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genderless - STEADFAST[break]
hyper beam / hyperspace hole / hyperspace fury / ?? / ?? / ??[break]
THE POKEMON ATTACK:
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in the wake of
Thomas Benoit's passing, his loyal partners launch an assault on hoopa. their flurry of bug-type attacks pierce into the musclebound flesh of their haunting hunter. leaves surge forth like fall winds.
evan fader's lilligant summons a leaf storm to attack the hoopa, careful not to burn in the flames forged by @bryony's charizard and its fire pledge. @valyx's mega gengar smiles widely, delivering a dazzling gleam alongside its kaiju-friend's stone edge. in the mean time,
Laurence Anderson' ampharos and lucario move to
evan fader in order to comfort his agony.[break][break]
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several others join the fight. alongside a torterra,
Blaine Jones's ludicolo unleashes an energy ball alongside its partners as
Morgan Drake's fraxure digs its empowered talons into the hoopa's flesh. at the same time,
Bailey Cooper's togekiss and blastoise attempt to blind the burning hoopa as the behemoth groans in tortured cries. with it's
LUCID DREAMER ability ripped from its form, the hoopa buckles and falters as his feet are targeted too.
AYAME FUJIWARA's ribombee furthers the onslaught with clouds of pollen.[break][break]
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as
Balder Schwartz's solgaleo delivers warp portals, the sun lion travels through some of its own. in a taunting mimicry of the hoopa, the lion reappears above, delivering a devastating sunsteel strike against the hoopa's head. the resulting attack blooms in a dramatic flare of light; at the same time, several things happen.[break][break]
cadis von klaussner' ditto transforms into solgaleo flawlessly, roaring with its signature vacant smile. with its long reach, the gallade slices into the hoopa with leaf blade as a hyper beam from
kyle lopez's smeargle strikes the star-shaped rim of the creature's stomach hole. it causes the metal to whistle with a high-pitched scream.[break][break]
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as
CHANCELOR MCQUEEN orders his fighters to batter the dreaming denizen. as his conkeldurr and hawlucha deliver severe blows to the beast, a hyper beam from
kyle lopez's smeargle strikes the star-shaped rim of the creature's stomach hole, causing the metal to whistle with a high-pitched scream.
FERNANDO SILPH's empowered tapu fini manifests into a gargantuan titan. channeling an immense power, the tapu fini collides with the hoopa as it retaliates. a massive shockwave blows high-speed winds back as the combined attacks of
Balder Schwartz's solgaleo and
FERNANDO SILPH's tapu fini connect. they
lock up. like wrestlers, they stay at a standstill.[break][break]
in a dramatic follow up,
CHANCELOR MCQUEEN orders his fighters to batter the dreaming denizen. as his conkeldurr and hawlucha deliver severe blows to the beast, a hyper beam from
kyle lopez's smeargle strikes the star-shaped rim of the creature's stomach hole, causing the metal to whistle with a high-pitched scream.
Noelle Lane's slowbro launches drapion toward the hoopa, the iron tail striking squarely on the hoopa's face above her typhlosion's inferno charring the creature's gut.[break][break][break]
it's the tipping point. the hoopa stumbles back with heavy, clumsy stomps.[break][break][break][break]
THE CULLED HUMANS:
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at the same time, the rings continue to chase their prey.
cait alfric's attempt to outrun the rings nearly gets her killed as her pursuer appears and reappears; however, she's able to barely evade them. unfortunately, @bryony's charizard suffers from the glare of the dazzling gleams and flash cannon. as bryony and her charizard barrel around, a loop manages to catch up with them and close around both of their bodies.they fall in their respective two pieces. abandoned on the ground, @bryony's snorlax is sliced into ribbons by the loops continually closing in and out of the chubby creature.[break][break]
@n0ble is able to barely escape thanks to a potent meteor mash; furthermore,
evan fader is rescued from both plummeting to his death and the rings thanks to
kyle lopez's meteoric aerodactyl.[break][break][break]
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even with
Balder Schwartz's solgaleo's portal nearby,
Natsuki Ryuunosuke suffers the same fate. as she delivers her zoroark toward
AYAME FUJIWARA in order for her to open the bottle, the ground opens up underneath her. she slips downward, and the loop closes at her waist, slicing her in half.
Lucas Lane rushes toward
FERNANDO SILPH. as his tyrantrum struggles with the loop, it is eventually overpowered despite almost snapping its perimeter in half. before he is able to reach him,
Lucas Lane feels his upper body slip from his waist and hit the cold floor.[break][break]
weighted by loss,
Blake Wright commands
cadis von klaussner' ditto to strike at the rings coming toward him. the transformed ditto is able to defend against rings to some extent, but the ditto's lack of experience with its new legendary form is apparent. as it grasps the ring with its maw, it realizes its teeth disappear into the ring's hole. it lets go- and as
Blake Wright helps
AYAME FUJIWARA open the bottle, he finds himself cut in two.[break][break]
as blood flavors the air of their battle, the council member realizes his fate is sealed. with his dramatic last resort successfully manifesting itself, the loop catches up with him and slices him diagonally, so that his upper torso slides off the fleshy ramp of his lower parts. seeing
Noelle Lane vulnerable from the other loops as her chansey defends her,
CHANCELOR MCQUEEN orders his empoleon to strike at their pursuer with its aura of ice. despite its training, the ring is able to swallow the empoleon and slice the penguin in half.[break][break]
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CHANCELOR MCQUEEN is prepared. his years of training, conditioned body, honed reflexes... they culminate in an auto-pilot of sheer martial art prowess. despite being in the nightmare realm, his fighting is unmatched. in a stunning display of combat, the fighter is able to deftly strike at the ring's rims, casting its stubborn trajectory back over and over and over. he would have continued to deflect it; however, the ring that slices through
FERNANDO SILPH pursues
Noelle Lane and in an act of sacrifice,
CHANCELOR MCQUEEN will be able to protect her at the cost of his own life.[break][break][break]
the rest are able to successfully fend off their respective rings.[break][break][break][break]
THE CULLED POKEMON:
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the hoopa recalls its rings. two are a melting red, thanks to
illeana reyes's ninetales and its flamethrower. with a thundering howl, the hoopa berates its dream's intruders. from its central hole, a ghastly beam strikes through the tapu fini's guardian form. afterward, it enacts a
HYPERSPACE FURY, the rings vanishing and emerging from thin air. its fists and borrowed limbs strike at the pokemon closest to it, squashing their bodies to the floor in bloodied pulps or heaps of broken bones.[break][break][break]
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Emma Wolfe's noivern is able to escape thanks to its u-turn; however, the following pokemon are not so lucky:
Noelle Lane's drapion,
FERNANDO SILPH's golurk and aegislash,
CHANCELOR MCQUEEN's conkeldurr and hawlucha,
Thomas Benoit's ripper (not his galvantula!), @valyx's tyranitar,
Morgan Drake's fraxure,
Blaine Jones's torterra, and @bryony's snorlax. the pokemon who were close to the hoopa, such as mega gengar, tapu fini and solgaleo are able to survive thanks to their general hardiness; yet, they are close to falling too.[break][break][break][break]
DARKRAI FREED:
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as
Blake Wright's vision blurs, he captures a glimpse of
AYAME FUJIWARA's bottle opening. as the spiky cork is pulled, its sharp horns slicing deep into her soft skin, a mass of shadow erupts from the sinister jar. darkrai casts itself out, expanding into a fully-fledged figure of shadow. its eye burns bright. with a vengeful snarl, the darkrai raises its hands, summoning a massive purple orb of energy in its hands.[break][break]
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the hoopa takes note. visibly panicked, the hoopa sends its rings outward. several more flow from the central ring in its torso and flood the battlefield. as the rings begin to reverberate with the warnings of something to come, the darkrai launches its
DARK VOID toward the creature, flying through the rings and causing them to spin in place. the hoopa is struck and as the purple energy consumes its brawny build, snoring... begins to echo throughout the plane.[break][break][break][break]
YOUR FINAL ATTACK:
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after casting a thankful glance toward
Blake Wright and
AYAME FUJIWARA, the darkrai repositions itself, drawing its lanky limbs back as if summoning an ancient umbral power. that familiar, broken voice, the darkrai howls a decree:
"WAKE HIM UP."[break][break]
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as the shadowy spectre charges its own attack, the opportunity to defeat the hoopa awaits the survivors; however, the battlefield is littered with countless rings. should you strike at the hoopa for one last assault, make sure you
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what will you do?
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instructions
- the next mod post will be on 11/10 PST.
- those who have died can roleplay their trainers' last words; however, they can also control their surviving pokemon in the next rounds! if your character has died, your posts are not REQUIRED for the following rounds.
- this should be the final round, with a concluding mod post that you can respond to afterward should you desire.
- with every post, please include a tl;dr of your character's actions and roll using the dice command.
- oocly, surviving trainers must roll against another trainer of their choice (indicate this in a tag). should their roll beat the other trainer... something will happen. you can only select one trainer and you can not select someone who already has been challenged/is challenging another.
- surviving trainers are: Bailey Cooper, AYAME FUJIWARA, persephone amavi, cadis von klaussner, Noelle Lane, kyle lopez, cait alfric, evan fader, Blaine Jones, illeana reyes, @n0ble, Morgan Drake (12 trainers, 6 pairs).
- this is a "death-enabled" event where characters and pokemon may "die"; however, in this event, the character or pokemon simply wake up when "killed".
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