Much tempted as his Kommo-o was to use Boomburst to spook the infernal little Marshadow, something held him back from doing so—and therefore the Alolan dual-type stood there, watching dumbfounded as the Absol continued to paw and chase after the Marshadow who was attempting to make an escape bid!

“Oh, no! You’re not getting away to cause any more trouble!” he would all but yell as he quickly pulled out a Dusk Ball and popped it to full size—never mind if the Marshadow attempted to hit onion-head the Calyrex while it was being held down—

One more wild swing from the Absol in the form of a Night Slash would help seal the deal as he literally pitched the empty Dusk Ball like a baseball and attempted to smack the Marshadow upside the head as the red beam of light came in for the capture attempt…

“Th—thanks for the assist,” he would heave her way as he fell on his ass in the misty gloom; watching as the Dusk Ball shook once, twice…

And a loud ‘click’ echoed throughout the area.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ Marshadow catch attempt !!!

Maybe there was good reason why Absol were known and preferred companions of whose who dealt with the supernatural—or how to fend off the supernatural, all things considered.

Either way, he would look at Cordy like she’d lost her shit, eyebrows raised before realizing that there was another pair of eyes in his shadow!

“Wha—” he exclaimed as the little spectral sneaky thief rose up and out of said shadow and then seemingly vanished—only to come in clanging hard on his Kommo-o a few moments later!

“Whoa, what was that?!” he exclaimed as the Absol quickly swung her head horn around and attempted to bash right into the little monster that had now come charging at them with a Spectral Thief attack!

The Kommo-o,, on the other hand, was too stunned to move and therefore stood there while the Marshadow and the Absol traded many, many blows between each other—

He then noticed for some reason, she was tiring out and the Marshadow looked fresh as a daisy.

What the hell was up with that?!

“Be careful!” he would warn his Absol as the two would keep going at it for several more minutes; before a last-minute Sucker Punch from the Absol (who was very close to toppling over) finally sent the Marshadow reeling!

“Come back here!” he would yell as he chased after the spectral disaster.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ setting up to catch Marshadow on next post

It was like a light switch had been flicked—one moment he could feel all those cold presences near him; and the next the fog had swirled away; sucked off somewhere else—

While his Kommo-o stood guard, he would hurriedly approach his Absol and quickly help their companion up.

“What—what happened out there, you just fainted when I saw you!” he would exclaim; the worry curling into his voice the longer this went on.

“It was like something cut your strings and then, bam, fog… did you go somewhere?”

Little did he know that there was another pair of eyes watching him from the shadows as well; while his Kommo-o was too dense to notice it, for some reason Cordy the Absol started snarling again in a seemingly random direction.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ something is watching him from the shadows!!!

The belated realization hit him as he realized her earlier words, and decided to guide Maoja’s hands towards the other Wooloo who was now soaked with water from his Lumineon; the better for her to be as hands-on as possible with helping clean the dirty fur!

“If you feel anything odd, like sticks, or mud, or dirt, or anything, you can get rid of it while my Lumineon helps spray them down,” he would nod; while the Lumineon would then redirect the spray of water towards the dirty, filthy spots where the lost ovine had rolled or mucked themselves into.

“A little to your left—no, your other left,” he would add a few moments later as the Lumineon continued to help spray down the muck and dirt from the ovine.

Lis the Wooloo served as a nice distraction; touching the tip of her own heart-shaped nose to this just-as-affectionate little Wooloo who would eventually be cleaned up after several more minutes!

+ maoja chevrolet
+ remember the promise Jack made to hook Maoja up with a Wooloo? here we go get ready for your own bundle of trouble!
+ Sumi the Yamper is not being useless for once and is practicing her herding skillz

“Wha—WHOA!” he would exclaim the moment he realized just what was going on as his companion’s physical body suddenly collapsed—luckily his Absol was close enough to catch them on her back while he squinted into the pervading gloom.

“H-hey… can you hear me?!” he would call out; the fog thickening because—what was up with that, why couldn’t he see anything? Was there something going on that he wasn’t aware of?!

He could still feel the very cold brushes touching him here and there—all the hairs on the back of his neck were standing up on end like there was no tomorrow, it was absolutely terrifying.

“Hey…?” he would call out, looking around and standing guard in case that bowl-headed monster decided to sneak up on them once more while they were at their most vulnerable.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ he can only guess what’s happening to his companion because all he can see is a very thick FOG obscuring what she’s going through

It was now time, as they say, to execute manifest destiny.

He had waited far too long for this, endured so much surface and underwater traffic—however fact of the matter was that there were strong, harsh winds blowing and threatening to send everyone careening off-course—or to cause a dangerous pile-up in the middle!

There was no way he wanted to cause (or be the cause of) a massive pile-up, so…

“Ri. Let’s go!” he would exclaim, suddenly popping out the Terastal Orb and touching it to the back of his Mantine’s head—no need to throw it, he was quite literally riding the Mantine like a surfboard—

And the brightest explosion of light would engulf the two of them; before the funny bunch of balloons would appear very close to the tip of the dual-type’s head afterward!

“Hit it!” he would yell a few moments later; before using Bounce in an attempt to get out of range of the air funnels while sailing ahead—because did you want to know what would happen if those wind funnels even touched the surface of the water?!

Insanity!


+ @tag
+ using Terastal! (1 of 3)
+ Speed: B ↠ A, Endurance: C ↠ B, Reaction: B ↠ A
+ it is time to execute MANIFEST DESTINY

He was not expecting to stick the landing—and actually become a viable threat for the Feraligatr that was currently at the head of the pack!

“Nice one, Ri,” he would whisper quietly as he briefly touched the back of her head and leaned into the tailwind from the other Water-type; they were already ruminating when to start the next plan of their operation—they were so close, and yet so far!

The next part of the path they were traversing seemingly looked wide—however, at some point it suddenly started to narrow down…

And from the looks of things, the way that the pack would inevitably start crowding altogether…

“Keep it in, we’re not there yet, I’ll let you know when we drop the surprise, okay?! Just hang on!” he would urge the Mantine on; leaning as best as he could towards the wind—for if he was to prove how Mantine Surfers really did things; then it would have to be through this upcoming acid test!


+ @tag
+ Speed: B, Endurance: C, Reaction: B
+ it is not yet time for manifest destiny. NOT YET!

So there was a dive coming up, and for a few moments he thought the guy on the Aegislash surfboard was looking close—

Whoa, wait a second, hold up, they were literally way too close towards each other!

“Ri, Ri, back off a little, now!” he would hiss as he crouched down even further, getting ready for the dive coming up and taking the deepest breath he could manage before they slipped underwater, following the ‘jet stream’ of water that was being left behind in their wake.

Eventually, they would see that the underwater part suddenly came to an abrupt stop and force everyone to temporarily go airborne; mentally crossing his fingers as his head broke through the waves, he then let the Mantine fly up first, who seemed to easily clear the trees—

As for him, though?!

He hoped that the force that propelled him into the air was high enough for him to make a somersault landing on the back of said Mantine that was flapping her fins as she flew through the air and—

This was going to get messy, wasn’t it?!

Hopefully they would stick the landing!


+ @tag
+ Speed: B, Endurance: C, Reaction: B
+ hoping he sticks the landing!

It was pure luck he had a usable Bug-type to bring to the school to show the kids—even though it wasn’t one native to Alola like Wimpod, he at least had a usable one.

So for him to step into a fancy-ass looking school for the first time in a very long time, he couldn’t help but feel more than a little lost—isolated—terrified—by everything.

(Look, Jackie is a country bumpkin so his ‘school’ was the outside world, mostly.)

Plus the thing with his Nymble was that it was a shiny Pokémon; so there was at least some variety to be had!

Now that he was the one to speak next after the previous one had gone up front, he then gave a very brief—yet succinct—explanation on how there were shiny versions of Pokémon that existed, and of how stupidly rare they were to find in the wild.

(Just like his Nymble, right here!)

+ John Sullivan, Shalin Nariya
+ alas I dinnae have the shiny 32 x 32 Nymble sprite, but yes that is a shiny won from the Lokix swarm some time ago

He would be in the lead—for now, but not a second long as he saw not one, but two shadows suddenly slice ahead of him!

“No matter, all in time,” he would hum.

For he knew—that in a race, going hard early would only lead to burn out and fatigue!

The upcoming obstacle was one hell of a doozy though, and he realized that everyone was suddenly speeding up for whatever reason.

There were… there would always be other obstacles where they could accelerate, right? He would count on that as he leaned into the wind quietly, touching the slippery surface of his Mantine’s back in reassurance because he could tell she was upset.

The wind coming from the east would be a problem; however he was so used to ‘climbing airtime’ back in Alola it would just be a simple reorientation as he could hear the collective cacophony of racers trying to climb towards the front—

He would bide his time, and wait!


+ @tag
+ Speed: B, Endurance: C, Reaction: B
+ NOT boosting for now bc I have planz

While Jack kept an eye on the two Pokémon that were trying to drive off the moose-headed bowl monster (with little success), he couldn’t help but notice… wait.

Why was he feeling dizzy all of a sudden? Was… was staying out here too long getting to him, too?

The shrieking noise that came from his Kommo-o meant something; that the spectral ‘bowl monster’ had finally given up due to the loud noise and—

Holy shit what was going on now?!

He could feel the brush of cold running through his body; was there something else in the air now?!

More over… why did it feel like they were being watched, again?!

+ Elise Calcifet
+ laying groundwork for prompt 05: help the spirit of a person or pokemon pass on.