Dizziness clouds her thought briefly as she recoils from smashing into the wall. She rubs her temple but ultimately follows the rest of the group through the portal. Walsh's display of empathy or self-sacrifice is noble, but she really doesn't put much thought to it. They have a job to do, one that he had set upon them. There was no time to hang back and try to stop him, or encourage him to survive, or anything.

It was time to move.

On the other side, they are met with sharp fangs the size of her body twice over and a thick wall of smoke. She only catches a slight glimpse of the Pokemon trapped beneath a gigantic snake. It doesn't ring any bells immediately, but seeing as the rest of her party is overwhelmed with emotion at the sight and willing to fight tooth and nail, clearly its important.

One person in particular literally launches himself full-tilt at the Pokemon. Bizarre, but alright. Some people had balls of steel, I guess. Whatever the case, she is prompted to do something as well because someone is shouting at them all to. But frankly, she isn't sure what the fuck they're supposed to do. This was a titan, a Pokemon larger than anything she had ever seen.

They had a very good chance of dying here, and no one seemed too phased by that.

"Well, nice knowing you all."

She gestures to her Krookodile to follow her and, together, they utilize their ground-type specialty to charge in. Krookodile replicates the EARTHQUAKE, rumbling the earth beneath the snake. Remi concentrates, reaching within herself to conjure a SAND TOMB. Hopefully, in spite of the smokescreen around them, she could whip up some vicious winds to harm that Seviper.

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notes:
- not convinced fighting the giant snake is appropriate
- does what she's told anyway though bc lets just kill a snake
- krookodile uses EARTHQUAKE against the seviper
- remi uses SAND TOMB against the seviper

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"good job, team!"

and on they go through the portal.

he blinks, taking in the sight.

...if the large seviper is powerful enough to overpower a legendary such as xerneas, should rocket not reprioritize their objectives? would the legendary-killing, large seviper not be the better tool to acquire?

before he has a chance to voice his opinion, however, everyone springs to action. as expected from some of rocket's finest.

theo waits, watching everyone else before finally giving a command to his trusty sableye.

"try it again."

and off sableye goes as it attempts to ALLY SWITCH itself with XERNEAS.

NOTES
- sableye using ALLY SWITCH on XERNEAS

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at the explosion, her attention was torn away to see the corpse—and her dog, waddling in reverse and doing his best to drag a giant foot along with him. a pokéball was raised to return the mega houndoom, knowing it would be too distracted at this point to do anything else.

suddenly, the barrier she had been pressing on was gone. she fell forward in the air, and looked up to catch the sight of the tail as it disappeared. before there was any time to follow it, however, the rillaboom came to life, attacking.

”great.”

a vine slammed into someone, and out came their boss, finally. she glared suspiciously, but eyes widened when shadow took form and clashed with another vine. it had always been clear that walsh possessed other, greater powers than she… but this? what else could he do?

would he live long enough for her to ask him?

curiosity and orders pulled her away, and through the portal then went. then, everyone together again—facing a giant seviper.

”holy shit.” and xerneas?

lulu seconded both Remi Cassel and THEO BECKETT ’s thoughts, to some degree, though she said nothing, either. they were not going to live—and if by some chance they did, she wanted some kind of information on this thing.

a pokéball was drawn—porygon-2.

”CONVERSION 2,” she ordered, pointing to the snake. a transmitter was aimed, reading it and changing the porygon’s typing. if they made it, she’d go over its code later.

meanwhile, psychic energy that had been accumulating under the stress surged in her mental, EXTRASENSORY waves glowing from her many-eyed head. darkrai re-appeared above in suspicious walsh-like fashion, spheres of DARK VOID hurled down at the monster.

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TLDR:
* mega houndoom distracted by foot, returned
* wonders about walsh's avatar powers / their differences
* enters portal with others
* notes the big snake, releases porygon-2
* porygon-2 uses CONVERSION 2 in hopes to gain retainable data on seviper
* lulu uses EXTRASENSORY on seviper
* darkrai appears, uses DARK VOID on seviper
* used four salacs, keeping 59 lol

@geomancy

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He landed with a low, airy grunt; his knees buckling faintly upon impact and return to the grounds beneath him, though he caught himself with a hand firmly planted down in order to keep him up following his strike. With a sharp, yet deepened inhale and exhale, his head turned immediately within the midst of the dust he’d kicked up as a result of his hit, quickly scanning the area and instinctively leaning back in light of the second strike towards the then-passed Rillaboom from another Rocket member, by the look of it, which had only been followed by several more by neighboring members, as well. Seeing the chaos ensue, he glanced around for his companion, and - after locating it as it waited upon mielle to make a move - he sprinted over swiftly, darting around whatever may have stood between him and them to the best of his ability prior to using the momentum to leap. Reaching out, he firmly grasped his Pokemon’s shoulder before swinging his way up and onto its back again, glancing over his shoulder towards the woman.[break][break]

”Come, now,” he called down to her, his lips tugging into a faint grin as he kept a hand hooked upon the beast’s shoulder. Securing his feet upon its scales, he then allowed himself to swing back as he held on, offering the remaining arm towards her and grasping her forearm alongside his in order to pull her with him. ”We’ve still got places to be, after all,” he added, ”so we’d best make haste, no~?”[break][break]

More waiting, but only long enough to allow her the time to secure herself. Following that, he tapped the Dracovish’s shoulder once more, speaking some foreign tongued to it and prompting another surge of energy to envelop it before it began dashing forward, bringing them along it. Still standing upon its back, he held on as he leaned forward, his eyes narrowing as they approached the portal before briefly adjusting to the darkness from the warp, and then the brightness from their newfound surroundings. His brows furrowed instinctively at the change of scenery, but upon noting the creatures before him (as well as the sudden height that they were thrust upon, seeing the edge of the area), his eyes narrowed, and his jaw dropped slightly.[break][break]

He thought. He debated. As the smoke rapidly flooded their way, he even instinctively pulled an arm up to brace himself (a gesture he found to be ultimately moot as the air around them seemed to remain as fresh and breathable as ever), but before long could pass he knocked his knuckles against his companion’s shoulder in rapid, yet gentle concession before opening his hand and tapping it against the drake’s head.[break][break]

”...Dragon Dance again, Amore,” he said sharply before pointing outward. ”Closer. Get us closer to it! Quick!”[break][break]

Although it took a small while, the energies surrounding the finned beast seemed to gradually flare brighter to life, and in light of the command, it gave another, grander screech as it sought to increase its power even more. With the newfound boost, it sped across the rather odd field set out before them in a burst that would’ve seemed otherwise awkward for a creature of its stature to embark upon.[break][break]

All the while, Dante leaned forward to further secure himself as they ran along, and as if a reflection of the tenseness within him as they neared, the finned tail behind him curled before lashing; the gesture in itself seemingly summoning a small cloud of dust and sand within its wake. It grew larger and more violent, and he held it down as best as he could to keep it manageable before lashing his tail - and with it, the dust storm - forward and towards the Seviper in the form of a Sand Tomb. Within the wake of it all, his Unown seemed fit to flutter behind him with the utmost erraticness- although at the sight of one and more of its kind seemingly getting to work on what seemed to be an escape route, it blinked at its trainer a few times before flying over to aid with the endeavor.[break][break]

@geomancy

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--dracovish uses dragon dance (atk/spd x5) and runs towards the seviper[break]
--dante (def x2) uses sand tomb on the seviper[break]
--unown breaks off to join Martín del Mar 's unown in the portal construction effort[break][break][break]

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The HEADLESS RILLABOOM's captives are freed through a cacophony of violence. His Shadow Dragapult deals the finishing blows before flying upwards to avoid the explosion of ape flesh that follows. Remiel looks back down to assess the situation afterward, and maintain a mental roll call before they all move ahead as a unit.

* * *

Akin to the world-serpent of lore, Jörmungandr, a GIANT SEVIPER awaited them at the top of the massive tree. The sight of it laying there, draining XERNEAS greedily as it fidgeted, was certainly jarring. But that initial shock did not curdle into fear on Remiel's part.

Even past the stony frame of his headpiece, mutated eyes sparkled with awe and wonder at the sight. The implications this could have for archaeology, for human history, were many. And, if they were going to face a world-eater and save a god, then surely they were expected to give it everything they got.

So he unlocks a customized black ball from his belt with a spark from his fingers, the indented grooves upon it glowing plasma green as something within awakens. He casts it forward a second later, summoning SHINY ZEKROM in an electrifying roar of light:

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If the giant Seviper was Jörmungandr, then Remiel supposed Zekrom was ODINSON.

Smoothly sliding off Faust's back, the prince lands atop Odinson's back before recalling his Shadow Dragapult into its reinforced ball. He summons his SMEARGLE, PATUCELLO, afterwards to join him. The fuzzy little artist takes a moment to gain his bearings before his master makes an order he's about to be incapable of fulfilling himself.

"Sketch the scene. I want a fine record of everything that happens. And you two," He adds, shifting his eyes towards the UNOWN-H and UNOWN-X that had followed him in. Having overheard Martín del Mar 's command, he points them in the other admin's direction. "Go assist Del Mar's Unown." The cyclopean beings chime before flying off to do just so.

In tandem, Zekrom and the royal focus on their target with steely glares as they soar closer, watching as the others pelt the monstrous beast with attacks. A draconic aura surrounds the black dragon in the meantime (DRAGON DANCE), while its armored rider casts a spell on the giant Seviper that he hopes will serve in weakening its defenses (GUARD SPLIT).

Meanwhile, Patucello the Smeargle does as he was told, sketching the scene and all the subjects therein. This happens to include Lulu Flint's DARKRAI, and the DARK VOID it spawns just ahead (SKETCH).

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TL;DR:

— After advancing, Remiel summons SHINY ZEKROM
— Remiel boards SHINY ZEKROM before swapping SHADOW DRAGAPULT with SMEARGLE
— Remiel orders his UNOWN-H and UNOWN-X to assist Martín del Mar 's Unown in an effort to open a getaway portal

⚡ SHINY ZEKROM enhances its SPEED and ATTACK with DRAGON DANCE
♔ Riding Zekrom, Remiel attempts to afflict the GIANT SEVIPER with a GUARD SPLIT to weaken its defenses
◓ SMEARGLE makes a SKETCH of Darkrai's DARK VOID in the meantime

GEOMANCY + Martín del Mar

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with the monkey downed, there's a need to rush into the portal before they resurface.[break][break]

in the blink of an eye, she finds herself tugged closer to a larger body, and she's seated upon the large, dragon pokemon with Dante Telos holding her steady. so she takes the offer, smiling as she clings onto the dracovish that has the trainers' weights upon him. the vespiquen follows suit, quick to buzz and make way through. "indeed," she starts, a smile tugging at her lips in spite of the situation "the sooner i can return home and wash off this dirt, the better." [break][break]

there, she glances up to find an overbearing snake, glaring a the group with a deer-like pokemon at the mercy of its poisonous fangs. the blonde woman gasps softly, hands over her mouth as she witnesses the painful scene. it must hurt. [break][break]

when the seviper launches a smokescreen at the group, she braces herself with her arms as the reunited groups combine efforts to fend off the suffocating, putrid air - only for mielle's green bits of leaf to begin glowing a soft, warming green as the air seemed to grow all the clearer around her, pushing away the pollution around her to release a small area of clean air. her eyes widen as her arms lower, and she watches as the darkened air is taken into her body in small amounts, and is released into the air as purified air. it makes breathing at this altitude a bit easier, she finds. [break][break]

which is good, because there's something about the beautiful pokemon. she has trouble taking her eyes off it. [break][break]

until the sharp words of dante commanding his pokemon is heard, and she immediately snaps back to reality. she's settled herself between the trainer and the pokemon, thus when his tail begins to lash, she immediately tucks herself in, closer, between the dragon and the dragon man. [break][break]

"Reine!" she calls to the vespiquen in the rush, who buzzes not too far from behind her. "HEAL ORDER on the stag! Now!" her hand clings to the dracovish, whose speed picks up as they approach the colossal snake. she clasps her hands together, shutting her eyes, and praying that the faint light that surrounds her body is able to turn into a WISH that soars into the sky, meant to heal the XERNEAS still in the seviper's grasp.

@geomancy

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mielle mounts Dante Telos's DRACOVISH and she's hanging on for dear life as VESPIQUEN follows not far behind[break]
booking it to the tree of life :dorime:[break]
she sees xerneas getting eaten by a seviper and she's going :nowhy:[break]
why yes, mielle is photosynthesizing and clearing the air around herself and dante[break]
bad air and altitude got NOTHING ON ME YOU HEAR ME SHIV[break]
no i'm kidding don't hurt me[break]
vespiquen uses HEAL ORDER on XERNEAS, hoping the combee can also irritate the seviper[break]
mielle uses WISH to heal the XERNEAS as she gets closer[break]
:juice:

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