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.))

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[second_destiny]

[Asemu had already thought of this. That's why he's not trying to shoot the wagons right now. Instead, he's shooting up the road ahead of them, hoping to make it impassable or, at least, making it rough enough for the wagons to have to slow down.]

[master_tactician]

[Robin directs his Glaceon and Espeon to counterattack with ice and psychic energy in the interim, trying to take out the Manectrics before they knock them out of the sky]

[aerial_ace]

[It takes lightning fast reflexes for Cordelia to redirect their flight path away from the lightning bolts flying at them--if any of them were to hit Swanna, they would be falling from the sky, easily. This is her primary focus right now, grateful that her passenger was at least on top of their offensive as she did her best to steer clear of any other electric-based attacks.]

[bravenewmods]

[Thunderbolts and counterattacks alike go awry in the haze of smoke spewed by Koffing and not much productive is directly accomplished on either side.

The slip 'n' slide created by Robin's Pokemon earlier will present something of a challenge as the caravans continue forward and Asemu's shots will ricochet randomly off the ice - a few yelps from down below will indicate that he's somehow managed to strike his target with this pinball maneuver nonetheless.

But the caravans are trying a different strategy now as something small and pink pops out of a Pokeball to jump onto the roof.

It smiles and begins to wave its fingers back and forth - as it works, the fliers will begin to feel a crushing weight.]

[second_destiny]

Dammit!

[At first, Asemu ups his energy output, but he can see this going bad for him. So he lets himself drop to ground level, and instead uses his energy to dash. He charges into the smoke, and strikes at the wagons' wheels with his beam sabers.]

[master_tactician]

I'm on it!

[Robin hones in on the pink Pokemon and launches a lightning spell at it while Fimbulvetr attacks with Icy Wind]