Rise of the Shadows!

[Azunara]

"..."

"Someone please kill us...This is horrible."

Speck tilted her head, listening to the voices and smirking, "I think they want to go away. This is a first. Now all we have to do is become comedians, stand on a stage, and tell the Dusk jokes until they go away!"

((Bah. Realizing, I think this would only work on Speck just because...unless you're actively hurting one of her friends, she just doesn't get that angry. She's usually very optimistic, so the Curse can't get a foothold. This method wouldn't work on Sol for example, though, because Sol gets angry easily. This is still HIGHLY amusing.))

[Saturo]

"What do you call a video of pedestrians? FOOTage!"

((I wonder if it would work on Darkrai... Probably not. xD ))

[Lupis]

Summer was worried. The loss of Solara was on her mind. She knew too much about the Dusk to be spirited away by the non-infected... She would have to get her sister back. She had promised Ghost, after all. Looking up at the sky, she wondered how much her once-sister remembered. Probably everything she had learned... Including what the Dusk stood for. Maybe a quick reminder would give her memory a boost?

Glancing around, she trotted out of the forest and followed the scent of Solara. When she spotted her, she crouched downwind of her, hidden in a bush. How to get her attention? After a moment of thought, she sent a soft, cold breeze towards her, an extremely weak Icy Wind.

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Scarab watched Seventeen go. She had a plan, he knew, and he would let her carry it out. He was preoccupied, thinking about the cure. How could he keep his Dusk from getting turned? It seemed impossible. He began to pace slowly, deep in thought.

((Owwwww. The bad jokes, there making me mimic the Dusk voices. "Keeelll meee!" xD ))

[rubybeam]

In dusk there was one group of pokemon that all knew each other well they were all kids but in battle together they easly melded together like eggs and ham."Ohoho! dango these iceballs are way better than the last one's" the sealeo smiled rpoud of his ice. Score a furret watched how far the ice balls went "Scar you're hitting skill has also increased.."

[Azunara]

Solara blinked, shuddering from the sudden chill. She pricked her ears, wary. A small part of herself told her not to go, that the shadows would consume her again, to run away. The small part didn't want to be trapped again, stuck in that nightmare of dark and shadow. She hissed quietly, unsure of what to do. Stuck. Indecisive.

((More like I have no idea what to do with Sol...))

[Saturo]

((Darkrai, not only Lord of Nightmares, but also Lord of Bad Jokes! (Just the jokes are bad enough to give you nightmares, it all makes sense!)))

[Magnakilro]

Chomp looked at Sol, "Hey Sol, you ok?"

[Azunara]

((The forums! THEY LIIIIIIVE!))

Sol twitched her ears, "Fine. The silence is odd, I got rather used to the voices telling me to kill everyone." She grinned bleakly, the chill creeping over her.

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Speck was snickering at the practical torment of the voices in her head. "Good Guys, one, Bad Guys, zero." She muttered quietly, grinning.

[Lupis]

Summer watched Solara with an odd frown. Why wouldn't she react? Why wouldn't she remember?
She doesn't trust you. She will never trust you. Kill her before she kills you.
She ignored the voices. They always said those things, but she learned to live with them. They were right, though. It looked like Solara thought she was going to be killed.
She flicked her tail and sent another breeze, yet gentler this time.

[rubybeam]

A alteria flew high in the air enjoying the cold ait on it's cloudy wings, well until it once again feels the oversized ghost on it's back , it was light however making it unnodiceable if you ignore it's ghostly preasence. the bird looked down to see a group of mysterious pokemon, a slightly dark raicu hugging a krikitune ((sorry If I pronounced it wrong)) a dark fox thing with rabbit ears, a espoen, a houndoom and two pokemon she's never seen before. nereby there was a dark glacieon the alreria decided to hide in the sky seeing if they were okay to apperoach before to arrived to them.

[Azunara]

Solara stiffened. Without being controlled by the Dusk, a part of her was still screaming to not go. That she hadn't been herself, she had been tricked and corrupted and confused. Solara hissed irritably. It'd be better if she didn't have to deal with any of this at all.

((...Time to go poke a random number generator...))

[Magnakilro]

Chomp put a hand on Solara's back, "Glad to see you purple again....black is NOT your color!" he said with a chuckle.

[Moonlost]

Seventeen strode forward, a confident smirk on her face. She inclined her head at her alpha, tail held high, chest puffed up. She was proud, confident. She turned her head around and gave a small bark.

Three other pokemon strode forward to stand in-front of Scarab. The first was a Vaporion. Her sleek, water-resistant fur a deep, sickly-looking blue-green colour; her eyes red. A red collar circled her throat, less tight than the one on Seventeen. Her pose was low to the ground and a toothed grin adorned ehr face. Occasionally her long tail thrashed.
The next was a huge Arcanine, the only one of the three without a collar. The colours on his coat were revered: A black body with red stripes. The top of his left ear was missing, presumably bitten off when he joined the dusk. He held himself tall and proud; he had an air of nobility about him.
The last of the three was perhaps the most unusual. While the other two were fully evolved, powerful creatures, this one was a mere Poochyena. His fur was little changed from normal members of his species, if a little darker than the norm. He constantly twitched about, his ears swieling madly and his paws digging little trenches in the ground.

Seventeen sat before the three, her ears high and her tongue drooping out of her mouth. They were the best she could find, her pack with which to hunt down all those who stood in her Alpha's way, should they meet his approval.

((Yaaaay, character spam! Seventeen was getting a little lonely by herself XD ))

[Azunara]

Solara nodded. Could she really hurt these people? They had been friends, they still were. She had had their backs two years ago, and they had hers. Shadwyn would be a lot better at this decisive stuff. She was too cowardly to make a choice. She couldn't hurt them, but she couldn't hurt Summer, or Ghost either. So that meant running. Avoiding it all. It seemed like the safest answer, until she could figure it out.

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Dialga muttered darkly. He was such a coward. He couldn't stick it out to end the battle, he had to run. He'd make up for it though. They'd be in trouble as soon as he was fully rested. Soon.

[Saturo]

"I just came up with another one! What did one ocean say to the other? Nothing, they just waved! Hahah...", he said. "What? It makes sense for the Lord of Nightmares to know nightmarishly bad jokes!"

[Lupis]

Scarab looked over the three new Dusk. The Arcanine looked impressive, the Vaporeon ominous, and the Poochyena... Scruffy. He gave it a curious look.
"Thisss one ssstandss out," he rasped, gesturing at the Poochyena. "What isss itsss ssskill?" He had no doubt that Seventeen had chosen ones she found worthy, so something had to be special about the lame looking little beast.

Summer sighed to herself. Maybe Solara had forgotten. Crouching lower, she simply listened.

[Magnakilro]

Chomp looked at Solara, "Things seem to be going well....Your cured...Sparky seems to be getting cured....we now have reinforcements....Deoxys managed to find a way to cure the curse, as did Speck and Darkrai....we might actually be able to end this!"

[Azunara]

Solara was quiet, tail twitching.

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Speck cackled. "What did one knot say to the other? Wow, we're all tied up!" She then grew serious, adding, "Yeah, but our version's extremely dangerous, and tiring. I'd rather do it when needed, just not randomly. I got Infected cause of it. I'll be fine, but still. The sooner we end this, the better. The still have a huge force, and it grows daily..."

[rubybeam]

The alteria flew down it couldn't help it there was clean pokemon here, one's that weren't infected clean! she heard the ghost hiss at her "Marlo! what the hell do you think your doing bitch! what if they attack what are you going to do then!" marlo simply ignored the ghost hissing at her and continoued to fly down

[Kamalia]

"It'll still be a herculean task. You've seen how many Dusk there are... and every single one of them wants to tear our throats out." Molly rested her chin in her hands. "How would we be able to get to them without becoming one of them or getting killed?"
"Hmn?" Olivia looked up from her preening to see an Altaria. She blinked and tilted her head at her. "We've got company. But it doesn't look like the Dusk kind."