[Game] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure: Celadon City Vandel

[Dragonstrike]

You suddenly become aware of the world once more.

It was just as it was before Zuryk whisked you away to his world/Imposed his will upon the world/did something, everyone still frozen in that moment of time.

(....FINALLY! I'M BACK IN CONTROL, AND CAN CONTINUE ONWARDS WITH MY DUTIES. By jove, that is the last time I fall sick and not put up wards against St. Innocent. *Sigh* Now that they are back in my universe, though, I have to be extra vigilant and keep a tigher grip on the state of thing. Mew's not going be pleased to hear this, though not one bit *Sighs*.....)

Suddenly, you hear Lord Windos' 'voice' ring out through the stillness of the time stop, revealing that you now have access back to your Forth Wall Awarenss/Breaks!

(Umm, listen, would you mind if you keep you meeting with St. Innocent to yourself for now? I don't savor the though of Mew finding out that piece of news, with the way 'he' is now and the general unpleasentness of tonight weighing on 'his' mind....)

(Sorry about that, Reiner.  Needed to interject with one little question, and that was the only way I could ask it.)

'You...you...'

'Mew' promptly retches.

(Whoops...you, uh...doing okay there, Reiner?)

'...blegh...no.  No I'm not.  That...was disgusting.  Blegh.'

(Well, I do imagine you aren't really used to the taste of whatever it is that Mew eats usually...)

'You know what I mean!'

(Yes, I know what you mean...and frankly, I agree with you.  Now then...let's get a move on, shall we?)

*the mess magically vanishes!*

(I've been practicing a few tricks, if you haven't noticed.  But, that's beside the point! So...matter at hand.  Any of your decisions changed, Reiner?)

'At the moment...no.  Let's just get a move on already.'

(Alright then.  Let's go on a bug hunt, shall we?  Er...for Ribombee, I mean.  Oh, and you still need to get the cats healed up and tell Kyubi to come talk to you and 'Reiner.'  'He' should be sitting down, anyways, seeing as 'he' is in no condition to be standing currently.)

'Er...yeah.  I think that's what we were doing...'

(It is.  I checked.)

'...ooookay...what, can you time travel now or something?'

(Well, I can access your memories.  Most of them, anyways.)

'...oh yeah...right...'

[Lord Windos]

'Well, one thing at a time, I guess.  Good point on the A.V. not really caring about the reasons and who...yeah, let's get Mina there.  No need to bother my coworkers with another ward, however temporary...I'm sure Petrel is going to LOVE hearing about tonight's antics from the grunt tailing us that likely fled the scene as soon as Buzzwole showed up...well, or maybe when I got KOed if he or she stuck around long enough...'

'...*sigh*...hand me Weavile and Felicia's pokeballs.  I'll tell Emily to heal them next, and tell Kyubi that we need to talk to her while I'm over there.  YOU stay put and sit down until we've healed you.  I doubt getting tossed into the air and landing flat on my back did my body any favors.  As for me...I actually feel fine right now, surprisingly.  Still bruised, I guess, but not in any pain at least...I can wait on getting healed.  I'll also search Mina to see if we can figure out where her Ribombee went.  Luxelong shouldn't have any problems with letting me do that, I think.  We find Mina's bug first, then get her to the hotel, then explain things to her when she wakes up.  Maybe search for clues about the Vampire, but I still don't know if that really is a good idea or not since Mitchell is still out there...she's bound to find us again eventually, and I haven't seen her at all since the last time...'

'Also...I just remembered something.  Didn't Arial give us all small, easily concealable walkie talkies?  If we're lucky, we might not have to search for the Vampire...but Arial would have to contact us and tell us where he is without alerting the Vampire...'

[The walkies are first mentioned on page 70 of this thread]

Time unfreezes, and you see Mew roll 'his' eyes at your comment about Petrel's future ethusiam about tonight events when he's debriefed, not exactly too sympathetic to their plight. "He's lucky that the only thing he lost against that bloody Vampire was his Willpower and few Items you nicked off his person, and you help majorly depower a threat against 'your' team, so he should be fine. If he ends up grouchy, then its his own fault for not setting his expectations a bit lower for himself and planning for THAT outcome, hmm~! Besides that, I didn't pick up any Grunt trailing as like usual tonight, though, so I think Petrel called them off on this woman hunt. Don't know why, but I guess you can ask him later!"

"With Mitchel sculking around the moon lite streets and the racket we caused with our battle against Buzzwole, that is all the MORE reason we should track her down, before the police get wind of this and start mucking things up. We should at least send Angelica's Crobat to go searching where Arial last indicated their location, as that could point us in the general direct he and the blood sucker could have gone....  Wait, he did give us walkie talkies, didn't he? Didn't think that annoying man would have a useful idea for once, but I guess he's more competent than I first gave him credit for... Well, if he hasn't used it yet to get into touch with us, that mean he's either unconscious or the Vampire found and smashed it, and since we don't know which possibility is more likely, calling him with it right now could lead to more trouble for ALL of us, so let's not do it right now, ok? When he gets the chance, he'll call us....if he is able to, that is. *Sigh* Can't leave him alone for a minute without him getting into a mess, can we?"

'Reiner' then handed over Felicia's and Weavile's Pokeballs to you, and you promptly went over to Emily and 'told her' to have Wigglytuff to heal them, which earned you a happy if serious smile and a firm nod of her head, before she and her large pink fluffball of a friend set to task immediately. Kyubi was fully healed by this point in time, and now that the little miss wasn't restraining her in place she took that as cue to bolt right on over to where 'Reiner' was currently laying with a urgent, almost frantic expression plastered across their muzzle and promptly glomped onto them. You could faintly hear her stammering out apologies and saw her bowing her mournfully, cradling 'him' in their warm embrace, while 'he' looked torn between uncomfortable and relaxed by such tender affections as they looked desperately your way to hurry up and search Mina already. Seeing as you are no where near as mischievous as your divine feline partner, you quickly float over to where the now transformed Mina lay, her Luxelong giving you an odd look as you use your powers to rummage through her clothing for any clues to her last Pokémon's whereabouts. Unfortunately, you don't find a trace of Rimbobee's Pokeball. The Vampire must have stolen it and the Pokémon of her then corpse, or done something worse to both. Tsk.

After the search was conducted, you float on back to were your partner and the fire fox were at, the latter paying you no mind while they continued to fawn over 'Reiner' and apologize for being a bad Ninetales? , and the former giving you a desperate look that said 'Help me out already!'

[Dragonstrike]

'Reiner' then handed over Felicia's and Weavile's Pokeballs to you, and you promptly went over to Emily and 'told her' to have Wigglytuff to heal them, which earned you a happy if serious smile and a firm nod of her head, before she and her large pink fluffball of a friend set to task immediately. Kyubi was fully healed by this point in time, and now that the little miss wasn't restraining her in place she took that as cue to bolt right on over to where 'Reiner' was currently laying with a urgent, almost frantic expression plastered across their muzzle and promptly glomped onto them. You could faintly hear her stammering out apologies and saw her bowing her mournfully, cradling 'him' in their warm embrace, while 'he' looked torn between uncomfortable and relaxed by such tender affections as they looked desperately your way to hurry up and search Mina already. Seeing as you are no where near as mischievous as your divine feline partner, you quickly float over to where the now transformed Mina lay, her Luxelong giving you an odd look as you use your powers to rummage through her clothing for any clues to her last Pokémon's whereabouts. Unfortunately, you don't find a trace of Rimbobee's Pokeball. The Vampire must have stolen it and the Pokémon of her then corpse, or done something worse to both. Tsk.

After the search was conducted, you float on back to were your partner and the fire fox were at, the latter paying you no mind while they continued to fawn over 'Reiner' and apologize for being a bad Ninetales? , and the former giving you a desperate look that said 'Help me out already!'

(@&%#!  Of course she would do that!  Alright, that's it...)

'Well, glad to see we agree on that front...'

Welp, time to address the problems at hand...starting by reporting to 'Reiner'...

'We have a problem.  The Vampire seems to have stolen Mina's Ribombee after all.  Looks like we're going after her tonight to finish the job once everyone's healed back up.  But first...'

'Angelica!  Send Crobat over to where we saw that Charge Beam go off and have him start looking around!  Carefully!  We need to find the Vampire ASAP!  She's stolen Mina's Ribombee!'

And back to 'Reiner' and Kyubi...

'...*ahem*...so, uh...Kyubi.  Something...odd happened.  And we kinda have to talk to you about it...but uh...don't actually say anything, please.  Just think what you want to say for now.  Okay?  And if you could let go of Reiner while we're having this discussion, that'd be good too...'

[Lord Windos]

Your partner lets out a long suffering sigh at the bad news and, though 'he' don't seem all that surprised to hear it; perhaps they have begun to become far more pessimistic as the night goes on, and the terrible events keep piling on and on and on.... Angelica give you an serious nod before they quickly gave orders to her Crobat to do a reconnaissance of the area the shot of electricity originated from, earning her a winged salute from the bat before he quickly took off. Meanwhile, the kistune gave both you and 'Reiner' a confused, curious look at both of your request, getting a strange premonition that something was.....off with her beloved Master and the Mythic being. Slowly, though, she gave you a hestitant nod of her head, feeling uneasy about the upcoming conversation for some odd reason, but still complying with both her Master's wishes and wanting to know herself what was so important that they ask her to be quiet.

She totally ignored your last request, however, tightening her hold on 'Reiner' impercitiably , which caused him to gave you a particularly deadpan look at how that attempt failed. Welp, you can't win them all, I suppose...

[Dragonstrike]

'...*sigh*...I really recommend you let go of 'him' for now, Kyubi.  We uh...kinda swapped bodies...seems Blissey's Wish...uh...came true in a way that allowed me to save 'myself' since it couldn't exactly give me a second wind due to getting one-shot by that EQ...neither of us are really happy with staying this way, of course, but...well, we're kinda stuck like this for now until we can figure out how to reverse the effects...'

'...and please, please, PLEASE don't say ANYTHING about it.  This is...awkward enough as it is...'

[Lord Windos]

'...*sigh*...I really recommend you let go of 'him' for now, Kyubi.  We uh...kinda swapped bodies...seems Blissey's Wish...uh...came true in a way that allowed me to save 'myself' since it couldn't exactly give me a second wind due to getting one-shot by that EQ...neither of us are really happy with staying this way, of course, but...well, we're kinda stuck like this for now until we can figure out how to reverse the effects...'

'...and please, please, PLEASE don't say ANYTHING about it.  This is...awkward enough as it is...'

Kyubi looked mulish at your repeated request to release her mi amore from their grasp, but that was soon replace with a look of complete and utter shock, surprise, and confusion the rapidly flitted across her face at the revelation of her Master and Mew the Creator switching SOULS with one another. She blinked. She stared. Her mouth slightly open in astonishment. The kitsune was like this for a good five or so minutes as she processed this almost literal mind blowing event....before she gently let 'Reiner' go from her grasp, which the body swap Mythic quickly got out of with a grateful (if somewhat nervous) look of thanks directed towards you.

"Master....isn't himself now, but is Mew instead because of a Wish? And...and you don't know how to change back into yourself, and can't be my Master right now? I've....I've....I've failed you badly if let this happen to you, to let you get beat up and out of your body by that icky Bug haven't I? Noooooooooooooooooo...." the fire fox sadly said, head tilted downward and she let out a low keening noise and looked on the verge of tears at the news. How was she supposed to serve her Master now and become his Mate in the future, to love and serve him with all her hear properly if he was stuck in the form of the pink feline like 'she' is now? She really messed up in her duty to protect them to let this happen, didn't she? *Whimpers*....

[Dragonstrike]

Kyubi looked mulish at your repeated request to release her mi amore from their grasp, but that was soon replace with a look of complete and utter shock, surprise, and confusion the rapidly flitted across her face at the revelation of her Master and Mew the Creator switching SOULS with one another. She blinked. She stared. Her mouth slightly open in astonishment. The kitsune was like this for a good five or so minutes as she processed this almost literal mind blowing event....before she gently let 'Reiner' go from her grasp, which the body swap Mythic quickly got out of with a grateful (if somewhat nervous) look of thanks directed towards you.

"Master....isn't himself now, but is Mew instead because of a Wish? And...and you don't know how to change back into yourself, and can't be my Master right now? I've....I've....I've failed you badly if let this happen to you, to let you get beat up and out of your body by that icky Bug haven't I? Noooooooooooooooooo...." the fire fox sadly said, head tilted downward and she let out a low keening noise and looked on the verge of tears at the news. How was she supposed to serve her Master now and become his Mate in the future, to love and serve him with all her hear properly if he was stuck in the form of the pink feline like 'she' is now? She really messed up in her duty to protect them to let this happen, didn't she? *Whimpers*....

Uh oh.  Better try and quiet her down a little...

'No no no no no no no!  Kyubi...it's not your fault.  You got beat up just as badly as everyone else did. I just happened to be in the line of fire too.  Earthquakes are...kinda hard to dodge...and ironically, I think me getting KOed actually made ending that fight just a little bit easier...and Mew might know a way to swap us back, but we don't have time to look into it right now.  And please, THINK what you want to say.  The others don't know yet, and we'd rather it stay that way for now.  If we can't reverse this soon, THEN we'll tell them.  Again, neither I nor Mew are comfortable with this state of affairs, but we just have to roll with it for now. We're going to try and fix this as soon as we can.  Okay?  PLEASE don't physically say anything about the topic.'

[Lord Windos]

Uh oh.  Better try and quiet her down a little...

'No no no no no no no!  Kyubi...it's not your fault.  You got beat up just as badly as everyone else did. I just happened to be in the line of fire too.  Earthquakes are...kinda hard to dodge...and ironically, I think me getting KOed actually made ending that fight just a little bit easier...and Mew might know a way to swap us back, but we don't have time to look into it right now.  And please, THINK what you want to say.  The others don't know yet, and we'd rather it stay that way for now.  If we can't reverse this soon, THEN we'll tell them.  Again, neither I nor Mew are comfortable with this state of affairs, but we just have to roll with it for now.  We're going to try and fix this as soon as we can.  Okay?  PLEASE don't physically say anything about the topic.'

The thoroughly dirted (yet still stunningly beautiful) kitsune still looks pensive and not a little bit remorseful about her perceived failure in safeguarding your health/wellbeing despite your reassurances otherwise, but slowly nods her head in understanding regardless, as the fox's implicit trust/care in you gives weight to your words. Like it or not, she and her Master faced off against a Ultra Beast, a being who's powers rivals and perhaps exceed that of a Legend, so its not unexpected that either of them ended up nearly throatled to death because of the blood bloated body building Bug. Her OHKO and this recent news still stung/saddened Kyubi, mind you, but at least she was no longer about to cry or causes a scene over this!

As for you your request of utmost discersion on the Terrifying Thursday switchroo of souls you had with Mew, she looks you in the eyes and calmly (with a smig of unease, you detect) thinks to: 'I'll be quiet and not speak a word about what happened until you say so, Master. This is....weird, and makes me feel very uncomfortable, but I will burn those feelings, provide you my tender caring support, and redeem myself by helping you find a way to reverse this strangeness! If we can't find a way, though.....then I will get used to this change, for no matter what shape you take or form you posses, you are still my wonderful Master, Reiner, one that I will forever love with all my heart....' A surge of determination and resolve manifest and surges following this 'declaration' of faith towards you, and the lingering sadness that clung to her was dispelled in a instant. Kyubi was fully reading to serve and protect now, and this time she would not fail in her duties!

This all happened in the nick of time too, for three things happened in relatively quick succession following the renewal of the kitsune spirits. First, Emily came back over to 'Reiner' and hands them Weavile's and Felicia's Pokeballs with a beaming smile, both cat thieves fully restored and ready to rejoin the hunt for the Vampire! "Your kitty cats are all better now, and ready to go pounce on that no good murdering bitch! However, he's pooped from all that non stop healing, so I don't think we'll be able to help fix up any other Pokémon tonight. Sorry about that, mister..." she says, her good mood of helping so many of your Pokémon diminishing somewhat as her and her pink fluff ball's role as a medic ends for the night, but the thought of the Vampire soon getting what's coming to her by 'Reiner's' hands immediately cheers her back up! Maybe they let her claw them visciously a few times and blind them once they subdue her, so that she could give that blood sucking fiend a taste of her own medicine!

Next, you her hear a soft yet quite vocal *Grroooooooan* eminate right over in the directions Angelica was in, and you turn to find that 'Looker' has finally awakened from their Grudge Inflicted Comma! Your enhanced hearing/psychic senses was able to pick out them saying. "Auuuuugh.....you owe me a drink for taking that for you on the chin and raiding my emergency supplies, buddy...." while your faithful servent helped them repack everything you didn't end up taking for yourself while they were passed out and helping them to their feet. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the officer's Crobat makes a spectacular return to the thoroughly ruined street/battlefield a zooms towards her, stopping right in front of them and making excited/worried noises! "Crobat, what's the matter? .....You did?! Great job, your getting a tummy rub for this later and a nice warm blood bag to drain! Reiner, did you hear that? They said that their was something interesting in the alley that was Arial's last known locations! How do we proceed, sir?"

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

The thoroughly dirted (yet still stunningly beautiful) kitsune still looks pensive and not a little bit remorseful about her perceived failure in safeguarding your health/wellbeing despite your reassurances otherwise, but slowly nods her head in understanding regardless, as the fox's implicit trust/care in you gives weight to your words. Like it or not, she and her Master faced off against a Ultra Beast, a being who's powers rivals and perhaps exceed that of a Legend, so its not unexpected that either of them ended up nearly throatled to death because of the blood bloated body building Bug. Her OHKO and this recent news still stung/saddened Kyubi, mind you, but at least she was no longer about to cry or causes a scene over this!

As for you your request of utmost discersion on the Terrifying Thursday switchroo of souls you had with Mew, she looks you in the eyes and calmly (with a smig of unease, you detect) thinks to: 'I'll be quiet and not speak a word about what happened until you say so, Master. This is....weird, and makes me feel very uncomfortable, but I will burn those feelings, provide you my tender caring support, and redeem myself by helping you find a way to reverse this strangeness! If we can't find a way, though.....then I will get used to this change, for no matter what shape you take or form you posses, you are still my wonderful Master, Reiner, one that I will forever love with all my heart....' A surge of determination and resolve manifest and surges following this 'declaration' of faith towards you, and the lingering sadness that clung to her was dispelled in a instant. Kyubi was fully reading to serve and protect now, and this time she would not fail in her duties!

This all happened in the nick of time too, for three things happened in relatively quick succession following the renewal of the kitsune spirits. First, Emily came back over to 'Reiner' and hands them Weavile's and Felicia's Pokeballs with a beaming smile, both cat thieves fully restored and ready to rejoin the hunt for the Vampire! "Your kitty cats are all better now, and ready to go pounce on that no good murdering bitch! [b]However, he's pooped from all that non stop healing, so I don't think we'll be able to help fix up any other Pokémon tonight. Sorry about that, mister..." she says, her good mood of helping so many of your Pokémon diminishing somewhat as her and her pink fluff ball's role as a medic ends for the night, but the thought of the Vampire soon getting what's coming to her by 'Reiner's' hands immediately cheers her back up! Maybe they let her claw them visciously a few times and blind them once they subdue her, so that she could give that blood sucking fiend a taste of her own medicine!

Next, you her hear a soft yet quite vocal *Grroooooooan* eminate right over in the directions Angelica was in, and you turn to find that 'Looker' has finally awakened from their Grudge Inflicted Comma! Your enhanced hearing/psychic senses was able to pick out them saying. "Auuuuugh.....you owe me a drink for taking that for you on the chin and raiding my emergency supplies, buddy...." while your faithful servent helped them repack everything you didn't end up taking for yourself while they were passed out and helping them to their feet. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, the officer's Crobat makes a spectacular return to the thoroughly ruined street/battlefield a zooms towards her, stopping right in front of them and making excited/worried noises! "Crobat, what's the matter? .....You did?! Great job, your getting a tummy rub for this later and a nice warm blood bag to drain! Reiner, did you hear that? They said that their was something interesting in the alley that was Arial's last known locations! How do we proceed, sir?"
[/b]

Uh oh...

'Kyubi, 'Looker' is back up, so you might want to use True Hypnosis again...'

Hopefully she got that suggestion in time...now, to address the next problem at hand...time for a quick, private chat with 'Reiner' about what to do...

'Welp, you're up, partner, seeing as you're 'me'.  Looks like we both have to be rather careful since neither of us are in good condition...well, I guess I still had one of Blissey's Softboiled Eggs...that could heal you a tiny bit...and you're at least not weak to Bug type moves now...I should probably also just avoid combat unless it's really necessary...'

'So, Vampire hunt.  She's nearby still.  Apparently.  And we might have a lead.  Let's go find her, shall we?  After making the proper preparations, of course...I'd probably recommend keeping the cats and Rhyxemplar out while we're doing this search.  Breloom, Arbok, and the dragons can be recalled for now.'

[Lord Windos]

Kyubi, hearing/noticing the awakening of 'Looker' quicker than you (That fox hearing comes in mighty hand!), rapidly used True Hypnosis with a *Poof!* of smoke, leaving her in their human guise once more! She still appreciates the heads up from you, though, if that happy look she sent your way was any indication of her feelings besides what your empathy can naturally pick up.

Your SOUL swap mate gives you a firm Look upon you mentioning Blissey's Softboiled Egg and plainly thinks at you: 'You know, you could have told me earlier that you had one of their miraculous healing eggs and saved me some back aches, Reiner, but late first aid is still better than nothing! Now where'd you put it....?' Once they found it and gobbled it down to restore 2 HP and temporarily relieved their Pain , 'he' let out a blissful sigh of relief and followed your advice to the letter. Felicia, upon being summoned, seemed both grateful and a little consternated that her master survived the battle against the Vampire and her minions, and managed to subdue Buzzwole itself after a brutal brawl, but she was less than pleased that the serial killer was still at large and causing a bloody mess of things. Weavile, meanwhile, was even more grumpy at the fact that he didn't even get to make a contribution to your fight against Beautifly before they got the wind knocked out AND into them, but they just let out a long suffering sigh and took their place beside his shiny partner. As a black cat with a sorrid history of bad luck, he knew that fortune was very fickle for him...though that didn't mean he'd have to like it at all!

Rhyxemplar let out grunt at 'your' orders and, in an surprising move of unabashed kindness, plods on over to where Mina Mab lay still unconscious and gently picks them up with both arms, and returns to 'his' side, ready to move out behind them. It appears his knightly/chivirous side was awaken by the now literally fae artist's plight despite contrasting type differences! That, or he doesn't want to leave a critical asset of his lord and their ward attended to only by a Luxelong that failed its original duty in protecting them in the first place, and it could easily shoulder their burden for however long it was necessary. It was hard to tell when it comes to the gruff Pokémon, honestly. The fae dragon, while a little put out and resentful of the kaiju stealing its job right from under them, put up with it for now and floated after them, forming the rear guard with him.

Everyone quickly banded together and headed towards the alleyway with the help of Crobat and the cats, and both you and 'Reiner' were able to find....:

Alertness Roll: Insight (5*) + Survival (3) + Alert (2) = 10D6 Dice
(4)(5)(6)(3)(2)(3)(4)(2)(6)(6) 6 Success

In the shadows of a nearby dumpster, nearly slide completely its lip you (Mew) glimpse the handle of something dark green, and telekinetically get a grip on it to pull the object from its hidey hole. It appeared to be a dark green tazer, with not a scratch on it and what looked to be a spent Cartirage hanging mournfully from it.

You also notice something else significant: a tiny trail of spiders, leading further into the darkness beyond and out of your sight, and signs of foot prints heading along that way as well. You also notice what appears to be a Spent Potion bottle on the ground, and this seems to be were the trail of spiders begins as well.... Looker, judging by the weary just sharp look in his eyes as he takes in the scene, rapidly deciphers the clues laying about but keeps it to himself for now, waiting to see your reaction before he offers his.

Angelica, however, takes out her cellphone and begans snapping pictures of the crime scene for later review/evidence shake, and gives a curious look at the taser 'you' are holding in your grip. Emily and Kybui are hanging in the back with Rhyxemplar currently, both to stay out of the front lines in case of a fight broke out or the main fighting forces were ambushed, and to add an extra layer security to the sleeping princess laying in the metal beast's arms.