Father Bill
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Bill Anderson
YMCA [Raid]
POSTED ON Nov 13, 2021 1:26:55 GMT
 Yonder, the Monster's
Cave Awaits ZERO RED ROUTE SEVEN As the cliffs shatter and tumble, the remaining six rush for the safety of the alcoves and the fresh gaps in the walls. They split into two groups of three: Cillian Quinn , Chu-e Choi and Kano Iyona on one side, and John Sullivan , Locke Jamison , and Eris Halla on the other.
The black chunks from the monster stick fast to any that touch (or eat) them, and there are four flashes of dark light as curious or unlucky Pokemon revert to earlier forms.
Red Total over 5500 - Magnets
Locke Jamison is the first to realize the cold truth about their spreading injuries. "I think it can track us with these marks," he says to Eris and Doug, and the trio feel suddenly very vulnerable in the shattered cliffs, where every shadow could crack open to reveal a thousand hungry eyes.
But this sword of Damocles cuts two ways, and a second realization comes quick to the Red Augur. “But maybe we can do the same.” The trio set off into the walls, using the subcutaneous tugging to follow the path of the monster.
On the other side, Chu-E, Gavin, and Kano each have a familiar face to guide them: Bill. Not the man himself, but the golden figurines, now crawling with dark ichor. The movements of the monster tug at the figures, pulling the group towards a crack in the wall.
Red Total over 6000 - Threshold
As the groups track the creature through razor-sharp caverns, they find tracks. Chunks of blackness, claw marks in the stone, and metal plates, bolted deep into the wall and carved with a symbol that only Locke Jamison will find familiar.
A perfect circle, bisected vertically by a single line. Rubedo.
The metal plates and the symbols grow more regular, acting as trail markers as the two groups converge at last upon a sandstone room built into the cliffs. The groups enter from different sides.
Two great metal disks are set into the sandstone, one into the floor, and one into the ceiling. The disk set into the ceiling is rusted shut, but not sealed, and will open with enough force.
It connects to the outside.
The other disk, the one set into the floor, has been torn out of its hole. It sits askew, and the sandstone around it has been gouged and ripped by great claws. The beast has been this way, and has escaped downwards.
THREE WHITE ROUTE ZERO The lanterns burst to light, their ghostly glow growing bright in the presence of the living. If Hideo Kino , Melody Miro , Cardamom Bliss , or Ruby Walker stay too long, they will feel it start to sap their warmth.
Four down. Five remaining.
And while the inner four were close together, the others are scattered deeper in the twisted forest, and the creature is more wary now.
Hideo Kino 's Future Sight catches a glimpse of Meowstic as it nears the Western outer lanterns. It's in a reading nook, set into the corner where two shelves meet. An ancient chair, overstuffed and under-dusted, is a helpful footstool up to the high lantern.
The same metal plate is bolted to one of the shelves, and etched into the metal is the same set of wavy lines. Candle clutched in its paw, the Pokemon reaches out.
And the darkness above opens, revealing a thousand wide eyes.
Without the Future Sight, Meowstic would have been in grave peril, but the psychic snapshot of the danger to come saves the cat. Now it has a fighting chance.
White Total over 6500 - Pangur Ban
"Not fire or light. Radiance," Pangur says to Cardamom Bliss before he departs. "Holy light. Drawn from faith, and ancient power. That's how you hold the monster back, though we must complete the ritual to truly banish it."
Pangur reaches out and touches one of the pieces of Absol's shattered horn with his paw. Some of Pangur's Radiance flows into the shard. "Here. This should keep it at bay, at least once."
White Total over 7000 - Luminous Threads
"The outer lanterns are at the edge of the woods," Pangur says. "But the monster is watching now. Waiting for you to draw near." He touches the Destiny Bond too, and his light spreads along the yarn. The thread splits, too, forming a trio of glowing paths through the archives.
One thread spools away past Cardamom Bliss and the stuck Melody Miro , straight into a cruel tangle of sharp branches. They can see the glint of metal on the other side.
A second runs past Kaida Adachi and luka chêne , over the shattered bookcases and into the depths, following the path of the monster's retreat. Was it expecting them to follow?
The third glowing thread shines brightly on Ruby Walker and Hideo Kino . It leads straight up, slicing through the smoky air and wrapping around the base of the last lantern, in a distant alcove high above them.
"Once the outer three are lit, there will be only one left."
White route prompts- Distract the monster so someone else can light a lantern (+30 White)
- Light a lantern at great cost (+30 White)
- Trigger a trap laid by the monster (+30 White)
ONE BLACK ROUTE TWO
Martín del Mar 's Cursola swells with stolen power, as the strength of the crowding Tentacool is sapped away. The pale jellyfish hang limply in the water before they are slashed and blasted away by oscar clayton 's Weavile and Aaron Toral 's newly re-hatched Radiant Shuppet.
Musharna shudders at Claydol's transformation before it tries to repair the damaged boat with a Healing Wish. The wish is granted in a somewhat mundane way, as Aaron Toral seals the bottom of the boat with a Protect from his Magnemite. The trio watch the dark waters slide past through the transparent barrier as their boat safely follows the angel across the water of the lake.
Glittering strands of sticky string hang from the cavern ceiling, jiggling with movement as some of the pale Butterfree get caught in the lines. The angel passes straight through the trap, heading for land.
Rising from the middle of the lake is a pyramid of dark glass, built on the shores of a small, rocky island. Martín del Mar recognizes it as the black mountain from his Future Sight vision. The pair of boats pull up at the waiting dock, and the remaining five crunch across the gravel on their way towards the pyramid.
Black Total over 4500 - Laboratory
The pyramid is several stories tall, and covered in mirrored panels that reflect the dark lake, though some of the glass has been shattered from within. There is a flash of light as the angel passes right through the glass on the top floor of the building, disappearing inside.
Through the shattered glass, most of the five can see a laboratory. There are rows of tangled glassware set up on tables, and rubber tubes filled with ancient titrates snake the length of the floor. There are alcoves with smelly stone bowls, half-full plastic buckets, and endless filing cabinets filled with alchemical reagents, preserved Pokemon parts, and bundles of herbs.
The whole place feels like a wizard meth lab.
The stairs upward are blocked. By string. Endless tangles of web and the same, discarded paper as you encountered on the docks fills the staircase. Anything coming into contact with the string will stick fast.
Black Total over 5000 - Seismo no mo'
Out on the docks to the laboratory island, the thing that used to be Seismo breaks down, discarding any vestiges of the clay Pokemon it once was. Fresh, wet eyes peel open, and the mass of blackness hangs over the water ominously, watching the laboratory and the angel within.
Black route prompts- Find the remains of a lab worker (+20 Black)
- Mix alchemical reagents and set off a reaction (+30 Black)
- Commit a crime (+10 Black)
- Get stuck in the string (+20 Black)
- Loot evolution items and rare candies (+10 Black)
SEVEN DETOUR NINE
Chryssa finds herself at the fourth door, with an answer for the riddle.
What has three locks, and no key? "A human face," Chryssa answers.
To lock eyes with a stranger, lovers and friends.
To lock jaws with a monster, no stranger to sin.
To lock lips with a lover, and monster within.
The inky face of chryssa glasgow sits on the metal of the fourth door, a silhouette cast in cold iron. The lids part, and the eyes lock with hers.
Muir, her transformed sword, slides into the keyhole, and as she twists the rod clockwise there is a click from deep within. Then another. Loud, banging clicks that echo through her staff and up into her arm. The symbol of Arceus on the iron door rattles and cracks, splitting four ways along the diagonal cuts, and her inky visage scatters as the pieces of the door retreat into the wall.
Beyond the iron door is a pane of glass, crawling with backwards letters. It presses up against where the door just was, bent and watching. And as she watches back, the letters don't slow, instead only coming harder and faster, obscuring what lies beyond.
This isn't another barrier, but another world, trapped behind a gate of understanding.
And Chryssa understands.
Chryssa steps forward, and through the threshold dividing the worlds.
Chryssa has crossed the Threshold.
FIVE MOVES/ABILITIES ZERO
Each round, please select one move or ability, and roll with your post. The color of your move ( Black, Red, White) will determine the color of your roll. You may use both a move and an ability, if they are the same color. Doing so will provide a +10 to your roll. Additional moves can be used for flavor and to complete prompts, but only one move will be taken into account regarding your roll. Please clearly identify which move and color you are using in your TL;DR. The following Moves and Abilities will provide bonuses within the ra id. Moves with particular importance have been underlined. It is recommended that you bring moves from multiple categories. BLACK - Crime, Theft, Trickery
MOVES: Curse, Thief, Beat Up, Torment, Grudge, Absorb, Leech Seed, Giga Drain, Mega Drain, Strength Sap, Drain Punch, Draining Kiss, Horn Leech, Leech Life, Oblivion Wing, Parabolic Charge, Perish Song, False Surrender, Feint Attack, Foul Play, Sucker Punch, Switcheroo, Covet, Snatch, Ally Switch, Trick-or-Treat,
ABILITIES: Frisk, Imposter, Infiltrator, Sticky Hold, Dark Aura, Cursed Body, Stakeout, Pickpocket, Prankster
RED - Sacrifice, Injury, Passion
MOVES: Fury Attack, Cut, Dragon Rage, Rage, Spite, Outrage, Pain Split, Thrash, Bite, Crunch, Self-Destruct, Explosion, Destiny Bond, Revenge, Rage Powder, Incinerate, Work Up, Stomping Tantrum, Fishious Rend, Burning Jealousy, Bide, Guillotine, Frustration, Retaliate, Fury Cutter, Attract, Swagger
ABILITIES: Aftermath, Guts, Innards Out, Perish Body, Merciless, Anger Point, Defiant, No Guard, Intimidate
WHITE - Purification, Protection, Divinity
MOVES: Purify, Protect, Detect, Wide Guard, Meditate, Recover, Heal Bell, Hidden Power, Ancient Power, Wish, Role Play, Imprison, Refresh, Cosmic Power, Healing Wish, Heal Block, Simple Beam, Haze, Clear Smog, Stored Power, Heal Pulse, Life Dew, Bestow, Extrasensory, Secret Power, Revelation Dance, Future Sight
ABILITIES: Sturdy, Forewarn, Friend Guard, Healer, Immunity, Natural Cure, Justified
SEVEN PROMPTS TWO
Each round you can complete prompts to add to your rolls. Unless otherwise stated, you can only claim each bonus once per round.
Anyone can complete the prompts below, but some prompts only provide a bonus to rolls of a certain color.
- Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10)
Everyone who correctly identified the code word Incineration can add +30 to their roll.
REDThe following people and Pokemon are injured. They have unlocked a new prompt for use in future posts. Reference you/your Pokemon's Injury (+10 Red )
The following Pokemon are dead or lost.
Martín del Mar 's Snorunt
oscar clayton 's Accelgor
They have unlocked a new prompt for use in future posts.
Reference your Pokemon's sacrifice/death. (+10 Red/Black)
BLACKoscar clayton 's Claydol has made mental contact with the monster. He has unlocked a new prompt for use in future posts. Claydol sends Oscar a message ( +20 Black) *NEW*
WHITEThe following Pokemon are fainted. They have unlocked a new prompt for use in future posts. Revive a Pokemon ( +30 White)
GENERAL
The following people are corrupted. A black, inky infection spreads outward from their wound, following their veins and covering more of their body over time. They have unlocked a new prompt for use in future posts. The ink pattern is drawn to nearby metal ( +10) In the case of Martín del Mar , and luka chêne , the infection has mixed with their Augur markings, and the ink forms words, symbols, and even cryptic warnings. In the case of luka chêne , as she ingested the infectious material, their tongues have turned black, and they will find strange sounds and phrases rising unbidden to their tongues.
RULES
Here are some quick reminders/tips:
- Players start with 3 Pokemon
- Movesets are not locked
- Use at least 1 colored move each round and Roll with your post
- Complete prompts for a bonus to your roll
- Identify move/ability, color, and prompts in your TL;DR
If you have any questions please DM me on Discord (D-Bug) or tag me in the #YMCA-Raid channel.
The round will end in 6 days. Thursday 18th November 8pm PT.
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"Right. What are we waiting for, then?" He asked, his voice echoing. "Let's go find it."
