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WAR OF THE WORLDS RAID
SETTING: LATE SEPTEMBER
THIRD DAY OF THE WAR
WESTERN GUZZLORD
AS THE SCARLET GYARADOS WRITHES in Guzzlord’s grasp, light emanates from its maw with a steadily intensifying squall. However,
Adrian Malcolm would find that the trainers around him have come to his aid with heroic haste.[break][break][break]
With his Pineco recalled,
Moana Reyes’s Dwebble and Alolan Geodude fire
SAND-ATTACK and ROCK BLAST into its gut. Sand cakes the beautiful red scales of
Adrian Malcolm’s Gyarados as
LIGHT SCREENS are raised by the white-furred Grimmsnarl and hovering Sigilyph.[break][break][break]
Zeraora strike with electrified fists.
Balder Schwartz and
Raziel Beckett’s other Pokemon assist with
HEALS while the earth erupts underneath the Ultra Beast. As cold water spouts from the attacks, Duraludon and Metagross’s
FLASH CANNONS combine for a fulgent offense. A
PROTECT is erected by
Remiel Calcifet’s Duraludon, while
Thomas Benoit swoops in with
gigi bae. His Hydreigon and Clawitzer fire into the Guzzlord’s charging mouth alongside Venusaur
PETALS. A
CONFUSE RAY does not seem particularly effective— however, everyone’s combined efforts manage to weaken the tongue-arm further, causing the flesh to blister and crack.[break][break][break]
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Finally,
Adrian Malcolm’s Gyarados surges in strength. As the Guzzlord struggles to stay upright, the Gyarados is engulfed in the brilliant lights of mega evolution. As it roars triumphantly in its new, bulky form, the Mega Gyarados lunges with its powerful jaws. As
BALEFUL BRUX tears into the Guzzlord, the Gyarados pulls away to reveal a chunked creature, like a bitten black apple.[break][break][break]
The
HYPER BEAM fails to manifest.
Andy Blackadder would retrieve his thrown pokeball, for the creature melts away into a festering poison.[break][break][break]
TRICKHOUSE
THE GALARIAN AMBASSADOR WIELDS HIS IMPROVISED SWORD DEFTLY. The iron poker clashes with batons, electricity crackling in the air. Unleashing his Shadow Druddigon into the Megalopolans, it tears the enemy troops apart. Soldiers cry for each other as
CRUSH CLAWS break bone and wall.
Remiel Calcifet manages
TELEPORT away to the forest; however, he would realize the injury he had sustained from the Poipole is more grisly than he had initially imagined.[break][break][break]
His side bleeds. The spikes of the Poipole have broken the skin and the injury oozes purple. Around him, he can hear Megalopolan troops rustling about. Underneath his feet, he can hear a terrible churning, like an engine being revved.[break][break][break]
STEAMROLLER
THE GUZZLORD BEGINS TO MOBILIZE. Rex Drago’s Mega Aerodactyl allows
Lulu Flint on its back.
THUNDER crackles across the Guzzlord's carapace; furthermore, the
BRINE from his Armaldo strikes it, splashing across its dark flesh.
Lulu Flint’s Perrserker
DARK PULSES too, firing a blackish wave at the Guzzlord as it begins to revolve.[break][break][break]
As
Cillian Quinn’s Corviknight
MEGA EVOLVES, further light from
dominic sinclair’s
DAZZLING GLEAM strikes against the Ultra Beast. The Underboss’ Lucario fires
DRAGON PULSES alongside his Lycanroc’s
ROCK SLIDE in a desperate attempt to slow it.
Katherine Fairburne joins him. As her Reuniclus conjures up a
SAFEGUARD for preemptive defenses, Shadow Dusknoir repeats its
EARTHQUAKE. Around the path, the sea sloshes against the railways as the Guzzlord begins to clumsily charge.[break][break][break]
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Stones dig into the Ultra Beast and tear off skin. As poison is left on the path, grasses wither.
dominic sinclair, having
TELEPORTED BY SHADOW, would be able to see the carnage take place through the
HAZE of his patron, Darkrai.
circe crowley too, views from the comfort of
dominic sinclair’s Steelix, the Togekiss’
ALLY SWITCH granting her a better position. Reappearing causes her to feel disoriented briefly until she’s brought back to the present thanks to
Lucas Lane’s screaming.[break][break][break]
marcel maeda’s Gardevoir
TELEPORTS him and his team further too. From the road, her appropriately sized Golduck fires
MUD BOMBS under the protection of a
LIGHT SCREEN. Eventually,
Samuel Boothe TELEPORTS to his side. His Milotic, Salamence and Manectric, strike with the elements. As a potent combination of
SURF, THUNDERBOLT, and FLAMETHROWER fires into the Megalopolan troops. As they stave off the Naganadels,
Kaine Ikari picks off those who breach the gaps of their attacks. On Scyther,
Kaine Ikari attempts to circumvent the Guzzlord as his Shiftry and Venomoth slice into troops with
AIR CUTTER and GUST.[break][break][break]
This close, people can hear the soldiers wail out for each other. Injured and dying Naganadel lay strewn across the cycling road, while those lucky enough to be cradled in their last moments nestle their purple heads in Megalopolan laps.[break][break][break]
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As
Lucas Lane flees, his Ditto runs with him. The smoldering remains of the Supply Vehicle provide a somber backdrop for them as his other Pokemon are recalled. After
cait alfric offers the sacrificed Weezing its last rites in the middle of war, she rushes for
Lucas Lane, the
TAILWIND of her Braviary allowing them to hasten the pace.[break][break][break]
It is clear that they must escape— for the Guzzlord
STEAMROLLS down the grassy path. As it passes over the truck, it disappears into its mouth… and does not reappear.
Lucas Lane’s Ditto promptly
TRANSFORMS into a Corviknight, allowing the Scientist to take to the skies.[break][break][break]
Thanks to everyone's collective efforts,
Bailey Cooper's Pokemon manage to stall the Guzzlord longer. Her Mega Steelix, Aggron, and Kommo-o barge into the Ultra Beast's side as it rolls. Thanks to the Ultra Beast's momentum, the Guzzlord spins into the sea with a resounding splash. However, it seems to have only received a shower. In anger, the Guzzlord flails its arms. It chomps into the Cycling Road, causing
Samuel Boothe to trip as a sizable portion of the road collapses, the infrastructure having been weakened there (perhaps, due to
Adrian Malcolm and
alec foster's previous battle months ago).
Samuel Boothe almost falls into the sea before he grabs on to the edge of the bridge, dangling above a Guzzlord's maw.[break][break][break]
A POWER PLANT COUPLE
AS JULES ESCAPES TO THE SKIES WITH FLOATING STAKATAKA CUBES, he hears the Champion’s taunt. He simply laughs:[break][break][break]
“FOUR EYES? I HAVE MUCH MORE THAN THAT, BON AMI.”[break][break][break]
dominic sinclair’s Shadow Luxray’s ability to analyze the anatomy of Ultra Beasts reveals a startling, trypophobic discovery. Each cube possesses an eye. These square cyclops sense danger, and several detach themselves from carrying the man. There are
TWELVE STAKATAKA CUBES.[break][break][break]
Several cubes fire lasers at the
STEALTH ROCKS, pulverizing stone into dust. Others sacrifice themselves to
circe crowley’s Gengar’s
PSYCHIC, falling behind as they resist the hold. However,
Bailey Cooper’s
ERUPTION OF EARTH strikes not Cotillard, but a sudden assembly of Stakataka cubes that fly underneath him. Like a reverse helmet, they take the blow while the remaining cubes fly him swiftly toward the Power Plant as
Bailey Cooper pursues with her Togekiss’
EXTREME SPEED.[break][break][break]
kyle lopez’s Type: Null rushes down the path as the road is destroyed behind it. When the Cosmoem
TELEPORTS the Elite Four Member toward the Power Plant, he finds himself with his Smeargle in front of a group of Megalopolans and their Naganadel. His Manectric
PROTECTS as a terrible
ROAR sounds in the distance.[break][break][break]
Philomera appears from the squad. At the mouth of the Power Plant, a large generator, like an oversized version of the shiny machine
Lucas Lane had found in Lilycove’s Contest Hall a year ago, stands tall with several mega stones set within it.
“YOU’RE BRAVE— OR WHOLLY FOOLISH FOR COMING ALONE.” she peers over at the troops coming their way,
“NOT FOR LONG THOUGH. THAT IS WHY WE BEGIN THE FESTIVITIES.”[break][break][break]
The generator seems to dig deep into the earth. Thick, black cords follow from the machine to deep within the plant as well. As the machine charges, the mega stones seem to fry. In a manner similar to the controversial Mossdeep experiments that had opened up a wormhole two years ago, the machine whirrs and spins violently. Megalopolan troops charge to attack
kyle lopez as the machine fires a powerful beam into the air.[break][break][break]
An Ultra Wormhole opens above the route. After it manifests in the sky with terrifying speeds, a shadowy pulse resonates through the heavens in a sight that can be seen
all across Hoenn. Another
ROAR sounds. This time closer.[break][break][break]
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From the Cycling Road,
kyle lopez’s Type: Null leaps across the sky with a predatorial pounce. It slams into the Elite Four’s Manectric, shattering its
PROTECT with ease using its helmet. The Manectric stumbles back as the Type: Null presses forward to tackle
kyle lopez onto the earth. Claws dig into the man’s flesh as it growls.[break][break][break]
Its eyes glow red underneath the limiter and shadowy tendrils waft from its limbs. As the wormhole pulses once more, Philomera smiles as she witnesses the chimera howl in feral notes.
Its helmet breaks.[break][break][break]
All across the region, other Type: Null succumb to this particular Ultra Wormhole’s effects.
marcel maeda’s Type: Null would be summoned out from its ball. Like
kyle lopez’s, the Type: Null’s helmet shatters. It howls loudly with bloodthirst as
Samuel Boothe peeks from his compromised position.[break][break][break]
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Jules would eventually land safely with four Stakataka cubes carrying him by the arms. He stumbles on to the grass behind the barricade of forces. As he reaches Philomera he wraps his arms around her and weeps,
“I HAVE MISSED YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COME HOME, BUT THESE BARBARIANS LOCKED ME UP.” They exchange kisses feverishly,
“BUT WE CAN CALL HOENN OUR HOME NOW. CHANGE ME BACK, DEAR.”[break][break][break]
Weeping happily, Philomera changes the setting of the “shiny machine,” and as Jules Cotillard positions himself above the generator, he’s struck by a bolt. Suddenly, his flesh changes. His pale skin shifts into blues, while his facial hair, grown from months in prison, dyes itself dark. Jules Cotillard reverts to his original Megalopolan form.[break][break][break]
Philomera commands the troops around her, including those stationed further behind the plant,
“KILL THEM ALL.”[break][break][break]
ATTACKS
SEVERAL THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE. Those who have taken down the Guzzlord in the east would find themselves able to take a brief break. However, as they advance, they would find the
obstacle of poisonous paths and a Guzzlord in the water.[break][break][break]
Those in the Cycling Road, grassy path, or air, would find that the
Stakataka cubes swirl around like TIE Fighters, firing lasers at Pokemon and trainers alike. League soldiers who are struck find themselves with holes burned straight through their bodies. They fall as their wounds light up with cinders.[break][break][break]
A
swarm of Naganadel surge out from the forest Remiel Calcifet is in. They engage with League forces— including
kyle lopez who finds himself pinned by his turned friend.[break][break][break]
Lastly, the Guzzlord resumes its rampage. Seemingly inspired or perhaps, empowered by the presence of an Ultra Wormhole,
DRACO METEORS form above the route and begin to fall like missiles.[break][break][break]
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[attr="class","reward2"]WHAT WILL YOU DO?
OBJECTIVES & MAP
THIS RAID WILL FEATURE several objectives or goals for your characters to accomplish. You do not need to fulfill each objective for full rewards. Instead, they have been designed to offer you all guidance. You will notice there are overall objectives and round objectives. Overall objectives are goals to accomplish over the course of the entire raid. Round objectives are specific to the posting round they are for. Occasionally, the objectives will be updated with new objectives and the round's objectives will change with each moderator post.[break][break][break]
OVERALL OBJECTIVES:[break]
ROUND OBJECTIVES:[break][break][break]
WAR MAP:[break][break]
THE PROVIDED MAP is to aid you in visualizing the battlefield.
This map is not 1-to-1 in representation, and is simply a guide. Each cluster of Megalopolans represents a large group of them, and they will possess a variety of Pokemon, including the Ultra Beast, Naganadel.[break][break]
Click
HERE to view the map. Please note, this will not be updated every round.
INSTRUCTIONS
ENSURE THAT YOU FOLLOW THE RULES which are posted below. Remember to refer to the
sign up page for more details.[break][break][break]
- Please ROLL with your post using the roll command (dice button).
- Each Pokemon of yours can perform 1 move per round.
- There is a soft cap/word limit of 350 words per post.
- Please include a tl;dr note of your important actions.
- You are allowed to roleplay your character taking down miscellaneous Megalopolan NPCs alongside League NPCs; however, significant actions will have their outcomes resolved in the subsequent moderator post.
- If you miss too many rounds by failing to post by the deadline, you will either be kicked and/or receive minimal rewards.
- The Ultra Beasts in these raids will not be exactly the same as their previous iterations on the site.
DEADLINE FOR THIS ROUND'S POST: 9/30 11:59PM PST.
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