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

[Noblejanobii]

Avery Miller (They/Them)
Safe House LZ
Affected RP'ers: @Neo Emolga @Desolate Divine @Chakramaster
OOC: Avery's probably not going to react well to shifting so shift them at your own risk.

Everything happened in a flash.

As Alyssa, Sami, and the Diamond Ladies began to question Jirachi's plan, it seemed everyone was in agreement that the plan itself was inherently flawed and they needed to come up with a better one. Jimmy, however, wasn't too keen on this, still deadset on using his plan. As he tried to address Avery's concerns, it only left Avery with more questions. Still it was starting to make some sense. They opened their mouth to ask something else when Jirachi spoke up.

All eyes turned to the wishmaker as tears welled in his eyes. Avery grimaced a little. They hadn't intended to hurt Jirachi's feelings, but they felt clarification was needed given they had missed half the conversation leading up to this point. Still, Jirachi had definitely not taken it well.

"See you in a bit, Jimmy. Time for me to have some fun. I'll send Pikachu with you too." Jirachi said as he started smiling again. A little more impishly this time. He snapped his fingers and Jimmy started to glow in front of everyone before vanquishing in front together everyone. Jirachi let out a loud carefree sigh before looking to everyone else in the room.

Avery's blood ran cold and their hand instinctively went to their belt, resting on Daybreak's Pokéball. A Wishmaker gone rogue was the last thing they needed right now. But a battle in this type of confined space wasn't exactly ideal either.

"No one leaves this room without MY permission." Jirachi said with a snap of his fingers. Putting the room's lock and key under his control. "Now...whose next?" Jirachi said before floating around rapidly. Stopping in front of the ladies. "Ladies first as some humans I've heard say. How about you?" Jirachi said looking happier than ever now that he was about to take action for himself. Since no one else would.

"You're going to forcefully turn us back into Pokémon?" Avery snapped. Their hands were shaking in a mix of anger and nerves. They wanted to help with the plan, yes, and they had enjoyed their time as a Pokémon, sure. But turning back into a Buizel was the last thing they wanted right now. They couldn't, they wouldn't. Jirachi couldn't make them!

"What makes you think you can force us to do that? I get you're just trying to help but forcing people to cooperate isn't the way to go about this," Avery said, practically shouting now. "We can discuss this. We can lay out a better plan. It doesn't have to resort to this." Their grip tightened on the coffee cup and bag in their right hand. "I wi...." they stopped themselves. They had to be careful. This was a wishmaker gone rogue. Careless wording could very easily backfire. And now was no time for wishes, since there was no guarantee Jirachi would grant them anyway.

"This isn't something a friend would do, Jirachi," Avery added, "You wanted us to be friends, right? This isn't what friends do. This is what enemies do. A-And if you do this, I will try to protect myself from you, do you understand?"