(fhis thread is mine)

>>5731296
(It is time once again)

(Let's go boys)

>>5731296
('tis an honor playing with all of you through this entire campaign)

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Xerneas stifles a mocking laugh as he observes Palkia advancing, his gaze removed from the group—almost as if he didn’t care for their presence.

“Perhaps it would be, wouldn’t it? A hypocrite of myself and what I represent. A shame, truly. I feel such great remorse,” he whispers out, before snapping into a laugh. “Oh, there’s no point in lying! ‘Death’ as you know it should be the least of your concerns. This is… something more, or less, depending on the perspective you take it. You will be removed from the cycle so utterly, so cleanly cut from the cloth of my Life that there will be no memory of your existence.”

He steps forward and turns to look at the group. “A fitting end for creatures which do not naturally belong.” Another fold in reality opens up, revealing a massive, glittering tree. “So do me a favor and leave. It would be convenient.”

Not even glancing back or to give you the chance for a response, Xerneas steps through and vanishes past the shimmering void wall. The anomalous portal fades away, leaving you alone in the starscape with the imposing presence of the primal deity.

With the confirmation of his handler’s departure, Palkia releases a sky-shattering, star-rending roar. The very space around you pulses and warps as everything reshapes itself. Dark shapes come into view from impossibly huge portals, familiar planetoids dragged by an equally titanic arm. These miniature planets—all of which you know for certain you’ve visited before—form a ring around and above. In the breadth of seconds, a dawning realization bursts in your mind just as fast as your heart drums in your head and chest.

You didn’t think a Pokémon could be large enough to fill the entire horizon and more…

Chapter 49: The Stars Quake In His Name

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Legalize crime.

>>5731317
>Orb stares upon palkia
so... fire won't work, water won't work. what weather we feeling?

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5731317
"Not this time, no one is backing down!"
Astor tries to not tremble and shake of fear (Vibe)

>>5731317
"..."
"Sigh, a planet hoping we go..."
>Gee, this new form sure does seem to have mellowed him out!

>>5731319
"I'm not sure weather could exist in a space like this..." Vee is searching for an opportunity.

>>5731317
Well that figures. Wonder if he can manipulate the spirit reality, too.
>>5731321
You got this, buddy. Don't let all those pounds get you down. That uh... that's not saying you're fat, just so we're clear.
https://youtu.be/2eqjQFQTBKE
Welp, SEE YA!
>Sable uses Phantom Force!

>>5731317
Spiritomb just watches as Xerneas leaves.
"Villain playbook page 108: run away and leave it to your underling."
Spiritomb slowly advances toward the astral projection, making a "neck" cracking motion.

>>5731319
"There's ice..."
"Even if it would do as much harm as good..."
>Charles lazily intones
>His eyes drift to the stars, seemingly unbothered by the current battle about to unfold

>>5731323
"...Are you - oh, its fine. I know I'm a bit heavier now."
>Charles 'flexes' his tail
"All muscle though..."

>>5731317
Maroon stares down the deity with an intense glare.

"You can't snuff us out- not without burning yourself, and even then. . "

Maroon turns to Charles and Kaku, a big grin spreading across his maw. "It's your time to shine," he says as he reaches into mane and tosses the Grimmsnarl a Fairium Z.

"There's not much I can do," he admits, "but I'll try to run cover."

>>5731322
it's worth a shot, right?
>>5731321
you got this charles! that new shell looks like it could deflect the moon without breaking a sweat!

“Wh-you’re not even going to respect to the pokemon you’re going to kill?!…I thought there could have been a misunderstanding, or-or we could have worked together towards something…!
We don’t have any right to refuse if you wanna…end us…”

>>5731330
>Charles slowly bends his neck to look at his new shell tail
"...You think so? It is rather reflective."

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>>5731317
"Man, we could really use a Dynamax Band here... and even that would barely make a difference! Oh well, I can make do."
>>5731329
Kaku catches. "Thanks. Stay confident."

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>>5731317
"How fascinating." Poli concurs, having... been there the whole time? One might surmise either he stealthed his way here successfully, or maybe he just tagged along and nobody noticed... neither possibility is comforting knowing the strange frog, and the zanier options that don't come to mind even less so. He's here though, and it's hard to say no to an extra pair of amphibious hands. Though, his flippance doesn't help the unsettling nature of everything going on, either.."
>>5731326
Flipping a page and pointing to gibberish on his strange book, the thing he keeps calling Frognosticus, Poli confirms with his expertise in villainy. "I just checked. That IS in the playbook!"

>>5731317
Stern just stares on at Palkia.
"This will be difficult, but we definitely, DEFINITELY can't lose here!"

>>5731332
yeah! the stuff looks made of steel, and I've had enough experience in my time, even before coming here to know how tough that stuff can be! immune to toxins, can take blows from dragons and fairies alike, frost fails to harm it and psychics have trouble too.
only thing you'd have to worry about is heat, but your dragon half can cover that fine!

>>5731329
"So it may seem..."
>Charles gazes up at Palkia, now bigger than all of space
"This will certainly be a time to remember..."

>>5731336
"...That sounds all well and good, but I resisted heat before."
"What does that mean for me now...?"

>>5731337
it means that you're going to be extremely durable! type weaknesses have gone from dragon, ice and fairy, to fighting and ground. if my predictions are right.
admittedly... I'm not entirely sure, never seen this kind of deal before, so I'm just going off guesses.

>>5731317
Hi, I'm just some random dropping in here. I saw "finale edition" so I felt like seeing what was going on. I saw Xerneas with that image and immediately read it as "Xemnas". So here you guys go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVCx2mzm_r8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Xu9YZKdik
I hope this befits your finale thread

>>5731340
(Thank you random anon. We appreciate your contribution.)

>>5731296
Also, you might wanna update that rentry as much as you are able. Archival is important when all your data and pages and links can be easily lost to time

>>5731340
(Very cool anon)

>>5731340
(thanks anon, 'preciate it)

>>5731340
(based khposter)

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5731317
>>5731331
Vee stumbles a bit closer to Bind, looking not-good, standing at 130 HP.
"...Not worth arguing with someone who isn't around to listen. We gotta stay focused, just like before."

He is trying his best to appear uninjured.

Vee used Laser Focus!
He carefully watches how space bends to Palkia's whims, and the way new objects warped into reality like nothing before. He needs to think of something that will help him evade getting hurt at any cost.

Maybe he'll find something he could focus on and use, just as he did with Roar of Time in a battle prior.

>>5731317
"I don't think we're going to be... conventionally fighting," Citrine says. "Not that we were definitively going to win, but... great." His feeling of extreme dread comes off as just annoyance in his face, considering he can't really make the expression to match. Maybe that's a good thing this time...?

Rolled 20 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5731348
>Charles' lazy eyes fall on Vee now
>He can't fool the dragon
>Vee is in pain

"Entering combat in less than optimal condition is not advisable..."
>Charles draws the back of his hand through the air, his palm forming his water baton
"Up and at 'em..."

>Roll for song
> +5 Melody Pin

>>5731357
Vee, while focuses, quietly says "thank you."

(445/630 HP)

“…You’re right. It was naive of me not to see the writing on the wall. But I wanna live. I wanna live!” He pumps, pointing at Palkia. “And I want that to mean something! Get ‘im, guys! And get that mastermind back here so we can go home!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eq-qUy-a-A

Before you, two different Palkias stand before you and the security of the world. Each of them are still taller than the entire party, disregarding that one is a colossal being, moving entire planets under sheer force of will.

Primal Palkia releases another roar, however this time, something very different happens. Like light splashing against a prism, Primal Palkia's appearance distorts and wavers, his image blurring your vision and senses. Three distinct shapes fill your view.

They all move in perfect, feral synchronicity, eyeing each of you down...

There seems to be three different lights.

you cant help but wonder which is real?

The colossal Palkia shifts, wrapping his star-spanning reach around one of the planets, a planet looks really normal, actually. Too normal. It's impossibly normal. The lively, if admittedly plain, grassy surface is gouged by the mountainous claws digging in for grip. It's almost looking like he's ready to hurl the entire thing at the group!

>>5731323
You dip into the unfamiliar void, no longer feeling safe in the comfort of the ghastly shadows of the beyond. This is different. Older. A deep red gaze is watching you carefully, as if stalking you like a predator, waiting for the next step and move.

>>5731357
>>5731348
With his focus sharpened, it's a bit of a surprise as Vee can feel a beautiful melody uplifting his spirits, a warm sensation repairing his broken form. He's been healed to full!

Battle begin...!

LHG TURN 1

Palkia has split into three different forms, although it's definitely a trick of the light! He's also going to play fastball with an entire planet!?
>Come on, I'm not afraid of some illusions! [Try to fight Primal Palkia]
>Uh, cover, ASAP. I'm durable, but not immune to having celestial bodies thrown at my face. [Run!!!]
>[Player write-in]

Rolled 25 (1d108)

>>5731360
Entropy

>>5731360
>Come on, I'm not afraid of some illusions! [Try to fight Primal Palkia]
"Pff. I can take it." Kaku Bulks Up twice! But can he take it really?

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5731360
>[Player write-in]
>Cast grabs an item from his bag, using X-ray specs!
>if it's a trick of the light, it probably won't turn up through the specs, this SHOULD reveal the real one!
You know, this reminds me of an anime about gold haired primapes.

Rolled 13, 5 = 18 (2d20)

>>5731360
>Come on, I'm not afraid of some illusions! [Try to fight Primal Palkia]

Maroon blinks in shock, before his eyes sharpen and without hesitation runs straight at the apparitions.
"Get behind cover! I'm going to check which is real!" Maroon shouts before disappearing suddenly in a burst of speed-

>Maroon uses Extreme Speed on Red Palkia!
>Maroon uses Extreme Speed on Blue Palkia!

>>5731360
>>5731361
Spiritomb faces down the duplicate Primal Palkias without a care. In fact, they look a little too unperturbed by the situation...
>Spiritomb is loafing around.
>Spiritomb ignored orders
>Spiritomb is looking for things to sell.
As a pokemon leveled above 100, Spiritomb is disobedient in spite of the party beside them. They're not doing anything, as involved this turn as their appearance before Dialga.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5731360
>[Player write-in]

>>5731366
>Charles watches as Maroon speeds off, attempting to find the right Palkia of the trio arranged before them

"Not a bad idea..."

>Charles takes aim at the green one
>His body glows a bright silvery color...
>A glowing ball of energy emits from his mouth before a beam of the same color shoots off

Charles used Flash Cannon!

>Charles tries to identify if the Green Palkia is real

>>5731366
>203 damage to Red Palkia. Maroon takes 68 damage in recoil.
>195 damage to Blue Palkia. Maroon takes 65 damage in recoil.

Maroon's HP: 1,367/1,500

>>5731360
>Uh, cover, ASAP. I'm durable, but not immune to having celestial bodies thrown at my face.

Citrine armors up with his traditional Iron Defense, backing up and watching his teammates, waiting for an opening to block an attack aimed for them. Is Palkia a special attacker? Yes. Does he know that? No.

>>5731360
>Uh, cover, ASAP. I'm durable, but not immune to having celestial bodies thrown at my face. [Run!!!]
"Hey! Astrology isn't evil! What's wrong with you?" Poli pouts. Still, as much as he likes standing still doing nothing, he's a squishy wizard. He certainly can't tank a Level 5 Meteor. Or, you know, an entire planet... so he distances himself from the rest of the group with the two froggiest leaps to the left he can manage.

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>>5731360
Vee remains where he is, doing nothing with his opportunity right now, sensing the time isn't right.

>>5731359
He huddles next to Bind, weary.
"What can I do? I'm not sure right now... but I do have an idea, maybe..."

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5731360
>[Player write-in]
Well... guess there's no real escape from you now is there?
...
>Sable lifts his Arceus pendant off his chest, showing it to Palkia
Not sure if you remember, but you saved us once. Now this has happened to you, I can only try to return the favor. If you can hear me, if there's any part of you that still has control, please, tell us how we can break this hold over you.
If not, well... I'm sorry. We've come too far to back out now.
>Sable tries communing with Palkia's soul!

>>5731360
>[Player write-in]
Bind affixes his silk wire to his silver spike before driving it as hard as he can manage into the glowing ground and ties the other end to his wrist, bracing for the incoming attack.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5731375
epic dice fail

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5731360
"... ok maybe we back down! Run!"
>Uh, cover, ASAP. I'm durable, but not immune to having celestial bodies thrown at my face

And then prays.

>>5731370
(80bp x 1.5Stab) + 68 + 8 = 196 Damage to Green Palkia

>>5731383
>Pardon the error, didn't know water resisted steel
(80 bp x 1.5 x 0.5) + 68 + 8 = 136

>>5731376
He holds up the stake-tied string. “If all goes well here, we can launch a safe attack right after everyone else figures out which one to hit. Get behind me, you’ll land a better hit than I ever could…”

>>5731360
>Tintoretto opens Lolly's Lollis to decide what to do...
>His inner mind is telling him to please for the love of god don't.
"KILL GOD! KILL GOD! KILL GOD!"

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5731387
Rollin' for Bind. (He's having issues.)

>>5731376
>He graps Vee
>He looks absolutely insane
"KILL GOD VI! KILL GOD VI!"

>>5731360
>>5731376
>>5731387
Vee nods, getting safely behind the Guildmaster and resuming his Laser Focus, but not before speaking a few words.
"I hope this'll work..." he doesn't seem to be talking about Bind's plan.

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>>5731390
"K I L L G O D V I ! "
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>>5731363
>>5731364
>>5731366
>>5731369
>>5731370
>>5731388
Kaku strengthens his body, hoping to be ready once the storm passes.

Castform briefly looks through the X-Ray Specs and can see that something looks... strange with the green one.

Spiritomb cannot find anything in the seemingly infinite wasteland. It's just empty.

Tintoretto chants.

Maroon dashes across the wasteland, bounding and sprinting with everything that he has to crash into the prism lord. He feels his head crash into a wall of pure light, right before an immediate retaliation. Blue and Red act independently, swinging their arms with the power to rend the void.
>Red Primal Palkia used Spacial Rend! Maroon took 744 damage!
>Blue Primal Palkia used Spacial Rend! Maroon took 340 damage!

Charles' flash of light crashes against the Green Palkia, who shudders and recoils, crying in pain. Both Red and Blue clutch their heads as the prism effect ends, vanishing.
>Primal Palkia has sustained significant damage and has returned to normal!

You can see Primal Palkia's form looks less... real. Part of him burns with emptiness of un-reality, dancing like the embers of a dying fire.

Titan Palkia tenses up before shifting into an arcing throw. A burning hot film of Grass-type energy forms around the planetary baseball as it hurtles down toward you. His eyes flash a brilliant red and the planet shifts. Instead of impacting you, the planet skims its atmosphere against the space you occupy.

Those of you who have not taken cover, you feel the searing, unfiltered pain of an entire planet raze across your soul. You're thrown across the glowing wasteland, scattered and dazed.
>You take 1,000 damage! If you are resistant, you take 700 damage.

>>5731372
>>5731375
>>5731381
Citrine, Poli, and Astor make the decision to hide. They dive for cover under a shielded portion of the glowing earth. From within the safety of their bastion, they hear the roaring winds as two massive entities come within a hair's breadth of collision, inflicting severe gravitational chaos. It'll take you a moment to shake off the fear and to escape the shielded formation.

>>5731379
>>5731391
Bind sticks the spike into the glowing earth, hanging on for everything that he has. Clinging desperately, he feels like a napkin in a lightning storm. Vee also holds on as best as he can, trying not to be blown away. He's also a napkin in the wind, but smaller.
>They both take 400 damage.

>>5731378
The Titan's eyes briefly glance down at the miniscule form of Sableye. Somewhere, there seems to be some hesitation before its gaze hardens. One massive claw begins reaching out into the void between, looking to grasp the gemlin and crush him like a grape.

LHG TURN 2

Rolled 25 (1d108)

>>5731397
Entropy

>>5731397
Hey guys, somethings u-
>-440/560 HP
>Ouch, that looks like it hurt.

>>5731397
In a single moment Maroon's body is rend apart by the two Special Rend- and the others who choose to fight are met with the force of a falling planet.

It should be over for them. . . But a glittering, golden power lifts from the Arcanine's body towards the others unconscious.

>The entire party is revived by Sacred Ash at full HP.

>>5731397
>>5731399
Spiritomb, the ultimate tank build, tanks the brunt of Palkia's planetary assault and just...
>Spiritomb turned away.
>Spiritomb is consulting themselves.
>Spiritomb is feigning fear.
Keeps doing nothing.
>HP: 5480/?

>>5731397
Stern, fucked up by (phone posting not working) the attack is dazed!
"I shoulda reacted a bit quicker..."
HP: 320

>>5731397
>Charles is now flattened
>Literally
>There's an imprint in the ground, or whatever it is the Guild is standing on

"..."
>Charles gets up
(400 due to 4x resist and GM permission)
(HP:960/1360)
>Charles shakes himself, dislodging any remaining space earth
"...Ow..."

>>5731406
>>5731401
>this is the 2nd time Cast has been hit with sacred ash in his life, he takes a gasp of bubble because that HURT.
How... am I still up. everyone, there was something off about the green image!

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Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5731397
(HP 440/1440)
"WOOOOOOO! That's- what I'm talking about!"
Kaku returns the favor against the big-but-not-too-big Palkia, by Slapping some sense into him.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>5731410
>>5731397
>Cast also thunders, praying for paralysis

>>5731397
"Ow..."

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5731397
>Sable uses Shadow Sneak to dash away!
I know you don't really want to hurt me, but damn that scared the hell outta me!
Okay, well I saw that look behind your eyes. Please, Lord Palkia, try to fight it! I don't want to fight you, too! I'm just a little guy, I'm no threat to you! We can be friends, can't we?

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5731397
"...ITS THE GREEN ONE."
>Charles shouts to the Guild

>Charles reaches behind himself and forms a ball of acid in his hand!
>He tosses it at Palkia, the sphere of liquid fragmenting into a fine mist!

Charles used Acid Spray on Palkia Green!

>>5731405
(HP:1360/1360?)
"Excellent work bringing that with you Maroon..."

>>5731412
(110+56+18= 184 damage and a paralysis proc!)

>>5731397
>>5731415
(40bp) + 68 + 17 = 125 Damage and Palkia Special Defense reduced by 2 stages!

>>5731405
>>5731411
>(1440/1400 HP)
>648 Damage to Primal Palkia!

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5731405
>Sacred Ash also fully restores the party's HP.

Maroon's eye snap open and towards the Palkia. He pulls himself off the ground and sprints towards the deity with glowing, white claws outstretched- he drops down into a slide and rips columns of the earth with him to slam into the celestial dragon.

"You'll need to try harder than that!!!" Maroon growls.

>Maroon uses Rock Climb on Green Palkia!

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5731397
>>5731405
"Who knew getting owned as a wise strategy?" Poli wonders, witnessing the, you know, entire crashing planetoid thing. Of course, throwing giant geodes at people seems fun... "Here! You try!"
Poli throws his Psychic Gem from his inventory at Vee..?

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Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5731397
Vee is nearly taken out of the equation, surviving, but just barely.
(45/630 HP)

He falls over, reaching out to Bind, about to succumb to the despair of being so incredibly outclassed, but the feeling of re-invigoration saves him from that fate, restoring his HP with the Sacred Ash from Maroon!

(630/630 HP)

He stands up once more, just in time to catch the Psychic Gem >>5731422 Poli tossed at him. "...Thanks!"
He doesn't waste anytime using it and Poli's support as fuel for the Foreverstone.

The energy is resonating with the Foreverstone!
Vee unleashes a full-force V-Move!

Vee used Copycat!
Vee used Glitzy Glow!

A magical field manifests afterwards, reducing the damage of Special Attacks by 50%!

>>5731423
>>5731422
>Charles feels the psychic energy cover him like a weighted blanket
"...Nice work you two."

Rolled 16 (1d20)

Bind wheezes, feeling the sacred ash filter his injuries. "We can't sit through two of those. Are you up, Vee? We need t-oh, thanks! Alright! Let's roll!"
Bind uses Secret Power on the lighted ground around his buried stake, flinging it towards Palkia- with himself still attached!
It manifests as a wave of hard radiation, not unlike a psychic move...

>>5731423
>>5731424
"Muahaha! Now... let's get to work!" Poli laughs menacingly as the barrier goes up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20UPL0G8bc

>>5731423
215 Psychic-Type damage on Primal Palkia!

>>5731425
>>5731429
>>5731424
Vee can't help but give a small Eevee smile as Psychic-Type energy shoots out from his Foreverstone like a confetti cannon.

>>5731405
>In the deep darkness there is but a void...
>He knows who he is.
>Back in Venice, Tintoretto wrote about life and death as his philosophy, it failed creating Tinto.
>It had its chance to free but now...
>Tinto falls back into the hole.
>Tintoretto rises up.
>>5731424
"Now where was I once more, my amico?"

>>5731432
"Hm?"
>Charles glances down to the floating dragon
"Oh...Tintoretto. I didn't notice you had joined...apologies."
>Charles looks back to Palkia, pointing a finger at the Space Deity
"...We're in space. Fighting Space God."

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5731423
"Hey, thanks!"
Stern turns back to Palkia.
>>5731397
"I don't have any good moves for this, but..."
Stern charges in at the Green Palkia head-first with Head-Smash!

>>5731434
"That contradicts the very essence of my principles! I implore an explanation for why I am going against Copernicus himself here? By the way is his theory correct?"
>He looks down, he sees his tail.
"AND WHY AM I DEAD SEA THING? AND WHY ARE YOU A SLIME THING?"
>Tinto is reeling back in his mind.
>"KILL THE GOD! KILL THE GOD! KILL THE GOD!"
>NO!
>The thought of killing disgusts him, wouldn't that make this... God... come back even more vengeful?
>He can't take it.
>He plants the vile seed and the golden seed.

>>5731446
"..."
>Charles extends his head over Tintoretto, looking for a lump on his head
"Did the planet hit you too hard on the head...?"

>>5731405
>>5731421
Everyone has been revived and healed to full! Having already used Sacred Ash to revive himself and everyone, along with being beaten down by the onslaught of a space-god, Maroon is still reeling. He attempts to act, but weakly flops over.

>>5731399
>>5731406
Spiritomb continues to do nothing.

>>5731411
>>5731412
>>5731415
>>5731425
>>5731434
Kaku moves to slap and strike Primal Palkia. Steeling his own will and fortifying his courage, he lets out a resounding hit against the dragon. It's like hitting a solid wall and his hand stings, but it's struck! Palkia growls.

A crack of thunder and a bolt of lightning hits follows shortly after, electricity running down the form of Primal Palkia. His body twitches and jitters, muscles moving erratically. Charles spits out a splash of acid, the caustic substance running down the weakened side of the other dragon. There's a hiss of pain, but not a second to recover as Bind rides the Psychedelic wave vibe manifestation. His ride abruptly ends as it crashes against the shore of Palkia's. The Lopunny clings to the scales, trying not to fall down.

Stern moves in, but the pain of having a planet pass like a meteor has dazzled his mind. He misses the attack!

>>5731422
>>5731423
>>5731429
Despite having terrible line-of-sight of the Eevee, Poli manages to lob the gem perfectly out, landing next to its intended recipient. He then continues to sit in the hole.

A glittery aura field intertwines itself with the light of the land, turning it a shade of pink. You feel safer, somehow... At the same time, it pulses and crashes against Primal Palkia's legs.

>>5731414
Titan Palkia claw's twitch and shudder. It rumbles in confusion, the very weight of its voice threatening to undo the threads of the void realm Sable finds himself in. Finally, it acts and cleaves its entire tail through the un-reality, ripping it open. Phantom Force is having trouble staying connected here, he's going to have to exit soon or risk something wrong happening!

Primal Palkia lets out an electrified roar. His body pauses and seizes up from the shock. It doesn't look like the attacks have had as great of an effect then when he had split into three...

LHG TURN 3
>Titan Palkia is moving again... [insight roll?]
>[Player write-in]

>>5731447
>The slime gets on his head.
>He's both annoyed and jealous over Charle's cool cat.
>He wants something as cool as that hat.
>It's enough to get him in the line of fire.
>>5731423
>He witnesses Vee doing both Copycat and Glitzy Glow.
"Well, isn't that quite serene."
>He quickly gets back in.
"Just please give me a quick refresher
>He looks down to his slightly transparent arms
"And might there ever be a possibility that I will be human again?"

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5731452
Astor watches from a distance trying to understand what is Palkia doing
>Insight

>>5731452
>[player write in]
>Cast once again applys X-ray specs, trying to gleam more information to counter the dragon!

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5731456
(forgor roll)

>>5731453
>He coughs out lets out a fly.
>It speaks to him in a really high pitch voice...
"It's me father, I am here for you!"
>Tintoretto looks at Charles in a really freaked out way.

Rolled 13 (1d108)

>>5731452
Entropy

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5731452
>Sable jumps onto Palkia's claw and starts running up it, phasing out of Phantom Force a little way up.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5731452
Poli begins cross-referencing something in his Frognosticus tome... isn't it full of gibberish and nonsense? Didn't he just say 'let's get to work'? An odd decision, to be sure. Moreover, since he's remained in cover, his line of sight's not doing him any favours, either...
>Titan Palkia is moving again... [insight roll?]

Rolled 1, 8 = 9 (2d20)

>>5731452
"Gah!" Maroon rolls back onto his feet, running behind the green-tinted Palkia and disappearing in another burst of speed- he reappears, clawing his way up Palkia's back, aiming for his head!

"Look over here you idiot!" Maroon shouts.

>Maroon uses Extreme Speed on Green Palkia!
>Maroon uses Rock Climb on Green Palkia!

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>5731452
>>Titan Palkia is moving again... [insight roll?]

"What is that dragon up to now..."
>Charles tries to identify Giant Palkia's next move!

>>5731453
>>5731458
"Oh...*that* far back?... We were transported here to help a world ending crisis. We were changed into beasts beyond what some of our worlds could imagine."

"We are now trying to stop some of the gods of this world from keeping everything alive forever."

>Charles rubs the back of his head
"Are you sure you want to be human again?"

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>Titan Palkia is moving again... [insight roll?]

Bind takes a second to marvel at the thought that he's touching the architect of space...But he has a cold read to make. He focuses on Palkia's movements and the feel of his tension...

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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5731452
"Dammit, not enough damage... I just need to find the weak spot!"
Taking advantage of the paralysis, Kaku extends his hair tendrils to climb the titan! Pic related.
>+4 Hair Control

>>5731452
>>5731460
Spiritomb just smirks as the Sacred Ash heals them and the Glitzy Glow protects them with a screen. Where could those have items come from?
>Spiritomb is loafing around.
>Spiritomb convulses in place.
>Spiritomb is making sure their merch is unharmed.
They still refuse to act.
>HP: 6480/?

>>5731463
>Extreme Speed misses!
>Rock Climb does 213 damage! Maroon takes 71 damage in recoil!

Maroon's HP: 1,429/1,500

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5731452
Stern pauses to take a break to observe what Palkia's doing.
"I guess him splitting apart also reduces his health?"
>Insight

>>5731452
>>5731465
Vee stays by Bind's side. "What're we looking for? What's he doing..?" Vee squints.

Rolled 2, 3 = 5 (2d20)

>>5731464
>Tintoretto gets a glance of the god...
>>Titan Palkia is moving again... [insight roll?]
>He coughs up so many flies it's insane!
>Tintoretto (technically) uses Infestation! (second roll is that effectiveness)
>They swarm all over Palkia...
>He looks back at Charles...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpj8A17RCR8
"Yes."
>There's an awkward silence.
"I'm quite perplexed on why we should kill a god that provides us a prospect of eternal existence sounds. It sounds quite serene, I don't understand why we're killing them and quietly frankly it sounds like I should stop you."

>>5731478
"...We're not trying to kill him...just subdue him."
>Charles is still focused on the Giant Dragon

"Palkia is...not in his right mind at the moment. He is being manipulated."
>Charles turns to Tintoretto
"...We are trying to save him."

>>5731488
"Still eternal existence sounds serene, we should all leave."
>He checks how his seeds are doing...
>Will they grow to something big?

>>5731452
Citrine rejoins the battle, apparently having been held up by something. Stepping forward, he uses Stone Edge directly in front of himself, not to target the space dragon, but to create a shielding wall of rocks on the field, a more permanent cover solution that'd hopefully be convenient for staying near the fight.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5731491
uh oops

>>5731469
"Hey... uh... pig thing! I distinctly remember I gave you a black plastic thing, could you quickly hand it over?"
>You think he's talking about Chuck E Cheese in the Galaxy.

>>5731490
"...So you may think."
"For now..."

>>5731477
“It’s taking him time to do whatever he’s about to. We might be able to take advantage of it, if we glean enough…”

Bind makes a substitute.

>>5731455
From where he is, Astor is having trouble seeing much of anything. Titan Palkia is grabbing something, but what? What does it mean for him and his group?

>>5731467
Spiritomb does not do anything.

>>5731456
>>5731468
>>5731478
There's nothing to see from Primal Palkia at the moment. He's damaged and hurt. You can imagine that whenever he splits himself into different colors, it might be some kind of defense against the planetary forces at work, but he becomes exceptionally vulnerable...

Maroon rushes around and begins digging his claws into the dragon's hide, scaling the back of the giant. Without the help of Extreme Speed, Primal Palkia has a better sense of where Maroon can be!

The Infestation cannot physically reach Titan Palkia, who seems to be occupying a higher plane. Instead, the Infestation strikes Primal Palkia, rooting him temporarily.

>>5731461
>>5731466
Sable finds that climbing the Titan, despite the incredible difference in size, it's a slippery surface to move around on! Walking on the shoulders of giants is no easy task.
>Escape on the collapsing Phantom stream to safety!
>Come on... keep climbing!

Meanwhile, Kaku is attempting to scale the massive creature on the horizon. The more and more he runs, he quickly realizes... how is he supposed to reach the Titan? The distance is physically impossible to approach. There doesn't seem to be a beginning or an end to this place, every step forward only makes the horizon feel further.
>Kaku gains an advantage on rushing Primal Palkia, however, who is distracted.

>>5731462
>>5731464
>>5731465
>>5731469
Charles is temporarily blinded by space radiation, his senses overloaded. He reels back. For his next action, there will be a -1 penalty. Bind seems too amazed to properly understand the information he's observing. It's a strange planet...?

Meanwhile, Stern and Poli can see the Titan is moving another world, one that looks to be held together by a planet spanning ethereal web. The ghostly webs move like creeping spiders as Palkia's claws wrap around it.

>>5731492
A fortress of the glowing earth explodes forth, near Primal Palkia. It's sturdy enough to survive the blast of crashing orbits and open enough to respond quickly.

>>5731452
Rearing back, Primal Palkia roars once again, shaking the surrounding space to its very atoms. Once again, he shatters into three different distinct colors. Those climbing onto Palkia can feel their minds and bodies split apart.

They all growl with a frenzied look, eyes darting between the different foes.

a sense of danger, somehow they're all real

But one of them is so much more alive than the others.

At the same time, the colossal Palkia shifts, looking ready to redirect another planet at the group, toying with the very rules of reality to erase everyone from it.

LHG TURN 4
>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!
>I'm already here, and I'll figure it out, no need to move!
>[Player write-in]

>>5731497
"So is that suffice to engage in a battle?"

Rolled 58 (1d108)

>>5731501
Entropy

>>5731501
"Hey, Palkia's got some kind of world-wide web at his claws! Look out!"
Stern dashes for Citrine's Bastion!

>>5731501
>To the bastion!
>Cast cosmic power's in the meantime
>>5731502
remember, life that lasts forever means life that lasts FOREVER, even if you want it to end, it can and will not. is it truely worth seeing the world around you fade while you continue on?

>>5731501
>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!
"Take cover! I don't have another pile of Sacred Ash!" Maroon shouts, leaping off Palkia's back and running towards cover.

"Citrine! Wide Guard!"

>>5731499
"Hm..."
Vee observes big Palkia attentively...
"I have an idea, Bind. Follow me!"

>>5731501
Vee rushes over to the defensive wall Citrine's constructed, beckoning Bind to follow him.
He speaks to the others there.
>>5731505
>>5731506
>>5731507
"Do you think these walls'll hold?" he asks.

>>5731509
better than being in the open, I have faith in citrine's walls!

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5731501
>Come on... keep climbing!
>Sable remembers that bootleg CD of MGR he has at home. It's probably not a good idea to let PZ anywhere near that, but now the song's stuck in his head.
https://youtu.be/WM33Hr94SKw

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5731501
>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!

Citrine remains under his creation, summoning a Wide Guard to supplement it. "OVER HERE!" he shouts, to anyone close enough to hear and make it back.

>>5731509
>>5731510
>>5731512
"I do, too," he says to Castform.
"Citrine, how much longer do you think you could last tanking for us?"

>>5731509
>>5731501
Bind freefalls and retreats along with Vee. "We're progressing too slowly. We need to come up with a breakthrough..."

>>5731501
>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!
Poli moves over to Citrine's new cover to relay information he's acquired, along with some speculation.
"Hi guys! I think that planet's like... bug-type, maybe. It's all webby! But it might also be Ghost or something..." he shares his observations, noting the ethereal webbing.

Rolled 17, 18 = 35 (2d20)

>>5731501
*pant* "Alright, new plan. Hit them where it hurts!"
Kaku takes a gamble, and with his advantage lays it all down on Blue Primal Palkia!
>Sucker Punch + Slap!

Rolled 20 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5731501
>>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!
>Despite his calm demeanor, Charles rushes behind Citrine!

"...Many thanks Citrine."

>Charles peers over the barrier, attempting to spot any celestial bodies or otherwise to use against the god of space

> -1 From cosmic radiation!

>>5731514
"I'm topped up, actually, so... maybe an attack or two from that thing. With healing, maybe a little more, I've got Sitrus... but I'm trying to defend without burning my own health, like with this," Citrine answers.

>>5731520
>>5731517
"Ah, no problem! You guys holding up okay, by the way?"

It's funny to talk so calmly at a time like this....

>>5731509
"Well, hopefully. I can try to burn some of the web, I suppose!"

>>5731501
>>5731504
>Spiritomb is loafing around.
>Spiritomb is dreaming of a day they're unsealed.
Spiritomb is mildly annoyed by Palkia's antics. They slowly rouse from idleness, emitting a straining force that Palkia will need to similarly exert to prevent its actions from costing more energy.
>Spiritomb's Pressure!
Spiritomb casually strolls toward Citrine's Stone Edge. Will they park it once more afterward?
>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!
"Room for 108 more?"

>>5731524
"Alright... Good to know." He hums. "I'm gonna do something, don't worry about sticking yourself out for me, do what you gotta do here, I know you'll pull through for everyone."

>>5731526
Vee nods. "Whatever you think'll help."

>>5731516
"I've got something. I-I dunno if it'll work, but that's never stopped us before, right?" He taps his paws on the ground beneath him."I've got..." he checks his scarf, where he keeps his most essential items. "...A Normalium Z... and an Empowerment Seed." He looks back up at Bind. "I think now's the time. I'm not making any compromises for this one- I don't think I can."

He shakes himself off, more as a nervous tick than anything. "Will you help me?" He looks at Bind.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>5731501
"Oh-"
>Take cover at Citrine's Bastion!

>>5731524
I'm holding up reasonably, even if the first hit hurt.
>>5731517
hmm, these might be the same planets as we saw in that pocket world. I'm assuming that means a rock and a normal type one too, maybe a flying one?

>>5731506
>Tintoretto joins Charles in the Bastion.
"Undoubtedly so! If attaining eternal existence were within our grasp, thereby vesting us with complete autonomy over our beings, we would shed the shackles of manipulation by the currents of time shaping our essence. We would collectively contribute with profound significance to the ongoing chronicle of existence. While you designate this entity as divine, I posit that our dialogue, actions, and existence that compose this very narrative is the more divine thing. Should we permit its forfeiture? I once reposed my trust in an automaton to undertake this role on my behalf, only to descend into the depths of madness and perpetrate heinous acts."
>Tinto is inside him yelling....
>"GO BACK OUT! KILL GOD! KILL GOD! KILL GOD!"
"And furthermore..."
>Tintoretto knocks on Citrine.
"THIS IS LIVING ROCK! ROCKS LIVE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!"

>>5731526
>Tintoretto notices Stern is in the Bastion with him.
"GIVE ME THE TAPE!"

>>5731524
"...Doing fine."
>Charles inspects his new shell, already banged up from the fight
"...A little worse for wear."

>>5731529
"Whatever you need. We can do anything!"

Quieter than anyone (likely) will hear, me mutters a prayer. "ᵀᵃᵖᵘ ᴿᵉʳᵉ, ᴹᶦˢᵗʳᵃˡ, ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵒnᵉ, ˡᵉnᵈ ᵘˢ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᵗʳᵉnᵍᵗʰ"

>>5731529
Citrine looks nervous. "No one's tried both at once before... be careful, Vee."

>>5731532
>>5731536
"Sorry... I'll do better," he responds, since they've both taken more damage than he has. Much more, in Castform's case.

>>5731535
"Don't have any. I kinda wish I did have duct tape, though, that stuff always came in handy..."
Stern is warily staring at the incoming attack.

>>5731538
"No promises." Vee smiles.

>>5731537
Vee prepares himself. Before Palkia can do anything more, he sheds his satchel and retrieves the Empowerment Seed along with the Normalium. "First thing's first, the Gem. Ready?"

Vee waits for the Normal Gem in Bind's possession to be absorbed into his Foreverstone. It glows from underneath his scarf.

>>5731538
don't worry about it, I should have got to cover sooner.

>>5731511
Sableye holds on for dear life, trying to keep steady as he can feel the "ground" beneath him moving into action. The stars begin to blur as the colossal being gains increasing momentum. He can feel a strange ghostly energy snaking across the surface of the dragon.
>Is that a web? Can I swing on that?
>Maybe Phantom Force will be stronger this time!

>>5731505
>>5731506
>>5731507
>>5731509
>>5731512
>>5731516
>>5731517
>>5731531
>>5731533
The group rushes over to the hastily constructed defenses. It's packed tight, but everyone can fit. While it didn't exist a minute prior to this, you have good feeling that it can weather the storm of an entire planet at least once. Any more than that, you can't quite guarantee. But where you are now, you're safe.

Meanwhile, Citrine summons up a barrier to hopefully stand stronger through the gravitational danger.

Those in the bastion, you can attempt to attack. However, due to the openings and the anomalous interference from an entire planet, you have a -6 (Wide Guard reduces from -10) to accuracy. Rolling negatively will endanger yourself. However, you can still try to hurt him!

>>5731519
Kaku decides to make the most of his position and to die in the fires of glory and legend. With Primal Palkia's back turned, he strikes the dragon with a heavy punch and a resounding slap once again. Red and Green Primal Palkia clutch the side of their heads and roar in agony as the Blue Primal Palkia shatters further, bleeding space dust from the destabilizing form.
>Primal Palkia has sustained significant damage and is returning to normal!

>>5731520
Titan Palkia is awfully close to a familiar planet. It's the one planet that had been racing around to escape him each time he touched it. Maybe if something happened...

And speaking of the Titan, it forces the planet forward, racing across the dark of space on an altered orbit. The webs light with soulfire, bathing the sky in an eerie, ghoulish glow. The burning surface nears your own.
>Everyone not hiding in the bastion takes 1,000 damage. If you are resistant to Ghost or Bug, you take 700 damage.

LHG TURN 5

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5731543
>Cast peeks out of the bastion to fire off a thunder!

>>5731543
"I could offer up a flamethrower from here, but it's not gonna do much."
Stern sounds a little disappointed that he hasn't had the chance to do much to help in this battle.

Rolled 81 (1d108)

>>5731543
Entropy

Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d20)

>>5731543
"I'm going in!" Maroon shouts, leaping out from behind the Bastion and rushes at Palkia, claws outstretched to get a deadly blow in!

>Maroon uses Extreme Speed on Primal Palkia!
>Maroon uses Rock Climb on Primal Palkia!

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5731543
"Hey, stinky!"
Astor flaps his wings as fast as possible, causing quite a hurricane! Does air even exist up there?

>>5731543
>Tintoretto has had enough.
>He coughs up two flies...
"Head to either one of the pink things and negotiate a surrender, we must ensure their survival."
>And off they go!

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5731543
>>5731540
Instead of any items, Bind places as much of his palm as he can manage on the foreverstone. "Bring out your fullest potential...Now!!"

Secret Power: on Foreverstone!

>>5731549
>Extreme Speed does 193 damage to Primal Palkia! Maroon takes 63 damage from recoil.
>Rock Climb does 209 damage to Primal Palkia! Maroon takes 70 damage in recoil.

Maroon's HP: 1,296/1,500

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5731543
Since everyone else is being rather reckless, Poli decides to gamble himself, moreso out of the thought that bunkering down isn't likely to assist him or his allies in any way... besides, the brunt of it has passed, right?
He performs his favourite activity: casting magical spells out of his magical spellbook, which isn't exactly the most accurate... With some arcane gestures and odd chanting, something's bound to happen when he aims for Primal Palkia with his Frognosticus, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-YInm1gyWQ

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5731543
Huh... is this a web or a... vein..? I wonder if I can... well, either this or get flung into space!
>Sable shoots up the "web" using Shadow Sneak!

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5731543
>>5731547
>Spiritomb is reflecting on the party.
Spiritomb phases through the Stone Edge after some slight disobedience and approaches Palkia. Their green soulspheres glow, bathing Palkia in an eerie light. Will it deepen its madness or just change it? Spiritomb doesn't have a preference.
>Spiritomb used Confuse Ray!

Spiritomb doesn't let up, their fog raging like a EF108 storm. From the fog, miniscule scales of bug type energy flow forth in all directions to dye the air silver and raze the whole room. The swarm of tiny blades deftly curve around allies as they're violently launched forth.
>Spiritomb used Silver Wind!

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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5731543
"AAAAAAAAAAA-"
>740/1440 HP!
Kaku takes it like a champ!
"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!"
In the brink of armageddon, Kaku draws on the power of the Fairium-Z and rushes Primal Palkia
>Kaku is surrounded by Z-Power!
"Let me show you how to scratch it!"
>Kaku used Twinkle Tackle!

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>5731543
Citrine uses Stone Edge offensively this time, attempting to attack Palkia's lower section or legs and hinder his movement somehow. He keeps in cover, though...

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Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5731543
>>5731552
Vee laughs as Bind does his very best at improvising. "Ehehe..! When have we ever played by the rules, huh?"

With the unique trinket acting as a battery, draining the unseen energy of Bind's Secret Power into itself, Vee utilizes his Foreverstone to store as much power as he can. With a gemstone in his paws, the Normalium shatters and its pale, glowing dust is added onto the three Everstones which make up the item. Lastly, with the shining, boundless container of energy before him, he does not eat the Empowerment Seed, but instead allows all of its Infinity Energy into the battery, leaving it void of its own radiance.

Vee runs out into the danger zone before the energy can do its magic. "Wish me luck!" he says to everyone.

The Foreverstone is resonating with the Infinity Energy...

Vee used Copycat!

With a loud cry, he calls upon every Eeveelution in the universe willing to listen and lend him their power for this moment, no matter what might happen to him after the fact.

Vee tried to use Extreme Evoboost!

>>5731565
(538 dmg)

>>5731296
If you guys actually get a sunset to happen near the end of the final boss fight, you gotta have this classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPGuiZ48PbA

>>5731581
Wait no, wrong link
You want this one
The LEGIT classic link from 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61oFE03ZFAY

>>5731582
(Thank you Chad Anon, you seem very based. I hope you stick around.)

>>5731556
Sableye follows the web, racing across the towering frame of the Lord of Space. He finds himself now at the base of Titan Palkia's neck.

>>5731545
>>5731549
>>5731555
>>5731557
>>5731563
>>5731565
For a second, you think the bending space might just make the thunderbolt miss, somehow. At the last second, it snaps onto its target, striking the weakened Primal Palkia with a crackling explosion. His state further deteriorates, flaking away into starlight.

Against his better judgement, Maroon decides now is the time to leave. Racing against the falling debris of the passing planetoid, Maroon quickly strikes the vulnerable Palkia with all the speed that his aching body can let him have, before digging in deep as it'll let him. It's short-lived as a giant soulfire web flattens the Arcanine and pins him down under its trapping weight.
>A mountain's worth of web-mass falls on him, crushing him for 700 damage.

The Hurricane causes Palkia to throw his claws down to stab into the earth to stabilize himself, as more of his solid form is destroyed, followed shortly by the arcane blast from Poli's strange spellbook, the space dragon is looking less and less tied to this reality. Almost like he'll fade. Right up next is Spiritomb's attack, and everyone can see it shuddering against the reality-defying form of Primal Palkia. The burning feral anger seems to still be mostly focused, however.

Kaku, still outside and subjected to the fury of the soulfire can feel his soul burning under the scrutiny of an entire planet. However, he doesn't allow his will and strength to falter. Crushing the gem in his grasp and absorbing its full power, he throws himself at Primal Palkia. The dancing stars and blinding illumination of faerie power tears right through the faltering scales of the Lord of Space. He ends with a cool pose, with starlight steaming off his hair. The passing planet is still going to kill him, though.
>A mountain's worth of web-mass falls on him, crushing him for 700 damage.

The Stone Edge carves away at his leg, causing it to become an immaterial shape of space gas and dust.

Every second that passes, Primal Palkia is looking worse. He falls to a still-solid knee, with one half-lidded eye burning a hole through your soul.

>>5731569
>>5731552
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAChq41MUHU

There's a burning light fighting against the darkness and reach of the void, calling out for help across the world. All the planetoids sing their praises, as Vee can feel multiple presences answering the call for help. Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Dark, and Fairy have come to aid Vee in the darkest moment. With the fading light...

...several Eeveelutions appear, although they come out looking misshapen and jagged. Vee can still feel himself getting stronger in all regards, though. But he feels a crushing sense of unluckiness that deals true damage to his psyche. Oh, well, at least it did look really cool for a minute.

>>5731551
It seems Primal Palkia isn't all too mentally there to communicate. The only emotion it radiates is one for survival and scathing, frothing fury.

The planet leaves your orbit, scattering sticky soul webs all around the infinite field.

Digging in further, Primal Palkia unleashes a pained, warbling cry across the cosmos. Titan Palkia's eyes widen before it begins moving in a strange way. It raises one arm higher, higher, until it cannot go any further than that. With one brilliant, burning stroke of spacial energy, a truly galactic curving slash of energy speeds across the overplane and through the areas between reality. It's one last attack to finally strike all of you down!
>Titan Palkia used Spacial Rend on everything!

LHG TURN 6?
>Finish Palkia, quickly!
>No, we need to stop that Spacial Rend immediately! Hit that instead!
>[Player write-in]

>>5731599
>Tintoretto attempts to talk to Palkia.

Rolled 77 (1d108)

>>5731596
>>5731599
Entropy

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>5731596
>>5731599
>No, we need to stop that Spacial Rend immediately! Hit that instead!
"Psychic... ATTACK! Screw you!" Poli snips as he uses Psychic's telekinetic energy to try and counteract the spacial forces!
https://youtu.be/W-ZuKp8P7gA?t=3116

>>5731587
Don't count on it, not unless I get the full archives to binge and read through if/when I bother to do so

Rolled 1, 17 = 18 (2d20)

>>5731596
>>5731599
>>5731604
>Spiritomb forgot what to do.

Having sufficiently approached, Spiritomb retracts into their Odd Keystone. A dome of pure malice explodes outward from the Odd Keystone immediately after alongside Spiritomb, the multi-target move expands into Palkia.
>Spiritomb used Dark Pulse! (ROLL 1)

Spiritomb convulses in sadistic glee, their form even harder to make out from within the dome.
>Spiritomb used Dark Pulse! (ROLL 2)

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5731599
>[Player write in]
>Cast considers, that gem on Palkia's arm might be like the one on Dialga's chest, it must be the source of the attack!
>Cast thunderbolt's towards the gemstone, hoping to interrupt the attack!

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>>5731596
Vee, for a moment, wonders if he recognizes these vague, spectral Eeveelutions who have come to his aid. Were they the same ones he rejected becoming before, and now they're here to help him? He isn't sure which side is the source of the irony.

Vee's Attack was maxed out!
Vee's Special Attack was maxed out!
Vee's Defense was maxed out!
Vee's Special Defense was maxed out!
Vee's Speed was maxed out!

Now completely attuned to the world around him, reaching his utmost peak form, he commands a charge alongside his new allies. He runs faster than he's ever ran before, getting as close to the giant Palkia as he possibly can.

Vee used Copycat!
Vee used Spacial Rend!

He shouts Eevee-ly, swiping his paw out before him and reaching up at the Titan far in front of him. Vee might not hold the same command over space as the God of Space, but he's got a Legendary Move to cross off his list, just like with Roar of Time.

He aims to remove the space between him, his Vee-teammates, and Palkia, hoping to land near Sable to help out.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5731596
"Not stopping!"
Another hurricane!

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5731616
Rolly

>>5731599
>Finish Palkia, quickly!
"He's almost down! Get him!" Maroon shouts, running back to eat a Sitrus berry.

Maroon restores some HP.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5731596
>Sable uses Shadow Sneak to rocket his foot into Palkia's chin! ...if he can get that far.
https://youtu.be/VnV-SVRqJG4

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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5731599
>40 HP left
Under a mountain of white sticky stuff, Kaku questions his life choices. In his pained, addled mind he thinks, it's all been worth it.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWtpAzbEnc8
>Kaku is also surrounded by Z-Power!
>Black Hole Eclipse

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5731599
To aid his allies in striking Palkia down, and perhaps to unbalance him, Citrine uses Gravity, force increasing across the whole field and increasing accuracy.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

Bind leaps off the starscape, borrowing its energy to sling some star matter, energy, anything towards Palkia in the path of the hole in space quickly approaching. Minimalistic, but against Space itself...

>>5731625
>>5731599
A sterling 173 damage. That's our aniki.

>>5731619
Maroon's HP: 1,500/1,500

>>5731599
Stern dashes forward, head first as he always does! He charges Palkia with a headsmash!

>>5731631
Please rolly

>>5731634
The dice roll on a GM mandated rolling site... 1.

>>5731600
The weakened Primal Palkia only lets out his warbling cry in response to someone trying to speak to him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksUbdjIc714

>>5731607
Poli ends up drilling himself into the floor with the backlash of telekinetic energy, looking like a Politoed approximation of a Diglett.

>>5731614
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>>5731631
The first Dark Pulse dissipates under the scrutiny of the approaching Spacial Rend, disrupting the move and causing it to vanish entirely. The second Dark Pulse splashes against Primal Palkia, who flinches and shakes in place, unable to move much more.

Castform strikes the shoulder gems, cracking their surface with the attack. A massive burst of spacial energy fills the area as the field begins to destabilize from the ruptured gem. Primal Palkia cries and lashes out in pain. Another Hurricane from Astor picks up the residual soulfire, burning around the void-like wisps emanating from Primal Palkia's wounds, intensifying the damage.

Stern taps his head, making sure it's still intact for this... and he runs to smash into Primal Palkia once again... only to miss entirely!

There's a loud roaring of a different kind from under the pile of soul webs, right as they're spaghettified and dragged into oblivion. The summoned Black Hole launches away, tailing the Spacial Rend launched by Vee. The intensified gravity fills the sky with strange cosmic phenomenon, further amplified by the debris being hurled up by Bind unintentionally. A superheated aurora forms overhead as intense power fights against each other, grinding and spitting out energy hotter than a building supernova.

>>5731619
Maroon heals away his wounds.

>>5731620
Sableye takes a deep breath and launches himself across the divide to Titan Palkia's chin. He can see the hand slowly moving to swat him away, but his momentum and size outpaces the approaching danger as he kicks Palkia in the chin! It sounds like a gong except resonating throughout his entire tiny body. Sent spinning away, he's going to crash-land back on the infinite field.

It's getting hard to see anything as a Black Hole and two Spacial Rends collide... with a dragon-type accretion disk beginning to slice across the stars above.

A momentary, unnatural silence robs you of your hearing as a cosmic explosion spreads across the sky. No one can hear anything as you watch what amounts to a galaxy being birthed.

Rolled 17 (1d108)

>>5731639
Entropy

>>5731639
"...!"

>>5731639
Maroon pulls himself off the ground onto his feet and turns just in time to witness the massive explosion with wide eyes.
"Woah. . ."

For a moment, you can see Primal Palkia's eyes lose their intense anger, and in the quiet, he mouths to anyone paying attention: "It's not over."

Infinity takes hold of the Titan as the void barrier separating you from Xerneas is ripped wide open.

Battle Completed(?)

Your hearing is returned to you shortly. The universe crackles with chaotic energy above. You've defeated Primal Palkia... but there's still one confrontation left. Time to put a stop to this for good.
>Cross the weakened barrier?

>>5731639
>Cast takes his time to observe the spatial phenomona
>it's... beautiful, he tries to cosmic power again to raise his defence, and is mesmerised by singularity
>it's almost like his eyes are twinkling from it
>>5731646
>Cast... isn't paying attention, someone go pick him up

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5731639
>>5731646
"Step into the darkness"
Astor grabs the Strings of Destiny as he steps ahead

>>5731646
>Cross the weakened barrier!
COME ON, WE GOTTA FINISH THIS!
>Sable runs through the weakened barrier!

>>5731646
Vee doesn't hesitate for even a moment before he dashes swiftly past the barrier towards the final objective. He glows with other, peculiar forms surrounding him.

>>5731646
Maroon steps through the dimensional rift, one paw after the other, eyes trained on their final opponent.

"This is the end," Maroon promises.

>>5731650
Bind slips the sapient accessory into his possession like a found $5 bill before sprinting for the barrier, not a moment to lose.

>Cross the weakened barrier?
>naturally.

>>5731646
>Cross
Citrine is reluctant to leave the Bastion behind. But he steps forward anyway, following the others. "I... hope we didn't use too much of our resources before the last hurdle. Fate's led us this far, so..."

>>5731646
>Cross the weakened barrier.
Poli crawls out of his safety-diglett hole, perhaps an unorthodox success that wouldn't have gone over so well in any other circumstance without his allies, and begins waddling over.
"Supreme darkness..!" he announces, for no particular reason whatsoever.

>>5731656
"The world must not'a been worth much to begin with if it's just these guys and fate changing it. Let's find find out." He calls over his shoulder.

>>5731639
>>5731641
>>5731646
Taking in the view, Spiritomb is evidently not paying Palkia any heed, or much else for the matter. They're still genre-savvy enough to slowly float to the barrier.
"We just remembered a lumberjacking appointment. Sorry we can't play more."
>Cross the weakened barrier

>>5731646
>>Cross the weakened barrier?
Hurt, deaf, but not beaten, after taking two planets to the chest Kaku stands.
"Let's do this."
>Yes

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>>5731664
You pass through the fading void barrier, finding yourselves in a beautiful grove, untouched by any outsiders until now. Every plant, despite appearing wild and free, has been carefully curated by a dedicated gardener. Alive…

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Xerneas asks, stepping out from behind the shadows. He looks to have a shimmering sheen that wasn’t present before. “But all of this boundless life always has an end.”

His hoof touches an aged flower. “I know all of you have wondered once, ‘why must it come to an end?’ All mortals do.” The representation of Life paces around the clearing, vanishing occasionally between the thick brush. “Is that what you want? You would want to throw away eternal life for all?”

Xerneas doesn’t let you answer. “Congratulations on defeating that withering mind. I’d had hoped he would waste more time, but… tch. You can never truly trust anyone beneath you to get what you want done. Especially that of a feral. But Palkia served his purpose.”

He stops by a tree with branches attempting to scratch the sky, ancient and towering. Xerneas turns to stare at all of you, unbothered by your presence. It doesn't quite seem to look as if his stare is at anyone in particular.

>>5731659
>>5731655
The world is what we make of it, trying to make the present eternal would kill it's spirit
>Cast says from the natural ear-flap-pocket

>>5731665
Maroon turns to what he can only presume is the Tree of Life and says without hesitation.
"I'm going to burn it down."

>>5731665
>>5731669
"Wowie! You're an idiot." Poli comments flatly. Given his glance, this could just as easily be addressed to Maroon, but he turns back to Xerneas. "I already know you don't want any answer I'll give you."

>>5731665
Astor roosts preemtively
"It is a beautiful garden indeed, and i hope it stays that way after we finish"

Bind quivers. He's got a thousand things to say in response, but they're all the same on deaf ears. His Pinch Bangle glows brightly with hope and resolve in his stead.

>>5731665
>Cast hears the question, of if eternity should be granted to all, and already has a response in mind.
Yes. life eternal is just as much a curse as death is, arguably, it's worse, because at least you're unaware of death, while an immortal is painfully aware of every issue that comes with their existance.
imagine say... you lose a leg, would you be happy knowing that it's gone until the end of time? that the pain will never truely fade? is that an fair price to pay, or not?
what about hunger, mortal or not everyone has to eat, and I'm sure anything a victim of this would be cursing their immortality for all the suffering it brings them, no sweet release to be given.
my old boss used to have a plan very similar to yours, only he wished that the all would be those who stuck by his side, how can we be sure you're not plotting the same, claiming best intentions but only seeking to grasp power?

>>5731665
Spiritomb only keeps a pair of eyes on Xerneas, manifesting more to look around. A place untouched by man and mon alike is bound to have something valuable.
"You love to wax poetic. We crossed, burned, and jumped off that bridge a long time ago. You lack the means to prevent life changing- it cannot but happen eventually."
Spiritomb glances to the Lost Hope Guild, proof of their point.
"Even legendary pokemon can only learn the hard way sometimes."

>>5731665
"Living forever in this world... Thanks but no thanks. I got another fateful worldwide stakes fight scheduled after this so if you'd be so kind to get on with it..."

>>5731665
"What's the deal with all you Legendaries developing insane ideals? You'd rob the world of change, of all things? Mortals like us learn from it. If we're smart, we appreciate it and grow over time... not to mention things would get boring. Even death... hm. Beginnings need ends. What happened to your sister balancing you, exactly?"

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>>5731665
Vee resorts to petty insults. He's mad at her, but he's also not going to let that stop him from having a fun time. Who cares what she thinks? "You're the lowest of the low!" he says between his friends' words. "You suck! Everybody HATES you!"

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>>5731665
Beautiful, yes. But you're wrong, I never doubted the necessity of death. See, while you were busy being a raging cunt to your own family, you seem to have forgotten there's a natural order to these things. Death follows life, life follows death. You were made because Arceus willed it, and now you will fail because Arceus demands it.

Now shut the fuck up, start acting like the deity you pretend to be, and face us, Betrayer!
>Sable's fucking PISSED!

>>5731669
"You can try and hope, Maroon. Through the ashes, life prevails. Don't you recall tasting that same life not moments ago?" Xerneas mocks, touching a hoof to the bark of the old tree.

>>5731672
"Sayeth the fool to the king. I'll be sure to take it to heart." Xerneas seems to be... moving away.

>>5731675
"I'm keenly aware of who you speak of. A flare that burned too bright and was struck down for it. Haven't you learned your lesson from him, human? Know your place as I abide by my station."

>>5731676
Xerneas shows some emotion, however, he's dropped the fake sincerity. It looks of disgust. "Your presence sullies this garden. But, hmph, I know better than to argue with ghosts about the past. What would you know of change? Stagnating spirits polluting the threads of Life. Bah."

>>5731679
"My sister never balanced me," he replies, although it seems that has hit a particularly sore spot. "She could never even hope to. Now out of the picture and out of my mind, it's no longer an issue to consider. The only ones left to challenge me are all of you."

>>5731680
"Pitiful little creature."

>>5731674
>>5731677
"If you so insist." He vanishes behind the tree.

Did he just... leave?

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5731684
I have learned my lesson from him, one being, regardless of how high and mighty, cannot be allowed to dictate the flow of th-
>Cast recognises Xern left
get back here!
>X-ray specs, find the fucker!

>>5731684
"He just did like a tree!" Kaku is offended by this. "...now what?"

>>5731684
Maroon turns to the tree and clicks his tongue in annoyance. "Y'know. .. Meloetta use to guard this tree, she'd be pissed if I actually burned it down. . "

"What now?"

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>>5731683
"I find it intensely amusing even for a second that you believe that I would fight you." His voice calls out from... somewhere.

>>5731685
It's blindingly hard to see anything.

However, everyone, for a glimpsing moment, you can see his shape moving behind the Tree of Life.

"Strange to say it after speaking of the failures of my underlings, but I think of no better end to all of this than to extend the arm of my will to act. The one whom I have tasked and entrusted with progressing my interests to their fullest. A culmination of my own and her efforts." He continues, echoing across the clearing. "My champion, step forth, and let us conclude this futile attempt."

"Ah... I believe you all have met before, haven't you?"

Chapter 50: Point Ascendancy

We continue on Saturday. See you later!

"A-...? He's stalling again."
Bind starts making for the Tree, if only to prompt some action on Xerneas' part.

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>>5731687
The vague allusion of a Flareon following Vee seems to like the idea of burning it.

"I dunno, but we hafta-!"

He stops as Xerneas speaks again.

>>5731690
Vee tilts his head and raises one eyebrow. All eight of the ephemeral Eeveelutions do as well.
"...Who're you?"

>>5731690
Maroon's face twists into a snarl. The air begins to warp around as his blood boils and embers pour out from between his bared fangs.

"You."

>>5731690
>>5731694
>Cast looks to Maroon.
Say, think she's still got that critical fire weakness?
>there's an almost excited sound of someone who's about to commit a warcrime

>>5731690
"...ah, of course. We meet again. But this time, for the first time!"

>>5731696
"This whole island has a critical weakness to fire, and now I intend to carry through with that threat," Maroon growls.

>>5731690
>>5731694
"Uh, you......??? You're here??? What in the world could Xerneas be offering you? Not power, surely..."

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Something scratches the very deepest pit f his memory. Hard enough to remember who, but not why.

"??????????????"

>>5731690
Well. I suppose this just fuckin' figures.
So be it, but when your champion fails as well, I will drag your cowardly hide before Arceus!

>>5731684
>>5731690
"Would you like a demonstration?"
Spiritomb just rolls their collective eyes as Xerneas repeats the retreat with Palkia.
"We're not opposed to selling mulch and scrap metal."
They lock eyes with Xerneas' latest crony. Though the time of trainers is long past, it still signals an incoming conflict.

>>5731690
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsmcTZ3u5nI

Some of you are familiar, while others are less... acquainted.

Having gracefully descended from the canopy of the massive tree and into the pond in front of you, the Tsareena's blade skirt lifted and unfurled like a deadly sharp fan, displaying several Duoblade pairs ready and poised to strike. Her form and stance elicit the same feeling, albeit layered in an aura of regality. She introduces herself with a practiced bow, before the Tsareena's gaze narrows.

The rippling water becomes still as the falling leaves dance in the light breeze of the grove. The Empress finally speaks.

"To come to such things, Lost Hope... I must ask that you arrest yourselves and cease." With the tone in her voice, it sounds like it should've been a command rather than the request she had spoken.
>Accept the offer and surrender.
>Not a chance.
>Attack!!!

>>5734611
>Not a chance.
"We didn't come all this way to surrender. Surely you must be able to tell by looking, no?"
Citrine doesn't make the first move, though he's certain one of the others will; he'll work from there.

>>5734611
>Not a chance.
Sorry, Madam. but we still have a world to save. and Xerneas reminds me of my old boss, so it's personal.

>>5734611
>>Not a chance.
>Charles raises his head from his new slouched forward statue, metal shell touching the ground behind him

"I'm sorry Empress, but, as I'm sure you cannot back down, neither can we."

>Charles nods to her
"Best of luck."

>>5734611
>Not a chance.
Too much is at stake to back down now.

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>>5734611
>Not a chance.
"You know, I always DID wanna be an evil backstabbing vizier to royalty..." Poli reminisces on dreams of villainy. It doesn't even seem particularly relevant to the task at hand.

>>5734611
Spiritomb waits for Lost Hope's answer, not feeling the sentence was directed at them.
"Ooh, for a second it almost sounded like you had enough spine to go against your fearless leader's orders to kill us like Palkia."

>>5734611
>Not a chance.
"Surrender isn't an option- and failure isn't a possibility," Maroon retorts, he is unafraid and unabashed in his rebellious nature.

"You shouldn't be asking us if we'll back down- you should be asking yourself how much you're willing to lose, because I'll make sure by the end of this you'll only be left with ashes."

Maroon reaches into his mane and takes out a bottle of red pill, chugging them down before throwing the container away.

>Maroon used X Attack! His attack rose by two stages!

>>5734611
"Cease?! I didn't even come here to stop you!...You're wasting all of our breath. Let me answer you with a demonstration..." He raises a hand.
>Attack!!

>>5734611
"Unless you give us a single good reason to surrender that isn't about our livehoods or related, not a chance!"
>Not a chance.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5734633
>>5734611
Secret Power! at the Tree of Life, what forces might convene upon Tsareena...?

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>5734634
(Adding combat roll)
Astor sees Bind already attacking
"Quirky line... quirky line..."
Clinck
"Let's deroot this tree!"
Astor uses Hurricane!

>>5734611
Vee shakes his head, leering at the Tsareena. Anyone who stands with Xerneas deserves the worst the guild can give them! "I'm an outlaw, and if you think you're some kinda authority here, then that's all the more reason to make things difficult!"
>Not a chance.

>>5734618
He slinks over to Citrine, still glowing with energy, and gives him a chocolatey snack from his bag.

-Graveyard Mud - 25% overheal in-battle

>>5734638
>>5734636
>oh snap it's time
>Cast prepares to use the vane, deploying THE SUN

>>5734640
"Oh, er... thanks, Vee," Citrine responds as he sets up his Iron Defense, raising his Defense by two stages. Finally, a physical attacker! This battle will be legendary!

"I'm gonna ask you to be careful again, since, uh... well, she wouldn't be here if she weren't capable."
HP: 1775/1775

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>>5734634
"A shame." Angling her body flat toward the group, she prepares for the inevitable. "Your insubordination cannot stand any longer, it seems. Thus, it behooves me to impart one final lesson."

"I choose my court wisely. Let us see if you have done the same with your allies."

>>5734632
>>5734642
Maroon and Citrine find that attempting to eat the item is impressively difficult for something so small. They both end up having to hack it back out, unconsumed. Something is preventing them from utilizing their items!
>A wave of aura pulses from near or behind the tree...

>>5734636
>>5734638
The Tsareena lets out a surprised gasp as glowing roots pull her halfway under the water, temporarily immobilizing her. A ripping wind kicks up the leaves and underbrush, dragging the water into the breeze, slicing against everything in front of Astor. The tree is unmoved, but you can see the Tsareena holding on. Empress' confusion wears off in seconds, and... her blades have gone missing? Well... it doesn't matter, she must be vulnerable now!
>Take this open opportunity to strike first and hard! [Use a move]
>Wait, we need to find those Duoblades. [Roll]

>>5734641
>The sunlight turned harsh!
The burning bright Sun pulses and everything seems much more vibrant and alive. The Tree of Life seems to glow even brighter.

LHG TURN 1

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5734646
Astor notices the missing Duoblades
"Where are you..."
>Wait, we need to find those Duoblades

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>5734646
>>Wait, we need to find those Duoblades. [Roll]
Ah, shit where'd they go?

Rolled 108 (1d108)

>>5734646
Entropy

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5734646
>Wait, we need to find those Duoblades. [Roll]
Bind kneels and tries to get a feeling for the presences nearby. Energies of life without bodies, and presences without presence. Perhaps it's a more definite feeling so close to the source of everything.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5734646
no hard feeling, alright?
>take this opportunity to strike first!
>Cast Weather balls!

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5734646
Maroon's expression sours as he realizes that some strange force is preventing him from using any items.

He begins to back up, turning to the rest of his team. "Change of plans, you guys take care of Tsareena, I'm going to give another thing to worry about."

Maroon dashes off into the forest, blasting with fire against every dry patch and dead branches he can find-

>Maroon uses Extreme Speed to back away from the fight!
>Maroon uses Flare Blitz to set what he can on fire!