[ti]megathread[/ti] PARK OF DOGS

Despite all their efforts, it would seem that the legendary dogs weren’t happy with the balls they have provided. In fact, it was the shield pokemon zamazenta that chased the jigglypuffs until they began to float away like wondering driftloons. That’s… unfortunate.

In the distance, the common two toned sphere of voltorb rolling about in a furry caught her eye. A brow rose, eyeing the Zacian suspiciously when it asked for a more solid ball. “Well… will exploding balls work for ya?”

Without hesitation, maybe of the fellow players darted to take down the self destructing sphere. Wolf had a bad feeling about this. After all, voltorb were well known for self sacrificing. Sighing to herself, the half wolf and half woman recalled her creature only to summon another. Within a second and a brilliant flash of a light, her baby serpent materialized. “Let’s keep out distance, just in case. Mix them up.”

The long worm like dragon nodded, tail twirled and twirled and twirled. Soon, the clouds above her began to become ominous and wind picked up. A vortex was formed, the dratini sending the whipping TWISTER towards the voltorb. “INCOMING!”

dratini used twister!

Ding ding ding! 10 Jigglypuff have been collected.

"Cool! Pika-RETURN!" Yggy recalled her Pikachu and jogged outside the gate just in time to see a whole cascade of jigglypuff go flying like balls in a McDonalds playpit. Was Kenny actually old enough to remember those? Who could say! "Aw maaaan! All the Jigglypuffs!"

She made a token attempt to chase after them for Zacian and Zamazenta, using her Aviator powers to double-jump up onto the air and make a grab for the nearest pink ball, but there was no hope. "Dang! I guess we have to find something else." Even if they did get the Jigglypuff back, they'd just fly off again.

The tomboy trotted back into the dog park, jaw dropping when she recognized the Voltorb. This seems dangerous, she thought, then, Oh well! It's probably fine. Haha.

"Chain Chomp, let's gooooo!"

The Galarian Meowth appeared in a flash, jagged teeth bared in a grin. "Fake Out, then we'll grab it while it's flinching!" Yggy called in a (surprisingly tactical?) maneuver. The bobtail lunged forward, clapping both paws together in the Voltorb's face. A shock wave rippled out from the impact and Yggy grabbed the orb as fast as she could, legging it back towards the gate. "I got one! I got one!"

There was something truly freeing, starting from scratch — mostly because it meant they weren’t being hunted for sport. REN simply strolled into the Challenge Towers, receiving no snipers, no random PK attempts, and no insta-kicks.

Plus, their hunch was correct, and the NA players had no fucking clue what they were doing. Like watching a room of first graders learn a Fornite dance — it was slow, cringey, and violent. On their home server, towers rarely lasted, with guilds and groups coordinating at frightening efficiencies to basically curb stomp the final level armed with nothing but dunsparce, underwear armor, and spreadsheets.

Here, people splintered off to chase Jigglypuffs, sending them flying in homeruns or a hundred miles off the gate, lobbing fish at Voltorb and not-so-subtly trying to kill each other. Balls were flying everywhere instead of stacked like Connect Fours.

“Good shit,” REN cackled, words crackling through their digital voice box. Maybe this wouldn’t be so bad after all.

They snapped their mechanical fingers, pointing to the exploding volleyball tourney. “Pingu, babes! Nyootralize ‘em!” Their new bestie and current sole ride-or-die, Pingu the Piplup, slammed onto center-stage complete with his own Smash Bros. title card. Pingu did not possess the means of neutralizing anything except baby powder at this point, but that would not stop a piplup from doling out an execution.

He spat a large volley of WATER GUN at the field, right as a Voltorb collides and detonates, electric sparks catching the puddles and serving up deep-fried pork.

“REN!” The scream of fury ripped through the ruined field, as REN laughed and plucked beautiful Pingu off the ground before escaping death by skedaddling to the next ball game.

PIPLUP USED WATER GUN!

FLOOR 3: TAROUNTULABALL

"Another great gift," says Zacian, ears pricked in excitement. A shudder of static runs through her fur as the Voltorb roll past her.

Zamazenta's attention snaps to the red and white spheres, and he leaps at one as it passes. He chases it out of the gate and once the grass. "Ball! Ball!" he barks, wrestling with it and trying to clamp the hard surface in his jaws.

The Voltorb blows up in his face.

"Ball?" Zamazenta asks, mouth full of soot.

The rest of the Voltorb roll into a corner, and Zamazenta faces them in a wary standoff, like a sheep dog whose sheep might explode at any moment.

"It appears that these balls are too dangerous. They resist play," Zacian says, as a chain reaction of Voltorb explosions rocks the front gate. "Perhaps something less volatile?"

A group of Tarountula roll around on the other side of the fence, leaving trails of sticky thread in their wake. The threads crisscross, forming a stringy obstacle course that is sure to be a challenge to navigate.

You have collected 20 Balls and unlocked Electrike (U)!
The next reward (Greavard) will be unlocked at 30 Balls.

Kazuki Muin Nero Lord Darien Blackthorne Yggy Br00ks ozone REN Morpheus @jinyu Wolf
Post in General Mod Requests to claim your prize!

The (volley)ball was sent careening back to their court, along with about a truckfull of pocket sand because the princess didn’t have manners—to which Kazuki delights, for he is a bitch, only for his entire side of the court to get drenched by a sudden water gun and turn both him and Pignite into thanksgiving roasts, which he delights comparatively less.

“FOUL!” Kazuki called, knowing jack shit about volleyball and instead referring to REN and Muin directly. As the hoard of exploding voltorb balls was deemed inadequate, another level was opened—revealing a Takeshi’s Castle obstacle course littered with walking yarn balls.

“Those are choking hazards,” Kazuki grimaced, recalling that time his dobermann tried to eat one of those curated slimes Ren kept ordering. Even if Zamazenta and Zacian were all-powerful god-royal dogs, Kazuki dreaded the idea of letting them clamp their jaws around the Tarountulas.

He tossed out his Dragonite: his dragonair having recently evolved during training. The dragon wasn’t as imposing as he expected—or it shouldn’t have been, had the Parasite effect not reduced it to a walking corpse. Now she looked like a Barney The Dinosaur statue from an abandoned waterpark.

“Get ready to heal the dogs, don’t let them choke,” Kazuki instructed, much to the surprise of Dragonite, who was anticipating arson.

Kazuki pointed at Muin. “Oh, and when you land to rest, sit on him.”

Ah, so it was attempted battery.

DRAGONITE USED ROOST!

All the gods up in the sky must be punishing Muin for whatever sins he's unaware he has committed. What other explanation could there be for his nice dog park experience being ruined by the constant childish behaviour of a grown man with the personality of a hellspawn Chihuahua?

Whoever soaked Kazuki with a Water Gun clearly understands how to deal with such pests, and for a second there, as if part of some magic act, the cheekiest little smirk manifests on Muin's face... Only to fade when the oversized Chihahua looks at him claiming a foul, to be replaced by the coldest and most unsusceptible of stares. There's no sympathy for Kazuki here, he started this.

And with such a response being given, Muin turns his attention back to the legendary dogs, his arms crossed. He gives Zacian's words calm and silent consideration, watching his surroundings and deciding that given the circumstances it would be better to swap Pokémon.

Now, his Leafeon had been graceful in all of her actions, yet the Pokémon he releases in her place clearly couldn't care less about grace. He appears with the flash of light of a Pokéball, all nine of his tails raised, and it only takes a cruel stare and a growl for him to IMPRISON the first Tarountula he sees in place.

No, sitting on Muin's vicious Ninetales clearly wouldn't be a good idea, but if Kazuki's Dragonite were to indeed try such a thing with either of them, well... Fern's bite marks on its behind are to be expected.

NINETALES USED IMPRISON!

This Dog Tower is sorely lacking in cat vibes.

And so, here comes Tuesday, having none of all those shenanigans. She steps back into the tower as the craziness of the third floor is already well underway, and after those golden eyes of hers scan their surroundings to take in the scene, a playful smirk forms at her lips while a tufted cat ear gives a single flick. That ever so fluffy Angora-like tail of hers sways lightly, and true to Park of Dogs etiquette, it's a dog that she lets out of a Pokéball there and then:

Or, well, a fox. Dainty, elegant, and of fur marked by frost.

<'Ew. Why are they playing with bugs?.'> Dante whines disapprovingly, his little nose even scrunching up for a second there. <'So crass.'>

"Eh... No clue. You better freeze 'em before those nets stick to you, though."

She doesn't need to tell him twice. Before Tuesday can even finish speaking, an ICY WIND rises, flash-freezing the closest Tarountula.

"Attaboy."

ALOLAN VULPIX USED ICY WIND