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Kaida isn't a fool, and she recognizes two things about her current situation. She is in a pack. There is another pack. She is not stupid enough to see FERNANDO SILPH nearby and trying to get in and not recognize that there is something amiss, and that their enemies may have already been in here. Freya hugs her in fright as Ruby Walker and her Hatterene end up smacking the man clowning around...as happy as it made Kaida to have a little less noise, it really did not help the situation. [break][break]

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Kaida didn't know what to gape at first. The rapidly growing tree or the man and steel lion that seemed to step out of the ether (Balder Schwartz ). A frightened stress grew in her chest, and she fought the urge to cover her ears, substituting by hauling up Freya and placing her on her own back. The Salnazzle seemed frozen in fear, and at least there she could protect Kaida. [break][break]

Kaida snapped back into reality as another man (beckett carlson ) leapt into action, suddenly aware that if she didn't get moving, she would be trapped. A Pokeball dropped from her hand, releasing a Seviper that hissed as she impacted the cold ground. "Sorry Hema, you'll have to bare it, we need a friend to help us." The words were the signal, and Hema hastily looked around for a suitable Pokemon. The Mr. Mime were a clear choice, what with their abilities. Psychic powers were always a boon. Thus, fixing her eyes on one, Hema's eyes glowed a pink that radiated daintily. An Attract sure to sway a Mr. Mime into helping them, she was so beautiful after all. [break][break]

It was a fine plan. No harm would come to the Mr. Mime and she would gain a powerful ally, however temporary. "I need help! We need to get over there!" She pointed across the tree, trusting Hema's hisses to translate her words, then leaned down and prepared to slide, shouting over her shoulder to the only two allies she knew here (Selena Desmarais and illeana reyes ) "Be careful, the people here are strange!" She only had time to shout those words before balancing herself and preparing for movement. Up on her back, Freya hatched a Nasty Plot and whipped her tail against the floor, launching Kaida forward in just the way she imagined. Hema launched after them with her own sharp tail, hopefully alongside the Mr. Mime to either defend them or help them move faster. [break][break]

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[attr="class","omgentop"]ROOT OF THE MATTER[break]
ROCKET VS. LEAGUE

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DEATH-ENABLED

FACTION EVENT

SIGN-UPS CLOSED

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WHAT HAPPENS

SEVERAL THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE. As the hall bursts into action, Andrea Benoit’s performance above begins to blare in the PA speakers. The frost shakes from their metal grids as her song sends the harrowing rumbling of bass through the ceiling.[break][break][break]

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MARCEL, EMMA, GAVIN (B1 / STAIRCASE)

marcel maeda is able to TELEPORT to the other side, the staircase leading to the second floor basement now unguarded. Emma Wolfe and Cillian Quinn are teleported too, but as they reappear, they slip on the crude ice. Should they move down one flight of stairs, they will find that the rest of the staircase is densely packed with growing tree branches that push out from the main body of the tree.[break][break][break]

KATHERINE, GORO, KAZIMIR (STUCK IN BRANCHES OF B2)

After Katherine Fairburne’s Morpeko briefly confuses one of the Mr. Mimes, she immediately teleports below. her, Goro Shimizu, Kazimir Wynter, make it through to the next floor— but it is not what it appears to be. As the three land or reappear in the middle of the next basement floor, they find themselves constrained and tangled in a mess of terribly thick curling branches. Like vines, but less easy to break and dense.[break][break][break]

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Looking around, they will find that the floor is smothered in foliage— if they are even on the “floor” or ground of this level. These three—who are in close proximity to each other— must find a way to escape their entanglement, for the tree pulses, as if ready to grow once more.[break][break][break]

ATLAN, ILLEANA, SILPH (B1)

As if pulled straight from the espionage genre, beckett carlson manages to catapult himself on to the branches. Recalling his Rookidee, he makes it to the other side speedily. beckett carlson has enough time to start walking down the stairs as well.[break][break][break]

At illeana reyes’s flash of her Head Scientist badge, the security guards relax in response to her; she manages to teleport to the other side— but only has time to reappear on the ice.[break][break][break]

FERNANDO SILPH’s authority is flexed too, and as a MISTY TERRAIN flows from his Tapu Fini, the security guards yell: ”Yes! Stop whoever you can.”[break][break][break]

Another mutters, ”If the boss finds out, we’re fucked.”[break][break][break]

MR. MIMES, RUBY, KAIDA, ALEXEI (B1)

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The two Mr. Mimes in the main hall, now IMPERVIOUS TO STATUS CONDITIONS thanks to the MISTY TERRAIN, attack the ones coming their way. The attempted HYPNOSIS is witnessed and the strike on Goro Shimizu is noted. They prioritize it as Ruby Walker attempts to advance with her Gallade. One Mr. Mime SKILL SWAPS with her Hatterene, replacing her MAGIC BOUNCE with SCREEN CLEANER. The Hatterene is then recalled. The other Mr. Mime fires ICY WIND from its mitten hands to stall Ruby Walker, and Gallade.[break][break][break]

In the exposed middle dressing room, the two Mr. Mime attempt to halt Alexei Ivanov and @selena. Kaida Adachi is fast enough to act before FERNANDO SILPH’s Tapu Fini’s MISTY TERRAIN takes hold. Thankfully, INFATUATION can not be blocked by the purplish fog. One of the Mr. Mimes falls to the snake’s seduction, allowing Kaida Adachi to slide through quickly with her Salazzle. Security guards attempt to snag her with their arms, but she whips right through to the other side. She, like beckett carlson, is able to start going down the stairs. illeana reyes may attempt as well— but her descent is not guaranteed.[break][break][break]

The infatuated Mr. Mime instead focuses its attention on Selena Desmarais's attack. It mimes a square of PROTECT to stave off the flames, while the other casts ICY WIND on Selena Desmarais, Alexei Ivanov and their respective parties. They are unable to make much distance.[break][break][break]

DOMINIC, EVA, PRIAM, ZACHARIAS (LOPEZ'S DRESSING ROOM)

When the soft drink trolley smashes into one of the security guards, the barrier to kyle lopez’s dressing room is smashed by the bisharp’s IRON HEAD. It fades, the psychically created barricade withstanding only one solid hit; afterward, @zacharias and priam conrad are pushed in, the cellphone of the younger man capturing every frame of the ensuing chaos. Eva Dumont slips in too. The door is closed. here, Andrea Benoit’s music is even louder. Despite the cacophony, @zacharias puts the guard to sleep with his Gengar. The guard is then tossed into a wardrobe by Eva Dumont’s Orbeetle. Closet hangers holding noah faber’s hoodie and shorts topple over the man like a blanket before the doors close once again.[break][break][break]

dominic sinclair’s klefki floats toward the keyhole. What comes next is delicate work. Although it takes some time, pink chains grow from the keyhole and begin to wrap around the whole perimeter of the hallway to FAIRY LOCK the trainers’ Pokemon in place. It locks in time for many Pokemon to be affected. A table is placed in front to act as a further barricade.[break][break][break]

WHO IS AFFECTED BY FAIRY LOCK?

dominic sinclair's FAIRY LOCK will last this round. The following trainers' Pokemon have been caught by this effect: illeana reyes, Selena Desmarais, FERNANDO SILPH, Ruby Walker, Alexei Ivanov, marie jules, @matteo. Pokemon affected by this move can not switch out or flee during this round; ghost-types are unaffected.[break][break][break]

MARIE & MATTEO (B1)

marie jules and @matteo look on as innocent bystanders...[break][break][break]

OBJECTIVES

IN ORDER TO CLAIM COMPLETE REWARDS FOR YOUR FACTION, and to facilitate plot moments within the event thread, your respective groups will have objectives to fulfill collectively. for example, if your rocket character becomes captured, that objective is fulfilled for the entire group.[break][break]

throughout the event, more objectives may be added/these objectives are subject to change.[break][break]

league

• ic objective: extract a biosample of sap from the tree's roots; protect the tree. ☐
• sub: have three league-affiliated pokemon die by rocket hands. ☐
• sub: be captured, seriously injured, or killed by a rocket character. ☐
• sub: heal/defend a teammate against a rocket's attack (pkmn or human). ☐
• sub: every character must reference every teammate at least once throughout the thread. ☐

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rocket

• ic objective: poison or destroy the tree from its roots, at all costs. ☐
• sub: have three rocket-affiliated pokemon faint/die by league hands. ☐
• sub: be captured, seriously injured, or killed by a league character. ☐
• sub: heal/defend a teammate against a league's attack (pkmn or human). ☐
• sub: every character must reference every teammate at least once throughout the thread. ☐

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THINGS TO NOTE:

• please try not to invent new npcs; however, i've worked the new security guards in alongside the canon two that have now moved closer to your side. for simplicity's sake, we can say there are a total of four security guards, one for each mr. mime.
• Balder Schwartz's existence in this raid has been retconned due to his player going on brief hiatus.

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RULES & GUIDELINES

• the 3 pokemon you have signed up with are now locked in for the event.
• each of your pokemon can only perform 1 move per round.
• please do not meta-game; this event is not a competition.
• if you do not post by the round's deadline, you will be skipped.
• like others have been doing, please note when you have tagged everyone once for the objective!
• for this round, please ROLL once.

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DEADLINE & TAGS

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Selena Desmarais illeana reyes Ruby Walker Kaida Adachi Kazimir Wynter beckett carlson @matteo Alexei Ivanov FERNANDO SILPH[break][break]
priam conrad Cillian Quinn Katherine Fairburne Emma Wolfe marcel maeda Eva Dumont marie jules @zacharias dominic sinclair Goro Shimizu