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The Elite Four Strikes

The battle is joined. The gods of Union, while mighty, seem to pale in comparison to the singular dragon of ice. Although they strive mightily to avoid damaging the city, already the mysterious blue dragon has been flung directly into a tower, earning itself a nasty gash over its eye, much to the dismay of the red dragon. While it has rejoined the fight, it is clear that the gods alone are not enough - the people of Union will have to step forward if they are to save their beloved city. The cries of the wounded and terrified citizens echo through the streets as the flames of battle rage. Now is the time - they must be stopped!

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[Rise can't do anything directly to counter the wind, especially not in this weirdly familiar position, but she does focus on Kyurem, locking onto him with a Miracle Eye to keep the rest of the group from drifting off course.]

Morgiana, when we get close to him, just drop me on his head and back up.

Before you ask, I'm serious.

Duck!

[Duo instructed his ground team to take cover. The Absol cheerfully reminded him that this was all foreseen, and he shushed her as they waited out the glassy rain.

The Duskull, Pidove, and Rotom struggled to keep up after the Glaciate, but Rise's Miracle Eye helped a little. In retaliation, Duskull returned a Confuse Ray as Pidove pulled off an Arial Ace.

When the glass stopped falling, Duo ignored his own situation to give a quick check of his ground team before stepping out to see how the others were faring. He heard Rise's statement about backing up, so he gave a sharp whistle with his fingers to get his team's attention and get them come back before she pulled off whatever she was planning on doing.]

[As the ice strikes, Kyosuke takes it head on]

When there's a barrier in my way, I'll just pierce through it!

[the flames on his back go into overdrive, blazing a brilliant blue as he pushes through the freezing ice, using the blessing as well as his own superb resistance to ice to continue launching himself right at Kyurem's throat, stake-first.]

Hey, don't leave me out! Although I guess I don't mind getting ignored right now~

[ Thankfully, the rest of her party made for a wonderful distraction. Managing to find a rooftop that hadn't been completely blown off by the beast, Excellen laid there, her launcher rested on its mount. Aiming at the icy beast, she slowly pulls her finger back on the trigger. ]

Okay Taddy, you're on! Go for the jugular!

[ The Golurk, who had been biding its time for much of the battle, suddenly flew out from behind a bit of rubble, launching itself alongside Kyosuke with a Focus Punch aimed at the dragon's neck. Pulling the trigger back on her launcher, Excellen shot three explosive, Normal-type bullets at Kyurem's wings. Time to get those clipped, friend. ]

BLAM!

This is a terrible idea!

But she didn't really know what kind of powers Rise had. Clearly the girl knew something she didn't. Morgiana decided to trust her, and also to position herself somewhere where she could catch Rise when she felt off.

She made herself keep her eyes open in the face of the freezing wind and forced her way upstream, as it were, until she could catch up with Kyurem and deposit her passenger on its back, as requested. Then she fell back, ready to catch Rise. Hopefully she'd have time to do whatever it was she intended to before falling.

Morgiana did not seriously consider that Rise would actually be able to hold on, but she'd been wrong before.

[Rise clings onto Kyurem's back as best she can, mostly through raw adrenaline and the surge of emotion caused by her Mega Evolution.]

Dragon god. I want to talk to you, but that's not gonna happen until you calm down. Leave now, or you are really not gonna like what happens next.

[ Kyurem hears that human's voice in its head, but it also doesn't really like what's happening now. First it's getting stabbed and pelted, then it's being ridden - ridden - and lectured -

Thrashing about in midair, it tries to dislodge Rise from its head and Kyosuke's blade from its neck. The hits to its wings have it faltering, but when it dips, and threatens to fall from the sky, it also twirls in midair to try and get the humans off of its body. These bugs itch! And if that fails...

Well, if it's going to fall from the sky, it'll make sure to aim for the already-damaged Habitat. Two options, humans: get off of it, or discover what happens when it plows into your Pokémon prison.

It isn't considering that there might be a third option. ]

[Duo ran forward with his team.]

Is everyone out of the Habitat, yet? Get clear of it in case it hits!

[Rotom fired off another Thunder Shock, still waiting for that Paralyzing to happen.

With Kyurem flying away, Duskull decided to try a Payback.]

[Rise clings as hard as she can - she's no expert in riding, but she has adrenaline and a lot of hanging out Haruka going for her. She reads the dragon's intent, and...]

[Her quiet rage suddenly subsides. No. She's not here for revenge. That's not her way or Union's way.]

You'd kill innocent Pokémon just to "win".

[It's a sad statement, not a question.]

No. You know what? That's the difference between you and Union. Leave now, and never come back.

[With that, Rise stops thinking at the God and lets go, starting a plummet toward the ground and restricting her thoughts to her allies again.]

Let it go. Stand down.

And uh...catch me please.

Edited 2016-01-31 16:37 (UTC)

Morgiana swooped in to catch Rise. Her lack of practice at this due to literally only discovering how to do this minutes ago showed now, for she hit Rise with much more force than she meant to. Not enough to cause any kind of serious injury, but...Ow.

"Ahh! Sorry!"

Better than falling, though. Right? Morgiana pulled up in a swoop, spinning around a time or two and allowing the sheer joy of flying to fill her for a moment. Only for a moment, though. She turn to see what Kyurem was doing, and to look for a place to put Rise down.

[Kyosuke jumps away, coming back down to earth with such force that the pavement caves in around him. He watches the Dragon fall, ready to spring into the air again and attempt to push it off course if needed]

[ ...Mission accomplished, figures Kyurem, once the humans that'd had the gall to catch a lift with it have departed. Flapping its wings, it rights itself in midair, narrowly missing the Habitat as it wheels back towards the sky, hoping to get some space between this group and itself to recover from their onslaught. It might not be leaving permanently just yet, but for now, it'll content itself with just one hole in the Habitat. ]

[[ ooc: This concludes the NPC portion of this log! Thanks for playing! ]]

Edited 2016-02-01 14:09 (UTC)

[Rise gets heavily jostled by Morgiana, but she grips her back just as tightly, more than happy to be out of freefall.]

[The glow in her eyes and her illusionary arms fade as her Mega Evolution does, while she stares up at Kyurem.]

He really did leave...

Damn...

[He stopped running and just stood there for a moment, watching, and then finally just sat down where he was. He muttered a few stunned curses under his breath, speechless for anything coherent other than just random expletives, and then laid back, putting his hands over his face.

It was over.

His team gathered around him, the Pidove not chewing his hair for once, and took the moment to just regroup.]

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