The Raids

[bravenewmods]

[As the people of Union begin to move out into the plains, they'll find that the Councilor's warnings were apt. Though not everyone is targeted, it isn't long before a few unlucky travelers find themselves on the receiving end of the same type of attack. The bandits, whoever they might be, are experts at swooping out of the blue, striking so swiftly that the victims almost never even catch a glimpse of them.

How exactly will they put this to a stop? There's so many, it seems impossible to take them out one group at a time... Perhaps they have a base somewhere.]

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[bravenewmods]

The raiders will dance through the air with graceful, dizzying moves. ...It seems there is some hesitance in their actions, though. Did these people even have any supplies they could take? It looked more like it was going to be a waste of time and energy.

But they've begun the attack, so they might as well continue.

One of them is definitely moving a bit slower than the others, having been zapped by Apollo. Night Shade does nothing to this group of Swellow, Pidgeot, and Staraptor, and another will go diving awkwardly out of the way to avoid the Psychic, leaving two raiders free to attack as they please.

Recognizing those that are particularly susceptible to their attacks, they'll aim for Oberon and Vivillon to take them out of the fight, sending Air Slashes hurling their way.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Not wanting to rely on Protect before it resets, Vivillon fires a Psybeam at her attackers as she attempts to dodge. Unfortunately, she fails to completely dodge one Air Slash and takes it to a wing. Seeing her start to go down with her loss of flight control, Apollo warps her back before she's too far away; he could heal her, but mid-air during a battle is neither the time nor the place for that.

Apollo's worried about Vivillon's condition, but he needs to worry about himself first. Talonflame uses Quick Attack at the nearest attacker and Apollo uses Psyshock at another, though with Talonflame's motion Apollo's attack isn't as well aimed.

[choseneutrality]

Oberon!

[Shoot, not good! The Beautifly was determined not to get hit. But determination wasn't always enough since he gets clipped by the attack and his flight path becomes messed up. Flynn directs Nate to get them closer to Oberon so he can catch him and keep him close.

He turns his attention back to their attackers as does Nate. The Drifblim then opts to use Payback on one of them.]

[bravenewmods]

[Quick Attack strikes easily, sending one of the raiders, a Swellow, spinning to the side, though it's not too badly injured and recovers quickly. Psyshock arches wide - these birds are moving so quickly that it's hard to get in projectile attacks that require some aiming.

Payback, though, stops one short - a Pidgeot - and it goes diving into a tailspin.

This leaves another Swellow and a Staraptor. The former will flap back a ways now and aim to smash straight into Apollo with a Brave Bird; the latter rears up against Drifblim and Wing Attacks it.]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Talonflame sees the incoming Brave Bird and, before Apollo can question the wisdom of the action, decides to play chicken and uses Flame Charge. Talonflame's not going to back down and all Apollo can do is hug his body as close to Talonflame's as possible to make a smaller target.]

[choseneutrality]

[Flynn makes the decision to lash out with the back of his blade to attempt to parry the oncoming Wing Attack or at least deter the Swellow so it would miss. Oberon meanwhile fires off a String Shot at their foes, having had enough of hiding behind Flynn.]

[justbewhelmed]

[ While the attackers seem busy with Apollo's and Flynn's Pokemon Robins Pokemon have flown around to try and take the attackers by surprise. Honckrow comes in with a Wing Attack while Swoobat attacks with another Psychic. Robin on Crobat also comes swooping in with Crobat aiming at one of the targets with a Poison Fang. ]

[bravenewmods]

[Chicken may or may not be a wise move, but Talonflame and Swellow will slam hard into each other! Who is going to faint first...? It's hard to tell how damaged it is as Swellow goes careening off, but the Brave Bird certainly carried a hefty punch.

The blade will glance off the Wing Attack and both of them will go bouncing away without taking too much pain. String Shot is an excellent move though as the spurt of webbing binds Swellow's wings to its body! It goes crashing right into a tree.

The other two raiders will rise up to meet Honchkrow and Swoobat, and while the one deals with Honchkrow with a Wing Attack of its own, the other has to swerve out of the Psychic and avoid Crobat as well. It doesn't do quite as well.

All of this is interrupted briefly as another Boomburst resonates across the area.]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Odds are on the bird whose rider can heal them before they lose consciousness, though Talonflame's too dizzy to do more than fly around drunkenly. Apollo's too busy healing to do anything else immediately, and they're both too preoccupied to do anything about the Boomburst. They go spinning through the air as it hits, Apollo mentally yelling at Talonflame to stabilize their flight before Talonflame comes to his senses and manages to do so, though not near fast enough for them to be able to do anything useful this turn.]

[choseneutrality]

[Oberon had been about to give a victorious trill because, ha, take that evil-doers. But the Boomburst cut that short and they are all sent back by the force, the Beautifly even more so due to how light he was.]