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Aybliss was glad the winds were dying down. Wait...WHAT?!? FLUFFY----he growled.

"Its Aybliss lizard breath!" he hissed, not a fan of being called Fluffybut at all. He also caught the scent of others, friend or foe he would know soon as he went ahead of the other male. Showing a good view of said "fluffybutt". He let his tail thwack the male in the head for good measure before crawling to a fallen log and hiding at its side. He looked at the other male, "Proper introduction. Hi..Aybliss the zoura. You are?"


What's this? Aybliss seems to have found a potion half hidden under the log! In the main shop thread please RNG 1-3 to determine potion rarity, then using the list on the first post, RNG the proper #'s to determine which potion he just found. Be sure to mention this in your next post!

Escher's eyes lifted, staring off to the foliage that the group entered through just a moment later. Venka looked to them as soon as they entered the area. They both sensed the other Legendaries before they'd arrived, but it was still a surprise to see them in a state similar to their own. Their shock was evident on their faces, regardless.

Venka couldn't help but chuckle at Holly's reaction to more people showing up. "I believe ve are in the company of friends, young one." She placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and looked back to the group. "Greetings. I am assuming you have felt that something is amiss and that's vhy you have come as vell?" Venka looked directly at Phee while asking the question, but seemed to address everyone.

"We are still quite a ways off yet." Escher rubbed his temples with a hand, the fatigue weighing on him heavily. "We need to press onward."

The Victini girl frowned at the downed Palkia, "Ve cannot until you're vell enough to move." She spun to look to the newest arrivals, a thought in her mind. "You do not happen to have something that could help, do you?"

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Jormungandr opened his mouth to speak of his original plans when something came flying out of nowhere.

"ARGH!" Jor let out a howl of pain as the bottle pelted him in the head. One hand came swiftly to his bruising forehead as the other bolted out and caught the bottle before it tumbled into the abyss of mayhem below. He snarled, rubbing the spot of impact, bringing the bottle closer for inspection. "I'm fine!" He waved Nidhogg's fretting hands away as he tried to look at the bottle. He rolled it around, taking in the strange markings on the glass. "I do not recognize any of this writing." His face crinkled into a grimace and he pocketed the bottle in his robes. "I'll have to do further research on this later, there are more important matters at hand." He growled again and

"I see they've resulted to disrespecting their betters!" Jor put his fingertips together, pointing at his brother with them. "I do believe that we need to go teach those old men what the meaning of respect is." A sly grin tugged at the corner of his mouth. The bruise had darkened, almost blending in with his dark scales. "I may remember where their silly little 'shrine' is." He opened his hands and made a quotation gesture around the word "shrine."

Cecily clung to Phee's hand as they walked, glancing around idly. She'd been feeling increasingly uncomfortable lately, but could never put a name to it - and now she was somewhat frightened. She felt better sticking close to Phee, though, than she would have alone in the house.

The group at the river brought a frightened look to her face, and she ducked behind her older friend/sister, trembling to the tips of her wings. "Are you sure it's okay?" She asked, shivering and clutching tightly at the Manaphy girl. "There's nobody there who'll hurt us?" The shiny Celebi hoped not... and she doubly-so hoped Brennan wouldn't be there - she didn't think she could take it if the brother who had left her would turn up there with his terrifying stories and ideas.

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Rory wasn't quite sure what she had walked into - she had just been traveling from the city she lived in toward what she had hoped would be the original place of the shrine... but she'd gotten distracted , and now the Amaura child wasn't sure where she was.

Well.... she was somewhere along a river, and there were other people around. But she didn't know any of them, and so the little girl decided to stay well away from any groups, and just watch them from a distance. Instead, she was going to take a seat here on the bank and rest for a little while.

She'd walked a long way, after all.


Things weren't exactly peaceful along the river. The water was abnormally choppy, especially for a river! The people clustered in groups were watching the water with uncertain worry...only to suddenly have water swelling up and crashing over them as the ground rumbled and the wind blew, drenching the onlookers, the wave of water moving towards Rory! Have her react to this in your next post.

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Crash. Crunch. Thump.

Alistair had no idea where he was going or even where he had been, but the little Deino really didn't care. He was gonna be a hero! Who needed to worry about things like that? Of course... that idea was starting to lose its appeal as fatigue began to set in.

Slowing down to a jog, he panted slightly as he moved, then pushed through a bush in the direction of - he thought - some voices he had heard. Maybe these were the bad guys who had made his house burn?!?

Or maybe it was just the wind, and he was being silly. Only one way to find out, though - plunge right on in that direction!



It seems Alistair might have tripped over something in the ground! Upon inspection, it's a potion! Looks like it's a potion! In the main thread please RNG 1-3 to determine the rarity of the potion, and then using the list in the first post of the Meta, determine which rarity of potion was found, then RNG 1-the proper number, to determine what potion was tripped over.

Bethanne stood over her fallen foe, and tossed locks of sweaty hair away from her face. She stood tall, if not a little shaken, but mostly dead locked. If it was going to come to a fight then she wouldn't lose! "You two should be watching over yourself, don't worry about me." She waited, hand on her back of medical supplies protectively as the twins moved to aid her. Her eyes moved over them, worrying over them as she did, when she looked back to where that hooded child had fallen.

With Will and Raxka in one direction, Bethanne went towards Koujen and Havard. She hadn't noticed the other child, nor did she see when Havard had lost his hood, but she did call out, "Enough now! You can accuse each other later." There was a nervous reaction to being around them, since both had used attacks on one another, but she would lead them out by their ears if she had to! Thankfully Havard moved to act, so she didn't have to worry over him, but the other boy...She leaned down to dig out a bottle of Moo Moo Milk from her bag and handed it over. "Drink it fast and come with us." Bethanne offered her hand.

Willemina sailed over broken logs and stones, moving as fast as she possibly could. There was no fight in her, only strategy. If the others wanted to get captured, so be it, but she would move to find a better way; either in, or away from Rocket territory. A few grunts gave chase, but thankfully their agility was far below hers. When they fell over the Cubone she skidded to a stop, watching as a few of the others trailed after her, as well they should have!

Around, around...around..? That's it! When Raxka was close enough to be seen, Will called out, "Use the fight as a diversion and go to the base, or to the camp, which is it." They needed to keep moving, that was certain, but which way?

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"COVER YOUR EARS."

Shousuke called out as loud as he could, waited a few moments and shifted his shoulders. "Watch my back, Tryce, and move with the kid." He watched Havard, nodded his head and sighed. There was a lot of trust he was placing on them, but it wasn't as if he had much of a choice.

He could only hope his voice would carry.

As loud as he possibly could, Shousuke began to a Lullaby. He belted his voice into the air around them, channeling it as best he could towards the enemy forces. There would be no doubt that it would hit his allies as well, but that was a risk of the attack.

The trees falling down would have been enough to upset Brenny, but he himself falling down, crushing the cookies he had so carefully made for the angry gods, had him in tears. He rubbed at his eyes with a fist, standing up and turning to glare at the sky. Stupid landorus! Stupid legendaries, bullying everyone and making this storm!

"I didn't do anything to you!" He cried. "Not anything! Nothing! Why are you picking on me?" He took Draven's offered hand and pulled the dragonite into a hug. "Make them stop," he muttered. "Make them stop. Use hyper beam, I don't care. Just make them stop."

Oh, he wished Connie was there.

Draven had picked himself off of the ground faster than Brenny,and had quickly recognized the sign of tears. He'd wrapped his arms around the celebi, once pulled into the hug. "I don't think hyper beam will stop them," he said, sadly. "Can't you do anything? You're a legendary. They should listen to you."

"If they'd listen, none of this would have happened!" Brenny sniffed. "I want to go home!" He wanted to wrap up in a blanket next to Connie, and wait for the storm to leave.

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Theo continued forward, focused now on finding what was going on. He wondered if police would actually arrive, to take him away. But that wonder was brief, and instead he felt the urge to discover what was troubling the legendaries ahead.

“Yeah, I guess it is kind of obvious, huh?” Switch chuckled. It might be a nice trip after all. The boys seemed upbeat despite the grim situation. Maybe if that tremor was the last they could have a peaceful trip. But, it’s not likely… She could not help her feelings of doubt.

The farfetch'd girl tilted her head inquisitively upon seeing a curious sight indeed: Lightning pulled her lightning-bolt tail out of a crack in the ground, then proceeded to extract a small bottle from the crack. It had little protrusions on the side like handles or wings. "What's that?" Perhaps it was a perfume bottle, or a potion. Come to think of it, she had found one earlier too. Maybe they had similar uses. "I found a bottle in the ground too. It's in my backpack."

She turned to look at said bag with the intent to show it to them, when the ground shook beneath her once again. Losing her balance, she couldn’t help but wonder if the potion would survive their trip, despite her effort to swaddle it like a baby. When the shaking subsided, she gingerly rose to her feet, dusting off her feathers and finding some bruises in the process. She winced and looked around to check on her companions. "Is everyone all right... still?" she managed.

She found that the one boy was crying. Was he hurt badly? But no, he was just upset, and talking about using violence to solve his problems. Hearing that made her angry. He had seemed like a nice boy. Maybe he was spoiled and bratty and prone to saying such things when upset. After all, she didn’t know him that well. But he had been offering to help his friend fix his home just a moment ago.

“Hey you stupid idiot,” she yelled. “Can you hear me?” Her voice echoed a bit more dramatically than expected as it wove its way through the trees in the silence following the earthquake, in search of the mysterious legendary, Landorus. “Stop picking on little kids! Stop destroying people’s homes and killing their families! Stop being a bully and fix your own problem! Who would want someone like you as their god anyway?” She probably would have continued, but her voice cracked as she started coughing. Maybe the smoke from the fire earlier had gotten to her.

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Hazan was content for now to let Riley lead him back toward the woods. Riley's question focused his mind on forming ordered thoughts and replying. "Yes, I came here with a team of archaeologists to excavate the ruins of Landorus' shrine. But it’s a little ways off into the forest, and it's not on private property, so hopefully we'll be safe there." Just thinking about it gave him more strength and he was able to lead the way into the right direction. That is, until Riley stumbled on the strange bottle.

He stopped with him and watched curiously as the glowy riolu boy picked it up and looked at it. Was it an artifact? No, he realized with a little disappointment. Maybe someone dropped it. While he glanced around, he knew it must be useless to find its owner. Nobody would be looking for it now.

It was then that he observed the crowd’s nature changing with the arrival of a mob of Officer Jennys (on motorcycle?). He hoped that they were far enough from the others that they would not be noticed or blamed. And since neither he nor Riley was here to cause trouble, perhaps it would be all right if they fled the scene. After all, it wasn't safe for them!

His hasty examination of their moral standing was set aside: Riley was very upset, and for good reason. Hazan offered him a hug. "It'll be all right! We'll go to camp. They're all level-headed adults that weren't involved in this. They'll know what to do. And then we'll make sure you can get home safe! Let's go!"

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"He attacked first. How was I supposed to know?" Havard could no longer perceive Koujen as a threat, however. As the only other child in this area, Koujen seemed simply quiet and scared, surrounded by strangers. The ones who were going to leave had already left, Will and the female ampharos. He was unsure what Koujen and Bethanne would do though. So he shifted the translucent greenish Barrier to encircle them for now, even though Raiden had moved over by Bethanne, protecting them from Team Rocket's advance with an impressive glowing sword attack. Those two would be safe with him.

He turned his attention back to Shousuke and Tryce. After the umbreon's initial distrust of him, he had seemed to ignore Havard's presence up until now. It became a surprise when Shousuke asked them to work together as he prepared to sing a Lullaby. Recognizing the name of the move from his studies, Havard nodded and covered his ears. "Okay." He suspected they would go after Rocket once their vulnerability to the song had reduced their forces. He kept a close eye on Tryce to respond to any cues, and in the meantime, the air before the mewtwo child subtly began to glow violet.

Due to the action orientated nature of the next section of the Myrrh/Margarita portion of the Meta (and the fact that they are nowhere near anyone else, doing their own things) several of their posts have been combined into one.





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She hadn't been planning on wandering into the clearing, so Calcifer's grip on her wrist did nothing to prevent her from moving forward. It did manage to reassure her that her friend was still there though. Before stuffing the stone into the hollow, she noticed one of the members of team rocket grab a clear glass bottle and toss it aside, behind him. Her interest sparked she decided to grab it. She couldn't resist going after an unknown object like that."One second, I will be right there," Terra responded. Before heading over to help her new friend, Terra wandered towards the small, glass bottle. Picking it up, she noticed that it contained a clear liquid. She wondered if it was just a bottle of water, or if some greater mystery lay inside. Opening up the lid, she took a long whiff. It definitely didn't smell like water. She couldn't place the smell, but it burned her nose. Jumping back slightly, she noticed something else. It moved like it was way thicker than water, like a goop. Weird.

Right now, though, she had other, more pressing matters to attend to. Quickly, she strapped it to her belt and then she hurried over to the tree. Once she reached it, she stuck her hands in and helped Calcifer remove the stone statue from the trunk; it was a lot heavier then it looked. She didn't even have a chance to look it over, though, before the rumbling began, and not in her stomach. The ground was shaking below them.

"Woah," she exclaimed as her feet were tossed out from underneath her, by the shaking ground. "Wha...what's going on here?" Suddenly, it sounded like there was thunder all around her, but that it was coming from the ground. She had seen the move Earthquake before, but this was worse, much worse. It seemed to crack beneath her and the next thing Terra knew, she was falling. Eyes wide in shock, she didn't let out a peep, at least until she landed. With an "umph," she hit a small pile of sand that was luckily there. To be honest, it seemed rather out of place, not that she was complaining. It had, quite comfortably, broken her fall. Unlike her friend, who had landed with a splash, she was not soaking wet. Standing up, she walked to the edge of the underground river that was right next to the oddly placed pile of sand. "Calcifer?"

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Despite her current state of shock, Holly did notice that Cardice, the oldest of her new companions, was staring off into the distance. Lightly biting her lower lip, she stared off into the distance. She almost thought she saw some movement, but found herself distracted by the crowd that was now all around her. Shrugging it off as nothing, she knelt down and offered her arm to Cardice.

Nervously, Holly looked back at Venka. Nodding in agreement, she let out a sigh. She may be among friends, but so much was happening, so quickly. She wasn’t frightened, but all of this did manage to put her a bit on edge. Without thinking, she stuck a hand in her pocket. When she felt that the gift she had intended to give to Beta was still there, she couldn’t help but feel relieved. With all that had happened, at least she hadn’t lost that.

After a moment’s pause, she looked towards Escher, concern on her face. It was obvious something was wrong with him, something that seemed to be related to his method of traveling, but she wasn’t sure what, if anything she could do.

“I..I’m alright,” Holly stammered as the newcomer crouched beside her. Loud enough, so that all the newcomers could hear, she added, “Oh, and I am Holly.” It was only polite for her to introduce herself.

Noted. Sorry to hear.