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With Pianis and Siren

-Silent thinks for a moment-

"Besides a scarf or some sort of hanger to carry a bag, I can't think of anything that is both convenient and comfortable right off my head." -- to Pianis -- "You might actually want to ask your sisters for that one."

With Maggie's Mons

-Dintel hurriedly produces an Oran Berry from the bag, while Python slithers away at the sight of Volcamel sneezing-

Dintel♂: <...Would these help?> -- presents one to the Camerupt.

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport Pokémon Center, trauma room

Pianis: A scarf? Oh, think I have just the thing.

-Pianis produces a Team Glacier scarf from his bag and wraps it around Siren's neck-

Pianis: Here. While you're with me, you can consider yourself an honorary member of Team Glacier.

Siren: <Oooh~!>

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Slateport, Not Pokécenter

Sol: -looking at a dot on a PDA go dark-

Hmph, these tracking bugs are useless. People keep finding them...

A Goldenrod Apartment

Mina the Window Purrloin: -bats around a tracking bug on the end of a string as she waits for dinner-

Sinnoh Underground:

-a hacked tracking beacon has been placed in a Cooltrainer's Secret Base to help them remember where it was-

Small Court, Nimbasa:

-some hockey players from [Canada] are smacking around a tracking beacon as they warm up-

Lavender Tower

GHOST: -speaking into a tracking beacon- GET OUT... GET OUT...

TCG Island

Mr. Ishihara: OK, time to decide who goes first...

-flips a tracking beacon-

Slateport:

Sol: ...well, I wasn't expecting to run into a PEFE researcher. So much for Plan Null, back to Plan A.

-he glances at Mt. Chimney-

Sanity is precious; use it sparingly.

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Slateport, last night

-Volcamel looks down at the berry-

Volcamel: <Thanks, but> -sniffs- <if it were that easy, my allergies would be> -sniffs- <gone already.>

"Welcome. Do you have some... b u s i n e s s?"

"Halt dein Höllesobst mir fern, Versucher." ~ jedesdummisel

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With Maggie's mons

-Dintel shrugs and continues to offer the berry-

Dintel♂: <It will make you a bit better for the moment. What are you allergic to? I hope not to the bags...>

-Python, a bit concerned about getting sick, drags himself away from the Camerupt and closer to the Porygon to observe it-

Python♂: <self::invoke (porygon.define ('Dream World') )?>

With Pianis

-Harriet and Copahue, liking the improptu ceremony, clap their approval of Siren as part of Team Glacier-

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport Pokémon Center

Siren: <So... what is Team Glacier?>

Yukikaze: <It's a thing this Glaceon friend of ours came up with. He wants to cover the world in snow, basically.>

Pianis: Mostly I just play along with it, and hey, I like snow. Why do you think I'm an Ice trainer?

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Slateport, two nights prior

Volcamel: <Well> -sniffs- <Thanks.>

-She takes and consumes the Oran Berry-

<I don't> -sniffs- <know, though, really. It just> -sniffs- <seems like they're here pretty much all the time.>

Memory: -to Python- <The Dream World is an astral plane best described as the collective unconscious of all Pokémon throughout reality. All Pokemon form an astral projection here when they sleep, but require something to wake them up inside to be fully aware of the Dream World.>

<Humans are generally unable to enter the Dream World unless they did so prior as Pokemon, though a rare ocurrence known as the Dreamstalk allowed humans to enter more easily. Though said plant is apparently wilted now.>

"Welcome. Do you have some... b u s i n e s s?"

"Halt dein Höllesobst mir fern, Versucher." ~ jedesdummisel

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Slateport Pokécenter

Harriet♀: <...covered in snow, huh...>

-Harriet and Copahue don't look really happy at the prospect of a world covered in snow, they look at each other for a moment, clearly unsure of how to react to the idea-

Harriet♀: <Uhm... yeah no thanks. It'd be pretty bad for us birds.>

Copahue♂: <I persomonally like my blood warm and flowing.> -- stiffens feathers, appearing a bit more aggressive.

Shahinne♀: <....>

<...>

<...> o.o

-Shahinne is not very happy either, as she remembers a small mental scenario that played in her young, impressionable mind back at her birthday picnic-

-Silent just shrugs the matter over and turns to Siren-

"Well whatever helps you disguise and keep at arms length of curious people helps. Just don't overplay it - we humans have a knack for not being able to let curious things go away."

Yesternight with Maggie's mons

Dintel♂: <So... we have to be invited and then we can do stuff around? But then when do we sleep?>

Python♂: <self::schedules['sleep'].attributes().{stickiness , periods}>

> 0:15 [h]
> { [18:30 - 19:30] , [22:30 - 09:30] }

-That's the times of the day when he sleeps, with about 15 minutes of leeway that Silent allows him-

Dintel♂ -frowns: <...Well it can't be that bad.> -- turns to Memory -- <Do we have to nap in our beds?>

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport Pokémon Center

Siren: <I'll keep that in mind.>

Pianis: -to Harriet- Relax. I try to keep him in check, mostly.

Yukikaze: <Yeah, he kinda needs that.>

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Slateport, two nights prior

Memory: -to Dintel- <The body sleeps normally while in the Dream World. And I believe you are not necessarily restricted, as long as your body can enter REM sleep.>

"Welcome. Do you have some... b u s i n e s s?"

"Halt dein Höllesobst mir fern, Versucher." ~ jedesdummisel

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Slateport, two nights ago

-Dintel and Python stare at each other given this new information, pondering about what can one do in dreams-

Dintel♂: <...Oh? I don't know what a REM sleep is but I can ask around~>

-he turns to the Camerupt-

<We could go nap then, there is a Pokécenter and there you can get rest too!> ^.^

With Pianis

Harriet♀: <...Good to know.> -- rubs wings uneasily.

"So, now that we know about Siren, what comes next for you and her, Pianis?"

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport, two nights prior

Volcamel: <Right. That's where> -sniffs- <Maggie is.>

"Welcome. Do you have some... b u s i n e s s?"

"Halt dein Höllesobst mir fern, Versucher." ~ jedesdummisel

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Slateport Pokémon Center

Siren: <I want to see lots of new places!>

Pianis: Well, that's what I was hoping I could ask the people here about. My sisters in particular.

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With Pianis

"Well that'd be good. There's a lot of places to explore. Just one thing..."

-sighs-

"If you go to [Fallarbor] don't let them know you're related to the J-Team. They might ban you from the hotels too."

With Maggie's Mons, 2 nites ago

Python♂: <Maggie! See Maggie!>

-and starts slithering away by himself, towards the Pokécenter-

Dintel♂: <...B-but the Museum. Bah...> -- shrugs -- <You are boring.>

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport Pokémon Center

Pianis: What?

Siren: <Why not?>

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With Pianis

"Because last time we were there there was a lot of destruction and stuff, an hotel got the entire top floor opened up and there was an attempt of a takeover of the town by a flock of virtual birds. Not to mention almost the entire group got caught in a pretty elaborate out of body experience that required a lot of care and maintenance of the bodies in-place in the meantime."

-shrugs-

"All in all, wherever we go, mayhem of various kinds follows, as do various kinds of villains. It's like we have a fan club in service of the plot. I'd be under the impression our Latii friends in danger here might not exactly be pro the extra attention that their presence with us would gather in any place."

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport, in a timey wimey wobbly now

-Algira is fluttering around the city, trying to find out where did Ichtacya go since she was sent out to find Dintel. Who is also lost.-

Algira♀: <...Peoplemons could at least tell where they go when they are leaving!> -- buzzes.

-Not too far from her but not following her, a [Notification Shahinne] is perched on the Pokécenter's pole, also looking around for familiar mons-

PEFE HQ, also in a timey wimey now

-Firuz, who after a good amount of months of offscreenness finally gets some time in a post, is back from his second expedition to what will one day in the RP be called Firuzland, and is heading to Headmaster Tangent's office carrying a couple of reports. A Mawile and a Lairon are following shortly behind, looking around everywhere as they are not used to the hi-tech of the place-

-Trying to reach the headmaster's office Firuz might first reach his secretary, or any assistant...-

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport

-the Notification Shahinne may note a Mega Pidgeot standing behind her-

Mega Pidgeot: <Are you lost?>

PEFE HQ

-Firuz, in fact, would encounter Polly and Evangeline, intently studying some blueprints on a tablescreen in Tangent's office-

Polly: But is it enough security?

Sanity is precious; use it sparingly.

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PEFE HQ

-Firuz knocks, waits for a moment and enters the office sheepishly; he seems to get some color back to his skin as he sees Dr. Tangent is not in the office, but a moment later he walks in, puzzled-

Firuz: E-excuse me, where is the Headmaster?

-Firuz's Lairon steps in as well and takes a look around; Mawile tries to walk in as well but as she is looking around she bumps onto Lairon-

Mawile: <This again? Look, could you not be a klutz in front of th-... uh?> -- gets up and looks to Polly and Evangeline -- <W-Where are all the bosses?>

Slateport

-The Notification Shahinne is covered by a big Mega Pidgeot. Not that she'd know what that is~-

Notification Shahinne: <...Ooooh> -- looks up, trills -- <I'm not lost! I'm here> -- ^.^ -- <I'm just looking for some friends.>

-turns around and seizes the strange creature up down-

<...What are you? Are you lost?>

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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PEFE HQ

Polly: -looks up from the plans- Tangent? Oh, she's still in Kalos, attempting the League challenge.

Evangeline: <Basket too. I think?>

Basket is Actually...

-in Petalburg Forest, battling a minion of Sol and Ton-

Basket: <He- he's using our Solarbeams and Sunny Days against us!>

BreBre: -has manipulated solar energy into the form of a 20-foot-tall Breloom-

<Yes! Allow me to introduce my Solar Stand, Mycellium Spectre! My life energy, combined with the ripple of the Sun, alloys to form an unbeatable juggernaut of light!>

Mycellium Spectre: -dashes at the Tropii and Magma mons with a Mach Punch-

Slateport

Mega Pidgeot: -coo-chuckles- <I'm not lost. Just doing my duty, checking on the local ComMons with my master.>

Youngster Joey: -dismounts the Pidgeot's back- I told you, that formal address makes me feel awkward...

Mega Pidgeot: <Isn't "master" the right term for referring to a little kid?>

Youngster Joey: I don't like it that way either!

-remembers Notifahinne is there- ... *ahem*

So, looking for your friends?

Sanity is precious; use it sparingly.

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Petalburg Forest

-Vilkas's mons are scattered by the strike-

Vilkas: If we can't use the sun, then we'll have to change tactics! Secant, go!

-sends out the Snover, who glares irritably at the giant Breloom-

Secant: <This weather needs to go!>

-he sticks out his hands, causing hailstones to rain down, to the general irritation of the others present-

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Slateport

-Shahinne (ya know, the notification one) trills a note at being called a com mon-

Notification Shahinne: <Oh I'm pretty common. There's me, me, me...>

-to the recently appeared human-

<Yeah, my Trainer said I had to get them back because we're going on a trip~> -- scouts around -- <But this city is big and I am only one...>

PEFE HQ

-Firuz is now even more puzzled-

Firuz: Uhm, I think you mean he. Unless we have another Headmaster now and I haven't got the memo.

-Mawile walks up to Evangeline-

Mawile♀: <Oh, hey. So you two are saying everyone's left? Trainer has been looking for Dr. Silent too for a while now.>

-Firuz remembers what he was here for and produces a couple of reports-

Firuz: I was supposed to hand these over, I wanted to do it personally, but I guess I'll need either the Headmaster's Secretary or one of the Archivists...

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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Slateport

Youngster Joey: Hmm, concerning indeed...

Can we assist?

PEFE HQ

Polly: Oh, Tangent was female at last report. Abstract malevolent concepts achieving reality and jinxing people, you know.

I can ensure the reports reach Tangent if you like. And i believe Dr. Silent headed to Hoenn just a few days ago.

-she looks back at the table-

Can I get more eyeballs on this?

Petalburg Forest

-Mycellium Spectre shrinks down to about 3 feet tall-

BreBre: <You are *ow* clever! Neutralizing my connection to the *ow* Sun to remove my advantage is a *ow* strategic move...>

<But have you calculated the impact it would *ow* have on your own side's abilities?>

Sanity is precious; use it sparingly.

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Slateport, outside the Pokécenter

Notification Shahinne: <Well you can't get me food... and Ichtacya is not getting far~>

-The Notification Shahinne looks down as Ichtacya traverses the streets, sniffing around; she thinks and looks around for a moment-

Notification Shahinne: <But maybe you can look around for Dintel? He's a [Sandshrew] who always gets lost. They live in the desert!> ^.^

PEFE HQ, Tangent's Office

-Firuz nods, not sure he wants to ask any further, and steps in to deliver the reports-

Here's two reports on the wild populations west of Olivine then, and one on volcanic activity north of the Lake of Rage that the Goldenrod branch sent two days ago.

Mawile: <Oh, a shame Dr. Silent left. I wanted to talk to Algira about that computer thing...>

Lairon♂: <He left? I'm sure I saw his Nidoran around...> -- turns to Evangeline -- <I only have two eyes, maybe your human is fine with that?>

-the Mawile facepalms-

Firuz: Hmmm? Eyes on what?

Thou hast forgotten the face of thy Lord. Remember, mortal, and fear pet me.

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PEFE HQ

Evangeline: <It's a metaphor. She wants more peoplemons looking at these plans to find out if they can see anything she might otherwise be missing.>

Polly: -to the Mawile- Systemd is not considered stable enough for deployment in production environments, no.

Anyways... I have been beefing up security for an artifact called the Gaim Rahm that was recently recovered from a thief attempt. The containment system has now been augmented with biometric locks, Sharpedo with lasers, activated bananas, three layers of adamantium walls, a layer of eveium walls for good measure, two Faraday cages, an R/F jammer, an RCA jammer, a cable rescrambler, a double-density laser hallway, Unplottability enchantments, video surveillance, audio surveillance, olfactory surveillance, astrological surveillance, a partridge with a shotgun disguised as a pear tree, and ROT-13 encryption.

Am I missing any holes?

Slateport

Youngster Joey: Will do! I'll have the local chapter of the Zigzagoon Fraternity keep an eye out for non-desert-dwelling Sandshrew.

Sanity is precious; use it sparingly.