Attack on Sanctuary

[bravenewmods]

It’s just after midnight when the column arrives outside of Sanctuary, shrouded in darkness under the pitch black of a new moon. Bordered by mountains to the north, the city has two primary gates to the West and the East, both of which are shut tight with massive oaken doors, centuries old and further secured with an antique portcullis. The city itself is surrounded by walls of stone, easily one-fourth the height of those found in Union and about twice the height of many of the homes, sturdy stone buildings with triangular roofs, about the same size as Calderan homes. Like Union, there are many towers within the city, but unlike Union, the towers are cold, aloof structures that stand alone with no connection to the other towers. The city itself is stone, cold, gray, and unfeeling, with small drops of light from streetlamps which line the streets, emitting an eerie blue-white glow. This is Sanctuary. Home of the Magi, conquered by Gigas for forty years. This is the city that must be reclaimed.

[OOC: If you did not choose to take the Pokeballs (you don’t have to have affirmed in an NPC thread, it’s entirely up to the character), they may have either 1 large Pokemon or 2 small Pokemon. A large Pokemon is classified as any Pokemon that is 4’ tall or long per the official Pokedex guidelines, anything smaller is considered a small Pokemon. Without the aid of Pokeballs the Pokemon will be required to be out and active throughout the log, and will not be able to be recalled or sent away if they are injured and must be carried if knocked out. As always, please limit yourself to 2 major actions in the log, and declare all Pokemon accompanying you in your first tag to a log. As always, to keep the logs moving, we will be responding every 24 hours.]

Comments

[untalented]

[Waver doesn't know you, stranger. He doesn't know Union, and he doesn't know your stories at all...

But he knows what absolute terror sounded like. Just listening to the cacaphony that had erupted on the feed was enough to still the young man in his own fear-- fear for those out there, fear for what could become of the city--]

Please keep yourself safe, [He whispered, and stepped away from the line.]

I need one of you guys over here, right now.

[The uncertainty was plain in his voice. He had no idea how to advise in this situation.]

[bnw_sheepy_npcs]

[ Yes good, more things blowing up. Maeve really wanted a nap right now, but that probably wasn't going to happen. Holding some kind of drink in her hand, the redhead walked over, listening to the feed. ]

What are they doing over there? That's in Sanctuary? I thought they were supposed to be keeping the peace! What happened? Can you get me a report?

[schmott_guy]

Don't we have any reserves? Someone we can send to get them out of there?

[hallacious]

[If it's possible, Ishimaru sounds even more terrified than before. The emphasized words take a great shift in tone.

"Shame."

"Can't."

"Fail."

"Disgrace."

"Family."

And he's about to say something else along those lines-- but with the sound of an overwhelming explosion of light the boy's hoarse voice stops mid-sentence, replaced with the distant shouting of a very pissed off Yukiko Amagi.]

[untalented]

That's the least of your problems right now!

[What was it with everyone placing such a high emphasis on family and honor anyway? He was under the impression that these people from Union were different-- but he didn't have time to finish that thought.]

...we don't have visual. What's happening?

[bnw_sheepy_npcs]

Leaning over Waver's shoulder, a hand braced on him, Maeve listened closely. "Shut up for a second, he's trying to tell us something. He probably can't say anything right now without raising suspicions."

Dammit, it was hard to make out anything. This kid was seriously freaking out. She felt terrible; Union really had to look into their sending-teenagers-into-the-heart-of-danger problem that they had.

Then all at once, the feed got weird. There was some kind of explosion, and a booming voice; Maeve nearly bowled the tiny Sanctuary kid she was holding onto. "What happened?! What's going on?! Someone report!" She barked at the radio to the other side.

...This was bad, this was a bad idea, they were going to get these kids killed, every last one of them... For the first time, Maeve looked shaken, backing away from Waver and simply standing there. The spark in her eye was gone, left with something else altogether impossible to read. She looked paler than usual, waiting for something, anything, to come through the wire.

[hallacious]

[After he gets over the shock of the situation and barks out some orders, he quickly focuses back on the audio feed.]

Amagi-kun evolved. This may be our only chance...!

[Ishimaru is tense to say the least, but the troubled tone to his voice has really only gotten worse. As much as he is trying to hide it for the greater good, it is abundantly clear that this kid has been messed up.]

[untalented]

[Waver is too distracted by the commotion on the otherside of the feed to complain about being manhandled by Maeve. His eyes were wide as he stared at the speaker, listening to the stranger's ragged voice with rapt attention. Even if everyone came out physically unharmed from the melee, it was obvious that there was still going to be more than a mere handful of casualties.

Psychological pain left deeper marks than physical injuries.]

Good luck, [He whispered, with absolute sincerity in his tone.

There had already been too much blood shed, according to the rest of the audio feeds. They didn't need any more to run through the streets of Sanctuary.]