[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Shiva, I have a PC you can use, and yes I'm available to battle! Grab six Pokemon out of the PC, and you'll get to use 4 of them in battle against me, standard rules for most things. This is a Normal Gym, so no consumables or technology! Held Items are OK, and my Zigzagoon have dredged up quite a few! Let me shuffle some of those around to, while you're at the PC. The prize is a badge and a great Held Item! To battle! o/"

"To battle, YES!" \o Shiva would have never believed that she'd look forward to a Gym Battle instead of being over-worried about it. Does Tanuki actually 'participate' in the tradition of carrying a towel today?

Sheet's been updated while the Party Doc is as well in the means of not spoiling her Team, her first Pokemon to be sent out.... it lands on the ground with a *thump* before it spreads its leaflike wings widely and ascends into the air by vigorously flapping them, lowering his head a little to not hit the various tubes.

[Spiritmon]

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'Wise woman'... That flattered her a little as she never has been called like that.

She doesn't flinch upon having Terra's big BIG hand on her shoulder, nope, she kinda enjoys that gesture of support even and returns the gaze he gaves her upon agreeing to meeting up with a thankful one of herself as she looks up to him. "T...Thank you... Room #12. Just knock and I'll answer, please - it shouldn't take too long, but it needs to be shared. Thank you again..."

Her coffee mug is empty by now, she'll probably get herself another to go for the way to Tanuki's Gym. "....I'll get going then, Terra... Gym Battle. Tanuki. That was practically all I wanted to say, good that I met you. What will you do now....? Oh - And greet genie from me!~ Maybe." She gestures to go and Vaporeon visibly perked up in delight over going OUTSIDE TO THE RAIN, but she stays by the table until he answered. It was just a casual question!

*Flashback!* 

"*Smiles, and pats her on the shoulder* No problem, and got it. Don't need to thank me, but....thank you."

(…)

"*Nods* Good luck. Heard from Nathan she is fast, clever, and strong. Knows and control her battlefield well too, but you can use it against her, if able. *Smiles* You will do good against her. Use your Strengths wisely, and you will.....prevail. Believe that, Shiva."

For a moment Terra laspes into silence at the wise woman's question, before he calmly answers her, his expression nor mood faltering in anyway as he does so.

"Going out to train with Genie, Melly, and a Duskull I caught. Bond with them more too, especially with new Ghost partner. *Smiles* Will be sure that Fairy Princess....gets your message. *Looks thoughtful* Anything you want to tell her.....specifically?"

*Flashback End for Now!*

(Oh, good point. I guess since Shiva can now sense the emotions directly, she could securely tell if any character (includes NPCs) is lying or isn't what they seem to be, correct @Iron...?)


That support from Terra does kinda help her dealing with the currently strong worry over impending doom via an ancient meteor, indicated by how grants him with another thankful smile over the rim of her glasses. Concerning Tanuki though she shakes her head a little as if to say 'It's no big deal'. "A-as long as the battle with Tanuki herself as the opponent will be fair and we'll both be able to give a good performance, I won't feel like 'loosing' if I lost. It's alright - Ah, but I'll TRY to win for sure, haha." Her good cheer returns a little, Vaporeon does pick this up and replies with a wagging atil of excitement.

A Ghost Partner... Shiva prefers not to think too much about Ventus when hearing this. N-not now! He's busy with research!! "No, nothing in particular for Genie. Maybe just that she shall behave herself~ Have a fruitful time with your Pokemon then and good luck with that Duskull. Until....tonight then." Off she is, the white towel still on her shoulders and a joyful Vaporeon running out of the sliding door before she could.

Somewhere along the way to Tanuki's Gym, Shiva would stop under a tree to type up a message to Nathan/@Dragonstrike and Heart/@Spiritmon, the waterly Eeveelution doesn't seem to mind the stop at all. Rejoices over it even as she attempts to climb that tree to lick raindrops from its leaves.

Message reads as following, it is same for both.

Good morning there. I hope you slept well! I usually don't write so early in the morning, I'm sorry if I disturbed you.

It's...something important though. Yesterday evening, me and Lilith - Gothitelle - shared a vision, or moreso she showed me something she has read. Can't tell more now, but somewhat affects the world as a whole that we may have grown to take for granted. Can we please meet up in my dorm tonight, are you free and available? Please come, as we need to decide where to head next soon.

Room#12 in the Eastern Center, just knock and I'll open when I'm there.

With that said, have a fine and safe time until then.

Flashback ends from my side, receive the message and/or reply whenever you like.

Heart have see the message after the pokemon battle. He gave Shiva a quick reply:

Spoiler

Sure. Tonight we gonna meet. Just waiting Natu takes his rest and then go I going to teleport back to Cress City. See you there!

[Iron]

Tropius follows you to Celebi Park, but so does the crowd.

Well since they didn't get the hint the first time, time to drop a second one to see if we can get some peace and quiet...

"...it'd be nice if everyone would disperse and go about their business for the day, please.  I know she's a rare pokemon, but getting so much attention can be more stressful than not."

Since Tropius starts thrashing her tail to accentuate Nathan's point, the crowd finally takes the hint and leaves. Calmed, Tropius starts uprooting saplings and bushes and eating them, roots and all.

[Iron]

Spoiler

Cool, that will be an easier battle, but with Amulet Coin you'll still get a decent payout.


Here comes a very speedy Wingull and a Xatu. The trainer smiles as she summons her Pokemon. "My birds are the acrobats of the sky!"

Caesar: (6) + 7 = 13
Wingull: (4) + 4 Dex + 4* Survival = 12
Xatu: (4) + 7 = 11
Neptune: (3) + 7 = 10

Bird Keeper Gray Round 1

"Thats is what we gonna see! Caesar! Use Leer against Xatu to reduce his strenghs! Then go ahead and use Poison Sting 3x against him! Netune! Use Grow against Xatu! Then go ahead to spam Water Gun 3x! If Xatu faint use against Wingull! If any of you get hurt (half of the HP) I use a Potion!"

Leer Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Intimidate (0) - Actions (4) = 4d6
Effect: Reduce foes Defenses. Affect all foes.

Poison Sting Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Channel (3) - Actions (5/6/7) = 6d6/5d6/4d6
Damage: Power (1) + STR (3) + STAB (1) + Poison Bard (1) = 6d6
Effect: 1D3 To poison.

Grow Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Perform (0) - Actions (4) = 4d6
Effect: Reduce foes STR. Affect all foes.

Water Gun Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Channel (3) - Actions (5/6/7) = 6d6/5d6/4d6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3) + STAB (1) + Rain (1) = 6d6
Effect: None. Only sheer strengh.

Bird Keeper Gray Round 1

Leer 1
(6)(3)(1)(6)
-1 Def for Wingull and Xatu

Wingull loops past both your Pokemon. They don't even realize they've been cut until Wingull is already up in the air again!

Air Cutter 1
4 Dex + 3 + 1 -3 actions = 5d6
(5)(5)(3)(3)(3)
3 Str + 2 power +1 stab -4 vit = 2d6
(2)(5) Heart's Pokemon take 1 dmg

Xatu is less acrobatic than Wingull, but dances a stiff dance like the waving of semaphore flags across the battlefield. Comes up behind Caesar and pecks him good.

Peck 1
(5)(4)(4)(5)(6) Critical hit
(5)(5)(3)(2) Nidorino takes 2 dmg 5/8hp -1 pain
Poison Point: (4)(6)(4) Xatu became poisoned

Growl 1
(2)(4)(6)(6)
-1 Str for Gray's Pokemon

Poison Sting 2
(1)(2)(6)(4)(4)(1)
(5)(5)(3)(2) Xatu takes 2 dmg 6/8hp -1 pain.

Air Slash 2
(3)(2)(3)(4)
(3) Thanks to Growl, no damage. Wingull doesn't get close enough to overcome their defenses properly.

Confuse Ray 2 on Caesar
(5)(3)(3) Nidorino became confused!


Water Gun 2
(6)(6)(5)(4)
(5)(2)(1)(6) Xatu takes 1 dmg 4/8hp  pain



Poison Sting 2

(4)(5)(1)(6)
(5)(4)(1)(4) Xatu takes 3 dmg 1/8hp -3 pain

Water Pulse 3 on Mudkip
(1)(1)(5) Mudkip hops on the ring and uses it to launch himself toward Xatu. Xatu attempts one final peck.

Peck 3
(6)
(1)

But Mudkip just guns him down!

Water Gun 3
(3)(4)(3)(4)(3)
(3)(5)(4)(6) Xatu faints.

Poison Sting 4
(4)(1)(2)
(6)(6)(5)(2) Wingull takes 3 dmg 3/6hp -2 pain

Water Gun 4
(5)(3)(6)(5)
(4)(6)(5)(4) -1 = 3 dmg. Wingull faints.

"Hm, well, they're more acrobats than fighters, so there!"

"Well, not bad. Youre birds its kind quick. But me and my pokemons are more sturdy than you think." With that say, Heart praise his two fighters. "Incredible you two. You were awesome. Even you Netune. The way you have use the Water Pulse to impulse you...just genius. You two have a rest. We gonna finish this quick." With that say, Heart return both Caesar and Netune. "Welp. Time to bring the end of this battle. Koa and Typhon! Time to you both come to the battlefield!" Then Heart bring the evolved dragon and the eletric eel, both excited to go foward to the battle.

"That's a bit like my plan!" She sends out a Bagon and a Mothim.

Koa: (5)
Typon: (3)
Bagon: (1)
Mothim: (1)

[Iron]

The Egg Checker reveals it's a Dunsparce with a pedigree that will hatch on Day 69. All is well.


Duskull, heads out to the south. A few minutes later, a Stantler comes bounding past! Excellent pray for Manectric, maybe a little bigger than Genie would normally go for.

There's a problem, though: Duskull hasn't come back into view.

Terra frown evolves from its usual stoicism to full blown severity once it dawned on him that his spooky specter hasn't returned. He snapped his sight towards Melly and Genie and lets out a high pitched whistle to get their attention, which was immediately follow by him barking out orders.

"Melly, Genie, Duskull has gone missing. *Looks at his dog* Melly, pursue Stanler alone. Catch them or not, its good practice.  Genie, with me. We will search for him. You from the sky, and me from ground."

Not a moment after saying that the martial man was already on the trail of Duskull, with his Dragon Djinni of the Desert rushing ahead in the skies to assist and the lightning wolf continuing the hunt! 

Order: Melly will continuing hunting the Stanler by herself (She has a Chesto Berry on her, btw), while Terra and Genie form a search party to look for Duskull, with the dragoness searching from the air and him sweeping the ground. Let's gogogo , mates!

Manectric's Dex: (5)(1)
Stantler's Dex: (5)(3)(5)

Stantler escapes, but Manectric gets to have a grand old time chasing it through the meadow. He does manage to zap it a few times right before it disappears into the brush.

Survival+Alert: (3)(1)(4)(6)(6)(1)(3) = 3 successes
Duskull will use its own Survival+Stealth: (6)(5)(4)(1)(1)(6) = 3 successes

Terra and Genie don't catch up with Duskull, but they do find a Drowzee unconscious in one direction, SW. That way leads toward a spur of the Great Divide. With Terra's high Survival, he can be pretty confident Duskull was the perpetrator of this hunt.

[Iron]

Yeah, Tanuki also has a towel! A white and plain one.

Much like with Heart, Tanuki sends a Pokeball spinning through the tubes, and a mini panda comes teetering out!

Tropius: (6) = 6 = 12
Spinda: (3) + 8 = 11

[Dragonstrike]

Since Tropius starts thrashing her tail to accentuate Nathan's point, the crowd finally takes the hint and leaves. Calmed, Tropius starts uprooting saplings and bushes and eating them, roots and all.

Hungry giant sauropod, that's for sure.  But given that she probably needs all that nutrition due to still being a 'newborn', Nathan doesn't really have many complaints for the time being.

In fact, this is a good opportunity to observe how D?-Tropius uses Cut...it might not be the ultra powerful version, but it is still a strong field move.  And perfect for trimming those smaller plants for easy consumption.

Nathan also takes some time to try and get Pulse and Porygon-Z to focus on getting back in practice.  They've been out of the action for awhile, so some practice with their STABs would likely be a good refresher.

Nathan was going to maybe try getting in some tutoring practice to see how well he might do with it...but then he remembers that he didn't bring Grid with him.  Derp!  Ah well, he can spend the time reviewing what he remembers Shiva doing instead...

Training session for D?-Tropius, Porygon-Z, and Pulse!

Oh, and how are those Casteliacones that Pulse was keeping refridgerated doing?  They both still there?  Need to question the Frost Rotom about that during this time, too.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Spoiler

Cool, that will be an easier battle, but with Amulet Coin you'll still get a decent payout.


Here comes a very speedy Wingull and a Xatu. The trainer smiles as she summons her Pokemon. "My birds are the acrobats of the sky!"

Caesar: (6) + 7 = 13
Wingull: (4) + 4 Dex + 4* Survival = 12
Xatu: (4) + 7 = 11
Neptune: (3) + 7 = 10

Bird Keeper Gray Round 1

"Thats is what we gonna see! Caesar! Use Leer against Xatu to reduce his strenghs! Then go ahead and use Poison Sting 3x against him! Netune! Use Grow against Xatu! Then go ahead to spam Water Gun 3x! If Xatu faint use against Wingull! If any of you get hurt (half of the HP) I use a Potion!"

Leer Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Intimidate (0) - Actions (4) = 4d6
Effect: Reduce foes Defenses. Affect all foes.

Poison Sting Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Channel (3) - Actions (5/6/7) = 6d6/5d6/4d6
Damage: Power (1) + STR (3) + STAB (1) + Poison Bard (1) = 6d6
Effect: 1D3 To poison.

Grow Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Perform (0) - Actions (4) = 4d6
Effect: Reduce foes STR. Affect all foes.

Water Gun Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Channel (3) - Actions (5/6/7) = 6d6/5d6/4d6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3) + STAB (1) + Rain (1) = 6d6
Effect: None. Only sheer strengh.

Bird Keeper Gray Round 1

Leer 1
(6)(3)(1)(6)
-1 Def for Wingull and Xatu

Wingull loops past both your Pokemon. They don't even realize they've been cut until Wingull is already up in the air again!

Air Cutter 1
4 Dex + 3 + 1 -3 actions = 5d6
(5)(5)(3)(3)(3)
3 Str + 2 power +1 stab -4 vit = 2d6
(2)(5) Heart's Pokemon take 1 dmg

Xatu is less acrobatic than Wingull, but dances a stiff dance like the waving of semaphore flags across the battlefield. Comes up behind Caesar and pecks him good.

Peck 1
(5)(4)(4)(5)(6) Critical hit
(5)(5)(3)(2) Nidorino takes 2 dmg 5/8hp -1 pain
Poison Point: (4)(6)(4) Xatu became poisoned

Growl 1
(2)(4)(6)(6)
-1 Str for Gray's Pokemon

Poison Sting 2
(1)(2)(6)(4)(4)(1)
(5)(5)(3)(2) Xatu takes 2 dmg 6/8hp -1 pain.

Air Slash 2
(3)(2)(3)(4)
(3) Thanks to Growl, no damage. Wingull doesn't get close enough to overcome their defenses properly.

Confuse Ray 2 on Caesar
(5)(3)(3) Nidorino became confused!


Water Gun 2
(6)(6)(5)(4)
(5)(2)(1)(6) Xatu takes 1 dmg 4/8hp  pain



Poison Sting 2

(4)(5)(1)(6)
(5)(4)(1)(4) Xatu takes 3 dmg 1/8hp -3 pain

Water Pulse 3 on Mudkip
(1)(1)(5) Mudkip hops on the ring and uses it to launch himself toward Xatu. Xatu attempts one final peck.

Peck 3
(6)
(1)

But Mudkip just guns him down!

Water Gun 3
(3)(4)(3)(4)(3)
(3)(5)(4)(6) Xatu faints.

Poison Sting 4
(4)(1)(2)
(6)(6)(5)(2) Wingull takes 3 dmg 3/6hp -2 pain

Water Gun 4
(5)(3)(6)(5)
(4)(6)(5)(4) -1 = 3 dmg. Wingull faints.

"Hm, well, they're more acrobats than fighters, so there!"

"Well, not bad. Youre birds its kind quick. But me and my pokemons are more sturdy than you think." With that say, Heart praise his two fighters. "Incredible you two. You were awesome. Even you Netune. The way you have use the Water Pulse to impulse you...just genius. You two have a rest. We gonna finish this quick." With that say, Heart return both Caesar and Netune. "Welp. Time to bring the end of this battle. Koa and Typhon! Time to you both come to the battlefield!" Then Heart bring the evolved dragon and the eletric eel, both excited to go foward to the battle.

"That's a bit like my plan!" She sends out a Bagon and a Mothim.

Koa: (5)
Typon: (3)
Bagon: (1)
Mothim: (1)

"Oho. Dragon vs Dragon then. Thats interesting. Lets do our best! Koa! Pump your strengh and speed with Dragon Dance! go ahead with one Dual Chop then Dragon Claw against Bagon! (Using 28 XP to unlock the move Dragon Claw from Koa). Typhon! Time to show your new buff move! Use Coil! Then summon the static of your body with Spark 3x against Mothim! In case Mothim Faint use Heabutt against Bagon! Show the results of your training and the power of your evolutions!"


Dragon Dance Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Performal (0) - Actions (4) = 4d6
Effect: Increase Strengh and Dex of the user

Dual Chop Accuracy: Dex (4/*5 if DD work) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Accuracy (1) - Actions (5/6) = 5d6/4d6 or with DD: 6d6/5d6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3/*4) + STAB (1) + SE against Bagon (1) = 6d6+1 or 7d6+1
Effect: Double Action. Dont forget the Razor Claw effect with the 1D6 chance Flinch each hit.

Dragon Claw Accuracy: Dex (4/*5) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Actions (7) = 4d6 or 5d6
Damage: Power (3) + STR (3/*4) + STAB (1) + SE (1) = 7d6+1 or 8d6+1
Effect: None. Only raw strengh. But dont forget the Razor Claw effect.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Manectric's Dex: (5)(1)
Stantler's Dex: (5)(3)(5)

Stantler escapes, but Manectric gets to have a grand old time chasing it through the meadow. He does manage to zap it a few times right before it disappears into the brush.

Survival+Alert: (3)(1)(4)(6)(6)(1)(3) = 3 successes
Duskull will use its own Survival+Stealth: (6)(5)(4)(1)(1)(6) = 3 successes

Terra and Genie don't catch up with Duskull, but they do find a Drowzee unconscious in one direction, SW. That way leads toward a spur of the Great Divide. With Terra's high Survival, he can be pretty confident Duskull was the perpetrator of this hunt.

While the Electric Fenrir was having a blast scaring that poor old Stantler, her master and his dragoness were distinctly not upon the discovery of Duskull's 'catch' and the heading it indicated they were heading: The Great Divide. Terra's severe frown had transitioned to full blown thunderous, his eyes shadowed and hands clenched into all to menacing fists, while Genie outwardly looked calm to the world, were it not for her narrowed eyes, her furiously twitching tip of her tail, and the humming of her wings turning almost grating.

After only a few minutes staring at the evidence before him, the simple monk straightened up and let out a whistle that resounded throughout the area, and within seconds Melly had rushed to their side, using Quick Attack to cover the distance. Looking over at both his feminine partners, the rugged wander then looked directly at the spur his spooky specter most likely and pointed at it.

"Genie, Melly, the Big Hunt is over. Now, we hunt Duskull. Move out."

Saying that with utmost gravity and finality, Terra and his Pokémon set out to find their newest partner. Come hell's peak and craggy doom, he would NOT let his Duskull escape him and his command without a damning amount of effort.

Orders: Summon Melly to Terra's side, then have all three begin searching AND hunting for Duskull. Genie will be searching by sky like usual, Melly scout ahead with Quick Attack and use her keen senses to sniff out the trail the Ghost has gone, while the mountain of the man basically acts to double check/sweep the areas that his search party has already covered to pick up anything they might have missed. My character isn't going to let his newest partner try to escape him and his attempts to whip them into a noble exemplar of its species without a struggle, so this hunt will not abate in the slightest until its literally impossible for Terra or any of his Pokémon to continue it. He's THAT determined.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Round 1, press Start!

With much interest and attention Shiva tries to path the tossed Ball takes within the tubes (Tropius does as well as his head snaps around whenever he hears something), she blatantly failed to smirk and laugh in a held back but joyful manner as a cute Spinda came stumbling from somewhere, looking just as confused as her own one after Yena toyed with her yesterday. As much as she enjoyed that she had to avert her gaze a little or at least take care to not watch Spinda tumbling around for too long or else she'll gets just as dazed. She calls out for Tropius and advices the same thing to him, "Stay concentrated and focused on your opponent though! Just...not TOO concentrated. Rather absorb the hidden nutrients of the Seed I gave you to become even greener or sweeter in case of your fruit, then try to land a hit with Razor Leaf, please."

"I'd almost BET you got that Spinda from somewhere within Mount Sentry, didn't you, Tanuki?" ^v^ *telling smile and crossing of arms*


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Accuracy Roll Growth 1: 3 Dext + 3 Survival + 3 Nature - 3 Actions = 6d6
Effect: Grants Tropius +1 Strength as he becomes greener.
Secondary Effect: Sucker Punch fails if that is Spinda's order!

Accuracy Roll Razor Leaf 2: 3 Dext + 2 Fight + 4 Channel - 1 reduced Accuracy - 4 Actions = 4d6
Accuracy Roll Razor Leaf 3: 3 Dext + 2 Fight + 4 Channel - 1 reduced Accuracy - 5 Actions = 3d6
Damage Roll: 4*Strength if Growth succeeds + 2 power of the move + 1 STAB + 1 held Miracle Seed = 8d6. whoawh.
Additional notes: Ironically has a High Crit chance on stumbling Spinda, hits all foes so it's not affected by Tangled Feet.