J-Con

"Oh, uh..." muttered Laurie. "Well, first things first, who are you?"

~And where did you get that cosplay?~ asked Emcee.

Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅

Hearthome City - J-Con

Lux, after taking a moment to look around, decides to get some food for himself and Mike before noticing a group of people chatting with each other. Lux decides to hang around, curious as to what's happening with the Lycanroc cosplayer, much to Mike's chagrin.

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J Con 22

"Cosplay?" He asked, almost offended, before he looked down at the Sun Stone hanging off his neck before dismissing the thought.

"Okay, you caught me. I made them myself. But they're not fabric." Before Laurie could ask what he meant, he waved them away like the clouds of smoke they were, the pitch blackness fading back underneath his jacket sleeves.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

J-Con

"Oh. OK," said Laurie.

They paused and looked down.

"Anyways, while we're at it, I figure I might as well introduce you to my other Pokemon," they said. "You've met Emcee, of course, but- the Beldum is Hetfield, the Medicham is Zoltan, the Lairon is Draiman..."

Draiman was hiding away from Kendall and cuddling a stuffie, somewhat intimidated by his appearance.

"...the Houndour is Slipknot, and the Sandslash is D'Autry," they finished.

<Howdy, mister!> said D'Autry. <...what's with the Sun Stone hangin' on your—>

"Oh!" Laurie broke in. "And I also have a Dewott named Plant, but... he's not out right now. According to Emcee he's watching [Super Sentai] in his PokeBall."

They paused.

"What's your name, by the way?" they asked.

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Unfortunately for Mitchell, one of his Pokemon escapes from his Pokeball at an inopportune moment.

It happens when Mitchell is checking out on one of the booths, which happens to be selling commemorative pins and fridge magnets themed after various J-Team members, locations, and events. He considers buying a nice Jubilife magnet for his family back home, but as he approaches the booth-

"Oof!"

He gets unexpectedly squashed in the crowd, winding him. "Sorry, sorry, sorry!", he says as he scrambles out of the crowd, navigating to a nearby column and leaning against it. He sighs, then pats down his body to make sure nothing was missing.

To his relief, none of his Pokeballs have come loose. His relief is short lived, however, when he discovers one of the balls is empty. Having memorized which Pokemon was in which ball earlier that morning, he realizes immediately who escaped his ball.

"Oh shoot, oh shoot!", Mitchell mumbles in a panic. "Gus, where are you?"

<Down here, Milord.>, a distinctly plant-like voice says from on top of Mitchell's shoes.

Mitchell's head snaps downwards. There, hugging his legs for dear life, was Auguste the Roselia.

"Oh, thank goodness," Mitchell says, as he carefully squats and gently hugs Gus. "I thought I lost you."

<That makes two of us,> Gus replies. <And do be careful about where you hug, will you?>

"Sorry, what was that?", Mitchell asks.

In answer to that question, Chris emerges from her Pokeball, floating just above Mitchell in all her Chimecho glory.

~He says "Hug me carefully"~, Chris thinks to Mitchell.

Mitchell's head snaps upwards, letting him see Chris. "Whoa!" he says. "Er, I mean, thanks." He then adjusts his grip on Gus, who shivers appreciatively. "I have to say," he adds, "you're getting a lot better at this telepathy thing."

~Thank you, Savior.~, Chris thinks in reply.

Mitchell barks a short laugh. "Please, call me Mitchell," he says, "or even just Mitch."

Gus climbs onto Mitchell's shoulder and taps the side of his head twice. Taking that as his cue, Mitchell stands up.

"I think we'll need an aerial view," Mitchell says to Chris. "Would you float up a bit and see if there's anything of note?"

<Like plant food, perhaps?>, Gus adds.

<Of course, Mitch, Auguste,>, Chris nods in response, before floating ever higher in the sky.

As she looks left and right, she sees several distinctive individuals among the crowds.

One person is wearing a sandwich board and keeping their head down. There is writing on the board, but Chris is unable to read it.

Another person, a boy, is loitering with a Mudkip on his shoulder. Both the boy and the Mudkip are dressed as characters Chris might have recognized, if she had been exposed to certain human works of fiction. Alas, she has not.

Near the boy, Chris spots two humans in conversation. One of them is sitting, dressed like a Pokemon that is foreign to Chris's eyes. The other, flanked by several Pokemon, is only visible from the back, but their clothing style is unmistakable to Chris's eyes.

<No way!>, Chris says to herself. <Is that Laurie?>

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"Kendall," he offered, nodding with a couple of fingers raised to his temple in a half-hearted salute.

The same fingers joined in with a few others to wave off the Sandslash's question, as though he refused to acknowledge any questions regarding his little charm.

Meat Palace

"Nutritionless. Flavorless. Sludge," R n' L observed with a sigh. "How repugnant."

Edited by AbsentCoder on Jul 18th 2022 at 3:00:15 AM

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

J-Con

"Ah. Hello, Kendall," they said.

Then, after a bit:

"I'd assume you're a Trainer, too? What mons do you ha—"

And then they heard a familiar voice from near them. They promptly turned around and saw Mitchell standing there in front of them, along with an unfamiliar Roselia— and Chris, who evidently had evolved since the last time they'd seen her. Emcee's face lit up with delight, and Laurie waved to Mitchell.

"Hey! Mitchell!" they cried. "How've you been?!"

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"Oh, uh, hello, Laurie," Mitchell stammers, clearly not expecting them to be here. "We're doing well, mostly!" He then hustles over to the space near them, away from the bustle of the crowds.

Chris descends near the group, then pointedly looks at the Magnezone near Laurie. <You've changed, Emcee,> she states.

Gus looks about at the people Mitchell brought him to, a curious expression on his face. <You know these people, Milord?>, he asks Mitchell.

~He says "Do you know them?~, Chris thinks to Mitchell.

"These folks, I do know," Mitchell replies, gesturing to Laurie and their Pokemon. "But not, er," he adds, furtively glancing to the man with ears and a tail, "that person."

J-Con

~Indeed I have!~ said Emcee. ~Laurie here gave me a Thunder Stone after two Magnemite stuck themselves to me.~

~What happened afterwards was... well, disturbing, to say the least,~ said Zoltan.

~Oh, and so have you!~ said Emcee. ~Congratulations, Christine!~

"That man says his name is Kendall," said Laurie. "No clue what mons he has or what he's like."

They turned to face Kendall. "This is Mitchell, by the way," they said. "He helped me back when... well..."

They paused and glanced down, the thought of what they had seen in Hisui still fresh in their minds. "L-let's change the subject—" they noticed Chris— "—holy crap Chris! Congratulations! W-when did this happen?!"

And then they saw Gus.

"And who's the Roselia?" they asked.

Hi, I’m oghond, and I’m a Rushaholic. Sorry if I annoy you unintentionally. 😅

J-Con

-Behind SEP Fields-

Chiyo: ...I thought you said you hated going to these things.

-Sighs-

I do, but it's unfortunately the best gauge I've got for determining J-Team public opinion.

---

Chloe: -Holding a keychain- This looks kinda cheap...

Whimsicott: <I'm sure we could re-sell it for a lot, J-Fans will shell out money for basically anything.>

Chloe: Well there is that.

Edited by rmctagg09 on Jul 21st 2022 at 3:56:42 PM

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Roxy and Harold were with some other cosplayers, posing and getting photos taken. Sure J-Con was largely about J-Merch, but really it didn't stop people from cosplaying as other franchise characters.

Roxy let out a laugh as the photographers walked away. "Think Silas is having fun?"

"Hey, what you two and Alice get up to is none of my business," Harold responded.

Roxy rolled her eyes. "Still, not a bad turnout this year. Think Brook is trying to keep her band of crazies under control?"

"When is she not?"

Roxy nodded with a sigh. "I think he may be right?"

"Who?"

"Him. The way things go, we're probably gonna have to make a deal with him. Call it a hunch."

Harold frowned, he said nothing but what Roxy had said wasn't inaccurate. Things seemed to trend upon the idea of narrative lines, he was well aware of that and often tempted fate to make situations more interesting. He just pondered what would make them take Delta's help, and how severe it would be to do so.

"Hey! What are you two looking so miserable about?" A voice rang out.

Over walked Rory, one of Silas's clients in the medium tools industry. Harold waved hello as Roxy shook Rory's hand. "Just thinking about things, trying to enjoy Cosplay."

"I can get that, a lot of people think I'm cosplaying Nero from Devil May Cry."

Harold blinked. "You're not?"

J-Con

Hoops and Xaster look at various photos of the cast for the J-Team show. Hoops in particular looks at the woman who plays them.

"I mean... she got your expression down," Xaster says, trying to be supportive as he points at the look of tired resignation that the actress holds.

Hoops gives him a look that is certainly not tired resignation. "Do you want to keep talking, or keep your mouth shut?"

Xaster holds up his hands in defeat. "Okay, okay. Let's see what else is here."

J-Con, Room Behind the Scenes

Kec sits on a small cushion, drinking a glass of Oran Berry juice that a member of staff gave him. It's rather hot back here, but he decides not to complain.

The door opens and Zack Nolan enters. He sees Kec and immediately goes over to say hello.

"Well, hello there," he says.

<Hi> Kec answers. Zack Nolan only hears pokéspeak, which he doesn't know how to translate.

"I've been reading your blog," he continues. "I can't say I necessarily agree with your criticisms of my movies, but let's have a good panel okay?"

Kec nods. Zack Nolan extends his hand and shakes his poor. "Oh, and don't worry," he adds. "I've sorted out my own translator for you. He should be here by the time we go up on stage."

<Great> Kec says. As soon as Zack Nolan is gone, he leans downwards and speaks into a shadow. <Keep and eye> he whispers.

<Noted, my celebrity friend> Cof whispers back.

J-Con, Hall B

"J-Con attendees!" the moderator says. The microphone has not been set up properly, so there is a few seconds of feedback which causes most of the crowd to cover their eyes. "I'm glad to be moderating this panel today: Kecleonman - Good or Terrible. Our first guest is the director of the 2019 and upcoming 2022 Kecleonman movies. He also directed the fan-favourite episodes of the still ongoing J-Team series, 'Warning! Flanger on the Boardwalk' and 'A Winter's Pokéball', as well as the less popular episodes 'Once You Go J, You Won't Go Away', and 'Mummy's A Lie'."

A fan in the audience whispers to his friend. "I always thought 'A Winter's Pokéball' was kind of an overrated episode."

"It's Zack Nolan!" The crowd gives a semi-enthusiastic cheer when he steps out onto the stage. As noted by the moderator, the J-Team fandom doesn't necessarily see him in the highest esteem.

"And our second guest is a member of the J-Team, as well as the author of the increasingly popular blog, 'A Kecleon's Measured Musings', Kec!"

Kec gets the same level of applause, though in this case it's about half of the audience clapping with more enthusiasm than they did for Zack Nolan. He walks to the stage, where there are two chairs that are clearly meant for humans. Fortunately he has been through hundreds of battles, so climbing onto a chair is no problem for him.

"Here's the translator I promised," Zack Nolan says, gesturing to a young woman in a suit. "She's learnt monese as part of my initiative to get pokémon voices involved in the entertainment industry."

"Wonderful," the moderator says. "Now then, the way this will work is we'll let you two have a sort of freeform discussion for a bit, which I'll try and keep on track if it goes off. Then we'll have a Q&A section at the end. So, Mr Nolan, would you like to begin?"

"Actually, I think it will work better if Kec has a chance to air his grievances first," Zack Nolan says. He gestures to Kec. "After you."

Watching from the shadows at the back of the stage, Cof frowns. "This is bad."

<Thank you> Kec says. <Well, I want to start by saying that I don't have any problems with you, Mr Nolan, only with your creative decisions. Simply put, you took a character who was never meant to be brooding and serious, and you changed him into something unrecognisable. You didn't make a Kecleonman movie, you made a generic superhero movie and slapped the name Kecleonman on it.>

He nods to the translator to indicate that he is done. She nods back and begins to speak. "Thank you," she says. "Well, I want to start by admitting something. I do not dislike the Kecleonman movies that Mr Zack Nolan has created. To be honest, I suppose you could consider me a troll. I wrote negative things about the movies because I knew that I couldn't ever create something as good artistically, and I felt I had to lash out at him. I have come here today because I realise that was wrong."

<Fuck> Cof mutters.

J-Con, Hall B

Eric: <...oh no.>

Zippy: <Well, that's fucked.>

Edited by Asterisk395 on Jul 19th 2022 at 12:22:48 PM

No mind to think. No will to break.

Bishop sat down and stared at the "translation".

"Well, that's just rude... wonder what Kec will do," He muttered to himself, before zipping back into the systems to keep an eye out for other instigators.

Chris bows respectfully to Emcee and Laurie. <Thank you,> she says. <I gained this new form some time ago, battling Veilstone's Gym Leader with Sav- er, Mitchell.>

"This is Auguste," Mitchell says to Laurie, gesturing to the Roselia on his shoulder. "He's a nice fellow, but be careful touching him. You know the old saying, right?"

<Hello, there!>, Gus says, waving one of his rosebud hands.

Then, Mitchell turns to the man Laurie called Kendall, and he extends his hand. "Hello, sir," he says. "As Laurie just said, my name's Mitchell. It's nice to meet you."

Somewhere in Sinnoh's Mountains

Muddy: -Sends a certain seven mons flying back with a single swing of his Liquidation kanabo- <Come on, you haven't even gotten me to stumble yet.>

Cam: -Getting up- <Urgh...>

Magtail: -Irritated- <It's like trying to attack a wall.>

Muddy: <Shaka and the rest of Constantin's team will be very tough opponents, and you'll be fighting to defeat them instead of just binding and trickery like with the Galar legends. They're strong like we are.>

Yew: <We basically beat Moltres didn't we, even if Rakshasa finished them off.>

Helios: -Sipping some honey from a jar- <Yeah, but Shaka's got freaky enlightenment powers, it's a whole different stage.>

Muddy: <Helios, now!>

Helios: <Okay!>

-Glows as he sends down what appears to be a miniature sun in the Galarmons direction-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Delta Carrier

Oran Obliterator: -blinks- "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so it's like he has a perfectly useable hard drive with no data inside?"

Meat Palace

Lead Monkey: <I'm having doubts it's actually more humane.>

Contact Me!

J-Con, Hall B

At the press stands, a red-headed [Métis] man with an open PDA and a note book starts scribbling.

Jon: You transcribing what the kecleon actually said?

He turns to the Porygon2 on his PDA.

Walter, via speech device: Oh, absolutely.

The Pory switches to text.

Walter, via text: When are we gonna spring it on them?

Jon: Patience. We'll wait it out.

Walter, via text: Ah, the Hank Harvey technique. I like.

Jon: So, after this emerging shitshow is done, we'll meet up with our new hire. It's their first day. A bit of hands-on trainee work will do them some good.

J-Con, The Hallways

Once again, Beck and Stewart are roaming the halls, again on . Hemo the grumpig is not comfortable.

Stewart: So you say your boss is here, right?

Beck: Correct. Roaming incognito. Though it's not really official policy, unofficially, each time we go here we tell them nothing. I used to be part of one of the few times PEFE decided to place a booth here... I'll talk more about that later.

Beat.

Beck: Anything wrong, Hemo?

Jules, via speech device: He's not feeling alright.

Hemo: ~Someone is talking bullshit at one of the panels. I feel for the increasingly angry kecleon whose words are being mangled.~

Beck: Panels, like the one from the TV show we're supposed to sue for intellectual property infringement but for some Arceus-awful reason never could?

Stewart: Wait, that show's not licensed? What in tarnation—

Beck: Why else would it be a load a rubbish? If we had a licensed show it'd be more story-accurate. And the character that's supposed ta be me won't be some pasty Jeeves knockoff.

Stewart: Sterling the Stoic Stormchaser Servant was supposed to be you?

Beck looks at him angrily.

Beck: My first name is Sterling. And I'm in charge of the 'Chaser's security detail, thank you very much.

Stewart: I thought that name was just a coincidence.

Beat.

Stewart: Sterling, huh. Nice.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Jul 19th 2022 at 9:59:32 PM

"So what have you been up to Rory?" Roxy asked.

"Not much, just been doing my own thing in investigative work. A lot of the haunted houses turn out to be just bored Ghost Types," Rory admitted.

Roxy nodded, more often than not, things were simpler than expected. "No issues with the you know who?"

Rory grinned. "Here and there, no big names yet. Gabriel is too bent on new projects and Akira's enforced ignorance would never work on me."

Roxy blinked. "Who?"

"Oh right, an assassin of sorts. Specializes in ignorance and accidents, his power essentially deletes himself from your mind."

Roxy looked very worried.

"Enh, you get enough good obscurics and he's left fighting face to face, his team is alright but he's not exactly very strong himself."

Silas walked up. "Hey what did I miss?"

"Terrifying revelations," Roxy answered.

"...So the usual?"

"Yeah pretty much."

J-Con

Mike, bored with this, decides to redirect Lux's attention to a poster advertising a Q&A panel happening later in the day. Lux, wondering what it's about, decides to wait in line for it.

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J-Con, Hall B

Kec stands up on his chair. <That's not I'm saying!> he yells. <This translator is lying about what I'm saying?>

Unfortunately, as many tourists over the years have repeatedly failed to understand, speaking louder does not magically enable someone to understand a language that they do not speak. Therefore, the translator keeps speaking, switching to the version of the script she was given for if Kec got excited.

"I know!" she says. "It was stupid of me to keep it up for so long! But now I'm here to say that I am so hyped for Kecleonman 2!"

Sud runs onto the stage to talk to Kec. <What do we do?> she asks. <Do you want to leave?>

<Do you wants me to takes hers out?> Sno asks, also approaching.

Tot lands on top of Sud. <We could find you another translator. There are plenty of J-Teamers here who can pokéspeak.>

Kec strokes his chin. <No. No to all of those.> He looks over at Zack Nolan, who is failing to hide a smug expression. <This guy thinks that because we're pokémon we can't stand up for ourselves. I want him destroyed. Here's the plan.>

He explains the plan to the other pokémon. Zack Nolan smiles, as he has his hired translator make it seem like Kec is preaching to his friends about some of the excellent directing that he could see just from the Kecleonman 2 trailer. These are of course, he explains out loud, the parts he worked very hard on, and he is very glad that his loyal audience can see what he was going for.

It's a shame that he can't understand what's really being said, because then he'd know that he needed to be afraid.

The other pokémon run off to do the jobs Kec has given them. Kec meanwhile turns back to the conversation taking place on stage. As humiliating as it is, he is willing to let Zack Nolan think he is in control for a little bit longer. He hides a smile, and calmly answers a question, letting it be bastardised by the translator.

<Take the rope, Zack Nolan> he thinks. <Then I'll show you how to tie a noose.>

The following is Part 1 of the last thing that Ian and I were working on prior to his ban from WAAPT. Everything here was spagposted with AnimeboyIanpower and is the culmination of the League and Kim's arc in Galar. Thank you so much Ian for everything.

All of Ian and Evelyn's lines were put into prose-based format.

Wyndon Stadium, vs. Evelyn

And then he noticed Kako.

<Oh, great,> he said. <You again.>

Seconds later, he went straight under the ground.

"Kako!" exclaimed Evelyn. "Follow your heart!"

Kako nodded, closing his eyes and stomping his foot against the ground before sending a wave of psychic energy through it, allowing Kako to sense the thoughts of those around him.

<I can feel your aura~!> Sinatra thought-sang to himself.

"~I heard that...~" Kako thought back via telepathy.

And then seconds later, Sinatra popped out from under the ground, directly below Kako, who pirouettes out of the way.

<SO DID I!> Sinatra snarled. <Ohhh... ya thought you could do that, didja?>

"<It had crossed my mind,>" Kako admitted.

<Alright then,> said Sinatra, glaring at him. <Let's see what else you can do!>

And Evelyn took that opportunity.

"Kako!" she cried. "Use Psychic!"

Kako's eyes proceeded to glow a sapphire blue as he unleashed a field of psychic energy at Sinatra, lifting the Long Body Pokémon into the air before slamming him into the ground.

Kako used Psychic!

Sinatra got back up, glaring over at Kako before wordlessly sending out another Shock Wave.

"Kako!" cried Evelyn. "Use Shock Wave again!"

Kako took the full brunt of Sinatra's Shock Wave and redirected it back at him.

Kako used Shock Wave!

Sinatra was promptly hit by the shockwave and sent backwards, but refused to go down all the same.

<Alright then,> he said. <How's about ya take this?!>

And at this, he proceeded to stomp on the ground and release a massive wave of water at Kako.

Glowing with a bright blue aura, Kako drew a magic circle in front of himself. Then, with a breath, he unleashed an icy cold wind at Sinatra's wave.

Kako used Icy Wind!

The wave of water promptly froze.

<GAH!> shrieked Sinatra.

He glanced down at the wave of water- and then suddenly had an idea. Glaring down at Kako, he slammed his foot down onto the frozen wave of water, causing it to break into thousands of tiny pieces that soon shot out towards Kako.

Kako, in return, glowed with a sapphire blue aura as he pirouetted, catching the ice shards that Sinatra had created from shattering the frozen wave with his psychic power and throwing them back at Sinatra.

Who promptly dodged them.

The shards promptly hit the wall and broke into a thousand pieces, and Kim's side of the audience cheered as Sinatra smirked over at his opponent.

<Alright, then,> he said. <Here goes nothin'.>

He promptly began to glow with a yellow light, before releasing out a massive bolt of lightning out towards Kako.

Kako glowed blue with electricity as he raised one hand to catch Sinatra's Thunderbolt, smirking as if to ask "Do I LOOK like I need YOUR POWER?" before firing a Shock Wave at Sinatra with the electricity of the Long Body Pokémon's own Thunderbolt fueling it.

Kako used Shock Wave!

It, naturally, hit.

<Gah-!>

Sinatra soon found himself thrown back against the wall, but when the dust settled, he was still standing, glaring over at Kako and muttering to himself under his breath.

<Dang it, why won't you faint?!> he snapped.

Soon afterwards, his paw began to glow with a ghostly aura, and he jumped up into the air before striking Kako with it.

It's super effective!

Kako staggered backwards, but still remained standing.

<You wanna know why I won't faint?> he asked.

Sinatra smirked.

<Oh, I'd be glad to hear it,> he said.

<Do you really wanna know?> Kako asked, tauntingly.

<Sure thing,> said Sinatra, grinning smugly.

In that moment, Kako's clenched fist started to tremble violently, as if it was about to burst into flame. Sinatra looked on, with slight horror and awe starting to grow in his eyes.

<Because I have something worth fighting for!> Kako cried out.

And with that, Kako's fist then actually did burst into flame, and he rushed at Sinatra to strike him with a blazing uppercut. Kim looked on in shock.

"T-that move..." she muttered.

Kako learned Fire Punch!

"That... That was Fire Punch!" cried Evelyn. "Kako! You learned Fire Punch!"

<Ah, sweet!> said Sinatra. <Ya learned Fire Punch! Too bad it won't do a thing against me!>

<Why not?> asked Kako. <You look flammable enough.>

<Well even if ya do burn me... I got somethin' planned!> said Sinatra.

And then, as Kako's burning fist struck Sinatra, the flames jumped to him, causing the Long Body Pokémon to be lit on fire and glow with a red energy surrounding him.

Sinatra glanced down at his burning body for a few moments, then started laughing maniacally.

<CONGRATULATIONS, KID!> he said. <YA FELL INTO MY TRAP!>

And then seconds later he glowed a bright orange as the burn energy surged through him and he charged forwards.

Kako, meanwhile, just looked on and smirked.

<That wasn't the only thing I've learned!> he said.

Soon afterwards, Kako's body began to glow bright [red:w]]ith a rainbow colored light, and he fired a beam of dazzling light at Sinatra.

Kako learned Dazzling Gleam!

"And that was Dazzling Gleam!" Evelyn cried out in excitement. "YATTA, KAKO!"

And the Dazzling Gleam move, naturally, hit.

Sinatra was thrown backwards, still glowing orange with the burn, and eventually went into the wall.

By the time the dust faded, he was standing— but just barely.

He glanced up at Kako and grinned.

<Well, aight, then,> he said. <Seems ya want this battle ta end itself quickly, eh?>

He took a glance up at the sky.

<Well, the only way I can do that best is if I happen ta take ya down with me!>

And then—

He opened his mouth.

Seconds later, tons of energy beams came flying in in massive streams, and Kim looked on in shock.

"Y-you're not..." she muttered.

He nodded as the energy continued to fly into his mouth- and then it all came together in a massive burst of light.

<KAKO!> he cried. <GREAT TA HAVE BATTLED YA! NOW… TAKE THIS, WHY DONTCHA! IMMA FIRING MY LAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA–!>

And then he let it loose.

"KAKO, WATCH OUT!" Evelyn screamed.

Hearing her, Kako instantly turned around.

<HUH?!> he cried.

And then seconds later, the beam hit him, causing a massive explosion to go up.

Sinatra smirked, before falling to the floor as his energy left him and he glanced up at the explosion. When the dust settled, Kako was partly embedded in the wall of the stadium.

Sinatra began breathing heavily before staring up at Kako.

<Is he... is he down...?> he asked weakly.

Kako's hand twitched slightly.

<Oh god...> muttered Sinatra.

Slowly, but surely, Kako regained consciousness and pulled himself from the Kirlia-shaped indent in the wall, before falling to the floor of the pitch.

<Yyyyep... I think... he's down...> muttered Sinatra.

Kako, pulling together the last bits of his strength through sheer determination, pulled himself back to his feet, and slowly approached Sinatra.

<Never mind,> said Sinatra. <But... I think I got pretty close...>

Kako looked down at Sinatra, who was just as drained of strength as he was, and kicked him in the face.

Seconds later, Sinatra fell to the floor with swirls in his eyes.

<Dang it...> he muttered weakly.

Kako chuckled.

<Heh...> he said. <The way you fought, for a moment, I thought you wanted to kill me...>

Kim smirked, then glanced down at Sinatra for a few moments before pulling out his PokéBall.

"Alright, Sinatra, return," she said. "You put up a great fight."

She put his ball back before taking out another one.

"Alright, then," she said. "I think this one's got enough of his energy back to take you down! Red alert, Kaylan!"

She threw the ball, and Kaylan promptly appeared from it in a flash.

<...Oh,> he said. <You seem tired.>

He then shot out multiple green vines from the bushes on his back.

"Kako, return!" cried Evelyn, holding out his PokeBall.

Before the vines struck Kako, he found himself sucked back into his PokeBall.

"You fought long and hard, Kako," said Evelyn. "You've earned a nice, long rest."

Kim nodded, then turned to the ref. "I think he's down."

The ref nodded, and the scoreboard greyed out Kako's image.

"Alright, then," said Kim. "Who'll be next?"

In response to that, Evelyn threw a PokeBall into the air with her mind and cried out:

"Mirai, WORK YOUR MAGIC!"

Seconds later, Mirai jumped from her PokeBall and turned to face her Trainer.

<Kako fought well, didn't he?> she asked.

Evelyn nodded. "He sure did, Mirai."

<I'll see to it that his struggle wasn't in vain,> Mirai responded.

"Alright, Kaylan, you can stay out," said Kim. "Let's get this battle started! Use Heavy Slam!"

<Right!> cried Kaylan.

He got up onto his hind legs with his claws glowing a bright yellow, and eventually slammed down onto Mirai with a massive amount of force.

It's super effective!

Mirai's eyes proceeded to glow a vivid pink as she lifted Kaylan off of her— and up 20 feet into the air.

<W-whoa...!> cried Kaylan.

<If this is how you want to play it, I'll oblige you!> she cried.

She then brought her arms down and slammed Kaylan into the ground in a forced faceplant.

<Oof...> muttered Kaylan.

Eventually, however, he shook himself off and stood back up, refusing to go down easily.

<Well... lucky I have absurd defenses...> he muttered.

He promptly turned his bushes to the sky above him, and seconds later, they began to glow with greenish energy.

Mirai, in response, began to glow in a disorienting rainbow-colored light that she shot out towards Kaylan.

Mirai used Dazzling Gleam!

The move, naturally, struck Kaylan and knocked him backwards, but it didn't take long for him to stand back up.

"You alright, Kaylan?" Kim asked.

<Never felt better!> said Kaylan.

"Alright, then!" said Kim. "Here's a new move we learned in the interim! Use Energy Ball!"

Kaylan nodded, before opening his mouth and releasing a green ball of energy from it towards Mirai.

"You got this, Mirai!" cried Evelyn. "Use Magical Leaf!"

Mirai nodded as she braced herself for Kaylan's Energy Ball. She then pirouetted and summoned a flurry of rainbow-colored leaves that she threw at Kaylan.

Mirai used Magical Leaf!

They, of course, hit... for basically no damage.

"Don't give up now, Kaylan!" cried Kim. "Use Iron Tail!"

<Will do!> said Kaylan.

He promptly turned around, with his tail glowing a silvery-white, and struck Mirai.

It's super effective!

Mirai did a handspring back on her feet before summoning another Dazzling Gleam that she promptly aimed at Kaylan.

Mirai used Dazzling Gleam!

It knocked Kaylan back again, damaging him a bit more, but even so he still managed to get back up.

"Now, use Leaf Storm!" cried Kim.

Kaylan promptly obliged, sending out a massive tornado of leaves at Mirai.

"Mirai!" cried Evelyn. "Use Psychic with your pirouette to make that Leaf Storm yours!"

Mirai's eyes glowed bright pink as she twirled around on one foot. She channeled her psychic energy through her body as she spun and the Leaf Storm hit her. Suddenly, the leaves began to revolve around her and she pirouetted towards Kaylan with all the grace of a ballerina.

Only for Kaylan to bite her head (not too hard, mind) and eat all the leaves.

Mirai screamed, as suddenly having someone bite your head hurt. Having Kaylan's jaws clamped down on her head hurt so much that it forced her to exert more psychic power just to break free.

<Sorry...> Kaylan muttered, glancing down at the floor and shifting his foot.

<It's okay, Kaylan,> said Mirai, shaking off the damage a bit. <You probably don’t know your own strength.>

Kaylan giggled. <Definitely not...>

"Alright, Kaylan!" cried Kim. "Use Razor Leaf!"

Kaylan promptly shook his bushes, sending forth tons of leaves from them at Mirai.

Mirai, in response, launched a flurry of rainbow-colored magical leaves in counter to Kaylan's attack.

Mirai used Magical Leaf!

Once again, the attack did very little damage to Kaylan, who quickly shook the attack off and responded by glancing up at the sky and opening his mouth. Soon afterwards, light came pouring in.

Mirai, noticing the attack, clasped her hands together, as if in prayer, and whispered something under her breath. Evelyn looked on in shock.

"That move..." Evelyn muttered. "Could it be?"

The light eventually coalesced into a massive ball of solar energy.

"Now!" cried Kim.

And then Kaylan let it all loose.

A silver light like starlight surrounded Mirai as the Solar Beam blasts her, before throwing her into a wall. When the dust faded, she was lying on the ground with swirly eyes.

Mirai fainted!

Evelyn took out Mirai's PokeBall and called her back.

"You did very well, Mirai..." she said, looking down at it. "You have earned this rest."

Mirai's picture on the board promptly grayed out as Evelyn put Mirai's PokeBall away— and used her psychic power to levitate another one over her head.

"And now, for my next trick..."

She threw the ball into the air.

"AXON, WORK YOUR MAGIC!" she cried.

Axon promptly emerged, still in his Mega-Evolved state.

Kim smirked.

"Alright, Kaylan," she said. "He's still damaged; this should be—"

And then she recalled the Kendall battle and her eyes went wide.

"Crap did she just use Wish?!"

And sure enough, Axon promptly glowed in the same silvery light that Mirai had glowed in a few minutes prior, and his strength came back to him.

"...crap she did use Wish," Kim realized. "Look out, Kaylan!"

Kaylan nodded, bracing himself for Axon's next attack.

"Axon, use Psycho Cut!" cried Evelyn.

Axon nodded, then closed his eyes and heightened his senses. His ruby third eye glowed with a bright light, channeling his psychic energy into his five spoons. With a wave of his hand, the spoons revolved around him, unleashing a barrage of psychic energy blades at Kaylan.

And thanks to the increase of Axon's HP, they hit.

And they hit hard.

Axon used Psycho Cut!

"Kaylan!" cried Kim.

Kaylan was subsequently knocked backwards and thrown against the wall, causing a massive cloud of dust to kick up. When it faded, Kaylan was lying on his side with swirls in his eyes.

---

And so it went.

Kim's next Pokemon after Kaylan was Dio, and he actually stayed on the battlefield far longer than anyone thought he would. His first move as soon as he got onto the field was an X-Scissor that Axon eventually countered with Dynamic Punch.

Dynamic Punch did moderate damage.

Dio was promptly confused, but thanks to his Toxic Orb and Poison Heal he was able to heal himself back up. He fought through the confusion and hit Axon with another X-Scissor.

Axon doubled back before slamming Dio into the walls and floor with Psychic.

Psychic hurt Dio, but not enough to faint him.

He snapped out of his confusion due to it, in fact— and then released a Dark Pulse that Axon proceeded to Mimic. It hit Dio and knocked him back, but once again not enough to faint.

Dio immediately countered with Stone Edge, which threw Axon into the air, stunning him.

And then- Dio let loose with one more Night Slash, which threw Axon to the ground and caused him to go unconcious— and also return to his original form.

One battle cry later ^note  ><WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY—!!> , an ecstatic Dio opted to stay on the field, while Evelyn sent out her Musharna, Yumi. Dio once again let loose with a Night Slash, while Yumi went for Calm Mind.

The Calm Mind didn't faze Dio in the least, as he opted for another X-Scissor.

And then Yumi used Hypnosis.

Dio promptly fell asleep from the Hypnosis, but had other plans. He promptly retaliated with a Sleep Talk X-Scissor.

Yumi got nicked by it, before she floated toward Dio and glomped onto his head before chomping down on it to feast on his dreams.

Once again, the Poison Heal ability helped, and Dio promptly let loose with a Sleep Talk Dark Pulse.

Yumi promptly used Moonblast— and then Dio woke up and released a Dark Pulse.

The two moves promptly met in the middle, and caused a massive explosion that knocked both mons out seconds later.

Kim's thoughts, in that moment, were Well, he'll be happy he didn't lose.

And with that, it all came down to the final matchup— Paul vs. Hatty.

The respective Trainer's starters.

Evelyn, as always, began the match by Dynamaxing Hatty.

Kim, meanwhile, promptly Dynamaxed Paul, who instantly let loose with a Max Flutterby, since he couldn't use his regular strategy of sleep or paralysis.

Hatty, in return, glowed a radiant ruby red and unleashed Max Flare on Paul.

Both moves hit for massive damage.

Paul, of course, didn't even bother giving up and sent out a Max Mindstorm at Hatty.

Hatty, of course, followed up with a Max Darkness attack.

To which Paul responded with a Max Airstream.

Hatty then responded with an exceptionally potent Max Mindstorm— so potent, in fact, that it crit Paul for max damage output.

Within seconds, an explosion occurred on the battlefield, and Paul shrunk down to his regular size, defeated.

Edited by OPALGARNET16 on Jul 21st 2022 at 8:13:25 AM

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J-Con

"Howdy," Kendall acknowledged half-heartedly, reciprocating the handshake while holding onto his headphones with his other hand. "J-Teamer, Author, 4-time champion,” he summarized.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]

Roxy and Silas sat down, Silas just eating a plate of fries. Roxy relaxed a bit and groaned. "Regretting the outfit?" Silas asked.

"A little, it's goddamn hot in here."

Silas shrugged. "Sorry I couldn't get it some proper cooling."

"That's alright, I wanted to do a Bayo cosplay for awhile."

Silas nodded, he looked up to Roxy. "Something on your mind?"

"I kinda want an adventure, a big space adventure."

Silas blinked. "But we-"

Roxy held up a hand. "Babe, that was a You adventure. I'm happy to go along but honestly, I want a me adventure."

Silas blinked, he didn't know what to say. Roxy smirked a bit and let out a laugh. "Think it'll happen? An adventure where I'm the major lead facing off against evil?"

Silas leaned his head back. "Considering how we're magnets for trouble... and how Hacks likes to tempt fate."

Roxy grinned. "Oh? That should be fun."

Silas smiled a bit. "Hey, I'll be here for whatever you need for that big adventure."

Roxy raised her bottle of water. "If it happens."

J-Con

Someone is here. Someone who looks quite a lot like Daydre, but is not.

Ama: "How did I end up here. J-Con makes me break out in a rash to think about."

Handler: "Do you want me to recount the entire story or-"

Ama: "Yes. I legitimately don't know how we ended up here."

Handler: "Oh, while you were knocked out after wrestling that Beartic and I was trying to carry your unconscious body out of there I stumbled on a nest of spiteful Elgyem who teleported us here."

Ama:

Ama: "What"

Handler: "I wouldn't believe it either if you told me but I was there when it happened, so..."

Ama: (suddenly slightly distracted) "Hm. I still have my wallet."

Handler: "Oh, yes, though I think the Beartic stole some of your loose change-"

Ama walks over to a stand and purchases a small locket with a picture of Megan in it. Which is for sale. For some reason.

Handler: "..."

Ama: "The one thing this Giratina damned con is- what are you looking at."

Handler: "... Uh-"

Ama: "I'm not allowed to purchase a photo of my ex-wife in peace?"

Handler: "Legally? You are. Personally? I think that's weird."

Ama: "..."

Handler: "..."

Ama: "No one will believe you."

Handler: "I think they will-"

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