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CYBERCHASE CONUNDRUM (EVENT)
POSTED ON Aug 22, 2022 3:14:25 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","omgen"] [attr="class","omgentop"]CYBERCHASE CONUNDRUM  [attr="class","omgenmid"] ICLY SET IN MID-JULY DEATH-ENABLED RAID EVENT [player]https://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_rgzy5ps7In1yrg70yo1.mp3[/player] [break] 🎼 NEW THEME SONG - "Weakness" by Yuki Hayashi, Pokemon Journeys OST TERMINAL 4: PAST
Aaron Toral Amor Rose Eva Morales Cillian Quinn Hideo Kino klaus anchoret Leonidas Stone MARISOL SIMONE Martín del Mar Remiel Calcifet Elisabeth Fiorelli Thomas Benoit Gwyar Wledig BARNABY FINCH luka chêne
THE CELESTIAL EGGS continue to shake. With every quiver and quake, surges of energy cascade across the ground.[break][break]
 Hideo Kino's BEHEEYEM links with nearby companions, allowing the blind trainer with a sensory understanding of the chaos. He runs toward Gwyar Wledig, leaping over rippling waves and evading beams of HIDDEN POWER. The INTERPOL OFFICER deflects HIDDEN POWERS with his AEGISLASH, rallying the child to his location before they meet in a swift union of steel and psychic.[break][break]
Others are not so lucky. As hostile UNOWN swarm about like clouds of creation, their HIDDEN POWER ATTACKS manage to strike klaus anchoret's LITWICK. Valiantly, the candle Pokemon protects its trainer from several shots before succumbing to a strike from an unseen angle. With a cry, it fizzles into blocks of DELETED DATA. Cillian Quinn's SHADOW CRYOGONAL protects klaus anchoret from subsequent deletion as well with a BANEFUL BUNKER. Cold air wafts from its shape; however, a HIDDEN POWER manages to strike it too, causing its shadowy snowflake form to DELETE ITSELF pixel by pixel.[break][break]
Another swarm of UNOWN surges toward the other trainers. Leonidas Stone, after noting a possible answer, commands his NOIVERN to HURRICANE the glyph-cloud. At full force, their black key-like bodies are caught in the winds, allowing Aaron Toral to land an explosive SHADOW BALL. Nearby, MARISOL SIMONE's CURSOLA reflects a beam with MIRROR COAT— but in the resulting spectacle of light, a sneaky UNOWN manages to DELETE the ghost-type coral.[break][break]
luka chêne's MUSHARNA trumpets a HYDRO PUMP at the swarm too, scattering several into space. A stray shot is fired from the thrown enemies, but she is swiftly protected by Remiel Calcifet's AEGISLASH and its KING'S SHIELD. Others seek shelter under that steely bulwark. A wave of energy pulses before its segment is nullified by the blade's barricade.[break][break]
While Amor Rose's SCEPTILE runs across the field with its trainer in its arms, Thomas Benoit summons his MELTAN. The small Pokemon cries defiantly as a branching THUNDER SHOCK manages to deflect many HIDDEN POWERS.[break][break]
The scattered UNOWN manage to reconvene. As the group rushes toward the terminal, fingers ready to type their guesses, Amor Rose's SCEPTILE's FOOT is clipped by an incoming egg-wave. The Pokemon valiantly tosses its owner over the hurdle, helping him land next by the machine. Should the man look back, he would see his SCEPTILE reach for him, claw extended before the lizard fades away in DELETION.[break][break]
Everyone attempts to type in their answers. Fingers rush across digital keys, their flat surfaces reflecting underneath, the MYSTRI STAGE PATTERNS.[break][break]
 At the terminal, Elisabeth Fiorelli's GOODRA PROTECTS Martín del Mar from incoming HIDDEN POWERS. Beams deflect and scorch the stage beneath them. Before others can strike the terminal-typers from uncovered angles, Eva Morales's seasoned GALLADE uses Z-MOVE: SANCTUARY. A protective dome rises above and around the terminal, hands slamming against the barricade fruitlessly as the party races against the clock.[break][break]
Thanks to her efforts, the typing is able to conclude. Remiel Calcifet and luka chêne type in MAGIKARP, but they receive a glaring red error message in response. Meanwhile, MARISOL SIMONE, Thomas Benoit, Aaron Toral, Gwyar Wledig and Martín del Mar frantically type in MAGMAR as Cillian Quinn watches.[break][break]
Around them, the searing howls of deflected and missed HIDDEN POWERS sound around them and finally, the terminal's decrypted. MAGMAR is the correct answer and the machine accepts it. Relief bathes over everyone as the attacks halt. The simulation ends.[break][break]
However, this resolution is not without casualty. BARNABY FINCH crumples to the ground, his shoulder and chest shot through.[break][break]
As the simulation dissipates into the familiar digital blue-hued blocks, they witness the eggs "hatching." A brilliant glow consumes each sphere, revealing the twisted forms of old ancient creatures. Two grotesque, eccentric steeds emerge. One in blue. The other in pink. Next, the banished child emerges, unfurling its tendrils like fiendish wings. The last child is one of skeletal form, almost malnourished looking but with the noble form of some draconic shape...[break][break]
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Before they see you, the simulation ends completely.[break][break]
And when Martín del Mar's UNOWN returns to feed its trainer the information it has gathered. Martín del Mar is sent into shock. In his thoughts, he sees more words. More terms. They flood his body like the blood in his veins. In the process, he sees all that has been deleted thus far. Parts of people. Pokemon. Their memories. Their thoughts and emotions. Nothing too revealing, however, nothing that can identify others, for the whole experience is an excruciating, overwhelming sensation that almost makes his eyes bleed. It's as if his body has downloaded the code itself..
TERMINAL 5: PRESENT
Andrea Vaneau angelo vestri Elaine Highland kyle lopez Lulu Flint Melody Miro nagi miwa Rowan Wrynn skyler dross MATIAS SILPH Kaida Adachi Eris Halla oscar clayton Isaac Merlo PENELOPE LIVY Raziel Beckett
 THE 1000 HANDS OF ARCEUS descend upon the party, plunging through the space as if grasping for treasure in a sea. UNOWN scatter around their fingers and wrists like sea-bubbles. Their frenetic pupils fidget and scan possible targets as if they were acting as the hands' eyes.[break][break]
The deafening roars of DIALGA and PALKIA shake the realm around them. As everyone attempts to reach the terminal to place their answers, they are assaulted on all sides.[break][break]
Melody Miro calls out her LAPRAS and as instructed, it PROTECTS against HIDDEN POWERS. However, a HAND snatches her from her feet. The fingers squeeze her waist, but Rowan Wrynn's GRENINJA is quick to her rescue. WATER SHURIKENS strike against the fingers, loosening the hold for Melody Miro to escape. In the process, her LAPRAS is taken and squeezed by another hand, the siren obliterated into many DELETED pixels.[break][break]
skyler dross attempts to reach the terminal without folly. Within the PHANTOM FORCE, she and angelo vestri rush through the floor- but the UNOWN are many. And with their all-knowing eyes, they fire a HIDDEN POWER that DELETES the DHELMISE mid-warp. The NAUTICA owners are launched from the ghostly teleport, in front of the terminal.[break][break]
 Elaine Highland carries Violet Fairbanks bravely through the battle zone. Her LUXRAY erects a circular dome of ELECTRIC DISCHARGE around them. As Violet Fairbanks's ZARUDE follows, they dash toward the terminal; however, several UNOWN manage to breach the LUXRAY'S DEFENSES after whittling its electric shield down. The LUXRAY buys them enough time to reach the safety of angelo vestri's RIBOMBEE'S LIGHT SCREEN, but the lion is DELETED with a pained, sorrowful cry.[break][break]
Lulu Flint holds her PORYGON close. With her own abilities, she manages to evade hand and UNOWN despite several close calls. Like mint frost's own device, her PORYGON will only be able to record distorted, corrupted audio.[break][break]
However, anyone who hears these recordings would realize they are hearing something otherworldly. Horrifying. Incomprehensible.[break][break]
Nearby, Andrea Vaneau's KANGASKHAN MEGA EVOLVES. Its child leaps from its pouch, and the two MEGA PUNCH a giant hand away before it can snatch them. She too, tucks into the LIGHT SCREENS erected by angelo vestri.[break][break]
As kyle lopez runs toward the terminal with his SMEARGLE, hands and beams smash and collide around him. Raziel Beckett's ZARUDE's GRASSY TERRAIN spreads underneath his feet. As the two continue to run, MATIAS SILPH's HURRICANE clears the skies with his CHARIZARD. A HURRICANE nullifies several HIDDEN POWERS as nagi miwa's GALARIAN MR. MIME MIMICS the ROAR OF TIME. Successfully, they reach the terminal, narrowly dodging deletion.[break][break]
The ROAR OF TIME strikes an incoming HAND away, its fingers curling back. However, they are countless. Relentless. A HAND balls itself into a fist and SMASHES the GALARIAN MR. MIME into DELETED PARTICULATE as PENELOPE LIVY and MATIAS SILPH witness. PENELOPE LIVY's GARCHOMP manages to TWISTER the murderous hand and other UNOWN away; however, another hand lunges for her body. Her GARCHOMP takes the blow for her, fingers wrapping around its draconic form before it is squeezed into DELETION.[break][break]
Isaac Merlo also joins those at the terminal. His AGGRON is mighty, PROTECTing its trainer against knuckle and eye. He witnesses oscar clayton being LAUNCHED BY HIS URSHIFU. The man who has forgotten how to walk flies through the violence.[break][break]
In the air, he manages to weave in between the gaps of several HANDS' FINGERS before they clutch him. He soars through the lasers with supreme speed and precision before landing dramatically against the terminal.[break][break]
His MEGA EVOLVED URSHIFU follows behind him. A SUCKER PUNCH smashes several UNOWN into sporadic spirals.[break][break]
As most reach the terminal, Eris Halla finds herself in grave danger. Her LUXRAY's SPRINGTIDE STORM attempts to free the simulated DRAGONS, but only attracts the ire of the HANDS. They lunge for her, attempting to crush, squeeze and flatten her form, but Locke Jamison's PROBOPASS launches into action.[break][break]
 A Z-MOVE: SANCTUARY (Alexandra Briarwood) forms around Locke Jamison and Eris Halla. The powerful barrier shudders as the hands continue to clobber the barricade, subsequently saving Eris Halla.[break][break]
However, the barrier will not hold long. Some place their trust in kyle lopez's answer. Others decipher it on their own. Frantically, kyle lopez, Melody Miro, Elaine Highland, skyler dross, Isaac Merlo, and oscar clayton type their answers in.[break][break]
And DONPHAN is the correct answer indeed. The puzzle reforms itself to reveal the image of the Pokemon before fading.[break][break]
The deafening bang of slamming fists leaves Locke Jamison and Eris Halla's ears. The simulation begins to fade. However, the scene around them does not disappear until they witness the dimensional network changing. As the SIMULATED DIALGA & PALKIA struggle, the people in this terminal would see flashes of new landscapes in between the webbing of dimensions. New worlds. Ultra Space fills in the spaces of each widening dimension: the intermediary layer.[break][break]
Those who leave this terminal come away with an understanding of the dimensional make-up of this world. Space-time has knotted itself into a complex shape. Pretzel-like. Doughnut-like. Web and bubble-like. The extra connectivity between each face and shape has forged tunnels. Ultra Wormholes between far-flung locales and destinations- but this layer can not be accessed anymore... for now.[break][break]
The DIALGA & PALKIA are restrained once more. The ULTRA SPACE layer flattens again.
TERMINAL 6
annalise henderson Callan Young DEREK HOFFMAN Greyson Connors Guillermo Marceliño jayden cross Johanna Joy Josh Devlin mint frost @tobias FERNANDO SILPH Katherine Fairburne jayden cross Lethe Ascelin @aries illeana reyes Yvaine Varron Alexei Ivanov Kaida Adachi
TERMINAL SIX MAY BE THE MOST DANGEROUS. At the end of all times, JUDGEMENT is made.[break][break]
As flames fall from the ashen heavens, the source of which is unknown, many struggle through the quagmire of devastation to reach the terminal.[break][break]
mint frost attempts to keep the composure of his companions. However, some are less willing to receive his comforts. jayden cross and annalise henderson ask their DOUBLADE & CHESNAUGHT to SHIELD THEM from the incoming balls of flame. For awhile, they do the trick. Valiantly, they deflect attack and collateral debris- but ultimately, the two POKEMON are JUDGED. They cry for their trainers as they are DELETED. jayden cross is now left with a moveless, ability-less DITTO— but perhaps, it will be immune to future scans...[break][break]
Josh Devlin, in the thralls of emotions, rushes alongside them. However, his MANECTRIC saves him just in time as a SPEAR OF LIGHT impales it. Its limp form disintegrates into DELETING PIXELS.[break][break]
 Others fall too. They add to the trophy wall left by the end of days. A horrified Lethe Ascelin and their KINGLER PROTECT their forgetful friend, @aries. The KINGLER leaps to block another falling flame and is disintegrated into a deleted spattering of blocks.[break][break]
In a world where all powers have failed, Alexei Ivanov's FEATHERS fail too. Gales blow against the meteor at full force, but the rays blast through. His SALEMENCE soars forth to protect its trainer, Kaida Adachi and Guillermo Marceliño. The PROTECT manages to stave off a ray before it is struck with another.[break][break]
Another fiery pink beam slams into Guillermo Marceliño's GALARIAN RAPIDASH. With a shriek, the horse buckles and falls. The pastel mane begins to fade like the blue scales of its ally dragon as the two Pokemon are DELETED.[break][break]
Others fare better. Whether it is by skill or luck or a mixture of both is unknown in this desolate landscape. illeana reyes remains close to FERNANDO SILPH. Her SALEMENCE roars, PROTECTING against incoming beams as FERNANDO SILPH's ZYGARDE DRAGON PULSES the approaching balls of ruin. Upon impact, they explode spectacularly; however, before another meteor can strike FERNANDO SILPH, DEREK HOFFMAN swings in with his METAGROSS. Aiming to make Petalburg proud, he and his steel behemoth defend against the apocalypse. A LIGHT OF RUIN protects him and illeana reyes from certain injury.[break][break]
Katherine Fairburne is accustomed to the tragedies around her. Steeled by the DATA LOSS, she reaches the terminal on her own terms. Her NIHILEGO PROTECTS her as she makes her way, the ULTRA BEAST a haunting sight to behold as it hovers across the graveyard turned Hoenn.[break][break]
 Callan Young's GRENINJA forms a MAT BLOCK of gore. Flesh and bone erect themselves above the terminal, while Johanna Joy just manages to tuck herself under. A MAT BLOCK protects against one meteor before disintegrating- but Greyson Connors's ferocious plea accompanies his COMFEY'S Z-MOVE: HOSPITALITY. Replacing the flesh, a gorgeous protective dome protects everyone within.[break][break]
Underneath, Johanna Joy's BLASTOISE survives. @tobias too, after having dodged many a meteor of energy. Next, Yvaine Varron, after an impressive blitzkrieg across the war torn path, manages to sneak under too for protection, her speedy ZOROARK instrumental in bringing her to safety after she dodges several explosive impacts.[break][break]
Afterward, the COMFEY FAINTS after giving its trainer one tired, yet content smile.[break][break]
The sky tolls death. Another wave of JUDGEMENT descends upon the world. Surely, no one will survive this. Although Josh Devlin's answer returns with a red error code, Katherine Fairburne, annalise henderson, illeana reyes, Johanna Joy, and DEREK HOFFMAN input the correct submission: KLEFKI.[break][break]
As the heat of the simulated JUDGEMENT nears, the terminal recognizes their answers. Around them, the simulation dissipates. The skyborne assault disappears— and before the whole scene is rendered away, they hear a BIG BANG.
THE MAIN TERMINAL
AND AS BEFORE, everyone returns to the main terminal by way of data recollection. They surge through the path and reemerge, rematerializing like reconstructed Lego buildings. With the final three terminals activated, the main terminal whirs to life. The circular platform they stand on, glowing bright.[break][break]
A digital window expands above the terminal. The figure greets you with a smile, eyes sincere or cunning beneath their spectacles.[break][break]
"CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'VE DONE IT! NOW, DATA TRANSFER WILL BE INITIATED. DATA TRANSFER BACK HOME. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. LEARNED AS MUCH AS I HAVE..."[break][break]
As PORYGON fly around, their beaks pointed toward the party, the CUL-DE-SAC lifts. The platform begins to shoot upward, presumably back to the MIRAGE ISLAND or HOENN SEA. Everyone stumbles alongside their Pokemon. The sudden ascent induces hair-raising sensations of vertigo.[break][break]
However, an alarming synthesized voice alerts them to a dreadful update:
Around the terminal and near the circular platform's edges, AT LEAST 10 SPOTS glow with the familiar light of a scan. Again, a window expands to reveal their captor's face.[break][break]
 "OH, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. ALTHOUGH I HAVE DEFECTED FROM THE DARK TRIAD, I STILL WANT TO PLAY IN THEIR GAMES FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. HAVING YOU ALL SURVIVE WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD FOR ME, YES? AS IT STANDS, THERE ARE TOO MANY OF YOU TO TRANSFER TO THE REAL WORLD ALL AT ONCE. THE CLOUD CAN NOT HANDLE IT." He laughs in blue.[break][break]
"AT LEAST TEN OF YOU WILL NEED TO REMAIN HERE TO BE DELETED. I AM SORRY. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELVES AND YOUR HOENN. WE WILL MEET AGAIN. GOOD BYE FOR NOW."[break][break]
And the window minimizes away. The platform begins to teeter. PORYGON fly toward them, firing their TRI-ATTACKS due to the platform's deceleration. Even worse, the party can hear the voices of their DOPPELGANGERS...[break][break]
In the ILLUMINATED SPOTS, should one peer at them, they would see their doppelgangers eager to seize them once and for all. To delete one's self would mean condemning one's self to death. To delete one's self would mean saving the others and perhaps, Hoenn itself.[break][break]
As BARNABY FINCH recovers, Martín del Mar continues to feel pangs of pain in the depths of his heart and the recesses of his mind. His non-levitating UNOWN tends to him, or is it alerting him to something? As if he's on the cusp of discovery. Of realizing something... more.
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- please include a TL;DR (too long; didn't read) note summarizing your important actions.
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- you may POST MULTIPLE TIMES.
Do note, there are almost 50 CHARACTERS participating in this event. Moderator posts may not be able to reference every single character or go into specific detail at times due to the sheer work needed.[break][break]
NOTE: as long as ONE ANSWER INPUT by a character is CORRECT, a riddle will be considered solved.
DEADLINE AUGUST 25TH - 11:59PM PST
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