Pokemon Umbral Mission 4: Cardinal Storm [Archive]

Astral Harmony

08-30-2011, 02:32 AM

Irene folded her arms. "My guess is that the Prideguard has been experiencing some setbacks in their plans."
Marionata shrugged. "The imbecile thinks he can just walk up and win over the allegiance of any Ruin General he wants," she said. "He still has to pretend to follow the president's orders until he is ready to fight every single other opponent that could stand between him and his supposedly rightful position as the ruler of Honmyr."
"Thusly, we get a boat courtesy of them trying to maintain their facade," Irene explained. "We will of course be inspecting it when we get there. The main reason we need it in the first place is to fight Lathiron. The cruiser is designed to take down submarines and other such large undersea threats, so it's perfect for fighting the Ruin General of Water. Depth charges, harpoon cannons, and torpedos add an impressive arsenal that should help immensely in seeing this mission through."

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Later That Morning...

"To be honest, Tresserhorn, we're becoming devastatingly famous," Irene said. "Sure, throw names like Shevenston and myself around and people take notice of PATCA, but we hadn't proven anything up until now. It's like the formation of the Watchmen set a chain of tumbling dominos. Two Ruin Generals slain. Millenium House is gone. You've bloodied the nose of the Prideguard all the way up to taking down Cerulean Wildfire, one of their elite Gabriel Force units. Your asses are all over the papers, news, and internet these days. Not a few of us have fan clubs. I bet you could even get involved in some endorsement deals. Yep, you can be on a cereal box. But I digress. Our enemies are done taking it easy on us, and they're not going to just wait around for us to cripple them before they can even muster an effective counterstrike. The next time we engage in battle, it will very much be a contest of speed, which up until this point didn't matter much."

Irene stopped by a vending machine and got them both an iced tea. "Basically, the fastest units on both sides will now have priority when it comes to meeting out the first attacks while slow units will lag behind. Our strategy will obviously shift to accomodate the fact that attacks will unfold in a very different manner than it had in the past."

"As for these new responsibilities as Sortie Coordinator, I'm sorry if I put a great burden on your shoulders, but don't expect me to just leave you high and dry with this duty. PATCA has a lotta authority these days, and as Sortie Coordinator you now have the authority to purchase Pokemon, TMs, the works at heavily discounted prices from just about anywhere. You can even temporarily commandeer Pokemon from the PC Storage System, Day Care centers and Game Corners if necessary, though try not to abuse that power. I can't imagine trainers being too happy to know some Gallade Pokebrid can take their own Pokemon from their supposedly secure boxes. Needless to say, you'll of course need money and you'll get a lot of it. We've been getting a lot of revenue coming in (don't tell anybody about it, by the way) and we can afford to spend quite a bundle on things we couldn't pay for before, just as customizing formation loadouts. Anyways, I think we're well setup for Cardinal Beach, but just know that effective immediately you just gained a lot of easily exploitable power that I trust you won't easily exploit. So uhh...I guess congratz are in order?"

Sortie Coordinators could do all that? Renny had just inherited Team Rocket's dream job. He could yoink or purchase Pokemon on the cheap just about anywhere with easy access to more TMs than what he'd need to fill a wheelbarrow.

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Even Later...

"I'm more worried about Beautfort than I am about you, Pierce," Irene said jokingly. "I know she's getting stronger, but sometimes it's hard to tell how exactly."

After the ice was broken, Pierce began to ask about Shannon. "From the way Mika explained it, Dinner unleashed her second strongest Signature Technique called Radiant Storm...or something like that. She basically flings large flaming meteors at her target, and in this case that target was Gaea. Supposedly, Gaea was heavily damaged and had to bleed off a lot of energy or risk being destroyed by it, and fed it directly into Shannon, resulting in the wings and rose-themed sword she sprouted...uhh, no pun intended...when it seemed to her that Professor Ricewood would indeed kill her. It's our belief that similar powers will manifest themselves whenever Shannon is overcome by strong emotions such as fear, pain, and rage."

"As for when Shannon became Gaea, Shannon cannot recall. Perhaps the victim's brain gets all scrambled when under control. All she can remember was hearing a voice like a primadona singing opera. My guess is that this originated from a masterless Gaea, luring someone to wield it like a siren would lure unwary sailors to crash their ships on rocks and reefs to be devoured.

Then Pierce asked her about everything else, all at once. Irene bowed her head and closed her eyes for a moment. Pierce could feel her trying to think about what to say. "Something is building up here in Honmyr. On one hand, we have Chroma, something that has most likely existed on this planet since the very birth of this world. The presense of Chroma and what I know about it suggests that this world doesn't exactly belong to us but came into being by the powers of something else. And whatever that something else is, I believe it is linked to both Gaea and Sexy, though I possess no physical evidence of such except the displays of their awesome powers. If my guesses are correct, whoever really owns our world is not the kind of people who are up for sharing the blessings we have worked so hard for. I'm personally taking steps, with President Andricksen none the wiser for reasons I won't go into, to ensure that when it is time that when we can either choose to win or die, we will certainly win."

Irene leaned back in her chair. "In the other hand we have the Rezonscape. I'm sure you're very knowledgable about what the Rezonscape does for us since you have spoken at length with Professor Ricewood during your party. I won't ask if you're trying to get into her protective labcoat, but a lot of the funding she recieves to investigate the Rezonscape actually comes out of my own pocket. The Rezonscape is slowly bleeding into our world. With every death, with every war, with every violent action, the Rezonscape grows and grows. And with the Corpsemire's existence, we can see that it is physically manifesting in our world. In underground areas, Madsoldiers have been discovered. They are another byproduct of the Rezonscape's growing influence. Adonova and Nosferatu are both deeply linked to the Rezonscape for certain. Nosferatu and Black Cradle are linked directly through Myrie Ricewood, but I think Black Cradle is also more concerned about Chroma than the Rezonscape themselves."

Pierce noticed that Irene was starting to blush. "It's a convoluted mess we have here, Pierce. Sometimes even I have trouble deciding what would be the next best course of action. The times I spend with you help me to achieve the focus I need. I guess what I'm trying to get at is that this is best dealt with on a day to day, bang by bang basis. One day, all the answers will be in our hands. Although I think it'll be a long time before we see that day. And I can only pray that we'll live long enough to see them...to-...together."

"Damnit, now you've got me unable to get you out of my mind," Irene pouted. "Why me, anyways? I mean, I'm grateful you chose me but, like, you're around the same age as my daughter. You can earn younger, prettier girls and you certainly deserve them."
Irene sighed. "Oh well. I guess it's dumb for me to question your motives."

Dracorion

08-30-2011, 10:51 AM

Pierce smiled at Irene. He couldn't detect a lie, and her answers satisfied his curiosity. So he stood up, walked up behind her and softly placed his arms around her.

"I want us to face them together too." He said simply. "As for why I'm with you, that's because you're an extraordinary woman, and so much more than I deserve. After everything you've done, everything you will do, you deserve to be happy, and I want to give that to you."

"I believe you'll do what's best for all of us. I like the way you take care of me. I love how, when I crack a joke or do something romantic, you smile, and sometimes it reaches all the way up to your eyes, and I know just for a moment I made you forget all the terrible things. I want to be here, for you. If you ever need someone to talk to, or lean on, I'm here. And if it turns out you can do it all on your own without help, I'll still be here."

"... Don't think I didn't notice that you didn't answer my last question, though." He reminded her half-serious, half-playful. "If you don't want to answer, just say so. And please don't go feeling guilty."

Then, Pierce pulled a small box out of his pocket, and placed it in her hand. "Here. I was going to wait until after dinner, but now seems like a good time." He said softly, smiling. Inside the box was a pair of earrings with gems dangling from them. The gems were mismatched and identical to Irene's own eyes. It took a good chunk of the bank loan he had finally managed to take out (he may have had to lie a bit), but he had no regrets.

Menarker

08-30-2011, 07:00 PM

Renny nodded at the response to his quick question. It was basically what he expected could happen, but it was good to know that he had the right gist of things.
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Later That Morning...

"... But I digress. Our enemies are done taking it easy on us, and they're not going to just wait around for us to cripple them before they can even muster an effective counterstrike. The next time we engage in battle, it will very much be a contest of speed, which up until this point didn't matter much."

Irene stopped by a vending machine and got them both an iced tea. He took a big sip and his expression was very gratifying.

"Ah, thank you Irene. So how exactly will speed change things"

"Basically, the fastest units on both sides will now have priority when it comes to meeting out the first attacks while slow units will lag behind. Our strategy will obviously shift to accomodate the fact that attacks will unfold in a very different manner than it had in the past."
Renny nodded as he sipped his iced tea enjoyably.

"Ah, ok. I guess I can understand that."

"As for these new responsibilities as Sortie Coordinator, I'm sorry if I put a great burden on your shoulders, but don't expect me to just leave you high and dry with this duty. PATCA has a lotta authority these days, and as Sortie Coordinator you now have the authority to purchase Pokemon, TMs, the works at heavily discounted prices from just about anywhere. You can even temporarily commandeer Pokemon from the PC Storage System, Day Care centers and Game Corners if necessary, though try not to abuse that power. I can't imagine trainers being too happy to know some Gallade Pokebrid can take their own Pokemon from their supposedly secure boxes."

Renny almost choked on his iced tea from the sudden and extreme power granted to him which exceeded anything he would be comfortable with anyone else having. It was seriously that big a deal.

"I'll do what I can. I'm sure there are plenty of pokemon up for adoption from former or deceased trainers that could use a good home and have previous battle experience. But now that you mention it, a few weeks ago, there was an hacking attempt in one of the pokemon centers to break into the system and presumably steal or release the pokemon from the PCs. It was apparently a pretty close call apparently. I'll definately want to make sure the security is top-notch so no one else can attempt to access it from my end."

"Needless to say, you'll of course need money and you'll get a lot of it. We've been getting a lot of revenue coming in (don't tell anybody about it, by the way) and we can afford to spend quite a bundle on things we couldn't pay for before, just as customizing formation loadouts. Anyways, I think we're well setup for Cardinal Beach, but just know that effective immediately you just gained a lot of easily exploitable power that I trust you won't easily exploit. So uhh...I guess congratz are in order?"

"Irene, I'll do my very best to prove you can trust me with this privilege. I'll look over our rosters for trainers and see what I can do at this short notice. I'll be sending messages on the Inquiry Visor from time to time today, so if you could be so kind to keep it with you, that would most appreciated."

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Renny sat at a PATCA computer terminal as he deliberated as to how to go about setting things up. His eyes reflected the light of the monitor with portrait of faces and pokemon pictures, his hand on the mouse frequently moving back and forth as he created a new document.

"Ok. Let's go to the PATCA employee registries of active agents... Filter out everyone who are not registered trainers. Ok... Let's make some sub-groups... Those who specialize in an element type in this table... like the Eevee Team... and Whitney. Tables by deployment specialities... Make a special table for those who are trainers but incomplete teams such as a few of the Kimonos... and Lola. Stat charts for individual pokemons within a team of 6. No no, this pokemon has no business using Hyper Beam as opposed to Giga Impact. This pokemon won't be able to use this move except in the most limited of circumstances... Have a list of pokemon by element types handy. Water dual types are extremely common, so they can be easily included in most teams. Electric types dual types are rare... Maybe Moon can give his Lanturn to Evangaleen so she can have a better diversity of types within her skills of using electric types..."
He then stopped for a moment.

"If I work at this all day, the stores and centers will be closed before I can purchase them. I need someone to help do some of the legwork..."

He then created a message to forward to all the trainer agents via the Inquiry Visor.

"To all PATCA trainers:
As Sortie Co-ordinator, I am analysing potential options for new pokemon formations and movesets. If there are any preferences among any of you regarding types, combat style or anything worth noting, please reply with a message promptly.
Additionally, I am in need of assistants to aid me in aqquiring the tools and pokemon while I compile all the data that I can access. Any and all help would be much appreciated.
Please note that I may send messages throughout the day to inform particular agents about suggestions regarding changes to their teams. Keeping your visors on you is highly advised."

Inhaling deeply to collect his energy, he submitted the message and expelled the large breath as he resumed looking for possible connections within the teams.

It wasn't long after that Renny suddenly felt a familiar weight press into the back of his head. "Hi Renny!" Elizabeth said, looking over his head at the screen, pushing her chest against the back of his head. "I just wanted to congratulate you on your promotion." She explained as she looked over his work.

Renny was suprised by the softness that was unexpectively pressed against him. He then looked toward her as he responded friendly and courteously although feeling nervous and warm.
"Oh, hi Liz. Thank you. I wasn't expecting it myself." He then pointed at the screen. "I'm trying to come up with the best possible setup that'll last for the long run. New moves for existing pokemon, new pokemon for some trainers. Possibly even new equipment for them too. It's quite a task. Have you been doing well?"

Liz gave him a wide smile. "I've been great, thanks so much for asking." She said kindly. "Actually, I wouldn't mind helping you out, since your message said you needed help. Unless you think my Pokemon setup needs reworking?"

He looked at her profile briefly to see how her team ranked up.
"Your team looks like it is built pretty well. I don't think you really need much improvement there. And I could use some help actually." He looked back toward her. "As you probably already know, our mission is tomorrow. So we're all really pressed for time as is. It is important for me to look over the messages I get as well as improving the agent's setup. However, I need to also actually get the pokemon and the TMs and all the tools in the first place. Which means someone need to travel around shopping and go looking for pokemon, possibly while I'm sending messages over the visor and working on the computer. Would you have any problems helping me with that?"

"Oh, I would love to help you out!" She responded excitedly. Then she looked thoughtful as she considered how to go about it. "I'd go shopping myself, but I don't think I could carry all those pokeballs and technical machines on my own. What if we both go, and you can use my laptop to keep working while we shop?"

Renny thought for a bit. The idea seemed very plausible and the more he thought about it, the better the idea seemed.
"That sounds like a really good idea. In particular, I'd want to make sure that the pokemon we pick up are healthy, so being able to get a second opinion would be a good thing. Just let me save the files I got here. Do you have a USB stick handy?"

Resisting the urge to crack any innuendo, Liz simply reached into her cleavage and pulled out an unsurprisingly pink USB stick. "Here you go." She said sweetly.

Renny took the device gently blushing from the sight as he copied all the data and the URLs for the agents.
"Ok... Everything saved. Pokemon, TMs, tools and berries and checking messages. Alright. Shall we go?"
"Sure thing."

She took Renny's hand in her own and led him downstairs to the garage and to her car. She entered though the driver side door and immediately leaned toward the backseat, rooting around for something, her ass jiggling between the seats for Renny's benefit.
When she emerged, she handed Renny a laptop. "All right, where to?"

Renny stared for a moment, before breaking his gaze away.
"Let's go to the Pokemarts for TMs. Nowadays, TMs can be used infinitely, although they are more expensive. We can hopefully grab one of everything and PATCA can use it for future members and pokemon. It'll be a good investment."

The day went by as Liz and Renny drove to many stores, stocking up on everything. Liz went all over the place excitedly, picking up all the stuff they needed. As the afternoon rolled on, her face was rather flushed, and she had worked up something of a sweat. Her chest heaved up and down prominently, drawing a lot of stares in her direction, as if she didn't get enough of those already.

Renny was busy staring at the visor's screen and glancing his vision back and forth from the HUD and the laptop. He also picked up a few items for his pokemon (with his own money) and got small packages. Some of them looked like candy.

"Ok... Chizuru's message saying she wouldn't mind getting new pokemon. She'd prefer cute ones but she's open otherwise. Some of the other Kimonos don't want new pokemon, so I guess I'll respect that. So far, I got a bit of a plan here. Liz, how are you doing? Do you want to take a break? You really helped out a lot. Soon we can look for pokemon."

Liz just smiled and kissed Renny's cheek gratefully. "Thanks for asking, but I'm fine. I'm really happy getting to help you out. Let's keep going, shall we?"

Renny was flushed, but he smiled warmly from the affectionate kiss. It was a first and the sensation lingered on.
"Hmmm. Ok, can we head to the pokemon centers and daycare centers? Many pokemon get left there, slowly gaining strength but never getting picked up from their trainers or used in combat. And I imagine there are abandoned pokemon who could use a new partner. So, are you ready for the mission tomorrow?"

"Yep, I'm pretty excited, actually. First mission for the agency and all." Liz said calmly. "And I can't wait for the photoshoot! That's definitely going to be fun."
"That is good to hear. I'm really hoping everything goes well. So, what did you do before joining the agency?"

"Oh? I thought everyone at least guessed by now." Liz said, giving Renny a curious look. "I was a thief. Stealing high-end art or equipment and such for a buck. Or sometimes someone hired me to steal for them." She seemed pretty calm as she revealed her past blatantly.

Renny was a little surprised by that as he did a once over, looking at her from top down.

"Really? I had no idea. You don't look the part. Then again, I suppose I'm no good at guessing these things. Well, I'm glad you are on our side now instead."

Liz giggled and suddenly hugged Renny. "Hee hee, I'm glad to be on your side too."
Renny was shocked for a moment, but returned the hug for a moment. He then look toward the screen again.

"Ok, I think I managed to come up with a workable plan for the agents. Maximizing dual-types that fit the agent's speciality or otherwise have as large a type coverage as possible. For the pokemon possessing considerable strength, one move for each type they have and possibly one type that covers their weakness or the weakness of a team-mate. Support moves are spread out so they can be used at the same time, emphaszing the value of using them in different combination of pairs."

"Wow." Liz said with awe, looking over his work. "You really know your stuff, huh? Guess Irene was right to give you the job, you're so talented."
"Thank you kindly. I really hope my results will please her. However, this is basically theory. The hard part now is finding healthy and willing pokemon that are potentially compatible with the agents they'll be paired with. With the setups as they are, I'm hoping it is more or less semi-permanent, so the pokemon and the agents have the oppurtunity to build a rapport with each other. If pokemon get switched around too many times, it doesn't do well for their morale. So there needs to be a set-up that is well-rounded so they can stay with their new owner."

He then looked at Liz with a funny expression. "I'm somewhat of a meddling middle-man." He joked. "I hope everyone will get along well. I guess now all I need to do is to see if there is any suggestions I can make for who are the best agents to put together for the ground team."

"Okay, let's get going." Liz said confidently as she proceeded to drive them to a Pokemon center. The two entered the center as Renny appealed to Nurse Joy for the oppurtunity to convince the pokemon without trainers to join him. His own pokemon were summoned, each telling their tales. Liz pitched in with her own pokemon, Leprihare in particular being useful because she translated for the center's pokemon. From time to time, Renny worked with the nurse to ensure that those willing to join were healthy. Several joined, although there was still pokemon missing from the assigned plan, so they would travel again to daycare center and repeated. Renny managed to convince a few pokemon that were merely used to breed egg moves to their offsprings to join up. He did once accidently spied a pair in the act and quickly averted his gaze and walked quickly in the other direction. Ultimately for the last few which tend to involve rarer and more violent pokemon, they would go to a casino where they were assigned as the rarest of prizes. Renny was personally very adamant about not reaching into the PC boxes of other trainers.

"Ok... that's... almost everything. Some of the pokemon I might be able to get from the agents themselves, if I could convince them to give their pokemon away to another agent..."

He then started sending several messages to several of the individual agents, engaging in light conversation with them as he explained the reasons behind his changes.

"Ok... So far so good... next is... is... maybe I'll talk to her later..." Renny skipped past the agent as he continued on down the list. Eventually, he was left with a select few...

"Maybe I'll get Irene to talk to them for me. Anyhow thank you so much for your help Liz. I think that is just about everything. I just need to use the TMs and give them their items before transfering the pokemon to the agent's PC boxes. But otherwise, that is everything. That was a really long task. If it wasn't for your help, I would not have even nearly finished in time."

Liz was panting visibly and sweating by this point, from all the running around she did, convincing a lot of pokemon all over the place. Still, she smiled and hugged Renny gratefully, kissing him on the cheek once more. "You're welcome, hun. I loved watching you work, you're so passionate, Renny." She praised him, but didn't remove her hands from around him. "So, where to now?"

Renny smiled warmly as she embraced him, although still a little flushed as her hands were still around him.
"I don't want to push you too hard. You been helping out all afternoon How about we stop for a drink at least?"
"A drink, huh?" Then it seemed like an idea struck her. "How about we stop at my place? It's cool there now, and I have drinks. And, I can show you the swimsuit I'm going to wear tomorrow like I promised." She proposed with a wink.

Renny thought pretty hard pretty quickly. The last time things really went uncomfortable fast. So was the last time too. This time however, she had been of immense support, enabling him to help everyone that he was worried about and she was pleasant all the while.
"I guess we can do that. I can't stay for long though. I still have to set up things for tomorrow."
"Yay, thanks!" She exclaimed, kissing him on the cheek again, this time dangerously close to the lips. She pretended as if nothing happened, though, as she removed her arms and drove to her building.

She led Renny up to her apartment and back into her bedroom, making him sit on the bed as she stepped into her large changing room. "Just give me a second, okay?"
When she emerged, she was wearing a small, dark blue sling bikini that hugged her body tightly and left very little to the imagination. "What do you think?" She asked, strutting close to him and bending forward, so he could get a good look down the valley of her breasts.

Renny eyed her, the curve of her body very difficult to miss, and impossible to ignore.
"It... will draw a lot of attention." He tried to grasp for words as it was difficult to express his words. "It is quite... alluring."
Liz giggled. "I'm so glad you like it." She said, moving even closer. "To tell you the truth, I was a little worried you wouldn't like it. Promise you'll be there when they're shooting me, okay?"
Renny smiled as she giggled. "I'll try to be there when I hear the photoshoot starts. I'm sure just about everyone will want to watch."

"Thanks." Liz replied, smiling wider. Suddenly, she was on top of him, pushing him down on the bed. She supported herself with her arms and knees, leaving a gap between their two bodies. "You know, I had a lot of fun today, with you." She said in a husky voice.

Renny didn't expect what came and suddenly he found himself on his back on her bed with the sultry vixen clamboring above him. He stared briefly with shock from their close distance and the audcity by which she initated this. His tried to move her arms aside.
"I did too, but this is getting to be a bit much!"

Liz just smiled. "Are you sure?" She asked him in the same husky voice, lowering herself slowly until her body made contact with his, though still holding herself up. Her scent, like strawberries and cinnamon, invaded his nostrils.
For a moment, he hestitated as the smell wafted into his senses, and the touch felt soft and light on him. His hand that tried to move her arm away instead held on for a moment or so. It was a pleasant feeling and he only felt marginal resistance. He then spoke back.

"It is. Just a little, but I'm really not comfortable with this."

Liz's body squeezed even closer now. Her lips moved inched away from his. He could feel her heart beating, hear her want of him. Then, a whisper. "Okay." And that was that. She rolled off of him and climbed off the bed. "Can you wait in the kitchen for a minute while I change?" She asked as she stepped back into the changing room.

"Sure." He was still flushed and heavy with nervousness and tension, but very much grateful that things turned out as it did. And there was still a rapid tightness of excitenment that he couldn't quiet down. He went into the kitchen and waited.

Liz emerged from her room moments later, dressed once more in her usual attire. She walked over to the fridge and pulled two cans of soda out, handing one to Renny. "Guess we should get going now, huh?" She asked casually, still smiling as she popped the top on her soda.

He popped the top of his can and drank quickly, trying to cool down inside.
"I guess so."

Liz calmly strode to the elevator as she drank her soda, riding it with Renny down to the garage and getting back in the car. "Headquarters, then?"
"Yes please. I still have some things to finish off with."
"Okay. Is there anything left you need help with?" She asked.
Renny thought for a moment. "At best, all I need help with is to take everything out of the car and brought to the room which has a PC system. Once that's done, I can just give the pokemon the TMs and items that I assigned for them and put them in their agent's respective box to pick up on their own time."
Liz smiled. "All right, let's get to it." Then she helped Renny get everything out of the car and carry it up.
"Thank you kindly. I'll take care of the rest. I hope you'll enjoy the photoshoot tomorrow."
"You're welcome hun." She replied, hugging him again. "Thanks for the fun time." She waved and left Renny to his work.

Renny spent the next long still feeling exceeding warm and almost distracted as he inserted TMs inside the pokeball's and having the pokemon learn those moves. Many of the pokemon he distributed items, although he did struggle a little to emphasize that they shouldn't eat the berries he handed to them until they needed it in combat. He'd also present the pokemon a picture of the new agent to familiarize them with their new master. Once a given team was completed, he transfered the pokemon under the agent's name and inserted it in their PC box. He would then leave a short message on their visor with various details.

"Oh man, it's really late. Almost done though. Then I just have to bring Lola's pokeballs and Rachel's gifts."

Renny opened up a channel to send to Irene with a message.

"Irene, I don't know if you are available, but I'm sending you a message that by far I have by far completed formation set-ups for almost all the registered trainers of PATCA. Pokemon assignment, item outfitting, TMs, the whole thing. They can be found in their agent's respective PC boxes to pick up, yours included, and I've sent a message to just about all the agents advising them on the suggested changes. I also have some suggestions for deployments for the mission tomorrow based on the changes. I've enclosed the suggested assignments. Of particular notice, I'm a little nervous about how to express these changes to Sakuya. Someone like me practically dictating what pokemon her Imperial Highness uses makes me worry that she might take offense, and I want to avoid any possibility of an easily avoided situation that can deteriorate quickly.

Thank you again so much for your extended trust. I sincerely hope these modifications will suit the agency's needs."

Finishing off and putting all the materials good away, Renny held Lola's pokeballs and Rachel's gifts and teleported home. He felt very much exhausted, but he went to the closet and gift wrapped the boxes that he prepared for Rachel. Once that was done, he looked to see if Lola was in the apartment suite.

"Hello? Lola, are you home? I found three more pokemon for you."

He sat down on the bed, exhausted as he laid down on his back. The memory of earlier that afternoon stuck on his mind.

Astral Harmony

09-01-2011, 10:56 PM

"Pierce, they're beautiful!" Irene marveled, almost immediately putting them on. Probably not to Pierce's surprise, she had the earrings mismatched. "As for Impact...well, I'm kind of...using him. Like a tool. And I know it's not right and I don't like it, either. I need him to do something for me, something he and I can actually benefit greatly from in the distant future if he plays his cards right. I have a feeling he won't, but you can't help who people are, I guess."

Irene sighed and her shoulders slumped. "Well, at least he knows I'm using him to achieve my own ends. The price we pay for the country we love. Anyways, don't you think you're spending too much? You buy a dojo for the Kimonos, reserved all those rooms for your party, now the earrings? I hope you're not killing yourself here. I'd invite you to live in my mansion but I have a feeling it's going to burn down or explode tonight if it hasn't already."

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Renny got more or less what he expected when it came to trainer requests.

Shannon: "I'm keeping Florescence and I'm keeping Grass types. Long as you can accept that, you 'n' me will get along just fine, Kawaii Agent Renny-chan."

Oh, lawd...wait, that doesn't sound like a bad anime if you think about it. Kawaii Agent Renny-chan, solving Honmyr's toughest cases and engaging in innocent sleepovers with Honmyr's hottest women! Dun nun nun nuuuuun dun nun nuuuuuun!

Catherine: "Hey, Renny. Are you still into...breast feeding?"

Ugh. Catherine, you're not even a trainer.

Alphonsine: "Don't give my legendaries to anyone else. I like to keep my other types flying, too. You know how us in the Thirteen roll."

How was Alphonsine able to communicate?

Feh, nevermind.

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Renny made the call to report in to Irene about his dramatic accomplishments.

"Gosh, Tresserhorn. You didn't have to go full speed right as I fire the starting gun. I hope you don't burn yourself out. I'm glad Phelps is living with you. You could use someone taking care of you."

Speaking of someone taking care of you...

"Oh, sounds good, but uhhh...you sound tired. Hang on, I'll be right there."

Lola found Renny on his bed. "Busy day? I guess you overworked yourself because of that promotion. Maybe you're not old enough for that kind of position? Or perhaps you're just too hard a worked for your own good. You can tell me more about it later. I'm gonna go help Milsha in the kitchen. Smells like porkchops and potatoes, just the kind of meal for a man who has too much to prove."

And with a playful wink, Lola exited the room to go help out with Milsha in the kitchen. Renny had to admit that living with two young, beautiful ladies instead of one beautiful mom was definitely a step up.

Menarker

09-02-2011, 12:11 AM

Renny had obediently responded to the requests of the agents that he was working with, multi-tasking as he worked on Liz's laptop.

"That sounds just fine, Shannon. I'll definately do what I can. See you tomorrow!"

"Rest assured Alphonsine, I won't give your legendaries away or your eevee evolution. At most I'll probably teach them some new techniques and give them some items. See you at the photoshoot!"

And of course... the one unusual message that didn't come from a trainer.

"I... can honestly say I haven't done that in a long time. I'm sorry Catherine, but I still got work to do to prepare all the trainers for tomorrow's mission. Are you still up for another training session right after the mission? Either way, I'll see you at the beach!"

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Renny quickly responded to Irene, trying to reassure her that the worst was over.

"Oh, I'm dead exhausted. But thanks to some help and everyone's prompt responses, I'm practically done with everything. All the trainers should be sufficently prepared for tomorrow. Unless we get a flood of new agents anytime soon, the rest of the job will practically be a vacation."

*Back at home*

"Busy day? I guess you overworked yourself because of that promotion. Maybe you're not old enough for that kind of position? Or perhaps you're just too hard a worked for your own good. You can tell me more about it later. I'm gonna go help Milsha in the kitchen. Smells like porkchops and potatoes, just the kind of meal for a man who has too much to prove."

Renny smiled.

He let his pokemon wander the apartment freely. He got some post-it notes and labeled the pokeballs "Lola's Serperior", "Lola's Ditto" and "Lola's Rapidash" and wrote a small note in the middle. "I showed your portrait to them at HQ, so they should be aware that you are their trainer." He left the pokeballs on the counter near the kitchen.

He then continued to wait for dinner, relaxing peacefully as the aroma wafted around the apartment.

*Dinner*

"Oh, that's looks delicious! Thank you! I can't wait to see how it taste!"

Renny eagerly helped himself to some healthy helpings and pouring himself a large glass of milk, his most preferred drink.

"Today was incredibly busy, but it won't be that way in the future. All the difficult parts is done and everyone should be all prepared. Once in a while I might have to help new agents, but nothing that intense anymore. But I feel better knowing that I could help everyone in this way. I just hope I didn't misjudge anything."

He took a big swig of milk, a hearty sigh escaping his lips.

"So, how have you two been today? Are you ready for tomorrow?"

Dracorion

09-02-2011, 09:23 AM

Pierce laughed. "Well, Liz is the one who paid for the rooms from the party. After all, I'm pretty sure if they had charged either of us for what we did to our room, we both would've gone broke." He answered playfully.

He had tried to avoid taking Irene to his place so she wouldn't see the mess is was, and did his best to straighten it up when he did have to take her. "Yeah, money's tight. But I think it's best to put my ill-gotten gains to good use instead of having them sit in a bank account being useless."

Then he processed something Irene had said. "Wait, what do you mean your mansion might burn down or explode?"

Astral Harmony

09-05-2011, 12:28 AM

The Day Before Mission - Renny, Lola & Milsha

"Well, since Milsha's swimsuit was an eyesore," Lola said without even sugarcoating it. "Her and I went shopping for one that was a little less...conservative."

"But t'was a han'-me-down f'om muh granneh!" Milsha complained.
"And my point is made," Lola said with a wry smirk. "A great body can go the distance, Milsha, but you need a great swimsuit to match."
"Oh, I gets it! So yous bought t'at one yous got t'show off bettuh fo' t'cameras?"
Lola's face reddened slightly. "Well...not just for the cameras."

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The Day Before Mission - Pierce & Irene

Irene dug into a nearby minifridge for a bottle of water. "The Honmyr Prideguard is obviously going to take advantage of my daughter Rayleen's expulsion and will attempt to silence her," Irene said as if relating a mere anecdote. "Fortunately, she knows about this ahead of time and, with Dormond and another highly capable maid, will successfully escape the Prideguards' deathsquads. It's a secret, covert operation which should allow my own little squad within PATCA to conduct some field tests and, hopefully, do away with the deadly Prideguard special ops forces. A very risky plan, I will admit, but something ultimately unavoidable. At least in this case Rayleen has the field advantage. The main objective of that mission will be to neutralize a much larger threat, the Gabriel Force unit Diamond Gunscissor."

Irene set another bottle of water on the desk for Pierce. "It has nothing to do with what I actually want Rayleen to do for me, but since she was there, probably going crazy with nobody or nothing to fight, I decided to utilize her talents."

Dracorion

09-05-2011, 01:17 PM

"Aw, so you're setting your daughter up in a struggle for her life because she's bored? You're the best mom ever." Pierce joked, smirking.

"Well, I don't doubt you've already made living arrangements, but you're welcome to live with me. You know, if you're willing to put up with ten loud, big Pokemon, at least one of which will definitely try to kill you." He proposed. "But you've slept in much more hostile environments, right?" Another smirk.

Okay, enough jokes. "Can you tell Rayleen I wish her luck? To tell you the truth, I'm a little nervous about tomorrow. I mean, I was trained by the best, but I guess it's because it's my first time as a Slayer." He sighed. That sort of thing was why they agreed to go out tonight, after all.

At that thought, Pierce looked at his watch. "Huh. Should we be heading out?" He asked, as he drank from the bottle of water Irene gave him.

Menarker

09-05-2011, 03:15 PM

Renny listened intently to Lola and Milsha as he ate. He held back his urge to laugh with his mouth full of milk when Milsha stated her other swimsuit was her grandma's and just grinned. The youngster then imagined what he would be wearing for tomorrow and what he would bring with him.

"So Lola, just to let you know, your pokeballs are on the counter over there. I thought really hard about what would help you out. You seemed to like pokemon that looked a bit majestic, so I found a Serperior and a Rapidash. I also thought you might find Ditto interesting."

Renny soon finished eating with a contented expression plastered on his face.

"Oh... that was great. Thank you both for the meal. If you can give me about 15 or so minutes to rest some more, I'll do the dishes, ok? Lola, you can go ahead and get aqquianted with your new pokemon if you like."

Feeling like he could use some muscle relaxation and perhaps a little clean-up, he then entered the washroom, shut the door and stripped himself ready for the bath. Before he actually stepped in though, he looked at the mirror.

"... I guess it's too soon to see some results."
Somehow, he hoped that he might have appeared a little more muscular from the days he spent training with Bretton and Catherine. He wasn't unhealthy, but he was fairly lean looking and he wondered if he should wear a shirt while on the beach, just so others wouldn't compare himself to some of the more muscular guys like Bretton.

He then made stepping movement into the tub, one arm reaching for the top of the shower 's curtain rod to pull them aside, when he bumped his wrist on the rod.

"Hmmm? That's odd."

Renny looked a little harder again at his surroundings. He was pleasantly surprised indeed to learn he was at least an inch or two taller. This made him feel quite a bit better as he activated the showerhead and enjoyed the warm rinse.

"Ah, I needed this..."

Renny continued his shower for several minutes before it occurred to him...

"Did I remember to lock the door? Ah, I'll be done in a minute or two..."

Astral Harmony

09-06-2011, 03:22 AM

Day Before Mission - Pierce & Irene

"Just know that as my boyfriend, you could very well be the next guy in danger," Irene returned his smirk.

She didn't respond to his request to have her live with him, but put on her Inquiry Visor and checked the time. "Yeah, I guess it's about time."

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Renny's First Little Brother Duty - Renny & Milsha

Renny lost himself in the shower.

"First little brother duty number one."

Oh, son of a bitch!

"I've grown too accustomed to baths and showers with my brothers, and now that they're not around, I need a handy little replacement," Milsha said, offering him a soapy washcloth. "Could I get you to wash the hard to reach areas on my body?"

Maybe Renny should've stayed at his parent's house after all. This was stimulation at its peek. Not only was Milsha was naked as he was, but in her own way, Milsha was an awesome beautiful. The kind of beauty you'd never expect to see in the countryside.

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And the Mission Begins...

It was a looooooooooooong ride. "Should be there by now," Irene said. "I mean, we beat the early morning traffic by over an hour."

It was just approaching dawn by the time they hit the beach. Alphonsine was already there, talking with the camera crew director. Irene hopped out, swords at the ready. "I'll go talk to Alphonsine. We may have to clear the beach of some Pokemon. You should all get into your swimsuits. Marionata, sense anything?"

Marionata, in the various pieces that composed her body, rolled and bounced out of the Rig into a clump, then pieced itself together in an overly dramatic fashion. "I can just barely sense three parts of Lathiron. Nothing on Krunder, but I'm not sure he has easily detectible psionic wavelengths. It's definitely too early to kick off the fireworks."

"Nah, the Pokemon are really peaceful, but there is one problem. Well, two problems." the director said, pointing near the sea. There were two young women who clearly weren't a part of the crew or PATCA. "Alphonsine was about to go and talk to them to find out if they were going to be dangerous for us, but I told her to wait until you wonderful agents came along."
Irene nodded. "Oh, they're dangerous, all right. But don't worry, I know the both of them. Let me go see why they're here."

One of the women had long, well-kempt dark green hair, round glasses that blended a cool intelligence with moe qualities, and a maid's uniform. The other woman had an overabundance of shiny black hair in two very spiky braids.

"Hmm...curious," Phantomere said to Charlotte from within her mind. "Irene knows them? I wonder if she also knows that neither young lady possesses a soul?"

Que?

"Macca. Lilma. It's a pleasure to know you're both doing well, but I must ask what you are doing here," Irene said, keeping her tone and expression even. "You could have just contacted me on the Inquiry Visor, right?"
"Forgive me, my lady, but Macca insisted," Lilma said with a tone of exasperation. "You know how she gets."
Macca's cheeks pouted cutely. "Leave me alone. I don't like being alone."
"You weren't alone," Irene groaned. "You had Morte and Pendulum and Slaughterhouse and Leialynne."
"I want my Big Sister Irie," Macca insisted.
Irene sighed. "Alright, I give up. I'm sorry for leaving you by yourself, Macca. By the way, I'd like to change the subject if I could. What happened at the estate?"

"It occured pretty much as we planned, my lady," Lilma said, straightening her glasses. The moonlight reflected off of them, giving them a superhuman quality. She also wore a vile and calculating smile that made her seem downright malicious. "Unfortunately, I'd say the plan was only about seventy percent successful. On our side, Rayleen had her prosthetic arm cleaved right off. Dormond is in critical, yet stable, condition. All Diamond Gunscissors' doing. Both are currently in the hospital, the former looking over the latter. I imagine we'll be in Fainas for a week before we set out for the Miasma Mountain Range. We'll have to leave Dormond behind, but we really should see what all of our other enemies are doing, right?"
Irene folded her arms. "It's probably for the best. Dormond really needs to get out of this line of work. Just because his mistresses are battle freaks doesn't mean he has to throw his life into it. His spirit is willing, but his body was ready to quit a long time ago."
"We did some pretty good damage to Diamond Gunscissor and managed to even wipe out all the deathsquads," Macca praised herself. "But one of those Pokemon Commanders showed up."
"Did he steal your Pokemon?"
"No, both Rayleen and Macca's squad all have theirs. We just couldn't use them while that asshole was around, so our combat potential decreased as you might expect. Still, Diamond Gunscissor's going to be out of commission for a while."
Irene looked thoughtful. "Diamond Gunscissor is reputed to be the second strongest Gabriel Force unit. If we don't have to put up with her for a year, that's good on us. Anyways, Macca, I want you to please return to the other BPS members back in Fainas."
"But I wanna be with Big Sister-!"
"Vice Captain Macca Crosswald," Irene said firmly.

Macca instantly came to attention. "Return to Fainas before Big Sister Irie gets angry."
Lilma bowed as Macca finally relented. "I'll make sure she returns to PATCA HQ safely."
Irene chuckled. "As if Macca needs an escort. Still, please take her with you when you leave. Otherwise she'll get distracted by a shiny object or something."
"Big Sister, that was mean!" Macca screamed as Lilma kept Macca closeby. There was no point to them leaving the beach immediately.
Irene sighed. "It's not even dawn and I'm already too tired to face the day," she said to herself as she went to inform the director and then go hop into her own swimsuit.

"Definitely not a soul between the two, but they do seem to possess some kind of personality," Phantomere whispered to Charlotte. "They're so close to being real people, but they're entirely different without souls. I'll need to think about it. Hmm...could you try scanning them with the Inquiry Visor? I think we'll get an interesting feedback. Don't let Irene or anyone else see you do it. I get the feeling Irene doesn't want us to know what we could find out by doing this."

Menarker

09-06-2011, 07:19 AM

Evening
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"First little brother duty number one."
" OH CRAP! I'm naked! Why? How did she sneak up on me? I can't believe I was that unaware!"

Renny was completely embarressed as he vaguely remembered the promise during the party and her comment about having bathed with boys in the past. He tried to hide his nakedness as she held a soapy towel and wore nothing else.

"I've grown too accustomed to baths and showers with my brothers, and now that they're not around, I need a handy little replacement," Milsha said, offering him a soapy washcloth. "Could I get you to wash the hard to reach areas on my body?"

Not wanting to speak up and possibly draw attention to himself while naked and in the shower, Renny took the towel and got to work, rubbing his fingers through the cloth slowly and vigorously but with very particular care not to cause any discomfort to Milsha. He was unable to take his eyes off her, the water trickling down her large bosoms and curves which he wiped as she directed, light shimmering on her lush moist flesh as he tried to avoid showcasing his increasingly aroused display, which got much harder to conceal the more time he spent and the closer he got to her.

"So this is what a woman looks like underneath it all..."

He spoke silently as he wondered what her family was like. "So... do you get to see your family or talk to them sometimes?" He then whispered as he held the washcloth in front of him, "Is this alright, Milsha? Or did I miss someplace you need help with?"

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Early Morning of the mission
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"No no, Swampert! We don't inflate Mr.Gyarados and the Sir Electrodes until AFTER we arrive."

Swampert impishly deflated the excessively large toy floatation device and the two beach balls both shaped after their pokemon names and put them in Renny's backpack. The dual type Water-Ground pokemon was ecstatic to go to the beach, especially since Renny promised the pokemon he could be out of his pokeball almost all day once they arrived assuming he stayed nearby. Renny smirked as he stuffed another change of clothes and an extra towel.

Renny was dressed in black swimtrunks with red and orange blazes decor. He opted to wear a sporty tank-top with a plain single color short sleeve shirt over it. He also brought sandals and a pair of runners in case he needed to go among the rocks for the mission. If things looked really fine, he could go shirtless, although he was still a little self-conscious right now.

Swampert was a changed pokemon and it showed. Ever since several weeks ago, Renny had made it a fairly regular routine to do some early morning sparring with Swampert. The pokemon took to that like a fish to water, and its physique was abnormally improved and healthy. It was undeniably strong before, but now its strength practically rippled from its fingertips and feet, enthused with a vigor that needed a good outlet.

Renny gathered his large backpack as well as 3 giftwrapped boxes. Two of them were very large. The other was tiny, scarely larger than the size of an burly adult male's fist and almost obscured from existance next to its bigger kin to which it was taped to, so Renny wouldn't lose track of it.

Renny kept his IV at handy. The photoshoot and beach-trip was sure to have plenty of chances for great photos for the memories.

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Just before mission
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As Renny arrived at PATCA, he headed over to the Rig where people were starting to gather around in preperation for the long drive. His arms feeling kinda full, so he went to off-load it to their destined owner who would hopefully be happy to take it off his hand.

"Rachel! Happy Birthday! Rachel, I got these for you. You can go ahead and open them now before we leave if you like. It'll probably be better that way."

*If/when she opens either or both of the big boxes*

"I heard you like candy, so I grabbed you a variety collection. Some toffee, some gummy candy - sour and sweet. Some malted chocolate milk balls, white chocolate and milk chocolate with nuts. Coconut flavored, caramel, taffy, candy stick, lollipops. Basically anything I could think of that you might like the taste of."

*If/when she opens the small box.*

Renny watched as Rachel unwrapped the small giftbox and opened the hinged box revealing a simple bracelet with a shiny orb embedded in it that softly radiated with some very light sparks like a mini Tesla coil.

"I... Rachel, I hope this isn't too much for you. You are the first friend I had when I joined PATCA. Actually, you're the first one I have since I moved here. It was rough getting started here, but you were kind for me and I'll never forget it. Happy 18th, Rachel."

Renny then explained the jewelery itself.

"That's a Light Ball. They only react like that for a Pikachu. Normally it has a very potent effect, although I don't think it is fully functional when used as jewelery. But it should still keep you energetic and probably glow a bit stronger if you gather some electricity. I didn't want to just give you candy for your birthday. If I have to give a gift, I tend to want to give some sort of permanent memento if I can."

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At the beach
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Renny released all his pokemon onto the beach as most of them swooped onto the sand. Umbreon stayed near Renny, not entirely excited with the prospect of the beach. Mollesk slowly dragged himself across leaving a very noticable trail in the sand. Swampert and Shaymin in particular took to the beach and the water by storm. Togekiss joined in too, but with a milder sense of glee. Magnezone swept through the sand in patrol, picking up random bits of discarded metal and such and depositing them safely in the public bins.

"Haha, Magnezone, beachcomber and metal detector all in one."

Renny waited for everyone else to finish changing, kinda wondering what everyone would look like afterwards. He eagerly passed the time by inflating the LARGE inflatable Gyarados and the two Electrode beach balls, Swampert joining in to help shortly after.

Dracorion

09-06-2011, 11:42 PM

Pierce at the beach

As he stepped out of the Rig, Pierce saw as Irene went to talk to the two unknown women at the beach. At least, she seemed to know both of them. And she wasn't acting like they were enemies. He might ask her about them, since he wanted to ask about Rayleen anyway.

But that could wait until later.

Seeing Irene made his chest swell up with a feeling he couldn't quite place. God, she was so strong. Hell, even during their conversation back at his party, he only ever felt more and more strongly for her. He admired everything Irene did, and why she did it, and how she could do it while keeping her soul intact. But there was time to admire his girlfriend later.

For now-

I apologize, lord, but I do not believe there'll be a proper chance to discuss this with you later.
What's up?
Your conversations with the District Chief last night and at the hotel are fresh on your mind, and I could not help but pick up on it.
... Of course.
My apologies.
Alright, so?
Killing Faynoc would not have been such a terrible thing.
What? He's dead anyway.
Indeed, lord, but I know better than any that it's the fact that you made the choice beforehand that makes all the difference, regardless of whether or not you were able to carry out your decision.
How would killing him have been right?
If Gaea had not killed him, and you had taken him into custody, that would be taking the risk that the Prideguard or some other player in this game would break him out, would it not? And indeed, he was almost certain to be sentenced to death in the first place. By carrying out his sentence, if Gaea had not beaten you to it, you would have been doing the right thing.

Pierce simply stood where he was, stunned. That was... not something he felt up to considering, right now.
Alright, we'll pick this up later.

Instead, he found a private spot to open the bag he was carrying, and change into his swim trunks. The ones Chizuru had picked out for him at the mall. Then he released his Pokemon.

Metagross simply lay down on the sand, eyes fully open, quietly observing everything. Dialga and Palkia had finally gotten Pierce's permission to spar with each other as long as they didn't start wrecking shit or hurt each other too much, so they went a ways away from the whole group to do just that. Kingdra excitedly bounded off toward the water, intent on getting a good soak before playing around with everyone. Enmakki simply went off to do... something. Pierce still didn't know what it got up to.

He regretted not being able to bring Adamantitar and Blaziken, despite how much they enjoyed the beach. But they weren't suitable for the mission, so he had to leave them home.

Aria, after some convincing, had agreed to participate in the same photoshoot as her idol, and was wearing a simple red bikini as she happily approached Pierce. "Why are you even wearing that? You go around naked all the time."
"But then I wouldn't fit in, silly! Besides, this way is more enticing. I can have you wondering what's hidden underneath this bikini, Master." She said seductively.
Pierce smiled. "Right."

Looking around, Pierce saw Aster and was reminded of what Renny had told him before. Aria at his side, he approached the psychic Pokebrid. "Hey Aster, you got a minute?"

Pierce scratched his head as he thought of what to say. He hadn't really thought this through at all. It was an awkward request, and definitely a long shot. "Well, y'see... I know you can see the future. I don't know how your foresight works, but... uh, I was wondering if you ever saw anything about my sister Samantha?"

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Elizabeth and Leprihare at the beach

Elizabeth stepped onto the beach, smiling widely at the endless expanse of shore that represented endless possibilities. She was wearing the swimsuit she had show off to Renny before, a dark blue sling bikini that hugged her body tightly and left very little to the imagination. She carried a bag filled with... stuff.

Beside her stepped up Leprihare, wearing an intricate yellow bikini that was at least as revealing her partner's, and large sunglasses. She also carried a bag, and an umbrella over her shoulder.

"So."
"So."
The two looked at each other and exchanged equal smirks.

Not long after, all bystanders were treated to the exquisite sight of Leprihare rubbing lotion over Elizabeth, as the latter lay face down on a beach towel, the top of her bikini off to let the Pokesapien rub her everywhere.

And Leprihare was rubbing her everywhere. It was quite a show for everyone watching.

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Sophia at the beach

Wearing a simple black one-piece swimsuit that hugged her body tightly, Sophia looked around, trying to calm herself. Signing up for the photoshoot was a bad idea. How was she going to handle having pictures taken of herself without exploding from sheer embarrassment?

Then there was the fact that this would be her first battle for PATCA and she was suffering from more than a little performance anxiety. Her heart was pumping so fast it seemed about ready to jump out of her chest. She really needed something to calm her down.

Just what have I gotten myself into?

Astral Harmony

09-08-2011, 03:41 AM

Evening Before Mission - Renny, Milsha &...Oh Shi-!

"Wow, you're good," Milsha said, her entire face slowly turning red. "Maybe I should just ask you to wash my easy-to-reach areas, too."
"Except only he isn't," came an extremely frightening voice from outside of Renny's peripheral vision.

Renny couldn't tell by the color of the text, but he could tell by the sound of the voice that the woman speaking was Lola, not Milsha.

Oh, goddamnit...

Lola was not naked-

Goddamnit again!

...and had her hands on her hips with a very twitchy right eye.

Lola cleared her throat. "Milsha, might I ask what the hell you think you're doing?"
"He's doing little brother things for me," Milsha said simply.
Lola shook her head pitifully. "Milsha, from now on, if you have trouble bathing, you will be bathing with me."
"But I want a little brother to wash my hard-to-reach areas, and-"
Lola's teeth clenched. "Milsha, continuing this conversation will end in a dead body, and the person who will die is neither of the people who are not you."

There was a long pause. Obviously Milsha was trying to work through Lola's threat.

"You are exiting the bathroom, Milsha. Now."

Milsha left, followed quickly by Lola. And while Milsha went on to find some clothes, Lola was brought to a pause just outside the bathroom door.

"...So...that's what his looks like." Lola whispered to herself.

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Mission - Renny & Rachel

"Oh, you got me things for my birthday?! You absolutely have to tell me yours so I can get you something good." Rachel said, already get a little too cozy up to Renny. Rachel wore a long black t-shirt tied at the bottom on the side and a white string bikini bottom with leather sandals.

Here came the first present. Strangely, she seemed to be...calculating something. "Oh, here's an idea," she said conspiratorially.

An idea? An idea for what?

Then came the second present. Rachel tried on the bracelet and held it up the sunlight...which really didn't accomplish much. "Renny, are you sure you're celebrating my birthday and not asking me to marry you?"

Whaaaaaaaat?!

"'Cause I could, you know. Some boys in school even told me I have the perfect hips for child-bearing."

Maybe, but you're not exactly equipped for breast feeding.

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Mission - Pierce & Aster, One of the Better Yaoi Couples Rachel Could Imagine

"I would believe that she survived," Aster said, though he didn't sound certain. "I certainly forsaw a lot of death, but between Gransrax, Faynoc, and countless experiments just left to die down there locked away in padded cells and biovats...well, it's difficult to pick out individual kills in that mess of...ergh, I'm sorry. I can't imagine how important it is to know that your family is safe, not having had any family of my own, but you have my sympathies, as well as my hope that your sister has made it out of there alive. My guess would be that it's pretty high. Most of the life signs silenced belonged to...inhuman things."

Aster's swimsuit looked more suited to a girl than him. He wore a deep blue tankini with beige short shorts that left his long, thin legs bare. Honestly, he would look like a really cute flat-chested girl if one didn't know the truth.

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Mission - The Sand-Dazzled Hills and Valleys

"I uhhh..." the Director breathed.
Alphonsine sighed. "When you're done jizzing in your pants, Director, could you hurry with the goddamn equipment already? There are supposed to be two giant monsters of incalculable power coming here at some point today."
"Oh, uhhh...right. C'mon, people, we're burning sunlight here!"

Alphonsine kept up with the strange celebrity trends when it came to swimwear. Her bikini was pure white...in fact, so white that the thing actually included features into its construction.

---

A lot of the Kimonos, Tsubasa and Chizuru included, had set up some kind of food stand. They served a number of things from grilled corn on the cob to cotton candy to even dried squid.

Tsubasa was still wearing her mini-yukata, but Chizuru wore the strange combination of a dark violet string bikini bottom and two strapless Starmie cups. One would guess that Chizuru couldn't find a top big enough for her huge...tracts of land, and one would be thankful that she hadn't.

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Lola was speaking to Rio near the stand.

Lola, following her theme of being a nurse, wore a lovely white two-piece with a red cross on the left cup. Simply put...have mercy!

Rio wore a revealing violet getup and spiced it up with a transparent red bikini skirt wrap that hung below her lovely knees. This also gave people an opportunity to see her superb physique, which was tasteful yet considerable.

"Ha ha ha! Hilarious, Lola. There's no point to having a complex about your breasts compared to Chizuru."
Lola snarled. "Keep your voice down! ...And why not?"
Rio looked around and took Lola with her to a less occupied area. "It's simple, Lola. It's because Renny chose your glorious mountains over Chizuru's."
Lola turned beet red. "How could you possibly know that?"
"Well, who knows how she would know, but I know a way you can."

Lola and Rio turned to face Catherine. Catherine was...more or less wearing a boxing outfit, a light green tankini with shiny boxing shorts and even gloves. "Just ask Renny which boobs he likes better, yours or Chizuru's...or mine."
Lola sighed. "I couldn't possibly ask him which breasts he likes more."
"Yeah you can. It's easy and I promise he won't even realize he just answered you."
Lola blinked, then cocked her eyebrow. "Talk to me."
Catherine smiled a victory smile. "You just gotta ask him when he's really distracted."
"Huh?"
"Back when Antonio was still alive, I pulled this shit on him all the time. He'd get distracted by the Blitzball tournament on TV. And when his birthday was coming up, I'd just ask him what he'd like right then and there. He'd be so distracted that he couldn't process the question before he answered it, and then, when his brain does process it after he already answered it, he'd come up and ask me about it, but I'd just say that I asked him a different question."

Rio joined Lola in the eyebrow cocking. Catherine sighed. "Look, here's some role-playing. Antonio is watching Blitzball. He's on the edge of his seat. I ask him 'Honey, what would you like me to dress up as during your birthday sex?', and he says 'full course meal served on your naked body'."
Lola blushed. Serving a full course meal on her naked body? Renny would probably be too petrified to sit down and eat.
"Then his brain starts processing and he thinks he heard me ask what he wants for his birthday sex and he comes and asks me and I say 'Huh? I asked you what you wanted for dinner.' Boom, you asked him an embarrassing question, he gave you an honest answer, and you don't lose any face."

Rio looked at Lola. "Well...I suppose it does sound possible," Rio consented. "Remind me to try that on Kiyomi. What do you think, Lola?"
Lola didn't say anything. But Rio and Catherine could both see the gears turning inside her head.
"I think she'll ask him," Rio said to Catherine.
Catherine smiled. "And then she'll put a full course meal over her naked body."

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Irene and Kurika were practicing fighting. It didn't so much look like they were sparing as it did look like they were flat out trying to kill each other.

Irene apparently liked her bikini jet black with a gold trim. Kurika for some reason had her naughty bits as wrapped up with white bandages as her wrists and feet.

"It's different, isn't it?" Irene asked her after staining the sand with a splotch of her crimson-stained saliva.
"Yes," Kurika said, a bruise on her right leg from where Irene had given her a pretty severe one-two punch in the same spot. That would ache for hours. "Fighting in sand is...difficult. Kurika's legs are on fire."

Dracorion

09-08-2011, 07:50 AM

PiercexAster may not be real, but it'll always live on in our hearts

Pierce nodded and smiled. "Okay. Thanks Aster, that does help. Enjoy the beach." He replied gratefully, and left Aster.

Well, that was something. Everything pointed to Sam being alive, which was great. Though it still begged the question of what she was doing and where she was. He wasn't sure if his reluctance to accept good news about Sam was just him being...

He sighed.

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Aria and Alphonsine

After Alphonsine finished talking to the director, she saw Pierce carrying an obviously reluctant Pokesapien over his shoulder, approaching her.

"Excuse me, Miss Dione? Sorry to bother you, I just wanted to introduce you to someone." Pierce said, and put down the blue-skinned winged Pokesapien, spinning her to face Alphonsine and holding her there. "This is Aria. She's your biggest fan and founder of the 'Alphonsine Dione Fanclub Website'."

"Umm... hi." Aria said weakly, refusing to make eye contact with Alphonsine. Her blue cheeks had turned red from blushing.

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Pierce and Chizuru

After she dissappeared on him at the mall, Pierce wasn't quite sure how to approach Chizuru again. Still, he walked over to her somewhat hesistantly, even if he didn't know how to start the conversation.

Oh hell, might as well just go with the classic. "Umm... hi." Pierce greeted her, trying to avoid making contact with the Staryu cups covering her breasts. "Are you doing alright?" He asked nervously.

Then, "That swimsuit looks pretty good on you."

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Pierce, Jeanette and Darcelle

"Hey." Pierce greeted Jeanette and Darcelle as he approached them. "Enjoying the beach? As far as first missions go, you could've done a lot worse."

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Sophia and Tsubasa

Still not entirely calmed down, Sophia nervously walked up to Tsubasa. And what she was about to do wasn't likely to lower her blood pressure any. "Uhm, excuse me, Tsubasa-san?"

Sophia tried her best to maintain eye contact, in spite of how much she wanted to make her do otherwise. "I- I- I, um... was wuh- wondering if you'd... you'd like to guh- get together with me this, umm... Saturday?"

Sophia's stammering and nervousness seemed even worse. Was this her first time asking someone out?

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Pierce and Mio

"Hey Mio. You doing all right?" Pierce greeted her, simply walking up to her and casually taking a seat on the sand. "By the way, did you ever get around to trying any ice cream?"

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Pierce, Shannon and Moon

"Hey, you two." Pierce greeted Moon and Shannon. After Shannon's power display on the day after Millennium House, and Irene's explanation the night before about Shannon's new powers, Pierce was kinda curious. "I hope you're doing okay." He asked, mostly to Shannon. He hadn't gotten a chance to see how she was holding up after being possessed by Gaea and getting her fancy powers.

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Pierce and Rachel

"Happy birthday, Rachel." Pierce said, smiling, as he approached the birthday girl. "I think a photo shoot trumps a hotel." He commented, looking around. He was obvious comparing both their parties.

"Anyway, here." He handed her a simple black box that contained the silver necklace with the Pikachu head in the middle he had picked out at the mall. "This one's from, uhm..." He hesistated for a moment, scratching the bridge of his noise, "me and Chizuru."

Bard The 5th LW

09-08-2011, 09:49 AM

Charlotte and Irene

"Hmm...curious," Phantomere said to Charlotte from within her mind. "Irene knows them? I wonder if she also knows that neither young lady possesses a soul?"

'That a figure of speech?'

"Definitely not a soul between the two, but they do seem to possess some kind of personality."

'Maybe there robots or something?' There were apparently a lot of robot maids around. In any case, Charlotte was curious, which was a truly uncommon occurence for this earth. She couldn't just flat ask "why do you have no soul though". Instead, she just went up to Irene to pose an honest question.

"Irene, you mind if I ask a question?" Without waiting for the answer to that question, she asked another, "how in particular do you know those two people? They friends of yours?"

'Do you know they apparently have no soul?' It was really tough not being as blunt as you wanted to be. Charlotte had to confine that last inquiry to her thoughts. Phantomere woukd only know so much, and she wasn't going to tell anyone that she had the murder ghost hanging over her shoulder.

At the Beach

As anyone could predict, Charlotte was not taking part in the photoshoot. There were probably plenty of reasons ranging from "I don't care" to "I hate fun." She had changed into a swim suit however. It was a normal and practical red one-piece. Actually, it looked like one a lifeguard would wear. Was Charlotte a lifeguard? That's a scary thought.

There was another odd sight accompanying Charlotte as well. A large one. A deep croak creaked from the grey mass of leaves as it lethargically kicked up the sad beneath its feet. Since when did she have a venosaur?

"Get your walk in now Monty, because you're probably going to be swimming soon," she said as she paced alongside the hulking amphibian. She didn't have much time to gauge his abilities the day before, so it was sort of a last minute test.

Jeremy was also present, content to wandering around the beach. His outfit clung somewhat tightly to his torso and also covered most of his body, sort of life surfing gear to be precise. He wasn't really doing much though, just meandering around, occasionally sneaking glances at the photo shoot.

Menarker

09-09-2011, 02:46 AM

Evening Before Mission
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Renny practically entered a comatose mentality as soon as the argument between the two women ended. Stunned with utter silence from being caught in quite the compromising situation and being caught naked, he stood paralyzed and mentally dazed in the shower before he berated himself for not remembering to lock the door and finally leaving the bathroom.

Looking at either of the two was an extremely awkward proposition. He finally managed to get changed into pajamas and do the dishes as he had promised before, but he was silent the entire time as if guilty for a horrendous crime.

The awkwardness increased to a blaring psychological crescendo as he stood at the door to his bedroom which he shared with Lola. Physically, they always modestly slept on the far ends of the bed, but now he was wondering if anything changed.

Sighing and taking a deep breath, he pried the door open slowly and entered as he silently slid into his portion of the bed not wanting to disturb Lola if she was sleeping. With abated breath, he was tense with attention for any word from his bedmate although fearfully hoping it wouldn't actually come, as he tried to drift into sleep for the fewer hours that was left before the morning trip.

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Renny-Rachel
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Mission - Renny & Rachel

"Oh, you got me things for my birthday?! You absolutely have to tell me yours so I can get you something good." Rachel got really really close to Renny, although Renny smiled at what he thought was a positive sign.
"Oh, thank you. You really don't have to. But I'll tell you anyways. It's on August the 24th. So it's not a terribly long time from now."

When Rachel tried on the bracelet and held it up the sunlight, he felt warm inside as Rachel's visible appreciation for the gift reassured him...

"Renny, are you sure you're celebrating my birthday and not asking me to marry you?"

... or it did.
"Wha? Marriage?"

"Cause I could, you know. Some boys in school even told me I have the perfect hips for child-bearing."

Renny almost choked from the very particular boast she was making.
"CHILD BEARING!? ...Oh, she must be joking with me... or I think it's a joke.

He chuckled and grinned, giving her the benefit of the doubt.

"Haha, this is for your birthday... But it would be great if you and I hanged out more often. I've been keeping myself really busy lately with training and working out. But it would be nice to take a break from the routine once in a while. That is, if you would be happy with that..."

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Beach
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Swampert and Shaymin continued playing around, especially with the beach balls, inviting Pierce's Kingdra to join in the fun. Magnezone and Umbreon was more content in just relaxing in one spot. Togekiss stuck with Renny, hopping with cute little gaits back and forth. Mollesk looked very unusually focused as its tentacles gathered up HUGE mounds of sand and... sculpting towers and walls out of them... lifelike walls. Was he trying to make a room sized sandcastle? Either way, it was crudely made but that didn't slow him down any.

Renny looked around and didn't really see many people playing in the water. It finally occurred to him that maybe none of the ladies wanted to get wet and sandy before the photoshoot. Also remembering his... "promise" with Liz to at least see her being snapshot (almost blushing from the memory which also triggered yesturday's memory), he went over to the director.

"Mr. Director? I beg your pardon, but I don't suppose there is any way I can help you with the photoshoot? I might look small, but I can lift some of the heavier equipment or maybe help prepare things in some way. The ruin generals might come at any time and interrupt things, but I don't want to rush your work. So I figured you could use some assistance since we are kinda running against a clock that we can't see the countdown for..."

Renny then kinda shuffled his feet a moment as he became a little more... honest with his motivation.
"Also, I would be interested in seeing how exactly a truly professional photoshoot is done. I promised someone I would watch. I'll do whatever is needed to help get things done properly. I promise I won't get in your way. So I would appreciate if I could help with the work or help... keep an eye on things."

Astral Harmony

09-09-2011, 05:24 AM

Aria & Alphonsine

Alphonsine smiled fondly and took Aria's hands into her own. "Well, she owns one of the Alphonsine Dionne fansites anyways, ha ha ha. I think there's like, what, about twenty of them these days? But I research you guys and I can't even begin to imagine how difficult it is to manage one. Must be as tough as the job my good director has."

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Pierce & Chizuru

Chizuru's face was almost red enough to burst from all the blood rushing to it. "Oh, well uhhh...there wasn't enough time to order from a catalog and-"

Chizuru's cute voice trailed off as she just went into an embarrassed murmuring. Pierce managed to figure out from this and that word that no swimsuit store sold bikini tops capable of supporting Chizuru's...ahem, "ballistic warheads".

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Pierce, Jeanette & Darcelle

"I'm looking forward to seeing extended combat against Ruin Generals this time," Jeanette said. "My knowledge and experience against Ruin Pokemon is laughable at best."

Jeanette stuck with a simple white one-piece. It...did it's job, but the good Pokemon Professor had the body to really knock 'em dead with something a bit more daring.

Also, she was wearing her labcoat. This was a strange and yet not altogether unwelcome sight.

"Ha! Darcelle has never been to the beach before!" she shouted. Darcelle wore a sexy black V-style swimsuit that reflected light.
Jeanette shrugged. "Well, you are about six weeks old and everything. You haven't even had an Arby's bacon beef 'n' cheddar melt."

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Sophia & Tsubasa

Tsubasa scratched her head. "Sure, it sounds good. I rarely do give myself to get out and enjoy the sights. Sure, it's a date."

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Pierce & Mio

"Yes," Mio said in disinterest. "It was cold."

Mio wore what she usually wore, ninja armor that left openings for her strange extra limbs to protrude and have full motion. Wasn't she hot in that? Well, regardless, she seemed to tolerate it.

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Pierce, Shannon & Moon

Shannon nodded. "Oh, I'm alright...or at least I'd be alright except for...well, you can see that for yourself."

Normally, lovers as close as Moon and Shannon would have their arms locked together, but as Shannon indicated, Moon's arms were rather preoccupied with two other fly honeys.

Moon wore simple black trunks. Shannon had a deep green two piece with a plaid red skirt, complete with a leather belt. She finished it with a synthesized green rose in her hair. Cecilia who had Moon's left arm on lockdown wore a rather plain light blue two piece. Mirror on Moon's right arm wore a dark grey two piece with a pair of sunglasses.

Wilhelmina was also there, and fortunately she decided to dress down from the maid outfit she usually wore. Was it normal to be hot for a mecha girl? Yeah, it was. Wilhelmina rocked a blood red Y-style swimsuit with a gold ring connecting the three straps. And the straps were dangerously thin. Lord, have mercy.

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Pierce & Rachel

"Oh, it's so cool!" Rachel marveled, once again accessorizing herself. "Hey, so...are you trying to propose to me, too?"

What's with this girl and her thinking that every gift of jewelry has to be a marriage proposal?

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Charlotte & Irene

Irene looked thoughtful for a brief moment. "Oh, those two? Lilma I met near the end of the war while I was on this secret mission. Not like Melanie who was just one of those who lost everything to the war, Lilma has a surprisingly amount of insight into the way people behave. Because of the results of the secret mission, I found myself depending on her abilities more and more. She was essential even after the conflict ended when I had to start thinking about Honmyr's latest people of influence like Vladier (Burkmont) and Sakuya and how they'd change Honmyr in the future."

"As for Macca, she was someone I picked up out of nowhere as directed by Ivaro, an intelligent Ivysaur who is the Village Chief of Pokemonoli, a village run and completely inhabited by Pokemon only. Her presense made them...uncomfortable. Supposedly, she had been drawn there because of their village's primary attraction, a true-to-life statue of the Legendary Pokemon Rezonark. That was a bizarre day, but Macca quickly latched onto me like a little sister finally having met her older sister in a long time, and has proven to be an extremely capable fighter, so I've currently made her the Squadron Captain of a new PATCA squad, the Black Page Society. With us Watchmen under orders to neutralize both the Ruin Generals and, secretly, the Honmyr Prideguard, there needs to be a couple more highly elite squads to take on threats of equal threat but lower priority, like Pokegeddon."

Phantomere hadn't said anything the whole time Irene spoke. In a way, it seemed like he was focusing more on what Charlotte was thinking.

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Renny & Lola, Before Mission

It was a strange feeling to wake up from being uncomfortably warm and feeling somewhat restrained. It didn't take long for Renny to realize why. Lola literally avalanched her whole body into his, her legs wrapped around one of his, her arms hugging his torso close, her face nuzzled against his shoulder.

But nothing made Renny more uncomfortable than to see Lola's face. From the look of things, it appeared that Lola had been crying in her sleep. Some kind of bad dream?

"No..." Lola murmured, seeming to try and hold Renny closer but actually falling away from his body. "Don't leave me...all I have...lef-..."

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Renny & Rachel

"Sure, I'd love to. Here, let me help you 'take a break from the routine' as you just said. I hope you don't mind."

Rachel jogged lightly over to wear Lola stood, talking with Harliette. Harliette wore a ripped up plaid dress shirt that was two loose buttons away from leaving her topless and cut up denim shorts that pretty much functioned like a thong. Mouse didn't appear to be with her.

Rachel waved her arm wide in the air to keep Renny's attention on her, then turned towards Lola. "Signature Technique! Bikini Top Snatch!"

"Bikini Top what?" Lola asked, turning towards Rachel just as her top mysteriously vanished. Two seconds later, Lola realized what had just happened, then fell into a deep squat, both arms wrapped around her unrestricted chest and her face as red as a tomato and her scream too high pitched for anyone to really hear.

Rachel, apparently acting like some kind of dog, had Lola's top clutched in her mouth complete with a mischievous kitty face expression. She made a peace sign for victory, but Renny could tell that it was Rachel's way of saying 'mission accomplished'.
"Rachel, you give my top back right now!" Lola shouted and began to run after her, but Rachel was clearly the faster runner, joyfully fleeing right into the ocean. Lola chased after her with wild abandon, only one arm covering herself while the other was raised high to pound Rachel like pizza dough.

Harliette walked up to Renny. "I'd ask if you were the mastermind behind that, but I know you're the kind of goodie-goodie who shits rainbows and whatever. So, you enjoy your first view of Lola's magnificent udders or is that a common occurence between you and her these days?"

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Renny & Director

"Ahh, don't worry about us. If push comes to shove, we've got some Pokemon with us that can help clean up in a flash if necessary."

Alphonsine was busy supervising as some of the girls were already getting photos taken. The director sighed. "By the way, did Alphonsine ever tell you guys the real reason she intends to join PATCA?"

Judging from the director's expression, it wasn't a good reason. "Recently, the president of our little talent agency has hired on three new promising idols. And when you've worked in this business as much as I have, it means that our dear Al's career as a idol is eventually going to come to a close. That's the thing they don't teach you about in this kind of work. It may not hold true to everyone, but a lot of people wanna be a star, and when you think about it that way, every single sexy body, every single pretty face, every single singing voice is an enemy that threatens to remove you from your well-deserved position as an idol. It's not all bad. Alphonsine can always just graduate and become an actress or a vocalist, but it always just seems like you're a star that just fell, as opposed to being a star that shines in a new way. Truth be told, my wife was an idol. The first idol I was ever in charge of promoting, actually. She lasted in this business about three years before her talents were beaten back by the next face. Way too short for a woman which so much talent, so much potential."

The director took several deep gulps from his water bottle. "Idols are like trends, son. They come into style and go out of style all the time like clothes. I always find myself so angry when one of our idols goes right out the door and I'm looking at the next big thing wondering 'Just what the hell can you do that the woman we had before couldn't do and do better?' But them's the breaks, I guess. Anyways, sorry for yammering on and on about things that really don't matter. I don't really have anything for you, but I imagine these Ruin Generals you speak of aren't going to show up right yet. After all, that military ship I heard was coming isn't even in sight yet."

The director was absolutely right. Renny couldn't see the cruiser anywhere. Maybe it was just coming later.

Menarker

09-09-2011, 06:28 PM

Renny & Lola, Before Mission
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It was a strange feeling to wake up from being uncomfortably warm and feeling somewhat restrained. It didn't take long for Renny to realize why. Lola literally avalanched her whole body into his, her legs wrapped around one of his, her arms hugging his torso close, her face nuzzled against his shoulder. The beauty's skin-tight closeness made him flush with warmth and tension.

But nothing made Renny more uncomfortable than to see Lola's face. From the look of things, it appeared that Lola had been crying in her sleep. Some kind of bad dream?

"No..." Lola murmured, seeming to try and hold Renny closer but actually falling away from his body. "Don't leave me...all I have...lef-..."

"Who is she talking to? Could... could it be me?"

Touched with compassion and concern, Renny sat up and tried to secretly move himself closer to her, moving his lips to her ear without touching her in any way that might wake her up.

In his faintest voice, trying to control his breathing so as not to be blowing in her ear, Renny whispered soft words to try to reassure her in her dream. "Please don't cry... You have many people... You have father and sister, many many friends at PATCA. You are not alone."

He stopped for a moment thinking on what to say next... "... And I'm right here. I am trying my very hardest to protect you, so that you can be brave, beautiful and good..."

Renny stopped as he gazed on Lola's face, hoping that her troubled sleep might ease, his hand absentmindly holding her hand.

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Renny & Rachel
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"Sure, I'd love to. Here, let me help you 'take a break from the routine' as you just said. I hope you don't mind."

"Hmmm?"

Renny watched curiously to whatever Rachel hinted to, especially as she approached Lola and waved back to ensure he was watching. His expression was then an odd mix of protectively mortified horror and extreme arousal and interest as Lola top was stolen away and her large tits became promimently displayed freely. Lola then quickly fell into a deep squat, both arms wrapped around her unrestricted chest, her face red as a tomato and screaming at a pitch that was not easily heard if you weren't aware of it. Renny ran toward Lola to offer his shirt, but she already started chasing after the thief who gleefully showed off her accomplishment and retreated playfully into the water with her 'victim' in pursuit, attempting and failing to cover her bouncing bountiful breasts with one slender arm. Renny's eyes were drawn to stare at the sight.

Harliette walked up to Renny. "I'd ask if you were the mastermind behind that, but I know you're the kind of goodie-goodie who shits rainbows and whatever. So, you enjoy your first view of Lola's magnificent udders or is that a common occurrence between you and her these days?"

Renny was surprised by the question. As she spoke to him, the story that Lola told him about her past echoed in his head, subtly changing his impression of her. He thought of having a discussion with her, but the situation going on in the background kinda grabbed at his attention.

"It's my first time seeing them like this. Sorry Harliette, but I gotta help Lola! She must be horrified!" He started taking off his shirt, leaving him with his arms bare and chest covered by his tank-top. "Excuse me."

He changed after Lola, waving his shirt in the air. "Lola, hold on. Use this!"

*If she slows down* He tried to politely not stare at her chest as he handed her the shirt.

"Lola, go ahead and cover yourself with this."

Even as he said this though, Renny was having second thoughts.

"... Somehow I doubt my shirt's size is big enough... Her chest might even burst out if she tries to button it."

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Renny & Director
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Renny listened sympathically at the Director's story about idols' shortlived fame, even though he himself never really got into some of those trends or into the idols in general. The director's assurance that the Generals won't come yet because the boat didn't arrive was a little worrisome within its questionable logic. What if the boat was attacked in mid-transit or if the boat didn't arrive as scheduled? Or if the generals attacked early enough? It's not like they would kindly wait specifically for the boat to make it to the Watchmen before they'd attack. However, Renny didn't see the need to worry the director with his own paranoia, nevermind correct him.

"Alright. But thank you for taking the time to tell me that story. It feels good knowing that you understand that side of them."

From time to time though, Renny would come back to watch some of the photoshoot, drawn in by the allure that the female bodies was openly presenting as well as to ensure he didn't miss Liz's shot, which he promised to watch. Togekiss also watched with a perpetual blush as he observed Renny's seemingly enthralled expression at the sight of them.

Dracorion

09-09-2011, 11:54 PM

Aria and Alphonsine

Aria gave a sharp gasp as Alphonsine held her hands. "Ummm... well, everyone does argue a lot about dumb stuff, so you kinda have to stay firm and not take any crap and not reveal the fact that you're a Pokesapien." She answered nervously.

Inside her head, Aria was going Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! from meeting her idol. "Th- thank you for your autograph, Miss Dione..." She mumbled, referring to the autograph she signed for Pierce at his party.

So distracted she was with Alphonsine, she didn't even notice Pierce had released his grip on her and left to take care of other business.

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Pierce and Chizuru

Pierce smiled at the sheer cuteness of Chizuru's embarrassment. "Don't worry about it." He reassured her. "It looks great."

But, well, Pierce was bursting to say what he wanted to say since he approached her. "Look, Chizuru..." he began, worry evident in his face. "If- if I did something back at the mall to offend or upset you, I'm really sorry." He apologized. "If you want me to leave now, I will."

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Pierce, Jeanette and Darcelle

Pierce was slightly disappointed that Jeanette didn't take the opportunity to show off her smoking body with a good swimsuit. But, even though the labcoat she wore was entirely out of place, it had something to it that made up for everything else.

He was a little surprised to see Darcy had gone entirely the other way by wearing a V-shaped swimsuit. It was interesting how different the two were, considering they had the same genes. Or maybe Jeanette had been just like Darcelle when she was younger.

"Uh, well, Professor, I was just wondering when I could start helping you investigate the Rezonscape."

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Sophia and Tsubasa

Sophia nodded and sighed in relief. "Okay, I'll, um, see you later then, Tsubasa-san."

Wait... damn, she was going to have to choose the place, wasn't she? This dating thing was going to kill her.

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Pierce and Mio

"Uhh..." Pierce blinked. Sheesh, this girl was distant. "And you didn't like it? Seriously?" That was impossible. Everyone liked ice cream.

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Pierce, Shannon and Moon

"I, uh, wouldn't know about that sort of thing." Pierce responded to Shannon, chuckling nervously. Irony much? "But, I was, um... actually wondering how you were holding up after the whole Gaea thing, Shannon."

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Pierce and Rachel

Pierce blushed at Rachel's question. "I, uh... no. Someone proposed to you?" He asked, curious.

Shaking his head, Pierce clarified the meaning of his gift. "Yeah, no. I just figured you were going to get more than enough candy from everyone anyway. Thought I'd get you something nice."

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Riolu at the beach

Sporting a pair of tiny red swim trunks and orange floaters, Riolu happily ran up to the first girl he could find, snuggling against her leg and running in circles around her, tossing a beach ball around. "Olu! Ri Ri!" He barked happily.

He seemed to want to play.

Astral Harmony

09-14-2011, 04:44 AM

Renny & Lola

Lola halted when Renny offered her a shirt. "Renny, you're a godsend!" lola cried, taking the shirt. Instead of putting it on, she simply wrapped the length of it around her breasts, then looked around for Rachel, only to discover that Rachel had decided to stop playing and was offering Lola's top back.

Lola responded by playfully dunking Rachel in the water. She was still red, but she didn't seem as angry as she should have been.

"Ugh, can you believe this girl?"

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Granger & Chizuru

"No, no, it's fine, please stay! Here, try some grilled corn on the cob. Filled with loads of artery clogging buttery love!" Chizuru said, trying to think of what to do. Well, it couldn't hurt to just ask him.

"Pierce, how much money exactly have you been spending these past weeks?"

For some reason, Pierce could feel it in his gut that his answer could have a much stronger effect on Chizuru than it would seem.

Of course, the fact that not a few of the other Kimonos were looking rather nervous didn't help, either.

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Pierce & The Professor

"I'll let you know when we can start, Granger," Jeanette promised. "We should be able to start shortly after the return from this mission. For such a dangerous job, you seem eager to start. You're not hurting for money, are you?"

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Pierce & Mio

"It was okay," Mio said. "Maybe I would like it more if you were there."

Well...that was unexpected.

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Pierce & Shannon

"I'm fine as far as Gaea is concerned, but for the sake of PATCA I'm still trying to remember how exactly I came across it," Shannon said. "But all I can remember was the singing and the sense of empowerment."
"Empowerment?" Mirror asked her.
"I always try to act tough," Shannon said with a defeated sigh. "But it's all just a facade. Quite frankly, a lot of what we do scares the shit out of me."
"That's only natural," Cecilia said.
"I know, I know, it's natural to be frightened," Shannon said, then turned to look at Charlotte in the distance. "Still, it'd be kinda cool if I had Charlotte's courage."

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Riolu & Mio

Mio stared at Riolu for several seconds, then slowly lowered herself until she sat flat on the ground. "Riolu," she said, reaching out with a single hand.

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Irene's Tutorial

The amphibious prototype cruiser Thanatos was visible by the time Irene, still in her swimsuit, strolled out of the Rig with her swords, Sulphyr and Brymstone in tow.

"Sortie Coordinator Tresserhorn, over here. And please bring your Pokemon. Time for a special tactical instruction. Gather 'round, folks."

The photoshoot has just finished and the director had most of the equipment put away. Noon was fast approaching. Irene majestically whirled her blades as both her and Renny's Pokemon arrived on the battlefield.

"PATCA, but more specifically, the Watchmen are all over the news, the papers, the Internet, even those lame-ass late night shows. And when you get famous, you gotta step up your game, because your enemies are going to be doing the same. From now on, you'll have to modify your tactics to suit a certain factor which now hasn't had the kind of effect in battle that it usually has. I am, of course, talking about your speed. Besides, this is also a good time to catch our newest member, Donovan Forschner callsign Darkhawk up to speed for his first, and probably biggest, battle. Gentlemen...behold!"

-----Turn 01 ~ Order Phase-----
- Player Formation: [Magnezone] [Togekiss] [Renny] [Mollesk] [Shaymin] [Swampert]
- Enemy Formation: [Dewgong] [Drifblim] [Irene] [Unownaut] [Granbull] [Rhyperior]
- Objects: None
- Weather: Fair
- Morale: 100% Player / 100% Enemy
- Fog of War: 0% Player / 0% Enemy
- [B][U]Order of Turns (No Special Effect)
[Shaymin (Renny/Grass/Serene Grace): HP = 847/847 & Spd = 127]
[Irene: HP = 847/847 & Spd = 100]
[Balor (Irene/Dragon/Poison/Miasma Fumes): HP = 792/792 & Spd = 100]
[Renny (Gallade/Psychic/Fighting): HP = 782/782 & Spd = 90]

[Drifblim (Irene/Ghost/Flying/Aftermath): HP = 1111/1111 & Spd = 80]
[Togekiss (Renny/Normal/Flying/Serene Grace): HP = 768/768 & Spd = 80]
[Dewgong (Irene/Water/Ice/Thick Fat): HP = 792/792 & Spd = 70]
[Umbreon (Renny/Dark/Synchronize): HP = 821/821 & Spd = 65]
[Swampert (Renny/Water/Ground/Defiant): HP = 847/847 & Spd = 60]
[Magnezone (Renny/Electric/Steel/Analytic): HP = 689/689 & Spd = 60]
[Granbull (Irene/Normal/Intimidate): HP = 792/792 & Spd = 45]
[Rhyperior (Irene/Ground/Rock/Solid Rock): HP = 632/632 & Spd = 40]
[Mollesk (Renny/Bug/Rock/Simple): HP = 943/943 & Spd = 1]

-----End of Order Phase-----

Irene thrust out Brymstone real quick to pop her elbow. "Looks easy at first, right? As you can see, it has information on class, Pokebrid form if you're a Pokebrid, types, even the abilities, hit points, and of course, speed which determines the order of attacks for every unit. And as status effects and the various buffs are added and whatever, you'll see all of this added, too, so it could look like a huge mess of information. Well, let it never be said that information cluster fucks weren't helpful. At least it'll help that dumbshit Armored Bishoujo keep better track of these battles. Now, in a real battle, if your speed matches the enemy's, you get to go before he does. You should also note that you can deliberately slow yourself down just in case you have some unexplainable reason why you would need to, but if you wanna speed up and climb up higher in the Order Phase, better increase your speed."

"What about that other information higher up, Chief?" Miracle asked.
"It's all information you should be well familiar with, but I'll go ahead and point it out again since you actually are fighting these kinds of battles for the first time," Irene said. "Weather, morale, and the effects of Fog of War have been well documented and observed, but objects are something different. These will be things in the environment that provide various affects, like a giant rock that a unit can find cover behind and bolster his or her defense statistics some. The Inquiry Visors will tell you all about what each and every new object you encounter will do."

"Anyways, once everything's good with the Order Phase, we move onto the Action Phase. Unless the move used or something else dictates otherwise, the phase will play out the actions according to the Order Phase. Since Tresserhorn and I aren't actually going to blows, we'll just skip this phase and move on to the Upkeep Phase. We're not going to bother with a display so I'll just give you some brief details on it. Basically, the Upkeep Phase determines all the other kinds of effects, like damage from status effects or weather, morale changes, changes in Fog of War...that kind of thing. After that we come to the Order Phase once again and then everyone gets to see just how the battle changed due to all that stuff that happened."

Irene looked thoughtful for a moment. "Actually, I guess we really didn't need to get into any kind of battle formation. When the battles actually get underway, I'll be sure to offer additional tactics so that you're not trying to learn this whole clusterfuck all at once. Anyways, don't stray too far from your weapons. Marionata's picking up psychic signatures from our little friends. I'll go have a talk to Admiral Brunswick. He's a good friend of mine from the war and I don't expect any problems from the Prideguard during this mission."

-----
[u]Irene & Admiral Brunswick

Irene continued to wear her swimsuit even when meeting Admiral Brunswick in the Captain's Quarters onboard the Thanatos.

Brunswick smirked as the lovely Irene Crosswald stepped into the cabin and set her swords in the corner. "I can see why Burkmont is trying so hard to capture you, Crosswald," Brunswick said as Irene walked up and hugged him. "You're indeed a rare treasure: a woman who only gets more beautiful as she gets older."
Irene laughed. "Pretty words won't get me to take off more clothes than this," she said, looking around real quick. "Ah, Alice. When'd you find your way onboard?"

Alice smiled as her and Irene embraced. "Oh, you know. President Andricksen is doing whatever he can in his power to cockblock Burkmont."
"Well, you don't have to worry about the Admiral. He's pretty much the father I never knew I needed. Anyways, I'd like to move along to discussing Operation Round Table. Admiral, what can you tell me?"
Burnswick swirled his wine in his glass. The Admiral always had a glass before an expected battle at sea. He said it dulled the pain he suffered from trying to walk on his bad leg. The man didn't trust prosthetics. "Project Arsenal has finally seen fruit. I saw one of the prototypes. Sure, ruthless warrior, but way too much money was spent on her if you ask me."

"Project...Arsenal?" Alice asked.
"More of Burkmont's terrible habits coming to light," Irene informed her. "Okay, long time ago, Professor Ricewood started this thing called Project Arsenal. The project was aimed at correcting the indiscrepancies with all low-grade Pokeballs. If the project succeeded, every Pokeball could be a Master Ball."
Alice folded her arms. "Sounds too good to be true."
"It was. Not that I don't doubt Ricewood could've done it, she just didn't recieve the money for it. There was all this public outcry and whatnot from the merchant associations and all that other bullshit. Truth be told, they had a point. The market would sort of collapse if every Pokeball could be made into a Master Ball. However, Ricewood did make a good bit of progress in it. Any research done, even if it doesn't lead to anything, is still out there in the science world and, sometimes, they sell it."
"And Burkmont bought it up."
"Project Arsenal went in an entirely different direction after that. I've managed to get a look at the results. Basically, it's a slave collar. Put it on someone's neck and you've basically turned a human being into a mindless slave. Knowing Burkmont, he's put it on the hottest ass he can find and is fucking it daily."
"Well, then it's probably the best thing to Burkmont since the invention of hot ass, period." Alice said with indisguised disgust.
"If Burkmont's set on trying to rule Honmyr, why waste all that time and money on such a fruitless conclusion?"
"He may be smart, but he's got his vices just like we all do. If Burkmont wants to get something even better out of these results, he needs to train those sex slaves of his in the art of killing. It's the only way to recup the massive loses from buying the data for and perverting the research of Project Arsenal.

Alice then started to snicker.
"What's up, Alice?"
"Looks like Burkmont put the 'arse' into arsenal."
Both Irene and Brunswick released a long, drawn out sigh.
"At any rate, the Thanatos is ready to rock immediately, Irene. We even have some weapon systems available that will undoubtedly help in this Ruin General hunt."
"Sounds good. I can wait to hear about them later, though. The rest of the team isn't even on board yet. Can we get a vessel out to them to help them get over here?"
"Vessel's already away. How are you going to form it up?"
"Most of the formation will be out on the deck. The Sniper and Destroyer units will take position up in the superstructure."
"Well, then. While we wait, do you want to see one?"
"One what?"

The good Admiral lead Irene and Alice into another honored guest quarters. The thing he wanted to show Irene was sitting obediently on the bed.
"So this is an Arsenal," Irene observed, stepping closer to the woman. The woman appeared to completely ignore the goings on around her, and she had what appeared to be a ring-shaped Pokeball with a steel plate around her neck, like a collar of some sort.
"That's the thing that binds an Arsenal's desire to the will of her master," Brunswick explained. "Aside from telling her to eat, I haven't given her any commands, so she just sits there like an obedient little angel."
"Better an obedient angel that what she used to be like."
"You know this girl, Irene?" Alice asked her friend.
"Yep, and I'm surprised to see her with no sperm on her face."
Brunswick and Alice exchanged expressions. "I take it you and the lady go back a ways."
Irene loomed closer to the Arsenal's face. "Not personally, but I've seen the police reports. This is Elshie Faulkner."
The Arsenal seemed to twitch a little at the sound of her name, though nobody seemed to pay it any mind.
Alice looked thoughtful. "I think I remember that first name. Wasn't she...a gym leader?"
"Ran a gym in Fainas for about two years," Irene nodded. "She was obsessed with sex. She did it with her Pokemon, with total strangers, the works. I heard she offered 'special gym battles' to handsome young men so she could have sex with multiple guys at once. From what the report said, that kind of sex was just intoxicating to her. She was out of jail after serving her sentence, then sort of dropped off the face of Honmyr. So Burkmont got his hands on her, huh."

Irene stepped away from Elshie. "So she's under your command, Admiral?"
Brunswick nodded. "Burkmont gave me temporary control over her until the Thanatos returns home. I guess he thought I would use the poor girl like a tool for pleasure. The thought honestly just sickens me, so I let her stay and rest here in these comfortable quarters. It's about all I can do for her."
"Why don't you just remove the collar?"
"I didn't want to cause any adverse affects like mentally retarding the lady. Plus, doing so would put me on Burkmont's shit list and since I'm still in the Prideguard, I'm pretty vulnerable to whatever he would intend to do with me. Therefore, there's nothing I can do for the poor lass but allow her this small, temporary comfort, though I wonder if she can even feel it."

There was suddenly a sharp knock on the door next over. The Captain's Quarters. Brunswick, Irene and Alice stepped out into the passageway to see a sailor desperately trying to find the Admiral.
"I'm right here, shipmate. What's happening?"
"A huge ping, Admiral! It's Lathiron! It has to be! Nothing else could possibly be that huge." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CltnKR8u3mo)
Brunswick turned to Irene. "Gather your agents and take up your positions. I'll tell you about how to best utilize the deck when you get out there."
Irene came to attention and rendered a sharp salute which was sort of inappropriate given that they were indoors and that Irene was still wearing her swimsuit. Then she turned to Alice. "Alice, get to that speedboat. The President has you assigned as the ground team's Engineer unit."

-----Turn 01 (Rough Draft) ~ Order Phase (Lathiron Battle)-----
Player Formation: Undecided
Enemy Formation: [Lathiron]
Objects (Player Side): [Capstan A (+3 Def/SpDef)] [Capstan B (+3 Def/SpDef)]
Weather: Fair
Morale: 100% Player / 100% Enemy
Fog of War: 0% Player / 0% Enemy

[Lathiron (Boss/Ruin/Water): HP = ????/???? & Spd = ???] {Conditions: Underwater / Merged (6 Lathiron)}

-----End of Order Phase (Rough Draft)-----

Your Inquiry Visors picked up the voice of the Admiral.

"All PATCA members on deck, this is Admiral Brunswick. Looks like I can use Thanatos' communications systems to contact you directly through the Inquiry Visors. Our sonar suite has picked up Lathiron. The beast appears to be six different large-scale lifeforms merged and moving together in one giant clump. You should be able to see it in the water, but don't get too close to the edge. I doubt that thing would resist the urge to known you overboard into its territory for easier hunting."
"Trying to deal damage to Lathiron as a whole is next to impossible," Marionata communicated. "You'll need to find a way to break up the bulge."
"Then you're already going to need this old seadog's help, and I have just to thing. This is the Admiral to all hands. Arm up all battlestations on the double. Arm the depth charges and deploy immediately. We'll scare that sea beastie to the surface."
"I think the good Admiral is having way too much fun with this," Evangaleen said.
"I can hear you through the Inquiry Visors too, you know. And yes, I am excited. I haven't seen a good sea battle in over a decade. The Second Succession War didn't really spread out to the open sea. To finally be fighting a naval battle again. I tell you, my blood is boiling after so many years of sailing these calm, tiresome seas. To battle!"

"Alright, here's the plan," Irene spoke up. "Those Depth Charges will be released this turn. That should break up one of the pieces of Lathiron and force it to the surface. We'll fight it the next turn."
"We can use the Harpoon Cannon to keep it on the surface where you agents can better attack it," Brunswick offered.
"Good idea. It'll probably be a difficult second turn and onward, but this first turn seems to be free. Let's use it to power up as much as we can."
"Admiral Brunswick here again, agents. Let me point out something helpful to you. Out there on the deck we have two big, thick capstans. You can put a single unit behind each one of them to give them bonuses, and switch units out from their protection on a turn-by-turn basis. Use them wisely to protect those who have subpar defenses or low health."

"Good idea," Irene said. "Then again, I dunno where I'd be in this world if I didn't listen to your sound knowledge."

-----
Krunder Attacks!

"Regional Chief? This is Alphonsine. I see something kicking up a lotta sand. Do you see that?"

One would have to be blind to not see that much sand. The way it shot up like that suggested at the target was rather narrow and coming at them fast.

-----Turn 01 (Rough Draft) ~ Order Phase (Krunder Battle)-----
Player Formation: Undecided
Enemy Formation: [Krunder]
Objects: None
Weather: Fair (Sandstorm of unusual force approaching)
Morale: 100% Player / 100% Enemy
Fog of War: 0% Player / 100% Enemy

[Krunder (Boss/Ruin/Ground): HP = ????/???? & Spd = ???] {Conditions: None}

-----End of Order Phase (Rough Draft)-----

"Lonesister here," Whitney reported in. "I'm in position. I can just barely make out a large red gemstone in all that blasting sand, about the size of an adolescent's torso. Can't get a solid bead on it. I think it'll take a turn to reach us right here. Advise using the turn to power up before we have to take it on."
"Krunder Team, this is Alice Hornsbury callsign Suit," Alice notified the group. "I'm on loan from the Republican Guard, direct protection for the president. Came here with the H.R.V. (Honmyr Regional Vessel) Thanatos. President Andricksen has advised some of us to get some first hand experience in the kinds of battles that you go through. I'm your assigned Engineer. Hope I don't disappoint."

A massive cloud of sand was being kicked up by the unseen forces of the strange creature slithering around inside. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzv1t5SqMZk&feature=related) "Looks like we've got our work cut out for us," Sakuya said, whirling her naginata around. "I wish I didn't put on my armor. I'm gonna have sand in places I'll never be able to get it out of."
"How'd you get to be an empress?" Alice asked her.
"Quiet, you."

Menarker

09-15-2011, 02:23 AM

Renny and Lola and Rachel
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"Renny, you're a godsend!"

He was pretty joyful for the praise and Lola's uplifted spirit. Although Lola wrapping his shirt around her chest like a makeshift wrapping really sparked his interest.

Renny watched mirthfully as Rachel was dunked repeatably into the ocean by a calmer but playfully vengeful Lola after a failed negotiation attempt to escape punishment.

"Ugh, can you believe this girl?"

"Haha, I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it myself." Renny smiled warmly, but at the briefest moment gave a wry smirk toward Rachel when Lola wasn't looking.

"I guess she just wanted to... take a break from the routine or something like that."

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Irene's Tutorial
---------------

"Sortie Coordinator Tresserhorn, over here. And please bring your Pokemon. Time for a special tactical instruction. Gather 'round, folks."

Renny left the photoshoot (rather aroused) which was finishing off, waving his pokemon back to him, although Swampert had to carry away the mentally vacant and slow Mollesk back. The shell pokemon was apparently doing much better in making its sand castle look impressive.

...Gentlemen...behold!"

Renny observed the changes in his Inquiry Visor showing the new detail. He could have sworn there might have been a chuckle or two about Mollesk abymssal and sluggish speed statistic. Swampert and Shaymin both looked visably pumped as the two groups were alligned as if they were going to have a demostration and fight things each other. Togekiss watched with a little apprehension, but otherwise in good spirits. The group waited and waited...

"Actually, I guess we really didn't need to get into any kind of battle formation..."

Swampert stuck his tongue out playfully, as his hopes for having a good ol' fashion wrassle fizzled out.

"Anyways, don't stray too far from your weapons. Marionata's picking up psychic signatures from our little friends."

Renny looked around as this was said, half expecting to see the immense Lathiron in the water, although only the Thanatos was worthy of any note. As he got his pokemon ready and tried to gather everyone that was part of his group together. Normally he would approach the new recruit, but time was rather pressed so he approached the shadowy figure, Twiloch, for information which might assist everyone.

"Excuse me, err, Twiloch, can I have a moment? I was wondering... I mean, all the Ruin Generals we have seen or met were intelligent enough to hold conversations, so I was wondering if there was any chance this one could be negotiated with, especially since you, one of his equals, is here and Marionetta is nearby. Otherwise, any insight about him would be much appreciated."

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Krunder Attacks!
-----------------

"Lonesister here," Whitney reported in. "I'm in position. I can just barely make out a large red gemstone in all that blasting sand, about the size of an adolescent's torso. Can't get a solid bead on it. I think it'll take a turn to reach us right here. Advise using the turn to power up before we have to take it on."

Renny chimed in on the scouter.

"Thank you Lonesister! Please prepare as well. You'll probably have a better shot when it gets closer"

"Krunder Team, this is Alice Hornsbury callsign Suit," Alice notified the group. "I'm on loan from the Republican Guard, direct protection for the president. Came here with the H.R.V. (Honmyr Regional Vessel) Thanatos. President Andricksen has advised some of us to get some first hand experience in the kinds of battles that you go through. I'm your assigned Engineer. Hope I don't disappoint."

"Glad to have you here, Alice."

Renny then advised the group, especially for the benefit of the trainers who had been given new pokemon just the night before.

"Everyone, the ground type is plentiful with techniques that affects one's visions and effect the terrain we walk on. It is moving fast in the sand, so we should prepare our defenses so we don't give it an opening!"

Renny gave out various suggestions for specific actions, keeping an eye on the encroaching blasting sand approaching. Renny then looked toward Lola, who was still very much new to being a trainer. Instead of pulling her as his enforcer, he opted for a different option...

"Lola, can you take the vanguard beside me? I can help give you advice from here and watch how you're doing."

Renny then looked to a particular agent he had never talked to or remember even addressing before. From what he had read about this pokebrid, she had the bearing of a skilled ninja, especially one raised to uphold the safety of the Empress.

"I guess you are my enforcer, Silk is it? Thank you kindly."

He then looked to his left and saw the Empress herself getting prepared on his flank.

"I wish I didn't put on my armor. I'm gonna have sand in places I'll never be able to get it out of."
"How'd you get to be an empress?" Alice asked her.
"Quiet, you."

"Your majesty, I hope I haven't offended you by my suggestions in changing some of your pokemon... Or my suggestions in putting you, your bodyguard and your daughter all fighting this ruin general here."

---------------------------
Battle Plan

In Formation:
[Alice] [Donovan] [Vaporeon] [Starmie] [Zapdos] [Pelipper] [Espeon] [Claydol] [Ursauring] [Eelektross] [Sakuya] [Mollesk] [Togekiss] [Lola] [Latias] [Takano]

Out of Formation: Whitney and Twiloch

Enforcer Partner List:

Renny / Silk
Lola / Shannon
Takano / Mio
Alphonsine / Muon
Impact / Moon
Donovan / Jeanette

NOTE: Ignoring Speed this round because this is a free round where we aren't being attacked apparently. Inform me if I'm wrong and I'll fix up the order.

Name: Eelektross
Type: Electric

Hitpoints: 767

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage boost)
Modified Attack: 172 (After its attack)

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage boost)
Modified Defense: 120 (After its attack)

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 105

Base Special Defense: 80
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 50
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 50

Used Move: Coil, Status Move.
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: Increase the user's Attack, Defense and Accuracy by 1 stage.

Notes: Due to the Ability "Levitate", it is immune to Ground moves.

Name: Ursaring
Type: Normal

Hitpoints: 794

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: 5.5x (+6 Stage boosts and Guts Activation.)
Modified Attack: 780

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 75

Base Special Attack: 75
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 75

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 55

Used Move: Belly Drum, Status move.
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: Raise user's attack stat to +6 bonus stages and reduce its health by 50% of its maximum health.

Notes: Due to the Toxic Orb that it is holding, it will become poisoned at the end of the turn, and trigger its Guts Ability, increasing its attack even further.

Name: Angelo
Type: NA

Used Move: Healing Potion, Item use.
Move Target/s: Ursaring
Move Modification: Heal 50% of target's maximum hitpoints (healing Ursaring to full).

Used Move: X Accuracy, Item Use.
Move Target/s: Ursaring
Move Modification: Increase the target's accuracy stat by 1 stage.
Note: Claydol forfeits its attack for Angelo to use a second item.

Name: Espeon
Type: Psychic

Hitpoints: 662

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 65

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 130

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 110

Used Move: Light Screen, Status move
Move Target/s: Alice, Donovan, Vaporeon
Move Modification: Reduce Special Attack damage dealt to the targets by 50% for 5 turns.

Note: The ability "Magic Bounce" bounces back the negative non damaging status effects, stat debuffs and other enemy non-damage moves that target him back at the user.
Due to the Petaya berry he is holding, if he is reduced to 1/4th of his maximum hitpoints, his Special Attack stat will rise by 1 stage.

Name: Lola
Type: Psychic (Chimecho Form)

Hitpoints: 748

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 97
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 97

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 82
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 82

Used Move: Heavenly Chime, SyncTech.
Move Target/s: Ally Formation
Move Modification: Entire Ally formation receive 50% less damage from physical attacks for 5 turns.

Note: Due to Chimecho's Levitate Ability, Lola is immune to Ground type attacks.

Name: Latias
Type: Dragon/Psychic

Hitpoints: 741

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 80

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 90

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: 1.5x (Soul Dew Item)
Modified Special Attack: 165

Base Special Defense: 130
Special Defense Modifications: 1.5x (Soul Dew Item)
Modified Special Defense: 195

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 110

Used Move: Light Screen, Status move
Move Target/s: Starmie, Zapdos, Pelipper
Move Modification: Reduce Special Attack damage dealt to the targets by 50% for 5 turns.

Notes: Due to the ability "Levitate", it is immune to Ground type moves.

Name: Takano
Type: 50% evasion to everything.

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 130

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 130

Used Move: Smokebomb Arrow, Status move
Move Target/s: Ally Formation
Move Modification: Ally Fog of War increased by 25%.

Name: Vaporeon
Type: Water

Hitpoints: 1005

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 65

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 110

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 65

Used Move: Aqua Ring, Status move
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: The user regenerates 1/8th of its maximum hitpoints at the end of every turn.

Notes: Due to its held item, Leftovers, it will regain 2/8th of its maximum hitpoints at the end of every turn after using Aqua Ring.
Due to its ability, Water Absorb, it will absorb any water type damage as health.

Name: Starmie
Type: Water/Psychic

Hitpoints: 635

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 100
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 100

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 115
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 115

Used Move: Light Screen, Status move
Move Target/s: Espeon, Claydol, Ursaring
Move Modification: Reduce Special Attack damage dealt to the targets by 50% for 5 turns.

Name: Donovan
Type: Fire/Fighting

Hitpoints: 794

Base Attack: 110
Attack Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage boost)
Modified Attack: 165

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 105

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Speed Boost)
Modified Speed: 135

Used Move: Hone Claw, Status move
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: Increase its Attack and Accuracy stat by 1 stage.

Notes: Due to his ability "Speed Boost", he gains 1 stage boost to speed at the end of the turn.
Due to the Lum Berry item he is holding, he'll negate the first status affliction put on him.

Name: Mollesk
Type: Rock/Bug

Hitpoints: 942

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 230
Defense Modifications: 2x (+2 Stage Boost)
Modified Defense: 460

Base Special Attack: 1
Special Attack Modifications:
Modified Special Attack: 1

Base Special Defense: 230
Special Defense Modifications: 2x (+2 Stage Boost)
Modified Special Defense: 460

Base Speed: 1
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 1

Used Move: Cosmic Power, Status Move
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: Increases the users Defense and Special Defense stat by 1 stage. (2 stages for both in this case due to Mollesk's ability "Simple".)

Notes: Due to Mollesk's ability "Simple, any buffs or debuffs with stages are twice as effective.

Name: Togekiss
Type: Normal/Flying

Hitpoints: 767

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 95

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 120

Base Special Defense: 115
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 115

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 80

Used Move: Light Screen, Status move
Move Target/s: Eelektross, Sakuya, Mollesk
Move Modification: Reduce Special Attack damage dealt to the targets by 50% for 5 turns.

Name: Zapdos
Type: Electric/Flying

Hitpoints: 794

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 100

Used Move: Light Screen
Move Target/s: Togekiss, Lola, Latias
Move Modification: Reduce Special Attack damage dealt to the targets by 50% for 5 turns.

Notes: Due to the BrightPoweder item it is carrying, it's evasion is raised by 10%.

Name: Pelipper
Type: Water/Flying

Hitpoints: 635

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 85

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 65

Used Move: Tailwind, Status Move
Move Target/s: Togekiss, Lola, Latias
Move Modification: Double the target's Speed stat.

Notes: Due to the Wacan berry it is carrying, it takes half damage from the first electric attack it takes.
Due to its ability, "Keen Eye", its accuracy cannot be lowered.

Name: Genesect
Type: Bug/Steel

Hitpoints: 693

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 95

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 120

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 99
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 99

Used Move: Simple Beam, Status move
Move Target/s: Whitney
Move Modification: Changes the target's ability to Simple, thus doubling buffs and debuff stages applied.

Name: Whitney
Type: Psychic

Hitpoints: 759

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 82

Base Special Attack: 112
Special Attack Modifications: 3x (+4 Stage Boost)
Modified Special Attack: 336

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 107

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 90

Used Move: Nasty Plot, Status move
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: Boost the user's Special Attack by 2 stages.
NOTE: Whitney's Nasty Plot boosts up to +4 due to Genesect's "Simple Beam" being used on her.

The rest are not acting. Twiloch is sitting around gaining rage.
However, it should be noted that:
Alice is immune to Ground moves naturally.
Claydol is immune to Ground moves due to Levitate.
If Claydol is hit for the first time, he'll attempt to eject the foe due to his item, Red Card.

Aldurin

09-15-2011, 03:15 PM

||Round 1||

Donovan's attention was fixed on the sandstorm charging this way. He wasn't all too surprised, as a merc he regularly saw crazier shit on the job, and he wasn't all too fascinated either. He saw the malevolence of that storm, the manner in which a runaway train may charge at a a station. What also worried him was the fact that the others were preparing as if they were planning to catch that runaway train and then suplex it into the sand.

He readied himself, focusing his power and accuracy with Hone Claw, and letting the tension in his legs build up from being in Blaziken form. He had to be ready to strike fast, hard and effectively when got close.

Another thought began to take place in his mind. "Are these PATCA guys actually professionals? We're fighting these things in their elements, and we're evenly split in separate locations. Even with our forces, these guys may still have the advantage."

Or maybe, this was how they were used to doing things.

Donovan shouted to Impact "Do you guys do these kind of crazy stunts all the time?!"

Dracorion

09-15-2011, 04:21 PM

Pierce and Chizuru

Pierce had felt a sensation in his chest similar to the one he felt back at the mall, as he confessed his worry to Chizuru. Like a hand crushing his heart.

When she cleared that up, the sensation faded instantly and Pierce breathed a sigh of utter relief. Only to be quickly replaced by a wrenching feeling in his gut, as Chizuru asked:

"Pierce, how much money exactly have you been spending these past weeks?"

"I, um..." Pierce tried to answer, attempting to clear his head. He was distracted by perplexity over the fact that he seemed to care a lot how Chizuru felt. These feelings, his worry, it was weird to have them, just for a close friend. But... they didn't feel like that. Okay, focus on the now.

"Well... uh, only... a lot." He finally admitted. "I... look, Chizuru, I know what you're thinking. Yes, I need to get used to saving. But, I can't let you help me. It's just... you Kimonos have done a lot. I can barely imagine it, hundreds of years of saving worlds. How many have you helped? I know you don't want it, but you deserve a lot more than just a dojo, but it's all I could afford. And I have no right to ask that you pay me back or anything like that. This isn't a confidence thing. But you've done great things, and you deserve great things back."

Trying to explain that was... hard. Pierce phrased the truth the best way he could.

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Pierce and Jeanette

"Aheheh..." Pierce laughed nervously. "Maybe a bit. But I guess I'm really just excited to see the Rezonscape."

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Pierce and Mio

"Oh." Pierce replied simply. That was surprising. "Sure, we'll grab some ice cream together soon."

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Riolu and Mio

"Riolu! Ri Ri!" Riolu barked, taking Mio's hand and pulling her off her feet and toward the water. He splashed some water on Mio, and began dog-paddling further in, all the while motioning and barking to her, like he wanted her to chase.

Or maybe he just wanted her to loosen up.

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Water Team

Pierce stood calmly on the deck of the Thanatos, though inside he was bursting with excitement. Maybe it was the strong urge to act like a pirate.

Regardless, he needed this. It'd been far too long since he'd had a proper fight. And he wasn't even nervous now about his debut as a Slayer. He smiled widely as he released his Pokemon.

Nearby, Sophia felt much differently. Then again, she was always nervous. Even so, the butterflies in her stomach were in overdrive as she stayed close to Tsubasa, for safety. She reached into her bag and pulled out a wristband with some kind of screen interface. Putting it on, she touched the screen once and...

The black one-piece swimsuit she wore suddenly began to expand and grow thicker, until it covered her entire body up to her neck. She pulled off the skirt she wore around her waist, and stood in a suit of black light body armor, holding her kodachi at the ready.

"Whoa, what the hell was that?" Elizabeth asked, impressed at Sophia's transforming clothes.
"Oh, um..." Sophia stammered, dropping out of her stance and looking nervous once more. "It's my invention, the Nanosuit. It's made of, well, nanites. We developed it to replace Slayer armor. All of them. You'd just throw a suit on and it'd cover all your defensive needs."
"Huh. Sounds useful. This is a field test?"
"Yeah, we're working out the kinks. Right now, the nanites are tough enough to provide Normal-type resistance whenever. But, the suit can only protect from three other types and their associated status effects or debuffs at a time, though you can change between the types you're protected against. Though, there's a delay between switching, and you can only do one at a time."
"And the shapechanging?"
"Well, the nanites can be rearranged with this," she waved her left hand with the wristband, "to take any shape and emulate any fabric. Though I'm having trouble getting them to take any color other than black."

"... It's a work in progress." She finished, embarrassed.
"Don't sell yourself short, Professor. That's pretty great."

Sophia just blushed and released her Pokemon.

Fortunately, the strategy for the turn was straight-forward. Buff if you can, and wait.

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[Device/Evolith Slot 1] [Irene (Protected)] [Spitz] [Rotom] [Hydreigon] [Darmanitan] [Meganium] [Musharna] [Kingdra] [Metagross] [Skarmory] [Quiksilver] [Leprihare] [Cloyster] [Matthias] [Device/Evolith Slot 2]

[B]Unownaut: Stand behind Capstan A.
Balor: Stand behind Capstan B.
Irene: Does not act, is protected like a trainer.
Rotom: Light Screen on Balor, Spitz, Rotom.
Darmanitan: Belly Drum on self.
Hydreigon: Psych Up Darmanitan. Copies half of Darmanitan's buff.
Musharna: Light Screen on Leprihare, Cloyster, Matthias.
Chizuru: X Attack on Irene and Balor, X Special Defense on Matthias and Cloyster.
Kingdra: Dragon Dance on self.
Metagross: Iron Defense on self.
Skarmory: Rachel switches in for Mika. Spikes on the deck.
Quiksilver: Sword Dance on self.
Cloyster: Shell Smash (White Herb consumed) on self.
Matthias: Venomoth form, Quiver Dance on self.
Thunderus: Light Screen on Metagross, Skarmory, Quiksilver.
Galvantula: Light Screen on Meganium, Musharna, Kingdra.
Nyoka: Does nothing, gains 100 Rage (200).

[U]Detailed Actions:

Name: Unownaut
Type: Psychic
Hitpoints: 764

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 195

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 255

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 127

Notes: Behind Capstan A for bonuses.

Name: Balor
Type: Dragon/Poison
Hitpoints: 792

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 240

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 300

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 360

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 150

Notes: Behind Capstan B for bonuses.

Name: Irene
Type: 50% Damage ~ Normal, Steel, Fire, Poison, Ice, Ghost
Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 150
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 300

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 210

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 150

Name: Spitz
Type: Dark
Hitpoints: 688

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 105

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Name: Mow Rotom
Type: Electric/Grass
Hitpoints: 583

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 97

Base Defense: 107
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 160

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 160

Base Speed: 86
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 127

Used Move: Light Screen (Psychic, Status).
Move Target/s: Balor, Spitz, Rotom.
Move Modification: Light Screen will be in effect for 5 turns and will halve special damage done to the Pokemon its centered on and two adjacent.

Name: Darmanitan
Type: Fire
Hitpoints: 873

Base Attack: 140
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +5 from Belly Drum.
Modified Attack: 560

Base Defense: 55
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 82

Base Special Attack: 30
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 45

Base Special Defense: 55
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 82

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 142

Used Move: Belly Drum (Normal, Status).
Move Target/s: Darmanitan
Move Modification: Reduce health by 50% MaxHP. Attack stat is maximized (increased up to +6)

Notes: Darmanitan should switch to Zen Mode from its HP being brought to half.

Name: Hydreigon
Type: Dark/Dragon
Hitpoints: 804

Base Attack: 105
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Psych Up.
Modified Attack: 315

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 135

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 135

Base Speed: 98
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 147

Used Move: Psych Up (Normal, Status).
Move Target/s: Darmanitan
Move Modification: Copies target's stat modifiers by half

Name: Musharna
Type: Psychic
Hitpoints: 931

Base Attack: 55
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 107
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 160

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 29
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 43

Used Move: Light Screen (Psychic, Status).
Move Target/s: Leprihare, Cloyster, Matthias.
Move Modification: Light Screen will be in effect for 5 turns and will halve special damage done to the Pokemon its centered on and two adjacent.

Name: Meganium
Type: Grass
Hitpoints: 737

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 123

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 83
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 124

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 120

Name: Chizuru
Type: 50% Damage ~ Dark, Rock, Ground, 100% Damage ~ Normal
Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 150
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 225

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 150
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 225

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: X Attack, X Special Defense.
Move Target/s: X Attack on Irene and Balor, X Special Defense on Matthias and Cloyster.
Move Modification: X Defense increases Defense +1 stage, X Special Defense increases Sp. Defense +1 stage.

Notes: Chizuru's character skill makes items affect an adjacent target as well as the original target.

Name: Kingdra
Type: Water/Dragon
Hitpoints: 715

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Dragon Dance.
Modified Attack: 190

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Dragon Dance.
Modified Speed: 170

Used Move: Dragon Dance (Dragon, Status).
Move Target/s: Kingdra.
Move Modification: Raises the user's Attack stat and Speed stat by one stage each.

Name: Metagross
Type: Psychic/Steel
Hitpoints: 741

Base Attack: 135
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 202

Base Defense: 130
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Iron Defense.
Modified Defense: 325

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 135

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Iron Defense (Steel, Status).
Move Target/s: Metagross.
Move Modification: Raises the user's Defense stat by two stages.

Name: Skarmory
Type: Flying/Steel
Hitpoints: 660

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 210

Base Special Attack: 40
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 60

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 105

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Spikes (Ground, Status).
Move Target/s: Deck.
Move Modification: Pok�mon who switch into the spike-ridden field take 12.5% of their maximum HP in damage.

Name: Quiksilver
Type: Steel
Hitpoints: 660

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Swords Dance.
Modified Attack: 325

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 65
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 97

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Swords Dance (Normal, Status).
Move Target/s: Quiksilver
Move Modification: Increases the user's Attack stat by two stages.

Name: Cloyster
Type: Water/Ice
Hitpoints: 583

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Shell Smash.
Modified Attack: 190

Base Defense: 180
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Shell Smash.
Modified Special Attack: 170

Base Special Defense: 45
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Special Defense.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Shell Smash.
Modified Speed: 140

Used Move: Shell Smash (Normal, Status).
Move Target/s: Cloyster
Move Modification: Decreases the user's Defense and Special Defense stat by one level, but increases the user's Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two levels each.

Notes: Cloyster's White Herb is consumed, nullifying the Defense and Special Defense decrease.

Name: Leprihare
Type: Normal
Hitpoints: 741

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 142

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 65
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 97

Base Special Defense: 110
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 165

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 195

Name: Matthias
Type: Bug/Poison
Hitpoints: 764

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 123

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 120

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Special Attack: 190

Base Special Defense: 87
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Speed: 190

Used Move: Quiver Dance (Normal, Status).
Move Target/s: Matthias
Move Modification: raises the user's Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed stats by one stage each.

Name: Thundurus
Type: Electric/Flying
Hitpoints: 731

Base Attack: 115

Base Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 111

Used Move: Light Screen (Psychic, Status).
Move Target/s: Metagross, Skarmory, Quiksilver.
Move Modification: Light Screen will be in effect for 5 turns and will halve special damage done to the Pokemon its centered on and two adjacent.

Name: Galvantula
Type: Bug/Electric
Hitpoints: 731

Base Attack: 77

Base Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 97

Base Special Defense: 60

Base Speed: 108

Used Move: Light Screen (Psychic, Status).
Move Target/s: Meganium, Musharna, Kingdra.
Move Modification: Light Screen will be in effect for 5 turns and will halve special damage done to the Pokemon its centered on and two adjacent.

Bard The 5th LW

09-16-2011, 04:46 PM

Charlotte and Irene

"That was some grade-a exposition right there chief," Charlotte said as she walked beside Irene. A village of pokemon? Sounded annoying. "So you say she made them uncomfortable? Thats odd. Like, did they say anything in particular?"

Charlotte decided to turn this into a double conversation. In her thoughts, she asked Phantomere for further info. 'So, whats this Rezonark thing? Is that why she is apparently dead inside?'

((OOC: You don't really have to go through all that exposition again. You can just type out 'And then Phantomere told her about Rezonark' and we'll all get it))

---Water team---

"A huge ping, Admiral! It's Lathiron! It has to be! Nothing else could possibly be that huge."

"Everyone in the place hit the fucking deck!" Charlotte shouted as she looked off the boat to try and get a good view of Lathiron. She wasn't sure if that was proper boat-speak, but it felt like the right thing to say when on a boat.

In tow she had a mean looking mightyena and a thrilled Rotom in the shape of a lawn-mower. Spitz was looking a bit different then usual, more lean and strong. The Rotom was a completely foreign member of Charlotte's line up though, and she glared at it as it rolled around with a big old smile on its face. Peeves was clearly an unappreciated new addition to the team.

"Everyone deploy and get ready for formation. And don't fall off either. Despite what the uniform may imply, I will not actually jump in to save you."

Astral Harmony

09-18-2011, 04:24 AM

Renny & Twiloch

"Oh, sure, you can talk to them, but I doubt it'll change anything, unfortunately," Twiloch said, drawing itself into Renny's shadow. To Renny's disturbed surprise, Twiloch vanished and Renny's own shadow began to move on its own, with two glowing slits where the shadow's eyes sit. "To go against Lord Idolus is to more or less ostracize yourself from the world. Ruin Pokemon, to include us generals, would never be accepted in regular society. Even a buffoon like Lexhur knows that. And there's a very simple reason for that. It's because we have power. Incredible power. And power breeds fear. People fear things that are stronger than them. That's how Pokeballs came to be in the first place, I'd wager. People feared the power of Pokemon so they created Pokeballs to enslave Pokemon since it is impossible to rid the world of them. Pokeballs don't work on us, so eventually the voice of the people will demand our deaths once knowledge of our existence becomes public knowledge other than hearsay and rumors."

"Of course, those of our kind who split off from our lord-" Twiloch paused, demonstrating by splitting off from Renny's shadow and returning it to normal. "Have more or less made themselves his enemy as well, so it's especially true for them to long death in everyone else. After all, their own Ruin Pokemon servants are the only lifeforms they can trust in this world. They could never trust humans who fear them to the point of baseless anger and murderous intent. They could never return to the lord's side because they have abandoned our crusade. Their days are numbered, and they can only increase them by killing anyone and everyone that could possibly kill them."

-----
Krunder Battle

Silk gave only a polite nob and prepared for battle.

"Hey, whatever gets us through this battle," Sakuya said back to Renny. "Even a royal would be foolish not to take advice from those with frontline experience. I've never even seen a Ruin Pokemon except for my Mio-chan. Let's see what these demons can do."

-----Turn 02 (Rough Draft) ~ Order Phase (Krunder Battle)-----
Player Formation: [Alice] [Donovan] [Vaporeon] [Starmie] [Zapdos] [Pelipper] [Espeon] [Claydol] [Eelektross] [Sakuya] [Mollesk] [Renny (Silk)] [Togekiss] [Lola (Shannon)] [Latias] [Takano]
Enemy Formation: [Delstus A] [Delstus B] [Delstus C] [Krunder] [Delstus D] [Delstus E] [Delstus F]
Objects: None
Battlefield: Normal
Weather: Sand Scourge (12.5%DPU, Player Morale -10%PU, Grounding Effect)
Morale: 100% Player / 100% Enemy
Fog of War: 25% Player / 50% Enemy (all Delstus) / 100% Enemy (Krunder)
[U]Order of Turns (Normal)
- [Latias (Dragon/Psychic/Levitate/Soul Dew/SAttx1.5/SDefx1.5/WGd50%Tx5): HP 741/741, Spd 220 (110xTailwind)]
- [Lola (Chimecho/Psychic/Levitate/WGd%Tx5): HP 748/748, Rg 0, Spd 164 (82xTailwind)]
- [Togekiss (Normal/Flying/WGd50%Tx5): HP 767/767, Spd 160 (80xTailwind)]
- [Donovan (Blaziken/Fire/Speed Boost/Lum Berry/Attx1.5/Accx1.5/Spdx1.5Fighting/WGd50%Tx5): HP 794/794, Rg 50, Spd 135 (90x1.5)]
- [Takano (Eva50%/PGd50%Tx5): HP 847/847, Rg 50, Spd 130]
- [Espeon (Psychic/WGd50%Tx5): HP 662/662, Spd 110]
- [Zapdos (Electric/Flying/WGd50%Tx5/Eva10%): HP 794/794, Spd 100]
- [Genesect (Bug/Steel/PGd50%Tx5): HP 693/693, Spd 99]
- [Whitney (Gardevoir/Psychic/Simple/SAttx3/PGd50%Tx5): HP 759/759, Rg 75, Spd 90]
- [Vaporeon (Water/Water Absorb/Leftovers/25%HPU*4/WGd50%Tx5): HP 1005/1005, Spd 65]
- [Pelipper (Water/Flying/Keen Eye/WGd50%Tx5): HP 635/635, Spd 65]
- {Guts on Upkeep}
- [Eelektross (Electric/Levitate/Attx1.5/Defx1.5/Accx1.5/WGd50%Tx5): HP 767/767, Spd 50]
- [Mollesk (Rock/Bug/Simple/Defx2/SDefx2/WGd50%Tx5): HP 942/942, Spd 1]
- [Alice (WGd50%Tx5)]
- [Starmie (Water/Psychic/WGd50%Tx5)]
- [Claydol (Psychic/Ground/Levitate/Red Card/WGd50%Tx5)]
- [Sakuya (WGd50%Tx5)]
- [Twiloch (Ruin/Dark): Rg 200]
- [Delstus A - F (Ruin/Ground): HP ????, Spd ????]
- [Krunder (Boss/Ruin/Ground): HP ????, Spd ????]

-----End of Rough Draft-----

The sandstorm was far worse than it looked. The sky, the sea, everything was enshrouded in a raging sandstorm in the blink of an eye.
"God, it's like we're the only ones on this planet," Alphonsine observed just as Zapdos and Pelipper crashed to the sand. "This is even worse than I thought. My flying Pokemon can't get airborne in this weather. Queen of Hearts, how about you?"
Lola stood up from where the storm had flattened her to the ground. "Levitate is no-go, too," she said, swiping the sand from her hair.

The Inquiry Visors had started to scan both the Ruin General and its Ruin Pokemon servants, the Delstus. Krunder was almost entirely obscured by the blasting sands, but the Delstus were much closer and visible. They were vaguely humanoid, but they exhibited the same feature that Whitney barely recognized in Krunder: a red gemstone in their upside-down triangle shaped head. The rest of their bodies were clearly composed of the very sand they were all standing in.

"Those gemstones are shed like tears from the big one that composes Krunder," Twiloch observed. "We can't do our best damage to Krunder with the storm in the way, but we can reduce the power of the storm by killing those damn Delstus. Unfortunately, I'm not knowledgable about their abilities. We've buffed up considerably, but proceed with caution nonetheless."
"If we can weaken the Sand Scourge, we might be able to get off the ground again," Lola suggested.

-----
[U]Pierce & Chizuru

"I see," Chizuru said, looking off towards the sun. "I guess this is one of those guy things. I understand. I won't pester you about it anymore."

-----
Lathiron Battle

"Depth Charges deployed," Admiral Brunswick reported, but Irene had her eyes locked on the beach, which had just vanished in a massive sandstorm far beyond the capabilities of any Pokemon.
"The whole beach has been consumed in the raging sands," Chizuru said, long black hair blowing in the salty winds. "I hope they can make it through that."
"Focus on the battle, Housewife," Irene said, face turned towards the bow. "It's surfacing!"

-----Turn 02 (Rough Draft) ~ Order Phase (Lathiron Battle)-----
Player Formation: [Device/Evolith Slot 1] [Irene] [Balor] [Spitz] [Rotom] [Hydreigon] [Darmanitan] [Meganium] [Musharna] [Kingdra] [Metagross] [Skarmory] [Quiksilver] [Leprihare] [Cloyster] [Matthias] [Device/Evolith Slot 2]
Enemy Formation: [Skuldrur A] [Skuldrur B] [Skuldrur C] [Lathiron A] [Skuldrur D] [Skuldrur E] [Skuldrur F]
Objects: [Capstan A (Def & SDef+3)] [Capstan B (Def & SDef+3)]
Battlefield: Spikes (12.5% Damage to Reinforcements)
Weather: Torrential Rains (Water Layer, Unstable Level 20%, Vs Type Damage 25%)
Morale: 100% Player / 100% Enemy
Fog of War: 0% Player / 0% Enemy (Skuldrur) / 50% Enemy (Lathiron A)
[U]Order of Turns (Normal)
- [Leprihare (Norma/Allx1.5): HP 741/741, Spd 195 (130x1.5)]
- [Cloyster (WAtt,Spdx2.5/Defx1.5/SDefx2): HP 583/583, Spd 175 (70x2.5)
- [Kingdra (Water/Dragon/Att,Spdx2/SAtt,WDefx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 715/715, Spd 170 (85x1.5)]
- [Thundurus (Electric/Flying/Allx1.5): HP 731/731, Spd 166 (111x1.5)]
- [Quiksilver (Steel/Attx2.5/SpAtt,WDef,Spdx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 660/660, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Galvantula (Bug/Electric/Allx1.5): HP 731/731, Spd 162 (108x1.5)]
- [Irene (Attx2/SAtt,WDef,Spdx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 50, Spd 150 (100x1.5)
- [Balor (Poison/Dragon/Attx2/SpAtt,Spdx1.5/WDefx4(Obj)/SGd50%Tx5): HP 792/792, Spd 150 (100x1.5)]
- [Hydreigon (Dark/Dragon/Attx3/SAttx1.5/WDefx1.5/Spdx1.5): HP 804/804, Spd 147 (98x1.5)]
- [Darmanitan (Zen Mode/Fire/Psychic/Attx4/SAttx1.5,WDefx1.5,Spdx1.5): HP 436/873, Spd 142 (95x1.5)]
- [Unownaut (Psychic/Att,Def,Spdx1.5/WDefx4(Obj)): HP 764/764, Spd 127 (85x1.5)]
- [Rotom (Mower/Grass/Electric/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 583/583, Spd 127 (86x1.5)]
- [Meganium (Grass/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 737/737, Spd 120 (80x1.5)]
- [Chizuru (Allx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 50, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Spitz (Dark/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 688/688, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Metagross (Psychic/Steel/WAtt,SDef,Spdx1.5/Defx2.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 741/741, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Skarmory (Flying/Steel/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 660/660, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Musharna (Psychic/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx5): HP 931/931, Spd 43 (25x1.5)]
- [Matthias (WAtt,Def,Spdx1.5/SDefx2)]
- [Lathiron A (Boss/Ruin/Water): HP ????, Sp ????]
- [Skuldrur A-F (Ruin/Water): HP ????, Sp ????]

-----End of Rough Draft-----

The sea exploded in front of the ship as a massive tower of black sludge shot up into the sky and then slowly lurcher forward. Two massive red spheres opened and gazed upon those who would dare shower it and its buddies with depth charges.

Chizuru breathed. "It's so big!"
Pierce missed the perfect moment to say "Why thank you Chizuru, but I think we're supposed to be focused on the Ruin General" simply because of how immense the beast actually was. If all six of those things worked together, the Thanatos could probably be capsized.

The Lathiron opened what had to be some kind of portal into another dimension and regurgitated some sickening liquid onto the deck. There were things in the liquid. They clumsily clawed their way out of the filthy soup and formed it up to fight.
"Creepy," Rachel observed.

Indeed they were. Spheres of exoskeletal shells adhering to each other by some slimy ichorous substance. The creatures were humanoid, but laughably so. They twitched and craned their conical faces around, their long, thin claws flicking violently as they scanned the deck for targets.

"Inquiry Visors are scanning their physiologies," Irene said. "All we know is their types, not their statistics or moves or anything. Fight them with caution. They may have skills we'd never expect in Pokemon."

Just then, a large door slid open on the deck and an automatic harpoon cannon mechanically slid into position. It sighted quickly and fired, scoring a direct hit on the Lathiron's "midsection". The Lathiron roared from its strange maw in anguish and conjured up blasts of sea mist, somewhat obscuring the beast. In its rage, the Ruin General also unleashed what had to be the most torrential downpour in history. Rain slammed into the deck and the agents like a sledgehammer. They, and the deck they stood on were soaked in under five seconds.
"This water is so strong," Irene observed. "Any Pokemon or Pokebrids weak against water will take some pretty serious damage in a downpour this fierce."
"The water's getting choppier by the second!" Brunswick reported over the visors. "Keep a firm foot on the deck, or you'll be tossed right overboard!"

To put it bluntly, Lathiron was pissed, and it had ways of showing how pissed it was.

Dracorion

09-20-2011, 12:28 AM

Pierce and Chizuru

Pierce scratched his head, suddenly avoiding Chizuru gaze in shame. "I, uh, don't think a lot of guys do that." He explained. "It's more like a 'me being silly' kind of thing."

---------------------------------

Lathiron Battle

Pierce couldn't blame Chizuru. Lathiron was right fucking huge. Nearby, he saw Sophia gulp and edge a little closer to Tsubasa when the huge monster appear. "They'll be all right." He told Chizuru reassuringly, with regard to the other team. "The sooner we finish this, the sooner we can go help them."

Then the rain started. Except it was more like a downpour. Except that was still an understatement. It was the most brutal rain Pierce had experienced in his life. Falling droplets felt like bullets when they hit his skin, and he was soaked the moment it started. He could see everyone else was in similar conditions.

To make matters worse, the deck had already been partly flooded, making electric attacks on it dangerous. And the rain was hitting so hard the ship wobbled unsteadily, so that someone could fall overboard at any moment. "Stay steady!" He yelled to his team over the deafening sound of the torrent coming from above. "Forget the mooks and concentrate on Lathiron!"

Sophia stepped forward with a determined look on her face. "I can keep the Skuldrurs off our backs!" She screamed, and then reached into her belt. She pulled out a small bottle, and just lobbed it right into the enemy formation. The bottle impacted with one of the Skuldrur's head, not really doing any damage, and broke. Everyone could see the small, jelly like thing that had been inside fall. Only, it began growing at an alarming rate once freed.

Within moments, the pinkish transparent jelly thing had encased three of the Skuldrurs up to the waist, making them unable to attack directly.

--------------------------------------------------------

[Targetting Beacon] [Irene] [Spitz] [Venusaur] [Hydreigon (Capstan A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Kingdra] [Metagross] [Skarmory] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Cloyster] [Matthias] [Device/Evolith Slot 2]

[B]Elizabeth: Build Targetting Beacon.
Chizuru: X Speed on Balor and Irene. X Attack on Hydreigon and Sophia.
Pierce: Rage Rocket on Sophia.
(350) Nyoka: Gains Rage (300).
(200) Balor: Defog on Lathiron.
(200) Irene: Freefall Fury on Lathiron.
(190) Matthias: Porygon Z form. Thunder on Lathiron. Normal Type Pokebrid Action (+5 Rage).
(180) Sceptile: Switches in for Leprihare. Grass Knot on Lathiron.
(175) Cloyster: Hydro Pump on Lathiron.
(170) Kingdra: Dragon Pulse on Lathiron.
(165) Sophia: Switches in for Darmanitan. Signature Technique Test Amoeba on Skulldrurs A, B, C and Lathiron.Costs 70 Rage. Stands behind Capstan B.
(147) Hydreigon: Dragon Rush on Lathiron. Stands behind Capstan A.
(135) Giratina: Switches in for Meganium. Dragon Claw on Lathiron.
(127) Unownaut: Psycho Cut on Lathiron.
(120) Venusaur: Switches in for Rotom. Grass Knot on Lathiron.
(111) Thundurus: Light Screen on Unownaut, Irene and Balor.
(105) Spitz: Super Fang on Lathiron.
(105) Skarmory: Spikes. Spike damage increases to 18.75% to each enemy upon switching in.
(105) Metagross: Does nothing.
(95) Electivire: Thunderpunch on Lathiron.
(43) Musharna: Does nothing.
(30) Ferrothorn: Switches in for Quiksilver. Spikes. Spike damage increases to 25% to each enemy upon switching in.

[U]Detailed Actions:

Name: Unownaut
Type: Psychic
Hitpoints: 764

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 195

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 255

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 127

Used Move: Psycho Cut (Psychic, Physical, contact, 70 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, increased critical hit ratio.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move connects, 66% if not.

Notes: White Herb negates stat debuffs instantly.

Name: Balor
Type: Dragon/Poison
Hitpoints: 792

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 240

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Special Defense: 180

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Defog (Flying, Status).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: Target's evasion -1. -25% Fog of War.

Accuracy Ratio: NA

Note: Holding Lum Berry, which will instantly negate any status effect.

Name: Irene
Type: 50% Damage ~ Normal, Steel, Fire, Poison, Ice, Ghost
Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 150
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 300

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 210

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Freefall Fury (Flying, Physical, 130 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: Super effective, 100% Crit, 25% DoubleCrit, -25% Fog of War.

Accuracy ratio: 66%.

Name: Spitz
Type: Dark
Hitpoints: 688

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 105

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Super Fang (Normal, Physical, contact, 90% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: Halves target's current HP.

Note: Spitz's ability Intimidate lowers enemy formation's Attack by one stage. Also, if Spitz is at full HP, Focus Sash will allow it to survive an attack that would defeat it with 1 HP.

Accuracy ratio: 90% if Irene's move hits, 60% if not.

Name: Venusaur
Type: Grass/Poison
Hitpoints: 555/741

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 83
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 124

Base Special Attack: 100
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Kick The Dog.
Modified Special Attack: 300

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 120

Used Move: Grass Knot (Grass, Special, assuming 120 power due to Lathiron's size, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, inflicts greater damage on a heavier target.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move connects, 66% if not.

Name: Sophia
Type: -50% Ruin, Water, Dragon.
Hitpoints: 794

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 230

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 165

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Test Amoeba (Signature Technique).
Move Target/s: Lathiron, Skuldrurs A, B, C.
Move Modification: targets are Bound (target cannot use contact moves or be switched out) and are Badly Poisoned. Enemies that switch into their slots will become trapped. The amoeba can only be destroyed by two Fire-type attacks and trapped enemies can use contact-type Fire moves for this purpose.

Accuracy Ratio: NA

Name: Hydreigon
Type: Dark/Dragon
Hitpoints: 804

Base Attack: 105
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Psych Up, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 367

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 270

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 98
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 147

Used Move: Dragon Rush (Dragon, Physical, contact, 100 power, 75% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, 20% chance to inflict flinch, +20% damage due to Expert Belt.

Accuracy ratio: 75% if Irene's move connects, 50% if not.

Name: Musharna
Type: Psychic
Hitpoints: 931

Base Attack: 55
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 107
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 160

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 29
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 43

Notes: Holding Lum Berry, which will cure any status effect instantly.

Name: Giratina
Type: Ghost/Dragon
Hitpoints: 1111

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 180

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 135

Used Move: Dragon Claw (Dragon, Physical, contact, 80 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective. +20% damage due to Griseous Orb.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move hits, 66% if not.

Name: Chizuru
Type: 50% Damage ~ Dark, Rock, Ground, 100% Damage ~ Normal
Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 150
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 225

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 150
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 225

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: X Attack, X Speed.
Move Target/s: X Attack on Sophia and Hydreigon, X Speed on Irene and Balor.
Move Modification: X Defense increases Defense +1 stage, X Special Defense increases Sp. Defense +1 stage.

Notes: Chizuru's character skill makes items affect an adjacent target as well as the original target.

Name: Kingdra
Type: Water/Dragon
Hitpoints: 715

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Dragon Dance.
Modified Attack: 190

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Dragon Dance.
Modified Speed: 170

Used Move: Dragon Pulse (Dragon, Special, 90 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, +20% damage due to Expert Belt.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move hits, 66% if not.

Name: Metagross
Type: Psychic/Steel
Hitpoints: 741

Base Attack: 135
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 202

Base Defense: 130
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Iron Defense.
Modified Defense: 325

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 135

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Name: Skarmory
Type: Flying/Steel
Hitpoints: 660

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 210

Base Special Attack: 40
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 60

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 105

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Spikes (Ground, Status).
Move Target/s: Enemy formation.
Move Modification: Pok�mon who switch into the spike-ridden field take 12.5% of their maximum HP in damage.

Accuracy Ratio: NA

Notes: Holding Rowap Berry, which means if a foe's special move lands, the foe takes damage equal 12.5% of their max HP.

Name: Ferrothorn
Type: Grass/Steel
Hitpoints: 709

Base Attack: 94
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Swords Dance.
Modified Attack: 141

Base Defense: 131
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 196

Base Special Attack: 54
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 81

Base Special Defense: 116
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 20
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 30

Used Move: Spikes (Ground, Status).
Move Target/s: Enemy formation.
Move Modification: Pok�mon who switch into the spike-ridden field take 12.5% of their maximum HP in damage.

Accuracy Ratio: NA

Notes: Because of held item Rocky Helmet and the ability Iron Barbs, contact moves used against this Pokemon will damage the attacker with 7/24 of their maximum HP.

Name: Cloyster
Type: Water/Ice
Hitpoints: 583

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Shell Smash.
Modified Attack: 237

Base Defense: 180
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Shell Smash.
Modified Special Attack: 212

Base Special Defense: 45
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Special Defense.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Shell Smash.
Modified Speed: 175

Used Move: Hydro Pump (Water, Special, 120 power, 80% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, half damage due to Lathiron's resistance, +50% damage due to Rain.

Accuracy ratio: 80% if Irene's move hits, 53% if not.

Name: Sceptile
Type: Grass
Hitpoints: 688

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 65
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 97

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 127

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Grass Knot (Grass, Special, assuming 120 power due to Lathiron's size, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, inflicts greater damage on a heavier target, 20% chance to inflict Leech Seed due to custom held item.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move hits, 66% if not.

Notes: custom held item reduces incoming damage by 5%.

Name: Matthias
Type: Normal
Hitpoints: 803

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 117
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Special Attack: 234

Base Special Defense: 87
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Speed: 190

Used Move: Thunder (Electric, Special, 120 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron
Move Modification: Super effective, 30% chance to inflict paralysis.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move hits, 66% if not.

Note: Porygon Z's Download ability increases either Matthias' Attack or Special Attack based on the foe's lowest defenses.

Name: Thundurus (Sniper)
Type: Electric/Flying
Hitpoints: 731

Base Attack: 115

Base Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 111

Used Move: Light Screen (Psychic, Status).
Move Target/s: Unownaut, Irene and Balor.
Move Modification: Light Screen will be in effect for 5 turns and will halve special damage done to the Pokemon its centered on and two adjacent.

Accuracy Ratio: NA

Name: Electivire (Sniper)
Type: Electric
Hitpoints: 715

Base Attack: 123

Base Defense: 67

Base Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 95

Used Move: Thunderpunch (Electric, Physical, contact, 75 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, 10% chance to inflict paralysis, +20% damage due to Expert Belt, +3 crit due to Sniper specialty.

Accuracy ratio: 100% if Irene's move hits, 66% if not.

Menarker

09-20-2011, 02:47 AM

Renny shielded his eye with his visor (THE GOGGLES! THEY DO SOMETHING!) with a particular sense of annoyance from the sandy tempest engulfing them with such force that could even bring legendary flyers to the dirt.

"I don't like this. I can't even see the ocean and the ship from here! I hope the others are doing ok..."

"Those gemstones are shed like tears from the big one that composes Krunder," "We can't do our best damage to Krunder with the storm in the way, but we can reduce the power of the storm by killing those damn Delstus. Unfortunately, I'm not knowledgable about their abilities. We've buffed up considerably, but proceed with caution nonetheless."
"If we can weaken the Sand Scourge, we might be able to get off the ground again."

Renny looked at the array of foes and coughed once from the sand in the air before he spoke.

"Sounds like a sensible idea. I guess we'll do it that way, but keep the fire focused on a few at a time, starting from the left! If what we think is true, gradually chipping their numbers down will make the next easier to hit!"

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Order Phase

1: Rage Shower Device Constructed. Alice spends 50 rage. Formation Crit chance increased by 25%.

2: Formation change

[Alice] [Donovan] [Vaporeon] [Crawdaunt] [Nimbeon] [Pelipper] [Xatu] [Exeggutor] [Ursauring] [Eelektross] [Sakuya] [Mollesk] [Umbreon] [Jumpluff] [Shiftry] [Takano] [Rage Shower Device]

3: Angelo sacrifices Exeggutor's action to use 2 items freely. An X accuracy is used on Sakuya. An X Special Attack is used on Whitney.
4: Renny activates his trainer action "Guiding Support" at the cost of Mollesk's action. Serene Grace effect and Lock-On is applied to Nimbeon
5: Donovan switches to Ninjask form. Also activates Pokebrid Action (Bug type) to attempt to lower Delstus A's evasion by 1 stage.

Combat Phase (Organized in order by Modified Speed. See bottom for detail)
Note: All accuracy guesses were assuming that evasion debuffs failed. If the debuffs were successful, please modify (or ask me to modify them).
If any of the Delstus die and there would be more attackers trying to hit the dead target, move their attacks to the leftmost Delstus.

Name: Umbreon
Type: Dark

Hitpoints: 820

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 65

Base Defense: 110
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 110

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 60

Base Special Defense: 130
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 130

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 130

Used Move: Scapegoat, Status move
Move Target/s: Ursaring to Mollesk (Redirect direct attacks from Ursaring to Mollesk)
Move Modification: Select any friendly target (user included). All moves that would target that ally/user is redirected to a different ally or the user. If the target is attacked with an AOE move, reduce its power by 50% but the attack is not prevented. If the scapegoated target is knocked out, all moves still get redirected and is wasted. The move has increased priority. The move cannot redirect attacks that have already been redirected.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to Umbreon's ability "Synchronize", if Umbreon is afflicted with a status, the opponent who delivered the status is also effected (Does not work with Sleep or Frozen).
Due to Umbreon's item Lum Berry, if Umbreon is afflicted by a status condition, it is cured. (The ability triggers before the cure.)

Name: Leavanny
Type: Bug/Grass

Hitpoints: 715

Base Attack: 103
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 103

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 80

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 92
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 92

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status move
Move Target/s: Ursaring
Move Modification: Increases the POW of the attack it uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the item Occa Berry, reduce the damage of the first fire type move that hits Leavanny by 50%.

Name: Jumpluff
Type: Grass/Flying

Hitpoints: 715

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 50

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 220

Used Move: Aerial Ace, Flying, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, Ignore accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: STAB. 10% chance to flinch due to Razor Fang. Has 31.25% chance to crit due to Engineer Device.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to Jumpluff's Ability Infiltrator, Jumpluff ignores moves like Reflect and Light Screen that would weaken its moves.
Is holding Razor Fang and thus adds flinch chance to offensive moves.

Name: Donovan
Type: Bug/Flying
Armor:Ground, Electric, Rock

Hitpoints: 741

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage boost)
Modified Attack: 142

Base Defense: 72
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 72

Base Special Attack: 75
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 75

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Speed Boost)
Modified Speed: 195

Used Move: Night Slash, Dark type, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC. Increased Crit Chance.
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: 37.5% to crit due to Engineer Device and increased crit chance. Super Effective.

Accuracy: 88% chance to score a hit?
Formula: 100 ACC * ([1.33]/[1.50]) 1.33 was accuracy and 1.50 was evasion.

Notes: Due to the ability Infiltrator, Donovan's Ninjask's form ignores moves like Reflect and Light Screen that would weaken his moves.
Due to the Lum Berry item he is holding, he'll negate the first status affliction put on him.

Name: Shiftry
Type: Grass/Dark

Hitpoints: 794

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 60

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 160

Used Move: Icy Wind, Ice type, Special, 55 POW, 95 ACC, Lower target's Speed by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Delstus B and C
Move Modification: AOE, Neutral damage. (Super effective against ground but not very effective against Ruin). 31.25 chance to crit due to Engineer Device. 10% chance to flinch per target due to King's Rock item.

Accuracy ratio: 63% per target.

Notes: Due to holding King's Rock, Shiftry's attack has increased flinch chance.

Name: Takano
Type: 50% evasion to everything.

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 130

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 130

Used Move: Smokebomb Arrow, Status move
Move Target/s: Ally Formation
Move Modification: Ally Fog of War increased by 25%.

Name: Nimbeon
Type: Flying

Hitpoints: 662

Base Attack: 60
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 60

Base Defense: 65
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 65

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 110

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: NA > 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 130 (260 after this turn)

Used Move: Hurricane, Flying type, Special, 120 POW. 70 ACC. 30% Confusion and can hit foes using Fly, Bounce or Sky Drop.
Move Target/s: Delstus B and C
Move Modification: STAB, AOE. 100% accuracy and doubled confusion chance to 60% due to Renny's "Guiding Support". 37.5% chance to crit due to held item and Engineer Device.

Accuracy ratio: 100% due to bonus.

Notes: Due to its ability "White Smoke", Nimbeon cannot have its stats stages lowered.
Critical hit chance raised 1 stage due to held item "Scope Lens"

Name: Alice
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Flying, Rock
2. -100% Damage ~ Fighting, Ground
3. Immunities ~ Paralysis, Att & Def Debuffs

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 110
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 110

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 80

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 120

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 100

Used Move: Nuchaku, Steel type, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: Super Effective. STAB? 31.25% crit chance due to Engineer device.

Accuracy ratio: 66%

Name: Xatu
Type: Psychic/Flying

Hitpoints: 662

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: NA > 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 95 (190 after Xatu acts)

Used Move: Tailwind, Status Move
Move Target/s: Xatu, Pelipper, Nimbeon
Move Modification: Double the target's speed stats for a few turns.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the ability "Magic Bounce", Xatu reflects the effect of all stat lowering status moves (excluding Memento), non-damaging Status ailment inducing moves, entry hazard moves, moves like Taunt and Torment, and so on back to the user.

Name: Pelipper
Type: Water/Flying

Hitpoints: 635

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 85

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 130

Used Move: Tailwind, Status Move
Move Target/s: Sakuya, Ursaring, Eelektross
Move Modification: Double the target's speed stats for a few turns.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the held item Waccan Berry, reduce the total damage of the first electric attack to damage Pelipper.

Name: Sakuya
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Water, Dark, Fighting
2. -100% Damage ~ Psychic
3. Immunity ~ Flinch, Confuse, Apathy, Exhaustion

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 140

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 80

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 120

Used Move: Brainsplitter, Psychic Type, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective. Crit Chance is 75% due to personal ability and Engineer Device.

Accuracy ratio: 88%

Name: Ursaring
Type: Normal

Hitpoints: 794

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: 4.5x (+6 Stage boosts and Guts Activation.)
Modified Attack: 585

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 75

Base Special Attack: 75
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 75

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 110

Used Move: Facade, Normal, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC, Double the Power of this attack when the user is suffering from a status condition.
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: STAB, Power increased to 140 due to being poisoned. 31.25% chance of critting due to Engineer Device.

Accuracy: 88%? (See if Donovan's pokebrid action worked in which case it'll be 100%)

Notes: Is poisoned since the end of last turn and takes poison damage after attacking.
Is protected from attacks this turn by Umbreon's Scapegoat. See Umbreon's action for detail.

Name: Eelektross
Type: Electric

Hitpoints: 767

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage boost)
Modified Attack: 172

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage boost)
Modified Defense: 120

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 105

Base Special Defense: 80
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 50
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 100

Used Move: Crunch, Dark type, Physical, 80 POW, 100 ACC, 20% lowering Defense.
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: Super Effective. Double chance of lowering defense as a result. 31.25% chance of crit due to Engineer Device. Power of move increased from 80 to 88 due to held Muscle Band.

Accuracy: 88%

Notes: Due to the Ability "Levitate", it is immune to Ground moves.
Due to held "Muscle Band", physical attacks have 10% more Power.

Name: Whitney
Type: Psychic

Hitpoints: 759

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 82

Base Special Attack: 112
Special Attack Modifications: 4x (6 Stage due to last turn and this turn's item boosted by Simple Nature.)
Modified Special Attack: 448

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 107

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 90

Used Move: Psychic, Psychic Type, Special, 90 POW, 100 ACC, 10% chance of lowering special defense
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective which leads to 20% chance of lowering special defense. 50% chance of critting due to Sniper speciality and Engineer device.

ACC: 100%

NOTE: Due to Whitney's personal ability, her accuracy is not reduced by enemy Fog of War.

Name: Vaporeon
Type: Water

Hitpoints: 1005

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 65

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 110

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 65

Used Move: Muddy Water, Water type, Special, 95 POW, 85 ACC, 30% chance of reducing accuracy by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Delstus A and B
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective which leads to increasing chance of reducing Accuracy to 60%. 31.25% chance to crit due to Engineer Device.

Accuracy: 56% per target.

Notes: Due to its held item, Leftovers and due to Aqua Ring, it will regain 2/8th of its maximum hitpoints at the end of every turn.
Due to its ability, Water Absorb, it will absorb any water type damage as health.

Name: Crawdaunt
Type: Water/Dark

Hitpoints: 651

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 55
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 55

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 55

Used Move: Night Slash, Dark type, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC. Increased Crit Chance.
Move Target/s: Delstus B
Move Modification: 37.5% to crit due to Engineer Device and increased crit chance. Super Effective. Improved STAB due to ability "Adaptability". (2.0x instead of 1.5x)

Accuracy ratio: 66%

Notes: Due to held item, Razor Claw, it has +1 stage to Crit.
Due to ability "Adaptability" it has 2x modifier to STAB instead of normal 1.5x.

Twiloch does nothing (Except play with shadow puppets) and gains 100 rage.

Some pokemon were able to move ahead of their spot because someone who was ahead of them buffed their speed. However, if the buffing pokemon would have been knocked out before they would get the chance to buff, use the lower numbers respective to the target they would have buffed. (Some others did get improved, but those ones already acted by the time they got buffed and therefore are not included)

Umbreon Preemptive Attack
Leavanny Premptive Attack
Twiloch (600)
Jumpluff (220)
Donovan (195)
Shiftry (160)
Takano (130)
Nimbeon (130)
Alice (100)
Xatu (95)
Pelipper (65) > 130
Sakuya (60) > 120
Ursaring (55) > 110
Eelektross (50) > 100
Whitney (90)
Vaporeon (65)
Crawdaunt (55)

Astral Harmony

09-30-2011, 06:38 AM

Lathiron Battle (Turn 02)

-----Turn 02 Action Phase-----
- Elizabeth: Targeting Beacon constructed. Sniper and Destroyer can attack in Fog of War.
- Skuldrur A: Spitz takes 188 damage (Def -1). Charlotte's Rage +5.
- Skuldrur C: Fails to attack Spitz (Test Amoeba).
- Skuldrur B: Uses SignTech "Ruin Fusion". Skuldrur A & C have been defeated. Skuldrur B has evolved into Aqkuaw A.
- Skuldrur D: Spitz takes 700 damage (defeated). Charlotte's Rage +10.
- Skuldrur E: Musharna takes 166 damage. Chizuru's Rage +5.
- Skuldrur F: Musharna takes 166 damage. Chizuru's Rage +5.
- Balor: Fog of War (Lathiron A) -25%, Lathiron A Acc -1.
- Irene: Lathiron A takes 488 damage. Irene's Rage +10.
- Matthias: Porygon Z form. Ability Download grants additional SAtt +1. Lathiron takes 228 damage. Matthias's Rage +15
- Sceptile: Lathiron A takes 152 damage. Elizabeth's Rage +5.
- Cloyster: Lathiron A takes 103 damage. Elizabeth's Rage +5.
- Kingdra: Lathiron A takes 124 damage. Pierce's Rage +5.
- Lathiron A: Uses SignTech "Insanity Wave". Sophia takes 241 damage. Hydreigon is immune. Venusaur takes 868 damage (defeated). Sophia's Rage +10. Charlotte's Rage +10.
- Sophia: Uses SignTech "Test Amoeba". Skuldrur A, B, C are successfully bound. Skuldrur A, B, C are badly poisoned. Lathiron A resists all affects. Takes position at Capstan B. Sophia's Rage -70.
- Hydreigon: Lathiron A takes 412 damage. Takes position at Capstan A. Sophia's Rage +5.
- Aqkuaw A: Kingdra takes 345 damage (Eject). Pierce's Rage +5
- Giratina: Lathiron A takes 165 damage. Chizuru's Rage +5.
- Unownaut: Lathiron A takes 258 damage. Irene's Rage +5.
- Skarmory: Spikes deployed. Spike damage increases to 18.75%.
- Electivire: Lathiron A takes 216 damage.
- Ferrothorn: Spikes deployed. Spike damage increases to 25%.
-----Turn 02 Action Phase Complete-----

-----Turn 02 Upkeep Phase-----
Rage Upkeep: Nyoka Rg 300/500, Evangaleen Rg 100/100
Ability/Item Upkeep: N/A
Status Upkeep: Aqkuaw A takes 525 damage (BadPois).
Battlefield Upkeep: Skuldrur D-F take 163 damage (Spikes).
Weather Upkeep: Nobody tossed overboard, thank god.
-----Turn 02 Upkeep Phase Complete-----

-----Turn 03 Order Phase (Lathiron Battle)-----
- Player Formation: [Targeting Beacon] [Irene] [Charlotte's PM1] [Charlotte's PM2] [Hydreigon (Capstan A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Kingdra (Eject)] [Metagross] [Skarmory] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Cloyster] [Matthias] [Device/Evolith Slot 2]
- Enemy Formation: [Aqkuaw A (L-Type)] [Lathiron A] [Skuldrur D] [Skuldrur E] [Skuldrur F]
Objects: [Capstan A (Def & SDef+3)] [Capstan B (Def & SDef+3)]
Battlefield: Spikes (25% Damage to Reinforcements)
Weather: Torrential Rains (Water Layer, Unstable Level 20%, Vs Type Damage 25%)
Morale: 79% Player / ???% Enemy
Fog of War: 0% Player / 0% Enemy (Skuldrur) / 25% Enemy (Lathiron A)
Order of Turns (Normal)
- [Nyoka (Destroyer): Spd 350, Rg 300]
- [Skuldrur D (Ruin/Water): HP 1137/1300, Sp 260 (130x2)]
- [Skuldrur E (Ruin/Water): HP 1137/1300, Sp 260 (130x2)]
- [Skuldrur F (Ruin/Water): HP 1137/1300, Sp 260 (130x2)]
- [Irene (Att,Spdx2/SAtt,WDefx1.5/SGd50%Tx4): HP 847/847, Rg 65, Spd 200 (100x2)]
- [Balor (Poison/Dragon/Att,SDef,Spdx2/Def,SAttx1.5/SGd50%Tx4): HP 792/792, Spd 200 (100x2)]
- [Matthias (Porygon Z/Att,Defx1.5/SAtt,SDef,Spdx2): HP 803/803, Rg 65, Spd 190 (95x2)]
- [Sceptile (Grass/Allx1.5): HP 688/688, Spd 180]
- [Cloyster (WAtt,Spdx2.5/Defx1.5/SDefx2): HP 583/583, Spd 175 (70x2.5)
- [Kingdra (Water/Dragon/Eject/Att,Spdx2/SAtt,WDefx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 370/715, Spd 170 (85x1.5)]
- [Lathiron A (Boss/Ruin/Water/Accx.75): HPShield 2854/5000, HPBody 5000/5000, Sp 170]
- [Sophia (Attx2/SAtt,Spdx1.5/WDefx3(Obj)): HP 553/794, Rg 20, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Hydreigon (Dark/Dragon/Attx3.5/WDefx3(Obj)/Otherx1.5): HP 804/804, Spd 147 (98x1.5)]
- [Aqkuaw A (Ruin/Rock/BadPois): Spd 145]
- [Giratina (Ghost/Dragon/Allx1.5): HP 1111/1111, Spd 135 (90x1.5)]
- [Unownaut (Psychic/White Herb/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx4): HP 764/764, Spd 127 (85x1.5)]
- [Thundurus (Electric/Flying): HP 731/731, Spd 111]
- [Chizuru (Allx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 65, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Metagross (Psychic/Steel/WAtt,SDef,Spdx1.5/Defx2.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 741/741, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Spitz (Dark/Allx1.5): HP, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Skarmory (Flying/Steel/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 660/660, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Metagross (Steel/Psychic/Allx1.5): HP, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Electivire (Electric): HP, Spd 95]
- [Musharna (Psychic/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 599/931, Spd 43 (25x1.5)]
- [Ferrothorn (Grass/Steel/Allx1.5): HP, Spd 30 (15x1.5)]
- [Charlotte (Trainer): Rg 75]
- [Elizabeth (Trainer): Rg 5]
-----Turn 03 Order Phase Complete-----

The Inquiry Visors picked up additional feed on their foes:

[B]Lathiron A (Ruin/Water): HP 5000(Shield), 5000(Body), Att 230, SAtt 280, Def 250, SDef 290, Spd 170

Skuldrur (Ruin/Water): HP 1300, Att 130, SAtt 120, Def 140, SDef 160, Spd 130

"Huh? That big one has two sets of hit points? I call hax!" Evangaleen shouted.
"It doesn't really seem to help it much," Irene observed. "I'm assuming that the HPShield actually comes from that strange black ichorous slime all over its body. We have to cut through that to get at the meaty bits."

But the strangest upset came from when all three of the Skuldrer, locked down in Sophia's Test Amoeba, combined into one massive beast and erupted out of the slime, slamming into Kingdra and knocking it out of the battlefield, but unfortunately not into the water.
"It's broken free of the Test Amoeba, but it's still suffering the bad poisoning," Chizuru observed.
"It's an L-type enemy," Evangaleen observed. "That means it actually occupies two conjoined slots. Break out the two-target attacks if they're more effective."

The Aqkuaw was a much steadier looking beast, a composite monster of dark blue flesh and jet black bumps. Its hunched over body was held up by two short, stubby legs connected to massive, stumpy feet ending in large claws. It wasn't as big as an Omnisroth, but it certainly dwarfed the Pulverot of before.
"More Ruin Pokemon that can combine," Chizuru breathed. "Check your visors. Its type setup is different."
"Ruin and Rock dual type," Mika confirmed. "Adjust your tactics. Anyways, what's up with the Lathiron using a Psychic-type Signature Technique?"
"Just be glad that it loses its type advantage," Irene said, whirling around to throw some of the rainwater off of her body, much good that did her. "Actually, there might be something interesting to it. I'll need to see another Lathiron, though."

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[U]Krunder Battle (Turn 02)

-----Turn 02 Action Phase-----
- Umbreon: Spacegoat: Ursaring > Mollesk.
- Leavanny: Ursaring's Move Pwr +50%.
- Jumpluff: Delstus B takes 126 damage. Shannon's Rage +5.
- Donovan: Donovan's attack misses.
- Krunder (Turn 1): Nimbeon takes 175 damage (Acc -1). Pelipper takes 237 damage. Exeggutor takes 128 damage (Acc -1). Ursaring takes 110 damage (Acc -1). Eelektross takes 414 damage (Acc -1). Alphonsine's Rage +10. Angelo's Rage +10. Sakuya's Rage +5.
- Krunder (Turn 2): Krunder doesn't seem to be taking action, but then again you can't see him.
- Shiftry: Delstus B & C take 44 damage (Speed -1). Shannon's Rage +5.
- Delstus A: Eelektross takes 105 damage (Acc -1). Sakuya's Rage +5.
- Delstus D: Eelektross takes 105 damage (Acc -1). Sakuya's Rage +5.
- Delstus E: Eelektross takes 105 damage (Acc -1). Sakuya's Rage +5.
- Delstus F: Eelektross takes 105 damage (defeat). Sakuya's Rage +10.
- Takano: Player Formation FoG +25 (50).
- Nimbeon: Delstus B takes 345 damage (Defeat). Delstus C takes 172 damage (Confuse). Alphonsine's Rage +5.
- Alice: Alice's attack misses.
- Sakuya: Delstus B takes 404 damage (defeated). Sakuya's Rage +10.
- Ursaring: Ursaring's attack misses.
- Delstus C: Mollesk scapegoats for Ursaring. Mollesk takes 28 damage. Sakuya's Rage +5.
- Whitney: Delstus D takes 1040 damage (defeated). Whitney's Rage +10.
- Vaporeon: Vaporeon's attack missed completely.
- Crawdaunt: Crawdaunt's attack missed completely.
-----Turn 02 Action Phase Complete-----

-----Turn 02 Upkeep Phase-----
Rage Upkeep: Twiloch Rg 300/500, Whitney Rg 100/100
Ability/Item Upkeep: Vaporeon recovers all health after Sandstorm damage.
Status Upkeep: Ursaring takes 12.5% damage.
Battlefield Upkeep: N/A
Weather Upkeep: All vulnerable units take 12.5% damage from sandstorm. Player morale reduced by 10%. Flying (Levitate) units are still grounded.
-----Turn 02 Upkeep Phase Complete-----

-----Turn 03 Order Phase-----
Player Formation: [Alice] [Donovan] [Vaporeon] [Crawdaunt] [Nimbeon] [Pelipper] [Xatu] [Exeggutor] [Eelektross] [Sakuya] [Mollesk] [Umbreon] [Jumpluff] [Shiftry] [Takano] [Rage Shower Device]
Enemy Formation: [Delstus A] [Delstus C] [Krunder] [Delstus E] [Delstus F]
Objects: None
Battlefield: Normal
Weather: Sand Scourge (12.5%DPU, Player Morale -10%PU, Grounding Effect)
Morale: 84% Player / 100% Enemy
Fog of War: 50% Player / 50% Enemy (all Delstus) / 100% Enemy (Krunder)
[U]Order of Turns (Normal)
- [Nimbeon (Flying/White Smoke/Scope Lens): HP 409/622, Spd 260 (130xTailwindTx2)]
- [Umbreon (Dark/Synchronize/Lum Berry/Spdx2): HP 717/820, Spd 130 (65x2)]
- [Leavanny (Bug/Grass/Occa Berry): HP 625/715, Spd 92]
- [Jumpluff (Grass/Flying/Infiltrator/Razor Fang/Spdx2): HP 625/715, Spd 220 (110x2)]
- [Donovan (Ninjask/Bug/Flying/Infiltrator/Lum Berry/Att,Spdx1.5/WGd50%Tx3): HP 648/741, Rg 60, Spd 195]
- [Xatu (Psychic/Flying/Magic Bounce/Spdx2): HP 625/715, Spd 190 (95xTailwindTx2)]
- [Krunder (Boss/Ruin/Ground): HP 8000/8000, Spd 180]
- [Shiftry (Grass/Dark/King's Rock/Spdx2): HP 694/794, Spd 160 (80xTailwindTx2)]
- [Delstus A (Ruin/Ground): HP 850/850, Spd 150]
- [Delstus E (Ruin/Ground): HP 850/850, Spd 150]
- [Delstus F (Ruin/Ground): HP 850/850, Spd 150]
- [Takano (Eva50%/PGd50%Tx3): HP 742/847, Rg 50, Spd 130]
- [Pelipper (Water/Flying/Keen Eye/Waccan Berry/WGd50%Tx3): HP 555/635, Spd 130 (65xTailwindTx2)]
- [Sakuya (Spdx2/WGd50%Tx3): HP 741/847, Rg 95, Spd 120 (60xTailwindTx2)]
- [Ursaring (Normal/Guts/Toxic Orb/Attx6/Accx1.5/WGd50%Tx3): HP 684/794, Spd 110 (55xTailwindTx2)]
- [Alice (WGd50%Tx3): HP 741/847, Rg 10, Spd 100]
- [Delstus C (Ruin/Ground/Spdx.67): HP 335/850, Spd 100 (150x.67)]
- [Whitney (Gardevoir/Psychic/SAttx4): HP 664/759, Rg 60, Spd 90]
- [Vaporeon (Water/Water Absorb/Leftovers/25%HPU*4/WGd50%Tx3): HP 1005/1005, Spd 65]
- [Crawdaunt (Water/Dark/Adaptability/Razor Claw): HP 569/651, Spd 55]
- [Mollesk (Rock/Bug/Simple/Defx2/SDefx2/WGd50%Tx3): HP 796/942, Spd 1]
- [Alphonsine (Trainer): Rg 65]
- [Angelo (Trainer): Rg 60]
-----Turn 03 Order Phase Complete-----

The Inquiry Visors picked up some vital statistics from Delstus and Krunder, which was amazing considering that it was almost impossible to see Krunder through the sand, period.

- Krunder (Ruin/Ground): HP 8000, Att 270, Def 300, SAtt 190, SDef 200, Spd 180
- Delstus (Ruin/Ground): HP 850, Att 90, Def 120, SAtt 70, SDef 90, Spd 150

"Only eight-thousand?" Sakuya blinked. "I can fart eight-thousand damage."
"Mother, you may want to procure some indian food before making such a bold claim."

Was that really the conversation between the Hiroshiho Imperial Queen and Princess?

"They're about as hard to strike as I imagined," Sakuya said, observing the sort of distorted-looking Delstus in the sandstorm. Despite the damage they suffered, this wasn't nearly as bad as it could be considering their opponent. There had to be something else...

Menarker

10-10-2011, 03:52 AM

Renny squinted hard to peer through the torrential veil of sand and debris.

"Two of the Delstus are gone. And we only lost Eelektross. This is good so far... but I can't shake the feeling something is wrong. The other ruin generals were so much more difficult..."

Renny was deep in thought as to why things were so different. Oddly enough, the two ruin generals, Krunder and Lathiron, were extremely close together... so they couldn't all be at arms... Twiloch's words echoed in his mind...

"They could never trust humans who fear them to the point of baseless anger and murderous intent. They could never return to the lord's side because they have abandoned our crusade. Their days are numbered..."

"... But why? If they had power and allies alike..."

*KOFF KOF* He had trouble breathing clearly in the extreme sandstorm as he watched everyone fight, his own pokemon acting as support with their acute senses.

"Impact, if our predictions are right, we should get visual of Krunder again soon, and it might get more aggressive once the Delstus are gone. Here, use this!"

Renny hurried over and handed him a Rage Rocket for his use for a foreseeable assault...

"Hey... Donovan is it? Can you switch with Professor Ricewood? Nothing against you, but I'm sure her personal equipment can help bypass the sandstorm!"

He then continued with giving advice and encouragement, speaking more to the headset than shouting."

"Ricewood, can you, *Kof* summon Kyogre? If the sand gets all wet and heavy to blow in the wind, it might ease up the sandstorm!

Everyone, keep it up! The Delstus seem to be really weak!"

*If all the Delstus get killed and assuming that Tropius and Hariyama has not yet acted.*

"Perfect! Good going! Is everyone alright!?"

"This is rather strange... So far, there Krunder has been slightly on the passive side. I would have imagined that with all the cover he had, he would have gone more on the offensive."

"Wait! Please don't get any closer to him just yet! Can we get someone to use Earthquake to shake up the beach near Krunder? Don't aim for him specifically though. He hadn't been taking advantage of the cover to attack much and he's not hurt at all... So if he's staying behind cover, he might have laid some traps in the ground itself, if he hasn't otherwise hidden in the ground itself... I mean, ruin types are resistant to ground type moves... He might have suspected we wouldn't mess the earth up a bit with those attacks since they are normally ineffective... Alphonsine, do any of your pokemon know Defog? Can you see if you can clear off this fog so we can all get a better visual?"

*Regardless of whether Renny can see him or not*

"Krunder! Can you understand me? I only have one question for you! Why did you and the others go rogue!? I could perhaps have understood if you only hated us and nothing more! But you also left the other ruin generals despite how dangerous it would be for you! And you are so close to Lathiron that you two seem like allies! Did you and the other rogue generals leave because you as a group collectively disagreed about Idolus's plan or realized something disturbing that we don't know about? Are you reacting to something!?"

Renny watched with abated breath, listened and waited...

-------------------------

1: Formation change

[Alice] [Kyogre] [Jeanette] [Vaporeon] [Crawdaunt] [Nimbeon] [Tropius] [Xatu] [Exeggutor] [Ursaring] [Hariyama] [Sakuya RDPA] [Mollesk] [Umbreon] [Jumpluff] [Shiftry] [Takano] [Rage Shower Device]

2: Rain triggers due to Kyogre's come into play ability �Drizzle�. However, it's effects are unknown due to the interfereing Sand Scourge.
3: Sakuya boards her RDPA. Her pokemon are gain +3 to all stats and her stats are modifed. (See her entry below)
4: Angelo sacrifices Exeggutor's action to use 2 items freely. An X Special Attack and X Speed is used on Jeanette.
5: Mollesk's custom item activates (3rd turn on the field with item) and he gets an extra action.
6: Renny activates his trainer action "Guiding Support" at the cost of one of Mollesk's action. Serene Grace effect and Lock-On is applied to Ursaring.

Combat Phase (If any of the targeted Delstus die, redirect the attack to the other Delstus if at all possible.)
NOTE: When/if all Delstus are killed and there are attacks remaining, halt everyone's actions until Hariyama uses Focused Earthquake around Krunder's area (but not actually aiming for Krunder) to see if there are any suprises hiding within the ground (Pitfalls, traps, hidden enemies and the like) before we attack him. (No delay of anyone else should be needed though since Hariyama has been boosted to have one of the highest speed stats on the field.)
Do the same for Tropius who will attempt to use Defog on the enemy FoW after the Delstus have died.

Speed Chart (You shouldn't worry too much this time because everyone should have their speed boost before Krunder or any of the Delstus attack)

Mollesk Preemptive Attack
Leavanny Premptive Attack
Twiloch (600)
Ursaring (275)
Nimbeon (260)
Hariyama (225) (Delaying its attack until the above condition or when all other actions is expended.)
Jumpluff (220)
Jeanette (220) After Tailwind
Alice (100 > 200) After Tailwind)
Xatu (190)
Kyogre (90 > 180) After Tailwind
Whitney (180) Paradigm Shift
Shiftry (160)
Takano (130)
Sakuya (110) (Delaying her attack)
Tropius (102) (Delaying attack)
Vaporeon (65)
Crawdaunt (55)

Name: Mollesk
Type: Rock/Bug

Ability: Simple
Held Item: Defender's Crest: (Gains an extra action every 3rd consecutive turn in battle)

Hitpoints: 796 / 942

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 230
Defense Modifications: 2x (+2 Stage Boost)
Modified Defense: 460

Base Special Attack: 1
Special Attack Modifications:
Modified Special Attack: 1

Base Special Defense: 230
Special Defense Modifications: 2x (+2 Stage Boost)
Modified Special Defense: 460

Base Speed: 1
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 1

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status Move
Move Target/s: Ursaring
Move Modification: Increases the power of the attack the target uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy Modifier: NA

Notes: Due to Mollesk's ability "Simple, any buffs or debuffs with stages are twice as effective.

Name: Leavanny
Type: Bug/Grass

Ability: Chlorophyll
Held Item: Occa Berry

Hitpoints: 625 / 715

Base Attack: 103
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 103

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 80

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 92
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 92

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status move
Move Target/s: Jeanette
Move Modification: Increases the power of the attack the target uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the item Occa Berry, reduce the damage of the first fire type move that hits Leavanny by 50%.

Name: Ursaring
Type: Normal

Ability: Guts
Held Item: Toxic Orb

Hitpoints: 684 / 794 (POISONED)

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: 4.5x (+6 Stage boosts and Guts Activation.)
Modified Attack: 585

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Defense: 187

Base Special Attack: 75
Special Attack Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Special Defense: 187

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: 4.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability and Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 275

Used Move: Facade, Normal, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC, Double the Power of this attack when the user is suffering from a status condition.
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: STAB, Power increased to 210 due to being poisoned and Helping Hand. 31.25% chance of critting due to Engineer Device.

Accuracy: 100% due to Renny's Trainer Action Guiding Support.

Notes: Is poisoned and thus takes poison damage after attacking.

Name: Nimbeon
Type: Flying

Ability: Clear Body
Held Item: Scope Lens

Hitpoints: 409/662

Base Attack: 60
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 60

Base Defense: 65
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 65

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 110

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: NA > 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 130 (260 after this turn)

Used Move: Aeroblast, Flying type, Special, 100 POW. 95 ACC. Increased Crit chance
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: STAB. 50% chance to crit due to held item and Engineer Device and the move's improved crit rate.

Accuracy ratio: 63%?

Notes: Due to its ability "White Smoke", Nimbeon cannot have its stats stages lowered.
Critical hit chance raised 1 stage due to held item "Scope Lens"

Name: Jumpluff
Type: Grass/Flying

Hitpoints: 625 / 715

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 50

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 220

Used Move: Aerial Ace, Flying, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, Ignore accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Move Target/s: Delstus C
Move Modification: STAB. 10% chance to flinch due to Razor Fang. Has 31.25% chance to crit due to Engineer Device.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Notes: Due to Jumpluff's Ability Infiltrator, Jumpluff ignores moves like Reflect and Light Screen that would weaken its moves.
Is holding Razor Fang and thus adds flinch chance to offensive moves.

Name: Jeanette
Type/Defenses:
1: Electric-100%, Poison-100%,
2: ImmParalyze, ImmPois, ImmBadPois.

Ability: All attacks from her and her Pokemon hit with 100% accuracy even in Fog of War. Excludes OHKO moves.

Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 140
Special Attack Modifications: 1.5x (+1 Stage Boost)
Modified Special Attack: 210

Base Special Defense: 130
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 130

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: 3.5x (+1 Stage boost and Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 220

Accuracy Modifications: 100% Due to Ability.
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion: NA

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Industrial Pressure Washer: Water Type, Special, 130 POW
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: Super Effective. Power boosted to 195 due to Helping Hand. If Kyogre's rain dance is actually effective this turn, this attack can be boosted.

Accuracy ratio: 100% due to ability.

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25% crit chance due to Engineer device.

Name: Xatu
Type: Psychic/Flying

Ability: Magic Bounce
Held Item: Twisted Spoon

Hitpoints: 496 / 662

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: NA > 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 95 (190 after Xatu acts)

Used Move: Tailwind, Status Move
Move Target/s: Alice, Jeanette, Kyogre.
Move Modification: Double the target's speed stats for a few turns.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the ability "Magic Bounce", Xatu reflects the effect of all stat lowering status moves (excluding Memento), non-damaging Status ailment inducing moves, entry hazard moves, moves like Taunt and Torment, and so on back to the user.

Name: Alice
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Flying, Rock
2. -100% Damage ~ Fighting, Ground
3. Immunities ~ Paralysis, Att & Def Debuffs

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 110
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 110

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 80

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 120

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Nuchaku, Steel type, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: Super Effective. STAB? 31.25% crit chance due to Engineer device.

Accuracy ratio: 66%

Name: Whitney
Type: Psychic

Hitpoints: 664/ 759

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 164

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 164

Base Special Attack: 112
Special Attack Modifications: 4x (6 Stage boost and Paradigm Shift)
Modified Special Attack: 896

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 214

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Psychic, Psychic Type, Special, 90 POW, 100 ACC, 10% chance of lowering special defense
Move Target/s: Delstus F
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective which leads to 20% chance of lowering special defense. 50% chance of critting due to Sniper speciality and Engineer device? Or does the device not work on Snipers in which case its 25% due to sniper bonus?

ACC: 100%

NOTE: Due to Whitney's personal ability, her accuracy is not reduced by enemy Fog of War.

Name: Kyogre
Type/Defenses: Water

Ability: Drizzle
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 90

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 150

Base Special Defense: 140
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 140

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 180

Accuracy Modifications: 100% due to Jeanette's ability
Modified Accuracy: 100% due to Jeanette's ability

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion: NA

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Muddy Water, Water type, Special, 95 POW, 85 ACC, 30% chance of reducing accuracy by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Delstus A and C
Move Modification: Power of attack is boosted to 104 due to held Wise Glasses item. STAB. Super Effective which leads to increasing chance of reducing Accuracy to 60%. 31.25% chance to crit due to Engineer Device. Increased damage due to Rain Dance (1.5x) if it actually works?

Accuracy ratio: 100% due to Jeanette's ability

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25% chance of critting due to engineer device.

Name: Shiftry
Type: Grass/Dark

Ability: Chlorophyll
Held Item: King's Rock

Hitpoints: 694/ 794

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 60

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 160

Used Move: Icy Wind, Ice type, Special, 55 POW, 95 ACC, Lower target's Speed by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Delstus B and C
Move Modification: AOE, Neutral damage. (Super effective against ground but not very effective against Ruin). 31.25% chance to crit due to Engineer Device. 10% chance to flinch per target due to King's Rock item.

Accuracy ratio: 63% per target.

Notes: Due to holding King's Rock, Shiftry's attack has increased flinch chance.

Name: Takano
Type: 50% evasion to everything.

Hitpoints: 742 / 847

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 130

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 130

Used Move: Absolute Arrow.
Move Target/s: Delstus C
Move Modification: Almighty type accuracy. Has 37.5% chance to crit due to improved crit rate and engineer device.

Accuracy: 100% due to Almighty type.

Name: Vaporeon
Type: Water

Ability: Water Absorb
Held Item: Leftovers

Hitpoints: 1005

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 65

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 110

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 65

Used Move: Muddy Water, Water type, Special, 95 POW, 85 ACC, 30% chance of reducing accuracy by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Delstus A and C
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective which leads to increasing chance of reducing Accuracy to 60%. 31.25% chance to crit due to Engineer Device. Increased damage due to Rain Dance (1.5x) if it actually works?

Accuracy: 56% per target.

Notes: Due to its held item, Leftovers and due to Aqua Ring, it will regain 25% of its maximum hitpoints at the end of every turn.
Due to its ability, Water Absorb, it will absorb any water type damage as health.

Name: Crawdaunt
Type: Water/Dark

Ability: Adaptability
Held Item: Razor Claw

Hitpoints: 569/651

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 55
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 55

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 55

Used Move: Night Slash, Dark type, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC. Increased Crit Chance.
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: 50% to crit due to Engineer Device and held item and the move's improved crit rate. Super Effective. Improved STAB due to ability "Adaptability". (2.0x instead of 1.5x)

Accuracy ratio: 66%

Notes: Due to held item, Razor Claw, it has +1 stage to Crit.
Due to ability "Adaptability" it has 2x modifier to STAB instead of normal 1.5x.

Name: Sakuya
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Water, Dark, Fighting
2. -100% Damage ~ Psychic
3. Immunity ~ Flinch, Confuse, Apathy, Exhaustion

Ability: Primal Rage (50% base chance to crit)

Hitpoints: 741 / 847
RDPA Hitpoints: 1270

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Attack: 170

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Defense: 190

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Special Attack: 130

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Speed: 110

Used Move: Lunar Beam, Almighty Type, Special, 300 POW
Move Target/s: Delstus A
Move Modification: Almighty type accuracy.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Note: Sakuya's ability disabled in RDPA as well as effects from Reflect/Light Screen and Tailwind? Crit and Evade rate is 12.5% due to Heavy RDPA class.
RDPA ability grants +3 to all stats to her pokemon and Units Mio and Silk.
Additionally, the RDPA reduces physical damage by 50% and deals 10% MaxHP to melee attackers with 30% chance to Poison them.

Name: Hariyama
Type/Defenses: Fighting

Ability: Guts
Held Item: Flame Orb

Hitpoints: 1079

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Attack: 300

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 40
Special Attack Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Special Attack: 100

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: 2.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability)
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 50
Speed Modifications: 4.5x (+3 Stage boost due to Sakuya's RDPA ability and Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 225

Used Move: Earthquake, Ground type, Physical, 100 POW, 100 ACC. Does double damage to underground targets.
Move Target/s: Environment. (Near Krunder)
Move Modification: Test for traps, hidden enemies and the like underground. Focused to avoid backlash (but also double its power.)
Accuracy: ???

Notes: Due to the Ability �Guts�, its attack stat increases by 1.5x when afflicted with status condition. Additionally, Burn status does not cut its attack stat in half as normal.
Due to held �Flame Orb�, it is burned at end of turn.

Name: Tropius
Type/Defenses: Flying/Grass

Ability: Solar Power
Held Item: Yache Berry

Hitpoints: 841

Base Attack: 68
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack:
68

Base Defense: 83
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense:
83

Base Special Attack: 72
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack:
72

Base Special Defense: 87
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense:
87

Base Speed: 51
Speed Modifications:
2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed:
102

Accuracy Modifications:
NA
Modified Accuracy:
NA

Evasion Modifications:
NA
Modified Evasion:
NA

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Defog, Status move
Move Target/s: Enemy FoW
Move Modification: Attempt to dispel in part or full, the enemy FoW.

Accuracy ratio: (Move base accuracy) * [(1* Accuracy modifier) /(1*Evasion Modifier)]

Crit Multiplier:
NA
Critical Hit Rate:
NA

Notes: Due to held item �Yache Berry�, the damage of the first ice type attack to hit Tropius will be reduced by half.

Not acting:

Name: Umbreon
Type: Dark

Ability: Synchronize
Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 717 / 820

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 65

Base Defense: 110
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 110

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 60

Base Special Defense: 130
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 130

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 130

Used Move: NA

Notes: Due to Umbreon's ability "Synchronize", if Umbreon is afflicted with a status, the opponent who delivered the status is also effected (Does not work with Sleep or Frozen).
Due to Umbreon's item Lum Berry, if Umbreon is afflicted by a status condition, it is cured. (The ability triggers before the cure.)

Name: Exeggutor
Type/Defenses: Psychic/Grass

Ability: Harvest
Held Item: Enigma Berry

Hitpoints: 820

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications:
Modified Attack:

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications:
Modified Defense:

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications:
Modified Special Attack:

Base Special Defense: 65
Special Defense Modifications:
Modified Special Defense:

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications:
Modified Speed:

Accuracy Modifications:
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications:
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: NA

Notes: The held item �Enigma Berry� restores 1/4th of Exeggutor's total health if it survives a super effective attack. Healing happens instantly after the attack.

Twiloch does nothing but gains 100 rage for being... mysterious, yes.

Aldurin

10-10-2011, 12:26 PM

Donovan and Twiloch

Donovan was frustrated by his failure to hit one of the Delstus, and it contributed to the anxiety about something that he couldn't quite put his finger on. It was very subtle, but familiar, and that made him nervous.

He fell back to the back of the formation, where the sandstorm felt much lighter, and finally took notice that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. He watched the shadow, which had no objects to be created behind, slowly pulsate and change shape. Donovan thought for a moment and quickly made the connection.

"You're one of them aren't you? These "Ruin Generals"? I want to know why have each of you chosen these paths. Krunder appears to take the approach of fighting for himself, yet you have determined that allying with us is your best option. What is it about this organization that made you join?"

Bard The 5th LW

10-13-2011, 09:11 PM

"Chizuru, be a dear and fix my team," Charlotte said through clenched teeth. Seriously, what the fuck. She made a concerted effort to get rid of her fire types, and her team went down in one shot anyways.

Once Monty and Spitz were back on their feet, Charlotte took the first logical course of action and kicked Spitz in the ribs. The effect was clearly visible as it almost seemed like Charlotte's anger was transferred straight into Spitz. His eyes flashed with pain and fury as they stared down his foes. Charlotte bent down and used a full restore, while muttering into his ear the command, "sick 'em."

Now fully healed, the hound charged at its foes with a newfound speed, its fangs bared and ready to tear some fish apart.

Monty, meanwhile, just stood there. "Yeah just go ahead and be useless you fat fuck," Charlotte growled in frustration, about ready to kick the frog too.

---

Chizuru: Revive Spitz and Venosaur

Charlotte: Kick the dog on Spitz. Speed +3. Full restore on Spitz

Spitz: Superfang on Aqkuaw A

Venosaur: Be a useless piece of shit

Dracorion

10-24-2011, 08:28 PM

Pierce was a bit more worried about the Skuldrurs merging into a bigger monster than Lathiron's second set of HP. "I'm guessing the first set regenerates." He mentioned offhandedly. "Only reason I can think of right now for having two sets of HP."

"Anyway, pile some damage on the Aqkuaw, and some of the Skuldrurs. But keep the heat on Lathiron. Evangaleen, rub off one of those little fuckers to make sure they don't merge on us again. Chizuru, sorry to bother you as well, but can you take care of Kingdra?"

Pierce stepped in, taking Kingdra's place. He held a mean-looking scythe, smiling staring at the Aqkuaw like he meant business. "C'mon ugly. Let's boogy."

He hefted the scythe with both hands onto his shoulder and broke into a run, heading straight for the merged monstrosity. But before he was even close, he swung, stabbing the blade of the scythe into the deck, and jumped, pole vaulting himself and the Crescent Moon a few feet into the air. And then he came down, diving straight at the Aqkuaw, scythe held to his side, and he sliced diagonally past the Aqkuaw, landing in a crouch.

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[Targetting Beacon] [Irene] [Balor] [Spitz] [Venusaur] [Hydreigon (Capstan A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Pierce] [Metagross] [Quiksilver] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Cloyster] [Matthias]

Evangaleen: Killshot on Skuldrur F (-50 Rage). Rage is 50.
Chizuru: Revive on Spitz and Venusaur. X Attack on Irene and Unownaut. Rage is 65.
Charlotte: Trainer Action "Kick The Dog" on Spitz, +3 Speed. Full Restore on Spitz. Rage is 75.
Pierce: Trainer Action "Five Star Deluxe Special" on Kingdra (+20% maxHP every turn until it recieves damage, Kingdra's HP becomes 513/715 at the next Upkeep phase). Rage is 60.
(350) Nyoka: Gains Rage (400).
(210) HP: 688/688, Spitz: Super Fang on Aqkuaw A.
(200) HP: 792/792, Balor: Defog on Lathiron A (FoW -25%).
(200) HP: 847/847, Irene: Rage is 65. Grimslay on Lathiron A.*
(190) HP: 803/803, Matthias: Rage is 65. Thunder on Lathiron A. Normal Type Pokebrid Action (+5 Rage).
(180) HP: 688/688, Sceptile: Nature Blaster on Skuldrur D.
(180) HP: 847/847, Pierce: Switches in for Kingdra. Crescent Moon (Steel) on Aqkuaw A.
(175) HP: 583/583, Cloyster: Hydro Pump on Aqkuaw A.
(165) HP: 553/794, Sophia: Rage is 20. Wyrm Strike (Dragon) on Lathiron A.
(165) HP: 660/660, Quiksilver: Switches in for Skarmory. Meteor Mash on Aqkuaw A.
(147) HP: 804/804 Hydreigon: Dragon Rush on Lathiron A.
(135) HP: 1111/1111, Giratina: Dragon Claw on Skuldrur D.
(127) HP: 764/764, Unownaut: Psycho Cut on Lathiron A.
(120) HP: 370/741, Venusaur: Does nothing.
(111) HP: 731/731, Thundurus: Discharge on Lathiron A and Skuldrur D. Backlash to hit Electivire. Electivire's Motor Drive neutralizes damage and increases its Speed by one stage.
(142) HP: 715/715, Electivire: Thunderpunch on Lathiron A.
(105) HP: 741/741, Metagross: Meteor Mash on Aqkuaw A.
(43) HP: 599/929, Musharna: Action forfeited for Chizuru to use second item.
(30) HP: 709/709, Ferrothorn: Gyro Ball on Aqkuaw A.

If anyone's target is already dead, redirect attacks to Skuldrur E, then Lathiron.

[U]Detailed Actions:

Name: Evangaleen

Used Move: Killshot. Spend 50 rage to KO target.
Move Target/s: Skuldrur F

Name: Chizuru
Type: 50% Damage ~ Dark, Rock, Ground, 100% Damage ~ Normal
Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 150
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 225

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 150
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 225

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Item Use. �Revive� targets for 50% of maximum hitpoints.
Move Target/s: Spitz and Venusaur
Move Modification: Spitz's hitpoints is now 344. Venusaur's hitpoints is now 370.

Used Move: Item Use. �X Attack� increase targets' attack stat by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Irene and Unownaut
Move Modification: See the character's respective data for stat changes.

Notes: Chizuru's character skill makes items affect an adjacent target as well as the original target.

Name: Charlotte

Used Move: Kick the Dog. Reduce the target's current health by 25% of its maximum hitpoints to gain +3 speed (This particular turn.)
Move Target/s: Spitz
Move Modification: See Spitz's data for stat changes. Spitz's hitpoints is now 172.

Used Move: Item Use �Full Restore�. Target is restored to full health and no status condition.
Target: Spitz
Move Modification: Spitz is back to full health.

Name: Pierce

Used Move: Trainer Action "Five Star Deluxe Special". Target owned pokemon regenerates 20% maxHP every turn until it recieves damage.
Move Target/s: Kingdra
Move Modification: Kingdra's HP becomes 513/715 at the next Upkeep phase.

Name: Matthias

Used Move: Pokebrid Action: Normal type form.
Move Modification: Matthias gains 5 rage.

Name: Spitz
Type: Dark
Hitpoints: 688 / 688

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 105

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill and +3 from Kick the Dog.
Modified Speed: 210

Used Move: ABILITY TRIGGER Intimidate. Lower 2 adjacent target's Attack stat by 1 stage.
Target/s: Aqkuaw and Lathiron.

Used Move: Super Fang (Normal, Physical, contact, 90% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A
Move Modification: Halves target's current HP.

Accuracy Ratio: 90%

Note: If Spitz is at full HP, Focus Sash will allow it to survive an attack that would defeat it in one hit, leaving him with 1 HP.

Name: Balor
Type: Dragon/Poison
Hitpoints: 792 / 792

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 240

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 180

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Defog (Flying, Status).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: Target's evasion -1. -25% Fog of War.

Accuracy Ratio: NA

Note: Holding Lum Berry, which will instantly negate any status effect.

Name: Irene
Type: 50% Damage ~ Normal, Steel, Fire, Poison, Ice, Ghost
Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 150
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 375

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 210

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Grimslay (Ghost type, Physical, 130 power, 100% accuracy. 50% of instant death on target).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: Super effective, STAB, Lathiron immune to instant death portion due to boss status.

Accuracy ratio: 100%.

Name: Matthias
Type: Normal
Hitpoints: 803

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 117
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's ability, +1 from Quiver Dance, +1 from Download.
Modified Special Attack: 292

Base Special Defense: 87
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Speed: 190

Used Move: Thunder (Electric, Special, 120 power, 70% accuracy outside of rain. 100% ACC in rain. 30% base chance of paralysis).
Move Target/s: Lathiron
Move Modification: Super effective, 60% chance to inflict paralysis due to super effective damage (if Lathiron isn't immune due to boss status).

Accuracy ratio: 100+%? (Does the current weather condition count as rain for accuracy bonus? Or does the evasion debuff part of Balor's Defog work on the boss?)

Name: Sceptile
Type: Grass
Hitpoints: 688 / 688

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 65
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 97

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 127

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Nature Blaster (Grass, Grass type, Special, 90 power, 90% accuracy, does not make contact, Increased Crit Chance).
Move Target/s: Skuldrur D.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, 40% chance of inflicting Leech Seed due to custom item (Increased success rate due to super effective attack?), 12.5% of critting.

Accuracy ratio: 90%

Notes: custom held item reduces incoming damage by 5%.

Name: Pierce
Armor Type: Normal, Water, Grass, Psychic
Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 120

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 112

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill,
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Crescent Moon (Steel type, Physical, 100 POW, 100 ACC, 50% chance of Inner Bleeding on target)
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A
Move Modification: Quad Effective, 200% chance of inner bleeding due to Quad Effectiveness.

Name: Cloyster
Type: Water/Ice
Hitpoints: 583 / 583

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Shell Smash.
Modified Attack: 237

Base Defense: 180
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Shell Smash.
Modified Special Attack: 212

Base Special Defense: 45
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Special Defense.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Shell Smash.
Modified Speed: 175

Used Move: Hydro Pump (Water, Special, 120 power, 80% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, half damage due to Lathiron's resistance, +50% damage due to Rain?

Accuracy ratio: 80%.

Name: Sophia
Type: -50% Ruin, Water, Dragon.
Hitpoints: 553 / 794

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 230

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 165

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Wyrm Strike (Dragon type, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC)
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Name: Quiksilver (Metaleon)
Type/Defenses: Steel

Ability: Sturdy
Held Item: Salac Berry

Hitpoints: 662

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 195

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 65
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Defense: 97

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Meteor Mash, Steel type, Physical, 100 Power, 85 ACC. 20% chance of raising user's attack stat by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A.
Move Modification: STAB, Quad Effective. 80% chance of raising user's attack by 1 stage due to quad effectiveness.

Accuracy ratio: 85% accuracy
Note: If its health hits 33%, Salac berry activates and gives it +1 speed boost.

Name: Hydreigon
Type: Dark/Dragon
Hitpoints: 804 / 804

Base Attack: 105
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Psych Up, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 367

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 270

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 98
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 147

Used Move: Dragon Rush (Dragon, Physical, contact, 100 power, 75% accuracy. 20% flinch).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, boosted 40% chance to inflict flinch, Power of move boosted to 120 due to Expert Belt.

Accuracy ratio: 75%.

Name: Giratina
Type: Ghost/Dragon
Hitpoints: 1111 / 1111

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 180

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 135

Used Move: Dragon Claw (Dragon, Physical, contact, 80 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective. Power of the move modified to 96 power due to held item.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Name: Unownaut
Type: Psychic
Hitpoints: 764 / 764

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 260

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 255

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 127

Used Move: Psycho Cut (Psychic, Physical, non contact, 70 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, 12.5% crit rate.

Accuracy ratio: 100%.

Notes: White Herb negates stat debuffs instantly.

Name: Venusaur
Type: Grass/Poison
Hitpoints: 555/741

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 83
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 124

Base Special Attack: 100
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Kick The Dog.
Modified Special Attack: 300

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 120

Name: Thundurus (Sniper)
Type: Electric/Flying
Hitpoints: 731/ 731

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 115

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 80
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 111
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 111

Used Move: Discharge (Electric, Special, 80 POW, 100 ACC, 30% base chance paralysis)
Move Target/s: Lathiron A and Skuldrur D
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, AOE. Backlash to hit Electivire. Electivire's Motor Drive neutralizes damage and increases its Speed by one stage. 60% chance of paralysis on the primary targets (probably not Lathiron due to boss status) due to super effectiveness. 25% crit rate due to Sniper bonus.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Name: Electivire (Sniper)
Type: Electric
Hitpoints: 715 / 715

Base Attack: 123
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 123

Base Defense: 67
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 67

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 for Electrivire's trigger ability from Discharge.
Modified Speed: 142 (95 if Thunderus was knocked out before it could boost Electrivire's speed.)

Used Move: Thunderpunch (Electric, Physical, contact, 75 power, 100% accuracy. 10% chance of inflicting Paralysis).
Move Target/s: Lathiron.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, boosted 20% chance to inflict paralysis, Power of move boosted to 90 due to Expert Belt, 25% crit chance due to Sniper bonus.

Accuracy ratio: 100%.

Name: Metagross
Type: Psychic/Steel
Hitpoints: 741/ 741

Base Attack: 135
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 202

Base Defense: 130
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Iron Defense.
Modified Defense: 325

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 135

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Meteor Mash, Steel type, Physical, 100 Power, 85 ACC. 20% chance of raising user's attack stat by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A.
Move Modification: STAB, Quad Effective. 80% chance of raising user's attack by 1 stage due to quad effectiveness.

Accuracy Ratio: 85%

Name: Musharna
Type: Psychic
Hitpoints: 599 / 931

Base Attack: 55
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 107
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 160

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 29
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 43

Notes: Holding Lum Berry, which will cure any status effect instantly.

Name: Ferrothorn
Type: Grass/Steel
Hitpoints: 709 / 709

Base Attack: 94
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Swords Dance.
Modified Attack: 235

Base Defense: 131
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 196

Base Special Attack: 54
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 81

Base Special Defense: 116
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 20
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 30

Used Move: Gyro Ball, Steel type, Physical, Variable Power, 100 ACC. Its power is dependant on how slow the user is compared to its target.
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A
Move Modification: STAB, Quad Effective. Base Power = 25 � (Target's Current Speed / User's Current Speed) The maximum base power that can be reached with Gyro Ball is 150.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Notes: Because of held item Rocky Helmet and the ability Iron Barbs, contact moves used against this Pokemon will damage the attacker with 7/24 of their maximum HP.

Astral Harmony

10-31-2011, 04:52 AM

-----Action Phase Turn 03-----
- Stratagem Shift (Kyogre's Drizzle): Sand Scourge has been disabled. Rainstorm is in effect. Ruin Pokemon statistics have changed.
The deployment of Kyogre caused a large amount of rainwater to collide with the overwhelming sandstorm.
"Renny is a pervert," Mio said simply.
Do what now?
Renny turned to observe that the lovely female companions in his formation were now being hammered by mud. Somewhat painful looking, but the eroticism was certainly there.
But enough about Renny's little fantasies. Krunder's Fog of War strategy vanished nearly in the blink of an eye. It was apparently a lot easier to see through clumps of flying mud than it was to see through a veil of sand. And, even moreso, they could see the effects the rainstorm had on their enemies as well. While it didn't seem to damage the Ruin Pokemon or their general, the rainwater washed the sand from their bodies, allowing the party to observe that they were much like fossilized monsters underneath the dirt and grime. Krunder was still difficult to see. All they could observe was a large red gemstone surrounded by fossilized bone and mostly submerged in the mud. There was no way to tell just how big Krunder actually was.
The transformed "Mud Scourge" still apparently bore the general's power over the ground, and the flying and levitating units that had been brought down remained so. But, at least the enemy couldn't hide from them anymore.
- Mollesk: Mollesk is helping Ursaring. Ursaring's MPW +50%.
- Leavanny: Leavanny is helping Jeanette. Jeanette's MPW +50%.
- Ursaring: Delstus A recieves 3133 damage. Delstus A is defeated. Sakuya's Rage +5 (95).
The attack was one of the most devastating blows in recent history. Ursaring unleashed a force not unlike a cannon right into the red gem on the Delstus' exposed face. The head almost completely shattered into powder while the rest of its disconnected body structure fell uselessly to the mud. And this was only the first devastating attack.
- Nimbeon: Delstus C takes 184 damage (151). Alphonsine's Rage +5 (70).
- Jumpluff: Delstus C takes 82 damage (69). Shannon's Rage +5 (65).
- Jeanette: Delstus E takes 1342 damage (defeated). Jeanette's Rage +10 (60).
Donovan, now in the back of the formation and trying to catch a breath of air that wasn't filled with choking sand and now mud, acknowledged Twiloch's presense.
"You're one of them aren't you? These 'Ruin Generals'? I want to know why have each of you chosen these paths. Krunder appears to take the approach of fighting for himself, yet you have determined that allying with us is your best option. What is it about this organization that made you join?"
"Everyone has a place where they belong," Twiloch said whimsically. "I honestly don't know where I belong. I sort of wish Phantomere was still around. Oh well, it's not like I can think of anything better than hobnobbing it up with you guys."
- Xatu: Alice, Jeanette, and Krogre's Speed has doubled.
- Alice: Delstus Ver2 F takes 612 damage (238). Alice's Rage +10 (20).
- Whitney: Delstus Ver2 F takes 2642 damage (defeated).
- Kyogre: Delstus Ver2 C takes 518 damage (defeated). Delstus Ver2 F takes 1040 damage (defeated). Jeanette's Rage +5.

And that was it. No more Delstus. "Impressive," Krunder said, his voice surprisingly clear despite his head being almost completely submerged in the mud and sand. Was he using telepathy? "The humans of this world may be far weaker than they were so many centuries ago, but they've certainly learned their share of tricks to keep up their pace."
"Krunder! Can you understand me?" Renny asked the Ruin General. "I only have one question for you! Why did you and the others go rogue!? I could perhaps have understood if you only hated us and nothing more! But you also left the other ruin generals despite how dangerous it would be for you! And you are so close to Lathiron that you two seem like allies! Did you and the other rogue generals leave because you as a group collectively disagreed about Idolus's plan or realized something disturbing that we don't know about? Are you reacting to something!?"
"Idolus is a fool," Krunder snorted. "Twiloch knows it, Marionata knows it, Lathiron knows it, and I know it. We've all heard what Phantomere said. Tell me, Twiloch, why aren't you trying to exterminate the humans along with us?"
"It's not so simple, Krunder," Twiloch answered. "The significance of that day sixteen-hundred years ago isn't lost on me. Not even Lord Idolus can ignore the mysterious things that happened that one fateful instant. What that creature was and the existence of Gaea and the effects of those human wars. We can't decide what's best to do right now."
Krunder's "eye" shined brightly with rage. "Well, we do. The extermination of human life is paramount. Phantomere and those human wars proved that beyond all doubt. Us Ruin Generals who you call 'rogue' will carry out what Idolus and you fools simply cannot. All human life shall end as it should have before Fahngrest was born!"
Krunder's anger and rage were both apparent. There wasn't going to be any punches pulled. Krunder was set on destroying the enemies before him, or die trying.
- Shiftry: Krunder's Eye takes 11 damage. Shannon's Rage +5.
"Umm...is my Inquiry Visor linkup with the Hiroshiho Rei damaged?" Sakuya asked Mio. "The UV reported only 11 damage."
"Actually, it was a critical, too." Mio answered her mother. "But it wasn't the most effective tactic against the big boss target. Let's see if it's merely a fluke."
- Takano: Krunder's Eye takes 91 damage. Takano's Rage +10.
"No fluke, I'm afraid," Jeanette observed through grit teeth. "That...eye's defenses are so far through the roof that it's breached the upper strata. Not even an Almighty attack can do much damage, and it's ignored the vast majority of the eye's protection."
- Vaporeon: Krunder's Eye takes 38 damage. Moon's Rage +5.
- Crawdaunt: Krunder's Eye takes 54 damage. Moon's Rage +5.
Sakuya gripped the controls of the Hiroshiho Rei tightly. "Time to see if I can do something. Go, Hiroshiho Rei!"
The golden crescent adorning the helmet of the RDPA radiated powerful white light. Hiroshiho Rei unceremoniously stuck its beam naginata into the mud and directed its open palms to Krunder. "See how you hold up to THIS!"
- Sakuya: Krunder's Eye takes 138 damage.
"This is bullshit!" Sakuya shrieked. "Something's up! Twiloch, what's the deal with your friend here?!"
Sakuya's demands were suddenly answered by Hariyama's move.

- Hariyama: Stratgem Shift! Krunder's Hand (Left), Krunder's Hand (Right), Krunder's Foot (Left), Krunder's Foot (Right), Krunder's Chest, Delstaurus A-H have appeared.

The earthquake didn't simply test the area around Krunder. It opened a gaping hole right into the beach. Krunder's head disappeared from sight.

A hand appeared. A very, very big, very clawed hand.

Then the other hand.

Sakuya was thankful that her expression was shielded by the cockpit of the Hiroshiho Rei. She quickly deactivated her speech module. "Something that big...impossible."

Unfortunately, very possible. Krunder began to climb out of the hole. He rose.

And rose.

And rose.

Krunder was easily over a hundred yards tall. And his body, the large fossilized skeleton of something ancient and terrible, was nearly half as wide as it was tall.
"Those other gemstones are kinda weird," Whitney observed to the others, seemingly unshaken by seeing the impossible bulk that was Krunder. "Gem-like stakes stabbed through both feet, both hands, and the spinal column."
Sakuya shook her head and reactivated her speech module. "That's it. We destroy those crystal stakes and he break the eye's defenses. Then Krunder is ours."
"Good strategy," Krunder marveled. "Just know that I'm going to take off my kid gloves now."
Kid gloves? This bastard was packing claws longer than the Hiroshiho Rei. What gloves could possibly-?

As though on cue, no less than eight boney creatures leapt down from where they had perched on Krunder. They resembled the Delstus from before, but had apparently traded their arms for considerably larger ribs...ribs with joints that flailed like the limbs of a praying mantis. Each "arm" contained jagged edged similar to broken glass, but as solid as steel. Bonesaws made of bones? Freaks.

"Let's see if mankind is destined to seize the future as they did so long ago," Krunder spoke with a tone of challenge.

- Tropius: Enemy FoG -50%.

The beach was clear of falling mud, though using Defog was almost unnecessar. The clumps of mud flying through the air were simply too heavy to keep flying. And Defog put them down for good.
"Now let's have some real fun," Krunder grinned, or at least you think he was trying to grin.

The Inquiry Visors fed the team little information...

~ Krunder's Eye (Boss/Ruin/Ground): A large gemstone half-buried in the monstrous skull of Krunder. It's clearly vital to Krunder's survival, but the five large crystal stakes are feeding it power.
- Ability Discovered!: Composite Power - All statistics except for Speed seem to be multiplied by the mere existence of the other five red gems.
~ Krunder's Hand (Boss/Ruin/Ground) x 2: Krunder's massive hands have large, red crystal stakes driven through them...and the "wounds" are dripping blood. Those claws are devastating, but it doesn't look like they'll simply be used for raking your flesh to ribbons.
- Advisory: these hands are high off the ground. Melee attacks would be difficult to reach unless the target is flying.
~ Krunder's Foot (Boss/Ruin/Ground) x 2: Krunder's oversized feet have large, red crystal stakes driver through them...and the "wounds" are dripping blood. If those feets step on you, it won't be pretty. Flesh-colored bloody pancakes seldom are.
~ Krunder's Chest (Boss/Ruin/Ground): There's also a large, red crystal stake driven right through the spinal column, and the open ribcage provides a very clear display to it.
- Advisory: the large crystal stake is nowhere near the ground, preventing melee attacks unless used by airborne units.
~ Delstaurus (Ruin/Steel): Judging from the similar names, this is probably an evolved form of Delstus. The arms are gone completely, but the individual ribs have turned into large, jagged raking claws. It's like some kind of web of slicing limbs.
- Advisory: They're obviously stronger than the Delstus. Battle with caution.

Sakuya frowned. "We could be in for a massive world of hurt. Tresserhorn, perhaps we can use that hole to cause another Strategem Shift. And in case you didn't follow along, Strategem Shifts are actions that can alter the flow of the battle by using logic, action, and the environment. Turn the tables, if you will. Not all of them are good, but finding clever ways to use the environment could probably get us out of this mess just like it got us into it. Not that I'm saying we did a wrong thing. As it was, we'd be chipping away at Krunder's eye all week and not see a crack."

- Delstus Ver1 (Ruin/Ground): HP 850 / Att 90 / Def 120 / SAtt 70 / SDef 90 / Spd 150
- Delstus Ver2 (Ruin/Ground): HP 850 / Att 150 / Def 90 / SAtt 90 / SDef 70 / Spd 180
1. Move: Granule Burst ~ 120 Spec/Ground, Acc-1
2. Move: Sand Blade ~ 150 Phys/Ground, HiCrit
3. Move: Stalagmite Lance ~ 150 Phys/Rock, 100%Acc
4. Move: Red Pulse ~ 90 Spec/Ruin, 1-3 Hits
5. Ability: Sand Trick ~ Enemy Acc -.5% Per FoWP

- Delstaurus (Ruin/Steel): HP 2500 / Att 180 / Def 150 / SAtt 100 / SDef 70 / Spd 160
1. Move: Rending Ribs ~ 1 Target, 200 Phys/Steel, HiCrit, 50% Bleed
2. Move: Skelerang ~ 2-3 Targets, 120 Phys/Steel, HiCrit
3. Move: Red Ray ~ 1 Target, 300 Spec/Ruin, Def/SDef -1
4. Move: Chaos Dirge ~ 1 Target, 250 Phys/Ground, 50% Bleed, Acc -2
5. Ability: ????
-----Action Phase Complete-----

-----Upkeep Phase Turn 03-----
- Rage Upkeep: Whitney's Rage +25 (100). Twiloch's Rage +100 (400)
- Ability/Item Upkeep: N/A
- Status Upkeep: Ursaring takes 99 damage (695).
- Battlefield Upkeep: The earthquake has allowed the flying and levitating forces to unearth themselves. It has also opened a gaping hole in the ground behind Krunder's current position.
- Weather Upkeep: Sand Scourge is disabled. Rainstorm is now in effect.
-----Upkeep Phase Complete-----

-----Order Phase Turn 04-----
- Player Formation: [Alice] [Kyogre] [Jeanette] [Vaporeon] [Crawdaunt] [Nimbeon] [Tropius] [Xatu] [Exeggutor] [Hariyama] [Sakuya RDPA] [Mollesk] [Jumpluff] [Shiftry] [Takano] [Rage Shower Device]
- Enemy Formation: [Delstaurus A] [Delstaurus B] [Delstaurus C] [Delstaurus D] [Krunder's Right Foot (L-Type)] [Krunder's Left Foot (L-Type)] [Delstaurus E] [Delstaurus F] [Delstaurus G] [Delstaurus H]
- [U]Order of Turns
- [Ursaring (Normal/Guts/Toxic Orb/Att,Spdx4.5/Otherx2.5/WGd50%Tx2): HP 695/794, Spd 275 (55xRDPA/TailwindTx2)]
- [Nimbeon (Flying/White Smoke/Scope Lens): HP 487/622, Spd 260 (130xTailwindTx1)]
- [Jeanette (SAttx1.5/Spdx3.5): HP 847/847, Rg 65, Spd 220 (80x1.5/Tailwindx2)]
- [Krunder's Eye (Boss/Ruin/Ground): HP 49688/50000, Spd 210]
- [Alice (WGd50%Tx3): HP 847/847, Rg 20, Spd 200 (100xTailwindTx3]
- [Xatu (Psychic/Flying/Magic Bounce/Twisted Spoon/Spdx2): HP 496/662, Spd 190 (95xTailwindTx2)]
- [Whitney (Sniper/Gardevoir/Psychic/Simple/SAttx3/PGd50%Tx2): HP 664/759, Rg 100, Spd 180 (90xPShift)]
- [Kyogre (Water/Drizzle/Wise Glasses): HP 847/847, Spd 180 (90xTailwindTx2)
- [Shiftry (Grass/Dark/King's Rock/Spdx2): HP 794/794, Spd 160 (80xTailwindTx2)]
- [Takano (Eva50%/PGd50%Tx3): HP 847/847, Rg 60, Spd 130]
- [Umbreon (Dark/Synchronize/Lum Berry/Spdx2): HP 820/820, Spd 130 (65x2)]
- [Sakuya (RDPA/Spdx2/WGd50%Tx3): HP 847/847, Rg 95, Spd 120 (60xTailwindTx1)]
- [Jumpluff (Grass/Flying/Infiltrator/Razor Fang): HP 715/715, Spd 110]
- [Tropius (Grass/Flying/Solar Power/Yache Berry): HP 841/841, Spd 102 (51xTailwindTx2)]
- [Leavanny (Bug/Grass/Occa Berry): HP 715/715, Spd 92]
- [Vaporeon (Water/Water Absorb/Leftovers/25%HPUx2/WGd50%Tx2): HP 1005/1005, Spd 65]
- [Crawdaunt (Water/Dark/Adaptability/Razor Claw): HP 651/651, Spd 55]
- [Exeggutor (Angelo/Grass/Psychic): HP 819/819, Spd 55]
- [Mollesk (Rock/Bug/Simple/Defx2/SDefx2/WGd50%Tx2): HP 796/942, Spd 1]
- [Twiloch (Destroyer/Ruin/Dark): Rg 400]
- [Shannon (Trainer): Rg 70]
- [Angelo (Trainer): Rg 60]
- [Moon (Trainer): Rg 60]
- [Alphonsine (Trainer): Rg 70]
- [Krunder's Left Hand (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd ????]
- [Krunder's Right Hand (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd ????]
- [Krunder's Left Foot (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd ????]
- [Krunder's Right Foot (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd ????]
- [Krunder's Chest (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus A (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus B (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus C (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus D (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus E (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus F (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus G (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
- [Delstaurus H (Ruin/Steel): Spd ????]
-----Order Phase Draft Complete-----

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-----Action Phase Turn 03-----
- Evangaleen: Skuldrur F has been defeated.
"Can you do it in this weather, Lambdavolt?" Evangaleen asked her partner. For how cold Evangaleen felt in the rain, to the eyes of anyone else she was pretty damn hot when thoroughly soaked.
"Jolteon!" Lambdavolt called, then charged a massive electrical current, aimed it with pinpoint accuracy, and unleashed it. A Skuldrur shuddered violently under the high amplitude of the attack, then stood there, motionless and steaming until it eventually just killed over.
"Yeesh...I can smell that from here," Evangaleen said, holding her nose. "Just glad the water layer didn't cause backlash."
- Chizuru: Spitz has been revived (344). Venusaur has been revived (371). Irene's Attack +1. Unownnaut's Attack +1.
- Charlotte: Spitz's Speed has increased +3. Spitz has been fully healed (688).
- Skuldrur D: Sceptile takes 948 damage (defeated). Elizabeth's Rage +10 (15).
- Skuldrur E: Cloyster takes 320 damage (263). Elizabeth's Rage +5 (20).
- Spitz: Akquaw takes 1882 damage (1883). Charlotte's Rage +5 (80).
- Balor: Fog of War (Lathiron) -25%. Lathiron A's Accuracy -1.
- Irene: Lathiron A takes 452 damage (2402). Irene's Rage +10 (75).
- Matthias: Lathiron A takes 282 damage (2120). Matthias's Rage +10 (75).
- Pierce: Akquaw A takes 160 damage (1723). Pierce's Rage +10 (70).
- Cloyster: Akqauw A takes 72 damage (1651). Elizabeth's Rage +5 (25).
- Lathiron A: Lathiron seems to be preparing an attack...
The massive beast that was merely one-sixth of the Water Ruin General called Lathiron began to grow even bigger. "I think it's absorbing a large amount of water into its body," Irene observed. "No doubt that a really powerful attack is coming our way unless we can hit it with a large scale force."
- Strategem Shift Chance: A large scale force...do we have something like that?
- Sophia: Lathiron A takes 278 damage (2474). Sophia's Rage +10 (30).
- Quiksilver: Aqkuaw A takes 256 damage (1395). Rachel's Rage +5 (55).
- Hydreigon: Lathiron A takes 344 damage (2130). Sophia's Rage +5 (35).
- Aqkuaw A: Musharna has been devoured (Eject). Musharna takes 93 damage (506).
"Yeek! It ate Musharna!" Chizuru reached out, but was way too late to save Musharna. Despite its size and cumbersome, meandering appearance, the Akquaw was apparently adept at rushing something and gobbling it up in a single bite.
"Looks like being devoured counts as an Eject," Irene warned Chizuru. "You can't simply switch in another Pokemon like that, you can't use items on it, and you don't gain Rage from its damage. Hopefully, Musharna won't stay devoured forever."
- Giratina: Lathiron A takes 170 damage (1960). Chizuru's Rage +5 (70).
- Unownaut: Lathiron A takes 170 damage (1890). Irene's Rage +5 (80).
- Thundurus: Lathiron A takes 80 damage (1810). Skuldrur D takes 170 damage (967). Electivire's Spd +1.
- Electivire: Lathiron A takes 212 damage (1598).
- Metagross: Akquaw A takes 268 damage (1127). Pierce's Rage +5 (75). Metagross' Att +1.
- Ferrothorn: Calculated Power is 123. Akquaw A takes 376 damage (751). Rachel's Rage +5 (80).

- Skuldrur (Ruin/Water): HP 1300 / Att 130 / SAtt 120 / Def 140 / SDef 160 / Spd 130 /
1. Move: Bubble Smack ~ 120 Spec Water, Def -1
2. Move: Freak Claw ~ 150 Phys Ruin, HiCrit
3. Move: Freak Mode ~ Self, Att/Def x 2, SAtt/SDef/Spd x .5
4. Move: Vile Suicide ~ 1 Target, 250 Phys/Normal, Ignore Buffs, Self Defeat
5. Ability 1: Combine ~ Create Aqkuaw, Requires 3 Skuldrur. All Status carried. All Buff removed.
6. Ability 2: Aquatic Frenzy ~ Crit, Acc, Spdx2 in Rain

- Aqkuaw (Ruin/Rock): HP 4200 / L-Type / Att 140 / SAtt 130 / Def 360 / SDef 420 / Spd 145
1. Move: Bull Ram ~ 300 Phys/Rock, 70% Eject
2. Move: Force Bomb ~ 2 Targets, 200 Spec/Almighty
3. Move: Strange Slice ~ 3 Targets, 150 Spec/Ruin
4. Move: Devour ~ 1 Target, Target Eject, -10%MHPxT. Can only use Bull Ram unless target is defeated or returned.
5. Ability: Heavy Shell ~ WDefx2 unless...?
-----Action Phase Complete-----

-----Upkeep Phase Turn 03-----
- Rage Upkeep: Nyoka's Rage is now 400/500. Evangaleen's Rage is now 75/100.
- Ability/Item Upkeep: N/A
- Status Upkeep: Kingdra heals for 143 (513). Aqkuaw takes 525 damage (226/BadPoisx2nd).
- Battlefield Upkeep: N/A
- Weather Upkeep: Nobody tossed overboard due to Torrential Rains (You have a knack for dice rolls in this area at least)
-----Upkeep Phase Complete-----

-----Order Phase Turn 04-----
- Player Formation: [Targetting Beacon] [Unownaut] [Irene] [Balor] [Spitz] [Venusaur] [Hydreigon (Capstan A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Pierce] [Metagross] [Quiksilver] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Cloyster] [Matthias]
- Enemy Formation: [Aqkuaw A (L-Type)] [Lathiron A] [Skuldrur D] [Skuldrur E]
- [U]Order of Turns
- [Nyoka (Destroyer): Spd 350, Rg 400]
- [Evangaleen (Sniper): Rg 75]
- [Skuldrur D (Ruin/Water): HP 967/1300, Sp 260 (130x2)]
- [Skuldrur E (Ruin/Water): HP 1137/1300, Sp 260 (130x2)]
- [Spitz (Dark/Spdx3/Otherx1.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 688/688, Spd 210 (70x3)]
- [Irene (Attx2.5/Spdx2/SAtt,WDefx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 847/847, Rg 80, Spd 200 (100x2)]
- [Balor (Poison/Dragon/Att,SDef,Spdx2/Def,SAttx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 792/792, Spd 200 (100x2)]
- [Matthias (Porygon Z/Att,Defx1.5/SAtt,SDef,Spdx2): HP 803/803, Rg 75, Spd 190 (95x2)]
- [Sceptile (Grass/Allx1.5): HP 0/688, Spd 180]
- [Cloyster (WAtt,Spdx2.5/Defx1.5/SDefx2): HP 263/583, Spd 175 (70x2.5)
- [Lathiron A (Boss/Ruin/Water/Accx.6): HPShield 1598/5000, HPBody 5000/5000, Sp 170]
- [Thundurus (Electric/Flying/Allx1.5): HP 731/731, Spd 111]
- [Sophia (Attx2/SAtt,Spdx1.5/WDefx3(Obj)): HP 553/794, Rg 35, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Quiksilver (Steel/Attx2.5/SpAtt,WDef,Spdx1.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 660/660, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Pierce (Attx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 75, Spd 150 (100x1.5)]
- [Hydreigon (Dark/Dragon/Attx3.5/WDefx3(Obj)/Otherx1.5): HP 804/804, Spd 147 (98x1.5)]
- [Aqkuaw A (Ruin/Water/BadPoisx2nd): HP 226/4200, Spd 145]
- [Giratina (Ghost/Dragon/Allx1.5): HP 1111/1111, Spd 135 (90x1.5)]
- [Unownaut (Psychic/White Herb/Attx2/Otherx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 764/764, Spd 127 (85x1.5)]
- [Venusaur (Grass/Poison/SAttx3/Otherx1.5): HP 371/741, Spd 120]
- [Thundurus (Electric/Flying): HP 731/731, Spd 111]
- [Chizuru (Allx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 70, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Metagross (Psychic/Steel/Attx2/SAtt,SDef,Spdx1.5/Defx2.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 741/741, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Electivire (Electric/Motor Drive/Spd+1.5): HP 715/715, Spd 142 (95x1.5]
- [Musharna (Psychic/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx2/Eject): HP 506/931, Spd 43 (25x1.5)]
- [Ferrothorn (Grass/Steel/Allx1.5): HP, Spd 30 (15x1.5)]
- [Charlotte (Trainer): Rg 80]
- [Rachel: Rg 60]
- [Elizabeth (Trainer): Rg 25]
-----Order Phase Complete-----

Menarker

11-30-2011, 04:31 AM

Renny grabbed at his muddy hair in mild annoyance, wiping off the mud clod that clung to the bang nearest to his eye. Mio's sarcastic accusation offended him, especially since he was trying his hardest to keep everyone safe and the rain solved their biggest problem... but the resulting mudbath with wet skintight bikinis and swimsuits of the PATCA ladies was a very alluring sight. He also glanced at his own shirt, which Lola substituted as her bikini top, was completely caked with mud and sand now.

"I guess I need to do some laundry when I get home." He then shook his head as if realizing the context it was used, and ever so glad he didn't say it out loud.

As the ground parted and the beach sand slowly spilled and crumbled with individual grains into the massive chasm, Krunder's form climbed out as a massive fossil, breathtaking and horrible with appearance of deathly bones. Even as Renny appealed to him, the general's nature seemed unequivocally ruthless. His minions seemingly also reveled in his malice, their misshapen bodies formed aggressively for combat.

"Well, we do. The extermination of human life is paramount. Phantomere and those human wars proved that beyond all doubt. Us Ruin Generals who you call 'rogue' will carry out what Idolus and you fools simply cannot. All human life shall end as it should have before Fahngrest was born!"

Renny didn't retort in turn as he instead spurred his friends to attention. "Everyone, be careful!"
Renny mentally jolted one of Krunder's soldier nearest to him, attempting to remove it from combat even as the others quickly prepared for the ensuing clash.

Then Impact took command. Commands were delivered speedily as the usual positions were abandoned for a temporary blitzkrieg. Renny gave a brief casual salute to Silk as she took his position on the front line. He then strafe along the rearguard as he serially yanked at his pokeballs.

"Umbreon, Mollesk, come back to me!" The pokemon were recalled and promptly Renny pinched in some fresh fighters in their place.
"Shaymin, Swampert, let's do our best!" He then rushed toward Lola, tugging her wrist with kind strength, his pokemon shielding their flanks. "Lola, come with me!"

Racing to the far right of the formation, Swampert stood in front of his master with Shaymin who flapped frantically up and down in the air. Swampert never looked more reliable. His bulk had recently increased with muscle and his stance was wild but his demeanor was ever assured. Shaymin however cheer with absolute mirth, with Silk, Donovan and Mio leading the charge with a downright blistering pace and obscene power.

"Swampert, Shaymin, get ready to attack with Waterfall and Seed Flare when the others create an opening!"

"Shay hay, PPPERT!" They braced themselves and Renny observed the battlefield and their formation with antipation.

Then Muon got started and Renny watched intently with a downright shocked and awed expression, feeling rather heated and red in the face.

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New Formation:

[Alice] [Donovan][Impact] [Articuno] [Zapdos] [Xatu] [Alakazam] [Ursaring] [Hariyama] [Sakuya RDPA] [Silk] [Jumpluff] [Shiftry] [Mio] [Rage Shower Device] CCC members > [Kyogre] [Jeanette] [Vaporeon] [Jellicent] [Muon] [Shaymin] [Swampert] [Lapras] [Latias] [Takano]

Everyone from Alice to Shiftry has Reflect and Light Screen (Last Turn) and Mio has Reflect (Last Turn for this protection).

Order Phase:
1: Formation change as above.
2: Does Shannon's ability �Winds of Gaea� activate at the very start of the turn due to her having 70+ rage? If so, every main slot on the Vanguard rolls to see if they gain 10 rage. (30% chance of success)
3: Item Use as following
Angelo: X Speed on Xatu, Impact and Muon (Pays 25 rage for the 3rd item). Exeggutor give up action.
Donovan: Rage Rocket on Silk
Impact: Rage Rocket on Mio
4: Silk and Mio engage Paradigm Shift. (Both for 3 turns at a cost of 60 rage.)
5: Shannon activates ability and everyone on Vanguard has 30% chance of gaining 10 rage.
6: Pokebrid Action: Donovan (Water type). Delstusarus D. Chance to put foe to sleep.
Renny: (Psychic type) Delstusarus D. Chance to confuse foe.
7: Still raining with Kyogre out.

Speed Stat
Silk: 900 Sakuya RDPA boost, Swift Swim and Paradigm Shift
Donovan: 679 (Tailwind from taking Jeanette's spot and +5 from Twiloch)
Twiloch: 600
Mio: 550 +3 Sakuya RDPA boost and Paradigm Shift
Deosxys : 450 +3 Sakuya Boost
Impact: 300 (Tailwind due to taking Kyogre's spot in the formation) and +1
Muon: 300 (After Xatu's Tailwind and +1)
Xatu: 285 (Tail and +1 boost)
Ursaring : 275 (Tail) and Sakuya +3 RDPA boost
Shaymin: 254 (After Xatu's Tailwind)
Jumpluff: 220 (Took Umbreon's spot and thus gets her tailwind) NO ACTION
Krunder's body parts: 210? (Based on known data above)
Alice: 200 (Tail)
Zapdos: 200 (Tail)
Whitney: 180 (Paradigm)
Articuno: 170 (Tail)
Shiftry: 160 (Tailwind) NO ACTION
Delstusaurus: 160 (Based on AB's data above)
Takano: 130
Swampert: 120 (After Xatu's Tailwind)
Sakuya: 110 (RDPA) (Cannot be influenced by Tailwind)
Latias: 110
Leavanny: 92
Kyogre: 90
Jeanette: 80
Vaporeon: 65
Jellicent: 60
Lapras: 60
Exeggutor: 55 NO ACTION

Note regarding attacks: If a body part of Krunder is defeated, all attackers that would have attacked that body part redirect to the different part part. Priority goes to the arms, and then the legs (Except for Physical attackers who are required to attack the legs). No one attacks the chest until the other four limbs are destroyed and no one attacks the eyes until the chest is destroyed.

Name: Leavanny
Type: Bug/Grass

Ability: Chorlophyll
Held Item: Occa Berry

Hitpoints: 625 / 715

Base Attack: 103
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 103

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 80

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 92
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 92

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status move
Move Target/s: Silk
Move Modification: Increases the POW of the attack it uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the item Occa Berry, reduce the damage of the first fire type move that hits Leavanny by 50%.

Name: Silk
Type/Defenses: Water/Rock (Kabutops)
1. -50% Damage: Steel, Fire
2. -100% Damage: Ground, Ghost, Dark
3. Immunities: Flinch, Bleed, Apathy, Exhaustion

Ability: Swift Swim

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 107
Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 535

Base Defense: 102
Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 510

Base Special Attack: 82
Special Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 410

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 425

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift and Swift Swim
Modified Speed: 900

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Diamond Split ~ 400 Pwr, Almighty. Physical, HiCrit, Ignores Def.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot.
Move Modification: Helping Hand

Accuracy ratio: Cannot Miss (Almighty)

Crit Multiplier: +1 crit rate, +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 37.5%

Notes: Paradigm Shift (Turn 1 of 3)

Name: Twiloch

Base Attack: 350

Base Special Attack: 350

Base Speed: 600

Used Move: Shadow Sync, Status
Move Target/s: Donovan
Move Modification: Boost target's stats by +5 and give them +100% accuracy and evasion. Lasts for 3 turns

Used Move: Shade Scythe (Twice), Dark, Special, 150 Pwr, 50% Flinch,
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Arm
Move Modification: Super Effective, STAB? Improved Flinch Chance?

Notes: Down to 0 Rage.

Name: Donovan
Type/Defenses: Water / Dark (Sharpedo form)

Ability: Speed Boost
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 767 / 767

Base Attack: 110
Attack Modifications: +5
Modified Attack: 385

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: +5
Modified Defense: 245

Base Special Attack: 97
Special Attack Modifications: +5
Modified Special Attack: 339

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: +5
Modified Special Defense: 245

Base Speed: 97
Speed Modifications: +5 (+6 after this turn) and Tailwind
Modified Speed: 679

Accuracy Modifications: +3 (After Shark Hunt), and 100% accuracy benefit from Shadow Sync
Modified Accuracy: MAX (or is it 300%?)

Evasion Modifications: 100% due to Shadow Sync
Modified Evasion: 100%

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: SyncTech > Shark Hunt, Status
Move Target/s: User (Donovan)
Move Modification: User get +5 Crit Rate, +3 Accuracy and a successful crit does Triple Damage instead of double while buffed. AOE moves become single target. Can attack on the same turn, gaining no rage for attacking for this turn. This buff lasts for 3 turns or until selected target is defeated (and the user cannot switch targets until then).

Used Move: Hydro Pump, Water, Special, 120 POW, 80 ACC
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus. Does not gain rage with this attack due to Shark Hunt

Accuracy ratio: Unmissable? (Shadow Shade bonus) or 240%?

Crit Multiplier: +5 stage boost, +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 75%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Mio
Type/Defenses: Ruin/Dark (Narcham)
1. -50% Damage ~ Dragon, Dark, Psychic
2. -100% Damage ~ Fighting
3. Immunities: Flinch, Confuse, Sleep

Ability: Sniper

Hitpoints: 767 / 767

Base Attack: 107
Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 535

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 410

Base Special Attack: 92
Special Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 460

Base Special Defense: 82
Special Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 410

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Speed: 550

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Ruinous Origin, 200 Pwr, Ruin, Physical, 2 Hits, High Crit, Enemy AllStat -1.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Critical hits do triple the damage due to ability.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: +1 stage and +25% device boost
Critical Hit Rate: 37.5%

Notes: Paradigm Shift (Turn 1 of 3)

Name: Deoxys
Type/Defenses: Psychic

Ability: Pressure
Held Item: White Herb

Hitpoints: 583 / 583

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +3
Modified Attack: 237

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: +3
Modified Defense: 225

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +3
Modified Special Attack: 237

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +3
Modified Special Defense: 225

Base Speed: 180
Speed Modifications: +3
Modified Speed: 450

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (145 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Psycho Boost, Psychic, Special, 140 POW, 90 ACC, Drop user's SP.ATK 2 stages.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Stat drop negated by White Herb Item (which is discarded)

Accuracy ratio: 90%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: Enemy does not gain rage from the attack due to Pressure?

Name: Impact
Type/Defenses: Ground, Ruin, Water

Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 100
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 100

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 boost and Tailwind from taking Kyogre's spot.
Modified Speed: 300

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: NA

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion: NA

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: CC&C, Status move. Rearguard joins the Vanguard in combat this round and with boosted attack stats.
Move Target/s: Ally Rearguard
Move Modification: All rearguard members join in the formation, able to act and with +1 stage boost to Attack and Special Attack.

Name: Xatu
Type: Psychic/Flying

Ability: Magic Bounce
Held Item: Twisted Spoon

Hitpoints: 496 / 662 (Full after Muon use her technique)

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: Tailwind and +1 stage boost
Modified Speed: 285

Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (165 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Tailwind, Status Move
Move Target/s: Muon, Shaymin and Swampert
Move Modification: Double the target's speed stats for a few turns. (Except due to the targets being part of CC&C, it'll only last for this turn technically.)

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the ability "Magic Bounce", Xatu reflects the effect of all stat lowering status moves (excluding Memento), non-damaging Status ailment inducing moves, entry hazard moves, moves like Taunt and Torment, and so on back to the user.

Name: Muon
Type/Defenses: Normal (Miltank)

Ability: Sap Sipper

Hitpoints: 831 / 831

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: CCC +1 bonus
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 102
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 102

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: CCC +1 bonus
Modified Special Attack: 105

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications:
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 boost and Tailwind
Modified Speed: 300

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: NA

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion: NA

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Milk of Plenty, Status
Move Target/s: All allied Pokemon in formation
Move Modification: Restore 50% of max hitpoints and apply Substitute shield on each target which absorbs damage equal to 25% of max hitpoints before breaking. Excess damage upon broken shield is also absorbed. Shield also blocks status conditions from enemy attacks

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Name: Ursaring
Type/Defenses: Normal

Ability: Guts
Held Item: Poison Orb

Hitpoints: 695 / 794 (Full After Muon's Technique)

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +6 and Guts
Modified Attack: 780

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: +3
Modified Defense: 187

Base Special Attack: 75
Special Attack Modifications: +3
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: +3
Modified Special Defense: 187

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: +3 and Tailwind
Modified Speed: 275

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (198 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Facade, Normal, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC, Double the Power of this attack when the user is suffering from a status condition.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot
Move Modification: STAB, Power increased to 140 due to being poisoned.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: Is Poisoned which triggers Guts ability.

Name: Shaymin
Type/Defenses: Grass / Flying

Ability: Serene Grace
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 103
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 154

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 75

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 180

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 75

Base Speed: 127
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 254

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (211 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Seed Flare: Grass, Special, 120 POW, 85ACC, 40% Chance to lower target's Special Defence by 2 stages.)
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Base 80% chance to lower target's special defence due to Serene Grace (which might be improved by super effectiveness)

Accuracy ratio: 85%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Shannon

Ability: Winds of Gaea: Activate this turn due to having 70+ rage?

Speed: Uses Jumpluff's current speed of 220 (Due to taking Umbreon's spot which had Tailwind)

Used Move: Moonlight Disco, Dark, Special, 200 Pwr, 3 foes, 100% Flinching.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus A B C
Move Modification: Neutral damage (Super Effective on one type, Resisted by the other), 100 Special Attack due to the technique being used by a trainer with no personal stats.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Alice
Type/Defenses:
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Flying, Rock
2. -100% Damage ~ Fighting, Ground
3. Immunities ~ Paralysis, Att & Def Debuffs

Hitpoints: 741 / 847

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 110
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 110

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 80

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 120

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 100

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Overhead Hand, Flying, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot
Move Modification: STAB

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Zapdos
Type: Flying/Electric

Ability: Lightning Rod
Held Item: Bright Powder

Hitpoints: 794 / 794

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 200

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: 10% (Bright Powder)
Modified Evasion: 10%

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (198 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Sky Drop, Flying, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, Eject both user and targets for a turn. Inflict damage to targets when returning to the battlefield.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus E and F
Move Modification: STAB, Divided, Not Very Effective

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Whitney
Type/Defenses: Psychic (Gardevoir)

Ability: Telepathy
Mind's Eye ~ Ignore Target Loss such as from Fog of War or Obstructions

Hitpoints: 664 / 762

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 164

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 164

Base Special Attack: 112
Special Attack Modifications: +6 Stage boost and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 896

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 214

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Psychic, Psychic Type, Special, 90 POW, 100 ACC, 10% chance of lowering special defense
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Increased chance lowering special defense? Cannot gain rage due to Paradigm Shift.

ACC: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%?
Critical Hit Rate: 50% (25% without the crit enhancing Device)

Note: Paradigm Shift Status. (Turn 2 of 5.) Is at 0 rage.

Name: Articuno
Type/Defenses: Flying/Ice

Ability: Pressure
Held Item: Charti Berry

Hitpoints: 794 / 794

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 85

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 125
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 125

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 170

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (198 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Sky Drop, Flying, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, Eject both user and targets for a turn. Inflict damage to targets when returning to the battlefield.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus G and H
Move Modification: STAB, Divided, Not Very Effective

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Takano
Defenses: 50% Evade on all attacks. (Except Almighty)

Ability: People Kabobs - Takano's Slayer attacks have 50% chance to hit an adjacent targets with no penalty.

Hitpoints: 742 / 847

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 130

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 130

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: NA

Base Evasion: 50%
Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion: 50%

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Almighty Arrow, Almighty, Physical, 130 POW, HiCrit.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Arm
Move Modification: Pierces defences, Increased Crit chance, 50% chance of hitting twice (Due to target being L-sized and thus hitting both halves of the same target.)

Accuracy ratio: 100% (Almighty Type)

Crit Multiplier: +1, +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 37.5%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Swampert
Type: Water / Ground

Ability: Defiant
Held Item: Leftovers

Hitpoints: 979 / 979

Base Attack: 135
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 202

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 127

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 120

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Waterfall, Water, Physical, 80 POW, 100 ACC, 20% Flinch
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (244 hitpoints worth)

Name: Sakuya
Type/Defenses:
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Water, Dark, Fighting
2. -100% Damage ~ Psychic
3. Immunity ~ Flinch, Confuse, Apathy, Exhaustion

Ability: Primal Rage ~ 50% Chance to Crit

Hitpoints: 741 / 847
RDPA Hitpoints: 1270

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Attack: 170

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Defense: 190

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Special Attack: 130

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Speed: 110

Accuracy Modifications: +1 (Won't work in RDPA)
Modified Accuracy: 100% (Normally 133%, but bonus won't work in RDPA)

Evasion Modifications: HEAVY RDPA
Modified Evasion: 12.5%

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Naginata, Steel, Physical, 200 Pwr, 2 foes, 50% Bleed.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Foot
Move Modification: STAB? (Does STAB work on an RDPA?), Super Effective, Doubled chance of bleed?

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Base Crit rate: 50% (Due to Ability) (Turned off in RDPA?)
Crit Multiplier: +25% (Engineer device not work in RDPA?)
Critical Hit Rate: 12.5%? (HEAVY RDPA bonus)

Notes: RDPA status (Turn 2 of 3)

Name: Latias
Type: Dragon/Psychic

Ability: Levitate
Held Item: Soul Dew

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 80
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 120

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 90

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: 2x (Soul Dew), +1 stage boost
Modified Special Attack: 330

Base Special Defense: 130
Special Defense Modifications: 2x (Soul Dew)
Modified Special Defense: 260

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 110

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (185 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Dragon Pulse, Dragon, Special, 90 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Kyogre
Type/Defenses: Water

Ability: Drizzle
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 150

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 90

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 225

Base Special Defense: 140
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 140

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 90

Accuracy Modifications: 100% due to Jeanette's ability
Modified Accuracy: 100% due to Jeanette's ability

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (211 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Water Spout, Water, Special, POW varies with health(150 at full health), AOE
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus, Wise Glasses item bonus (10%)

Accuracy ratio: 100% due to Jeanette's ability

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Jeanette
Type/Defenses:
1: Electric-100%, Poison-100%,
2: ImmParalyze, ImmPois, ImmBadPois.

Ability: All attacks from her and her Pokemon hit with 100% accuracy even in Fog of War. Excludes OHKO moves.

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 140
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 210

Base Special Defense: 130
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 130

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 80

Accuracy Modifications: MAXED
Modified Accuracy: MAXED

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Industrial Pressure Washer, Water, Special, 130 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: Super Effective, Rain bonus. Sweep to hit twice! (Pay 25 rage)

Accuracy ratio: 100% due to ability

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Vaporeon
Type/Defenses: Water

Ability: Water Absorb
Held Item: Leftovers

Hitpoints: 1005

Base Attack: 65
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 97

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 165

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 65
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 65

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (251 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Muddy Water, Water type, Special, 95 POW, 85 ACC, 30% chance of reducing accuracy by 1 stage. AOE
Move Target/s: Krunder's Left Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective which leads to increasing chance of reducing Accuracy to 60%. Rain bonus

Accuracy ratio: 85%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Jellicent
Type/Defenses: Water/Ghost

Ability: Water Absorb
Held Item: Mystic Water

Hitpoints: 847

Base Attack: 60
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 127

Base Special Defense: 105
Special Defense Modifications:
Modified Special Defense: 105

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 60

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (211 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Surf, Water, Special, 95 POW 100 ACC. AOE
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus, Mystic Water Item bonus (20%)

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes:

Name: Lapras
Type/Defenses: Water/Ice

Ability: Water Absorb
Held Item: Leftovers

Hitpoints: 1005

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 80

Base Special Attack: 85
Special Attack Modifications: +1
Modified Special Attack: 127

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 95

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 60

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (251 hitpoints worth)

Used Move: Surf, Water, Special, 95 POW 100 ACC. AOE
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Arm
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%.

Notes:

Pokemon not Acting:

Name: Exeggutor
Type/Defenses: Psychic/Grass

Ability: Harvest
Held Item: Enigma Berry

Hitpoints: 820 / 820

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications:
Modified Attack:

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications:
Modified Defense:

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications:
Modified Special Attack:

Base Special Defense: 65
Special Defense Modifications:
Modified Special Defense:

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications:
Modified Speed:

Accuracy Modifications:
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications:
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (205 hitpoints worth)

Notes: The held item �Enigma Berry� restores 1/4th of Exeggutor's total health if it survives a super effective attack. Healing happens instantly after the attack.

Name: Shiftry
Type: Grass/Dark

Ability: Chlorophyll
Held Item: King's Rock

Hitpoints: 694/ 794 (Full after Muon's Technique)

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 60

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 60

Base Speed: 80
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 160

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (198 hitpoints worth)

Name: Jumpluff
Type: Grass/Flying

Hitpoints: 625 / 715 (Full after Muon's Technique)

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 50

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: 2x (Tailwind)
Modified Speed: 220

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (178 hitpoints worth)

Aldurin

11-30-2011, 01:31 PM

Donovan and Twiloch (towards the end of turn 3)

The sound of Delstus dying became more coherent as the sandstorm faded, the classic sound of battle that Donovan knew too well (well, maybe not the Delstus dying noises). He gave little heed to it, listening for orders regarding him while he continued his conversation with the very out-of-place shadow next to him.

"Hm, someone without a home that chose a home here. That makes two of us. Looking at how these guys operate, I understand your choice. But I'll ask now that most everyone else is occupied. I'm keying in that some of the people here have some personal motives with the organization that they don't seem open to sharing. Have you ever noticed anything or should it even be a concern?"

Donovan listened to Twiloch's response, and right after he heard Krunder's voice booming across the beach. He listened closely, realizing that he'd need to hit PATCA's database when they got back to HQ so he could understand what Krunder was talking about.

And then he saw Krunder climbing out of the crater left by an earthquake attack.

Dracorion

12-02-2011, 07:51 PM

Pierce sighed exasperatedly. He did not like that the Aqkuaw turned out to be quite resistant to his attack. Still, bigger troubles. Lathiron was charging up some kind of attack, and it was sure to hurt like a bitch. He didn't think anyone except maybe Nyoka had the firepower to take it down, either. The problem was there were still five more Lathirons to deal with, so Nyoka had to be kept in reserve for now.

He looked down at the floor of the ship, thinking hard on a solution. Then it hit him. They needed something big. "Admiral Brunswick!" He called over comms. "I need you to hit Lathiron with the ship. It's charging up some kind of big attack, and bumping it with the ship should be enough to distract it. Can you do it?"

With that taken care of, he quickly formed a plan of attack. "Irene, use Balor's Acid Spray, see if that does anything to the slime that provides Lathiron's second set of HP. Evangaleen, take out another Skuldrur. Matthias and I will take out the last one. Everyone else, pile it on Lathiron!"

And heaving the large scythe over his shoulder, Pierce charged for the Skuldrur. Not too shabby.

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[Targetting Beacon] [Unownaut] [Irene] [Spitz] [Pike] [Hydreigon (Capstan* A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna (Eaten)] [Pierce] [Metagross] [Quiksilver] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Leprihare] [Matthias]

[B]Order Phase Action:
1: Brunswick: Bump Ship into Lathiron!
2: Evangaleen: Sniper Action �KILLSHOT� on Skuldrur E. (-50 rage) Remaining rage is 25.
3: Chizuru: Medic Action) Revive on Sceptile, spend 25 Rage to use X Attack on Sophia and Hydreigon. Rage is 55.
4: Matthias use Normal type Pokebrid Action. Gain 5 rage.
Charlotte: Rage is 80.
Rachel: Rage is 60.

Order List with Speed Stat:

(195) HP: 741/741. Leprihare: Switches in for Cloyster. Helping Hand on* Irene. (Priority)
(350) Nyoka: Nyoka Laser Eye Beams! on Lathiron twice. Rage is 300.
(200) HP: 792/792, Balor: Acid Spray to wipe off Lathiron's slime shield.
(210) HP: 688/688, Spitz: Super Fang on Lathiron A.
(200) HP: 847/847, Irene: Rage is 80. Grimslay on Lathiron A.
(190) HP: 803/803, Matthias: Rage is 65. Thunder on Skuldrur D. Normal Type Pokebrid Action (+5 Rage).
(180) HP: 688/688, Sceptile: Nature Blaster on Lathiron A.
(180) HP: 847/847, Pierce: Rage is 75. Crescent Moon (Steel) on Skuldrur D.
(165) HP: 553/794, Sophia: Rage is 35. Wyrm Strike (Dragon) on Lathiron A.
(165) HP: 660/660, Quiksilver: Meteor Mash on Lathiron A.
(157) HP: 688/688, Pike: Switches in for Venusaur. Discharge on Lathiron A. Backlash to hit Hydreigon.
(147) HP: 804/804 Hydreigon: Dragon Rush on Lathiron A.
(142) HP: 715/715, Electivire: Thunderpunch on Lathiron A.
(135) HP: 1111/1111, Giratina: Dragon Claw on Lathiron A.
(127) HP: 764/764, Unownaut: Psycho Cut on Lathiron A.
(111)* HP: 731/731, Thundurus: Discharge on Lathiron A. Backlash to hit Electivire. Electivire's Motor Drive neutralizes damage and increases* its Speed by one stage.
(105) HP: 741/741, Metagross: Meteor Mash on Aqkuaw A.
(30) HP: 709/709, Ferrothorn: Gyro Ball on Lathiron A.
(43) HP: 506/929, Musharna: Eaten. (Not Acting)

Name: Leprihare
Type/Defenses: Normal

Ability: 10% chance to inflict Love on the enemy when a move makes contact. Pokemon become easier to Snag, adding a 5% chance.
Held Item: Dominatix Whip
Brings out the inner masochist in you. Chance to inflict Love or Infatuation from a move or ability increases by 10%.

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Attack: 142

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 65
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Special Attack: 97

Base Special Defense: 110
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Special Defense: 165

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Speed: 195

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status move
Move Target/s: Irene
Move Modification: Increases the POW of the attack it uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Nyoka

Base Attack: 500

Base Special Attack: 500

Base Speed: 350

Used Move: Nyoka Laser Eye Beam (Almighty, Special, 125 PWR, 2 adjacent Targets, 125 Pwr, HiCrit)
Move Target/s: Lathiron
Move Modification: Used Twice (-100 rage). 300 Rage Remaining.

Name: Balor
Type: Dragon/Poison

Ability: Miasma Fumes ~ 30% chance of BadPois on physical attacking unit.
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 792 / 792

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 240

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 180

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Acid Spray (Poison, Special, 40 POW, 100 ACC, Drop target's Spec Def by 2 stages.)
Move Target/s: Lathiron's Slime Shield?
Move Modification: STAB

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Bonus: NA
Crit Rate: 6.25%

Note: Holding Lum Berry, which will instantly negate any status effect.

Name: Spitz
Type/Defenses: Dark

Ability: Intimidate
Held Item: Focus Sash

Hitpoints: 688 / 688

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 105

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill and +3 from Kick the Dog.
Modified Speed: 210

Used Move: Super Fang (Normal, Physical, contact, 90 ACC).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: Halves target's current HP. Might have reduced effect against bosses.

Accuracy Ratio: 90%

Note: If Spitz is at full HP, Focus Sash will allow it to survive an attack that would defeat it in one hit, leaving him with 1 HP.

Name: Irene
Type/Defenses:
1: 50% Damage ~ Normal, Steel, Fire, Poison, Ice, Ghost
2: Immunities ~ Bleed, Burn, Poison, Frozen, Death

Ability: Powerful Presence ~ Ally Formation get +1 to all stats.
Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 150
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 375

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 210

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 75

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Grimslay (Ghost type, Physical, 130 power, 100% accuracy. 50% of instant death on target).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: Super effective, STAB, Helping Hand, Lathiron immune to instant death portion due to boss status.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Bonus: NA
Critical Rate: 6.25%

Name: Matthias
Type/Defenses: Normal (Porygon Z form)

Ability: Download
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 803 / 803

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 135

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 117
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's ability, +1 from Quiver Dance, +1 from Download.
Modified Special Attack: 292

Base Special Defense: 87
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance.
Modified Speed: 190

Used Move: Thunder (Electric, Special, 120 power, 70% accuracy outside of rain. 100% ACC in rain. 30% base chance of paralysis).
Move Target/s: Skuldrur D
Move Modification: Super effective, 60% chance to inflict paralysis due to super effective damage

Accuracy ratio: 70%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: Lum Berry cleanse Matthias of first instance of negative status condition.

Name: Sceptile
Type/Defenses: Grass

Ability: Overgrow
Held Item: Forest Armor
A green-and-black suit of armor for Sceptile. Reduces incoming damage by 5% and adds a 20% chance to inflict Leech Seed to all Grass-type attacks.

Hitpoints: 344 / 688

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 65
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 97

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 127

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Nature Blaster (Grass, Grass type, Special, 90 power, 90% accuracy, does not make contact, Increased Crit Chance).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A.
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, 40% chance of inflicting Leech Seed due to custom item (Increased success rate due to super effective attack?)

Accuracy ratio: 90%

Crit Multiplier: +1
Critical Hit Rate: 12.5%

Notes: custom held item reduces incoming damage by 5%.

Name: Pierce
Defenses: Normal, Water, Grass, Psychic

Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 120

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 112

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill,
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Crescent Moon (Steel type, Physical, 100 POW, 100 ACC, 50% chance of Inner Bleeding on target)
Move Target/s: Skuldrur D.
Move Modification: Super Effective, 100% chance of inner bleeding due to Quad Effectiveness.

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Sophia
Defenses: -50% Ruin, Water, Dragon.

Hitpoints: 553 / 794

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 230

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 165

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Wyrm Strike (Dragon type, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC)
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Metaleon
Type/Defenses: Steel

Ability: Sturdy
Held Item: Salac Berry

Hitpoints: 662 / 662

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 195

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 65
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Defense: 97

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Meteor Mash, Steel type, Physical, 100 Power, 85 ACC. 20% chance of raising user's attack stat by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A.
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective. 40% chance of raising user's attack by 1 stage due to Super effectiveness.

Accuracy ratio: 85% accuracy

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Note: If its health hits 33%, Salac berry activates and gives it +1 speed boost.

Name: Pike (Manetric)
Type/Defenses: Electric

Ability: Static
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 688 / 688

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 112

Base Defense: 60
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Defense: 90

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 105
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Speed: 157

Used Move: Discharge (Electric, Special, 80 POW, 100 ACC, 30% base chance paralysis)
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Base Power of move is increased by 10% due to held item �Wise Glasses�. AOE. Backlash to hit Hydreigon for Not very effective damage. 60% chance of paralysis on the primary targets (probably not Lathiron due to boss status) due to super effectiveness.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Hydreigon
Defenses: Dark/Dragon

Hitpoints: 804 / 804

Ability: Levitate
Held Item: Expert Belt

Base Attack: 105
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Psych Up, +2 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 420

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 270

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 98
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 147

Used Move: Dragon Rush (Dragon, Physical, contact, 100 power, 75% accuracy. 20% flinch).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, boosted 40% chance to inflict flinch, Power of move boosted to 120 due to Expert Belt.

Accuracy ratio: 75%.

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Electivire
Type/Defenses: Electric

Ability: Motor Drive
Held Item: Expert Belt

Hitpoints: 715 / 715

Base Attack: 123
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 123

Base Defense: 67
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 67

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 for Electrivire's trigger ability from Discharge. (+2 next turn if/when hit by Discharge)
Modified Speed: 142

Used Move: Thunderpunch (Electric, Physical, contact, 75 power, 100% accuracy. 10% chance of inflicting Paralysis).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, super effective, boosted 20% chance to inflict paralysis, Power of move boosted to 90 due to Expert Belt

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: Sniper
Critical Hit Rate: 25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Girantina
Type/Defenses: Ghost/Dragon

Ability: Telepathy
Held Item: Griseous Orb (If this item is lost, Stats is modified to Altered Forme. See online for details.)

Hitpoints: 1111 / 1111

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 180

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 135

Used Move: Dragon Claw (Dragon, Physical, contact, 80 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, super effective. Power of the move modified to 96 power due to held item.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Unownaut
Type: Psychic

Ability: Levitate
Held Item: White Herb

Hitpoints: 767 / 767

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 260

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill,
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 127

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 127

Used Move: Psycho Cut (Psychic, Physical, non contact, 70 power, 100% accuracy).
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective

Accuracy ratio: 100%.

Crit Multiplier: +1
Critical Hit Rate: 12.5%

Notes: White Herb negates stat debuffs instantly.

Name: Thundurus
Type/Defenses: Electric/Flying

Ability: Prankster
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 736 / 736

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 115

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 80
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 111
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 111

Used Move: Discharge (Electric, Special, 80 POW, 100 ACC, 30% base chance paralysis)
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Base Power of move is increased by 10% due to held item �Wise Glasses�. AOE. Backlash to hit Electivire. Electivire's Motor Drive neutralizes damage and increases its Speed by one stage. 60% chance of paralysis on the primary targets (probably not Lathiron due to boss status) due to super effectiveness.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: Sniper Bonus
Critical Hit Rate: 25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Metagross
Type/Defenses: Steel / Psychic

Ability: Clear Body
Held Item: Expert Belt

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 135
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from previous Meteor Mash
Modified Attack: 270

Base Defense: 130
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Iron Defense.
Modified Defense: 325

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 135

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 105

Used Move: Meteor Mash, Steel type, Physical, 100 Power, 85 ACC. 20% chance of raising user's attack stat by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Aqkuaw A.
Move Modification: STAB, Quad Effective. 80% chance of raising user's attack by 1 stage due to quad effectiveness. Expert Belt increases the base power of Super Effective moves by 20%.

Accuracy Ratio: 85%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Ferrothorn
Type/Defenses: Steel/Grass

Ability: Iron Barbs
Held Item: Rocky Helmet

Hitpoints: 709 / 709

Base Attack: 94
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Swords Dance.
Modified Attack: 235

Base Defense: 131
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 196

Base Special Attack: 54
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 81

Base Special Defense: 116
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 20
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 30

Used Move: Gyro Ball, Steel type, Physical, Variable Power, 100 ACC. Its power is dependant on how slow the user is compared to its target.
Move Target/s: Lathiron A
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective. Base Power = 25 � (Target's Current Speed / User's Current Speed) The maximum base power that can be reached with Gyro Ball is 150.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: Because of held item Rocky Helmet and the ability Iron Barbs, contact moves used against this Pokemon will damage the attacker with 7/24 of their maximum HP. (Might do less damage against bosses)

Not Acting:

Name: Musharna
Type/Defenses: Psychic

Ability: Synchronize
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 506 / 931

Base Attack: 55
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 107
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 160

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 29
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 43

Notes: Holding Lum Berry, which will cure any status effect instantly.
Is considered Ejected.

Astral Harmony

01-05-2012, 07:29 PM

-----Action Phase Turn 04 (Krunder)-----
- Shannon: Winds of Gaea has activated. Sakuya's Rage +10 (100). Mio's Rage +10 (60).
Shannon suddenly lurched forward. Her body convulsed as beams of light shot right out of her back. And, strangely without any tears in her clothes, two beautiful white angel wings were born out of her back and unfolded. No sword this time, though. The wings flapped once, unleashing some kind of nearly intangible pulse. It was difficult to describe, kind of like a very light pressure wave but somehow different. Plus it smelled like roses. Shannon didn't seem to be in pain from the emergence of her wings, and after she collected herself, she seemed just fine.
- Angelo: Xatu's Spd has increased. Impact's Spd has increased. Muon's Spd has increased.
- Donovan: Silk's Rage +25 (75).
- Impact: Mio's Rage +25 (85).
- Muon: Milk of Plenty Activated. All Vanguard Pokemon 50% MHP Heal (Create Shield 25% MHP with over attack protection).
Muon reached behind her and produced a large glass jar full of tasty milk from hammerspace. "Lon Lon Milk, motherfucker!" Muon said, then negligently tossed the jar that was bigger than her just above head height and smashed it with a swift and efficient roundhouse, sending the milk into the sky and down like a serious of thin white rainshowers, splashing onto the Pokemon.
Muon turned her head to see Renny staring at her. "I'm not breastfeeding them," she said flatly.

Curses, foiled again.

- Mio: Enters Paradigm Shift (Narcham). Mio's Rage -20 (65).
It was like the first or second mission all over again. A good number of the team had never seen a Narcham before, but after Mio's Paradigm Shift, she looked just like one, only somewhat bigger and more substantial, which was somehow more disconcerting.
- Silk: Enters Paradigm Shift (Kabutops). Silk's Rage -20 (55).
Silk's Paradigm Shift was also pretty neat. It's not often that people get to see a Kabutops, and even less in Honmyr where the ancient Pokemon never actually existed, but here stood a larger than life version in the soaked sands, scythe arms poised to cleave the enemy into pieces.
- Donovan: Water Pokebrid Action Used. Delstaurus D is now asleep.
- Renny: Psychic Pokebrid Action used. Delstaurus D is now confused.
- Leavanny: Silk is recieving help. Silk's Pwr +50%.
- Silk: Critical Hit! Krunder's Right Foot takes 2730 damage.
- Twiloch: Donovan's shadow has been synchronized with Twiloch (AllStat +5, Acc/Eva 100%). Krunder's Left Hand takes 1168 damage. Krunder is immune to status effects. Twiloch's Rage -400 (0).

"Why do you struggle so, Twiloch?" Krunder hissed, shifting his wounded left hand around."You do realize that all that effort is only going to end in your certain death?"
"Better a certain and honorable death than a certain and unceremonious one on some beach," Twiloch whispered, though it was a whisper that all could hear. "Just give it up, Krunder. Whatever you think you might achieve trying to obtain greater power from the Rezonscape just isn't going to do you any good."
"The same could be said for blindly following Idolus," Krunder snapped back. "Idolus has seen it just as we have, and he's too fearful to do anything about it! It's a source of immense power, the kind that would surely guarantee the success that we didn't get to enjoy so long ago, and he simply squandors such a grand opportunity. He's old, Twiloch, and his will is fragile and stubborn. And that's unfortunate, Twiloch. Because those who don't embrace the power of the Rezonscape are doomed to be butchered by those who do."
Twiloch said nothing more, and simply prepared for the next round. Reasoning with Krunder was only a waste.

- Donovan: Krunder's Right Hand takes 2025 damage.
- Mio: Krunder's Left Hand takes 2160 damage. Krunder is immune to debuffs.
- Deoxys: Krunder's Left Hand takes 368 damage. Sakuya's Rage +5 (100).
- Impact: Uses SignTech "Command, Control & Communications". Rearguard has been activated. Impact's Rage -75 (0).
"Impressive," Krunder admired their efforts. "But now I think it's about time I put you daring dogooders in your place."

- Krunder's Chest: Uses Ribberang. Silk takes 192 damage. Hiroshiho Rei (Sakuya) takes 129 damage (1141).
Krunder's assault begin with him simply reaching for his chest and plucking off one of his massive ribs like somebody disassembling a Lego set. Then he hurled it great force. The monstrous makeshift weapon slammed right into Silk and continued on without even changing direction and arced effortlessly in the air despite the heavy rains to collided head on with the backside of Sakuya's Hiroshiho Rei, causing the giant mecha to lurch forward and nearly topple over completely.
"You. Will. Pay!" Sakuya nearly howled with rage.
- Krunder's Hands: Uses Sand Crucifix. Ursaring takes 355 damage (Shield defeated). Sakuya's Rage +5 (100). Donovan avoids damage. Donovan's Rage +10 (70).
But Krunder was only getting started. The giant beast drew his massive arms back and seized Ursaring with speed that surprised everyone. It definitely surprised Ursaring as it was completely enclosed in what appeared to be a crude crucifix made of tightly packed mud.
And then Krunder did something weird. He literally hurled the sand crucifix, Ursaring still trapped inside, much like a shuriken right for Donovan. The shuriken collided into Donovan, but he didn't feel it crash into him at all. The crucifix slid right through him as though he was made of mere shadows.
Ursaring's fate was just as merciful. The crucifix shattered on collision and Ursaring crawled out of the large pile of mud, shaking much of the caked on mud from its fur, then standing back up to roar its challenge. If it wasn't for Muon's Milk of Plenty and Twiloch's Shadow Sync, the fates of both Donovan and Ursaring would not have been nearly so merciful.
Alice's eyes sharpened. "It looks like Krunder needs both of his hands to use that attack. Maybe if we could destroy one of them, we can weaken the attack or change it so it's not so devastating..."
Either way, this wasn't looking good. Krunder had serious power, and there were still the Delstaurus to consider.

- Ursaring: Krunder's right Foot takes 1410 damage. Sakuya's Rage +5 (100).
- Shaymin: Miss. *slide whistle*
- Krunder's Feet: Uses Earthen Hammer. Hiroshiho Rei (Sakuya) takes 382 damage (950). Hiroshiho Rei (Sakuya) is immune to Flinch. Silk avoids damage. Silk's Rage +10 (65). Substitute Shield (Shiftry) takes 1209 damage (defeated). Jumpluff avoids damage. Shannon's Rage +10 (80).
Krunder literally left the ground for a few seconds before his massive feet collided back into it, sending a massive directional shockwave towards...well, probably his worst selection of targets. Maybe he wasn't able to aim it?
- Shannon: Uses Moonbeam Disco. Delstaurus A takes 445 damage/flinch (2055). Delstaurus B takes 222 damage/flinch (2278). Delstaurus C takes 445 damage/flinch (2055). Shannon's Rage 40 (30). Moon's Rage -40 (20).
Shannon's body reverted back to normal as she shook her groove thang to the techno beats and multicolored strobe lights that somehow managed to make an appearance despite it being the beach during the afternoon.
- Krunder's Eye: The gemstone eye and five crystalline stakes are starting to glow...
"I don't know what he's going to do," Twiloch advised before anyone bothered to ask. "I've never seen him do that before."

"And that's what I like to see."
Eldys whirled around in surprise, battle stick in hand at the voice that was both lovely and dangerous. Eldys had been watching the beach conflict from the cover and concealment of the nearby jungle, but had only just discovered that she wasn't the only spectator.
Cherrylette, one of the Hexagon Harem, was watching the fight just like Eldys, sitting high up in one of the trees.
"You can do away with the unnecessary aggression, Eldys," Cherrylette said. "If I wanted you dead, I wouldn't have waited this long, and I only fight my enemies with honor and chivalry, making sure they were totally prepared to fight me before sealing their fate. You should know that's the kind of warrior I am."
As much as Eldys hated it, there was truely no way for her to take on Cherrylette, so she put away her battle stick and turned back towards the fight.
"That's why you bothered to come to this world and hope that these humans could defeat us, isn't it? Even Lord Izalei doesn't have what that giant fossil does. The Supreme Strike technique. I've never seen one that wasn't wielded by us in the Hexagon Harem. I'm eager to see just how powerful this one is going to be."

- Alice: Krunder's Right Foot takes 208 damage. Alice's Rage +10.
- Zapdos: Delstaurus E takes 21 Damage/Eject (2479). Delstaurus F takes 44 Damage/Eject (2454). Zapdos is ejected from combat. Alphonsine's Rage -25 (45).
- Whitney: Krunder's Right Hand takes 1788 damage.
- Articuno: Delstaurus G takes 41 Damage/Eject (2459). Delstaurus H takes 41 Damage/Eject (2459). Articuno is ejected from combat. Alphonsine's Rage -25 (20).
"Wow, I never even though about using my Pokemon for crowd control like that!" Alphonsine marveled upon the execution of Zapdos and Articuno's tactics. "Then again, maybe it's just because I never fought a large group of bad guys before. I gotta take a note of this since I'm working with you guys now."
- Swampert: Krunder's Right Foot takes 312 damage. Renny's Rage +5 (60).
- Takano: Krunder's Left Hand takes 58 damage.
- Hiroshiho Rei (Sakuya): Krunder's Right Foot takes 1312 damage.
"Fuck, it's like trying to cleave through solid rock," Sakuya said after the steel naginata slid through the fossilized bone structure of her opponent. "Any more durable and it might've damaged my Naginata beyond repair."
- Latias: Krunder's Right Hand takes 384 damage.
- Kyogre (CCC): Pwr calculated to 150. Krunder's Left Hand takes 1439 damage.
- Jeanette (CCC): Sweep attack! Krunder's Right Hand takes 1058 damage. Jeanette's Rage -25 (45).
- Vaporeon (CCC): Krunder's Left Hand takes 306 damage.
- Jellicent (CCC): Krunder's Right Hand takes 452 damage.
- Lapras (CCC): Krunder's Right Hand takes 452 damage.

-----Upkeep Phase Turn 04 (Krunder)-----
- Rage Upkeep: Twiloch's Rage +100 (100).
- Ability/Item Upkeep: N/A
- Status Upkeep: Ursaring takes 99 damage (695).
- Battlefield Upkeep: Large hole is observed behind Krunder. Possible Strategem Shift.
- Weather Upkeep: Rainstorm is still in effect.
-----Upkeep Phase Complete-----

-----Order Phase Turn 05 (Krunder)-----
- Player Formation: [Alice] [Donovan] [Impact] [Articuno] [Zapdos] [Xatu] [Alakazam] [Hariyama] [Sakuya RDPA] [Silk] [Jumpluff] [Shiftry] [Mio] [Rage Shower Device]
- Enemy Formation 1: [Delstaurus A] [Delstaurus B] [Delstaurus C] [Delstaurus D] [Krunder's Right Foot (L-Type)] [Krunder's Left Foot (L-Type)] [Delstaurus E] [Delstaurus F] [Delstaurus G] [Delstaurus H]
- Enemy Formation 2: [Krunder's Left Hand (L-Type)]
- Enemy Formation 3: [Krunder's Right Hand (L-Type)]
- Enemy Formation 4: [Krunder's Chest (L-Type)]
- Enemy Formation 5: [Krunder's Eye (L-Type)]
[U]Order of Turns
- [Silk (Kabutops/Water/Rock/Swift Swim/P-Shift/AllStatx4.5): HP 549/741, Rg 65, Spd 900 (90x5 & Swift Swim)]
- [Donovan (Sharpedo/Dark/Water/Speed Boost/Lum Berry/Shark HuntTx3/ShadowSyncTx3/Spdx4.5/Otherx4): HP 741/741, Rg 70, Spd 679 (97x3.5 & TailwindTx2)]
- [Twiloch (Destroyer/Ruin/Dark): Rg 100, Spd 600]
- [Mio (Narcham/Ruin/Dark/Sniper/P-Shift/AllStatx4.5): HP 317/767, Rg 65, Spd 550 (110x5)]
- [Impact (Spdx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 0, Spd 300 (100x1.5 & TailwindTx2)]
- [Krunder's Chest (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd 300]
- [Xatu (Psychic/Flying/Magic Bounce/Twisted Spoon/Spdx1.5): HP 662/662 (Shield 165), Spd 285 (95xTailwindTx1)]
- [Krunder's Left Hand (Boss/Ground/Ruin/AllStatx.67): Spd 280]
- [Krunder's Right Hand (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd 280]
- [Ursaring (Normal/Guts/Toxic Orb/Att,Spdx4.5/Otherx2.5): HP 695/794, Spd 275 (55xRDPA/TailwindTx1)]
- [Krunder's Left Foot (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd 250]
- [Krunder's Right Foot (Boss/Ground/Ruin): Spd 250]
- [Krunder's Eye (Boss/Ruin/Ground): Spd 210]
- [Alice: HP 741/847, Rg 30, Spd 100]
- [Zapdos (Flying/Eletric/Lightning Rod/Bright Powder)]: HP 794/794 (Shield 198), Spd 200 (100xTailwindTx2)]
- [Whitney (Sniper/Gardevoir/Psychic/Simple/P-Shift/SAttx4): HP 664/762, Rg 15, Spd 180 (90xPShift)]
- [Kyogre (Water/Drizzle/Wise Glasses): HP 847/847, Spd 180 (90xTailwindTx1)
- [Articuno (Flying/Ice/Pressure/Charti Berry): 794/794 (Shield 198), Spd 170 (85xTailwindTx2)]
- [Shiftry (Grass/Dark/King's Rock/Spdx2): HP 794/794, Spd 160 (80xTailwindTx1)]
- [Delstaurus A (Ruin/Steel): HP 2055/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus B (Ruin/Steel): HP 2278/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus C (Ruin/Steel): HP 2055/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus D (Ruin/Steel/Sleep/Confuse): HP 2500/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus E (Ruin/Steel/Eject): HP 2479/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus F (Ruin/Steel/Eject): HP 2454/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus G (Ruin/Steel/Eject): HP 2459/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus H (Ruin/Steel/Eject): HP 2459/2500, Spd 160]
- [Takano (Eva50%/PGd50%Tx2): HP 847/847, Rg 60, Spd 130]
- [Sakuya (RDPA/Spdx2): HP 847/847 (RDPA 950/1270), Rg 100, Spd 110 (60xRDPA)]
- [Renny (Gallade/Fighting/Psychic): HP, Rg 60, Spd]
- [Shannon (Trainer): Rg 30]
- [Angelo (Trainer): Rg 60]
- [Moon (Trainer): Rg 20]
- [Alphonsine (Trainer): Rg 20]
-----Order Phase Turn 05 Complete-----

Aldurin

01-19-2012, 03:32 AM

Beginning of Turn 5

Donovan was seeing shadows everywhere, or at least he would if it wasn't for the tunnel-vision effect of his Shark Hunt technique which he was using to heavily damage Krunder's arm. The desire to destroy was an inherent part of utilizing his Sharpedo side, but it never felt this strong.

"But it feels so good . . ."

He suddenly felt a wrenching pain, heard a resonating scream without bothering to wonder who made it, and his vision began to turn red. No, not his vision turning red, but red in the air, red in himself, and red inside Krunder. The red inside Krunder was especially bright, almost like it was beckoning him, wanting him to release it. It was most tempting inside of the gem in Krunder's chest, and he was able to see every curve, crack and imperfection, and the only thing he could think of was how best to break it open. He could feel the red guiding him as he began to build up his Hydro Pump attack.

"Yes, DESTROY IT ALL!", He roared as the ridiculously powerful jet of water traveled toward Krunder.

Menarker

01-19-2012, 06:02 AM

"Shannon, are you alright!?"

For a split moment, Shannon's sudden bent pose had caused the well meaning lad to take a few steps toward her in panic as she seemed to stumble and convulse. But he needn't had worried so, as she glowed with the emitting wings of radiance which peacefully left quickly after it occurred. Renny quietly nodded, feeling more at ease and hoping the gesture reassured her too.

Muon's explosion of milk was admitably unexpected, although in all honesty, it was different from the normal PATCA antics.

"I'm not breastfeeding them."
"I wasn't going to suggest anything like that!"

Renny became embarressed and self-conscious from Muon and Mio's previous remark, as it occurred to him that he only assumed the technique would be... alluring because of its name and his past experience with some of the other more unique attacks from his teammates. He desperately hoped that no one looked poorly on him, but he feared his reputation was already sealed after too many Sexy Parties, and the infamous tentacle attack last mission.

Renny then looked toward Silk, whose graceful steps disappeared from his vision with such speed, her bladed arm crashing loud and clear into the gemmed foot as she quickly retreated back from Krunder's range. The Gallade cheered toward his fellow partner from the opposite side.

"Great, yeah! Silk, that was perfect! Everyone, keep hitting those gems, it seems to be working!"

Krunder's taunts and twisted declarations angered the Gallade as he watched pessimistically for attacks coming his way. He moved evasively away from the Ribberang, even though it ultimately didn't come close enough his way to matter, although to someone Renny's age, its speed was scary enough to warrant a fair deal of caution. His team-mates were taking the brunt of the hits, but the measures of precaution were proving most useful...

"Shay- HAY"
Shaymin looked disgruntled when her massive burst of life energy missed entirely, impacting far off into the distance.

"Don't worry about it Shaymin! We're still doing ok!" Krunder's eyes started to flicker in a frenzied pulse that mirrored the energy of the gems that looked to power his bones...

"I don't know what he's going to do. I've never seen him do that before."
Renny noted this comment grimly but understandably. He himself didn't rate the looks of this very highly either.

"Wow, I never even though about using my Pokemon for crowd control like that!" Alphonsine marveled upon the execution of Zapdos and Articuno's tactics. Renny smirked with a sort of pride as they airlifted their targets helplessly into the stratosphere. Alphonsine's expression felt rewarding, knowing that the rush job he did in teaching and organizing the massive group pokemon yesturday worked out spectacularly. "Then again, maybe it's just because I never fought a large group of bad guys before. I gotta take a note of this since I'm working with you guys now."

"I'm glad you like it that much. I figured that if we are all going to work as a team, then teaching pokemon techniques they could use as a team would be the next best step. But they really learned fast and work together easily! You really trained them well, Alphonsine. I just helped with a few steps."

As the battle's momentum changed and the second group reasserted themselves as support for the vanguard, Renny was tense and felt this was a crucial moment.

"Yes, DESTROY IT ALL!"

Renny was almost flabberghasted by Donovan's initiative and his expressed urge to destruction as he channeled a massive amount of energy into an obviously impressive water cannon. Screeches alerted Renny as the warrior youth looked upward to Zapdos and Articuno battling in midair with their prisoners trying to break free of their grip.

"Those ruin minions will rejoin the battle if we don't hurry... But something is going on... I feel it on the tip of my tongue..." Renny then looked adamantly at the distasteful sight of the skeleton alive...

"Krunder's glowing brightly. I can't help but feel he's storing up power for something big. We're all bunched up together again and we used up some of our defensive measures already and Sakuya's RDPA seems to be peltering out. But why wouldn't he do this earlier? Maybe the power has such restrictive conditions such that it cannot be contained for long once it has been gathered or used until fully powered... and is not easy to restore once lost or leaves him much weaker... otherwise he would have used it back when he were unaware of his other more vulnerable body parts... That has to be it!"

Renny then pointed some distance past Krunder's legs.

"I think he's going for something big! Everyone, please listen! That pit behind him. Now is the time to use it! I don't think he can fully control whatever he's trying to use now. If we can get him into the pit before he unleashes his attack, we might be able to force him to discharge it away from us!"

He then looked toward the group's shadowy patron. "Twiloch, do you have energy to keep Krunder from moving!?"
He then looked to Sakuya nestled in the RDPA, running low on power. "Sakuya!" He instinctively felt on the back of his neck what he could not see but felt was Silk's intense disproving gaze before he *corrected* himself. "Your Highness," he could have sworn Silk reverted back to a more neutral demeanor there, "Your Gyarados has a technique specially meant to push foes back. Please get ready to use it! The timing is important!"
He then glanced to Alphonsine. "Get your birds to drop the Delstusaurus directly in the pit. At the very least we can make it difficult for them to get out and attack us."

Renny continued the frantic series of authoritive pleads. Some to go on the offensive, most focused on his chest to push the ruin general back. Some others to go on support against the Delstusaurus. But all the while, Krunder's glowing eyes scoured down with a malevolent gaze. Renny glared at the monster and he could have sworn it returned it back specifically at him, the invisible sandglass counting down the uncertain number of grains before it would exact bloody rancor.

-----------------------------

Order Phase:

1: Donovan enter Paradigm Shift. (-20 Rage)
Mio and Silk also maintain Paradigm Shift for their 2nd turn (-20 Rage each)
Whitney is on Turn 3 of her Paradigm Shift (We had her pay her 100 rage in advance before you gave that rule about the rage cost being paid on a turn by turn basis)

2: Formation Change
[Alice] [Donovan] [Lucidolo] [Politoed] [Articuno] [Zapdos] [Xatu] [Alakazam] [Ursaring] [Gyarados] [Sakuya RDPA] [Silk] [Ditto] [Rapidash] [Mio] [Rage Shower Device]

Out of Formation: [Whitney] [Leavanny] [Twiloch]

Ditto's ability �Imposter� activates: It copies Donovan pokemon Ability, base stats (After Paradigm Shift) except for Hit Points and half of his stat boosts rounded down as per Psych Up rules. Other bonuses not copied.

3: Item Use: Heal Mio and Silk. Use up Xatu's action for the second item.

4: Rain is pouring hard. (Politoed's ability would have made it rain if it wasn't raining still from Kyogre's storm) Ludicolo and Silk's "Swift Swim" ability active.

Speed List:
Donovan: 1358 (+6 Speed Stat, Tailwind and Paradigm Shift)
Silk: 900 (Sakuya RDPA boost, Swift Swim and Paradigm Shift)
Ditto: 848 (Tailwind, Copy Donovan except with +3 Speed instead of +6)
Twiloch: 600
Mio: 550 (+3 Sakuya RDPA boost and Paradigm Shift)
Gyarados : 324 (+3 Sakuya Boost and Tailwind) (DELAYING UNTIL AFTER URSARING ACTS)
Xatu: 285 (Tail and +1 boost) (NOT ACTING)
Ursaring : 275 (Tailwind and Sakuya +3 RDPA boost)
Rapidash: 210 (Tailwind)
Alice: 200 (Tail)
Zapdos: 200 (Tail)
Whitney: 180 (Paradigm)
Articuno: 170 (Tail)
Politoed: 140 (Tailwind due to taking Impact's spot)
Ludicolo: 140 (Swift Swim) DELAYING UNTIL AFTER ALAKAZAM ACTS
Alakazam 120
Sakuya: 110 (RDPA) (Cannot be influenced by Tailwind)
Leavanny: 92 PRIORITY MOVE

Main goal: Nullify Supreme Strike by enacting Strategm Shift via pushing Krunder in giant hole. Also, nullify some of the Delstusaurus by dropping them in the pit or inflicting status conditions.

Action Summary:
Leavanny: Helping Hand on Donovan
Donovan: Hydro Pump Krunder's chest.
Silk: P-Shift Turn 2. Divided Waterfall on Right Foot
Ditto: Divided Hydro Pump Krunder's chest.
Twiloch: Shadow Grasp Krunder's legs as part as Strategm Shift to knock him in pit and perhaps root him in place to weaken or stop his jumping attack? Shade Scythe x 2 on chest if not plausible.
Mio: P-Shift Turn 2. Divided Spiral Dive on Right Foot
Ursaring: Facade on Krunder's Right Foot
Gyarados: Stratagem Shift: Dragon Tail Krunder backwards into pit via "Ejecting"? (With help from Twiloch)
Rapidash: Hypnosis on Delstusaurus C.
Alice: Overhead Hand on Delstusaurus A
Zapdos: Stratagem Shift: Complete Sky Drop attack by dropping the two Delstusaurus they are holding into the pit.
Whitney: Psychic on Krunder's Chest? (Can attack despite difference in location due to ability?)
Articuno: Stratagem Shift: Complete Sky Drop attack by dropping the two Delstusaurus they are holding into the pit.
Politoed: Perish Song on Delstusaurus A and B.
Alakazam: Perish Song on Delstusarus C and D.
Ludicolo: Teeter Dance on Delstusarus A and B (as well as affecting Donovan and Politoed.
Sakuya: Lunar Beam on Delstusaurus A. (Assuming she can't target Krunder when he's in the pit, or at least not without risking her heavy RDPA falling into the pit herself when standing on the sandy edge.)

If any of Krunder's body parts are destroyed and someone tries to attack destroyed body part, priority of remaining parts from highest to lowest is: Chest, Right Foot, Right Arm, Left Arm, Left Foot, Head.

Name: Leavanny
Type: Bug/Grass

Ability: Chorlophyll
Held Item: Occa Berry

Hitpoints: 625 / 715

Base Attack: 103
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 103

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 80

Base Special Attack: 70
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 70

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 92
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 92

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status move
Move Target/s: Donovan
Move Modification: Increases the POW of the attack it uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Notes: Due to the item Occa Berry, reduce the damage of the first fire type move that hits Leavanny by 50%.

Name: Donovan
Type/Defenses: Water / Dark (Sharpedo form)

Ability: Speed Boost
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 767 / 767

Base Attack: 110
Attack Modifications: +5 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 770

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: +5 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 490

Base Special Attack: 97
Special Attack Modifications: +5 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 678

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: +5 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 490

Base Speed: 97
Speed Modifications: +6, Tailwind and Paradigm Shift
Modified Speed: 1358

Accuracy Modifications: +3 (After Shark Hunt), and 100% accuracy benefit from Shadow Sync
Modified Accuracy: MAX (or is it 300%?)

Evasion Modifications: 100% due to Shadow Sync
Modified Evasion: 100%

Other Modifications: Cannot attack anyone other than Krunder. AOE attacks become Single Target. Critical Hits do 3x damage instead of 2x. (Shark Hunt Effects).

Used Move: Hydro Pump, Water, Special, 120 POW, 80 ACC
Move Target/s: Krunder's Chest
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus.

Accuracy ratio: Unmissable? (Shadow Sync bonus) or 240%?

Crit Multiplier: +5 stage boost, +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 75%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Silk
Type/Defenses: Water/Rock (Kabutops)
1. -50% Damage: Steel, Fire
2. -100% Damage: Ground, Ghost, Dark
3. Immunities: Flinch, Bleed, Apathy, Exhaustion

Ability: Swift Swim

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 107
Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 535

Base Defense: 102
Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 510

Base Special Attack: 82
Special Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 410

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 425

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift and Swift Swim
Modified Speed: 900

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Waterfall, Water, Special, 85 POW, 100ACC, 20% Flinch Chance
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot (Both Parts)
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain Dance bonus, Divided Attack (-20 Rage)

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.5%

Notes: Paradigm Shift (Turn 2)

Name: Ditto
Type/Defenses: Water/Dark (Sharpedo Appearance)

Ability: Imposter > (Speed Boost)
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 572 / 572

Base Attack: Varies due to Imposter
Attack Modifications: Base Stats (Modified by Paradigm Shift), +2 stages.
Modified Attack: 440

Base Defense: Varies due to Imposter
Defense Modifications: Base Stats (Modified by Paradigm Shift), +2 stages.
Modified Defense: 280

Base Special Attack: Varies due to Imposter
Special Attack Modifications: Base Stats (Modified by Paradigm Shift), +2 stages.
Modified Special Attack: 388

Base Special Defense: Varies due to Imposter
Special Defense Modifications: Base Stats (Modified by Paradigm Shift), +2 stages.
Modified Special Defense: 280

Base Speed: Varies due to Imposter
Speed Modifications: Base Stats (Modified by Paradigm Shift), +2 stages and Tailwind
Modified Speed: 848

Accuracy Modifications: +1 (Copy half of Shark Boost accuracy bonus rounded down.)
Modified Accuracy: 133%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: +2 Crit Bonus also copied by Imposter

Used Move: Hydro Pump, Water, Special, 120 POW, 80 ACC
Move Target/s: Krunder's Chest (Both parts!)
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Rain bonus. Divided (-25 Rage)

Accuracy ratio: 106%

Crit Multiplier: +2 stages, +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 50%

Notes: Tailwind Bonus Expires at end of turn.

Name: Twiloch

Base Attack: 350

Base Special Attack: 350

Base Speed: 600

Used Move: Shadow Grasp, Status
Move Target/s: Krunder
Move Modification: Stratagem Shift Attempt! (Restrain his legs and make it easier to push him backwards with a later attack. Also possibly prevent him from using a jumping attack!)

Note: If the above stratagem is not allowed/plausible, use the following move below...

Used Move: Shade Scythe (Twice), Dark, Special, 150 Pwr, 50% Flinch,
Move Target/s: Krunder's Chest
Move Modification: Super Effective, STAB? Improved Flinch Chance?

Name: Mio
Type/Defenses: Ruin/Dark (Narcham)
1. -50% Damage ~ Dragon, Dark, Psychic
2. -100% Damage ~ Fighting
3. Immunities: Flinch, Confuse, Sleep

Ability: Sniper

Hitpoints: 700 / 767

Base Attack: 107
Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 535

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 410

Base Special Attack: 92
Special Attack Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 460

Base Special Defense: 82
Special Defense Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 410

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +3 and Paradigm Shift
Modified Speed: 550

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Spiral Dive, Dark, Physical 100 Pwr, 100 ACC, 50% Flinch, IgnoreDef
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot (Both Parts!)
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Critical hits do triple the damage due to ability. Divided (-25 Rage)

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25% device boost
Critical Hit Rate: 31.5%

Notes: Paradigm Shift (Turn 2)

Name: Ursaring
Type/Defenses: Normal

Ability: Guts
Held Item: Poison Orb

Hitpoints: 695 / 795

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +6 and Guts
Modified Attack: 780

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: +3
Modified Defense: 187

Base Special Attack: 75
Special Attack Modifications: +3
Modified Special Attack: 187

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: +3
Modified Special Defense: 187

Base Speed: 55
Speed Modifications: +3 and Tailwind
Modified Speed: 275

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Facade, Normal, Physical, 70 POW, 100 ACC, Double the Power of this attack when the user is suffering from a status condition.
Move Target/s: Krunder's Right Foot
Move Modification: STAB, Power increased to 140 due to being poisoned.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: Is Poisoned which triggers Guts ability.
Tailwind Bonus Expires at end of turn.

Name: Gyarados
Type/Defenses: Water/Flying

Ability: Moxie
Held Item: Wacan Berry

Hitpoints: 820 / 820

Base Attack: 125
Attack Modifications: +3 due to Sakuya's RDPA
Modified Attack: 312

Base Defense: 79
Defense Modifications: +3 due to Sakuya's RDPA
Modified Defense: 197

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +3 due to Sakuya's RDPA
Modified Special Attack: 150

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +3 due to Sakuya's RDPA
Modified Special Defense: 250

Base Speed: 81
Speed Modifications: +3 due to Sakuya's RDPA and Tailwind
Modified Speed: 324

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Dragon Tail: Dragon, Physical, 60 POW, 90 ACC, Switch/Eject Target.
Move Target/s: Krunder (Apply any damage to chest)
Move Modification: Stratagem Effect Attempt! Attempt to "eject" Krunder backward into the huge pit, especially with Twiloch attempting to bind his legs to make his balance poor.

Accuracy ratio: 90% (Maybe the chance is 100% if Twiloch's Stratagem Effect is successful?)

Crit Multiplier: +25% due to engineer device
Critical Hit Rate: 31.5%

Notes: Waccan Berry reduces Electric type damage by half one time. Tailwind Bonus Expires at end of turn

Name: Rapidash
Type/Defenses: Fire

Ability: Flame Body
Held Item: Shell Bell

Hitpoints: 662 / 662

Base Attack: 100
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 100

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 80

Base Special Defense: 80
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 105
Speed Modifications: Tailwind (From taking Shannon's spot)
Modified Speed: 210

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Hypnosis: Status Move. 60 ACC, Put target asleep.
Move Target/s: Delstusarus C
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy ratio: 60%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: Tailwind Bonus Expires at end of turn.

Name: Alice
Type/Defenses:
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Flying, Rock
2. -100% Damage ~ Fighting, Ground
3. Immunities ~ Paralysis, Att & Def Debuffs

Hitpoints: 741 / 847

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 110
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 110

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 80

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 120

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 100

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Overhead Hand, Flying, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC
Move Target/s: Delstusarus A
Move Modification: STAB, Not Effective.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Zapdos
Type: Flying/Electric

Ability: Lightning Rod
Held Item: Bright Powder

Hitpoints: 794 / 794

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 90

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 85

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 90

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 200

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: 10% (Bright Powder)
Modified Evasion: 10%

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (198 hitpoints worth) and Self Ejected until Sky Drop is complete.

Used Move: Sky Drop, Flying, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, Eject both user and targets for a turn. Inflict damage to targets when returning to the battlefield on Turn 2.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus E and F
Move Modification: TURN 2 of Sky Drop. Stratagem Effect Attempt! Drop both Delstusaurus E and F into the giant pit. ^,^ STAB, Not Effective.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Whitney
Type/Defenses: Psychic (Gardevoir)

Ability: Telepathy
Mind's Eye ~ Ignore Target Loss such as from Fog of War or Obstructions

Hitpoints: 664 / 762

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Attack: 164

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Defense: 164

Base Special Attack: 112
Special Attack Modifications: +6 Stage boost and Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Attack: 896

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Special Defense: 214

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: Paradigm Shift
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Psychic, Psychic Type, Special, 90 POW, 100 ACC, 10% chance of lowering special defense
Move Target/s: Krunder's Chest (Right Foot if Chest is Destroyed)
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective, Increased chance lowering special defense? Cannot gain rage due to Paradigm Shift. Can Presumably hit Krunder despite his location in the pit (assuming the Stratagem Shifts work) due to her ability which ignores obstructions.

ACC: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%?
Critical Hit Rate: 50% (25% without the crit enhancing Device)

Note: Paradigm Shift Status. (Turn 3 of 5.) Is at 0 rage.

Name: Articuno
Type/Defenses: Flying/Ice

Ability: Pressure
Held Item: Charti Berry

Hitpoints: 794 / 794

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 85

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 100

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 125
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 125

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 170

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (198 hitpoints worth) and Self Ejected (until Sky Drop is Complete)

Used Move: Sky Drop, Flying, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, Eject both user and targets for a turn. Inflict damage to targets when returning to the battlefield on Turn 2.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus G and H
Move Modification: TURN 2 of Sky Drop. Stratagem Effect Attempt! Drop both Delstusaurus E and F into the giant pit. ^,^ STAB. Not Effective

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: +25%
Critical Hit Rate: 31.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Politoed
Type/Defenses: Water

Ability: Drizzle
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 792 / 792

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 75
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 75

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: Tailwind
Modified Speed: 140

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Perish Song, Status Move, AOE, Auto-hit, On the 3rd end phase after hearing this song, all affected targets are KOed unless they switch out.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus A and B. Backlash on User, Ludicolo and Articuno.
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Alakazam
Type/Defenses: Psychic

Ability: Magic Guard
Held Item: Life Orb

Hitpoints: 609 / 609

Base Attack: 50
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 50

Base Defense: 45
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 45

Base Special Attack: 135
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 135

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 120

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications:

Used Move: Mimic, Status Move, Copy a previously used move and use it.

Perish Song, Status Move, AOE, Auto-hit, On the 3rd end phase after hearing this song, all affected targets are KOed unless they switch out.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus C and D. Backlash on Zapdos. (It would also backlash on Alakazam and Xatu but their respective abilities make them immune.)
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: Due to the Ability "Magic Guard", Alakazam is immune to the backlash effect of Perish Song on himself as well as any attacks that would deal damage to him in any way other than straight out damage.

Life Orb only triggers with attacks that would do deal damage, so no life loss this turn.

Name: Ludicolo
Type/Defenses: Water/Grass

Ability: Swift Swim
Held Item: Big Root

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 70
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 70

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 90
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 100

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: Swift Swim
Modified Speed: 140

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy: 100%

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Teeter Dance, Status move, AOE, 100ACC, Inflict Confusion status on the targets.
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus A and B. Backlash on Donovan and Politoed.
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Sakuya
Type/Defenses:
1. -50% Damage ~ Steel, Water, Dark, Fighting
2. -100% Damage ~ Psychic
3. Immunity ~ Flinch, Confuse, Apathy, Exhaustion

Ability: Primal Rage ~ 50% Chance to Crit

Hitpoints: 741 / 847
RDPA Hitpoints: 950

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Attack: 170

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Defense: 190

Base Special Attack: 80
Special Attack Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Special Attack: 130

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 60
Speed Modifications: RDPA +50
Modified Speed: 110

Accuracy Modifications: +1 (Won't work in RDPA)
Modified Accuracy: 100% (Normally 133%, but bonus won't work in RDPA)

Evasion Modifications: HEAVY RDPA
Modified Evasion: 12.5%

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Lunar Beam, Almighty Type, Special, 300 POW
Move Target/s: Delstusaurus A
Move Modification: Almighty type accuracy.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Base Crit rate: 50% (Due to Ability) (Turned off in RDPA?)
Crit Multiplier: +25% (Engineer device not work in RDPA?)
Critical Hit Rate: 12.5%? (HEAVY RDPA bonus)

Notes: RDPA status (Turn 3 of 3)

NOT ACTING

Name: Xatu
Type: Psychic/Flying

Ability: Magic Bounce
Held Item: Twisted Spoon

Hitpoints: 662 / 662

Base Attack: 75
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 75

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 70
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 70

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: Tailwind and +1 stage boost
Modified Speed: 285

Substitute Shield due to Muon's Milk of Plenty (165 hitpoints worth)

Notes: Due to the ability "Magic Bounce", Xatu reflects the effect of all stat lowering status moves (excluding Memento), non-damaging Status ailment inducing moves, entry hazard moves, moves like Taunt and Torment, and so on back to the user. This includes the Perish Song that backlashed onto Xatu who bounced it back to Alakazam who was immune to it in the first place.

Tailwind Bonus Expires at end of turn.

Astral Harmony

01-26-2012, 01:42 PM

-----Action Phase Turn 04 (Lathiron)-----
- Brunswick: Preparing Assault Ram.

"Bloody Rose, Admiral Brunswick. Assault Ram is being prepped and will strike the target, over."
"Admiral Brunswick, Bloody Rose. Assault Ram is being prepped and will strike the target, aye. If I may make a suggestion, the ship should strike the target just as it is about the deploy the attack, over."
"Bloody Rose, Admiral Brunswick. We will deploy the Assault Ram just as the target is preparing its attack, aye aye. Over and out."
As though in preparation, the ship was already starting to move forward.

- Evangaleen: Killshot! Skuldrur E has been defeated. Evangaleen's Rage -50 (25).

Evangaleen targeted the Skuldrur using the zoom function in her visor. Lambdavolt charged an inordinate amount of electrical current and literally lanced the Skuldrur with it, causing the Ruin Pokemon to come all to pieces. Its torso popped clean off of its legs and rolled overboard, leaving a smoking and useless pair of legs the only evidence of the enemy.
"Smokin'." Evangaleen said, fondly stroke underneath Lambdavolt's chin.

- Chizuru: Sceptile has been revived. Sophia's Att has been increased. Hydreigon's Att has been increased. Chizuru's Rage -25 (55).
- Matthias: Normal Pokemon Action. Matthias's Rage +5 (80).
- Leprihare: Irene is recieving help (POW+50% on next attack).
- Nyoka: Lathiron A takes 672 damage. Nyoka's Rage -100 (300).
"Laser eye beams, nyan!" Nyoka shouted, then two thin streams of incinerating light burst from her eyes and smashed into the massive Lathiron, eating two thin holes clean through its horrid body.
- Skuldrur D: Metagross takes 142 damage (599). Pierce's Rage +5 (80).
- Balor: Lathiron A takes 33 damage. Irene's Rage +5 (85).
- Spitz: Lathiron A takes 446 damage. Charlotte's Rage +5 (85).
- Irene: Lathiron A takes 680 damage (HP Shield defeated). Irene's Rage +10 (95).

It was like Irene had struck the final blow in a giant boulder. The black mucus that blanketed Lathiron's body finally slid off its massive bulk, each adhesive piece pulling more of the muck away from its frame and revealing a decidedly disgusting but strangely beautiful sight.
"Gross!" Chizuru recoiled in disgust.
"It's certainly something photo worthy," Irene said as she surveyed her work.
"It gets worse when you zoom in on it," Evangaleen chuckled.
"I'm suddenly hungry for some good haggis," Brunswick commented. "At least we definitely won't miss a target that glows like that."
Lathiron was at once both bioluminescent and completely transparent, allowing the team to see its entire biological makeup even with the heavy rain clawing at them. It was like the beast was some kind of giant crystal figurine. The beast had a huge set of intestines that one could turn into a water slide. They could even see the human corpses sloshing around inside its hideous stomach. And elsewhere, they saw other living creatures. More Skuldrurs by the looks of them.
"Is it preggers?" Evangaleen asked down there. "Those bodies don't look normal. We should try aiming for those."
"Assuming said attacks could eat through all that skin," Irene countered. "Sure, we can see through it, but it looks thicker than Wailord blubber."

- Matthias: Skuldrur D takes 344 damage (623). Skuldrur D is now paralyzed. Matthias's Rage +10 (90).
- Sceptile: Lathiron A takes 114 damage. Lathiron A has been seeded. Elizabeth's Rage +5 (30).
- Pierce: Skuldrur D takes 202 damage (421). Pierce's Rage +10 (95).

"Here goes!" Irene shouted as the ship rapidly picked up speed. Lathiron's disgusting internal features were getting really close.
"All hands, Admiral Brunswick! Brace for impact!"
"Look at Lathiron, Irene-san!" Chizuru shouted. "What's it doing?!"
Thanks to being able to see Lathiron's organs inside its own body, they all got a good view as the Thanatos rushed forward and saw three oversized, identical organs swell up larger than normal.
"I'm assuming it's building up a massive amount of seawater from some large orifice and preparing to blast us with it," Irene observed as the organs stopped enlarging. Then, fleshy tubes connected to those organs started to swell up as well. "We're going to hit Lathiron just before it fires! Quickly, grab onto something!"

- Brunswick: Uses SignTech "Assault Ram". Lathiron A takes 3094 damage. Lathiron is flinching.

The attack was absolutely devastating to nearly both sides. Some of the larger, heavier Pokemon were involved in keeping the other people and Pokemon from being launched overboard from the sudden stop of the ship.
"Elizabeth, I don't think grabbing onto my breasts helped either of us very much," Chizuru said with barely-disguised anger.
Maybe Elizabeth was hoping to acquire some floatation devices instead?
"That damage was insane!" Rachel shouted. "Why didn't we just do this from the start?"
Irene released her grip on Balor's claw and took up her swords. "I'm sure Admiral Brunswick would like to get the Thanatos back to port without the use of industrial cranes."
"We also need room to set up for the Assault Ram...and of course, there is the matter of what's sitting on the deck now."

You don't do that kind of damage to a monstrosity without getting some internal spillage. And Lathiron spilled like a well shaken can of beer. The smell was so awful, it had to be noxious. But what was more interesting was the fact that the human corpses in Lathiron's guts actually poured out of the body onto the deck.

And then they got up.

"Sorry guys," Irene said, eyeing the zombies. "Honmyr's already full to capacity."
"What're you talking about?" Rachel asked her, wiping her stinging eyes.
"I just happen to recognize our dead little friends here," Irene shrugged. "They say opportunity knocks only once, and what's worse for an opportunist is when there're always other assholes around to answer the door. When Honmyr first became a fledgling republic, immigrants poured in from all over the world looking for a way to make their mark, but some weren't exactly welcoming the possible competition for business ventures."
"Immigrants killed other immigrants?" Chizuru asked in terror.
"Sometimes whole vessels were sunk, like ship to ship pirate battles," Irene said. "Kind of a rare thing, really, but it still happened. Of course, a good number of the lost vessels are still under investigation. Evidence isn't strong, but a lot of it points to covert seafaring forces loyal to Kazetsubaki-sama. Even after the immigration trickled down to a halt, homicide was a pretty big thing. It was literally comparable to the loss of life in the First Succession War."
"Damn, that is just...unreal."
"Not the worst tragedy we had ever encountered, nyan. But it does rank somewhat close, nyan." Nyoka told her friend.
Irene took a deep breath. "These poor people suffered unjustified deaths, and were never even given proper burials, but it looks like we have to cut them down here."
"They have black spheres partially embedded in their bodies," Chizuru observed. "Just like the Skuldrur."
"Maybe these are just Skuldrur in some kind of embryonic phase," Irene guessed, whirling Brymstone and directing it at the nearest one. Given how the reanimated bodies were twitching like Skuldrur do nearly all the time, this was actually kinda obvious.

- Skeldude (Poison/Ghost): HP 1600 / Att 90 / SAtt 150 / Def 160 / SDef 100 / Spd 200
1. Spectral Hazard ~ 150 Spec Ghost, 30% Flinch
2. Freak Claw ~ 150 Phys Ruin, HiCrit
3. Freak Mode ~ Self, Att/Def x 2, SAtt/SDef/Spd x .5
4. Poison Suicide ~ 2 Targets, 250 Phys Poison, IgBuff, SelfKO
5. Ability 1: Vile Fear ~ 50% Pre-emp Counter, 100 Phys/Poison, 100% Flinch

- Battlefield Change: Poison Layer ~ Poisons enemy reinforcements.

As the Inquiry Visors picked up the data on these horrid beasts, Lathiron made a rough movement and tore itself free of the Thanatos, spilling more blood and entrails onto the deck and into the sea.
"We've almost got it!" Chizuru urged. "Don't let up!"
"Just remember this is only the first of six," Evangaleen cautioned.

- Sophia: Lathiron A takes 278 damage. Sophia's Rage +10 (45).
- Quiksilver (Metaleon): Aqkuaw A takes 182 damage (44). Rachel's Rage +5 (65).
- Pike (Manetric): Lathiron A takes 114 damage. Hydreigon takes 30 damage (774). Charlotte's Rage +5 (85).
- Hydreigon: Lathiron A takes 470 damage. Sophia's Rage +5 (50).
- Electivire: Critical Hit. Lathiron A takes 212 damage.
- Giratina: Lathiron A takes 164 damage. Chizuru's Rage +5 (60).
- Unownaut: Lathiron A takes 170 damage. Irene's Rage +5 (100)
- Thundurus: Lathiron A takes 90 damage. Electivire's Spd +1.
- Metagross: Aqkuaw A takes 504 damage (defeated). Metagross's Att +1. Pierce's Rage +5 (100). Musharna has been released.
- Ferrothorn: Move Power = 142. Lathiron A takes 312 damage. Rachel's Rage +5 (70).
-----End of Action Phase Turn 04 (Lathiron)-----

-----Upkeep Phase Turn 04 (Lathiron)-----
- Rage Upkeep: Nyoka's Rage +100 (400). Evangaleen's Rage +25 (50).
- Ability/Item Upkeep: Kingdra heals for 143 (Leftovers).
- Status Upkeep: Lathiron A takes 315 damage (Leech Seed/Defeated). Sceptile heals for 315 damage (Leech Seed/659). Skuldrur D takes 82 damage (Poison/541).
- Battlefield Upkeep: Skeldude A-E take 400 damage (Spikesx3/1200). Poison Layer has been created on Enemy Side
- Weather Upkeep: Torrential Rains has ended (Lathiron A's defeat).
-----Upkeep Phase Complete-----

As the mighty Lathiron was taken down by one of the most annoying fucking attacks in the entire Pokemon universe, the deck stopped being slashed with the torrential downpour. Irene took a moment to squeeze some of the water in her hair. "Lathiron A neutralized. Admiral?"
"Sonar team, this is Admiral Brunswick. Report, over." was Admiral Brunswick's only response.
"Admiral, this is the sonar room. Two large masses, each the size of the first Lathiron have broken off from the giant mass. Their direction suggests that they intend to surface on their own, over."
"Understood, thank you. Bloody Rose, I'm gonna mobilize Elshie Turner and some of my combat crew. Not to discount your skills or efforts in this fight, but I absolutely cannot lose the Thanatos."
"Hey, no offensive taken, Admiral. I did kind of want to see what kind of fruit Project Arsenal has bore," Irene said, then turned to the others. "We'd better use this sorta free round to clear some of the enemies on the deck and prep for the next round."

-----Order Phase Turn 05 (Lathiron)-----
- Player Formation: [Targetting Beacon] [Spitz] [Pike] [Hydreigon (Capstan* A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Pierce] [Metagross] [Quiksilver] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Leprihare] [Matthias]
- [B]Enemy Formation: [Skeldude A] [Skeldude B] [Skuldrur D] [Skeldude C] [Skeldude D] [Skeldude E]
- Objects: [Capstan A (Def & SDef+3)] [Capstan B (Def & SDef+3)]
- Battlefield: Spikesx3 (25% Damage to Enemy Reinforcements), Poison Layer (Poison to Enemy Reinforcements)
- Weather: Clear
- Morale: 100% Player / 100% Enemy
- Fog of War: 0% Player / 0% Enemy
----- Order of Turns (Normal)
- [Nyoka (Destroyer): Spd 350, Rg 300]
- [Evangaleen (Sniper): Rg 25]
- [Skuldrur D (Ruin/Water/Poison/Paralyze): HP 541/1300, Sp 260 (130x2)]
- [Spitz (Charlotte/Dark/Spdx3/Otherx1.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 688/688, Spd 210 (70x3)]
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- [Skeldude A (Poison/Ghost/Vile Fear): HP 1200/1600, Spd 200]
- [Skeldude B (Poison/Ghost/Vile Fear): HP 1200/1600, Spd 200]
- [Skeldude C (Poison/Ghost/Vile Fear): HP 1200/1600, Spd 200]
- [Skeldude D (Poison/Ghost/Vile Fear): HP 1200/1600, Spd 200]
- [Skeldude E (Poison/Ghost/Vile Fear): HP 1200/1600, Spd 200]
- [Leprihare (Elizabeth/Normal/Allx1.5): HP 741/741, Spd 195 (130x1.5)]
- [Matthias (Porygon Z/Normal/Download/Lum Berry/Att,Defx1.5/SAttx2.5/SDef,Spdx2): HP 803/803, Rg 85, Spd 190 (95x2)]
- [Electivire (Evangaleen/Electric/Motor Drive/Expert Belt/Spdx2): HP 715/715, Spd 190 (95x1.5)]
- [Sceptile (Elizabeth/Grass/Overgrow/Forest Armor/Allx1.5/Leech): HP 659/688, Spd 180]
- [Thundurus (Evangaleen/Electric/Flying/Allx1.5): HP 731/731, Spd 111]
- [Sophia (Attx2/SAtt,Spdx1.5/WDefx3(Obj)): HP 553/794, Rg 50, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Quiksilver (Rachel/Steel/Attx2.5/SpAtt,WDef,Spdx1.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 660/660, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Hydreigon (Sophia/Dark/Dragon/Attx3.5/WDefx3(Obj)/Otherx1.5): HP 774/804, Spd 147 (98x1.5)]
- [Giratina (Chizuru/Ghost/Dragon/Allx1.5): HP 1111/1111, Spd 135 (90x1.5)]
- [Unownaut (Irene/Psychic/White Herb/Attx2/Otherx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 764/764, Spd 127 (85x1.5)]
- [Thundurus (Evangaleen/Electric/Flying/Prankster/Wise Glasses): HP 731/731, Spd 111]
- [Chizuru (Allx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 60, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Metagross (Pierce/Psychic/Steel/Attx2.5/Spec,Spdx1.5/Defx2.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 599/741, Spd 105 (70x1.5)]
- [Musharna (Chizuru/Psychic/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 506/931, Spd 43 (25x1.5)]
- [Ferrothorn (Grass/Steel/Iron Barbs/Rocky Helmet/Attx2.5/Otherx1.5): HP 709/709, Spd 30 (15x1.5)]
- [Charlotte (Trainer): Rg 85]
- [Rachel: Rg 70]
- [Elizabeth (Trainer): Rg 30]
- [Brunswick (NPC Destroyer): 500 WAtt, Spd Matched to Target

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-----[B]Krunder Battle Turn 05-----
1. [U]Setup Phase
- P-Shift (-20 Rage/T): Donovan (50) / Mio (45) / Silk (45) / Whitney (40)
- Ability: Ditto activates Imposter (Donovan). Ludicolo / Silk activates Swift Swim.
- Items: Mio is healed. Silk Fullheal. Xatu passes action.
- Weather: Rain
- Priority Moves
* Leavanny: Helping Hand (Donovan). Donovan's MPwr +50%.

2. Action Phase
- Donovan: Krunder's Chest -1844 HP.
- Silk: Divided Attack. Krunder's Right Foot -1620 HP. Silk's Rage -25 (20).

Silk's devastating attack caused a strange and terrible noise, rock grating against rock magnified a hundred times over. It was awful.
"The right foot must be buckling under the assault," Silk said. "We must not relent!"
"The bigger they are, the more annoying they sound when they fall, eh?" Whitney's voice was heard over the Inquiry Visors.
"Let's just pray Krunder doesn't fall on us," Sakuya groaned from the internal heat inside her RDPA. God forbid they make high tech pilot-controlled machinery while remembering the pilot's comfort. Sakuya was sweating buckets. "A beast that size and weight would crush me apart in this armor like a vice omnomnoming on a walnut."
Oh well, no need to worry about dieting anytime soon.

- Ditto: Divided Attack. Krunder's Chest -1416 HP. Lola's Rage -25 (25).
- Twiloch: Strategem Shift. Krunder can no longer use contact moves.

Twiloch, still possessing Donovan's shadow, lashed out with long, thin tentacles of inky blackness. They coiled around Krunder's ankles and prevented him from moving his feet.
"You cannot stop us, Twiloch," Krunder said, apparently not phased by how badly the fight was going for him. "No matter how strong you become, no matter how determined your efforts might be, the madness is far more powerful and overwhelming."

- Mio: Divided Attack. Critical Hit. Krunder's Right Foot -4140 HP. Mio's Rage -25 (20).
- Krunder's Chest: SignTech "Umbilical Link".

Long, narrow tendrils of red light shot out of the red crystal in Krunder's spine and lanced every agent and Pokemon on the battlefield. It didn't hurt, but that only made it more unsettling. Just what was Krunder planning?

- Krunder's Left Hand: Uses Crystal Barb. Gyarados -450 HP.
- Krunder's Right Hand: Uses Crystal Barb. Rapidash -1262 HP. Lola's Rage +5 (30).

Unable to use his hands to smite his foes directly, Krunder directed them at individual opponents, opened them up, and let crimson shards from the crystal stakes in his hands dart out and smash into both Gyarados and Rapidash. Gyarados, given it's bolstered defenses, survived the onslaughter. Rapidash wasn't so fortunate.

- Ursaring: Krunder's Right Foot -750 HP (Defeated).

[I]Crunch! It was a terrible noise as Krunder's right foot buckled under the weight of its leg and shattered into several huge chunks, scattering across the mud. There was a bunch of red dust mixed in with the plume of airborne bone fragments, suggesting the crystal stake in its foot was vaporized instantaneously. Krunder fell on its right knee and left hand to stabilize itself, though it didn't seem like the monstrous Ruin General was in any pain.

- Gyarados: Stratagem Shift. Krunder's Left Foot is flinching. Krunder's Chest -162 HP. Gyarados -16 HP (354).

"Twiloch, let's do this together!" Sakuya said, directing Gyarados to attack Krunder's chest.
"This should hopefully seal the deal," Twiloch hissed, giving his dark tendrils a very powerful yank.
The synchronous attack saw Krunder yanked off of his knee and onto his ass. Twiloch kept his tendrils taut, dragging Krunder's remaining foot into the air. His left hand dug into the solid mud and his right hand hung over the edge of the massive pit.
"You're not doing so well, Krunder."
Krunder paused when he heard her voice. That goddamn woman again.
The beautiful and kind voice spoke only the wise and cruel truth. "You really should listen to your shadowy friend, you know. Did you honestly believe that you could take and take and take from the Rezonscape and never give anything back?"
Krunder groaned, though one couldn't tell if it was from embarrassment or the weight of the truth.
"My ears are always listening. My hand is always willing to accept yours."
"Krunder is strange," Twiloch murmured to himself. "I mean, he wasn't like this the last time I saw him to begin with, but this time he's much different. Why can't I figure it out?"

- Krunder's Eye: Uses SignTech "Blast Sweep".
- Lobo: Uses SignTech "Stagger Shot". Krunder's Eye has flinched.

"Energy levels rapidly building on the eye," Alice reported, taking readings. "Expect an extremely powerful attack incoming."
"An extremely powerful attack? No, more like destruction."
Everyone turned to face Twiloch, still fused with Donovan's shadow.
"The eye has its statistics multiplied by the other parts of his body. We've destroyed one, sure, but that eye is still beyond the grasp of our power. I think only a handful of us are going to survive this."

Then something happened. Just as Krunder's Eye was about to unleash raw destruction on an epic scale-

"Peelz here!"

...

Buh?

Just then, a cluster of high explosive shells slammed into Krunder's thick skull from the jungle, knocking the beast closer to the massive hole behind it and causing the finger thin red beam of light to fire upward, slicing the clouds.
Krunder was staggering on its remaining foot.

A quick glance to the right revealed two individuals near the jungle, one decidedly female and the other clearly a giant robot of some sort.

"You have to hurry and destroy that eye," the woman said through the Inquiry Visor. "That Ruin General hasn't surrendered entirely to the Rezonscape yet, but he's about to considering how much you've pushed him over the edge."
"Edelweiss!" Sakuya nearly shrieked, turning the Hiroshiho Rei towards the jungle and brandishing the beam naginata.
The woman began to stroll down towards the formation. "Knock it off, Cuntface-sama. We've got to deal with that runaway dinosaur exhibit first. If you wish to avenge your lost friends, do it after that."
"Why, you goddamned-"
"Empress, if I may interject," Silk said calmly. "Edelweiss is right. We don't need to fight her right now, but we do need to defeat Krunder. Please, let us bury our rage until a more appropriate time and bend our will to the task at hand."
Sakuya was quiet for a moment, then turned the Hiroshiho Rei back at Krunder. "Fine. Let's just hurry up and do this. But know this, Edelweiss, one this fight is over, I'm staining this mud crimson with your insides."

Edelweiss grinned. It was fucking frightening. "Lookin' forward to it."
Edelweiss joined the group and stood apart from the formation while the giant robot maintained position. The robot was impressive, but just what the hell kind of metal was Edelweiss hauling? It was probably the largest minigun one had ever seen wielded by a person, and to add insanity to ridiculousness, there was an oversized bayonette attached to it that would put Ashley from Wild Arms 2 to shame.
"That's my first time seeing the Bahamut," Jeanette said, identifying Edelweiss's signature weapon. "Even with personal powered battle armor, Edelweiss has to have unbelieveable strength to haul and aim something like that, not to mention the recoil."
"I wouldn't be second-in-command in Adonova if I couldn't use this weapon," Edelweiss said calmly.

- Alice: Critical Hit. Delstaurus A's HP -93 (1962). Alice's Rage +10 (40).
- Zapdos: Strategem Shift Success. Delstaurus E & F remain ejected.

Zapdos altered its course upon Alphonsine's command, effortlessly dropping the two Delstaurus it was carrying into the gaping pit.
"Taking out Honmyr's trash, one undesired fossil at a time," Alphonsine approved.

- Whitney: Krunder's Chest HP -816. Krunder's Chest is immune to debuffs. Whitney's HP -81 (583).
- Articuno: Strategem Shift Counter (Krunder's Left Hand / Modified Bone Sledge). Articuno's HP -661 (133).

"Not this time, little birdie!" Krunder shouted, and with surprising speed that defied its size, Krunder's pimpslapped Articuno clear out of the sky with the back of its left hand, sending Articuno crashing into the ground near Alphonsine like a falling piano. The Delstaurus were dropped during the collision between bird and bone, causing the two monsters to safely land and pick themselves up, ready for action on the next turn.

- Delstaurus A: Uses Red Ray. Ludicolo's HP -349 (392). Ludicolo's WDef -1. Moon's Rage +5 (25).
- Delstaurus B: Uses Chaos Dirge. Alakazam's HP -1161 (defeated). Angelo's Rage +5 (65).
- Delstaurus C: Uses Rending Ribs. Critical Hit. Articuno's HP -1676 (defeated). Alphonsine's Rage +5 (25).
- Delstaurus D: Delstaurus D is still asleep.
- Politoed: Delstaurus A & B, Ludicolo & Politoed are going to die (Perish Song Tx3). Articuno is immune to Perish Song...'cause...y'know...it's dead 'n' stuff.
- Ludicolo: Delstaurus A & B & Politoed are now confused. Donovan resists confusion due to Shadow Sync. And because I say so. Praise the overlord!

"Just what exactly are you guys doing?" Edelweiss demanded. "I thought the eye was the weak point?"
"Yeah, but we can't hit its weak point for massive damage as of yet," Twiloch explained calmly. "The vital statistics of the eye are multiplied exponentially by the mere existence of those other crystals stakes. We can't inflict damage anywhere near sufficient to it until we annihilate those other parts."
Edelweiss cursed sulfurously. "Lobo! How close is Target Epsilon?!"
"Calculating," Lobo spoke. "Target Epsilon is dangerously close. We believe it may already be having contact with the Ruin General."
"This won't go well," Edelweiss groaned. "Alright, we'll stick around and help 'em out. Otherwise, they're dead and that's just more weight on our shoulders."
"What are you two talking about?" Jeanette asked her. "What the hell is Target Epsilon?"
"That's our name for the mobile Rezonscape epicenter."
"Mobile?"
"Wait, you're the professor researching your sexy little ass off to all matters Rezonscape affiliated and you don't know about the mobile epicenter? Irene knows. How come you don't know?"
Jeanette sighed. "I...need to talk to some people after this...after about six drinks."
"I assume you desire to learn more about the Rezonscape from those of us who don't care about silly things like risk and morals," Edelweiss said. "Feel free to ask all you like about the Rezonscape. I don't care what you guys know. S'not like you can do much about it."
"Why hasn't Irene told us about this mobile epicenter thing?" Lola asked no one in particular.
"You probably shouldn't be talking, Lola," Shannon advised. "I'm sure some of us are already confused by all the sienna colored text."
"Need to know," Moon offered. "We aren't in the military where need to know actually applies, but PATCA still has sensitive information that I'm sure the top officers won't tell us grunt agents until it's directly involved in our missions. Besides, don't forget what Edelweiss said. 'S'not like you can do much about it', yes? Irene probably didn't tell us not because we don't need to know, but because we couldn't do anything with the information if we did know."
"We will need the information now, though." Mio countered. "Edelweiss, please tell us what we should do to avert mission failure."

"Sure, listen carefully," Edelweiss cleared her voice. "Like I said before, Epsilon is a mobile source of the madness that gives us the power of rage."
"So, a mobile Rezonscape epicenter like you said before."
"Exactly. Now, strong minds can resist the dense madness to an extent. For example, robots like Lobo and certain Pokebrids and Pokesapiens, like members of Pokegeddon or these Ruin Generals. In order to...uhhh...graduate to a Madsoldier, they sort of have to submit to the madness voluntarily. The stationary Rezonscape epicenter is nowhere near us, so Krunder can't use it to go all Madsoldier on us."
"But the [I]mobile epicenter..." Alphonsine breathed.
"Right," Edelweiss nodded. "The longer you guys hammer Krunder, the more inclined he'll be to submit to the madness just to wipe you out, and when Epsilon gets close enough, it's game time. So, Lobo and I are going to stay here and help you destroy Krunder."
"And then you'll kill us?" Sakuya accused.
"Nope. Believe it or not, I need you. All of you."
"Why?"
"'Cause she said so."
"Who said?"
Edelweiss winked. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Irene. It's goddamn Irene Crosswald, isn't it?!"
"I can neither confirm nor deny-"
Sakuya didn't say anything.
Edelweiss grinned again. That same, terrible grin that could freeze the sun over. "Aw, what's the matter, Empress? Are you really that upset to discover that Honmyr's no longer under your control? Actually, it never was, was it? Your father couldn't win the First Successionary War before you were ever crowned the queen, and you couldn't win the Second Successionary War because of myself, Irene, and the superb strength of the Honmyr Prideguard. Believe in your honor, your traditions, and your samurai spirit all you'd like, but they won't carry you above and beyond those who are really in charge. Hell, it won't even get you outside our shadows."
Sakuya still didn't say anything.
"After the battle, right?"
"..."

3. Upkeep Phase Turn 06
- Rage Upkeep: N/A
- Ability/Item Upkeep: N/A
- Status Upkeep: Ursaring takes 99 damage (596).
- Battlefield Upkeep: Still a large hole back there.
- Weather Upkeep: Rainstorm is still in effect.

4. Order Phase Turn 07
- Player Formation 1: [Alice] [Donovan] [Lucidolo] [Politoed] [Zapdos] [Xatu] [Gyarados] [Sakuya RDPA] [Silk] [Ditto] [Mio] [Rage Shower Device]
- Player Formation 2 (Protected): [Edelweiss] [Lobo]
- Enemy Formation 1: [Delstaurus A] [Delstaurus B] [Delstaurus C] [Delstaurus D] [Krunder's Right Foot (L-Type)] [Krunder's Left Hand (L-Type)] [Delstaurus E] [Delstaurus F] [Open Slot] [Open Slot]
- Enemy Formation 2: [Krunder's Right Hand (L-Type)]
- Enemy Formation 3: [Krunder's Chest (L-Type)]
- Enemy Formation 4: [Krunder's Eye (L-Type)]

5. [U]Order of Turns
- [Donovan (Sharpedo/Dark/Water/Speed Boost/P-Shift/Lum Berry/Shark HuntTx3/Shadow SyncTx3/Spdx4/Otherx3.5): HP 767/767, Rg 50, Spd 1358 (97x4, P-Shift & TailwindTx2)]
- [Silk (Kabutops/Water/Rock/Swift Swim/P-Shift/AllStatx4.5): HP 741/741, Rg 20, Spd 900 (90x5 & Swift Swim)]
- [Ditto (Lola/Sharpedo Morph/Water/Dark/AllStatx2): HP 572/572, Spd 848 (Imposter & Tailwind)]
- [Twiloch (Destroyer/Ruin/Dark): Rg 200, Spd 600]
- [Mio (Narcham/Ruin/Dark/Sniper/P-Shift/AllStatx4.5): HP 700/767, Rg 20, Spd 550 (110x5)]
- [Gyarados (Sakuya/Water/Flying/AllStatx2.5): HP 354/820, Spd 324 (81x2.5)
- [Krunder's Chest (Boss/Ground/Ruin): HP 20762/25000, Spd 300]
- [Xatu (Angelo/Psychic/Flying/Magic Bounce/Twisted Spoon/Spdx1.5): HP 662/662 (Shield 165), Spd 285 (95xTailwindTx1)]
- [Krunder's Left Hand (Boss/Ground/Ruin/AllStatx.67): HP 9807/15000, Spd 280]
- [Krunder's Right Hand (Boss/Ground/Ruin): HP 11687/15000, Spd 280]
- [Ursaring (Sakuya/Normal/Guts/Toxic Orb/Att,Spdx4.5/Otherx2.5): HP 596/794, Spd 275 (55xRDPA/TailwindTx1)]
- [Krunder's Left Foot (Boss/Ground/Ruin): HP 15000/15000, Spd 250]
- [Krunder's Eye (Boss/Ruin/Ground): HP 24688/25000, Spd 210]
- [Zapdos (Alphonsine/Flying/Eletric/Lightning Rod/Bright Powder)]: HP 794/794 (Shield 198), Spd 200 (100xTailwindTx2)]
- [Whitney (Sniper/Gardevoir/Psychic/Simple/P-Shift/SAttx4): HP 583/762, Rg 0, Spd 180 (90xPShift)]
- [Delstaurus A (Ruin/Steel/Confuse/Perish Songx3): HP 1962/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus B (Ruin/Steel/Confuse/Perish Songx3): HP 2278/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus C (Ruin/Steel): HP 2055/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus D (Ruin/Steel/Sleep/Confuse): HP 2500/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus E (Ruin/Steel): HP 2479/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus F (Ruin/Steel): HP 2454/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus G (Ruin/Steel/Eject Into Pit): HP 2459/2500, Spd 160]
- [Delstaurus H (Ruin/Steel/Eject Into Pit): HP 2459/2500, Spd 160]
- [Ludicolo (Moon/Water/Grass/Swift Swim/Big Root/WDefx.67/Perish Songx3): HP 392/741, Spd 140 (70xSwift Swim)]
- [Politoed (Moon/Water/Drizzle/Wise Glasses/Confuse/Perish Songx3): HP 792/792, Spd 70 (140xTailwind)]
- [Sakuya (RDPA/Spdx2): HP 847/847 (RDPA 950/1270), Rg 100, Spd 110 (60xRDPA)]
- [Alice (Engineer): HP 741/847, Rg 40, Spd 100]
- [Leavanny (Bug/Grass/Occa Berry): HP 715/715, Spd 92]
- [Shannon (Trainer): Rg 30]
- [Angelo (Trainer): Rg 65]
- [Moon (Trainer): Rg 25]
- [Alphonsine (Trainer): Rg 20]

"If you're trying to pick a fight with Kazetsubaki-sama, please stop it until after the battle," Silk groaned. "So, how exactly are you going to help us destroy Krunder?"
"I'll add my high damage to yours in order to take out those crystal stakes faster," Edelweiss explained, then gestured to Lobo. "Lobo, whip out the Blast Driver. Whenever Krunder's Eye prepares that damn SignTech, you let him have it."
"A Blast Driver?" Jeanette said. "Geez, talk about overkill."

Then Lobo did something awesome. Both of his arms, and a good portion of his torso seemed to melt down and reform as a giant cannon of some sort.

"Blast Driver...prepared," Lobo said.
"Is he entirely made out of nanomachines?" Jeanette asked.
"Not entirely, but enough," Edelweiss shrugged.
"Is there something special about Blast Drivers?" Lola asked Jeanette.
"A Blast Driver is a special cannon that is designed to deal with enemies protected by armor," Moon recalled. "When fired, an armored piercing high explosive shell pounds itself right through the armor shell and then detonates, killing the soft targets inside. Basically, think the combination of a tank shell with a bunker buster bomb. It's specifically designed to deal with RDPAs, heavy turrets, armored tanks, and probably even stuff like the Gabriel Force Automechs."
"Don't worry, Sakuya. Lobo is only going to be keeping that eye from destroying us."
"For as long as you tell him to, at least," Sakuya said sourly.

Menarker

03-06-2012, 02:29 PM

Battle data for Lathiron formation since Lathiron group's content is seemingly unavailable.

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Formation:
[Targetting Beacon] [Unownaut] [Irene] [Balor] [Arceus] [Pike] [Hydreigon (Capstan* A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Pierce] [Metagross] [Quiksilver] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Leprihare] [Matthias]

1: Hyacinth joins the Party! (Gardevoir form) Trace activates: Copies Skeldude's Ability "Vile Fear" ~ 50% Pre-emp Counter, 100 Phys/Poison, 100% Flinch.
2: Charlotte uses Trainer Action Kick the Dog on Pike (+3 Speed, -1/4 HP). Rage is 85.
3: Chizuru: Medic Action) X* Speed on Hydreigon and Sophia. X Speed on Pierce and Metagross. Spends* 25 Rage to use Restore on Pike and Hydreigon (+50% HP). Rage is 45.
Rachel: Rage is 70.
Elizabeth: Rage is 30.
Evangaleen: Gains 25 Rage (75).
4: Matthias uses Pokebrid Action (Normal). He gains 5 rage. (85)
Hyancith uses Pokebrid Action (Psychic) on Skeldude E. It is confused.
5: Hyacinth uses Rage Rocket on self (75 Rage)

Speed List: (Not strictly order of actions)

350: Nyoka
330: Pike
240: Pierce
220: Sophia
200: Balor
200: Irene
196: Hydreigon
190: Electivire
190: Matthias
180: Sceptile
180: Arceus
165: Quiksilver (Metaleon)
140: Metagross
135: Hyacinth
135: Giratina
127: Unownaut
111: Thundurus
43: Musharna
30: Ferrothorn

Action Summary:

(195) HP: 741/741. Leprihare: Helping Hand on Sophia. (Priority)
(350) Nyoka: Nyoka Laser Eye Beams! twice on Skeldude B and Skuldrur D (-100 Rage)
(315) HP: 688/688, Pike: Bite on Skeldude B.
(240) HP: 847/847, Pierce: Uses Union Tech "Solidarity Counter" on entire enemy formation (affects six enemies). Nullturn on enemies. Pays the full cost (Rage -50).
(220) HP: 553/794, Sophia: Rage is 50. Neuron Disruptor (Psychic) on Skeldude D.
(200) HP: 792/792, Balor: Exodus Breath on Skeldude C.*
(200) HP: 847/847, Irene: Uses Signature Technique "Warforge" (Rage becomes 30). Grimslay on Skeldude A.*
(196) HP: 804/804 Hydreigon: Psych Up on Irene, copies her half stat boosts (+3 to all stats).
(190) HP: 715/715, Electivire: Thunder Punch on Skeldude D.*
(190) HP: 803/803, Matthias: Psych Up on Irene (+3 to all stats).*
(180) HP: 659/688, Sceptile: Nature Blaster on Skeldude C.*
(180) HP: 952/952 Arceus: Switches in for Spitz. Shadow Ball on Skeldude C.
(165) HP: 660/660, Quiksilver: Swords Dance on self.*
(140) HP: 599/741, Metagross: Iron Defense on self.
(135) HP: 762 / 762 Hyancinth: Psych Up on Irene (+3 to all stats).
(135) HP: 1111/1111, Giratina: Ominous Wind on Skeldude D.*
(127) HP: 764/764, Unownaut: Psycho Cut on Skeldude D.*
(111) HP: 731/731, Thundurus: Psychic on Skeldude C.
(30) HP: 709/709, Ferrothorn: Gyro Ball on Skeldude C.*
(43) HP: 506/929, Musharna: Not acting.

General note that all attacks to Skeldudes have 50% chance to be intercepted due to their Vile Fear ability. Haven't mentioned it.

Name: Leprihare
Type/Defenses: Normal

Ability: 10% chance to inflict Love on the enemy when a move makes contact. Pokemon become easier to Snag, adding a 5% chance.
Held Item: Dominatix Whip
Brings out the inner masochist in you. Chance to inflict Love or Infatuation from a move or ability increases by 10%.

Hitpoints: 741 / 741

Base Attack: 95
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Attack: 142

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 65
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Special Attack: 97

Base Special Defense: 110
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Special Defense: 165

Base Speed: 130
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene
Modified Speed: 195

Accuracy Modifications: NA
Modified Accuracy:

Evasion Modifications: NA
Modified Evasion:

Other Modifications: NA

Used Move: Helping Hand, Status move
Move Target/s: Sophia
Move Modification: Increases the POW of the attack it uses this turn by 50%. This move is an increased priority move.

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Nyoka

Base Attack: 500

Base Special Attack: 500

Base Speed: 350

Used Move: Nyoka Laser Eye Beam (Almighty, Special, 125 PWR, 2 adjacent Targets, 125 Pwr, HiCrit)
Move Target/s: Skeldude B and Skuldrur D
Move Modification: Used Twice (-100 rage). 300 Rage Remaining.

Name: Pike (Teslahound)
Type/Defenses: Electric

Ability: Rerouted (Same as Lightning Rod, but it redirects 25% of the electric attack back to an enemy that is weakest against it.)
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 820 / 820

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Defense: 120

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Kick the Dog
Modified Speed: 330

Used Move: Bite (Dark, Physical, 60 POW, 100 ACC, 30% base chance flinch)
Move Target/s: Skeldude B
Move Modification: Super Effective, 60% chance of flinch due to super effectiveness.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Pierce
Defenses: Normal, Water, Grass, Psychic

Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 80
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 120

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 75
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 112

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed
Modified Speed: 240

Used Move: UNION-TECH �Solidarity Counter�. Status.
Move Target/s: Enemy Formation (6 Foes)
Move Modification: Enemy targets lose their turn. Pierce pays the full cost (Rage -50).

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Sophia
Defenses: -50% Ruin, Water, Dragon.

Hitpoints: 553 / 794

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 230

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Defense: 255

Base Special Attack: 110
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 165

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan.
Modified Special Defense: 270

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed
Modified Speed: 220

Used Move: Neuron Disruptor (Psychic, Physical, 130 POW, 100 ACC)
Move Target/s: Skeldude D
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective. Bonus from Helping Hand

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Balor
Type: Dragon/Poison

Ability: Miasma Fumes ~ 30% chance of BadPois on physical attacking unit.
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 792 / 792

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 240

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 150
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 180

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed.
Modified Speed: 200

Used Move: Exodus Breath (Poison, Special, 150 POW, 100 ACC, 50% Bad Poison)
Move Target/s: Skeldude C
Move Modification: STAB, Not very effective (Half), Bad Poison cannot be afflicted due to target's poison type.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Bonus: NA
Crit Rate: 6.25%

Note: Holding Lum Berry, which will instantly negate any status effect.

Name: Irene
Type/Defenses:
1: 50% Damage ~ Normal, Steel, Fire, Poison, Ice, Ghost
2: Immunities ~ Bleed, Burn, Poison, Frozen, Death

Ability: Powerful Presence ~ Ally Formation get +1 to all stats.
Hitpoints: 847 / 847

Base Attack: 150
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from X Attack. (+6 after Warforge)
Modified Attack: 375 (600)

Base Defense: 140
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+6 after Warforge)
Modified Defense: 210 (560)

Base Special Attack: 50
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+6 after Warforge)
Modified Special Attack: 75 (200)

Base Special Defense: 60
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+6 after Warforge)
Modified Special Defense: 90 (240)

Base Speed: 100
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed. (+6 after Warforge)
Modified Speed: 200 (400)

Used Move: Grimslay (Ghost type, Physical, 130 power, 100% accuracy. 50% of instant death on target).
Move Target/s: Skeldude A
Move Modification: Super effective, STAB, Helping Hand, 100% instant death due to super effectiveness.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Bonus: NA
Critical Rate: 6.25%

Name: Hydreigon
Defenses: Dark/Dragon

Hitpoints: 804 / 804

Ability: Levitate
Held Item: Expert Belt

Base Attack: 105
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from previous Psych Up
Modified Attack: 420

Base Defense: 90
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan. (+6 after his move), and Psych Up for +3. (Total of +6 after his move)
Modified Defense: 270 (360)

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after his move)
Modified Special Attack: 187 (375)

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +3 from Capstan, +3 from Psych Up (Total of +6 after his move)
Modified Special Defense: 270 (360)

Base Speed: 98
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Speed which is replaced by +3 from Psych Up (+4 after his move)
Modified Speed: 196 (294)

Used Move: Psych Up, Normal, Status. Copies half of target's Stat boosts and debuffs.
Move Target/s: Irene
Move Modification: Primary stats are set to +3. (His effective stats are +4 though due to Irene's aura)

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Electivire
Type/Defenses: Electric

Ability: Motor Drive
Held Item: Expert Belt

Hitpoints: 715 / 715

Base Attack: 123
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 123

Base Defense: 67
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 67

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 95

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 85

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +2 for Electrivire's trigger ability from Discharge.
Modified Speed: 190

Used Move: Thunderpunch (Electric, Physical, contact, 75 power, 100% accuracy. 10% chance of inflicting Paralysis).
Move Target/s: Skeldude D
Move Modification: STAB

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: Sniper
Critical Hit Rate: 25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Matthias
Type/Defenses: Normal (Porygon Z form)

Ability: Download
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 803 / 803

Base Attack: 90
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Attack: 135 (270)

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Defense: 127 (255)

Base Special Attack: 117
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's ability, +1 from Quiver Dance, +1 from Download. (+4 after Psych Up which replaces Quiver Dance and Download bonus)
Modified Special Attack: 292 (351)

Base Special Defense: 87
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance. (+4 after Psych Up which replaces Quiver Dance bonus)
Modified Special Defense: 174 (261)

Base Speed: 95
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from Quiver Dance. (+4 after Psych Up which replaces Quiver Dance bonus)
Modified Speed: 190 (285)

Used Move: Psych Up, Normal, Status. Copies half of target's Stat boosts and debuffs.
Move Target/s: Irene
Move Modification: Primary stats are set to +3. (His effective stats are +4 though due to Irene's aura)

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: Lum Berry cleanse Matthias of first instance of negative status condition.

Name: Sceptile
Type/Defenses: Grass

Ability: Overgrow
Held Item: Forest Armor
A green-and-black suit of armor for Sceptile. Reduces incoming damage by 5% and adds a 20% chance to inflict Leech Seed to all Grass-type attacks.

Hitpoints: 659 / 688

Base Attack: 85
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 127

Base Defense: 65
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 97

Base Special Attack: 105
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 157

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 127

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Dragon Pulse (Dragon, Special, 90 power, 100 ACC, does not make contact).
Move Target/s: Skeldude C.
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: Custom held item reduces incoming damage by 5%.

Name: Arceus
Type/Defenses: Normal

Ability: Multi-Type
Held Item: Dragon Plate

Hitpoints: 952 / 952

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 120
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 180

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 180

Base Special Defense: 120
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 180

Base Speed: 120
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 180

Used Move: Shadow Ball (Ghost, Special, 80 POW, 100 ACC, 20% chance to reduce target's Special Defense by 1 stage)
Move Target/s: Skeldude C
Move Modification: Super Effective, 40% chance to reduce Special Defense due to super effectiveness.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Note:

Name: Metaleon
Type/Defenses: Steel

Ability: Sturdy
Held Item: Salac Berry

Hitpoints: 662 / 662

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, (+3 after Sword Dance)
Modified Attack: 195 (325)

Base Defense: 95
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Defense: 142

Base Special Attack: 60
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Attack: 90

Base Special Defense: 65
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Special Defense: 97

Base Speed: 110
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill
Modified Speed: 165

Used Move: Sword Dance (Normal, Status, User raises attack stat by 2 stages)
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy ratio: NA

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Note: If its health hits 33%, Salac berry activates and gives it +1 speed boost.

Name: Metagross
Type/Defenses: Steel / Psychic

Ability: Clear Body
Held Item: Expert Belt

Hitpoints: 599 / 741

Base Attack: 135
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from previous Meteor Mash
Modified Attack: 270

Base Defense: 130
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Iron Defense (+4 after his action)
Modified Defense: 325 (455)

Base Special Attack: 95
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 142

Base Special Defense: 90
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 135

Base Speed: 70
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill and +1 from X Speed
Modified Speed: 140

Used Move: Iron Defense, Steel type, Status. Raise Defense Stat 2 stages.
Move Target/s: User
Move Modification: NA

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: NA

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Hyacinth (Gardevoir form)
Type/Defenses: Psychic

Ability: Trace
Held Item: Leftovers

Hitpoints: 762 / 762

Base Attack: 82
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Attack: 123 (246)

Base Defense: 82
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Defense: 123 (246)

Base Special Attack: 112
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Special Attack: 168 (336)

Base Special Defense: 107
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Special Defense: 160 (321)

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill. (+4 after Psych Up)
Modified Speed: 135 (270)

Used Move: Psych Up, Normal, Status. Copies half of target's Stat boosts and debuffs.
Move Target/s: Irene
Move Modification: Primary stats are set to +3. (Her effective stats are +4 though due to Irene's aura)

Notes:

Name: Girantina
Type/Defenses: Ghost/Dragon

Ability: Telepathy
Held Item: Griseous Orb: Dragon and Ghost moves get extra 20% power. (If this item is lost, Girantina's stats is modified to Altered Forme. See online for details.)

Hitpoints: 1111 / 1111

Base Attack: 120
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 180

Base Defense: 100
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 150

Base Special Attack: 120
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 180

Base Special Defense: 100
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 150

Base Speed: 90
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 135

Used Move: Ominous Wind (Ghost, Special, 60 power, 100 ACC, 10% chance to boost all of user's primary stats by 1 stage.
Move Target/s: Skeldude D
Move Modification: STAB, super effective. Power of the move modified to 72 power due to held item. Chance of getting +1 to all stats improved to 20% due to Super Effectiveness.

Accuracy ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Unownaut
Type: Psychic

Ability: Levitate
Held Item: White Herb

Hitpoints: 767 / 767

Base Attack: 130
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +1 from X Attack.
Modified Attack: 260

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill,
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 130
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 195

Base Special Defense: 85
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 127

Base Speed: 85
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 127

Used Move: Psycho Cut (Psychic, Physical, non contact, 70 power, 100 ACC).
Move Target/s: Skeldude D
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective. Increased Crit. (Noted below)

Accuracy ratio: 100%.

Crit Multiplier: +1
Critical Hit Rate: 12.5%

Notes: White Herb negates stat debuffs instantly.

Name: Thundurus
Type/Defenses: Electric/Flying

Ability: Prankster
Held Item: Wise Glasses

Hitpoints: 736 / 736

Base Attack: 115
Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Attack: 115

Base Defense: 70
Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Defense: 70

Base Special Attack: 125
Special Attack Modifications: NA
Modified Special Attack: 125

Base Special Defense: 80
Special Defense Modifications: NA
Modified Special Defense: 80

Base Speed: 111
Speed Modifications: NA
Modified Speed: 111

Used Move: Psychic (Psychic, Special, 90 POW, 100 ACC, 10% base chance lower target special defense 1 stage)
Move Target/s: Skeldude C
Move Modification: Super Effective, Base Power of move is increased by 10% due to held item �Wise Glasses�. 20% of target's defense lowering one stage due to super effectiveness.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: Sniper Bonus
Critical Hit Rate: 25%

Notes: (Include any other modification such as Evasion or Accuracy)

Name: Ferrothorn
Type/Defenses: Steel/Grass

Ability: Iron Barbs
Held Item: Rocky Helmet

Hitpoints: 709 / 709

Base Attack: 94
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill, +2 from Swords Dance.
Modified Attack: 235

Base Defense: 131
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 196

Base Special Attack: 54
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 81

Base Special Defense: 116
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 174

Base Speed: 20
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 30

Used Move: Gyro Ball, Steel type, Physical, Variable Power, 100 ACC. Its power is dependant on how slow the user is compared to its target.
Move Target/s: Skeldude C
Move Modification: STAB, Super Effective. Base Power = 25 � (Target's Current Speed / User's Current Speed) The maximum base power that can be reached with Gyro Ball is 150.

Accuracy Ratio: 100%

Crit Multiplier: NA
Critical Hit Rate: 6.25%

Notes: Because of held item Rocky Helmet and the ability Iron Barbs, contact moves used against this Pokemon will damage the attacker with 7/24 of their maximum HP. (Might do less damage against bosses)

Not Acting:

Name: Musharna
Type/Defenses: Psychic

Ability: Synchronize
Held Item: Lum Berry

Hitpoints: 506 / 931

Base Attack: 55
Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Attack: 82

Base Defense: 85
Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Defense: 127

Base Special Attack: 107
Special Attack Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Attack: 160

Base Special Defense: 95
Special Defense Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Special Defense: 142

Base Speed: 29
Speed Modifications: +1 from Irene's Character skill.
Modified Speed: 43

Notes: Holding Lum Berry, which will cure any status effect instantly.
Is considered Ejected.

Astral Harmony

03-27-2012, 05:03 PM

-----Lathiron Battle Turn 05-----
1. Setup Phase
The ships were making the seas tremble and shake with all of their fury in the battle. Despite everything that had been ceasing in the blasts up above, this lull seemed to be the last straw for a particular girl in the deep water. A shadow was being cast over her and making her scream out internally. At least it did when she flew directly up and figured out that she was ramming her head right into the floor of the thick metal boat.

"Ah, who put this thing here?" Hyacinth mentally exclaimed to herself, rubbing her head, and doing it mentally because noise didn't exactly flow well underwater. She then looked left and right and noticed that it was actually still daytime, and that this huge shadow was just that of something very large and 'very' noisy. The girl was fast though, and in a mere moment she was above the water. It all dripped off in trails of sparkling sea off of her wings and legs, first into the ocean and then onto the dock of the ship as she perched on the railing of the side with a glare at all of the people on board.

"So, what's with all this noise up here? I'm 'trying' to sleep!"

"Um," was all Irene could say. "We're...sorry? Wait, are you okay? There're giant monsters raging around down there. How are we the ones who disturbed your sleep?"
One of the Skeldude tried to capitalize on the distraction and bumrushed Irene, lengthened claws reaching out. Just as it leapt to try and gore Irene, Hyacinth focused on the strange creature.

- Hyacinth: Activates "Trace". Copies Skeldude's Ability "Vile Fear" ~ 50% Pre-emp Counter, 100 Phys/Poison, 100% Flinch.

Irene skillfully deflected the Skeldude's blow and bashed it in its warped face with a swift and solid pommel strike, sending it reeling back.
For Hyacinth, using Trace was similar to scanning the Skeldude in a more pure, spiritual form. To describe it best, it was like being a fighter who could just look at someone, immediately learn exactly how they fight, and even mimic it to an extent. Yep, just to an extent. These freaks had certain things about them that Hyacinth just couldn't copy. Like those freakishly long narrow claws and the sheer lack of flesh and meat on the body.

- Charlotte: Activates "Kick the Dog". Pike's HP -205 (615). Pike's Spd +3.
- Chizuru: Activates Medic Action. Hydreigon, Sophia, Pierce & Metagross Spd +1. Pike & Hydreigon's HP are fully healed.
- Matthias: Activates Normal Pokebrid Action. Matthias's Rage +5 (85).
- Hyacinth: Activates Psychic Pokebrid Action. Skeldude E is confused.
- Hyacinth: Uses Rage Rocket on self. Hyacinth's Rage +25 (75).

"You're going to fight them with us?" Irene asked Hyacinth. "Well, alright, but please be very careful. These monsters aim to take down the entire ship, all hands included, and I don't think they appreciate new challengers."

- Pierce: Activates UnityTech "Solidarity Counter". Enemy Formation is now cockblocked.

"Neat. It's a priority move." Chizuru approved.
"Well, if the enemies you're targeting have already moved, you kinda completed wasted fifty Rage." Irene shrugged.

- Leprihare: Uses Helping Hand on Sophia. Sophia's Pwr +50%.

2. Action Phase
- Nyoka: Critical Hit! Skeldude B HP -1960 (Destroyed). Skuldrur B HP - 1214 (Destroyed). Nyoka's Rage -100 (300).

"Just as a note, pay attention to stuff like what happens to enemies when you reduce their health points to zero," Irene advised. "While it isn't important in the least right now, soon there'll be a noteworthy difference in enemies that are killed and enemies that are simply rendered unconscious."
"Like what?" Rachel asked her.
"I read the files on Moera," Irene explained. "If there's one crazy bitch who can manipulate corpses like Moera does and Ruin Pokemon like Lathiron and Atunhand who can do other terrible things to dead bodies, then dead bodies can be a problem later on. As for enemies who are simply defeated, they can still be revived through good ol' Revive items and such."
"But our Inquiry Visors say these were 'destroyed'," Evangaleen observed. "What does that mean?"
"It means that the body was so badly damaged that neither revival nor reanimation will work on them. Destroyers automatically do that to targets they neutralize."
"What else will work?"
"Well, overkilling certainly does, but let's not get into it right now. I don't think Lathiron can do anything to corpses that weren't already in his digestive tract for a good long time and these freaks don't seem to carry items. We shouldn't need to worry about the state of enemy casualties in this fight."

- Pike: Skeldude D's HP -72 (1123). Charlotte's Rage +5 (90).
- Sophia: Skeldude D's HP -654 (469). Sophia's Rage +10 (60).
- Balor: Skeldude C's HP -170 (1030). Irene's Rage +5 (100).

A Legendary Pokemon's signature move was always something to see. Strange bulges expanded from Balor's already considerable torso and grew to the size of a adult human body, then shrank with great billowing vibrations. Balor was opening and emptying its internal venom sacs, which resulted in the overflowing toxins escaping violently from Balor's large maw. It was a concentrated version of the same miasma one could see in the Miasma Mountain Range and fuming from Balor itself.
"What happens to anyone breathing that kind of stuff?" Rachel asked innocently.
"Usually it results in the shutdown of vital organs," Irene explained. "Eats the liver, the lungs, shuts down the heart, the brain. Ten seconds in that and you're a vegetable if alive at all. Fortunately Balor has great control over its own miasma. He can even suck it back in if necessary."
"Yeesh," Rachel said.
"Guess it's my turn, now," Irene said, her swords already radiating dark energy.

- Irene: Activates SignTech "Warforge". Skeldude A's HP -2714 (Destroyed). Irene's Rage -70 (30).

Irene almost literally exploded with pure rage. Her hair was floating. Everyone was half expecting her hair to turn blonde. And she focused all of that raw military-honed fury on one unfortunate little Skeldude. The Skeldude was beautifully and symmetricly bisected from its featureless pelvis to its partially melted face. The two halves of the former human flopped to the deck as the nerves released its trauma. Each section of the body gave off the telltale signs of a ghost type attack, the strange dark purple flames and fumes coming off the wounds and the corpse.

- Hydreigon: Uses Psych Up. Half of Irene's statistic buffs have been copied to itself.
- Electivire: Critical Hit! Skeldude D's HP -217 (252).
- Matthias: Uses Psych Up. Half of Irene's statistic buffs have been copied to himself.
- Sceptile: Skeldude C's HP -117 (919). Elizabeth's Rage +5 (35).
- Arceus: Skeldude C's HP -224 (695) / SDef -1 (x.67). Charlotte's Rage +5 (95).
- Quiksilver: Uses Swords Dance. Att +2 (Attx2.5).
- Metagross: Uses Iron Defense. Def +2 (Defx3).
- Hyacinth: Uses Psych Up. Copies Irene's statistic buffs to herself.
- Giratina: Skeldude D's HP -302 (Dead). Chizuru's Rage +5 (65).
- Unownaut: Skeldude C's HP -266 (429). Irene's Rage +5 (35).
- Thundurus: Skeldude C's HP -288 (141).
- Ferrothorn: Gyro Ball Pwr is calculated to 150. Skeldude C's HP -516 (Dead). Rachel's Rage +5 (75).

"You're doing pretty goddamn good out here."
Irene ordered the others to keep their eyes on the enemy and turned to face the man. He was completely clad in jet black powered armor and toting a big, short cannon of some sort. Irene guesses it was some kind of personal torpedo launcher.
"Lieutenant Commander Marcus Bernhardt*1 of the 666th Naval Assault Corps*2. Two more of those bigass monsters have broken off from the other three and are preparing to surface, one off portside and one off starboard. Admiral Brunswick ordered me to assemble my team and see if we can't help each other manage the threat."
"Aye aye, glad to have you," Irene approved, then looked at the others. "Everyone get ready. We can probably expect more company than just a Lathiron or two."

Perhaps not surprising was the fact that Elshie Turner was also called out to help fight alongside Lt Cmdr Bernhardt. Irene had to secretly admit to herself that she was curious as to see what Elshie could do in battle after what Project Arsenal had done to her.
Elshie wasn't using Pokemon like she had before Project Arsenal, and instead wielded some kind of arm-mounted claws. Each claw was a wicked three feet long and, judging from the equipment mounted on the arms and shoulders, was probably capable of granting the claws some attack versatility.

Then, the water rapidly surged, causing the ship to rock side by side and tossing the Spikes overboard. "They're breaking out of the sea! Get ready!" Irene shouted, steadying herself against Balor's frame.

The Lathiron that exploded up from the seawater was different in appearance to the one they had dealt with before, and a quick glance behind them revealed that the Lathiron on the other side was also a new variant. The deck and those standing on it were splashed with the water thrown up into the sky from the rising goliaths.

But something was off about the water they were hit with.

"The rain is so hot!" Rachel said. "Kinda feels like I'm in a sauna."
Elshie didn't move from her stance. "Lieutenant Commander Bernhardt, the water given off by our primary target bears a strong electrical charge. Caution when using Pokemon and Pokebrid forms weak against electrical attacks is advised."
"And I think this Lathiron is fire based," Irene said. "Lieutenant Commander?"
"Just call me Bernhardt during this fight. It's quicker. What do you need?"
"If possible, it may be to our advantage to switch sides from time to time. Maybe we can somewhat nullify their advantages that way."
"Good idea. You agents know far more about Ruin Pokemon than we do so I'll rely on your command. Just give the order when you want us to switch our enemy formation with yours."

"Bernhardt, what information do you have on those large black monsters?" Elshie asked in monotone.

Bernhardt targeted one of the creatures that climbed onto the deck with the other Ruin Pokemon. It's biological makeup didn't make any damn sense. If it had a body, Bernhardt couldn't tell. There were just too many arms, perhaps about thirty. They were long and black, rising out from a central source and fanning out in all directions. There was a large, red eyeball at the underside of where all the arms connected.

"Doesn't register. Thoughts, Chief Crosswald?"
"I've never seen one in person, but I think those might be Hallucinacrums."
"What's a...Fellatio Crumb?"
Irene chuckled. "Hall-u-cin-a-crum, Bernhardt. I honestly don't know how such a thing can exist, but I heard the rumors. Supposedly, in places where the madness from the Rezonscape is exceptionally strong, you can see creatures like this. They might be real living things or they might just be some product of our imaginations."
"But if we can all see them-" Bernhardt left the sentence hanging.
"The Inquiry Visor can barely read them. But the fact that they can be read at all means there's some kind of physical manifestation to them. Kinda like ghost Pokemon, but not quite the same."
"We shall just have to be careful as we engage them," Elshie said.

- New Enemy Data!
* Name: Lathiron B (Boss)
Organization: Ruin Pokemon
Group: Ruin Generals
Type: Ruin/Fire
Information: The Lathiron encountered off of the port side of the Thanatos, currently fighting the Watchmen. It doesn't resemble the Water Lathiron or the Electric Lathiron, and its fire power is so great that the rain pouring from the sky is scalding hot to the touch.

* Name: Lathiron C (Boss)
Organization: Ruin Pokemon
Group: Ruin Generals
Type: Ruin/Electric
Information: The Lathiron encountered off of the starboard side of the Thanatos, currently fighting the 666th Naval Assault Corps. It doesn't resemble the Water Lathiron or the Fire Lathiron, and its electric power is so great that the rain pouring from the sky bears painful electrical currents.

* Name: Bewitcher
Organization: Mourning Maw*3
Group: Hallucinacrums*4
Type: Almighty*5
Statistics: HP 6000, Att 210, Def 260, SAtt 240, SDef 280, Spd 250
Moves: Eye of Sorcery ~ 1 Target, 500 Spec/Almighty
~ Raking Frenzy ~ 1 Target, 350 Phys/Dark, 60% Flinch
~ Unwelcome Hug ~ 1 Target, Self/Target Lockdown/1 Turn. Leads to Lancing Lens.
~ Lancing Lens ~ Requires Unwelcome Hug, 1000 Spec/Almighty, Eject/1 Turn
Ability: Bewitching Eye ~ Draws attacks targeting adjacent units on both sides to user.
Signature Technique: Eye Needle ~ 0 Rage, 1 Use, 1 Target, 500 Phys/Steel, 100% Bleed, 100% Flinch

"We're getting a great deal of information on them, but I don't like any of it," Rachel groaned.
Irene didn't say anything, her mind more curious about Elshie and Hyacinth. Would the two of them be okay?
"The seas have returned to a decent calm," Bernhardt reported. "Looks like you won't have to worry about being thrown overboard again."
"Oh, there's another capstan here," Chizuru observed. "This way we still have two to use even though we're over here now."
"Good, we'll need 'em," Irene said. "This next fight is gonna be pretty torturous."

3. Upkeep Phase
- Rage Upkeep: Nyoka's Rage +100 (400). Evangaleen's Rage +25 (75).
- Ability/Item Upkeep: N/A
- Status Upkeep: N/A
- Battlefield Upkeep: Spikes have been washed overboard. The deck has settled and new spikes may be deployed. There is a Water Layer on both sides of the deck.
- Weather Upkeep: Scalding Rain*6 has begun on Port Side. Charged Rain*7 has begun on Starboard Side.

4. Order Phase
- Player Formation (Port Side): [Targetting Beacon] [Irene] [Arceus] [Pike] [Hydreigon (Capstan A)] [Sophia (Capstan B)] [Giratina] [Musharna] [Pierce] [Metagross] [Quiksilver] [Ferrothorn] [Sceptile] [Leprihare] [Matthias]
- [B]NPC Formation (Starboard Side): [666th Torpedoman A] [666th Triage Medic (Capstan C)] [666th Torpedoman B] [Elshie] [666th Torpedoman C] [666th Combat Engineer (Capstan D)] [666th Torpedoman D]
- [B]Enemy Formation (Port Side): [Skuldrur A] [Skuldrur B] [Aqkuaw A] [Lathiron B] [Aqkuaw B] [Bewitcher B] [Skuldrur C] [Skeldude A]
- [B]Enemy Formation (Starboard Side): [Skeldude E] [Skuldrur D] [Aqkuaw C] [Lathiron C] [Aqkuaw D] [Bewitcher D] [Skuldrur E] [Skuldrur F]

[B][U]5. Order of Turns
- [Nyoka (Destroyer): Spd 350, Rg 400]
- [Pike (Charlotte/Spdx3/Otherx1.5): HP 820/820, Spd 330 (110)]
- [Hydreigon (Sophia/Dark/Dragon/Levitate/Expert Belt/WAttx3/WDefx4/Spdx3): HP 804/804, Spd 294 (98)]
- [Matthias (Porygon Z/Normal/Download/Lum Berry/AllStatx3): HP 803/803, Rg 90, Spd 285 (95)]
- [Hyacinth (Gardevoir/Psychic/Trace/Leftovers/AllStatx3): HP 762/762, Rg 75, Spd 270 (135)]
- [Skuldrur A (Ruin/Water/Spdx2): HP 1300/1300, Spd 260 (130)]
- [Skuldrur B (Ruin/Water/Spdx2): HP 1300/1300, Spd 260 (130)]
- [Skuldrur C (Ruin/Water/Spdx2): HP 1300/1300, Spd 260 (130)]
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- [Bewitcher B (Almighty): HP 6000/6000, Spd 250]
- [Pierce (Spdx2/Otherx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 100, Spd 240 (120)]
- [Irene (Attx2.5/Spdx2/SAtt,WDefx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 847/847, Rg 35, Spd 200 (100)]
- [Balor (Irene/Poison/Dragon/Miasma Fumes/Lum Berry/Att,Spdx2/WDef,SAttx1.5/SGd50%Tx3): HP 792/792, Spd 200 (100)]
- [Skeldude A (Poison/Ghost/Vile Fear): HP 1200/1600, Spd 200]
- [Leprihare (Elizabeth/Normal/Alluring Proximity/Dominatrix Whip/Allx1.5): HP 741/741, Spd 195 (130)]
- [Electivire (Evangaleen/Electric/Motor Drive/Expert Belt/Spdx2): HP 715/715, Spd 190 (95x1.5)]
- [Arceus (Charlotte/Normal/Multi-Type/Dragon Plate/AllStatx1.5): HP 952/952, Spd 180 (120)]
- [Sophia (Attx2/SAtt,Spdx1.5/WDefx3(Obj)): HP 553/794, Rg 60, Spd 165 (110)]
- [Quiksilver (Rachel/Steel/Sturdy/Salac Berry/Attx2.5/OtherStatx1.5/SGd50%Tx2): HP 662/662, Spd 165 (110x1.5)]
- [Lathiron B (Boss/Ruin/Fire)]
- [Aqkuaw A (Ruin/Rock/L-Type): HP 4200/4200, Spd 145]
- [Aqkuaw B (Ruin/Rock/L-Type): HP 4200/4200, Spd 145]
- [Metagross (Pierce/Psychic/Steel/Attx2/Defx3/WSpecx1.5/Spdx2/SGd50%Tx2): HP 599/741, Spd 140 (70)]
- [Giratina (Chizuru/Ghost/Dragon/Telepathy/Griseous Orb/Allx1.5): HP 1111/1111, Spd 135 (90)]
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- [Thundurus (Evangaleen/Electric/Flying/Prankster/Wise Glasses): HP 731/731, Spd 111]
- [Chizuru (Allx1.5): HP 847/847, Rg 65, Spd 105 (70x)]
- [Musharna (Chizuru/Psychic/Allx1.5/SGd50%Tx2/Eject): HP 506/931, Spd 43 (25)]
- [Ferrothorn (Rachel/Grass/Steel/Iron Barbs/Rocky Helmet/Attx2.5/Otherx1.5): HP 709/709, Spd 30 (20)]
- [Charlotte (Trainer): Rg 95]
- [Rachel: Rg 75]
- [Elizabeth (Trainer): Rg 35]
- [Evangaleen (Sniper): Rg 75]

[B][U]6. Information Phase
*1 Marcus Bernhardt - Lieutenant Commander in the Honmyr Prideguard and a decorated special forces officer in charge of the 666th Naval Assault Corps. He has a full decade of combat and leadership experience, and has the confidence of countless soldiers behind him. With him leading the charge, you will make it home alive. Though some might say he's also a little reckless and fatalistic, one cannot fault his indominable will, his unshakable courage, and his near fanatical devotion to protecting the innocent.

*2 666th Naval Assault Corps - A special forces group that is effective on land, but is nigh-unstoppable in the water. Their tech, their tools, and their training make them the bane of water-dwelling life. Originally created to resist the Sunken Commonwealth if they should ever become a problem, the 666th train daily on massive underwater threats to keep their skills sharp.

*3 Mourning Maw - The unofficial name of all those who have been touched by the madness of the Rezonscape and never quite recovered. While this originally referred to just the Madsoldiers, the recently discovered Hallucinacrum monsters have added a creepy and extremely lethal edge. One can only imagine how many other kinds of enemies belong to this organization, which one will undoubtedly encounter the closer they get to one of the Rezonscape epicenters.

*4 Hallucinacrum - A type of non-Pokemon creature that cannot be captured and is highly difficult to understand or comprehend. They were originally believed to be mere hallucinations (hence the name), but due to positive identification with PATCA's Inquiry Visors, they are now considered to be physical manifestations. Irene's educated guess believes them to be a combination of evolite and, unbelievably, congealed rage similar to the chemical in Rage Rockets.

*5 Almighty - Where every type has strengths and weaknesses, Almight has nothing at all. Almighty type units don't even gain STAB for using their own type of attacks. However, there is virtually no method of blocking or deflecting the damage Almighty attacks can do, making their attacks effective when the enemy has rendered itself invincible to nearly everything else.

*6 Scalding Rain - The ability of the second of the six Lathiron encountered. If a unit has no defenses against fire type attacks, they suffer Burn each and every Upkeep Phase. However, this rain also activates all fire-based abilities like Flash Fire.

*7 Charged Rain - The ability of the third of the six Lathiron encountered. If a unit has no defenses against electric type attacks, the suffer Paralysis each and every Upkeep Phase. However, this rain also activates all electric-based abilities.

Menarker

04-23-2012, 05:40 PM

------Moments before----------

Renny's expression could not hide the sense of relief that came when one of Krunder's foot crystals was shattered.

"Krunder is strange," Twiloch murmured to himself. "I mean, he wasn't like this the last time I saw him to begin with, but this time he's much different. Why can't I figure it out?"

Renny heeded Twiloch's words, but said nothing as he had no idea what Krunder was like before and could not come up with any reason for the monster's mental distortion.

Krunder's increasing power then seem poised to doom them all when an unexpected figure intervened and quick introductions were made.

"Edelweiss?" I could have sworn there is familiar about that name... Renny twitched from turning his vision away from the impeding Krunder to looking at Edelweiss and the Empress' vengeful mood. Edelweiss had just saved them all moments ago from Krunder's attack, so it confused him greatly as to why there was such bile between the two of them.

He then quickly looked at the resources that she and her robotic partner Lobo possessed. Lobo was an impressive automaton in its own right. Edelweiss' weapon however was impressive to see, as the Gallade listened to Jeanette's exposition on the Bahamut and how Edelweiss could handle it such a bulky weapon with a manner of finesse...

"I wouldn't be second-in-command in Adonova if I couldn't use this weapon," Edelweiss said calmly.

"Adonova? The Gallade glanced with a measure of distrust, Lola having mentioned the name briefly as one of terrorist groups PATCA was fighting. From the little bit he could find out from the previous mission debriefing, parts of which were filled in by Pierce, Edelweiss along with another individual was involved with Myrie Ricewood's disappearance during Millennium House's destruction.

However, Silk had the right of it. This was not the time to fight another opponent, especially when it might cause Jeanette to freak out just like Sakuya did.

But it didn't stop there. The topic of the Rezonscape Mobile Epicenter was disturbing. Edelweiss inserted comment that Irene knew all along was unnerving, and the fact that the two might have worked hand in hand was sickening. Renny at first tried to shrug it off as her provoking Sakuya and psyching the rest of team off, but the more he tried to rationalize it to himself, the more that the entire story of the Catseye Gem and all the warnings that Aster gave sickened him. Although being out in the rain this long probably didn't help.

"Impact, Takanko can capture one of those ruin pokemon and bring them over to our side. The professor can possibly study it afterwards!" Also, if we can boost someone who knows the technique Stored Power with Twiloch's power, then we can do a lot of effective damage quickly. Otherwise, it might be best to focus on water moves in the rain among, other effective attacks."

Renny gave the command to Mollesk and Umbreon to assist Muon and Donovan with Helping Hand, while Impact proceeded to give orders to several subordinates.

Renny looked toward Edelweiss and spoke to her. "Edelweiss, I know I don't have any right to be telling you what to do, but it might be easiest for you to aim at Krunder's chest! It'll be the easiest target to aim for with a weapon as big as what you got! The rest of us will stay out of your way."

Renny watched and waited, hoping that the onslaught would be enough to bury the vicious fossil back beneath the earth again.

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----After Krunder's defeat (Assuming he is defeated this round)----

Renny heaved a big sigh as he then looked toward Edelweiss. As the second in command of Adonova, if her words were true, she would have a lot to answer to. He glanced quickly toward Professor Ricewood, wondering if she was thinking what he thinking now.

"You really helped us out today. For that, I'm thankful... but only for that. I don't want to believe the callous things that you have said... that you and Irene have been working with each other in some form or other behind everyone's back. It would be just easier to believe you're just saying her name randomly to tarnish her reputation in our eyes. But that isn't what I want to talk with you now. Edelweiss, apparently you were there in Millennium House when it blew up and you aided in Myrie Ricewood's kidnapping. Where did you take her? For what reason would Adonova kidnap a child?"

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AB: Feel free to have the other characters in the rearguard formation behave as you please, like if you want Jeanette to attack or whatnot. Since this is the last turn of the mission apparently.

[Alice] [Donovan] [Impact] [Muon] [Xatu] [Exeggutor] [Ursaring] [Deoxys] [Sakuya] [Mollesk] [Umbreon] [Ditto] [Lola] [Takano] [Rage Shower Device]
Out of Formation: [Whitney] [Genesect] [Twiloch]

-Summary of Actions in order of speed-
Impact: Giving Rage Rocket to Takano
Angelo: Speed boosting items to Genesect three times.
Mollesk: Helping Hand on Muon *Priority*
Umbreon: Helping Hand on Donovan *Priority*
Donovan: Hydro Pump Krunder's Left Hand. (Incredibly boosted)
Ditto: Hydro Pump Krunder's Left Hand. (Big boost)
Xatu: Tailwind on Lola and Takano
Takano: Snag Shot on Delstusarus F. Put it under Impact's control.
Genesect: Simple Beam on Lola. Overwrites her Levitate with Simple
Twiloch: Shadow Reinforcement twice on Lola AFTER Genesect's Simple Beam, maxing out her stats. (-200 rage)
Lola: Divided Stored Power on Krunder's Right Hand. (620 power) (GODEMODE BOOST)
Impact: Hydro Cannon on Krunder's Left Arm
Captured Delstusarus: Ribberang on Krunder's Left Hand
Deoxys: Divided Psycho Boost on Krunder's Left Hand
Muon: Paradigm Shift Divided Draco Meteor on Krunder's Right Hand.
Espeon: Psychic on Krunder's Left Hand.
Alice: Overhead Hand on Krunder's Right Foot.
Whitney: Divided Stored Power on Krunder's Right Hand. (140 power) (Max Special Attack Boost)
Sakuya: Sweep (Divided) Brainsplitter on Krunder's Left Foot (Left RDPA end of last turn)
Ursaring: Divided Facade on Krunder's Right Foot (Max Attack boost)

Renny's In-character SUGGESTION: Advises Edelweiss to shoot the chest, due to being the easiest target to aim for with that unwieldy weapon of hers.

Dracorion

04-23-2012, 06:20 PM

"Geh?" Pierce was a little surprised to see a naked Pokebrid hop onto the deck and start yelling at them for being loud, to say the least.

But his reason quickly took over. The girl seeemed like she wanted to help, and Irene seemed okay with it, so... he walked over to her and pulled her behind one of the capstans, displacing Sophia's Hydreigon. His worries were slightly eased when she Traced the Skeldude's ability and copied some buffs off of Irene. "Alright, fine. If you want to help, feel free. You look like you're preparing for something big."

Turning his attention back to the battle, he quickly worked with Chizuru to block the entire enemy formation. "Chizuru, wanna try that trick of ours again?", and he discovered that watching Irene cleave an enemy in two was... strangely hot, actually.

When most of the enemies had been wiped up, a group of Prideguard soldiers sent by Brunswick came to help them against the incoming Lathirons, along with... "Elshie Turner? What's she doing here?"

Pierce had only met her once briefly for a gym battle years ago (not that she hadn't wanted more out of him), and now he was surprised to see her here now, acting completely different.

And then the Lathirons hit, and a new type of enemy appeared. Products of the Rezonscape, from what Irene said. "Hang on, why are the Hallucinacrums appearing here? Now?"

Questions asked, it was time to come up with a plan. "Alright, 666th, can you change sides with us?"

Once his team were facing the electric Lathiron, Pierce relayed the plan. "Right, buff the new girl if you can, so she can hit Lathiron hard. Heavy hitters, go for Lathiron too. Everyone else, wipe up the mooks. Matthias, can you use Sandstorm? Hopefully that'll help with this charged rain. I hope you're okay with getting dirty, everyone. Chizuru, use as much Rage as you can to heal and boost us. Nyoka, wait until the rest of us hit it, then use your Nyoka Unleashed! technique."

"This shit's officially taken too damn long." Pierce jumped on top of Metagross, just before it rushed forward. It used Divide to split its Zen Headbutt and... hit Lathiron twice, thanks to it's large size. Just before Metagross collided with it, Pierce jumped, landing on top of the the monster. "Eat it." He pointed his Synapse Disruptor at Lathiron's head, where he figured its brain would be, and fired at point blank range.

If only he had a pair of sunglasses.

Astral Harmony

05-01-2012, 03:46 PM

"Lobo," Edelweiss said. "We are ending this battle this turn."
"Preparing the Purgatory Accelerator," Lobo said simply, his upper body transforming once again.
"Krunder's going to regret not embracing the power of the madness," Edelweiss whistled.

Donovan and Ditto focused fire with their Hydro Pumps on Krunder's left hand. Despite the strain Krunder used to resist the power, the twin blasts tore the hand clean off of the arm, causing it to land half-submerged in the mud. "Bastards!" Krunder shouted, but he apparently wasn't used to getting his ass kicked and wasn't quick on the counterattacking.

Lola's Stored Power wasn't unlike the kind of attacks common in Dragon Ball Z. The unleashing of her temporarily epic power more or less vaporized the remaining hand and much of the arm.
"Impressive. You vaporized that arm," Jeanette observed.
"Actually, the targeted limb was launched back at a very rapid trajectory," Lobo corrected her.
"...That...that means it's going to land somewhere, isn't it?"
"I would say so, Professor, yes."

Meanwhile...
"What was with all that shaking and noise alluvasudden?" the restaurant manager asked the drive-thru window attendant.
"One of the cashiers is checking it out now, sir," the attendant answered. "But it looks like it's holding up the drive thru line."
"I can't imagine why," the cashier said, coming back. "Sir, there's a giant skeleton hand of some kind right in the drive thru lane."
"...Well that's new. Can you move it?" the manager asked him.
"Not without help, sir. The hand is bigger than my home garage, and probably weighs as much, too."
"Ugh. I dunno what the hell is going on, but go close down the drive-thru lane and we'll move the hand when the night shift comes in."

The successive series of attacks, including Edelweiss and Lobo's vicious assaults, reduced Krunder to a crumbling mess. Renny had to note that it wasn't really helpful to advise Edelweiss. The grouping of Edelweiss's hits were surprisingly tight for a heavy, unwieldly, automatic weapon that used large explosive rounds.

Lobo's Purgatory Accelerator was pretty much the standard in military beam cannons. However, the standard in military beam cannons were never portable, making Lobo's ability to form and use one a tad bit disturbing and a great bit impressive.

Adonova was a fierce bunch of assholes, indeed.

After Krunder was dealt with, mopping up the Delstaurus was a laughably easy task. Takano handed Impact a Snagball. "Don't look at me, Renny asked me to give this Delstaurus to you. I'm not sure why."

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"If you don't believe me about Irene, you can ask her yourself," Edelweiss said sourly, not bothering to hide her discontent with Renny. "As for that Myrie girl, we turned her over to the Black Cradle. I dunno where the Black Cradle is, but it's involves Nosferatu, though I don't know in what way."

There were so many names that Renny had to drill his head slightly to remember who the name Nosferatu belonged to, but he figured it out pretty easy. The Legendary Shadow Pokemon. His base of operations was the Corpsemire, right?

"Now I suggest you buzz off, boy~o. The goodly empress would like a word with me and I'm sure she'd cut you down to get the chance to trade words."

Aldurin

05-01-2012, 05:34 PM

Donovan began to redirect his Hydro Pump beam toward Krunder's head, which seemed like it was emanating with even more red than anything else in his body, only to miss as Krunder flinched from having his other hand disappear. Donovan finished the blast, then felt himself getting weaker and weaker by the second, and before he knew what had happened he was face-down in the sand.

- Elsewhere . . . -

Donovan woke up...to the stench of death and rusty metal. It was dark...almost too dark to see anything at all. He could hear various sounds in the distance, but he couldn't tell if it was just environmental noise...or if it was being deliberately caused by something.

"Hmmm, you're a new one," a soft, gentle voice cooed. Donovan couldn't quite place the source of the voice. It seemed to echo off of numerous surfaces to that it hit him at different angles with each word.

"What . . . what happened back there? And where am I?" Donovan asked to the darkness around him.

"You are in Nirvana, my boy," the voice answered him.

Nirvana? On what, Opposite Day?

"However, unlike most people who find themselves here, you are seeing beyond the looking glass," the voice continued. "Normally, it would be impossible for anyone to see what you are seeing now, but your body is so completely drained of madness that you actually can't even gain any right now. Thusly and therefore, you at least temporarily possess the true sight."
Donovan found it hard to decide if that was good or bad.

"However, I would have you start moving now. They are here, and they don't like people who can see this side. I believe the people in your world call them...Hallucinacrums."

Donovan stood himself up and began to look around, he didn't like being stuck in the darkness, without any way to be aware of the threat he was told about. "The looking glass? Hallucinacrums? Does this have to do with what happened on the beach?"

"I am not at liberty to explain it to you. If you knew, you'd probably just do something stupid which will just put your ass right back here. Alrighty, let me think. At current, you could say you possess and negative amount of rage. Which is fortunate 'cause if you didn't have it and wound up here, you'd just become a Madsoldier. I have to get you out of here while you're still immune to rage generation. Ahh...here comes some assistance."

Across what appeared to be a massive chasm of metal debris, Donovan saw something swim through the sky. It looked like a large...metal...anglerfish? The large light on its head appeared to be a massive searchlight that didn't seem to be searching for anything in particular.

"Time to tread a really fine line," the voice advised. "Use the light to help you find your way around. But do not let the light find you. Because if the light sees you, the Hallucinacrums surely will. You'll be looking for some kind of mean to scale upward. Think of it like a tower, and ascend. Stairs. Crates you can stack. That kind of nonsense."

"But wait! How are you able to get around? Hello?" After a brief pause, Donovan began to traverse the chasm, watching the metallic searchlight wander around. He noticed that the light didn't shine on the fish itself very brightly at all, so he began to prepare himself to jump on top of it when it came close.

It didn't take long for Donovan to figure things out. There were essentially two towers to ascend, with the chasm of sharp, pointy metal stuff between them. Donovan could scale one of the towers for a time, then hop the anglerfish as it swam around lazily in the sky in a plain circle, letting him bridge the gap between the towers. He saw the Hallucinacrums. They were fearsome, but they didn't seem to be particularly interested in searching for someone to victimize. He proceeded with caution, certain their passive attitudes would change if the light happened to shine on him.

"You're not bad. You must keep in shape."

Donovan was near a Hallucinacrum at the time, but saw that apparently they either couldn't hear the voice, or simply ignored it. The anglerfish was pretty strange as well. It seemed to raise its elevation as he ascended, although he was certain he had avoided being detected. Could it maybe have felt him somehow. The searchlight was helpful as hell, too. There were no sudden shifts in its movement, allowing Donovan to easily predict how the light would move along the tower.

Come to think of it, this Nirvana was actually kind of boring. Dangerous, sure, but it was a little too easy to avoid being seen. And just when the hell was he going to get out of there? He had been ascending for what felt like ten minutes so far, and the top didn't appear to be in sight, though that was most likely due to it being pitch fucking black above and below him at all times.

As Donovan continued ahead, it suddenly struck him that he needed to get out of Blaziken form immediately, since he had a habit of compulsively igniting his wrists when faced with a challenge. He decided to try switching to Ninjask form for better mobility, but was still unsure of how helpful it would be. He climbed up to a certain point, then used the Ninjask wings to glide over to the anglerfish and latch on to check out the other tower.

"Congrats, you did it."

...Buh?

"The difficulty of escaping from Nirvana varies from idiot to idiot. You just happen to be a less...dumberer idiot?"

Hey, who're you calling a-

"Rachel, no!"
Donovan's consciousness returned to him as he heard Lola's voice. When he opened his heavy eyes, he saw that Rachel's face was extremely close to his. "He didn't drown! He doesn't need CPR. Let's just drag him into the shade. It's gotta be a little heat exhaustion."

Donovan suddenly sat up and gasped, feeling somewhat hung over and feeling surprised that the entire beach wasn't crimson red like he last saw it. Suddenly the memory of the battle flashed through his mind, and he realized he turned into a Sharpedo during it. He got up staggered a couple of steps and spontaneously threw up.

He took a moment to recompose himself, then he turned toward the the group "Hah . . . hah . . . what the HELL WAS THAT?"

Dracorion

05-02-2012, 06:24 PM

Relm's post because the forums were fucking with her

There was a smirk coming from Hyacinth, tapping her foot in a pleased manner and giving a gentle nod. "Because I'm used to the creatures of the deep." She took a step forward, not looking at Irene at all, and figuring that there was a healthy chance that Irene wasn't even listening at this point.
"But I decided that a human ship was worth waking up for." She finished half heartedly as everybody ran around trying to keep their parts of the battle running. Hyacinth saw her target just up ahead, and jumped up to the top of the capstan. She gave it a stern glare and focused energy with a hand forward.

Dim spheres of blue light began to pull up from the sea, swirling about, and while a few trickled out from her hand the rest seemed to come out of nowhere. The psychic energy was all swirling Lathiron in a spectacular light show, dozens of spheres ready to crash into Lathiron with a great sense of anticipation. Hyacinth was ignoring the rest of the battle for the most part, feeling herself grow a sort of shell armor with shoulderblades, protective light blue plates that functioned very nicely as actual clothing and that Hyacinth probably could use as a set of clothing in general.

The girl focused her energy, beating wigns in tune with the wind, or perhaps making the wind circle abotu the ship in tune with her wingbeats, it was all the same at this point. A storm was rising up, the stored power of the ocean itself seemed to be cycling around Lathiron, coming closer and closer, until it finally converged onto the point upon which Lathiron existed, letting out an explosion of deep blue energy and a ethereal pychic spasm of the reality around the beast.

(Sync Tech Cloystered Hydra, P-Shift -70 rage and + free sync tech again, Fire smaller 'pellets' at three of the other skeledudes, pokebrid action Ice on another skeledude not sure which, Stored Power on Lathiron)

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On the StarShip Enterprise, directly after the battle

Pierce breathed a sigh of relief when the battle ended. He checked on his Pokemon, congratulating them for their work, and made sure his teammates were okay. He'd... need to talk to Irene about Elshie before they got back to the coast, but for now, he figured he should adress the Donphan in the room. Or rather, the naked Dragonite Pokebrid.

He approached the strange girl calmly with a smile. "Ah, hello. My name's Pierce." He greeted, holding out his hand.

Hyacinth had just finished as well. The blue spheres of stored energy were still dripping out of her fingertips like thick paint, and she was leaning against the side of the Capstan. She was actually sleeping, with a smoke Z floating beside her head. But that popped and she opened her eyes soon as Pierce announced his presence. "Oh, first person to properly address me. I would be Hyacinth, but you might know that already." She held out her clawed hand, using a knee to push herself up to standing position.

Shaking her hand, Pierce kept his eyes locked on hers, not wanting to betray the effort he had to make not to look down. "I gotta say, I didn't expect the seemingly crazy naked girl who climbed up the ship to turn out to be so powerful." He complimented her. "Those were some amazing hits you scored on Lathiron. Do you do that often, beat the crap out of sea monsters?"

The dragon beat her wings and locked eyes, her mouth a small sharp grin. "And to be honest I wish I did. But there aren't too many sea monsters out here for me to sparr with." The blue dropplets stopped flowing and she clenched her opposite hand to make sure it was done. "Which makes me wonder what the hell this thing is and how I didn't notice either of you when goign to sleep a little while ago."

Pierce blinked. "Sleep? What, were you sleeping in the middle of the ocean?"

"You don't remember?" She shook her head and leaned back against the Capstan. "Of course not. Remember how when I first came onto this ship, and demanded to know what was with all this racket? I specifically said that you were interrupting my nap."[/COLOR

Scratching his head, he chuckled slightly. Yeah, that sounded like what she was screaming about when she first appeared. [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]"Oh, right. Well, that big thing was Lathiron. And it basically is just an ancient sea monster bent on destroying the world. I don't know how you would've missed us, though. Maybe you went to sleep before we arrived here?"

"That much seems obvious..." The girl let out a small sigh, claws idly scratching up the metal and tilting her head. "So it was bent on destroying the world. And it just randomly popped up out of nowhere. Because the waves along that thing would have caused coming around here..." Hyacinth sighed and tilted her head the other way.

"Well, yeah, it was hanging around here. We came hunting it after one of our allies pinpointed Lathiron's location. To be honest, Lathiron and its buddies seem to be content to just wreck shit up when they come across it rather than come up with an actual plan to destroy the world."

The dragonite growled slowly and smirked again. "I see." There was a momentary pause, before she shook her head with a discontented stare that seemed to keep her calmly smiling all the same. "So which one of them was the real Lathiron then?"

"Ah, I have no idea, actually. I think it was all of them." Pierce replied simply. "Hm, I should ask Marionatta, though. Anyway, Hyacinth. What do you do, other than nap in the middle of the ocean?"

"Oh, makes sense." She looked out to the ocean, jumping up on top of a higher pillar of the ship with the help of her wings. Hyacinth clung over the edge and stared out at the remains of the great beast Lathiron with her leg and tail dangling loosely underneath of her. Hyacinth looked down at Piece who was directly underneath her and shrugged her shoulders. "Yeah, I don't see anything that looks quite like a hive mind to the thing."

It wasn't lost on Pierce that she avoided his last question. Regardless, he kept up being friendly. "Well, to be fair, do you even know what a hive mind looks like? Because I sure don't."

She was facing him, arching her wings and in a floating descent in front of Pierce, until she was in a standing position and back on the ship dock. "I really don't. I expected to possibly see something, but nothing came up. As for your other question, I'm not sure what would be of interest. Fly about, eat, sleep, educate myself. The regular stuff."

He had to avert his gaze as she floated down because he could see, well, everything. As soon as Hyacinth was back on the deck, though, he continued. "Well, thanks for helping. I gotta say, I don't think we'd mind having someone like you on our side, if flying, eating and sleeping get too boring for you." He paused for a moment, considering if it was time to pry yet. "I gotta ask, though, how come you're napping in the middle of the ocean? Is that just something you do regularly? And why do I get the feeling you don't spend a lot of time with people?"

Hyacinth watched him flinch, confusedly tilting her head and saving that for later. "And you are welcome with that. And trust me they definitely do. I've been bored for quite some time, but apparently you get excitement like this all the time if the way you talk about this is any indicator." There was a pause, and she let him ask and simply nodded. "Yes, you could say I live out here." She chose to beat her wings once instead of continuing down that track, getting distracted by her own thoughts. "But is there something repulsive about me? Did I get seaweed stuck on my wing? Usually the rain washes that stuff off, you'll have to forgive me." Despite what she said, nothing was anywhere on her.

"Ahahahehe..." He chuckled nervously. "No, there's nothing on you at all. It's just... you're kind of naked."

"Well, I don't quite need armor like regular humans do." The girl said, leaning back against the Capstan and seeming content albeit oblivious.

Huh. She really seemed not to care. "True, but even the Pokebrids I know wear usually clothes. It keeps other people from getting uncomfortable."

The dragon girl simply looked down at herself, eyes slightly widening in a moment of realization, and then looking back to Pierce. "... oh yeah. That clothing thing you vigs do. Whoops I guess." Despite this notice of the event the brid didn't ask for clothing or anything akin to solving the issue, even like crossing her arms. "I am curious though, are there more things like Lathiron?"

Pierce looked to Irene for Hyacinth's answer, only to discover that Irene was no longer on deck. And judging by the rapidly shrinking motorboat in the distance, Irene was nowhere near the Thanatos at all.

Chizuru walked up to Pierce and Hyacinth. "An emergency call came in to Irene's Inquiry Visor. Apparently Kazetsubaki-san and some woman named Edelweiss are having a very serious yet outrageously sexy bikini-clad slugfest on the beach right after Krunder was neutralized. I...think Crosswald-san is trying to keep Kazetsubaki-san from being horribly killed."

Sakura and Edelweiss going at it? No surprise there, probably, but why would Irene try to save Sakura? Everyone could see that Sakura would never do the same if things were different.

...

Wait, "outrageously sexy bikini-clad slugfest"? There just had to be a high definition camcorder in the Rig...

Pierce gave Chizuru a surprised look. Sakuya and Edelweiss? Why the hell would they be fighting? "Sorry, but I'm going to head over to the shore and see what I can do to help. Don't get in trouble, all right" He told Hyacinth. "Sorry." He said once more to Chizuru. He was kinda looking for to chatting with her for the rest of the ride back after he'd dealth with Hyacinth.

Without another word, Pierce climbed on top of Palkia and immediately flew back toward the shore.

Astral Harmony

05-03-2012, 10:10 AM

Bowls of Stupid Eating Contest Gold Medalist Armored Bishoujo Says: "This post occurs after Pierce uses the Synapse Disruptor and before he speaks to Hyacinth. I tried to keep it from clashing with the other posts."

The Lathiron Battle Ends

Pierce was very, very wet. And cold. And it was difficult to try recalling what had just happened. But one thing did register.

Using the Synapse Disruptor at some close proximity...was a very yucky idea. Pierce's last waking moment was filled with a disgusting color that filled his vision. And then his body was flying against his will until it impacted on something cold, wet, and very solid.

Just as he about to open his eyes, he heard the voice of his lovely angel Irene.

"Pierce, I'd do CPR on you or something, but your entire face is covered in brain matter."

Oh yeah, that was right. Using the Synapse Disruptor caused the Lathiron's brain to grow dramatically and burst like a massive pimple, slapping Pierce across his entire body with warm, juicy brains. And then Pierce flew until he impacted back on the cold, wet deck. Given the cool weather and the winds, it didn't take long at all for the brain sauce to reach environmental temperatures.

But just how did the rest of them fair?

Irene took his drenched hand and gently yanked Pierce back to his feet, which were steady enough to keep him up.

Elshie and Nyoka were both just as soaked in innerds as he. Each seemed to have taken on a Lathiron all by themselves. Honmyr was just teeming with overpowered chicks, wasn't it?

Hyacinth had nearly singlehandedly disabled every single Skeldude that she went up against, not to mention putting some severe hurt on a Lathiron that was later finished by the other agents.

Marcus had the rest of the 666th looking around. According to Irene, there were still two Lathirons left alive, and none of the Hallucinacrums had been killed either.

"Don't quote me on this, but I think we've done serious mental trauma to Lathiron," Irene explained, though her uncertain expression told Pierce she was only grasping at straws. "I'll need to talk to Marionata, but I guess Lathiron still only has one consciousness despite having six bodies. In other words, I think the other two Lathiron have become retarded."

That...what?

Marcus and Elshie joined Irene and Pierce. "I just don't know what happened to those weird shadowy creatures," Marcus said. "Once the Lathiron lost the will to fight, those Bewitchers just abandoned us. So strange. They had so much potential left to give."
"How's the Thanatos holding up?" Irene asked him.
"Well, the Admiral would probably like to chew you out for using the capstans as barricades, but it was a damn fine strategy. Still, I don't think he'll get around to it."
"Why, what's up?"
"The Supreme Commander wanted a full report on Elshie's capabilities in a real world scenario before we even left port to come here. I bet Burkmont'll get an erection out of this."

Irene nodded. "And how do you feel about it?"
Marcus shrugged. "I don't much care for women being subjugated, even though Elshie wasn't exactly a saint."
It was a little unnerving to see how frankly Irene and Marcus was speaking of a woman who was standing right there, and that she was now some kind of super badass.
"Oh, I know Elshie's reputation pretty damn well," she said, then turned to Pierce. "Pierce, now that the fighting seems to be over, can you go check on that new woman? She's a helluva fighter. I really should go see the Admiral before I go, but otherwise I think we're done here, even if there are still two Lathiron in the water."

Aldurin

05-17-2012, 08:30 PM

Earlier that day, before the beach shenanigans . . .

Impact's office, him sitting, reading in a file for a moment, before looking up.
"Ah, Donovan Foschner, yes? Please, take a seat. Let's make this quick."
Donovan moved to the chair with the controlled legs of someone who knew how to kill and dance with them (simultaneously if needed). He sat down but maintained a posture that exuded self-authority and minor lethargy.
"You're applying to join our... happy little family, yes? A strange time to join, certainly. Mostly, people are trying to stay away from us at the moment. But judging from your CV, you're rather used to strange circumstances."

"All I've heard is that the best work in the region for a merc can be found here, and that you guys get yourselves into some of the most . . . interesting assignments. Mainly I'm looking for something to support me and I don't want to get bored doing it."

Impact smiled. "A valid enough reason, certainly. And if you're looking for interesting scenarios, we can provide those. But what of loyalty, Mr. Foschner? Mercenaries aren't known for their dedication to a cause."

"I do maintain standards on my line of work. And loyalty is not immediately gained through money alone. If you want to earn my loyalty then you have to show you deserve it. Initially I will maintain a standard level of cooperation with all clients unless they force other responses."

"Show you we deserve it? Mr. Foschner, we're not some second-rate gang boss, trying to hire some cheap muscle. We are a professional organization. The outcomes of these 'interesting assignments' that you're looking for have potential to alter the fate of our country, and, while I don't expect you to feel patriotism, we do expect a dedication to your work. We won't work to earn your loyalty. Your loyalty is a precondition to your acceptence. And if you are accepted, we guarantee you that, the way we intend to employ you, you'll certainly never get bored."

Leaning back further in his chair, Donovan replied, "I wouldn't expect you to take to such a low standard of loyalty, but your response to it is one of my deciding factors in how I trust an employer. You can expect me to back up your organization should you decide I fit the bill. I do bring results and I have a widespread reputation for consistency when required."

"Oh, I have no doubt you bring results. That's why your're here, Mr. Foschner. But results don't suffice. And we have no use for a fighter who's in it for the money. Because there are those out there willing to spend quite a lot of money for a PATCA traitor. And there are forces out there so much more terrifying than anything you've ever faced. No, we need dedication, Mr. Foschner. We need a sense of duty. We need a guarantee that you'll do what needs to be done on a mission. No matter what that might be."

Beginning to lean forward, Donovan responded, "The standard mercenary will usually retire after a few years, the very fact that I keep working shows that I do it not for money, but for the work itself. The dedication and sense of duty you are looking for come with the deal, assuming nothing drops below my very flexible standards. I've seen organized crime from the inside and out and I will not support it in any way whatsoever. If PATCA doesn't qualify for that description then I am perfectly ok working with you."

Impact paused for a moment, then finally nodded. "We're the kind of people who the criminals would love to see dead. We'll fit your standards allright. As for the question of whether you fit ours... very well. You'll have your chance. We'll trust you enough to place lives in your hands. In fact, we're about to. Under a few conditions. First, stop considering yourself a mercenary. We don't buy your service, we hold your dedication. And secondly..." Impact paused, stood up, leaning on his desk. "Secondly, if it turns out I was wrong to hire you, and you screw us over." A thin smile slithered across his face. "I will hunt you down personally. And believe me, buddy. You wouldn't stand a chance." He sat down, adjusting his collar. "I'm not normally quite that blunt, but I thought you'd appreciate the honesty."

"Understood, I only have one question that regards a sensitive issue I often encounter."

"Please. We can speak openly here."

"In almost all of my employment situations, there have been questions raised over my 'condition', yet you hardly bat an eye. I was curious as to what the attitude towards that is here."

Impact frowned. "Your... condition? Something medical?" He started leafing through Donovan's file. "You didn't mention that here." He looked back up at him. "Anything serious?"

Donovan removed his glove and indicated to the exposed claw, "I mean, this. I've never received any indication towards acceptance to it in my travels"

Impact frowned in confusion, then made a realization. "Oh. You're referring to your status as a pokebrid? Right. I can assure you, it isn't noteworthy here. You can lose the gloves." He smiled. "There's no social stigma."

"Pokebrid?" Donovan asked with a look of confusion.

"You're a pokemon-human hybrid, yes? Blaziken. And Sharpedo too, from your file. That's called a 'pokebrid' around here. And again, nobody will give it a second thought. If you'd like to hear a bit more about the experience, there's a few other pokebrids running around, some might still be on-station. Take a look." He gave his file another look, then grinned. "You'll be assigned to the "watchmen" squad. You'd have heard of them, if you lived here. You'll be taking my old place, actually. Make me proud." He checked his watch. "Aaand it's about time to move out. We're throwing you right in. Report to Charlotte Beaufort, your squad leader. Be polite. Renny and Matt are fellow pokebrids, Renny can provide you with any gear you need." He paused. "Anything else? Oh, what about lodging? Have you got a place to stay? We can assign you a temp apartment if you don't."

"I was planning on looking for a motel afterward if this didn't turn out well, so I'll gladly accept the offer." Donovan began listening to the passing footsteps in the hallway, clearly curious about meeting another pokebrid. "I'll be on my way to report to Ms. Beaufort then."

Impact stood, holding out a hand then. "Allright, then, Mr. Foschner. Or, rather, Darkhawk. I think you'll find that working for Government has quite a few benefits of its own, doubly so in our case. I think you'll enjoy your time here." He paused, seemingly about to add something, but thinking better of it. "Good luck out there."

Menarker

05-29-2012, 02:04 PM

OOC: Posting on Gem's behalf, given his longterm delay is slowing everything down close to a stop.
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Ray grinned as the fucker finally went down. He wouldn't have thought Lola would've had it in her. It was... over. A quick glance over the battlefield told him that everyone was, more or less, safe... aaaaand Renny was talking to Edelweiss. Fucking Edelweiss. He had been about to sheath his sword, but, as if on second thought, kept it out, though trying to look unthreatening. He did want to talk to her. About what? He wasn't even sure. But she was a variable, and he didn't like variables. If she had an agenda, he wanted to at least know what it was. He approached the two in time to hear her blow off Renny -he didn't blame her- and cleared his throat.

"Edelweiss." It came out flat, and not nearly as impressive as he'd have liked. "It's... a pleasure, I suppose. I wouldn't have thought I'd get to meet you. At least not this soon. Why are you here?"
"I wanna talk to Irene. I assume she's on that rustbucket over there?" Edelweiss inquired smoothly, inclining her head towards the Thanatos.
"Reunions can wait. Is that why you're here? To meet with her?" He sighed through his nose. "Yeah, she's there, though."
"I'm patient," Edelweiss smiled sweetly. "That woman ain't, though."

Edelweiss was, of course, speaking of Sakuya, who wasn't far away and whose weapon was a lot closer. "Sweetie pumpkin, you may wanna stand aside. It's about to get crazier than the Dead Leaves anime all up in here."
Ray gave the empress a glance over his shoulder before turning back to the assassin in front of him. "I... think I'd like to get some answers before she tears you apart, if it's all the same to you. I don't shoot first, ask questions later. Or unleash a devastating empress upon you, as that may be." He knew that, in the very least, sounded less than modest, but he did want to make an impression. And he hoped that Sakuya would hold.

"Make it quick, Bubbles. That bitch has a lot of pride, far too much to simply be told to sit and stay."
"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were looking forwards to her assault on you. Sour grapes between you?" A smile. "As if I didn't know. I hear her conquest took quite a turn for the worse when you showed up. Just as this battle took a turn for the better. That still doesn't explain why you're here, though. If you'd wanted to see Irene, you could've met her any other time. You could probably have made an appointment, for heaven's sake. And this isn't the only place you've showed up. Pierce tells me you were present during the Faynoc raid. And while I'm certainly grateful for your support, one question begs to be answered. Why? Why's a group of criminal assassins helping a government strike squad?"
Edelweiss sighed. "Look, munchkin man, if you don't wanna be sixty pounds of lead heavier and eighty pounds of vital organs lighter, I suggest you knock it off with the twenty questions and let me and Cunt-sama go frollick in the mud like good little overendowed virgin maidens."
"The only virgin maiden around right now is presumably Lola, and that's only until Renny turns 18. As for your request, no, fuck you. Tell me what the hell you want. You're a variable, and I fucking hate variables. You seem to be close to Irene. She... I was about to say trusts me, but that would be dumb. Has faith in me. There's... strife on the horizon. There's so much to plan for. So stop being fucking unpredictable and tell me what it is you want! Hell, maybe I can help!"

"You fuckin' hate variables?" Edelweiss laughed. "Then what the hell're you doing in PATCA? Or in Honmyr? This whole damn floating rock is a biomass of variables! Honmyr, baby! You can make everybody on the continent your personal enemies one night and then you'd be president the very next day. Not even the most of out-of-the-blue bullshit in any other landmass amounts to the amount of blindsiding insanity that can hit you on a day to day business here. I hope you're not the leader of this ragtag group of armed malcontents. That'd be a joke with the worst possible punchline imaginable. I wouldn't know who the sympathize with, you or those who have to put up with your orders?"
Edelweiss frowned. "Adonova doesn't need help from PATCA, but we do have a problem when bitches like Irene seal off access to the Rezonscape's epicenter. The stationary one, I mean. We can't get there, but it's been only recently that I managed to find out which two bitches locked the damn thing up. I dunno why she did it, either. According to what we discovered, if anyone wanted to do anything about it, they'd still need the six Arkments. And I'm willing to bet huge money Irene's got a few if not all of them."

Renny tapped Jeanette as he asked. "Professor, do you know what they are talking about? I thought that the Rezonscape was open because we're still getting the benefits of Rage. Or was it supposed to be sealed? Or if the Rezonscape is sealed and yet still gives Rage, why would anyone need to access it? You said the effects of the Rezonscape could be disasterous in uncontrolled amounts." She responded...
"I know that there was this facility built up around the Rezonscape's epicenter. I know Irene was involved, and I'm pretty sure it involves Iris Waynard. You know, chief of the Recycled City way out west. I've never seen the epicenter directly, nor do I know how Irene and Iris got so close to it without turning into Madsoldiers, but I believe Irene described it as a statue that was impervious to all kinds of damage. So they sealed it up so that no one could get to it, and I don't know why. I think Irene wants to personally control the effects of the Rezonscape, even being able to decide the day it is destroyed."

Ray ignored the insults. Mostly. "Sorry to break it to you, but I'm in charge. And I'm aware what this country is like. But the fact that I'm fighting a losing battle doesn't change the fact that, well, I'm fighting, for better or for worse. And hey, sometimes I win. Sometimes I get the answer I was looking for, and learn that Irene has been a lot busier than she's let on. The sudden dismissal wounds me, though. During the war I thought you were all about helping Irene save Hommnyr. What's happened, lost your patriotism?"
"Actually, we would've saved Honmyr a lot better, but Irene intervened on behalf of the empress. Y'see, one day, somehow, Irene finds the privately owned hospital where our Lady Bezelain was bedridden. I was about to ice the cunt, but the lady permitted they be allowed to speak. I didn't understand it, Lady Bezelain was nowhere near recuperated from the grievous injuries she suffered in that maximum security prison, and she permits the very healthy Irene to speak with her and no possibility of resisting? I don't understand what happened after that. Y'see, Adonova was going to kill Sakuya and all her big wigs, but after a small chat with Irene, I get ordered to let the empress live. I don't know why, and I doubt Irene will tell me...or rather, show me what she did to convince Lady Bezelain to make such a big decision on a whim."

Ray gave the assassin a grin. "I think I do! And it's the same reason I'm in charge right now. Strife on the horizon. We're all going to be... needed, you see? We're chosen. Hommnyr's in trouble again, trouble that makes Hirohisho look like a minor scuffle. And this time you can't end it with a few well-placed bullets. But you can help us end it. You fought for your home once before? Good. You can do it again now. And maybe we can arrange a deal in regards to the Rezonscape. Though I'm sure Irene in particular would be curious as to what you're planning to do with it."

"She already knows what we're going to do with it," Edelweiss said simply. "And as for all this chosen nonsense, you're talking to the wrong badass, Homes. I only follow Lady Bezelain's orders, and I only follow them to the letter."
Ray tilted his head. "Oh? That doesn't sound very enthusiastic. What drives you, then? Why serve the Lady?"
"She's strong," said Edelweiss.
Ray shrugged. "As good a reason as any. Of course, that implies you'd follow someone stronger. But I'll have to get back to you on that." A roguish wink. "But one last question. Lady Bezelain. I wish to meet her. It's in both our interests. Time and place of her selection. Ray Green, one of Irene's Chosen. She'll understand, I hope."
Edelweiss tilts her head cutely. "Nope!"
Ray frowned. "And how would the dear Lady Bezelain feel if she knew you were refusing to bear my message? Whether to meet me, in the end, is her choice. But she already spared Sakuya for our cause. She clearly supports it, to some degree. Be reasonable, and I'll let Sakuya loose on you."
"Lady Bezelain knows who you are. If she wanted to tell you something, or she wanted to listen to any single thing you'd have to say, we would come in our gunship and abduct you in broad daylight, not giving half a shit who knows you're missing. Irene had to do some very major convincing to get Lady Bezelain to ever so slightly change her decision."

Ray sighed. "Fine. Have it your way. I've learned enough as it is." A grin. "Have fun with Sakuya, you masochistic bitch, you." He stepped away and gave the empress a nod. "Kill, please." He wouldn't have been quite so flippant about it, but at this point the remaining PATCA members on the beach had started showing up and helping with the cleanup, and at the very least he felt numbers were on their side, if Edelwei� should start something. A few minutes later saw quite a sensual change in the two murderous maidens. Edelweiss has put away the Bahamut, stepped out of her powered armor, and borrowed a bikini that seemed to blend swimsuit and lingerie. Sakuya was also very, very near-naked, having disarmed herself and did away with her armor.

"I like this," Sakuya said, grinning like a hungry wolf. "I get the feel every single blow with which I slaughter you directly through my skin."
"You couldn't beat me eight years ago, and that was when you had your generals with you, not to mention all those cheap-ass samurai wannabes," Edelweiss taunted her sensually. "Let's see how much you've improved."
"Weren't these two going to kill each other?" Ray asked Angelo
Angelo looked thoughtful for a moment, then nodded. "Women are strange, Impact, did you know that?"
"Ray's good. The codename's getting old, honestly. I'm not an action hero. Unless I'm looking for a toilet that is, in which case, look the fuck out. But yes, women are strange. Not that I'm complaining. Nope."
The fight between Sakuya and Edelweiss wasn't like traditional mud wrestling. This was mostly due to the simple fact that these women were wrestlers. They each had multiple black belts in various lethal martial arts styles. And they were very much intent to use them.
"That nice little bikini there is gonna be stained red with your blood before I stain it brown with the mud," Sakuya said.
"I love it when my enemies are so overclouded by their undeserved pride and their overinflated arrogance," Edelweiss smiled. "It makes it so much sweeter to crush them into the dirt."
"Get a room!" Ray yelled out.
"Moon, what're you doing?" Shannon asked, noticing Moon taking out his Pokedex.
"Did you know the Pokedex can now take pictures like a cellphone?" Moon asked her back.
"You do realize three beautiful women are lusting after you, right?"
"Garus asked me," Moon shrugged. "Some of us are going to be taking pictures from different angles."
"So who is your money on?" Kurika asked Whitney.
"I'm not sure, but I think Edelweiss might have a distinct advantage. At least that's what Shannon believes."
To her credit, Sakuya definitely tried, and her skills reflected two decades worth of strenuous martial arts training and exercise. But Edelweiss was packing the kind of power one usually wouldn't expect to see in a woman's young frame. She didn't have the kind of muscles that Kurika or Heidi were packing, yet her vicious blows packed nearly the same raw force behind them.
"What drugs are she on?" Garus asked no one in particular.
"Destiny," Lobo said. "She ODs on it constantly."
"Oh? What's her destiny?"
"That is easy, PATCA Chief Ray Green. Her destiny is to win forever."
"Man, I have this friend named Charlie Sheen, they should definitely date. What's she winning against? The world in general?"
"I'm not entirely sure. I think she's trying to win against premature wrinkles and cellulite."
Edelweiss grimaced. "I gotta have that goddamn robot looked at...again."

Ray turned away, sighing through his nose. The two didn't seem to be trying to murder each other, and he couldn't care less as long as nobody died. He would've enjoyed watching the two women wrestle some more, but, as it was, he had too many other things to think about. More than just a few questions for Irene, implications to consider. Not to mention that Irene had reported ahead about a dragonite pokebrid that had unexpectedly shown up. What the hell, he'd have to talk to her too. Voice comms were risky, but text could be sent over secure line.
"Looking forwards to interrogating her. Surprise guests crashed the Krunder party, saved all our asses. Edelwei� and Lobo. Currently mudwrestling with Sakuya. Very informative. You've got some explaining to do."
He sent the message and turned around, surveyed the beach, where the wrestling match was still going on, party coolers were getting set up, the mood was lightening up, people were bandaging wounds, and, near the edge, lying on the ground... he sighed again.
"Someone wake up Donovan!" he yelled.

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Renny wasn't paying that much attention to the mudfight between the two of them. He was making sure his pokemon was ok, mentally caught unaware by the earlier conversation...

"So...hubby."
"Ummm...hubby?"
Rachel walks up and playfully smacks Renny on the back. "How'd the Krunder fight go? I'm completely soaked all the way through. You should've seen me earlier. I might as well not have been wearing clothes, you could see right through the damn things. Looks like you have sand everywhere except under your feet where it belongs, eh?"
Renny was rather sandy and muddy from all the rain from Kyogre's Rain dance, but he smiled to see Rachel and several of the Lathiron team coming back safe. Rachel's words conjured the mental image of her stark naked and he blushed a little.

"Rachel! I'm glad to see you're alright! But yeah, it was intense. We started off very well actually, but I started to worry once things started taking a turn for the worse. Edelweiss showed up and..." Renny kinda nodded toward the ongoing wrestling fight between her and the Empress.
"I'm just glad that relatively few people were hurt this time. Krunder was basically a huge animate fossil towering over us! What about Lathiron?"
"It was pretty intense. Lathiron was actually six different creatures with one conscience. Then there were these torpedo guys, and this one chick, and-and-and-"
Renny figured that he wasn't really going to get a detailed and coherent story from Rachel. "But we only had to defeat four of them. Irene thinks that once those four were killed, the other two got...retarded, she said. And they just swam off. I hope they don't cause anymore trouble."
"Ah..." Renny tried to make it sound like he understood things more or less, although he was already mentally pressured from the previous conversation, so he basically coasted along.
"Retarded, uh? That's... interesting. We just kinda blasted Krunder apart. Lola even tore his arm off..." He looked at the bunny girl and then back to Rachel. "You'd probably have to have been there to believe it. Is everyone else doing alright?"

Rachel scratched her head with a worried expression. "Honestly, I don't think we really stood a chance in the end. We got help from the Prideguard and the Admiral even used his own ship to help us, and still things went out of control, especially when those really strange creatures came along. Irene called 'em...umm...Hallu...Hallucins...I dunno. But they were so scary. I thought we were gonna die, but that one chick was amazing. She was even stronger than Irene, maybe!"
Renny's belly sunk for a second, as he worried and empathize with Rachel's expression of how close both battles have been.
"Really? That's incredible. It would be nice if she came to join us. Is she with the Prideguard? I'd hate to have to go up against her in the future."
"She is, and I think I sorta know her. She was pretty hot topic in the tabloids. Elshie Turner? No. Fisher? Something-er. She was a gym leader who whored her body out to opponents she preferred. And now there she is, working for the Prideguard, and she's absolutely amazing! I hope we don't have to fight her, either."
Renny drew a blank in terms of the name, but her reputation kinda shocked him a little.
"I never took any of the gym challenges in Honmyr, so I never met her." Renny said this as neutrally as possible. "Anyhow, I'm glad you and everyone else is safe."
The young agent made a mental note that he should probably relook at all the pokemon that he helped assign to the other agents and see if there was any way to improve their capabilities to prevent such close calls.

"So, now that the mission is over, I guess we can all go back to enjoying your party. Feeling so exhausted though."
"I'm a little too tired myself and I think everyone else is just getting drunk," Rachel sighed, looking around. "Drinking, passing out, and waking up next to someone they don't even know. This is what I have to look forward to as an adult?"
Then she smiled like a vile little imp. "So, how do you like the new girl? That Dragonite Pokebrid? She's a stunning little number, isn't she? I bet you're glad you're in PATCA now if you weren't before!"
This girl...has issues.
"I am happy with PATCA though..." Renny glanced to see who she was talking about, when he craned his head and reacted with shock. "I don't recall seeing her with us when we left this morning or during the party. I watched the photoshoot." He blushed a little as he said that. "Why hasn't anyone offered her a towel or a shirt at least? Can you excuse me a moment?"
Renny smiled and waved at Rachel for a sec before he approached Hyacinth...

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An unusual personal rain cloud caught his attention and made Renny curiously quizzical. His face burned up a little as he approached due to her being quite very naked. He took off his soaked and somewhat mud-stained tank-top and offered it to her, as he looked a little bit to the side, shirtless as well as his towel that he was going to use to dry off after a good swim.

"... Miss, please go ahead and take this. I'm sorry its like that, but at least you'll have something to cover you, and you might be a little warmer... Is that hovering raincloud normal for you?"
Hyacinth looked up and got off of the stonebed she was currently relaxing on, looking at Renny casually looking up at her. "Why wouldn't I be ok? ... Oh, the raincloud thing no that isn't anything out of the ordinary." Hyacinth took the tank top and towel, and stared at it for a moment.

"Ah, that's good to hear. My name is Renny." Renny tried to avoid staring directly at her chest or nether-regions. "I, I haven't see you at the party. For that matter, I haven't seen you before. Are you part of the ship's crew or one of us? "
"Well, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I guess I would be now due to circumstance." Hyacinth let out a exhalation and looked up at the boardwalks, there were really interesting structures there up above. "By the way, I'm Hyacinth, and I guess... from what I've heard... you are going to be... somebody working with me?"
Renny responded with a smile even though he tried not to look too directly. "It's a real... pleasure to meet you. And we could be partners in the future. Are you familiar with PATCA?"
"Well, I know a little about it, you could say. But well... what exactly will we be doing? I'm still awkwardly unfamiliar with the details."

"Well, we stand for Pok�mon Advanced Tactics and Counterterrorism Agency. ..." Renny was still feeling a slight bit awkward as she still remained as naked as before, although he couldn't deny the sight did have a certain allure. "Well, I assume you saw that big monster attacking the ship you were on? There are others possessing similar degree of power. I and my team just came out of a battle with another one in fact. Things were incredibly hectic for a bit, so I'm just happy it worked out well enough for both of us in the end... I was starting to worry for the worst."
"Oh, I saw it. I think it might have even taken a glimpse at me before being culled." Hyacinth took a glance out to the sea, ripples from the giant monstrosity still washing lightly up on the shore. "And good, it'll be fun to see a similar fate to them. I... also assume that they are misappropriately utilizing their power."
"Well, not all of them. But the ones we had to fight pretty much do abuse their strength. Anyhow, just to let you know..." Renny pointed toward Impact's general direction. "He is currently the one in command more or less. I imagine he's the one you'll need to talk to sooner or later. Codename is Impact."
"Alright, I'll keep that in mind for a little bit later. Sounds good to me."

Hyacinth whipped her tail to the side once more, thinking about how things were going, and especially enjoying all of the commotion. Lots of speaking and partying were commencing, and the battle was over. Battles being over were always both good and bad, to her. "So, just what we're killing then."
"They aren't the only threats," Renny corrected gently as he tried to look steadily at her face, "but they are one of the gravest threats that Honmyr has ever known. As I mentioned, we're also anti-terrorism especially those that abuse pokemon, use them as weapons or even experiment on them. "
Renny took a moment in brief silence. "I... I'm trying to do my part. We all are. PATCA has faced a tremendous deal of danger and pressure, and while we have been succeeding, the reality is still very grim. Honmyr... is a wonderful but troubled place. There is still so much more that needs to be done and we're trying to find the way. So we can finally put all our fears to rest. I don't know what Impact would say, but it would be of great pride to have you on our side, if you are willing."
"... heh. Well, it seems like a nice business to be in, and there's tons of good to do. I have a couple things that I'll be looking for, but that can be settled simply enough. There won't be anything like a huge problem, at least coming from me. The opponents that we have however..." Hyacinth let out a small grin and laugh. "They won't be liking it all that much."

Renny gave an expression of fond regard, "That sounds promising. I wish you the best of luck." He then added, trying not to call too much direct attention to her nakedness, "I'm sorry if my tank-top and towel don't really suit you. We all got caught in a massive storm of rain and sand. I was just worried you might catch a chill, with that rain cloud that seems to follow you around."
"It doesn't suit me, but it is something. And I certainly don't mind it. There's no problem." The rain cloud acted up slightly more, with Hyacinth taking a glance upwards to the dark bubbles of air. "Besides, the weather in the storm is just fine."
"Ah, alright. Well, I hope you enjoy yourself. Both today's party and at PATCA. If you need any help, you can ask me. I'll try to do what I can to assist you."
"Sounds good, and thank you for the offer." The girl bowed her head slightly, stretching her body out and simply taking a glance over to Impact, who seemed to be heading her direction anyway, or at least that he would be sometime in the near future.

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*Whitney's color will be a darker green since the two normally share the same color by default*

Soon after the conversation with Hyacinth, Renny wandered off a little bit to think on the events of the day. The Gallade found Whitney also apart from the crowds at the beach, basically starting at random Krabby crawling in the sand.
"Why is it that everytime I turn around, there's another girl?" she asked as Renny drew closer.
She stood up and turned towards him. "Well, it's good to see that both sides have survived okay."
Renny could tell by Whitney's tone that she seemed to be supressing something within herself.

"A large part of that was thanks to you. You did incredibly Whitney. I don't think we would have managed to do half as well otherwise... I am really relieved to have had you on my side."
"Yeah, uhh...thanks." Whitney said. The sun was starting to set, so Whitney used the dimming sky to check out the stars. "Say, Renny. When do you think you will quit PATCA? You don't intend to do such dangerous work until retirement age, do you?"
Her voice sounded forced, like her mind was completely elsewhere and she was just trying not to awkwardly shove him away.
"I kind of thought I'd quit after the whole incident with Reverend Faynoc and the Harbingers of Ascension, but yet here I am, and I can't quite think of why I haven't decided to leave yet."

Renny thought for a little bit, the silence that lingered between them weighing on him bit by bit as the moments passed and he looked at the skies with Whitney. But he had been asked questions like this before and he was starting to have a little more of a grasp...
"To be honest, I don't think I'll be sticking around until retirement... but I feel there is a need more than ever for us... and also, I personally want to stay because of the people that I've met along the way here in PATCA. Several months ago, I was nearly ready to quit. So close really... but I found out that people in PATCA had entrusted themselves to my whatever strength they thought I had, even when I didn't think I had it. And when I felt like I needed help, I entrusted myself to them and somehow we both pulled through..."
"Hmm...that's so, huh?" Whitney breathed. "I guess it's like as Irene said. That in some strange way, PATCA chooses its agents just as its agents choose to work there. I wonder how Irene managed to create such a strange beast?"
Renny shook his head, as if denying that he had that sort of wisdom handy. "Whitney. I was kinda wondering what was life like for you back then. Ignoring all the things that the Harbringer had done to other people, they made it sound like they tried to be a family of sort, giving you a home for you, and your brother. To be honest, I don't really know that much about you... and that is something I would try to improve on a little, if you trust me."
"There's not much more than that. My brother and I were orphans ever since the First Successionary War. We probably would've found some kind of respectable career field, but then another war creeped up on us. Life wasn't easy, but we managed to feed ourselves 'n' stuff. Wyatt...didn't really want me to join the Harbingers of Ascension with him. I think he was just doing that to protect me. But I wouldn't have it. I found out where he got the money. I found out how he paid for the Pokebrid processing. I found out how he paid for that nice apartment that I live in now."
Whitney shrugged. "It wasn't until after the events that transpired in Mismagius Manor that we discovered Reverend Faynoc's goals. Honestly, they didn't necessarily seem bad to me at first, until we went in there and discovered just what was happening to some of the people who joined the organization. I still think about the Asuras and I believe that it was just as possible that Wyatt and I could've been a couple of those things. Now that I think about it, maybe I continue to work for PATCA is to repent for what me and my brother contributed towards, even though we were ignorant."

Renny listened intently, not speaking or intending to interrupt for an instant while she opened up to him. He nodded as he tried to understand where she was coming from. Finally, as she wound down, he thought a little.
"I see. I'm an only child and always lived with my parents, so my situation is quite different from yours. What sort of brother was Wyatt like to you?"
"My brother was always kind and warm. He put his sister before himself. He fed his sister more than himself even though he was already starving. He suffered so much for my sake, and even unto his death, I feel like I was never able to pay even a minute fraction of what I owe him. I tried to shoulder more than my share of the burden. I tried to provide him the comfort that he sacrificed for me. But fate is a rather cruel mistress. In a way, I sort of hope that Phantomere is still alive somewhere. I still bear a lot of ill will towards him."
Renny approached closer, and with only a slight hestitation, wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"I'm kinda jumping in the dark when I say this, but I don't think you need to repent. Faynoc's cult claimed themselves to be a family, but you and Wyatt were probably the one and only true family there. Your brother tried his best to give you the best life that he can possibly give you. I truly think that he'd want you to live with dignity... That his efforts was a promise to you that you will never feel regret. I feel for you that you love him deeply when you try to make up for both of your actions in the Harbringer of Acension, but I think he'd want you to live something that'd make him assured that your life was worthwhile. I know you're very strong deep down, but you don't have to put all the burdens on yourself."

"Oh, hush."
...Huh. That probably wasn't the response Renny was expecting to get after his monologue.
Whitney gently forced Renny off of herself. "Relax, I don't mind what I'm doing here. Now you should probably get going. I imagine the bunny girl's looking for you since you've been apart this long, right?"
Renny smiled a little. "Well, you are one of my friends too. Are you sure you don't want to come back to the party with me? It's probably going to end soon anyhow."
Whitney nodded and then, very uncharacteristic of her, locked her arms around Renny's left arm. "Let's. Besides, I need to talk to Moon about something."
This was a little awkward, and not for the really intimate reason. Whitney was tall for a woman, and had to bend over quite a bit to possess the shorter Renny's arm.
Renny felt a bit warmer inside but escorted Whitney toward the party, feeling bolder and encouraged by the slight growth between the two of them.

Aldurin

05-30-2012, 01:39 PM

(Beach scene, post-dream for Donovan.)

"What the HELL WAS THAT?" Donovan yelled after recomposing himself. He felt pretty shaky and was in no mood to be left in the dark on what was going on.

Ray was holding his head after that conversation with Hya, and he'd rejoined the group to see Donovan writhing on the ground, a couple of medics standing around him. He had absolutely no clue what was happening, but they'd just killed two ruin generals without taking a single casualty. He did not want to have to report a death during the afterparty, so he'd hurried over, knelt beside the pokebrid. The medics had attached a pulse monitor, so there wasn't much he could really do, but he figured he should at least be there. Then the pokebrid's eyes popped open, a sightless stare into the distance. "Donovan! You okay?" He asked, actually somewhat anxious now?

A few seconds later he had confirmation that donovan was, indeed, okay, and, as a bonus, had found out that loud noises really didn't do anything for post-battle headaches. "The hell was what? You passed out post-battle. Contrary to popular opinion, I cannot actually read minds." He sat down in the sand, cross-legged, facing donovan, suddenly curious. "What's gotten you this frightened?"

Donovan took a moment to gather his thoughts, "Back in that battle, I BECAME a Sharpedo." He paused for a moment to shudder, causing him to involuntarily cycle through his forms for a moment before settling back in his Blaziken form. "Nothing like that has happened to me for about a decade, and the circumstances were highly unfavorable the last time it occurred."

Ray raised his eyebrows. "We call that a Paradigm shift. It's fuelled by rage. Rage is..." A pause. "You can consider it mystical background radiation that we can exploit in battle. Though I'd be more than a little curious how you managed it before. Rage is normally limited to the Hommnyr region."

"Yeah, I'd like to know, too." Donovan sighed and began thinking about how to word his next question. "Ok, so the 'Rage' was that red particle stuff that was floating around the battlefield and clustering on Krunder?"

"Red... particles? Rage isn't... isn't visible. Unless you're chanelling it into some sort of attack, but I don't think... I didn't see anything. Either you were hallucinating and passed out after, perhaps as a result of the adrenaline rush during the battle..." He gave donovan an intense look. "Or you're a very strange individual indeed." He tilted his head. "Any history of mental illness or hallucinations?"

"Nah, I've been fine for years. I never had anything remotely close to this happen during my time in other regions." He suddenly remembered some of the dialogue during the battle. "So what IS this Rezonscape? And why did I hear that it's mobile?"

"I hadn't even mentioned the Rezonscape yet, but I'm glad you're that good at deduction. Yeah, the Rezonscape is the technical term for the background radiation that so cinematically fuels our battles. It has a... mobile core and a stationary core. The stationary one is under lock and key. The mobile one is just that. Mobile. It shifts little by little, but unless you're within one or two miles of it, that won't effect you. Of course, it probably was within something like one or two miles of us..." He paused for a moment. "What... exactly made you writhe like that?"

"Writhe like what?" Donovan said, oblivious to his behavior when he was unconscious. He suddenly began thinking about something ". . . Hallucinacrums . . . negative rage . . . madsoldiers . . ." he mumbled as he was looking off into the distance, apparently trying to put together some pieces of the puzzle. "I just had a weird dream when I was out, nothing more than that."

"Either you're a very uneasy sleeper, or that was more than a weird dream. I only caught the last minute of the performance, but... I don't believe you. However, as I said, I sadly can't read minds, so a weird dream it is. I'll be keeping an eye on you, though. Particularly since I don't remember mentioning any Hallucinacrums." Ray stood up. "I'd push you harder, but I honestly don't want more shit on my back right now. Though if you wanna earn brownie points, get yourself checked out in the medical ward. Maybe this is medical after all, and I don't have to worry about you going fuckin' madsoldier every time you p-shift."

"Ok, I'll go ask the doc questions she probably can't answer." Donovan tried to stand up, then suddenly doubled over, yelled and let out a Blast Burn that singed the beach in front of Donovan, leaving a thin layer of glass. "I should probably get something to drink, what's the hardest booze that was brought along?"

Ray flinched back at the blast burn feeling his eyebrows singe, the smell of burnt hair filling the air, letting out a gasp. "Okay, before we're letting you near any alcohol, you're gonna promise to keep those blast burns under control. I don't want the party to be more dangerous than the actual battle. Besides, I see media here. I'd rather not display unstable PATCA member number 342 to them."

"Ok, I'll do my best to stop burning things." He staggered off to the cooler where PATCA was keeping their beer for the after-battle barbecue.

Astral Harmony

05-31-2012, 10:55 AM

The Crosswald Chronicles

Irene Vs Edelweiss at Cardinal Beach Arena! Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Live On Pay-Per-View!

"You know, it takes a rare breed of woman to get underneath my skin as much as you do, Irene."
"Does that mean I win a million dollars?" Irene asked hopefully. "My house was destroyed by a Gabriel Force automech last night and it could probably use a new...everything."
Edelweiss folded her arms. "Where are the keys, Irene?"
"Which keys praytell are you inquiring about, my dear Edelweiss? The keys to my car? The keys to my heart? The-"
"The keys to the Chaos Atelier," Edelweiss monotoned.
"Well, you're a bright girl, Edelweiss. Follow your history. You know that the Chaos Atelier was created by Kaguya and myself as a Rezonscape dampener. So it's only obvious that the two of us would each have one."
"Where is yours?"
"I lost it in a poker match."

Edelweiss grit her teeth.

"Chill, Edelweiss. When it comes to the Rezonscape and the power of madness, you need patience. Bezelain's got it. She knows that even if she had both the Crimson Sky and Azure Sea keys right now, she wouldn't be able to use the Rezonscape to cure herself."
"So, you know what Adonova's purpose really is."
Irene nodded. "Of course I do. Bezelain told me in the hospital room."

Edelweiss didn't need to hear any more. With a furious scream, she unleashed all of her anger on Irene. Which was pretty much what Irene wanted. Edelweiss was a lot more manageable when she let all of her frustrations bleed out.
"Why the fuck is it always you?!" Edelweiss cried as Irene expertly deflected or parried the incoming blows. "I do everything she asks, without question! If someone is going to cure her, it's going to be me! So why does she even regard you at all?!"
Irene grabbed Edelweiss's latest punch, pulled it towards herself, then spun and slammed Edelweiss in the side of the throat with her free elbow, sending the Adonova officer reeling.
"That's why she regards me," Irene said, stepping back to give the two fighters some distance. "Why can't you just accept that sometimes Bezelain simply cannot count on you to be everything she needs? Hell, be happy that she trusts you as much as she does. Giovanni doesn't have shit on you, and he was given the position of Team Rocket's leader."

Edelweiss turned towards Irene. Irene held up her hands as though to block Edelweiss ahead of time. "This isn't about just what Bezelain wants or needs, you know. This is a matter of honor. Bezelain has honored my wishes, and I'm sure that she wants you to do the same. And you understand that, right? That's why you didn't kill Sakuya when you had the chance."

There was a pause. Then Edelweiss's body visibly relaxed and she assumed a more professional fighting stance. "Let's try this from the top, shall we?" she asked Irene.
Irene rolled her shoulders. "Winner buys drinks," she told Edelweiss, and they threw themselves into the fight again.

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Several hours after PATCA's return from Cardinal Beach...

"How's my favorite old man...huh?"

Irene, flowers in hand, stepped into the hospital room where Dormond was resting up from the battle inside Crosswald Manor. However, she wasn't expecting to encounter the other individual.

"Rayleen dropped me off," Macca told her. "And Lilma agreed. With those ruins in the mountain range cleared, Rayleen won't actually need the both of us."
"Do you really think you need to do so much just because it's Mistress Rayleen?" Dormond asked.

Irene wordlessly placed the flowers in a long, thin vase full of water and set it by the window, finally coming to a rest in a nearby chair. "PATCA might never understand my whole grand plan, but I at least want Rayleen to. She's my daughter, after all. The entirety of Honmyr and even Pierce can condemn all that I have to do, but...when it comes to Rayleen..."
"Irene's trying to be a mother? That kind of news would make Twitter explode."
"Eat a dick, Macca," Irene said, unable to contain a smile. Macca smiled back. "So how bad are you, Dormond?"

"The surgeon says I got off lucky. Very lucky." Dormond said. "If I wasn't in my Mawile form at the time that Diamond Gunscissor sliced me, you'd be visiting me at the cemetery instead of here."
"If Burkmont wasn't on my shit list before, he is now," Irene growled.
"Speaking on that supersized douche, I hear he's trying to blackmail president Andricksen."
"Nonsense. The only one who's allowed to blackmail the president is me," Irene said. "Burkmont doesn't have a whole lotta clout when it comes to Andricksen, so he's pulling that same old shit arguement."
"And which one would that be?"
Irene picked up her Sulphyr sword and examined it with a keen eye. "If the Prideguard goes down, there's not much stopping Sakuya from conquering Honmyr for the Empire. Unfortunately, there actually is, and her name rhymes with Irene-motherfuckin'-Crosswald."
"You see, Irene? This is why you are my master."

"Okay, Sakuya's dumbass father lost due to an overabundance of national pride and stubborn honor and an underabundance in military intellect and wartime strategy. And me. Sakuya lost due to an overabundance of national pride and stubborn honor and an underabundance in military intellect and wartime strategy."
"And you," Macca added.
"The Prideguard was essential during the First and Second Successionary Wars. This time 'round, not so much, and Sakuya's starting to get some very strong hints. She knows her half-sister, Kaguya, is alive. After her epic failure in the last war, that news could cause some tremors that will bring the empire to its knees before they even draw their katanas. She doesn't know who Abereth is, and that could very well kill her. Plus, she knows that I still have quite a few surprises up my sleeves, and despite her rage, she's deathly afraid of me, which made it easy for me to get her eating out of agent Green's hand. Like it or not, if she wants some of her former imperial glory back, she's gonna get it on my terms."

"In other words, Empress Kazetsubaki won't invade Honmyr except when you decide she can," Dormond said.
"Right, and I still need to maneuver some pieces where I need them before I let her and Green have at it," Irene nodded. "I need to get rid of some Ruin Generals, I'd like to buy all the time I can to help Abereth do her work behind the scenes, and I need to set up some things so a lot of people I like aren't slaughtered in the ensuing chaos. There's a lot of hurry up and wait nonsense, which frustrates me. I can rest, but my mind doesn't want to turn off. Which is why I'm thankful for Pierce's 'company'."
Irene stood up. "I'm sorry, Dormond, but I have to get back to the HQ. I really should be there for when agents Donovan and Hyacinth are introduced to everyone else."
"What shall I do?" Macca grew serious.
"Keep my favorite old man company a bit longer, would you? Then slip into my office later tonight. Rayleen and Lilma had a good idea. I never know when I might need a sword that can split a skyscraper."
"Especially if that mechanical woman comes back," Dormond added.

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A few days after PATCA's return from Cardinal Beach...

"It's unfeasible, Irene."
"You decided to follow along with my plan, Eldys," Irene told her. "Don't tell me you're getting shaky knees now."
Eldys's long elven ears lowered with uncertainty. "It's just...really? There's such a better way of destroying the Knomere."
"Honmyr and a lot of lives would be lost in the process."
"Those are and should always be acceptible losses. Hell, the entire planet would be an acceptible loss if it means the Knomere are destroyed."

Irene sighed. She had put absolutely every part of her master plan out there for Abereth and Eldys to get a big ol' whiff of it. Abereth found it feasible, which gave Irene confidence. Out of the three of them, Abereth was the smart one. But when it came to the Knomere, Irene and Abereth had next to no experience. Eldys was the only one who took them head on. Her having doubts wasn't making this easy for Irene's stress levels.

Irene crouched down and then hopped up, scaling a rather large stone block with ease. "These ruins haven't awakened yet," Irene told herself, looking at a bunch of special scanners. The Liviglyph Ruins were the next set of ruins "scheduled" to be awakened by the Rezonscape's spreading madness harmonics. The process was that when the harmonics grew strong enough, the ruins would activate. Activated ruins can be entered. And at the depths of the ruins would be a fresh new Arkment to claim.

Frustrated that the ruins weren't "alive" yet, Irene hoped back down to end the discussion. "Look, Eldys. As heavy as your opinion weighs, I'm going to tell you straight out. I will not sacrifice Honmyr and the people I intend to protect, which is everybody on this floating rock. I will still stop the Knomere. And yes, I will somehow manage it even though Impact is someone I have to count on to lead the charge. This is why you're here, Eldys. I need to keep Impact on the rails. And you are the person I intend to help me do that."
"Does he know he's a tool?"
"Impact is not a tool!" Irene shouted. "When people use tools, they simply put them away when they're done with them, and replace them if they malfunction. I will not do that to Impact. Now, it's true that I don't like him. He's the kind of person who can be just as dangerous as Sakuya or Vladier if you don't keep your eyes on him and a leash around his neck. But I fully intend to make sure he's justly rewarded for what he's going to end up doing for me, even though I sort of kept him ignorant of what exactly he's going to do."
Eldys laughed. "Justly rewarded. I like that. So, if he does become a good leader of men, he's a damn hero and he'll live like a king, but if he's a total asshole-"
"Then I made a horrible mistake by relying on him and I will take it upon myself to correct my mistakes, one way or another," Irene said. "Now let's get outta here. A lotta people wanna know what I'm doing at all times, and that means I can't linger in one place for long."

"I still say that you shouldn't rely on so many variables that could potentially throw a wrench in your masterful plan."
"If you keep bringing this up, we won't be stopping by to pick up some donuts on the way back."
Eldys's cheeks puffed up. "Hey, no fair! You always use that threat!"
"Then be a good little exiled alien princess so that I won't have to. All I need you to do is trust me and play your part. I promise, it'll all work out."

Menarker

06-10-2012, 12:25 PM

OOC: Posting this on Relm's behalf given that she is unexplainably absent.

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*Post-battle, on the beach, the party's meeting up. *
Impact approached Hycanith, assault rifle still slung over his shoulder. He scrutinized her for a moment, the raincloud over her head, her outfit, her pokebrid form, then cleared his throat.
"I have to say... When Irene told me about the mysterious pokebrid who'd spontaneously joined the battle and landed several good hits on Lathiron... I wasn't expecting yet another underdressed girl."
"Sexist," murmured Evangaleen.

Hyacinth was on a rock staring out at the sea, turning her head to look at Impact as he approached her, and waited a moment to make sure he wasn't done.
"Oh, well this thing they just threw at me. Eh." The dragonite pokebrid shrugged, letting the rain continue to fall around her and twitching her dragonite antenna in his direction. "But it seems as if word gets around fast with humans. Not surprised really."

Impact chuckled. "Humans? You speak as if you weren't one. But yes, we talk to each other around here. I'm technically in charge of this little operation, so I tend to get informed of new developments. In theory, anyway." He paused for a moment. "What made you intervene?"
"Well..." Hyacinth looked down at herself, then turning her gaze back to the uniformed human. "I guess I am. But I typically stay by myself, I don't associate with any pack of Vigs." Hyacinth thought for a moment, letting him go on and then calmly smiling. "The easiest answer would be a combination of boredom, wanting to try something out on an actual target, and the fact you guys were interrupting my nap with all your rough-housing."

Impact tilted his head as if he didn't quite believe what he was hearing. "You're saying you joined in a battle against an ancient elemental avatar for the sake of something to do? And your afternoon nap, of course. Let's not forget your afternoon nap."
Hyacinth stretched her arms over her head, and slammed her tail into the stone. "There's other reasons too, but don't worry about that. But what exactly do you know of these elemental avatars? Sounds like there are more you need to fight."
Impact almost flinched as Hycanith's tail smashed the stone next to him, but managed to keep control. He wasn't sure if she was just careless, or trying to threaten him. Neither was good. "I don't need to worry about that? You intervened in a PATCA operation under my control. I'm pretty sure if anyone needs to worry about your motives for doing so, it's me."
The girl calmly stood up from the rock, standing up straight. "I intervened to your benefit. Are you really complaining that I assisted your allies in a fight that could otherwise very well have cost them their lives?"
Her height was, for an ordinary girl, very tall. She was something around 6'3" in height, so they met on a relatively eye to eye stance once Hyacinth walked a half circle around Impact to get to somewhere where the ground between them was level.
"The penalty for intervention is, legally, at my discretion, actually. But let's set that aside, for now, that's not my point. I'm not complaining that you helped us. I'm grateful that you saw it fit to assist our operation this way." He paused, as if collecting his thoughts. "Unfortunately, as lax as our hiring standards have been in the past, there is always the risk of infiltration by enemy groups. This has been an issue in the past, and I fear that it will continue to be an issue. the groups arrayed against us have a lot of money and power at their disposal." He met her gaze, then, deep brown eyes boring into hers. "So, yes. When an unknown individual appears, intervenes in our battles for no discernable reason and then asks me for information about our operations? I'm going to get more than a little suspicious. Particularly when the individual in question is an experimental pokebrid."

Hyacinth waited, wings slowly beating in the stormy atmosphere around her. "Oh, I think I see the worry that you might have about me then. But I am not looking to betray you the moment I join." Her eyes were a deep sharp emerald, and then looking back across the beach at some of the others chatting, but then paid them no more heed for now. "And honestly Irene said something about you convincing me to aid you all. People briefed me on a few things relating to these issues, but my knowledge is still sorely lacking. So I assumed that it would be in my best interest to have a clue what the goals of the team are. Unless you intentionally leave people in the dark." She paused for a moment, eyes getting more relaxed and wearing a confident smie. "Besides, aren't all pokebrids experimental?"
Impact paused, giving her a suspicious look. "Wait a second, you've been briefed on this? Whom by, exactly?"
"Just by some little boy. I thought Irene told you I was given minimal information."
Impact groaned and a ran a head through his hair. "Little Boy? Renny? Small, very friendly, gives away state secrets to random strangers? Wonderful. What exactly did he tell you?"
"State secrets? Well, he just said a few words about the beasts that we're fighting, and threw this thing at me. Told me he wanted me to wear it for my sake." She noted holding a towel and dirty tank-top.
Impact opened his mouth, seeming to want to inquire further, then thought better of it. "You know what, I don't want to know. In any case, I do believe we're getting ahead of ourselves. If you can convince me that you're telling the truth about your motives, we can see how to proceed. But until that point in time, you're a potential spy, for the Prideguard, or what's left of the Harbingers, or who knows who else, and this whole mission has been nothing but an insertion attempt, set up by the Prideguard. If Renny told you about what you're facing, you should understand my suspicions. So... Hyacinth, right? Talk to me. Tell me 'what else' there was." He reached out to lay a coaxing hand on her forearm. "Come on."

"Oh, I see. Well first I need to ask what your name is, since you obviously know mine. And second, quite honestly I know the standard routes. You can't actually trust me because anything that I say could be simply to convince you of a story." Hyacinth twisted her held arm slightly, but didn't attempt to shake herself free. "But do I really look like I am from any of these groups as a spy? If I were a spy, wouldn't I get inserted into your Vig pack a little more subtly?" Hyacinth went back to a smile, tilting her head and looking as a mix between sleepy serene calm and bloodthirsty form the previous fun.
Impact grinned, a bit sheepishly. "I suppose I could have had the decency to introduce myself, spy or no spy. I'm Ray Green. Callsign Impact. I'm the regional chief of PATCA and tend to take a special interest in the Watchmen. As for your second point, certainly. We won't take your word for it, of course, we do background checks. And you'd be surprised how much a quick medical exam can tell us about your past. Particularly in your case. But, as it is, a proper explanation for your actions would be a good first step. Might make the difference between a night in jail and a night under the sky."
He pondered her appearance for the moment. "And honestly, yes. Did Renny mention Faynoc to you? One of our most recent enemies, he used to be in charge of a pokebrid lab. He's dead now, but I'm sure his organization remains. And given that we're not really hiring right now, participating in one of our battles and then trying to get further involved would probably be one of the best ways to gain trust. Besides. While your knowledge of the 'standard routines' in commendable, I do wonder where you learned about them." A wink, not quite joking, but not entirely serious. This wasn't strictly a game to him, but Impact did enjoy these moments.

Hyacinth enjoyed these moments too, especially the kind that was coming up. She had been walking in a slow circle around Green, and by now was full circle back to the rock she originally sat on. She returned to a sitting position, although in such a way as to remain about eye level.
"Nice to meet you Ray. And I do see your concern about me, but I think I need to clear the mists. I typically do with the rain." She beat her wings once, then stretched her tail out. "But this is more of a concept mist, not a vaporous one. You see, I've got this feeling that you think you have an advantage over me. The way you speak of putting me in jail as if that is an option. I don't like being threatened regardless though. Let me just remind you that I can crush you into a fine paste." She paused, tilting her head the other way and smiling.
"See? That probably felt bad. But I hope we're civilized enough to avoid such threats. But my point is, Dragonites can travel at over Mach 2. Unless you propose a situation for me that is better than me just leaving, I have no reason to work towards it." Her tail swiped the stone side to side, although much more gently than before. "As for how I learned of these standard procedures... I'm just cultured to be intuitive I guess."
"I think we're misunderstanding each other, Hycanith. Leaving is not an option. I could probably bring you down on my own, and even if I don't, there's about 20 other PATCA members in the vicinity. There's a SAM battery on that cruiser, and most of our trainers can keep up with you in the air. I'm not meaning to threaten you, honestly. But if I come to the conclusion that you are, in fact, a spy, I don't intend to let you leave just like that. Your options, right now, are to either talk to me, or remain in custody until we can decide what to do with you. You could try running, of course, but I'd take that as proof of your criminal intent. And I can't guarantee that you'd survive the onslaught."
Hyacinth bared her teeth in a grin and nodded with closed eyes. "Challenge accepted."
She opened them and went back to her usual expression. "But we'll do that later, right now as you said there is other business discussion to conclude. Although you are making me want to flee just to see if I can, I have things that pique my curiosity more." She brought out a sigh and leaned back to stare at her black cloud. "I'll admit, a big reason for me doing this was to see how you all would react, and by coming fully back with you to see just what human society is like. And a good way to keep safe from... poachers."
She looked back down at Impact, sitting upright, but not standing, and putting her hands in her lap.
"Aaaah." Impact nodded. "That makes... some sense. I'd apologize on behalf of humanity, but I guess we're just bastards sometimes." He thought for a moment, staring into the storm cloud. "So... you were hoping for gratitude? Acceptance?"

"Eh, I don't know. I don't 'expect' anything. I wanted to do some sightseeing around these places and get into some bigger battles and adventures. And it already looks like I have a challenge so there's already something out of it." She raised a finger into the storm cloud as Impact stared at it, pulling down a small lightning bolt around her finger and putting the bolt in between them. "So now return the favor. Why should I trust you? And what can you offer me? Since we are past this silly spy issue..."
"Are we past it? I wasn't aware. Your explanation's acceptable, though. For now." He watched the spark trail around her finger. "Assuming our checks don't reveal anything incriminating..." He shrugged.
"I did say that we weren't hiring at the moment, the squad's full. On the other hand, you do seem competent, Irene seems to like you, and you can consider the job offer punishment for interfering in our operations. So, y'know what, okay. We'd be willing to have you. And now that we're on the same page... What can we offer? I'm not sure what Renny told you, so stop me if this is old news."
An ironic twinkle in his eye belied his displeasure at Renny's indiscretion. "We're a paramilitary agency. We're probably the least corrupt police or military force in Hommnyr right now, and that's saying something. Our goal is to maintain stability. In order to do this, we're going to have to face multiple shadowy criminal cartels, the entirety of Hommnyr's military, as well as a number of elemental avatars and the super-race of pokemon they're using against us. The person we're working for may, in fact, be against us as well, demonic powers from other dimensions are interfering in our operations and it's only a matter of time before our enemies start trying to assassinate us individually. But enough about the benefits. On the downside, our dental isn't very good, I'm sorry to say. We just don't have the budget for it. So, what do you say?"
"Glad to hear."

She paused, waiting patiently and letting the thunder sling around her body in oscilating orbit in tune with her nods to Impact. It eventually went back up into the cloud after a claw flick up when he was done speaking.
"Well first off, hearing you say you're least corrupt of the police is nice to hear. I'm not being sarcastic, being able to admit corruption and darkness is a virtue. And dental isn't a dealbreaker. Dragons don't get teeth issues. But it seems like you are all up against the world itself in a cataclysmic brawl." Hyacinth paused, then got a serene smirk and a glint in her eyes. "Sounds like far more fun than I've had out at sea. Plus, I can still study my stuff while sightseeing the human lands."
She dug her claws into the stone with grips, and laughed. "Besides, I want to see just how far this shell can go. So I'll say that for now, I'll come along for the ride."
Hyacinth waited, tilting her head and laughing silently now.
Impact sat down in the sand next to, silent for a moment. The tension and suspicion in him seemed to have vanished, to be replaced with... contentment? The battle had been tough, and coming down from an adrenaline rush always relaxed him.
"Very well, then. While you aren't in our custody, we are going to need blood samples, and a few notes on your past, for the background check. We'll provide an apartment for you to stay in while we process that. If it comes out clear, then our job offer is official, and you can accept or decline at your convenience." He glanced up at the raincloud. "Thought I've gotta say, maybe an aquarium would be more appropriate."
"Heh, good. Blood samples... I think I can give some of those. But as for notes on my past..."
The woman loosened her position, crossing her legs and leaning forward. Somehow it seemed that the entire mood of the conversation was veering all over the place from moment to moment. "Do you think I carry around paperwork in some briefcase in the ocean? I'm not quite sure what you want me to say about that. Also, if I could have one complaint." She cleared her throat silently, and took a small breath in with a momentary pause. "Could you please at least stay consistent? I know you all talk with each other. But when one of you is asking to hire me up, but the person sent to 'hire' me says they're not accepting positions... work on that would you?" Hyacinth laughed, letting the water bathe her and swishing her tail in a manner as to make the rain cloud grow.
"Also curious what kind of aquarium you had in mind. Although I am interested in this war you're waging."

"In regards to consistency, no guarantees. Humans are falliable, after all. As you well know. But we try. In regards to paperwork, of course not. But I'm sure there's a few things you can tell us about yourself. To help verify who you are, what you are. In regards to your lodgings, I'm sure we can work something out. Though our budget is generally limited. Battle is expensive. As for our war..." He shrugged. "There's a lot to say about it. What would you like to know in particular?"
"Heh. Humans damn sure are." Hyacinth smirked at a joke she only understood the true meaning of, and shook it off. "But I'll say a few things. My name is Hyacinth as you know, I occasionally peek into societies and I'm a bit well known in the cities of Posideon. And, well I'm very knowledgable in warfare and philosophy. I'm not sure what kind of thing you want to know."
She stood up once more, but this time to readjust on the tall rock rather than to circle and examine Impact. "As for the war, how about we start with the question I asked the first time. What are these elementals? And why do they fight?"

Impact lay back, propping himself up on his elbows.
"Didn't Renny tell you? Or are you trying to verify his info? Either way, That's one hell of a question, and it delves into a lot of history. The short version is that these bastards have existed for millenia, and have recently been becoming more active, and allying with the more sinister factions in Homnyr. And us, though maybe we qualify as sinister as well. In any case..." A pause for thought. "We don't have the power to challenge a lot of the pre-existing factions now. So we're hunting down these Ruin generals to chip away at our enemies' power base, and buy ourselves time to gain more allies. The latter is my job, hunting the generals down is yours. That's all you need to know, for now. Talk to some of the other officers if you want details."
Hyacinth laughed a little and folded her hands together. "So thats all I need to know. For now maybe, but I will need to know more as time goes on."

Impact grinned at that. "Funny. I was about to say the very same thing. I know there's more to you than you've shared so far. So how about a deal. Show me yours, I'll show you mine. We'll have to trust one another eventually. I'll tell you more about what we're doing if you tell us who you are and why you're here." He paused. "In time, though. For now, I just want to get the hell back to base."
Hyacinth tilted her head with a knowing smirk, and pointed past Impact at the rest of the PATCA team members.

He looked over his shoulder at where the rest of the watchmen were busily unpacking beer cooler and barbecues and groaned. "Or that may have to wait. Have you ever partied with humans before?"
"In any case, yes we will need to trust each other. And I'll be able to figure more about the battles, although I'm assuming from the way you acted during the interview you didn't quite see 'what' I did to this, Lathiron I think it was called? Anyway, that'll wait until the train ride home. For now, I'll join in the party and have some fun. But I've one question to ask, it's about your phrasing..." Hyacinth paused, jumping up and walking slowly over to the set-up, before glancing back at Impact. "Humans? You speak as if I'm not one."
Both of them walked to the party, watching all the set up, the scantily clad girls, and the meat set up to be cooked.

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*After the beach party, having arrived at PATCA*

Donovan entered the equipment storage, now finally starting to feel better after the Krunder battle. As he was putting away his weapons and armor he noticed the pokebrid nearby, trying on different armors while wearing very little underneath. Drizzle appeared to be in constant effect above her, which Donovan found odd since he figured that most weather modifiers would be suppressed indoors. Then it finally clicked in his head.
"So you're the one that came in all Leroy Jenkins style on the Lathiron fight and "completely wrecked its shit" as one of the other soldiers there described it. Right?"

Hyacinth was sitting on top of the cabinet of the armors and looking up at the ceiling with them. Good thing this was an expansive room, but Hyacinth simply jumped down to greet Donovan. He looked certainly interesting, and in what seemed to be a deep contrast to her own storm sparks of flame almost flew off of the big hair.
"What's a Leroy? Sounds like Bus tires. But in any case yeah I came in and blew it apart."
This was referring to when she flew in and literally blew the leviathan collection with stored power and in a single blow felled the beast. And her rain dance was kind of supressed. The water that dripped to the floor floated up in a mist and surrounded her, keeping any sort of real drenching going on to the property.
"Something you wanted to ask about it?"

"Not really, just wanted to let you know I appreciate someone who knows how to directly take control of a battle. It seems to be pretty common around here to dance around it with fancy crap that doesn't do any damage or lead to it. I'm Donovan Forschner, by the way. PATCA's other recent recruit of destruction."
"Heh. Well the dances play their part in some things if I'm going to be completely honest. But that depends how well your foxtrot skills sompare to that of the opponent." Hyacinth simply shrugged and wiped some of the latent puddles of water out of her see-through waterproof nightgown and decided on a particular piece of poison armor. "Name's Hyacinth. And... if I'm gonna be doing this i really should get a last name I guess. But regardless, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Donovan sensed something was off, all the other pokebrids handled themselves differently, always had a distinct form of regard to their splices. He sensed that she was handling her pokebrid status in much of the way he did.
"You're not a normal pokebrid, are you? Something tells me that you didn't just walk into a clinic and have the procedure done."
He could probably tell by the way that she carried herself, wings and tail and all, that it wasn't normal. Probably had something to do with the way that ordinary pokebrids treated their pokemon traits as exterior pieces of armor, least unless they had it for twenty or plus years which nobody in the corporation likely did.
"Hm? So you can tell. No I'm not, but now I have to know just what about it is so obvious, and why you're so attuned to such knowledge."

Donovan became slightly nervous, this wasn't a subject he would readily confide with strangers about. But he had a feeling that Hyacinth would be one of the better people to talk to about it.
"It's a long story, and it's really something I prefer not to talk about. I apologize if this is rude to you. It's just some bad memories I prefer to keep back."
The girl nodded and stretched her wings out, listening to it and finding a seat to take on a nearby table, and floating to it in the air. She'd since learned in her time where to sit on objects to make them not tip over, at least the larger ones like tables. Of course there are some people like Impact who would prefer she just learn to sit normally, but that's another issue for another time.
"Oh no, it's fine. I merely wished to know just what there was about it that let you see so easily. The rest of the pokebrids here are clunky in movements as well."
Of course, Hyacinth didn't have a chance to notice the same thing with Donovan, partly because he was wearing formal attire and most of his features were hidden, partly because he'd learned how to 'act' like a normal pokebrid, and partly because unlike Dragonite a blaziken pokebrid had relatively few 'tells'.
"So I'll leave the decision on whether to explain further up to you, or if another topic would be less discomforting."

Donovan looked toward the door, seeing no movement in the hallway. He appeared to be at a mental impasse, then he gave a sigh. He trusted almost no one in the past about it, but impulse was pushing him toward talking about it. "Well, I've been a pokebrid for eleven years now, and not by choice."
"Not by choice?"
If Donovan cared to look up he could probably notice the light hum of light screens on the camera in the room. It wasn't blocking vision, but it was drowning out the sound enough to make anything they said undiscernable. Hyacinth knew how to be polite after all. "So, how did it happen then?" Hyacinth seemed a little guilty in expression, probably already knowing how it came about, but needing to ask anyway.
"Criminal organization attacked my home, kidnapping me and selling me to a scientist as a lab rat when I was ten. That's the point where my life went wrong."
Donovan began cleaning his pistol to deal with the agitation of the memory, a practiced and methodical motion that always helped him.
"I was part of a project to make modified soldiers with pokemon powers, but mindless and obedient. I don't remember how many different splices they attempted, but they were always certain that it would 'eventually work'."
Hyacinth listened and leaned forward with her front claws on the chair to support her new stance. In this way the rain didn't even drip from her chest down to the floor before turning to mist and returning to the storm.
"Well, that's definitely something. But if the rest, hm." Hyacinth didn't quite know what to do with this conversation, and the right way to ask the question just came into her head. "So, how did you avoid 'your' brainwashing?"
Hyacinth flipped around and sat on the chair straddled around the armrests, but then stood up with a mildly annoyed huff. "Your world is so uncomfortable, I feel the need to continuously say."

"This was a few years before legitimate pokebrid technology became public knowledge, so everything was an educated guess. At one point, I felt overcome by anger. Anger at the experiments on me, anger at the lab, and even more anger at the lead scientist. At that point I was already shipped back to the organization for field testing. Everything became a blur of fire, glass and broken metal. When I woke up, I was in an open field, lying in the crops which hid me from the pursuers. When I tried to restore my life, it didn't go so well." Donovan was cleaning the pistol a little bit faster now, while still making sure not to cause any damage or wear.
"Well, by my guesses at age... you couldn't have been much more than a little wyrmling by then. Unless this happened several years after you were first indoctrinated into the build."
Hyacinth definitely had different ways that she talked, and of course there were occasional hints to herself in some of her words. Hyacinth herself didn't know if it was on purpose or not.
"But the pointless cruelty is part of what makes me so upset about it. But were you able to even find your way back home?"
Hyacinth simply shrugged, having more she wanted to say, but just remaining quiet for lack of a way to express it.

Donovan began noticing specks of red trying to enter his peripheral vision, whatever possessed him into that outright frightening rampage was apparently feeding on his anguish. He tried his best to ignore it.
"I did, but my situation was a curse. I was the only person existing in the region that was actually part pokemon. My family refused to believe my identity and basically disowned me. And to make it worse, that group of criminals wanted to recover their 'investment'. So I spent years on the run, learning to hide my true nature so that at worst I look like I'm in an eccentric outfit. It went on forever, and only when I managed to assassinate one of their officers during a national crisis was I able to permanently escape pursuit."
Donovan was cleaning the last few parts of the gun, his eyes were beginning to glaze over from the pain from the memories, yet for some reason the red specks were not affected.
"That was five or so years ago, and ever since I've been a traveling mercenary, fitting in with misfits and looking for a place to be accepted."
He finished reassembling the gun, now in perfect condition, and he looked at Hyacinth.
"But what really bothers me is what happened back on the beach. That . . . moment when I became the pokemon that I was utilizing properties of . . . it hasn't happened since that time a decade back when I escaped from the organization. It scares me, since I don't know if I can control that or if it's some inescapable fate of mine."
The girl nodded, having long since elected to simply stand upright and pace about. They were precisely the same height and thus could see eye to eye anyway, which was a weird conincidence.

"Yeah, being unable to actually fit in to your previous environment must really suck. But hell, you managed to get revenge. That must have been fun, more than I could ever do if I'm gonna be honest about it." Hyacinth sighed out and stretched her tail, curling it around the chair cautiously instead of knocking it over.
"Question though, about the whole destiny thing at the end." Hyacinth tilted her head slightly and got this inquisitive expression in her eyes. "What exactly would be wrong with being a pokemon?"

"Well, I don't come from this region. And to this day I think having a half way between being human and being a pokemon is nonexistent back there. It's a culture shock thing, since such an idea used to be unfathomable. And there was a thing about it. I would always get weird looks from fellow mercenaries, at least until my special situation helped win a fight alongside them. A few people did overcome that initial aversion to the unknown, but I don't know where they are now." Donovan began thinking for a moment.
"Hm, you're situation is similar, isn't it? Not exactly the same, but I will make a guess that you were involuntary subjected to your current state."
Hyacinth nodded and folded her wings in, looking slightly away and having understood he'd eventually return the favor of prying eyes. "Yeah, something of the sort. But proving your worth certainly would give something of pride. Anyway, yes you could say that my situation is kind of similar, but I'm an actual half human. Sorta, maybe I don't know."
The girl shrugged in frustration, it was always mildly aggravating trying to figure out just what she was. "But hey look on the bright side, although you probably have already. You're in a culture that you generally understand. And now the state that you're in is more widespread with this whole pokebridization thing so it's not really alien for you to exist anymore."
Donovan was surprised as he deducted that Hyacinth was originally a pokemon. But it gave him comfort to know that he didn't have no one to connect with on his past.
"Well, that's true, though I am trying to adjust to it. As you can see I still compulsively use most of my disguise in public." He holstered his gun and walked toward the door. " . . . Thanks for the talk. I've never really had anyone to relate to about my past."

"Yeah, but disguising yourself is good in a sense." Hyacinth was finished with getting all of her armor on, and completely outfitting herself. "And you're welcome. But speaking of disguises, there's really a better way to go about it."
Hyacinth Cynthia walked beside Donovan, and it might have been a little jarring for him to be hearing the same voice except in a sightly higher pitch. Much more jarring would be the trainer girl who obviously shared similarities with Hyacinth, but looked almost totally like a normal person, without the raincloud, and actually wearing something more than a white bikini. Although the biggest deal would be how seamless the transition was, and since his back was turned he never noticed her putting anything on at all.
"There's a few things that we can talk about, both with tactics and strategy. Both in and out of combat. I'll walk with you wherever you're going, since hell if I have anything but free time right now. Maybe we could even test a battle of wits and blades."
Donovan turned his head toward her and gave a smile. "It would be interesting to see how we comparitively fare in battle. Offer accepted."
He walked out of the equipment room, heading toward Professor Ricewood's lab to get the tests Impact wanted him to have.

Astral Harmony

06-13-2012, 08:53 AM

The Crosswald Chronicles, Part II

"Miss Crosswald?"
Irene kept her eyes on her work. "I'm here. What's up, Daphne?"
"There's a Miss Stoneharle at the front desk, asking-"
Irene sighed. "Another interview? Go ahead and let her pass. Don't worry about an escort. She knows how to get up here."

In less than two minutes, there was a knock on the door. "Don't come in, I'm naked," Irene called out, hoping beyond hope that this would drive the famous reporter away.
"Well, if anything, I can at least sell the photos to Capture! magazine," came the voice on the other end of the door.
The door opened and in stepped Jonessa Stoneharle, a reporter who did a lot of dangerous work but got through it by using her skills and charms. She knew how to swing a mean staff, was great with her hands, and anybody she interviewed didn't know how to shut the hell up when she barely hid her puppies behind a simple white tank top.
"So, what's the big topic for this time?" Irene asked her guest.
"Well, quite frankly, a lot of people are fucking scared of you," Jonessa leaned back in the chair.
"I'm the Top Bitch in PATCA," Irene placed her hands on her desk, fingers interlaced. "Anyone who isn't 'fucking scared of me' is someone I can't count on to stay on the right side of the law."

Irene stood up and strolled over to the window, hoping to god Sakuya wasn't going to try and knock her through it again. "Look, I can't tell you more than what you already know, Jonessa. A lot of shit I did during the wars is classified. I can't talk about it unless President Andricksen tells me I can, and even then I might not still talk about it."
"Then maybe you can perhaps talk about your feelings regarding the things you can't talk about?"
Irene sighed. "Jonessa, why do you think newspapers and media exist? Because people like to know that their problems have been addressed and are known by those of us who are in the business of solving them."

Irene turned away from the window. "Why do you think Pokemon Trainers exist? Because taking a Pokeball and having some animal fight your battles for you is a lot easier than training yourself."

She slowly walked back to her desk, arms emphasizing points all their own. "Superscience? Slayer weaponry and accessories? Rapid Deployment Powered Armors? They all exist for one very important purpose."
"That purpose being..." Jonessa threw in a bridge statement.
"That purpose being helping people deal with their problems," Irene said, planting her ass back in her chair. "Why do we have a president, Jonessa? More specifically, why do we have a president that we pay so much money to? It's because we pay him to deal with the problems that we don't want to face ourselves. Can we deal with those problems? Sure, of course we can. But most people don't want to, even though if they tried, they'd find it extremely easy to do so. Why? Because challenging those problems often requires us to seek out the unknown, and the unknown can be even scarier than I am, sometimes. So what do people do instead? They elect a president and expect him to challenge those problems so that they don't have to challenge the unknown themselves. And we, the people in those positions of power granted by the rest of society, know and understand this all too well. That's what sensitive and classified information really is, Jonessa. It's us not telling the people about the unknown because they paid us to protect them from it in the first place."

Jonessa had never seen this side of Irene before. Irene took a deep breath, apparently having gotten a lot off of her chest. "You as a reporter must understand this just as well as we do," Irene said, her voice much softer now. "You can report what you like, as always, but if what you report does nothing but sew chaos and cause damage, you negate all of our efforts as the leaders of the people and that means they might as well have thrown all that money into an incinerator. Everything I do, I do for the sake of this world and the people who live on it. But all the people out there, all they want is results, and the results I intend to achieve for them are still forthcoming. If you tell them what we're doing at PATCA but don't have solid evidence of the results of our labors to show them, they just won't understand. They expect results, Jonessa, and they won't accept nonsense like 'just give me a few more years' or any bullshit like that."
"Your faith in people could use a little work," Jonessa said after giving Irene a long, hard stare.
Irene laughed. "You think that's bad? I have this boyfriend. You'd think at least he'd know since he's...well, my boyfriend, but I don't tell him shit, either."

"Is he a good man?" Jonessa asked out of simple curiousity.
"Better than most I could find out there," Irene shrugged. "He could just be the one."
"And yet you still don't tell him your deepest truths."
"Honestly, I don't envy you journalists and reporters your careers," Irene admitted. "Sometimes you have to tell the truth, but more often than not, to protect those you love and those you want to keep alive, you have to withhold the truth, and occasionally even lie to their faces. For me, I can take breaks from dealing with information through combat, but for you people, information's your life."
Jonessa smiled. "It's usually me who showers the interviewee with compliments, not the other way around. By the way, I'd like to do some story collaboration with you...involving Prime Square and Millenium House, actually."
"What'm I going to be talking about?" Irene asked her, all business.
"Prideguard says they weren't there, or at least not interfering in official PATCA investigative business, on either occasion," Jonessa said.
"And what makes you think they were?"
"I had a guy on the inside of the Harbingers, who gave me reports during both incidents. He lost his life in what must have some cataclysmic series of accidents during PATCA's assault on Millenium House."

Irene frowned. This was going to be pretty sensitive. "I want to make something very clear, Jonessa. I understand all too well how you must feel about losing a friend and comrade-"
"Irene, I don't want-"
Irene slammed her right fist down on the table, silencing the reporter. Though the daggers in Irene's eyes certainly emphasized Irene's point. "Antonio Shevenston, one of my closest friends, was murdered in cold blood and I know who really did it, but I can't get revenge on the one who did it because they are far more useful in a different way, so I have to withhold that information from everyone else and bury my rage deep down inside. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to let his murderer roam free, but a lot more lives will not have to share his fate because of what I'm doing. So please, try to understand me. Now, I'm sure you already interviewed the Prideguard before coming to me. I want to know what they told you in detail so I can get my own story in sync with theirs. Believe me when I say that lying in this case will see a lot of lives saved, Jonessa. Please, help me on this one."
"And what about your people?" Jonessa asked her.
"Either I or Chief Green will handle it. Probably myself," Irene said, thinking that Impact probably wouldn't want to deal with something that unimportant. "Just think about it like this. Revenge is a dish best left simmering for a time. I swear that I shall have vengeance for Shevenston, just as you will one day have vengeance for your lost friend. But the risks are far too great for us to do it now."

Jonessa hung her head and sighed. "I wish I had your fortitude, 'Renie. It must be awful for you. Alright, I'll get with you some day for an official report."
"But-" Irene said.
"But you're buying me drinks for an entire night," Jonessa told her.
"That's my bitch," Irene approved.

"Miss Crosswald? Are you still busy? You have another visitor," Daphne's voice came into the Inquiry Visor.
"Ah, good, the one who actually made an appointment," Irene said.
Jonessa smirked.
"Alrighty, I need you outta here, Jonie. We'll talk later. Unless you wanna see me kick a girl's ass."
"Well, you kick girl's asses all the time, but why not," Jonessa said as the two left Irene's office.

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"Astrylinde Brycebane, I presume? So, you'd like to be valedictorian," Irene inquired of the young woman.
"Like to be? No, I'm going to be," Astrylinde said, drawing out her weapons.
Irene's gaze sharpened. A fencing sabre and an semiautomatic shotgun. Not the oddest combination of armaments I've ever seen but it ranks up there. So she likes to get down and dirty, does she?

Irene effortlessly armed herself. "Alright," Irene breathed. "Let's see what you bring to the party."

This was a rather typical ritual. Those who wanted to be the valedictorian at Irene's combat academy had to meet one rather intimidating requisite. They had to challenge Irene to a real duel. Irene read reports on the academy cadets who wished to become valedictorian, and accepted all challengers. Becoming valedictorian of the academy was a pretty big deal. They'd have no end of career opportunities when it came to fighting ability.

Several seconds into the battle and Irene was already impressed. Unlike most students who played it defensively and tried to guage Irene's power, Astrylinde went straight on the offensive, getting in close and messy. But even a warrior this active left openings. Irene lashed out, catching Astrylinde's sabre and knocking it clean out of her hand.

Astrylinde bounced back and caught it. Irene took the opening to take off her trenchcoat and toss it aside. She didn't need the extra armor and it was only getting in the way. "Well, if anything, this would make a cute story," Jonessa observed to herself, getting the duel on her Inquiry Visor.
"I didn't think you'd be so fast with that bigger sword," Astrylinde admitted to Irene.
"My right arm is dominant," Irene said. "So I use it to wield Brymstone. Let's me swing her as fast as I swing Sulphyr, if not faster."

The battle clearly wasn't going Astrylinde's way. She normally used her shotgun to deal damage when her sabre distracted her enemies, but Irene's skills forced Astrylinde to use her shotgun just to buy some breathing room.
"Need to reload?" Irene taunted her. "That shotgun is a SH-12 Spencer Mk 1, right? Only twelve shells, thirteen if you have one chambered. You've fired eleven so far."
Astrylinde frowned. No wonder Irene ran the combat academy. She had over two decades of full-on battle experience under her belt, and knew probably every official armament ever manufactured in Honmyr.
"Don't be too ashamed to rely on your enemy's kindness," Irene instructed. "If they give you the opportunity to reload, take it."
"What does it matter?" Astrylinde asked Irene. "Two shells or thirteen, doesn't make a difference."
"Well, against an opponent like me, I guess not," Irene grinned. "You know, I'm starting to like you. C'mon, let's have some real fun."

Here, Irene discarded both of her swords and raised her fists. And closed her eyes. What the hell? Astrylinde frowned. Irene was a real fucking beast when disarmed, but she was going to fight with her eyes closed?
A spare glance to Jonessa didn't help Astrylinde much. Jonessa was just as focused on the fight as Astrylinde was. "I'm actually training to hone my abilities," Irene told Astrylinde. "Let's see how good I actually am."

That was all Astrylinde needed to hear. But it wasn't until Astrylinde closed the distance with Irene again that she saw Irene's little trick.
She had her eyes open during the first part of this fight and learned how I fight, Astrylinde thought to herself, then was sent flying by a striking palm to the stomach, followed by a high roughhouse and sent Astrylinde spinning to the ground. Irene slowly brought her foot down from the air and prepared for the next barrage of attacks. She has a general idea of how I'm going to attack. She can probably even dodge shotgun blasts like this.

Despite Astrylinde's realizations, the fight was shortly done after that. In a swift movement, Irene deflected the shotgun, disarmed both of Astrylinde's weapons, and pinned the girl down, her own shotgun right in front of her eyes where she couldn't unsee it.
Irene then opened her eyes, and winked. "Nice bout, Astrylinde...or should I say, valedictorian."
Irene helped Astrylinde to her feet and returned her shotgun. "Huh? But I lost."
"All you have to do is challenge me with everything you got," Irene told her. "Hell, if the requirement was to actually defeat me, the academy would have no valedictorians, don't you think?"

DanteFalcon

06-20-2012, 12:20 AM

Back at the beach...Matthias talks to a girl?

The self proported suave ladies men would tell you there is an almost an art to seducing those of the female persuasion. A timing, the way you move, the way you say what you say, and not the least of which the approach. Matthias however, had no clue what the fuck he was doing. This could only end well. Which would explain why he was still the most clothed person on the beach and was about to talk to the woman over there. He knew she was part of their group, coalition, whatever it was called, though he had absolutely no idea what her name or callsign was. Planning was apparently out the door and down the block today. Thus here goes nothing. Matthias approached the woman, about as suavely as possible, by tripping over himself and the sand at every oppurtunity and smelling of dead fish from the fight against Lathiron.

"So uh.....Hi."

"So, uhhh...y'wanna go kill all humans?"

"That seems counterproductive...unless you mean the video game. I quite like the social commentary in that. Though satire is one of my preferred genres." And now there was confirmation. Matthias was a nerd.

Alice stared at him with blank eyes for long enough to make one thing they failed big time. Then she burst out laughing. "Okay, you win. Matthias Sona, right? Alice Hornsbury, Republican Guard. Likin' the beach vacation so far? I assume you don't always come out to here to fight gigantic monsters that make the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus look like Monopoly pieces."
Alice wore a simple black two-piece bikini that made her pale blue eyes and blonde hair stand out. For all intents and purposes, she was your typical hot blonde.

"Well that would depend on how often PATCA chooses to come out here I guess. It is becoming a bit of our idiom to fight monsters that dwarf most if not any video game representation. Hell, I'm willing to bet that our jobs here will become a video game, give or take a few years. As for beaches.....they generally aren't my thing. But that's cause I spend most of my time indoors, doing research on our many...many opponents. I'm getting off topic. Again. A pleasure to meet you Miss Hornsbury. Really I came over here to ask if you wanted to get out of this far too bright sun and go grab a drink somewhere. Probably not alchoholic for me though....not a good idea to get drunk when you can throw poison everywhere." Matthias had relaxed a bit, somehow the video game talk throwing him into a groove he understood.

Alice looked thoughtful for a bit. "Well, fuck it, why not?" And she offered her hand so Matthias could help her out of the sand where she was sitting.

Matthias gave her his hand and pulled her up, offering his arm, which may have been nice if it wasn't a few centuries out of date.
Alice, chuckling at his weird way of approaching her, seemed all too happy to take his arm with both of hers and hugged it rather tightly.

He gave her a bit of an odd look, completely out of his depth but going with it, walking off from the beach and to the nearest bar that they could walk in and out of without breaking into a fight, and hopefully it wouldn't give either of them any odd looks for the lack of truly decent apparel. Or the smell of dead fish that still clung to him. That wasn't going away anytime soon either, he'd probably have to burn these clothes.

"We should probably have whatever we're going to drink out here at the tables," Alice said, peering at a menu. "You smell like a battlefield two weeks later and I'll probably get sand everywhere. I can't even put on my normal clothes anymore. Hafta find a shower somewhere."

Matthias gave a short nod and sat at an outside table, form changing to Castform though the umbrella at the table would probably provide enough shade anyway. Always a bonus at beachside restaurants. "Lathiron decided to be messy. It was....somewhat irritating. You'd think if nothing else the generals would be nice enough to keep themselves in some manner of decency, instead of just making us completely unpresentable. Assholes. Anyway....." And again the pokebrid was completely lost as to where to go. Awkward was going to be his middle name at this rate. "Hm.....things you do in your free time? I mean, what do you do when not fighting giant monsters and becoming completely unsociable. Like I always am."

"Well, I kill people and eat hands, that's two things," Alice said, hoping Matthias would get that reference. "I just play a bunch of video games, work out if I feel like it, and go see if I need to have any maintenance done to my body."
Maintenance? Here, Alice held up her left arm. "Grab onto my arm and really squeeze it. You'll feel the cybernetics underneath. Ever heard of the Flak Tank used by Hiroshiho during the Second Successionary War? You're looking at the only survivor of a direct hit. But I didn't survive well. This arm and shoulder, some of my torso, right hip and thigh, pretty much my entire right leg. All of it went David Copperfield the moment the attack slammed into me. To this day, people still wonder how in the fuck I made it."

Matthias smiled a bit at the reference. "But where would we ever get that much boat nectar to paint an entire raft red? Video games are definitely an interest of mine, though I tend towards the....artsy for lack of a better term more often than not. I work out a bit but have to spread it across three forms to make sure different muscles don't go to waste so its a bit of a hassle really. As for the tank bit..." Matthias reached out and gently squeezed the arm that was proffered, feeling the subtle differences between biological and mechanical. "I'd say my condolences but if you're anything like me then you got sick of hearing that within two weeks. Sometimes we survive by skill, tenacity, killing the other guy first. And sometimes its just by damn luck." There was a hint of bitterness at the trail end of his statement but otherwise his voice remained, for the most part even and controlled.

"Artsy? What, you mean like Odin Sphere?" Alice looked thoughtful. "Or maybe Okami? Love me some Okami. Much better than Legend of Zelda. Nothing wrong with being lucky. I think I owe the Pokemon Jirachi big time for somehow getting me off that battlefield alive. What was so weird about it that there was so little blood, which frightened me even more. And the fact that it wasn't all that painful either kinda creeped me out."

"Well I'm no doctor.....though my dad is. I suppose I could ask him. But the pain bit I think dials into shock. The lack of blood....I don't really have an answer. I know a bit how people react to poisons, and that shock is definitely a bit of an oddity to feel. Got that my first day at PATCA. There isn't anything wrong with being lucky, but sometimes you wish you could have shared that luck. It can be hard to let go after all..." He trailed off for a minute, thinking before realizing that she had asked more video game questions. "Artsy is a bit of a broad term but Okami would be accurate. Shadow of the colossus would also be an artsy game, as would Ico. Mainly anything that challenges our perceptions in one way or another, whether it be for good or bad."

"Honestly, I wasn't big on video games before the war, but when you're in a hospital bed and spending a great deal of time getting used to your new pseudo-muscle, you start to pick up new habits," Alice said. "I like games that challenge the mind, like that C/Katherine game. It's...a weird game. Deals with relationships but the action unfolds in puzzle towers composed of blocks that you have to stack and scramble around to reach the top."

"Oh I understand the pseudo muscle bit. Learning to control two lightweight and exceptionally twitchy wings that throw poison dust everywhere is a test of patience. I looked at picking it up but...relationships have always been a bit foreign to me. However that does sound like it would fit into the artsy descriptor yes. Or at least intellectual, for better or for worse. Most recently I've been playing Bastion."

"And my crazy ass is playing Disgaea 4. I'm determined to see some of these epic levels I hear about for myself."

"Never could get into those myself. The Disgaea series that is. Too grind heavy. Always felt like the game was dragging me along to grind just to make it seem longer than it actually was. That might be just me though. Still I can respect your tastes." And he had hit a brick wall. He could make small talk about video games all day but there wasn't really much meaning to that. And talking about work seemed....stupid. They had just gotten off work anyway.

Alice stared at the drink she had just received for a while. "So, I hear that permission has been granted for PATCA to enter the Corpsemire," Alice drilled herself for a topic. "Have you ever been there before? I figure Irene will tell you about it when the time comes."

"Corpsemire? I can't say I have, though it is on my never ending list of things to research. Information wins wars after all. Although I can't say the experience will likely be pleasant if the name Corpsemire is any indication. You'd think some of the people who name these things think of nothing but doom and gloom."

Alice chuckled. "Well, it is a doomy-gloomy place. The Brakkr...those're the basic Shadow Pokemon that live there, they interact with people by possessing the old corpses there. I imagine Irene will call a halt once you all get in there and wait until the Brakkr are comfortable enough to approach. Takes a while, though, but when slimy corpses rise out of the cold, filthy water and slowly approach, you'll know they're ready to listen. Not the most welcome sight, though."

"That...sounds like quite the welcoming committee. I can't imagine it'll smell any better than we do right now. Or rather I do...I suppose sand doesn't have much of a smell. And I need to look more into the shadow pokemon in general, they definitely hold some interest to me. But given their tendency to keep to themselves and possess corpses I can't imagine I'll learn a whole lot without actually going there myself. But that's a... privilege is accurate enough, of the job. To boldly go where no one has gone before, yadda yadda, though that seems to get us in trouble just as often as it helps people. Occupational hazards I guess."

"Don't worry too much, Shadow Pokemon are surprisingly non-violent. And difficult as hell to capture. The Brakkr are able to render themselves 'out of sync' with reality, visible but intangible. They're curious little bastards, and can be downright friendly if they like you, but don't expect to leave the mire with one. The scientific community wants to keep researching them from afar before attempting captures and stuff. Not that the law ever stopped malcontents like Faynoc."

Matthias smiled slightly. "Non-violent only makes me more concerned. It could mean that they only mean well and just don't want to get wrapped up in things, but an entire race of pacifists...or rather non-aggressive types is cause for concern. They have to have a goal or purpose of some kind so I have to ask if they are non-aggressive because their goal isn't focused elsewhere, or if they are just biding their time." A pause before a small laugh. "Sorry, you're getting the conspiracy theorist in me. I go into problems looking for the worst but hoping for the best. I rarely get either but it helps to be prepared."

"You kinda sound like Irene," Alice smirked. "I think that's how she's not the one with robot parts inside her body, ha ha ha."

"Really? With all the fighting she does you don't think she's just part robot. Well that takes out one theory. Next up? She's an alien. Makes sense to me." He takes a sip of the juice he had ordered, a smirk behind the glass.

"She doesn't seem to be human, that's for damn sure," Alice said, staring at her glass. "Kinda gives me an inferiority complex, but I suppose any woman would have that compared to a veteran of two wars."

"I'm curious how you know her actually. I don't even talk to Irene that often but it sounds like you have on more than one occasion. What kind of line of work brings you into contact with someone like Irene on a consistent basis? You know other than soldier."

Alice's expression suddenly grew very serious. "Investigator," she said. "Ever since the end of the Second Successionary War, I've sort of been investigating Irene. For the president. Irene and I were buddies of a sort, and I was onboard with the idea because I never in a million years thought of Irene as some kind of...y'know, a bad person. I met her mother who lives in a nice old house on the eastern coastline. She's still well. The investigation's still ongoing, but these days I'm not even sure what I'm looking for. I mean, I guess he wants me to look into the truth of the top secret mission that happened near the end of the war, but if they won't let me look at the files, I can't really do much."

Matthias gives a nod. "Understandable, investigating is...a difficult business in the best of circumstances and nearly impossible in the worst. Especially when you don't even know what the goal is. Needle in a haystack business there. Still, at least its interesting and something to do and I can appreciate the line of work. Apparently you haven't lost your touch for the battlefield though if you were helping against Krunder."

"Well, the cybernetics doesn't hurt," Alice smiled. "I could punch a car in two with this arm if necessary."

Matthias raises his eyebrows in response. "That is....intimidating. Impressive but definitely intimidating. Remind me never to hide from you behind a car."

"Yeah, it took a lot of getting used to, learning that punching solid steel doesn't hurt me anymore while still being able to gently hold an egg," Alice said. "I guess nowadays I should try doing the kinds of things women normally do like, I dunno, get married and have kids and stuff. Very nearly missed out on that kind of thing thanks to the Flak Tank and frankly it scares me a little. I've always just been a roughneck growing up. It'd be nice to see how the non-violent people live around here."

"I dunno if I'd say that's what women normally do...especially in Honmyr. Is there someone close enough you'd consider marrying? I've never even come close to that so I'm curious as to what a relationship like that even feels like. Besides, isn't settling down kind of...boring to an extent? Sure you can relax and I'm sure kids would be difficult but not much of an adventure there."

"You might be right, but it's kinda sad that I dunno any guys around here. Most of anybody of the male persuasion are either married or the war took 'em. Not sure how I really feel about embracing my womanhood, but I suppose it would be nice to at least have the option. Otherwise, people will think I'm just a cold bitch or something."

"I think all of PATCA thinks that I'm a robot who doesn't feel anything. Not that I can really blame them, I've kinda hidden myself away and been anti-social with all of them. I haven't really thought about family life though. It never seemed like the right time to even start looking, let alone consider it."

Just then, there was a ringing beneath the table. "Wonder who that is?" Alice asked no one in particular, pulling out her Inquiry Visor and checking out the message. "Ugh, I fight a giant skeletal monster and all they can tell me is be back on station tomorrow morning? Matthias, I'm sorry, but it looks like I have to get going. Tell you what. I'll call you, okay? Maybe we can hang on or something. Better than staring at computer monitors all night, right?"

He smiled and nodded. "Yeah, definitely better than staring at a computer screen. And its fine, work for both of us is like that. I'd give you my number but I imagine it isn't hard for you to get."

"Yep, not very hard to pick you out of a crowd, either. Not many guys I know with purple bug wings. Ah, no offense, sorry." And with an apologetic bow, Alice quickly paid for her drinks and was gone just like that.

A small laugh before paying for his own drink and heading home to burn some clothes and try and get the smell off him. Probably unsuccessfully.

Menarker

06-20-2012, 12:45 AM

*Posting once again in Geminex's stead*
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Impact paused in front of the door, sighing through his nose. He hoped there wouldn't be any confrontation in the next few hours, but he suspected that was a vain hope. Things would have to be arranged. There was bound to be some conflict. The only question was how he'd pull through. For all her support, Irene seemed... fickle. She was certainly more powerful than him, he had no illusions. Not just physically, but politically. She seemed to know everyone, and had more than just a little pull where it mattered. And he? He had leadership over PATCA on paper. He could possibly command the watchmen, maybe one or two other squads. But PATCA was fragmented, almost feudal. That would have to change. And externally, if not for Irene's support, he doubted that anyone would take him seriously as a leader. That would have to change too. But until then, he needed Irene. Not as an asset, but as the only thing holding him up. And that scared him. But scared or not, here he was again. Time to discuss the strategies. He took a deep breath and knocked.
"Irene? Got a moment?""
Eh, sure. Would you open the door for him?"

Huh? Who the hell else was in there? The door opened before Impact and he saw the face of Abereth Wilderschmidt, Garus's mother and the ringleader of the Wispwire Network.
"Ah, our chosen one. Please, enter."
Abereth backed away to permit Impact to enter Irene's office, taking a seat on the right wall. Irene had her eyes glued to a computer.
"Is that Impact? Is he angry?"
"Why don't you lift those eyes of yours and have an actual look at him?"
"But I don't wanna!"
Just what kind of woman was Irene, anyways? Sometimes she acted like a total goddamn child. Maybe Pierce was retarding her somehow. The two weren't open about their relationship, but they weren't trying very hard to hide it, either.

Impact walked in, tilting his head, giving Abereth a glance. "Be completely honest with me. Is she looking at porn? I'd see for myself, but I have no idea what I'd see."
"Irene, are you looking at porn over there?"
"I'm looking at something that's trying to be porn, but fails miserably to excite me."
Impact sighed, leaning against the wall. "You know, as your superior officer, I should technically put you on punishment detail for looking at porn on a PATCA PC. Being someone who isn't particularly suicidal, I'm just gonna limit myself to two questions. First, why're you watching that at all. Second, could you stop? I wanna talk about some stuff."
He walked around Irene's desk, trying to see what she was watching, curiosity overcoming his apprehension.
"Okay, I'm not actually watching porn. I have plenty of it on my i-Pod."
Abereth sighed. "Irene, try that once more with the seriousness cranked up to eleven, please."
Irene finally took her face away from the monitor. "Okay, okay, I'm just dealing with stupid crap. They wanna take some of the exhibits in the museums that are based on the two successionary wars and place them within my combat college. They say it'd be good as it gives the academy students something to shoot for. I say it'd be bad because it might do is give them inferiority complexes. Hell, I feel inferior all the damn time when I look at my rival."
Her rival?
Abereth brought a cup of tea to her lips. "Lady Bezelain, leader of Adonova which are the elitists of Team Rocket. Her son is this ineffectual dumbass named Giovanni who spends all his time getting the shit kicked out of him by ten year old boys. However, unlike her son, Bezelain is a far more capable fighter and leader. Irene's done all she can to bridge the gap except 'that one thing', but it's still quite a gap."

Ray ran a hand through his hair, closing his eyes. "Yeah, Adonova. God, what to do with them. Use them? Strike at them? That'll take some more... evaluation. As for your college, though, use the exhibits. War is what they're training for. Violence, conflict. They're learning to fight, and to kill. That can... hurt them. Disillusion them. Seeing the 'glory'" - the word dripped with sarcasm- "of bygone wars certainly won't hurt their morale. Sure, they might not measure up to bygone heroes. But that's okay. You're not supposed to measure up to heroes. You're supposed to look up to them. And in looking up to them, you acknowledge their ideals and take them for their own. I think it'd definitely help morale." He paused. "As for your rival, no idea. I'd suggest assassination, but something tells me that it's not that kind of rivalry. Besides, they might be useful. Also, what's the one thing you didn't do? You could try that!" A shrug, then he turned to Abereth. "Good to see you, by the way. Though I've gotta say, I'm... surprised to meet you here."
Irene didn't answer him.
Abereth took a tip and smiled. "Irene and I are the best of friends. And when the shit hits the fan, we might just be the only two lives holding Honmyr together."
"Even if we have to use duct tape and Elmer's glue," Irene concurred. "But we got Eldys, too."
"Eldys, eh? Ugh, can we really count on that woman?" Abereth sighed.
That was surprising. How did Abereth know about Eldys? These three chicks were a trio of enigmas.
"I'd wonder how Abereth knew about Eldys, but if you're, ah, the best of friends, then I'm sure you share information. The important stuff, at least."

Ray sat down on the corner of Irene's desk, hand on his chin and glanced over to Irene. "Of course, that begs a few questions. First, why am I paying her for info? Second, why didn't ya mention this? Third, how are the three of you not ruling Honmyr yet? What the hell do you need me for?"
"You're paying me because you're not a cheapskate," Abereth said. "Or, at least, I thought that's how you might've been at some point. The point is, I could use a go-getter like yourself to do stuff for me. But I guess if you don't want to, that's fine. You might not learn as much as you'd like to, but you should learn enough to keep you afloat."
Irene leaned on her hands. "Let me just say it like this, Impact. I need you. I don't like needing you and you most likely don't like being needing or, more accurately, manipulated into doing stuff for me, but them's the breaks. Of course, I do like to offer vast rewards to those who assist me with my overwhelming troubles, and I definitely have more than a few for you, but it requires you to behave the way that I expect you not to."
Irene stood up and turned towards the window behind her. "Impact is a Chosen One. Chosen One isn't necessarily a good title. It requires far more than most men could ever possibly muster. One might say you'd have to have been gifted since birth. Put simply, I don't think a man like that even exists. Abereth, Eldys and I. Ever since we learned about the threat about to come down on Honmyr, we've been searching far and wide for worthy candidates. Sakuya Kazetsubaki. Vladier Burkmont. Iris Waynard. All of them capable. All of them struck down for not having what we require. You are simply the best of what's left, but that's saying a whole helluva lot."
Abereth set the cup aside and folded her arms. "The perfect Chosen One is absolutely ruthless, and will easily make the best decision in the worst of times. He or she will have the charisma to unite the masses against a common foe, the intelligence to command vast armies, and the strength and courage to be the first motherfucker in the fray. Irene is a Chosen One. I am a Chosen One. Eldys is a Chosen One. But we all have different roles in the confrontation to come. We cannot do all that must be done to save the people and the land that we shall protect. Simply put, we need more. You are more. That is as it is."

Impact had sat in silence as Irene spoke, back to her, head tilted a little. "Heh. And here I thought I had your loyalty. Silly me." He stood up slowly, turning to face Irene across her desk. "So what should I take away from this? I'm a necessary tool? A pawn to be manipulated, and maybe promoted if I reach othe other end of the board? A stick and a carrot? Fine. But then why am I chosen? What's my role to be in all this? You say you see the future. Fine, maybe. Then tell me why you need me."
Irene nodded. "I thought you would've gotten an idea of what was to come when you first met Eldys. It doesn't take much gandering to know she isn't human. She came to this world to warn us of the same threat that besieged her own."
"They are called the Knomere, Impact. And there are a lot of them. Under normal circumstances, we would be sufficient in eliminating them, if the strength they possess is only as much as Irene had seen in her visions. However, the Knomere are not our only problem."
"I'm handling the Rezonscape," Irene said. "It's already claimed a surprising amount of victims, and now we have this mobile epicenter to concern ourselves with. I'm taking up the current task of making sure you, as the ruler of Honmyr, are well equipped to the extent that I am able with valuable allies and armies that will help you destroy the Knomere threat. After all, I don't feel right just throwing you to the hounds. You can count on me to do my absolute best to offer further assistance, though aiding you directly will be impossible. As for you being my tool, I would never consider such a thing. Once a person has used a tool, they might maintain it, clean it, and throw it away if it breaks. I would never do that to you. Honestly, I wish I could stay with you in the coming years to ease the burden I am forcing on your shoulders. Alas, it is not meant to be."
There was a sudden knock on the door. "Oh, joy. Who might that be?" Irene said.
Abereth stood up and opened the door again.
"Irene, it's Empress Sakuya."

In one second, Sakuya entered the room.
In the very next, the window behind Irene was broken when Irene was knocked right through it. Sakuya followed right after her, naginata in hand.
"For an empress, she has no civility whatsoever," Abereth said, still apparently drinking tea. "And now it's drafty in here."

"Balor! Unownaut! Don't screw up!" Irene shouted as her body plummeted down from the window to the busy road below. Balor appeared in an instant, catching Irene and steadying her descent. Unownaut remained in the air, using its psychic powers to redirect the falling glass shards to a nearby roof. Sakuya came down on Deoxys. The two women met on the road below, blocking all traffic.

"Hey, what the hell do you two crazy bitches think you're doing?!" One driver demanded.
"Don't say anything stupid, Roger," the driver's female passenger cautioned him. "That's Irene Crosswald and Sakuya Kazetsubaki, and it looks like they're about to go to blows. Forget hitting the club, Roger, lets check this shit out."
And now their duel was a spectacle.

"Balor. Unownaut. She is mine," Irene said firmly. Balor and Unownaut remained outside of their Pokeballs, but would steadfastly obey.
"Deoxys, leave her to me," Sakuya said, then directed her naginata toward Irene's face. "Irene Crosswald, I've had more than a lifetime's worth of reasons to hate you, and now...and now this! How dare you?! Was your foolish pride that goddamn important that you would hire Adonova to assassinate my generals?!"
"That's just how it is," Irene said calmly, apparently not bothered by Edelweiss spilling the beans. "You absolutely, positively could not have been allowed to retake Honmyr. If you had, Honmyr would have been utterly destroyed. I know you won't ever understand my motivations, but this is all I shall say."
Impact flinched as a kimono-clad blur smashed into Irene, carrying them both out of the window with their momentum, sending them falling two stories down to the street below. He ran to the windowsill, looking outside to see Sakuya on top of Irene, grappling furiously with her. They'd both been hurt by the fall, and Irene seemed to be more than a little injured, but they hadn't been hit by any cars, thank god. Onlookers were already gathering, though, and he groaned as he saw them pull out cell phones to snap pictures with. The empress of Hirohisho, fighting with PATCA's political powerhouse. That'd make for one hell of a news report.

"Fuck!" He yelled as he darted out of Irene's office, leaving Abereth complaining about the draft. His first stop was the armory, he only had a revolver right now, and that wasn't gonna cut it. He pulled a dragon slave from the rack, feeling slightly reassured at its weight in his hand, then hastily threw on some armor to match. He snapped a couple of accessories onto his belt, then ran out again, taking the stairs three at once, stopping briefly at the cafeteria. It was just after lunch, and there were still a good few members in there, Pierce among them. Thank god for that, maybe Irene would listen. Though it wasn't Irene that needed calming down.
"Sakuya's gone after Irene, they're on the street near the front entrance. We need to secure the crowd, stop anyone from recording this, and break them up!"

Irene and Sakuya were clashing wildly in the streets, sparks jumping from where their weapons collided, blinding only by the primordial flames that radiated from their eyes. Irene grinned.
"I like this spirit in you," she said when Sakuya and her were struggling against each other. "You took quite a beating from Edelweiss, and yet here you are, nowhere near fighting fit form and trying to deal death to your strongest opponent ever."
"Don't coddle yourself, you arrogant cunt," Sakuya spat. "You were never really ever my equal. You just manipulated and seduced your way into the big leagues. You're nothing more than an ignoble little bitch who happened upon one too many exploitable opportunities."
"Oh, yes. A great many exploitable opportunities. Like, for example, your far superior half-sister."
Sakuya's eyes sharpened.
"If it was up to me, she would've already been on Honmyr's throne. She deserved to rule all this time, but unfortunately for me she developed a passion for archaeology. You wouldn't believe how much trouble that caused for me, but I couldn't very well take her true calling in life away from her. It worked out in the end, I guess."
"Goddamn you, why can't you just let things be?!" Sakuya demanded, breaking the struggle and swinging wildly as Irene jumped away.
"I'm a bitch," was all Irene said, whirling her swords into en garde. "But lucky for me, Honmyr likes bitches, and it always has plenty of room for bitches."
"Ugh, you are so goddamn full of crap," Sakuya said. "Oh well, at least I'll always know that you're the one to get."
"I honestly don't want to keep this fight up, but I think all these civilians paid good money to see us really go at it. Up to continuing?"
"Wouldn't've stabbed you out a window if I wasn't," Sakuya whirled her naginata above her head and charged.

Ray ran out without waiting for a response, bursting through the main doors to find Irene and Sakuya still struggling. They both looked awful at this point, both women having gotten some good hits in, and he swore that he heard a few cheers in the crowd that had by now gathered. He groaned. For all his professionalism, he'd had the odd daydream about these two, but when he'd fantasized about one straddling the other, he hadn't pictured this. Fuck. The crowd was growing, and the longer this carried on, the higher the chance that one of them would seriously hurt the other. And, for all he knew, he needed both. Not to mention that a catfight was not gonna improve PATCA's public image. He considered the accessories he'd managed to grab and sighed. He knew what to do. But he also knew that it was gonna hurt. The adrenaline surge came first, making him shudder as he shouldered his way through the crowd. Then the begrudger, sharpening his reflexes immensely, making him twitch and shiver, alert for any attack as he approached the two fighters. The decoy device activated next, giving him a holographic skin that'd let him dodge attacks aimed at him just enough to hopefully not die horribly. And, as if as an afterthought, the dust-to-dust, a belt-mounted shaped charge that'd detonate if he went down, and take his opponent with him. Then he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and unsheathed his sword, coming to a stop 5 feet from the two.
"Hey! Both of you! Stand the hell down and get inside!" He waited a beat, two beats, then gave a wry grin. He hadn't expected that to work, but it had been worth a try. Time for plan B. He took a ready stance, then took a deep breath.
"All right you mindless bitches, listen up! THIS! IS! MY! BOOMSTICK! And it'll come down on you if you don't get the fuck back into the kitchen!"
He really hoped nobody was recording this.

Irene acted while trying desperately not to laugh. Impact effortlessly caught her larger sword in an upward swing, then launched it from Irene's hand into the sky. And in a couple of seconds later, his sword caught underneath the axeblade of Sakuya's naginata, jerked it out of Sakuya's hands, and sent it flying as well. Irene was still armed since she used two swords in battle, but she didn't seem to have any intent of continuing the battle. Sakuya drew her katana.
Irene lazily raised her right hand and caught her sword once again as Sakuya's naginata came down and stabbed into the hood of an illegally parked car.
"I'm not a very good cook, though," Irene chuckled.
"What an idiot," Sakuya said to herself. "He really is Irene's protege."
"I'm rather proud of him, myself," Irene approved. "Expertly executed job, Impact."

Unlike Impact, Pierce didn't dilly-dally. He just found that nearest window that would put him right on top of the battle and jumped straight through that fucker. Someone was going to be complaining about all the broken windows at PATCA HQ today.
He already had two Pokeballs in his hands when he jumped, and he released both at the same time. Suddenly, Pierce was riding on Palkia, gliding gently to the ground, as he shouted "Aria, Flash!". At the same time as she materialized, Aria created a blinding flash aimed at the onlooking crowd, and Pierce immediately gave his other command as he covered his eyes with his arm. "Discharge."
A spread out version of the basic Discharge attack flew from the dragon-type's hands, toward the crowd. A lot of them would've felt a harmless jolt on their hands, but the main effect was shorting out all electronic devices they held.
As Pierce landed, he reached for two more Pokeballs, which he also released. Suddenly, a cloud of darkness with a blood red light emanating from it center was between the two women and the crowd. Enmakki didn't do anything, simple floated there, blocking the view. "How boorish." It said, directly into Pierce's head. "Well, they can't all be battles to the death" was his reply.
At the same time as Enmakki emerged, so did Metagross. "Break them up, Metagross." Metagross' eyes glowed purple as it telekinetically floated both women off the ground.
"If you're going to do this, take it inside." He said, approaching them.
"Yes, sweetie pumpkin," Irene smiled at Pierce. "But you didn't have to destroy their phones. We could've looked really damn good on YouTube."
Ugh, this woman...
Pierce smirked back. "We can release a sex tape later, if you like. I'm sure that'll look better."
Impact facepalmed. "For the love of god, could the two of you not play the lovebirds right now? Jesus fucking..."

Donovan was on the floor above when he heard the window break. He looked out the window to see what was happening and saw one of his superiors wrestling with a kimono-clad girl in the street. He gave a sigh, dealing with this degree of shenanigans was new to him. He saw Impact and Pierce already breaking up the fight, but the crowd was still trying to watch them. One universal rule for mercenaries was that public attention was bad, so he immediately began looking at how to minimize the damage. He looked over to a nearby street corner, which was currently empty and ignored in favor of the catfight in front of the building. He jumped out of the window, running down the wall while using agility to build up speed. He then kicked off the wall right before the ground, running for that corner. He took a moment to make absolutely sure no one was looking, then he released a Blast Burn and ran out of sight before the crowd turned around to see the firey explosion.

A sigh, Impact straightened up. "Look, Sakuya, whatever your fucking problem is, it does not need to be handled this way. There's a time and a place, neither is here."
"As you wish, goshujin-sama," Sakuya murmured sourly, strolling over to the parked car and retrieving her naginata, then abandoning the scene. A motorcycle arrived almost immediately after.
"Oh, lookie. Irene is at the center of a warpath of destruction," Police Chief Jenny sighed, removing her helmet. "Remind me why I don't have you on a leash?"
"You don't want people catching on your fetish?" Irene offered an explanation.
"...I love you," Jenny said, unstraddling her cycle. "So, what's the business this time?"
"Don't worry, it's resolved. Everyone can get back to their lives. God is in His heaven. All is right with the world."
And just like that, Irene had Balor give her a lift back up to her office. Unownaut and Deoxys exchanged what one could only assume were troubled glances, then floated off after their respective masters.

By the time the crowd turned back from the explosion to see the other spectacle, it was all over. They still seemed to be rather expectant though, and more than a little peeved about the loss of their mobile phones. Impact sheathed his sword, clearing his throat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you just witnessed an impressive performance of the PATCA improv theatre group! Let's give our fine actors and actresses a big round of applause for their rousing display! Come back soon, for more PATCA waaaackiness. PATCA, we're not just your protector's we're your friends!"
His mouth was locked rigid into forced jolliness, but on the inside he was crying. And then he turned on his heel, headed back inside, and, as soon as he was out of sight of the crowd, punched the wall, hard. Moments later the blinding pain in his fist made him reflect that that might have not been such a bright idea after all, but he'd had to let that aggression off somehow. At least he could think straight now. And, thinking straight, completely tranquil and calm, he headed back upstairs to Irene's office. It was time to have a word or two.

At the door, Impact could hear two familiar voices from inside
"Is that Impact? Tell him I'm not here."
"Are you normally this retarded, or did this happen after that freefall?"
Ray knocked, "Irene, I swear, I am this close to buying a fucking dunce cap and supergluing it to your head."
"Make sure it's red to match my outfit."
"Well, if he didn't hear you the first time, I'm sure you just gave yourself away now. Impact, come on it, the air is fine...and fresh... y'know, since Irene's office is a balcony now."
"I'll have a slowpoke on it and everything." Ray said as he entered "You think we can send the bill for all the window repair to Hirohisho? Put in a word with our foreign ministry, would ya?" He sat down on desk.
"What the hell happened anyway? Not that I don't know, I suppose I'm just fighting it hard to grasp that you'd get involved in a fucking catfight. Or neglect to tell me about Adonova until they're right in front of us. Fuck, I don't even what to talk about them now,just another variable in an overloaded equation. Just... do me two favors, hmm? Try to keep away from Sakuya till I've talked to her. And for the love of god, could you not act like Pierce's lover all the time? It's weird. You're the closest thing I have to a mentor, right now, and you're not supposed to be screwing guys around my age. I won't even start on your questionable taste. Though please tell me you were just kidding around with Jenny."
"Geez, Impact, if you're that uptight about everything all the time, you'll have gray hairs before long."
"This whole Chosen One thing is going to eat him alive."
"God I hope not. He's a little shit, but I give a shit about that shit so don't give him too much shit."
"In that case, I'll help Chief Shit the best I can. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go take an Impact."
"Flattered, really. But... look. I'm still not sure what the Chosen One really means. A figurehead? A commander? I don't even know. But I'm choosing to interpret it as leadership. We all contribute to this cause, and It's a cause that I'm willing to adopt and make my own. We all contribute. I just make it... come together, I suppose. And that means that, however stupid and frustrating this inbred little family of ours gets, I keep an eye out. I make sure none of us fly off the handle, nobody gets sick and dies, and none of our offspring ends up too retarded. That means I worry. And it means that I get to make you wear the dunce cap if you fuck up. So there. Anyway, will you at least let me handle Sakuya?"

Menarker

06-20-2012, 12:46 AM

OOC: I have to double post because the two convos together break the character count for a single post. Once again, posted on Geminex's behalf.

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Ray was, once again, in front of Irene's office, steeling himself. Time for the second attempt. His sources reported that Sakuya was currently in the gym, beating a dummy with a picture of Irene's face taped to it with a baseball bat. She was likely to stay there a while longer. He knocked and entered.

"Hey, Irene. If I get Hya to throw a pie into Sakuya's face, will you take me seriously for as long as it takes to discuss strategy?"
"It'll get me to question your life expectancy," Irene said with a strange voice. Apparently she was trying without much success to balance a pencil on her nose. "So, what do you want to talk about?"
"Sometimes, I really question how on earth you came into this position. The third... fourth... most powerful person in Honmyr is balancing a pencil on her nose."
Ray said as he walked to sit across from her in a chair, pulling his legs up to sit cross-legged.
"And hey, it'll be Hya throwing the pie, not me. This can be like hazing. Anyway, let's start with a question or two! Did you have anything you wanted to add to your account of the war with Hirohisho? The one which you helped win by supposedly hiring Adonova? Because Edelweiss seemed to have a different account of the whole affair."
"What, she didn't tell you plainly? Bezelain, the leader of Adonova and the best goddamn swordfighter you'd find anywhere, wanted to solidify Adonova and Team Rocket's position in Honmyr. Because it's so much easier for criminal organizations to get around and make money in this republic than it would in a Honmyr dominated by the empire, Bezelain wanted to guarantee that Empress Sakuya would never once again have control of Honmyr after her father lost the First Successionary War. So when Sakuya tried to reclaim Honmyr for the empire, Adonova wanted her death at all costs. I intervened and managed to get Bezelain to change her mind somewhat. Thusly and therefore, while the Hiroshiho Empire was decimated, it wasn't as bad, and the empress got to see the end of the war with her own life intact. Edelweiss is surely upset for two very different and important reasons."

Irene thumped the pencil from her nose which miraculously landed into the nearby mug full of pencils and pens, then stood and moved to the window, which in the time between meetings had been rapidly repaired.
"One, Edelweiss is simply flabbergasted that I managed to convince Bezelain to change her mind and let Sakuya live. She longs to know why, even though she knows it isn't her place to question the decisions made by her lady. Secondly, there is the matter of the facility that was created after the Second Successionary War that keeps nearly everyone from accessing the stationary epicenter of the Rezonscape. That facility is called the Chaos Atelier. Edelweiss's problem with that is part of Adonova's current main goal. Bezelain believes that some manipulations of the madness in the epicenter would allow her to recover completely from her injuries. In case you don't already know, Bezelain is completely vulnerable and bedridden. She can't even stand without assistance. I think she's been writing best-selling novels at this point. One of them is being made in an epic movie series. Have you ever heard of it? It's called Zweilight. I went to see the previous two and I must say I've seen less blood in most horror movies."

Ray breathed out, idly swaying back and forth on the chair.
"Ooookay. I understand how that'd piss her off. She didn't seem like a well-tempered person on the whole, to be totally honest. Though she was quite good at wrestling. Very... agile."
He cleared his throat.
"Aaanyway... Edelweiss seemed to think you had a hand in it. As well as, aah. Iris Waynard? I can't say I've heard much about her. Had enough trouble keeping up with, ah. Domestic politics. Anyway, apparently you used... Arkments? To just lock it away? Why?"
"The Arkments aren't the keys to the Chaos Atelier. The six Arkments are powerful tools used to awaken the Rezonark, the stationary epicenter of the Rezonscape. If it isn't awakened, it can't be destroyed. One of my primary goals for as long as I live is to destroy the Rezonscape, but I can't do it now. We need the power of Rage, despite the detrimental affects it can have on people."
Ray nodded.
"And you possess the Arkments? Or some of them?" He tilted his head, then his eyes brightened. "Your swords?"
"The Arkments are very powerful on their own, so naturally it's hard to trust them in the care of others, though I hope I'm not simply holding onto them because I've been seduced by their potential without even knowing it."
"And what is it they can do? Other than awaken the Rezonscape? Or is that, ah, classified?" Ray's eyes twinkled, he was beginning to enjoy this. "And how many of 'em do you have?"
"I only have two, but they're not with me at the moment. You've met them before, though. They can take human form when you don't specifically need them as they are. Macca and Lilma, currently with Rayleen at the moment."
Ray nodded, grinning. "Knew it, the swords. I thought I felt something. Have I actually met them in human form?"

"They were at Cardinal Beach before the battle. You know, the green-haired maid and that one other girl. Lilma is actually an Eye Arkment and Macca is the Sword Arkment. I used Lilma to see the future."
Ray tilted his head. "Wait. Lilim is the catseye gem? She's that powerful? And... wait. If those two were Arkments, what were the other four? Morte and Pendulum and Slaughterhouse and Leialynne? I think?"
"Nope, none of them. Those are just valedictorian graduates from my combat academy. Why they wanted to work for me, even though I guess I did ask for their help, is a surprise. They could certainly make easier money doing something else."
Ray nodded. "Makes sense. And yet again I marvel at all the people who listen to you. How do you not rule this country yet? But okay, so... Lilma is the catseye gem? I've got that right?"
Irene nodded. "Yes, but her power is very difficult to use. I know I told you that I read the future using her power, but I actually can't do that. Someone else had to help me use her power to its fullest. I tried it alone, but the visions were laughably unclear.

Ray drummed his fingers on the table. "So... someone else knows. Who? And do they know what it said?"
"Abereth used it. She's extremely talented when it comes to the mind. And I trust her without question. Me and her go way back, obviously."
"Abereth..." Ray said thoughtfully. "One hell of a woman, I suppose. And while I have no idea whether or not to trust her, it's not like I have much of a choice. She'd probably find out anyway. Oookay. That explains it. I suppose we can drop the topic of Arkments for now. Back to Adonova. A couple of things seem weird. You said you were rivals with Bezelain, yes? And yet she listened to you when you asked her not to kill one of your worst enemies. How'd you do that?"

"I showed her something that set me apart from everybody else in this world," Irene said. "Something that even took Bezelain by surprise. Not an Arkment or anything like that."
"Did you pull down your pants?" He couldn't help himself.
Irene seated herself again. "Honestly, I think she would have been less surprised if that was all I showed her. Bezelain has seen and done so much with her life. Hard to believe anything would've phased her, but I somehow managed. Then again, Bezelain is a very patient and intelligent woman. In a way, I can respect her for her unbelievable potential."
"Well, you consider her your rival, and you, like I said, are someone who should probably be somewhere at the top, laughing at everyone else. I don't doubt that she's competent. Albeit bedridden. What I want to know is, what did you end up showing her?"
"Ha ha ha. Now Impact, even the most forthright ladies like myself must have our secrets, don't you think?"
Irene smiled mischievously. "All in all, it's actually not very important for you to know. It was pretty much only useful for that one decisive situation, and really doesn't help anyone right now. Still, I'd like to keep it under wraps. It's kind of...repulsive. I don't even want to know what Pierce would think about me if he knew, and I really am starting to love that crazy sonuvabitch."
Ray facepalmed. "Okay, you two are a couple, I get it. Though I have to say, your choice in romantic partner mystifies me. Each to their own and all, but... really?"
"What? He's handsome, and he's kind and he knows how to use his (CENSORED) really well. Y'see, there's this one time where he...well, I won't go into it. I don't think Pierce needs anymore bragging right than he already has."
"Aaaand I really couldn't care less what your boytoy does with his (CENSORED). Though I suppose I deserved that for taking the bait. Just bring it up less? Like I said, kinda weird! You're my mentor, and I'm pretty sure that he's younger than me."
He gave her a careful look. "I'd warn you not to let it affect your judgement, but I'm sure you know not to."

He waited for an answer, didn't end up getting one, and shrugged. "Regardless. You know I'm just gonna assume you confessed your crush on The Lady and leave it at that. But speaking of her, how'd she get thrown into maximum security anyway? I thought Adonova was relatively powerful?"
"Sometimes you get lucky," Irene said simply. "But not for long. That prison doesn't even exist anymore. It was the first time I let Bezelain live. She was already badly injured, and Edelweiss was the only one standing between me and her. And as you can see from that fight on the beach, I'm more of a match for Edelweiss than Sakuya ever was. But still, I simply let them go, knowing I would need them again someday. Turns out I was right on the money. I kinda of expecting something terrible to happen to Honmyr, but I didn't know the future then like I know the future now."

Ray grinned. "And what a burden it must be. Edelweiss. Quite a woman, really. And Adonova itself is certainly... interesting. Of course. Their leader is weak, their second-in-command seems overconfident, and their organization has, what 10 members? Less? I think that begs the question, if you let them live before because you thought you'd need them..."
He tilted his head, a predatory gleam in his eyes. "Do you think you'll need them again?"
"They, like you and like myself, all have a purpose to serve here in Honmyr," Irene said matter-of-factly. "Everyone in Honmyr will serve a purpose at one point. They won't have much of a choice when the real fighting starts. They will either have to know their role, or be slaughtered by what is to come."
Irene sighed. "I would do all in my power to try and help them, of course, but I am only a woman in the end. If I could save everyone, this conversation we're having now would never have needed to happen."

Ray nodded. "Certainly. Of course, the question is, what is their purpose? You know them far better than I do. What can they do? And can we employ them?"
"Nearly every force in Honmyr has at least above average fighting ability, so you can obviously tell what purpose I have planned for them. You won't be able to use all of them directly, but with Abereth's help, we should be able to utilize them all towards generally the same goals, even though they will at times wish you harm. Let's see...between mercenaries in every city, you've got the Hiroshiho Empire, the Vorpal Frenzy mercenaries, the Crimson Amazons, the Recycled City Militia, Pokegeddon, the Honmyr Prideguard or what's left of them, the Police Force, the Fear Vanguard, the Silver Star Syndicate, the Republican Guard, the various combat academies, the Diefication Front, and just about any civilian who knows which way to point a firearm. Granted, some of them are PATCA's enemies right now as it is, and some of them may never see things our way or come close to us without being armed, but there's that one saying. Y'know, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'? I think that's really going to apply when things really get dicey in Honmyr."
Ray grinned, a sharp, feline grin. "And with that, my dear, you've summed up the grand strategy. Divide and conquer." He paused for a moment. "But we might need Abereth before we go much further with this. We'll need information. I thank you for what you've told me today. Hmm. Could you get in touch with Abereth? Ask her to prepare dossiers on the factions in question, maybe she and you meet tomorrow evening in the conference room? I think that's soundproofed. I... you said it would be my job to make things come together, right? I think I'd like to get started on that."
"Well, if that's what you wanna do, I imagine even Abereth might be a little stumped trying to dupe every asshole on this rock to go fight the same enemy when they'd rather slaughter each other. Good idea, Impact."
Ray rolled his eyes. "Not all of 'em, silly. But we need manpower. We need strength so bad. And... we'll have a lot to offer. All we need to do it make it seem like there's a greater threat than us out there. Make us seem like... the lesser of two evils." He tilted his head. "You know how they'll feel. And you know what they must do, as much as it pains them. Pick the lesser evil, and hope for the best." He stood up, stretched. "Mind you, I don't intend to disappoint those who place their faith in me." A gentle smile, almost serene. "That includes you. I want to do things right. Cooperation is so much easier than conflict. And that concludes my monologue. Thanks for taking the time. Now I have to go see a dragon about a pie. Come to the gym in 15 minutes for some fun."
He gave her a wave as he left.

Irene made sure that Impact closed the door behind him. Then she let her mind wonder. Fifteen more minutes, eh?
"Pierce, do it for ten more minutes, and then I should go."
"All right, but after we need to talk about how you're ashamed to show me to your friends." Came a voice from under the desk.
Irene chuckled. "Ah, c'mon, Pierce. You know you're my prized trophy bitch." she said, then backed away from the chair and gave Pierce room to get out if he felt like taking it.
"Really? Because I distinctly remember hearing the l-word while I was (CENSORED) just how you like it."
"I'm not a picky lover," Irene shrugged. "As long as you don't spend more than eight hours on the couch watching television, you'll probably keep my happy for the rest of my life...or the rest of your life."
"Well, you met all of my friends. No that there's many of them."
"I'm not sure I have very many friends, either. Most of them are enemies pretending to be friends until the day comes that they can sheath a shortsword a long way up my rectum. Besides, some of them aren't very interesting. Like Killian. Killian's kinda boring. No wonder my daughter doesn't want him."
"Fair enough." But Pierce didn't resume his duties yet. "... Twenty minutes, right?" came the gleeful voice.

"Well, I'd just love to, but something new sort of came up," Irene said, sitting back down. "This piece of shit file was waiting on my desk when I got back. I think an enemy that we thought were dead didn't feel like staying squashed."
"Awh, c'mon, you can afford to be late. Also, which one? There's been a couple."
Irene opened the folder and slid it across the desk where it came to a rest at the end.
"Harbingers of Ascension, Faynoc's old failures. You'd think after what happened, they would've phoned home or something. Faynoc's dead, Ginnungagap is trashed, Whitepearl is...well, I think she's still at large, Myrie's missing, we dunno about Nosferatu's works, the Chroma Fragment was just a pointless bauble, Gransrax is mulch and the facility is a smoldering crater of fail. You'd think with such a nearly decisive victory they would found honest jobs. Guess some of them can't take a hint."
There was a dull thunk under the table. "Ow!"
Pierce gently pushed Irene's chair back and stepped out. "Harbingers? They're still active?" He ran a hand through his hair as he started pacing back and forth. He was obviously still upset about the whole thing with them and his sister.
"Most of 'em were picked up by the Police Force. Tried for various crimes though the majority of them weren't particularly serious. And I imagine some of them managed to evade the po-po after all. With so many crazy things that happened immediately afterward, like Sexy attacking our building and whatnot, we really didn't have the opportunity to be thorough."
"I... yeah. Yeah." Pierce replied absentmindedly. "I'm not sure why I'm so worked up."
"You've good reason to," Irene said. "Not even I predicted just how dangerous the Harbingers of Ascension were until you guys bravely ran your asses down there, and you were at the very front of the spearhead. Besides, Moera isn't dead yet, and that's a big problem for all of us. Little girls turned into giant monstrosities with enough psychic power to make your skeleton tear its way out of your body tend to unsettle me for some reason."
Irene's words came out joking, but her tone was a little too serious to make it all seem like Irene's half-assed attempt at comedy.

"Um, yeah." Pierce blushed a little with embarassment for his little outburst and tried to change the subject. "So, uh, you said you saw the future. Did you see anything about me? Or... us?"
"It's hard to focus on specifics when it comes to the future. Oh, but there might be another way to see how compatible we are if that's what you're referring to. Have you by chance ever heard of the Rapturous Depths?" Irene asked him innocently.
"Can't say I have."
Irene twirled an index finger around in the air as though relating a story. "Supposedly, the entrance is at the base of Gaea's Navel. Lovebirds go there to find out how well their relationships will work out when things start to get really serious. I also hear you can encounter vestiges of past lovers down there, due to the strange way that the madness from the Rezonscape plays with your head down there. Abereth said that there's some kind of sword down there as well, solidly sheathed in a dais. And believe it or not, they've named that sword the Sexcalibur. Nobody's drawn forth the mystic blade, but a lotta crazy rumors have come up from it, like you can use it to, I dunno, cleave in twain the relationship if you truly love one of the partners, or maybe use it like a love potion. Y'know, stupid shit like that. I don't know why a sword would do that and not something like a magical wand or trumpet or something, but that's the gist of it."
Pierce laughed. "Son of a bitch, I've been going to the Navel for years and I had no idea about Rapturuous Depths. You're saying we should go there to see how strong our relationship is?"
Irene nodded. "We've been busting our asses for as long as I've been out of my coma. We could use a break and I hear the place is fucking beautiful. It's not like our little vacation spent at Cardinal Beach was any kind of vacation."
"Well, I'm for it. Are you sure you can take the time off?"
"Not even Honmyr's Finest in asskickers can go full steam all the time. Anyways, we really can't do it right now, but let's make some plans to do it when we can find a considerable opening."
Pierce didn't smile. "Sounds good..." He wasn't sure if he wanted to bring that up yet. "Can we talk later, when you have more time? It's kind of important."
"Giggity," Irene said with a firm nod.
Did? Did she really just-?
"Oh, right, I really should go check on Dormond. Lilma said he was alright, but-"
And before Pierce could say anything, Irene was out the damn door like a bat out of hell. She must've been really worried.

Dracorion

06-20-2012, 01:04 PM

Pierce is a Pimp

Irene sat on the couch in her office as Pierce paced back and forth exasperatedly, opening and closing his mouth like he wasn't quite sure how to start talking. He'd put off this conversation for days since he'd asked Irene to talk, even though he knew he should do it as soon as possible. "S-so, um... I-, y'see..." Imagine that, over and over for the last few minutes.

"Out with it, Pierce. I was about to dance to 'Moves Like Jagger' on Dance Dance Revolution. And I intend to be quite drunk when I do so. I've only had two liquor shots so far."

Pierce sat on the couch next to Irene, hoping to be more comfortable, then stood back up when that didn't turn out so well.
... Then he sat down again.

Irene poured herself another shot and downed it. "Damn, that's good! Pierce, do you think a couple of these for you will help you collect yourself? You're acting like you have to tell me you've been seeing other women."

Strangely, Pierce looked at Irene with terror at that last line. He didn't speak, but made a gesture like 'sure, what the hell' and downed a shot in one go. "O-okay. Um... Irene, what would you say, if- if I told you I wanted to see other women at the same time I'm seeing you?"

Irene shrugged. "When a man says or asks that, it usually means he already is seeing other women at the same time. So, I imagine you're seeing Shizuka? Me and her got into some fuckin' awesome sake one night and...y'know. It's kind of the reason I've been pretty hesitant about our relationship getting so serious. If you wanted to pick a different woman other than me, I didn't want to be that attached to you, then. And I didn't want you to be too attached to me that it would make you hurt, either."
Irene frowned. "Besides, a good relationship is built on a foundating on honesty. You don't know me like I know me, and you really should if we were going to take our relationship too far for us to go back. And right now, I just can't reveal who I truely am yet."

Pierce downed more shots while Irene talked. He was still lucid, albeit blushing at the cheeks a little bit. "I'm not- I havent done anything with anyone. I wouldn't do that behind your back, Irene."
Pierce looked down at the shot glass in his hand. "I need you to understand, I'm crazy about you. I want our relationship to go the distance, wherever that is. I understand that you can't tell me everything right away, I'm okay with taking this slowly if it means I get to be with you." He looked up at Irene, then quickly turned away again. "But I... I feel that way about someone else too. Yes, it's Shizuka, but not just her. I know that sounds like what a selfish douchebag looking for a harem would say, my head keeps screaming that to me, but my heart's telling me my feelings are genuine. So I decided to go with that, and I came to you to tell you."

"Good to hear, playboy. Just don't be surprised if you don't feel that way when all of our cards are on the table. I haven't even begun to show you just how monstrous I can really be."

Pierce gave her a slight smile. "You do remember I was under your desk the other day when you were talking to Impact, right? I thought you'd notice, since I was kind of trying my damnedest there. But I did specifically hear the word 'repulsive' and the context around it. Honestly, your vagina could be a wormhole to a dimension full of creepy crawlers who recycle penises into fertilizer and you still couldn't keep me off of you."

Irene's body seemed to cringe and her gaze sharpened. "If you're trying to flatter me, you have a really mindfucked way of doing it."

"Okay, yeah, that was a little too much." Pierce said apologetically, takin another shot. "The point is, I got showered in Ruin General brain ooze just the other week, I had to take a bleach shower to get the smell off. I'm pretty sure there can't be anything scary enough about you to drive me off."

"Well, I don't mean to break your heart, but I won't be holding you to that," Irene said, though it didn't sound like she was okay with saying.

"Well, this may just be digging myself deeper. But I saw Shizuka turn into a spider demon in Millenium House and I still wanna tap th- I should stop talking now, shouldn't I?"

"My swords say that yes, yes you should probably change the subject or change your position on the GPS."

"Ooookay." Pierce wasn't actually going to change the subject that much, but he did go back to being bashful. "Do you think... this'll change things between us? I'd rather it didn't. I can't bear the thought of you pulling away because of this."

"I'm fine, Pierce. Irene is a big girl. Look, I go pee-pee standing up."
Irene then did four more shots. "I'm going to dance now. And if you stay and watch, no masturbating. It's distracting."

"I'm not sure I'd be able to stop myself. How about we both play and the loser has to do everything the winner tells them to?" Pierce suggested happily.

"Umm...well...actually..." Irene faltered, and then there was a knock on the door. "Aw damn, she's here. I honestly didn't think she'd come when I asked her."

It was Discord, and judging by her face, she was well properly boozed up. "So, Irene, we startin' this thing or what? Wait, what's your boytoy doin' here? Were you guys about to-?"
Irene looked apologetically at Pierce. "Umm...some other time, perhaps? Kinda had plans today, you know."

Pierce had a look of surprised amusement at Discord appearance. "Really? Discord?" He asked Irene jokinjgly. "All right." He downed another shot and stood up.

He walked over to Irene and planted a kiss on her lips. He didn't really care that Discord was watching, though the fact that the mercenary would be grossed out was a plus. "Thank you." He said, looking at Irene appreciatively. "Have fun you crazy kids." He quipped as he walked out of Irene's office.

Aldurin

06-28-2012, 07:43 PM

(Shortly after talking with Hyacinth . . .)

Donovan finally managed to find his way to Ricewood's lab in the PATCA building. The place was honestly a little bit too big for him, he preferred facilities that were generally smaller or better for hiding in. He went into the lab and announced himself, "Professor Ricewood? Ray sent me over here to have some medical tests done, I think he mentioned something about already calling ahead to let you know about it."

"Ah, Agent Green did say something about it," Jeanette said, prying herself away from her work and gesturing towards a couch. "Don't worry, this isn't a psyche evaluation. I basically want a detailed recollection of your experience."

Donovan sat down, feeling uncomfortable from the environment. "Well during the battle, I . . . I dunno it just felt like an extreme rush of adreneline hit me. The next thing I knew, Krunder was blowing up and then I was on my back at the beach a while later, apparently having passed out at the end of the battle."

"And you don't recall anything in between," Jeanette said, not asking a question. "I guess it's natural. Most people do not recall the events that transpire when the madness takes them. What makes your case so rare is that you actually recovered from it. You would actually be the first, but due to the nature of the madness, I can't really learn anything new."

Here, the professor put on an Inquiry Visor and scanned Donovan. "Well, you seem okay from a clinical point of view, and that's the best result you can get. Unfortunately, there just aren't a whole lot of people who can help those who experience the grip of madness. There're medications, of course, but the use of those is entirely voluntary, and since you may wish to continue working for PATCA, I cannot recommend them to begin with. The power of Rage is becoming a very crucial element to PATCA's constant successes."

Donovan looked slightly surprised, "Wait, you mean everyone regularly harnesses that stuff? That's a joke, right? It's far too dangerous to even consider doing that."

"Unfortunately, we all have to suffer from this danger for a good while yet. According to Irene Crosswald, the Chief of PATCA, the Rezonscape can be destroyed by awakening its source, the Rezonark, but that requires six different tools in six different ruins, four of which cannot be entered at this time. To combat the Rezonscape's influence until then, a dampening facility called the Chaos Atelier was erected at the very bottom of Metal Hell, which is itself beneath Fainas Metropolis where we are."

Jeanette removed her visor and leaned back. "Nearly all individuals have some innate resistance to the effects of Rezonscape madness. Think of it like...Rage Points. Most individuals have some sort of special barrier in their minds which prevents them from absorbing too much at any given time. For most individuals, this is roughly one-hundred. However, in the case of individuals like you, you do not seem to possess this barrier, and thusly the Rage within you can climb much higher. It can be very dangerous if not managed well. All I can really tell you is that you should always try to keep a cool head and if you feel the madness set in to try using as many powerful attacks as possible to drain yourself regularly. You know, like masturbation."

Did...did she really have to say that last bit?

Donovan did his best to ignore the last part of that explanation. "Ok, so what is it that Rage allows people to do, since hitting things really hard is not that uncommon of a feat?"

"Hitting an enemy and killing them is one thing. Hitting an enemy and turning them into flesh-colored liquid is entirely another." Jeanette told him. "Rage allows you to surpass even the furthest limits of your physical potential. You could say it's akin to transforming into a demon beast or a half-god. There are people who speculate that this was how we were naturally long ago."

"Ok, that's interesting. Any way that any of this information could further explain why I ended up passing out? Also, Ray was saying that Rage isn't supposed to be visible, but I could have sworn I saw some kind of red particle swarm during the battle, particularly clustered on the combatants. Unrelated hallucinations?"

"Ah, so you could see like they do." Jeanette marveled. "Madsoldiers can supposedly see 'auras', similar to the Kimonos but inherently different. It allows them to successfully target victims in the dark or when visibility is otherwise poor. I think it's a reason why they aren't often seen in well lit, public areas."

Donovan turned to look at the medical charts at the wall, "Well that's not all that encouraging, but I guess I'll deal with it. Might as well get those tests out of the way now."

"There are no tests," Jeanette said, blinking. "All I can really do for you is tell you about the medications out there."

The professor stood up and searched a steel cabinet affixed to the wall like a safe and pulled out what appeared to be a vial of dark purple liquid with a little hole for inserting a syringe needle. And what was that black shit bubbling around inside of it? "This is Zero Void, and that's a working name in progress," Jeanette said. "It was designed to save Madsoldiers, but despite the fact that they were no longer Madsoldiers, they instead became vegetables. The Rezonscape apparently tore their minds to shreds during the whole time they were slaves to it. But it does actually help in reducing the effects that madness have on the individual. However, I don't recommend. There hasn't been enough clinical testing and this stuff isn't even patented yet. Basically, it's a concentrated neuro-depressant. Put some of this badboy into your body and you can probably lick the Rezonark without going mad."

Donovan edged back a little bit, "I'll pass, I have a personal policy against experimental medication, and your description of it doesn't help the case for it."

"Glad you think so, too," Jeanette said. "Says here that Green wants you to undergo a Rage Control test. It'd be a first for the labs, too. I'll be blunt. The procedure behind this test is to conduct several steps to test your ability to build Rage into your body and expel it outward under various stimuli. Simply put, the procedure is actually somewhat painful as you will have to be attacked."

"Attacked by who?" Asked Donovan, really hoping it wasn't a "what".

"Attacked by me," came a voice from just inside the room. There was a rather pretty woman wearing a tight-fitting suit of armor with oversized armored boots and gauntlets. "Name's Karin. I'm the assistant. I'm a graduate in a science academy...and a valedictorian from a combat academy. Shall we? I promise it won't be so bad."

And then she slammed the two gauntlets together, creating an awesome shockwave. Yeah, not so bad at all.

"No lawsuits this time, Karin," Jeanette said, standing up. "Let's proceed to Test Chamber #1, shall we?"

Now Donovan was nervous, apparently his mild aversion to medical labs wasn't so irrational any more. He steeled himself and entered the Test Chamber, really worried about just how painful it would be with Karin weighed down by the armor.

After Donovan and Karin entered the test chamber and stood in the two yellow rings that decorate the floor on either end of the room, the loudspeaker came on.

"Ricewood here. This procedure simply involves going over all the processes that either generate or expel Rage Points inside the body. First, Donovan will strike his opponent."

Karin assumed her battle stance, which put both of her hands out in front of her. How Donovan expected to get around those two big powered gauntlets was anyone's guess.

"Don't worry, it's safe," Jeanette assured him.

"Ok, if you say so." Donovan said. He decided to test the authenticity of the armor, building up his strength with Swords Dance before striking with Blaze Kick, trying to see how hard he could knock Karin on her ass.

Donovan's attack landed a very impressive blow, forcing Karin to shift her forward foot to the back to keep from being knocked on her back. "Testing rage generation," Jeanette reported. "Tolerances are in the green. Now, receiving the attack. Karin, if you would so kindly?"

"I sell whoopass and whoopass accessories!" Karin shouted, and despite the size and obvious weight behind her armor, landed a solid uppercut against Donovan's chest that sent him staggering, but it didn't hurt as much as he was expecting such a large implement to do. "Testing rage generation," Jeanette repeated. "Yeah, still in the green. Releasing a Rage Rocket. Donovan, please use it for the Rage Rocket test."

A small hole opened in the floor and a syringe came up on a small elevator. Karin remained in her ring. Apparently her part in the procedure was over.
Donovan took the syringe and looked at it. There was an odd familiarity with the fluid in there, but he couldn't quite put his finger on where it came from. He stuck the syringe in his arm, the fluid flowing into his system. He suddenly doubled over, memories of the laboratory he became a pokebrid in flashed through his mind, fixating on the exact same fluid that was being tested on him back then, shortly before his escape.

"Professor?" Karin asked, not taking her eyes away from Donovan.

"I don't understand, he's only at ninety-five Rage, close to the optimal peak but not yet there," Jeanette's voice sounded worried. "Give it a minute."

"Are...are you alright there?" Karin tried talking to Donovan. To protect herself, Karin had automatically charged her equipment to full power, just in case she had to pry a raging Madsoldier off of her.

Donovan's mind was racing, trying to piece everything together. He didn't know of any connections between Team Magma, the organization they sent Donovan to, and PATCA, yet he was absolutely sure that the Rage Rockets were what was being tested on him all those years ago. His anger began to rise, he was not going to be played by criminal organizations again.

"IMPACT!" He yelled, throwing himself at the door to the test chamber to try to get out and hunt him down, intent on answers.

Karin sidejumped out of the way and let Donovan almost literally fly through the space she was standing in nearly a second ago. "Professor!" she called out in alarm.

There was a brief silence, then Jeanette let out a sigh and gave her orders. "Subdue him."

Karin lowered her head. "I'm sorry, Donovan..."

All Donovan heard was the shouting of 'Signature Technique! Singularity Lance!' before a sudden impact sandwiched his head between the sealed door and Karin's gauntlet. It wasn't painful, but Donovan didn't recall what really transpired after that.

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He woke up to the two voices from earlier today. "Do you really think he shouldn't be restrained, professor?"

"It must be due to some kind of trauma he experienced in the past," Jeanette's voice responded, apparently distracted by something. "But he should be fine. That sedative should've allowed him to safely bleed out all that rage. I just hope he isn't angry with you when he wakes up."

"After what I put him through, I'll treat him to drinks or something later. Hard to imagine what the Singularity Lance must have felt like."

"Better that than your Orbital Sledge," Jeanette said. "Oh, he's stirring. I think he's about to come to."

Donovan sat up and tried to get his bearings around the room. "What happened?"

"You had a negative reaction to the Rage Rocket, though I'm not sure if it's simply what the Rage Rocket did or if using it rekindled some trauma from your past," Jeanette spoke calmly.

"I totally had to put you down, Old Yellar," Karin joked, but her tone was gentle. "You shouted for Impact and tried to escape the test chamber."
She looked at Jeanette. "Do you think Agent Green knew he'd have some kind of adverse reaction to the Rage Rocket?"

Jeanette frowned. "If he did, better that he lost it here in a test chamber than out on the battlefield. I should recommend that you resist any possible urges to use them."

"Not like he needs convincing," Karin said. "I don't like injecting shit into my body, either."

He sat there for a moment, remembering everything right up to the punch. "The Rage Rockets . . . " he got up and grabbed Jeanette by her lab coat, his wrists beginning to kindle from his anger, "WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THEM!?"

Karin moved, but Jeanette raised her hand to Karin, stopping her short. Then she faced Donovan. "Ricewood Masterworks is the primary official manufacturer of Rage Rockets, though these days there are some lesser pharmaceutical businesses that create their own risky offshoots. While they are specifically created for tier two and three security organizations, tier two being forces like the Prideguard and Republican Guard and tier three being PATCA, we don't offer them freely over the market, though just about any asshole can find them in black markets these days."

"Rage Rockets are comparable to something like a mental accelerant," Karin explained. "Though it's not like normal mental accelerants that increase the speed of your thought processes or power up your mental awareness. Rage Rockets actually sort of temporarily affect the innate barrier that protects you from the influence of madness. It dissolves and loses its power quickly, only allowing so much. After countless experimentation, we've...well, Professor Ricewood has refined it down to allow exactly twenty-five Rage Points to accumulate in the mind, absolutely no more and absolutely no less. And of course, the item was only released after extensive testing...ah...on death row inmates."

Donovan paused for a moment to take in the information, still keeping an aggressive grip on Jeanette's lab coat. "No . . . that can't be right. This was well into development ten years ago, using test subjects sold off from criminal organizations." Before either scientist could respond Donovan continued, "I know this because when I was 10, Team Magma kidnapped me and shipped me off to some lab where I had this same poison injected into me, with the intention of throwing away my corpse after getting the results they wanted."

Jeanette and Karin exchanged glances. "I don't mean to sound rude, but we're obviously not the kind of people you should expect to investigate such a case," Jeanette spoke gently.

"Probably something you'd have the Police Force investigate, really." Karin shrugged. "I mean, we can bring your case to them, but unfortunately we can't help you any further than that."

Now the confusion began to settle in even more. "So you invented these Rage Rockets on your own, without any dark ops resources?" He let go of Jeanette. "If this is true, and I'm not saying I one-hundred percent trust that notion, then that means that someone else was working on some very similar research to yours." He took a moment to think. "Anyone in PATCA you would recommend asking about this? Police work in Hoenn is a joke so going to law enforcement probably won't do much."

Jeanette looked thoughtful. "Elizabeth Irons might be a good start. Pierce Granger is acquainted with her. Irene might also be able to lend some information to aid you."

Karin looked thoughtful. "Professor? Do you think his situation might have some connection to Professor Faynoc?"

Jeanette thought about it. "I suppose it's always possible. Even before Faynoc created his cult, the Harbingers of Ascension, he did some rather immoral and illegal activities all for the sake of acquiring vast funds, funds that I'm certain were used in the construction and maintenance of Millenium House. But any record of those illegal transactions are either at various archives at various locations like PATCA or the police station, or they were destroyed with the rest of Millenium House."

"But Team Magma?" Karin asked no one in particular. "Plenty of more convenient buyers in Honmyr without him resorting to international smuggling and whatnot. I wonder if Team Magma is actually here, in Honmyr?"

Donovan shook his head, "I'd rather not believe it, as they were beaten down to almost nothing between their rivalry with Team Aqua and the damage from the Groudon Incident." He looked toward Karin, "But Faynoc? Who is he? I swear it sounds familiar."

"Ah, right, I guess you weren't a part of PATCA until after the Millenium House operation."

Jeanette excused herself and took a seat in a nearby executive chair. "Reynold Faynoc, aspiring pokeologist and archaeologist. He believed in a higher power that exists beneath the earth, the source of the Ruin Pokemon, called either Primal Exist or Chroma. But he was already gone and building his fanatics before any of us even met Ruin Pokemon. Irene suspects he learned it from Ruin Generals like Gransrax, the Poison Ruin General, who joined Faynoc in death down there in Millenium House. Faynoc fancied himself a spiritual guide of the people, shepherding them into the next evolution of the human race. He pioneered assloads of experiments that were pretty much illegal, like creating Legendary Pokebrids such as Darcelle, or implanting people with what we assume to be fragments of Chroma's own body, apparently crystallized forms that you just pierce right into your body."

After taking a moment to sift through that information dump, he turned to leave, "I guess I'll see about getting more details from Irene or someone," Donovan paused, "Sorry for the outburst."

"Oh, no trouble at all. I hope we were able to help you out," Jeanette said.
After Donovan left, Jeanette sat at a desk and checked out the video feed for the security camera inside the test chamber. "It sucks when an evil mad scientist's immoral bullshit doesn't end when his vile life is extinguished."

"What happened to him, Professor?" Karin asked, eyes still on the door Donovan left through. "Do you think we should have really let him leave like that?"

"I think he'll be fine as long as he doesn't run into any 'old friends' of his," Jeanette frowned. "It's hard to tell whether the act of injecting the Rage Rocket brought up some rather undesirable memories from his past or if he's being affected by the additional Rage Points in some way other than intended. I'd like to analyze his condition myself, but it wouldn't be good for him."

"We should send a report to Irene or Impact," Karin suggested. "If he has that kind of...'reaction' during a battle and endangers his friends..."

"Yeah, but nothing too crippling to his career as a PATCA agent," Jeanette nodded. "You should've seen him out there on the beach, Karin. He was amazing. I think his incredible abilities were also a side effect of...well, whatever it was that happened to him in the past."

Jeanette turned off the video feed. "When he was ten years old, he had experience with Rage Rockets."

"Impossible," Karin said, arms folded. "Rage Rockets didn't exist back then."

"Actually, they did, but," Jeanette faltered. "Because of the dangerous possibilities of their use, we were only allowed to make them. We weren't allowed to use them for any purposes whatsoever until nearly a decade of research and harmless, legal experimentation was done. My guess is that Faynoc was doing immoral activities with Rage Rockets for at least that long."
Jeanette stood up and started pacing. "In Hoenn, or any other location that isn't Honmyr, the Rezonscape's influence isn't felt. People don't gain Rage there. There are no Madsoldiers."

Karin shrugged. "Maybe they can but nobody knows about it since nearly everyone relies on Pokemon in other regions?"

"Pokemon Trainers and Snaggers with no personal combat skills still gain Rage Points during combat in Honmyr," Jeanette frowned, then came to a realization. "That's IT! THAT'S where Faynoc got enough money to discreetly build Millenium House and organize his cult! Rage powers in other regions! Karin, Faynoc somehow made Project Red Zephyr successful!"

Karin needed a few seconds, then it hit her. "How, though?"

Project Red Zephyr came about when it was discovered that Rage Rockets lost nearly all of their effectiveness when shipped overseas. The purpose of the project was to design Rage Rockets that could. Ricewood Masterworks never produced a viable unit. "Apparently madness is constantly recycled through the Rage Rocket to and from the Rezonscape," Jeanette said to no one in particular. "Remove the Rezonscape element and the Rage Rocket's...'fuse' burns out. The madness leaks out and doesn't return. The Rage Rocket then becomes pretty damn useless."

"The other part of that project was a failure, too," Karin reminded the professor. "The body bleeds out madness when not in the presense of the Rezonscape, so a person couldn't act as a 'Rage bank'. Not even that one Slayer accessory can carry Rage outside the Rezonscape's influence."

"But Faynoc found a way to do it," Jeanette said, frowning. "I always knew that fucker was too clever for his own good. And his lack of morals helped him see the fruit of his labors. He must have added something to the prototype units in order to get them to maintain the Rage Points."

"Like a Chroma Fragment?" Karin suggested.

"Probably, but he would need a lot of them, and there's no telling if he had access to Chroma Fragments that long ago. Hopefully the Police Force can find something from the ruins of Millenium House to aid my thoughts."

Dracorion

06-29-2012, 09:16 AM

Pierce and Shizuka's Date

"We're almost there!" Pierce called back to Shizuka. "Just don't let go and keep your eyes closed!" One of his hands directed Palkia to where they needed to go, while the other was held onto Shizuka's arms around his midsection. Strangely enough, they didn't seem to be losing any altitude.

Shortly after, Shizuka felt them glide to a halt, floating in midair somewhere. "Okay, you can open your eyes now." Pierce said, smiling as he dismounted and offered his hand to Shizuka. "Have you ever been to the Spire?"

The Fainas Spire was the tallest building and tourist attraction in Honmyr. It was basically a large white-grey spike in the heart of Honmyr, scraping the heavens. Small viewing rooms were here and there along the length of it, with a large viewing platform near the top. The round platform was covered on all sides by thick panes of glass and split into two. The lower floor was for simple viewing by tourists, while the upper floor was a fairly expensive restaurant for those who wanted to enjoy a meal while they were on top of the world.

Pierce and Shizuka stood now on an alcove halfway up the remaining lengh of spire above the viewing platform, rounding around it. It wasn't as large as the platform below, but it was still big enough for a small group of people to stand and sit together comfortably.

Near where they stood, there was already a small picnic set up, a sheet stretched out along the ground, with a wicker basket sitting on top of it. A pile of blankets was there too, since it was a little chilly out when they were this high up, even though Pierce had taken care to set up on the side of the Spire that would offer the most protection from the wind.

In front of them, half of Fainas stretched out, as well as its adjacent hallmarks. It was late afternoon, the sun was just starting to sink into the horizon. "What do you think?"

Shizuka scanned the city, though probably to Pierce's dismay, she seemed to watch it more like a trainer warrior searching for nearby threats than someone on a date admiring the view. "I've seen better," she said finally, only making it worse. "But at least I'm not having to kill someone or something this time."

Shizuka ran her fingers through her hair. "And you honestly wouldn't believe how much of a difference that makes. Tsubasa doesn't seem to mind, but it's a pretty big thing with Chizuru as well. I guess us fighting women just weren't meant to go places without having to kill those already there, ha ha ha."

Pierce was a little dismayed at Shizuka's reaction, but he wouldn't let it show. "Oh, well. I'll keep that in mind next time." He sat down cross-legged on the sheet, looking up at Shizuka. "Can I ask you something?"
"No, I don't have tan lines," Shizuka said, then paused. "Okay, what's the real question?"

Pierce smiled at the joke, and then his face turned serious. "Why do you fight? And run around, helping worlds all over the place?"
"Because it's fun and fulfilling," Shizuka said, dragging her legs closer to herself and hugging her knees. "I'm not sure why I don't ever get tired of it. I see new sights, I kill new things, I meet new people."

Shizuka then reached over and poked Pierce on the forehead. "And you should be thankful for that, buster. If I didn't love adventure and danger as much as I do, I never would've come here, and you never would've saw the wonderful blessing of my body. Though, I have to admit, I guess in this place, there's already a surplus of beautiful women. Skilled fighters, too."
Pierce smirked. "Of course I'm thankful. I think I said that when we first met." It got him laid, too. Which reminded him... he pulled out a bottle of Mollesk wine from the basket and uncorked it, as well as two wine glasses. "I guess I come here to remind myself of why I fight." He said wistfully, looking out to the city spread out below and the horizon. "I look out and see a gigantic world and all the people so small below. And it reminds me that there's a larger, empty universe out there. And parallel worlds, I guess." He added, nodding to Shizuka. "And we're so small. I fight because it's all just us, in here, together. And we're all we've got."

He paused for a moment, then added, smiling slightly. "Well, that's the selfless reason, anyway."
"Wow. So you think about those things, too. I honestly kind of hate thinking that way, myself. I just makes me feel like everything I've done is so insignificant when weighed against the entirety of so many universes, but after I get over those kinds of thoughts, I realize it's just absurd to think that way. I mean, I suppose I could stop fighting, stop adventuring, stop falling in love with ridiculously-handsome guys like you-"

Pierce blinked and his mouth gaped when she said the l-word, but-
Shizuka held up one hand before Pierce even thought about protesting. "I keed, I keed. Anyways, the way I see it, if I did stop, and everybody saw that they were so small and stopped moving along the paths to their inevitable futures and fates as well, then the universe would just stop turning. I'm a small cog in the movement of the universe, but I'm a cog the universe simply cannot do without, and everyone else is the same."

Shizuka furrowed her brow. "'Sides, what would I do if I stopped? I'm not the kind of woman who lays on a couch all day, eating Funyuns and watching The View. My katana would be so ashamed of me."

Pierce blushed and looked down bashfully, handing Shizuka a glass of Mollesk wine as he did so. "Uh, well, yeah, you're completely right. I guess what equalizes it, keeps me from stopping is my selfish reason. And the selfless one keeps me from going overboard with the selfish one." He blabbed. Shizuka's casual admission had thrown him off a bit.

Shizuka twirled the glass around in her hands a little, watching the wine dance. "So, what makes you selfish?" she asked, not out of curiosity. "Not out of curiosity," she added, then empties half the glass. Shizuka apparently didn't have the talent to savor the tastes and aromas of wine. She clearly only drank to find herself in a heap of trouble.

"Errr... I guess how I rationalize it is that I tell myself: a culture's teachings, and more importantly, the nature of its people, achieve definition in conflict. They find themselves, or find themselves lacking. That clashing with others, or just interacting if you wanna put it that way, is how I find exciting new ways to be myself." Pierce told her. Then he seemed to realize he was talking like a nerd. "Sorry, I'm talking too much and too big, right? I slip up like that sometimes. Sorry. Really, my reason is really just like yours. It's fun and it feels right."
Pierce shut his mouth tight and looked away embarrassed. He was totally screwing up the date!

"So I guess what you're saying is that you're fighting to more or less discover yourself. Understandable, and admirable. Many people go through their whole lives never understanding themselves and their roles in life, but you and me the others in PATCA, at least we're not just sitting on our asses and doing nothing about it, hoping some random event will come along and sort out our muddled musings. I knew there was a genuine reason I liked you. The fact that you're young and attractive and kind is just icing on the cake."
Then she stood up and in a flash drew out her katana, directing it towards the horizon. "The way I see it, I think you have absolutely no reason to doubt yourself now. So you're entitled to a little selfishness now and again. So, what does selfish little Pierce wanna do now? I'd like to have a plan before I bleach my brain."

Pierce looked up at Shizuka, feeling encouraged by her words. "Thanks." He replied. Then he thought about what he wanted to do. There was the obvious, but... "I think... first, I'd like to hear more about you. Where you've been, what you've seen, who you've fought, what excites you." He said, then added, smirking. "Afterward... we'll see." He downed his glass of wine in one go.

Shizuka sheathed her katana and turned back to face him. "Well, you're coming to the Hungry World someday, right? Believe me, you'll see plenty of the kinds of places I've been to and things I've killed when you get there. The Hungry World loves souvenirs. But let me warn you. They're not all entirely pleasant."

Pierce nodded. "I can deal with unpleasant. But you've not just seen the Hungry World. What are other worlds like?"
"I'm telling you, you'll see pieces of the worlds I've been in inside the Hungry World. I mean, granted, it's not the real deal, but you could spend the rest of your entire life in the Hungry World exploring and you still wouldn't have seen it all."

Shizuka glanced at the bottle of wine. "But, I guess since there's that much left, I can spill a story or two. Okay, so one time we were in this one world for about...oh, a week or something until we had to leave. We didn't really get to accomplish much, but it was some kind of Alter-Earth. Anyways, I guess some lab out in some place had some kind of problem and then there were aliens everywhere, and there was this bearded guy with an orange suit trying to save the world from these aliens. We fought a lot of aliens ourselves. Like, there were these weird little fuckers. They had short, stubby legs and fat bodies but they could jump really far and couple with your head and steal your mind. Chizuru nearly puked several times from being grossed out."

"Actually, Chizuru gets grossed out often in the worlds that end up there. We have this theory that the Hungry World craves worlds in which bloody chaos is in the vast majority. Many of the worlds devoured by the Hungry World are messed up in unimaginable ways. Mika likes trying to figure out just how some of these world fragments became so screwed up,"
"Well, I guess it'd be boring if all it absorbed was worlds that are completely peaceful, serene and untroubled. At least this way you get to have a new adventure all the time."

Shizuka nodded. "It certainly allows for plentiful training. Otherwise my sword skills would just get dull."
"Really, though, you are amazing. Hearing about everything you've done just makes me admire you more." Pierce said wistfully. "I wish I'd get the chance to do as much."

"You wouldn't live long enough," Shizuka shrugged. "Which is probably for the best. Things don't seem to mean so much when you just keep on living."
"You say that, but you're here, aren't you? I don't know, if I had that long a life, then... travelling around, saving worlds with you... I can't think of many better ways to spend it."

Shizuka stared out as the sun began to disappear over the horizon. "Chizuru can..." she sighed. "And I see her point. Tsubasa can live with being a selfless heroine, but the rest of us kinda got started in this because we craved something more, and some of us don't even know what we're looking for yet. We keep saying 'one more adventure, one more adventure' like we're chanting some goddamn mantra. The next thing you know, hundreds of adventures pass and we're right back where we are, feeling no better about ourselves than we did some time ago. I'm not a hero. I never really wanted to be. It was just something I happened to be really good at. I kinda thought it'd be like it is in video games or action movies, Pierce. Where you do right by the world and all your other desires just fall into place."

The Red Kimono closed her crimson eyes. "When you fight, whether you do so to bring justice to a world or to sew chaos, there are always ulterior motives. I'm still fighting because the fighting I've been doing hasn't brought me what I really want in my life. That's it."

"Well, what do you want in life?" Pierce asked curiously.
"Still dunno," Shizuka shrugged. "Hence, I'm still fightin'."
"Then that's something we have in common. I say I'm fighting to make myself better, but I have no idea what I'm making myself better for." Pierce kept on musing. "Maybe that's the point. Maybe the ending doesn't matter, maybe it's the journey."

Shizuka's eyes opened again. "Yeah, I keep forgetting about that last bit. Oh well. I guess it is still fun. Especially doing some of the cool stuff that only demon ninjas can do. I enjoy parkour, especially roof jumping."
"Haha, and that's all that matters, right?" Pierce said happily. "This has been fun too, hasn't it?"

"Yeah, this is great. It's pretty nice to get to see stuff like this. Kinda hard to appreciate these kinds of views when you're trying not to be horribly killed while dealing with five different opponents, ha ha ha."
"I'm glad. I was a little worried I screwed the pooch when you said you'd seen better."
"Well, I have," Shizuka admitted. "But...y'know...dangers..."
"Fair enough. Do you think we can go out again sometime?"
"Yeah. But I think this time, I'll show you a view of my very own. Not sure if you'll find it pretty, though. Then again, I've seen it a lot so..."

Pierce wasn't sure if that was an euphemism or not, so rather than risk making a fool of himself by playing along he decided to sidestep Shizuka's comment. "Look, uh..." Might as well get to the issue now. "I really want to have a relationship with you, Shizuka. But you should know, I'm seeing Irene. And I'm going to ask out Ricewood and..." Pierce hesitated for a moment, unsure how Shizuka would take it. "Chizuru."

"Eh, makes sense," Shizuka said. "Eventually I'll have to go on my own way and I can't exactly take you with me, but that's no excuse to not at least have a very fun time together."

What, really? No response? "S-so... you don't have a problem with me going after Chizuru?"

"Just don't hurt her too bad, or I'll have to hurt you, and the ways I hurt people tend to be fairly...permanent."
Shizuka added a calming smile to try and downplay what seemed like a threat. "Many women become housewives. Most simply don't care for it, of course, but for Chizuru, it's her dream and ambition. Loving wife, doting mother, guy who treats her like a princess, family full of love, all that sugary shit. I don't really get it, but maybe that's because I've always been a demon and always been fighting while Chizuru was once a human like most of the other Kimonos. Out of all those girls, Chizuru never cast away her human dreams and desires. Maybe she has a really compatible Magatama or something, I'm not sure. Though I don't believe those things even have personalities. Just powers and base instincts."

Pierce nodded reassuringly. "I know, Chizuru's different. She's special. I won't do anything to hurt her, I promise."
"Good, 'cause if you don't, you're gonna have to explain yourself to Izanagi-san," Shizuka said, nodding slightly towards her katana. "And he tends to be a little...blunt."

"Noted." Pierce nodded, choosing not to comment on how counter-intuitive Shizuka's joke was. "Um... maybe I've soured the mood a bit, but, Shizuka, I really would like us to have a serious relationship, for as long as we can."
"I'll try my best, but I can't exactly promise much. Love is kind of an alien concept to me."

"I think I know how to get started." Pierce said, smiling. He scooted over next to Shizuka, and leaned in. The sunset framed the two as he kissed her.

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Pierce and Jeanette's Date

Pierce ventured into Ricewood Masterworks to execute his clever plan. With a quick call to the facility, Pierce had Darcelle escort his latest conquest, Jeanette, outside for a little shopping or something while he worked his magic to produce a romantic evening. Candlelit dinners didn't seem to go with science laboratories, but Pierce was open to compromise.

Just like clockwork, Jeanette wasn't in the office. And he couldn't find her in the neighboring laboratory. But he did see a woman that he wasn't entirely familiar with. She was working on a machine he hadn't seen before. "Okay, now to just finish with a final run of the diagnostics," the woman said, and keyed in some instructions into the machine. Finally, she turned around and saw Pierce.

"Whoa, handsome guy, twelve o'clock," she said. "Hey there, good lookin'. Darcelle sort of asked me to help you set up. You might not have long to prepare to make the professor's drawers drop. By the way, I'm Karin. Karin Millsworth. And the machine behind me is the one you'll use to interact with the Rezonscape, so I'm making sure it's in tip-top shape for that."
Karin was kind of a hottie. One would say she was just this side of nerd hot. But she lacked a certain moe factor that kept her from achieving Jeanette level nerd hotness. Maybe it was because Karin wasn't wearing glasses?

"Darcelle placed everything in the utility closet just for you," Karin said. "Let's get it out and set it up. Not even doing a favor for Darcelle will keep the professor out of the lab for long."
"Oh, hi." Pierce greeted her, caught completely off guard. "I'm Pierce, nice to meet you." He approached Karin and offered her his hand in greeting.
He put down the bottles of Mollesk wine he brought and moved over to the utility closet to pull out the things they needed. "So, you work with the Professor? What do you do, exactly?" He asked Karin as he opened the closet.

"I'm just an assistant, like Darcelle but I have an actual contract and college degrees and stuff. Jeanette was way overworked even before her daughter was captured by, what I guess from listening to her were Shadow Pokemon from the Corpsemire. You could actually say that everyone who works here, from the lunch ladies to the receptionist to the Pokemon, are all assistants. But she keeps me closer. I guess she likes having girls to talk to."

"Well, calling you assistants doesn't seem too accurate, though, does it? I mean, you have degrees and are capable of preparing the Rezonscape equipment, and I presume you do all other sorts of sensitive stuff. You're basically a full fledged scientist." Pierce commented. "I'd be more of an assistant, if I got a job here."

"Assistant? Heh, more like experiment," Karin said, gently knocking on the device behind her. "You know, if you're trying to hook up with the professor, I don't think you have to go quite this far. I'm confident in the machine's capabilities, of course, but the Rezonscape is another matter entirely. Despite all our research, there're so many unknowns, but thanks to you fine people over in PATCA, we're making some astonishing progress. I just wish we knew more, but Irene Crosswald isn't really saying much."

"Irene's got her reasons." Pierce replied simply to her last comment. "And really, Jeanette's the one who asked me. I was curious about the Rezonscape, and then she said I could come along, and I was like 'hell yeah', in spite of the risk. I mean, what would you have said?"

Karin nodded. "Yep, I would've jumped at the chance, too. Anyways, I hope a ruin activation happens soon. We could probably learn a whole lot if Irene took us with her one time."
"A ruin activation? What's that?"
"The Ruins of Resonance have a strange relationship with the Rezonscape. Until they're activated by the madness coming from the Rezonscape, the ruins are damn near impregnable. When the madness hits, the ruins come to life and open up, allowing access. It also activates the resident Evosoldiers. Evosoldiers are basically the progenitor of the modern day Evolith, except they have a different type of power source. Irene got with the professor after the Millenium House mission, and has hypothesized that the special crystals that power the Evosoldiers and activate with the power of madness are similar, if not exactly the same as what Reverend Faynoc called the Chroma Fragments, though the rules behind utilizing them may be different."
"I see. If that ever becomes a mission for us, I'll remember to bring the Professor."

"And Gilligan and the movie star, too," Karin winked. "Anyways, we should hurry and setup for that dinner. You probably have a half hour at the most."
That half hour passed a lot faster than Pierce would've liked. "Relax, it looks great, Pierce. The professor's gonna love it," Karin said. Then she walked over and turned on a monitor that gave them a view of the parking lot outside. "I thought they went out shopping for clothes for Darcelle. They sure didn't buy a lot. I should teach Darcelle about fashion and makeup one of these days."
"Better you than Liz." Pierce mumbled. "She's been lining up for a shot at that girl."
Karin stepped away from the monitor and turned to Pierce. "It should take about two or three minutes to get here. I'll just excuse myself now. Make sure you use protection!"
"Hah, yeah, I will. Thanks for the help, Karin." Pierce said gratefully, waving goodbye, then he waited next to his surprise for Jeanette.

Jeanette arrived shortly and found Pierce waiting with the candlelit dinner. "I take it that this is why Darcelle remained behind. How delightful, Pierce."
The professor placed her purse on a small table to the side and removed her labcoat. "Were you always the sort of man interested in brainy women?" she teased.

Pierce pressed a finger to his cheek thoughtfully. "Hm, well. Half the women I've dated are 'brainy', so... I'll let you figure that out." He smirked.
He moved to one of the chairs on the table and pulled it back a bit. "Your seat, madam?"

"Ha," Jeanette laughed, but let Pierce have his way. "You know, I had you figured for a playboy just like that. Not that I mind, of course. I prefer fun guys like you."

Oh, irony. Pierce thought, with a slightly guilty look. "Ehehehe... well, I think the type of women I fall for are ones I really admire, like you." He said, blushing.

"Admire. I'm just someone who's mind won't take a goddamn break. I simply have to unravel the mysteries of the world of Pokemon even if it kills me and even though Irene probably already knows them all well ahead of time. That woman drives me nucking futs something," Jeanette ranted, already getting tipsy. She's probably something of a lightweight.

"I think she has that effect on everyone." Pierce concurred. "But really, Jeanette, I think I can safely say Honmyr would be a very different place if you weren't around. We owe a lot to your unwavering dedication. That's what I admire about you. Whatever happens, you keep trying to make everyone's lives better."

Jeanette smirked. "I dunno about 'better', Pierce," she told him. "Mysteries aren't necessarily good or bad. And solving them doesn't necessarily lead to a betterment or worsening of our situation or standing in this world. The life of those like me who must know absolutely everything about absolutely everything should not be envied. It's given us so much, but it's presented so much dangers, too. I go through every day of my life praying to our Pokemon gods that the things I discover and learn aren't things I never should've exposed."

Ah...the burden of the hungry mind.

"You're selling yourself short. Finding out the truth about things, whatever it may be, isn't a terrible thing. It's how we advance as a culture. Whether it's good or bad, every new discovery teaches us something. And that knowledge helps us understand our place in the universe better." Pierce reached out and took Jeanette's hand in his own. "That's what I believe, Jeanette, and why I believe in you."
"I dunno if it's the booze or that I'm pretty sleepy, but your flowery bullshit is kinda nice to hear right now."

...That probably exactly what Pierce intended to hear.

"So, I wonder...did you perhaps come all the way up here to make a booty call on me?"

...Two unexpected statements in a row now, Prof.

"It's probably the best kind of relationship we'll have together for now, Pierce. It's hard for me to even get a chance to look for a guy, let alone spend any significant amount of time dating. Not that I'm not flattered, and I'd definitely like to try spending time with you if possible, but...I guess what I'm trying to say is you picked a pretty busy woman to try and hook up with, don't'cha think?"

"I know that..." Pierce said bashfully. "But I think you're amazing and I would like to have a relationship with you. I'd like to go on dates with you, even if I have to bring the dates here, whenever you have time. Though, I can tell you in advance next time, if you like." He smirked.

Jeanette leaned back in her chair and sort of gazed up at the ceiling. "Well, if I denied you after everything you said, I'd be the total bitch to end all total bitches. I hope I meet your expectations, Pierce. And I should, as long as you keep them small, ha ha."

"Well... you might not want to get your expectations about me too high either." Pierce mumbled nervously. "I have to be honest with you, Jeanette, I meant everything I just said. I want to have a serious relationship with you. But I also have to tell you that... I'm dating Irene and Shizuka. And I'm going to ask out Chizuru, too." He finished, looking down at his glass of wine guiltily.

"Eh, totally called it," Jeanette said. "Not like I can find it problematic, but I gotta wonder if you can pay the bills while dating four different women. Pimpin' ain't easy, I hear."

Pierce laughed at Jeanette's response, feeling better that she was taking it well. "Well, it just means I have to get creative. You should see what I have planned for us next time."

"Good. I'm counting on you," Jeanette said, then looked though. "We should also find a good time for when you go spelunking in the ol' Rezonscape."
"Aww, do we have to do that now? I thought I could kiss you." Pierce joked, smirking.
"Just a kiss?" Jeanette asked him.
"I was also going to cop a feel and take it from there."
"Just know that you shouldn't take forever. I still need Karin to do something with me. And it's not what you're hoping."
"Oh well." Pierce sighed. He stood up and moved next to Jeanette, kneeling next to her. "I'll just have to work enough for both of us." And he slowly closed the gap, until his lips pressed softly against Jeanette's.

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Pierce and Chizuru's Date

Pierce held Chizuru's hand as he calmly strode between the trees. He had asked Chizuru on a date (and, after some deliberation, asked her to prepare the food), and had taken her into the forest outside Fainas Metropolis. They had been walking for a while now, and were certainly deep into the forest now. Only small strips of sunlight made their way through the canopy of leaves above and the number of trees around them was large, and they were close together, making the air feel thick and stuffy. To their right was a particularly thick wall of large trees and bushes, bunched so close together they seemed impenetrable. Pierce was following along this wall, seemingly to get his bearings. "We're almost there." He said reassuringly, look back to Chizuru, before turning back around to keep going.

Finally, Pierce stopped entirely. They had reached a small gap in the wall of trees, light flowing through it, obscuring what was on the other side. The gap was big enough that they could easily crouch and get through it. He stood to the side and gestured to Chizuru with a smile. "You go first. You really want to see what's on the other side."

"Ah...right," Chizuru said, then leaped onto a large enough branch roughly forty feet from the forest floor. Pierce admitted that he liked the view. But it was very short-lived as Chizuru hopped out of his sight. What is it with ninjas and them always going for higher ground?

Pierce scratched his head at Chizuru's actions, but stepped through the gap himself nonetheless.
What waited for them on the other side was a field of flowers. It seemed they were in a clearing, surrounded by the same wall of thick trees and bushes, making it hard to reach. The sky was clear above, the field was populated with flowers and plants of all kinds and there were Pokemon frolicking about, Bellossoms and Butterfree and Beautiflys and Dustoxes, oh my! It was a rather large clearing, giving them plenty of space to have a picnic without bothering any of the wildlife. "What do you think?" Pierce asked Chizuru.

Chizuru hopped down and her trained eyes surveyed the clearing. "It's really beautiful, Mr. Granger, but do you think it'll be safe to stay here for long?"
Pierce nodded. "I've been here a bunch of times in the past and haven't had any trouble. The Pokemon that hang out here are friendly. You're not likely to get hurt unless you push them around."

Chizuru nodded, which seemed to mean she understood, and moved into the center of the flower field and placed down the basket. "Tsubasa would absolutely love this place," Chizuru said in awe, then turned to Pierce. "But don't bring her here. If she comes here, Kirie will too, and that means half of the trees will be felled and all the flowers will be tromped. I don't think Kirie has the whole 'leave no trace you were ever here' ninja lesson down pat yet. Is this where you want to eat?"

"Yeah, this is fine." Pierce agreed, and started setting things up. He threw the picnic blanket down and pulling out two glasses and a bottle of Mollesk wine. "You know, I felt kinda ungentlemanly asking you to make the food. But no one cooks as well as you, Chizuru."

"Oh, it's perfectly fine. Anytime I can do something that'll keep Rio from groping me, I'm glad for the work." Chizuru sat on her legs. "Tsubasa told me that all I have to do is ignore it and she would stop attacking me, but it's easier said than done."
"Kimonos sure come in all types. At least you must never be bored." Pierce mused.
"It can be, some times. I'm sorta stupid so I don't really understand things enough to be able to associate with Kiyomi or Mika," Chizuru said with embarrassment, playfully bonking herself on the head.
"You're not stupid." Pierce replied, shaking his head. "I don't think there's anyone else like you in this world, or any other for that matter."
Pierce had apparently found Chizuru's weak point, and attacked it for massive damage.

Chizuru blushed nervously and then instinctively emptied her glass in just a few gulps. "Oh, you're just saying that!" she chuckled rapidly.
"N-no, I mean it." Pierce stammered, blushing too. "I mean... you're really kind and nice and caring and humble. And sure, a lot of people can be said to be like that but you take it to a whole new level. And the amazing thing is that you're like this in spite of all the things you've seen and done. You're really inspiring, Chizuru."

And like that, the rest of the bottle vanished. Chizuru's entire face was red and she was starting to giggle like an idiot. Apparently, the poor girl was a total lightweight. She wasn't even talking to him, she just kept laughing and squirming in embarrassment.

Uh oh... It seemed Pierce had been a little too open. Damn, talking to her about the issue while she was drunk probably wasn't the best idea. "Are you feeling okay, Chizuru?"

"Oh, ah'm just fiiiiine!" Chizuru said, then almost broke Pierce's shoulder with repeated buddy slaps. "C'monnnnnn, you totally gotta drink mooooooooore! If you don't get some of this, I might have to take the rest, ha ha ha!"

...And apparently she wasn't a very good drunk, either.

Yeah, bringing up his other girlfriends now was completely out of the question. ... Oh well. He popped open the next bottle of wine and took a swig from it. Might as well enjoy the rest of the date.

As they worked through the bottle, Pierce found himself scooting closer and closer to Chizuru.

As Pierce scooted closer to Chizuru, his shoulder touched something that he couldn't see. Trying to figure it out caused him to start bleeding.
It was a monofilament wire. That could only mean one thing. And a quick glance around the area revealed...nothing. Just where the hell was she? Damn ninja girls! And what happened to one of the bottles?

Pierce sighed. Fair enough. He scooted an inch away and just kept on laughing with Chizuru.

With Chizuru passed out, Pierce didn't really have any option but to carry the poor girl out of the forest himself. No more suddenly placed wires harassed him this time. As Pierce hauled Chizuru out of the lovely clearing, he finally found Tsubasa and a half empty bottle of wine. "S'not drugged," Tsubasa said after having tested the wine far more than necessary. "Sorry about the cockblock. That's what you people call it here, right? Next time, you should probably ditch the alcohol. Believe me, you'll actually get along better with Chizuru that way. She can be...'volatile'...when she drinks, and it takes much less than what she actually had to go nuts. Think about this. I probably saved your life much more than I saved her purity."

"I'll keep that in mind. And don't worry about the cockblock, I had a bit too much myself. I still haven't gotten around to mixing Roofy Berries in with the wine." Pierce replied with a smirk. "So, do you always watch out for Chizuru's boyfriends, or is it just me?"

"Eh. I have good feelings about you, but it never hurts to be careful. Usually, I don't worry about it. Chizuru puts 'em in the hospital herself sometimes. About the only one who has touched Chizuru that way and lived to remember the softness would be Rio. Maybe you could get tips from her."
"I'm not sure how long those good feelings will last. Chizuru's... not really the only woman I'm hoping to have a serious relationship with right now." Pierce admitted. "I was going to bring it up, but the alcohol happened."

"Huh. Well, just remember to be honest and forward. It's the best way your feelings will reach her," Tsubasa offered, then in a blur of white, she was gone, taking the bottle with her.

Well, if it came to worst, he could actually start spiking the drinks.
"Heh." With a chuckle, Pierce took off back to the city with Chizuru in his arms. Which made the whole date worth it.

Dracorion

06-29-2012, 09:36 AM

Pierce and Chizuru (Continuation)

Chizuru awoke from her booze-addled sleep... in a strange bed, in a strange room somewhere. Which probably wasn't surprising, except that her clothes were all still there and perfectly fine and she probably didn't feel dirty.
When she left the bedroom she woke up in to check out the rest of the place, she found herself in a small hallway that led to an open kitchen on the right, which itself looked out into a living room.

Pierce was lying on the sofa, seemingly asleep.

The place was a mess. The kitchen looked like it'd been ransacked, pots and pans and dirty dishes strewn about. The living room, on the other hand, looked fairly tidy. Magazines had been organized, furniture had been straightened out. The only thing out of place were a few stray books from the bookshelf. There was a TV mounted on the wall, but it was broken.
It seemed Pierce had been cleaning up his apartment, and had laid down to take a break.

Chizuru stood up and stretched. This couldn't have been a trap, since she was still fully armed with both her tonfas and her Pokemon. Where exactly did he take her? Was this where he lived?

Pierce woke up to the sizzle of cooking and found that Chizuru had taken complete ownership of his kitchen. He was disappointed to find that Chizuru was wearing an apron while still also wearing the kimono, but it couldn't really be helped. She had cleaned nearly everything. Holy shit, he had a carpet?! Where was it all this time?!

In just a minute, Chizuru returned to the doorway and noticed him. "Oh, good morning, Mr. Granger. Breakfast is already ready. Oh, Kiyomi-san will be here in just a moment to have a look at that television."

Chizuru paused, looking around. "So, this is what a man's home is like. I've never been in one before."

"Oh, hi..." Pierce greeted her awkwardly. "Um... sorry about kidnapping you. I couldn't think of anywhere else to take you after you passed out. You must've been alarmed when you woke up, huh?"

He moved over to the kitchen to see that Chizuru had left the place spotless. "You really didn't have to do this." He said guiltily. "I mean, the place looks better than ever, but really I should be the one taking care of you. After all, all of this is my fault." Then he remembered what she said. "Did you say Kiyomi's coming? That's... thank you, Chizuru, but you didn't have to do that for me."

"Well, hopefully Kiyomi will get a kick out of it. She always likes fiddling with electronics. Maybe your television will give her a distinct challenge."
Pierce sighed as Chizuru basically ignored his other concerns. Well, if you can't fight 'em... "I'd love to help you with the cooking. Is there anything I can do?"

A sweatdrop appeared in Chizuru's hair. "Ah...sorry, but actually it's already done. I...guess you could wash the dishes after they cool down?"
"Sounds good." Pierce nodded. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised there's nothing left to do. You're really good at this kind of stuff, aren't you?"
"Of course," Chizuru said haughtily. "And I get plenty of experience. Tsubasa-san and Mika-san are very clean individuals, but some of the others..."
"They must be lucky to have you." Pierce replied. He neglected to mention that Tsubasa had been around for their date. Hell, he wouldn't be surprised if she was watching them right now.

"Why'd you do this for me, though? I mean, I wouldn't have blamed you if you just went home after you woke up."
"I cannot and shall not ignore those in need of my help!" Chizuru said, almost glowing. "And you look like you could really use it. So I'm thinking, whenever I'm not busy, maybe I can come over and help some more?"
Pierce shifted his gaze downwards guiltily. "Sorry, I... don't think so. I wouldn't feel right about it. I haven't really done anything to deserve your help."

Chizuru's gaze grew evil.

Pierce suddenly felt very vulnerable as Chizuru stomped up to him and brought her face close enough to nearly kiss him.
"Yeah? Well I ain't askin'."

Eep.

Chizuru finally removed her face from Pierce's personal bubble and reentered the kitchen. "Now you should hurry and eat, Mr. Granger. It's going to get cold."

Yikes. So Chizuru had a mean side after all. "Thank you. Thanks so much. If there's anything I can do to make it up to you, please let me know." Pierce said gratefully. "Will you at least eat with me?"

"Well, I did make a lot, so I guess if you can't eat it all," Chizuru said, falling back into kawaii desu moe mode.

Pierce sat down to eat with Chizuru. As they did, it seemed there was something he wanted to bring up. Eventually, he finally spoke. "Um... Chizuru, do you think you'd like to go out with me again sometime?"
Chizuru blinked. "Huh? Oh, ah, sure! That is, if you don't happen to be busy or anything..."

Pierce shook his head. "Oh no, I've got time. It's just..." Crap, this was harder than it should've been. "Um... I really should've told you this before anything, and I'm sorry about that. It's just, I'm seeing other women, too. Irene and Jeanette and... Shizuka."

Chizuru paused. "These are all females names. These are all female names that belong to beautiful females."
The tone in her voice had a supernatural chill to it.

"I'll...think about what you just said, but I can't give you an answer right now."

"I understand." Pierce nodded. But he still seemed to want to say more. "Look, uh... I'd like to explain why I'm doing this, if you'd let me. I'm hoping you'll understand. This isn't a horndog thing. That's not me."
"But I understand if you don't want to hear from me right now."

Chizuru flailed her arms wildly, trying to fend off the awkwardness. "Well, it's not like I'm saying I'm not interested or anything," Chizuru said, fumbling through her thoughts. "I...I just wanna talk to someone who can give me some advice is all."

"That's fair." Pierce replied. "The food is delicious as always, Chizuru." He complimented.

There was a knock on the door shortly. "I'm sorry for calling you out here, Kiyomi-san." Chizuru told her blue kimono'd friend.

"I figured it was cool. You don't really ask me for anything. So, uhh...let's see here..."
Kiyomi began working on the television. "Heh. Television sets. Man, back in our homeworld of feudal Japan, even these things were far too advanced. Nowadays, we see incredible technology underneath couch cushions 'n' stuff."

"Sorry for bothering you, Kiyomi. I appreciate your help." Pierce said apologetically.
"Eh. Wasn't doin' nothin' anyways," Kiyomi said dismissively.

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Sophia and Tsubasa's Date

Bloop! A number of vials spread out over several tables held bubbling chemicals, being ignored by the woman sitting in the room inputting data furiously on a computer. Sophia had had a truly brilliant idea for an experimental test and had to drop everything to work on it. Which was how she'd spent the last couple of hours cooped up in her personal laboratory, hair disheveled, dressed only in a nightie, a robe and her battlesuit draped over the table next to her.

Tip tap tappity tap tip. Her fingers glided over the keyboard, eyes scanning back and forth, until they glanced at the computer's clock. The typing stopped suddenly as she let out a gasp. "Shit, I'm going to be late! I have to get ready!"

. . . . .

"Sorry I'm late!" She called, running toward Tsubasa as fast as she could. Sophia wore a pair of jeans and green sweater. She had gotten dressed in such a hurry that her hair was still partly dishevelled, the zipper down and she was wearing the sweater backwards, with one of the sleeves still draped over her hand. "I'm sorry!" She said, bowing apologetically to Tsubasa as soon as she reached her, then Sophia proceeded to fix herself up as best she could. "I just- um, I was working and- and I lost track of time..." She trailed off. They were both standing at the entrance to the amusement park, where Sophia had asked Tsubasa to meet for their date.

And it took only one look at Tsubasa for Sophia to realize that...maybe Tsubasa didn't know how to not be a deadly female demon ninja.
Tsubasa was wearing the white kimono she usually wore, with the black mesh underneath, wooden geta on her feet, and yes, she was definitely armed. "Oh, no worries. Are you okay, though? Take a bit of time and catch your breath."

"Oh, I'm fine." Sophia replied offhandedly, as she tucked her arms into the sweater and turned it to face the right way, having straightened her hair as best she could. "I'm really sorry for being late." She repeated, with another bow. It seemed she was oblivious to her zipper. She finally looked at Tsubasa, and blushed embarassedly. "Um... you look pretty as always." She mumbled.

"Oh. Right. I thank you," Tsubasa said, bowing.
Not much of anything more awkward than trying to talk to a dedicated killer. "I guess we should head inside, then."

Sophia nodded in agreement, and walked next to Tsubasa into the park. As they did, her hand twitched every now and then toward Tsubasa's own hand. "Um... is there somewhere you'd like to go first?" She inquired.
"Oh, I dunno. I've seen these kinds of places a lot, but I was usually fighting in them. Mmm, maybe that one," Tsubasa said, pointing towards one of the theme parks all too numerous roller coasters.

Sophia had to notice that there were quite a few people looking at the two of them. Well, white-haired, red-eyed chicks in miniyukatas weren't particularly common.

Sophia merely did her best to ignore the stares, instead, she bravely took Tsubasa's hand in her own and headed for the roller coaster she pointed at. "That sounds good. Have you ever been on a roller coaster, Tsubasa-san?" She asked, trying to downplay the hand holding and her own furious blushing over it.
"Not really, but I did have to run on a track one time during a battle in this other world," Tsubasa said, apparently not trying to gloat.

After they paid for the ride and were about to sit in their car, Sophia still didn't let go of Tsubasa's hand. "Um, do you mind if I keep holding your hand through it?"
"Yeah, whatever you like," Tsubasa said.

And that's about when the normalcy ended. The roller coaster ride was fine when all the coaster did was climb up the track and when it leveled off, but when the coaster started to descend...

Everything was a massive blur and it took Sophia several seconds after she could see straight to figure out what happened.

They were on the ground. Tsubasa had apparently freaked out when the roller coaster started to descend. She tried to remove the seating guard and escape, but failing that she used her demonic strength to literally break it clean off. Then she grabbed Sophia and ninja leaped right off the coaster to the ground below. And now Tsubasa was hugging Sophia tightly and shivering, almost on the verge of crying. The fuck?

Even after realizing she was back on the ground, Sophia spent a few more seconds pressed tightly into Tsubasa, enjoy the smell and feel of the Kimono's body. Still, she knew she had to ask, so she raised her head. "Tsubasa-san, are you alright? What's wrong? What happened?"

It took Tsubasa nearly a full minute to calm down. "Maybe...maybe I'm not good with g-forces that I don't control on my own," she said evenly.
And here came the theme park staff, first to check and see if they were alright, then to admonish Tsubasa who offered to pay for the damages she inflicted. Strangely, the other park goers seemed to enjoy the roller coaster even more than usual. It's not often that people voluntarily bail on the ride when it's still in motion.

Sophia insisted she'd pay for the damages instead, and after clearing that up took Tsubasa to a bench a little ways away. She wasn't sure if the subject was too sensitive to be broached or not. "D- did you get scared?"
"I-I'm fine! Oh! Yes, over there! Let's try over there!"

The Tunnel of Love? That's a new record.

"Oh? Okay." Sophia said. Yep, definitely scared. She let Tsubasa lead her to the tunnel, still holding her hand.

One would think that a very normal ride like the Tunnel of Love would lead to a very normal time. Well, when your date is a demonic female ninja...not quite so.

Sophia was in the boat. She was the only one in the boat. Tsubasa was apparently training her ability to walk on water, which didn't make much sense since the water was maybe three feet deep at the most.

"So this is the kind of scenery that makes people fall in love," Tsubasa observed to herself.

"Well, um, not quite." Sophia began. "It's mostly used as a private place for lovers to make out and be giggly and stuff." She explained. She'd kill to make out and be giggly with Tsubasa right now. "Um, do you think you could join me on the boat, Tsubasa-san?"
Tsubasa looked thoughtful for a moment. "Then we will try this."

Ummm...what?

Before Sophia could ask what she meant, Tsubasa climbed back into the boat. And then crushed Sophia's lips with her own. After nearly ten breath-taking seconds, Tsubasa pulled back. "Was that alright?" Tsubasa said, her face disturbingly normal despite what she had just done.

Sophia sank into the kiss, closing her eyes and enjoying the sweet taste. When it ended, she simply looked at Tsubasa, mouth hanging open, a blush quickly taking over her face. "It- it was..." She mumbled after a while. "Really good..."

"Um... again?" She asked shyly.

"Again, then," Tsubasa said, and attacked Sophia with all of her passion.
Naturally, Sophia reciprocated to the best of her ability. The two were so ensconced that they hadn't noticed the boat had already emerged from the tunnel.

If eyes could make noise, the stares would be deafening. Before Sophia could really say anything, Tsubasa lashed with her wires, slicing up a digital camera from some guy who just had to immortalize a piece of the action.
And that's when they were told to leave the theme park.

"So that is what a theme park is like," Tsubasa said now that they were outside. "It was a nice experience."

Sophia smiled. "I'm really glad you liked it, Tsubasa-san. In case you want to do it again, that's not the only theme park in Fainas."

"That would be good," Tsubasa said, then she bowed. "I apologize if I am inadequate in any way. I'm not really used to just being a person and not a professional assassin. It's hard to adjust and just...be giggly, as you put it."

"We- well, I think you're cute when you're like that, Tsubasa-san." Sophia admitted. "Um... is there anything you want to do now?" She asked, trying to distract the Kimono from her embarrassing admission.

"I don't really know," Tsubasa said, looking around. "What else is there to do is the city?"

Sophia looked thoughtful. "Umm..." She started walking with Tsubasa as she considered their options. "A water park, maybe? Or we could take a walk at the real park? Hm... zoo? ... nah."
Tsubasa took Sophia by the hand again. "That over there should help us avoid the park goers."

It was your average picturesque park with a fountain and sidewalks and adequate lighting. Apparently, it was also a paradise for youngsters to meet, battle, and exchange Pokemon.

Sophia held Tsubasa's hand as they walked around the park for a bit, thinking about the options. "Well, I can't think of anything else good." She said, finally. "I know a water park we can go to. Do you like that idea, Tsubasa-san?"

"A good idea. Let us hope we don't run into anyone we know going to all these places."

The water park was, like many parks of various kinds all of the entire goddamn world, Pokemon themed. A bunch of water slides decorated like a Tentacruel. Boats shaped like Huntails. All that jazz. "This is an excellent place for kunoichi like myself to do possible water training. I should make a note to come back by myself one day."

"Do you want to watch a show, maybe?" Sophia proposed, looking to Tsubasa. She didn't want to find out what Tsubasa would do in a water slide.

"It's probably for the best," Tsubasa agreed, looking around. "It looks like a great many of these rides would require us to don swimsuits, and I don't have one."

Sophia looked at the schedule, trying to find a good show. "Oh! There's one with Milotic starting soon. Would you like to see that one?"
Tsubasa nodded, eyes scanning through the schedule. "Ah, the really pretty one that evolves from the really ugly one. Yeah, we're there, dude."

They headed for the area where the show would take place, and Sophia was lucky enough spot some front row seats they could squeeze into. She hurried with Tsubasa to the spot and waited for the show to start, looking at the pool.

"They're not bad," Tsubasa said, observing what apparently was a well-criticized performance. "It looks like they were all trained together so that they would work best together. I assume that one woman is their official trainer."

The official trainer was a minor celebrity, only a celebrity by virtue of her being the one who conducted the show...and being ridiculously hot, as expected. "Judging by the skills of these Pokemon, they were all specifically trained to carry on this show, and probably wouldn't be able to perform in combat."

"I think that's a good thing." Sophia remarked, watching the Milotic's graceful moves. "I think it's great that we can do something with our Pokemon that isn't just battling. That we can work together to make something this beaut- Aaahh!" She screamed, as a Gyarados emerged suddenly right in front of her and Tsubasa.

Tsubasa came alert, but didn't act, waiting to see if this was merely part of the act without trying to agitate the Pokemon. The Gyarados seemed to remain in place, so Tsubasa slowly stood up and approached it, then attempted to possibly mount the beast.

Gyarados's emergence had pretty much soaked everyone in Sophia and Tsubasa's row. After taking a moment to wipe her glasses as best she could, she replaced them on her face and looked around. "Tsubasa-san?"

Things got a bit hairy after this. Tsubasa managed to mount the Gyarados, something that surprised the instructor and somehow turned into a challenge. Now the audience was watching a Gyarados and his new kunoichi partner versus the instructor and her water Pokemon. Only it wasn't some simply show. It was a full on battle. And unfortunately for the other side, the instructor wasn't an assassin expert with centuries of experience.

After the show, Tsubasa and Sophia were approached by the instructor, who apparently didn't want to lose the two girls in the crowd and thus didn't bother to change out of her cute little one-piece. "How did you do that?" she demanded.
Tsubasa shrugged dismissively. "Simple. I let the Gyarados know who the greater predator was."

"Um..." Sophia piped up, trying to smooth things over. "I think you were both really great."
The instructor acknowledged Sophia's compliment. "Anyways, what's your name?"
"Hirasaka," Tsubasa said. "Hirasaka Tsubasa."
"Ah, a Hiroshiho girl?"
"Kinda like that, but not exactly."
"Well, I'm Christille. Y'ever in the neighborhood for a job, just swing by here and I can get you in, no problem."
Tsubasa bid the woman farewell and rejoined Sophia. "I don't do stunts for show," Tsubasa said to no one in particular.

Sophia looked herself and Tsubasa over. "We're soaked now. Do you want to go somewhere and change?"

"I suppose we had best," Tsubasa said, then asked a really attractive question. "Is your place nearby, Sophia?"
Sophia blushed profusely at this. "Um... y-yeah, we can change there." She replied, taking Tsubasa's hand and heading back to her apartment.

Sophia's apartment looked big from the outside, but inside it was a decently-sized living room and kitchen, with four doors leading away. On the left side, a closet and guest bedroom, on the other her bedroom and lab. Most of the wall space in the living area was occupied by bookshelves stacked with scientific books. Aside from that, it was only sparsely decorated, though still homey.

"Um, do you want to take a shower first, or just dry off a change?"
"Either is fine," Tsubasa said, but to Sophia's surprise, the kunoichi was already undressing. The white miniyukata, the black mesh underneath, and Tsubasa had very few secrets to hide.

"Wait!" Sophia exclaimed, averting her gaze and picking up Tsubasa's clothes as she discarded them. She pushed them into one of Tsubasa's hands to cover herself and took the other. "Let me go get some clothes first." She said, dragging Tsubasa into her bedroom, spending all her willpower trying not to look at the naked Kimono.

As soon as they entered the bedroom, though, Sophia screamed in horror. "Eeeeeeeeeeeeee-" Her scream was cut off by her covering her mouth with both her hands, though Tsubasa could still hear a small squeal from the girl.

Contrary to the rest of the apartment, Sophia's bedroom was very decorated. Posters of her favorite anime series hung on the walls, and figurines decorated an armoire to the side. Two bookshelves occupied an entire wall, except only the first two shelves of the first one held scientific books. The rest of the shelves were filled with novels, manga and DVD cases of anime and hentai.

On the wall opposite the unmade bed was a TV, currently showing a movie which had been paused in the middle of a particular scene. On the bed sat an open lockbox, holding a collection of devices. One of these, in particular, was still turned on, sitting on the bed next to the remote.

Sophia's silent scream of terror could still be heard.

"Is...something wrong?" Tsubasa asked her.

Was she fucking blind?! God himself couldn't have prepared a stranger scene. There was Sophia, topless kunoichi standing next to her, in a room that seemed to be specifically made for naughty activities. And yet the topless kunoichi didn't seem to be bothered by any part of it.

"Nothing!" Sophia squealed, immediately jumping on the bed, fumbling with the remote until she finally turned the TV off. She took the toy and threw it in the box, then closed it and threw the box under the bed. Then she simply sat on the bed in horrified silence, staring away from Tsubasa. Every now and then her mouth opened like she was going to speak, but nothing came out.

"In that case, I guess I am to take a shower first," Tsubasa said plainly, then shamelessly finished undressing right there in the doorway and went searching for the bathroom, leaving her underwear on the floor.

Sophia couldn't help but sneak a peek of Tsubasa as the girl undressed, and it didn't help matters at all. After the Kimono had entered the bathroom, she wanted nothing more than to jump right in there with her and go crazy.
Instead, she reached under the bed for the box and turned the TV back on.

. . . . .

When Tsubasa emerged from her shower, she saw Sophia on the bed with her eyes closed, still mostly dressed in her soaked clothes, softly calling out her name, and the TV still turned on.

Tsubasa neared the bed until she heard the sound of something vibrating. She found her clothes, damp but at least not thoroughly soaked like before, and shuffled through them until she found her Inquiry Visor. Back to the dojo for now, Tsubasa decided, redressing and, with one last glance at Sophia, ninja vanished.

"I can visit her sometime whenever I'm free, now that I know where she lives," Tsubasa said to herself as she leapt from rooftop to the rooftop. "I think that maybe I should try going out with her again sometime, since maybe this one wasn't as good as she was hoping."

. . . . .

"Tsubasa-san?" Sophia called a while later, looking around her apartment. Tsubasa was nowhere to be seen and her clothes were gone, so she'd probably walked out when Sophia wasn't looking.

Realizing this, the girl collapsed into her bed again, holding her pillow tightly and weeping into it.

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Pierce and Irene's Totally Deep Conversation

"Say, Irene." Pierce lay on his side, one arm draped over his girlfriend, his head buried in her hair and neck, kissing her skin softly. "Do you have a dream?"

"Well, I would kind of like to live through all the shit I'm eventually going to end up doing," Irene said, staring at the ceiling. "Even with my confidence and decades of combat experience, survival is always a daunting task."

"Well, what I mean is," he continued, not at all letting up with the kissing, working up her shoulder and to her neck. "What do you want for yourself, after you survive? What do you want to do, and where? ... who with?"
"I'm not going to think about that. My brain isn't meant for thinking about peace and harmony and whatever else I might do when sober," Irene sighed, then checked the time on her Inquiry Visor. "Besides, I'm actually having a lot of fun doing this whole PATCA thing myself."

"Not meant for it, huh? I don't believe that. Can I convince you to try it, just this once?" Pierce insisted. "I'd really love to know."
"Well, maybe I'll just do what any warrior woman would do when she runs out of stuff to go warriorize herself at," Irene said, then grin. "Go find the next thing to warriorize herself at."

"Really? Come on, close your eyes." Pierce suggested. "And picture it. You've defeated your enemies, saved the world and made everything better. Where are you?"

Irene closed her eyes. "Hmm...I see...outside, a flower field or something I guess and...oh my god, I'm wearing a fucking dress! I'm WEARING!! A FUCKING!! DRESS!!"

Apparently Irene wasn't the kind of girl to...well...be a girl.

"The hell am I doing wearing dresses?" Irene said, eyes still closed. "Dresses don't show off my ass nearly as good at my pants do. I mean, me wearing a dress? I'd get blood all over it!"

Pierce knew Irene wasn't taking this seriously.
"Oh come on, please?" He pleaded. "Try to do this seriously, for me? I promise it won't hurt at all."
"What the hell do you want me to say?" Irene said, not sounding angry. "Girls like Shizuka and me are a lot alike. We thrive on the battlefield. For us, fighting is a far greater part of our very existence than being a woman ever was. Sure, we can have sex and wear dresses and maybe even bear some kids and live as housewives, but what're we really looking forward to, Pierce? We're just looking for the next motherfucker to sheath our blades into. Anything else is just stuff we do on the side because we don't know where that next motherfucker actually is. Not that I'm saying sleeping with you is something I do out of boredom or anything."

Pierce shook his head. "I don't need you to tell me that. I already know." He replied. He looked wistfully at Irene, like he was hoping for something. "I'm not asking you to imagine yourself as a woman, or not imagine yourself as a warrior. I just want to know what you imagine the future to be like, for you. For us. For the world."

He sighed. "Maybe I'm just hoping for something more. I'm sorry."

"You're thinking a little too far ahead into the future, boy," Irene said, finally opening her eyes again. "Some of us warriors, we can sort of feel the spirits of our own weapons. I only have to hold Sulphyr and Brymstone in my hands to know that they still have a good long time of drinking the breath of life before I can finally retire the damn things."

"Yeah, I know I am." Pierce replied, sinking into the bed and burying his face back in Irene's hair, his eyes closed. "I just... really want to have that future with you."

"Then just focus on surviving, bucko," Irene breathed. "Best thing you can do right now. Believe me, in due time, survival will probably be the only thing occupying your mind. Things aren't nearly as bad as I imagine they're about to be. Our situation is like a volcano. It's rumbling, but the real violent and chaotic eruption is yet to come."

Pierce reached for Irene's hand, taking it in his own. "What if we promised?"
Irene turned her face to look into Pierce's eyes. "You absolutely cannot allow yourself to be killed. No matter what happens. Will you be fine with that?"
"Of course I am." He replied with a serious tone, meeting Irene's stare. "But at the end of it, when the smoke clears, you have to be on the other side. Are you fine with that?"
"Okey dokey," Irene said. "You cannot die and I cannot die. The one who dies first buys drinks for the other."

Pierce smirked. "Deal. Speaking of promises... didn't you promise me we'd make a sex tape?" He lied.
Irene smirked. "But we have sex usually whenever the two of us are off duty. Do you really need more of me? Hell, I thought that was why you wanted to hook up with the other three?"
"I'll never have enough of you." He replied. "And I'm pretty sure your ass would look downright magnificent on HD video."

"How would you see it on video when you're usually all over it anyways? Unless you like looking at your ass. Fine. Sometime. But don't record it on the Inquiry Visor. If Matthias is in his Porygon Z form, the video can be in the internet in ten seconds flat."

"Record it on the Inquiry Visor, got it." Pierce's smirk grew wider. "Besides, my ass looks even better than yours on video." He quipped, trying to goad her.

"Of course it does. I'm an old woman, remember? Hell, you should be thankful that I fight a lot. If I didn't, I wouldn't be this hot at fourty-six."

"Irene, you're fory-six, not seventy. Really, I don't think you can count as old at all until you're over sixty."

"Good boy," Irene said, patting Pierce on the brow. "Now mommy should go and prepare some dinner because apparently scientists want to create advanced battle robots instead of an oven that will cook anything I wanna eat."
"Awww." He whined with pretend hurt. "I don't get a reward?"

Irene pried herself out of bed. "Well, if you really want a video of my ass, I think a good ol' fashioned naked apron isn't an impossible request. Dunno why you men like that kind of thing, though. It's kinda dangerous if you splash hot liquid on yourself."

Menarker

06-30-2012, 05:29 AM

*The late afternoon before the beach mission, after he had departed from Liz but before finishing his task and reporting to Irene...*

The sky outdoors was starting to fade into night, as Renny toiled away in a room situated in PATCA that was essentially a mildly large room that was mostly empty in its center, while the walls were lined with PCs with access to the Pokemon Storage System and several other pokemon specific devices.

"Ok... let's see. I'm almost done with all the pokemon distribution for our mission tomorrow... Just need to do Evangaleen now..." Renny looked at the list of pokemon for a little while with a look of disproval. "This is going to be tricky. Electric pokemon inherently don't have many dual types, which was why I thought of asking Moon to give his Lanturn to her for that purpose... But there is still a couple of mono-electric types. One of them being Jolteon, which I'm pretty sure she'll refuse to part with, and her Electrivire..."

Renny looked at the list of pokemon that their agents had, and many of the ones that he and Liz had earlier trekked for, but none of them really fit. Out of trace of curiousity, Renny inquisitively searched PATCA's data pool for any unassigned pokemon. Out of a mild sample that came back, two particular data lines stuck out in Renny's mind.

"Ah, two legendary pokemon that we got from Pokegeddon... why would they give them to us anyway? I thought they had an extreme stance against trainers? For that matter, I wonder why they haven't been assigned to any of us yet? Arceus was given to Charlotte the moment we had access to it..."
Renny dismissed the line of thought for the task at hand,
"Anyhow, this one might be suitable for Evangaleen."
Renny called upon the PC system to conjure the pokeball for Zekrom. Clasping the ball in his hand, Renny turned around toward the large room. While he wasn't intending to send the pokemon in battle right this minute, there was a sense of weight that came from possessing one of the most powerful legendaries, although that line of thought was quickly dismissed.
"I'm not using it myself. I'm passing it over to Evangaleen."

He then tossed the ball out into the open space of the room which quickly filled with the massive majesty of the legendary lightning dragon as the pokeball returned to Renny's hand. The pokemon stared at Renny with an incredibly stern expression, viewing the young trainer who had called him with some regard. Renny couldn't help but stand in a brief moment of silent reverence.

"... It's a honor to meet you, Zekrom. My name is Renny. I called you here because my friends and I could really use your help."
The pokemon glowed from several locations, but waited silently. Renny continued on, mildly encouraged.
"I and my friends at PATCA are trying to defend Honmyr from several threats such as the Ruin Generals, the Prideguard Army and possibly several others. Along with participating in the fights, I'm also organizing many pokemon and putting them in teams with other agents of PATCA to ensure all our survival and success. Additionally, I'll also be willing to empower you with new techniques and make sure you are as healthy and strong as I can possibly make you." Renny then pulled out a photograph of Evangaleen. "I would like you to work alongside this young lady, who specializes in Electric types such as yourself, following her orders as we..."
A thunderous roar and a self contained lightning show shook the room as Zekrom unambigiously expressed his distaste, Renny quickly recalling him to the pokeball as his breath heaved repeatably from fright.

"Oh man, that was close... Next time, I should have my pokemon out. Anyhow, that didn't work... I guess Evangaleen just has to make do with two pure electric types. I wonder why Zekrom got so angry though..."

Renny then continued to work a bit more, shuffling down the list of trainers...
"Ok, Bretton... Bretton... Ah, we can probably use that Heatran that one of our agents snagged before he quit working for PATCA. It's been quite a while since that bank mission. His entire team is vulnerable to water pokemon, and that Camerupt is a questionable choice given its extra vulnerability and slow speed... Hmmm..."

Renny then summoned his pokemon, scattering them around, except for Magnezone who he kept stored so he could pull out the 6th pokemon... Swampert stood by the closest with Togekiss nearly as close on the other side. Umbreon and Mollesk stood farther out on opposite sides, with the tiny landform Shaymin crouched barely noticable on top of Mollesk's shell.

"I'm going to summon one of the legendary pokemon. Hopefully I can convince him to join us. Just back me up in case things get out of hand, but don't be aggressive, ok?" Renny quickly briefed his pokemon.

Taking a deep breath, he took ahold of the pokeball containing Zekrom's brother and counterpart, Reshiram. His gasp was audible as the pokeball felt unexpectively warm to the touch. With a press of a button, Renny quickly gathered his thoughts and his resolve and tossed the ball into the open.
Reshiram, despite being an opposing force of Zekrom, seemed to harbor similar philosophy in grand-standing. The room felt several degrees hotter with his presence as flames seem to flicker and spark in the turbine of his tail, that shone seemingly like a lantern or lighthouse. His wings were spread out wide and his stance appeared aggressive although he made no move to actually attack. But it was clear from his hot-blooded temperment that he didn't suffer fools. Renny felt pressured to get on it with.

"Reshiram, my name is Renny Tresserhorn. I called you because PATCA, the group that my friends and I work for could really use your help to defend against the Prideguard army and the Ruin General who are attacking Honmyr. They have caused..."

"Silence." Renny stopped abruptly with a gasp from its harsh command that boomed in his head, the telepathic message surprising him while the pokemon's breath heaved heavy and his status imposed over everything that looked on him. "Who said I'd hear you out?"

Renny stood by in silence as he mentally weighed the words he might have said next in his head very carefully, his pokemon also cringing as Renny hypothsized that they were also recieving the same mental voice. Reshiram mentally burned the image of Renny and the pokemon flanking him as if profiling them based on typical species characteristics.

"You humans are so arrogant, whether justified by your ambitions or your cause to 'good'. It is disgusting to see one approach so boldly and so readily expect anyone to come to your cause, even if yours is seen as the just cause. You, especially, reek of the things that I see in my unenlightened counterpart Zekrom."

Renny spoke, still in the same vocal manner as he had done before,

"... I'm sorry. I should not have asked you so directly. But isn't it unpleasant to be stuck in a PC system all the times that aren't being fed. If you are willing, there is someone I know who specializes in fire types who could take care of you..."
"Impertinent whelp, I am one of the sovereign Tao Dragons!"

His voice indiginently assaulted Renny's mind in a haughty crescendo,
" I do not require the care of others nor do I feel improvished with the lack of contact with another. Just as the ones before you could not make me bend by threats, nor can you decieve or compel me by fake kindness to make me serve at the hands of another human! I especially will not be given away as a trophy to your fire specialist!"

The pokemon flapped his wing once or twice as wind started to quickly gather around and ember and smoke gathered in its mouth. Renny deftly swung his arm out with the regal legendary gave a dirty sneer that spoke of defiant victory before Reshiram's prison connected a beam of light sending it back inside to brood as the twister it started to create dispersed into still air. Renny stood there for a moment, mildly discouraged although not terribly surprised by his failure as he went back to finishing off what remained of his task as Sortie Coordinator before the mission the next day.

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*Flashback occurs just before Renny has gotten his pokebrid surgery (which was before invading Millennium House) although the time and place that Renny is thinking of the flashback itself is little while after the beach mission.*

As Renny sat in the Rig on the ride back home from the beach, his mind had wandered frequently from the events of the day. The intensity of the battle was strong but slowly wearing off. As he looked around the rig, spotting several of his team-mates in bikinis, he remembered much of the fun on the beach especially the photoshoot... and Lola's topless mishap that made him blush right there and then as he recalled it.

But then there was the discussion between Impact and Edelweiss, which for all the things he had heard then, he was starting to wonder how dirty PATCA's metaphorial laundry really was... As Renny meditated on the conversation, he tangently also recalled back to quite some time ago...

"Impact, could I please have a moment of your time? I could use some advice."
Impact's eyebrows rose. "Oh? I'm flattered. Sure, go ahead. What's bugging you?"
"Ever since I joined PATCA up until very recently, every battle that I have partipicated in was essentially a pokemon battle. Pokemon and pokebrids mostly. Phantomere was the biggest difference and I fought one civilian who wielded a knife. I thought I was doing really well."
Impact frowned at Renny. "So... Your problem is that we're having too many pokemon battles? I'm not sure what you want advice on, here."
Renny shook his head patiently, "No, that's not it. Basically... I am considering some other training. Some manner of self defense and learning how to use protective equipment..."

Impact grinned. "Honestly? I'm impressed. Didn't think you had it in you. Why, though? Intending to charge into battle yourself?"
"No. Not like that... You see..."
Renny fidgetted a little. "I realized that despite my pokemon's best efforts to protect me, I could be targetted. Like you said, it's the slayers and pokebrid's job to go into the thick of things, but that doesn't mean the enemies will simply leave me alone if I stay back."
"Entirely true. You've been lucky so far, I suppose. Though we've fought a lot of trainers. They're as vulnerable as you, so they tend to be a bit more... scrupulous. In any case, you feel threatened. Fair enough. What kind of training were you thinking of, exactly?"
Renny hastily clarified, "It wasn't the trainers that worried me. The last mission was... different. A large part of the opposition we fought were fully armed soldiers, machines of war and snipers like the one that shot Pierce's Kingdra. But I feel I would benefit from the sort of understanding of things like how to recognize those threats. That way, I could help protect myself, my pokemon and those around me by antipicating dangerous circumstances before we get caught in it."
Impact chuckled. "On the one hand, if you're not recognizing those situations yet, you've probably got the wrong job. On the other hand, there's never too much training. To be honest, a lot of what you're asking for is hard to teach. Threat recognition, spotting snipers, anticipating enemy attacks. You need to learn by doing, trial by fire. It's as much instinct and gut feeling as it is tactics. But... I can teach you how the Slayer thinks. How he fights, what he targets. That might be useful, no?"
"Oh. I see. I guess that sounds good. I'm worrying that I'll pay for it later if I ignore this gut feeling I have. So, is there anything else you think you or I need to know about? Are we training here in PATCA? When do you want to do it?"

Impact shrugged. "For location, I think the training facilities here would be ideal. We can arrange details later, I think. No, I'd like to touch on something else now. I'm happy to train you, Renny. But in return, I'd like an answer. You approached Kurika during the last mission. You seemed... indignant. What... what was up with that?"
Renny's expression became gloomier as he thought back to that very particular situation when she was ordered through the flames as part of what Renny saw to be a very reckless order that was given apathetically to the wellbeing of his comrades.
"Kurika was burning heavily from that fight with Cerulean Wildfire. She really needed the medical treatment. Ordering her, or anyone, through that plasmafire was really... going too far. "
Impact paused, clearly confused. "You... think? I don't mean to diminish her contribution, or the danger of our mission. But was she in danger? We had adequate medical support, certainly. And Kurika, a few burns, at worst. Severe burns, of course. But not nearly as bad as suffered, admittedly severe, burns. Hardly severe consequences. I almost died twice, Renny. We all suffered. How were my orders going too far?"
"We had a large team of ranged attackers who were capable of fighting relatively safely against Wildfire. Kurika was protecting you when you were most in danger, but you ordered her through the fire when there was no sign that her doing so would have improved anything anymore than the other safer choices we had! If you give people orders that are self-destructive, our team-mates might leave us when we need them the most, if they don't die first!"

Impact paused for a moment, clearly still unsure what was wrong. He said so. "Renny... I would've thought you, as a trainer, would understand my actions. We have to make sacrifices. We're fighting something greater than ourselves here, and we enter every mission with the expectation of injury or worse. Kurika's sacrifice was no less necessary than the sacrifices we make every mission. The sacrifices your pokemon make so you can win a battle. And if you question that necessity, that is a matter of tactics, rather than morality, isn't it? Kurika didn't turn the tide of the battle, of course. She dealt some damage, did a bit of... recon by fire." A quick smile. "She helped. And I think that's worth a bit of pain. She seems to agree." He paused again. "As for self-destructive orders... shall we ask Togekiss what it thinks of those?"

Renny almost glared at Impact for being flippant with his choice of words
"Kurika is very strong. But you're hurting her and everyone else when you order your team-mates to injure themselves only for expected tactical benefits as if that is the only thing that matters. Togekiss knows that I don't like hurting him at all. But we were all in danger, it was something I had prepared him for in advance in case it worked out as badly as it did and we work it out between us especially when it seemed there was no real alternatives. But I try if at all possible to ensure that my friends feel secure and protected when they put their lives on the line. If they can't trust that we have their wellbeing in hand, they might abandon us when it matters most. Orders like the ones you gave then do not make others feel like you care for them as anything but expendable tools which is a big warning sign to just about everybody.
Kurika agreed not because she felt the plan was valid but because she has a very strong belief in why she fights. But not everyone is like that. People can be insecure or shaken by terrible events, especially when they see something happening to their team-mates they don't want to have happen to them. When it comes from an enemy, it's bad enough but at least they can fight back. But if we order someone else to accept the punishment or neglect our team-mates, the fear and possible resentment spreads to everyone until it reaches a breaking point where nothing you say or do can get them to want to support us anymore."

"Renny, you have to understand. In battle, when we're fighting for our lives... success often is the only thing that matters. I have no intention of losing any of you, in battle or otherwise, because PATCA needs you. But we always all go into battle in the knowlege that we're endangering ourselves for the sake of a common goal. None of us ever makes it through a battle unscathed. Whenever I order you into battle, I'm, by definition, almost certainly putting you in a position where you'll be hurt, or possibly even die. That's my job. I prioritize objectives. I prioritize the goal of our mission over your wellbeing. And if you ever come into command, and I don't doubt that you will, it'll be your job too.
That said, I do understand your issue, I think. You're not questioning the fact that I made a decision, but rather that it seemed less valid. You don't think the pain and suffering that Kurika experienced as a result of my orders was worth the questionable tactical benefit. And that may be. I was near unconciousness there, maybe my judgement was faulty. Maybe I was too willing to order Kurika through the fire. But please understand, there's a difference between seeing you as expendable, and seeing you as warriors doing their duty. Our goal is victory, and survival. I'll fullfill both thoses goals to the best of my ability, and I'll give orders accordingly. Sometimes those orders may not be the best. But the fact that Kurikda got hurt, doesn't mean I would've left her behind. It doesn't mean I thought I was risking her life. And it doesn't meant that I wouldn't take exactly the same risks as anyone else."

It was around that point that Renny recalled the conversation ending.

He had gotten a new form. He personally engaged in combat. He also got promoted into a position of command of sort, as Impact said was likely. But his idealism hadn't stepped aside for mission objectives. And thought as hard as he did, he couldn't imagine why he would ever think any differently.

Menarker

06-30-2012, 05:45 AM

*Renny and Bretton trip to Rage Royal Gym*

"So, I can't expect any of you women to be training today," Bretton said with his arms folded.
"No, I think we're good for today," one of the women said.
He sighed. "Because you're probably now imagining Renny and me, half naked, in each others embrace."
"And then some," the woman concurred.
Renny expression was a bit of dry shock, although he tried to be as friendly as he could. Bretton shrugged and then turned to Renny.
"Alright, looks like it's just you and me that get training today. Now, it's going to be rather impossible for you to always avoid taking a smackdown, so I figure this training will be about flexing. Unfortunately, you just don't seem to have a lot of muscle."

Renny nodded, ready for the practice, although a slight bit glum about his slow body growth.

"You're gonna punch that poor young man?!" another woman nearly shrieked.
"He's an agent of PATCA, just like me. He's been punched by things stronger than me before."
"That super cute boy is in PATCA?!"
Bretton threw his arms into the air. "Read the newspapers! Jump on our website! Renny's all over them!"
The woman shrugged. "I didn't think there were cute guys in PATCA so I don't read that section of the newspaper. I can't believe PATCA is filled with guys like you two. Maybe I should join?"
Bretton smirked. "You'd be broken like a dry twig," he said, then turned to Renny again.

"So, uhhh...flexing. When you flex, your muscles help you absorb some of the damage while you'll have to pray that your adrenaline will make the rest of the pain go away. We'll start with some basics. All you have to do is flex your torso, and I'm gonna punch you. Don't worry, I won't be going full force and I definitely won't be having Flashburn set my fists on fire."
"Heh, thank you."
Renny clenched his hand into a fist and tightened his chest as much as he could manage, nervous about having to receive a blow without dodging, especially when the one dealing it was Bretton. "Like this?"
"Yep, looks good. Right, here goes."

It hurt. Renny had to admit that. But it didn't seem to stagger him nearly as much as Kurika's blows during his training session with her. Given how hard Bretton punched him, it should have hurt a lot more.
"Well, you don't seem to be on your hands and knees so far, so you did well. In a way, you'd always wanna use areas that have a lot of muscle to flex to protect areas that have almost no muscle at all, like your face for instance. Of course, you might be a special case."
Renny was a bit encouraged by the success and praise "Well, I've been training with Catherine too. So I'm kinda doing double training. I don't really think I'm a special case, even though I am a fighting type brid. Just trying to work hard."
"Not just a fighting type, but also a psychic type," Bretton added. "I don't have any talent with that mind stuff, but I think your psychers are able to use the powers of your mind to lessen the damage of attacks before they impact. Maybe you should get training from Whitney as well. She could probably teach you more about that whole mind over matter nonsense. You can even probably use your psychic powers to help you with this next lesson."

Before Renny could ask about it, Bretton rushed him, grabbed him arm, then whirled around and launched him into the air. "Next lesson! Soft landings!"

Renny was for an instant in a heightened sense of panic. He thought he could read Bretton as he rushed in, courtesy of his other training, but throwing wasn't part of the boxing style and the unfamiliar sensation left him almost prone in the air before he started to come down. He then tried to mitigate the damage by landing on the side of his arm, instead of his back, coming down with a thud. He rubbed his arm with a winch.

"Bretton, don't be mean to him!" another woman yelled.
"For the love of god, go jump some rope!" Bretton snarled back at her, then slumped on his feet. "Alright, soft landings. It's not often anywhere else, but those of us in PATCA have been fighting an assload of big, super strong enemies. So, you should often expect to be sent airborne, and if you ever get a flying Pokebrid form, slammed down into the floor. Being able to fall while minimizing damage will be just as crucial as absorbing blows that you can't dodge. Probably more so. It's a lot more difficult to dodge the floor than it is to dodge a fist. And for practice in that, I often drain the indoor pool and then dive."

"Is there another place I can practice falling if I don't have a pool? I could just jump off Togekiss if you have a recommended location to fall safely."
Bretton's face shaped a vile grin. "Why do you try falling on your bed first? Preferably with no Lola on it first."
A gasp rose from among the women.
Renny stammered from Bretton's comment, "But we haven't done anything like that!"
Bretton laughed. "The best way to practice falling is to have someone to catch you when it looks like you're not doing it right. There are plenty of physical combat veterans who know how to take a good tumble. Plus, you got your psychic powers and if you can use them, I think they can help you level off and soften your landings. In a way, this could probably help you if you decide to fall upon enemies like an Arcanine or something, and if they don't know how to tumble, you gain a pretty severe advantage."
Renny nodded, thinking it might be an idea for him to buy a mattress for the purpose of practicing falling from a height. He was still rubbing his arm, which occurred to him was probably the wrong way to fall.

"Any chance we can take a little break? My arm is kinda killing me here. I think I landed on it badly."
"How you've survived this far is a mystery," Bretton said, but his tone suggested that he didn't really mean it. "Let's go have it massaged or something-"
There was a surprised noise from the women.
"By one of the professionals who actually works here," Bretton finished.
And now there was a disappointed noise from the women.
"If I end up training you anymore, I'm probably not gonna do it here."

Renny didn't object either way as he started toward the hall, assuming that Bretton would follow to show him which way to go.
Bretton found a good woman to massage Renny and Renny was sure he heard something along the lines of "and don't massage him there!" before the woman came and introduced herself. Her name sort of floored him. Why in the hell was the guildmaster of the Vorpal Frenzy doing massages?
"Vorpal Frenzy is sorta efficient enough to run itself," Rayne told him as she checked out his arm. "Hell, Bretton, what kind of damage did you do to this young lad?"
Bretton shrugged. "The kind of damage that only you could repair, Rayne."
Renny perked his ears at the name. He wasn't entirely familiar with her specifically. Just bits of reputation preceding her along with the Vorpal Frenzy. But he just politely went along with it.

Rayne sighed and worked on all the kinks in Renny's back and shoulders. "So, Bretton, it's still a negatory?"
Bretton sighed. "Yes, Rayne, it's still a damn negatory. You really don't need more vorpals in there anyways."
"Then count yourself lucky, little boy," Rayne said to Renny. "You got the very last massage."
"How fortunate he is," Bretton murmured.
Renny looked between the two of them with an element of confusion for a brief moment. He then rotated his shoulders in a stretch and sighed contently.
"That feels so much better. Thank you Rayne!"
Rayne gave him a cute two-finger salute and exited. Bretton's muscles finally seemed to relax.
"You'll hafta forgive her for that. Rayne tends to be very directly involved when it comes to trying to recruit new members to the Vorpal Frenzy. That might not be the only time you get to see her. Once Rayne learns about the badasses in PATCA like Kurika and Milsha, I imagine we'll have a new agent who wears cute pink armor."
"She was trying to recruit me? I hadn't the slightest idea." Renny was a bit taken back.
"Well, me first, then you," Bretton said. "When it comes to top notch one-man armies, look no further than a veteran Shock Trooper specialist."

Renny nodded as he asked curiously, "Do you have any tips for how to fight alongside your pokemon effectively?"
"That should be obvious. You gotta sync well with your Pokemon, and I'm sure you already have. Know how they fight, know how your attacks land, and modify your own tactics so you hit your target when your Pokemon open them up while protecting your Pokemon when they leave openings, all in one fell swoop."

"Ah. For a moment, I was imagining being a Shock Trooper. Although I imagine it's not that much different than teaming up with a single pokemon." Renny rubbed the back of his head. "I guess I kinda made it sound more of a big deal than it really was."

Renny then faced Bretton square on, "Thank you so much for your help today."
"Yeah, well, you got hurt so maybe I didn't help you so much today. Maybe if you were drunk next time," Bretton said jokingly.

"Well, I still learned a bit." Renny just let the drunkenness comment slide. "Well, I'm going to rest a little. I have another bit of training tomorrow and I should probably talk to Whitney, as you suggested." Renny got his pokeball already as the two left the massage room and Togekiss came out shortly after. After some parting words, Renny took to the sky for home.

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*Renny, Catherine and Milsha training*

"So, you learned about how to flex to take some of the hurt thanks to Bretton," Catherine said, donning her big, red boxing gloves. "Well, today you're going to learn about a different amount of flexing. And I don't mean that...not today, anyways. Watch me work."

Catherine turned so that Renny could see her from the side and then she started shadow boxing. Renny had seen the speed of her hands before, but it was still very impressive to see them in action. "Just like how you would flex to absorb punishment from blows, your enemies are going to flex to deal maximum damage with their attacks. It's easy to make your body flex, but it's hard to watch your enemy for signs of them flexing. But if you can master it, then your enemy will start betraying their own body for you to take advantage of."

Renny watched for a little while while he listened to her teachings. "So, I'm watching to predict their actions?"
"Yep. After all, why bother flexing your body if you can see their attacks and not be in the way of them."
Then Catherine approached Renny. He was half-expecting Catherine to glomp the shit out of him, but she stopped short and raised her fists again.
"So, this will be a little troublesome. I'm fast as hell, so I'm gonna start slow and flex before throwing my attack at you. Try to focus on my body, and not just specific parts of my body, hee hee, and then dodge as I strike."

Renny nodded held his guard up and kept on his toes as he watched her weave and bob, trying not to focus on her bobbing chest, as he occasionally made a small dart toward one direction or another so he wasn't a completely stationary target.
Just like Catherine said, she flexed before throwing her attack, giving Renny nearly a full second to see what she was going to do before she did it. To throw him off, Catherine switched to kickboxing half the time and even tried a grab or two. This was pretty easy, but then Renny noticed she was starting to graze him with her attacks. Catherine was gradually decreasing the amount of time she warned him with and gave less time between attempts. It was kind of like a puzzle game, when one thought about it.

Renny was starting to become more engaged in the spar, trying to notice little twitches in her legs, the inflation of her diaprahm as she breathed and the angle of her shoulder as she shot her arms toward him. At first, the attacks were grazing on his arms which he tried to flexblock when he thought he couldn't dodge. He was starting to think he was getting used to it, although he was still getting grazed. Then he noticed her leg pump and he thought she was going to send a swift punch toward him so he charged forward while slightly crouching to try to get under it...
...and then found himself pinning Catherine on the ground. "Wow, Renny, you sure like to take charge, don't you?"

Renny just discovered the perfect way to fall correctly. Do it so you land face first between a lovely woman's blessed mammeries.

Renny was enveloped by the warm cushiony feeling of bosoms and for a bit he felt tempted to keep his face there for a while, the fatigue of training beckoning him to rest. In the end, he indulged himself for quite a few seconds before away, and clamboring to get off, but sitting beside Catherine instead of getting back on his feet, as he tried to regain his composure.

"Are you ok, Catherine?" In a bout of inappropriate absentmindness, he blurted out a honest compliment, "They are really soft! It didn't hurt a bit!"
He then realized a moment too slow what he had said. "I'm really sorry. I'm probably not myself right now. Been feeling so exhausted lately. I wasn't trying to pin you, especially quite like that." Although as he said this, his expression was a awkward warm smile, his face was red more from the sensation of guilty pleasure than anything else.
"Nah, you did well, but you may occasionally run into opponents like that. Kunoichi are notorious for using their curves to distract males and gain openings in combat," Catherine said, then winked. "Basically, focus on the enemy as a whole, just not on certain parts. This lesson could get really complicated, y'know. When it comes to humans like us, we're all the same, but if your opponent is a Pokemon, that's an all new kind of musculature. And robots like Wilhelmina or the Gabriel Force don't flex at all. Sometimes it's just impossible to know how an enemy does its damage until you've seen it in action."

Renny listened and nodded. "That makes sense." Renny then thought for a second before talking again, as he looked at Catherine straight on.
"Catherine, for the next mission that I have, will you be my enforcer? It would be reassuring to have your support and perhaps you would be able to see if I'm developing properly that way."
"Sounds good. Let's just hope it's not going to be like some of the missions I see on the wall. Did you know one of them wants us to use a prototype weapons platform to shoot down the Lightning General? From orbit? I dunno about you, but I can't see most things in outer space."

"I can't either. But thank you so much. I really appreciate everything you've done to help."
Catherine smiled maliciously. This didn't bode well. "Oh, don't appreciate me yet. I'll let you know how best to show your appreciation later."
"Ah, ok. I hope I can live up to your expectations."
"I think you'll do okay," Catherine nodded. "Maybe we can find someone else who can help expand your knowledge...oh hey, there's Milsha. Milsha, sweety, over here!"
Renny turned and waved toward her with a smile.

Milsha joins the two. Catherine explained the situation briefly and before Renny knew it, he was now sparring with Milsha. "This should be a bit easier," Catherine told Renny as Milsha brandished that oversized mechsword. "Obviously, the more effort one needs to attack, the more the muscle will flex and the more time you'll get to observed an incoming attack."

Milsha began her swing. A very, very heavy swing.
"Oh course, you should note that if her attacks hit, they will be a lot more fatal."

Renny was wide-eyed with a sort of desperation, while they were indeed easier to see, he didn't want to lose a limb or be another head shorter. He was fidgety as he dodged, although he gradually pushed in closer, so it'll be easier to dodge each subsequent attack, the closer he was to its hilt, in addition to being able to see her arms and shoulder foreshadowing the arc of the next attack.

As Renny tried his strategy, he had to note that Milsha wasn't just some country gal with a sword. She modifed her own tactics to suit the distance between herself and her opponent. Renny nearly got his forehead smashed in by a thrown elbow thrust. Like all girls raised in the rough and tumble countryside, Milsha had an inordinate amount of raw power and stamina.

Renny had been in many battles. Many of the past ones were probably more dangerous. Many of the past ones he knew that the killing intent was real. Although many of those ones, he had support or his pokemon were fighting in their stead. However, this one was probably the one that scared Renny the most, aside from the one he thought he was close to death. Close range melee sparring combat against a skilled user of an absurdly powerful live blade without any assistance. Renny started to regress into putting some distance between the two, his attention divided between looking at Milsha's limbs for tells like he was supposed to do, and looking at the arc of her blade which he honestly wouldn't dare to leave out of his sight. Feeling Catherine's gaze on him, the Gallade took another movement inward, his arms held tightly inward trying to keep himself as compact as possible as he swept his leg to knock her ankles off balance.
Renny's efforts saw a shift in the broad swing of Milsha's sword, allowing him a scarce second to duck underneath the blade as it violated the air right above his head. A quick glance at Milsha and he was knocked back by a clumsy shoulder charge she made to open up some space between them.

"Try something else, Milsha," Catherine told her.
Milsha looked thoughtful for a second, then swung her blade towards Renny again.

Not very inventive, are ya, Milsha?

But when Renny discovered that now a torrent of fire was erupting from the blade's tip, he knew Milsha was too clever by far. She had opened the blade and began to unleash the high tech weaponry within. Dodging a sword was one thing. Dodging a flamethrower was entirely something else.
"Flames aren't easy to dodge without getting good distance or finding some kind of cover that the flames won't move around," Catherine offered. "There are very few openings that would allow you to get around the fire and inside the range of an attack like that."

Renny grimaced as he was light on his feet, trying pretty damn hard to dodge the stream of flames without resorting to teleports. Sweat forming on his head and down his arms, he gathered some energy in his own hands which also burst into flames."You aren't the only one who can use fire."

As Renny attempted to approach closer, using his own flames to burn away the oxygen that would fuel Milsha's flames. He then struck the ground hard, causing some pretty rocky tremors before he darted straight in.
Milsha hopped back, and when Renny advanced, she tried to cockblock him with harpoons launched from some kind of compact air cannon inside the sword. When Renny left an opening, Milsha sliced in, missing Renny but cutting through one of the harpoons itself. The blade was definitely sharp and with Milsha's power, it was much like a ham slicer.

Then came the Yo-Saws. To put it bluntly, these were jagged circular saws that rotated at the ends of retractable wires. They were fired like discus, hovered in the air for about a second, and retracted as fast as they were launched. Renny observed that the position of the saws were the same as the position of the sword upon firing, and she had a maximum of three. The sword was a very advanced piece of machinery to be able to fire and reset them so easily.

Renny kept quite a bit of distance as he curiously watched the Yo-Saws in action. He then took a big gamble on attacking the wires, a swift cutting blow as the wire flicked along its trajectory.
"If these break, I hope they aren't too expensive to fix!"
Renny's big gamble was both successful and really dangerous. The wire indeed snapped, but that didn't stop the saw blade that was already returning. Milsha acted fast enough to deflect the saw blade with her own sword, then it right into a tree and digging several inches into it.
"Woof," Milsha breathed.
Catherine clapped her hands, though it wasn't an applause. She was merely trying to get their attention. "Okay, end exercise."

Renny's leg was shaking a little, his face was a mix of surprise, fear and somehow victory. "That was intense. Are you ok there Milsha?" He had only occurred to him now that his gambit could have gone very very badly for either of them. "I probably shouldn't have done that."
"Yer purdy good thar, Ren-Ren!" Milsha dipped into her folksy drawl. "It takes a clever intellect on a fast swivel to be able to turn someone's own attacks against them. Fortunately, the sword is still in its testing phase so I can get 'er repaired for free."

"Thank you. But yeah, that sounds good. It probably wouldn't be good to have that sort of design flaw in real combat." Renny nodded.
"Better that flaw that what could've happened. That saw could've bit into you either on the return or maybe wrapped around your limb and sliced into something you couldn't afford to damage."

Renny remained silent for a second, silently admitting his ignorant error. "But I hope I did ok. Thank you for everything... Would both of you like to go get something to eat? I'm feeling famished after that workout."
"Oh, how nice!" Milsha said, patting Renny on the head. "I hope Lola won't get jealous."
"Maybe we can call 'er on the way or something," Catherine shrugged. "The boy's call, of course."

"I don't mind, although I do want to thank both of you for helping me out like this. The two of you are so incredible! Being able to fight like this so naturally... So where do you want to eat?"
"...Ribs," Catherine said.
Milsha looked thoughtful for a few a seconds. "Yeah, I wouldn't mind getting barbeque sauce all over my fingers. Let's go get some ribs!"
Renny absentmindly licked his lips when they mentioned ribs. "Sounds appetizing! At the "Keg" right? Anyhow, I'll give Lola a call in a sec to see if she wants to come." He stood very close to them, walking along with them with a broad smile as he fiddled with his scouter. "Hello? Lola? This is Renny here! I'm going with Milsha and Catherine for ribs at the "Keg". Do you want to join us?"
"Oh, I wish I could, but it looks like some kind of work came right up. I don't think it's serious, just something us Medics have to look into real quick. I should be able to get out a bit later, but feel free to reserve a chair for me."

"Ah, ok. I'll leave you a message for which table we get when we're there. See you soon Lola!" Renny then looked toward his two escorts. "She can't make it right now, but maybe a bit later. We can save a spot for her, but otherwise, it's just the three of us."
"Right, then!" Catherine shouted, fists clenched with a challenging gaze at Milsha.
"Mmm hmm..." Milsha answered the challenge.

From where Renny stood, he could see the aura of an Arcanine coming from Catherine and a Taurus from Milsha. And he was suddenly frightened.
"My pile of bones will cause the table to break," Catherine taunted her opponent.
"Sometimes they have a truck nearby to carry my piles of bones away before they fill the restaurant," Milsha sneered.
Renny smirked at the competitive yet playful banter. Being a much lighter eater, predicted that this dinner would be very interesting. "So, who's driving?"
Both women suddenly got up into his face. "We're running!" they shouted in unison, and without waiting for Renny to say or do anything, they took off in a wild sprint down the street.
"Oh, wow." Renny chased after them, trailing somewhat behind the two of them, although he consoled himself knowing that if bad went to worse, he could get Togekiss to give him a lift and find out where they were. The workout was tough to begin with, but now he was definately burning up energy. By the time he got there, he was sufficently famished, ready for a sizable meal and drink. However, he was only panting lightly. Clearly the training over several weeks had done some good for him...

The scene at the restaurant was not unlike a battlefield. Geez, how many Pokemon died for their dinner? There were plates on several tables heaped high with ribs so clean one could see their reflections in them.
"Giving...up...so easily?" Milsha said with a sauce-caked grin, apparently haven eaten more than her body weight in meat.
"You still...talking...shit?" Cathering spat right back. For some reason, she never removed her boxing gloves to eat.

Renny was on his first and only plate. It was a big one, but compared to the other two, he certainly ate light.
"So, Catherine, how is the rest of the family doing? Everyone been doing ok?"
Catherine didn't say anything, apparently too absorbed in their epic confrontation with her nemesis from the countryside.

"Well, I'm going to order some dessert. Do any of you want any?"
Both girls were completely out of contact. It's like they didn't see him at all.

Renny waited a moment to catch the attention of one of the waiters/waitress. He took his friend's silence in a bit of stride.
"Could I possibly get some apple crumble with coconut ice cream please?"
"Aye, sir, comin' up shortly," the waitress answered his call, well-kempt despite the war that was going on here.

And that's when something unusually sexy happened. "It's our final rib," A young and rather terrified waitress said.
"Toss it," Catherine said.
"Huh?"
"You heard her," Milsha growled. "Toss it into the air. Like a Pokeball."

And that's how Catherine and Milsha's lips suddenly came really close to each other. When the rib took flight, so did both of the girls. Milsha's teeth dug into one end of the rib, Catherine on the other. If either tried to gain more ground, it'd be a rather...photogenic scene.
"Maybe I should make this my two week's notice," the younger waitress stammered.

Renny watched, rather entranced, as he waited for the two to complete what he predicted or hoped to be their final round. It was only slightly different from watching Snorlax eat technically, but a lot more intense.
"Wow."

...And now Lola was here. There really couldn't have been better timing.
"I...I had no idea they had gotten so close," Lola breathed, her eyes dreamy for some reason. "I think it's...wonderful. But don't you think they're moving too fast? They've only known each other, what, perhaps a few weeks?"

"Lola, I'm glad you made it! And it's not what you're thinking. I'll explain in a bit. Would you like to share some of my dessert with me while we get something for you?"
"Well, uhhh...to be honest, I'd kind of like some ribs."
Uh oh. This can not end well. Milsha and Catherine's jaws slowly opened, dropping a clean rib on the floor. Then their faces slowly turned to Lola.

"Did...did I say something funny?" Lola asked innocently. "Renny, what's wrong with them? They're looking at me like they want to eat MY ribs."
Renny stammered for a moment. "Well, until just now, they have been having a sort of all you can eat contest between them and I think the one they dropped was the resturant's... last one."
"I have an idea!" Catherine said jubilantly. "We need more ribs!"
"We don't...actually, uhh...have anymore," the young waitress told her.
"We'll just have to do it later, then," Catherine said, but judging from her impish expression, this couldn't bode well.
Renny looked toward Lola, apologetic that the situation occurred as it did. "Lola, I'm sorry. I probably should have asked you what you would have liked and ordered it in advance for you."
"I don't really mind. I...sort of lost my appetite after what had happened back at the headquarters."
"Really? What happened there?"
Lola finally took a seat and simply ordered a drink for herself. "Y'ever heard of a group named ESTOC?"
Renny shook his head as he paid attention to her, spooning bites of his dessert in his mouth without looking at the plate.
"Oh, well, I guess it doesn't matter. But it was kind of an icky surgery. I don't usually extract bullets from bodies or stuff like that."
"Oh. I see. I probably wouldn't be able to eat for a while after something like that either... Did it go well in the end?"
"Sure, I think the Primeape will be alright," Lola said, leaning her head down on the table. "Can't believe he said he wants to go back to the jungle. I managed to convince him to spent the night at least."
Renny scootched over a bit closer and rested his hand on her shoulder, trying to assure and comfort her.
"There isn't anything we can do about that, but I'm sure he's grateful for your hard work."

Renny then looked at the three of them for a moment with a small smile, as he tried to lighten up the mood.
"So, I don't think I told any of you already, but in about a month from now, it'll be my birthday. I was thinking of having a small party. Nothing terribly big or anything, but I would love it if you all could come join me for my 18th."
"Yes, sounds lovely," Lola mumbled, thought Renny couldn't be sure she heard him right.
"Might be neat," Milsha said. "We didn't celebrate birthdays in my family."
"Hmmm," Catherine looked thoughtful. "Eighteen."
"I haven't got any details in my head, but I'll let you know if anything comes up."
Renny nodded as he left it at that for now, offering Lola a bit of his ice cream if she cared for it. The rest of the evening seemed to have went more or less without incidence, although Renny still felt like he screwed up big time with Lola...

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A few days after the beach event, Renny got a large surprise. A large envelope that was delivered as mail to his apartment slot with his name on it. Which was curious given that he had intentionally avoided giving away his physical mailing address at least for a while longer or telling people where exactly he lived. Renny curiously examined the inside, wondering what could be contained in the unrevealing looking container...

Turns out there were four pictures. Liz's pictures, which he guessed was directed toward him.
The first one was a close-up shot taken from the ground. Liz was lying on the sand facing the camera, smiling playfully and giving dual peace signs. You could see very easily down the valley of her breasts.
The second one was of Leprihare standing in the sand, wearing a sunflower hat. She was happily enjoying a popsickle, which had dripped quite a bit onto her breasts and between them.
The third picture featured both Liz and Leprihare. Lep had a surprised look on her face due to the top of her swimsuit coming off. Liz was pushing up against her right side, her breasts pressing up against the bunnygirl's arm, and Liz's arm wrapped around Lep's front, covering her breasts.
The final picture also starred the two women, and was also shot from a ground perspective. Liz was lying face up horizontally, with Leprihare lying in front of her, resting her head on Liz's waist, her butt featured prominently on the right side of the shot. Both women were smiling and giving peace signs to the camera.
On the back of the last picture, they had written "We wanted you to have this to show our appreciation for everything you've done for us! And for being there for us during the shoot, it meant a lot to us! - Love, Liz and Leprihare", and they had both left lipstick marks in a corner, one on top of the other.

It was quite unexpected, Renny gaped with wide open eyes. Pleasantly so. His memory then recalled the photoshoot in which he watched several of PATCA's finest beauties from back then, his imagination becoming a little more perverse but also recalling the entire event with a fondness of a pretty damn good memory. He then secretly went online and went to see if he could order the entire batch of PATCA catalogue, absentminded of simple fact that he'd probably have to hide this amateur porn stash later, especially since he was living with two of the models in question... although it would have been nice if they could autograph it in a similar way too. :3

Dracorion

06-30-2012, 06:30 PM

Pierce the Handyman

A shirtless Pierce Granger used his arm to wipe the sweat from his brow with a sigh. He looked around at the workers and their Pokemon, carrying beams, hammering wood or sawing planks as needed. Nearby, Adamantitar carried several beams by himself, while Blaziken kept a piece of wood steady for a worker to saw a little ways away. Though Pierce couldn't see her, Aria was helping out up on the roof.

Sunlight gleamed off his sweat-matted back as Pierce regarded his work. The dojo was coming along nicely, and at this pace they'd be done in no time. He'd been helping out with the repairs for a while now, wanting to get the dojo renovated as soon as possible for the Kimonos.

He took a sip from his glass of lemonade with a contended sigh, then picked up his hammer again and went back to work.

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Pierce and Aria's Movie Night

"You're sure?" Pierce spoke into the phone, as he stood in the kitchen. Over in the living area, Aria sat on the couch happily, one hand holding a remote with a finger hovering on the play button while the other fed popcorn into her mouth.

"Alright, thank you." Pierce spoke wearily, putting the phone down and rubbing between his eyes. He moved back to the living area and slumped onto the couch next to Aria. "Still no word." Not a fucking word about Sam. He leaned over, resting his head on the Pokesapien's shoulder.

"She'll turn up, Master." Aria assured him in a comforting tone, hugging him tightly. "Yeah..."

Pierce straightened up a little, but didn't move his head or break her embrace. "So, which one of Alphone's movies are we watching tonight?"
"Bird of Prey." Aria replied with a smile.
"Of course."

Aria hit play on the remote as Pierce reached for some popcorn. Then, she removed her arms from around him and placed her hands on his shoulders instead. She started rubbing his sore neck and shoulders and, rather than protest, Pierce groaned appreciatively. She knew he'd been extremely tired lately, what with all the work he'd been putting into every aspect of his life. Especially his... girlfriends. The thought of which still filled her with indescribable rage, but she knew Pierce would be upset if she tried anything.

. . . . .

"Excuse me, Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?"
"Yes ma'am, the data on the Moltres is inaccurate."
"How's that, Lieutenant?"
"Well, I just happened to see a Moltres do a..."
"We!"
"Uh, sorry, Goose. We happened to see a Moltres do a 4g negative dive."
"Where did you see this?"
"Uh, that's classified."
"It's what?"
"It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

The movie on the TV went on as Aria stopped her shoulder rub and noticed Pierce had fallen asleep. With a small smile, she pulled a blanket over him, turned the TV off, and laid down to sleep with her arms around him.

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Amelia gets canned

Light shone through the windows that made up the entire north wall of the room. The office was decorated with furniture that was both sleek and shiny, giving an air of progressiveness, yet it was also quite comfortable. A number of cases and stands around the room held a large variety of trophies, weapons like swords, pistols and rifles, and a few actual trophies. A bookshelf that stood against the west wall was filled with books. A couch, a glass table and two cushioned chairs stood in a corner of the room, though they were seldom used. The couch only saw use when the office's owner decided to sleep at the office rather than go home, which happened fairly often.

A desk sat in front of the windows, with the office's owner and sole occupant sitting behind it, looking over a number of papers. The platinum-haired woman sighed, leaning back against the chair and rubbing her eyes. Damn board. She thought.

The board had been pushing harder and harder for her resignation. They wanted to make some changes to the College she didn't agree with, and she had shut them down wherever she could. Greedy assholes. She still couldn't understand why they just didn't get it. What would they even do with more money in their pockets. The intentions of madmen and would-be conqueror were much less alien to her, and she found herself longing for the battlefield.

But then, she was always longing for the battlefield.

Buzz! She looked back to her desk as the voice of her secretary came from the reciever. "Professors Alastor and Schneider here to see you, Dean Reinhart."

Amelia groaned. She really did not want to deal with this shit again. Still, she pushed the button and spoke into the receiver. "Send them in."

It was the same damn shit every time those two fuckers opened their mouths. "You lack vision," they said. "The future is in insert-random-bullshit," they said. "Are you sure you don't have a working eye underneath that eyepatch," they said. Well, maybe not the last bit, but Amelia needed to humor herself to keep from strangling the little shitheads.

"It shouldn't bear repeating, but I guess it must," Schneider droned on. "Our wishes for the growth of the college are reflected not only by the other staff, but by many of its more talented students. Talented students who are the children of our kindest financiers."
"If you continue to veto decisions made entirely out of wisdom and a strong desire to see this college's reputation ascend," Alastor mirrored his fellow's concerns. "We could end up losing those talented men and women to Crosswald. And all that money."

And up comes the Crosswald name again. Amelia didn't care for competing. This place had its purpose, and that was all that mattered.

She didn't look angry, or sad, as they spoke. She simply regarded them with a fierce glare using her good eye. "Is that all you came for? Repeating the same tired old arguments? The answer's still no, I'm not going to back down." She leaned forward as she spoke, holding her hands together on the table. "I've told you time and again what this school was built for, and what you and the board wants doesn't align with that. So if this is all you have to say, I'd appreciate it if you left my office. I have work to do."

"Goddammit, woman, what the fuck did you really build this college for?" Schneider stood up and slammed both of his fists on her desk. "Times change, people change, the economy changes, and here you are, just letting everything stagnate! Do you know I could quit today and have a higher paying, more important job tomorrow? Alastor, too! Hell, the entire goddamn board!"
"He's right, you know," Alastor said, rolling his wine around in his glass. "Holding true to your principles is all well and good, but some people tend to change their minds rather dramatically when said principles fail to fill stomachs or put roofs over heads."
"The only thing keeping much of the staff here is that they once shared the same passions that you did...or rather, still do, when you had this college started. They don't want to see this place fall anymore than you do, but you lack the aggression required to take this institution to a higher level. And eventually, it will be overclouded. Do you know the Levandrake Family? They are this close...THIS CLOSE!!...to withdrawing their funding!"
Alastor sneered. "If that happens, it'd be like you lighting the fuse the blow this place to hell yourself, Miss Reinhart."

Schneider then started to pace in thought. Amelia fucking hated it when he paced in thought. It was his 'I'm going to monologue condescendingly to you now' activity. The only upside to it was that it irritated Alastor too.

"Look, we've entertained your fucking vision for this college all this time. We had ideas to take this college to the top. You vetoed every single one. We let you have your way. Hopefully see the errors of your ill-advised judgments. By now, it should be obvious that your clear lack of wise decision-making has jeopardized this college and, left ignored, you might as well get a bulldozer and bring this academy down right over our heads here and now. And that finally brings us to our one last ace in the hole."
"Not only do you not have the confidence of your staff, you don't really have the confidence of your students. They need to see more out of you besides your bullshit flowery speeches. Hell, some of them sleep during those speeches and don't care how obvious they are about it. None of them think you've got what it takes to even prove yourself on a battlefield, much less lead the academy. We figured you would take this very personally."

Amelia raised an eyebrow. Were they really suggesting...? "Really? Let's say I do." She said, keeping a calm tone. She'd show these whiny bitches who couldn't prove themselves on a battlefield. "I take it you have a proposal?"

"A simple battle, right on the practice field," Alastor said. "The college's esteemed dean versus her two top staff members, Mister Schneider and myself."

This could be rough. While Amelia hated Schneider and Alastor for every carbon atom their bodies contained, she had to admit the two assholes didn't bullshit on the battlefield. Schneider used a Hiroshiho-style kanabo, but he preferred his extra wide and it contained large metal barbs instead of studs, making it an instrument of undue brutality. Alastor, ever the sadist, preferred a combination of whip and taser rod. And to Amelia's knowledge, they had experience fighting alongside each other. She wasn't sure, but Amelia thought they even had a Union Technique.

"Unfortunately, this isn't something you can just walk away from," Alastor continued. "Failure to take the challenge would be beneath any self-respecting warrior, even if it is a two-versus-one. Besides, it'd just give the other staff members more ammunition and you'd lose the respect of just about every student who did still see potential in you."

Fortunately, Amelia had no intention to back down. She gave the two men a predatory smile. "You're on."

The little dispute between Amelia and the rest of the college staff caused there to be a rather large crowd at the outdoor field. There were even a lot of people Amelia didn't recognize. A film crew here, students from other combat colleges there.

Amelia stood on her end of the field opposite her two opponents.

"You know, I've honestly waited a long goddamn time to beat your ass black and blue, then knock the black off of it, then beat it black completely," Schneider chuckled. "Back when Alastor and I were soldiering it up, we lost a lot of money to over-fucking-achievers like you and the Crosswald mother and daughter duo."
Amelia simply smiled. "It's not my fault you two didn't have the skill to be more than cannon fodder."
"Hmph," Schneider said, giving his kanabo a good swing.
"I have to hand it to you, though." She continued, her smile widening into something devilish. "You were at least lucky enough not to get blasted apart by artillery fire."
Alastor licked his whip sensually, something that sickened both Amelia and Schneider alike. "Hey, Schneider, do you think it'd be too much of a bad thing if we 'accidentally' killed her here?"
"Aww, now, Alastor, no sense in killing the poor lass. Not after she's about the see the futility of her stagnant dreams."

Amelia's battle armor was mostly sleek, rounded grays covering her torso, shoulders, arms, forearms and legs. Scaled light armor, blue in color, covered the gaps. She wore no helmet. She impatiently held two large, sharp battle axes in her hands, both colored dark gray and tinted blood red toward the hilt, and swung one over her shoulder. She could hear her bones creak as she did, which unsettled her a bit. "We starting any time soon?" She asked her two opponents in a vicious tone.

"Alastor, take point," Schneinder said, although he was already charging. They knew each other better than Amelia had first thought, as Alastor was easily able to surpass Schneider's speed and come within attack range first. "I wanna hear you howl like the filthy whore that you are," Alastor said, cackling while lashing out with his whip.

What, was she supposed to dodge Alastor to meet Schneider, thereby leaving her back vulnerable to the fighter that clearly wasn't built for a duel of strength? She easily dodged Alastor's whip, sidestepping until the whip-wielder was between her and Schneider, then she charged at him, axes held ready at her sides.

As Amelia neared Alastor, the man suddenly disappeared, the tip of Schneider's kanabo replacing him. Alastor had jumped just as Schneider's weapon passed right through and, using the big guy's shoulders, Alastor took to the sky. Schneider gave Amelia precious little time to follow the airborne man as Schneider's massive weapon came to bear.

Schneider's kanabo wasn't something you could just parry or deflect, by virtue of it being a weapon that didn't stop once Schneider got it going. It usually plows right through anything that isn't a heavily armored tank or heavier. And then, to add ridiculous to ridiculous, once Schneider tried his swing, his used his free left hand to grab the falling Alastor by his ankle and hurled him right at Amelia, taser rod first. The hell kind of fighting was this?!

Amelia didn't back down. She raised the axe in her left hand and struck Schneider's kanabo with all her strength as he swung it, deflecting it. Then she noticed the sleazeball being thrown at her and she had to throw herself to the side to avoid it. She got back up immediately and, ignoring Schneider, she instantly charged at Alastor, hoping to catch him before he caught his balance.

Alastor was a quick little rodent of a man, already on his feet before Amelia could reach him and-
"Signature Technique! Rupturing Line!"

Alastor was gone again, and Schneider's ground-based wave motion blast was rocketing towards her from behind. Amelia could see that Alastor had merely backed up about ten more feet. "Care to risk it, honored dean?" Alastor taunted, taser sparking.

Amelia smirked, then cried out confidently. "Strategem Technique! Wave Rider!"

She leapt into the air, then gracefully planted her feet on the ground wave just before it reached her. She ran along the wave, axe poised to, judging by the hateful look on her face, lop off Alastor's head.

Alastor grit his teeth when Amelia outsmarted the situation, then sighed. "I guess it's up to the better one of us to rekindle our glory days. Signature Technique! Riot Rondo!"

Alastor sent a heaping dosage of electricity from his taser into his whip. If Amelia remembered correctly, a direct hit from the whip was sure to paralyze her, which could bring this battle to a sudden, unhappy conclusion. Now armed with a whip that had arcs of lightning jumping along the length of it, Alastor rushed Amelia.

"She's gonna beat your monkey-ass," Schneider laughed, drinking from the flask he always had with him. That meant he was preparing to use one of his other Signature Techniques.

"Tch." Amelia grimaced. No more playing around, it seemed. She leapt off the ground wave, interrupting the attack and flying high into the air. "Signature Technique!" She cried, as she started to spin in midair. "It's Rein Time!"

She spun faster and faster, her arms outstretched, creating a strong whirlwind that threatened to suck the two men in toward her.
"Looks like she's begging for it, Alastor," Schneider said loudly through the whirlwind.
"Just hurry up, will you? I can't hold on much longer."
"Yeah, yeah," Schneider said, then finished his flash and tossed it negligently aside, although it ended up in the whirlwind. Then, with he spat the vile liquid into the air and swung his kanabo through it, setting the massive club alight with chemical fire. "I don't like putting third degree burns of the skin of appealing ladies, but you've been asking for this for a long time."

Schneider stopped resisting the pull of the whirlwind, then started to charge it. The winds from Amelia's technique weren't putting out the flames, which burned with an orange-hot intensity. The pain of those flames wouldn't go away for at least a week.

Come on, get closer. She thought, waiting until Schneider was as close as she needed him to be.

"Hurry now, hurry!" Alastor called to him. "She's going to ruin my perfect face."
"Oh, shut the hell up!" Schneider growled at him. And then the crazy fool managed to get close enough. This time he swung from behind his right hip with a broad swing, bringing the kanabo around to his left shoulder.

Just before he started his swing, she abruptly stopped her spin, stopping the whirlwind. Then she started going again in the opposite direction, spinning just as fast as before and creating a whirlwind that pushed everything outward. Normally, anything she caught in her spin would get torn up pretty bad by her axes.

Schneider shifted his position, holding his kanabo to his side so the flames wouldn't lash back and eat his face off. He raised his free arm to shield his eyes...and continued to advance. "You may have been my superior at this college," Schneider said through strained jaws. "But you'll never be superior to me on the field of battle!"
"You're actually going to let her beat you, aren't you?" Alastor said, clear from the whirlwind's assault.
"C'mere, little mouse," Schneider taunted. "Daddy thinks you could use a declawing."
Amelia didn't stop, ignoring Schneider's bravado. If he wanted to play chicken, he'd have to be the one to flinch. She kept up her spin, until it seemed like her axe was about to tear into his torso-

"I guess I must do everything myself," Alastor sighed, and rushed into the fray. "Strategem Technique! Rein Time Rondo!"
Alastor now rotated with the whirlwind, his electrified whip swinging out in what could only be its maximum reach, using the whirlwind itself to give it the lashing power it normally wouldn't have like this.

Schneider looked like he wanted to try it as well, but probably didn't possess the agility or speed that Amelia and Alastor demonstrated. Kind of a disappointment. Burning, spinning clubs were an uncommon sight and worthy of a peek. However, Schneider had another dirty little trick up his sleeve.
Amelia's axes were suddenly stopped short by the heavy armor of an Aggron. Hey, now, no bringing Pokemon into a duel of honor!

"Aggron! Hyper Beam!" Schneider directed the beast.
"You crazy mother-!" Alastor shouted, but his voice was cut off by the deafening roar of a giant laser beam.

Amelia's eyes widened as the beam blasted into her torso, knocking the wind right out of her and sending her flying straight into the wall. For a breathtaking minute, there was no movement. Then- "You cheating son of a bitch!" The scream rose, as Amelia launched herself from the hole in the wall, blood running down her forehead as she flew right at the offending Aggron. "Raaaaaaargh!!!" Came the angry roar as, with bloodlust in her eyes, she swung her axes. One of them fell diagonally from above, cutting one of the Aggron's horns clean off and embedding itself in the Pokemon's skull. The other one cleaved into the Pokemon's tail.

"AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!" With another, pained roar, she lifted the damn thing right off the ground with her axes, then spun in place once. As she finished the spin, the Aggron flew out of her axes, right at Schneider.

Schneider swung his kanabo, sending the slain Aggron right over his shoulders to fall on the ground several meters away, causing the audience to stare in hushed awe. "Can't survive one attack, could he? Guess I'd better handle this the personal way."
"Schneider, do you have ANY idea how much these clothes cost?" Alastor shouted at him.
"Alrighty there, Axe Crazy," Schneider whistled, ignoring Alastor. "You wanna see some real fucking crazy?"

Schneider produced another flask. But this time, he didn't spit it on his weapon. He drank it all. And the results tended to make him a little...unstable.

Amelia didn't bother to wait. In her rage, she was focused entirely on getting the cheating bastard right back. She charged again, shouting "Signature Technique! Meat Grinder!" As she raised her axes. As soon as she got close to Schneider, she swung them. Again and again in an unnatural frenzy, and faster than should've been possible. Few things had survived this attack in the past, and if one of them didn't do anything Schneider would be a rorschac blot on the floor and walls.

Amelia's axes connected with Schneider's free arm that he had raised in his defense. And they connected again. And again. This happened until Amelia suffered a grievous wound of her own. Several puncture wounds in the center of a massive bruise on her lower left torso. In her rage, she had taken the full force of the kanabo right under her left ribs.

Schneider wasn't faring very well, either. Amelia had severed his arm off, leaving about a foot of butchered flesh hanging from the shoulder. And yet, the oversized freak didn't even seem to acknowledge that his left arm was missing and the place where it was bled profusely. He was...smiling.

The wind was knocked out of her chest again as Amelia fell a few feet away. This time, she rose slowly, supporting herself with one of her axes. She looked at Schneider with a look of pure hatred, having completely forgotten about Alastor.

Alastor's fight had run out of him. Something about this fight had gotten overboard. Amelia was probably intent on dying to keep the title of Dean. Schneider didn't intend to lose a battle against his most hated foe and live to bear the humiliation. A one-armed ogre booze-raging all to hell versus a woman who probably had only one kidney remaining. Alastor had never seen this kind of savagery in the war. Then, coming to a decision, he stood up and hurried over to the other staff, trying to get them to intervene.

"Try to stop us and I'll personally crush you all in flesh-colored pancakes!" Schneider roared to the crowd, never removing his eyes from his target.

Amelia couldn't believe this asshole. Schneider was still apparently ignorant of his missing left arm, and was holding his bloodied kanabo like a demon.
She charged at Schneider again, drawing closer and closer, waiting from him to swing his kanabo.

And swing, he did. He swung it clean over his head and down right in front of him, tossing the violated dust into the air. If Amelia was there, she probably wouldn't be recognizeable.

As Schneider was just about to swing, Amelia stabbed both her axes into the mat and she lifted herself with them, using them to vault into the air, passing next to the kanabo as it fell between her weapons, and slam both her feet right into Schneider's jaw.

Schneider staggered back violently, then prepared to sandwich Amelia between his bloody shoulder and the ground with a shoulder charge when he saw something. Amelia's right wrist was suddenly restrained by something and then she felt a fierce surge of electricity turn her body into an overloaded circuit.

"Schneider," Alastor said to his friend. "It's over now."
Schneider didn't say anything at first, then raised his kanabo once more. He halted when Alastor stepped forward and raised the taser rod to his throat. "Don't make me do this, friend."
A long pause, and then Schneider slowly lowered his kanabo. "Get this cunt out of my face before I swiss her ass," he growled lowly. Then, as soon as Alastor moved away, he kicked the helpless woman once in the stomach with all his might, then just started walking away.

"I uhh...I'll go get him an ambulance!" one of the staff, suddenly spurred into action, retrieved his phone and chased after Schneider, who seemed to be relatively able to move despite having lost a lot of blood, seeming to completely ignore the guy trying to help him out.

"Someone take the now former Dean to the hospital," Alastor said, recoiling his whip and turning off his taser rod. "If you need me, I have to see if I can get a refund on these clothes. That oversized bastard had better pay every penny for this suit. You don't just find these on trees, you know."
Through pained gasps, the words only words that registered with the paralyzed Amelia were "former Dean".

. . . . .

That night, Alastor sat in the dean's chair. He wasn't made the dean yet, nor did he really care to have the position, but that didn't mean the dean's duties could just be ignored.

"Mister Alastor, there's a Miss Faynoc here to see you."
Alastor sighed. Couldn't she have waited at least one fucking day? "Send her in, please."
"Of course, sir."

Alastor continued his work while the widowed wife of Reynold Faynoc showed herself in. "So I take it the plan worked without a hitch, yes?"
Alastor coughed. "You call that 'worked without a hitch'? What the hell was in that flask?"

"Supposed to turn Schneider into a Madsoldier," Mrs. Faynoc said. "But it looks like you managed to bring him around, so I guess it's not a complete success."
"You could have killed Amelia! Then what?!"
Faynoc shrugged. "Well, while I prefer my experimental canvases to be live ones, a dead one would have still been viable. Besides, I get the feeling Schneider would have tried to kill Amelia no matter what. That little crimson concoction actually made it possible."
Alastor sighed. "I guess you're right. Anyways, we'll get you your money in due time. As for the live samples, I've already taken the liberty of preparing a list for you."
Faynoc flipped through the many pages on the clipboard. "This is quite a sizeable pool of students you have. Can you really afford to spare so many?"

Alastor leaned back in the chair. "Once this college shapes up now that Amelia is gone, we would have simply let these imbeciles graduate and leave without accepting additional applicants. The vast majority of those students paid their tuition using their own money, and they don't represent powerful families or anyone who has contributed to this college's growth. They are, for all intents and purposes, expendable as far as I or most of the staff is concerned. I hope it makes up for the fact that we can't pay you immediately."
Faynoc turned around, clipboard in tow, and started to leave. "Well, while money certainly would have helped speed along my research, there's nothing better than having a lot of live samples just waiting for my instruments. Good job, Mister Alastor. I shall be in touch whenever the two of us find the time."
Alastor's eyes returned to the cluttered desk. "Should I expect some of the students to begin missing soon?"
"Probably not soon. A good scientist knows what she wants to do with live samples before she goes hunting. Take care of yourself, Alastor."

With Faynoc gone, Alastor frowned. "Schneider, just what the hell were you thinking when you introduced that psycho to me? Were you really determined to defeat Amelia that badly?"
Schneider wasn't around to answer the question. Miracle medicine hadn't advanced far enough for Schneider to already have a new arm, if he was even going to get one.

Menarker

07-17-2012, 01:56 PM

*Posting this on behalf of AB who said he didn't care who posted this*

A usual day, a usual scene. Irene fighting someone. This would be some kind of running gag if the fights weren't so serious or dangerous looking. Out on the front lawn that Irene used for many of her duels, Irene was taking on a Bulbasaur this time. This would give most people pause. Unevolved Pokemon were an extremely rare occurance, and this Bulbasaur wasn't a normal one. He wore an eyepatch, the bulb on his back was a much darker red, closer to the color of blood, with deep teal skin. His vine tentacles were a brighter red than the bulb, but not by much, and he used them with skill incomparable to most tentacled Pokemon.
"So you think this Doktor Absol could be a serious menace?" Irene said, apparently having to use some pretty amazing acrobatics to keep from being spanked.
"He's not specifically doing anything illegal yet," The Bulbasaur relied in a deep, throaty voice that gave of a sort of ancient wizard vibe. "But the villagers of Pokemopolis are a little disturbed. They think he might actually be trying to reverse engineer Pokeballs to capture humans."
Irene hadn't fought Bulboroc in a long time, and was impressed by how difficult it was to get within striking distance of her opponent once again. Bulboroc left very few openings with which Irene could utilize, and often discovered many of them to be traps Bulboroc set up on his own. It was like he was goading a Taurus into a reckless attack.
"Sometimes PATCA, ESTOC included, has to make judgment calls, Bulboroc. If he isn't doing anything illegal yet but it looks like he may eventually, you have the right to put a stop to him."
"But PATCA has spent years building a reputation of confidence among the citizenry," Bulboroc shrugged, flicking his tentacles around for the next round. "If we make a mistake or something like that...just understand that we in ESTOC are as aware of PATCA's precarious position as you are, Miss Crosswald. Many people look at us and think we're just government contracted bullies, trying to ruin everybody's fun."

A little ways away, Pierce stood watching the sparring match. Next to him, leaning against the wall, was a grey-haired man wearing a brown aviator's jacket, sipping from a steaming cup of coffee. It was Zenobius Hale, another member of ESTOC.
"So why are you here again, Granger?" Zenobius asked.
"Well, Zee." Pierce began with a smirk. "If he actually manages to spank her the mental image will last me for a few nights."
Zenobius rolled his eyes, matching the smirk. "You're a sick fuck, Granger."
"Prude."
"Giggolo."

Renny approached the scene, appearing to be looking for someone, but stopped as he saw the fight going on.
"Is everything ok?" Renny asked with uncertainty, since the fight had some bystanders watching the spectacle, so he didn't want to just jump in.
"Everything's fine, Renny." Pierce said reassuringly.
"They're just talking business and sparring a little." Zee explained.
"Ah, ok. I guess that's good to hear. I was going to report to her about some of the changes I made as Sortie Coordinator for future missions, but I guess I'll have to get back to her on that some other time..."
But Renny didn't depart as he watched the sparring match with a bit of mild interest.

"Here I go!"
Irene said, then crossed her arms tightly around her body and flung both swords. A second later, she chased them. Bulbaroc had a knack for multitasking, but apparently wasn't prepared for how quickly Irene could overtake an opponent. Bulboroc landed on his feet as his body nearly careened with a wall, then caught Irene's sword. There was a mild bruise where Irene had socked him in the lower jaw.
"Strategem Technique!" Bulboroc shouted.
Irene prepared for the assault. Strategem Techniques were modifications of original techniques where the situation allowed for flexibility. "Lash Blade Cross!"
It was pretty tricky to dodge crossing swords when they were attached to tentacles that lashed out like Seviper. Bulboroc violated the ground where Irene stood only a second ago. After that vicious assault, Irene kindly held out her hands. "Swords?"
Bulboroc tossed Irene's weapons back to her. The fight was over. "You're a little more agile when you aren't weighed down by your weapons, Bulboroc."
"Yeah, but I feel pretty naked without them," Bulboroc said, sending out his vines into a pile of bushes and picking up what appeared to be two missile launchers and two magnum revolvers complete with holsters, all four of which Bulboroc fastened to his thick legs.

Renny looked toward Zee. "I haven't seen you here before. Are you new here?"
Zee turned to Renny, extending his hand in greeting. "Not quite. I'm with ESTOC. Zenobius Hale, nice to meet you."
Renny took the hand pleasantly and with a smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you too. I'm Renny Tresserhorn. PATCA agent and Sortie Coordinator."
He then looked toward Bulboroc with a bit of surprise at how extremely armed he was, nevermind his skill level.
"That boy is also the plaything of nearly every girl here," Irene said, talking about Renny. "Poor kid. I try to keep the girls off of him before they warp his fragile little mind, but no such luck."
Zenobius simply cocked an eyebrow and gave no more acknowledgement.
Renny shook his hand rapidly as if to clear up the misconception.
"But I haven't done anything like that with anyone!" But he blushed with a light smile all the same.
"S'not what'cha do, it's who ya're," Irene drawled. "You're small and cute and very, very glompable. Glompible? Whichever."

"Unless you're done with your conversation, I'll probably head back. Or will you need me for anything?"
"Well, I'm pretty much done here," Irene said, then turned to the ESTOC leader. "Bulboroc, send me a V-mail later. I'll review everything I can find out about this Doktor Absol and see if I can't set up a possible operation."
"No hurry. Just don't take too long," Bulboroc said, winking with his only working eye. "Wouldn't want some asshole becoming a Woman Master now, would we?"
"Catching women like Pokemon. Like some sort of... Whoremonger?" Pierce remarked jokingly.
Renny arched his eye at the sound of that, his expression rather troubled by the statement and Pierce's joke.
"Man, sleeping with whoever owned me is one thing, but if I had to spend the rest of my life saying my own damn name, I'd saw my own head off with a rusty, non-working chainsaw." Irene proclaimed.
"It's okay. If it happens, I'll give you a fun nickname you'll never get tired of repeating."
"Get a room, you two." Zenobius sighed.
"Are there actually pokeballs that are capturing humans now?" Renny face being rather visibly tinged with disgust and anger at the notion of it.
Zenobius cocked an eyebrow again, this time at Renny. "You got a problem with the idea, kid?"
"Several actually. I realize that doing it to pokemon isn't really that much different, but if we also do it to humans, there is so many issues. Kidnapping, slavery, human smuggling, and all sort of dignity issues. At least I try to ensure that the pokemon we have at PATCA are treated very well, much like my own."
"All those issues you listed apply to Pokemon too. Are you saying Pokemon couldn't treat humans well, like humans treat Pokemon well?"
"Actually, I was more concerned about humans capturing other humans, especially as a alternative means of getting what they want. There aren't a lot of pokemon in high positions of power afterall."
Irene sighed and clapped her hands. "Alright, that's enough out of you two. Keep this up and I'll force you two to add each other as Facebook friends."
The horror, the horror!

"Pokeballs of all types have these black boxes. Easy to duplicate, hard to alter. Very hard to alter. In fact, all that humanity has ever been able to do when it came to the black boxes was increase the potential of the Pokeball, creating good, great, ultra, and on occasion, even master balls. The black boxes contain all the algorithms that tell the devices how to behave. One behavior of the balls is to only capture Pokemon and have them identify the Pokeball's user as the Pokemon's trainer. Now, honestly it comes with some bad points, like Pokemon enslavement to humans and, without Pokeballs, it would be the Pokemon who ruled the world. But it does has its benefits. Pokemon tend to not kill other Pokemon in battle. If humans had to fight Pokemon themselves to walk through tall grass, I can't imagine the outcome would be as bloodless. But I digress. If Pokeball black boxes were messed with to the point that the devices can capture humans, it could cause some very serious incidents. We have enough of those to sort through daily. Used properly, they could actually be quite a boon, like for securing criminals for transport to correctional facilities and such, but I don't think this Doktor Absol intends for that to be the case."

"Let me just keep playing devil's advocate for a minute here and ask..." Zenobius started again. "what would a world ruled by Pokemon be like?"
"Mmm...survival of the fittest?" Irene shrugged. "The strong rule and eat the weak, kinda like humanity if you think about it."
Renny added, "I don't have anything against pokemon, but a world ruled by pokemon would be a bit more difficult to co-operate in, because humans generally aren't capable of understanding pokemon speech while pokemon are capable of understanding ours as well as other species. There are some outliers, of course, but I imagine it would possibly be more like Irene said..."
"In the distant past, Pokemon did once rule over the entire world," Irene mentioned offhandedly. "They attacked and killed humans whenever sighted. Humans pretty much lived underground. How that all changes is something I don't know. I'm hoping the old Fahngrest Imperial Ruins would shed the light on the mystery, but with that giant seal there, we're shit out of luck."
"Alright, alright." Pierce cut in. "You've made your point, Zee. We're all looking at this in perspective now."
The gray-haired man simply shrugged and gave a faint smile.

"If I may just change topics just a slight, can one of you tell me what is the purpose or function of ESTOC? I only heard of it once before briefly. I think one of your agents is a Primeape who just came out of sugery."
Irene tilted her head. "Huh? They're just another PATCA group, like the Watchmen or the Black Page Society. Granted, I know you people usually only see other members of your own squad around the office, but we got more. ESTOC is the only squad in the Pokemopolis area, located in a...well, safer part of Bandit Jungle. We haven't had any operations out there, so I guess the chance of you all encountering each other is very rare."
Renny became curious at the mention of the Black Page Society, another new name, but he remained silent.
Irene was then distracted as a Rig pulled into the basement garage.
"Well, if you gentlemen and not-quite-so-gentle men would excuse me, I think I have to go be blindsided by something else. Toodles!"

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Renny was up to something interesting... A large mattress laid out on the open outdoors on the ground. The Gallade had then repeatably soared high in the air with Togekiss's help and jumped off, aiming for the mattress as if to practice his tumbling skills. Swampert stood outside the mattress on the off-chance that Renny screwed up, although between that and Renny's teleportation ability, it looked like it'd be a safe, but unusual training session...

"Hey, can you turn over this way and bend over?"
"Do you mean like this?" came a familiar voice.
"Nice! Now can you look over this way for us?"
"Are you referring to this kind of position?" the voice sounded again.
"Okay, now would you be adverse to getting down on all fours?"
"That is not an impossible request," the voice replied.

If Renny could unhinge his jaw, it'd be on the floor. There were a lot of people with camcorders and cellphones, taking pictures and videos of someone who couldn't be anyone other than Sexy. Sexy, who was well within her ability to kill just about the entire PATCA roster, was obediently posing for voyeuristic photos.
Renny made a bee-lines toward the group checking to see what was going on, while he started starting in warning.

"You guys should be careful! She can be incredibly dangerous if you anger her!"
Sexy tilted her head innocently. "But I am not under orders to kill any of these lifeforms."
That caused an uproar of laughter from the crowd of perverts. "Hey, nice acting there! Say, does a talent agency already represent you yet? I could totally take you to the top!"
"The top of what?" Sexy asked him.
"I'll explain in a little bit, but I'm just say that they are taking advantage of you."
Renny then summoned Magnezone. "Magnezone, EM pulse please. Wipe those cameras clean."
"Zo~NE!" The large giant magnet intoned as several cameras got FUBAR'ed, their lights disappearing swiftly. Not waiting any further, Renny branished his PATCA identification.
"I represent PATCA law enforcement. I already warned you that she is potentially dangerous, but what you are doing is also unethical. Return to your home now."
"Aw, man, what gives?! Here comes PATCA again, always-"
The geek was cut off by Renny. "Google the attack of PATCA headquarter. What she said is no act. She could easily kill you. She very nearly did me in."
"Is...izzat true, lady?"
Sexy shrugged lightly. "Affirmative. I can easily destroy a group this size."
That caused the streets to be pretty damn quick, leaving Renny, Sexy, and Renny's robot Pokemon. Renny just realized that Sexy didn't seem to least bit affected by Magnezone's EM pulse. Damn, the bitch was shielded.

"They were strange lifeforms," Sexy said to Renny. "They asked me if I was cosplaying. What is this cosplay they are referring to?"
"I assume they mean costume playing, dressing up as a ficitional or outlandish clothing. "
Renny was rather nervous to be conversing with her, but given that she wasn't being aggressive to himself or to the group, he felt compelled to try to converse with her to find out what was going on.
"Anyhow, they were picking pictures of you in lewd positions, which they would spread around, which can sometimes ruin your reptuation or career, or be used in blackmail. But I hopefully erased it all... So, what brings you here?"
Sexy just stood there, trying to comprehend whatever it was Renny was saying.
"I am just observing you lifeforms. You are a lot like the likeforms that constructed me, right down to generally the same appearance. But they do not biologically fuse themselves with monsters like you have."
"We are? Would it be an problem for you if you told me more about them and yourself or why you're observing us?"
"It would."
Well, that was blunt.
"Oh. But why did you attack us? I don't recall us ever harming you. In fact, I don't think most of us are generally aware that there others like us."
Sexy stared at Renny. Renny could vaguely see horizontal trails of light running across her large anime eyes.
"I see. Intelligence gathered."
And that was all Sexy said. What intelligence gathered?

Renny was starting to feel at a loss of words, feeling the conversation was difficult to navigate. Plus, she didn't even answered his question. He then thought of something.
"Anyhow, I was just doing some special training." As he recalled Magnezone and boarding Togekiss. "I was practicing how to fall properly."
Renny then started to demostrate as he soared up in the air with Togekiss, but while he did this, he activated his visor and sent a quick message.
"Sexy spotted and encountered in passive non-aggressive situation. She seems to be gathering information. Please advise."
He then jumped down and landed down on the matress with a soft thud.
"Did you totally feel her up, dude?" came Irene's voice on the other end of the line.
Are you effin' serious?!
"Seriously, for the sake of preventing a mass outbreak of violence, some of us are on our way, but I'd wager by the fact that you aren't dead that Sexy indeed isn't being violent. Just uhh...try not to agitate her."
Gee, thanks, PATCA Chief Obvious.
Renny then sat on the mattress, looking up at Sexy.
"So, why did you come here, of all places?"
"I am observing lifeforms," Sexy said.

This wasn't quite the answer Renny was looking for, but he had no time to ask as a rather large black motorcycle with a loud engine roared down the road. Hector Gunlong, the Umbreon and Dark Pokemon trainer from the Thirteen Eevee Threat, joined the scene with Discord in tow.
...Wait, Discord? This could only end on a positive note.
"Renny, what's with the mattress? You got a thing for robot girls? Try to insert your USB cable into her installer port?"
"I was in the middle of tumble training when I saw her getting caught up with some perverts. Tried to prevent an incident. Well, more than there was anyhow."
A moment later, Pierce arrived riding on Palkia. He dismounted and approached Renny while staying clear of Sexy.
"So, uh... what's she said?"
As though to answer Pierce, Sexy went through the entire exchange between the voyuers, herself, and Renny, even changing her voice to an exact duplicate when doing other voices. It was impressive...and kinda creepy.
"End recording," Sexy finished.
"Oh, thanks." Pierce said gratefully, acting seemingly normal. "Nice to see you again, Sexy."
"So, uhhh...what do we do?" Hector asked everyone else.
"Well, I never got to try and kick her ass," Discord offered.
"Preparing basic combat subroutines," Sexy said. This apparently didn't apply the use of weapons as she simply raised her fists.
"Discord's not going to fight you." Pierce cut in.
"I weawwy, weawwy want to, though," Discord pouted childishly.
"Heh, we all do." Pierce chuckled. "But, well, there's more important things to do with her." He approached the robot. "What can you tell us about yourself?"
"I am called Sexy," Sexy told him.
What a twist!
"Hm, well, at least she was smart enough not to immediately list everything." Pierce thought. "That's it? You can't tell us where you're from, or where you've been?"
"I...was at the PATCA parking lot before," Sexy seemed to be fishing.
"I think we know that. That's where you fought Irene, Liz and I."
Sexy grinned whimsically. "Yep. Good times."
Pierce cocked an eyebrow. And apparently she was less robotic than he thought.
"I was under the impression that you thought we were weak. I'd hardly imagined you'd enjoy it."

Discord grit her teeth. "Look, we can either stand here and keep pussyfooting around, leave her alone, or you could shut up and let me try to attack her. We might just learn something new."
It was a neat juggling act, trying to keep Sexy and Discord peaceful. But eventually Discord won her fight, based on an educated logic that Sexy didn't kill those who she wasn't specifically ordered to kill.
Despite Sexy's overwhelming strength derived from her advanced technological muscle, she still fought the way most martial artists did. Specifically, Renny, Pierce and the others noticed how Sexy apparently loved rotating. She rotated to dodge Discord's snakeswords. She rotated to deflect Discord's snakeswords. She rotated to send Discord onto the mattress.
One might've worried about Discord, but the girl took her humiliation in stride.
"See, Renny? That is how you're supposed to fall."
"Thanks. I'll try that the next time I jump off Togekiss from several meters in the air..."
It was hard to tell if Renny was being sarcastic or sincere. At least the mattress came in handy.
With Discord's ass thoroughly handed to her, Pierce decided to get back to questioning Sexy. "Why'd you bring up the PATCA parking lot, specifically?"
"Because you know I have been there. I cannot talk about where else I have been. This is usually because I am often sent to places to make them not exist anymore."
"You alright, Discord?" Hector said, offering a hand to the mercenary.
Discord gently swiped his hand aside and stood up, unharmed. "I'll live, but I think I'm gonna have a hand-shaped red print on my midriff for a week."
Renny then stepped a bit closer to Discord and waved his hand over the general area sending a Heal Pulse to ease up the damage and pain, or what little there may have been due to landing on a mattress.
Discord gently but firmly swiped Renny's hand aside. "I'm fine. Pain and injuries are good, Renny. They remind you that you did something stupid."
Renny couldn't really agree with Discord's philosophy, but he respected her personal boundary and kept his helping hand to himself.

"I see. Can you tell us what possible reasons there'd be for sending you to make somewhere not exist anymore?" Pierce asked. Apparently, he still wasn't fond of Discord.
"It usually happens when a place is more trouble existing than it is when...well, not existing."
"More trouble for who? And how is it decided when somewhere gets to be that much trouble?"
"You really do not understand us robot girls, do you?" Sexy asked him. "It's not my job to know why my creators would have me do what I do. I simply just do."
"Sexy, I know we had previously fought before, but is there a reason why you or your creators treat us as your enemies? We would appreciate if you would go back and tell the ones who sent you that we'd be interested in engaging in peaceful discussion with them. If they are willing to communicate with us peacefully, we can probably come to some mutual agreement. Additionally, we might be able to trade information, since that seems to be your reason for being here. Instead of them having to sift through bits and scraps of what might be minor or useless data from a third party like yourself, they might be able to gain information that they are actively seeking for directly from our leaders. Additionally we can ask them questions which you seem to be unable to answer since it violates your instructions."
"That is for them to decide, not me. But judging from what I have observed of their behavior, they would find such tedious things like peaceful negotiations to be inconvenient at best."
Sexy then turned away, then launched herself into the sky and was gone within a handful of seconds.
"Bitch," Discord called out, knowing it'd never reach her. "PATCA has neat enemies, did you know that?"
"I think they're more just annoying." Pierce sighed.
Renny gave an exasperated sigh as well.
"Well, thank you for coming. Hopefully the results will be favorable..."

Aldurin

09-21-2012, 12:33 AM

Donovan Encounters a Wild Irene Crosswald!

"Oh, Donovan! I was worried when I heard Impact recommended you go see Professor Ricewood about some kind of Rage testing."

Donovan turned around, slightly startled, as he was just about to knock on her office door, not expecting her to show up from behind in the hallway. "Oh, nothing bad happened. It's just . . . well I need to ask about some information that PATCA has amassed, specifically everything on this mad scientist Faynoc. Professor Ricewood only gave a light summary about him, and I think he's . . . a person of interest regarding my past . . . uh . . . work."

Irene nodded, her face all business now. "Right. Well, open that door and let's go on in. By the way, there's going to be someone inside. Just ignore him. He's not very conversational, anyways."

Donovan opened the door and entered, offering room for Irene to step inside while he sized up the other person in the room. Holy hell, who was this guy? He showed nearly no skin so Donovan couldn't discern the guy's ethnicity. His face was hidden by an advanced hazmat mask half-hidden by a black cloak with blue hexagons shimmering across the surface of it. The cloak covered his broad shoulders and hid most of his arms and torso, though Donovan could tell had to be nearly bursting with muscle. The man appeared to be wearing a sleeveless armored vest and plated pants of a dark green color. Each boot was large, almost as big as a human torso, and attached to the guy's belt on his left side was an oversized greatsword, except the grip was affixed inside the base of the blade, kind of like how someone would wield a katar, but this was one beast of a weapon.

"I'll just do quick introductions," Irene said evenly, apparently not disturbed by the raw presense the other guy possessed. "Donovan, meet Pendulum, leader of the Black Page Society squad. Pendulum, this is Donovan, a fresh and very impressive asskicker with the Watchman."

Pendulum didn't speak, though Donovan suspected he actually could. Man of few words, eh?

Irene took a seat at her desk. Pendulum just stood where he was, and Donovan suspected he had been standing there like a statue for some while.
"Okay, you're inquiring about the Reverend Reynold Faynoc, yes? He used to be an understudy of Professor Jeanette Ricewood, and was an exceptionally talented scientist in his own right, though he didn't have Ricewood's renown. I don't think he wanted fame, either. All he really seemed to care for was expanding the field of superscience, and left when the scientific community wouldn't grant him to the privilege to conduct illegal or as-of-yet illegal experimentation."

Irene logged into her computer, though she was really only continuing her own work. "Faynoc disappears off the face of the earth. Nobody knows where he went after that. And then we get a bunch of missing person's reports. Well, not us, but the Police Force. They meet the qualifications of those who ended up joining the Harbingers of Ascension, Faynoc's new cult. Prostitutes, homeless, diseased, orphans, all that jazz. Fainas Metropolis is full of people who just got fucked in the ass by life. I wish I could do something about them, but my work is overloaded as is. Anyways, nobody really pays much attention to these Harbingers. Everyone just chalked them up as some kind of activist group and ignored them otherwise. Plenty of activist groups all over Fainas, so y'know, a new one can't hurt. Anyways, things started getting hairy when the Police Force did an offhand investigation and learned that the Harbingers were dabbling heavily in the black market, and not in the normal way like trading weapons, drugs, or people. We're talking rage items, and highly unauthorized ones at that. Some kind of confrontation happens between the Police Force and the Harbingers during a black market bust, and three officers are killed, fourteen others in the hospital, eight of those in critical condition."

Irene paused to drink some of her ridiculously sweetened tea. Pendulum was still being a statue. "Now, anytime somebody went to blows with the Harbingers, the Harbingers battled right back, but in our case, they took a deep-seated interested and actively tried to killed some PATCA members. I wasn't around at the time, actually, but the Harbingers were thwarted. Anyways, Faynoc's goals were never really crystal clear, but I guess his objective was to bridge the gap between us very average humans and the legendary might of...well, legendary Pokemon. But that's roughly all I know. PATCA wouldn't be able to find out more about it until the Police Force is done sifting through the Millenium House ruins or we find us some other Harbinger members, like we should in Nanny Village. Though, I wouldn't be too eager to learn anything new from the Harbingers. I doubt Faynoc shared much of his knowledge with any of those that he felt weren't worthy of his startling intellect, but we'll certainly try. Maybe I can come up with some guesses as to what you want to know if you passed on what the Professor told you?"

Donovan remained standing, "Well I'm sure you have means of accessing international project records, especially for weakened criminal organizations. Team Magma has taken too many blows to be considered operational anymore, so I was wondering if there's any connection between Faynoc and Project Firesoul." He paused for a moment, it was hard to talk about his past when he wasn't murderously angry, "As I'm the only surviving 'subject' of that project."

Donovan then sat down, this was more details than he had ever talked about. "Back then, Team Magma was into kidnapping, and then shipping off who they found to who-knows-where for experimentation, pokebrid experimentation. Something about supersoldiers that Team Magma could use." His hands began to shake slightly, but he repressed the urge to quiver more and managed to continue. "And Rage Rocket testing. Jeanette theorized that Faynoc might be the scientist involved in that, but I want confirmation before I can be sure that he's the one to hunt down and . . ." Donovan shuddered for a moment, apparently he was inadvertantly drawing in Rage. "Well, you get the idea."

"Well, if you want to make a comparison between Faynoc and Project Firesoul, you can always do that yourself," Irene suggested.
"PATCA Inquiry Visors have access to the entire Interpol database," said Pendulum in an intimidating synthetic voice. "The Fear Vanguard is fighting on a political front to limit our access to international information, but so far they haven't made any progress."

"As for Faynoc, he's dead," Irene said. "See if you can follow this sentence from end to end. Faynoc was decapitated in his personal chamber in Millenium House by Shannon Mordhaus the Leafeon trainer who was possessed by a magical sword of malevolent intent named Gaea. Shannon doesn't remember the whole time she was possessed, so she can't help you with any information. As for the fact that Faynoc might be involved in illegal sciences, specifically anything involving the Rezonscape and the power of Rage, I'd say it's damn near obvious. Faynoc's goal was the evolution of mankind, and he saw the Rezonscape as the one stairway that would take us all to the level of gods. 'Course, you need money, especially if you're gonna start your own cult, have your own secret fortress, and own all of your equipment, and I imagine Faynoc did just about anything he could to acquire said funds."

Donovan was silent. He picked up his Inquiry Visor, ran the search. Finding matches to the project mentioned on fragments of documents found in the Millenium House, but with no more information than that. "So all of this time I've tried to find answers, and some random bullshit catches the fucker before I do."

"Sss...sorry?" Irene said uncertainly.

"The issue of illegal 'Rage research' still exists," Pendulum said. "Reverend Faynoc may have kept mostly to himself regarding his works, but with him gone, someone could come along, pick up the pieces, and make easy money with less than half the effort."

"Like the Prideguard," Irene pointed out. "I wouldn't put it past Burkmont to pull that kind of shit."

"Team Rocket might be expected to dabble in that kind of research as well," Pendulum said. "If there is enough information about Rage research to produce Faynoc's vile inventions once again, anyone with a lacks of morals like him could stand to make a lot of money."

Donovan perked up at the mention of Rage research, "Wait, what kind of research was he doing? I . . . I'm just concerned that he may be responsible for my . . . sensitivity to Rage on the battlefield."

"One of the most lucrative aspects of Rage research was trying to get it to work outside of Honmyr's Rezonscape influence," Irene provided. "Madness, which comes from the Rezonscape and grants us the power of Rage, isn't just some stagnant thing. It flows like a river, and if you break a part of that flow, you lose the power of Rage. The science community hasn't found a possible, much less legal, method of allowing Rage and the powers it provides for to exist outside the Rezonscape's influence. Rage constantly flows into bodies capable of holding it, like you, myself, and Pendulum, and constantly flows out, so you need constant contact with the Rezonscape's influence to maintain your Rage Points. Otherwise, you bleed it out and lose the powers it offers."

"It's the same for the Rage Rocket items," Pendulum added. "Outside the Rezonscape, madness stops flowing and they lose nearly all of their effects and potency. Bring them back into the Rezonscape's influence and they gain it all back."

"If Faynoc was able to find a way to make it work somehow, he must have discovered some kind of...battery," Irene looked thoughtful. "Like a 'micro-Rezonscape' I guess, something that can allow the madness to flow again. I've no clue what this could actually be, but I'll be certain to investigate it myself when I can find the time to get with Professor Ricewood."

"Anyways, even though Faynoc is dead and gone, you might like to at least destroy all that he's created before it creates even more victims, and naturally we'd like to do whatever we can to help you," Irene explained. "Although we may not be able to take any physical action at this moment, we can use our information and track down any possible places where these special Rage Rockets would be stored."

"Ok, I know of some abandoned Team Magma facilities over in Hoenn that probably have some of their archives intact. We could probably search them during available downtime in this region." He turned to Pendulum, "And you knew Faynoc? I'm kinda surprised you referred to him as Reverend. It's extremely unusual for religion and radical science to be found on the same person."

"It would depend on the character of the person," Pendulum said. "Most religious individuals would just worship their respective dieties, something that generally wouldn't cost a lot of money. Reverend Faynoc most likely believed that he himself was the god of his own religion, a religion that used the powers of science without the limitations of morality to bring humankind to the next level of evolution. In Honmyr, if you possess the kind of drive that Faynoc and Burkmont command and let absolutely nothing come between you and your ambitions, I suppose anything is possible, from giant robots that produce legendary Pokebrid clones to giant robots that look like girls to little girls with overwhelming psionic powers. I think that if PATCA didn't exist, then Honmyr wouldn't exist because all this stuff would've sunk the land beneath the seas by now...or ferried us off to another dimension."

"That would make me worried of him if he wasn't already dead, hopefully we can clean up the others striving to reach his . . . level soon enough. If all of these warring factions were fighting elsewhere then they would have already destroyed all civilization, so you're lucky that PATCA and the advancements of society are holding ground here." Donovan turned to leave, "Is there anything else important about Faynoc that I should know about? I'm going to take a few hours to look over his files anyways."

"Nothing that those files wouldn't tell you about anyways," Irene shrugged. "Asuras, Moera, illegal Pokebrid experiments, Chroma Fragments, blah-blah-blah. A lot of what Faynoc really did was mostly hit 'n' miss experimentation, more misses than hits, I'd wager."

"Ok, I'll see you at the next mission briefing." Donovan walked out of the room, and promptly into the wall, before adjusting to the arduous task of reading his inquiry visor and walking at the same time.

Donovan didn't really learn anything new from examining the files themselves, but he did note that many times Irene tried to compare Faynoc's efforts with classified information regarding the local religions of Infernalism and Celestialism. According the Irene's side reports, Faynoc's research focused entirely around the Rezonscape, which was connected to the religions, but the public, even high-ranking believers, weren't aware of it. This was probably due to the Rezonscape's very existence being guarded information, although there could always be a possibility of it affecting the beliefs of these two religions in some way. Maybe one could learn more about the Rezonscape by researching these two religions?

So Donovan had a look. Infernalism and Celestialism were based around the exact same story. Humans of two-thousand years ago lived deep underground because the Pokemon who ruled above were savage and ruthless and killed humans wherever they might be found. So this Pokemon named Astraleus the Celestial Fiend and a human champion named Rezonark the Infernal Champion teamed up to help humanity gain some footing in the world and bring order and balance to the Pokemon. Didn't quite work out that way, apparently. There was some kind of betrayal involved, and that's where the religions differed. Infernalists say Astraleus betrayed Rezonark, while the Celestialists say nuh uh. But regardless of who was to blame, Rezonark winds up underground in some ruins, then humans, either voluntarily (Celestialist viewpoint) or were forced to (Infernalist viewpoint) built up six other ruins, called Ruins of Resonance, throughout Honmyr to store artifacts of unimaginable power called Arkments. These Arkments are how Rezonark came to be a great champion, but without them he was nothing more than just a really strong guy. Fast forward to today and...nothing. The Ruins of Resonance exist but nobody knows what's inside them. Astraleus and Rezonark are believed to have actually existed at some point, but evidence is scarce and inconclusive.

As interesting as this was, Donovan didn't see any strong relevance to his situation. He was intrigued by the theory that the Rezonscape was generated by this trapped warrior, and given his first hand experience he figured that "doesn't make sense" wasn't really applicable to discovering the true nature and origin of Rage. He bookmarked the search pages for Rezonark and Astraleus, having gotten into the habit of keeping a database on all legendary pokemon in the slim chance that he might encounter one and have to fight for his life, but didn't feel that anything with it was worth pursuing to understand his past.