[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Tubareel Round 1

Screech 1
(6)(5)(2)(1)(3)(3) (2)(3)(3)
-2 Def for Tubareel

Bug Bite 1
(2)(2)(3)(6)(6)(5) (4) (6)(3)(1) Critical
9 dice -1* vit
(2)(6)(1)(2)(1)(6) (6)(1) Tubareel takes 3 dmg. The attack was super effective. 20/23hp -1 pain

Skull Bash 1
The Pokemon scrunches itself up, lengthwise. It looks very strange in this form. Its jaws snap continuously as this is going on.

Bug Bite 1A-E
(5)(3)(5)
(2)(5)(6)
(6)(6)(2)
(1)(3)(1) Miss
(5)(5)(3)
(6)(5)(4)(2) = 4
(3)(5)(5)(1) = 3
(5)(5)(1)(6) = 4
(3)(5)(3)(2) = 2 Tubareel takes 13 dmg 7/23hp -2 pain

Fury Cutter 1-5
(4)(1)(5)(1)(2)(5) (1)(6)(5)(5)(5) crit
(4)(5)(6)(6)(2)(6) (4)(4)(3)(3) crit
i'll roll some damage now
5 Str + 1 power +1 stab -1 vit +2 crit = 8d6
(3)(6)(2)(4)(3)(4)(4)(1)
(3)(2)(5)(3)(4)(1)(4)(5) Tubareel faints. It lies half-beached on the shore.

There's 12XP for ya!

Get Swarmed, fish!  I think most of that exp is going to go to Princess since it was mostly her plan in the end!

...that, and she needs the exp a LOT more than Grid does.

Anyways...Grid's gonna Paralyze that fish pokemon with a Thunder Wave, and then we're going to try catching it in 1 Great Ball to start with!

Spoiler

The swarm of Combee seem very proud of helping, and Princess moves to assure them they have done well. As they dance around her, led by Zippy, Princess begins glowing! She rotates in the air until she's horizontal, she duplicates her hexagons, and she stretches regally upward!

Immediately upon the light fading, all present are struck by a powerful psychic/pheromonal wave of command! She stays subject to Nathan's authority, but she considers all others as helpers who should not question any demand she might have. Combee swarm from all over Elanor, laying sticky globs of honey at her feet. She takes just a tiny bit from each to recover from the demands of her evolution.

Elanor honey is a glossy yellow, like the flowers, and tastes slightly of butter. It sells for twice as much as normal. All told today, you gathered 10 barrels from all sources.

Vespiquen can use 5 Will Points to summon a massive assortment of local Combee, like the one in Ginger Town did. You can use them for some semi-permanent construction purpose, and they'll grant massive bonuses to Vespiquen's Orders, but they don't attack on their own.

Nathan can't help but be proud of her.  He does have some questions for the newly crowned queen, though.

"...so, I take it that means you have an idea of what kind of ruler you wish to be Prin(?)...mmm...actually, now that I think about it, should I call you by a different nickname now (if any), or is Princess still fine?"

Gallade, for a moment, is a little unnerved by the sudden surge in psychic/pheromonal commands, as they remind him all too much of the Seikamater's.  He'll do his best to tolerate it out of respect so long as they aren't getting out of control, of course.  And there shouldn't be much danger of that since the bug queen is obedient. And she is still a good friend, after all. Unless Princess starts to abuse her newfound abilities, Gallade doesn't have any sufficient reasons to believe she will do so.

There's also the matter of Zippy, the newly evolved Vespiquen's always supportive and very protective friend for who knows how long.  He's much more than a mere drone, despite being just as susceptible to the same things they are.  Or at least so I hope.

Grid's just happy to have been of great use in that last battle, as usual!  He's a relatively simple bug, and he's not ashamed of it!  He loves using his talents to the best of his ability!  Shame he didn't get to use his new move, but oh well.

Lead by example, as they say.  Princess has seen how her mother rules, heard how Seikamater ruled, how Nathan generally treats his fellow pokemon, heard stories about a variety of kings of old, done some research of her own in Atheneum...

What kind of queen does she want to be?  Nathan may kind of be her most trusted adviser in a way, but she's the one who technically gets the final word on any royal decisions!