VGS2's notes: Oh, important note! I went back and fixed up chapter one so that Buneary actually properly gives a toss about seeing one of her heroes.
Alos, I haven't done it yet, but I'm planning on renaming 'powered moves' into 'power moves', because 'powered moves' sounds nerdy and lame. Well, to me, anyway. If you preferred the older name, or can think of a better one, feel free to tell me!
In Comrades, I also changed Baram Square into Unity Square, just because... well, at first, I just gonna combine the two places together (Pokémon Square from the first game, and Baram Town from the shit game), but naw, feck it, mate. The two places are too different, so I thought it'd be more interesting to split 'em up. (It's not important right now, but still!)
I mean, I could have just kept it as Pokémon Square, but naww, mate, that's boring. It's sorta like Friendship is Magic. We have Canterlot, Rainbow Falls, Manehatten, Saddle Arabia, and... Ponyville... XD I guess the real life equivalent would be 'Human Town' or something, right?
Ah well, whatever. I can't bring myself to like MLP anymore. Lately, it kind of pulled a Teen Titans Go/Thundercats Roar/Pokémon Journeys, by rebooting itself and ruining all the characters everyone liked just for cheap laughs. Grumble, grumble...
... Oh, right, the chapter. XD Enjoy yourself, my dear reader!
Last time: The gang fought an annoying sword, and then there were drugs (sort of)!
Chapter Eight: The Golden Result
Several minutes ago, Buneary had woken up to some delightful news from Snorlax and Corsola. They'd won the fight against Aegislash! It had been down to the wire, but it had all worked out!
The news had made her giddy with joy. Especially since, unlike most times in the past, she'd actually helped out this time, as shocking as that was. Oh, she was so happy~
Thanks to a stash of tiny reviver seeds, oran berries and ethers from Snorlax's bag, everyone had been fully revitalized, including Aegislash. Currently, they were standing around near the fountain, finishing off their food and drinks while praising each other for the job well done. Or just saying teasing things, in Aegislash's case.
Buneary wiggled around in happiness while drinking her celebratory ether. Thanks to their victory, its odd, yet refreshing taste was extra delicious as it went down, tickling her throat with the bubbles.
Letting out a breath from finishing his own drink, Aegislash put his hands behind his head. "Well, you've heard it enough already, but congrats, greenies!" He sighed, though with his usual air of amusement. "I know I went easy, but it's still sort of embarrassing, losing to newcomers."
"Hah, too bad!" Octillery said, looking smug. "I told you we'd kick your flat ass, and I meant it!"
"Clearly!" He tossed his empty ether bottle over his shoulder at Snorlax, who flusteredly grabbed it before it fell. "So, then... want me to tell you how I thought you guys fared?" he continued.
"No," Octillery retorted, frowning at him.
Aegislash huffed amusedly. "Oh, come on, don't be so serious. I had something positive to say, too, believe it or not!"
"Don't let his looks fool you," Snorlax added, putting the empty bottle in his bag. "He's actually pretty clever when it comes to what makes a good fighter."
"Well, I-I... guess I'd like to hear," Buneary said, against her better judgment. She wanted to improve, after all...
"It couldn't hurt, I guess," Yamask agreed.
"It'll be embarrassing, but hey," Corsola said with a sheepish smile.
Octillery let out a long huff and shrugged exasperatedly with multiple tentacles. "Fine, do your friggin' worst, whatever," he relented.
"Heh, good!" Aegislash said, smirking as much as one can do with only an eye for a face. He indicated toward Yamask. "Hieroglyph, you obviously like your... what to call them... I guess 'disruption attacks' a lot, don't you?"
Yamask scratched his chin in thought. "Huh? Disruption...?" he asked.
"Sure! You scare people with Astonish... you weaken people with Haze, while also using it like a smokescreen... you burn people with Will-O-Wisp... and Night Shade... well, that's sorta disruptive, I guess. Bit of a random one, really, now that I think about it, but hey. Oh, and there's that ability of yours, too." The sword clicked his fingers and pointed at the wisp in one motion. "You're a disrupter!"
"Wow, you think?" Yamask replied, looking surprised. He stalled. "Er... wait, is that a bad thing?"
"Not if your teammates aren't awful! It'll help 'em do good themselves, won't it?" Aegislash explained. "You're pretty rash, though, so you should probably think about who's gonna go first and what you're gonna do, so you don't just mess up and waste time."
"Huh... okay, sure." Yamask looked down at his mask, seemingly in contemplation. "Well... gosh, I-I guess I never really thought about any of that, before. Er, thanks, I guess."
Aegislash nodded and turned his focus toward Octillery. "Your strategy, Cannon... well, I wasn't sure at first. One second you're sniping from a distance, the next, you're getting up in people's faces, ready to maul 'em..."
"Well, no shit!" Octillery snapped. "I have Moody, don't I?"
"Got that right..." Snorlax mumbled under his breath bemusedly. With her sensitive hearing, Buneary heard him and nearly giggled.
"Yep!" Aegislash replied to Octillery. "That makes your strengths and weaknesses change whenever you get emotional enough, right? Something I learned when escorting a smeargle somewhere, once, to 'Sketch Ho-Oh's strongest move', or whatever."
Buneary's ear unrolled in surprise. "What!? A legendary?" she exclaimed.
"Heh, you heard right." The sword stretched and chuckled. "Never happened, though. The big chicken went and screwed off over to Paradise to set up shop, or something, so Smeargle ended up paying me for nothing~"
"Oh yeah, Ho-Oh... he had the Rainbow Dojo," Yamask said.
Buneary stared at them, unable to believe her ears. Just casually talking about meeting legendaries like this? Really!?
She rolled her ear back up, though she still couldn't believe what she was hearing. Sure, a lot of legendary pokémon were starting to integrate with society nowadays, according to some of the books she'd read... but it was still sort of surreal. She wondered how she'd react if she ever met a legendary.
"Ey, don't change the topic!" Octillery cut in irritably. "What's Moody gotta do with jack!?"
"Well, to be blunt..." Aegislash started, relaxing his limbs again, "your fighting style changes too much, so I guess it's just whatever."
Octillery blinked. "W-What? 'Whatever'? That's it?"
The sword shrugged. "Pretty much. I guess you're mad all the time, and you have an aggressive bunch of moves, too. So there's that. An aggressor style, maybe? Hmm..." He tapped his finger against his 'chin' before shrugging again. "Well, either way, you're a tough cookie, I can tell that much. I'll have to keep an eye on you~"
Octillery huffed and crossed his front tentacles. It was hard to tell if he was flattered, but was trying to hide it... or if he was just ticked off. "Well, whatever. Thanks, I guess..."
Aegislash turned to face Corsola, who stopped eating an oran berry to give him a wide-eyed stare in either surprise or anticipation.
"You're..." Aegislash started before stopping to chuckle. "Well, I've already done you, haven't I? Well, just keep doing that, but with better teamwork, or something." He put his hand to his hip. "Heh, or if you have to stay on the sidelines, maybe that cheering you keep doing is good enough. Boost the motivation, and all that."
"Um... okay. That's okay," she replied. She wiped her brow with a relieved breath. "Y'know, for a second, I thought you were gonna just call me utter garbage, and leave it at that."
Aegislash laughed. "Well... better find some clothes that stop your abilities from getting diddled with. Let's leave it at that."
She smiled sheepishly. "Got'cha."
Buneary gulped. Oh dear. If everyone else was done, then that meant...
Aegislash's eye locked gazes with hers. A spike of shyness made her look away.
"Hmm..." he mumbled, continuing to stare at her. Eventually, he ended on a light shrug. "Well, really, your fighting style's the easiest one to figure out."
She looked back at him. "Um... it is?" she asked.
"Yup." He huffed in amusement. "It's nothing."
She stared at him in utter confusion. "... N-Nothing!?"'
"Nothing!"
She felt dejected. Was she so poor at exploring that he had nothing to say about her?
"H-Hey, that's so mean!" Yamask argued. "She's so cool, you should've seen her! She kicked Marowisp's butt!"
"Hell yeah!" Octillery added. "She helped win us the dumb fight against you, too! So don't just fuckin' stand there and say 'nothin'!"
Aegislash laughed. "Why not? Is it bad to have no fighting style?" he asked cheekily.
"Well, it doesn't sound good," Corsola said. "Buneary's better than I am, and even I got a fighting style!"
"Let me guess, Aegislash..." Snorlax said with a drawn out huff, "you're just saying that to rile them up, aren't you?"
"Haha, well, I won't deny it," Aegislash replied. He shrugged exaggeratedly. "Since you guys are so serious, I guess I'll rephrase." He pointed at Buneary. "You're an all-rounder, Teddy. You have no style, because you're a jack of all trades." He paused before snickering. "Maybe I should've said a 'jack rabbit' of all trades, eh? Ah well."
Buneary huffed in amusement, while Snorlax, Corsola and Yamask chuckled.
"Oh, thank legends, he didn't say 'jack teddy,' or some dumb shit..." Octillery muttered, readjusting his twisted headband.
"So... how am I an 'all-rounder'?" Buneary asked, not entirely sure if she liked the news she was hearing.
Aegislash paused briefly for thought. "Heh... let's just say that fights with you will always be interesting, one way or another!" he answered.
"Huh? B-But..." Buneary stammered. She pouted, "that didn't help at all, though..."
"I said I'd tell you your fighting styles. I didn't say I'd..." The sword paused, blinking. He put his arms behind his head. "Actually, I didn't say that at all, did I?"
Snorlax clicked his tongue. "No, you said you'd tell them how they fared against you," he reminded him, an air of sassiness to his voice.
"So I did. Haha, ah well, judge me all you want, but I'm moving the goalposts."
Buneary's pout deepened. Oh, bother...
Well, being an 'all-rounder' didn't sound bad, at least. Even if she didn't really know what to make of it.
Aegislash moved over and grabbed his bag from the floor. "Anyways... it's about time I headed off to make fun of my teammates," he said, slinging it around himself.
"Yes! Thank you, Arceus!" Octillery yelled, head raised as if speaking directly to the Heavens.
"Heh, I'll miss you, too!"
"H-Hey, not so fast, Aegislash!" Yamask cut in, frowning. "You said you'd 'make it worth our while'! You promised!"
Octillery's eyes flared. "Hey, the dweeb's right! Where's our reward!?" he demanded.
Yamask's frown turned into a displeased one. "I really wish you'd stop calling me th-"
Aegislash clicked his 'tongue'. "And here I thought I could get away with just some good advice, too," he said, though sounding more amused than disappointed. "Oh, well, fine. Since you asked first, Hieroglyph, I'll give it to you." He reached into his bag. "After all... I'm sure you'll know exactly what to do with it, hm?"
Buneary watched the wisp's face change from excitement, to curiosity, to confusion, to abject horror in real time, as the sword pulled out several bars of gold from his bag.
Buneary looked at him in worry. Why did he look so distraught? Those gold bars looked so pretty!
"Heh, wonder how much these 'sparklies' are worth," Aegislash murmured with two gold bars in each hand. He shrugged apathetically. "Oh well, here you are. You'll know more than I do~" He tossed all four gold bars at Yamask.
The wisp yelped and tried to catch them. He only caught two of them, letting the others fall to the ground with a thud. He stared at all of them as if they were going to explode.
"Welp, with that, I'm done!" Aegislash said. He held a hand high, allowing it to glow. "Adios, amigos!"
He slammed his hand against the ground, causing an explosion of gray, molten energy to pour out of the ground.
Buneary squealed and covered her face. She slowly peeked over her paws.
Aegislash was gone, leaving a crater where he'd once been.
Everyone stared at the spot blankly.
Snorlax sighed loudly. "Always the show off..." he said. He chuckled lightly. "He might seem like a bad guy, y'know, but I think he just really likes getting attention."
"Yeah... I don't think he's all that bad..." Buneary said in agreement. "A bit over the top, maybe, but..."
"You're both wrong, he's a friggin' asswipe!" Octillery said, slapping a tentacle against the ground in irritation. "If I ever see him or his dumb team again, I'll kill 'em dead!"
"Octillery..." Buneary mumbled. He could be so grumpy, sometimes...
Looking over at Corsola for her reaction, she saw the coral ignoring the conversation to look in Yamask's direction, frowning in worry. "Yamask, um... you're lookin' sorta green, there," she said, putting a hand to her chin. "You doing alright?"
Everyone looked at Yamask. He'd dropped all the gold bars to the floor - maybe because he'd shielded himself from Aegislash's fancy exit, as well - and was staring at them with absolute disgust and despair.
"I... hate gold bars," he muttered out.
"How could you hate these things?" Corsola asked, wandering over to pick one up and look at it.
Moving closer herself, Buneary picked up another one. Although a little weighty, its shimmer in the sunlight immediately captivated her. "Wow... it sparkles~" she chimed. She looked up at Yamask. "Do you not like the look, Yamask?"
"It's not that," Yamask replied. "It's just... ugh..." He took a deep breath, "... my species eats these."
Buneary and Corsola gasped and looked up at him in shock.
"I-It's made of metal, Yamask!" Buneary yelped. "You can't eat this!"
"I wish we couldn't... but we do! Er, c-can!" He pulled a face, as if he was about to vomit. "And my family's obsessed with them! So we ate them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. All day, every day." He balled both of his shaking fists. "Aghh, I was so sick of them! I can't even stand looking at them!"
Buneary looked at him with a sad frown. Oh dear, poor Yamask...
"Well, that explains the gold gummi incident last month..." Snorlax mumbled, cringing.
"Yeesh..." Corsola said, frowning sadly. "I already don't want to imagine what a gold bar tastes like, so that sounds like Hell."
"It was..." Yamask grumbled.
"Sorry to hear it," Octillery said with a displeased huff. He shrugged and took on a pleased look. "Well, I'll take 'em, if you hate 'em that much. They look like they'll net me a bomb, like them gold ribbons!"
"Sure, but... well, good luck," Yamask replied. He fiddled with his mask. "My dad told me that 'it's a cofagrigus' duty to stalk any kecleon stores that sell gold bars'... so they, er... stopped bothering to take them in, after that."
Octillery pulled a face. "Aww fuck. So they won't even buy 'em, s'at what you're sayin'?"
"Makes enough sense," Snorlax said. "They've rejected them from me, before." His smile grew tight lipped. "... Never knew it was because of your family, though, Yamask. Eheh..."
"Y-Yeah, sorry..." Yamask mumbled, looking somewhat red.
"Wow, Yamask..." Corsola said, looking somewhat amused, "I can't believe your family affected the whole gold bar economy of the world. That's some kind of accomplishment!"
The wisp covered his face with his mask. "Ughhh, don't remind me..."
"Well, if these gold bars are useless, then what?" Octillery said, looking disappointed. "We totally got friggin' stiffed, didn't we?"
Buneary smiled at him reassuringly. "I dunno... they're really pretty, so that's nice~" she said.
Octillery huffed. "I guess..." He huffed again, more irritably. "But pretty lumps of shit don't pay for Kakuna and Slugma's damned shopping! That friggin' sword is dead!"
Buneary's smile fell. Well, she'd tried...
"W-Wait, I just thought of something!" Yamask said, waving his hands to calm the octopus. "My team were gonna go to the Mist Continent anyway, later... so I'll stop by my dad's place at Glorious Gold and hand off those gold bars, if you want."
"What'll that get us?" Octillery asked.
"Well, anything you want! Just name it, and I'll bring it back by tonight! Like... some baking, or a TM, or... a flag, or looplet, or... er, something."
"Baked goods? Ooh, yes please~!" Buneary replied, clapping her paws together excitedly. She stopped when she noticed everyone staring in amusement. "Um... I like them," she mumbled, face going warm.
Yamask let out a laugh. "Sure, um... noted."
"Oh, Buneary, you're so special," Corsola said with a giggle, making the rabbit even more embarrassed. The coral turned to Yamask with a look of curiosity. "So, what's the deal with flags? Gold bars for some ol' decoration feels like a bit much."
"They're not for decorating," Yamask corrected. "When you wear it instead of scarves, it'll help out all your friends! Er, but not you, though." He smiled. "Great for teamwork!"
Corsola put her hands together, smiling excitedly. "Ooh, sign me up, then! Thanks!"
Buneary tilted her head. Come to think of it... in her book, Gates To Infinity, it'd been mentioned that Underdog Dunsparce had saved his wife-to-be, Virizion, with an expert use of flags. Those items must be powerful!
... Not that it mattered, with Buneary having Klutz and all. Tsk...
Catching herself before she could sigh, the rabbit shook her head and smiled at Octillery. "How about you, Octillery? Anything you fancy?" she asked.
"Dunno, depends," Octillery replied. "Has he got some useful dungeon shit I can use?"
"Like apples and reviver seeds and stuff?" Yamask asked. When Octillery nodded with a grunt, the wisp smiled eagerly. "Well, sure! You can get a lot with high quality gold bars like these!"
"Oh, neat. I'll take those, then. Cheapest ones ya got, thanks."
"Sure thing!"
"Looks like you saved the day, Yamask!" Snorlax praised.
"Wooo, Yamask!" Corsola cheered, hopping up and down while waving her arms.
"Um, you go, Yamask!" Buneary joined in, cheering while pumping a fist.
"Yeah, you're not half bad, man," Octillery agreed.
The wisp's face went red as he smiled bashfully. "Gee, I-I didn't even do much... but thanks, everyone!" he replied, looking off to the side with an awkward chuckle.
Everyone soaked in more of the levity for a while, until Snorlax piped up.
"Well, guys, it's about time we headed back, I'd say," he said, reaching for his chest. He felt at it for a while until stalling. He looked down at his front with a blank look. "... Oh, damn, I left my badge back at base."
Corsola and Yamask's faces fell. Seeing that, Buneary got a bit worried.
"Umm... w-what does that mean?" she asked.
"Well..." Yamask started, grimacing, "when you're at the end of a dungeon, you can use your badge to teleport back to the entrance. Or you can use an escape orb whenever if you have one, I guess, but..."
Buneary's ear dipped, realizing what he was getting at. "Oh, dear... we're gonna have to go back through that bluff, again, aren't we?" she muttered.
"'Fraid so..." Snorlax said with a sigh. He smiled sheepishly. "Guess that's what happens when I get a bit too excited to drag you around the bluff, huh? Eheh..."
Buneary pulled a face. Well, the badges they'd been given in the Blazing Squad hadn't been able to teleport anyone. So it wasn't like she wasn't used to backtracking through dungeons... but still.
Well, at least this wouldn't be as hard as going through the whole of Treasure Island and back again. That had taken several days!
"Ya friggin' dope!" Octillery chastised Snorlax. "And they say you rescued the world, or some shit, too!"
"... Donphan took care of most of the preparations, so... y-yeah... urk..." the bear replied, rubbing the back of his head.
"Ughh, no friggin' kidding!" Octillery retorted. He reached for his front and took something off. A reflective, metallic badge, with shiny black wings and a golden button in the middle.
Buneary's eyes lit up at the pretty badge. Oh yeah, she'd forgotten all about that.
"Hey, great thinking, Octillery! You're a life saver!" Snorlax praised.
Buneary's eyes lit up even more when she realized what he meant by that. "Oh, yeah~ Does that mean you can take us all back?" she asked.
"Yup. I'm stayin' to go get more stuff, but you guys can get back. Whatever works." He let out a loud, drawn out huff. "... I shoulda been outta this dump ages ago, but them's the fuckin' breaks."
"Oh... sorry," she muttered guiltily.
Octillery shrugged. "S'alright, doesn't matter." The sides of his tube-like mouth seemed to lift up in a grin. "'Ey, it was even fun. You bastards are alright! Hang out with me sometime, yeah?"
Buneary brightened again. "Yeah, definitely~!"
"Sounds good!" Yamask added.
"We'll, um... we'll see!" Corsola replied, smiling widely. It looked slightly stretched, for some reason.
"Hope that includes me," Snorlax said with a smirk.
Octillery gave him a weird look. "Eh? You too?" He paused for a second before shrugging. "Well, it'll be weird, but cool, sure," he replied.
Snorlax's smirk faded to an awkward smile. "Hah. Weird, he says..."
Everyone said their goodbyes to Octillery as he held the badge up. While it began to glow, he had one final thing to say, "Ey, by the by, if you see Slugma or my bro, Kakuna, tell 'em Death Threat Octillery's comin' soon!'"
"Will do," Corsola replied with a wave.
Buneary looked at him in surprise. 'Death Threat' Octillery? Why, there was more to him than that!
She considered saying something, but a light from the octopus' badge shone on her. She felt all of her molecules being sucked into a single point, before flying away.
Buneary reformed on the top of a steep, rocky hill coated in thick grass, or moss. Once she was whole, she shakily had to grip her head as her brain tried to regain its bearings.
Ughh, she hadn't teleported much, before, so she hadn't expected it to make her so dizzy. She suddenly felt sort of sympathetic to those she'd punched with Dizzy Punch in the past...
Before long, she saw some white lights start to bundle together near her. They formed into the shape of Corsola, Snorlax and Yamask before dissipating.
Buneary greeted them eagerly, even though she was still put off by Octillery's title. Well, at least the octopus seemed okay with it. Whichever pokémon had started calling him that clearly didn't know him well enough, though...
After everyone greeted her back, Snorlax let out a big breath. "Well, that concludes the escort mission!" he said, giving everyone a bright smile. "It was a bumpy road, but you guys did great!"
Buneary and her friends hollered out a cheer. She even found herself hopping in joy. Hearing him say that was such an ego boost~
After letting out a chuckle, Snorlax indicated towards a nearby slope, which made for a safe pathway. It led downwards, towards Venture Village, which she could see in the distance. "How about we head on back to the guild? There's a lot to sort out, after all, isn't there?"
"Yep!" Corsola agreed. "Gotta let Whimsicott know I haven't abandoned her."
Buneary glanced out over the steep hill's edge. She got a lovely bird's-eye view of the whole beach that made up Venture Village, bustling with pokémon that were walking around, going about their lives.
A bubbly feeling of excitement worked its way through her system. Sure, she'd already seen the village once, since she'd walked through it on her way to the guild... but, now that she wasn't focused solely on her nerves, she was able to appreciate it a lot more!
She eagerly took in every detail she could. From the many colorful, uniquely shaped buildings scattered about across its yellow sands... to the bright sun shining above the calm, blue sea near the village... and finally to the rock pool making up its center, complete with a fountain in the middle.
Although the high height made her nervous, she couldn't stop a beaming smile from working its way onto her lips. This was really her new home, wasn't it? Where she would come back from her adventures, meet up with her friends, and prepare herself for even more adventures. Ohh, she couldn't wait~
"Y'know..." Yamask started, "I can sorta see why they call this place a bluff, now. After what Aegislash said."
"Yeah..." Buneary replied. "Not just the mossy place, but it's overlooking the beach and ocean, too!"
"Yup!" Corsola agreed gleefully. "Certainly much prettier this side~"
Buneary nodded with a smile. "I guess it is!"
Snorlax huffed out a chuckle. His mouth opened in surprise, before he grinned and pointed towards the village below. "Oh, hey, speaking of Whimsicott, I think I see her!"
"Oh, yep, that's her alright!" Corsola chimed, peering over.
"Huh?" Buneary said, taking a look. She didn't know what a whimsicott was, so she paid extra attention to where they were pointing.
Squinting, she eventually spotted a brown pokémon with green, curvy horns around the side of her face, and a treasure bag around her waist. Notably, the back of her head was completely overtaken by a large ball of what seemed to be fluff.
Currently, she was talking to someone who was out of view, due to a dark blue building separating the two. Presumably a shop clerk across a counter.
Buneary tilted her head. Huh, what sort of species was she? A sheep, maybe? It was hard to tell from the far distance.
"I wonder if she's noticed I'm missing, yet?" Corsola wondered. Smiling, she hopped up and down while waving. "Yoo-hooo~! Whimsicott~!"
Whimsicott didn't move a muscle, seemingly not hearing her. Unsurprising, considering how far away she was.
"Hmm... y'know, I should probably hide..." Yamask muttered worriedly. "I don't think Whimsicott likes me very much, ever since that time I was reaching for my mask, and accidentally grabbed... um..." He petered out into mumbles, leaving his story worryingly ambiguous.
Deciding not to ask, Buneary smiled reassuringly up at him. "I-It's okay! I'll bet it was just an accident," she told him, looking back at Whimsicott.
"Y-Yeah, but Whimsicott's kind of... um..."
Still watching Whimsicott, Buneary noticed someone coming up behind the sheep. Some pale-yellow, bipedal fox or cat-like thing with dark-pink arms and legs.
Buneary wouldn't have paid it any attention, but it was sneaking up behind Whimsicott in a strange way. What was it up to?
The strange pokémon suddenly brought up both paws and clapped them around the sides of Whimsicott's head, sending out a heavy spray of white dust. The sheep crashed against the counter, stunned.
Everyone in the group gasped.
"W-Whimsicott!" Corsola cried out in alarm.
"What's going on?" Buneary asked, holding a paw against her mouth in worry.
The aggressive pokémon suddenly unraveled something red and yellow from around Whimsicott's neck and ran away with it. It slipped into a group of huge rocks that were laid out next to the hill making up the bluff, and headed towards the slope up to where Buneary and her friends were standing.
"Ah, so that's its game!" Yamask yelled. "It's an outlaw!"
"O-Outlaw!?" Buneary squealed, nerves flaring. Oh, crud! An actual outlaw, doing outlaw things! And in broad daylight, too!?
What the heck!?
TO BE CONTINUED!
Finished: 12/02 (Feburary)/ 2021
Word count: 4,381
VGS2's sausage notes: Wah! Muh Whimsicoot got mugged! D: Hang in there, bby!
On another note... to be honest, in usual me fashion, I sort of made the chapter too long, so now it's two chapters for the price of one, I guess. Hope you don't mind too much! On the plus side, it means that the next one shouldn't take all that long to finish, so there's that!
By the way, the 'Rainbow Dojo' is made up by me. Well, sort of. In Gates to Infinity, you can have one dojo for each type, which is manned by a completely random mon... but I thought it'd be cooler to just have one dojo that covers all types, and is run by a pretty special pokémon, no less. Maybe we'll get to visit there one day in this fic!
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Universe: Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Main species: A cyndaquil and a skitty
Summary: Months after they prevented the collapse of Temporal Tower, the formerly-human Cyndaquil and his partner are reunited thanks to Dialga's intervention. But Team Sunrise still has many more adventures ahead of them, as they return to being best friends, teammates... and maybe something more.
Romance: Lots! It's fairly sappy and goes at a quick pace, too!
Wackiness: Fairly grounded!
Lewdness: Not at all!
Action: A good amount!
Grittiness: Not at all! (Maybe a mild amount, if the Darkrai storyline is covered)
Length: Average length, from the looks of things!
Y'know, it seems that most times I read a Mystery Dungeon fic these days, they don't really seem to have many Mystery Dungeon elements, oddly. Some don't even bother having dungeons in them, believe it or not. XP (Not so bad when it's, like, a one-shot that focuses on specific characters, or something... but still.)
Not unlike Birds of a Feather, this fic truly does feel like a continuation of Explorers of Sky, though. It even has elements from the game, like traps and items and stuff, not unlike this fic! Not to mention it has all the guildmembers from Sky you all know and love, but polished up a bit! It's quite a good little read, I'd say! :P Go and read, favourite, follow and review it right now!
Fun mistakes of the day: #1: Thanks to a stash of tiny reviver seeds, oran berries and max eithers,
(The ultimate 'either, or' choice.)
#2: "You're pretty rash, so rash"
(So rash.)
#3: "Not if your teammates with good teammates! It'll help 'em"
(The teammates have teammates. Is this Three Houses, with all those battalions and whatnot?)
#4: 'Octillery snaped.'
(Imagine if you were reading a Mystery Dungeon fic one day, and then one of the characters just randomly turns into a Harry Potter character.)
#5: '"Yup." He huffed in amusement. "It's nothing." He stared at her in utter confusion. "N-Nothing!?"'
(Lol, pulling a Megaman X4, I see. XD
Zero: "... You made me do it! [Referring to characters he'd been forced to fight earlier]"
Sigma (who's cosplaying as the grim reaper, for some reason): "No. You wanted to destroy them! Allow me to remind you that I was once the leader of the Maverick Hunters..."
*A cutscene plays of Sigma when he was a good guy, trying to stop Zero, who was a crazy maverick at the time*
Sigma: "Zero! You were a Maverick!?"
Zero: "What's your point?! Are you that surprised?"
... What? Why was Sigma surprised? He was there at the time! And I thought Zero didn't remember this stuff, so why's he acting so cocky about it...? Oh, what a shit game.)
#6: 'He pointed at Buneary. "You an all-rounder,"'
(*Points at self* "Me, Aegislash.")
#7: "And here I thought I could get away with just some good advice, too," he said, though sounding more than disappointed'
(I fucking forgot a word, so now Aegislash is morbidly depressed. That really ruined his day, apparently.)
#8: "Baked goods? Ooh, yesh'
(Buneary, stop being drunk this instant! (That's for a later chapter after all, probably. XP))
#9: '"Will dio" Corsola replied with a wae.'
(Do you know za wayudo?)
#10: "Oh, thank legends, he didn't say 'jack Teddy,' or some dub shit for friggin' once..."
(Octillery is a man of culture who prefers the subs.)
#11: 'but a light from the octopus' badge shone on her enveloped Buneary.'
(She has a little Buneary of her own, enveloped inside! It's a bit too soon for that, though, isn't it? XP)
#12: 'Favourite food: Fires with ketchup'
(I was writing down a character bio for some character or another in a fic, and then I did this shit. Sounds, er... tasty? XD Bit burnt, though.)
-When I was messing around with an online English to Scottish translator, just in case Herdier shows up sometime-
#13: "Ah lik' haein a crakin' boaby up mah bahookie"
(I tested this English to Scots translator with the most ridiculous phrase I could think of, and it came back with the strangest sentence I ever heard in my life. Cracked me up something fierce. XD Your mission now is to guess what I wrote!)
-An RPG-maker horror-esque game called 'Just Ignore Them' that me and ravengal played recently-
#14: "May I ask how she died?" "S-S-She hug her self!"
(Christ, she must have had some amazing arm strength. XD Needless to say, the scene was ruined.)
#15: "And he wasn't the first gut to die, either!"
(When someone else loses weight in the gym first.)
Welp, that'll do it until next time, my dear reader! :P Thanks for reading, following, favouriting and/or reviewing, and I'll catch ya next time! Tata for now! c:
