TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

His boots splashed along the watery shores as he sprinted through an open battlefield, roughly barreling his way through clashing enemies and allies.

"This bloody weather." He muttered under his breath as heavy rain briefly overtook an orichalcum sky. Only marginally better than fighting under a blazing sun, were it not for the chaotic tide the rain brought.

It hadn't been long since the battle began. Rocket had made landing on nearly every coast available, and the league had been in the wings waiting to intercept.

He had commanded his forces to avoid direct fighting where possible, as they had a home field advantage; they could afford to allow an overeager enemy to over extend itself and have its detached forces surrounded.

Direct offensives were up for him and those specially trained to break through.

Unfortunately, their enemy could play at being clever too.

"Understood— Reinforcements are moving to your position as we speak, over!" He informed another party over the comms, clicking his tongue as he switched over to another line to begin issuing orders to a detachment.

They had always known there to be a number of rats in the space center; as with any public office, the key was simply to ensure that only those who could be trusted found their way into positions of authority.

After today, however, a purge seemed was inevita—

His hand pressed against the comms once again, eyes narrowing as the words finished registering.

"Avatar identified? I'm on my way!"

Bloody amazing; one of those monsters.

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TL;DR:
🛰️gwyar must decide in his first post whether to send reinforcements to western coast or the space center after reports of infiltration reach him. tag shiv once this has been completed.

TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

"That they're." He said politely, his hand rising to gesture at his soldiers, the men beginning to withdraw to safer distances.

The blonde appeared to think it over seriously, his soldiers remaining focused on what was ahead of them. In truth? He was taking the moment allowed to brush off the goosebumps beneath his clothing.

The unnatural growl coated that 'man's timbre, the alien glimmer in his eyes...

Haaah.

Truly fortuitous that the unstoppable force was off doing god knows what in Sootopolis while the immovable object was in his damn city.

Having taken his moment, he shook his head; about as much time as he was willing to risk for passive stalling.

"Tempting, but I'm afraid I'll have to refuse." He said, clamping his sword's edge between bicep and forearm, cleansing blood off its surface unto the white sleeve. "The dog pack's leader remains a dog still."

The fate of the citizens, and of those openly opposing rocket— such things were not for a Rocket Beast to decide, 'God General' or not.

Rocket's internal propaganda remained as effective as ever though, he would give them that. They knew exactly the sort of people that made up the bulk of their grunts.

In any case— the only threat to him on the island was standing in front of him. Best to try and kill it, impossible though the task may appear.

Here goes... something alright.

The pool of shadows at his feet darkened into an inky black.

"Look sharp, men!" He said as his Gengar rose, a wicked smile stretching over his lips."The one who wears the skin of men like a suit! That is the enemy leader! Leave him to me; the rest are nothing but fodder. Trample them underfoot for daring to march upon our coasts!"

The battle began in earnest.

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TL;DR:
🛰️ GWYAR WLEDIG must buy time for YUJIN HA to fire/activate coastal artillery on rocket ships, for something is preventing the firing codes/mechanisms from working.

TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

Gengar backpedaled as the monkey gave chase, attempting to weave through its lightning fists by blending into shadows and floors.

But the pokemon's fighting blended into the background to the gym leader, his perception fully centering on the crystal monster.

Every hair on his body stood on end as the battle began in earnest, the ultimate shield barreling towards him. Fully grown, well trained poke'mon' became little more than distractions when weighed against a true monster.

In fact, it almost seemed as though the avatar's killing intent had frozen the knight in place, his eyes growing wide as his sword arm remained stiffly before him.

So it seemed. This was not, however, the first time the knight ran into near certain death. His life had flashed before his eyes numerous times before.

Something launched out of his still darkened shadow. A glimmering, gargantuan sword spun as it launched towards the charging avatar, slamming its King's shield into the unyielding crystal, repelling the force.

The knight's eyes flashed, his blade exploding like a flash bang, its light refracting off the crystal surface and casting inky shadows unto battlefield. Gengar's gloomy smile painted large swaths of the coast as it disappeared in the following moments—!

He may not have been a match to the avatar of necrozma in sheer power, but he was confident his tactics would give him the edge needed to see things through.

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TL;DR:
-Aegislash used King's Shield.
-Gwyar used Spotlight on Zev Harcourt.
-Gengar is somewhere.

🛰️ GWYAR WLEDIG must buy time for YUJIN HA to fire/activate coastal artillery on rocket ships, for something is preventing the firing codes/mechanisms from working.

MP EARNED
+50 MP: have an antagonistic exchange of dialogue between your character and another writer's character or NPC.
+50 MP: showcase your own character's strength(s) meaningfully.

TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

Not a scratch on him...

holding onto his Aegislash, Gwyar peered down on the battlefield from on high, taking in the aftermath of the the Golurk's devastating earthquake. It had torn through the coast, upheaving sandstone and coral and creating a new reef.

Yet...

Its trainer did not have a single scratch on him after taking that at point blank.

Bloody monster...!

Gwyar wasn't a proud man— okay, that was a lie, but he wasn't an arrogant man.

It wasn't arrogant to say that he was a very dangerous man, eccentricities and all. He was not someone who would fall short of any challenge on a battlefield.

But he had never once stood that confident on a warzone. To stand around carelessly and just take whatever came as if impervious to all damage— it was the height of arrogance.

Only a god could afford to be so full of themselves.

The blonde's eyes narrowed, his jaw tight. His chest felt odd as he squeezed at the unbending steel of his Aegislash's guard. Avatars were... truly infuriating...!

"I am nowhere near done." He said from above as his gauntlet shone, the light of mega evolution crackling along the steel. "But you are. Choke on your own arrogance, so called 'god general'."

It came from beneath with a sickening, shrill laugh. A deep shadow that grew and grew— into a gaping, dark maw. The shrill laughter compounded into a reverberating cackle as the mouth attempted to swallow the avatar of Necrozma whole, encasing it in a... smoky darkness.

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TL;DR:
-Gwyar is holding onto Aegislash and hovering over the battlefield.
-Gwyar feels a strange... hatred? envy? He despises that Zev can afford to be so careless against him. He cannot accept being a man so easily dismissed.
-Gwyar Megaevolved Gengar to G-Max Mega Gengar.
-G-Mega Gengar used Poison Gas.

🛰️ GWYAR WLEDIG must buy time for YUJIN HA to fire/activate coastal artillery on rocket ships, for something is preventing the firing codes/mechanisms from working.

MP EARNED
+10 MP: using a gimmick (e.g. mega, z-move, tera, sygna, avatar) in your prelude thread. only redeemable once.

+50 MP: have an antagonistic exchange of dialogue between your character and another writer's character or NPC.
+50 MP: showcase your own character's strength(s) meaningfully.
+50 MP: have your character experience great fear, hatred, envy, or have a grudge worsen.

TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

Gwyar felt cold, not entirely his own, satisfaction as the god general was swallowed whole.

It is done. He thought as he and his Aegislash made landing back on the coast.

Impervious to damage, was he? It didn't matter. As long as he drew breath, as long as his blood flowed like any man's— he was able to be killed—

A booming explosion rocked the coast. A massive flame rose into the air, tinged with dark shadows and heralded by the shrieking, unending laughter of Gengar as it collapsed to the water, its body seemingly beginning to dissolve as the power of mega evolution dissipated.

Gwyar's eyes narrowed as his Gengar was engulfed in flames and darkness.

Wasted effort, nothing more.

Their trainer was already lethally poisoned. Neither pokemon was equipped to heal him.

The battle was over.

And yet.

And yet...

Yet...

... A Pokemon cannot use a Z-moves on its own.

A chilling quake swept through the knight as the air, shimmering beneath the blazing fire's heat, slowly cleared, a dark silhouette standing at ground zero.

Before him stood no man, but the monster hidden beneath the veil, unmasked for all to see. Starlight shone, and the abyss gazed back at him.

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TL;DR:
-G-Mega Gengar devolved.
-Gwyar is stunned by the abyss.

🛰️ GWYAR WLEDIG must buy time for YUJIN HA to fire/activate coastal artillery on rocket ships, for something is preventing the firing codes/mechanisms from working.

MP EARNED

+10 MP: Posts (x4)

+10 MP: using a gimmick (e.g. mega, z-move, tera, sygna, avatar) in your prelude thread. only redeemable once.

+50 MP: have an antagonistic exchange of dialogue between your character and another writer's character or NPC.
+50 MP: showcase your own character's strength(s) meaningfully.
+50 MP: have your character experience great fear, hatred, envy, or have a grudge worsen.
+50 MP have your character directly or indirectly spotlight another writer's character's strengths.

TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

He was snapped out of his stupor by the deafening sound of launching spacecrafts.

The avatar moved sharply, arms raising, and Gwyar reflexively began to move to interfere with whatever he planned to do.

Several things happened in quick succession.

As the god general's pokemon flew towards him, the water at their feet exploded outwards as a battered, burnt Gengar arose, shadowy tendrils reaching for the nearest pokemon—

It so happened to be the Infernape.

They slithered over its limbs and around its chest as the ghost attached itself to its back, weighing it down as their fates became intricately aligned, dragging it back into the splashing water in a moment of desperation.

The Gengar was out of the fight, but would not go out alone.

And still, things were far from over.

His eyes still on the enemy commander, Gwyar saw him raise his hands towards the sky.

"Stop him!" He ordered suddenly, his Aegislash launching forth without a second thought even as the Golurk's attack came towards the gym leader.

The man raised his own hand, it glowing brightly before a barrier came between him and the thunder, repelling skyward and away from the water at his feet.

The Aegislash shone brightly as it suddenly spun itself upright, it's blade aglow like a thousand torches—

It unleashed a devastasting Light of Ruin against the avatar—

And that light was cleaved in twain by the other's beam, cutting through both spacecraft and clouds as it swept broadly across the sky.

As debris descended back to earth, a single satellite rising towards the sky, the gym leader, wide eyed and with his jaw clenched, could only observe in silence.

Light of Ruin had been completely sheared through. Everything in its path had been eviscerated as if made of wet paper.

Would King's Shield work on such a thing? Could it be risked? Why not just use it repeatedly? Could it be used repeatedly—

A myriad questions, both practical and emotional, ran through his mind, but the conclusion was the same.

That was a catastrophe waiting to happen.

He really should've argued more firmly for Navy to be in Mossdeep.

The only certain(?) defense was Greyson Connors, but he hadn't heard from the man yet— he was likely still busy with the north.

A bead of sweat rolled down the back of his neck as he took in a deep breath.

It seemed he had run out of luck on the draw.

Soon he may even run out of tricks, too.

He could scarcely believe he had even allowed himself to come under these circumstances. Hoenn wasn't even his home— the league was not the sort of institution that inspired suicidal faith in him, either...

But still... the people of Mossdeep had set their hopes on him. Fools that they were, that hoennians appeared to be, they had decided to place their lot in him after such a short time.

And what would he be if he didn't meet, nay, exceed those expectations? He was, as ever, a professional. And his standards for himself remained the highest of them all.

"Let's see if fortune truly favors the bold." The man muttered as he stepped forth, grip on his blade firm.

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TL;DR:
-Gengar used destiny bond.
-Gengar fainted.
-Gwyar used King's Shield.
-Aegislash used Light of Ruin.
-Gwyar is really beginning to wish @navy or Greyson Connors were supporting him right now. Seems like an opponent they'd be better equipped to handle, on the offensive and defensive
-Fuck it, we ball.

🛰️ ZEV HARCOURT's ability to single-handedly destroy the space center may be hinted at or revealed as a prominent threat to GWYAR WLEDIG.

MP EARNED

+10 MP: Posts (x5)

+10 MP: using a gimmick (e.g. mega, z-move, tera, sygna, avatar) in your prelude thread. only redeemable once.

+50 MP: have an antagonistic exchange of dialogue between your character and another writer's character or NPC.
+50 MP: showcase your own character's strength(s) meaningfully.
+50 MP: have your character experience great fear, hatred, envy, or have a grudge worsen.
+50 MP have your character directly or indirectly spotlight another writer's character's strengths.
+50 MP: have your character reflect on why they're fighting/reflect on their loyalties.

TFW PRELUDE

MOSSDEEP SCENARIO B-1, ft. Zev Harcourt

It's coming.

The drumming of his chest drowned out the battlefield as the monster advanced. There was not an ounce of hesitation.

Time seemed to slow down, death itself coming at him. Would his life flash before his eyes as well?

Calm.

Breath in.

Down.

Breath out.

Keep your heart still and your mind fluid.

What had he learned of his opponent?

Hardness itself.

An impenetrable defense. It could not be killed— Not by him. Not with a sword. Truly worthy of the ancient Galar moniker: 'Black knight'— and not a single gap in its armor.

A strong sword would shatter. A hard sword would be outmatched. A swift sword would chip away.

A soft sword... it may bend just enough to not break.

His senses roved his opponent and the battlefield.

Felt the almost physical pressure descending upon him as the monster advanced; the water splashing at their heels, the sand shifting with each step; the hot, dry air blowing against his skin from the east.

Took in every detail of the monster before him, the unnatural way hard crystal shifted and moved, the trained nature of its gait; the silhouettes of men in his peripheral vision, the blurry ships dotting the coast and horizon.

Heard the steps of the monster on the water; the flurry of combat, the screaming of men, the booming of artillery, the static in his earpiece, the blowing of the wind, the crashing of the waves.

The smell of blood and salt, of smoke and gunpowder, of fumes and grit.

Tasted his own sweat too.

The makings of plan were there. Now... could he carry it out?

With a flash of the blade, Gwyar brought the sword crashing down on the water, the explosion suddenly raising a curtain of water and sand, blocking his opponent's line of sight!

Oh, and his Aegislash was using King's Shield. That, too, was a blurry detail in the background.

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TL;DR:
-Gwyar's life almost begins to flash before his eyes, but he uses slowdown moment to thonk harder instead.
-Gwyar considers how boned he is.
-Gwyar considers what sort of sword could maybe help him
-Gwyar has the pieces of a plan
-Gwyar used Steel Beam as he hit the coast, raising up a large curtain of water and sand.
-Aegislash used King's Shield.

MP EARNED

MECHANICS
+10 MP: Posts (x6)
+10 MP: using a gimmick (e.g. mega, z-move, tera, sygna, avatar) in your prelude thread. only redeemable once.
+50 MP: for getting your Pokemon knocked out in your prelude thread.

NARRATIVE
+50 MP: have an antagonistic exchange of dialogue between your character and another writer's character or NPC.
+50 MP: showcase your own character's strength(s) meaningfully.
+50 MP: have your character experience great fear, hatred, envy, or have a grudge worsen.
+50 MP have your character directly or indirectly spotlight another writer's character's strengths.
+50 MP: have your character reflect on why they're fighting/reflect on their loyalties.
+50 MP: include a motif or recurring symbol of some kind in your thread. (Sword styles; the different 'swords' Gwyar has learned from studying the swords of justice.)