[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Randolph vs Candice Round 12

L: (3)(5)(3)(2)
D: (6)(4)(6)(4)

...yeah, Zorn's going to come up with his own plan of attack for this one.  Zorn spends a Will Point to ignore Pain for the entire Round!

Or maybe survival is more accurate in this case.

"Let the cold winds howl, Froslass!"

Froslass crosses her arms in front of herself, then snaps them outwards in a T shape, summoning howling gales!

This is the ONLY Ice move that she needs most of the time, and her bread and butter attack.

Blizzard! 1
13 - 2 - 3 = 8 D6
(5)(4)(1)(2)(6)(4)(1)(2) 3 successes
Evade 1: 5 + 3 + 0 - 2 = 6 D6
(6)(1)(3)(6)(3)(5)
Zorn ducks and covers, holding a claw up and gritting his teeth as the gelid winds blow past his hiding spot behind one of the larger snowmen near the arena's edge.

Annoyed, Froslass raises a hand into the air, where shadows begin to gather.  Once enough of them are accumulated, she tosses a...

Shadow Ball 2
13 - 4 = 9
(5)(2)(5)(2)(2)(5)(3)(2)(4)
5 Spe + 3 Pow + STAB - 3 = 6 D6
(2)(3)(3)(3)(3)(5) Also miraculously, Zorn only takes 1 damage from the attack! 7/8 HP
(2)

His turn to retaliate as he bursts through the cover of his snowman, head lowered in ramming position!

Iron Head 2
(6)(6)(5)(1)(3)(2)(5)
Froslass has 5 Defense and Sp. Defense
(6)(5)(4)(6)(2)(1)(4) Froslass takes 6 damage and eats her Sitrus Berry! 6/9 HP -1 Pain

Froslass recoils from the Sheer Force of the blow she just took, an attack that's harmed her more than any other attack in literal years.

Well, if that's how the Dragon wants to play...

So be it.  She'll just have to hit back with another Super Effective attack of her own.

The next thing Zorn knows, Froslass is right next to him.

...and then she gives him a peck on the cheek.

Draining Kiss 3
11 - 6 - 1 = 4 D6
(5)(4)(3)(3)
5 + 2 - 3 + SE = 4 D6 + 1
(4)(2)(4)(4) Zorn takes 4 damage! 3/8 HP -2 Pain
Froslass recovers 2 HP! 8/9 HP

Zorn retaliates with his other Super Effective attack as soon as he recovers from the shock of Froslass's gentle yet incredibly cold tender mercies!

Crunch 3
(5)(3)(1)(3)(3)
(6)(6)(4)(1)(3)(1)(4) Froslass takes 4 damage 4/9 HP -2 Pain

Froslass backs up, then assaults Zorn's mind more directly this time!

Psychic 4
13 - 2 - 8 = 3
(3)(4)(1)
(6)(2)(2)(1)(4) Zorn takes 2 damage! 1/8 HP -3 Pain
(6) And to add insult to injury, Zorn's Special Defense is lowered by 1

Zorn slams a fist on the arena floor as he gets the most horrible headache, causing the whole battlefield to shake uncontrollably!

Bulldoze 4
(5)(1)(6)
(3)(4)(5)(3)(1)(2) Froslass takes 2 damage! 2/9 HP -2 Pain

Zorn looks back at Randolph pleadingly, breathing heavily after expending so much energy on powering through the Pain.  Can he stop fighting this Ice type now?

(....Zorn, buddy, you have the luck of the devil this match. You have my respect, mate.)

*Blink blink*

*Rubs eyes*

....Yeap, he's not seeing things.

Zorn, his big, brutish, and bad drake, had not only managed to dodge the yuki-onne's Blizzard, but managed to survive the rest of its cold, relentless assault, and dang near laid them to rest instead. 

And he was now begging for him to bail him out of this. Zorn. Begging. Him. For. Help.

".......Unglaublich. Das ... das ... unglaublich. Nur wie? "

Ran was......flabbergasted by this turn of events, to say the least.

It took more than a few seconds for bristly blacksmith to finally return to his senses, and when he did he stared Zorn straight into his eyes....and slowly nodded his head.

"That'll do, Zorn. That'll do. You've done more than far share of the heavy lifting. Time for ya to get some rest, partner. You certainly deserve a nice, long one."

He promptly recalls his scaled cave terror, and looked back to Candice with a serious and.....slightly proud expression?

"I'm forfeiting Zorn from our match, Candice. Between you and mean, I think he deserves the reprieve. You agree?"

While awaiting her response, he thinks over who will he be sending out next.....and has an idea. An utterly mad, but......one that could just do the trick.

Grimly setting his features, he says nothing as he plucks his next Pokeball from his belt and tosses it out, summoning......Beethoven the Chatot into the arena. Whose reaction upon being summoned to fight a Frosslass.....well, I'll leave that to you, Dragonstrike.

Miss Jackie Frost is probably giving him another weird look for his choice, too, no doubt. 

It's all apart of the plan, though. All apart of the plan.....