bravenewworld | Descent

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Descent

Iron Mines:
The trip to the eastern mountains is punctuated by the continuing aftershocks. After each one, it may be tempting to glance back at Union to see if any of the towers have fallen yet. The expedition parties move with incredible speed, knowing that the fate of their City hangs on the line.

When they reach the mountains, guided by the coordinates given of the 'strange radio signal', the parties will find that many of the normal entrances and routes have been blocked by cave-ins. In contrast, however, a gaping hole has opened up where none existed before. As this seems to be the easiest way to gain access, the parties slowly lower themselves in...

They will find themselves in the long-sought iron mines.

But there are so many twisting turns and tunnels, it will be impossible to stay together and make any sort of progress. Each group will have to take their own paths from here...

Old City:
Each of the twelve entrances down into the Old City take a different meandering route through the ruins. Though several are blocked off by this time, there are still many potential paths to take. The state of the Old City is poor, being underground as it is, and occasional soft rumblings are certain to cause unease. As the report states, however, there is enough of an interval between quakes that it should be possible to investigate safely.

It would be unwise to venture down alone, but it is impossible, too, for everyone to stay together if they wish to make headway.

Union:
The wild Pokémon continue to come out of the Old City, though the frequency has been somewhat lessened. Rubble lines the streets and though no towers have collapsed as of yet, some seem to be dangerously close and certainly nobody should be staying inside of them. As stated, the towers in Sector 3 are the worse off and construction crews work frantically to attempt to restabilize the foundations of these buildings.

The injured are innumerable, the number of casualties is as of yet unknown, and the chaos and panic is difficult to fend off.

There is a great deal of work to be done.

((Please post below with your groups - in the first comment, please note the members of your group, where you are, and whether or not you intend to keep a threading order. Regardless of threading order, mods will be responding at least once every 24 hours to keep the event moving. Groups should be three to four people in size.

At this time, all characters entering the iron mines will be able to choose to bond with a free extra Pokemon listed under 'Cavern' in the Map and Wild Pokemon post. Please respond there if you intend to make use of this. Characters who have already claimed a free Old City Pokemon may not do so.))

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[The Tyrantrum's jaws clamp down! ...And recoil at the taste of Onix. Its biting power is so immense, though, that it may very well have cracked some of Onix's body. In a rage, it erupts forth with a Roar meant to send the Onix tumbling back!

Sora will reach the machine in record time and will find it terribly confusing. If he has any knowledge whatsoever of this kind of thing, two or three minutes of poking about will reveal that yes, there is indeed a strange signal being broadcast from here. ...But it's not complete. Or at least, doesn't comprise the entirety of the signal that was detected.

If he doesn't have any knowledge, he will find it to be confounding, filled with displays showing indecipherable numbers and with neat rows of switches and buttons.

He could destroy the machine if he has no other alternative, but something like this could be valuable for Union to study. The machine itself is quite substantial - a little bit taller than Sora and about five feet wide.]

Edited 2014-01-31 04:09 (UTC)

[Thanks Moonbay.

Regardless of his feelings towards her current life choices, he does what she says, slipping his bag off his shoulder, shifting a few healing items into the front most pocket, before handing the bag to her—because who the hell knows if he'll be fighting or not—and quickly shifts into his Absol form. He's ready to Detect when she tells him to, shaking his head at the sudden, piercing sound that's making him feel agitated.]

There's some kind of noise coming from somewhere. Might be what was driving this thing crazy before you taunted it.

[Which he manages to get in before the Tyrantrum lets out a roar, and he's ready to scramble quickly out of the way if necessary, trying to pinpoint where that damn noise is coming from.]

Edited 2014-01-31 04:20 (UTC)

[She grits her teeth at the Roar as Onix slides behind the two of them to regroup, silently thanking it for their defense. She could always call in Rhyhorn, but that'll be a last ditch effort if she even goes that route. Venipede and Swadloon are out. For now, they'll stall until Onix is ready to get back in there.

Moonbay looks to Irvine, quickly to make sure he's on guard.] Talk to it if you can. Get it to calm down and find out what's got it riled up. I can't be the sole reason, even for something this bad. Watch its feet, teeth and head for attacks, as well as the surrounding rocks. Keep a distance if you can.

[She brings up the warp band to use, just in case.]

[The damn noise is coming from behind Tyrantrum, from back where it had come. Even as Irvine shifts, the noise will seem to become even higher-pitched and louder! Tyrantrum will stamp its feet on the ground in anger, rushing forth to try and Stomp Moonbay and Irvine. Irvine himself may begin to feel a bit... incensed.

Onix won't be immune to the effects of this, either. It will feel a strong desire to clash with the thing that had chomped down on its body.]

[No, he really, really thinks it's mostly just the noise and the present annoying as hell company he can suddenly and acutely sympathize with. He flinches visibly when the sound intensifies. At least he gets that the noise is probably what's causing him to feel suddenly aggressive. Doesn't change the fact that that he does, but what the hell. If the damn dinosaur wants a fight he'll give it a fight. Fighting the urge to snap a comment at Moonbay behind him (it'd be all-too easy, but he knows he'd just come out of it more annoyed), he darts forward, using Detect to dodge the Tyrantum's questionable foot placement he navigates behind the ticked Pokémon so at least he and Moonbay aren't on the same side of things. Because that would be stupid.

What was he supposed to do? Talk to it. Right? Good plan. Maybe she should have done that first.]

Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?!

[He usually has more tact. Most of the time.]

Edited 2014-01-31 04:50 (UTC)

[Moonbay, meanwhile, is yelling at Sora over the warp band. She's angry enough that there are a couple threats that she'll never follow up on thrown in for emphasis. Now she's got to keep an eye out not only for the giant dino, but Onix as well as Irvine to a degree. If they all make it out of this alive, it'll be a miracle.]

Irvine, don't piss it off more!

[The Tyrantrum will pause for a moment at being addressed - then it will proceed to multitask very impressively, Stomping Irvine and answering him simultaneously.

...Answer in a matter of speaking, in any case. The gist of the message is probably what Irvine suspects - that noise that noise that noisethatnoisethatnoisethatnoisethatnoisethatnoisethatnoisethat fucking noise]

[Sure. He can translate that.]

It's that fucking noise, Moonbay!

[And then his foot comes down. Ow. Well, at least his current body is more equipped to take damage than his... human one. As soon as the Tyrauntum lifts his foot to stomp on him again, he's dashes away, trying to prevent getting stomped on again with a burst of speed from a Quick Attack.

Then he pivots around to address the Tyrauntum again.]

We're here to stop that damn noise, so cut it out!

Edited 2014-01-31 05:16 (UTC)

Irvine!!

[As much as they argue, he's her friend, and watching him get attacked makes her blood boil. Moonbay moves forward, getting herself between the rampaging dino and Irvine, eyes narrowed. The warp band activates just as the noise dies down a little, though she has no way of knowing.

She feels the connection start, and her emotions and thoughts go tumbling through. Fear, anger, determination... The fear of their home being destroyed, what could happen to her friends, how many people and Pokemon were being affected. Anger about the same things, especially those who had started this... if there was even anyone behind it. She was determined to make it stop, the noise, the attacks, all of it. Maybe he'd want to join them. She'd like it, but whether he did or didn't was up to him. Right now, she just needed him to calm down.]

[The emotions that come through the other end are overwhelming. The sheer anger stands out most of all, the creature so irrationally upset that it hasn't the least idea of what it's doing. Pain is predominant as well, as it's clearly suffering. There is confusion there and some level of panic. The noise has been unrelenting for days, and it only seems to be getting worse. It tried to destroy the source itself but getting near it was like walking towards the sun to try to blot it out because it was too bright; the task was impossible and so it had thrashed and raged fruitlessly.

This all reads loud and clear; Moonbay will feel it like she is slapped in the face.

...And then, as the connection continues... it fades.

The noise has dropped to a lower level. Its mind responds sluggishly - slow surprise accompanied by dawning realization... It could still sense it, but the majority of its pain has been alleviated. Its thoughts are clear now for the first time in a while.

But the Tyrantrum seems confused for a moment or two as it swings its head back around and stomps around in circles, getting dangerously close to the edge of the chasm.

...Moonbay will get the sense that something still isn't right.]

((An attempt to communicate with the Tyrantrum has been made! Unfortunately, it is not possible to split one Pokemon between three people so we ask at this time that you discuss amongst yourselves and decide who will bond with it. Bonding may also be unsuccessful depending on your IC actions from this point.))

[She nearly recoils upon receiving the connection from the Pokemon, but she stays put, though her teeth are gritted quite nicely. As it approaches the edge of the chasm, Moonbay takes a hesitant step forward with a look of alarm crossing her face.]

H-hey! Be careful!

[Almost instinctively, her hand reaches for it, and she calls to Irvine while signaling Onix to be ready just in case.]

C'mon, a little communication help here?!

Edited 2014-02-02 03:21 (UTC)

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