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Over there, then?[break][break]

Jets of water punched through several Stonjourner, taking chunks out of two along the northern bank. Just then the mist rolled in, but he'd already known enough to see where they'd made landfall. Even if obscured, he would be able to target their latest known position along the beaches...[break][break]

Something ahead disrupted the mists.[break][break]

This only affirmed their position. Directing the fortifying STONJOURNER with a gesture of his arm, the remaining few in their column would begin sending a barrage of stones; ROCK THROW would pierce through the veil of dissipating mist somewhat undetected, pelting pokemon and people indiscriminately.[break][break]

Adrian raises a hand to stall his personal STONJOURNER. "NO. Not yet."[break][break]

He wished to see more. Whatever came out of the fog, he would be waiting. There was a certain gravity to the situation, wondering what would come rushing from out of the fog...[break][break]

In the interim, Rowan could make use of his STONJOURNER's POWER SPOT.

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[attr="class","bottom"]ADRIAN'S SEA GARB[break]NPC STONJOURNER used ROCK THROW*![break]ADRIAN waits for their approach (PREPARING)

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_{+ 10 MP per IC post in your prelude thread.}

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It had begun, then.[break][break]

Steely storm clouds had begun swirling over the vast bay of Sootopolis and beyond, overtaking much of the strait bridging the mainland to their island city.[break][break]

Heavy rains began to patter against the water surrounding the sandy coast, unwittingly raising the sea level, burying the foothold they stood upon. They could not dwell here overly long.[break][break]

To see the League's armada moving up on Sootopolis was a daunting thing—he had not expected them to field so many ships. There were other dangers, too, but this one had shaken his resolve as they passed the narrows towards Sootopolis. His heart fluttered once.[break][break]

Cillian had been right to shore up the coast.[break][break]

Adrian and Rowan had landed here purposefully; the surrounding STONJOURNER were placed here by himself and others to safeguard the city from a naval approach. He walks up to one such creature, a Stonjourner of his own, and gives it a gentle pat. The creature's weathered surface has deepened in color, perhaps due to the moisture or some growth, he couldn't say...[break][break]

But they did not have the luxury of time—in the distance, more STONJOURNER had accosted a League vessel attempting to slip past their line. Luckily, their ship was hearty enough to take the blows. But they were likely taking on water...[break][break]

"They're trying to break through." Adrian stood there, stunned. Nothing came naturally. Perhaps his own instincts were tied up, as he yet struggled to come to terms with his lot.[break][break]

"Stonjourner, throw out more stealth rocks."[break][break]

If they wanted to land on this stretch of sand, he would make them fight for it every inch of it.

[attr="class","bottom"]ADRIAN'S SEA GARB[break]STONJOURNER used STEALTH ROCK![break]

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<sub>+ 10 MP per IC post in your prelude thread.[break]
+ 50 MP have your character experience great fear.</sub>

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THIS IS IT—![break][break]

A devastating attack, like a CANNON at point-blank, that would consume the battlefield. priam conrad and Alba Evovae form the head of their bulwark—the attack must break against the tip of their formation, or they will all fall like dominoes...[break][break]

FUROR is consumed with infinity energy as a keystone shimmers from Adrian's wrist.[break][break]

"GUARD THEM," was all he could muster.[break][break]

Blinding, a light that burns the sky overtakes them... The ground trembles, and his body along with it as his heart races wildly behind his ribs...[break][break]

FwwCxmOa[break]_{Gimmick Bonus +10, Damage Taken -15, Riddle Bonus +10*}

[attr="class","bottom"]ADRIAN & GYARADOS SHIELD[break]RIDDLE ANSWER: CANNON*[break]

PROTECT[break]HP: 1/3