she wanted none of this.

she made it clear to alex, to stay safe. from young, she's always made it clear that she wanted little to nothing to do with the company. they would handle their own affairs, she would handle hers. she spends her time studying law, under the impression that alex would be able to handle devon with little to no problem. she leaves hoenn upon his return, immediately relinquishing her control over the company back to its rightful head before leaving. she didn't want to be part of it, but she couldn't stand the idea of leaving it to rot in what was a region that seemed to face conflict after conflict.

alex was supposed to come back. that was the intention, after they finally started getting more time together. after they finally started to talk again, and after she finally started opening up to the people around her. she intended to come back to hoenn and turn over a new leaf with little to no resistance, but it seems like arceus had other plans for her. who'd have thought her brother would turn to a coma? not her, that was for sure.

so after a few weeks of gathering herself and reading up on the affairs of devon and the current state, she's caught up on the events that happened in her absence. not a lot, thankfully, has changed since her departure. the one thing that she never looked forwards to, however, were meetings. she wanted out.

but she couldn't, because she was going to be locked in a room with another young man to discuss business. lord, she didn't want to do this, but she couldn't show that on her face. thus she shrouds herself in a thin, icy veil for business. "hall." she addresses with a nod of acknowledgement, reaching across the table with papers set before her. "a pleasure. what brings you to devon corp.?"

zane hall

notes anything u write is a treat bb (ღ˘⌣˘)♥

maybe she should go visit her brother, she thinks.

after all, it's been a while. a tour around hoenn was more than welcome, but she still couldn't help but to think back on how her brother decided that taking a vacation to sinnoh was a good idea. suddenly getting a call from him when he left, then suddenly getting a call when he returned so that she could live out her days in peace? certainly, a torrent of events that she could have gone without.

the altaria hums a tune, keeping the trainer company.

"lets hope that he doesn't try to shove the company back over to me," she smiles, rubbing her fingers through the soft feathers of the pokemon while a prehistoric pokemon watches from the shadows, yet does little to get in her path.

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oh, thank goodness.

oh thank goodness that the wailords weren't killed, she thinks. though they were badly injured, it wasn't anything that was irreversible. her sigh of relief would have been heard by Sénon Game; specifically, if she weren't already hanging on for dear life on the dragon pokemon, she would have already collapsed to her knees from the adrenaline. it was the first rash decision she'd made in a while, and that alone was enough to make the woman's anxiety spike to a degree higher than she would like.

she's grateful, offering a small, yet relieved smile to senon as he introduced himself, and voiced their next move. "thank you, yes, lets go." was all that was said, before they make their way over to the two whale pokemon. thankfully, the other two wailord trainers were at the scene, already taking the initiative to heal the pokemon up. daphne, while on the pokemon, sends out her blissey to assist she didn't need much a command, after seeing the state that the huge pokemon were in.

now that her wailord was.. confirmed alive, at least, she quickly recalled the large pokemon. the injuries weren't fatal anymore, and she knows that he could hold out until they make it to a pokemon centre. the woman holds the pokeball closer, smiling a bit with a whisper: "when this is all over, i'll make you something good to eat." she sighs, then turns her attention back to the.. chaos at hand.

she recalls the blissey after the deed had been done, opting then to hang on for dear life. there was little she could do in regards to offence, considering that she wanted to keep the remaining two, healthy pokemon on her away from the battle. they were more support orientated, anyhow.



tl;dr--
- oh no bby is hurt
- blissey used HEAL PULSE on the three wailords!
- helping skyler dross's slowbro heal
- thanks Sénon Game
- relieved as all HELL seeing it's okay
- recalls blissey after healing up
- hanging onto salamence for dear life
- recalls wailord once healed up and close
- meganium is in the pokeball

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Sénon Game

"aquamarine!" she calls out, sending the whale pokemon into the sea, just under the boat. he peeked his body up to the surface, just enough to carry the little boat she was in. "towards the beast, go!" she didn't have time to worry about trivial things; though she was anxious, she was sure that alex would handle himself fine.

by the time they arrive, she is greeted with chaos that ensues in the form of hail, hindering visibility to the point she was having some fair difficulty. first it was a sandstorm, and now it's this. wonderful. and, just when she spoke too soon, rain came and she groans, very softly. it was.. much better than hail. much, much better-- but the odds of her catching a cold after this was high.

she takes a glance around, taking note of the.. amount of people in the air. she regrets her choice in using her garchomp to down the buzzwole, but it was necessary. and so, with the wave of her arms, she calls out of one of - any of - the fliers from above. specifically, to the a familiar face, she vaguely recalls. her own wailord lifts her up, at least high enough to help her get to a similar level with him, hopefully, if not close enough for her to call out. "could i hop on for a moment?" she pauses, glancing at her own wailord, "just for a moment. i desperately need to be off the ground and out of the sea, right now."

she pleads and, when given the green light, she makes quick work to hop on. with only her wailord on the field, she recalls the giant.. whale(?), so that they can take to the skies. high enough, at least, for her to let out her wailord just adjacent to the.. other wailord, flying from the sky. initially, it was smart to go with navy wailords. now, maybe raining wailords would be smarter. as the wail comes out from his abode, daphne yells out to it: "heavy slam!"

and with the other wailord, it threatens to cover even more land and cubes, with more force, as it threatens to crash down anything and everything in its large body's path.

it was already raining cats and dogs.

why not wailords?



tl;dr--
- wailord is called underwater, bringing daphne's boat closer to the group
- blissey is recalled
- calling out to Sénon Game to let her on the salamence
- wailord is recalled for transportation, then released into the air nearby skyler dross 's wailord
- wailord used HEAVY SLAM and is trying to use its massive body to CRASH THE CUBES AND BEAST INTO THE SEA/MAKE IT HARDER FOR IT TO ESCAPE
- it's RAAAAAAINING WAILORDS

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Celeste Abbiati skyler dross Sénon Game

she watches from afar as her garchomp screeches in pain, yet he had done his job, now falling headfirst into the sea. thankfully, they were close enough that she could recall the fainted dragon, returning it to its pokeball before it could face further harm.

the pillars had already been taken care of, and therefore there was little else she could do in terms of.. offensive maneuvers. she has to think; she knows this, but there's.. really not much she can do. ah.. jeez!

she attempts to regroup with the previous trainers, along with some other officers or league trainers that offered to help with her blissey. the pokemon casts a HEAL PULSE over them, and others around, hoping to heal up injuries.

tl;dr--
- garchomp is recalled
- daphne regroups and has blissey use HEAL PULSE
- wailord is inside the pokeball
- meganium is in the pokeball

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it burns.

but it survives. daphne nearly felt her heart drop seeing her dragon burn from the acid but, thankfully, it wasn't major enough to put it out of commission. yet just before she has her blissey use heal pulse..

she's pulled aside, seeing the red-headed man with his injured salamence. "you can walk, right, cinnabar?" through the groans and pain it tried to shake off, the garchomp raised its head while the blissey waddled from behind. the trio quickly made their way onto the boat. when they are boarded, the blissey released a HEAL PULSE on both the dragons before they choose to fly off.

thankfully, the heal pulse would have been strong enough to repair the majority of damage done by the acid. there's a soft sigh of relief from the trainer as she gently pat the top of her garchomp's head. "when we return, i'll make something to reward you both." she smiles briefly, then turns her attention back to the buzzwole that seemed to be in the air.

she takes a glance over at the sandstorm, which was still raging on the sands of the island, then back at her garchomp. there's a moment of hesitation, only to be overcome with resolve shortly after seeing its target. "cinnabar, go through the sandstorm and shoot it down."

recovered, the dragon lets out a growl and shoots off the boat, taking to the air and using the momentum of the sandstorms, hiding beneath for the sake of staying undetected. until the ice beam would hit, then shooting upwards into the air, ripping the wind as it attempted to spear the claw right through the chest, and using the other claw to slash off the bug-like probocis.

tl;dr--
- garchomp was hit and hisses
- daphne, blissey and garchomp are pulled over to Sénon Game and board the boat
- blissey used HEAL PULSE on SALAMENCE and GARCHOMP
- garchomp leaves daphne on the boat; flies through SANDSTORM to gain momentum with SAND VEIL
- garchomp waits for buzzwole to be weakened
- garchomp used (x1 helping hand) DRAGON CLAW on BUZZWOLE #2 (chest)
- garchomp tries to slash off the probocis in case it doesn't kill

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Sénon Game Alexei Ivanov

things were looking to be better, with the beast seemingly feeling the effects of their blows. still, it wasn't enough, and she dared not to let any of her pokemon dash in without being certain of successful results. so turning to the two men accompanying her, she shouts "brace yourselves or a sandstorm!"

her garchomp lets out a loud roar, whipping up a small SANDSTORM with his tail, kicking up the sands from the beach. through the activation of SAND VEIL, he swiftly grabs his trainer and moves to evade the buzzwole's shoots through the storm - hoping that in hinders its vision. meanwhile, her blissey was quick to MINIMIZE to avoid when necessary.

the garchomp takes to the air and lands once again nearby the blissey, feeling some power surge through his body with thanks of HELPING HAND. he digs his claws into the ground, huffing. "cinnabar. aim for the eyes and proboscis when you see the opportunity." the garchomp nods, lowering his head as he scans through the small sandstorm.

tl;dr--
- warns andrew and senon of incoming sandstorm
- garchomp grabs daphne and whips up a small SANDSTORM to buffet the buzzwole
- garchomp attempts to evade acid and grasp, aided by SAND VEIL
- blissey attempts to evade acid with MINIMIZE
- garchomp is HELPING HAND-ED

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Sénon Game Andrew Fisher

It's not a farewell or goodbye, but more to explain why my activity m i g h t drop for a bit. 

As for covid: I'll be alright. My body's not listening to me but I gotta be careful since I has asthma. I'll keep y'all updated in discord if there are any changes, since the symptoms just started showing up a day or two ago. Please don't worry about me <3

she pulls out both pokeballs, recalling her meganium and wailord once the garchomp sets herself and the young man onto shore - just in time to see the bird pokemon get its own life sucked out of it. she visibly cringes, but she knows that acting slowly would only result in further casualties.

"pearl, sing. try to put it to sleep." she commands the blissey, prompting it to emit a soothing tone and attempt to put the beast to sleep. at least, long enough for the group to be safe. it would be more hassle to deal with a beast that was feeling even stronger, and there were plenty casualties already.

"we really do need to get rid of its nose.." she groans softly to herself, making quick work with her garchomp and blissey to join up and merge with the rest of the group. "cinnabar can try to slash it off with dragon claw, but we need to immobilize it first." after seeing what happened to the young man's bird, she was.. thoroughly uncomfortable with letting her pokemon get near it.

tl;dr--
- garchomp drops Andrew Fisher onto the island
- blissey moves onto the shore
- recalls meganium
- recalls wailord
- garchomp lands near the group
- blissey used SING on buzzwole
- garchomp is on standby

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Noelle Lane noah faber @iris June Fair

his words are taken to heart: and she knows that she won't survive for long with just a wailord as their defence. still, she worries about the houses and the people. but thankfully they had long since evacuated the scene. she doesn't have to worry. what was she worrying about?

from below she pats at her garchomp, taking a look at the two other pokemon sitting in their pokeballs. from above, she knows alex's group is in the skies-- until a spec of red dashes through the clouds, making for a hasty entrance. she's worried, and bites her lip in anxiety. she wants to go up and help, but she knows that it's more than dangerous, only having her garchomp that could carry her in the air. she was best fighting her battles in the water.

so she opts to do something that she can actually help with, which was follow the group that made it on land.

so her garchomp drops her on top of the wailord, who rolled himself back onto his stomach and floats in the water. "aquamarine." she gently pats the top of his head, "move out. we need to catch up and help the others." and with that, the wailord lets out a loud howl into the air before descending into the waters with its massive body. "if any of you would like to join us, please do." she motions to the last two on shore, "though i can't take you too far. i'm sorry."

the garchomp lets out a grunt, eyeing Andrew Fisher when he chooses whether to board or not. regardless, daphne makes way towards the northern stretch to help with backup.

when she arrives, she pulls out both her blissey and meganium, who quickly stand their ground on top of the wailord. the large pokemon raises up, causing waves to form as water splashes at its base. "reflect, and heal pulse." and commands the two pokemon, who both make haste. the blissey has its pinkish, HEAL PULSE shower aid across the group, while the meganium sets up a pre-emptive REFLECT should any of them take physical damage.

"hey, are you alright over there?!" she calls out to the group, voice raised as her wailord tries to help with alerting them.

at least, even just to help them a little bit.

tl;dr--
- on her way to the NORTHERN STRETCH to join with Noelle Lane , noah faber , @iris and June Fair
- BLISSEY used HEAL PULSE
- MEGANIUM uses REFLECT over the group
- WAILORD is on standby
- GARCHOMP is on standby

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"oh, fuck me.." the woman grimaces. her garchomp looks back at her, seemingly nervous, as he realizes his mistake. the visibility dropped, which was both a good and a bad thing. a bad thing, because it would make it difficult for fliers to see their exact locations. a bad thing, because it would lower their own visibility.

still, the oncoming rain from the other attacks from the water made it just a bit better. just a little bit. she could make out the figures in the distance, along with the oncoming tidal wave. she can help with it.. but she'd have to make sure that there was a big space that could actually.. make that possible.

she hears the familiar voice of her brother ALEXANDER STONE , - thank the gods he was alright, - stepping up and barking commands. "be careful up there, alex." she's worried, even when she knows that he can protect himself. she's worried, because he's the only family in hoenn that she has.

she takes a look around.plenty of space around her, plenty of water. it should be safe enough to let her wailord out. at the very least, he would be able to either direct the tidal wave with water spout, or use his massive body as a shield. either way--

"everyone, stand back!" she calls out to the people still on shore. a massive wailord pops out of the pokeball, casting a shadow over the sea. he rolls onto his side, where the spout was open and facing the tidal wave. she recalls her blissey and meganium back into their pokeballs, while her garchomp takes to the air, bringing daphne with him, as she raises her voice: "OUT OF THE WAY!"

it was a warning. one that her wailord assisted in, letting out a loud groan to echo across the sea. the giant whale pokemon takes in a deep breath, and shoots a hefty WATER SPOUT at the tidal wave, hoping to push it back to the attackers at sea and shake the rocks that may be in their way.

tl;dr--
- daphne is being carried by GARCHOMP in the sky, just above wailord.
- GARCHOMP's SAND VEIL is active: increased evasion in SANDSTORM
- she's also telling everyone to GET THE HELL OUTTA THE WAY
- WAILORD rolled onto his side and used WATER SPOUT towards the wave
- WAILORD is shielding the BOTTOM HALF OF THE SHORE

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this is a war.

it wasn't some petty attack. it wasn't a game, like how it was during new years. it wasn't some kind of sick prank, with a singular bomb to threaten thousands and to laugh at the effects. no, this was a war, more devastating than what she could have imagined. she participated in the new years fiasco, in the form of helping to escort others out and away, but the damages were certainly something she needed to handle. too much stress, and she found herself escaping. running, again. she was always running.

but it's okay, now.

because this was a war. this was a planned attack - a coordinated attack - where the surprise wasn't immediate. there could be surprises on the battlefield, but she knows to steel herself in the face of them. she won't be blindsided into submission this time.

attacks rain down, and there's no more time to think or ponder. she's quick to look around at her fellow fighters, one of them taking the initiative to put up several barriers. daphne's quick to dash in and take cover under the wide guard, grateful for the shields. when they're safe under it, she pulls out three pokeballs. "pearl, peridot, help out" she commands the blissey who came out of her pokeball. the pink pokemon raises her arms, creating a light screen over the wide guard to further lessen the impact it has. the meganium does the same, creating a reflect over Orion Lykos 's attempt to further lessen the damage.

meanwhile, the garchomp steadies himself against the ground, whipping up winds around him before directing a sandstorm at fliers he'd be able to see above - he hopes to throw them of balance, if not have the stray bits of sand disrupt their movements. he makes sure that it doesn't affect the people or pokemon around them.

tl;dr--
daphne is under the wide guard w/ Orion Lykos
garchomp use a condensed & directed sandstorm (at fliers)
blissey used light screen [1/5]
meganium used reflect [1/5]

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character tag: DAPHNE STONE
selected raid: lilycove
pokemon & movesets (max 4 + avatar pkmn):
notes: wailord army is a go

character tag: Ophelia Reyes
selected raid: meteor falls
pokemon & movesets (max 4 + avatar pkmn):
notes: now to see who's gonna mega evolve :monkas: