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 Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:46 pm
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Atlantis_Darts Blizzard120 "Times change, as does the nemesis." I said to Darts. "I don't like it any more than you do. It comes to show just how much they are willing to go. And...what's the price we pay if we sat back and done...nothing?" I asked Darts. "War never changes." The Giratina hybrid asserts, echoing the sentiment of many an old soldier. "And even if we've changed, it hasn't. I know we can't lie back and let sociopaths like Ein and Lysandre burn the world down. But when does it stop? When do we get to stop fighting and let the world go on without us? Are we stuck in an endless cycle of seeing what cards the fates decide to deal us?"
I ended up staring at Darts for the moment. "What kind of Full Metal Jacket kind of-...you know, never mind. Never mind, because you are pretty much right, either way. But fact of the matter, I kind of asked myself the same thing at one time. Freth, Rangers, Ein, Plasma, Lysandre, Ein again...I asked myself why in God's name can I for even a year at least get a break to do what I want. I want to go back to the Pokemon Gym and battle against all sorts of trainers without the fate of the world hanging in the balance like some anime card games or whathaveyou. When does it end? Will it stay that way? When the human element gets involved in a lot of crap, you and I both know that something is going to hit the fan."
I crossed my arms for a moment. "But then, fate, as it were, is what you make of it. Its not wondering what's happening tomorrow, if some sort of psychopath goes on the warpath for whatever his motivations are or anything of that sort and if you're going to be around for it, but how you spend today. Today, I'm going to make my or someone elses day just that bit better, however major or minor. You did just that, just a minute ago with Tristen. You fight Ein, Lysander, whoever, not because simply you have the means to, its because you choose to, because you know that it matters to you in either one or many ways. Fate's 'stacked deck' as you want to call it is inconsequential both in the short and long term, provided it even exists." |
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:51 pm
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Kuneeden Gima overheard darts and blizz and walked to where they were talking "As if getting beaten up by frogadiers wasen't enough, You two still reminiscing on Zera? Shes better off dead, Ein too, If we don't do something who will? Surely Not the citizens of the regions. we are fighting psychotic murderers , we cant hold back If we do Then the world we live in dies itself, trust me i want it to end peacefully too but you can't reason with a character like ein." gima spoke up as he walked in on darts and blizz.
Darts glances over as one of the new members alights on the rooftop near Blizz and enters the conversation. "I don't think we get to make that judgment. I get what you're saying given their methods, but who made us judge, jury, and executioner? We may be right this time as to who we're fighting but how long is it going to be before we're on the wrong side of history and can't even see the forest from the trees?"
Blizzard120 I crossed my arms for a moment. "But then, fate, as it were, is what you make of it. Its not wondering what's happening tomorrow, if some sort of psychopath goes on the warpath for whatever his motivations are or anything of that sort and if you're going to be around for it, but how you spend today. Today, I'm going to make my or someone elses day just that bit better, however major or minor. You did just that, just a minute ago with Tristen. You fight Ein, Lysander, whoever, not because simply you have the means to, its because you choose to, because you know that it matters to you in either one or many ways. Fate's 'stacked deck' as you want to call it is inconsequential both in the short and long term, provided it even exists."
"I guess you're right. I wouldn't be able to just lie down and live with myself if I let them do whatever it is they want. Maybe someday after all of this craziness is over we won't have to fight anymore, and there won't be another crazy on the horizon. Just every time we get near peace... there's another complication. It's tiring after a while." Darts answers, turning back to the Articuno hybrid on the other side of him. |
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:57 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:04 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:04 pm
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 6:37 am
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Ms Edyn Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Night sat on the floor in the main room, tossing a small rubber ball across the room to bounce from the floor to the wall before being caught by her shiny Zorua, Eris, and returned to her by the small fox to be thrown again. Meanwhile, her houndoom, Heru, lay on the floor beside her, offering the somewhat distressed hybrid whatever comfort she was capable of.
The Lilipup hybrid was left behind so the others could do their missions. He didn't have his SNAG yet, but the thought made him curious. After numerous minutes of sniffing around his room, so to speak, he finally found the pack similar to what Sub gave Ulla.
Bingo!
Zwei was in the middle of putting on the SNAG while making his way back to the main room, Salem trotting by his side, when he heard it. The subtle thumps of what...was...a ball?
All instinct in him went alert, and the greeting for the rather pretty lady throwing the ball for her Zorua (Another one! Ooooh!) melted away as he tried his best not to follow the puppy urges and just...go after it too.
Salem? She wasn't a ball chaser. She simply observed the other Zorua flatly. |
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 6:14 pm
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Not a Noise The Lilipup hybrid was left behind so the others could do their missions. He didn't have his SNAG yet, but the thought made him curious. After numerous minutes of sniffing around his room, so to speak, he finally found the pack similar to what Sub gave Ulla. Bingo! Zwei was in the middle of putting on the SNAG while making his way back to the main room, Salem trotting by his side, when he heard it. The subtle thumps of what...was...a ball? All instinct in him went alert, and the greeting for the rather pretty lady throwing the ball for her Zorua (Another one! Ooooh!) melted away as he tried his best not to follow the puppy urges and just...go after it too. Salem? She wasn't a ball chaser. She simply observed the other Zorua flatly.
Though Night paid little attention to the newcomers, curiosity and her protective instincts had Heru rising from her position beside the Ninetales to approach Zwei and Salem. Meanwhile, Eris simply yipped excitedly at the other Zorua before resuming her game of catch with Night. |
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 6:06 am
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 2:41 pm
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Down in the basement, in a corner of the room which he had put up makeshift walls and furnished with a table, hairs and a small computer to form a sort of separate room, dwelt Sub. He had made this section into a kind of 'war room', apart from his office of anywhere else to remove any distractions while he focused on the situation they found themselves in. Most recently the Indigo Alliance has arrived on scene in Unova, as well as Team Aqua on the opposite side. What originally was a simple invasion of Unova by Flare has quickly begun to escalate into a more global confrontation, one of which Sub himself could see just continuing to get bigger and bigger.
It had been a very long time since there was any sort of war among the various regions, even longer since a proper internal. So of course this was the perfect opportunity for bad blood to boil to the surface and old grudges to be resolved. Like a balloon with too much air, just waiting for a needle to come along.
The Indigo Alliance, currently compromised of just Kanto, Johto, and Unova, had reached out to Snagem through their Hoenn embassy, mostly just requesting intelligence on Flare, the alliance knowing good and well Snagem's history with said team. The other thing the diplomatic cable mentioned was a lambaste against Sub himself, and the team at large. Apparently the government of Unova did not appreciate his little stunt when confronting Zygarde, that being the fact that he had set off an electromagnetic pulse of such strength with his Registeel that it reached as far as the lower west end of Castelia City, taking out communications for several blocks. It was only dumb luck that Flare didn't realize and take advantage of this moment of weakness.
It has become increasingly clear to the governments of the various regions that Snagem has amassed considerable power, not just with the several legendary Pokemon under their control but also they technology, hybrids, and Channelers. The Snagem leader could understand their weariness towards such a powerful organization running around unchecked, but currently they had little ability or opportunity to do anything about it. From what he heard awhile back, before Lysandre's invasions, a majority of the nations' ambassadors met to discuss the problem of both Cipher and Snagem and from his understanding were it not for the Hoenn delegate Snagem would have been marked for being just as much as a hostile threat to global stability as Cipher.
Sub had heard what Darts and Blizzard had spoke of upstairs, GRAY, in his infinite wisdom and uncanny ability to say and do just the right things to get to people, turned his SNAG's speakerphone function on and broadcasted the conversation for him to hear. It was the part about 'doing the right thing' that GRAY wanted him to hear, he wasn't stupid, he had often wondered the same thing. And maybe they weren't doing the 'right thing', at least not completely, but he didn't feel like they were completely wrong either. His former master, the Elder Sage of the Tin Tower, used to say that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. While he didn't consider himself a 'good man' he did feel compelled to do something, anything, when evil rears its head. At the end of the day doing something was better than doing nothing, and that's all he needed to sleep at night.
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 12:13 am
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 6:37 am
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 7:45 am
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"Here," I said simply, handing Crystal's note to Sub. "I hope it's good news, too. We could use some more of that around here."
I started to walk away until I remembered something, and turned to face Sub. "By the way, when you've got a minute, I want to talk to you about me becoming a Psychic Channeler."
I was fixated on talking to Sub, but something Ulla said caught my attention. "It's not the end of the world," I sighed, turning to face her. "With Flare in the area, it probably was trying to keep its distance, which is understandable. We'll just have to rely on our own strength."
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 8:38 am
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 10:56 am
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