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The ground is shaking and there is the sound of battle, though Cyg is so in the zone she could be convinced it was very far away. She’s already three levels deep in a mental blue-print for replumbing Motostoke so the poisonous scum diverts away from the more populated areas.
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Someone (BARNABY FINCH) radioed they needed to stop the train from spewing shit, which was all well and good, but until he also came up with a guaranteed way to do that which wouldn’t make things worse, Cyg would continue to be the flex-seal meme down here. So she ignored him.
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She is joined in her efforts by Belial Stone, whom she hasn’t seen since they almost got fucking eaten by a giant fish, like, a year ago. Her Gardevoir’s psychic merges with his Chinglings to help better guide the muck to where they would like it to go. Together, they make a good team.
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Then the ground really shakes and cries of alarm go up from numerous parties. Cyg is finally pulled out of her work-induced stupor, and just in time to see the giant fucking Garbodor punch up above the tops of buildings like the goop creature in Monster’s vs. Aliens but not nearly so cute.
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Isaac Merlo votes for Aurelie Lefevre’s capability and Cyg doesn’t have anything else to go on but their mutual trust. “Talk about a carbon footprint,” she cracks over comms, trying to figure out the best way to get close to the giant trash pile without getting murked. She runs her fingers over the mega-stone resting in the rifle shell strung around her neck and turns to Kanaya, who nods her assent. A few steps forward and she’s subsumed in light and re-emerges in her Mega-Evolved form before unleashing a fierce psychic attack on the Gigantamax Garbodor.


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marisol isn't fazed. [break]
but maybe she should be. [break][break]

after all, this is poison - or blood - strewn across the walls of the station. were she not braced, she'd have a little moment - thankfully that isn't the case. when she stares at the writing, her eyes squint, and she's careful of the poison despite the protection of her dewgong. "milk..?" she wonders aloud, and the shivers are starting to crawl up her spine. this place is unsettling. [break][break]

when she looks, there's residue poison seeping around. it doesn't hurt her, thankfully, due to the safeguard, but she has to wonder: is there something about it that's made these drawings so frantic? they're so desperately drawn, so hurriedly, as though crazy, in a trance. if the poison were sentient, somehow, or it had other dangerous capabilities other than being a monster... [break][break]

"i need to investigate this.." she grumbles, but she can't just perform an on-site inspection, now can she? no, she must grab some and bring it back to her lab for research. so with a pokeball, she recalls the dewgong, reaching instead of the gardevoir once again. she, took, is protected by the safeguard. [break][break]

"use psychic." she commands the pokemon, as the trainer holds up ziplock bag she pulls from her sack. it's not big, but it should be enough as a sample. "bring some poison to me, if you can. I want to bring this back to examine." though, she doesn't know if she could bring it back in the first place. [break][break]

when she glances back at the scribbled words, she thinks there has to be something - there has to be something.



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TL;DR:

• marisol is investigating the station
  
• swaps out dewgong for gardevoir
  
• gardevoir uses PSYCHIC to grab a lil sample of poison gunk at the station
  
• marisol tries to put the gunk in a plastic ziplock.
  
• yall can handle the attacks ty bless your souls
  

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lucario's eyes flash open, the appendages on the back of his neck flaring straight like a canine on alert. king catches the canine's tense body language and he narrows his eyes.
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"pick up on somethin'?"
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lucario nods once, finger pointed out to the expanse outside the city. then, surprisingly, downwards.
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"so yer sayin' we got enemies comin'? and they're below?" nearly three decades of friendship has allowed the man to read his own pokemon easily.
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"well, now we're talkin'. i'm keepin' ye on standby." he knew the steel-type wouldn't like it, but a stalwart companion that was reliable could not be underlooked.
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he gives a brief nod to freya morningstar and no one else; she could tell who she wanted to, however, not that it mattered to the turncoat.
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so when the attack comes - they're prepared.
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the appearance of the large crab takes king by surprise, for just a moment, before decades of traniing kicks in.
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"get 'is ass!" he roars to the urshifu at his side.
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"The poison is potent enough to affect Poison- and Steel-types. Symptoms include paranoia, memory loss… In other words, don't touch it if you don't want to end up like Calyrex." Alba's voice chimed in on Rocket's comms, sharing what he'd managed to glean from the sludge.[break][break]

He was on his way to the Power Spot to see if the source has anything more interesting to offer, when the warning bell started to chime. And then, of course, how could he ignore the titanic Venusaur that appeared out of nowhere?[break][break]

"Sludge Wave. You're an interesting beast… But I can't do much until you're cut down to size."

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The trenches he dug, the resistance that his Roaring Moon felt, all of it was conveyed through the comfort of the ride. To say, there was little of it; Kouji felt jolted, the rapid turns made him feel as if he would soar off, but he hung on, sometimes brute strength did have some use. The rough and tumble of his less than leisurely flight was interrupted quite quickly as he soared throughout the city, tired, and sweaty; he looked down to Roaring Moon who was in a similar state.
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But his golden eyes latched onto something, in the distance, he soared closer on his pokemon which he spurred on with a buck of his hips. The red wings furled out even wider before it took off into the deep sky, looking on down at the host before them, Kouji watched the pokemon at the front, and scanned further in as he flew near it.
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While the pokemon in front was definitely one he didn’t know of before, but the rest that peaked behind, various poison types he had seen, and many others he had never come across. But the first thought…
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”Come in. Large Horde of Poke-” He could only hear static, the communications he had rarely relied upon had naturally become damaged, disused, and now completely useless.
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He chucked them, the pokemon leading them was too much for them, this entire army was. He took his roaring moon higher up into the sky, as high as the dragon could take him. It was a dangerous maneuver, but he decided on it anyway.
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Recalling his Roaring Moon, and switching to his Iron Jugulis, he found himself going from the comfort of his dragon to a freefall, barely managing to latch onto the artificial life that he called his pokemon, his Iron Jugulis.
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”Oi oi, we’ve got a big one, we’ll go for the back, let everyone else deal with the front, we’ll take some spoils for ourselves, yeah?”
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He had a toothy smirk on his face as he took his dark three-headed mount lower, there was no need to engage that bird; if he had one foe, or a hundred foes, he’d pick the higher number, and it seemed his steed agreed.
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So, he had it throw out a roar, just minutes before his mouths opened up with a stream of hot-air which only grew hotter by the minute, a heatwave to be released on his foes.
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ICLY SET EARLY JUNE

DEATH-ENABLED RAID EVENT

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BALLONLEA

Hideo Kino mint frost genesis aria fox John Sullivan absalom steel Xenon Antheil Violet Fairbanks bryan delarosa jayden cross fern delaney Rhydia Ver Lucas Holden samuel carter luka chêne

IN BALLONLEA, the army crashes into the STAKEWALLS absalom steel and Felix Gallagher have managed to repair and produce with the townsfolk. They advance in the same way their one-way minds work, for they are comprised of the sludge itself.[break][break]

As the battle wages on, samuel carter's GARDEVOIR is a constant support. Its HEAL PULSE soothes those injured throughout the battlefield, while Felix Gallagher's GALLADE weaves in and out using SACRED SWORD. Each swing of its arm-blades rewards it with a squelching poisonous pop.[break][break]

Eventually, John Sullivan calls upon his ORBEETLE. As it hovers above the army, it executes its Z-MOVE: G-MAX GRAVITAS. As globules of poison rise among the ascending army's troops, mint frost's BAXCALIBUR uses EARTHQUAKE to force the poisonous troopers into the air. With the earth razed, the dragon continues to fight amongst the Poison Pokemon, tossing them up into the ORBEETLE'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL before they are done away with.[break][break]

However, from inside, the GIGANTAMAX VENUSAUR attempts to burst through the stadium with its thick vines. genesis aria fox's CORVIKNIGHT slams into it with a BRAVE BIRD, but is eventually knocked out of the air and subsequently KO'D. Similarly, bryan delarosa's GRIMMSNARL attempts to drain the VENUSAUR with its Z-MOVE: MEMENTO MORI. As its hairy tendrils latch around the poisonous toad, the GRIMMSNARL attempts to siphon energy; however, it is stopped once it is flung by the VENUSAUR'S GARGANTUAN VINES to KNOCK IT UNCONSCIOUS..[break][break]

Enraged, the GIGANTAX VENUSAUR begins to spread its POLLEN from the huge flower on its back. Though Alba Evovae's IRON MOTH and fern delaney's FLUTTER MANE strike with poison and flame, both Paradox Pokemon succumb to the POLLEN, forcing them to FAINT. Before the allergens can cause further harm, jayden cross's ROARING MOON uses FLAMETHROWER to burn through the incoming spore-like POLLEN. On top of the same dragon, fern delaney would watch from above as Hideo Kino's BEHEEYEM executes its Z-MOVE: SHATTERED PSYCHE.[break][break]

PSYCHIC ENERGIES encase the VENUSAUR, throttling backward a few steps. Each footfall causes the entire city to quake. luka chêne takes advantage of this pivotal moment. Having deciphered no new information from the observatory's notebook or telescope (for the stars are not out yet), she converts from researcher to soldier. Her SYLVEON uses PSYSHOCK on the staggered VENUSAUR, finally knocking it unconscious before it reverts slowly back to its original size.[break][break]

The GALARIAN ARTICUNO, armored in black, continues to attack. Around it, PSYCHIC FEATHERS SHARP ENOUGH TO CUT THROUGH IRON cycle around. They slam into the barricades, cutting them apart with ease. As Lucas Holden's BLISSEY attempts to THUNDER WAVE it, the keen-eyed ARTICUNO reacts instantaneously. A FREEZING GLARE collides with the shackle of electricity, bursting through it to KO and FREEZE THE BLISSEY.[break][break]

However, this is enough of a distraction for absalom steel to strike. His GLAMEOW leaps toward the bird, striking at it with a NIGHT SLASH. The bird screeches. With a swing of its wing, it bats the cat away, but thankfully, it does not faint. More PSYCHIC FEATHER BLADES slam into barricades as it summons multiple COPIES of itself: illusory shapes that disorient and confuse.[break][break]

After Xenon Antheil attempts to inspire with bloodlust, Rhydia Ver calls upon her SIGILYPH. The eccentric Pokemon is quick to AIR SLASH every single copy thanks to its trainer's bloodthirsty enthusiasm and a blade of air finally lands. It strikes the GALARIAN ARTICUNO, but fails to FLINCH IT... but it does, succeed in knocking out a PLATE OF BLACK ARMOR. In retaliation, the ARTICUNO soars down toward Xenon Antheil and Rhydia Ver, firing a FREEZING GLARE from its black-masked eyes.[break][break]

Before it's too late, Violet Fairbanks launches herself and her AEGISLASH before them. A KING'S SHIELD is erected, and as ice crawls up the Pokemon's shield, Xenon Antheil's GENGAR hurls a powerful, crackling orb of spectral energy: a SHADOW BALL that detonates against the bird's exposed plumage.[break][break]

As an explosion of purple erupts from the bird's breast, the GALARIAN ARTICUNO FALLS, DEFEATED.

BALLONLEA'S TALE

From another w'rld, heroes arriveth,[break]
cleansing sludge and claw by earth, pool and mind,[break]
walls art hath raised to protect us i'm told.[break]
as speeches forge our hearts so bold[break]
what more shalt beest remembered?[break][break]

Did clothe in the black knight's armeth'r didst a bird[break]
arriveth, with froren stare and its poisonous fyrd.[break]
from the depths, a geant Venusaur didst appeareth,[break]
bringing vine and pollen to our Ballonlea.[break]
our h'roes combated backeth, and did protect our town[break]
and so we didst bestow our crowns.[break]
What more shalt beest remembered?[break][break]
...

CIRCHESTER

Cillian Quinn Hitoshi Inoue Gerald Kaiser Madeline McKenna Tempest Quinn Saki Shitachi Eva Morales freya morningstar KING WAYLAND Genevieve Cromwell

THE ATTACK ON CIRCHESTER is alerted by KING WAYLAND and his LUCARIO. However, the army is fast. Comprised of hideous sludge, the Poison Pokemon smash themselves against the barricades that Saki Shitachi and her METAGROSS had created. Thankfully, their advance is slowed, but for how long?[break][break]

Witnessing its trainer's fear, Genevieve Cromwell's TOXTRICITY OVERDRIVES into the army. Electricity erupts from its conductive body, incinerating countless Poison Pokemon from the inside out. However, it is eventually overcome alongside several townsfolk and their Pokemon. Thankfully, Hitoshi Inoue is able to save the Pokemon from perishing. Though it is knocked out, Hitoshi Inoue channels Gwyar Wledig's essence and swings his AEGISLASH AS IT AERIAL ACES the enemies away, bisecting them clean.[break][break]

The wave is relentless however. As the battle burns, Gerald Kaiser's DECIDUEYE is called upon to Z-MOVE: THE END. A stunning array of SOLAR-INFUSED PETALS strike across the army. They explode in rapid succession, shattering defenses as those struck pop like putrid pimples on the field.[break][break]

Inside the city, the GIGANTAMAX KINGLER wreaks havoc. From its FROTHY BEARD bubbles scatter, exploding against buildings and defending Pokemon. KING WAYLAND's URSHIFU summons all of its strength. Weaving through the froth, it launches itself to land a WICKED BLOW on the crab. The punch strikes the crustacean violently, forcing it to stagger back; however, its beard detaches a sizeable chunk from its end. The bubbles burst, KNOCKING THE URSHIFU OUT. Regardless, KING WAYLAND buys everyone time.[break][break]

Madeline McKenna's AMPHAROS cries out defiantly. Its fist is charged with crackling electricity before it strikes the GIGANTAMAX KINGLER'S LEG. A CLAW swings low and knocks the AMPHAROS against a vendor's stall, splintering it upon impact. But it DOES NOT FAINT.[break][break]

Eventually, Saki Shitachi's ANNIHILAPE lands a CROSS CHOP, its ghostly vengeance channeled into the strike. It forces one of the long legs of the GIGANTAMAX KINGLER to bend. From the sky, freya morningstar descends. Her SALAMENCE barrels downward with a furious Z-MOVE: DEVASTATING DRAKE. A draconic aura, befitting of its trainer's lineage, engulfs its frame as it strikes the KINGLER with full force. An eruption of energy shrouds the KINGLER and everyone nearby... and when it fades, the KINGLER can be seen, reverted into its normal size and knocked out.[break][break]

Outside, many engage the GALARIAN ARTICUNO. Its FREEZING GLARE immobilizes townsfolk and Pokemon with frigid immediacy and its PSYCHIC FEATHER BLADES slam into the barricades with ease, cutting them like soft fruits.[break][break]

However, before the ARTICUNO can summon illusory copies of itself, Tempest Quinn's ILLUMINA LUXRAY glimmers as it casts SPOTLIGHT on the bird. As the copies arise, the true avian is marked. Several of its army fire SLUDGE BOMBS toward the ARTICUNO, loosening its BLACK PLATES.[break][break]

Cillian Quinn takes the opportunity to use his own SHADOW LUXRAY. It rams into the ARTICUNO with shadowy force and tears off some armor. In the process, it detects that the material is similar in signature to that of an ULTRA BEAST. As the ARTICUNO hovers backward, its eyes glowing within their black frames, Eva Morales and her RAYQUAZA summon the heavens and their lightning. A THUNDER slams down into the bird, aided by the SPOTLIGHT. The bolt travels immediately into the exposed weak spot, and downs the bird from the sky.[break][break]

The city is protected, and the townsfolk continue to spin their tale.

CIRCHESTER'S TALE

From another w'rld, heroes arriveth,[break]
and protect our kingdom with psychic mind,[break]
a rousing speech inspires by angelic rains,[break]
while claws and sludge art quell'd before teen[break]
falls upon our realm again, but fret not shouldst[break]
we incur did wind once more, the hero's bath[break]
returns to glory by a queen of dragons,[break]
what more shalt beest remembered?[break][break]

Did clothe in the black knight's armeth'r didst a bird[break]
arriveth, with froren stare and its poisonous fyrd.[break]
from the depths, a geant kingler didst appeareth,[break]
bringing brine and froth to Circhester.[break]
our h'roes combated backeth, and did protect our town[break]
and so we didst bestow our crowns.[break]
What more shalt beest remembered?[break][break]
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HAMMERLOCKE

kyle lopez Zev Harcourt MATIAS SILPH Lucette Castellane Josh Devlin Julia Davis El Sunderland Amor Rose Kouji Matsubara sergei dachev Jack Napier Colton Boothroyd Kaname Fujihara

HAMMERLOCKE IS PROTECTED BY LIGHT AND EARTH. Missiles of poison strike against Colton Boothroyd's LIGHT SCREENS as workers recoil, despite being protected by El Sunderland's ALAKAZAM. However, Kouji Matsubara's TRENCHES, carved by his ROARING MOON prove to be pivotal roadblocks for the army. Poison Pokemon slip into these fissures, struggling to escape as their slippery forms squelch and splash against earthen walls.[break][break]

Kaname Fujihara calls upon his SWALOT. With puckered lips and bright whiskers, the poison bag claps its stubby hands together. A HELPING HAND allows Julia Davis's MEGA LAPRAS TO G-MAX RESONANCE with incredible efficacy. An ICY BLAST descends upon the army, freezing the earth before erupting outward like a geyser. An AURORA VEIL bejewels the air despite the absence of hail.[break][break]

Under this protective glacial curtain, Kouji Matsubara and his IRON JUGULIS dive down from the heavens. With inspiring recklessness, he scorches the army with his mount's HEAT WAVE. Protected by sludge thanks to the AURORA VEIL, he clears countless poisonous platoons, turning the tide of battle.[break][break]

Inside the stadium, Lucette Castellane and the townsfolk defy the GIGANTAMAX CHARIZARD. It is a long, perilous battle. A G-MAX WILDFIRE incinerates the field and creates fiery walls that tower above trainer and Pokemon alike. However, Lucette Castellane is not deterred. Despite her profession within the legal industry, she proves to be a capable trainer in this moment of desperation. kyle lopez's ASHEN RAIKOU AND SUICUNE act as pivotal distractions while Lucette Castellane's GRENINJA leaps from crumbling bleachers. Swiftly and stealthily, the GRENINJA gets close and lands a powerful HYDRO PUMP, empowered by a RAIN DANCE as the final blow. The CHARIZARD reverts to regular size, drenched with water and rendered unconscious.[break][break]

Outside, many contest the GALARIAN ARTICUNO. Plated in black armors, it is a formidable force. PSYCHIC FEATHER BLADES cut through some of the barricades like butter and shatter some of Colton Boothroyd's LIGHT SCREENS. Colton Boothroyd's MAGNETON launches a THUNDER WAVE against the bird, forcing it to slow momentarily with PARALYSIS.[break][break]

It buys enough time for kyle lopez's TERRAKION to SMACK DOWN the GALARIAN ARTICUNO. The bird is GROUNDED, but this close, the ARTICUNO manages to FREEZING GLARE the SWORD OF JUSTICE. The TERRAKION is FROZEN SOLID within its glacial cage until the bird is defeated.[break][break]

The ARTICUNO sheds its PARALYSIS, but with its aerial advantage nullified, Jack Napier and Amor Rose join forces to strike the bird. Amor Rose's GOLURK lands a powerful SHADOW PUNCH against the bird's armors, while Jack Napier's KINGAMBIT attacks with KOWTOW CLEAVE. Screeching in frustration, the bird sends PSYCHIC FEATHER BLADES at each Pokemon, tossing them away. Though the GOLURK is hurt, the KINGAMBIT is the one who is KNOCKED OUT.[break][break]

The GALARIAN ARTICUNO ascends, but is TAUNTED by sergei dachev's TATSUGIRI. With a flap of its wings, a HURRICANE tears across the field toward the small dragon. Enough time is bought for Josh Devlin and El Sunderland to act. The NIDOKING HELPING HANDS Josh Devlin's ZERAORA, and its empowered Z-MOVE: HYPERSONIC PLASMA CHARGE collides with the ARTICUNO with a spectacular spectacle of lightning.[break][break]

Haphazardly, beams of FREEZING GLARE swing about from the bird's twisting head. One strikes El Sunderland's NIDOKING, FAINTING AND FREEZING IT INSTANTANEOUSLY. As electricity crackles against the GALARIAN ARTICUNO, Zev Harcourt moves in quick with his manufactured GENESECT. The robotic bug fires an ELECTROWEB and as it is distracted by the webbing, the Beast manages to SIPHON A BLACK PLATE OF ARMOR from the bird, confirming that it is indeed, of the same material NECROZMA is.[break][break]

After Josh Devlin's ZERAORA leaps back to a safe distance, Mirabella Fontaine closes the gap with her HISUIAN ZORUA. Its SHADOW BALL soars through the air and lands in the exposed area on the bird's body. Finally, it falls and crashes onto the field.

HAMMERLOCKE'S TALE

From another w'rld, heroes arriveth,[break]
to recup'rate our wounded, our walls, and minds. [break]
a dragon scout carves deep trenches [break]
while lightning and spells stomp hands of noxious stenches[break]
the townsfolk art did inspire by two strange men[break]
while the vault returns to its former glory again[break]
what m're shalt beest remembered?[break][break]

Clad in the black knight's armor did a bird[break]
arrive, with thunderous legs and its poisonous fyrd.[break]
From the depths, a geant Charizard did appear,[break]
bringing hellish flame to old Hammerlocke.[break]
Our heroes fought back, and protected our town[break]
And so we did bestow our crowns.[break]
What more shall be remembered?[break][break]
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MOTOSTOKE

Oliver Shrakes Elisabeth Fiorelli Aurelie Lefevre Elaine Highland ana fell Isaac Merlo soyeon kwan Caleb Harcourt BARNABY FINCH Belial Stone Leonidas Stone MARISOL SIMONE Kyrenai Black

IN MOTOSTOKE, the noxious army charges against the city's barricades. However, Aurelie Lefevre's forgework is indomitable. Her fortifications force the Poison Pokemon to rake themselves against the walls with reckless abandon, losing parts of their sludge-bodies in the process.[break][break]

Kyrenai Black is a pivotal frontline trainer. Her MEGA TYRANITAR charges into the malodorous invaders. Its incredible bulk and strength instantly obliterates their viscous forms. Throughout the battle, the titan can be seen raising hell as its trainer finds the effects of Elisabeth Fiorelli's new patronage leaking into their mind.[break][break]

In the meantime, MARISOL SIMONE attempts to obtain a sample of poison with her GARDEVOIR'S SLUDGE. She does—but she must evacuate for immediately, for the GIGANTAMAX GARBODOR is headed her way. The GARBODOR crashes through the stadium. From its immense shape, a putrid miasma wafts with every lurch and groan.[break][break]

Elaine Highland's FLYGON attempts to halt the GARBODOR'S advance. Her EARTHQUAKE rocks the earth, forcing segments of its waste to slough off into the streets. Groaning, the GARBODOR unleashes a G-MAX MALODOR. A surge of sewage gushes out from its bottom and its pores, forcing everyone's noses to burn.[break][break]

On top of his CHARIZARD, MATIAS SILPH commands his mount to use HURRICANE. The impressive gale channels some of the sewage back and away from the other trainers as the wind cuts into the GARBODOR like fan blades. Groaning, the GARBODOR tosses a plane from its body. It crashes through a city building as ana fell summons her GARDEVOIR. As it MEGA EVOLVES, the GARBODOR manages to engulf the TRAIN STATION—but a PSYCHIC from the newly transformed GARDEVOIR prevents it from moving any further.[break][break]

Caleb Harcourt's ABOMASNOW launches an EARTHQUAKE; the earth shakes severely underneath the beast, empowered by the GROUND ZONE to incredible effect. However, as the GARBODOR struggles to regain its composure from ana fell and her GARDEVOIR'S ATTACK, it reaches for the TRAIN. Thankfully, due to the efforts of trainers, there is no TRAIN TO THROW AT Caleb Harcourt AND HIS POKEMON, and they are SUBSEQUENTLY SPARED.[break][break]

By Caleb Harcourt and Aurelie Lefevre, Isaac Merlo's ARON joins Aurelie Lefevre's GOLETT. Though it is small, it is powerful—especially due to the connection of the SYGNA SUIT. The city shakes as an GROUND ZONE BOOSTED EARTHQUAKE forces the GARBODOR to double over, weakened significantly where ana fell's GARDEVOIR had struck. Finally, Aurelie Lefevre's GOLETT lands the final blow. Another EARTHQUAKE ripples through the GROUND ZONE, forcing earth to spike into the GIGANTAMAX GARBODOR to devastating effect. It falls, reverting to regular size as a knocked out body on the city floor.[break][break]

Outside, the battle with the GALARIAN ARTICUNO is a longwinded struggle. Leonidas Stone's DECIDUEYE fires a SPIRIT SHACKLE, the arrow embedding itself in the creature's shadow to keep it in place. Shrieking, the ARTICUNO hurls a PSYCHIC FEATHER BLADE that narrowly misses the bird. soyeon kwan's METAGROSS fires a PSYCHIC against the avian too; however, it is able to resist the intelligent Pokemon's attack with ease.[break][break]

Another FEATHER BLADE toward @banarby and his CHARIZARD. As the CHARIZARD narrowly evades it, aided by the shrill billowing of Belial Stone's CHINGLING'S OMINOUS WIND, a BLAST BURN manages to scorch the invading bird and its black armors. The wind continues, preventing the ARTICUNO from retaliating.[break][break]

Immediately, Elisabeth Fiorelli assists the Admin with her bitter flames. Her VOLCARONA spreads its wings in beautiful display as a FIERY DANCE wreathes around the bird and tears off a plate of BLACK ARMOR.[break][break]

Shrieking, the GALARIAN ARITCUNO uses a FREEZING GLARE on Oliver Shrakes's DRAGONITE who quickly approaches. Though it is a move that can FREEZE, the heat provided by BARNABY FINCH and Elisabeth Fiorelli lessen its potency. The DRAGONITE manages to endure the hit and lands a THUNDER PUNCH against the armored bird before falling back. Though injured, it does not faint.[break][break]

But the GALARIAN ARTICUNO succumbs. The THUNDER PUNCH had landed on an exposed stretch of body, where the armor had been pried off by flame.

MOTOSTOKE'S TALE

From another w'rld, heroes arriveth,[break]
acting as earthen bulwarks for our town to survive[break]
violent women slayeth the hands at our throats[break]
while a mistress of the forge builds cotes[break]
for our wingless people as the bleeding train[break]
is severed from its track.[break]
what more shalt beest remembered?[break][break]

Did clothe in the black knight's armeth'r didst a bird[break]
arriveth, with froren stare and its poisonous fyrd.[break]
From the depths, a geant Garbod'r didst appeareth,[break]
bringing stench and sludge to Motostoke's sph're.[break]
Our h'roes combated backeth, and did protect our town[break]
and so we didst bestow our crowns.[break]
What more shalt beest remembered?[break][break]
...

AND THEN...

THE DRUMMING OF WAR FINALLY SUBSIDES. As the remaining threats dissipate into poisonous waste, each township erupts into merry cheers.[break][break]

Upon closer inspection, the GALARIAN ARTICUNO are not simply unconscious. They are dead. Some can surmise that the BLACK PLATING was responsible for their demises, as if the black armor converted the GALARIAN ARTICUNO into thralls for whatever power they came from.[break][break]

However, within the BALLONLEA ARTICUNO'S PLUME, two eggs would eventually hatch. Two infantile GALARIAN ARTICUNO would emerge and immediately imprint on those who carry their mother's scent due to the feather they possess: samuel carter and Lucas Holden. In the other cities, there is only a single egg. Other heroes would be imprinted on by their close proximity to the ARTICUNO, or by luck: Tempest Quinn, Mirabella Fontaine, and Oliver Shrakes.

samuel carter, Lucas Holden, Tempest Quinn, Mirabella Fontaine, and Oliver Shrakes WILL HAVE TEMPORARY OWNERSHIP OF A YOUNG GALARIAN ARTICUNO FOR THIS RAID. YOU MAY CHOOSE ITS MOVES LIKE A GACHAPON POKEMON.

Those who had inspired the peasantry—or were instrumental in cleaning THE HERO'S BATH initially are suddenly swarmed by the townspeople. In reverence, they kneel to the following characters: jayden cross, Rhydia Ver, luka chêne in BALLONLEA. Tempest Quinn, Cillian Quinn, Eva Morales, freya morningstar in CIRCHESTER. Zev Harcourt & kyle lopez in HAMMERLOCKE and Caleb Harcourt & Isaac Merlo in MOTOSTOKE.[break][break]

They are granted makeshift crowns. No matter what the situation, the townspeople of each city will consider them as ROYALTY, rulers of each territory.[break][break]

Now unclogged, the POWER SPOT in each town has a bright beacon of magenta shooting into the sky.[break][break]

Eventually, time begins to pass in the memory like a relentless current.

THE FIRST MONTH

UNLIKE THE MEMORY REALM OF SWORD, there is no High King. The prophecy is not told by the late CALYREX, but instead, is communicated by ominous writing on the walls of your city. This writing appears during the FIRST MONTH in poisonous sludge, its magenta hue causing it to take a blood-like appearance that is nightmarish and unnerving.[break][break]

In the realm of feudal memory, where sorrow unfurls,[break]
Of a kingdom beset by darkness, where chaos whirls.[break]
Unjustly slain, the high king's spirit mired,[break]
The Black Knight would rise and attack, vengeance acquired.[break][break]

Yet from the shattered armor, a sword and shield would be forged,[break]
Infused with the high king's essence, their power surged.[break]
They'd unlock the secret of new heights, a celestial key,[break]
Transforming heroes into giants, their purpose set free.[break][break]

The stars would hold the tales, secrets of cosmic design,[break]
Guiding the chosen champions, their destinies entwined.[break]
Through celestial revelations, wisdom would be found,[break]
Unveiling truths and legends, their significance profound.[break][break]

Before the final clash 'twixt The Black Knight and Skeleton's dread,[break]
They'd read the constellations, their meaning widespread.[break]
Armed with sword and shield, their purpose crystal-clear,[break]
They'd vanquish chaos, restore the realm, dispelling fear.[break][break]

Thus, the prophecy beckoned the heroes, bold and brave,[break]
To shape their destiny, the kingdom to save.[break]
With resolve unyielding and starry insight,[break]
They'd forge their legends, in the darkest night.[break][break]

Before the final clash 'twixt Black Knight and Skeleton, cursed and dread,[break]
They'd decipher the constellations, what terrors lay ahead.[break]
For destiny's tapestry weaves an intricate dance,[break]
And the heroes must wield sword and shield, in this fateful circumstance.[break][break]

When poison overcomes the land, hope dwindling in its might,[break]
And all seems lost in shadows, engulfed by endless night,[break]
The major canine shall emerge from stone, a beacon of heroic splendor,[break]
To tear the long-lasting memory asunder.

Many attempt to understand the prophecy as they rebuild their new lives in this memory.

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THE FIRST YEAR

ONE YEAR PASSES. The attacks on each township have increased, bringing with them, more and more aggressive Pokemon created from the sludge.[break][break]

Anyone involved in the observatory such as luka chêne will discover that the notes in the lab gradually fill with information. The pages fill in with STAR CHARTS that reveal the location of astronomical objects such as stars, constellations... galaxies. In particular, there is a focus on constellations, including one labeled "★CMa".[break][break]

The DYNITE ORE Oliver Shrakes and others have discovered appear to important for the ability to DYNAMAX; however, our heroes will not be able to learn how to dynamax yet. DYNITE ORE can be found in the deep, down the POWER SPOT as well. Heading down into the caverns will allow trainers to mine more of this ore, while also defending against DYNAMAXED OR GIGANTAMAXED POKEMON in the cavern. The pulsating organ does not seem to be able to be penetrated by normal attacks or metals...[break][break]

Throughout the year, the occasional threat from the deep will emerge as a DYNAMAXED POKEMON that must be defeated.

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TEN YEARS

ONE DECADE PASSES. Eventually, a NECROZMA appears at each of the settlements. The townspeople cry out in fear of THE BLACK KNIGHT, worried that it may lure in a cataclysmic conflict with what they deem THE SKELETON. The NECROZMA is drawn by the LIGHT EMANATING FROM EACH POWER SPOT and will stop at nothing to get there even if there are attempts to reason with it.[break][break]

While the assault is relentless, eventually THIS VERSION OF NECROZMA would give up and move on, but not without massive casualties in the town. However, it leaves countless BLACK METALS in the aftermath...[break][break]

These metals can be forged to create new weaponry and defensive equipment and in this memory, can be imbued with the INFINITY ENERGY of Pokemon. Though this technique would normally not work in the real world, the nature of this realm allows it to be done.

EACH CHARACTER CAN DESIGN A WEAPON OF THEIR OWN THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO USE A POKEMON MOVE (NO LEGENDARY SIGNATURE MOVES).

Furthermore, a mysterious boulder begins to emerge from the earth in each town. It begins to slowly chip away to reveal canine-like features...[break][break]

More breakthroughs begin to develop through the investigation of the stars and of the DYNITE ORES. It is evident that the prophesied "final clash" will come eventually as the poison begins to consume more of the region of Galar. Your characters must prepare.

IMPORTANT

IN YOUR POST, you may detail what your characters are doing for the first ten years. Do not feel restricted to any action. Also imagine any information not dispensed (e.g. the parchment strips in the first few rounds) has been distributed to everyone by this mod post.[break][break]

You may choose to have your post focus in the immediate period after ten years, focus on brief summaries of each period, or whatever way you'd like to approach your post. However, please be reasonable with your TL;DRs and with shiv will be able to include in his mod post.[break][break]

Lastly, all of your Pokemon can be healed for this MOD POST. However, after the final jump, be aware that POKEMON THAT HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OR POISONED may be unusable for the last stretch of the raid.

NOTE: IN THE NEXT MOD POST, TEN MORE YEARS WILL PASS.

Though this time skip is long, your characters do not need to be dramatically affected by their experience after the raid is over. The raid's events may begin to fade like a dream (though this is up to player discretion).

RULES & GUIDELINES

INSTRUCTIONS

PLEASE HEED THE FOLLOWING RULES. Failure to comply with these rules may result in the failure or dismissal of your actions.

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• before you post, you must lock in your pokemon selection in sign ups.
• you can only use ONE MOVE and ONE POKEMON at a time.
• please include a TL;DR (too long; didn't read) note summarizing your important actions.
• please refrain from using Pokemon nicknames in your TL;DR. use the POKEMON SPECIES NAME.
• please ROLL THIS ROUND.
• missing a round/or too many rounds may result in being RETCONNED OR EXPELLED OUT OF THE EVENT in some way.
• please POST ONCE this round.

Do note, there are many characters participating. Moderator posts may not be able to reference every single character or go into specific detail at times due to the sheer work needed.

DEADLINE

JUNE 16TH - 11:59PM PST

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NOTE: the moderator post may not always come immediately after the deadline.[break][break]

SPOILER: Click to show

Eva Morales luka chêne Hideo Kino Colton Boothroyd Kyrenai Black El Sunderland freya morningstar Genevieve Cromwell John Sullivan Caleb Harcourt kyle lopez Lucas Holden Oliver Shrakes sergei dachev Elaine Highland Josh Devlin Julia Davis absalom steel Jack Napier MATIAS SILPH Leonidas Stone MARISOL SIMONE Hitoshi Inoue KING WAYLAND fern delaney Tempest Quinn Cillian Quinn Xenon Antheil Felix Gallagher Belial Stone Gerald Kaiser Isaac Merlo jayden cross ana fell genesis aria fox Aurelie Lefevre Mirabella Fontaine samuel carter bryan delarosa Kouji Matsubara mint frost Violet Fairbanks Amor Rose Madeline McKenna soyeon kwan Alba Evovae Rhydia Ver Elisabeth Fiorelli Lucette Castellane BARNABY FINCH Kaname Fujihara Saki Shitachi Zev Harcourt

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THE FIRST YEAR

The crowning of Caleb Harcourt and Isaac Merlo meant nothing to her, at first. Motostoke was a temporary resting place; what or who its sheep-like people saw fit to worship was unimportant, to her mind. She focused her time and attention on escape, choosing to limit her company to those like BARNABY FINCH and ana fell who had proven themselves worthy of it.[break][break]

Until the days stretched to months. The months to years. The tedium of fighting back a barrage of monsters over and over, while discovering nothing of note in her attempts to return back to her home world, threatened to push her to the brink of madness.[break][break]

Elisabeth Fiorelli was not a woman given to rolling over and letting fate decide her destiny for her. So instead, she seized what little power she held in Motostoke, and staked her claim on it.[break][break]

Forcefully.[break][break]

TWO YEARS LATER

Galar and Kalos were not so different. Elisabeth's background in the aristocracy primed her for certain methods of survival to attain money and power.[break][break]

Her first marriage had lasted ten years. Elisabeth's second marriage barely lasted ten days.[break][break]

The question was simple: who held power in Motostoke, save for the monarchy? And the answer was established in the trains that ran through this town, hatefully mechanical and lifeless in a way that reminded Elisabeth of too many other things she despised.[break][break]

Elisabeth despised her next husband, too, though he never did her harm. He was an older man, although he remained a powerful one, running several of the railways that ran through the town. He held some minor noble title, enough to suggest some clout.[break][break]

Importantly, he was dying. And she planned to accelerate that process.[break][break]

It was a calculated decision to seduce him. Tapu Fini's MISTY TERRAIN left his addled mind satisfied that he had enjoyed their romance more than had actually occurred in reality; in truth, they'd barely shared any words in one another's company, much less anything else. The opportunity to explore this level of manipulation on Galarian shades of memory, admittedly, felt too good to resist.[break][break]

Not as satisfying as using it on FERNANDO SILPH would be, but ah well. One made do with what one had.[break][break]

Once the paperwork settled, she went back to her old standby: toxicology. It was a nice touch, she thought, to drink from her poisoned chalice before offering it to her victim. Wo-chien's immunity was a terribly useful thing, in that way.[break][break]

Her stepdaughters were not exactly happy about the thieving of their inheritance, but everyone sent to investigate their father's death met an unusual disappearance, or alternatively, came back curiously content to cease in their searching and wafting the faintest scent of pixie dust.[break][break]

She offered to let ana fell run the company she inherited. She was decidedly uninterested in trains and railways. Her second husband's house she kept for herself, though.[break][break]

Was it ironic, that she'd be isolated in a manor for another ten years? She tried not to dwell on that.[break][break]

At least she had the company of BARNABY FINCH when the nights were too long. And here, in the monotony of this false Galar, they always were.[break][break]

TEN YEARS LATER

It was generally understood that it was best to leave the Witch of Motostoke alone. Her own stepdaughters broke off all contact with her, speaking vile insults behind her back and to her face as the years wore on.[break][break]

She remained an unmarried widow; she never seemed interested in having children of her own.[break][break]

Like some reclusive spider, Elisabeth preferred to hide away in her ivy-wreathed tower, emerging only when attacks on the barricade shuddered through the city. Her mysterious companion, a Ruinous Beast that inspired the basest and most vile emotions in those who witnessed it, would slither at her side as she ordered its RUINATION to keep the city safe.[break][break]

She showed no fear in battle. Not to the enormous Pokemon that staggered towards them, and not to Necrozma either.[break][break]

In her hand, she held an elegant scepter wrought of blackest metal, its clear crystal orb swirling with frost that could summon BITTER MALICE at her behest. She was not one to compliment others, but she had to admit that Aurelie Lefevre's skill had not been overestimated in the slightest.[break][break]

Her standing in the royal court had been a contentious one. She wondered, sometimes, if it was Isaac Merlo's fondness for ana fell that kept her from more retaliation. Another part of her knew she was too powerful for him to restrain her, not with the city as relentlessly under siege as it was.[break][break]

She was the sole Avatar of Motostoke, after all. Who could contain her, really? Save for these damnable walls.[break][break]

To wile away the hours, she contented herself meddling in the lives of the peasantry. They came to her as if she were a fairy godmother in their story, and not some witch toying with their emotions and wants out of her own boredom and frustration.[break][break]

"You can make me into who I truly want to be," they'd say, hesitant and wondering, before the secret bliss of her MISTY TERRAIN warped them into her playthings. She became frighteningly talented with that ability over the span of a decade, but she had learned one thing from observing her predecessor in Tapu Fini's Avatarship:[break][break]

The willing always made for the most successful results, and the cleanest mistakes to pick up after.[break][break]

She'd ask for books when BARNABY FINCH went out on his Spectrier, spending her days attempting to research the poisons in the city and the prophecies that had been written in magenta-blood. Sometimes she sent letters to and from people she once knew in another lifetime. Felix Gallagher. Cillian Quinn. Once, on a whim, MATIAS SILPH.[break][break]

But she didn't feel tethered to her previous reality, not in the same way she used to. Just dissatisfied, as she always had been. As she knew, deep down inside, she always would be.[break][break]

It had taken only a decade to break her, the first time. This second decade wore at her differently, little by little, peeling back the layers of her own sanity until she was an even more self-interested, vengeful creature.[break][break]

Waiting for the next battle to sate her bloodlust.[break][break]

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