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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Sounds getting louder.

[ "How do you think we should proceed" Jade had asked, but she hadn't answered then. Because the conversation has moved away from her and things seemed to have gotten more complicated. ]

Honestly, I fig we try to take that thing out. If we can't knock it out [or kill it, but if it's under the effect of the machine, they might want its information...] we can keep it off the prof here. Ideally, we can drop some rocks on its head.

I can try to shut the machine down, sir. At worst, if the doctor can't...

[To demontrate, Elly holds a hand up. A fireball crackles off it, the vanishes.]

Knocking it out would certainly simplify things.

[He nods in agreement with Elly's idea.]

Try to avoid that if possible. Melaka and I can lure it out into this cavern, while you and Dr Flemming sneak past. Oh, and it may be wise to leave your Pokemon here. Duskull told me being too near the machine is painful for them.

Melaka, are you ready?

[He nods, speaking quickly.]

If I can't shut it down, making it shut down could be fast.

Just... try and make it so it's possible to repair in the event we can transport it at some point.

[She looks at Dr. Flemming, then nods.]

I'll do my best, Doctor.

[Please make a note that you're moving forward through the tunnel when you're ready to continue!]

[Since there are no objections, Jade heads into the tunnel, slow and wary, but not bothering to mask his movements. His objective is to attract the Pokemon's attention and distract it, after all.]

Yeah, I'm good.

[ She had begun to do some stretches as the rest of them reached the tail end of that conclusion. But hey, she's ready to rock here. ... Sneak is too, but she actually is a bit more wary ]

[Elly stretches her arms out, then she hefts her rod up to be ready. She looks at Jade and Melaka; the young woman nods, before she looks at the doctor.]

I'll take point. While Colonel Curtiss and Melaka do that, we're charging directly for the machine.

[She waits, back in the tunnel, for them to do that -- then she's going to bolt for the machine.]

[As the group navigates down the tunnels, the roaring and thumping will increase greatly in volume. The creature seems interested in escaping one way or another, but seems to lack the reason to understand that this wasn't a route it could take.

The cavern stretches before them. They will receive a glimpse of the body and legs of the creature as it smashes once more into the wall - it falls away for a moment, stunned. If there is time to make a move, it's now.]

[Duskull had warned him that the Pokemon is large, but Jade is unprepared for just how large and dangerous-looking it is. But there's no time left to regroup and change their plan. With a glance at Melaka to make sure she's ready, he lashes out with a psychic blast at the Pokemon, aiming to attract its attention rather than incapacitate it.]

Savior-

[ Melaka mutters that to herself and waits for Jade to get the thing's attention before she moves in - planning to intercept it when it moves to attack them. That seems like a logical way to handle it ]

Savior, it's huge!

[Elly's shout is worried, but that worry doesn't stop her. When Jade and Melaka move to get its attention -- and it seems distracted, which is even better -- Elly bolts. She runs, leading the way for Doctor Flemming with a rapid charge towards the machine itself.]

[Flemming runs. He can't fight himself. All he can do is do a quick burst, increasing his speed to catch up with Elly, trying to get to the machine as quickly as possible.

Is he even going to be able to stop it? If it's old technology, he's not so sure.]

[Now that they're all in the cavern, it will be clear what it is - even before Jade sends the psychic blast its way, it's already leaping to its feet, its expression ireful.

A wild Tyrantrum has appeared! But as it staggers towards them, a gleam of light runs down its body...

The shiny Tyrantrum strikes! It launches forward to try and snap down on Jade and Melaka with its jaws!

Fortunately they seem to have bought the other two the distraction they needed. Unfortunately, as it launches forward, its lashing tail slams dangerously close to Flemming and Elly.]

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[Now that they have its attention, Jade doesn't waste any time in jumping backwards to avoid the snapping jaws. He pivots and run, trying to lead the Tyrantrum even further away from Elly and Flemming before attacking it in earnest. It would be a shame to kill such an unique and presumably rare Pokemon, and he'd aim to disable it if he could, but their mission comes first.]

Hey beastie, focus on me!

[ Jade'll cover her, she's sure. For her part though, she cocks a fist back and rushes towards the dinosaur, forgoing worries about the jaws after dodging the initial snap alongside jade so she can rush in and try to land a solid punch on it. If she can get to focus on her, Jade can attack it and the other two can be safe after she kites it some.

... Sneak, meanwhile, is just alarmed at her trainer's recklessness there ]

[Though he barely manages to get away from the tail to stop it from hurting him, Flemming trips abruptly, trying to catch his balance before he falls on top of Elly.

Thankfully he's rather skinny so there's not much weight, but he's also tall and goes down like a tree as he stumbles.]

Oof!

[Down Elly goes, hitting the floor. She grunts and rolls once, before she looks up at the shiny Tyrantrum. Then she looks back at the Doctor, then she nods.]

Thanks.

[As the two researchers stumble and roll towards the machine, the Tyrantrum has forgotten about them entirely. As Melaka rushes forward, it rears up and slams its foot down in a shuddering Stomp.

Elly and Flemming, whenever they've recovered, can approach the machine with relative ease. It is covered in dials and buttons and displays that are doubtlessly a bit overwhelming - but here and there, they might be able to work out some recognizable words. The script is unusual and bears less of a resemblance to the script seen from relics found within the Old City. It seems to be a relative of the common dialect in Union. Words that resemble 'Power' and 'Dispersion' can be made out on certain dials.

[ The Stomp is only narrowly avoided. She gets some dust in her eyes and some rocks from the floor end up nicking her as well. She snarls as that though, and leaps back in to try to give a sweeping kick at the thing's leg which just came down-

Can she trip something that big with a Low Kick? she doubt it. But she'll try! ]

[Elly looks down at the machine. She frowns; she can hear them fighting the Tyrantrum behind her. It's unnerving; she doesn't want to think too hard about what happens if they take too long. She looks at Flemming, then back at it.]

This dial says power, I think. I'm going to try turning it off.

[If the good doctor doesn't protest, she does just that; she turns the dial to zero. And crosses her fingers. And hopes.]

[As the ground vibrates under his feet from the force of the Tyrantrum's Stomp, Jade only just manages to keep his balance. He stays further away from the fighting, letting Melaka handle the physical side of things while he begins to use his psychic powers to damage and confuse the Pokemon.]

[Sandshrew also helps in the attack, using Rollout to send boulders towards the Tyrantrum.]

[Fortunately, there's no protest from Flemming, who is still anxiously hoping that the others will be able to handle things.]

Let's hope this works...

[It's less of a trip and more of an 'awkwardly hops back', but it seems to have done some minor damage, anyway. Unfortunately, the Tyrantrum is even further angered by this and lets loose a mighty Roar, attempting to blow Melaka back!

It is unclear how much the psychic powers and Rollout would have helped as, at the moment Elly turns down the dial, a blank look suddenly washes across Tyrantrum's face and it simply takes the attacks without response.

Any Pokemon out at the moment would be able to report that the sound had stopped.]

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