{RP} The S.S. Wishmaker - Tides of Witchcraft

[Neo Emolga]

The Diamond Ladies
Royal Promenade
Affected RPers: @Chakramaster, @Noblejanobii

For now, it didn’t appear that any more operatives were confronting the Ladies. And shortly often, Victini was able to catch up with the three of them.

“Eveee-veee…” (“Hey, we thought you were right behind us.”) Cassandra told Victini after he had arrived, wondering why he had been absent for a while.

“Vic-ti-ni-ni…” (“Had to send Jon one last message.”) Victini replied, showing a bit of a nervous smile. “Vic-ti-ti-ni…” (“In a not-so-nice nutshell, I told him things would get pretty ugly if he didn’t take our offer. Well, I sure hope he’s at least thinking it over and told his friends!”)

Cassandra was just about to respond, but then a massage was suddenly broadcasted throughout the PA system.

"Due to reports of a wild Dragon Pokémon assaulting guests, we request that all guests return to their rooms immediately. Room service will provide a complimentary meal and pay-per-view movie for each guest whilst this lockdown is in effect.”

“Furr-reettt…?” (“Good god, who is that Latios trying to kill now…?”) Violet moaned and shook her Furret head before covering her face with her paws, totally in disbelief anyone could have so little control over their Pokémon.

But the girls looked around and it didn’t seem like there was any sight of Latios around them, so it seemed he wasn’t their target this time. Meanwhile, anyone that was still in the Royal Promenade was quickly clearing out, heading back upstairs to avoid running into whatever this wild dragon Pokémon was.

And that was when they heard a voice coming from one of the radios. Natalie Barone’s radio, in fact. She and her Beautifly were still out cold and never got the message, but with it being a network wide communication, she was still a recipient.

“Attention all operatives, your orders are to stand down and disengage,” the voice on the other end declared. “Stay on reconnaissance and report all activity, especially if you have eyes on the targets. Out.”

Jarena’s Buneary eyes went wide as she heard that from Natalie’s radio.

“Bunn-eary…!?” (“They’re calling off the attack!?”) Jarena exclaimed, looking quite relieved. “Bun-bun-eary…!” (“Yes! I mean, we’re geared up to take on an army of these goons, but if they’re calling this off, it certainly makes waiting this out a heck of a lot easier!”)

“E-veeee-vee… Vee-veee-vee” (“Let’s pick a quiet place and hold up there for a while.”) Cassandra recommended, retrieving Natalie’s radio. “Eevee-veee… Vee-veee…” (“I’m going to hold onto this so we know what’s going on. Meanwhile, Studio B right below us seems quiet and empty, there’s no performances scheduled tonight, so we can use that as a new home base.”)

“Furr…?” (“What about Jon?”) Violet asked. “Furr-rett…?” (“We still trying find him?”)

“Vic-tini…!” (“Wouldn’t recommend it, he’s definitely not the type to joke around!”) Victini replied to her with a nervous smile. “Vic-ti-ti-ni-ni…” (“Best to just keep out of his way unless he comes after us directly. Besides, I think he flew the coop, I don’t sense his presence upstairs in Central Park anymore, so he could be in La-La-Land for all we know right now!”)

Despite the lovely idea of completely ruining the Pokémon High Seas Tournament that the Ladies had, if Jon was no longer in Central Park, trying to hunt him down throughout the ship almost sounded like a suicide mission to them and they weren’t sure where he was now. Between gauging what was more important, just getting off the ship safely without being hunted and ruining the tournament, they felt just surviving this whole ordeal was the better goal to aim for. Beyond that, with all the damages that Jon was responsible for, even if he was declared the de facto winner of the tournament, he would end up with a bigger bill than a bigger prize money check. Not to mention Cassandra figured such an unclimatic end to the tournament would still get a very sour reaction from most people and would leave the tournament sponsors unhappy. Jon’s trophy would just be a booby prize and would be nothing more notable than a kindergartener that got a gold star sticker because they were well-behaved during nap time. It was enough for her to abandon the idea of going after him with the risks that would be involved.

And then all of a sudden, there was a huge commotion. While most of the previous guests had cleared out of the Royal Promenade, the Ladies saw what appeared to be a group of Pokémon charging down the hall toward them. Among them were a Salamence, a Pikachu, a Rotom, and a Pachirisu. Following closely behind the group was Celestina, wearing a white jacket with her puffy brown hair being blown back as she was riding a Flygon swiftly down the length of the Royal Prominade.

“Bunn-earyy!!” (“Wha-, I thought they were calling off the attack!”) Jarena exclaimed.

Unlike before, this was a more sizable force they would be up against and the Pokémon were already out and deployed, but nonetheless, the Ladies were prepared to stand their ground if these new arrivals stepped any closer.

“VIC-TI!!” (“STOP!”) Victini shouted out, trying to defuse the situation before it got out of control. “VIC-TI-TI!!” (“NOBODY MOVE!!”)

The Ladies were silent. They were outnumbered, but they looked sharp and were ready to start casting if it looked like these new arrivals were about to launch an assault. Thankfully, it seemed like there was only just a standoff, but one wrong move and it could rapidly escalate into something nasty. And it was exactly why Victini had to step in the way he did. To the mythical Pokémon of victory, something didn’t add up.

“Bunnn… eary….” (“Look, we don’t want any more trouble.”) Jarena spoke softly. “Bun-bun… earyyy.” (“I’m sure you don’t want any either, whoever you are.”)

Jarena figured if she could get them to agree on that, it was a good start.

“E-vee vee…” (“Tell me, before anything happens…”) Cassandra told the Pokémon. “Ev-vee-vee…? Eev-vee…?” (“Who are you and what do you want with us? We overheard the attack was being called off, so what are you here to do?”)

Victini had then looked to Celestina, thinking she was the sole trainer of all these Pokémon. To him, it made sense she had deployed her entire party in anticipation of the attack considering the other trainers that had just been transformed were caught without their Pokémon deployed in advance, but if the operatives had been told to disengage, then was she refusing orders? And why? He had to admit, they looked terribly guilty standing over Ethan and Natalie now as a Skwovet and a Dedenne, but that was just before the order to disengage had been given out!

Victini focused on the young female trainer riding the Flygon, using telepathy to reach her mind. Right now, he was the only one capable of communicating with her, so their only hope of getting them to stop this attack was on him.

<Hey, Victini here! I’ll admit I’m at a loss for knowing you who are, but hey, we don’t want to fight! We overheard the operatives pursuing us have been ordered to stand down. Yes, before these two right here were transformed! If you stand down, we’ll stand down! I promise! Yes, with sugar and a cherry on top!>

And if they didn’t listen, well, that was going to lead to something else…