bryan delarosa found greyson sitting on a nearby rock, lounging in a casual sitting position, chin on his knuckles. his eyes were closed, despite the threat that loomed across the entire realm, and he appeared as relaxed as one could possibly be.
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his lips curled into a delighted smile, as the lumbering oaf (bryan delarosa ) approaches, tossing a not-so veiled threat as if he was lugging around a football.
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"i have to admit," he starts, pushing himself to his feet, "that part of me was hoping to see you again." [break][break]he tosses a glance towards noah faber, nodding. they'd discussed, to an extent, their strategy before-hand. these plans never really truly survived contact with an enemy. but, he trusted noah more than he did most.
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that would have to be enough.
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his eyes lock back onto bryan, and they burn bright violet.
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"our fight didn't get to finish last time," he sounds remorseful, and confident, "let's make up for that here."
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in-front of him, a tinkaton steps forward, her massive hammer held easily over one shoulder. she eyes her opponents, a mischievous grin splitting her features.

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as the earth quakes, noah springs to his feet. galvanized by the hastened beat of his heart, his form assumes position.[break][break]

his own limbs rise into strictly disciplined lines. both of his hands would have been sculpted into fists were it not for the readied pokeball in his right hand.[break][break]

"you've fought him before?" noah says out of the corner of his lip. he does not let his eyes stray from their threat. "should i be worried?"[break][break]

he summons his chesnaught and the green guardian lands upon the misty floor with a growl.

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TL;DR: asks GREYSON questions[break]
- summons CHESNAUGHT[break][break]

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"hits like a stampeding rapidash. nigh immortal." he tossed a quick glance at noah, smirking. "in other words - no problem."
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unfortunately for them, priorities shift, and so too does the easy-going smile of the former gym leader.
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the steel-laced MULTI-ATTACK strikes the tinkaton, and she takes the attack with a feminine grunt. her dual-typing saved her from the typical weakness of fairy-pokemon, and was the only reason she even considering taking the attack in the first place.
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the momentum of silvally's strike lends itself to her own; a rounded swing with a GIGATON HAMMER that carries enough force to fell oak trees.
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but her target wasn't the synthetic pokemon.
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instead, the strike aims low against the incoming kommo-o. a blow in that region could allow precious maneuverability on greyson's end.
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in the meantime, however, greyson dashes across the field after bryan delarosa and noah faber. he scoops the SCATTERBANG from his pocket and tosses it with the intention of blinding the rocket beast, quickly following it up with a strike of his own.
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in place of that easy-going smile was now a lip-splitting grin that only meant one thing.
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he was alive.

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"love the confidence, man!" noah jokes—but he can feel the firmament of greyson's fearlessness. it steadies him too.[break][break]

"sufang," noah shouts to his chesnaught, "help TINKATON out! PIN MISSILE the SILVALLY!"[break][break]

immediately, needles fire from the chesnaught's fierce charge. darts of thorn and thistle soar toward the ultra beast killer, hoping to slow its assault.[break][break]

a heavy whip of air from a tinkaton's hammer forges valleys in the billowing mist. however, it is bryan's fist-led charge that creates the deepest canyon.[break][break]

noah prepares to parry him, but he underestimates the other's strength. the punch's sheer power forces noah to skid across the damp stone floor some distance before he is launched away.

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TL;DR: - CHESNAUGHT attacks SILVALLY with PIN MISSILE[break]
- NOAH tries to BLOCK BRYAN'S PUNCH AND IS LAUNCHED[break][break]

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the resounding echo of her hammer meeting the dragon-type is satisfying. tinkaton rounds the hammer and places it back on her shoulder, her other hand creating a visor over her eyes. greyson had clearly let the pokemon watch too much TV if she was so brazenly taunting the rocket beast and his pokemon.
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"tink!" greyson yells, and the dual-type turns towards him with all the hurry of a child at a playground. "get over here!" his command comes with more urgency than she is used too, and a spike of alarm has her moving to her trainer.
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in the distance, a massive tree looms.
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greyson's already moving to noah faber.
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"hey man, you alright? hurts like fuck, i know." he keeps the chuckle from rising, remembering his own fight with bryan delarosa outside of fallabor. he'd been in 'armor', and the bruises had still lasted for weeks.
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a loud, piercing snap shatters the small bubble of piece. tinkaton is sent rolling the rest of the few feet to greyson, landing in a bundle of limbs and weapon. she struggles to rise to her feet.
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greyson turns away from the gym leader at his feet, a brilliant white light beating back the looming shadows of oppression.
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"i'm sorry," he whispers to the comfey "but i need your help."
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she responds, but not with sound.
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a shimmering dome of pink-and-green rises from all around them, and where it springs from the earth, so too does a meadow of flowers. those inside find it filled with the warmth of spring, and most of all, the affection of greyson's comfey. even the attacks of the BLACK BRIAR are muted, like the strikes of thunder a thousand leagues away.
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comfey creates a dome around the immediate area. this dome protects against outside attacks, including z-moves. any damage inflicted on the dome heals those within. comfey faints afterwards.

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each strike against the shield sends a rippling effect throughout as ellie's HOSPITALITY heals their wounds, using the enemies own strength as its power source.
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comfey's mews begin to dim, and soften. with one final smile from greyson, she falls UNCONCIOUS. slowly, he returns her to the pokeball.
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"can your pokemon provide support with xerneas and silvally?" another light shines, this time revealing the hovering form of an aegislash. he equips the shield in one hand, the sword in the other.
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"you can leave him to me, if you're not feeling up to it." [break][break]there was no judgement in his voice. to go up against an avatar, especially one with the brute-strength of a tauros and was nigh-immortal, was a big ask. he knew noah faber was brave, there was no question about that. but to do this meant to accept that, there was a good likelihood you weren't going home tomorrow.
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with death looming over him he spares a thought to annalise henderson.
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then he grits his teeth, white knuckles the hilt of his blade, and prepares to fight.

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[break][break]∟ tinkaton gets his by BLACK BRIAR![break]
∟ comfey uses z-move HOSPITALITY, healing all wounds to tinkaton & noah! comfey FAINTS.[break]
∟ greyson wields aegislash and prepares for a melee.[break][break]

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vines strike against noah's CHESNAUGHT. its spined armor is battered and its fused shield parries vine after vine. but it is an imperfect gauntlet of defenses.[break][break]

the chesnaught knows just to bide time.[break][break]

"ugh, yeah. i'm alright. i'm alright." the appreciation in his voice is stifled by pangs of pain, but a firm nod conveys his comradery. "i've got this."[break][break]

in the distance, his CHESNAUGHT FAINTS. with a thud, it falls to the damp, cavern ground.[break][break]

noah lifts himself up, muscles eased by the comfey's sacrifice. he places a hand on greyson's shoulder. "just call me if you need help."[break][break]

noah's hand tears away, and he runs toward his fallen chesnaught. clutching the pokemon's pokeball in his left, he recalls the chesnaught. his other arm swings out immediately after to toss his machamp's capsule.[break][break]

"sorry to send you out on the battlefield so quickly." noah says to cobra.[break][break]

his machamp grunts and sizes up its opponents: the ultra beast killer, a deity of vitality. no matter.[break][break]

"come and get some!" noah cries and his machamp charges forth, a DYNAMIC PUNCH thrown at the closest opponent.

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TL;DR: - CHESNAUGHT faints from Z-MOVE.[break]
- NOAH is rejuvenated from COMFEY'S Z-MOVE[break]
- MACHAMP attacks the nearest pokemon (SILVALLY OR XERNEAS, YOUR CHOICE PILO) with DYNAMIC PUNCH.[break][break]

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greyson shrugs off bryan's taunts, to nod in noah faber's direction.
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"time to start round two officially then," he says to no one in particular. "can you take the shield?" it responds to the will of the aegislash, but greyson's attention is already shifting to far more important matters. he shoves a hand into his pocket, feeling the arrow-shaped object between his fingers.
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if it was anyone else but bryan, he wouldn't even consider this. but, because it was...
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the MOONBLAST is a comet of destruction as it barrels towards him; death looming in beautiful arrays of pink, and blue. greyson bites the inside of cheek, waiting until-
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-now!
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something oily pools beneath him, and greyson descends into a shadows (SHADOW SNEAK).
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he emerges in bryan delarosa's, one hand wrapped losely around the hilt of his blade, the other more tightly on the POISON BARB. he brings it down , the majority of his weight on his lead foot, aiming for directly between the avatar's shoulder blades.
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unfortunately for the tinkaton... the attack of a legendary is not to be underestimated. she raises her hammer to retaliate, but finds herself easily overwhelmed. in a near-comical silence, she falls unconscious.

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[break][break]∟ greyson SHADOW SNEAKS to stick a POISON BARB into bryan![break]
∟ tinkaton FAINTS to the Moonblast.[break]

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+40 IC-Post[break]
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+20 Poison Barb / Scatter[break]
+10 Helping another character[break]

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like an active and exposed wire, the MULTI-ATTACK arcs and splits outward as frantic sparks. one bolt sears itself into machamp's shoulder. the muscle sears hot—but momentum carries the machamp through.[break][break]

as greyson sheds shadow from his roguish reveal, noah's machamp attempts to grapple the SILVALLY.[break][break]

"separate them!" noah shouts. "SEISMIC TOSS!"[break][break]

if successful, the machamp would tear the silvally away from bryan's healing grasp. in the air, they would somersault before landing, silvally first, against the border of vines.[break][break]

noah sucks in breath and rips away from his spot. he runs toward bryan, eyes frantically scanning the avatar, the patron, and his friend.

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TL;DR: - MACHAMP hit by MULTI-ATTACK; ATTEMPTS TO SEISMIC TOSS SILVALLY.[break]
- NOAH rushes toward BRYAN & XERNEAS & GREYSON.[break][break]

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"eat that you son of a-" the shit eating grin of his flattens into a tight like as bryan takes advantage of his poor form, knocking him to the ground. the air leaves his lungs, and the injuries from his bout with MATIAS SILPH exacerbates.[break][break]

pain turns his vision blurry, and the anxiety that comes from such a precarious position awakens the mist's FEAR and PARANOIA. he recalls his conversation with annalise henderson, his fight with MATIAS SILPH, and the mental exhaustion of this entire fucking day.
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anger and hatred consume him.[break][break]

"you're not taking anything else from me!" he roars in defiance.
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a KING'S SHIELD wraps in a cacoon of safety, digging a groove into the earth.
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he pushes himself to his feet even as the earth explodes beneath his him, creating a ROUGH TERRAIN. it provides an unsteady enough foothold that the machamp's flinging form easily knocks the trainer back onto the floor.
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even those the shield takes the majority of the blow, it cracks, and the weight of the fighting type falls onto his shield arm. he hears a snap and the former gym leader cries out in pain.
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gritting his teeth, and blinkung the tears from his vision, he screams. it's more a guttural cry of frustration, of anger, but it precedes the sloppy swipe of his blade. a thin, horizontal bar of flame, aegislash's SOLAR BLADE ripples across the battlefield. it would slice open all it touched - especially a regenerative muted avatar.

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[break][break]∟ greyson SHADOW SNEAKS to stick a POISON BARB into bryan![break]
∟ tinkaton FAINTS to the Moonblast.[break]

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+50 Tinkaton KO[break]
+40 IC-Post[break]
+10 Z-Move[break]
+20 Poison Barb / Scatter[break]
+10 Helping another character[break]

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