bravenewworld | 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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[Since Abby seems to want to go with Red and Kanji has experience with the Pidgey line, Lucas will carefully look at Ribbons.]

I'm sure we'll be able to find something. I've heard all about how amazing it is... It seems like it has something to do with that time the flowers came into our city, too.

[Lucas will nod again before he moves around to try to mount the scaly Aerodactyl.]

Ya think? Makes sense, yeah... heh. Wish I had my paints with me.

[How to wrangle six foot plus of rider and not quite five foot of bird. He looks at Nike with a little frown-] You're okay with this, right?

Alright Ribbons, Nike, let's get serious, we need to get going!

[The Aerodactyl, while initially very upset with Lucas being close huffs one last time, and stands, lowering it's head and shoulders enough for the boy to get on. Meanwhile, Nike, the ever troublesome one, snorts, looking at Kanji and opening a wing, saying something to Abby which in turn makes the Charizard just shrug. Kanji's arguably too big for everyone, so. Huffing, she lowers enough for him to get on, spreading her wings and flicking her head to indicate for him to hurry. While he's an Electric Enlightened, she trusts he's aware that accidental discharges in the sky will result in her being less one rider quickly. Abby looks to Red, who reaches to adjust his hat...which is still in the Charizard's hand, and he huffs now, before climbing onto it's back.]

Just remember to let them do most of the leading and we'll be fine! Ribbons likes his ears scratched...you may want to compliment Nike's plumage or something. She likes being flattered. Anyway!

[Abby crouches, and leaps, flapping it's wings as they're off.]

Now...Tell me about these flowers. I don't recall...oh! Yeah, I do now, I was out training right at the end and just got lucky enough to bond with Atley!

[He's trying to make himself as small as he can, okay? He knows his types are trouble here... being as careful as he can be as he climbs on, then, giving Nike a little stroke.]

See? You've got me. You're gonna do great.

[Is it really a sincere compliment if he told them to give compliments? But Lucas won't question that now as he slowly slides on - he'll reach out to scratch the ears as he was advised while telepathically communicating some degree of warmth and gratitude.]

The flowers?

They came a few months ago! Early in the spring... It was really strange; all at once, Union was just covered...

I've been...Really out of the loop. I was dealing with a few things, but thankfully that's over with.

[Thankfully Nike responds well enough with Kanji's coaxing. Ribbons snorts again at the scratch, pretending he's perfectly ambivalent, though it really is helping out immensely on being amiable enough to get them to the grove.]

I hear Union got really crazy, I also heard it hasn't been the same since! Especially with all this happening!

Yeah. Got that right. I went for a trip coupla weeks back, an' as soon as I set foot back in the city, everyone was shouting about what's going on...

You guys ready, then? [To Nike-]You ready, too?

Things have been... happening ever since the earthquakes in the winter.

[Lucas's smile is a bit strained, but he'll gently scratch Ribbons a little more while leaning forward and murmuring words of gratitude.]

The flowers were nice, though. I wouldn't mind that so much every now and then...

I guess so. Things were nicer when my plans for life were a bit simpler...but I guess change was coming sooner or later.

[Nike fluffs her feathers, and stretches before she takes off on his question into the air. Surprisingly, he isn't as heavy as she thought. Ribbons meanwhile looks much more pleasant with the scratching, and likewise takes off into the sky and Red starts following.]

Now, we should be able to get their quickly, I hope.

[Eep, this is a bit worrying, but he's not going to show it...]

Hope so. We ain't got time to waste.

[Lucas, on his part, gasps a bit in delight before he holds on tight to Ribbons and looks down at the ground below.]

Everything looks so small!

This is really incredible...

If I had a Pokemon who could fly, I don't know if I'd ever get off...

Somethin', ain't it?

[Just trying to make friendly talk and hide his nerves.]

The Battle for Caldera

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