Treasure Town ~ Main Square

[Shadow of Antioch]

"Hey, I got Owen! Mission accomplished! We're done!"

Flame froze for a moment. "I'm not that feminine! I look nothing like him! D-do I? And—let me go!" He squirmed his legs from over his shoulder.

 

[Fusion]

The more Zane learned about his comrades, the less he wanted to. "Oh, you like playing as..." a shiver cut him off. He couldn't bring himself to say it out loud.

Luckily, he had a perfect distraction. Charmander! Didn't Diyem say something about one of those? Zane knew a charmander, too. He dashed over and lifted who he assumed to be Owen and showed him to the group. "Hey, I got Owen! Mission accomplished! We're done!"

"That isn't... he's not the one we're trying to find, dude." Vix sighed. "The one we're looking for was crushed under a thicc fish somewhere... not here."

 

[The Walrein]

"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.)

 

[Tanuki]

"He's what?" Zane quickly obliged and carefully dropped his prize to the floor. He threw his head back and groaned, "Why are we even here?"

 

[Dragonfree]

"We're here to find that Charmander, Owen, and, like, figure out why there's a giant Magikarp around. Apparently."

 

[Fusion]

"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.)

"Oh, I'm literally just a living candle, and this flame is just a part of me. It doesn't really hurt at all." Vix expanded her flames greatly to prove her point, hiding the fact that it caused her to melt a little.

"He's what?" Zane quickly obliged and carefully dropped his prize to the floor. He threw his head back and groaned, "Why are we even here?"

"We're looking for that Charizard's son or something, then we're gonna beat up a fish and do some more heroic stuff! It's like a fun little vacation!" Vix cheered, her flame dancing excitedly. "This is gonna be my first mission as an actual adventurer too! I get to put all those things I learned to good use!"

 

[Chibi Pika]

His ears swiveled around at the sound of a thump; a Litten'd just appeared in the grass, looking about as disoriented as he had been. "Yup, you're a cat. Welcome to housepet club."

Starr felt her ears flatten without telling them to. It was that asshole from the mafia game. Of course he'd be here too. What the hell was the criteria for coming here again? "Nice to see you too," she said dryly. "Lemme guess, you wanted a trial run at being dog last time?"

Desperately latching onto the first thing he heard he was at all familiar with, he turned to Starr and said, "Wait, you used to be a Cleffa? That means you must have come from the Vale in my world, right? I guess you must've traveled to even more worlds than this one, before?"

Starr raised at eyebrow at the paraoid-looking Jigglypuff. "Yeah, nice try, but no. I'm a human. This one"--she gestured a paw roughly toward the Absol--"just gave me some magic glass ball that turned me into a Pokemon during the last game. And I guess 'cause the universe has a sense of humor, it decided to pick something good and humiliating. Wouldn't be truth or dare otherwise, I guess."

 

[NebulaDreams]

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

 

[Adamhuarts]

"The rockruff and charmander aren't here, either." He paused to sniff at the air. "And you speak of the human struck by lightning, correct? He could have been turned, like the others. But I don't smell him on the air."

"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.

 

[Shiny Phantump]

Celeste stopped to think for a moment. “I did what?”

He had a sense of déjà vu. It sounded familiar... and yet, he couldn’t quite remember it.

“Oh. I guess I did. I... I can’t quite remember it all, though.”

 

[Fusion]

"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.

"Hey, are you alright? You're spacin' out there buddy?"Litwick asked, tapping Cynthian on the... bud? Yeah, the bud.

 

[Dragonfree]

Starr felt her ears flatten without telling them to. It was that asshole from the mafia game. Of course he'd be here too. What the hell was the criteria for coming here again? "Nice to see you too," she said dryly. "Lemme guess, you wanted a trial run at being dog last time?"

"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?"

Dave scratched his chin and - oh fuck, that was his hind leg, wasn't it. "Ugh. Please tell me there's somewhere to get a drink around here." And then he blinked. "Wait. Alcohol's poisonous for dogs, isn't it. Oh my fucking god. Please tell me the magic brain rewiring making us sapient fixes that."

 

[Fusion]

"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?"

Dave scratched his chin and - oh fuck, that was his hind leg, wasn't it. "Ugh. Please tell me there's somewhere to get a drink around here." And then he blinked. "Wait. Alcohol's poisonous for dogs, isn't it. Oh my fucking god. Please tell me the magic brain rewiring making us sapient fixes that."

"Dawwww, the lil puppy thinks he's old enough to dwink!" Litwick snickered. "They grow up so fast!"

 

[NebulaDreams]

"Doesn't stop me from drinking Dave, woo!" Curio chuckled, mostly good-humoured, but a little bit sadly as well. "Y'know, Lucario don't have such bad metabolisms, I don't think. Chocolate's okay for us. Booze is fine for us, sort of. We throw up like crazy and are huge lightweights, but we can take it." She sighed. "I mean, how else do you cope with bein' a Pokemon?"

 

[NebulaDreams]

"Dawwww, the lil puppy thinks he's old enough to dwink!" Litwick snickered. "They grow up so fast!"

"Also, Candlejack, I'm gonna pour a bucket over your head in a minute."

 

[Dragonfree]

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

 

[The Walrein]

"Oh, I'm literally just a living candle, and this flame is just a part of me. It doesn't really hurt at all." Vix expanded her flames greatly to prove her point, hiding the fact that it caused her to melt a little.

"Uh, sure, right. Makes total sense!" Jaro had no idea what a 'candle' was. Maybe something like a torch?

Starr raised at eyebrow at the paraoid-looking Jigglypuff. "Yeah, nice try, but no. I'm a human. This one"--she gestured a paw roughly toward the Absol--"just gave me some magic glass ball that turned me into a Pokemon during the last game. And I guess 'cause the universe has a sense of humor, it decided to pick something good and humiliating. Wouldn't be truth or dare otherwise, I guess."

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

He turned to the Absol. "You had... magical balls? Were you also a human? Did you know how to make other magic things, like the shiny stones that burned flesh, or screaming sticks? Could one of you ex-humans teach me how to make those things?" he asked hopefully.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Hey, are you alright? You're spacin' out there buddy?"Litwick asked, tapping Cynthian on the... bud? Yeah, the bud.

"What? Oh, I'm—" the litwick was already talking to the others by the time Cynthian turned around. "Fine?"

What was that about anyway?

 

[Fusion]

"Also, Candlejack, I'm gonna pour a bucket over your head in a minute."

"You can go ahead and do it, buster blue, but this here flame is just decoration." Litwick scoffed, snuffing out her flame herself. "And it's candlejill to you."

She really didn't like how abrasive she was being, but her friends back home said she'd have to grow a backbone sometime. Of course, not literally, she had no bones to begin with, but she knew what they meant. Plus, it was kinda fun being overly sassy.

 

[Shiny Phantump]

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.”