Taiyaki blinked. "Oh, right! Oran berries heal Pokemon, don't they?" s/he asked, bounding across the ground to keep up with the others
. "So how far is it to Pokemon Square, anyway? And why are we going there, again?"
"I'm not doin' it, it's a shit job"
The office as drearily dull today, although he hardly minded one bit. As far as Anthony Redgrave was concerned, today was a day for leaning back on his chair, putting a magazine on his face, and taking a well needed nap. Gertrude was perched on her custom made perch near the ceiling of the office, preening her glossy feathers and casually watching the scene unfold.
Gaiman, his agent, wasn't exactly as uninterested. "Anthony, you can't just sit you lazy ass in that chair all day."
Tony responded with a curt "I'm doin' it right now, aren't I?" Then proceeded to continue doing that.
"Look you cheeky bastard." Gaiman said with a slight joking tone, taking out a cigarette and lighting it. "So you took down Team Rocket's gambling joint, but that's not going to keep you afloat forever. You take this job, and you might be able to pay the water bill on time."
Anthony at first said nothing to that, silence filling the room. Then, albeit with a few grumbles, he tossed the magazine flippantly onto the desk and lifted himself off of the chair in one fell movement. "Alright, I'll look after of the little girl. But y'know how much I hate bodyguard jobs..." he muttered, taking up Revolution and checking to see if Presto and Largo were still in their holsters.
Ayup, good to go.
"C'mon Gertrude..." he gave the Ultra Ball an expert toss while opening the hatch, recalling the bird of prey as she gave an almost disinterested coo. With all that taken care of, he pulled over the coat and headed out the door.
But not without giving Gaiman one last piece of his mind, as he brushed a stray white hair out of place. "You owe me for this one, y'know that right?" With that, he headed out the door. Gaiman only chuckled as he started to lounge back on the ratty couch adorning the office.
...And he's walking...walking...in a field?
No no, that's not right. Anthony knows on a basic level that that's not right. He's not sure why, but he definitely wasn't doing this before. But...what was he doing?
The former P.I looked down at his hand, trying to think back to what he was doing. He wasn't exactly pleased with what he saw. Neon purple claws arching out in the light, leading into a furry white arm shifting in the slight breeze. Only Zangooses had that kind of bright purple claws. He knows that.
He also knows that he's not a Zangoose.
"...The hell is this!?"
edited 9th Aug '11 11:07:21 PM by IBLiS
bluh bluhNearby the group, rustling could be heard from a patch of bushes. Suddenly, a Scyther popped out, rubbing his head with the flat end of one of his scythes.
"Oh my, what happened?" the Scyther said, letting out a groan soon after. His eyes went wide, though, as he realized he wasn't rubbing his head with a hand. He pulled his scythe away and looked at it, going wide-eyed upon realizing what it was. "Gadzooks!" he cried. "This isn't right! This isn't right at all!"
The Scyther rushed over to a nearby pool of water, and peaked in, looking at his reflection. "Am I... one of those nasty Bug Pokemon?" He blinked as he tried to fully process this information. The strangest thing was, he couldn't remember anything before this point, but he knew deep down in his heart he definitely wasn't supposed to be a Scyther. "Oh, no thank you."
“'Encapsulate the spirit of melancholy.' Easy. Boom, a sad desk. Boom, sad wall. It’s art. Anything is anything.” - Ron SwansonShe smiled at the Pikachu's praise. "We're going to Pokemon Square," she explained to the skitty, "so we can try to find out what's going on with us."
She saw a flash of light as a disoriented Zangoose and Scyther appeared. There are more of us than I thought. She wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Taiyaki blinked as, almost simultaneously, two anguished cries burst forth. Nearby, a Scyther rushed out of the bushes to stare into a pool of water, while a Zangoose stood staring at his hands in horror. Curiously, Taiyaki began to bound over to the Zangoose .
"Are you OK?" s/he asked. "Let me guess. You're meant to be a human, too, right?"
It was nice, having new people around, even if some of them were kind of scary. Taiyaki would've hated to be left alone here, but the way things were going, it didn't look like there was much chance of that. S/he hoped these new people would join them, too; it would be nice to have some strong friends in this place. It would be nice to have any friends here.
edited 9th Aug '11 11:13:15 PM by KiriAme
Anyway here's BlackwallHe was not a Zangoose. Not one fucking bit was he a Zangoose. Tony knew that much, although just why the hell it bothered him so much was beyond him. He was human, goddamnit! A human being, not a Pokemon!
And he...and...he...
It was at this point that Anthony realized that beyond his name, gender, and species, he couldn't remember a damn thing about himself. No matter how many times he tried to plumb the depths of his brain, absolutely nothing came to him. He knew basic things, things that everyone should know - he knew that the sky was blue, that the sun rose and set every day, and that snorlaxes were fatasses. But about himself, as a personal individual? Nothing, nada, zilch. It was like watching a perfectly furnished set with no actors.
And frankly, it unsettled him. For he also knew that normal people weren't supposed to forget everything about themselves.
His musings were interrupted by a fairly adrogynous voice, leading the Zangoose to lift his head up and look down at the pink kitty. Pokemon weren't supposed to talk, he also knew that as well. But he was talking as well, so hell why not just roll with it.
"Sure, I'm just peachy" He joked, a smirk arriving on his muzzled features. "Save for the fact that I'm suddenly all fuzzy and white, can't remember a damn thing 'bout myself, and that I must be having a real crazy nightmare...yeah I'm cool."
At the mention of other Pokemon, he leaned slightly to the left and stared out at the congregation of various critters nearby. Not exactly something you saw everyday. "What, you guys throwin' a party or somethin'?"
Despite his fairly insane situation, Tony kept a surprisingly casual tone throughout. After all, it'd paid to keep your cool.
edited 9th Aug '11 11:19:08 PM by IBLiS
bluh bluhTaiyaki shook his/her head. "What they said! It isn't a party, but..." A small frown crossed the Skitty's face. "Did you say you can't remember anything about yourself? That's really strange..."
Suddenly a little fearful, Taiyaki began to think back, trying to remember what s/he had been up to before turning into a Skitty. Nothing came up. There was a vague impression of blue, a sensation of maybe having lived in Hoenn, and a quickly fading image of a park bench, but apart from that...
Shaking off the thought, Taiyaki turned to the Zangoose. They would all have time to think about this later, hopefully. That was, if they didn't manage to be changed back straight away.
"I'm going to go check on that Scyther guy," s/he informed the Zangoose. "He looks kind of upset. I mean, well, you do, too, but... I don't know..." A little sheepishly, Taiyaki moved over to the pool of water, tail bobbing from side to side.
"E-Excuse me, sir, but are you all right?" Taiyaki addressed the Scyther a little timidly. "You sound kind of..." The Skitty paused, struggling for words. "Well... annoyed." While many of the humans-turned-Pokemon had shrugged off their new status, and the Zangoose had been quite clearly enraged, the Scyther's horror seemed to be much more shallow in nature; the fact that it had apparently been scared of becoming a Bug Pokemon specifically seemed a little odd to Taiyaki.
Anyway here's BlackwallMeanwhile, the Pichu had followed the group, at least until a falling leaf flew in front of her face, and she wandered off after it.
edited 10th Aug '11 1:15:01 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."When almost everyone took his snide comment seriously, Anthony couldn't help but give out a sharp chuckle. They were apparently not the most observant of folks, nor were they the liveliest ones either. Least he had some kind of lead, admittedly one that wasn't all that great. Really, Pokemon Square?
Come on, now.
"Maybe it's just me, but I don't think I'd trust some guy-" He jabbed a claw at the Pikachu, aptly named "Pikachu", and gave a a fanged grin. "-who I just met, who says he's gonna take us to a magical place called Pokemon Square where all our problems will be solved. I got amnesia, but I'm no idiot." At that point, he wanted to cross his arms but stopped falteringly as he noted that the claws of a Zangoose don't exactly allow for that non-verbal expression. Sheepishly, he placed them by his sides.
"But it's either that or just walkin' 'round this place 'til I get some answers...so I might as well tag along to this "Pokemon" town." He added with a laugh, striding over to the group ever so casually. "'Sides, this is probably all just a bad dream anyway..."
Inside his ever so lazy demeanor, he was still trying to crack into his mind for even the slightest indicator to his identity...nothing. Just his name, gender, and species. It was like an endless mantra chattering over and over again in his mind. He was Anthony Redgrave, male, and definitely a human. And that was it, as if there was nothing else to his name. Stricken from existence as a completely blank slate.
That wasn't normal. He knew that as well.
As the Skitty awkwardly excused...his/herself from Tony to check on the Scyther nearby, he simply shrugged and lazily examined one of his paw. Tenderly he placed a violet claw into the palm of it, pressing as gingerly as possible into as to avoid injury. There was a prick, just enough to feel pain. And that pain had felt real.
This was no dream.
"The hell have you gotten yourself into, Tony...?"He muttered to himself, still not quite believing what was happening was...well, actually happening at all.
edited 10th Aug '11 2:25:00 AM by IBLiS
bluh bluh"It isn't a dream" Holly said. "Far too real for such a fantasy. And we've got a genuine herd here. Is turning into a Pokemon with amnesia a plague or something?"
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.Holly was curious. "You're OK with that? That seems kind of a downer."
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing."I typically just move ahead." Holly said. "But I'm still curious as to how this happened."
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing."Hey, I haven't lost my memory," Erin said. "I remember my name, and where I'm from, and..." Then she realized something. She remembered the words, but she didn't actually remember. "There was the...p-pokeblock..." What was the shop called? "And my m-mo..." A feeling of dread washed over her. My mom. What did she look like? She stumbled as the the reality of the situation hit her.
edited 10th Aug '11 10:50:56 AM by piearty

Pikachu sighed, "They'll come around soon enough, and they are all really loyal to their King, so I doubt they'd give us any info."
Ash just thought on this new world he had ended up in.