Jonathan Bradshaw - Bellossom
Slateport City, Hoenn
Affected RPers: @Noblejanobii

I didn't know this bastard had a shield. It was completely invisible until all of our attacks collided with it.

He then shot some purple flames at us, but then the hybrid jumped in and blocked the attack. And it looked like it hurt him way more than he expected it would. I approached him, and used my Grassy Terrain ability, turning a patch of this forsaken candyland into natural grass. It would heal this Azlan guy a little bit, but it wasn't exactly a miracle cure.

They mentioned something about being Oasis survivors, which was definitely beyond my knowledge. Still, the madman suddenly disappeared from sight, threatening to kill Sloane. She had collapsed onto the ground, looking exhausted and in pain.

As I tried to amplify the area of the Grassy Terrain, I figured it would be way more helpful to Sloane than this useless cotton candy. It's healing effect was slow, but it was better than nothing. Although I was beginning to figure she was wondering why a bunch of Bellossom were suddenly going out of their way to help her. I was sure Jubilee and Lei were probably thinking I was being extra compassionate when really it was because I had met Sloane before.

As much as I wanted to ask Sloane if she was feeling better, she wouldn't understand what I was saying. I figured a gentle rub on her shoulder with my hand was enough to give her a sign that I was on her side and had her back. She might think I was just an anonymous Bellossom that wanted to be caring and helpful, but hey, I was fine with that for now.

Still, I absolutely couldn't reveal I was Jonathan. Not to anyone. The Trick Master had WAY too much power to risk doing that, and if he caught me, I was sure the outcome would be brutal.

"Things seem so dangerous now!" Jubilee told me, realizing I was trying to heal Sloane and Azlan. "Why is this Trick Master doing this?"

"This is his idea of paradise," I told her, nodding as I figured I knew this guy pretty well now. "But, it's not everyone else's. I think if we want to undo what was done here, we need to find someone who could help reverse this effect and stop him. There are a few Pokémon that might be able to help with that."

I didn't know all of the legendary Pokémon, but one came to mind. Dialga. He could reverse the effect of time, which could be pretty useful in restoring things to a previous state in the timestream. But, I could imagine the Trick Master might be aware of this. As painful as it was to admit, the power of reality manipulation was arguably much more powerful.

<You would be right, but we cannot disclose who and where we are.>

Whoa. I looked around, knowing someone HAD to have been using telepathy right there. Problem was I didn't know telepathy myself. I mean, it sure would have been nice if Bellossom had psychic powers, but...

<Who's?>

Or... wait a minute.

<Yes, you can do it. Keep trying. You're already gained a handle on how to break the rules of this place, but you need to be confident that you can to do it.>

Telepathy. It was really the only kind of communication that could be used that the Trick Master could not peer into. Sure, he could make himself psychic, but omniscience would probably blown his brains out if he tried to listen to everything and everyone at once. He had his powers, but in the end, he was still at least human-minded. He could only control reality, but he simply couldn't create knowledge for himself out of nothing.

In the meantime, I tried to get a little more telepathy practice in. I just had to concentrate on the message in my mind, and then whisk it back to wherever it came from. It involved putting my hands on my forehead and shutting my eyes to concentrate, but it was actually working. For some reason, the psychic messages were coming from the ocean, so I sent mine back there.

<Who ...who are you? Am I doing this right?>

<I am the legendary Pokémon known as Lugia. Trust me, all of us are well-aware of what has transpired here, but even with our collective powers, we have been suppressed and targeted. Adversary One has the power to reverse whatever we do to unmake his altered reality.>

It didn't take a genius to figure out "Adversary One" was in fact in reference to the Trick Master. Honestly, I liked that title for him better. It sounded way less like a compliment and painted him like the true villain he really was.

<I take it he's been after all of you legendaries.>

<Precisely. Arceus has been active trying to undo whatever dark fate Adversary One bestows upon our alliance, but it has been overwhelming. I believe in time, he may need to resort to Plan B. We need temporary new legendary Pokémon that have control and resistance over these new forces. Arceus is afraid that if anyone were to be given such power, they would have extreme difficulty letting go of it when the mission has been completed.>

I could see his point. Problem was...

...I really didn't see any other way of going about this.