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Orders. Are. Absolute.
This is not a tea party where Kyle graciously allows Balder to deck him in the mouth to defend some homeless child who can’t read the room. Nor is this the Littleroot debacle where League member after League member disregards basic protocol to flounder what’s considered the worst League operation in modern history. No. This is war and Fernando will not allow the incompetent ideals of the misguided to bleed into his own efforts. Kaida Adachi will be the last person to squander his patience with open pride.
However, in retrospect, she was right about one thing.
It was the work of
the enemy.
There is a moment of clairvoyance when he understands primitive words of the Ranger’s feral subhuman —
kill. But therein lies the difference between man and beast. Fernando controls his emotions, pushing through the impulsive reaction in order to levy the situation with sound decision making.
❝Execute.❞
“
Execute.”
The command is as crisp as the burnt remains of his earlier
GRASS KNOT. Although the Houndoom’s
FLAMETHOWER has thwarted his own efforts, Ophelia’s cover remains under tight lip. Through the mercy of Fernando’s tendency of judging her to be too useless to be of any real help, he reads the attack as an attempt at restraining the Zerora as opposed to maliciously opposing him. Katherine’s comment about
MEGA EVOLUTION being squandered by certain trainers flashes through his memory but he dismisses it with a heavy frown.
Valerio approaches dangerously close, despite Fernando’s orders, but the efforts of Tsubasa’s Reuniclus holds him back. These actions don’t go unnoticed but Fernando does not comment on it outwardly. He doesn’t have time to revolve around so many heads when their target is snatched up by their very own Lars Anderson.
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“
League forces, this is a direct order! Resistance will be seen as insubordination! Traitors are to be incapacitated with extreme prejudice.”
These words may not mean anything to an undercover Rocket like Valerio or even the vigilante Pokenger, but Fernando’s orders will be recognized by his own team as well as the surviving League soldiers around them. As endearing as it may seem that the world revolves around a select few individuals, that’s a viewpoint left for the selfish and narcissistic. Those who survive Deoxy’s
PSYCHO BOOST will hear the call to action even if they don’t act on it.
So when Kazimir follows up in hot pursuit of General Smohke and Lars’ who is Fernando to demand from others without leading by example?
A battle routine has been set and his Pokemon are already in motion. The momentary hindrance of having to observe Deoxys is short lived as the Pokemon jettisons off into the horizon. That leaves them free to maneuver as they see fit, focused around the new objective of following Fernando’s earlier orders, and therefore running defensive line for Lars’ escape.
The Head Ranger evades the
PSYCHO BOOST, General in tow, by
TELEPORTING back to the safety of his very own Metagross and Silvally. There, in the sky, Fernando almost mistakes the Head Ranger for Hoenn’s flying expert Alexei as his team remains high above Lillian and Ophelia. His eyes trace along Pokenger’s actions and when they look to nab Smohke his Tapu Fini begins to channel its energy.
Having steadied its
CALM MIND prior to its attack, locking onto the airborne target isn’t difficult. It makes channeling its
Z-MOVE that much easier. But as the
MISTY TERRAIN coagulates, Fernando corrects the Legendary with a single phrase, “
Bring down the flyer.”
Instead of Fernando’s signature show of mighty,
THE GUARDIAN OF ALOLA, his Tapu Fini opts for a secret technique that they’ve kept under wraps. The Pokemon’s
PSYCHIC powers hone in on the Charizard and despite it’s
PROTECT the
Z-MOVE indiscriminately penetrates whatever barriers the duo can put up.
There is no mercy on the battlefield in the same manner that there is no forgiveness in disobedience. Tapu Fini will not maim or wound the Charizard in order to get it to stop. No.
The Vindictive will accomplish its goal by any means necessary. Crippling the dragon’s wings isn’t a full stop measure. Death is. So the Legendary Pokemon goes for the sure kill.
Lobotomy.
Within the powers invested in Hoenn’s Guardian Deity, Tapu Fini begins to tear into the Charizard’s nervous system with a
SHATTERED PSYCHE. Psychic powers twist and turn, like a parasite, looking to snap through synapses and render the Pokemon incapable — incapable of flying, incapable of breathing, incapable of thought. If the Pokenger doesn’t have the brain to obey orders then Fernando will make sure that real estate isn’t put to waste.
"The most vulnerable part is the brain."
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But this time it’s more than just business; it’s personal.
Fernando and his Pokemon have no inclination as to whether or not Kazimir’s Charizard has some method of madness to escape a
SHATTERED PSYCHE. Personally, even Fernando, an actual user of the move, has yet to find a real preventative measure to evade the attack. So they follow under the assumption that there is no escape, lining up in succession to take down the mount that would find maintaining a
PROTECT difficult under such dire circumstances.
Among Fernando’s Pokemon, his Smeargle is the only one incapacitated, crash landing along with Stormy and her Moltres, nursing its wounds as it tries to come to.
However, the rest of Fernando’s party are relatively healthy, relatively unharmed from their climb, while being consistently healed through the combined efforts of Lars, Illeana, and even the Saint of Slateport, Ruby Walker. Their ample strength, in comparison, make it easy to retaliate.
Silvally, the Beast Killer, has no qualms with hunting something other than Ultra Beast. A
TERRAIN PULSE launches from the Pokemon’s open maw, absorbing some of the powers of Fernando’s
MISTY TERRAIN as it spreads across the battered ground.
Likewise, Fernando’s Zygarde also has no qualms with pelting the trio with any
STONE EDGE within reach. Like bullets, the stone shards protrude through the air with their sharp incisions pointed first, eager the tear through flesh, scales, and fur alike.
But the most damaging attack has to be the sudden
SPOTLIGHT thrust upon their position by his Clefairy. The move may not harm them outright but there’s a worse fate than being on the opposite end of Fernando’s Legendary Pokemon. And that’s being on the sole target of his team. Flashed in an impossible to ignore glow, those below will find their attacks guided toward the gaudy bullseye of orange, yellow, and green.
And although not all of the League’s soldiers will rally under his command — some may have their doubts as well as their wrong and misguided opinions on the matter — there will be those that fall in line, those that seek to please authority, and those that find their loyalties more suited for one of Hoenn’s most recognizable political figures as opposed to some masked crook.
Fernando expects compliance and that means his temper now becomes the temper of many.
War is not a time for treason.
Battle routine set?
Execute!
- fernando misreads ophelia's
FLAMETHROWER as an attempt to thwart zerora.
- notices valerio approach where smohke was but doesn't confront him.
- warns all league members, including npc, that insubordination will not be tolerated.
- tapu fini's
CALM MIND from last turn allows it to track whoever follows lars'
TELEPORT.
- fernando summons a
MISTY TERRAIN (+damage) and tapu fini uses its
Z-MOVE.
-
Z-MOVES cannot be blocked by
PROTECT!
- tapu fini uses
SHATTERED PSYCHE to lobotomize kazimir's charizard while it's in flight with the intention to
kill.
- smeargle is crashed with moltres and stormy. currently dazed.
- silvally fires a
TERRAIN PULSE at pokenger and his mount.
MISTY TERRAIN turns the attack into a
FAIRY ATTACK and boosts damage.
- zygarde uses
STONE EDGE to pelt all three.
- clefairy uses
SPOTLIGHT to draw attention to them for the league to follow up with more attacks.
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