[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

You walk until dawn. As the moon retires to a dim corner of the sky, the sun peers over Mt. Sentry and drives away the Murkrow, the Hoothoot, the Spinarak. Dizzy becomes clearly visible again. You can hear distant trumpets calling for camp to be packed up. Then Dizzy pricks his ears and horn up, and suddenly uses Future Sight.

The next thing you hear is the thunder of hooves. Then a dust cloud appears as if out of nowhere, and before you know it, you're surrounded on both sides by onrushing armies! Dour-handed men with the flashing, challenging eyes of the noble class, each mounted on a very fast Pokemon. With the rising sun in the east comes an army mostly mounted on Rapidash. From the west, a troop of Mudsdale riders. A few other Pokemon stand out amid the mounts, and there are also humanshape Pokemon in the rearguard of the army, running full out to keep up.

A small platoon of Conkeldurr in each army pass around Apricorns painted with lightning bolts, or prepare siege engines.

The riders bear swords and Apricorns. Some are already releasing Flying types or small Special-users such as Pachirisu and Raichu to fight for them on horseback.

A fleet of ominous Marowak stride behind even the rearguard. Nathan has heard they would show up in places where Pokemon might be about to die.

You have barely a chance to react, and then you find yourselves in the midst of a pitched battle! Dizzy's Future Sight falls, causing a small clear area around you. The soldiers are mostly focused on each other.

That lingering and faintly ominous feeling of SOMETHING was about to happen, that SOMETHING was coming there that washed over Shiva rather quickly confirmed itself as 'true' as the sound of angry hoofbeats from an undefinable number of Horse Pokemon became louder and louder before it was muting everything else. Immense fear awoke within her upon realizing that they were practically trapped and only with Fortuna's benelovence it could be possible to escape this whole chaos - COULD be possible.

As she was intuitively seeking Dizzy's closure she wasn't able to take her shocked gaze from the scenery, her head was taking turns in darting to the fleet that came from East and the one from West. She quickly noticed the Conkeldurr as familiar creatures from yesterday's camp, frowned though in mild confusion as she spotted the same species on the enemy's side as well. Recognizing the banners on the Westerns Army as well, she took them as those fighting for King Sarimanok, which Nathan neatly confirmed a few moments later.

All of this - it was tense, it was worrying, it was scary, it was dangerous, it was a place you straight up don't want to find yourself in, or in short: It was sheer overwhelming in a bad way for a developed empath like the natural fae enthusiast. Adrenaline was flooding her body, she could feel her heart starting to race and her hands trembling as Dizzy's Future Sight saved them from being trampled. Raphael, moments ago still darting through the morning sky in joy, answered the unspoken call to come to her and let out a concerned and discomfored coo as a reaction to this chaos.




Thankfully Shiva's hands were clinging firmly to Raphael's soft and familiar coat of feathers, breath hitched and her heart almost audibly pounding - relatively clearly an adrenaline rush has been triggered within her by being caught in this scenery. A ton of emotions were figuratively raining down and piecing into her senses like sharp arrows, causing her snap her head into various directions  with a glance of 'We have all reason to panic!' She's safe though.

And distraught.

And weirdly determined. It's fight or flight....

...and even if Shiva would want to flee, her limbs would refuse.

So King Sarimanok was trying to conquer more territory with force? Not with her, not when Celebi has sent her to this time period. This adrenaline was invigorating, this soft and sensitive Unovian has barely ever felt SUCH an amount of energy within her. 

...You there?
I'm aaalways there, my dear.
I knew I can count on you. I want to go and fight... I can't...sit and watch or run away... I will go and battle, on a Rapidash, for King Sarimanok's side. I may not be able to save them all, those from the Western Plains - but a dragon shall descend and devour my fairies if I won't at least TRY to save one person. Trying to save them under a false flag, but I need to win the battle against them to have a chance... WISH ME LUCK. Please.
We're becoming bold now? Whoahw... Good luck. You will need it. ...Though I know you can do it. Believe in yourself.

A cautious smile developed on her expression before she eventually got up and tried to find an unoccupied Rapidash to mount, guiding Raphael to her. "My archangel, child of my love, will you stand by me and follow my commands against a soldier's Pokemon? Let us do it... By the Six and the Four." (Can't speak that oath out aloud)

2 & 3. Name: 1v1 against the Eastern Suns/Western Plains
Cap: 1
Challenge: moderate, with risk
Bid start: 1
Notes: You've found an unoccupied Mudsdale/Rapidash to ride. If you have a Pokemon small enough to ride a horse with you, you could 1v1 an enemy soldier.
Lethal moves are being used.

(As said, Shiva will try to in particular find a female soldier for this duell. Excitement!)