Adam coughed and continued wiping the dust off his outfit.
Right. Time for a break.
Climbing back to the upper levels, he blinked as he entered a busy Pokécenter full of Trainers and visitors staring at his dust covered body.
Glance behind... nope.
He coughed. "Right, so the twenty 'Training Stages' are all up and running, see the lovely Nurse Joy for details, but the lower levels are under construction."
Oh, there is Anita!
Oh... she looks exasperated.
Adam blinked. "I mean, there ARE no lower levels, and so don't worry about it."
Was that enough? That was probably fine then. "Also, don't try to make 'Explosion' style training arenas, because that was surprisingly unstable."
Good enough, now ignore the creepy looks and see if Anita can show him where Stage Hand ran off to.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Anita sighed as Adam scampered off to meet the new 'hired' Pokémon in the theater area, the tour of the facilities fully disrupted. "That was my head of construction, Mr. Burns. He is... eccentric." REALLY eccentric.
A boy somewhat close to her age raised a hand. "Why was his head on fire?"
She shrugged. "Never asked. Seems to just be something he does. Now, before we continue I would like everyone to check in with Nurse Joy, a requirement for anyone attempting to challenge my Gym. I will not have your performances sullied because you did not ensure the health of your actors."
Half the fight getting her gaggle of tourists together was basically implying that she both knew what she was doing AND was too bored to explain anything else. Such as WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
Deep. Calm. Smile.
She beamed. "As Mr. Burns mentioned, let's talk to the lovely Nurse and introduce the Training Stage facilities."
Please don't ask me things.
Another hand went in the air... dang it.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam shook the hands of the Jynx, her purple skin slightly glowing. "I'm just glad you are enjoying the change of pace."
Little Abra sent him more mental translations... her work was beyond amazing here. And all while sleeping too! What a oochie goochie woochie woochie.
Whoops, focus. "No, we are just staying here for a limited time period. My wives have two partners that will be visiting the area, and I am waiting for them to meet up."
Had to build a room under the facility wing too, one that blocked nearly every detectable energy he could find. THEN cover THAT with layers of 'normal' energy, then THAT with layers of 'Nothing to see here', etc.
Because introducing a Plusle and Minun to Sammy and Simmy would make some waves. Heck, half the energy fields he was preparing as cover were honestly guess work. Never made a 'Not My Problem' field before, not idea how Pokémon would react to the stuff.
Sigh... a disturbing amount of his life was basically 'I am doing my best and hope everything is fine' really.
Shaking hands with a young Mankey wearing a stylish hip-hop outfit, he smiled. "I'm sure you will do great, I've heard you and your partner really surprised some people. After fixing the small issues from the audition, of course."
The room shook slightly as the Mankey's partner grumbled. "Tiny, I already made sure the stage is reinforced, promise. That won't happen again. Just get Mr. Hand to schedule your training times and you can preform without any damage to the structure."
No, he didn't name Snorlax 'Tiny', it was his own choice. And as expected, he was a massive, massive thing to see in person, both in regards to height and width. When the guy moved into the room, the ROOM noticed.
His dance slippers were reinforced now though. Ms. King did amazing work. "Have you... ever practiced ballet before? I assumed the duet thing was your staple act. Or is this a new passion?"
Tiny's voice... well, it was more a low rumbling grumble, as if it was too much effort to fully communicate. The sheer size of his lung capacity just made the room vibrate with a feeling of lazy Sundays and sleepy every-other-day.
Adam glanced down. The reinforced metallic foam was holding up surprisingly well! "Well, I wish you the best."
He meandered through the crowd. He felt a bit bad about not knowing half these Pokémon without cheating using his Pokédex, but at least it was easy enough to be polite as he moved around practicing acts, confused actors and actresses, and bustling assistants.
He caught a slip of blue paper. "Finally, I was really starting to feel out of my depth." Waving a hand to Mr. Hand, he worked his way to the 'meeting' room. Designing the Glyphs to encourage the right Aura's, block Endbringer signatures (hopefully), and trying to have small talk with Pokémon when he was barely able to communicate... it was stressful.
Adam stepped happily into the meeting room, missing the pink bubble drifting behind him.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
They came from the wilds, and followed the song.
He pulsed with interest, she slummed in intrigue.
They followed the busy, they listened to the excited.
In the depths of the forest, they found a cavern of art! People and Pokémon were called, pulled, summoned to this hole in the dense growth. Yet within this glade, it still grew densely... just not of the earth. Sounds. Ideas. Dreams.
He found young ones eager to prove worth. She observed adults desperate to share concepts.
They moved in a building reshaping itself to desire. To dance, to sing, to build, to show... to perform!
Yet inside, he felt the call of Adventure, she wore the emotions of Excitement.
They danced inwards to their own stage, prepared for them alone.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam shuffled. These Pokénuts were supposed to be like a snack, not catnip or whatever. And in the end, it was a request from Simmy, so why not!
...Unless she expected him to NOT do it, and he was messing things up by being too 'helpful'. Or she expected him to self doubt, and thus didn't require the nuts at all and was leaving him something to do while waiting.
Smart wives were scary.
He blinked as the door opened. "Hello?"
A red eared yellow Plusle cartwheeled into the room! "Plus Ploos!"
The blue eared yellow Minun slowly entered, closed the door, and bowed. "M."
Then the Plusle jumped on the nearly stationary Minun, his tiny hands sparking electricity... which turned into tiny pom-poms as he balanced on her form. "PLOOOOOOS, Plus Plus PLUSLE!"
Adam grinned and clapped. "Oh, very impressive."
There was... a cycle here. His over abundant chaotic energy was refined by her slow methodical refined power. A Yin-Yang situation of some sort.
His electric pom-pom nearly clipped his partners head... and she vanished.
...What?
Adam blinked. The Plusle had taken a bit of a tumble, but seemed more confused than concerned or hurt.
"M."
Oh. Adam moved his backpack, seeing that Abra had somehow made enough space to share nap time with her new Minun friend. Dawww.
Adam shifted slightly, looking at the other Pokémon that had begun to slowly poke his friends head. "Right, my wives really wanted to meet you two... is it alright if I call them over?"
Seeing the interest in the energetic Plusle, Adam focused.
"Summon:Simurgh."
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
She bounced behind, feeling the world tilt slightly as the strange fishbowl seemed to pulse.
Sort of turned inside out, then didn't, but did. Her bubble moved to the side to see how the strange letters and such seemed to act as a tiny porthole in the fishbowl.
And from the aquarium, two beautiful fishes swam forth. One of thought and dream, one of might and muscle. Blue and Orange, Dark and Light. Born from one soul, sharing one portion, mute but full of song.
How odd. How strange. How new!
Without thought she flicked away the thoughts and queries the others tried to use. She was busy here, they could have fun later.
She chirped when the blue one secretly gave her some sort of white peanut.
How delicious!
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Adam shook his head. Seriously, how handy WAS it that Simmy and Sammy only needed one socket? The Faith one was enough for this two-for-one special.
Though something felt a bit odd... he just couldn't place it. Something like a background hum?
Better to focus. "Right Plusle meet Sammy, she enjoys... and you're both gone already."
Looking back at his backpack, the remaining Minun nestled in Abra's bag was now being hugged by Simmy, her arms and wings wrapped around the two tiny Pokémon as they slumbered.
...Daww.
Looking back at where Plusle and Sammy had vanished from, he sighed. All that effort to be secret and hidden, and she just... left. Somewhere.
Well, she would be fine.
His eyes flashed blue. She had BETTER be fine.
Adam sighed... and unfurled his bone limbs. A few modifications to the room and Simmy was relaxing on the finest bed he could construct... and he joined her.
It had been a LONG time since his last cuddle, and it got lonely. One arm made sure to pet Abra as she slept, as he just... relished. Treasured the feeling of his arms full with love, Simmy's warmth soaking into his skin like sunshine piercing the shadows, rain on the sand.
He didn't sniffle, because he was a manly man, and therefore any so called 'tears' were simply leaky masculinity thank you very much.
...Hopefully Sammy will take her time.
He would wait here until then.
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
Anita blinked. "What?"
Officer Jenny glowered. "Suspect is around nine feet tall, bright orange, winged, and nude."
Anita nodded. "What."
The Officer sighed. "I thought it was some sort of performance or whatever, but the reports were all very consistent."
Adam. It had to be Adam. "One moment."
She tapped on her probably illegal Pokédex. In front of an actual Police Officer. Cause damn it, this was important. "Alice."
Hearing her acknowledge, she sighed. "I need you to find Adam... I mean, Mr. Burns, and ask him why there is a naked orange angel throwing electricity pom-poms at the Gothic and emo Trainers."
Officer Jenny scowled. "Please don't call them that, it is just a... phase or something."
Anita glanced at the makeup wearing Trainer, his black clothing and 'dead' face not matching the massive poofy ball his hair had become. Every now and then a spark would pulse over the hairdo. "Right." Back to the call. "Ask him why the giant flying naked woman is harassing the perfectly normal, non-emo young boys and girls who enjoy angry loud music in dark environments with loud laments and doom comments."
She started to pace. "Oh, and make sure your people don't try to do something like attack her or something. If this IS related to Adam, it will either do nothing, set off the Apocalypse, or set off Adam... which is probably worse." Thinking back on the dark limbs that consumed Marshadow, she nodded. "Definitely worse."
Alice's voice was hesitant. "What?"
Anita threw her other hand hard into the air. "That is what I said!" She pointed at the grinning Drag-Queen, King of Fashion. "And no, Flexing is NOT the answer."
~~~Broken Adventure~~~
She scowled hard. "I can not BELIEVE that Flexing was the answer."
Mr. King was taking one step at a time with furious focus, his muscles twitching and oil following sweat as he pulsed his way towards Adam's visitation room. The Orange Angel was acting like climbing bars so the over-hyped Plusle could comfortably cheer, his pom-poms bouncing like thunder as the electricity destabilized with each flex.
Needless to say, the crowds were really busy watching closely and telling everyone and their neighbor to look away. Any time now. Yep.
Anita groaned. "I just... I don't want my Gym to be synonymous with nudity. Not after all that paperwork."
Officer Jenny was even MORE frustrated. "Well, I can't believe that this is legal. I hadn't even heard of half the forms that winged woman filled out, I had to call headquarters to verify they were even legal."
Alice was just staring blankly. "Side note, if you DO decided to go the x rated route, I have people for that." She watched the oiled muscles FLEX followed by the angelic nudity. "Just... let me know."
Anita grumbled. "I still say she doesn't count as a foreign dignitary. I've never heard of those places, how can she be related to some Queen? And who would name their kid 'Administrator' anyway!?"