Detective Room

Turtwig!Tagg: <That depends, what exactly are you searching for?>

Blanc Wood, floating down a well

Wisp: <Black City... yes, that is what it was called. I lived there once, with my sister. But that was so long ago... she and the city are now nothing more than dust drifting on the wind.>

Blanc Wood, floating towards a tunnel

Wisp: <I live in the skies. I see much of what happens on the world below, but what transpires beneath the earth is a mystery to me.>

Progressing Through the Tunnels - ???-B

-The party progresses through the shaft, and notices the light getting brighter and brighter. Rather than the familiar blue of the sky, it is the sickly yellow of some halogen lights-

<Teala(?): "... Huh?">

-And the group emerges in a hallway with a door with a notice reading "Vitrification" posted on it-

<Teala(?): "... Did we stumble across a basement or something?">

<Natrix: "Wait a sec... How on earth is this place not more damp? It connects to a well!">

-Going up to the door and pushing against it-

<Nimbus: "... It feels like it's still working...">

-And attempts to push it open, but gets it stuck-

<Nimbus: "Eh? What the? Maybe I just need to apply a little more force!">

-And rams it, stumbling through the doorway, surprising a group of scarved Scyther with foreleg spurs, mesothorax armor and tubercle sheaths-

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "ACK!">

<Patrolling!Scyther #2: BZZT! "Who was-?!">

<Captain!Scyther: "Eh? What do we have here?">

-Which prompts the rest of the group to come, and spot a group of scarved Scyther with gawking at the sprawled-out Dragonite inquisitively-

-A certain Fraxure flinches and ducks behind a Golurk at the sight-

<Elh: "... Uhm... Motion to mount a tactical retreat? Now?"> O.O;

<Maurice: "Aw great, we stumbled into a hideout."> ._.

<Dreyer: "... Hopefully they're friendlier than they look?"> ._. ._.

<Savarin: "Eh? We run into somethin' troublin'?"> |/

-Which prompts some wary chattering among their number-

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "Sauna Hold mons? What are they doing down here?">

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "Never seen those scarf patterns before... Think they're outsiders who fell down a shaft?">

<Tracer(?): "Uhm... Hello? Psst! Wisp! Do you know who these guys are?">

<Captain!Scyther: "You're not in trouble... Assuming that you come in peace...">

-Motioning for the group to follow-

<Captain!Scyther: "We'd just like to know a little more about you...">

Detective Room

Turtwig!Tagg: <Well...>

-Goes into an explanation of PMD-B based on what we know so far-

???, PMD-B

-We start following-

Luxray (?): <Hopefully this isn't some sort of trap.>

Tagg (?): <Well, I don't feel anything off about them.>

Detective Room

Togepi: <Huh, [interesting].>

<So, that means you're not from around here either?>

Haunter: <I think the rest of us figured that out a while ago.>

Machoke: <Any of those dragons still around? I'll give 'em what-for.>

Detective Room

Machoke: <Hm... Too bad.>

<As for names, mine's Emblem.>

Mightyena: <I'm Gogie.>

Togepi: <Mine's Crow!>

Haunter: <Ghostus.>

Wingull: <Jolly...>

Tunnels - ???-B

<Patrolling!Scyther #2: "Meh, that's simply how things are. We were raised here. As were our parents... And their parents...">

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "It goes all the way back to when humans died out...">

<Captain!Scyther: "But... Let's continue this in a bit of a less cramped place, yes?">

An Observation Post Jutting Out Over a Large Chasm - ???-B

-The group is now amassed in a repurposed observation room, overlooking a drop with an elevator climbing up amidst metal spheres held in place by massive supports... If one were to look outwards, that is. Looking in the opposing and tangential directions would reveal a settlement fashioned from scavenged modules and scrap metal sprawling out in a large cavernous space... And then going over the lip of the edge to be incorporated into the very cliff face of the drop... Perhaps not wholly unlike a certain 'Druftvoil' that some would recognize-

<Captain!Scyther: "So... Any other questions about us?">

<Tracer(?): "... What is this place...? And... Is that an elevator shaft back there?!">

<Teala(?): "... How far deep did that well go?">

<Captain!Scyther: "Yes... That leads to the rest of the island on the surface. It's made getting up there a lot faster recently.">

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "As for this place, these are the Hive Mines.">

<Simo: "Hrm?">

<Dahak: "Island?"> ._.

<Natrix: "... Uh...  Interesting... Name. If you can call it that. But... How'd this place even come about?">

<Captain!Scyther: "Back in the age of humans, there were apparently a number of monsters that used to live down here.">

<Patrolling!Scyther #2: "Yeah, sick and twisted abominations... Like men-Scyther!">

<Dahak: "... 'Men-Scyther'?">

<Nimbus: "... I don't think I want to know."> ._.

<Dreyer: "Eh? But that's so mean-spirited! It's not like they could help being half mon and half man!">

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "Well, they were eventually purged or just died out on their own. Or at least the ones that weren't men-monsters were.">

<Patrolling!Scyther #2: "Whatever it was the dragons did way back then kinda fixed that freaky 'halfway' thing for the men-monsters...

... Mostly. You can kinda tell who's descended from them...">

-A Scyther can be seen conversing with a Scizor in the background, idly swinging a free arm-

<Concerning!Scyther: "Yeah, I took up surgery. You would not BELIEVE how SATISFYING it is to cut someone open!">

<Patrolling!Scyther #2: "They're kinda... Yeah.">

-Involuntarily shuddering at the overheard comment from behind a Golurk-

<Elh: "Brr... Just when I thought this horrid settlement couldn't get any worse!"> O_O;

<Teala: "Wait a minute...

Did you just say descended?">

<Captain!Scyther: "Yes. Do you not know of how the dragons got rid of the humans they came across?">

-There is a silence among the group-

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "They turned them into Pokemon, silly!">

<Nimbus: "... How on earth... Is... That?">

-From behind the safety of a 7-foot tall golem-

<Elh: "It's been ages since I've heard that... And... It actually makes an unsettlingly... Plausible argument...

The way of life in the towns...

Why everyone just won't let what happened go...

... It all makes sense now...">

<Savarin: "... I dunno, still seems like a stretch to me... I mean, how do you turn... A thing into another?"> |?

<Tracer(?): "Um... Well... Funny story about that..."> >_>

<Captain!Scyther: "But... If you don't mind... Perhaps we could turn the tables a bit?">

<Teala(?): "Hmm?">

<Captain!Scyther: "Why don't you all tell us a bit about yourselves-?">

<Natrix: "ACK!">

-A moving figure of composed of scrap metal and various scavenged components from around the time of PEFE's reawakening lumbers by-

<Natrix: "Is that a mech?!"> O_o

-A certain Zorua pops up from behind some boxes, with smudges and oil peppering her pelt-

<Gelato: "Yep!">

-And the mech clumsily stumbles into a wall, falls over, and begins to flail-

<Gelato: "I call it the 'Walk-Into-Wallinator' Mark I!">

<Elh: "... How are you still doing hunting work again?"> O_o;

<Maurice: "... Thank goodness those pushy Gun Runners never had a mon like her with them."> ._.

<Natrix: "How on earth is that thing moving?!">

<Gelato: "I mean, it wasn't that hard... All the motors and everything were already there...">

-And a limb breaks off of the flailing mech-

<Gelato: "... Granted, I had to cut corners a bit on the joints...">

<Simo: "What the heck is with those white things? Are those plastic?">

<Patrolling!Scyther #1: "We're not fully sure. We know that they came from some junked things that spoke in the creepiest tones imaginable.">

<Captain!Scyther: "Anyhow, you all seem to be quite the... Motley... Bunch. And a touch out of the loop.">

<Tracer(?): "... Let's just say that we've come from all over... And if this really is an island...

Probably someplace not terribly close...">

-Did... Did we stumble into ANOTHER universe somehow? This is so weird...

... I wonder what happened to that stalker that chased after back in Gelato's universe, though...?

Did he give up and go home...? Or...

... Did he get trapped somewhere out there?- ._.

Detectives' Room

Cuyahoga: -stands tall, stretching her wings for effect- <I am Cuyahoga, loyal bodyguard to Tangent, Private Investigator.>

Blenda: -straightens up her pose- <I am Blenda, bodyguard and tracker.>

Slowpoke!Tangent: <Hmm, not much we can do about the dragons now.>

A Unovan River

Peeko(?): <Now just what land this is... we'll have to find a native.>

Rojos: <...huh. That smell...>

-the Flygon suddenly takes to the sky, and darts towards the nearby land-

Peeko(?): <Wait, where are y->

Lamarr: <HEY! Don't split the party!>

Floating over an observation post somewhere

Wisp: <Ah, humans... I remember them. I met one once, long ago... but she has since faded away just like everything else...>

Detective's Room

Sakura: <S-So what do we do now?>

Turtwig!Tagg: <Well we need to track down the guy we're looking for, and we're hardly going to get that done just sitting around here.>

Observation Post - Hive Mines

Tagg (?): <Trust me when I say you don't want to know.>

Nudi (?): <Cobalt said they were horrible people who did horrible things.

Detective Room

Slowpoke!Tangent: <OK, if we want to check out this PEFE Island, we'll best ask around a port. The closet one's called Wonder, near what used to be the Marvelous Bridge.>

Celebi: <That was marvelous...>

Sam: <And also a bridge!>

A Unovan River

-The Buizel on the boat crew's ears perk up-

Miles: <Wait, he's saying something...> -strains to hear-

Rojos: <There should be a port called Wonder upriver! I'll meet you there after saying hi to my folks!> -flies off-

Miles: <...he has family here?>