Try as the hands might, Raikiri was simply too slippery to be caught by them. The mythical thundercat proved to be fast and powerful, cleaving through hand after hand. While not Raikou, it certainly felt like Raikou Lite. More importantly, that power was his. He was doing great work on his own, just like kyle lopez said he would. Feeling like what he did actually mattered for the first time gave him courage, and most importantly, independence. It was gratifying, even liberating. FERNANDO SILPH 's words rang true.

He didn't need the blessing of a god to be great.

The reports of the GALARIAN ARTICUNO made Josh briefly shiver. The stories he and Laurence Anderson had exchanged long ago came to mind, as well as the Head Ranger's warnings about how being involved with the divine had drawbacks for every advantage it bestowed. From what he had gathered by talking to many people, he had concluded that a hidden prerequisite was proving one could face the divine without the help of the divine.

Hearing the reports of the Iceborne Mirage look-alike's incredible speed, Josh found his calling in the battle. He radioed to his allies over League comms.

LEAGUE COMMS (kyle lopez MATIAS SILPH Julia Davis El Sunderland sergei dachev Jack Napier Colton Boothroyd ): "kyle lopez and I may be the only ones fast enough to keep up with the Articuno, or whatever it is. I'm going after it and I'm giving it everything I've got. Clear the center of the street if you can, because we're going hypersonic. Over and out."

The Emergent knew exactly what that meant; after all, he had passed down the secret of his Z-Move to the Champion as part of their training regiment before the Battle of Dewford. Turning off his comms before deploying his ultimate move, Josh braced himself as close to the thundercat as he could, making sure his cocoon was fully zipped into place before giving the order to barrel down the street. Thankfully the two had a nice, long main road to get started. The long street was one of the reasons he had chosen to go to Hammerlocke in the first place. "HYPERSONIC..."

Squeezing his Zeraora's sides, Josh coaxed his mount to get up to speed. And what awe-inspiring speed it was. To those familiar with Johtonian legends but not familiar with Zeraora, they very well could have looked like Raikou and the hero that rode on his back. A cone of arc lightning flew around the Gym Leader as he absorbed the harsh acceleration force to come.

"...PLASMA CHARGE!!!"



With a deafening sonic boom that was the reason he silenced his comms, the cone of lightning surrounding feline and rider grew, Josh whipped back and forth with every blistering speed turn Raikiri's screeching paws navigated. Even with the small but essential layer of protection his idle Sygna Suit provided, the speed was overwhelming. Paralyzing, even. It reminded him of his Extreme Speed ride on Kyle's Raikou-familar. Was this comparable to that?

After the last turn, he could barely see the Articuno through the arc lightning, anything not directly in front of him a blur from the ludicrous rate of speed he had reached. Perhaps it was for the best he had regrouped his focus away from Raikou. If this was the kind of speed Raikiri was capable of, how much faster would the legendary's version of this hidden technique be? There was no time to think about that, though; despite their great distance, impact with the bird was a split second away. He let out a loud war cry as the Zeraora lunged toward the legendary foe, though no one could hear him as all the knuckles on his hands turned a solid white.

He was going too fast to hear his own scream.

Once the barricades are erected, and once people are tended to, El is content to let out a gentle exhale as they sit down nearby. They need to give their knee a rest, with how much they've been on the move in these past hours; Akero returning to her pokeball and Bibidi settling down next to them, in the process. They take the time to massage at the muscles around their knee - wondering if they ought to put their brace on...

... But then comes the toll of the warning bell - and the two snap to attention. "Wh-what's going on..?" They question in rhetoric - namely, because they can see it past the gaps in the barricade; a swarm of pokemon, led by some bird pokemon they'd never seen before!

And not far behind the army's appearance is chatter from the comms - namely, that of Josh Devlin . Hearing that the gym leader and fellow ranger was going to target the Articuno lookalike, El would force themself up onto their feet and cane - already reaching for their pokeballs. They weren't sure how much they could help with the actual fighting - especially given their anxieties over joining in - but they sure as hell could support.

"Behemoth!" El called, as the Nidoking in question was brought out. "Give Josh's ride pokemon a Helping Hand!"

The poison-type would snort as he was brought out - eyes glancing towards Raikiri. The electric-type was like nothing that he or El had ever seen before - but seeing that Josh was preparing for a Z-Move atop the feline's back, he was ready to give some support - both cheering and goading on the feline with a mighty roar! They better make it extra flashy, he dared them!

TLDR / NOTES :
- El supports Josh + Zeraora by having Nidoking use Helping Hand on it
- If this ends up being a KO roll you can say Nidoking joined in the fighting afterwards + got a bit vibechecked gfhdkfjgd
kkf_wffD + 15

It was only for a short moment but she had seen something--the strange ores glowing a faint magenta. She had seen enough before the ground began to crumble around her. Torn apart in this grand vortex of destruction, the city would deteriorate. Miasma and poison from within and the invading force from without would disintegrate everything.

One misstep and it was over. She hoped that Oliver Shrakes who had been on the track the same as her would not make any missteps that knocked the two of them into what felt like an unending abyss.

"Tiamat!"

But she could not let what she had found here fall to the abyss yet. The more pressing matter was the towering beast that had emanated from within the city. There was also the matter of the new enemy who had reached their doorstep.

Destruction from within.

Destruction from without.

Given the the options, it was apparent that there was truly an obvious best option. Though she had not been one to agree with an enemy, she could see objectively to know what was truly the best choice.

"In that case."

Yes, in that case, we absolutely should.

"Crush the towering foe with pure power." It was for a short moment, but Elaine and her past self were of one mind. She pointed to the one who had fearfully taken the first step. "Assist it and help its EARTHQUAKE with your own."

The dragon took no qualms with the order as it slammed into the ground in a nearby area, attempting to move the tectonics of the world it no stood upon.

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TL;DR:

• Elaine's outfit, no longer that cold
• Elaine attempts to stick to the narrow location she's in.
• Flygon uses Earthquake on Garbodor
• Going along with the plans of the two Rockets who took the initiative

b97jTc2H (+15)

The fighting of poison hands were all fun and games. It would have kept him occupied if it wasn’t for the warning bells ringing loudly out over Circhester.

A rally and defend order soon came through his communication device. A nod came, though he knew Cillian could not see it.

Gerald recalled his Kecleon and hurriedly ran through the town. He ran past townsfolk hurrying away. He ran past trainers trying to do what they could against the giant Pokémon that suddenly appeared. But that was not his concern. He ran to the walls of Circhester's front.

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He reached the top of the walls and gazed out onto the approaching army and their Galaring Articuno leader. For once Gerald felt hesitation, even doubt. A monster in the back, an army in the front. Could they persevere against this?

He slapped his own cheek, the pain stinging him out of his paralysis. Right, we can’t afford to NOT act.

He pressed the comms-device in his ear and spoke hoping that as many as possible would hear the message.

“Deploying an attack that hits a wide area against the Army at our walls. Anyone out there Watch out.”

And so Gerald summoned his Decidueye. The Ghastly Archer took one gaze at the army and then its trainer, and understood the assignment. It grabbed an arrow from its feathery quiver and notched it on its bow before firing off a Powerful Z-Move.

And as the arrow flew glowing petals would descend in its wake upon the army. The moment they touched anything, whether it be the ground, friendlies or anything in between they would cause a powerful explosion to happen.




Yb9stEJy + 15

TLDR:
- Gerald hear the bells
- Gerald recalls the Kecleon
- Gerald goes to the front and warns all Rockets on the comms that he will AOE the army.
- Summons Decidueye and deploys the Z-Move: THE END

Upon seeing the tapestry, Amor immediately snapped a picture of it. What it meant he had no idea, but he recognized one of the figures. The creature in the third tapestry was the Skeletal Dragon he had seen in Cyberchase. It was the fourth, the one that was said to bring ruin. Did this mean that he could find more information on it here in Galar? Or at least the real Galar, assuming it hadn't been destroyed at all. Maybe he could talk to Elise Calcifet to take him there, leverage her Princess status so that he could see if these tapestries were there in the real world as well.

Everyone was dispersing now going to one place or another, so after making sure there was nothing left to discover in the vault he would exit as well, and run smack into what appeared to be a new foe that was attempting to breach the barricades that others had erected to protect the citizenry. Amor knew nothing about this blue bird pokemon, except for that it was clad in black armor, had an army behind it, and was attempting to undo all the work they had done. Whatever was going on behind him would have to wait, this was the threat in his immediate area. With his Golurk still out, he would make use out of it until it could no longer fight.

"Shadow Punch." He gave the order to his colossus as it gained a black ghostly aura, and then launched itself forward as fast as it could in order to smash into it's opponent with a Shadow Punch.

This was a creature that Amor knew very little about which meant that he would get as much data on it, as he possibly could now, and refine his strategy against it later.

"Okay do we have a plan on how to deal with all the things here?" the way he saw it they were going to be overrun with sheer numbers, and they would need a strategy to make sure that didn't happen.

IArUdkaz+15

TLDR
Golurk uses Shadow Punch on the Galarian Articuno!
Amor is helping defend the barricade right now!
Amor asks the others at the barricade if they have a plan of action!
We are living in a Dynasty Warriors World....