It was safe to say, that Ettie had been caught by complete surprise by the space-time distortion. She had, in fact, already been there when the distortion formed - having been looking around at the local fire-type pokemon native to the desert and route 111 as a whole, and trying to hunt down a wild tera pokemon that she had spotted once upon a time, a long time ago! But as she and her pack had been resting - hiding out from the sun in the shade of an olden wall that hadn't yet fully crumbled - things had begun to go awry...

It was almost like a storm, yet all the more sudden - a thunder-like crash was the herald to the fabric of reality swirling about them, and the world itself seemed to shift into something else entirely. Immediately, the pack was alarmed - barking, crowing, and the like. Something was wrong - horribly wrong - in a way that Ettie lacked the means to articulate or properly comprehend. Was this like that prior trip to the Border with Josh and the others? Or something different...?

In either case, the silver lining to it all - even amidst the danger of the berserk and disoriented pokemon that had begun lurking the shadows of the ruins - would be the fact that it was a very localized phenomenon. With a little stealth, Ettie found the edge of the dome that had formed over the ruins - and she found that she could easily leave, if things got too dangerous. On top of that, this distortion had brought with it a little goodie, in the form of a pretty red shard.

Maybe there'd be more? She wasn't sure - but she was confident in the pack's ability to fend off these pokemon, and perhaps Josh or Callan or some other person might find interest in whatever other things she could find here..! Thus, little Ettie began searching - much to poor Anne's chagrin, with the lycanroc being more keen on just leaving...

Ah well...

The idea of space-time distortions were pretty unusual inofitself - they were something that didn't just happen in normal day-to-day life, as far as Makoto understood. And yet, that being said, there had been whispers amongst Rocket that there might've been something especially unusual about this one in particular - not that Makoto could figure out what made it all that much stranger than others, exactly.

Still - it was a phenomenon that demanded studying, and Makoto was sure they could get some merit by at least bringing something back or by recording an excursion into the distortion. And thus, atop Yurei's back, they'd enter - Kuro trailing close behind as usual.

Perhaps, they could've come in on Nobu - he was generally faster than Yurei, after all. But given the stormy conditions, they were not confident in entering from above being safe. They still brought him all the same, however - and second that they entered the distortion, they were quick to bring him out alongside the rest of their team. They would come prepared, with a variety of pokemon to handle a variety of threats.

And indeed, the threats were plenty - namely, in the form of displaced pokemon. Disoriented and hostile, these pokemon were lashing out at anyone who entered the distortion it seems, and Makoto's group was included amongst such. Nobusuma peppered at the enemies with blades of wind with every swoop above, Tsume blasted a horde with dark energies, and Kuro inflicted a supernatural malice upon a particularly stubborn foe...

... But what had become most notable, was when Yurei - as she charged and struck at a foe with her usual Psyshield Bash - began to change, as if influenced by the energies of the distortion. A larger size, beautiful white fur, a noble countenance - Yurei had changed, and most certainly not for the worse, even if it had been bewildering to witness.

With the enemy pokemon being fended off though, Makoto was able to come across something interesting - a blue, almost crystalline looking shard... They weren't sure if it was anything special - but they'd pocket it all the same, just in case. It did look rather pretty, anyhow - and who knows? Maybe they could find more like this out here, or some other form of interesting treasure...

Hideo had almost thought that Hoenn was done with Distortions; it had been a good while since the last one, and the Pokemon they were brought in became a regular part of Hoenn wildlife - and less aggressive too.

Alas, one could never let their guard fully down, and the moment Hideo heard the signs of a Distortion about to drop, he was on guard, readying his Pokemon - only for Uxie to appear.

Before he could panic, Uxie assured him it was Illusion'd as a Ralts, and it assumed its position on Hideo's shoulders. He had to wonder if his Zorua was getting tired of being the subject of such frequent Skill Swaps, but then again, that Zorua did enjoy the Levitation it got out of it.

With such a powerful Pokemon quite literally backing him, making his way through the Distortion was easy. His "Ralts" was able to fend off any attacking Pokemon, and it even helped guide him towards one of the many shards that were littered about, taking a Red Shard and stowing it away.

"Eventually, I'll put these towards a Sygna Suit," he muttered, "If only they weren't so expensive…"

Grabbing a Red Shard

"What the fuck!?" Alec said aloud, seeing the chaotic thunderstorm looming over where the desert was at. It obviously didn't look normal, that was for sure. Still, a part of him was curious about what was going on, so he hitched a ride on Inferno, his Charizard, immediately flying towards darkened clouds. He also could even hear the thunder before he approached, deciding that it'd be best for Inferno to fly low, rather than be too high up. The dragon tamer had also felt this ... peculiar sensation all over his body just moments before they landed near the center of the desert. It gave him the heeby jeebies and he sure as hell didn't like it. However, before he decided that it'd be best to leave and forget ever being here, pokemon the likes of which he had never seen before appeared out of nowhere, and started to attack him and Inferno. "Oh, so ya wanna dance!? Then let's friggin go!" Alec yelled at unknown pokemon, with Inferno seemingly agreeing to his master's words as well.

Alec also called forth Helena the Goodra from her Pokeball, having her help inferno deal with the unknown pokemon, however, as things seemed to be okay in their favor, more and more unknown pokemon appeared, ready to take them on. "Crap," Alec exclaimed, only realizing now that they were severely outnumbered. Inferno and Helena didn't even have to be told it was time to go. However, before Alec had hopped on Inferno's back, he had spotted a RED SHARD glistening slightly overtop the sand. He picked it up, then proceeded to get the hell out of there.

They made it right outside of the dome of distorted energy after a decent bit of running, but as they stopped, something was happening to Helena. Her entire body started to glow, which made Alec watch in confusion. There's no way Helena is evolving, he thought to himself. He was right though. She wasn't. Instead of evolving, she was undergoing a metamorphosis, transforming into a Hisuian Goodra. Alec examined Helena's newly formed shell, tapping a finger against it, coming to realize that it was as hard as steel. "Was it because of the weird energy surrounding us that caused this? Alec thought to himself, looking back towards the dome of distorted energy that still stuck to the center of the desert. Either way, it was too dangerous for them to go back, deciding that it'd probably be in their best interest to head back home, and so they did.

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Notes:
1. Alec picked up a RED SHARD!
2. Helena the Goodra transformed into a HISUIAN GOODRA!
3. Helena replaced Poison Tail and Aqua Tail in order to learn Shelter and Heavy Slam!

It’s been quite some time since they ventured into a distortions. Their appearance have seemed to have slowed down since the disappearance of Dialga and Palkia. Eva hoped they would just stop altogether. It would give her more comfort and hope in thinking their metaphysical barriers were once again more stable. Now, she doubted they were. Research was still vastly important.

The professor collected her data, as always, her sticky hands of her H!Goodra collecting samples from across the Desert Ruins, including a shimmering GREEN shard.

“Evolutionary experiment QW-002 in progress,” she speaks to the RotomPhone recording the events. A flash of light releases the Hisuian Qwilfish. It only take a moment for it to evolve into the familiar OVERQWIL, “Another success,” she concludes with a smile, returning the more violent poison type to its pokeball.

1) Eva COLLECTS DATA and a GREEN SHARD
2) Eva’s H!Qwilfish evolves into Overqwil!
3) H!Goodra learns Shelter

-1 free evolution from inventory
-1 move tutor from inventory