Treasure Town ~ Main Square

[NebulaDreams]

"Truth or Dare was fun, Dave. Didn't you remember me going like--" Curio stood on all fours and howled, then went back on two legs again--"this? You got so embarrassed when I came up to you."

She looked to the Luxio-turned-Shinx next. "Brisa, right?"

 

[Virgil134]

"I'm well aware of what the game is, but the only time I ever played it was back home." Necrozma's voice softened toward the end of the sentence. His arms trembled. He clicked his claws together and hovered a bit higher.

Cabot tilted his head, wondering if memory loss was perhaps one of the side effects of being transported to this world.

"Well, since you don't seem to remember... I'm Cabot."

 

[Adamhuarts]

Curio stood on all fours and howled, then went back on two legs

"You're doing the thing again!" Cynthian said with a chuckle.

 

[Tanuki]

Zane tilted his head at Curio, suddenly recognizing her despite the change in form. “Wait, aren’t you the lucario that turned to glitter?”

 

[NebulaDreams]

"Yeah," she said to the blue Zangoose. "Ah, I remember you, you walking blueberry snowcone."

 

[Ambyssin]

"I see." Necrozma's aurora momentarily pointed toward Cabot. He wasn't going to bring up the fate of Cabot's species in Etherium. "A pleasure to meet you."

 

[Tanuki]

“Strawberry, now!” Zane said with far too much pride. “Or, well,” and there it went, like salt in the rain. “The Charred Clementine sent me over in a normal body, it seems.”

His voice ebbed with relief. No more greeting by frying pan for him. “Looks like you’re the blueberry snow-cone, now,” he chuckled.

 

[Chibi Pika]

Starr landed on the grass with a thud. Her head spun. Dots of light still danced in her vision from the lightning. At least nothing hurt. But her whole body felt disconnected, like nothing was in the right place. Ugh.

The wind rustled. Something felt off about the sensation. Her whole body felt warm. Not uncomfortably so. Like pressing herself against Arcanine's mane, but if the sensation was coming from within. She tried to stand and found her balance totally off, and something told her it wasn't just the disorientation from getting zapped here. Her limbs didn't respond the normal way. Everything felt... compressed. Like a spring.

Slowly, Starr pushed herself up as her vision slowly came into focus. She was looking down at a pair of black and red-striped paws. Paws. Man, that Charizard with the stick up his ass wasn't kidding. Still didn't feel real though.

Alright, standing. Four legs. The sound of talking behind her--her ears automatically swiveled around (they could do that?) A sudden deluge of sensory input from her face threatened to overwhelm her. She pawed at it, felt the touch like it was in HD. So... whiskers?

Starr slowly turned to face the others. "He's turned me into a freaking cat, hasn't he?"

 

[NebulaDreams]

Curio turned to the new arrival and toothily grinned. "What, you prefer bein' a Cleffa?"

 

[Tanuki]

“We’re allowed to swear in this?” Zane mumbled to himself.

 

[Adamhuarts]

"Did everyone from that truth or dare night get brought here?" Cynthian asked upon recognizing Starrs voice, even though her scent was different since she's turned into a Litten.

"Wait, then does that mean—" Cynthian frantically looked around the group, then sighed in relief. "At least the red human doesn't seem to be here. He was scary."

 

[Equitial]

Dave stared at Ashwood. "That's... okay, never mind. It's Dave. Were you in the... the 'Truth or Dare' thing?" The memory was fuzzy; he felt pretty convinced it was a dream, but then again he was pretty sure some of the other people here also seemed vaguely familiar, somehow.

"Wait... it's all coming back!" A rising of energy in their head took the place of what would have been a smile. Their eyes brightened. "I remember you! You were that grumpy puppy! You pet me and Curio!"

Curio turned to the new arrival and toothily grinned. "What, you prefer bein' a Cleffa?"

Ashwood took in the disgruntled cat Pokemon. "Wait... Starr, is that you! It's me, Ashwood! Can't believe we finally got isekai'ed! Do you know what kind of Pokemon you are?"

 

[windskull]

Before long, more pokemon had shown up. Some — such as the roselia, poochyena, and riolu — he recognized from the time he'd spent wandering Veritas. Particularly the outskirts. Others, like the charmander or the zangoose, were less familiar. Then Cynthian pointed out the fact that, well, most of those that had gathered for that truth or dare game were here. He turned his attention to the roselia.

"Wait, then does that mean—" Cynthian frantically looked around the group, then sighed in relief. "At least the red human doesn't seem to be here. He was scary."

"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."

 

[Dragonfree]

Dave made a face at Curio and Ashwood. "Ugh. Don't remind me."

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."

 

[Shadow of Antioch]

A dark rift opened in the air near the group, and out popped a Charmander, landing on the hard ground with a grunt. He lifted himself up with his arms, looked around—but something felt... off.

"H-hey, guys?" Flame asked, with an alarmingly high pitch. "Is Diyem anywh—"

His eyes widened. He looked down at his claws, then at his tail flame, then felt the top of his head. Round. No horn.

"I'm small?" Flame squeaked. "Wow. This feels... weird. And funny." He looked up. "The buildings feel so big! And the clouds too. And..."

Maybe I'll finally get to feel what it's like to evolve.

He sat up with a grin, only to blink at the sole anomaly in the group. The only pokémon who had been taller than two metres. The one towering over all of them a few minutes ago. Necrozma.

"Did..." Flame took a step back. "Did Diyem just shrink you? You're the same."

 

[Tanuki]

Welcome to housepet club.

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!"

 

[Chibi Pika]

Curio turned to the new arrival and toothily grinned. "What, you prefer bein' a Cleffa?"

Starr rolled her eyes at the Riolu, and she felt her tail flick in response. That was gonna take some getting used to. "Yeah, laugh it up, not like you didn't make a fool of yourself last time."

Ashwood took in the disgruntled cat Pokemon. "Wait... Starr, is that you! It's me, Ashwood! Can't believe we finally got isekai'ed! Do you know what kind of Pokemon you are?"

Starr squinted at the clay, statuesque Pokemon in front of her. 'Ashwood'... that overenthusiastic kid from the truth-or-dare game. Right. "Uh, yeah, hi." She glanced down at her paws again. Striped cat... striped cat... you didn't really see any of those in Tohjo. Although...

"Yeah, I think I'm that cat from like, the Alolan vacation commercials or whatever. Lit-something... Litten?" At least that confirmed she really had become a fire-type. Maybe she'd be able to hold her own in a fight after all.

 

[NebulaDreams]

"Yeah, I know. But we're not bound by truth or dare, are we? So you can't have me goin' doggone crazy like last time, catnip snorter."

 

[Ambyssin]

"I have no evolution to speak of, Charmander." Necrozma growled. So, there was yet another charmander besides the one Diyem showed passed out. Likely a spy for Diyem to ensure the group would be ready to be sacrificed to World Ender. "This is my only form."

 

[The Walrein]

Jaro tugged at his forelock, deep in thought. He had a guess as to why things might be so warm here: This must be this world's equivalent of the Wastelands, only it was too warm here instead of too cold. Okay, but that didn't explain why apparently wind could just appear out of nowhere in this world. That made no friggin' sense! It would be like if things just randomly burst into fire for no reason! And for some reason, Jaro was the only one who thought that this was at all odd or worth commenting on! Was everyone else here mad? The sanity of that weird clay-creature saying Pokemon weren't real and babbling nonsense words like 'video games' and 'isekai' certainly seemed suspect, at least.

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?"