Topic: A HOENN NEW RPM POKEMON ADVENTURE!

[White-Jet]

Merrick pulls himself back out, allowing Solosis to exit the bag, "Not to worry.  You're just curious is all."

Synthis remained in the bag for the time being, still washing the gel off his leaves as he was aware that it has telepathic capabilities and didn't want the trainer knowing about the interior of the bag.

[Mirby]

"This elevator sure is taking a while to get to its destination..." Taylor commented.

[Quickman]

"Well, we need time for Plot B to happen," Quickie shrugged.

"What?" Mewtwo raised an eyebrow as the elevator dinged and the door opened, everyone getting out.  They followed him to a lab, which he again swiped his ID, unlocked the door, and waited for everyone else to enter before entering himself.  He nodded to one of the other students present. "Lonnie, could you run these against the database?  I need to look something up." He handed the samples to the guy.

"Sure thing," Lonnie nodded and set to work as Mewtwo went for his locker for his goggles, gloves, and coat.

[Mirby]

Taylor nodded in agreement. "I suppose you're right. That poor fourth wall though..." she said quietly.

[Sakura Leic]

Sakura yawned when she entered the room, clearly tired and somewhat bored.

"I get the feeling we're not going to sleep at a reasonable time today." Sakura said wearily "Which wouldn't be the first time anyway."

"I guess the fourth wall isn't the only thing being strained." Xuangzang stated.

[Quickman]

Quickie cracked her knuckles and stretched her fingers. 

Mewtwo busied himself with accessing his database account. "Now that we are here, is there anything specific you would like me to look up?  It will be a while until we get the results of those samples."

[Sakura Leic]

(Anything specific, I don't really have any ideas.  Are we just analyzing powders?)

[Quickman]

(Perhaps if other powders have been found and are already in the database, along with locations.  With the information collected, Mewtwo could compare it and possibly find a lead.)

[Sakura Leic]

(Okay then.)

"Maybe see if any similar powders are in the database?" Sakura suggested "Might help with making an antidote or something."

[Mirby]

"I am curious to know what these TASTY CHLOROPHYLL and FUNKY BRELOOM strains that some hoodlums tried to sell me were. I had Darunia throw them into a dumpster for asking me that, but I am curious about the chemical composition of those..." Taylor asked.

[Quickman]

Mewtwo nodded and began his search.  He paused to glance over his shoulder at Joe. "Please do not touch anything, thank you." Not waiting for a reply, he went back to work.

[Dr. Wily II]

Joe made a pouty face as he retracted his hand from one of the test-tube racks. Zoroark stared at Joe.

"Seriously?"

"But they looked so funky inside!"

"... Seriously!?"

Solosis finally exits out of the bag, and glomps onto Merrick's head.

"Solos sol solo sol solosis so sol!" (Me really like you!)

Back in Earl's room, as Earl was still trying to calm Mandibuzz down, he suddenly received Solosis's mental messages from INSIDE the duffel bag, even if it was for a short moment before it fizzled out.

"... Woa. WOA!! I must have that bag! But... How..."

[Sakura Leic]

"Hey seriously don't touch that [parasitic bomb], you could grow like four arms or turn into some fly monster or something.  Who knows what's in crap like that." Sakura reprimanded.

[White-Jet]

Solosis finally exits out of the bag, and glomps onto Merrick's head.

"Solos sol solo sol solosis so sol!" (Me really like you!)

Merrick wants to thank Solosis, but was afraid he'd accidentally swallow some of his gel.  Hoping the Pokemon would sense when he was about to run out of air, he goes back to pick up the rest of the toys and books he brought out earlier.

You really are too kind for your own good.... Death muses, not knowing (or caring) that Solosis might hear her through its Psychic powers.  Merrick "innocently" sling the duffel bag onto his back in a vain attempt to shut her up (only to knock more air out of his inflated lungs) as he moves to the scattered areas of the cafeteria where some of the Pokemon had left the borrowed toys behind.

[Dr. Wily II]

"Hey seriously don't touch that [parasitic bomb], you could grow like four arms or turn into some fly monster or something.  Who knows what's in crap like that." Sakura reprimanded.

Joe lowered his head.

"I'm sowwie..."

"... Acting cute now!?"

Merrick wants to thank Solosis, but was afraid he'd accidentally swallow some of his gel.  Hoping the Pokemon would sense when he was about to run out of air, he goes back to pick up the rest of the toys and books he brought out earlier.

You really are too kind for your own good.... Death muses, not knowing (or caring) that Solosis might hear her through its Psychic powers.  Merrick "innocently" sling the duffel bag onto his back in a vain attempt to shut her up (only to knock more air out of his inflated lungs) as he moves to the scattered areas of the cafeteria where some of the Pokemon had left the borrowed toys behind.

Solosis bubbled happily, as he slowly adjusted himself so that he is at Merrick's hairline, allowing the Magician to breathe again. Although he did hear a faint conversation, Solosis can't transmit this new information to Earl, for fear of interception. He just continued to bubble happily.

[Sakura Leic]

Sakura's eye twitched as she remembered the groping incident and couldn't take Joe acting cute seriously.

[White-Jet]

After taking a moment to recover lost air, Merrick takes one more sweep around the room to make sure he didn't leave anything behind.

"Well...that's all of them...." he sighed before attempting to look towards Solosis, "Guess it's time to go back to our rooms and wait until the Hazmat team finishes cleaning up the rest of the center."

He lets out another sigh while dropping his head and slumping his shoulders, "I'm never going to hear the end of it from Jeff if he wakes up to find the center's still in lock down...."

[Dr. Wily II]

Solosis sighed, his bubbles popped very slowly as he floated off Merrick's head.

"Sol sol solo solos so... Solos solosi sol solo solosis!" (Me will miss you... Me hope to see you again!)

With that, Solosis floated off.

[White-Jet]

Merrick watched Solosis leave, equally disappointed that the fun had to end so soon, as he makes his way back towards the room he teleported Jeff into, closes up the duffel bag and leaves it near Jeff's bed as he heads into the bathroom to wash off any gel that got caught in his hair during the glomp.

That gel does bring out a brighter shine.... Death chuckles, If it wasn't for the fact the gel is still attached to that Pokemon, you could make a variety of styles out of it.

"The blue spikes is civil enough, thank you very much...." Merrick mutters as he looks between the shower and the sink, contemplating whether to take a bath, or just run his head under the tap.

[Mirby]

"Hmm..." Taylor said quietly, thinking aloud. "I wonder if there's been any other temporal anomalies in the area... Surely the one I was likely caught in wasn't an isolated incident..."

[Dr. Wily II]

Back in Earl's room, Solosis entered through the room, visibly saddened at the end of all the fun he had. However, upon seeing Earl sitting at the bed, Solosis glomped onto Earl's head. Earl flailed his arms in the air, as the latest messages flood his mind.

"So... The Magician has other voices in his head? The doc did mention something about... Tarot cards I think... I wonder what he meant by that..."

Solosis grew irritated at Earl for forgetting him, and he tried to smother his Trainer. Earl quickly thanked Solosis for all his hard work, which granted him air.

[White-Jet]

Deciding to just run his head under the shower, as not much had gotten onto the rest of his clothes, Merrick toils with the temperature of the running tap water until it was at a comfortable level before turning on the shower head and sticking his head onto it, pulling his thick, bulky sleeves back to avoid getting them drenched as he shakes every drooping spike on his blue head until he couldn't feel any slickness left from Solosis' glomp.

A thud soon gets his attention as he runs a towel over his head.  Heading back into the bunk room, he sees Synthis pulling himself out, equally drenched, but not having any better luck scrubbing the gel off him.  Compressing his lips, he walks over to the struggling Leafeon and pulls him into the bathroom.

"C'mon, I'll wash the rest of the gel off," he said.

Synthis moans as he's lifted into the still running shower, but eventually purrs at Merrick's gentle scrubbing along the remaining gel he could get at with his stubby paws.

"How much of the gel is still left in the bag?" he asked.  Synthis looks towards him, his worried expression seeming to suggest he may have to go into the bag and scrub a few items to make sure Solosis and its trainer aren't bothered by his friends and their Pokemon running loose within its magically vast interior.

"Don't worry, once I finish washing the gel off you, I'll go inside the bag and clean up what little gel got smeared on the stuff we bought and found."

You sure you want to leave the bag unattended? Death asked, Whoever sent that vulture Pokemon could attempt to snatch it again while you're inside.

"Jeff may still be out of it because of the pollen and ashes in this town, but I don't think he's too disoriented that he won't know someone else is attempting to steal the bag while I'm inside," Merrick insists, "Hopefully there isn't too much gel and I can get back out just as quickly."

He gets up and backs away from the tub, allowing the now clean Synthis to jump out and shake off excess water that wasn't being absorbed by his leaves, and heads over to the bag, pulling it open and climbing inside, causing no misshaping or expansion from the 18-year-old priest.  Synthis watched before pulling on the string surround the flap, tightening it shut and secretly cutting off access to the vast interior.

[Phi]

Meanwhile, somewhere else

"I don't know, Dave. I just don't think I can keep this gig up much longer," A rather well-built man in heroic looking tights stated, lifting a cigarette from its carton.

A much older man with a bald head and red shades took a sip of coffee, "Look, Arche, everyone loves ya. You got fans, posters, merchandise, T-shirts, bobble-heads-"

"Do people even use bobble-heads anymore?" Arche lit up his cigarette and leaned back against the building, smoking.

"I... I don't know, the point is, a job this good don't come around often. Hell, didn't you tell me you scored a busty brunette when she found out who you were? You play a children's show super hero, for cryin' in a cup, and that got you laid!"

He shrugged, "Yeah, I don't know about her. She seemed a little off. I mean, she practically fainted when I told her I played the Poke Ranger. I think she has a super hero fetish..."

"Bitches love super heroes," Dave stated.

"... Okay, promise me those words will never spill through your mouth ever again," He replied.

"Yeah, agreed," He nodded, realizing it sounded wrong.

Arche continued, "Anyway, there's more to a job than that. I appreciate this job, man, I really do, but with all the stress with my kids and some personal issues... I don't know how long I can balance it all. It was a good run, but perhaps it's time to hang up the cape," He took another puff of his cigarette.

*sigh* "Well, can you at least... think about it some more?"

"Dave, I-"

"I know, I know, just... Please."

"...Yeah, okay."

(I half-assed this, but eh. I think it's safe to say that this Arche is the oldest out of all his variations, judging by how he has children. Also, I know this RP is dying, but I just wanted to have this here as a reference that he exists in this universe.)

[Pyro]

Joe lowered his head.

"I'm sowwie..."

"... Acting cute now!?"

Solosis bubbled happily, as he slowly adjusted himself so that he is at Merrick's hairline, allowing the Magician to breathe again. Although he did hear a faint conversation, Solosis can't transmit this new information to Earl, for fear of interception. He just continued to bubble happily.

Pyro grinned at Joe and said, "You can touch this!"

He unclipped a Pokeball from his belt and tossed to to release his Shiny Garchomp, Jawbreaker. The towering land shark leaned forward, bared its teeth, and roared the hapless Joe.

(Oh, and Jawbreaker has Rough Skin as his ability now.)

[Dr. Wily II]

Joe stared at the maw of the roaring Garchomp, and almost wetted himself. Zoroark just stared wide-eyed at the scene, unfamiliar with the antics of the immortal boy.

"Is that boy serious!?"