Um. But Donny didn't move. Then he isn't shot. Um. Uuuuuuum.
Anyways, um. I summarized the events as I thought they happened, as the if-triggers had all been posted, partly to make it easier for myself to react to and so. Now to hope I didn't make any terrible mistakes. Hahahaha.
"When can we get up again?" he asked. "The streets of New Nemea are very comfortable, but I am a little thirsty now."
"Shut up." The male knight with the pavise said absent-mindedly as he turned his body and began to approach both Fortune and the fallen crossbowman. The female officer had approached the tripod and rooted her pavise on the street behind her while she worked on the circuitry at the tripod's base, and appeared content to let her partner manage the scene.
"Hello, officers? I'm the one who called you, I can explain as much as I can after you get us out of here." She spat out some of the dirt that had covered her face after the shockwave. "Most of us are unarmed. Just be careful dealing with the redhead, he's a bit trigger-happy and I don't want another accidental shootout."
"Now listen, I'm a police inspector. Did you hear me?? Just check the inside of my coat, on the left. I've been commissioned by two governors in cooperation to investigate strange goings-on in this particular area. Already I've been forced to take more aggressive action today than I've ever had to during the last ten years of my career, so I'd appreciate it if I didn't have to spend the rest of this long, ridiculous day on the ground!!"
@Bright_Ops "You're lucky that you aren't going to spend the rest of your short life in an oubliette, 'inspector.'" The male knight responded flatly as he approached Fortune and the crossbowman. He set his pavise into the ground a ways in front of them and gripped the stock of his compound crossbow with both hands - paying little attention to Donny save the brief offhand comment he had just uttered. "Alright. Which one of you two jokers is Fortune De Vigny?"
Which was when he spotted the red-suited man with the face reminiscent of rebar, who had staggered his way up to both of his feet. It was at that precise moment that reality decided to break at the seams some more.
@mdk Fortune answered the man's question before the red-suited man begins to speak, so the man promptly launches into a tirade. "Officer, this red-haired oaf is not an inspector! He is Donovan Booth, and he is on both the FBI's most wanted list as well as the Turquoise Charter! He is responsible for that mess with the limousine, and he attacked me and my companions as we drove closer to assist! He is responsible for the deaths of nearly every single corpse you see here!"
The female knight finished fiddling with the tripod's rudimentary circuitry and rose back to her feet before idly kicking the tripod stand over with a hefty bash from the side of her right greave, sending the mounted spike toppling over onto the concrete with a tremendous metallic bang. As the red-suited man is still alive, an enormous, blinding bolt of lightning instantly leapt from the levitating traffic sphere and enveloped his body, reducing him to a mass of rapidly flash-vaporizing, champagne-colored slop and ashes that float and drift eerily in the distorted gravity.
Amelie kept still, looking at the scene that was taking place. One of the officers… really strange officers, asked for a Fortune De Vigny. Turned out to be one of them. The knight, specifically. Huh. The man in a red-suit then started yelling about the red-haired man… calling him Donovan Booth. After the things that Amelie had just seen him do, she made better to believe the man than anything else.
Then the woman kicked the tripod and a lightning-blast too unexpected for Amelie to react to suddenly blasted the man to ashes. Amelie flinched in place, trying to recover from the terror of just having seen another man gruesomely die before her. S-so… That tripod had been for their own protection. What were the rules? How did the lightning decide who to strike? The police were both in armor. Was that more to defend against the lightning than anything else? She hoped she wasn’t making a terrible mistake, lying here without protection from such energy. But, it looked like she yet lived.
Fortune started moving to stand up. Amelie’s eyes focused on him, figuring that if any of them was going to suffer the consequences it would be him. She got ready to summon a Redirection Orb to block a sudden lightning-strike or potentially an attack from the police against him. … Granted, he was wearing armor that could defend him, maybe? But just in case. Amelie was ready to attempt redirecting an attack from any direction aimed at him, hopefully in a direction where nobody was. … And, also maybe to defend herself, if something tried to kill her. Maybe.
Herself, except for moving her head with wide eyes to keep full attention of what was going on in case a Redirection Orb was needed, lay down with hands on her head. She felt terrified. What was going to happen now…?
Suppose I'll have to write a bunch of if-statements, too? If people don't post ahead of me, that is. XD
... But if people then start writing if-statements to the if-statements of others, then that's going to become one terrible mess... ... ... That's the goal, ain't it, Terminal? XD
Was I the only person that attacked the Federation troops? ... And "all targets eliminated"? ... ... ... How many were there? I feel like writing a whole and partly gruesome fight-scene, teh-heh...
There. Tell me if I missed anything. Anyways, yeah. That's a post. ... Hm, there was something I wished to say to someone. Eh, I forgot. Hahaha.
Edit: I will note I let Trevenant do that because of his Pokédex entry. It directly states he can manipulate the trees. ... This does not mean I will necessarily let him make use of that in battle. Haha.
Nincada was able to dodge the seeds with some deft sideways movements, but was still able to get one Harden through, but more would be pushing it. He aimed in another Scratch, and came into contact with the Bulbasaur with a claw. Bulbasaur recoiled at the impact, but immediately retaliated with a swift Vine Whip to the back of Nincada. … Due to Growl and Harden, neither did much damage.
However, the Bulbasaur was pressing his attack, using his limbs to stay close to Nincada at all times, threatening with seeds should he attempt to Harden again, while continuing to Vine Whip. Bulbasaur was doing more damage to Nincada than Nincada was doing back. But, perhaps that was preferable? They’d both end up pretty damaged in a little while if they kept this up. It was up to Martin if this was to his liking.
Laurinda had kept walking, seeming quite comfortable with the uncomfortable silence that was being kept. However, upon Amelia’s question, she stopped momentarily to turn her head and gaze at the young girl for a couple of seconds with a neutral expression. There was slight curiosity in her gaze. After a bit of staring Laurinda fished out two Pokéballs from within her robes, before continuing to walk.
‘Stay close to me. For where we’re going, we need protectors. … And since you asked…’ She said, before she threw the two Pokéballs ahead of her. There was a flash of light, and two Ghost-Pokémon emerged.
Pokédex Entry #609 – Chandelure, the Luring Pokémon. They’re known to hypnotize opponents using their dancing flames. It absorbs spirits, which it then burns in its fires. Its fire burn the spirit rather than the body, so a physical body left behind by its flames is entirely untouched despite the damage.
Pokédex Entry #709 – Trevenant, the Elder Tree Pokémon. Using its roots to connect to the trees around it, a Trevenant can manipulate trees at will. They’re known to protect the creatures inside the forests where they dwell, and trap those who’d do harm upon the forest.
‘Chan-del-lure~!’ The Chandelure waved around its lights happily, the fires of its candles drifting in the air while the Trevenant turned to eye Amelia and her companions curiously. Laurinda cleared her throat and waved forward.
‘We’re entering the Deep Infested Woods at night. You know what to do.’ She told the Pokémon, and they immediately focused forward and held attention forward as they advanced. It was almost soundless, yet the areas soon opened up, and they had entered the next area of Infested Woods.
Deep Infested Woods
Trees stood tall. The vegetation died down. Open areas blocked only by occasional trees spread out in every direction. … There was so much less life operating at ground-level. Yet, look up, and a dance was taking place. Small shimmering lights, pursued by a flock of moths, flew about in the woods. Beneath each flock of moths was a spray of dust, landing on the dying ground beneath. A powder that gathered on the floor of the forest and made the grass die, not to grow until the following day. … There were Volbeats, found much deeper inside the woods than usual, and each was pursued by a whole flock of Dustox.
Pokédex Entry #313 – Volbeat, the Firefly Pokémon. Volbeats live in forested areas with supplies of clean water. Their tails light up in the dark or during the night to communicate, and are known to draw geometric shapes in the night sky. They're attracted to Illumise's sweet aroma.
Pokédex Entry #269 – Dustox, the Poison Moth Pokémon. A nocturnal Pokémon, known to be instinctively attracted to lights in the dark such as street lights. As it waves its wings, it spreads a dust that is a powerful poison. It eats leaves on trees for sustenance.
There were most Pokémon. Most obvious were the Kakuna with closed eyes, sleeping attached to the trees. Other Pokémon were Beedrills hiding in the crowns of the trees, gazing down at intruders and the like. In some occasional trees were Vespiquens, the whole tree filled to the brim with surrounding Combees. But, they couldn’t do anything, for in the night the Dustox poisonous infestation reigned supreme. For in the night, nothing could infest the forest floor of Deep Infested Woods for the Poison Powder covering all.
‘The Illumise “Queen” directs a few of her fastest Volbeats each night to distract the Dustoxs of Deep Infested Woods. Without that, there would have been nothing preventing the Dustox infestation to spread to nearby houses and to Pureplain City. We don’t know exactly why “Queen” does this, but we’re thankful for it. Makes us tolerate that she sometimes becomes troublesome during daytime…’ Laurinda sighs, looking troubled. ‘But because of all this trouble contained in one wood, Infested Woods needs a full-time warden. … And that’s me.’ She raised a hand and pointed.
‘Trevenant, clear the way. Chandelure, discourage stragglers.’
‘Trev-e-nant!’ The Trevenant sounded out and seemed to grin as the tree-ghost thrust its limbs into the ground, ingraining itself and connecting with the trees before them. Manipulating the trees themselves, branches parted and crowns were brought down to brush the powder out of the way they’d be walking. Volbeat and Dustox trains were blocked from moving into a straight path as the woods realigned to give a safe path forwards, and those bugs that still tried to fly through were greeted by a swift flash of fire from Chandelure to scare them off. A safe path, not unlike what’s visible in the image above, was formed.
‘Well done. … We move.’ Laurinda told, starting to walk forward while a very pleased Trevenant detached from the ground to walk along, while Chandelure floated along keeping alert to blast a few shots of fire at any Volbeats about to bring a flock of Dustox into their path. Amelia was expected to follow. Assuming she did, she’d feel that in their destination… … … There was a lot of ghosts ahead, over a larger area than she might have thought. Just beyond Deep Infested Woods…? What even lay there?
Yvonne raised her eyebrows almost as high as she had raised her chin as she watched Claire’s introduction. ‘… Pffth.’ She brought a hand in front of her lips to hide her smile, though a little amused sound had escaped her lips before she had been able to hold it back. ‘The best? That’ll be neither of us, silly.’ … For the briefest moment, Ralia felt a mix of fear and admiration from the girl, directed towards an unknown…
‘It most certainly makes us rivals!’ Yvonne announced, her voice rising above the volume of normal speech. ‘Any who challenge the coordinators of Isson is bound to be in direct competition with myself! By simply stepping down, you’ll save yourself a lot of future disappointment, as there’s no way you’ll succeed…’ She smirked proudly at Claire. ‘But you’re not going to ruin the fun and disappoint me by actually adhering to logic on that one, will you? Claire of Blackwood?’ Yvonne inquired, quite expectant.
‘And, yes. This wood is not entirely to my taste, so let us be on our way before my charm rubs off on it and it actually becomes a pleasant place to visit.’ Yvonne declared and started walking on behind Laurinda. They were already heading back into the True Infested Woods now.
True Infested Woods
Back to moving through the tighter woods from right behind Laurinda and Delphox.
Training in the woods turned out to be a walk in the park for the Venipede. With the Rock-type move Rollout at his disposal, Venipede could easily dispatch the denizens of Outer Infested Woods, suffering only minor damage in return. He was on a roll, literally as well as figuratively. To take down the flying Volbeats Venipede was able to use roots, trees and other such things as ramps to take down the flying targets.
Venipede collectively grew to Level 7!
… Hm? There’s something on the forest floor here. Must have been dropped by some newbie Pokémon Trainer, but in the Pokémon World it is finders keepers on things found on the ground, sooooooooo…
Lucian found 5 Pokéballs!
A small belt with five Pokéballs randomly lying on the ground. Lucian should have a total of nine, then.
And so, with the training done for a while, Lucian gets to act again.
1. Find Pokémon. Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search. 2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding. 3. Seek trainers. There should be quite a few aspiring Bug Catchers. Note, some may challenge you, regardless. 4. Talk. There’s some other trainers around. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have. 5. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally. 6. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination. 7. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 8. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 9. Area Specific: Heal at the hut (100p). Might beat having to go all the way back to Pureplain City… 10. Area Specific: Delve Deeper. What might await in the deeper regions of the woods…?
Connected areas: Route 2. Close, can easily get there without complication. Wet Caverns. Requires a bit of a walk alongside the outer regions of the woods.
The two of them were not given a chance to react. As Dawkin pulled the Escape Rope he might have noticed the red-haired guy losing his smile and the cyan-haired girl’s eyes widening in alarm. The rope spun in the air as Dawkin threw it, unnaturally curling in the air… before it suddenly went taut, as if it had actually connected to nothingness, and Dawkin was pulled. He flew upwards, into nothingness, and vanished from the room. Next thing he knew, he manifested with both his feet hitting the ground just by the entrance of the Wet Caverns, facing outwards and his mind perhaps slightly disorientated.
Entrance of Wet Caverns
He’d immediately realize that there were two others standing right here, as if on guard. A girl with white hair and whiter clothes, a long blue tie hanging in front of her and darker boots, stockings and sleeves. And, a guy with brown hair, a blue jacket and multi-colored pants, looking like a mix-match of a thug trying to dress a bit more fancily with a serene-like girl.
‘Wah!’ The guy called out, turning to glare at Dawkin as he appeared, his hand immediately reaching to grab a Pokéball.
‘Calm yourself, Karl.’ The girl said, throwing him a strict stare, discouraging his action. ‘It is but a trainer using an Escape Rope.’ She said, calmly.
‘… Keh!’ Visibly annoyed, Karl turned around and walked away, glaring at the trees that signalled the beginning of Infested Woods.
‘Our apologies. We’re a little on edge right now.’ The girl said, giving a small bow to Dawkin before looking at him with worry. ‘You came out in a hurry. Does your Pokémon need healing?’ She offered to heal, not knowing the status of Dawkin’s Pokémon.
Donna could hardly hear what the other person said, but it became pretty clear he hadn’t accepted the proposal. There was a sudden splash as the person who had been standing in the water was pulled out of it, vanishing out of the cavern by the way of an Escape Rope.
‘Fool! You’re not the only one with Escape Ropes…!’ The girl shouted, despite that the person had already vanished. She lifted a Pokéball and returned Ducklett to it, before she reached inside her clothing and pulled out a rope of her own.
‘… Really wanted to save these until we were face-to-face with dragons…’ The guy said dejectedly he returned his Growlithe to his Pokéball before going into his pockets because apparently both of them had Escape Ropes as well.
Seemed like they had the intention of leaving. It was always an option for Donna to do something else than just let them leave, if she for some reason felt that was a bright idea.
Amelie was forced down onto the ground, onto her back, just like the others. She gasped out when the force grabbed her, and she felt the blistering heat through her shirt. It was too hot, even if it was through her shirt. Why was the cobblestone so hot!? She wanted up on her shoes as quickly as possible…!
… But if she did, the police officer would do… whatever it meant to become “tinsel fodder”. That was definite. But, did she REALLY want to trust the words of ANYONE in a dimension which Penny had sent her to die in? … Not really. Then again, it wasn’t as if she could get away from the law enforcement if she stood up. Definitely dying VS maybe dying? … She could hopefully put up with some heat.
With shaking hands, she placed the submachine-gun she had been clutching aside on the ground and put her hands on her head, quivering a bit in the occasional heat and hoping this would be over soon. She kept her eyes looking at the police so she could quickly raise a Redirection Orb if things went south. Hopefully, negotiations would go well.
‘… Keh…’ She left the negotiating to the adults, Amelie did not feel confident in her authority should she had spoken up. She just had to bear with the heat, while staying ready to act at any moment’s notice…!
This said, some unfortunate events including the sudden unexpected destruction of a computer has made the accomplishment of a post within an hour now unfeasible, I'll see if I can get that post out tomorrow instead.
Edit: Okay. Pyro and Eklipse, nicely posted, both of you. Now, I will definitely get a post in tomorrow. This week-end has just been a little trying. As usual. What's up with my week-ends? So much constantly planned. Hah.
Was tired. Still wanted to post. Posted despite almost being about to fall asleep. That said, I do want to comment on this character here.
@Kalleth Well. The thing with being overpowered, is that the stronger any one character is the more dangerous the iteration becomes. So, you're pushing on everyone else with that. Haha.
That said, he isn't that overpowered. Essentially he's still a normal, if top percentage, human, all titles notwithstanding. He just happens to be able to open a path to a dimensional prison and have a special scythe that sever "dimensional connections", whatever that is. There are no mentions whatsoever of any particular increase in strength, speed, skill, toughness or intelligence, so we can assume it is of normal human level. Donny's honestly more dangerous. Gods in his universe we can therefore assume are nothing special, either.
What's the most dangerous about him is really the mention of multiple dimensions. That... gives Terminal so much ammunition to screw us up with... Hahahaha. Anyways, yeah.
I do wonder, though, does it take a long time for him to open that path to the prison dimension? Does it open like a gate, does it remain after he created it? Can he, like, touch people and they suddenly vanish into this other dimension through some internal dimension-gate? Would it take any time? Eh, perhaps not my place to ask, but I did get curious. Oh, well.
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