They land safely upon the mountain side amongst the soot and smoke. Eva lets Melody go as the DELTA STREAM fades. The stagnant, super heated air burns like hot oil down her throat and she chokes on her own words with a painful cough.

“We have to-” her thoughts are broken apart by the same raspy cough that tightens through her chest, “We have to find him.” If he is still alive.

In a world bleached of color, the sweat pooling at her brows still glistens as it beads down her face. Her vision blurs beneath the salty sweat and she finds herself having to constantly wipe it away to keep her eyes on Groudon, Rayquaza, Melody, and Meloetta.

Grounding themselves puts them in more danger than if they were airborne. Here, on Groudon’s turf, they are subject to the PRECIPICE BLADES threatening to impale them. Eva reaches to move Melody out of the way of the shift earth, but an unexpected pink PSYCHIC stops the blades in their tracks.

The cheery ring of Mew’s soft coos brings a splash of color to this desolate world, “Mew!” she smiles in relief, both emotional and physical as LIFE DEW falls over herself and Melody. The healing waters help make it more bearable and her skin no longer cries out in pain with each movement.

“Let’s find Matias,” she stands defiantly against the odds stacked against them and leads the charge towards the summit. A beacon of hope shines brighter with each step.

Meanwhile, at the summit, Rayquaza’s momentum pulls them back towards the colossal titan. The blistering heat ripples across their ivory scales and baths their muscles with a renewed vigor. Primal Groudon’s attention and care to protecting the swelling at the nape of their neck does not go unnoticed. Rayquaza’s slitted pupils focus on a potential weakness. Their serpentine body continues to uncoil and a metal coated tail snaps like a whip at the lump on their nape.

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MATIAS SILPH
Melody Miro & paxton concordas & ollie morales & lam logan

+Eva is happy Mew is there, hi baby!!
+ Starting to look for any signs of Matias
+ Rayquaza notices the lump at Groudon’s nape and uses IRON TAIL to try and smack it

NARRATIVE PROMPTS

here are some prompts to use either in this round or in the thread.

• the FALSE SUN proves blinding at the peak of the volcano, limiting your vision.
• the SOOT is now less dense, making it easier to breathe.
• the DROUGHT along with the lava makes the heat almost unbearable.
• utilize VIRIZION and/or MEW.
• you get the eerie sense that you're being WATCHED. by what exactly, you aren't too sure.
• react/interact with MATIAS.
• PRECIPICE BLADES seek to their impale you only to EXPLODE regardless. the entire party must respond and react to this threat or risk consequences.

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Eva knows those eyes more intimately than most: The shallow curve of his heavy lids, the sharp points that gave him his intimidating, cutting gaze, the way the edges softened when he looked at you with a genuine smile, the red that bled into his dark irises when the adrenaline kicked in.

As similar as they may be, those are not his eyes.

In truth, Matias hadn’t been her MATIAS SILPH for a long time. So, in a way, she’s not surprised when the Volatile erupts from the titan’s festering wound and curses them with a single, powerful word that reverberates down to their core. But he’s in there somewhere, crawling desperately through the dark trying to find his way out back to himself.

I will never stop fighting for you, to save you from yourself.

She knows it, she believes it. It’s faith and hope in that love, though as one sided as it may be, that fights back against the ancient demand. It steels her core, sharpens her resolve, and drags a strength to the surface only her patron may have recognized.

MEW senses the danger and raises its small paws. A shimmering PROTECT surrounds them before the mountainside is rattled in exploding PRECIPICE BLADES and the thundering fall of rockslides in the aftermath of the percussion.

Amidst the fog, a light glows bright, the beacon in the dark she promised to be. What would have been gold, if not for the oppressive sun, instead shines a bright white to match the ivory scales of the serpentine dragon that loomed behind them like a ghost.

Threats spoken in their own ancient tongue don't scare them. They respond in full, capturing the woman’s mind and body and voice for their own.

YOU FIRST.

They had been waiting for this moment. For this VOLATILE, wicked being that sowed nothing but chaos amongst their peace to present themselves for their sacrifice. Their demise would bring peace. Peace to Hoenn. Peace to their chosen. Peace to their brethren.

The starved and ravenous serpent’s lips peel apart. Dripping fangs fall into place, coated with slick anticipation. The edges of their lips curl into what could only be called a smile.

DRAGON ASCENT sent a powerful blast of energy across the mountain top that pushes away the last of the suspended debris. Their fangs lash and snap at the man that was once everything to her. He had always been, and still remains, the greatest threat to their success. Death is not a finality, not in this world.

Death is only the beginning.

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MATIAS SILPH
Melody Miro & paxton concordas & ollie morales & lam logan

+ Primal Matias? Shiiiiit.
+ Mew uses PROTECT to guard Eva and Melody Miro
+ Raquaza takes over Eva to respond
+ Rayquaza has been waiting for this moment for so long and gives in to their own PRIMAL urges and tries to snap Matias in half with a DRAGON ASCENT chomp chomp

NARRATIVE PROMPTS

here are some prompts to use either in this round or in the thread.

• the FALSE SUN has fallen (but still present) which eases the DROUGHT.
• interrupt MATIAS and mitigate the extent of the ERUPTION.
• utilize VIRIZION and/or MEW.
• you get the eerie sense that you're being WATCHED. by what exactly, you aren't too sure.

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