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HOENNWEEN: BOSS BATTLE LOG
Who: Hoennween Plot Participants!
Where: Tohjo Falls!
When: Thursday, October 30th
Summary: You've taken the Elite Four's estate and reaped the (stolen? borrowed? requisitioned) benefits waiting for you inside it. But come morning, an earthquake signals the arrival of two incredibly belligerent Legendaries and the Team Bosses who've summoned them.
Rating: PG-13 in general; please mark threads that go higher accordingly!
Log:
YOU ARE HERE. YOU'RE FIGHTING THESE GUYS.
THIS IS STILL YOUR BACKGROUND MUSIC, AND THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE AN EPISODE OF JACKASS.
KEY:
• GRAY areas in the north are a range of mountains that form a natural barrier around part of the Tohjo plain where the Elite Four's resort is located. This is where you will find and battle Maxie, his Team Magma Grunts, and also obviously that sure is Primal Groudon, all right.
• GREEN areas in the southeast and southwest are densely-packed forested areas interspersed by lakes and rivers that seem to be feeding into the main waterway into the area. It is both difficult and dangerous to venture into the woodlands proper, but this seems to be where a lot of the Team Aqua Grunts are stationed now.
• The BLUE area in the south is the massive lake that feeds the eponymous falls that give Tohjo its name. This is where you will find and battle Archie, his Team Aqua Grunts, and also obviously that sure is Primal Kyogre, all right.
• PINK diamonds in the east and west are the sites of massive formations of Mysterious Plot Crystals™ jutting up from beneath the surface; the Grunts will not be found around these today, so if your character is looking for a safe zone well away from the crossfire, they will want to hole up near these.
• The BROWN rectangle dead-center in the map is...the Elite Four's resort. It's even more unfortunately-located today than it was yesterday. However, people willing to risk the crossfire between the Legendaries and get into the house will have access to all of the battle and healing items discussed up here!
A FEW OTHER SETTING NOTES:
• As per Arceus's summon, there will be Gen VI Pokemon joining the battle on their own! You may NPC these Pokemon, within reasonable limits; you may not capture them in Pokeballs, and they are still wild so they will not take commands from characters the way a captured Pokemon would from its trainer. However, they do recognize that the portaled-in humans are fighting on roughly the same side as they are, so they won't attack player characters and might occasionally come to their aid if need be — you're free to NPC them as you like for purposes such as this.
• The aforementioned Gen VI Pokemon can be any Pokemon that swarmed during September, plus any of their evolved forms. They've had several weeks in the wild to get buff and settle in; now you can see what they've got to show for it!
• You may NPC the Team Aqua and Team Magma Grunts as you see fit; either one can reasonably be found anywhere on the map, though they're avoiding the crystals and keeping close to their bosses — that means Team Magma will be more highly-concentrated in the northern areas of the map, and Team Aqua will be staying to the south.
• Due to the nature of the battlefield and the fact that the team leaders are going to be defending their Legendary of choice, if you choose to fight the bosses, please select whether you are going after Archie or Maxie on this particular log - you may go after one but not both.
• However, there is no restriction on how many Aqua and Magma Grunts you may fight!
• You may forego Pokemon battling entirely and simply beat up the Grunts with physical violence yourself. If you KO a Grunt, they will white out and be warped to the nearest Pokemon Center back down in the regions proper, where they will be arrested by an officer of the Kangaskhan Police.
• FOR CHARACTERS INTENDING TO USE HONEDGES LIKE WEAPONS: due to the high volume of questions we have received on this topic (it's a popular inquiry!), we want to clarify for this Pokemon in particular —
If you choose to use a Honedge as though it were a traditional sword, the most that the Honedges will allow might be slapping the grunts with the flat side of the blade. They are still opposed to attacking/killing humans, opponents or not, and if you try to stab an opponent with them, you're going to get a really obstinate ghost sword going incorporeal and ineffectively going through them. There's also the fact that you're grabbing them by the head and swinging them around — they won't like that very much.
PLEASE NOTE: if you intend to use a Honedge in this manner anyway, we may ask that you experience light IC consequences for it later in the plot! We're not barring you from getting your sword skills on with your Honedges; we're simply pointing out that there may be natural outcomes that follow from those choices.
• UPDATE: if you would like to interrogate the grunts, check here for information you can learn from them!
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☆ THE NUMBER TO MEET OR BEAT IS 37 PARTICIPANTS ☆.
REMEMBER: IF YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT POST TO THE BOSS BATTLE LOG AT LEAST ONCE
(AS A TOP-LEVEL COMMENT OR IN RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE'S TOP-LEVEL COMMENT)
BEFORE 9:00 PM EST on OCTOBER 30, THEY WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 37-PARTICIPANT GOAL!
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QUICK LINKS
EVENT LINKS MASTERPOST | THE BOSS BATTLE INFOPOST | QUESTIONS FOR MODS | BOSS BATTLE PARTICIPATION CHECK-IN THREAD
☆ BATTLE THREAD WITH ARCHIE ☆ BATTLE THREAD WITH MAXIE ☆
☆ THE TEAM LEADERS MEET ☆
Where: Tohjo Falls!
When: Thursday, October 30th
Summary: You've taken the Elite Four's estate and reaped the (stolen? borrowed? requisitioned) benefits waiting for you inside it. But come morning, an earthquake signals the arrival of two incredibly belligerent Legendaries and the Team Bosses who've summoned them.
Rating: PG-13 in general; please mark threads that go higher accordingly!
Log:
YOU ARE HERE. YOU'RE FIGHTING THESE GUYS.
THIS IS STILL YOUR BACKGROUND MUSIC, AND THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE AN EPISODE OF JACKASS.
KEY:
• GREEN areas in the southeast and southwest are densely-packed forested areas interspersed by lakes and rivers that seem to be feeding into the main waterway into the area. It is both difficult and dangerous to venture into the woodlands proper, but this seems to be where a lot of the Team Aqua Grunts are stationed now.
• The BLUE area in the south is the massive lake that feeds the eponymous falls that give Tohjo its name. This is where you will find and battle Archie, his Team Aqua Grunts, and also obviously that sure is Primal Kyogre, all right.
• PINK diamonds in the east and west are the sites of massive formations of Mysterious Plot Crystals™ jutting up from beneath the surface; the Grunts will not be found around these today, so if your character is looking for a safe zone well away from the crossfire, they will want to hole up near these.
• The BROWN rectangle dead-center in the map is...the Elite Four's resort. It's even more unfortunately-located today than it was yesterday. However, people willing to risk the crossfire between the Legendaries and get into the house will have access to all of the battle and healing items discussed up here!
A FEW OTHER SETTING NOTES:
• The aforementioned Gen VI Pokemon can be any Pokemon that swarmed during September, plus any of their evolved forms. They've had several weeks in the wild to get buff and settle in; now you can see what they've got to show for it!
• You may NPC the Team Aqua and Team Magma Grunts as you see fit; either one can reasonably be found anywhere on the map, though they're avoiding the crystals and keeping close to their bosses — that means Team Magma will be more highly-concentrated in the northern areas of the map, and Team Aqua will be staying to the south.
• Due to the nature of the battlefield and the fact that the team leaders are going to be defending their Legendary of choice, if you choose to fight the bosses, please select whether you are going after Archie or Maxie on this particular log - you may go after one but not both.
• However, there is no restriction on how many Aqua and Magma Grunts you may fight!
• You may forego Pokemon battling entirely and simply beat up the Grunts with physical violence yourself. If you KO a Grunt, they will white out and be warped to the nearest Pokemon Center back down in the regions proper, where they will be arrested by an officer of the Kangaskhan Police.
• FOR CHARACTERS INTENDING TO USE HONEDGES LIKE WEAPONS: due to the high volume of questions we have received on this topic (it's a popular inquiry!), we want to clarify for this Pokemon in particular —
If you choose to use a Honedge as though it were a traditional sword, the most that the Honedges will allow might be slapping the grunts with the flat side of the blade. They are still opposed to attacking/killing humans, opponents or not, and if you try to stab an opponent with them, you're going to get a really obstinate ghost sword going incorporeal and ineffectively going through them. There's also the fact that you're grabbing them by the head and swinging them around — they won't like that very much.
PLEASE NOTE: if you intend to use a Honedge in this manner anyway, we may ask that you experience light IC consequences for it later in the plot! We're not barring you from getting your sword skills on with your Honedges; we're simply pointing out that there may be natural outcomes that follow from those choices.
• UPDATE: if you would like to interrogate the grunts, check here for information you can learn from them!
☆ THE NUMBER TO MEET OR BEAT IS 37 PARTICIPANTS ☆.
REMEMBER: IF YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT POST TO THE BOSS BATTLE LOG AT LEAST ONCE
(AS A TOP-LEVEL COMMENT OR IN RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE'S TOP-LEVEL COMMENT)
BEFORE 9:00 PM EST on OCTOBER 30, THEY WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE 37-PARTICIPANT GOAL!
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EVENT LINKS MASTERPOST | THE BOSS BATTLE INFOPOST | QUESTIONS FOR MODS | BOSS BATTLE PARTICIPATION CHECK-IN THREAD
☆ BATTLE THREAD WITH ARCHIE ☆ BATTLE THREAD WITH MAXIE ☆
☆ THE TEAM LEADERS MEET ☆
Team Aqua Boss Battle
Fwahahaha! That's perfect Kyogre! Keep blasting away at them. Show them the magnificent power of the sea!
[As anyone can probably see, Archie's pretty happy about this whole situation for the most part. Then again why shouldn't he be? Kyogre's become Primal Kyogre, it's blasting away at those Team Magma losers and their Groudon over there, and he's pretty sure today's going to end with his side and the sea proving its superiority over the others once and for all.]
They may have taken out some of our Grunts, but Team Aqua's goals won't evaporate that easily. With the primal power of Kyogre on our side, there's no way we can lose today!
[He laughs again, because there's just no way that'll happen. Today's going to end with the Team Aqua flag, if they have one, flying high over the seas of the Pokemon world for sure. Unless all these trainers running around somehow foil his plans or something else happens, but what are the odds of any of that happening?]
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The arrival of the legendaries is impossible to miss. By far, this is the closest Riku's ever been to one, barring the golems some years back. They're massive, imposing, and cast the battlefield in a far more dismal light than before. The one upside is that he's gotten a good night sleep. He's managed to do a little restocking. One of those bizarre stones from the basement now rests in his pocket. While he's not sure what it is, it has to be important. Why else would they be hiding in the basement?
Well, one thing's for sure. There isn't time to dawdle, so, on the back of his trusty Charizard, Riku soars out of the Elite Four's stronghold and towards the sea. As they move, a flash of light envelopes them both. Flare lets out a startled grunt, but when the light fades, he's changed.
His scales are darker. Blue flames spew from the corners of his mouth. Riku tries to say something, but his shock renders him temporarily mute.
Besides, they've got bigger fish to fry.
So, in comes one young man on the back of his raging dragon. As they hit the ground, Riku shakes his head and rolls his eyes.]
Didn't your mom ever tell you not to count your fish before they hatch?
[Okay, so that joke was terrible, but given the whole aquatic motif, he really couldn't resist.]
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Re: Team Aqua Boss Battle
No holding back today. Ryner had seen those legends in books. (Frustratingly little of them for his curiosity to be satisfied, but he had.) If the leaders of these red and blue-clad idiots thought they could handle them... well, then they could probably handle full power anyway.
On Ryner's shout, Jehra leapt into the air, and at the zenith Ryner leapt off of him, leaving Rose to ride the Absol herself. Upon landing, Ryner then ran toward the man who was obviously the leader of the blue folks...]
What the hell is your problem?!?!?
[...to attempt to punch him in the face.
No one ever said that the leader deserved any more respect than the grunts, after all.]
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[And lucky for him, they've shown themselves. He and Regal fly out towards the lake, dodging around the blasting water and fire from opposite sides of the clearing. They land in front of Archie, and Tobias calls out to him.]
Look, I'll give you a fair chance. Stop this and leave.
[He knows he's not the strongest trainer, but he has to give it a try.]
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it's time to d-d-d-double battle (Kato will be right after Dist)
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Team Magma Boss Battle
To say that everything has gone as planned would be a gross overstatement, of course, as any rational person would be capable of telling you; there were unexpected factors adding themselves to the equation, and the entire situation had become unstable in ways that were ultimately neither favorable nor ideal – really, any rational five-year-old would be able to tell you that yesterday had not gone well.
But today the earth shakes, and Groudon's power pulses through the land like the world's lifeblood itself, and while the battlefield isn't what he'd expected all those months ago, it's everything he'd hoped for.
Here is where it ends. It's not Kalos, but in some ways it's better. It's closer, more intimate, the way that true rivalries should end; it's surely going to be a shame to crush Team Aqua as thoroughly as he intends to, but some things just can't be helped, and it's hardly his fault that Archie insists on being both objectively and empirically wrong.
He takes a brief while to regard the battlefield, to study it, to get a feel for it (outside of the sheer power of it, the energy, the vibrations of those crystals) before advancing toward it; surely those unforeseen factors will be making themselves known again today, all variables to be resolved, but he doesn't seem troubled by it, speaking to those nearest him as he goes.]
Waste as little time as possible on Team Aqua; ensure that we can keep the high ground, but don't allow yourselves to be distracted too far.
[His words are quiet but authoritative; there's an energy pulsing through them too, strong and jagged as the mountain peaks behind them.]
What we're doing is a magnificent undertaking – for the further advancement of humankind and Pokémon both! Those who would stand in our way, who would oppose such noble goals...teach them consequences. Defeat is their only option – let's give them what they seek, shall we?
[And he's confident in demeanor when he approaches the battleground proper, his strides long and his gestures sharp as he rakes one of his hands back through his hair; when his expression shifts it's equally sharp, the smile closer to baring teeth than anything pleasant as Groudon and Kyogre battle. But then it's gone just as quickly as it appeared, his features shifting into something decidedly more impassive.
His gaze, however, remains bright and alive behind the soft glint of his glasses.
Today is a good day, and it only looks to get better by the end.]
The power of Groudon and the earth itself is with us - nothing will be allowed to stand in our way!
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[Joker's words are accompanied by the heavy wingbeats of Torch the Charizard- he's elected to skip all the Grunts by way of Fly. They had their turn yesterday, and honestly? He's tired of them all, especially since they didn't know as much as he'd hoped.]
[But this guy? This guy has the annoying sort of arrogance Joker is more than a little familiar with, the kind that comes from being in charge and thinking that makes you a little more special than everyone else. There's also the fact that he looks like the prime example of a pencil pusher with that get up, which just adds to Joker's assumption.]
[And if he's in charge, maybe he'll have better answers to questions like "Why the bleedin' hell is my Charizard spikier" and "What the sweet tits is that enormous thing behind you". Especially that last one, as just the sight of it when it had appeared had gotten Joker's heart pumping. Run the hell away had been going through his mind, but yet here he is. Landing down with his feet balanced on Torch's shoulder and arm while his one good hand is gripped tight around her head protrusions. He's not particularly sure of this battle, but he does know one thing: This is his home now and he won't let interlopers fuck it up.]
[He's not afraid to punch a nerd, Maxie, fuckin' bring it. Redhead alliance doesn't count here.]
If I beat ya, will ya tell me more 'bout what the sweet hell is goin' on here?
[And then, with a nod to Torch, the sun's heat seems to get more intense. Hope you wanted a nice Sunny Day for your big battle, Maxie.]
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As has been noted before, this is no longer a turf battle, this is flat-out war; in other words, it's exactly what Kimblee was promised, and none of this is disappointing him.
One of those crystals at the side of the battlefield explodes early on; it happens so suddenly that it's difficult to say what caused it. A skirmish that got too close, maybe. But either way, once people have moved on, Kimblee's going to be getting some of those shards; he's also got Ayanami with him, and the Electrode is more than content to charge them for him when asked.
So we've got a man with improvised bombs who's a little overstimulated right now, and we've got a bunch of grunts in red, and before long we've got an explosion and holy crap, he is doing a good amount of damage to the red-uniformed team.
He's avoiding the ones in blue, however.
Entirely.
He's always had a habit of picking the side most likely to win, after all...so raise the colors high, apparently.]
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So one of those Magma grunts approaching Kimblee is going to start regretting his life decisions very very soon, because he's just had a small, furious woman slam her feet into his back and send him flying forward in a heap. That's what you get for trying it! Landing neatly with a 'hmph!', Emmy whirls around to face Kimblee, her hands balled into fists and sitting in natural guarding stance near her face.]
Are you alright, Mr Kimblee? That questionable individual was getting a little close for my comfort!
[...you admittedly look very alright, but it can't hurt to check!]
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Locked for Envy and Beast
[The night has passed by more or less quietly, and Joker has been thankful. He's checked in on everyone he knows, kept close to Beast and Jimmy, and made sure to more than happily used all the resources available to them. There's been no telling what morning will bring...]
[But the rumbling of the earth has him bolt outside, his Pokemon at his heels save Invidia who stays close to Beast and... He has to pause.]
[He's seen a whole lot of bizarre things in his time in Johto, but as he stares up and up and up at the massive beast of red... Joker's gone pale and his eyes are wide.]
Good Lord in Heaven...
For Envy
[It's later in the day that Joker's absconded from his battle with Maxie- snobbish little bookworm- when he spots a familiar head of spiky green hair. He nudges Torch to dive further down.]
[Besides the black eye from yesterday, he's also now missing a shoe.]
Oi! Envy!
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[He's willing to fight, but he's not willing to go into a situation like this completely blind. Out beside him is Chimera, looking...well, different is one way to put it. Envy hadn't expected the weird token he'd grabbed out of the mansion to turn his Tyranitar into even more of a monstrous hellbeast behemoth, but he's not going to complain right now.]
[He looks up when he hears someone shouting his name from the sky.]
Joker!
[He waits until Joker's landed to ask:] What is it?
...did someone steal your shoe?
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[The two beasts (he could hardly think of them as Pokemon) looming over the battlefield were terrifying, and it was fortunate that the things seemed more interested in fighting eachother than dealing with the small pests swarming around beneath them. Al was sure if he stopped to thing about this whole mess, he'd freeze up from the sheer impossibility of it. How, how were they going to drive these people back when they had things like this at their disposal?!]
[It's with these thoughts and as many healing items in his bag and arms he can carry that Alphonse runs out into the fray, one of the odd little charms that had been passed around clipped to a belt loop. He can't stand against the big guys, he knows this, but he can still fight the swarming underlings, and he can act as courier for those fighting the bosses of these groups. His Pokemon all charge along with him, though as his Pidgeot takes flight there's a strange flash of light--]
[And when Al looks up, she's changed into what seems like a whole new evolution! He's stunned right along with her for several moments, but he shakes it off quickly. If she's evolved, maybe she's strong enough to ride on for a while even without Fly!]
[Soon enough Al's riding on her back, skimming a few stories above the ground as the rest of his team races along below, bowling through any hapless grunts in their way. And when he spots a friendly trainer in need of help, they fly down as he waves wildly.] Hey! I've got Potions--how many do you need?
[MEANWHILE]
[Lisa's had enough of taking on these small fries. Sure, helping the other trainers here was good, and she got to blast the heck out of some of these jerks messing up her home turf while they did, but it's just not enough. Not enough to get her blood boiling the way she likes--it's not enough of a challenge!]
[So when Al's attention is elsewhere the Quilava darts away, heading off into the mass of unfortunately nautical chumps surrounding Kyogre. She darts and dodges through, ignoring them for now--she's got bigger fish to fry.]
Hey! Hey, you, big guy! I'mma fry you into freaking calamari!
[For the love of everything, someone stop this fool child.]
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shhhh pretend the icon isn't Typhlosion
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But of course, he can't just sit in the house and wait for you all to wipe each other out. No, that would be boring. So instead, he's grabbed an empty crate from the house, which he's standing on now. And appears to be wearing a cape that he wasn't wearing before. Clearly since Lance has about a billion of them, he won't miss this one, right?
But grand theft cape aside, Cobra's standing on his soapbox, with his upgraded bodyguard near by in case anyone decides to start trouble. And he's going to give a speech, because why not?]
Today we face what is possssibly the single greatest challenge in the hissstory of this world. A three sssided battle, against...
[Er, what are those Legendaries called again? Shamu and Godzilla immediately spring to mind, but highly doubts that.]
Against forces the likes of which, few of us have ever sssseen!
[There, saved it.]
So though the odds may be difficult to overcome, march onward and fight towards victory! Victory! Don't sssstop fighting until you've won!
[Okay, that was a little...lacking, but he's trying to play it safe here. Should things go wrong, he wants to make sure that him and his shiny new cape aren't going to incur the wrath of the victors.]
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There's a pause.
A long, awkward pause as he finds himself staring.
A pause that's interrupted by said Houndoom as he tugs on his trainer's sleeve as if to say "Don't mind the weirdo I wanna battle!". ]
Hey!
[ That's a hey directed at you Cobra. ]
As much as people might appreciate the pep talk, don't you think it's a little out of place?
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[The situation at hand was becoming just a little more clear (after beating the information from several grunts), and Lancer found that the more he understood, the more he found himself irritated by it. He wasn't one to get angry exactly...he'd learned through necessity to have careful control of that particular emotion.]
[But this on top of everything he'd dealt with back in Fuyuki were grinding on his last nerve. This wasn't just an idyllic dream world someone could end whenever they pleased. However impossible and strange, this place was reality.]
[Saber and Tohsaka...they'd been happy in that dream Fuyuki. If they ever came back, they could live like that without some black shadow Servant complicating it. Who knew, maybe Bazett herself would show up someday. Lancer made a note to apologize if he ever saw her again...for failing to save her twice.]
[But none of that would happen if this place was destroyed.]
[It pissed him off. It really, really pissed him off that two fighting idiots thought they could wipe out the peaceful life Cu Chulainn had built for himself. He was angry as hell right now, and when he was angry things tended to get a little messy.]
LIKE HELL I'LL LET YOU--!
[There was a spark from the 'borrowed' Key Stone around his neck--at the knight's back Tyrfing was enveloped in a rush of wind and flash of light. With a feral roar the Lucario emerged in a swirl of black, red, and yellow, snarling at the Team Aqua grunts that surrounded them.]
[...Lancer found he wasn't surprised in the slightest; he found it strangely meaningful, in fact. The growling Lucario radiated its Aura, coiling into a fighting stance and waiting for an order to attack. The former master of the ríastrad grinned over his shoulder in a less than friendly manner, full of sharp canines and a bloodthirsty look in scarlet eyes.]
So that's it...? You'll do it if I can't, huh? Alright, Tyrfing...crush 'em.
[From one corner of the battlefield there would be grunts in blue sent flying by an angry Celtic hero in a blindingly bright shirt, accompanied by Aura blasts that lit the air like shining blue fireworks.]
[Even Arceus can't save you now.]
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The fact that Mega Glalie is seven feet tall and forged of 100% nightmare fuel carnivorous murder.
Kirigiri's not being particularly choosy with who she fights today, and she's also not really gunning for a battle in one way or another. However, when the strange stone from the crates in the basement had set off this unprecedented...change in her Glalie, it had taken off running and you know what, she's not particularly inclined at the moment to try to dissuade the thing from doing so.
I mean, look at that thing. Would you?
So instead, she's just sort of following it around as it attacks people, mounted on the back of her Arcanine and with a Lucario of her own at her side, acting as her personal defense guard as sweet Ayumi the Glalie becomes sweet Ayumi the Mega Ragebeast and proceeds to show some of those Team Aqua grunts what for.
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[...That's never stopped him before, though, and it certainly won't now.]
[Without his magic or a sufficiently powerful team of Pokémon, Henry is unable to assist in the battles against Maxie and Archie. But yesterday evening, Glowgan and Eleanor returned. With the new firepower, Team Henry is now focused on the mission: to 'kill' as many Grunts as possible in the most gruesome imaginable ways.]
[You may have heard the bloodcurdling screams of Magma and Aqua grunts alike as they staggered around the battlefield, their entire body on fire. Or perhaps you were witness to a certain Murkrow delivering skull-crushing blows to... well, skulls. These are probably old hat by now. On the other hand, defenseless Grunts are now also attacking their own teams under a spell of hypnosis, and it seems that trees have begun to grow at an alarming rate in the middle of the battlefield, each with a Grunt trapped within its branches...]
[Henry can always be found a short distance away, absentmindedly petting a wild Pokémon as he watches the carnage with pride.]
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...Okay, he kind of approved of bashing their heads in. What?! He was a bandit! He totally could get behind the rough means necessary to kick someone's ass. The fire thing, definitely extreme. But whatever. He could work with it.
He grinned as he slammed his head into a grunt and moved over to the guy who was around all the problems nearby. Geeze, hope he was okay.]
Hey! Y'handlin' things over here okay? Want some help?
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[And then the morning, and he's woken up and found himself rather sore. He and his Pokemon limp to the kitchen and get breakfast, and then he finds it. The blessed elixir of science.]
[Coffee, naturally. And while he's not generally the sharing type, there are plenty of heroes around who could use a boost.]
[Which is why if you're near the Elite Four's resort, you'll find... well, Royce and a coffeepot, kept warm thanks to his Vulpix. He and his Pokemon are handing out coffee. ... There's no cream, milk, or sugar in it, but there's no time. Just go.]
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Xion is just staring at the coffee. Staring with an odd expression of wonderment as though she's never seen it before (she hasn't.)
It takes a moment, but her Furfrou nudges her and she finally can speak.]
What...is that?
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For a while, Chihiro doesn't see Horu, his Garchomp that he loaned to Kirigiri for the sake of making sure they found Hagakure without getting bumrushed by Pokemon or Grunts. He's sure he's doing fine with her, but the legendaries have him a bit worried...
That is, of course, until Horu finds the chance to break away long enough to come back to where Chihiro is, only because he wants to see how his papa his doing. And lo and behold, Chihiro sure did get one of those strange stones, and sure enough the very SECOND he steps outside to the sound of Horu's excited grunting, he evolves rather abruptly into a very hulking mass of a Pokemon, bristling with teeth and sharp edges and two huge scythe-like claws that sweep around like scimitars.
...and poor Chihiro can only stand in the doorway, paralyzed with his mouth working but unable to form words as he stares up at Horu, who stares back down at him with his tail sweeping the ground and his jaws parted in an almost dopey kind of smile, if it weren't for how fearsome his new appearance was.]
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That doesn't mean he's not watching what's happening outside though. He's actually kinda glued to the window, because as scary as the situation is it's also pretty damn cool. It's a pity he doesn't have his old team with him, otherwise he'd be out there kicking ass too. But the portal had swallowed him up when he'd been out training his lower-leveled members, and he can't confront this madness with just his Houndoom and his Aerodactyl, the only two senior Pokemon he has at the moment.
...thought that may change pretty soon. Leon hears the tell-tale signs of an evolution happening pretty near him. He turns around...and sure, the giant shark monster at the doorway is pretty frightening, what gets his attention the second after is who's standing in front of it.]
Ch...Chihiro-san!!
[His own fears forgotten in a moment of bravado, Leon grabs one of his Pokeballs and throws out his Aerodactyl, Riley. The Ancient Pokemon didn't look too happy to be called out against what is decidedly a very big and toothy Garchomp, but he beats his wings against the ground and launches into the air.]
Chihiro-san! Get away from that thing!
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[Risky run through a crossfire between these amazing looking giant monsters and everything else?? Count Korra in!!
...Meaning she's going to run straight to that resort in the middle of it all, ducking attacks left and right as well as she can. Mako was, of course, right back in the day, when he said that this girl is crazy. The only pokemon following her is still a Growlithe, so that doesn't exactly help much on the way. Just gotta deal with it!]
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[When she's done with her visit to that place, and survived through the crossfire again, Korra will be offering Max Potions and Revives for anyone, who needs them.
She glares at the grunts, but doesn't seem to be in the mood to fight them today. Well, she did fight a lot of them from the moment she arrived to the moment when everyone decided to draw back yesterday with some breaks in between. Naga looks like she likes this decision and Korra lifts the dog up.]
Don't worry, girl, I think we'll take it easier today. [Then again Korra does have a fierce temper and she's a fighter, so that's probably easier said than done.] I guess we won't find him here, huh?
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Hey. Those are Potions, yeah? Can I have some? I... kinda used up all of mine.
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...well, she has a lot of anger to work out of her system, so they'll do nicely.
Instead of focusing on one of the leaders, she's positioned herself fairly close to the centre of the battlefield, her Gothitelle standing alongside her to make sure she isn't hit by any stray Pokémon attacks. All of her Pokémon are running around, but she's really only focusing on one - her Absol, who has grown a beautiful pair of wings and is wreaking absolute havoc on whichever poor soul (human or Pokémon) his trainer instructs him to focus on.]
Use Sucker Punch followed by Psycho Cut, Perry. I don't want that creature getting back up.
[As usual, Celes' face is fairly blank, but internally she's...rather pleased, actually. Who knew that Absol could evolve in this manner, and into such a beautiful creature? Maybe she was right not to punish him for stealing that odd rock from the house....if he keeps this up, she might even forgive his personality problems.
...maybe.]
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[Botan is not sure what in the hell happened to Batsu but she's apparently the only one perplexed or dismayed about it, Batsu is having a good time dealing back the chaos the Grunts have caused with his own chaotic terror waves.
It was that weird stone she picked up, wasn't it? She couldn't help it, it looked so pretty and, hey, if they were called here they should be allowed to take something home, right??]
...Batsu, please don't hurt them too badly.
[Batsu seems to have moved on to attacking Grunts and their Pokemon directly. Um.]
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[Batsu still hasn't devolved, but Botan's awarding him anyway for his...um, hard work by laying out the treats that she packed on a blanket. Riiight in the wake of the bizarre crystals, since that seems to be the only place where nobody's fighting.
She's spreading out sweets of all kinds, one has to wonder how she even fit them in her bag, or when she even packed them, did she make them in the lodge kitchen???--But that's a trade secret
Batsu likes the ones shaped like Gengar best, not that he's vain or anything. If you wander by, she'll offer to share and ask that you and your Pokemon sit down for a while to rest up and heal. The medic...picnic blanket is officially open.]B
[ Have a Mimi, casually strolling by in the middle of the carnage. ]
It's great to meet you in person! Ooh, are you having a picnic? Do you think I could have some too, ple- EEK!
[ That sure is a huge ghost next to Botan, calmly eating sweets like it ain't no thang. Mimi has war flashbacks to Gamzee's Gengars and their ideas of "fun". ]
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She took to the water on the back of her Lapras, attacking anything that dare come close to her with Ice Beams. Meanwhile, on the shore, Knight the newly mega-evolved Lucario, has chosen to take on any and all comers. Why let this intense new power to go waste?]
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She looks back to check on Kairi, just to be sure she's still all right. She's not sure if she can escape so easily if she were to get into dire straits, Thalassa isn't big enough to carry her on his back.
--Oh wait, Gaia is scooping her up and throwing her onto her back.
Well, okay then.]
Hey, Kairi! Wanna see who can take out more goons?
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[...so they all have basically free access to the place where prom was held without anyone keeping an eye on them... time to go snooping, then! This might be morally ambiguous to some people but not to her
so eventually, her snooping leads to the Lancecave, and there are many secrets held within...!
but you know the most important thing here, in this lancecave
IS THE BIG SCREEN TV AIRING CRASHER WAKE WRESTLETHON
ALL OF HER DREAMS... she'll get back to saving the world in a little bit, because there's matches to watch!]
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Something he eventually discovers to be Cynthia hurtling through the water on the back of what he can only assume to be a Pokémon.]
She's going to get himself killed...
[Look, Cynthia, you've driven him to start talking to himself again.]
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[ Is this what it feels like to be in a Godzilla movie? Naegi feels so small with those primordial beasts looming over the battlefield and duking it out lite a pair of kaiju, so he stays inside the house for a good while trying to muster up the courage to get out there and fight. He'll be around making sandwiches for people (if you want to win you're gonna need energy, son) and generally provide support if you need it. You must not lose hope, after all!
When he's not doing that, he'll be practically glued to the nearest window watching the ongoing kaiju battle. If those things get too close they're going to leave immediately before the house is destroyed. ]
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[ When Naegi wasn't looking, the Kangaskhan joey took
40 cakesa mysterious stone from the basement. And that's terrible. But he can't exactly go back there and return it now that he's in the middle of battling grunts, so he'll try to keep it safe for now. By the way, the reason Naegi wasn't looking was because he was busy grabbing one of Lance's capes. Surely he won't mind if he borrows one to keep his clothes dry when Rain Dance is in effect?Mounted on the back of his Arcanine and flanked by a Sawsbuck and a Bronzong, Naegi watches as his Mega Evolved Kangaskhan begins to utterly annihilate anything that dares oppose it. She was a murder machine before this but with the child joining forces with the mother the potential for destruction just went up a notch.
PARENTAL BOND INTENSIFIES. ]
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[The events of the day-- or, well, technically yesterday, at this time of night-- had been exhausting, but it's sort of hard to sleep, knowing that god-knew-what waited in the morning. It's nerve-wracking. It's a recipe for restlessness. It's downright inconducive to sleep.]
[But there's no better cure for anxiety than pretending nothing is wrong, right? RIGHT.]
[And it's nicer to pretend it's excitement rather than nerves making her heart pound. Because hey. There's no chaperones this time. Look at all this STUFF.]
[Alessa the Absol sits on the library floor, whining softly and staring upwards at the soles of her trainer's boots, where they balance precariously on the edge a particularly high shelf. Heather hears it, but brushes it off. She saw something sparkling up there. And she's gonna have it.]
[Take THAT, pre-bossfight jitters!]
OPTION B: IT'S 5 AM AND I AM OFFICIALLY TOO TIRED TO DO ANY MORE LOOTING
['YOU CAN'T CATCH ME, BAD THOUGHTS!' is a strategy that can only work for so long.]
[Heather had been extremely productive for awhile, there-- she'd explored every inch of the house that wasn't bolted shut, scribbled maps for future reference, AND accumulated a shamefully large pile of things that Didn't Belong to Her (But Was Taking Anyway)-- but eventually the day caught up with her.]
[One of Sunny's jet-black eyes crack open as her trainer flops listlessly back down in the sleeping area, dumping her findings next to her in a series of clatters and jingles, and the Togekiss lets out a disapproving twitter.]
I know, I know. Look at it this way-- there's only three of you and we have no idea what's comin' tomorrow, okay? Better safe than sorry...
[Heather leans back into the Togekiss's downy side with a sigh, knowing that if she was REALLY that mad at her, she'd have swelled up like a pufferfish and gotten scary.]
[Alessa is sprawled on her side, dead to the world-- a rare occurrence, as anyone remotely familiar with the paranoid Absol knows. The events of the day had tuckered her out hard. The only one who'd run more than her had been Carousel, who was spending the night in her Pokeball, since big flaming unicorns and interior dwellings don't go well together.]
[Stifling a yawn, Heather looks wearily out across the big room, taking in the forms of the other people, whether sleeping or restlessly awake, like herself. Then her eyes migrate over to the windows, where the sky is a little lighter than before, but still dark. She sighs again.]
Man, Sunny...
I really hope those three are okay.
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RED BULLMEGA EVOLUTION GIVES YOU WINGS[If yesterday had been eventful.... today is explosive.]
[Literally.]
[There's chunks of magma and rock flying everywhere. Groudon's roars are shaking the earth. At least one Geodude has rained down from the sky. It's intense.]
[A chunk of granite the size of a ping-pong ball whistles past Heather's head so closely that she can practically visualize what it would have done to her skull had it hit. Ducking her head and covering it with both arms, Heather darts from boulder to boulder, dodging rains of ash and pebbles as much as possible, although she can already feel welts rising on her back where she hadn't been quick enough.]
[She's not battling, or at least she's avoiding it where she can. Carousel is too big to safely avoid flying rocks, and Sunny won't stand a chance in the air with all this debris. The Absol at her side is now her only protection, and the cold reality of that fact hasn't gone over her head in the slightest. Even with the Focus Sash now tied around her neck, she isn't as strong as the other two... and the last time she'd been in a serious battle, Heather couldn't forget about the fact that she'd let her faint.]
[The missing Pokemon. She's got to find the missing Pokemon. That's her only priority. That's--]
AUGH! SON OF A--
[AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, her next step had sent her ankle straight down a tight gap between two rocks. It hurts like hell. But worse than the pain is the fact that she's stuck. Panic flooding her brain, she yanks hard on it, to no avail. Up ahead, Alessa realizes abruptly that her trainer is no longer following, and turns around to skitter back over, the whites of her red eyes showing in distress.]
It's okay, girl, I got-- I got it-- ow, shit! [A hiss of pain escapes between her teeth. Damn, it's really jammed in there...]
[That would be enough of a problem all by itself, but what Heather hears next is what really sends her heart thumping in alarm.]
Hey! Over there! It's that girl from yesterday! The one with the Rapidash!
[Shit.]
[There's nothing to do but keep yanking on that leg as shapes loom up out of the dust-filled air. GodDAMN, is that literally every single Grunt she nearly ran down yesterday?! It seems like literally every single Grunt she ran down yesterday. CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP.]
It IS! How about THAT! I don't see the Rapidash NOW. Aw, did somebody lose their pretty pony?
[Heather grits her teeth, not replying-- but her silence is about as much good as a lame comeback would have been anyway. A few of the Grunts laugh-- the rest just look pissed off. She can't really blame them for that, to be honest, although she wishes they could have passed by five minutes ago when she WASN'T stuck in the freaking ground.]
[Alessa stands protectively in front of her, ears slicked back and teeth bared. But she's not nearly as imposing as Carousel is by sheer size alone, and her presence does not stop the Grunts from continuing to approach.]
I say we teach her a lesson! How's that sound to you, Ponygirl?
Who cares what SHE thinks? -I- say it's a GREAT idea! Someone get that Absol out of the way so I can show this kid what Team Magma does to lousy, meddling--
[Whether or not the Grunt (who was pounding a decently-sized fist into his other palm) was about to commit a crime against wordflow by using the word 'kid' twice in one sentence, no one will ever know. Because at that moment, Heather felt a jarring vibration coming from her pocket-- the pocket where she'd slipped one of those weird multi-hued stones from Lance's ManCave the night before and promptly forgot about because putting on one of his voluminous capes and doing bad Transylvanian accents had seemed a lot more important at the time.]
[In the same instant that the buzzing began, so did a bright, blinding glow that had both Heather AND the Magmas hurriedly shielding their eyes-- and before it could even clear, a pair of feathery, silken white wings burst into the air, unfurling to their full extent. A growl-turned-radiant-hum now sounds from Alessa's throat, as she stands taller between her trainer and the enemy, coat glimmering as though all the ash and dust it had been covered in before had never happened.]
[The Grunts gape.]
[So does Heather.]
UH.... U-UH..... QUICK, EVERYBODY ATTACK!
[Mega Evolution or no, ten against one is bad odds. HELP? WATCH AND EAT POPCORN? Someone do SOMETHING.]
OPTION D: MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE RANCH... J/K IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLEFIELD
[In the midst of.... well, EVERYTHING, it's easy to stop paying attention to the hordes of wild Pokemon trying to help turn the tides of the battle. Especially wild Pokemon who've been separated from their swarms and are resorting to basically just NOT FAINTING long enough to meet back up with their kin.]
[But pressed up against a pile of boulders are three very small, very missable Pokemon-- a Fennekin, a Litleo, and a Fletchling. The former are huddled against the rock (and each other), shaking like leaves. The latter stands between them and a monstrously-large Team Magma Houndoom, its beady little eyes narrowed and tiny wings spread protectively.]
[If a Houndoom could laugh... it would be laughing.]
[If anyone happens to spot the beleaguered little trio... wellp. Help would be appreciated.]
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Shaun would understand.
The Floatzel rockets forward with her signature move, swathed in water as she aims straight at the Houndoom with an Aqua Jet, almost too fast for the eye to follow. Whether it actually connects or not... If it connects, that Houndoom probably won't be getting up anytime soon. And if it doesn't, Susie will drop to all fours in front of the little dears (making sure that they don't get splashed).
Don't worry babies, Momma Susie's on the job.]
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But despite the fact that it was also kind of a thing that happened in the games ("kind of" because the main legendaries were the birds, who were never used in any nefarious plot, and Mewtwo who was a totally optional post-game legendary, and who actually battled Mewtwo, anyway, everyone knew you saved your master ball and just threw it as soon as you could), Groudon and Kyogre appearing, angry, summoned by the bosses of the warring teams was completely different from the free-for-all of the day before.
From the way that he's standing frozen and staring in pallid terror at the legendaries, he might need a little pep talk before he can jump into the battle.]
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... Shaun? It's okay, Shaun.
[Uh... how does he handle small terrified kids...]
Do you uh... want a hug or something?
[Do kids his age still like hugs? There's only three or four years between them he should remember this. But he wasn't exactly a typical kid even back then... oh well.]
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Poor kid.
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Given the circumstances, that probably isn't normal: there are giant monsters wrecking havoc, the noise around him is absolutely deafening, and after a couple hours spent dodging falling rocks and grappling with grunts out on the battlefield, he is singed, bloody, and sporting the worst bruises he's had since he fought Sensui. By all accounts, he should be feeling stressed out as hell, but while he's more than aware of the chaos surrounding him and the fact that the world as he knows it is in immediate danger of being brought to an end, he actually finds himself feeling... strangely calm, in spite of it all. Like he's in his element. Hell, on some level, he's even a little glad this is happening, especially after all those weeks spent in a near-constant state of agitation over how boring life here was.
He's sure he'll feel weird about that later on. After all, it's not like he's unaware of how sick it is to feel happy that the entire friggin' world is in danger. For now, though, he's got more important things to focus on. Like kicking the ass of every stupid-looking grunt here.
And that's exactly what he's doing, as the third hour of the battle draws near: smacking grunts around and trying not to get crushed by any rocks in the process. As usual, Puu the Altaria is with him, mowing down enemy Pokemon while he makes hash out of their trainers. Yusuke isn't paying much mind to what Puu's doing; his focus is entirely on the dudes he's punching.
Or at least, it is until Puu is suddenly engulfed in a ball of light. It doesn't even occur to Yusuke that it might have something to do with the weird stone he'd pocketed as he was raiding Lance's man cave the night before - the instant he sees what's happening to Puu, his heart leaps into his throat, his stomach drops, and the only thought that registers in his mind is that if some son of a bitch dropped a nuke or something on his stupid bird, they were gonna wish they had never been born.
He doesn't know what he expected to see when that strange light faded a few seconds later - whether he expected to lower the arm he'd used to shield his eyes and find Puu crumpled in a heap on the ground, or whether he expected to just find a smear in the grass where Puu once stood.
Whatever it was he'd expected, it sure as hell wasn't this. Standing there looking approximately fifty times fluffier than he did before, Puu spreads his wings and gazes down at himself, confusion written all over his face. Then he looks at Yusuke, staring at him as if he expects him to have an explanation for this sudden transformation. Surprised, relieved, and completely and utterly baffled, Yusuke stares back, taking in Puu's new appearance. Then, finally, he furrows his brow, and speaks the one word that comes to his mind at that moment:]
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His train of thought completely derails when he spots what could only be Puu. At this point in the battle Killua has spot pokemon going through some strange transformations including his own Mawile. The running theme seemed to make them a hell of lot more dangerous in looks and ferocity in battle. There is always an except to the rule.]
Pfff
[Here is Yusuke with a giant cotton ball for a pokemon. He really couldn’t help but laugh, while he knows at this point that Puu is probably stronger then ever. That doesn’t change that fact that the pokemon looks like it had raided a fluff factory.]
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[It is this mentality which leads him now into the LanceCave, already with a King's Rock under his arm. However, instead of going for the huge box of shiny stones like a normal person, he instead hones in with almost supernatural precision on the real prize: Lance's capes.]
[Yep.]
[He's now looking around the rest of the room, reading the letter to this 'Steven' person in one of the Champion's spare garments. And just like the King's Rock, he's not planning on giving this back.]
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So at this point, he's actually considering a suggestion he shot down earlier. This madness has to stop because if it doesn't, there's no way him and Maxie can settle this eternal feud between their teams and them. Not if they have to stop what they're doing every five seconds to have a Pokemon battle or environmental discussion or some sort weird environmental Pokemon discussion battle.
So while the Grunts are presumably keeping the trainers at bay, he's called Maxie over to discuss what would usually be thought of as impossible: a temporary truce between the teams.]
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Oh, he's not going to try to claim that this battle has been going well - it seems the unasked-for variables have been throwing more spanners into the works than there are works to throw spanners into, and while he actually hasn't been dealing with quite so many highly-aggravated battles as Archie has, his day has been rendered just surreal enough for him to wonder what on earth is wrong with this entire region.
There are also a surprising number of barbarians around that are willing to just try to punch people or blow each other up and what have you; well done, everybody, on proving him absolutely correct when he agreed on this region for the site of a cataclysmic battle, because loosely put, every single one of you is completely insane.
However, he hadn't exactly expected Archie to be the sudden voice of reason here, simply because Archie is never the voice of reason as far as he's concerned; that said, Maxie himself is just reckless enough to consider actually listening to what the man has to say. So.
He appears surprisingly unarmed when he approaches, though that isn't to say he's completely unprotected; Crobat is going to be watching the proceedings from on high, and the way that Mega Stone glitters where it's set into the frame of his glasses is more than sufficient reminder that he still has some serious firepower at his disposal should he so choose to utilize it.
But he'll acquiesce for now, even if he looks a bit impatient when he arrives.]
Archie.
[The greeting is curt, and he adjusts those glasses a bit through habit when he speaks; the floor is yours, buddy, where is this going.]
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The problem with this logic is that there is still a swarm of grunts and lower level officers running around. Getting through them and keeping them off your back is going to be a problem for anyone who charges straight at the bosses.
... Well, unless you're going after Team Magma. Because right in front of the path up into the mountains, one woman has parked herself, floating above the battlefield on her Magnezone. At her side is an Alakazam, and to each of the four cardinal directions, one of her other Pokemon is ensuring the grunts stay out of things. To the south, a Slowbro is staring straight ahead with a dumb look on his face... only to wipe out any grunts who try to come along that way with devastating Psychic blasts. To the east, a laughing Tyranitar has whipped up a sandstorm and is marching around within it, smashing and biting anyone who dares get anywhere near. To the west, a Dragonite is using everything from Hyper Beam to Blizzard to keep things clear. And in the north...
Well, earlier last night Megasoma got his hands on a small stone in Lance's basement and concealed it from his trainer. This has proven to be an excellent thing, as now a laughing, gleeful Mega Heracross is busily using the hapless members of Team Magma and their Pokemon as target practice for its devastating blows. A few have went flying through the air.
... A lot, actually.]