Death metal!
Death metal in the most literal sense!
Baimu felt that if he let Scream Tail keep singing, he really would die.
"Stop!"
Wearing polygonal headphones that had been Sharpened, he dashed onto the stage and pinned down Scream Tail, who was lost in its "singing."
The noise, impossible to tell as male or female, stopped abruptly.
Every Pokémon present breathed a sigh of relief, including Mew, hidden nearby. Mew had nearly rushed out to stop it.
Even innocent Mew had felt a tiny flicker of murderous intent. "Mew!"
Aside from looking like Jigglypuff, what did this creature have in common with one?
Onstage,
Scream Tail struggled indignantly, shrieking again and again. "Yia! Yia!"
Let me sing! Let me sing!
"Save it. I'd like to live a couple more years."
Baimu gripped its remarkably stretchy lip with one hand and sighed. "Your singing really is deadly. I've never agreed with a comedy skit so much."
The band members edged closer, eyeing Scream Tail with lingering fear.
"Grr-boom."
"Grr-boom?"
"You've heard it sing, and you've seen what happens."
Baimu told the Exploud, "The main reason I came to you is to ask you to teach it how to control its volume in everyday life."
The Exploud exchanged glances.
Could they take this job?
Baimu continued, "You all have the Soundproof Ability, right? Scream Tail needs teachers like you who won't be affected by sound-based moves."
The Soundproof Ability made a Pokémon immune to the effects of sound-based moves.
They could still hear the sound, but the move's Infinity Energy damage, status conditions, and other effects could not affect them.
An Exploud in the animated series had once listened to Jigglypuff's song without harm, then tracked Jigglypuff down by its singing.
"Grr-boom!"
The lead Exploud said they needed to discuss it.