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20th Spell [Video/Action for Cianwood]

Tower- Tower no!

[An enormous roar accompanies the sudden rush of sand by the lens of the Pokegear as an enormous Tyranitar begins stomping around, roaring at something that can't be seen through the sandstorm. Twilight backs up a few steps, holding her arm in front of her face as the sand threatens to blind her.]

Gah, it's everywhere... Tower, stop! It's just a-

[With another roar, the hulking monstrosity sends the object of its rage hurling over its shoulder past Twilight.]

... Tentacool.

[The hapless jellyfish is forgotten already, though, as Tower seems to have taken the opportunity to just start stomping around wildly, roaring challenges at what appears to be the world at large.]

Oh by Celestia's mane... When I get the sand out of my eyes you are going in your ball for a week!

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[...Twilight you just don't have very good luck with Pokemon do you... at least that is what Kayneth is starting to think, uh

well he should at least try some advice, even if this isn't a Pokemon he has experience with...]

...You wouldn't happen to have a Pokemon with Rain Dance, would you...?

[She's usually better than this, she swears. It's just the gear always seems to catch her at her worst moments.]

Actually I do. Several of them, in fact. If I can just pull out the right ball...

[Her hand fumbles at her side and she plucks off one of her balls, tossing it out to reveal...

Her Snorlax.

She blinks a couple of times, then rubs the sand from her eyes.]

Well, that wasn't what I was going for, but at least she'll keep me sheltered.

....well, that's better than nothing, at any rate. If I recall correctly, Normal-types tend to learn a fairly wide variety of moves, as well-depending on what you've taught yours, you might be at... something of an advantage, anyway.

I can think of a couple moves she could use, but mostly she'll be good to hide behind while I actually find one that can end this quickly... [She's got enough of the sand out of her eyes to see at this point, so she's searching through her belt a little more methodically, and soon enough she gets a wide grin on her face.]

A-ha! [She plucks out a ball with a little inscription of a stag beetle's horn on it.]

Here we go. Megasoma, bring her down!

[She hurls the ball past Sapphire's massive bulk while Tower keeps thrashing around, and with a burst, her Heracross pops out and charges. Tower turns her eyes to the comparatively small bug, she opens her mouth...

And with a sudden series of blows to the torso and stomach, Megasoma stops her in mid-roar and her eyes bug out. She lets out a strangled gasping noise, then doubles over.

Then drops.

OHKO.]

Phew. Thank goodness for that quadruple fighting weakness.

Edited 2013-05-28 03:59 (UTC)

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Ah. Well, that certainly took care of the problem more easily than I was expecting it to.

Never underestimate my Heracross. He's smug, but there's a reason for it.

[Megasoma is now posing and preening in front of the unconscious Tyranitar.]

... Not that it doesn't get overbearing at times.

[...THAT COULD BE TALKING ABOUT MORE THAN ONE BEING INVOLVED IN THIS VIDEO FEED...]

Well, I suppose if you've earned it... even so, I can certainly understand how it could get somewhat annoying, but it's not quite as bad as other things you can be saddled with.

As was just thoroughly demonstrated... I really hope that was just the sudden power going to her head, or I'm going to have to invent a whole new type of training to keep her in line.

[She looks down at herself and groans.]

I need a shower. Or five.

I can only imagine. Well, I hope you have better luck with these Pokemon in the future.

...and... yes, probably. Most of the hazards you run into while training are one thing, but sand is another thing altogether...

I do seem to be having a rather unpleasant run, don't I? Maybe it's my easy start catching up with me... my first few were all very obedient. I may have grown overconfident in my abilities.

[She frowns at that thought, considering the problems she's gone through recently.]

Maybe I have to be harsher...

That would probably help, but some Pokemon just act out more if you try to discipline them. With species that aren't quite as powerful that could just be annoying, but with something like this... well, I would recommend having powerful members of your team out of their balls before beginning training. It may also be a good idea to keep an eye on your Pokemon's personalities from early on. You don't have to train anything that gives you a difficult time unless you're specifically looking for the challenge, you know.

I suppose that's always a fair point. I am deliberately avoiding training Echo, though that's for completely different reasons. With Tower I figured a Tyranitar would be a great addition to the team, and technically she still could be... if I can get her to listen. She was never this bad growing up, even if she could be belligerent.

Edited 2013-05-30 06:21 (UTC)

Well, I presume she's much larger than she used to be-and far more powerful, I'd presume. That... tends to be a motivator in this sort of thing, I'm afraid.

The power going to her head, you mean? Yes, that would make sense... I guess I'll have to keep Megasoma around when she's out to keep her in line. A quadruple type weakness ought to help encourage her to behave..

Yes, that should work nicely. Though, it might be a good idea to have something else out in the event that your Heracross starts acting up, as well.

Have things been going well for you otherwise?

That's what Spike's for. Having such a phlegmatic yet powerful starter is proving more and more useful all the time.

But yes, all in all I'd say I've been having a pleasant time of it recently. A few more of my friends have arrived, along with my assistant and my big sister-in-law. It's a bit of trouble keeping us all organized, but I'm up to the challenge and I consider it worth it.

... That reminds me. I've never asked about your family.

Yes, that's true. I'm lucky that all my relatively powerful Pokemon seem to be well behaved, so I have quite a few options to choose from.

Well, I'm glad to hear that. It's nice to see someone having good luck with new arrivals.

[...that was a bit bitter but]

Ah... well, we're old aristocracy, so it's... rather large and complicated, I suppose. We have quite the history as a family of mages-I could give you a brief summary, if you like?

[She notes that bitterness, and remembers the young man she talked to not all that long ago... the one who claimed to be Kayneth's successor, and painted a very different portrait of her friend than the one she knew. She knows she should talk to him about that, but she really doesn't want to bring up something so guaranteed to make him upset.]

I would like that! Since family history is so important in magical ability where you come from, I think knowing a bit about yours might help me understand your world a bit more. Besides, I've always been fascinated by the complex family trees of nobles. I've traced genealogies back hundreds of years before.

[YEAH, HE'LL... APPRECIATE THAT... let him tl;dr about his family that should make him happy]

Well... to begin with, how much do you know about the geography and history of Earth? It's a world that seems to have more equivalents than most I've seen, but I'd rather not throw a great deal of words that don't really mean anything to you without explaining them first. Have you heard of England, for example?

Only some history, and mostly general knowledge, particularly as pertains to most modern attitudes on various subjects. Geographically, I'm much better equipped. A friend of mine actually showed me a map of Earth a while back, drawn from his memory. Thankfully he has a didactic memory so I'm quite comfortable with its accuracy.

So, I know of England, I know where England is in your world, but my knowledge of the history and people of the country isn't exactly stellar.

Ah, I see... well, that's better than nothing, at the very least. I'll give you bits and pieces chronologically and give you time to ask questions if there's anything that you haven't been informed of yet.

Initially, England was populated by Anglo-Saxon tribes, but towards the end of the 11th century it was overtaken by the Normans, descendants of vikings that had settled in the north of France. My ancestors were among then, and they appear to have had a cursory knowledge of magic at that point... though, the actual family crest would not come into being until the 16th century, during the period of time known as the Renaissance. Well, our Renaissance, anyway-it was something that had spread out across Europe over time.

Are you following me so far...?

I think so. I assume the history of the Anglo-Saxons is largely irrelevant since they weren't your actual ancestors. So the Normans had rudimentary magical ability and knowledge, and around the time of this Renaissance your more direct ancestors decided to tailor their own into inheritable form, if I remember what you told me about family crests correctly?

Well, to be fair, there's some Anglo-Saxon in there... obviously they're less important in this history than the Normans as the Anglo-Saxon elements of my family tree weren't the originators of the Archibald name, but it's impossible to say that they didn't have an influence.

Also, not all Normans had magical knowledge, but my ancestors certainly did, and I'd say that magical knowledge was more widespread and powerful than it is today. But yes, that would certainly be correct-it's recorded that Ursula Archibald was the first to look into the theory and create the Archibald crest, which was passed on to her son, Baldwin Archibald.

And that's how the inheritance began... Ah, right, that reminds me. This is something that always confuses me when I think of your magic paradigm. How do you lose knowledge and power as time marches on, exactly?

We haven't been able to pin down an exact reason, but... the most convincing theory these days suggests that there are multiple factors leading to the decline of magic.

First off, it's believed that there's a limited amount of magic in the world to begin with. Mages have generally been a fairly small percentage of the population, but even a small percentage of over six billion human beings is going to be an extremely large number, so it's spread more thinly nowadays than it was when, say, there were only a few million humans in existence. An individual human soul has less "weight" to it now than it would have five thousand years ago.

Second, the gods stopped being a factor in everyday life, which caused a transition from the Age of the Gods to the Age of Man. This had its own impact on the amount of magic and knowledge in the world, as well as allowing life to become far safer for humans. This, of course, lead to the problem addressed in my first point.

Finally, the population increase caused humans to spread out over the entire globe, which lead to the decay of the Unified Language of ancient Babylonia. This language was spoken by every being that existed back then, and it is thought to be intimately connected to the root of all knowledge, Akasha.

I'll admit that was a lot of information and it was all a bit complicated, so if you don't understand any of it, I'll be happy to explain further.

[don't blame him for this wall of absurd magibabble. blame yourself... or Nasu.]

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