Pre-round
A light breeze began to blow from the North. It would be even colder tomorrow if the wind didn't change direction. Neitelo paced the arena, estimating its dimensions. She stared at the moon and tried to place a name to the color. It wasn't pure white, but wasn't exactly gray either. It also lacked the luminance of sliver. The closest color would be off-white, she decided. But the moon didn't have the yellow portion of off-white.
Prince sat on the handrail, looking at the ground. The cement proved uninteresting, so he lifted his head up. Even though clouds covered part of the sky, their number was more than sufficient for Prince to count. He traced some constellations, though he always though that they were completely random, and that one could see what one wanted in the agglomeration of stars.
Pokémon
Darksong (XOO)
Active
Prince
♂ Piplup with ability Torrent
Health:40%
Energy:62%
Status: Counting the stars
Condition:
Aqua Ring {1%/round},
Badly poisoned {5% this round, 6% next. Capped at 10%},
Very Severely Paralyzed (33%),
Severely Confused (25%),
Attack +2
Frustration ~ Icy Wind ~ Ice Beam
Superbird(XoO)
Active
Neitelo
♀ Natu with ability Synchronize
Health:100%
Energy:100%
Status: Calculating the space for her attacks
Power Swap/Calm Mind ~ Me First/Featherdance/Calm Mind ~ Me First/Zen Headbutt/Calm Mind
Reserve
Elera
♂ Joltik with ability Compoundeyes
Health:60%
Energy:65%
Status: Bored
Condition:
Mildly burned {1%/action}
Round 9 begin!
Neitelo closed her eyes and prodded into Prince's mind. She found there the burning desire to defeat Elera. She took that thought and transferred it into her own mind, modifying the target of the aggression before closing the link. Prince, feeling that, got angry. Gathering the tremendous amounts of stress and running to Neitelo, he felt the familiar dizziness, but went ahead and tried to punch and kick Neitelo anyways. However, he felt his muscles lock and fell on the ground uselessly, muscles too paralyzed to even permit him to cry.
Snickering condescendingly, Neitelo produced some feathers and sent them drifting slowly around Prince, who felt the soft down and relaxed a lot. He felt the paralysis loosen, brushed some feathers off of him, and fired a small concentrated beam of air even colder than the current conditions. It coated Neitelo with a thin layer of frost, not restricting movement in any way, but slowing her down a bit.
However, that bit did not seem to bring her below the speed of Prince, as she struck first with a Psychic-powered strike. It sent Prince flying a couple of metres. Just then, Prince took on a blue glow and looked significantly tougher. He picked himself up, or at least tried to. He had no sense of direction. It would have been quite amusing to see Prince try to get up as he rolled around on the walkway, eventually falling down onto the primary level of the bridge. The referee called an end to the round and teleported the unlucky Piplup back up.
Round 9 end!
Damage and Energy Calculations
Action 1
Power Swap: 4% energy
Attempt at Frustration: 6% energy
Aqua Ring: +1% health
Action 2
FeatherDance: 3% energy
Icy Wind: 6% damage, 6% energy
Aqua Ring: +1% health
Action 3
Zen Headbutt: 11% damage, 5% energy
Attempt at Ice Beam:5% energy, 2% damage to self
Aqua Ring: +1% health
Badly Poisoned: 5% damage
Pokémon
Darksong (XOO)
Active
Prince
♂ Piplup with ability Torrent
Health:25%
Energy:45%
Status: Trying to remember the last time he attended a meeting of the cult of the RNG
Condition:
Aqua Ring {1%/round},
Badly poisoned {5% this round, 6% next. Capped at 10%},
Very Severely Paralyzed (33%),
Attack -2,
Moderately Confused (20%)
Confused and Paralyzed ~ Icy Wind~ Confused,
Torrent activated
Superbird(XoO)
Active
Neitelo
♀ Natu with ability Synchronize
Health:94%
Energy:88%
Status: Content
Condition:
Attack +2,
Speed -1
Power Swap~Featherdance~Zen Headbutt
Reserve
Elera
♂ Joltik with ability Compoundeyes
Health:60%
Energy:65%
Status: Asleep (but ready to wake up in an instant)
Condition:
Mildly burned {1%/action}
Notes:
- No critical hits
- Ice Beam did not freeze
- Zen Headbutt did not cause flinching
- I ref speed modifications as 28.01 points per level. This number is the standard deviation of the set of the speeds of all Pokémon.
- Prince was both paralyzed and confused on action 1. I imagine that he was going to hurt himself, but got stopped by the paralysis.
- Better step up your sacrifices to the RNG's, Darksong.
Next round:
- Darksong commands
- Superbird commands
- I ref