Alec was sitting on Veta's back, spotting any signs of the enemy while up in the air. Alec was glad to know that Josh had come well-prepared, having a Sygna Suit that could attune to his Manetric. The dragon tamer didn't have anything fancy, with the exception of his TERA ORB and MEGA GLOVE. But then again, that didn't matter. He was an exceptional battler, and so was the team of pokemon he had with him. Alec's facial expression was stern as he surveyed the area. His face tightened once he spotted an enemy on the ground below. Alec looked over in Josh Devlin 's direction, giving him a nod to proceed, following right behind him. Veta swiftly glided downward with Josh coming down from the opposite side of Alec's own position, cutting the man off from the front as well as behind.

Alec had no intention of letting an enemy escape. More of them running around meant more trouble for the rest of the League scattered throughout the area. Taking out any and all threats meant a greater chance of success. However ... Alec wasn't necessarily here as a Gym Leader. He was here to get his revenge against Team Rocket for what they had done, and not just to him, but toward everyone they hurt. He wanted to rip the life out of each and every single one of them. As soon as Veta landed, Alec hopped off her back and started to speak. "I wouldn't bother trying to run," Alec says in a frighteningly calm tone, taking a step forward; standing right beside his Dragonite.

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Tags: Josh Devlin elijah gardner
- IC Post (10 MP)
MP Total: 10 MP

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As much as Josh wanted to strike like a lightning bolt and rain electric death on top of elijah gardner , he had to stay hidden. Despite expressing his innocence, Josh couldn't be trustful of just anyone in a warzone such as this. He had never seen the apothecary before. After meeting with Eris Halla and nearly murdering her, he had to show restraint. At the same time, after tussling with Cillian Quinn , who turned out to be one of the most powerful Avatars in the world, perhaps even rivaling an unknown Arceus Avatar, he had to exercise caution. He had barely escaped his meeting with Lugia's Avatar with his life intact. Until he himself was an Avatar, he needed to steer clear of known Avatars.

With a crackle from his Manectric's static, Josh whispered to Alec in his comms. "I'm in position and will charge on your command." He gently pat the back of Saber's yellow pelt. "Get ready to strike." The Gym Leader's electric steed nodded, tilting his head toward the ground.

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Post MP: 10 (IC post)
Thread MP: 20

alec foster elijah gardner

{WC: 170}
{PC: 2}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS 
                                  ♥♥♥♥♥
Josh            Human             ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Raikiri         Zeraora           Good  
Saber           Manectric         Good  
Meteos          Aerodactyl        Good  
Braver          Arcanine          Good  
Twilight        Absol             Good  
Resheph         Dragonair         Good  

"Very likely story," Alec says, his expression not changing. He has never seen this guy before, and it was likely that Josh Devlin didn't know the man either. The entirety of Ultra Deep Sea was a warzone, and for someone to be completely on their own in the middle of a warzone only made the man's statement made him all the more suspicious. Alec grabbed the TERA ORB that was strapped to his belt with the rest of his Pokeballs. "You're gonna have to do a lot better than that to convince me," Alec said, wasting no time in tossing the orb into the air, thus activating it. The Terastal energy spewed forth, surrounding Alec's Dragonite, encasing it crystal, only for it to shatter with the Dragonite gain plaid colored sheen, shining like a diamond.

The tossing of the Tera Orb was the signal for Josh to act. Alec didn't want to waste the chance by speaking to Josh over the comm link that was nestled in his left ear. With the activation of the Tera Orb, plus with Josh hopefully making his move, elijah gardner's true colors would eventually show.

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Tags: Josh Devlin elijah gardner
- IC Post (10 MP)
- use terastallization in your thread. 10 MP
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A SMOKESCREEN. That threw a Mankey wrench in Josh's plans. As powerful and undodgeable as the hypersonic electric attack was, it wouldn't do him any good if he couldn't see. For now, he would have to create a diversion. As the Manectric continued to tread air high above Ultra Deep Sea's surface, Josh lobbed a Poké Ball toward the smoke. From within popped out an Illumina Absol, the Gym Leader hoping her bright light could pierce the Frogadier's smoke enough for Alec to see shadows to strike at.

Even if the light of a Crystalbloom couldn't pierce the obscuring mist, the dark-type served a second purpose: a series of goading cries aimed to TAUNT the water-type and Rocket into taking their aggression out on the glowing, saddle-wearing fighter. This, of course, was all a diversion for the Manectric to strike from above, fast as a lightning bolt, in a hypersonic dive Josh hoped would end the battle just as quickly as it started.

"Wait for it, Saber..."

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Post MP: 10 (IC post) + 10 (Assist another character)
Thread MP: 40

alec foster elijah gardner

{WC: 167}
{PC: 3}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS 
                                  ♥♥♥♥♥
Josh            Human             ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Raikiri         Zeraora           Good  
Saber           Manectric         Good  
Meteos          Aerodactyl        Good  
Braver          Arcanine          Good  
Twilight        Absol             Good  
Resheph         Dragonair         Good  

"Then maybe you should've thought more carefully before coming here!" Alec's serious expression didn't falter, even when elijah gardner lifted his cloak revealing a frogadier. Just as it released a SMOKESCREEN, Alec pulled out a SCATTERBANG from his pocket, only to throw it down on the ground in front of him. The loud popping sound would hopefully disorient Elijah and the Frogadier both, allowing for his Terastallized Dragonite to go in. Its Terastal energy giving its EXTREMESPEED a boost, moving so fast that their eyes wouldn't be able to see, gunning for the Enemy pokemon at ultrasonic speed.

Alec wasn't going to make this easy for his enemies. Against Team Rocket, there wouldn't be anything that Alec wouldn't employ. He would make sure that they didn't escape, and with the use of Scatterbang on top of his Dragonite's speed would only solidify that more.

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Tags: Josh Devlin elijah gardner
- IC Post (10 MP)
- using a scatterbang in conflict against your opponent. (10 MP 1/3)
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Veta's Terastal glow was all Josh needed to see through the SMOKESCREEN and deliver a fast, precise, and overwhelming strike. Hidden high above the battlefield, the Master of Faster gripped his mount with every bit of strength he had. "Saber, let's go, now!" the Leader commanded, his muscles tense with anticipation. He put his BRAVEST face on, the SYNC STONE embedded in front of the Manectric's thundercloud saddle activating and fueling a reckless, hyperspeed electric charge with enhanced power well beyond the suit's design limits. Twilight getting drenched by Frogadier's HYDRO PUMP put her in danger. It was too late to stop this attack, though.

With the speed of a lightning strike, the electric-type surrounded himself in a net of bolts that the rider's suit kept him protected from. Even Josh was forced to hold on for dear life, feeling like he was riding Raikou again with the face-melting speed his mount pounced elijah gardner with. The momentum behind the living lightning strike, plus the DISCHARGE fueling the lightning strike, had caused an unexpected problem. Not only did the STICKY GLOB immobilize Saber, but the sheer amount of INFINITY ENERGY emitted from Josh's suit was causing a distinct trail of smoke to waft from his back. Furthermore, the sheer radius of the crashing DISCHARGE had cooked his Absol. He withdrew the fallen dark-type, taking matters into his own hands by drawing the blade Finnegan Yang had helped train him how to use. He and his electric steed were taking matters into their own hands.

The INFINITY CELL powering his suit was overheating. If he didn't end the battle soon, the Crystalbloom inside his Sygna Suit would shatter from the stress of its overuse, which would render the entire suit useless.

He had to end this battle fast.

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INFINITY CELL TEMPERATURE [                    ]

Post MP: 10 (IC post) + 50 (Ally mon KO'd)
Thread MP: 100

alec foster elijah gardner

{WC: 293}
{PC: 4}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS 
                                  ♥♥♥♥♥
Josh            Human             ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Raikiri         Zeraora           Good  
Saber           Manectric         Good  
Meteos          Aerodactyl        Good  
Braver          Arcanine          Good  
Twilight        Absol             KO  
Resheph         Dragonair         Good  

"Our aggression!?" Alec thought to himself, his facial expression fuming with anger. Was this guy serious!? Did he know what Team Rocket has done!? It made Alec wonder if elijah gardner was just a small-time grunt. If this were the case then this battle wouldn't even be a challenge for him. Regardless, Alec was still, if not even more determined now, to absolutely clobber this guy into the dirt. With Josh's Absol's TAUNT, it forced the opposing Frogadier to attack the Absol with a powerful HYDRO PUMP. What's more was that due to the STICKY GLOB that Elijah used, immobilizing Josh's Manetric.

Despite this, the Manetric was still able to attack, unleashing a DISCHARGE, empowered by the SYGNA SUIT that Josh wore; smoke billowing out from it. That's not good. Josh is battling too recklessly, Alec thought to himself. Meanwhile, Alec's Dragonite tanked the Mantetric's Electric Attack, no longer having a weakness to Electric-Type attacks due to its Terastallization turning it into a pure NORMAL TYPE, and with its MULTISCALES, it gave the Dragonite more durability, allowing her to try and sweep the Frogadier with a DRAGON TAIL. If the attack connected, it'd force the frog back into its Pokeball.

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Tags: Josh Devlin elijah gardner
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"Great teamwork, Alec!" Josh called out. Though Saber was immobilized by the STICKY GLOB, his role in bringing down the swift water-type was invaluable. The dragon master and speed demon had a clear advantage. Josh's star Pokémon was immobilized, but far from helpless. He tilted his head to face elijah gardner .

"This can stop whenever you want it to," the intimidating-looking Gym Leader reiterated, "in exchange for your sworn fealty to Commissioner dahlia goode ." From the Rocket's clear aggression with the two Grass-types, that wasn't happening any time soon. A Tangrowth, towering over even the rather large Manectric, bounded toward the two. "Wait for it..." he whispered into the electric wolf's ear, mist effervescing from behind the defender's jaws.

The terror-inducing look on Josh's face remained. While it was BRAVERY that fueled the added vigor of the ICE FANG to come, it could have come off as reckless abandon to both alec foster and Elijah. It was anger that Callan Young had taught Josh to harness. While he was still working on controlling that anger, it was a brutal weapon when wielded properly. It had its limits, though: limits Josh would soon discover as the CRYSTABLOOM within his Sygna Suit continued to rise in temperature.

Even if the ICE FANG missed the Tangrowth, it would still strike the terrain, freezing the fibers of the STICKY GLOB to the point where any strong Pokémon attack could shatter then. Even his own DISCHARGE if necessary.

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INFINITY CELL TEMPERATURE [                    ]

Post MP: 10 (IC post)
Thread MP: 110

- Josh says he will stand down in exchange for Elijah surrendering himself to the League.
- Saber is still immobilized by the STICKY GLOB, and has to wait for Tangrowth to come to him.
- If the ICE FANG misses Tangrowth, it will freeze the terrain and STICKY GLOB beneath him, letting him free himself with his next attack.

alec foster elijah gardner

{WC: 241}
{PC: 5}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS 
                                  ♥♥♥♥♥
Josh            Human             ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Raikiri         Zeraora           Good  
Saber           Manectric         Good  
Meteos          Aerodactyl        Good  
Braver          Arcanine          Good  
Twilight        Absol             KO  
Resheph         Dragonair         Good  

Alec smirked lightly at Josh's thanks, showing his appreciation. However, this battle they were in was far from over. In fact, it looks like the fun was just about beginning, seeing how elijah gardner brought out not only a Tangrowth but also a Gogoat. It seemed as though the man didn't take Veta delivering the finishing blow to his Frogadier all too well. Well, if he didn't like that, then he sure as hell wouldn't enjoy this," Alec thought to himself as he watched the Gogoat try to attack his Dragonite with a LEAF BLADE, only for Veta to dodge it, using EXTREMESPEED, while countering, sending her tail right into the Gogoat's face with same burst of speed, sending it flying just as fast into the Tangrowth, while simultaneously helping Josh's Manetric in a way.

Despite Alec's hatred towards Team Rocket, he was still think smart. The same went for his Dragonite as well. Alec wasn't able to gauge just how tough this guy and his pokemon were as of this moment. For the time being, he just seemed like some smallfry, but Alec's slight caution enabled him and his pokemon to do better in this battle, which would pay off in the long run ... or at least he hoped.

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Tags: Josh Devlin elijah gardner
- IC Post (10 MP)
- KO an enemy's Pokemon (10 MP)
- Assisting an ally/their Pokemon (10 MP)
MP Total: 90 MP

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TL;DR:
- Alec's Dragonite delivered the finishing blow to Elijah's Frogadier

- Alec's Dragonite not only dodges the Gogoat's incoming Leaf Blade, but also counters w/ Extremespeed, while simultaneously sending the Gogoat flying into the Tangrowth - assisting Josh's Manetric in a unique way (i.e. Get Wrecked, Shiv ^.^ love you coughs)