ITT: We Have All Become Pokémon

"Doesn't need to be."

My thoughts exactly. Which is why I'm not competing.

I huff to myself. (Yeah, because you know you're gonna get whooped.)

*Finley's tone rubs me the wrong way. Not to say it makes me angry, more that it perplexes me. Is she upset?*

PJ: "Uh, Fin? You seem kinda out of it, are you sure you're okay?"

"I'll show you true power!" Lisa exclaims, summoning boulder after boulder and tossing them at Sushi, who prepares another Protect, but is only able to dodge a few of them.

"I'll crush you!!"

Lisa stomps both her front legs on the ground, summoning several sharp spikes of rock from the Earth to stab Sushi. They hit for massive damage, sending her flying upwards and smashing to the ground, just out of range of the spikes.

Panting, Sushi manages to work up a bit of airflow, and uses that to spit a torrent of flame towards Lisa. The wolf lifts a paw to shield her eyes from the flames, and when they disperse, her fur is left with a couple scorch marks, but she isnt very affected otherwise.

"Hmph. Not so high and mighty without that Z-crystal now, are you?" Lisa chides.

"Z.... What?" Sushi asks, struggling to remain standing.

"Don't play dumb," Lisa growls. "A Z-crystal is the only way you could've pulled off that move."

"What are you...?"

Lisa interrupts her with an unearthly Howl, raising her attack for the final blow. Off in the stands, her crew can be heard howling with her.

Sushi's eyes suddenly go wide with panic.

edited 9th Aug '17 9:59:17 PM by Afterwards

Finley looks to Marlon. He probably won't intervene...

"Can we talk, PJ? About what just happened?"

Andy hears the awfully noisy howling. He looks at the guilty party, and what Pokémon they are. Hey, uh, fellas, we may want to watch out for those fellas...

For those looking, the Howling pokemon (besides Lisa) are a Sylveon, a Bewear, a Rapidash, a Flaafy, and the Brionne from the bar.

All of them have matching eyepatches.

edited 9th Aug '17 10:05:48 PM by Afterwards

SUCH CARNAGE!! The blows just keep coming and coming folks, is there any way for our fiery contender to salvage this wreck? *Birch interjects, while Elm mentions* The hurt just keeps on coming and there seems to be no end in sight. Hope the betting types out there picked the right wolf!

PJ: "Certainly. You mean here, or is this like, a more private thing, or...?"

Andy sighed. Damn it. Fellas, follow me. He started on his way toward the howling mons.

"Oh, wonderful. What now?"

"You're right. I don't want to embarrass you..."

Finley looks around, seeing an alley between two buildings.

"There. It'll be less of a scene in there." She begins heading that way.

In short, Nyquil, doing something I thought I'd never do.

"Yeah, that tells me a lot." I roll my eyes and follow him anyway.

PJ: "Sure, sounds good."

*I go with Finley into the alley, a little on-edge just thinking of what she'll say. Something about the way she's acting unnerves me.*

PJ: "This is uh... This is about the whole tournament thing, isn't it?"

"C....C-c....... C-can.... Can you........"

"What?" Lisa questions, stopping mid-Howl.

"C-c-c-c-caan you hear its caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll?"

"Wait...... That's not..."

Sushi's eyes go blank, as she greets Lisa with a very wide, very sharp-toothed smile.

"It's here."

All of a sudden, a fiery    DARK    Aura springs forth from Sushi's body as she begins to softly float off the ground. Then, in the blink of an eye, she speeds forward, slashing at Lisa with razor-sharp claws. She charges at her again and again, assulting her from all sides.

Sushi then finishes off the attack by leaping upwards and crashing down on top of Lisa, sending out a    DARK    shockwave that sends her flying.

With a loud whimper, Lisa smashes into the wall, then falls onto the ground, unconscious.

Sushi stands still, still smiling vacantly at her opponent.

"Exactly that." She looks at him with a mix of anger, despair, and general disappointment.

"You fought, didn't you? No way you would have been gone that long if you forfeited. Do you realize what you did?"

Unsure of how to proceed, Mila has been simply standing outside the door by the Pawniard, observing it and trying to see what she can inside. From the sounds of it, they haven't got a hold of the resident. Yet. Mila can't help but wonder what that means for her— whether it's an escape or a hiding place. Either way, she doesn't exactly know what's going to happen if she tries to make contact with the guard, nor does she want to find out.

"So... what now, Eliot? It looks like we're stuck, but so are they. I can't hear them talking to someone else, and they're still inside."

*I look down to the ground. Something about the way Finley's speaking makes me feel awful inside.*

PJ: "Yeah, I did... I fought, I won, I got real into it, I couldn't help myself..."

*I let out a dejected sigh.*

PJ: "You're not gonna accept an apology, are you?"

"An apology isn't going to fix the massive risk you took. The whole reason we went there was to stop Bella from entering and spreading the disease! Not only did she go in anyway, but on top of that, you decided to fight regardless!" Every sentence she speaks gets louder and louder, angrier with each syllable.

"You could have doomed the entire fucking city! Do you get that?!"

I'm helping Sushi.

Andy approached the pirates. Hey, Gang. You guys by any chance the sea-faring type?

Jack sees the aftermath of Sushi's fight from Area C.

Jack: Huh, seems like she has VA. ...I should probably get a hold of some of Koss' remedy for later use in case I face off against her.

The crew looks at Andy briefly, each of them glaring at him with their matching eyepatches.

Then, without otherwise acknowledging him in the slightest, they turn back to watch the figthers.

Seeing their captain leaving the arena, the five of them as well get up and start to leave.

"Who the hell was that guy?" one of them asks, once they think they're out of Andy's earshot.

After a few brief seconds, Lisa shakes herself awake, getting back to her feet.

"So that wasn't a Z-move, huh? Or did you somehow get away with sneaking a crystal in here?"

Slowly, Sushi's aura disperses, and she blinks at Lisa in confusion.

".......... Huh?"

Lisa sighs, shaking her head. "Whatever," she growls, turning around to leave. "This isn't over."

With that, she scampers off into the atrium.

Sushi, still at a loss, slowly turns and starts to leave as well.

Andy follows the guys. Excuse me, sirs, you must not have realized the question was directed at you. Now, I asked you, are you the sea-faring types?