[attr="class","illie"]

[attr="class","illie b"]

[attr="class","illie i"]promptly, everything goes to shit.

she supposes this is to be expected. wandering into the lion's den without knowing the consequences is preposterous, after all, but this? stopping silph really is a top priority. and she's found herself caught in the crossfire.

battle formations begin to settle in and she's shifting into her usual role. support first, attack second. psychic terrain bleeds from her skin in a pink swirl. within five feet of her body, their side will have a slight advantage against wounds. it's not much, really, but if it helps even a fraction then that's good enough for her.

from behind, clay hands rise and wrap in front of her body. a makeshift shield against the blinding light that follows. freya morningstar 's flash arrow finds its mark easily.

and then it really all breaks loose.

"fuck," she mumbles under her breath. there's too many moving pieces, too many possibilities. it unnerves her. this is a little outside of her element, really. and yet, she still covers what she can. another pokemon is summoned for added protection, the pastel pony a welcome sight. more healing, more support.

"deus," her tone is bordering frantic when it rises. "phantom force. assist miss morningstar."

shadows stretch and the automaton slips into them with ease. its large clay form reappears by freya and her large dinosaur, slipping in between her body and the oncoming psychic to absorb the brunt of the blow before it can rip her from her mount. its feet dig into the ground for a moment before it's hurtling forward, the full phantom force aimed directly at Alexandra Briarwood 's gardevoir.

haze begins to coat illeana and fernando's side of the field. it's subtle at first, little black tendrils sneaking up across grass until it's overpowering both terrains. she bleeds pink a little harder but it's no use. they're surrounded from all sides...

"dazzling gleam," comes out in a bark. they need to see. the galarian ponyta does as instructed, a dazzling gleam radiating from its pastel body. it stretches toward nearby foes with a blinding light and, if illeana's prayers become answered, will hopefully pierce through the cloud of haze. it's not quick enough, however... there's still enemies behind them, approaching quickly with a snarled sort of noise. the fox at her ankles jumps to attention at the sound. and without hesitation or consideration for who the attack is intended for, the silver ninetales snarls into a feint attack if only to try to knock the hound off course before it's able to connect with either trainer.

softly, illeana lets out a whisper to the man at her side. "how much time do you need?"

how much longer can they hold?

FERNANDO SILPH freya morningstar
Killian Decker Alexandra Briarwood
Lulu Flint THEO BECKETT

tl;dr:
- illeana's psychic terrain activates for healing purposes.
- golurk shields from flash arrow light
- summons galarian ponyta
- golurk uses phantom force to slip between freya & psychic, taking the blow before striking back.
- g!ponyta uses dazzling gleam in an attempt to clear out some haze and do aoe dmg on nearby foes
- ninetales uses feint attack to try to trip up houndoom as it approaches
- support main illie at ur service pog?

she sees red. killian's jaws smash against, and effectively shatter, a protective barrier. teeth clack, jaw snapping at an odd angle, tail thrashing in fury, and freya feels it all. her muscles tense, tongue thick against the roof of her mouth. her eyes narrow and lyune feeds off of her, wings unfurling as he takes a running start. 

she drops another pokeball on her way, a last minute moment of consciousness before allowing the adrenaline to consume her. 

a roar bellows alongside lyune's - hungry and guttural. the psychic wave washes over them, buffeting them as an ally's pokemon sacrifices themselves for her. she hunkers down against his back, legs drawn taut in their stirrups, fingers tensed against his scales. 

the avatar in question has disappeared, but lyune's hunger has settled on another target. its acrid stench, its wrongness, cloys the roof of freya's mouth, and she hisses in tandem with her dragon. he bellows again and leaps forward, wings snapping open. 

he leaps up only to nosedive down and crash into the ground, all 800 pounds of him, as he sends a rippling earthquake towards the gardevoir. 

aeris and sypha, twin dragonair left to guard fernando's side, turn on their attackers. both pivot, slithering to either side of lulu's houndoom in hopes to strike away from its dangerous teeth. aeris tail crackles and lightning arcs from her horn towards the hound.

sypha hisses lowly, but makes no move to attack. instead, she spins coils of glittering light that weave around fernando's, and his closest ally's, form. 

FERNANDO SILPH illeana reyes  Lulu Flint Alexandra Briarwood
lyune (salamence) uses earthquake on s!gardevoir
aeris (dragonair) uses thunder wave on houndoom 
sypha (dragonair) uses light screen on fernando and illeana

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instead of the vanguard as they're so used to, theo and his team hang back, acting as the support instead. from afar, it allows him to watch the battle, observing it for its intricacies.

when tapu fini appears, crobat's TOXIC seeps across the gusts of TAILWIND, looking to poison tapu fini. and from afar, malamar's eyes pulse in a HYPNOSIS.

with Killian Decker now joining them, the scale tips in their favor.

FERNANDO SILPH illeana reyes freya morningstar Killian Decker Alexandra Briarwood Lulu Flint

NOTES
- still by the tree
- TOXIC used on tapu fini
- HYPNOSIS used on tapu fini

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the FEINT ATTACK from the ninetales landed, rolling the houndoom off course—but djall was like a heatseeking missile. with a snarl, he disregarded his would-be opponent, skirting around to bite into the councilman’s leg like a ripe fruit. teeth bore town, ripping fabric with ease and piercing hungrily. djall had eaten a man before, and it seemed he was looking for seconds.

almost instantly, the mist took over his system. however, there wasn’t much time to attack the tree, as before his jaw had even released, a LIGHT SCREEN severed him from his victim, while a THUNDER WAVE immobilized. he fell to the ground, PARALYZED.

“djall!” lulu’s hand went out to return him, and it was that moment’s distraction that left her open to the silvally’s FLAME CHARGE. she noticed too late, and although she was able to avoid total impact, there was the tiniest fraction of a second where she felt the flames. it singed flesh, and she screamed as her darkened shape contorted into the ground to flee.

as the HAZE was parted by DAZZLING GLEAM, darkrai caught the sight and was driven to rage by the injury of its avatar. when tapu fini rose in the clearing, its MOONBLAST was met with a fierce DARK PULSE—two beams of shadow and light, battling for dominance in the distance between them. darkrai pushed, energized by a personal vendetta against its destined opponent.

hidden, lulu gritted teeth at the pain of burns.

“beheeyem,” she hissed, “POWER SPLIT.”

the strange psychic-type levitated somewhere behind the tapu fini, sending strange, perhaps otherworldly psychic energy at the legendary.

and then, to another at her side: “zarude.”

JUNGLE HEALING gathered what properties from the greenery here that it could to aid with her wounds.

FERNANDO SILPH illeana reyes freya morningstar Killian Decker Alexandra Briarwood THEO BECKETT

TLDR
* houndoom is impacted by FEINT ATTACK and THUNDER WAVE -- PARALYZED and returned
* lulu attempts to evade silvally's FIRE CHARGE, but sustains some burns
* darkrai's HAZE is parted by DAZZLING GLEAM
* darkrai uses DARK PULSE to combat tapu fini's MOONBLAST
* lulu releases beheeyem, zarude
* beheeyem uses POWER SPLIT on tapu fini (and maybe opponents? ^{not sure how that works tbh}) ^{[averages atk /sp. atk between user and targets]}
* zarude uses JUNGLE HEALING to attempt to heal lulu's burns via the tree / surrounding foliage

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[attr="class","illie"]

[attr="class","illie b"]

[attr="class","illie i"]she blinks.

there's too many moving pieces to keep track. a dizzying frenzy of action, sound, combat. and she's lost in the middle, a pawn left to forge her own path.

eyes drift to the tree. branches loom overhead. her objective here is purely scientific. extract what she can. get out. simple.

even with the summoning of tapu fini... it seems so difficult. she whistles softly. a chiming sort of sound escapes, drowned out among the clash of titans. no matter. it's not for them, anyway.

she feels a tickle by her ear and a soft settling on her head. the coy smile is instant.

earthquake rumbles from freya morningstar 's beast. the ground rips and groans beneath the force. and the automaton finds its footing halfway between realms, halfway retreating to shadows for calmer waters. it moves, then, as dazzling gleam and ice beam look to overwhelm them both. shadows abandoned for higher altitude, for greater impact. fairy energy crashes against clay in waves. it threatens to knock the automaton off course. no matter... it slams back into earth, hunkering forward with as much speed as discolored limbs allow. an arm rises. it swings at Alexandra Briarwood 's shadow gardevoir with a heavy force of dynamic punch.

light screen wraps around their bodies. it deters the houndoom but only after the damage has already been done...

psychic terrain begins to pour from illeana's body. pink tendrils expand up to five feet. the healing radius is enough to lick at FERNANDO SILPH 's wounds, easing pain into nothingness.

as darkrai and tapu fini face off, her galarian ponyta assumes the same role that illeana, herself, always assumes: support. a shimmering light slowly begins to radiate from the pastel pony's body. heal pulse fans out and spreads across their side of the battle field, looking to restore any nearby allies of pain and exhaustion.

beneath the shimmering veil of heal pulse, ninetales steps forward to deter the psychic type. the fox can't levitate, sure, but all it needs is a well-aimed attack... fire begins to lick at sharp teeth as its jaw snaps open. flamethrower escapes within moments, flames soaring toward beheeyem if only to distract the psychic type.

FERNANDO SILPH freya morningstar
Killian Decker Alexandra Briarwood
Lulu Flint THEO BECKETT

tl;dr:
- whistles for mew to join - it sits invisible on her head and waits for orders to head to the tree
- golurk is hit by dazzling gleam ; strikes back against s!gardevoir with dynamic punch
- illeana uses psychic terrain to heal fernando's wounds
- g!ponyta uses heal pulse for nearby allies
- ninetales uses flamethrower to draw beheeyem's attention away from tapu fini

the misty terrain finally catches up to them. lyune is battered by a wave of diamond energy. the earth continues its rumbling from his impact, but his jump is interrupted. wings slam down against the ground and send her rocking in his saddle. she bares her teeth as he does. an ice beam snipes him in his bad eye and his neck twists, snapping to the side from the impact. 

freya howls, clawing at the vines wrapping around her bodice. the bodies of her dragons emerge from the pokeballs she sheds like a second skin. 

a vein in her neck pulses. she breathes deeply and snarls, giving herself over to lyune's rage as his bellows are strengthened by the rest of her small army. 

burn them all.

and with that thought, the mega stone twined in her hair begins to glow. lyune's wounds are cauterized, stoppered just enough from illeana's heal pulse to keep him upright. his wings snap back open like tattered sails and the force of his leap shakes the earth. 

silver light envelops him as his bones break, as he refractures/becomes whole. and so too does freya, nature's madness in all its glory as she commands the rest of her dragons with a guttural cry. 

at his apex, meteors burn in lyune's maw. he shakes his head, scattering burning asteroids at their opponents. the rest of her dragons follow suit - with fury and flame and rage.

FERNANDO SILPH illeana reyes  Lulu Flint Alexandra Briarwood  THEO BECKETT
lyune (salamence) mega evolves
lyune (salamence) uses draco meteor
lyra (goodra) uses dragon pulse
echo (flygon) uses stone edge
calcifer (charizard) uses flamethrower
killian (tyrantrum) uses earthquake
sen (kingdra) uses dragon pulse
tuls (noivern) uses dragon pulse
aeris (dragonair) uses hyper beam
sypha (dragonair) uses ice beam

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the urge to charge recklessly almost overpowers him as he watches Lulu Flint locked in combat. he tenses, finally slithering his way out from behind the tree to begin his approach as well.

his attention focuses on the army of dragons, watching flames roll off spectrier's PROTECT only to eventually break through.

something rings in his ear, and after a moment, he nods.

"backup is a minute out."

the quality of backup remains to be seen, however.

"stall them."

a HEAL PULSE keeps Alexandra Briarwood's spectrier up. crobat begins its approach, soaring through the thick of the chaos.

FERNANDO SILPH illeana reyes freya morningstar Killian Decker Alexandra Briarwood Lulu Flint

NOTES
- rocket backup otw
- HEAL PULSE on spectrier
- crobat approaching

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