Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[feistytrader]

We're okay for now. [More than okay, in fact. Silver may have a few scrapes and bruises here and there, but Feraligatr is spotless. Learning from Nala came in handy.

But he should get straight to the point.] Do you?

[wise_maiden]

[ She takes a good look at them to be sure, though his question surprises her. ]

Me? I'm fine. Although ...

[ That weariness isn't exactly easy to hide, and if others are noticing ... ] I may need to take a few moments to have some of my rations.

[feistytrader]

[...A few minutes for rations. Right. Eating's important.

Silver briefly scans the area- there doesn't seem to be anything in their immediate area. Feraligatr's doing great. They can spare a few minutes.]

Go ahead. We'll keep watch. [He doesn't bother to meet Raine's eyes as he says so- he's got other places to be looking. Part of him wants to say "take your time," but that's just not realistic.]

[wise_maiden]

You --

... Right. Thank you.

[ Oh. She didn't mean -- well, it's too late for that now, as he's already on alert. She quickly slips her bag open to withdraw one of her canteens, and one of her partially eaten bags of dried fruit and nuts that she hadn't had a handful of since -- well. What felt like a long time ago, when they first arrived at the city.

If there's still time after that, she'll take out half of her uneaten peanut butter sandwich -- but mostly she's trying to remain as alert as possible. Quiet moments like this don't come along easy, and if there's any call for help she has to be ready -

but it helps. It's meager and it helps. ]

[feistytrader]

[They're fortunate enough to not have to deal with much interruption in their few minutes of peace; even then- as Raine's trying to eat her sandwich- a few soldiers try to approach them, but Feraligatr immediately blasts them away with Hydro Pump. The impact's more than enough to stop them from advancing.]

[wise_maiden]

[ She tenses as the soldiers start approaching, but luckily the Pokemon seems to be holding them off for now. Though she tries to finish the rest of the sandwich as quickly as possible, along with a few more sips of water. She puts the cap back on the canteen and puts it back into her bag, though she offers Silver the extra half of sandwich. ]

You should have something as well, while you can.

[feistytrader]

[It takes a moment- he's reluctant to refuse food in any situation- but he shakes his head and shows her the bag Red gave him- he's got enough food for himself.]

I already ate. [Of course, the truth is accompanied with a little fib, but hey. That never hurt anyone. He doesn't trust food to sit well in his stomach- at least not right now.]

[wise_maiden]

All right. [ She's doubtful - Silver just doesn't seem the kind of kid who'd eat properly, but all things considered she had been feeling sick to her stomach herself. She nods at his bag of food, however, putting the sandwich away.

Even as she replaces it, more cultists attempt to get through to them by attempting to fly higher than where the hydro pump attack could hit- so much for break time. Raine only has seconds to ready her staff again. ]

Here... field barrier! [ Something to toughen them all up, but hopefully the cultists wouldn't get that close. ]

[feistytrader]

[-Great. Company. Field barrier? Is that anything like-

No time to think, just to act. He hops up on Feraligatr's back.]

Aqua Jet! [And Feraligatr torpedoes off into the air with the help of a jet of water. If they're too high up for an accurate Hydro Pump, they'll just have to meet them face to face.]

[wise_maiden]

[ -- Where's he going?

Nothing to be done about that, but to continue to throw her support at them. Two of the cultists are taken by surprise, or at least feign it, before preparing to meet them head on, while another attempts to fly around and dive for Silver himself.

Raine does her best to prepare another spell to add to the support. ] -- Acuteness!

[ Silver may be able to identify that feeling, if he thinks about it - something to enhance physical strength. ]

[feistytrader]

[He feels... stronger? Is that how swords dance feels?

No time to think, just to act. Gravity's gonna be working against them in a second and they've got a pair of cultists to deal with.

To give Feraligatr more room to work with, Silver springs right off of his trusted alligator and onto the back of one of the cultists- it serves as a dodge and a tactical maneuver. He's got a meat shield that's rapidly gaining difficulty in flying with the sudden increase in weight. To top it off, Silver's not shy about grabbing his knife and driving it between his ride's armor and straight into one of his wings. Don't try this at home, kids.

Feraligatr is no slouch, either. The water that propelled him up gathers around his tail, and he twists his body to slam Aqua Tail right into the solider previously headed for Silver. Taste the ground, buddy.]

[wise_maiden]

[ Don't count Raine out of this fight, either. Now that her warding spells are up, she keeps an eye on Silver's position as well as those falling cultists. The one being aqua tail'd has the pleasure of suddenly meeting a stone spire from the street that cracks his neck back before he reaches the ground and stops moving permanently. ]

[feistytrader]

[Oh. Well. That saves Feraligatr the trouble of finishing it off. Raine can do healy things and use ground type moves? Cool.

But Silver could use some help. Although the cultist is injured, crash landed, and "pinned" to the ground, it's also desperate and starts thrashing around in an attempt to get back on its feet. Silver is light and easily thrown off its back.]

[wise_maiden]

Look out!

[ If Feraligator keeps an eye out for any other surprises, Raine will move closer to Silver's position. The cultist is scrounging around too much for any direct attacks to happen safely, so more magic it is, as she's once more relying on the positioning of the rocks to damage him. ]