“What?!” The doctor’s aquatic counterpart looks towards sea!Razz with wide green eyes. There’s still doubt, but there are cracks in its foundation. The cracks spread to Hoenn’s Eva as well. Nothing but bones . . . it may not work. That may not be enough. She doesn’t surrender, but she does withdraw a pokeball, returning the Comfey. Her signa suit flashes again, returning to the original ivory and green design that reminds her of the Gallade that appears by her side.

For a moment, there’s tension, as Blade stares down his aquatic counterpart. The gentle touch of Eva’s hand on his arm relaxes his posture, “The Blue Mulch, Blade,” both sea!Eva and sea!Blade watch with skepticism before Blade returns with a bag . . . of dirt.

In world covered by water, they’d need to find somewhere with fertile enough soil. It will take time, lots of time. It’s likely too late to right all the wrongs. They’ve killed their King, shattered their world, and now MATIAS SILPH was beating up sea!Eva’s boyfriend. Yeah, they’re likely not coming back from this one. As a gesture of good faith, Eva leaves her counterpart with the soil impregnated with the Infinity Energy, “Everything comes with a price. I don’t know what this one’s is but . . . be careful.”

With a flash of light and torch in hand, the two TELEPORT towards the portal and hopefully home with the others.

Eva keeps the torch as a souvenir. As a peace offering, Eva leaves sea!Eva with 1 bag of Blue Mulch (2 remain) and a warning before TELEPORTING to the portal with the others

AN AQUA ASSEMBLY PT. 2

SOLUTIONS TO SYGNA IN THE SILVER SPIRE

"NATURE'S MADNESS!"

"MOONBLAST!"

the battle never ends. instead, it starts to draw into an inevitable stalemate.

fernando boasts experience. the THREE DAY WAR, INVASION OF SLATEPORT, and TAKEOVER OF KANTO provide a tenure that cannot be matched. coupled with his exposure to the PRIMAL SHARD, his prowess as an avatar is hard to match.

but here, SEA FERNANDO courts a home field advantage. this world’s balance favors SEA TAPU FINI. the GREAT HOENNIAN SEA is an extension of them, weaponized at their back and call. so long as the world is made of water so too will they master its power.

"SURF!"

"BLIZZARD!"

thanks to MATIAS SILPH , their party starts to escape. at the sound of his boisterous war cry, fernando starts to look for an escape path. unfortunately, there’s no opening for him to break away. not without exposing his backside.

"PROTECT!"

"CALM MIND!"

most of them are able to flee before SEA KYLE opens up the battlefield to a carpet bomb of DARK VOID orbs. fernando and his sea variant are struck, pulled into a dark distortion, lulled as they’re cut off from the outside word.

“the power of your people’s pokemon are impressive,” SEA FERNANDO confesses, confident. a visible trail of MISTY TERRAIN staves off the DARK VOID’s slumber. “but you should know that our numbers will win in a game of attrition. we will not fall.”

“indeed.”

fernando’s own MISTY TERRAIN swirls around him. from it, several silhouettes start to form. the most notable is that of their SEA KING.

“but this power does not have to be ours alone.”

he unholsters a pokeball, tossing it across the dark expanse, allowing it to land somewhere in the sand.

“there must be a power source in this world as well. find it. harness it. and when tapu fini reaches the apex of its power, you will find the answers you seek.”

“why?”

“nature vs nurture.”

“…?”

“if the latter proves true, you’ll find a way.”

“tch. you understand the consequences of this?”

“if you find the answers then you’ll find a way to complete the encyclopedia.”

“the pokedex?”

“the living one.”

“…?”

“…”

there is a pause. a moment of understanding. a mull of thoughts as they try to read each other’s expression. fernando’s is apprehensive, unsure of his gamble. the other is dubious, paranoid.

“TAPU!”

“FINI!”

NATURE’S MADNESS cuts across the dark. a dagger of light threatens to pierce them in an opportune sleight of hand. but what they face is not an equal opponent.

NATURE'S MADNESS: GUARDIAN OF ALOLA

the power of nature manifests into the guardian of alola and strikes the enemy with a monsoon of the island's energy. this damages everyone within a large vicinity.

in a prolonged battle, the home field would be enough for SEA FERNANDO to whittle down an assured victory. but in short bursts, a world without Z-MOVES has no chance. the behemoth that tapu fini brings about during their conversation dwarfs the perversion of SEA KYLE’S DARK VOID.

even in a foreign world, tapu fini is able to twist it upside down. the power of nature folds in on itself, buffeting the coast in terrible winds. fae energy ripples across the field, blowing back those that look to interfere.

“this power could be yours,” is fernando’s parting words before escaping on his mount.


note(s):
- kim's moans annoy him.
- tapu fini and SEA TAPU FINI are at a standstill.
- everyone begins to escape.
- fernando is locked into place due to being perfectly matched.
- SEA DARKRAI hits them with DARK VOID.
- MISTY TERRAIN keeps them awake while they're in the DARK VOID.
- fernando offers SEA FERNANDO a chance to replicate their world's 'power'?
- hints at what happened to him after exposure to the PRIMAL SHARD.
- leave a mysterious pokeball behind.
- they both suddenly attack each other.
- tapu fini dispels the DARK VOID and assaults the island with GUARDIAN OF ALOLA.
- fernando uses this chance to flee on his salamence.

Mirror Match

Final Round: Fight!

Though he's got little to no practical experience, the feeling is still bizarre enough for him to make notice. He had never consciously healed damage of such a level, but the feeling of the body underneath his palms was much too foreign all the same.

His efforts failed.

And so, the head unceremoniously plopped off the neck, poorly reformed nerves and muscle visibly tearing, arteries gleaming with the familiar shine of Primal energy.

That would've most interesting, were it not for the fact that his guts were trying to emergency exit from his body.

Not to mention the sound of something crashing through the Light Screens, before he shortly got socked across the face and thrown off his Orbeetle.

Water splashed loudly as he fell into the water.

"Friggin' psychopath!" Said a Sea!Doug between harsh pants, looking down upon the sea from atop the strangely passive Mega Orbeetle.

His harsh expression softened as he turned his gaze to King Kazimir's corpse, his fury stocking inside his chest as he stared at the atrocity.

Yet, he couldn't help but notice the weak, broken muscle tissue and arteries. Grim as the sight was, he knew for a fact that King Kazimir had been decapitated cleanly before.

Was he trying to revive King Kazimir...?

"... He's an idiot." Grunted out Sea!Doug as he turned his gaze towards the sea below, just as Doug's head broke through the surface gasping for air. "Figures."

Seemed like that didn't change no matter what.

Looking around them, Sea!Doug took stock of the situation around them, his brow furrowing deeply as he realized they were losing. Plenty of his comrades seemed to have been defeated...

And a few were missing entirely. He hoped they had just taken refuge underneath sea water.

Turning his gaze back towards his other self, the Sea Doug's arm began to tremble as he grit his teeth and breathed in deeply, lightning beginning to course over his skin and scales painfully as he glared down.

"What did ya think would happen?" He asked roughly. "Did ya think ya would be forgiven if you brought him back after killin' 'im?!"

Doug could only look up in confusion at his suddenly talkative other self for a brief moment, before answering. From this position, he was just one blast away from being fried alive by lightning.

"... I didn't think anyone deserved to die over this." He said after a moment.

Everything seemed so brutal and unnecessary. How many people had died today over lies, promises and egos? They would know the exacts soon, but the answer would always be too many.

"... It's fucking stupid ain't it?" Muttered the Sea-touched youth as he craned his head back and grit his teeth, arm trembling.

"... It always is." Replied the other.

A moment of silence followed as the two simply stared at the chaos around them. Things were reaching an obvious end. The sky was splitting apart, Primal Kyogre was rampaging, and Darkrai had begun blasting everything.

Sea!Doug turned around and picked up King Kazimir's body.

"Y'all best be ready." He said as he hoisted the remains in a princess carry, brows furrowed darkly. "We both know this won't just end like this. We don't get to decide much."

"... yeah." Muttered Doug as his Sea counterpart leapt into the water, his body seemingly disappearing as it sunk in.

Tapu Koko hovered in place for a moment, staring at its avatar's alternate counterpart for a moment before suddenly jetting forth and smashing into the ocean, disappearing as well.

A few moments passed, before Doug breathed out in momentary relief, his body slowly rising to float on the water.

Somehow, he had managed to reach an understanding with his alternate self... though all that meant was that the next time they met, things would be even more difficult for them.

He could only hope they were both wrong, and this was the last time their universes ever interacted with one another.

"... This was all a mistake." Muttered the youth as he returned his Mega Orbeetle to its ball, before releasing another into the field.

Garo took the stage, its counteance quickly becoming alarmed at the sight of its trainer, injured and on an unfamiliar sea. Floating down to stand on the youth's chest, Doug reached over to pet the bug type, giving him a grimace.

"Let's get outta 'ere." he muttered to the pokemon, energy surging through the Orbeetle as they both turned their gazes towards the portal in the sky.

Z-move

Fascination Ufo.

Orbeetle TELEPORTS consenting allies a large distance away almost instantaneously. anyone between where orbeetle was and where it ends up will feel heavy nausea and disorientation. this supersedes traditional trapping methods.

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-Sea!Doug graps Doug's intent from King Kazimir Wynter's failed repair job.
-Sea!Doug and Doug lament what's coming.
-Sea!Doug leaves with King Kazimir's body and head, Sea Tapu Koko follows after giving Doug a curious look.
-Doug replaces his Mega Orbeetle with his standard Orbeetle Garo, a Z-move enabled pokemon.
-Doug uses the Z-move Fascination Ufo in order drag himself and any ally that might be having a hard time getting up there (such as maybe Sénon Game if something happens) to the portal in the sky.
-Exit the Great Hoennian Sea.

tags: open for interaction.

Her stomach drops again as they all tumble through space and time and back to their current reality. The membrane is chilling, but welcome. It marks their return to the world they know.

It was an eye-opening experience – learning there are multiple planes to this universe. Ones with their own narratives, people, and experiences. Is that the only one? It couldn’t be.

Shook by a newfound reality, Eva immediately sinks into what she knows and aids the medical team in tending for the more severely wounded in their party. The gentle mist of a LIFE DEW bleeds from the palms of the Gallade to aid the Blissey.

Eva had never been one for politics, but she understands the necessity of a balanced story to keep the general population from freaking out with this mind shattering information. There were no lies. The Sea Hoennians were aggressive, and the AQUA Initiative barely made it back to their own world. Things could have gone much differently.

After the events of the expedition, the aquatic torch is placed under lock and key in her lab, waiting to be examined at some point. As information leaks, and The League expands this new knowledge as a way to deal with imminent threats, something doesn’t sit right.

There’s an anxiousness she feels when she thinks about sending a meteor to the other world. Although they are aggressive, they are still humanoid living beings. In no world would Eva’s conscious accept that as an option. Life is precious.

There has to be another way.

She turns her emerald eyes up to space. After the Mt. Chimney incident, she had done her own research on the Hoennian legendaries. The reclusive and aggressive Rayquaza comes to mind. It’s been spotted in Hoenn but rumored to have disappeared with a burst of Primal Energy. It seems there are more questions that need answering. Time to get to work.

AQUA Initiative Finale
Eva’s epilogue
Thanks for the wonderful event, Shiv!! <3