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Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe
Join Date: Oct 2004
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"I honestly can't say much about Moe-Moe," Mio apologized. "She and I have known each other for all of about two years. You'd think that'd be a long time, but we rarely spent much time together. In other words, form your own theories. I'm entertaining multiple personality disorder generated early on in some kind of horrible childhood to which I am not privy and, like you said, her troubled synchronization with Mew DNA."
"Hey, Melanie. What do you do when you're off work?" Lola asked offhandedly all of a sudden. With Mirror still working on that lock, they now had time to relax after the pitched battles of before. "What do you mean?" "I noticed that you often leave the PATCA building very quickly whenever work is done for the day. I'm sorry, I'm just curious." "I don't really like talking about it, but I kind of...ah, that is, I pander to certain...special interests." Kirie smirked. "Sounds like the kinda shit Rio would say about any job she gets." "Special interests? I don't get it." "Melanie is a dominatrix," Kurika blurted out. "Kurika, please stop saying words," Melanie said, her face flushed with red and her expression pained. "Why? The things you do help me out a lot," Kurika said openly and shamelessly. This was certainly going into unexpected directions. Even Mirror stopped working so that she could wrap her brain around the topic. "Kurika, you're telling us that Melanie does that kind of thing...to you?" "It helps me a lot," Kurika confirmed. "I often go to see Melanie to help me develop my tolerance for pain." "So, it's not because you're a masochist," Kirie noted. "What is a masochist?" No one was willing to answer that question. But Kurika took it to the next level. "You should all develop your pain tolerance with Melanie as well. Harliette and Muon come by very often." "Muon does?" Whitney asked. "My sister is doing WHAT?!" Lola squealed, on the verge of fainting from the bold news. "Melanie," Mio said with a Ricky Ricardo accent. "You got some 'splainin' ta dooooo." Melanie frowned. "Yes, I'm a motherfucking dominatrix and Kurika, Muon, and Harliette have all sought out my services. There, ya happy, now?" "It's not something to be ashamed about!" Kurika said enthusiastically. "Lola, would you like to come with us one night? You can become tough like me!" Lola receiving S&M training from Melanie? Before Renny could really entertain the thought, Lola fixated him with a "don't laugh, don't even smile" glare. "How about you, Mio?" "I uhhh...I'd better talk to my mom about that," Mio found a quick excuse. Kurika looked at Mirror. "My dad would blow his brains out with a repeating cannon if he even so much as heard a rumor about me doing something like that." Kirie? "If I was even into that kind of thing, I'd just go see Rio. God knows she'd love to have me at her mercy." Whitney? "I...I'm not sure." She's not sure?! Well, just like Kurika, Whitney could be surprisingly innocent and naive. "God, what kinds of things does my sister do with that woman?" Lola said to herself. "Customer confidentiality," Melanie said simply. "Technically, you're not even supposed to know who is a client of mine unless one, someone like Kurika reveals it or two, you see signs of my work on their bodies." "Do I wanna ask?" "Rope marks from bondage, whip scars, that kind of thing." "Impact, would you happen to have some brain bleach handy?" "Already drank it all, sorry." Impact said with no hint of humor in his voice. |
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04-27-2011, 03:37 AM
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OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?
Join Date: May 2006
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Renny listened attentively to what was being said, but Lola's reaction (among several others) along with the descriptions of whip scars and bondage made him feel like it was a topic that he should probably steer clear of, already feeling discomforted by the content even though he was unaware of the full implications.
Charlotte's reaction to seeing him was also less than ideal, although he somehow accepted that coming from Charlotte. While the group was waiting for Mirror to deal with the door, he approached Whitney, speaking softly and weighing his words carefully. "Hey. Whitney, are you feeling ok? I didn't expect to see you here, since we are going to hopefully put an end to Faynoc. It's going to be intense..." Renny kinda left it hanging there as he tried to think of some way to reassure her. He hadn't thought of the possible consequences of the form he chose aside from its combat potential and its compatability. He would have probably not have given it another thought if Whitney hadn't blurted out her brother's name as she saw him. Whitney had been a great support for a good while, so much that he had long dismissed the memory that she and her brother Wyatt had both worked for Faynoc as one of his loyal members until they were both practically discarded in the last battle in Mystery Mansion with Wyatt dead in the process. While Renny had no regret yet for the form he has chosen, he did feel a nervous pang wondering if it was causing her any anxiety or frustrations. Last edited by Menarker; 04-27-2011 at 08:17 PM. |
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04-27-2011, 03:20 PM
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Feelin' Super!
Join Date: May 2009
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Charlotte face-palmed exasperatedly at what was being said. Seriously? First its Moon's harem in the workplace, now it was Melanie's "services" mere moments after combat? 'Where is PATCA recruiting these people? Myself included.'
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05-14-2011, 12:01 AM
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Moves Like Jagger, Kupo!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right.
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Worst Family Reunion Ever
Still wondering what the hell was causing that, Pierce got to his feet and started moving again. He didn't get very far, though. Just a few hallways later, he crossed a corner saw another cultist, hooded and robed, at the end. He could see a tail poking out of that robe. Whoever it was had their back turned to him and was currently walking away. Pierce stalked after them closely. Pokemon would alert them, and he figured he should make it a quick takedown while he had the element of surprise. The cultist entered a new room, a lab. Microscopes and test tubes and beakers filled with substances sitting on desks everywhere. They seemed to just be passing through, because they made for the door at the other end of the room. Sword already drawn, Pierce took his opportunity. He leaped onto a table and jumped at the cultist, sword coming down in a slash. But the cultist was too fast. When he made that first sudden move, a growl came from beneath the hood and the cultist turned like lightning and, as he flew through the air, he only felt a hard slam as powerful fists collided with his chest and sent him back, crashing into the table and knocking it on its side. But in that split second the cultist was in his face, he saw under her hood. "Pierce!" "Sam?" There was a moment of stunned shock as they stared at each other. He lay on the floor, leaning against the upturned stable. She stood still, arms still outstretched. Jade eyes that moments ago had been full of aggression on both sides were now simply filled with surprise. A shocked expression overtook both faces. He got up slowly, like he couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. She was... different. Different from when he saw her at the square, even. But when she ran to him and embraced him in a warm hug, her hood falling off as she ran, she was just like the sister he used to know. Pierce thought of all the things he'd wanted to say to her years ago, but he couldn't. He couldn't bring himself to say it. His throat closed up. At that moment, his headache spiked up again. Only, it wasn't like before, it was weaker this time. He blinked as his vision changed. Through one eye, he saw Sam in the present, but through the other a memory of the past came back to him. He shook his head to throw it off, and attempted to concentrate on the current moment. "Sam, I..." "Pierce... I've missed you so much." "Where the hell were you?" "Sam, you're..." "Out." "A Pokebrid. It's okay." She smiled, it even reached all the way to her eyes. "Pierce, my hand to God-" "I think it's adorable that you still think you can make me to do anything." Her skin was covered with red fur red, contrasting with her waist-length wild black hair. A furry black tail not unlike a Flareon's poked out from beneath the robe. Small sharp fangs poked out of her mouth. She felt warmer to his touch, obvious given her new form, but... her embrace was just as loving as he remembered it. Her eyes were watery. However, even as he watched her form suddenly shifted. Her skin became cream colored and her tail looked like a Milotic's. "What? Why did you-" "Well you clearly can't take care of yourself!" She shook her head. "It's... nothing." "I can take care of myself just fine. Just ask the other guy." Ending the embrace, he said "... Sam, we need to go." "What? No Pierce, you need to come with me. I couldn't believe it when the told me you were working for PATCA. Pierce, you're being tricked!" "We're not doing this, Pierce. You can't just come home looking like you've been literally dragged through ten leagues of dirt and broken glass." "Wait, what? Sam, I-" "Then maybe I just won't come home at all." "Pierce, you have to come with me! We'll take care of you, and- and we can be together!" "I'm serious, you need to stop getting into fights like that." "Sam, no! You've got it wrong. Faynoc is trying to take over the world!" "No, I'm serious. I'm leaving." "No Pierce, Faynoc's going to save the world. He's going to get rid of corruption and the pure will prosper!" "The hell you are! You're going to get yourself cleaned up, and then we're going to talk about what I'm going to do with you." He grabbed her by the shoulders. "Sam, he's an egotistical batshit crazy would-be conqueror! He doesn't care about corruption, or you or me or anyone!" "Nothing. I'm going." "Pierce, stop... You're hurting me." "Listen to me, you self-centered little prick! I didn't give up everything to take care of you after mom and dad died, just so you could run off in a hissy fit!" He released her. "I- I'm sorry." Tears streamed down her cheeks now, and it broke his heart. "Pierce, don't you see what they're doing to you? You have to come with me! Please!" "Me? Sam, you're the one who's different! You wouldn't have taken any of this crap before! You were strong! What happened to you?" "Yeah! I know I'm just a burden to you! I'm going." "Why won't you listen? I- I have to... I'm going to go get help." "You walk out that door now and you're not coming back!" He grabbed her arm as she tried to back away. "No, wait, Sam, you need to come with me." She tried to yank her arm out of his grip. "Pierce, let go!" In her frustration, she smashed her other arm into his chest again, sending him flying back over the toppled table. "Pierce! I- I-" "I know." As Pierce got up, he watched Sam run out of the room. "Sam, wait!" He followed her, chasing her through hallways as he tried to catch up. Eventually they came to a large room. Judging by the large scratches and craters on the wall, it was supposed to be some sort of containment for something big. There were giant, tough-looking double doors, presumably for letting in whatever it was. As he entered, Pierce saw Sam leaving through regular-sized door on the opposite end of the room. Before he could follow, though, something caught him around the neck and threw him down hard on the ground. "Pierce, m'boy! How good to see you! Have you been keeping well?" ------------------------- "Oh for God's sakes. I'm definitely going to kill him this time." ------------------------- Crime Syndicate Reunion, Class of '86 This wasn't going well at all. Pierce was down to just Blaziken, and he had only managed to take out Horace's Honchcrow. Now he was staring down Nidoking with only one pokemon left, and Blaziken was already pretty beat up. "You could've been great under me, m'boy." Horace taunted. "You didn't give me dental." Pierce replied, and he launched himself straight at Nidoking. His sword went straight for the pokemon's belly, though the purple beast's arm blocked it. Pierce quickly jumped back, narrowly avoiding its counterattack. But the point wasn't to hit it. It was to give Blaziken an opening. Which he did, by nailing Nidoking with a well-placed Sky Uppercut at the same time that it tried to attack Pierce. What he didn't expect, though, was Horace bulldozing straight into Blaziken not a moment after. And that was it. Blaziken was engulfed in white light as he returned to his pokeball. "Ghahahaha! Are you ready to die now?" But Pierce growled. He wasn't going to stop now, not this close. He charged blade first at Horace, who dodged quickly despite his great size. He followed up with a sideways slash, which succeeded in giving Horace a nasty cut to his arm, but Pierce was rewarded by a powerful fist smashing into his chest, sending him flying against the wall. He hit it hard, and as he tried to shake off the disorientation, he suddently felt a large hand close around his neck and a fist strike his right arm, the sharp pain causing him to drop the Dragon Slave. Phantomere's staff fell as well from the impact with the wall. Horace was choking the life out of him, lifting him off the ground so that his feet hung in the air. His hands closed around Horace's where they were holding his neck, but the Snorlax Pokebrid was simply too strong. Thinking quickly, as his vision started to swim, he reached with both hands into his jacket and pulled out... the knife he always carried with him, and Shizuka's kunai. He stabbed them into Horace's arms, who cried out and let go, jumping back. With a roar of rage, Horace launched himself at Pierce. He quickly dodged, ducking around the side as he slashed at Horace's stomach with the kunai. The yell that came from the fat bastard was definitely gratifying. Horace retaliated with a wide swing of his powerful arm, but Pierce again ducked under it and slashed the same arm. Horace attempted to nail him with a kick, but missed again and was given a wound in the same leg for his trouble. Horace's right hand formed into a fist and threw itself at Pierce, who dodged it. Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough for Horace's other arm, that caught him in the stomach. All the wind was knocked out of him as he went flying straight into the ceiling and crashed down to the ground. His two weapons had been knocked out of his hands at some point. He coughed as he tried to stand up, trying to get some air back. Before he could, though, Horace's foot rolled him over onto his back. "Any last words?" Horace asked, an insane smile on the evil face. "Sorry... I never... handed in my two week's notice." Then, Pierce knew what his old employer would try to do, and his hands rose to stop the boot from smashing into him. Unfortunately, Horace was too strong, and the foot stomped hard on him, knocking the wind out of him again and probably cracking a few ribs. Without any time to recover or even think, the boot stomped on him again. And again. And again. He lost count how many times pretty soon, as the world started to fade, even though the pain got even worse. He knew that he was suffering massive internal trauma. Several ribs had probably broken entirely, and might at any point puncture an organ. But Horace didn't stop. No... Again. I can't... Again. Not yet. And then the darkness took him.
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05-16-2011, 04:55 PM
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Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Harmonial Sanctum
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Before Encountering Pierce
Whitney was shivering when Renny approached her. She couldn't even bring herself to face him. "Hey. Whitney, are you feeling ok? I didn't expect to see you here, since we are going to hopefully put an end to Faynoc. It's going to be intense..." Whitney straightened up and turned around to face Renny. Renny was a little disturbed by her expression. It was like she was in some kind of trance. She was staring directly at him, but her eyes weren't focusing on him, like she was somehow able to see right through him. "I'm fine," Whitney said with an edge in her voice, then walked over to check on Mirror. Renny turned around and saw that Whitney was actually looking at Lola. Mirror stepped away as Whitney approached, but it wasn't because of her. Slowly and steadily, the door slid open. "And boom goes the dynamite," Mirror exhaled. There was more gore on the other side of the door and wreckage, but nothing else. Impact unsheathed his Dragon Slave and took point. "C'mon, we're going." Renny probably wanted more time to talk with Whitney, but she was already leaving. It seemed like it might have to wait until this mission was done. ----- After Reuniting With Pierce "Another fuckin' locked door?" Impact swore, then turned to Mirror. She, frustrated as well, fished for her electronic equipment. "This shouldn't take as long. I think I've figured out the trick with unlocking these things." "Faynoc's kinda scared of us, huh?" Lola said, trying to sound more chipper than she felt. "We're trying to get this over and done with, and he just keeps putting locked doors between us and him." "He's not scared of us," Impact said. "Huh?" "If Faynoc was a cowardly wuss, he wouldn't have done what he did over in Prime Square, especially with so many Prideguard units in that area. He was prepared for this shit to happen all along." "He's buying time," Violet twittled her thumbs. "He's completed objective A, but he needed time to complete objective B before he's stopped permanently." "Isn't it a little cold in here?" Kirie asked the others. "Kurika thinks it is all the air conditioning," Kurika said, observing one of no less than four rotating fans connecting to ventilation shafts. "Maybe they have electronics that generate a lot of heat in here somewhere," Lola guessed. "Or it could be that you just casually strolled into yet another trap." The door that Mirror was hacking suddenly started to open, but not like Mirror had planned. The door and adjoining wall were actually sliding up into the ceiling. Impact turned around sharply to see that the door they had just entered in from had closed and locked. "Absolute! Door!" Impact shouted. But before Mirror could reach it, a glob of acidic bile splashed onto the door control and ate it away. "I think not." The room on the other side didn't have much in the way of furniture or anything. But there were four more ventilation shafts with working fans, which were visibly drinking up the toxic miasma of- "Normally, I'd be cordial enough to offer you some tea and cake," Gransrax apologized. "But only for those who are cordial enough to make appointments." "Eh," Violet shrugged. "The cake would've been a lie, anyways." Gransrax wasn't looking so hot. Several bullet holes, not a few gash wounds, and the telltale pool of sickly yellow blood on the floor below him clearly told them that he had not escaped from his skirmish with the Prideguard unscathed. There were four Wretches patiently waiting on the floor in front of him, and two Ruin Pokemon that nobody had seen up to this point. Judging from their hideous appearance and the miasma coming off of them, these had to be Poison type Ruin Pokemon that may or may not have evolved from the Wretches. In the other corner, they saw a machine that they had not seen before, but they recognized the Ricewood Masterworks logo on several parts of its body. So this is where all those stolen parts had gone. "Ginnungagap," Jeanette pronounced, looking at the caligraphy writting on the machine's side. "It's been a little while, Gransrax," Impact said. "By now I'm sure you realize that you aren't leaving this place alive." "Oh, I'm very well aware of that fact." "You are?" Lola asked him. "Naturally. And if Idolus and the other Ruin Generals were smart, they'd know that each of their days spent alive is a blessing as well. We're old hat. Phased out. Obsolete. Sure, we were the most fearsome creatures to have existed on this world some sixteen-hundred years ago, but look at the world of today. Mister Impact, if you weren't there to divert some of the Prideguard off of myself, I imagine I would not be gracing you with my toxic presense right now." "How lucky we are," Impact rolled his eyes. "So, Miss Kazetsubaki, could you please explain why it is that you and perhaps those other ladies have turned against Mister Faynoc?" Mio folded her arms. "I can't vouch for the others but my mother still has plans for me and my powers, and they don't include dying in the bowels of this cold, morbid facility. Incidentally, I've heard that the good professor has done some very naughty things." "Ah, the Shadolox that Team Rocket captured for him? Normally, he would have been against the idea. It's a suicidal fools errand to capture one. As effective in rapid mobilizations and surprise attacks as Team Rocket appears to be, it is nearly impossible to capture a Shadolox. The only reason Faynoc decided to go for it was because Nosferatu allowed it." "This is new," Impact observed. "Are you saying that Nosferatu actually allowed Team Rocket to steal a Shadolox?" Gransrax coughed up a gout of his yellow blood. "Shadow Pokemon have existed in Honmyr for almost as long as us Ruin Generals have, Impact. I imagine it was our hostile takeover over nearly the entire world that brought about their existence. There's no telling how old Nosferatu really is, but we cannot begin to fathom the extent of his wisdom. If you should ever have the opportunity to venture into the Corpsemire, I suggest paying a visit to him." "We pretty much don't have a choice," Impact said. "Irene is going to have to know all about this, of course." "Enough of this shit!" Jeanette stepped forth. "Where the hell is my daughter?!" Gransrax gave a simple nod to the door behind us. "Myrie Ricewood and Reynold Faynoc are both right on the other side of this door here. And while I do like touching mother-daughter reunions, I'm afraid I must use my life to block your progress...at least for as long as my remaining life is capable." "Hang on, sweetie," Jeanette said to herself, preparing for battle. "Mommy's comin'." "Prepare to die, Gransrax." Impact said, drawing his sword. "You don't stand a chance against our combined might." "Indeed I don't. I honestly wouldn't last two turns against the whole lot of you. However-" Gransrax pulled out a small black box and pressed one of the buttons on it. Faynoc's Voice: "Activate Ginnungagap. Primary objective is to remove all intruders. Begin sortie." And with that, the large machine instantly came to life. Gransrax and his Ruin Pokemon assumed their battle stances. Two large pods on Ginnungagap's large back opened up and two naked Pokebrid women fell out onto the cold, hard floor. They struggled to their feet and prepared to fight as well. "That son of a bitch!" Jeanette recoiled in disgust at the sight. "Faynoc is prepared to cross the barriers of ethics to bring out the true potential of Honmyr's pioneered technologies," Gransrax said. "And that, worthy adversaries, is why fools like Idolus are simply no longer major players in this game of life and death." But that wasn't entirely why Jeanette was so pissed. The Pokebrids, aside from the characteristics of their Pokebrid forms, were entirely identical. They looked exactly like Jeanette Ricewood. "Wow, Professor! I didn't know you were so stacked!" Violet said. "I bet you have to special order your lingerie." "Quiet, you." Jeanette said. "I'm a mother. I'm supposed to have large breasts." "But isn't your daughter, like, nine or ten years old? I don't think she needs your milk anymore...unless you're kinda...y'know, weird like that." "Can we focus?" "Right, we've got bigger problems," Mirror said. The eight ventilation shafts were now covered by electronic panels. With no way to escape, Gransrax's toxic miasma was starting to fill the room. ----- Let's Get Ready To Rumbleeeeeee! Enemy Formation [Wretch A (200%)] [Toxique A (600%)] [Wretch B (200%)] [Gransrax (2500%)] [Wretch C (200%)] [Toxique B (600%)] [Wretch D (200%)] [Ricewood Clone A (800%)] [Ginnungagap (5000%)] [Ricewood Clone B (800%)] BGM: "Primal Eyes" by Parasite Eve OST "Masks?" Impact asked without looking at Mirror. "Gransrax melted them with his spittle," Mirror said, showing him one of her gasmasks with a molten hole through the center of it. "We'll have to think of a different way to avoid all that poison. Maybe Defog?" "Excellent idea!" Impact approved. "We don't need those ventilation shafts if we can just make our own." Scanning enemies... Boss Gransrax (Ruin/Poison) - Scanner Entry: The Ruin General of the Poison type. An immense threat to anyone foolish enough to attack it with close combat techniques. Its toxic miasma can eat someone from the inside out while its acidic saliva can eat someone from the outside in. - Attacks: Raking Claws (Steel/Single/50Pwr/70Acc/3-4Hits/HiCrit), Saliva Shot (Poison/Single/120Pwr/80Acc/BadPois100%), Mucus Spray (Poison/All/100Acc/BadPois100%), Desolation Ray (Ruin/250Pwr/100Acc/AllStat-1 50%), Regurgitate (CreateWretch) - Defenses: Ruin100%, Poison100%, ImmPois, ImmBadPois, BadPois Revenge/Melee - Ability 1: Toxic Aura - Poison on all enemies each turn when enemies are immersed in the miasma. - Ability 2: Puking Fetish - Creates a Wretch each turn. Can be compounded with Regurgitate move to create a total of two Wretches each turn. - Ability 3: Boss Power - Can act twice each turn. Wretch (Ruin/Poison) - Scanner Entry: Horrible creatures regurgitated from within Gransrax's body. They cry like babies but kill like the little terrors they really are. - Attacks: Toxic Rake (Poison/Single/100Pwr/100Acc/Pois100%), Toxic Spittle (Poison/100Acc/BadPois100%), Coil (50%DamGuard on 1stTurn, 200%OutDam on 2ndTurn) - Defenses: Poison100%, ImmPois, ImmBadPois, ImmMorale, Evade50%, Evade/Poison Toxique (Ruin/Poison) - Scanner Entry: A Ruin Pokemon of the Poison type. These aren't nearly as poisonous as the general, but they still smell quite a bit and are generally violent towards all walks of life. - Attacks: Neuro Stinger (Electric/Single/100Pwr/80Acc/Paralyze100%), Wild Beast (Steel/Single/50Pwr/2-3Hits/HiCit/Bleeding50%), Toxic Slice (Poison/Single/120Pwr/80Acc/BadPois100%) - Defenses: Poison100%, ImmPois, ImmBadPois, ImmMorale, Counter/Poison100% Ginnungagap (Unknown Type) - Scanner Entry: A mechanical nightmare frankensteined by Reynold Faynoc's unethical machines and various prototype machinery stolen from Ricewood Masterworks. - Attacks: Unknown - Defenses: Unknown - Ability: Rapid Cloning - Creates one Ricewood Clone each turn. Ricewood Clone (Varies by Pokebrid) - Scanner Entry: Clones of Jeanette Ricewood created from blood samples. If it wasn't for the Pokebrid features or the face masks that protect them from Gransrax's miasma, they would be functionally indistinguishable from the good professor herself. Attacks, defenses, weaknesses, and abilities all depend on the Pokemon DNA used to produce the clone. - Clone A Form: Kyogre - Clone A Ability: Drizzle - Clone B Form: Groudon - Clone B Ability: Drought "Looks like Faynoc has a lot more Legendary Pokemon DNA than he's let on," Impact observed. "...shouldn't the weather be changing? Oh, wait, Drought and Drizzle cancel each other out, I guess." |
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05-24-2011, 12:14 AM
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Moves Like Jagger, Kupo!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: To the south, a little to the left... Or to the right.
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RIP Pierce, We Hardly Knew Ye
------------------------- "So that's it?" "Yep." "Why?" "What's the point in trying again when you already know what's going to happen." "Dying's easy, you know. Living's hard." "Didn't feel easy from where I was standing." "Aren't there still things you need to do?" "..." "Well?" "Other people will take care of that. I'm just going to screw up again." "Maybe they will. Even so, don't you feel as if you have to do it, for yourself?" "A bit. But like I already told you, I'm just going to screw it up." "So, you failed a few times, rather stupidly I might add, and you're just going to give up?" "Yep." "You're entirely justified." "Sarcasm? Really? Fine. What do you think I should do? If past experience is any indication-" "It isn't. You try and you fail, and try again and fail again, over and over. That's why living's hard. But sometimes, just sometimes, you don't fail. Sometimes you actually win. And when you do, that's what makes life worth it. Because those victories matter. Not just to you, but they'll affect and help those around you as well. Not in ways easily percieved, but they always matter. Always." "What do you want me to do?" "Try again." "And if I fail?" "Try again." "And if people are hurt because of me?" "Try to make amends. And then fail and try again." "Smartass." "There's one more thing you have to do." "Always one more." "Want my advice?" "Sure, why not?" "Stop feeling sorry for yourself with your petty little issues that aren't that big a deal at all. Stop trying to help yourself and see if others need help. Real help." "Did you run out of wise lines?" "Smartass." "So. Who are you?" "I'm God." "No, really." "Well, some people call me Glenn." "Right, okay. I'm going. Don't take this the wrong way, but I hope never to see you again." "Oh, you will." "Everything dies, right?" "Right." ------------------------- "Pierce!" What? "Pierce!" Who... He opened his eyes, and the world was a blur of shapes, shadows and bright lights, and there was a sweet taste in his mouth. But the moment he became aware, he was bombarded by the scent. White roses and rainfall. And he knew who was calling for him. Then the rush came. Pure euphoria. That feeling like he could take on the world and win, smiling all the while. The world swam into focus and he saw Chizuru's face. Instantly, he rose, and the world spun from how fast he moved. Chizuru's soft hand held his arm and Pierce turned to her. "Take it easy. How do you feel?" She asked, a worried look on her face. Her eyes were watery. Pierce clutched his side as a sharp pain erupted there. "I'm... fineish. Was that, um... demon god blood, was it?" "Yeah." She replied, looking relieved and more than a little nervous. "Thanks." He mumbled, well aware of the fact that he was blushing. He looked away to let her wipe her eyes. "You're a moron." Said a familiar voice, but not the one he was expecting. It brought him back to reality, and Pierce instantly took stock of his surroundings. The speaker had been Violet, who was looking downright pissed. Behind her stood Professor Ricewood, still decked out in her armor, who at least appeared neutral. Nearby, Shizuka, Ho-oh and Allegion were mopping the floor with Horace's pokemon. "You shouldn't be here!" He exclaimed incredulously as he backed away. "I made sure we wouldn't be disturbed!" "So you're the one responsible for all those roadblocks. It looks like you underestimated us." And he was probably too focused on me to pay attention to them. Pierce thought. "Who are you?" As Chizuru tended to Pierce's pokemon, the rest of them closed in on Horace as he backed away toward the large doors. As soon as Pierce was close enough, though, Shizuka's katana was suddenly pointing at his neck, without any of them having seen anything more than a blur. He had expected something like this. "Shizuka-sama!" "Are you working for him or Faynoc or Burkmont?" She asked harshly, a determined look on her face. Pierce matched her stare, looking her straight in the eyes as he responded, "No." Her expression slackened, just a bit. "Prove it." She said, pointing her sword at Horace now. "You didn't really leave much for me to do." "You all think I'm beaten?! I have one more trick up my sleeve!" Angrily, he slammed his fist into a panel to the side, and the doors began to open. "Balls." Pierce quickly went around retrieving his weapons, as Chizuru returned his pokeballs. Just in time, too, as the terrors moved out of the shadows. Hydrados (Water/Dragon/L-Type/1200%HP) ~ A PokeWeapon based on a Gyarados that resembles eight Gyarados bodies that meet at the tails. A true terror that could rule the seas if ever introduced to the ocean. - Attacks: Aqua Sunder (100 Pwr, 2 hits to 4 random targets, Water Spec) / Hyper Sunder (200 Pwr, 2 hits to 4 random targets, Normal Spec, 1 Turn Cooldown) / Raging Twister (250 Pwr, 3 targets, Dragon Spec) / Octo Bite (50 Pwr, 5-8 Hits, IgDef, Dark Phys, 20% Flinch per hit) - Ability: Persistant Intimidation ~ Att -1 for formation per turn. Sandslaughter (Ground/Steel/L-Type/1200%HP) ~ A PokeWeapon based on a Sandslash. It's a whirling nightmare of claws protected by solid armor spines as thick as young trees. - Attacks: Reaper Swipe (300 Pwr, 100% Bleed, Steel Phys) / Rolling Disaster (200 Pwr, 2 foes, Ground Phys) / Sand Tsunami (50 Pwr, Formation, Acc -1 100%, Flinch 30%, Ground Spec) / Bowling Berserker (300 Pwr, 2 Turn Launch, Steel Phys) - Ability: One With the Desert ~ AllStat +3 in Sandstorm / Adamantistorm. Does not suffer ill effects of Adamantistorm. Staraider (Flying/Dark/L-Type/1200%HP) ~ A PokeWeapon based on a Staraptor. Extremely dangerous in the skies, but fortunately you're encountering it within a closed space. - Attacks: Windblade Swarm (150 Pwr, HiCrit, 4 random targets, Flying Spec) / Peck Burst (80 Pwr, 3-5 Hits, IgDef, Flying Phys, 50% Bleed per Hit) / Air Crush (250 Pwr, 100% Flinch, 100% Exhaustion, Flying Phys) / Abyssal Breath (150 Pwr, 3 Targets, Acc -1 100%) - Ability: Air Superiority ~ Negates a Flying types ability to avoid ground attacks and negates the Levitate ability. Impenetrable (Bug/Steel/L-Type/1200%HP) ~ A PokeWeapon based on a Forretress. A hovering monstrosity bristling with deadly cannons turning it into a testament to the destructive force of artillery. - Attacks: Impact Shell (300 Pwr, 3 Target Splash, 50% Burn, Fire Spec) / Hive Bomb (150 Pwr, 3 Targets, 50% Flinch, Bug Spec) / Spinning Fortress (500 Pwr, 2 Turn Launch, Steel Phys) / Shrapnel Raid (120 Pwr, 4 Random Targets, 50% Bleed, Steel Spec) / Obliterate (5000 Pwr, All Formations, 1-turn charge, Normal Phys) - Ability: Interceptor Shot ~ Evade & Counter 100% versus melee against self. 250 Pwr, Steel Spec. They quickly took up positions, but one of them moved in a way that was less than reassuring. "Wait, what are you doing?" Hydrados was looking at Horace like a tasty snack instead of his master. "Faynoc, you bastard!" Horace let out a blood-curling scream as he tried to run, but it was cut short as one of the creature's heads lunged down, maw wide open. Once it engulfed all of Pierce's former employer, it clamped down and swallowed. "Balls." "I'm surprised it took this long for Faynoc to betray him." "You're in no condition to fight." Shizuka stated. Pierce didn't argue: his ribs were still screaming from pain. Crystallized demon god blood wasn't a perfect cure, apparently, and he had been dead for a second there. Pierce, deployed Aria and Blaziken, Chizuru sent out Giratina, Shizuka sent Ho-Oh and Allegion and Jeanette released Groudon and Pachirisu. Violet shifted to her Corsola form. "All right... we need to focus fire. Take Staraider out of the skies. But Impenetrable is first priority. If it explodes, we're done. Shizuka, can you hold off Hydrados if Giratina backs you up?" Shizuka nodded. Shizuka moved first. One moment she was with them and the next she was slicing into one Hydrados' necks, eliciting an angry roar from the beast. Giratina followed by clawing into it. Allegion's Thunder Crush gave Staraider a nasty shock as Aria took to the skies, carrying Pachirisu. Both of them combined their powers to give the bird another jolt. Impenetrable took aim, and fired an artillery shell with a noise to match at Groudon. The legendary fell backwards from the force of the shot, a testament to the PokeWeapons' power. This didn't dissuade Blaziken or Ho-oh, whose blasts of fire scorched the floating fortress. Chizuru, Jeanette and Violet scrambled around desperately as Sandslaughter spun rapidly, trying to impale one of them on its mass of spikes and claws. Staraider was unable to retaliate as the enclosed space hindered its movement, and the three electric pokemon didn't let up their barrage for a second. Giratina found itself in trouble as five of Hydrados' heads decided to sink their teeth into it, damaging it greatly. Shizuka nimbly evaded the remaining three heads as they tried to attack her. Sandslaughter finally clipped Jeanette's armor on the shoulder, but this opened it up for a blast of water, courtesy of Violet. Unfortunately, its many spikes didn't allow Chizuru to serve any purpose other than a distraction. Under Pierce's orders, Blaziken, Ho-oh and Groudon had taken up position surrounding Impenetrable. One of them would hit it with a blast of fire, causing the PokeWeapon to spin and aim at that pokemon, before being hit by someone else's blast, causing it to turn to the new offender, and so on. This tactic made the beast look somewhat like a spinning top. Shizuka had managed to attract all of Hydrados' attention, and was skillfully dodging blasts of water, twisters and teeth that came at her. She'd just jumped to avoid a twister when one of the heads painfully clamped down on her leg, swinging her around and throwing her hard against a wall. Things weren't looking well for Giratina. With a combined bolt of electricity, Aria, Allegion and Pachirisu finished off Staraider. The large bird crashed hard on the ground, smoking and smelling of burnt chicken. Pierce quickly sent Aria and Allegion to fight Hydrados, while Jeanette recalled Pachirisu. After a quick recovery, Professor Ricewood sent out Kyogre, the large Legendary a welcome addition to the effort against Sandslaughter. The hedgehog PokeWeapon, clearly recognizing the new threat, quickly slammed itself into Kyogre, its many spikes burying itself in the Legendary pokemon's scales, but Kyogre stood strong, holding onto Sandslaughter firmly and giving Chizuru, Jeanette and Violet a shot at its underside, an opportunity they didn't waste. Impenetrable quickly got tired of being screwed with, instead choosing to spin even faster in a circle, smashing into Blaziken, Groudon and Ho-Oh. Then, it started glowing slightly. The glow slowly became brighter, giving the impression that it was charging something. Like an explosion, perhaps. Shit. Seeing this, the three pokemon instant rose and unleashed their strongest attacks. Blaziken's Overheat, Ho-oh's Sacred Fire and Groudon's Eruption struct Impenetrable and didn't let up for a second. The PokeWeapon didn't react and just kept growing brighter, even as the pokemon desperately doubled their efforts. Then, suddenly, the cocoon monster gave out, stopped glowing and crashed on the ground, and the three pokemon and Pierce all let out sighs of relief. With Shizuka temporarily out of the way, Hydrados turned its attention to its only remaining adversary. All eight of its heads tore into a helpless Giratina, and soon the pokemon returned to its pokeball. Before the hydra PokeWeapon could do anything else, though, it was struck by Aria's Dragon Pulse and Allegion's Thunder Crush. With eight angry roars, it unleashed a twister of draconic energy at both pokemon. Groudon and Ho-Oh quickly joined the effort to take down Sandslaughter. Under the combined assault of Chizuru, Violet, Professor Ricewood and three Legendaries, the PokeWeapon quickly went down. "Aaaaahhhh!!" Came a scream from the direction of Hydrados. One of its heads was attempting to eat Aria, only stopped by the lady dragon's holding its maw open, but her strength wasn't enough it was quickly closing down. Pierce didn't think. He recalled Blaziken and sent out Adamantitar. Pierce quickly jumped onto the pokemon's arm, and with a mighty throw, he was launched at Hydrados and past it, given the angle he had been thrown at, the ceiling. He was flying upside down, and he raised his Dragon Slave below his head, slashing a good chunk of the neck that had Aria. He flew past the many-headed serpent, planting his feet firmly on the ceiling and launching himself downward toward the same head. With another strike, he completely separated the head from the rest of the body, freeing Aria, and the massive thing fell to the ground with a large thud, completely lifeless. Pierce landed hard, falling to his knees, his ribs screaming bloody murder. To say Hydrados was pissed would've been an understatement. It was beyond enraged, and all of it turned toward the tiny human that had dared to hurt it. All the seven remaining heads lunged for Pierce at the same time, and he had no idea how he was going to get out of this one. And then he was out of it. Shizuka appeared out of nowhere and pulled him away before the heads could get to him. From that point, the battle was pretty much decided. Pierce released Dialga, Chizuru revived Giratina, and all the trainers and their pokemon attacked the last remaining PokeWeapons. But Hydrados wasn't going to give up without a fight. When at last it went down, five more heads had been completely cut off. One of the remaining ones, though, regurgitated something as it died. Out of it fell Horace, his clothes scorched and his skin burnt from the creature's gastric acid that still covered his body. Even so, the slight rise and fall of his stomach indicated that he was breathing. Chizuru knelt down beside him, looking him up. "He's in pretty bad shape." "Can you save him?" Pierce asked. "I... think so." "Please, do it." Then, Shizuka moved in front of Pierce, standing between him and Horace. "You want to save him?" "Death is too good for him. He should rot in jail for the rest of his life, maybe without a leg or two." Pierce saw it over her shoulder. His eyes widened and he reacted out of instinct at seeing Horace move, move at Chizuru. Shizuka saw Pierce's eyes and then her katana was in her hand, and she was turning- A loud sound rang throughout the room. The lifeless body of Horace Mugworth fell over. Chizuru had risen out of surprise, and Shizuka stood stock still. Next to her, Pierce dropped the smoking revolver that had been in his hand. "I- I-" ------------------------- Elizabeth strode calmly, smiling, as she neared the unmarked door that she knew led to the control room. From there she could override the lockdown on Millenium House. There was a panel next to the door, asking for a master key. Piece of cake. ... Inside, a lone cultist nervously monitored the deteriorating situation of Millenium House. He was going to have to run for it soon, the moment the way was clear. Then, the door opened. That wasn't supposed to happen. "Hey there." Said an alluring voice. ------------------------- "So..." Pierce said, as they walked through the hallway. "None of you wants to know what all that was about?" "We don't have to know." Shizuka replied simply. "Actually, I'm curious." "Yeah, me too." Pierce sighed, as they entered another lounge. On the other end of the room was a door with a control panel that kept it firmly locked. Chizuru hugged him warmly, assaulting him with her scent once again and whispered "Thank you" presumably for him saving her life back there, then sat on a chair, and the others stood. Pierce scratched his head. "Eeehh, aahhh..." He had no idea where to start, so he just blurted out whatever. "After I ran away from home, I travelled around Honmyr a bit. But you know, that doesn't pay. I ended up back home in Wintervale, broke as balls and starving." After this statement, Violet moved ahead to work on the control panel that lead ahead. Chizuru shot Violet an angry glance, but Shizuka placed a hand on Chizuru's left shoulder. Chizuru thought about commenting on Violet's rudeness, but kept quiet and listened carefully as Pierce continued. Violet had whipped out a miniature computer and wired it into the control panel. "I didn't want to see Sam again. I guess I was afraid she wouldn't take me back. The jobs in town were, well... boring. I was kid, only, not really. I was just stupid. Something honest and proper just held no appeal to me. So I took to less noble practices. I stole. Started out robbing stores." The door ahead unlocked with a satisfying ping song. The red LED changed to a green one. "Booya," Violet whistled. Chizuru frowned. It seemed that the two of them weren't going to get along very well. "But I moved up. High enough to get noticed. That's how I ended up joining Horace's organization. He was pretty much in charge of all 'acquisitions' that went down in Wintervale. I climbed up the ranks there too. A few years later, I was doing pretty good, I thought. I was answering to the big man himself. There was this one job. A string of jobs. Stealing equipment from Ricewood Masterworks facilities." He chanced a nervous glance at Professor Ricewood, who looked completely neutral. Then, his headache started again. Like before, with Sam, he experienced that weird case of double vision. He rubbed his temple, trying to shake it off. ------------------------- Pierce Granger sat handcuffed to an uncomfortable chair. He had been sitting there for five minutes so far, his only companion the camera high up in the corner of the room near the door. He had said very little since his arrest, and ever since being brought in here he simply sat in complete silence staring at the wall opposite him. It was then that the door opened and two women stepped in. One of them was a decidedly chiseled veteran who had seen a few too many battlefields and too much weather that was bad for her complexion. She was pretty, but clearly her post of duty had chipped away the rest of her youthful beauty and-holy shit, was that a harpoon cannon?! Those things were usually only seen on some fishing vessels but this woman was holding it with just one arm. The other woman was a tall, thin woman who was really, really white. White hair, white pupils, white skin, white clothes and white daggers, and what a bunch of daggers she had. Her clothing and extremities were covered in them. Her hair was so long that it touched the ground. The thin woman closed the door while the big woman set her harpoon cannon on the ground. "Before I go into anything," the big woman said with a thick Russian accent. "I vill observe common courtesy and introduce the both of us to you first. I am Natalya Baskinova, Branch Chief for the Vintervale Pokemon Advanced Tactics and Counterterrorism Agency. This is Ciel, Captain of the strongest squad in my branch, the Cloystrike." Ciel bowed her head politely. Pierce did not acknowledge their entrance, or look as if he heard their introduction. He simply kept staring at the wall. ------------------------- "The last job went... bad..." ------------------------- Natalya went on."You are probably vondering vhy you're in that chair and not in a prison cell already. It's mainly because you have something many of the prisoners do not. Potential. And I vould rather see that potential blossom for the right reasons than degenerate for all the vrong vones." "Police Chief Jenny has shown me the report on you, Mr. Granger, and I have decided to make a judgment call. You see, there's this program that Jenny herself created call TCIC, or Turning Criminals Into Comrades." Though he still didn't look at them, Pierce gave a hoarse laugh. "You want me to be a cop? That's hilarious." He said, with a small mocking smile. ------------------------- "I screwed up. I was in charge and my subordinate, Elan... A woman, a scientist, died. I tried to save her." ------------------------- "This is a golden opportunity, Mr. Granger. The punishment for your crimes are rather severe. Your Pokemon License could easily be revoked if the judge so desires, your Pokemon sold as prizes at the Game Corner, and you can sit in a federal pounding-in-the-ass prison. Or you could keep your license, your Pokemon, and your freedom as vell so long as you work for PATCA until such a time as Regional Chief Shevenston feels that your debt has been paid in full." Pierce's face hardened again. "So that's it, huh? That simple?" "That simple." "I just sign up for PATCA for as long some pencil-pushing asshole wants me to, which could very easily be the rest of my life, at which point he could decide that I still haven't paid my debt and toss me in the joint anyway?" Natalya suddenly made sure that he was looking at her by bringing her face rather close to his. Pierce could easily lean in and kiss her if he wanted, though he consented only to make eye contact. "PATCA is by no means an easy career. Missions assigned to us are far too dangerous for the police force to handle, but require rapid response and super-talented men and women that the military usually cannot provide. But I can see something in you. You tried to save someone's life vhose death vasn't even a direct involvement of your actions and failed to do so, but I think you're the type of individual who vould like to seek some kind of redemption, even though ve both know it vas clearly not your fault. And vhether you like it or not, PATCA is the only means by which you can possibly hope for redemption, because you can only pass through that door behind us in vone of two vays: as an agent of PATCA or as a prisoner in chains." Natalya gave Pierce a quizzical stare. Ciel showed no hint of emotion. She had a point. She said something Pierce already knew himself, but having someone say it out loud somehow made it real. If she was legit, he didn't have much of a choice. ------------------------- "And I got arrested." ------------------------- "When do I start?" ------------------------- "I ended up with PATCA because of a program for rehabiliting criminals. Horace... he found out I joined PATCA. He didn't take it well. As far as he was concerned, I was his. Creepy, I know. And he was petty. He set this whole thing up, just to get back at me. He had been working with Faynoc the whole time. Horace stole the parts for Faynoc in exchange for money and favors, like Pokebridization operations, and probably other things. The result is Ginnungagap. This machine... it can crank out Legendary Pokebrids faster than any other. I mean, in a matter of minutes. As you can imagine, that isn't good. He gloated about it to me, and I came here to stop him and rescue Sam. And then... well, all this happened. I didn't share it with my team because I was ashamed. I didn't want them to know who I'd been. But I guess there's no avoiding that now." Pierce removed a crumpled-up folder from his jacket, the one that contained the information Horace gave him about Ginnungagap, and handed it to Professor Ricewood. "Meh. I'll give that story a six...well, seven for effort." "Violet!" Chizuru shouted. "A man is pouring his heart out!" "Well, I'm sorry but I left my violin in my other lab coat. Big deal, he has a sob story to tell. Get in line. I bet even the goody little two shoes who farts kittens and shits rainbows has her own little fucking tearjerker to spew forth." Chizuru was quite taken back by Violet's sudden attitude. "That's right. Spew. Because for me, recalling painful memories is just like regurgitating vomit. You can't swallow it, so you puke it up, hoping someone else will take their share of it so you can take it better." "I take it you don't like this kind of thing," Shizuka monotoned. "Why talk about something you can't change?" Violet shrugged. "Waste of time you could be using to make up for your mistakes. Now can we get moving, or were you perhaps waiting for Faynoc to expire from old age?" Pierce shook his head. "It's not about pity. I dragged you all here, put you in danger. I thought you deserved to know why." Violet turned around and left them all behind. "What a horrible person," Chizuru said. "But you can understand where she's coming from," Shizuka said, starting to move towards the door herself. "Demons like us can be just as impatient. I won't live forever, but I've still got quite a few centuries to go. And yet, I never look back on my mistakes in the past. Just gotta proceed forward, hoping to make it up now that you're a little older and hopefully a lot wiser." Chizuru couldn't say anything. "The world only progresses forward because we do. Hell, I'm so damn busy all the time that I'm surprised I found the time to rescue my own daughter. I couldn't possibly make time to reflect on my own past faults." "But shouldn't this concern you the most, Professor Ricewood?" Chizuru asked her. "After all, he's confessed to doing wrong unto you." Pierce looked right into the Professor's eyes, now. "I'm sorry." "I already knew about all that," Jeanette said. "Listen, Granger. Help me rescue my daughter and all is forgiven. At least, in my case." "In your case?" "As for the woman who died, it was just bad luck, and while I'm certain you agree, Granger, I can imagine you'll never stop attempting to repent for that, regardless of the fact that you know it wasn't your fault." Shizuka was already gone from sight. Chizuru, not sure of what to say, stood up and left. Jeanette waited until Pierce looked like he was ready to go. "I have to apologize to Violet, but there's a stronger reason behind her anger. That woman who died...was Violet's lover." A piece of some huge puzzle fell into place with a solid clunk. Violet probably hated herself for making love to the man who couldn't save her deceased lover. And God only knew how much she hated Pierce. Him rekindling a hard memory must have brought all those locked away feelings within Violet boiling to the surface. "It's hard for Violet to deal with her emotions. Elan, the real murderer, is taken care of, but she can't help but direct some of the blame at you. And I think you feel the same, right? Anyways, let's get going, shall we? It's time to put this part of our past traumas behind us." "Right." As they walked through the door, it seemed Jeanette had more to say. "You wouldn't happen to be related to Tim and Iridica Granger, would you?" Pierce blinked in surprise. "They're my parents." Jeanette nodded. "They were good people." "I'm surprised you know them. I don't think they made any discoveries that could compare to yours." "Well, they were more theoretical researchers than me. They confirmed that in Honmyr pokemon that aren't fully evolved or don't evolve at all are very rare. I believe they were investigating the reason why before they died." "Sounds about right." "You're a good kid. You had good parents. You'll do the right thing." "... Thanks." .............. Through hallways and rooms they went, trying to make it to Faynoc and put an end to it. Soon after their talk, Pierce and Jeanette caught up with Shizuka and Chizuru, until the two Kimonos were taking up the rearguard. "Shizuka?" Pierce asked, remembering something she said before. "What did you mean when you told Mika you would be hungry?" No response. "Chizuru?" Pierce turned around and saw that both were gone. He and Jeanette decided to catch up with Violet, to make sure she hadn't dissappeared too. They found her standing in a doorway, and when they passed through it... "Oh... hi." He said to the Watchmen. ------------------------- After Gransranx appears "We need to go through that door." Pierce said to the team at large. "Gransranx is just stalling us, and he intends to die to do so, so it's in our best interests not to stay here any longer than we have to. I think we should send some of us through that door as soon as we get a clear shot, while the rest stay and clean up." Then, he addressed the Ruin General. "What's your angle, huh? You say you're going to die to stop us, but what exactly do you get out of all of this? Certainly not your life."
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"We need to go through that door." Pierce spoke swiftly to those around him. "Gransranx is just stalling us, and he intends to die to do so, so it's in our best interests not to stay here any longer than we have to. I think we should send some of us through that door as soon as we get a clear shot, while the rest stay and clean up."
"Oh as if you're suddenly in charge!" Charlotte boomed indignantly to Pierce as she moved forward and shoved him, taking her place in the formation. "An awkward 'oh hi' isn't going to help you get in anyone's good graces. What if you had died? Impact would probably give your eulogy! Or worse, me!" That was a scary though. Without breaking her motion the initial push, she reached for her belt and retrieved 2 While Spitz was doing that, Charlotte decided it was time to bring in the big gun. Star of the show so to speak. With a bit more flare than usual, she released her newest monster, motherfucking Arceus. What has this world come to. While the great creation pokemon floated with a psychic aurua, Charlotte loomed in its shadow for added horror. Then, in a spontaneous act of sheer ludicrousy, she kicked it. She kicked one of the strongest pokemon in the world, right in the leg. It turned its head in what may have been shock, or quite possibly annoyance. "What're you looking at? End that guy over there!" She jerked her thumb at Gransranx's. "Rain the Judgement of Beaufort." Going to show the miracle of technology that was the pokeball, it listened. Instead of zapping Charlotte, it gave a solemn glare in Gransranx's direction. Slowly, several lights began to form above the Ruin General's head. They glowed with an aura similar to that of the wheel around Arceus's torso. Along with the force of gravity, it rained down upon Grransranx with an explosive force. "By the way, don't think I'm done with you yet Pierce," Charlotte said, reveling in the audaciousness of her action. --- Charlotte uses kick the dog on Arceus. Special attack is raised by 3 stages. Health drops to 75%. Spitz to use super fang on Ricewood Groudon Pokebrid. Arceus to use Judgement on Gransranx. |
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OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW?
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Renny was surprised to see the additional arrivals to the group. Professor Ricewood was a welcome sight, especially ever since he gotten to know her a little bit from taking Mollesk to her for its physical examinations. Why she was here escaped him, but judging from her expression, it did not look good. There was an unknown pokebrid who could likely turn quite a few heads. But Renny was willing to assume that if she traveled with Jeanette freely, she was probably at least supportive.
"Oh... hi." Renny had every mind to welcome him back, but Pierce's reaction to finding the group stuck to his mind, wondering why the cold shoulder in a time and place like this. His unknown behavior and actions didn't inspire much trust either. And his personal recent interactions with him had been on shaky ground. For that matter, Pierce lately seemed to be quite literally a constant streak of flaws to anyone he could think of. Seeing Pierce should have been a happier occasion, but the Gallade didn't feel it strongly. However, he was mildly content enough that they found him alive and for now, that was really all that mattered. "I'm happy to see you are ok. Come on. Once we finish this, we can all go home." ----------------------- "We need to go through that door." Pierce said to the team at large. "Gransranx is just stalling us, and he intends to die to do so, so it's in our best interests not to stay here any longer than we have to. I think we should send some of us through that door as soon as we get a clear shot, while the rest stay and clean up." Renny was annoyed by this particular line of thought especially after he had only just reappeared and sheepishly greeted his own team-mates as if he was actively trying to avoid them. What was the deal? "Is your wanting to split up related to the reason why it looks like you jumped into Faynoc's base without any support?" Renny then noticed more keenly that he was roughed up. "And gotten nearly killed in the process from the looks of you? Let's stick together from here on in. Things will only get worse if we're divided without a clear plan. We're all trying to get at him." As always, Renny's face was a light shade of red as Jeanette's two clones paraded in front of the group without a single layer of modest protection. To others eyes, it looked like he was caught in their nudity, but he was looking through the transparent lens of the scouter for their respective details as well as the machine that spawned them and the ruin monsters that led them. Hopefully no one called him on it though. "Impact! The scouter is saying that Gransranx and its creations are all critically weak to psychic types due to their particular type combinations! If we can hit a critical point, we can prevent him from swarming us with gas or his minions. If Mirror can construct her amplifier, Psycho Cut has a good chance of doing that. And if someone could help stim me up, I can take it a bit further... At range. " He had absentmindly added that last bit feeling it was a noteworthy point to add, with all the poisonous mist and concealment that hid the tiny wretches. Breathing in the miasma was bad enough in its own right, but possibly being knocked out while in its vincity would put anyone who tried to help him at severe risk. As Jeanette sent out her pokemons, Renny looked at their data with a sense of elation. Things were gradually looking more favorable as the situation unfolded. "Magnezone, come out!" ~Mag-ne~ "Professor Ricewood, I've trained Magnezone and my other pokemons to be able to supplement the abilities of others, including their accuracy. It will help being able to hit those ruin types with one hit techniques!" The magnet pokemon hovered closer to Kyogre as his owner spoke, experienced enough to know what the young trainer was getting at. The air around the two seem to distort like an unusual lens and an aura of magnetic flow that harmonized with robotic precision. "Lola, can you possibly help me? I need something like Dire Hit to improve my concentration. Without them... it's a very hard shot to make." After the preparations were made from those actively working toward his portion of the plan, he made a conscious effort to focus on his arm, as his form shifted. His limbs shifted to a bladed tonfa. The chest and head sprouted with the Gallade's characteristic protrusions. The helmet spike was akin to a lightning rod that drew upon a surge of mental energy through his mind and raced with a fighting types insight. The spike from his chest connected close to his lungs and heart as he felt energy and life breathing through it. His forearms glowed with the soft radiance that one would expect of a neon tube or a fictional lightsabre as he examined his target critically. Without annoucement, Renny teleported upward toward the ceiling in front of the group and swung heavily as the pull of gravity downward elongated the rings of energy that cleaved toward the ruin general's direction. He then teleported back in position, his expression was diligent and serious, hoping that everything that he had suggested and has done was the right course of action. "Did that do it?" ---------------------------------------------------- Ally Formation: [Arceus] [Mightyena] [Mirror] [Matthias] [Impact] [Metagross] [Nagarai] [Pacharisu] [Jeanette] [Kyogre] [Renny] [Magnezone] [Lola] Plan Summary: Charlotte: Trainer Action Kick the Dog (Arceus +3 Special Attack) Mightyena: Super Fang Jeanette Clone B (Groudon). Uses Intimidate on Wretch C and Toxique B Mirror: Construct Attack Booster. All physical attacks boosted by 2 stages. Attacks Toxique B with Hammer Fall (Dark) for Super Effective boosted damage. Lola: Uses three Dire Hits on Renny. (Spend 25 rage) Is removed out of combat. Magnezone: Trainer action Guiding Support to Jeanette's Kyogre. Kyogre: Uses Divided Sheer Cold on Toxique A and Wretch B. The one move made AOE is boosted By Guiding Support to have 100% accuracy. Both OHKO. (Kyogre's presence means Rain Dance should be in effect) Pachirisu: Helping Hand on Renny. Impact: Rage Rocket to Renny. Renny: Paradigm Shift > Psycho Cut on Granx. Attack Boosted, Helping Hand, Paradigm Shift boosted, 50% crit rate for reaching Crit level 5 (see link below) and Double Effective for 8x multiplier due to the crit. Arceus: Uses Psychic type Judgement on Granx. Doubly Effective. Metagross: Uses Psychic type Zen Headbutt on Granx. Doubly Effective Jeanette: Rain Dance Boosted Industrial Pressure Washer on Wretch D.100% accuracy Matthias: Divided Sleep Powder on Jeanette Clone A and Toxique B. Impact: Attack Jeanette Clone B (Groudon) with Ice Cannon. Super Effective. Nagarai: Ice Beam Jeanette Clone B (Groudon). Super Effective. TOTAL BATTLE PLAN |
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Birdy Bard
Join Date: Sep 2007
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"We need to go through that door." Pierce said to the team at large. "Gransranx is just stalling us, and he intends to die to do so, so it's in our best interests not to stay here any longer than we have to. I think we should send some of us through that door as soon as we get a clear shot, while the rest stay and clean up."
Then, he addressed the Ruin General. "What's your angle, huh? You say you're going to die to stop us, but what exactly do you get out of all of this? Certainly not your life." Well it seemed he had managed to survive. An interesting turn of events and quite useful for this fight. Even so Pierce and he would need to talk later about this whole situation. His strategy of charging in, regardless of reason was exceptionally risky and monumentally stupid. Really he only expected that kind of stupidity from Charlotte when innocents were dangled from a rope at the other end. And a "kill me" sign was pointing to them. And then the she-devil kicked Arceus. Matt caught himself praying that the deity would smite her on the spot. Sadly it didn't. This was expected but still sad. However he did manage to get that picture on his scouter. He wasn't sure why. He just felt he should have that picture. Now there was a fight at hand and some pesky enemies who were sleeping. They just didn't know it yet. His wings beat rapidly, sending forth his chosen poison towards the given targets. "Sleep Powder."
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Moves Like Jagger, Kupo!
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Oh for God's sakes. Charlotte had decided to berate him, which he had expected, even though she was the last person who should be telling someone off. But then, Renny had decided to take her side, expressing his disagreement with Pierce's idea to split up as soon as possible.
"Honest to God." He addressed Charlotte. "I couldn't care less if you were named President of Honmyr, I'm simply not going to recognize any authority you have. So I'm going to do what I'm going to do." Then he turned to Renny. "Look, me running off on my own before was stupid, but now? We have this battle in the bag. But their objective is only to stall us for as long as possible. Because of that, they have us at a disadvantage. If we want to neutralize their advantage, we need to get through that door as soon as possible. I'm not saying it should be me that goes through. And you can get on board with me or not, but if I have to go through that door alone, I will." Having said his piece, Pierce released Aria and Metagross, who proceeded to attack one of the Ricewood clones and Gransranx.
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