119. [FOURTH WALL! ACTION FOR ERRYBODY]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's begun.]

[THAT TIME OF YEAR.]

[No, not the time of year when the Christmas decorations start going up in stores-- let's be real, guys, that happened like two months ago.]

[No.]

[It's that time of year when the boundaries between worlds grow thin and all kinds of wild and wonderful things come pouring out of thin air onto the streets for all to watch and enjoy.]

[... And then on the other end of the spectrum, there's...]</sub>


WHOA! HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK! MORE NEW POKEMON!!!

_{[The shout of an excited Ace Trainer dudebro who never quite got off the September Swarm hype train rings out over the chaos as a small army of... uh... things come bumbling down the sidewalk, ineffectively squawking and bumping into peoples' legs.]}

OH! Oh, they're ADORABLE! LOOK! I'm keeping one RIGHT NOW!

<sub>[A Poke-Fan sweeps one off of its tiny nub feet and cradles it like an infant while it flops and kicks.]

[A crowd soon forms.]

[No one pays any attention to the trainer hopping up and down at the edge, waving her arms.]</sub>



Guys-- GUYS!! STOP!

THOSE AREN'T-- THOSE AREN'T POKEMON, YOU GUYS.

DON'T TRY TO CA-- unbelievable.

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[armoredsoul]

[Al's just...

He's gonna...

...yeah, he has literally no words. Just horrified stares.]

I apologize for nothing.

[nvcr]

Aaaaaaw, aren't they just precious!

C'mere, you! Whoooo's a cute widdle birdie? Whoooo's in possession of the adorablest gaping maw?

That's right.

You are!

[show_my_cannons]

[HEY HEATHER. LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO ISN'T SUPER THRILLED TO SEE THESE UGLY LITTLE PINK BASTARDS.]

[One of them suddenly flies through the air, landing with a gross sort of splurt against a fence. Because after you take a walk through an Otherworld Amusement Park... monsters get kicked. Not picked up. They get kicked by big, stompy boots with steel toes, worn by old, ragged looking guys better than six feet tall, built like linebackers. With scars over their eyes, wearing entirely too much black.]

[Who scowl, and wipe their boot off on the grass, as if they've stepped in something.]

That is not what I wished to see here.

[action]

[exeggutorhead]

[Well at least one person notices Heather doing her dance of UTTER HORROR.]

[Envy sidles on up to stand next to her, looking down at the little...things....with an expression that's half curiosity and half what the fuck are these poor ugly creatures. He's carrying his pillowcase o' red stones over his shoulder. The faint red glow of them is showing through the fabric, a little.]

So. Uh. These things are from your world, right? Are we about to watch them maul those trainers over there?

[Admittedly he's not sure how they'd maul anything, but you never know.]

[restardom]

[ This one might look familiar.

... as she runs screaming from something awkwardly bumbling in her direction because WHAT THE HELL-- ]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[There comes a soft tap tap tap of claws on sidewalk as a miserable yellow and green creature drags himself into town. Not this again. At least this time he had a better idea of what to expect.

And the sun feels kind of nice on his coat, even if it is chilly. His big dumb palm tree ears lift when he hears Heather's dismayed cries.

Oh no!

HENREON bounds onto the scene and screeches to a halt when he sees...well. That.]</sub>

What the hell.

[pooka]

[Oh holy mother of--

Yeah, Bunny is well aware of the fact those aren't pokemon. He remembers pokémon. Those are not it.]

Well what the bloody hell are they, then?!

[He regrets coming this way oh god oh god]

[darkenedgales]

[And here's a certain birdbrain leaning over one of the monster things, inspecting it with an eye of an expert. Or at least pretending to.]

IIIII wouldn't call these adorable, but hey, whatever floats their boats.

[Not enough beaks and feathers for this one, obviously.]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

What the hell are those?!

[Have you been hanging out with her sister]

[wing_attack]

[A bird dive-bombs one that gets close to a trainer, before landing nearby and looking right at Heather.]

[And talking. Or at least talking in her head.]

<Friends of yours?>

[smotherswithlove]

[ A Wild James appears with CHAINSAW REVVING! because if anything screams silent hill, it's those...weird, phallic, squawky things! He raises the chainsaw in the air, shakes it, and screams! RRaaaaahhh!!! ]

[ACTION]

[ajustcaws]

[...Cynthia kind of just cocks her head and pulls out an empty Pokeball uncertainly, because on one hand, yolo

...on the other hand...]

...they're a little funky looking, yeah, but I'm kind of wondering what would happen if I did try to catch one...

[carptricks]

[WELL]

[WELL]

[these are uncomfortably familiar]

[cue Kaito walking (rather swiftly, in fact) away from a numb body that has grown fond enough of him to trail after him. he's mumbling to himself. and pinching his arm]

[and walking a bit faster when the numb body proves to be anything but a dream-induced hallucination]

[badabooms]

What the hell is that.

[Impmon's seen some weird shit, and these things... don't really take the cake. Maybe a little of the frosting. They're still pretty weird for this place, though.]

They look like freakin' headless birds.

[He's just gonna kind of... poke at one. And try to see down that weird mouth... neckhole... thing. They're not attacking, so maybe they are just really weird Pokemon?]

...HOW ARE YOU ALIVE.

i'm sorry

[mistydayjudgement]

[Where there's a James, there's a Pyramid Head.

He also needs to take care of the stray monsters. Can't just have them wandering around everywhere... even if "Alessa" is present.]

Action

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Harry is just watching because oh right this place is insane.]

I don't think you're going to get through to them.