Alex, Haley, Bjorn
Sneak and Bjorn start off with their own attacks, circling around to the back of the helicopter to deal with the grunt there... And find that another one of them was hiding in the interior! Sneak and Bjorn team up against him, Bjorn missing as Sneak deals some damage...
The Lucario takes a defensive stance for now, as Jackie runs around, and actually does manage to have a line of sight to the second Euler inside the craft... Hitting it while making sure to keep Bjorn and Sneak out of the blast radius.
Luna meanwhile, steps in- Blowing a kiss to the Lucario, who looks very confused for a moment, before promptly falling asleep... While simultaneously giving the robed lady a wink, as she blushes in infatuation for a round.
Haley cheers on her pokemon, while staying at a relatively safe distance.
The scientist gets up from his feet, before releasing two pokemon- A maractus, and a castform... The latter starting off with a rain dance, a drizzle forming overhead..! As the little cloud pokemon seems to change shape in response...
The Eulers meanwhile, get up from their seat... The pilot coming up from behind and pulling out a pistol, which it aims at Sneak for 39(29) damage, also inflicting an injury... While the other Euler meanwhile pommels Bjorn with a show of strength of force for 36(28) damage!
Admin Pascal, meanwhile, releases another pokemon, in the form of a... Rather dominant looking plant..? The Tsareena immediately rushes over to Jackie, delivering a trop kick for 53(44) damage, as he is challenged to a regal challenge... The Tsareena expecting deference, but defiance being an option... Pascal meanwhile, follows this up by muttering some curses like a whisper, seeming to be aiming for both Bjorn and Sneak relatively nearby... Or rather, tries to- Whatever incantation she's muttering seeming to fall on deaf ears.
Alex meanwhile, strides up himself.
"Hey there, godslayer people. I'm going to have to ask you to turn off the machine, then cease and desist with whatever it is you're doing. If you don't that machine's getting smashed. Since it's kind of painful to look at it doing its thing. Gives me a headache, makes me rather irritated."
"W-What..?" the researcher asks, Pascal being the one to answer his confusion:
"Aura. He's an aura guardian."
"I... See. But turning off the harvester ain't going to fix that problem, then!"
"As for your inquiry." the lady says, seeming to direct herself to Alex with a still calm demeanor, her aura not... Inherently hostile, but certainly defensive,
"We would be glad to briefly halt operations to clear up any concerns of legitimacy, should those exist..."
"...Assuming you actually have the authority to demand such an action, not to mention, stop attacking without provocation."
"Until such time, let it be known that I am not intent on holding back."
Fin hits the lucario with a mud bomb, as Dusk joins in with a shadow punch- About to do some heavy damage, before the attack is parried..!
Weather: raining(5)
Sneak(21/17) 48/77
Bjorn(19/15) 32/60
Lucario(18) injured
Jackie(15) 16/60
Castform(15)
Luna(13)
Haley(10)
Godslayer scientist(10)
Euler 1(10)
Euler 2(10) heavily injured
Tsareena(10)
Admin Pascal(9)
Alex(6)
Maractus(6)
Fin(Marshtomp)(5)
Mercury(5)
Dusk(3)
Irene
Etoille is recalled, switched out for Shock... The sableye meanwhile, jumping surprisingly high before hitting with a night shade for 20 damage!
(31/21)Etoile 12/73 recalled
(17)Shock 58/78 +1 def, +2 evasion, +4 save checks, excited(2), motivated(4), cheered(1)
(16)Murkrow heavily injured <- shouldn't this be ko?
(14)Mightyena recalled
(5)Sableye
Koa
Koa attempts to approach Lanternhead, with intentions to try and "talk" to it... A plan that didn't last nearly as long as he had hoped- His warning seeming to fall on deaf ears as the rabid creature just instantly turns around, lunging in any direction of the sound... Urging him to just extinguish the candles straight away! The creature ahead of him let's out a horrifying scream, clutching at it's "head" in the form of a lantern... Before just seemingly "burning" up- Vanishing without a trace, as the lantern hits the ground below, sputtering for a moment before shedding the same blue glow as before...
Obtained the dark-light lantern.
The secrets of the maze reveal themselves to you...
Izzy
Izzy thinks for just a moment, before she starts reading the very first chapter...
Hall of Origin
While perhaps the first two chapters might not exactly be fitting, given that they were not actually structures created by The Builder, they are none the less included in this book for a couple reasons. The primary reason of course simply being it's significance to the builder in question... And, secondly, following up this first point, the matter of fact the builder has taken it upon himself to be the custodian of these places.
These two places were indeed not created by the builder, but by Arceus himself. Hence they differ in some interesting ways... Those who have seen the place claim that unlike the grandiose, "epic" structures the builder has created, these places are smaller, and more "quaint" in nature... Although by no means less detailed, if perhaps not more.
The first of these two places is one I can't make my own testament too, given how few people claim to have actually seen it. In fact, were it not for the account of the gods themselves, most would claim this place to be nothing more than a myth. The hall of origin.
The true location of the hall of origin is enigmatic, often described to be "above Spear pillar"- Already known to be the highest point upon our world. It is here that the gods were created, and is claimed to be a "weak spot" between the different worlds. This will likely be the shortest chapter of this book, given how little information actually exists... So I shall finish with a little tale concerning it- as written by [color=##c7eda5]ERASED[/color]
And so within the sacred halls, the lord began creation, as on the first day, he created the sun. From this source of life, all else would be created- As with his thousand arms he carved away at it. With his first strikes, he created water and earth, before realizing he'd need the sky as well. As he carved these elements, slivers of the sun would fall to the ground, and begin to change... Forming the ones known as Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza. Next he'd cave out the day, and the fire within our world, dangerous yet necessary, as more slivers would fall and the one known as Heathran would be born. This process continued as Arceus carved out the world, and in it's process created the gods. Some of the slivers that fell fragmented on the way down, creating bonds yet different. It is said that Lugia and Ho-Oh sprang from the same flame, before it split apart. Yet others say that Kyurem, Zekrom and Reshiram were formed when this flame snapped just as the first was created. In truth, these details matter little- What does is what happened afterwards, as the lord gazed down and came to notice his creations. Once more, he carved, but this time formed the slivers with direction, inspired-
Creating first the all-mother, from which he would continue to carve all other life, before he'd carve the builder. Upon which he bestowed an important duty.
"My dear creation." he spoke. "Upon you, I will grant the burden of my will. May you act as it and my right hand, upon days that I no longer walk these lands. And I shall grant you all the power to do so." the lord spoke, and once again rose up to the sun. Carving out once more larger fragments, that cooled withing his thousand arms to slates of power, 18 total... Distributing them to his children below.
"Take care of these, and use what you must- But be careful to not use it all. For their power is vast, it is not infinite- And once it is gone, it cannot be replenished."