Johto Safari Zone
Chord: <Okay, that's it.>
Annoyed, Chord sprays Yin's mouth with a String Shot attack, gluing it shut for the time being.
<I'm sorry, but you really weren't helping!>
Pepper lets out a sigh, shaking her head, she gives Nevermore an apologetic look.
Pepper: <My apologies. I really didn't want this to happen...>
Unite meanwhile, glares at Chord.
Unite: <I didn't say you could do that, Even if it is an improvement, but whatever. We have more important things to deal with.>
Chord nods, then glances at the restrained Honchkrow.
Chord: <Now, while you were in the Dream World, I went and used that cyberspace hole...thing to tell your trainer just what happened here. And once all of you are awake, we're going to send you back there, then we'll have our resident Porygon-Z seal it shut for us so that you can't get back in.>
Unite: <I'd say that's fair enough, no?>
Dream World
Treeo and Guardé can't be in the Dream World because they're not asleep!
Mossdeep Pokémon Center
However, a certain Sceptile, equipped with a Bubble Shield provided by Lake, hops through the doors of the Pokémon center, looking rather shaken by the crazy weather outside.
Treeo: <PHEW! We made it!>
A familliar Dragonite, also shielded, flies in after him, carrying a certain excited looking Trapinch in his arms.
Dusty: <That was so cool! Let's do it again!>
Stratus: Sweatdrops. <Er...Maybe later...>
The three are followed by Sol, Comet, Woolly, then finally myself and Lake, the former rather on the latter's back (Who looks rather puffed out by all the HP spent on protecting the team).
"Everyone present and correct?"
Treeo: <Present.>
Woolly: <Here!>
Stratus: <Me too!>
Dusty: <Oh? Do I get a present? I love presents!>
Stratus: Sweatdrops. <Not that sort of present.>
Comet: <Here.>
Sol: <Here! :3>
Lake: Panting. <Here...But need berries...>
Johto Safari Zone
Yin: <Mmmmmmph!>
Muramasa: <Agreed.>
Yin: <Mmmph mph mmmmmmph!>
Nevermore: <Hey! Who said you could speak for me?>
Serket: <She has the right idea. They've already beaten us once, and as fun as that fight was I'd rather not have you start it again.>
Nevermore: <And when did you start siding with her?>
Serket: <When I realized it is the sensible thing to do in this situation.>
Muramasa: -nods-
Nevermore: <...Fine. We'll go back to our own box.>
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.Dream World, near Guardé's dream home
Odette: <Hmm... He does not appear to be here. Guess Tulip had a point when she brought up that they might not even be asleep at this point. Ah, well. I guess I'll have to see him later!> (flies off)
Dream World, near Treeo's dream home
Tulip: <Okay... Here goes, yes.> (steps forward, only to trip and fall on her face) <... Ow.> (looks up, only to realize Treeo isn't there) <... Guess he's not there, yes.>
Quiet spot in the Pokémon Center
- Odette and Tulip wake up -
Odette: (stretches) <Couldn't find him... How about you?>
Tulip: <The answer to that is no, yes. Treeo wasn't there either, yes.>
Odette: <Oh. Well, shall we go back to DS, then?>
Tulip: (nods) <Yeah...>
- They head back over to where I am -
Hearthome Gym
Duskull is surprised by the Astonish and fades away, only to reappear a couple of meters beyond, shaking. She starts grumbling eerily.
Fantina: "Keep calm, Duskull, you can be more annoying if you want to. In fact, give them a BEAMING smile~"
Duskull nods and charges for a (duh) Charge Beam, yelling all the while.
Goldenrod, Faith's Place
Copahue wakes up on the couch, still cuddling with Harriet and their charge. With the motions Shahinne also wakes up and after a yawn, she is quick to fly to the table.
Shahinne: <...Hello? Hello?> — looks around everywhere.
Harriet -preens her feathers: <...We fell asleep.>
Copahue: <I didn't mind...> — titlts head.
Harriet takes a look at Shahinne and then goes keep an eye on her, while Copahue hops around the house.
Fanfic Recs orwellianretcon'd: cutlocked for committee or for Google?- Notices Luke -
Oh, hi there!
- Odette and Tulip notice Luke and his Pokémon on their way back -
Tulip: <Eep! Treeo is here, yes!>
Odette: <Oh! Well, how convenient! Let's go over there!>
Tulip: (nervously) <I... I don't know, yes...>
Odette: (pushes Tulip towards us with her wings) <Let's go!>
Tulip: <I can walk, you know, yes... Even if I'm not that familiar with this body yet, yes.>
Johto Safari Zone
Unite: Smirks. <A wise choice.> To Chord. <Alright, get them down from there, but keep them tied up so that they don't try anything funny.>
Chord nods, then crawls over to the Pokémon and begins cutting them down, one by one, while making sure to keep them restrained enough so that they can't attack them easily.
Chord: <Oh, and just so you know...> Points to Yin and Cerebus. <We're not un-gagging these two. Too dangerous. Or annoying.>
Mossdeep Pokémon Center
"Oh, hello Wolf and DS." Waves. "Haven't seen you two for a while..."
Treeo, meanwhile, takes a moment to catch his breath, before noticing a certain Liligant and Swanna who looked...rather familiar actually...
Treeo: <...Eh?> Tilts his head. <Odette? Tulip? Is that you?>
Lake: Also notices. <Oh! Did you two evolve?>
Johto Safari Zone - Meadow Area
After a bit of walking, the three Pokémon have lead them back to the hole between the real world and cyberspace, where certain Porygon-Z is waiting for them.
Chord: <Have you got everything sorted out, Ad?>
Ad Min: Affirmative! Thankfully this was all caused my a minor programming oversight that was easily fixed. I still can't believe the coders accidentally commented out the anti-spacial overlap command...
As the artificial Pokémon shakes his head at such coding negligence, the other three Pokemon stare blankly, having no knowledge of coding.
Unite: <...Right, well...> Gestures Mezzo's Pokémon into the hole. <Okay, in you go.>
Chord takes a second to untie the Pokémon (But keeps Cerebus and Yin gagged, just in case), then gives them a stern look.
Chord: <And don't even think about trying anything...>
Mossdeep Pokémon Center
"Oh, not much, really. We went off with Tracer for a while to explore Sootopolis. That was fun..."
Lake: Gazes at Odette. <Well, I must say Odette, you sure do look impressive. You too, Tulip.>
Treeo: Awkwardly. <Ah-heh, Yeah. you sure do...>
Nearby, Comet watches the trio, taking note that Treeo seems rather uncomfortable all of a sudden...
Random building
Pianis: Well, I don't think things can get any worse, so...
-Pianis picks up the wrench, walks outside, and smacks the machine with it-
Johto Safari Zone
Muramasa: <Understood.> -picks up Yin and Nevermore and drags them through the portal-
Serket: <And thank you for the opportunity to battle. It was a much-needed reprieve from the boredom of the box.> -walks through the portal-
Cerberus: <Mmmmph!> -also walks through the portal-
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it."Oh, right. Sounds like you've been having a pretty hectic time of-OW!"
Johto Safari Zone
Unite: To Serket. <Er...>
Pepper: <...You're welcome.>
Unite gives Pepper a confused glance.
<I was just being polite...>
Unite: <...Alright. Ad? Shut it down!>
Ad Min: Affirmative! Terminating program...
The artificial Pokémon's eyes flash brightly, then the hole in space disappears, leaving no trace of it having ever existed. The whole ordeal over with, Chord sighs with relief.
Chord: <Thank Meloetta that's over...>
Unite: <Yeah...
...
...Wait, did anymon from here wander in there while we weren't looking?>
Pepper, Chord and Unite all give each other staltled looks a Ad Min hangs in his limbs limply as a sign of embarrassment.
Ad Min: Playing sound file "Oops.ogg."
Mezzo's Box
Wild Tauros: <Hello? Anymon here?
...
...Moo...> :(
Mossdeep Pokémon Center
I look down, finding Dusty chewing happily on my leg.
"Dusty! Off!"
The Trapinch unclamps his jaws from my leg, looking a bit disappointed.
Dusty: <Aww. It didn't taste very nice anyway...>
Treeo, meanwhile stares back at Tulip awkwardly, a dreadful feeling building up in his stomach. The way he was looking at her...he knew it all too well...
Feeling a bit uncomfortable himself, Lake decides to try and break the silence.
Lake: <So...what's being a Swanna like, Odette?>
edited 2nd Feb '12 12:57:43 PM by Luke924
Mossdeep Pokémon Center
Yeah, I guess.
- Notices Dusty -
Oh, who's this little guy? Did he hatch from the egg you received from Fool?
Tulip: (absent-mindedly fixing up her leaf "hair")
Odette: <Well, I feel a lot stronger than before. And these bigger wings allow me to more gracefully glide in the air when flying! It feels wonderful, although there are still a couple of things I'm not fully used to yet. Swallowing food and drinks feels kind of strange with this long neck, but I suppose I'm getting used to that. I also feel this beak is slightly harder to pick up berries and breadcrumbs with than my old one, but I suppose I'm starting to figure out how to do that.>
I nod.
"Yeah, he hatched a little while ago while we were in Lilycove. He's a cute little thing..."
<OUCH!!!>
I jump in shock, then turn around to see Dusty clamping down on Woolly's tail, the Ampharos looking rather uncomfortable.
Dusty: <Yum! This red thing on the end of your tail tastes nice, yellow one!>
Woolly: <...> U_U;;
"...As you can see, he has a bit of a biting habit, though."
Treeo glances of to the side, nervously, trying to avoid eye-contact with Tulip. By Celebi, why did he have to go through this? He knew full well what it was like to find out that somemon wasn't interested in you. So how could he inflict that on her? It just wouldn't be right...
Keeping an eye on his friend, Lake continues conversing with Odette.
Lake: <Well, when I evolved into a Feraligatr, it took me a while to get used to how tall I got, and how much larger I was in general. I didn't know my own strengh for a while, either, which...caused quite a few problems. We still try to avoid visiting the Cianwood Pokémon Center if possible.>
Oh, I see. Maybe it's a phase he's going through?
Tulip: (tilts her head slightly) ... Is he avoiding eye-contact with me, yes? Was it something I said, yes? (feels somewhat awkward) Should I... say something, yes?
Odette: <Ah, I see. Some Pokémon do go through some pretty big changes when they evolve, so I guess it is no surprise it takes some time for them to get used to some aspects of their new forms.>
Hearthome, a few minutes ago.
- Lina suddenly realizes what she's doing. -
Oh Muk. -the Shadow Claw dissipates, and she turns to Fantina -
I'ts not something I can get rid of...
Chrome: <Don't worry, Fantina. Me and the others will make sure Lina isn't too... distracting.>
Hearthome, now
Lina: Great. Now these guys know at least half of what's wrong with me...
Chrome: <Not to mention the high chance of him discovering the other half...>
Lina: Not helping...
Contact Me!"I sure hope so. But it's nothing I haven't handled before. Lake was quite the biter, as I'm sure you already know."
Meanwhile, the knot in Treeo's stomach was getting worse. There was no way this could end well and by Celebi she just noticed that he wasn't looking at her and now she's upset and now he was a terrible Pokémon. At that point, he could have really used some sunlight to bask in to clam down a bit, and there was no way he was going to bask while it was hailing, sandstorming and raining all at the same time.
Lake: <...Er, Treeo? are you alright?>
The Sceptile nearly jumped through the roof.
Treeo: <Yes! I'm fine! Perfectly fine! Honest!>
Lake blinks at Treeo, not expecting a calm Pokémon like him to be on edge.
Lake: <...Are you sure? You seem a bit stressed about something...>
Treeo blinks, the seeds on his back twitching slightly.
Treeo: <Um...I'm fine. It's just...this awful weather is having an effect on me, that's all...You know what us Grass types are like...>
Lake pauses for a moment, then nods thoughtfully.
Lake: <I understand...>

Random building
Icicle: <You should break the parts that make the rain and sun and sand and all that so it only makes snow! That would fix it!>
Forte: Um, I have no idea. Are you really sure we should be doing this?
Johto Safari Zone
Nevermore: <If you call this hospitality...>
Yin: <No! Don't tell them anything!>
Nevermore: <...What?>
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.