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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 9, 2017 10:50:34 GMT
Suzume doesn't really know how to deal with this. It would just be bullying at this point... but she can't leave it there to hit them from behind. "Alright fine, come with me instead." she says, throwing a Tarot Card at the wall behind it "...uhhhh"
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Post by drallore on Aug 9, 2017 14:46:04 GMT
As Suzume misses the Tarot card in a comically terrible fashion, the jumpluff jolts in fear thinking it was some sort of attack and rushes over to Suzume, rubbing its face on her feet as it begs for its life.
"GAAAAAAHPLEASEDONTHURME!ISEARIMNOTHINGLIKEMYMOTHER!SHESTHEWEIRDONE,ALWAYSASKINGFORMAPLESYRUPONHEREGGSINSTEADOFBROWNSUGAR!!ICANTHELPITIFIWASBORNTOSOMETWISTEDSYRUPLOVINGPSYCHOPATHS!ANDSHESTHEONETHATMADEMEWEARANAMETAGONMYBACKPACKTOSCHOOLEVERYDAY,ANDTHEKIDSALLCALLEDMEVOMITCOMETBECAUSEIONCEATETOOMUCHFUNDIPINSCIENCECLASSANDSPEWEDPROJECTILEBILEALLOVERNANCYDEVINESROCKETPROJECTSOIKNOWATHINGORTWOABOUTPEERPRESSURE!WHYCANTPENGUINSFLY?@hieoewt;RJTWOERNGJSFKDGOLW. . ."
It all becomes incomprehensible after that.
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Post by eltrou on Aug 10, 2017 6:38:33 GMT
Miguel's eyes widened in shock and there was almost a physical pain that wracked through him when Zoroark was hit by the beam and then almost knocked to the ground if not for the strange translucent barrier that appeared at the last moment to soften the blow. Zorro growled in rage and struck back viciously with dark claws after closing the distance with the last Bronzong. However, it was horribly obvious that he was on his last legs. Damn it all. This fight wasn't over yet so he took a few steps back recalles Zorro back to his tarot car. He then took out a second tarot card that he quickly crushed, revealing a grinning purple ghost once more. The real one this time. "Oh, what a mess~ Are we the clean up crew?" Arsene asked casually as his fist shot out like a rocket and socked the floating bell in the face. "Sadly, we're the front line." Miguel deadpanned as he watched the events warily and started to try and judge if he should help out with La Grenouille or try and bring down one of the remaining pokemon in the area. Zorro uses a Light Screen charge and remains barely standing! Zorro attacks the Bronzong for 75 physical dark damage! Zoroark is switched out! Haunter is brought out and he attacks with Shadow Punch for 47 physical ghost type damage!
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Post by oddeyes on Aug 10, 2017 7:15:23 GMT
Jericha spots Gallade not being able to quickly put away the steel shadow. "Grrr! Gallade! It ain't workin' what you're doin'! How about some help!?" "Shut sp! I know! Here!" Gallade holds it hands to its chest, it concentrates for a second, and then then sends out a radiant wave towards his partner. Jericha feels quite reinvigorated.
Gallade uses Heal Pulse on Jericha!
Heal Pulse Restores 50% of the target’s max Hit Points. Heal Pulse’s user may not target itself with Heal Pulse.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 10, 2017 9:54:33 GMT
Byakko ignores the whimpering mess of a Jumpluff and pounces at Seismetoad with fangs wreathed in its blue flames, glowing stronger in the sunny weather from above. Fire Fang, crit hit, Burned and Flinched, 80 Fire Type Physical Damage
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Post by Zephias on Aug 11, 2017 3:07:04 GMT
Cait Sith, undeterred by his previous miss, releases another wave of shimmering energy at the toad! Psyshock! 16 to-hit, 38 Special damage but subtracts defense.
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Post by drallore on Aug 11, 2017 17:47:42 GMT
The frog man, who would normally be completely immune to flame and other assaults, suddenly finds that his strengths have become his weaknesses as the blaring sun pierces down up on him. Pair it with the nonchalant cat's psychic assault, and you have yourself a recipe for one dead boss fight. The bronzong took the shadowy punch with little problem, but upon noticing his captain's defeat, he immediately flies away. Sinking ships and all that. 500 PXP for each trainer, and 1 trainer level as well. As the Frog loses it's ability to fight, it starts shrinking into a defensless little tadpole. Barely a head and a tail, it's never looked more vulnerable as it cries to itself on the ground "*sniff*-why? I did everything right. I did everything she asked me. I quit my club, I sold my games, I'm barely getting 3 hours of sleep at night, IF THAT! WHY! WHY AM I STILL SO WEAK?!?!"
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Post by Zephias on Aug 12, 2017 0:06:54 GMT
Ciara took a couple steps closer to the tadpole, a gentle smile on her face.
"Maybe whoever this "she" is... lied to you? Strength doesn't come from doing what others want. It comes from being true to yourself"
The words made her sink in the stomach, her own family life and her parents closing all the doors to the future she wanted still at the forefront of her memory.
"Someone who wants you to change who you are doesn't care about you. And even if it made you stronger, it'd be an empty strength since it wouldn't truly be yours. Do you have a name?"
[20 Charm to calm the Tympole down!]
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Post by drallore on Aug 12, 2017 22:15:54 GMT
Tympole manages to relax a bit after Ciara speaks to it
"Kenshi . . . My name is Kenshi."
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 13, 2017 8:49:20 GMT
Suzume, seeing The boss frog shrink and the Bronzong fly away, turns her attention fully to the distressed Jumpluff. "Hey, look I don't wanna fight any more either. That thing I threw just there was one of these." She holds a Tarot card out to show the shadow. "Touching this would put us on the same side... so we wouldn't have to fight each other any more. All the fighting is over now anyway, so you can join my side or run away, it's up to you."
[25 Charm to calm or befriend this Jumpluff]
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Post by drallore on Aug 13, 2017 21:26:29 GMT
Jumpluff panics and headbutts the tarot card. There might be a bit of a communication barrier here, but . . . progress?
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 13, 2017 21:34:31 GMT
Suzume stares a little confused at the card, then shrugs "Close enough." She turns to see how interrogating the not-boss-any-more was going.
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Post by eltrou on Aug 15, 2017 3:05:21 GMT
While feeling bruised and tired, Miguel still had it in him to walk towards the shrunken giant frog while ignoring the bored pouting from Arsene.
"Ooooh, a straggler~ Can I eat him, soul and all?"
Granted, he'd had to rein in Arsene from his more bloodthirsty tendencies first. "No." He looked over to where Ciara was talking to the little guy. "We need him alive."
"Pity. You should at least do your magic though." Arsene remarked with a wicked grin as he watched the man finally approach the small tadpole slowly, and only saw a nod for his quip.
Once he was close enough, Miguel took to a knee and regarded the little guy with a bemused stare, having caught onto the last thing the creature said. "Hey, Kenshi right? Sorry for interrupting your lovely little heart-to-heart with my companion over there, but if it's alright I'd like to ask you why you wanted to become strong in the first place. What was the purpose of that strength?"
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Post by oddeyes on Aug 15, 2017 3:09:36 GMT
Jericha walks over, and picks up the tadpole by its tail, and narrows her eyes at it. "Some of us aren't as forgiving when not just a few seconds ago you were trying to kill us. So please, explain everything, or else." She taps her foot waiting for the shadow to spill it.
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Post by Zephias on Aug 15, 2017 3:59:16 GMT
Ciara's eyes narrowed to slits at Jericha's intermission.
"Jericha, I don't care if you're pissed but did this conversation seem in any way like an interrogation to you?"
She slapped Jericha's hand away before she managed to lift the tadpole and shoved her away.
"If you can't keep your cool, then I recommend you back off. I refuse to use threats and coercion... Especially when Kenshi here has been nothing but civil talking with me"
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Post by oddeyes on Aug 15, 2017 5:26:47 GMT
Jericha scoffs, and rolls her eyes. "Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead with your happy little talks. But, You keep doing that with everything that just tried to get you, and your comrades killed, you might be in for a bad surprise." Jericha shrugs, walks past Ciara, and bumps into her shoulder hard. "Enjoy your peace talks, Gandhi"
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Post by Zephias on Aug 15, 2017 6:10:37 GMT
Ciara's arm snapped out and pulled Jericha back.
"You seem to have gotten something wrong. I'm not Gandhi, or some sort of pacifist. I'm just the daughter of a special forces operative, who lives in a military base. I have _seen_ what war and conflict does to people in a way that your bedamned play-fights in a bloody ring with fifty or so rules don't come even close to"
She looked straight into Jericha's eyes, pretty much daring the girl to claim that wasn't true
"This here? He's not an enemy combatant, he's a bullied and confused child! Pushing and threatening is just gonna make him even more scared of everything and more likely to hurt himself doing something stupid! He's not in fighting shape anymore either! That's not 'happy little talks', that's not being a bloody bully yourself and beating someone who can't fight back"
She then shoved Jericha away.
"Feel free to go and simmer in your senseless anger, while I try to fix the damage you've surely caused"
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Post by oddeyes on Aug 15, 2017 6:45:40 GMT
Jericha whirls around when she's grabbed, and glares at Ciara. This chick was looking for a scrap. She then pulls away. "Nobody cares about what you've seen in war! Nobody wants to think of that stuff, but people will pay bog bucks to see what people like me do in the that ring." She then looks at the tadpole again for a moment. Taking what Ciara said into consideration, perhaps she did cross a line. But the problem of the tadpole now shifted to a problem with this girl. Her attitude forced her to selfishly get the last word. "Yeah. Fine. but, You're pretty quick to defend MONSTERS who we don't even know, or even how they even exist. Go ahead. I aint gonna stop ya. Cheer 'em up by paintin' a little happy picture for it with that paintbrush you got shoved up your a-...! Ugh...." Jericha turns, walks a few steps, and stops. "One more thing. Shove me again, Picasso, and we are throwing down." She walks to the others side of the chapel, sits back on one of the pews, and throws her headphones on. She knew a thing about bullying, but she didn't feel that's what that was. She definitely didn't deserve lip from anybody for trying to get info out of a monster, no matter the method. Oh well.
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Post by kagemaru656 on Aug 15, 2017 8:27:19 GMT
The argument was fast and explosive. Suzume didn't even have a chance to react. She decides it's best if she just stands behind Ciara now, between her and Jericha, and maybe block Jericha from the tadpole's sight. "Sorry about that little one. We're just confused about what happened here and why we had to fight. Tensions are running a bit high." Byakko pads up to the group. "Fear not. She has no love of bullying. There will be no more." It growls that last past the group, In Jericha's direction, betraying Suzume's own anger at the bullying of the tadpole.
[Suzume 17 Charm to try salvage the situation]
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Post by drallore on Aug 15, 2017 15:08:58 GMT
Kenshi finds himself extremely dizzy after being tossed around so much. It's odd for him to see his captors fighting amongst themselves more than when they were fighting him. It seems he's not too traumatized by the situation however. If anything he just seems drained. His desire to resist, or really feel anything is non existent. Since Miguel was the last one to ask a question, he responds to it first
"I don't know . . . it's just . . . ever since miss president started demanding more and more things from us, it's been harder to get anything done. The more tired we get, the angrier she gets, and she just keeps calling us weak. I just want the student council to be fun again."
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