Group RP Pokemon: The Bonds of the Stage

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"Mm..."s fill the air as the audience pictures what sort of food Kanade, Mew, and Jirachi had to eat. "After they had finished their dinner, Kanade talked to the elder for a while. While she was very pleased with his courtesy and with the great hospitality he had shown them, she noticed that he looked very glum, and wondered if something was weighing on his heart." Brock explains.

"May I ask why the people gather here tonight? I know of no festival falling on this date, so I thought I would ask why you were celebrating." Serena asks as Kanade.

"We are not celebrating anything," Brock sighs as the elder as Misty plays a sad melody on her tikin in the background. "It was really a funeral service for two of my grandchildren, who, though they are not yet dead, will be called to the heavens before too long."

"But how can such a ceremony be performed over people who are still alive?" Serena asks as Kanade. Some in the audience stifle laughter at the quizzical look on Serena's face.

"You must know that this region is under the control of a cruel demon." Brock continues as the elder. Every year, he demands two children, a boy and a girl, to eat. Many attempts have been made to resist this horrific demand, but they have only resulted in increased suffering to those who have dared to oppose him. Because of this, the woeful cycle continues, and many a heart is broken at the loss of those dearest to them."

"But is there any way to know when this terrible sacrifice is going to be demanded?" Serena asks as Kanade.

"The demon appears in the chosen house a few days before, and demands to have the victims ready on a specified date." Brock explains as the elder. "Only the day before yesterday, this summons came to us to have our children ready by tomorrow morning at dawn. That is why we had a feast today, and performed the funeral rites for the dead, so that their spirits may not be held under the control of this merciless demon, but delivered to the Great Lord's care in heaven."

"But what is the demon like?" Serena asks as Kanade.

"No one knows for sure what he is like," Brock cautions as the elder as the tikin's song turns tense. "He has no form that one can see. His presence is known by a strong gust of wind which fills the place with a peculiar smell, and with an influence so subtle that you feel yourself within the grip of a powerful force, and instinctively bow as though you were in the presence of a being who could destroy you in a moment if it wanted to." Ash proceeds to blast a note that sounds more or less like a girl's scream, startling many in the crowd.

"One more question..." Serena interjects as Kanade. "Where did this demon come from, and how that he has grown so strong enough to defy even heaven itself, with the Great Lord Arceus and all the Legendaries that watch over us all?"

"This demon was filled with evil intentions and fiendish instincts from the very beginning." Brock explains as the elder. "He took the first opportunity he could to escape to the earth, and took up residence in the grottoes and caverns that lie deep down beneath the waters of the river. Other spirits almost as evil as him have also reside there, and they combine their forces to bring calamity and disaster upon the people of this region."

 

@SAF

(it is part of a particular set of episodes of "The Travels of Kanade"--an epic in this world.)

@ChocoChicken

The group has put on episodes of Journey to the West before! Ash usually plays Son Goku to Brock's Triptaka (who is often both the narrator and a character)

 

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(Yes and no--many of the stories are based on Japanese and Chinese tales, but most of them are made up)

 

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Fearful whispers race through the crowd as the audience debates how such a demon could be defeated. "Now, Kanade cherished all living things, but she grew very angry when she thought of how many innocent children had been sacrificed to appease the depraved demon." Ash intones as Brock sets his vina aside and slings a prop bow and some prop arrows on his back--Kanade's signature weapon. "Mew and Jirachi were just as mad, and they began to discuss how to save the elder's grandchildren, and at the same time slay the demon so no one would ever have to sacrifice a child again."

As Jirachi, he interjects "Let me play the boy, and Mew play the girl, and together we will fight the demon and kill him, and so deliver the people from his dreadful tyranny."

As Mew, Misty instructs "Bring the children here so that we may see them, and make our plans so perfect that the demon won't know what hit him."

"The elder agreed, and brought in the boy and the girl--both of them about seven or eight years old." Brock explains as he picks up the story. "Jirachi first laid a hand on the boy, and sang..."

Jao wiisha nes chiel com yutuul... Ash fills in the song, to some awed murmurs at a red aura appears around him for a few seconds.

"Jirachi transformed into an exact duplicate of the boy in a flash of light." Brock narrates. "Then, Mew touched her tail to the girl, and sang..."

As Mew, Misty sings Karuto, iichiida shou..., making a lavender aura appear around her for a few seconds.

 

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Brock waits for the applause to die down before continuing "Kanade instructed the elder to take the real children and hide them in the remotest and most inaccessible room in the house, lest someone see them or the demon discover their plot."

The lights begin to brighten, mimicking dawn. "Just as the eastern sky showed the first light of dawn, two platforms were brought up to the door to carry the two children away." Serena intones. "A few frightened neighbors peered through the gloom to catch a last glimpse of the children, but not one of them had the slightest clue that the boy and girl were really Legendary Pokémon who were about to wage a fierce battle with the demon in order to deliver them from the curse they lived under."

 

@ChocoChicken @SAF

(waiting on Nora's response before we continue)

 

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More excited chatter fills the air at the impending battle. "No sooner had the children been left at the temple, where a small torch served as the only light, and the doors had been closed with a thud, did the priests rush away, fearing for their lives." Ash goes on. "Some moments later, a hideous, gigantic form emerged from an inner room and crept towards the children. The demon was surprised, however, to find that the children did not exhibit any signs of alarm, as had all the other children that had been sacrificed, but seemed to be calmly awaiting his approach. There was no sign of fear about them, and they did not cry in terror; but looked on him with a courageous glance as he advanced."

Misty smiles at the excited crowd. "Imagine the demon's surprise when he saw the two children become their true forms--Jirachi the Wish Maker, and Mew, the Envoy of Heaven. Though the demon knew his judgement was close, he drew a black, jagged sword and charged at Jirachi and Mew!"

 

@SAF @ChocoChicken

(More cheers--waiting on Arin's reaction before we go on.)

 

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The audience watches in awe as a wooden "demon" emerges on the stage, with hidden targets in various places on its body. "Jirachi and Mew were more then ready for battle, and with their magic fully charged and with hearts made strong by the power of the Great Lord, they awaited the demon's attack." Serena narrates as Brock nocks one of the prop arrows and prepares to shoot at the "demon" approaching him.