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The Battle for Caldera

The time for action is at hand, and the players have been set in place. Those who choose to make an attempt at diplomacy head off at the appointed time to meet with Valeria, the clerk and representative of the general who leads the Gigas army. Those who wish to take more direct action against Gigas leave with General Ironbrand to put their plans into motion. In the meantime, the refugees continue to stream into Union, while supplies are gathered and flow the other way.

The outcome of this war may very well depend on the combined results of these four efforts…

((This log will be a catch-all for all four efforts of the attempt to save Caldera. There will be four different parts of this post: Diplomacy, Aggression, Refugees, and Supplies. The first two should be well established, but the Refugees portion will encompass bringing those in Caldera who require help to Union and giving them medical aid and care, while the Supplies portion will encompass people in Union setting up shelters and gathering resources to send back to Caldera, as well as other miscellaneous tasks that may be of help. Gathering resources may entail leaving Union to explore out in other areas. You all signed up for groups, so please try to maintain these groups when posting, particularly to the Diplomacy and Aggression sections. The other two may be more free-form.

Mods will be responding at least once every 24 hours to keep the logs moving.

EDIT 5/31: Please try to group up if possible! We'll generally try to wait for threads to have 2-3 people before we jump in. Threads with 3+ may attract the attention of something a little more... interesting.))

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[The teen was silent for a moment longer. He'd been asked to join Jade, his uncle in a guerilla group. Of course, Ciro--or rather Sync as he liked to call himself, hoped the older man wouldn't notice, but if anyone would; it would be him. Though, he hopes the mask, outfit, and pearlescent white wings will throw Jade off.

Currently, he's off to the side, fussing with his newly evolved Crobat, Cadenzo. Scherzo, his Talonflame, is perched on his shoulder, waiting for the opportunity to cause trouble for the Gigas forces.]

[If Jade notices Cir - oh, excuse him, Sync's unease, he doesn't call him out on it. Currently, he's also off to the side, watching Sync out of the corner of his eye. He had sent Duskull off a few minutes ago (with strict orders to remain invisible, of course) to do some reconnaissance, and now it's simply a matter of waiting for him to return.]

[Of course, the silence was bothering him. Normally he was quite solitary, but today, with Jade, it was becoming overbearing.]

Thoughts?

[His mask is turned slightly in Jade's direction, the question deliberately terse before he turns back to Cadenzo, brushing the fine fur on the Crobat to keep it calm, which was important as it was a bit taller than he was, but he still has a little more room to grow.]

None yet, I'm afraid.

[He pauses for a second before he decides to elaborate.] There's no point in making more detailed plans until we know the what the situation is.

[While he won't stop Sync if he decides to try and strategize some more, Jade personally doesn't see the need for it. Preparation is good, but it's a waste of effort to come up with too-detailed plans when they know next to nothing of their enemies.]

[Nodding to show he did indeed hear the man, Sync doesn't say anything more for the time being, instead opening his wings and leaping up to get a start so he can fly up to the wall to watch; his wings aren't strong enough yet to lift him straight from the ground. He was ready to move, and perhaps they could move if he had a first-hand look at where Gigas' supply lines were to disable them.]

[ There are a few Gigas soldiers nearby heading in the direction of Jade and Sync. Only two of them had Pokemon out at the time: a Golem and a Mienshao but the remaining three in the group were armed with their weapons. All of them look arrogant and more than ready to take out anything or anyone who decided to be in their way.

And when one spots Jade and Sync he tells the others and proceed to get close enough to fight.]

[Well. They didn't go undetected for long, but he can work with this. It's a pity that they lost the element of surprise, however.]

Let's take out the trainers first.

[Pokemon are all but useless without their trainers anyway. He quickly summons two of his other Pokemon, Jigglypuff and Sandshrew, then directs a powerful Hypnosis at one of the trainers while Jigglypuff begins to sing.]

[Part of Feliks wanted to go and give the representative from Gigas a piece of his mind, but that's probably why it's better that he didn't join the diplomatic force. A piece of his mind is probably not what the situation needs, and also he's unsure that he could stand being in a room with Rory AND Hans for any length of time without being suffocated by their smarm. Which is why he found himself looking for ways to use his gods-given gifts to mess with people (you know, for the greater good), and why he ended up tagging along with Jade and Sync.]

[Their talk of strategy was a little boring, and he'd started to feel his attention wander, but he perks up at the hint of a little action.]

Gods, about time!

[Reckless, him? Why, never! He summons his Exeggcute to his side.]

Hey--don't those guys look stressed out? Like they could totally use a nap!

[Taking the hint, Oberek gives Jade's Pokémon a little help with some Sleep Powder, just in case they resist the other attempts. When all three of them seem to have done what damage they'll do, Feliks summons up a field of mist that, aside from glimmering prettily in the moonlight, will offer a bit of protection--and hopefully make them a little harder to see properly, if anyone's still awake after all that.]

Edited (Tenses oh my god) 2014-06-05 16:46 (UTC)

[ The trainer with the Mienshao was hit with the hypnosis and fell to the ground with the Mienshao falling asleep after due to the Sleep Powder. One of the soldiers, while not the owner of a Pokemon currently out, was not quick enough like the remainder of the soldiers and fell asleep. The others managed to use evasive actions so they weren't hit.

From those that managed to avoid taking a nap one of them sneered before telling the others to go into "Formation E" and to call for some reinforcements. A formation triangle was formed and, doing their best to ignore the Misty Terrain, closed in to attack directly. But not before telling the Golem to use Rollout at the group. ]

Show that lump a real Rollout!

[A masked Donphan thuds into view, and following his strict training, uses Defense Curl and then Rollout, it should be quite the show when the two Pokemon crash into eachother.

Sync's Crobat flies up, firing Confuse Ray into their precious formation, as does a Ninetails from the ground, and they are joined by a Luxray...that doesn't know Confuse Ray, but instead Swagger. Of course Sync can only stay up so long on his wings, and vaults off his Talonflame to the ground so he can start preparing Razor Wind.]

[With a flick of his wrist, Jade's Ghost-enhanced spear appears in his hand. He takes advantage of the mist to continue disorienting the troops, generating ghostly illusions of more Pokemon. They won't be able to do more damage, but hopefully they'll be a distraction while his team continues setting up their attacks. Sandshrew takes advantage of the cover to begin using Dig, burrowing swiftly into the ground.]

[At the same time, Duskull returns from its (unsuccessful) reconnaissance mission, swooping in from behind with an Astonish directed at the soldier furthest back. Jigglypuff continues to sing, this time using Round, a song designed to do some damage.]

[The mention of reinforcements bothers Jade, but there's little they can currently do about it except fight their way out of this current situation.]

[Feliks has to launch himself out of the way of the Golem's way with a curse--he's been on the wrong end of a rock-type attack once in recent memory, and that's more than enough for him and his fire typing, thanks!]

Give 'em a Barrage!

[The Exeggcute agree in unison, opening fire on the humans. Meanwhile, Feliks reaches for his warp band, and a Gardevoir appears, seeming for a moment to descend from the sky into the mist. She doesn't waste time with orders--she instantly knows her trainer is fighting, and a look around shows there's a strong Rock-type, and that's all she needs to unleash a glowing burst of Magical Leaf towards the Golem.]

[ Golem and Donphan collide, and once the collision happened the Golem was open to the Magical Leaf. That was enough for the Golem as the trainer returned it with a small 'tsk'.

With the mix between the confusions, Round, and Barrage the remaining soldiers had little time to retreat or commence their attack. They will fall once the Razor Wind hits, having only brought out their weapons and not their Pokemon yet. However, it isn't over yet as three reinforcements come. It's not much, but all three are packed not with swords but with guns and three new Pokemon at their side: Bisharp, Gengar, and Houndoom.

After seeing the damage the Gengar is told to us its own Hypnosis on the group, while Houndoom launches a Flamethower and Bisharp stands in a defense position. All while their trainers being to shoot. ]

[Guns? Feliks has never come face to face with the possibility of something like that being turned on him--there's a certain disbelief in his mind as the shots begin to ring out. And they have a Steel type, too--not good for him or Jadwiga, defensively, but at least there's something he can do about it. Taking cover as best he can and hoping the mist and general confusion will help obscure their side, he flings a blast of flame towards the Bisharp.]

[Jadwiga gets hit by the Flamethrower attack, but that isn't enough to distract her. The trainers have deadly weapons and deadly intent, and besides, a Houndoom is all but harmless to her trainer. Priorities. Focusing on the nearest trainer with a gun, determined to protect her friends, she puts all she has into a powerful Psychic attack. You do not threaten Feliks around her.]

[A bullet strikes the earth in between Oberek the Exeggcute's different eggs; all of them leap up in surprise, talking among themselves for a few moments before angrily returning fire towards whoever's nearest with Bullet Seed.]

Identify that Gengar!

[Knowing that command as well, the Donphan uncurls, raising it's trunk as it uses Odor Sleuth. However, Luxray doesn't like the annoyance of Hypnosis and uses Roar. Sync meanwhile opens his wings and flaps as he dodges aside; they are more for helping him maneuver at this stage than true flight after all. He also starts gathering up a lot of energy in one of his fist and black particles start rolling off. He's waiting for a chance to get close enough to try the Curse Slot though, guns aren't something he ever expected to deal with.]

Do something about the Bisharp and the guns.

[His Ninetails responses by using Will-O-Wisp, and waiting for a chance to follow with Hex, very unperturbed even with the guns. Meanwhile, his Talonflame preps for it's own Razor Wind and Crobat uses Air Cutter at the new trio of soldiers.]

[It's unfortunate that none of them possess much in the way of defensive abilities. There's nothing to do but brace himself - the bullets are much too fast to dodge. He focuses, maintaining the illusions the best he can in order to misdirect the soldiers into shooting at the wrong targets. Duskull hovers next to him, trying to coordinate his attacks with Jadwiga by targeting that same soldier with Confuse Ray.]

[Sandshrew completes her Dig, tunnelling out right beneath the group of soldiers to strike swiftly. Seeing the amount of reinforcements, however, she hastily burrows back into the ground, at the same time kicking up a large amount of dirt in a Sand Attack, adding to the confusion.]

[Behind the group, the sound of singing stops as Jigglypuff succumbs to the Hypnosis. Although he's concerned about the loss of a fighter, Jade doesn't allow himself to grow distracted. He doesn't even glance back to check on his Pokemon.]

[ The Houndoom goes in to take the blunt of the Psychic attack with receiving all but zero damage. It's Genger closest to the Bullet Seeds and gets rammed with them, allowing the Odor Sleuth to get hit along with the Roar. The Roar works, and Gengar is suddenly back in it's Pokemon with only a Haunter to take its place.

The Air Cutter causes their aim to become much more inaccurate as for a moment they shoot at the sky instead of the group. The sand attack and confuse ray adds to the confusion and there is little that can currently do while Bisharp gets hit by the will-o-wisp follows by Hex. Same that Houndoom couldn't take that for it, but it counters with a Dark Pulse. ]

[Both of the Pokémon Feliks has out are hit by the Dark Pulse, though the Exeggcute takes it worse and flinches as a result. Jadwiga narrows her eyes slightly--well, that's annoying. She chooses a human further from the Houndoom and tries to hit them with Psychic again, undeterred. At least if it continues shielding the human, she'll move it further from the Bisharp.]

[Feliks, meanwhile, is still focused on taking that Bisharp down. He emerges from his cover to throw another fire-type attack at it, focusing as hard as he can on intensifying the flames.]

[With their attackers so confused, Jade allows his illusions to flicker and fade, turning his attention to his Warp Band instead, deciding to prioritise offence while they can.]

[A blue Tyrantrum emerges with a loud roar, and Jade quickly instructs it to set up a Stealth Rock around the Bisharp, guessing that it won't be much longer before it goes down. With his Enlightened abilities of Mastery of Battle, the Stealth Rock is sure to do at least some damage to whatever Pokemon replaces it.]

[There's a rumble under his feet as Sandshrew emerges, shaking the sand from her head. Jade doesn't give her any time to rest.]

Take down the Hounddoom.

[He had long since drilled knowledge of type weaknesses into his Pokemon's heads, and Sandshrew immediately launches a Sand Tomb at the Hounddoom. Meanwhile, Duskull focuses on the Haunter, attacking quickly with Shadow Sneak. Although he had also been hurt by the Dark Pulse, it wasn't enough for him to faint, and he presses doggedly on.]

[The interference with the soldier's aim is what Sync needed to try closing the gap. While his target is one of the soldiers, one of their Pokémon will do as he finally unleashes that bundle of energy balled up in his fist, using his Curse Slot to test it's effectiveness. His Pokémon meanwhile were picking their own targets. Donphan curled again, ready to crash into the Houndoom with Rollout. Crobat shifts it's attention now that Sync is out of danger, using Astonish on the Haunter, and Ninetails finally becomes mobile, following with Feint Attack. Talonflame uses it's only effective attack on the Bisharp, striking with Ember as it passes overhead.]

[ The Human, the Bisharp, the Haunter and the Houndoom all go down, as well as any soldiers that were caught in the middle of the attacks. There was one soldier remaining near the end, and although he brought out a Pokemon it ended up being Vespiquen. With a mix of the Stealth Rock and any remaining attacks that were in the air it easily went down with the rest of them.

Hastily, the soldiers who could move tried to get away, while the other soldiers simply remained there unconscious.

(OOC: Sorry for the later. I'll be sure that the awards you all receive make up for this). ]

Nice!

[Even Jadwiga smiles a little bit at Feliks's enthusiasm--she's more even-tempered than him, not so quick to start fights, but it's hard not to get swept along with his emotions. Oberek bounce around a little, trying to send some Stun Spore after the soldiers who attempt to flee... in spite of the Misty Terrain. Look, he's not always the cleverest egg in the carton.]

[Feliks wastes no time in advancing. It's the same as fighting the bullies outside the school, he thinks--hit them back, keep hitting back and they back off. Only there's a lot more of them than just these guys, so they have to keep going until they get the point, right? He scoops up Oberek and nods for Jadwiga to follow him.]

I'm gonna run up and check if there's more coming! We'll give you a heads-up if there are.

[And he runs ahead a bit, leaving Jade and Sync alone with the soldiers, on the lookout for more troops or anything that looks in need of a little sabotage.]

[Giving a nod in affirmation, Sync waited until Feliks disappeared through the brush and trees before speaking.]

Did you even break a sweat?

[He did, though he doesn't plan on speaking about it; his wings ached from the sudden exercise and he had to try using them more anyway to make sure they could hold up on a longer fight. His Talonflame perched on his arm, lowering his head a few times to indicate he wanted down on the ground to use Roost. Setting him down, he finally turns to actually look and see if Jade heard him, or left, or somehow had been injured in the chaos.]

Of course. I'm completely exhausted.

[His levity fades, however, when he takes in the scene around them. With a quick command, he sends his Pokemon after Feliks, aside from Tyrantrum and the still-sleeping Jigglypuff, who are sent back to the Habitat.]

You must be as well, if you aren't going after Feliks.

[He doesn't want to follow him until they're finished here. Not that they'll have much time; the soldiers who had fled must be planning to go get reinforcements. He had thought about pursuing them, but the area is still unfamiliar to him, and it would be too easy for the soldiers to give him the slip.]

[Spear in hand, he approaches one of the fallen soldiers - the one that had first mentioned 'Formation E', if he's not mistaken - an intent expression on his face.]

A bit.

[The moment feels oddly normal, which puts him on edge. His history with Jade had taught him that when things appeared the most normal, something was about to happen.

True to fashion, Sync watches the older man approach one of the soldiers with his spear.]

...What are you doing?

[As he asks, he sends his own Pokémon back to the habitat; he had suspicions it was best they weren't around for the explanation if he got one. Jade also wasn't the type to explain his thoughts or actions, he recalled.]

The Battle for Caldera

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Jumping in with permission from the other players!

Posting since it has been past the 24-hour mark.

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skip my next turn; i'll be busy all of tomorrow!

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