SHIFT Meme

[strangerpeople]

SHIFT MEME





WELCOME! There's been a lot of SHIFTing in this round, hasn't there? What if you were SHIFTed into another round, or another version of this round, or even one of the rounds in R7's backstory? Or....maybe somewhere else entirely??

Look no further than here! So sit back, tap into the morphogenetic field, and come on down! Your characters are the next contestants on...on wherever they end up! Oh boy!

1. The Ship of Blood Well, this one is familiar at least! But...who are all these people with you? Is that one of the Spardas? Wait-who's that guy with the fedora? You mean there are timelines where there are more rounds!? BOOOOOOOO! 2. The Home of Happiness and Horror Oh great, you're in Denton, Aka a soundstage where you are forced to kill one another in front of a live worldwide audience. Oh, and said audience gets a vote in who dies. Oh, and in some timelines, you randomly start singing! Or...wear full body costumes. It's weird. 3. ??? The Meme is ever-present. The Meme will not be contained. The multiversal clusters are vast and infinite. Perhaps you SHIFT into a previous game. Perhaps you SHIFT into a game as yet known. Or perhaps it is happening right now. Who knows, now...and what fate awaits you...?

Comments

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[That's certainly a lot of questions - he sits down at the edge of the stage, crossing a leg over the other as his butterflies flit around his head.]

Of course, I can say you'll be returned back to your homes. As for the warning...thank you, but I believe you'll find that such worries are not an issue for myself.

[He inclines his head slightly.]

As for your ability to understand humans, it is a....byproduct, shall we say, of the place you are currently in. Not so much placed upon you as it is placed upon the area itself, and all who languish in it.

[Trainer? oh, yes - the world this snake was from was quite...different, wasn't it?]

Random, I suppose. Or, perhaps purposeful? You see, I believe it would be best for you to discover that, wouldn't you say so? And as for trainers...well, there's quite a few people here that are not from your world, and thus are not 'trainers' as you understand them.

Finally, your moves have been replaced by another power - one much less...potentially destructive to the area we find ourselves in. You understand, yes?

[snakewithacape]

[...Kebi would very much like Dark Pulse and Screech back. Oh, also his danger sense ability as well. Though the bit about other worlds implying that there are TRAINERLESS worlds is very telling! Perhaps there's other worlds sans Pokemon altogether! Hmm, that could be a problem... A world without Arceus or Mew... or even Palkia...

Nonetheless, Kebi doesn't dare show his worry in front of Moriarty, so he merely nods.]

I believe I do understand. But at the same time... I wouldn't want to cause any trouble. For you see, I am a member of a guild that helps other Pokemon.

[Kebi fishes out his guild badge from his carry bag that's wrapped around him, balancing it on the flat of his tail blade.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Yes, but it's the principle of the matter! Just because you can be trusted does not mean another could be! Thus, all have been removed - beyond, say, the innate capabilities of your body, such as your poison glands and sharp tail.

Of course, we've also made it so any dietary needs are prepared for you in the kitchen.

[snakewithacape]

[Ooh, look! A hole in your logic!]

So according to your reasoning, you wished to make life just a little more fair for everyone instead of arbitrarily picking and choosing unfairly. Might I ask if I am correct in that assumption?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

It's not as if starvation would be any fun, you see. Nor would tearing out the fangs from your very mouth! No, that would just be boring.

[Side-stepping the reasoning? MAYBE.]

Though in truth, I have never claimed to not be a hypocrite. Truthfully, that whole bit of the speech needed a bit more work...

[snakewithacape]

[Kebi tenses up, nearly imperceptibly so, at the suggestion of ripping his fangs out. Because that would HURT.]

...Very well.

[Hermes will attempt to distract himself from the vicious suggestion by going through the rules of the watch.]

...If I may... rule 6 is unfortunately a little vague to my liking. May I ask what constituted as harm to you?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

There's no tricky wording here, I assure you. Physical harm is what's meant by that, as I am not so fragile or unstable to kill any of you over your insults to me.

[He waves a hand, almost casually.]

Though I doubt any of you as you are could truly injure me, it is a possibility - thus, the rule. Besides, dealing with Assassination attempts gets rather tiring after a while, wouldn't you say?

[snakewithacape]

[Okay, that clarifies things a bit.]

Must there be intent to harm, or will accidental harm still count?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Intent, though accidental will be punished as I see fit - especially if I judge it to not be truly accidental.

[He gets where you're trying to go with this, snake.]