[Nina] I try to make sure she doesn't get poisoned, and say "Please... calm down. I'm not here to hurt you, I just want some information... there's no need to attack me," this, oddly enough, works, and the buneary ends up responding with "I...information... well... IT won't like this but... I have no other choice, IT already hates me, now... I've always heard from... it, that... it's ....u....p... a...b..-" she suddenly stopped, as it was getting harder for her to say it by the letter, and she attacked yet again, though, I managed to dodge. "Please, fight that thing's voice in your head, I know you can... you've done it before," I turned off my badge's recording function and she continued to fight, though I managed to dodge the attack, and tried to calm her down again with "I won't hurt you... that thing, though, it will... who do you trust more, me, or that voice in your head?" She finally stopped attacking, and gave me some time to rest, though, she didn't want to say anything more about her 'friend' or, rather, the voice that she kept hearing, but, she seemed to manage her urges to fight me, and started hopping around the place, picking flowers. I didn't really feel like joining in, as I felt like I needed to be on my guard, at least until Rebbecca gets back, that is. I then look behind me to see her approaching, as slow as usual, but at least I didn't need her here right at this moment. That all changed when I saw something forming behind the buneary.... something otherworldly, something sinister. [i]YoU aRe NoT wElCoMe HeRe... LeAvE tHiS pLaCe...[/i] that voice, interlaced between the words 'kill' and 'die' just randomly invaded my head, and, considering Rebbecca wouldn't play that kind of joke on me, I had to look around the area to try to find the source... what I found can't be described as anything biology would ever make, even if it was drunk. It looked like a whiteboard someone doodled on, and then took a perfectly rectangular bite out of, and it was tall... I looked like an ant by comparison. The buneary, still unaware of the thing, looked at me with a confused face, as I was just frozen to the spot, overcome with fear. "What's wrong, Ms. Nido?" she asks me, making me just point behind her. She looks back, and instantly runs away. "REBBECCA! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!" I shout to Rebbecca, still unable to actually flee just from the sight of the thing. Of course, that was just when I figured out how slow this thing was, and then I finally convinced myself that I'd just be able to outrun it, easily, so, I did just that, running back to Rebbecca. I then try to use my badge to teleport away, but... something seems to be messing with it... I pressed the button, but nothing happened, save for the sound of static. "What... IS that thing, Rebbecca?" I then ask her, still scared and confused at the grey, pink, red and white monolith that was somehow both alive, and ready to attack us... worse, still, the thing started to glow, meaning it was probably preparing some huge attack... something I didn't want to stick around for. [hr] [Spruce] "Right," I said to M, knowing that I had a huge type advantage against the barboach. I then ran up to the thing, and tried to use vine whip against, it, but, just as I did, the wind kicked up again, and flung me off to my right, making my attack miss. The thing then used ice beam, of all things, against me, somehow managing to actually freeze me in place... that's no good. The Arcanine was still spouting craziness from his mouth at every opportunity, but he laughed as if he was a hyena rather than a dog as soon as I got frozen. Getting frozen is, honestly, the absolute worst thing possible. You can't move, and the only thing you can feel is the oppressive, frigid cold ALL over your body, not to mention, you can't even scream for help, or teleport out of here because, again, you can't move an inch, no matter what you're trying to move, or how you're trying to move it. I tried to call for help, but, again, I couldn't move anything, I couldn't even manage a simple noise, not even a hiss, thanks to the block of ice that I was frozen in. Worse, still is that I can see EVERYTHING, and that I'm still conscious through this whole thing. The barboach just floated there, laughing slightly at what he's just done, and, knowing that I can't do anything, he starts taunting me, or, at least I think he was taunting me, as it was pretty difficult to hear anything in this block of ice, though, I'm not sure that HE knew I couldn't hear what he was saying, as he just kept yammering on to someone who he knew couldn't talk back to him... which made me a little afraid for his mental health. [hr] [Anthony] Pretty much the moment M asked for some help, Spruce rushed in to try to hit the barboach with a vine whip... which would have knocked the thing out were it not for the wind conditions making him miss his attack. What happened after that was ten times worse, as the barboach managed to not only hit Spruce with an ice type attack, but freeze him right on the spot. I then used muddy water on the barboach, though, it didn't do nearly as much as I thought it would, all things considered, barboach aren't supposed to be that strong. No, all it did was get him to laugh at Spruce, and then talk to him... even though he was frozen, and likely couldn't hear a word that the barboach said. "Oh... aren't you the best ice sculpture that I've made? Yes you are, my pretty..." he said to Spruce, who couldn't say anything back, but was probably annoyed somehow. "Uh... hello?" I ask the barboach, who simply ignored me and continued talking to the ice block that Spruce was frozen in. "You're just the prettiest thing... I think I'll call you Emily," that... was almost enough to confuse me, as in, actual confusion, as in, stumbling around and shouting 'POMEG' confused. These lost pokemon were really starting to hurt my sanity. Maybe I just needed to learn to ignore their incoherent ramblings, and just focus on actually fighting them. The arcanine just seemed to fall asleep in Kamina's grip, which was strange, as he was more pumped up than a mankey who's eaten an all-chesto breakfast and lunch just a few minutes ago... but now he's just sleeping as if it was nighttime... which I honestly hoped it wasn't. [hr] [Bonnie] I started the fight by trying to use agility to improve all of my allies' speed, just to make sure that we could at least outrun them. I then used an extra attack, a dizzy punch on the skuntank, who looked somewhat more important than the rest of his team. The boss started stumbling around for a moment, which made the koffing say "Uh... boss? Aren't we gonna use our special attack?" of course, the boss just shouted "FLORIDA!" and left it at that. The koffing just sort of kept floating around, not really knowing what to do without his boss, and the zubat decided it was about time to try to confuse Tini, as the very first thing he did was try to use supersonic on him, saying "You girlies and your man aren't going to stop us! We're unstoppable! Not even heroes have defeated us, before," I then looked around for any other female pokemon, wondering why he used the plural for that word, but, I was just stumped. I then notice Terra's daughter and the charmander trying to escape, with the charmander trying to secretly burn the ropes, and Terra's daughter trying to use vine whip to untie them. Soon enough, with the thugs distracted, they manage to escape, and the charmander uses ember on the skuntank, causing him to explode thanks to his explosive poisons, fortunately for us, the explosion didn't hit any of us, but unfortunately, the skuntank was still somehow still alive thanks to the blast, and he was mad... almost mad enough to break through his confusion.