If there had to be a phrase for today, Trinity figured it would be something like “Well that didn’t work.” The Ranger’s Gengar hit her with all the force of a stuffed pillow; not harmful, but with enough force to knock the girl to the ground with an oof. At least her Cubone, whom she held up as she fell, was unscathed for now. The Gengar, on the other hand, had spirals for eyes and its tongue was lolling out like a water slide. The blue haired girl grunted and lightly sat up, moving the Ghost type from her body as she rubbed her head. She needed to think, but there was too much chaos! Who did she have to kill for a moment to think?! She wasbgeinning to feel a migraine coming on...

[break][break] The distant sound of whirring made Trinity’s eyes bolt open just in time to watch the Paradox Pokemon launch a flurry of Air Cutters at the crowd. Flat on her bottom, Trinity was nothing more than a sitting duck as the razor sharp currents of air were fired at her! Thankfully for her, however, Cubone was attentive. She rushed around, using Fling to toss random objects (Decorations, mascots, small trees) into a wall between the Air Cutters and the Cubone’s Trainer. Trinity visibly relaxed, releasing a breath they weren’t aware they were holding, as she watched her Cubone go. “Thanks,” she simply said as she rose to her feet and dusted herself off.

[break][break] The chaos before would seem like a picnic compared to the newest updates. An electrified Pangoro, a flying Togepi, and a cowboy playing basketball with his Cubone. “If you’re worried about collateral, then we need to divert the train.” Trinity took steps closer to the Gengar trainer as she spoke. “Assuming it is on a looping rail right now, if we divert the train to its railyard, we should be able to surround this thing.” They continued, scanning the area. As she spoke, her white Zoroark appeared at her side in a small flash of light. A good call, since a Ghost-type’s intangibility would help cover ground for the girl’s plan. “Look for the external rail controls,” she said to her two partners, letting her Cubone down from her arms. “There cannot be that many.” The Rocket finished as her and her three Pokemon split up to perform their task.
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TL;DR

-Was knocked on the ground by Gengar
-Cubone used Fling to toss a bunch of nearby objects to block Air Cutter
-Release H-Zoroark
-The three of them are now split up, looking for the external rial controls for the train tracks to divert the train to its railyard and covered the Iron Bundle when the train stops

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some might have said he deserved to be smacked in the nose by his cubone. he said, ”awgh!” and regretted most of the decisions he had made in the last few minutes.[break][break]

his mouth hung slightly agape, nose clogged with blood that stickied his whiskers. his cubone had rolled off onto the floor, not daring to get up just yet, but taking note of luka chêne ’s togepi and calling after it hopelessly as it was carried away by her sylveon.[break][break]

’cubooone!’ a claw was outstretched from where he lied on his back, reaching at the air where the togepi had disappeared from. his concern was remedied, however–briefly–by the aid provided from beside the train. but then came the iron bundle’s rage.[break][break]

roach watched in horror as the controls were destroyed there in front of him, briefly considering just jumping back off the train–but he’d taken it upon himself to do something. he couldn’t just back down now.[break][break]

unable to hear schuyler tate ’s more thought-out plan, he instead listened to the brandy in his system, and threw himself at the iron bundle full force, attempting to tackle it to the floor of the train car. unfortunately, instead, he was caught in the first moments of schuyler tate ’s ditto-bundle’s close combat, catching stray flippers in cramped quarters.[break][break]

yelling out in pain, teary-eyed from both his busted nose and a second-hand pummeling, roach attempted to dodge the further onslaught of attacks, both from within and outside the car, while he searched for a brake. wasn’t there something to pull? he was pretty sure there was something to pull, like a lever.[break][break]

”after all the shit, i’m gonna be killed by a stupid bird.” he spat a bit of blood. ”just a normal day off. i ain’t askin’ for much.”[break][break]

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they were saved! the sylveon stuck around after all. boomer the cubone was relieved, and so was roach, as he was finally able to pull the brake lever and slow the train to a safe halt.[break][break]

did this make him some kind of hero?[break][break]

nope. apparently not, because the train was not done moving. catching its second wind, it slipped off the tracks and into christmas town, to wreak even more havoc than before.[break][break]

schuyler tate’s voice reached his ears, just barely.[break][break]

“shit. don’t gotta tell me twice. come on, boomer!”[break][break]

he grabbed his cubone by the paw and swung him off the train, into the snow, before jumping off himself. blood from his nose spattered across the belly of a snorlax that appeared under him, just in time. he spat and cussed and rolled off into the snow.[break][break]

he did not stop to investigate what had just happened. instead, as counterintuitive as it might seem to run after a train immediately after jumping off it, that’s just what they did, hoping to at least help with the aftermath.[break][break]

noting that his friend had finally jumped from the train as well, roach commanded his cubone to help in the assault on the runaway cars.[break][break]

”help ‘em out!”[break][break]

another bonemerang was attempted, bone cutting through the air towards the hulking vehicles. a humble weapon, maybe,
but the effort was there.[break][break]

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Trinity groaned and rubbed the back of her aching head. Something had crashed on top of her during the commotion, leaving her preoccupied during the recent updates. But judging by the chaos she would assume that the matter hadn’t been resolved yet. In fact, things seemed to be getting worse. The tracks had been frozen over, resulting in the train losing control. The blue haired Rocket joined up with the Gengar and Pangoro Trainers, Schuyler and Robin. Within moments Trinity would be rejoined by her own Pokemon, Cubone hugging her leg among the cacophony of crashes. The spot gave her a better vantage point, sure. But now she was clear in range of the crashing train cars!

“Zoroark, Hyper Voice.” Upon Trinity’s command, the Hisuian Pokemon shifted to stand between her and the oncoming car as it took in a large breath. The girl leaned down to plug Cubone’s ears just as the white Zoroark let out an eerie roar, loud enough to create a wall of sound waves between the deadly transportation and the vulnerable trainers. If Trinity hadn’t been used to her own Pokemon, the sound would have sent a chill down her spine. Instead they looked around, trying to look past the chaotic crumbling.

“Where did the Iron Bundle go?” She asked Schyuler and Robin, hoping they were able to keep track of it in her absence. With the amount of trouble it was causing, losing sight of it was absolutely the Worst Possible Outcome.
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tl;dr
[break][break] -Recovered from getting hit by collateral
[break][break] -Returned to Group
[break][break] -Used Hyper Voice to try and destroy a train car and not get crushed
[break][break] -Asked where the Iron Bundle is and is looking around for it

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