Episode 1: A Stranger In Familiar!

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Today on Melemele, there has been a strange and rash sequence of events!

Officer Jenny has been busy, as a series of thefts has been noted across the city. The wealthy industrialist Viren has been targeted several times with valuables relating to the Pokemon Groudon.

As researchers are coming into the town today to help work on the Ultra Hole situation, on invite of the Aether Foundation, it seems that someone might have slipped through into the town. A certain woman in green might have been spotted in several of Viren's locations before a theft has been seen.

Some people might be starting to get uneasy about the influx of people. Perhaps it's time to investigate some of these rumors that a thief might have made their way onto the island...

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Officer Jenny Threads

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Officer Jenny can be found at various scenes of the crime, checking the area with her Gumshoos partner.

Other than that, she's at home.

[hashtagparkerluck]

Spider-man and that Spinarak that's been following him around since his arrival are both at the scene of the crime late at night. This dude-uh-what was his name? Viren? Something like that. Anyway, he seems to be the thief's favorite target so he's staking out the place from a nearby tree.

"Okay, Shelob. Keep your eyes open for anything out of the ordinary." He tells the pokemon. "Alright Karen, activate reconnaissance mode." He says quietly. "Dronie, I need you to watch the other side of the house."

The little spider-drone flies off to do as it's been told.

"Man, why couldn't the thief have sent like a calling card or something? It's so inconsiderate to just drop in unexpectedly like that."

"Spinarak!" Shelob states. Peter's not sure if she's agreeing or not.

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On the other side of the clearing, Jenny is doing her own stakeout of the likely target. There's a chance that Viren's latest collectible, the Eye of Groudon, was going to be targeted by the thief.

Checking her binoculars, she noticed the small, almost indistinct blob that was Spider-man and frowned. "Gumshoos, you see that?" She said, passing it over to Gumshoos.

"Gum," replied her partner.

Getting out of her stakeout area, she moved quietly over to Spider-man's area and called out in a hushed tone, "Hold it. You're that new hero in town I've heard about, aren't you?"

[hashtagparkerluck]

"See anything yet?" Spider-Man is asking his new partner which replies with a noise suggesting she doesn't. "Well, it's still pretty early and who needs sleep any-oh my god!" He jumps a little and has to quickly focus his attention on sticking to the branch he's perched on. He's just upside down now. Cool.

"Uh.. yeah, Hi! I'm-I'm Spider-Man. Nice to officially meet you." He offers a small wave. Why didn't his senses go off? They're just all over the place right now and he really needs the Spideysense-not Peter Tingle (thanks Aunt May.)-to come back.

"Spina." The Spinarak says in concern, now also hanging upside down-though that was a choice.

[shadowslipping]

It's a good thing she's home, because Yuume has been a bit busy. Technically this is supposed to be her vacation of sorts. She's...going to register for some university classes, but regardless. She's been busy!

And so, teal-knit-poncho and all, Yuume knocks on the door.

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Jenny was getting ready for her shift when she hears the door. Opening it, she tilts her head. "Alola! Yuume right? What brings you to the house today?"

[hearts_beat]

Ellen feels just a bit uneasy. There's a thief wandering around and here she is trying to play detective. This doesn't feel right at all, especially with so many people here.

So many have already explored elsewhere... so, where should she start first?

"Ha... detective work is not my thing?" She uttered.

"GHASTLY!" her ghost Pokemon uttered, laughing as it floated around her.

"Leave me alone!"

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At the moment, Jenny is following up the case when she notices Ellen with the Ghastly. While she seems to be nervous about her Pokemon, a fear of ghost perhaps? She goes over. "Having trouble focusing?" she asked curiously.

At home

[hashtagparkerluck]

Peter's still adjusting to his new life. He's spent a good amount of time at the library researching various things and of course, he's spent some time out as Spider-Man. Every evening he patrols for a few hours and then comes back to home away from home.

He gets home a little later than normal tonight and opts to sneak in through his window and change quickly to his pajamas-a simple pair of plaid pants and this shirt. Once it looks like he's been home for a few hours at least, he moves out to the kitchen and gets himself some cereal, settling down on the chair.

"Spinrak!" His new little partner says suddenly, deciding to break the silence and causing Peter to jolt.

"Don't do that!" He says, hand over his heart.

Re: At home

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"Do what exactly?" asked Jenny, flicking on the light as she walked into the house. She carried a box of takeout. "I'm surprised you're still jumpy even after settling in Peter."

She dropped her keys into the ash tray which was purposed for nothing but keys, and then kicked off her shoes before placing the food on the table in the nearby room. Gumshoos toddled in after her, waddling over and sitting on the couch opposite Peter. "Did you have a good day today?"

Viren vs. Yotsuyu--GO!

[darkenedmoon]

[This is all very curious. While Yotsuyu knows very little about the Alolan isles, still, she was in charge of an entire country herself, once. Despite the fact that it was ruled by her iron fist in a velvet glove, that experience has served her well in the past, and she hopes it serves her well now.

She chooses to speak to Viran herself--truly, she is simply an innocent Faller, new to the realm, with the purity of good in her heart. Were anyone from her past here, they would laugh. But Yotsuyu has ever been cunning, and it entertains her to think she can pit her intellect and wit against those of this thief. So for once, she tosses her hat in the ring on the side of good.]

Pray tell, my good sir, had you noticed anything...strange, before your items went missing? New faces? Odd happenstances? Something that may have acted as a distraction?

Re: Viren vs. Yotsuyu--GO!

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[Viren had so graciously accepted the talk, from a most humble Faller as herself. A esteemed guest from the most wealthy Lusamine, President of Aether Corporation, he couldn't turn her down.

Leaning back in his chair and swirling his wine, he scowled.]

I noticed that several times when I arrived to work, people would say that a lovely lady in a green dress would arrive on scene, looking around, being all interested in my stuff. So they would give her a tour. You know, be the bigger man and all, I even gave her a tour myself! She was real interested in my solid gold statue of me!

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And you had never seen her before, my lord? [Old habits died hard, and it certainly couldn't hurt that Yotsuyu has fallen into the dialect of servitude.] Should you see her again, could you pick her out in a crowd?

Was she interested in your other valuables as well? The statue itself has not been taken, correct?

[Taking notes--as meticulously as she can, now.] Is something now missing in all the locations where she appeared and received a tour? Or only some, as if this individual chose specific things that they desired? I do not intend to rub salt in your wounds by any means, I am hoping that by practically scouring your memory, I might unearth something that a mere once-over might miss. I pray you understand.

(frozen comment) MEANWHILE...! - Closed

[bestmomever]

Elsewhere, a helicopter was landing on the Aether Paradise island as all of this was going on, as a woman stepped off onto the landing.

"Welcome to Aether Paradise," said Lusamine. "How was your trip?"

"It's been interesting," replied the woman, brushing her hair behind her head. "When I heard you were recruiting from the ranks of our old team, I was loathe to reach out. But then, when these Fallers appeared, well, I was intrigued."

"You do know that our operation is on the up and up," replied Lusamine seriously and the woman smiled. "You've been reformed for nearly fourteen years now. Admin Courtney of Team Magma."

"That title is behind me now," replied Courtney, adjusting her suit as she smiled. "Shall we get to work?"

Raid Battle!

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Dynamax Raid Battle: Ditto!Skarmory
Win Condition: Reach 20 Combined Replies!

Spider-man and Officer Jenny had chased the Skarmory to the Warehouse, but unknown to them, there was a nasty surprise for them.

Without them knowing, the warehouse shattered into splinters upon their arrival, as a massive Skarmory with Beady Eyes grew from it. A massive beady eyed Skarmory erupted from the ruins of the building, cawing as a air raid siren began to howl in response.

"Well, there's something you don't see every day," said Jenny, as Gumshoos came to the fore. "Dispatch we've got a Code 10."

"A Code 10?" replied Dispatch. "You seriously don't mean...?"

"Yeah, we've got a Dynamax on our hands," replied Jenny as the Skarmory let out a howl in challenge.

[hashtagparkerluck]

"Uh... Karen, you're bad at math. That's at least thirty." Is all Peter can manage as he stares up at the now giant bird. "Yeah, okay... let's just... do this, I guess." He shakes his head and shoots his webs at the thing, moving swing and wrap the giant up in his webs.

"I don't wanna make any assumptions here but just for your information-steroids are bad for you." He calls out.

[hearts_beat]

Oh, Ellen, what have you wandered into?! As soon as the sounds of crashing warehouse pieces and air sirens went off, she chased after it. And now there's a humongous bird facing down Jenny and the strange guy in the spider costume.

She should transform herself, but there's too many people. Darn it!

MEANWHILE....! - EYECATCH - CLOSED

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Golbat lit down on the outstretched fingers of a man standing on a tall building next to the center of town. "Ah did you get it?" he asked in a heavy accent.

The Golbat dropped a data chip into his fingers and he held it up. "Das is good, vey have the thing we have yes."

Keying up a phone, he called the owner of the line. "Sir, yes, we have it. Yes, the data you seek."

That is very good, Goneff, replied the voice on the other end of the line. And what of Brodie?

"Tipped his hand too quickly, but it was to throw off the trail. These Fallers are too resourceful da?" A sigh. "Don't worry Mr. Giovanni sir. The goods are in place."

See that you bring the other half quickly. Project Rainbow Rocket must not go to waste.

"And what of Brodie sir?"

Don't worry about Brodie. He knows better than to sell out Team Rocket.

As the line went dead, a Red Eye landed on Alola's main airline as two forms got out of a plane.

Ending Narration!

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As our heroes return our beds, safely knowing that they had arrested a villain this day, who knows what dangers lay ahead! For dangerous things lurk in the world ahead, but that's for another day, but what of these two as they stand on top of this building...?

"Time to Prepare for Rainbow Trouble, isn't it Cassidy?"

"And Make it Devastatingly Double, Butch."

As the Journey Continues!

ENDING THEME

IN THE AFTERMATH | CLOSED, SETO

[shadowslipping]

"Hahhhhh...." This has been a very, very long evening. Yuume- still in her shadow's armor, though she's replacing the goggles back upon her hat- sighs as the end of the nonsense finally seems to come with in reach, briefly turning to her Audino. "...You did quite well in there, Audino..~ ...Tomorrow I'll have to treat you neh?"

"Aaaaudiii..."

"Ahaaa...you're tired huh..." So is she, not that she'll acknowledge it. With another sigh, the armor melts off, shadows into shadows and slipping down to her feet and beneath it. "We should both return to Nina's home, neh..."

That's the plan anyway. But, well...

There's something she's apparently forgotten about!

[blue_ice]

Kaiba has had a Time today. He shakes his head as he gathers up his wayward Pokémon, ready to take them home for a nap when he spots the shadow...ah. Right. That.

"...you didn't tell me your work was of that nature."

[shadowslipping]

"MNGh-" Ah.

Ah yes. The reason she ran in to begin with.

Seto was there. Which means Seto saw that. Which means....hmm.

"Strictly speaking, I wouldn't call that typical work practice..." Yuume starts rather awkwardly, rather predictably avoiding eye contact. "...if anything, it was a very abrupt bit of improvisation..."

Don't lie Yuume, even if it's with omission!

Aftermath, Bedtime for Spiders

[hashtagparkerluck]

"No problem, ma'am! All in day's work for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!" He offers a quick salute to everyone and shoots his webs off to nearby building. Spinarak crawls up to perch on Peter's back and Spider-Man is jumping up and swinging away.

"Uh... Did I leave Dronie at that house?" He pauses on a rooftop and looks down at his Spider-emblem. "Sure did!" He realizes. Wow, way to go Peter.

"Okay, we can do this. Officer Jenny's probably got like... paperwork to fill out yeah? There's plenty of time for me to get Dronie and be back in bed before she gets home, right?"

"Shall I plot a course for you?"

"...Yeah, sure Karen. While you're at it, lets stop and get like an icy or something."

Re: Aftermath, Bedtime for Spiders

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As luck would have it, Jenny was getting home at the same time as Peter was, and she was walking inside the house, kicking off her shoes and groaning as she tossed her hat to the side, Gumshoos dusting off his coat. "What, a day," she groaned tiredly as Gumshoos went to his small PokeBed and collapsed face down on the bed.

She decided to check on Peter, his door wide open as she walked right into the entrance way. "Peter, you up from the Air Raid siren?"

[hashtagparkerluck]

When Peter makes it home he slips in through the window with is icy and sets it on the bedside table. He hasn't had any yet due to having his mask on but soon. He pulls the mask off and lets out a sigh before groaning quietly to himself as he rolls his shoulder. Smacking into that tree really sucked. There's probably a bruise all the way up his back.

Thank goodness for his healing factor.

"Spinarak! Shelob says urgently just as Peter is finally getting a drink of his icy treat. He freezes as he hears Jenny's voice and accidentally swallows a little too much icy.

"Uh-!" He starts, face pale and still in the main part of the suit. "I can explain!?"