HALLOWEEN 2016: Team Skull Log

[indigo_league]

Who: Everyone who wants to join a team!
Where: Goldenrod City!
When: October 31st!
Summary: Team Skull's planned a full-fledged assault on Goldenrod; join up with a team and take them down!
Rating: Will vary from thread to thread. Warn for common triggers if something comes up.
Log:

It's been three days since Guzma's made his first announcement over the radio, but try as the police might, no one's been able to get to him since; after making his call to arms, asking all available Skulls to come to Goldenrod to have some fun, he seems to have completely dropped off without a trace. But Candela isn't concerned much about that. She's been at this for long enough to know the song and dance; this is a pivotal spot, after all, and Guzma will be back here before long, probably with more than enough cronies to go around. When that happens, they'll head him off at the pass. Easy as that. He's gotta get orders out to the people outside, after all, and the only place he can do that is here.

He won't take it over a second time. Team Valor will make sure of that.

Meanwhile, outside the tower, Blanche would like to think she has a bit more control of the situation. Candela had been so gung-ho on kicking Guzma's ass in the tower that Blanche almost didn't have the heart to tell her that there was probably an ambush waiting in there for her. ...Rather, she tried, but Candela has a way of being far too stubborn for her own good...in any case, if she needs backup, she's out here to provide it, but if there are going to be riots and messes in the streets, its better to be out here where the damage is going to be at its highest, just to stop it before it starts. Already, Team Skull is starting to come out in small hordes, and it won't be long before things start to get hectic out here. Team Mystic, though, is dedicated towards stopping this before it gets a chance to start. ...But perhaps they'd be taken a bit more seriously if Candela and Spark hadn't forced her to dress up for Halloween--

Speaking of Spark, of course, Team Instinct's leader seems to have his priorities in order; if there are going to be riots and debris in the streets, some of the wild Pokemon in the area might just get hurt, and that will never do! So Spark has taken it on himself to lead a search-and-rescue charge with Team Instinct--any stray Pokemon in the Goldenrod area should be either captured or brought straight to a Pokemon Center ASAP! The goal is not to leave even one behind! ...Of course, Team Skull is a problem, too, but won't somebody think of the Pokemon--

You're free to NPC any Team Skull grunts and Pokemon interactions yourselves, but Team Valor will have the chance to battle Guzma, and Team Mystic will have the chance to battle Plumeria! Please be patient with responses in these threads; if the boss's Pokemon start to become too weak, they'll end up making a tactical retreat!

One last thing: you're all encouraged to have your character in costume for an event like this, and your team leaders will be dressed in costume, too! If three or more characters in costume participate in a thread together, a miracle might occur, and the Legendary Bird corresponding with your team has a chance to appear at your discretion! This applies in battles with Guzma and Plumeria, as well!

Have fun and Happy Halloween!

Comments

[secondhandsome]

Huh, yeah... Might work. Might get a little messy, but eh, s'just water.

[Whatever works. He doesn't really know what the fuck to do with that fish, he's just trying his best.]

Usually I just take her to whatever body of water is closest. I... think she likes that? I'm not gonna lie, the fish are way harder to read than most other Pokemon.

[cyan_maid]

The worst you'll get is sopping wet clothes.

[Shrug. It was something for her to do to keep Ghost Dad away from her after Obon, she's familiar with the routine by now.]

She probably does like that! After all, it lets her swim around and stretch her...fins? Can you even stretch fins?

[secondhandsome]

I have absolutely no idea. But let's assume so.

Really wishing I'd ever had a pet fish when I was growing up, maybe that would've prepared me more.

[cyan_maid]

Unless pet fish commonly get big enough for you to hold onto and ride where you're from, I don't know how well that might've prepared you.

[Look at Jane though, the most she ever had was an interloping space-and-time hopping cat and she's doing okay]

[secondhandsome]

Eh, maybe not where I'm from, wildlife's not like that back on Eden.

A Pandoran fish, maybe. I don't know. Those are probably as terrifying as everything else that lives there. Fish that huge wouldn't surprise me.

[cyan_maid]

I don't think there's wildlife quite like this anywhere else.

[Oh boy, it's that Pandora place again. With the baby-eating cannibals. Yeesh.]

[secondhandsome]

Not quite like this, nah. But you'd be surprised, there's some stuff out there that's similar enough.

[cyan_maid]

Really? Like what?

[No one's shown her a skeleton Pokemon yet.]

[secondhandsome]

Gotta be honest, I've seen enough weird creatures that I don't even know where to start.

I mean, everything on this planet is more varied, but... Well. Bugs that are way too big, murderous fiery rock beasts, scary tentacle monsters... Bet those would just fit right in here.

[cyan_maid]

...Yeah, those sound pretty par the course as far as Pokemon go.

[secondhandsome]

Except like twenty times as aggressive as Pokemon, but other than that... Yeah, pretty much.

[cyan_maid]

Oh. Eugh, yeah...we had some aggressive beasts where I'm from, too, but not nearly as varied. For one, they were all skeletons.

[A beat.] Unrelated to these jokers, of course.

[secondhandsome]

That's... weirdly specific. Why skeletons, of all things?

[cyan_maid]

I suppose because everything was already dead when we arrived. We were playing a game, you see, but due to circumstances beyond our control, the odds were completely stacked against us. Hence, skeleton monstrosities.

[secondhandsome]

So it was a game, but... actual horrible skeleton monsters. That... sounds kind of horrible and terrifying, geez.

Now these idiots seem like even less of a deal.

[Not even a big deal, just... a deal at all.]

[cyan_maid]

There's a lot more to it, but if I went into detail we'd kind of be here all night. Just...don't play a game called Sburb, that's all I can say.

[Just don't do it. And don't play it with your boss.]

[secondhandsome]

That long of a story, huh? Sorry to hear it...

But uh. Yeah, okay, noted. Definitely noted.

[cyan_maid]

Yeah, it's...complicated.

[Never ask to be told about Homestuck Tim, for your own sanity]

[secondhandsome]

It sounds like it, yeah...

Well... You know what's not complicated, at least? These jokers. This is actually pretty simple.

[It makes for a pretty great distraction.]

[cyan_maid]

Oh goodness, they're incredibly simple to understand.

[See Team Skull, she didn't even say your members themselves were simple, just that their concept was simple.]