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bravenewworld2014-02-28 11:59 pm
bravenewmods) wrote in bravenewworld2014-02-28 11:59 pm
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Tournament Final Round
"Ah."
With the second round of the tournament coming to an end, the three winners had been determined: Feliks, Levi, and Reimu. The crowd turns expectantly towards Team Evolution to where Rory now stands alone, having been informed that his companions had needed to take a step away. The man pauses before he steps forward to speak.
"...Dr. Verdine and Sakina have been... called away. A minor emergency. ...And I fear my remaining compatriots are not much for battling."
He looks embarrassed.
"We will have to forgo the Team Evolution exhibition - but please, it would be an honor for me to face your trainers. It was we who requested this demonstration. I would not have you waste your time."
He gives a slight bow and walks up to the field, rolling his sleeves up to his elbows and retrieving several small, round objects from his pockets.
"I am ready. Come, let us see the strength of Union's Bonds against that of our team's."
((This will be the final tournament post. It will be three separate battles against each of the winners. To properly end this event, we will need at least one thread to progress a significant amount, so please do your best to respond!))
With the second round of the tournament coming to an end, the three winners had been determined: Feliks, Levi, and Reimu. The crowd turns expectantly towards Team Evolution to where Rory now stands alone, having been informed that his companions had needed to take a step away. The man pauses before he steps forward to speak.
"...Dr. Verdine and Sakina have been... called away. A minor emergency. ...And I fear my remaining compatriots are not much for battling."
He looks embarrassed.
"We will have to forgo the Team Evolution exhibition - but please, it would be an honor for me to face your trainers. It was we who requested this demonstration. I would not have you waste your time."
He gives a slight bow and walks up to the field, rolling his sleeves up to his elbows and retrieving several small, round objects from his pockets.
"I am ready. Come, let us see the strength of Union's Bonds against that of our team's."
((This will be the final tournament post. It will be three separate battles against each of the winners. To properly end this event, we will need at least one thread to progress a significant amount, so please do your best to respond!))
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But Jadwiga is in danger, and she's scared, buffeted by the flames and pinned to the ground and shaking. She could teleport away, but it's maybe the same thing as it was when they were in the ruins--she's panicking, forgetting that it's an option she has. He can see the Ralts he first met so long ago, surrounded by bullies, helpless against them.
He didn't save her then, didn't bond with her the moment he got his hands on a warp band, for strength. More importantly, though, he didn't do it to have her suffer for him. They protect each other.
That's why Feliks suddenly doesn't have half a damn to give about whether or not Enlightened entering the field is allowed, or whether he'll utterly ruin his nice new clothes getting close to all that fire. He's fire-type himself, so the relatively passive flames... at least probably won't hurt him, right? Even the desperate drive to fight and win, the one he knows will smart like Hell later, can't hold up to the most important thing in his world, protecting his oldest friend.
Unless Mega Blaziken stops him, he rushes in and drags Jadwiga out from under her with his own hands, then steps back, cradling the shaking Pokémon against his chest not unlike the way he'd held the baby Dratini Rory met before.
He can't look him in the eye right now, can't look anyone in the eye, but his voice hasn't quite left him yet.
"Strength to survive and more strength no matter what are totally different. I know I don't blame anyone for doing what they have to to get by, but we're not about to start treating our friends like tools, ok?"
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Ioke does not stop Feliks and releases Jadwiga. The expression she gives the boy and his Pokemon is difficult to read, but there is a certain haughtiness about her eyes... Rory himself steps forward onto the battlefield and despite not seeming to do much of anything in particular, the crystalline sphere once again surrounds Mega Blaziken.
When it has dissipated, she has returned to her normal form.
"Thank you for participating in this demonstration. I fear it was, as you doubtlessly feel keenly, a set-up. It is absurd, if not impossible, to expect any of you to face our Mega Evolutions. You have carried through nonetheless."
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"So what's your point? Just to show off?"
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He seems blithely ignorant to Feliks's irritation as always and places a hand on Ioke's shoulder.
"I doubt you wish to hear me repeat myself, so let us simply leave it at that."
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He wants to get his girls somewhere safe.
So without another word to Rory, he turns, still cradling Jadwiga.
"Danuta, go with the medics. Emilia--let's go home. I totally got ash on my boots."