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TAG — @inmediasres walter delmar [break]
NOTES — notes go here

[attr="class","omgentop"]HYPERBOREA

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MEMBER RAID

MEGATHREAD

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THE SHORE

AS THE ISLAND SHUDDERS, CONFLICT SHUDDERS TO A HALT AS PRIORITIES SHIFT TO THE UNKNOWN THREAT. walter delmar , Eduardo Hisakawa , and Isaac Merlo wrestle for control of the shores. Cannon fire ceases at the ship captain’s orders, and are further enforced by Isaac’s appearance on the deck of the ship while Eddie prepares for conflict, his martial prowess on full display as he readies himself for any threat. [break][break]

That threat is coming, though its ascent is slow, glacial, primal. [break][break]

Regardless, Isaac’s knowledge of the northern winds and Walter’s experience with ocean storms warns them both to prepare for what is to come. Their good vantage point offers them a clear view of GRANITE CAVE'S entrance, and the ice creeping on the orifice that descends into the bowels of the earth. [break][break]

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Nonetheless, ice continues to form, though Eddie’s GOUGING FIRE offers a modicum of warmth, its primordial flames warming his body and heart.

Dewford Town

THE PEOPLE OF DEWFORD HAVE, PER THE RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION OF Michael Navidson OVER HIS TENURE AS GYM LEADER, PRACTICED FOR SIEGES. Their town has been burned before over the value that the Ultra Deep Sea possesses, and that prior experience allows the average citizen to retreat with the ease of a drill. [break][break]

Not everyone makes it. Many are wounded in the attack by nameless grunts and officers defending their homes. With Laurence Whateley caring for the fallen, casualties are sparse to non-existent, though before his very eyes, several of his patients display symptoms consistent with DYNERGY POISONING. [break][break]

Something is amiss.
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Grigori Sokolov 's skirmish with Eris Halla  has its own consequences, with the senior grunt being wrapped in an imitation of the RED CHAIN. Though it is not as potent as the one used to bind NECROZMA during the DARKEST DAY, it is more than capable of keeping Grigori chained.
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Though as their fight concludes and Eris escapes, the RED CHAIN begins to slacken, allowing the grunt to move. Eventually, whether through the DYNERGY accumulating in the air or Eris’s lack of proximity to Grigori, the chain becomes brittle and shatters like glass, its purpose complete.
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DEWFORD TOWN is as silent as a crypt.
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The two members of TEAM ROCKET will eventually find each other within the town, before looking onwards towards GRANITE CAVE, with the option to TRAVEL THERE IF THEY CHOOSE, IN ORDER TO REGROUP WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES.

Granite Cave and Regice

THE SOURCE OF THE FREEZE AND ROT OF DYNERGY COMES FROM GRANITE CAVE. It is a gaping wound in the pristine island’s landscape, a cultural site known for its murals, GIBLE, and rare material deposits.
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It is also where the ULTRA DEEP SEA intersects with reality. The rift that rests within the cave has begun to widen, and a massive frozen arm forces its way through the rift. The rest of REGICE follows, a shrill scream emanating from it as it returns to its own reality.
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The golem is too large for the cave to handle. It begins to collapse.
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Tunnels that have stood for millennia cease to be as REGICE continues to claw up towards the surface. Swarms of GIBLE and GABITE flee from the ensuing chaos, before being buried in mountains of snow. Pokémon that survive the cave-ins are frozen in ice that will never melt, leaving perfectly preserved records of their behind, along with their lives.
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Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki , Shred Zeppelin , and Calliope Marks arrive to watch as a SINKHOLE emerges near the cave’s entry point. Towering higher and higher, REGICE eclipses them and their Pokémon as it lets out another scream towards the stars, free at last. [break][break]

Within its CLEAR BODY, a WISHING STAR pulses, with red lines of DYNERGY flowing through the construct’s veins. ADMIN FOX’S mission was a success, but there is no sign of him, Navy, or any of their Pokémon.
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Instead, there is only a bloated remnant of their dream, influenced by ETERNATUS. At the bottom of the ULTRA DEEP SEA, howard slayte and Michael Navidson are buried in TERA CRYSTALS, experiencing a DREAM OF GALAR.
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That is not the only reminder of the SKELETON GIGANTIC’S influence, however. As the golem stares down at those that oppose it, its pattern flickers to a dark red hue, recognizing them as threats. It lets out another mechanical scream, and HORDES OF NIHILEGO AND NAGANADEL emerge from the sinkhole, pushed into a frenzy by the DYNERGY STORM emerging from REGICE.
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Then, they begin to DYNAMAX. Several fly off into DEWFORD TOWN, where they are challenged by NOEL PARKER AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND.
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SIDE STORY: DYNAMAX ODYSSEY [break]
PLAYERS NOT INVOLVED IN HYPERBOREA BUT ARE RELATED TO/LIVE IN DEWFORD ARE ALLOWED TO REQUEST A THREAD WITH MAGNETIC WHERE THEY FIGHT DYNAMAXED POKEMON. DM ME FOR DETAILS.

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REGICE, meanwhile, flickers with energy as its DYNERGY BARRIERS activate, with the current number unknown. As the one most intimately familiar with the phenomenon, Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki recognizes that there are MORE BARRIERS THAN USUAL.
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The pattern flashes in an array of colors, before the golem releases a MAX HAILSTORM tinged with DYNERGY, intending to freeze everything in its path.
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Let the battle begin.

PROMPTS

REACT TO REGICE’S APPEARANCE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF GRANITE CAVE[break]
FIGHT REGICE AND ITS ALLIES WHILE WEATHERING THE EXTREME COLD[break]
INTERFACE WITH THE DYNERGY STORM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR CHARACTER (HALLUCINATIONS, DELUSION, SICKNESS FROM DYNERY POISONING, ETC)[break]
INTERFACE WITH ALLIES

RULES

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.

• only PRE-CHOSEN individuals can participate in this thread.
• only ONE POKEMON can be out at a time (when applicable).
• please provide a tl;dr &/or bold moves/abilities/items used with each post.
• i will not tolerate complaints about not being included in this raid. Each individual chose in this event has been chosen due to stories that led to this moment, their position within the plot, or as a springboard for future plotting opportunities if they so wish.
• remember that although i am essentially the DUNGEON MASTER or GAME MASTER of this event, much of this event's enjoyment and storytelling rests upon the players shoulders. collaborate with what i provide in each moderator post and each other for the best result!
• lastly, be cognizant of participating players and characters. no one is the "main character" of an event, and allowing space for give-and-take between characters and their actions is highly encouraged.
• more rules may be specified in the actual event thread.

IF YOU ROLL, I WILL KILL YOU.[break]
YOU CAN POST TWO TIMES MAX THIS ROUND

DEADLINE

JUNE 24TH, 11:59PM PST.

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notes

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🔗 callie's pidgeot gets fucked up from the ice and she falls out of the sky. lands next to SHRED, who she grabs and barks mistaken orders at. calls out her beedrill which used agility to stay warm. i just realized like all of callie's pokemon can get fucked up by ice real hard LMAOOOO

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TAG — walter delmar [break]
NOTES — notes go here

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[attr="class","star2tsu4"]A spire of ice scrapes the sky. [break][break]

Tsubaki clutches her chest, what feels like crystals of ice stabbing her lungs. Her fingers are numb and tingling, her blood begun to freeze. Nevertheless, all she can focus on is the towering giant in her midst, crackling with red dynergy that pours freely from within. [break][break]

It's... swallowed it, hasn't it...?[break][break]

"Fuck, Slayte... You've really fucked it this time, haven't you?"[break][break]

But she knows, it's Walsh's machinations borne fruit. Howard's a pawn, like everyone else. [break][break]

Streams of angels circle the polar vortex, enraptured by the resonant song of the deep sea. A clawing, desperate feeling in her gut takes her, and she feels herself slipping into it, like a trapeze artist about to lose their balance, a ship nearly pulled down beneath the ocean current. She tries to swallow, muscles in her throat frozen from watching the scene before her with mouth agape, before she finally manages to blink, breaking from the spell...[break][break]

A flash of light behind her, and her own gilded angel joins the rising symphony calling through winter winds. [break][break]

"Manju! Stay!"[break][break]

Tsubaki calls to her Nihilego.[break][break]

It freezes midair, as if suddenly reminded of itself, before gravitating to her side. [break][break]

She can feel its hunger, crystalline flesh bristling beside her as it stares through unseen eyes at the towering iceberg, Its reluctance is palpable, but regardless, it stays. [break][break]

Baki's eyes flicker to one side, watching two people shouting among themselves. Shred Zeppelin and Calliope Marks 's voices are stark, and clear, absent the distortion of the deep sea's song. [break][break]

Town's people would've run, evacuated following Michael Navidson 's plan, which means...[break][break]

This is the defense. This is all we have. It'll have to do...[break][break]

"Nobody can stop it. No stopping an unstoppable object. See that thing glowing inside it?"[break][break]

It's difficult to make out suspended in the ice, but she recognizes the glow. It couldn't be anything else. [break][break]

A piece of the slumbering god. [break][break]

She's seen dozens of similar cores in the last year, but never one here, on the surface. Never one within a moving construct, moving under its own power. [break][break]

She feels strangely slighted, as if it's a personal affront -- fire stolen from the gods. She shakes herself of the thought, shuddering from the cold.[break][break]

"That's its battery. Long as it keeps glowing, this thing will keep going! Gotta find a way to turn it off!"[break][break]

But it'll stay rooted here, a sentinel, like all things undergone dynamax.[break][break]

"Pierce it if you can! That's its weak point![break][break]

"Manju!!"[break][break]

The nihilego snaps out of its trance, suddenly in sync with its master. Its flesh roils, cycling through the spectrum of light to ultra-violet, starlight shimmering from its body. It releases all that energy at once, a meteor beam to pierce through the clear body of the giant in front of her, if it can. A lance of light, to spear the giant's core through its armor. [break][break]

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[attr="class","omgentop"]HYPERBOREA

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MEMBER RAID

MEGATHREAD

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REGICE

THE BATTLE PRESSES ON, THOUGH REGICE’S PROGRESSION IS HALTED BY THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST IT. The MAX HAILSTORM sends a massive wall of ice into DEWFORD TOWN, and the resulting sheets of snow and ice cause houses to freeze and collapse as REGICE continues its assault. As GRIGORI runs towards the cave, he bears witness to the destruction of recently rebuilt sections of DEWFORD. [break][break]
For those closer to the imminent battlefield, Eduardo Hisakawa 's BLAZING BULWARK offers a foothold against the ice, allowing Calliope Marks 's BEEDRILL to enhance its speed with AGILITY for the coming fight while Shred Zeppelin 's PRIMEAPE lunges forward to shatter the golem’s DYNERGY BARRIERS with a flurry of blows. Though one of the barriers shatters under the attack, the REGICE receives minimal damage.[break][break]

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Such a fact causes the PRIMEAPE’S rage to grow, enhanced further by the DYNERGY STORM that fills the battlefield and as Shred Zeppelin 's ORICALCUM MARK begins to spark. [break][break]
A distant crack of THUNDER proclaims the arrival of Grigori Sokolov , the arc of lightning dancing across the sky as it comes in contact with the DYNAMAXED POKEMON’S protective shielding. Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki aides him as well, her NIHILEGO’S METEOR BEAM crashing into the barriers near the WISHING STAR CORE, which begins to thrum with DYNERGY. [break][break]

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After a moment to recover, REGICE stands tall. Its DYNERGY BARRIERS catch the light of the rising sun, showing the true extent of its potential. While the town of SPIKEMUTH lacks a POWER SPOT, Shred Zeppelin 's birthplace of GALAR and its use of DYNAMAX allows for him to recognize the abnormal amount of barriers surrounding the entity. As a GYM LEADER specialized in DYNAMAX, Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki is able to corroborate what the ROCKET BEAST sees. [break][break]
DYNAMAX BARRIERS.[break][break]
A lot of them.[break][break]
Eight-hundred and ninety, to be exact. [break][break]
The WISHING STAR within REGICE’S chest flashes and its blinding light grows in intensity. Large swaths of power are redirected within the golem’s body towards its core, and the threat of DYNERGY POISONING becomes a legitimate threat to those near the golem. Reality begins to BEND under the strain of excess DYNERGY, foreshadowing an ATTACK TO COME. [break][break]
With a flicker, ETERNATUS is seen in the various facets of REGICE’S BODY, before vanishing, leading anyone who sees it to doubt WHETHER THEY SAW IT AT ALL… [break][break]
The attack comes. [break][break]
A DYNAMAX CANNON erupts from the REGICE’S CORE. [break][break]

⠞⠁⠊⠝⠞⠑⠙ ⠃⠽ ⠞⠓⠑ ⠓⠁⠝⠙ [break]
⠺⠑ ⠗⠑⠏⠥⠗⠏⠕⠎⠑⠙ ⠊⠞⠎ ⠏⠕⠺⠑⠗ [break]
⠉⠁⠗⠧⠑⠙ ⠞⠓⠊⠎ ⠕⠝⠑ ⠕⠋ ⠊⠉⠑

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The sheer outpour of DYNERGY is dangerous to those close to REGICE, though the NIHILEGO AND NAGANADEL turn a dangerous hazard into an active warzone. They screech and swoop down on those who surround them with helpless abandon. Luckily, those close to the golem are not the intended target. [break][break]
Instead, it focuses in on the target standing between itself and the ISLAND CAVE: [break][break]
WALTER’S SHIP.


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The Ship

THE THUNDERCLOUD REMAINS LARGELY UNTAPPED BY THE BATTLE WITH REGICE. Ice continues to form as the ocean continues to freeze solid, limiting walter delmar 's ship even more as a crashing wave turns to ice before his eyes. [break][break]
Within the ship’s bowels, the crew trembles. [break][break]
The DYNAMAX CANNON approaches, a red light comparable to a second sun, growing closer and closer as it evaporates the sea around it and anything that gets in its way. The MIST obscures the ship’s location, but the attack will find its mark. After all, the ship has been LOCKED ON. [break][break]
Even with all the PLUCK and LUCK that the Liberator has at his disposal, blocking the attack will border on impossible. It is a strike that embodies the power of ETERNATUS and its infinite outpouring of energy, yet… [break][break]
The DYNAMAX CANNON STRIKES ISAAC’S SHIELD OF THE PEOPLE, WHICH PROJECTS ITSELF FORWARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO COVER THE WHOLE SHIP. [break][break]
Cracks follow. The shield threatens to splinter. Yet something happens to the MIST that walter delmar has manifested. Whether it is the BOND that those present share with howard slayte and Michael Navidson , the act of HEROISM displayed by Isaac Merlo in an attempt to save others, or the shared DREAM that walter delmar and howard slayte shared before allying with TEAM ROCKET, the mist begins to change. [break][break]

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What was once ordinary MIST produced by an EMPOLEON has been imbued with FEY ATTRIBUTES, lending strength to Isaac Merlo 's arm, though his struggle will be great. [break][break]
In the meantime, the stationary position of REGICE offers the THUNDERCLOUD a clear shot with its cannons.

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Tera Crystals

FROM THE PIT THAT REGICE EMERGED FROM, TERA CRYSTALS SHINE. They have always been there, lying dormant in Tera Tunnels that line the region like veins and cancerous cells. They are present everywhere, from the reaches of AREA ZERO to the ULTRA DEEP SEA, and are, in part, responsible for this incident. They are the source of many incidents in this region, but this time, they may offer the key to DEWFORD TOWN’S salvation. [break][break]
Within, a story has been taking place. Images flash by in their infinite facets, showing a man raising a sword, the death of a BLOODMOON URSALUNA, and the transformation of a girl into ETERNATUS. [break][break]
Yet that story is reaching its conclusion. The time has come to close the curtain on it.
First, Eduardo Hisakawa 's TERA ORB vibrates and glows, perhaps due to his proximity to REGICE or due to his birthplace in PALDEA. Hyakkaryōran Tsubaki 's quickly follows, ending with all TERA ORBS glowing and shining with inner light. [break][break]

For the duration of Hyperborea, all individuals with Tera Orbs will be able to Terastallize their Pokémon to their native types. For example, Nihilego will be able to Terastallize to Poison or Rock, but not Electric.

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A voice calls out. [break][break]

"A man’s dream, his story… [break]
…NEVER ENDS!"

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PROMPTS

REACT TO REGICE’S ATTACKS, ITS BARRIERS, THE DESTRUCTION OF DEWFORD, THE RELEASED DYNAMAX CANNON, OR THE ATTACKING ULTRA BEASTS [break]
REACT WITH THE FLOW OF DYNERGY FLOWING THROUGH THE AIR AND THE SYMPTOMS OF DYNERGY POISONING [break]
REACT TO EDDIE’S COOL SHIRT [break]
REACT TO THE TERA PHENOMENON COURSING THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD
REACT TO INDIVIDUAL CALLOUTS WITHIN THE MODPOST [break]

RULES

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.

• only PRE-CHOSEN individuals can participate in this thread.
• only ONE POKEMON can be out at a time (when applicable).
• please provide a tl;dr &/or bold moves/abilities/items used with each post.
• i will not tolerate complaints about not being included in this raid. Each individual chose in this event has been chosen due to stories that led to this moment, their position within the plot, or as a springboard for future plotting opportunities if they so wish.
• remember that although i am essentially the DUNGEON MASTER or GAME MASTER of this event, much of this event's enjoyment and storytelling rests upon the players shoulders. collaborate with what i provide in each moderator post and each other for the best result!
• lastly, be cognizant of participating players and characters. no one is the "main character" of an event, and allowing space for give-and-take between characters and their actions is highly encouraged.
• more rules may be specified in the actual event thread.

IF YOU ROLL, I WILL KILL YOU.[break]
YOU CAN POST TWO TIMES MAX THIS ROUND

DEADLINE

JUNE 29TH, 11:59PM PST.

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[attr="class","star2tsu4"]Dynergy congeals, a pressure so daunting that she balks.[break][break]

It is the Sea incarnate, a breach between this world and the next, the high tide rushing to shore. The Nihilego and Naganadel all around respond to it, swirling about the polar vortex with the ice spire at its core, itself surging with energy that rivals the cores and eldritch organs scattered throughout the Sea. Manju feels it as well. She can tell. There is a part of her that feels it too, some base instinct that her consciousness cannot fully ignore, though it tries.[break][break]

The siren song, the call of the void...[break][break]

"GET BACK!!"[break][break]

She screams, and shuts her eyes. Her voice is drowned out by the sound of the sky cut in twain, a release of all that latent energy at once.[break][break]

... But she still breathes. She opens an eye, watching nearly a thousand barriers unfold all around Regice. After expending everything it had, it was capable of this? Whatever Howard thought he was doing, whatever powers he'd been dabbling with... no, whatever powers she'd been dabbling with, too... they hadn't realized, none of them had, just how bad things could get. [break][break]

Eduardo Hisakawa's words reach her over comms. She doesn't hesitate. [break][break]

The golden guardian angel stands in opposition to its kin, the rest drawn to the dynergy pouring off the giant like moths to a flame. Their bodies, flesh and all, seem to freeze, to burn, to sublimate within the corona of dynergy that wreathes Regice, and she can tell, it longs to throw itself into the critical mass as well... but its connection to her keeps it tethered in place, only just, its song discordant with the rest of them. A song meant for her and her alone. [break][break]

"... Manju!! Hurry!"[break][break]

She knows it's futile. Still, she would rather die fighting.[break][break]

Tsubaki holds out her wrist, and her tera orb shimmers with the light of a thousand possibilities. It wavers before it decides on one, wreathing her Nihilego in the light of a hundred multi-colored gems, a rock tera-type. [break][break]

"Aim high! Bring the mountain down on it!"

She calls out, to her Nihilego, to the other trainers, to anyone who'll listen-- the barriers are too many, and they're too few, scattered and taken off guard. But the mountain above the cave id taller than the giant by half, its integrity already failing. If they can trigger a rockslide, maybe they have a chance.[break][break]

Manjushage glows, burning a hole in the night as white as its namesake, firing a concentrated beam of crystalline energy - a power gem boosted by the tera crown that adorns its bell, crooked and unwieldy. It seems to stagger, off-balance as it floats ethereal through the currents of dynergy pouring off the giant, but it manages to stay afloat.[break][break]

Tsubaki glares up, wondering where Howard is. Where Navy is. Had it crushed them both in the cave system beneath Dewford?[break][break]

No time for that... she ducks down, keeping Manju close enough she can reach out and touch it if she needs to.

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Go on. Kill me if you're gonna. But I won't stop fighting til I'm dead, fucking icecube.

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