WAAPT:Current events/2017-02

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February 1

• [Meta] Beginning of US Black History Month.
• Rio and Star are afflicted with Apathy Syndrome.

February 2

• Sweetie is afflicted with Apathy Syndrome, and a desperate Maggie decides to look into the Dark Hour.
• Erik and Christine figure out that Apathy Syndrome has something to do with the Sea of Souls, as do Deziree's party independently.
• Ren informs the other Contractors about Erik and Christine's discovery, and prepares to enter the CU.
• Ren and Kitsune meet Marie at the Fight Area.
• Robin and Gasko hatch.

February 3

• Ren enters the Velvet Room by himself, before sending a message for the rest of the Contractors to meet with him there and enter the CU.
• [TS] Due to Quirinus deciding to go on a killing spree, Wilhelm decides to forcibly extract Lane's knowledge of the J-Team from his mind, succeeding despite Maria and Samantha's best efforts.
• [TS] Ren and Kitsune begin to talk about Apathy Syndrome with Marie.
• The Contractors end up in a mysterious place.
• The Contractors confront the owner of an eerie voice, who then summons an army of shadows.
• [TS] Tori stops King and Stark from fighting.

February 4

• [TS] The Contractors face off against the owner of the Eerie Voice, on the Midnight Stage.
  • Pentigan attains his evolved Persona, Illapine.
  • The Eerie Voice attempts to erode the Contractor's will by showing them visions of what they truly desire.
  • Ren, faced with no other option following the Eerie Voice's pacification and mind rape geas of a number of assorted Shadows and the other Contractors, does a dance number to rid them of its control.
• [TS] The Eerie Voice reveals itself as Mikuratana-no-Kami, the embodiment of the desire for easy bonds.
• [TS] Ren and Kitsune continue their conversation with Marie.

February 5

• [TS] The Contractors return to the Velvet Room to plan their next step.
• [TS] Tori and co explore the Deep Labyrinth.
• Hugo is afflicted with Apathy Syndrome.
• [TS] Mendel attains his evolved Persona, Archimedes.

February 6

• Maggie reminisces about Gym shenanigans.
• [TS] Ren makes himself the Contractors' dance instructor, and makes their dance costumes.
• Umbra manages to make brief contact with Joseph, before getting taken away again.
• SleepyHead attains her Ultimate Persona, Nyx.
• The Principal gets a lead.

February 7

• [Meta] 6th Anniversary of WAAPT.
• Team Umbra start appearing in Sinnoh due to Glitch disturbances.
• The Re:Glitch finale begins, starting with The Pause.
  • The J-Team, along with some randoms, faces Constantin and Shaka.

February 8

• Shaka is defeated.

February 9

• Constantin is defeated.
• Dialga and Palkia manage to partially fix the timeline, while the J-Team ends up at the Cipher Resources HQ.
• The J-Team fights Shadow!Heatran, but the battle quickly turns into a frantic attempt to escape the Resources building without being Disintegrated. Following a long chase through the facility, they manage to escape.

February 10

• The J-Team finds themselves at the Infinity Tower, where they fight Penumbra.

February 11

• Penumbra is defeated.
• Dialga and Palkia manage to fully fix the timeline, transferring the boss rush to a [TS] bubble.
• [TS] The J-Team fights Sister Grimm.
• After an encounter with a belligerent Bruxish, Chum finds the Chalice, and then strongarms said Bruxish into his pirate crew.
• [TS] Tori fights a massive many-headed Carnivine.

February 12

• [TS] Sister Grimm is defeated.
• [TS] Ren attains his ultimate Persona, Reynaert.

February 13

• [META] World Radio Day 2017 (Wikipedia link)
• [TS] The J-Team appears at an airship where they must now face the Seven Jerk Dragons.
• During the confrontation against the 7JD, Inka, or an incarnation thereof, appears and confronts Seishirou and Fuuma.

February 14

• [Meta] Valentine's Day.
• Ludmilla gets kidnapped, but Dune and Dezi rescue her.
• Tagg gets a memey Valentine's present.
• Lane falls into the Underground and finds Iggy and Tori in glass tubes.
• Locke meets with OU!Jackie in Holon City.
• Slliuq finds out about Chum obtaining the Chalice, and asks the rest of the J-Team for help.

February 15

• Vierr explains to Slliuq about the Auric Artifacts.
• Sam agrees to help against Chum as long as Slliuq helps him find Locke. Unfortunately, upon successfully stealing the Chalice, he's enthralled by it as well.
• [TS] Vallok and Lawrence are defeated.
• [TS] Bahahkun and Eon are defeated.
• [TS] Seishirou and Fuuma are defeated.
• [TS] After AU!Alduin is defeated, Paarthurnax decides to concede.
• [TS] The J-Team battles Annoski.

February 16

• [TS] Rumba evolves into Lombre over the course of the battle.
• [TS] Annoski is defeated.
• [TS] The group ends up in AU!Celadon, where they fight Lanius.
• Tori's saga continues. Meanwhile, Lane finds some journal entries as he attempts to free Tori and Iggy from their simulation.
• Mondo is revealed to have evolved into Clefable offscreen.
• [TS] As a result of the battle and Glitch interference, Robin gets partially overtaken by Grima.

February 17

• [TS] Brushfire evolves into Delphox saving her teammates from a bunch of Infernos.
• [TS] Lanius is defeated.

February 18

• [TS] The J-Team finds itself in N's Castle, but things are not right.
• [TS] Mendel's Pokéform is revealed to be Porygon.
• [TS] The J-Team fights 'M.
• [TS] The battlefield shifts into Glitch City.
• [TS] 'M is interrupted, and the J-Team is transported to the actual Spear Pillar.
• [TS] The Flickering Thing attacks as Missingno.

February 19

• [TS] ▶▒ A▒ turns into a form resembling ♀, which starts a Perish Song.
  • [TS] Ren attains his Evolved Persona, Merlin, but it's of no use against the Glitch's sheer power. Mondo, in the same situation, does the same.
• [TS] When all seems lost, Dialga and Palkia come to the rescue.
• [TS] Given the power of the Tickets to Unova, permission to bend space, and a short segment of the timeline divided thousands of times, the J-Team unleashes a barrage of overpowered Limit Breaks limited by little more than their imagination.
  • [TS] In his aforementioned Limit Break, Yvan reveals his backstory.
• [TS] After all is said and done, Arceus descends from the Hall of Origin and snuffs the glitch core out for good.

February 20

• Kaito, Diane, and Vierr all try to move past the events of the final battle.
• Light is introduced, and gets harassed by a Team Skull grunt.
• Rose meets Kukui and Scarlette on Melemele Island in the latter's first appearance in the RP.
• People in general start heading to Alola.
  • Phaz shows up in Alola missing two of his mons and a good portion of his memories.
• Tagg and co explore the PMD-verses on their own time.
  • Maggie is revealed to have evolved into Klang offscreen.
• A young Alolan Vulpix meets a Sliggoo on Exeggutor Island, who gets rather fed up with some of her behavior.
• Rose finds out that Scarlette is a Faller.
• [TS] More of Tori's adventures through the Egg Corridor.
• [TS] The Contractors meet Mikuratana-no-Kami on the Midnight Stage and defeat her with the power of dance, freeing those afflicted by Apathy Syndrome.
• [TS] Pentigan attains his Ultimate Persona, Akami.
• [TS] Silent attains his Evolved Persona, Ometochtli.
• Hala gifts the members of the J-Team in Iki Town their Island Challenge charms, while explaining the differences between the Alola League and other regions.
• Ever, having gotten dumped in Alola via legendary shenanigans, meets Muninn again in Hau'oli Cemetary, now a Mimikyu, and catches him.
• During one of his introspection sessions at the Cathedral, Vierr meets a fellow Auric who introduces himself as Ken Shido. Vierr agrees to help Ken out with research on Z-Moves, with more proper Aura training in return.

February 21

• [Meta] Alola Arc proper begins.
• Elysia questions Vierr's change in behavior since the glitch attack.
• Mezzo meets Nanu, who gifts her a Darknium-Z as a test, while Shadow encounters the Creepy Shadow Plushie in the Abandoned Megamart.
• Various characters get their starters from Hala.
  • Scarlette gets a Popplio.
  • Locke gets a Litten.
  • Jason gets a shiny Rowlet.
  • Joseph gets a Popplio.
  • Soujin gets a Litten.
• [TS] Lane watches a video where one Ezekiel Meyers expresses his desire to be free of his superior's plan.
• Rose and Scarlette have a battle, with Scarlette winning.
• The Adventurer meets Alex.
• Forte meets Kagetora, who gifts him with a Normalium-Z.
• [TS] Izanagi-no-Okami reveals a couple of pieces of information to the Contractors before disappearing and laving them to think on them.

February 22

• Beat is nicknamed.
• Phaz gets arrested by Looker.
• Tagg and co get attacked by a giant Pidgeot en route to Alola, who Tagg notes has the same Aura anomaly that he does.
• [TS] Mondo meets a rather aggressive Jigglypuff.

February 23

• [TS] Tagg and co meet a Rowlet, who he catches following a short battle.
• Sholto and Lisa meet an Alolan Rattata by the name of Clean Bandit.
• Tagg meets with Sol again, who informs him that she's been in contact with an Interpol acquaintance with a grudge against Constantin, and about Fallers.

February 24

• Tagg meets up with Ever and finds out that he's captured Muninn, before telling him about the now-Mimikyu's past history.
• Rose meets a Pichu, who introduces herself as Nora after Rose catches her.
• [TS] Tagg and Diane talk about what happened regarding the Lanius battle.
• Scarlette meets Zeal and Lanie and tells them about the Island Challenge.
• Pent and Susan get PEFE-subsidized Poké Finder compatible cameras from the Hau'oli City Tourist Bureau.

February 25

• Shaun meets Kaisei, and they talk about their pasts.
• Punk the Skull Grunt steals a Z-Ring and Fightnium-Z from Hala's house.
• Locke finds out that Maggie is acquainted with his parents, Umbra and Lina.
• Tagg is revealed to have caught Pici en route to Iki Town.
• Hala gifts Tagg, Belinda, and Simon Island Challenge amulets.
• Narrow joins Ever's team.
• Jason catches Kuwagari.
• Alyesha catches Fyodor.

February 26

• Alana reveals she used to be a background dancer on the J-Team TV Show.
• Phaz obtains Takumi.
• Tagg catches Lucani.
• Kaito learns that his challenge from Scott to become a Frontier Brain will be a 26-mon gauntlet, causing him to try to get some backup.
• Thornbite, a former Vullaby minion of Malificent's, joins Maggie's team.
• After Maggie sends out a text to Umbra and Lina's descendents regarding Locke, he meets Alli.
  • Alli is revealed to have gotten Gerald offscreen.
• Shaun challenges the Verdant Cavern.
• The Glassmans start their boat ride to Alola.
• Noelle catches Jaune.
• Kokone, Pyrrha, and Malachi show up again, now with Eas, as part of Team PKME.
• Ludmilla catches a shiny Growlithe.
• Simon and Belinda get Madrugada and Aziraphale respectively.
• Tagg catches Botuli.

February 27

• [Meta] Pokémon Day; the franchise's 21st anniversary
• Kaito battles Scott to become a Frontier Brain.
  • Part 1.
  • Part 2.
  • Part 3.
  • Part 4.
  • Part 5.
  • Part 6, where Spectrum is revealed to have become an EX Pokémon.
  • Part 7, the Rainbow finale, featuring Spectrum and Nix!
• Kaito officially becomes a Frontier Brain.
• Kaito gifts Alli a Pokémon egg.
• Scheherezade catches a Rowlet and names her Pharah.
• Punk bothers Soujin about his clothes, only to be interrupted and defeated by a hero known as The Gifter.
• Anabel informs Kaito and Skye that she is going to Alola and asks him to fill in at the Battle Tower in the meantime, and Kaito is a huge bisexual mess who gladly complies.
• Joseph meets an odd Gardevoir at the Hau'oli Pokémon Center.
• [TS] Tori's adventures continue, while in the real world, Lane finds out that Tapia the Zorua has been tailing him the whole time.
• Muninn meets with his sister, Huginn, now also a Mimikyu, who reveals she was eventually felled by Aura Guardians.
  • While trying to plot, she gets caught by Alli.

February 28

• Hirunda learns Heat Wave.
• Locke reminisces about his childhood.
• Robin contacts Locke through his copy of Blazing Sigil Heroes, only for him to get creeped out and close the app.
• Ever is once again blocked from leaving Melemele.
• Vierr and Star talk mon troubles.
• [TS] Tori and King fight their way through the cave.
• Huginn and Muninn plot to ensnare Team Umbra.

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