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DANGEROUS DISCOVERIES RAID
SETTING: MID-DECEMBER
FIRST POST
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ROUTE 0
MOVE OVER CAPTAIN—someone else has an interest in Hoenn's favorite delivery boy. His constant appeasement of the Roggerola causes it to tolerate his existence. When prompted with food, regardless of the amount, the wild Pokmon inhales it through an opening in its hexagonal face. That measure of kindness alone is enough to win the Pokemon's affection. From here on out, it follows after him, no longer prone to 'acting up'. Just being in his presence is enough.[break][break][break]
Who said you need to lick a rock to understand it? [break][break][break]
Accompanied by his new companion, Angelo celebrates his spoils by ruining everyone else's. His tinkering causes the temple to shift, ever so slightly, as its defense mechanisms come into play. [break][break][break]
Once he leaves the room, his path will be uncontested. There are no more obstacles or anything else of note. The only thing to keep him company beside his Pokemon is the long winded mural that grace the temple's walls. [break][break][break]
They tell a story: an endless line of people grieve as they bring food, baskets, and what he can only guess to be gifts. This trail continues until the end of his path where a female priest is depicted to be stabbing herself in front of a large fountain. Behind the fountain is a picture of Regirock combatting a
NEVER BEFORE SEEN POKEMON. [break][break][break]
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Parallel to this story, Angelo will find the fountain depicted. Its contents have long dried. For whatever reason, it remains aglow, welcoming an offering should he choose to. If not, the door lies just beyond. This time the door proves too grand and heavy to open by himself. He'll need some real strength to pry these open. [break][break]
If you make an offering please detail your injury, how much blood you offer, and roll. [break][break]
Bold the aforementioned details in your post. [break][break][break]
ROUTE 1
ONLY ONE MAKES IT PAST.
Katherine Fairburne is able to clear the landing with her combination of
AGILITY and
PHANTOM FORCE. Her last portal deposits her on solid ground, revealing the last obstacle between her and the grand chamber. [break][break][break]
The path ahead leads her into a small room not unlike the one
angelo vestri finds. A fountain, illuminated in the same glowing light
skyler dross will encounter atop her pedestal, beckons her forward. The murals on the ceiling concave around the fountain's position. The ancient hieroglyphics, colors eroded by time, convey a single message: a blood sacrifices is required.[break][break][break]
Should Katherine refuse, two giant doors prevent her from advancing. They seem as grand as the ones torn off the temple's entrance. As it stands, nothing in her arsenal has the strength to pry them open. Should she refuse, she can always wait for the others to catch up and tackle it as a team. [break][break]
If you make an offering please detail your injury, how much blood you offer, and roll. [break][break]
Bold the aforementioned details in your post. [break][break][break]
In the same vein,
mateo martinez is no slouch. Unfortunately, by the time his Pokemon swap out and his Lucario executes its techniques,
angelo vestri's meddling comes into play. The surging tides below start to rise at an alarming rate. This sudden flash flood knocks the remaining pillars loose, causing them to plummet below. [break][break][break]
Mateo's
PHANTOM FORCE spits him out at where the last pillar was seconds earlier. He can see it disappear beneath him. Channeling another portal in free fall will take too long. He must find another way out or hope for someone else to save him. [break][break][break]
dahlia goode and
Adrian Malcolm are in the same boat. Adrians'
SPOTLIGHT illuminates the columns becoming unstable and the duo is able to react immediately. Starmie's
FLIP TURN causes the Pokemon to rebound back to its trainer but it falls short. [break][break][break]
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His Starmie is simply too slow to reach him at its current speed. This means he starts to fall. Left unaided, Adrian will be swept away in the waters below. Only then, in its natural habitat, will the Starmie be able to catch up. However, it will find it impossible to pull him out. The torrents prove too powerful. The Starmie will only be able to keep him afloat, acting as a life preserver. [break][break][break]
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Dahlia, aboard her Dragonite, is unaffected. [break][break][break]
ROUTE 4
TWO DOWN AND ONE TO GO; that's how the situation pans out when the temple lays claim to
cait alfric and
priam conrad.
Cillian Quinn is the only one left untouched. His decision to save one rather than the other is as obvious as his deductive reasoning.[break][break][break]
Priam's Alakazam is able to whittle him out with
FOCUS BLAST. Some ice still clings to him but the precise
IRON HEAD from Stakataka frees him for the most part. His body remains cold from the exposure, leaving his skin white and clammy. [break][break][break]
“
It’s like you don’t even need me.” The voice continues to taunt him. Despite this, he feels it warm his bosom. A subtle emblem of his
LEGENDARY MARK seethes underneath his clothing. "
Kind of MESSED UP!" [break][break][break]
When Cait's Bisharp comes into play her Mothim is punished in its stead. A sharp feeling of being punctured pricks at the Pokemon's unconsciousness as its recalled into it's Pokeball. The cause is unknown, unseen. [break][break][break]
Cait comes to not long after. [break][break][break]
Between their more obvious and alarming predicaments, none of them have noticed the mild light emanating from the removed statues.
angelo vestri's interference has caused them to react. It increases with time until it's impossible to miss. The statues still plugged into the sculpture remain dull and inert. [break][break][break]
Around them, the monuments for the golems portrayed by the removed status also start to glow. Those familiar with the move
EXPLOSION will recognize the wind-up. Without further evidence, no one knows just how lethal the blast may be. It could be something small or wipe out the chamber entirely. [break][break][break]
Preventing the
EXPLOSION in the first place is the only sure-fire way to make it out unharmed.
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ROUTE 3
DISTANCE PREVENTS ASSISTANCE in the heat of the moment.
Zac Ramsay's efforts are valiant but fruitless. The toxic pool from the earlier
TOXIC and
SLUDGE BOMB impede his run, forcing him to hurl his Pokemon in order to assist Kazimir.
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His Pokemon sticks the landing but the constant spinning leaves it too dizzy to aim. It can't even steady its claw, swaying back and forth as it tries to regain its bearings. [break][break][break]
Fortunately, this time
Kazimir Wynter is able to fend for himself. As one of the Megalopolans sink their teeth into him, he's able to use this as an anchor to land a heavy punch. A clean hit to the noggin' causes the Megalopolan to reels back, spitting up a piece of him as they stumble. [break][break][break]
His Aegislash flings the other one off with its
SHADOW SNEAK. It stands between them and its trainer, poised with its
KING'S SHIELD.[break][break][break]
Stormy Silph's
HEAL PULSE helps stop his bleeding but the pain remains. It still feels like there's flesh there. [break][break][break]
Her
ICE BEAM catches one of the Megalopolans by surprise. It freezes them in place. The other one recovers and reaches for a Pokeball holstered onto their waist. [break][break][break]
"
Kill them," the prisoner warns, "
they still have—"[break][break][break]
ROUTE 2
THE PROPHECY IS MORE OF A WARNING than a riddle. The fact that all three of them can tell that something is afoot should be omen enough to stay reckless action. Each of them take their positions but it is ultimately
skyler dross that opt for the easy way out. [break][break][break]
When she lays her hand on the imprint the energy congeals around her. In a split second, her and her Steelix are teleported into either
ROUTE 1 or
ROUTE 4.
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Should she choose
ROUTE 1, Skyler will appear behind
Katherine Fairburne, also in the same room as the fountain. [break][break]
Should she choose
ROUTE 4, Skyler will appear beside
cait alfric, just in time for the
EXPLOSION. [break][break][break]
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The room rumbles...
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angelo vestri's tampering with the ruin's internal mechanisms causes the teleportation module to explode. The lack of warning signs or delay makes protecting against it impossible. The resulting blast causes the ceiling to cave in and the foundation of the upper walls trap those underneath in countless rubble. [break][break][break]
When the wreckage settles
Raziel Beckett will realize that he's safe. Likewise, @lar's Metagross is lucky enough to avoid being squashed.
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The same cannot be said for either
Raziel Beckett's Gallade or
Laurence Anderson. Both of them get buried under several boulders, each one too large to remove by themselves. Unfortunately, Razz nor Ro are strong enough to pull their respective Pokemon and trainer out. The only way for them to remove any of the debris is to work together. They must make a choice: Wyn or Lars. [break][break][break]
The slab that sits atop Gallade is jagged and pierces the Gallade's torso. Blood spills from underneath. Combined with its earlier injuries, leaving it trapped will surely
result in its death. [break][break][break]
On the other hand, the mountain burying Lars is three times as large. Trying to squirm will only apply more pressure to being squished. He can feel his body give out, making breathing difficult. Pressure mounts and he can feel his bones give way. If he's left behind he's sure to suffer significant damage that will have lasting repercussions. Such damages may
leave him crippled or worse.
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Together, Razz and Ro
can easily save one. However, should they disagree and divide their efforts their greed
may cause them to lose both. [break][break][break]
If you do not work to save the same target,
ROLL THREE TIMES in your next post.
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If you roll, the odds will not be in your favor. [break][break][break]
Regardless of your choice, the explosion has opened up the path ahead. The resulting detonation has blown the doors straight off their hinges. The path ahead continues into the darkness. From this distance, the brief glimmer of a pink light beckons you forward. It's far off and impossible to reach in
ONE POST. [break][break][break]
You may take a breather at the end of your post to
recuperate or set off in the
pursuit of progress. [break][break][break]
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[attr="class","reward2"]WHAT WILL YOU DO?
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). Your first roll will always be your sabotage roll! This does not impact your own character's performance. This roll only represents how much OOC impact you will have on another character of your choosing.
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