This world is inhabited by creatures that we call pokemon. People and pokemon live together by supporting each other, but now the scourge threatens the safety of the entire region. Kohaku has become a dangerous place, where children stay at home and only brave souls go adventuring.
Welcome to KOHAKU. Come for the nightmares. Stay for the tea and crumpets.
The season is SUMMER. It is easy for survivors to forage for food from the land, as there are entire abandoned farms ready for harvest. On the downside, you can smell the corpses.
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this is ahuda’s first time here. she’d never visited pax when she’d been younger, and she certainly hadn’t visited when the scourge was first unleashed here. but sometimes, when she dreams, she dreams that pax’s curse will extend past where it is, and dig its roots into ceres, her home.
(that nightmare came true when ceres forest, amber glade, the amberwell was invaded, but at least it’s not just in her head anymore.)
her faithful partners stand by her side as she loiters and looks with interest at the boathouse, her mienfoo a diligent presence by her side as always as the newly-evolved charizard tests his wings in the sky. the local assist is not different, a forretress glad to have been saved from the scourge when she took it as a temporary partner. as the sun climbs through the sky, ahuda wonders when this tentative silence will be disturbed.
6o SCOURGE MAGIKARP - SWIFT SWIM splash, tackle, flail, bounce
Off the edge of the dock, the water bubbles ominously. At first, there are only a few, floating upwards lazily into the sky. Within a few seconds, the commotion grows loud enough to hear, the water splashing up in bursts that soaks through the rotting, wooden planks. The rate of bubbles has increased exponentially. They pop, one after the other, coating the air with a sort of water that is not as clear as it seems.
When the rumble deafens into an earthquake, it leaves as quickly as it comes. There's dead silence for a grand total of ten seconds before something jumps from the water's surface and lands, rather heavily, in front of Ahuda. Upon closer inspection(or anything other than first glance) it seems to be an abnormally large magikarp, three times the size of a normal one.
'Identify yourself, intruder!' It flaps its tail angrily on the dock. To those that are not rangers('karp, karp, karp', the magikarp's words then become), it looks as if the fish is struggling to breathe on land, and ultimately failing.
the water boils, splashes, rumbles the shaky wood beneath their feet and as ahuda jumps back, a magikarp takes her place on the dock.
as a ranger, she understands what appears to be a dying fish just fine. "ahuda," is all she offers, before madonna is standing by her side and ares landing gently behind her, a giant of a pokemon hovering just over her shoulder. forretress is floating off somewhere, content to let them handle this until she was needed.
ahuda eyes the lone magikarp. "what are we intruding on?" she asks. a speaking scourge pokemon is something she hasn't seen before, and she's curious, okay? her styler might still be in reach, but she's happy at the moment to hear the fish out.
6o SCOURGE MAGIKARP - SWIFT SWIM splash, tackle, flail, bounce
The magikarp slaps its tail on the dock, hard. With the boathouse in the state that it's in, the impact leaves quite the aftershock. 'INSUFFICIENT ANSWER!' If magikarps could show any emotion, it would've been fuming with anger. Instead, the magikarp's whiskers twitched angrily, and it flapped its fins a little. 'Full name, occupation and purpose here. Loud and clear now, you hear?'
At her question, it seems to swell a bit in size. 'Good of you to ask, good question! You currently stand above where we train our Boathouse Scourge Navy. They fight against those pesky EOS, and I am their leader!'
It doesn't seem to realize that Ahuda is part of that very organization. Then again, the magikarp doesn't seem to be the brightest of the bunch. Underneath, the water begins to bubble again, quite urgently this time.
despite the gravity of the situation, ahuda holds back a smile. it's refreshing to find such behavior in scourge pokemon, although how it's retained its intellect while not being an agent's partner is curious. if she was a researcher she'd probably be all over it by now - but she's not, and ahuda straightens, giving this magikarp at least the courtesy of following along until she attacks, as is her duty.
"ahuda clearglass, ranger, and here to survey lake pax for scourge." she says the words with the seriousness that they imply, and unhooks her styler from the holder. "for the record, i am eos, thank you. please refrain from insulting it, although i will say that it is a pleasure to meet the general of the boathouse scourge navy."
if her voice shakes with mirth as she stands with weapon in hand, her anvil weapon... somewhere, then only her faithful partners hear. although, ares asks with a tilt of a dark head, < ...why is the lake water bubbling? >
6o SCOURGE MAGIKARP - SWIFT SWIM splash, tackle, flail, bounce
'Eos? EOS??' The magikarp flops about dramatically, only to calm down a second later, breathing intensely in a way that bears an uncanny resemblance to gasping for air. 'Ranger Clearglass, your talents are being wasted away in that organization. Based on that solid answer, you must be very strong. Have you never once considered changing allegiances to something a bit more...practical?'
The intensity of the water's surface remains static, this time, but the bubbling seems to spread into a wider range, and patches of shadows can be glimpsed from underneath. In moments, the large, blue head of a jellicent pokes out of the water's surface. A slowbro perches lazily on its head, yawning at Ahuda. 'Ah!' The magikarp perks up. 'Pleasure is all mine, ranger. Here, my second and third in command.' The two pokemon do not speak. Whether they lack the ability or simply don't want to remains unknown.
'They are insufficient, at times.' It sighs. 'I've been searching for good right-hand man for a long, long time.'
...ahuda doesn't really know what to think of the magikarp's attempts to convert her to the other side. if this was a normal day she would have stared. but it's not, because since when had anything been normal? "thank you for the compliment, but no. eos is the one i have allegiances to, and it with eos i will stay." the formality tastes odd on her tongue, but she readies herself as the water parts to reveal yet more pokemon.
with a sigh she plays with her styler, yet ready to point it to pacify at a notice. "then i'm afraid you will have to continue searching."or preferably, to stop completely.
6o SCOURGE MAGIKARP - SWIFT SWIM splash, tackle, flail, bounce
55 SCOURGE JELLICENT - CURSED BODY no moves revealed yet
5o SCOURGE SLOWBRO - OWN TEMPO no moves revealed yet
'Truly a pity.' The magikarp sighs. Or at least, tries to. It succeeds in opening and closing its mouth, then flips over, staring at Ahuda with its other eye. 'Know that this is nothing personal, Ranger Clearglass. Only orders that I cannot let EOS just roam freely in our territory.'
Finding a worthy second-in-command is not an easy task. It has been toying with the idea of finding a human ally for quite some time now. The magikarp splashes wildly, making the dock tremor with the lasting aftershocks that eventually stabilize and calm along with the water's surface, which now lies flat.
A large bubble forms from the slowbro's mouth. It seems to be sleeping with its eyes open. As great of a feat as that appears to be, it is no less useful than the magikarp's attack. The jellicent does nothing.
nette they're not that short, it's perfectly fine!
"into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
5o SCOURGE SLOWBRO - OWN TEMPO yawn, disable, water pulse, zen headbutt, slack off, heal pulse, swift, drain punch, safeguard, block
The ice spreads across the water, a silent predator that ensnares its prey. The jellicent casts that same, blackened gaze on the ranger. The slowpoke hops off its head and slides to a stop in front of where the magikarp lay, the cloyster attached to its tail narrowing its eyes at the rain of stars that pelt its hide.
The magikarp's splash is a signal for attack. The slowbrow parts its mouth, a hungry gleam in its eyes. The jellicent stays static, but its eyes follow Ahuda's every move, like a hunter lying in wait.
jellicent dodges smokescreen jellicent is restricted to defensive moves until it breaks the ice! 1/5 jellicent uses rain dance on mienfoo jellicent uses mist
slowbro dodges smokescreen slowbro uses safeguard slowbro uses zen headbutt on mienfoo slowbro uses water pulse on charizard slowbro uses disable on charizard's solarbeam
NcERn|uS < 20 flinch < 20 confusion
magikarp uses bounce magikarp flew up high!
nette i'm pretty sure smokescreen hits only two of the three pokemon, correct me if i'm wrong!
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"into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
5o SCOURGE SLOWBRO - OWN TEMPO yawn, disable, water pulse, zen headbutt, slack off, heal pulse, swift, drain punch, safeguard, block
In the air, the magikarp sighs, and the air around it ripples briefly, like a static shock. It's truly a pity that such strength is not put to better use, and on the right side, unfortunate that she needs to be eliminated, before her strength grows to bounds outside of their reach.
The real question of whether it has already done so or not does not cross the pokemon's mind. The magikarp is not the brightest of pokemon, after all.
Under water, the jellicent's tentacles move, slowly but steadily, and the ice gives a faint rumble in return, but nothing more.
jellicent uses confuse ray at mienfoo jellicent is 2/5 free of the ice
slowbro dodges dragon claw slowbro uses zen headbutt on mienfoo slowbro uses water pulse on charizard slowbro uses disable on charizard's dragon claw
MguSmMW8 < 20 flinch < 20 confusion
magikarp bounces on mienfoo! magikarp uses tackle on charizard magikarp uses splash to boost team morale!
5o SCOURGE SLOWBRO - OWN TEMPO yawn, disable, water pulse, zen headbutt, slack off, heal pulse, swift, drain punch, safeguard, block
The slowbrow is caught in the middle of a yawn. It closes its mouth, stares at ahuda with piercing eyes that are hollow, black and lifeless. Upon closer inspection(if ahuda had that sort of luxury), it seems to have fallen asleep again, snoring quietly to itself.
General magikarp gives a rather inelegant flop, angrily fuming at the pokemon. 'No time to sleep on the job! Second! Wake up!' A small crack forms above the jellicent's place in the ice in response, but that is the only response it gets.
jellicent uses confuse ray at charizard jellicent is 3/5 free of the ice
slowbro is pacified! slowbro wobbles! slowbro falls asleep(?)
magikarp uses flail on charizard magikarp uses bounce it flew up high!