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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]DRAGONITE 1

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]You and this Dragonite have been tasked with delivering an important message across an apocalyptic landscape. You may be riding this Dragonite, or you may transporting yourself by your own Pokemon or vehicle. Regardless, the trek ahead is dangerous. Whether it is a stormy sea, an active battlefield, a scorched plain or a destroyed city, there are plenty of obstacles ahead.[break][break]

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[attr="class","lgdcolchoicetit"]• Reach your destination.

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POSTED ON Nov 27, 2024 5:02:53 GMT
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It was a scenario the young Champion dreaded seeing: Mauville City had fallen to a Dynamax attack, and Rocket was marching toward Verdanturf Town. It was up to and , and the combined might of their dragons to deliver a message from the city to the nearest League stronghold. Even surviving would not be easy; the great defenses Josh and Annalise had set up to protect the tri-level city would now be used against them, the Rockets having set up marvelous anti-air defensed aimed at intercepting even the most talented of trainers and Pokémon.

"So many flying-types they have parked on Mauville's west side," Josh gasped, noting that all of them could potentially use HURRICANE to blow the sturdy Dragonite that flew alongside the Salamence he was in the saddle of. Yosei boldly stared down the many birds, ready to attempt to zip between them with the fastest DRAGON DANCE he could muster. "We might have to fly north, around the Mount Chimney area, to get to them... but we might not have time to take that big of a detour. If we get the jump on them, maybe we can knock enough of them out that we can squeeze through." Yosei's halters seemed to glimmer in the sun, the dragon ready to swoop down upon his trainer's former home...






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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Yosei         Salamence      Good
Tiamat        Dragonite      Good
Regole        Dragonair**    Good
Ao            Roaring Moon   Good
Kokusho       Hydreigon      Good
Ares          Charizard**    Good
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POSTED ON Nov 27, 2024 6:42:52 GMT
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she's run through the system enough times now that the stage one scenarios are starting to become redundant. at the very least, though, she's yet to explore what happens if they don't make it through the turbulent winds that lay ahead. 

the dragonite beneath her is not a borrowed one. fafnir follows dutifully beside his completely simulated kin. though he's not flesh and blood either, he certainly feels real beneath freya's hands, but so does everything else in the rks system. 

a brow arches at josh's reaction. "i've actually explored the outcome where we reach the destination. you mind if we do this instead?" her lips twitch in a smile and with a click of her tongue, fafnir spirals away from their envoy and its precious package. 

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POSTED ON Nov 27, 2024 22:03:32 GMT
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Come to think of it, Josh had yet to see the "bad end" of the delivery mission. He wasn't sure whether or not the League was monitoring how he performed inside the simulation, but if a Council member wanted to explore a bad ending, what was going to stop them? There would be evidence it was her idea. "You mean just... turn around and abandon the duty?" he asked with trepidation. "Obviously I would never do this for real, but sure. Seeing Hoenn like this breaks my heart, though. I will not let Mauville fall, Freya. None of my dragons will."

Yosei let out a proud cry, Josh reining him away from Mauville City's anti-air defenses. The Dragonite would continue bravely on its own, flying headlong into Rocket's trap. He felt awful sending the creature, and their message, to a grisly death... and wondered if this was a decision he would have to make in the real world one day. "That reminds me. One day, I should visit your den and let Yosei and Ao mingle with your dragons. Spend some time together, getting to know one another better. I'm a dragon lover myself, though not to the same extent you are." Their attitudes toward raising dragons was also quite different, the two having quite different levels of respect they elevated the sacred creatures to...






Leaving the outcome to Crow!



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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Yosei         Salamence      Good
Tiamat        Dragonite      Good
Regole        Dragonair**    Good
Ao            Roaring Moon   Good
Kokusho       Hydreigon      Good
Ares          Charizard**    Good
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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]DRAGONITE 1-B

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]Despite your best efforts, you and the Dragonite fail to reach your destination. You are shot out of the sky, stopped by enemies, or simply run out of energy to make the rest of the journey.[break][break]

As your failure seeps in, as you fight back against encroaching dangers, you decide to violate protocol. You tear the envelope and read the message.[break][break]

It reads: "WE HAVE BEEN ABANDONED."[break][break]

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mauville's gym leader joins her in their disgrace. she's somewhat unsettled by his unwavering intensity, but as she looks out over the ruined city, she admits that seeing sootopolis, even in a simulation, would hurt. 

when the dragon is felled and the letter is in her hands, she rips it open. the other scenario, so recent, is fresh in her mind, and the color drains from her face as she reads what it says. 

they thought they'd found salvation. 

they were doomed from the start. 

the next dawn awaits them. fafnir finds them a safe area to rest. when they both settle, they'll be sent onward. freya starts a fire with faf's help and tosses the note into the flames. 

"the dragons won't be moved back to sootopolis for some time," she says, "but we have the draciary at hq."
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Indeed, it was a bad ending; the Dragonite was completely obliterated by anti-air defenses consisting primarily of BLIZZARDS and other strong Ice-type attacks. "Just like Sootopolis is precious to you, Mauville is precious to me," Josh tried to comfort the dragon master. "We will fully reclaim it, Freya, just like the prophecy says."

Once the dragons and their riders were a safe distance from the occupied metropolis, Yosei landed, the Gym Leader basking in the warmth of Fafnir's fire. "I'll have to come knocking, then," he casually remarked. "Get some of my own dragons into shape for when the next conflict flares up. Looking forward to it."

Once the tendrils of sleep claimed Josh, his vision would fade to white as the simulation whisked them away to the next scenario...






RKS POINT: 50

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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Yosei         Salamence      Good
Tiamat        Dragonite      Good
Regole        Dragonair**    Good
Ao            Roaring Moon   Good
Kokusho       Hydreigon      Good
Ares          Charizard**    Good
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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]WALSH 1

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]Fuschia City is under siege. You find yourself face to face with a then Admin Walsh within Fuschia Gym. Beneath you, the tatami flooring is scuffed and gouged from the battle that has been waged here. The simulation sets the Rocket Boss as a hostile figure.[break][break]

He says to you: "fuschia has already fallen. nothing you accomplish here will be of any worth."[break][break]

Should you attempt to step toward him, you'll knock into an invisible wall: an intriguing puzzle for gym challengers, but a frustrating conundrum for those attempting to engage with him.[break][break]

"i'll strike you down before you can even perceive the real me."[break][break]

Suddenly, Walsh disappears. Throughout the gym, multiple "Walshes" appear behind invisible walls. Periodically, he will lunge from a secret space with his GLISCOR, NIDOKING, &/OR HYPNO to attempt to slay you and your Pokemon.

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[attr="class","lgdcolchoicetit"]• Defeat him or chase him away.

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she does not bother remarking that the prophecy does not claim they'll take sootopolis in full. even their brightest minds haven't yet cracked the meanings within. sootopolis is her failure, and her burden, to bear. 

the weight of it takes shape as the world blurs. her fingers twitch. there isn't any real danger. and it's not really him, but as their options hover before her, she'll be damned if she lets him get the better of her here. 

"hold his pokemon off," she says to both fafnir and josh as she nimbly ducks under the swiping claw of a gliscor. "i want to kill him myself."

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Walsh stood before Josh in the simulation. His imposing, purple-haired figure had stricken the Champion with fear once; during Father Winter's visit to him, he had been offered a Shiny Raikou in exchange for unerring loyalty to Rocket. An offer he refused, only to have his very life taken from him by the Beast he admired. It was all a dream, yet it felt so very real.

"You got it!" Josh called back, now on foot as his Salamence and Roaring Moon threw themselves between Freya and the Rocket Boss' Pokémon. A bitter battle ensued among the Gliscor, Nidoking, and the Gym Leader's two dragons, Yosei and Ao seizing the initiative and tearing into the flying-type with DRAGON CLAW and DRAGON RUSH. Ao turned around to slice his mighty claws into the Nidoking, only to be met with the whirring sound of a HORN DRILL. The paradox's Pokémon's eyes widened in the final moments before the spinning horn ripped into his midsection, bringing the Roaring Moon down in a single blow.

"Now, Freya!" Josh cried, bringing his fallen partner back into the Ultra Ball that caught him.






CURIO: 1
RKS POINT: 50

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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Yosei         Salamence      Good
Tiamat        Dragonite      Good
Regole        Dragonair**    Good
Ao            Roaring Moon   KO
Kokusho       Hydreigon      Good
Ares          Charizard**    Good
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[attr="class","itemcoltext"]After a harrowing battle, you defeat Declan Walsh within the confines of Fuschia Gym. Whether he is chased away, or his corpse is left behind on the equally cold tatami, you are able to pilfer through his belongings: a makeup/disguise kit, his pokeballs, an old Celadon University student ID. He's an ordinary man, it seems...[break][break]

The simulation spares you time to explore outside of the gym in order for you to witness the destruction Fuschia City has received.


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[attr="class","lgdcolchoicetit"]• Explore Fuschia City or rest.

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this time, her skin is not splitting across a disfigured framework. when she raises her hands, they are her hands, and so it's all the more sweet when she feels his bone under her knuckles. she isn't adept at fighting in close quarters, but she's meant to win this fight. 

so while josh's dragons keep his pokemon at bay, she attacks wantonly and violently. every blow he lands is one returned tenfold. memory recalls the sword at her hip when she needs it. his eyes narrow. 

when he goes for distance, she snaps the hilt and twin leaves unfold. thwunk, thwunk, thwunk go the arrows in his chest.

there is little fanfare in the aftermath. it's not him, after all, and killing him here doesn't free her in the real world. so she wastes no time dropping to pilfer through anything that might be of use.

"thanks," she says and lays out the items for josh to inspect.
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Freya not only fought with dragon Pokémon; it was almost like she herself was a dragon, with strength to snap the hilt of even a well-forged sword. She made slaying the Rocket Boss look as easy as raising a Cyndaquil. He understood the Councilwoman's unrelenting pace; this Walsh was as real as his own Raikou. Lacking life of his own, Swift only "lived" through Josh. Such a false life did not make the Raikou any less powerful than the gods; like even the Skylord Rayquaza, both had strengths and weaknesses. One of the Raikou's greatest strengths was that he was of one mind with Josh, on a level unlike any real Pokémon could be. "You're welcome," Josh replied as he searched Walsh's effects. "It's called teamwork!"

As Freya fanned out the items Walsh had on him, Josh noticed something peculiar... and familiar... about the Cherish Ball that the Rocket Boss possessed. "No way... is it...?" he trailed off before clicking the switch on the Cherish Ball. All he could see was a Raikou-shaped silhouette as the scene of the Kantonian gym faded to white...






CURIO: 1
RKS POINT: 50

• Explore Fuschia City or rest.



{PC: 5}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Yosei         Salamence      Good
Tiamat        Dragonite      Good
Regole        Dragonair**    Good
Ao            Roaring Moon   KO
Kokusho       Hydreigon      Good
Ares          Charizard**    Good
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[attr="class","itemcoltext"]You find yourself in a paradisical garden. In its center is a grand Dyna Tree, burgeoning with plump, pink fruits filled with Dynergy. As you adjust to your Eden, your stomach grumbles. You are hungry. The fruit is tempting, but you two are not alone.[break][break]

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devastation lay outside the windows. she does not shy from them, but rests a shoulder on the panes instead, and watches smoke curl up into the air. the sky fades first, and then every ruined building is deleted. overwritten. 

lush foliage and sweet fruits replace the scent of smoke and she turns. where walsh's corpse was is now an enormous tree. pokemon linger at the fringes of this glade and she plucks a fruit from the vine, inspecting it. 

"odd, knowing these exist in our world."

she certainly wouldn't ingest one out there

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