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"Oh yeah? And we're just here to breathe, eat food, and pop out babies. But you don't see us settling for that, now do you?" Isaac's explanation was way blunter than Nomi's, yet they both struck at the same truth.
"Miss me with all that 'love is just chemicals' bullshit. You're not just what you're made to be."[break][break]
Their defiance had not gone unnoticed. Hidden Power after Hidden Power rained down on him and Nomi. With each that came, Team Isaac stepped up to the plate. Isaac slid off of Akane's back so she could make the first strike, her titular
Iron Thorns launching to snipe beams out of the sky. Ferrus Manus moved to
Detect any she missed, blocking them with repulsor shields that pulsed outward from his hands. It took all their focus, but they held back the tide.[break][break]
With each beam came more rationalization. While every universe risked causing an Origin Point, theirs had come the closest to doing so. It wasn't just Avatars, but everything; Megas, Z-Moves, Sygna Suits, even the Tera energy shimmering off of Watson. Every opportunity the League and Rocket pushed them another step closer to danger.[break][break]
Everyone swept up in this role had a war to play. That included Nomi, the sure inheritor of the Unown's Architect. It also included Isaac, who who Dr. Holo was now calling the Purifier. Her claims had more weight to them than ever, but something about them stuck in Isaac's craw.[break][break]
Before he could figure out why, she went on the attack.[break][break]
Isaac let out a strangled gasp as Dr. Holo's arm shot around his throat. Even compared to
Zev Harcourt on a bad day, her grip was tight. Isaac dropped his weight, widened his base, and kept his hands up, but she wasn't just going sparring style. Worse still, her headlock was the least of his problems. The Unown rotating above his head seemed ready to scramble his brain at a moment's notice.[break][break]
"Wait, Nomes-!" Isaac called, trying to stop her approach before things got physical. If they did, the brain scrambling might actually began.
"I . . . I got a few more questions. The doc's brought up some points worth thinking about, y'know?"[break][break]
Watson looked at what was going on, baffled. He turned to Knuckles; surely she wouldn't let this slide, right? Yet, in the face of Isaac's hesitation, she squeezed her eyes shut and knelt down in surrender. Ogrelord followed suit, head bowed low to the ground. Even Akane seemed to settle, her green glow dying down as she took a few steps back. Just what was going on here? Were they all really just giving up?[break][break]
"If these powers are gonna be the end of us, why're they all here? And if you're trying to keep us off Arceus' radar, does that mean you're trying to save our worlds instead of destroying them? And if you're really just doing this all to try and help, how can I help you? Please, tell me!"The more Isaac spoke, the more things would start to change along the battlefield. Aura, near-imperceptible, would build up around Knuckles' hands and feet. Ogrelord's hair would start to unravel, rising up his back in great waves. Spikes would detach from Akane's back, surrounding her like an array of glowing satellites. All the while, Isaac kept talking, kept asking questions.[break][break]
A wise man once said, "don't watch the mouth, watch the hands."[break][break]
It would be that last, impassioned plea, aimed not at Dr. Holo but at his team, that would get them to spur into action. Knuckles would surge forward in a burst of
Extremespeed, blurring into the air to try and knock the Unown away before it could attack. Shortly after her, Ogrelord's mane fell in great pointed tendrils. Its
False Surrender aimed not to harm the Unown, but to leave it surrounded by a cage of dark type tendrils.[break][break]
Isaac himself would bring his forearm towards the space between Dr. Holo's fingers. Something would have to give as he started pushing, and even the best executed grip was weaker than a humerus. Were he able to break the hold, he would duck under Dr. Holo's arms and try to snag her into a tight full nelson of his own. All the while, Akane waited in the wings, meteoric energy crackling around her body.[break][break]
This would be a much better position to ask questions from.[break][break]
TEAL DEER;[break]
Isaac's Paradoxes do their best to block Unown's Hidden Powers as Dr. Holo and Nomi go back and forth. Isaac (mostly) quietly listens along.[break]
Grappled and held at Unown-point, Isaac asks Nomi to stop (Nelle consented to this) so he can ask some questions. He and his team seem to have surrendered.[break]
As he asks a long, distracting array of questions, Knuckles the Lucario and Ogrelord the Grimmsnarl ready attacks of their own.[break]
Right when he finishes, Knuckles tries to smack the Unown out of the sky with Extremespeed, while Ogrelord uses its False Surrender to try and cage it with hair.[break]
Isaac himself tries to break the hold, and if possible reverse into a full nelson of his own.[break]
He'd much rather have Dr. Holo answer their questions under the barrel of a potential Z-Move.
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Naomi Sato