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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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[Armin is amiss in his duties as resident psychic, because he's still trying to figure out the "coconut head" remark. He's pretty sure he introduced himself by name. Did Levi forget? Does he give out fruit-themed nicknames often? Also coconuts don't have hair -- they have a fibrous outer shell to protect from the elements. Also they aren't yellow. Also --

-- also that is definitely a Shiny Tyrantrum, wow, those have been around for millions of years, Armin wants to get a closer look. Fortunately it's easy for him to turn around so he's sitting backwards on Eren, way too interested in this new Pokemon to have a normal human reaction like...fear.

He does turn in time to see Gertrude skid to a halt, turn and let out a deafening roar of her own and launch towards the Tyrantrum. Then and only then does he think to panic, yanking at Eren's feathers.]

Stop, stop, we can't leave her behind! She can't fight it on her own!

Pokemon have more sensitive ears, moron. I could hear it too if...

[Levi kind of... moves in slow motion as the whole Tyrantrum falls through the ceiling and charges at them thing happens. Cool guys don't look at explosions. What they do is shift into Pokemon form as fast as possible and start giving orders.]

[Shit! This is the fucking reason civvies shouldn't be on this mission! I fucking told them....!]

[Being a Flying type and all, Levi really doesn't do very good in caves and stuff, and he knows nothing he can hit that thing with will be effective. Bug, brave as he is, lets out a Screech as best he can, but Levi's not close enough to hit it with a Ghost or Dark move that might work better... And he's pretty sure he doesn't want to be.]

Jaeger! Put the kid down, he can run himself. Hit it with your fucking head! Kirschtein, you got Steel? Fighting? Something?

Edited 2014-02-01 05:31 (UTC)

Eren's keener eyes spot a strange device, with blinking lights and the like just down the tunnel they're fleeing into. He also notices that it's a dead end. He can also hear clearly, the sound is emanating from the machine.

Meanwhile, the Tyrantrum slams into Gertrude, biting down hard onto it, it's powerful jaws doing some damage.

[A dead end... and some sort of weird metal box with flashing lights? Blitz is cowering next to it, despite the terrible sound it's making. Apparently horrible noises are preferable to being eaten by a dinosaur. His mind races, and the noise makes it hard to focus. Jean yelling, Levi shouting orders, Armin yanking on his feathers. It feels like his head is going to explode. But he skids to a stop]

Armin... there's some sort of weird thing at the end of the tunnel! It's making the terrible noise. See if you can't make it stop doing that! That noise is driving me crazy, and I bet that big pokémon is having the same problem!

[Eren lets Armin down, the charges back toward the raging fight between the Tyrantum and the Steelix. Victor screeches in terror, yanking on Eren's head and trying to get him to stop.

{STOOOPPP! DON'T JUST RUN AT IT, ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID?!} ]

{I GOTTA DO SOMETHING! Armin's right, Gertrude can't take it on her own!! I can help! Now shut up and help or go hide somewhere!}

[{Tch... like hell!}

Victor hops off the sprinting Skarmory, shaking his fat little lotad body to use Nature Power, which becomes Power Gem in the atmosphere of the cave. And if that beam of sparkling light fired right at the Tyrantrum doesn't look like some sort of weird magical girl attack... nothing does.

Meanwhile, Eren keeps running, running past Jean, running past Getrude, and colliding at high speed with the Tyrantrum, smacking into it with his Iron Head]

Oh my god, you guys are so fucking---!!

[ This is not how you make a plan. With Eren rushing past in the opposite direction, Jean keeps running till he catches sight of the dead end-- and the machine Eren was shouting about. That thing isn't helping anybody, clearly. ]

Okay, let's break this piece of crap and see if that does something! [ Jean nods to Apollo and Kleki, who proceed to peck and, uh, tackle the weird device thing. Jean might want glory and all that, but he's not getting himself killed doing the dumb shit like Eren. ] Armin? A little help?

[NO IT'S FINE ARMIN CAN WALK WHILE THE ENTIRE CAVE IS SHAKING HE'S A-OKAY HERE.

Except suddenly he actually is because Meredith is tucked down the back of his shirt, warm and soothing and projecting enough calm that he barely feels Gertrude's spike of rage and pain -- at least not as anything more than a motivation.

Jean's Pokemon are not helping, though, so he lets Meredith shimmy down, scurrying over to soothe the frantic Apollo, Kleki and Blitz. Thinking as fast as he can --]

Jean, get me something heavy. The heaviest stone you can lift. [This is said as Armin pulls off his jacket, covering the device with it in an attempt to muffle that noise. Unsure if that works, he'll turn to the (hopefully calmer, with both Armin and Meredith doing their best to encase them in a bubble of soothing tranquility) Pokemon and --] And all of you, be as loud as you can until we can break this! Drown it out, okay? [Everyone's born knowing how to Growl, right?]

[Levi can hear it too and it's grazing and horrible and he'll have the worst migraine after this. But he's not showing it as best he can, not in front of these rookies. He'll puke later.]

[Murkrow is one of the few Pokemon that don't learn a loud stat cutting move at hatching. So all he can do is let out a Haze, hoping to maybe soothe the battling Pokemon from that noise and also, you know, the fucking Tyrantrum on their asses. Bug continues to Screech, and Levi's unable to keep him from jumping in passed Gertrude and try to use Rollout on the massive Pokemon. He knows Bug should be okay... but he's so tiny, he's likely to get squashed.]

The wave of attacks slam into the Tyrantrum, doing some serious damage. However, it's still standing as it moves to bite down on Bug, attempting to swallow the Venipede whole. It's panting heavily and its eyes are full of rage and pain.

Armin's jacket does approximately nothing to dull the sound, the combination of the sound-based attacks only seeming to make it worse. The haze, however, does seem to do something, as the Tyrantrum's rage-fueled power appears to diminish.

[Something is very wrong here. The Tyrantrum is acting like it's sick, or possessed. Maybe it can be reasoned with? Not that Eren is usually known for being reasonable... But it worked with the Steelix couple, didn't it? But Bug is in danger! And Eren is too far away--!]

{Ack! The Venipede!!}

[Victor is much closer. But his little legs are too stubby! Not for long, though. Victor isn't gonna sit and watch that bug get eaten. He runs as fast as he can, starting to glow brightly. As he runs, he starts to change shape, and Victor has evolved into Lombre! Now armed with proper... arms... and legs, Victor swoops in and grabs Bug. {PINK BIRD! I've got your bug!! Help Eren, he's too much of a dumbass for his plan to work!}]

[Because Eren is standing between the Tyrantrum and Gertrude, flaring his wings to make himself look as big as possible]

{Hey!! Cut it out, ok? We're gonna stop that really annoying noise! But if you keep trying to hurt us, I won't have mercy!}

[ As far as heavy stones go, Jean comes back with a pretty big one, holding it above his head. While all the crazy stuff is happening around them, he's trying his best to just stick to the plan. This would work. Should work. Hopefully. ]

Alright, move outta the way, I'm gonna drop this!

[ It's no rock smash, but it should be something. ]

[Look around, Eren...at all these big-ass rocks. Also all these loud-as-fuq Pokemon who are hopefully disorienting the murderous one enough that it doesn't succeed in killing anyone?

At any rate, Armin grabs at Blitz and Apollo and Meredith and Klefki and pulls a mother hen, keeping himself between all these little Pokedudes and the (hopefully breaking) machine.]

Hit it again! Harder, Jean!

[Lombre you're gonna get something for your troubles later. His rescue of Bug doesn't stop Levi from his dive in to save him, hitting the Tyrantrum with a hard Pursuit in revenge for his Pokemon buddy. He knows it won't do as much as a regular attack, but the only other thing he has is Wing Attack and it's weak against Tyrantrum... As far as he remembers, anyway.]

[Yeah you stupid fuck! Don't just attack people!]

[Levi is the best Pokemon Ranger ever. He spins back from the attack to try and doge anything Tyrantrum hits him with in retaliation, gliding down somewhere near Eren.]

[Calm down!]

The barrage of attacks keeps coming and the Tyrantrum falls to its knees. It's struggling to rise, but it seems to be completely out of energy after weathering the ferocity of the team's attacks. It gnashes its teeth and roars in rage, but the roars are already dulling.

Meanwhile, the rock hits are starting to cause some sparks on the machine to fly. The sound hasn't stopped yet, but it's starting to take some damage.

[Eren narrows his eyes, shifting back to human form just to put the terrible sound out of his head. But he has his swords out, wary and ready for the Tyrantrum if it gets back up]

{Just stay down for a second, you brute. We're working on it!} [Eren turns, briefly] Hurry it up back there!

[Immediate danger seemingly gone for the moment, Victor places Bug back down on the ground, warning him not to go too far.

Blitz, meanwhile, growls angrily at Jean and the machine. Can't that dumb birdbrain do anything right? Sadly, his Swift attack doesn't seem to do anything to hurt the machine, the star-shaped rays bouncing off harmlessly. So instead, he leaps up on Jean's shoulder and uses Helping Hand!] "Veevee!!" [with increased attack power, maybe you can break this terrible noisemaker!]

Edited (apparently I cannot HTML) 2014-02-02 06:12 (UTC)

Hey, don't bully that thing!

[ Yeah, leave it to Jean to side against Eren, even when it's against a giant shiny dinosaur. He keeps slamming the rock down, harder, hoping it'll do the trick-- At least he seems to be making progress. Sure, his arms are getting kinda tired, but he has to keep going. He knows that much. ]

Damn, just what the hell are these things made of?!

Jean. [There are more important things here, so have Armin coming in to pry at the broken bits of the machine rather than smashingit, as his arm strength is about negative 17. Still, he's going to help however he can.] Hit it in the same place, over and over, all right? And focus, please.

[Meredith is attempting to help Gertrude out, tossing Confusion at the Tyrantrum. Recovering a little from being chomped, the Steelix is at it again, this time with a Rage attack.]

Don't... Fuck, don't confuse it! It could bring the fucking ceiling in on us!

[Groan, Levi's life is suffering. He flutters up onto Eren's shoulders for leverage up to the Tyrantrum, attacking him with an Astonish, hoping to make him flinch before he does anything horrible to his surroundings. There's only a 30% chance, but...]

Get back!

Heavier cracks appear on the machine as it starts sparking dangerously. It looks like it's starting to overload.

The Tyrantrum, on the other hand, is on the ground. It's somehow still conscious but it can't even move under the constant onslaught of attacks. It's badly injured and doesn't appear to be looking to attack anybody any time soon.

[Ugh, Pokémon, why do you have to be so pathetic? Eren wants to just hate this damn blue dinosaur, but since he knows exactly what's driving it out of it's gourd, he can't feel too bad. Maybe it's not normally like this? Eren turns to Levi and the other Pokémon attacking, holding up his hand]

Ok, cut it out, guys! {Cut it out!} It's not attacking anymore, no need to kill it. If it decides to mess with us after we take out the machine, then all bets are off.

[Eren, defending a Pokémon? Well, stranger things have happened. Eren approaches it, carefully, placing a hand on its snout. He glares a little] {Stay where you are. If you behave yourself after the machine is broken, I'll help you with your wounds. No more of this trying to eat us!}

[Victor hightails it over, grabbing his own rock in the process. He has decided he really likes having proper arms. Following Jean's lead, he beats the machine mercilessly with the rock]

We're gonna have to get this guy some medical attention, you assholes!

[ 'Told you not to bully it,' Jean mutters. He wants to shout "I told you so" for good measure, but focusing on the machine is more important. The sparks look... worrisome, actually. He gives it a couple more whacks then backs off. ]

Okay, uh, this thing is either gonna explode or something, and I don't wanna be near it when it does.

[ Jean tosses the rock at the machine from afar, yeah-- okay, he's being extra careful and kind of a coward, but that's a helluva lot better than getting caught when that thing blows. ]

[Oops, there's a Pokemon in distress now, so Armin's going to back away from the fizzing sparking dangerous-looking machine, leaving Victor -- hey, Victor has arms! -- and Jean to deal with it. He scoops up Meredith, coming over to the not-so-formidable Pokemon and adding quiet waves of soothing to the little Ralts's cooing.]

Everyone stay away from that machine. I think it's going to explode.

Explode? Shit! It'd be easier if one of your could just knock one of the rocks down onto it. The huge ones up there!

[Levi, regrettably, is far too tiny. His attacks wouldn't reach. What he does do is stay on Eren's shoulder like an asshole and give a nod at Bug to stop attacking the poor thing.]

[We'll get you some potions or berries or some shit when this is over, so just calm down you hear me?]

The machine starts pulsating with electricity. It looks like it's going to be a pretty massive blast. The team also notices that the Tyrantrum is on the ground and unable to move, well in range of the impending blast.

"Can't... move..." it says with a groan, the anger gone from its voice.

[Yep, that sure isn't a good sound. Blitz wastes no time and flees the cave completely, heading back to the antechamber. Victor runs back to Eren and jumps on his back, grabbing on to his shoulders and insisting they leave. Like, five minutes ago.

Eren bites his lower lip, looking at the Tyrantrum and then back at the machine]

{Tch... I have half a mind to leave your scaly ass here for attacking us.} [but that's cruel even for Eren. He taps a button on his Warp band and hits Tyrantrum with the beam] {I'm going to warp you to Union and we'll get proper medical attention for you there. Now bond with me so it'll work or you'll explode with the machine!} [Rude even when saving someone... Eren. And that noise coming from the machine is getting more terrible and erratic and Eren gives the pokémon an insistent look]

"Tch. Fine."

[Tyrantrum flips Eren the bird with the last of its strength before accepting the bond. Congratulations! Eren has bonded with a level 25 Tyrantrum. It knows Earthquake, and all other attributes are up to you.]

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