Welcome to Gaia! ::

D:< Post bitches, or I kill all your first born sons.
I'm like the plague, but sexier.

(These characters are wearing Defense scarves: Morana, Veritas, Melissa
These characters are wearing Amulets of the Immortal: Morana, Hope, Suicune)


Incultyr ignored the chaos that surrounded him, except occassionally releasing a Dark Pulse to deter any vines from getting anywhere near him. He needed all the concentration he could muster.

He wasn't entirely sure if this would work. If not, he was going to die here, completely helpless and unable to fight off the plant matter. The thought spurred him on.

Of course, it wasn't all that bad of a thing. They do say that sometimes Pokemon evolve because of external stress. And there's plenty of that right now. It didn't take long before the ruins of Team Polaris's room was filled with the light of evolution.

I'm coming Morana.



Zora reappeared in the midst of Team Polaris.

"There's something in the Main Hall." The Umbreon hissed a warning as Team Polaris came to a halt. Morana almost expected as much. She hesitated for a moment, and then turned to her team.

"Veritas, I want you to lead the others to safety. Go back and find another exit. Crown, Skye, if you are able to I want you to to carry Chronicler and Acer at least to safety."

Morana remembers the horror of coming home only to find out about Crescendo's death. She won't see it happen again among those in her Team who does not fight. She could tell that whatever was attacking the guild was strong, and the entire palace was in danger.

"I'm coming back right away though." Veritas replied determined and Morana nodded.

"I'm counting on it...stay safe."

Chronicler and Crown didn't have any arguments, though both didn't seem very happy about leaving Morana behind, especially not having already left their co-captain. Veritas dashed off with them, blasting a vine out of their way with Icy Wind, leaving Morana and Zora together.

"How are your parents?" Up until now Morana had not allowed any fear to creep into her voice, but now it seemed to have finally all come loose. Her words were almost a plea, though she was confident in her siblings' abilities.

"They are fine." She confirmed, and both of them began to make their way towards the Main Hall. Whatever was happening, they had a duty to help.

More and more vines blocked their path as they got farther down the hall, but they tried to avoid fighting them if they could. Eventually they could no longer ignore or simply push the vines aside- they had to destroy them.

The task wasn't too bad, with Morana being fire type and Zora's sheer skill with weaving between reality and the shadow plane to avoid damage. The Houndoom destroyed one last thick vines before finally crossing the threshold from the West Wing into he Main hall.

The sight was an unnerving one, with the entire hall being filled with such a thick mass of vnes that Morana knew that this was the source.

"There's a Pokemon in the center there." Zora snarled, appearing beside Morana. The Houndoom was alarmed to hear a hint of trepidation in the Umbreon's voice. What could make Zora scared?

A Future Sight alerted Morana to a Vine whipping at high speeds towards her and she ducked under the attack. Zora deftly jumped out of the way, and both of them breathing a stream of fire as the vine reteated, its ends alit and shriveling from the heat.



"Hope, get Melissa out of here." Atra ordered the Jirachi the moment they got out of the door. "And send me to Mother's room."

Melissa opened her mouth to protest, but was cut off by Hope instead.

"I can't! Something's preventing pokemon from teleportating!" The Jirachi replied. The last time something like this happened, Atra's father had died.

"Damn it! Hope, just try to find the safest way out. I'm going to find mother!"

Before Melissa or the others with them could raise any objections, Atra turned back down the hall towards the Guildmaster's Chambers. Who did her mother have with her as guards again? Thanatos was gone. Did she keep Leonard with her? And ever since Pluto's medical team moved out to their own room, she wouldn't have the protection offered by Adme either...

A vine caught up to him and preoccupied as he was, Atra almost missed it. He stumbled over the vine as it slid across his path, tripping him. The Flareon landed on his feet, but was not quick enough to stop the vine from wrapping itself around his midsection, trying to squeeze the life out of him.

While a fairly troublesome attack for most, it wasn't really a problem for the Flareon, who simply jacked his body temperature as high as it could go, his fur bursting into flames, and the vine fell away a pile of ash. Atra continued down the hall, leaping over another vine until finally he broke down the door to the Guildmaster's quarters.

"Mom!?"

---

"No Hope, I'm not leaving. Something's going on and they need our help."

The Jirachi floated there, undecisive. She could feel the power emenating from the Main Hall. Whatever was there is dangerous. Pokemon will die. She should be getting Melissa and Zosee and Zero as far away from it as possible. She had explained this to them, and it had not detered any of them.

She had no right making this decision for them, and she can't abandon them either.

"Fine, but I am coming as well." She will try to save as many as she can. With a nod the four of them began down the hall, though most of the vines in this area have been put down already. Many other Teams afterall, had fought their way through the West Wing.

However, once they hit the main hall, well...all hell broke loose. Zero and Zosee caught sight of their family fighting a way off, but too many violent, murderous vines separated them.

Melissa immediated realized that in terms of offense, she was useless. She couldn't see where the enemy is, so her powders wouldn't work except to be a hindrance to her own guildmates. But what she could do was to provide support. She took out her Sunny Orb and attempted to activate it just before Zosee unleashed a stream of fire at the vines before her, doing her best to burn a path to her little sister and her daughter.

Zero covered their back as they pushed through the mass of plant matter, unleashing a constant flow of cold, icy air.

Katara stayed protectively over Melissa, slashing at any vines that got too near them, though her efforts were not needed as Hope kept a close eye on them all, working a strong and devastating Psychic attack that left many of the vines near them whithered and twitching.

They seemed to be attracting more attention from their enemy because of how fast they were breaking through the wall of vines for more seemed to coalese on their position, maybe as an ettmpt to kill them before they caused too much damage. When Zero saw this however, he was determined to keep them alive because he rather liked being alive thank you very much.

The Glaceon inhaled a large breath of air and blew it out in a wide arc, then angled it higher and higher until effectively there was a wall of frozen vines behind them that the rest of the vines found very difficult to penetrate.

The attack left Zero a bit weak, but he shook it off and caught up with Melissa and the other just as they reached Morana and Zora.


Suicune could feel the mass of power moving across the land. It was huge. And not just in physical size.

The Suicune had mainly been traveling across the land, doing what she always did and helping out from the shadows wherever she could. It was a troubled time and the Legendary was kept busy.

When she had felt the mass of power though, she could almost guess its destination before she confirmed it. The guild always attracted trouble. So Suicune made her way across the land. She had friends at the guild, and would be very sad to see the ones who had courageously summoned her once before to fall in battle.

When Suicune arrived at the scene, she couldn't really tell what was going on. Upon opening the main entrance to the palace, she was confronted with a wall of writhing vines that immediately went after her the moment the door was open.

Slight confused, and more than a little cautious, the Suicune released a beam of cold air that shimmered oddly in the air, freezin the vines where they stood. The Suicune then hurled her rather impressive bulk at them, shattering what she had frozen and sending the shards into the other unnaturally thick vines.

(Incultyr: Shadow Ball[2] = 2
Morana: Flamethrower[4] x2 = 8
Veritas: Icy Wind[3] x4 = 12
Zora: Shadow Force[2] = 2
Atra: Fire Spin[9] x2 = 18
Melissa: Used a Sunny Orb][8] = Failed to activate
Katara: Slash[5] = 5
Hope: Psychic[10] =10
Zosee: Flamethrower[7] x2 = 14
Zero: Ice Beam[10] x4 = 40 = Zero is ~amazing~
Suicune: Aurora Beam[3] x4 = 12
Total: 123 Vines destroyed)

~Aidan & Nadia~Kyle~Finian~Ein
55/55||55/55||65/65||65/65||65/65

"I would get us down there faster but something is blocking my Teleport."
Ein spoke; his voice laced with concern and irritation as the amassed team traveled as a whole with the singular goal in mind of getting themselves to the Main Hall hurried along the corridors of the guild. No one in particular made it clear to them that this ought to be their destination, but from the general commotion and sound of crumbling rock and all hell otherwise breaking loose in that direction it was safe to assume that there would be where they are most needed at the moment.
"You can't Teleport..."
Finian repeated with a bit of an accusing tone.
"Yes. That's what I said. There are forces acting here that I've never experienced before."
The Celebi justified.
"No. I mean you physically can't Teleport... I've never seen you Teleport."
"Shut up. If I were able to, I would be prevented from doing so at this moment from something other than my own inabilities."
"I'm not even going to-."
"I said shut up."
Polite conversation seemed to be a way to pass the time amongst the guild members as they sprinted about the hallways with utmost determination. The sickening sounds of battle seeming closer and closer with each passing moment and mixed in with loudly beating hearts and something that resembled the noise something sinister climbing through walls would make...? Something didn't seem right, but before any of Team Kusa could process that fact, a set of vicious vines shot from the nearest wall to the group and succeeded in separating both Aidan and Nadia from the pack. Strength was more common than not held in numbers but the duo were straggling behind to begin with before they found themselves faced with what was practically a wall of greenery; it wasn't their fault that they were significantly smaller and less apt in terms of keeping up with their canine and legendary companions.
"Go on. We'll catch up."
"Give your aid wherever it is needed"
The couplet of team owners gave their orders before they found themselves practically encapsulated by tendrils, cut off and even being forced to back away from the direction in which they were heading along with the rest of their team. The two Riolu not wishing to miss out in the action entirely each contributed a Fire Punch against that which blocked their way. Neither of their attempts seeming to do much against the sheer girth of the plant life while leaving themselves open to retaliation from the enemy.
Per request by their leaders, Kyle, Finian, and Ein soon reached the Main Hall, epicenter to all of this madness which was better justified with a visual now of what they were facing. The trio were firsthand witness and soon to get in on the experience of a scene of pure carnage. Fellow guildmembers pitted in battle which already gave the hint of being an utter loss on their part as other members found themselves victims to the vines that laced the entire room constricting anything that stood in their way. Oh, hey, look, here come a few now. Finian had no intention of becoming slave to those sickening tendrils any time soon; a focused Psycho Cut attack, generously powered up by a Psychic attack courtesy of Ein (As the Celebi found himself at a lack of anything better to use against such an enemy) satisfactory enough in the sense that it fended off a multitude of vines slithering along in the direction of the team. Kyle was soon to follow after managing to catch on to the gravity of the situation at hand, imminent death all around and whatnot, a Flamethrower from the Fire type quite possibly topping the others in terms of potency.

-28

Beatrice &&& Ailleen &&& Emily

15/15 15/15 15/15
Beatrice smiled at Riley. "Its ok. I understand giving the situation." The team followed MistMelody down the hall, Beatrice riding Ailleen like a horse. Emily had decided that she was going to protect Irilyss, and was running at her feet.

As the team reached the entrance hall, a vine shot out and grabbed Beatrice off of Ailleen. The tiny ralts struggled against the vines, but to no avail. She was trapped in the thicket. "Team! Get to safety!" Beatrice knew fully well that might mean leaving the hall and the guild, but her team member's lives were at stake.

The Vulpix gaped as Beatrice's weight was lifted from her. She tried an Inferno at the vines that were holding her team captain captive, but others shot out to block the fire attack. Ailleen shook her head in frustration at Beatrice's plea for the team to flee. "Beatrice, you know we won't do that!" Ailleen charged at the Torterra, but two vines lashed out and caught the Vulpix, flinging her up towards the cieling across the room from Beatrice.

Emily took a few steps back from her team members as they were caught by the vines. She lowered her head to her paws when she heard Beatrice's command. The Rattata shook her head unsteadily. "No.. Beatrice, I'm sorry... I'm staying here." The Rattata took a few steps back and charged. She darted through the thicket of vines, dodging when they lashed out towards her. Emily's teeth grew to an enormous size. She clamped down on the vines once, twice with Hyper Fang before jumping backwards in a double somersault. She retreated back towards Team MistMelody's line.

Emily: Hyper Fang [x2]= 8
{Do I only roll one die for Emily since Beatrice and Ailleen did the OC Meme?}

Imiti cleared the last of the vines, hacking it down with a psychic blade. A telekinetic blast cleared the no longer moving vines from their path, allowing them to proceed unhindered.

They didn't need to get very hard before their path was completely blocked by a wall of vines. Noises of battle could be heard on the other side, suggesting that their destination was beyond it. The best thing to do would be to get through the wall so that they could figure out what on earth was going on. With that in mind, Oliver pointed a hand at the wall and fired a small boulder of ice at it. It flattened and froze vines as it rolled over them, eventually coming to a stop about ten metres away.

There was now a path half the width of the hallway for them to go through, but they still couldn't see past the vines. Hoping to clear them, Chuck threw a fireball at the spot where Oliver's ice ball had just disappeared. Frozen vines shattered, unfrozen vines burned to scraps, and they could finally see into the main hall. The first thing they saw was the massive field of vines in front of them. The second was a Glaceon--Zero, was it?--letting loose a great burst of icy air. The third was the monstrous Torterra in the middle of it all.

"Oh my--"

Imiti: Used Psycho Cut, 4 damage, downed the last initial vine. 45/45
Oliver: Used Ice Ball, 8 x 4 = 32 vines down. 45/45
Chuck: Used Flame Burst, 6 x 2 = 12 vines down. 40/40

Total 44 damage, not counting Imiti's attack.

((Ver (6x2)- Flamethrower (12)
Freya (5)- Sunny Day, success
Flor (2x1)- Magical Leaf (2)
Alice (7x1)- Psychic (7)
Rufus (9x1)- Quick Attack (9)

((- 30 vines if I'm doing this right. Pardon the horrid posting, but I need to go out and I dunno if I'll beat Shawn back to be able to post later.))