islandshore | 32 - video/text/action for Fuchsia;

[The feed starts out pretty tame. Two Garchomps duke it out using a variety of moves ranging from Outrage to Earthquake. The smaller of the two lets out a series of roars and continuously throws himself at Bahamut, but while he does land some decent hits, his hot-headed behavior leads to his downfall. As the fight wears on, Quake ends up getting knocked around by Bahamut, and his attempts to counter do little against his opponent's higher speed.

Eventually, he topples over with a pitiful growl. For the next few moments, he's motionless.

Meanwhile, Bahmut lets out a triumphant roar over his victory. Bigger dragon wins! In his excitement at besting another dragon, Bahamut turns over to his trainer and nearly barrels over Xion, who laughs and tries to pat his head. Good going, Bahamut!

While Riku smirks and heads over to Xion to congratulate her, Quake doesn't seem to share their enthusiasm. He lets out another growl, pushes himself to his feet and trudges ever so slowly over to the two of them. While they're busy basking in their victory, he raises his claws, and once he gets close enough, launches himself onto Bahamut's back with the intent of knocking him over.]

--wah?!

[ Bahamut is alarmed by the sudden weight on him and tries to jerk free, unintentonally shoving Xion to the ground with a roar. His jaws are snapping loudly, tail swishing around wildly while trying to claw at the other dragon to get off. ]

B-Bahamut! [ Panic and worry jumpstarts Xion into a standing position. She watches her dragon struggle and every instinct within her is just screaming to help her Pokemon, and not before long, she takes several steps forward-- ]

Hold up!

[Riku hurries behind her, reaching out for her arm. Quake, however, shoots her a vicious glare, driving his claws into Bahamut's back and clamping down on his neck. Go ahead, Xion. Just try and come closer.]

He's... He's hurting him!

[ Xion is trying to jerk Riku off, but to no avail. Bahamut is roaring even louder, but before long, he's managing to maneuver his neck to take a hard bite on Quake's bicep, accompanied with gnashing sounds. If that isn't enough, Bahamut sends them both to the ground in an attempt to roll the other dragon off of him. ]

And if you get too close, he'll hurt you.

[Quake takes this opportunity to nail Bahamut with a little toxic, spewing acid onto his skin. Bahamut's powerful bite prompts a shrill roar out of Quake, and after delivering a slash along his spines, he releases his grip on Bahamut and springs into the air, landing a few yards away. For the moment, he takes his eyes off of Bahamut and spreads out his arms with a bellowing roar. Then he launches himself forward, unleashing a powerful Outrage. Riku, in the mean time, cringes, watching the two dragons carefully. If only he'd brought Slash with him, then this wouldn't be a problem!

Xion actually doesn't seem to register what Riku just said. She's watching and hoping Bahamut recovers and pulls away or... or something! Bahamut is trying to fight off the debilitating effects of the poison in his system. With a defiant roar, however, Bahamut manages to bring up his own Outrage and charge Quake head on. I'm the faster dragon, buster!]

Riku! We have to stop them! [ Xion's momentarily stopped trying to get Riku to let go of her in favor of pleading now. ]

I'll stop them. You stay back.

[Perhaps foolishly, he lets go of Xion's arm and rushes into the fray, eyes narrow and fists clenched. He keeps his eyes locked on Quake and prepares to fling himself onto his shoulders...

Before he can even reach him, Quake burrows into the ground and vanishes from sight. Seconds later, he emerges right behind Xion and prepares to strike.]

--?!

[ She turns, seeing one of Quake's talons home in on her, and try as Xion might to dodge to the side, he manages to give her a solid hit on the side of her head, followed by the sounds of skin being sliced, Xion hitting the ground with a grunt, and it's then Bahamut cries out one of the angriest roars a Garchomp could emit before going for Quake's neck.

Xion herself is actually still moving, despite the searing pain in her head and the heavy, warm liquid she can feel running down her cheek. She manages into a sitting position, trying to look around and see how the fight's going amidst the dust and raging purple dragons. ]

Xion!

[Bahamut's not the only one seething with rage. The moment she goes down, Riku bolts forward, hurrying to her side. Bahamut's bite stops Quake momentarily, and he lets out a pained screech as the teeth sink into his neck. While Quake thrashes and flails, Riku crouches down by her side, placing a hand on her shoulder.]

Xion, you're bleeding.

[He places a gloved hand over her wound.]

C'mon, forget the fight. We need to get you to a PokéCenter!

[He reaches for his belt with his other hand, feeling around. If he could just get Quake in his Pokéball...]

But we need to stop them!

[ Apparently getting nicked in the head doesn't stop Xion's priorities from being scrambled. Or maybe it made worse? Things have just gotten out of hand so badly, and she wants both Pokemon to stop. Bahamut doesn't let up, applying even more pressure and using his bigger size to grind Quake's body into the earth. The poison is a long forgotten prospect in his head as he's seeing red right now. Better think fast, Riku, Xion's already scrambling to get back up. ]

[Riku looks around frantically, gnashing his teeth. He can't let Xion get hurt again! Her injuries from Terror were bad enough. But he doesn't have Flare. Draco knows ice moves, but why would he help? Phantom's not the sort to get in the way of 'entertainment,' and Flare's back at the room now.

Without warning, Riku rushes out in front of Xion, pulls her off to the side, and then he leaps onto Quake's back with his arms wrapped tightly around his neck. This... probably isn't a good idea in retrospect, as Bahamut's rage may put him in danger even with Quake preoccupied at the moment.

Suddenly, an Aura Sphere whirls through the air, and the feed cuts out.]

[Shortly after the feed, a text appears, courtesy of Phantom:]

so. Riku was gonna brag about how he got all the Kanto badges and how the Elite Four can't send you home but I think he's a little busy right now. heh heh heh.

but do you see what I see? ♥ somebody tell them to pucker up...

when they're not being torn apart by dragons.

[ooc: Video responses will come from Riku and Xion once they've hit the Center. If you wanna do stuff with Phantom before they get patched up, that's cool too. :|b]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Hey! An extra set of fangs in that mess might have been helpful! ...Or it could have doused them like fighting cats. That might have worked, too.]

I meant why didn't you try to return them to their Pokeballs when things started to escalate.

[ There's a long pause on her end. ]

It got... too hectic? [ And I wasn't thinking at the time. Just panic and worrying oh no what to do-- ]

[Lightning shakes her head, huffing out a sigh. Etro take that stupid Garchomp--]

So you try to get yourself into the fight instead. What were you thinking?

[Sure, she eventually stopped, but the intent was there. That's bad enough.]

[ Which one, Lightning? ]

They'd usually stop, wouldn't they? I didn't think Quake would get so... angry.

[ Gotta love honest ones, yes. ]

[Either. Both. The more aggressive one. Just...one of them needs to go.]

You'd stand a better chance of making them stop by surprising them. Water normally works to do that, and it's safer for you than what you were planning to do.

[Or at least, what it appeared she was planning to do. Lightning doesn't know for sure.]

I was...

[ She stops. Even she can't answer that properly. ]

I was going to stop them... somehow.

[A pause while she takes a deep breath, trying to hold her temper so this doesn't devolve into another lecture, but it's hard!]

Don't you have something with a water or ice type attack? If it happens again, use that instead. At the very least, you should get their attention long enough to recall them.

I have... Lancer. My Gyarados, I mean, but he-- I couldn't really send him out...

[ Gyarados and their infamous tempers. ]

Why not? Is he too big or not trained enough to know any water moves?

[Haha...guess who's never run into a Gyarados. This lady here. Oh, goodness.]

[ You're actually getting a stare of confusion, Lightning. Wow. ]

He's... He's a Gyarados, Lightning. And he doesn't really like it if I get hurt or I'm in danger...

[ As if that explains a lot. ]

[That...explains nearly everything, actually. Also, there's a short pause as she looks up the Gyarados on the Dex function and--yep. Frooowwwnn. Big thing looks big.]

And you don't have anything else that can use water or ice? Nothing at all?

Not... really. At least not on hand at the time.

[ Yes, Lightning. Gyarados are scary things, even if they are tamed. ]

[The Gyarados doesn't scare her. She's faced worse without flinching. It's the idea of adding that big of a set of angry fangs to an already unstable situation that makes her wary.]

So why didn't you leave to go get them? You would have had time, if you hurried.

It was still quite a while from the nearest town, Lightning. I just...

[ Sighs. ]

It's over now, isn't it?

[Oh. Whoops. She kind of thought they were closer to the city than that. Obviously running back wouldn't be an option if they were that far. She can accept that, hence the nod.]

This time. But you'll need a plan in case something like this happens again.

I'll get another Pokemon that can use any of the move type you suggested, then.

Just remember to send them out if the situation calls for it. You don't have to handle everything by yourself and you know that.

[Translation: Try to put yourself between two Garchomp again and there really will be a lecture.]

But I didn't. There was Riku and his own Pokemon to help out...

They were. But that didn't stop you from trying to get to Bahamut on your own instead of asking them to help you first. [a firm look, but her tone is even, almost conversational. That's good, right?] Having them with you doesn't do any good if you still try and do everything by yourself.

[ She blinks at Lightning's tone, half-expecting it to be more... well, you know. Lecture-y. ]

I just feel like... I should do something about. Bahamut's my own responsibility, of course.

[ Aww, lookit the little girl trying to grow up. ]

[Well, those expectations may become true later on, but she keeps her tone in that same conversational range for the moment. No sense in having Xion slam down her walls of "not listening!" just yet.]

You're right about that. But do you really think you could have done anything to stop the fight by yourself? They're a lot stronger than we are, you know. I don't think punching them in the stomach would have done any good.

[At least she's trying. That counts for something!]

[ Xion actually blinks in surprise at that. ] What? I wouldn't do something like that!

[Iconface. Really now? Huh....] Then why did you step towards them? It looked like you were about to throw yourself at them to stop the fight.

[Or is she talking about the punching bit? Either seems possible.]

I... I meant about the punching bit.

[...Of course that's what she meant. No chance of getting lucky, Farron.]

So you would have thrown yourself at them without even trying to defend yourself?

[See this face, Xion? she ain't happy 'bout that!]

[Video]

ordalias - 2012-07-02 04:54 (UTC) - Expand

soggypastry - 2012-07-02 06:46 (UTC) - Expand

ordalias - 2012-07-03 04:53 (UTC) - Expand

soggypastry - 2012-07-03 07:47 (UTC) - Expand

ordalias - 2012-07-04 02:14 (UTC) - Expand

soggypastry - 2012-07-04 04:40 (UTC) - Expand

ordalias - 2012-07-04 07:59 (UTC) - Expand