#interlude arc

[thunderblessedhero-old]

(( Warning for possibly upsetting content. Themes of violence and major character death are present in this. ))

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[Attached: A live video feed. Gizmo is following Hugh, August, and their Lucario “Fenrir” from behind as they rush through an ice-covered Opelucid City, carefully navigating over the frozen over roads and sidewalks as quickly as can. You can see evacuating crowds rushing and slipping past them as the young trainers bolt into the fray, their panicked shouts and screams echoing through the audio.

“Those Plasma assholes-” Hugh curses under his breath, panting a bit as he runs. “I never expected them to go this far…” He motions back at his friend, urging them to keep up. “Come on, we get the DNA Splicers back from those ninja guys! We aren’t letting them get away with this!”

“Right!” August shouts back, continuing to trail behind their friend. They look to the Lucario running beside them and nods, initiating a wordless communication between them and the Pokémon. He seems to understand right away, returning the gesture affirmatively.

Fenrir then turns on his heel and veers off to the side, before bouncing up a tower of jagged ice with ease. He reaches the top in a matter of seconds, and his eyes begin to scan the chaos raging around him from his vantage point- as he does, you catch a glimpse of the massive, levitating frigate looming threateningly in the skies over the city.

August and Hugh swerve to follow after him, but they stop at the sound of loud beeping noises coming from the phone behind them. They both simultaneously turn to look to the camera, raising a brow at the Rotom phone as it begins to shake and twitch.

“Gizmo? What wrong?” August asks, extending a hand out to the little Electric-type in concern.

“ZZz-zzzZZT-zzzt— zzt-” Gizmo’s inexplicable buzzing gets louder, before the screen fades to static, intercepting the feed. It stays that way for a few seconds longer… before the scene abruptly changes.

There’s an older man with white hair and a tall cap, standing in front of an iron wall. He wears a massive purple cloak that looks like it was designed to withstand harsh low temperatures, with a blatant Team Plasma logo plastered on the front.

“Greetings, people of Unova.” The man addresses the audience in a dark tone, one that would spur unease within you. “My name is Zinzolin- a sage representing Team Plasma and my lord, Ghetsis.”

He continues, speaking to the camera with a blank, firm expression. “I’m sure you’re all wondering why this broadcast has suddenly reached your device- or perhaps you’re more focused crisis currently unfolding in Opelucid City. Either way, I’m here today to issue out a warning to all of Unova- so listen to my words, and listen to them well.”

“We may be taking our leave now, but know this- the attack on Opelucid was only the beginning,” he warns. “Soon enough, all the region will be shrouded in ice, and Lord Ghetsis will then take his rightful place as Unova’s ruler! Soon enough, when his plan falls into place, you will have no choice but to yield to him!”

“And before you think your little hero of truth is going to come to your rescue once more, like they did two years ago during our previous attempt to seize power…” Zinzolin smirks menacingly as he holds up what appears to be a remote control. “I regret to inform you that Reshiram and its trainer will not be coming to your aid this time. Nor will Zekrom- she and her hero abandoned you all a long time ago.”

“Don’t believe me?” He snickers. “See for yourself. In case my speech wasn’t enough to sway you, our generous leader has gone ahead and provided a little… presentation of sorts, to remind you we are not to be trifled with.”

He presses down on the controller, and in the blink of an eye, the screen switches again. Now, a pitch dark room is shown- you can just barely see the line where the floor and wall meet. Everything is deadly silent for a moment longer, before you begin to hear what sounds like shouts and metal clanging in the background, growing closer…

A door offscreen opens up, filling the room with light for the briefest of moments- just long enough for you to see a figure get harshly thrown into the dank holding cell, before the door is promptly slammed back shut. Your blood runs cold when you’re met with a face likely many Unovans know- the hero of Reshiram… their hands are tied behind their back, and a piece of black tape is pasted firmly over their mouth.

Blake’s hat tumbles off their head as their back slams against the cold wall, a muffled cry erupting from their throat before they slide pitifully onto the ground. They’re alive, but they writhe around and recoil like they’re in excruciating pain… You don’t want to imagine what they must’ve gone through before all of this. Or whatever they’re about to endure.

“Let this be a lesson to all who dares try and oppose the might of Team Plasma,” Zinzolin’s voice can be heard booming from a nearby speaker. “Watch as the very trainer who once saved your pathetic lives is reduced to nothing but ashes, and know that you will all suffer the same fate if you try to revolt!”

A red flash fills the room, and once it fades away you hear a haunting, reverberating growl… Trembling, Blake tilts their head up, pure dread overcoming their expression as they meet the face of whatever’s about to be their end. You see the shadow of a Hydreigon looming on the wall behind them, slowly growing as the beast closes in on its prey…

Blake begins crying out desperately, helplessly flailing and kicking against their restraints, like a beetle turned over on its shell. Although their legs are untied, they seem unable to manage standing, incapable of running away as the creature prowls closer.

In the last few seconds of the video, you see the white glow of a charging Hyper Beam illuminate the room. And all that Blake can do is stare into the light, eyes bulged with horror. You catch a tear pricking through the corner of their eye right before the attack is unleashed.

A blinding, white hot light swallows the camera. You can barely hear Blake scream out one last time before it’s drowned out by a deafening explosion.

…The video feed cuts out. You didn’t get to see the aftermath, but… it’s not hard to guess what happened next.]

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[pinkhairandpokemon]

I lived bitch

-Blake

[unovas-reluctant-champion]

Is that fucking Reshiram doing laps around town like a madman

[water-pokemon-appreciator]

man I'm ngl this isn't very silly or goofy

T-T

[st4r-f3ll-qu33rs]

guys ik this is supposed to be like a mogai and identity blog but would anyone have a demand for a fanfic in the style of an interlude quest from genshin- I've titled it "Act IV: The Corpse Exhumed from Celestia", which as the title states is about a corpse from Celestia. I haven't finished the second or third interlude nor have I finished the Fontaine Archon quest (I'm grinding as fast as I can), but the goal is it's set in Inazuma and somehow features someone from every nation as well as all my Inazuma ocs. I'll either make an OC blog which I was planning on doing anyway and post it there, on here, or on A03.

[thatonebirdtrainer]

Alright, so I think I’m gonna head home for the day. I spent today after the uh, incident, mostly helping my Pokemon calm down and whatever else, so tomorrow I’m gonna see if Opelucid still needs help.

If anyone over there needs supplies I can fly some more over once I get there

[seirindono]

The Missing Scarf (Interlude) - part 26

And with that, we wrap up the first tier of this interlude *yay* Hope you enjoyed this first "introduction" of Gaster : more on this charming fellow and how he might be involved in all sorts of terrible things in the second Arc of TMS!

Note: The next page takes place a few hours after this discussion between Mel and Stretch :)

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[nirvanaida]

watched the bridon arc finale and I support lu guang’s wrongs. his lu wrongs if you will.

[resplendent-chungus]

I've been re-reading Worm and God the part starting with Coil bombing the mayoral debate and ending with the heroes coming for Taylor in school (or Noelle's death, if you're picky) is such an insane run of arcs. Just banger after banger after banger.

It's got everything; Taylor being blinded, Coil pretending to free Dinah, Taylor fighting her way out of Coil's trap, the Undersiders thinking she betrayed them, Coil finally biting the bullet and Dinah going home, and then boom! Noelle time, and everything that comes with it!

It's by far my favourite part of the book. I honestly think Gold Morning is the only thing that can compare to it. It's an absolutely insane decision to have the two cathartic things we've been building to since before Leviathan (Dinah being freed and Coil exiting stage right) happen in the middle of that shitstorm, and even more insane to make them work so well.

[yinyuedijun]

guys amphoreus is so fucking long how the hell does anyone stay caught up with this game 😭😭😭

[thunderblessedhero-old]

Fin.

(( that's a wrap for the Interlude Arc folks!! I hope you enjoyed it, this was one of the longest running arcs i've done so far so i hope it was enjoyable!! ))

(( from here on out its mostly just gonna be shenanigans :P also, with the wrap up of the arc I'll soon be kicking off August's blog!! there's no posts yet but you can follow them at @keldeochamp1on ))

(( following this post, there's gonna be about a two-week-or-so long time-skip! ))

[pinkhairandpokemon]

OOC post! Explanation on the “Interlude Arc”

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(( hi! mod speaking. if you’re wondering what the current arc is all about, I’m gonna give a quick rundown of it:

this is basically the transition phase to post bw2 for this blog- in other words, this is the bw2 arc. this universe’s version of it, that is. a few things are gonna play out a lil differently than they do in the games, specifically towards the end, but it’s. more or less the same?

so! what’s gonna happen to Blake? well, once the arc really kicks off, Blake’s account is going to go inactive for the remainder of it. well, sort of- you’ll still be able to ask Hop and Auberi questions and get their perspective on all this; but until likely near the climax/end of the arc Blake will be totally unavailable for interactions or questions. it’ll be explained why eventually, I promise.

instead, the arc will shift over to @thunderblessedhero; N’s account, where he’ll post about a bit his adventures throughout Unova with a pair of new traveling companions as he tries to track down Blake.

ALSO! this arc will probably have major spoilers for my ongoing fan comic, Unova Fates, the one I’ve been sharing over on @xgoldenlatiasx. I probably won’t be covering like, the entire span of BW2, N will just be posting about some of his experiences and updates on his search, until the big arc finale.

lastly, some warnings for this arc: themes of death is probably the biggest one, and there’s gonna be Plasma doing terrorist shit of course. all that will probably be more towards the end of the arc, though, and I’ll try by best to tag anything appropriately by then. until we get to that point, feel free to block the #interlude arc tag if you wanna avoid the high stakes stuff near the end.

that’s all I’m pretty sure!! thanks for reading! ))

[swedenis-h]

Cowboy Lehnsherr ‼️

[benrobertson2004]

Blake lasts a month then just dies

[hello-eeveev]

sibling is less than 24 hours of critrole until they get to Essek c3 appearance I’m so excited AAAAHAHAHA

[germesthegenie]

So I was thinking earlier today like “damn imagine if we didn’t have the timeskip and got the full 2 years with the Chicago Wards that’d be so cool”. But then I remembered the first 25-ish arcs took place over like 4 months in universe. That’s like 6.25 arcs per month. So imagine if Worm just had like another 150 arcs. The One Piece of niche web serials.