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]

VIOLET

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AZALEA

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GOLDENROD

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ECRUTEAK

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OLIVINE

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MAHOGANY

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[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!

[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.]

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?

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!

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]

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.]

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>

[parkground-jay.livejournal.com]

[Of course, Mordecai was on his way back to the Pokécenter after a day at work (uggghhh), except SUDDEN BUGS EVERYWHERE kind of waylaid him. As of such, he and his Murkrow are kind of cornered up against the now-closed pokémart, a veritable swarm of Yanma and Ledyba surrounding the two of them despite the Murkrow's repeated pecking and his own attempts to smash the nimble bugs with his own backpack. As soon as he notices someone else awake at this hour, he waves frantically, trying to get her attention.]

Hey, over here! Mind giving me a hand?

Re: GOLDENROD

[wistfulfocus.livejournal.com]

[Oh god, why didn't Serah spend more time training her Teddiursa? Oh well, too late now. Serah and Chasse are busily running through Goldenrod's streets, until they find themselves in an alleyway. Serah peeks out of the corridor, then quickly puts her head back in.] It looks like we'll be safe here for a second, Chasse... [Chasse whimpers a bit and buries his head into his master. ...

What was that buzzing noise? OH GOD LOOKS LIKE SERAH SPOKE TO SOON. From above, around 5 Yanmas fly swoop down in front of them.] Eek! Somebody, please help!

[checkingmyemail.livejournal.com]

[Today is your lucky day, Serah!]

Atoli, use Body Slam! [Suddenly, a Wigglytuff slams itself into a Yanma, causing it to become Paralyzed.]

Re: GOLDENROD

[mineisanevillol.livejournal.com]

[Patti

just

charges through the swarm on the back of a Tauros. Her Charmeleon is doing some crowd control too.]

[wistfulfocus.livejournal.com]

[Serah's eyes have been shut so tight this whole time, that it comes as a shock when she hears someone else's voice. Her eyes shoot to her savior, then she quickly jumps up and runs behind him.]

T-Thank you! B-But there's still more!

CHERRYGROVE

[k9tantei.livejournal.com]

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

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[checkingmyemail.livejournal.com]

[He just smirks.]

I've got it. [The Wigglytuff slams into another Yanma, and manages to knock it out.]

[Haseo takes out another pokéball and releases a Quagsire.] Mud Bomb! [The pokémon packs up a ball of mud and sends it hurling at another Yanma.]

[usedwaterpulse]

[It doesn't take much of a plea to get Katara's attention. She's been in the business of rescuing people for a while now. She rushes over and summons Kishi out of her Pokeball.] Kishi, water gun!

[It's at least enough to knock Ledyba out of the way and to the ground. Man, these guys do NOT look happy. She flashes Mordecai a look.]

Are you alright?

Re: GOLDENROD

[soggypastry]

[The sound of screams and breaking glass had woken Lightning, and it hadn't taken her long to get outside in time to see bugs skittering over every surface they could get onto, including local trainers and their pokémon. So, with her teeth grit and her Rapidash at her side, Lightning ran into the fray.

If anyone sees a Skarmory above the streets before he plows down into the field, that would be Lightning's. Bit too weak to handle them on his own, but Snow the Skarmory is good at making Paras scatter into Odin's fireblasts just outside the Hotel. If the bugs got into there, there would be issues.]