Episode 5: Hot and Cold Flex Off!

[fallers_npcs]

Today, the Class is off to the Hot Springs! Until Monday, they’ll be on a school trip to Mount Lanakila, where they will spend two days and two nights at the mountain. Here, the school will learn about the native Snow Pokemon. However…

Kukui frowned in worry at the Mountain which was… suspiciously barren of snow in this area. The ground was green with grass, and it was swelteringly hot. “Sorry everyone! It seems like we’ve got unseasonable weather!” Exclaimed Kukui. “Still, there’s no worry here! Unload your things, get settled in and we’ll still tour the Ice Caves at 2pm! Until then, try and relax. Maybe if you want a nice Heatwave, try out the hot springs!”

No worries everyone, there's plenty to see. Lots of Pokemon still. Though, the people at the Hot Springs could need your help, getting the springs back to working order. The Owner could use people with technical help to look at the pipes, people with strong backs to get the springs in order and at 2pm everyone will go to the caves unless you're helping the Owner.

[This is an event post, and all roads lead to the final thread! Feel free to make your choice where to go! Players can be students and chaperones!]

Comments

[revolutionhawk]

Same. Begrudgingly Shay does the same, but not without having one of his goto monsters to ride on at the drop of a hat after putting the main deck birds back with the rest of his cards.

[fallers_npcs]

"Okay, I've got it fired up!" Exclaimed Entrapta as the Ultra Hole bloomed to a large enough size for the pair to step through. "Go go go! I've got it open enough! Have fun storming the castle!"

The pair would be immediately pulled through, and through the Ultra Hole, they would find themselves emerging into a stifling hot cave. Lava flowed from a pit far to the size. While it didn't immediately burn their faces off the magic of pokeani it was still frightfully hot. Across the way, Team Flex Off was having their epic flex-off against the King Buzzswole.

It's here, on the other side of the room that Kaiba and Shay would discover that they were in the literal middle of a FUCKING VOLCANO. And in the middle of the FUCKING VOLCANO was a goddamn Pokemon GYM, or at least a derelict one. Maybe whoever used to use this place, used to battle in here.

What kind of insane maniac battled inside a Volcano?

On Cinnabar Island, Blaine sneezed three times, knocking his wig off. "Someone's talking about me in the third person," he said, staring right at the 4th wall at the head mod accusingly.

But moving back to Shay and Kaiba, it seems there's ANOTHER Ultra Hole, one of these ones, appearing on another big ledge, leading to what appears to a glowing Ice Cave, or it would be, if it wasn't feeding dripping melting ice into the Volcano. It seems, the Volcano -- is on the verge of eruption because of geothermic instability because of the hot-and-cold situation.

[blue_ice]

"Aargh!"

Of course that happened. Kaiba slapped the card to his hastily reconstructed disk as he fell, the dragon appearing in a shimmer of light and safely catching him on the other side. He clambered onto her back, staring at the two holes...the one they'd come from, the one feeding them arctic air...and he knew enough to know that was Bad.

Then he looked across the way to see a horde of half-dressed Fallers...flexing their muscles at a giant muscled...bug thing.

"Are they...communicating with it?"

[revolutionhawk]

Because it's exactly their luck, Shay is just as prepared, slaps a random one of his Xyz cards onto his disk- hey it's Rise Falcon again.

"Hopefully it's something useful because I just see bodybuilding jocks flirting with each other from here."

His gaze turns toward the hole leading to the melting ice caves. "You can go see for yourself down there what's going on, but I have a bad feeling about who else might be in those caves," he says as if the previous sentence did not come out of his mouth whatsoever.

[blue_ice]

"That's not how battles are meant to work. Even as an attempt to impress it..."

Yes, they were strong, but he really wanted to forget that he'd ever seen this. He nodded.

"I'll warn the muscleheads, but be ready for anything in there. And take this."

Was that...concern for another human being? Maybe the slightest bit. Kaiba pressed a handful of defense cards into Shay's hand---Ring of Defense, Negate Attack...and Vorse Raider, for emergencies. He nodded gruffly and pointed Blue Eyes at the mass display of muscle.