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EVENT - Pokemon attacking and stuff

So. It's morning, in winter. It's a nice time, nice and cool. Well, cold, but whatever. This is a short part, because the majority of this EVENT OPENING will be in comments below this.

So yeah. Pokemon are wrecking shit, looking for you guys from other universes.

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[Thomas stumbles backwards, gasping, as the psychic attack is interrupted. His head is pounding, but at least the noise has stopped. Blinking, he tries to figure out what's going on.

A... girl? just tackled the horrible bird thing. Good lord, it looks like an enchanted stained-glass window or something! The girl -- wait, is she grey? Are those horns? -- seems unharmed, and her Pokemon is attacking the bird thing. Right! Pokemon. Thomas reaches into his coat pocket and retrieves a Pokeball. But then he pauses, looking at the ball uncertainly. His eyes narrow.

N said Pokemon didn't attack people, didn't try to kill them. That's what he said! Not unless something was wrong. Thomas looks around. The only thing he can see that's wrong is the bloody swarm of monstrosities closing in on him and Nepeta. He sighs, motionless for a moment, then slowly puts the Pokeball back in his pocket.

He looks at Nepeta as he begins removing his backpack.] Miss, are you all right!? Thank you for stopping that thing! [Thomas slides his walking stick out of where he'd lashed it to his backpack and holds it under his arm as he begins fumbling with the zipper of one of the backpack pockets. Hesitating for a second, he reaches into the pocket and pulls out a revolver and six bullets. Dropping the backpack on the ground, he snaps open the cylinder and begins loading the chambers.]

Don't worry, I'll get this under control in just a secon -- Oof! [A Baltoy has just Rapid Spun into Thomas's back. He reels forward, dropping three of the bullets and the half-loaded gun, which slides away from Thomas and towards Nepeta and Leon. Thomas lies on the ground, stunned from the blow.]

[Nepeta springs back to her feet at the sound of Thomas's voice while Leon knocks out that Sigilyph. She just beams right back, though, like this is more of a sport for her than a sort of crisis here.] Yup, just purrfect! [And then she's up and at it again—a Golett's Ice Punch barely sidestepped just before Nepeta gives Leon an opening to ram into it with a Tackle attack.

While Thomas is fussing with his things and Leon is duking it out with the Golett, she's assessing the situation like a good huntress should—there are at least six, but definitely not more than twelve and whoops better duck down that way just in time to avoid that Sigilyph there.

And they're hostile. That's important, too.

At the sound of the 'oof', though, she turns around just in time to watch the gun fall after Thomas does and slide towards her and Leon, who has just finished taking down that Golett.]

Leon, get...that thing! [It takes Leon a moment to follow Nepeta's gaze towards the Baltoy who had just rammed itself into the man's back, but once he catches on he bolts forward and slams into the Baltoy with all of his little might. Meanwhile Nepeta has sprung for the gun in an attempt to return it, but only barely manages to kick it back before another Baltoy comes flying towards her and sets up a field of Stealth Rocks.]

...No purroblem. [And even if she's not totally sure about that 'no problem' bit, she crouches like she was taught and prepares to pounce.]

[It takes Thomas a few moments to recover from the shock of being hit, and, as he scrambles to his feet, he begins to feel angry. The gun, kicked towards him by Nepeta, spins along the ground and stops near his feet. He leans down and picks it up, scooping up the two loose bullets he can find as well. No time to load them into the chambers, though. He stuffs them in his pocket and lifts the gun anxiously, looking around.

There are so many of them! Just here, four of those spinning clay things, four of the little golems, and four of those horrible birds -- one or two of the Pokemon have been fairly well dispatched by Nepeta and Leon but there are still more on the street around them.] This is bloody insane! [He watches the Baltoy set up the Stealth Rocks around Nepeta, a dangerous field of sharp stones floating around in the air, and, angrily, Thomas aims his gun at the Baltoy.]

Sorry, N... [He mutters, then pulls back the hammer of the revolver, stands as steady as he can with a throbbing headache, and fires.]

CRACK-BOOM

[Violently, the Baltoy seems to explode into shards of clay and dust with an echoing, hollow cry escaping from the wreckage. The Stealth Rocks stop floating abruptly and fall to the ground. Thomas takes a step back, wide-eyed. The Pokemon that had been closing in on him all move back also, in fear. The sound of a gunshot is completely foreign to them, and of course the death of the Baltoy has disturbed them. Thomas wheels around, his gun up, aware that he only has two bullets left and shocked by the fact that he actually shot one of them. A Golett steps forward cautiously, its fists flaring up in a firey blaze, looking somewhat furious. Thomas locks onto that one, his hands shaking a bit. He cocks the hammer of the gun again, not sure what to do now. He can't shoot all of them! He curses under his breath.] Bloody hell, what have I gotten myself into?

CRACK-BOOM, [and Nepeta nearly jumps a foot in the air as the Baltoy just explodes right in front of her and the Stealth Rocks drop.

Did that just happen?

That just happened.

Holy crap.

For a moment, Nepeta freezes, stunned. That clay top thing just exploded. But there are so many Pokémon left, maybe about nine right around them, and they're starting to move again, so she springs back into action.

That Golett with its hands burning is the most immediate threat so of course that's the one Nepeta goes for first. She growls at it before she lunges, claws out, only to feint at the last moment, retract her claws and roll to the side.] Leon! [And at the sound of his name, the Shinx rams into the distracted Pokémon's side.] Good! [Nepeta stands and lets out her claws, long and shining and ready to strike. She glances towards Thomas and then the gun before she goes to do anything else, though—she isn't scared, but she is fairly uneasy and unsure about this whole shooting-Pokémon-and-making-them-spontaneously-combust thing.]

[Thomas has room to find even more things alarming as he finally gets a good look at this girl. She definitely has horns, and claws! He steps away from her, shaking his head, not sure what she could possibly be. The way she just attacks the Pokemon is disconcerting, but she can talk? Can Pokemon talk? Oh, God, what if she's not a Pokemon at all? What if he's finally found a fairy?

Looking around wildly, Thomas spots a gap in the approaching Pokemon. He lowers his gun and decides to make a break for it. Can't handle potential fairy threats and insane Pokemon at the same time! After a few hasty steps he looks back, feeling an intense mixture of guilt and frustration. The grey-horned-clawed-girl-thing did save him, after all, but... no, she was taking care of herself just fine. He backs away, not sure where he can possibly go to escape this madness. There are Pokemon everywhere.]

[Nepeta certainly notices Thomas staring back and it takes her a brief half-moment to remember that, right, this whole "troll" thing doesn't fly quite as well here, does it? While this is far from a good time to get into yet another Q&A about troll society, she goes to say something, but he's already turned tail.]

Where are you going?! [She calls over her shoulder, but doesn't have time to keep watching and find out. While she's certainly hunted Alternian beasts bigger and stronger than this (although there isn't a single one that comes to mind that just spontaneously creates fire or lightning or anything, but those are just details), a distraction will be the end of her. But she thinks she'll be able to hold this group back for now—between this and Leon's exhaustion, she's going to have to.]

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EVENT - Pokemon attacking and stuff

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this took way too long and i'm bad at writing actiony scenes afkghjdfkgfdh sorry

pffft you are fine. P.S. OH NO CRAZED GUNMAN N AAAAH

OH SHIT EVERYONE GET DOWN

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is it bad that just the idea of nepeta as a fairy made me giggle