[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Milotic thinks about each question carefully before answering.

1. No, unfortunately, I do not know what is plaguing the mountain.  All I know is that it's causing many dangerous pokemon to show up in large numbers.

2. I have always lived here, yes.  Though the place has shifted and changed much recently.  I've lost track of where exactly I am relative to where I was originally located.  The underwater tunnels here were confusing enough before things started changing.

3. I heard Rampardos's roars coming from the upper levels.  I know little else about them other than they suddenly appeared here without warning one day.  As for that Steelix...it has been leaving trails of diamond dust all throughout the corridors as it's been patrolling the mountain.  Why, I don't know, but I could tell it's an incredibly powerful pokemon.  I would avoid it if I were you.

4. I can't say I've had much opportunity to learn of such things.  Being an aquatic being, I'm rather confined to these waters, and my knowledge is limited mostly to things relating to the mountain.  Such pictures certainly haven't been showing up in my underwater tunnels, I can say that much.

5. I'm afraid I can't answer that one.  The paths have shifted too much recently.  The original path up the mountain doesn't seem to exist anymore.

6. Kitsunoh?  I'm afraid I haven't heard that name before.  Someone you know?

7. Unfortunately not.  There was an orange haired woman passing through earlier, looking rather lost...but her eyes were a lighter blue, and her skin a lighter shade.  An Espeon was accompanying her.  It eyed me warily, but we left each other well enough alone, and that was that.

[Dragonstrike]

3 - Yeah. Get the unfortanely chance to meet Primal Rampador in person. While I was doing research about those walls, Primal Rampardos attack me. Me and my Pokemon was able to dispatch him. Dont worry, we did not kill him, only faint him. Right now, he is under the care of professor Rowan, a ally of us. We make sure he will have a place to go after this whole crisis be resolved. Also, yeah I gonna avoid that Pokemon for sure. If he is that strong...well, I would like to capture still. Such powerful Pokemon could help us figure out what the hell is happening here.

6 - More like what. He is some kind of Pokemon who is a mix of wolf and fox. They have a white mask, and have the ability to hide in the shadows. They were suppose to be extinct hundred years ago by humans...but the Leaders of Tsukinami believe they are still alive and have something related to this crisis. Did you see a Pokemon with such description recently?

3. I do not think that Steelix will be so easily captured.  It seemed far, far stronger than most anything else I have ever encountered in my lifetime.  You may not be able to capture it unless it allows you to.

6. No, I have not.  If such a creature truly still exists, I have not seen it within this mountain's interior.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"...o-okay..."  The orange haired stranger tries to calm down and relax a little, however reluctantly.  Espeon, however, is still tense.  Everything is quiet...

*rolls*

Suddenly, the psychic cat stands on all fours and hisses at the water in the middle of the lake as it begins to bubble!  Scizor starts at the sudden aggression from the otherwise perfectly calm pokemon!  But then he sees what Espeon is hissing at, and he realizes he would have completely missed it were it not for the feline's vigilance!

"Randolph, watch out!  It's headed right for you!"

The Subterranean Lake: Elder's Recess Large Monster Theme - Monster Hunter World

As Randolph turns to see why Lucas is suddenly yelling from the other side of the shore, he sees a Gyarados burst out of the water and attack the Champ and his pokemon!!

And then just as suddenly, ANOTHER burst of water in the middle of the lake jerks Randolph's attention away from Lucas, as a second Gyarados is headed right towards the rest of the group!!  The orange haired woman tries to back away from the water as quickly as she can in pure terror.  "...th-that's it...th-the bl-black aura..."  Randolph, however, sees no such thing when he looks at the sea serpent.

Randolph has one Round of warning thanks to Espeon.  After that first Round, the Gyarados will be upon them.

At seeing two Gyarados popping out of the lake in rapid succession, and one of them heading straight for him and the rest of the mini-group, Ran only has this to say:

"OH FICK UNS ALLES IM TIEFEN BLAUEN MEER!"

Translation: OH FUCK US ALL DOWN THE DEEP BLUE SEA!

Acting with a speed one wouldn't expect from such a small man, the bristly blacksmith leaps to his and turns to Scizors and barks at them "GET THE LASS AWAY FROM HERE, NOW, AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME!"

Then he promptly summons his newly acquired Selkid, and before she could start to panic themselves at the big and angry sea dragon surging towards them all, oh gods he starts issues issuing her commands!

"STAY CALM! CAST A LUCKY CHANT, AND TRY TO STOP THAT GYARADOS IN ITS RIPTIDE WITH A WHIRLPOOL!"

Finally, he turns to Diam, who's not looking too spiritedly anymore at the foe that huge and ferocious, scowling at them with a vigor born of FEAR and DEFAINCE.

"DIAM, CALM YOURSELF, AND USE YOUR FORESIGHT TO TRY AND SEE WHAT'S GOT THE LASS SO FREAKED OUT!"

With that, he rips his Key Stone out from somewhere and readies for his gemlin to Mega Evolve, glaring at the Gyarados and not. Backing. Down!

"COME AND GET IT, SMALL FRY!!!"

Orders: If we have one Round of prep before it gets here, it's time to make the most of it! Have Selkid use Lucky Chant to banish some aspect of bad luck from this Encounter, then try and trap the Gyarados in a Whirlpool to get it stuck in and slow it down! However, if it's possible, have her instead Sing it to Sleep first, THEN use Whirlpool and Lucky Chant, as neither I nor Ran want to deal with a awake Gyarados if possible! Meanwhile, Diam will be Megaed ASAP, then use Calm Mind to buff herself, then use Foresight to try and figure out what so wrong with the big o' fishie that's got O.H.W. all freaked out! If it's possible, though, have them use Calm Mind, Foresight and then Confuse Ray on Gyarados! That's it, so let's get ready to RUUUMBLE!

Moves:

Sing (If Possible)
Accuracy: Special + Contest + Performance - 5 Accuracy - 2 Actions = 2D6 Base Dice
Effect: Sleep the beast!
Note: Burn a Willpoint to make it hit!

Lucky Chant
Accuracy: Cute (*4 [Her Boosted Attribute!]) + Contest + Performance - 2/6 Accuracy (Depending on que) = 8 or 2D6 Base Dice
Effect: Ignore one set of (1)(1)s in all Rolls (1 set for each), Prevent Crits, and maybe a Plot relative boon if you're feeling generous!
Note: ALSO burn a Conditional Willpoint here!

Whirlpool
Accuracy: SPE + Fight + Channel (3) - 2 Accuracy - 4 Actions = 3D6 Base Dice
Damage: Doesn't Matter; Probably only 1D6 -1 !
Effect: Block Target, and deal 2D6 Typeless Damage at the end of each Round!

Calm Mind 
Accuracy: Insight (*5 [After Mega]) + Fight (3) + Channel (2) - 2 Actions = 8D6 Base Dice
Effect: + 1 SPE and S.DEF !

Foresight
Accuracy: Insight + Survival (2) + Alert (2) - 4 Actions = 5D6 Base Dice
Effect: Find stuff out about that Gyarados, and maybe find out what it's about to do!

Confuse Ray (If possible)
Accuracy: Special (*3) + Fight (3) + Channel (2) - 6 Actions = 2D6 Base Dice
Effect: Confuse it too!
Note: If Gyarados is Asleep by the time Diam would cast CR and that would prevent it from being Confused, pivot to Night Shade (Same Accuracy Roll) instead.

[Dragonstrike]

Scizor salutes to Randolph, and with his incredible speed, helps the woman get away from the water's edge (and the fight) in record time!

Espeon stays to fight alongside Randolph and his pokemon, hissing at the giant aquatic snake the entire time.

Gyarados isn't quite in range of attacks yet, so self buffing is gonna have to do!

Gyarados Round 0

Randolph's newly acquired siren is definitely very intimidated by the prospect of facing a ginormous Gyarados of all things, but she's going to trust Randolph on this one.  The fact that she's no longer trying to survive alone helps a lot with instilling at least a little confidence in her.

Lucky Chant 1 (I think you mixed up the accuracies for Sing and Lucky Chant, btw.)
(6)(2)(4)(2)(6)(4)(2)
A protective song begins to echo throughout the cavern...

As the siren sings her song
Sending a plea to the seas
Rough waters end the calm
Where still water used to be

Whirlpool 2 (this is a good idea, given the situation!  It won't do damage right now, but Gyarados is headed right for it and not stopping!)
(6)(5)(1)
Gyarados will be trapped when it arrives!

Diam cracks her neck and knuckles as she begins Mega Evolving.  Time to get down and dirty, weeheehee!

Calm Mind 1
(4)(3)(4)(3)(6)(3)(4)(4)
+1 Special and Sp. Def for Diam!

Now that she has a giant crystal to look through like a lens and a focused mind to think with, let's see just what exactly we're facing...

Foresight 2
(4)(4)(3)(2)(6)
Gyarados was identified!

Diam starts as she looks through her crystal at Gyarados.  She has to peer through it again just to be sure...but once she's certain, she lets Randolph take a look, a worried look on her face for once.

Without the crystal, all Randolph sees is a big, scary fish.  But with the crystal...yup, there it is.  He can see it now.  A black aura that looks almost like a dark shadow surrounding the pokemon, invisible to the naked eye.

It's ominous looking, to say the least.  And that Gyarados looks rather crazed now that Randolph's taking a closer look at it...

Espeon begins setting up perimeter defenses.  It seems to be incredibly well trained.

Future Sight 1
12 - 2 = 10
(5)(6)(4)(3)(4)(6)(5)(3)(2)(1)
This is gonna hurt when it hits!  Crit!

Reflect 2
(6)(1)(3)(2)(2)(1)(3)(5)

Light Screen 3
(4)(4)(2)(4)(1)(1)
*schwing!*  Two protective barriers, first class delivery!

Espeon calmly begins pacing as it waits for its opponent to arrive. Randolph gets the sense that it's familiar with dealing with these kinds of situations.

Selkid watches the giant pokemon nervously, but maintains her concentration on the Whirlpool. 

Diam grimly stares it down, glancing through her crystal every so often to double and triple check that she isn't seeing things...

...and then the Gyarados charges straight at the shore, completely heedless of the whirlpool, roaring!  It sounds almost as crazed as a Mega Gyarados even though it's clearly a normal one!

Initiatives
Espeon: (5) + 8 = 13
Selkid: (4) + 9 = 13
Gyarados: (2) + 10 = 12
Diam: (3) + 6* = 9

Wait, that's weird.  Why are both Selkid and Gyarados almost faster than the seemingly well trained Espeon? Heck, even Diam could probably keep up with them somehow if she wasn't Mega Evolved.  Well, no time to think about it right now!  Gyarados's Intimidate lowers the Attack of all of its opponents by 1 as it looms threateningly over Randolph and the pokemon accompanying him!

Gyarados Round 1

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Scizor salutes to Randolph, and with his incredible speed, helps the woman get away from the water's edge (and the fight) in record time!

Espeon stays to fight alongside Randolph and his pokemon, hissing at the giant aquatic snake the entire time.

Gyarados isn't quite in range of attacks yet, so self buffing is gonna have to do!

Gyarados Round 0

Randolph's newly acquired siren is definitely very intimidated by the prospect of facing a ginormous Gyarados of all things, but she's going to trust Randolph on this one.  The fact that she's no longer trying to survive alone helps a lot with instilling at least a little confidence in her.

Lucky Chant 1 (I think you mixed up the accuracies for Sing and Lucky Chant, btw.)
(6)(2)(4)(2)(6)(4)(2)
A protective song begins to echo throughout the cavern...

As the siren sings her song
Sending a plea to the seas
Rough waters end the calm
Where still water used to be

Whirlpool 2 (this is a good idea, given the situation!  It won't do damage right now, but Gyarados is headed right for it and not stopping!)
(6)(5)(1)
Gyarados will be trapped when it arrives!

Diam cracks her neck and knuckles as she begins Mega Evolving.  Time to get down and dirty, weeheehee!

Calm Mind 1
(4)(3)(4)(3)(6)(3)(4)(4)
+1 Special and Sp. Def for Diam!

Now that she has a giant crystal to look through like a lens and a focused mind to think with, let's see just what exactly we're facing...

Foresight 2
(4)(4)(3)(2)(6)
Gyarados was identified!

Diam starts as she looks through her crystal at Gyarados.  She has to peer through it again just to be sure...but once she's certain, she lets Randolph take a look, a worried look on her face for once.

Without the crystal, all Randolph sees is a big, scary fish.  But with the crystal...yup, there it is.  He can see it now.  A black aura that looks almost like a dark shadow surrounding the pokemon, invisible to the naked eye.

It's ominous looking, to say the least.  And that Gyarados looks rather crazed now that Randolph's taking a closer look at it...

Espeon begins setting up perimeter defenses.  It seems to be incredibly well trained.

Future Sight 1
12 - 2 = 10
(5)(6)(4)(3)(4)(6)(5)(3)(2)(1)
This is gonna hurt when it hits!  Crit!

Reflect 2
(6)(1)(3)(2)(2)(1)(3)(5)

Light Screen 3
(4)(4)(2)(4)(1)(1)
*schwing!*  Two protective barriers, first class delivery!

Espeon calmly begins pacing as it waits for its opponent to arrive.  Randolph gets the sense that it's familiar with dealing with these kinds of situations.

Selkid watches the giant pokemon nervously, but maintains her concentration on the Whirlpool. 

Diam grimly stares it down, glancing through her crystal every so often to double and triple check that she isn't seeing things...

...and then the Gyarados charges straight at the shore, completely heedless of the whirlpool, roaring!  It sounds almost as crazed as a Mega Gyarados even though it's clearly a normal one!

Initiatives
Espeon: (5) + 8 = 13
Selkid: (4) + 9 = 13
Gyarados: (2) + 10 = 12
Diam: (3) + 6* = 9

Wait, that's weird.  Why are both Selkid and Gyarados almost faster than the seemingly well trained Espeon?  Heck, even Diam could probably keep up with them somehow if she wasn't Mega Evolved.  Well, no time to think about it right now!  Gyarados's Intimidate lowers the Attack of all of its opponents by 1 as it looms threateningly over Randolph and the pokemon accompanying him!

Gyarados Round 1

Ran shares in his garnet gemlin's concern as he now sees the black aura what the ginger haired lass was so scared by, eyebrows raised and the hairs on his neck standing on end as he fully percieves the wrongness of it.

"By Giratina's gold crown....what's wrong with this Gyarados?! It's like....it's corrupted by pure darkness....!"

He doesn't have much time to mull this disturbing revelation over, though, as soon the sea dragon is upon them, forcing a fierce promptness on his part to take it down!

"SIREN, LULL THE BEAST TO SLEEP WITH YA SINGING VOICE, GIVE IT A ROUND ENCORE, AND FINALLY TRY CHARMING AND KISSING IT! DIAM, CONFUSE IT, THEN TURN ITS OWN POWER AGAINST IT WITH FOUL PLAY AND NIGHT SHADE! SHOW THAT BLUE BEAST JUST 'CAUSE YOUR SMALL DOESN'T MEAN YA POWER AIN'T HUGE!"

Orders: Willpoint Boosted Sing from Selkid, Followed by Round, Charm, and Finally Draining Kiss, and Diam will use Confuse Ray to mind boggle it out of a couple Accuracy Dice, before using Foul Play and Night Shade to bypass her terrible offensive stats to deal some decent Damage to it. If being put to Sleep prevents Confusion, she'll switch to using Zen Headbutt instead, but if it doesn't fall Asleep and tries to attack Espeon or Selkid, she'd try to Cover for them and retaliate with a Metal Burst. Potion will go to either of Ran's Pokemon if their HP drops by 3 or more. Smol girls vs Big boi - who will triumph?!

Moves:

Sing
Accuracy and Effect: Should be the same as last time (Bar any mistakes I made...)
Note: Burn that Willpoint for extra Accuracy!

Round
Accuracy: DEX (3) + Contest (3) + Perform (3) - 4 Actions = 5D6 Base Dice
Damage: SPE (3) + 2 = 5D6 Base Special Damage
Effect: If another Pokemon uses Round, they can do so at the same time as this users (and vice versa), + add 3 Damage Dice to the Move

Charm
Accuracy: Cute (*4) + Contest (3) + Allure (3) - 6 Actions = 4D6 Base Dice
Effect: - 2 STR !

Draining Kissu!
Accuracy: Insight (*4) + Contest (3) + Allure (3) - 8 Actions = 2 D5 Base Dice
Damage: STR (*1) + 1 + STAB = 2D6 Base Damage
Effect: Restore 1/2 Damage dealt as HP (min. 1; doesn't use Will)

Confuse Ray
Accuracy: SPE (*3) + Fight (3) + Channel (2) - 2 Actions = 6D6 Base Dice
Effect: Confuse it too!!

Zen Headbutt (If Confuse Ray wouldn't work)
Accuracy: DEX (1) + Fight (3) + Brawl (2) - 1 Accuracy - 2 Actions = 3D6 Base Dice
Damage: STR (2) + 3 = 5D6 Base Damage
Effect: *Flinch 3*

Metal Burst (If Sleep fails entirely and Diam tanks some Damage)
Effect: Same as Confuse Ray
Damage: Damage Dealt by Target + 2 Damage Dice
Effect: Counter Move

Foul Play
Accuracy: 2D6 Base Dice
Damage: Foe's STR + 3 + STAB = ??? Base Damage
Effect: Uses Foe's STR for Damage Calc.

Night Shade
Accuracy: 2D6 Base Dice
Damage: 3D6 Flat Damage
Effect: Does Flat Damage Based on User's Lv/10, rounded down (34/3 = 3)

[Dragonstrike]

Gyarados Round 1

Espeon listens to Randolph's orders as well, and does their own strategizing based on those!  Since Randolph is going for a Confusion based debilitation strategy, Espeon skillfully scoops up some sand and throws it into Gyarados's eyes!

Sand Attack 1
(4)(1)(4)(2)(5)(4)(3)(6)(4)(4)
-1 Accuracy for Gyarados!

Selkid softly sings, hoping against all odds that her usual strategy of soothing the savage beast with music will work on this monster.  Her voice is quiet, soft, and almost unnaturally beautiful.

Sing 1
(4)(1)(3)(6*) Spend that Will Point!
Gyarados falls Asleep!

Wake Up 1
(6)(2)(4)(2) 2/5

Diam tries to reflect off of her gem what little light there is in the room to counteract the darkness that's taken hold of this Gyarados.

Confuse Ray 1
(5)(4)(1)(5)(6)(2)
Gyarados was Confused! -2 more Accuracy

Espeon encourages Diam!  They can do this, together!  In Espeon's experience, no danger is too great with teamwork!  *clap clap clapclapclap*

Helping Hand 2
10 - 4 = 6
(6)(2)(1)(5)(3)(1)
Espeon's lending Diam a Helping Hand!

Selkid continues to sing, trying her best to contribute even if she isn't confident she's helping much.

Round 2
(6)(4)(5)(2)(2)
(4)(1) Gyarados takes 1 damage 24/25 HP

Unfortunately, that seems to cause Gyarados to stir in its sleep!  Eep!

Wake Up 2
(6)(6)(5)(1) 5/5
Gyarados wakes up!  And it looks angry!  Randolph gets the impression that Sing isn't going to work a second time!

Diam cackles, ready to get this show on the road.  It's go time!  Let's deal some damage!  Weeheehee!  That fish isn't gonna know what hit it, because it's gonna be its own tail doing all the work as it bounces off of her indestructible gemstone while it's thrashing around carelessly!

Foul Play 2
(2)(1)(6)(5)
4 Strength + 3 + STAB + 2 HH - 3 Defense = 7
(6)(2)(3)(5)(2)(4)(2) Gyarados takes 3 damage 21/25 HP -1 Pain

Espeon focuses and crouches low, its eyes aglow with Psychic energy.  A simple move, but an effective one.

Psychic 3
(6)(5)(4)(1)(3)(4)
4 + 3 + STAB + 1 Twisted Spoon - 3 = 6
(6)(4)(2)(2)(2)(2) Gyarados takes 2 damage 19/25 HP -1 Pain
(4)

The small siren, meanwhile, does her best to look as harmless as possible.  If her Singing worked, then maybe...

Charm 3
(2)(3)(4)(5)
-2 Strength for Gyarados!

The black aura temporarily becomes visible without the aid of Diam's crystal, as Gyarados does...something.  Randolph doesn't recognize what kind of move this is, but one thing is for certain: those black shadows that are now rushing from Gyarados to the party probably don't mean anything good!

??? 3
3 Special + 4 Fight + 3 Channel - 6 - 1 - 2 - 1 = 0 D6  
Except the shadows never reach the good guys, and turn on their user instead!
Gyarados hurts itself in its Confusion! 18/25 HP -1 Pain

And that's an opening that Diam will happily exploit.  Shadows are a Ghost/Dark type's greatest weapon, after all!

Night Shade 3
(6)(6)
(6)(6)(5) Gyarados takes 3 damage! 15/25 HP -1 Pain

A focused beam of Psychic energy suddenly breaks through the darkness!  Espeon stand confidently on the shore at one end of it, while Gyarados continues to thrash around in pain on the other.

Psybeam 4
(5)(1)(2)(4)
4 + 2 + STAB + 1 TS - 3 = 5
(6)(5)(5)(1)(1) Gyarados takes 3 damage! 12/25 HP -2 Pain
(-)

Yes, it's working!  Maybe they can do this after all!  Selkid's definitely feeling confident enough to try attacking now!

Draining Kiss 4 (DK is actually Special, not Physical!)
(6)(2)
2 + 3 + STAB - 3 = 3
(6)(3)(2) Gyarados takes 1 damage 11/25 HP -2 Pain

Again, the black aura briefly flares into existence, this time as Gyarados charges straight at one of Randolph's allies, attempting to ram them in a crazed rush!

??? 4
4 Dex + 4 Fight + 4 Brawl - 2 - 8 - 2 - 1 = 0  
Again, the shadows backfire on Gyarados as the serpent hits the shore instead of its intended target!
Gyarados hurts itself in its Confusion! 10/25 HP -2 Pain

Gyarados overcommitted in a blind fury, and it's getting seriously screwed over in its Confusion as a result!  It thrashes around in the water as it tries to swat at opponents that aren't even there, and ends up Biting its own tail!

Bite 5
No accuracy dice left!
Gyarados hurts itself in its Confusion! 9/25 HP -2 Pain

Espeon smirks.

Future Sight
4 + 5 + STAB + 1 TS - 3 + 2 Crit = 10
(6)(6)(3)(1)(6)(3)(2)(6)(5)(4) Gyarados takes 6 damage!!! 3/15 HP -2 Pain!

Whirlpool: (4)(2) Gyarados takes 1 damage. 2/25 HP -2 Pain

A part of Gyarados wants to flee after such an amazing beatdown, but it couldn't even if it wanted to thanks to the Whirlpool!  The black aura briefly becomes visible one more time as it angrily glares at its prey.

Espeon looks at Randolph and nods, that confident smirk still on their face.  All according to plan.  The hunter has now become the hunted.  Now all they need to do is finish it off.

Gyarados Round 2

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Gyarados Round 1

(...)

A part of Gyarados wants to flee after such an amazing beatdown, but it couldn't even if it wanted to thanks to the Whirlpool!  The black aura briefly becomes visible one more time as it angrily glares at its prey.

Espeon looks at Randolph and nods, that confident smirk still on their face.  All according to plan.  The hunter has now become the hunted.  Now all they need to do is finish it off.

Gyarados Round 2

Ran, after seeing his strategy pay off big time in no small part thanks to Espeon, can't help but return their smirk with an savage grin of his own, follow by a bark of laughter!

"Bloody fantastic work, ya Psychic mastermind! Time for us to deliver the coup de grace! "

He turned to face the now almost thoroughly decimated Gyarados, their WRATHFUL GAZE and horrid aura no longer instilling a sense of dread within him! Diam's herself just can't stop cackling at how utterly screwed the titanic aquatic serpent was, all thanks to such simple trickery, while the still unnamed sea sprite....well, I assume she'd still be rightly scared of them, but have a whole lot more confidence in her chance to take it down!

"ALRIGHT, LET'S SINK THIS DAMN GYARADOS! SIREN, DRAINING KISS, ROUND, AND BUBBLE! DIAM, INTERCEPT ANY ATTACK AND BLOCK IT WITH DETECT, THEN RETALIATE WITH A METAL BURST!!!"

Orders: I think Ran's wording of them speaks for themselves, save for a Conditional Willpoint being spent on Draining Kiss if that extra Success would result in it Criting! Potion orders still stand too, just in case things go catastrophically wrong! The fish is about to be fried, so let's take out of the pan and dump it into pure firepower!

Moves:

Draining Kiss
Accuracy: 10D6 - 2 Actions = 8D6 Dice
Damage: 3D6 Damage
Effect: Known

Round
Accuracy: 5D6 Dice
Damage: 2D6 Dice
Effect: Known

Detect
Accuracy: INS (*5) + Survival (2) + Alert (2)- 2 Actions = 7D6 Dice
Effect: - 3 Damage Dice on next Attack (Which couple with Double Screens and *5 Defenses.....weeheehee!)

Metal Burst
Accuracy: 4D6 Base Dice
Damage: Known
Effect: Known
Note: If Gyarados's last Move did no Damage and it's still standing by the time Diam's second set of actions comes up, substitute this Move for Night Shade (Same Accuracy Dice Pool)

[Dragonstrike]

Gyarados Round 2

Espeon's the first to move!  Do they kill steal?  They crouch low again as their eyes glow with power...

Psychic 1
(1)(2)(3)(2)(5)(4)(1)(4)(1)(5)
(6)(4)(1)(3)(4)(5) Gyarados takes 4 damage and faints!
(-)

Gyarados roars one last time as the feline deals the final blow!  It rears up in the air, and that black aura begins to rush out of its body and into the surrounding air!  Espeon merely sits there seemingly without a care in the world and that cocky smirk still on their face, but Diam, Randolph, and Selkid all have to brace themselves, lest they get blown away by the force of the air rushing around them!

Once the last of the black shadows have dissipated, Gyarados collapses, making a huge splash in the water as it does so!  Everyone's soaked!

And so, the sea serpent lays defeated, and its prey is completely untouched.  The surface of the water is still once more.

Espeon shakes off the water that's gotten stuck in its fur, and then turns around to go and check on its charge and let them know the fight's over.

Lucas has dealt with his Gyarados as well by this point, but he looks rather worse off by comparison when he walks over with his pokemon.  His Togekiss seems to have taken some heavy damage and is flying unsteadily, and his Porygon-Z is glitching the f@#$% out.  "...well, that was exciting.  What the hell was up with that Gyarados?  I've never seen anything like that before.  Every time those shadows manifested, my pokemon got decimated.  Was your Gyarados like that too, Randolph?  That black aura and weird, shadowy techniques?"

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Gyarados Round 2

Espeon's the first to move!  Do they kill steal?  They crouch low again as their eyes glow with power...

(...)

Gyarados roars one last time as the feline deals the final blow!  It rears up in the air, and that black aura begins to rush out of its body and into the surrounding air!  Espeon merely sits there seemingly without a care in the world and that cocky smirk still on their face, but Diam, Randolph, and Selkid both have to brace themselves, lest they get blown away by the force of the air rushing around them!

Once the last of the black shadows have dissipated, Gyarados collapses, making a huge splash in the water as it does so!  Everyone's soaked!

And so, the sea serpent lays defeated, and its prey is completely untouched.  The surface of the water is still once more.

Espeon shakes off the water that's gotten stuck in its fur, and then turns around to go and check on its charge and let them know the fight's over.

Lucas has dealt with his Gyarados as well by this point, but he looks rather worse off by comparison when he walks over with his pokemon.  His Togekiss seems to have taken some heavy damage and is flying unsteadily, and his Porygon-Z is glitching the f@#$% out.  "...well, that was exciting.  What the hell was up with that Gyarados?  I've never seen anything like that before.  Every time those shadows manifested, my pokemon got decimated.  Was your Gyarados like that too, Randolph?  That black aura and weird, shadowy techniques?"

Indeed the psychic feline do net the KO, but Ran doesn't give one damn about that, barking off frenetic guffahs that perfectly pairs with his Mega Fiend's wicked, mocking cackles and the hysterically elated giggles of the smol siren as the super-massive carp dragon dramatically flopped. Every one of the little guys are in the throws of crazed laughter at somehow beating a Super Dark Gyarados flawlessly, and NOTHING could diminish the sheer joy and relief of that achievement. Not even from getting drenched by the aftermath of it's Fainting - though it did stop all but Selkid's giggling as Ran and Diam were forced to hack out some water!

Paying no mind to Espeon's momentary departure, he rushes over to scoop up and hug his two partners, a great big grin on his as he started laughing in near estacy from them from that ordeal unscathed and with such APLOMB.

"Hahahahahaha! We did! We beat the snot and that darkness out of that small fry, and all with getting hurt once, hahahahahaha! A wonderful, brilliant, unparalleled victory! Diam, you're getting double diamond meals tonight, and you're going to be getting a few Leppa Berries treats yourself, little siren! Hahahaha, hahahaha! "

Yeah....Ran kinda loses it from how well things went for him. Diam's probably in a similar gleeful state with her getting a double helping of her favorite meal later, while the sea sprite....can't say exactly how she would react, but I suppose she'd be also happy but a bit overwhelmed by her master's exuberance.

The boy hero's hardly does anything to correct this fey mood of the midget miner's, as he turned to address them, still grin and laughing like a loon!

"Gottverdammt it was, lad, hahahahaha! Don't know, don't care, but I guess them two were corrupted by Darkness from what me, Diam, and that ginger lass saw! By what, I also don't know and care! All's that matters is that we survived, and me and mine own survived without that Gyarados touching us one bit with its Darkness powers, hahahahahaha!"

....He's going to be like that for awhile, unless Lucas wants to try snapping him out of it. They'll also probably want to check on how the O.H.W. and Scizors is doing, dragging along Ran if necessary.

Later on, Ran's going to attempt Capture at least one of the Gyarados (both of Lucas doesn't want to nab one), having them Poisoned and Burned by Brigid/Belladona and starting off with Pokeballs to catch it/them (He has 5 currently), moving onto Great Balls if he runs out of them (He has 4 of them)[/b]. Not only were they valuable fishies that would sell extremely well to the most daring of Fisherman/Collectors, but they could be researched before then to see what in the heck was going on with them potentially! Failing that, at least two vicious monsters would no longer plague the first Floor of Mt. Coronet, so it was a win - win for everyone, really!

[Dragonstrike]

Speaking of winning the battle, I owe you some exp!  Espeon, Selkid, and Diam all get 5 exp, and Randolph gets 8 plus an additional 2 for even more Heroism.  Selkid also gets +1 Happiness and Loyalty because she's finally found some companions that can help her defend herself from these massively dangerous pokemon.  She's definitely feeling a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of ecstasy, though.  Hopefully it's not like this all the time...

Lucas does a double take after one of Randolph's comments.  "Hang on, wait, run that by me again.  That lady saw that weird aura too?  I only saw it whenever it used those weird moves.  I caught mine, but...I can't figure out what the hell it was using.  None of the moves it knows seem to match up with those weird, shadowy ones."

These Gyarados are a bit harder to catch than that Tyrantrum was, being Gyarados and all.  12 base Will, -5 from fainting, -3 from Confusion, Burn, and Poison.  Lucas will also ask his Togekiss to Paralyze Ran's for an additional -1 because he's curious about the moves Randolph's Gyarados knows.

Pokeball 1
S: (6)(3)
W: (6)(2)(3)

S: (6)(2)
W: (3)(1)(2)

Gotcha!  Gyarados was caught!

Spoiler

Attributes: 4 Health, 4 Strength, 3 Special, 4 Dex, 3 Defense, 3 Insight
Boosted Social Attribute: Tough
Skills: 4 Fight, 3 Survival, 3 Contest
Specialties: 4 Brawl, 3 Channel, 3 Clash, 3 Alert, 3 Intimidate, 1 Perform
Level: 70
Moves: Splash, Bite, Thrash, Twister, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rage, Ice Fang, Crunch, Scary Face, Aqua Tail, Hyper Beam, Hurricane, Flail, Screech*, Aqua Jet*
Gender: Up to you, but Lucas's will be the opposite gender
Happiness: 1?
Loyalty: 0
Disobedience: 5
Current Ability: Intimidate
Other Abilities: None
HP: 0/25
Will: 12

SURPRISE!: Rerolls all (1) results in its damage rolls once each! (shame it didn't get to use it, because I thought it was a pretty cool idea!)

Lucas peeks at the Gyarados's summary and compares it with his own Gyara's.  "...something just doesn't add up...why do they know Screech and Aqua Jet?  And no sign of those shadowy moves...this is weird..."

At this point, Espeon, Scizor, and the redhead make their way other.  The redhead is leaning on Scizor for support as she walks.

"...so, it's over?  That...monster has been defeated?"

"Yeah, they're gone.  I've actually got a few questions for you now that things have settled down a bit, if you don't mind."

"...uh...sure...okay, I guess..."  She sits down and tries to relax while Lucas fires questions at her.

"So, what'd you say your name was again?"  "My name?  It's...uh...ummmmmm...oh dang it...why can't I remember?  My name is...is..."  She looks rather flustered, so Lucas stops her there.

"...okay, so I guess that means we're probably dealing with a case of amnesia.  Let me ask a question that you might be able to answer then.  Randolph here said something about you being able to see those things' auras.  Was that when they were attacking you, or...?"

"...ummmm...yeah, I could see that.  This weird, shadowy, black aura was surrounding them.  It...wasn't just when I was attacked, though...at least, I don't think so...?  It's...hard to remember, honestly..."

"...alright, I'll stop pestering you, then.  Thank you for humoring me.  I'm Lucas by the way, and as I said earlier, this is Randolph."  The mystery woman waves at both Lucas and Randolph and smiles.

"...thank you, by the way.  Both of you.  I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't walked by."

"Think nothing of it.  Unfortunately, I think we're kinda stuck in here until we solve the mysteries of this mountain, so you should probably stick with us for awhile, alright?"

"...alright."

She then goes quiet as she tries her best to focus and remember...well, anything, really.  Espeon walks up to her and starts being cuddly, and she starts absentmindedly petting the kitty.  It doesn't seem like she realizes she's doing so, either.

Scizor's just leaning up against a wall, arms and legs crossed as he coolly watches the proceedings.  He's ready to go once everyone else is.

Randolph and co. are free to progress to the stairs tile once Team K has finished up their encounter with Milotic.  In the meantime, if there's anything simple that Randolph wishes to do or ask, feel free to do so.