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[Lord Windos]

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Deoxys Prime Round 3

Deoxys is already Burned. A Helm-infused Fire Punch only exacerbates that Burn a little. It is super effective thanks to Forest's Curse, but it doesn't deal PDD.

Luna instantly FLYs up, getting out of reach of Prime.

Nathan is a blur as he leaps for the dangling threads of Luna. It can be a risky business, grabbing the coattails of a ghost, but Spira is a powerful ghost trainer with his Pokemon fully under control. Nathan only has to move a few inches as Luna passes directly overhead. With the Helm increasing his reaction time, Spira can order Luna to do very specific things and Luna gets there seemingly instantly. It's more of a reaction for Nathan.

Nathan has to roll Athletics as his first action, 13d6 -5 actions = 8d6.
Athletics 1
(5)(3)(1)(6)(2)(2) (5)(2) Since Luna is helping you, that's more than enough.

You go soaring way up into the sky, much faster than your previous experiences with FLY. The legendary Helm combined with one of the most coveted Hidden Machines makes for an exhilarating and very dangerous ride.






Prime lashes out with a lethal attack, and despite the speed of Flight you can feel those energies crackling up through the soles of your shoes. This is considered an automatic critical evasion.

There's an anger in there now, which the alien intelligence has seldom experienced. It makes Shiva flinch whenever she opens her perceptions. Deoxys shifts into his most defensive forme as Princess dives in.

She commits fully to this, sensing how close to destruction Deoxys is. Bug attacks are now quad effective. Her Combee, as well as their commander, descend upon Deoxys and cover every inch of him. Biting, stinging, slicing with wings, sending SE Gusts, bludgeoning with Combee-walls, and simply boxing Deoxys in, they do their busy task. Heart swoops by, hurling gouts of Earthpower-flames, and is just in time to witness the rainbow colored gem slide out of its position in the heart of Deoxys' chest. It crumbles to ash immediately. Deoxys is now an ordinary mortal Pokemon.

A Crunch from Quetzal, a Nature Power from Trevenant, a barrage of spells from Cosh and the Scims, and the sudden reappearance of the League. Deoxys is doused in flames, darkness, ghostly energy, and a dozen other attacks from some of the strongest Pokemon in Creshire, and Deoxys is torn to literal shreds. There are piles of alien flesh everywhere, long ribbons of them drifting on the wind and being carefully rounded up by Bo.

Melly returns with the Shield at the end of this Round!

That still isn't the end of the alien invader. An ethereal, Psychic-only version of Deoxys still stands. Even the slight gust of the Combee wings is enough to make it flutter in and out of existence. It lashes out with death throes, delivering psychic Cuts to the landscape and the brave defenders of Creshire. Trevenant's walking trees have curled their roots around the psychic forme of Deoxys and decrease the damage somewhat, at one point preventing Deoxys from hitting the MSC crystals where the prisoners reside.

Death Throes 2-5, -2 accuracy from Trevenant, -4 debuffs. Two at Nathan as he flies back down, 2 at various features of the town.
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(5)(5)(6)(6)(4)(3) (3)(1)(2)(2)
(6)(6)(3)(5)(2)(6) (6)(5)(3)(2) Nathan takes 11 (nonlethal) damage and faints. Luna and Quetzal take 11 dmg too. Quetzal was Full Restored by this point so is fine.

Trevenant makes the attacks aimed at Martha and Mallorn miss.

(5)(5)(1)(4)(4)(4)(6) (3)(2)(1)(6) Corporal Wake takes 7 damage but remains standing. His Dratini also takes the 7 damage but has HP to spare. Two of Bo's Pokemon take the hit without flinching and get recalled by their shepherd, who winks at the nearby Shiva because she didn't get to spot what species his Pokemon are. Shiva, of course, has only just picked up the Shield again, and the psychic attack washed over her with no effect.

Deoxys' final attacks also spread fire everywhere, sending up the ruined battlefield in the northern part of town ablaze. The E4 with the Charizard has released some Flash Fire Pokemon who are drawing it in, and Wake sends his Growlithe to do the same.

Half of Elanor and half of Trillium have been nearly leveled, but the rest of Creshire is entirely safe - thanks to you, thanks to the makers of the Artifacts, and thanks to the little Ralts who started it all with a vision and an idea. Among the rubble, Quetzal still has orders to protect Nathan. He flies along, dragging his tail through the debris to flip over large flaming chunks of it, and Heart notices the Moltres Egg glowing again. It is not emanating Earthpower, but rather responding to another manifestation of Earthpower somewhere.

It's Nathan's body, with no visible wounds but unconscious from the Night Shade. As you watch, he suddenly stands up and staggers forward, still afflicted with 3 pain but no longer fainted. He looks tougher, despite everything he's been through - or perhaps because of it.

Cosh sticks around long enough to make sure everyone sees him, and even appears in a few pictures wearing his Hauberk. Then he begins to FLY away. Marco winks at Meowstic as Cosh rebounds off an invisible barrier on the edge of the battlefield and comes crashing to the ground.
"Meowstic's Mean Look has a few Surprises... like all my Pokemon. It's something you wouldn't understand, wizard.

For a brief instance, Terra's heart froze as DEOXYS PRIME rapidly closed the distance between it and his best friend, murderous intent radiating off of every square inch of its alien gelatinous form, realizing that he wouldn't be able to make it in time to rescue them from their super LETHAL attack. Then they hitch a ride with Luna and narrowly dodges out of the way, which kickstarts his heart into overdrive as he watches them become a pinprick in the sky.

He scantly has time to breath a *Sigh* of relief and calm himself before the epic confrontation draws to an epic, frantic close as the Legendary 'Scientist' is brought low by Princess (Something he could sense in an instant and causes his eyes to widen in surprise then excitement) before being roundly eviscerated by everyone ) , which would also include Pixie and Terra himself if possible, the former doing her part to eat DEOXYS PRIME alive with her Crunches and the mountain of a man himself hacking away at it with his own lesser sword, and the both of them doing so with UTTER FEROCITY. The monk, despite getting Psychically brow-beaten by DP earlier, was and his partner still in full on RAGE MODE! at it for all the atrocities it caused and the personal attacks it level on himself and his friends, so now that they were greatly weakened he and his own were certainly going to be getting their pound of flesh from it now!

Melly's arrival to the battlefield with The Shield in mouth and its subsequent return to Shiva earns an uncharacteristically giddy *WOOP!* from Terra, his grin (Now back in FULL FORCE) turning more jolly than savage in that moment! That's a good girl! She'll be getting ALL the marshmallows tonight, bet on it!

DEOXYS PRIME was on the verge of death by the time everyone was half-way through reducing it to gooey bits and chunks, causing the rugged wanderer to light up in fierce and definitely vicious delight, but that is swiftly blasted away almost literally when he and everyone unfortunately discovers that just because it was almost downed meant it was not entirely out of the Fight. It was a poor surprise for Terra, as Nathan got caught up in DP's last wrathful barrage, nearly causing him to shout out at them in undisguised TERROR, but he quickly notice they only Fainted from it instead of being obliterated, which causes him to nearly collapse on his knee in pure relief, him using his sword to prevent himself from falling. Thank Nature for that HUGE blessing!

Then, just like that, the battle was over. DEOXYS PRIME was slain and no more. Trilluim was almost ruined beyond repair, and no doubt many have been caught up in the now deceased interstellar invader's wicked whimsy , but in the end it was slain, it's reign of SCIENCE! was over, and the threat it posed to Cheshire as a whole was no more. 

Costly though it may be, they were victorious.

At first, Terra couldn't quite believe that. He glanced around quickly and furtively around the now former battlefield, riff with suspision and tension as he looked for ANY signs of DP or any last and nasty surprises it may have left as a 'parting gift,' but seeing neither he slowly rose to his full height, wresting his sword out of the earth and holding it high over his head as he gazed at the remains (or what's left of them) of it, looking bold and proud.

"Deoxys, your Legend is over. Now....it is ours."

No guesses as to who he's referring to!

The sagely monk hardly had time to bask in the glorious feeling of triumph and accomplishment from him and his friend killing DEOXYS PRIME, however, as he was quick to notice Cosh (Who he has also been paying close attention to throughout the Fights against DP and its clones) getting Blocked by Marco, and sees the Lore Master eagerness at that. Before either father or son could advance upon the techno-wizard, Terra swiftly intervened between them with Pixie and Melly at his sides, he and his partners staring at them somewhat regretfully, but also resolutely.

"No. You will not betray Cosh. He kept alliance faithfully, and helped us all greatly to bring Deoxys down. Deserves glory from this fight....and his freedom."

With that said, he suddenly shouts out thus: "COSH, TRANSFER MEAN LOOK ONTO ME QUICKLY, THEN GO!"

Melly and Pixie are ready to interfere and stop ANYONE from going after Cosh, as well as Terra himself. For all the aid they provided him and the group, if this was the last good thing he could do for his soon to be former partner, even if it earns the scorn from his friends, then so be it. It was the least he could do for them.