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Nodding, I let Rala out of her ball and relayed Sub's instructions to her. Once she knew what she was to do, I let Luna out of her ball. But I had yet to train her so she immediately tackled my chest - her way of giving me a hug. "Luna, I need you to create a wall for me. Alternate between Reflect and Light Screen, and make it as strong as you can, okay?"

Luna cheered happily at my orders and focused on the area I pointed at. She used Reflect to shape the wall, then started alternating between Reflect and Light Screen, trying to fortify and strengthen it.

With Lt. Surge and Aile, Celesta made her way to the Ferris Wheel and hopped into an open seat, sparking a few times as she prepared to unleash her Electrical power.

Odd looked at Sub, a bit confused at first, after surveying the defensive line. "These guys are absolutely going to be destroyed without our help..." He realized quietly before speaking directly to Sub. "I... don't think I was around for that, was I?" The Channeler questioned his memory but listened to Sub's plan and nodded afterward. "Either I was or I wasn't but regardless, I'll do the best I can." He offered, tossing out a few Pokeballs.

Releasing Adagio and Thing, he looked at the two and pointed at the bridge. "Create an Embargo Gate on this side of the bridge. Anyone or anything that comes through there needs have any kind of modifiers they might have access to cut off for a while.

Releasing Refrain, he indicated the bridge there as well. "Quash. I want you putting as much pressure as you can into the same place as these two form that gate."

Tossing out Fermata's ball as well, he indicated the bridge to him as well. "Anyone who manages to avoid the Embargo Gate or the Quash field, hit them with Spirit Shackle. I want as many of them as possible pinned down." He told the Decidueye.

"You-hoo, got it sir!" Fermata replied, saluting with one wing as he ran toward a tree behind him and jumped up to perch in it's higher branches, situating himself to get a good view. Thankfully his Prism Pokeblock induced coloration didn't make him stand out and, in fact, seemed to help him hide in the shadows better.

For his final act, Odd released Cadenza. "We're going to be dancing with Death again, buddy."

~When are we not?~ Cadenza asked via their spiritual bond.

"Good point. But this time there are higher stakes than the two of us." Odd replied. "We need to keep as many of these people safe as we can." Nodding to Cadenza, the Channeler felt a spiritual nod back. The human and Pokemon halves of the Channeling combo stood back to back on the beach and, drawing Wraith Harvest from his waist, Odd felt the flow of energy between them spark up stronger. "Whatever you need to do with that thing, now's the time to do it." He told Sub as he began to conjure up the largest Guardian Halo he had ever mustered. The signs were there as a thin ring of silver energy began to expand outward from him, growing outward continuously. Without the Chi Converter, it would only be able to cover a few yards but once Sub activated the device, the ring would grow thicker, more substantial and more tangible, expanding even further until it had engulfed most of the beach where the defenses had alighted. From the silver ring, a papery veil of white spread out in a shimmering bubble, rising into the sky to defend those inside from above while simultaneously delving beneath the waves and the soil to protect from beneath. "Be mindful this thing's got weaknesses just like Wonder Guard does. If they attack with Ghost- or Dark-type energy, I won't be able to stop it. " He warned Sub, already showing signs of strain. This was obviously stressful for the Channeler.

While Odd's Guardian Halo was growing, the Nimbasa end of the Drawbridge saw itself with an array of glowing purple chains sprouting out of nothingness with various locks of assorted styles scattered across them as the dual Embargo took effect. In around the same area, the air took on a slightly sinister but not visible aura as Refrain's Quash began to pressurize the area.

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Wren had been thinking about how the best way to get to the other side of the bridge would be when Darts mentioned the stony outcropping to the North(ish). "I have no method of flight on hand. My only Pokemon capable of flying are hard at work with my company back home and they're not used for battle." He told the Dragon Tin Man. "That said, if anyone's got a way for me to make my way back down, I'll be glad to oblige the offer."

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On the far shore, North of Driftveil City, Lykas finally recalled Furor, noticing the small amount of smoke that was starting to rise into the sky. "We have to work fast!" He decided as he looked at his two Water-types drowsing in the nearby shallows. "Back to work, girls!" He told the pair. "Just like last time. Cordelia, use Rock Tomb. Make those pillars as tall as you can! Naiad, make the biggest Rock Blast you can manage and fill int he cracks!" He directed. He'd wait until they were done with any given section before calling Lux back out again and, as soon as he was able, he'd issue the command for the Quilava to use Eruption rather than Lava Plume this time. With near-volcanic levels of seismic activity, the ground burst open and spewed gout of liquid flame and melted stone atop the wall his partners built. With any luck, he'd finish before the Flares figured it out and would have his Pokemon back in their respective Balls and be heading toward Nimbasa through the sea channel between the two towns long before Flare came to investigate.

Rhyme recognized Aile, hurrying over to where the other stood. Pokemon following behind their trainer, she nods and loads up her Pokemon, affectionately petting them. The Jolteon took one car with others, the Shinx and Dedenne taking one together.

Rhyme reluctantly got in a cart, but the one she had held a broken doorway.

[What will you do...?] Zekrom spoke almost amused, the sass dripping. “Stop being sassy...” she murmured to the scoff after, climbing out quickly before it moved. “If that goes awry....we all could get hurt. Let me help down here. I can help attract and redirect things....”

Did it before, could do it again, right...?

Nalu would look at Aile for a moment before giving a quick nod and beginning to float off towards the ferris wheel car. Sparks would glare at her for a moment, doing his best to try and intimidate a woman who he could barely clear the knee of, when a large surfboard of a tail slapped him from behind and sent him flying into the empty ferris wheel car. Nodding apologetically at Aile, Nalu would float back into his own ferris wheel car to begin powering the thing.

"You should know by now Blizz." Darts says, with a grin underneath his crest. "My plans always go off without a hitch." He nods towards Wren. "If nothing else I'll carry you down." The group approaches the outcropping of rocks, winding upwards towards the hills off in the distance. "I'd advocate climbing." Darts says, moving his gilt hands to the rocks and beginning to haul himself up. "Teleportation tends to be a bit of a give away... and the last thing we need to do is be seen when this army shows up-" The Giratina hybrid would be cut off as the air fills with the sudden roar of firepower.



The Snagem's musings would be cut off as the first volley of shells fill the air, the familiar bright red tanks suddenly visible on the opposite side of the bridge fill the air with an enormous cavalcade of armor-piercing shells. They bounce off the Reflects and Light Screens and become absorbed by the Guardian Halo, obscuring the tanks and the bridge in an enormous cloud of smoke as the defenses hold against the first volley of shells. There's clanging and screams from the front of the bridge as the first wave of grunts hit the Spirit Shackles behind the cloud of fog, but from the silhouettes moving underneath the fog there were more Flare Grunts coming. A lot more. There's an odd whirring sound before a handful of the Team Flare special Inkay come flying across the field of battle, launched by some kind of apparatus. They land on the other side of the barriers and launch Topsy-Turvy in all directions including at Odd, trying to break his concentration on the Halo.



The buzz in the air noticeably increases, Pelipper's storm rolling in a thick sheen of clouds over the sky. Anyone with hair on their skin would feel it stand up straight as the voltage in the area increases exponentially with each crank of the ferris wheel. "Keep her going!" Surge shouts up to the electric Pokemon encouragingly as he checks a meter at the base of the wheel. "50% there!"

Rhyme would probably be the only one to notice it from her position (Maybe Aile would too if she looked at the sky.), but there was another thunderhead that would come rolling in from a direction neither off towards the fighting nor from the town that mixed with the Pelipper's, swirling and butting up against the Drizzle almost in direct opposition to the storm. Lightning crackles high up in the atmosphere, jumping from cloud to cloud as rain pitter-patters down throwing dangerous looking sparks off the surface of the highly conductive wheel, rigged up to be even more conductive.

Also, they're all on a ferris wheel whee!



The wall was impressive, jutting out of the earth like a monolith to masonry. Lykas still had not seen a Flare army on the move, so it looked like he was going to be making his escape scott-free.



The 'Flare spy' seemed to be in the midst of wrecking a good portion of the town with an Earthquake, a few of the remaining occupants inside screaming as the earth shifts and twists at Arkelos' command to try and fling at the pursuing Growlithe. Unfortunately for him, one of the nearby buildings was obviously not up to code, its foundation crumbling to dust as it wavers before toppling over towards him. The screams coming from inside the domestic domicile were probably pretty distracting too as the enormous building begins falling in the direction of him and his Pokemon contending with the Growlithe, who smartly turn tail and begin running in the opposite direction.

Granite would try their best to continue keeping Reflect and Light Screen up, hoping that Luna would still be able to do the same. As the shells bounced off them, it was the most the Carbink could do in the situation.

Gale would try to scout as well as she could, the Pidgeot's keen eyes allowing her to maintain some vision through the smoke and fog, seeing the throng of grunts coming through, to say nothing about the even larger throng of Inkay. Rala would be able to discover the findings as well, through the telepathic link between the two Pokemon. Otherwise, she'd stay within the thick of the fog, working to stay out of sight and keep an eye on the battlefield at large.

Though Fury barely had time to do anything about the trench digging, she'd start digging in a way that slowly, but surely brought her closer to the action. Out of anyone digging, the Kangaskhan felt she could fight proper if it came to it. At least, she had a good shot at defending within the trenches.

Upon seeing the Inkay, Amaranth took a deep breath and finally let Breeze out. But, in an effort to try and avoid infecting anyone, she'd make sure to keep the Togekiss at her side. "Breeze, Air Slash! Just, take it a little easy." She would soon learn that while Breeze was willing to listen, perhaps through a brief moment of clarity, easy was not what she was prone to do. The Air Slash she'd unleash was harsh and wild, and wasn't terribly picky about what was in range apart from maybe the throng of Inkay.



Except for Pelipper. She was assuredly not on the ferris wheel that looked like a rotating death trap at this point, and no amount of happy carnival music on the world was going to convince her that riding on it was going to be a fun time right now. If anything, she seemed to be apprehensive as the lightning crackled and another thunderhead seemed to come from somewhere that wasn't where it should be coming from, her panicked cries drowned out by the music and brewing storms.

As Flare arrived and the Inkay flew Sub would take out his SNAG and attempt to activate the surprise he set up for Flare but alas it did not work for whatever reason. Instead he decided to just resign himself to dealing with what was in front of him. The man would order Monstressor to summon forth a Sandstorm around them and Auguste to conjure up a Stealth Rock. While it would be difficult for the Snagems and non-Ground/Rock/Steel types inside to bear the storm it was a decent defensive measure in a pinch. Lastly, after putting on his Go-Goggles, he released Gardy, cutting off her inane ramblings and ordering a Synchronoise, the Gardevoir letting out a Psychic empowered horrible song to harm only those who were the same type as herself in the general vicinity of Sub and Odd, thus the other Psychics and Fairies on the Snagem side too far away to be harmed.