Buckle Up, Everyone!

[these_balls]

Hello, Routers! As we're moving into our second week of our Freaky Fusions plot, it's time to reveal some information about our last two days of the event! Please read this entire post carefully for further details!


THE BACKGROUND:
As some of you eagle-eyed players may have noticed, early on in this plot, the Rocket Admins have had more in mind for their Fusion Orb than just putting together a bunch of garden-variety Pokemon; after all, what's the point of doing anything if you're not going to go big or go home? And so, as the fusion infection spreads and research labs in both regions have worked day and night to produce devices that can successfully capture and contain a Fusion Pokemon —

Well, that means they've finally got all that they need to create and contain the real goal of their Fusion efforts. Thanks for that added bit of assistance, Pokemon Professors!

So! With the technology to create a Fusion Ball theoretically capable of holding their great creation, come Wednesday the Admins will be shifting their plan into the final stages, and seeing what happens when they shove their Mew Fossil (conveniently stolen for them by a team of PC Rockets during a mod-run Rocket plot several years ago) into the Fusion Orb, and attempt to get something new and great out of it.

Unfortunately, as with most instances of mad science, they've made a slight miscalculation. Which is why this monstrosity is coming soon to a bossfight near you:



SURPRISE.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A BOSSFIGHT THIS YEAR?
Yes there is! Like in previous years during our big October plots, our last two days of the event will be comprised of a big wacky boss battle, starring our very special guest, the Mewssingno. We hope you're ready for some action!


OKAY, SO HOW IS THIS BOSSFIGHT THING GOING TO WORK?
Once created, the Mewssingno will be escaping to the very aptly-named Birth Island, in the Sevii Islands. Unfortunately, because its "fusion" is with something inherently glitched, it's a little confused at the moment, and prone to what you might call "hasty decisions". Consequently, it's very possible that your character might also end up on Birth Island, completely by accident! Mewssingno is doing some funny things to the fabric of space/time, and as a result, you might just end up in a war zone with no warning — and no obvious way to get home.

Of course, there's always Mewssingno itself...


AND OOCLY, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK?
Good question! On Thursday, October 29th, we'll be putting up a log in route_1065 set on Birth Island, where Mewssingno will be holed up, wreaking mild havoc, and generally distorting the world around it. Though landing a hit directly on Mewssingno will prove impossible because of the way it's shielding itself with glitches, there will be plenty of Fusion Abominations wandering around the island posing a threat to anyone who is brought there. You are free to launch attacks at Mewssingno as you please, and you may also NPC the Fusion Abominations as you see fit; the latter will be Pokemon Fusions not limited to just two 'mons per fusion. In other words, you might not just come across a Mr. Sir; you might end up having the misfortune of looking at a Mr. SandWeepinCruel. (In all its heinous glory.)

As in previous years, player participation will affect the outcome of the bossfight! Though we will not be using the threshold method we used in previous years to determine whether the scenario has been won or lost, there will be a window of time during which players participating in the plot will be asked to tag into the log with either one top-level comment or one response to a top-level comment, and show us proof of that!

On this infopost, we have created a Bossfight Participation Subthread. Between the time when the log for the Mewssingno Bossfight goes up and 11:59 PM EST on Friday, October 30, participating characters must tag into the log with either one top-level comment or one response to a top-level comment and then link us to it in that thread.

NOTE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FIGHT THE BOSS IN ORDER TO HAVE "PARTICIPATED". So long as your character is there in some capacity for at least one tag, they get credit for showing up and will be counted as having participated for the purposes of our very special Halloween surprise.

Some suggestions of things you could do to participate in the log are:

• Attack Mewssingno
• Assist people who are attacking Mewssingno
• Give an inspiring speech to increase morale among the people who are fighting Mewssingno
• Fight the Fusion Abominations while other people fight Mewssingno
• Flee from the Fusion Abominations while other people fight Mewssingno
• Become imperiled and require assistance from someone else who is fighting Mewssingno or the Fusion Abominations
• Rescue someone who has become imperiled while you're fighting Mewssingno or the Fusion Abominations
• Scream in abject terror at the sight of Mewssingno and Fusion Abominations
• Run away from Mewssingno
• Throw a Pokeball at Mewssingno
• Throw a shoe at Mewssingno
• Throw everyone's shoes at Mewssingno
• Throw your best friend at Mewssingno
• Throw someone else's best friend at Mewssingno
• Attempt to take selfies with Mewssingno
• Eat a sandwich

The possibilities are endless.

• IMPORTANT NOTE: In the interest of fairness, there will be no "kill shot" with respect to Mewssingno on this log. The participation threshold is instead determining how events will proceed during the battle's ending and aftermath — because we've got some surprises in store for you!


DO I NEED TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE FOR THIS PLOT?
Yes, we need to know in advance who intends to be coming along on the big finale of this wild Fusion ride. So if your character would like to come along for the bossfight (or if you intend to send them regardless of what they want), here's what we need you to do:

We've made a Participation Headcount Thread on this post, with a form to fill out stating some information we need from you — your name, your character, what Pokemon they morphed into (if applicable), and the six-member roster they are taking with them to the bossfight. Please note that you may only make changes to your roster selection up until Wednesday, October 28th at 11:59 PM EST, which is also when we'll be closing sign-ups for the bossfight log. After that, we'll freeze the thread and will not be permitting any more sign-ups or roster changes, so make sure you're solid before then!


IF I TRANSFORMED INTO A POKEMON, WILL I STILL BE TRANSFORMED DURING THE BOSSFIGHT?
Yes, you will! The professors will be releasing the antidote on Saturday, October 31, after the bossfight has concluded; you'll be able to change back then.


I DIDN'T TRANSFORM INTO A POKEMON. CAN I STILL GO ON THE PLOT?
You can! When filling out the participation form below, simply put "no transformation" or something to that effect when it asks you for what your character's fusion was.


I HAVE A QUESTION YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED YET!
We're still happy to take your questions right over here!


SO WHAT DO I NEED TO DO FROM HERE ON OUT?

Sometime between now and 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, October 28th:

• Respond to our Participation Headcount Thread with the information requested!

Sometime between now and 11:59 PM EST on Friday, October 30th:

• Make cool plans for how you're going to participate in this boss fight!
• Ask us questions if need be!
• Head over to the Final Boss Log once it's posted!
• Tag into it in some capacity with your participating characters!
• Link us to those tags on the Bossfight Participation Subthread!
• Encourage all your friends to do the same!
• Have fun threading around in the log until the Halloween Surprise is revealed!

We hope you'll have fun with this stage of the Freaky Fusions plot! Happy Halloween, Route!


USEFUL LINKS:
THE PRELIMINARY INFOPOST | FURTHER DETAILS AND SPECIFICS | QUESTIONS FOR MODS

PLOT PARTICIPATION HEADCOUNT THREAD | BOSSFIGHT PARTICIPATION HEADCOUNT THREAD

Comments

(frozen comment) ☆ PARTICIPATION HEADCOUNT ☆

[these_balls]

COMMENT TO THIS THREAD WITH THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE:

<b>PLAYER NAME:</b> <b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> <b>CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable):</b> <b>POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:</b>

Note: you may change or modify the Pokemon team your character will be bringing on the plot (max 6 roster slots) up until the cutoff deadline for signups.
After the cutoff, we ask that you please not make changes to the roster that will be accompanying you!

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[armoredsoul]

PLAYER NAME: CaityCat
CHARACTER NAME: Alphonse Elric
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Metagross
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Eddie the Luxray
Lisa the Typhlosion
Cecil the Liepard
Jemma the Garchomp
Otto the Foatzel
Lancelot the Aggron

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[dressofheaven]

PLAYER NAME: Lea
CHARACTER NAME: Twilight Sparkle
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Alakazam
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Dragonite, Alakazam, Heracross, Magnezone, Volcarona, Tyranitar.

CHARACTER NAME: Ilya
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Gastly
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Rhyperior, Dusknoir, Garchomp, Aggron, Houndoom, Metagross.

(frozen comment)

[exeggutorhead]

PLAYER NAME: Ieva
CHARACTER NAME: Envy
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Zoroark
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Tyranitar, Zoroark, Clefairy, Skrelp, Tauros, Aerodactyl

(frozen comment)

[doesntdomuch]

PLAYER NAME: Blank
CHARACTER NAME: Perry the Platypus
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Pangoro
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Bartholomew the Golduck
Petra the Pangoro
Ferb the Meowstic
Phineas the Galvantula
Candace the Pyroar
Stacy the Aurorus

(frozen comment)

[awesmazings]

PLAYER NAME: Chi
CHARACTER NAME: Jimmy Two-Shoes
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Furret
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Leader the Manectric
Cherry the Furret
Pip the Noivern
Molotov the Pyroar
Heloise the Galvantula
Clover the Grovyle

CHARACTER NAME: Nagi Naoe
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Reuniclus
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Isogu the Raichu
Neba the Abra
Kodokuna the Lunatone
Kosumo the Solrock
Munashi the Ninetails
Uchikina the Gardevoir

CHARACTER NAME: Kaneki Ken
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Tentacruel
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Rikki the Zangoose
Phantom the Chandelure
Louis the Gliscor
Gregor the Scolipede
Montresor the Drapion
Myra the Flygon

(frozen comment)

[kingofthetvworld]

PLAYER NAME: Chin
CHARACTER NAME: Teddie
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Cubchoo
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Cho the Beartic
Rosa the Pangoro
Tomomi the Ursaring
Goro the Typhlosion
Yosuke the Woobat

(frozen comment)

[solas_ion]

PLAYER NAME: Nao
CHARACTER NAME: Lancer
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Mightyena
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Olldóiteán - Houndoom
Tyrfing - Lucario
Avalon - Altaria
Tohsaka - Misdreavus
Samhildánach - Pikachu
Amhrasach - Goodra

(frozen comment)

[fony]

PLAYER NAME: Daimon
CHARACTER NAME: Luke fon Fabre
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Flareon
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Tear the Jigglypuff
Nat the Arcanine
Susanne the Zoroark
Thundercloud the Ampharos
Jade the Lucario
Drago the Charizard

(frozen comment) SIGN ME THE FUCK UP

[foolishwren]

PLAYER NAME: Kit
CHARACTER NAME: Heather Mason
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Braixen
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Jay the Mightyena
Wilson the Mightyena
Cushing the Mightyena
Blair the Mightyena
Rutledge the Mightyena
Iredell the Mightyena

(frozen comment)

[no_ufo_ending]

PLAYER NAME: Wolfy
CHARACTER NAME: Henry Townshend
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Hoothoot
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Boo the Litwick

(frozen comment)

[loveisanopendoor]

PLAYER NAME: Aren
CHARACTER NAME: Anna
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Vulpix!
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Charizard, Gyarados, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Garchomp, Gallade!

(frozen comment)

[embezzling]

PLAYER NAME: Tarma
CHARACTER NAME: Stan Pines
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Not Transformed.
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Misery the Meowth
Kazimir the Eevee
Belladonna the Pumpkaboo
Merlin the Gastly
Sabine the Duskull
Hitchcock the Natu

(frozen comment)

[lieutenantantichrist]

PLAYER NAME: Caddy
CHARACTER NAME: Carter Blake
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Ursaring
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Steve Buscemi the Snubbull, Corvo the Gallade, Captain Lou Albano the Ludicolo, Alvin the Watchog, Simon the Pachirisu, and a FUCKING ZUBAT

(frozen comment)

[crouching_sin]

PLAYER NAME: Matt
CHARACTER NAME: Naoya
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Gengar
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Spiritomb, Gardevoir, Aegislash, Porygon, Scyther, Rotom

(frozen comment)

[wing_attack]

PLAYER NAME: Matt
CHARACTER NAME: Tobias
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Wingull
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Braviary, Ursaring, Noivern, Clawitzer, Marowak, Gallade

(frozen comment)

[grapeeater]

PLAYER NAME: Matt
CHARACTER NAME: Mitsuzane Kureshima
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Chesnaught
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Absol, Vulpix, Lucario, Greninja, Onix, Sneasel

(frozen comment)

[bent_the_world]

PLAYER NAME: Faye
CHARACTER NAME: Korra
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Mightyena
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Growlithe (Lv. 22), Sentret (Lv. 15), Wooper (Lv. 13), Magikarp (Lv. 12), Tentacool (Lv. 13), and Geodude (Lv. 12.)

(frozen comment)

[paishodown]

PLAYER NAME: Lauren
CHARACTER NAME: Asami Sato
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Stunky
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
Lucario
Flaafy
Blazekin

(frozen comment)

[pipers_son]

PLAYER NAME: James
CHARACTER NAME: Joker
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Zoroark
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
- Sammie the Litleo
- Hennie the Litleo
- Cannetella the Litleo
- Costanza the Litleo
- Ella the Litleo
- Angel the Mime Jr

CHARACTER NAME: Red
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Dragonair
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING:
- Breach the Arcanine
- Switch the Chatot
- Help the Gardevoir
- Glam the Carbink
- Concerto the Meganium
- Tutti the Blaziken

(frozen comment) Re: ☆ PARTICIPATION HEADCOUNT ☆

[tearsofademon]

PLAYER NAME: Katie
CHARACTER NAME: Ryner Lute
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Azumarill
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Rose the Clefairy, Jehra the Absol, Glen the Joltik, Elfy the Ditto, Jiji the Umbreon, Jiru the Espeon

(frozen comment)

[defyingfrigidity]

PLAYER NAME: Kiyuu
CHARACTER NAME: Elsa
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Froslass
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Froslass, Aurorus, Dragonair, Gardevoir, Growlithe, Lapras

(frozen comment)

[a_sin_for_him]

PLAYER NAME: Faye
CHARACTER NAME: Lust
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Espurr
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Houndour, Glameow, Espurr, Ninetales, Furfrou, Fennekin

(frozen comment)

[ossifragant]

PLAYER NAME: Nin
CHARACTER NAME: Greed
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Yamask
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Meowth, Rapidash, Graveler, Feraligatr, Scolipede, Charizard

CHARACTER NAME: Banjou
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Machamp
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Bibarel, Sylveon, Murkrow, Pachirisu, Beedrill, Granbull

(frozen comment)

[styxiedust]

PLAYER NAME: Mozart
CHARACTER NAME: Maka Albarn
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Absol
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Houndoom, Alakazam, Chesnaught, Hawlucha, Emolga, Blastoise

CHARACTER NAME: Botan
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Mismagius
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Gengar, Gengar, Gengar, Gengar, Bisharp, Luxray

CHARACTER NAME: Xion
CHARACTER FUSION POKEMON (if applicable): Altaria
POKEMON TEAM MY CHARACTER WILL BE BRINGING: Dewgong, Pyroar, Furfrou, Dedenne, Gogoat, Altaria