I CAME IN LIKE A POKEBALL

[these_balls]

Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
When: May 29 - June 1
Summary: GET IN HERE AND MINGLE
Rating: BUT PLEASE MARK YOUR THREAD CONTENT ACCORDINGLY
Log:

"" (Watch on YouTube)

There's something strange, a sudden change
Around, all across the sky;
A change of scene as The Machine
Goes wild, and no one knows why

Everyone will say it's a great display
And we brought it for you
Cynthia and Lance set off Nukes From France™
Now you know what to do:

WE'RE KICKING OFF A ROUTE FOURTH WALL
BRING EVERY JOURNAL, ONE AND ALL
HAVE A PARTY, BREAK DOWN ALL THE WALLS
'Cause it's our game's anni-ver-er-sa-ry
And we're, so ha-a-a-ppy!

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[timelymaid]

[ R...alph...what have you gotten yourself into? Aradia peers at her gear, torn between amusement and confusion. ]

Oh, my. Is this part of the strangeness going on right now? However did you get in there...?

[ LIKE HE'LL KNOW... ]

[timelymaid]

[ What

since when were mountains not real, Aradia has to wonder... ]

Do you need a rescue from said mountain?

[ Someone is indeed listening.

And answering. ]

[usedswift]

[It's been so long. Almost a year. Tenten nearly doesn't recognize her former rival/friend/big brother figure at first glance; she actually has to pause and look again.

She's a little older since he would have last seen her, though she still dresses the same. Instead of a Skarmory at her side, she's currently traveling with an Arcanine that towers taller than she is.]

Hey! Stranger! D'you remember me?

[She really hopes so, the brightness of her grin hinting at just how happy she is to see him.]

[whatdogpark]

[Mountains are not real. One just does not believe in mountains in Night Vale.

There's a bit of a bustling sound at the microphone.]

Intern Julia? Did you patch this call through? Intern--

That's right. None of my interns seem to have followed me here. If you are related to intern Julia, I can only hope that she is safe within our fair city, and was not torn into whatever void may or may not have arisen with the departure of my recording booth.

[Cecil, there's someone on the line. He actually sounds rather flustered. He's not used to the microphone talking back.]

...Hello?

[superordinary]

Um, nothing that I can think of... The ledges are just really weird because you can jump down but not climb up.

Peridot | Cucumber Quest | Wherever's Clever

[peridoh]

[ uhhhhhhhhhhhh okay so this is a thing...and Peridot, for one, is not okay with it being a thing. She wants to be back in Caketown with all the desserts she can eat and her favorite tv show not THIS PLACE.

Wherever THIS PLACE is.

And she especially does not want to join some LAME evil team with LAME uniforms. She's already committed to a DIFFERENT take over the world plan thanks very much. ]

This isn't faiiiiiiiiiiiiir! [ oh we're throwing a tantrum about it okay. At least that's (probably) age appropriate, as her collection of random rock-types and an Elgyem look on in confused concern. ]

[perfectstrike]

In a manner of speaking. I have been informed this is a video game. Hence why the ledges do not work as one would expect.

It is another troublesome game mechanic.

[Yeah she sounds a lot more comfortable talking about that than talking about -- the other stuff. Island stuff. No thanks.]

Jimmy Two-Shoes | Jimmy Two-Shoes [DanganRoleplay!AU] | Anywhere

[awesmazings]

[A familiar face for some can be found seated on a bench somewhere near the outskirts of a town in Johto. Seated on the ground near his feet is an Electrike, the Pokemon appearing a bit anxious and concerned as he stares up at his trainer. To anyone just giving him a passing glance, this looks just like good old Jimmy Two-Shoes, the lovable, constantly over-excited kid who popped up just a few months ago.

The only problem is the fact that his Electrike should be a Manectric. ...Upon closer examination, nothing about Jimmy appears to be quite right.

He looks taller, for one. Taller and older, somehow. Lining one arm are many different friendship bracelets of all sizes and colors, some oddly stained with what could be mistaken for pink paint. He doesn't remember taking some of them out of his book and putting them on, but somehow they're there. On his belt are a few pokeballs already, but only three instead of his usual six. Around his neck hangs a very heavy looking chain with an ornate key affixed to it. His clothing is tattered a bit, and one of his pants legs is singed and eaten through at the bottom. Finally, a few bandages on the leg with the singed pants, his left arm, and neck show signs of old injuries that have been trying to heal. All of them yet again stained weirdly pink.

For a while before he found the bench, Jimmy spent some time rushing up and down the routes, yelling for familiar faces. Roxy, Madison, Heloise. Hinata, Sonia, Gundam. Nobody was answering.

Finally he took a seat to rest, dropping his head into his hands. The new Electrike had taken him by surprise, of course, but it didn't take long for him to notice there were more Pokemon around. Everywhere in fact. So that could mean that he had found himself in only one place, and he couldn't explain how or why. The excitement and confusion was overwhelming to the point that Jimmy just sat there, ignoring the Electrike whining and pawing at his leg.

For a horrible, terrible moment, he wondered if Lysandre would be here- but then he remembered. Of course not.]

((DRP!Jimmy here comes from right before the final trial, during the last week following his staged execution!))

[monarchical]

[ THAT'S INCREDIBLY WEIRD, JSYK NAEGI-SAN. ]

I...see. That makes little sense, but I suppose at this point I should stop expecting things to make sense simply because I would find it easier...ah, that aside, hello.

Tobias Fangor | Animorphs | Anywhere

[thermals]

Oh God...oh God oh God....

[Pacing back and forth on one of the Routes is a young boy, mumbling frantically to himself. He's either clumsy or very unsure of his own two feet, considering the fact that every so often he trips up slightly, but manages to catch himself before he can tumble over or anything.

Perched on his shoulder is a small Starly, who gives a short, nervous chirp and flares her wings every time the boy nearly falls over when he tries to turn back around. Tobias barely had a moment to even notice the little bird attached to him when a horrible revelation struck.

Anyone passing by might hear him muttering to himself, shakily running both hands through his tousled, blonde hair every now and then.]

How...how long have I been in morph...how long has it been.....what have I done...

[Clearly, whatever the case may be, it's obvious that he's incredibly distressed and something has gone very wrong.]

[monarchical]

"Another"? What other troublesome mechanics are there?

[ WILL TALL BUSHES RANDOMLY BLOCK HER PATH AS WELL

WILL SHE BE UNABLE TO SIT ON BENCHES no wait they fixed that ]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[The little pokemon's ears sag again. Wow somebody was in a bad mood.]}

Pff, I'm sure France would think you were cute no matter what.

[timelymaid]

Julia? I don't know anyone by that name, sorry.

[ It's a nice name, but not one she...knows. ]

My name is Aradia Megido - I'm not an intern of any sort, actually. I'm a Pokemon Breeder.

[ her actual legit job, though she still does waitress gigs too ]

[timelymaid]

[ And this is...Route!Aradia. But she does recognize Jimmy despite not being from the same place, and will wander over cheerfully after being zapped to wherever the hell he is.

Thanks, 4th wall. You're a real pal.

At least she's never minded going from one place to another at random - she's amused more than annoyed, and seems to be taking everything in stride, even if she's also waiting for the chaos to die back down to normal. ]

Oh, hey, Jimmy! Did you get caught up in this, too? I lost Roxy somewhere along the way, but I figure we can meet back up later.

[ casually... ]

[gunkonmyboot]

[It's been a while indeed, say more than 10 years later. Seventeen pushed himself up with one hand on the, oh wait Rapidash, derp. He grinned tilting his head to one side as if he was in deep thought.]

No. [Wow, so blunt.] But I do remember someone slightly shorter than you that has the tempter if you mess with her with a Skarmory by her side.

[Hint enough for you?]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Oh.

Well, there's no way she didn't notice that. She didn't even need super hearing to hear the kid yelling in the trees. Murkow was far more surprised than she was though, squawking in shock and taking off of Veronica's head and into the tress away from the voice.

Readjusting her hat, which had been pushed down over her eyes by the panicking bird pokemon, Veronica turned to more closely examine the treeline near her.

"I know you're there." She called calmly, but there was a steeliness to her tone, like she was preparing to fight a threat if she had to.

[buckyouup]

[Well there's a sight for sore eyes!

Except she's... not exactly dressed the way she expected.

Please have a tiny orange horse.]

Immy! Long time no see, Sugarcube!

[awesmazings]

[Thanks 4th wall indeed!

Jimmy jumps rather violently at the sound of Aradia's voice, so hard that he nearly accidentally kicks the poor Electrike sitting right in front of his foot. He looks up, and almost immediately all of the color drains from his face. He leans back into the seat of the bench out of reflex, continuing to stare up at her with his hands gripping the seat of the bench like vices.

....No, you don't exactly expect to see someone who you very clearly saw mangled and dismembered by a roller coaster standing in front of you, alive and well.]

...

...A....a-a....Aradia....?

[timelymaid]

[ She blinks at him, confused at the reaction for a second, before catching on.

...Well, she thinks. ]

Oh! How I look. Yeah, I just woke up a troll again? Sometimes this happens. I don't know why, but it does. I expect it'll wear off in a few days.

[ She will miss it, but she's also so used to being human at this point, and to change, that Aradia doesn't actually mind. ]

serena ♥ pokemon xy ( anywhere )

[paisible]

OPTION A.

[ In any town as far as the eye can see, there is going to be one female protagonist from a Pokémon game, having ridden her Pidgeot there quite elegantly. She'll be looking in each and every shop, buying a heck ton of clothes, accessories, and more and more potions and items in general. She has the cash, why not flaunt it?

And you wonder how all of that stuff is fitting in her bag... ]

OPTION B.

[ Out in the woods? The forests? Well, whatever route you're on, Serena's rollerblading her way across both regions, with a grin on her face. But if her eyes lock with someone else's however, she'll give a gentle smile, taking out her Pokéball, and ask: ]

Want to have a battle?

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[This wasn't home. This wasn't Jabberwock island either, the real one or the fake one. Wherever Veronica found herself this time, it wasn't anywhere she'd been before. The world reminded her faintly of home, but it wasn't. Why did she hear music wherever she went? And these animals... were they pokemon? Like the kind that Lysandre used?

Okay, if she falls asleep one more time and wakes up in a new place she's going to flip a table no matter how big it is.

She had stayed out of the cities for the most part, looking for people she knew on the routes. The Murkrow she found herself with had helped in that endeavor. of course, eventually she comes across the bench Jimmy is on, from behind as luck would have it. She almost didn't pay it any mind until she noticed the blonde ahoge sticking into the air.]

... Jimmy? Is that you?

[incriminates]

Ah. [Nanami's going on and on about video game things after timeline things... No, Koizumi can't follow at all... Perhaps it's best not to ask about it.]

She's trying...

[Even with Nanami's uncertainty, that's good...]

Maybe I should try and find her to see for myself. I'd like to see how she looks with short hair. [The chatot nearby twitters cheerfully and flaps down to Koizumi's shoulder.] And how about the others? Are they here?

[rocketralph]

_{[Glad to have caught someone's attention, the little sprite squashes his pixelated nose against the screen.]}

I wish I knew, sister! Get me outta here!

[incriminates]

Starter? Is that what he is?

[She looks at the chatot, who sings happily in affirmation. Hmm. Odd. Oh well. The pokémon isn't unpleasant, after all, if a little strange.]

But, Peko-chan, you look like you get along well with yours anyway.

[lullabytes]

[ Well, she's been nice (ish) to Nanami, with a brief outburst at her telling Saionji about her true nature, but as to everyone else... ]

I'm sure she would like that. As to the others...Kuzuryuu-kun, Pekoyama-san, Tsummiki-san, Hinata-kun, and Souda-kun are all here. And also some people from the 78th class.

[ ...A lot of them, actually... ]