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POSTED ON Apr 3, 2024 19:37:14 GMT

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Why was it still there?!

Why was the goddamned thing still fucking there?! What was it waiting for?!

Despite its obviously spectral appearance, the moose bowl-headed Pokémon continued to strike fear within its immediate line of sight; making the same braying noise as it then charged towards both the Kommo-o and the Calyrex—while incapable of using its signature move (and potentially wrecking half the place at bare minimum) fact of the matter was that the malice was there; too much so!

“Oof,” he would choke out as the Kommo-o stood his ground; never mind if he was also scared shitless as this time, a Boomburst rippled out from the scales hanging off its body!

Since from the looks of things physical moves couldn’t damage the spectral ‘beast’, it was off to use sound-based moves!

(Kind of like hitting an abstract with another abstract. You get the point.)

Hopefully they would be able to repel the damned thing soon, because even he was starting to get worried—what was taking so long for his Absol to return?!

+ Elise Calcifet
+ doing prompt 28: encounter one of the vestigial spirits of wo-chien, ting-lu, chi-yu, or chien-pao near a broken seal. it will not use its signature move, ruination, however, it will be incredibly aggressive before being warded off.

cordy / female / super luck / detect, swords dance, night slash, future sight, sucker punch, psycho cut | tera: flying

? / male / soundproof / clanging scales, clangorous soul, boomburst, dragon dance, dragon claw, iron defense

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POSTED ON Apr 3, 2024 19:19:18 GMT

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He didn’t realize that he was already running; for he could see whatever it was lurking behind her but she probably may not have noticed it—

“Get back!” he would yell as this time he would pop out a second Pokéball and this time summon a Kommo-o, clanging scales and all ready to rough and tumble with the bowl-headed monster that was literally radiating waves of fear from where it stood.

“What in the fucking—” he would trail off as he stared at the moose-headed monster that had a bowl stuck between its ‘horns’, baying and roaring at them as if from a great distance.

“G-go!” he would urge the Kommo-o on; never mind if he was facing the fear in the air head-on by quickly covering his ears as the loud, ringing, deafening noise of Clanging Scales rang out in the immediate area!

+ Elise Calcifet
+ doing prompt 28: encounter one of the vestigial spirits of wo-chien, ting-lu, chi-yu, or chien-pao near a broken seal. it will not use its signature move, ruination, however, it will be incredibly aggressive before being warded off.

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POSTED ON Apr 3, 2024 18:59:09 GMT

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His theory was right—he would keep his eyes on his own ‘shadow’ doing the strangest things while he was watching there, frozen like a statue before getting an idea.

With as little movement as possible, he would reach for a particular Pokéball, pop it open and toss out his Absol—the ‘perfect’ solution to the little ‘ghostie’ problem.

The shadow then transformed from looking like him into its real form—and then…

And then she would give chase.

The Absol would give chase to the Marshadow; who’d seemingly dipped into the fog up ahead!

“…well, she’ll come back later, I know she will, and—” he trailed off; before a great tidal wave of something indescribable washed over him—

He couldn’t tell if it was fear, envy, hatred, or just outright anger! What was going on?!

+ Elise Calcifet
+ setting up for prompt 28: encounter one of the vestigial spirits of wo-chien, ting-lu, chi-yu, or chien-pao near a broken seal. it will not use its signature move, ruination, however, it will be incredibly aggressive before being warded off.

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POSTED ON Apr 3, 2024 18:43:28 GMT

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It wouldn’t take too long before even he would notice the strange, flickering movement as his companion’s attention was drawn away and was literally like…

“Whoa,” he would breathe out, in quiet awe for a few seconds before the panic split in and he realized that he looked down and saw that…

“You’re not supposed to—holy fucking shit!” he would yelp as he noticed his ‘shadow’ was now moving in the exact opposite of him literally frozen up out of surprise.

What the fuck was going on out here?!

He could only observe in silent terror as the shadow then danced a tip-tap toe two-step for a few moments, before literally flitting away from him and chasing the other shadow from the Calyrex…

“…we’re not alone out here,” he would hiss through gritted teeth.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ doing prompt 29: encounter shadowy copies of yourselves or your pokemon that mimic movement, form, and more.

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SILPH CUP 2024 AT PACIFIDLOG

POSTED ON Apr 3, 2024 18:38:45 GMT

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He was still leaning into the wind, however he could hear the uproar happening some distance behind him—it looked like someone had used their ace in the hole already!

So soon?! he thought; however he would not risk stopping, not even for just a second, to check out what was happening—the loud noise from the crowd was indication enough that something did happen, so there was that.

The little town floating swept past them in a blur; and all he could focus on was the waters ahead of him! The Mantine wiggled her flappy fins; a sign that there was an obstacle coming up—he could feel the lurching direction shifting beneath the Mantine’s belly!

“Ri, don’t panic!” he would hiss quietly as he leaned lower into the wind; the better to keep the slipstream up and ahead.

“I know you can make those tight turns! I believe in you.”

Onward the two would go!

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+ Speed: B, Endurance: C, Reaction: B

✧ ri / female / swift swim / wide guard, agility, aqua ring, bounce, hydro pump, water pulse | tera: water, flying

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POSTED ON Apr 2, 2024 8:56:38 GMT

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He tried to recall if he remembered seeing her in… in the Hammerlocke he’d ended up in.

“Hold a moment,” he would begin once he’d found his brain cells and pulled out the notebook (tome) he always travelled with. While most of the pages were normal, lined paper there was a point where it had suddenly become parched paper, with scratchy (yet visible) handwriting.

“…just wanted to check, were you in a Hammerlocke where the Calyrex died?” he continued, not realizing that his own shadow was starting to act up—down on the ground it looked normal, however there was a ‘shadow’ Jack already being made from the seeping shadows that were coalescing in a pool by his feet.

“…because, you may think I’m stupid for saying this, but… I was sent to a Galar where… where he ended up dying,” he would continue as he tilted his head in the Calyrex’s direction.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ setting up prompt 29: encounter shadowy copies of yourselves or your pokemon that mimic movement, form, and more.

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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 21:35:14 GMT

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The moment he heard the familiar voice, he turned to face her and was about to nod, before—

“Wha—” he would remark; not in her direction but towards a particular Pokémon that accompanied her. No, wait, hold the fuck up. It couldn’t be…

“…the king from Galar is with you?!” he would exclaim once he’d managed to find his voice a few seconds later, outright gawking at the Calyrex that accompanied her.

There was nothing else to it.

Just pure, abject shock.

+ Elise Calcifet
+ gawking at the Calyrex like “WTF”

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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 21:31:05 GMT

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please display this shameful betrayal of RNGsus!

proof here; total to add to on-hand PD: 50

CRITICAL FAIL - 50 PD
roll a 1 in an event/mission.

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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 21:23:55 GMT

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Switching gears at the very last second, the Kommo-o halted himself before letting loose another attack—and saw that they’d done it.

They’d actually manage to confuse one of them away from the horde!

“Alright, now!” he would continue as he popped the earplugs out and pointing forward. “Get ‘em!”

Hopefully the incoming Solar Beam would—well, the incoming Grass-type attack bounced off the Kommo-o’s scales, and boy was he surprised to see what exactly had happened.

Damn.

A Dragon Claw attack would then lash out at the Bonnet; and the two would then tangle in some kind of strange ‘dance’ where the Kommo-o would attack, and the Bonnet would lash back—until the Kommo-o finally backed away after dodging the Rage Powder and he’d managed to chuck a specialized Pokéball meant to be taken out on a test run.

“Whew… that was… god, that’s so much pollen,” he would cough, hacking for a few moments because oof, the stench of the pollen that the rest of the Bonnet horde had released hung thick in the air.

He then covered the bottom half of his face before continuing, “Hey, at least we managed to get one…”

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+ Audric Black
+ omg tf was that 1 roll!

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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 21:05:56 GMT

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The moment the loud sounds that his Kommo-o had caused sufficiently caught the suspicious mushrooms’ attention, he knew he had to move fast.

(Okay, wait, which one of the two abilities was it again?!)

Crossing his fingers, he then watched as the horde—no, stampede of Brute Bonnet headed their way; but he knew the Kommo-o had a way of dealing with them—another loud, rippling Clanging Scales attack would send them into disarray; while some of the mushroom-like Pokémon… were they Pokémon? Maybe—would lash out with alternating Thrashing attempts or, worse, firing up a Solar Beam since it was now a one-charge, one-blast attack!

“Yikes!” he would yelp as the Kommo-o waited for the flames to start surprising them from the opposite direction.

They needed to isolate at least one of the Bonnets to haul them back for further study…

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+ Kommo-o used Clanging Scales again and is now drawing the ire of the Brute Bonnet horde!

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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 20:03:49 GMT

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Hopefully, they would be able to isolate at least one of the mushroom-looking Pokémon and bring them back for further information and studies—the eggheads in the Pokémon League’s science department would always go ‘ooh, shiny’ whenever anything strange or fascinating coming from this place was brought up to their little hidey-hole labs.

Now that the two had separated for the moment, he would look over at his Kommo-o, before popping in the second earplug and then mentally crossing his fingers as he made the clapping gesture—just like they’d practiced.

(Because the first few times he’d done this, without earplugs might I add, he’d gone temporarily deaf for a few days!)

It wouldn’t take too long before the first of a series of Clanging Scales would ripple through the area.

Even with the earplugs in, he could still feel the sound waves rippling across the surface of his skin as the Kommo-o stomped forward; eager to meet at least one of these strange things in ~~mortal k~~combat!

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+ Kommo-o used Clanging Scales!

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EXCURSIONS INTO AREA ZERO

POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 19:57:07 GMT

EXCURSION SIGN-UP

ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE!

WHICH EXCURSION?: AZ EXCURSION C
PARTICIPATING CHARACTERS: Jack Napier & Audric Black

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SLEEP WELL IN THE FIRE

POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 19:54:02 GMT

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The sudden and abrupt switching from electric to draconic power definitely threw the Unown into a loop—how was this white cat supposed to know an attack like that?!

“Keep going!” he would yelp, watching and waiting nervously before his companion would eventually return; little Charcadet having evidently ‘smoked’ the tent (in more ways than one) while the Zeraora would continue on the rampage with Dragon Hammer once more; they could let loose now while they knocked away the rest of the remaining Unown that were still hanging around the encampment!

Moment he saw his companion, he whistled sharply.

“Come on, let’s get the hell outta here!” he would call, before turning tail and being followed by the thunder catto Zeraora, hot on his heels.

They, at the very least, came to disrupt whatever encampment had been set up out here.

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+ exit stage left!

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POSTED ON Mar 31, 2024 19:42:01 GMT

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“Yeah, those… even the name is suspicious, and I mean that for the actual Unovan version that exists right here!” he added with a cackle.

Now that they both had earplugs, he would fish his own pair out and pop one of them in, before turning to see the incoming phalanx of Brute Bonnet (not that he knew what they were called) before his Kommo-o flexed their fists.

“Okay, so since they’re hyperfocused on marching this way, we can catch them by surprise with his loudest attack. That would be either Boomburst or Clanging Scales, you take your pick,” he began as he laid out the quick, rudimentary ‘counterattack’ plan.

“Then, while they’re all confused and trying to pinpoint where the noise is coming from, well, if your Houndoom’s up to it we can smoke them out and away from here so we can call for reinforcements to rebuild the base after we secure the area.”

Did he just draw on years of experience herding sheep with that tactic? Who knows?!

“Did any of that make sense?”

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+ he has a plan but it gonna be very loud

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