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Galant Groudon

*Beat*

Phaz and Takumi synchro-Face Desk

Phaz: "Okay, uh... Try using Grass Knot on his whole body?"

Takumi twirls his face and uses it again, this time aiming for the arms.

Dankrai

Spinme looks at the piloting panels.

Spinme: "...Anyone knowing how we pilot a 20m Mecha?"

Best Berry Building — B2

-Holly is slammed by a water bubble, getting her upper half sucked in in the process and putting her down in the low yellow. Kaito scratches their head.-

Kaito: Confession time, I'm actually really unfamiliar with Araquanid. Myra, mind giving me a refresher course?

-Holly struggles out of the bubble as Myra floats up, displaying some data.-

Myradex: Water/Bug dual type, that much is obvious. Technically it is a defensively based species, particularly in terms of special moves. However, that bubble on its head lends itself to the species' primary Ability, which is of course called Water Bubble. Imagine it's always in rainy weather — double its Water-type moves' power, half the damage it takes from Fire-type moves. Also it can't be burned but you weren't going to try that anyway, right?

Kaito: Well, the attack cut would have been nice, but it wasn't my first priority.

Myradex: Right... It can have Water Absorb as a Hidden Ability, but it's far less likely.

Kaito: Okay then. Holly, save your strength, we're switching out.

Holly: <Took you long enough! Getting eaten by a giant bug was not my plan for today!>

Kaito: Sometimes plans get fucked up, all right?

-Kaito recalls Holly and sends out Doopliss-

Doopliss: <...Well, hello, ugly.>

Kaito: Don't get too disgusted by its face, you're transforming into it. Give it a Leech Life ASAP!

-Doopliss takes a good long look at the Araquanid, before becoming a perfect copy and clamping down with a Leech Life.-

Best Berry Building — F3

-As the Involiths are finished, they glow, and a couple of large, imposing creatures appear...-

Oblivia!Raikou: <You called, nyan?>

Oblivia!Entei: <ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.>

-One of which is fast asleep.-

Raikou: <...Hey. Wake up, nyan.>

Entei: <ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.>

Anabel: Entei, please, we need some help defeating this giant mecha.

Entei: <ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.>

Raikou: <...Entei. Nyan. We need you to smash somethi— >

-Entei bolts awake.-

Entei: <HUH WHAT SMASH? ENTEI NEED SMASH THINGS?>

-Anabel, her Salamence, her Lucario, Looker's Arcanine, and Raikou all breathe sighs of relief.-

Raikou: <Finally! Come on, nyan, we've got this giant... fruit thing to break!>

Entei: <ENTEI NEEDS TIME TO WAKE UP BUT WILL SMASH WHEN READY!>

Raikou: <Fiiiiiine, nyan.>

-Raikou drops a Thunderbolt on the mech in the meantime.-

Flare Forest Facility — B1

-Mason swears under his breath.-

Mason: Of course! Of course something went wrong.

-He keeps moving as fast as possible.-

Mason: You sure you didn't need a disguise, detective shortstack?

Iron Aux Base

-Scarlette is at the debriefing room at a moment's notice. She was waiting for something major like this.-

edited 30th Nov '17 10:05:48 AM by BittersweetNSour

Best Berry B2

Colton approached Kaito and Myra. "Holy everything; is that a Rotom DEX?" He asked rhetorically. I mean, my phone doubles as a dex, but it can't talk back, he considered to himself.

-Best Berry's Director of Market Research is not having a good day.-

-A raid on company property. The loss of some very valuable assets. Arceus only knows how many injuries. It's a PR nightmare no matter how you cut it, and that's not even getting into what she has to put up with from the kids. Small wonder she's already grey at forty-five.-

-She leans back at her desk. It's a sparse desk - she's not a sentimental woman, but there are some awards won by her youngest, back before all this nonsense started going around. Not that she'd use the word "nonsense" to describe it around the boss, of course. She'd quite like to keep this job if at all possible.-

-The phone on her desk rings. She sighs, then picks it up, her voice bright and cheery.-

Delilah: Hello, this is Delilah Silverman, Director of Market Research here at Best Berry. How can I help you?

-Shun looks alarmed as the alarms start going off.-

Shun: ...That's not supposed to happen.

Gregson: <Stick to the plan, guys, stick to the plan!>

-They take off after Mason.-

Shun: At this point, I very much doubt that disguises are going to help!

edited 30th Nov '17 1:38:16 PM by Herbert40k

Mew!Blitz: Magic instincts, don't fail me now!

-Psychic aura flaring from the energies of the Z-crystal and Z-pose, Blitz releases dozens of orbs of psychic energy into the room.-

-He then starts flying around and around them, forming them into a ring that splits into a roatating double helix as the orbs fly up and merge into one large sphere-

<This tough enough for ya?>

-Blitz then flies up, glowing Z-crystal in paw, and launches the attack at the mech-

edited 30th Nov '17 10:24:47 AM by BlitzTrain

3F

Pecha Mecha: More Legendaries? Not fai-

-he's hit full force by the Genesis Supernova, and is on his last legs-

Aggh... This... I'll still...

-A Legendary beatdown would be nice here-

Team Iron Aux Base

-Owen shudders at what the boss battle he's in elsewhere means for his current company, but given the situation he holds his tounge-

-Alonya nods to Scarlette-

B 2 F

Araquanid: <CHEAP>

-Leech Life again-

Flare B 1 F

-Jean heads on after Mason, blaster at the ready, shooting any Flareites that get close in the head or chest-

-Jared, meanwhile, sends out a Dragonite and hops on his back-

Dragonite: Woah, is this, like, a raid?

Jared: Sure is! Wanna give these facists the old Outrage?

-The Dragonite's eyes glow, his claws and teeth erupt in emerald green flames, and he adopts a truly twisted expression-

Dragonite:    WHY HELL IF I DO   

-He roars and literally tears into incoming Flare Grunts and their Pokemon, Jared on his back-

Jared: WOOOOOOOOO

edited 30th Nov '17 10:49:56 AM by Umbramatic

Best Berry B2

"You know, we're gonna be here forever if we just let them go for Leech Life after Leech Life," Colton observed, grabbing his starter's Pokeball.

Helmsman materialized, the Samurott firing an Air Slash as 9-Volt fired a Thunder.

edited 30th Nov '17 11:11:15 AM by AbsentCoder

Best Berry Building — B2

-Doopliss hisses-

Doopliss: <You wanna see cheap? Just watch this!>

-He steals the letter "L" from the Araquanid and everything it does. This doesn't look like anything to anyone without meta awareness.-

Kaito: Yeah, I just got the Dex body for her from Kukui a couple weeks ago.

Myradex: And it's been fantastic! I'd be glad to tell you all about what I've learned about this thing AFTER we finish beating these Best Berry bozos!

Best Berry Building — F3

-The Beasts look at the Legendary Z-Move in awe.-

Raikou: <...Wow, nyan. Think we could do something like that?>

Entei: <ENTEI FEELS INADEQUATE.>

Raikou: <You're not— c'mon, you're not gonna just let that happen without a good smashing, nyan?>

Entei: <...RAIKOU IS RIGHT. SMASHING TIME!>

-Entei barrels forward and Flare Blitzes the Mecha. Raikou launches a Zap Cannon at it.-

Team Iron Security Debriefing, Last Night

-The room is filled with murmers. Acoustics engineers mumble along with base security and ballistics researchers as the room fills quickly.-

-Standing at the back, quiet as the grave, are the Iron Grenadiers. Technically at ease, with their hands behind their back and their legs standing wide, but in a line straight enough to make any drill sergeant proud. Their eyes are shrouded under their marching hats.-

-The room goes quiet when Aulstyne walks in. She strides up to her briefing screen, her hands clenched behind her back hard enough to make her cybernetic knuckles white.-

Aulstyne: Approximately forty five minutes ago, we experienced a security breach. These two individuals...

-Without using any apparent remote or gesture, the screen turns on and shows the profiles of a man and a woman.-

Aulstyne: Leslie and Martin Dekalbs-Owens, used an unauthorized teleportation to escape with not only knowledge and materiel belonging to Team Iron, but also abducted one of our Mobius liaisons, Every Memito. Doctor Orlandeau reports that the two were independent researchers, though their knowledge and interest with toxins and venoms is reported to be extensive. We are still going over their resource requests to determine what their research was specifically towards.

-The profiles of Leslie and Martin drift to the corner. A picture of PEFE!Every appears, and drifts to the opposite corner. A map of the area around the base is shown, with several circles around it.-

Aulstyne: These two apparently used a very dangerous group teleport to escape. From our experience with the Templars, we can extrapolate that the pair could, unfortunately, be anywhere in this area as their first point of escape before chaining to other areas.

-The map zooms out. And out, and out, and out, and out. The circle covers over 45% of the hemisphere by the time it stops.-

Aulstyne: Obviously, this poses a problem, on top of several others. The Dekalb-Owens are shown to be callous in their approach to obstacles, and being experts in toxins and poisons, are extremely dangerous to approach by anyone without active countermeasures, prepared immunizations, or cybernetic enhancements. Normally...

-She grinds her teeth hard enough to make the people in the front row very, very uncomfortable with the sound.-

Aulstyne: I would see to this matter personally. However, due to the Templar's continued activities in the area, Director Cid has ordered me to stay until such time as the matter is... disarmed. Therefor, I am putting out an order to all members of Security to report in any activity that within good faith may be associated with these two. The same order shall go out to any members of the Biology Division. Do not approach them without backup, and do not attempt to take them on without Steel, Ground, Rock, or Ghost Pokemon at your disposal.

-Aulstyne's eyes drift from the Mobius liaison, Alonya, to Owen, then to Scarlette, before setting her sights on Zrone.-

Aulstyne: Zrone, you stay. The rest of you are dismissed.

-The Iron Grenadiers are already filing out of the room at the fall of her last hard consonant.-

CONTENT WARNING: Slurs

A fair few Flareites along with their Pokemon are mauled and maimed by the onslaught of attacks, but others resist. Using their Infinity Items to cut through some of the onslaughting attacks, as well as sending out their own Pokemon firing rebuttle attacks.

A pair of grunts flanked on either side by a Pyroar and a Flygon end up surrounding Mason and Shun, the sycophants sneering at Shun in particular. One of them has an Infinity Ring around his wrist while the other has his hand on an Infinity Ball.

Neo-Flare Grunt #1: Is that little niggerkid a part of Interpol? Or is he just playing dressup to feel more important than he ever will be~?

Neo-Flare Grunt #2: Are you little lambs lost? You shouldn't be here you know~

Neo-Flare Grunt #1: No matter. If Interpol really did send rat scum like you two here, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind another little present on their doorstep~

Neo-Flare Grunt #2: Your unwarranted existence ends here!

Neo-Flare Grunt #1: FOR FLARE!

The first grunt sends out a Mega Aggron from it's confines, which immediately begins causing a violent ruckus towards the pair (and Gregson) while the second grunt activates the Infinity Ring on his wrist. Meanwhile the Pyroar uses Fire Blast while the Flygon whips up a blinding Sandstorm

edited 30th Nov '17 1:24:23 PM by PippingFool

 Outside Neo-Flare Base, past 

Judith: -Watching- ...I get the feeling that blowing up the elevator probably wasn't the best idea.

The Wanderer: -Tossing a decent sized rock up and down- Yeah, well, if they really screw it up we'll just go down there ourselves and save them from the Flarites. Or at least cover their escape once they obtain Lex.

Flare Forest Facility — B1

Mako: <...Of course.>

Mason: Damn it all to Giratina's depths. Shortstack, I hope you're good in a fight! We'll take care of the ring guy!

-Mako jumps out of the way and uses Protect to stop the Fire Blast from hitting himself and Mason, and the two of them go around to face the Flareite with the Infinity Ring.-

Mason: All right, pal, come at us.

-Their forms seem to stiffen, which would look totally natural to anyone not paying full attention and realizing how uncomfortable it is.-

-The commotion masks the sound of footfalls.-

Team Iron Auxiliary Base

-Scarlette's eyes widen upon recognizing the image of PEFE!Every-

Scarlette: That's the girl who...

-She shakes her head-

Scarlette: Right. Don't get sentimental. I can't afford getting sentimental again. Just report if I see anything.

-She likewise filters out-

edited 30th Nov '17 2:12:46 PM by BittersweetNSour

Best Berry 3F

-The Pecha Mecha is blown to smithereens-

Owan OS: ARRGH! You aren't getting that Mewnium that easily! We need it for new strains of berries! Plus our new line of Z-Powered energy drinks!

-More alarms blare as 3F is completely locked down-

Bartelby: <...Great.>

Best Berry B 2 F

-The Araquanid can no longer use Leech Life-

-Or Liquidation-

-It starts flailing wildly and shooting Ice Beams everywhere-

Neo Flare B 1 F

-The Aggron is suddenly tackled by a blonde girl in white... With glowing red eyes, strange blade constructs sprouting out of her back and wrists, and claw constructs enveloping her hands-

Trina: -to Shun and Mason-    You two take on the Infinity dudes! I'll try to get this Aggron's ball!   

-Meanwhile, Jean, Jared, and Jared's Dragonite are having a tough time with the Flare Pokemon and Infinity Construct users-

Dragonite: -Slamming a Whiscash and its Trainer into a wall, crushing the latter behind the former-    <JUST DIE ALREADY>   

Jared: -still clinging to the Dragonite's back- These guys are actually pretty tough!

Jean: -shooting another Flare grunt in the head- We need backup!

Team Iron Aux Base

-Alonya exits-

-Owen wrings his hands, and then heads for Orlandeau's office again-

edited 30th Nov '17 1:49:21 PM by Umbramatic

-Already nervous and angry about the plan going to hell, Shun nods at Mason and Trina, then aims his revolver at the first Flairite, gritting his teeth.-

Shun: I am an agent of the law, sworn to serve, and I will make sure that not one more officer will be dying because of you scum!

Gregson: <Shun, look out!>

-Gregson throws up a Protect to shield Shun from the fire and sand as he advances forward, firing twice at the Flairite's knee.-

edited 30th Nov '17 1:48:29 PM by Herbert40k

Mew!Blitz: <Woo! Teamwork!>

-Lockdown!-

-At the ceiling now that there isn't an obvious source for the OS to be located- <This is a legendary artifact, not a corporate resource. And we have a warrant!>

>=/

-Beat-

-Attempts to teleport to just outside the facility-

edited 30th Nov '17 1:56:57 PM by BlitzTrain

Sol: Options.

BreBre: <Mycelium Spectre!>

Sol: That would destroy the building, our objective, and possibly us.

Ton: Destroy only the parts of the building between us and our objective!

Sol: More viable. But a lot of effort.

Ton: I don't mind!

Sol: Get started on that, then.

-Ton, Presta, and BreBre approach one set of doors and plot an attack-

Sol: I'll try to hack these doors meanwhile. This Psychic Terrain should help.

-he approaches a different door with Merkle and places a hand on the frame, trying to sense any relays within it-

edited 30th Nov '17 1:51:53 PM by Tangent128

Best Berry B2

<Hey, a desperation move!> Colton’s Samuott observed.

“And we both know how easy those are to take advantage of~” the trainer sang as another Air Slash was fired.

9-Volt had elected to return himself. He didn’t need to be here; this was too easy.

Grand Darkrai

Y-yeah I'm -Cough- Alright...

-He promptly half-collapses as he stumbles over to the console-

Best Berry Raid, B2

Gygax: <Hold on I need to get something back real quick before it dies.>

-He charges in with a Tackle, seemingly just to regain the ability he Skill Swapped onto the water spider-

Best Berry 3F

Jason:Ohohoooo, that was SWEET!

-Lockdown-

...not so sweet.

-Beat-

And you had a mech, how's that for berries and energy drinks!

-Also attempts to port out with Senshi-

Best Berry 3F

Jason:Ohohoooo, that was SWEET!

-Lockdown-

...not so sweet.

-Beat-

And you had a mech, how's that for berries and energy drinks!

-Also attempts to port out with Senshi-

 Best Berry 3F, past 

-From behind Sol and Ton-

Helios: <...So what are you doing here, if you're not working with Cycle anymore?>

The grunt with the Infinity Ring begins to be covering in a flurry of white energy, coating him to the point where his entire upper body is a blinding white and granting him long, terrifying, shredding claws.

He doesn't seem to be able to form coherent sentences or even sounds anymore, just muddled noises and screeches as he just lunges towards Mason with a vicious fervour. No sounds or other events bother him in the slightest. He just has one mode: kill.

His partner, on the other hand, still has his mind in check. Anticipating Shun to fire his gun, the grunt leaps behind his Aggron while the Pokemon is wrestling with Trina, pushing back against her claws which clang along his refined hide.

Neo-Flare Grunt #1: Aww, the little pickaninny thinks he's so big - hiding behind his toys~ You are nothing compared to the might of Flare, boy. Aggron! Deal with the runt!

While still wrestling Trina, the Aggron gets a wicked glare as he quickly spins himself and Tania around, lashing at Shun with his tail.

edited 30th Nov '17 2:38:10 PM by PippingFool

-The Aggron's tail slams into Shun's ribs with a sickening crack, sending him flying a good ten feet before he slams into the wall and slumps to the ground, out cold.-

Gregson: <Shun!>

-He looks back at Shun's unconscious body with horror, then lunges at the Aggron with a Low Sweep.-

edited 30th Nov '17 2:45:53 PM by Herbert40k

Flare Forest Facility — B1

-The Flare grunt with the Infinity Ring cleaves right through Mason like he was nothing.-

-Because it was nothing.-

-The illusion collapses into a puff of Obscura, revealing another Mason between him and the Aggron. He holds up a rigid middle finger.-

-Unfortunately for the Flare grunt, this one's not real either. The real Mason is hiding in the shadows somewhere, and it takes every ounce of his being not to yell "NO!" when Shun is smacked aside. As for the real Mako, he slams the ground behind the Pyroar for an Earthquake, before slipping back into the sandstorm to obscure himself again.-

-Ever is glaring at his phone, willing a text to show up, when someone taps him on the shoulder-

Every(?): Hey.

Ever: Aaaaah!

Every(?): Aaaaah!

Ever: ...Wait, why are you screaming? You surprised me.

Every(?): Well, it seemed like so much fun.

Ever: What are you doing here, anyway? I thought we parted ways after you tried to kill PEFE!Every.

Every(?): I was obviously bluffing.

Ever: Didn't seem like a bluff.

Every(?): Yeah, because I'm good at bluffing.

Ever: ...I'm skeptical.

Every(?): Well, anyway, you lost her, right?

Ever: Uh, yeah. How did you know that?

Every(?): We're the same person.

Ever: That explains nothing.

Every(?): Same.

-they stare at each other in silence-

Every(?): Anyway, I think I found her!

Ever: Wait, what?!

Every(?): I'm actually a very practiced people-finder! I'd know that scent of resigned despair anywhere~

Ever: Formaldehyde and abandonment issues?

Every(?): That's the one!

Ever: Wait, that's fantastic! Where is she?

Every(?): Well, I was in the Route 4 desert trying to catch a Jellicent—

Ever: So, Route 4.

Every(?): Spoilsport. She's in one of the abandoned warehouses in the unfinished half.

Ever: Why does it feel sometimes like our region is literally two completely different worlds mashed together?

Every(?): I know, right?

Ever: Do you know if her parents are there too?

Every(?): Her parents?

Ever: The ones who kidnapped her in the first place?

Every(?): I mean, I guess it follows...

Ever: Fair enough.

Every(?): Wanna go rescue her?

Ever: Yes. Obviously. But given as I spent about an hour making fun of her for it, we should probably not go in alone. Even if there are two of us.

Every(?): Aww...

Ever: Yeah. Most people seem pretty occupied, but we can probably at least find out what the deal is before we start picking people up for a raid.

Every(?): Sounds like fun~

Brie: Mierda.

-she darts in front of Shun, sending out Skyfire-

Brie: Miasma, put up a Reflect! Cindercone, make sure that Aggron doesn't hurt anyone ever again!

-Halcyon's eyes glow, and a wall of light springs up between Brie, her mons, Shun, and the battle at large. Skyfire, meanwhile, launches a Flamethrower at the Aggron-

How on earth is that guy doing that? I've never seen anyone with that sort of aura power...