the poipole manages to avoid the HYPNOSIS, but is unable to take advantage of its previous attack. the SLUDGE WAVE collides with the tyranitar's EARTHQUAKE in putrid greeting.[break][break]

velmos bares his chipped fangs not in a smile, but in a scowl.[break][break]

"sleep?" the megalopolan lowers his hips, feet digging into the earth. "try that again."[break][break]

across the leveled field, the alien runs. he dashes straight for Hailee Jacobs. his teeth are still bared, drool collecting in the corners of his lips.[break][break]

his poipole swerves toward Noah Camus in order to distract him. another GUNK SHOT aims for him rather than his tyranitar.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Noah Camus Hailee Jacobs [break]
poipole uses GUNK SHOT against noah; velmos rushes toward hailee.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-poipole"]

cotillard is unaware of rosmontis' traumas. of the flip side of his people's invasion of hoenn. at least, that appears to be what is communicated by his indifference.[break][break]

perhaps, he has numbed sympathy in favor of survival.[break][break]

his KARTANA clashes with the SALAMENCE's DRAGON CLAW. talon against sharp edge. they clang in mid-air, meeting each other in stunning swordsmanship.[break][break]

velmos sees the corrupted ninetales emit flames. as a general of the megalopolan army, the man does fold under pressure. the pressure instead, cuts his decisiveness into a concise, swift point.[break][break]

"KARTANA, take the THUNDER WAVE!" the ultra beast cries and lets itself be battered back by the DRAGON CLAW in order to take the PARALYSIS.[break][break]

the WILL-O-WISP lands, but the BURN can not co-exist with the kartana's electrical shackles.[break][break]

"and yet you're finding it difficult to take me down, are you not?" velmos replies. "let's see how you fare against another."[break][break]

he throws another beast ball, which bursts open to unveil his sleek, alien dragon.[break][break]

"NAGANADEL, cover for your ally with TOXIC." the dragon roars, clawing the air as it extends its stinger to spew poison at their opponents' pokemon.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Eris Halla Kazimir Wynter [break]
kartana PARALYZED; naganadel summoned to TOXIC[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-kartana"]

the death of navy's gyarados brings a grin to cotillard's face. should he have been closer, should he have had the gall, he would have devoured it.[break][break]

but his stakataka is felled by melody's cobalion. the cubes fall apart, scattering individually across mount pyre's grounds. [break][break]

recalling the ultra beast into a beast ball, the megalopolan scientist flees.[break][break]

"don't waste your time on me." he says. "you have a meteoroid incoming, don't you?"[break][break]

the fog rolls in, obscuring the tragedy of kohryu.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Melody Miro Navy [break]
stakataka is HIT; uses HEAVY SLAM, trying to hit any Pokemon or trainer beneath it.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-stakataka"]

"funny coming from the league." cotillard laughs at the two. his old voice is airy and throaty in the higher tones. "last time i heard, you were waging war with another world."[break][break]

the SPIKY SHIELD performs its function. a curious sight to the megalopolan. from what he gathers, the cobalion should not have been able to learn such a maneuver.[break][break]

several more stakataka blocks scatter from the gyarados' WATERFALL. parts of the STAKATAKA descend toward the ground.[break][break]

"HEAVY SLAM, my ultra beast!"[break][break]

the blocky creature does not fall. it dives.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Melody Miro Navy [break]
stakataka is HIT; uses HEAVY SLAM, trying to hit any Pokemon or trainer beneath it.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-stakataka"]

the megalopolan is unaware of what cobalion is. unsure of its origins, nor is he privy to the full might of a gyarados.[break][break]

still, the scientist is keen-eyed enough to not let his guard down.[break][break]

"understand that we fight on a land sullied by the blood of my comrades." cotillard says. "you call it the ultra beast war? i call it the culling of my people."[break][break]

in the air, the stakataka continues to rearrange itself. like angry Lego-clouds, groupings of blocks swarm toward each hostile pokemon.[break][break]

some blocks scatter upon each strike, while others resist with a PROTECT.[break][break]

however, the scientist is quick to motion other cubes with his index and middle stuck together. to raise the stakes, he directs a swarm toward navy himself.[break][break]

he smiles at melody, but his eyes lean toward the league detective. "ROCK TOMB, stakataka."[break][break]

and the blocks swarm toward him attempting to encase him like a coffin and if successful, will attempt to lift him up.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Melody Miro Navy [break]
stakataka is HIT/PROTECTS; uses ROCK TOMB on NAVY.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-stakataka"]

the mountain rumbles beneath their feet like a draconic stomach. several STAKATAKA cubes are struck by the EARTHQUAKE and EARTH POWER, their cyan eyes blinking in frantic pace.[break][break]

however, other cubes from its upper body exchange places with the others struck below in a bastardized, megalopolan version of thesus' ship.[break][break]

"MAGNET RISE." the megalopolan scientist commands.[break][break]

like a UFO, the ultra beast begins to hover above the steep slope.[break][break]

"EARTHQUAKE them back." the stakataka stomps, forcing a fissure to quake beneath the league's pokemon. "you think you have a chance against an ultra beast? do not make me laugh! hah!"

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] Melody Miro Navy [break]
stakataka is HIT; uses MAGNET RISE & EARTHQUAKE.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-stakataka"]

after the grunts are dealt with, a large large looming shape darkens the canvas of fog. a STAKATAKA marches into visibility with odd, uneven blocks for legs.[break][break]

a megalopolan appears beside it. fingers rub the tip of stache into a fine point.[break][break]

"allo," cotillard says.[break][break]

his ultra beast begins to disassemble itself partially; several cubes fly around the two like drones and begin to ROCK BLAST.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Melody Miro Navy [break]
stakataka uses ROCK BLAST.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-stakataka"]

sharp gales clash against the PROTECT as serrated wind chimes. clang, clang, clang. it is a relentless rhythm. a violent staccato.[break][break]

his kartana weaves in and out of the air, but it is caught by the celesteela arm. underneath, there is only quiet.[break][break]

"you've come to my city before?" velmos says, unaware due to the pokkenger's costume. "then flee here like you have done there."[break][break]

a loud clang explodes from underneath the celesteela limb. velmos' kartana spins out from under it with a scathing SACRED SWORD. it corksrews upward, forcing another VACUUM WAVE toward rosmontis' luxray.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Eris Halla Kazimir Wynter [break]
kartana struck; escapes from underneath the limb with SACRED SWORD.[break]
kartana uses VACUUM WAVE on luxray.[break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-kartana"]

"you have no idea what it is, who are you to judge?"[break][break]

the megalopolan withstands the electric shock with frightening stoicism. his gums bleed; however, one may wonder if it is due to the unceasing salivation and gnashing of his restless jaws rather than the painful current.[break][break]

"smohke's favorite." velmos states as he beholds kazimir's celesteela. "you know little of the beast you're ordering around."[break][break]

the kartana shakes off its shocked body and is quick conjure winds with its concise shape. a VACUUM WAVE carves into the incoming SEED BOMBS, causing them to explode around the kartana as it soars toward them.[break][break]

as it gets close, the winds shift into an AIR CUTTER against the league and their pokemon.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Eris Halla Kazimir Wynter [break]
kartana hit by RISING VOLTAGE; uses VACUUM WAVE + AIR CUTTER.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-kartana"]

the GUNK SHOTS are diluted by the politoed's HYDRO PUMP. contaminated droplets fall as acid rain and fester quietly in their gathered shallow pools.[break][break]

as the STONE EDGE lands, the poipole braces itself against the rock. surprisingly, it is more durable than it looks.[break][break]

"i'll give you two a headstart to run." velmos says. "i'm starting to get hungry."[break][break]

from the air, his poipole is quick to scatter TOXIC SPIKES around the politoed and tyranitar before summoning a SLUDGE WAVE to force movement.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Noah Camus Hailee Jacobs [break]
poipole hit by STONE EDGE.[break]
poipole uses TOXIC SPIKES & SLUDGE WAVE against opponents.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-poipole"]

through petal and pillar of water, rosmontis and kazimir's opponent trudges. suddenly, petals are shredded into thin slips of pink. they are carried by the gale like limp confetti.[break][break]

another battle. he does not know of the others' identities, who they are. then again, the titles of this world mean little to him.[break][break]

"out of my way." velmos says. "before i get hungry."[break][break]

a KARTANA swings into view, hovering before him like a macabre ofuda.[break][break]

"DEFOG." he says. a chilling wind flushes the area on which kazimir and rosmontis stand.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Eris Halla Kazimir Wynter [break]
kartana uses DEFOG.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-kartana"]

"you two seem out of place."[break][break]

a megalopolan appears. beside, a POIPOLE hovers, its large head engorged with poison. it floats in mid-air as a snickering satellite. velmos smiles. and the slightest glimmer of drool lines his gums. suddenly, the megalopolan rushes them like a frenzied wolf.[break][break]

his ultra beast soars alongside him. GUNK SHOTS fly to the rangers and their pokemon like festering meteors.

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[attr="class","ooc"] Noah Camus Hailee Jacobs [break]
poipole uses GUNK SHOT against opponents.[break][break]

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[attr="class","pkspr pkmn-poipole"]