The Wanderer
AU!Celadon
-Quietly as I lean on Channah a bit while holding her hand-
Thank you.
Muddy: -Sharing a look with Helios- <I think we should go back to the hotel for today, best to get everything together before we try visiting someplace else here in Celadon.>
-Looking between Channah and AU!Jackie-
<And so I don't have to figure out the best way to keep these two from killing each other when Tagg's emotionally preoccupied...>
-And to AU!Gino-
<Come to think of it, I haven't seen our Gino in ages since the wedding, hope he's doing okay...>
Some Subplane, some time later
-Nicky and Kendra are currently trading the crystals with some villagers for miscellaneous goods as everyone else looks on-
There's many subplanes like this, inhabited with people and near-inaccessible to outsiders, save for when new people end up there, I guess so they don't end up getting messed up from inbreeding. When Nicky and Kendra first showed me places like this, I considered just living in one full time... But it turns out despite my fugitive status I'd prefer my home universe to staying somewhere else forever, I'm not like Yolei in that regard.
Anguis: -To Chiyo- <They're pretty good at this.>
Chiyo: Yeah, that's why when I'm around Dactyl and I can handle what they're not so good at. I worry about them sometimes, that they might one day their luck might run out, but I'm sure they think the same with me when it comes to the School.
Ovis: <W-Well if anything happened, we'd help, a-and so would everyone else we know.>
Dactyl: -Happily- <See, you have some new friends now.>
Chiyo: -Arms behind her back- <I suppose I do Dactyl.>
-To the duo as you came back-
You get a good haul?
Nicky: You bet, some neat Gems, some stones, even this funny metal that came through a rift, among other stuff.
Kendra: -Is holding said colbalt colored-metal- The villagers and their chief were very generous.
Ovis: <I-It looks like Deep Alloy, you know, the stuff Alakagross technology is made out of.>
Nicky: -Looking at it a bit more closely You know what Ovis, I think you're right.
Azumarill: <Tagg's got this Dynamo in his office so we're all pretty familiar with its look.>
Liepard♂: <It'll make a great mantlepiece, I bet.>
Indeedee♀: <Just as a hunk of metal? We should find someone who can work it.>
Anguis: <One of our teammates said Tagg might know someone who could help with that, but they live really far away from here.>
Azumarill: <One of the [Crozet Islands] I think, from back when that meteor was gonna hit. Anyway, we can ask him when he gets back before he gets back to his mission over in the Crown Tundra.>
Kendra: -Happily- That would definitely be appreciated.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Aug 22nd 2021 at 5:57:18 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Hulbury
The sea is so close, yet somehow still too far away to be an ally. The fair smell of salt air is shallow comfort for the fearful trio. The boardwalk was moderately crowded with beachgoers, though hardly to the point where it was dangerous to agitate the crowd. It took quite an effort on their part to blend in without giving away their sense of urgency.
Visually, they've now disappeared among the holidaygoers. They've become indistinguishable from every one else about in town. Only aura sense could detect the two from the rest of the daytrippers.
Overhead, their Galarian farfetch'd, Dinner, flies overhead, while the feraligatr, Ripper, looks on behind them.
Deuterium: Do you feel that?
Protium: Quite vividly. Almost feels like we're surrounded.
Deuterium: We can gain some advantage once we're in the ocean. And if it's a battle they want, they're welcome to get it. On our terms.
Protium: Just like the last time.
They could sense their younger partner feeling more at ease.
Deuterium: We need you to be brave, T. When the chips are down, it might all be up to you.
Protium: Putting a lot of pressure on her, are we?
Deuterium: Don't underestimate her, Protes. She just might have what we need to persevere. I believe you can do it, and you can do it right.
Protium: But we're not going to make you do it until we have no choice.
Tritium: It's me they want, isn't it?
Deuterium: Does it matter? We're not gonna let them get you. I'll drown them before they ever land a finger on you.
Protium: And our dear friend Ripper shall eat Templar tonight.
Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 22nd 2021 at 11:36:39 PM
Fwomph
Hulbury, Boardwalk
-The unnatural chill dissipates as you lose yourself in the crowds, but it's harder to shake the sense of being watched. There's a flash of something under the boards of the walk, a glimmer off moving metal. It could be nothing, but it could mean you're still being followed-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Hulbury Boardwalk
Protium: They're coming closer.
Deuterium: Don't make them know you're afraid.
Protium: Yeah, that ship has sailed.
Deuterium: You said it yourself. Once we've confronted the puppeteer, we'd make feraligatr chow of them. We did it before, and we can do it again.
Protium: It doesn't make the process any less emotionally taxing. And in every other time we've fought, we've always had cover on our side. We're fighting an enemy we don't know. Obviously I'm gonna be a bit unsettled.
Deuterium: We've seen what they've done to others they've managed to get a hold of. How is the threat of the chase any more frightening than what follows?
Protium: The fear of what follows when we fail certainly adds a lot of pressure when you don't know how to win yet.
Deuterium: Point.
Deuterium turns to the skies. What could the farfetch'd have spotted?
Fwomph
Hulbury Boardwalk
-Shadows under the boardwalk, two figures moving in uncanny almost stop-motion movement. The crowd, unalarmed with a few people merely leaning on the railings looking out to sea. An implication, as some kind of wind gust ruffles coats and hats and junk but in a path that follows behind the trio...-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Hulbury Boardwalk
Deuterium: Our eye in the sky just told us where they might be.
Protium: Arceus, that wind.
Deuterium: Wonder how we can flush them out.
Protium: Did Dinner just say that they're below us? On the wet ground below?
Deuterium: Might give us an advantage. You happen to have memorized the tide chart at the port when we got here?
Tritium: I have. It's just past noon. Height is estimated at 9.1 meters.
Deuterium: That's all Redford and I need.
Protium: And not a moment too soon. They're coming.
Deuterium: And so is the tide.
Protium: Flush 'em out.
Whoever is beneath the boardwalk may feel the water rising much faster than they anticipated. The ocean sure is choppy today.
Flying Colors
Textspace — Yesterday, August 21
From: Kai
Hey you two 💕
Now that I'm not stuck healing from my run-in with Magnet Man and his kids, I'm really itching to go out and do something with my two amazing girlfriends~
Want to go get lunch and see where the day takes us? I was thinking somewhere in Wyndon
Giant's Cap — Past
Nitrogen: Well, duh.
-As Hoops and Vana approach, any further chat is cut off as Nitrogen and Grieve jump into action. She climbs on his back, and they take flight. The wind picks up into a swirling column around the upcoming fight, forming a wall of wind that stops any outside sound from going in — and keeps any internal sounds from escaping.-
No voice to cry suffering
[Venice]'s Heart, July 7th
-"oh okay!!" is the silent response-
-their respective neutral faces lend themselves well to "???" and "!!!" perhaps tbh-
Not Megan's Jacket: -wiggles in greeting-
Dr. Ironspine: -one of those extendable grabber hands coming up out of her weapon and taking Megan's phone- <Hm. I can work with this, yes.>
-sigh- <Yes, Bishop, the terms of my community service entail that I—>
-on the Hades, irate-sounding squeaks transmit-
<—in addition to helping you repair your admittedly magnificent airship. Show me to the inferior machinists.>
-at "community service", she's pointed the thing at the Ultra Ball still in Megan's hand, to which Megan interrupts her "hey, my phone!"-ing to take a few quick steps back-
-...putting her next to Daydre, to which she smooths a hand through her hair like she planned it all along-
Not Megan: -clap clap- It is time for the scene, isn't it?
-to Daydre- I've got, uh—a spare costume, if you need it or diving gear.
Not Megan's Jacket: -whisper whisper-
Not Megan: ...uh. Easily. Tailored. And indebted?
-grin- Or even if you feel like being Suiko for a day.
Dr. Ironspine: -groans- <Secret identities. Just use your real names like I do and fry anyone who tries to 'doxx' you over it.>
Not Megan: I will not be doing that. But that does bring me to the one question I need to ask before we set out. A deeply important question...
-she glances to the side to make sure the security guard, who doesn't care, is not looking, and removes her shades-
Megan: -beam and a wink, her hand outstretched to them- ...are you my ally?
-her outfit flaps in a breeze that isn't there-
School L Ibrary
Librarian: -accepting a paper- Mhm.
Librarian: -accepting a paper- Yes.
Librarian: -accepting a paper- That's nice, dear.
-she begins applying notary stamps to each individually-
Librarian: -hmm- It would reduce employee overhead, wouldn't it...?
-does. does anyone get paid, here-
Librarian: -mutter- And perhaps I'd finally get the funding I asked for. Artists need to buy paint. As do art teachers.
-patting him on the hand, the way old people seem to- I'll bring it up at the next staff meeting.
-eyeing him, stapling the whole sheaf- Delinquents, young man? Do you need the services of the hall monitors?
-and slipping it into some inbox or other-
Wyndon Pokémart
-these two do not, in fact, have much experience with telepathy-
-not their purview, nor their interest-
-they do appear to be empathically linked to about two dozen Pokémon in the immediate surroundings, however-
[[gold:-and that touch, light as it is, elicits something of a mental static shock]-]
-but yes, they are intimately familiar with that feeling-
Logan: -frowns briefly...more at the deja vu than anything-
(-maybe at those instructions-)
-but with the ease of someone well-accustomed to smoothing over social ill-graces, that smile is back and better than ever-
Logan: -laughing- Oh, I'm no Trainer. I can't say I have the privilege.
-smiling wide, favoring Camazotz- I do seem to know an unusual number of Type-specialists, though. Maybe they run in the same circles?
-they fidget a bit, but there's no evidence that this isn't their baseline-
Addie: -blinks, doing that squirrel head-twitch toward the bottles-
-they may seem like a fidgety person-
Addie: -a bit unsettled- <...geez, what do they put in this stuff?>
(-Logan's hand goes up almost unconsciously to give her scritches at the sound-)
Edited by Asterisk395 on Aug 22nd 2021 at 11:28:13 AM
No mind to think. No will to break.
Meet The New Boss
AU Cefflaron
Jackie: Ugh, she's right. Let's go.
-starts to leave-
Gino: -to Muddy- Don't worry, he's fine, nyan. -winks-
-as they leave-
Jackie: Gino, you're weird. But I'm still glad I'm dating you and not... Some other loser.
OU
-Somewhere, wherever he is, Locke convulses-
School Library
Victor: Oh, yes, funding! It took me YEARS to get the funding for this project, which was a PAIN when the last project ran away, but this one is going to be a Templar which means so much more artistic freedom and - you know you've really got rhythm with that stamp, have you considered going into music as well?
Contact Me!
Not A Lawyer
Textspace- August 21
From: Alice
What a coincidence. I was just about to make my way to the hospital to provide my well-wishes in person, but I am glad to hear that we will not have to celebrate such an occasion while you are still infirm.
An outing in Wyndon sounds delightful. I shall be there shortly. <3
Wyndon - Also August 21
-Sure enough, Alice is here! For once she's taken the opportunity to dress more femininely, wearing what seems to be a red sundress and black tights.-
Ballonlea
-Shun gives Jade a "looks like it's working!" smile, before directing his focus towards the phone.-
Shun: Hello there. In case you don't remember me, this is Detective Shun Hontou, from the International Police. I was wondering if I could request your assistance with something?
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.
Wild Area, Giant's Cap
Hoops and Vana stop as the Metagross appears on the path before them.
Hoops: Oh, Vana, stay back. Those things are pretty powerful, don't want you getting hurt. I wonder if it has a trainer around here?
Thanks to Grieve, the wind picks up, trapping them.
Kec: <I don't like this.>
Hoops: Me neither. Vana, get close to me.
When Vana looks at them, they notice that there are tears in their eyes.
Vana: I'm sorry. This is the only way.
Hummy and Spinny appear from behind a rock and release a combo of Psybeam and Draining Kiss. The attacks catch Hoops in the chest and throw them backwards to the ground. Their badge pendant, only just completed, flies from their pocket and disappears from view.
Hoops: Vana... why.
They send out Sud and Tot, and the Sudowoodo and Chatot make a wall in front of their trainer along with Kec, while Hoops struggles to their feet.
Dunsparce Cloud
Textspace
To: Shiny Roserade 💚💜🖤
From: Brie
that sounds lovely! =)
meet by the station? ^_^
Wyndon, station
-Brie is here as well, hopping down off of Halcyon-
-she has not gotten any less futch, and is wearing a vest with a lot of pockets-
Brie: Hey, Alice! You look nice!
Phonespace
???: It's possible.
-that's not Tagg's voice-
???: What assistance do you need?
-it's a little sharp, though sounds somewhat sleepy-
-and the obstinacy is tangible, though that might be an ordinary consequence of asking for things when you're a cop-
Wyndon, Pokemart
-Adelinde's eyes narrow further, but if she's in pain, she doesn't let it on-
Adelinde: Essentially semantic. You train Pokemon, which makes you a trainer. If competence or dedication were required, far fewer people would wear the title.
-Camazotz rotates around a little, in lieu of smiling back-
Camazotz: <I can't really comment on organic necessities. But if I had a digestive system...I probably wouldn't put some of those things in it.>
-as Addie looks, the purple glow vanishes. Just a trick of the light?-
Adelinde: All the same, though. Ah...you'll have to forgive my brusqueness. I've been under a great deal of stress recently, as a cousin of mine has gone missing. If you travel in Electric circles, you might know her? A tall young woman, thin, with dark skin, and who hides her face with a hat and hands with gloves? She would have a limp, and be...difficult, at the best of times, but I do care for her all the same, and would like to see her in a safer environment.
Stormchaser
-the Y-squad is sitting around, bored-
Avery: So, um.
Apple-A-Day: Yes?
Avery: Obviously, I am deeply unsettled by the events of the past few weeks, and kind of terrified by how close we came to death.
Percy: As you should be.
Mallory: Uh, point of order, I did die.
Percy: Didn't stick though, did it?
Avery: Right. But...she was kind of hot though, right?
Percy: There is something certifiably wrong with you.
Apple-A-Day: Yeah, she was pretty evil I think, and that's not a word I like applying.
Percy: I think it suits her. I suspect she'd welcome it.
Avery: Okay, but.
Percy: No.
Avery: But.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Wanderer
AU!Celadon
-Walking down a street towards the shoreline-
Okay, I'm... feeling better from yesterday.
Cam: <I... didn't even know about all this stuff.>
Muddy: <There's a lot about us you don't know about yet, son.>
A Park in Nimbasa
CW gore
-Hanging around minus some mons-
Nicky: Would you say the School is a white supremacist organization?
Kendra: Well they're obviously eugenicist, and we all know who was associated with that.
Chiyo: White supremacist? Well they'd claim they aren't, they're beyond such silly things as race and all they care about is making the greatest uber-Auric, but you have to wonder when so many of us come out pale, it can't just be because of the templates.
-Stops in place-
Guys, get behind me now, something's wrong.
-Suddenly as if from out of nowhere a number of soldiers and Pokémon appear, surrounding them, as a Templar strolls from the mass in front of Chiyo-
Chiyo: Oh no, I stayed too long...
Gerald: Making new friends, Iridium? You've sent us on a long chase, even across the sea, but it all ends here.
Chiyo: -Annoyed as Dactyl orbits protectively around her- Once again, prick, since I know you guys know, it's Chiyo. The School doesn't own me, and you certainly don't, Templar.
Kendra: -Nervous but trying not to show it- You know what, can't we just, you know, talk this out? Since this'll probably end worse for you than for us.
Gerald: -Unimpressed- ...Nice try.
Chiyo: -Barriers forming as Nicky and Kendra draw closer- Leave them alone, they have nothing to do with this!
Gerald: -As the soldiers start pointing their weapons- Oh on the contrary, Iridium, being around you makes them all the more involved! Can't risk them blabbing whatever School secrets you might've told them now can w-Manages to barely block the death disc aimed at his head, only to get bowled over by the following barrier, as are all the forces around them-
Chiyo: Nicky, Kendra, run!
Nicky: We're not leaving, not without you!
Chiyo: -As Dactyl starts barreling into the soldiers starting to get back up- It's me they want the most, I'll be fine, they're nothing we haven't beaten before!
Nicky: -Reluctantly starts running alongside Kendra- Just don't die, okay!
Gerald: -Gingerly starting to stand up- Don't let those two get away, the School has interest in them!
-Two soldiers start running after them-
Chiyo: -Sees red for a moment as a disc is thrown out at one of the soldier, neatly bisecting them as it shifts into one of her "pane of glass" style barriers, which Dactyl bounces off and into the second's head, making them very much an ex-soldier- You...
-Practically spitting out the last couple words as her Aura roars-
Your fight is with me!
-Sparks as she enters an Auric Charge that appears more akin to a rainbow-colored comet as she launches through the forces surrounding her and into the air, forming a barrier below her feet as she starts grinding down a rail leading down the hill, closely followed by the School forces-
Edited by rmctagg09 on Sep 17th 2021 at 3:04:22 PM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Flying Colors
Wyndon Station
-And Kai arrives as well!-
-Since her last attempt to dress in a shirt and skirt for a nice occasion was so rudely interrupted, she's making up for it today — this time, black and gray, with a purple flower in her hair. She waves to Brie and Alice as they arrive, and you can see the brief short-circuit her brain goes through seeing Alice in a dress.-
Kai: O-oh, hey! Um, wow. You two look great. Heh.
-She grins at the two of them.-
The Wanderer
Nimbasa Park
Chiyo: -Flips off the rail as she approaches the bottom, clipping an enemy Braviary in midair as she does a roll and throws up a circular geodesic barrier as she's immediately jumped by enemy mons coming out of the bushes-
Soldier: Come on, that barrier can't hold up forever!
Chiyo: -Smirks as the barrier flashes with every strong blow before the mons are all hurled back as it explodes-
Aggron: -Pushing aside some other mons- <Guess I'll have to handle this myself!>
-Ground rumbles
Aggron: <Huh?>
Azumarill: -Pops out of the ground and uppercuts them in the jaw- <SHORYUKEN!!!>
-Before following up with an Aqua Tail to the roof of their skull-
Aggron: -Slammed down hard, fainted-
Anguis: -Slithers out of the hole and Dragon Pulses a Druddigon in the face, following by Ovis dropping some Thunders on the fliers- <Sorry we're late!>
Chiyo: -Surprised but by no means ungrateful as she has Dactyl ricochet on mons and soldiers- I thought you guys had your own thing to do.
Azumarill: -Pointing to her ears- <We did, but I literally heard you were in trouble and came to help.>
Anguis: -Contemptuously Leaf Blading a Golem- <First rule of fights like this, the moment when the enemy should notice you is after you've struck them down.>
Soldier: -As the enemy mons start looking sort of scared- Come on, they're just three mons!
Ovis: <W-We're not "just" three mons!>
Anguis: -Hissing- <We're some of the worst things lowlifes like you could ever meet!>
Chiyo: Dactyl!
-Forms a barrier around the Minior before using another to bounce them high in the air-
Azumarill: -Launches herself up with Bounce before Aqua Tailing Dactyl, the combination attack causing an explosion of water that not only damages but Soaks the remaining enemy forces-
Anguis: -Aqua Tailing a Magmar that managed to avoid the splashdown- <Ovis, now!>
Ovis: -Sends down a Thunder, shocking them all-
Edited by rmctagg09 on Aug 22nd 2021 at 7:08:16 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Meet The New Boss
The Wanderer
Nimbasa Park
-Needless to say, the combined forces quickly mop up the remaining School agents-
Azumarill: <Almost forgot what fights like this felt like.>
Anguis: <They were lucky we didn't have Muddy or Hydreigon here, then they would've just gotten beaten up faster.>
Chiyo: -Angrily- Gerald, I know you're out there, show yourself!
Gerald: -From a loudspeaker- Can't do that right now, I've got... other things to take care, but in the meantime, I think it's time for a School reunion, don't you?
-What appears to be an 18 foot tall humanoid techno-organic monstrosity is suddenly teleported in. While what appears to be flesh can be see in certain open spots, the feeling Chiyo gets from the human and Pokémon Auras can be best described as a constant endless screaming-
???: -Looms over them-
Chiyo: -Eyes widening- What? Is that thing made from-
Ovis: <S-Some sort of freaky cyborg zombie Schoolthing?>
Anguis: <That's utterly disgusting.>
Gerald: Let's see how you and your little pets handle this, Iridium! Go, Project Hekatonchires!
Chiyo: -Clenching her fists in rage- Even in death, the School refuses to just let us be!
-To Gerald-
You'd have no problems using something like this?!
Gerald: -With a pause on the feed that could best be described as a shrug- Why would I have a problem with failures being used for something useful like this, Iridium? Not like they're going to be useful for anything else but genetic material.
Like I said, not just evil, but wasteful. A monument to nothing but some scientist's sadism, more likely.
Dactyl: -As the feed cuts out- <Chiyo...>
Chiyo: -Takes a deep breath to center herself as she speaks with a calmness she's not exactly feeling- Let's put these lost classmates to rest, shall we?
Anguis: <This is like what the others said it was like fighting those Pokefutures experiments.>
Ovis: -Sparking- <W-We said we'd help you, so we are!>
Azumarill: <Get ready everyone!>
-Everyone takes up fighting positions as the cyborg rushes over-
Edited by rmctagg09 on Dec 18th 2023 at 5:09:10 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Not A Lawyer
Wyndon Station - August 21
-Alice smiles at Brie as she dismounts, her cheeks reddening slightly at the compliment.-
Alice: ...Thank you. I must say, you're looking quite stunning as well, with apparently far less effort involved. One of these days you're going to have to teach me how you do it.
-She turns to Kai as she arrives, her smile shifting to more of a smirk.-
Alice: And ah, the birthday honouree makes three! I am glad to see that you appear to have recovered after our last meeting. Let's just try to make sure that nothing similar happens again, shall we?
Wild Area, Giant's Cap
-As the Metagross draws closer, Hoops can probably make out more of the details of the figure riding upon it - namely, a man in a trenchcoat with a hat, sunglasses, unkempt blond hair, and a crude, excessively large metal hammer. He dismounts as he enters the aura of the wind, grinning slightly as he draws closer to Vana and Hoops's exchange.-
Ferrum: Well, ain't this cute. Feels almost a shame to interrupt. Alas, somebody's gotta step in to make sure the tragedy of the star-crossed strangers plays out like it's supposed to.
-Oh yeah, should probably also mention what he's picked up and brought along with him along the way - a fully-loaded dumpster, hovering in midair alongside him about five feet off the ground.-
Ferrum: Here's a lesson you should've figured out earlier, kid. Sympathy is a mug's game. Even if you win, you ain't gonna get anything out of it. And when you lose - such as when you, say, take sympathy on some mysterious waif trying the damsel in distress gambit - it never ends well. In fact, let me demonstrate for you right now.
-With that, the dumpster goes hurling towards Hoops, as the Metagross attempts to clear Sud out of the way with a mighty swing.-
Ballonlea
-Shun narrows his eyes at the voice on the phone, not yet answering Jade.-
Shun: ...You're not who I was intending to call. Who is this? I need some identifying information before I would be willing to provide any of my own.
Edited by Herbert40k on Aug 23rd 2021 at 6:53:54 PM
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.
No voice to cry suffering
Wyndon, Pokémart
-Logan allows their smile to become a bit more strained-
Logan: Fair enough.
-just a trick of the light (or possibly the half-life of Cosmos-brand pop rocks)-
Addie: -shrugging it off- <Right? I ate a human candy bar once and learned Gunk Shot.>
-and at the apology, Logan's expression softens back into their customary amicability-
Logan: -their hands going into their pockets, cheeky- You mean circuits?
-and they listen intently to her very specific verbiage-
-genuine-sounding- ...can't say that description rings a bell, but I'll keep an eye out.
-their thoughts are astonishingly scattered for how composed they seem to be, but for the briefest, barest second, one shines strongly enough to peek through the morass for any eavesdroppers-
There is no way I am helping this woman find anyone.
(-in their pocket, something goes quietly, harmlessly click-)
Edited by Asterisk395 on Aug 22nd 2021 at 6:55:28 AM
No mind to think. No will to break.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Circhester Stadium, VS Gordie and Melony
Melony: Ladies' first... Now, Frosmoth, use Hail!
Evelyn: Mirai, use Misty Terrain!
-Melony's Frosmoth lets out a melodic cry to the heavens, whipping the winds, gathering the clouds above and summoning a powerful hailstorm, while Mirai's melody is let out to the arena around them, as a magical pink mist is expelled from her hands, blanketing the pitch and creating a protective field that guards against the threat of dragons.-
Gordie: Barbaracle, use Shell Smash!
Me: Mothra, use String Shot!
-Gordie's Barbaracle glows with a green aura which encompasses the Collective Pokémon before shattering entirely, making him stronger and faster at the cost of some bulk. Mothra, however, spits out a string of sticky silk to wrap around Barbaracle's legs.-
Hasslemon
AV: What is it?
RR: I'm sure it'll suit you, Ozzy.
Textspace
From: Cute Witch and Pollyanna
Wait... That's Hoops!
And it looks like Kit evolved!
That is so cool!
Witch's Sky Zone, Giant's Cap
-Evelyn and Ian run into a bit of turbulence as they reach the wall of wind spurred on by Nitrogen.-
Evelyn: Nani?! Kono kaze wa dokokarakitanodesu ka?*
-Even though he is shaken by the sudden strong wind, Ian tries to get a look into the storm and sees Hoops being accosted by two people he doesn't know and one he does...-
Me: -shaken by the storm- I think we have bigger problems than where the wind is coming from... MITTE!
-Ian points into the storm at the point where Hoops is.-
Evelyn: Taihenda! HOOPS!
Me: We have to get in there! Hoops needs our help!
Evelyn: Right!
Giant's Cap, Sophie
-Sophie skates up to the swirling wall of wind, leaving a trail of ice behind her.-
Sophie: I see... So the witch and her friend are here to help someone in that wind...
-Sophie takes a look into the storm with a pair of ice binoculars which she made using her ice powers. Through the clear ice lenses, she sees Vanadium, accosting Hoops with two templars.-
Sophie: And so am I... I have to get in there! But how?
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
The Wanderer
Nimbasa Park
Chiyo: -Rolls as the the giant's psychokinetically-cloaked fist lands where she was seconds ago- I hope Nicky and Kendra are alright...
Ovis: -Lets loose with a Thunder, to no effect <S-Seems like it's shielded!>
Azumarill: -Iron Tailing it in the ankle before following up with a Aqua Tail to the chest- <Then we need to get rid of the shielding!>
Anguis: -Coiled around its neck as it sends eye beams into space- Got any ideas Chiyo!
Chiyo: That it's time I quit playing around!
Dactyl: <You mean?>
Chiyo: -Nodding- Yeah.
-Creates two discs which start rotating until they go alight with rainbow-colored Aura, before directing them at the giant's upper limbs-
Hekatonchires: -Groans as the burning hot discs reveal nodes located at the elbows-
Ovis: -Sends out a Thunder at one as Anguis fires a Dragon Pulse at the other from his perch on their neck, destroying them-
Hekatonchires: -Arms fall off, Aura leaking out as they explode and scream no more-
Chiyo: -As they explode- So that's how we'll save them...
-To the others-
Keep going, we're not done here yet, I can sense three more nodes on that thing!
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Priest of the Temple of Syrinx
Circhester Stadium- Stands
Elton: <Well, looks like this battle is already getting off to a fun start, isn't it?>
Kim: "It is indeed."
Cuddles: <Come on, Ian and Evelyn~! Win~!>
THE HASSLEMON INTERWEBS
SK: Þise.
EL: ...?
MP: (...?)<
WM: ...
BC: #{so 0 uh}
BC: #{any 0 Help 0 in 0 figuring 0 out 0 what 0 that 0 is}
UF: I believe that is a thorn.
SB: i-it doesn't... it doesn't look like a thorn ;;
SK: No, note Þate kinde ofe Þorne. Þhise kinde ofe Þorne. It'se ane olde lettere ofe Þe Englishe alphabete Þate wase usede to represente Þe sounde "th".
EL: Well... i+ is pre++y cool, and i+ does fi+ you. +here's jus+... one problem...
SK: Þate beinge...?
FM: WHO !N THE BLOODY HELL KNOWS HOW TO READ THAT SYMBOL?! DOES ANYBODY E'EN USE !T ANYMORE, FER CRY!N' OUT LOUD?!
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Dunsparce Cloud
Wyndon, Station, August 21
Brie: Oh, I mean, I didn't get out of bed like this, I spent a while trying to get just the right windswept look in my hair, you know, it usually takes a bit of circling especially on Atlantis, but you look nice! Which I said already so I guess you know it twice now, yep.
-she waves to Kai-
Hello! We're talking about how nice we all look so you'll fit right in.
-she shivers a little-
...Please don't joke about anyone getting hurt. It happens worryingly often.
Halcyon: ~I'll just stay hovering around, shall I?~
Brie: Yes please.
Wyndon, Poke Mart
-Adelinde raises an eyebrow-
Camazotz: <Goodness. That sounds deeply unpleasant and I'm very sorry for your experience.>
Adelinde: Circuits...oh. Ha! Funny.
But yeah, please do keep an eye out. She really...I'm really worried about her.
-she smiles sheepishly at Logan-
-her eyes flick towards the store camera-
Adelinde: What's in your pocketses?
Stormchaser, Phonespace
???: You've reached the Stormchaser and by extension the J-team, and you called us, so...what's going on?
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
The Wanderer
Nimbasa Park
Hekatonchires: -Jumps around, stomping with at least one of the components of the Auric Spectrum. Whether the non-Psychics are Phantom Classmates or just some rather unfortunate random Obscurics, Chiyo can't really say-
Azumarill: -Is knocked back- <Whoa!>
Chiyo: -Summons a barrier whose explosion as the giant stomps on it makes the Hekatonchires unstable as it balances on its left leg, the nodes exposed- Now!
Azumarill: -Slams into the left leg with Superpower, destroying its node-
Dactyl: -Blasts the other with a Power Gem-
Hekatonchires: -Legs fall off as with a psychic pulse it manages to dislodge Anguis from its neck and start firing its eyebeams directly at the group while using telekinesis to keep itself aloft-
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Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Circhester Stadium- Stands
(Kim, Elton, Braker, Walter, and Cuddles all look on, their hearts warmed by the dancing— and then they notice Ian and Evelyn enter onto the pitch. Immediately, Braker sets up his camera.)
Elton: (with evident delight) <This is it...! I 'ope everything goes well for 'em.>
Cuddles: <Me too~!>
Walter: <I wonder what Pokemon they'll be starting with. I suppose we shall just have to wait and see.>
Braker: "Indeed we will."
Kim: (smiling) "Something tells me that this is going to be fun."
(And then they send out Mothra and Mirai, while Melony and Gordie send out a Frosmoth and a Barbaracle.)
Elton: <'Ey~! Wasn't that the Frosmoth that George defeated?>
Kim: "I believe it is."
Cuddles: <A Barbaracle...? He looks scary...>
Walter: <Using Mothra against a Frosmoth. Absolutely the right move, I must admit.>
Braker: "A battle of the moths." (He sets up his phone camera.) "This is sure to be interesting."
THE HASSLEMON INTERWEBS
SK: Hm. You do raise a good point. Well then. I suppose I should be the one to come up with my own typing quirk as the others did.
SB: b-but ;; you haven't thought of any good ideas yet ;;;;
UF: I'M fairly certain that everything Will be fine, Freddie. I have a very good feeling that Ozzy Will coMe up With a typing quirk soon enough.
EL: Yeah! Ozzy will be fine! You have no+hing +o worry abou+, Freddie!
SB: i-i suppose ;;;;
SK: Well, now. Let me think... I was named after Ozzy Osbourne, well known as the so-called "Prince of Metal", so perhaps... No, I don't want to just copy Boseman's, now do I? Even so, a prince is different from a king... what else are princes associated with? Well, I am a Corviknight... I could go for something knight-related...
IA: hmmmm... ya said somethin' '8out knights?
SK: I did indeed; did you think of something, Joel?
IA: well, i was thinking that may8e you could go for somethin' akin to 8oseman's with the whole capitalizing letters thing.
SK: Oh?
IA: ya know how knights are always seen with those crossed swords? yeah, may8e you could capitalize all x's or something like that.
SK: I could... but the letter X is so infrequent that I don't believe it'd be able to properly stand out.
IA: ...'kay, yeah, that's fair.
SK: ...although... it is funny you mention knights, considering Oshawittle's entire persona. He is rather knightlike himself, if I remember correctly...
SK: ...wait a minute...!
EL: W-wha+ is i+?! Do you have one?!
SK: I have an idea!
EL: +ha+'s grea+!
MP: (What is it?)<
Hammerlocke Gym Battle— Hoops— The Moment of Kit's Evolution— The Stands
(Meanwhile, in the stands of Hammerlocke, Braker, along with Walter, have been watching the battle the whole time. The moment Kit evolves into Vul, Braker's phone is on RECORD the whole time. Almost immediately afterwards, the cameraman smiles, and then goes straight to textspace.)
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The Wild Area— Post-Puxiki's Evolution
(With the evolution having been completed, Axis turns to face their Pokemon in evident delight.)
Axis: "Alright, then. I'm sure you know where we'll be going next."
Puxiki: (happily) <The Hoenn region~!>
Axollo: <I can't wait~! Letina, do you think I can play in the water while we're there? Huh...?>
Letina: (with a slight smile) <Of course you can. You are a Water-type Pokemon, aren't you?>
Axollo: (hugs Letina) <YAY~! Thank you, Letina~!>
Letina: <Please don't hug me.> (then, to Axis) "Hold on... we will need a way to get to the Hoenn region from here, won't we?"
Axis: "We will indeed." (They turn to face Tekkan.) "Tekkan, can you learn Fly?"
Tekkan: <Sorry! Only Cut and Flash will do, my friend. If you'd like, maybe you could catch another Pokemon that learns Fly for the low, low price of free?>
Axis: "I don't really know if I want to catch another Flying-type." (They think to themselves.) "But then again... how else are we supposed to get to the Hoenn region...?"
Axollo: <Ooh~! I know! A hovercraft!>
Axis: (chuckles) "Heh. I doubt there are any hovercrafts around here, Axollo. And I don't think any of them are full of Eeleektross, either."
Axollo: <Awww...> (beat, then) <Hey, wait, how'd you know I was going to say that?>
Letina: <Isn't it obvious? Silly Cobra.>
Axis: "Regardless, I do appreciate the suggestion. But I think we'll need a more practical way to make it to Hoenn..."
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