Their pokemon put up a good fight, but they are fighting a deity. She watches as her pokemon fall one by one to the Thundurus. The storm worsens in the sky as if the god is disappointed in his challenges. Distantly, Ameena wishes she had a gun with her. [break][break]

Their ship breaks under the assault of Thundurus and the storm and the sea. A large wave threatens them in the distance, and it's clear their exit from the simulation this time will be underwater. "Well, it has been an honor." She speaks with mirth and a sardonic amusement, always one to enjoy dark humor where she can find it. The wave looms, then crashes. The simulation is washed away.

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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]THUNDURUS 1-B

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]You battle the THUNDURUS, but it is unwise to do so in these conditions. In the THUNDURUS' element. After a long fought battle, lightning annihilates your ship's structure. Planks of wood are torn apart. The hull is burst right open.[break][break]

A large wave overtakes the sinking vessel, plunging you all into the dark sea.

Kazuya brings up a good point. The crystals could very well be valuable to the paradox pokemon for reasons unknown at the moment. Since there's no greater collection of tera crystals on Hoenn - that is discovered, at least - it is a good hypothesis. She hasn't studied tera yet, though she thinks there's a lot of potential there. [break][break]

"They look rather robotic. Perhaps the tera is a power source for them." She considers them as they move through the chasm. She stops suddenly at a pool of pink liquid on the ground. "This is from the paradox pokemon. Some of the researchers I was with previously have already collected samples, so it is only a matter of time before we understand what is inside them." Excretions weren't often interesting, at least for someone who did not study zoology, but she was rather curious to see if these new creatures had traditional organs or not. [break][break]

TAGS – Kazuya Yoshida [break]
NOTES – [break]a33mMtPG[break][break]

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The simulations loved to throw legendaries and insane battles into the mundane. Deoxys up-close is quite a sight, though, so she doesn't find herself rolling her eyes. Eternatus is something she read about somewhere in a Rocket file, but she hasn't made time to dive in. [break][break]

"Why would Deoxys have a problem with this pokemon?" She has had little need for deities outside of Cresselia and Darkrai, but she gets the impression that Deoxys is the protector, not the true instigator. [break][break]

She turns to Makoto, understanding their stunned state quite well. The simulation moved very quickly... Even now, it blurred around them, revealing some tree.

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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]TREE OF LIFE 1

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]You enter a resplendent glade with a large white tree growing in its center. Although it is devoid of leaves or fruits, it is a sacred and splendid scene seemingly untouched for one thousand years. Around its base, Pokemon kneel though they do not seem alive. They've been petrified into absolute stone.[break][break]

Coming close, you sense the tree "speaking" to you. It beckons for you to water it.[break][break]

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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]WISHING STAR 1-A

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]You touch the purple chunk. Suddenly, you and everyone nearby is overtaken by a horrific vision of a skeletal dragon soaring above the planet, its ribs and claws as sharp as its tendrils. From a nearby meteoroid, a DEOXYS shoots outward. It attempts to attack the ETERNATUS.[break][break]

In the process, a fragment from the ETERNATUS' BODY falls toward the earth...[break][break]

All of you come to and see that the mysterious material is pulsing. With every pulse, the purple chunk begins to manipulate the spatial elements of reality around it and yourselves. Paranoia begins to settle in... before the scenario shifts.

He was more direct this time. "Rocket, yes. One of Lulu Flint's colleagues. I am Ameena Abadi." The introduction might have been redundant if he dealt with information technology, as her company Abundance Connections had made a name for itself beyond its home in Mauville. Thankfully, even if he knew her, her Rocket affiliation was well-hidden to date. [break][break]

She was pleased to hear he held a science background. The rod beeped unhappily, spitting out an unclear reading on its screen. She had set a few of these up, but she wasn't familiar enough with the technology to properly troubleshoot. [break][break]

"Please, help yourself. Another set of eyes cannot hurt." She hoped he would be able to interpret the readings if they were valid, or fix the rod if it wasn't. She wasn't intending to submit incorrect data today. She assessed him more carefully; she would not have associated him with paleontology, but it seemed like a science that only interested children and elders. With the paleontological failures in her homeland in Galar, she didn't particularly put stock in a paleontologist without results. [break][break]

"If you study the physical past, what brings you here? Is there a connection between the recent tumorous growth of the tera crystals with the history of this area?"

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Seraphim jumps into action. She's not intimately familiar with Elise -- only knowing word of mouth -- or the Nagandel beyond what she's read about the Deep Sea, but steps into a sludge bomb it must have launched into the ship while circling. She quickly steps out of it. Then, she turns to see the Nagandel pierce her, having rammed straight into her chest. It punctures her heart out of her body alongside many ribs and-- [break][break]

She comes to herself when Edith snaps at her fingers. Ameena shakes her hand defensively, irritated at the sharp pain and drawn blood, but she exhales all the same, relieved to have her bits all attached. "Get that thing out of here," she orders the bird pokemon. Ever the opportunist, Edith attacks the Nagandel with disarming voice as she can keep a distance that avoids getting hit by friendly fire while she disorients the beast. [break][break]

Ameena turns back into the corner of the ship with the eggs. Not all have hatched. "Is it worth it to take one?" She asked mostly herself. It was clear that they could turn into strong pokemon, but she wasn't sure how well they could acclimate to the outside world. Well, if an Elise had had one in regular Hoenn...

TAGS – Amor Rose [break]
NOTES – 24 suffer a grievous or fatal injury or injuries that ends up being a hallucination.[break][break]

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Ameena has no interest in experiencing possession. At least, not without proper equipment to observe its impact and reliable scientists to track the data. Thankfully, Lulu expels the ghost. "Time to add exorcist to your resume," she muses as they walk away from the disgruntled Spiritomb. The scene shifts beneath their feet to reveal the god of thunder. [break][break]

Ameena opens her mouth to make an observation, but her Espathra flies past her to use lumina crash on the deity. "Edith!" She says sharply, but the bird will not accept criticism until after she's sated her need for battle. Ameena throws out the rest of her team to keep herself from getting smote by the deity. Honedge stays close, but Munna flies up to use future sight for information, and Rookidee taunts the Thundurus to keep him from slapping the vulnerable-to-electricity Espathra down. [break][break]

"This is not how I want to greet the divine," Ameena says as she rubs her temple.

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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]THUNDURUS 1

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]Thunder cracks above a turbulent sea. Flashes of lightning are but the briefest beacons illuminating the night, but they only serve to clarify the hair-raising waves your small ship manages to survive. Storm clouds mask the moon—but they seem to be moving closer toward you, hanging unusually low.[break][break]

The storm clouds stop before your ship. From the cumulous cover, a THERIAN THUNDURUS emerges with crackling lightning coursing from its knotted tail. What does it want? It does not look pleased.

Dock her pay? She laughs. At least he's warming up enough to tease. She doesn't commit to any work in Rocket for the money, though additional resources are nice. Her company really takes care of it anyways. She gets more out of this from a research angle, as well as a networking one. Getting to know Seraphim slowly is its own reward, though he can be prickly. She'd like to see what kind of research he gets into some day...[break][break]

"Wait," she says as the end up in a dead end. "Did you say the hands of God?" He couldn't be serious. She did not want to see a simulation of Arceus break her only solace in a simulated chunk of space. She shivered as she got off the Cyclizar, turning to face the Genesect that could no longer be avoided. "Sounds like a horrific simulation. Why are some of the scenarios so violent?" [break][break]

Case in point: the genesect. But the city blacks out all of a sudden, and it's the perfect opportunity to see the next scenario RKS cooks up. "Onto part two," she says hurriedly as she scatters out of the alley, waiting for the simulation to blend into a new scenario.

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[attr="class","itemcoltexttit"]FUTURE CYCLIZAR 1-A

[attr="class","itemcoltext"]You stream into the alleys, a labyrinth flanked by heaven-piercing towers of mega corporations. Logos and brands stare at you with their flickering signage. Even in this era, Silph Co. lives.[break][break]

Eventually, you meet a dead end. The Genesect corner you, their lasers poised and ready. Your pursuers cry for your hands to be raised and your Cyclizar to be dismounted.[break][break]

But the city suddenly descends into darkness. A blackout. Screams can be heard as flashes of prismatic light detonate several blocks south of you. Perhaps, this is your chance to flee.[break][break]

Lulu is unflappable in the face of the butcher's rage, bringing a smile to Ameena's face. She looks around the kitchen at Lulu's observation, wondering if something will stand out to her. But the man charges. Munna puts the man to sleep with a yawn just as Ameena grabs his forearm to keep the blade from coming down. He's fast, but she's too well-trained to flinch. The scene swirls away before them, reshaping into a cemetery. [break][break]

The headstone ahead of her bursts into a spiral of souls. "Ah, pokemon constructed of many pieces were a special interest of my doctoral advisor." She hadn't found it particularly interesting at the time. Exeggcute, Falinks, Dugtrio. She had never cared much for the grouping. Her advisor had published a thesis about Spiritomb counting among them because of the distinct count of spirits contained within that all Spiritombs had as a constant.[break][break]

As a soul came rather close to her individually, she reached a hand out to grasp it, ever curious of the sensation it would offer.

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