[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Deoxys Round 4

Sheer Cold 1
(6)(1)(5)(5)(3)(5) (6)(5)(1)(3)
Vampiric Spell 2
(5)(2)(1)(5)(2)(5) (4)(5)(1)
The first Speed Deoxys slams facefirst into a wall of ice, which quickly begins absorbing it. Kelda zooms up behind and places her gauntlet on its neck. Deoxys faints. Kelda looks stronger.

"Good girl. You're getting the hang of it."
"Erm. Thanks, Cosh. But this is really, really tiring."
But when the emotion of hope ebbs for a bit and then flows back at full force, she looks ready to continue.

On the other battlefields, Latios and Latias are destroying clones with phantasmal afterimages of themselves opening their mouths and breathing eldritch fire. The true Legendaries can make short work of the illusory-legendary clones, though they aren't immune to the damage of the Attack Formes and they take a few scary hits each that leave them bleeding from the eyes.

The Speed Deoxys scan the group, predicting what some of your Pokemon will do. Luckily, Mightyena's typing protects his thoughts, and the Shield protect's Shiva's.

They see Gustav's intent to flinch them en masse. Gustav's shell begins buckling under the strain, and some of his blue blood begins leaking out.

Night Shade 1B/C
(4)(5)(3)(2)(1)(3) (3)(6)(4)(4)
(5)(6)(6)(3)(3)(2) (6)(6)(5) Gustav faints, going very limp. He also takes 1 Lethal damage and will require medical attention.

Rage Powder 1
(4)(5)(1)(1)(4) (6*) The Attack and Speed Deoxys immediately turn on the Dark type, their gems glinting in preparation for their most devastating attacks. Defense Forme Deoxys is unaffected, continuing their slow crawl toward Grid.

Yena looks really, really scared, but fortunately he has enough Loyalty to go through with this plan. It's hard to trust the Shield, but it's easy to trust Shiva.

The Sword actually makes Grid furious, urging him to attack its ancient enemy, the thing it was forged to destroy. The two Keenglaive inside it want their sacrifice to be worthwhile.
Fury Cutter 1-5
(6)(4)(5)(2)(1)(6) (4)(5)(1)(1)(2)(5) (3)
(3)(1)(5)(1)(1)(5) (6)(2)(1)(2)(3)(4)
(4)(6)(3)(5)(4)(1) (5)(1)(3)(6)(4)
(1)(1)(4)(4)(2)(1) (1)(1)(2)(3)
(1)(2)(4)(6)(1)(4) (1)(5)(6)
Grid succeeds in laying waste to the two attack Deoxys before they can move. The third is at half HP, and the others are barely holding on...but all are about to regenerate.

Gallade steps in between Grid, Deoxys, and Yena as the weakened Attack Formes move in with rage burning in their normally docile eyes. Mesprit flies overhead, and you all feel the sense of kinship between Gallade and Nathan. It's no surprise, except perhaps for its strength. What is suprising is how much of a bond he feels with Shiva. Literally everything that has happened, happened because a little mistreated Ralts foresaw the future. He saw a girl would choose a Cottonee, would need to visit Elanor and get a Sunstone. He did everything in his power to get enough strong trainers to show up in Elanor at just the right time to be apprised of a massive threat to all Creshire. People who would have loyalty to Creshire, Trillium, and to their two key Pokemon. People who could be prodded into entering the Skull Ruins and obtaining the prophesied artifacts. An empathetic girl who loved Psychic types. A boy whose father had a particular affinity for them, who'd stop at nothing to reunite his family. These two original members of the party hold a very special place in Gallade's heart. Though it started as a plot, it ended as nothing less than absolute love.

With that thought rising in Gallade's mind, and echoed in Nathan's through their bond, and broadcast to everyone by Mesprit, Gallade makes his attacks.

Fury Cutter 1-5
(5)(5)(6)(3)(5)(2) (5)(6)(3) Critical
(1)(5)(6)(2)(4)(4) (4)(3) Critical
(4)(5)(5)(1)(6)(2) (4) Critical
(1)(6)(4)(5)(4)(5) Critical
(2)(1)(5)(2)(5)

(1)(5)(3)(4)(2)(4) (3)(4)
(6)(4)(4)(5)(4)(2) Those two faint.
(1)(5)(5)(3)(2)(6) (3)(3)
(4)(4)(3)(4)(1)(3) (4)(5)
(1)(3)(5)(3) This Deoxys is brought to 15hp, again losing his layer of ablative armor which begins regenerating. So he's up to 30hp now.

The final Deoxys folds a hundred spikey whips around Yena and crusssssssshes. There's a blast of purple light and psychic whips flay out in all directions. Every Pokemon loses 2hp (except Yena). Kelda and Cosh too. (This AoE is typeless and bypasses defenses). But as the tentacles withdraw back into Deoxys' body, Yena stands there unharmed and panting.

Fury Cutter 1-5
(6)(5)(6)(2)(3)(4) (2)(5)(4)(6)(5) Crit
(3)(5)(6)(6)(3)(4) (2)(6)(6)(1) Crit
(3)(2)(4)(1)(5)(2) (4)(4)(5) Crit
(2)(6)(3)(4)(2)(4) (3)(3)
(5)(6)(3)(1)(2)(4) (1)

(5)(4)(4)(2)(4)(2) (2)(1)
(6)(3)(2)(2)(2)(6) (1)(1)
(6)(5)(4)(4)(1)(3) (3)(1)
(4)(5)(1)(1)(2)(4)
(4)(1)(5)(3) That's 15 damage, negating all that regenerating he just did.

Arete belches up a stream of shimmering bubbles. Those Deoxys it ate didn't agree with it.

Cosh moves Swords Dance from fainted Gustav onto Genie. Then he zaps Deoxys with the Antenna.

Sheer Cold 1
(3)(4)
Attack Deoxys was reduced to 1hp

Rock Slide 1
(3)(6)(6)(3)(1)(6) (4)(3)(4)(4) Critical. The non-super effective damage is much less lethal to Deoxys, but in Attack Forme and Speed Forme it's weak enough to work, especially with a critical. Doesn't affect the Defense Forme one bit, however.
(6)(3)(4)(6)(3)(2) Four Deoxys take 3 dmg. Tyranitar and Goodra take 2 dmg. Attack Forme Deoxys faints.
CD: (6)(6)(1) The aforementioned characters flinch, except for Defense Deoxys who is immune to added effects.

Heart makes a capture attempt.
Ultra Ball: (4)(3)(6)(4)(4)(1) v (2)(6)(6)(5)(1)(5) (3)(1)(5)(2)(4) Breaks

Technically there should be a roll for Frozen Roar but I'ma skip that in the interests of time.

Doublade is a straaange choice of Pokemon to wield an item that is a Frozen Roar, but the Ghostly nature comes through and produces an eerie moaning sound that seems to come from every direction. Buoyed up by Mesprit, your team remains unmoved. Tyranitar and Goodra immediately flee, no evasion possible. At first, it looks like the Deoxys will be unaffected, protected by their intense psychic powers. Mesprit takes advantage of the distraction, though, glancing your way and opening Deoxys' mind just a bit, just enough, that they flinch. This even affects the Defense Deoxys!

Seeing all the foes flinched, Marco orders Feraligatr on cleanup duty. He's unwilling to order his croc to actually eat the Deoxys, but he begins tearing pieces into as small of grains as possible and stomping on the remains. His every action is imbued with Dark energy.

Cherrim blasts Defense Forme with Nature Power, but it does nothing since it's not super effective and they're already flinched.

Loyalty: (nothing) v (6)(5) The enormous Exeggutor makes like a tree and leaves. It stomps away over to the mountains. As it passes the other battlefield, Mesprit enchants it and sends it back to Spira. Exeggutor gains 1 Loyalty.

Shadow Punch can't miss and Defense Deoxys can't be crit.
(4) Defense Deoxys takes 1 dmg.

That leaves only Defense Deoxys, armed with giant collections of rubble and soil. They hurl it indiscriminately around the battlefield, but all their attacks miss thanks to Heart and Lancelot weakening their resolve!


2 Speed Deoxys remain, but they are enchanted by Yena and flinched. 3 Defense Deoxys remain, unharmed and unaltered. There are several corpses that need cleanup.

That's just the end of Action 1, but Action 2 should take me less time so maybe I can get to it after rehearsal. Consider this a teaser! (also you can correct any mistakes).