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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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[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.]

Edited 2014-02-10 05:54 (UTC)

[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.]

I think... I think that did it!

[Elly stops, then looks at the Tyrantrum. Then she looks at the rest of the team, before she looks back at the machine. She sighs, then she laughs with sheer relief. That was close.]

[Too close.]

[The relief doesn't last long. She looks at the machine and stares, frowning down at it.]

But... who put this here?

[This is worrying.]

This couldn't have been accidentally turned on. Someone must have put it here, but why?

No one in Union could make something like this.

[Although Jade is aware of their conversation, he's only half-focusing on it as most of his attention is focused on the Tyrantrum. Taking advantage of its momentary weakness, he quickly activates his Warp Band, trying to enforce his will on it.]

Someone... outside of Union, Doctor?

I.... I believe so.

There have always been rumors, haven't there? I've worked with the Engineers for two decades. If there was anything like this in Union, I would have at least heard about it.

((Gonna go ahead and continue!

At this point, one of you may attempt to bond with the Tyrantrum. Please decide amongst yourselves who that will be, and I'll rapid-thread with you for a while. [If it's going to be Jade, just let me know.]))

[The Warp Band connects! The Tyrantrum is still seemingly in a daze for a moment or two, but as a few seconds tick by, Jade will begin to pick up on some actual emotion underneath there. It's confused, a bit scared, and not at all certain what's going on.

It finally seems to come to; its first action after staring at the group is to rush towards the tunnel and attempt to escape. ...Unfortunately, it's still too large.]

We'll need to get more of the engineers in here, then, doctor. This is troubling. I suppose...

[She sees the Tyrantrum rush at the wall. She winces, raising a hand up and grimacing when it does.]

...uh oh. That could be a problem...

[OOC: I am entirely fine with letting someone else do it to it with the Tyrantrum, so the three of y'all can decide!]

Edited 2014-02-17 03:38 (UTC)

[He's about to continue talking, but is stopped by the Tyrantrum rushing the wall.]

It's going to take this whole place down!

((I'm okay passing it up, too.))

[Although the Tyrantum appears scared more than anything, Jade is still wary. He knows how quickly cornered Pokemon can turn aggressive. Not to mention Flemming's entirely too-accurate observation that it could bring this whole place crashing around their ears. He attempts to calm it down by transmitting soothing waves of emotion through the Warp Band.]

[ooc; I'd like Jade to have it (and I can toss it in the Daycare if anyone's interested so there can be Tyrunt babies for everyone) but I'm fine either way! I can just have the connection fail or something.]

[ The roar had sent her back - tumbling back into a pile of rocks and still feeling an unnatural fear effect to justify how I wasn't really here for a while oops. And she comes out of it to see- Jade's got the bond going. She frowns, and wipes off some blood before she sighs and stands at the ready in case this messes up]

[ And I'm okay with Jade getting it too ]

[Elly gasps, but she stands her ground. She raises a hand over her head; flame crackles off her hand, and then a few threads of frost gather, too, as she prepares to strike if need be. Those elemental forces are held in check, though.]

[She'll leave it to Jade, unless it's needed.]

((Gotcha! You guys can still feel free to comment, but I'll be responding when I see that Jade has responded from now on.))

[The soothing waves of emotion may not be quite as effective as Jade has hoped, but it's enough of a distraction that the Tyrantrum seems to glance about in confusion for a moment or two before rumbling off to the other side of the cave.

...There is no tunnel there. ...It smacks it with its tail briefly anyway before bouncing back towards a third wall.]

[The Tyrantrum's heavy footfalls makes the ground shudder, and Jade knows he has to stop it quickly.]

[Stop, he tells it, firm and soothing all at once. Let us help you out of here.]

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