Priest of the Temple of Syrinx
Turffield Stadium Entrance Room
Ingrid: "Ah. Then yep. It's like Sinnoh."
(beat)
Ingrid: "Good luck in your Gym Battle. Which Pokemon are you planning to use?"
Hammerlocke Stadium
(Dalt and Freddie nod, and promptly channel their respective energies through Joel's fist. Within seconds, Joel's fist begins to glow in pink, yellow, and blue colors, and he jumps up into the air and charges directly towards Kommo-o. The moment he hits, pink, blue, and yellow ice emerges from his fist, hitting Kommo-o directly and causing a massive rainbow-colored explosion.)
The Wild Area
(Eventually, after a bit, Kim, Braker, Walter, and Cuddles approach Ian.)
Kim: "Ian... please try to understand..."
Cuddles: <We don't hate you, and we don't think you're a monster… Kim doesn't think that. Kim just wanted to tell you how she felt...>
Braker: "Please calm down."
Mauville Gym
(As Axis and Wattson look on, the light surrounding Axollo begins to get brighter and brighter, and eventually, after a bit, the sequence begins.)
EVOLUTION SEQUENCE: Mudkip --> Marshtomp (Axollo)
(Despite the new music specifically for Axollo's evolution, the all-too familiar intro sequence with the Homestuck spirograph computer starts up, and when the camera zooms in, we are met with Axollo in the blue evolutionary void. However, rather than two flashes of light appearing to the left and right of Axollo, two photorealistic hands a la Terry Gilliam's illustrations from the Monty Python series lower themselves from hammerspace and start drawing the symbols to the left and right of Axollo. Specifically, on the left side, the hand starts drawing a fuschia-colored symbol of Neptune, while on the right side, the hand starts drawing a fuschia-colored Pisces symbol. Once they are done, the hands are raised back up, and the sequence continues as normal— the symbols start spinning faster and faster as they head towards Axollo, culminating in a massive explosion of fuschia light that takes the shape of a Marshtomp silhouette. Soon afterwards, a giant statue of Poseidon himself, on his horse, appears, looming above Axollo. The sequence and music suddenly pause as Axollo glances up at the Poseidon statue and waves at it.)
Axollo: <Oh, hi there, Poseidon~!>
(But he is immediately caught off-guard by Poseidon loading up his trident and aiming it directly towards Axollo. He lets go of it, and it starts glowing with a fuschia light, releasing bubbles as it does so. Eventually, however, it hits Axollo, whose body shakes for a few minutes, and then eventually— explode into bubbles. There is a pause— and then those bubbles ultimately pop, releasing a massive wave of fuschia-colored water that flows up and out to fill the silhouette as Axollo manages to get himself onto his hind legs. Said hind legs remain practically the same, only extending out to fill the sillhouette a bit, but as the water flows up to his arms, they stretch out and flatten— albiet with a certain foot of Cupid coming down from the sky to help with the latter part of the transformation. Twice over. Complete with fart noises. From there, the water travels up the head, causing it to grow a bit bigger and for the fin on top of its head to sharpen and flatten at the front to fill the silhouette. It flows out to the cheeks, causing the three gills on either side of Axollo's head to twist and fuse together, before sharpening into one. Finally, his tail splits into two. The silhouette having been filled, the foot of Cupid emerges once more from the sky and comes crashing down onto Axollo— causing the fuschia water to instantly explode off of Axollo's body. Seconds later, the foot raises back up again, and we are met with Axollo, now a Shiny Marshtomp, spinning around for a few moments in dizzy confusion, before eventually—)
Axollo: (beat, he stirs and looks down at his body) <I evolved~! Yippeee~!>
(Seconds later, he takes out a trumpet and starts blaring it as he happily marches forwards while a wave of fuschia water fills the screen.)
Post-Evolution Sequence
(Immediately, the scene match-cuts to the now-Marshtomp Axollo, still playing the trumpet in celebration. He eventually stops doing so and glances over at Axis, giving them a silly grin.)
Axollo: <Hey, Axis~! Look~! I'm a derp!>
(He immediately goes fish-eyed. Axis just laughs, as does Wattson, before the former runs over to him and gives him a hug.)
Axis: "You did it, Axollo!"
Axollo: (hugging him back and jumping up and down) <Yaaaay~> (beat) <Hey, look at me! I can hug you now~!>
MEANWHILE IN THE HASSLEMON INTERWEBS
CC: did_i_just_hear_silly_cobra_music_qustmrk
GA: ==I believe you did==
CA: @> That can only mean one thing~! <3
CC: he_must_have_evolved_period
CC: i_will_be_sure_to_congratulate_him_period
AC: Ye$, folk$, thi$ i$ $ertainly a cau$e for $elebration~! ...Though I wouldn't advi$e u$ing a trumpet to announ$e your evolution, a$ Axollo (TM) ju$t did. Even $o, though! What an announ$ement it wa$!
CC: whoever_wattson_is_using_next_comma_i_would_like_to_go_up_against_them_period
Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Jan 17th 2022 at 11:35:05 AM
Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Hammerlocke Stadium Pitch, VS Kommo-o
Me: NOW! Piku-chan! Oshawittle! Raru! Use Delta Force!
Piku-chan, Oshawittle and Raru surround The Gym Trainers' Pokémon in a triangular formation, Piku-chan sparkling with electrical energy, Oshawittle bursting with the energy of his Ice Beam and Raru surging with the Psychic energy of his Psychic. The three Pokémon form a Circle of Friendship and start to float in midair as Piku-chan links his Electric energy through Oshawittle, Oshawittle links his Ice energy through Raru and Raru links his Psychic energy through Piku-chan, forming a triangular link as they unleash the pent-up energy in a vertical beam aiming at the opponent's Pokémon. The Beam glows in a bright gold, blue and pink color before dispersing and the three Pokémon float gently to the ground.-
-The combination of Delta Force and Delta Punch strike true and bring the Scaly Pokémon down. The aura of his Clangorous Soul dissipates as he is rendered unable to battle.-
Kommo-o: <Guess I got a bit... carried away...>
-Aria calls her newly-evolved Kommo-o back to her Poké Ball.-
Sebastian: Congratulations, you three!
Camilla: That was quite a spectacle you put on!
Aria: Indeed. You have proven your worthiness through and through.
Raihan: Indeed you have... Through sun, rain and hail, you have surpassed my every expectation... All three of you have that glimmer of potential that started out a spark when you started your Gym Challenges, and now are burning as bright as the Sun itself! And for that, I congratulate you.
-Raihan and the other Gym Trainers applaud Ian, Evelyn and Kim, congratulating them on the leaps and bounds they have made in their progress.-
Turffield Stadium, Lobby
Emilie: Merci.
-Emilie walks up to the receptionist.-
Receptionist: Welcome to Turffield Stadium. Are you here for your Gym Challenge.
Emilie: Oui. I am. My name is Emilie and my number is 168.
Receptionist: 168... 168... You're clear to start your Gym Challenge. Just change into your Gym Challenge uniform and you'll be ready to begin.
Emilie: Thank you.
-Emilie heads off to the dressing room to change.-
Wild Area, Lost Faith
-Ian sighs as he looks over at the group.-
Me: Fine. I want to hear it from her.
Wild Area, Ian VS Radon
-Ian and Radon's punches collide, prompting them to quickly throw another punch. However, the second set of punches also collides, leaving Ian and Radon locked in a power struggle.-
Radon: I don't know who you are, or who authorized you to mess with the School's business, but I'll see to it that it never happens again!
Me: Well, I don't know who you think you are, threatening an innocent girl as you and Ferrum did, but I won't have it!
Radon and I: I WILL NOT STAND FOR YOUR ACTIONS, DO YOU HEAR ME?! I WILL TAKE YOU DOWN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I...
-And then Ian and Radon get a good look at each other's faces, and a look into each other's eyes...-
Radon and I: Do?
-Their eyes widen in the realization of who their opponent truly is... They step back (or in Radon's case, float back), unclenching their fists. Radon slowly drifts to the ground.-
Radon and I: Are you... really me?
Radon: I'm Atomic Designation Number 86 of the Freshman Class: Radon.
Me: I'm Ian Pollyanna Salberg, from Nuvema Town.
Radon and I: Are you telling me that...
Radon: I was created from your DNA?
Me: You were created from my DNA?
-Ian looks over at Piku-chan, who had just knocked Ravager out of the sky.-
Me: Piku-chan, return...
Radon: Ravager, return...
-Radon calls Ravager back to his Poké Ball, as Piku-chan returns to Ian's shoulder.-
Me: I... have to go... My friends are worried about me.
Radon: -sigh- Well... I'll be here...
-Ian runs off, back to Stow-on-Side, wondering what just happened. Radon then meanders through the Wild Area.-
Wyndon (Lala)
Lala: -telepathically to PC- ~Would having Little Polly Ponpon attack you be convincing enough?~
Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Jan 17th 2022 at 1:17:38 PM
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
The Eccentric Electric
Sinnoh Region, Jubilife City, Techspo Interior:
Tricky perks her head up a bit while continuing to lay down to answer Stipax's question, <Sadism is where someone enjoys hurting people, masochism is where someone enjoys being hurt, sadomasochism is enjoying hurting yourself, and schadenfreude is enjoying other people be hurt without necessarily doing it yourself>. Before she had the chance to ask if Stipax had any other questions, she noticed Livio landing on Stipax and struggling to suppress the urge to laugh, ultimately failing once she noticed Chopper break his chair and fall on his backside.
<Don't worry about me friends, I've felt a loss worse this is nothing.> Chopper told Fiore as he picked himself up and stood aside. Mark meanwhile gave an incredulous smirk at the little girl's pokeballs decorated with the very keychain accessories he scoffed at. "I guess they're kind of useful if you can't read or just want to quickly know what pokemon lives in the pokeball. The chains seem like they'd break easily or get caught on things though, but you do you little girl."
A few moments later, many of the lights would dim before the curtain ahead would lift and the giant screen would flicker on displaying an animated GIF of the Devon Corporation. A nearby speaker would then crackle to life and announce, "Ladies and gentlemen without further delay, The Devon Corporation is honored to announce a glimpse of the future. Presenting the first of several technologies we believe will benefit both humanity and pokemon-kind, the distinguished and honorable Roger Sato!"
After a brief and awkward delay, Mr. Sato would quickly walk on-stage and be greeted by a round of applause by most of the attendees, Travis included. Mr. Sato would lightly smile and wave to the audience while nervously adjusting his tie with his other hand until he reached the podium and cleared his throat both out of necessity and in an effort to quiet down the applause which would go on for about half a minute before naturally dying down.
"Thank you, thank you all...but please! Not all the credit belongs to me, the first technology my employers and I will be presenting to you all would not have been made possible without the help of the pokemon we've worked with, including one of my best friends. Come on over here Pips!" Mr. Sato said while gesturing his Piplup to reveal himself. The headband-wearing Piplup would excitedly run across the stage toward his trainer and practically ram into him for a hug, completely oblivious to the audience cheering for him. His trainer, anticipating this outcome as if it's happened countless times before would squat and lift Pips into a light hug before setting him down and starting a slideshow titled: The Shared Future of Humanity and Pokemon.
"Humans and pokemon have been nearly inseparable for as long as most can remember. We share a planet, a history, and whether we accept it or not: we share a future," Mr. Sato began, flipping through several slides depicting the world, shilouettes of pokemon, and historic encounters and interactions between humans and pokemon both amicable and otherwise. "We at Devon Corp have acknowledged this fact since our humble beginnings, having started as a small mining company in Rustburo. Initially we were not quite as far-sighted, focused only on developing tools for humanity and expansion but we quickly learned that our impact on the environment and the pokemon within it was bigger and more entwined than we first thought."
After flipping through a few slides of miners at work whom would later encounter wild zubats and whismurs and later be chased out, Mr. Sato would shift through slides showing the same miners having their tools with their own pokemon, a few pokemon battles taking place, and finally a slide of miners and their pokemon taking a much-needed break after completing their tunnel with two graphs comparing the environmental impact of traditional work vs. Human/Pokemon cooperation with the latter being much more favorable.
"With Hoennese resolve and ingenuity, we quickly solved what for our competitors was the very real problem of how to both grow as a business while minimizing our impact on the planet we share with the pokemon who own it as much as we do. It's this philosophy that has motivated us to develop and revolutionize the technologies that benefit trainers, pokemon, and the everyman while making us successful as a business," Mr. Sato explained before switching to a slide showing a regular human and a Pikachu animated with speech bubbles, only to respond with question marks.
"Yet despite everything modern technology has accomplished, the age-old conundrum of humans and pokemon actually understanding one another continues to be the biggest mystery of our time. Some experienced trainers claim to understand what their pokemon say and think, even going so far as to claim there is a common language shared amongst all pokemon, though many of them are often guilty of projection," Mr. Sato continued, trying to remain polite and professional, but coming across rather dismissively towards any notion of perceived superstition, "Even if such a language were to exist, this barrier has proven insurmountable by most, and while it has been proven that psychic trainers and their pokemon are capable of actually understanding one another, the fact remains that most are incapable of truly communicating with, understanding, and connecting with their pokemon."
<Monese isn't that hard to understand, it just takes time and finding people who will bother teaching you,> Mark muttered with Chopper adding, <It sounds different across types. You only really know how to speak fluently with Fighting types and sound strange to everyone else bro, no offense.>
At this point Mr. Sato would present a slide showcasing the same head-band now attached to the Pikachu and an animation of speech bubbles between them and the human actually understanding each other before stating, "Well I'm proud to say that we at Devon have been working meticulously for a very long time to overcome the language barrier between humans and pokemon! While we've taken longer than expected to develop the Pokemon Speaker, our most recent developments have not only allowed us to finally complete it, but make the technology smaller, more portable, more accurate, and more reliable! That's right ladies and gentleman, the Devon Corporation has finally created the world's first reliable Pokemon Translator!"
At this point the audience as a whole were stunned, with some people excited, others skeptical, and many not sure what to make of it all. "And here to help make history that contributes to the benefit of humanity and pokemon's future, Pips will tell you all exactly what his on his mind. No speculation, no misinterpretation, finally genuine pokemon to human interaction! Now tell us Pips, what do you think of all this?"
The anticipation quickly built up as the audience intensely focused on and waited for Pips the Piplup to say something, anything at all. The little water penguin pokemon quickly started feeling pressured and started curling into a ball before Mr. Sato further encouraged him to speak. The panicked Piplup eventually gave in and shouted "HUBRIS!" loud enough to be heard across the room.
"Wh-what?! What did you say Pips?!" Mr. Sato asked, sharing the sense of shock and surprise felt throughout the audience. Pips looked around in confusion, having thought he said something else entirely before trying to clarify himself...only to say, "I said hubris you dumb bastard! It means arrogance, as in the arrogance you clearly displayed just now!'
"My word! Pips I—-I thought...I thought you knew me better than that!" Mr. Sato struggled to say. At this point Pips the Piplup was horrified at what he had been manipulated to say, covering his beak while tearing up before a voice started blaring out of the headband's speaker independent of his actual thoughts. "Do you really think the public's stupid enough to believe your claims of self-righteousness?! Every company loves to stroke their own ego and sing songs about their sense of morality, but they all continue profiting off the backs of overworked, underpaid, silenced workers!"
At this point Pips would start crying while frantically struggling to remove their headband, unable to reach the accessory with his tiny flipper hands. Noticing that something was amiss, Mr. Sato quickly rushed to comfort his distraught pokemon and remove the headband for him. "What's wrong Pips? Is a ghost possessing you or—-wait a minute!" He would ask before noticing a strange marking etched into the inside of the headband. A marking that looked like a lighting bolt having cracked through a pokeball with a triangular background in a style that looked like a High Voltage Warning.
"You're all a bunch of suckers! Shelling out money celebrating and gatekeeping overpriced technologies that should have been free to the people!" The voice being emitted from the headband boasted with an impish, Gizmo-esque laugh. "This year we're going to shake things up and have ourselves a party! Hope you're ready snot brains!" At that point, the clearly-fake headband began blinking a red light and beeping audibly, only getting faster and louder before Mr. Sato instinctively threw it as far from the audience as possible and self-destructing after bouncing off a wall and into the ground...albeit moreso releasing arcs of current and falling apart rather than actually exploding.
Living The Fever Dream
Dunsparce Cloud
Morata's Manor, Kitchen
Presentation: <Wh— Uh, no?>
-he salutes Doc as he comes in-
<Don't worry. I've got things covered.>
-he flexes-
Dining Room
Avery: Aaaaaa personal space personalspacepersonalspace—
-the ball is stolen from her-
-Avery's knocked to the ground, and doesn't seem to have the energy to get back up-
Avery: ...All part of my master plan?
-the ball in her hand flashes with light-
Imago the Tyranitar: <Bit cramped.>
Avery: !!
Imago: <You don't really have enough badges to train me, do you?>
Avery: !!!
Imago: <...Ah well, this does look important, though.>
-obscura gathers up around Imago, who flicks a claw at Pershore-
Wyndon League Lockers
-Ever is here, looking faintly tired-
-they're talking to Misery, who has disassembled her hair some to sit closer to the ground-
Misery: <Was it fun?>
Ever: I hope so.
Misery: <Did you have fun, I mean?>
Ever: Hmm. It's interesting that you need to ask. I would have assumed my thoughts are essentially creative commons at this point.
Misery: <You're an open book, but I can still make the choice to look the other way.>
Ever: Mmm. I should change up my team some, I think. It's been almost two years now.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.
Wyndon Stadium
Hoops grimaces.
Hoops: I'm... gonna tell Ray his final attack did more than that. For now though, these guys using the electricity is gonna be a problem.
They pull out their next pokéball.
Hoops: Fortunately I have a ground type. Rav, I choose you!
They throw the ball into the air, and it opens to reveal their Vibrava, which spreads its wings and makes a series of clicks.
Hoops: Use Sandstorm!
With a few beats of her wings, Rav has thrown up a vortex of sand which swirls around the battlefield.
School Hunting Trip
Vana: Well, that was kind of anti-climactic.
She gets up and stretches the stiffness out of her arms and legs.
Vana: Kind of seems like a weird thing for him not to know, though. Hey, maybe the rest of us are clones of real people as well. Wouldn't that be weird?
She lets the question hang in the air for a second before moving on.
Vana: Anyway, let's go find your sister.
Edited by theoncominghoop on Jan 18th 2022 at 9:42:03 AM
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Wyndon Stadium, VS Hoops
-Oshawittle and Simon stared down their opponent, crackling with electricity.-
Me: Hey! I have an idea!
Stow-on-Side
Me: Hi hi... I'm back...
Evelyn: Ian! What happened just now?
Wild Area, Aftermath
Platinum: It was... but it was rather informative...
-Platinum then hears Vana's question and begins to wonder it herself.-
Platinum: I mean... I never once thought about it before... and I doubt my sister did either...
-Platinum shakes her head, trying not to dwell on the question for too long.-
Platinum: I agree. Hey, Radon! It's time to go!
Radon: Okay, you two... Just gimme a sec... I'm just trying to process all this...
-Unbeknownst to Platinum, Vana, or even Radon, something anomalous manifests. The glitchspawn creeps up soundlessly behind Radon and, in his moment of emotional vulnerability, lunges at him and disappears on contact with his back. Radon's heart skips a beat as his eyes widen. "What just hit me?!", he thought to himself before writing it off as probably some kids rolling a Wooloo down a hill and off a ramp.-
Radon: Okay. I'm ready. Want me to have Ravager scour the region?
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Morata's Manor, Upstairs
Ynos: "I'd need to talk to my opthalmologist. Or get a new one. Morata would probably be able to find me through them."
Ynos:(to the second question) "Oh, no. I meant the people you're talking about. The School would never accept me, I'm already a failure in their eyes. If Morata worked with them... well, she wouldn't be working with me, is my meaning."
Ynos looks very hesitant to answer this last question. Eventually, he seems to realize Chiyo probably won't let this go unanswered. His response is very quiet.
Ynos: "A sniper."
"Morata hired a sniper."
"They shot that woman in the head and she died in my arms. She was like you, and tried to appeal to my better nature. I took the mask off of her corpse."
Morata's Manor, Kitchen
Josette turns to see Doc come in. She puts her hands up, resigned, and sighs.
Josette: "I suppose you're the cavalry? I'm about finished, unless Pershore's gotten Marjory back."
"Oh, what am I doing talking to Pokemon. I'm going crobatty in my old age."
Morata's Manor, Dining Room
—is knocked off of her by the armblade, and the Payback slams into her shell. Being a Shedinja, she faints immediately.
But not quick enough to prevent her from clicking the release on the ball she got back!
Out comes a Goodra, who looks around confused.
Marjory: <... Oh dear. This is a bit of a mess isn't it?>
<Time to do some tidying up->
And she leaps at Imago, water in the atmosphere gathering around her striking tail—
Morata's Manor, Basement
The tails are pure obscura— they feel like cutting through mist.
Nonetheless, this is enough to disperse the doubles. Their obscura flows back into the final Daydre — the one coming from the air. The bat construct catches her in the stomach and her momentum is stopped and reversed. She falls to the ground a ways away with two tails remaining.
She shakily gets to her feet. Undeterred, uncomprehending of Tagg's words, she approaches again—
The basement's metaphorical eardrums get blown out. Walls crack, Yamask bodies are thrown around. The aftershock can be felt upstairs.
— And the eruption of psychic force slams her into a wall.
She lands sideways. Something in her shoulder cracks. The wall around her is spiderwebbed through with cracks, despite its thickness.
Even still, she persists. Her body forces itself back into a standing position yet again. Her left arm hangs limp at her side as she stumbles towards Tagg, priming an attack.
It's kind of sad to watch.
Moreso than ever her body isn't in fighting condition— or standing condition, for that matter. Her coordination as she swings at Tagg with the claws of her right hand and what's left of her tails is poor, and easily dodged.
The psychic thunderclap breaks open the barrier enough (combined with Pugh's efforts) to allow passage.
Pugh is able to slip through to find Brighella and Burattino Shadow Clawing and Shadow Punching away at Pollen's Protect, respectively.
Through the party's combined efforts, the Yamask are looking thin on the ground. The Earth Power and Inferno prevent their numbers from coagulating.
Just when they look about ready to fight, they—
—'re obliterated, scattering to the floor. A few stragglers look to those opposing them, balk, and start hurriedly floating away.
Well, that'll do it.
Edited by Daydre on Jan 20th 2022 at 3:51:35 PM
off the shits
Dunsparce Cloud
Morata Manor, Dining Room
Avery: Ghhk
Imago: <Oh?>
-he's shoved back by the Aqua Tail, and some of his outer layers of rocky armor crack slightly-
Imago: -low growl- <Sure, yeah. This is a fight worth having.>
Avery: Wait no we need to get out, not get caught up in a brawl
Imago: <Can't hear you, getting caught up in a brawl.>
-the air around him dries fast, crackling with heat, and dust in the room starts to swirl-
Facade: (gritting teeth) <Not much of a team player, are you?>
Imago: (to Marjorie) <You haven't seen what kind of mess I can make.>
-he pushes back, biting down-
The Wanderer
Morata's Mansion, Upstairs - November 1st, 2021
Shamhat: -To Ynos- What sort of eye issues?
-Contingency-
...That's terrible.
Surprisingly mundane, I guess she didn't want to bother puppeteering his body or something like that, but terrible. If she had a sniper all along, I wonder why she didn't just kill them that way from the start. Unless it was less about the death, and more about this horrid woman engineering a scenario to make sure Ynos feels that he's bound to her service. And illustrate the consequences for disobeying her by running apart from just having the Templars going after him again.
-Looks for a second as if she would've embraced him if not for the barriers separating them-
It was less about the killing itself, and more to teach you a "lesson", wasn't it? Regardless, that wasn't your fault, you couldn't have predicted that. Does she still have this person on retainer or was it a one time deal? When she sent you after that person in Hammerlocke, was it reclaiming lost property or did she know all along the mask they had was fake and just used the opportunity to make sure you learned the lesson "properly" and remove one last loose end?
-The floor shudders-
Though I guess either way this'll be ending soon enough.
Morata's Mansion, Dining Room
Doc: -Ears twitch while staring back at Josette- <What was that?>
Morata's Mansion, Kitchen
Crochet: -Glaring through Imago's sandstorm at the Goodra in her path- <Doc would probably be better suited for this but they are pretty squishy physically from sparring with Amorpha...>
-Rhythmically crosses her arms before jumping at Marjory with an X-Scissor from behind-
Morata's Mansion, Basement
-Getting Omen's message while easily dodging Daydre's half-hearted strikes, wrapping her in Aura chains so that she doesn't hurt herself or anyone else further, one of the chains tugging at the mask-
Guys, we have to get through that barrier to get to where Morata went!
Hitodama: -Fighting off the Curse in the absence of the Yamask- <Z-Move time! It's weakened enough that one should do it!>
-One dance later and an Inferno Overdrive is sent at the wall-
Pugh: -Looks between the Cofagrigus and Dusclops in question while they're distracted before a tentacle goes around Burattino's leg so they can be Brutally Swung into Brighella, presumably giving Pollen an opening/reprieve-
Edited by rmctagg09 on Jan 19th 2022 at 5:50:35 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Meet The New Boss
Morata's Mansion
'''Odin raises his sandastle "arms" in the air triumphantly-
Odin: <Yes we did it!>
...
<...What now?>
Contact Me!
School Hunting Trip
Vana: Yeah please do. I'd support you with a flying type of my own, but I don't have one and the last time I caught a pokémon the school made me commit murder. So, I'm going to not take the chance.
She motions to the one pokéball that she does have.
Vana: I'll be fine once we actually find her though. I feel like I have a lot of pent up aggression that this will be a good chance to release.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
School Hunting Trip
Radon: You can count on me... Ravager! You've got a whole region to search.
Ravager: <I shall not let you down again! As king of the heavens, I forbid it!>
-Ravager takes to the sky and starts flying around the region, looking for Aurelia.-
Platinum: Oingo, you go help Ravager.
Oingo: -still currently a Flygon- <On it!>
-Oingo starts flying in a separate direction, searching for Aurelia all the same.-
Platinum: Now what do we do while we wait for results?
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
School Hunting Trip
Vana hesitates, then pulls out a deck of cards.
Vana: You guys ever played blackjack? I learned it from someone's memories.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
School Hunting Trip
Radon: Sounds like fun.
Platinum: What are the rules?
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
School Hunting Trip
Vana then spends the time it takes for the pokémon to return on their scouting mission to explain the rules of blackjack to the others, making sure to only introduce the more complex rules when they are beneficial to her.
She also cheats, which is easy to do with people who are only just learning a game.
Fwomph
Hamlet, Chapel
The first voice is Kalosian, high class, aristocratic
Kalosian: The girl's of no use to anyone else, and my daughters do so love... entertaining foreigners.
Consciousness returns. In front of Kamui is what appears to be some kind of doll dressed up in dust-clogged white lace moving of its own accord. It laughs softly. There's people behind her, seated on moved-aside pews or standing where the pulpit ought to be; one of those people is the source of the noble Kalosian accent.
Kalosian: Furthermore, I can assure you if you entrust the mortal to the Crimson Court, you will not be disappointed by the next vintage of red we provide.
Another figure is close by Kamui, though to describe this as a 'person' is generous. It looks like some kind of animate lump of overgrown fungus with something approaching a human's form. It shambles about a bit to look at the captive, pushing the living doll aside.
The Doll: <Out of the way, ugly! I want to see... Oh! She's awaaaaaake!>
Gale's Mind
-The gravekeeper stops digging, instead reaching down to retrieve a curved piece of white ceramic-like material that seems to fit a face. It has no features barring a small 0 near the top, it is wreathed in blue flame that tries its hardest to obscure the details-
Skeletal Gravekeeper: This is why there are so many graves. She does not remember that within her is the ability to kill everyone.
-The gravekeeper turns to regard where the intruder no longer is-
Skeletal Gravekeeper: Hmph... Maybe later they will all see...
-It drops the mask back into the hole and begins burying it again-
Slumbering Weald, Spooky House
-Gale stumbles as she has to focus on the physical world again. She is staggered for a moment before wordlessly she lunges forward with her hands wreathed in obscuric flame. Without being routed through the Pen's amplification, her own Obscura is unstable and wild-
A-and you're still a monster that needs to be taken down...
Kim's Mind
-Angela is clearly not in a good state anymore. It's been a long match against multiple opponents and her skills never really strictly in battling in the first place-
Angela: <Kimmy..? Need more help. Need to...>
-She flings out a few more weak Shadow Balls-
Hamlet Christmas
Pft, welcome to the club buddy. Though you got here through a vastly different route than I did.
-Gale laughs a little-
[Ballarat], 230m from the local Zagan Factory
-Sunny, twenty degrees celsius; a fine time of day to be coming off of a walk along the local nature Route. Which made for decent cover for a group of Trainers to be gathering up next to the road within eyeshot of a factory that wasn't shy about being attributed to the food corporation known as Zagan. Pentigan did his research before shadowporting others over here, he wanted to make sure this was as professional a mental realm insertion as possible-
Alright, everyone feeling good? Last chance to back out before we head into the meat zone.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Meet The New Boss
Grant Manor
Owen: Clunb, what club? That superhero club? That I am still wondering about?
Near The Zangan Factory
-A monke is here-
Flamel: <Let's, shall we say, steam some hams? I learned that one from the internet!>
???
-Victor was fiddling with a very strange, very large, very shiny machine when Maurice and Bubba Gump approach.-
Maurice: "You've been working there for a while."
Victor: "I HAVE to! This is my greatest creation yet!"
Bubba Gump: <It better be with all the effort we went through to get that Legendary DNA.>
Maurice: "Are you SURE it isn't going to be a horrible monster that kills us all?"
Victor: "Psssh, that doesn't happen THAT often."
Bubba Gump: <Reassuring.>
Maurice: "All that Legendary DNA though... Just what KIND of demigod are you building?"
'Victor: -grins- "Watch and find out!"
-He turns the machine on-
-Its orchestra of very shiny arms comes to life-
-and starts assembling something bit by bit-
Victor: "From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, "I am man.", our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself. GIVE MY CREATION LIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!"
-He laughs as the machine continues to do its work, toan odd look from Maurice and Bubba Gump
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Priest of the Temple of Syrinx
Turffield Stadium Entrance Room
CW: mention of mauling and death
Ingrid: "OK, then. Good luck."
(As soon as Emilie leaves, Ingrid turns to face Amity with a grin on her face.)
Ingrid: "Oh my goodness! I- I can't believe it's actually you!"
Ananpi: <Wait... THAT'S AMITY—?! Like— the Amity, chuu?!>
Amity: <The very same!>
Ananpi: <That's crazy~!> (then, turning to the camera) <And that's saying a lot.>
Ingrid: "W-what happened?!"
Amity: <I don't know. I was being mauled by Pokemon in the forest one minute and then woke up as a Drifloon the next.>
Ingrid: "So... you were reincarnated?"
Amity: <I-in essence, yes.>
Ingrid: "That's amazing! I- I had thought for sure that you—"
Amity: <And I thought I'd never see you again. I-I spent years looking for you, but didn't know where you had gone too. And then— I come to Galar and—>
Ingrid: "And- that was where you found me?"
Amity: (nods) <I've already met your Galvantula. He seems pretty fun...>
Ingrid: "Oh? You've met Ananpi? That's great!"
(beat, she glances around, then back up at Amity)
Ingrid: "D-do you... do you want to meet the rest of the team, too? A-aside from Frida, of course; you met her back when you were alive— she's evolved now—"
Amity: <She— she's evolved?! That's wonderful... I- I don't know what to say...>
(beat, she realizes what Ingrid is asking her)
Amity: <Wait... a-are you saying...>
(Ingrid nods, and takes out a PokeBall.)
Amity: <O-oh...! Y-you are...! A-are you— o-of course I'll join!>
Ingrid: "That's wonderful~! I can't wait to have more adventures with you...!"
(She glances downward, tears starting to come to her eyes.)
Ingrid: "...I thought I wouldn't see you again."
(Amity floats up to the PokeBall and looks down at it.)
Amity: <...me either.>
(She promptly holds up a heart-string and presses the button on the PokeBall. Instantly, she is sucked inside. The ball wiggles for a bit in Ingrid's hand, before the center glows yellow, signifying capture. Ingrid smiles sadly, tears streaming down her face.)
Ingrid: (in tears) "...welcome back, Amity."
Hammerlocke Stadium
(Dalt, Joel, and Freddie glance at each other in delight as the Delta Force energy fades.)
Dalt: <Yippee~! We did it!>
Freddie: <O-oh thank goodness... I-I thought we were done for...>
Joel: <Heh. Good work, Kim.>
(Kim nods, and then returns the three mons back to their PokeBalls.)
Kim: "Thank you very much, Raihan."
(And then it hits her.)
Kim: "Wait... you didn't mention sandstorms."
Wyndon Stadium (Vs. Hoops)
Kim: "Oh? Would you mind telling me what it is?"
The Wild Area
Braker: (nods towards Kim) "Kim?"
(Kim nods.)
Kim: "Ian. I never said you were a monster. I never said you were a bad person. You're not. You are the farthest thing in the world from a bad person. You have helped me and so many other people in so many ways over the course of the past few years. I merely said that I was disappointed in you for your actions in the Final Shell. Er, your one action, but still. Hearing about that infighting that happened during the Final Shell was... disheartening for me, to say the least, and finding out that you were a part of that? I've known you for months on end, and 'infighting' and 'kicking the opponent when he's down' are the last two things I would ever associate with you. So... needless to say, it messed with my emotions a bit and caused me to... lash out, shall we say, at the meeting. I apologize for that."
(She promptly kneels down in front of Ian.)
Kim: "And while I will admit that I have lost a bit of my faith in you since then, I still highly believe that you'll do something that will allow me to gain it back. That's just the kind of person you are."
Outside of Wyndon Stadium (LEAGUE)
(The time has come. Kimberly Bond steps forward, glancing up at the entrance to the League.)
Kimberly Bond: "Well... this is it."
(Braker promptly joins her side, accompanied by Walter and Cuddles.)
Braker: "Indeed. I hope you're ready for your battles, Kim."
Kim: "I am. At least... I think I am."
Walter: <You'll be fine.>
Cuddles: <Yeah! You're going to do great~!>
Kim: "...thanks, you two."
(She looks around.)
Kim: "Now... where are Ian and Evelyn?"
Stow-on-Side
Kim: "Ian...? What— what happened there...?"
Kim's Mind
(The Shadow Balls pass through Kendall, Kamui, and 9-Volt, but hit Ian and Evelyn, causing them to eventually fade out. 3 more demons remain.)
Happy to help on that front!
(A Water Pulse shoots out from the background, hitting Jigsaw!Kamui and causing her to fade out. Only Jigsaw!Kendall and Jigsaw!9-Volt remain— and the former hits Angela with another Dark Pulse.)
Spooky House
(Jigsaw dodges all of the Obscura that Gale throws at him.)
And how does that change anything?
Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅
616 Clavis Grand Plaza at Castelia, the Geo Soc lunch room
Upton is eating a sandwich, his eighth in the past 30 minutes alone.
Upton: <sneeze rather quietly>
Phineas, via phone: Gesundheit.
Beat.
Phineas: Ever stopped to wonder what exactly happened to the rest of the staff in this universe?
Upton: Probably unemployed, in jail, or up to some supervillain fuckery somewhere.
Phineas: What are the odds that they'd pick up on the same old same old mad scientist biopunk nonsense, though?
Upton: I wouldn't put it past them.
Upton flickers a bit.
Edited by MasterJayAM on Jan 19th 2022 at 10:21:28 PM
Meet The New Boss
???
-Slowly but surely a person is made, about early 20something physically.-
-They eventually emerge from the machine, lurching, one eye glowing
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???: ...
'Victor: Yes, yessss, they're PERFECT. I'll call them... Pavo."
Maurice:...Hey, wait, perfect for what? What's their powerset? You still haven't told me how making this Templar a demigod factors into things."
Bubba Gump: <I doubt this dude is gonna flip burgers.>
Victor: "Oh! Maurice! You can help! Try to make them think about feathers!"
Maurice: "...Uh, sure?"
He starts beaming thoughts into the newborn Templar's brain, getting weird static back-
-Soon enough a purple feather materializes drifts around as if seeking something, and vanishes.-
'Victor: "Yes! It's already capable of creating the catalysts. A bit more training and we can test the catalyst out, on something with strong negative emotions."
Maurice: "Do we test it out on the kids? They're miserable all the time."
Victor: "Hmmm, no, no, we need something a bit spicier than that..."
-he grins-
"...And I think that "J-Team" can provide."
Contact Me!
Some Rando
Hamlet Council
The world slowly returned to Kamui as she shook the Spore out of her eyes. "Mmmph... teme ga..." She sneered at the botanical abomination as she picked herself up, still staggering a little as she was only awake enough to be angry. "Alright, who are you assholes?"
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Hammerlocke Stadium Pitch
-At that moment, Raihan smirks.-
Raihan: How perceptive of you...
-Raihan readies three Poké Balls.-
Raihan: The Sandstorm is a most treacherous weather phenomenon, injuring any Pokémon not attuned to the earth! This will serve as your final challenge in Galar! I hope you're ready!!
Referee: The Gym Battle between Raihan, the Gym Leader, and Challengers 556 and 912, Ian, Evelyn and Kimberly Bond will now begin! The match will be a Triple Battle and will be decided when all the Pokémon on either side is unable to battle!
Raihan: COME ON OUT! GIGALITH! FLYGON! SANDACONDA!
-Raihan throws the Poké Balls into the air and from them come Gigalith, Flygon and Sandaconda!-
Me: Come on out, Ritchie!
Evelyn: Kako, I choose you!
-Ian and Evelyn throw their Poké Balls and from them jump Ritchie and Kako.-
Wyndon Stadium, VS Hoops
-Ian closes his eyes and smiles.-
Me: -telepathically to Kim- ~Kimberly Bond, can you hear me?~
Wild Area, Lost Faith
Me: -sadly- You don't have to do this...
Stow-on-Side
Me: It was very bizarre... Out of nowhere, a Schoolkid attacked me! You saw it!
Wild Area, Game Time
-Platinum glares at Vana, as if to say "If you're cheating and I find out about it, you're in big trouble!" Radon pays Platinum and Vana no mind, waiting for the first hand to be dealt.-
Radon: So... That whole experience had me wondering... Were we the first class that The School created?
Wyndon Stadium, Waiting Room
-Ian and Evelyn keep training for their next League battles.-
[Ballarat], 230m from the local Zagan Factory
-Ian is at the location where Gale and the others are meeting, and he has brought his girlfriend, Evelyn.-
Me: I'm ready when you are. And may I assume that you've already met Evelyn?
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Priest of the Temple of Syrinx
Hammerlocke Stadium
(Kim smirks and takes out a PokeBall.)
Kim: "Well, well, well... I suppose I might as well send out a mon that can counter this Sandstorm you've put up." (She throws it.) "Red alert, Ozzy!"
(The ball opens, and Ozzy emerges from it.)
Ozzy: <Happy to be of service, Kimberly.>
Kim: "Happy to serve you. Alright, Ozzy! It's time!"
Ozzy: <Right.>
(He promptly starts scratching his talons on the ground.)
Wyndon Stadium (VS Hoops)
(Kim nods.)
Kim: "I can hear you. What is it?"
The Wild Area
Kim: "Do what? What do you mean, Ian?"
Outside of Wyndon Stadium
(Kim looks around for a few moments— and then it hits her.)
Kim: "The stadium... Of course!"
(She turns to face Braker, Walter, and Cuddles.)
Kim: "I'm pretty sure they're in there! Let's go!"
(She heads for the door. Braker, Walter, and Cuddles look at each other, then follow her inside.)
Wyndon Stadium Entrance Room
(Once they get inside, they find Ian and Evelyn there waiting for them.)
Kim: "Just as I thought. Hello there."
Stow-on-Side
Kim: "Really? It was so fast I didn't see them."
(beat, her eyes widen)
Kim: "Oh dear... don't tell me... you ran into... her?"
Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Hammerlocke Stadium, VS Raihan
Referee: BATTLE BEGIN!
-Gigalith's presence summons a mighty sandstorm that swirls around the battlefield.-
Me: Ritchie, use Whirlpool!
Evelyn: Kako, use Magical Leaf!
-Ritchie glows blue and summons a whirlpool over his head, which he throws at Gigalith. Kako summons a flurry of magical, rainbow-colored leaves that he launches at Raihan's Pokémon.-
Raihan: Gigalith, use Rock Blast! Flygon, use Crunch! Sandaconda, use Fire Fang!
-The crystals on Gigalith's body glow a bright crimson as he is surrounded by floating rocks, which he fires at Kako's Magical Leaf attack. Flygon's fangs glow bright white and he flies over at Ritchie to bite them. Sandaconda's fangs glow with crimson flames and he lunges at Ozzy to bite them.-
Wyndon Stadium, VS Hoops
Me: -telepathically to Kim and Evelyn- ~Good... Now, here's the plan.~
Evelyn: -telepathically to Ian- ~I'm all ears, Ian.~
Me: -telepathically to Evelyn and Kim- ~Evelyn, have Simon distract Rav with Hypnosis. The electrical sparks drawn from Ray's Thunder will give the glittering arc of Simon's pendulum a golden tinge. And while Rav's distracted... Geddy and Oshawittle will perform a pincer maneuver against Rav. Since Rav is a Dragon and Ground type, an Ice type move would be the best bet.~
Wild Area (Lost Faith)
Me: You don't get it, do you? You had every right to lose faith in me! I should've found a better solution and I didn't! I kicked Izaya when he was down, and it almost destroyed the Multiverse!
-Ian holds up his left arm.-
Me: HOW DO YOU THINK MY ARM GOT BURNED?!
Wyndon Stadium, Entrance Room
Evelyn: Hey, Kim!
Me: That was quite a battle, wasn't it?
Stow-on-Side
Me: What? No! It wasn't that Schoolkid! Like they said, if there's one Schoolkid, there are many more. And if it were one with mind control powers, you definitely would have noticed something off with me.
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Hammerlocke Stadium Pitch, VS Kommo-o
-Hatty then focuses the energy flowing through her into Joel's ice-covered fist. She then gestures for Freddie and Dalt to do the same.-
Wyndon Stadium, VS Hoops
Simon: <Time to ride the lightning...>
-Simon surrounds himself in psychic energy and begins to spin his pendulum around like a helicopter blade. He lets the thunderbolts graze him as the electricity is drawn to the metal in his pendulum.* When the storm dissipates, Simon is positively crackling with electrical energy. It's crackling so much that all his fur is standing up on end, making him look like a Meowth that just got dried off after a bath. The electricity is also crackling around his pendulum, giving it a golden-looking shimmer to it. Oshawittle draws forth his Razor Shell and catches one of the bolts from the storm on it head-on, transforming it into a Shocking Shell Blade. Unfortunately, the electricity from catching a thunderbolt to the face passed through Oshawittle's body and shocked him half to fainting. It is abundantly clear that Oshawittle cannot withstand much more, but he is willing himself to hang in there just to land at least one attack with his electrified Razor Shell.-
Turffield Stadium Lobby
Emilie: Good, because you don't need a sponsorship to challenge Gyms in Kalos.
Wild Area, Lost Faith
-Yuki taps the gem on her hairpin and sticks it in her hair, transforming her into her human form, a beautiful [Ainu] woman with silver-white hair and blue eyes, wearing traditional miko attire.-
Yumeko: Ian-sama! Matte! *
-Yumeko and Evelyn then run after Ian.-
Wild Area, Ian VS Radon (Aside)
-Platinum watches the battle, munching on white cheddar popcorn.-
Platinum: Nah... This is too much fun. Besides, if he knew we're here, he'd probably blast us with fire to try and keep us from interfering. For Radon, this fight is personal.
Wild Area, Ian VS Radon
Radon: Get a load of this! PK ROCKIN'!!
-Radon fires a red, pink, gold and blue blast of psychic energy at Ian, throwing the trainer backwards.-
Me: So you think you can beat me because you learned a few new magic tricks?
Radon: Far from it...
Me: I'd like to see you try and defeat me!
Radon: READY OR NOT, HERE I COME! RAVAGER, USE HEAT WAVE!!
Me: Piku-chan, use Volt Tackle!
-Ravager's wings glow crimson and he flaps them, unleashing a super-hot blast of air in Piku-chan's directions. Piku-chan surrounds himself in electricity and runs right at Ravager, riding the scorching current of air. Radon flies at Ian, poised to throw a punch. Ian runs at Radon poised to throw a punch of his own.-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...