Round Seventeen
blazheirio889 (XO)
Khao (M)
Health: 37%
Energy: 16%
Chills: 0/5
- Woozy from fatigue and blood loss. Confused (severe). Paralyzed (severe). +1 Attack, +1 Defense
Alraunne (XO)
Mei (F)
Health: 36%
Energy: 18%
Chills: 0/5
- Holding her paws over the gash in her chest.
Both pokémon, weary and weakened by the last round, are glad to have some time off to rest. The harsh calls from the forest are of no concern to Mei, and she gratefully settles down to chill, still holding her paws over the stinging wound in her chest. Khao would like to rest easy, too, but his body seems to have other plans. His coughs turn to gagging chokes as the muscles in his throat seize up, and the cyndaquil less lies down than he does topple forward, limbs frozen in place and face contorted in horror. He doesn't really need to move around to chill, of course, but this isn't the most
relaxing situation he could dream up.
Fortunately, his limbs gradually loosen up while he rests. Eventually, Khao is able to pick himself back up, testing his limbs and tentatively flaring the fire on his back. The rest has done a little to relieve his confusion, too, but his coordination still isn't what it could be--and when Mei abruptly tackles him from the side, knocking him back onto his rump, the cyndaquil is even more perplexed; he could have
sworn she was lying down just a second ago.
The pachirisu's quick attack does more than knock the cyndaquil down again, though. Another stab of pain awakens Khao's most primal instincs, the drive for self-preservation lending him dangerous new strength. The cyndaquil's back flames roar higher, and before Mei's startled eyes a red aura starts to flicker around the little fire type. The flames swirl back around, surrounding Khao entirely, and the newly powered-up cyndaquil curls up and rolls right into Mei, bowling her over and leaving her to roll around on the ground herself, beating out the fire in her fur.
Even blaze can't save Khao from the fickle attention of his paralysis, though; no sooner have the flames around his body gone out than he finds himself unable to move again, forced to do his best to relax and wait for his limbs to start obeying him again. A rather singed Mei just curls up where she lies, eager to take advantage of any respite in order to beat back her fatigue. The two pokémon's vacations are about to get short, though. A great cloud of large shapes bursts out of the woods, keening cries preceding them as they swoop down at the pokémon who have infringed upon their territory.
Mei sits bolt upright, shielding her eyes with a paw. Her heart starts to hammer as she recognizes the shrieking pokémon descending on her as staraptor--exactly the kind of pokémon to
eat little rodenty pokémon like Khao and herself. There's too many for her to hope to make a stand, even with her electricity; cursing her battle injuries, the pachirisu turns tail and flees as the staraptor descend. Khao's strangled squeal from behind her, and the anxious yells from the trainers that indicate that the humans aren't being spared, either, only spur her on. The sound of wings behind her lets the pachirisu know when to dart to the side, and a big bird goes sailing past, already letting out a cry of disappointment. But another attack follows the first, and Mei stumbles, sliding to a halt in the grass. She's on her feet again in a moment, but a dark shadow has already fallen over her; a big male staraptor blocks her path, the air around him humming with power and vicious intent fairly
rolling off him.
Mei cowers as spinning orbs gather in the air around the bird, glittering in the sunlight, and with a flick of his wings the staraptor sends the wheeling balls of energy shooting at Mei, slamming her back into the grass. The Mei whimpers and covers her face with her tail, all courage gone, and waits for the next blow to come.
All that happens, though, is that the staraptor lets out an angry shriek and takes off, wheeling around towards the forest and flying off with an aerodactyl hot on his heels. As Mei glances up, she catches sight of the same pokémon chasing away a staraptor that had apparently been pecking at Khao. By this point, the whole flock is on the retreat, the referee's aerodactyl sweeping along behind them to make sure they don't change their minds about turning around and coming back.
blazheirio889 (XO)
Khao (M)
Health: 25%
Energy: 25%
Chills: 2/5
- Whimpering with terror. Blaze activated. Confused (mild). Paralyzed (moderate). +1 Defense
Alraunne (XO)
Mei (F)
Health: 21%
Energy: 33%
Chills: 2/5
- Rather traumatized. Now a few meters away from Khao.
Terrain Notes
There are three holes in the field, two leading down to the same tunnel, with the third and smaller tunnel intersecting the other two about halfway along their length. In the forest, the staraptor are stirring.
Final Notes
- The discomfort of paralysis caused Khao to recover less energy than he ordinarily would for both of his chills.
- The staraptor used pluck on Khao and hidden power (steel) on Mei.
- Alraunne attacks first next round.
