Julian looked to the two forces before him, what looked to be an actual Mandalorian and an assassin droid… and the two Burst Warriors, who stood and just shrugged off the blaster fire.
Silas grimaced beneath his helmet, the HUD not giving any useful information, “Has to be some form of magic or ancient technology…” he muttered…
Combined humans with pokemon.
Greater power, seemingly capable of ignoring stun fire. Not going to kill, not sure if regular blaster fire would work anyways.
Either great armor… no the Infernape one, lightly armored, two nervous systems? Redundancy against attacks?
“Bishop, we’re gonna have to sort this another way,” Silas told the Pory.
Hacks stepped forward and cracked his knuckles, ~We’ve got our own power up.~
“Not yet,” Silas commented.
There was the sound of breaking chains, then a powerful roar, Julian looked out, “Type Null has broken out.”
Silas’s head snapped over, “Type Null you say?”
Julian frowned, “Well… time to clean up, this operation is a bust anyways.”
Khan leapt up to the window and pounded his head against it, the glass barely getting a crack… right as Julian flipped the switch, and a red light filled the room. An automated voice said in a pleasant voice, “Warning. Lab Cleanup beginning. All subjects in the testing area will be terminated in short order.”
Julian smiled, “Well, seems what you came for will be gone, now I could shut it down if yo-” he got zapped by Bishop.
Silas sighed, “Bishop, get to shutting this down.”
Bishop walked over to the console and plugged the PRB in, the system froze, Khan blinked, <Uh…>
“We just had reports Sakura was up to shady shit,” Silas explained, “We’re getting you out. Keep trying to break through.”
Khan blinked, and then nodded. Continuing to bash his head against the security glass, he would break through, he would break free.
Amber spat fire at Hercules, he raised his arms to block, Hacks leaping over her and charging right at him, utilizing close combat.
Dimitri and Byleth fired a dark pulse and a thunderbolt at Apollo, who tanked it out, and returned with an inferno of his own.
Wayne stuck close to Bishop, opting to defend him from any incoming attacks. Silas tucked his blaster aside and opted to command, he stood fast and analyzed the situation, the best he could do right now.
Human and Pokemon combined.
Stronger than two halves.
Some artifact used, there has to be a limitation.
Some form of drawback...
Hercules threw a punch and sent Hacks flying, Silas blinked as he exited his trance, he had gotten a little too distracted and forgot about the fight. Hacks got up slowly, Amber was backhanded out of a flamewheel, “What?”
Khan stared in shock, and pounded his head against the glass.
Hercules laughed, this shouldn’t be possible, bug type was weak to fire moves wasn’t it? “Apollo!”
Apollo nodded, “Yes!” he said before gripping onto Byleth’s attack, throwing a punch and tossing him into Dimitri.
Hercules flew over to Silas and struck him, Silas collapsed to the ground, his skull ringing a bit from the hit. Apollo clasped his hands together and shot out a flamethrower, “BOIL ALIVE YOU SON OF A BITCH!”
Khan saw a crack, he beat it again.
The team stared in shock… Silas slowly got up, still surrounded by flames, he could feel the temperature rising, his suit’s internal life support would keep him cool for now… but if he stayed in here for too long… he had been stupid, he had been to used to being the bigger gun.
He stood up fully.
They are human beings, not pokemon, I know how to fight people.
They still have other human weaknesses, fight smarter, not harder.
Analyze.
Adapt.
Overcome.
Khan broke through the glass.
He tossed his burning cape over his shoulder and rocketed out of the inferno, kicking off a wall, he drew his left arm back. Apollo blinked, and heard a faint sound of servos revving, only to feel a metal fist connect with his face. His head bounced off a back wall, his nose bleeding… he felt a pair of hands grip onto his head and pull him down, slamming him into the knee of Silas.
Khan roared and charged into Hercules, knocking him off balance.
“Hacks, psychic hold, Byleth, metal claw,” Silas commanded, holding up a evo-stone.
Hacks nodded and let out a roar, feeling the power course through his veins as he mega-evolved. He tossed a psychic, Hercules suddenly couldn’t move… he was struggling however.
Byleth leapt forward and started to slash over and over again, Hercules grunted in pain… a voice in the back of his head shouting at him to stop getting his ass kicked.
Apollo slowly started to get up, only to feel a swift kick into his ribcage, he tumbled into a wall, “Amber. Show our friend here what a true inferno is. Wayne, dragon pulse.”
Amber grinned and tossed a pillar of flame into Apollo, it stung with his injuries but he wasn’t sure what good throwing a fire type move at a fire type would- and then came the Dragon pulse… It was a distraction.
Hercules broke free of the psychic and raised a fist, “Dimitri. Volt Fang.”
Hercules could feel sharp fangs dig into his body near his neck, and an electric discharge coursed through him, his nervous system was on fire in pain.
Apollo got up, he was still going.
Silas turned to him, “Not bad, increased durability… but, I don’t think you can take much more.”
“Fuck you,” Apollo commented.
Silas scoffed, “Shadow ball.”
Wayne tossed out a dark ball of energy, Apollo was struck, still standing, “You don’t fight fair do you?”
“What do you call double teaming the trainer to burn him alive?” Silas commented.
Up stepped Khan, murder in his eyes, <This is one of the men who caged me?>
“Yep. What’s your name?” Silas asked.
<They called me Type: Null, I have learned much however, their knowledge banks taught me many things… I am Khan.>
“Well Khan…” Silas said, stepping aside, “Let’s try a little something… Giga Impact.”
Khan let out a malicious laugh and jumped forward, striking Apollo head on, the force cracking the tiling around the room. Apollo croaked and wheezed in pain, he attempted to move only for Silas to step forward with Khan, Wayne, and Amber.
Still human, go for human weaknesses..
The mando snapped his fingers, “Hyper Beam.”
Apollo quickly slipped into unconsciousness, right before the three could fire. Silas grinned under his helmet.
Humans cannot handle stress well, not psychologically built for prolonged bouts such as this, hyper beam notable move, powerful and damaging. Three overexerts mental limit.
As Apollo passed out, there was a cloud of smoke forming as his… transformation seemed to dissipate off him, leaving the regular man underneath. Silas turned to Hercules, still fighting hand to hand with the Mega-Evolved Hacks.
“Hyper beam him,” Silas commented, earning malicious grins from all 3.
Hercules had fared better than Apollo, his stamina had always been greater, and with the fighting typing he had been given, he was certain he coul- the thought was interrupted by the feeling of 3 Hyper beams striking him at once.
“Meteor Mash and Night Slash. End this,” Silas commented.
Overwhelm yes, target weak points and leave them disoriented. Fight directly if needed, no more relying on range, you have armor. Use it.
Byleth slashed through Hercules body, right before Hacks threw a powerful punch into his torso, knocking the wind out of him. Hercules let out a feral roar as he used the last of his strength to bring his fists down onto the two.
Never used his powers, relies on physical strength.
Hercules felt his fists strike something, only to look down and see Silas blocking it with his left arm, and then raising up his right and firing the flamethrower from the gauntlet. Hercules screamed in pain… before finally passing out, his transformation disappating.
Hacks groaned in pain a bit, ~Well… we were underprepared. We’re rusty aren’t we?~
“We’re gonna call Abilene and get her to cause trouble so we can train,” Silas mused, “We need to get better at this.”
Khan stepped forward, <Thank you, for coming here. I presume you have a way out of here? Wherever here is.>
Silas nodded, “Yeah we got something. We’re on a mountain top but with the base cleared, pulling the ship closer shouldn’t be too much trouble.”
Bishop disconnected himself from the console, “I have already sent a message to Interpol, and deactivated the security measures, we need not worry about the termination order.”
<How would they have done it?> Khan asked.
“Gas canisters. Based upon old NOVA chemical compounds,” Bishop explained.
Silas grimaced, “Of course.”
Khan sighed, <Well… I am in your debt at least.>
“Want to come with us?” Silas asked, “Travel the world, see about getting that helmet off you?”
Khan tilted his head in thought before saying, <Yes. You have made a great ally in Khan today. I shall work with you.>
Dunsparce Cloud
Stormchaser Medbay
-Brie takes Kai's hand-
Brie: You are doing a terrible job of not getting into dangerous situations. But I can't really argue with protecting the people you care about. Just...y'know, try and give me a call next time, and I'll be there in a flash.
Amanita: Is a hospital stay really the time for romance?
Brie: -small yelp- I'll be honest, I forgot you were here.
-Apple-A-Day giggles a little-
Apple-A-Day: I would say I have a general thwarting prerogative here, yes. If you want I could thwart your current state of not having painkillers, though.
Stormchaser, elsewhere
Mallory: So, uh...made in a lab, huh?
Percy: It's really not that complicated.
Mallory: I always wondered why I didn't seem to have any family I could call. I wondered if maybe I'd killed them and that's why I'd wiped my mind.
Percy: Family's a complicated business, with us. Some of us try to hold on to each other, in the middle of everything...others not so much. If you ever run into someone from your batch...maybe don't wait around to see how they feel about you.
Mallory: That's incredibly cynical.
Percy: If anything, it's blind optimism. Some people might tell you to kill them before they can do the same to you. Not that it'd necessarily stick for you.
Mallory: ...Good grief.
Percy: Maybe put those contacts back in. With any luck, Adelinde assumes you're dead after she killed you and you'll never have to worry about any of this again.
Mallory: Or I could try and do something about it.
Percy: I guess I should start writing these conversations down, then.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Meet The New Boss
Spikemuth
-Neon, Owen, and Odin are here, disguised as Team Yell members-
Odin: "Are all the spikes REALLY necessary?"
Owen: "It's aesthetic!"
Neon: -Mentally scanning- "Look! There they are!"
-Sure enough, there are Coil and Iris, also dressed as Team Yell members and having just succeeded in a Double Battle against two other Team Yell members-
Coil: "Hell yeah!"
Iris: "Too easy!"
Neon: "Just like finding you!"
-Coil and Iris whip around-
Coil: "Who are you?"
Owen: "We're here from the J-Team! And we're here to take you back!"
Iris: "The J-Team? No way! We'd rather take pride in Team Yell!"
Chuchu: <They really just both have a crush on Piers.> :3
Odin: "Listen I get you on both counts but... We need your help, we need to find out why people like you are just fucking off from the J-Team out of nowhere, and we need help with this organization called The School..."
Coil: -scoffs- "The School? What do *they* do, give the J-Team homework like the squares they are?"
Neon: "...Actually, uh, they do horrible genetic experiments to give humans Pokemon powers. I'm... I'm one of those experiments."
-It is then Coil and Iris freeze and stare at Neon in shock-
Coil and Iris: "...They do WHAT?"
Contact Me!
From: Grant Family
Hey everyone, just cleared out a research lab belonging to Sakura genetics, we may want to look into that… also met some strange things down there. Got a new member to the team, a Type: Null (Picture attached), and saw two strange men who… transformed into pokemon I think. Not in the way we know… I’ve attached cam footage from my helmet and Bishop.
Anybody know anything about this?
-KhanSelfie.jpeg
-BishopCam.mov
-HelmetCam.mov
Attached indeed was a picture of Silas on his ship without his helmet, with a Type Null next to him.
And the videos showed a first person perspective of the Guards transforming into human pokemon hybrids of a sort.
Edited by EchoingSilence on Aug 11th 2021 at 5:29:22 AM
Flying Colors
Stormchaser Medbay
-Despite the pain she's in, Kai's face spreads into a grin.-
Kai: A hospital stay is exactly the time for romance. What isn't romantic about being there to console someone at their most vulnerable?
-Her smile softens, and her hand closes around Brie's.-
Kai: ...a-anyway, I'll... send you a note, if I get in another scuffle like that. I might just need a hero to swoop in from the sky and rescue me, after all.
-She winks, and then looks back at Kahlia.-
Kai: Too late. They'll have to get through me first, first. I told them I was the one they should worry about, after all. I've got a bone to pick with Ferrum. Ooh, do you think I should come up with a title like the Templars seem to give themselves? Something to really show I'm cooler than he'll ever be. Just to stick it to him, specifically.
Dyna Tree Hill
-Zapdos groans as they're singled out.-
Galarian Zapdos: <Really? You guys are actually considering letting them put you on the Council's leashes? Seriously?>
-They look at Tagg again, irritated.-
Galarian Zapdos: <...Ugh, fine, whatever. Sure. Here's a test, catch me if you can. I'm out of here. Meep-meep, and all that.>
-And they keep running off-
Not A Lawyer
Stormchaser Medbay
-Kahlia watches as Brie takes Kai's hand, and something clutches tight in her chest almost as painfully as the earlier psychic assault on her mind. She still manages a smile by the time Kai looks back, however.-
Kahlia: Oh, absolutely. Fuck that guy in particular. Hell, maybe we should both do it, drive home the point that anybody can be cooler than he could possibly even hope to manage. Kai the Radiant and Kahlia the Unkillable, ready to send Ferrum the Feeble packing once again.
-She looks back at Apple-A-Day with another chuckle.-
Kahlia: Heh. Point. Maybe hold off on the thwarting till I'm out of this bed, then. Once I am, though? I'll look you up. I know you righteous stuffed-spandex types secretly appreciate having someone to keep you sharp every now and then.
Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.
Fwomph
Galar Mountains
You beam your brightest smile as you suppress Palka's power again for now. You take the hand and roll your shoulders back, taking a quick glance back down the cliff and another towards the mountaintop.
"Oh boy. This is going to be a long day."
And this might be a good time to either skip forward or draw this scene to a close?
The Hades, Aurabolts Briefing
Yaknow I've never really put much work into [Russian] accents... Though I could certainly try.
-The Nightingale clears her throat and puts on her best attempt at an accent-
Natasha Creschov, independent artist but also secretly the seventh iteration of the agent known as Seraph.
-She giggles to herself, slipping out of the accent-
Or something like that. Probably needs story refinement.
Rebel Island
Alright, let's head on back to them.
-Gale stars marching back towards the tour group, whereupon she calls attention to herself-
Greetings, has the Aurabolt's ostensible leader already mentioned me or should I introduce myself to everyone?
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But I'm gonna need more info because there's multiple things that could be.
I encountered something like that back in '12, Pokefutures had something that works like that, there's more than one artifact in my possession that can do that and also there's some artifacts other J-Team members have that can do that.
Any details about this gijinka transformation that can help clue us in on the source?
They seemed to hold some form of gem, I didn't get a clear look myself but Bishop's cameras caught a glimpse. And when they transformed they spoke about borrowing power, perhaps from what they turned into.
They were immune to stun blasts, which shouldn't be possible unless they were wearing insulation or heavy armor. The stun blast works by temporarily short circuiting a nervous system with an energy disruption to render a target unconscious from the shock. It's actually quite harmless thanks to the people who made it.
They still had human weaknesses however, the Infernape one collapses from stress and exertion, I pushed his mental stamina to a limit and he broke, wasn't easy however. When they lost the transformation dissipated.
Some Rando
Textspace
From: Kendall
Dude, that's dope!
... Wait, someone else has been making these?
Is there another invasion of UBs I should worry about?
Rebel Island
"Yeah I'm just not going to bother with that," Lamb decided. "I already have Gale, so..." she shrugged.
"C'mon, there's more to this place than just the Bolts being here."
Sunny began to follow, a bit excited.
Edited by AbsentCoder on Aug 11th 2021 at 6:33:21 AM
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
The Wanderer
Dyna Tree Hill, past
Galarian Moltres: <Zapdos gives a test of speed, I'll give a test of POWER . Find me on the Isle of Armor.>
-And proceeds to start flying off to the far northeast-
Galarian Articuno: -Letting out a cackle- <Well, that just leaves me to give a test of insight. Find me here in the tundra.>
-And they start floating off towards the north-
<Catch us all, if you can!>
-Continues cackling until we can't hear them anymore-
Muddy: <Guess we've got more work cut out for us getting those birds caged.>
I don't sense Zapdos in the Tundra anymore, they may be somewhere in Galar proper...
-And lets out the breath I was holding-
Okay, glad that's over.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Aug 11th 2021 at 10:03:35 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Dunsparce Cloud
Stormchaser, Medbay
Amanita: ...The vulnerability?
Brie: Maybe you're the weird one, Amanita, have you thought of that?
Amanita: No, I think it's still you. You should absolutely give yourself cool names but have you considered Kai the Scintillating?
Apple-A-Day: I may sort of have a nemesis? I'm not sure and I haven't seen her in a while. But...if you ever want some dastardly deeds debarred, or whatever, just hit me up.
-they fingergun-
...I'll go get you some aspirin.
-and scurry away-
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
like christ, but with more nails
Dyna Tree Hill, past
Channah: <...Well that's annoying. Where do we wanna start, big guy? I guess here, obviously.>
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
Flying Colors
Stormchaser Medbay
Kai: Heheh. Tempting. Both of those. It's true, after all — I'm radiant. I'm scintillating. I'm—
-They're interrupted by a coughing fit that makes them double over.-
Kai: ...in a lot of pain. ow. ow. ow.
Meet The New Boss
Spikemuth
Coil: "...Iris we need to talk."
Iris: "...Agreed."
-They go in a huddle-
Coil: "...This is. Concerningly familiar."
Iris: "Very disturbingly so."
Coil: "...Are they right? Should we get involved?"
Iris: "We already know that kid's a victim. Like us. If we can help any others..."
Coil: ...All right.
-They turn to Owen, Odin, and Neon-
Iris: "...Okay."
Coil: "We'll help."
-They approach Neon-
Iris: "And if you need any help, kid, just ask us."
Coil: "Jusdging from what this school is like you'll need the support."
Neon: "...Huh? Oh-Okay. Thank you."
Odin: "...Something's up."
Owen: "Are we gonna ask about it later?"
Odin: "We are SO asking about it later."
-and the group heads back to the Stormchaser..-
-after a stop to get changed out of the Team Yell clothes-
Contact Me!
Not A Lawyer
Stormchaser Medbay
-Kahlia manages a faint grin as Apple-A-Day scuttles away.-
Kahlia: ...Gotta say, I like them. Still not 100% sure they're not a hallucination caused by psychic damage to my visual cortex, but I like them. They're so eager. Kinda like Amel, honestly. Oooh, maybe I should try and set them up, that would be good for a laugh.
-She glances over at Kai concernedly.-
Kahlia: But, uh, yeah, maybe we just rest for now. My head still feels like somebody took a cheese grater to it and dipped it in a vat of glue.
Trans rights are human rights. JK Rowling preaches hate. If you sit at a table with five bigots and say nothing, there are now six bigots.
Dunsparce Cloud
Stormchaser Medbay
Brie: Yeah, yeah, get some rest.
Amanita: (cheerily) Or else. You'll feel better tomorrow.
Stormchaser Hallways
-Percy limps along, Gatrade bottle in hand-
-it always takes her a while after putting herself back together to readjust to the orientation of her limbs and brain-
Percy: You've got a chance to back out, you know.
Totentanz: <You warned me this might happen. I'm not about to abandon you because I might be called upon to fulfill my end of the Vow.>
Percy: ...Hm.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Wanderer
Dyna Tree Hill, past
-To Channah-
Articuno's right here, so probably them.
-Carefully tilting head-
It's nice having a heater on my shoulder, even if sometimes that beak of yours pokes me a little too hard.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Priest of the Temple of Syrinx
Battle With Hoops
(Upon seeing that Hoops has lost, Kim promptly raises her arm in Evelyn's direction.)
Kim: "Ray is unable to battle! Therefore, the victory goes to Evelyn of Ballonlea!"
(beat, her face immediately turns to concern as she realizes what this means, and turns straight to face Hoops)
Kim: "Hoops? A-are you alright...?"
The Wild Area (post-BOB)
Braker: "I'm not sure... but I have a feeling we're going to find out."
(And then seconds later, they hear someone:)
???: <Hello? Is anyone here?>
(beat)
???: <Hello~? Anybody?>
(Beat— and then a blue Klefki emerges from the bushes. The minute Cuddles sees him...)
Cuddles: <Ooh! Yay! A friend~! Hello~!>
Blue Klefki: <Hello there-!>
Braker: (beat) "A blue Klefki?"
Kim: "That's unlike any I've ever seen before."
The Wild Area (Post-Letina and Axollo's capture)
(Axis nods, picking up the Heal Balls. They then take out their Pokedex and scan their newly-caught Pokemon. Instantly, information appears on the screen:)
SPECIES: TORCHIC (SHINY)
NAME: LETINA
GENDER: FEMALE
NATURE: HARDY
ABILITY: SPEED BOOST
MOVESET: FLAME CHARGE, EMBER, DETECT, SAND ATTACK, SCRATCH
(And then, after a bit:)
YOUR HASSLEMON HANDLE IS classicalComprehension (CC) and you TEND_TO_SPEAK_IN_A_VERY_STILTED_AND_EMOTIONLESS_TONE_PERIOD
Axis: "Ooh! I like the typing quirk."
(Information for Axollo then appears:)
SPECIES: MUDKIP (SHINY)
NAME: AXOLLO
GENDER: MALE
NATURE: QUIRKY
ABILITY: TORRENT
MOVESET: ROCK THROW, WATER GUN, ROCK SMASH
(And then, after a bit:)
YOUR HASSLEMON HANDLE IS aqueousGearwheel (AG) and ψψ YOUR TONE OF VOICE SOUNDS VERY CUTE @ND R@THER SILLY- @LMOST TOO SILLY FOR YOUR OψN GOOD ψψ
Axis: "Called it!"
Tekkan: <These captures are simply wonderful, Axis, but the big question still remains: What Greek gods will they represent?>
Axis: (pausing to think) "Actually... given what I know about their interests and typing quirks... I think I already have an idea."
Tekkan: <Oh, you do?>
Puxiki: <This is going to be loads of fun!>
(Axis promptly takes out their notebook and writes in it the following:)
NAME: LETINA
CORRESPONDING GREEK GOD: ATHENA
(Tekkan flies over.)
Tekkan: <Ooh~! Athena! Nice fit, my friend!>
(Soon afterwards, they write in:)
NAME: AXOLLO
CORRESPONDING GREEK GOD: POSEIDON
Tekkan: <Obviously.>
(And then:)
GREEK GOD MONS (UNIT ALPHA)
HERMES: CHECK (TEKKAN)
APHRODITE: CHECK (PUXIKI)
ATHENA: CHECK (LETINA)
POSEIDON: CHECK (AXOLLO)
(They nod, then put away the notebook.)
Axis: "Alright, that should do it."
Puxiki: <That's great~! We have two new friends! I can't wait to talk to them about everything I know! I wonder if either of them know Japanese, too...>
Axis: (beat) "You speak Japanese?"
Puxiki: <Hai!>
Axis: "Huh. I didn't know you spoke Japanese."
Tekkan: <So! Are we headed off to the Hoenn region?>
Axis: "Not quite. There's something I still need to do first."
Tekkan: <Oh?>
Axis: "But I'd like my two new compatriots to see it."
(They promptly throw their new Heal Balls into the air, and soon afterwards, Letina and Axollo appear.)
Letina: <...Well. I feel remarkably refreshed.>
Axollo: <Whoa...! We got sent out already?>
Letina: <I must admit... I'm also a bit confused as to why we got sent out.>
Axollo: <Yeah, are we going to watch Silly Cobra together? Ooh! Or look at the stars? Or something like that?>
Axis: "Nope. We're headed off to the Hoenn region to take on the League."
Letina: <Hoenn?>
Axollo: <Alright~! Hoenn is so much fun! There's lots of water to play in and tons of fun things to do, and there are Pokemon Contests, and—>
Letina: <Axollo, we're from Hoenn.>
Axollo: <I know! I was just talking about how fun it was.>
Axis: "But... before we do that..." (They reach into their bag and take out the Moon Stone they recieved from Kamon.) "I believe it's time to evolve my friend."
(Puxiki's eyes grow wide, and Letina and Axollo look on in excitement.)
Puxiki: (excited) <You're going to evolve me...?!>
Axis: "Well, after that performance, I figured you deserved it."
Puxiki: (breaks into a grin and hugs his Trainer) <Sugoiiii~! Arigatou gozaimasu, Akushisu-san~!>
Axis: (beat) "...I don't know what the Japanese word for 'you're welcome' is, but you're welcome." note
Puxiki and Axollo: (in unison) <Dou itashimashite.>
(Beat. They face each other in shock.)
Puxiki: (in unison with Axollo) <YOU'RE STUDYING...>
Axollo: (in unison with Puxiki) <YOU SPEAK...>
Both: (in unison) <...JAPANESE?!> (beat, then) <Hai!>
(They promptly hug each other, and Axis smiles.)
Axis: "That's really sweet. I'm sure that Axollo will learn a lot from you. And I'm sure I will too. Well, Puxiki... are you ready to evolve?"
(They hold out the Moon Stone.)
Puxiki: (looks at it in awe, then) <Yeah~!>
(And with that said, he goes up to the Moon Stone and touches it with his... paw-thingy. Seconds later, he and the Moon Stone both begin to glow.)
EVOLUTION SEQUENCE: Jigglypuff --> Wigglytuff (Puxiki)
(From this shot, the screen cuts directly to the actual sequence itself, which opens on a shot of a home computer with a picture of the Homestuck spirograph on it. The camera zooms in on the center of the spirograph, eventually leading us to a dark blue void area with Puxiki standing in the center of it. Soon afterwards, two flashes of light appear to the left and right of Puxiki. From the flash of light on the left emerges the symbol of Aphrodite (Venus); from the flash on the right emerges a brown-colored symbol of Taurus. Both of the symbols start spinning around, faster and faster, heading straight towards Puxiki until they eventually reach him, at which point both symbols explode in a burst of brown light that eventually takes the shape of the silhouette of a fully-evolved Wigglytuff. Soon afterwards, a giant statue of Aphrodite herself appears looming over Puxiki and the Wigglytuff silhouette. The statue suddenly comes to life and blows a kiss to the audience, releasing pink heart-shaped symbols and fairy magic that lower down onto Puxiki and spread across his entire body. In a matter of mere seconds, Puxiki's body becomes completely overtaken by pink fairy magic, and the pink heart symbols travel to the bottom of Puxiki's body. Mere seconds later, they start traveling up the body, dispersing the fairy magic and allowing it to expand to fill the silhouette, transforming Puxiki's originally round body into more of a bean shape. The arms and legs are filled, but remain very much the same, while Puxiki's formerly cat-like ears become longer and more akin to rabbit ears. The fluff on his head, meanwhile, suddenly switches direction. By this point, the Wigglytuff silhouette has been filled, and the pink fairy magic explodes off of Puxiki's body in a burst of brown hearts, revealing a newly-evolved— and still brown-colored Wigglytuff. The newly-evolved Puxiki winks at the audience, releasing out hearts, before spinning around and posing as the sequence ends and the background fades back out to the Wild Area.)
The Wild Area- Post-Evolution Sequence
(Tekkan, Letina, and Axollo all look on at Puxiki's new form in shock. The Moon Stone is no longer there, having been consumed upon evolution.)
Tekkan: (stunned) <That's incredible...>
Letina: <He evolved...>
Axollo: <Whoa...! Look at you!>
(And Puxiki himself, meanwhile, breaks into a grin.)
Puxiki: <Alright~! I evolved! Thank you Axis!>
(Axis smiles down at their new Wigglytuff with pride.)
Axis: "My pleasure."
Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅
Flying Colors
Stormchaser Medbay
Kai: Y-yeah. Ow.
-She makes herself relax again.-
Kai: ...can you let Alice know I'm okay? Don't want to leave her out of the loop. Can't reach phone though. Bending hurts.
Stormchaser Hallway
-It's been a couple days, but Mason is out of the training room. The bags under his eyes indicate he may have spent a bit too much time there, but what matters is that he is now out.-
-A Hakamo-o is beside him.-
Corrin: <No more training until you get something proper to eat.>
Mason: I've been eating fine!
Corrin: <You've had a single bagel and an absolutely absurd number of Capri Suns since 4 in the morning.>
Mason: And yet! I'm fine.
Dunsparce Cloud
Stormchaser Hallway
Percy: I should brush up on my battling skills.
Totentanz: <We did fine against the magician girl, didn't we?>
Percy: That doesn't count. She has no ability to read plays and she doesn't understand the concept of strategy.
-they turn a corner-
Percy: ...
...
...
Totentanz: <Huh. So we don't all get our own personal hallway.>
Percy: ...
Totentanz: <What? Is this someone important?>
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
like christ, but with more nails
Dyna Tree Hill, past
Channah: -mock-affronted- <Poke you? When do I ever do that?> -ruffles feathers- <I'm very careful! It's been a long time since I first transformed and had no idea how to stay airborne for more than 2 seconds.>
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
The Wanderer
Stormchaser Training Room, far past
-To Mason-
Then for the most part I'll keep this between us for now.
Dyna Tree Hill, past
-To Channah, jokingly-
I know we talk about a peck on the cheek but sometimes it's a little too literal.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Aug 12th 2021 at 4:32:31 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Battlefield Outside Hammerlocke [TS]
As though in a daze, Hoops walks to stand beside Ray's unconscious form, and falls to their knees.
Hoops: I lost.
Ray looks up sadly at his trainer.
Ray: <I'm sorry.>
Hoops: It's okay. Rest now.
They return Ray to his pokeball, and continue kneeling in the spot where he stood just before. They lower their head, hoping to hide the tears that form at the corners of their eyes. Kim's question comes, and though they hear it, they don't have an answer and remain silent.
They look up slightly when Kec approaches. Their former partner is battered and bruised, but is determinedly standing in front of them. Hoops quickly searches in their bag for a potion or berry, coming up with an Oran Berry which they offer to Kec, who gladly accepts it.
Kec: <You don't have to give up being a trainer.>
'''Hoops: What?
Kec: <What I said. That battle... I could see you were fighting your hardest, and I saw how much you'd grown. But most of all, I saw how much being a trainer meant to you. I can't be the one that takes that away from you.>
Hoops: tearing up again Thanks, Kec.
They spread their arms for a hug. Kec still hangs back.
Kec: <But I... I can't come back to you yet. You've proven that you're changing, but I'm still angry at you. I need more time, so I'm going off on my own for a while. But I think the others are ready, so please take care of them.>
Hoops goes to try and persuade Kec, but stops themself. They know that this is something that their friend has to do.
Kec: <I'll stay with you until you've taken everyone to the pokemon centre, but then I'm gone.>
Edited by theoncominghoop on Aug 13th 2021 at 11:46:16 AM
The information was stolen and leaked, Information Wants To Be Free and all that. So seems Sakura Genetics took the research notes and began making more.
Khan here was contained in a sub level on the very bottom of a research complex on Mt. Coronet. He and I will be working on getting this helmet off of him.
Dyna Tree Hill, yesterday
-To Channah-
These guys seem kinda rough, I'd prefer not to get their attention-
-To Galarian Zapdos-
Wait, we still need to talk to yo-
-Steps loudly on a branch-
-Of course, this makes the other birds break off their fight to look directly at us-
Helios: <I don't like this...>
Galarian Moltres: -Flying down low enough to make it clear how large they are- <What do you lot want, don't you see we're busy here?>
Perhaps this is not the best foot to get off on...
Well we're here to ask for you to join the Legendary Council, as I am currently acting as an emissary of the Hall of Origin.
Galarian Articuno: -Haughtily- <And why would we do something like that?>
-Looking at us more closely-
<A couple of shining silver spirits and a mind like crystal, this is... very amusing.>
Galarian Moltres: <Interrupting our battle to ask us to join the Alpha's stuffy Council, I ought to BURN all of you.>
-Showing no fear-
Well you could, but I'd imagine the powers that be would be most displeased with you, and I've gotten pretty good at not dying over the years.
Galarian Moltres: -Coming close enough that their beak is uncomfortably close to my face as I stare them right down- <Oh is that so?>
Muddy: -Says nothing, but seems to be calculating his next moves-
Galarian Moltres: -Lets out some laughter <Normally humans and Pokémon scrap and scrape when we show up, but you're not moving an inch. It galls me that you'd dare look it me with those eyes, but it's intriguing.>
Galarian Articuno: -Floating over instead of flying or gliding, examining us with a chilly prescene that I can only presume is them scanning our minds- <I suppose indulging these mortals for a moment could break the monotony of our battles somewhat...>
-To the figure trying to retreat away-
<Wouldn't you think a test of some kind is in order, Zapdos?>
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.