MISCHIEF NIGHT

[indigo_league]

Who: All the Dark-types put your paws up!
Where: Anywhere and everywhere!
When: Sunset on Halloween Night to sunrise on November 1st!
Summary: MISCHIEF NIGHT MISCHIEF NIGHT
Rating: G-PG13
Log:


There’s a sour-sweet wind a-blowing this eve as the sun hangs low and red in the sky. The leaves have turned, windows glow like jack-o-lantern eyes, and the streets hum with the excitement that the night will bring. There’s no mysterious trees growing straight out of the concrete this year, and there’s a palpable sense of relief as those who were waiting with bated breath for the other shoe to fall finally set about hanging up last-minute decorations and picking the candy aisles at every PokeMart bare.

It is Halloween, and for the first time in a few years, it would seem nothing is going to get in the way of the holiday.

… At least, right up until the last sliver of sun dips below the horizon.

A flock of Murkrow explodes up from the woods around Violet City, cawing in excitement. On the Sevii Islands, Alolan Rattata pop out of their burrows with bright eyes and quivering noses. In the glens outside Celadon City, the Houndooms start to howl.

Almost as one, all Dark-type Pokemon, big and small, young and old, stop and lift their noses to the crisp breeze. Something ancient tingles in their bones. Oh, tonight...tonight is their night. However much they may love their trainer, something higher is calling them. Mischief! Adventure! CANDY!

It’s time!

Fast or slow, brazen or sneaky, the sunset is the signal for each and every Dark-type to break away from their trainers and run off into the night. To do what? Well what do you think, silly humans? You know what night it is!

Some fashion their own costumes and go door to door earning sweet treats alongside the excited children who are out in droves. Or perhaps they might pursue some more unconventional treat-seeking avenues -- sometimes one man’s trash is another mon’s treat!

But there’s more to Halloween than candy; others will develop a nasty streak and put the ‘trick’ in ‘trick or treat’, upsetting outdoor decorations, frighten childrening and little old ladies, or even pantsing people! The horror! Anything can happen on Halloween!

Even the wild Dark-types are filled with the holiday spirit. Last year everyone was too wrapped up with that Ghost-type nonsense to properly enjoy Halloween, so they’re all too happy to make up for lost time. Harried trainers trying to track down their tricky runaways might find themselves befriending the Poochyenas, Murkrows, or even Alolan Meowths that have come out of the woodwork to celebrate. After all, what good is a grand trick if there’s no one to tell about it? What good is a tasty treat with no one to share? Even trainers who don’t have any Dark-types in their arsenal will find themselves approached by these wild Pokemon and invited to tag along!

Comments

[sunspotted]

[ before he can get out much of a comment about her costume, she's speaking to her hoothoot to get sight of where they are. he goes chasing after annie when she picks up the pace, and viola bounds after them, her little cape flapping in the wind behind her.

either way, marco can see the houses coming up on the roadway, and the outraged meowth! that arlert garners in her swoop. ]

More trick or treating?

[ the speed at which they're running is nothing, unencumbered by gear or a fear for their lives. he could keep this up a while. ]

Did he start acting up at sundown?

[lyingheart]

It's like the concept of enough doesn't apply tonight.

[ Marco, you're so fresh from training you're one of the few Annie expects will keep up without pause. She glances his way when he asks about the sundown timing, lips pressing into a frown. ]

Yes, not long after. Was it the same with your...

[ Arlert calls out in another hoot from where she's perched, Lute and Sushi moving right up to the first door behind a trio of kids dressed as a ghost, a pikachu, and a trash can. Annie can see them through a gap in the crowd, though they're still weaving through people to get there before the pokemon duo is off to their next candy slam. ]

[sunspotted]

I caught her a little before sundown. Once it was dark, she broke out of the ball, stole Viola's pail and... well, you've seen some of the rest.

[ case in point - the candy duo ahead of them. viola gives a little cackle, tapping one kid's head and when they look the other way, she sneaks a couple pieces into her pail, before sitting back on lute, looking innocent as can be.

or as a cat with a garbage bag for a cape can look. ]

[lyingheart]

... So basically there's no reason she'd even want to listen to you right away if she weren't behaving like Sasha at orientation.

[ Sushi's worse. Sushi is far worse than Sasha has ever been. Lute makes a disapproving noise and shoots an unhappy glare back at Sushi for having done that; he wants candy, too, but not to steal it from other candy-seekers. Just from the people being so magnanimous to hand it out for free!

... Granted, he isn't bucking her off, so how effective is it? ]

... Worse than Sasha at orientation.

[ ANNIE, PLEASE ]

How ready are you to tackle a pokemon?

[sunspotted]

I mean, I fed her earlier and she let me catch her...

[ wouldn't that mean she is going to listen to him?? annie, please educate the fool.

sushi shrugs back at lute, but keeps her paws on the pail for now instead of going for more. free ride - she's not going to piss him off! ]

... She is being pretty bad.

[ when she asks that, marco shrugs at her. ]

I'm ready if we have to? It might be our only option.

[ viola barks. she can put ice on people too! ]</small.

[lyingheart]

Which says nothing about her willingness to listen to someone she sees as an easy meal and someplace convenient to sleep. Did everyone we trained with suddenly decide to listen to the things you said overnight? Did everyone listen to Eren just because he was loud? Or Jean? Or Reiner?

[ Pokemon aren't so far detached from their own lived examples that she can't help the look of disbelief on her face. Marco, what the hell kind of instant loyalty and blind devotion do you expect?

Lute seems appeased when Sushi opts to keep her paws on her own pail, hopping over a patch of lawn to hit up the next person handing out candy. Lute sidles up to allow Sushi to look cute and bewitching, prancing a little so his bell peals. ]

Agreed.

[ Annie glances at Viola. ]

And with whatever help you're offering too, Viola.

[ She doesn't discount Marco's ability to help. His reflexes are good, and unlike so many of their peers, they aren't dulled by peace yet. (Yet.) ]

With how they're moving... we can head them off before they hit the next intersection. If we split up...

[ She gestures to where having them come from two covered angles, the buildings preventing escape in one direction, and the crowd-facing side slowing down their pokemon, they may have a good chance of putting a stop to this. Maybe. ]