[BATTLE] XELX VS LILY

[lou]

ROUND 1
XELX VS. LILY
BATTLE COMMENCE

[lancaster]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=vAlign,bottom][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style, width:150px; background-color:#21292B; border-right:10px solid #323a3c;] so be it! send your armies!

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,bTable][atrb=style, width:350px; background-color:#eee;] She lacks the grace to be light on her feet. She's never been a delicate creature, and as she walks into the Great Marsh, double-barreled shotgun slung over her back. He's around here somewhere, leaping like a sparrow between the trees. Beside her, hovering, is the Klinklang. His gears clink as they whir slowly. The woman steps deeper into the marsh, her long legs sinking into the muck. She doesn't care about getting her clothes dirty; they're men's clothing, too big and they don't fit right, but they're warm and the chill in the air is biting. Sinnoh is colder than Orre would ever be. Her face is bright red from the cold and her nose is running; her fingers freeze as they touch the surface of the swamp. It's hard to get her bearing in the muck, but she has to be careful. If the gun gets submerged, she'll have to leave it out to dry. Carefully, she pulls the gun off her back and holds it over her head, checking her footing as she walks. She manages to get through to a dryer patch, but from up here, she's easy to spot. And there are planes in the distance; Lux planes, she assumes, since Nox doesn't have the funds for fighter jets. Quietly, she slips into the reeds, returning Klinklang. He's too big, too noticeable. She opts instead for Pansear, who is small and mobile. His eyes glimmer as a Nasty Plot forms behind them. Lily lowers herself down, trying to remain hidden. If anyone passes by, hopefully, she'll get the upper hand.

MADE BY RIVER! OF GANGNAM STYLE

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Xelx could not recall having a single good day in his entire life. He has had good days but the older masked man was too cynical and grouchy to remember them. Especially when trouble came his way, Xelx becomes particularly grumpy when good fortune abandons him. This is the case of what shall later be known as “That shitty day at the marsh”.

The day didn’t begin in an unfavorable fashion. Xelx was just traveling on his way to another misadventure, this time in Pastoria city. Xelx has never liked Pastoria, it was all boggy and smelt like the backside of a Tauros. Plus he got his behind kicked here once by a freaking priest, and Xelx wasn’t very fond of that memory at all. The only reason the great Xelx would dare set foot in this hick town again, would be to visit its infamous main attraction.

The Great Marsh was an eyesore, the perfect representation of nature gone wrong. It was humid and a pain in the butt to transverse, but it was the only place in the whole damn region of Sinnoh to catch Skorupi, which evolve into the grand behemoth that is Drapion. Xelx found that his team has been lacking without the majestic drapion, and he felt this gap would need to be filled right away. Thus he has journeyed to the shame of Sinnoh to seek an old favorite. Little did he know, fate itself was setting a trap for the mythical trainer, one that will send his mood into a downward spiral of agonizing angst.


Everything seemed fine at first; Xelx entered the city with ease and made his way north to the Marsh’s outpost…yet as he walked he felt something was wrong. It took him a moment but the streets seemed to be abandoned. This was Xelx’s first warning, one he ignored as he continued his way north. Soon came the second warning, seen as Xelx rounded a corner and the massive marsh outpost came into view. An enormous crowd could be seen at the marsh’s entrance, scrambling about in all sorts of directions. Xelx should have turned around and left, but unfortunately he gave into temptation and went forward. Usually there would be a third strike, but Xelx wasn’t so lucky.

When he came near enough to recognize the shining uniforms of Lux, a wave of panic came over Xelx and he turned to leave. Like I said though, luck had abandoned him this day. A voice came from the crowd, “Xelx Reegresh, is that you!?” Xelx stopped in his tracks and slowly turned to see who dared to speak to him. Upon seeing the source of the voice, Xelx immediately wished he would have a heart attack and drop dead. A man ran up from the crowd of scurrying Lux, a dashing young man that Xelx unfortunately knew all too well. He was sergeant Neal Kinsley, a young soldier Xelx had got to know while working for ol’ Josef back in Hoenn. It is a rather nightmarish story; Xelx had found the poor fool getting beat down upon by Nox vandals. Xelx slaughtered the lot and the stupid kid was so grateful he decided to follow Xelx all the way back to Mauville…a five days journey. Oh, Xelx did his best to lose him but the damn guy kept showing up. You can not imagine how torturous it was for this kid to share his feelings at a campfire he made while Xelx tried to play poker with his Fearow Reaper (What, and you don’t?). Finally he got the imbecile back to Mauville and he went his own way, and Xelx that night prayed to Arceus for the first time in years and requested that he would much rather never experience such events again. Obviously, Arceus has a twisted sense of humor.

Xelx sighed as the bright young man came up to him and saluted enthusiastically. Xelx gave a half hearted hand wave in return, and was repaid with a slap on the back. Xelx bit back a curse as the hardy soldier laughed and exclaimed, “I haven’t seen you in months, what brings an old bastard like you down to Sinnoh.” Xelx sighed, “Oh you know, homicidal tendencies and whatnot.” Neal laughed once more, not at all getting that Xelx would much like to snap his neck. Damn loyalties. Neal soon continued, “You wouldn’t happen to be here to help with the cause would you?” Xelx was unaware of the Marsh’s use as a Nox resource depot, as well as the fact that Lux was now marching on in to take it over. Thus, he responded with a flat, “Excuse me?” Neal filled him in, “Why, we’re marching on the Marsh to flush out the Nox scum that’s hiding within. Surely you’re here to help.” Xelx growled lowly at this news, how was he supposed to catch a Skorupi now?

Now, Xelx is incredibly impatient. He was not willing to wait freaking seven months for Lux to get their asses kicked in the marsh, and by then Nox will most likely board it up tighter than the President’s Mansion. As this sank in for Xelx, he regretfully realized what he must do. With a heavy heart Xelx replied through gritted teeth, “Sounds like fun, where can I sign up?” Neal’s face was jubilant. “I’m about to lead a platoon in right now, you can come along with me.” Xelx twitched his neck and hissed, “Super.”

Xelx indeed entered with the platoon, and it didn’t take long for some Nox guerillas to jump out and attack. While Neal and his comrades fought off the Nox scum, Xelx slipped away and went off to fulfill his mission. At least he was given a handy pistol by the little twerp to protect himself, though Xelx preferred letting his pokemon do the killing. Yet it doesn’t hurt to be extra careful in such an environment, thus Xelx held a pokeball high in his right hand, and the pistol aimed outward in his left. This wasn’t his first hoedown, Xelx knew very well how insane these battles could get. Hopefully he would be left alone and be allowed to hunt about peacefully…

[lancaster]

He's alone.

She should expect a trap, because soldiers don't work alone, do they? But her instincts are telling her to act. She clicks her tongue and Pansear lifts a ball of flame in his teeny left paw. It's easily the size of his head, and he could send it flying at any moment.

Lily leaps into action, the barrel of her shotgun swinging down as she jumps from the bush, Pansear leaping off her shoulder and letting the fire grow. She aims the shotgun at the masked man's face, then says, with a growl, "You're going to take me to your commander officer. Right. Now."

Because she could kill him, but she's not after this war. She's after revenge, and she's going to get it even if it kills her.

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It’s a rather good thing that Xelx is a collected fellow, otherwise the woman who burst out of the brush near him would have probably made him crap himself. Luckily that was not the case, instead he acted on impulse, opening his pokeball and aiming his pistol toward her torso. A majestic Fearow known as Reaper emerged from the ball and landed near his master, quickly adjusting to the situation and preparing to strike. The woman was slim and quite pretty, a preferred target for the homicidal flying type. He wanted to just rip through her now like tissue paper, however the last time he attacked a human without permission from his master the poor bird almost got his neck snapped. Oh well, he was patient.

On to the matter at hand, Xelx now found himself in a rather tight space. It was bad enough he had a rather large gun aimed at his face, but there was also a rather angry looking Pansear. With his own pistol aimed at her gut and Reaper looking particularly bloodthirsty, things could get really messy real fast. Xelx was not upset by this situation though; no he only began to get upset once the woman decided to speak to him.

Oh but she didn’t just talk to him, she demanded something of him…him…Xelx just couldn’t believe his ears. He must have been hallucinating, because he knew this foul wench didn’t just order him to do something. She couldn’t have, I mean he’s Xelx! How could she think the mighty Xelx would dare take orders from some chick that flew out of a bush? Was she high? Did she fry her brain while cooking eggs for her pimp this morning? What a bunch of nonsense!

Xelx kept calm though, he already had his face completely destroyed, he rather not have the rest of his head dismembered as well. It was lucky for him that he was born with some logic in his brain, so he began to formulate a way out of this. In a rather timely fashion he thought up a fine plan and put it to work. He responded to the girl, in a booming voice that seemed to be constricted in sandpaper, “Do I look like I am commanded by anyone?” If one would dare to observe, Xelx did not wear the uniform of either Lux or Nox. He looked rather kooky in his black costume and mask but otherwise he gave the appearance of a third party member of this brawl. His statement was also rather true…though he served Lux, no one could command Xelx.

Xelx continued, “I am known as Reegresh, I am a poacher from Sandgem Town. I came here seeking to hunt Drapions but I ended up getting ambushed by some rather mean characters during my hunt, lost my prized rifle while trying to get away. Xelx leaned back a bit, as if showing that he was relaxed. He was careful not to be too erratic, he didn’t want the woman to fire out of fear. “I’ve been trying to find my way back to the tunnel I snuck my way through, but the whole damn marsh is being blown to bits by soldiers. I would fly out on old Reaper here, but the bastards would surely shoot me down before I got past the city limits…now we could shoot each other and solve neither of our problems or we can be rational and think this through.” Xelx did not like playing the nice guy, he would much rather rip this crazed woman a new eye socket but the situation was too tense. She was obviously trigger happy, hopefully she wasn’t also a sociopath that liked blowing away civilian types. That would just be unfortunate; especially since this was the best performance Xelx has done in a while.

[abyss]

VICTORY: XELX

+200 WEP to Lux