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Destiny Village ~ Central Crossroads

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Chibi Pika

Stay positive
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somewhere in spacetime
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they/them
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  1. pikachu-chibi
  2. lugia
  3. palkia
  4. lucario-shiny
  5. incineroar-starr
Starr eyed Cynthian carefully as he turned to leave. Yeah, he pretty much was doing the worst job at pretending to be okay.

"So... what are you thinking that because you missed a few fights you can't catch up and the team doesn't need you, or...?"
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
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  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
Cynthian paused just as he began to walk. It took a few seconds for him to turn around and face her again with a pitiable expression on his face.

"If my only worry was that, I'd be very delighted. My thoughts regarding what my strength is worth or not, it doesn't change the fact that I have no business being here... doing any of this!" Cynthian sealed his lips shut and shook his head with closed eyes. He was doing it again, yelling at her just like he'd yelled at Icetales. As the shadows receded, he calmed down a bit.

"I never had any right to come to Cibus. Why, I never should have..." his voice trailed off, and he mumbled something indiscernible. "Sorry, I just have a lot on my mind right now."
 

Chibi Pika

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  1. pikachu-chibi
  2. lugia
  3. palkia
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  5. incineroar-starr
Starr stared down at the tiny Roselia as that dark aura flared up for just a second, immediately subsiding. Yeah, there was obviously a lot more history going on behind this. And it really didn't feel like it was any of her business.

"I didn't much feel like I had any right to come here either," Starr said, putting on an indifferent tone. "Shouldn't come as much of surprise that I'm not a hero back home. But, I'm here now, so I've gotta make the best of it, I guess." She glanced away. "It's fine if you don't wanna talk about it. Just take care of yourself. Or find someone who will."
 

Adamhuarts

Mew specialist
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  1. mew-adam
  2. celebi-shiny
  3. roserade-adam
"Thanks, Starr. I'll see you around."

Cynthian turned around to leave once more. He hadn't the slightest intention to seek for help from anyone. It is only natural for one to suffer for their actions, and he had accepted that fact.

Starr would have been able to see him fall back into that mindless trance as he walked away from her. His already small frame shrinking the further he went.
 
R9 ~ Blacklight That Burns the Sky

Namohysip

Dragon Enthusiast
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  1. flygon
  2. charizard
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. sceptile
  6. marowak
  7. jirachi
Everything had fallen to chaos.

Large craters had been left behind in the once pristine ground of Destiny Village. Chunks of buildings had gone missing, obliterated by Blacklight scorch marks, though most of these were on the ground, and only in certain portions of town.

Everything was dark, too. It was supposed to be the afternoon here in Destiny Village, and yet the sky had gone totally dark. There was something blotting out the sun, or--was it something else?

"What's going on?!" Owen shouted. "And what's this... feeling..."

It was like the air was being sucked out of the atmosphere. He could hardly breathe under this intense pressure. He could barely stand to it.

"S'more!" Maple spotted him, running through town and directing Pokemon someplace. Legendary Pokemon were flying through the air, blasting at something in the sky that everyone's eyes were still trying to adjust to. The Creation Trio, still partially fused, were sending multiple blasts of Dragon flames toward Destiny Tower, or perhaps just above it. Yveltal's Oblivion Wing carved the skies, but fizzled out all the same. A thousand green arrows fired from below as Bean attempted to down whatever threat they were facing.

The darkness was growing. Even Owen's tail flame and Cal's golden eyes seemed dimmer in this strange darkness. Like light itself was being siphoned away.

Finally, their eyes adjusted. They saw it from the Crossroads, to the west, far behind and above Destiny Tower. It was...

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Blacklight Joule is preparing Blacklight That Burns the Sky!
 

TheGOAT

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  1. serperior
  2. alolatales-goat
Astrid, who had woken up in time to head through the portal, gaped at what she saw when she exited.

“…Oh.”

Her mind was still swimming. Wobbly legs and an unpleasant ache in her chest kept her from standing up all the way. But she tried. “I… We can try to…” She strained herself to get a better look, but the darkness was overpowering. She could feel the energy coming from Joule’s general direction. She swung her head towards Maple; the dire circumstances were evident in her tone. “What do we do?”
 

Fusion

Oh knee on
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Here, silly
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Him/His
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  1. zoroark
Why? Why why why why why why why why why?

Why was everything going wrong?

Why did everything have to happen now?

"Why did we think sending me here was a good idea?" Vix floated down to the ground, holding her head. "I-I don't understand... Wh-Why me? I-I wasn't ready for this, I-I..." The little amount of strength Vix had was already failing, her body was melting into a ghastly puddle beneath her. "C-Castiss... Eera... anybody..."
 

Ambyssin

Gotta go back. Back to the past.
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Residency hell
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he/him
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  1. silvally-dragon
  2. necrozma-ultra
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. dreepy
  6. mewtwo-ambyssin
At some point, Esper saw the flashing lights and screams and decided to float outside. "Oh, hey. Where have you guys been? Group karaoke session?" He seemed not to care about the giant ball of death in the sky.
 

unrepentantAuthor

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  6. delphox-jesse
  7. mewtwo
  8. zeraora
Why, howdy again, Joule.

Brisa's mane crackled with electricity, radiance, and shadows as her head spun. One more surprise . . . was apparently too much to process emotionally. This was just another problem to solve. Just another task ahead...

She looked to Starr by her side, Astrid a little further off. With the feats the team was capable of, why shouldn't they be able to take out Joule? They could do this, some way, somehow.

"It's gonna be pretty fuckin' tough to kick this fucker's teeth in," she mused, drily.
 

Chibi Pika

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  2. lugia
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"Guess not," she answered. "Come on. We can celebrate humiliating yer pa later."
That was the last thing Brisa said before they'd gone through the portal. Starr stood there, still swaying on her feet, struggling to hold herself up and having to lean again Brisa as the two of them stared up at the sky. The hell were they supposed to do about that?

"Yeah, I don't... I got fuckin nothing."
 

Namohysip

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  1. flygon
  2. charizard
  3. milotic
  4. zoroark-soda
  5. sceptile
  6. marowak
  7. jirachi
"A fine welcome," Diyem said with a snarl, leaning even harder onto his hammer. "I can't... fight like this..."

"H-hey!" The Creation Trio landed next to them, and it was Giratina doing the talking for now. "We need some help! Um, you guys aren't too beat up, right? Our attacks are barely working on him! Only a little! We--we have no idea what to do!"

"What have you tried?" Maple said, her fist trembling. "Joule... Joule, please, what are you doing?"

"Let's try to fly close, "Owen said. "We have to try something!"

Maple carved a second portal. "Of course. We can try. Truffle, prepare a platform."

"Of course."

Truffle stepped through the portal, and now that they were closer--and with a platform under them made of golden light and sigils--they saw that Joule was not alone. Behind Joule was Giovanni and Mewtwo, both of them looking like they were still reeling from the last fight, but trying not to show it.

"Oh, how kind of you to arrive," Giovanni said, his voice amplified by Psychic force despite how far away they were.

"You can't take us any closer?" Maple asked Truffle.

"The distortion is... too strong," Truffle said, wincing.

"Joule," Giovanni said casually, pointing toward them. "Before you destroy Destiny Village... why don't you take them out first? It should be a trivial matter."

Joule had been firing beams of Blacklight down to Destiny Village the whole time, yet it didn't look like he was able to hit anyone but Legends, which were in full view and trying to strike. Those that were hit had to quickly fly down to regroup.

But Joule did not fire. He stared at them, his black-and-white eyes flickering rapidly. Giovanni's smirk wavered and he glanced at Joule. "Well?"

Blacklight Mewtwo, still stoic, also glanced Joule's way.

"Joule..." Maple said desperately.

But Joule did not respond to this, either.
 

Cresselia92

Gym Leader
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She/Her/Hers
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  1. ho-oh
  2. sneasel-nyula
  3. rayquaza-cress
  4. celebi-shiny
For the almighty love of the splendent stars! What was going on now? Why did things just have to go downhill every single time that they earned a scrap of victory?

Ugh! No! Icetales was way too emotionally drained to be preoccupied about the umpteenth lethal threat of the day. So, he merely glared at the luminous dragon hovering on the sky and shook his head.

“Fantastic. Of course Joule had to return and of course he had to be here with sanguinary purposes…” he mumbled, rolling his eyes. “Was it too much to have a common folk just return from the darkness and utter a friendly ‘Hey, I am free! Let us have a tea party to celebrate!’ or something? I do not appreciate death beams fired at my flanks, no.”
 

Chibi Pika

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Starr glanced back and forth between her teammates on the platform, fighting back a wince as even that hurt. "Well?" she demanded. "Someone's gotta have some way to reach him. We're not just gonna let him act like he can do what he wants after he just got his ass handed to him."

goddamn it, they couldn't do anything, shit shit shit...
 

unrepentantAuthor

A cat that writes stories.
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they/she
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  1. purrloin-salem
  2. sneasel-dusk
  3. luz-companion
  4. brisa-companion
  5. meowth-laura
  6. delphox-jesse
  7. mewtwo
  8. zeraora
Brisa didn't have any answers. She just closed her eyes and felt the weight of Starr's body leaning against hers. They'd get through this. Something would occur to her shattered mind...

Brisa's satchel bag shook. Mm? Was that . . . Luz? She opened it, and her familiar poured out in a flash of electric blue. The zeraora-shade grinned ear-to-ear and cracked her knuckles.

"Well boy howdy, that sure is my sire loomin' in the sky! Anyone got any bright ideas? Actually..."

Luz reached in the satchel bag and pulled out the piece of crystal armour from the Isle of Light laboratory and held it aloft. Her fist crackled with energy.

"Luz," started Brisa, but the familiar shushed her with a wink.

"Whatever's happened t'you, Joule, I know y'ain't forgotten who you are! You didn't visit a hundred worlds and save 'em just to turn yer power against this one fer some contemptible jackass like him! You made me 'n' those like me to help resist him, didn't ya? I know it! Yer a hero at heart, Joule, that's what I feel in my soul! So fight back!"
 

Negrek

Play the Rain
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Well, the whole deoxys capture thing had gone remarkably well. Surprising that Giovanni hadn't caught the guy already, and all the more surprising that the pokéball had done the trick, but hey, he'd take a little luck for once.

All the screaming and the explosions and the glowy evil dragon trying to eat the sun back in Destiny Village, on the other hand, wasn't surprising at all. Just another fucking Tuesday on Cibus.

Rocky looked down at Nate, who was staring wide-eyed up at Joule, paralyzed with indecision, and snorted. Well, fine. Of course he had to be the one to do everything.

"Come on, Joule! You can do this!" the familiar yelled, stepping up to the edge of the glowing platform. "Remember who you really are! You're the awesome light dragon Joule! You've saved hundreds of worlds on your space adventures, all with your friends by your side. They're still here for you, Joule! You're not the bad guy! Fight him! You can do it!"

"Yeah!" Nate shouted, a bit halfheartedly, from where he was. "Remember, uh, remember Telum! And Blade and stuff!"

What the fuck were they supposed to do? The bastard Giovanni and his clone were too far away, and Nate didn't see any way of moving closer...
 

Spiteful Murkrow

Busy Writing Stories I Want to Read
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He/Him/His
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  1. nidoran-f
  2. druddigon
  3. swellow
  4. quilava-fobbie
  5. sneasel-kate
After stumbling out of the portal along with the rest of Team Spectrum, Kate blanched at the sight of Destiny Village ablaze. The lively town they'd been just a couple hours earlier looked as if it'd been sacked by a marauding army. Up in the sky, the Mewtwos from the lab could be seen levitating with a strange dragon that spewed out beams of blacklight onto the town below, making the Sneasel grit her teeth in bitter realization.

"No wonder he bailed so quickly, that cat set us up!" she cried.

The Sneasel hurriedly followed along with her teammates, jumping through the second portal when she found her and the rest of Team Spectrum on a platform high above the town.

Starr glanced back and forth between her teammates on the platform, fighting back a wince as even that hurt. "Well?" she demanded. "Someone's gotta have some way to reach him. We're not just gonna let him act like he can do what he wants after he just got his ass handed to him."

goddamn it, they couldn't do anything, shit shit shit...

"If anyone knows a weather move, now would be a good time to try it," the Sneasel piped. "Don't mean to play sideline general here, but if we can spike these jackasses out of the air where they can't rain stuff down left and right, we've solved about half our problem."
 
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