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[Inaccessible] Veritas City

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Namohysip

Dragon Enthusiast
Staff
Partners
  1. flygon
  2. charizard
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. sceptile
  6. marowak
  7. jirachi
  8. meganium
No, those are the Overseers, Diyem thought, suppressing a growl. He exhaled through his nostrils, emitting a puff of embers and smoke, and then said, "The problem is recent, but rapid. And now..." Finally, Diyem straightened. "I suppose it's time that I start sending you all over. I suspect there will be late arrivals as well, but I'd rather start sending you sooner than later. I will be able to speak to you while you are there, so do not worry about being lost without a mission. Are you ready?"
 

The Walrein

Vicinal Dragging for the Truth
Partners
  1. gulpin
  2. kricketot
  3. bulbasaur
Bodies changing - did that mean that he might, like, evolve when he went to this Cybus place? Could the Charizard's magic allow that to happen without a moon stone? Jaro wasn't sure how to feel about that, if it turned out to be true - he'd wanted his whole life to evolve into a Wigglytuff, but he also wanted to earn it.

Addressing Nip, he said, "Yeah, I've never met a Sneasel before. Literally the only Pokemon I've seen so far that I recognize here are Clefairy and Magikarp. I... don't know what you mean about being skilled in 'darkness', but I'm pretty sure the only blood that can produce ice like that is fairy-blood." But only if they were as powerful as an elder Clefable, to Jaro's knowledge, which, yikes, must mean this guy was pretty impressive.

He took a cautious step away from Nip, and then something the tall, pale-skinned biped said made his ears catch on fire. He stormed over to Dave and glared up at him. "Okay, I admit I don't know what Jigglypuff are like on your world, but on my world saying that we're part normal-blooded is a rat-dung lie the Clefairy use to justify treating us like crap!" he spat.
 

Shiny Phantump

Through Dream, I Travel
Location
Hallownest
Pronouns
She/Her
Partners
  1. sylveon
  2. absol-mega
  3. silvally-psychic
  4. ninetales-phantump
  5. cosmog
  6. gallade-phantump
  7. ceruledge-phantump
After he was satisfied with the amount of information he’d taken in, Celeste decided to speak up.

“Very well. If you are in need, I will help.”

He had his reservations, of course, but someone of his family wasn’t allowed to turn tail on someone in need. This was clearly someone in need, so he could hardly refuse. He just hoped they could wrap this up before it got too long... though he suspected it wouldn’t be as quick as he hoped. Weeks. Maybe even a month or two.
 

Ambyssin

Gotta go back. Back to the past.
Location
Residency hell
Pronouns
he/him
Partners
  1. silvally-dragon
  2. necrozma-ultra
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. dreepy
  6. mewtwo-ambyssin
Necrozma didn't move himself from the wall. He made a gesture indicated Diyem would have to come to him. What he wouldn't verbalize was that if this suspicious charizard did have ties to World Ender, he'd pump every last drop of his light into the cretin's veins. He'd take the interloper down, even if it cost him his own life in the process.
 

Dragonfree

Moderator
Staff
Location
Iceland
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Partners
  1. butterfree
  2. mightyena
  3. charizard
  4. scyther-mia
  5. vulpix
  6. slugma
  7. chinchou
Dave raised his eyebrows at Jaro. "So... Pokémon racism. That's a new one. Okay."

"Ready? Sure. Bring it on."
 

The Walrein

Vicinal Dragging for the Truth
Partners
  1. gulpin
  2. kricketot
  3. bulbasaur
"Don't really know what you mean by 'racism', but I'm just going to assume you're agreeing with me," Jaro said. -wait, had Diyem said something about humans being here? And them 'becoming a Pokemon'? What? That didn't make sense, humans were already Pokemon, they obviously weren't animals! Did he mean them becoming a different species of Pokemon?

"Oh, uh, yeah, I'm ready!" he said to Diyem, noticing everyone else doing the same.
 

windskull

Bidoof Fan
Staff
Partners
  1. sneasel-nip
  2. bidoof
  3. absol
  4. kirlia
  5. windskull-bidoof
  6. little-guy-windskull
  7. purugly
  8. mawile
  9. manectric
Puffing out his chest just a little, Nip said, "well sure, a fairy might be able to do an ice attack, but we ice-types do it best. But enough about that."

He turned his attention back to Dieym, his expression growing serious. "A world so far away sounds nice, for a change. I will join you."
 

Namohysip

Dragon Enthusiast
Staff
Partners
  1. flygon
  2. charizard
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. sceptile
  6. marowak
  7. jirachi
  8. meganium
"You'll find out soon," Diyem said to Kubfu, and then, wanting nothing to do with the crowd all at once, flicked his claws. Suddenly, a flurry of black lightning struck them all, but rather than shock and pain, they simply disappeared where they stood.

Diyem huffed, arms crossed. He still sensed that more were on their way; worlds a little slower on the uptake, or perhaps simply the next wave of arrivals. In a way, it was promising: he had a lot of help. On the other hand, he feared what kinds of personalities he would have to deal with next...

"Well," Diyem muttered. "Good luck."
 
R1 – Wave 2

SparklingEspeon

Back on Her Bullshit
Staff
Location
a Terrace of Indeterminate Location in Snowbelle
Pronouns
She/Her
Partners
  1. espurr
  2. fennekin
  3. zoroark
Reality quickly swooped back into Tricky's mind - no way she was leaving here without a piece of cake! She concentrated all her thoughts into summoning one before the charizard could do anything. She saw it form in front of her, and opened her mouth to take a large chomp--

She was too late. The black lightning hit her square in the chest. She disappeared in an instant, and, with no desire to tether the cake into existence, it disappeared too.
 

Tanuki

Friend of All Chu
Location
Rhyme City
Pronouns
He/him/his
Zane didn’t like it here. He really didn’t like it anywhere, but the colosseum he particularly disdained. They always just showed up to the place for no reason and had to do some stupid performance for a stupid crowd, which he, personally, considered stupid.

This time was different, though. He’d had some dream of a vague voice asking for help, which was standard fare, even if the voice was a bit grumpier sounding than usual. Everyone had their off days, so he was sure stupid ethereal voices that didn’t tell him anything he actually needed to know were the same. But when he “answered the call,” he woke up in this Godforsaken city.

He wanted none of it, so he promptly decided to lay down and fo back to sleep. He wasn’t performing for a crowd. If sleep got him into this mess, it would get him out. Yet, as he tossed and turned on the lush forest floor, sleep evaded him like a gardevoir crossing to the other sidewalk after seeing him.

This was Jolt’s fault. He always made Zane wake up early, so Zane figured he must have ruined his ability to sleep in. Brat. He was going to clobber that rat into the dirt and punt him into the clouds next time he saw him. It seemed only fair.

He begrudgingly made his way to the colosseum, but the stage was busy with some song and dance number. Instead of waiting his turn, he politely ignored everything and stumbled upon a secret entrance. His ticket out.

An anachronistic screen, a table, the lingering feeling of soul-sucking lightning in the air, this had to be how he’d get out of here. A service attendant was even there to help him. He could tell the charizard was a service assistant based on his empty, soulless eyes.

“Yo,” he greeted with an equally sophisticated flick of his claws. “This the departure gate?”
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Cynthian arrived only a short moment ago, and he was quick to notice the conspicuous Charizard just standing there in the chamber. Aside from them was a zangoose with strange blue markings as opposed to the red he'd expected. What was that about?

Cynthian paid no attention to the normal type, because seeing a Charizard kicked off his instincts and Cynthian stood still with his arms held up—as unsuspecting as a plant. The last thing he wanted was to be turned into a roasted meal. Oh the horror such an event would be. It wasn't how any Roselia would hope to die.

However, the Charizard looked oddly familiar. Cynthain recalled vague memories about a peculiar night, as well as him jumping over a scary tail flame for whatever reason. Wasn't that just a fever dream he had once? Or perhaps it wasn't after all. The memory felt too real, especially given his current situation.

"Are you... Diyem?" Cynthian asked nervously, still standing in a T-pose.
 

Tanuki

Friend of All Chu
Location
Rhyme City
Pronouns
He/him/his
Zane watched her entrance and struggled to suppress a laugh. “Nah,” he answered for the charizard. “We’re the Cannibal Crew. He roasts you, I rate your flavor out of ten. Thanks for joining us. There is No Exit.”
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Cynthian gazed up at the so called cannibal crew member with a wry smile. "You're... that's a joke, right?"

It had to be.
 

Namohysip

Dragon Enthusiast
Staff
Partners
  1. flygon
  2. charizard
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. sceptile
  6. marowak
  7. jirachi
  8. meganium
Diyem watched the pair in silence, frowning. There were so many ways that he could acknowledge Zane's opening. He could give the whole story again. He could say that it was where he had originally been summoned, despite so desperately trying to evade him. But he could be strong. Another number. And perhaps, if he was able to shove him along, he'd be more willing to get it done faster.

"...Yes," Diyem said to Zane. "Are you ready to go?"
 

Tanuki

Friend of All Chu
Location
Rhyme City
Pronouns
He/him/his
Jackpot. Zane didn’t give the rose a second thought and turned to Diyem. “Hell yeah! Get me out of here!”
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
"Ready to go where exactly? Is this about the saving a world gig?" Cynthian clearly recalled being asked for about that not long ago. "When you said there would be others... You didn't mean just—Sorry, Zangoose. I didn't quite catch your name earlier."
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
Partners
  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Cynthian looked in shock at the spot Mr Blue Zangoose was standing on just a moment before.

"Did you just kill him?" he asked. His body shook and his throat felt dry.
 
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