ITT: We Have All Become Pokémon

Kitchen

(Breakfast without an interruption. Guess we really are in the clear. And hey, can't go wrong with pancakes.)

(A surprisingly large stack of pancakes were being held by the Tsareena as she approached the table. When the old mon took his seat, his stack was practically dwarfed by hers. Regardless of the disparity, they eat.)

(The Togekiss had her share as well, while the Aegislash looks on at the former slaves. It will take some time, but they will be back home.)

"I know, I know," I mutter, approaching the front door. (You know, I could open it normally. Stand on my hind legs, reach for the knob, hold on really tight since I don't have thumbs, and- Nah, fuck it. This building's a shithole anyway.) I get a running start and ram against the door with a Headbutt, busting it open and flopping onto the floor like a sack of potatoes. Did it hurt? Yes. Do I care? Not really. I pick my head up to notice a bunch of mons all around the doorway that I just noisily forced open. (Okay, I might regret it a little now.) "… Mornin', ladies."

Manor (Front Hall)

(Sensing that Marlon wants to hurry up and get something to eat, Marsha hurries up and leads him down to the kitchen. The bouncers soon follow.)

(The Gengar fully fades into view.) Heeheehee, how goes the search? (He asks Hallie, then realizes he's in front of a bunch of other mons.) Oh, hello there, heeheehee...

Manor (Kitchen)

(Marsha and the bouncers get to the kitchen and begin loading up their plates. Marsha gets plates for both herself and Marlon and sits themselves down in an empty spot.)

Good morning, Sally. Are you doing all right this morning? (I ask Sally as she starts eating. I hope this wasn't a bad question to ask her...)

Blissparce

Hopefully we'll be able to put this to rest soon... (Mr. Do Santos says. He looks to us.) Take care, all of you.

Aye! (Rich says. He looks to Taylor A.) Welp, we headin' that way now, lass?

Edited by kablammin45 on Mar 23rd 2019 at 11:47:55 AM

Ground Floor

Hallie waves at the Quilava before looking back toward Jyut.

Oh, hi there..And uh, Jyut..nice name. You might wanna figure out why there's all that blood on your side...

Hallie watches Speck fade in completely.

Well...not well at all. I'd have thought that Raticate thief would've brought it here...but he didn't. Don't try to mess with these guys...I think they could help us. How about we go eat whatever they're cooking and then go from there?

She's not entirely sure about that last statement, given that she doesn't even know them...also that they looked like they have been through hell and back...but she had to do something to find it.

Kitchen

I hobble over and sit down opposite from Marsha and begin immediately digging into the food. Finally, I can dart to think somewhat straight again.

Well, here's hoping nothing goes wrong in the next couple of days. I just wanna rest, get myself back working again, you know...the works. Wonder if some other surprise is gonna happen..

Meanwhile Kevin grabs some pancakes for himself and the Teddiursa, if they're so inclined to sit with him.

Blissparce

With not much else to say, Tiff lays her head against her father's side, sighing.

Edited by Team42Larson on Mar 24th 2019 at 8:17:31 AM

"Good morning", said Noriaki with a tip of his hat as he entered.

"Good morning", Hikari murmured.

"Pancakes? I thought we agreed that I would help once again if you were going to do this?"

"We thought it better to let you sleep", Montresor explained, still hard at work, "Of all mornings, this one was one you deserved to not need to wake on someone else's call."

Noriaki sighed as he and Hikari grabbed some pancakes before taking a seat.

"'Tis hard to believe the events of these past few days are truly behind us now."

Zelgius was seated with the bouncers himself, with an overflowing plate of pancakes.

"Been a loooooong time since we shared a meal together", the Aerodactyl remarked.

Edited by Konkfan7 on Mar 24th 2019 at 6:38:42 AM

Manor (Front)

Heeheehee, why not? I'm famished! (Speck begins heading toward the kitchen, walking in midair all the way.)

Manor (Kitchen)

I feel like at least one 'a us says somethin' like dat every time we get outta one 'a dese crazy situations... (Marsha sighs between pancake bites.)

No kidding! (Cole chuckles to Zelgius.) Remember how we always used to go to the cafe every other afternoon when we were younger? Those were some good times...

Yeah... (Dodie agrees. Then she adds:) So...you gonna be escorting Yukari back soon as you get done?

Manor Ground Floor

"Er-" Dana is about to interject but oh nope Nyquil goes and does it it's too late. "You didn't need to do that..."

"Oh, this?" Jyut looks at herself. There was a .. bit more blood than she expected, but it was probably fine. "I was wounded earlier. It doesn't hurt anymore, though."

I simply lied on the ground and tried to shrug at Dana. "Meh." I get back up and start walking around. "What's going on? What're you all doing?" I pick up the smell of food. "Ah. Breakfast. Well, I ain't hungry, so I'm just gonna…" I begin walking deeper into the manor, but in a completely different direction from the kitchen.

Ground Floor to Kitchen

Oh...okay...just wanted to be sure. I think I am gonna go eat now...

Hallie watches Nyquil dart into a seemingly random direction that isn't the kitchen. Where is he going? Why is he going that way? All questions she would like to know but won't find answers to, because she simply doesn't know these mons. She turns to head forth as such but catches a good glimpse of Speck casually walking in midair. Doesn't he know better than to do that when around others? She follows, hoping some of the mons she just talked would follow. She also would obviously like to make acquaintances with this group on the whole, so she has a much easier time in having them agree to help get that pendant back.

Kitchen

Well of course, but for now I really don't think anything major is just gonna roll over us. Not after all the horrors of having to face the witch.

I sigh and look around as more and more mons file in. I ask a general question for the group around us.

So, guys, where are we going to after we eat here? Guessing we're gonna go back around this island? Take care of what business we still have to attend to?

Hallie files into the kitchen just behind Speck and immediately grabs herself some pancakes.

Oh...hello everyone. Don't mind us...

Edited by Team42Larson on Mar 26th 2019 at 6:45:41 AM

L'Arachel's Manor: Kitchen

These berries...seriously! They look soooo delicious! I wonder if I am capable of consuming these Berries. I mean, every Pokémon can eat Berries in the game— Why am I mentioning the games..this world is nothing like the main games...it's Mystery Dungeon games with a few anime elements...

..anyway, I took a Leppa Berry and telekinetically put close to my "mouth" and...

...it doesn't fucking work. Aghhh...I should have known better...of the "every Pokémon can eat Berries, even though some of them look like inanimate objects with no apparent mouths or digestive system" thing was just some silly Gameplay and Story Segregation.

I need to accept the fact that this actually cool form of mine is holding back my bulimic tendencies, so I guess it's good to an extent...

I looked at the other mons who were talking.

   Yeah, I was also wondering that...   , I said, agreeing with Marlon,    Are we going to another adventure and kick some baddie's ass?   , I asked with curiosity.

My footsteps feel sluggish and heavy, but so does the rest of my body. Luckily, I can still remember directions! (Take some stairs, go down here, make a right, and… you have arrived.) My bedroom. Which I never even wanted. But right now, I'm tired as hell and I don't wanna deal with anyone else right now. I crawl over to the bed and climb in. "Sleepy time for Nyquil…" I murmur, settling myself in. "If I'm lucky, they'll forget about me and leave me while I'm asleep again, ahaha…" I dunno if anyone really noticed or followed me and I don't think I care.

L'arachel's Manor, Kitchen

Seeing the other mons enter, Mila has to wonder if they used to be combee that also decided to stay here for the night. Either way, she feels uneasy with so many unfamiliar faces around, especially with how she's been acting recently.

"Wherever we're going, I think we need to cut back on the taggers-on. I just... don't know half these people."

"Actually, that reminds me. Nori, you said—"

Autumn stops herself once she looks down to Mila, and remembers the suffering they'd all been through the day before. There wasn't any reason to have an argument like this was likely to cause. Instead, Autumn hugs Mila for a moment before trying to choose her next words.

"... it's not important. We can talk about it later."

Sally meanwhile seems barely lucid, having likely slept poorly throughout the night. She doesn't respond to Dinah's comment, and continues her nibbling at the food in front of her.

"Hehe, yeah, those were the days", Zelgius chuckled and stuffed a few pancakes in his maw, devouring them before speaking again, "Yeah, I can't just keep running forever. As much as I would've taken any chance to step out of that damn war before, I've been here assisting something terrible, and I'd say now I owe the world something in return. It'll start with me taking Yukari back to Shinrin, and I'll see what the world decides to throw at me then."

Yukari at this point had seated herself not too far away, with a sparse few pancakes laid out for her. She sighed lightly.

"Our next course of action... Well, going back to Holstown and Narcia seems to be the first order of business, as many of our comrades will want to return there", said Noriaki, "After that... Well... Business as usual?"

The Decidueye turned his head to Rainmaker and responded, "Well, as much as we do not quite consider ourselves a traveling band of heroes, we end up being thronged into situations where we essentially must play that role, I have noticed. In the bigger picture, however, there is an looming threat that we cannot seem to get away from nowadays..."

"But all you need know immediately is that we are simply drifting from place to place, on whatever whims call us next."

"I would not worry too much Mila. Many of our comrades that have aided us today have obligations elsewhere and most likely do not have further reason to stay near us for the most part. They answered our call and fulfilled their task. They have lives of their own they can safely return to."

The Decidueye tilted his head at Autumn's interrupted inquiry, but respected the holding off, as much as the tension would kill him, saying, "Very well."

Hikari has already plowed through more than half of her massive pancake stack.

Edited by Konkfan7 on Mar 26th 2019 at 12:08:22 PM

L'Arachel's Manor, Kitchen

{...right...} Yea, that did get sidelined, didn't it. As everyone else gets pancakes, I sneak in and pull a couple more off the stack, not even managing to get a plate as I tear into them ravenously. I'll probably exit this form like I've done with Notte's or that random Staraptor I saw...did I see a Staraptor or was that just from memory? Remember when you used to draw yourself all done up like one? Kid stuff...

Walking in, Woodruff stops to take in the smell of pancakes...just like the ones at his old job, minus a hint of cinnamon. The ones he couldn't eat. But he wasn't gonna neglect the opportunity to stuff his face with these.

"Mornin', Koss," he says as he passes by the Alolan Raichu. "Noriaki...Autumn, Mila..." He's just all rainbows and sunshine, isn't he...though I see he's a little more hesitant to greet more than a handful of the people in the room, mostly those who joined our little army later on. I heard Mila complaining a little about the "taggers-on", and to be honest, it's kinda hard not to get a little lost, especially when I'm dealing with...whatever the hell I'm dealing with. But at least they were helpful...I think. A lot of them look pretty kerfuffled, even with the sleep we got.

I rip off another piece of pancake, sitting against the cabinets and watching the others converse with each other. Woodruff steps over me, greeting me quickly before he grabs a plate and a stack of pancakes and waddles over towards the others. It's here the Furret notices Dinah and Sally and decides to pay them a visit.

"Dinah, Sally," he says to the two with a nod before plopping down beside them. "...any luck findin' your parents, Sally," he asks before just...eating an entire pancake...okay, this is taking him a while...alright, maybe this wasn't a good idea...

There's a Skorupi moaning and also eating a pancake on the counter, still a little too hungover to really engage with the others. A Ralts stands at the threshold, trying to pick out the princess and her Raichu friend (or maybe more!!) from the crowd.

Manor (Kitchen)

Yeah, what Nori said. Personally, I'm lookin' forward to da day we DON'T end up doin' dat... (Marsha says to Rainmaker.) We always seem ta get mixed up in dese things whetha we want to or not...

(Speck enters the kitchen, takes some pancakes, and sits upside down on the ceiling with his pancakes. Syrup drips down onto the Gorebyss from earlier, prompting him to silently move out from underneath Speck with an annoyed expression.)

Best of luck to you, my friend. Let us know if you ever need our assistance or simply want to meet somewhere. (Gene tells Zelgius.)

(He then looks toward Cole and Dodie.) If I had to hazard a guess, we will be en route toward...erm...where did we decide to journey to next?

I don't think we actually decided on anywhere yet. (Cole says.) What's a large city near here?

Could always go back to Becchel or something. (Dodie suggests.) There were lotsa places there that could maybe use some folks like us.

Might be a good place to start, yeah. (Cole muses.)

(The more I look at Sally, the more worried I get about her. Although she's at least eating, she also looks awful, as though she had a horrible night the night before. I can hardly imagine how homesick she must be right now...)

(My thoughts are interrupted by Woodruff coming over to us.) Oh, good morning, Woodruff. (I greet Woodruff.) We haven't had any luck, no. I'm getting really worried that we won't end up finding them...

Kitchen

But look at it like this guys. We were largely nobodies before, weren't we? It's kinda felt good that I turned a once mundane life into something well...more. I probably wouldn't have been able to do anything close to what we've done so far back home, at least not in this way. However, considering how much hell we've put ourselves through, has it really been worth it to basically be the on call heroes?

As Woodruff makes his rounds through the kitchen a voice calls to him from the table of which Kevin and the Teddiursa (?) are sitting at. It's obviously Kevin, looking to apologize.

Woodruff. Can we talk about last night?

Hallie is starting to feel somewhat overwhelmed at the mons talking about "too many tag alongs" and wonders if she and Speck are just going to be too much trouble for the group.

L'Arachel's Manor: Kitchen

   If most of you don't really like to be the adventurers who will be always be involved in a fight against a villain...then let's try to, y'know, distance ourselves from that   , I suggested,    Relax, do fun stuff and develop our team spirit or something...   , I sounded a bit perplexed,    ...that's what I think anyway...   

Manor

".. Hey, wait!" Dana yells after Nyquil. Luckily, he's tired out and not that fast but.. Dana is also still winded from her injuries and trails after him kind of slowly.

Jyut, not having enough energy for all this, just follows the others into the kitchen.

If Dana managed to tail me all the way to the bedroom, she'd find me lying in a bed, eyes fluttering shut, and muttering something that's supposed to mean 'I am tired, please leave me to sleep peacefully.'
In reality, what I said was "Fuck off, this room's occupado."

Manor (Kitchen)

I guess Marly does have a point. (Marsha says.) I nevah thought I'd ever be doin' stuff like dis eithah, and I've always been a Pokémon. I'm just hopin' for at least some time ta relax, dat's all.

Yukari sighs as her retainer continues his hungover display.

Noriaki at this point had finished most of his modest stack of pancakes.

"Honestly, at this rate I have a sense of responsibility. We have already gotten tangled in the bigger picture of this whole 'Viral Aggression' fiasco, and somehow we keep being contacted over it", said Noriaki, "On top of that... There are many L'Arachels in this world. It would be unjust of me to simply fall back and never go out to brave against the horrors of this world because my own clash was ended."

Hikari, finishing what was left of her pancakes, chimed in, "Your entire getup is clearly you trying to channel the phantom thief Arsene... I would say it is rather cute, but you make it work very well aside from the obvious of you just trying to be more like one of your heroes."

Noriaki blushed and tipped his hat down, "Th-That..."

"No need to be embarassed, Noriaki, I already said you make it work well", the Aromatisse giggled, "I wonder if I could make a good Beauty Thief..."

"You have the hat already. A-Anyway, once we are all set, perhaps we could begin moving out."

Edited by Konkfan7 on Mar 28th 2019 at 7:53:42 AM

Kitchen

(All this talk of settling down. I mean, I wanted to quit this job when I got plenty of money on me. When I do, I just have to hope I can adjust to the normal life without something ruining it. Lord knows I tried back home.)

(As she finished her, frankly, huge stack of pancakes, Eliza looked at the group. A shame to part ways with them soon, but she has some people to take care of. She looked at the old mon, long after he finished his breakfast. Almost time to leave it seems. Might as well let them know, the old Dragalge thought.) We're ready to go. As soon as we reach a town, the little lady and I will have to part ways.

(Eliza nodded her head in agreement. She'll talk with the lovebird when they get there.)

(I should've figured. She's probably got something important to do. Maybe when we reach the town, I'll check with her. Maybe she still loves me. Maybe she doesn't. At the very least, she doesn't hate me. That's all I could ask for at this point. When I've finished my breakfast, I spoke to Nori and the others.) Yeah. I'm ready when you are.

(Claude almost wanted to interject, but considering what transpired, he let the conversation be. As soon as his ward was finished, he looked to the group.)    We'll help get these lost Pokemon back to their homes.   

(Zelda nodded her head.) Yeah. They've got places to be, you know?

L'arachel's Manor, Kitchen

Autumn and Mila have finished their food, though once the others mention preparing to leave they look around to try to find Nyquil, only to realize that he's not present. Autumn tries to stand up, but she realizes that she can't manage that until Mila has stood herself and as such she has to wait for the Raichu to decide that it's necessary.

"Before we go, did any of you see Niles today? He needs to eat too."

Seeing that they're preparing to go, Koss speeds up his rate of consumption. It's been a while since he wasn't able to eat at his leisure, but he learned how to down his food quick when he was with his family... maybe that'd be something he'd write down in his book. The funny stories, or at least the interesting ones. The ones that he wanted to remember.

"I... don't like it. I don't wanna eat more..."

Sally looks up from her food, as frustrated as she is tired. The pancakes in front of her have had the edges torn off and consumed, but the centers left whole out of some manner of pickiness on the Clamperl's part.

Kitchen

I listen out to everyone's own thoughts on this matter as I finished the last 1/3 of the pancakes on my stack.

Well yeah, I just want some time to relax before we plunge into hunting whatever the next problem is. While one of these days I would like to settle down with the woman who's frankly become the woman of my dreams...

I finish my pancakes and hobble around to plant her a kiss on the lips.

These are just things we've got to do on our way there. No matter how dark those things are, we've got each others' backs through this.

Hallie finishes her food as well, recognizing the name of the Quilava she had run across just a bit earlier.

Your friend...? I saw him go toward one of those bedrooms or something...the Vulpix followed him there too.

Hallie is starting to quickly remember something...namely, where the Raticate thief took her pendant.

He's upstairs? Why don't we go find out why he's up there?

L'Arachel's Manor, Kitchen

Taking his time with his second pancake, Woodruff nods solemnly as he hears Sally wasn't so lucky with finding her parents. "Ahh, they'll turn up," he says to try and comfort Sally as she's getting visibly agitated. "They might have headed out already. Might get to see 'm in town." He's unsure if that will really be the case, but—

"Hm?" He turns around—oh, Kevin. His ears droop a little at the thought of having to return to the topics he broached with his parents the night before. "Ahh, yea," he replies to the Blastoise, taking another bite of his pancake.

Having reached for another pancake and scarfed it down, I begin to tend to this makeshift cast of mine, specifically to the blades adorning its end. They look like they're pretty securely attached, but with fabric, all you need's a little—RIPPP—there. Taking the blade in my hand, I start cutting against the other blades, creating slits through which they can simply detach from the cloak and fall through.

"Anyone have an egg," Yasuhiro groans, clutching his head. "Or some Persim tea? Maybe a spot of liquor handy if we gotta make it quick? Man, I sound like a wreck." Then again, he'd really rather not head out into the world again with a splitting headache. Perhaps the best way to celebrate his freedom wasn't to drink the night away again. He did happen upon some killer amontillado, though...

Ahh, there they are! The Ralts begins snaking through the crowd of mons towards the princess and the Raichu from the prior night. "Princess," they call, "princess!" They hope they're not being too distracting or anything like that, calling too much attention to themself, but it's a little hard to maintain decorum given all they've been through.

Blissparce, The Police Station

"Daaaaamn right! Alright, everyone, let's mosey!" Sticking her pointer to the sky, Taylor A marches out of the police station as Taylor B watches on, worried about what sort of trouble his partner may end up getting into.

"G-good luck, you g-guys," the Hitmonlee says in a half-hearted attempt at encouragement. ...gulp...he starts nervously rapping his fingers against his other hand...