Dawn of the Blessing (Open RP) (Johto)

[HoneyShuckle]

Darknamic duo- Devastructed blessing camp

"I'll help too." Blood sleep said. "You're both right. They didn't deserve this..." 'you know, probably. Most likely. It's a little hard to tell when you didn't know them.' She thought to herself. "Are you going to give every single one their own grave?" Asked Shadess, very slightly skeptically. Blood sleep glanced at her mother. "As a best case, yes. It depends on how much time we want to put into this." Shadess paused, then turned. "I'll find some rocks to mark then. I'm not one for digging." She faded, leaving her daughter with... practically strangers. The younger Darkrai glanced at the others. "Where do we start?"

Foresight- Burned tower

This day just simply would not end. There were plenty of loud calls and shouts from outside the building now, and what he could hear about what they were saying sent shivers down his spine. They were similar to what some people had shouted at him in his first life. Shouting that things were bad. He stood and cautiously made his way to the doorway, ears a little bit back. He didn't have a very good feeling about this.

[Azunara]

Solara, Kalina
Ruined Blessing Camp

Solara set to work trying to begin digging, summoning a small orb of sunlight that strengthened her psychic powers and allowed her to move the dirt more easily. She didn't really speak as she set to work. She simply used her powers to gouge deep scars in the earth--nothing pretty or fancy, but it'd be enough to bury a body in and protect them from scavengers. As she slowly made her way around the camp, she paused, ears pricked. Something was moving among the rubble. She could hear it. Maybe there were survivors after all? She didn't want to let herself be too hopeful--besides, they could have been the attackers, coming to see their work. Her fur bristled and she bared her teeth.

"Sssh!" The small eevee hissed, even as she slipped on some of the rubble and caused it to slip and make noise. She had seen newcomers arrive to the camp, and she wasn't quite sure what to make of them. She stood close to Ladon, ears against her skull. They had been lucky. The assassins that had ripped through the camp had missed two small deltas, lost in the ward where they kept other 'mutant' species. But now there were people here that Kalina didn't recognize, and if they were Blessing...She puffed herself up, a tiny, squeaky hiss coming from her.

[Senna-Umbreon]

Ghost Girl, Ladon - Ruined Blessing camp

The other Wraitheon had set to work herself, using her paws to dig decently sized holes in the dirt. She was slower than Sol was at it, as she lacked the advantage of psychic powers to do the digging for her. But she didn't mind. Burying these poor Pokemon was worth getting her paws covered in dirt. As she worked, she was vaguely aware of the sound of skittering nearby in the rubble. Survivors, perhaps? As she took notice of Sol's reaction to the noise, she turned, her gaze resting on where the sound had come from. While the likelihood was survivors was.. Not very good, she let herself feel hopeful for the possibility. Maybe, just maybe, someone had survived.

Ladon remained close to his sister, though he desperately wanted to get a decent look at the Pokemon in the middle of the ruined camp. He was curious, admittedly. The things with wings looked really weird. Too weird to be with the Blessing, right? That's what he figured, anyway. He began to creep forwards, trying to get a better view of them, but he slipped on the rubble and came tumbling out of their hiding spot, letting out a squeak as he landed flat on his face.

[Falcon]

((Hopefully this'll allow the Johto thread to gain more pages as well in order to better catch up to the Unova thread somewhat.))

Vethrfolnir - Ravaged Blessing Camp

"You're caring for her?" He murmured, taken aback by Solara's words. When everyone began working on burying the dead, the Yveltal closed his eyes in a gesture of gratefulness before he, too, set to work, hoping that with him helping, it would go faster.

At the sounds, the Legendary raised his head, brow furrowed when he saw a... somewhat scaly Eevee(?) come tumbling into view.

"It is good to see that there is still a spark of life amongst the destruction," he said softly, keeping his attention upon the little Pokemon before he lowered himself to the ground, hoping that it wouldn't just take one look at him and run shrieking off into the evening.

Catharsis - Within the nearby shadows --> Outside the Burned Tower

The Ninetales remained silent, a genuine smile crossing her muzzle as she watched them. She wasn't yet ready to reveal herself, and so, quietly, she turned and began to head back towards the Tower. As she drew closer; however, the sounds of rioting and combat caught her attention, causing a snarl to form upon Catharsis's muzzle.

Keeping to the shadows, the kitsune slowed her pace as she drew closer to the Tower, and her eyes narrowed into slits upon seeing a certain Reshiram-Blessed Grovyle.

'I guessed as much,' she thought angrily, moving as close as she could to where she would be able to get a clear shot at Peter, before she summoned a ball of purplish-blue fire, and sent it hurtling towards the Grovyle with a flick of a tail. 'It's about damn time I quit.'

Catharsis used Will-o-wisp!

[HoneyShuckle]

Blood sleep-sdrawkcab pmac gnisselb deyortsed

Blood sleep carefully started putting the bodies into the holes. She had to be this careful, because some of them were.... already in a bad enough state without being moved. After moving just a few of them into the holes her hands were covered in blood and dirt, and she hadn't even gotten to some of the larger pokemon yet. Her attention shifted however when there was sounds near some rubble. Could that possibly be... that someone survived the massacre? She cautiously lay a Slurpuff into one of the holes, the sticky creature not improving her hand predicament, then turned toward where a eevee seemed to be tumbling out of the wreckage.

[Azunara]

Solara, Kalina
Blessing Camp

Kalina's hissing grew louder and she popped out from behind her hiding spot, calling out quietly, "Ladon!" She blinked at the sight of Veth, and remained puff up and watching him carefully. If the big weird pokemon was gonna eat her brother, then she'd have to stop him! Solara looked at the two, a slight grin on her face. "There are actual survivors. It's not much, but someone made it out of this mess alive! Hey, calm down. We're not gonna hurt you, we're here to help. My name is Solara."

The small poison delta frowned at the sight of Solara, scooting closer to stand by her brother and try and help him up. "I'm Kalina, and this is my brother Ladon. Are...are you not with the Blessing, then?"

[Senna-Umbreon]

((*Snorts* Honey, you and your silly location descriptions sometimes.. XD))

Ghost Girl, Ladon - Ruined Blessing camp

Ghost couldn't help but snort a little in amusement as the little Eevee came tumbling out of hiding. Well, that was quite the entrance. From the look of the little thing, he.. Appeared to be less than normal. Green fur was not exactly normal for Eevees, and neither were what looked to be patches of golden scales along his body. When another Eevee, who also seemed to have scales, joined him, Ghost grinned. Deltas maybe? They didn't seem like hybrids, so Deltas made sense. "Sol's right. We're not gonna hurt you. I mean, yeah, Sol does look a little scary, but trust me, she's just a big softie. You're safe with us." She paused at Kalina's question, "And not a chance. Trust me, we're not with the Blessing."

Ladon scrambled up, his fur fluffed up as he skittered closer to Kalina. He had wanted a closer look at these Pokemon, but not this close! And he had to admit, they were.. A lot more intimidating up close. However when the winged.. Things spoke, he relaxed a little. They seemed friendly enough. And the apparent confirmation that they weren't with the Blessing made him perk up even more. Breaking away from his sister, he darted over to Ghost and Solara, grinning. "You guys look really cool! What are you?"

[HoneyShuckle]

Blood sleep- Blessing camp

Blood sleep came up to see the survivors. Two Eevee? Odd Eevee too. But they did look oddly adorable, if a little worse for wear and scared. Children? "Hello~" She said as she came up and raised a hand to wave, only to see it and remember... that she's coated in blood. She blushed and hid her hands behind her back, although that did absolutely nothing to hide the streaks of blood on her torso. "Heheheh.... I.... My name has nothing to do with-... I'm just going to.... go back and... yeeeaaahhh..." She faded out of embarrassment, and went back to burying the dead. Her mother was taking a little while though...

[Jurz]

Peter
Burned Tower

Perfect Peter thought. The rioting will start here, and soon spread to the towns and cities where I told my tale. It won't be long until war is upon us and, eventually, purification. Peter turned, preparing to have the crowd raid the tower, then he was hit my a ball of purple fire, knocking him back and onto the ground. Even though he was blessed by a Reshiram, the fire still burned him. He looked towards the direction the fireball came from. "Ranger," he growled, a warmth rising from his belly. He staggered to his feet and sighed, trying to calm himself. Rage, the one emotion The Blessing couldn't purge from him. They assumed it was due to the hatred he felt after witnessing the murder of the only family he ever knew. "Raid the tower!" Peter cried, "Kill all who are impure!" He then glared at Catharsis and released the rising flame from his belly.

Peter used Flamethrower!

[Falcon]

Vethrfolnir - Ravaged Blessing Camp

Vethrfolnir felt himself wishing he could physically smile when yet a second Eevee appeared. 'I guess these make Eeveelutions Six and Seven,' he thought, trying to cheer himself up even a little. Hopefully there would be more. When they began speaking to both Wraitheons, the Yveltal knew that it was time to return to the task at hand. He was careful in his work, gently handling the bodies as he placed them into their impromptu graves, murmuring little prayers before he would carefully cover them, and use whatever he could find from the wreckage itself as markers, until he could find proper stones for them.

He felt his heart clench as he moved to bury a corpse of a Vulpix, whose fur was golden instead of the normal reddish-brown, and the Yveltal felt himself falter as he braced himself against the ground with his wings, tears beginning to slip unbidden down his face.

"I'm... sorry..." He whispered, not caring if the others heard or saw him. He was too overcome by guilt to care about trying to keep his composure any longer. "I.... Catharsis, I'm so sorry..."

Catharsis - Outside the Burned Tower

"Asassin," the Yveltal-Blessed kitsune hissed, tails lashing behind her. "How dare you! If anyone here is 'impure', it's you and your damned organization!"

When she saw the Flamethrower heading for her, Catharsis didn't even bother to move. Unlike Peter, the Ninetales was a natural Fire-type, and while it still hurt somewhat, the Champion allowed a toothy grin to spread across her maw as she narrowed her eyes at him, amused that he apparently knew nothing about her innate ability. She now felt stronger, like she could incinerate anything!

Catharsis inhaled, tilting her head back as she allowed the fire within her to gather, before she snapped her head forward and exhaled a strong string of red-orange fire towards Peter.

Catharsis's Ability: Flash Fire!
Catharsis used Inferno!

[Azunara]

Solara, Kalina
Ruined Camp

"I am not a softie." Solara protested, but she turned her attention back to the eevees. "We're trying to find out more about the Blessing. If they're causing trouble, we'll stop them." She paused slightly, then frowned. "Do you know what happened here?" She asked.

Kalina was still fluffed up, a serious expression on her face. She was a bit startled by Blood Sleep, but the darkrai was more or less gone before Kalina could even flinch. When she heard Sol's question, she began talking, "There were a bunch of pokemon. They started attacking and stuff, and we decided to run. They tried to catch us in our cages, but we're faster and hid. I suppose the fact I bit one helped." She grinned widely at that. "They started yowling and running. But they were killing everybody and destroying stuff. I heard they were going to go after another camp, and this mean looking persian sent some pokemon to start shrieking about how these scary pokemon in a Tower killed everybody. Maybe Ladon can tell you more."

[TK-Hikaru13]

Steve, Murkuro and Kaname - Outside Burned Tower

"Not on my watch!" Steve cried, pounding his front hoof on the ground as he lowered his horns in a show of aggression. He hoped this would be enough to scare away some of the more cowardly ones. Murkuro twirled her bone club threateningly.

"Back off." Murkuro snarled, wishing someone would charge to give her an excuse to fight.

The three were ready for whatever decided to come their way.

Luci, Cypress, Koishi and the dumb dumbs - Inside Burned Tower

"Come on everyone!" Luci called, leading her group deeper inside. The six followed her and Cypress. Koishi fluttered around behind the group, making sure no one followed them.

"Not much longer now..." Luci told everyone. "Cypress stop!" She called. The Venusaur stopped, and with him the young ones. "Koishi now!" Luci called. Koishi nodded, closing her eyes as a sheet of energy surrounded herself and the group. Meanwhile, Luci summoned a similar sheet, differently colored.

Koishi used Protect!

Luci used Light Screen!

[Senna-Umbreon]

Phantom, Pokemon in the angry mob - The Burned Tower

Phantom let out a snarl, glaring at the angry mob of Pokemon. "I DARE you to try and kill me." He growled, his flames alighting as he faced them. If they wanted to attack him, then let them. A Purugly amongst the crowd hissed, yelling something about "Dusk-spawn" as it leaped at Phantom, shadow cloaking its paws.

Purugly used Shadow Claw!

The Smoldereon fell back, wincing as the cat's claws raked one of his legs. With a snarl, he breathed a stream of flames at it, causing it to recoil with a pained hiss.

Phantom used Flamethrower!

As the Dusk-Evolved retaliated, the crowd grew even most hostile, more moving towards Phantom, while others hissed and growled at the trio of Steve, Kurkuro and Kaname. At one point, a Primeape moved from the group, lashing out at Steve.

Primeape used Close Combat!

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Ghost Girl, Ladon - Ruined Blessing camp

"Nah, that's all I really know too." Ladon added, swishing his tail. "Do you know who the Persian was talking about, anyway?" He asked, glancing between the two winged things.

Ghost let out a heavy sigh, tails lashing. "A Persian?" She asked, then paused, "...Wait a second." She turned to Solara, "Unless I'm missing something, this is starting to sound like this is that Persian's doing, and we're just being blamed for it, don't you think?"

[HoneyShuckle]

Blood sleep, Shadess- Ruins which will become a graveyard

Shadess came back with and armful of decently sized Rocks. "I thought these should work for some grave markers." She said, dropping them to the ground. She saw the yveltal use some pieces of rubble as grave markers, and began to wonder if retrieving rocks when they were surrounded by rubble was rather pointless. Regardless, she started to mark filled in graves, the soft earth compacting wherever she placed a rock. As blood sleep dragged a.... What was this? A hippowdon/metapod? Into one of the graves. Giving a little wince at how rough she had to handle it to do so. This might take all night.

[Falcon]

((A Hippowdon/Metapod mix, now THAT is the most random Hybrid EVER. XD))

Vethrfolnir - Impromptu Graveyard

The Yveltal shook his head hard, pulling himself together, but, damn it, the little kitsune reminded him of his Champion. Casting one last glance down at the body, Veth carefully moved to fill in the grave, his attention moving to Shadess when she returned.

"They'll do well," he said, his voice thick from his earlier breakdown. "I was merely, ah, improvising. Stones would serve a better purpose than a grim reminder of what happened."

He pondered mentioning the stones of Geosenge Town back in Kalos, but decided against it in the end, knowing that now wasn't exactly the right time to share the lore of his home region. He blinked when he caught the tail end of the conversation between the Wraitheons and the two little Eevee Deltas, but before he could stop himself, his question had come flying out of his beak.

"What Persian?"

[Jurz]

(Sorry if I was holding anything up! I went to see a DBZ movie at my theater. I'm just going to post for Peter for now.)

Peter
Burned Tower

Peter cursed his anger for making him forget that Carthasis is really a Blessed Ninetales. He got on all fours and jumped out of the fire's line sight, but even with his immense speed he wasn't able to fully dodge an attack in close quarters and it singed his tail causing him to flinch and stumble. He got back on his hind legs and barked a meteor looking ball of fire towards the sky which then burst in mid-air. Many meteor looking fire balls plummeted down to the tower.

Peter used Draco Meteor!

[Azunara]

((Sol's gonna be pissed if you break her tower))

Solara
Ruined Camp

Solara frowned. "So we were set up. That bastard." She looked over as Veth chipped in, replying, "He called himself some sort of Emissary. He wanted to get all the refugees we had in our Tower, but we told him no. Forrestal took them safely away from here, Blessing won't be able to get their claws on 'em. I just hope they haven't caught word of him yet. But if that Emissary did this and is pinning the blame on us? Oh, I am going to skin him."

[Falcon]

Catharsis - Outside the Burned Tower

The Ninetales snarled when the Reshiram-Blessed Grovyle called down a meteor shower. Damn, this was going south, and quickly. Catharsis concentrated, fading from sight completely, gathering the power of the shadows around her before, with a feral shriek, she leapt towards Peter, aiming to rend him with her claws.

Catharsis used Phantom Force! ((*coughcough!*Thanks,Yveltal!*cough!*))

Vethrfolnir - Ravaged Blessing Camp

"That was a noble thing you did," Veth replied, shifting his wings a bit before he glanced back towards the direction of the Tower. "Who knows, he may have used this as an opportunity to launch an attack. We should go back..." He trailed off, pausing to look around at the graves before he spoke again, quietly. "There is nothing more we can do here."

[HoneyShuckle]

Shadess, Blood sleep- Former blessing camp

"But there are still more to be buried!" Said Blood sleep. "If there's a battle about to be fought, or otherwise, it can wait." Said Shadess, glancing back the way they had come. "Besides. Some of the bodies are too far under rubble to be properly buried. We should stop while we're ahead." Blood sleep glanced at all the graves they had to dig. So many deaths. The dark legendary sighed. "Right...."

Forsight, burned tower

Fighting. This was bad. He heard Phantom go for the attack, and there were more noises from around the tower in general. In the fight outside, it would be hard to distinguish friend from foe. If only Ghost and sol were back, then he could support them, and things would be alright. He heard many flames, and, for safety, decided to lessen what they could do, in case they were a foe's. He called upon clouds, drops starting to fall from the sky.

foresight used rain dance!

[Azunara]

Solara
Ruined Camp

"We could split up," Solara suggested. Getting away from this death site would be better for her, already she was beginning to feel twitchy and angry, like she could tear something apart. If there was a fight, she relished it, nightfall or not. "Veth, me, and one of you Darkrai can go back, check it out. Everyone else can hold down the fort here, finishing the burials. If nothing is happening back at the Tower, we'll come back. That's--" She paused, seeing something in the sky. Meteors. There was definitely something happening.