Screw the Lion!
Stumpy scoffed at the Hound Knight's words. Twenty years ago the Breloom would have believed him, but he definitely knew better......
He was about to comfort Edwin and get him out of his current funk when Havoc suddenly unleashed a Fire Blast upon the Hound Knight. This certainly snapped Edwin out of it, the Knight Leader immediately picking up his long hammer and looked around for any danger.....and then put two and two together concerning Havoc.
"Do that sorta bad bizzle again and I'll krunk up yo buns and if he don't do it first!!" Edwin threatened the Houndoom and referring to the Hound Knight.
"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014
"To tell you the truth, I had just got here. Rayquaza's attack has caught my attention for a different reason." The Knight told Iris. Suddenly, there was a giant fire blast. The Knight turned around and threw off a volleyball sized ball made of electricity. The electricity was notable as it looked more blue than yellow, the traditional color. The bolt collided with the blast, creating a explosion that created a large force, but otherwise wouldn't harm anyone unless they were directly in the middle of the collision.
The Knight's armor was smoking, however, as his gauntlet was sparking with some of the electricity. The Regis move to defend their "king", but he held up his hand, stopping them from beginning an assault. "Hm... You have a strong ideal. And the will to enforce that. I like that kind of quality. I'll let your attack slide for now." The Knight said. He then continued on his path, not minding the people calling out the Houndoom. Lucario felt a strange and disturbing presence with him, just like Aaron...
The group, if they followed the Knight, would enter a long and expansive hallway. The walls were swarming with tiny Joltiks, while the moans of the Gastlys echoed through the halls.
The Plum and Only
Ken instinctively held his arm up and flinched away from the explosion. It took him about a second to realise he was unhurt, and a further second to realise Havoc was also okay.
"We are fortunate, Havoc." Ken spoke to his pokémon. "If he had retaliated, we likely would have not had it in us to fight back."
The Dark Pokémon bowed his head. "I am sorry."
"Do not be. We know our reasons, but we must maintain control." The mercenary began to follow. "We will do as we always have. We learn, and we move on."
Shinju had lost the ability to ignore the confrontation. At the explosion, she recoiled and literally jumped back about a foot. As she did so, she caught her foot on something and fell over backwards. Hotaru merely shook her head. She had at least seen the Durant, unlike her master. The Durant looked somewhat worried about having potentially angered a Volcarona. "Hey, sorry about that."
The Lime Knight picked herself up off the ground, having lost a good degree of dignity. She nodded at the metal ant and kept moving, but it seemed to follow her. "You.. want something?"
"Yeah.... I'm kind of chasing my brother into here... but... would you let me tag along with you? I wouldn't want to go it alone.."
Shinju nodded. "Sure. Follow us. Is there... any way I can tall your brother apart if I see him?"
"A Galvantula you'll want to punch after about five minutes of being around him. Few melons short of a fruit basket. D-don't actually hurt him though." The Durant looked specifically at Hotaru.
"If I am not given reason, I will not attack."
edited 20th Nov '12 2:53:22 PM by Plumbum
Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.
feeling blue
Iris raised an eyebrow with Edwin's gibberish and the following explosion surprised her so much that she fell to the ground, she still heard the Knights answer though.
"Uh... Thanks" She said, after everything was solved Cyril came to her aid and helped her get up.
"Mistress, are you hurt?" Asked him, clearly worried about her.
"I'm fine, but that could've ended badly" With a sigh, she followed the knight inside, she glanced at Cyril for a second and started wondering "Master and Slave... Is that how I treat Cyril...?" She thought, as she followed the knight.
In the hallway they could see Jonathan carrying a scared Lumi, who was shaking like mad, much to Alden's amusement. And if anything, Jonathan looked more annoyed than scared, while Alden had no problems at all.
"Man... So many Joltik. This is any arachnophobe's nightmare." He said, without noticing the approaching group, as he looked at the walls full of Joltik "We found a bunch of skeletons and blood stained objects, but nothing really valuable or useful. There must be a secret passage here or something, I want to examine the wall, but who know what'll happen if I mess with these Joltiks?"
"Well, at least you're aware of the danger."
edited 22nd Nov '12 5:36:46 AM by FullMoon
Screw the Lion!
"Yeah, I'm surprised with all the Joltiks myself," Edwin said as he and Stumpy followed along with the rest of the group. "Personally I think this place is more of a Spinarak and Ariados place, you know? I'm also very surprised we haven't seen a single Zubat or Woobat yet."
"You probably just jinxed us," Stumpy told his trainer.
"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014
Planet-Killer
Both Joshua and Perun were glad that the Hound Knight was feeling particularly merciful and forgiving at that moment, because they were afraid that the other knight leaders might have tried to save the Mercenary and be destroyed by the Knight's legendary retinue. Though Joshua was quite keen on putting the entire situation behind him and get on with the task at hand, his partner definitely wasn't; much to his chagrin.
"Humph. As expected of a mercenary dog, no discipline and impulsive to the point of jeopardy."
Jarlio, clicked his tongue in disappointment before removing himself from the rock and moving on; not registering the existence of his traveling companions save for Havoc, whom he gave a very smug look when he passed by the Houndoom's field of vision after Perun chewed him out and trotted after his master, who promptly sighed loudly when the Zebstrika got next to him.
Shameless Self-promotion ho!
The Plum and Only
Havoc glared back at the Zebstrika. "I have no time for your snideness, pony. Bite your tongue before we remove it."
Ken took objection to being volunteered for a fight. "Havoc! We have stood together for so long, do not begin standing in our way. We are not bandits. This behavior is below us."
Nearby, Corey decided to drop in the obvious question. "Are they always like this?"
Shinju nodded. "Perun is... But the mercenary's pokémon... the Houndoom... not so much. Or not, that I've seen yet anyway."
Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.
"Allow me." The Black Knight said to Jonathan as he held up his hands, creating an electrical current on both hands. He then spread them apart, beginning separate and move away the Joltiks like he was parting the Red Sea. As the Joltiks were moved, there stood... a wall. "A waste, I say." The Knight said.
"Not so quite." Lucario said as he went up the wall, feeling it. Yes. The texture to the wall was... not like the others. The other walls were of very strong stone, while this one looked... lighter. He put his fist against the wall, only separating the space between him and the wall by one inch, and then using Force Palm to destroy the wall. Behind it swooped many Crobats, apparently disturbed from their slumber. The wall revealed a narrow passage way with a light at the end of the tunnel.
"Good job, Lucario." Aaron said as he patted Lucario on the head. He then entered the dark passageway.
"Jeez! I don't know why the heck you want to go up this mountain! It's so freaking cold!" Zolo said to the girl as she walked up the path to the temple. She only gave a cute chuckle and kept on going, much to Zolo's irritation. Eventually, they came across a horde of Beartic, who were sniffing about the ashes of the bloodied Beartic. Soon, they turned to the two and snarled. Before they could do anything else, they were knocked back by a stream of fire that exploded into the 大 shape. Zolo and the girl turn to see their savior.
It was a man
with long, fluffy white hair, white armor, and a pale silver suit of armor with a wing on one shoulder, indicating a sort of bird motif... Or a wing motif. The man smirked.
feeling blue
"Knew it!" Said Jonathan, he soon ran into the dark passageway carrying Lumi with him, Alden soon followed with a small sigh.
"He didn't change one bit." Said Iris, with a sigh as she too headed into the passageway
"I think he didn't even notice us." Said Cyril, with a small smile as he followed his mistress.
MINE!
”You a responsible for your partners actions, don’t try to-
-shriek-
Runa just wanted to give Ken a roasting, as Ferdi spotted the Joltiks ahead.
Now Runa was facehugged by her partner, who kept on rambling in horror.
” Ohmygod Ohmygod Ohmygod they are everywhere! AHHHH! And so many legs, why do they have so many legs?!
“...”
After Ferdi got a hold of herself, she let go of Runa and took cover behind her.
As their guide conveniently moved the Joltiks aside, Runa couldn’t help to tease her partner a little:
”Aww aren’t they just cute, we should take one with us.”
”Then i would use Ally Switch on it after I jumped off a cliff...”
-sigh- ”I miss Cadet Sturzenberger...”
”I aimed for his Pidgey I swear...”
They were interrupted by the sound of a crumbling wall.
“Ah, that looks promising.” Runa said with faked enthusiasm, as she spoked telepathically to her partner.
This whole situation is way too convenient, to not be a trap. Keep your eyes on him.
Understood.
edited 30th Nov '12 8:43:34 AM by Kiefen
The Plum and Only
Shinju looked quietly smug. As everyone else became progressively creeped out by the many Joltik around the temple, the only worry she had on her mind was not stepping on any of them. She was however jolted out of the smugness when she jumped back about a mile at the Crobat bursting out of the wall. She let out a bit of a nervous chuckle... then lowered the knife she had snapped up. "I-I'm better with bugs."
"Havoc is not my slave. He does as he pleases. If you knew who we were, you would understand." Of course, by this point, Rudi had been jumped by her Gardevoir. "It seems your pokémon is free to act as it sees fit too." Normally, this would have been the time to put on a smug grin, but instead, he watched the bugs closely, but between the number of them and their tiny size, he found it hard to ascertain if any of them were going to attack. When the fake wall was demolished, Havoc nearly threw out another stream of flame, only restrained by the fact it had already dropped him in it once already, instead huffing a cloud of smoke. Curse the ill fortune that led you to me.
Screw the Lion!
"Arachnophobic much?" Edwin said in response to Ferdi freaking out.
"She is a psychic type," Stumpy commented.
Both Stamford citizens then covered their heads and ducked as the swarm of Crobatflew out of the hole the fake wall used to be. "I knew there would be bats in here!" Edwin said after the swarm flew off. Then he saw Jonathan run off. "Hey, you don't go running into dark caverns by yourself! Especially ones that has bats flying out of it! That there's Bat Country, boy!" The Green Knight leader then ran in after.
"Exactly what you're doing right now," Stumpy grumbled as he followed his trainer.
"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014
A Crimson Harbinger
At the sight of the knight parting the Joltik, Martel's right eyebrow raised and he muttered under his breath "Just what else is this guy capable of?" He really wanted the guy to be on their side but he just couldn't bring it to himself to trust the knight, something about him felt distinctly WRONG.
At the antics of his companions Martel sighed "So noisy. If this keeps up were sure to attract attention. And we don't want a fight in here." He shock his head "Anyway let's get the hell out of here." He didn't feel to comfortable being around so many electric types.
With that he and his partners followed the others into the darkness. While passing by the Joltik, Levia visibly shuddered briefly until Natalya jumped onto her back to try help calm her.
Zehi Ni Oyobazu... - Oda Nobunaga
As the people who entered the passageway noticed, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. The light grew bigger, and bigger, and even bigger, until finally, they exited out of the passageway.
Before their eyes was a lush and green land, with thousands of Pokemon, each of various species, frolicked. Aaron heard the sound of a pleating Mareep as it walked up to him. He reluctantly petted the Mareep on the head. Something wasn't adding up. How could a temple where Pokemon sacrifices be held have a haven for them?
"Aaron!?" That's when he heard the familiar voice. He turned around and saw him. Green hair, white shirt, black undershirt, beige pants, a black and white cap, a Rubik's cube hanging off his pants, and finally a strange necklace that had a blackish ball
◊. "Is that you?" Prince N said as a small hedgehog that looked like had grass on its back poked its little head out of the cap.
Planet-Killer
At first, Joseph, Perun and Jarlio treated the lush field of green with extreme caution and skepticism; even with all the wondrous and bizarre things the world and it's Pokemon inhabitants were capable of, the sight before the trio was way too good to be true. Jarlio in particular being the most put-off by the scene when a score of Skitties willingly approached him and began to softly rub their bodies on the Beartic's scarred limbs.
I don't like this...
For once I agree.
The two Pokemon then heard Joseph gasp in surprise and then immediately began to look for any big, threatening creatures or shocking sights; instead they only saw the Knight Leader genuflect in the direction of some androgynous green haired tart in strange clothing and a necklace along a weird black and white cube hanging by a chain from his trousers of unusual make.
Prince Harmonia... You're safe!
Prince? Safe?
Even if he was just an illusion, Perun still bowed to his prince; further confounding Jarlio.
edited 7th Dec '12 8:48:33 PM by Strigon
Shameless Self-promotion ho!
feeling blue
Jonathan was one of the first ones to get there, and he just looked around and didn't find anything there. Lumi was way calmer by this point.
"Huh...? Nothing interesting here..." He said, with a sigh even after spotting the lost prince "Well, other than the prince I guess."
"As always, you don't think before you say anything" Said Alden, he looked around and thought everything was a bit suspicious.
"Oooh~ A prince?" Said Lumi, looking at said prince with very curious eyes.
Iris and Cyril soon arrived and the sight of the prince made them almost instantly bow to him.
"Prince, are you safe?" Said them, simultaniously as they bowed, they didn't even take a good look at the place, they just knew that the prince was there and nothing else mattered.
Master Saboteur
Nicholas wandered out of the tunnel and was actually rather dumbfounded at what he saw before him. His jaw dropped, forming a small "o" as he marveled at the grassland that he thought was supposed to be a snowy wasteland.
"Holy crap!" Hyperion said before him, sharing the same opinion, but in a different way.
Nicholas applied his fingers to his chin despite having no beard to speak of as he gathered his composure as well as his thoughts. They were on a freezing mountain just moments ago and now they are here in this lush, green meadow. What other secrets did this place hold?
Suddenly, Hyperion grew excited beside him. "Nicholas! Look!"
Nicholas turned in that direction and what he saw knocked him back a step. Before him was their objective, Prince N. Harmonia. He took an unsteady step forward, not sure how he should react. Then another, and another, and was soon running up to N.
"Prince N!" He said as he bowed, and his partner did the same. "We are glad we have found you Prince N. We shall take you back to Harmonium immediately."
"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGO
Screw the Lion!
Edwin and Stumpy followed the others, finding themselves in a lush, green valley populated by thousands of Pokemon of all shapes and sizes. "Okay, were we in some kinda frozen mountain just a few seconds ago?" the Green Knight Leader asked no one in particular. He then saw in the distance a Scrafty trying to woo a particularly chubby Zangoose into having sassy moments.
Stumpy was a bit more suspicious of the sudden environment change, looking at everything with a distrusting eye.......which did not deter a trio of Starlys from landing on his head and tail. He shook his head, managing to get the ones on his head off, only for them to fly right back on. "Apparently, the Pokemon here had very little outside influence."
"I definitely see what you mean," Edwin said. "HEY! STOP MAKIN' SASSY OUT IN PUBLIC!" he yelled at the Scrafty and Zangoose when they were getting really sassy. He looked away and saw out in another direction -
"Sweet Arceus." Edwin then started running. Stumpy saw this and wondered, and then saw it as well......
The Green Knight leader took a screeching halt in front of Prince N, landing on one knee and stabbing the handle of his long hammer in front of him as he bowed. Stumpy soon followed in bowing.
"Your majesty," Edwin said.
"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014
A Crimson Harbinger
Walking into the field Martel's first reaction was one of surprise "My my my. Who'd of thought we would find a paradise amidst the bloodied ruins?" He looked fondly at everything happening around him.
Upon seeing Prince N he felt like he should show respect and bow to him instead he drew his sword subtly.
"Martel! What the hell are you doing!?!" Levia hissed at him
"Call me paranoid but this just seems to easy. Too convenient. I just think that we should arm ourselves."
"I'll cede to you desires this time."
"Um. If you say so..." Natalya added wondering why he was so suspicious when everyone else seemed happy and excited.
Martel raised his voice "Greetings Lord N!" he said sword still in hand and adjusting his shield.
edited 9th Dec '12 9:07:16 AM by Xargnio
Zehi Ni Oyobazu... - Oda Nobunaga
MINE!
As Runa stepped into the meadow all she could say was:
”Wow.”
”And you thought things were convenient before...”
Ferdi had just finished as Runa spotted the Prince.
”Look Ferdi it’s Prince N!”
Ferdi laughed.
”That’s a good one..." Runa pointed towards N. ”OMG IT’S HIM!!!
-beat-
”Wait a minute...”
”Wait a minute...”
Both said in usino.
”Where's Mr.Dark-Ominous-and-Spark-Shooting?”
Ferdi glanced around.
”Kitschy paradise...kitschy paradise...kitschy paradise...but no gloomy knights...”
edited 9th Dec '12 7:21:18 AM by Kiefen
Althea placed the cape on the floor, staring at the herd of Mareep and other cute Pokemon frolicking in the meadows. She sat on the cape with Chase rummaging her backpack for food. "Brownies, brownies, everybody loves brownies, yeaaah~!"
And then she noticed The Poofy Dude. She blinked and then waved at him, before turning to the bunch of Mareep and the Zangoose with an attitude.
"They're so cute and fluffy and strong. Eheheheh...heh..."
A Girafarrig and a Teddiursa, noticing her steady gaze at them, stared back at her. The Teddiursa was munching on some Persim berries before hiding behind the Giraffe Pokemon.
...She's really creepy, Roti.
The Girafarrig neighed and kicked a rock.
Got that right, Kopi.
Elsie, on the other-hand, turned up her nose on the group of Skitty. She never saw wild Pokemon that foolish.
How dumb can they get, approaching a ferocious creature that could eat them with no apprehension.
Shut up, I'm eating.
A vein popped and slapped him with her tail, promptly spitting out the brownie. He glared at her in response. She still had that pompous expression.
...Fuck you.
"...Oh God, why..."
edited 12th Dec '12 4:40:08 AM by YinHachiko
"Yeah. I'm safe." N said.
"But... HOW!?" Aaron asked N. N put his finger to his chin.
"Well, a strange bird Pokemon flew in and grabbed me and it took me to this strange little place." N said. Soon, the Shayamin hid back into N's hat. N chuckled as he took off his cap and picked up Shayamin. "Don't worry, they won't harm you." N said as he placed Shayamin on the ground.
"Sh... Sh..." Shayamin was reduced to just saying her name at the sight of the larger humans with equally larger Pokemon.
"We are glad we have found you Prince N. We shall take you back to Harmonium immediately." Nicholas said.
"The Harmonium! I... I forgot about it! How's everyone? My dad? My brothers? Sisters?" N asked Aaron. Aaron tipped his hat.
"... They've been slain. By several dragon Pokemon." Aaron said. N gasped, then sank to the ground.
"... Father..." N was left saying just this. Lucario looked around.
"Yeah, I'm beginning to wonder how this is possible myself." Lucario answered the Green Knight Leader. Something wasn't adding up. If N was in this room, why was the wall leading to it sealed off? Where were they to begin with? In fact... "Hey, where are we?" Lucario asked.
"Y... Y... You're in the... E... e... ee..." The flustered Shayamin said, trembling and having trouble forming words.
"Eden Zone... Hidden by harsh, ugly and cruel snow lays a lush, beautiful, and gentle land... A land where Pokemon can be in harmony..." N said, trying to force his words out too.
"Where's Mr.Dark-Ominous-and-Spark-Shooting?" Runa wondered...
The Black Knight looked at the open entryway to the Eden Zone. "Filthy humans... They always dirty what isn't theirs..." He muttered. Soon, a couple of ghostly auras came about in the shape of Gastlys, but soon merged into an armored knight just like the Black Knight. Only this time, the Knight was bone white
◊, and his design was more like that of a skeleton, with six spikes coming out from the collar.
"What shall we do about it then?" The Skull Knight's voice was rather raspy and ethereal, like that of an actual ghost. The Black Knight then turned to the Skull Knight.
"It's your call. I have other things to worry about than babysit." The Black Knight said as he walked off.
"Gooooooooood..." The Skull Knight said as he walked into the long corridor leading to the Eden Zone.
"N, we can morn for your father later, but right now, we have to get back to the Harmonium. Who knows what's going on with the king dead and his prince absent from his throne..." Aaron said. He then noticed something glowing red heading his way. "N! Look out!" He said as he pushed N out of the path of a spiraling fire beam. He then turned to see the Skull Knight riding on top of a tortoise with bits of steel on him and several orange splotches on top of brownish red skin
◊.
"Knights... welcome to your resting place!" The Skull Knight said.
Skull Knight sent out Heatran!
Heatran ran towards the Knights as the Skull Knight hopped off, revealing a Sinister Scythe from his back.
edited 14th Dec '12 4:05:59 PM by Psyga315
A Crimson Harbinger
"LET'S SHOW THERE COWARDLY CURS THE MIGHT OF AQUARIUS, LEVIA!" Martel bellowed "Natalya! Fall back into cover!"
"Understod partner!" Natalya retreated back from heatran and tried to gain a higher ground.
"Let's go Martel!" Levia moved as close to heatran's flank as possible
"NOW EVERYONE HOLD ONE TIGHT!" He said to the party "LEVIA! BULLDOZE!"
He moved to cover Levia from the Skull Knight "Why do you attack us you mangy son of a bitch!?!"
Zehi Ni Oyobazu... - Oda Nobunaga
Screw the Lion!
Edwin and Stumpy immediately got up after the first shot -
"HOLY SHIT, its a Heatran!" Edwin yelled out, readying his mallet.
"This is bad," Stumpy said. "I can easily pummel that thing if it weren't hot enough to instantly roast me."
"And my armor is completely bunk against fire," Edwin responded. "So, wanna risk going for the super rare lava creature, or go against Mr. Pale face on yonder?"
Then they saw Martel and his Pokemon ramming straight for Heatran. The Green Knight Leader and his Pokemon looked at each other. "Let's crack some bones......" he said, smirking.
With that, the two ran up to the Skull Knight, Stumpy leading up with Sky Uppercut and Edwin following with and overhead strike with his long hammer.
"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014
Levia stared at the Houndoom and in a flat tone with a blank disbelieving look said said "Next time you do that, I'm using surf."
Zehi Ni Oyobazu... - Oda Nobunaga