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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1

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Navy
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October 13th
Slateport
Heterosexual
E4; Gym Leader
Sheriff
I'd go through hell
to hold your hand
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
In the warrior's code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries, "NEVER!"
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Michael Navidson
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Feb 28, 2024 6:18:23 GMT
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[attr="class","omgentop"]THE WILDS: ULTRA DEEP SEA



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ONGOING EVENT
EXPLORATION




GRANITE CAVE[break]↓ ULTRA DEEP SEA



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Lusamine's Encounter Theme - Pokemon Sun & Moon
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CONTRARY TO ITS NAME, THE MAJORITY OF THE ULTRA DEEP SEA IS A VAST CAVE-LIKE WORLD. Shafts of light from an unknown source barely penetrate the dark, causing colorful diamond-like rocks to glisten against humid walls. The dim lighting makes the place seem like you're thousands of leagues under the sea... Eerily, an unceasing pulse can be heard like a heart beat that rumbles throughout the realm.[break][break]

Oddly enough, one is able to "swim" through this realm like Water-type Pokemon floating in air.[break][break]

One may stumble upon deep, cold pools of dark water and alien seaweed as they scout out the realm. Segments of this place open up into an astral sea, where islands of mysterious stone are suspended mid-air.


PROMPTS



LIST OF PROMPTS




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  • 39 discover a gargantuan organ(s) that continually outputs a mysterious energy. being near it is overwhelming, if not nauseating.
  • 40the aforementioned organ's energy output can allow your pokemon to dynamax in this realm; however, the ultra beasts and other pokemon threats can dynamax too.
  • 41this energy can cause tears in space-time within the realm. you may encounter the following temporary effects: devolution or evolution, deaging or aging, physical displacement, glitches in temporality.
  • 42 encounter glowing pink eyes that begin to manifest everywhere.


EXPEDITION TREASURES


AT THE END OF EACH EXPEDITION THREAD, all characters must ROLL for their final post. The HIGHEST FOUR ROLLS will be counted for what TREASURES are retrieved from the location. These treasures will be returned to each faction for future use...


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RULES



PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. A more comprehensive list of rules will be published in each event thread. These rules are also subject to change.[break][break][break]

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  • Your character can only be in ONE EXPEDITION THREAD at a time.
  • You may participate with all of your characters; however, be aware of your ability to post.
  • If a thread partner has not posted in awhile, please skip them in this event. Momentum is important for engagement.
  • Since these threads may feature combat, please be reasonable with your battling. Discuss with your group if you'd like one move per post, how many Pokemon are allowed to be brought, etc.
  • Try to keep posts short for clarity and speed.
  • Please be trusting and open to communicating with all of your thread partners.
  • Please INCLUDE WHICH PROMPTS you are using in your expedition thread.
  • Please have at least FIVE POSTS PER CHARACTER in your expedition thread.


IN YOUR FINAL POSTS, PLEASE ROLL.




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Navy
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October 13th
Slateport
Heterosexual
E4; Gym Leader
Sheriff
I'd go through hell
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5'10" / 177.8 cm height
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
In the warrior's code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries, "NEVER!"
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Michael Navidson
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Feb 28, 2024 6:20:04 GMT
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MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN
MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN

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HOLY DIVER, YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TOo LONG IN THE MIDNIGHT SEA. OH WHAT'S BECOMING OF ME?

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They sink down into the bottomless mirk. Pressure swells in their chests. Stepping through the rift, they leave common sense behind. Sharpedo swim in schools above them, charting their own course through dark waters. They have seen these humans come and go for the better part of a year. There is easier prey to be found than a warden and his retinue.[break][break]
Each of them has gone where few have gone before, and now they go together. They venture far beyond wrecked starships and Nihilego breeding grounds. Trenches where the walls bleed blood and grant visions of the past are passed, but their stories have already been told. All stories within this place seem to have been told. It is not a matter of telling stories, but surveying that which lies in the far end of this place.[break][break]
There be giants. Nihilego, distant at first, are omnipresent so far into the sea. They float above. They sing songs. Unknown to the men, they sing songs for their mother, one of their own. None yet move to attack, which is not unusual. Nihilego have long treated Sheriff Navidson with the same attitude a man might treat a chained Pyroar. One leap and its chains would snap, and that snap would herald oblivion.[break][break]
Thanks for coming, both of you.” Navy supposes the words are hollow comfort. Thank you doesn’t begin to cover their sacrifice. Being here hurts, even locked within a sygna suit. For them, he knows, it is much worse. He doesn’t understand why the League still insists on sending rangers and military men who lack the proper armaments, but even now he is hard-pressed to find answers.[break][break]
Funny thing, Pokemon here were dynamaxing way before it turned into a hot button issue up above.” He makes conversation to pass the time. “Sometimes, it just happens if you get too close to the core. Had to fight a Naganadel with Melody, a couple months back.


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Baki
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Bi
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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 13, 2024 22:50:04 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu2"]She thinks it would be familiar now, the bottom of this infinite void. Instead, it's just as alienating and foreign as the first time. The lights leave her head swimming, and the fleshy walls pierced with jagged crystals make her wince as she glimpses at them. [break][break]

Even so, she's called back here again, to the place where it all began.[break][break]

"Must've seen dozens by now."[break][break]

She agrees, looking straight ahead. The way this world moves, the way it breathes... it bends the mind. A pokemon sent out in this state would be disorientated at best, so she keeps the only pokemon who can bear it by her side. A guardian angel, if you might call it that. It hums with an understated, ethereal song as light pouring from the crystals catch in its clear body, refracting in all the hues of the Sea.[break][break]

"More, in a dream. The League's using dynamax now, better to get used to it."[break][break]

She knows it's a sore subject for the man leading the expedition. Maybe that precisely is why she says it, a small jab at his weakpoint... to remind the hero he's still human. [break][break]

But humans don't come back from the dead, do they?[break][break]



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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 17, 2024 9:20:26 GMT
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The Ultra Deep Sea was hell.

Some would proclaim it heaven, but they were fools, deluded by the call of an ancient god that did not understand the concept of man, let alone empathize with it. Everything in this world was toxic. Everything in this world was a poison that bit into you, refusing to let go until you accepted it.

He can understand why Tsubaki believes this place to be heaven, full of angels. He can understand why she views this place as her mother.

"The Elite Four asks. Of course I would answer." Howard gave Tsubaki a side-eye as he looked at Navy. He was still pretending to be a member of the League, but Navy knew the truth. They had mutually decided to keep the secret from Tsubaki. Navy would keep Howard's secret. Howard would keep Tsubaki's secret stints into the Ultra Deep Sea buried.

What secret was Tsubaki hiding for Navy's sake?

"Dynamax. I didn't know it was so common here. It makes sense, but still..." Howard frowned at the distant Dynamaxed Nihilego. "What if they bother us?"

At his belt, Regice's Pokeball sat dormant. He didn't know if bringing one of Eternatus's ribs to Eternatus was a wise decision, but it was his strongest Pokémon. He had to rely on it. Shirley had lost her eye because Howard was lazy. That would not happen again.

It could not.



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Navy
He/Him
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October 13th
Slateport
Heterosexual
E4; Gym Leader
Sheriff
I'd go through hell
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5'10" / 177.8 cm height
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
In the warrior's code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries, "NEVER!"
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Michael Navidson
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 18, 2024 2:49:18 GMT
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MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN
MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN

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HOLY DIVER, YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TOo LONG IN THE MIDNIGHT SEA. OH WHAT'S BECOMING OF ME?

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Only after so much time away does it truly hit him. The way Tsubaki talks when she dives through these waters reminds him of a faint memory.[break][break]
She looks older, acts older, talks older. The thought crosses his mind, goes unvoiced, and is filed away for later. In his heart of hearts, he curses Eternatus and His ilk for robbing this girl of her youth.[break][break]
Baki, know you made me a promise, but part of your job’s going to be patrolling down here.” His eyes settle on the supermassive Nihilego in the distance. It beckons them forward. From the darkness, Navy swears he sees magenta eyes watching them.[break][break]
So we have to get you used to it. Howard, you’ve gotta help her.” It is a simple repetition of earlier sentiments. “There’ll be times I can’t be here. Duty calls.” Guilt punctuates the sentiment. Guilt that he cannot be in Dewford, helping the people of this small community should they need him.[break][break]
At least they’re left in capable hands.[break][break]
So Noel, Calli, Dave, and the rest will have to manage without me.” Turning to face them both, he goes into what can generously be described as teacher mode. He gave these lessons to many young warriors under a different sky.[break][break]
How do you slay giants?



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Baki
She/Her
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December 21
Saffron City
Bi
administrative assistant
Officer
dead flowers
pressed against my lips
156 cm // 5'1" height
156 cm // 5'1" height
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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 18, 2024 3:39:01 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu2"]She stares distantly at looming white giants, clad both in pallor and in the nascent throes of the womb. They have always existed, and would exist long after their world came to an end. An eternal danse macabre, which her own angel follows, watching from a distance with unseen eyes, slowly swaying to an unheard song.[break][break]

... Finally, she breaks her eyes away and looks to the two men accompanying her. [break][break]

"We're bothering them. This is their home, not ours."[break][break]

A rebuttal, framing the question in the only terms she'd permit. Even if they were strange... alien, foreign... they were still pokemon. She would always take their side over people. [break][break]

People would do awful things, like lie, cheat, and steal. They would betray you. They would kill, simply because they could. Not for survival, but because they enjoyed it. Team Rocket, the embodiment of all the worst that people were capable of, was the invention of people, not pokemon, after all.[break][break]

"You know me, Navy. Always keep my promises."[break][break]

She gives a distant smirk, meeting his eyes without missing a beat, fully aware of the irony.[break][break]

"What for? What crime have they committed?"[break][break]

The patronizing tone of a teacher sparks ire, the rebellious words of a delinquent speaking sudden concern for what most see as mere monsters. In his eyes, it may be sympathy for the devil. If so, call her a devil's advocate. Though... of course, she'd call them angels. [break][break]



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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 18, 2024 7:58:20 GMT
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"The crime of existence. That alone is enough." Howard blinked once, slowly. "There's a world where coexistence is possible, but it is not this one. The Ultra Beasts have spilled too much blood for coexistence to be possible. Killing them is a preemptive solution, something that should be practiced more often."

Paradox Pokemon. Ultra Beasts. Foreign creatures that did not belong in this world would inevitably be the downfall of it. He had seen what Nihilego toxins could do, and he had seen what the abominations that came swarming out of Area Zero could do. Letting the issue fester was the surefire way to annihilation.

"It's our duty as those who know to pass that knowledge on to those who do not."

He had been a student for much of his life. It came to him easily. Even in Rocket, Howard had never been a leader. Being a cog in a greater machine was far easier. It made it easier to live with the weight of failure, knowing that there were others that you could rely on.

"If you trip a giant, it's no taller than a dwarf. How do we trip up a giant?"

How many giants had been slain in this eternal war, already? Howard had killed two Dynamaxed Pokémon with the help of a Gym Leader, but doing so without Dynamax itself felt impossible. His Pokémon were not invincible, nor were they particularly strong. They could barely defeat a Walking Wake, let alone Dynamax.

He supposed that was the point of this exercise.

"I'll help you out when I can. You have my word."



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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 18, 2024 8:21:41 GMT
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The crime of being His angel.” Were the Nihilego content to stay in this realm and do his no harm, Navy would bear them no enmity. If their neurotoxin was not both the world’s most potent poison and an incredible mind control drug, he could suffer their existence.[break][break]
If they had not wandered too close to the core, he would bear the creature no special enmity. Unfortunately, it was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It simply floats there, oblivious to its impending doom. It will die no matter what they do, once Eternatus’s power leaves its body.[break][break]
Anyway, Howard, you’ve got the right idea. We’ve got one thing going for us in Hoenn that we didn’t have in Galar: these guys can’t move. They’re rooted to the spot. They’ll stay there, no matter what. Gotta restrain their arms. Back in Galar, I had a gun that shot chains. Here, I’ve got Gantz.” Gantz, a Dhelmise of ghastly countenance, spills out of his pokeball. Chains clink against the anchor. It understands at once what its task here is.[break][break]
Once we’ve got it restrained, we’ve gotta get on it, knock it down or attack a weak spot. Nothing fancy there. Usually, hitting the heart or brain will do. We gotta crack the Nihilego’s shell. We’ll need real hard hitters for that.”[break][break]
Memories flash in his mind’s eye. Chain shots restrain the beast. Jumping from Valkyrie, he flies up on Insides. Vortigern or Shuwen pummel them beast into submission. Backed up by ten other heroes, the giants fell.[break][break]
Now, they don’t have a single hero, much less ten.[break][break]
Heroes must return to slay giants a prophecy echoes in his mind.[break][break]
And so they shall. The Pale Rider shall ride again.



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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 19, 2024 3:55:01 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu2"]Tsubaki gazes out again at the void, punctuated with looming angels. [break][break]

The words of the two men break and wash over her, and she lets them roll back like the tide before she responds, giving them their full weight, to to truly take in the whole of what they've said. [break][break]

Death. To wage war against the end.[break][break]

That is the only option they've afforded themselves.[break][break]

She wonders, silently, if that is the only recourse. Brief notes of an elegy play in her mind, the feeling of drowning before the Sea dyed her in its colors. To come back from that peace, that ecstasy, to be reborn and to chase it again... she understands, to her core, exactly why the angels dance...[break][break]

Before she can meditate on that note, she turns back to the two of them. [break][break]

They will not wait. [break][break]

And why should they? [break][break]

"... Where we're from, crimes are judged after they're committed. Just existing, being born.. that ain't a crime, is it?"[break][break]

They're guilty of that as well, then. And wouldn't that in turn justify everything they find so abhorrent about the angels? If they thought along those same lines, no chance at compromise. Humans that kill without trying to understand or coexist, are they not the exact same as how these Ultra Beasts are described?[break][break]

But, she considers... the desire to wage a war that's completely justified must, necessarily, come from a place of knowing how unjustified this current conflict plaguing hoenn truly is. Throwing themselves at something that makes perfect sense, to avoid looking at what doesn't. That is why they're here now, when tensions above-ground are so high.[break][break]

Whatever the reason, they've come to slay giants. There is no helping that. No changing their minds with pretty words, for no words in hell will convince the truly righteous. And after what they've witnessed, she doesn't blame them. [break][break]

"Just need the right tool, then. Like cracking open a Kingler's shell, to get at the meat."[break][break]

She says what they want to hear, all her misgivings written on her face, her heart elsewhere. They've so surrendered themselves to this heartless act, she thinks, nothing she says to the contrary would have any effect at all. [break][break]

But how many must die, to stave off the dark? Can a war against the end ever truly be won?[break][break]



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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 25, 2024 18:42:40 GMT
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He listened to Navy's explanation on Dynamax and how Dynamaxed Pokémon worked. He had fought a few in New Mauville, but he had not lived through the same dream that they did.

"Yet. They don't move yet. If they could move once, they can move again. We should have a contingency should they begin to move. The process should stay the same—bind 'em, go for the knees—but still..."

What could happen once could happen again. Resting on their current laurels wasn't a good idea, given the acceleration of events towards annihilation. Overconfidence was the death of caution, and the death of caution proclaimed inevitable defeat. Not that he could blame someone for getting overconfident from slaying giants. Defeating one made you feel powerful.

That feeling could stab you in the back, though.

"We're not in Hoenn, we're in their world. The law need not apply. If you wanted to debate ethics, we should've done it on the way here. Let's do what we're supposed to, and get back."

This place is not meant for mortals. Only angels could live on this plane.

Atlas emerges from his Pokeball. The colossal Golurk stands proud over the Ultra Deep Sea, a golem sworn to protect its king that found itself buried in the Granite Cave. The first collaboration between Howard Slayte and Tsubaki. Giants had to fall, but this one would not.

"Navy chains 'em, I'll crack 'em, and you get at the meat."

The Golurk flew forward.






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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 26, 2024 11:14:17 GMT
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Never called myself a good person.” A beast of the streets, nothing ever brought him more satisfaction than eating a meal won through strife. For years and years, he denied that part of himself until the truth was beaten into him. Like Tsubaki, Navy was reborn into the person he truly is within these caves.[break][break]
If there’s another way with Eternatus, don’t care to find it. So long as Him and His angels are right next to my town, they’ve got to go.” He turns towards Tsubaki, eyes focused squarely on her. “And you’re gonna have to fight dynamaxed Pokemon eventually. Don’t know when, but that fight’s coming. Better you get used to it. Come on.”[break][break]
Throwing out two Pokeballs, he mounts up on Silver Bullet. Slow Dancer is too slow. He’d have to adjust his tactics too much. No Rapidash is as fast as a Spectrier, but the difference in speed is far smaller. So, he charges on. He whistles and Gantz, his Dhelmise, follows.[break][break]
Above them is a supermassive Nihilego. As Navy closes in, it roars. An anchor shot shoots from the Dhelmise. It wraps around the tentacles, chaining them in place. Surprised by the turn of events, it releases an earthly cry, making poison rain down upon them all.[break][break]
Come on! Did my part! Go on the offense!




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Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Mar 30, 2024 23:46:15 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu2"]Mutual dismissal fills her heart with dread. She steps forward with all the weight of a woman approaching the gallows. Her Nihilego does the same, mimicking her motions like a shadowplay. [break][break]

"Yeah... you're right. Just lettin' my emotions get the better of me."[break][break]

Pass no judgment, they do not know what occurred on the Quaestor Lucis, she tells herself. [break][break]

They had not had a glimpse into their world-- the rich, intricate inner worlds of the angels-- deep and everlasting, more complete, more perfect than a human life... for a fleeting moment she'd abandoned herself to their danse macabre, had heard the songs they silently sway to in all their glory, and had understood, fully, what it means to live eternal... everything else had been rendered empty and hollow in comparison... [break][break]

Now, this pale shadow of a life had cast on her the role of ending that perfection. [break][break]

"... Gotta go along with it."[break][break]

Just as she had in Kanto...[break][break]

But she couldn't turn away now. This, too, was in the plan. [break][break]

Something tickles the back of her mind as she glimpses the metallic body of Atlas. She feels a fleeting memory, something she should remember. But now's not the time for that.[break][break]

A kick off the ground and she floats straight for the giant, her guardian angel twirling wide circles around her. Chains wrap tight around flesh made of glass, while fists punch a hole clean through. Then, the meat... [break][break]

Black, flowing rivers of venom fall freely like rain. Her own shadow winces. Even so, she approaches the body to inflict that decisive strike, dodging the clouds that spread through the Sea like ink.[break][break]

"Right! Time to pluck the meat!"[break][break]

As if responding to her voice, the hollow body of the giant seizes up and swings the chains effortlessly, tossing Gantz around like nothing. Tentacles larger than skyscrapers swing against cavern walls, sending up clouds of dust and debris and sharp shards of shattered crystals in their wake. [break][break]

And Tsubaki, in the path of it all, ducks out of the way - right into the clouds of flowing black ichor. [break][break]




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Magnetic

The Galarian
He/Him
27
May 9th
Rustboro City
Bisexual
Archaeologist
Rocket Admin
The future will tempt you, the present will indulge you, but the past will shackle you.
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howard slayte
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Apr 1, 2024 18:46:02 GMT
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The golem's fist crashes into the glassy surface of the Pokémon. A latticework of cracks spread as the Nihilego's glassy skull opens and rains venom down on all.

An unholy baptism, capable of blackening even the purist of souls. It is a toxin that devours the mind and weakens the body, designed to allow life to persist even as the body shuts down. The pristine nature of life is marred, and the pure are tainted as black as can be.

Yet none of them are pure. Navy is not. Howard is not. Tsubaki is not.

Yet as venom rains down on the sheriff and his daughter, Howard avoids the worst of the toxic rain. He elected to stand back and watch, making a point to command from the rear rather than fight from the front. It was the best way to stay away from the heat of battle and think rationally, something the admin often struggles with.

If he cannot cool his head in battle, he'll avoid it entirely.

Still, when Tsubaki disappears into the venomous rain, he pauses and lets out a shriek.

"Navy!" Even as Howard shouts, his Golurk flies forward in an attempt to stem the poisonous flow and block the girl from the worst of it. A small atonement from a battle that happened so long ago.

"Grab her!" He runs forward, though the sheriff is faster on his mighty steed.






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Teddie

Navy
He/Him
32
October 13th
Slateport
Heterosexual
E4; Gym Leader
Sheriff
I'd go through hell
to hold your hand
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
5'10" / 177.8 cm height
In the warrior's code, there's no surrender. Though his body says stop, his spirit cries, "NEVER!"
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Michael Navidson
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Apr 2, 2024 5:09:32 GMT
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MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN
MORE HUMAN[break]THAN HUMAN

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HOLY DIVER, YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TOo LONG IN THE MIDNIGHT SEA. OH WHAT'S BECOMING OF ME?

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Nihilego’s cry is like ethereal birdsong, echoed and amplified by its great size. Chains are broken. Gantz huffs, caught in the throes of his own task. Navy and the rest of the humans have their role. He has his.[break][break]
A streak of silver fire burns flesh masquerading as ground. It smells like charring meat. Silver Bullet leaps forward, Navy’s hand grasping Tsubaki by the waist and pulling her up into the saddle. She’s small. If she ages like she did in Galar, she’ll always be small.[break][break]
Got you!” Navy speaks in a reassuring voice, pulling his Rapidash around. As the earth rises up to pierce them through, Silver Bullet shoots up. His megahorn pierces a supermassive tentacle, spilling ichor across the ground. The silver comet streaks to the beast’s other side.[break][break]
Chains pierce the high walls of the cavern, shooting from them and wrapping around individual tendrils. One at a time, the anchor thinks. One at a time. Let the humans distract Nihilego. Make it focus on them…[break][break]
Everybody be careful.” Navy reiterates an old warning. “Our Pokemon can dynamax this close to the core if we’re not careful. If that happens…lights out once the show’s over. One last blaze of glory and then off to the black.




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Baki
She/Her
18
December 21
Saffron City
Bi
administrative assistant
Officer
dead flowers
pressed against my lips
156 cm // 5'1" height
156 cm // 5'1" height
oceans of angels, oceans of stars, down by the sea is where you drown your scars
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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki
Ultra Deep Sea: HTN #1
POSTED ON Apr 3, 2024 1:18:39 GMT
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[attr="class","star2tsu2"]Ichor stains her skin, flows into her and takes her over like a little drop of ink in a glass of water. The world and everything it belongs to is painted in its colors. Colors, sounds, everything grows terribly muted. She's numb. She doesn't even register at first as Navy's arm embraces her. [break][break]

"The... the ship... it..."[break][break]

Her voice is nearly a whisper in his ear. She speaks of visions, faint and distant, a world away. Dashed hopes and dreams. A seeker of light gone out, becoming one with the Sea. A hideous union of flesh and metal that strains the eyes to look at. [break][break]

Manju shivers. [break][break]

Skin normally so smooth bristles, contorting into strange shapes as she immediately fixates upon Tsubaki in 's arms. Bell rings a resonant chime in sync with the woman's shallow breaths, growing and shrinking in size with the rise and fall of her chest. Then, as it darts straight after the sheriff, its colors dip deep into the ultraviolet spectrum, dyeing itself that same telltale black. [break][break]

"... Navy, look out!"[break][break]

Tsubaki opens her eyes wide. She pushes a hand against his chest, shoving him away as the parasite envelops her whole.[break][break]



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