she glances back to her companion, smiling shortly after she's offered her pokemon's flesh to the bowl. "your guess is as good as mine~" she chimes, a smile to her lips, before turning her attention back to the little one who stands with her by the shrine. [break][break]

the girl suddenly stumbles, and Mielle's first instinct is to reach her arm out to try and catch the little thing. she was forcing her smile - mielle's seen a similar one too many times - and it's all too obvious that the little girl is reaching her limit. was she in pain from earlier? though she tries to catch her, mielle feels a sudden throbbing at the sides of her head, and it hurts, as the moist soil digs its way into her ankles. [break][break]

though she's in pain and lowers herself to the ground, she tries to keep an arm up to keep the little girl standing. when she comes to, the air feels cleaner, and it's somehow easier to breathe. and there she opens her eyes, feeling a.. tail? ears? they twitch, and she's curiously reaching her hand up to feel the cream coloured ears atop of her head. [break][break]

and with a soft gasp, she glances back to her partner, ridden with anxiety and confusion when she speaks "w-what's happening?"

@geomancy

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small talk w/ Dante Telos[break]
witnesses Eris Halla's transformation. intrigued and curious.[break]
attempts to support eris and keep her up, but she grows disorientated too[break]
she comes to, taking on the features of a leafeon; ears and the leaf tail appear on her[break]
panics a bit and looks to Dante Telos in confusion

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People have been cutting themselves open, or sacrificing dead Pokemon in pokeballs, in order to fill up these bowls stained with old blood.

Naturally, she joins in.

The fang at her foot doesn't budge, but it doesn't deter her. This entire place is a weird-ass shit show, and if the people who had done it first hadn't gone up in smoke... then it should be fine.

And if not, then they'd all die in three turns and that would be that.

Unfortunately, she doesn't quite get the hint that the blood sacrifice thing is a bit odd and is turning people into half-breed monsters. Maybe that's a bit harsh, but it's the truth. Just as she is finishing up with hoisting her Teddiursa onto her shoulder and bleeding her palm into the western shrine bowl, she turns around to note how Lulu has now risen off of the ground and has obtained several more eyes.

"Wack."

And then her own body begins to contort and shift. She feels nauseous, and then like she might shit herself, and then all of a sudden she is catching a Teddiursa by the hook of the bear's claws with her own claw. Remi gasps, horrified, blood turning to ice, as she looks past the dangling baby bear to the fin-like arms she's obtained.

It appears as though she has taken on the characteristics of a Garchomp. Ironic and unsettling, given one of them had been the reason for her missing eye and sexy eyepatch situation.

"What the fuck is happening right now."

As she speaks, her teeth elongated into sharp points, and the odd ear-shaped cones on a Garchomp's side of the head cauliflower and bloom where her ears used to be. She has turned into an abomination like the others. Teddiursa squeals, however, but she seems overjoyed by the sight of her Pokemon-like trainer.

"I'm gonna puke."

And, like Lulu, she throws up.

notes:
- chose to sacrifice some blood at the western(ground) shrine
- turns into a GARCHOMP mutant
- ptsd and overstimulation from the transformation and she throws up

KING WAYLAND THEO BECKETT Lulu Flint

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giona ferrara may have a point. Trees were living beings of course, but this thing seemed lie ka giant animal in disguise. “I wonder where it gets all this blood…or…did it show up in Sootopolis to take advantage of the chaos form the raid and suck up all the corpses in the city?” surely for a tree this big, the root system ran deep. He looked over at Prince, grinning at him for a moment. “I’ll look forward to seeing you in action then.” With that his eyes are once more on Rayne as he offered a small sigh. “Doing good as anyone stuck in a carnivorous tree. You?” he offered as he adjusted his glasses, taking a moment to make sure the damn things were still working alright and recording what they were supposed to. He let out a small laugh at his friend before his attention drifted. [break][break]

And then the transformations began. Bodies began to warp and bulge, twist and squeeze. The pain is evident by the grunts and the screams some people let out. “Tell me this is a shared hallucination?” he said out loud, a manic grin on his face as he strained to capture every excruciating detail of the morphing human bodies. “Rayne?” he asked noting the shift and change in his body and the lack of pain at all form the barista. “How’re you?” he asked watching the swirling sand at the man’s feet. [break][break]

Glance at Prince and he can see that his companion has also transformed. There is the slightest bit of hesitation within him as he considered joining the group in transformation, but this may prove to be useful. Perhaps this is the bit of good fortune he’d earned with his horn. Quietly, he picked up the bloody and sandy horn and wiped it clean. He did his best with his hand and his pants before grimacing as he licked the man thing and spat out the blood on the ground. “Keep it, you creepy piranha tree.” He said as he pocketed his horn. [break][break]

“Stracciatella, one Razor Leaf.” He said looking up at the Abomasnow. She hesitated before holding her hand out, a lone blade sharpening into a weapon. Mint held out his hand, allowing the dual type to rake it across his palm. It’s sharp enough that it stings as it sliced flesh but its not excruciating. Before he can begin to doubt himself, Mint clenches his fist, moving to the Northern shrine and squeezing tightly. Drops of crimson pool and form droplets that fall delicately into the bowl. The Abomasnow let out a small whine of concern as her trainer gave her a thumbs up. Noting seemed to happen as he shook his hand and moved back to her. [break][break]

And then he doubled over as his heart thudded sharply in his chest. His breath hitched, catching in his throat, and his body began to shake as he felt himself heat up at first in searing pain before a cold overtook his body that seemed ready to fragment his very skeleton. His eyes seem to glaze over for a moment before Stracciatella moved in to catch him as he dropped to his knees wheezing and coughing. He felt like he was turning to ice from the inside out, short gasps coming out in white, sparkling puffs. The pain searing his entire being moved and began to concentrate onto a point on his head and his shoulder. He let out a scream despite himself as hard growth speared out form flesh, as if extending his skeleton out of his own body. It burnt it hurt. Everything was so sensitive, and he was in agony as the protrusions solidified into place. The blood that dripped down his face and arms pooled onto the ground and sank into it like every other time. He’s panting as Stracciatella lifted him to his feet. [break][break]


Mint swallowed watching breath come out of him in small cloud, Frost gathered around his sleeves and his shoes. His fingers were slightly webbed, and the nails had elongated slightly, coated with thick ice that ended in sharp points. Despite how disorienting it all was, he at least didn’t feel dizzy. As he wiggled his fingers, testing them despite barely recognizing them, a small sphere of glowing colorful light began to bob and float in the palm of his hand.


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+ giona ferrara prince garrido @rayne | Lapras | hydration | hydro pump, ice beam, confuse ray, sing, rain dance, body slam [break][break]

tl;dr
talking to giona, prince, and rayne in that order [break]
watching people transform, thinks its sick and twisted ( and also cool ) [break]
bandwagoning into sokka vc: water tribe [break]
body horror time i have yearned for u even if its only a tiny bit.... [break]
bard mint time. feeling good, feeling fresh, practically gliding back to his friends [break]

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Truthfully speaking, there was something about the scenery around them that struck a chord with him.[break]
Rightfully so, he found out, as everything else began to progress in the way that it did.[break][break]

Having been near enough to note the changes of the little one, altogether, a sense of surprise and concern briefly overtook him as the aforementioned child seemed to waver faintly; his brows raising slightly at the sight of her falter, and although he, himself, hadn’t extended a hand like his companion had, his lips pressed faintly as he witnessed what he did. As the ever vigilant anomaly by his side merely ignited within another burst of energy, its trainer sought to gaze between the girl, and then the woman, and then between the shrines of which they’d interacted with, prior.[break][break]

He’d only managed to think to himself for a moment before the assumptions he’d made in silence were nothing less than confirmed. Instinctively, he crouched alongside her with a narrow of the eyes and placed a hand upon her shoulder, watching her and her condition as she seemed to find herself winded, as well, even if momentarily. ”Not entirely sure, myself,” he murmured, side eying the newfound attributes gracing her form, ”but by the look of it, it’s got something to do with the shrines...”[break][break]

And then came another bout of silence. Another bout of thought. His eyes remained upon her for several moments more (all for the sake of continuously ascertaining her condition, and although a quick glance towards her and those around them only proved to spawn questions within his mind, he was at least relieved to see her expression soften and relax just as quickly as it had strained), but before long, he slowly rose to his own feet, once more. Passing by those that seemed to extend their own offerings as a means of reference, he stopped for a moment to survey the nearby shrines before idly settling his attention upon that of the west.[break][break]

He shifted his attention towards the others yet another time, noting the sort of gifts and sights beheld of them.[break][break]

Questionable as it is, it could be pretty useful… he mused to himself with brows furrowing as he directed his gaze towards the offering bowl, once more. After some pondering, he inhaled deeply and closed his eyes, lifting a hand to his lips. Might fuck me over. Might help me live. It’s really a gamble, but may as well…[break][break]

With just a moment to brace himself, he took the more supple amount of flesh upon his thumb between his teeth; a grimace briefly settling upon his face as he bit down. Soon enough, the taste of dull iron filled his senses loosely, and before it could flood them, altogether, he opened his eyes before stretching his hand towards the bowl, watching a small, yet steadier flow of crimson join the prior offerings placed within.[break][break]

He watched it, following the fact. He braced himself. As the his draconian companion seemed to catch up with him, he glanced towards the side briefly to acknowledge it while waiting, and although the effects hadn’t harbored him immediately, it had only taken a number of paces’ worth of time back towards the woman he’d arrived with for him to feel a discomfort within his body. A worried, gurgled roar sounded from the genetic anomaly by him as he found himself falling to a knee; widening his eyes slightly at the sudden sensation burning within his chest as he shut his eyes once more. The feeling of foreign structures raising from his skin, however, were noted by him immediately. A weight of bluish, fin-like structures upon his forearms sprouting. The weight behind him rendering him faintly imbalance as a scaled, finned tail seemed to manifest from his body at a gradual rate.[break][break]

A low, hissing sigh sounded under his breath as he felt other, incoming features continue to settle upon him.[break][break]

Yeaaaah… Shoulda figured it’d be painful… he thought wryly to himself, taking a deep breath as the Dracovish by him only seemed to fret more and more. Not as bad as I thought it’d be, but fuck me, I guess…[break][break]

@geomancy

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dracovish used dragon dance // attack/speed up x3[break]
expresses brief worry over mielle and Eris Halla [break]
ends up examining the west shrine and makes a blood sacrifice[break]
currently in the process of gaining attributes akin to a garchomp[break]

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lucario's senses fill with the information of the tooth, investigating its large, hollow canal-like tube inside. there's something inside; not living per-say, but definitely has remnants of life, or biological energy signatures. his face twists, maw curving up into one of caution and confusion, fangs gleam beneath an artificial sunlight.
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when he pulls away, xen turns towards king.
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"what is it?" king, still in a crouching position, pushes himself to his feet. his lucario holds out his palm, and king grasps it, as a feeling transmits between the two. it's uncertain, vague, but there's a deeply rooted sense of confusion, and anxiety. something feels off. king's brow furrows, and he releases the grip, "extend yer senses to as far as they can go and tell me if ye feel anything else 'ere."
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lucario nods, then does as his trainer commands, EXPANDING HIS AURA SENSE TO ENCOMPASS 1 KM. if there was anything else out here to DETECT - he'd find it.
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then, the weird shit begins to happen.
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"the fuck?" was all he could get out, turning to face the new members of the twitter furry fandom. his face pulls and twists into disgust as the flesh is made anew, and he takes an involuntary step back. he spares a look at theo, recognizing the man had at least been sane enough to not undergo a similar transformation.
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"the fuck did i sign up fer?"

[attr="class","ooc"]THEO BECKETT | Lulu Flint | Remi Cassel [break][break]

⊕ Lucario shares a vague sense of what he discovered in the tooth, making himself and King uneasy.[break]
⊕ Lucario EXPANDS his AURA SENSE to DETECT anything within' 1 KM/half a mile. Looking for signs of life, anything strange or threatening, etc. [break]
⊕ King looks at the new rocket furries and is like 'wtf', and decides NOT TO TRANSFORM himself.[break]
NNvRLWfs[break]

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