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Yuina Higashi

Okay. This wasn't going according to plan. But honesty was going to sound insane: 'hey, yeah I'm trying to build up to a natural catastrophe to summon Nature's Giants and force the hand of Earth Mother to course-correct Hoenn and destabilize the government that's failed to protect the land.' [break][break]

The fishing boats had ratted him out, huh? It would have been easy to sink them, and they did believe their goals were worth a few broken eggs or whatever, but it also wasn't like he was so unhinged as to create unnecessary casualties to people just living their lives. Now, though, they're rethinking the small mercy of just letting them go elsewhere. [break][break]

They needed to commit or flee or fight; there were only so many moves to make here. "Well. I... was here first?" Clover visibly cringed as the excuse fell out of her mouth. How much could this Leaguer tolerate?

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POSTED ON Jul 29, 2024 17:17:09 GMT

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 22:13:53 GMT

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claiming zarude and a prem gacha from PROJECT TOWER

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TOWER: CH #3

POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:40:21 GMT

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Hitoshi Inoue

After a while, it gets to be a little fun. A little. He still struggles to make things smooth, but at least their hand-eye coordination is solid and the movements around the track are steady. Once they've mastered the footwork, driving will be easy peasy. "Racing sounds kind of fun," he admitted as Hitoshi mentioned the potential to be a racer. "Do you ever do it?" [break][break]

People drove in Fallarbor, especially because of the ash, but her people tended not to. But there were many towns in Hoenn that didn't see much driving, particularly those that were by the sea. She was the first one in her immediately family to learn, which felt good, even if they preferred a more natural mode of travel.

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project tower | finish

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:35:29 GMT

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:32:34 GMT

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Hitoshi Inoue

The praise felt weird, even though they knew they should want to make the god general happy. Hitoshi's comment carried more weight, but they had liked Hitoshi more and more throughout their paired training. They took a sniff of the whiskey, unfamiliar with it, and cringed. "Woof. That stuff reminds me of papa's moonshine." Heavy stuff. His older sister made it with pecha to better-mask the alcohol, but it was all new to them beyond a few sips. [break][break]

"Quick is good," they echoed as they followed Hitoshi. It was better to avoid unnecessary pain, and getting more efficient could save them valuable time. It was hard to tell what the war would look like, but they hoped it would give an opportunity for summoning Giants and saving their homeland once and for all. "What's next, Mr. Hitoshi?"

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project tower | hq

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ULTRA PLANT: HC #3

POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:24:41 GMT

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howard slayte

"Wh-?" They started as Howard picked them up, "Mr. Howard, I can run!" But she sees the wisdom in mere moments as the two of them get the hell out of dodge faster than they could've individually. The Stakatakas move in an odd, kind of ugly grace within the trick room. "I kinda wanna catch one," she murmured as they fled. [break][break]

Archen cawed his agreement. "Ok, just one," they affirmed, tossing a pokeball at the one closest. They turned as Howard did, curious. The dotted expression of the Giant was reacting less than she'd expected. Her community had passed down for countless generations that the Giants had faced that danced like sunlight through canopies and glittered like sun-caught silt in a pond. It seemed a little more statuesque than she had expected, though its power, speed, and storm-wrapped entrance had seemed par-for-the-course for one of Earth Mother's dearest tools. Dejected, she asked, "So, we're just leaving Mother's Giant?"

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hands down the best use of trick room

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:18:11 GMT

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[attr="class","ptower-mid"]beast: combat training day / end

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You want to ask if there's anything more you can know, as is impossible to tell whether this man, blind and gagged, is a traitor befitting of such a cruel end or simply an innocent person who made a mistake. [break][break]

But something in the God General's eyes bring you pause. [break][break]

In war, there's no room for hesitation. [break][break]

Grabbing the blade that is offered in his hand, you step forward. Whether you do so ruthlessly or with caution, eventually, the man slumps in your grip. Blood pools into the floor. [break][break]

"Good work." [break][break]

"In war, hesitation means death. If you don't do it, someone else will."

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:17:45 GMT

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Hitoshi Inoue

Clover's put down countless wooloo, miltank, and gogoat. They've also killed attacking vespiqueen and raticate. And, once, they put down a thief's fuecoco. Killing pokemon is no big deal. People? [break][break]

They had stabbed the thief. It was bad - blood spilled quickly, from the gut - but her mom had triaged the thief with the help of her pokemon. Their Sachem had taken the thief into town to be arrested. Presumably. Clover wasn't sure, but she'd been assured she wouldn't get into any legal trouble. The thief had tried to take her baby brother; there had been no thought in her head at the sight of the strange man holding him. [break][break]

Now, there were thoughts. Thoughts of Hoenn on its final legs. Hoenn commanding the presence of so many legendary pokemon because it was going to turn to sludge and ash and waste like Kanto if someone didn't stop it. If someone didn't summon Earth Mother and Nature's Giants to protect the environment of Hoenn. Clover was determined to make it happen, and one life in the grand scheme of things was justification enough. She felt, too, that this scenario only had one correct answer. She accepted the knife, aware Hitoshi was assessing her just like the god general. [break][break]

She does not believe in cruelty for the sake of it. She stands behind him and cuts the sides and front of his throat, hitting the major arteries but remaining out of any spray from the initial contact. The sound is ugly, as he tries to cry out in the first moment, but it's not the most painful cut. He bleeds quickly, thoroughly. She doesn't take her eyes off of him. It feels disrespectful to not gave his spirit space to return to the earth where it belongs. From mud to blood, blood to mud.

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project tower | kill

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 20:09:07 GMT

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Clover beamed at Hitoshi. "Can't wait to see her!" A forge sounded badass. The car, on the other hand, was a source of far less excitement. She got in and buckled, then listened to his instructions. Okay, she knew brake was left, gas was right, and the stick part chose the gears. She pulled the gear shift down to D and squeezed the steering wheel tight. "Uh- it's going. I'm not even on the gas. Is it supposed to do that?" [break][break]

Several minutes into the scariest crash course of their life, a grunt pulled up beside them and insisted on a race until they saw Clover's babyface and... she didn't know. Maybe they thought it wouldn't be fun to beat someone so young? Or maybe they could sense her terror. Clover did their best to listen to Hitsohi's ever-patient instructions, but their accelerations and braking were still very sudden and shaky. "You can do it, Clover..." they kept murmuring, wishing for their ancestors to give them strength.

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project tower | DECLINE

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 19:52:54 GMT

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"You make it sound easy..." He started, unsure of his ability to drive anything. He could handle Tropius and a few other flying pokemon, but he wasn't confident about machines. Still, he followed Hitoshi's directive. "Iron Lady sounds cool. Can I meet her?" [break][break]

There were way too many vehicles of destruction. Clover wasn't sure where to start. "Um. Maybe we can drive that one?" It was a large, boxy Humvee fitted with a turrent on the back. The windows didn't look to be the kind to roll down. Perhaps, they were bullet proof? "But we don't have to... it might be safer if you drive."

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project tower | test drive

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 19:44:26 GMT

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howard slayte

Howard wasn't making sense. Her brow furrowed. "If it's been caught, how is it here?" Furthermore, how did someone catch a Giant? She knew some of the creatures of myth - of others' creation myths, not those of Hoyeon tradition - had paired themselves with humans, but she had yet to see one of the Giants do it. They were the hands of Earth Mother, keeping a balance in nature. [break][break]

And how did he have so many Stakatakas? [break][break]

Her heart caught in her throat as the electric Giant moved closer, but then Howard summoned a trick room and slowed everything down. Well, everything else. The Stakatakas seemed empowered. "Um. Is this the part where we run?" They wanted to try and subdue the Giant, to see how well they faired against it and if she could persuade it to help her wake the others and, consequently, use their collective prowess to return Hoenn's land to proper stewards who wouldn't poison it. [break][break]

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omfg stakatakas have the lowest speed stat i've ever seen

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 18:02:52 GMT

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"We can only stall it?" That, uh, sounded horrible. [break][break]

It grew several stories tall, towering over them. Clover had never seen the phenomenon before, but now that the being was so large, he recognized it. "It's one of Nature's Giants," he said with unabashed awe, even as an army of Stakataka began to close in on them all. "It's a Giant! We summoned one!" He was ecstatic. This was exactly what they needed. Summoning the Giants would force them to protect nature and destroy the incessant industrialization of Hoenn and, consequently, the conflict for it between the government and Rocket. [break][break]

They longed to see Hoenn returned to a natural state. They poked around the Stakataka that had been covering the two of them just in time to see a gigantic ball of electricity come their way. However, before it could strike, a thunder cage surrounded them. Clover looked up to see a Xurkitree by them, redirecting the electricity of the assault into the ground because of the cage. [break][break]

"Why's everything here defending us against the electric Giant?" It was a protector. Were the beasts here its enemy or were they following the cries of Howard's Stakatakas? "We need the Giant. We need to pull it out of the rift so it can save Hoenn!" They needed Howard on board with the plan.

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25 involve the use of a temporary THUNDER CAGE (e.g. not the actual move) that can be adorned by natural phenomena or machinery to protect you against the elements.

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POSTED ON Jul 26, 2024 17:00:03 GMT

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Hitoshi Inoue

This was lower pressure than fighting a beast. He was glad they could get a break from combat and instead focus on something more tangible as a contribution to the effort. He did, however, have little preference as to which they got familiar with. Forever paired with Hitoshi, he looked over to the more established Rocket and nudged him pleasantly. "Whatcha thinking?" They were both good choices. [break][break]

Clover had never driven anything, so a thorough vehicle inspection involving a test drive could be an issue. But they had only handled a handful of weapons, so there was something to learn regardless.