OCTOBER EVENT PT2

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→ THE BEGINNING

(click to expand - happy early Halloween)

It's on the evening of October 28th when everything quickly descends into madness.

It begins with faint static in the air, gradually becoming louder and louder until it's impossible to ignore, the pattern of cries that was once hidden now audible to everybody as it grows and grows until it culminates in an explosion. The walls of the local bookstore burst outwards, a rampaging Hydreigon within unleashing Hyper Beam after Hyper Beam without any rest in between. Its trainer, an old man, hobbles up to it in a panic in order to ask what's wrong, but the Pokemon knocks him to the ground, ignoring him and continuing to destroy everything in its path while its trainer lies motionless on the ground, blood pouring from his head.

Further down the street, another eruption shakes the city, a group of Galarian Rapidashes slamming themselves against walls and windows until they break through, careening and crashing through buildings with wild abandon. Occupants inside a cafe scream as they attempt to flee, crushed under rubble and trampled by merciless hooves. From the sky, Murkrows and Natus swoop down on residents on the streets, long talons outstretched to claw at any exposed skin and pluck out any staring eyes. All around the city, Pokeballs burst open on their own and the Pokemon rush madly at human and Pokemon alike, disregarding orders or pleads from their trainers and attacking anything within sight in a wild frenzy.

Fires blaze across the city as children wail and adults scream. All the while, the pattern of cries continues...

→ THE RAMPAGE

(click to expand - you're in for a bad time)

Throughout the night, dark, ghost, and psychic-type Pokemon rampage throughout Mango City. Wild Pokemon appear from the outskirts of town and attack anyone and anything on sight, while companion Pokemon force themselves out of their balls and turn upon their trainers. No other types seem to be affected, the other Pokemon just as confused and distraught as the humans as they're forced to run from, defend against, and fight the Pokemon they were once allied with.

While many of the mad Pokemon physically assault those around them, other use innate abilities to wreak havoc. Musharnas emit a dark mist that engulfs entire beings and brings their fears to reality, forcing all those within the fog to face the same delusions. At the same time, Shedinjas steal souls away in their shells and keep them captive in a shared endless nightmare of their worst experiences relived. Similarly, Beheeyems cause those nearby to reexperience their most feared and hated moments, erasing all memory after that moment in order to trap their victims in that vulnerable mindset of the past. Meanwhile, Zoroarks trap their targets within grand illusions that force them to undergo a series of deaths over and over again, causing them excruciating pain and suffering while their physical bodies continue to live. Haunters phase in and out of walls to surprise and lick their victims, sapping years off their life and causing a frigid shivering that won't stop until they wither away, and Gengars loom in the shadows, sapping heat away from its surroundings and causing the small and the weak to slowly freeze to death. Umbreons spray poisonous sweat all over the street, causing people to choke and convulse if they stay too long near the toxic areas, and Cofagriguses drag humans into their coffins and wrap them up as mummies, bound so tightly nobody can hear them scream. No amount of pleading nor bargaining will cause any of them to stop; the only option left is to defeat them in battle, either by killing them or knocking them out.

It'd be kinder to do the latter, but in the heat of the moment, it's difficult to hold back. It's desperate times, after all, as the city streets soon begin to fill with the cold and still bodies of both Pokemon and humans.

→ HELP...?

(click to expand - is anyone even sane enough left to help)

At the outskirts of town bordering the forest, herds of Stantler lead the unaffected and helpless deeper into the forest into an area where the trees are so densely packed that even the shine of the moon can't break through. The only source of light are the small Litwicks that scurry towards the humans, smiling and holding out their little hands. Follow them. They'll keep you safe(?).

Perhaps it's time to abandon the city, where the fires continue to grow and rage throughout the streets, threatening to engulf entire neighborhood blocks. The hospital and Pokemon Center get repurposed to disaster zones as the doctors and nurses struggle to treat their patients while fending off rampaging Pokemon at the same time. Mari's large Steelixes wrap themselves around the buildings to become iron walls keeping the wild Pokemon out, but even their great defense struggles against the never ending attacks.

In the midst of the ongoing disaster, the radio tower remains undamaged and completely abandoned, untouched by the rampaging Pokemon outside. The receptionist has fled long ago, leaving the front doors open but the door to the stairs and the elevator up remaining locked. The tower stands empty and silent, completely free of the static and pattern of cries playing outside, the one place of reprieve from the hell that has descended upon Mango City.

→ MOD NOTES

⬥ Welcome to the Halloween event! Due to the nature of the prompts, please properly warn for any potentially disturbing content in your threads/tags for all players.
⬥ This event is forward dated to the evening and night of the 28th and may last past the 28th if no proper IC measures are taken to stop the rampaging Pokemon. The OOC deadline to solve and fix the disaster will be October 29.
⬥ Please comment to the mod question & investigation thread to report any actions that characters may take to stop the events of the log.
⬥ Have fun! :)

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[ Nanami had come to the Pokemon Centre so she could also catch a breather and to get briefly patched up. Trapping two of her tiny Pokemon into even tinier jars was difficult and her hands ache. Some bandages and ointment later, she's ready, but she stops Sagi before he runs out like an idiot. ]

Wait, Sagi-kun, you should heal your Pokemon and yourself before you go.

[He stops when called out to, but he's frowning a little.]

Are we allowed to just use their machines? I thought they need them.

[Granted, a lot of the medical staff are attending to human injuries right now, but it still feels a bit too close to stealing their limited resources.]

They do, but we're not going to take them. We'll just use them to quickly heal our Pokemon before we go.

[ It happens in a flash. There aren't any resources at all for healing Pokemon. It's just... a thing. She doesn't consider it stealing their resources at all. ]

Well, okay. [He sounds sceptical, but following her weird advice has a better track record so far than him just improvising. She's probably right.] Then yeah, they could use it.

[Them, not him. He's not hurt. He got a scratch or two when his other Pokemon turned on him all at once, but that's basically nothing.

He does remember where the machine is, so he heads straight over to that currently deserted counter, recalling his Pokemon as he goes. The Snom on his shoulder seems slightly reluctant to go in while there are so many vicious bullies to fight through outside, but she complies for now. That just leaves putting the Pokeballs into the slots on the machine, then... pushing whatever button sticks out the most.

Did that work? He hopes it works.]

[ Nanami recalls her own Marshstomp so she can place his Pokeball in the machine along with Sagi's. Just as she thought, it does work! After a cute little jingle and a few flashing lights, it's finished. ]

There. Our Pokemon should be healed now.

[ She takes back her ball and summons Mizu-chan once again. He reappears, looking perfectly fine. He gives a determined >:V!!! ]

But what about you? Are you hurt anywhere?

No, I'm fine. Just a couple scratches.

[One of the scratches he got is blatantly on his face, across his lip, but it isn't deep. He's fine.

He hurriedly takes his two Pokeballs back as well. Snom pops out almost the instant he touches it, hopping back onto his shoulder; Marshtomp emerges from his ball more obediently, acknowledging Mizu-chan with a cheerful :V of his own once he's back on his feet.]

Things would've been a lot worse if not for the little bug. I'm glad not all of them went crazy.

[ She looks at him and the Doubt sinks in, but he doesn't seem that bad(?). Would there be anything that would be a cause for concern? ]

Mm, it looks like it's only the dark, ghost, and psychic-types that are going berserk. There must be a reason why it's not any of the other types.

[His pants and leg armour cover the other scratches he got, but they really are just surface scratches. As far as Sagi is concerned, lying about actual injuries just causes more problems later.]

We can worry about the reason after we get rid of that antenna. That's where we're going.

[ She nods. She immediately understands why he's going to be targeting the antenna. It doesn't take more than a brain cell or two to understand that everything went to hell once the static got louder and that it's obviously coming from the radio tower. ]

Do you know how to get to the top?

[He has to stop and think for a second, a finger on his chin. Hmm. He'd intended to just improvise after fighting his way over there...]

We climbed the outside last time, but that's a no-go now. Too many birds.

[Snom had to help him get past some of those, too. Imagine being a bird and causing problems for people. He can't relate at all.]

So it'll have to be up through the inside. There's an elevator. If that's out of commission too, there's stairs.

[Joss didn't fit in the elevator.]

...We'll figure it out. Break some doors if we have to. [Shrug. Snom has to wiggle a bit to stay on his shoulder.] We don't exactly have a choice.

[ Yet another nod. It'd be nice to set out a plan before they charge in, but they don't exactly have that luxury. ]

Mmhm, we'll have to go in without a walkthrough. I'll come with you. It'd be easier if we team up in two player mode.

[More jargon... Sagi understood only the sentence in the middle of all that. He tilts his head slightly. If she insists on it even at times as dire as this, maybe she really doesn't know how to talk another way? Maybe he should be more charitable to her than he's been up until now.]

Only if you're sure. Things are pretty rough out there.

[ Will Sagi stop thinking that she's suspicious af now...... ]

I only have Mizu-chan left, but I have a lot of potions and revives. I can play as a healer if you can be either the tank or DPS, though it'd be easier if we had a third person so you didn't have to take on two roles at once.

[ Which third person can they rope into this dungeon crawl? ]

...I don't want to harp on it, but you're, uh, using words I don't know again.

[He caught the word "tank", and he can't see why he or anyone else would have a tank to drive, so she must mean something else. Maybe it would make getting through the chaos in the streets a little safer, but not if their goal is to stop the destruction. Anyway, a tank shot him once. It hurt.]

[ Oh. Right. Even after her time in the simulation and nearly three months in this world, she still hasn't properly picked up the ability to talk in a normal language that most people can understand. Someone please app in a Hinata so he could be her translator :( ]

... A tank protects the party by having all the enemies focus on attacking them since they have a really high defence and a lot of health points, while a DPS is the one who defeats the enemies by having a stronger attack.

[ She wonders if that's a simple enough explanation. She looks a little downcasted that she failed to properly express herself in the first place. ]

When you have a tank, DPS, and healer all together in a team, it makes missions a lot easier.

Better. Thanks.

[Despite the urgency, he musters an apologetic smile. She looks a little down now... He doesn't like coming off as pushy.]

But... I don't think we have the luxury of putting a whole squad together like a formal mission. We're too outnumbered. Our best bet of making it to the tower is to just cut straight through.

OCTOBER EVENT PT2

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