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Cathedral(?)

(While Annoski is semi-distracted, a Honchkrow takes the opportunity to barrel into the Keystone barrier at high speeds, dealing it considerable damage at the cost of taking quite the hit himself.)

Tastes better on the way back down.

The Cathedral(?)

Umbra: Duolis, Alduin, now!

-Duolis lunges at Annoski and his Keystone with a Sacred Sword, as Alduin blasts Dark Pulses at the same. Everyone else helps the Aura Guardian trio clear out the Armortombs-

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The Cathedral(?)

-Soul Arrow scowls, and turns his attention to Annoski again, or rather, the air above him. He starts focusing, drawing in the power of the Nexus, and a cloud of Aura starts forming. Vierr, meanwhile, blinks at the incoming Aurics.-

Vierr: Uh, who are these guys? You never told me about these guys, Tagg. I don't think. Maybe—

Jeannie: <Focus!>

Vierr: Right, right!

-He makes another mace construct to swing at Annoski's barrier, this time made of yellow Aura. Jeannie comes forward to use a High Jump Kick. After the cloud of Aura above Annoski gets particularly big, Soul Arrow gestures downward and it coalesces into a series of arrows that rain down on Annoski.-

edited 16th Feb '17 5:17:26 PM by BittersweetNSour

Cathedral(?)

Jason:He ain't important ta you!

-As the slam happens-

And now!

-Jason Flash Steps again and tries to bring a large Mallet construct down on the Barrier-

Cathedral(?)

-Doradan scowls.-

Doradan: We need to hit that keystone, hard...

And WHO hits harder than US?!

Oh, please no...

There's no helping it.

-Doradan takes a black scale from his pocket, pulls up a sleeve, and slaps it on.-

-Black Obscura encases Doradan before a furious Hydreigon encased on armor erupts forth.-

Doradan: <RAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!>

-The armored Hydreigon rushes at the Keystone barrier with a furious Dragon Rush.-

Cathedral (?)

Fortuna: -Fires a Moonblast-

Genmei: -Attacks with Close Combat-

Forecaster: -Drops a Thunder-

And now...

-Charges up with Aura before firing a beam at Annoski-

Annoski (?): -Is buffeted by the attacks, the barrier being brought to its absolute zenith... when a bolt of Obscura strikes through it and the Keystone, destroying it. A man wearing a Stantler mask, having been towards the back this time until now steps forward-

"Stantler Mask": It is done. Regrettable, but necessary.

Annoski (?): -As he's brought back to a ghostly form- My Sinnoh... my new dawn...

-Stares directly at us-

Very well, I concede. Your ideals have carried the day.

-And turns into Glitch particles, along with the remainder of the Spiritomb army-

-Wryly-

Were you trying to be fashionably late or something like that? We could've used your help before.

Stantler Mask: -Jokingly- It's nice to see you again too Tagg.

You know, despite having helped us about three times if you include this, I still don't know your actual name.

-Sighs-

So many memories we've been fighting, I dread to see what's waiting at the bottom for us. Because there's plenty of things in our history that we haven't faced yet.

edited 16th Feb '17 5:30:41 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

The Cathedral(?)

Robin: -to Tagg- Considering what we've been through already that I've never seen before, consider me terrified.

Arika: Glad Annoski's done with at least.

Polly: -strides in next to Stantler Mask and the Aura Guardian trio- All right, who of you four wants drinks?

Nico: Polly?!

Polly: Hey Nico. Nice work out here.

-to Vierr-

I'll talk to you later, kid.

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The Catherdral(?)

-Doradan sighs as he takes the scale off of his arm, returning to human form.-

Doradan: Well then. I'll see you later, then.

-He recalls his Pokemon and walks off without another word.-

The Cathedral(?)

-Vierr watches Annoski be defeated, and looks at Tagg and the Aura Guardians, then at Polly.-

Vierr: ...Okay, seriously, who are you people? What?

-Before he gets an answer, he hears a crackling sound behind him. He turns around to see Soul Arrow charging up a massive, sparking Aura arrow, aimed directly at him.-

Soul Arrow: <And now, time to end you, Thief of Four Quarters.>

Vierr: What the hell—

-Right as Soul Arrow releases the shot, things go fuzzy again...-

Beyond Space And Time

-Palkia is pacing, holding a phone up to where her ear would be if she had physical ears.-

Palkia: OH COME ON! IT'S ALMOST BEEN TEN DAYS IN THE META, WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S STILL NOT AVAILABLE?

-The other end of the phone line has what sounds to the mortal ear like a series of trombone sounds vaguely imitating speech.-

Palkia: I EVEN GOT THESE TICKETS! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LEVELS OF THE BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE I HAD TO GO THROUGH TO FIND SOMEONE WHO KNEW WHERE TO FIND THESE TICKETS?

-More trombone noises-

Palkia: I HAD TO TALK TO SO MANY MANAGERS! SO MANY!

-Trombone.-

Palkia: IN FOUR DIFFERENT OFFSHOOTS OF THE PRIMARY TIMELINE!

-Womp womp.-

Palkia: BUT THINK ABOUT THE DRAMA! I AM 72% CERTAIN THAT THIS GLITCH RUNS ON DRAMA!

-WHOOOOOOOOMP-

Palkia: I'M SORRYYYYYYYYYY

edited 16th Feb '17 5:49:37 PM by BittersweetNSour

The Cathedral (?)

-To Robin-

Annoski was the biggest thing we fought by that point of 2012, so it's likely that what we face next will be stuff from the first year we all met.

Stantler Mask: -To me- Be careful Tagg, I can tell that thing has more in store for you all.

Sarah: -To Polly- Well, I'm not sure how long we've got before we're yanked back to the Spirit World, but okay.

-To Vierr-

Well, they used to b-fuzz-

??? (?)

-The group ends up on a street in a city near the coast, except that there's something... off. That is, the street looks like it's been the site of active fighting, and the streets are lined with the crucified corpses of humans and Pokémon, of various ages. The sounds of combat can be heard further away.-

No, not... here. Anywhere but here.

-Looks as if I'm about to break-

Ann: -Looks horrified- What the hell is going on here?

Muddy: -Looking down- <It's Celadon, during... then.>

Cobalt: -Looking ahead- <Then we know who we'll be facing again shortly.>

Draca: -Bearing her fangs- <I can't wait.>

Limna: -With an odd sense of resolve- <This time, I can actually fight.>

edited 16th Feb '17 7:17:37 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Celadon(?)

-Jason looks around, then at Tagg, then back around-

Jason:What that actual...

-He gulps-

I doubt I wanna know...what's waiting for us here...

Celadon(?)

(Again, it's Simon who is warped through alongside the others. This time, he has no reaction except a look of pure slack-jawed horror.)

edited 16th Feb '17 6:17:02 PM by Uilleam

Tastes better on the way back down.

AU Celadon(?)

-The ones dropped off this time are assorted members of Kaito's team, without their trainer...-

-And Diane, who sees the horrifying images around her and immediately looks like she's going to be sick.-

Diane: What... the actual fuck...

Myra: <This is bad...>

Cassius: <This is bringing back some unpleasant memories...>

Avada: <...Let's end whoever did this and get out of here already.>

edited 16th Feb '17 6:15:33 PM by BittersweetNSour

Celadon(?)

-Everyone takes in their surroundings in slack-jawed horror-

Human!Ammy: This... This must be...

Seishirou: The Butcher... Are we really seeing his atrocities with our own eyes?

Fuuma: I certainly wish we weren't...

-Robin is in a similar state to Tagg at the sight of the corpses and the sounds of conflict-

Robin: Death everywhere... Moving corpses... Screaming people... And all I do is laugh and feast...

edited 16th Feb '17 6:42:10 PM by Umbramatic

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-Hajime quickly resolved to not look up unless he had to-

Maggie: "So... this is what it was like, huh..."

Sholto: <I... don't think I've felt emotions this bad since back in Orre.>

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

Yup, condensed again for a little bit

-Tori, along with King's heal ball and Lane's machine pistol, eventually washes up on the shores of the small lake outside of the oddly quiet Mimiga village, where she eventually finds Dr Booster teleporting into Toroko's old house bearing grim news, the Doctor already gathered all the Mimiga from the village and surrounding caverns.-

-Though he's doubtful anything can be done now, after seeing Tori's reaction to the news that Mimiga!Iggy may soon be used as a berserk weapon Dr Booster gives something that helped him escape from the Doctor's raid, a jetback he dubbed the Booster v2.0-

-With her new acquisitions and another tip from Dr Booster, Tori takes quick trip back to return the gun she'd borrowed at the beginning of her adventure, and then sets off through the Egg Corridor in hopes of getting to Ignia before it's too late.-

Celadon

Daydre grimaces and looks away from the corpses as quickly as possible.

"What is this..."

off the shits

-Ashen is here, still a human.-

Ashen: "What the fuck?" -She draws her sword.-

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

Celadon Streets (?)

-Ever sees the scenery, and tenses-

Breeze: <...Ever?>

Ever: ...We're clocking out.

-and he hops lightly over the counter-

Breeze: <Wait, didn't you say you'd—>

Ever: Narratively speaking? Not relevant. Breeze, get ready to fight.

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

-Blitz is back, and in his normal garb-

-And after a moment of being shocked by the scenery (which he's desperately hoping isn't real) he pulls a kunai out of his bag-

Blitz: -To Tagg- "So... This isn't the first time you've been here"

-Mezzo looks around-

Mezzo: Oh, fuck this noise. Like I'd ever want to be here again.

Demyx: <Uh, what?>

Mezzo: C'mon, we're...

-Mezzo is interrupted by Ever hopping out of the stand-

Mezzo: ...

-she follows him without a word-

-Forte, oddly enough, is still here-

Forte: Oh jeez. Is this that alternate timeline where Shadow was an Umbreon and Sunny was an Espeon and I died?

Umbreon!Shadow: <Seems like it.>

Espeon!Sunny: <I sure didn't want to see this again.>

-indeed, all of Forte's team has been shifted; Icicle is now a Leafeon, Shadow is an Umbreon, Fireball is a Glaceon, Marine is a Jolteon, Leaflet is a Flareon, Electro is a Vaporeon, Sunny is an Espeon, and Stella is a Sylveon-

Celeste: <Mommy, why did everyone change?>

-Well, except for Celeste, who is still a Sylveon-

Stella: <I don't know, dear.>

Do not fear power... fear those who wield it.

Celadon City (?)

-Doesn't seem to have fully comprehended Blitz's question at first-

Gaia: <Tagg, you know we can->

-Looks up at Gaia-

...I'm fine.

-To Blitz-

T-This is the Battle of Cellafron, in the same universe we fought those dragons in, more than five years ago.

Roc: -Perched on a fallen lampost- <This is a mere snapshot of that hell week.>

-Walking forward, my Aura giving off a mix of emotions, but chiefly a combination of resolve, disgust, and righteous fury. It still feels fairly disturbed-

Let's go guys.

---

And now for part two of my portion of this Boss Rush.

-After walking through the path of crucified corpses up to what appears to be a military command post-

Muddy: <Are you ready Tagg?>

Yeah…

-Ahead of us stands a masked Samurott standing about seven or eight feet tall quadrupedal-

???: <So you're the ones who've managed to kill my men.>

-Glares-

Lanius.

Lanius (?): <So I'm even known in the profligate West.>

Ann: Wait, so this is Lanius?

Fortuna: <I didn't think Samurott could even get that big.>

Forecaster: -Angrily- <We're still going to beat you, just like last time!>

Lanius (?): -To Forecaster, glaring- <A mouth on you, isn't there? I wonder if you'll still have that fire after I've made you and all the females here slaves and breeding stock. As for the rest of you, I will have you crucified from Celadon's Department Store, your bodies facing east so that you may watch your world die.>

Audilith: <I'd call you a pig like I did last time, but that's an insult to pigmons. You talk big, but you lost to us and got crippled by a human, everything you despise.>

Muddy: -Taking on a battle stance <You might be strong, but we've gotten stronger since last time.>

-Clutching my dagger-

I could attempt another speech roll… but you're so loathsome I'd rather just fight you a second time. You couch things in "honor", and "glory", but you're just an oversized thug drunk on plunder and murderous bloodlust! We're putting an end to you, tonight!

Lanius (?): -Gets up on his hind legs, making him appear even bigger- <I don't know what you're talking about, but I can tell you this. Violence sets us free… in way we don't fully understand. The weak deserve to be crushed by the strong. If you can't accept that … you'll just be food!!! Food for the Legion, and for me!!!>

-Unsheathes his massive twin sea, bellows, and then charges at the group, closing the distance in no time-

Get ready everyone!!!

Terror of the East! J-Team vs Lanius!

edited 16th Feb '17 7:22:14 PM by rmctagg09

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Celadon City (?)

Ever: Oh, shut your mouth and die properly.

-he sends out Spathi, Marmalade, Salamence, Cornelia, and Brushfire-

Ever: All of you, rip him apart! Spathi, Salamence, aerial bombardment! Marmalade, Cornelia, make the ground hard to travel! Brushfire, stop him from using ice!

-Spathi and Salamence take off, spraying down Dragonbreath. Marmalade and Cornelia both use Dig to start tearing up the ground. Brushfire, meanwhile, just watches-

Spathi: <Um, who is this guy?>

Salamence: <...I have no idea.>

Dunsparce didn't stop being a thing or anything.

Rumba: <Yeah, I don't think so.>

-She tries using a Fake Out on Lanius-

-Maggie, meanwhile, tries shooting an arrow at him-

Glöckchen: <Those who aggravate the dog might find themselves taking bitter medicine while the dog eats their food.>

-She rings her bell and sends out a Razor Leaf at the Samurott-

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

Underground Lab

-Lane has been sleeping here. Thankfully, this place, a lab as he's noticed, had a sleeping quarters-

-Currently he is looking through what few files he found on a terminal in the room he found Tori and Ignia in.-

Lane:Mnph...hm...?

-He opens a text file-

-Lane sighs-

Lane:That's...what happened here...?

-He gulps-

Poor guy...

-He closes the file and resumes his search.-

There's got to be a way to get them out though...

Celadon(?)

-Jason opens his arm vents long enough to form a large tower shield in one hand and a partisan in the other-

Jason:Welp...not getting help from a Nexus this time...

Senshi:<Like that's important.>

Jason:Yeah...

-Grits his teeth-

If everyone is so tense about this...we can't afford to be slouching either...

Senshi:<Fine by me...>

-Jason slams his shield into the ground to form a defensive wall as Senshi tries to launch a Thunder at Lanius-