Shalour Gym
Hawlucha: <I HAVE RETUUUUUURNED!>
-Mienshao moves to punch again, but is interrupted by Korrina-
Korrina: Mienshao, hold on. Use something different now. Aerial Ace!
Mienshao: <Aw, but... fine...>
-He flips back, then rushes for Avada...-
Eskay: -smirk- Bad move.
-...who opens his now-glowing eyes. Before Mienshao can stop himself, he collides not with a mystical fox-thing... but rather with a wrestler hawk.-
Hawlucha: <WHAT JUST— GAH!>
-The incredibly-powerful Aerial Ace is powerful enough to catch the Hawlucha off guard, knocking him out near-instantly.-
Korrina: Clever. But that won't work a second time! Lucario, Retaliate!
Avada: <Hrk... much better...>
-Right as Avada collapses, Fawkes swoops by and rams into the Mienshao recklessly-
Fawkes: <Bet you forgot about me, didn't you?>
Mienshao: <Ow!>
-The collision leaves Fawkes barely standing. Flying. Whatever.-
Route 11
<Now she does, thanks to the little earpiece I gave her. Hopefully this will help better the connection between trainer and 'mon.>
Smith paws at Dragonite.
<Hi! Wanna be friends?>
Pria meanwhile lands on Haxorus's head.
<Face it. I'm adorable.>
Wesson and Colt just sort of nuzzle Val's legs.
<She's nice.>
<Y-yeah.>
GIVE ME YOUR FACEShalour City
-Herbert goes bright red again. By this point, it's pretty safe to assume that he's blushing intensely unless specified otherwise. Nevertheless, he tries to cover it up with a smile of his own, though it comes out as more shy than flirtatious.-
Herbert: Trust me, you ain't seen nothing yet.
-Meanwhile, Bishop smiles at Mort brightly.-
Bishop: <Ah, excellent! I've always held that there is no better hobby than reading. Needless to say, it is a skill best picked up at a young age.>
Shalour Gym
Eskay: ~...Holly. Can you please listen to what I tell you to do for this battle?~
Holly: <~Only if you get out of my head.~>
Eskay: -nods- All right, Holly, let's handle that Mienshao first. Psychic!
-Holly's eyes glow teal, and the Mienshao is finished off with a blast of mindpower.-
Korrina: Likewise finish the Talonflame off with an Aura Sphere!
Fawkes: <Heh... like that's enough to stop—>
-Needless to say, it's enough.-
Alli: Aww... okay, Brian!
Brian: <I see we're here again.>
Alli: Yep! But this time, we'll win!
Brian: <Excellent. Let us finish this.>
Alli: Yeah! Flamethrower!
Eskay: Holly, use Psychic!
-The combined attacks of the Amarin siblings' mons are enough to take the Lucario out.-
Korrina: -grins- See, I knew you had it in you! You've improved vastly as a team since our last battle. Both you two and your mons.
Holly: <Don't bring me into this.>
Alli: Aww, thanks!
Korrina: Here, you've definitely earned these.
-She hands the two their badges and Power-Up Punch TMs.-
Korrina: Good luck, you two!
Eskay: -nods- Thank you, Korrina.
-They leave the gym-
Shalour
-Cun Annwn, Selene, and Ajax head down onto the beach. They spot Cebu and the Not!Cebu, as well as the Noivern on the tower.-
Cun Annwn: ... <This is what I've been waiting for.>
Selene: <What?>
Ajax: <This will be interesting.>
Deziree: ... I'm afraid I must decline. Dune would get upset if I bartered with a rather important part of my ephemeral being.
Anja: <Y-you don't look so mean.>
-Anja hops forward, now standing at Ammy's side.-
Tower of Mastery.
Ulysses: <Maybe because she has a gun, people don't tend to argue with firearms o3o. Anyway, Follow meeeee!>
Uylsses zip zappy doops away towards Melody with his tail rotating at full speed.
A while later. Melody is still attacked to the top of the tower, but she's gripping to the dome for dear life. It's funny how your fears come back to you when your sober.
Melody: Ulysses! Rex! Kim! Somebody! Help meeeeee!
Ulysses: <Thar she be!>
I'm having to learn to pay the priceShalour City
-Herbert, still a shade of red not seen outside of particularly rich dyes, returns Samantha's smile, glances down at his feet, hesitates for a moment, reaches rather awkwardly for her hand, then hesitates again.-
Herbert: Uh, sorry if I'm... you don't mind, do you?
Bishop: <It becomes easier when you evolve. Marginally. Opposable thumbs would be nice, but I'm quite content with an appendage which actually allows me to grab things.>
Shalour City
-Ever notices the Noivern-
Ever: Huh. I wonder what that is.
Cuseinga: <Ooh, let's go fight it! It'll be awesome!>
Gattaca: <If you like ending up dead, certainly.>
Letter: <It does not seem like a wise confrontation.>
Ephemera: -Unown N-
Skoll: -whimpers-
Ever: Right, let's go inside then.
Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.Route 12
Flygon puzzled over the situation for a moment. She leaned forward, blinking several times as if double checking what she was seeing. <...I'm not trying to hurt anyone! That happens whenever I fly!> she explained, clearly not thrilled with disappointing her trainer.
Meanwhile, Dragonite just sort of peered down at Smith from her impressive height of twelve feet. <...Okay!> she replied cheerily, crouching down niiiice and low to scoop Smith up into her arms almost possessively. <My name is Dragonite, and this is my Mom~> she explained, gesturing with her nose to Valorie. She seemed to be very proud of this factoid.
Haxorus just sort of emitted an unenthusiastic <Yeah...>. Socializing clearly wasn't her forte, as she apparently wanted very little to do with any of this.
Feeling something rubbing up against her legs, Valorie looked around and spotted the two mons, snickering ever so briefly in amusement before crouching down to begin petting the two.
Rex, Charizard and Eelektross appeared to be watching quietly, intently. They appeared unamused, not that it was easy to read an Eelektross' face but... something in their eyes said they weren't all that playful. Mamoswine appeared to be wandering off absent-mindedly.
I dropped out of school to become a pokemon master, but then they pulled me right back in to get my doctorate!Shalour City
Herbert: Well, some people aren't overkeen on physical contact because of intimacy issues and all, and I wasn't sure if we were quite at the stage where we could...
-He trails off uncertainly, then takes Samantha's hand in his as if he was handling some kind of highly unstable explosive.-
Herbert: So, uh... wanna head back to the Center now? I'm getting kind of tired...
Bishop: <Let me think... would you happen to have heard of a book called The Hobbit, by chance?>

Shalour
-Samantha smiles flirtatiously-
Like I didn't before~
Rincewind: <Strong word, you daft Miltank.>
Samantha: OI!
-Mort nods-
<Yes! Miss Margaret's teaching me!>
Near Cebu
-a white-haired boy shows up. His Chandelure is floating by, and he is holding his Exorcism Beads nervously-
W-what's going on?