spiders and scorpions and bagworms; oh my!

[thebelsareinert]

Who: EVERYBODY that wants to tag.
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: Friday, April 08
Summary: Crazy bugs have begin attacking Johto! Do you:
A: Go fight the good fight until you can't fight no more.
B: Attempt to do A and wind up in the hospital.
C: Jam it in.
or D: Hide inside until Wednesday.
Rating: We'll start at PG-13 for now, but anything goes.
Log:
[Hiro was asleep when he heard the crashes. Naturally, being a Manly Protagonist and all, he rushed to the window and... saw a bunch of bugs? Seriously, everywhere he looked, there seem to be bugs coming out of nowhere - in the middle of the night no less.

What was worse, there were people out there. Already a couple were on the ground, the locals from the looks of it, while others were calling out their Pokemon to start fighting back. It was chaos, chaos of a level that Violet City hadn't seen in a long, long time.

... For some reason, though, he found it almost comforting to see chaos erupting like this. Maybe not comforting, but... The moment passed quickly, however, and he turned away from the window right away.]

Guess it's back to work...!

[He grabbed his headphones and his PokeBalls and made a dash for the door.]


OOC: HOW THIS WILL WORK. We've done posts like these before! There will be starter comments for each place, and then individual threads within them - be it a city or a route. All depends on you. Since everyone is so spread out though, I ask that if your location isn't up to start the initial thread for it first - like I'll have with a few of the major towns.

Now, if you don't want to take part in this log and just want to get right to posting, feel free, though hopefully this will cut down on the initial reactions at least. Remember: Your power is YOURS.

Comments

CHERRYGROVE

[thebelsareinert]

Re: CHERRYGROVE

[usedwaterpulse]

[Oh God what is this? Katara was out to practice her forms as to avoid being out of practice when she got back home, and the moonlight was reassuring. She did not expect to return to the city to find it being attacked by BUG POKEMON since she missed the video address. She stares at the chaos for a second, then grabs Kishi's Pokeball. It was strange fighting without any of the others at her side, or water bending, but she'd had a week to adjust by now.]

What in the world is going on?

CHERRYGROVE

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

[]

[]

[]

What th'- .... ....

[]

[usedfuryswipes.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, that message to stay inside? Common sense?

Ken has completely disregarded both. He's out in the thick of things, surrounded by a swarm of Skorupi and Spinarak.

...he's not really concerned. Ken's team is massively overleveled.]

Omi, Ratty, Quick Attack! Ran, Confusion!

[The Furret and Rattata both blur out of sight, sending a few bugs flying backwards, out of commission. Ran's Confusion does even more damage--despite being the lowest-leveled of Ken's team, he has a type advantage over the part-poison creepy crawlies.]

IMPOLITE INSECTS

[no-ufo-ending.livejournal.com]

[[ Entry is here---> FRENCHRIES (http://no-ufo-ending.livejournal.com/3317.html) ]]

Re: CHERRYGROVE

[somanytosofew]

[For some reason, he had thought that maybe, just maybe, the city would be safer than the woods. He'd been wrong. It was worse.

He was a little the worse for wear, with bruises and a few cuts. Gabriel was ruffled and in a similar state.

And the city was full of bugs. Not just little mayflies or even mosquitos. No. Giant marauding bugs with malicious intent.

One of the bugs flies close to him, intent on him, when Gabriel jumps ahead, tumbling the thing over.]

This is ridiculous. Gabriel! We should keep moving.

CHERRYGROVE || RANGIKU

[superboobies.livejournal.com]

[ The poke center, now swarmed with bugs is being fended off by Rangiku who gets down to business. She just leaps in there and begins to punch the crap out of spinirak, before another uses string shot to catch her arm. No matter, she'll just toss it forward towards an incoming Ledyba ]

Hey, you, back there, try to help out! We're going to have to fight or else we're going to get seriously injured!

[ and so the pokemon begin to ambush her with poison sting ]

VIOLET

[thebelsareinert]

[thebelsareinert]

[And have one Hiro and one Larvitar against a God Damn army. ... Yeah, they gonna need some help on this one.

But oh look, a woman is in danger. Time to be stupid and not notice there's a giant dragonfly behind him.]

Hey! Back off!

Re: VIOLET

[usedstarpunch.livejournal.com]

_{[Mac and his Hitmonchan, Rocky, having just run back into Violet from a late night jog on Route 30, are doing the best they can to battle through the swarm.]}

Geez, here, too?! What's goin' on here?!

Rocky, Tackle!

_{[Rocky launches itself at an attacking Ledyba. Oddly, he doesn't seem to mind the army of bug pokemon as much as his trainer does because HELL YES FIGHTING!]}

[attractseasily.livejournal.com]

[Moe in danger right here. Bugs, bugs everywhere! You got two Pidgeottos (one of them Ditto) trying to protect her. In the mean time, she's crying.]

[joxertheawesome.livejournal.com]

[ Marco, a Rhydon and a Venusaur walk into a — wait, that's not right.

Marco, a Rhydon and a Venusaur go charging into the fray. There, that's better.

Unfortunately, Marco probably shouldn't have charged into that fray. His Pokémon are equipped to deal with it, but he's just a kid. Kind of a short one, in fact. And he can't even turn into a gorilla.

So thirty seconds into this stupid fight, Marco's released his Onix, as well, who has lifted him a good fifteen or twenty feet above most of the action. The Venusaur is a Poisonpowder factory, and the Rhydon rattles the ground around them with Earthquakes, but the rock snake seems unbothered. Only the occasional flying bug comes at them up here, and Onix has little trouble fending them off, for how few there are. ]

[reaffirms.livejournal.com]

[This would be a pretty pissed-off Dragonair, smacking bug pokemon into the ground by the tail with pin-point accuracy. The Houndour and Gible have more or less teamed up by the door of the inn leading to the lobby, snapping at anything that sports six or more legs without abandon.

This would be a Swellow swooping out of the sky with bug pokemon in his claws, crowing.

This... would be Doumeki with an umbrella and a chair, fending off a paras with a frown on his face. You'd be surprised at how effective household items are, really. The only downside to them is that Watanuki will probably bitch about it later, but then again, Watanuki bitches about everything--

Speaking of Watanuki. He turns around to glance over at the double doors of the hotel, as though sheer will could prevent Watanuki from doing something stupid, like, say, charge out with his own pokemon like it'll actually do some good in this situation. Unfortunately, the lapse in concentration isn't the smartest thing to do when there are dive-bombing Yanma about.

There's an explosion.]

Re: VIOLET

[primrosenthorns.livejournal.com]

What the fuck--

[Mintasuki had lived through hell and survived. Deadman Wonderland itself had been nothing but a constant fight for survival. Plowing her way through a group of enemies was nothing new for her.

... what was new for her was leaving the fighting to someone else]

Shit!

[It didn't help that her Pokemon were leveled lowly compared to some of the bugs who were attacking them. Minatsuki found herself ducking and dodging and swearing at bugs who were breaching her Pokemon barrier and attacking her instead of the creatures who were meant to protect her. It was strange (and somewhat frustrating) to be in the midst of this brawl without her Wing Whip, but... she was trying]

You fuckers! Are you just gonna stand there like sissies while they attack me!? Tch! Actually do something for cryin' out loud!



[A Paras suddenly came flying in her direction, tossed by her newly evolved Ivysaur, and the brunette let out an involuntary scream]

Idiots!!

[... yeah this battle wasn't going well for her]

AZALEA

[thebelsareinert]

[fullmoonstory.livejournal.com]

[Estelle is starting to feel like maybe she should have left Azalea a few days ago. She doesn't have Karol's aversion to bugs, but this is a bit much.

She's near the entrance to the next route forward, with a Houndoom standing in front of her, blasting at the bugs with fire. Others of her pokemon are helping, too, but they look much more tired.]

[usedgatlinggun.livejournal.com]

[ Quistis has been in and out of the fray by now, making round trips to the Pokémon Center for her team and others'. She's finally taken up residence right outside, keeping the bugs out of the building.

Her Skarmory and Pidgeot are doing a spectacular job on their own; they tag-team rather well, and they seem to have an appetite for the bugs. Beside Quistis is her Lucario, who is all business. Quistis herself has a whip that ends in a modest but lethal-looking blade.

She'd gotten a Pokémon training whip from Goldenrod ages ago, and toyed with the idea of modifying it. Today, she can finally justify it, and she'd be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying herself. It's been far too long. ]

GOLDENROD

[thebelsareinert]

Re: GOLDENROD

[hintcoinplz.livejournal.com]

[Looks like Luke was caught at a bad time, he was out training his Pokemon when the swarm hit. Now Mr. Bear is trying to fend off a angry, violent bunch of Paras and Spinarak and other nasty-looking Pokemon determined to get at them. But she's starting to wear down and his other Pokemon aren't as strong to take on the bug swarm.

This isn't looking good at all.]

Mr. Bear, hang in there!

d-didn't draw the picture myself. BUT IT'S AWESOME.

[foolishwren]

<sub>[So Heather didn't exactly have a job anymore-- which was fine. Nice, actually-- getting up so early all the time was a DRAG. Right now she was FREE. Unencumbered! Unrestrained! No job meant-- ... well, no money, but also that she could stay out late without having to worry about feeling like crap in the morning.So she's out tonight, re-acquainting herself with the streets of Goldenrod after her absence-- with Cujo galloping off ahead of her because there is OPEN SPACE and it must be RUN ACROSS.]

[At her side, Alessa, now a lanky, medium-sized Absol, trots sedately, not quite as adventurous as the Growlithe.]</sub>

Hn... feels like forever since I've been back here, but it hasn't changed much...

<sub>[Heather's almost lost in thought, musing on the lit-up windows glowing down all around, when suddenly a low and dangerous growl begins to rattle down by her feet. Startled, she looks down.]

[Alessa had stopped dead in her tracks and started to snarl, spiky hackles bristling and unblinking red eyes locked straight ahead. Her ears were slicked back against her skull. Heather swallows, a definite feeling of unease starting to creep over her]

[ABSOL, the DISASTER POKEMON. It senses coming disasters and appears before people only to warn them of impending danger...]</sub>

Wh-- .... what is it, girl?


_{[Suddenly, from far ahead in the nighttime, streetlight-lit mist-- barking. Cujo had found something and was making a big racket over it-- but then it suddenly cut itself off in a sharp yelp.]}

Cooj? ... CUJO!

<sub>[Hurriedly withdrawing Alessa into her Pokeball, Heather breaks into a flat-out run. It doesn't take her long to cover the distance between them-- and as the mist thins out, she spots Cujo with his tail between his legs and a big red slash across his cream-colored snout-- it doesn't look too serious, but the poor pup DOES look scared and confused.]

[And in front of him? .... THIS fucking thing.]</sub>



Wh-- HEY!

_{[And that fucking thing goes immediately for Heather's ankles. Without even thinking, she draws her leg back and KICKS it square in the face like the world's grossest soccer ball-- sending it flying off into the night.]}

What the hell was THAT doing in the middle of the street.... you okay there, buddy?

_{[Whimpering, Cujo presses himself up against her legs as she examined the cut.]}

Well, you should be fine... it's not deep... weird, though, we're in the middle of the CITY... wait a sec...

<sub>[... What was that.... skittering noise?]

[Still with her hand under Cujo's muzzle, Heather looks up-- to see quite literally dozens of the same creature she'd just kicked coming down the street towards them, scuttling over the cobblestones noisily.]</sub>





....


<sub>[well shit.]

[Tonight ain't gonna be fun.]





[ooc: Any characters in Goldenrod can be free to assume they run into Heather after she's already been out on the streets fighting these things for awhile! c:]</sub>

ECRUTEAK

[thebelsareinert]

Re: ECRUTEAK

[seasalttwilight.livejournal.com]

[Today clearly wasn't the best day to go skateboarding, that's certain.

If you're around Ecruteak City on this fine day, you may see a little storm of electic sparks and fire and psychic attacks and whirlwinds as Roxas is pulling out all the stops trying to get to the pokemon center. He's even whacking the bugs with his wooden keyblade. He's starting to get a bit tired since he's been at this for a while.]

Sparky, use thunder! Axel, flame wheel! Xion, spark attack now!

What is going on?

[ooc: tags will be slow. This will probably be the extent of Roxas's involvement in this event unfortunately.]

OLIVINE

[thebelsareinert]

[shieldofjustice.livejournal.com]

[A Pidgeot, a Golem, a Scyther, a Magmar, a Magnemite, and a Porygon were all out, blasting, cutting, and charging their way through bugs. Athrun was at the center of the action, barking orders as bugs attacked and occasionally dodging the one bug that got through his defenses himself.]

I know this is tough, but keep going! We need to get to the Pokémon Center and set up a perimeter!

MAHOGANY

[thebelsareinert]

UNION CAVE

[killer-sweets.livejournal.com]

[killer-sweets.livejournal.com]

[Union Cave seem to shake and muffled bangs could be heard through the walls, whatever was happening, it was big. Killua, however wasn't focused on that no, it was the sound of clicks of claws and fluttering of wings. The something was coming big was coming. Killua had a devilish grin on his face, eyes clearly saying, its time for some fun.]

Oh this will be interesting, right guys.

[Cinnamon, Wonka, and Thrombus out in a flash. Just in time as the first claw came out from the shadows.]

ROUTE 30

[ilovemyorifice]