51 - video/action for Olivine;

[islandshore]

Video A, backdated to the event start;

[The feed clicks on revealing a very disgruntled Riku with his hair ruffled up, bags under his eyes, and a stiff expression as he fends off his vicious attacker!

Said attacker is one of the Zombie Archens, currently swooping at his head with a mouthful of sticks and giving a brood curdling Kraaaaa! as he swats it away.]

Seriously, quit it. My hair is not a nest.

[He raises his voice before addressing the camera.]

Say, anyone else end up with fossils before all this? Looks like that seance reached further than bonies buried under the ground; this thing used to be a hunk of rock sitting in my room. Now it's trying to--

[Kyaaaa! The Archen dives again, dropping some of the sticks. Ugh.]

Now it's trying to weave my hair into a mobile nest. Now, I know there are people with Archens out there. Please tell me there's a way to make them stop...

Video B/Action, backdated to 27th;

[When the attack intensifies and the more powerful Pokémon come out to play, Riku does something stupid. Namely, he marches out into the fray wielding nothing but a hunk of metal shaped like a giant key. Yup, he's trying to fight off vicious dino-zombies using nothing but his makeshift weapon.

A Kabutops swipes its blade at him, and he lunges to the side in order to dodge. Sneering, he smashes his weapon into its chest. It screeches upon impact, but just when it seems this crazy teen might have an edge. After parrying another slice, he knocks the beast upside the head...

And then there's a screech, followed by hissing. Riku looks up, only to get a face full of tentacles.

It would seem that the Omastar bomber squad has arrived, given the Aerodactyls dropping the buggers down from the sky. Before the feed ends, there's a shot of a Haunter snickering next to a circle of Aerodactyls giving the equivalent of dino laughter. Off screen, Riku can be heard shouting--]

Gah! Don't tell me you've been recording this whole time.

[The feed clicks off, but anyone in the Olivine area is free to stumble upon raining crustaceans.]

Comments

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Tesla, full power to blasters! Open fire!

[So guess what Omastars and Aerodactyls are both weak to?

That's right! Electricity! And with a Zap Cannon from a Magnezone ripping through them, quite a few of the divebombers have just been taken out of the action.

Captain Twilight Sparkle has arrived.]

Riku! Need some backup?

[Action]

[islandshore]

[If Riku hadn't been smothered by tentacles right about now, he probably would've laughed. Instead, he's clutching onto the stinking shellfish in an attempt to rip it off and hurl it aside.

It takes a moment for him to respond as he spots out the salty, slimy residue. With that out of the way, he slings his mock-Keyblade over his shield and gives a sheepish smirk.]

Yeah, I think I might've bitten off a bit more than I could chew.

[But that's probably because he's fighting them himself. Go figure, right? Either way, he's gonna smash his weapon into one of the falling Omastar before sticking his fingers in his mouth and whistling. There's a roar from afar; must be Flare. Riku may be trying to push his own limits, but he's not so stupid as to come out without at least some assistance.]

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

[A few of the Aerodactyls which have already dropped their slimy payloads bank and turn towards Twilight and Tesla, determined to take this metal monstrosity out of their sky.]

Tesla, start shooting the Aerodactyls out of the sky! [As Tesla complies, beginning to fire repeated blasts at the fliers, Twilight pulls out a second Pokeball and aims it at the ground. Bursting open, it unleashed Sapphire, who plummets down with all of her massive bulk onto the hapless Omastars below in what might be the nastiest Body Slam ever.]

Just stick with her, and you should be fine. We'll take care of things up here.

[Action]

[islandshore]

A Snorlax bodyguard, huh? Well, I wouldn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. Or gift pony, I guess.

[Darn it, that sounded so corny. Oh well, he'll give Sapphire a brief smirk before sprinting forward. That Kabutops he bashed hisses before pushing itself back on its feet. You will pay, puny fleshbag!

On the upside? Flare makes his appearance with style-- namely, a rain of rocks that smother one of the Aerodactyls. He shoots a quick glance at Twilight, snorts, and takes his place at their side. Hopefully they won't mind a bit of aerial assistance, particularly since Terror's busy growling at the other Aerodactyls to get their butts in gear. Prehistoric pride!]

[buckyouup]

[Tentacles? The horror! But fear not! A small blue dog leaps into the air, kicking the prehistoric pests away from Riku and his ridiculous weapon. Not far away, a certain blonde-haired girl leans against her Venusaur, who is pointing her flower in the direction of the circling pteradons.]

I hope you aren't gonna make a habit outta me savin' you!

[islandshore]

[Freedom to breathe! And without the salty, slimy taste of tentacles at that. As soon as the Omstar's knocked away, Riku takes a few seconds to catch his breath before turning to AJ with a smirk.]

Hey, everybody slips up every now and then. Still, I owe you one.

[Now, pardon him as he slips beneath another falling Omastar and spins his weapon against a passing Archeops.

AJ may spot an orange shape hovering up in the sky. Flare's got his eye on things, mostly to bail Riku out in case he does anything dumb.]

[buckyouup]

[AJ notices Flare circling the sky, and reaches for a ball of her own. In a flash, Skitter the Galvantula is out. He chirps, watching both the raining pokemon and the circling monsters with his many eyes.]

Think you can give Flare a hand?

[Skits nods, and with a jolt of electricity the giant spider slowly hovers into the air with Magnet Rise. After a moment to stabilize himself, he jets off into the sky to assist the fire pokemon any way he can.

Meanwhile, Champ the Riolu rushes to Riku's side. He barks, hoping Riku can get the slimy monster off of him long enough for him to finish it off.]

[islandshore]

[Aww, that poor Riolu. Though Riku chuckles at the sight, he reaches down for the Omastar's shell, tugging with all his might to pull the tentacled beasty away.]

Guess we should be glad these things don't explode. Then we'd really be in trouble.

[video] A route

[enjoymyatelier]

...I'd give you some advice, but Archen seem to be rather... varied, from what I've heard. Granted, mine made himself a complete nuisance every time I left my Gear unattended for more than thirty seconds... all I can really suggest is finding some sort of distraction for it.

[video]

[islandshore]

What kind of nuisance are we talking about here?

[Ope. Here he comes again, landing right on top of Riku's head.]

And did you manage to find any distractions for yours? Always helps to get a second opinion, even if they are pretty varied.

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

Generally just looking through the Pokedex portion, though I did catch him trying to post to the network and even dismantle the thing several times. His interests weren't limited to just the Gear, so I relented a bit and allowed him to have access to other technological devices until I could be sure he wouldn't do anything terribly embarrassing.

So, perhaps something else that would resemble nesting material would work? I'm not particularly fond of compromise myself, but it can pay to be diplomatic.

[video]

[islandshore]

You know, that's not a bad idea. I thought about getting him some tinsel or ribbons to mess with. They're still shiny, so if that's why he's dive bombing my head, there's an easy fix.

[...]

Otherwise, I could always distract him with Christmas lights. He doesn't seem that bright.

video

[mayushiii]

You and me both, this ugly guy has been stealing all my pretty ribbons!

[She shows off her Archen to the camera, where the fossil bird has some bright colored ribbon inside of its mouth. Doesn't seem like the bird is ready to let go of them anytime soon either.]

He's a big meanie.

video

[islandshore]

Maybe he thinks they're eye-catching. Could always buy him his own ribbons, you know.

[Still, he sympathizes. This thing's a scatterbrain, to say the least. Who in the world uses hair as a nest?]

video

[mayushiii]

Mayushii would but she's scared to get attacked by all of it's big nasty friends outside.

[Mayuri sighs in exasperation. It could be worse, like Archie going after her prized possessions from home. Both of those are very shiny and eyecatching.]

video

[islandshore]

Hmm... Well, I guess you could wait it out. Don't you have Pokémon that could protect you, though?

[These guys don't seem to be at too high of levels, but it does vary.]

b route; video

[heartdive]

[ brb laughing. ]

video

[islandshore]

[Cue facepalm.]

Laugh it up, slacker. You're not the one risking your neck out here with these fossil-brains.

video

[heartdive]

Who says I'm not?

b, Video

[chosen_light_child]

[ Darn Riku. What were you thinking? How could you be so stupid to attack those on your own? ]

Riku. Why aren't you using your-

[ She's interrupted by a screech before she can say anything, before she has a Kabuto jumping at her. She moves out of the way, but the video of the gear leaves her face because of it.

So feel free to take a look of the lopsided shot of a Raichu jumping towards the Kabuto and a bit of lightning before Hikari readies herself again. ]

Why aren't you using your pokémon to fight them off?

Video

[islandshore]

[Give him a second, as he's currently bashing his weapon against an Omastar's shell. When the critter goes flying, he finally responds.]

I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines. How am I supposed to become any stronger if I don't push my limits?

Video

[chosen_light_child]

[ She's still offscreen for a few more moments before she rights her gear again. ]

There's a difference between trying to get stronger and putting yourself in harms way stupidly! It's not like you have any special abilities or anything here to keep you alive!

[ Meganium lets out a yell in the background, and a couple of leaves might be able to be seen flying past Hikari. ]

video; pretend he's forever in civvies and never in costume

[necessaryrisks]

I was told it was that very seance actually, that caused it. I'm not much for the mystics, but considering where we are...

video;

[islandshore]

Yeah, I figured that was why. And, really? Fossils coming back from the dead are pretty tame to what happened last summer. Freakish mutations, super powers... This was just your typical Pokémon world chaos.

video; sorry for the delay!

[necessaryrisks]

Aren't super powers considered normal? [Well, for the pokemon at least.] What do you mean by freakish mutations though?