Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-34100315-20180926222148/@comment-26892768-20181003011505

"He could be susceptible to attack, yeah..." Mack nods. "Maybe I could go-"

A certain someone coughs loudly.

Mack looks behind him to see Zan Partizanne approaching. "Uh..."

"Bonjam, gentlemen." Zan greets. "I happen to overhear your conversation, and I believe I could help with that little problem of yours. And, conveniently enough, I happen to have another problem that I believe you two could help with. Truly, this could be a beneficial partnership for everyone involved..."

"Uh-huh..." Mack nods slowly. "And what's your problem, exactly?"

And, sure enough, Nimona pops up near the Hunter.

"Well, that was...something." Nimona mutters, before looking at the Hunter. "Oh, hey Bush! Do you happen to see Brick anywhere? I was with him up until someone just...teleported us to a completely different region. This is Sinnoh, right?"

Meanwhile, Albus and Horace get up.

"Well, that happened..." Albus shakes his head. Then he starts looking around. "Say, where do you think the boss i-"

He's promptly interrupted by a figure a few feet away getting up with a war cry and a loud clank, causing both of the bodyguards to immediately look towards him in shock. Said figure appears to be a large, bulky robot colored in differing shades of green, with spiked forearms, a cape that looks like insectoid wings, and a large horn extending from his head like a beetle's.

The figure then seems to blink, looking around in a confused manner. "Wait...I survived the explosion? I mean - of course I did! After all, I am Smytus, destroyer of worlds! It will take more than the explosion of one mere meteor that I happened to be standing on to take out me! ...although that doesn't explain how I'm standing, considering the condition of my legs. How am I standing, actually?"

Smytus looks down, and gasps. "My legs! They're !"

Then he starts laughing.

"Yes...with my body fully restored, all I need to do is find out what planet I'm on, how close it is to Earth, and find some means of transportation - and then, I will head for Earth as fast as I can, and I will ravage it until I find and destroy XJ-" Smytus then stops in his tracks as he happens to notice the shell-shocked bodyguards. "Oh? This is new...I was aware that the meatbags kept furred and feathered creatures as pets for their own comfort and amusement, but I wasn't aware that one could be both a meatbag and one of those creatures at the same time..."

Albus glances at Horace, and mutters to his partner, "You know, I'd be offended, but this guy is a giant alien bug robot, so honestly, I am way too terrified to bring it up..."

Ignoring the remark of his partner and the unintentionally offensive remark of Smytus, Albus looks at the robot before him. "Yes, that is very interesting...have you seen a tall woman with black hair, a golden microphone stand, and, uh...provoking attire? We happen to be her bodyguards, you see, and we'd like to know where she is."

"What? I haven't seen any other meatbags, aside from you two. And besides, if you lost track of the woman you were supposed to be protecting, then you are clearly incompetent! The mighty Smytus does not have time for-" And as his back is turned to the guards, something occurs to Smytus. "Vexus! I may have survived, but I don't know if..."

He looks back to the glaring bodyguards and chuckles nervously. "You know, I wasn't serious when I said you were incompetent...I'm sure you just lost track of your meatbag because of circumstances outside of your control, just like, say, myself...so why don't we ignore everything I was saying earlier and work together to solve both of our problems?"

Albus raises a finger and opens his mouth to respond, only to be interrupted by two feminine groans. The three look and sigh in relief.

"Oh, there you are, boss..." Albus chuckles.

"The queen is safe..." Smytus grins. "...as I knew all along, of course!"

And then the two figures get up, shaking their heads as they look at each other.

Eliza blinks, processing the figure before her for a moment, before looking at her with a more critical eye as the figure does the same to her. Around the same height as herself, primarily colored with olive and yellow stripes and black, a set of antennae with an orb of energy between them, red lipstick, green eyes, striped "hair" like an Egyptian headdress, sharp teeth, black claws...a demeanor that just rubs Eliza the wrong way...

Eliza and Vexus point to each other after a moment, asking the same question: "And who are you supposed to be?"

"Uh oh." Albus gulps.

Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the fight with Giratina, Null, Kickstarter Stickman, the Blight, and Fikrul, there's an observer. He hasn't done anything yet, but he already knows what side he'll be fighting on.

They seem to be doing good for now, but soon...

Soon enough, the Skeleton King will join the fight.