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WAAPT@tropi.us Legacy → WAAPT: In-Universe → PMD Returns: stories of PMD-A and PMD-B
The thing-that-looks-like-a-Nidorino frowns at Alastor, then points to the landmark of lore around them.
♨č▒⢫╠␣☣ł₤舸▟: <You think you can change things. But... what would you change? You and the others dealt death and chaos... made this place...> -- sits around -- <boring...>
vIchtacya -head pokes out of the snowbank: <...Rescue?>
Marine -shakes off: <Oh, so we were right that something was going on here... and what's going on with all those mons all around?>
Sol eyes the newcomers and thinks about the rescue for a moment, then realizes something.
Sol: <My psychic ping! Perhaps it worked!> -- twirls tail happy.
Ichtacya, feeling happy as well, woofs contently then gets out of the snowbank and sits....
...with such bad luck that the arrow in her hindleg brushes a special tile...
Sol: <...W-wait!> -- her jewel start shining -- <I feel like a scripted event is incoming!>
Suddenly the two stair exits out of the room are locked by bars made of Nintendium that appear out of nowhere, cutting the pass. Then a sort of window opens above and several Ice and Water mons start popping out from there and into the room. Some other mons start popping out also from the snowbanks and start surrounding the groups. There are some Piplups, Prinplups, Vigoroths, Sneasels, a random Nosepass and three Piloswines. And they all look angry at the group for no raisin~.
As if on cue, the background music changes to something more adequate for the occassion.
It's a MONSTER HOUSE!!!
The Piplups and Piloswines start attacking Roxas, Axel and Forte's Eeveelutions with bubbles and ice beams from all directions. One of the Sneasels starts stalking Sol and one of the three Piloswines together with some other random mons pile up on Vexen. Seeing themselves outnumbered, Marine and Electro draw a line and keep Forte hidden.
Roc and Shahinne arrive to the job board looking for something to do.
Shahinne: <Oh there's so many peoplemons who have troubles!> -- inspects the various notices.
Roc -stares at a notice for a while: <...Who the heck gets lost in a garden?>
Help! I got lost in a floral garden and I can't find my way out!
Client: Bulbasaur
Location Floral garden near Apple Woods
Reward: Ꝑ500 and a Cut HM
Roc frowns at the notice. He is about to hop away when Shahinne suddenly flies in and takes the notice.
Roc: <Leave that back there, Shahinne!> -- waves his crest.
Shahinne: <...But mon is in trouble! Also, I'm the leader!> -- puffs chest.
Roc sighs, is about to take the notice himself when he notices various mons leering and glaring at him. Disobeying a Team Leader is a bad thing.
Shahinne: <We'll take this!> -- hops away.
Roc: <...> -- follows after Shahinne -- <We better go into outlaw missions soon...>
(After this post)
The Piplups are a bit scared by the flamethrower, which adds to the damage they take; however the Prinplup show no fear and after spreading more Bubbles around to weaken the fire attacks, two of them go confront Axxel physically (yeah, bad idea but who can blame them?). Meanwhile Roxas's Stone Edges, mostly, do short work of the youngest / weakest mons around.
Nosepass, noticing an interesting shard, shoots Power Gems at Vexen. Most of the other mons start taking heavy damage under Xion and Roxas's fire, while the ones that are burnt by Gravemind sink into the snowbanks and try to attack from there. Sol, meanwhile is leaping around trying to escape the Sneasel without much success.
(I'm in ur thread, posting on your forum. :P)
The Verde - PMD-B
As if today wasn't weird enough already, suddenly Lake felt rather...off, fo some reason. As if something drastic had chanmged without him even realizing it.
Lake: <Hey...Stratus?>
Stratus: <Yeah?>
Lake: <Do things feel strange all of a sudden? Or is it just me?>
Stratus: *Shakes head.* <Oh, yeah...I don't feel quite right all of a sudden...>
The two gaze around to see if they can see anything unusual, but find nothing.
<What could be causing it?>
Lake: *Shrugs.* <I dunno...>
Stratus: <Hmm...maybe it'll go away soon?>
Lake: <I hope so. Today's been weird enough already.>
(lol)
Random Piplup: <....Ack!> -- falls to the ground.
Sol: <...Leave me alone!> -- Quick Attacks the Sneasel.
Ichtacya leaps and Razor Leaf's some Pokémon then goes to a corner to try and rest because her wound hurts a lot. She observes the rest of the battle while keeping an extra eye on Forte's group.
With the intensity of the attacks and the disarray, the various Pokémon of the Monster House start fainting in numbers. After a while, only the Nosepass, a couple of Piplup and the Sneasel remain. Sol is cornered against a wall by the Sneasel who simply no sells most of the Psychic's attacks.
Sol -tired: <...Rrrrrr~>
Sneasel♂: <My family will sleep warmly in your fur tonight!> -- lunges.
Meanwhile a certain Nosepass who was attacking Vexen barely manage so survive bbeing Icicle Spear'd and floats around precaciously.
Nosepass -stares at Vexen: <No! You will not take me alive!>
Starts shining and collecting energy and then...
Nosepass used Explosion!▾
The Nosepass and Sneasel are KO'd by attacks (one of them their own, mind). As for the rest of the Pokémon, they start running away.
Random Badly Hurt Piplup: <...All I wanted was to evolve! What kind of Piplup would not want to evolve? ._.> -- runs away.
Monster House cleared!
Sol goes to Electro and thanks her for the save.
Sol: <So.... is it true about Ichtacya...? :3> -- tail twirls.
Ichtacya -from somewhere else: <I'm listening!>
The Leafeon goes see Vexen while the other Pokémon around start gathering.
Sol: <I guess we were lucky someone picked our psyching rescue request. These places are weird. There's this evil wind that blows sometimes...> -- psychically scans the surroundings.
Hoenn-B
Gino -to Lake and Stratus- You guys feel it too, nyan?
Lake: <...Gino?>
Stratus: <Oh, so it's not just us then?>
Lake: <It feels to me as if reality itse;f is breaking down...>
Stratus: <...Should we call Palkia?>
Lake: <I would, but my Pokégear doesn't work here.>
Stratus frowns.
Stratus: <Darn...>
~blip~
Sol: <Oh, we're- we're...> -- looks around noticing the tents -- <...what is this place?>
Ichtacya: <Hope it has a Pokécenter or something...> -- rubs her hindleg -- <We did offer this darn [arrow] as one of the rewards.
Sol walks up to Axel's group and thanks them. She then produces a [Piloswine's tusk] and hands it over to them, explains that they have to get the arrow off Ichtacya's butt before handing it over.
Sol: <Ichtacya, say goodbye to your friend Electro~> -- smirks.
Roxas ITEM GETs a Piloswine Tusk!
Roxas ITEM GETs a voucher for a Magical [Fire Arrow]!!▾
Ichtacya -walks in rubbing her leg: <Now... what is this place and where do we find a doctor here?> -- she looks around for somemons like Forte and Vexen's group.
Ichtacya is taken to the infirmary, where the doctor mons recommend that she noms Oran Berries. As for the arrow, she is just informed that the extraction procedure will be painful.
Ichtacya -tied to a bed: <B-b-but... I'm OK, seriously! O_o>
Sol: <Seeing you later, Ichtacya~> -- is driven away by a Chansey.
After a couple of hours of slow paced flying, Roc and Shahinne land near the entrance of the garden. They look around with interest, in particular because from above it looks just like any random garden and it is interesting, in a way, that a Bulbasaur somehow got lost in there.
Shahinne: <We have to rescue the Bulbasaur!> -- hops into the garden.
Roc yawns, looks around for a while noticing the grass is a bit tall and untidy, but definitively not as tall that a Bulbasaur would not be able to look around. He shrughs this off as he has just noticed some random grains and seeds, then goes walk around to get a free nom.
A couple of seconds later, she gets back to the exit and looks up at Roc, looking a bit embarrassed.
Shahinne: <...Dad? What is a Bulbasaur?>
Roc -looks down: <It is a mon with a plant on its back. Now come on, I'll just finish this mean and we'll go look for that mon.>
Shahinne trills and returns to the garden.
The thing-that-looks-like-a-Nidorino walks up to Alastor, examines the Pokémon more closely.
♨č▒⢫╠␣☣ł₤舸▟: <Weak... old... maybe enough. You "regret" that this world has been changed, that it?> -- points to somewhere where long ago a god emerged -- <I only await for this world to be broken again.>
Alastor inquires to the "Nidorino" about the change of history.
♨č▒⢫╠␣☣ł₤舸▟: <Finish, no...> -- waves a paw -- <Without growth and loss you don't fear Her. "Finish", makes an enemy. Prolong life, give it meaning... so that there is something to lose.>
The thing turns around and walks away, goes randomly sit a short distance nearby.
♨č▒⢫╠␣☣ł₤舸▟: <Someone to grow confident, again.>
The "Nidorino" glances back at Alastor noticing a spark of something. Larger than a simple expectation perhaps, but enough to continue nonetheless.
♨č▒⢫╠␣☣ł₤舸▟: <I have a purpose. Survivors have a purpose. Dead ones have a purpose.> -- frowns at Alastor and the Lustrous Orb -- <My purpose is to observe and teach, but like you I can not reach it... it's "lost" in the past.>
Suddenly the Nidorino turns back and assumes a battle stance.
♨č▒⢫╠␣☣ł₤舸▟: <So you think you have a purpose now? Were you to lose what you just found, then what?>
Shahinne is long gone into the tall grass looking for the lost Bulbasaur, the height and density obstructing her view. She finds a couple of Pokémon in an opening who say they're here to buy flowers, however they can not find the Bulbasaur either.
Random Shinx: <...I mean, this place isn't that big...>
Shahinne goes away and keeps looking, pecking some annoying Caterpies and Wurmples away when they try to interrupt her. After a moment she notices an opening in the tall grass and hops into it...
Random Shinx: <...You again? o_o>
Shahinne: <...This is harder than it looks like!> -- hops into another direction.
After walking around the tall grass for a good while, Shahinne realizes she's lost track of where she is, she looks around and everything looks the same.
Oh well, there's always solutions.
Shahinne: <Marco~> -- hops around -- <Marco~>
A couple of moments later something answers.
???: <Polo!>
Shahinne turns around and follows the voice, chirping and calling every once in a while. This way she reaches another clearing where she finds a Zubat.
Shahinne: <Dratini! Is that you?>
Wild Zubat -flies around randomly: <...Oh no, I'm just a Zubat...> --pings Shahinne --< What is a Starly doing here?>
Shahinne: <I'm looking for a Bulbasaur...>
The Zubat flies in circles for a moment and starts hovering near a patch of tall grass that looks like it was recently watered.
Zubat: <He went that way some time ago.>
Shahinne: <T-thanks!> -- hops away -- <Marco~>
continued from here
Wartortle!Jeff:«-t. Wait, we're at the same place.»
Marshtomp:«What? So the shard did nothing?»
Wartortle!Jeff:«Hmm, something feels different, but what? Ow, my head! Something changed, but I can't tell what it i- Now I know! We're on another forum!»
Marshtomp:«…Are you going insane?»
Wartortle!Jeff:«Quite possibly.»
Some Pokémon are minding their own business in what remains of what once was one of the largest cities in the Pokéverse. Some Murkrow are perching on the posts and roofs looking for food and shiny objects, some Zigzagoon are picking up random items from the ground and various other mons are gathering and walking around, such as a small troop of Azurill and WOOOOPAHHH!!, plus the Mudkip from the student exchange program, who are wandering around with their teachers.
Student Wooper: <Teacher? What is that to the west with the colored leaves?>
Teacher Granbull: <Oh that...> -- gathers the students -- <You can see there the arena where in the times of old, Pokémon would gather and test their skills in various sports and competitions.>
Students: <Ooooooh~ Ahhhhhhh~>
Teacher Floatzel: <Ah, the lorekeepers say there were interesting contests, mano a mano or battle royales., ranging from the simple things like jumping to extreme brick breaking.> -- thinks for a moment -- <I recall psychics were banned from some events though...>
Students: <Wanna go! Wanna go!> -- start spreading around.
Teacher Linoone: <Perhaps another day! We are teaching you the diferent kinds of coast, now, let's go...>
The group starts moving south towards Rt.34.
A group of Pokémon have popped out of nowhere.
Rattata #1: <...Oh?> -- sniffs around and looks at the group, noticing an Alakazam among them.
A couple of locals wandering around, happen to notice this and turn their attention to the sudden appearances but seeing that one of them is an Alakazam they disregard it as something "normal". If anything, the new "trendy" subject of conversation becomes now the group of five or ten or so Drillbur.
A couple of Rattatas can be heard talking.
Rattata #1: <Awww, are you really not going to be here for when the ceremony in Her Perch takes place?>
Rattata #2 -chews some grass: <No can do, I want to return to the forests to the south to see my siblings...>
The two Rattatas walk away joining a group of mons that head to a clearing to the north. Monty and Xavier can notice that a lot of mons are walking that path and that in that direction a very tall tower can be seen in the distance.
Meanwhile, some Nidoran eyes keep the sudden appearance of the group under check from behind the trees and thickets.
Wartortle!Jeff:«Well, let's see if we can get this shard to fix whatever feels wrong»
He taps the shard, finally getting it to react.
-blip-
Continued here
peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck peck...
<....Ngggghhhh.>
Roc suddenly wakes up, yawns and notices the long shadow his body casts. He looks down to see a smaller but still long shadow and at the source of it a certain Starly♀ pecking at his belly.
Shahinne: <Found it, dad!> -- trills.
Roc turns around to see a pale Bulbasaur who appears to have been lost somewhere for days.
Bulbasaur: <Uh... er... t-thanks for finding me. I couldn't find my way out of that place...>
Roc waves a wing and explains that (much to his chagrin) Shahinne is the leader of the team. The three chat for a while with the Bulbasaur evading any attempt to inquiry how the heck did he get lost inside his own floral garden.
After a couple of minutes...
Bulbasaur: <Not that I want to be ungrateful but, shouldn't we... like, be teleporting back to town?>
Shahinne -blinks: <Teleporting? We can fly...>
Roc: <I'm not flying him...>
Bulbasaur: <Oh no I mean, with the badge and...>
Shahinne: <Oh? This?>
Shahinne takes the badge and pecks it...
~blip~
From behind some bushes, a small group of creatures are finishing their noms of berries and observing the weird creatures that have suddenly appeared in the clearing. They look quite interesting and different than the usual mons that live in the area, and thus for these little mons there's only one approach to take...
????: <....Saw that? They all appeared out of nowhere!>
????: <They look like a big family!>
...The same approach they take for everything.
Some bushes bristle.
????: <Let's go see them!>
????: <But mom said->
More bushes bristle then silence.
????: <...Hello? You left already?>
More silence.
????: <...Awww screw it~>
Suddenly a Zigzagoon emerges from the thickets and chases a group of another three Zigzagoon who dash on their way to meet the weird mons that they have never seen. Oh and the Alakazam.
The four Zigzagoons eagerly (well, one not as much) approach the group of Monty and monions plus the Alakazam that is pretty much a mostly normal sight. Of course, the approach process is based off greetings and questionings about what kind of Pokémon they are and where do they come from in between soft growls and sniffings.
Zigzagoon #2: <Do you have a bag? Peoplemons always have interesting thing in bags!>
Zigzagoon #4 -frowns at the larger Excadrill: <You are not going to hurt us, right?>
Meanwhile a Linoone, obviously the father of the quarter, appears near the border of the forestline and watches at the group, trying to look just a bit menacing. After all, why not look menacing at a group of completely unknown mons who have just popped out from who knows where? As the Linoone hones his claws and keeps a count of his children he reminds himself that the strangers might be friendly or not, but they shall know in any case those kits are not unprotected.
Zigzagoon #1 -runs circles around some of Monty's minions: <A-a-are you here for the ceremony? Because mom said we have to get an authorization!>
Of course the Linoone is not the only mon checking on the strangers, but the difference is that the others, like the random Noctowl atop a tree or the apparently calmly grazing Nidorina, are doing it from the shadows, let their apparent absence or restfulness be interpreted as wariness.
Roc is leering down at a small box the Bulbasaur gave them before leaving. Inside the box there's a Cut HM and 500 Poké-something that Roc is still trying to explain to Shahinne that it's just the currency of the place. Suddenly a wing brushes past the box taking most of the money away, leaving only Ꝑ50...
Shahinne: <...Hey!> -- looks angry.
Guild Chatot: <Guild taxes, dear. There's a Guild to be run, you know... now, go away and keep doing us good PR!> -- flies away.
Shahinne: <I don't like him...>
Roc -looks down at the box: <..What do we do with Ꝑ50?>
~North of the ancient road~
There is a place near the edge of the Golden Forests land that is not like the others. Instead of dense forest or steep hills, there is a large plain surrounded by an uniform line of thickets; the inside is largely dominated by wildly shaking grass except for the place at the center.
A group of Pokémon have gathered in the large center area, open to the sky and filled with tall grass all surrounding a structure resembling a fountain. Atop the rocks, wood beam and blocks that try to give the island at the center of the pool some sort of shape, a Buizel and a Poliwrath can be seen trading punches, one hitting hard and fast, driving the more slender creature back.
Down in the grass a group of Pokémon are watching the battle, betting on the winner who will be decided when one of the two aquatic Pokémon is thrown off the "ring" the fountain roles as.
Suddenly the Buizel is pushed back by a strong attack, hops further back to gain distance and plan his next move. The two Pokémon assume battle stance again and stare at each other, as the crowd cheers their preferred victor. As the posture of the Poliwrath relaxes a little bit, the Buizel narrows his eyes and arches his body, ready to spring.
It is a day of peaceful and routine activity in the forest that now extends from the sacred mountains east to the sea west. Some bird and ground Pokémon are grazing and commenting on the events of the day, following their daily routine. As some Pokémon comment about the sudden appearance of a group of foreigners of strange shape (plus an Alakazam, yeah), some ears are flickered to pick up this new information.
A Nidorina who was apparently grazing vacantly walks away and after stopping near a tree to check that no mon is following her, digs a small hole and burrows away in an undetermined direction.
WAAPT@tropi.us Legacy → WAAPT: In-Universe → PMD Returns: stories of PMD-A and PMD-B
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