Killer_Squirtle
Follow my lead!
Crimson Skies and Forgotten Ties
RPG by the RPGer with[out] rabies: Killer Squirtle
Game rated: 14A due to scenes of violence and mature subject matter
RPG by the RPGer with[out] rabies: Killer Squirtle
Game rated: 14A due to scenes of violence and mature subject matter
Rules: Obey these, or let Mongooses eat your computer!
1.All standard Serebii forum rules apply
2.NO godmodding etc
3.Keep bunnying to a minimal
4.Enforcement and punishment of all rules is solely up to me
5.No arguing with the GM (Me)
6.Standards for this RPG are VERY high, so please don’t half-do this
7.Unexcused prolonged absence will result in a ban/strike
8.3 strikes and you are out… PERMANENTLY
9. No sheep allowed
10.Not really a rule, but if you have any questions, please, don’t be afraid to ask me or any other experienced rpers
Back-story
You’ve have all heard of the stories that say Clefairies came from the moon, have you not? Well, what if I told you, that was more or less the case for all pocket monsters.
Pokemon, tens of thousands of years ago, had a home world, all to themselves. The common pokemon lived peaceful with both each other and the ones we know, today, as gods. They were unified as an entire planet, though they had many separately governed countries. They were technologically advanced; even by our modern standards. Everything was as close to perfect as they come.
Until the day the skies turned red.
An alien race, simply known as the Shadows, invaded. They came by riding on asteroids that harmlessly crashed on the surface of the planet. They quickly took control over most of the planet—it was not a violent take-over either.
The Shadows are a species that lack a truly solid body. They resemble smoke more than a truly living thing. They’re a symbiotic species; they entered the bodies of Pokemon and corrupted their souls.
When Arceus finally gave up hope for rescuing their planet from the clutches of the Shadows, and gave the call for a full-planet evacuation. Palkia and Dialga searched the galaxies to find a planet capable of sustaining the remaining population. All the twin gods found was a planet already inhabited by a strange species called Humans.
After hearing the poor creatures’ pleas for sanctuary, the early humans agreed to share their planet with the homeless monsters. The gods gathered their remaining followers and Lady Palkia strained herself to transport them to the far-off planet Earth.
Still, to this day, no one knew why the Shadows wanted to takeover the Pokemon home world so badly when there was an uninhabited, but sustainable planet in the same system.
The pocket monsters decided not to question what they barely escaped from, and take their new home as a blessing. But they quickly realize what sacrifices they would have to make for their new homeland.
Arceus looked through the Human’s history and saw that though they usually have good intentions, in action they have shown that they’re not the best at sharing. Arceus knew that having two sentient species on one world would only lead to more war. They had one very costly decision to make in order to protect both themselves and the humans that had put them up out of the kindness of their hearts.
Everywhere, Pokemon began to approach the humans; each saying the same thing.
“We Pokemon will be ready to help humans always. But, if you bare your sword to bring harm upon us, with claws and fangs, we will exact a toll. From your kind we will take our toll, for it must be done to guard ourselves, and for it, I apologize.”
To that, the humans replied:
“Why, oh creature from the stars, do you tell us this? You speak as though we will never communicate again.”
With that, the Pokemon said nothing. They turned their heads and went into the tall grass and lakes. Never to be heard speaking a language that could be understood by humans again. Pokemon never revealed the secret to their advanced technology, for fear that it was the reason the Shadows invaded in the first place. To spare their new comrades their fate, they took on the roles of simple animals.
Over the years, humans simply forgot how intelligent the Pokemon originally were, but they never forgot all the wonderful stories they told of life on their old world. Eventually, they adopted their tales as their own mythology and their gods as their own. This only strengthened the bond the two species shared.
But Pokemon still had concerns that they would be needed as more than just the beasts of the land. An organization was created in secret by pokemon who swore to always remain wild. They used the technology they saved from their home world and used it to create hidden bases and even cities disguised as impassable mountain ranges or in the deepest recesses of lakes and oceans.
They called themselves Arceus’ Defence Force, or ADF for short. In short, their job was to protect Earth from any and all internal or external threats that the humans couldn’t handle, but kept it in secret. Recently though, they’ve been concerned with a great threat coming from the humans themselves; Shadow Pokemon. Humans somehow got their hands on samples of the Shadows and infected certain pokemon with them. True, it made them strong, but they lost their humanity in exchange. The ADF made it their top priority to create a Shadow “Vaccine”. They created a process in which Shadows could be expelled from living beings if they’ve been hit with a new attack they’ve developed called “Purge”. [Type: Always STAB. Category: Status/Special. Attack: -- Accuracy: 40] The last word was that all Pokemon had built up an immunity since the move’s development, but since the tale of the invasion was passed on generation to generation, many are still vigilant in guarding against the Shadows… For the Humans’ sake.
Plot.
Another perfect day in Lilycove; sun was shining, Wingulls lazily glided on the thermals and Wailmers frolicked in the bay. Gyms and contest halls were closed and trainers all over the world were taking the day off. A meteor shower was expected later that night and everyone was in anticipation. Even wild pokemon appeared to be getting into the perfect spot to watch the great event.
A 13 year old trainer with a Pikachu perched on his shoulder reclined on the beach. Still afternoon, but the stars were already falling, but only visible in a different time zone. Unova was already watching the spectacle, and he boy couldn’t help but feel a bit cheated since he just came from Unova to compete in the Hoenn Frontier.
Pikachu’s ears perked up and the thunder mouse jumped off the boy’s shoulder. It sparked electricity from its cheeks as it stared into the distant sky. The boy looked into that direction too, but saw nothing. All of a sudden, red spilled into the clear blue sky coming towards them. It wasn’t like the orange-red of sunset, but more like the crimson of blood. An object streamed across the sky, straight at the young trainer. His partner acted quickly and used its Iron Tail to knock the meteor from striking the boy.
“Thanks Pikachu! What is that?” the boy said as he approached the smoldering rock. The Pikachu began tugging at his pant leg, begging him not to go close. All of a sudden, black smoke-like energy poured from the rock. The electric mouse flinched, expecting to be engulfed by the excreted beings. But he wasn’t. His partner was. The trainer’s eyes, usually so bright and full of optimism, were now dark red and filled with nothing but contempt. He grabbed the Pikachu by the ear.
“It took us a long time to find you once again, Pocket Monster.” He chuckled darkly.
“Piiikaa [But… You have our homeworld! What else do you want?!]” Pikachu squeaked in pain as the boy’s grip increased.
“Did you really think beings such as the Shadows would have requirement of simple territory?!” He threw the electric mouse further up the beach and shouted after him “Go to your masters! Give them fair warning that the Shadows have come!”
The scene pauses as a Mienfoo clicked on the remote in her hand.
“Mieien Fuu [Scenes like this have appeared all over the planet, captain.]” she spoke with great concern.
An Alakazam slumped over the table that projected the scene as a hologram. He thought out his plan carefully.
“Alazam kazam [Alert the high council-- If I’m right, our time as simple-minded beasts is drawing to a close.]”
[4 hours later]
“Attention all ADF members: After delegations between both the High Council and the Hall of Origin Assembly, emergency protocol Omega has been authorized. The following changes have been put into effect;
“Firstly; In order to ensure the safety of both humans and Pokemon, the Language Barrier Curse has been terminated. Fully expect any humans you come in contact with to react erratically to any communications.
“Secondly, the Four Move Set Limiter has been eradicated in order to ensure full battle efficiency.
“Lastly, all AFD members must learn Purge and all ADF bases must be accessible to humans. That is all.”
Speakers echoed this message through every ADF base and communicator. Several dozen humans had already been rescued before they became exposed to the Shadows, but there have been some strange cases. Certain humans that already had been possessed by a Shadow were trainers. Their pokemon partners became so desperate to get their human back they attempted using Purge on them. Not all humans survived this as when the Shadow left their body, it took their soul with them. But some humans had souls hardened enough by their bond with their pokemon, that not only did they survive, but they retained the power given to them by the Shadows.
These strange beings could not be called humans anymore, instead they’re affectionately called Silhouettes, or Sils for short. Sils have abilities similar to Pokemon, but in more variety per person. But they’re not completely trusted by all ADF members. They are most likely to turn into Shadows themselves.
Playable Characters:
Pokemon:
ADF Soldier: You have all the resources of the Arceus’ Defence Force behind you, meaning weapons, communications and back up. But this also means you have restraints such as the chain of command and the fact that your top priority is the humans’ safety, which can be a burden in combat.
Vigilante: Did you have nothing to do with the ADF before the skies turned red, or are you a pokemon whose trainer was taken away by the Shadows. Either way, you act outside of the ADF without their resources, but without their commands to slow you down. Are you seeking revenge, justice or do you just want your friends back?
Silhouette: A being that was once human, but you can’t say that anymore. You were once trainers rescued by a pokemon you were connected with who dared to use Purge despite the risks. In the last 3 days in the meteor shower, you’ve had your whole world turned upside-down. Pokemon began to speak and you yourself have undergone a change. Your skin, hair, or eye colour may have undergone a severe change, or not. The one common change all Sils have, is that there is a pattern on them somewhere that resembles a Star. You always work with the pokemon that saved you. For some reason, you lose control over your powers when they’re not around.
Humans: You’re a simple human, maybe even a trainer. Though you have no actual ‘powers’ like the Sils, you do have skills of your own. Even with your pokemon speaking the same language as you, they still follow your commands as they did before. Some ADF officers think that teams like that are actually best in some situations. You are the more trusted than the Sils and have access to the advanced weapons they have.
Info on the Shadows
Since most of the actual files of the Shadows were destroyed millennia ago when pokemon came to Earth, the only information we have on our enemies is stories that passed down from grandparents to children.
What we do know, Shadows can only be harmed by direct sunlight, which is why they spread the red pigments into the atmosphere to block out the sun as they land in their meteors. Shadows appear to have a hive-mind, they have freely admitted they all follow under a single being. They have referred to their leader simply known as The Darkness. Any humans possessed by a Shadow have their eyes changed to a dark red, much like the sky and they refer to themselves in plural (We, Us etc) and any human possess is called a Darkling.
Important NPCs:
Arceus: Indirectly commands the ADF, no one but the High Council can meet with him or the other gods. He leads the council known as the Hall of Origin Assembly, or HOA for short.
Commander Mewtwo: He directly leads the ADF and meets with the HOA in times of crisis. He is banned from directly fighting in normal situations though, as years of training have left him so strong he will destroy an entire city if he attacks.
General Bladerunner [Blade for short]: A Bisharp that lost his trainer years ago to the original Shadow outbreak by Team Snaggem. He swore a personal vendetta against the Shadows since that day, and he’s not too trusting of Sils either. He’s the general that will command your sector of the ADF.
Captain Digger: A Garchomp that remained wild throughout his whole life. He always knew the kindness in peoples’ hearts and has grown strong and trustworthy because of this. While a previous battle has left his left eye damaged, he is reliable in a fight.
Rogue Trika: A raichu and the unofficial leader of the vigilante movement. She hates the ADF and finds that their commitment to the humans is getting into the way of Pokemon and their self-preservation as a species.
Sign up Format
Pokemon:
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Species:
Personality: [1+ WELL WRITTEN]
Physical description: [I won’t be asking for much for pokemon because there can only be so many variations in a species. Scars, small pieces of clothing, even shinies are all examples of how this should be.]
History: [2+ WELL WRITTEN paragraphs on who you were before the Red Skies, and why you want to fight so hard]
Move Set: [With the Limitation removed, you can have free range on what moves you know and how many. Only necessity for ADF members is Purge must be in your move set.]
Equipment: [ADF have some pretty cool weapons, be creative. Vigilantes will use whatever they can get their hands on, or build themselves.]
Alliance: ADF or Vigilante
Humans:
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Position before Red Skies: [Trainer, Coordinator, Breeder etc, this will affect your skills in battle or usefulness in the eyes of Blade]
Physical Description: [1+ WELL WRITTEN Paragraph]
Personality: [1+ WELL WRITTEN Paragraph]
History: [2+ WELL WRITTEN paragraphs on who you were before the Red Skies and why you fight so hard]
Skills: [Be realistic when it comes to what you did before the world ended please]
Equipment: [ADF has some pretty cool weapons, be creative]
Alliance: ADF only, sorry
Pokemon Team: [Names, Ages, Species, Gender and quick Bios]
Silhouettes:
Name:
Codename: [Must relate to what your power enables you to do]
Gender:
Age:
Personality: [1+ WELL WRITTEN Paragraph]
Description: [1+WELL WRITTEN Paragraph]
History: [2+ WELL WRITTEN Paragraphs]
Powers: [Don’t be over powered please, but be creative and go nuts]
Alliance: ADF only, sorry.
Pokemon Partner: [Name, Age, Species, Gender, and a quick Bio]
Accepted:
Silhouette Melody McCloud: Killer_Squirtle
Vigilante Ozymandias Tharax: AwesomeGuy
Human Blair C Walsh: Miloe
Human Deigo Vendrix: DVB
Human Elizabeth Hoffman: Spyroxpikachu
Viligante Hinata: Wayjun
ADF Silver: Cyberblastoise
ADF Willow: Musical Mayhem
Silhouette Vincent: Kiruria
Silhouette Rihanna: Aura Wolfe
ADF Falken: legnak
Reserved:
digipoke1
Strikes list:
None so far [KEEP IT THAT WAY!]
Banned:
None so far [KEEP IT THAT WAY!]
Ok guys, let’s light this fire!
Silhouette:
Name: Melody “Mel” McCloud
Codename: Decibel
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Description: She is about 5’8 and weighing around 137 lbs and she’s surprisingly pale for a persona who spent as much time outdoors as she did [maybe because she’s a night-person?]. Melody’s most prominent feature is her eyes; as her left is bright green, and her right is bright blue and her Sil symbol is a black star over her right eye. Mel is wearing the same clothes she wore since the beginning of the Red Skies. Her typical outfit is her usual white toque with a light blue pokeball symbol on the front. This hat covers her neck-length hair, once was black with dyed blue bangs, but now her bangs follow the same colour pattern as her eyes; left is green, right is blue. She is almost never seen without her silver iPod on her shoulder and her wireless black headphones around her neck. She wears a short sleeved black jacket with blue trim on the sleeves, and the jacket is only half-length on her torso; purely for fashion, not warmth. On the breast of her jacket is her symbol from the days she used to be a Hoenn Frontier Brain. The symbol resembles a musical note mixed with a heart, and the same symbol is on the white t-shirt she wears under her jacket. She’s wearing her usual blue-jean shorts and black runners. Her most prized article of clothing though, is a pair of black leather spiked bands she wears on her wrists, as they’re a present from her boyfriend.
Personality: Melody lives life to her own beat, but what that beat is, only she knows. Her life was harder than she’s willing to admit, but she’s always remained determined. Her creativity is evident in both her music, and how she used to battle at her Facility. She used to teach her pokemon to combine their attacks in the way that a contest battler would; not only to be powerful but to look amazing. She may appear happy-go-luck, but for those that know her, they know she is passionate about defeating injustice. Her greatest pleasure in life was performing; not because it made her famous, but because it made other people happy. Whenever she made someone else smile, she felt happy as well. She’s a little reckless, but only because she has a high tolerance to both physical and emotional pain. The only thing that can really make her angry is seeing someone made to cry by another’s actions. But she’ll rarely get angry if a wrong-doing is against her. Her biggest fear is loneliness, seeing as how she was lonely for most of her life.
History: Melody’s life started out in the easy-going Eterna City. But, it wasn’t long before she had a younger sister named Harmony; she only spent fifteen minutes as an only child. She tried to get along with her twin as best she could, but for some reason Harmony only ever wanted to show Melody up. Harmony quickly over-shadowed Mel in school when her grades made her the honour roll throughout most of grade school. Melody had a hard time finding friends because Harmony secretly spread rumours about her sister. Melody became disheartened and began to question if she would ever amount to anything. One Halloween night, Harmony and her usual group of friends made a deal with Melody that they would find her some friends if she went into the haunted Old Chateau. Melody agreed and entered the old house, only to be locked inside by Harmony’s friends. Melody broke down crying on the floor when she heard laughter from behind the door. She was scared… but she wasn’t as alone as she thought. The ghosts of the Old Chateau were actually Ghost-type pokemon. A young Rotom found the 7-year old crying in the main hall and tried to comfort her. It dried Melody’s tears and led her into the Banquet Hall. The Ghost pokemon were having their own Halloween party, and they invited her to join them. Before she could say no, the Rotom pushed her onto the dance floor with the rest of them. It was the first time in her life that Melody felt truly happy.
For the next three years, everyday after school and before dinner, Melody spent her time at the Old Chateau. Each time she went there, she brought new and different toys to share with her Ghost-pals. The Rotom that came to help her that Halloween night made a special bond with Mel; it was always waiting for her to arrive and it always saw her out the door. She named that Rotom CD because ‘she’ always played with any music player Melody brought. Together with her pokemon friends, Melody gained enough confidence in herself to try to become a musician, and she practiced and practiced both guitar and keyboards until she became a local rock star. The Ghost pokemon taught her what they refused to teach her in class; pokemon abusing humans. Organizations like Team Rocket had done horrendous things to pokemon in the past. Learning about this, Melody resolved to become such a strong trainer that she could do the most she could to protect pokemon all over. She vowed to set out on her pokemon journey with one of her Ghost friends as her starter.
On her 10th birthday, Mel made good on her vow; when her parents gave the twins their first pokeballs, Mel rushed out the door and into the forest and to the Old Chateau. Turns out, the Ghosts had made a going away party, but they were secretly competing with each other for the position of Mel’s first pokemon. Melody shifted through the mob of Ghost pokemon and found CD. She wasn’t the strongest, but CD was the first friend Mel ever made. Together, the two conquered each of the region’s Leagues, nearly becoming Champions of Sinnoh. Along the way, Melody had amassed a loyal pokemon team; Fos the Aerodactyl, Candy the Gorebyss, Topper the Parasect, Blast the Magmotar, Dice the Weavile, and many more. Finally, at the age of 16, she beat out her twin sister and earned the title of Frontier Brain.
Taking a well-deserved day off from her tireless work as Rock Maiden, Melody and CD had sent the rest of their team on vacation for the week, and they waited patiently for the meteor shower. It would be hard to see the shooting stars from the covered city of Sootopolis, but she was planning on enjoying it anyway. She lay stretched out on the roof of the Battle Stage, waiting for her boyfriend to arrive so they could watch it together. CD began to act strangely though; she began shooting out sparks uncontrollably. This was usually only something that she did when she was anxious or afraid. All of a sudden, the sky visible through the opening in the stone ceiling turned blood red. A meteor came and crashed right beside Mel on the roof. The roof cracked underneath Mel and she fell on top of the meteor. She was intoxicated by the horde of Shadows pouring out of the rock until she absorbed all of them. CD shuddered seeing her dearest friend’s aura so dark. She began to tear up and before she could even think about abandoning Melody, she rushed down to the Stage and plunged the Purge attack straight into her side. Shadows poured from her mouth, squealing that they lost a body. As this happened, colour poured into Mel’s hair that made her bangs resemble her eyes and a black star appeared over her blue eye. It wasn’t long after that the two were hunted down by Darklings. If it wasn’t for an ADF pick-up in the form of a Gyarados, they would have been killed.
Powers: Mel’s powers are sound-based. If she claps while using her powers, she sends out a shockwave. If she shrieks or sings, she sends out a sonic blast out of her mouth.
Alliance: ADF
Pokemon Partner:
Name: CD
Age: By her species’ standards, 18
Species: Rotom
Bio: CD was raised with contempt for humans after her parents had taught her about humans that had once abused them. She always glared as anyone who passed by the windows of the Old Chateau, especially children. She knew that they would eventually grow up to be trainers and abuse other Pokemon. One Halloween, she heard the door of the main hall slam shut. She saw it as an opportunity to scare the living daylights out of the fool who dared to trespass. Instead of a mischievous intruder, she found a crying child, no older than she was. For the first time, she saw what humans really were; they were not so different than Pokemon. She felt sympathy for Melody, and wanted to make up for all the nasty things she had done to other humans in the past, so she wanted to become friends. CD was the one who taught Mel the principals of music, trained her in the art of self-confidence and about the art of Pokemon battles. The two were inseparable because they taught each other how to be truly happy. Still, CD remains as mischievous as they come, in layman’s terms, she has an impish nature. She’s sarcastic, cunning and more than a little devious. She likes to mock her opponents in battle because she knew that anger made one slip up. She’s become a little more conscientious since joining Mel, and Fos has done his best to try and straighten her out. She doesn’t care about most things; she just goofs off and looks for her next great gig. Though she doesn’t share Mel’s principle of ‘others’ happiness makes me happy’, she does enjoy a prank more if she’s not the only one laughing.
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Kanto Northern Mountain Range:
Hidden Pokemon City: Chartreuse City
3 days since impact
“Keeee! Gasp Gahhh!” Melody cried in suppressed pain.
“Calm down, I’m already finished taking blood.” A shiny Audino nurse said as she placed a vial of blood into a spectral-analyzer. The small pink bunny rolled her eyes and lead Mel out of the infirmary. “Next Sil, please enter for your physical.”
Mel met up with CD again, rubbing the area where the needle entered. She smiled sheepishly and tore the band-aid off. She looked up into the skies and saw the tops of huge buildings she never knew Pokemon had built. Beyond their peaks was an energy shield keeping the Shadows from finding them and kept any hostiles out. The city looked just like a certain city in Unova that Melody had heard of once. If the time had been any other, she would have been trying to get the opportunity to do a show here, but now… She was focused on saving the earth. She turned back to her partner and tried to lighten the mood.
“Why do they hafta take blood from every Silhouette anyway?” Melody complained as she and her plasma Ghost partner made their way back to their base.
“Digger told me they’re looking to see how much of a change Sils have gone through from being humans, so they require as many DNA samples as possible.” CD spoke with a nervous look on her face. Her electric aura began pulsating. “Plus too, they needed to do physicals on new ADF affiliates.”
Melody stopped in her tracks and picked CD up so she could look her straight in the eye.
“Copper Drive, I know you. What’re you so nervous about?” Melody said with strange seriousness. CD flinched and averted Mel’s gaze. She never liked it when Mel used her full name.
“I-… It’s… My grandparents told me stories about what happened on our home-world. The Shadows tore everything apart. Entire species of Pokemon went extinct in just a day. I’m scared. You should be too.”
Melody smirked and placed CD on her shoulder. “C’mon, you know me—I’m too foolhardy to be afraid. Besides, Heaven isn’t the place you go when you die-” Melody’s pace increased into a sprint towards their base.
“It’s the moment you feel most alive!” CD finished off. That was the way they lived their lives, always trying to feel Heaven for as long as they could, even at the risk of their lives.
But even with that thought in mind, Melody was hiding a crease of worry on her face. Fos and the others on her team, her boyfriend, her family—were they ok? Were they alive? Finding that out was what kept her going through this time. Though in the 72 hours since, she began to realize the answer was one she wouldn’t like.
[ADF Chartreuse City Base]
“Bladerunner, I’m not discussing this anymore; I’m keeping the Silhouettes on! You heard the commander; they’re an asset.” Digger overshadowed the Bisharp in size, but Blade was not phased.
“Those damned Sils are a liability. Any moment they could turn full Darkling and destroy us all.” Melody walked in on their conversation. Blade took his leave, walking right past Mel. She could just barely hear him whisper “I’m watching you, Decibel.”
Melody wasn’t scared so much as she was disheartened. She lost her usual cocky grin and slumped down onto a bench next to the holo-tablet.
“So, Cap, any news outta intelligence about what these bozos are after?” CD chirped to snap both Digger and Mel out of their funks. The Garchomp activated the holo-tablet and showed a recorded surveillance from Lilycove back in Hoenn.
The scene was a meteor and shadows escaping into a trainer with a pikachu.
“From this scene and the Pikachu’s witness account, we can determine that the Shadows are not looking to add territory to their empire.” Digger activated a new video from the archive.
The scene was a coordinator in a green bandana and she was being chased by Darklings. She was about to fall off a cliff when a Darkling caught her and saved her life.
“This scene and many others infer that the Shadows are not trying to eradicate the human species.”
A new scene depicted what looked like a Pokemon doctor with close-set eyes becoming a Darkling and attacking his own Sudowoodo.
“That Sudowoodo escaped, and from his medical reports, the attacks he sustained were intended as non-lethal. Other than that, we’re not sure what they’re planning.”
Melody took a report on the Shadows and went over what was known. CD was reading the file from Mel’s shoulder. There were only three pages; one on Shadow’s biology, one on the Darklings and only half a page on a theoretical being known as The Darkness.
“So… The Darkness is their leader? What does it look like?” Melody asked as the only information on it was a statement by a Shadow Darkling.
“No one knows anything about it. We don’t even know if it is a physical being. Intelligence figures that the Shadows refer to their hive mind as their leader.” Digger replied to non-chalently as he dug meat out of his teeth with his claw.
“Great. So that eliminates the option of taking out their leader and calling it a day.” CD grumbled “What is our mission de jour any-who?”
“We’ll go over the details once the rest of the team gets here.” Digger said as he went through the personnel files. “But right now, we know that there’s a camp of survivors back in Cerulean city. It’s a simple search and rescue operation... And we have some news on domestic threats to go over. A vigilante known as Trika has been causing trouble out west.”
[Somewhere in Ilex Forest]
A female Raichu climbed onto a high branch. She stared out onto her audience. A crowd of both pure-wild and Pokemon that had lost their trainers in the invasion awaited her speech.
“My friends, we’ve all lost something dear in the past three days; some of us have lost homes, other have lost their strength, while still others have lost friends. The High Council thinks they know what’s best for all of us, while they sit on their high-horses, completely cut-off from the real world!”
The crowd became ravenous, booing at the mention of the High Council. Some Pokemon began shouting their reasons for being here.
“Shadows killed my trainer!”
“A Darkling cut off my arm; now I only have three left!”
“I want my Trainer back! Whaaaaaaa!”
Trika put her paws up to ask for silence. The mob calmed down. “Yes, we’ve all lost something precious. But we can’t just sit by on our haunches and let those Arcees [slang for ADF soldiers] be the only heroes out there!”
Cheers and calls came from the mob. A Charizard in the back let out a roar that sent a Sunflora flying. Trika called for silence once again.
“Millennia ago during the first coming of Shadows, Arceus cut our losses and abandoned our home world, our families and even entire species of Pokemon. Are we going to let that happen with this world too?! Are we going to leave our trainers, our partners, our loved ones, our home behind?!”
“NO!”
“Then I say this; the only way to save this world is to exterminate the Shadows and their Darkling followers!”
But through the cheers, a single tiny voice was heard.
“What about the Silhouettes?” spoke a young Cubone.
“The Silhouettes… The only way to save our trainers is for them to become Silhouettes. Purge any Darkling on sight! It’s the only way to save our human comrades! Now get out there and save the world!”
The crowd scattered, destined for areas around the world. Trika smirked and jumped down from the branch and into the hollowed tree she lived in. She turned to her mirror and brushed her fur.
‘Innocent fools. Purge kills humans if you weren’t bonded to them. Soon the Shadows will be starved out and the humans will be near-extinct. This world will be glorious once those apes are gone.’ She put her brush down and concern swept across her face. ‘Hm, but those Sils are trouble too. No matter, we’ll out number them; they won’t get the chance to claim rule of this world.’
[Vigilantes should start their post in some corner of the world, most likely hunting down Darklings and eating-I mean Purging them. ADF-affiliates should be making their way to the Chartreuse Base and awaiting Digger’s briefing… and maybe punching Blade in the face along the way there. All Sils have to have blood drawn and their physicals done first.]
