(continued from here)
* The battle lasts a good few minutes, several strong moves thrown at one another, but the challenger does not back down, and the mighty brawl ends with a ground shaking thud as the Shadow Flygon is body checked into the ground. As the dust cloud clears, a frail and battered mew lays fainted in the midst of a flygon shaped hole in the ground. It's not even a crater, just, a hole where a Flygon would be able to snugly lay inside and maybe turn into a dirt angel. The Mega Salamence un-megas herself, and before making her way over to Cody, pads her way up to Axel with a stern intimidating face. But she doesn't go in for a punch. No, she opts to use her words.
(???) I don't know what you did to my baby brother, but I want to know your name, and I want to know what in the name of Hoopa was going through your mind. Cody does not just turn into a shadow Pokemon like that at random. He has to be egged on. Which means you did something to him.
((mod note: even though this character has a name, she won't be available for asks, being one of Cody's supporting characters. You'll have to ask questions about her through Cody. But not right now. Let him rest up first))
@axelthezoroark
“Uhm, I, uhh, A-Axel,” he stammers before spinning a tale on the fiasco in an attempt to convince the newcomer that he wasn’t the spark that ignited this, or at the very least buy himself enough time to find an escape route before the truth bomb exploded.
(Liz approached closer) Axel. Thank you. You can call me Liz. Now tell me Axel. Why did you bully my brother? And how did you find his weakness? He already has enough bullshit to go through for one lifetime, he doesn't need a bottom-of-the-barrel bully on top of it all.
Axel stutters some more as he takes a few steps back, coughing as the fight had bent several ribs and broken a few others. Looks like his tall tale didn’t work as he tries to spin more lies, including one about ‘mentioning Cody’s weakness in passing’, while he maneuvers to be able to grab the knife on his side quickly and readies to make his escape.
((roll for deception check: mod has rolled an 11 on a d20. Parts of the lie were believed, others were not.))
(Liz) So you overheard the weakness from the rumor mill, fine. Something must have happened, info got passed down without twisting, i get it. But here's the part i refuse to believe. I know my brother. He's calm and pacifistic under normal circumstances. Cody couldn't have started the fight.
(Liz darts her eyes downward and back forward) Listen. I have a pot of water probably burning my house down right now for trying to make ramen with it, so go ahead and run. But this will not be our last encounter. I can easily catch up to you as a Mega, but I won't do it this time because I'm feeling merciful today. But next time you even step foot near my brother without a sincere apology, I won't be.
* Liz stands there with a serious pose, with eyes that say "Go on. Make that daring escape of yours."
(Liz) And one more thing. You got any rope? I need something to tie my brother onto my back and I left my purse at home.
“N-nope no rope, never need it,” Axel quickly sputters, “I need to be on my way now.” He takes off as fast as his injuries would let him. He hoped to be long gone before Cody awakens, dreading if he’s still in range.








