[attr="class","sawyer"]

tag Isaac Merlo , Cillian Quinn notes Shades, Drip

Ashley sat by and did nothing, as it was up to Charles to level the playing field. That Galarian Rapidash had every bit a mountain to climb, a Dhelmise and a Corviknight to take on. If Ashley was honest, there was no way this would end well for the pony, but what else can he do. But... Isaac's words... His eyes open wide, and with them, his grin returns. Seems Gavin knew this was coming too, and with it came the onslaught of Corviknight and the Dhelmise, an Anchor Shot to trap, and a Steel Wing to take it the hell down, with the storm of steel feathers falling to the ground, and pummeling the Rapidash. Charles was a sure showing of determination, and Ashley's face lit up. Now that? That was one hell of a pony. With the light shining, he felt the Pokeball in his hand burning hot, and Ashley smirks. Time to play tricks again, and as he reels back his Pokeball, he takes the lessons learned from Isaac and Gavin's style. He throws. You got this, bud. Now, Ashley isn't a baseball player. He can't curve his shot, so it's clear what he's aiming for. The ceiling above the Corviknight, and as soon as it makes impact on the ceiling of the sub, Bongo roars from his Pokeball and pops out. Attempting to latch onto the steel menace of the sky, Bongo prepares both drumsticks for the drum solo of a lifetime. Using WOOD HAMMER repeatedly onto the Corviknight's head, Bongo intends to discombobulate the sky menace. If the monkey can't latch on however, he'll do the next best thing, and begin a midair TAUNT, giving Isaac the advantage, and attempting to get their attention on him. Charles won them another round, but it's uphill from here if Bongo got his foothold. Thank Arceus for opposable thumbs. MVmoLrO5

[attr="class","wizzcred"]❤ wizz

tl;dr:

- ashley watches charles go down, feels bongo's pokeball heat up
- throws ball into sub ceiling, and watches bongo burst out
- using the roll to see if bongo can attach to corviknight
- if latches on? WOOD HAMMER drum solo on their head
- if cannot, using free falling to dodge attacks and TAUNT

[attr="class","sawyer"]

tag @alot notes Shades, DRIP, face is obscured by facemask to help hide identity, 1 Salac Berry Usage!

Intensity within his eyes, the space of the mountain rends, and with it comes the brutality. Death is in the air, but tails is called. Ashley believes himself lucky for a moment, a short-lived victory afforded by the deaths of so many. How is that victory? Blood is pooled. He knows what he has to do. Jump into the fray, and beat this smugerroni fuckboy. Scowl on his face, he watches Isaac run with Knuckles, Ashley has the same thought. With Bongo as his front-man, he begins racing steps behind Isaac upon Bongo's back, the Rillaboom running like a wild gorilla. Not only his support, but as penance. Seeing her again though? That hurt. Kiryu.... he felt the pain of the moment. Of what he had done, wash away and smash into his body all at once, but that feeling disappears, when he sees her. Closure is a funny thing. One moment, he's thinking those wounds are closed, but as he sees Sushi, Bullet, Pluto... he gives a sad look. None of them seem to have malice. They are just... spectral. Like figments of reality about to disappear. But it's her that makes him that same teenager again, as Ashley halts Bongo. It's her that makes his heart stop, his eyes prick again. "Jubilee?" The Alolan Raichu smiles at him, untethered from her own body. Ashley's jaw is open, as he reaches out for her. She accepts with a hug, Ashley giving one good arm hug around her. Every disgusting part of Ashley feels so miniscule now. Where the blood starts. "I'm so sorry. I didn't... you didn't deserve that, Jubilee. None of you. Pluto, I sent you to your death! Sushi, I wasn't good enough to keep you safe... Bullet, I was so dumb, I-... I-..." With it, that dark swirl of emotion purifies itself as Sushi lays on his back, Bullet on his shoulder, and Pluto floats upon his cheek. And he realizes the strength of the love they have for him. What they mean. The warmth they have for just a moment, he doesn't throw away for the world. But it was their time. The four of them know it. With a spark of electricity, Jubilee shocks Ash from her little arms, as she, Sushi, Bullet, and Pluto float away. They all give a smile. "... thank you. I love you all. I wish I had more time with you." A sobbing smile is in return. When Orpheus turned around, Eurydice was gone forever. When Ashley turns around, Bongo gives a happy, wide-berth smile, he holds a fist out to his trainer. Ashley was back. The small trainer nods. "For them, buddy... where's Isaac?" He was already gone, up there. "Goodbye." He sees Sushi's grin. Hears Bullet's chirp. Feels that rocky texture of Pluto. But he knows... Jubilee is there. Waving. He doesn't turn back. All he does is hold his left arm out into a thumbs-up for her. No more letting the past rule his life. To fight in honor of their memory is what matters. With every fiber of his being burning with a fire, he hops back on Bongo, and with renewed vigor, and a positive feeling, he races up that mountain, up that hill, towards Father Winter, and intends to break the fucker over his knee. He's screaming at the top of his lungs now, positive swirls of raw emotion fueling him forward. "Everything you got, buddy. BEAT HIS ASS!" Holding the drum upwards, Bongo begins a WOOD HAMMER down at Father Winter, intent to brutalize him, and Ashley even calls out from atop. "You haven't begun to see reckless yet, shithead!" So long as he's locked in place, he just hopes Bongo can make it. Who does he get to say who lives or dies? X4QSZgzM

[attr="class","wizzcred"]❤ wizz

tl;dr:
not reviving anyone.
ashley atop bongo (rillaboom) runs with isaac
sees sushi, bullet, pluto, and jubilee
emotional moment. i cri. he hugs them.
ash lets them rest peacefully.
ash finally lets go of the past.
atop bongo again, races to fist father winter in his face
bongo wood hammers him with his drum attempting to slam him
ashley talkin mad shit

[attr="class","sawyer"]

tag Isaac Merlo , Cillian Quinn notes Shades, Drip

Not one, not two, but three. It was an impact that led Ashley's jaw to drop, with Maple slapping the first leg with a ferocity he hadn't seen in his Pokemon. A fire within. He knows that Pokemon often take on a lot from their trainers, so as the Glaceon took the first kick head on, he watches the impact close to enough. But Gavin is a step ahead. And the two other kicks hit dead on, both strikes sending Maple spinning towards the Dhelmise, and with the swing of the massive anchor, Maple took a hefty level of punishment. No snow cloak was saving him this time, the Eeveelution now splayed on the ground, battered and bruised. Even with the Heal Pulse, he took two heavy strikes, with that fighting-type effectiveness? It was done. "Damn." Two. Not one. Two. That was a mountain to climb, but the boys got two wins and not one. With Kilimanjaro following after, Gavin had shown he was a force to be reckoned with. He gives a light chuckle. "Game's up, huh?" Isaac's last hopeful question has Ashley think back to the moment Bongo was entrapped in the Sandslash's Blizzardy prison. Why did that matter? There was a thought... wait a sec... "Bongo's fingers were twitching in the ice... he may have some juice still in him." The expression he wields as he looks at Gavin, is hopeful. If they can take down two, they can take down a third. If a third, a fourth can follow. The climb to the top is hard, every step in battle is another hard step upwards, but there's a chance. He can feel the fire burn. "Whatcha got, man?"

[attr="class","wizzcred"]❤ wizz

tl;dr:

- maple just took a beating and faints, poor thing
- isaac's hope has ash send out bongo
- bongo's not fainted, barely holding on in ice!
- currently, he has no active pokemon on the field, leaving charles to fend for himself

[attr="class","sawyer"]

tag Isaac Merlo , Cillian Quinn notes Shades, Drip

Slow motion. Ashley sees it happen. It's so fast, he can barely think, but the plume of lava breaks atop the angry foe. Little joy had, because Ashley's eyes widen. Maple's quickness would be his downfall. He doesn't close his eyes. He watches. But Maple does not relent. The thing about Glaceon, is that they can instantaneously freeze moisture around them, and though this is done usually for flurries of diamond dust, with the added benefit of the hailstorm Gavin's Sandslash had made, there was enough moisture in the air, frozen or not, to condense it immediately. Enough so that Ashley's jaw drops, as the ice is created with the intent to push the lava away and roll to safety, as he speeds out of the way, that snow cloak truly doing wonders. But that was one in a million. That kind of luck doesn't happen twice. "Maple! Bird! Now! Everything you got!" It may just be a TACKLE, but as Maple races towards the Dodrio, he's hurt. In fact, Maple is doing everything he can to run on a twisted ankle from that roll. He doesn't get to go unscathed, but as he attempts to slam into Dodrio, Ash hopes its enough. But he knows this battle, for him at least, has almost reached its conclusion. He carries a toothy smile the whole time, regardless the result.

[attr="class","wizzcred"]❤ wizz

tl;dr:

- maple uses the ultra moon pokedex entry to instantaneously freezes the hailstorm frozen moisture to make a super-condensed wall of ice to circumvent the lava.
- he twists his ankle though, and that's no good
- he runs on it anyways, and hits dodrio with a tackle
- this glaceon deserves a medal.
- maple is on his last leg.

[attr="class","sawyer"]

tag @alot notes Shades, DRIP, face is obscured by facemask to help hide identity

Hard to dig graves with one arm in a makeshift sling. It's rough around the edges, but it gets the job done. The graves sit with all that was left of them; they were gone. There's no bringing back the dead. It's quiet for a moment, as he gets Reinhardt back to his feet. Reinhardt could tell something was wrong. His trainer powers through it. He stands, silvers regaining a bit of their light. The swirl fades away, a shrivel of its form, but it lingers with him. He carries it now. Between the heavy burns, the dried blood on his left ear, the broken arm, and the emotional damage, he will carry it with him forever now. He just hopes he hasn't burnt the last bridge he had. The entire time resetting it, a blank thousand yard stare forward. He can't look him in the face. Eyes are downcast. Shame. Guilt. Ash felt like he lost a piece of himself up here, but those wounds would heal with time. The wound he dealt Isaac was one that couldn't ever be taken back. He's bitter. He's angry at himself, but most of all, he's ashamed. When Isaac finishes, it leaves his mouth weakly. "Thanks." Nothing can ever make it right. Ashley knows that better than anyone, but he can, and will, make up for it. He has to. Because at this point, to dwell on it was to let them die, and the surging energy from the Primal Point had erupted. But in its place, something by the sounds of the shattering glass, was world-ending enough. "Just our luck, right?" He gives a quiet, miniscule chuckle. It's weak, it's pitiful, but it's still his. But when the hand grabs him up, Ash hesitates. He has one more pang of self-doubt, and swallows it back down. Throwing his only good hand, he grasps Isaac's and getting up. A game? He's too tired for games. His mind is on people he loves. Reality? He wants to save it. For Isaac. For Cygne. For Aki. Gavin. Shalin. Even Jayden and Theo. Most of all, Kep. He closes his eyes a moment. Tails never fails. He responds to Isaac with a small smile and a curt nod shortly after, silver eyes filled with a renewed resolve. "All the way, man." He has one more thought. Kep in his arms. I didn't get the chance to tell you... The moment he does get to though, he will. Today only reaffirmed that feeling. His heart beats harder. The second pillar of stubbornness would rebreak reality back if it broke too much the other way. Fuck that smuggeroni wintry asshole. It's not fucking over. Not by a long shot. Not yet. T5natY3G

[attr="class","wizzcred"]❤ wizz

tl;dr:
buries the dead with isaac
heals nidorino
gets a sling, and his burnt and broken right arm reset
mentally calls tails
stands with his homie the whole way.
last thoughts are of friends, and kep.

[attr="class","sawyer"]

tag Isaac Merlo , Cillian Quinn notes Shades, Drip

Bongo... fainted. For all the talk Ashley had done, the moment the Sandslash strikes with the Blizzard, that bravado disappears. He realizes how far he still has to go, and knowing now with Bongo encased in ice, frozen solid, he gives a sheepish smile. So this was the mountain he has to climb to become admin. Course it wasn't going to be easy, but that one track goal led to the one track mind. With a Pokeball, he returns Bongo too. Because there was another sheriff in town, not new, but just different. Maple mews to the acknowledgement by Isaac. With the hailstorm, racing within, the hail cloaks its pursuit forward to the foe before it. With the added evasion within the snow, Ashley looks to Isaac. Kilimanjaro had their hands full with that pesky tri-bird, so it was up to Maple. Ashley's last resort. He wishes it were Bongo, but circumstance won't allow Bongo the last strike at Mt. Pyre, so he bites his tongue, and throws a hand forward. "Maple, put it to sleep." He calls out, and as the Glaceon races around the location of the Sandslash, opening its mouth. Within this hailstorm, by thanks to the lovely pholidote, it lets Maple almost flash step within the ice, to use it as a means to stay out of harms way, before a YAWN to the Sandslash's face. The goalpost moves. "Isaac-" He smiles, silvers over towards him. "-at Mt. Pyre... if we can't win a fight, the best we can do is to do as much damage as possible for the next one, right?" Which meant, to Ashley, if Maple can make one faint, that's a victory in its own right. All he can afford now is to get one takedown. That is his only goal.

[attr="class","wizzcred"]❤ wizz

tl;dr:

- bongo (thwackey) is OHKO'd.
- maple (glaceon) acknowledges isaac, and races in, shielded by the hailstorm
- begins speeding around sandslash and YAWNS at them.
- ashley reaches an epiphany and shares with isaac.
- the goalpost has moved.