Dawn of the Blessing (Open RP) (Johto)

[Senna-Umbreon]

((Ahaha, Phantom totally deserves it! XD))

Ghost Girl, Phantom - Outside the Burned Tower

Ghost jumped into the air, rising to hover just above Solara. "Well, I suppose we should get going, huh?" She asked, pausing a little as she heard some murmurs amongst the Pokemon that still remained in the crowd. She narrowed her eyes at them, letting out a soft growl. "Call us "mutants" one more time, I dare you. It's not gonna earn you any favours, I'll tell you ahead of time." She said, ears pinned back in irritation. With a huff, she glanced between Sol, Veth and Blood Sleep. "Ugh, let's just get going."

Phantom turned his gaze from the crowd and the Pokemon flying above them to Venin, "What do you think, should we go with them?" He paused, before adding, "Honestly, I think I'd rather stay here myself..."

[HoneyShuckle]

Foresight, Blood sleep, Shadess-Burned tower

"I am going to stay here." Said Foresight. He could use a nap. Shadess gave him a little nod. "I'll be back. I have to make sure my daughter doesn't get herself hurt. We can catch up later." She dashed outside, and Foresight went and laid down in his corner, ears trained on Phantom and Venin just in case.

Blood sleep floated into the air. "I swear, you seem Familiar. Why do I know you again?" She asked Ghost. Her mother supplied the answer once she floated up to the group. "It's Ghost, Blood sleep. It's hard to believe you'd forget." "Really? That explains why she's familiar, but.. she didn't used to have wings. And if she was that size when the two of you met, I don't think those scars you have would be so.. harmless." Blood sleep's words made Shadess flinch back a little.

[TK-Hikaru13]

Steve, Luci, Cypress, Murkuro, Koishi and Kaname - Burned Tower

Steve watched the scene before him play out before turning his head towards the other members of the Troupe. "So...mind explaining why you've hidden out in a tower?" He asked. Kaname stepped towards the Gogoat.

"Murkuro, Koishi and I got attacked." She explained, hopping up onto Steve's back. "I don't know how they found out about Rocky being a delta, but they did. We barely got out of that battle with our skin intact." Steve growled under his breath.

"The more I learn of this Blessing, the less I like them." He growled, stomping his hind leg.

"Hey, everyone else seems to be leaving." Cypress pointed out. "Should we follow them?"

"No." Steve responded. "It seems to be between themselves. Let them work it out."

[Moonlost]

((Apologies in advance, Venin is getting all "Authority sucks"))

Venin - Burned Tower

The vaporeon leaned a little into her mate as he lay beside her, silently letting the big fuzzhead know that she appreciated the company, even if her focus was on the crowd ahead and the great big birddragonthing.
"You're familiar with the species?" She asked him as he called it a "Death Bird". She'd never seen anything like it, although it was easy to assume it was a legendary of some sort. Only legendaries and their ilk grew that large.
She did have to frown as the scene continued to fold out. Partly because the mob seemed to be a gaggle of unthinking morons who just parroted what they heard. Partly also the legendary himself. He seemed nice enough, in that he wasn't attempting to destroy everything and everyone around him. But he had that high and mighty attitude that all legendaries seemed to have, and commanded respect from the dumb people before him just because he was big and impressive looking and spoke in lavish, flowery words. Both of which were traits that Venin hated, all that posturing about felt ingenuine to her. Aside from being an overgrown death-turkey, what had he done to earn their attention and trust? And yet you know he was going to soak up all the praise for being able to disperse the crowd somewhat. Arsehole.

She stood up as the legendary turned to snap on her mate, tail lashing indignantly. Oh he did not just do the whole ignorant mortal thing on her mate. (and Sol too she supposed but she was a winged death psychic kitty she could take care of herself)
"Hey, fuck you!" She snapped back. "You come down here like you were farted out of Arceus' arsehole itself and expect us to know that you're not one of the death-turkeys out there that take lives for shits and giggles?"
Oh great, and now she noticed the Darkrai things there too. Just damn well Legendary party time all up in this place. At least the Ho-oh that the feathereons were working for had the good sense to leave before she got there and they decided to start bossing her around.
She snorted, before turning to Phantom as he spoke again, pointedly ignoring the overgrown sparrow as he began to lift off.
"What are we going to be able to do there?" She replied, her tone of voice still a little curt. "We don't know what we need to look for or what the place looked like before it got destroyed, and they got Mr. Red-and-Black to kill anything what attacks them. We can keep an eye on their tower while they go do their thing, and figure out what we need to do in regards to the six dumb things. If they need us they can damn well fly to us."

[Azunara]

Solara
Outside the Tower

She winced slightly as Venin started shouting. Okay. Looks like Venin hadn't changed a bit. Frankly, Solara didn't really want to be on the receiving end of the vaporeon's tirade, so she had already began winging her way, calling back, "It's best if we go." You know. Before the Crowd and Venin both decide to start yelling at them again. She didn't know if her ears could handle anymore yelling.

[Falcon]

((I'm sorry for posting so late, really crappy day and a panic attack to boot, so I'm still feeling a bit blech, I didn't mean to hold anything up...))

Vethrfolnir - Outside the Burned Tower

The Yveltal slowly closed his eyes at the Vaporeon's words, his beak clenching for a moment before he decided to try and apologize, although he had that sinking feeling that she wouldn't listen.

"I am sorry, I did not mean to offend you or your loved one, Miss," he said, turning his attention to Venin when she began yelling at him, and he bowed his head for a moment, adding emphasis to his apology. "It was not my intention to do so. I understand that not everyone here is comfortable with my presence, and I promise that once the matter at hand is dealt with, I will leave. I do not wish to upset you or anyone else further."

Yeah, that was also something else he was used to: 'mon who tended to jump to conclusions about him just because of what he was. Still, it always ended up slicing him to the bone, even though outwardly, he tried to keep himself from showing this.

"Agreed," he murmured in response to Solara when she spoke, though his voice was quieter than normal. "After you, Ladies."

Catharsis - Outside the Burned Tower

Catharsis gave vent to a quiet snarl, her narrowed eyes moving from Phantom to Venin. It was so tempting to throw that famous one thousand year curse that her species was known for at the damned catfish, but the Ninetales knew that right now wasn't a good time to pick a fight. One, part of the crowd was still present, two, Venin was a Water-type, and three, Catharsis still wasn't completely up to speed. Once Veth and the rest of his group had begun flying in the direction towards the ravaged Blessing camp, the kitsune began to slink off after them, careful to keep herself confined to the shadows and the forest's undergrowth.

[Moonlost]

Venin - Burned Tower

She had expected the Legendary to ignore her, maybe even to snap back with some retort. So she flicked her ears up to it as it apologised, legitimately surprised at the gesture. She did have to roll her eyes a little at how dramatic the thing was making this out to be. Oh, woe was him, he should leave because he dared to hurt someone's feelings, truly he is doomed to a life of solitude. Still, the apology was nice, she should say something about that. She allowed her fin ears to raise a little as she turned back to the bird.
"You ain't making me 'uncomfortable with your presence', Bigbird. Don't feel like you need to fly off just because I barked at you, I bark at everyone. Especially people who have a go at my Fuzzbum, even if he's adorable when he's fluffed up like that." She paused to turn her head and give a toothy grin to her mate then.
"I just got a bit of a kneejerk reaction to legendaries, most of the ones I've met are a bit up themselves and think that everyone should know who they are and respect every word they say just because they're legendaries. So, thanks for the apology, and sorry if that don't describe you." She finished, sitting down on her haunches.

[HoneyShuckle]

Shadess, Blood sleep- About to leave the burned tower area

The two Darkrai took off, white manes majestically flowing as if there was a strong breeze. "So. The blessing is it?" Shadess asked. "They always looked rather clean from a distance. But maybe that's just me. I highly doubt you'd hurt THEM, Ghost. Unless those wings of yours came at the price of some brain cells." "Be nice mom!" Blood sleep protested. "I'm not saying she's stupid, my dear." Came the response. "I don't think I ever have. Unless I was cursing in pain at the wounds she gave me."

[Senna-Umbreon]

((*Can't help but snort at Venin* Ohhhh Venin.. How you amuse me. <3))

Ghost Girl, Phantom - Outside the Burned Tower

Ghost simply turned and trailed after Solara, though she rolled her eyes a bit over Venin's yelling. What her brother liked about the venom-tongued Vaporeon was beyond her. But then, most things about her brother were. In a way, he was a mystery to her. An incredibly stupid mystery. Her ears flicked a little as she picked up what the Darkrais were saying, however, and she glanced at them. "Heh, the only reason I'd ever hurt someone is if they did something to my family. Which they haven't. Yet." The Wraitheon winced almost as soon as she said this though, "...Perhaps that was a poor choice of words. I mean, it's true, but..." She trailed off, giving Shadess a sheepish grin.

Phantom nodded, letting out a yawn. "Fine with me, really. You don't suppose they'll let me just.. you know, crash in their tower, do you?" He paused, "Nah, don't answer that. I'm gonna do it anyway. If Ghost wants to yell at me for sleeping in the tower when she gets back, then bah, let her. I'm tired." He turned and padded back into the tower itself, before unceremoniously flopping out on the floor.

[Falcon]

((Same, the post where she yelled at Veth had me giggling. XD Death-turkey! Sorry, Vethrfolnir!))

Vethrfolnir - Outside the Burned Tower

'... 'Bigbird'? That's.. a new one.' So was 'death-turkey', and had Vethrfolnir not been such a sensitive soul underneath his intimidating exterior, that second one honestly would've made him laugh.

"Thank you, Miss," he replied, dipping his head in Venin's direction. "And it is fine. I understand why some people would not approve of me trying to give aid."

As Solara and the others started to fly off, Veth turned to follow them at a safe distance, though not too far to keep him from catching bits and piece of the conversation between the two Darkrai. So, the Umbreon and the one named Shadess knew one another? That was... interesting, but it was also none of his business, so he decided against asking any questions, despite how curious he was.

[Azunara]

Solara
Above Ecruteak

Sol was in the same boat as Veth. She had no idea who the Darkrai were, but evidently Ghost knew one of them. Man, dying was rough. You missed a hell of a lot. Some days when Ghost was bothered by people of her past and Sol never knew who they were, she really felt that absence. Ghost hadn't been dead as long as Sol had, it wasn't as jarring for her to return. The wraitheon gave an irritated snort, stretching her wings further to gain extra speed, easily gliding ahead. It was none of her business.

So because she was flying ahead, Solara got to the camp first. And it was, true to the word of the crowd, completely ruined. The buildings and structures that had been there before were absolutely demolished. Bodies were strewn across the camp--some of them she had seen meandering the camp earlier. She pulled in her wings, diving to check out the wreckage, padding among the ruins. The others would catch up. She stopped at one corpse, becoming furious. Dammit! This sort of stuff wasn't supposed to happen! She was supposed to protect these people. And now they were all dead, and even if she hadn't done it herself, she felt like it was her fault.

[Moonlost]

Venin and the Dumb-Dumbs - Burned Tower

"Honestly that sounds like a damn good idea to me." Venin answered her mate as he began to pad away, stretching out with her forepaws. "I figure it's the least they can offer us while we keep an eye on this place and make sure it doesn't get burned... again."
As she opened her eyes, she swore she could see a figure slinking away in the shadows, but it passed by too quick for her to make out any details. She gave a brief shrug, then moved over to beside the larger eeveelution, rubbing herself against his head a little in a rather cat-like gesture.
"While there's nothing happening, I'm going to get the dumb-dumbs and bring them in before they catch a cold and die from it. No rest for the wicked, as they say. I'll make sure the Loudbull keeps quiet."

And with that said, she moved back towards the hole in which they had entered this place, slinking out to find her charges - and that other group too, come to think of it.

The Dumb-dumbs were actually not too far from Steve and the others, although at this point they were certainly huddled in their own small group, unsure about all these strangers. They were glad that the big, bird-dragon was gone, even if he was sorta nice in a way. They had nothing against him, they were just scared and tired and didn't know who to trust except for the group they had been travelling with. When they caught sight of Venin padding towards them, they practically mobbed her.

[Jurz]

Peter
Burned Tower

Peter returned to the outskirts of the Burned tower once he felt that his story would spread on its own. There was now a huge crowd bustling in front of it, and he heard some mentioning a Grovyle who lost his father to "mutants." He leaped down into the crowd, causing them to scatter then pool back together with him at the center. "It's true," he said solemnly, "I am the Grovyle who lost the only family he knew, the Reshiram that blessed him and was like a father. He was killed by a Zoroark/Gliscor hybrid, and hybrids, along with shinies, deltas, and probably even dusk-blooded, raided The Blessing's encampment. They kill mercilessly and are a danger, a threat."

The crowd yelled in agreement, "Yeah! We can't let their deeds go unpunished!" Pokemon started throwing attacks into the sky, and the rioting had begun.

[Falcon]

((I'm trying not to laugh at the mental image of Venin being swarmed by hybrids. XD And i'm just posting Veth for now, since Catharsis is still hidden within the shadows nearby.))

Vethrfolnir - Ravaged Blessing Camp

The Yveltal fell completely silent as he landed nearby, blue eyes wide as he slowly panned his gaze across the ravaged campsite. Here and there, sparks flew from damaged equipment, some bodies nearby having been charred to a blackened crisp. Vethrfolnir felt a shudder slip down his spine.

"Such a waste," he muttered softly to himself. "This is exactly why I try to use my abilities responsibly and not for the sake of senseless slaughter." He paused, falling silent again before he turned his gaze to Solara. "Should we bury them? Give them a proper resting place? I believe that would be best, but I'll leave it up to you and your compaions."

A deep sigh left him then, his gaze drifting to the ground for a moment in shame.

"I... also need to make a confession, even though this probably isn't the time nor the place, but I can't remain silent any longer. I... lied... when I said that I was just passing through. There is a reason why I'm here," the Dark/Flying Legend slowly returned his gaze to Solara, before he spoke again. "I am searching for someone. A Ninetales named Catharsis. She is my sole Champion, and my only friend."

'Who I failed to protect when she needed it the most...'

[HoneyShuckle]

Two generations of Darkrai- Decimated blessing camp

Shadess touched the scars Ghost had left her with as a gut reaction. "Right..." She muttered.

The two Darkrai touched down, carefully turning over pieces of rubble and examining the corpses. "I think they deserve something, at least." Blood sleep said quietly. "Some of them are so young... well, all of them are young compared to me." she chuckled a tiny bit, but then frowned at her own behavior. That wasn't how you should talk about the dead. Shadess picked up a piece of rubble and turned it over a few times. "Hm...."

[Azunara]

Solara
Ruined Blessing Camp

A determined look crossed her face, and the wraitheon's claws dug into the soil. "They should be buried. They all deserve proper funerals and closure. Whoever did this, I'll return it to them tenfold. None of them deserved this!" She roared, weak flames sputtering and guttering around her as night drew closer. They didn't catch anything, and the wraitheon seethed, drawing energy from the fading sun to heal a dead body already, knowing it'd do nothing. She eventually sank back, ears against her skull and wings drooped. She was brought back to do better.

Her ears pricked slightly at Veth's comment, and she turned her attention back to him. "A ninetales? Blessed by Yvetal? She was in my Tower. I didn't catch her name, but it sounds like her. She got startled when you appeared, I kept her company and tried to calm her down. She'll probably still be there. If you want to go back to her, I don't blame you. But I'm going to deal with these bodies first. That's--that's my job. I needed to protect them. I can give them a burial."

[TK-Hikaru13]

Steve, Luci, Cypress, Murkuro, Koishi, and Kaname - Burned Tower

Steve turned his head to see a Grovyle speaking with the crowd. Whatever he had said had an affect on them, for they soon became agressive. "Friends we have company." He warned. "Luci! Take Cypress and the children into the tower." He commanded, trotting over to the younger ones. "Children, follow Miss Luci she'll keep you safe." He whispered to them.

"Over here little ones!" Luci called, floating in the air near Cypress. Murkuro walked over towards Steve, standing next to him.

"I'm helping." She declared, gripping the bone in her hand tightly.

"You sure? You're one of the ones they want dead." Steve asked. Murkuro simply nodded. Kaname landed on Steve's back.

"M-Me too!" She cried. "I'm helping too." Steve looked to her, before turning his gaze to the mob.

"If they go for the children give them no quarter." He snarled.

[Moonlost]

Venin and the Dumb-dumbs, Blessing - Burned Tower

This time, Venin did allow her fur to stand on edge. Great, the second the big legendaries and their little servants left, the crowd decided to dive into an uproar again. All from a few words and one weirdly-white Grovyle. What was the bet that he was with the Bothering?
She nudged the six children with her snout towards Luci and Cypress, her expression deadly serious now. This was a mess and she knew it. She also knew that, for how annoying the "Dumb-dumbs" things had been, they in no way deserved death or whatever else this mob had planned.
"I'm gonna follow along behind to make sure they don't ambush them or find their way into the hole in the back." She said to the Gogoat, looking and nodding at him and his three companions - as odd of a bunch as they were. "I'll be back to help hold the front once they're inside and safe. Don't you lot go getting hurt, you hear me?"

With a swish of her finned tail, she nodded to the Vivillon and her larger companion. She was ready to go when they were.

The six young pokemon nodded in return to Steve, moving away from venin to crowd around Cypress and Luci. All were nervous and jittery, but not panicked beyond reason yet. The ice-Tauros looked back to the four remaining behind, calling out before leaving.
"T-t-they're just scared and t-tricked..." He said, stumbling over his words from nerves. "Don't h-hurt them too bad."

______

A couple more blessing agents slinked through the crowd, following Peter's orders. Incite chaos, fuel the fear, drive the people against the mutations.
"I once heard a Hybrid once killed his trainer!" One hissed. "Unstable creatures, torn to madness by their dual nature. It's only a matter of time before they lash out against us!"
"How do we know that we can trust those guarding the tower? What have they ever done for us? I hear they harbour dangerous criminals - even ex-dusk!"
"The Yvetal said that they'd look into matters-"
"So? He's a Yvetal! He probably destroyed the camp himself! He must be in cahoots with the Tower Pokemon!"
"Deltas are unstable, they can't control their other side. It's a sad thing, but perhaps it's best that they be put down. The Blessing would have known what to do."
"The Tower pokemon wanted us under their thumb! That's why they destroyed the Blessing Camp, so that we wouldn't have normal people watching over us!"
"I just want to be safe, is that so much to ask?"
"I won't have these freaks near my family!"
"Drive them out! If the Blessing isn't here to do it, we will!"

[Senna-Umbreon]

((Hey look, shit's going down. Yay! :D))

Ghost Girl - Ruined Blessing camp

Ghost winced as she landed near Solara. She stared around at the destroyed camp. Bodies strewn everywhere, some buried under rubble. She felt her felt stand on end as her gaze fell on some of the smaller bodies. "Arceus-damn it, some of them were practically children." She growled quietly, ears pinned back. She inched closer to the other Wraitheon beside her, the sight around them unnerving her. "I'll help you bury them, Sol." She added, before letting out a hiss, "Then we'll find who did this. And we'll destroy them for this. I swear to Arceus, we will destroy them."

--

Phantom - The Burned Tower

Just as he was about to drop off to sleep, the cries and angry yells from outside disturbed him. Letting out a groan, the Smoldereon hauled himself to his paws. "Damn it, can't I get some rest?!" He snarled, slowly padding back outside. His ears twitched at the yelling from the mob, picking up mentions of the Dusk. While he had been infected by the Dusk himself for a time, he'd never considered himself allied with them.. Even - actually especially - after he had evolved. But the fact that he was a Dusk-Evolved made his fur bristle at the mob's mention of the Dusk.

[TK-Hikaru13]

Steve, Luci, Cypress, Murkuro, Koishi and Kaname - Burned Tower

Steve turned his head to look at Venin. "We will be fine. Take care of yourself Venin." He said to her, a dissonant smile on his face. "Little one, I will not make promises, but I will try my best." He added to the Tauros.

"Follow us and keep calm. Horns and the others will protect us." Luci told the children, keeping her tone calm and even. Cypress looked over at Steve and the other two nervously, before turning and walking into the tower.

"Murkuro darling~ Try not to hurt yourself." Koishi said to the Marowak. Despite the luvdisc not even raising her voice, Murkuro heard her clearly. The Marowak nodded, twirling her bone threateningly.