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indigo_league) wrote2022-08-11 08:20 pm
indigo_league) wrote2022-08-11 08:20 pm
Don't you miss coffee? I know I do.
I know you've all been waiting... for the results of your final parts hunt!
Part One:
In the mountains, Riz's Voltorb and Sneasel team up with Kummurial's own Sneasel and Gliscor, using their superior speed to run (or... er, roll? and glide?) literal circles around the absolutely furious monster-sized Dragon, drawing its attention over Bucciarati's delicate Togepi and providing cover while the adorable eggling lulls it with Yawn and Lovely Kiss. The faster, lighter Pokemon have no problem dancing around the Spikes laid by Hermione's Overqwil, but the raging Dragon is less picky. Legos haven't even been invented yet, but we can all imagine how it feels to stomp down on those barbs.....
Whenever it slows or slumps, Shrike's Hisuian Samurott cuts in (lmao), prepping with Swords Dance before laying into the Alpha with all its might, joined by the super effective ice attacks of Kimmurial's brutally effective Glalie and Hermione's Sliggoo. As Togepi succumbs to exhaustion, Bucciarati goes on the offensive with his Lilligant, equally equipped to send the Mach Pokemon to Mach Zero... which is to say, rendering it asleep standing up for a few seconds, a perfect target for the graceful martial artist and her compatriots!
With so many smaller Pokemon pelting it from every direction, a truly coordinated offensive, and the constant disorientation of falling asleep and waking up and tripping over its own feet--feet that keep stomping on painful Spikes!--the Alpha Garchomp finally comes crashing down.
The four Trainers are free to basically just stroll past and pick up the part. Which seems kind of harsh, but... it was pretty ready to eat them and their Pokemon friends just for breathing in its direction. Besides, what is a Garchomp going to do with a weird knot of wires welded to some kind of beaded tube.
What is Cara Liss even going to do with that. What the heck does this machine look like inside?
Part Two:
Sometimes, diplomacy does work. Sometimes. It helps when your "opponents" are ghosts who don't even care that much about your weird Thing and not a rage-fuelled Dragon the size of a tree that wants to keep the weird Thing for itself, on pain of death.
It helps that Vierna's distraction keeps the more aggressive pack members busy, resulting in a much less hostile encounter overall. Riku and Astrid's partners make first contact with the rest; though they're obviously recognised as strangers, the news that the humans are peaceful and not there to cause problems or run off with anyone's children or little siblings is received warily but with some relief.
Emporio's presence causes a bit of a snafu, though. At first, the Zoroark think that all these humans and their Zorua and Zoroark are trying to trade Emporio for the part, and they're a bit put out when Aymeric explains he and his Zorua are offering their trinkets, and that the human boy was not part of the trade. In the end, she'll have to part with about a third of her collection, but the pack seems pretty content with the freebies, deposit Emporio directly into Astrid's arms, and even call back the Zoroark who were pursuing Vierna's Samurott.
The part they surrender appears to be something like a disc drive, but instead of taking a CD or other data storage device, it's filled with some kind of viscous liquid. Which... hasn't frozen, despite the part itself being kind of crispy with frost crystals. The more parts you find, the less sense this device makes, huh?
Part Three:
Normally, Blissey would be FAR too overwhelmed by this much human attention... but when Doppio's Happiny, Radley's Eevee, and Eri's adorable child self approach the Blissey as a nonthreatening trio, she lingers long enough to hear what they have to say. Which is, really, that Fluttershy has something to say. And what Fluttershy has to say is that they have brought gifts, gathered through the hard work of many other humans--Angel, Minfilia, Armin, and Romelle. While she's not super sure what to do with the human medicines and bandages, the muffins(!), berries, apricorns, and medicinal leeks are received enthusiastically. And as for the oval stone?
Everyone gets to watch as Blissey calls her own adorable child out of hiding in the frosty brush, bequeathing the oval stone to a toddling Happiny who trills excitedly and waves her short little arms gratefully to everyone before giving each person's leg a tiny baby hug. (Well, almost. Eri is small enough to get a waist hug.)
Dang. That was CUTE.
Almost better than the part that Blissey hands to Doppio's Happiny before they run off together into the woods!
The part is a very large piece of panelling with wires along the border. Considering it has some very sharp edges, maybe she was hanging onto it so no one would hurt themself on it?
Part Four:
Alpha Avalugg is more confused than annoyed by the number of Scyther that are darting around--what's actually annoying are the Growlithe, Arcanine, and Quilava herding it around its ankles, with humans inexplicably chucking rocks and snow into its face--which is rude, and probably a little bizarre considering Avalugg are made of rocks and snow to begin with! Then again, no one is trying to hurt the big guy, just keep him busy for a minute.
Kaiba's Mothim has provided the perfect platform for dedicated retrieval efforts, and while Ash's Scyther's attempts to free the part are hampered by the lack of hands... they're also assisted by the lack of hands, as those sharp, bladed arms are perfect for chipping into the solid ice! With help from Rei's Cyndaquil and Keith's Growlithe to weaken the glacial ice and the powerful leverage of Naracia's Heracross' horn, they manage to free the part--maybe a little too well, as absolutely none of the Pokemon involved had plans for 'if the object becomes airborne!'
Fortunately, Louisa's Scyther is there to catch it--in his mouth, no less!
The part itself is a long, narrow shelf-like piece of metal, the length of a human arm, with several plugs welded into it. Attached to these plugs are tangles of bundled wires.
It must have fallen from the sky like a javelin and struck Avalugg's back.
Speaking of Avalugg.... it's very angry now, and you should probably run.
Final Outcome:
Four parts collected and delivered to Cara Liss' guilty hands. She'll be busy for the next couple of days. Hopefully we don't all wake up in the Triassic.
(Event to be concluded on Sunday!)
Part One:
In the mountains, Riz's Voltorb and Sneasel team up with Kummurial's own Sneasel and Gliscor, using their superior speed to run (or... er, roll? and glide?) literal circles around the absolutely furious monster-sized Dragon, drawing its attention over Bucciarati's delicate Togepi and providing cover while the adorable eggling lulls it with Yawn and Lovely Kiss. The faster, lighter Pokemon have no problem dancing around the Spikes laid by Hermione's Overqwil, but the raging Dragon is less picky. Legos haven't even been invented yet, but we can all imagine how it feels to stomp down on those barbs.....
Whenever it slows or slumps, Shrike's Hisuian Samurott cuts in (lmao), prepping with Swords Dance before laying into the Alpha with all its might, joined by the super effective ice attacks of Kimmurial's brutally effective Glalie and Hermione's Sliggoo. As Togepi succumbs to exhaustion, Bucciarati goes on the offensive with his Lilligant, equally equipped to send the Mach Pokemon to Mach Zero... which is to say, rendering it asleep standing up for a few seconds, a perfect target for the graceful martial artist and her compatriots!
With so many smaller Pokemon pelting it from every direction, a truly coordinated offensive, and the constant disorientation of falling asleep and waking up and tripping over its own feet--feet that keep stomping on painful Spikes!--the Alpha Garchomp finally comes crashing down.
The four Trainers are free to basically just stroll past and pick up the part. Which seems kind of harsh, but... it was pretty ready to eat them and their Pokemon friends just for breathing in its direction. Besides, what is a Garchomp going to do with a weird knot of wires welded to some kind of beaded tube.
What is Cara Liss even going to do with that. What the heck does this machine look like inside?
Part Two:
Sometimes, diplomacy does work. Sometimes. It helps when your "opponents" are ghosts who don't even care that much about your weird Thing and not a rage-fuelled Dragon the size of a tree that wants to keep the weird Thing for itself, on pain of death.
It helps that Vierna's distraction keeps the more aggressive pack members busy, resulting in a much less hostile encounter overall. Riku and Astrid's partners make first contact with the rest; though they're obviously recognised as strangers, the news that the humans are peaceful and not there to cause problems or run off with anyone's children or little siblings is received warily but with some relief.
Emporio's presence causes a bit of a snafu, though. At first, the Zoroark think that all these humans and their Zorua and Zoroark are trying to trade Emporio for the part, and they're a bit put out when Aymeric explains he and his Zorua are offering their trinkets, and that the human boy was not part of the trade. In the end, she'll have to part with about a third of her collection, but the pack seems pretty content with the freebies, deposit Emporio directly into Astrid's arms, and even call back the Zoroark who were pursuing Vierna's Samurott.
The part they surrender appears to be something like a disc drive, but instead of taking a CD or other data storage device, it's filled with some kind of viscous liquid. Which... hasn't frozen, despite the part itself being kind of crispy with frost crystals. The more parts you find, the less sense this device makes, huh?
Part Three:
Normally, Blissey would be FAR too overwhelmed by this much human attention... but when Doppio's Happiny, Radley's Eevee, and Eri's adorable child self approach the Blissey as a nonthreatening trio, she lingers long enough to hear what they have to say. Which is, really, that Fluttershy has something to say. And what Fluttershy has to say is that they have brought gifts, gathered through the hard work of many other humans--Angel, Minfilia, Armin, and Romelle. While she's not super sure what to do with the human medicines and bandages, the muffins(!), berries, apricorns, and medicinal leeks are received enthusiastically. And as for the oval stone?
Everyone gets to watch as Blissey calls her own adorable child out of hiding in the frosty brush, bequeathing the oval stone to a toddling Happiny who trills excitedly and waves her short little arms gratefully to everyone before giving each person's leg a tiny baby hug. (Well, almost. Eri is small enough to get a waist hug.)
Dang. That was CUTE.
Almost better than the part that Blissey hands to Doppio's Happiny before they run off together into the woods!
The part is a very large piece of panelling with wires along the border. Considering it has some very sharp edges, maybe she was hanging onto it so no one would hurt themself on it?
Part Four:
Alpha Avalugg is more confused than annoyed by the number of Scyther that are darting around--what's actually annoying are the Growlithe, Arcanine, and Quilava herding it around its ankles, with humans inexplicably chucking rocks and snow into its face--which is rude, and probably a little bizarre considering Avalugg are made of rocks and snow to begin with! Then again, no one is trying to hurt the big guy, just keep him busy for a minute.
Kaiba's Mothim has provided the perfect platform for dedicated retrieval efforts, and while Ash's Scyther's attempts to free the part are hampered by the lack of hands... they're also assisted by the lack of hands, as those sharp, bladed arms are perfect for chipping into the solid ice! With help from Rei's Cyndaquil and Keith's Growlithe to weaken the glacial ice and the powerful leverage of Naracia's Heracross' horn, they manage to free the part--maybe a little too well, as absolutely none of the Pokemon involved had plans for 'if the object becomes airborne!'
Fortunately, Louisa's Scyther is there to catch it--in his mouth, no less!
The part itself is a long, narrow shelf-like piece of metal, the length of a human arm, with several plugs welded into it. Attached to these plugs are tangles of bundled wires.
It must have fallen from the sky like a javelin and struck Avalugg's back.
Speaking of Avalugg.... it's very angry now, and you should probably run.
Final Outcome:
Four parts collected and delivered to Cara Liss' guilty hands. She'll be busy for the next couple of days. Hopefully we don't all wake up in the Triassic.
(Event to be concluded on Sunday!)