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"I'd be more worried about that little cut I made under your armpit when I hit it with my toe~infections are a real problem nowadays!" Klaren smiles widely and picks his tomes up, strapping them onto his belt, one at both of his sides. "I'll need money too~" He adds as he kneels down and picks a pouch up. Right now, his outfit consisted of a shirt and a pair of monk-y harem pants of the same color. "Let's go to the cart, Teri! Let'sgogogogogogo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

SHELLY "Oh, it's like this super cool new system that allows us to poke inside your thoughts and then se-wait, are you even aware of your situation right now!? Graduation??? This isn't the graduation anymore! Holy shit kids these days..." The woman's voice interrupts for a moment as she is approached by a pair of footsteps. EVERYONE Subtle buzzing is heard from everyone's A-Comm's, like someone's talking but the interference makes it impossible to decypher. After a couple of moments though, the girl's voice can be heard again, blaring. "SHUT UP I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY FUCKING OWN BRING ME MORE PEOPLE HERE ASAP INSTEAD OF GIVING ME THIS NONSENSICAL SHIT!!!" "----------------------------------------" GROUP 2 (DESMOND, TAYLOR, KALVA) Taylor's A-Comm buzzes and a different female voice speaks through it (Kalva can recognize it if he's close enough to hear it): "IS KALVA WITH YOU!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" She shouts in a frantic voice. You hear some interference for a moment before he gasps and slaps someone. "TELL ME NOW!" She shouts at you once again. As Desmond and Kalva follow the tracks, they find that they lead to the trail outside the clearing they found themselves in. The footprints are of a mammallian Pokemon, very small in size, quite possibly a rodent. GROUP 1 (EMMANUEL, RADOVAN, SENA) "Young one, you are indeed correct-where you have found yourselves is not Nexus #03. It is a new Nexus. An error happened an-" A deep voice sounds from the Comm but sighs and stops. "WOMAN, CALM YOURSELF DOWN!!!" He shouts to someone he's in the room with. Afterwards, he gets slapped and the transmission ends. Emmanuel can hear some sniffing sounds as he approaches the path. GROUP 3 (SHELLY, KAI, ANTHONY) The girl clears her throat. "Okie dokie, now that that problem's solved~" She chirps. "...let's get down to business. Firstly, report if anyone's hurt. Then please describe the environment you're in. We need to assess whether our preliminary scans have been accurate before we can send you exploration data. Oh, and my name's Ray, I'm Space Aether's main dispatcher!"

"Good morning sleepyface~I hurt my big toe on your hard-rock muscles right now~" Klaren was back up at his feet even before Terrin. He looked around and then back at the mage. "Yeah I slept swell~y'know, like super well-swell~!" He then removed his headband and zipped his shirt back up. "I think I'm ready for the trip~ I can't wait, hehe!"

KAI Upon closer inspection, the trees appear to be made out of a translucent crystalline matter. The violet hue originates from below the ground and travels through the crystal, producing the effect observed by everyone. SHELLY Shelly opens the A-Comm's messages. Inside, there indeed are 11 unread messages, some of which have been completely glitched up beyond understandability. There are, however, also those that can be decyphered: #4: "SOOOOOO3mTh111111-w333ntwr0000000000000testtesttest" #9: "wh333333ub3t-P, h1ssssc000000recrash------" #10: "w3caaaAAAAnT-----the1iiss-s-s-sV333" As she reads, the voice sounds again. "OMG-some---ne's----ther----" "----me t- thi---A-C----directly!!!" The voice is abruptly interrupted by static. However, after a couple of moments, ONLY Shelly's A-Comm buzzes again. "Can you hear me now? We should be able to talk now."

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn..." Klaren wipes his eyes as he wakes up. At first he is confused, but then when he sees Anna, his face brightens and he smiles. "Oh is it time already!?" He hops up like it totally ain't super early in the morning. "I'll go invite everyone, then~" Klaren gives Anna a wink before turning to leave the tent when... "Whoa-" He trips over and directly onto someone with his hands spread wide. His face bonks against the person's forehead. "TERIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" The monk exclaims.

Chapter 1 is now go

'It is time...' As Shelly checks her A-Comm, she sees a message on it. However, before she could check it, the whole place shook slightly. An earsplitting screech sounded through the hall, as all the panels began flickering on and off... Looking around, you can see that they all display the same message: "/ERROR/" 1 new message pops up on everyone's A-Comms. And another. And another. Up to 12 before anyone could react: "Evvbdy/plesrrrrrmainc@@@@@|||-" ...is all that is displayed before the Communicator crashes completely. The virtual world around you shakes again as if struck by an earthquake. You can see some of the panels falling off from the walls due to the force, striking the floor and covering your vision in a sheet of dust as everything breaks down... As you open your eyes, you find that you are somewhere else. Somewhere new. Curious trees surround you, and there's only one path leading from the clearing where you are. Your virtual Aether Balls have disappeared and so have the rings. Furthermore, you seem to have been split up... What is going on? -------------------------------------------------- "President Haether-it's...it's...Nexus #08-!!!" -------------------------------------------------- You have been transported... (Current Location: ???; time is irrelevant) Teams (3): 1. Emmanuel, Radovan, Sena 2. Desmond, Taylor, Kalva 3. Shelly, Kai, Anthony Music: Atmosphere - Suspended Flow All three teams find themselves in separate clearings, surrounded by trees that glow a luminescent aura around them. Stones of various sizes are strewn across the place, shrouded by a moonlit night sky. It is relatively warm here, with all the heat coming from beneath the ground and trees that surround you. Your A-Comms have resumed working. The clock function is unavailable, though. "E-------yone, c----n you h---e---me?" You hear a voice through the A-Comms. [Explorer Lv1] >Kalva and Desmond both notice small tracks skittering the area around them. Could this mean Pokemon are nearby? >you've no Pokemon with yourselves, though

"..." "..." "...thanks, I guess." Cass touched his hair.

"G-gah-" So now Cass had no idea what to even think of this woman anymore. Like he was gonna stay with them after this. Hell no, geez. He ran up to the two mounted fighters and threw them a lil' reinvigorating jig.... Move to O6, play for Rayne and Idei

"Sounds to me like the Beef's getting beefy!"

"Friggin' hell, I'm trying to help you out here, y'know!?" Once again, he could feel the sheer animosity of this woman. She wasn't even trying to conceal it, nono, she was glaring at him like he was on her plate or something. Meanwhile, he was here not of his free will, caught up in some weird mess protecting some shitty town from some shitty bandits waving their shitty pointy weapons around like they're having the best time of their shitty lives dying for some shitty meaningless cause like messing with some shitty ship schedule for god knows what reason. "Let me just make it clear that I have been dragged into this by your crazy healer lady-! I am anything but happily obliging to the duty your problematic situation has pressed me to fulfill. Aaaagh, I don't even understand what I'm saying anymore-"

No reaction..? Really, green-haired guy? Okay then... Honestly, Cass wanted to just turn around and run away, but right now, something kept him from it. Like it would be a bad thing leaving them. Maybe he was just getting tired of thieving around and playing for bandits, and this girl Emilee seemed to actually appreciate his music outside of its magical quality. Errr...or she just hasn't realized his music was off. She seemed pretty naive. Anyways, he ran over to the woods next to that woman that threatened to cut his head off or something. Gripping his guitar, he played a short but powerful tune, sending electric shivers down the spines of the two ladies nearby, setting them in full motion. "Hey, you two, don't just stand there in the forest, go deal with these people." He yelled at them afterwards. Moving to R8, playing for Clarisse and Cadence

Starmie's Hydro Pump hits P-AZ, smashing him up against the ceiling. Upon impact, the walls turn grey. P-AZ is nowhere to be found. Everyone's boosts have faded. Everyone is back at full health. The dimensions have returned to normal. PvB Combat resolved, congratulations! Emmanuel, Kai and Kalva have successfully defeated P-AZ! A message pops up on everyone's A-Comm's: [Mission Clear] Items successfully delivered: 75 EP Move Slot x1 Mechamon P-AZ Figure x1 If anyone checked on the 'Items' folder of their A-Comm, they'd see that one Move Slot had been delivered. In the 'Key Items' folder, they'd find the Mechamon P-AZ figure. In the 'EP' folder, they'd find 75 EP. *TUTORIAL: A-COMM'S BAG FUNCTION* (OoC: Turn Order has ended, everyone is free to interact with one another; post coming in 2-3 days)

P-AZ, not expecting any smart response from any of the Cadets, easily falls prey to Emmanuel's smart and well-timed attack. P-AZ gets hit and the terrain flickers again, severely weakening its offensive power before it could launch its attack... *ACTION RULING* Music: Battle! - SecurityBreach? ... P-AZ (), Lv 75 HP: #################### Error.Z: could not calculate stats-!!! Discharge's Power is now 120... P-AZ twicthes and in its rage launches the weakened ball of electrical charge directly into Scizor's abdomen. It spreads but hits only Scizor. Reaction: P-AZ activates Trickster Lv5, hitting Scizor with its Discharge at close range ... *REACTION RULING* Scizor falls to the ground after getting hit. Not much damage was done but it doesn't seem like it will be able to fight at the moment. The dimensions are shifting-!!! P-AZ's ATK has gone up to +1. P-AZ's SP.ATK has gone up to +2. P-AZ's DEF and SP.DEF have gone down to -6. P-AZ's SPE has gone up to +2. P-AZ has speed up considerably-!!! Aegislash's ATK has gone up to +2; it is now 560. ... P-AZ is floating 20 m off the ground, twitching rapidly... No attack was made against Starmie and Aegislash...

P-AZ slows down as the dimensions shift, allowing Scizor to land a direct hit on it. Its head squishes as it is smashed against the floor, but bounces off taking no considerable damage in the process. However, the colored blocks of the terrain begin flickering rapidly and you can all sense that something is changing again. Immediately after bouncing off the floor, P-AZ flies directly towards Aegislash, allowing it to land its own hit on it. This time, however, it does heavy damage to the Porygon. Once again, the terrain flickers. *TURN RULING* It is P-AZ's turn now: The dimensions are shifting-!!! P-AZ's ATK has gone up to +1. P-AZ's SP.ATK has gone up to +2. P-AZ's DEF and SP.DEF have gone down to -6. P-AZ's SPE has gone up to +2. P-AZ has speed up considerably-!!! Aegislash's ATK has gone up to +2; it is now 560. ... The terrain flickers once more after P-AZ has suffered the two attacks and it launches itself upwards at once again an incredible speed, stopping quarter of the way to the ceiling. Its third appendage glows bright yellow for a moment as electricity gathers around it. P-AZ gathers more power from the Aether-Net, charging its attack before launching the formed massive ball of electricity directly in the middle of the three Pokemon (around 8 m from each of them, with Aegislash and Scizor being close to one another because they both attacked P-AZ at the same time), where the charge spreads to cover an area of 15 m in every direction which engulfs the entirety of the party as well as some of the Cadets not involved in the battle if they decided to stand too close. Starmie's protective screens cannot hold out against the force of the attack and they shatter and dissipate. Players are, however, once again protected by a barrier which forms around them. Players are protected by their registration rings. Starmie's Screens have been shattered-!!! (Mission [Survive for 3 turns - 2/3]) Turn Order: P-AZ -> Kai -> Emmanuel -> Kalva Music: Battle! - SecurityBreach? ... P-AZ (), Lv 75 HP: #################### Error.Z: could not calculate stats-!!! Moves: Tri Attack (PP: 31/32), Nasty Plot (PP: 30/32), Agility (PP: 47/48), Discharge (23/24), --- ... P-AZ's Unique Special Skill [Master Of The Cyberworld] is active-!!! P-AZ's Boss Skill [Double Move] is active-!!! Action: ([Attacker Lv5] Special Skill is active); Nasty Plot -> P-AZ's SP.ATK is now at +4; then Discharge for 510 Special Power-!!! The attack carries an unstoppable force [Attacker Lv5]-!!! ... The dimensions are shifting-!!! P-AZ's ATK has gone down to -1. P-AZ's SP.ATK has gone down to -4. P-AZ's DEF and SP.DEF have gone up to +6. P-AZ's SPE has gone down to -2. P-AZ has slowed down considerably-!!! Aegislash's ATK has gone down to -2; it is now 140. ... P-AZ remains around 20 m above the team, floating and twitching, somehow content as he observes what the doofuses would do... (OoC: The turn order continues...)

"Consider it done, miss Anna~" Klaren jumped up and started running through the camp, waving his hands around as he shouted as loud as he could: "EVERYONE, WE'RE GOING TO THE CITY TOMORROW, WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

*TURN RULING* ... Scizor protected itself! Starmie's Light Screen has raised the party's SP.DEF stat! Aegislash is now at +2 ATK (its ATK is now 230)! ... The two Tri Attacks converge upon Scizor, but she raises up a defensive barrier at Emmanuel's command, protecting herself from direct damage. However, the explosion set off by the attack seems to utterly shatter the virtual space around it. The whole plain breaks apart, revealing a huge elongated hallway made out of millions upon millions of colored squares which blink from one color to another in an unending loop. The hallways is indescribably long and you can't see its end at either side. It is rectangular and its dimensions are 100x100 m, more than enough space for you to move freely. P-AZ swoops down from above at an incredible speed immediately after its attacks hit Scizor's Protect and the space shifts. It downloads data from the Aether-Net in order to rapidly boost its Special Attack and Speed. Before you can even react, the Porygon has already made two whole circles around you and your Pokemon moving in an counter-clockwise direction. Player v Boss Combat Initiated; P-AZ is challenging you to a battle-!!! (your A-COMMs vibrate and a message pops up: Mission [survive for 3 turns - 1/3]) Light Screen is active (1/5) Turn Order: P-AZ -> Kai -> Emmanuel -> Kalva Music: Battle! - SecurityBreach? ... P-AZ (), Lv 75 HP: #################### Error.Z: could not calculate stats-!!! Moves: Tri Attack (PP: 31/32), Nasty Plot (PP: 31/32), Agility (PP: 47/48), --- ... P-AZ's Unique Special Skill [Master Of The Cyberworld] is active-!!! P-AZ's Boss Skill [Double Move] is active-!!! Action: (Activates [Attacker Lv5] Special Skill: P-AZ's DEF and SP.DEF are at -6; other effects unknown); Nasty Plot, Agility, P-AZ's SP.ATK is now at +2; its SPE is now at +2-!!! ... P-AZ has activated [Master Of The Cyberworld]; data from the Dubious Disk.2 has been loaded; the dimensions are shifting-!!! P-AZ's ATK has gone down to -1. P-AZ's SP.ATK has gone down to -2. P-AZ's DEF and SP.DEF have gone up to +6. P-AZ's SPE has gone down to -2. P-AZ has slowed down considerably-!!! Aegislash's ATK has gone down to -2; it is now 62. ... (OoC: combat has started again -> only those involved in it can post)

"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doooooing-" Before he realized it, Cass had been dragged into a battlefield by the woman-Emilee. He looked around, blinked once and twice, and then saw she was running off somehwere. "No, you come back here right now!!!" He ran after her, only to find himself before the green haired guy from earlier...and a bunch of non-friendly people. "Ggghh...alright, alright, seems like you'll be getting what you paid for......" He turned to the horseman, picked his guitar up from his back. Several sparks blitzed around his fingers and he played the electrifying tune. "And you hide behind me or some shit like that." He added, looking at Emilee. Move to Q6, play for Emilee and Idei

Slumbering Giant vs Strider Good, it was a hit and Strider looked all messed up now. Mommo shouldn't waste this opportunity-she charged her cannon with another explosive round and fired it directly at Strider's torso. Immediately afterwards, she'd launch a volley of energetical impulses from both her hand-cannons at it. If the explosive round hit, it would at least damage Strider's armor, allowing for the pulses to do the rest of the work and wrap things up. Just to be sure, she also launched 4 cluster grenades at the same time into the air above Strider which would explode, raining heavy pain upon a general area of 10 m around the target mech which she wouldn't have enough time to escape even if she got up on her feet or changed her mech's stats again. Also, there'd be enough schrapnel to cover the entire area on the ice in that radius because the clusters would detonate on impact. Mommo didn't need an super ultra finishing move-she was enough of an overkill all on her own.

Nexus #00 - Aether City (12:13 pm - Noon) HQ building/floor 13399/Conference Room - Space Aether Employee Cadets' Graduation Ceremony (players at the scene: 0; NPCs at the scene: Heather, Rob) "So, how's the preparations going for the final presentation, Robbie?" Haether spoke to the chubby man on her A-Comm's screen, at which he scoffed irritably, scratched his puffy beard and sighed. "Not good. I can't make sense of all of this...it was my mom that made it and she's, well...getting drunk off her ass somewhere in #07 like she's been every time I've asked her to show me how this works in practice. I've studied the theory but it can only take you as far, you know... More importantly, how's the actual presentation going on your end, though? Did P-AZ do well for his own test-run in the Aether-Net?" "Oh, it's going great here. The crowd loved the battle our new Cadets have had with his Dodrio. I dare say they made a turkey feast out of it~although I'm not sure how I should feel about that, haha!" Rob looks away for a moment and a typing sound is heard. Not removing his eyes from whatever screen he was looking at, he continues. "Right, I see no irregularities in his data. And his stability in this space rose to 71%! Wow, we weren't expecting such an improvement! Hehe, maybe we finally found him a place to dwell in." "I'm so glad for that! After we excavated that disk and your mom fixed it and applied it to Porygon2's data, we weren't expecting actual space-time anomalies to start occuring around it. But we managed to use the data to make the Aether-Net now and it will allow us to travel from Nexus to Nexus much faster by bending dimensions. I should really congratulate your mom when she's sober so that she actually remembers it, but that happens only when she coops herself up in her studies so no-one can come near her. Anyways, you just keep trying to adjust the equations so that our Cadets get transported to Gina and Terry's outpost. Meanwhile, P-AZ and I will keep the crowd riled up!" Rob's eyes seem to widen for a moment and he looks straight at Haether. "Oi, I know I said P-AZ has getting more stable, but do you think this is really a good idea? I mean, he's still kinda...whacky. Are the kids gonna be ok against it?" "Pfff, they're strong, and I believe in them. Some of them are really whacky too, heehee. They'll be fine. Say, what's going on with that anomaly reported earlier this week? Is a Nexus really materializing?" Rob types again. "Hmm...it's hard to tell, but fluctuations have been happening more frequently in the Anti-Space these past few days. It might be a big one, like, with a full on core and everything, but we can't be certain until it occurs, and we have no clue when it will occur." "Will it affect the test?" "Hmmm...it shouldn't, no. But we could abort if you're unsure. You're the Pres, after all." Rob picks up something from the side, revealed to be a jelly-filled donut he takes a bite out of. "Umph, but ash I've shaid, there *um* shouldn't be any trouble, *gulp*." Haether nods. "I trust you, Robbie. I've gotta go now, though. Call me if you need anything." "Aye aye~" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The scenery remains calm as the crew talks. Shelly's fiddling with her A-Comm produces no results out of the ordinary, except an occassional visual glitch appearing on the screen. Like twitching, but barely noticeable, until her A-Comm's screen goes completely black all of a sudden. Even the emulated Scizor is unbenknowst to the trouble that's brewing... A sound first echoes through the virtual space. "????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????@@@@@@" Then a flash of light appears in the distant sky as you all turn in the direction of the sound. And then six balls-two of flame, two of thunder and two of ice, fly at impossible speeds, heading directly for Scizor and circling around it. Without commands, she would be caught off guard! Everyone's commands have reactivated. The battle is continuing. The enemy can only be... Action: (??? activates Attacker Lv1 Special Skill -> ATK +1); ???'s Tri Attack twice for 300 Special Power at Scizor twice. ???'s Unique Special Skill [Master Of The Cyberworld] is active-!!! ???'s Boss Skill [Double Move] is active-!!! Music: Battle! - SecurityBreach? ??? (), Lv 75 HP: #################### Error-cannot calculate stats!!! (OoC: Arrange for a team of 3 to summon their mons. Emmanuel is in the battle regardless, so 2 more people need to post (decide two of them who wants to go: Kalva, Desmond, Kai and Radovan). Others can post their reactions-their circles will remain unresponsive)

"Oooookay." Cass wasn't sure if he was supposed to be grateful to this guy or even more more afraid for his life from the way he gently handled that crossbow of his. Either way, he wasn't gonna hang around this crew. Hell no. They were gonna go fight some rogues and he was against that idea. He also wasn't a guard-whatever, just a street performer and a musician. While his music was halpful on the field, he's had enough of that crap and wanted to rest a while. ...but if the boat schedules were messed up...then how was he supposed to leave the island... Whatever, he should just get the hell away from this weirdos. If he stayed with them, he'd probably wake up with an arrow between his eyes or no head at all, from the looks of it. So he was gonna just slowly back away. Unsuspiciously.

"..." He wanted to strangle the cocky bastard and watch silently as life drained from his eyes. Of course he shouldn't have trusted him, but agh, the money... And damn, that woman was probably part of his plot. Not only have they brought him to face the green haired guy from before (who was also apparently with them), but they're some sort of official guards? What? He definitely wasn't liking the vibes he was getting from the one talking to him right now. "..." Time for some squirming out of this sticky situation. "You are completely right, you guard-person you. Why would I do any of that if I were a suspicious crook, ha-ha? I am just a street performer and the man here..." He pointed at Belros. "...he promised me some money for my songs but said he left all he had by the fountain. Y'see, I am completely innocent, Casserole is my name. Ha-ha. Juuuuust a street performer." All the while he spoke, his eyes shifted from the guy he stole from to the rest of their group. Felt like he was at a court.

Whaddayaknow, turns out this wasn't such a big waste of time or a horrible risk, as the girl herself was still quite trusting and sang well enough. Cass looked at her as she directed her question, bowing slightly. "It's Casserole. Beef Casserole. But you can call me Cass. And it was my pleasure playing for you." Of course, as he let his guard down with the lady, he'd totally forgotten about the blue dude, whose snarky clap was more than enough to bring Cass back to his senses, his 'really annoyed after such a shitty turn of events' senses. "Seriously? Fine." He answers the man bluntly. Come on, there was nothing he could really lose by going to the fountain. Unless this guy had a bunch of friends waiting by it that were gonna jump at his throat in the middle of the day on a busy plaza. So unbenknownst to the fact that at the fountain sat a certain green haired fellow, Cass followed Belros over to it.

"Anything you'd like, sweetheart. And three, and two, and..." Cass smirked and began stroking at the guitar strings, proving to the pesky blue-haired guy that he could indeed play very very well and that he was totally not a thieving brute. He was sorta worried the guitar would sell his position but hey, so long as all the other noise at the plaza served to deafen his own music and prevented it from reaching the green dude (who was hopefully not anywhere near the fountain), he was happy to play, even more so 'cause of that sweet reward smiling at him.