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GOODBYE GALAR: RUSTED SHIELD
POSTED ON May 22, 2023 4:19:50 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","omgen"] [attr="class","omgentop"]GOODBYE GALAR:[break]
RUSTED SHIELD  [attr="class","omgenmid"] ICLY SET EARLY JUNE DEATH-ENABLED RAID EVENT [player]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1035423510278979624/1110060230089388032/calyrex_poggie.mp3[/player] [break] 🎼 Battle! (Calyrex) - Pokémon Sword and Shield [break][break] INVESTIGATION
Many attempt to scour the snowlands surrounding the abandoned courtyard. Warmed by the light of her CERULEDGE, Elaine Highland attempts to discover clues. Violet Fairbanks hides in the snow for her—and should the detective come near, she would surely have a decisive advantage… if the trap is not derailed by an event unforeseen.[break][break]
Elaine Highland communicates with fellow League trainers—those who are tuned into the same frequency. Although everyone has been warped into a different world, oddly, their technology works. Like Elaine Highland, freya morningstar would see the barren wood, the rugged mountainous terrain leading up to their location. Everyone is high up on this mountain—and from this vantage point, the two would be able to see the ruined, dilapidated town of Freezington far below at this mountain’s base. Likewise, KING WAYLAND discovers no threats. Warmed by his INCINEROAR’S innate heat, he can see that same ravaged Freezington.[break][break]
Eva Morales attempts to seek paths out of this realm. Surely, it can’t be as easy as flying over to Hoenn, could it? Primal energy. Ultra Wormholes. Teleportation. It is difficult to discern, From the sky, she can see what appears to be glowing, poisonous slop smothering stretches of land. Throughout the kingdom, through the frigid haze, she can see the incandescence of bright magenta beams.[break][break]
There are no signs of ZAMAZENTA or CHIEN-PAO. Even Kyrenai Black’s LUNATONE can not scry where they are. Its FUTURE SIGHT fails here like many others’ attempts. Perhaps, this world operates beyond the threshold of temporality and space.[break][break]
As snow crunches beneath his feet, Colton Boothroyd encounters kyle lopez calling upon his SMEARGLE. The Engineer would bear witness to the Top Champion’s science experiment: a SPATIAL REND tearing into the world’s quilt. As the weaker iteration of PALKIA’S power etches pink scars of light into the air, both Colton Boothroyd and kyle lopez would notice that the scars “fill in themselves” with a murky blackness. Like an inky smoke. The hue reminds them of the CHIEN-PAO’s ruinous attack that delivered them into the shield. Both would be able to surmise that this is no alternate universe, dimension, or plane. Rather, this seems to be a lethean labyrinthe far removed from the prying eyes of The DRK Triad—and of the Alpha Pokemon’s innumerous hands.[break][break]
The repair is also imperfect. The reconstructed space is foggy, like a dream that is impossible to remember in full.[break][break]
Although MARISOL SIMONE can not find any black fragments of the shield ZAMAZENTA had wielded, she is warmed by the hearth of Leonidas Stone’ TALONFLAME. Around the courtyard, where the statue stands in the center of, the two would be able to find a scribbled note:
TEAM ROCKET’S OPERATIVES survey the wintry mountainside too. The Galarian cold nips at any exposed skin like sharp Carvanha teeth.[break][break]
Xenon Antheil and Hitoshi Inoue unite with Tempest Quinn and his FIRAGARIF. El Sunderland joins him too, their TOGEKISS keeping them warm. Though Tempest Quinn can find no RUSTED SHIELD—after all, to fathom that a world should exist within a physical object is an idea perhaps too ludicrous—Quinn’s husband can only find an old piece of parchment. The penmanship is scratchy, blotchy. Done by the rough edge of a quill. It says:
By the same group, Cillian Quinn’s SHADOW LUGIA makes its presence known. As the Underboss communicates to those tuned in onto the same Rocket frequency, Saki Shitachi joins him on METAGROSS. soyeon kwan and Madeline McKenna too, though the former attempts to go down the side of the mountain. She would find that should she continue to travel forth, that there is no “end” to this “illusion”. If it is an illusion, that is. She would surmise that continuing to go on alone would not be a good idea.[break][break]
Nearby if not entirely beside the aforementioned group, samuel carter would conclude his search too. Underneath a stubborn rock, seemingly frozen solid despite the absence of ice, he finds a SHED FEATHER OF PURPLE. Similarly, Lucas Holden would discover a similar feather in the courtyard: coincidentally the highest point in this frozen tundra.
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
UPON UXIE’S GUIDANCE, Hideo Kino moves toward the statue. On his way, he encounters Oliver Shrakes, whose CHANSEY offers healing. As they step on frozen-worn stone, Hideo Kino is alerted to or steps on a half-eaten ICEROOT CARROT...[break][break]
Warmed by his INCINEROAR, Jack Napier advances into the forgotten shrine with sergei dachev. However, as more and more bodies funnel into the courtyard, their fates become increasingly entwined like string. But this is no red yarn. No fairytale gossamer. Instead, it is the thick cordage of an explosive’s fuse. Though this may be another region, another kingdom, Hoenn’s trainers are territorial creatures of habit.[break][break]
Gerald Kaiser already senses the rise in tension. His IRON MOTH swirls with fire—but to commence a performance this prematurely means a rushed script. A skipped scene. From his preparations, he unknowingly advances the conflict further.[break][break]
Likewise, Alba Evovae’s MUSHARNA steadies itself too. A CALM MIND is a precursor to survival—but a mind numbed by too serene a composure can be cursed by a SLOW START. Kaname Fujihara and his HATTERENE, cooled by the healing of a LIFE DEW enter the courtyard too, unaware of the factional fuse that has already been lit.[break][break]
INTERVENTION
Others reunite with each other after the warp. A rather bitter Mirabella Fontaine and her friend, Lucette Castellane, join on the slope after the former is dug up by her HISUIAN ZORUA. Snow sloughs off of their clothes as Josh Devlin and his PYROAR dash by.[break][break]
Aurelie Lefevre extends the small black particulate gathered from the RUSTED SHIELD to Zev Harcourt. When touched by the Rocket Beast, they absorb into his body. It is a chilling feeling to have cold metal sink into the skin—but the sensation is acclimated to immediately. As if this was meant to be. Smaller parts of a greater whole coming together. It is now unmistakable. The RUSTED SHIELD appears to have some connection to NECROZMA, itself.[break][break]
The Mauville Gym Leader finds a Genevieve Cromwell burdened by a delay in mourning and a sprained ankle. Soon after, ana fell arrives too. Her GARDEVOIR is quick to assist her with a well-aimed HEAL PULSE alongside Isaac Merlo’s LUCARIO. [break][break]
The hurt Alolan is showered with further healing; the last dosage of mending from John Sullivan is the final ingredient to mitigate her sprain. A LIFE DEW descends upon the entire group.[break][break]
 Though it is cold, Caleb Harcourt’s LAPRAS heals fatigue and bodily harm remembered by the avalanche on Route 120. By the crowd of recuperators, absalom steel and akira receive the aid too. Droplets grace the latter’s hair and skin after she is dug out by her compassionate dullard of a GOLURK.[break][break]
However, peace is not to be had for long. A disguised Amor Rose lands by DRAGONITE as the Pokemon attempts to strike John Sullivan’s ORBEETLE. Misinterpreting the former gym leader’s powers as hostile motions, the man aims to protect his ilk.[break][break]
Similarly, Julia Davis rushes to protect El Sunderland who stands beside a troupe of Rockets. With her MEGA LAPRAS in tow, she asks them to get back and away from threats such as Tempest Quinn, Hitoshi Inoue and Xenon Antheil.[break][break]
However, their respective conflicts can not find proper resolution. An incredible explosion erupts from the summit. Old stone is blasted apart. Like falling stars, they soar down the slope and smash the ice-dried trunks of weary trees.[break][break]
KING WAYLAND narrowly avoids a hurtling brick thanks to his observant watch as a DROUGHT (SUNNY DAY) forms overhead.
THE CROWN SHRINE
WHEN Belial Stone TOSSES HIS LIT CIGARETTE, he does not expect it to explode the trough. But it does. Sort of. Timed perfectly like an action movie and lit perfectly by the convenience of a GROUDON’S DROUGHT—except with the slight issue of there being no insurance.[break][break]
Indeed, as soon as the stick lands the STATUE & TROUGH are speared through by MATIAS SILPH’s PRECIPICE BLADES. The pillars crack with molten scars before erupting as blossoms of explosive flame.[break][break]
sergei dachev would have seen what the statue looked like—an odd bunny-like royal mounted proudly on a GLASTRIER—moments before its destruction. [break][break]
Large masses of snow are drawn into the air. Beckoned by mint frost’s BEEHEYEM, they manage to block some of the wood shrapnel and chipped cobblestone to protect the Rocket Beast so close to where the trough once was. Despite the memory of the illuminated eve he shared with MATIAS SILPH once upon a time—the sheer force of GROUDON’S AVATAR burns away such pleasantries.[break][break]
Thankfully, jayden cross’s DOUBLADE’S SPRINGTIDE STORM manages to salvage the statue’s decapitated head while protecting mint frost from the rest of the splintered torpedoes. [break][break]
While BARNABY FINCH PHANTOM FORCES with his SPECTRIER, initially, the prospect of escape seems certain. Obvious. However, luka chêne’s SHADOW TOGEPI activates it SHADOW LUCK. The invisible forces of probability twist and churn to shed mortal action from chance. The Admin finds himself in danger as the SPECTRIER’S PHANTOM FORCE lags. [break][break]
A WHIMSICOTT’S GRASSWHISTLE is sung toward fern delaney’s DRAGAPULT as luka chêne’s SHADOW TOGEPI returns. The DRAGAPULT FALLS ASLEEP as a sun-powered SOLAR BEAM is immediately loosed. When the DRAGAPULT’S HEAD slumps in slumber, the trajectory of the beam careens off-course and forces Lucas Holden away from his high ground as more of the ruins are blown apart.[break][break]
Felix Gallagher and Zev Harcourt join their WIDE GUARDS together. Javelins of stone clatter and crumble against their TOXAPEX & GALLADE’S defenses. [break][break]
MATIAS SILPH’s GROUDON manages to impede the WO-CHIEN’S GIGA DRAIN with the remainder of its PRECIPICE BLADES—but it knows to be weary of that withered mass of dead foliage. It bears a similar scent to that of PENELOPE LIVY’s CHI-YU, after all.[break][break]
The GIGA DRAIN & MISFIRED SOLAR BEAM is distraction enough. Upon Elisabeth Fiorelli’s command, bryan delarosa launches toward MATIAS SILPH with Kouji Matsubara. The former’s Herculean figure descends first—and as a XERNEAS’S MOONBLAST rocks the entire courtyard, a CHILLING NEIGH cuts through the chaos like a sword alongside a shrill cry.
CALYREX
 “CROW OWN… CRAAAA… ROWCROWN!” [break][break]
Suddenly, MATIAS SILPH, Elisabeth Fiorelli, Kouji Matsubara, bryan delarosa, and fern delaney are lifted into the air. Their bodies are engulfed by a PSYCHIC ENERGY as their limbs fall limp by their sides. Their respective Pokemon stop attacking, pushed back by the same incredible power.[break][break]
A CALYREX dashes in on its GLASTRIER, its green fur billowing behind it like an arboreal cape. The jaws of the floating trainers begin to move... They act as a haunting chorus: a mouthpiece for the CALYREX.[break][break]
“who dares destroy the effigy of the king of bountiful harvests… the last of its kind!”[break][break]
The voices of the five trainers meld together. They speak in almost perfect unison.[break][break]
“it was the only thing holding my affliction back…”[break][break]
Upon closer examination, the CALYREX’S HEAD looks severely injured. Its bulbous green crown-like bud is rotting on one side. Inside, the WHITE PISTIL is withering, peeling away from poison.[break][break]
It sees the decapitated head of its statue. With a sigh, the CALYREX releases MATIAS SILPH, Elisabeth Fiorelli, Kouji Matsubara, bryan delarosa and fern delaney. They would remember what the CALYREX had said through their tongues. The WOODEN CALYREX HEAD is lifted into the air, its head hollowing out for air to billow through it like a perverse woodwind. The CALYREX speaks through it instead, the manufactured voice unnerving and unnatural as air whistles through the sculpture.[break][break]
“i sense you are not of this memory... but I am not long for this world now, for the last vestiges of my remembered existence will leave with the destruction of my statue.”[break][break]
The GLASTRIER neighs loudly as if in sheer distress at the inevitable fate of its owner. Quickly, the CALYREX soothes its steed. However, one of its white prongs holding its head up begins to peel away, causing the regal Pokemon to reel in pain.[break][break]
“ask me what you wish to know... i’ll provide you with all the knowledge I can to help you return home..."[break][break]
The bud on the King Pokemon's head begins to concave, the flesh darkening like a forbidden fruit rotting in swift timelapse.[break][break]
"quickly! my magicks can not last because of the poisons... ask all you that you can... then kill me. you must grant me this one favor, for the poison will render me forever paranoid and forever your foe.”[break][break]
Slipping in and out of lucidity, the CALYREX & GLASTRIER begin to trot around. The horse legs rear upward, pedaling as CALYREX attempts to remain in control... but it can not help but unleash erratic GLACIAL LANCES in between answers.
ROLL MECHANIC
EVEN NUMBERED ROLLS will allow the question to be answered. ODD NUMBERED ROLLS will cause the Pokemon you have out to be KNOCKED OUT BY A GLACIAL LANCE for a part of this raid.[break][break]
Characters with ACTIVATED SYGNA SUITS OR AN ICEROOT CARROT PIECE can ROLL TWO TIMES AND PICK WHICH VALUE THEY'D LIKE.[break][break]
Characters can decide to attempt the KILLING BLOW on the CALYREX. To do so, they must indicate their attempt in their TL;DR. The HIGHEST ROLL (& MOST NARRATIVELY SUPPORTED ACTION) that belongs to a character attempting this, will have the honours of executing the king.
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