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Post by Nocturne on Jun 13, 2017 1:19:07 GMT
Desiree could only sigh. She had figured that the Lucario wouldn't listen to anything they said. Then she fired an energy sphere at Avani who - "What." Desiree stopped trying to run towards the exit and, in a fashion rather similarly to the Madine, stared at the spot on which Avani had lain. "What the hell!" She turned in the Lucario's direction, glaring daggers. "What did you do to her?!" Confused anger coloured Desiree's voice as she responded to the Lucario's words. "We're-" Her words were cut off as Donovan started shouting. "She's not dead." Those were decisive words, but Desiree's expression and tone were anything but. Her eyes were beginning to glisten and her voice was a little choked up. She looked like she was in shock. "She can't be." Desiree closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, a single tear ran down the left side of her face, but there was no sadness to be seen in her eyes or expression. Only rage. "You will regret this," she said, with a tone of finality. Then she dashed for the exit once more.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 13, 2017 1:54:26 GMT
Desiree and Donovan "You're intruders," Madine says, her rage now appearing cold, instead of hot, "You managed to bypass the Seal to get in here. Whether you did so with malice or not, that gives me every right to kill you. If you weren't willing to face the possibility of death, then you should have never left your tribe."She lunges around Desiree, blocking the Shinx's path out of the temple. It's swiftly followed up with a powerful strike, that Desiree is barely able to avoid. Madine missed Desiree. MicaThe girl on the ground seems disoriented, but begins to sit up, coughing. "Owww... Who... who are you?" There's a brief pause, before she seems to realize, "Hey, you're human!" She glances down at her hand, and waves it in front of her face, as if to confirm that, yes, it is indeed a hand. "And I'm human again, too."She then looks around. "Wait... where are Desiree and Donovan? Are they still inside?"
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Post by Robot on Jun 13, 2017 1:59:21 GMT
"Again?" Mica squinted at the girl. Wow, must've really hit her head something hard. "You can actually go through that?" She asked approaching the rippling surface before pushing her arm through it up to the shoulder and feeling around. "Huh... guess it isn't water after all." There was a pause as she waved it around. "Did you want me to go looking for your friends? You should probably just rest."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jun 13, 2017 2:15:19 GMT
Donovan continued his march forward " We already told you, we AREN"T POKEMON" before unleashing a torrent of vines at the Lucario, thorned tips sinking into the fighting type. He shook his head " We don't have TRIBES. We didn't BREAK any SEAL" he trembled with anger " WE FOLLOWED SOMEONE TO TRY AND STOP THEM" Energy pulsated back to the small form of the Budew as he shouted Absorb AC 2 vs 12
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Post by Nocturne on Jun 13, 2017 21:18:59 GMT
Desiree listened to Madine's words before dodging her attack, intense rage showing on her face once more before she calmed down. "I misjudged you. I thought you had honour of some kind, but you'll just kill anyone who enters here? You're a monster." Desiree had already accepted that they had made a grave error in seeing Madine as someone that could be reasoned with. Who knew whether she'd planned to kill them anyway once they got here. She clearly hadn't really believed them. Desiree didn't stick around to attack like Donovan had, instead she just continued running, not caring whether she got hit or not, as long as she could make it to the entrance. Sprint Action to the entrance!
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 13, 2017 23:57:53 GMT
Desiree and DonovanMadine snarls as Desiree darts past her, towards the door. She gets in a good strike, and growls "I have honour. But when the other side shows that they have none, you cannot allow that to stop you from doing what must be done."Only slightly wincing at Donovan's hit, she lobs another orb at Desiree, hitting her almost square on, as she retorts at Donovan, "I don't want to have to listen to your excuses anymore. You've shown your words to be meaningless. Even now, your very self contradicts your words." The hit is painful, but, not enough to put her down. Desiree is only steps away from the rippling wall... and hopefully freedom. Desiree takes 28 Damage from Struggle. Donovan hits with Absorb. It's not very effective. Donovan regains 6 hp. Desiree takes 36 damage and an injury from Aura Sphere. MicaYou can't feel anything sticking your arm through, except for the presence of your own arm. So, at least you know that you aren't losing a limb. Not that that would help you knowing after the fact. " Go... looking?" The girls still sounds a little weak, but pushes herself up into a sitting position. "I don't know if you should. There's a Lucario in there..."
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Post by Robot on Jun 14, 2017 0:21:10 GMT
"A Lucario? What's a Lucario?" Mica asked, turning into the shimmering barrier headfirst and disappearing into the now unsealed temple. She had a vague inkling of a blue and black dog, but she wasn't certain on that. Inside, everything was so much bigger then the outside, the little black and red fox looking around with wide eyes and a surprised expression on her face.
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Post by Nocturne on Jun 14, 2017 1:37:55 GMT
Desiree ignores Madine and tries to leave. She can't help but feel relief swelling up within her as she touches the rippling wall.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jun 14, 2017 2:08:37 GMT
Without another word, eyes still alight with anger, Donovan rushes out the entrance, retreating to the safety of the outside world.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 14, 2017 2:50:37 GMT
Desiree and Donovan
Swiftly, Desiree is able to slip out through the resistanceless wall, followed by Donovan, who almost feels like there's someone going the other way as well.
Pushing, both of them stumble outside, upright, back in human form. The wounds suffered inside seem more like dull phantom aches than the pain they were before.
Ahead of them, they can see that Avani is there, alive, and sitting upright. She seems to be catching her breath, but appears otherwise unharmed. There's still the machine's debris scattered around, but no sign of Axiom.
The sun has essentially fallen behind the trees now, and it's beginning to get a little bit dark.
Mica
Initially, after a brief chill running down your body, all is black, and you feel a hard surface in front of you. But, you realize that the darkness is just because your eyes are closed. Opening them up, you realize that you're lying on the floor. And your arms feel a little weird. Despite that, you manage to... well, not quite stand up - your legs end up feeling too weak for that - but get off the ground on your hands and legs... and get your bearings.
Looking around, you seem to be in a fairly large room. Much larger than it seems from the outside, in fact. There are intricate carvings on the walls, and ornate columns from floor to ceiling. Several doorways lead off into other parts of the temple. A soft light seems to pervade the entire area, coming from nowhere, yet illuminating everything. Glancing behind you, it seems like there's a similar rippling archway behind you, but it's large, probably twice times the size of the one outside.
And near you, to your left, is a giant, blue, jackal-faced humanoid, probably about eight feet tall. Yep, this looks like a Lucario. It also looks like it's mad about something. There doesn't seem to be anyone else around, though. Certainly not any friends. Or humans, for that matter.
The Lucario seethes silently for a moment, before seeming to notice you. She narrows her eyes as she stares at you, before snarling, "Another one? Tell me. Who sent you? Korthos? Or someone else? Or are you just going to claim to have followed someone in, too?" There's a menacing blue glow around one of her paws.
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Post by Robot on Jun 14, 2017 3:09:41 GMT
Mica's jaw dropped and the Zorua's red eyes grew to the size of saucers. "That's a really big Lucario..." Then to the size of dinner plates when Madine spoke. "I can understand you! I... Hmm?" The small black fox tilted her head to one side, face set with worry. "Is Korthos a Pokemon? I followed a big metal bird to the temple, or I was I guess. I think it crashed into it, cause there was this bright light and I sort of blacked out for a while." Her brow furrowed for a moment. "When I woke up, I found this girl outside, and a big ripply wall of light like I'd never seen before."
She turned a little and pointed a paw at the archway. "It looked like that only it was... a... lot... smaller." Blink, blink. Mica stared at her foreleg for a moment, before going cross-eyed on her muzzle. "Oh... this is new." Her ears perked, and she sniffed at the air. The bustling curiosity in her aura tinged with excitement and joy. "She mentioned a Lucario, which I guess is you, and that you were angry... but not that you could talk or why!" Mica's brow furrowed slowly, so excitable it was hard for Madine to get a word in edgewise. "It doesn't make any sense cause everyone knows you can't go into the temples, everyone's tried for a really long time... but maybe that's what that light was, something different happened."
Her attention was drawn to her tail, which fluttered to and fro on the stones underfoot. "I HAVE A TAIL! OH WOW THIS IS THE BEST!" Then a moment of silence, Mica chasing herself until she was dizzy and flopped over.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jun 15, 2017 0:02:01 GMT
Donovan looks at his hands, stretching his fingers back and forth and moving his arms around for a few moments. When he saw Avani was alive, he sighed in relief "I....I..I thought she killed you" He said quietly.
He looked back at the entrance to the temples and clenched his hands, his fists shaking in anger "We're gonna figure out how to get them out of there one day. And then I'm coming back here and showing her that we are not liars. And that we are nothing like Axiom. Even if I have to beat her in a fight to get her to cooperate."
He sighs and looks at his friends, glad both of them are fine, and they're all back to normal "Well....What do we do now?"
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Post by Nocturne on Jun 15, 2017 16:22:55 GMT
Desiree swayed a little as she stumbled outside, the stress of the day showing in some fatigue. Then she saw Avani sitting upright and all fatigue instantly left her. She rushed over, knelt down and engulfed the girl in a hug, not saying anything for a while. When she let Avani go, Desiree looked away, attempting to hide her glistening eyes. "We both thought you were dead. How are you feeling? Is everything alright?"
At Donovan's words, Desiree wasn't sure whether to nod fiercely or shake her head. On one hand, she also wanted to teach that damn Lucario a lesson, in fact the same went for that trio of Pokemon they had first encountered. What kind of honourable Pokemon decided to just up and attack anyone that entered their home? With the way they talked, they were different from wild Pokemon at least, or so Desiree assumed, and so they should act accordingly. Perhaps Desiree was still giving them too much credit. Either way, on the other hand, Desiree felt like Madine wasn't worth trying to convince of anything. She was clearly incredibly stubborn in the worst way possible and wasn't likely to change. It might be somewhat satisfying seeing her expression when she realized that she was wrong the whole time, but Desiree wasn't sure that alone was worth returning to this particular temple for.
That said... As Desiree looked around the remains of the machine, she briefly wondered whether she shouldn't at least throw them in to prove they hadn't been lying. If they could get the people of that temple to become their allies in taking down Axiom, that might bring their quest to stop her a step further. But as long as they're trapped inside the temples they can't really do anything, Desiree considered. Their value as allies indeed didn't seem too great.
Desiree turned to Donovan once again at his question. "We need to tell the people at the conference and Andrea's aide about the kidnapping. Then I guess we'll do what we originally set out to do and visit our families I suppose. After that we continue with the gym challenge. If we're set on stopping Axiom, then we'll need to travel to all the other temples too." Desiree made a bit of a face at the idea of this. She hadn't formed a good opinion on the kind of personalities that Pokemon inside the temples had. From what Madine had said, even she disliked the other temple leaders, what if they were actually worse than the Lucartio was?
Desiree shrugged. "For now though, I think I need to get some sleep. Today was just full of unexpected events. The idea that people turn into Pokemon when they enter a temple is still shocking, isn't it?"
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 15, 2017 17:40:09 GMT
Desiree and Donovan "I'm... fine." Avani says, weakly. "It still aches, but it's not super painful, anymore. It's... not something I want to ever have to go through again, though."She just sits there for a few moments before saying, with some concern, "Wait... there was that other girl, who headed in... I think. Unless I just imagined that. Did you guys see her?" MicaThe Lucario seems momentarily confused at your antics, before her eyes narrow. "Enough! I do not understand what you are playing at, but I will not be made a fool of again. And I will not stand for having intruders in my domain." She follows this with a stride towards you, her paw jabbing out towards you and hitting you right on the side. It doesn't feel like anything's broken, but it still hurts a lot... Mica takes 51 damage and 2 injuries from Force Palm. Map
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Post by Robot on Jun 15, 2017 17:52:43 GMT
"Hunngh..." Mica whimpered, sprawling sideways from the force of the blow. "I was just curious... anyone would be... they'll just keep wandering in here unless you put a sign up outside or something." The Zorua offered her a hurt look and started limping back towards the portal. "You didn't have to hit me... I've always wanted to be a Pokemon." Her ears folded down, and she turned her back on the Lucario, not raising so much as a defense. Mica was on the verge of tears, the dream of a lifetime and she was being bullied out of it.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jun 16, 2017 3:46:35 GMT
Donovan looked up, eyes wide "Wait, did you say there was another person who went in after us?" He shook his head and went to stand up "I....I thought I felt someone going the other way when I was leaving, but I thought it was just my imagination....We can't just leave someone in there! Madine won't listen to reason!"
He took a few steps towards the entrance before the image of Avani getting hit with the blast of energy flashed before his eyes and he flinched, hesitating to move forward "Although....What if there wasn't actually another person and it was just something she saw as an after effect of the attack"
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Post by Nocturne on Jun 16, 2017 20:45:08 GMT
Desiree shook her head, resisting the urge to glare a little at Donovan's hesitation. "We can't just leave them in there if someone is really there. Even if they appear back here... I can't let them experience that pain. I'll go by myself if I have to." With that, she moved back towards the portal, picking up any pieces of the machine that were lying around close to her as she went along, a determined look on her face.
If worst comes to worst, maybe seeing those pieces will show Madine that we were telling the truth, Desiree thought, though honestly, she wasn't that optimistic about her chances. Still, she couldn't just sit around while someone was putting themselves into danger unknowingly. This was another reason they had to reach Kanadario quickly, she noted. The temple wasn't safe anymore. Someone had to block access to it from regular people. Quickly Desiree entered the temple once again.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 16, 2017 21:01:23 GMT
Mica"If they keep coming," the Lucario says, belligerently, "Then I will be ready. But you and your trickery will not be here to see it." She strikes again, and you feel yourself being lifted off the ground briefly, before everything goes dark. There's momentarily a loss of all sensations except the pain, but that quickly subsists into a throbbing... imagined more than felt. You quickly register that you're lying on a hard surface, and that there are voices around you. At least the continued presence of the darkness just seems to be from your eyes being closed. Mica takes 36 damage from Strength, 2 injuries, and Faints. Desiree and Donovan "No, Des, don't go back in!" Avani says. "It's too dangerous..."As Desiree is collecting some pieces of the machine, and about to enter, she registers something behind her. She and Donovan can see that there's another girl there, lying close to Avani. Her eyes are closed, but she seems to still be breathing. "Oh!" Avani says, "That's her!"
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Post by Nocturne on Jun 16, 2017 21:12:05 GMT
Desiree stops in her tracks at Avani's second shout. She turns around to see the girl on the floor. A mix of feelings well up inside her. Guilt at not being able to help. Relief at not having gotten hurt herself. Shame for feeling relieved. But most of all, concern for the person lying in front of the group. She quickly raced over and checked that the girl was still breathing.
"Hey," she called, "Are you awake?"
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Post by Robot on Jun 16, 2017 21:22:13 GMT
"Yeah, I guess I am now... It was a dream come true for just a moment.". Mica replied sullenly, heaving a heavy sigh before working her right hand back and forth across her eyes and bonelessly sitting up. As though simply heaving the weight up and forward, there was no enthusiasm in the motion. Taking a look between the three gathered in the clearing before the temple, her mood seemed to.improve, even if just a little. "You made it out okay, that's good."
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