Striaton City

David: "All of them, why do you ask?"

Striaton City Pokémon Center

Me: Just wondering...

Jackal stood, Hayon at his side, Fox ready next to stranger, things were coming together.

"A balance of finesse and chaos," Was what he said to Taipan, "We work best when operating under both."

He pulled up his pDroid and clicked the hologram projector on, the site was of the ship's camera and sensors, pointed at the wall, the cargo bay doors slowly opened and the rush of air and snow became clear.

~We'll have to work quick, everyone grab some way to get in!~

Jackal tossed a ball and out appeared his Noivern, Wayne, <Ready?>

Jackal nodded in response, "Alright the missile will weaken the first layer, as soon as it fires, have your mons toss anything that could assist."

The ship fired, a cracker type missile flew straight at the concrete structure, followed by several aura spheres and a dragon pulse, and who knew what else.

The wall had never been broken in the 70 years it existed, suffice to say, that changed today.

Anton marched along, the chains heavy upon his body, dragged along by two guards and two large Machamps wearing heavy coats. He grunted, so this was his fate, it fit in a way.

If he died people asked questions, if he was let go then he could squeal, how do you remove someone, you make them disappear and forget about them. Anton had specialized in the applications of infinite energy and the various moves pokemon had, it made devising tools that made use of these principles very easy. So he had been a part of Tonio's team, she felt he knew how to get the Future Series to work the best in fields beyond their expertise.

However because of Anton's work he had developed something damning, a conscience, he had to work closely with pokemon, turns out close contact forces you to change your perspective.

Here he was, being dragged off to Solitary, to never see the light of day again. A shame really, he was looking forward to trying to make up for his si-

*KABOOM*

The wall crumbled, Anton fell to the floor, the Guards looked up and just saw what looked to be a ship in the distance, followed by Pokemon and their trainers.

Well... this was going to be interesting.

Edited by EchoingSilence on Aug 21st 2020 at 10:34:20 AM

Striaton City Pokemon Center

David: "Ah. Okay, then."

(At that moment, the Nurse Joy enters the room and looks at Kim.)

Nurse Joy: "Alright, Kim, your time is up; we're going to perform surgery on your father now. Please leave the room. We will let you know later on how it went."

(Kim nods.)

Kim: "Very well, then." (She turns to her father.) "Farewell, father. I hope everything goes well."

(David waves at her, and Kim leaves the room and heads outside to the waiting room.)

Meanwhile, at that very moment...

Route 2, Unova

(Peechee and Orwell have both left the Pokemon Center, and both of them have completely different reactions to seeing David in such a critical condition: the former is seething with rage still, and the latter is absolutely horrified. Orwell whimpers, and Peechee turns towards him.)

Peechee: (trying to sound comforting in the midst of his rage) <Hey. It's horrorshow. We're ittying to find that Krookodile and razrez his gulliver ^note  head open.>

Orwell: (horrified) <T-that was plusscareful...>

Peechee: <Did I not promise you a peecheen?>

Orwell: <I... I unwant a cookie presentwise... I just unwant the groundungoodgavialpoke to unhurt any prole ever repeatwise...>

Peechee: (laughs) <Oh, don't you worry. We're ittying to make sure of that, aren't we?>

(And mere seconds later, they hear something from behind the trees. Orwell and Peechee both glance up, wanting to figure out what it is. The latter loads up a Metal Claw, ready to attack... and mere moments later, a giant Krookodile steps out of the trees and glares both of them down.)

Krookodile: (menacingly) <Oh, goodie. Lunch.>

(Orwell shivers.)

Striaton City Pokémon Center

-Ian and Evelyn go with Kim to the waiting room.-

Striaton City Pokemon Center- Waiting Room

(Kim sits down on the bench in the middle of the waiting room, her gaze darting repeatedly between the wall and her father as the Nurse Joy and her Audino enter the room to perform surgery on David. For a few moments, Kim remains as stoic as ever- and then finds herself unable to contain it. She looks over at Ian and Evelyn, with tears starting to prick her eyes.)

Kim: (starting to cry) "I hope... I hope he makes it..."

Meanwhile, at that very moment...

Route 2, Unova

(The Krookodile notices Orwell shivering, and immediately stares him down before opening his jaws...)

Peechee: (enraged, using Metal Claw) <SNUFF IT, YOU EUNUCH JELLY!> ^note  gutless coward

(In an instant, the Krookodile is thrown back by the Metal Claw attack, but manages to stand back up, turning his attention towards Peechee.)

Krookodile: (menacingly) <Oh, so you're lookin' for a fight, are ya? I'll gladly oblige.>

Peechee: (glaring over at the Krookodile) <You... YOU'RE THE KROOKODILE WHO VREDDED MY TRAINER'S PEE, AREN'T YOU?!?!>

(The Krookodile laughs.)

Krookodile: (taunting Peechee) <What was that? I'm sorry; I couldn't understand a single word you're saying. You must be crazy.>

(Peechee growls, still glaring over at the Krookodile- before Orwell eventually speaks up.)

Orwell: (nervously) <H-he... he's saying... he says you're the one who hurted his trainer's patprole...>

(In a matter of moments, all of the Krookodile's attention turns to Orwell, and he glares down at him.)

Krookodile: <Is that so? I don't know what a "patprole" is... but I did chew someone up today. Tore their arm off, even.> (then, menacingly) <It was a delicious meal. I'm fully willing to have another one.>

Peechee: (enraged) <I knew it.>

Krookodile: (angrily) <And I know exactly who's going to be FIRST—!>

(With that said, he lunges towards Peechee, prepared to bite his arm off, only for Peechee to counter with Metal Claw. The move throws the Krookodile back a bit, but he still doesn't give up.)

Krookodile: <OH, SO THAT'S HOW YOU WANNA PLAY IT, EH?!>

(And with that said, he once again lunges towards Peechee...)

Orwell: <NO—!>

(...only to be stopped by Orwell, in tears, raising a Protect barrier, before hitting the Krookodile over the head with his claws twice. The Double Hit move doesn't do much, but it's still a start, and Peechee grins upon seeing it.)

Orwell: (with every hit, in tears) <That's... my... comrade... Peechee...! U-unhurt him... please unhurt him...!>

Circhester

Ah the Glimwood's a really cool place. Kinda ended up with a house out that ways for uh... Slightly arcane reasons. Good place to relax and get away from it all though.

The Oblivion Wing

Alright Taipan, try and keep up~

-With the eyes of her helmet flashing a playful yellow, the Nightingale lept out the cargo hatch. Presumably she has either a flying Pokemon or some kind of glider built into her costume-

-Presumably-

Oblivion Cargo Hold

With a snap of her gloved fingers, Lamb lights a fire between her fingers, setting the fire to sit in front of her bow. She draws the bow back, no arrow knocked before she releases it, a small fire shooting forward before dissipating swiftly. She nods and knocks an arrow, ready to rain down hell on everyone but Anton.

From where she stood she was able to get a better view on the field, confident she'd be able to discern the target. Her allies were marked, telling her not to fire in their direction.

The Wall

-Vulpecula laughs and salutes as she walks backward off the ship.-

-There's the sound of her guns firing and then her jetpack kicking in as she darts to the hole in the wall.-

Megan: -blink- How do you have enough bugs in one place to mediate?

Abilene: Don't ask.

Megan: -nose-wrinkle- I wasn't asking you.

-nevertheless, she smiles, relieved-

-also Abilene, as per axiom, has returned directly to paying attention to Mix (following whatever atrocity she committed using Sorbus's tree)-

Sorbus: <Yesss...keep a healthy distance.>

-narrowed eyes-

Megan: ...oh wait do you mean right now

-...-

Addie: <Hey, we all get born sometime.> :P

Logan: -clasped hands- And really, what better lessons to take from the literature of our forebears than treating creations of our science, accidental or otherwise, with care and respect?

Addie: <I still don't understand how that comes up in our lives as often as it does.>

Logan: Really once the first Voltorb emerged from the mill, fuse primed and camouflage pre-printed, it all started rolling from there.

Addie: <No, I mean relatively.>

Pollen: -flits by, just slightly narratively displaced-

-yes, Suiko's managed to chain herself to the hull-

-standing upright, she holds an odd contraption of—-

-dense, sharp-edged keratin, and reinforced Light Clay ceramic-

-extending it before her, the atmosphere nearly seems to break—-

-flicker, behind her- <I've got your back.>

- —, leaving her stance stable and unbuffeted-

Suiko: -arms wide, tendrils billowing- Witness this.

<Could you be any more melodramatic> It fits this one persona <Guys, what're we queueing up>

-indistinct shadows flicker around her, mysteriously-

Suiko: Face the surface light; the judgement drawn from shallow deeps.

<Careful now, we don' wanna blast thru an' maim whoever's on the other side> This place is literally named for its wall, I think it's fine <Don't want to just bounce off, either> <Stealth's blown, it's showtime>

Suiko: -drawing fingers apart- Great Lens.

(-speaking of uses of Infinity Energy-)

(-the air between her fingers seems to shift and warp—meditative focus manifesting in a shortening of distance and higher antagonistic resolution—effectively-)

-she sprouts more arms, sharp-taloned and bending strangely—

Suiko: We see your crimes enshrined by law—profit through incarceration terminal.

-<Shear stone> Catch guards <Leave unharmed> Follow team <Ugh, stop> clear priorities wait, focus <Guys>

-her numerous hands hold aloft varying spheres of coruscating power-

Suiko: Your artifice will wash away, broken like so many waves.

-two draw back her bizarre double-ended fishing rod, ready to cast-

-one makes a finger-gun, directly into the lens-

<You wan' lon'-range support, Cap'n? We'll give ya lon'-range support—>

Suiko: Rain hell.

-and with a cracking cry, her limbs slam forward one after the other, casting her barrage through the distortion toward the growing breach-

- —the last of which takes the form of an actual beam, and intends to glue someone to the floor via unnatural surface tension-

Edited by Asterisk395 on Aug 23rd 2020 at 8:33:56 AM

The Wall-Breach

Stranger pulled a pin on some device and disappeared into a plume of smoke.

The inky black plume arched across the sky from the Wing's hangar to the hole in the wall. The smoke dissipated and Stranger stood there, twin launchers ready and Doug floating beside him.

"Darkness falls..."

He fired out some smoke grenades as Doug released a Smokescreen.

The Wall

Taipan swooped down, riding a skarmory. As she drew closer, she released an armored Tauros from a ball she kept on hand.

The Tauros did the standard superhero landing (or as close as a giant armored cow with landing dampening technology can, anyway) and proceeded to ram the wall via giga impact.

After doing so, he backed up and tried to catch his breath again.

Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 23rd 2020 at 1:58:24 AM

Striaton City Pokémon Center

Me: I have a feeling that he'll make it.

-Piper jumps out of her Poké Ball.-

Piper: <What did I miss?>

Me: Kim's father was mauled by a Krookodile, lost his arm and now the doctors are operating on him.

Piper: <Is that true?>

Striaton City Waiting Room

(Kim turns to look at Piper, in tears.)

Kim: (in tears) "Indeed... i-it is... and now I am unsure as to whether or not he will survive... I'm so..."

(She can't get any more words out. Instantly, she breaks down and bursts into tears right then and there.)

Meanwhile, at that very moment...

Route 2, Unova

(Orwell is still in tears, and the Krookodile manages to pull away, laughing menacingly the whole time.)

Krookodile: <Heh... those were some pretty weak hits there, weren't they?> (He laughs.) <I'm betting you couldn't even be strong if you tried. What's your deal, eh?!>

Orwell: (trying to sound confident) <I... I am unfond of batts... t-they're torture to me... b-but... I am trying to be unweak! P-peechee the watercrabpoke is aiding me to be unweak!>

Krookodile: <Oh? Well if you're so "unweak", as you put it, why aren't ya hitting me with enough force?>

(Orwell bursts into tears, and runs towards the Krookodile, repeatedly hitting him with his claws. He doesn't say anything, just continues to cry and hit the Krookodile- and then all of a sudden one of his claws starts to flare up with a dark energy. When he hits the Krookodile with that claw, it hits hard and fast, and the Krookodile is thrown back. Orwell pauses- and then looks at his claw in astonishment.)

Orwell: (stunned) <W-what... WHAT WAS THAT?!>

(Peechee immediately brightens and runs over to Orwell in delight.)

Peechee: (cheerful) <Orwell! That was Nochy ^note  Night Slash! You just learned a new move!>

(Orwell blinks.)

Orwell: <I... I did...?>

ORWELL THE CORPHISH

NEW MOVE LEARNED: NIGHT SLASH

(The Krookodile ahead of him groans and stands up.)

Krookodile: <Yep... you sure did...>

Striaton City Pokémon Center

-Piper pats Kim on the back, hoping to calm her down.-

Piper: -calmly- <There there, Kim... It'll be okay... I'm sure your father wouldn't leave you as my original trainer did...>

Striaton City Waiting Room

(It doesn't work. Kim continues to cry.)

Meanwhile, at that exact moment...

Unova, Route 2

(Orwell seems equal parts excited and horrified by the fact that he has learned a new move— especially given the fact that the Krookodile was hurt by the attack. The Krookodile himself, meanwhile, stares over at the two of them and growls, now more determined than ever to beat them both. Peechee, meanwhile, loads up a Metal Claw, ready to take him down.)

Peechee: <Horrorshow. Time to oobivat you.>

(The Krookodile laughs.)

Krookodile: <Well, whatever the heck you're saying... we'll see about that! I still have enough energy to tear you to SHREDS—!!>

(And with that said, he once again lunges at Peechee- but this time, he came prepared for the Metal Claw attack. He pushes Peechee's claw aside, then opens his jaw, with intent to swallow Peechee whole. Orwell, seeing this, immediately reacts with horror, before running up in front of Peechee, raising a Protect barrier in front of him as he does so.)

Orwell: (terrified) <PLEASE—! UNHURT HIM—-!!>

(And then mere moments later, he begins to glow, causing Peechee to brighten— and the Krookodile to stumble back in shock.)

Peechee: (stunned and delighted) <No WAY—!>

Krookodile: (under his breath, growling) <Oh, you gotta be KIDDING me...>

Striaton City Pokémon Center

Piper: -thinks to herself- <Oh, if Misango were here, he'd know how to help...>

Me: There there, Kim... It'll be okay. Your father is in good hands...

The smoke grenades and smokescreens filled the hallways, the guards coughing and sputtering, the Machamps barely had time to react to the sudden auraspheres striking them, nor the Guards as in dropped Jackal.

One coughed and sputtered, slamming his hand on a alert button, Jackal looked to the collective, "Alright, we have a few moments before the Guards come pouring in."

Outside there was a Guard on a Metagross.

"Make that shorter," He commented.

Fox cracked her knuckles, "We're ready. Right Mercer?"

Mercer grinned behind his mask and adjusted his poncho, <Ready Hoss.>

Jackal turned to Anton, lying on the ground sputtering, and extended a hand, "Come with me if you want to live."

Anton blinked, and then realized what this odd figure had done, but he wasn't about to ignore help, especially if it got him away from this place. He took the hand and was pulled up, "Who might you be? I've been here a few years."

"Call me Jackal, I'm with the Aurabolts, we're here to get you out."

Anton nodded, seeing the heroes following Jackal, and then the airship, "I'm guessing it's related to my employers."

Dochevsky had presided over this place for a long time, each day ran smoothly, like clockwork. Today was meant to be the transfer of a specialty prisoner to the isolation cells where he would never see the light of day again.

Clairvoyant Solutions was the name of the company that dropped him off with some police help, apparently he was a Pokefutures scientist and should be locked away forever. Vlad himself didn't entirely care what the man had done, a prisoner was a prisoner and when they entered the wall, well they stayed there.

The entire room shook, and then the alert went up, Vlad blinked and pulled up security, sitting outside was a black and blue airship of some make, with people and mons flying off of it, and into the wall. Click, the footage showed the Prisoner being helped up by one of the invaders.

This was a prison break, the guards were on their way and would stall for time. He opened his personal safe and grabbed his old belt and a few balls, one was bright blue with gold fins on it.

"Come Mauer, we have work to do."

Vlad marched out with intent, nobody escaped his prison, and these invaders would find themselves here for the rest of their lives, and their airship stripped and used by him.

Striaton City Waiting Room

(Kim continues to sob- and then suddenly sees the strange blue light coming from the window in front of her. She wipes the tears from her eyes and looks forward in confusion.)

Kim: (sniffling) "What... what is that...?"

(Now eager to see what it is, she runs out of the waiting room, gesturing for Ian and Evelyn to follow.)

Unova Route 2

(Upon making it to Route 2, Kim is stunned to see that Orwell and Peechee are battling a Krookodile— and that Orwell is glowing fiercely in a bright blue light. Kim blinks in shock.)

Kim: (stunned) "Sweet Arceus... I think that's the Krookodile that mauled my father... they found it... and more importantly... Orwell's evolving..."

Oblivion Cargo Perch

Spotting the Metagross and guard spotting the team, Lamb flicked her hand like she was rolling dice, sending out three flares to try to trap him in a Fire Spin.

Getting a feed on the situation via her helmet she raised her left hand to the side of her face, intercom online but not in use yet.

The Wall

Taipan dismounts and signals her armored companions to stay close.

Taipan: Alright, partner, you know what to do.

Murphy: Right. Will scan this network for weaknesses and see what I can mine out.

She releases an armored Grumpig. Mistress posed dynamically.

Taipan: I've got a funny feeling that busting this open is just the easy part. Stay alert for any grunts and notify me if we need to shift strategies.

Murphy: Will do skipper!

Mistress Pygg: ~Bring it on!~

Edited by MasterJayAM on Aug 23rd 2020 at 4:21:52 PM

Striaton City Pokémon Center

-Ian and Evelyn run to the window to see the brilliant light.-

Me: You're right!

Piku-chan: <Orwell IS evolving!>

Evelyn: Let's go see it!

-Ian, Piku-chan and Evelyn run out of the Pokémon Center and on to...

Unova Route 2

Edited by AnimeboyIanpower on Aug 23rd 2020 at 7:46:03 AM

Ersatz Alliance

-There is a Spheal where Justice was-

Spheal!Justice: <Why do I feel so r o u n d>

Jigsaw: <TOO ROUND>

New Circhester 1

Merlin: It's a good place to get away... If you watch the local Fairy types.

Fou: <The fey don't mess with me. I'm too tough.>

Glimwood Tangle

Ever: I mean, whenever's convenient, really.

Mix: <You know, I will admit that it's been a while since I found someone who can properly appreciate my charms...though usually they find the small fluffy fox cuter than the attached plants. I've focus-grouped this stuff.>

Misery: <...Hm. I suppose that's a fair enough point. Do you have any advice for how, then?>

Just: -waves a couple limbs at Pollen-

Route 2, Unova

(Kim can do nothing but stare in awe over at Orwell as his transformation begins.)

Route 2, Unova, Post-Sequence ("Be the Winners" is still playing as background music)

Peechee: (absolutely delighted) <YES—! YES—!!! THIS IS NOTHING IF NOT ABSOLUTELY ZAMMECHAT—!! ^note  wonderful

(He excitedly laughs. In a matter of mere seconds, and as quickly as the evolution had begun, the light finally fades from Orwell's body, leaving a powerful Crawdaunt standing there... or at least, that's what the Pokedex would have you believe, because Orwell's first reaction is to blink profusely and turn to Peechee, who is grinning at him.)

Orwell: (blinks) <What...?>

(His voice remains the exact same, and he doesn't even notice that Kim is watching him. Peechee, meanwhile, runs up to Orwell and gives him a hug- or tries to, anyway- with his claws.)

Peechee: <You finally evolved, Orwell—! This is zammechat!>

(Orwell blinks again- this time in surprise.)

Orwell: <I... evod...?>

(He looks down at himself- his claws, his legs, the new pattern on his belly- and once he realizes that he has, in fact, evolved, he delightedly jumps up into the air as best he can.)

Orwell: (delighted) <I EVOD—! I'm an waterungoodlobsterpoke presentwise! This is certainwise tripleplusgood!>

(He then turns to the Krookodile in front of him and suddenly freezes as he realizes what he just said.)

Orwell: (horrified) <I'm an... waterungoodlobsterpoke...>

(The Krookodile laughs, his menace returning.)

Krookodile: <Oh, you certainly are "ungood". At battling.>

(Orwell turns to the Krookodile- and then, with complete sincerity and absolutely no malice in his voice, says something that surprises Kim, Peechee, and likely Ian and Evelyn as well:)

Orwell: (cheerfully) <Oh, I'm still scared of battling, don't get me wrong. I'm certainly not going to faint a Krookodile...> (he shivers) <That would frighten me to no end...>

(He turns to Peechee, who is utterly shocked to no end.)

Orwell: (immediately switching back to Newspeak) <Peechee? Are you... are you pluswillful to faint this groundungoodgavialpoke?>

(Kim, meanwhile, who has been watching the whole thing, suddenly turns to face Ian and Evelyn.)

Kim: (stunned) "Did you just hear what I heard?"