Well now this was interesting getting sucked through a whirlpool into what was essentially a digital zone. He was sure that he had seen a show like this as a child except it involved a group of children with Pokemon like creatures. At the time he had thought it was absurd for some children to go to a a World of Digital Life. Computers were not portals to other worlds after all, but apparently whirlpools were. Hoenn was such a strange place, and this was the second time he was witnessing something impossible happening before his very eyes. His only regret was not coming here sooner, perhaps if he had, maybe he would have achieved the power he had sought after for so long. Maybe then he wouldn't have lost....The battle of Sootopolis reared it's ugly head in the recesses of his mind, but clinging to Draco they bested the whirlpool, and came out the other side.

Clearing his head he observed his new surroundings, and it was almost like the land from that cartoon he had seen so very long ago. If interdimensional travel was possible then....The possibilities were endless if they could figure out how this worked. His HoloWatch still wasn't working, but he was committing every thing to memory to the best of his ability. Teal eyes observed the landscape, and that was when the screen appeared out of thin air, and a scientist began to speak.

It was the most fascination, and horrible exposition dump he had ever received in his life. Honestly, some guy just shows up out of nowhere, and tells you that you are essentially walking in the Matrix of your world, and if you want to survive then you have to play some psychotic game. It was the worst aspects of two movies slapped together, and he frowned as the man told them their challenge. Draco was still at his side when the Porygon began their attack. Others were already answering the riddle, but could the answer be so simple as 'data'? If it was then he was going to be disappointed in this scientist who dragged them all here into an alternate universe. With so much potential to waste it all on that....

"Draco go help fend off the Porygon as I wrack my brain, and potentially overthink this entire situation." He commanded his Dragonite who sped off with Extreme Speed to help decimate the ranks of the Porygon that had started attacking them. The truth was he needed a distraction so his thoughts didn't wander back to what he had just recently lost.

So he began to put his brain to work.

You may think this is a tad backward,
but it's all part of the plan,
tada! unscramble me to be uncaptured
and lengthen your already short lifespan!

Reading the riddle he grit his teeth. Seeing where the Data answer came from easy. Unscrambling 'tada' would give it to you as well as 'a tad' backward was data. But that was obvious? Tapping his cheek the unscramble portion of the riddle bothered him, why would you put that there on top of the backwards hint? Was the scientist sneering at them, and their intelligence? What if it was literally 'unscramble me'? So he put his mind to work on that section of the riddle, and began to rearrange the letters

Out of all the words he sifted through the only one that made sense in the context of this situation was 'Username', but that left 4 letters unused. A username in this digital world? Was there something that they were missing? The file path looked wrong to him as well. There was an inconsistency in the directory separators with the \, and >. Running his fingers through his hair was he overthinking this?

Maybe he was the idiot making a mountain out of a molehill. Shouldn't the file path be reversed? If it was a Username, and that was a legitimate clue. Shouldn't that name come before the numbers file path? Then there was the backwards clue, if he reversed the entire riddle two more words appeared. Trap, and DNA....No he was definitely overthinking this entire thing. He took a deep breath, and ran his fingers through his hair again trying to calm down. The last thing he needed to do was weigh down the rest with his nonsensical dribble. Besides if he gave the same answer as the others, and it turned out to be wrong, then it wasn't his fault. But what if it was wrong, and he had the right answer?

Looking at the file path once more, it just felt incomplete. Which was probably the point. Just thinking was going to get him nowhere so he just closed his eyes took another breath.

"Data is the answer." He would speak the answer out loud if it was wrong at least he wouldn't be doomed alone. This was just the first test, apparently there were six other terminals they were going to have deal with. "Lovely...."


TLDR:
Dragonite uses Extremespeed to fight the Porygon!
Amor overthinks the living hell out of this riddle, and so did I!
Amor answers the same as others, but he has a nagging feeling.

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As Oscar fell through the whirlpool with his companions, he too would hear a mysterious voice! It was screaming, and occasionally swearing--what did this mean!? Wait, those were probably just his thoughts. Well that was good to know, but it did not solve his dilemma of falling into a seemingly endless abyss.

Luckily that dilemma would solve itself. Oscar would appear in a strange blue world, surrounded by every person that jumped into the whirlpools. Oscar frowned as he observed his very blocky surroundings, "Is this hell? It isn't nearly as ascetically pleasing as I thought it would be..." Suddenly, the visage of a man would appear above them, and he would very kindly fill them in on what was going on.

Oscar squinted toward the swirly haired oddball, he could have sworn he saw him somewhere before. Must have just been his imagination, maybe he just had a very recognizable face. Speaking of wild imagination, this guy was weaving quite the story. cloud? Please, this was likely just some sort of--underwater fortress only accessible by whirlpool. In Oscar's mind that made more sense then being in some magic storage space. 

Oscar's contemplation of their predicament was interrupted by Lulu Flint calling out the word Data. It was only then Oscar noticed the riddle, and after he looked between her and the floating words he would slowly raise his hands and say, "Um--Da-ta!" Please note that he said this with the same cadence that one would say 'Ta-da!'. With less enthusiasm of course.

Suddenly the Porygon perched on the cubic cliffs surrounding them began to attack! Oscar flinched, ducking slightly as he tried to figure out what to do. He turned to his left, yelling out "Robbie!" in a shrill voice before nearly bumping into Rob himself. "Oh, there you are. Counter attack!" Robbie aimed his stinger outward, using Thunderbolt in an attempt to deflect some of the Porygons' attacks away from the group.

Focusing on not being blasted, Oscar did not notice Lulu slip into his shadow.

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tl;dr
--Oscar yelled out the possible answer to the riddle: Data.
--Naganadel used Thunderbolt to try and deflect some of the Porygon attacks.
--Oscar did not notice Lulu trying to get into his shadow.

CYBERCHASE CONUNDRUM

Mind-broken.

Whatever Gwyar's mood was, it ceased to matter the moment they entered... whatever this was supposed to be.

A nonsensical landscape stretched out before them, unnatural in ways that went beyond human construction.

Though he had lived in Hoenn for a little over a year now, this was a first for him. He had no clue as to what the hell he was looking at. A mass of blue gradients and geometry stretched out before them as far as the eye could see, towering formations that struck one with awe leaving the man breathless.

Given how disconnected Gwyar was from both technology and Pop Culture, there was precious little he could relate the scenery to. It was... mind blowing.

"W-what in the...?!" The man muttered, wide eyed and frozen in place.

And then, the movements of Porygons in the distance caught his attention. For a brief moment, the sight alone granted him some respite, if only because those were something he did know. A rare, man-made species, the presence of which helped... contextualize their surroundings, in a way.

But even then, the context did little to help anything going on make sense.

Suddenly, Raki leapt off his head and landed onto the floor, barking up angrily as screen suddenly materialized before the group, hovering over them.

A smarmy looking man appeared, and to be perfectly frank, even with that stupid haircut he was still the only thing in this entire place he could understand.

This guy... He was an absolute cunt!

He was playing with their lives? Really? What in the blazes?! And what the hell was that about 'back up plans' and 'clouds'? 'Parallel universes'? 'Origin Point'? WHAT.

And they were going to destroy WHAT?!

"Are you some manner of psychopath?!" Said Gwyar at the screen as the man's face vanished, replaced by a bloody riddle, of all things. He just went and did that! What a mad man!

"Wait... did he say Triads...?!" As in, those manchildren dressing up as Ninjas and picking fights with actual children?! They were judging them? Was that a joke? It was not particularly funny! The blonde scoffed. "I would not put much stock in the opinion of murderers wearing pajamas!"

Raki barked his agreement as he leapt back to Gwyar's side, narrowly avoiding a sudden attack. The blonde man ignored the riddle entirely as the Porygon around the large group suddenly became violent seemingly due to the man, attacking with blasts that seemed to turn everything in their path to... tinier blocks.

What was even going on here? This was too much Hoenn bullshit being thrown at him all at once...

But survival instinct mercifully triumphed any confusion, the man and Raki immediately leaping to action to save their own lives, both jumping out of a stray shots and rolling across the transparent floors in synchronized unison.

Immediately, they both looked around for allies in this madness; One left, the other right. Raki found a familiar silhouette first. And so, he barked, calling for Gwyar.

The man did not even look at where they were going, instead focusing on the Porygon trying to kill them as he sprinted after Raki, producing a gun from the wet holster underneath his pit and taking shots at the sentient masses of data.

Soon, Raki grind to a halt, with Gwyar shortly after him, gun still in hand and ringing loudly as he continued to shoot.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

All the while, Raki clapped his hands together, before spreading them wide and roaring. A Wide barrier spread from across his palms, before conjoining together with another pokemon's own, combining into a larger, more solid formation.

Finally, as he went to reload his gun, Gwyar took stock of where Raki had dragged him.

And saw MATIAS SILPH, FERNANDO SILPH, and, perhaps more disturbingly- Eva Morales.

"... Oh for Calyrex's sake." He managed to wheeze under his breath, glaring down at Raki, who was a bit too busy fortying the Machamp's wide guard to pay his master's issues any mind.

Aaargh, whatever! He slammed a full catridge into the gun, and began shooting again. He could worry about this later!

"DATA!" He shouted irritably as he took shots- not because he knew why everyone was doing it, as he certainly hadn't bothered with actually reading the man's riddle, but because everyone else was doing it as well, and he could read the hints.

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TL;DR:
-Lol wtf
-lol wtf
-Raki accidentally brings him over to the FERNANDO SILPH Family Squad.
-Raki is using Copy Cat, copying Eva Morales's Machamp's Wide Guard to further extend and fortify the base Wide Guard.
-Gwyar is using GUN.
-D A T A