Kaida had never set foot here, as a child, nor as an adult. Losing out on one's childhood didn't exactly leave room for considering which church to go to (she thought a beat up shrine did just as good work, in her opinion). Still, it was sad to see the destroyed building. Worshipping a Pokemon was a strange thing to Kaida, humans seemed to think themselves above Pokemon, except in worship...it was strange, but she thought the respect was something that would build up one day...and now it was destroyed.

Her mood dropped dramatically, the woman flinching as she flung a Pokeball down and it screeched against a rock from the force of it, relasing an Onix that rose up, then rumbled in sadness, waving his head about. Seemed the rock snake caught her mood, "Oh, I'm sorry, my friend. I was a little upset, its a church of a Pokemon." The Onix had an age about him, despite the fact he had lived about as long as her other partners, and he sighed softly. "Do you...the family think of...religion, like this?" While her Pokemon helped her clear their home, and never let their shrine get dirty, she never actually saw if they participated. Did Pokemon worship a great Pokemon? It made sense, in the head of Kaida, woman with the heart of a Pokemon. The Onix looked upon her with old eyes, a smile on his face, before closing them and summoning Ancientpower to start clearing the rubble, glowing rocks rising upwards and stacking neatly outside the church boundaries. He was Sturdy, the exertion was nothing to the Onix. Carefully, he made certain not to break any jewlery, markings, symbols of the church...that answered Kaida's question sufficiently. Even if not exact, her Pokemon respected this worship (she'd have to ask her communicative Pokemon how to help when she got back...)

She noticed the rest of the cleaners starting to gather in an area, entrance hidden by their bodies and the collapsed church. With a wave of her hand, Kaida called Kjoll's attention to help clear the area. Without much fanfare, the Onix did as told. With her Pokemon doing the heavy lifting, Kaida tilted her head at the little ones (Andy Blackadder , Eris Halla , Hideo Kino ) present and lowered her head to speak to them as Eris Halla talked about sticking together as they delved deeper, "Stick close to me, my friend will protect us...I feel like gods wouldn't look kindly on me for not doing so." All these eyes, would Arceus see her if she failed to protect anyone with a half-baked life?

xVuyCvj9 (+80) (WHITE)

TLDR: Kaida releases Sturdy Onix who uses Ancientpower to help clear rubble (has a "chat" with Kjoll about religion), notices group gathered around a strange entrance and directs Kjoll to go help them. Comments to the children (Andy Blackadder , Eris Halla , and Hideo Kino ), to stay near.

Talk to and tag someone else in your post (+10)
Reminisce about plate club/the Church (+10)
Clean up the rubble (+10)
Creation (+20)
Talk about Arceus/Religion (+10)
Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10)
? (+10)


(Shiny!)
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YMCA

Young man, there's no need to feel down

"Not me, I'm on the job. _{Unfortunately}."

A hand carrying an old, battered, well loved straw hat fell atop Eris Halla' head, granting her the coolest accessory (with the best stats) in the thread as Doug's dusty, fully uniformed form walked past her and the rest of the kids' Club.

"But the hat shall carry on m'adventurous spirit. Go forth and conquer, my (fellow) children."

He had been tasked with following around Councilman Anderson, in the wake of Melody's and former-Councilman Lykos' kidnapping. No fun allowed, unfortunately.

Pity, cause he really could have used some, given the place the Councilman had decided needed his immediate attention.

He hadn't been in the best place of mind when he had last stood inside the Church's formerly hallowed walls.

Only a few weeks prior, Andy Blackadder had splattered brain matter on his face; at the time, he could still taste it clearly on his tongue, and could barely stomach anything. Even now, he could sometimes faintly smell the gore when he and the youth made eye contact.

chryssa glasgow had been there as well, obviously; knowing the flyers were hers had been the reason he had gone. But she had been acting weird(er) and mysterious(er) and not playing along to their usual game. From what he could currently see from afar, she was her usual, normal(What counted as normal for her) self

He could faintly remember angelo vestri and skyler dross being disgusting in their premarital flirting, too.

And Zac Ramsay...

Zac got mugged. Inside a church.

Katherine Fairburne still had the balls to turn up to 'help', too! As his good, if misguided Slateport friends Marshall and Kelly would've said... Gangsta.

Following in Doug's heels, a Primeape stomped past the Kids Club whilst screeching loudly, leaping over Doug and throwing itself at the last few walls still standing like they owed it money.

They collapsed as the monkey's body crashed through them, sending pebbles large and small alike flying everywhere and smacking the young Captain squarely across the forehead, his cap flying off as he stumbled back hissing.

"FUU...GG!" Hideo and Eris were nearby. "Dagnabbit! Cool it, Kong!"

He received a snort in response, the monkey merely placing a foot atop the mountain of rubble it had created as it swaggered arrogantly at Doug, the youth narrowing his eyes and grinding his thumb against the injury as he squatted down to pick up his cap.

Slapping the dust off his headwear with a huff, he turned it around and immediately found himself squinting at the dark cast shadows inside the cap... before tilting his head and blinking.

"Huh?"

The heck?

Before he could really think too hard about his discovery, another loud crash jolted him out of his thoughts, drawing a hiss out of him.

"Goddamn it."

Kong was good for demolition and little else. Snapping his pokeball in the Monkey's general direction, he returned it, huffing.

"Yer runnin' laps till ya collapse."

He would find a way to discipline this monkey even if it killed him.

He began lugging the rocks back and forth out of the premises, trying to keep his eyes on Bill Anderson the entire time as he did.

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gOQ3YCKe+80
Creation (+20)
Talk to Eris Halla (+10)
Reminisce about plate club/the Church (+10)
Clean up the rubble (+10)
Get a minor injury (+10 Red)
Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10) (Stomping Tantrum, Defiant)
? (+10)

TAG: @

As Hideo reached the staircase, a number of people approached him.

The first two Hideo heard were Aaron Toral and Andy Blackadder , two that he definitely knew were coming to this. “That just makes sure we always got something interesting to do!” he said, “Or else we’d get bored out of our minds!” Though that wasn’t to say he didn’t also notice that a lot more was going on the past few years, between Rocket acting up and all the legendary and mythical Pokemon showing up in Hoenn.

Next was Cardamom Bliss . “No problem! Always good to have more hands when you gotta lift stuff!” Not that he planned on lifting much, but the more the merrier! “Can’t really say my family was too religious either, but I got to visit this place a couple times.” The next person, Eris Halla , he felt first, though Hideo didn’t know who it was until he heard her. “Maybe it’s fate that we all keep meeting together!”

The next person...he didn’t immediately recognize. And she was saying...sorry to him? “Oh, it’s alright!” he immediately responded, “Miles is a little jittery, but he means well!” He was completely unaware his Pokemon outright attacked someone; at least it didn’t actually cause any harm. “Nice to meet you too! I’m Hideo!”

He would’ve completely missed the handshake, had his Oranguru not pushed his elbow forward with her folded fan. Hideo knew immediately what to do when he felt the open hand, grasping and shaking.

Before he could recall that Melody Miro was a gym leader (very high on his priority of who to meet), he heard John Sullivan come by. “And Doug too! Well, with all of us together, we'll get this done in no time!”

His Meowstic caught sight of Adrian Malcolm ’s Gourgeist getting a bit Frisky with some people, getting in the way so his trainer would be safe.

And last, was the comment from Bill Anderson , the one who organized all this. “It’s gotta be a lesson,” he said, “to not waste a chance when it’s right in front of you. Let’s head in!”

And head in they did - thought not before his Krookodile sneaked a lick of the mysterious piss-colored rock. Hideo’s Oranguru was careful to make sure Hideo didn’t stumble over the steps, his Meowstic and Krookodile close behind. Though Hideo may be one of the ones leading the group, it would be obvious he was just being led along by his Pokemon. “Sure is musty down here,” Hideo said, noting the creaky floorboards and the stale air. His Oranguru told him this must've been a library with all the books lying around, but some of them seemed to be in pretty bad condition. Maybe if he got a chance, he could check for one in braille and-

He was interrupted when the whole group seemed to stop. Hideo could swear he heard something, something...weird? He couldn’t put his finger on it, but it was kinda like the noises his Grapploct made.

It was fortunate for Hideo that he couldn’t behold the sight of the monster that found them. But his Pokemon sure did.

His Meowstic was the first to react, launching an Imprison at the monster, attempting to limit it. His Oranguru was next to act, pointing her fan at the Meowstic and Instructing him to do something...much more productive, the smaller Pokemon surrounding Andy Blackadder ’s Gengar with a Reflective light, to protect it from the incoming beams.

Meanwhile, the Krookodile opted to grab Hideo and pull him away from the monster, the boy scared stiff by the sudden noise and flurry of attacks flying at something he didn’t even know was there until it got so loud he couldn’t think.

fmHJzJVk +69

+20 Entrance

+10 Attack the monster (Imprison)

+10 Protect Someone (using Reflect on Andy Blackadder 's Gengar)

+10 Use Psychic Move

+10 Be Frozen in Fear

+10 ?

-1 Goddammit Krookodile

@ooh spooky monster

YMCA

I said young man pick yourself off the ground

With Councilman Anderson practically leading the charge downstairs, Doug ended up going along with everyone else despite his earlier words.

His digits glide over the ancient scrolls covering the walls as he gazes at the ceiling paintings, gaze brimming with curiosity and not an inconsiderable amount of aprehension.

It was formerly a Church of Arceus- and it featured paintings of bloody, widespread divine... retribution, one would at least hope.

Though given what little he thought he knew of the Creator, he might well have just been bored during whatever cataclysm the pictures illustrated.

His blasphemous thoughts were interrupted when his foot came down upon a scroll, sliding forth and sending him toppling neck first onto the floor with an Oof, his cap flying off before coming back down atop his face.

Grunting, the youth snapped to a sitting position, narrowing his eyes at the texts all over the floor before reaching over to snatch up the nearest one, rising back to his feet while patting the dust off the barely holding together spine.

"Hn... Just an archival book."

He opened it up without much interest, paging through its contents shortly before realizing he was falling behind everyone else, throwing it over his shoulder and running to catch up with the rest of the group.

The atmosphere in the crypt was uncomfortable, and he did not much care for staying there alone.

Perhaps he should've run away from rather than after the group.



When he sees it, he forgets how to breath.

Something almost cracks in the back of his mind, and he reflexively takes a single step back and no more.

He couldn't run.

Not out of some heroic quality; he literally could not run. His knees had locked up.

The visage of the monster was something he was simply not prepared for.

Was that... a pokemon?

It had to be. If it wasn't human, it was a pokemon... right?

He couldn't tell. Maybe it was the darkness, maybe it was the abject fear. Maybe it was both.

Unable to comprehend what he was looking at, the youth did the only thing his mind could think of, scared shitless as it was.

His near-decade old pokedex was lifted in the air to scan the thing, his grip on it trembly.

Had this thing been underneath the church this entire time?

Questions would need to wait for later.

The thing begins to move, eyes zeroing into the group.

Somehow, Two lines of sight catch his own eye, the youth almost capable of seeing the targets' reflections on the glistening pupils with crystal clarity.

His body decided then and there that it was a good time to pump adrenaline.

All of it.

His arms swung, all three of his pokeballs flying in curving trajectories as his pokemon appeared, his tongue clicking as he patted himself for more and found nothing. Only three? Again?

When would he ever learn?

"Protect, Close Combat, JUST FRIGGIN' PUSH 'IM!"

Joy the Blissey finds herself flying into a fire as she fully materializes, her feet landing heavily upon the floor and drawing a pained hiss out of her maw. Her body glowed a second later before the flames were suddenly pushed back, a neon green barrier surrounding her and Meowstic.

Kong the Primeape practically bounced off the floor and launched itself immediately at the many jaws moving towards Cobalion, fists of fury flying out in all directions to pummel the maws into submission.

Namegon the Accelgor was a blur of motion before it even finished taking form, throwing itself at Epitath in an attempt to get it out of the beam's path.

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Gtmgazoa+80
Entrance (+20)
Attack the monster (+10)
Be frozen in fear (+10)
Fail to escape (+10)
Protect someone (+10 White) Chryssa's Meowstic. (Protect)
? (+10)

TAG: Andy Blackadder chryssa glasgow Melody Miro

Kaida didn't much appreciate not leading the group, knowing her Pokemon were one of the best in defensive qualities, but in the time it took for her to return Kjoll, some of the group had moved onwards, including Hideo Kino , she noted with a disappointed hiss. Couldn't anyone else take the lead?

Unfortunately for the woman, they were all stuck together in the staircase, clutching a Pokeball near as she felt unnerved in the dim lights. Unless she found a larger space, Kjoll would be unable to defend the group.

As the group emerged, Kaida noticed first the books, question rising in her face as she wondered what would be the point of hiding books like that...libraries weren't hidden, were they? She noticed the damage, and in the seconds it took for her to gaze upon the monster, her arm already whirled back to launch her Pokeball. Her eyes barely lingered on the monster, feet whirling backwards as she tried to retreat...and found she was barred in by the humans behind her. "A monster!" She shrieked, unable to describe it as anything but, "Odindottir, help it!" The closest Pokemon she thought the Shinx could help, the Sableye (Katherine Fairburne 's!)! Thrown in chaos, the yellow furred Shinx obeyed instantly, moving to headbutt the fellow Pokemon away from the acidic looking projectile, bravely taking the hit if necessary.

Even unevolved, the Shinx was fierce and brave. Droplets of poison licked at her fur, but she wasn't one to shy away, she had Guts! The Shinx roared (as much as she could, anyway), and charged, jaws flying open to Crunch one of those pearly orbs. Knowing to get away, Kaida actually got closer, crouching low and nearly crawling on the floor as she made space, flinging a book at the monster in instinctive rage crossed with terror...if it attacked her, she knew how to deal with it better. The archive book flew true, bound in loving leathers and leaving the loss of it like a gap in the air.

Don't freeze don't freeze don't freeze

dvKQ4AZR (+70) (RED)

TLDR: Kaida returns Onix before proceeding downwards. She follows closely to Hideo Kino , unable to push past in the tight area. Upon sight of the monster, Kaida tries to back up but fails to escape unleashes her Shinx, Odindottir. Shinx tried to headbutt Katherine Fairburne 's Sableye out of the way of the attack, taking the hit before charging. She moves to use Crunch, a very Gutsy Pokemon. Terror.

Attack the monster (+10)
Take a hit for someone else (+10 (RED))
Entrance (+20)
Use a move AND an ability of the same color (+10)
Fail to escape (+10)
? (+10)


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