[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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After Angie survives her long fall from Fearow's grasp, you notice a slight change in her movements. More graceful, faster, stronger - more like an adult. Though she hatched not long ago, she looks ready to evolve! When she sees you looking, she beams - and is surrounded by pale light. The lightform stretches and stretches, changing from a strange and squat form to an elegant and graceful one!

Congratulations! Your Dunsparce has evolved into the legendary Dunseraph!

Dunsparce is still young, so her base HP is 24. In Terra's tough hands, that's 30 max HP!!! Like Milotic, she will have trouble in small spaces, but since she can fly there's no need for water.

Her Disobedience shoots up to 4, since she'll only fight for a trainer she'll respect.

Sky Fall is a 3 power move with 3 chance dice to paralyze the target.

Having your precious, cute, and adorably smol snake daughter Evolve into what looked to be a frankly titanic draconic seraph you were Intimidating Everything out of a Scimitar was most certainly the last thing Terra expected. His Attention was arrested from the quivering mage (a minor, if temporary, relief for the man, no doubt) as he couldn't help stare at his now stunning serpent, his mouth gaping like a Fissure and his eyes sparking like Fresh Water.

"Angie......is that you?"

His question was meet with a serene, elegant, but still very much child like grin as she radiated pride and accomplishment at having become a glorious and graceful Dunseraph, one the very pinnacles of Dragon types in the entire world! She was half way tempted to let out a outcry of triumph.......and so gave into it, spreading her magnificent new wings and letting out a harmonic roar that sounded one part angelic and one part pure primal satisfaction.

As she winded down from her jubilation, she float - slithered forward to her papa until she was almost right against him.......and craned her head down, giving him a calm, loving and expectant look. 

For a moment longer, the sagely monk was still paralyzed in awe of his angelic daughter, but soon enough a wide proud smile broke out across his foreboding visage as he reached forward to caress her head, earning him a pleased *Hmm.....*

"Angie.............."

Words failed him in describing how happy he was for his draconic seraph unexpected yet never the less much to be praised Evolution, but that was okay. Both of them perfectly understood each other feelings, so words were not needed.

Eventually, Terra slowly remembered he had another person to deal with much less pleasantly, as he turned his head to favor the captive Scimitar with a glare. Oh yeah, him. He needed to deal with them first, before he fully celebrate his daughter's colossal change. 

Before he could, though, a huff from Angie managed to distracted him yet again, and when he turned to check on her it was discovered she was giving the no good meanie mage a rather cross look as well. Despite being awash in post Evolutionary bliss, she had not forgotten they and their ilk had not only attacked her papa and their friends, but tried to take her and everyone's else Pokemon away AND abducted innocents, all for no good reason. To say she was more than a little miffed would be a gross understatement, but saying how she really felt would take too long, so it'll be put as that.

Then, in a odd but wonderful moment of synchronicity, both angelic serpent and rugged wanderer had the exact same idea, with a look of surprised enlightenment passing between them before they slooooowly panned their gazes towards the wretched welp.

One giant hop and take off later, and both man and divine dracobeast where glaring down on the Scimitar as the former rode on top of her upper neck, looking all to the world and especially them that they were about to smite their sorry arse.

Poor man .

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Geordie's day is going from bad to worse.

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Being stuffed by his boss, by Nathan, and now by this giant man riding a dragon and holding chopped up Scimitar technology, the Scimitar apprentice opens up.

"I'm just a grunt, man! I mean, Sir! I mean, an apprentice, Sir! We're part of the Water clade of the Scimitars, wizards who strike fast and cleverly! Our...spells...are actually technology, invented by Almanac and supplied to us! The gauntlets connect to special Pokeballs on our belts and access some of the powers of the Pokemon! That way, human intelligence controls the Pokemon's power directly! None of this silly proxy battling. No giving orders, no Pokemon suffering pain. It's a lot more versatile than a Pokemon going into battle! It takes a long time to learn to use, though, and you have to be wired in."

"Us, we've all got Psychic Pokemon loaded in our belts - Alakazam, Hypno, Natu, Starmie, Baltoy, and Duosion. Juni told us to boot up Alakazam, use his Ally Switch and Reflect and Psychic, and take down the investigators!"

"It's real simple, actually! That trainer in the Skull Ruins, he's looking for some ancient weapons. Juni and her bosses want them, but you have to meet certain requirements to wield them! There's a sword, and a shield, and a few others... I don't know exactly, maybe two more? But I do know this: to wield one, you have to be...have to be....more than human."

"The shield lets you free minds from all forms of psychic control, and weather ANY attack! The sword can pierce any level of defense, even a legendary Pokemon's armor. Like Dragonite. The other two let your mind speed up and empower you somehow. We don't know much about them, at least I don't. They're in the Ruins somewhere. Within five years, the Water Scimitars will possess these artifacts! That's when they'll be needed, within five years. Dunno what that threat will be, but when our army of mages defeats the threat, we'll be hailed as heroes!"

"So, you see...we're not really causing much harm. Only to those who try to stop us or ruin our plans. One day, my friends will save the planet! And all without risking a Pokemon's life."

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Iron: "Oh, and one more thing. You'll see, I'm not lying. Juni's Alakazam is a lot stronger than ours somehow, and she has better Pokemon than we do."
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Which was a good thing for him, or otherwise Terra and Angie might have actually ended up smiting him for keeping a stiff upper lip! Of course, not before he got yet another bright idea to record the Scimitar's confession/spilling his guts into a voicemail, thereby ensuring that it would remain permanent evidence for the foreseeable future. Won't the League and Dagny have a field day with this intel.....

As for the monk's own reaction to the truth......well, he didn't have one, as he and his draconic seraph kept up their dominating and judgmental glare squarely on them. Oh no, they weren't going to catch a break anytime soon for the 'stunts' they pulled, no sir.

"......Why did Almanac give you that technology? Why is Almanac working for you.......or are you working for them? What are you two.....trying to accomplish together?"

His voice sounded much calmer as he asked this and many other questions, but the unyielding and pitiless tone still rang true throughout them as ever before.

"Why do you use so many Psychic types? How long does it take to train to use those Gauntlets? Why use them over Pokemon? *Eyes narrows* ........Where did the rest of the Scimitars take Thrawn and the others. Tell me,  n o w."

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"......Do you know where these Ancient Weapons are? Or where to start looking for them?" He doesn't say anything about the More Than Human, since he doesn't want to give away the fact he IS just that.

"......What about the other group of Scimitars? Your own leaders, and Juni? Tell me EVERYTHING about them. ......And this threat. What is it? Why do you need those Weapons to fight it? ......Why can't you work with the League, and help everyone, instead of hurting them?"

To their last comments, Terra glowered deepened into an black scowl , a phenomenally rare and horrifying sight for the wretched wizard as took the full brute of it, along with with Angie's own displeased *Zzzzzzzzzsssssssk*

"Heroes do not hurt people needlessly. They do not steal people and Pokemon. They do not pull nasty tricks, force bad times on others, or Fight dishonorably and unfairly. You Scimitars will no heroes. You are bad guys. That. Is. All."

*Beat, as he slowly calms himself*

"......Juni may be strong, but she is not stronger than us. You outnumbered us, had us by surprise, but we stopped you all. She only Fainted my Meowth, and she had to work hard to do that. She is a threat.....but not because she or her Pokemon is strong. Not compared to us. What you are all are doing.....you are not saving anyone that way."

He was not boasting or taunting the abominable mage , but was speaking only the cold hard truth as he bluntly dismissed their claims and hammered into them that what they are their fellowship were doing was not heroic in any way, shape, or form.. Brutal and harsh, yes, but was he undeserving of such treatment?

No. Simple as that.