[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Sally, Hazel, and Heracross all take 1 damage from the Stealth Rocks upon switching in!
Sally: 8/9 HP
Hazel: 6/7 HP
Heracross: 7/8 HP

Diamond Steelix Round 3

Aggron throws more mud at Steelix's eyes!

Mud Slap 1
13 - 2 - 1 = 10
(5)(6)(5)(1)(4)(3)(3)(5)(2)(5) Diamond is indeed brittle if you hit it just right!  Randolph can hear the crunch of crystals as some rocks in the mud cause tiny, invisible to the naked eye fractures in Steelix's dull, glittering hide!  Critical hit!
(3)(2)(4) D-Steelix takes 3 damage! 29/40 HP -1 Pain

Climb 1
Paula spends an entire action scrambling on top of Turk's shell.  While Byron isn't going to risk sending out a pokemon mid-combat, this'll grant her cover from attacks that strike from below Turk.

The ground explodes from underneath Diamond Steelix as Turk summons the power of the land once more!

Earth Power 1
12 - 2 = 10
(5)(3)(2)(3)(5)(3)(5)(3)(5)(1)
(3)(1)(5) D-Steelix takes 3 damage! 26/40 HP -1 Pain

Hazel does as commanded and blasts Steelix with a small ember, but the flame just fizzles and steams on the snake's crystalline hide because of the rain, not doing any harm to the snake at all.

Ember 1
(5)(3)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(-) D-Steelix takes 0 damage due to the Rain!  Fire does not do increased damage against this pokemon, unlike the Coal Onix!
(3)

Lucas gives Sally some simple orders.  "Sally, that thing's hide is so tough that even your most powerful moves won't leave a dent in it!  Take it slow!"

L: (5)(6)(1)(1)(3)
D: (4)(4)

Sally, however, chooses to rush at the Diamond serpent in a righteous rage!!!!  TAKE THIS YOU SERVANT OF INJUSTICE!!!!  YAAAAAA!!!

"Sally!!!"

Close Combat 1
12 - 2 = 10
(5)(3)(6)(1)(5)(5)(4)(6)(2)(4) The crunch of crystal and metal accentuates every single one of the Lucario's punches and kicks!  Critical hit!!!
6* + 5 + STAB - 9* + 2 Crit + QE = 5 D6 + 2
(5)(6)(3)(1)(4) D-Steelix takes 5 damage! 21/40 HP -1 Pain
-1 Def and Sp Def for Sally!

Steelix staggers as Sally's flurry of blows leaves cracks and dents in its armor that no other attack could have.  She'd found a weakpoint somehow, and her attack's left the armored snake wide open for further attacks.

Something that Heracross is readily going to exploit!  Punch after punch after punch rains down on the Steelix in a desperate attempt to do as much damage as possible!

Arm Thrust x4 1
(4)(5)(5)(1)(6)(2)(1)(4)
(6)(2)(3)(4)(2)(5)
(4)(5)(2)(5)
(6)(2) Hit 4 times!
(3)
(1)
(6)
(3) D-Steelix takes 9 damage! 12/40 HP -2 Pain

Steelix staggers again, and it glares at everyone that dares oppose it with an unrivaled, seething hatred.  These tiny, insignificant creatures dare to stand in its way, to stop the total annihilation of this mine and all that is in it?!?!  They shall pay dearly for this transgression!!!

It roars with pure rage, and the floor becomes covered in shadowy spikes!!

Shadow Rave 1
13 - 1 Acc - 2 Pain - 2 Act - 2 Confused = 6
(1)(6)(4)(3)(3)(2)
5 + 2 - 3/4 + SE (-2 Half Cover) = 5/4/2 + 1
(5)(2), (2)(2), (2)
Paula takes 2 damage! 3/9 HP -2 Pain
Aggron takes 2 damage! 5/12 HP -2 Pain
Turk takes 2 damage! 9/12 HP -1 Pain
Sally takes 2 damage! 6/9 HP -1 Pain
Hazel takes 2 damage! 4/7 HP -1 Pain
Heracross takes 2 damage! 5/8 HP -1 Pain

Kogeki throws a Dusk Ball at the Diamond Steelix, hoping to end this fight sooner rather than later!

Dusk Ball
Throw: 9 + 2 = 11
(6)(5)(2)(5)(2)(4)(4)(1)(2)(1)(2)  That hits.

Steelix gets sucked into the pokeball, the button on the pokeball blinks yellow once, twice...

...and then Steelix breaks free of the Dusk Ball (destroying it without a roll) and glares at Kogeki with murderous rage.  How DARE he try to capture them against their will!!!

Hazel suddenly lashes out at her opponent while they're distracted, exploiting that chink in its armor just like Heracross did!

Mach Punch 2
(1)(2)(5)(5)
(5) D-Steelix takes 3 damage! 9/40 HP -2 Pain

Byron calls out to everyone!  "We need to end this, NOW!  Brace yourselves!!!"

Aggron roars, then jumps!  When it lands, it causes a massive tremor far stronger than the one Steelix was able to conjure!

Earthquake 2
13 - 2 - 4 = 7
(4)(2)(5)(3)(4)(2)(5)
5 + 4 + 2 LO - 1/3/4/6/9* = 6/4/3/1 minimum (+2 on Steelix, -1 on Turk and Heracross, +1 on Hazel and Sally)
(6), (5)(5), (1), (3)(3)(2)
Paula takes 0 damage because she's on top of Turk
Hazel takes 4 damage and faints!
Heracross takes 2 damage! 3/8 HP -2 Pain
Turk takes 0 damage.
Sally takes 4 damage! 2/9 HP -2 Pain
Byron takes 3 damage! 7/10 HP -1 Pain
Lucas takes 3 damage! 5/8 HP -1 Pain
Kogeki takes 3 damage! 5/8 HP -1 Pain
Randolph takes 3 damage! 2/6 HP -2 Pain
D-Steelix takes 3 damage! 6/40 HP -2 Pain

Paula gasps when she sees Randolph take such a heavy hit from that EQ, and she begins to sing a song of protection!  Her beautiful voice echoes through the caves as her singing gets louder and louder...and once again, it sounds strangely familiar to Randolph...

Lucky Chant 2
(5)(2)(2)(1)
Paula's side of the field is protected by her song!

Turk steps on D-Steelix's tail again!  That worked before, so it should work again!

Rock Smash 2
12 - 1 - 4 = 7
(4)(6)(4)(5)(2)(1)(3)
(1) D-Steelix takes 2 damage! 4/40 HP -2 Pain

Sally knows an opportunity when she sees one.  It's now or never!  Byron's Earthquake set that Diamond Steelix off balance!  If she can just hit that damn snake really, really hard, she can end this!!!

The Lucario blitzs the Steelix again, intending to end this with one last punch, fueled by her own pain and righteous fury!!!

Reversal 2
12 - 2 - 4 = 6
(4)(6)(5)(6)(3)(6)  Sally's punch hits home, and diamond shards explode outwards where her fist connects with the Steelix's body! Critical hit!!!
6* + 1 + 5 Damaged + STAB - 9* + QE + 2 Crit = 6 + 2
(4)(1)(1)(1)(4)(5) Steelix takes 5 damage, but hangs on with 1 HP due to its Diamond Skin Ability! 1/40 HP -3 Pain

Steelix roars in pain, having been dealt severe damage for the first time in forever!!  It has never, ever been this close to being mortally wounded before!  As it roars, the entire cavern shakes, and its body and the diamond shards and dust scattered around the room all start to glow!  They get brighter and brighter, and shadows begin leaking out of the cracks in its hide into the surrounding room!!

"TAKE COVER!!!"

There's no time to react to Byron's warning, though.  One final attack from the Diamond Steelix rocks the entire room as the air becomes filled with a storm of sharp crystals!!

Diamond Storm 2
13 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 Pain = 3
(3)(1)(1) Well then...

However, that final attack ends up being the Steelix's downfall.  Instead of the bright crystals striking its enemies, glowing with an intense contrast of light and shadow, the bright crystals strike Steelix instead, embedding themselves in its own hide!  Cracks spiderweb across its entire body as one of the only materials capable of piercing its own skin penetrates it in countless places.  Shadows leak out of its body in a torrent, and it becomes near impossible to see in the inky blackness as they fill the room from top to bottom.  The only thing everyone can see as the Diamond Steelix is purified is a very, very bright light where the super massive pokemon stands.

Then everything suddenly goes dark as the light goes out and the room begins to tremble, the damage caused to it by the Earthquakes, Fire attacks, and Rain too much for it to bear any longer!

...

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Randolph and Kogeki wake up with splitting headaches after Arceus knows how long.  They can hear shuffling as someone digs through a bag, and feel that they're laying down on sleeping bags.

Then they hear two voices.

"Well, look at who's finally awake.  Would have been a downright shame if you had been killed or slipped into a coma after such a spectacular showing."

"I was almost convinced you two weren't going to wake up.  Don't scare me like that, guys.  Seriously."

When Randolph and Kogeki sit up, they can see Byron and Lucas sitting on some nearby rocks, looking at both of them.  Odds are they were talking while the other two were unconscious.  Byron's also got one of his legs wrapped up, as if it had been injured.

"You can thank your friend here for getting us out of that jam.  I was afraid the whole mine was gonna collapse on top of us after that final attack, but his quick thinking and good eye seem to have gotten us away from the worst of the cave ins."

"I also did some quick check ups, and I don't think anything's broken, thankfully.  Byron hurt his leg on the way out, but I think that's the worst damage we sustained.  Our pokemon are all fine too.  Gotta ask, though: You guys okay?"