[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

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Deoxys Round 5

Kelda zooms around administering Max Potions to wounded trainers.

Rage Powder 1
(4)(6)(4)(5)(2)(2) (6)(4)(1)
There's a hummmm and Attack Deoxys appears in front of the little ghost, neither showing any fear.

Trying to bait Deoxys into hitting a Defense clone is a BRILLIANT idea but Terra doesn't have enough Insight to pull it off.

Vespiquen organizes her troops, with a nod to Nathan and the Sword. The gigantic swarm of Combee wall off the three Deoxys, wait for the signal, then attack! An individual Combee deals no damage, but they are not afraid to sacrifice themselves and there are a LOT of them. Oh, and they definitely have a grudge going here!

They fall on the Deoxys.
Attack Order 1
(4)(4)(2)(4)(4)(5) (4)(4)(6)(2)
Attack Deoxys takes 1 PD and falls to 22hp
Defense Deoxys take 2 PD and fall to 1hp

Vespiquen rises into the air surrounded by a tornado of Combee, looking triumphant. Nathan is happy to see that the Queen looks controlled despite the incredible power she's currently wielding. A Vespiquen with a swarm and the ancient Sword of Keenglaive? That could change the world.

Fake Out 1
(4)(3)(6)(6)(1)(6)
Evade 1: (2)(1)(5)(6)(4)(3) (6)(2)(2)(2) Successfully dodges out of the way of the cat, but it's a close thing. Deoxys begins regenerating because he got an action, but that's not entirely fair so he still has to make it to his initiative order without being flinched. 37/45hp.

Mega Steelix pivots on its tail, and the orbiting blades whir like fans, and the jet engines roar.
Tailwind 1
(3)(2)(5)(5)(2)(2) (5)(6)(4)

It's up to Arete to finish what the lesser bugs began. Will Point is spent.

Fury Cutter 1-5
(6)(2)(5)(3)(3)(2) (3)(1)(6)(6)(3)
(2)(2)(2)(4)(5)(3) (5)(5)(3)(5) Crit
(1)(4)(1)(4)(1)(4) (6)(1)(5)
(5)(3)(4)(3)(2)(5) (6)(4) Crit
(1)(5)(4)(6)(3)(4) (5) Crit
(5) Defense Deoxys faints.
(4)(2)(6) Defense Deoxys faints.
(5)
(6)(4)(2)
(4)(3)(5)

Heat Wave 1
(5)(4)(1)(4)(3)(4) (6)(5)(4)(4)(4) Crit
(4)(3)(3)(1)
CD: (6) Deoxys-A was burned.
A lot of the corpses are burned away, and some of the Tall Grass too. Charizard gains 1 happiness as he watches it buuurn.

Cosh is observing what Terra is trying to do. "Hmm... a good idea, if lacking in organization. Who do we know that has organizational skills?"

He gestures, but it's hard to see exactly what's happening because the air is filled with Combee.

Powder Snow 1
(2)(6)(5)(4)(1)(3) (5)(2)(1)(2)
(1)
CD: (2)

Blast Burn 1
(2)(6)(4)(5)(1)(6)(1)(1)(2)(4) Crit
(1)(2)(1)(4)(4)(4) (4) 27/45hp

Rock Slide 1
(1)(4)(2)(3)(5)(5) (6)
(2)(5)(5) 25/45hp
CD: (3)(5)(3)

Fury Cutter 2-5
(1)(3)(5)(4)(6)(1) (5)(2)(4)(3)(3) to 1 hp
(1)(1)(1)(3)(3)(2) (4)(6)(6)(1) The Combee carve up the last of Deoxys and carry it away in tiny pieces. When enough structure is carved away at once, the mighty Defense formes fall with a CRASH.
There are so many of them here in the former flower fields of Elanor that they make short work of the flesh and as the last piece is chewed up, the gem dims and crumbles to ash. Many of the Combee that ate Deoxys flesh are dead or dying, as is true for some of the ones that attacked or got too close to Heat Wave. Yet the Deoxys had so little of a chance to attack that a good 90% of the Combee on this battlefield are still alive and unfainted.

Charizard finishes off the rest of the gems with precision. The Sword makes his blazes effective against objects and corpses, too.

Cosh: "Aw, I wanted a chance to try something. Oh well. What's important is that we've defeated this batch of clones. And look!"

Latios and Latias and the League have finished off the other batches (which were smaller than your batch, thankfully) and have begun helping the Pokemon in distress. Cosh lets the antenna collapse with a gesture as the League takes apart the operating table, the soil fortifications, and the fields of Tall Grass. You can hear them say "There's a lot to rebuild, here... it won't be soon that these folks can regain their lives."
"We need to look for Joy and Brazen. Last we knew, they were in the Pokemon Center."
"Spread out and start searching."
"Was that all the clones? Did we get the real Deoxys?"
"I don't know. Ask the Mist Lord..."

A towering humanoid shape composed entirely of rolling mist strides over to your battlefield. Flying above its shoulders like mounted canons are the Eon Duo. They swoop down to each of you in turn and lay a pretty swirling rainbow-colored stone at your feet. They bow their heads and accept a pat before flying back to the Mist Lord to fetch another stone. There are seven in all, each primarily colored like one spectrum of the rainbow, but all shimmering with every kind of light.

A glass capsule with a raging tide inside and many hooks and electrodes strapped to it is also deposited in the arms of whoever is available. Maybe Spira, since he's not wielding an Artifact. Gears spin around the outside like waterwheels.

A voice booms out from the mist. "Heroes, all of you. The number of lives saved today can never be predicted, but you have more work to do. We learned you possessed the Four. Keep those, and take these too. Is there anything else I can fetch you?"

The Combee are busily bringing honey to your party (fully healing anyone who is unfainted) and helping out the scared Pokemon. Vespiquen sends them out scouting, looking for the original Deoxys, but there's no sign of it. Just a psychically-carved tunnel leading from the operating table and back up to the surface near the Safari Zone.

"Whenever Deoxys can be located, let us bring the fight to it immediately before it has time to rebuild its resources. The League will support you however we can. No time for small talk, I'm afraid, but I'm very interested in what you're doing here."

Every Pokemon who was in this battle, even if they fainted, gets a share of 40XP. Each trainer gets 35XP. You can now affect 7 targets with a spread move.