The Battle for Caldera

[bravenewmods]

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.))

Comments

[makeitquick]

... Well it's a desert. It's hot.

They ain't gonna dry up on you, right?

[ Shimmer's not here for that exact reason.

Well and she's a fish ]

[moemoetentacles]

That's what all the water is for.

[makeitquick]

[ Well, whatever, far be it from her to question that. If she can keep them hydrated once they are helping caravans in the desert, more power to her ]

[moemoetentacles]

They said they needed more, so I'm giving them all I've got!

[makeitquick]

That's fair. I've got my own guys here in force too.

[ Ready to warp, more like. The ones who she knows can handle it ]

[bravenewmods]

[As Melaka and Squid Girl talk, one or the other might notice that Squid Girl seems to have added a new Pokemon to her collection. As Squid Girl's team creates water, something quietly collects as much water as it can in its leaf.]

[moemoetentacles]

...Huh?

[Squid Girl isn't the most observant Inkay out there, but even she has to notice eventually that the water isn't collecting anymore.]

Hey! What the heck!

[bravenewmods]

...

[It glances up to meet her outraged gaze for a moment.

Then it turns around and bounces away as quickly as it can.]

[makeitquick]

Just to make sure- that's a thief, right?

[ Melaka comments, pointing at it ]

[moemoetentacles]

It's totally a thief! Get it!

[Squid Girl's first response, as usual, is to shoot two tentacles out toward the offending Lotad, trying to capture and reel it back in.]

[makeitquick]

[ And Melaka's, once she confirms it is a thief is to break out at a sprint to try to tackle the thing and thereby pin it. ]

[bravenewmods]

[Lotad calmly continues to hop away as quickly as it can, bouncing over the two tentacles. It was just a little water, sheesh, chill out guys.

Melaka will grab it momentarily before it spits water in her face and uses the lubrication to squirm away.]

[moemoetentacles]

No! Bring it back!

[Squid Girl focuses for a moment, sending a Hypnosis attack its way.]

[bnw_sheepy_npcs]

[As Squid Girl and Melaka try to apprehend the terrible water thief, they might feel that they're being watched by something. Or, in this case, laughed at by something. However, when they go to look, whatever it might have been--if there was anything at all--is gone.]

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[makeitquick]

[ Well she just slipped a bit here and ended up on her face. In the wet sand. Jerks ]

[moemoetentacles]

Who's laughing? This isn't funny!

[bravenewmods]

[Too late! Lotad has bounced around a corner, but thank you mysterious laughter he thinks they are silly, too.

When Squid Girl and Melaka catch up, they will find Lotad waiting patiently in front of a small alleyway.]

[makeitquick]

[ Well, Melaka's fear here is that this is a trainer's pokémon. Stealing the water for the purpose of getting it to the Gigas lines or something. But then she realizes, it could be leading them into a trap. She frowns, and then taps her warp band, to summon up Lurks the Croagunk and Slugger the Donphan, and orders them back to where they started from, with the water reserve. Just in case.

So then she makes her way to follow the Lotad to the allwyway ]

[moemoetentacles]

[Squid Girl groans and follows.]

Geez, what the squid is even going on...

[bravenewmods]

[And then they will proceed to feel bad about themselves as a tiny panda crawls out of the alleyway and drinks from Lotad's lilypad gratefully. It obviously has a leg injury of some sort.]

[makeitquick]

[ . . . ]

Didn't see that coming.

[bravenewmods]

((I believe Brandon is out for a bit, so gonna move on!))

[Lotad ignores the two humans as Pancham drinks it all up. Then he'll turn around and bounce back.

More water, please. That squid thing can make water, right?]

[moemoetentacles]

Oh... he's hurt, huh...

[Damn it.]

Hang on.

[Using her Warp Band, she calls Drowny out here for some Water Gun action, shooting it into the Lotad's leaf to use as a bowl.]

[makeitquick]

[ Man can they really afford to be doing this...? Well, she sent back guards. So it should be fine. She's not sure what she should be doing here though ]

[bravenewmods]

[Lotad burbles and squirts Melaka in the face with some of the water as she stands around looking awkward. Cheer up. Go get some food or something.

Then it hops back to the Pancham, who avoids looking at the humans.

It's really up to them what they do with the two Pokemon at this point.]