Chimecho uses Heal Bell on Mimikyu, curing its paralysis. It gets back up and, furious, forgets all about effectiveness and all that junk. Wanting to vent its anger, it charges for Regirock and attempts to land a Play Rough.
"Now, use Bug Buzz!", Jessie says to Yanmega, who obeys and sends a low, buzzing and harmful sound wave at Regirock.
Morgan looks confused for a moment as he lets go, then gets it.
"O-oh, you have a daughter, right?", he says, looking a little guilty. "N-no, you're free to talk about her as much as you want."
Alt.Demo closes his eyes and shakes his head.
"The taboo is eating another Pawn Doll, no matter the reason. After I was forbidden from fighting you, I grew so stressed I couldn't sleep and hunt well anymore. I grew famished... and ate my arm in a fit of desperation. I committed the taboo by doing that, and ever since then... I'm not sure about anything anymore."
He opens his eyes and glances at Elmadan and Captain Deepsea.
"I happened to run into them and they took me along with them. I've been with them ever since."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Regirock shields itself with its arms, swinging outward wildly.
Rey gets beaned in the head while he's trying to lift it and falls to the floor.
Houndoom gets its mouth on Regirock's arm at the wrong moment, being ragdolled across the hall.
"True. Since all our allies are at this fort right now, I think I will stay here for now, in case there is another attack we don't see coming."
"... If that's alright," Awkeff adds, looking up at Beruka.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."A son, too. Let's not have favorites. He says, laughing a little. Well, I don't talk about her too much because... well, she hasn't seen Grima's truth yet, and is part of the enemy. If I were to still show affection towards her, perhaps the others could see it the wrong way.
He coughs a little.
I do know that I could recruit them. Miriel is a smart woman, and they're my children. I know that if I can get to them for only a moment, they'll see the truth. I-I won't just bring them here though, of course. Says Niagara, as if excepting them to say yes.
...
Damn...
She bite her lips and look a little guilty, perhaps because she didn't quite except it to ravage him that much.
Oh I know these guys, yeah... hey, don't be shy !
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"Oh? I'm not entirely certain that we should stay here, considering how... dysfunctional certain members of the Shepherds can be," Viserys points out, raising an eyebrow at Awkeff. "To say nothing about the scrawny, irritating goblin that Samsara keeps around for reasons known only to Hermaeus Mora."
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Mimikyu gets hit by Regirock's arm flailing and is launched against Yanmega, the both of them landing against a bunch of rocks.
Due to the damage it took in the previous fights, Mimikyu faints, while Yanmega, with its paper-thin defenses, has some trouble getting up. It then attempts to use Giga Drain while Jessie recalls Mimikyu and James recalls Houndoom.
"This is starting to look bad..."
"Hoopa isn't here and none of our other Pokemon are as strong as Mimikyu..."
"And we don't know what his other Pokemon are..."
Beeatrice, if she takes a glance at the portal, will be able to see a shape forming in it, meaning that someone is coming through.
"I'm sorry to hear that...", Morgan says. "Um... n-not her not seeing Grima's way, but you being unable to be around her, I mean. I'm loyal to my mother of course, but I also value family. It has to be awful to be forced to be away from them."
Maybe I SHOULD mention the other Morgan to him. Just in case it's actually her..., he thinks to himself.
Elmadan, taking off his sunglasses, shakes his head.
"Oh, no, don't worry. We don't want to intervene with something personal like this."
"We'd honestly just be a bother.", Captain Deepsea says, only barely able to stop himself from doing a fabulous pose, as that would ruin the moment.
Alt.Demo, meanwhile, looks back at Neuff.
"Don't look at me that way. I hate being pitied." , he says, looking annoyed. His expression immediately relaxes afterwards though.
"Sorry. I'm just stressed. I don't feel much of a need to eat anymore, and it stresses me out. I just don't know what to do anymore."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Awkeff rolls her eyes. "I presume that Reyna, Tanjiro, and Lucina are also here. After that attack, having them nearby is more important to me than staying at a place of order. And if Gangrel bothers me, I can just use Bend Will and have him go in the opposite direction."
Currently sitting on the edges of the subway tracks, Beeatrice notices something coming through the portal and starts to stand up.
Regirock is certainly Giga Drained. It keeps aimlessly throwing rocks.
Edited by KiriK on Feb 11th 2020 at 2:48:22 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."That was my choice at the end, unfortunately.
... I don't know how much time has passed in "my" world. Maybe I'll come back to it and I'll get to see her as an old woman. Maybe she'll be in the prime of her life with an husband. Maybe not a day will have gone by, maybe she'll be a baby.
Laurent is who I'm worried for though. He was just two months old when we left him in the castle... I don't want to be some sort of vague figure for him. A father with -excuse this bit of vanity- a large shadow, gone without a word before the boy was of age to really remember it.
He laughs a little, but there's a tiny bitter edge to it.
This is making me poetic, heh.
...
Don't worry about it, heh...
She nods at Alt.Demo, and start to ponder.
Hm... I could help you with that, if ya want. She says. Much as it surprise me to say that...
...
Beruka silently walk backward and just kind of drop down, out of view.
The gate opens ten seconds later, courtesy of the assassin.
Edited by Bolded1 on Oct 27th 2019 at 1:26:24 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterOne of the rocks hits Yanmega and takes it out.
"Oh no!"
"This is BAD!"
"Um... Wobbuffet!", she says, recalling Yanmega and sending out Wobbuffet instead.
"Wobbu?", it says, confused, until it sees the Regirock, after which it looks panicked too.
"Wobbuffet, use... um... w-which one was it again?"
"Hurry uuuup!"
Leaping out of the portal and landing in front of Beeatrice is a Bewear, who looks down at her, not doing anything, but its emotions impossible to read from its facial expression.
Morgan looks a little guilty.
"... say, um... you said your wife was Miriel, right?", he asks with hesitance in his voice. "So... would your daughter have the same hair color as you have, or the same hair color she has?"
Alt.Demo has a mixture of surprise, confusion and wariness on his face.
"Help me? ... how?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Cliff pauses to laugh haughtily. Since he's not commanding Regirock to do anything, it doesn't do anything... except lumber closer menacingly.
Beeatrice hastily scrambles backwards, brandishing Celebi's Poké Ball defensively. The door to the GO Rocket Hideout is next to her and completely unguarded.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Indeed. Laurent's the blond one, to my surprise. The hair color genes... He says, though his smile and words fade soon enough as he start to realize what Morgan may be bringing up.
...
I don't know, I'm not the smart sister.
Neuff begins to hesitate, snapping her fingers a little.
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitter"... Oh, you shouldn't be laughing! Wobbuffet can take down your legendary Pokemon with ease, don't you know?", Jessie says, suddenly grinning smugly and sounding sure of herself.
Of course, this is a bluff. But it's one she figures she has to try.
James and Meowth realize instantly and join in.
"Indeed. With Counter and Mirror Coat, your Regirock can't deal any damage that isn't reflected back at it!"
"Ya might as well surrender right now to save your dignity! You'll be a joke if you lose with a Legendary Pokemon on your side!"
Wobbuffet, not realizing its allies are bluffing, suddenly looks much more confident in its chances.
Bewear stares her down for a few seconds more, then turns to look at the entrance.
Making its signature sound, it suddenly rushes into the base.
"Well, I... recently saw a female version of myself in the Arena, and she had red hair.", Morgan slowly says, purposely saying 'recently' to hide the fact that he'd been sitting on this information for a while.
"I can't guarantee anything, but... it could be her."
"Hm... well, I guess it's nice to know you care." , Alt.Demo says, turning as he's about to walk away.
Realizing that things are just getting worse, Elmadan quickly speaks up.
"Miss Neuff, if you can't help him, don't you know anyone else who might be able to? You must have plenty of connections in this place, right?"
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Niagara kind of sit down, with an hard-to-read expression on his face.
This is... hm... quite the piece of news.
He shift in his position awkwardly, and looks like he's trying not to be troubled, while also being shocked.
... My daughter... then surely... hm...
He scratch his head, put on his helmet, get up, wait, sit down, take off the helmet, wait, put it back on, and smack his knee, irritated.
...
Lots of my friends would be suspicious ! I know... I know Cinke, if you want. She has access to a lot of technology and...
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterCue Wobbuffet getting hit by multiple rocks and getting flung back against the trio, now having fallen onto the ground, helpless against Regirock.
Bewear charges further, not quite there yet, so nobody will be able to notice it yet.
Morgan looks hesitant. Maybe he should've kept his mouth shut, he thinks to himself.
"... a-are you okay?"
"Cinke's the one with the lab, right? That's a pass. She'd probably try to experiment on me to see how Pawn Dolls work. And then make more of them." , Alt.Demo says.
"You won't know if she'll go that far.", Captain Deepsea says, trying to encourage Alt.Demo, who just glances at him. He then looks back at Neuff with a questioning expression.
"... would she?"
Edited by DevilPsyco on Oct 27th 2019 at 1:57:48 PM
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Rey regains consciousness and starts to pick himself up off the floor. Regirock whips around to face him and fires a Zap Cannon. He almost falls down again in the process of dodging it, prompting Cliff to deem him as a non-threat and have it continue throwing rocks at the Rocket Trio.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."She's changed... and... if she tries that, I'll punch that nerd in the teeth. promises Neuff.
A lot of stuff has happened since our previous encounter, if you ask. I've seen what being angry all the time does, so I wanna make stuff right and actually try to think some problems out instead of just shrugging along.
...
Well, it's just quite the issue. I can kill the other sheperds... without an issue. It's a war, we fight, one of us die, the victor move on. But... well, I can't kill the woman I love or my flesh and blood, it's... argh...
Look... if I ever manage to get close to them, would they listen ? I... I can strategize something to get close enough. I won't slack up on the others and... and I'll get some good arguments, promise. I... I'll take care of everyone else by myself in exchange, alright ?
Edited by Bolded1 on Oct 27th 2019 at 2:02:17 PM
Nautolan picture belongs to Bonesmarinated on twitterThe four of them close their eyes, unable to defend themselves against the incoming attack.
... which never reaches them.
Bewear charges into the hallway, tearing through one of the walls (as it wanted to make a shortcut), and punches the rocks away.
Upon the added noise of Bewear's arrival, Team Rocket opens their eyes again, looking stunned and fearful when they see who has arrived.
"It's that-"
"-Bewear-"
"-from Alola!?"
" Wobbu!?"
Bewear turns around to look at them, seeing that they're hurt. It then looks at Rey as well, then back at Team Rocket.
"H... he's with us.", Meowth fearfully mumbles, upon which Bewear turns to Cliff and Regirock, letting out an angry cry while pounding its stubby fists against each other, making it clear it's here to fight.
"I don't know. I've never really... had to convince anyone of anything before.", Morgan says.
"But... I did talk to the other me for a bit, and... she's definitely smart. As are Miriel and Laurent, I bet. So... well... I think they'd have the mind to at least hear you out instead of immediately denouncing you. Morgan listened to my standpoint too after all."
He glances around for a moment, then sighs.
"I may regret doing this, but... maybe I can help you reach them without Julius getting wary about your intentions."
Alt.Demo seems to think things through. Eventually, he shrugs.
"I have nothing to lose at this point. But know that, if she tries anything, I won't hesitate to defend myself. Don't come screaming at me if she ends up dead because of this."
In the year 202X, all is devastation... Soon, any last shred of hope had by the saintliest optimist shall die and decay.Astil
"Hmm... maybe. I know at a few things fell out during my drop from orbit, although I'm not sure what stayed. The back is probably a better for getting in, now that the tech's all jammed up for that extraction pod," the Tenno replied.
"Where are we, by the way? This place didn't appear on any of my charts or maps."
"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalousCliff is surprised, and seemingly actually wary of Bewear.
"Another Zap Cannon!"
Regirock fires at Bewear.
Rey notices Bewear, smirks, and starts stumbling over in the general direction of the Rocket Trio.
Edited by KiriK on Oct 27th 2019 at 8:18:51 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Heh, she's her mother's daughter...
He look surprised, and a bit glad when Morgan offers to help, but shake his head.
No, no. You... you don't need to endanger yourself for me. You've told me too much already. I'll manage, alright ?
He hold his hands up.
I thoroughly appreciate what you've done for me, Morgan. But... I'll manage. You don't need to put yourself in a disadvantageous position for someone that you've just met.
..
If she attempts anything on you, I'll help you beat her up. She answers.
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"Perhaps, perhaps," Viserys says to Awkeff. "Whatever the reason, maybe we shouldn't dwell on it too much. After all, we found what we were looking for in the Soul Cairn and gained a new ally in the process."