OCTOBER EVENT PT2

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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! :)

Comments

[rateup]

[ it's a good thing fai couldn't see itaru's face redden in embarrassment from here. but he lets himself hoisted, shifting a bit on fai's back until he feels comfortable and mentally noting how his fellow twink is carrying him around with ease.

but anyway, off they go, with itaru's marshtomp trailing behind them. luckily itaru isn't blind in one eye from the mist this time, so he'll keep both eyes out for them. ]

Let's follow the mist. Can't be too far.

[ the trail of mist seems to turn around another dark alley. ]

[partymagician]

[ Fai nods, heading towards the alley. Swablu hasn't come back yet, and he wonders if she's gotten stuck in a fight with something... either way, they have a lead right now.

As they walk into the alley, the mist becomes overwhelming, and there's a voice coming from all directions around them, sounding like it's whispering a name. The name the voice is whispering is "Yuui", and that name causes a hitch in Fai's step and he almost trips.

There's also a child that looks a lot like Fai standing at the end of the alley, like a ghost. Fai grips onto Itaru's legs hard as he keeps moving forward. ]

[rateup]

[ itaru looks around for the source of the voice, but to no available. it's too dark to make anything out, except for a lone child at the end of the alley, and itaru had to squint to see who it is. baby fai?

man, this dungeon level sucks. ]

Don't... Don't pay attention to them. Look, I think that's Musharna.

[ right behind the apparition, which explains how vivid these illusions have become. his marshtomp wastes no time in blasting a water gun at it. ]

[partymagician]

You're right. I think it is.

[ The apparition stays still, even as the Musharna fights back against Itaru's Marshtomp.

Just as the battle begins, Fai's own Marshtomp and Swablu come rushing in and start with their own attacks—Mud Slap and Peck.

All Fai can do though is stand there and watch it happen. Being hit with two of his biggest fears has him exhausted. ]

[rateup]

[ itaru clambers off fai's back, watching the fight unfold. three against one is already too much, so musharna couldn't a chance. he nudges fai's hand to snap him out of it. ]

You don't have to look. I'll take it from here.

[partymagician]

[ Fai looks over at Itaru, trying to muster up a wry smile but being unable to. ]

Sorry. I was supposed to be the one supporting you.

[rateup]

Don't worry about it. You've gone through some shit, so...

[ with one more water gun, musharna's all passed out and the mist around them dissipates, along with the strange voices and the eerie figure in the distance.

itaru takes a glimpse of fai's face to check how he's feeling before picking up his pokeball to get his marshtomp back. ]

I won't pry, for the record. But... bottling all that inside you's not going to do you good in the long run.

[partymagician]

[ He gives Itaru a wry smile as his own Marshtomp comes running back up to them and Swablu flutters nearby.

Itaru is right in that it's not good to bottle these things up, but there's so much of it that he doesn't know where he would start in letting it out. ]

You can ask me about whatever you saw, if you want. I know you don't want to pry, but I did drag you into that mess, so I don't mind answering.

[ He feels like he owes Itaru an explanation. ]

[rateup]

[ he returns that smile with a weary one. for two people who had to relive so much trauma, they just couldn't stop smiling at one another, huh. ]

Sure, if you're okay with it. But save the loredump when the city calms down a bit. I went through something like this earlier, and it's a good thing you weren't there.

[ the dead bodies strewn all over the streets and his half-blindness dragging him down... he'd be even more of a burden. ]

[partymagician]

[ They really share the worst coping mechanism.

He nods. That at least gives him some time to prepare himself to talk about whatever Itaru asks. ]

I'm sorry you went through that yourself. [ He frowns a little, reaching out to touch Itaru's shoulder. ]

Let's go find somewhere we can rest a while.