With the grim prospect of a meteoroid impacting Hoenn, Josh's mind was running at roughly the speed of a lightning bolt, trying to come with ideas on how he could contribute to the battle using his own skill set. He had to start out small. With him having to spend a significant amount of time in the Fortree City area due to long wait times at the Fortree City Gym, he figured he may as well make himself useful.

On the northwest end of the city was a hollowed-out, petrified tree of rather large proportions, a south-facing, ground-level hole serving as its entrance. The tree had been struck by lightning many, many times in its seemingly ageless existence, yet was not razed to the ground once. Josh released Saber, his Manectric, then the two stepped inside. He not believe his eyes, and neither could Saber.

Painted on and engraved into the interior walls of the tree were gorgeous murals of a mythological Pokémon he had admired since before he could legally become a Trainer. As part of a field trip in late grade school, he had ventured from Goldenrod to Ecruteak to view the murals at the bottom of the city's so-called Burned Tower. As the years passed, his fascination with the subject of those murals only grew. They told the story of three of the Johto region's sacred Beasts: three large quadrupedal Pokémon with both feline and canine features. They were known for their manipulation of fire, water, and lightning, and arguably most of all, their unparalleled land speed. Not even the most powerful supercars the human race had ever created could match the most extreme of their Extreme Speeds.

The tree's murals were different from the ones in northwest Ecruteak. The images on these were of far higher quality, and far greater detail than what Josh remembered seeing from his last trip there. Stylized images of lightning bolts were everywhere on the walls. Between them were ancient depictions of a great feline with yellow and black fur, a sharp-looking blue tail, and a purple cloud above its mane. Its four legs stretched impossibly far in a breathtaking running stroke. It was breathtaking for him to watch; he could not help but pull his phone out to take photographs. The wardens he was covering told him he could take as many photos as he liked, but nothing could be removed from the shrine, less the poor soul who does suffer the Beast's harsh vengeance.

Toward the back was an altar-like table with two enormous incisors pointed toward the floor, the teeth resting in hollows. Above them was a painting of a feline-like head, a mask of varying shades of grey protecting the face from impacts, and red eyes that seemed to pierce the very souls of onlookers. The two teeth were enormous; they were larger than daggers but smaller than short swords. He snapped photos of both, despite how terrifying the roaring Beast head was to look at.

This entire shrine was dedicated to Josh's favorite mythological Pokémon, and the source of his desire for wanting to become a Pokémon Racer in the first place. As a child, he had dreamed of meeting Raikou and riding on its back, even if it was only once. That dream led Josh to choosing Saber, his Electrike, as his very first Pokémon when he came of age. Saber's evolution to Manectric resulted in Josh getting as close to his dream as he was ever realistically going to get.

Sanctuary Safeguarding

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Resheph       Dragonair      Good
Twilight      Absol          Good
Aslan         Litleo         Good
Saber         Manectric      Good
Ares          Charmeleon     Good
Snacker       Sharpedo       Good

{WC: 591}
{PC: 1}

This is open to any of Senpai's characters!