Metal Gear Minun

IC: If Hades could use yawn he would have. I've listened to Richard play the fiddle next to my ears at 3 AM, this is nothing, he said to the Piplup. "Annoying for lower Attack, may as well try Night Shade Hades." He noticed then that Hades couldn't hear him so he mimed it. Kay... he said launching a blast of ghost energy at the Piplup. Note while that Piplup is growling yell or mime.

IC: "Well that takes care of the Poison then... Hades, Confuse Ray..." Hades breathed deeply for a second before smiling a smile only Sableye's can give before disappearing. He reappeared hardly a couple seconds later before launching a ray of confusing energy at the Piplup. "I love Prankster."

OOC: I really hope I haven't done any permanent damage to Anya through this battle. IC: Richard sighed as he recalled Erebus. Poison, it definitely wasn't his favorite strategy but it worked. Before he pulled out his final pokeball, he opened his violin case and retired the instrument. However if he seemed sad before it immeadiately gave way to a smile. "Go Hades!" he said as he released the Sableye. Eh what's going on? ...Oh this... right... the Sableye said in his own tounge.

IC: Richard frowned upon seeing Anya return to the battlefield. Having a Snorlax fall on her must have hurt; he'd rather not have to have her poisened as well, but that's just how things worked. Neither of the opponets were in any condition to fight, with Anya battered and poisoned and Erebus paralyzed and weak, but they had to. Richard knew Erebus didn't mind though, he liked a good fight. "Erebus Bubblebeam," he said turning his frown upside down. The Tentacool gladly obliged, trying to shot down the Froslass in her charge at him, however she was fast and agile and dodged most of the bubbles, and then... hit her mark. IC: "You helped her? Or rather, she sought you out?" Having fought Ethan twice before she knew how strong he was but still there were stronger agents out there and if she was as strong as he said she was, she could have gotten one of them, or maybe gone by herself. IC: James left his leader to his work as he left the room he found Guinevere waiting for him outside. He kept walking looking obviously distressed and the Gardevoir followed him silently. "So we have no real plan to stop them," James muttered to himself. All those legendaries couldn't even put a dent into them... this is insane... Back in his office James once again pulled out his laptop and searched the news. "Mossdeep has fallen as well, leaving only Sootopolis left of Hoenn. In other news President Pierce has escaped unharmed from the Lilycove" was a pretty good summary of what James just read. Of course he had to read a few articles to get this but it gave him up-to-date info. Most of it he found websites of "unofficial sources" as official reports on Mossdeep's situation had not been released yet, however he trusted what he had found enough. However there was a distinct lack of pictures due to anybody who managed to survive the attack, taking pictures was the last thing on their minds. He had to see it himself. "What I am going to do next is see Mossdeep for myself." She did not like that. She made a move to protest when she heard, "Lady Guinevere retreat," he said returning the Gardevoir to her pokeball. Sighing, he pulled out Celebi's Ultra ball and sent her out. "Celebi I need you to take me to Mossdeep..." Mossdeep, Mossdeep... Ah yes, island, space center, that place. I guess I could sure. "Wait let me finish, please. Mossdeep was just recently cast into darkness by the Darkrai..." Oh... she said becoming silent. Anyway I can talk you out? "I am afraid not..." he knew it was extremely dangerous to go, but more so to not see the state that the Darkrai were leaving the world in. ...right. Alright I'll take you there... The two warped and found themselves on the edge of Shoal cave staring at an island covered in darkness. Last chance to change your mind. "...Could you hold on to this?" James asked handing Celebi Guinevere's pokeball."I have no intentions of dying on that island, but it never hurts to be prepared..." Celebi merely nodded before warping them in.

IC: Well the close range of the Tynamo had a pretty easy shot to land a Charge beam on him. Super-effective shot is super effective. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, Erebus stayed conscious but couldn't focus straight. Why, adding to his injuries was his rage. "I definitely liked it better when we had the type advantage..." he said and then started playing a different tone, something more soothing.It seemed to work as the Tentacool calmed down and was brought back into focus. "That's better, now use Bubblebeam!" Not wasting a moment Erebus shot a storm of bubbles at his opponet eager to pick up where he left off, and still wanting just a little bit of payback for the Charge Beam. OOC: And on seeing the note you left, it's probably not going to matter too much who wins in our battle then?Going to get dinner, will probably make a Jamie IC when back.

OOC: No no more status effects... not yet... unless you count Constrict. IC: Parlaysis was pretty bad as well for Tentacool, but it didn't show as much due to his lesser need for movement then his opponent. "Let's change things a little, Erebus use Constrict and Acid!" Stopping the stream of bubbles Erebus grabbed for the Tynamo all the while piling up Acid in its mouth which it would unleash upon grabbing his opponet.

OOC: ...Yeah lol fail on my end. IC: The Tentacool did not stop its stream of bubbles to try and dodge, instead it tried to use the fact that Anastasia was coming at him in a straight line to make sure that as many of the bubbles would hit as possible. While the Tynamo did connect with Erebus it was slightly slowed down from the stream of bubbles. The doesn't stop status though as Richard saw Erebus moving quite slower. Oh dear Confused vs. Sleep; Paralyzed vs. Confused, what's next.

IC: "Well that's nice. Erebus let's not waste this opporotunity. Use Bubblebeam." The Tentacool began to form a stream of bubbles launched at the Tynamo who was hitting himself on the ground.

IC: Richard started playing something more country and this point before saying "Supersonic." Upon hearing Richard's instruction he immeadiately pushed off the slippery ground to try and dodge the Thunder Wave all the while sending pulses in an attempt to Confuse his opponent. "You know I like all those Ice-Type moves you performed, I would have seriously been in trouble if you hadn't thrown water everywhere," he said noting a lot of the snow and ice had melted. He saw however that the bolt had conducted through some of the created puddles and nearly struck Erebus. "Of course puddles do conduct electricity," Richard muttered under his breath.

IC: "..." he did not like the switch, "Oh very well, I suppose I allowed you it, but since you're only levitating pokemon is out here now..." As if on cue Erebus scattered Toxic Spikes around. "Let's just say if that Froslass isn't out yet, I'd suggest counting it out anyway."

IC: Richard was going to play a short requiem to signify Dionysus fainting, but considering the state of his opponent he decided against that. He recalled Dionysus and threw Erebus' pokeball. "Go Erebus!" he said as the Tentacool came out of its pokeball. Erebus noticed that while he was not in water, the ground was wet and provided enough moisture to stay active. "You let me go first last time, you should start."

OOC: Ach, more Russian!Okay so Astonish, Avalanche and finally Blizzard. IC: Richard smiled as he continued playing the violin as he saw Dionysus stir from the astonish. That astonish worked better to wake up Dionysus than I ever could. As the ice fell off him and he struggled to stand up, the Froslass dumped an Avalanche of snow and dirt on him. Managing to finally reach his feet he was struck by the Blizzard, the most powerful attack yet. "You've made one mistake, never stand in front of a Snorlax that is about to fall down." As he felt himself begin to slip into unconsciousness his teeth grew purple as he fell down on top of the Froslass, face first.

IC: Snorlax could only respond by Snoring. It could do absolutely no damage to the Froslass, but it slowed down the speed of the Ice Shard attack if only slightly, thus reducing a little of the damage he took. Still he took damage that he could not return. "He seems so peaceful, lying there, not even knowing that he is under attack." Richard returned to playing his violin but this time the music was not a lullaby but quite the opposite pretty rousing. So it's hope the music and attacks wake him up before he is knocked out. Probably won't work but I may get one more shot in before the inevitable...

IC: Richard stopped playing the violin as he saw Dionysus fall over from the Blizzard attack. It struck him dead on, knocking him off his feet and began to freeze. "Not much choice here," Richard said, "Use Rest!" Dionysus used Rest to make himself fall asleep before he could freeze. As he began restoring HP, the snow began melting off him making the ground wet. Good now Erebus should be able to fight...

IC: The Snorlax came hulking towards the sleeping Froslass. He picked and was about to chomp on her. Then confusion kicked in. "You know in hindsight; it was a bad idea to get the Pokemon that I know for a fact has eaten something that wide and almost that tall whole before to try and bite it, while confused..." Confusion sort of made Dionysus place the Frolass in his mouth and at the worst possible moment swallowed. Coincidentally it was the moment Confusion tettered out and thus the Froslass was caught in his throat, unable to phaze out because she was asleep. Dionysus on realizing what was going on immeadiately started performing the Heimlich maneuver on himself, more for his victim's sake than his own. As luck would have he succeeded launching the Frolass from his throat and back onto the field. "Is she alright?" Checking on that himself Dionysus rushed over as fast as he could (which admittedly was kind of slow since he was a Snorlax who had used Curse) to check on her. And then she woke up. "Oh shoot," Richard said.

IC: "...You should stop cursing, it is a bad habit." Let's see Dionysus' Thick Fat should protect him fair enough from the Hail though it will build up over time... Taking a glance at Erebus' Pokeball he thought, and this Hail may provide the moisture I need later... "Alright let's try Crunch!" The Snorlax charged at the Frolass his teeth glowing purple and was about to strike when he bit his own lip with the attack.Richard sighed feeling sorry for the Snorlax who just hit himself with a Curse-empowered Crunch "Somehow, I think I am going to like my Pokemon being Confused as much as you like yours Asleep. Try once more Dionysus." Dionysus planted his feet firmly in the ground this time trying to come to its senses and charged once more.

IC: Due to Richard's inability to speak Poke-Russian and Dionysus' slow speed, dodging the Confuse Ray was out of the question. The only thing they decided to do was use Curse to try and raise his defesnes. As the Confuse Ray hit, Dionysus became noticbly dizzier and could not focus. Hmm... I could use Rest to wait it out, but that would waste Yawn's effect. I'll wait see what happens to that Froslass.

IC: "You're much too tense... Dionysus calm them down, Yawn," Yawning, something Dionysus liked to do before falling asleep himself, though he knew not to know he let forth a storm of sleep bubbles. As if to help Richard started playing a lullaby.

IC: "Ouch, impatient," he said a smile never leaving his face."Go Dionysus!" he shouted releasing the Snorlax on to the field. He was sleeping when he sent out but the noise from the stadium woke him back up. Dionysus looked back towards Richard who said, "We are going to fight now, kay?"Dionysus nodded before turning around towards Rej. With his arms no free, he pulled out his violin again. "Do you mind if I play while we fight? I find it helps me think." OOC: I felt like saying "Why so serious?" but I decided against it.

IC: Richard had to stop playing the violin upon making his way to the arena, with only having two hands he could not play the violin and carry the case as well, and he didn't want it stolen. Placing the violin in its case, he walked over to his arena. He walked somewhat lazily over until he arrived in his box at the arena. "Hmm... no pool. Ah well, I'll find some way to help out Erebus." He noticed his opponet waiting on the other side with a Frosslass to the box across from him. "How do you do? he said holding Dionysus' pokeball in his hand. OOC: Oops slight ninja, will edit. Order of appearance altered.

IC: Richard look around, and he noticed that some of the other participants were trying to size up their competitors. I guess I should have retreated Hades earlier, he thought, some of these guys must have seen him. He chuckled a little to himself, ah well, not to do but hope they do expect the rest of me team... and for some water. Richard sat down, where he was standing and pulled out his violin. He decided to play a country song he had learned for a ripped piece of music, whose title was illegible. He had to improvise parts of it, and guess others, but otherwise it came up alright. Not that anyone could tell, it was very loud in the stadium. Even where they were the violin was drowned by noise. OOC: Probably will make IC's for others later but not now.

IC: "In short, that is correct," James responded. "We recovered an experimental Porygon-Z with no major casualties." After a moment he said, "That is all I have to report, may I take my leave?" IC: "I would hope so," Jamie said following Lucia towards the ticket counter. "Um, three tickets to Goldenrod," Jamie said to the person at the ticket counter. IC: After sufficiently raiding the food at the Pokemon Center for himself and his three Pokemon, Richard and Hades set out from the Pokemon Center. "Just look at it this way, if we win, we might get famous, and fame means sponserships, and that of course means food, and maybe an roof over our heads to call our own." Hades a whatever face on him. Yeah he knew about the benefits, that didn't change facts. Each step made Hades' heart fell heavier and heavier until they finally reached their destination of the stadium. He saw a sign that said "Tournament Participants" of which the two went over to to show the Vs. Recorder and register in the tournament. "Glad we are not too late," Richard said as they finished, "Now let's go win this thing!" Richard said leading Hades into the arena. "WELCOME! To the 17th annual Pokemon National Tournament!" Upon hearing this, Hades' heart hit rock bottom. "Wait," Richard said before recalling Hades. "I can't let everyone see my ace, now can I?"

IC: Hades awoke to the sound of the "Ode to Joy" being played on a violin. Richard had woken up earlier and started to practice his violin. Hades sat for a moment silent and simply listened to the violin; Richard was facing away and did not seem to know that Hades had awoken. He played for a minute until he hit a sour note. Once he hit that note, the atmosphere vanished. "No no, that's not it," he said muttering to himself observing a piece of music.Richard turned around and saw that Hades had gotten up from his bed. "Oh, hello Hades, are you ready for the tournament?" Tournament what tournament, Hades thought for a moment before realizing oh that tournament... "Well let's head on over to the tournament!" Richard said packing his things. This was translated to "Well let's go get you beaten up!" in Hades' mind.

Granted, but they were from Comic-con, costing you a huge bundle and break after the first use.I wish for a normal, non-evil, non-living, peanut-butter and jelly sandwich with fresh ingredients.

IC: "Mewtwo was hit pretty hard by the Porygon-Z, and it hit several others for a large amount as well, plus there were battles with other Energon agents. However we have no records of wounds too serious to treat via our normal methods. All our Pokemon and agents should be fighting fit after a trip to our Pokemon Center; they should be ready in a hour or two at most, save Mewtwo who may need some more time plus a good nights rest but I no see reason that he will not be able to fight by tomorrow." OOC: We have a Pokemon Center right? And generally what do we assume to be the average time it takes for Pokemon Center treatment? IC: Jamie did not like Ethan pumping up his own ego but she had to hand it to him, he was the only reason she ever got anywhere. Saffron she thought as she looked around at the city. She tried to recall what she knew about the city. Not much came to mind, not having lived long enough to hear much about it, and not having been in it long enough to learn much about it. IC: *Crunch-Munch! Chew-Chew! Snuffle-Slurp! Crunch-Munch! Chew-Chew! Snuffle-Slurp!* These are the sound effects of the broke trainer Richard and his pokemon on their ongoing mission to keep their stomaches full. After Richard, Hades and Erebus had eaten, Richard and Hades got mounds of food and plates and took it outside, where Richard sent out Dionysus who ate and ate mound after mound, plate after plate of food to sate his endless hunger. Okay, you can hardly keep yourself fed, what made think getting a giant who does nothing but eat and sleep a good idea? Hades yelled with vigor. If Richard did get what the Pokemon was yelling about in its own tounge, which would have required a deep understanding of the Pokemon, that he admittably had, or the expertise to understand Sableye, which he didn't, he was doing a very good job of pretending not to understand as the two brought back plate after plate to their Snorlax companion. I need to either learn Human-tounge or telepathy to force him to hear and understand me when I yell at him, Hades thought to himself. After a while, with Dionysus and Erebus in their pokeballs, Hades and Richard went to their room and collapsed on beds nearly instantly falling asleep.