Izzy
"...yeah, I suppose you're right. And you can always text us or ask Sparky if you don't know where we are. Still, it feels wrong to just...leave you behind like this..."
"Well, I'm more running away rather than you leaving me behind... Even if that probably doesn't help much."
"You're not going tonight though, are you? It's gonna be dark soon, and I don't want to stumbling around in the forest looking for that place!"
"Oh, no, I was gonna leave in the morning. Besides, pretty sure I don't even want to be out on the streets now I'm pretty sure I'm a member of some gang... You had anything exciting happen?"
A tired looking Isabella and Jeremy enter the scene as well.
Koa
The lady chuckles as Koa seems nervous, but eventually decides to take the offered "reward"... The spider woman climbing up against the wall, into the larger nest above... Something eventually rather ungracefully being dropped through it. Seems like it's some kind of... Brace?
"There you go, darling... That'll be useful in what's coming next, I'm sure."
Obtained a dark type brace
And with that, Koa is on his route back towards the alchemical station, passing through the place he had not properly explored before once more... Expecting to perhaps find another vending machine, and while it might be a possibility, it turns out to not be the first thing he finds: instead, he seems to find another one of those "puzzle" doors... This one seeming to be asking about key figures from recent history, and with the letters needing to be slid in to the right place to match their names..? It would test his general education to try and solve it. The vending machine might still exist, though.
With that, for now, he continues back through the maze, next stopping back at the carnival, which seems to have returned to "normal" now that Lanternhead is gone... In that it is still creepy, but at least they're not all chanting and trying to get him murdered... And the shooting gallery even awards him two points for his shooting skills, which is just enough for him to get another rare candy! The final candy would need a whopping 4 more, which means that to get it someone would need to ace ALL the challenges... Has someone ever even managed that?
With that, he finally continues all the way back to the alchemy bench, somehow managing to continue cheating the system by cooking up even more candy, and using one of them to get that snarl tm... But as he passes through the entrance area, does come by another door, right there at the beginning- Now revealed by the lantern...
Obtained Snarl TM
Irene
Rythem manages to break out of the vortex with some dramatic fasion, but not before failing to put the sandile to sleep... Who in turn, fails to escape his bonds, as he just puts Rythem back in the very same trap, dealing 46(37) damage!
(31/21)Etoile 12/73 recalled
(23)Rythem 23/104 +2 evasion, +4 save checks vortex 20
(17)Shock 63/78
(16)Murkrow KO
(15)Sandile vortex 14 lightly injured
(14)Mightyena recalled
(5)Sableye KO
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Oh, I see, used up one of the conditions to block damage on the attack, not on the tick of HP loss- My bad.
Alex, Haley, Bjorn
The incredibly exciting battle continues, both sides sweaty with the intensity that's going on..! Or at the very least for the two plant pokemon that are able to do something, both using growth again... Haley starting off by trying to contact Sparky, asking what the machine is for after snapping a picture of it. He's... Not replying, though. Weird- Usually he'd be "there" the moment she even flipped open her dex...
"I honestly can't tell you much about our informant. He has us call him Spark and he's a prankster who enjoys messing with people. Beyond that, can't say I know much."
As Alex mentions as much, he notices the scientist pale slightly, shaking his head... Although the name does not seem familiar to the admin- Or at the very least, she does not seem to know much about the subject.
"...You poor kids..."
"...You know WHAT he is, right? Not to mention, the thing's it's done, and is responsible for..?"
"Before we move on, though, do the two in the helicopter have licenses to carry those weapons?"
"...Really? That is your concern..?"
"Euler can hit moving target from three hundred yards. Euler does not NEED a license."
Haley meanwhile, is listening in... Managing to catch most of what is being said, although the radio seems initially muffled...
"...received. Report status."
"Status report. Fighting has ceased for now. Three kids with mons, one adult also with mons, attacked on sight. One of the kids subdued, others are talking. Hoping for them to leave with no further issues. Motive related to previous encounter with our organization."
"Understood. Continue attempting to resolve situation peacefully, incapacitate hostiles should activity resume. Backup ETA 20 minutes. Notify if area is secured."
Weather: sunny day(2) (ends on castforms turn)
Lucario(25/18) injured +2 SPD
Sneak(21/17) -4/77
Bjorn(19/15) -4/52
Husk(19/15)
Poliwhirl(16)
Jackie(15) 38/60 recalled
Castform(15)
Luna(13)
Haley(10)
Godslayer scientist(10)
Euler 1(10) lightly injured
Euler 2(10) badly injured
Tsareena(10) heavily injured
Admin Pascal(9)
Alex(6) 35/60
Maractus(6) +4 ATT/SATT
Fin(Marshtomp)(5)
crustle(5) +2 ATT/SATT -1DEF/SDEF
Mercury(5) 60/110
Dusk(3) recalled
Cushion(2) +4 ATT/SATT