[Game] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure: Celadon City Vandel

[Lord Windos]

The old man, already pissed and frightened beyond belief by the fact that his Excadrill was merrily roosting away in her Pokeball right not, was even more incessed by your attempts to (mind you, this is what he believes) to lower his guard for a ruthless blow! "Do you consider me some fool, you fiendish brute! I will not fall to such trickery, nor will I stand for it, I tell you! Hippowdown, use-" he yelled out you, before he was abruptly cut off. Ecru looked stunned by something, until he collapsed onto the hard, sandy ground. Both the rock wolf and the sand hippo reacted poorly , as they quickly converge onto their master to see what the hell caused him to pass out like he did, and to protect him from being sniped by that Poke killing maniac. Looking closely at him (While keeping an eye out on you), they found a great big bump onto his head, caused by something wacking it with extreme swiftness. It couldn't have been caused by you, obviously, and Hippowdon was watching the area the whole time the battle between you and their master went on, so what in blazes...?

"Mimi!" said a voice, once again catching both of the Lycanrock's and Hippowdon's attention as they pivoted in place, their ire filled gazes resting on the target in question. Standing in their master's fainted shadow was a tiny, almost doll like Pokémon, dressed like what appeared to be a marvelously well made Pikachu fabric. The sand hippo was stumped as to what this anomalous being was, but the rock wolf instantly knew what their target was, and frantically barked out to his partner to BACK AWAY for it, as it was none other than a..... "Mimikyu!" it said, right before  conjuring up a massive wooden hammer and slamming it into the ground mammal side! The hippo was sent horizontal flying at a decent velocity for such a heavy creature, right before she cratered into the asphalt of the empty street, OHKO by the move. Horrified by how expediently the infamous Disguise Pokémon dispatched their friend, then backpeddled away from it, weaving erratically as they tried to evade any more Wood Hammers from it....only to violently ejected to the side by an surprise Focus Blast attack (Something you recently learned to spot!)! The were sent cartwheeling through the air, until they slammed into the side of a building, passed out cold to the world.

In a matter of seconds, Ecru's last remaining bastions of defense where swiftly taken down. The question that hung over this series of events was obvious: who the heck just bailed him out of this situation?

"Oh Arial, I swear you are bad as Reiner is at time, getting caught up in all sorts or spats or strange messes. Unlike your boss Proton, though, I..." a voice said right beside you, causing you to  instantly look toward the direction it was coming from, spotting what looked to be an unassuming business men that must have gotten off work standing right beside you. How did he...wait a minute....you knew that voice! The man chuckled as you connected two and two together, his Mimikyu hopping over and what looked to be a Shiny Genger materialized by his side, as he continued his little speech he made up on the fly. "...I don't mind doing clean up work at all, especially if its to help out my best friend's friend!"

Standing right beside you was none other than Petrel in disguise, looking rather sastified with a job well done on his part. "Now don't get me wrong, I want the whole scoop on how you ended being  menaced by an old fuddy like him and his Pokémon, but I think you have more important concerns right now. Like saving that poor Excadrill's life your Xenoqueen nearly char broiled to death?" He tosses you a Full Restore to give you a leg up on the matter, and you near instantly rush over to the old man's side and rooted around for the melting mole's Pokeball, until you find it. After that, you had Xenoqueen act as a heat sink for the raging flames and you quickly applied the cure all, saving the mole's life in record time. Not that you have done this sort of thing before, but I'm trying to make a point here!

While you were busy doing that and checking to see if she was truelly all right, Petrel mossied around the battlefield, recalling all the knocked out Pokémon, pocketing the balls for himself, before going over to Ecru's stand to investigate the man's stand. Once he did a thorough search and turned up some very nice valuables, he came back towards your side, and politely tapped you on your shoulder. "Well, whoever you got into a fight with was looooaded, Arial, so I'm even more delighted to have come to your rescue! I'll be keeping most of the treasure I found as a 'Finder's Fee' and saving your behind, but here," he says, handing you $5000 Poke and a Pokeball, which upon closer inspection contains a Carracosta! (Details will be in the Meta Thread!) "Call it compensation for giving your best effort against the old guy, but next time you might want to mug them outright instead of challenging them to a battle for spoils. It's a bit risky, admittly, but if you pull it of you don't have to deal with their Pokémon, and if you don't you just battle them anyway! Keep that in mind, alright? Now, schoochie schoochie!" Petrel said, lighting directing you to the side while they recalled Excadrill and placed it in YOUR bag ("You still have that quota that needs to be filled, right? Well, this should take care of that!"), and motioning for his Genger to pickup the man, and spirit him away somewhere.

You don't ask questions about this, mainly because you aren't given enough time to, as the Executive briskly escorted you back to the Pokémon Center for you and your Pokémon to get healed, and to finally reunite with his good old buddy Reiner! "We'll have plenty of time later to play 50 questions over that archeologist's fate, but right now we have an appointment to make in a couple of hours, so let's get moving~! Oh, I can't wait to see Reiner! Its been so long since we actually had the time to sit down and chat, what with the Boss keeping both of us busy at all hours of the day. Wish this reunion was arranged under better and less dire circumstances, but beggers can't be chooser you know!" the disguised criminal chattered in your ear, as he escort you into the lobby, got you Pokémon healed and the Carracosta registered as your own (Thank you, Night Shift Rocket Nurse!), before ushering you towards the private conference room Reiner and Kyubi were in.

Knocking on the door to the place twice, it gave Reiner and Kyubi just enough warning to disentangle themselves from each other and Kyubi to re-apply True Hypnosis, before Petrel walked in with Arial, kicking the door closed behind him. "Hello hello, Reiner! Hehe, has the heart grown fonder since we last meet? I sure hope so, because oh boy do I have a story to tell you..." he cheerfully says, before proceeding to fill you in on the trouble that Arial somehow found himself in, his role in fixing it all up, etc.. He also gave you and the disguised kitsune an appraising look, before giving you a sly smile and a not to subtle wink. He didn't know what was going between the two of you exactly, but he knows loves when he sees it! Oh, he can't wait to begin to tease them silly about their first date, but first, there was work to be done, before play could be considered...

Well, now everyone is together again, and the timeless are caught up. What's your next moves, guys?

[Dragonstrike]

"What kind of story?  I know you tell the most wonderful tales, but do keep in mind we have an appointment to keep.  I've gotta go fetch Mew and company real soon here so we can head out."

And upon hearing it...

"You've got to be kidding...Arial, you REALLY need to improve your social skills. Like, a lot. Take it from me, losing your temper does no good."

[Lord Windos]

"What kind of story?  I know you tell the most wonderful tales, but do keep in mind we have an appointment to keep.  I've gotta go fetch Mew and company real soon here so we can head out."

And upon hearing it...

"You've got to be kidding...Arial, you REALLY need to improve your social skills.  Like, a lot.  Take it from me, losing your temper does no good."

"He's speaking from a postion of vast experience on the matter, so you should head to Wise one's advice, if you know what's good for you! We all have our own methods of commiting crime, but a certain level of finesse is expected in Team Rocket. Then again, what's expected doesn't necessary come to pass, so who am I to go around and lecture you like this~! *Gives Arial a playful wink* "

[Spiritmon]

Arial was shamed but feel relieved for saving the Excadrill life. He look Petrel then asks.

"Thank you for saving me Admin Petrel. I...have some questions. First: How did you find me? And second: About the archeologist Ecru. What will happen about him?"

Arial feel shame and worry about the archeologist. His actions was precipited and almost cost the life of one pokemon. He hold the pokeball of Excadrill and Carracosta thinking to give back to Ecru. In that moment, Arial was prepared to face the consequences, even to go to the jail. He simple....couldnt let that inocent Excadrill dies like that. He was even prepared to face Lycarock and Hippodown to save that Pokemon. Perhaps he not serve to this thing to be a Rocket. He let his emotions control him when he see Gaspar in that state. Imagined what would happen in the future....Arial thinks its time to put the puns and pranks aside and act more serious.

"My third question is where is Archeologist Ecru? Where he is it?"

[Lord Windos]

Petrel casually shrugs at your question, an easy smile on his face as he 'regaled' you on the series of events that lead up to him rescuing you from certain doom! Namely : "Oh, I was just heading towards the Pokémon Center myself, and happened to spot you and-Ecru was it?- having a battle with each other, and decided to stick around as see how well you preformed. You're no Reiner in battle, but at the same time not half bad yourself. Just work on that temper, do some more research on the type of Pokémon you can come across (*Hint Read the Core Book Bestairy for each Pokémon Hint*), and hone your skill some more, and you'll get accomendation in no time~"

"As for the old fuddy, he's not dead if that is what you are worried about. We don't really have the time to go over the nitty gritty oh so spiffy details, but he's fine right now. Oh, and I know that look on your face, so don't get the idea of returning those Pokémon to him, if you manage that feat! Their gift from me to you, and I'd feel rather unappreciated if you just returned them to the store when I'm not looking..."

[Spiritmon]

Arial decides to put aside that emotions for now. He feel a little bad about Ecru, but he is a Rocket. He supose to be a bad guy. He must for now argue with the consequences for his actions. He simply give a face and then decides to do something. He looks to Petrel and then thinks something. He going to let Carracosta in his team, but about Excadrill...Arial will think in something.

Arial then decides to go in other place to the room to hear the reunion and join this time. This time, he will be serious.

[Dragonstrike]

"Anyways...before I go and get Mew, Emily, and Angelica, let me just rehash what this Vampire is capable of for good measure."  (Walls of text are fun, right?)  

Spoiler

"We already know she's a bug user, so it stands to reason that she has a particular kind of weapon...Petrel, this information is just as sensitive as the existence of that Ultra Beast, if not more.  This weapon..."  Reiner holds up Mamudo Eclipse to show Petrel, then pockets it again.

"... the weapon which Juliet was wielding and that Arial is now the rightful wielder of, and the one that Vampire has in her possession are what are known as the Cursed Arms of Creation.  They are indestructible, powerful beyond words, will always find their way back into their wielder's hands regardless of what happens to them, attack with a specific element, and have a mind of their own.  The details of how certain individuals come into the possession of these things are rather unimportant for the most part, as the more pressing question is what the wielder can do with the weapon, as each one is different from the last, and not even Mew knows what every last one of them does.  

"The Vampire's weapon attacks with Bug type energy, and is traditionally a rather close ranged weapon according to Mew, so I'd recommend keeping your distance from the Vampire herself if at all possible.  It saps the target's energy at an incredibly rapid rate whenever it makes contact, and can even permanently cripple and kill the target in the process.  These weapons all have downsides, though, to counteract their massive power out of necessity by some law of the universe or something.  The Bug type weapon also drains the user's energy whenever it's in use.  However, if the user is able to buff themselves in some way...like, say, an Ultra Beast getting stronger and stronger after every blow it lands...they can mostly counteract that downside and even effectively completely negate it.  And that's before we even consider this Vampire's Heal Block spamming Shedinja and Whirlwind spamming Beautifly.  The Vampire spams potions, blocks you from using any health restoring methods of your own (I'm assuming that means we're using the games' effect of only targeting the enemy team instead of pokerole's AOE that hits everyone), ambushes you from the shadows at every opportunity, has an incredibly powerful pokemon she probably shouldn't, and has an incredibly dangerous weapon which is the source of all these problems.  

"And if that wasn't enough, the very, very last thing you want to do is touch a Cursed Arm without its consent.  These weapons can kill you on contact if they don't deem you worthy of wielding them.  Nobody touches that weapon until we've had a good look at it, period.

"So...what ideas have you got for taking on this menace?  She's making a fool of Team Rocket, the police, the gym...all of Celadon, really.  We're likely to run into her on tonight's little errand if she thinks either Kyubi here or Angelica looks like an easy target, so I want to hear some ideas.  I know Officer Angelica has a Golbat, Chansey, and Alolan Dugtrio, so she'll hopefully be able to hold her own.  And since she works for me, she'll listen to whatever suggestions I have for the course of action, so we don't have to worry about her not being here currently too much."

[Spiritmon]

"Well, my original idea was use simple grunt to be used as bait to atract the Vampire, but since its not a good idea I have a better one..."

Then Arial begin to show his plan. He came up with three plans.

"Plan A: Both I and Reiner hide in the shadows when Kyubi and that Angelica act was easy targets to the vampire apear. Since you say they can hadle well, I will believe in that. While we hide we can use my Astronite to when the Vampire apear we can imobilize with a Confusion. That way she cannot summon her Ultra Beast or use his Cursed Arm. In that moment Reiner you bring your Arbok and use Glare to stop any atempt from escape from her and take out her Cursed arm and Ultra Beast. This is our plan A."

"Plan B: If she manage to avoid the plan A, there is the plan B. My Cursed have three types of shoots: Soul, Mind and Body. I get this information when the gun was "reading" my mind. To be quick, the Soul shoot destroy the enemy "Will" with a chance to takedown or let him in state of Comatose. The body destroy the enenmy  "body" using all the pain he suffer during a fight. The more pain he have, the more effective. And finally  the "Mind" shoot can damage the mind from the enemy making him Confuse or even drive him Insane, depending from the force of the shoot. My backup plan is use my Cursed Arm and use the "Mind" to turn Confuse the Vampire or drive him insane with the best possible scenario, and combine that with Gaspar Confuse Ray and Baltazar Confusion. This would complete destroy the vampire mind.

"And finally the Plan C: Fight against the Vampire. In case she brings Buzzhole with her first move I shall use Xenoqueen, since she can defeat almost any type of pokemon except Steel. This will bring a advantage to us. In case she defeat Sekmet we can still count with Baltazar (Astronite) who can use Moonblast and Confusion and Gaspar Transform. We also have Reiner Arbok who can became Mega and your new Metagross."

Arial finish his explanation and wait for the response from his friends.

"Well? What you all think?"

[Dragonstrike]

"Arial, taking down Legendaries is similar to trying to beat a Gyarados.  They don't usually go down in less than 20 seconds, and you'll probably get obliterated if you try to beat them anyways.  Your Xenoqueen is unlikely to be enough on her own to take out a Buzzwole.  You know how I beat Mew?  She let me use four pokemon against her, all at the same time, and it still took me several rounds of attacks and a great deal of strategy to KO her despite three of them having Dark moves. She was also holding back significantly, and could have whooped us all at a moment's notice if I angered her.  I don't know how strong this UB is compared to Mew at her full strength, but I doubt fighting it'll be as easy as throwing Flying and Nuclear moves at it until it faints.  The good news is that there are plenty of trainers among us, so wearing down that UB with our numbers is certainly feasible as long as we're careful about it...

"I do agree that stopping the fight before the UB appears would be ideal, but we need to keep in mind that this trainer likes to hide, so hitting her might not be easy.  I don't think trying to drive her insane is that good of an idea either.  You saw how bad Romeo and Juliet were, and they didn't have an ultra powerful pokemon on their side.  And if she's already insane, that strategy is going to do jack squat.  Confusing her would be a good way to hinder her ability to use the Cursed Arm, but that's assuming she doesn't have ways to counteract that particular effect, and inflicting more pain on her would do much the same thing.  Remember, Arial, anything you do to someone with that weapon also happens to you.  Get trigger happy, and you'll destroy yourself before you destroy your target."

[Spiritmon]

"You right. The Legendaries in Tandor, Actan and Lanthan is powerful beings too. Almost divine beings since they were the creators of Metal in Tandor. If this Ultra Beast have a similar power, or worse, even more powerfull. We will be scrushed like a bunch of bugs. Kinda ironic since our target is a Bug Trainer, heh." Arial chuckle a little. "You are the only one who fight a Legendary and caugh him, but if even you have dificult....but perhaps we can have a chance. And about the gun I wouldnt be much worry about me. Broken mind remember? If I survive in psychic torture, perhaps I may survive against Tobias. Maybe."

Then Arial came with other idea. And a idea came to his mind, a crazy one.

"You say it took you to use all your pokemon against Mew, correct? And if I say we can fight against that Vampire with not just one, but two Mew's?" Gaspar is a Duplicat, a subspecies of a ditto who can Transform in any Pokemon, even Legendaries. Perhaps if Gaspar Transform into Mew, he might be have the same strengh as Mew have before he fight you. That would be a tough fight but it could be a little more fair. Legendary vs Legendary."

He already know what Reiner would say.

"I know what you going to say. "Its a bad idea Arial! are you mad and want do destroy the city?!" Its just a idea, and thats what we discussing here."