Treasure Town ~ Main Square

[Tanuki]

"By the sound of it I'm certainly more mature than you, dipshit."

"You might be if you learned to be polite," Zane said, rolling his eyes. "I swear, is there someone here you haven't insulted?"

 

[Fusion]

"By the sound of it I'm certainly more mature than you, dipshit."

"Just because that's true doesn't make you right. At least I'm not a whining at literally everything going on."

 

[Shadow of Antioch]

"Hey, uh, weird question, but like, how are you guys not bothered by having parts of you on fire? Doesn't that like, hurt?" Jaro asked the Litwick and Charmander. (Jaro had noticed Diyem also had this trait, but was more willing to accept him as being some powerful otherworldly entity to whom normal rules didn't apply.)

Finally on the ground, Flame instinctively grabbed his namesake to check it.

He shot a puzzled look at Jaro, still holding his tail. "What do you mean? It's... a part of us." He clawed at the porous tip, smiling at the heat. "Plus, it's not actually on fire. That's how it works in my world. Here! Pass your hand through."

 

[The Walrein]

Celeste laughed. “Me? A human? Absolutely not. As far as I had known, humans were extinct for centuries.

As for the orbs, I can’t teach you to make them. I’ve no such talent, it’s my sister who does that. I also don’t know about stones that burn flesh, thank Ho-oh. If the screaming sticks are wands, she could make those, too.”

Jaro's forelock drooped. "Oh. And I guess your sister isn't here, eh? As for humans being extinct, I don't think they are, or at least not on my world? I mean, obviously no one's seen them for thousands and thousands of moons, but as far as I know they're still out in the Wastelands somewhere. That was actually what I was trying to do before I came here - find a way into the Wastelands, track down some humans and learn or steal their magic." He coughed. "Not, uh, that I'd plan on stealing anything from you," he said, glancing at Starr.

 

[Chibi Pika]

"You're still a pink pile of pudding in my heart, Starr."

Oh, screw this blue dog in particular. "Yeah, go piss on a stump."

"What, you think I wanted this shit? I don't even really remember what happened in the party game dimension last time but I'm pretty fucking sure I didn't ask for it. Who were you again?"

Starr gawked at the pissed-off mutt. He seriously didn't remember? She could make things easier on herself and just ignore him. He didn't need to know.

...

Ah, screw it. "So you're telling me you don't remember spending three days spouting nonstop bullshit only to fly into some kind of meltdown screaming at the voices in your head the instant anyone so much as called you on it. Doesn't ring a bell? Guess it must've been my imagination."

"You're a human? You mean, you used to be a human before coming here?"

"Uh huh. Gonna go out on a limb and say you don't have humans where you come from." Then again, it didn't seem like he knew what half the Pokemon here were either. "You from some kinda isolated fairy cult, or what?"

 

[NebulaDreams]

Oh, screw this blue dog in particular. "Yeah, go piss on a stump."

She was enjoying this a bit too much, and she wanted to go even further. “You can’t say much, coming from an animal that eats from their own litter box.”

 

[Tanuki]

She was enjoying this a bit too much, and she wanted to go even further. “You can’t say much, coming from an animal that eats from their own litter box.”

Zane cringed at the idea. Wasn't he part cat? Mongoose, ferret, what the hell was he? Whatever he was, he felt like he should be offended. "Oh yeah? Well that—" he forgot to come up with a come back, "Isn't true."

 

[NebulaDreams]

“And Riolu don’t piss on stumps either, so eat shit.”

 

[Ambyssin]

Bickering. So much bickering. It was now glaringly obvious to Necrozma why Diyem didn't need to lift so much as a finger to smite them: their own clashing personalities would do them in. This group... it oozes with so much despair World Ender will be salivating at the bit. It wouldn't be long before that giant magikarp came to crush the lot of them. And he felt so weak, he doubted he could even produce a shield that would protect more than a few people.

There were some trees away from the group. What Necrozma needed was quiet. A place to meditate. Still airborne and out of the way of the squabbling, he floated off toward the trees. The beam of light followed along, all so he could keep siphoning to his nonexistent heart's content.

 

[windskull]

"Oh, that's really reassuring. And you... only look a bit different from that night. Less wounded. Nip, right?" Cynthian asked politely. And wow, Nip sure had delightful eyes. Cynthian could stare at them all day.

Nip dipped his head respectfully. "That is correct. And you were... Cynthia...? No, that's not right. Cynthian?" That sounded closer. "And yes. It seems this new body is... fresh." He paused and tried to puff out a cloud of frost like he had before, drawing on the powers of icy wind.

... nothing.

"In more ways than one," he said with a slight frown.

He turned his attention to the jigglypuff again. "The absol speaks correctly. Some orbs can be created by mons but it is a difficult to master art."

 

[unrepentantAuthor]

There sure was a lotta conversation.

[Cynthian] paused to clear his throat. "Sorry, I went off on a tangent talking about myself. What about you? Excited to go on a world saving quest?"

"Not excited. Resigned, maybe. Just solvin' problems in my head and hopin' I find a way to exist alongside... all this. For however long we're here. I have the feelin' it's gonna be longer than they think."

She gave Cynthian an appraising look. A scholar, huh?

"Hope your knowledge will come in handy," she said, quite seriously. "I'll keep my ears pricked for it."

[Curio] looked to the Luxio-turned-Shinx next. "Brisa, right?"

"Yeah. I caught your name earlier," replied Brisa. "We don't know each other, do we?"

But Curio's attention had turned to provoking some of the others. Brisa's tail thrashed. As the lucario pleased, then. Just because she was slow to reply...

But it wouldn't do to be jealous of a stranger's attention before she even knew anything about them. And that she could learn by paying attention to her jibes and insults. People made those for a reason, didn't they? Brisa waited, and watched.

 

[The Walrein]

"Uh huh. Gonna go out on a limb and say you don't have humans where you come from." Then again, it didn't seem like he knew what half the Pokemon here were either. "You from some kinda isolated fairy cult, or what?"

"Not sure what a 'cult' is, but... I guess we're pretty isolated? It's kind of a long story. Our tribe, the Jigglypuff, initially inhabited the moon along with a number of other fairy tribes- the Nidoran, the Clefairy, the Munna, and the Skitty. Then there was a big disaster and we had to use a ritual to travel to Earth, which eventually corrupted the blood of the weaker tribes. We started recreating our society on Earth, but the humans and some other Pokemon tribes became jealous of us and tried to steal our magic. There was a big war which ended in us banishing the humans to the Wastelands and creating the Barrier to keep them out forever. But that's all ancient history to me, and, like, I don't have anything against humans today."

He shot a puzzled look at Jaro, still holding his tail. "What do you mean? It's... a part of us." He clawed at the porous tip, smiling at the heat. "Plus, it's not actually on fire. That's how it works in my world. Here! Pass your hand through."

"Wait, so that fire's like... some sort of illusion?" Jaro walked up and thrust his arm into the flame.

 

[Jedi Shulk]

"He's turned me into a freaking cat, hasn't he?"

”Do I have to say it again?

"Yup, you're a cat. Welcome to housepet club."

”That sounds wrong.”

"This is my only form."

Fay gave a look of doubt.

"The one we're looking for was crushed under a thicc fish somewhere...

”What is up with all the innuendos?”

"I mean, how else do you cope with bein' a Pokemon?"

“Drown yourself in water?”

You had... magical balls?

Fay gave a hard stare.

 

[Chibi Pika]

She was enjoying this a bit too much, and she wanted to go even further. “You can’t say much, coming from an animal that eats from their own litter box.”

Starr snorted, suppressing a smirk. So the blue dog wanted to play games. Alright, not like she had anything better to do right now. "Some bold talk from the animal most famous for shit-eating and butt-sniffing."

 

[Jedi Shulk]

“Are we just roasting each other now?” Fay asked.

 

[Fusion]

"You guys really sound like the best of friends." Litwick laughed. "I'm almost jealous that I know absolutely none of you..."

 

[Dragonfree]

Starr gawked at the pissed-off mutt. He seriously didn't remember? She could make things easier on herself and just ignore him. He didn't need to know.

...

Ah, screw it. "So you're telling me you don't remember spending three days spouting nonstop bullshit only to fly into some kind of meltdown screaming at the voices in your head the instant anyone so much as called you on it. Doesn't ring a bell? Guess it must've been my imagination."

"I don't know what the fuck you're talking about," Dave snarled.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"In more ways than one," he said with a slight frown.

Cynthian stretched out his flowers and smiled. "At least neither of us got turned into something else. I'm most glad I didn't go back to being a budew. I do not wish to relive those... Helpless days," he finished with a somber look.

"Hope your knowledge will come in handy," she said, quite seriously. "I'll keep my ear pricked for it."

"Oh, I'm not sure. I'd just bore you with my botanist talk," Cynthian said with a nervous laugh. Though it warmed him that someone showed interest in his study field. Not a lot of people did back home.

 

[NebulaDreams]

"Some bold talk from the animal most famous for shit-eating and butt-sniffing."

Curio grinned even wider than before. This wasn't just a roast, this was a cat and, er, dog game. "That means you're just as gross as me." She stuck her finger in her ear and wiped it on Starr's fur.

 

[Namohysip]

Hello. Hello. Are you there? Mrm… Yes. I believe I’ve found you. Hello. This is Diyem.

The voice came from nowhere, but it sounded like he was speaking to them from above.

It appears that you have all made it to Treasure Town. I can sense Charmander Owen’s presence just south of your current location. It seems to be coming from that larger building, which I believe is Marowak Dojo. That is a place where teams of Pokémon often come together for training. And—someone’s coming.

Someone is coming and they are incredibly powerful. I suggest you run—no. No, they do not appear to be hostile. But be careful. They're too fast. You can't run. Act natural.