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It was another hole.[break][break]

Bailey Cooper disengaged from her motorcycle as the chaos began to unfold—her eyes staring up at the sky, watching as the wormhole swirled in the sky, and knew what was to come. She remembered the creature she had battled in the basement of the Space Center. She knew that the portal lead to places where strange creatures dwelt.[break][break]

She got out her cellphone and began to dial, demanding backup as she ran through the streets of Mossdeep. People were screaming and running for their lives. Others were standing on the rooftops, taking photos and recording this strange phenomenon from a distance that they presumed to be safe. [break][break]

“Send units! Something fucked is going on! There's space pokemon falling from the sky! Get your asses out here—” and that was when she heard laughing on the other line. “I'm being fucking serious! Weird beast things! You need to get backup—” and Bailey almost tripped as she stumbled across broken concrete, wondering why a long groove was now in the middle of the street.[break][break]

Her eyes followed, not listening to the people at the other end of the call as their laughter seemed to change—maybe the news had reached them?[break][break]

But that no longer mattered. There was a loud clatter as her phone slipped from her hand, hitting the concrete and cracking the screen. Her eyes were focused on something else. Something massive. Something that was alive.[break][break]

What the hell was that?[break][break]

She could not avert her eyes from the black, gargantuan mass as it devoured everything in its path. “JUST RUN—!” but the Sergeant was too far back, too far away to intervene as she gazed at the back of this monster as the screams of the children were silenced.[break][break]

Cold, hard, panic.[break][break]

These beasts were stronger than pokemon, but they were not invincible. If Bailey Cooper had seen a legendary die in the depths of the Ruins, then this creature would have to abide by that same rule of nature. It was what kept her moving, it was what made her reach for the pokeball capsule at her waist.[break][break]

Someone had to lead that thing out of the city. “Everyone get back!”[break][break]

Sylveon joined her side. “Moonblast!” The radiant light was concentrated, piercing through the air as it were a hyper beam, aiming for the square of the back of the massive beast.[break][break]

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This creature was different from the other one. When Bailey Cooper thought back to the angelic jellyfish, it lacked the presence that this monster exerted. It could not be combatted—not like this.[break][break]

So she grabbed her Sylveon and ran after the move connected, hoping that the pain would be enough to encourage the beast to head in another direction. “RUN. EVERYONE RUN!”[break][break]

It smelled like something was burning. It reminded her of Slateport.[break][break]

tldr: called for help. sylveon used moonblast. ran for life.

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they'll laugh at Bailey Cooper for now but soon they'll learn; they'll all learn that these creatures are no laughing matter. the fact that she's reached out for reinforcements from the mainland is all the early warning they need. the supplementary livestreams from mossdeep's other residence only compound on this factor. help will find its way to the island—but can she hold up until the three houses arrive?[break][break]

the concentrated MOONBLAST from her sylveon lands straight center on the pokemon's broad back. it seems to be enough to garner the pokemon's attention since it turns around, flailing both appendages wildly as it tries to narrow in at the source. it does, the hollow blue aperture facing her direction.[break][break]

cold. hard. panic.[break][break]

the MOONBLAST had all the makings of a HYPER BEAM but riddled with the energy found in fairy based attacks. so what do you call this?[break][break]
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brief. momentary. just a glimmer of a yellow light flashes from within the pokemon's throat. blink and you'll miss the instant obliteration that comes from the pokemon's HYPER BEAM. but this one expands past anything you've laid eyes on. it puts the regirock's HYPER BEAM to shame. the diameter of the blast is several meters wide, barely missing bailey as she scampers away the moment her attack lands. [break][break]

but the attack doesn't stop. the beam bears into anything that's in its path, cutting through stone, concrete, steel, and any unfortunate flesh that's caught in the crossfire. and then the pokemon starts to shift and the beam follows, cutting through in a horizontal line. [break][break]

the first instance may have missed but the following beam chases after her with an alarming speed as the pokemon rotates. [break][break]

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• Bailey Cooper calls for reinforcements and gets laughed at. her sylveon uses MOONBLAST on the guzzlord's back. she runs away as soon as she sees the attack land.
• the guzzlord turns around and uses HYPER BEAM! the HYPE BEAM obliterates everything in its path, shooting off into the town. the beam continues to fire, turning as the pokemon redirects it toward Bailey Cooper

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The light was blinding.[break][break]

Even if Bailey Cooper managed to avoid death by a sliver of a breath, she can feel the heat that radiated from the beam. She can hear the sound that followed—louder than anything she had ever heard, droning on and on with a deafening shrill that she would never forget, just as buildings were split asunder.[break][break]

Bailey Cooper can hear their collapse. She can hear the wailing. For one moment, she thought back to the hyper beam in the cave with the Regirock—how the eyes of the Legendary had glowed like spotlights as it directed its attack across those rolling, rocky hills that she had hid behind.[break][break]

This was even worse.[break][break]

She ran—in a desperate attempt to redirect this force of nature, she put all of her strength into her legs and fucking moved. Death had nearly taken her. It would not get the same opportunity.[break][break]

The heat of the beam served as a reminder. Her eyes could not look directly into the light, but she could hear the drag as it changed direction—could feel the ground tremble as the beast gave pursuit. “COME ON, YOU FAT FUCK!” She roared, letting her words reverberate as she withdrew her fairy pokemon back to the safety of her capsule.[break][break]

If Bailey Cooper was eviscerated, would it be fast enough for her pokemon to not even feel it?[break][break]

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Her feet failed her—at the curb, the Sergeant tripped and fell into the deep groove that the Ultra Beast had carved through the middle of the street.[break][break]

And the hyper beam and its massive diameter would be launched right over her head—bright, loud, deafening, burning. Her hands slapped to her ears but failed to ease the terror or to stop the attack.[break][break]

There was no way she could stop it. Not on her own.[break][break]

tldr: started running and withdrew sylveon to run better. tripped and fell into the groove in the street that the guzzlord had caused by dragging its fat ass around. she is able to duck under the massive hyper beam by pure, dumb luck.

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the HYPER BEAM fizzles out as it passes over her body. the attack comes to an end and the pokemon no longer sees Bailey Cooper . that's the end of that.[break][break]


it turns around and resumes guzzling down anything within reach. what's left of the building its in starts to crumble as it eats away at the walls and still standing standing upper floors.[break][break]

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• Bailey Cooper runs and falls into a ditch. dumb luck in action.
• the HYPER BEAM misses and the pokemon sees nothing left. it turns back and starts eating what's left of the building it's in.

it takes her a moment to place where she'd seen the phenomenon before; those strange rifts, as if a stage curtain has been drawn back. it was only for a heartbeat, but it was here, in mossdeep where she and lucas observed something similar at the space center.

in hindsight, she can pinpoint it; that exact moment when wonder turns to horror. shaking ground as though a short-lived earthquake, followed by a grinding noise that doesn't cease, and then shrill screams. the creature, the monster, shovels everything it can grasp in its void-mouth, and persephone feels something like hatred.

there is no precept to guide them, this being isn't regulated by any myth familiar to her, but it goes deeper than that; whatever this is, it's not of this world, that much is palpable in the very air. the monster doesn't deserve the reverence she afforded regirock in the ruins.

while the buildings turn to rubble and crumble, while the fleeing civilians push against her in their attempt to escape, persephone can't - won't - run.

her heart doesn't let her.

ducking into an unassuming alley, her hands are steady as she records the gigantic creature feasting on concrete and rubble and sends it through to a handful of league colleagues without wasting any time on adding text communication. by now surely they know, but any supporting evidence could be useful in analysing the invader's weaknesses.

indeed, persephone narrows her eyes as a faint crimson envelopes the pokemon, only to disappear a heartbeat later.

they were scattered and unorganised in the ruins. this time has to be different.

the air leaves her lungs when the HYPER BEAM flickers on - a blast of light accompanied by a horrible chorus of screams cut short, of melting steel beams - and then its over as if it had never taken place. destruction on such a scale, on a mere whim, with barely any telegraph for when it might happen again.

rubble litters escape routes, and persephone gingerly releases a mienfoo. the invading beast is capable of great destruction, but it seems intent on eating more than anything for now. a subtle approach to evacuation might be the best method for now. persephone has no intention of becoming target practice.

why is it eating. it can attack on this scale, why isn't it? not understanding makes it worse.

movement in the groove over which the creature just released its HYPER BEAM catches persephone's eye and her jaw tightens at the realisation that someone fell in. slinking slightly forward against her better judgement, she can make out a familiar silhouette.

careful to be sheltered from the creature's sight, persephone waves her hand to catch the young woman's attention.

"bailey?" persephone hisses so quietly that she herself can barely hear it over the sound of buildings being torn and consumed. two heads are better than one, even if it is them.

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well this wasn't an impressive drive. he could see from afar the aftermath caused by the HYPER BEAM from earlier. "oh dear, this isn't gonna be a pleasant mission." arian had been residing within the back of a limousine.

a hand upheld his chin. dressed within a charcoal colored suit, his attire was all black from head to toe; dress shoes and all. he wore half-palm sized leather gloves. upon the inside of his vest, residing over a gray dress shirt, were the transparent pokeballs of his respective pokemon.

"driver, stop." they were able to see the beast from their position. the road ahead of them was practically tattered. it would be hard for the driver to pass through clutter. "what a mess this is, to think we'd have to deal with those things again. alakazam is still recovering a that..." upon stepping out of the vehicle, an eevee would come plopping out of the car, standing at arian's side.

"stay close to me and try not to die little, okay? you'll be acting as support for this mission." then again, his entire team would be playing support. they were facing a giant foe, and thinking back, it was already hard enough to deal with a regular-sized version of this alien creature.

ahead of them was a familiar face, Bailey Cooper . and, barely audible, he heard the voice another, or so he thought to have imagined. arian's cerulean gaze ventured to find persephone amavi hiding. rather than taking on that monster alone, it was better to put their heads together and figure out how to deal with that titan.

you know what they say? a three-headed exeggutor equals one plan of action. with eevee at his side, he'd run over toward Bailey Cooper . "i can't leave you alone for one minute, can i? you reckless, drunk." he'd extend a hand to help her up, "persephone's nearby, let's head to where she is."

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"Lucas...."[break][break]

The voice is soft, concerned, no longer fraught with the haughty, carefree humor it always carries. This is not a time to play around and the sentiment is evident by the nauseous anxiety that festers in the pit of both of their consciousnesses.[break][break]

"Lucas that thing! That's not a pokemon. It's... a monster! It's not natural! Be careful!"[break][break]

The HYPER BEAM tears through the landscape and the pokemon is left just as dumbfounded as the head scientist. Their vision is shared and a soft panic washes over the pokemon. A strumming warmth bellows from within, kindling from within the very essence of his being.[break][break]

"But we can't let it rampage like this! Did you see that? Did you see what it did? That's crazy!"[break][break]

The pokemon contemplates the situation as Lucas frantically dials on his phone. Desperate times demand desperate measures. While everyone else may understand that they're in danger, only the legendary pokemon, being acquainted with the power level of several other legendary pokemon, understands the true peril they're facing.[break][break]

"Lucas, we shouldn't do this but we might not have any choice. I'm going to make you my avatar. Our compatibility might not be the best but I can't think of anything else. Find somewhere safe, I'll need to bond with your soul and use some of your life force to manifest."[break][break]

A fire ignites inside, clawing at his innards. It needs to be released, unchained by the bind of his very soul. It starts to bubble in anticipation. It burns but Lucas has never felt so alive. It's exhilarating, it's inhuman. Is this the power of a legendary pokemon?[break][break]

"I'm taking that thing down!"[break][break]

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• Legendary pokemon claims that this thing is not a pokemon. Tells Lucas to find somewhere safe so they can channel a pact to make Lucas Lane an avatar. The Legendary pokemon wants to fight!

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Bailey Cooper had kept her face down to the ground as the hyper beam tore through the space above her—even when it passed, the Sergeant struggled to find the nerve to raise herself from the ground. Shock had locked her limbs in place. A primal, instinctual part of her mind demanded that she played dead.[break][break]

But she defied it.[break][break]

How many people had died because of that attack? Bailey does not want to see—does not want to glance in the direction that the beam had traveled. Nothing would be left. Everything would have been laid to waste.[break][break]

Death had been so close. It was why her arms were shaking as she raised her head, watching the monster as it lost interest—or did it just lose sight of her? The Sergeant cannot say, and she cannot fathom how to deal with this situation.[break][break]

An outright fight would be impossible. Not on her own. Not in a city that was overflowing with civilians.[break][break]

Her stomach churned. How was she supposed to know that this creature had possessed this level of strength? Her eyes barely acknowledged arian coin as he joined her side. Her stare was still focused on the beast as it ate through concrete—the sound of stone grinding reminding her of the kids.[break][break]

What did he say? Something about persephone amavi ? The Sergeant could recall the whisper and turned her head in that direction. “We can't fight it. Not here. One attack nearly destroyed an entire city block. This whole place will be fucking wiped if we piss it off,” or worse, they would die in the process. Her throat constricted as prior experience flowed into her mind.[break][break]

They had to gather numbers.[break][break]

Slowly, she picked herself up off the ground, careful to not make noise and attract its attention. “Seems happy as long as it can keep eating, the fucking unit—”[break][break]

And that was when DRAGON PULSE collided against it; it was like throwing a jerrycan to a raging forest fire.[break][break]

“ohfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck—” The Sergeant frantically whispered as she dug her hand into Arian's arm; she was dragging the dark-suited man as adrenaline forced her to run to the same alley that Persephone was taking cover.[break][break]



Her eyes glanced to the rooftops, trying to find the source of the attack. Was someone trying to get themselves killed?[break][break]

tldr: runs to persephone amavi after marcel maeda attacks the guzzlord

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@triss remains undetected for now. the debris of the broken buildings prove ample cover to obscure her from its field of vision. either way, it's looking the other way, too caught up in eating.[break][break][break]

persephone amavi 's live footage of the beast reaches league headquarters. they're all astounded and the text messages flood in. the researchers, the higher ups, even FERNANDO SILPH himself. they all bombard her phone and the only message that sticks out is from the councilman himself. "get out of there while you can. stay safe. i love you." that too is cut short as Lucas Lane 's incoming call overshadows the notification. her phone vibrates in her pocket, silent.[break][break][break]

arian coin 's entrance goes unnoticed as well. he tries to approach and provide Bailey Cooper with a HELPING HAND but the roles are reversed as she suggests otherwise. they're cut short by the sound of marcel maeda 's DRAGON PULSE landing a direct hit on the pokemon's right shoulder area, if that. naturally, Bailey Cooper starts to haul ass, dragging arian coin along. her strength is herculean and the three houses are united once more. [break][break][break]

Lucas Lane is undetected, currently, and waiting for persephone amavi to pick up, if at all. his attention will be split between that, observing, and communicating with the spirit inside of him.[break][break][break]

marcel maeda 's noivern takes the time to aim its attack. the result is that the DRAGON PULSE lands a square hit on the pokemon's right shoulder—if you can call it that—area. near where the shorter appendage is, the pokemon rotates its arm in a circle, more annoyed then damaged. it turns again to retaliate, giving a STOMPING TANTRUM in place, causing wild tremors to rock the immediate vicinity. [break][break][break]

its jaws are wide open, the innards of the pokemon revealed to all that dare stare into the abyss. deep inside, a faint glow emanates from another layer of mandibles. it opens up and a wild, feral, unworldly SNARL bombards the area with a terrible force. [break][break][break]

aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[break][break][break]

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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH[break][break][break]

the visceral impact of the scream causes a SHOCK WAVE to ripple through the air. signs of electric discharge scatter, reaching out and zapping anything in the immediate area as the sound starts to rattle inside everyone's head. the insane scream of a deranged, hungry beast digs deep into the brain. it's reminiscent of a man lost in utter despair. windows shatter, light debris gets thrown out in every direction, no one in the area is spared. all are brought to their knees, clutching their ears as the vibrations find a way to seep past any barriers they try to pry between the scream and their ear drums. [break][break][break]

marcel maeda and his noivern, the primary target of the pokemon's attack, are DEAFENED until the next MOD RAID POST.[break][break][break]

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• @triss is caught up in the event as she leaves a restaurant. after the stampede of fleeing people, she approaches the pokemon from behind broken rubble, undetected.
• persephone amavi records footage of the pokemon and sends it back to league headquarters and the league groupchat. she releases her mienfoo. the footage is sent successfully. the league has no idea what they're dealing with.
• marcel maeda watches from atop one of the many surrounding buildings. his noivern stays beside him, watching as Bailey Cooper 's sylveon use MOONBLAST.
• after the HYPER BEAM, persephone amavi hides among the rubble, waving towards Bailey Cooper .
• arian coin pulls up in his limousine. he steps out with his eevee. he runs over to Bailey Cooper and tries to help her up and suggest they rendezvous with persephone amavi .
• Lucas Lane arrives on the scene, running for cover. he starts to dial FERNANDO SILPH but calls persephone amavi after seeing her upload footage to the league groupchat.
• the legendary pokemon inside of Lucas Lane warns him that whatever it is that they're facing, it is not a pokemon. tells Lucas Lane to find somewhere safe so they can channel a pact and summon the legendary pokemon to the fight!
• marcel maeda orders his noivern to use DRAGON PULSE. after aiming a solid shot, it fires, landing a direct hit! marcel maeda knows what's coming and starts looking for how to leave the rooftop.
• Bailey Cooper picks herself up with the help of arian coin . she warns him not to fight in the middle of the city but is interrupted by the sight of marcel maeda 's DRAGON PULSE. in typical bailey fashion, she drags arian coin with her and hauls ass. he's literally being dragged over to where persephone amavi is hiding. she's also trying to look for marcel maeda .
• Lucas Lane 's call rings in persephone amavi 's pocket.
• the pokemon has a STOMPING TANTRUM while turning to face marcel maeda 's general direction. the earth around it shakes under the pokemon's hefty weight. it responds to the attack by screaming. loudly. so loud that everyone is brought to their knees, clutching their ears.
• the scream is so loud that the air the sound uses to travel ignites in a wide array of SHOCK WAVES. anything too close to the pokemon will end up getting shocked. marcel maeda and his noivern are DEAFENED until the next MOD RAID POST.

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