-Sholto braces himself from the blow and calls out to the Administrator-

Sholto: <Uh, hey! Can we talk?>

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

Stormchaser

-Liberty and Tectonic are quite dazed from their untended interaction.-

Liberty: ... <Ow.>

Tectonic: <That kinda hurt.>

-Meanwhile, everyone else of the group immediately finds cover to hide behind.-

Doomsday: <What the hell is this thing MADE of?! It makes no sense!>

Ludmilla: ... Exactly.

Doomsday: <... What?!>

Ludmilla: Arceus, Hy'm so stupid.

Stormchaser

(The blast effortlessly knocks out Klaus and Pounce, as well as Belinda. Thera, however, slipped away as the Foul Play struck and is nowhere in sight.)

Tastes better on the way back down.

Stormchaser

-a boy crashes to the deck of the Stormchaser through the hole left by Jason, a pair of Jellicent departing his body-

Ever: ...Ow.

-he sits up, and notices the battle-

Ever: ...Wait. Is that the thing with the thing that put Jacob in the hospital?

Breeze: <No, it's the other thing with the thing.>

Ever: Oh. Okay. Not a problem then.

Breeze: <...Are you sure you're not concussed?>

Ever: Eh, just post-possession jitters. I'm used to it.

Breeze: You shouldn't be.

Ever: You're not my mom, gosh.

-tick-

Ever: ...Holy shit that thing is here. Breeze!

Breeze: <There we go!>

Ever: Use Attract!

Breeze: <...What?>

Ever: It physically cannot make things worse!

Breeze: <...Okay then.>

-he focuses, and a heart forms in front of him, flying towards the Administrator-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Crochet: -Gets knocked out alongside Fenrir, while Muddy and Coulomb barely hold on-

Muddy: <Tagg, we're running out of options here! Maybe we should get him to fi->

Not yet!

Muddy: -To Draca- <Would this fall under one of those "in greatest need" scenarios?>

Draca: -Growls- <Well it's getting there.>

edited 25th Oct '16 7:20:01 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Stormchaser

-The Administrator looks up at Sholto-

"No."

-It looks at Breeze-

"..."

-Its armor goes back to its normal silver and it stares at Breeze more-

"..."

-In a burst of speed it's in front of Breeze, grabs him, and then hurls him up, through the roof, and to the outside world-

Regina: <Alright, no more games!!>

-She and Argentum go down to the hold and Argentum slams into it with a Meteor Mash, Regina blasting it with a Psychic-

Jacob: "Damn... this isn't going well!! We need to get it off the ship! We need more open area to move and fight in!"

-The Administrator looks around then, deciding he is the greatest threat, throws Argentum off it and charges Muddy-

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Ashen: -blip!s back into the arena along with Argent.- <I'd say so.> -She puts another large crossbow bolt into the Administrator, charged with electricity.-

edited 25th Oct '16 7:29:15 PM by Izshta

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Sholto: <Aw, why not? Talking's fun!>

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

Stormchaser

-Breeze is hurled. It's a lot less effective than you might imagine, much like throwing a potato chip-

-on the other hand, he's also grabbed in a giant mechanical fist beforehand, so you do the math on that one-

Ever: Hey!

I guess this isn't exactly a one-mon job. All my heavy hitters are elsewhere, though...

-he sends out Jab and Nitro, Jab doing a three-point landing and Nitro doing a six-point one by virtue of landing on a snowflake-

Ever: Okay, you two, stop grandstanding. Nitro, see what you can do to slow it down! Icy Wind! Jab, Assurance! Wherever that thing's taken damage, I want more of it!

-Nitro summons a totally fake rune, which glows blue and emits a chilling wind at the Administrator's feet-

-Jab, meanwhile, begins circling, occasionally darting in to attack somewhere that was just attacked-

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Stormchaser

Mx. Amarin: Goddammit!

Brecht: <...Well, so much for that. Want to start calling in favors?>

Mx. Amarin: ...If you can get Mom and Pallad here. Mom's got her Toa of Iron stuff, maybe she can do something.

Brecht: <...I'm going to guess the Rainbow Wing is— >

Mx. Amarin: YES THAT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION DON'T EVEN SUGGEST IT

Brecht: <Yikes, okay.>

-He blips out of sight. Mx. Amarin shakes their head and sighs, sending out Eitr, the shiny Croagunk sparkling and sparking with glitchy particles.-

Eitr: <...Okay, seriously, are you trying to get me killed?>

Mx. Amarin: As far as I know, you're the only one who has both glitchiness and sanity to help. That thing's got glitch stuff underneath, and maybe — maybe — you can do some damage to it underneath.

Eitr: <Okay, yes, you are trying to kill me.>

Mx. Amarin: Just wait for an opportunity.

edited 25th Oct '16 7:36:44 PM by BittersweetNSour

Draca: <KRII LUN AUS!>

Draca used Marked for Death!

The foe Administrator's Defenses harshly fell!

Muddy: -Getting up- <I am up to here with you!>

-Earthquake Punches the Administrator enough to make him stumble-

<Now!>

-Has taken this opportunity to man one of the Stormchaser's turrets and starts firing concussive blasts at the Administrator's scar to throw it further off balance-

Coulomb: -Uses his own Ion Deluge-

Pica: -Sharpens her claws before striking out with an electrified Chip Away-

Garchomp: <How about we take this outside?>

-And Dragon Ruses the Administrator alongside Hydreigon, the latter grabbing the Administrator's left arm in an attempt to fling him into the clearing below-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Stormchaser

Ludmilla: I should have asked Chromie to get Rend while we were at it...

Doomsday: <REND?! WHAT?!>

Nix: <With all due respect, ma'am, that is ASKING for something horrific to happen.>

Liberty: <Nrg.>

-Liberty phases out of her hole and pops up behind Ludmilla.-

Liberty: <Ma'am! Initial observations suggest a rigid shell requiring a strong puncturing force surrounding a stiff muscle tissue.>

Stormchaser

-It looks phased, stopped for a moment by the Earthquake and shout, and is shoved out the hold by Garchomp and Hydreigon, both of whom it grabs as it tumbles, flipping over to slam them into the ground first, but all its armor cracking from the impact-

"... Annoying."

-It looks up and holds its hand out, another salvo of the same purple beams rapidly slamming against the armaments and engines of the Stormchaser-

"You will face me on my terms."

-The whole ship rocks as Jacob has to catch himself-

"Alright, everyone! Now!"

-He dives out the hold, Regina and Argentum diving after him, Phlegethon and Pest flying down to help transport-

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Stormchaser

Ever: Oh, sweet.

-he hops out of the airship without so much as a parachute, recalling Nitro and Jab before he does-

Ever: So what's the plan from here?

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Stormchaser

Ludmilla: ... Well, time to go. Everyone!

-Ludmilla recalls her whole team minus Liberty and jumps out behind everyone else. Liberty follows on her jets as Ludmilla dives out - not wearing a parachute in full free fall.-

Liberty: <Ma'am, you've only done this once! Your safety is not guaranteed!>

Ludmilla: Then it's a good thing you're my companion, huh?

Ashen: <Welp, I told you so.>

Siobhan: -Goes and looks at the engines to see they're still functional.-

-Balthazar jumps out of the airship, attempting to land on the Administrator.-

-Ashen and Argent teleport to the ground, and Ashen fires another Hyper Beam bolt at the Administrator.-

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

-Sholto is currently holding Ever up by his shoelaces-

Sholto: <Not sure... Seducing didn't get us anywhere and they didn't want to talk...>

Lisa: <I doubt we could pay them off or anything.>

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

-The Stormchaser is still flightworthy by some miracle, but it's obviously seen better days-

Everyone capable of fighting, after that thing! If you can't, keep the Stormchaser out of range until I give the signal!

-And rides on Draca down-

Garchomp: -Digs underground to escape the Administrator-

Hydreigon: -Makes a Protect barrier to get the Administrator off her, before firing a triple Dragon Pulse-

Muddy: <Forecaster! Cobalt!>

Muddy: -Fires a Hydro Pump-

Cobalt: -Uses Psychic to shape the water into spears-

Forecaster: -Freezes them with a Blizzard-

-And so a swarm of icicle spears are fired at the Administrator-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Stormchaser

Eitr: <...So the plan is to abandon ship. Great plan, guys.>

Mx. Amarin: Well, it's better than staying here when everyone else is leaving.

Echo: For the record, I would very much like this airship back later.

-Ellen Phantom Forces into sight-

Mx. Amarin: Hi, mom. We're jumping ship. I'm not gonna die. Can you make sure Eitr can attack under that giant robot thing's armor?

Eitr: <Can I just say that I don't particularly approve of this plan even though I'm gonna follow through with it anyway?>

-Without another word, Ellen grabs Eitr and disappears, while the others send out respective flight-capable Pokemon and descend from the ship. Down by the Administrator, Ellen reappears and attempts to pry the armor apart so Eitr can land a clear shot on its insides with a glitch-powered punch-

edited 25th Oct '16 8:09:08 PM by BittersweetNSour

South of Sendoff Spring

Verax: -He winces as the Blizzard Spears embed into the Administrator-

-As the group lands, the last salvo of strikes impact the Administrator, causing it to stagger back, and double over, breathing heavily-

"What.... is this? What... are you...? I cannot... Inconceivable...!!"

-It contorts and twists back in pain until freezing, the cracks on its armor spidering out more, and more, and more until it shatters like glass, revealing a mass of pulsing muscular material with fleshy green veins twisting and spreading out from the center of its chest-

-As its armor vanishes, a black static pulse ripples across the field, like a shock wave forcing everyone away from it a large distance-

-...-

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-It roars out as a veritable explosion of electricity radiates off it, twisting and pulsing-

" I CANNOT BE KILLED BY YOU CHILDREN!"

-The ground is saturated by some warping twisting power, as it leers at the group-

"I am the third shard of Calamity. I am Destruction!! I am a god amongst you sheep, and I will obliterate you."

-Destruction just appears in the middle of the group, a cloud of dust and rock kicked up from where it was standing, and it grabs Eitr in one fist and just squeezes as hard as it can, its other arm twisting into a bladed tentacle of some sort which whips around and slashes at everything else, bending and twisting and and moving in alien ways to soar past everyone-

edited 25th Oct '16 8:22:15 PM by Verax

"If there is no way to win, I will simply force a way."

Oops, ed

-Siobhan rushes to the bridge and attempts to pilot the ship away from the fight.-

-Ashen manages to duck around the tentacles, but just barely. Argent takes one to the chest, but is able to heal most of the damage with a Super Potion.-

-Balthazar is thrown a fair distance, and has difficulty getting back up. But he does so, and charges at Destruction, slashing at him with his sword-

edited 25th Oct '16 8:19:04 PM by Izshta

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

Stormchaser, Outside

Ever: ...Welp.

-he fumbles a bit with Letter's ball, but manages to release the Doublade-

Ever: Letter, we are almost certainly about to die.

Letter: <Excellent!>

Ever: Unfortunately, I'm lucid enough to disagree with you. That said, hold on.

-he grabs Letter, unsheathes him, and kicks off his shoes, dropping towards the Administrator-

Ever: oh my god this was such a bad idea

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

South of Sendoff Spring

-Ludmilla is still midair when the shockwave reaches her, and blasts her against a tree. From the tree she falls against the ground, a bleeding wound on the back of her head soaking her hair and leaving her only tenuously connected to consciousness. Liberty immediately moves to her aid.-

-Meanwhile...-

-Destruction may or may not notice... eyes... looking at him.-

-Three pairs.-

Well we've finally reached step two of the plan, if it went slightly off the rails... Now to survive long enough to reach step three.

-Aura chains come out and try to parry the strikes aimed at both me and everyone else-

Give it everything you've got!

Garchomp: -Pokes her head above ground, barely avoiding a slice aimed at her neck- <Hey, is this guy at least less likely to constantly heal like the first form?>

Muddy: <No idea!>

-Looking at Hydreigon-

<But I guess we're about to find out.>

Hydreigon: -Roars and goes into an Outrage-

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

South of Sendoff Spring

-Ellen quickly retrieves Eitr before he is crushed to death, but not before both of them take severe damage from the attacks they respectively receive. Eitr in particular is quickly rendered unconscious.-

Ellen: Damn, so it's not just a machine thing. I could have dealt with a machine easily.

Mx. Amarin: Well, so much for that. Back to the old strategy!

-They send Holly back out, while Ellen sends out Pallad.-

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Pallad: ~This thing is even worse than Brecht described.~

Mx. Amarin: ...Where did he go anyway?

Pallad: ~To call in more favors.~

Mx. Amarin: ...Oh dammit.

-Pallad and Holly both use Psychic on Destruction. From elsewhere, Jiānhùrén uses Blizzard-

edited 25th Oct '16 9:21:21 PM by BittersweetNSour