Oh, Worm?

Regrettably, had missed a few floors of the Tree of Worms, but now that a group had managed to reach the top of the tree (or bottom), everyone is able to enter the Challenge Tower once again. Unsurprisingly, people are quick to do so, and so Muin finds himself stepping into the tree as well.

Ironically, he brings with him the first Pokémon he had obtained at the original Challenge Tower, and despite not really having been at the tree last time, the Pineco seems all too eager to attack the Pidgey — almost as if Iphin has some sort of grudge or vendetta against them or something.

Hell, Muin doesn't even need to give the Pineco a command, for he's quick to curse out the Pidgey with cruel words that would be incomprehensible to most.

"Hm. Good enough."

PINECO USED CURSE

Killian had only reached the last few floors in the original Tree of Worms, but the spectacle he saw was...certainly a sight to behold. Zygarde in all of its glory had descended (ascended?) upon them, and by the end of the challenge they even got strands of its DNA. There were even lucky people that managed to get a full egg, but it already excited him that he could eventually get one for himself (if he had enough money to do so, but there were still so many things to buy and upgrade in order to assure his safety and his Pokemons' wellbeing. Sigh. Too many things to think about).

Anyway, he caught wind that apparently once a tree (or tower) was finished, it could be explored again by players for additional rewards. Having missed pretty much most of them, he decided that getting more Pokemon into his team would be useful, though he couldn't really think of what other types of worms would be there besides bug Pokemon...(and Wormmon, but that's a Digimon). At the start of the tower, it looked like there were a bunch of Pidgey around, pecking and poking, staring him with big ol' eyes.

The pop up said Use a sound-based move. He had to look this up on the wiki for him to confirm, but it turned out that he did have a Pokemon with a matching move. With a grin, he tossed the Poke Ball in the air and let Savannah the Litleo out -- coincidentally, she was also a prize from the tower.

❝Use Noble Roar, Savannah!❞

The Litleo was eager to let out a loud roar (even for her tiny body), and while it was a status move, it did scare some of the birds stiff or make them fly away. For the ones that were still in place, those were easy pickings with well timed headbutts.

So, Ada had mentioned wanting to come to the Tree of Worms, and of course this would be totally unremarkable information... if it weren't for the fact that this is Ada and Tuesday expects him to get into some kind of trouble that no one else could possibly ever get themselves into. Lo and behold, when she steps into the tree's first floor, starlitlover getting swarmed by Pidgey, which other players seem to be picking out one by one (mostly with a lot of loud noises, for some reason).

"...What are you doing?" She asks, a brow quirked, but while Tuesday herself is as calm as she is amused by the sights before her, the Pokémon that accompanies her lets out a deep bellow that resonates through the tree.

<'VɆⱤ₥ł₦.'>

A WATER PULSE hits the Pidgey, soaking some of them and scaring them away. Yet, the Kyogre does not give chase, their wild gaze instead falling upon Starlitlover himself.

"Oh. Were you talking to him, Eon?" Tuesday smirks. "Ha. Now, now, that's not very nice. Let's not be mean to poor Ada."

Obviously Legion had actually been talking to the birds... right? Surely that has to be the case. Still, Tuesday sure as hell doesn't bother to ask her Pokémon to clarify. It's much funnier this way.

KYOGRE used water pulse

The first step to getting better at a game is to actually play it, right? In exploring all of the features available in UNOVR, he picked up word of the Tree of Worms, and made a beeline (wormline?) to check it out. He loved the idea of being able to pick up a few new wormy friends, even if most people might find them to be a little gross. Oh, and there was also getting Pox stronger.

"Alright, lets go, Pox! Use BRANCH POKE!"

With a happy little cry, the grookey pulls the twig from it's hair and leaps towards the pidgey to give it a good ol' smack in the head. It' s enough to make the bird pokemon flutter away, and startle a few more nearby. Satisfied with his attack, the chimp pokemon turns to it's trainer and gives a triumphant wave of his twig.

One down, several dozen more to go.

Silvermoon peered curiously around at the worm tree. It... looked the same as they remembered, with pidgey scurrying around. They smiled at Tuesday, and gave a little wave- though... hopefully the man next to her was alright? He looked soaked, for some reason. Um, anyway.

Another pidgey swooped down, and Silvermoon watched it closely. They reached for their pokeballs, tossing out one she hadn't used in a while- Pineco, from their first foray into the tower, manifested, eyes blinking slowly at the bird. "Get ready!" Silvermoon called, as the pidgey swooped down at him-

The pineco shimmering, a thick barrier manifesting just in time for the pidgey to slam into it, head first. The pidgey let out a hoarse croak, and collapsed to the ground.

pineco used protect!

Prompt 10: [Tower]SFP14cmX1d50

M'Foxy though the tree was quite lovely, actually. It was like being back at home, only with about a million more birds everywhere.

She was sat at a little outdoor table, with a little cappuccino. The venipede- she needed to name the thing, huh?- was curled up under the table, eyes closed. There was, naturally, a pidgey on the other side of the table, watching her closely. Waiting for a sign of weakness.

Of American.

"[tangent=It's difficult to know,]C'est difficile de savoir,[/tangent]" M'Foxy sighed, sipping at her drink. The bird seemed to tense. "[tangent=A baguette(masculine)? A baguette (feminine)?]Un baguette? Une baguette?[/tangent]"

At that, the bird screamed. Its talons tightened on the bread in claw. Any proper Parisian would know the gender of a baguette. They reared, and lunged.

"[tangent=Here's a trick-]Voici une astuce-[/tangent]" M'Foxy did not show fear- Staring the bird down as it slammed into the force field she naturally had by being French. Or, thanks to the venipede, but it was probably the former. "[tangent=I simply say- Two baguettes!]Je dis simplement- Deux baguettes![/tangent]"

Venipede used defense curl!

Prompt 11. [Tower]Z9NQsPZE1d50

Genesis remembered this section of the Tower of Worms from the first time they'd helped to summit it. Back then, they had tried to use the bits and pieces of French they remembered from school to help ingratiate them with their Pidgey opponents. Now, they weren't going to bother putting in that kind of effort. It hadn't paid off the first time around either, and they had just felt awkward realizing how rusty their French skills really were after a few years of disuse.

At least they didn't have to think too hard about what Pokemon or move to use for this prompt. HP-draining move? Well, they had the original...

"Amity?"

The Zubat still wasn't flying quite right after that experiment with Bunya. Apparently it had taken away the Pokemon's Flying-type... though she could still fly through the air, just not as effortlessly as the Zubat had flown before. Fascinating. And this prompt was a perfect excuse to test the transformed Zubat's capabilities...

"Use Absorb."

Normally, it would be a weak attack, but here in the Tower, it was enough to fell a Pidgey in a single hit. Though that had nothing to do with Amity's changed typing, really. They would have to do more research into that...