Oscar was not impressed by the wealthier looking house. Sure it looked nice, but in his experience people who could afford 'look at me peasants I'm rich' houses were not a lot of fun. Only bullies move to a middle class neighborhood and make an effort to seem better than their neighbors. Oscar's eyes narrowed, he was not done with this house tonight...

But for now the much more festive looking house was the place to hit. Anyone who went this big in September had to already be stocked with candy, Oscar and Priam could possibly get a huge payload! Clavis seemed to agree, pointing one of his razor sharp legs incessantly toward the decorated house. The dewpider had good taste.

Oscar nodded, "Off we go then!" and began marching across the street. As they approached, Oscar could not help but admire this homeowner's artistry. It was a delightfully spooky graveyard setup, complete with homemade tombstones, grinning pumpkins, and grinning skeletons. Oscar giggled as they approached the front door, which was equipped a fittingly gothic door-knocker. He took the liberty of grabbing the knocker and slamming it into the door twice. The door opened quickly, and Oscar would lift his bag and declare, "Trick or Treat!"

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Desolence's Earth Power did its job perfectly, providing a distraction to the League's would-be cavalry. Oscar was fully prepared to get closer and duke it out with the League proper--but then everything changed. Oscar's eyes were drawn to glowing vein like crystals arching toward the previously ignored rock formation. Oscar watched them, confused and curious about what was happening. When they reached the formation, it exploded to reveal...

A crystalline Deoxys.

Not too long ago, Oscar had sat down to have a discussion over dinner with FERNANDO SILPH . During this discussion, Mister Silph mentioned that a parasite-like pokemon might be able to cure his sickness by consuming it. At the time Oscar had paid that revelation little mind, as he knew this 'mysterious parasite' to be Deoxys which was currently too busy being attached to Killian Decker to be of any use.

This one though--was free.

Oscar let out a scream so loud and blood-curdling that it caused his voice distortion to auto-tune a ghastly melody. Even his nidoqueen, a killing machine without emotion, looked over at her master with concern. Oscar quieted himself abruptly, withdrawing Desolence and sending out the only pokemon that may be strong enough to bring this miracle within an inch of its life. Emerging before Oscar was a Bisharp clad in its own array of crystals, as black as the void of space. Upon its head sat a crystal crown, and around one of its arms the crystals formed a lance. It was King, the shadow lord of all Bisharp. 

Oscar pointed dramatically toward Deoxys as it began its Meteor Beam. "King! Rip it apart and bring it to me!" Oscar's auto-tuned voice shook with desperation, as far as he could tell this was the best chance he had to save his mortality. King obeyed its master, running forth with blinding speed to strike at its alien foe (Extreme Speed).

Meanwhile Oscar unknowingly took a page out of Fernando's. Hiding behind his crashed spaceship to avoid the Meteor Beam. He probably could not get it to take off again anyway.

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tl;dr
--Oscar found his one way ticket to not dying from eldritch aids.
--Oscar sent out his Shadow Bisharp, who used Extreme Speed to reach and possibly strike the enemy Deoxys.
--Oscar tries to avoid the Meteor Beam by hiding behind his spaceship.
--Salac x1

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There was a brief moment during his landing where Oscar felt like he was actually about to die. His ship was shaking violently, and his hands tensed so hard around the controls his knuckles nearly burst. There was an awful wrenching noise as his ship slowly slid to a stop, and as Oscar realized that he was very much alive he would let out a soft chuckle. "Perfect landing!" He announced as he got out of his seat. His legs felt like jelly and his hands were shaking, but he felt fucking fantastic. And to think, there was a whole mission waiting for him outside!

Oscar gathered himself before exiting his ship, immediately trying to locate Genesect. During their descent Genesect had dislodged their hitchhiker, so it seemed pretty proud of itself as it jumped down to surprise its master. Oscar jumped briefly, but he could not possible sore about the prank. He was just glad Genesect was in one piece. 

"Nice flight?" Oscar asked his cybernetic comrade. Genesect wiggled its claw, the universal sign for 'meh'. Oscar took a second to make a visual inventory, making the mistake of looking upward toward their rapidly approaching planet. To say Oscar was in awe would be an understatement, the view of the lonely rock they called home was both beautiful and humbling. After the events of the Cloud, Oscar had believed his little slice of the multiverse was just too small for him. Yet here and now he saw the horrifically wonderful truth: it was he that was so small. Him and the League and Rocket and everyone--just grains of sand in the desert.

Oscar felt a jab in his ribs, Genesect had elbowed him rather forcefully. Oscar reacted with anger, "Dude chill I'm having a mo-" Before Oscar could finish his sentence he would be pushed onto his back by a powerful gust of wind. Genesect watched as noah faber sent a Whirlwind their way, but it was more worried about its master's safety then its own. After all, a gust of wind was hardly a threat. Turns out though that wind was way stronger then it seemed. It was so strong in fact that Genesect felt itself being sucked back into its ball against its will.

By the time Oscar managed to get to his feet, Genesect had been replaced by his Shadow Nidoqueen: Desolence. The pale figure looked to Oscar expectantly, unaware that her emergence was a mistake. Oscar whipped his head around, trying to find the source of that Whirlwind. He could not pinpoint that it was Noah, but he did see the Gym leader about to intersect with Laurence Anderson and some other guy he did not yet know (Josh Devlin). This was just in time for mint frost to call him to action, and seeing how he now had some aggression to deliver he was more than happy to oblige.

Raphael Pryde was one hundred percent correct, the mineral was the top priority--so Oscar was not going to let any more League bastards get near it. Oscar pointed outward, his distorted voice ringing as he gave his command. "Let the meteor consume them!" Desolence let out an unearthly bellow, rearing up before slamming a fist into the meteor's surface. A massive crack burst forth, winding its way toward the positions of the gather trio of Laurence, Noah, and other guy! Should the crack reach them, the ground shall erupt beneath their feet in a massive display of power--Earth Power that is.

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tl;dr
--Oscar has an existential crisis.
--Genesect gets forcibly exchanged for Oscar's Shadow Nidoqueen.
--Shadow Nidoqueen attempts to catch noah faber , Laurence Anderson , and Josh Devlin within its Earth Power attack. Earth Power is boosted by Sheer Force but cannot lower the defenses of its targets.
--Oscar's suit

TASK REPORT

[url="https://pkmn-hoenn.boards.net/thread/28201/outlast"]OUTLAST[/url] - BATTLE 1[break]FT. @oscar & @johanna & @gavin & @bishop



The ceiling above Johanna would suddenly shake violently, giving way as Genesect fell through. Landing upon the final generator, Genesect would pierce downward with an aggressive Fell Stinger. Whatever part of the generator that survived Genesect's landing would be smashed to bits by its vicious attack. Genesect would stand tall over Johanna, its claws raised as it screamed with primal hatred. 

It had yet to lose, and it did not plan to do so now.

Yet whether it won or loss was not up to Genesect currently. It had its own rules to play by, and well--it just broke them. When Genesect had roared earlier, at the moment it initially lost Johanna, Oscar correctly predicted that it had lost its composure. The beast was prepared though, and immediately departed to call Genesect back. He was later than he would prefer, but Oscar arrived at the final building just in time to return Genesect to its pokeball. 

Oscar clicked his tongue, rolling Genesect's red ball in his hand. "Gotta work on that sore loser complex. Oh well." He attached the ball to his belt and clapped his hands together. "Congratulations Johanna Joy, you've survived my Genesect Challenge training. I'm very impressed, I'll be sure to give you some extra kudos in my report. I uh--don't have a prize for you or anything--but if you want I'll buy you a coffee." The Dragapult he used to make it in time peeked in, wondering what the hold up was. 

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