"And.....send!"
"Sending to Giana... And done!" Rotom declared.
"Haaa... That was more tiring than I thought." I groaned while trying not to recall the last few hours.
I had spent the morning recalling movies and franchises from my previous life to adapt in my new studio, before settling on three in particular to send to Giana for consideration. Two movie franchises about a certain orphan boy with a lightningbolt scar on his head, and a certain girl who stands up against tyranny with her bow while surviving brutal death games, and then a stand alone tragic romance movie that takes place aboard a doomed cruise ship from the twenties.
"Those three aught to do pretty well though... I hope." I muttered, knowing this was just the beginning since I would have to make sure none of the writers we hire butcher the plots of them.
I then turned my attention to Dawn as she practiced some contest moves with her new pokemon, while Persian napped in the sun nearby with my two Meowth, May's Delcatty, and Dawn's Glameow.
"Where's Purloin and Litten?" I asked her, as we had brought out all of our cat-like pokemon to lounge around.
"They went off somewhere on their own earlier." Dawn said as she approached me for a rest, a sheen of moisture on her skin that was either sweat or sea spray. Either way, it made her even more alluring than usual.
"So how are the new recruits?" I asked while looking over Venonat, Teddiursa, Swinub, Spoink and Murkrow.
"They're good! We have a long way to go, but they all have a lot of potential!" Dawn exclaimed, before she delved into the traits of each of her new pokemon. For example, Teddiursa mostly just tried to act cute with her honey-soaked paws, Venonat needed to learn to direct it's spores, and teaching Spoink a certain routine to bounce in instead of just bouncing around aimlessly.
The entire time we were talking the ferry ship bobbed along the waves, the sound of the surf and the cries of a few wayward Wingull adding ambient noise in the background.
"Well, I suppose we should get back to work~!" Dawn exclaimed as she rose from the seat beside me, right as a strong wind suddenly picked up.
"Kya~!" Dawn cried out as she held down the front of her skirt, only for the back of it to fly up and reveal her cute little ass to me.
"Dawn..." I said in a slow and controlled voice.
"Yes?"
"What did I say about going commando in risky situations?" I asked her with undisguised exasperation.
Of course I didn't mind the butt-flash, or if it was the front instead, but there was a difference in having some fun and blatant exhibitionism. Not that I'd mind it in certain situations....
"What are you talking about Ace? I DID wear panties today! See?"
To punctuate her claim, Dawn readily lifted up the front of her skirt to show me what lay underneath. But all I saw was her tight little slit.
"Are they special panties that turn invisible?" I asked sarcastically.
"NO! But I SWEAR I wore them today..." Dawn said while lowering her skirt with reddened cheeks.
"What going on over here?" May asked as she, Misty, Chloe and Joy approached us.
"Nothing unusual. Just Dawn refusing to admit that she's an exhibitionist." I said casually.
"Gee~!" Dawn pouted cutely at me.
"I am NOT an exhibitionist!" She declared while stamping her foot. "I swear, I DID put on panties today!"
"Dawn's not earing any panties? In this wind?" Misty asked incredulously, while Chloe glanced around worriedly for anyone who might try to take a peek. Thankfully the majority of passengers to the Seafoam Islands appeared to be women. You know, because of Articuno being the LADY of Ice, and Lorelei of the Elite Four.
"I don't know how but they must have disappeared!" Dawn insisted. And the strange part was, she was being sincere about it too.
"Well, let's see here." I said while shamelessly lifting up both Chloe and Joy's dresses.
""!!!""
Obviously I surprised both girls, but even more surprising was what I found under their dresses. Or rather, what I DIDN'T find.
"Huh... Neither of you are wearing panties either..."
"HUH?!"
"WHAT?!"
Both Joy and Chloe reacted as they checked for themselves, which got me thinking.
One person defending themselves not wearing underwear, or just straight up forgetting was something relatively normal, but THREE peple forgetting was weird.
"What about you two?" I muttered, pulling down the waistband of Misty's shorts, and May's spats at the same time.
""!!!""
"Ace!"
"What if someone sees?!"
Both of them exclaimed with shame or worry, and pulled their bottoms out of my grasp before anyone could see what was happening. But I already confirmed what I was starting to suspect.
"Neither of you are wearing panties either."
""!?!""
"HOW?!" Misty demanded, her embarrassment seemingly forgotten as she practically ripped her shorts off to check for herself.
"Well Misty doesn't wear panties anyways to begin with." Joy hesitantly said.
"True. But she DOES wear bikini bottoms like they are panties, and they're gone too." I pointed out, which did nothing to alleviate the situation.
This truly was an INTERESTING situation. After all, to say nothing to stealing Dawn, Joy and Chloe's panties without them noticing, the culprit also managed to steal Misty's bikini bottoms and May's panties despite the two of them wearing shorts, with suspenders, and spats over them. So just the fact that they managed to pull it off was impressive.
"I think this may be a pokemon..." I muttered, making the girls look at me intently.
"Why do you think that?" Chloe asked curiously.
"Well what else would have the skills to literally steal the panties you're all wearing without ANY of you noticing? I've never heard of a human that good. Not only that, but Lucario and I never even sensed a thing as it all happened. I highly doubt that a person would be able to pull this off without either of us sensing it."
Even as I said that I could feel Lucario nodding in agreement from across the ship, cementing my theory since the ship wasn't so large that a person would be able to act without us noticing.
"Person or pokemon, it doesn't matter.... I'LL KILL THEM BOTH WITH MY BARE HANDS!" Misty roared as she took off to try and find the culprit.
"And there she goes..." I groaned while shaking my head. I then looked at the other girls and said, "Let's look around and see if we can find anything. If the culprit got all of you, then there must be other victims on the ferry as well."
We all split up to check around for other victims and to see if anyone saw anything, which was all well and good except that meant that I needed to walk up to some girls and ask 'are you wearing any panties?'
Somehow, I don't think that'll go over very well....
Unless...
I noticed a pair of girls that were standing by the railing on the side of the ship, and focused on them while recalling the way Janine had used her Seduction Techniques yesterday. I then tried to channel my aura in a similar manner while approaching them.
"Excuse me ladies." I called out to them, and both girls turned to look at me before blushing deeply. Yet they didn't seem to be completely entranced like what Janine did to those guys.
"I was wondering if either of you could help me with something." I said while trying to maintain eye contact to keep the effect up.
"And what is that?" One asked, while her friend giggled.
"Well you see, my girlfriends all had their underwear stolen while they were wearing them. So I was wondering of you two lovely ladies have had something similar happen. Or if you might have noticed something." I slowly said while also guaging their reactions before either of them decided to smack me.
Surprisingly, neither of the beautiful young ladies even seemed to have that thought cross their minds.
"Oh no! That sounds HORRIBLE!" One of the girls declared in an exaggerated voice while exchanging a look with her friend.
"We haven't seen anything." The other girl stated before adding as the color in her cheeks deepened. "But we should probably check, shouldn't we?"
Then, before I could say or do anything, the one on the left promptly lifted her dress up, while the one on the right readily pulled her pants down to her knees. Naturally, both of them were bereft of panties as they bared their naked pussies to me.
"Looks like they got both of you as well." I said, even as neither girl made any move to even try and cover their most precious place from the eyes of a guy they didn't even know the name of.
"Are you sure?"
"Maybe you need a 'closer' look."
They both insisted while wiggling their hips 'shyly'.
"If you insist." I said while kneeling down to my face level with their crotches, wondering how I was supposed to cancel the 'allure' now that I confirmed they knew nothing. But I also couldn't just leave them like this either, as it was obvious that I hadn't used the Seduction Technique properly.
When Janine used it on those guys last night, they had obviously been aroused, but they had been obedient to her every command. These girls, rather than obedience, were just incredibly aroused. As evidenced by their insistence of me having a 'closer' look, and the trail of fluid dripping down their inner thighs.
"Yep. You two are definitely missing panties." I said as the scent of their arousal filled my nose.
"Maybe another angle?" One suggested while looking at her friend, who nodded in agreement before both girls promptly turned around, the left one hiking up the back of her dress as she did so.
They then leaned forward slightly, reached back, and spread their asscheeks so that both their pussies and assholes were being spread open for my viewing pleasure.
"Very lovely." I said, not even pretending to look for their 'possible' lack of panties at this point before rising to my full height.
"They would look even better-"
"-when filled with a big, fat-"
"Sleep." I commanded while channeling my psychic power as much as I could, and both girls collapsed like puppets whose strings had been cut. Only, they fell forwards so their butts were still sticking up while being pointed at me.
"Maybe I should shelve that technique..." I commented to myself while trying to get the two of them onto a couple nearby chairs, and fixing their clothes in the process so they weren't exposed to anyone who passes by.
"Eh, who am I kidding? Something like that would WAAAAY too useful." I said while thinking of all the hot bitches in the criminal groups that I would have to face in the near future. I even briefly imagined Shelly, the Team Aqua admin from the previous battle, bouncing eagerly on my cock while spilling all of their plans and secrets with hearts in her eyes.
But maybe I shouldn't try it on anymore girls that were on the ferry. And since I couldn't just ask them about it outright, I decided that I might as well go and see the captain since this wasn't an isolated incident.
***
"Visitor for you captain!"
Ann Bonrey, captain of the Seafoam ferry, turned her head towards the crewmate that brought a young man with him. A young man who surprised her despite maintaining her steely exterior.
"Ace Ketchum." She said while rising from her captain's chair to greet him.
"Captain." He replied in greeting, though Ann did not miss the way he admired her figure.
She was a tall woman, standing at nearly six foot even without heels, with a body tempered from years spent at sea. She had naturally gray hair that reach the middle of her back in long flowing curls, matching eyes, and deeply tanned skin.
Her outfit consisted of a standard captain's uniform, though with a pencil skirt that showed off her toned legs, and a top that was unbuttoned to allow one to see the deep valley between her breasts.
"I was wondering if I might have a word with you, alone." Ace continued after the split-second he had taken to admire her.
"Alright. Its about time for lunch anyways." Ann stated without a thought. After all, she had been wanting to meet Ace Ketchum for a while now anyways.
"Follow me." She stated, before leading the way to her quarters while a member of the crew went to fetch lunch for her and Ace.
Once inside, she promptly took a seat at a small table for two while Ace readily sat across from her, his eyes flitting about her quarters curiously.
"So what is it you would like to speak about?" She asked him once lunch had been served, along with a pot of tea for the two of them.
"I know how this is going to sound..." Ace began slowly, which piqued her interest as one of her brows arched curiously. "But I and my girlfriends believe that there is a serial panty thief on board that is directly stripping panties that the women riding the ferry are wearing."
"..."
"Excuse me?" Ann asked, not at all sure she heard correctly.
Lunch was quickly forgotten as Ace detailed the reasons for his suspicions, and the fact that more women than those he was involved with had been effected. Though he didn't mention how he knew that.
"Excuse me." She said again, though this time to pardon herself as she readily stood from her chair, and made her way to her bathroom. Once inside, with the door closed behind her, Ann readily unzipped her skirt and let it fall to the floor, revealing her own naked pussy underneath.
"Ehem..." She coughed awkwardly while rejoining Ace, after properly dressing herself and donning another pair of panties of course.
"Are there any clues at all?"
"None that I've been able to uncover." He immediately answered.
"Very well then. Follow me." Ann replied, before leading the way as she intended to track down this mysterous panty thief herself. After all, this was HER ship, and Ann would not tolerate thievery on HER ship. Especially when she was one of the victims!
Unfortunately their investigation led to nothing, even when they met up with the girls that Ace was involved with along the way. Ann did however use the situation to try and learn more about Ace himself.
Though others might try and question her motives for learning more about Ace, Ann's intentions were entirely pure as she only wanted to know one thing, his relationship with the protector of the sea, Lugia.
As someone who had spent her entire life on the ocean, Ann was naturally a devotee of Lugia. To the point where she would even pour out an entire bottle of Bluk berry wine into the harbor to begin each voyage as an offering.
Her interest in Ace began a few months back, when the head of the cult of Zapdos, Speaker Damini, declared that Ace Ketchum was the chosen Champion of lord Lugia.
This claim resulted in a fierce debate between the different factions of the followers of Lugia, which also included the cults of Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno. Especially in the wake of the capture of Lady Articuno by Team Rocket.
But then came the battle of the SS. Anne, which Ann believed was ony natural SHE should have been named captain of, where Ace not only liberated Lady Articuno from control of Team Rocket, he did so while RIDING Lord Zapdos!
Any and all doubts about Ace's relationship SHOULD have been put to rest at that moment. But then after the battle Speaker Lorelei declared that she heard from Ace himself that he had NO relation with Lord Lugia. Which confused everyone within the sect.
Now Ann planned to get to the bottom of this, by asking Ace himself if need be.
***
"Haaa..."
I sighed tiredly as the girls and I returned to our room for the night. Not only were we all exhausted from searching the ship for the entire day for the mysterious panty thief, but I had also spent the last several hours being grilled by captain Ann regarding Lugia.
Sadly we didn't find any leads on the thief, and even worse I'm pretty sure by now that I was in fact blessed by Lugia when it healed me.
The blessing itself wasn't a bad thing.
Unlike the blessing I got from Zapdos, which I can actively use in battle, I was pretty sure the blessing from Lugia granted me instinctual knowledge regarding Lugia's realm of influence. For example, without ANY knowledge or experience navigating by sea, I somehow knew that we were approximately seventy eight nautical miles away from the Seafoam Islands, that there was a powerful storm brewing to the southeast of here, and that there was a group of wild Gyarados checking us out to the north of our position.
Thankfully they didn't seem too interested, as they promptly turned the other direction to search for easier prey.
No. The problem I had with this blessing was the reaction that Lugia's followers would have if they learned about it. I REALLY did not want an entire cult worshipping me.
Fortunately, any thought of Lugia and it's cult was driven from my mind as soon as we opened the door to our cabin. Unfortunately, I was now focused on what we found IN our cabin.
"Purrrr~!"
"Litten~!"
Inside we found Purloin and Litten, rolling around and playing in a literal pile of the stolen panties.