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CATHODE, EMMANUEL & RADOVAN *+ Zeta and Clarence* Music: Something Wrong The Absol looks at Cathode and shakes its head. It then lowers its head downwards as if pointing at something beneath the Crystal Mines. It continues staring intently at the party until Radovan interrupts it by stepping closer. The hairs on the Pokemon's back suddenly stand on end. It starts growling at Radovan. It doesn't seem to be willing to let the party through under any circumstances. Its eyes however, continuously drift over to glance at Zeta every once in a while. Every time Absol did so, its eyes gleam barely visibly. Sableye notices this and stands in front of the young girl. "Sableye..." Zeta responds, looking down at the Pokemon protecting her. It was Lumi's friend and Zeta was Lumi's friend as well. As much as the Sableye could play pranks on people for the fun of it, Zeta was still someone to be protected. Besides, those who perished in this world had a fate much worse than death waiting for them. [Absol seems more aggressive now...]

C15, Hold

CATHODE, EMMANUEL & RADOVAN *+ Zeta and Clarence* Zeta turns to Radovan, smiling as they walked down corridor 20, holding Cathode's hand. "Yeah, Cathode and I were busy dealing with Lumi's friends." Clarence walks over to Sableye, raising his armpit. The Sableye promptly shaken its head awake and blinks at everyone around it. Zeta looks at it and frowns. "But Cathode, you know...this isn't the Sableye we battled earlier." She says, looking up at Cathode's face. The Sableye scratches its head and shrugs, giving a rumbling cackle. "Lumi's always had two friends." Regardless, a chamber soon comes into the crew's vision. Within it stands a single Pokemon, staring at the party intently with red eyes. Music: Something Wrong "O-oh-" Zeta stands still, looking at the Pokemon. Behind it, you see a set of rocks you could climb and a night sky's glow shining from a hole above them. However, the Absol stands in your way. There's no way to know what it wants. It's clear enough, however, that it's not berserk. [What will you do?] [The map has been updated] Red dot is Cathode/Emm and Rad

RADOVAN (& by extension, the rest of the gang) roll: 0,45 /Sableye has been caught!/ /Radovan earned 10 EP for catching a Pokemon/ /everyone earned 40 Exp/ /everyone earned 5 EP/ WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE ENDED

GROUP 1 (FREDERICK, SHELLY & KAI) *NPCs at the scene: Uno, Betani* Betani seems content when Shelly tosses the Shard to her. "Now you're just acting dumb." She turns to Kai. "If that Wurmple ceases to exist here, that's that. All that's left of it is the potential for an emerge of another Wurmple if the Micro Nexus re-emerges." She says, holding the Shard out in front of herself as if looking at it. "Yeah I mean the crystals around us are draining it of energy. It was embedded in that tree and draining its own energy back. When she-" She glances at Uno. "-thoughtlessly pulled it out, endangering us all, it was cut from its own energy supply. Most I can do with it now is put it back where it belongs." Betani walks over to the tree. There's a hole in its bark where she places the Shard. The tree's shrinking slows down. "See? Soon it should stabilize for now. I doubt it'll hold for much afterwards, though. Shards are fickle. You can never trust them. Same as some people." Betani adds. [Betani placed the Insect Shard back] Meanwhile, Uno wakes up to see Shelly. "I-I thought it was the Tree of Life." She responds. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KALVA, TAYLOR & SENA *+ Terry* Kalva finds nothing of interest in the room. Confusedly and a bit worried, Terry follows the group who trailed off towards the exit from the chamber. The exit is but a small crack between two crystals. Through the crack, you see an even brighter light shining. However...the crack appears to be too small for Terry to go through... The man looks at you worriedly, then looks back at the room and the Shard he's holding. "-" He says something but only Taylor hears it. "-" He adds. Again, only Taylor can hear it. Kalva's earlier search yielded no results. Therefore, it is unlikely that there's any other ways out. You probably don't want to try breaking the crystals considering what happened with Verna's Supersonic. [Exit the room and leave Terry?] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CATHODE, EMMANUEL & RADOVAN *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- roll: 41,9 Radovan throws the Aether Ball at Sableye but when it bounces off to the ground, it quickly shatters. Meanwhile, Nicaea attempts to drain Sableye's energy in order to weaken it. Nicaea's Action: Absorb (70) crit: 96,8 no crit /Sableye took 40 damage!/ Clarence looks at Cathode and nods unwillingly. He walks over to Larvitar and stands next to him. Afterwards, the Clefairy raises his arm to release the smell from his armpit over at Larvitar, promptly waking the Pokemon up in shock. Clarence's Action: Aromatherapy /Larvitar woke up!/ Suzie is still motionless. The chance for catching the Sableye is now 49,1%. The Sableye is fast asleep. Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Sableye -> Radovan (Larvitar) -> Clarence -> Cathode Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (150/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (60/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: Asleep Ability: Keen Eye Moves: ---

C20, Play for Bel

CATHODE, EMMANUEL & RADOVAN *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE INITIATED --------------------------------------- The Sableye looks at Emmanuel with confusion. roll: 55,8 The Sableye focused on Emmanuel, not noticing Radovan and the others in time. They manage to jump it...more specifically, Larvitar, shooting a hateful glance back at Radovan, throws itself at the Sableye, slamming its maxilla into its head. Larvitar's Action: Bite (90 PWR) flinch (30): 11,0 /Sableye flinched!/ crit (6,25): 57,2 no crit /Sableye took 50 damage!/ Stunned by the attack, the Sableye bobs in place, dropping the P-AZ Mechamon. Cathode and Clarence tag team each from one side, Clarence jumping over Emmanuel. Clarence starts chirping what sounds like a tune while Cathode sprays her Sleep Powder at Sableye. However, Larvitar is also there... Clarence's Action: Sing Larvitar (55): 15,7 /Larvitar has fallen asleep!/ Sableye (55): 63,9 miss Cathode's Action: Sleep Powder Sableye (75): 27,2 /Sableye has fallen asleep!/ Both Pokemon fall to the ground, snoring. This might be your time to try and catch Sableye, as your A-Comm shows an almost disgustingly high catch rate for a Sableye: 38,6%...take that as you will, but Sableye are hard to catch... Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Sableye -> Radovan (Larvitar) -> Clarence -> Cathode Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (150/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (60/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: Asleep Ability: Keen Eye Moves: ---

CATHODE, EMMANUEL & RADOVAN *+ Zeta and Clarence* "I collect them because Father asked me to." Zeta replies with a smile, moving behind Cathode, following her pace. "Are they important to you too like they're important to Father?" She asks curiously as the two girls reach Emmanuel and Radovan. The Sableye looks at Emmanuel and the Gabite Mechamon in his hand. It extends its free claw towards the Mechamon in Emm's hand, keeping the P-AZ Mechamon behind its back. Grinning, it gestures with the outstreched claw as if taunting the boy. Clarence looks at Cathode with a serious expression. The girl can't determine if she sees pure annoyance in the glisten of the Clafairy's eye or something else entirely. He nods but gestures with his hands towards his mouth, then in an 'X' shape, then clenches one tiny paw into a fist and smashes it into his other, joining the two and twisting them in a representation of what he'll do to the Sableye if their plan doesn't work. [The water restores Clarence's HP to full]

EMMANUEL & RADOVAN The Sableye looks at Radovan confusedly, coming as close to 2 meters from the young man. It cocks its head back with an insufferable crack and points its finger up at the cave around it. Apparently, there's enough crystals there. A bit less trusting now, it twitches and holds still, not coming closer anymore. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* Zeta gasps and runs over towards Cathode. "Is she okay?" She asks worriedly. Clarence seems worried as well. His eyes dart around. If the Sableye noticed this...how would they fare in a battle where Suzie would be out of commission? Either way, the group makes their way through the crack in the wall and they end up in a corridor. Which way will they go now? [The Map has been updated] reminder: Red dot is Cathode's group

Mommo is using the Armor 6 point bonus

GROUP 1 (FREDERICK, SHELLY & KAI) *NPCs at the scene: Uno, Betani* Axew managed to easily scrape some bark from the tree. It felt like regular tree bark. Betani looked at Shelly and crossed her arms, flicking her nose up as she pointed behind her back at the shrinking tree. "Oh I didn't want it, no. I just wanted to avoid what's happening right now. You see, the Shard is unstable. Since it merged with #08, what do you think would happen if you affected it in any meaningful way? Reality would shift. Like this tree behind us~" She spoke with a self-satisfied smirk. "Yeah, imagine what happens when it disappears and reappears somewhere else? We don't know how many of its branches carved into the rock above our heads. I dunno about you but I wouldn't want to take my chances when it could all tumble upon us any moment now. So no, I didn't want the shard. I just didn't want to die because she couldn't control herself. Oh and your Wurmple will also disappear." She added, glancing at Kai. Shelly would manage to pull the Shard out of Uno's hands. The frail woman fought back in her unconciousness, though, tightly gripping it. Shelly would have to remove finger by finger before she would be able to dig out a green segment of what once might've been a stone tablet of sorts. [Shelly received Insect Shard] Uno opens her eyes. "H-uh?" She mumbles, still laying on the ground. Betani still stares at Shelly. "Well? Will you give it to me so I can handle this situation? It needs to be stabilized before the team arrives to take care of it." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMMANUEL & RADOVAN The Sableye looks at Emmanuel and notices the Oran Berry. It stands still. The Sableye was a resident of #08. It probably never had to eat. However...when Radovan places the crystal down, Sableye's gem-like eyes sparkle gluttonously. Slowly, it starts creeping towards the crystal, climbing through the hole in the wall... [Attack it while its guard is down or let it pick the crystal up?] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* Suzie's last Tackle hits the wall...and it's the drop that spills the glass. The cracks burst and light envelops Suzie. As the Onyx was really close to the wall, the force from the energy blows her away and she passes out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 5 (KALVA, TAYLOR, SENA) *+ Terry; Morelull* [Taylor receives Wailmer Egg] Terry wipes his forehead. "I'm glad everyone's fine. You did well up there. I didn't believe in you enough. I apologize." He says, looking down. His eyes catch the sight of the Shard again and he picks it up. [Terry received Splash Shard] Terry looks it over and sighs. "It's already destabilized. The pool up there and the Wailord must've been a part of a Micro Nexus of this Shard. Your battle with Wailord disrupted it and it unmerged. The water returned to the Shard's dimension. However, this also means we have no clue when it will emerge again. It could happen at any moment..." Terry seems worried. You know that Micro Grid Nexuses are formed not around real Cores but around Shards. #08 had merged with several of those when it emerged. You must've exhausted the energy of this Shard so the Nexus around it redacted unto itself, returning to the Shard's sub-space. When the energy reaffirms itself, though, the Micro Nexus might emerge again...you can't predict when that will happen nor can you predict the damage it would cause. The water within it could very well burst at you at any moment, probably killing you. "Wait...if the crystals around us are Star Pieces...then...we might be safe for now." Terry muttered to himself. Meanwhile, Taylor and Sena investigate. The chamber they found themselves in is rather small. The glow of the crystals down here grew into a blinding light almost unbearable to observe. When Verna uses her Supersonic to try and use echolocation, the sound waves seem to echo against the crystals. The light within them starts shifting in response and the party needs to cover their ears as Verna's Supersonic gets amplified to an deafening roar. roll: 20,9 /Terry is temporarily deafened/ roll: 40,5 /Kalva is temporarily deafened/ roll: 90,9 /Taylor can hear just fine~/ roll: 34,4 /Sena is temporarily deafened/ roll: 95,3 /Verna is ok/ Kalva and Sena's ears start ringing. "A-akh..please don't do that..." Terry pokes a finger into his ear when the sound stops. Kalva and Sena can't seem to hear what he's saying. Verna shakes her head but is otherwise fine. Terry seems surprised that he couldn't hear what he'd said. He speaks again, louder. "C-can you hear me!!" Meanwhile, Taylor doesn't seem to be fazed in the slightest. Looking around, Taylor notices an exit from the chamber. There's only that one corridor leading out. [What will you do?]

GROUP 1 (FREDERICK, SHELLY & KAI) *NPCs at the scene: Uno, Betani* "Pry it out of her hands. You do it if you want to so badly." Betani raised her nose up and crossed her hands. This, however, meant her hand was no longer prepped to be slapping anyone. Hooray for that. She looked annoyed as all hell, though. "And yeah, well, we're sisters. Adopted sisters." She responded bluntly, looking away. The tree would continue shrinking as Kai observed it, growing ever so slightly thinner by the minute, and seemingly pulling its branches down with it from the ceiling. Kai couldn't see any branches yet but the tree bark was definitely an indicator of movement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD COMBAT OVER /Suzie got 40 Exp/ /Cathode earned 10 EP/ Suzie smashed her head against the crystal wall, the cave shaking from the impact as a crack appeared. She smashed again and again, the glow from within the crystals growing ever more restless and intense with every strike. [Will Suzie proceed with the wall pummeling~?]

E20, Play for Emilee

GROUP 1 (FREDERICK, SHELLY & KAI) *NPCs at the scene: Uno, Betani* Betani turns to glare at Shelly, but halts her hand. "That isn't her's to take!" She grits her teeth. "You don't know her. She's delusional in cases like this. I don't know why I even let her come with us, she's just gonna hurt herself. She wasn't even supposed to be here in the first place!" She shouts at Shelly. Meanwhile, as Kai observes the tree, she notices something peculiar...it seems to be...well, shrinking. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMMANUEL & RADOVAN Nicaea's Acid has the same effect. The duo, however, doesn't need to do anything this time, as something breaks through the wall for them, from the other side of it. A large crushing sound is heard before a Pokemon peeks through the hole it made and looks at the two. A dark claw reveals itself, holding what appears to be a Mechamon toy, one that Emmanuel has held when the team received it; the P-AZ Mechamon; and two gleaming eyes. It's a Sableye. [What do you do?] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- Suzie's body wraps around Sableye. She can feel the Pokemon slithering through the shadows on her body. Despite its form being bound to them, it still carries the same weight as usual, which is what Suzie can sense. Sableye slithers around momentarily before locating a crevice through which his shadows could reach between Suzie's rugged body's imperfections. Unfortunately, that same crevice is where Clarence and Cathode are waiting for him. Clarence's Action: Sing roll: 73,3 miss Clarence chirps a rather disconcertingly unarticulated tune towards Sableye but it doesn't seem to work at all. Cathode, however, still has a chance, and she sprays whatever's left within her repel bottle at Sableye. Cathode's Action: Sleep Powder roll: 98,5 miss The powder scatters over Sableye but it doesn't seem to do much. The dosage was too small, seemingly, as Cathode's spray jammed when she tried to push the button. The Sableye successfully slinks through Suzie's body and fades into the shadows. You can't tell where it is anymore. Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Cathode (Suzie) -> Sableye -> Clarence Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (80/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (110/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: / Ability: Keen Eye Moves: Shadow Sneak (100), Detect, Feint Attack (130), --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CORRIDOR 5 (KALVA, TAYLOR, SENA) *+ Terry; Morelull* SPECIAL BOSS PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- The three weak attacks collide upon Wailord. It...doesn't seem to move in response. Wailord took 110 damage Wailord's Action: nothing As it takes the beating, it lets out a content sigh. Despite the wounds, despite the battle, it could finally be at peace. In its one last roar, you feel the weight of the world it had to hold for the past day. But something else underneath all that pain. Something special, which reverberated the cycle of life this entire Nexus stood for. As death was, eternally, a new beginning, over and over. The Wailord's body petrifies completely. Then crystalizes, shining stones growing outwards from the stalactites in its back. And then light emanating from it floods the room. The crystals from Wailord crush into the walls of the chamber and deep into the waters as well. You can see the splendor. The stars within Wailord's crystal form join within a single point, flowing down into the waters to form an elyptical object floating on the surface in the middle of the room. An egg present itself before you. Wailord's egg. SPECIAL BOSS PHASE OVER /everyone earned 100 Exp/ /everyone earned 25 EP/ /You received an Egg!/ You can swim over to the egg if you want. The light from Wailord faded forever, but it would live on. You've helped it pass into eternity of peace, rather than one of pain. And for that, you can be proud of yourselves. --------------------------------------- Morelull, Kenshiro, looks over at Taylor whilst floating in the water. He nods at Taylor and Taylor understands that Morelull wants to come with him. Terry, on the other hand, looks like he doesn't know what to think. He looks pale at you all one by one, but speaks nothing. You can only guess what he's going through. Either way, you've managed to live through this event. You can finally go back and rejoin with the rest of your te- The chamber shakes around you as you feel a sudden pull downwards, like the water is twisting around you like a blanket, threatening to draw you under, and you cannot fight it. "The room is collapsing!" Terry shouts before being pulled underwater. You are pulled underwater soon as well, but not for long. In several frantic moments of breathlessness that feel like eternity, dizziness overtakes you. Fear of death, while irrational in a world such as this, comes all too natural. But before your lungs burst into pain, you feel yourself dropping to the hard rocky ground with a small blue glowing object next to you, as well as the egg, which seemed to have somehow survived the fall. The chamber around you is brighter than the Crystal Mines you've travelled through, and your A-Comms don't seem to be working. The interference must be too high, because you can only assume you've gone even deeper underground than before. The shining crystals around you...are almost painful to look at. "Is everyone alright!?" Terry is already on his feet, his harsh voice echoing through coughs of water. You all seem well enough for your situation, though you might wanna check the object that landed together with you. "Is that a Shard?" Terry asks, confused. You hadn't noticed before but the water from above seems to be all gone now. Even you are dry. Around you are small crystallized but shineles objects flowing through the natural stream you've encountered even above. The everpresent ankle-high water level. The shineless crystals seem to dissolve slowly within the flow. Music: Perpetuum Momentum But the question remains...where are you?

CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- Suzie starts throwing rocks around. As she does so, the rocks cast shadows over the ground, constantly altering the lit and unlit areas. The Sableye keeps flickering into view every time light shines over it. It seems to be wanting to escape. Shadow Sneak allows it to escape Rock Tomb unscathed by slinking into the shadows of the rocks themselves, but its position was revealed. Now was the time for Cathode and Clarence to strike. At the distance they were at from Sableye, however, it would either require Clarence to sing loud enough to put everyone to sleep, or would require some assistance from Suzie. Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Cathode (Suzie) -> Sableye -> Clarence Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (80/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (110/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: / Ability: Keen Eye Moves: Shadow Sneak (100), Detect, Feint Attack (130), --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmanuel & Radovan As the two boys move towards corridor 19, they find that their passage is blocked by a sturdy looking crystal wall. There don't seem to be any Pokemon present on this side of the blockade, though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROUP 1 (FREDERICK, SHELLY & KAI) *NPCs at the scene: Uno, Betani* The group makes their way down the corridor. The trip is rather uneventful and the corridor leads only straight and a bit downwards. Uno seems to have gone further ahead than they thought as they still couldn't see her. All of a sudden, they hear a woman's scream from down the corridor. As they rush to the specious chamber ahead, they find Uno kneeling in the middle of it, underneath what appears to be a tree trunk growing into the ground above, easily smashing through the crystal ceiling. The only part of the tree visible to the crew is the trunk, as its branches can only be presumed to grow up and above the surface. Uno seems to be holding something in her hands and has bent over it on the ground. It releases a faint green glow visible even through her robes and tightly clenched fists around it. Lampy is standing next to her, looking worried. Music: Core Mysteries Betani looks over at Uno for a moment in an expression of mixed disgust and shock. Quickly, she pulls her A-Comm and opens the map... "If I'm correct, then we are close to our goal." She whispers, putting away the A-Comm and looking down at Uno again. "You. Give the Shard up. It's the combined core of the Micro Nexuses that merged with #08. Space Aether needs to safely sanction it to avoid any more unwanted emergence events." Uno stays silent. You wonder if she's awake even. However, Betani is relentless. She walkes over to the blue haired woman and pulls her by the back of her collar, tugging her forcefully to her feet. Uno remains limp and slumps back down, still clenching the supposed Shard. "Bitch-!" Betani's eyes gleam at Uno. She swings an open palm up, ready to strike. [How do you react?] [The Map has been updated]

Giant vs Bear Mommo wasn't expecting such a reaction. For a moment, as she listened to the sounds of the ground bursting to engulf Bear in flames, she felt like she may have done enough. As she pulled the visor up and her eyes blinked open to the sight of the bees retreating to Bear, his form growing more formidable by the moment, she felt the might of one of the gods crash into her with the force of a sin's gravity. Literally swept off its feet, the Giant hit the ground hard. His claws tore into her momentarily, threatening to leave her exposed, but Mommo didn't waste time either. Bear's assault would be halted if only for a moment as the Giant's armor fought back against him, dropping the large cannon and pushing the Giant's palms into Bear's head, Mommo charged the energy cannons within them, firing them both at once. Purple light enveloped Bear's head and the upper part of his torso. At such close range...

CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- As Suzie used curse again, the Sableye's grin faded for the first time. As his body twitched, his leering teeth were an angry grimace for a moment before he dissolved into the shadows again... The Sableye might be trying to escape. Sableye Action: Shadow Sneak (100) Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Cathode (Suzie) -> Sableye -> Clarence Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (80/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (110/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: / Ability: Keen Eye Moves: Shadow Sneak (100), Detect, Feint Attack (130), --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emmanuel & Radovan Emmanuel makes his way through the crystals. The path Nicaea had forged seems to lead into a small chamber which seems to fork into three different paths. [The map has been updated]

CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- Sableye stares at Suzie's coiled-up body, as if sizing her up. As she starts tossing rocks around again, the Sableye grins and extends a claw. Dark energy starts flowing through it, enveloping it and the Sableye. The claw grows through the darkness and the Sableye uses it to slice apart any rocks that come crashing its way, cackling almost maniacally. Sableye Action: Feint Attack (130 power); clashes with Suzie's Rock Tomb Meanwhile, the somewhat battered Clarence gets back up onto his feet without much fuss and looks at Cathode, waiting for her to let him know when to strike with the Sing. Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Cathode (Suzie) -> Sableye -> Clarence Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (80/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (110/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: / Ability: Keen Eye Moves: Shadow Sneak (100), Detect, Feint Attack (130), ---

CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- As Suzie curls up around Clarence, Zeta and Cathode, a shadow slips underneath her, snatching Clarence before the rock snake Pokemon can react and slashing at him with the claws that seemed to extend out from the shadows cast by Suzie's massive, coiling form. Sableye Action: Shadow Sneak on Clarence crit: 71,1 no crit /Clarence took 70 damage/ The Sableye jumps from the shadows, using the momentum of the Shadow Sneak to evade Suzie from possibly trying to coil around it too, dropping Clarence mid-air to fall back from where it picked him up. As it lands into the area of the corridor where Suzie is dropping rocks all over the place, it snaps its fingers, forming a tangible barrier around itself. Sableye Action: Detect /Sableye protected itself/ Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Cathode (Suzie) -> Sableye -> Clarence Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (80/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (110/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: / Ability: Keen Eye Moves: Shadow Sneak (100), Detect, ---

GROUP 1 (FREDERICK, SHELLY & KAI) *NPCs at the scene: Uno, Betani* The Wurmple stays motionless as Kai throws the Aether Ball on it and it's absorbed within it. The Aether Ball falls back into Kai's hand and starts shaking. roll: 60,9 It starts shaking more violently before breaking apart as the Wurmple jumps back out, seemingly unfazed at all by what's happened. It then climbs back on Kai. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 5 (KALVA, TAYLOR, SENA) *+ Terry; Morelull* SPECIAL BOSS PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- Quina teleports behind Verna and Verna's Supersonic clashes with the Noble Roar. Thanks to the interference, the Roar's effect is lost on the two Pokemon. Meanwhile, Jet protects himself and Morelull from the Noble Roar using Detect. Afterwards, the Detect fades. There is a moment of silence as the roar slowly stops echoing through the chamber. Just as the sound finally settles, the party feels a sudden tremor and the hairs on the backs of their necks stand on end. The Wailord forcefully smashes its tail through the rocks right beneath the party, sending everyone flying in an almost 90 degree arc into the water. Even Verna is shot upwards by the rocks. As the party is still in mid-air, the Wailord flips over to target them with its gaping mouth, releasing a forceful blast of water blindly flailing in hopes to hit someone. Wailord Action: Hydro Pump (235 power) target roll (Jet/Morelull/Verna/Quina): 2 Morelull [note: Hydro Pump clashes through Mega Drain] miss (48): 84,1 miss It's not very effective! /Morelull took 38 damage/ Wailord's attack hits Morelull, but only scathes him from above, shooting him downwards towards the water more quickly than the rest of the party. As the Wailord continues trashing in place and pain, the party plops into the water. Music: Something Primeval Turn Order: Wailord -> Taylor (Jet) -> Sena (Verna) -> Kalva (Quina) -> Morelull Morelull (♂), Lv: 15 HP (48/86): #################### ATK: 36 -> (23) DEF: 63 SP.ATK: 82 -> (54) SP.DEF: 86 SPE: 17 Nature: Modest Status: Atk (-1), SpA (-1) Ability: Effect Spore Moves: Astonish, Flash, Moonlight, Mega Drain --- Wailord (♀), Lv: 40 HP (0/0): #################### ATK: 133 DEF: 69 SP.ATK: - SP.DEF: 63 SPE: - Nature: Bold (+Def/-Atk) Status: HP drain, Acc (-1) Ability: Pressure; Fountain of Life Moves: Noble Roar, Dive (180), Bounce (145), Hydro Pump (235) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 9 (EMM, RADOVAN) Woobat seems content with throwing Larvitar around. /Woobat's friendship with Radovan went up/ /Larvitar's went down though/ Through their effort though, they manage to create a hole in the wall large enough to crawl through. [the duo can proceed onwards down Corridor 9] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRIDOR 15 (CATHODE) *+ Zeta and Clarence* WILD POKEMON BATTLE PHASE CONTINUES --------------------------------------- Clarence holds a finger up at Cathode's request. He doesn't seem to be content with following through with it for now, at least. Their enemy was strong. If he were to hold back, it might put them in danger. Sableye chuckles and places a claw to his face. Before your very eyes, its body seems to melt into the darkness surrounding you. You don't know where it'll strike next, and Clarence seems caught off guard for a moment as a droplet of sweat rolls by his widened eyes. He hesitates to use Disarming Voice that would surely hit the Sableye in order to follow Cathode's favor... What that decision will bring is a question on its own. Sableye Action: Shadow Sneak... (100 Power) Music: Something Wrong Turn Order: Cathode (Suzie) -> Sableye -> Clarence Clarence (♂), Lv: 15 HP (150/150): #################### ATK: 51 DEF: 60 SP.ATK: 69 SP.DEF: 74 SPE: 36 Nature: Relaxed (+Def/-Spe) Status: / Ability: Friend Guard Moves: Disarming Voice, Pound, Sing, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse --- Sableye (♂), Lv: 20 HP (110/110): #################### ATK: 90 DEF: 90 SP.ATK: 78 SP.DEF: 78 SPE: 60 Nature: / Status: / Ability: Keen Eye Moves: Shadow Sneak (100), ---

"Poor fella'." E25; Play for Bel

Giant vs Bear Mommo's mind was in chaos, but it seemed to work. Bear wasn't moving. She wasn't moving. But he was applying the pressure. She couldn't fight him like this. She also couldn't stand up to his thoughts either. She was completely outclassed, but, for some reason, she felt the sensation that told her there were still countless options left for her to explore. The Giant's body was starting to creak as she moved the hands. She was barely aware of what she was doing. The cannon flipped backwards, locking to a point 90 degrees vertical to the surface of the arena's slope. Charging momentarily, she shot the full brunt of the energy blast the moment Giant did its best to jump only a few centimeters off the ground. Mommo launched the heavy body of her mech upwards and towards the middle of the arena in an horizontal descending arc. The limbs creaked from the force as the Giant flipped the cannon once more, and landed with it releasing a blast into the ground below which seemed to split the arena in half, the crack in the ground traveling from the point of Mommo's impact, then upwards the slope towards Bear, eventually converging into an explosion from underneath that enveloped his mech's body. The Giant kneeled motionlessly in the middle of the Arena. [using signature attack]

Emmanuel & Radovan Nicaea powers up and produces a helluwalot more and stronger acid this time. She spews it all over the wall and, for a moment, nothing happens, before a sizzling sound starts emanating from the crystals and warmth fills the corridor. The sizzling grows louder as multicolored lights begin flashing from where Nicaea spewed acid onto. Emmanuel and Radovan's visions fade into the lights entirely. A large explosion suddenly bursts from within the crystals Nicaea attacked, sending both Emmanuel and Radovan tumbling down, as well as their Pokemon. It feels as if they're drenched in a heavy, warm liquid, even though they know they're relatively dry... The weight presses upon them as the lights fade. Opening his eyes, Emmanuel sees that the acid had burned a rather large portion of the crystal surface off, but what's more interesting is that the crystals have lost their shine. The entire wall is devoid of the energy. It seemed to have been released into that big burst of light and warmth. Practically speaking...maybe the wall'll be more brittle now? Oh, and you don't feel any different from normal now. The temperature of the corridor is still a bit higher than normal but nothing too odd. For now.