[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Run, Apocalypse, Run

Seikamater Round 3

That means the characters at risk of AoE are just Ventus, Ditto, Valder, Mamoswine, Koa, and Viktor.
Shiva and Heart can fly for 6 seconds on Tropius and share his immunity. He's big and not in much pain so this is no sweat for him.
Nathan can run far enough away on Swiftfire.
Valder can stand on Mamoswine to avoid Earthquake.
If Ventus succeeds on an Evasion roll he'll get to share Raphael's immunity. Normally you can't evade a Battlefield move without a good strategy; this qualifies.
Haunter and Zippy are immune to Ground, but neither can lift much.

Rock Smash
(1)(3)(4)(1)(5)(4)(5)(3)(2)
(5)(3)(1)(3)(4)(6)(4)(2)(1)
(4)(1)(3)(2)
(4)(6)(6)(6) The wall takes 7 dmg from the Fighting attacks. 8/15hp
CD: (5)(2)(6)(3)(1) Rock Smash cannot smash this large of a wall, but it successfully weakens it and sends a crack up the wall.

Bulldoze
(3)(4)(1)(3)(6)(6) (4)(1)(5)
(1)(2)(1)(4) No character takes any damage from this. The walls take 1 dmg from supereffective.
-1 Dex for the aforementioned characters

Earthquake
(2)(1)(2)(4)(4)(5) (3)(5)(3)(3) = 4 successes with HH
Ventus evade: (3)(1)(3)(2)(1)
5 Str + 4 power +1 STAB -2* defense for the walls = 10d6+1
(5)(6)(2)(3)(4)(2)(2)(6)(6)(4) The walls take 7 dmg and collapse!
Koa takes 4 dmg from the Earthquake and subsequent rubble.
Trevenant takes 3 dmg. Heart recalls them as mentioned so they won't be susceptible to any further damage.
Ventus takes 3 dmg through his soleless shoes! His healthy vitality means this isn't a very big deal to him.
Ditto takes 4 dmg.


The Yellow Tunnel is destroyed! Lots of sandstone, mud, and debris are piled in the way. That'll slow the bugs down for sure.

Seikamater Round 4

At the other wall, you have a little more time, so I'm going to guess Heart doesn't need to weaken the walls. It's not a big deal this time if it takes two rounds.

Any potions for Ventus or Herolune?

[Iron]

Seikamater Round 4

Rock Smash
(5)(3)(2)(4)(6)(6) (6)(3)
(5)(3)(1)(6)(4)(6) (2)(1)(3)(5)(4) - crit
(4)(2)(1)(5)(2)(3) (2)
(4)(4)(3)(4)(2)(2) (4)(2)(4) - crit
(6)(1)(5)(6)(4)(4) 6 dmg, -1 def
(1)(2)(6)(2)(1) 1 dmg
(1)(1)(6)(1)(5) 2 dmg
(2)(3)(2)(1)(5) 2 dmg = 11 dmg total and -1 def.

So now everyone is recalled and off the battlefield except Valder and Mamoswine. He climbs up on the behemoth and dramatically orders an Earthquake!

Seikamater Round 5

(4)(4)(1)(3)(4)(5) (6)(2)
(6)(5)(4)(4)(3)(2) (2)(1)(5)(3) The Red Tunnel is collapsed too!

You're safe for now, but you know those bugs will be after you eventually unless you can get far enough away.

Far off, you can sense the rage of the Queen.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Seikamater Round 4

(...)

Seikamater Round 5

The Red Tunnel is collapsed too!

You're safe for now, but you know those bugs will be after you eventually unless you can get far enough away.

Far off, you can sense the rage of the Queen.

Ventus took a deep breath and let out a shaky *Sigh* of relief as the Red Tunnel was seal up tighter than merchant's wallet along with the Yellow Tunnel, before cringing as that inhalation aggravated the injuries he accumulated since his flight from the Queen's Palace Chamber. Seikamater's RAGE also managed to send shivers down his spine and grimace in nervous anxiety despite all the almost equally intense feeling of HATRED he felt towards acting as a psychological buffer, causing him to turn towards the rest of the group and plainly say with a tense experssion:

"We need to vacate the area effective immediately . Valder, recall and then re-summon Mamo to remove the debilitating effect that Ditto's Bulldoze had on him, and use him as a mount with Mr. Finder. Heart and Shiva can ride together on Tropius, and.....Nate, do you mind if I share Swiftfire with you? I rather not try to have Raphael drag me along this tunnel with Extreme Speed, and I'm not sure if my feet could take such abuse......"

.....'but he would suffer the abuse anyway if necessary' was the part what he left unspoken. Wounds heals, but you can't recover from death or WORSE in most cases, so the researcher was willing to suffer some more abuse if it meant he could get away from the angry Ant Queen all the quicker! After all, with the insults he flung at her, she'd probably want to do something ESPECIALLY nasty to him if she got him in her claws!

Order: Everyone leaves on their mounts and fucking books it as fast as they various appendages can carry them down the tunnel, and out of Seika's Territory! Ventus will recall Raphael and D.H. and ride with Nathan, Shiva and Heart ride together, and Mamo is large enough to carry both Mr. Finder and Valder. Lucifer is too injured to provide Tailwinds, so let's not bother with him right now! Time to run like are behinds are on fire!

[Dragonstrike]

You're safe for now, but you know those bugs will be after you eventually unless you can get far enough away.

Far off, you can sense the rage of the Queen.

For now, Nathan needs to take a short breather...

...followed by immediately getting Calam and Lucifer back out to try and treat those wounds they took. He's not fully listening to Ventus suggesting they move now, because there's a more immediate problem at hand. And Nathan does not want to...will not...ignore it after everything the two pokemon did to help.

As he looks at the damage, some of the adrenaline having worn off now that things are slightly less...buggy...

...it's not a pretty sight.

Lucifer looks like he can barely fly, most of his fur singed off by the extreme heat of that Legendary Thunder.  Nathan hasn't treated wounds due to lightning strikes before...but his mom told him about a time she did at one point.  That Ponyta was holed up in the stables for a week...Lucifer's lucky he didn't suffer any serious injuries immediately...that lightning bolt could have killed him instantly...

...Calam, however...it looks like he's malnourished after taking that Legendary Attack Order.  Little cuts and scrapes all over his body from all the little bugs that had been crawling all over him...

Nathan has to take a minute or two to try and digest how utterly ridiculous it is that those are the only major injuries they suffered from the queen herself...how...unnerving it is that she was so self-centered and willing to kill any who oppose her...

...

...

...and then Nathan starts quickly digging through his bag, not caring how much of a mess he's making of its carefully organized contents.  First, the still unconscious Solosis comes out since it's kinda in the way if it stays in there.  "Keep an eye on it.  It'll probably be waking up soon."  Then he starts digging through his basic medical supplies.  Ointments for burns (he works with fire horses.  Of course he'd have some!), gauze pads, bandages...he's seen his fair share of injuries on the ranch, and has some basic supplies on hand to remedy such things.  Good care of your pokemon is important, after all!

...he's never seen anything this severe, though.  For the most part, he doesn't know what to do about Calam's weakened body structure...healing more obvious, commonplace stuff like broken bones, cuts, bruises...everyday injuries in general, he can handle no problem.  Calam...

...the best ideas Nathan has beyond treating the nasty looking cuts and scratches are let him get some proper rest, and maybe attempt to make some splints for his weakened legs...he's a 4-legged creature, just like a Rapidash, so maybe he can apply the same concept to an Absol?  Lucifer is a little more straightforward, but how do you go about dealing with the electrical shocks?

...he doesn't know if his ideas will be enough.  But he has to try.  He's trying to remain calm while doing this.

...it's times like these where he'd appreciate some help from someone who might be more experienced in these matters, though...he thinks he has an idea of what needs to be done, but is he doing this right?  He's not sure...

(I'm sure Ventus has seen his fair share of these kinds of injuries, right?)

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

...it's not a pretty sight.

Lucifer looks like he can barely fly, most of his fur singed off by the extreme heat of that Legendary Thunder.  Nathan hasn't treated wounds due to lightning strikes before...but his mom told him about a time she did at one point.  That Ponyta was holed up in the stables for a week...Lucifer's lucky he didn't suffer any serious injuries immediately...that lightning bolt could have killed him instantly...

...Calam, however...it looks like he's malnourished after taking that Legendary Attack Order.  Little cuts and scrapes all over his body from all the little bugs that had been crawling all over him...

Nathan has to take a minute or two to try and digest how utterly ridiculous it is that those are the only major injuries they suffered from the queen herself...how...unnerving it is that she was so self-centered and willing to kill any who oppose her...

...

...

...and then Nathan starts quickly digging through his bag, not caring how much of a mess he's making of its carefully organized contents.  First, the still unconscious Solosis comes out since it's kinda in the way if it stays in there.  "Keep an eye on it.  It'll probably be waking up soon."  Then he starts digging through his basic medical supplies.  Ointments for burns (he works with fire horses.  Of course he'd have some!), gauze pads, bandages...he's seen his fair share of injuries on the ranch, and has some basic supplies on hand to remedy such things.  Good care of your pokemon is important, after all!

...he's never seen anything this severe, though.  For the most part, he doesn't know what to do about Calam's weakened body structure...healing more obvious, commonplace stuff like broken bones, cuts, bruises...everyday injuries in general, he can handle no problem.  Calam...

...the best ideas Nathan has beyond treating the nasty looking cuts and scratches are let him get some proper rest, and maybe attempt to make some splints for his weakened legs...he's a 4-legged creature, just like a Rapidash, so maybe he can apply the same concept to an Absol?  Lucifer is a little more straightforward, but how do you go about dealing with the electrical shocks?

...he doesn't know if his ideas will be enough.  But he has to try.  He's trying to remain calm while doing this.

...it's times like these where he'd appreciate some help from someone who might be more experienced in these matters, though...he thinks he has an idea of what needs to be done, but is he doing this right?  He's not sure...

(I'm sure Ventus has seen his fair share of these kinds of injuries, right?)

The researcher was a bit flustered when Nathan decided that now was the time to treat Calam's and Lucifer's injuries, when they were still within Seikamater's Territory/Kingdom with her Bugs doing their damnest to capture and/or kill/WORSE them , but after seeing how utterly gruesome and horrifying the injuries sustained by the dark prophet and his dear brother......

.....Well, he was right by the young's scholar side in mere instances later. Unlike them, adrenanline was still surging through Ventus' veins given the fact that he and everyone was still in grave danger, just less so right now, but years of working in Team Plasma, as a Disobedient Pokémon Specalist Researcher/Behaviorologist, and generally a hard, harsh life has left him the ability to rationally operate and assess just about anything under intense stress/pressure.

So after spending a few minutes analyzing the conditions of Lucifer and Calam (and briefly looking up at Raphael [Since we are doing this instead of running away immediately, the are still out] and siliently motioning/ordering them to look after/immediately KO Solosis when they wake up - he doesn't want to deal with them now, and he think Nathan would agree with him....) he withdrew a Potion from his inventory and handed it off to Nathan without looking up from the injured Pokémon, before motioning to Calam in particular and begn to speak in a detached, clinical tone of voice to them.

"Injuries sustained by Calam are heavily reminiscent of a Pokémon that had their Vitality sapped to the point of total enervation by a HP Draining Move , but the many tiny and medium sized laceration on his body indicate that he was attacked by multiple small sources of damage. Given what little I could see of that incident, and from the similarities between.....Siekamater and the Vespiqueen species, I believe she used some variant of the move Attack Order on him, with her minions ravaging his body and leeching away his life, resulting in his current condition. My recommendation for his immediate treament is reviving him with any sort of Revival Item you have, followed by minor resuscitation (AKA Stablize Check), then using the Potion I gave you to threat the Lethal Damage already present. Long term care will involve bed rest and feeding him larger portions with dietary supplement to restore him to his former condition. He will most likely need assistance moving around, being cleaned, urinating, and defecating until he has regained enough strength to move under his own power. However, due to his most likely his prideful nature he will not allow such pampering by human, so I recommend Dizzy accompany him for such tasks, given the strong bond between them. Estimated time of recover......perhaps a week or two at most, and a few days at minimum."

He then motions to his dearly beloved Lucifer, his professional façade twitching in Pain as he felt their's resonate through the strong bond they shared as they laid on the cold stone floor barely conscious, before he continued.

"Injuries sustained by Lucifer were caused by a Thunder strike, but despite this he only suffered relatively minor damage caused by it considering the Move's normal Lethality. Most likely this is due Siekamater not having the time to focus her Elemantalist ability to make the move do its full damage to him. Fortunately give you supplies, severe Electrical shocks and the damage they inflict are almost identical to Burn caused by Fire, though their is the chance of some nerve damage or impared locamotory ability. Since Lucifer is a Flying/Dragon type Pokémon, however, he should be spared from the later or recover from it swiftly if he's given the proper stimulation (AKA: Stablize Check and/or another Potion for him if that fails [If Ventus can't do a Check himself on them]) and rest, and regrow the hair on him in the coming days ahead. Treament of his burns can be down with the ointment you have, covering the most severely scorched areas with gauze. Estimated time of recovery......a week at most."

The scientist finally looks up to Nathan with a deceptively calm and collected look that masked how much frantic concern, worry, and fear he was currently feeling about this ENTIRE SITUATION, and said: "Do you understand, Nathan? If so, begin treating Calam's and Lucifer's injuries, and I'll assist you however more I can. You should have more practical experience and surer hands with treating injuries given your background, while what I know about Pokémon Physiology and Health can guide you in your endeavors....."

One of Ven's hands tightens as he says this, with him discretely glancing at the wretched condition of his brother while simultaneously vividly feeling the RAGE of the one responsible for his state. Oh how he wish he could do more for him and do more to her, but alas this is all he's capable of right now.....how pathetic.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

The researcher was a bit flustered when Nathan decided that now was the time to treat Calam's and Lucifer's injuries, when they were still within Seikamater's Territory/Kingdom with her Bugs doing their damnest to capture and/or kill/WORSE them , but after seeing how utterly gruesome and horrifying the injuries sustained by the dark prophet and his dear brother......

.....Well, he was right by the young's scholar side in mere instances later. Unlike them, adrenanline was still surging through Ventus' veins given the fact that he and everyone was still in grave danger, just less so right now, but years of working in Team Plasma, as a Disobedient Pokémon Specalist Researcher/Behaviorologist, and generally a hard, harsh life has left him the ability to rationally operate and assess just about anything under intense stress/pressure.

So after spending a few minutes analyzing the conditions of Lucifer and Calam (and briefly looking up at Raphael [Since we are doing this instead of running away immediately, the are still out] and siliently motioning/ordering them to look after/immediately KO Solosis when they wake up - he doesn't want to deal with them now, and he think Nathan would agree with him....) he withdrew a Potion from his inventory and handed it off to Nathan without looking up from the injured Pokémon, before motioning to Calam in particular and begn to speak in a detached, clinical tone of voice to them.

"Injuries sustained by Calam are heavily reminiscent of a Pokémon that had their Vitality sapped to the point of total enervation by a HP Draining Move , but the many tiny and medium sized laceration on his body indicate that he was attacked by multiple small sources of damage. Given what little I could see of that incident, and from the similarities between.....Siekamater and the Vespiqueen species, I believe she used some variant of the move Attack Order on him, with her minions ravaging his body and leeching away his life, resulting in his current condition. My recommendation for his immediate treament is reviving him with any sort of Revival Item you have, followed by minor resuscitation (AKA Stablize Check), then using the Potion I gave you to threat the Lethal Damage already present. Long term care will involve bed rest and feeding him larger portions with dietary supplement to restore him to his former condition. He will most likely need assistance moving around, being cleaned, urinating, and defecating until he has regained enough strength to move under his own power. However, due to his most likely his prideful nature he will not allow such pampering by human, so I recommend Dizzy accompany him for such tasks, given the strong bond between them. Estimated time of recover......perhaps a week or two at most, and a few days at minimum."

He then motions to his dearly beloved Lucifer, his professional façade twitching in Pain as he felt their's resonate through the strong bond they shared as they laid on the cold stone floor barely conscious, before he continued.

"Injuries sustained by Lucifer were caused by a Thunder strike, but despite this he only suffered relatively minor damage caused by it considering the Move's normal Lethality. Most likely this is due Siekamater not having the time to focus her Elemantalist ability to make the move do its full damage to him. Fortunately give you supplies, severe Electrical shocks and the damage they inflict are almost identical to Burn caused by Fire, though their is the chance of some nerve damage or impared locamotory ability. Since Lucifer is a Flying/Dragon type Pokémon, however, he should be spared from the later or recover from it swiftly if he's given the proper stimulation (AKA: Stablize Check and/or another Potion for him if that fails [If Ventus can't do a Check himself on them]) and rest, and regrow the hair on him in the coming days ahead. Treament of his burns can be down with the ointment you have, covering the most severely scorched areas with gauze. Estimated time of recovery......a week at most."

The scientist finally looks up to Nathan with a deceptively calm and collected look that masked how much frantic concern, worry, and fear he was currently feeling about this ENTIRE SITUATION, and said: "Do you understand, Nathan? If so, begin treating Calam's and Lucifer's injuries, and I'll assist you however more I can. You should have more practical experience and surer hands with treating injuries given your background, while what I know about Pokémon Physiology and Health can guide you in your endeavors....."

One of Ven's hands tightens as he says this, with him discretely glancing at the wretched condition of his brother while simultaneously vividly feeling the RAGE of the one responsible for his state. Oh how he wish he could do more for him and do more to her, but alas this is all he's capable of right now.....how pathetic.

Make no mistake, Nathan is still plenty antsy and nervous right now about the situation.  Just slightly less so since the murderous bugs are delayed sufficiently for the time being.  Most of the adrenaline is now going towards 'dear Yin and Yang, these wounds need to be treated before they get any worse!!', and he's trying to keep that cool demeanor he had when staring down the bug queen herself...

...he might not have if Ventus hadn't piped up with the advice on how to treat the injured pokemon.

"...he'll probably let Ralts help too if the little guy is able to.  They get along well...I'd be more than happy to help him as well if he'd let me..."


...Nathan quietly nods when asked if he understands.  Time to get to work.

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Despite what Ventus might have been expecting, Nathan moves to treat Lucifer first (feel free to ask Nathan why later, btw).  "...just hold still for a moment...this is going to sting a little bit...we'll get you all patched up so you don't end up getting hurt even more...trust me, you should feel a lot better afterwards, alright?"

...and then Calam's current condition will be addressed once that's done.  That Potion Ventus gave him for this is definitely being put to good use immediately to heal that 1 Point of Lethal damage Calam took!  However..."...gah...does anyone have any Hurtloam or a Revive they can spare?  I've only got the one..."

Let's also do some Stabilize checks for both pokemon!  5 + 3 + 0 - 3 = 5 D6 base! (partially for flavor, partially out of necessity/Plot)  Fingers crossed!

[Lord Windos]

Since Ven's still has his mind barricaded and locked down like a cross between a castle and a maximum security facility, and frankly had his own mess of adrenaline soaked, terror and fury ridden emotional mess to constantly manage/surpass, Nathan's own woes were completely missed by him.

Never the less, he was still there for them to provide all the support they could ever ask for, as while he was oblivious to their feelings, it doesn't prevent his worrywart and supporting nature from giving them help anyway, consciously or not.

"Ralts will likely require some bed rest too after their........extended meeting with the Queen, but if they are able to provide the necessary care for him afterwards, that is good to know....."

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Nathan treating his brother first over Calam, who was in much more dire condition and was one of their most favored Pokémon indeed does cause the sociologist's eyebrow to twitch upwards, but he kept silent as they did so. Now wasn't the time for question, but for action. Later on, though.....

At Nathan's declaration, though, Ventus chewed the corner of his mouth for a few seconds before letting out a small *Sigh* and flicked his wrist, palming his only Revive he retrieved from.....somewhere, before handing it over to them. "Here. Its my only one, but I feel that its necessary to get Calam back on his feet and somewhat decent condition to accelerate his recovery to full health, and not leave him Fainted or in near critical condition that Hurtloam would put him in. Now, Stablize Calam before he wastes away even more from Seikamater's Attack Order....."

[Spiritmon]

"Keep it Ventus. You might need later." Heart stop them when he search his own bag and take one Hurtloam. "Here. But I believe it's not time for such thing. We can threat them later. Seikamater and her minions is coming this way fast. We must go. NOW."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Keep it Ventus. You might need later." Heart stop them when he search his own bag and take one Hurtloam. "Here. But I believe it's not time for such thing. We can threat them later. Seikamater and her minions is coming this way fast. We must go. NOW."

(Spirit, if you're doing that I'll assume that Heart jumped off my Tropius' back, which is fine to me if you'd like, but Shiva will continue flying and urge Valder and Mr. Finder on Mamo to follow her instead of stopping as well.)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The Yellow Tunnel is destroyed! Lots of sandstone, mud, and debris are piled in the way. That'll slow the bugs down for sure.


You're safe for now, but you know those bugs will be after you eventually unless you can get far enough away.

Far off, you can sense the rage of the Queen.

The sound the Rock Smashes crashing into the mere wall of yellow sandstone was ringing back with her mind for a while, she briefly looked up as that crack inflicted by them breaks through it, all while she hugged both Azumarill and her Tropius' neck a little closer. Deep thankfulness flared up within Shiva for a moment while doing so, thankfullness that she ended up being lucky enough during this aftermath of The Running to encounter and sucessfully catch a Tropius after the initate shock of the Pokemon coming at them back then. Here on his back, she and allies were safe from what was coming...

The casted Earthquake didn't fail to cause an unpleasant shiver running through her whole body, but she knew she and whoever she currently kept with her on Tropius' back will stay safe and unharmed. Fearlessly, she leaned forward a little, shich was the cue for the grassy sauropode to KEEP GOING, to evade any falling rubble this time - he succeeded.

The procedere repeated itself at the entrance of the Red Tunnel, the only other way. Hopefully this was the right way, the one to lead them further to the lair of elementals and hidden knowledge. Something within Shiva whispered a 'Yes, it is', but she was unsure whether she can trust that whether it was simple make-believe.



Caught off-guard the fae-enthusiast was as she all suddenly felt a weight loosening itself, it caused her to throw a worried glance over her left shoulder - has...she lost Heart? Has something caught him at worst one of these bugs that followed them unnoticed??! Tropius kept racing forward, not looking back, only following his Master's plea and orders to bring them away. ...What Shiva saw in the split of a second, allured very mixed feelings within her: NATHAN, VENTUS AND HEART HAVE STOPPED FOR SOME REASON. From the corner of her eye she realized it was to take care of the bigger Absol and the draconic bat. She...frowned.... heavily.... True, even from briefly glazing over to them she saw that were doing anythingelse than fine, and she could almost sense the threath of doom lurking above them - but they were STILL not safe. The bugs will come, eventually, soon, they need to keep on running.

Shiva has been put completely on the fence again, she wasn't sure what was right or wrong anymore, but she KNEW what she desired for: ESCAPING THAT RAGE OF THE LEGENDARY QUEEN OF ALL BUGS. How it washed over her without mercy, how it hit her raw and without warning despite so many obstacles were in between them by now, how it almost made her to choke spoke for Seikamater's might and power. But she can't pursue them anymore... The bugs under her command can't either for a while... The fear and anxious worry faded alongside the wrath, and Shiva could feel the spirit of success making itself a home within her instead.

She averted her gaze from the others, threw a glance to Valder and Mr. Finder safely on Mamo still running, if Dizzy is still out and running Shiva does recall him now into his Ball, then she gave Ventus/Heart/Nathan another unreadable look. "Treat the wounds if you must, we'll meet up with you later! We're not in total safety just yet as the bugs may still get us, so me and Mamo will continue fleeing further down the tunnel until we've come to a secure place, until it's safe to say that the bugs can't come after us anymore, or until something stands our way. Stay safe and don't fail on this NOW THAT WE'VE SURVIVED THE HARDEST PART PLEASE!" She salutes, before she makes a sweeping gesture to Valder and Mr. Finder on Mamo's back and pointed forward, clearly signalling them to not stop and instead follow her.



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Mechanics:
Shiva on Tropius will continue flying down the Red Tunnel at full speed followed by Valder and Mr. Finder until they're either out of  the bug's pursue or meeting an obstacle that stops them and needs to be dealt with. Sorry, but can't efford to stop now just because the others did!