Neo-Flare Base (?)
-all four manage to dodge, and all four mons ATTAAAAAAACK-
Atlas
Neo-Flare HQ(?)
(Thinking fast, Simon throws Dougal's Pokeball straight into the Psyshock, intending to have the Hydreigon absorb as much of it as possible. Meanwhile, an invisible force in the shadows lobs a second Shadow Ball from a completely different angle.)
Tastes better on the way back down.
The Wanderer
-Noting that the behavior of the seemingly area attack based Psyshock seems a bit more... targeted than it ought to be-
...Should've known he'd want to kill me in particular.
-Starts running at Constantin before launching an Aura chain into the ceiling, using the momentum to swing clear of the Psyshock, and then detaches, throwing the Auric Meteor Throwing Axe at Constantin's head-
Muddy: -Both fists covered in a thin bubble- <Not today, Constantin!>
-And starts punching the rubble aside with a dual Earthquake Punch-
<Might be a good idea to actually go Mega this time!>
Ann: Guys, you help too!
Fortuna: -Fires a Shadow Ball at Constantin-
Gekkota: -Rushes at Shaka with an Acrobatics-
Zarigani: -Jumps in front to try absorbing the Psyshock as well, firing a Dark Pulse at Constantin-
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Flying Colors
Neo-Flare Base(?)
-Vierr's barrier shatters from the pseudo-Psyshock, but manages to dull the damage. Diane and Susan rush in rush in with Brave Birds from each side of Shaka. Meanwhile, Avada gives Shaka little more than an uninterested glance before returning his attention to Constantin-
Avada: <Interesting. I got the impression you enjoyed pain.>
-He uses Hex. Kaito is still keeping back.-
edited 7th Feb '17 9:25:29 PM by BittersweetNSour
Fwomph
Neo-Flare HQ Unsettled
-Pent just cribs some protection off the overlapping defenses put up by the rest of the group and uses the opening to swipe his sword suddenly, casting off a sheaf of the black flame as a pretty basic obscuric fireball to probe at the erected Protect shield. As it leaves the blade he quickly refreshes the flame leaving only a spark or two of green-
Pah, you know the power within would be better than your obscura. Besides we need to preserve your strength.
You know the more this fight goes the more I think the Glitch just set up the arena and teleported us to the legit Cons!
Did you just ignore me boy? Hmph...
-He chuckles, a reaction not met by the grey-clad figure as they take some leaps to stay out of the way of the Psyshock-
Meet The New Boss
Neo-Flare Base(?)
-Most of Team Umbra avoids the swinging debri, but Nico takes advantage of the Thunder Wave to fire a Psyshock of his own.-
-The sound of wings can be heard approaching.-
Contact Me!
Eclipse the Moon
Neo-Flare Base(?)
The barrage of attacks flings around the arena willy nilly. Constantin uses the twisted landscape to shield off the brunt of the attacks, but his sluggishness caused by the earlier Thunder Wave causes him to still take a good hit from Nico's Psyshock, One of Gamma/Hertz Shadow Balls and Dalamadur's Dragon Breath.
On Shaka's end, he's hit quite suddenly and harshly by a combined Mr. Bitey's Iron Head and Gekkota's Ariel Ace straight to his back... which accidentally ends up pushing him out of the way of the oncoming attacks from Diane, Susan, and Yuuya as they all collide together with Mr. Bitey and Gekkota instead (and Yuuya's attract affecting someone other than it's intended target)
After the dust settles, a menacing (ゴゴゴゴ) chuckle radiates throughout the area. The temperature seems to drop to bone chilling levels, despite there being no ostensible change to the atmosphere.
Constantin(?): "Nrrgh... Tenacious as ever... No matter. We will overcome you! We will achieve our goals of a truly beautiful world!"
"Heh.. Heh.. Heh.. I can tell brute force is not going to win here, so lets try to be a little more... clever~"
An incredibly strong Psychic washes over the entire arena, but instead of attacking everyone directly, it twists the arena up further into some fucked up, labyrinthine hybrid of Dali and M.C Escher - splitting up the team from each other and from Constantin and Shaka.
Constantin(?): Shaka! NOW!
Shaka nods as he recovers, and focuses. Another wash falls over the arena, though this one actually seems to shroud the living rather than the landscape.
And then, the feeling of a mental chain binding the mind strikes.
Any move that is possible for a Gallade to learn, and I do mean any
move that is possible for a Gallade to learn, can't be used by anyone in the fight anymore. Nor can they recall any mon to remove the effects.
Constantin(?): (Echoing) Let's see how you do with such a change of scenery heh.
edited 7th Feb '17 10:06:37 PM by PippingFool
I'm having to learn to pay the price
Flying Colors
Neo-Flare Base(?)
-Diane and Susan crash into the wrong target, and are dazed in addition to the damage they take; the twisting environment makes their recovery even more difficult.-
-Meanwhile, Kaito and Vierr are separated from Avada and Elysia.-
Elysia: <Well, this sucks.>
Avada: <Wow. Almost as disturbing as the guy himself.>
-Avada initially attempts to use a Psychic to strike despite the labyrinth, but the Imprison blocks the attempt. Elysia, meanwhile, slips through the shadows to find her way toward Shaka-
Kaito: I half expected him to say "welcome to my twisted mind" doing this.
Vierr: Psh. You call this twisted? You should've spent a couple months as a flipping squid, everything looks weird as an Inkay. I've got this.
-Vierr navigates through the labyrinth easily, Kaito trailing behind him with a slight headache.-
edited 7th Feb '17 10:19:24 PM by BittersweetNSour
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Mezzo materializes here and gives off a strangled scream-
Mezzo: Nope, nope, noooooooope. I am so not doing this Taurosshit again.
Leafeon: <What?>
-she then turns to everyone else around her-
Mezzo: Hey guys, this has been just grand, it's lovely actually getting to see all of you again, but I'm through. It's been real. Smell you later.
Sunny: <But don't they need our—>
-she picks up Sunny and sets him on her head-
Mezzo: Screw this noise. Mezzo out.
-and walks out the door-
-since Mezzo didn't actually know the way out of the building, she is now stuck on a random ceiling, trapped by Shaka's Mean Look-
-her response is to scream again-
Mezzo: Arceusdammit!
Leafeon: <Yeah, that was a stupid idea.>
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
Ren: Crafty Shield!
-Keys grins as pink chains rapidly forms around himself and Kitsune, not having the time and power to spare to cover others.-
Keys: <We're still in the game!>
Ren: Let's see how he likes it! Kitsune, Imprison!
Kitsune: <I think I can make your job a bit more difficult.>
-Kitsune eyes and her fourth tail glow purple as she casts a move-sealing hex on Shaka, which seals the moves he shares with her-
-Gamma/Hertz isn't lucky enough to have Prankster like Keys, and is hit by both effects.-
Mendel: Ummm... ummmm... OH! Separate, you two!
Gamma/Hertz: <Can do, Mendel.>
-As the two mon separate, they realize that they have effectively removed the debilitating effects of the combo.-
Hertz: <Brilliant, Mendel!>
Gamma: <Affirmative. These results are most satisfactory.>
edited 7th Feb '17 11:33:46 PM by keys2tkingdom
Asimov Space Crew Member
Resort Area [A few hours sooner]
Phaz: ...I said no, we're not taking thoses. I've already tested thoses, they're not tasty at all.
Embry: <But it says rock flavor!>
Phaz: I said no! Tastes like dirt.
Embry: <Meh!>
Phaz: Listen, no amounts of "Meh!" will let me change my mind. Now let's cash up thoses. Points at a cart full of cookies, Berry Juice and other things.
Cash up,
Catch up,
Time's up!
Neo-Flare base [A few minutes ago]
Phaz: Urgh... What happened? I just felt like i slept for hours... Which is actually not a bad thing.
Cynthia: ~Well apparently we're somewhere... and not alone.~
Ashley: <Uh... Doesn't they look like the guys in Jubilife last Haloween?>
Neo-Flare Base, MC Escher's Labyrinth [Right now]
Phaz: Okay, what?
Cynthia: ~So apparently I can't use anything, I can't get back into my ball, so let's just say that i'm pretty much screwed up. Nice.~
Ashley: <Don't tell me this is becoming an escort mission thourgh this.>
Phaz: How about we destroy that Gallade? That'll solve the problem.
Volta: <Yeah, sure, Thunder!>
He sees with relief that he can use this. Volta used Thunder!
edited 7th Feb '17 10:56:39 PM by Phazya
What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold
The Flamebringer
Siobhan: "Why do I continue to get dragged into glitchy taurosshit?"
-Dalamadur wanders aimlessly in circles, assuming he's getting somewhere.-
-Zhi Shen Lung is very confused as to why he can't do jack or shit.-
-Gogmazios is assuming this is a Pyroar's fault, and loudly assigning blame as such.-
-Ashen is, well, still holding a sword.-
-Argent is near Ashen, holding one of Ashen's crossbows.-
-Archimedes is... disappointed. And seeing if punching the wall will have any effect.-
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.
Fwomph
Neo-Flare HQ Warped
-Pent and the grey-clad person have ended up on different sides (layers?) of the arena after the warping. After recovering from the spatial warping Pent experimentally swings his sword a few times but is unable to shake the flames loose like before-
Oh come on, what kinda obscura does Gallade even have?!
Night Slash, damnit... Guess we're taking this up close and personal...
Be careful dood, you still have so much to do!
-Pent shrugs and tries to locate a clear path towards the enemy-
Neo-Flare HQ Warped
-Pent and the grey-clad person have ended up on different sides (layers?) of the arena after the warping. The figure in the grey leather armor takes a moment, notices the problems of physical separation from Cons and his mon and flips open a panel of the armor on the back of their wrist to talk into the electronics underneath-
GCF: Karliah, to my side... -A pause, they tap the electronics- Mercer? Bryn? Fuck...
It's clearly a case of backroom political albumizing.
-Yuuya notices as his Attract hits someone other than its intended target-
Yuuya: <Apologies!>
-Then the landscape shifts and everyone gets trapped-
Maggie: "...Well, this sucks."
Yuuya: <Well, naught to do but find away around...>
Gogie: <Hrm... Let's see if I can't...>
Punk Guy: "So... guess I'll just... sit here until the landscape starts making more sense."
"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every
The Wanderer
Neo-Flare HQ (Warped)
Fuck, it's like we're in a damned Escher painting.
Muddy: -Isn't quite as debilitated by Imprison, but visibly annoyed- <We're upside down.>
Doc: <Let's try finding the others.>
Neo-Flare HQ (Warped)
-Ann's party is meanwhile stuck on its side-
Ann: Well, this sucks.
Gekkota: <Argh!>
Fortuna: <Calm, Gekkota.>
Gekkota: -Angrily- <I'll be calm once I've sliced that guy to ribbons.>
-To Ann-
Do you have any idea why he hates your brother so much?
Ann: I don't know, but he looks like one of those alt-right types so that's probably why.
-Either may be heard by someone else-
edited 8th Feb '17 12:04:57 AM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Eclipse the Moon
Neo-Flare Base(?)
Suddenly, a bit of debris, around the size of a thumbnail, ricochets around and hits Tagg from the side.
A similar one hits Vierr's shoulder
Another hits Kitsune's back
And more and more of these barrelling debris pieces are being flung around the labyrinth as if they were billiard balls struck by a cue at the start of a game of pool. Deranged cackling mixes with the pangs of steel upon steel as the bits flurry around waiting for something to hit.
A reflection from behind Tagg shows Constantin(?) with a mad grin, holding a bunch of shredded metal bits in the air with his psychic powers, while Shaka beside him focuses - a slight, pinkish tinge covers his forearms and their blades.
I'm having to learn to pay the price
You're shivering. Are you afraid?
-Mezzo feels a small piece of shrapnel hit her in the shoulder, and immediately opens her umbrella to block any more incoming shards-
Mezzo: I hate everything.
Leafeon: <Don't you always say that?>
Mezzo: Well this time I really do hate everything, okay?
Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.
The Wanderer
Neo-Flare Base (Side: Tagg)
-Is hit by the thumbnail-sized [piece of metal-
Ack!
Doc & Muddy: <Tagg!>
-Noticing Constantin's (?) reflection while putting my back to a wall and forming a barrier to try blocking the debris-
Constantin!
Doc: <Quit picking on the others and try picking on us!>
-And fires a Dazzling Gleam at the reflection... or tries to but fails-
<What?>
Muddy: <Imprison, Doc. This is gonna get way harder now.>
Doc: <Then let's try this one then!>
-And drops a Thunder at Shaka and Constantin-
Muddy: -Launches himself at them with a Waterfall-
(Side: Ann)
Gekkota: -Using her tail to block the debris going in Ann's direction- <Where is that guy?>
Fortuna: -Moving out of the way- <I'm trying to find Tagg's psychic signature, if this Constantin character hates him that much, then logic dictates where we find Tagg, we find him.>
edited 8th Feb '17 12:21:05 AM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Eclipse the Moon
Neo-Flare Base (?)
The Thunder hits the reflection... and ricochets off from the wall.
Similarly, Muddy is now a big, watery pinball. Bouncing around further away from Tagg
But neither seem to hit the target they were aiming for.
The reflection of Constantin turns, and smiles. As do the myriad of reflections like them.
Constantin(?): Oh!~hoho~! This is rich! You're cornered like some small, feeble morsel just waiting to be devoured. And oh, how I will enjoy devouring you~
Constantin snakes his left arm around Shaka's hip, and pulls him close. Meanwhile, energy seems to be pooling out of Shaka like he's leaking.
Constantin(?): Finish them off, Shaka.
Shaka inhales, then exhales. Shaka holds his hands in a meditative pose over his pelvis, before gliding his hands up and gathering up the excess energy into an orb.
One richly red in colour rather than it's usual pink.
Using his free arm, Constantin drops the bits of debris he's holding and focuses on holding Shaka's arm steady, the red ball of energy pushed to the tip of Shaka's hand by force. Though the Gallade is clearly struggling or in pain at the action.
Shaka(?): I expected more of you than just to fire off an attack willy-nilly. I know you're smarter than this.
Constantin(?): -Barking- FIRE
The orb of pure energy seems to collapse in on itself as it is fired from the tip of Shaka's fingers like the bullet from a gun. Only the size of a small marble, the ball joins the other bits of metal debris among the ricocheting objects.
However, it has no homing ability, and it's clear that Constantin only seems to have an estimation of where Tagg might be, rather than where he actually is.
Wherever the ball decides to land, it will be hell.
edited 8th Feb '17 1:32:37 AM by PippingFool
I'm having to learn to pay the price
The Wanderer
Honestly, I just wanted you to shut up for once. But that orb, it's almost the same as... Could this actually be?
-As it's being charged but before it's fired-
If that thing hits me, I'm done! But that metal that's gathering around it... it gives me an idea.
-As it's fired, I make a stance that allows me to make a barrier shaped like a U-shaped funnel. As the orb makes its way over, the metal bits touch the barrier, which charges the outside with my Aura. As a result, it loops on the barrier, before being sent right back to sender-
Muddy: -While still being pinballed, he can somewhat notice Constantin appearing out of reflective surfaces- <Well, it's worth a shot.>
-And blasts some Muddy Water to change his momentum back towards the battle, before spitting out a lot of mud to turn the water ball into a mud ball, which naturally starts covering the metal walls it hits in a coating of mud-
edited 8th Feb '17 1:39:51 AM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Asimov Space Crew Member
Neo-Flare Base, MC Escher Labyrinth
Volta: <Well that didn't work.>
Phaz: Any other brilliant ideas?
Volta: <How about trying to find where is he?>
Phaz: Yeah, that's an idea.
Cynthia: ~Okay, I can use some attacks. But not much.~
Phaz: Good. Let's go.
Phaz and co. will wander around trying to find anyone.
What's the use of money if you ain't gonna break the mold? Even at the center of fire, there is cold All that glitters ain't gold
Flying Colors
Guess who's awake after only about 3-4ish hours of sleep? :D
Neo-Flare Labyrinth
-Vierr was indeed struck by pinball shrapnel, and clutches his shoulder-
Vierr: Ow! Okay, that's just ridiculous.
-He constructs another weak Obscura barrier to stop any more from hitting him, and keeps navigating the labyrinth.-
-Meanwhile, Elysia manages to find her way through the shadows, and pops out of the ground next to Constantin.-
Elysia: <Hello! Fancy meeting you here!>
-And she jumps, trying to latch onto Constantin's face and generally be a nuisance.-
Eclipse the Moon
The ball comes barrel back from where it came, and Shaka(?) begins to panic. Too tired from the actual firing of the attack itself to move out of it's line of sight, Constantin(?) lunges forward and backhands the energy marble off a different wall, changing it's trajectory and having it bounce off elsewhere - forgotten.
Of course, in consequence, Constantin(?) now sports nasty open gash. Running from the back of his hand down his arm and ending at the shoulderblade.
Shaka(?): <Constantin!>
Shaka grabs Cons just before he crumbles to the floor out of pain and blood-loss
Shaka(?): <There was no point for you to do that. Now you're injured.>
Constantin(?): You would have died if that shot hit you, Shaka. And you'll never die while I am by your side.
Shaka(?): <I'm... honoured that you think highly of me enough to put yourself in harm's way for my sake.>
Constantin(?): Besides. -Constantin(?) holds his ripped arm in front of Shaka- You can help with this, can you not.
Shaka(?): <Of course, sir. It would only be fair of me to do so>
Pink pulses emit from Shaka's(?) fingertips as he runs them up Constantin(?)'s arms. Healing the damage done to them.
It seems that without Shaka, Constantin might be much easier to take down.
As Elysia appears, Shaka instinctively lunges at them with a Night Slash before they could touch Constantin.
Meanwhile, the mud stuck to the labyrinth walls begins to collect the bits of debris fired earlier. Making less damaging objects ricocheting around the arena.
edited 8th Feb '17 2:28:11 AM by PippingFool
I'm having to learn to pay the price
The Wanderer
-Watching Elysia-
Finally, some help.
Ann: -Having managed to catch up- Guys, help my brother and his mons!
Doc: -Glows as he sends golden energy at Ann's mons-
Fortuna: -Fires a Moonblast at Shaka while he's preoccupied with Elysia- <Didn't they teach you about situational awareness?>
Gekkota: -Attacks with an Acrobatics- <Take this!>
Muddy: -Starts hurtling at Constantin while still in his mud ball-
Muddy... forgive me for this.
-And bats him at Constantin with an Aura bat-
Muddy: <Tagg, this had better work!>
edited 8th Feb '17 2:41:57 AM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Siobhan: "... The hell are we?"
-Siobhan releases Zhi Shen Lung, Gogmazios, and Dalamadur.-
-They use Protect, Dragon Rush, and Dragon Breath, respectively.-
-A3 are also here.-
-Ashen draws the Blade of Polaris. Which doubles as a surprisingly effective shield, the Psycho cut just... fading into the blade, staggering Ashen back a bit.-
Ashen: ~Huh.~
-Argent raises a Light Screen, and Archimedes charges at the closest enemy, attempting to punch it in the face.-
All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.