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[attr="class","ihead"]VS. BLACEPHALON
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THE FRONT IS CONSECRATED with artillery warfare. after
Remiel Calcifet's dragapult catches him, ghostly missiles of dreepy fire from its horns. they shriek across the sky, joining
PIERCE WILDE's dragapult's assault as they trespass the glowing
LIGHT SCREEN. the ear-splitting resonance of
Isra Nightingale's noivern's
BOOMBURST lands without obstruction as well, causing the gelatinous constitution of the nihilego!dahlia to wriggle and shake. when the attacks make impact, the blacephalon's body swings backward- but the collar remains anchored to some invisible point in the air. its battered body swings back- but it's not without visible damage.[break][break][break]
others would find their attacks to be less effective.
Annie Mei's yanmega's
BUG BUZZ and
Kazimir Wynter's solrock's
SOLAR BEAM almost fizzle against the bulwark, their velocity suddenly reaching zero as it collides with the green curtain. the
LIGHT SCREEN shimmers and
absorbs the energy of their attacks.
Adrian Malcolm's arcanine's
FLAMETHROWER is also siphoned, the roar of fire disappearing.[break][break][break]
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however, it is
Thomas Benoit's scizor that manages to
BRICK BREAK through. the
LIGHT SCREEN shatters before the explosion
Ruby Walker's gothorita foresaw can occur. in a startling shower of psychic shards, the bruised blacephalon stomps its feet in a furious show of anger. in the opening,
Ruby Walker's mega-evolved (and very calm) hatterene launches a particularly potent
PSYCHIC which blasts into the beast with dramatic purplish flare.
Stormy Silph and
noah faber seize the opportunity. during their flight, their pokemon slice into the blacephalon while weaving in and out.[break][break][break]
furthermore, the exposed defenses allows
Adrian Malcolm's vileplume and
Kazimir Wynter's solrock to fire their respective
SOLAR BEAMS and strike the blacephalon too.
mateo martinez's sceptile and arcanine are able to find purchase with their attacks as well. the
DRAGON PULSE wracks the beast's thin body as smoke billows from its stained white flesh. the clown stumbles about, like a man on stilts.[break][break][break]
furthermore,
Bailey Cooper,
Noelle Lane, and @creepy are able to take advantage of the weakened beast. as the krookodile, venusaur, and tyranitar deliver attacks of hardened earth, the fragile body of the blacephalon is impaled by stone thanks to @creepy's command for a
SCREECH. to follow up,
Balder Schwartz's solgaleo launches forth, striking the clown with a powerful
ZEN HEADBUTT.[break][break][break]
finally, the
Annie Mei and
Stormy Silph's type:nulls tear into the blacephalon with their
IRON HEAD and
TRI-ATTACK moves respectively. with each strike, the bomb overhead on the lighthouse seems to diminish.[break][break][break]
[attr="class","ihead"]VS. THE MINES
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THE GLOWING BOMBS RISE LIKE WRAITHS and begin flying toward the
LIGHT SCREEN; however,
kyle lopez dragalge's
HYDRO PUMP strikes across the field. countless bombs are caught in the arc as they explode in brilliant bursts of flame.
Lucas Lane's rampardos assists, summoning
ANCIENT STONES to further clear the field while
Adrian Malcolm's gyarados'
THUNDER WAVE whips across the mines. as the explosions settle, they would find the night market to be utterly razed. craters carve into the earth, disfiguring what little was already left of the festivities here. despite the immense damage to slateport's property... it is clear that should the mines have been left alone, the
casualties would have been immense.[break][break][break]
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from the wreckage, some stray mines still find their way toward the
LIGHT SCREEN before it is destroyed.
FERNANDO SILPH's aegislash and salamence
PROTECT and
KING'S SHIELD against the mines, pockets of smoke billowing from their barriers. although
persephone amavi's reuniclus'
SKILL SWAP fails to take affect, she is able to protect her fellow elite four members. in the nick of time, her reuniclus shields
Noelle Lane,
mateo martinez,
kyle lopez, and
Bailey Cooper with a well-timed
PROTECT. the bomb that detonates shakes the ground around them and anyone else nearby.[break][break][break]
[attr="class","ihead"]VS. NIHILEGO-DAHLIA
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Olivia Abbiati's sharpedo mega-evolves.
Orion Lykos's
BONEMERANG,
Kazimir Wynter's psychic-leap and strike with his honedge, and the empowered
AQUA JET is just enough to release the suffocating grasp of the corrupted commissioner. the tentacle is cut. it spews a thick black liquid. when the pokenger lands on the ground, he narrowly avoids the bleeding from the tentacle, for the liquid that hits the ground melts it like acid. as the jellicent catches
Olivia Abbiati and attacks, others strike at her as well.[break][break][break]
some mines find themselves being whipped toward
dahlia goode instead.
Isra Nightingale's gardevoir throws the bombs toward the gelatinous case of the commissioner. her body's tentacles seem to move almost independently from her. she lifts her other tentacles, the bodies of the
four dead lighthouse workers taking the hits for her. their bodies fly off, detached from the force.[break][break][break]
knox prescott's pikachu and vaporeon aim for
dahlia goode herself- and they succeed. as water and electricity surge through her insulated body, the commissioner's screaming fills the smokey air. anyone who has heard the commissioner's voice would be immediately able to discern that it is her... despite her change in appearance. with her attention pulled away from
Olivia Abbiati's neck, the nihilego-dahlia enacts desperate defenses.[break][break][break]
the crown of her jellyfish-like body expands rapidly. in a grotesque rhythm, tumor-like mounds of jelly conceal her.
Thomas Benoit's hydreigon with its powerful
Z-MOVE is able to knock her shielded body back- and upward. her grown carapace is hard. like rock, or diamonds.
Balder Schwartz's mega-evolved charizard's
WILDFIRE,
PIERCE WILDE's morpeko's
BULLET SEEDS,
Alexei Ivanov's pidgeot's
HURRICANE and
marie jules's salazzle's
POISONS only serve to knock her around the air. seemingly. this "armor" seems to be strong enough to withstand
the explosive force of their attacks.[break][break][break]
[attr="class","ihead"]THE ATTACK
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MARIE THROWS HER BEAST BALL. as it arcs through the air, it's quiet. like a thrown dart, it strikes the blacephalon with precision and silence. suddenly, the blacephalon is sucked into the device. the ball shakes once...
before confirming the capture. however, the ball is whipped up by the attacks of
Balder Schwartz and
Alexei Ivanov's pokemon. flames and strong winds whip the ball up in to the air.[break][break][break]
can
marie jules or any rocket member secure this creature's beast ball?!
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even more alarming is the bomb on the lighthouse. despite the blacephalon's capture, the bomb does not disappear. stubbornly, it remains, ticking downward... and it's almost midnight.
FERNANDO SILPH's consultation with his tapu fini unsheathes a blood-curdling answer. the legendary pokemon communicates, by way of solemn psychic thoughts, that
the bomb's detonation can not be stopped. Ruby Walker's gothorita would be able to foretell its explosion as well...[break][break][break]
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the corrupted commissioner soars overhead. the growths expand further... and burst. from above, a torrential downpour of poisonous acid begins to drop upon the party. huge globulets of purple rain splash on to the earth, melting terribly deep holes into the ground. as the growths recede into her gelatinous vessel, the pained expression of the commissioner becomes clear underneath the translucent helmet of this new body.[break][break][break]
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ALTHOUGH ROLLS
DO NOT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR ACTIONS,[break][break]
ROLLING AN
ODD NUMBER MEANS YOUR PKMN MAY BE STRUCK BY ACID RAIN.[break][break]
PROTECT YOURSELVES- OR GO ON THE OFFENSIVE AT YOUR OWN RISK![break][break]
Bailey Cooper & @nicole can
roll a second time for free for their preemptive defensive actions![break][break]
LASTLY, ATTEMPTING TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE MAY NOT WORK IN YOUR FAVOR...
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mod roll:
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[attr="class","ihead"]GUIDELINES
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below are several guidelines and notes you must follow and consider for the raid. please pm
shiv if you have any other questions. these guidelines will be trimmed or omitted for future mod posts in this event.[break][break][break]
you must
ROLL for this round as you perform your actions; this round, rolls
won't determine the absolute outcome of your actions.[break][break]
please include a
tl;dr of your character's actions; however, if any of your posts remain only as tl;drs by the end of the event (i.e. there is no actual written post), you will receive
no rewards.[break][break]
furthermore, if you have a "tl;dr only post" in the previous round and make another "tl;dr only post" that is unedited by the next mod post, you will
automatically fail your action with dire consequences.[break][break][break]
the next mod post will be on on 1/24, 12:00AM PST..
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Thanks to the Machoke's excellent driving Lucas Lane made it to the Lighthouse. Save for the rattling close encounter with death he made it in one piece.
