Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Zangoose Fair Carnival
-Aurelia and Tina walk through the fairgrounds together, enjoying their day.-
Tina: -Gasp!- Sis, look!
-Tina points at a stage.-
Aurelia: Ooooh! A stage!
Tina: You thinkin' what I'm thinkin', sis?
Aurelia: Magic show!
Tina: Let's go!
-Tina and Aurelia run towards the stage, which is empty at the time.-
Tina: Lucky us! It's not in use right now.
Aurelia: -going starry-eyed- Yaaay! Let's make some magic!
Tina: I couldn't have said it better myself.
-Tina and Aurelia hop on the stage.-
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
The Wanderer
chaos catby with a flannel shirt addiction
Carnival, bumper cars
Kal looks surprised. They speed around to aim for a back corner of Rusty's car.
I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.
Castle Circhester
A young man in a red Hulbury University hoodie enters Dr. Circhester's well-appointed and vaguely Galarian-renaissance styled gothic study. The doctor himself is browsing on an oddly steampunkish-looking laptop, a sign of his incessant dedication to the aesthetic he's chosen for himself.
Of course, the doctor didn't bother extending it to his wardrobe. He was still dressed in a faux turtleneck over a blazer, looking like your average pleasant modern intellectual. Hardly the type of person you'd think would be in the inner circle of a centuries-old eugenics cabal that callously manufactures and disposes of people.
The young man, who looked pretty much like your average intern, was holding a cold compress on his head.
Dr. Circhester: And what brings you here? I don't suppose you're here to try again and recover my lost cargo. Never send a pokémon to do a human's job. No matter how convincing they can play the part. We lost our contract with the Hunter's Guild that day.
Igor: In my defense, sir, there were several factors I didn't anticipate—
Dr. Circhester: Spit it out, Igor. I'm still dealing with these financial documents from various overseas banks. I don't know who this fraudster is, but they've struck my last nerve after their last heist. How in Distortion did they donate large sums of money to some random J-Team fund?
Igor: We discovered the location of our fraudster. They appear to be on the move—like they're using one of several VPNs—but most of their recent activity seems restricted to a server in Sinnoh, concentrated in this one town where, get this, the J-Team have congregated.
Dr. Circhester: Excellent work. This more than makes up for your failure in procuring new livestock. Do you anticipate that the lost assets are there, too?
Igor: Oh, absolutely.
Dr. Circhester: Good.
Igor: What preparations would you need me to make?
Dr. Circhester: Clearly, a pair of freshmen and a chaperone aren't cut out for this specific task. We'll be summoning templars to this event. Get a few down there. They'll eventually find the truants.
He stands up and looks out the window at his expansive estate.
Igor: Which templar do you have in mind, sir?
Dr. Circhester: Nothing too fancy. Unlike Dr. Victor, I've no use for expensive gimmicks. Anyone who can do things as well as Adelinde should be acceptable. Pity she isn't available.
Igor: Will do, sir.
Carnival, Bumper Cars
Meanwhile, Rusty continues to drive on while their swine mons continue to show moral support. After getting hit, they rev up and prepare to run through Kal again. They're very happy and very unaware of what was to happen next.
Edited by MasterJayAM on Jun 22nd 2022 at 7:27:50 PM
Priest of the Temple of Syrinx
Laurie's Bedroom
Laurie nodded, putting their phone away. "Yeah... good night, Mitchell."
And with that said, they went off to sleep.
THE NEXT MORNING...
Laurie's Bedroom
About 9 hours or so later, Laurie woke up, followed closely behind by D'Autry. They rubbed the sleep out of their eyes and turned to face Mitchell.
"Good morning, Mitchell," they said.
The Carnival
After a few more moments of dodging the lasers, Ollie eventually found himself running out of the fun house, with Mito, Teru, and Uefo following him. He glanced around for a few moments at all the carnival games and fun things around him— and then took notice of Vana. And then Aurelia and Tina, running onto a stage to do a magic show. Sure, the whole thing seemed fun, but still...
Something seemed off.
Something was going to go wrong eventually. He had a feeling.
Almost immediately, he turned to face his Pokemon.
"G-get me out of here..." he whispered. "Please—"
<Happy to do so!> said Uefo.
And in a split second, Ollie and his mons were gone.
Jubilife City
Ollie, Mito, Teru, and Uefo immediately found themselves in Jubilife, with Ollie in particular staring into space for a few moments. Mito and Teru looked on.
<Ollie?> asked Mito. <What's wrong...? Didn't you find that fun?>
Ollie just shook his head. "I... I can't stay there anymore... t-they all need to get out of there- Vana needs to get out of there—"
<What? Why?>
"T-they're coming— the Templars— if they see me or anyone else they're going to take us back..."
<Who are the Templars?> asked Uefo.
Ollie shook his head. "Y-you... you don't want to know..."
Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅
Somewhere in Sinnoh, Day of Zangoose Fair
Despite it being a nice day, the young man with purple eyes wears a thick winter coat as he walks down the street. This earns him a couple of odd looks from the people who he passes, but not that many. This is, after all, far from the strangest thing to happen in the last few days.
The man stops at a small cafe and waits patiently in line until he gets to the front of the queue. "A tea, please," he says. "As hot as you can make it."
The barista wonders why anyone dressed like that in this heat would want to be even hotter, but decides it's really not her business. And at least it's a simple order, and she didn't even get harassed. All in all, a rather positive customer experience.
The man takes his tea to a seat in the corner and takes a sip. He grimaces. The tea is ice cold, like everything else he tries to drink. "Shame," he says under his breath. "And she was so nice as well."
Before he can do anything else, a device on his wrist blinks into a life, and a short message scrolls across the face. Zangoose Fair. Locate and retrieve escaped experiments. Use any necessary force.
"Okay," he says, pushing the tea away and getting to his feet. "I suppose that's the rest of my day planned." He shivers slightly, then pushes the door of the cafe open and steps into the open. The person following him out is shocked to find that the handle of the door is frozen to the touch.
The man, named Whitt, begins to make his way to Zangoose Fair.
Person, or Idea?
Mitchell's eyelids quiver, then slowly peel open. He blinks twice, then yawns and rolls to face Laurie. Wrapped as he is inside his sleeping bag, he looks something like an oversized Kakuna.
"Morrrrnin', Lauriiiiie," Mitchell says.
Meanwhile, Gav and Chris are already awake, sharing a Poffin between them. Both of them notice Mitchell waking up.
<Oh, dear!>, Chris says. <Savior sounds strange. Is he all right?>
<Yeah,> Gav nonchalantly replies. <Boss is one of those "not a morning person" humans. You'll get used to it.> Then, noticing that Laurie and D'Autry are awake, he waves a forepaw at the two of them <Morning, folks!>, he says.
<G-good morning,> Chris stammers, not wanting to be left out of the morning greetings. <Did you sleep well?>
Edited by AnotherMan on Jul 3rd 2022 at 10:32:50 AM
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Zangoose Fair Carnival, Backstage
-Aurelia twirls around in her lovely assistant dress, admiring how sparkly it is.-
Tina: You always were a sucker for sparkly things, weren'tcha?
Aurelia: -giggles- You know me.
-Tina turns to face Aurelia, now dressed in a tuxedo and top hat.-
Tina: How do I look?
Aurelia: Uwaaaa! You look like a real magician!
Tina: Thanks! That was the look I was going for. Now... On with the show!
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
Flying Colors
Campus Palace
-Rogue stares up at the source of the spotlight
. Or at least, they seem to; their normally expressive mask is currently blank, the screen turned off.-
Rogue: (deadpan) I'm sorry, I wasn't aware there was a fire drill scheduled today.
-They reach up for their mask... before realizing it is under their helmet.-
Rogue: ...
-They hesitate for perhaps a bit too long.-
chaos catby with a flannel shirt addiction
Carnival, bumper cars
Kal likewise revs up and starts speeding towards Rusty.
I used to plug my deviantart here but turns out the link was too long.
Some Rando
Contest Combat
"Oh, I hope you're familiar with mine," Kendall smirked as Kamui's tails lit up in another Fire Spin… around herself.
Gracefully and slowly navigating the onslaught of Shadow Balls, her flames burnt the Magical Leaves to ash, the fire fueled and burning brighter with every leaf burned until Kamui felt confident that she had proven her point.
The entire time, Helmsman used Dive.
The fox’s coat brilliant in the whirling flames, navigating the Shadow Balls before her gaze turned to the combatants, batting aside one if tje Shadow Balls with her tail.
Back towards them.
With all her saved flame added to it.
And Helmsman came up to strike.
The Flame Burst detonated between them, a loud explosion as Kamui calmly continued to soak up the residual leaves into her fire.
The water-type suspended himself above the detonation, looking down into its midst before riding the water back down to the ground, Razor Shell ready to strike.
Earth Vellumetal
"… Icallnext!" Kendall basically demanded at the sight of the Origami Groudon. He held his footing as best he could as Olivia danced.
Delta Carrier
All Kamui could do at that point was nod in agreement.
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
Fwomph
Hamlet, Crimson Manor
The Countess recovers from her stunned state, though she's still mostly hunched over with her face in the fluid that floods this basement... There is a somewhat disturbing sound as the Countess' body swells and the liquid around her seems drawn to that uncanny proboscis she bears. With musculature (or perhaps more accurately, fluid sacs resembling musculature) bursting from what remains of the Kalosian noble regalia, it's obvious to see what this monster most resembles.
The Buzzwole Countess: Y̴͉̕O̴̼̊̒Ù̷̳ ̸̪̱̕T̵̙̎H̶͈̔I̵̘̎Ṅ̵͕̗̊K̷̳̦̉̈́ ̴̬̯͆Y̷̪͙̕O̸̥̒͌U̴̡̽ͅ ̸̰͊̀C̴͉̒Ḁ̴̅N̴͉͓̂̎ ̴͔̲̐C̸̳͘H̴̰̰̍A̵̤̓L̶̖̪̈L̴̝̈́Ȩ̵̺̈N̶̨̼̍G̶̳͉̓É̴̙͙̈́ ̴̛̓͜M̶̝̥͊Ȇ̷̗̕?̵͙̎͠
The monster rushes forth to the fray.
White Forest Clearing
Meloetta: Alright then, what's your first question oh seekers?
Meat Factory
-It's still as unsettlingly meaty and industrial as always in here, the organ-machines churning away at the meat product carried in from deeper in the Palace-
So, gut instincts telling me the Treasure is 'upstream' of these conveyor belts.
The Face: Well duh, that's kinda obvious.
Fox's Wedding
-Gale can't fly with those wings, or at least if she can she doesn't know how. She plummets, having barely enough time to coalesce the skull back and fling the resulting mass of obscura down ahead of her-
Smokeshade!
-The glob explodes in a small hemisphere of black smoke that Gale plunges into and... There's no crunch of harsh impact and it seems for the moment Gale is elsewhere-
Delta Carrier
Oh it's always nice to hear folks agree with me on narrative analysis. I do try and be a good role model for that skill.
-And then a jet explodes for no reason-
Oooookay, that's gotta be intentional. Someone's faking their death there but it's probably not Delta; which leaves me at a loss for who else is considered important enough to deceive us like this. Whatever, we should be able to finish a takeover of the vessel pretty easily if they're abandoning ship.
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
No voice to cry suffering
Celestescape
...Pokémon minds. Tough stuff.
-she remembers, briefly, burning -
Old Fire-type Pokémon...knows I'm here. But willing to indulge me...
Willing to play with me.
-Molly, known for being good at getting people to like her, considers the steel-
-stainless steel reinforced by molybdenum gains corrosion resistance, hardenability, and performance under high heat...-
-a marriage of two, one in vastly greater quantities than the other, both there by design-
-of course, the steel's not real, and so neither is the molybdemum-
-talking to yourself, Celeste? ;)
-she isn't-
-the part of Her mind that thinks listens to the telling:-
-it has always come back to partnership, hasn't it, Molly?-
-a triumph, until it wasn't-
-nothing but victory around this campfire-
-what bugs?-
-there's an attentive arachnid fox sitting before the Aspect(?), eight ethereal tails swaying in the hall of mirrors-
(-it perks up its ears, hearing of the Obscuric vulpine-)
"She had power? When she was needed, she was strong?>
-not the only one eager, Celeste-
-someone's here for a story, after all-
Edited by Asterisk395 on Jun 26th 2022 at 9:47:50 AM
No mind to think. No will to break.
The Wanderer
Meat Palace
-To Rakash-
Then let's see where they lead. Pink, you getting anything?
Pink: -Having Galen scan-
Solaceon, past - Some time later
Chiyo: -Stepping out of the Pokémon Center- Okay, let's start heading to Veilstone, there's this café on the way and-
-Twitches-
Wait a sec.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Jun 26th 2022 at 8:37:16 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
That's just how it is on this bitch of an earth
Celestescape
Violence warning?"Oho? Is that what you're suggesting?>
<Are you sure you want to be bound to little old me?"
"You're?>
<Sure?"
The room goes uncomfortably warm for a second.
"Well, I guess you can decide when we're done here.>
"Hm.. To be needed. Both of them needed each other, for sure.>
"Soon, the day came. War was upon them. I'll spare you most of the bloody details- they went into battle, and they fought valiantly. A war story for the ages, really. But of course they couldn't fight forever. The woman was eventually injured, injured to the point she couldn't continue to fight. The enemy soldiers were still advancing, though. What was she to do?>
"There was nothing left for her to do. But her trusty Zoroark partner did what Zoroarks do best.>
"She crafted an illusion.>
"She lead all the enemy soldiers away from her injured partner, saving the woman's life.>
"But not without consequence.>
"The soldiers caught her eventually.>
... And the room is back.
"... The woman returned to her partner, after the dust had settled. She, in a way, was 'lucky' to witness her partner's final moments and final wish.>
"She returned to her village, clutching the body of her departed partner. Her recovery was spent stewing in rage and regret. Though she didn't understand them, the intent of her partner's words were clear to her.
"And this lead her to an answer, of sorts.>
Yes This Is Daydre
"Huh? Already?"
"..."
"I say that, but it's been months hasn't it."
She sighs and gets up off the bench she was definitely sitting on before.
What a waste of time.
"Alright, uh, shall we go?"
off the shits
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Jubilife Contest Hall, Backstage
-Fae watches the battle between Evelyn and Kendall and times the battle until the 1:46 mark arrives. At that very moment, she smirks, knowing that the prediction will come to pass.-
Jubilife Contest, Evelyn VS Kendall
-Evelyn, having also timed the battle until the 1:46 mark, nods as the time comes for the move that could help her make the most of her Contest Performance.-
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Jubilife Contest
Fae/Evelyn: NOW!
Jubilife Contest, Evelyn VS Kendall
Evelyn: Simon, use Metronome! Hatty, use Brutal Swing!
-Simon brushes his left foot against the ground, and raises his arm, shifting the wrist. The shift of his wrist makes the pendulum he carries swing back and forth as if he were trying to use Hypnosis. With his other hand, he points his index into the air and wags it to the beat of his pendulum swinging as he focuses his mind on the vast list of moves that Pokémon can learn. Hatty stands on Simon's head, her braids glowing with a dark aura of violence, awaiting the move that Simon will call on with Metronome. When Simon builds up a sufficient enough rhythm...-
-A golden ring like the one on Arceus' body flashes behind Simon as his eyes glow a blank white. The sigil of the Hall of Origin covers the field, glowing in a whitish blue light.
-Simon raises his arms and surrounding him, appear eighteen colored orbs representing each of the 18 types of Pokémon.-
-Hatty then starts to twirl around on Simon's head as the elemental orbs spin around the two Psychic type Pokémon. The light from the orbs shines through the Contest Hall, projecting images resembling stained glass windows on the outer edge of the magic circle. Hatty then jumps off of Simon's head, twirling faster and faster until she's floating in midair like a helicopter. Simon then launches the elemental orbs into the air and as they pass Hatty, the rainbow light rubs off on Hatty and causes her braids to glow with rainbow light mixed with the dark aura of violence. The eighteen elemental orbs unite in the air, combining into a single rainbow orb which then explodes into thousands of rainbow orbs of light that rain down on the battlefield. Hatty follows the rainbow trails of light and rushes at Kamui and Helmsman.-
Jubilife City, Parental Peril (Lala's Perspective)
-Before Parental Peril arrived in Jubilife City, a girl with hazel-brown eyes and dirty blonde hair with a pink Thunderbolt-shaped streak down the middle, wearing a white dress with a floral pattern and sneakers, just sits vibing to the music she was listening to. If one were to read her aura, it would look as if she were projecting love bubbles that surrounded her.-
Lala: -singing quietly to herself.-
-Suddenly, Parental Peril lands in Jubilife City and attacks with his Sentimon, Daddy Dearest. Lala snaps out of her reverie and hides in an alley away from Daddy Dearest's hypnotic gaze. She then palms a Poké Ball.-
Lala: -quietly- Come on out, Little Polly Ponpon.
-She presses the button on the Poké Ball, opening it and sending out Little Polly Ponpon, a Kirlia with a camera around her neck.-
Little Polly Ponpon: <So what's going on?>
Lala: -quietly- Look...
Little Polly Ponpon: -Gasp!- <Looks like a supervillain!>
Lala: -whispering- You know what to do...
-Little Polly Ponpon nods to Lala and focuses her camera on Parental Peril and Daddy Dearest, zooming in to fit them into the frame before snapping a few shots of the supervillain and his Sentimon, hypnotizing the guy with the ice cream cone and implanting the image of a girl with hot-pink hair and deep brown eyes, wearing pink, blue and purple robes with a paint splatter pattern and a Hattrem on her head and the words "Stay away from her" in the man's mind, and then implanting the same image in the minds of the other people gathered, but with the words "Protect her!", turning the rest of the people gathered into his thralls.-
Little Polly Ponpon: <Got the pics, Lala!>
Lala: -whispering- Excellent! Now we just gotta tail this guy and snap more pics until the superheroes arrive!
Little Polly Ponpon: <Sounds like fun!>
Lala: -whispering- Yep. Lala's the name, journalism's my game. When there's a story to be found, leave it to me to dig it up. Let's go!
-Lala and Little Polly Ponpon sneak off to another vantage point to get more shots of the supervillain and Sentimon with the thought of "This is going to make for a great edition of the paper!" in her mind.-
Fox's Wedding, VS Black Sun Radon (Oh geez, why is there so much happening in Jubilife City?)
-The attacks that target Radon strike true.-
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Black Sun Radon: T̶͇̤͈̕h̴̢̯̺͕̘̜͙̓͗̿̋̈͆̚a̴̪̜̮̩̥͇͊ţ̴͓̹̙͉͈̾̈̌͐̉̎͠'̵͕͇̖̘̥̙̖̋̈́̓̈́̀͠s̵̻̖͈̭͖̦͐̿ ̶̞̩̝̬̐̽̃̊͛̊͝ò̷̤̫̏͂͆̈n̶̢̼̰̥̫̤͙̳̏̎e̷̡̲̖͝ͅ ̷͈̉͋̈́̀̈́̾͘ḍ̴͖̃̀̅̓̔̀o̵͔͙͍̝͔̝̾͂͂ͅẅ̸̟́̈̚͝n̸̛̞̯̾̈́̃̒́̓͝ͅ.̵̞͉̣̂̽̈̋̓͝͝.̴͓̞̣̋͂̂̄͐̀̽͝.̴̢̧̺̗̹̉̊́͑̈́̈́͐ ̴̞̹͔̟̈̿̃́͗͊̈͝a̶̼̗̲̤͖͆͑n̵̛͈͍͉̘̩͆̊̀̐̌d̵̛͇̭̹̭̈́ ̶̢͕̦̾̓̈́̀͠n̵̠̭̰͆̒̊͑͆̽o̶̳̿̋̌w̸̭̹̮̼͓̫͊̋̏̾͠,̸̡̢̨͙͖͙̐́̈́̐͂̋͑ ̷̧̛̲͖̜͖̺̓̊̓̂̕͝i̵̥̤̝͓͆͆̍͜t̷̢̝̣̘͚̩̙̰͋͂͛'̷͇͔̱͇̞̝́͐͘ͅs̵̢͖̞̫͒̆͐̂ ̸̡̥͒̍̒͑͜y̸̼͉̼̯̺͚͆͊̾͌̑͌̔̀ô̴͙̌̎͋̄u̸̫͇̟͙̗̫̜̇̏͑̀̋̔̚͜r̵̢̠̞̘̟͕̰̪̍̑̌̄ ̸̯̣͚̙̳̏̌̑͛̈́̚͝͠ť̸̯̼͉͖ͅǘ̷̡̪͈͉̖͖̅́͆̎̎ř̸̗̖̜̘͔̐̆̐̉̇̿̚n̵͈̩̲̗͍̒̓͘̚̕!̷̧̻̌
Me: Listen here, Radon! You think you can drown this world's light in darkness and throw Ms. Knight at the ground on our watch? Well, we won't let you! I am a pretty-suited guardian of love and justice!
-Ian stops his speech and thinks to himself for a moment... "This is it... This is the moment I've been waiting for... Three whole years since I signed that contract with Pirika... And now... I finally have my name..."
Lovely Starlight: I AM LOVELY STARLIGHT!
-Lovely Starlight smiles to himself and chuckles. "That's a brilliant name."-
Lovely Starlight: And I am not alone! You won't stop us from protecting this world that we love with all our hearts and all who live here from the likes of you! For the light that resides within each and every one of us is a light that can never be extinguished no matter HOW hard you try! This world is ours to protect, and protect it WE SHALL!!!
-Lovely Starlight takes his wand in hand and raises it to the sky-
-Lovely Starlight's wand glows a brilliant pink as he holds it to the sky-
Lovely Starlight: We are the Magical Girl Club... and for this world that we live in...
-Lovely Starlight brings his wand down and points it at Radon.-
Black Sun Radon: H̵̛͎̝̯̼̐͆̆Â̶̧̺̣̭̬̳̿́!̸̲͕͈̰̫̯̈́́̿͊̽ ̷̟͑́͌̈́̾̎̓͜ͅW̷͉̃͗̽͛̈́͒͂̒h̷̙͈̄̄̒̎̕a̸̢̱̜̬̾̏͑̽͝t̶̙̃̏̐̓ ̶̡̻̣̠̬̮͂̃́̀ͅa̷̧͖͛͒͋̽͐̕ ̶̨̡͙̜̯͙̔̏̉̍͗́̄͐f̷̠̥͐̓̓͋̈́̕͝o̶̥̔́̓̕̕͠͠o̸̧͈̲̾̂͛͒ľ̸͓̺͈̋̐̓́ ̶̧̢͎̭̣̪̍͘͜ÿ̴̟̝̩̬̫̖̳͙́̑̆͂̍̉̄̕o̴̘̤͓̭̿͛͐ȕ̶̢̗͍̝̌̇ ̶̞͎̺͊̔̈â̷͈̯̰̰̍́ŕ̴̤̯ȩ̷͓̹̝̱̞̓̇̆̉̍͜ͅ ̶̨̢̰͔̪͋̾͛̉̀͗t̴͕͖̼̞̼͋̽͜͠ǫ̵̣͙͈̭͗͗͒͜͝ ̴̬̙͍̈́́̈̅̏̓͘͠c̵̢̨̮̯̦͚̟͊̓́̄̋ḩ̵̛̛̳̩̩̘͉̾a̷̧̞͚̱̤͗̑͊̄̾͝ͅl̷̨̦͇̯̙̪͂̓͒͌͆͊͠l̵͎̦̲̈́ȩ̵̥̤̗̝̃̄͛̚n̷̩̱͋ǵ̵͔̮̩ͅȩ̴̡̖͚̓ ̷̞̲̦̱̹͈͚̍́̆͒̑̕͝m̸̨̻͌̅͛̑͘e̶̡̯̰̓̽̒͊͘̚!̸̗̞̫̼͚̼̗̓̈́̆̈́̿̊͠
-Black Sun Radon spits out a pitch-black stream of glitched fire at Lovely Starlight.-
Lovely Starlight: SOARING ESPER SUNRISE BEAM!
-Lovely Starlight draws a circle in the sky and fires a pink energy beam imbued with love at Black Sun Radon, meeting his Shadow Fire in the middle.-
-Meanwhile, Pirika writes down in her notepad the name "Lovely Starlight".-
Zangoose Fair Carnival, Magic Show
-Hundreds of kids gather at the stage, waiting for the show to begin.-
???: LADIES, GENTLEMEN, ENBIES AND POKÉMON! PREPARE TO BE AMAZED AS WE WORK OUR MAGIC!! GIVE IT UP FOOOOORRRR... THE AMAZING PLATINUM!!!
-A silvery bolt of lightning strikes center stage, kicking up a cloud of smoke and revealing Platinum donning [Zatanna]-esque clothes. The children in the audience cheer as she appears before their very eyes.-
Platinum: Hey there, kiddos! Who's ready for a show they're never gonna forget?
-The children in the audience raise their hands.-
White Forest, Melodic Meeting 3
Evelyn: Well... First, I wanna know how Ian was able to get color from a stick the last time he was here...
Me: Uh, heheheh... That aside... I wish to know... As people draw inspiration from you, where do you draw your inspiration from?
Meat Palace
Joybringer: Sounds like fun!
Witchling: That would make them treadmills, wouldn't they? Are you sure this place isn't a gymnasium?
Joybringer: Well, whatever happens, we're gonna get quite a workout!
-Witchling giggles.-
Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Jun 26th 2022 at 10:14:06 AM
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
like christ, but with more nails
Solaceon Town, past
Channah stops and looks around, already looking annoyed.
Etienne: <W-What is it, Chiyo?>
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
The Wanderer
Solaceon, past
Chiyo: -Says nothing but looks towards Solaceon's southern entrance, as the woman watching from before starts powerwalking in their direction-
Dactyl: <Wait, is that?>
???: -Immediately embracing Chiyo in a hug- Chiyo, it's been forever since we last talked.
Chiyo: ...And here I thought I'd actually have to track her down...
-To ???, smiling as she hugs them back-
Well you don't exactly make yourself easy to find, now do you?
???: -Laughs- Fair enough.
-Looking at Channah-
So who's this, your newest paramour?
Edited by rmctagg09 on Jun 26th 2022 at 11:44:13 AM
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Some Rando
Meat Palace
R n' L sighs, a hand to his forehead as he turns to look at Joybringer with his blinded eyes.
"It's not if you know what the treadmill was first for. Here's a little hind: think about what else can come before "mill"," he explained. "But, I'm getting distracted."
Hamlet, Vs. Buzzwole
"Lilac! Outrage!"
Turning to look at Katsuragi and nodding, the Dragon-type charged forward to meet his aggressor in a sticky stalemate, seeing red in that someone would attack his Trainer to kill.
Katsuragi himself remained, taking steps behind him to ensure Kamui's safe escape as Lilac continued to assault the Countess with every bit of fury the Goodra could muster.
Vs. Radon
Max simply rolled her eyes, the ribbon around her wrist beginning to billow in a nonexistent wind of Fairy-type sparkles.
"I have no name but for the sound of those before me falling," she declared simply, stepping into a shadowy portal Kendall had summoned to deliver a brutal uppercut to Radon from behind, her sparkles detonating into a heart-shaped explosion, the ribbon twirling around her to keep Radon feeling blow after blow on the way up before she gently floated to the ground.
Contast Combat
Enraptured by the display of light, Kendall, Helmsman and Kamui all barely register that it's all coming right for them, the countless beams of light assaulting the ground towards where they stood the only thing breaking their state long enough for them all to form the same thought:
"Lucky bastard," they cursed in unison, Helmsman's blade only able to block so many beams while Kamui's Extrasensory did nothing against the divine bolts of light.
Fatigue setting in against the assault, Helmsman and Kamui returned themselves, too tired and intimidated to continue going. Kendall returned the sentiment in that moment, loudly announcing to the audience.
Edited by AbsentCoder on Jun 29th 2022 at 9:01:29 AM
[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
"Just files and dedicated folders on past jobs. There's enough here to put Jack King away for a long time," Rook said. "Though there is one other appli-"
The ship shook. Fox shot a look to the monitor and right at the Pories. "The hell just happened?"
"More plastic explosives Commander, coming from a rear section. Pulling up the feed now."
The team would be treated to security footage of a burning landing pad, standing on which were an unmasked Delta and Jackal.
"Oh... seems we're at the climactic fight."
Silas stumbled a bit as the plastic explosives went off, he looked to Jack who dropped the detonator. "How many of your plans involve explosives?"
"A surprising number of them, that just cut off a little exit of ours, there's no way out of this now. I know when I'm cornered... however I'm not just gonna surrender."
Silas looked to Delta sternly. "I'm aware... this has been a long time coming. I'm ready this time."
Jack laughed and snapped his fingers, Zatara appeared with a grin and a spin of his wands. ~Abracadabra Alakazam!~ He shouted his eyes glowing.
Silas stood there, and then dusted off his shoulders. "Were you trying to hold me?"
Stepping out from behind him was Khan and Byleth, Khan's eyes glowing rather oddly. A malicious grin spread across Silas's face. "It was a bitch to get my hands on, but a Dark Type Memory is useful. I came prepared."
Jack's smile vanished, he cracked open his pokeballs. Standing by his side was Mazinger, Zatara, Rodan, Raiju, Bonnie, Thorian, Dracula and Gidorah.
Silas tossed his, and was soon surrounded by Khan, Hacks, Byleth, Blackquil, Amber, Tae, Snakeye, and Oliver.
The two teams circled the burning wreckage of the landing pad... and then rushed at each other. Silas swung heavy at Jack, who dodged out of the way. Rodan's throat lit up as he spat a flamethrower, only for Tae to intervene and spit a Hydropump right back. Rodan dropped to the floor hacking and wheezing, choking on the smoking embers and the water.
Jack pulled out a knife and swung upwards, Silas gripped onto it with his metal hand and bent the blade, Jack throwing a sudden fist right into his face. Silas stumbled. Bonnie saw a chance and tossed a vine whip, only for a flame wheel to cut through, as Amber leapt out and started scratching at the Venusaur.
Gidorah flew high and readied lightning bolt, Silas gripped onto his right arm and grunted. Hacks jumped right at Gidorah, a cocoon of energy surrounding him as he leapt out in Mega-Form. Gidorah barely had time to respond right before a very angry Lucario gripped onto his neck and started beating him savagely.
Jack drew his machette and swung, getting a few cuts in on Silas, who powered through and gripped Jack's face. Bringing his head down right onto his knee, Jack stumbled backwards. Mazinger raised a fist, only to suddenly feel a ghostly chain wrap around it. He looked to his side and saw Oliver grinning, spirit shackle in hand. <Ah-ah-ah.>
Khan leapt, and tackled Mazinger, biting right at him, Mazinger panicked and couldn't fight him off.
Jack stumbled a bit and suddenly found himself dodging out of the way as Silas quickdrew a blaster and opened fire. Jack through one of his knives and struck through the laser weapon. "Zatara! Assistance!"
Zatara was busy, currently in a hold by Blackquil. <No no, Grant-Dono does not need any interruptions,> he said, squeezing harder. Zatara was doing his best not to freak out.
Dracula leapt after Silas, only to suddenly find his fangs wrapped around the arm of a Bisharp. Byleth just stared into Dracula's eyes, before uppercutting right into Dracula's jaw. Drac stumbled a bit, feeling very very sore. Silas darted forward, his left arm pulling back as he threw another punch, Jack dodged right as the fist impacted with the hull, leaving a sizeable dent.
Oliver went after Raiju. <Kid you have no idea what you're doing, this is not your fight.>
<Oh how wrong you are,> Oliver sing sung gleefully, tossing a leaf storm right at Raiju. She dodged and charged forward, only to be suddenly faced with Oliver... striking a familiar pose.
<Ka-me... ha-me... HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!> He screamed, mimicking his trainer as a solar beam shot from his wings right at Raiju, who realized she had been maneuvered into this position.
Silas swept the legs, Jack toppled over. "You've gotten better!"
"Been preparing for this for a long time, planned to do what you did to me, systematically take you out."
Jack laughed. "Clever! Clever! Seems our team is busy, how about-" he didn't get to finish before Silas threw a quick strike right into his stomach, the body armor cracked as Jack doubled over, the air gone from his lungs.
Silas struck again while he was distracted, and again, he gripped Jack's machete and ripped it from his hands. Jack crumbled to the ground, Silas pointed the end of the blade right as his throat.
Jack regained his breath and looked about, at his team still attempting to fight, then up to Silas who stood there, face stone cold. He sighed... and then laughed, his laughter echoed and he held up his hands. "Everyone stand down!"
~But-~ Zatara started, still a little dazed from Blackquil's crushing of his ribcage.
"That's an order, we lost."
The team looked to their foes, and shrunk slightly as they surrendered. Hacks exhaled, looking to everyone else. ~That easily huh?~
"I know when I'm beat. Gotta say Jackal, I'm impressed."
"Shut up," Silas responded. "You're going to prison."
Jack just shrugged. "Woulda had to end it sooner or later, but prison? No, I won't be there long... you're gonna need me one day, and you know it. I hope on the day it happens, you make the right choice."
Silas into his bag and pulled out another mask and put it on his face. "I doubt it," Jackal responded.
Edited by EchoingSilence on Jun 27th 2022 at 1:40:04 PM
Meet The New Boss
Veilstone warehouse
Alex: It's a machine! The most magnificent marvelous machine in all the multiverse! My finest work! I've been slaving over it for the last couple years!
Veeilstone, Dave Zone
Storm: A movie poster? Seriously?
Seigbert: Just roll with it! We can get the poster sir!
Daydre Zone
Fou: <Yeah.>
<...You still got a teleporter? I am NOT walking back to Snowpoint.>
Jublife
Pavo: ~Get on the news! Go for their airship! Especially go for the three I mentioned!~
Delta Carrier
Oran Obliterator: "...Ah shit."
-Jets to the landing pad-
Meat Palace
Lead Monkey: <That... Seems reasonable yes.>
Earth Vellumental Temple
-The earth is raised back to the top of the pit-
-A bit of wall crumbles to reveal a path to the outside-
-Olivia returns to normal-
Olivia: <What came over me? It was so much fun to wield all that turtle power... I guess I can use any Magic Circle that belongs to the Earth Vellumental now.>
Jackie: "Just don't use it for evil, okay?"
Edited by Umbramatic on Jun 27th 2022 at 2:57:46 PM
Contact Me!
Empathic Kid Hero-in-training
Jubilife City, Parental Peril
Parental Peril: I understand! Let's fly, Daddy Dearest!
-Daddy Dearest nods and grabs onto Parental Peril's arm, before flying into the air. However, unbeknownst to either the supervillain or the Sentimon, from the top of the Jubilife TV building, Little Polly Ponpon snaps a few more pictures for Lala.-
Little Polly Ponpon: <Ooh, nice! I think I got a few action shots this time!>
Lala: Excellent! Now we gotta follow him.
Little Polly Ponpon: <But how? We can't fly...>
Lala: That's true... but we have other ways of getting the scoop...
Little Polly Ponpon: <You don't mean...>
Lala: It's risky... but it's our best option... If Parental Peril catches us, we'll be hypnotized as well...
Little Polly Ponpon: <Can't have that, now can we?>
Lala: Exactly! Let's go, Little Polly Ponpon...
-Lala and Little Polly Ponpon jump down from the Jubilife TV building, using their psychic powers to float gently to the ground, where they hide behind a dumpster.-
Jubilife City, Ian and Evelyn
-After Parental Peril had left Jubilife City, Ian and Evelyn arrive back in the city on their way to Eterna City.-
Me: So, how do you feel about going to Eterna City for the next Gym Battle.
Evelyn: I definitely think that would be a great idea! Maybe while we're at it, I can find some new Psychic Type Pokémon to befriend.
Me: Definitely sounds like a great idea! Let's go, Evelyn!
Man with Ice Cream Cone: AAAH!
-Ian and Evelyn stop their trek through Jubilife City as they hear the man scream. They turn and face a man with an ice cream cone, quivering in fear.-
Me: -telepathically to Evelyn- ~What do you think his problem is?~
Evelyn: -telepathically to Ian- ~I dunno... Brain freeze?~
Evelyn: -to the man with the ice cream cone- Um... excuse me, sir? Is something wrong?
-Evelyn steps toward the man with the ice cream cone, whose eyes glaze over and widen in fear upon his first glance at the witch girl. He quickly steps backwards.-
Man with Ice Cream cone: St-Stay away from me!
Evelyn: Huh? Why? I'm not gonna hurt you...
Man with Ice Cream cone: STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!
-The man with the ice cream cone runs away from Evelyn, still holding onto his ice cream.-
Evelyn: Was it something I said?
Me: That was unsettling... I mean... I don't think I've ever seen anyone run away from you before...
♪Show me the wisdom of the world... Tell me the secrets of the heart... and the sweet~ mysteries~ of love~...
No voice to cry suffering
Celestescape
Vulpix: -licking a paw- <"Why wouldn't you be sure? Are you unsure?">
-flame rages all round, and the Vulpix doesn't so much as flinch-
-any part of Celeste is accustomed to her extreme thought, surely? high heat?-
-they're familiar
...
...
...
How stupid.
-whose thought was that?-
Why does Celeste think so fondly of this memory? The soldiers catch them both in the end. It's pointless.
How old was she when she first heard this story? How did she cope, knowing the partners wouldn't reach that end together? Did she tell this to her son.
-there's no molybdenum, no crates, no room-
-no bugs, no patience, no pretense-
-absent metaphor, a flurry of thoughts emerges from the telling-
-and one of two things will happen:-
-insidious doubts wind tendrils through her mind. the rancid thoughts of a vulnerable kit take hold, and her innermost self is ripe for the taking-
-she grasps the shivering doubt and finds it not her own. the path to its source becomes clear. seeing this, the game ends...-
-or?-
Edited by Asterisk395 on Jun 27th 2022 at 5:06:46 AM
No mind to think. No will to break.
like christ, but with more nails
Solaceon, past
Channah: (immediately bristling) No. Who the fuck are you.
There is no disdain in nature, there is no humiliation.
Carnival, Bumper cars
Rusty careened toward Kal and hit their car onto the sides, Akira-slide style.
Rusty: I saw this in a movie once.
Delta's not-so-mellow submarine
Murphy: What the fuck? I would never— oh shit.
Taipan: Destroyed the ship and used a pokémon to escape. Figures. Location stats. Do you have them?
Murphy: Yeah, we didn't get coordinates. Security footage does show a dragonite riding off to the wild blue yonder.
Taipan: Good, I can probably catch them easy.
Murphy: That is a negative. The time it takes for another dragonite to catch up notwithstanding, they have no tracking devices on them and we don't have their original location anymore.
Taipan: Point to you, Delta. Anyway, we have bigger fish to fry.
Murphy: Will do a recon of every other backup plan. We'll see it through personally that this little contingency will be his last. Let's see if man wins over machine today, Delty. Rook, what else we've got?
Siegbert and Storm
Dave: Did you say the J-Team? The white wailord my boss has been after for the past 2 years now. Hold on to your socks because I just have a trump card up my sleeve. But it's gonna cost you. Dearly.
Lillifuture Jonathan: Now we're talking, eh. What do we start with?
Dave: I say the most ridiculous one on the list. An autographed poster of Simon Wincer's Free Waily. Specifically the one signed by [Keiko] herself. Fudge, what would that even look like?