Meet The New Boss
Macraul Safehouse
Odin: <You Empoleon are more morbid than I thought.>
Kanto Route 8
Olivia: <Good to hear! I am glad I was able to contact you via this strange device I found laying arou->
???: "HEY! THAT'S MY PHONE!"
Jublife City
Dragon Tamer: ...Horatio. Horatio Thuban. You seem ill at ease.
Garchomp: -tugs at his cape- <I SAID, it's probably nothing...>
Contact Me!
Trans Terminus Homo
Sinnoh, Jubilife City, Tech Expo Interior, Main Floor
Alessio grimaced upon seeing all his opponents in front of him and the all too apparent difference in power between them and him (between anyone and him really given who else was fighting the TV Man), though at the same time, he knew that there was no backing down against someone like this TV man. As such, the small Pokémon gathered up all his courage - which given his protective instinct was quite a lot - and charged! Though, it had to be said that, given his diminutive stature and general... lack of long legs this meant he waddled towards his opponents - menacingly (as much as was possible for a small bug to be menacing anyway). He knew he would not be able to really do much damage against his opponents, so, he instead intended to be as much of a distraction as possible. Though, before he could reach anyone, the little Sewaddle saw Chopper deal with the Magnezone - disturbingly easily at that - only for the Pokémon to manage to cling on by a hair's breath. Without hesitating, the tiny Pokémon changed his plans, stopping dead in his tracks and instead of further charging instead letting loose a barrage of razorsharp leaves in the direction of the already struggling Magnezone.
While this happened, Minerva would look at Travis as he knelt down in front of her, obviously close to tears right now from all of this but, at the same time, managing to hold them back well enough due to being comforted by both Travis and her team.
Minerva: "O-Okay, Mister"
She replied in a somewhat shaking voice , still holding his hand tightly when eh stood back up, turning around just in time to see Alssio fire his Razor Leaf, leading her to let out an instinctive cheer for her Pokémon.
Minerva: "You can do it Alessio!!!"
She screamed, joined by her Spinarak.
"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Textspace (Origami King plot)
From: Ian the Pollyanna and Pretty Witchy Evelyn-chi
Great. We'll be on our way there.
Kanto Route 8, Sky
-Zip-zooming through the Kantonian Sky is a broom with two young trainers on it: One is a boy donning a striped shirt, shorts, sneakers and a baseball cap, and the other a pink-haired young lady wearing pink, purple and blue robes, soft shoes and what appears to be a witch's hat. On the young boy's shoulder, holding on for dear life, is a Pikachu, and the thing that appears to be a witch's hat is actually a Hattrem, holding on to the young witch girl's head, also for dear life. Just so they didn't miss the rendezvous with Olivia, the young man and the witch girl are double-timing it on their flying broom, quite obviously screaming all the while.* -
Evelyn and I: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
Kantonian Route 8, Rendezvous with Olivia and Crew
-Ian and Evelyn crash the broom they were flying (quite spectacularly, I might add) into the ground behind the group already set to raid Pokémon Tower and undo the red streamer.-
Me: -dizzily- Don't worry about us, Olivia... Evelyn and I crash all the time...
Evelyn: -dizzily- Yeah... We totally meant to do that...
The Meat Palace
Joybringer: -to Rakash, almost rushing to Evelyn's defense- True, but there's also the psychological element behind it... When I and Consultant awakened our Personas, in our most hopeless moment, we ended up confronting our personal issues and overcoming them, and that was what catalyzed the awakening process. I mean, there's Awakening a Persona and then there's flat-out suicide. I can't have her buying the big one on my account. I love her too much to risk that.
-Joybringer then looks down at the ground in thought.-
Joybringer: And before you say it, yes. I am aware of the risk of bringing her here, but she knows who we are, Rakash. That sort of knowledge is dangerous in the wrong hands, and besides. It'd be irresponsible of me to let her die in some bizarre cognitive otherworld...
-Reflective Beat as Joybringer recalls what Rage-and-Love told him about Rakash's girlfriend.
-
Joybringer: ...so let me go along with her.
♪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 City Gym Battle
(Elton sheepishly laughs.)
Elton: <Sorry abou' that...> (he takes out a Rawst Berry) <Do you want one o' these?>
(As he says this, he kicks up another Pyro Ball towards Duraludon.)
Wyndon Stadium vs. Hoops
(And that Hyper Voice does it. Geddy is sent backwards and thrown against the wall.)
Kim: "Geddy!"
(The dust promptly fades, and Geddy is on the floor with swirls in his eyes.)
(Kim smiles sadly, and proceeds to return Geddy.)
Kim: "That'll do it, I'm afraid. You did great, Geddy."
(She puts his PokeBall back in her pocket, before taking out another.)
Kim: "Alright, Hoops. You've brought me down to my last Pokemon. And I've saved the best for last."
(The audience cheers, knowing exactly who is coming up, and sure enough...)
Kim: (throwing the PokeBall) "Red alert, Grohl!"
(The ball opens, and Grohl the Ampharos emerges.)
Kim: "Alright, Grohl! Hit him with a Thunder Punch!"
Grohl: <Right!>
(And he does just that.)
Turffield Stadium Stands
Ananpi: <Aaaand Levy uses Swords Dance twice to start off the match! Hopefully it won't come back to haunt her, chuu~...>
Ingrid: "Why would it?"
Ananpi: <It's a status move, chuu~!>
Circhester
(Ollie notices Platinum and turns to face her.)
Ollie: "O-oh, hello there. I'm—" (and then he notices her purple eyes) "GAAAAAH—!"
(He's now too traumatized to move. Uefo, meanwhile, goes over to her and holds his hand up, blinking the digits on it.)
Uefo: (happily) ■♦∞:♫☣√! ♀♠♫ ◙♠♀ ▼♠∞▼ ≥:☣♂♠, ☣√ Ω♠♫ ▼♠∞▼ ▓∞♣∞§☣♀≥:. Ω♠♫ ■•♦é≥:√ éé§≈∞♫☣▓≥:♫√é•√≥:▼. ♦♠ ▼♠∞▼ ■é≥:√▓∞:é♠♫ √• ♀∞:√☣◙ √♠♫! Ω♠♫ ↨☣≥:√— note
Ollie: "U-Uefo! W-what are you doing?!"
(Uefo turns to face Ollie.)
Uefo: (happily) <I am greeting her.>
Ollie: "S-she's not going to understand you! Besides, don't you know who that is?"
Uefo: <A new human friend~!>
Ollie: "U-um... no..."
Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅
like christ, but with more nails
Route 201, Ultra Past
The kids abruptly shut up and regard Gaia.
Kid 1: (eyes get real big, glinting golden in the light) Really? You'll let us?
Kid 3: (eyes just as big as Kid 1's, but shining like crystal) I've never ridden on a Pokemon before...
Kid 2: Like I'd hitch a ride with a weird stranger. I'm not that daft.
Kid 1, entranced, reaches out to carefully pat Gaia. When his hand makes contact, however, a wreath of flames engulf him out of nowhere and he freezes in place and silently turns to ash, which crumples and flies away on the wind.
Kid 3: (screams)
Kid 2: (points accusingly at Tagg with a silvery glare) What did you do?! Bastard!! Give him back!! (suddenly lunges at Tagg)
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Hammerlocke Stadium, VS Raihan
Raihan: Haxorus, stop the ball with Iron Tail! Garchomp, use Dragon Rush on Ritchie! Duraludon, use Iron Head on Kako!
Evelyn: Quick, Kako! When the ball gets sent back by Haxorus, you kick it at Duraludon!
Me: Ritchie, use Whirlpool on Garchomp!
-Kako's feet glow with psychic energy cleats as he gets himself psyched up for a powerful shot. Raihan's Garchomp surrounds himself in draconic energy and rushes headlong at Ritchie, who glows a bright blue and summons a whirlpool over his head, which he then throws at Garchomp, catching them in the mighty maelstrom. Raihan's Haxorus makes its tail glow with a metallic sheen before swinging it at the great ball of fire, sending it hurtling at Kako. Duraludon's head starts glowing with a metallic sheen and he charges headlong at Kako, knowing he'll do the most damage. However, Kako was ready for this moment. The Emotion Pokémon then jumps up into the air, doing a few pirouettes before letting loose at the ball with a killer kick, sending the ball barreling right at Duraludon's face, causing the Alloy Pokémon to get Emily'd.-
Wyndon Stadium, VS Hoops
-Raru covers his ears as the Hyper Voice hits. He desperately does not want to disappoint Ian by falling now. Just then, a strange new power awakens in Raru. He uncovers his ears and stands unflinchingly in the face of Tot's dreaded screech.-
Me: R-Raru?! What are you doing?
Raru: <This.>
-Raru's body flashes with a rainbow light for a split second as he takes a deep breath. He then starts to sing, releasing rainbow heart-shaped soundwaves at Tot.-
Raru: <♪Ame no yōna emerarudo sabaku ni fureba~♪>*
<♫Gusha nanoru yūsha miseru shinkirō~♪>*
<♪Yami no kehaiō Hamon no ibara~♫>*
Me: Th-That's Disarming Voice! Raru learned Disarming Voice!
Circhester, School Hunting Trip
Platinum: Oh, you don't have to worry about me, little one... I won't hurt you.
Platinum: -telepathically to Vana and Radon- ~I hope you're paying attention, you two...~
Turffield Stadium, Emilie VS Milo
Milo: Now, Gossifleur, use Rapid Spin!
-Milo's Gossifleur spins around and around to the point where normal Pokémon would get dizzy and beyond, and then starts spinning at Levy.-
Emilie: Now, Levy! Use Aerial Ace!
-Levy hones her blades and then performs a reverse grand jetéBallet tip into the back wall of the pitch and then launches herself off the wall like a supersonic jet at Gossifleur's face, KO'ing the Flowering Pokémon nigh-effortlessly.-
Milo's Gossifleur: <Why does this keep happening to me?>
Referee: GOSSIFLEUR IS UNABLE TO BATTLE! LEVY WINS!
-Milo calls Gossifleur back to its Poké Ball.-
Mossdeep City, Valentine's Day
-Ian looks deeply and confidently into Evelyn's eyes.-
Me: Honestly, I just thought it would be a good spot for stargazing. That's something Lovey-Dovey Couples do, right?
Evelyn: -blushing a faint pink- O-Of course...
Me: Tell me, Evelyn... Does a place called "paradise" wait beyond these azure skies... bright as day?
-Evelyn giggles.-
Me: Look into your crystal ball, read the future in the stars... does it say?
Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Feb 23rd 2022 at 10:55:25 AM
♪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, Main Floor:
While Timothy's Rollout attack might have made a direct hit against his Porygon opponent, said porygon would only take moderate damage and be left with approximately 65% of their health. In response, the TV Man would pull out a prop television remote and click several buttons that made the remote emit random colors of light while aiming it at the Porygon before somehow vocalizing, -CLICK- // “We now interrupt this program for a breaking [CONVERSION 2!] report!” \\ -CLICK- And with that said, the Porygon would use said Conversion 2 move, spitting a whole bunch of rainbow voxels that settled on turning various shades of blue before revealing itself to now be a water type. “Previous attack identified as a rock-type move, adapting accordingly!” The Porygon announced in human speech that sounded eerily similar to the generic pre-recorded, feminine voice used for 80's automated phone messages.
Meanwhile the Magnezone that Chopper almost managed to 1-punch would be knocked out of the air by Alessio's Razor Leaf attack and sent dramatically crashing into a nearby TV with a resounding glass shatter. The hole would immediately begin to emit sparks while turning the rest of the now-desynced screen into a static-filled mess with all the discoloration of LCD screen damage before the Magnezone would be returned to their pokeball, appearing to be deconstructed into a wireframe before disappearing entirely.
-CLICK- // “Doxxier has been taken off the air, and without an opportunity to premiere!”\\ -CLICK- The TV Man would appear to lament while being devoid of any genuine emotion, prompting Mark to roll his eyes and scoff, “You'll get no sympathy from me! Don't think I didn't see you cheating on your own terms trying to make us fight a 5 V 6...if anything we're even now!”
While this was all going on, the Electro Ball attack from Stipax initially intended for Webber would find itself almost immediately redirected towards Tricky due to her Lightning Rod ability, dealing absolutely zero damage and raising her special attack for her next move. <I doubt you meant to do that Spooder-Man, but thanks!> She said with a devious grin, setting her sights on the now water-typed Porygon when her next opportunity to attack would present itself.
Now that it was time for The TV Man's pokemon to fight, they would waste no time in retaliating as the TV Man demonstrated his inner Control Freak and started rapidly firing off different commands both verbally and through his TV Remote. Most of these commands would be unintelligible, static-filled gibberish mixed with rather profane Morse Code, but they would result in Webber targeting Stipax with a Fury Cutter attack, Byter casting Shadow Ball against Timothy, [DOMAIN BLOCKED] using Giga Impact against Tricky in retaliation to her last attack, rushing into Tricky head-on with enough force to knock her off her feet and onto on her side, taking away 20% of her health before she stood up again. The TV Man's Porygon 2 would use Conversion 1 to turn into a psychic type, and Haxx the Porygon-Z glitched out profusely into a mess of convulsing voxels emitting broken up, unintelligible sounds before announcing, “ERROR: 'CONVERSION 6' UNDEFINED!” and wasting their turn due to a runtime error.
-CLICK- // “Pardon our mess—-we are experiencing technical difficulties!” \\ -CLICK- The TV Man would then say, not expecting Haxx to screw up whatever they were ordered to do.
Obsidian Labs:
“Umm, this is cool and all, but like is anyone thinking about how fucking around with whatever you all decide to call these Time Bubbles could adversely affect us living in the present?” Travis pointed out before adding, “I mean I doubt time works like Back To The Future with a singular timeline and all that with the multiverse theory, but still we don't know what we're dealing with...and I'm still concerned if someone were to completely fall into one of these, they wouldn't be able to return, almost like a temporal trap.”
At this point Travis instinctively tried to reach for and grab his phone, only to realize it was inside his pants pocket that his HEV Suit completely enveloped along with the rest of his clothes. “Hey Haxx, see if this HEV Suit has Bluetooth connectivity and if it does, try to connect with my phone. Do whatever you have to do to force a connection without requiring my input.” A few moments later, Haxx would report “This unit has successfully managed to interface with Travis' [ROTOM MOBILE] device! User now has this phone's capabilities integrated with their HEV Suit functions, including phone calls (where service is available), music playing, audio recording, and even playing mobile games! Error: Unable to integrate with camera feature.”
“You've done well enough Haxx, thank you,” Travis said with genuine gratitude, noting how lucky he was to be able to fully charge his phone before starting the job while also wondering how long the battery life would actually last for.
Living The Fever Dream
The Wanderer
Route 201, Ultra Past
-As Kid #1 turns to ash-
The fuck?
-Kid #2 may find themselves getting stopped by a palm on their forehead-
Look I'm just as confused as you are here.
Jubilife, Sunday
-To Horatio-
Mt. Coronet's summit has an interesting view this time of year, but I figure you'd know that already.
Meat Palace
-Follows Flamel-
Edited by rmctagg09 on Feb 23rd 2022 at 11:30:15 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Hacks and Silas looked to each other, then to Maggie. "That's actually way better. MAT it is."
Hacks looked to Travis. ~Wow you really are new. This isn't some time travel thing, this is a window to an alternate timeline. Plus we've done dimension hopping, if this is tied into the Entralink then recovering us would be as simple as approaching the Entralink itself.~
"Speaking of new. I don't think we've properly introduced ourselves, we have some time before we reach the research base. We should probably introduce ourselves if we're going to be working together," Silas noted. "My name is Silas Grant, this is Hacks and Khan."
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Galar Championship Match, Mid-January
Daydre walks out onto the pitch, shivering slightly. Not because she's cold or nervous, she's just... vibrating. Very slightly.
Maybe part of it is the nerves.
Whatever, she thinks. Just focus on what's in front of me, like it's ever that easy.
What she's feeling in that moment stops very abruptly when she sees her opponent.
Aislinn: "... I'd say I'm surprised but as soon as I saw your name in the bracket I got the feeling we'd end up facing each other."
Daydre: "..."
"I guess it's the same for me."
Aislinn: "I'm still sorry for the other day, by the way."
She sounds genuine. People in the stands whisper, wondering what she means by that.
Aislinn: "... I hope you don't think I'm going to go easy on you, though. I was going to just drop out after all that, but I figured I'd rather go out with a bang."
Daydre: "You sound like you're planning to lose already. That's no fun."
Aislinn: "Do I? I don't intend to. I'd really like to win here."
Daydre looks skeptical, but doesn't say anything.
Aislinn: "Oh, but I'm wasting time. What did that Leon fellow say again? 'Let's have a champion time'?"
With that, she sends out her first mon.
off the shits
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Galar Championship Match
Aislinn's Shiinotic and Disco Duck take the field.
Daydre frowns.
Daydre: Shiinotic, Shiinotic... what do they do again? Hm.
"DD, keep using Steel Wing until I tell you to stop. Watch out for return fire, I'm pretty sure they're Fairies."
Aislinn: "Silo, Moonblast."
Daydre: "Ope there we go"
Spheres of pink moonlight fly towards Disco Duck as his leek turns steely. He weaves through the shots expertly, leek blunting a few blows before he sails into the air and delivers a chop to Silo's cap.
Silo reels, but isn't deterred as her trainer continues issuing commands.
Disco Duck closes in again but this time Silo's ready. Before he can land his next blow a burst of searing light forces his eyes shut. He loses momentum and falls to the ground, where Silo blankets his body in a curtain of Aura-sucking mycelium. The Farfetch'd springs up and angrily slices away the hyphae surrounding him— but not before a significant amount of his stamina is drained.
Daydre makes a downward slicing motion with her hand and Disco Duck nods. He starts sticking close to Silo, pinpointing strikes at her limbs to make aiming for him hard.
Aislinn shouts something to Silo and she freezes entirely. Disco Duck is driven by momentum at this point and his leek plunges through her stipe.
Disco Duck freezes himself.
Disco Duck: <You->
Silo: <You know I don't have a heart, right? :)>
Filaments of mycelium wrap around the leek and wrench it out of Disco Duck's wings.
Vitality drains from the leek as Disco Duck looks on in horror.
Silo, leek still in chest, disgorges another volley of Moonblasts.
Daydre: "DD! MOVE!"
Disco Duck shakes his head, a Moonblast orb grazing his side as he stumbles out of the way. He still looks out of it as Daydre nervously shouts another command.
Daydre: "Even if her biology's different she can't stay up forever! Take it back!"
He still looks shaken, but Daydre's words reach him. He refocuses and rushes at Silo, delivering a kick to the leek in her stipe.
Vaults off the foothold, turns in midair to face her as he lands.
Galarian Farfetch'd aren't as flight-capable as their Kantonian cousins, but their wings can still provide a considerable amount of thrust even on the ground.
With a beat of his wings, Disco Duck closes the gap before Silo can respond.
She fires off a Dazzling Gleam, but when the light fades, Disco Duck is the only one standing— leek in hand. Battered, but not defeated, he has a glow of his own.
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Sinnoh Route 204
I know... Took me long enough, didn't it?
-Piku-chan lands on all fours as he stares down his opponent: A wild Budew. However, this Budew was a darker shade of green than normal Budew are and wearing a violet bib. The Budew uses Growth to strengthen her attack further.-
Me: That's the ticket, Piku-chan! Use Iron Tail!
-Piku-chan's tail glows with a metallic sheen as he swings it at the wild Budew, who counterattacks by blasting Piku-chan with a beam of green light, draining the electric mouse of some of his energy.-
Evelyn: Don't give up, Ian! You can catch this one!
Me: Thanks, Evelyn! Now, Piku-chan! Use Twinsteel Tail Strike!
Piku-chan: <Gotcha! Give it the works!>
-Piku-chan, with his tail still glowing a metallic silver, stands on hind legs and begins to spin around rapidly on one foot like a ballerina, gaining speed with each rotation.-
Piku-chan: <YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...>
-When Piku-chan gains enough momentum, he lunges at the wild Budew and lets loose with two strikes from his Iron Tail.-
-The attack knocks the wild Budew to the ground, stunning it.-
Me: Now's my chance!
-Ian takes an empty Poké Ball from his bag and preps it. Turning his cap backwards, he smirks, more than ready to catch a new Pokémon.-
Me: GO, POKÉ BALL!
-Ian throws the Ball at the Budew with all his might. The Ball hits the Bud Pokémon squarely on the top of the head and opens, turning the wild Budew into a red beam of light which is drawn into the Ball before closing. The Ball then hits the ground and begins to wobble.-
Wobble...
Wobble...
Wobble...
Click!
-Ian picks up the Poké Ball containing Budew and strikes a pose, raising it over his head in one hand.-
Me: I caught a Budew! And it's mine, all mine!
Piku-chan: <PI-PIKACHU!* >
Evelyn: So, what are you going to name this Budew?
Me: Hmm... I think I'll nickname her Tsubomi.
Evelyn: That's a lovely name for a flower Pokémon.
Me: -to Tsubomi in her Poké Ball- Welcome to the team, Tsubomi.
Mossdeep City, Valentine's Day
-Ian and Evelyn sit down on a bench together and just stargaze. They're simply very happy to be in each other's company and wouldn't want anything to drive them apart.-
Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Feb 25th 2022 at 9:37:53 AM
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Meet The New Boss
Jublife City
Horatio: "Wait. You... You're the guy from the thing. Who was doing the things. At the place."
"..."
"...I can't recall the specifics for the life of me."
-His Garchomp faceclaws-
Route 8
-Olivia just kind of stares at the arrival-
-But yelps when her phone is snatched from her-
Jackie: "That's MINE you little varmin-
-blinks-
...What's up with this Togekiss?
-Looks around-
...What are YOU all doing here?
Contact Me!
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Galar Championship Match
Disco Duck glows, his silhouette growing broader and more muscular until the light relinquishes him, leaving a Sirfetch'd.
The tension in Daydre's shoulders releases for a second, only to return when Aislinn switches her mons.
Out comes a Trevenant.
Daydre: DD only has so much left in him, I should switch him out for Kazma or Bartholomew and render this field uninhabitable. Trevenant can't get the leg up if there's no plant growth be careful how I go forward...
She blinks and shakes her head.
Daydre: "Right, um..."
Aislinn: "You're not getting distracted on me, are you cousin?"
The Trevenant's branch forms into a massive mallet that comes crashing down into Disco Duck.
Daydre: "Shit, we're starting already-"
Disco Duck pumps Aura into his leek, plumping it back up to full strength. He blocks the Wood Hammer over his head, but the sheer weight of the branch causes him to sink into the ground. A duck can only take so much.
Daydre: "DD, leave them a parting shot!"
Through his straining, Disco Duck quacks affirmatively and—
— Did he vanish?
What he does next is only visible on the replay cam.
Disco Duck becomes a blur, flying into the Trevenant's face in a full-force tackle. His strike launches him into the air and he glides to the floor behind.
The Trevenant is stunned, briefly, but this moment of exertion comes at a cost. Disco Duck sinks the tip of his leek into the ground, exhausted.
Daydre returns him.
Daydre: Kazma and Bartholomew are easy choices to counter, though I have to worry about Bartholomew's types... And I wanted to save him for scorched earth stuff anyway troublesome's a thought, but I don't think he ever learned anything good for dealing with situations like these. Kazma it is.
The battle resumes. Kazma starts with a fiery charge that lightens his movements as he goes.
Aislinn: "Hm. It'd be bad to get hit here, wouldn't it? Hawthorn..."
A portal of Obscura envelops Hawthorn and he sinks into the ground. Kazma's tackle hits empty air.
Daydre forces herself not to say "two can play at that game" as she makes a pointing gesture and Kazma springs into the air.
As soon as Hawthorn reappears Kazma bears down into him. He kinda gets stuck in the ground, actually, and Daydre tells Kazma to kick the shit out of him take that opportunity to attack.
Aislinn frowns and makes some calls. Hawthorn's eyes glow and he goes limp, obscura leaching out of him to lay a Curse on Kazma.
Gaycrus takes the field.
Daydre: Types, types, what's going to be effective against-
Kazma isn't exactly slow, but in the time it takes him to adjust to the Curse Gaycrus has already crossed the field and slammed him in the chest with her two back hooves. He goes flying, and not of his own volition this time.
The edges of Daydre's vision go a little red Daydre takes a deep breath and
Kazma already started off this matchup on the wrong foot. The ensuing battle is relatively short. Kazma's speed allows him to outrun Gaycrus for a little while, but a couple High Horsepowers later his curse takes its toll and Daydre is forced to recall him.
off the shits
Maggie: "Oh, heh, glad you like..."
"But no, yeah, seems we can return fine enough."
Foudre: <I can confirm personally! Went all the way in while you weren't looking!>
Scouter: <I however, was looking to ensure safety!>
Maggie: "Eheh, thanks Scouter."
"Anyway, yeah, that is a whole debate. Admittedly with the time travel we've done I admittedly lean more towards a stable time loop type of deal where... well, time travel's definitely gone on already and things'll shake out according to that. Though, well, my boss managed to go back centuries and make it back but he's a pretty good adventurer in general"
"Oh, but, yeah, I'm Maggie. PEFE scientist, part of the field research department."
Edited by CorvusAtrox on Feb 24th 2022 at 10:45:50 AM
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
The Eccentric Electric
Obsidian Peak, Tram Ride:
Travis sighed with a sense of relief upon hearing and observing that it was in fact possible to return from a MAT to the present setting. Tricky too would cease barking and return to sitting upright in an aware, albeit less alarmed state.
"I mean I figured this whole time travel and dimensional travel shit had to be more stable than the movies let on, or the universe would have imploded from a series of time paradoxes or some shit a long time ago—I'm no theoretical physicist! Hell I'm just a Poke-Tech undergrad trying to get my Bachelor's!" Travis tried to say before derailing and giving up on his train of thought, throwing his arms up in the air for emphasis.
"I guess I'd better introduce myself too, kinda odd we didn't earlier but that's not the point. Name's Travis, friends call me Trav, strict professionals call me Mr. Renault—please don't. That was strictly my father's name, and he's a boring-ass suit who cares more about money than anything else...but he did help me get into college so I guess I can't complain..." Travis would then say before pausing, realizing he was rambling off more details than anyone asked for.
"Oh yeah, I should probably introduce Tricky: My Manectric guide dog and best walking buddy on the planet who's been part of the crew since the beginning, and you all heard me talking to my own Haxx, although I'm sure mine's spelled differently than yours. Might want to think of a fix for that,"
Living The Fever Dream
Fwomph
Hamlet, The Crimson Manor
The interior of the building is visibly aged, but must at some point have been lavishly-appointed. Rich woods and burgundy walls, hints of gold leaf still lingering on cornices and paintingframes...
You step inside, into what seems to be a fairly normal foyer... And a buzzing sound starts to grow. Do you hold any actions, and what are they held until?
Meat Palace, Team Distraction
-Rakash is silent for a few moments, staring at Joybringer through the eye-holes of his porcelain rabbit mask-
... Okay fine. Here's hoping this works...
-Rakash takes a deep breath and pushes open the front door and enters into the factory-
-The change from exterior to interior is immediate. Passing through the thin epidermis that tries to look like concrete superstructure, the trio enters into the red modeled to look like a factory lobby. A sole masked Shadow wearing a hair net and a flouro-yellow vest sits at a lump trying to be a desk, the Shadow not yet aware of the trio and instead babbling nonsense into where a phone would be-
Meat Palace, Team Infiltration
-Passage through the membranous window is likewise an easy matter of passing the epidermis and instead puts Flamel and his followers on a bone catwalk overlooking the main factory floor. Down below, organs process the flood from deeper in the factory as Shadows with mesh hair nets and flouro-yellow vests rush about doing arbitrary mockeries of work. Some kind of PA speaker in the shape of the internal structure of the ear crackles to life-
Shadow Crowley: Just another batch, just keep them fed and we'll have this sorted. Don't you dare slack off, it won't end well.
Kanto Route 8: The Red Ribbon
-Oh hey look who's here, it's Gale Knight lingering at the edge of the group and watching intently-
We're here because of, yaknow, the big sky ribbon. As far as we can figure it stretches all the way to Kalos but it's anchored here.
The Internet, January and February
-Following the events of the Meat Palace and the resolution there, Gale's cooking streams had been offline for a solid week as the ripples of the Palace heist worked themselves out. Eventually however, Gale returned to her fanbase not with a full stream but instead with a pre-recorded video. It begins in pitch black, though as she speaks clouds stylized like traditional Sinn art drift through the frame-
The shadows call, and they're bringing me to an old frontier for a new challenge.
-There's sweeping shots of Mount Coronet in the promotional video. Shots of Sinnoh's cities interspersed with archival footage and older drawings of the region-
In Sizzle It Up Sinnoh, I'm inviting you to take a journey with me exploring the culinary traditions of not just Sinnoh's past...
-Then, clips from Gale's previous professional cooking streams with a few shots of the times she had other, more professional chefs on as guests-
But also my own personal history and the cultures of my new selection of special guests. And of course, what would a new region be without a new challenge? But it isn't the League that draws me, I want to pursue something that might fit better with how I work.
-Snippets of footage from Gale's Galar League matches show, but they all focus on when moves her Pokemon used with particularly flashy or synergized with the Nightingale persona. At the end, it lingers on a shot of the Grand Festival building on the shores of Lake Valor-
I'm bringing shadows to the Contest circuit, and I hope you all enjoy watching the shadows come to life! Expect favorites like Acolyte, a few pokemon from the Galar run that didn't get the spotlight and who knows maybe some Sinnoh natives that wish to join me on stage!
-The clips fade out to Gale standing at the kitchen in the cabin, it's still pre-recorded; likely from a professional camera on a tripod-
I hope you'll join me on this journey.
-The visuals fade out to merely a few screens of credits for the stock footage used and finally the logo for Pokemon Masterfoods lingering just a little longer to make it clear just what sponsorship this new journey was being bankrolled by-
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
Hacks shrugged. ~You spell his name H A X X, Mine is spelled H A C K S. It's all fine.~
Silas blinked behind his helmet and looked to his Lucario companion, who grinned. "Well Travis, stick with us. Maggie and I are experienced, this isn't even the first time I've done dimensional shenanigans."
Hacks smiled. ~This job will be simple.~
Khan groaned. <Why did you say that?>
There was a rumble, the facility shook. Silas kept his balance and looked about. "The hell?"
A bright white light appeared at the end of the tunnel... it began to swell and grow.
Wyndon Stadium, past
Tot goes into a steep dive to avoid the Disarming Voice, pulling up just before he reaches the ground in a move that some might call unnecessary. Unfortunately, he was so concerned with making this look cool that he is immediately hit by Thunder Punch, which knocks him to the ground for a few seconds before he gets to his feet.
Hoops: You okay?
Tot: <My performer's spirit is still intact, if that's what you're asking.>
Hoops: It was not, but I'm glad to hear it. Use Feather Dance on Ampharos!
Tot spreads his feathers and does a sort of dance that is somewhere between ballet as performed by the cast of {The Muppets} and some sort of mating dance that combines into something that is frankly uncomfortable to watch. It certainly does its job of lowering attack, though, mostly due to the fact that anyone might be reluctant to go near him after that.
Hoops: ...sure
Oreburgh Hospital, present day
Xaster glares at Hoops, who is sitting in a chair next to his hospital bed.
Xaster: You abandoned me on that mountain!
Hoops: It was a training exercise, we discussed this. I didn't think you were in much danger.
Xaster: I broke my arm!
Hoops: The doctors said it wasn't a particularly bad break.
Xaster: How about I give your skull a break that's not particularly bad, and then we see what you think about it.
Hoops: Seems harsh.
Xaster: Well, I'm sorry, but because of you I broke my fucking arm!
A nurse shushes him, and he apologizes to her while glaring at Hoops.
Hoops: Look, I might be able to make it up to you. You know how you like to do that social media thing? With the posts and the rivers?
Xaster: Streams. It's streams. Arceus, how are you this old when you're younger than me.
Hoops: Regardless, Tot and Led were following you the whole time and filming you.
Xaster: Creepy.
Hoops: (hands over a camera) Anyway, they said you could post any of this stuff to your social medias if you wanted to. Hopefully people give it thumbs ups.
Xaster: That was nice of them.
Hoops: Not so sure about that. I think they just wanted to let off some theatre kid energy. They started off by putting on berets. I don't even know where those came from, but they wore them. And Tot had a fake cigar. At least I hope it was fake.
Xaster laughs, then winces as this causes pain in his arm.
Xaster: Thank you. Or them, at least. I'm still upset with you. But I think I learned something from this.
Hoops: Oh yeah?
Xaster: Oui. Next step is to work out what it is that I learned.
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Galar Championship Match
Daydre hmms. Get it over with quick. Use troublesome, he'll sustain some damage but it's fine The choice for who to send out isn't so simple this time. troublesome would have problems so long as Gaycrus has High Horsepower in her rotation.
Daydre: Guess it's time for scorched earth Flipnote. I don't think Gaycrus has strict counters for her?
Daydre turns out to be quite wrong! Flipnote is able to get one Brutal Swing out before Gaycrus Smart Strikes her into oblivion.
Flipnote: (Deadpan) <Ow.>
Daydre: "... Shit, sorry. Should've expected that..."
Red encroaches on the edge of her vision
Daydre: "This is my failure as a trainer, come on back Flip."
Flipnote: <Yup. Okay. Y'know what, it's fine. I get to chill out some more. Ow.>
Daydre: (nervous) ... Okay now it's time for the nuclear option troublesome. Right.
The giant metal elephant is sent out and
click
Gaycrus tries High Horsepower again. There's some joke about one-trick Ponytas to be made here, but Gaycrus has at least two tricks. troublesome is rocked a bit— that was a not insignificant amount of damage. Daydre pouts and makes a throat cutting gesture. troublesome seems to look at her with confusion. 'Aren't we supposed to be putting on a bit of a show here' says his ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)face. But the implication is clear. Heavy Slam until she's gone. No mercy.
Gaycrus faints, troublesome standing over her triumphantly. Pressing the full weight of his body on her was fairly effective, as it turns out.
Daydre: the red fades That was... simpler than expected. I can do this, I think... We're even now. I just need to not fuck up...
Aislinn: "Are you feeling okay? You have a strange look on your face."
Daydre: "What? I'm fine, I'm good. Let's uh, let's keep going."
Aislinn raises an eyebrow (only visible to Daydre thanks to the plethora of cameras around), but sends out Harry.
Daydre: I'm not actually sure how heavy those are... I know troublesome's probably heavier, but let's stay on the safe side.
Daydre: "troublesome, Iron Hea-"
April: "Sucker Punch."
troublesome takes the punch to the chin (though he doesn't really have one(?)). Harry looks a little hurt, because punching a charging Copperajah isn't exactly the most painless of activities, but overall fares better than troublesome.
Pressing his momentary advantage Harry steps in close and delivers another sock to troublesome's face.
troublesome goes into defense mode, skin taking on a sheen as Harry continues pummeling him. In a break between blows troublesome lashes out with his tusks and forces Harry away.
He rears back and lunges down on Harry with his full weight but Harry's expecting it and a pinpoint strike to troublesome's belly is all it takes to wipe away his last bit of stamina
That red feeling is returning, like bile rising before vomit
Despite herself, Daydre smiles.
She
sends out Bartholomew, now a Coalossal. Scorched earth? she whispers to herself. Scorched earth she whispers back. Bartholomew looks at her questioningly as she returns troublesome. "It's time to use it!" She says.
<The thing we practiced?>
"Yeah, the thing we practiced."
<Di'nt you say that was probably an ecological hazard?>
"Eh, Galar can handle a small ecological hazard."
<But wha' abou->
"I think she's been through worse, she can probably handle this."
"Alright Bartholomew, Mining Accident."
Bartholomew looks uncertain, but starts executing on the plan.
He fills his side of the field with a Smokescreen. Harry looks around, coughing through the dusty atmosphere as his blows go wide.
Hot tar covers the ground, impeding Harry's movement. For a big pile of flaming rocks, Bartholomew is actually quite hard to make out through the coal dust filling the air. ... Coal dust? Is that usually how Smokescreen goes? Eh. Harry's fist finally meets with... something. Which does, in fact, turn out to be Bartholomew. Harry keeps punching, but Bartholomew continues with what is presumably the plan.
Bartholomew shoves his limbs in the ground and great slabs of earth rise to surround him and Harry. Harry has stopped punching at this point, since Bartholomew seems... determined. And nervous.
Bartholomew: <Er, sorry about this...>
Bartholomew ignites.
Edited by Daydre on Feb 25th 2022 at 2:32:03 PM
off the shits
Maggie tries to keep erself balanced and recalls Foudre so she doesn't do anything reckless while this happens.
Scouter meanwhile stares at the bright light trying to tell what's going on though he'll likely close his eyes if it starts to hurt.
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
The Eccentric Electric
Obsidian Peak, Tram Ride:
Travis chuckles to himself a bit in response to 'dimensional shenanigans' before asking, "I'm guessing you guys are like time bandits, or multiversal janitors?" Whatever levity the young man clad in green HEV-suit would be lost the moment he saw the distant light.
"Oh shit, we're not getting nuked are we?!" He shouts before Haxx replies, "This unit detects no anomalous radiation readings above background that would prove hazardous to organic life. This observation is further confirmed with the function test of the built-in geiger counter. Actual effect is currently unknown,"
"I'm totally calling it: It's got something to do with the time bubbles we've been seeing earlier," Travis pre-emptively assumed, taking a seat to watch the impending chaos unfold.
Edited by ParadoxialStratagem on Feb 25th 2022 at 8:14:39 AM
Living The Fever Dream
Jubilife Techspo
-Hailee and Timothy watch as Byter uses Conversion 2, changing its type to Water-
Hailee: What the?! It changed type? Are you kidding me?
Banjo: Sure wish I wasn't tied up.
-Byter delivers a point-blank Shadow Ball to Timothy-
Hailee: Timothy! You alright?
Timothy: Yup! Just fine! Don't worry Banjo, we can take this on!
Banjo: Just sayin', I'm a Grass-type and that Porygon's a Water-type...
Hailee: Okay, Timothy! Time for a Tackle!
Timothy: Alright!
-Timothy strikes Byter with Tackle-
Silas brings his hand up to cover his eyes as the glow gets brighter. The white light soon envelopes everyone, all Silas can say is. "What the fu-"
The tram stopped, the doors opened and the security guard glared at the people inside. "You're late, it's 9:48. You're lucky the test hasn't started yet."
Off of the tram stepped Dr. Silas Grant, he stroked his black and white beard a bit with his prosthetic hand. "Not my fault..."
~Totally your fault,~ came the reply of his mon, Hacks. ~I tried to wake you several times!~
Dr. Grant sighed and motioned for the others to follow him. "We've got a busy day ahead."
Foudre shifts her bottom around more.
Foudre: <Ha, guess it is safe! Now watch me go all the way!>
Maggie: "Uh... please hold off on that."
-and then looks to Hacks and Silas- "Yeah, Translation is a good enough name for what's going on. I would have gone with Adaptation and changed it to some cool acronym like... Multiversal Adaptation Threshold or MAT if you gave me full control but I won't complain about Translation Zones."
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every