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That shell has got to make it incredibly resistant to physical attacks... Mareek began thinking to himself. Erce probably won't be able to do much against it then... I could use Java and Nemo for their combo, but the Torkoal might take it as an insult if we don't fight fairly... Java can fix his typing to do damage control, and he's got a complete non contact moveset... "Just make sure you make your shots count," Mareek warned, sending out Java in a flash of white and ordering Nemo to fall back to his side. "Because I'm only gonna be able to make an opening so many times; The ways I can strategically use the strengths of each of my team members aren't exactly infinite in this situation... so please, don't screw up with the opportunities we manage to create." Then turning his attention to Java and swapping into japanese. "Lock on," a red circle appeared before Java, before moving out across the ground and finding torkoal, constricting around the Tortoise and setting it in a red glow before disappearing. "Discharge." The air crackled around Java, then a second later he unleashed the electrical attack, sending torrents of lightning arcing across the sandy field towards the Turtle... Mareek was on guard the entire time, ready to react to a counter as he watched the attack fly closer and closer...

That's the thing though... Dragonite can function in water as well as air. Lives by the sea, saves fodering ships and drowning people, and can fly faster than the speed of sound, as well as capable of learning all 3 of the major water crossing moves, Surf, Dive, and Waterfall... so D-nite will actually serve two roles. Diver was completely eliminated because of that. now there's just an open slot, soldier...

Nemo might also be thrown in there too if the first two go down. Here's my plan for the line up, since Mareek's relationship with his team members is already developed enough at this point in time in my eyes: Java- goes in first relying on the standard Convert and Attack strategy he uses. it's Special attacks can make Torkoals high defense more or less irrelevant Erce- Sent in if Java is taken out, can defend herself from fire using the Vacuum shield method, but the raw heat in the area will get to her before very long... most can hope for in terms of attack would be Vacuum wave. can also dodge and distract Torkoal for a while using "Ninjutsu" but again, the heat factor... Nemo- sent in if both Java and Erce get taken out. probably the best we can hope for is being able to use bone club to keep from getting up close, but with torkoal's shell and high defense... well, GG for us, Corporal, it'll be a nice effort we put up, at least... but us actually winning isn't that big of a possibility from the looks of things. on an unrelated note, I'm considering swapping out the Swampert for Mareek's planned team for something else given that it's role as a diver/ aquatics specialist can be played by Dragonite just as well as the dragon can do Aerial support... Only question is soldiers, what the hell to replace it with?

"Don't you have that Tyrunt you accidently cuaght yesterday?" Mareek asked, deciding that Erce would indeed be necessary in this fight due to her Vacuum shield technique. He brought the Mantis's capsule to full size in his hands, prepared to send her back out, then quickly considering what they were up against and getting Java's as well with his other. "Why don't you fight using her instead of Lance? From what I saw with that Snorlax yesterday, you shouldn't have an issue anymore..."

"Well," Mareek sighed. why the hell had Java chosen to get involved? the porygon was usually a lot smarter than that... "If it's looking for a battle challenge, we might as well just give it what it wants. maybe then it'll calm down." Nemo stepped forward as if in answer to the call, glancing at Lance and then back to the Torkoal. "You up for this?" Mareek asked Claude, his hand on Erce's ball again encase the other trainer wasn't willing to fight this thing.

I'm also against the Down vote button, much for the same reasons Tacos has already cited, namely the ones concerning a comparison to a youtube comment section and the negativity factor.

Java looked on in horror as the Tortoise swept the area with a Flamethrower so hot he could feel it even from here. He had no idea what had happened to the bug, but either way, his intent had completely and utterly backfired here. Now they both were Screwed... The Flamethrower was coming closer. Damnit, he should've moved out of the way! to late now... looks like this would hurt, very much... why did he even come over here? Should've just stayed over by Nemo and watched the orphan play with the dragons... "Protect him with a Vacuum Shield!" a voice called in japanese from behind the Porygon. The next thing Java knew, Erce appeared out of nowhere using Agility, then crossed her scythes defensively, charging them with a vacuum wave attack yet not unleashing the 'Wave' part, resulting in the energy culminating around her arms as she held them crossed. The Flamethrower made it's sweep towards Java, hitting erce instead... but aside from just sweating a little from the heat as it drew close, she was fine; the flames had died down while they had made contact with the shield she was making, resuming when Torkoal moved it's neck again and the sweep finally passed. Both the Scyther and Java were unscathed... well, Erce might have been hurting a bit from the sheer heat just now, but it would've been a far worse injury, all things considered. "Return!" the same voice called in Japanese. Both Java and Erce were engulfed in a red light as their capsules recalled them a second later. Mareek approached from behind Claude, stowing the pokeballs back on his belt, Nemo walked alongside him, taking in the powerful Torkoal that had almost taken out the Angular thing before his trainer reacted just in time. "What's going on here?" Mareek demanded in english from the other boy, keeping his eyes on the still fire breathing Tortoise. "I take my attention away for one minute, and I find Java about to be grilled alive... but honestly though, I suggest you start explaining before this whole situation spirals out of control, because that's about what it looks to be doing even as we speak."

Elemus came out through the Front doors of the School just as a stranger (Solace) was walking up to enter, stepping out of the other man's way and pulling Lucille along with him. His eyes were on the scene up ahead, some man in Steelwood armor talking to a couple of people... he was probably an Officer, with Elemus' luck. He turned back to Lucille, glaring at the girl. "You decide to say anything while we pass, and I-" "Have you done anything that would give me a reason to talk?" she asked, predicting just what he was going on about despite not being able to see clearly through the mouse's eyes what was going on up ahead. "No, you haven't, at least not yet. So drop the threats and take me to where I need to go." "Just making sure, you little witch..." Elemus muttered. He took her by the arm and skirted around the edge of the scene as they got closer, hoping to pass by without the Armored man noticing them...

He'll jump in once he notices Java is nowhere to be found and looks over to see it fighting alongside cluade. I want to try to get Java into a corner first, though, then have Mareek come in with Nemo or Erce and bail him out, afterwards fighting alongside Claude and his team against the Torkoal. If you want, you could just speed things up by having Torkoal go all out on Java now or something...

Java rolled his eyes when Lance charged in and blindly started to try attacking the Fire Tortoise. Apparently the bug wasn't all that bright, getting up close and personal with a Fire Type like that... looks like Java would have to do something to draw the things attention away and make sure it didn't get fried to a crisp. The porygon turned on the Turtle as Lance kept attacking, firing off a weak intensity psybeam, not meant to hurt, but rather to just draw the thing's mind away from the idiotic bug type...

I already said I'd control Java. You control Colere/ Lance like in a normal battle and Chim will probably control the Torkoal. At least, that's how I think it's supposed to go... So for example: Claude gives Colere/ Lance an order to use against Torkoal, I post with Java choosing to do something to support them of his own accord, and the Torkoal reacts in Chim's updates, and so on and so forth...

Murdoc, Snap "I am the Arch Seraph Zartana, Mortal," the voice replied. "The Black Judge and Mistress of Hell and all it's prisoners...If, of course, you even know what that is, which I highly doubt these days..." As soon as she spoke, though, she was visibly struggling against some unseen force. The boy's possessed body began to convulse violently for a few moments, then in a flash of violet light that blinded both the Highway Man and the Apothecary right along with Whitehoove himself. The boy was lying on the ground when it finally ended, the bindings he had been under now broken and lose as he stayed there, motionless, as if dead. He wasn't even breathing... but that wasn't the biggest change in the area. For lying on the ground before Matrim and Octavia was a voluptuous woman with long hair, pitch black as night, eyes a bright violet, with a hint of danger underneath. She wore an silver breast plate over top a black coat with grieves to match. She stood slowly, glaring at Aaron with contempt. Six wings covered in inky black feathers arced out of the small of her back, large and imposing, easily dwarfing the wingspan of the demon for earlier, until he reigned them in, calling them back within. "Seems I let my guard down a bit too much just now..." she hissed, turning her attention to Matrim. "But fine, that assignment was getting on my nerves anyway. And I guess that now you can actually see me..." "Kil-kill...Kill her!" Aaron managed to croak from the ground. "That bitch has... made me a prisoner in my own body... ever since that weirdo in blue gave me those damn key things! Kill her! do it now before she snatches...your bodies too!"

Java stared at Claude as the Torkoal walked over, seeming to issue a challenge to the two of them. He was confident he could hold his own for at least a while against this thing if he fought like he normally did; wait for first blood to be drawn by the otherside, then Convert and begin his own offensive and not stop until the fight was finished or he couldn't go on anymore... But the challenge he could see in the Turtle's eyes was obviously directed at both of them, meaning he'd have to work together with this particular human in Mareek's place... would the flamboyant trainer be up for it?

I second this motion.

And another... Alright, Corporal, if those are your wishes...hopefully I can get this thing moving at a faster pace in the future...

Supernovae "Do not get the wrong impression," Rodrieguez warned angrily. "I do not work with this monster, I only helped just now because, at the ed of the day, it happened to be the morally right thing to do, my young friend. The Seal that binds this world from that of the ancient Invaders of legend, the Nix? It was crumbling from the death of magic that has occurred this night. If it collapsed, the world would fall with it. It was fixable, but someone needed to hold off the ones coming forth while the work was being done." He placed his hand on the hilt of blade, glaring at Rossephus as he continued. "I have carried out no act in the name of this monster with a conscience. I stand on my own as far as I am concerned." he turned his attention back to Maximus. "And, yes, I told you that I would take it upon myself to kill this beast; and indeed I shall... but listen to me, my friend, there is something lurking in the darkness, far more dangerous than the man standing before us... I do not honestly believe what he's told me, but if he's telling the truth, and I ignore it and stand by, then if the world falls as he predicts and countless innocents perish in the ashes, it shall be my fault. As a former Magistrate, I can not, nor will not accept such a thing... If there even exists a chance for the blood of those who have done no wrong being spilt, I must investigate, and I must strike down any and all whom seek to spill it. And I will tear apart any man or woman who seeks to stand in my way in this matter. As for what exactly is happening, Maximus... it is horribly simple at it's core, this entire night has been nothing but an elaborate hoax performed by the beast and those who serve him. Everything was conducted under false pretenses... but the damages and loss of life from them were very real. A lie, Maximus. that is what this night has been. He claims that he needed to make you all believe him to be some villain hell bent on destroying the world, that if he hadn't, the future would've been entirely lost. He says he can read something called 'Shatter points'. He described them to me as tiny pin pricks of light that are everywhere... he says that each shatter point has branches upon braches of possible futures and outcomes that a particular action can have on it. And he says that he had read all your shatterpoints constantly through the night, and orchestrated things to keep you from going down paths that would kill you or lead you all to become separate. He said that it was imperative you formed into a group, as you have, apparently thanks to his meddling... look, I can't explain it entirely, but the demon knows far more than I can tell you. ask the bastard yourself, he seems to already be eager to reveal his secrets to you as it is anyway..."

Supernovae "Ah, Es told me about that little encounter you all had," Rodriguez said, pushing the door open further and stepping out into the night air. "No, my friend, I am very much alive... The fiend gave Esmerelda a sword and said the man inside the pot was Rodrigeuz, did it not? That was likely just a man who happened to share a name with me... that blade was not mine, for my own weapon has been at my side this whole night. Or it wasn't even a Rodriguez at all? perhaps the fiend was lying completely in order to exploit your anger and none of us will ever know who was butchered and boiled alive by him..." There was something about his voice as he drew closer to Maximus, sheathing his sword and looking the other man in the eye. Then Maximus understood a bit... it was pity. And it was meant for him. "I just got out of a very harsh fight, Maximus," he began... "Your friends were there, fighting alongside me...I am sorry, but some of them... did not make it. Samiel, Atton, and Muya, I believe their names were? They are no longer with this world, my young friend...they made what may well prove to be the ultimate sacrifice just moments ago." Murdoc, Snap Meanwhile, not far from Matrim and Octavia stood White Hoove... with the prisoner still slumped over his back like a sack of flour. Aaron's eyes were an entirely different color than normal, however. instead of their drk green, they held a bright violet hue. Finally free from the Silencing spell Eric had placed on him, he spoke... a woman's voice issuing forth from his lips as whoever was in control called to the two. "Can you people take any fucking longer?" it asked, voice smooth and seductive as silk. "All damn night I've had to control this little bastard... I'm getting rather tired of having to turn around and force him back into his damn place every five minutes..." Kenny, Chim Near Ko'Luki, Eric was beginning to visibly stir against the poison in his system. The young man forced his eyes open, feeling the Milk of Blood Root he drank each morning finally kicking in. When one was an Apothecary, one naturally became a little paranoid of toxins doing you in. "Hel...hel...h...." he couldn't even finish the sentence. A bit more time would be required until the venom could be fully neutralized... which meant that though he was awake, he was paralyzed still.

Very well then, sir. I will use this power you have bestowed onto me sparingly and effectively whenever a bit of comedy is needed. And I decided to go ahead and use the picture for him... Fitting, don't you think?

Sorry... i kinda got into the meme making mood. I'll stop now, soldiers. EDIT: Hmmm... I kinda like this picture... maybe this could be his facial reference or something...

As requested: Also...

I'd say we should try an exorcism for her, but where oh where would we ever find a Roman Catholic Priest in the bowels of hell- oh... erm... Nevermind, Soldiers. forget I asked that question.

We have no reason to call em Pokemon, really... short for "Pocket Monster" afterall... hmm... well, maybe we will, name kinda makes sense in a way. We'll just have to wait and see. what will most likely happen is that "Pokemon" may become the slang term used most often by society, while the government still addresses the creatures as GAOs EDIT: Soldiers, some new intel has been brought to me by Clemont... Now...I simply must get one of those...