[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Heart raise a eyebrown when seeing Nathan asking to hurt his pokemon. If was before, perhaps he would help. "Now you asking permission to cause damage with warn? Is that a change of heart, or just because its a pokemon you respect? Sorry to disapoint you but not gonna happen. I with the stone griffin here." Heart crossing his arms in exasperation and turning his back to follow Gargryph. "Every action have a consequence. Remember that. Next time, believe in your team mates, and give them reason to trust you."

"...you're the one who said to go ahead with attacking you with a pokemon move in the first place...and on top of that, you're doing just fine...just...trying to be efficient...I don't want to use an unidentified Hidden Power outside of a controlled scenario if I can avoid it...and this is a prime opportunity to test it...and probably the only opportunity before we head into the caves..."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Heart raise a eyebrown when seeing Nathan asking to hurt his pokemon. If was before, perhaps he would help. "Now you asking permission to cause damage with warn? Is that a change of heart, or just because its a pokemon you respect? Sorry to disapoint you but not gonna happen. I with the stone griffin here." Heart crossing his arms in exasperation and turning his back to follow Gargryph. "Every action have a consequence. Remember that. Next time, believe in your team mates, and give them reason to trust you."

"...you're the one who said to go ahead with attacking you with a pokemon move in the first place...and on top of that, you're doing just fine...just...trying to be efficient...I don't want to use an unidentified Hidden Power outside of a controlled scenario if I can avoid it...and this is a prime opportunity to test it...and probably the only opportunity before we head into the caves..."

"And you at least hold back that move just a bit. Or warn you going to use a move. "Heart I going to use a Confusion in yourself to test out. You want to be restraint or not to see how much Gargryph can heal." Is that difficult to trust me with that? And YOU do know its kind ilegal to use Pokemon to attack humans? Luck for me Shiva stop us in continue such pointless conflict, because that would too much trouble for both of us. Next time, warn when you going to what move you going to use, or you can restrain or not. Or I will be call the League myself. Be efficient, but be trustful too. We are not your test dummies you can use whatever you want. Do I make myself clear?" Heart dont like to use such strategy against Nathan, and even Heart know thats a dirty move perhaps, but he is already bellow the level of patience.

"Now. Give me one, just one good reason to let you test such thing in Gargryph. And dont give the excuse about "Just trying to be efficient". No, I want a good and explained good reason."

[Dragonstrike]

"And you at least hold back that move just a bit. Or warn you going to use a move. "Heart I going to use a Confusion in yourself to test out. You want to be restraint or not to see how much Gargryph can heal." Is that difficult to trust me with that? And YOU do know its kind ilegal to use Pokemon to attack humans? Luck for me Shiva stop us in continue such pointless conflict, because that would too much trouble for both of us. Next time, warn when you going to what move you going to use, or you can restrain or not. Or I will be call the League myself. Be efficient, but be trustful too. We are not your test dummies you can use whatever you want. Do I make myself clear?" Heart dont like to use such strategy against Nathan, and even Heart know thats a dirty move perhaps, but he is already bellow the level of patience.

"Now. Give me one, just one good reason to let you test such thing in Gargryph. And dont give the excuse about "Just trying to be efficient". No, I want a good and explained good reason."

Nathan just grits his teeth and looks down at Ralts, who looks back.  But not quite the way he usually does.  It's not as...comforting for Nathan.

"...because it can easily heal off whatever damage the Hidden Power might do, if any.  If the Hidden Power inflicts something that it can't heal off naturally, I'll heal it myself, or I'll have Ralts use Heal Pulse to speed up the natural healing if it somehow inflicts a lot of damage despite being held back.  We aren't going to know if this Hidden Power is useful until it's tested, either, and trying to do so in actual combat means I don't have time to really examine what exactly happened."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

"And you at least hold back that move just a bit. Or warn you going to use a move. "Heart I going to use a Confusion in yourself to test out. You want to be restraint or not to see how much Gargryph can heal." Is that difficult to trust me with that? And YOU do know its kind ilegal to use Pokemon to attack humans? Luck for me Shiva stop us in continue such pointless conflict, because that would too much trouble for both of us. Next time, warn when you going to what move you going to use, or you can restrain or not. Or I will be call the League myself. Be efficient, but be trustful too. We are not your test dummies you can use whatever you want. Do I make myself clear?" Heart dont like to use such strategy against Nathan, and even Heart know thats a dirty move perhaps, but he is already bellow the level of patience.

"Now. Give me one, just one good reason to let you test such thing in Gargryph. And dont give the excuse about "Just trying to be efficient". No, I want a good and explained good reason."

Nathan just grits his teeth and looks down at Ralts, who looks back.  But not quite the way he usually does.  It's not as...comforting for Nathan.

"...because it can easily heal off whatever damage the Hidden Power might do, if any.  If the Hidden Power inflicts something that it can't heal off naturally, I'll heal it myself, or I'll have Ralts use Heal Pulse to speed up the natural healing if it somehow inflicts a lot of damage despite being held back.  We aren't going to know if this Hidden Power is useful until it's tested, either, and trying to do so in actual combat means I don't have time to really examine what exactly happened."

Heart look piercely in Nathan direction, digesting that reason. It takes some minutes, and anyone who could read Heart expression would expect Heart to say a big "No" in Nathan face. Instead he sight, take Rose pokeball and return her. "Gargryph, let Nathan do that test he have in mind. If he say he will help you, then he will acomplish that promise. You can put your trust in me. Just like you trust me in the test of resolution and will." Then Heart take his Net Ball and release Gustav (Gustav pokeball its a Net Ball just for curiosity). "Just in case, Gustav upgraded Heal Pulse can heal more thanks to Mega Launcher. No matter the damage a combine Heal Pulse can do that." Then Heart look again to Nathan. "I hope you know what you doing. For Gargryph sake."

[Iron]

Obedience: (4)(2) vs (2)(3)(4)

Gargryph finally turns around and readies himself for whatever test Nathan has in mind.

[Dragonstrike]

Obedience: (4)(2) vs (2)(3)(4)

Gargryph finally turns around and readies himself for whatever test Nathan has in mind.

"It'll be held back, and I'll make sure you're healthy afterwards.  Promise."

Nathan sets Ralts on the ground.

"...well, guess I better tell you whose Hidden Power I'm testing."

"Ditto, Transform into Gargryph and carefully use Hidden Power on it, please."

A moment later, where a Ralts once stood, there's now a Gargryph.

That Ralts sitting in Nathan's lap wasn't a Ralts at all (technically speaking)!  It was a Ditto the entire time!

Ditto's (Held Back) Hidden Power!
Accuracy, Power, and Effect: Unknown!  Ooh, how exciting!

[Iron]

Now there are two gargoyles in the Pokemon Center, glaring at each other.

Ditto's Hidden Power
5 Dex + 3 Fight + 0 Move Tutoring (haha)
(4)(2)(4)(3)(5)(4)(3)(1)

And, with a waver, there is now a Gargryph perched beside Nathan, and a Ditto oozing beside Heart! This Gargryph seems quite fast, when it deigns to move. The Ditto seems extremely observant and curious.



By the way, Nathan's Transforming Ditto will technically always return to its own form before becoming a new form.

[Lord Windos]

(Umm.....not sure what is going on here. May I have an Insight + Knowledge Roll for Ventus to automatically cotton on to what happened with Hidden Power, Iron?)

[Spiritmon]

(Same here Iron. Heart dont know what the hell happened)

[Dragonstrike]

Now there are two gargoyles in the Pokemon Center, glaring at each other.

Ditto's Hidden Power
5 Dex + 3 Fight + 0 Move Tutoring (haha)
(4)(2)(4)(3)(5)(4)(3)(1)

And, with a waver, there is now a Gargryph perched beside Nathan, and a Ditto oozing beside Heart! This Gargryph seems quite fast, when it deigns to move. The Ditto seems extremely observant and curious.



By the way, Nathan's Transforming Ditto will technically always return to its own form before becoming a new form.

(Noted on the Transform thing.  And good thing I plan to get points in Move Tutoring eventually...)

"Huh...now that's...weird.  Transforming the target into a Ditto without doing damage to them, I guess?  Definitely weird...it's almost certainly temporary...but that could definitely be helpful if we find ourselves in a bind, since Ditto could always Transform into Solomon to get access to Hidden Power, even if it's from memory...assuming I have the effects right, that is..."

Nathan looks at the 'Gargryph' next to him.  "That's three transformations from you today, right?  Are you able to shift back to being a Ralts, Xatu, or your original form as normal after using Hidden Power?"  And he looks at the 'Ditto' next to Heart.  "And are you now able to use Transform for the duration you're in that form?  Could you try copying, say, the Furret curled around my bag, for instance?"