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Treasure Town ~ Crossroads

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R1 BOSS – Day 2, Noon ~ Sushi and Sashimi

Namohysip

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East of town, the Crossroads was where many Pokémon passed a day, at least, when it was populated. West was Treasure Town proper, while south led to the beach. Up north was the looming building of Wigglytuff’s Guild that headed into the mountain, and finally, to the east, a long line of specialized Warp Tiles dotted the path on the left and right.

Each one had a signpost that indicated where the tile would lead. Several of them looked dusty from lack of use. Ever since Dungeons started fading, the need to go to several locations had dropped dramatically, and were often used instead for convenient travel across the continent.

The roads themselves were of packed, light-colored dirt and grass on the fringes. A watering hole sat at the northeast corner of the crossroads, while several trees decorated the other corners. A strange boulder made its home in the southwest portion of the plus-shaped path, looking well-traveled. Spinda Cave was beyond, but was currently abandoned due to the giant fish just east.


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The team was hastily gathered and guided to the Crossroads.

“Ah, crap,” Soda shouted when the dual Magikarp landed just at the edge of Waypoint Road’s easternmost warps. “C’mon, guys!” Soda shouted. “If we take too long, chances are they’re gonna flop all the way in town! And then we’ll have a lot more property damage to deal with when this is over!”

If, Diyem groaned. Get ready, everyone.

Truffle flew over the two Magikarp—each one was several times the size of Wigglytuff’s Guild, though probably not as large as the internals within the cliff. Still, a single bad flop would mean crushing several buildings behind them.

Owen felt his breathing quicken, his fight with just one finally coming back to him at just that moment. “If either of them get mad, they might use Hydro Pump again—b-be careful!”

Magikarp Sushi and Sashimi are attacking!
Sushi: 500
Sashimi: 500
They seem a little weaker than last time… are they tired from all the traveling?

“We have to hold them back!” Truffle declared. “If we leave one alone for even an instant, they might wind up to splash all the way into town! Never let up! Rotate your strikes!”

Special condition: Deal damage to all enemies every turn!

Everyone, we have a precious few seconds to prepare. I am going to give you one more power, but it is not something that is very intuitive, so listen closely. When you are all battling as one against a common enemy, you may feel more in-tune with one another than usual, even without a word spoken. Trust your instincts; I am widening the connection between you all to maximize subconscious coordination. Please, do everything you can to stop them so we can finally gather our bearings…
 

Adamhuarts

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Now that he was facing the two behemoths up close, Cynthian's fear was far more gripping than ever before.

Cynthian's heart pounded louder than drums in his chest, his legs felt cold and weak, and his body trembled uncontrollably. He looked to his left, then to his right. His new teammates were beside him.

With a deep breath, Cynthian took a few steps back and smacked his flowers against his checks.

"Don't be scared! There's two of them, and there's all of us! We can do this! We're going to do this, so don't be afraid!" Cynthian shouted, moreso at himself than the others really.
 

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Vix looked at the two gigantic aquatic creatures. "Hmm, yes, I see..."

She floated to the sidelines and planted herself in a safe spot. "I know when I'm out of my league and this is definitely that. Good luck guys, I'll cheer you on from here."
 

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Cabot blinked, before turning to Vix with a disgusted scowl. The Cranidos shook his head and looked back to two the giant Magikarp as he called out to Cynthian and the rest of his teammates.

"Right! Let's do this!"

"Hey, we don't throw everyone at two giant fishes at once. What happens if all of us gets crushed at once? No one else can apparently stop this thing," Vix said to Cabot. "We all can't charge into a fight in a new world with new bodies that we're not all accustomed to yet. That's just asking to get killed."
 

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Up close, the magikarp were even bigger than Nip imagined. He took a deep breath to steady his nerves, scraping his claws together. It didn't have the strengthening aura that an actual "hone claws" move would have had, but it made him feel a bit better, regardless.

I just hope everyone else is ready.
 

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This was ridiculous. Absolutely, completely ridiculous, in every way. But somehow, Starr felt like she was past the point of caring. They had the numbers--pure and simple. Her squads had faced legends back home, and that was something that people had said couldn't be done. Compared that, this was nothing. These fish would fry.
 

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Mellow stood to the side of the group and glanced between the two Magikarp. This was getting way out of hand. She didn't have the raw power most of the other Pokemon had... But she did have the one move that she knew how to do well! She focused, and around her the air seemed to grow hotter and hotter, and the sun grew more and more intense. At least, it felt that way to her. Nobody else close by seemed to notice. ...That was strange...

Was it doing anything? Ugh, this was so frustrating!! The Charizard that sent her here probably didn't have any good answer for it either. Well, she wasn't going to give up! She still had her claws! With a yell, Mellow ran at the other Magikarp and scratched it with all her might!

...It didn't seem to really do much.
 

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Dave looked at the two building-sized Magikarp. This should probably have been intimidating but it was a bit too ridiculous.

He'd just keep a safe distance, buff up himself and the others with that Howl move, and throw some seed grenades. No problem. Wouldn't have to even come close.
 

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A few days ago, Jaro would never have guessed being a hero would've anything to do with fighting giant Magikarp, but well, here he was. He couldn't say he felt very good about this - he wasn't sure if these Magikarp were really even aware of what they were doing, and they had to be in a lot of discomfort from being out of the water. Also, if he somehow lost to these creatures it'd be really, really embarrassing.

Nevertheless, something had to be done. Jaro gave his forelock a final nervous pull, then charged at the same Magikarp Mellow was headed towards. With any luck, the Magikarp would avoid flopping on her to not get burned by her tail, so if Jaro stuck right beside her, he should also be fine, right?

...wait, didn't they have some sort of ranged water attack, too? Oh well, too late to change strategies now!
 

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Cuicatl wasn’t really sure how she got here. Well, she had an idea. She had this wonderful dream where she was a dragon, woke up and was still a dragon, went to the beach to practice dragon stuff and uhhhhhh now a magikarp was attacking. But it okay.

She was dragon.

As a wise American once said,

LEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOY JENNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNS
 

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The onslaught of attacks certainly got their attention.

Cabot's Zen Headbutt dealt 63 damage to Sushi!
Curio's Dual Quick Attack dealt 35 damage to Sushi!
Starr's Small Blast Seed dealt 50 damage to Sushi!
Cuicatl's strike dealt 17 damage to Sushi, and she took 1 damage in recoil!
Ashwood's Mega Punch dealt 35 damage to Sushi!

Jaro's strike dealt 9 damage to Sashimi!

And this time--unlike what they'd heard about when Owen had first been sent down--they were actually dealing damage! It wasn't so hopeless after all, was it?

"You're doing it!" Owen shouted. Even Jaro's strike against Sashimi was enough to startle her out of advancing toward Treasure Town, which was only one well-aimed Splash away from being crushed. Instead, Sashimi flopped around, confused and shouting something angrily.

Sushi was a little less merciful. Rather than flop around aimlessly, her big, vacant eyes spotted three particularly dangerous individuals of these... annoying pests trying to ruin their wonderful vacation. She would show them what-for!

She slapped her tail on the ground, flopping menacingly toward the team. An unstoppable force. Devastating, apocalyptic fish.

Sashimi used Splash!
...Nothing happened.

Sushi used Tackle on Nip, Dave, and Cabot!
Nip: 9
Dave: 7
Cabot: 8

"Oh--that wasn't so bad," Owen said, uncovering his eyes. "We really did get a lot stronger... Okay, guys!" Owen grinned, trying to cheer them on. "Let's get this done!"

Sushi: 300
Sashimi: 491
 
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This was bad. They were way too close; Sushi especially had a head start on them. As Helli would say, they’d been caught lackin’, straight up. Astrid scowled—it would’ve been nice to have his electric attacks right now.

Instead, they had a battering ram, and when Astrid noticed him running only a few paces behind her, she knew this was the perfect opportunity to draw first blood. They would have to act quickly.

“Cabot!” She flung her head back to look at him, and noticed that the ground sloped sightly upward into a hill just off to the side. Perfect. “Trust me here! Jump up above me and get ready to attack!”
 

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Well this wasn’t going well. Apparently not knowing what a move was had a sour impact on Zane’s potential in a fight. He’d stayed mostly back, the monstrously massive magikarp’s flopping foiling any attempt at a punch or even kick.

That wouldn’t stop him from trying, though. It Jolt had taught him anything, it was absolute reckless disregard for your own safety won battles you had no business winning. With oldfound vigor, he leapt forth and found the difference between his left and right paws a bit much to keep track of as he hurtled into the ground.

Up felt like down, but the ground also felt like down, so he went with the safer bet and hopped up. He saw flashes of blue and black jumping up and knew immediately who stood behind him. Curio looked pretty beat up, too.

Well, if he couldn’t attack... “Get back! I’ll keep you safe!” He bared his claws to the beast and held them in what could roughly be considered a defensive position. He was worthless, but at least he was trying.
 

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"Hm! Okay!" Cabot nodded.

The Cranidos continued his charge and jumped onto Astrid's back. As soon as he did, he crouched and launched himself at Sushi as blue flecks began to build up along his head. The Rock-Type rammed into her and jumped back as the rest of his teammates joined in with attacks of their own.

"Ah! That definitely hurt her! Let's try that ag-"

Cabot was cut off and launched back as Sushi tackled him, Nip, and Dave. Luckily, despite how big Sushi was, she was still a Magikarp, and the attack didn't hurt him that much. The Cranidos got up when he heard Zane shouting something at him.

"Huh?"

Cabot looked ahead and saw Zane standing in front of him, prompting him to tilt his head slightly.

"Er... thanks? I'll keep that in mind for when those Magikarp attack again."

Undeterred, Cabot rushed past Zane and charged forward with another Zen Headbutt.
 
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The plan worked! …Unbeknownst to Astrid, who lost all semblance of control once she’d successfully offered herself as a platform. The world as she knew it spun at a daunting horizontal angle before she impacted the dirt below, back-first.

She quickly scrambled to her feet, and—why was it nighttime?

With a gape plastered on her face, her eyes trailed up. By the time she registered the confused Magikarp flopping directly above her, her paws were already on the move, minds of their own.

The shadow around her got darker, darker—wider, and wider—before the edge finally came within reach. With a final diving effort, casting shards of dried ice above her for good measure, she leaped and rolled to safety just as the rampaging ‘Karp impacted the ground.
 
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