it's what she wants out of this interaction, standing here stalling's—

Dr. Ironspine: <Ugh, this one's no fun to rant to any more.>

Logan: -turning sharply, raising an eyebrow (suddenly obsequious)- Excuse me? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Rangers, and I've honed my listening abilities over more than 300 encounters with you. I'm trained in the attentive sit, the encouraging nod, and I'm the top conversationalist in this whole— =)

Dr. Ironspine: -groan, cutting them off- <Then I really do have to go all day, and that's boring.>

-she pulls out an Ultra Ball-

Dr. Ironspine: -grin- <Let's cut to the chase.>

-Logan settles into a ready stance, Hiro makes to bolt-

-speaking of bolt-

wtf is a Dracozolt: <Greetings.>

Logan: …

Hiro: . . .

Addie: -falling onto Logan's shoulder- <I'm here! Where's the—what the fuck>

Doctor what did you do: -examining a claw- <I'll have you know my conception was immaculate, thank you kindly.>

<You may refer to me as the Gift of Life, the Modern Prometheus—>

[[gold:Dr. Ironspine: -crowing- <STEIN!>

Dracozolt Stein: -eyeroll- <Or by my name, yes.>

Logan: Don't—don't you think this is a little farther than you normally go?

Dr. Ironspine: -shrug- <They're happy.>

Stein: <I'm ecstatic.>

Igor the A!Geodude: -carting a very strange machine- <I'm here!! Where'th the—oh thplendid, you've already thtarted.>

Stein: <My chariot awaits. Witness majesty.>

Logan: I'd really rather n—

Dr. Ironspine: <HAH!>

-screen cut: she's got Addie pinned behind the tip of her crossbow...thing-

Addie: <glurk>

Dr. Ironspine: <Don't you know better than to sneak up on me when I'm not monologuing???>' >:D

Logan: -lunges for the machine-

Stein: -repulses with a wave-

Dr. Ironspine: -raising an armband- <Now witness…>

-its inset Wishing Stars beginning to gleam…-

Dr. Ironspine & Stein: <The power of SCIENCE!>

-make my monster grow-

 J-Textspace 

Ballonlea, Interim Zone

Apple-A-Day: Happily! And a good day to you!

-they run after Vee, holding the Occa berry-

Syrnewt: <That was cheesy.>

Apple-A-Day: I'm in a hurry!

Hammerlocke

Ever: Okay, ready?

Glimmer: <Death comes too soon for even the oldest of people.>

Ever: First of all, no, not really, and second of all, do you want the Stone or not?

Glimmer: <...I want it please>

Ever: Alright. Uh...okay, last time I did this, I just sort of handed it over, but you don't have hands...

-they frown, and drop the Dusk Stone into Glimmer's head-

PEFE!Every: You'll see effects faster if you crack it a little first. More surface area.

Ever: You couldn't have said something earlier?

Spaghetti: (has become a Polteageist, as a matter of fact, regrettably keeping their personality wholly intact in the transition) <It's your responsibility alone to consult experts before you act.>

Ever: You're short, and you live in a counterfeit teapot.

Spaghetti: <It's a noble sort of existence, if you ask me.>

Ever: Yeah, but...did I?

Spaghetti: -narrows eyes- <Well-played.>

Ever: -ghost pat-

Glimmer: <I think I feel something!>

Ever: Is it a rock?

Glimmer: <Oh. Yeah, might be...>

Ever: Mmm. Pef, how long—

Pef?

PEFE!Every: Look.

-she points into the distance, where a Dracozolt appears to be growing over the skyline-

Ever: Oh. Huh. You know that weird superhero who tried to kidnap you?

PEFE!Every: That was you.

Ever: You saw us both at the same time.

PEFE!Every: Proves nothing.

Ever: ...Right, anyway, they had one of those, I think? Super fucked-up fossil mon.

PEFE!Every: I think they're cute, personally.

Ever: You would.

PEFE!Every: Dr. Cara Liss worked very hard to ensure survivability of her creations. It's quite impressive.

Ever: I...hm.

PEFE!Every: Anyway, aren't you going to go do something about the giant dragon?

Ever: Nah. I'm on vacation.

PEFE!Every: You're battling the League.

Ever: Yeah, turns out being on vacation does not exempt me from needing, like, money. Glimmer, how are you feeling?

Glimmer: <Taller?>

Spaghetti: -holding out a measuring tape- <You have grown 2.3 centimeters in the past minute.>

Glimwood Tangle

-Ian's Xtransceiver vibrates wildly as he receives a text on it.-

Me: Huh?

-Ian checks the text and begins to compose a response.-

Textspace

Glimwood Tangle

Me: Sorry, guys... I gotta take a call. Be right back.

Evelyn: We'll be right here.

-Ian runs out of the tangle and looks for somewhere to change.-

Stow-on-Side, Out of Sight...

Me: -whispering to Piku-chan- Someone needs our help...

Piku-chan: -whispering- <I agree.>

Me: -whispering- Well, we'd better get there quick.

-Ian raises his arm and speaks the code phrase into the Xtransceiver.-

Me: BIRD GO!

-Ian's Xtransceiver shines with a rainbow light, illuminating a small area of Stow-on-Side. When the light dies down, Ian transformed into Ian the Pikipek.-

Ian the Pikipek: Hold on tight, Piku-chan!

Piku-chan: <Will do.>

-Ian the Pikipek makes a run for Hammerlocke to help "Ranger Danger" out.-

Hammerlocke

Ian the Pikipek: -jokingly- Sorry I'm late. Traffic was a nightmare.

Piku-chan: <We're here to help!>

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Mar 16th 2021 at 2:05:23 PM

Circhester, Fuck Yeah It Is

"... Yeah as a ten to eleven year old I um. I think my main strategy was just 'hit as hard as possible and hope for the best'? It worked surprisingly well, all things considered."

At the mention of the gym challenge she sucks in her lips.

"It's uh.. It's going. (Technically I should be back in Ballonlea right now, but I'm allowed to take a break right?)"

Daydre's Galar Team

Kazma: <Oi, shouldn't we be practicing? That's what Daydre said to do while she was out doing.. whatever.>

Disco Duck the Galarian Farfetch'd: -in the midst of polishing his leek- <I care only for the path of the blade.>

Kazma: <... Mate, you're the one who let her name you Disco Duck, I don't think you're allowed to act cool anymore.>

Disco Duck <I care not for the feeble names humans can give me.>

Kazma: <Uh huh.>

troublesome the Cufant: <( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)>

Kazma: <Stop looking at me like that!>

Azure: -lying in the sun nearby- <Shouldn't you guys be training for the gym challenge or something?>

Kazma: <I literally just said that, also at least we have a gym challenge to train for lol"

Azure: <What was that?>

Kazma: <👀>

Azure: <👀>

... Anyway!

"... Hey did you know I have relatives in Galar? That's what my mom shouted to me as I was leaving the house to come here, anyway."

.. In an impressive attempt at changing the topic, except not really because something about Ballonlea reminded her of that.

Somewhere

"What does that even mean?!"

Rowan: <Who're you texting?>

"Ama."

Rowan: <She has a phone?>

Daydre's phone buzzing again distracts her from replying. She checks the text.

"... Oh, a thing."

Rowan: <A thing?>

"Yeah. ....Guess I'll go help out with that. Trying to get answers out of her is like sucking peas through a straw anyway, time for a distraction."

J-textspace

Mementos, Monochromatic Path

(To Kingfish)

"Ooh, nice."

(To Anthem)

"I feel like chasing them might be more trouble than it's worth. I feel kinda bad saying this, but even if they do talk are there a whole lot of people who'd believe them? I guess I'd be worried about them coming back totally defenseless, but.."

Edited by Daydre on Mar 16th 2021 at 9:06:12 AM

outside the Hammerlocke gym

-Cady comes out of the gym. Cady has just gotten her last badge.-

Kat: Nice one!

Cady: Phew, that was hard.

-They get a text.-

Kat: Okay, where are the nearest changing rooms?

Hammerlocke, near the giant pokemon

-Cady and Kat arrive in their costumes.-

Kat: Okay, how can we help?

Mementos, Monochromatic Path

-To Daze and Anthem-

We'll leave it to the hands of fate for now.

Wedgehurst, last night

Circhester, today

-Is waiting by said fountain-

Hammerlocke

-Agnes is trying on a new hat at the boutique-

-suddenly, there's the loud sound of a Dracozolt being huge and disruptive-

Agnes: Wha-

-she goes outside and yep, that's a huge lizard right there, terrorizing the town!-

Agnes: -to Those present- Where'd this thing come from?! Did someone Dynamax their Pokémon at a weird time?!

Agnes: -to Ian- Cool outfit.

Circhester, also today

-waves to Tagg as she approaches the fountain-

Star: Uh, hey.

Defiant Wing, There's Something Among Us

-Gale engaged her helmet, the eyes glowing yellow-

Hm. Right. I'll resume work.

-She turned on her heel and strode off deeper into the ship-

Alright buddy, you're gonna need to watch my back while we work on repairs. ... Alternately, we could just go looking through the engineering spaces for where this thing's stowed the captives... Yaknow how it is, do we play along or exploit the assumptions?

Mementos, Monochromatic Path

Anthem: <Mkay. Anyone know who they are so we can get in contact with them reality-side and see if they're Phantom material?>

Hammerlocke, Superhero Adjacent Kaiju battle

Ian the Pikipek: Thanks. Made it myself. So, what seems to be the problem?

Mementos, Chromatic Path

Me: Now that I got a good look at this place, I don't think it was such a good idea to storm off down this path. It feels like Lavender Town in here...

-Beat-

Me: Now that I think about it, I did say that I was going to visit Lavender Town and pay my respects. It must've completely slipped my mind... No matter, we have to find a way home... What do you say, Kim?

Mementos, Monochromatic Path

Pink: -To Anthem- <One of them was that Ian kid from the Final Shell fight, I think.>

Circhester, today

-To Star-

Hey. It's been a bit but you look... well.

Roxy headed off, following Arthur down the halls, "You have any suspicions?"

Arthur sighed, "No. I don't, which is even worse."

"It's a ditto, how bad could it be? Those guys are casanovas back home."

"Yes back on Earth, I read up on Space Dittos before we left, changelings who hate solid life. There's apparently an entire colony of dittos like this, the ones that leave are essentially pirates, they take out entire crews methodically and steal the ship itself."

Roxy blinked, "You read up? We have info on that?"

"Well... while we were at that research station, the intranet was hooked up to the ship so I could get better access to the galaxy at large," Arthur admitted.

Roxy stared at him, pondering what that meant.

Silas opted to follow Gale, "Stick to twos, less likely to get hit that way."

He grabbed a repair kit and pulled out a flashlight, "I only hope the news team in the lower decks isn't in too much trouble."

He shone the flashlight around, "There are many nooks and crannies on this vessel, hope Hacks is okay, we got oxygen for now at least."

Textspace

Hammerlocke Horrors

-Illusion boy and company are here.-

Slateport Sneaks

-Rogue glances around at the sudden darkness, eyes wide beneath their helmet.-

...I knew she was powerful, but holy shit.

-Not having quite the same shadowporting abilities, Rogue has to rely on a couple other abilities. They activate their cloak, and focus on a perception filter at least big enough for themself as a secondary measure as they hurry toward the boat.-

Rogue: Myra, think you could give me a bit of air?

Myra: (through the helmet HUD) Is that why you turned the Aura blocker off?

Rogue: No, the blocker's been making me sick every time since I got turned. This is just a bonus.

-A shrug emoji displays in the top corner of Rogue's HUD, before gravity starts to feel somewhat lighter around Rogue. They take a running leap, higher than a normal jump would offer, before touching down on the boat's deck lightly and without a sound.-

Defiant Wing

-Gale's helmet eyes switched over to blue and one of them turned off for a moment; a wink as it were-

Yep, oxygen for now. Maybe our little saboteur will mess with that to force us into a tight spot... Regardless, we need to fix some stuff down here so watch my back. Both of you.

-She pauses for a moment, fetching some tools and tuning her helmet to the right visual mode-

Huh, guess I am. Of course, if I needed to clear myself I could just ramble off a bunch of references.

Slateport Docks - Palmer Smuggler Ship

-It seems the workers loading the containers onto the boat didn't really react much to the sudden blackout but honestly that's alright because it means they don't think anything's wrong. There's about five of the smugglers on the boat currently: Two workers guiding in a green container, two guards (one patrolling the deck and another at the gangplank) and in a cabin up the back hidden by tinted glass is whoever is captaining this voyage-

-The Nightingale emerges from behind the corner of a blue container and starts making her way to the red one, doing a brief 'follow me' gesture towards Rogue-

Slateport Sneaks Stealing on Smugglers' Ships

-Rogue nods, making their way over to Gale and the red container. They briefly glance at the other crates to see how they're marked, just in case their big red target isn't actually the right one.-

Defiant Wing — Payload Stowaway Quarters

Shutter: Okay, I don't want to alarm you, but—

Upton: Let me guess. Something bad just got into the ship?

Shutter: Wait, how'd yo— never mind.

Upton: You're like ridiculously easy to read.

Upton flickers for a bit.

Shutter: Okay, I deserve that. But could you at least let me tell you what came in?

Upton: Alright, shoot.

Shutter: A—

Shutter and Upton simultaneously: Ditto.

Upton: Alright, Astarte, you can come out now.

Astarte manifests as a grumpig. She transforms back into a ditto.

Shutter: Oh, shit.

Upton: Dude, we've been here for like a few weeks now. You and Astarte get along like a house on fire.

Astarte: <That's not what he's worried about. Don't worry; he only sounds offensive. He means well.>

Shutter: You're a ditto, and he turns into one when he has that scarf. This is gonna be a problem for us if we ever—

Astarte manifests as a human that has a strange resemblance to a middle-aged [German] man in a Pokefutures Labcoat, only the labcoat had "sucks" scribbled on it in crayon over the large Pokefutures logo and name in the back.

Astarte, imitating Phineas: Ja, this is going to be a very awkvard moment for all of us. We could manifest in human form, but zat would leave us defenseless.

Upton: Says you.

Astarte as Phineas: Kviet, Adonis! Now iz not ze time for interruptions! I propose, zen, zat ze Adonis and I transform into the human forms who are not here in zis spacecraft when confronted. Ze impostor will not have any frame of reference.

Shutter: Well, that's your Impostor-Exposing Test.

Phineas: Astarte, I'm right here, and I do not sound like that. It's like a bad cartoon impression of Sigmund Freud via every cartoon [German] scientist. Like, where did you source that, the Big Book of [Central European] Stereotypes?

Upton: Which is incidentally what you sound like. What's the plan then?

Shutter: Well, for starters, how well do we know one another?

Upton: Okay, today might not be the best time for that.

Shutter: Everyone's here, right? I mean, there's Tanit, Scout, and Charger over there.

Those three make themselves known.

Upton: And Edward and Moloch are in their respective balls.

Phineas and Astarte: WHERE'S BA'AL?!!!

Defiant Wing, hallway

A tapping noise can be heard as someone who seems like a brown-haired twentysomething human walks about. He's ridiculously hard to read otherwise. Someone might find him ridiculously familiar, depending on the circumstances. He is carrying what appears to be a poképuff.

"Tommy": Oh, hey. What's going on?

Edited by MasterJayAM on May 18th 2021 at 3:17:34 AM

Arthur marched into the engine room and stared at the twin reactor, the pulse toroids barely functional. He grumbled, "I don't have the knowledge for this..."

Roxy sighed, "I don't either, I should pay more attention. I live here."

Snakeye stepped in, <Let me, I follow the Boss's documents, I know this thing inside and out.>

Silas quirked a brow staring at Gale, they entered life support and looked over the sets. "Okay I'll repair pipes 13 and 15, you get the filters in the CO2 Scrubbers, "We have a lot to do here."

A vent sat next to Gale, it wasn't very large.

Byleth stepped out followed by Blackquil, the two stared at "Tommy".

<Uh... where were you? And why are you on board?!> Byleth commented.

Blackquil grunted, <The imposter can shapeshift, who else could be on board and why would they take the form of somebody who is not here?>

Hammerlocke

Agnes: -points at Dracozolt- That.

Agnes: -sends out Wynn- I think we can handle this like a Raid, but we should probably try not to blow up the city. What do you think, Pikipek Boy?

Circhester

Star: You too! Glad to see you're ok.

Star: -rubs neck- ...So yeah, sorry to just drop this in your lap, but I've got zero clue where to start with any of this. While I'm still kinda conflicted about how far to go with it, I also don't want to accidentally blow something up subconsciously. So to speak. If that's how that works.

DW,

"Tommy": Wait... imposter? Oh.

"Tommy" transforms into a Zoroark. A cyborg zoroark.

Ba'al: <Relax, fellas. I've been here the entire time. I came in with those two guys who weren't supposed to be here back in the station. I don human disguises for fun sometimes.>

Ba'al transforms into Chris Evans wearing Captain Unova's tight tights.

Ba'al as Captain Unova, while flexing: It's all an illusion. I don't actually transform into these things. Though it'd be neat to actually have these Machamp-level arms for real.

He transforms into Roger Moore as [James Bond].

Ba'al as Jimmy Tuxman: I didn't mean to leave you stirred and shaken.

He returns back into a cyborg Zoroark.

Ba'al: <But enough silly talk. What's this about an imposter roaming around the premises? This sounds like a video game.>

Edited by MasterJayAM on May 18th 2021 at 3:19:45 AM

Circhester

Considering what's going on in my life, am I?

-To Star-

That is a thing that can happen for some of us. I guess before we start it's worth establishing what you can do. Going by your text I'm guessing you can do Aura Sense at least.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Mar 16th 2021 at 10:37:55 AM

Hammerlocke, VS Kaiju Dracozolt

Ian the Pikipek: I agree that minimizing collateral damage is a good idea. We can handle this.

-Ian the Pikipek smirks under his visor.-

Ian the Pikipek: If it's anything like the battle against The Fanatic, then I already have some experience. Let's do this! Piku-chan, I choose you!

-Piku-chan jumps off of Ian the Pikipek's shoulder and joins the battle.-

Piku-chan: <Ready whenever you are!>