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It was dark at Starpiece Meadows, all the Waddle Dee's and other residents of the meadows had gone fast asleep, dreaming about peaceful and wonderful things in there mind, as was most of the residents of the Life Sphere and in the less dangerous parts of Li, however in the Meadow's themselves, near some cliffs of an ocean, a problem arose.



There was a large portal that was slowly growing. It started off as a tiny dot, but as the days went by, it soon grew into something bigger and odd. You couldn't tell what was in the other side, just a colourful blur. Near the portal was a large tent where Pokemon Professor Bill was at, studying life at Starpiece Meadow and when it became a problem, the portal itself.

However he had mysteriously disappeared, and two workers from the Life Sphere Hospital took his place for the time being... Two, shady Nurse Joy's. Scientist Joy and Grandma Joy, the latter of whom was sitting on the top floor of the tent, on a rocking chair... And looking down at whoever was going to come across the tent.

She was also knitting something and rocking back and forth. Her face was unseen, only the lower half, but she was humming a familiar tune, as she continued to knit a mysterious item, a pink sweater.



Scientist Joy entered the room. She looked like a regular Nurse Joy only she was wearing a labcoat and some goggles to hide her eyes. She looked happy.

"Grandmother, our guests will arrive soon to handle the portal. Hopefully they will close it soon, so we can handle... The Problem." Scientist Joy told the Grandmother Joy, who stopped humming, knitting and rocking on her arm chair and remained quiet as the Scientist Joy continued.

"As for... The other guest, i've easily handled him for the time being. The portal is our only problem now." She revealed. The Grandmother Joy soon went back to rocking on her arm chair, knitting the pink sweater and humming the tune as the Scientist Joy turned and gave off a creepy grin.

"Things will be going our way soon." She closed the door, leaving the other Joy alone.





In an unknown location, a girl was walking around a weird landscape while holding an umbrella. She didn't seem to care that she was in a creepy field.

MISSION START!

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"First launch of the device, consider this... our field test."

A large blast of energy from the center of the Life Sphere sends a beacon of energy soaring through the sky, and plummeting down to the mission site. A lawn-dart sized spear, comprised of a bronze-colored metal, and a purple tinted fins falls through the sky and impales the dirt mere feet from the location that one might expect the others to simply walk or travel to normally. Not Isonus. He was going above and beyond to revolutionize travel between spots of interest, and hopefully, this device could fully facilitate it. As the beacon armed, the fins spiral out, and begin whirling, LED displayed runes begin to flash rapidly between elements. Energy draws near, and a small wormhole gate appears, and with it, the Grandmaster steps through... His air of superiority only couples his long, draping green cloak and sparking, bronze-metal gauntlet well enough to inspire fear into one's heart.

Upon this tide of magic, a magician had arrived, and with him the will to work. Moreover, this would give Isonus time to study these new realms formed of gates in the world. Field Research was something he especially prized among the drab, sterile environments of his Arcaneum. One could only simulate so much, before having to go and actually put those theories crafted so well into testing. 

"Alright, field test complete. Device is stable in conditions up to medium contagion risk. Further analysis will conclude after secondary experiments. Here's to hoping I don't have to collapse more sub-realities in order to fully realize this place's potential, or at least... to complete these tasks."

He awaits, however, for Warle to appear, before making any further progress.

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And here she was, arriving Alone. Warle wanted to go on a test run with her new powers, and what better than her element, the world of dreams! Warle didnt want Darle or the other Doppels to get hurt in this test of her own Cosmic-egg enhanced abilities, so, She came by herself, simply walking closer closer and closer, Wearing her normal skirt and breastplate. "...." Warle took a deep breath, sighing as she simply came up to Isonus. She clearly didnt like the weird guy who was throwing around weird machines, But, She felt the need to team up with her supposed Ally.

"Just to let you know..." Warle would say to start. "Im here to do a test of my own. My Magic is going to be a bit...Experimental today. So, id suggest watching yourself. Im a bit...Better than the average Arle, Uhuhu~" Warle would say...Ooo! All that cosmic power in her suddenly gave her a confidence boost, Chuckling. "Warle's my name. Pleased to meet you~" She said, before turning to the Odd building. 

"Shall we go on ahead? Im excited to get started!"

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If Isonus and Warle stopped talking for just a second, they would hear the muffled screaming of someone coming from inside the tent. Should they take a look inside, they would find nothing out of the ordinary, but at the end of the hall was a door at the end. The knob was moving furiously as if the person at the other side was trying to open it as quickly as they can.

The muffled screaming was coming from the door. It sounded like the person was calling for help, however, his screams soon died out when Scientist Joy walked down some stairs near the locked door and smiled when she saw Isonus and Warle.

"Ahh, you two must be from the Life Sphere who are going to handle the business with the portal of the dream world." Scientist Joy smiled as she allowed Isonus and Warle access into her tent.

"Quickly, come this way." She would gesture Isonus and Warle to follow her to a door to the left, where there were two beds, a fire place and some chairs with books in the room. She briefly turned towards the door that was locked and where the muffled screams were coming from.

"Oh, don't worry, that was an enemy that had something to do with Professor Bill's disappearance. He'll be dealt with while you two go into the dream world." The Scientist Joy reassured Isonus and Warle as the muffled screaming got slightly louder then before, but the Scienctist Joy just kept on smiling and went into the room on the left, whistling the Pokemon centre music.

If Isonus and Warle did enter the room, they would notice a drill that was turned off on a table near the door as the Scientist Joy sat down on one of the chairs.

"Anyway, since you are here to deal with the portal, I had conducted research and discovered that you cannot enter the portal in person." She revealed.

"Should you do, the portal will shoot out a beam that will melt the flesh off in your body's and turn you into skeletons, just like what happened to this boy." She held up a picture of a young boy, and then held up a picture of a skeleton man.





"I don't know if these two are the same person, but I think i'm about to reach a breakthrough with it ever since I saw this picture. I will try and look more into it when Professor Bill get's back." She lowered the two photos.

"Anyway, I figured an alternate way into going through the portal without removing your flesh, and that is to go to sleep near the portal, which is why I brought those two beds into this room." She pointed towards the beds.

"When you two are ready, go to sleep on those beds. You should be near enough to the portal that your spiritual forms will go through the portal easily and you'll be able to walk around the dream realm and find away to close the portal before it can expand and consume Starpiece Meadow." Scientist Joy suggested.

"As for me, I must... Interrogate the enemy that I have locked up in the room at the end of the hall, that knows of Professor's Bill's fate." She walked towards the drill preparing for the interrogation.

"You two best get some sleep and do the mission." She suggested. Isonus and Warle could do what the Sciencetist Joy said and go to sleep to continue the mission... Or they can disobey her and check out what's behind the locked door.

(Should you check out the locked door, you must roll an 18 in strength or wisdom to break it open.)

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Warle would look at the Nurse Joy as she went on to explain...Well, Explain was a subjective term here. More kind of vaguely talked about about Bill's whereabouts, as She and Isonus were left alone on two beds..."Well, Talk about Disappointing."  Warle immediately coughed and spoke first. "This is completely and utterly untrustworthy. Its a shame, i really was looking forward to dream exploring." Warle would ask with a flat expression, crossing her arms. "There is no way im sleeping here with them around here, Portal or no portal. " She told Isonus bluntly, looking to Isonus.

"...So, What do think? Maybe one of us should head to bed while the other goes and stops those weird nurses?" She would ask, looking at the locked door, pulling her sleeve back for her Callisto's Amulet to shimmer from the light. "Cause this plain reeks of deceit..." Warle said, seemingly more disappointing she came out here just for people to try and trick her.

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Isonus remained entirely silent as he contemplated the results before him. Warle was correct, this was a trap in its most basic forms, and it was up to them, beacons of discovery and intellect, to stop these demons. He nods at the brief plan that Warle concocted, however, Isonus vouched for a more... indirect route. After all, thaumaturges were masters of improvisation, and adaptation. Nothing could quite stand in his way like a mere door, or some deceitful nurse.

"I've died one too many times to know about these kinds of tricks. They claim there's an adversary responsible for a disappearance behind that door, and it ends up being an ally to the missing person. They explain it away, and insist you press on, feeding on the weakness therein of one's own intelligence and foresight. Inevitably, you face a fattened, angry being that desires nothing less than your total failure."

The thaumaturge stands, and sneers as he faces the door. Her explanation of someone to just sleep this through while the other explores was poppycock. They were going all-out, whole hog into this mess. Nothing would stop the Grandmaster Isonus! Not some 'scientist' or her minions, and certainly not a dream realm! He'd conquered Shuggoth, dominated an entire universe! This would be a cakewalk.

"Come with me, little one. It's time I taught you how to think outside the box."

Isonus approached the door, and gripped the knob tight, he focuses his power through the knob, and...

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The knob melts, broils and pops before his Essentus. This doesn't simply send the door flying open, no, the door's knob remains as an effigy of what he'd done to the locking mechanism. How a tent could have such sturdy infrastructure was beyond him, but evidently, this cunning mage was more than a little stealthy. 

"Transmogrification is common to traverse realms, but... dream realms to be entered as a skeletal figure is... unlikely at best. I can divine runes and gleam insight if we can find a different realm first. The idea is that we can place their latent form into our own, and steal the integrity. What do you say? Shall we dream-rob?"

Isonus is sure of himself. Had he done this before? His repertoire of evil knew no bounds...

"We can invade the realms of others using a Dream Eater's Sigil, but we'll need materials. Many materials. Perhaps to simply peer into others we can use our magics, but... this ray and portal thing is unsavory at best. Reality can be whatever we so desire, so why not change the rules ourselves..?"

He crouches low, and watches from the cracked door's glinting light. He gazes over his shoulder to Warle...

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"I'm still here you know." Scientist Joy pointed out to Warle as she was holding the drill near the door back out into the hallway.

"You don't trust me, a nurse joy? But Nurse Joy's are good, and kind, and caring. Think about how many people we saved from death, mainly pokemon or there trainers. But we save a lot of people, so you should trust us." Scientist Joy soon grinned.

"So why don't you both go to sleep---Huh, what are you doing!?" Scientist Joy watched as Isonus approached the locked door.

"Oh, don't go in there. You'll let the enemy out, then we won't know where Bill will be. He could be dead if you let the enemy escape!" Scientist Joy advised to Isonus... But it was too late, he had managed to successfully open the door.



And when the door open the duo would find... Bill himself, tied up next to a plush of a Chansey.

"Help me!" Bill cried out to Isonus and Warle.

"That Nurse Joy and her creepy grandmother broke into my tent and tied me up in my storage closet because I found out that there in a group of evil Nurse Joy's and Officer Jenny's that kidnap trainers and turn them into one of their own. She were going to lobotomise me and turn me into a Nurse Joy!" Bill revealed to the duo as he managed to rip free from his restraints.

"We need to get out of here and go into that dream portal. There's a window behind me we can escape from, don't worry, the portal itself is not dangerous. That Nurse Joy was lying to you so you won't suspect anything while you two are asleep----What, have you two done..." Sounded a familiar voice.



The Scientist Joy was standing behind the group, staring angrily at Isonus, Warle and Bill over finding out the true reason that she was here.

"You two could of just went to sleep and not have done anything, but you just have to poke your noses into my personal business... This was my job. It all could of went swell if you two just played along!" Scientist Joy growled as she turned the drill on and off.

"WHY, WHY, WHY DIDN'T YOU GO TO SLEEP, YOUR GONNA PAY, YOUR ALL GONNA PAY FOR DISRUPTING OUR PLANS, YOU THREE ARE GOING TO STAY HERE FORLEHJGEYHWKHWGYWUFWYUWW!" And within seconds, Scientist Joy twisted her head around as she spoke gibberish and lowered herself, the sound of bones breaking was heard as she started to resemble someone doing a spider walk.



She twisted her hands and feet around. "QHBIYGWTW!" She screamed at the trio as she quickly spider walked towards them.

"IN HERE NOW!" Bill cried out, Isonus and Warle could do what he said and escape the tent with him and into the dream portal, or they can try and handle the evil Scientist Joy, who was fast approaching the duo as she continued to speak gibberish.

Whatever there going to do, they need to be quick, as she was coming towards them in rapid speed.

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