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Post by Robot on Oct 1, 2020 10:43:13 GMT
"There are lines that are not to be crossed! You willfully strode across any semblance of morality, discarding fellow sentient creatures as failed experiments along the way and saw nothing wrong with it! The number of lives you ruined was absolutely staggering! If you had had one soul, one SINGLE soul that cared for you and the things you were doing... someone you would listen to, maybe your altruism would have been better executed!"
Beatrice's metal skin was hot against her more human parts, uncomfortably so. She had never been in combat for such an extended period of time. The lightning strikes, and Baied's power transfusions were keeping her moving, but she was incredibly weary. The pulse of light merited her shielding her eyes, a certain hint of confusion in the aftermath, maybe it was nearly over.
Bylii's wings rippled, a sonic burst impacting the stone heart. Beatrice drew closer still, away from the pursuant lightning and raised her tail nearly flush with the core, a beam of silvery light lancing through center mass. (Bug Buzz hits for 60 Bug Special, Bylii gains DR. Flash Cannon hits for 62 Steel Special)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 1, 2020 16:08:14 GMT
"Someone has to realize that to truly reshape things, we cannot just think in our old paradigms! We have to break out, and take drastic measures! That is how we improve as a people! Not by sitting in our safe little boxes," she sounds disgusted. "Individuals may suffer, but that is a small price to pay for a better tomorrow. Nothing was deliberately ruined... people just didn't understand. That it was all for the greater good."There's an inhuman screech as Bea and Bylli strike true, the heart cracking yet more, and beginning to dim, light spilling out from the core. "This... aagh. I haven't even felt like this since that brat stabbed me. Ahahahaha, oh, it's a new feeling. Or maybe one that I'd long since forgotten. But... no matter. I will survive. I always have. I... am what lurks in the shadows. Even... even with this setback. The ex... expenditure is complete." She devolves into laughter again. "You forced my hand, Beatrice. It wasn't ready. So all it will do is wreak devastation before I rebuild my strength. But... that's okay. I have forever."She's far more faded now, almost transparent, but the storm above still goes strong, blanketing the sky. Until... a shape emerges within the shadows. A flowing, serpentine shape. Of blue and red and black, with tentacles coming off its sides. The serpent god returns. "I didn't want to do this before I had control..." Julia says, giggling weakly. "But... it's okay. Because I... will live on." There's one last flash from her central core, and several purple crystalline shards shoot up into the air to embed themselves in the dragon that's observing what's happening below. An action that very much seems to enrage it. "Ahahahaha… goodbye, Beatrice. I'm sad that it had to turn out this way... but you stood in my way one too many times." The light has pretty much all faded from the crystal now, looking much, much more like a dark chunk of aetherstone. The form of Julia winks out, sucked in. And it shatters, mostly into tiny shards. But there's one still sizable one in the center, darker than all the other stone. Still pulsing. This is what Yellow needs, she can tell. Julia Faints. Scene change. You can spend healing items now, too. "It... it's not over yet, is it?" Rainbow says, walking over to Beatrice and staring up towards the writhing serpent in the sky, crystal shards embedded in places and pulsing. "That's enormous. How... how could we even stand up to it? ...now I know what the people must have felt, seeing Groudon or Kyogre. Helpless. Terrified. Insignificant..."
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Post by Robot on Oct 1, 2020 23:15:58 GMT
"It was beaten before, by a champion in my time. Though the details elude, there was precedent.". Bee let her skin cool for a moment, before tending the injuries she could, and triaging the rest. There was a weariness in her pace, attention often drawn warily to the figure that spanned the sky itself.
She had been battered, insulted, yelled herself hoarse trying to make a point that would never be accepted. Reflected and made the comparison between her and the woman she could have been. With the recovery she could manage done, she pulled Rainbow close, holding the other girl fiercely.
"I'm terrified, and I am exhausted, but I am in one piece, and my friends are with me. I should get going before it unleashes something the world isn't strong enough to survive."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 0:06:20 GMT
"No... we should get going," Rainbow says, clinging on. "I've come this far with you, I'm not leaving you now."
Looking around, things seem a lot more quiet. A few lone crystalline Pokémon are still left to cut down, and there a lot of people where it's hard to tell if they're injured or dead. But over the crater walls, there come more. It seems that though Julia may have crafted them... her loss of guidance hasn't caused them to cease. Whatever's done here... it should hopefully be done swiftly.
"You ready to ride, brave knight?" Rainbow asks, giving a wink and a kiss on the cheek. "Your sword may be sundered, but your spirit lives on."
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 0:16:56 GMT
"I won't fail you my Princess.". Bee teased gently back, the small flicker of a smile fading as she climbed onto Genesect. "...We just need to break the crystals free of its hide I think. It was happy to stay where it was..."
She took one last look at their fallen comrades, eyes heavily lidded. She hoped Amethyst and the others were okay. "Let's go Genesect. The War for the Flowers isn't over yet."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 0:46:39 GMT
"Psh, I'm not a princess," Rainbow says, laughing. "That'd mean I'd have to be related to the King, and he's super grouchy. I wouldn't want that!"With one last quick hug, she and then Genesect take to the sky, up towards the massive serpent above. It truly is hard to understand the sheer scale of the thing from the ground, though. Against the sky, there is no scale. Because as big as it seemed from below, approaching it takes a lot longer than expected. Crystals that would tower over Bea seem like mere twigs. The eyes of the 'mon are probably more than three times her height in diameter. It's just... monstrous. And it seems like it's finally able to get its bearings as the pair approaches, winding through the sky. A massive laser shoots through the sky, but manages to miss them, as do the flailing tentacles, and the opportunity is taken to get out of sight and land around its head, where one of the crystals is. It appears as if there's more than a half dozen scattered around. "Okay," Rainbow says, alighting on the scaled surface, sky as they land oddly completely silent. "Let's do what you said. Shatter these things. Hope that ends its suffering. End this all here."The air may be silent and almost stifling, but the dragon isn't. It lets out a roar as if to punctuate what was said. Map
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 3:08:01 GMT
"Nothing unsaid, and so much spent in getting this far... let's go." Recalling Genesect, Beatrice pressed down the creature's neck towards the first crystal, releasing Crassi and Baied. "This is going to be a gambit you two... but if it works out, maybe I can finally have you back. Crassi, Hone Claws, Baied, Charge."
(Baied gains +1 SpDef, Crassi gains +1 Acc, +1 Atk CS, and +2 Crit Range)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 3:17:00 GMT
The crystal emanates a force as Bea's Pokémon approach it, but Crassi seems to be immune, and Baeid is resilient enough for it to not do much more than tingle the bug. More pressing, though, is the tentacle that seems to be raised to whip across a decent area of the thing's back in a few moments. Expanding force misses Baied. Crassi is immune.
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 3:32:48 GMT
"Wonderful, it's going to flagellate itself." Bee is surprised with how genuinely fast the appendage moves for its size, diving out of the way before it comes crashing down, Baied scooting along manages much the same. "Now's the time to turn up the power, so here we go." Beatrice stamps her foot and sets a current along the body they are traversing. The ground becomes Electric Terrain for 5 Turns.
Crassi cleaves into the stone with her now sharpened claws, and Baied rams into it with his sparking mandibles. (46 Dark Physical and 66 Electric Physical plus Paralysis respectively.)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 3:55:19 GMT
The tentacle whips down, narrowly missing the crystal, as Bea and Baied scoot out of the way and the team unleashes its firepower. Rainbow's bow unfortunately goes wide, but the other attacks strike home, carving a deep gash in the crystal. It sparks, unleashing a torrent of illumination from within, scouring the skins of the bug and Bea. Baeid thankfully has thick skin, and Bea's skin reflects some of it, but it still hurts. It seems some of the owner's malaise has entered them, too. No tentacle comes this time, but the surface of the dragon seems to twist and buckle, as it tries to possibly throw the group off. Beatrice takes 23 damage from Dazzling Gleam. Baeid takes 23 damage from Dazzling Gleam.
All combatants make a DC 10 Acrobatics check or become tripped.
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 4:09:36 GMT
With the thrashing of the creature underfoot, it takes a great deal of effort to maintain footing. After a spill and recovery, each, the assault renews in earnest. Beatrice sets her lock, Baied gnashes, and Crassi claws.
(46 Poison Physical, 106 Electric Special and Paralysis, 49 Bug Physical)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 4:15:16 GMT
The crystal shatters, the remnants scattering and falling off the sign, leaving naught but a wound that quickly seals shut.
This time a pair of tentacles raise, causing the path ahead to be more dangerous.
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 4:29:44 GMT
"Keep moving! If the momentum lasts we'll make it! Crassi, sharpen up, Baied hold still..." Feeding the Charjabug some sort of capsule, the trio moved along.
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 4:59:09 GMT
"There's still a long way to go..." Rainbow cautions. And, indeed, it seems as though the 'mon seems to be taking a slightly different tact now, preparing to lash out horizontally as the humans cross the next segment of its body. Pass a DC 10 Athletics check or be knocked back 3 and hit by Breaking Swipe.
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 17:44:56 GMT
"Keep going, you two are doing great-". Beatrice's voice is cut short as she is smashed by the broadside of a tentacle and ground along the body of the dragon only to find her feet again.
Crassi and Baied continue forward unabated, the former bracing low and the latter existing. (Crassi advances 8 squares south and uses Hone Claws, Baied goes 6 and uses Charge. Bee only advances 3 after the check fail.)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 18:23:15 GMT
Rainbow nimbly jumps over the giant tentacle, before seeing Beatrice get slammed backwards. "Bea!"As the group moves down the thing's neck, it moves to shake and twist, flailing back and forth to try and get them off. Bea takes 23 damage from Breaking Swipe, and loses 1 Atk CS.
DC 10 Athletics or acrobatics, or be pushed 3 spaces towards the dragon's edge.
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 18:52:42 GMT
"I don't have the purchase for this.... A-AAAAHHH!". The trainer lets out a shrill cry as she goes tumbling nearer the edge, before frantically clambering back to the center of the dragon, clinging for dear life. Both pokemon, being squat with low centers of gravity, unlike the leggy Beatrice, don't budge. Visibly sweating and whimpering, she winces her eyes shut.
(Crassi advances 8 squares and uses Hone Claws, Baied runs 9 squares. Beatrice moves to P40)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 22:08:26 GMT
"Beatrice!" Rainbow says, turning in terror at the scream, running towards to support the girl after she clambers back. The dragon continues to shake, attempting to dislodge its riders. "Are you okay? I'm right here. I've got you..."
DC 10 Athletics or Acro again, or pushed 3m towards the edge.
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Post by Robot on Oct 2, 2020 22:45:25 GMT
"I can't do this... I can't!". Another shrill cry as she scrabbles to keep purchase, her heavy body following the curve of the beast beneath them, heels tripping her up. On all fours she returns to the center of the dragon's back and remains. (Bea moves back to the middle, slowed, and ends her turn. Crassi and Baied move 8 and 6 forward again. Crassi uses Hone Claws and Baied used Charge.)
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 2, 2020 23:27:02 GMT
"Yes you can!" Rainbow says, emphatically, reaching out to clasp Bea's hand in her own. "I've seen you power through everything. Julia couldn't stop you, so I know this won't either!"A tentacle moves to strike where the girls are, while the crystal the Pokémon are nearing lances out with a psychic blast at Baeid… which he steadfastly barrels through. Psychic misses.
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