An Ideal World

[So someone has decided to make a fort of blankets and pillows in the corner of the bedroom, and despite a certain Clefairy tugging at his pant leg to try and get him to come out, he's not budging.]

No way, Rose! Every time this happens, I get buried in crap or something else bothersome happens! I'm just gonna wait it out until everything calms down, and nothing annoying's gonna happen.

[Care to glitch into his room and prove him wrong?]

[So for once, Ryner isn't buried in random crap for a fourth wall. Although to be honest, he'd kind of prefer that. At least that's expected, plus once you get used to the pressure the piles make good blankets.

Nope, this time he's stuck in Pewter's museum, where there's a new exhibit on display.

A certain familiar (to him) mask.

Suffice it to say, Ryner does not look pleased.]

Haaa, I thought Ferris destroyed that...

[His pokemon, also, don't look pleased. Jehra is growling at it like it holds some kind of disaster inside it, and Rose is hissing at it angrily.

Also a certain ghost girl is in the background, staying over next to the wall and trying not to let the others' reactions bother her. Which, of course, Ryner notices, with a chagrined sigh.]

...Guys, this is completely different, okay? It's from back home. Nothing to do with that, so just stop it already.


[[Do watch out - if you put on the mask, you'll see a vision of all your worst fears lumped together. ...What, it's from an interesting side story.]]

[Somewhere, somehow, there is a pile of slimes. It's a pretty impressive pile, several feet high. Blue blobby things all grinning cheerfully.

Of course, this would be just an amusing, if odd, sight, if it wasn't for the fact that at the bottom of that slime pile, there's a single human arm sticking out... and twitching.

If you listen closely, you might even be able to hear a strained voice from beneath them all...]

...somebody... a little help...

AAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!

[So a certain lazy mage just suddenly found himself buried in a huge pile of Larvesta.

...that are all wearing cute little jester hats.

...He could probably use some help getting un-buried before he suffocates from fluffy caterpillar things, yes.

(It isn't going to come from the red haired girl who just squeaked and hid behind a tree from the fluffy caterpillar pile, though, that's for sure...)]



[[CAMP!!! You guys can come play too!!]]

[Today, a certain lazy mage is sitting in a flowery field... somewhere in Johto. Exact location doesn't really matter all that much, honestly.]

Okay, look.

Powers being back and stuff? I can deal with that. It's probably another one of those temporary things anyway...

[He produces a round, black stone that's pretty but probably insignificant in the grand scheme of things. *cough*] Finding this in my bag when it wasn't there before? Seems kinda pointless, but fine, whatever.

But why are there so many dancing Mime Jr.s? And why are they circling around me?? There are plenty of other people they can go bother, you know.

[True to his word, there are lots and lots of Mime Jr.s twirling in a circle around him. They seem happy.



...Also there's a Litwick on his head, but. Details.]

[Camp! And anyone else who wanders by! You can come play too if you want! The Fourth Wall is for everyone~ :D]

( A background nightmare that's tl;dr and no one probably cares about it )

( Action in his room in the inn right after that also provides tl;dr background that no one probably cares about - you can pop in during this point if you'd like, but please specify if you do. )

[Today's video feed from Route 36 is being brought to you by Aran the Paras, who is sitting on a low branch of a nearby tree.]

So basically, magic is really just rearranging the flow of energy in the world in certain ways, in order to produce different phenomena. Like this...

[And he draws a pattern in the air. Unlike the last time he tried, however, his fingers leave behind visible trails, creating a glowing pattern in the air, kind of like a magic circle.]

What I seek is lightning... IZUCHI!

[And this time, something happens - a large bolt of lightning comes forth from the pattern of light, striking a conveniently placed boulder a short distance away.

"Clefairy!!" Rose applauds while jumping up and down excitedly. That was so amazing, dear partner!!

(Incidentally, there is a Darkrai and a Litwick standing a short distance behind them, who are also both applauding, impressed.)]

Heh... That one's not really all that difficult, but, well, I'm glad you liked it, anyway.

[Then Rose steps forward and -

"Clefairy clef clefair... Clefairy!"

- uses Magical Leaf on that same boulder. She then turns back to Ryner and, with a "Clefairy fairy!", asks if he can do something like that too, since he can shoot lightning and taught her Thunderbolt.]

Mmm? Can I do something like that? Ah, well, I don't know any spells like that, but I can see if I can make something, anyway. Let's see... It'd probably be Estabul-style, the way you do it...

[He draws another pattern in the air, this one like ribbons that circle around him.]

I offer up this contract, um, how about, to call upon a tornado of leaves!

[He's not very good at naming spells. (Or Pokémon, really.) But the basic point is there, and he's surrounded briefly by several glowing ellipsoid-like shapes, kind of like leaves, which he directs to twirl upward before colliding a distance above his head and explode into a sparkling firework.

It's not quite Magical Leaf, but Rose seems impressed, jumping up and down and chattering about how awesome that was.

One small thing of note, though... were his eyes glowing red when he casted that second spell?]