AND MAKE IT DOUBLE

[indigo_league]

Who: Regrettably, basically everyone
Where: Everywhere, but particularly three Rocket Bases in Goldenrod, Saffron, and Vermilion
When: August 28-31
Summary: Something goes horribly wrong with the warp pads.
Rating: Mark your threads if necessary! But at a minimum: attempted Pokemon theft and probable Pokemon battles.
OOC Info: here!

LET'S DO THE GRIME(R) WARP AGAIN

It's a lovely, bright... okay, no, it's miserable and hot out. Utterly sweltering. The sun is beating down as if Groudon has been unleashed, and the air is practically dripping with humidity. It's nasty out! Perhaps the only blessing is that the month's earlier swarm of bees has failed to return.

But things are about to get significantly worse for everyone!

There's no buzz or other visible indication when the Rocket gadgets in all the warp pads turn on. There's just the first unsuspecting trainer, stepping onto the pad with their Petilil on their shoulder and teleporting away. When neither of them show up on the other end... well, who would know? There's a pile of stuff near the warp pad, but people forget their belongings in the Pokemon Centers all the time. Even if they had an appointment, maybe something just came up!

There's quite a bit of confusion over the first day, as Pokemon show up without their trainers, or trainers without their Pokemon. It very quickly becomes clear that something has gone awry with the warp pads, but initially Nurses and staff assume that it's just a problem of Pokemon and trainers getting warped to different Centers from each other. They're getting extras of each, after all!

Unfortunately, overwhelmed staff (saddled with way more Pokemon to suddenly take care of, and plenty of anxious or complaining trainers on top of that) are too busy to really take time to think about it. It takes a lot of frantic messages between Centers and failed attempts to reunite victims ("So this is definitely a different Cetoddle than your beloved Moby? It's not just the PokeGear video quality?") before anyone starts to suspect this isn't the case. The confusion is only compounded by some staff initially encouraging trainers or Pokemon to try and warp back the way they came, until everyone discovers the scale of the problem. And even into day two, flustered and fatigued Pokemon Center staff sometimes fail to stop very impatient trainers from using the warp pads anyway, despite all warnings. (Some more remote Pokemon Centers may not even get the news until into the second day!)

By the weekend, the warp pads are all being subjected to an in-depth round of inspection and maintenance, and while initially everyone is stumped, late on Sunday one of the mechanics finds a well-hidden little gizmo. They spread the news, and the same device is found in every malfunctioning warp pad and promptly removed. When broken open, the gizmos have a not-so-subtle "R" logo on the inside...

...but maybe this isn't news, by then? Depending on what's been going on elsewhere...

MEANWHILE...

In three different locations, Trainers and Pokemon find themselves warped into large, move-resistant cages, the walls made of a mix of heavy steel beams and more delicate metal mesh strung tightly between them. These are meant to keep in Pokemon both large and small! But, at least early on the first day, there's nobody down here; these cages weren't intended to be in use quite yet. There are additional remote-controlled tools for Pokemon restraint hanging from the ceilings, as well as several Pokeball launchers, but all are shut off and quiet.

Still... it's only a matter of time before the first Rocket happens to head over, especially if anyone yells to be let out or starts trying to break down the door. Think fast! And if you warped in later on the first day, or at any time afterward, there are plenty of alarmed Rockets around doing their absolute best to capture Pokemon and restrain trainers.

As for the bases themselves: the Team Rocket base in Goldenrod City is the same one all new Rockets have come to know and love! (Or hate.) This base is quite sizable and busy, and likely the hardest to escape from - but, on the other hand, it's full of half-trained Rocket grunts! Individual Rockets are much more likely to be untrained, amateurish, or without strong Pokemon to back them up even if they are perfectly competent.

The second base reeks of coffee at all times. The Saffron City Rocket Base (or at least the one being used for this project, who's to say there aren't more) is directly underneath the large, trendy coffee shop "Knockoffee" - famous for rapidly jumping on viral trends, like the recent Dubwool Chocolate Latte. The actual base tunnels several floors below ground (no, there absolutely weren't permits submitted for any of this). There are just two entrances: one is a hidden elevator in the pantry, and another is a long, rusty ladder that emerges out of a fake dumpster right around the back.

The last base trainers and Pokemon might end up in smells of sea air and motor fuel. The Vermilion City base is hidden inside the sizable indoor dock of a fraudulent ferry tour business! This one is all above ground, and the smallest of the bases, but this is both an advantage and disadvantage - it's the easiest one to get to a door or window (or just jump into the water), but it will also be the one where Rockets notice their surprise guests fastest. The cages are right out in the open! And while you'd think people outside would hear someone yelling for help, the sound of large shipping boats nearby is consistently too loud. You're on your own! On the other hand, if someone can get out of a cage, there's always the option of trying to steal a ferry...

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Catrina Calavera | OC | OTA

[gimmeeyeballs]

(OOC: The first option I'm open for thread hopping for whoever wants to escape with this dumpster gremlin and or battle.)

1. SEE THAT GIRL, WATCH THAT SCENE, DIGGING THE GARBAGE QUEEN~ (Saffron City Rocket Base)

This was most certainly not Cherrygrove City, that’s not her beautiful Pokemon, (okay that’s a stretch with Gytrash), and MAORR’S CURSED NIGHT Catrina was stuck wearing a Luvdisk print tanktop with boxers on top of everything else. There goes the plans of gathering bait for the Sinistea plot (Catrina is that why you’ve been loitering in Violet City for so long?!), it would have to wait for another day. Right now, Catrina’s brain hamsters were doing laps on their little wheels trying to figure out how to break out and most importantly, collect her team of miscreants. The brain hamsters decreed it was a very good course of action to start pounding, kicking, and generally screeching at the containment unit in attempts of breaking free. Clearly the best plans of a former amphibian turned human could possibly have.

Whoever is Catrina’s fellow cellmates, be it Pokemon or Human, congrats, you have a raging Primadonna on your hands now….

“THIS CELL WON’T KEEP YOUR ASSES SAFE FROM ME FOR LONG!!!”

2. Wildcard! (Please pop in whatever you have in mind, PM this Character Journal, or Contact me on Dolly_Mancer on Plurk if you’d like to brainstorm a thread :’>)

Wildcard for Vinegar Doppio: Tom and Jerry time with Gytrash!

[gimmeeyeballs]

No one knew how this thing escaped the cell, but something absolutely vile got loose on the Rocket Base and he was having a very good time of things. The greasy fur sticking out from rubbing up against bars and doors, darting away from what could be called 'hide and seek'. Clearly...the Rockets aren't wanting something potentially contagious near the good stolen Pokemon.

Was this Hisuian Zorua highly diseased or just flat out ugly? Maybe it's both...yeah its likely both as the happy wheezy sounds start up again after a thrilling chase around.

May Arceus have mercy on whoever stumbles into the creature known as Gytrash..they're going to need it...

Calliope Macabre | OC | OTA

[calisugarfiend]

(OOC: For the first Option, I am fully opened to thread hopping! :'D)

1. MAMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN!~ (Vermillion City Rocket Base)

What had been supposed to be an easy return trip to Ecruteak City through the warp pad with Loop had turned into something far, far more serious. Cali had no idea what happened, though she was digging the Luvdisk print sports bra and biker shorts, definitely could use a tulle wrap around skirt to complete the ballet look. Right, now wasn’t the time to appreciate the surprise fashion choices, now was the time for thinking of how to get out of here. This was the new one, Cali had never been to Kanto, not yet anyways until today. There came a wince from Cali upon smelling the motor oil and sea air, covering her nose quickly since she didn’t have her usual mask on. Think..think..oh right, there’s Pokeballs in here with Cali! If there’s another person in there, Cali looks like she’s about to call out a random Pokemon from the Pokeball.

Right now to Cali, this was a teamwork situation and she was fully prepared to work with others on escaping this weird bad smelling place.

“Hey buddy, let’s come on out of the Pokeball.” Cali chirped in her normally cheery tone despite everything as she unleashes the first Pokemon...

2. Wildcard! (Please feel free to pop anything you’d like to thread, contact me on my character Journal or private plurk me on Dolly_Mancer if you’d like to brainstorm a thread :’3)

1) Bread the Dachsbun

[phdepression]

There's a pleasant-smelling aroma as the ball opens and suddenly there's suddenly a large yet adorable dog. The Dachsbun barks excitedly as he is released and runs in a circle. He looks about the room for Jotaro but then stops, realising his trainer isn't there.

"Aruuuuff?" Bread tilts his head curiously and looks up at the colourful trainer in front of him. Hello? What's going on? Who are you, pretty lady?

1. Margrave the Zorua

[exeggutorhead]

When Cali sends Margrave out, the little Hisuian Zorua has no idea what's going on, or where he is, or who this girl is either! And it smells terrible, and as he looks around he notices that they're in a big cage too! This is all adding up to a completely unacceptable situation for him to suddenly be in. All his fur frizzes up, and he yips angrily at Cali, because it must be her fault! Somehow!

How!! Dare!!

1...HE'S IN YOUR WALLS

[oceanbear]

Emporio has had to do a lot to sneak into this place. What, exactly? Don't ask!

No really, don't, he'd rather not implicate himself too much more.

But for now, since it'll be a lot less obvious if the Pokemon comes from inside the cage...a pokeball was rolled through the bars.

And now that Pokeball is opening. And now...

...DA-DA-DADAAAA! It's..! Lemongrass the Meowscarada!

"Meowwwwwww."

They're bowing, the smug little shit.

Jotaro Kujo | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean | Open and Closed

[phdepression]

Neither completely naked or afraid | Closed to Rui's Pokemon

[Jotaro could have stayed in Mahogany Town. He could have been heading to Blackthorn City to get his next gym badge. He could have been doing many things but he just had to get involved with the Goldenrod City investigation. In fairness, it had been going well until recently... when he decided to use his PC to swap out some Pokemon and then transport to Ecruteak City to get some TMs from the mart to further help with the investigation.

But he didn't step out of in the Ecruteak City Pokemon Centre. On the first day of the Rocket Warp pad incident, Jotaro appears in a cell, wearing nothing but Luvdisk print boxers. He doesn't even have his hat.]

Good grief...

[The tall, muscular man rubs his temples and goes to inspect the cell. He pulls on the bars but rather predictably they don't bend in his will. For the first time in a long time, Jotaro wishes he had his Stand here.

Jotaro turns around but before he can really start investigating his surroundings, there's another flash of light. Is it another person? Pokemon? Pokeballs? Jotaro tenses, balling his fists and preparing for a fight. What does he see?]

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Another base, another incident | Closed to Scar's Pokemon

[Honestly, Jotaro's brain is a little scrambled. He can't remember whether he actually escaped with Rui's Pokemon or he stepped on a warp pad in the Rocket Base, but regardless he is out of that base and back in another cage. He's not even sure if this is the same cage from the same base.]

Give me a break already...

[Jotaro turns around and looks around. He can see there are a couple of guards around but he ignores them in favour of looking at his surroundings. Who's here? Are there Pokemon out or are they in Pokeballs?]

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A concerned (Poke)father | OTA

[If you are at the Pokemon Centre in Goldenrod City, you'll see a very distressed Palafin, floating around an egg. Every time the door opens or the teleporter goes off, he'll look up but as soon as he doesn't see his trainer his face will fall. He'll give a sad Pokemon cry as he floats there. He seems distressed... you may need to help him out. However, if you approach the egg, he'll immediately jump in front of it and start glaring at you.

Nearby though, there's a Type: Null, lazing around. Randomly, it will raise its head and then start yelling.] Forsoothe! A prophecy!

[Given how many problems there are in the Pokemon Centre, it's clear that the local Nurse Joy is starting to get really annoyed by that Type: Null...]

Neither completely naked or afraid

[curuiosity]

[What Jotaro sees is a abomination of a restored fossil pokemon, looking very confused. Chimera had been following Rui to a warp pad but Rui is no where to be seen! They don't realize they're in a cell yet, more focused on the man in front of them. A new friend! They stomp their giant feet happily, and let out a trill, before charging at him to give him a hug fit for a Bewear.]

A Concerned (Poke)father

[crystalmaster]

[Radley and Evie and Cosmo the Kirlia are at the Pokemon Center trying to make sense of all the chaos. They've learned by now that sometimes the Pokemon are getting lost through warps, so when they see Palafin and Type: Null and the egg, they go over.]

Hey, what's up? Are you guys missing your person?

[Evie warbles in concern, then looks confused by the Type: Null's weird comments.]

WILDCARD!: In Comes A Feral Terror: GYTRASH!

[gimmeeyeballs]

[ It was debatable if it had been that Gytrash was small enough, greasy enough, or just flat out got removed for the diseased appearance that he got loose in the Rocket base. Darn it though, this mangey looking ghost fox was loose and having a grand ol' time of things, making happy snarky wheezing sounds as he went. ]

[Of course, that free reign would temporarily come to an end as the little grease trap fox encounters a giant half naked human!]

ZO ZO ZORUA! *Hisssss*

[officerdown]

[As Jotaro looks frantically about his surroundings, a commotion is brewing in an adjacent hallway.]

[As the cacophony draws closer, it only becomes clearer that a very lopsided battle is playing out, an audibly rattled grunt barking orders at an Arbok that's fading fast.]

How many can this stupid cat burn through?? Arbok, use Poison Tail!

[An observer will find a furious Zangoose on the far side of this battle, its shoulders heaving as it returns to its feet after this latest attack. It's unsteady on its legs, but if Pokémon could emote... This one would be smirking.]

[Lethargic with poison, it lashes out at its attacker with Facade, seeming temporarily given vigor by its sorry state. The Arbok falls, and... now it's going for the Grunt.]

Hey--! WOAH HEY!!

Scar | Fullmetal Alchemist | Open and Closed

[officerdown]

Goldenrod cage match

Scar takes the warp pads twice nearly every day, to and from Ecruteak City. By now, he's even used to the swooping sensation he gets in his stomach as he disappears from one place and reappears in the next, his Pokemon beside him.

This is not that.

When Scar manifests in a chilly, poorly lit cell, survival instinct kicks in in an instant. Unthinking, he locates the door and throws all of his weight behind his shoulder, praying for a rusty lock on the other side.

No such luck. But any onlooking Rocket will be entertained by this endlessly tenacious, mostly naked man who refuses to accept defeat at a mere bruised shoulder. He's investigating every corner of the cage for any vulnerability he might get his hands on, and he's not above prying on the bars with his bare hands.

Hideout Halls [closed to Cali's Pokemon]

Once Scar has finally shaken himself loose, he's off like a shot down the hallway of this labyrinthine facility he has no hope of navigating on his own. No thought had been spared to grab the uniform of the guard he had knocked out to get here; his bare feet are gently plapping on cold tile in comedic contrast to the enraged sprint of a practiced killer whose most favoritest kitty cat is missing.

He only hits the brakes when, from behind a heavy door he's just passed, he hears a blood-curdling scream. Scar doubles back, and he wrenches open the door to see what the commotion could possibly be.

I want to break free!

Scar all but explodes out of the service exist of the Goldenrod Radio Tower. He's been in and out of custody, he's short of breath, and there's a wild fury about him as he reorients himself and takes off down the road wearing nothing but the Rocket uniform pants he was able to acquire along the way. There's no time to waste on anything more than the barest concession to reasonable public appearance: He still hasn't found Miriam and Amit. Thus, any onlooker might find him among the mayhem, tearing back toward his house in hopes of getting his hands on a 'Gear.

Hideout Halls >:3c

[calisugarfiend]

its a scene Kephen Sting would be proud of, the dog type Pokemon that were caught in the warp pad displacement had been unleashed and are having a rather horrifying field day of sorts as they chase after some rather unfortunate Team Rocket members.

The only one not screaming, the only one smiling merrily away at this rather horrifying display of aggression was a shiny Indeedee that's seated pretty nicely on a folded chair, a Fidough seated on her lap. Just the eeriest of merry smiles that Indeedee had on as she notices Scar right there.

The Indeedee chirps out happily as if to say, 'Hello fellow escapee~ It's a miserable place here, isn't?~'

Hell in a Cell: Scar in a Jar Edition

[uncannytoo]

[ Things have been growing increasingly hectic around the Goldenrod base, and Bido's still not quite sure why. Something to do with a machine, is all he's been able to gather. ]

[ Without any real plan to help, but motivated by the world's most panic-inducing case of déjà vu, he follows the hustle and bustle of his fellow henchpeople. Nothing– and nobody– SEEMS blown up so far. That's good. But just to be sure, he lags behind the others and pokes his head into all the rooms along the way... ]

[ And it only takes a minute until he opens a door and a loud BANG from inside startles him so bad he actually faints for a second. ]

[ When he comes to, he's crumpled in a heap in the doorway, just a few feet from a large cage...... containing a nearly naked, obviously distressed man with a strangely familiar scar. ]

[ ????? ]

Cage Match

[exeggutorhead]

As Scar attempts to bash the cage door down, there's another loud racket coming closer and closer to the room, of the outraged howling variety. The closer it gets, the clearer the loud stream of...creative threats in a very familiar voice will become.

Envy had gotten warped in early that morning, figured out how to escape in the confusion, and gotten a fair ways through the halls in search of his missing team before getting caught again. Escorting the absolutely furious ex-homunculus back to the cage rooms had very quickly turned into a lot more of an ordeal than any of the Grunts had planned. They're not taking Envy to the most secure or empty cage, just the first one they can get him to.

And what do you know, Scar's in the nearest room!

When they wrestle the door open, there's three entire Grunts, one of them noticeably limping and all of them with rips in their clothes, trying to carry Envy by whatever limbs they can keep hold of. There's a net wrapped around some of him that he's already partially struggled out of. He's actively trying to bite. It's all remarkably reminiscent of what it looks like trying to wrestle a feral cat towards a bath.

"I'm gonna EVISCERATE every one of you!!"

The Grunt gamely trying to hang on to one of Envy's legs and avoid being kicked by the other one looks with wide eyes towards the giant man now occupying the Pokemon cage. And then tries to look intimidating.

"H-hey! You! Back away from the door!"

Envy looks over his shoulder, sees Scar...and his eyes light up. He doesn't know how long Scar's been in here, but he does know that three regular guys with their hands already full aren't going to be any kind of match. His struggling shifts, more about being distracting and keeping them from being able to send any of their Pokemon out than trying to really fight.

Goldenrod Cage Match

[milkisgross]

When Ed first learned about warp pads, he didn't really know what to make of them. He saw people using them all the time with zero problems, but he hesitated to use them. He didn't know how they worked, and that bit of the unknown just didn't sit well with him.

Still, they seemed incredibly convenient. He knew Cali must have used them all the time to go between different Pokemon centers. Maybe… maybe he could give it a shot.

Ed found himself staring at the warp pad. His Cubone waddled up to it and encouraged his trainer to try it out, waving him over. "Right. It's fine." He scooped up his pokemon, and his Mareep followed behind him on the pad. Time to see what Ecruteak was like.

Ed felt his stomach twist as the warp pad sent him to…

Wait a second. This wasn't right.

Ed found himself in a cell. The weight of his Cubone in his arms was gone. His Mareep was also nowhere to be seen.

"What the hell?!"

He jumped at the sound of the cell next to him. Someone, or something had slammed against the door.

Ed inspected his own. It was metal, and looked very solidly built.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

free!

[a_sin_for_him]

Scar may be headed towards home, but Lust is out and about. Since the night he failed to arrive to meet her after work, she's been searching for him. Nor has she been alone - Scar isn't the only member of the household to vanish to tricksome villainy. The search has consumed her - her hair has been in the same messy bun she'd put it in after work when he hadn't met her, she's only bothered to change from one set of sweatpants and t-shirt to another.

But she is not, currently, on his path towards home. Luck isn't feeling quite that kind.

Her Pokemon are another matter. They, too, have been on the hunt for their trainer's missing Special Human. At least those that would be of any use - or simply wished to revel in the confusion this rash of disappearances is causing.

It's the former category that comes bounding down the street in Scar's direction. Ten of the former category, to be exact. A tensome of Eeveelutions are charging down the street directly at him, calling out excitedly.

Cecil Harvey | FF4TAY/DFFOO | OTA

[paladinlost]

Waking up in Saffron City's base

On this lovely August day, Cecil had a lot of plans: buying a large quantity of anniversary cake, bringing that cake home as swiftly as possible, sharing the cake with his whole team, hiding a slice or two to savor later...

Do note that none of those plans included suddenly finding himself half-naked in a cell, with none of his belongings, none of his Pokémon, and none of his cake, either. The absence of the cake, while displeasing, is not an actual issue. The rest, whoever... He could manage without his items, or without his team, but both...?

Well, he has to try, no matter what. First step: seeing what (or who) also ended up in this cell. What's in here?


Wandering the corridors

Cecil is out of his cell. Cecil is very glad to be out of his cell. Cecil is very unhappy about having been in a cell in the first place, and even more unhappy to learn that others, both human and Pokémon, were captured alongside him. Cecil has decided to act upon that.

He has no weapons, no armor, no idea where he is or where's the way out. This does not stop him. He's going to get any non-combatants out of here if it kills him, and he's more than willing to team up with anyone who shares that goal.

"This base has technology, and the energy to power it. Surely it's not been built in the middle of nowhere."


Other

Open to other adventures/incidents/battle!

Waking up in Saffron City's Base: Chantilly the Buneary

[calisugarfiend]

Goodness this August day certainly spiraled in ways no one could've foreseen as a small Buneary with a little heart shaped patch over her eye looks up at the sudden fellow inmate in Luvdisk boxers. The Buneary is completely fluffed up from the stress and panic of the sudden warp pad hijacking, so not doing too hot on that end. Weirdly enough, the Buneary doesn't have a PokeBall, guess this little one must have not liked being in one beforehand..

"Bun Bun Buneary.." Buneary squeaks out, that socialization is working it would appear!

Rui Kamishiro | Project Sekai | Open and Closed

[curuiosity]

I. A Lesson in Sneaking | Closed to Envy's Pokemon

[Rui was headed back to Ecruteak. He rarely used the warps, preferring to see what all he could of this world, but there was a performance that he didn't want to miss. However, it seems that he'll miss it anyway, considering that he's found himself in a cell without his backpack, clothes, or tools. He felt naked without his tools, though that could also be because he's only wearing Luvdisc print boxers. He's midway through examining the cell when he hears someone or something warp in. He takes a breath to calm himself and turns to meet whoever it was face to face.]

II. Escape Artistry | OTA

[Purrince the Meowstic is sitting in a cell, watching a Rocket Grunt doze off. As stoic as he seems, he's incredibly bothered by the situation he's found himself in without his trainer to direct him. He has some time alone in the cell to come to a decision: As different as they are, he'll do his best to make his trainer proud in his absence. That means directing a marvelous escape! However, solo performances are difficult to pull off, so he continues to wait, hoping for signs of a potential co-star to arrive. Preferably before their guard wakes up.]

I

[exeggutorhead]

[Out of Envy's Pokemon, only two of them had been out of their balls when they all went into the ill-fated warp. Thistle had been practicing with her yo-yo, and Goblin had been hitching a ride on Envy's jacket sleeve, when very suddenly they aren't only not in the Pokemon Center they should be in, but their trainer has completely disappeared. There's a light thump of a Sableye with nothing to hang onto suddenly dropping to the ground, and a startled little wailing meow from Thistle.]

[There IS a different human in here with them, but it's a total stranger. Goblin scuttles towards a corner and hisses warily, but Thistle doesn't think the boy looks very scary and takes a few steps forward, eyes enormous, and lets out another, more questioning meow. Hi there, do YOU know where they are?]

Harry Potter | Harry Potter (OTA)

[phoenixwiz]

Wanted: Missing Pokémon Team
(In hindsight, staying put at Mahogany Town would have been a better option. Maybe going straight to Blackthorn City was probably a bad idea with the current warp pad problem. He should have known that there is something wrong with the warp pads right now what with people and Pokémon going missing and stuff being left behind at Pokémon Centers.

And yet somehow, Harry didn’t think twice about it when he decided to go ahead to Blackthorn and wait for Jotaro to return so they can face Clair right away. In doing so, he soon finds himself with his clothes and stuff but no Pokémon team at hand. Wait a second, didn’t he have a team with him before coming over to the city? Oh no: this is not good and he is freaking out.

Harry darts around the city in a desperate search to find his gym battle team and Jotaro and his Pokémon too. If anyone sees him, wandering and asking if anyone has seen his team, please come in and help out. Likewise, if someone is looking for their Pokémon or Trainer, he will do so in a heartbeat.)

Henry Townshend | Silent Hill 4: The Room | OTA

[no_ufo_ending]

[It is a very normal day in Ecruteak. Cool breezes are moving in. The first few leaves are starting to change. The court yard in front of the Kimono Girls' theater is full of muscular flexing Pokemon.
]

[ This isn't where Henry thought today was going to go. He'd tried to warp to work and ended up stuck in a crowd of rowdy Machamp. Without their trainer to keep them in line, they are all bullying Henry into taking only the VERY COOLEST and STRONGEST photos of them. They flex and pose and shove one another for space in Henry's viewfinder. They also surround him on all sides, barring any dash for escape he might make. ]

[ This, like, sucks, but what's really awful is that his own pokemon are MISSING! THIS IS NOT HIS TEAM. HELP. ]

Don't--don't shove...please...

Pokemon: Annabelle Lee the Shinx

[gimmeeyeballs]

[This day simply couldn't get worse for a tiny but stern Shinx. First it was the wild Swanna chase for bait and now Anna was stuck in a cell with a bunch of Machamps with an added bonus of human.]

Shinx?

[Annabelle Lee trouts over to Henry and sits herself in a dignified fashion befitting a house cat. Clearly she's going to need the help.]

Bido | Fullmetal Alchemist | Open and Closed

[uncannytoo]

1. The Legend of Backflip Jones [Goldenrod Base; closed(ish? i don't mind hoppers-in!) to Envy]

[ After his first confusing run-in, Bido's managed to correct his understanding of the teleporter situation. He's a little embarrassed about it. Although a semblance of order has since been established among the grunts, he hasn't been stationed back near the guy with the scars, and lucky for him; it'd be horribly awkward to try and explain himself. ]

[ Instead he's supposed to be keeping an eye on a room a few halls down. With both unevolved lizards by his side for backup, he cautiously creeps up to the door and opens it. Hopefully whoever's inside won't be quite so angry this time... ]

[ ... ]

[ ...Hold on, ]

2. Wildcard [Goldenrod Base; OTA]

[ Anyone is free to throw whatever at him, at any point in the event! Battles, even, if you want to bully his level-5-and-15 team. He'll be all over the base trying to help hold down the fort, but once the Jenny raid starts... well he's going to have a bad time. This is all VERY familiar, after all. Maybe you want to see him cry a lot. ]

here comes backflip jones himself

[exeggutorhead]

[No such luck. While Bido's new room is holding a much smaller, scrawnier occupant than Scar, there's just as much frustration and anger radiating off him, if not more. He's been caught more than once already and STILL hasn't found his Pokemon!!]

[And he's still stuck in the Luvdisc underwear. That's also very annoying.]

[Without anyone else in the cage with him, human or otherwise, he's actively fiddling with the door to see if he can figure the lock out. He doesn't pretend that's not exactly what he's been doing when the door opens and some Rocket tiptoes in, getting met with a glare.]

[He doesn't recognize Bido even a little bit. Partly because it's been twelve years, but even if he'd been up on the Yock island cliffs last week? He wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to anyone besides Greed at the time. Not enough to memorize faces, anyway.]

[Hmmm. This guy looks kinda nervous, maybe that's something he can work with. Envy leans his forearms on the bars and gives his best showy sneer, as though he ISN'T the one in a cage in his underpants.]

Oh, so we actually get guards now? I was wondering if you'd all get it together enough for that.

III | Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | OTA

[swordarc]

You've Got a Job to Do, Little Rocket

[III is, for better or worse, a Rocket grunt. This means that when Shit Started Happening he got called back to his nearest base (in this case Saffron) to help out with the situation.

So! If you found yourself in a cage from a bad warp, sooner or later you'll meet a short little Rocket grunt (in full uniform, of course, he's not giving away who he is) who will immediately set to work trying to take your Pokémon, backed up by a Sawsbuck at his back. If you try to fight back, you'll just get a smug little grin.]

Aww, don't make this hard. I don't really want to have to start hurting you, since you didn't really try to break in.

[Alternatively, if you're trying to break out, III will try to hinder you with his Glimmora, mainly through having the poisonous Pokémon set up Stealth Rocks and/or Toxic Spikes to try to slow down escapees.]

Hey, not so fast! Don't you know it's rude to sneak out without saying anything?

[Or maybe you're another Rocket, in which case III will definitely stop to help you if you flag him down. Alternatively, if it looks like you're having trouble, III might jump in to help without being asked.

Even in Rocket mode, he's very helpful that way.]

You've Got a Job to Do, Little Rocket

[gimmeeyeballs]

[ Catrina was clearly having a day of sorts right now and all she wanted was a Sinistea (maybe for the best, she would've been naming it Slaughter Water that poor Pokemon). ]

[ For the past hour or so give or take, Catrina had been climbing up the bars and periodically trying to chew on them, reasonably, with no success. Of course, moment she hears and sees III, all hell breaks loose with laughing.]

You're shitting me, right? You're like a Meatbag Larva! These clowns are letting little bags of organs into their organization?? That's pathetic!

[ Bard is gonna Bard by using Vicious Mockery even if she has no powers here. ]

Radley | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds | OTA

[crystalmaster]

Investigation Results

Radley is one of the few people who hasn't been personally affected by the warp disaster, at least when it comes to losing his Pokemon or himself to Rockets. But he's taking care of Jotaro's Pokemon and trying to investigate what's happening. Right now he's sitting at a table in the Eevee Cafe, running his hands through his hair as he stares at the notes he's been taking on what's been happening. Missing Trainers, missing Pokemon ... he just doesn't know what to do with this. If anyone else has figured something out, he would welcome comparing notes.

Pokemon Chaos

Of course, things aren't always peaceful when there are so many Pokemon around, and right now there are guests too. Somewhere in the building he hears Eevees running up and down the stairs, a fairly normal occurrence.

Eevees sliding down the banister is also a normal occurrence, although one he'd prefer wasn't happening.

If anyone comes in, they may find Eevees everywhere, climbing everything and playing on everything, as well as some Skitties also playing and two Espurrs practicing psychic abilities by lifting tables and chairs (thankfully with no one on them). Alolan Vulpixes and a Shiny Eevee are curled up on a couch in the middle of all the madness, seemingly unbothered by it all.

Investigation!

[foolishwren]

Heather's own investigations have... mostly consisted of warping to as many different cities as she reasonably can and tearing around, first trying to figure out where her boyfriend and his missing Pokemon had been redirected to... and then, when it became obvious that there was more than just a teleporter malfunction going on, trying to find and talk to anyone who even looks like they know anything.

Buuuuut... there's only so much manic warping around you can do before any responsible Nurse Joy will tell you to take a fucking break.

So, it's a frustrated but slightly wobbly Heather who drops by the Eevee Cafe for a sit-down and some coffee. She has been Banned (tm) from the nearby Pokemon Center for her own physical wellbeing until the authorities know more.