[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

VS Therian Thundurus Round 2

Thundurus is well past the point of negotiation, screaming and hissing as wildly as he is!  It's time to finish this the old fashioned way!

Seeing Karen and Daxter opting to go on the attack, Dedenne and Zeraora go on the offensive too!

Play Rough

(6)(3)(2)(4)(5)(4)(6)(1)

Critical Hit!

(6)(4)(2) | (5)(3)

Thundurus takes 2 damage!

3/28* HP -3 Pain

Fire Punch 1

(5)(1)(3)(1)(1)(1)(1)
Miss

Zeraora's punch goes wide as the lightning barrier sparks uncontrollably, getting darker and more violent with every passing second.  Even Zeraora, who has not even flinched from random lightning strikes, hisses as a stray bolt of shadowy lightning narrowly misses them.  This is no ordinary electricity.

Rolycoly is still buffed from the Life Dew, so one solid hit is definitely incoming!

Smack Down

(4)(1)(6)(2)(1)(5)(2)(1)(1)

(5)(2)

Thundurus takes 1 damage!

2/28* HP -3 Pain

The lightning barrier takes 1 PDD!

Total PDD: 2

The dew drops react violently with the barrier, causing it to spark out of control, but it looks like it's weakening!  The sounds of sparking electricity fill the arena as Thundurus continues to gather energy for one final blast!

Thundurus Charges 1

Total Charge Turns: 2

Braixen takes a deep breath and focuses.  "It's now or never...one last hit..."

She points her stick at Thundurus, and a beam of psychic energy blasts the barrier, threatening to overwhelm the lightning!

Psybeam

(6)(5)(5)(4)(4)(1)(3)(6*)

Braixen spends a Will Point!

Critical Hit!

(1) | (3)(3)

No damage, but the lightning barrier takes 1 PDD!

Total PDD: 3

Braixen has to hold her makeshift wand with both paws, trying to hold the beam steady as the sparking electricity threatens to tear the wand out of her grip!

"I...won't...give up!!  AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

A final, powerful surge of psychic energy travels down the beam of energy, blasting apart the lightning barrier and leaving Thundurus exposed once more!  The serpent reels backwards from the force that just hit his protection, having been protected from the actual damage for the last time!

Braixen's breathing heavily and trying to catch her breath after expending so much energy.  "...huff...huff...come on...finish him!  I've made...an opening!"

And Karen just so happens to be up next!

Disarming Voice

(3)(3)(3)(2)

Hits anyways

(6)(3)

Thundurus takes 1 damage!

1/28* HP -3 Pain

Thundurus winces and grits his teeth as he barely holds on through the sound of Karen's voice trying to lull him into a false sense of security!  A stiff breeze could likely knock him over at this point!

Bunnelby simply walks up to Thundurus and stares the Autumn Storm face to face.

"You ain't even the scariest thing I've ever seen, buddy."

...and unceremoniously slugs him!

Tackle 1

(5)(5)(3)(2)

(4)(3)

Thundurus takes 1 damage and faints!

The lightning that Thundurus had been accumulating goes completely wild as soon as Thundurus is KOed.  Bunnelby gets thrown backwards by what's effectively a sudden explosion of electricity.  Everyone else has to take cover as Thundurus's Wildbolt Storm scorches their surroundings, the shadowy energy that had been corrupting it escaping into the sky.

Daxter, Rowlet, and Snom all get 30 exp.  Karen and Rolycoly get 20 exp since they arrived halfway into the battle.

A moment passes.  Two.  Everything's silent except for the rain, and the sound of the falling water extinguishing the flames that had been covering the electric Legendary.

When the group peeks out from their hiding spots, they see Bunnelby battered and bruised, his fur scorched from the lightning blast, but conscious.

They also see Thundurus slowly pushing himself up, somehow still conscious despite the beating he'd just taken and the spots where the burn has clearly left its mark.  Weakened as he is, the rain that had been pouring constantly since Team NW's arrival begins to lighten, the skies above beginning to clear.

Zeraora immediately zips over to Thundurus and grabs the Legendary by the throat.

"What did you do to Lord Raikou, you trash?!"

Thundurus clutches at his throat, struggling with Zeraora and losing.

"...he's...I don't...know...I don't...remember..."

Braixen nervously approaches, ears flat as she tries to mediate the situation a little.  "...maybe we should give him a chance to explain himself?  Without choking him, possibly?"

Zeraora gives Braixen a sideways glance, then looks back to the now pathetic looking Legendary, who's notably still in his Therian form.

And lets go.  Thundurus gasps for air as Zeraora just glares at him.  "You better have a damn good explanation, you snake."

How do Karen and Daxter react?