Path of Legends [Paldea Arc]

[Tsuki the Lunar Wind]

Tsuki didn’t notice the cover offered by his teammates, instead partially covering his eyes with a hand to prevent himself being blinded by the Sunny Day/Solar Beam blade that Sol used to cleanly slice the Titan Bombirdier’s boulder in half. He made sure to reach out when he felt the tug of a Pokemon at his leg, Maggie using her trainer to keep herself steady from being blasted back by the force of the attack. When it was over, when the boulder felt into two even parts that crumpled into smaller rocks without crushing anyone and the best the enemy could do initially was scream in anger, he knew that what he was feeling was awe and that he wanted to be able to protect other people just like that. He could only let people and his family treat him however which way they wanted to for so long. Even if he wasn’t a hybrid (let alone a legendary one), maybe there was something that Sol could show him.

Kneeling low to keep him and Maggie steady in spite of the raging Whirling, Tsuki knew that despite his comparative experience he was already standing next to the most well trained Pokemon he had ever trained before. She was small, a bit lazy, and had a bit of an attitude. But when the chips were down, she could do more than set up Smokescreens or Fire Spins. “We’re gonna give that bird some hell before it can use that attack!” he declared, putting a fist up close to his head and looking at his first Pokemon. “Hit it with all you got with a Flamethrower!“

Without a fight, the Magby jumped in front of her trainer and inhaled as much air as she could muster, reaching both of her arms up into the air and letting the excess Fire Chi from the Sunny Day flow into her. When her trainer threw his fist forward into a point at the Bombirdier and yelled “Now!” she likewise roared herself and let loose a stream of white-hot fire, almost twice as hot as she could muster on her own without the weather and larger than the frame of the duckling causing it.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd couldn't help but watch in awe as everyone's efforts amounted to little more than wasted energy until Sol struck the decisive blow that cleaved the massive boulder in twain. Between the two legendary hybrids in their party and their psionic abilities, the halved boulder was pulled apart, leaving Entr'Acte's defense to serve little purpose beyond serving as an umbrella for the dust that fell from the pieces as they were hurled down the mountainsides on either side of the Snagems.

Quietly recalling his pair of Ghosts, Odd thought for a moment. He had only one Pokemon who would be a truly good choice against this beast of a Pokemon on him and she was one of his least trained. In fact, she was one of his most recent acquisitions. "A'Niente!" He called out, tossing out the ball containing the Nacli he had caught while out hunting for the first of these accursed herbs.

"Use Rock Throw!" The small Pokemon hopped in place for a moment before a large clump of salt formed above it, encased in a thick layer of brown, rocky energy. A'Niente slid forward slightly as she moved, seemingly using her position as a slingshot to hurl the salt lump at Bombirdier.  

[Darksol88]

"Got your attention, eh?" Sol remarked, looking to the Bombirdier before jumping back and making some distance from the forming twisters. The thought of using the twisters against them had come to mind, and with the others' attacks, maybe there'd be a decent chance. He and his Quilava were forced to brace themselves against the Hyper Voice before much could be done in the way of a response, and once the chance came, he'd see the twisters might not be the best thing to try and work with. He'd still have Quilava move to his side instead of trying to use him as a shield for any further rocks.

Seeing the titan try to attack Beau, he'd quickly send a Thunderbolt in hopes of distracting it. Or accidentally being a further reason for an Arboliva to lose their olives, which might not be the worst outcome with GRAY's advice. "That might work, actually... Calida, generate a Smokescreen and aim it as high as you can! We'll focus on making it even harder for them to get back in the air or see. The rest of you, keep them busy for Tsuki and Beau!" As Calida let the flame sacs on her back burn just enough to create billows of smoke, Sol would quickly follow up with a hard flap of his wings to try and direct it closer to Bombirdier, in an effort to provide further disruption that might lead to yet more olive oil dousing the titan.  

[Tsuki the Lunar Wind]

“Ack-!” Tsuki yelped as the Hyper Voice nearly knocked he and his Magby flat on their backs, the duo having to cover their ears for protection. Maggie herself really didn’t look as good as she could. A powerhouse in the sun she was, a wall against a roc sized bird she was not.

When the resident AI spoke out of his SNAG though, Tsuki looked at it and nodded. The Bombirdier had taken significant damage, if they could just restrict it’s mobility, someone could make a move to either KO or catch it. “Good idea GRAY, c’mon Mags!” He said, scooping up Maggie into his arms and making a run for Beau and the- oh was that the Titan Arboliva from the day before? Feeling his second Pokeball shake on his belt, he gripped his free hand over the device to keep the Applin inside from going back for another snack. Maybe now wasn’t the BEST time for his little buddy’s battle debut. “You stay inside your ball until it’s safe dude.”

“Hey Beau, right? Can you get your Pokemon to toss it’s olives over that Bombirdier?!” Tsuki called out, holding his own Magby now with two hands. Her beak sparked with Fire Chi in anticipation. “I dunno how your Charizard is feeling, but I know we can hit ‘em mid air with an Ember barrage and rain hot oil all over the thing to keep it from lifting off.” The trainer pointed his baby Pokemon above the Titan and closed one eye to help with aiming.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Odd could only watch as the various Snagems attacked Bombirdier and attempted to dispel it's Whirlwind attacks or disrupt whatever Dark-type move it was preparing to use. The latter was managed but it seemed the various twisters continued to do their thing for a bit even after the bird's focus was broken. As it went to attack Freth, he started to call for A'Niente to attack again but was suddenly caught by a whirlwind from behind, quickly sucked into the whirling gale and being thrown about like a ragdoll for several long seconds. "Gah! Help!"

A'Niente saw the other humans were preoccupied by Big Bird's goth cousin and decided to do what she could to help, dashing toward Odd and throwing herself into the whirlwind with a silvery sheen enveloping her quickly as she leaped into the whorl, slamming directly into Odd's chest and shoving him out the opposite side with an audible "thwack" as her iron-hard stone body met his meat suit with a Heavy Slam.

"Oof!" Odd coughed as he hit the ground with the nearly forty pounds of sapient salt momentarily crushing his lungs before she bounced off and turned herself into a sort of wheel chock to stop her new human from rolling down the mountain. "Thanks..." Odd groaned, trying to set himself back upright. "Think you can manage to hit that bird with another Rock Throw?" He asked of the overgrown salt lick Pokemon.

"Nac!" A'Niente replied, quickly forming a large chunk of salt and throwing it at Bombirdier again, aiming to knock its head to the side and throw off its aim.  

[DragonFang099]

Brian frowned as his plan to stop use the twisters was shot down, in a sense. Figures, Aura Spheres weren't exactly stable in the first place. Randy fared a bit better with his Thunderbolt, landing a solid hit that made the Bombirdier cry out in pain. Thankfully, this disrupted whatever Dark-type attack it was about to unleash, and he had an idea. Sure, the Titan was weak to Electric- and Rock-type moves, but it also had a partial weakness to Fighting-type moves, though that would be lessened thanks to its secondary Flying-typing, as well.

"Protect!" he ordered, right as the Titan used Hyper Voice. Both Lu and Randy were quick to execute the protective barrier, waiting until the attack died down before attacking again. Lu acted on her own, racing toward Beau and attempting to punch the Bombirdier in the face with a fist that crackled with Electrical energy. Seeing this gave Brian an idea. If Lu could pull off a combination....

"Randy, use Thunderbolt again, keep it occupied," he said, and the Dunsparce didn't hesitate to shoot a few more Thunderbolts at the Titan. Brian beckoned to Lu, who came over curiously. "I have an idea," he said, gaining her attention. "I know ye can't learn it normally, but I want ye to try and make an improvised Electro Ball. Use the Electrical energy from Thunder Punch and fuse it into an Aura Sphere if ye can. Don't be discouraged if it doesn't work; this is only a test to see if it can actually be done."

The Lucario nodded and produced an Aura Sphere, holding it in place while she began to slowly infuse it with Electric-type energy. It took a few moments, longer than Brian would have liked, and when she had finished, she was panting a bit. That had taken a bit more energy than she was expecting, but the Aura Sphere she held had a slight yellow tinge to it. "We won't do this more than once, so go ahead and fire at the Titan," he said. "Aim for a weak point." Lu nodded and fired the electrified Aura Sphere, hoping that it would actually hit.

Rachel cried out as Clint was sent flying from the Bombirdier batting him away with its wing. The Skiddo managed to land on his hooves, thankfully, but he was sent skidding backward until he landed in front of his trainer. That hadn't exactly hurt, but it hadn't felt good, either. Still, he was mostly in fighting shape, and Rachel wondered what she could do now. There weren't many moves that Clint could learn naturally that weren't Grass-type moves, something that wasn't going to help them here. As she was thinking about their next move, Clint suddenly vanished from her sight, appearing a short distance away as the Bombirdier unleashed its Hyper Voice. Ah, he'd used Substitute. That was a good idea, but it cut his health in half, so they would have to be careful not to get hit with any Flying-type attacks.

Before she could give him any instructions, Cling walked into the center of his teammates, then lifted his head and cried out his name as a green wave of energy exploded from his hooves, surrounding their side of the plateau. As he did so, he glowed a bit, some of his health restored from the Grassy Terrain he'd just used, before he turned his attention to Rachel and waited for a command. Knowing what she did about Bombirdier, Rachel gave a nod. "I think it needs a lesson in manners," she said. "Let's show it what we think of it with a Play Rough, shall we?" Clint gave a small smirk as he surrounded himself with the Fairy-type energy and launched himself forward, aiming to hit anything he could on the Bombirdier.  

[Reno Vantas]

The sudden crash landing had certainly done nothing to aid in his efforts to figure out what exactly he could do. The sudden bolts of the disrupted attack lancing around Beau and his Arboliva's exposed bits didn't help either. They especially didn't help since their crashed position made it so any of the bolts that would've hit them were instead absorbed by the large body of Zippo that laid between them and the Bombirdier. Letting the Leech Seed vines retract and wither as the danger of being blown away subsided, Hestia wouldn't notice the Bombirdier that was threatening to spear her trainer. After all, who was she to care for that annoying bug? The thing that worried her was the bolt of electricity that was streaking towards her. But she wasn't going to take such a blow when she had ways to avoid such unnecessary damage.

Sweeping her limbs towards her trainer, she would pick up the still visibly dazed and immobile Vivllon hybrid. While this made sure he wasn't speared by the Bombirdier's Peck, Beau soon found himself playing lightning rod as a few olives that were dislodged between all of the crashing and Hestia's sudden rapid pivoting ended up creating the perfect trail for the Thunderbolt. Yelping as the electricity blasted him, Beau felt his muscles contract inadvertently. Releasing the burst of powder around him and his Arboliva.

A burst of very ignitable powder next to the very open flame of Zippo's tail.

With a intense thud from the pressure wave that it generated, an explosion would engulf Beau and his two Pokemon and send the already dispensed olives flying towards the Bombirdier. Alongside another wave of the oil-filled vessels as the explosion sent them scattering off of the Arboliva. While Tsuki's Magby might be able to hit a few olives and pop them open, there was definitely going to be some of the things that were just going to rain down around the area without any intervention and bludgeon the Snagems, the other Bombirdiers, any vaguely nearby tourists, and of course the Titan Bombirdier.  

[Darksol88]

"That's right, keep your attention away from the others," Sol remarked, aiming to keep at goading the Bombirdier when he saw the first attack going for him rather than any of the others. The large boulder that threatened to flatten everyone was surely an effective means of attack, of course the next logical step would be to send a smaller- but still large- boulder at the one responsible for leading the charge. With the sunlight from Sunny Day still shining bright, he was able to charge another Solar Beam into his blade; as he figured, it wouldn't need as much energy to deal with this one, even with less time to react overall.

"...¿Otra? Well, if you're so inclined-"

As the smoke billowed, briefly obscuring the boulder before it became fully visible again, Sol would give a smaller repeat performance from before. He hadn't planned on creating his own double rainbow today, but it'd be what the Bombirdier could've seen if not for the current lack of vision and the apparent addition of exploding olives. As the smaller, but still potent attack crashed into the boulder and went about slicing this one in two as well, he'd see a swarm of the same olives fly forward into the Smokescreen and was quick to jump back afterward, recalling his Quilava for safety from what was surely to follow. The actions proved to be the best recourse as the explosions dispelled the smoke, revealing the massive Bombirdier right as they tripped and went crashing down. Watching as the energy floated up and away from them as the titan shrunk, there was a sense that the fight was over. The team was safe, and hopefully so was Arven...

But he'd fail to mask the nervous glances at the aftermath, looking towards Aile after her question. "You think they'd buy it if we said it was mostly the titan's fault?" He asked. "I was hoping not to play el héroe, but giant boulders have a way of forcing the hand. Hard not to go all out when the alternative would've fell flat. On the brighter side, we shouldn't have any more distractions from looking for that herb..."