[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Giratina stays very non-personal and general with their responses.  I care not which pronouns you use, for I am a being in flux, and your thoughts do not concern me greatly.  My only concern right now is the safety and stability of dimensions.  There will be time for banter later.

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Thunder Shock 3
8 - 6 = 2
(6)(4)
2 + 5* + STAB + M + ET - 2 - NVE = 8 - 1
(6)(1)(2)(2)(3)(6)(5)(3)
Dialga takes 2 damage!
Total: 100!
MBC!
(3)(4)(5)(4)
Magnezone takes 3 damage! 6/10 HP -1 Pain

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

*FLASH!*

*FLASH!*

Bright, rainbow colored bursts of light pierces the darkness more frequently as Primal Dialga roars!

*FLASH!*
*FLASH!*

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

With one final roar, Dialga falls to one knee again, and the black aura begins leaking out of its body!  The energy rises begins rising towards the dark sky above...

Giratina relaxes.

It is done.  The Time Keeper has been defeated.  Now watch as they regain their power.

Indeed, Dialga's metallic armor begins to change color before everyone's eyes.  The plating on its body becomes a lighter shade of blue, the veins running through it becoming as blue as a cloudless sky.  The gemstone on Dialga's chest slowly becomes the color of a dark blue sapphire.

Dialga's head rises slightly as it looks at everyone, its telepathic voice weak as it speaks.

R-run.  Run...while you still can!  The darkness...it's too powerful...

Suddenly, the crack of lightning sounds overhead, and everyone turns their eyes to the sky!

The dark aura that had left Dialga's body...it's lingering, creating a storm of incredible strength.

"...uh...isn't it supposed to have disappeared by now?"

Run!  There's no time!

Dialga struggles to stand, but falls back to its knees as it does so.  The darkness above swirls and swirls, as if seeking something...

Before anyone can react, it moves.  It rushes back towards Dialga, attempting to seize control again!

Giratina suddenly vanishes, though, and reappears in front of Dialga!  The shadows collide with them and turn into black lightning that crackles up and down the Renegade's body!

GAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!!!  You heard him...run!  Run for your lives!  This place is not safe!  I shall...redirect this...darkness...to somewhere it cannot interfere in this world's affairs...

And then Giratina vanishes into thin air, as if they were a shadow.

The spires of Spear Pillar begin to shake as the mountain trembles!  Bright flashes of that rainbow colored light repeatedly accentuate the tremor's spikes, and everyone struggles to stay on their feet.

And the exit to the mountain reappears.

GO!  NOW!

Lucas can hardly believe what just happened, but Dialga's desperate plea snaps him out of that stupor, though a grim frown remains on his face as he processes what the hell just happened.

"...you heard 'em.  Let's get out of here.  Come on!"

Lucas leads the way as everyone tries to find their feet, recalling their pokemon as they begin running towards the exit as fast as they can as the spires begin to collapse.

Dialga roars one last time as everyone flees in a bid to aid them, finally back in control of its powers.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Time slows down as the spires collapse one by one behind the group and the mountain trembles.  Dialga struggles to stand, the exit edges closer and closer...

...and then a pillar ahead of the group begins to fall as Lucas passes it.

Right on top of the rest of the group.

Lucas turns around, too late to warn them.

"Guys!"

"Lucas!"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"

Espeon leaps to protect his charge, and Rui's scream is the last thing everyone hears before everything goes dark.

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...and then there's light.

Rainbow colored light.

Randolph, Karen, Kee, Kogeki, Scizor, Espeon, and Rui become aware of their surroundings and look around, seeing each other and nothing but an endless expanse of that multicolored illumination.

Where...where are they?  And where's Lucas?

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They don't have long to ponder that, as something shimmers in the distance.

It's unfocused, hazy.  It's clearly large, but how large is hard to tell because there's no sense of depth or space in this odd place.

A voice beckons to everyone, coming seemingly from everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.

You who have called me, I have answered.

Those who dared climb the sacred mountain and gather the pieces of my scattered power, come.  Come closer.

How does everyone react?

Ran can't help but let a big *SIGH* of relief at Giratina's apathy towards him, as it meant she/he/they/whatever they are weren't irritated enough with him to meet out some divine judgement on his tiny arse now. Maybe later when things calm down and if he manages to possibly offend her/he/them/whatever again, but for now he gets to live whole and uncursed! Praise be Giratina's mercy indeed! 

Paula also relaxes just a bit at the Renegade's declaration, as that meant she wouldn't have to face off against her/him/them later to defend the life and wellbeing of her beloved and cherished trainer! Fairy Queen of the Seas she may be right now, but no mortal and unPlot Device Pokemon wants to face an angry Legend without a very good reason!

(....)

The bristly blacksmith was on the edge of the britches of his pants as the battle raged on, tightly clutching his hands until they almost started to bleed again as he watched with INTENSE wide - eyed focus, ready to react in an instant to any development. Unfortunately, even his urgent hyper-vigilence nor Giratina's warning could not prepare him nor Paula for the evil cacophony that would have utterly devastated EVERYONE, were it not for his lady's Lucky Chant seemingly swelling in volume to meet it head on and dampening its effectiveness! Good gods, he knew his BIG siren's magical singing was top notch, but for it to be that potent to resist the might of a Legend? Simply put, he was ever grateful that he managed to help bring out such magnificent strength out of her, and that she was willing to use it for his and everyone's shake!

Unfortunately though it was not enough to spare her from getting blasted into oblivion, nearly causing Ran to let out some worried swears that would make the sailors back in Canaclave blush were it not for something from Scizors bringing her back from the brink! That caused him to swivel and stare at the Mega Insect with stark surprise for a split second, before he calms himself and gives them an short but very grateful nod and turns back to the fight. They saved Paula from potentially becoming a microwaved fish patty, and rest assured he was not going to forget that!

Eventually, though, Karen's Magnezone manages to land the finishing blow on on the out of control Time Lord,  Paula smiles brilliantly and raises her Mega Trident in triumph. They did it! They have defeated Dialga, and freed them from the grasp of the Shadows! Sinnoh is saved, and so is her Trainer! Yay yay, hip hip hooray! Randolph himself, however, only lets out a small *sigh* of relief and looks towards the sky in contemplation as things finally come to an end. At long last, this job was complete. The Tauros shit supernatural force that was plaguing Dialga was all beat up and about to be put away, and he can start to rest easy. He can go home now, after collecting his ENORMGOUS paycheck (for it better be) from that bastard Rowan and put all this behind him.

Except....

'...Why is the Darkness from Dialga and the storm they made not disappearing? Wait....oh Heatran no, don't tell me we haven't....!'

*DARK-ZAP!*

' F U C K !'

That is what Ran though as everything almost immediately went straight to hell one Giratina her/him/themself was assaulted by the Dark forces that once controlled The Time Lord, and everyone had to run before they were Ended by the space-time backlash resulting from their Fight. Fuck, fuck, fuck, he knew something like this could've happened, and yet there was not ANYTHING he could do about it now! Fuck fuck fuck FUCK!

Of course, his plans for escape were ruined by one of Spear Pillar's many....well, pillars falling on him and everyone else. He noticed it seconds before, and realized he could do nothing to prevent it from crushing the life out of him or everyone else in its shadow, so he simply just....accepted what happened with a grim sense of finality, and used his soon to be last breath to say this to shout this to Lucas:

"TELL BYRON I'M SORR- !"

*SMASH!*

And so ended the life and times of Randolph Schmidt. 

............or so it seemed at first, until he found himself and everyone else crushed by the column in......some rainbow colored void, looking supremely confused. Is this....the afterlife? Was he going to meet his maker with everyone else now...?

It appeared to seem that way, for he soon heard a familiar omnipresent voice , beckoning him to come closer. Believing himself to be dead, and therefore having not having much to lose or worry about anymore, Randolph did as the voice requested and head towards that shimmer in the distance. It was the only thing here (wherever here was) to approach, so that's where he's heading to....whomever is calling him.