Zephyrus the Priestess

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Water welled up in the ranger's grey eyes-- no. No. She was done crying. In the silence of her home, five years ago, a little girl with hair like a black thundercloud and eyes like the down of a grey owl sobbed with nobody but her father's loyal Dire Wolf to stay by her side, to comfort her, to protect her, to lick her tears away as he himself whined softly when his Master didn't return home. Five years was a long time ago, and only a few days ago, she'd broken down again. Thank you. And I don't mind if you hang around in my mind at all, sir. It is nice to be understood by somebody, and you are a good sort. Pushing back Sorrow forcibly was Gratitude that emanated from the girl's heart, as she reached up and squeezed her sister's hand, drawing closer to her as well. The Illithid was right-- there was no way that the Forest would conquer her father's indomitable spirit, strength, and wit. Not even the beings, nor the legendary monster could take him down easily.

The stare-off was intense. On one side was Raiza's team: Lucifer on the left, Toothless in the center, and Rogue on the right. The other team, having happily consented to battling the strange, new Pokemon: Horsea on the left, Goomy in the center, and Bidoof on the right, having imitated their opponents' formation. Lucifer looked down upon the opposing team; Toothless rasped, evidently excited for another battle; Rogue, the cool, collected one of the three, watched the wild Pokemon with the sharp eyes of a predator. Similarly, the Horsea, though she was bubbly and playful earlier, had a determined look on her face; the slimeball in the middle waved his antennae leisurely, certain he'd get a nice hug from the human after playtime; the buck-toothed Pokemon stared blankly. "Thanks again, you guys, for agreeing to help us with our training," Raiza said, with a small smile. "That doesn't mean we're going to go easy-- and I hope you guys won't either, pon! Lucifer, go! Scatter them with Flame Burst! Toothless, get ready to Bite when they get close! Rogue, you round 'em up when they scatter, keep 'em back with Fury Swipes!" The Litwick complied immediately, his fire growing in size and luminosity until he hurled it at the center Pokemon, Goomy-- this battle was as good as done, to Lucifer. Simultaneously, Rogue went into motion, darting around the field, leaping on and off surfaces that weren't the sticky, muddy swamp, ready to catch any of the Pokemon that would flee. Instead of scattering, however, all three Pokemon held their ground. In defense, the Goomy shielded itself, saving it from any damage, though smaller balls of fire hurtled towards its teammates. Curling up, the Bidoof sat out the miniature napalm shower, and a little tornado kicked up, courtesy of the Water-type, repelling the rest of the fire and hurling it back at Raiza's team. "Toothless, hold on tight! Rogue, Icy Wind and blow the embers away! Lucifer, Minimize!" The attack had backfired, literally-- Rogue arrived just in time to keep most of the fireballs from pelting herself and her teammates, who braced themselves for impact. Wait, no, just like that Horsea, we could-- "Rogue, keep the Twister there for Toothless to use Dragonbreath on! Lucifer, Flame Burst again!" The Candle Pokemon flung flame just as the Deino breathed over the now half-frozen small tornado, redirecting the attack towards the enemy team. Little did any of the seven know that a Poison-Bug type watched intently from the cover of some cattail plants...

lel, Sheep

... oh shoot so that means Lucifer has three support moves e_o *runs off to edit* Since Lucifer hasn't used Confuse Ray yet, I decided to take it out as opposed to Minimize and Acid Armor, since I already have posts where he used the last two moves. This leaves an open slot which will be filled in later on by a TM move that I'll have him practice later on, if that's okay with everyone.

Oh, okay. Thanks. So how about status effect-causing moves like Confuse Ray and Sleep Powder?

Having sent Hunter to scout ahead for threats, Helze kept quiet. It was true that they were to arrive in Farreach before the night ended, but she couldn't help feeling her stomach turn in worry. It would still be a long journey to the Forest of Knives, and, gods forbid, another day of tracking down the enigmatic cave of legend. Although her face was hooded and still obscure to anybody behind her, Jupiter or Dru, if they were walking closely enough, could easily see the anxiety on the usually stoic half-Elf's young face.

I've put Achlyx's data in Raiza's profile in advance. Working on the capturing scene now. By the way, support moves that don't do damage are moves like Agility and Acupressure, viz. beneficial to the user, or do moves like Sand Attack and Scary Face count as support moves too?

In that case, everything shall be revealed in due time ~ C; ^Murderous would be Marcus, or Murdoc's character. Even Enya, really, if you piss her off lol

This kind of corner? Ib, don't you wander off on your own, now...

At last the little girl's eyes fluttered open-- weakly. "Miss... Rose...?" Enya sniffled, her nose red from the momentary flu, arms tight around her beloved teddy bear, Ace. "Ace... Ace doesn't feel well... using lots 'n lots of power... drowned bad dog... make us sick..." Then the girl squeezed her eyes shut as if she were dizzy from talking, though it seemed that she had more to say. "... War... friends... careful who to trust..." she murmured, almost incoherently, other words smothered out. Then she ceased speaking and yawned, as though she would fall asleep again.

Don't worry, Cap'n Surge, I tend to make memes too. Those were brilliant, btw. I'm deciding whether or not the entity known as "Ace" is a demon possessing a doll, or something more sinister, tbh. I assume that this is what a host feels like, wanting to explain things for clarification but also wanting to keep things to be surprises

lol I wonder if an exorcism would work? c: in all honesty I'm still trying to work out the backstory regarding Ace, trying to see which angle would look moreinteresting. It's not going too well atm cause mental block.

Ah, thanks, DarkLight. So um, Chim, could I also sign up for a training session with the Dragons? I think I'll make little Achlyx pop up during that time XD

Hm... maybe I'll do 9 instead for Pin Missile. Also, out of curiosity, where do you guys get the ideas for training? At the moment I'm trying to come up with a scenario, but... >>

Enya listens to Ace only (and to some extent, Rose, Ellaria-- really, whomever Ace gives his approval and decides to kill last), so in the end she's still evil and a threat to everyone... but is a dormant threat for the time being. XD or is there redemption for the cute little girl?

the blue cthulhu needs moar love

KITTY WIDDA BIG FAT BUTT 8D yo ex do you even wiggle wiggle wiggle

Ixidor iirc can erase things from existence... So I think that he can actually check Enya, if his cost doesn't kill him for using his powers. Meh, let's see how this plays out XD

Paradox (love the name btw) is about level 9, right? Maybe I'll make the Skorupi around that level or so. I'm gonna continue working on my next post and updating my PC profile post tomorrow, I have to go to bed. If anybody needs to, just go bunny Raiza-- you don't have to mention anything about how the training's going it's not like I was planning to describe it anyway MWAHAHAHA! cause I'm not sure what to train them on or how to do it just yet... actually, you know what, never mind, I'll just get back on ASAP and play my part.

Oi. Okay then, time to go get me my elemental scorpion thing! Also, what level should it be, by the way? How low?

... dayum, it'll still be a while :/ wonder if it'd work if I said that one had been tailing them the whole time... then again, to be unnoticed for that long?

Pina Colada - Rupert Holmes Professor used this song to discuss a poem. TBH I still don't know how Pina Colada is similar to a John Keats poem, but it got the song stuck in my head, so...

... Indecisive... I think.