Shades Unto Another World [Mishu Duo] [Raid] [Hold]

[vartio]

Vartio approached another one of the wormholes, having just arrived via a boat unto the shores of this island chain that had been plagued by the presence of the "Ultra Wormholes" - or rather Power Spots. Part of him still wished that sooner or later he'd visit these, and he'd come across his home world, or at least a sign of his home world. Susan was not very fond of these webs, subconsciously, even if she didn't see them, they had left some form of subconscious awareness trauma upon her. Their presence more than enough to resonate with the latent 'Faller' energies that had interfused both the trainer and the Pokemon still stuck within their Pokeballs.

Vartio looked in his hand, thumbing over a small trinket he had picked up on the way. Deemed a 'wishing chip' they seemed to resonate with these wormholes to reach towards 'more' or something like that. Normally he could posit all sorts of theories about the aura, but this was so far beyond his current experience, he couldn't even figure where to start.

He lightly rolled the Wishing Chip in his hand, feeling himself getting cold feet. It hadn't been that long but it didn't exactly go great before.

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Footing 1/2 the Price of the Wishing Chip with Caramell/Mishu.

Bringing the following Mons along:

Harry the Hippopotas
Veluzaur the Veluza
Heim the Tangela
Chimchaur the Chimchar

(Note: Chimchaur is now named as of this topic)


Using basic Raid Ball

(note: Ordered/Using a Grass Raid/Water Encounter sandwich I ordered here - zapdoszulu.proboards.com/post/304614 )

[Caramell 🍬]

 
MISHU MIZUMA
Dark Type Trainer •
Education / Science

The thirty year old researcher never wasted a chance to study new and mysterious wonders in their world. Her travels to the Johto region were in part to better understand the Dark Types from the region they were first discovered in. The inhabitants of this rather simpler lifestyle all remained at best... apprehensive of the type. Some held negative stereotypes that the ebony hued educator with long midnight blue hair worked hard to dispel. When a crew of scientists approached her in her estate and asked for her help in their endeavors, Mishu eagerly agreed.

So they set sail to the small island just off Johto's shores. It wasn't much, though the skies that hovered overhead and glimmered in iridescent lights remained the only central difference. "This is what we're after?" She gestured with a curious raise of one eyebrow. They immediately set up their tools as soon as they landed. A bead of sweat broke out on one of the onlooker's forehead as he glanced up, strikingly dark eyes nearly pitch black in their color staring up at the wormhole. "Yes ma'am. The Pokemon that emerge from these things...well, they're massive..." He gulped, pulling at his shirt collar nervously.

Mishu turned her attention to the strange young man who couldn't have been older than his early twenties at best. Had he come for research or for something else? Most of the residents seemed...less interested in understanding their world overall like she'd been. "Are you here to see what these wormhole creatures are like, too?" She asked the young man, a hand raised in greeting with a simple wave. Surely, they couldn't be THAT scarey or different than their regular counterparts, if they shared the same typing and everything else as was expected, right?

Set at Day

WORD COUNT: xxx words
OOC: Paying half on Wishing Chip for T1 raid. Using one Ultra Ball in raid. Bringing Halestorm, ꓘorn, Slipknot, & Heart - all in PC!

^{Mishu | Halestorm | ꓘorn | Slipknot | Heart}

[Pixel]

Sandwich power: Round 1/10
Raid Boost (Grass) | Encounter Boost (Water)

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(No encounters boosted)

Raid Galarian Ponyta [LV 30] Appeared!
Move set: Fairy Wind, Confusion, Tail Whip, Growl

(Ultra ball traded in by Mishu)

1-42·1-7

[vartio]

Moments before the boat could approach, Susan suddenly acted up, her head poking out of the haori's open front as she sniffed the air. She smelt something other than Salt Water and whatever odd air came from the Wormhole. Soon enough she was looking around to look for something. And such movements naturally drew the attention of their owner as she rarely bothered not to move excessively unless it was dire.

"What's wrong Susan?" He noticed her glancing and turned himself, witnesses a boat's arrival nearby. It always amazed him the abilities of rodents, especially Susan. Susan squeaked out as she lightly moved herself more back towards the inside of the Haori, keeping her head peaking out as she watched the approach of the humans, whom setup their base in the area.

Soon enough, the woman had drawn their attention to him. He tried to shelter his shaking as he looked back at them.

"More interested in these cross-universal portals, rather, Ultra Wormholes, myself and what lays on the other side, rather than explicitly only what Pokemon can come through them." Vartio responded in kind, looking at the weblike structure that laid before him. His mind was being drawn back into memory of that event that had first sent him to this world, those final last moments as cracks of light spread around him, before he woke up in this world.

"Whatever is creating these, they aren't natural, or rather they shouldn't be naturally occurring. They show traits similar to wormholes, but that implies energy's travelling, far as I comprehend on that end of physics. My area of expertise was on Aural physics, not Dimensional Physics." He commented as Susan squeaked and poked a paw out in greeting, then tried to hide her head back into the coat.

"Already encountered some... 'mutant' water-type variation of a Diglett at one of these before, designated a 'Wiglett'."

At this point the piece he had carried with him would resonate and he would hold it up. "Speaking of, seems to be resonating with something on that end..." he commented as the piece would shine a light glowing softly towards the wormhole.

Soon enough a massive Ponyta would came through an expanding Wormhole, coming through to their side of the portal.

Weird.. looks like a Ponyta in some ways but isn't. So it isn't from Godai either..." Vartio thought to himself, preparing a Pokeball.

"Be careful, it's likely distorted and hostile due to the 'Faller' energies that it obtained when dragged through the hole. We'll need to restrain it - by battle or otherwise - to make it stop." Vartio stated, rolling the Pokeball he decided to take a risk to enact a similar plan to the last time he attempted this. He tossed the ball out, revealing the form of a Tangela.

"Okay Heim, I hope you're ready."

Heim freaked out momentarily, seeing as it itself saw the Ponyta in that Galarian Ponyta, but shivered in place ready to server.

"Stun Spore!" he called out, Heim shiverring so rapidly in fear as to unleash stun spore towards the Galarian Ponyta.

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OOC: Sent out Heim the Tangela!
Declared Stun Spore!



Tangela
Name: Heim
Gender: Male
Level: 6
OT: Vartio Artel
Attacks: Absorb, Bind, Stun Spore
Ability:Leaf Guard
Nature/Personality: Heim is one of the more reserved members of Vartio's team, mostly keeping to himself. Fitting his Shyness, his ability and moves tend to lean in much the same way. Heim is however happy on the rare occassions Vartio uses him.

[Caramell 🍬]

 
MISHU MIZUMA
Dark Type Trainer •
Education / Science

Mishu turned to her companions who made the trip with her and nodded. They would each busily work in the field, pulling out electronic gadgets that buzzed and whirled while gathering information about the portal forming overhead. The skies changed drastically, replacing the once bright and burning sun accompanied by bright blue skies and small puffs of altocumulus clouds with a strange network of webs and multihued facets. “I’m here to understand their mysteries!” She added with a smile and a soft hum, bright amber hues staring into the mass above them. “Or rather…I hope to understand their mysteries. What sort of portals they open up…what sort of creatures they drag out…How are they occurring? You’re correct that they are not natural and shouldn’t be popping up as abundantly as they do.”

Didn’t the Alolan region recently report strange occurrences like this? Could they also be tied to the mysteries of Gigantamax Pokemon that existed in her home region of Galar? There seemed to be some shared links, given the reports of the Pokemon’s massive sizes when they stepped out of these strange and wondrous wormholes. Was this simply something of an origin story for Dynamaxed Pokemon? Eternatus had its hand in the pot when it came to the mysteries that surrounded her home region, so could it also have a link to share with the wormhole she was currently witnessing? “Giant Pokemon are nothing new to me, though! I’m from Galar, where we have Dynamax Pokemon and Gigantamax Pokemon that sometimes run rampant in the streets and have to be quelled.” She explained softly.

Something emerged from the portal and at once Mishu’s eyes sparkled like a small child. It was a Dynamaxed Ponyta, same as the ones from her home region! The large beast neighed, kicking itself up on its hind limbs and pawing at the air before itself with its front limbs. It was nervous and scared. They were attributed with the ability to read the minds and hearts of others, and often chose to shy away from miscreants who only wanted to cause harm or pain. “A Dynamaxed Ponyta just like the kind that inhabit Glimwood Tangle! I would have never expected to see one so wild and so large here!” She beamed. It was quite the research indeed! Immediately, Mishu snatched her journal open and flipped to a spare page where she scribbled her notes down quickly.

A small child stepped out from behind Mishu, her eyes large and inquisitive as she stared up at the strange young man. He wanted to make sense of what he couldn’t hope to fully comprehend, as all humans wanted to do. “It is hostile, yes, but that’s because you are in its territory. As much of what remains of its territory as it can tell, at least. It’s confused as to why its here. And wouldn’t you be, if you were snatched through a portal?” She flipped a small locket of her long black hair over her shoulders and focused a powerful blast of dark energy from the palms of her hand. Halestorm was simply disguised as a human, after all, not that she was one. She hoped to make direct contact with her attack.

Set at Day

WORD COUNT: 542 words
OOC: Sending out Halestorm and using Dark Pulse!

^{Mishu | Halestorm | ꓘorn | Slipknot | Heart}

[Pixel]

Raid Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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G.H. Ponyta LV 30
HP 62% [49/79]

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Halestorm LV 18
HP 2% [1/47]

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Heim LV 18
HP 100% [56/56]

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Giant Galar Ponyta [Pastel Veil]: Paralyzed

Zorua [Illusion]: Normal [-1 DEF]
Tangela [Leaf Guard]: Normal [-1 DEF]

SP68: Ponyta used Tail Whip
SP33: Halestorm used dark pulse XL552CYcp_1-16p_1-16
SP68: Ponyta used Fairy Wind on Halestorm p_1-16p_1-16
SP32: Heim used Stun Spore p_1-100

Boss Moves: Confusion, Tail Whip, Fairy Wind, Growl
Used Party: ??
1-16·1-16·1-16·1-16·1-100

[vartio]

"You misunderstand. Speaking from hard experience, these portals leave residual effects on Humans and Pokemon that traverse them. Just the sheer experience is enough to result in at least a temporary disruption of anything aural-based, including the very essences of what makes living creatures what they are - their physical ability, their mental ability, their beliefs, their spiritual states, and clearer in cases like these, their emotional states. Although that's the easiest of the lot to potentially unravel the negative effects of."

Vartio spoke to her with a vague understanding of the situation, having lived through such just once. His confidence in understanding of aura was on display, and his experiences with the Wiglett and Susan and himself were well memorized.

Speaking of, Susan was looking a little stressed, she had seen large Pokemon before, namely a certain Steelix, but this Ponyta was completely dwarfing her understanding of what large meant.

"Seems unlike the case I am originally familiar with, these seem to be augmenting the pokemon and resulting in either an emulation or full reproduction of your 'Dynamax' and 'Gigantamax' Phenomenon you speak of. ...What an interesting name." Vartio capped off with his own observation of the situation. He could already guess the general concept involved massive Pokemon based on her descriptions. Gigantamax, Giganta, Gigant, Gigantic, so on and so forth, terms referring to massive states, and with 'Dyna' being Dynamic, it reinforced the abnormal sizes involves.

"Aura being the consistent matter structure of all Pokemon lifeforms, adding 'unnatural' aural wavelengths to them, likely from some unknown Pokemon species or from some other wavelength that does not exist on this world, or the world or the region they may be from... I presume considering your research equipment you've heard of the concept of constructive and destructive wave interference in non-aural sciences? What is occurring before our eyes is a bit of both, but Aurally. The augment of their physical wavelengths from a constructive resonance and their emotional and possibly even spiritual wavelengths through destructive wavelength resonance."

Vartio never much looked like a scientist, but he was one at heart and an expert in Aura. He had studied the concept in college and was smart enough to graduate at a young age, and had he received funding he likely would have founded a lab and gotten to researching Aura in more ways by now back in his homeworld.

"Were it simply a case of territory, why engage without attempting to intimidate first or other form of tactics to scare off? Why attack what is in proximity to themselves even if their dispositions are gentle normally? Regardless, upon suppression, either gently or through aggression from my experience, this Ponyta will resolve itself and calm down."

Vartio dipped his hands into his pants pockets while observing the situation going on before them. Susan squeaked a few times as she moved to Vartio's shoulder to avoid being stomped on casually, keeping her head low and her paws arced over her head. She was completely incomprehensible to humans from Johto who could understand Pokemon, nor pokemon from this world, in how she 'spoke'.

"Two Questions: do 'Wiglett' regular this Galar region as well? And what type does this 'Galar' Country Ponyta have? I would presume based on the more pastel colors it would be a Fairy-type."


The Ponyta then swirled about, smacking their Pokemon with its tail. Susan squeaked out like she was trying to say 'I could do that too!', although Halestorm would find the rodent completely incomprehensible compared to the average Pokemon.

'A fairy move, so far the appearance is on track...'

"Heim, for now use Bind." Vartio called out.

['Understood! (Tang!)'] It called out, parts of its tangled body ripping down and through the ground, reaching up and attempting to bind the Ponyta, the vines growing ridiculously long and wrapping around every limb of the Ponyta in order to limit it.

"For now I want to keep my Tangela out. It is more endurant than the rest of my team, and this thing is going to raise a short term barrier of some sort after a bit. We'll need to deal with that quickly. This will also help with setup once that barrier breaks."

If Vartio was thinking it out right, he figured he'd get a hit in on the barrier in time it went up, making this situation a lot easier.

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Heim used Bind

[Caramell 🍬]

 
MISHU MIZUMA
Dark Type Trainer •
Education / Science

Honey dew irises focused on the strange young man with wild silver hair begging for a decent shower and brush. Perhaps he focused so firmly on his studies that he’d hardly the time to concern himself with upkeep, or perhaps there was another underlying reason behind his unkempt and hosh-posh appearance? It concerned her little, given the general intelligence locked between his bright green gaze. “Residual effects on the humans and Pokémon that travel through such portals?” She flipped through her notebook she’d immediately yanked out of her bag and began scribbling her notes in haste.

“Your insistence on your personal experience has my curiosity piqued. Are you a scientist whose fancied their research solely or mostly upon such phenomena and the aural disruptions happening across our world?” She couldn’t know of the faller status that the young gent was placed under, given the nature of his falling literally from another realm and into their world as he were. She assumed rightly that despite his rather unique attire and especially grooming practices, he’d been a researcher focused too heavily on his own, unique research to concern himself with much else.

“Their power signatures surely have a wild effect on their physical forms, from the attacks they can unleash to the uncanny abilities for them to swell to phenomenal proportions. We’ve studied them in-depth in my home region and especially the role Eternatus has on Dynamaxed Pokémon in general.” She hummed with a thoughtful twinkle in her eyes. Aural signatures upon other Pokémon beyond a few that worked with such things, likened to the Riolu and Lucario among the select few others, was beyond her scope of specialty. It wasn’t that she remained firmly unconcerned with such notions by far, but rather that their level of importance would be ranked much lower compared to other realms of research.

“Gigantamaxed Pokémon have completely different appearances altogether. Dynamaxed are rather just enlarged appearance of the original Pokémon and have the capability to tower over several-story tall buildings along.” Mishu continued in response to Vartio’s own comment. It was the last remark that seemed to invite her to continue and elaborate. So many within the Johto region went their entire lives never experiencing a singular Dynamaxed or Gigantamaxed form that she often queried if they would ever truly understand. “Though, most Pokémon do not have a unique Gigantamaxed form. And even within the same species of Pokémon, not all have the capability to Gigantamax. Ponyta from my region are Psychic types, but evolve into fairy-psychic Rapidash. Wigletts are not native to Galar, I believe they are from a newly discovered region called Paldea?” She commented with eyes that seemed to glow. Just having a mind-stimulating conversation that caused one to think pleased her beyond measure.

“Constructive and destructive wavelength interference?” A quiet hum with a gaze that darkened into week-old honey, left after being heated to sit on the countertop for far too long. She placed one of her hands against her chin and nodded while her mind raced with the notion. It was an interesting take and seemed to follow Vartio’s rational thought processes. The hypothesis would at least allow them some breath between them with their newly acquired friend to test it out and see how true the conversation held. “So the aural projection of the giant Pokémon's emotional state, if not also its spiritual state, is canceling itself out and causing their erratic nature?” She questioned her newfound acquaintance. “While the physical aura allows their massive growth? There are researchers who have spent most of their lives trying to understand Dynamaxing capabilities that I think would love to hear your theories.”

They wild Ponyta remained the hinge that they rested precariously upon, with paralysis that seeped through its veins. Halestorm growled underneath her breath with a sharp, if not, annoyed look at the strange human who seemed to talk over her and caused her trainer to carry on the conversation as though her words were less important to the grand scope of things. “There is a need to protect territory wherever you are because you need to secure the safety of yourself and the area you must live within.” She puffed up her chest, creating a large projection of black energy that swirled around her entire form. “It depends on the aggression experience by each Pokémon what their tactics for defending their home will be like. There’s no need to Intimidate if you’re not also scared by your opponent. You can simply crush them or consume them. The confusion isn’t you, it’s the situation. Humans!” She spat the last part impatiently, earning a very firm, “Halestorm!” From Mishu as a quick warning.

Set at Day

WORD COUNT: 763 words
OOC: Halestorm uses Dark Pulse!

^{Mishu | Halestorm | ꓘorn | Slipknot | Heart}

[Pixel]

Raid Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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G.H. Ponyta LV 30
HP 35% [28/79]

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Halestorm LV 18
HP 0% [0/47]

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Heim LV 18
HP 100% [56/56]

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Giant Galar Ponyta [Pastel Veil]: None
Barrier: [2/2]

Zorua [Illusion]: Fainted
Tangela [Leaf Guard]: Normal 

SP33: Halestorm used dark pulse ZT52Y3kSp_1-16
A Barrier was erected!
SP68 34 Ponyta is paralyzed. p_1-100 Ponyta used fairy wind on halestorm. p_1-16
Halestorm fainted!

SP32: Heim used Bind  (85 acc)p_1-100 Bind Missed!
Ponyta used shockwave! All volatile status conditions are healed. All stats are reset. All abilities are suppressed until boss' next turn.
Ponyta is no longer paralyzed.

Please choose your next pokemon.

Boss Moves: Confusion, Tail Whip, Fairy Wind, Growl
Used Party: Halestorm, Heim, ??, ??
1-16·1-100·1-16·1-100

[vartio]

Vartio took stock of everything the scientist or whatever stated. Of note was what he feared - these Holes were without a consistent basis. He had considered perhaps these holes were created from a Pokemon linked to Gigantamaxing and Dynamaxing, hence the size, but that was wrong. If the size thing was unique to that region, then Wigletts would not be coming through giant-sized. No, there was something else that was causing all of this.

So what could be causing this? Was it all the same thing, or were things overlapping and resonating together? Pokemon from a different region being dragged through these holes and becoming Dynamax-sized or comparable to such? He couldn't deny that there were multiple of the origin, or maybe even that the source was travelling. ...Traveling. What did attack him that day?

"...I am a scientist yes. Although I had only graduated University a year back. Seems Aural studies are behind here... In general, Aura is the 'DNA' of Pokemon. Ever questioned how such a small egg can become a massive Onix? Or even a Tropius? The simple explaination on paper is that all Pokemon lifeforms are made entirely of 'Aura'. Countless wavelengths all detailing different details, with different purposes. And the patterns of crests and troughs would make up each sub-wavelength's details. Some are easier to change, some are harder, some change with time, some change by status, so on and so forth.

If one takes the understanding of Aural Physics under consideration, then one can begin to apply one's understanding of how these wavelengths change, interact, etc, to perceive a plethora of events. Case in point: in the year before I left my homeland, there were at least two shifts of note in national aural wavelengths, where Pokemon of different general progress would learn moves at different rates than earlier in the year. Of course, like the human genome, understanding every wavelength is still beyond our ken.

What you describe with Gigantamax resembles a phenomenon we experience in Godai known as "Mega Evolution". One wavelength through some form of external stimuli instigated, almost exclusively by a trainer in Mega Evolution's case, will agitate a genetic-type Aural strand, which upon agitation will awaken certain species linked to a Stone they carry, into a modified form, akin to a temporary further stage of Evolution. These Pokemon still remain the original specimen, if only with a modified type and ability wavelength. Of course, Mega Evolution did not cause such a size swell, implying a different origin point than your Gigantamax. The latter sounds like it's agitating the wavelength in entirely different forms and resonates with all pokemon rather than a few.

As for your speculation: I would not say 'cancelled', as much as 'distorted'. Were a Pokemon's aural wavelengths so easy to negate we'd be seeing weapons of mass destruction amongst Pokemon as it is. But to answer: yes, these mutations are resulting in wavelengths that warp their personality. In theory one could use such resonance to manipulate emotions in the same way - such as the move Taunt that draws a pokemon's personality into a hostile state where they will not obey nor commence any moves that follow a 'Status' Aural signature. Or use minimize to shrink in a way not linked to the shrinkage they utilize when condensed inside of a Pokeball.

Think of it like tossing two sound waves at each other. The two will overlap, and one will likely sound distorted or muffled, unless completely drowned out - although some could 'hear' it. It's in a similar essence here - the 'personality' is distorted."

He then glanced at Halestorm, whose identity was revealed from the battle. He looked incredulous now. He had lived close to 20 years now, and this was easily the most baffling thing he'd ever seen.

"I'm sorry, is... is that Zorua speaking in human tongue? Just when I was getting use to them saying their own names..." Accompanying his statement came Susan nodding her head, squeaking with each nod in agreement also looking quite flabbergasted.

He focused on the battle, watching as the Ponyta launched a Fairy Wind once more that would defeat the Zorua, causing Vartio to wince and likewise taking his mind off a Pokemon who learned full human language. Even Zaurua was incapable of it in their short time together. Seemed this was a case of similar but divergent evolution due to different ecosystems.

"I digress... we can assume many things based on common perception of Pokemon habits, however... Susan, this Rattata here, has experienced the ill effects of one such hole. It sapped her strength from a Rattata capable of Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Focus Energy, and Bite. Now she is only able to use Tackle, Tail Whip, and Bite.

His description alone of the Rattata's moves would more than be enough to trigger flags. That was way more than four moves. And included moves that would imply a higher level than what list he named now.

"And upon taint by one such hole, she became rabid and hostile. Two traits she could never be. And I've known her for over a year now. It's completely outside her nature. Her natural state is introverted, shy, and scared."

Susan squeaked as she looked up at him with a glare. But she didn't seem to disagree. She was playful now, but anything she did was usually followed by rushing back to Vartio's side shortly after for his protection anyhow.

"With that established, it's not hard to understand her emotional state had to be warped, her Spirit likely driven to a minimum as her personality, her 'will', was driven to a low value but still suppressed, she still 'fought' like her. And her beliefs warped to where she'd be willing to harm me when the most she can do is give a cute growl at me because I took the cheese cube she wanted off the plate."

And Susan squeaked out 5 times in a way that vaguely sounded like 'it was my cheesecube'!

Vartio glanced at Mishu out of the corner of his eyes, wondering if she'd caught enough clues yet, having laid enough by now, he figured, to let her come to the understandings he wanted her to.

Regardless, Eternatus, a Pokemon he'd never heard of before. He'd not heard of many, but a Pokemon that could cause such a scale of change matched many of the mid or higher grade Legendary Pokemon he was familiar with from stories. The presence of a foreign name didn't bug him, afterall Blipbug and Veluza are as foreign to him as this Eternatus. He was curious what this 'Eternatus' could do, but that was another thing to consider later.

"Another question: this Dynamax phenomenon: what traits does it have other than simply size...?"

Vartio wanted to decode the mechanics of the wavelengths going on. From there he could possibly gain insight on the differences and decode what exactly the hell was going on 'behind the scenes'. From there he could perhaps figure if the destination was Galar but new Pokemon had shown up there, as clearly this region was experiencing foreign Pokemon, or somewhere else that had both regions 'specialties' but bore witness to these Ultra Wormhole creators which were dumping them here.

If there were multiple potential means of these wormholes forming, then that would complicate things for his own sake.


"We need to break that barrier, so Absorb, Heim!" Vartio called out. The Tangela would spread its veins through the ground and wrap them once more in an attempt to drain energy from the Ponyta's shield.

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Heim used Absorb.

[Caramell 🍬]

 
MISHU MIZUMA
Dark Type Trainer •
Education / Science

Mishu raised an eyebrow, a silent gaze casting its shadow over the gigantic equine who neighed and bucked wildly. Ponyta remained unphased by the binds that attempted to ensnare her within their grasp, and easily withstood Halestorm’s powerful blast before retaliating in kind. It seemed this beast targeted her Pokémon specifically. Was it the allure of their typing? Galarian Ponyta were weakened substantially by Dark types, so much so that it was thought they developed their secondary typing during evolution to give them added protection from them. “Halestorm! You poor thing….are you alright? You did pretty well out there…please, just rest at my side, now.” Mishu gestured with a quick nod.

The small black fox huffed angrily and curled up next to her trainer. That wild horse had nothing on her! She would rip its horn right off its head and stuff it down the pastel-colored mammal’s throat, if he wasn’t so tired from doing her best in the fight. “Honestly, I’m fine! Please, stop fretting over me.” She growled underneath her tongue speaking once more in her Poke-speech since having her illusion completely destroyed. Mishu bent down and quickly checked the small fox over, tending to the worst of her wounds in quick haste. She rose back up, pulling out another ball and tossing it up into the air with the click of a button.

A strange, gelatinous creature appeared in the blink of an eye. He was bright green with two thick crystal-like shards glued to the roof of his mouth like teeth. ꓘorn stretched himself up tall and wide, creating a literal wall out of his stretchy form, and waved enthusiastically to the wild equine before him. “Hi there! I’m ꓘorn…I guess, now, at least!” He somehow thought that once upon a time, he had been called Suraimu…but maybe he was mistaken? Oh well, who knows how these things work, anyways! “Do you wanna play?! I’d love to play! You look like you play pretty roughly though…Hmm…” ꓘorn tapped the bottom of his ‘chin’ and huffed firmly to himself.

Halestorm just turned a sharp glare to her friend. What an idiot. “ ꓘorn…that Ponyta most certainly does not want to play. The ears are clearly pinned against the side of its head. If you’ll notice how it’s keeping its head and neck lowered to protect itself, rapidly whipping its tail from side-to-side, and retracting its lips, these are all clear signs of aggression for this species.” Honestly, did he need it spelled out for him? The Galarian Ponyta bucked, kicking its front limbs in the air in warning, to which Halestorm nodded expectantly. “SEE WHAT I MEAN?!” She insisted.

“Aural Physics…” Mishu turned back to her companion with a soft hum to herself. His theories seemed intriguing. From the explanation given by the fellow scientist, auras were inherently tied to deoxyribonucleic acid, and therefore in essence they were incomprehensible to tell apart one from the other. “What region did you say you were from again?” Had she simply forgotten, or was it a region so foreign a concept to her that she wouldn’t have been able to locate it on a map if she tried? “Where’s it at in relation to say…Alola? Kalos? I’m assuming it’s not close by to Johto…?” She prodded in interest. What sorts of discoveries had they managed to find in his region, that even her home region might not know about?

“We’ve focused on the mechanics of Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing where I’m from. They can cause the Pokémon to go on a rampage from the massive power boost that they experience, which my late parents were studying before being taken out by a rogue Pokémon under the influence.” She sighed, a quiet reflection of the time as a child when those strange men approached the door of her old home with a sad story and a nice sum of cash. They’d left her a nice inheritance, at the very least. It just didn’t ease the pain, even after all these years. Mom? Would you have been proud of me following in your footsteps in some ways? She asked herself mentally.

“While I admit that I am not as knowledgeable as you are in Aural Physics, I am fascinated by such discoveries! How was this discovered originally?” Surely the great scientist behind such discoveries had a well-known name and could be looked up in her past time to be studied more in-depth, and peer-reviewed if she had the interest. Though, she was still stuck in her own research that consumed her time nearly entirely beyond the progression-based checkmarks that partially hindered her travels from one section to the next. “As for Dynamax Pokémon, they’re much more powerful than their normal forms – beyond just size. They have boost health points. They also change the moves the Pokémon know into what are known as ‘Max Moves’, which is based on the move’s typing.”.

Vartio’s comment on Halestorm caused Mishu to chuckle slightly. Zorua were well-known for their disguise but it wasn’t uncommon for Pokémon to pick up human language. Some Meowth proved capable after studying it long enough, and Pokémon like Slowking were intelligent enough to know the language. “Halestorm? Yes, she can speak to us while disguising herself using her Illuision ability. Zoroark are well known for this skill admittedly, but she’s pretty smart for her level.” This caused her Pokémon to give her a rather…unfriendly side-eye. “Why is it any of that strange human’s business?” She yipped angrily, thrashing her tail from one side to the others. “I could easily reform into my child self and speak on my own behalf…I just…need to rest a bit more, first. Hmph!”

Mishu turned to the small rodent curiously and observed Susan. She wasn’t the type to reach out to someone else’s Pokémon unless invited. She’d had that issue with many children when it came to her own Pokémon, and as someone who thrilled themselves in biology-related research, she generally knew better than to approach Pokémon without fully understanding their body language and ensuring that they wouldn’t mind it. Still…this simple rodent fell from one of these portals once? “How is Susan managing since her fall?” She asked curiously, turning to shuffle around in her bag before pulling out a small cracker. “Is it alright if I offer her this?” She asked, and if it was acceptable she would hold it out tentatively towards Susan with enough space between them to allow the mouse to make the choice for herself.

“But pony looks like it would play a really fun game of chase!” ꓘorn insisted, causing his friend to scoff sarcastically, though she managed to keep her thoughts to herself as she licked at her wounds. The bright green sludge waved his arms in the air, creating a strange looking ‘x’ that he dropped on top of Ponyta, hoping to block one of its stronger moves so that the wild equine wouldn’t keep beating them to a pulp with it. “Come on, pony pony pony! Let’s play Wild Wild Ranger!” ꓘorn giggled gleefully, eyes shimmering hopefully.

Set at Day

WORD COUNT: 1200 words
OOC: Sending out ꓘorn and using Disable! Also vartio @_@ This is a work week man, I should not be writing half a book for you! D:

^{Mishu | Halestorm | ꓘorn | Slipknot | Heart}

[antonius]

Raid Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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G.H. Ponyta LV 30
HP 35% [28/79]

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ꓘorn LV 18
HP 100% [71/71]

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Heim LV 18
HP 100% [56/56]

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Giant Galar Ponyta [Pastel Veil]: None
Barrier: [1/2]

ꓘorn [Poison Touch]: -1 defense, -1 attack
Heim [Leaf Guard]: -1 defense, -1 attack;

SP28: ꓘorn used disable! It doesn't work due to the barrier! 
SP68: Ponyta used growl on Heim.


SP32: Heim used absorb; It failed due to the barrier!
Ponyta used tail whip on ꓘorn!


Boss Moves: Confusion, Tail Whip, Fairy Wind, Growl
Used Party: Halestorm, Heim, ꓘorn, ??

(My first Raid response so please let me know what I messed up. I had Lamont in CBOx for guide as I responded)

[vartio]

"Good to see your Zorua... Halestorm was it, is okay." He let out a small smile, relaxing a bit, almost like he wasn't exactly beyond expectations. It was then that they released a new Pokemon that spoke in Pokespeak with the Zorua.

"Looks like a Grimer... Isd- no I guess Galarian?" He questioned, still learning where Pokemon aligned vs his own world. In his own world, that would be an 'Isdan' Grimer, and he had only heard of the species before his 'abduction'.

"A Country called Godai. And I'd say it's further than I can explain in words." He sighed, closing his eyes and thinking of Lake Serenity, opening his eyes with a focus. He listened to the description of Dynamaxing.

"Move wavelength augmentation on a wide scale... amazing. A variation of the Z-Move phenomenon then accompanied by the wide-scale mutating wavelength of the Dynamax Aural wavelength. It permeates the whole series of wavelengths, wouldn't be surprised if one of these Gigantamax had different abilities in said forms akin to a Mega Evolution too.

As for the source, they were researched over the last 200 odd years. Did you ever question how a Squirtle could learn Hydropump, which puts out more mass of water than the Squirtle could obtain? My predecessors in the field questioned much the same. So we studied and found they had vast quantities of Aura which they could partition and use to create attacks.

From there came investigations, into the history of aura, the profusement of it into nature, we began reverse engineering Lucario's senses since we had figured they were basically waves of some sort, and then from there we experimented, and we figured out the rough physics of aura. Of course, some of it's just theory, but is extremely grounded in fact. The individualized wavelength theorem was my dissertation for graduation, where I observed that Pokemon were not made of one, but countless aura wavelengths, and the coalescence and harmony of all of them are what make the 'whole'."

Vartio glanced at Halestorm again, but trying not to keep an eye off the Ponyta.

"A case of a properly talking Zorua or Zoruark was never recorded in all of Godai history. Then again the Pokemon we know of couldn't 'speak their names'."

Susan gave a few squeaks as Mishu looked at her, peaking her head out of Vartio's coat. Her nose twitched as she crawled out and onto his shoulder, sitting on her hind legs. She was a runt, easily half the size of the average Ponyta.

"She seems willing." Vartio responded to the cracker. "And she's been fine since. ...It's myself that's had more emotional disturbances since the incident. I sometimes lose myself in apathy and anger. My other Pokemon from the incident have yet to leave their balls, the devices are 'functioning' yet 'offline', jammed. I plan to eventually head to Kurt in Azalea to have him research them. Mayhaps he can find a clue."

Finally he came clean, he figured he'd left more than enough at this point to make it clear he wasn't coming from quite the same world of thought or knowledge, but with an extremely strong foundation.

"Let's move back to the aura theory for a second... we established that Humans bare Aura too. We established Mediums, Psychics, and the sort utilize Aura. We likewise associate Aura with pre-modern trainers whom we referred to as 'Aura Guardians', whom were capable of wonderous feats themselves."

It was then a windfall that the Ponyta had chosen to not get overly aggressive, instead growling and slapping their pokemon with a twirl via the tail. Growl and Tail Whip. That was a relief. Sadly the shield remained.

"Seems it requires hard damaging impacts, based on the reaction... and it didn't seem your disable did its effect either. So its working as both damage and status wavelength defense and not simply just negating what was on it in advance.

Also, seems despite your experience, our Pokemon have been 'tainted' too here. Heim shouldn't be much stronger than a Pokemon north of Cherrygrove in its natural state, yet you have Pokemon with more advanced forms and moves and it's keeping up with your Grimer. I can't tell the progression of your Pokemon from here, but your Honchkrow based on my limited awareness of the species seems to be performing comparably to Falkner's Pidgeotto, if a bit faster. So it's likely lowering your ability unless you evolved it early. I'm being raised, you're being lowered, it's as though it's setting things to a roughly set state without touching the move wavelengths of our Pokemon.

So, we'll take advantage of this. I'll prep the field by breaking the barrier since Heim seems faster than Korn, I believe it was? Then you hit the thing, really really hard. I'm presuming your Isdan - rather Galarian - Grimer knows Dark Types as the ones I've heard of do?"

Once getting a response, Vartio glanced forwards at Heim.

"Heim, use Absorb!"

Once more, Heims tangly vines reached out and attempted to grasp onto the Ponyta and break its shield once and for all.

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(Heim used Absorb)

[Caramell 🍬]

 
MISHU MIZUMA
Dark Type Trainer •
Education / Science

Mishu turned her attention to the feisty fox. Halestorm glanced at them both nearly as thoughtfully, then turned to her fur and began cleaning it out with her tongue. The noisy human her trainer seemed to like the company of held a lot of misconceptions about their world. His rodent that squeaked in odd sounds was just as strange, causing the black vulpine to spectate on whether it was from a defect during hatching or something much worse off. “Godai. What a name!” She rolled her eyes, yipping in her Pokemon speech with a scoff. “What’s that supposed to mean anyways? Like they’re all some practices monks or something that belong in a temple somewhere?” ꓘorn blinked, stretching over to Halestorm temporarily and peering down at her.

“What’s got you so upset?” The happy-go-lucky slime asked as the while equine chased them about, slamming the bright green sludge with its tail. Oh, this was a game! He absolutely loved playing games! “Hold on, horsey! I got you, I got you now!” He giggled, giving chase to the giant monster. Halestorm huffed underneath her voice, wrinkling her nose in a scrunched, distasteful expression. “Nothing has my fur in a bunch. I would focus on your fight though, or you’re liable to miss your opponent’s next attack. This Ponyta is a lot stronger than you seem to be giving it credit for. And it knows some killer moves.” Halestorm snapped firmly.

“Squirtle are able to create water inside of their systems that helps them summon and propel it out with their attacks. They have a specialized sac inside of their body.” The Aural Theory was an interesting one. Mishu hummed softly as she watched the wild pastel-colored horse galloping around the open, beach-like sands amid the fray. “ Z-Moves, yes. That was a phenomenon known very well within the Alola region, was it?” Those rich golden eyes brightened into pure honey droplets as she blossomed with thought. “It’s the same region my Grimer is from. Part Dark and part poison. He knows Assurance thanks to breeding, and Sludge Wave and Thunderbolt thanks to some Technical Moves.” She nodded, turning her attention back to the wild horse.

“ꓘorn, use your Assurance! See if you can hit the wild equine with all that you have!” ꓘorn nodded, raising itself up like an impenetrable wall. He would give chase to the horse if it tried to run, otherwise ꓘorn would just wait for his newfound ‘friend’ to charge at him so that ꓘorn could slap the Galarian Ponyta with both of his long, outstretched arms as hard as he hopefully could. “That is strange though. Most of our Pokémon say their names, that just what Pokémon since the dawn of time did. Some taught themselves human language, so many are capable if they wanted. But most of our psychic types have complex intelligence that allows them to speak psychically with you.” She noted, curious how their Pokemon could differ that much.

A far-off land call Godai…Mishu placed a pin in that thought for the moment. She passed the cracker as easily to Susan with a smile and continued to contemplate to herself on the notion. “What you’ve done with Lucario?” Mishu tabbed one lonesome ebony finger against the bottom of her chin and quietly glared with worry and concern. “Luario wasn’t harmed during your experiments? I work strictly in ethical lab works, you see, and don’t want to fool with questionable ethics on how some scientists choose to operated.” An quick phone call to officer Jenny would be noted as an urgent need, if Vartio answered the question the wrong way. They were supposed to protect Pokémon, not cause them harm, or only do what might be necessary to protect people from really dangerous Pokémon wreaking havoc. "Early? Heart evolves with a stone, she evolved on her own schedule." He added to stem off any further delusions about how she evolved her Pokémon.

Set at Day

WORD COUNT: 645 words
OOC: ꓘorn uses Assurance!

^{Mishu | Halestorm | ꓘorn | Slipknot | Heart}

[Pixel]

Raid Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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G.H. Ponyta LV 30
HP 3% [2/79]

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ꓘorn LV 18
HP 100% [71/71]

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Heim LV 18
HP 1% [0/56]

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Giant Galar Ponyta [Pastel Veil]: None
Barrier: [0/2]

ꓘorn [Poison Touch]: -1 defense, -1 attack
Heim [Leaf Guard]: Fainted

SP68: Ponyta used confusion on Heim.
SP32: Heim used absorb; -1 barrier! Barrier broken!
SP68: Ponyta used confusion on Heim. Heim fainted!
SP28: ꓘorn used assurance

Please choose next pokemon



Boss Moves: Confusion, Tail Whip, Fairy Wind, Growl
Used Party: Halestorm, Heim, ꓘorn, ??