Life's a glitch

[itsjustthenpcs]

Characters: Open to up to three characters willing to battle Missingno!
Content: An attempt to take down the glitch that’s been plaguing the ship...
Location: The Weapons Deck
Time of Day: Towards the evening
Warnings: THE HORRORS OF MISSINGNO REVEALED


After jumping all over the ship, warping machines and people everywhere it went, at last it came to a stop. That weird Pokemon that looked like an L-shaped block of color and junk had been cornered in a corridor on the Weapons Deck...ironically right by a shelf that contained Pokeballs. Now, with nowhere else to glitch off to, it turned to face any comers that would try and fight it.

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[acceptedburden]

Kaldur's head pounded from the noise and he brought his paws up to his ears to try to deafen the sound. It did little to stop it and Kaldur cried out in pain. This was probably the worst yet but it did seem to have SOME effect on it. He fell to his knees as gravity increased but just as it started to seem bad the pressure lightened and Kaldur managed to open his eyes again. The pixels were disappearing and a new form was emerging.

Kaldur couldn't help but gawk at it. How had a bird done that much damage? "Make sure it does not escape!" He managed to shout. But, just then, a pokeball flew over their heads and whacked Missingno on his. Kaldur blinked and found that Wally was the one that had thrown it.

[milliondollarpipes]

Harvey winced at the noise, barely pulling up in time to avoid flying right into the opposite wall. The increase in gravity didn't help - it may not have lasted long, but it was enough to make flight impossible, bringing him crashing to the ground with a cry of pain.

As it let up, he struggled to his feet, his head pounding. It got worse as he realized exactly what was resolving outta that blob of pixels. A bird. A goddamn flamingo, of all things. Mindful of Kaldur's words, he positioned himself to attack again if necessary, but as Wally's Pokeball hit the thing he doubted it would be an issue. There was no way in hell this was the same thing he'd seen back home.

[cleverkit]

One thing Wilykit definitely wasn't going to miss by the time the week was over and everyone was more or less back to normal was the awful headaches that thing kept causing. The flickering lights and the crushing pressure that pushed her down against the floor certainly weren't helping, either. She would have screamed, but as powerful as it was, all she could get out was a strangled little squeak.

Just before Kit thought she was going to black out under the assault, however, it suddenly just stopped. She weakly lifted her head to see what was happening... and stared in disbelief as Missingno's true form was revealed.

"You've gotta be kidding me..." she said just before Wally pegged it in the head with one of the balls that were lying around. Good, now maybe it would have a headache, too.

[itsjustthenpcs]

The Missingno let out a startled squawk as the Pokeball bounced off its head. However, what most probably weren't expecting was for the ball to suddenly open up and release a bright red light that surrounded the creature. It remained frozen in mid-squawk for a moment before getting sucked with the red light back into the Pokeball, which then snapped shut and fell to the ground.

The Pokeball shook once...

Twice...

Three times...

And then finally made a clicking sound and stopped moving. All the static interference everyone had been experiencing finally lifted...Wally had managed to capture the elusive Missingno.

[thewallman]

Wally stared at the spectacle in bewildered silence. Out of all the things he might have expected would happen, that was definitely not among them. That beam... It just swallowed Missingo and sucked it in. Could it have been some kind of Zeta beam? Only it looked like it worked differently than usual, with the transport point being inside the ball, and the shrinking. The shrinking was definitely new. He supposed it might not be that hard to integrate if you took the time, though.

But all of that, while definitely something to consider in the future, was not the important thing here.

"Cool!" Wally's face lit up with a smile and he rushed forward, grabbing the Pokeball to examine a little more closely. It was simple enough. Small. Meaningful.

Perfect.

"Souvenir!" He hadn't gotten one last time, despite looking. But this time was different. He was going to need a shelf.

[acceptedburden]

Blink.

Well that was...odd.

The Dewott known as Kaldur shook his head. He was fairly certain that now he had just seen everything. Kaldur felt exhausted, but accomplished. The glitch was captured and they could rest at ease now.

He did not even roll his eyes when Wally claimed it as his Souvenir. After all, that was a "thing" now and certainly not going to stop just because of a change in location.

"Just keep it contained," he said without thinking. Oh, wait, Wally couldn't understand him. Wally was probably smart enough to figure out that he should keep the Missingno in the ball though.

[milliondollarpipes]

Aaaaaaaand...that was it. It was over.

Harvey just sighed and closed his eyes, rubbing at his now-pounding head. That almost seemed too easy. "We oughta just toss that thing out an airlock," he commented to the other two Pokemon. Part of him wondered if Wally could control it now, but that wasn't something he really cared to test. Maybe if Discord ever got loose again.

...oh. Now he had to go let Liz out of her room. That should be fun.