Ether's Bane V. Wargle

[Eifie]

Is Cyrix still Taunted?

Oh, sorry, I forgot to put that in the notes. No, it wore off after the third action. I'll add that now.

 

[Ether's Bane]

We have to live through this.

Milk Drink ~ Protect ~ Chill

 

[Eifie]

Round Ten​

Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 19%
Energy: 55%
Status: Mooing in distress. Levitated with Telekinesis (1 more action). Severely confused (50% failure chance). -1 Speed.

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 83%
Energy: 86%
Status: Silently laughing to himself.

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Sensing that his victory is near, Kazza draws back a fist as he cloaks it with swirling green energy that's dizzying to look at. Still hopelessly tangled in the Abra's invisible psychic strings, Cyrix has no escape, and simply screws her eyes shut in resignation as Kazza shoves his fist forth right into her stomach. The blow knocks the wind out of poor Cyrix, who clutches her stomach in agony as shuddering tendrils of the green energy peel off her stomach back into Kazza's fist, taking a huge portion of her remaining lifeforce with them. The world spins dangerously in front of Cyrix, who finds herself thankful for the energy holding her up as she struggles to concentrate just enough to squirt some exceedingly nutritious milk from her udders into a blob that hovers near her mouth. Abandoning all restraint, she lunges forward and gulps down the mouthfuls of sustenance with absolutely no regard for manners. Some wasted milk drips down her chin, but the rest does its job, and she feels herself growing stronger as the psychic forces recede to deposit her roughly back on solid earth.

Glad to feel the grass beneath her hooves again, Cyrix immediately throws up a shield around herself to ensure that there won't be any strange psychic powers levitating her in the air again. Kazza doesn't seem to have anything of the sort in mind, however; he doesn't even turn in her direction, opting instead just to sit there in silence. Cyrix figures that he's probably meditating or something, but she can't really tell anyway, since he hasn't opened his eyes once since being sent out of his Poké Ball. All too soon, the Abra teleports himself to stand in front of Cyrix and slug her again in the face with a fistful of the same strange green light that saps away a bit more of her strength. The effort it took to produce the amount of milk that Cyrix drank finally catches up to her, and she collapses gratefully on the hard, solid, beauteous earth and does her best to catch her breath as the last traces of dizzying confusion finally fade away.

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Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 43%
Energy: 38%
Status: Relieved to be back on solid ground. -1 Speed.
Used: Milk Drink ~ Protect ~ Chill

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 95%
Energy: 74%
Status: Unfazed. +1 Special Attack, +1 Special Defense.
Used: Drain Punch ~ Calm Mind ~ Drain Punch

Arena Status

• Many large piles of rocks lie scattered on the ground.

Damage and Energy

• Cyrix's Health: 19% - 15% (Drain Punch) + 50% (Milk Drink) - 11% (Drain Punch) = 43%
• Cyrix's Energy: 55% - 25% (Milk Drink) - 2% (Protect) + 10% (Chill) = 38%
• Kazza's Health: 83% + 7% (Drain Punch) + 5% (Drain Punch) = 95%
• Kazza's Energy: 86% - 5% (Drain Punch) - 2% (Calm Mind) - 5% (Drain Punch) = 74%

Notes

• Kazza's first Drain Punch was a critical hit.
• Telekinesis wore off after the first action.
• All the damage she took this round, along with that final Chill, was enough for Cyrix's confusion to completely clear up at the end of the round.
• Ether's Bane commands first this round.

 

[Ether's Bane]

Protect if he Taunts or uses a Fighting-type damaging move; otherwise, use Shadow Ball. Then, use Shadow Ball, or Chill if he Protects or can't be hit otherwise. Finally, Protect or Shadow Ball, just as on the first action.

Protect/Shadow Ball ~ Shadow Ball/Chill ~ Protect/Shadow Ball

 

[Wargle]

Light screen to soften the hits, then Torment to stop one. Then let loose with a Psychic

Light Screen ~ Torment ~ Psychic

 

[Eifie]

Round Eleven​

Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 43%
Energy: 38%
Status: Relieved to be back on solid ground. -1 Speed.

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 95%
Energy: 74%
Status: Unfazed. +1 Special Attack, +1 Special Defense.

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Eyes still closed, Kazza stands uncertainly on his feet almost as if he's unused to having them support him, and draws a circle around himself with a fingertip glowing with psychic energy. As he closes the circle, it expands into a golden orb all around him, squishing a little when he pokes it. Nodding to himself, the Abra returns to his sitting position, legs collapsing from beneath him in reflief. Cyrix takes this opportunity to mold another orb of ghostly energy from the shadows cast by the rocks around her and lets it fly, but the golden bubble scatters some of the darkness, so that when the ball reaches Kazza it's only half its original size. It sends Kazza tumbling back just a little bit, and his protective bubble moves with him.

The Abra cackles at his opponent, points in her general direction (as ascertained by his psychic connection with the spirits) and laughs. Doesn't Cyrix know any other moves? Kazza scoffs at her pathetic little Shadow Balls. Clearly just a one-trick cow. Cyrix glares at him angrily, but then lets her ears droop and flops to the ground, feeling utterly defeated. It's true, isn't it? Those Shadow Balls were her only chance, and they're hardly anything now that Kazza's got that screen up... why even bother?

Laughing to himself, Kazza decides to step up his mental torments. Eyes suddenly aglow with intense psychic power, he focuses his energies to get straight into Cyrix's mind, jabbing carelessly at every nerve cluster he finds to induce as much pain as he can. He feels the Miltank tense up in preparation and quickly gets out of there and back into his own self just in time to eat yet another orb of searing shadow energy to the face. It hurts, just a little. Trifles. His Light Screen can take care of all that.

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Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 31%
Energy: 30%
Status: Clutching her head in agony. Tormented (2 more actions). -1 Speed.
Used: Shadow Ball ~ [tormented] ~ Shadow Ball

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 85%
Energy: 62%
Status: As nonchalant as ever. +1 Special Attack, +1 Special Defense.
Used: Light Screen ~ Torment ~ Psychic

Arena Status

• Many large piles of rocks lie scattered on the ground.
• A Light Screen surrounds Kazza (2 more actions).

Damage and Energy

• Cyrix's Health: 43% - 12% (Psychic) = 31%
• Cyrix's Energy: 38% = 4% (Shadow Ball) - 4% (Shadow Ball) = 30%
• Kazza's Health: 95% - 5% (Shadow Ball) - 5% (Shadow Ball) = 85%
• Kazza's Energy: 74% - 1% (Light Screen) - 1% (Light Screen) - 4% (Torment) - 1% (Light Screen) - 4% (Psychic) - 1% (Light Screen) = 62%

Notes

• Since Kazza's already Taunted Cyrix, his Torment is lasting only 4 actions total instead of 5.
• Wargle commands first this round.

 

[Wargle]

Let's set up to end it.

Set a future sight, then unload as much pain as you can. If she tries to heal herself, snatch it. If you can't hit for anything besides a sub, calm mind.

Future Sight/Snatch/Calm Mind ~ Psychic/Snatch/Calm Mind ~ Psychic/Calm Mind/Snatch

 

[Eifie]

Man, I thought the DQ time for this was 5 days, not 4. Oh well. 24+ hour DQ warning for Ether's Bane.

 

[Ether's Bane]

Attract, then Swagger, and finally, Earthquake, or Protect if Future Sight strikes on this action.

Attract ~ Swagger ~ Earthquake/Protect

 

[Eifie]

Round Twelve​

Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 31%
Energy: 30%
Status: Clutching her head in agony. Tormented (2 more actions). -1 Speed.

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 85%
Energy: 62%
Status: As nonchalant as ever. +1 Special Attack, +1 Special Defense.

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It's time for Cyrix to try a different tack. Falling down on all fours, she widens her eyes as much as she can, swishes her tail placidly, and gives her very best, most adorable moooooo.

Kazza's closed eyes suddenly turn into huge, throbbing hearts. It's so cute cows are so cute he loves cows in fact from here on in, he's going to be a vegetarian. Yeah. No more meat, ever. He turns to his trainer and gestures to her pleadingly. Can he keep this one? Pleeeease? He promises he'll take good care of her, he'll pet her and brush her fur and feed her lots of grass and milk her every day and buy her treats and teach her to fetch and...

Wargle just shakes her head.

Starting to feel much better about herself, Cyrix moves on to the next stage of her plan. She stands in front of Kazza and proudly moos her greatness to the world. That's right, Kazza can't possibly hope to measure up to her cuteness. People will never love Kazza the way they love adorable cows like Cyrix. Ha! Never has a better insult been made. Kazza visibly shrinks into himself. He... he thought Cyrix was a nice cow! How could she be so cruel to him?! All he wanted to do was take her home... Forcing himself to focus, the Abra projects himself into Cyrix's mind again, regretfully stimulating some of the poor, mean cow's pain receptors. Gritting her teeth, Cyrix wills herself to remain standing.

Cyrix grins to herself as she watches the shield protecting Kazza's side of the field fizzle out of existence. Now's her chance! She rears up on her hind legs and slams her front legs into the ground with as much force as she can muster, and the ground starts shaking. Another slam and cracks start appearing in the ground, and Kazza's eyes snap open for a brief second as the vibrations disrupt his almighty psychic connection to the spirits. The Abra is thrown up into the air to smash mightily into the ground, again and again, leaving his body bruised and battered as the shaking finally slows and then stops. Kazza rights himself and focuses in Cyrix's general direction in despair. She's not the cute, docile cow he thought she was at all! Angrily he intrudes on her mind yet again, rampaging about to inflict even more mental pain than he thought he was capable of. As he retreats he hears Cyrix cry out in agony before collapsing to the ground, clutching her head with her front hooves. It's enough to make any self-respecting cow lover feel bad.

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Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 3%
Energy: 17%
Status: Barely keeping her eyes open. -1 Speed.
Used: Attract ~ Swagger ~ Earthquake

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 75%
Energy: 52%
Status: A little ashamed of himself. Moderately infatuated (30% failure chance). +1 Special Attack, +1 Special Defense.
Used: [infatuated] ~ Psychic ~ Psychic

Arena Status

• Many large piles of rocks lie scattered on the ground.

Damage and Energy

• Cyrix's Health: 31% - 12% (Psychic) - 16% (Psychic) = 3%
• Cyrix's Energy: 30% - 4% (Attract) - 4% (Swagger) - 5% (Earthquake) = 17%
• Kazza's Health: 85% - 10% (Earthquake) = 75%
• Kazza's Energy: 62% - 1% (Light Screen) - 4% (Psychic) - 1% (Light Screen) - 4% (Psychic) = 52%

Notes

• Using Attract and Swagger successively doesn't really have such great effects; Swagger's attack boost was negated, and it caused only mild confusion. Said confusion wore off after Kazza was hit by Earthquake.
• Kazza's Light Screen wore off after the second action. So did Cyrix's Torment.
• Kazza's second Psychic was a critical hit.
• Ether's Bane commands first this round.

 

[Ether's Bane]

If Kazza is immobilized by Attract, use Earthquake; otherwise, use Protect. Then, if he uses a damaging move, use Endure; if he doesn't, use Earthquake. Finally, use Protect if he uses a damaging move, or Chill if he doesn't.

Earthquake/Protect ~ Endure/Earthquake ~ Protect/Chill

 

[Wargle]

hmm. Loophole spotted! If Kazza is not attracted action one, cyrix must protect even if not attacked. So let's abuse that puppy with Calm Mind to clear your head.

We don't want that Earthquake to happen, and it'd be rather hard to do it while floating, so if you're still attracted to the cow, show off how good you are at Telekinesis.

Once she's floating, make her return your love.

Calm Mind ~ Telekinesis ~ Attract

 

[Eifie]

Round Thirteen​

Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 3%
Energy: 17%
Status: Barely keeping her eyes open. -1 Speed.

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 75%
Energy: 52%
Status: A little ashamed of himself. Moderately infatuated (30% failure chance). +1 Special Attack, +1 Special Defense.

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Panting, Cyrix scrutinizes her opponent carefully to see if he's going to try to finish her off. The Abra twitches slightly, and she immediately throws up a protective shield in a panic. Safe inside her little bubble, she watches as Kazza makes no other move to attack her but simply meditates to himself for a moment, stengthening his psychic connection with his imaginary spirit friends. Cyrix lets down her shield, feeling somewhat foolish.

Kazza looks upon his foe in distress through his mind's eye. (He wouldn't want to show weakness by opening his actual eyes, of course. His psychic powers will tell him all he needs to know.) The Miltank is a pitiful sight, bruised and battered, still partially tangled up in torn pieces of webbing, and can hardly even stand to face him. He doesn't want to hurt the poor thing! Maybe if he takes it easy for a moment, gives her a chance to recover... But Cyrix takes full advantage of his hesitation by bashing her front hooves into the ground again, widening the cracks running through it. Her thrashing creates another series of vibrations that toss Kazza up into the air and bang his head against the ground again and again, doing wonders to clear it, among other things. He's not going to let that scheming little Miltank get the best of him again...

In fact, Kazza's got the perfect punishment for her. Carefully keeping his distance from her so she won't put up her guard again, he speaks telepathically into her mind. He thinks up the perfect apologetic speech about how he's been treating her and how he wants to make amends, how he didn't really mean all those cow puns... he loves cows! He promises he didn't want to hurt her, his trainer was just making him do it. Cyrix watches him doubtfully, not relaxing, but she second-guesses herself for just long enough for the round to come to an end. The Abra grins inwardly to himself, pleased to be getting his revenge.

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Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 3%
Energy: 10%
Status: Tired and confused and just wanting this to end already. Moderately infatuated (30% failure chance). -1 Speed.
Used: Protect ~ Earthquake ~ infatuated

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 65%
Energy: 46%
Status: Cackling deviously to himself. +2 Special Attack, +2 Special Defense.
Used: Calm Mind ~ infatuated ~ Attract

Arena Status

• Many large piles of rocks lie scattered on the ground.

Damage and Energy

• Cyrix's Health: 3%
• Cyrix's Energy: 17% - 2% (Protect) - 5% (Earthquake) = 10%
• Kazza's Health: 75% - 10% (Earthquake) = 65%
• Kazza's Energy: 52% - 2% (Calm Mind) - 4% (Attract) = 46%

Notes

• Calm Mind cut Attract's failure chance by 10%.
• Kazza was immobilized by love the second action, so he didn't get to use Telekinesis. The damage from Earthquake that action was enough to snap him out of it.
• Cyrix has been Taunted once and Tormented once, so she wasn't as susceptible to emotion-based moves (i.e. Attract) from the same opponent. Her infatuation started out as moderate instead of severe.
• Wargle commands first this round.

 

[Wargle]

Hmm ok. Just uh.... just end it. Don't risk a miss. If you can't use an attack, calm mind.


Shock Wave/Calm Mind x3

 

[Ether's Bane]

Stalling?

Yes, stalling.

Protect ~ Endure ~ Protect

 

[Eifie]

Round Fourteen​

Ether's Bane (2/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 3%
Energy: 10%
Status: Tired and confused and just wanting this to end already. Moderately infatuated (30% failure chance). -1 Speed.

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 65%
Energy: 46%
Status: Cackling deviously to himself. +2 Special Attack, +2 Special Defense.

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Cyrix rolls exhaustedly onto the ground, not even able to stand anymore as she makes a feeble effort to cocoon herself in a protective bubble. She closes her eyes and hopes for the best, and to her great relief her construction holds strong: the pulse of lightning Kazza sends rocketing in all directions fizzles out against her shield, and she's safe for a brief moment. The Miltank's mind is still spinning from the Abra's so-called change of heart. Why is he attacking her again? Can't he see that she can't hold on?! Unfortunately, while Cyrix is agonizing over those thoughts, Kazza sees the opportunity to strike once more, and this time the electric shock finds its target. Cyrix is out almost before it hits her, glad to finally have a chance to rest after her long and difficult fight.

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Ether's Bane (1/3 left)

Cyrix ♀
Ability: Scrappy
Health: 0%
Energy: 5%
Status: Knocked out!
Used: Protect ~ [infatuated]

Wargle (2/3 left)

Kazza ♂ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 65%
Energy: 38%
Status: Finally... +2 Special Attack, +2 Special Defense.
Used: Shock Wave ~ Shock Wave

Arena Status

• Many large piles of rocks lie scattered on the ground.

Damage and Energy

• Cyrix's Health: 3% - 9% (Shock Wave) = 0%
• Cyrix's Energy: 10% - 5% (Protect) = 5%
• Kazza's Health: 65%
• Kazza's Energy: 46% - 4% (Shock Wave) - 4% (Shock Wave) = 38%

Notes

• Protect and Endure run off the same counter, so you wouldn't have gotten better results by alternating them anyway.
• Cyrix was knocked out on the second action.
• Ether's Bane sends out and posts commands first.

 

[Wargle]

Wouldn't Kazza have used Calm Mind on the first action since it couldn't hit with Shock wave?

 

[Eifie]

Wouldn't Kazza have used Calm Mind on the first action since it couldn't hit with Shock wave?

You said to use Calm Mind if he was unable to use a move, so I took that as if he was physically unable.

 

[Eifie]

48 hour DQ warning for Ether's Bane.

 

[Ether's Bane]

I'll send out Gulch.

Use X-Scissor, unless Kazza uses a damaging move, in which case, Protect. Then, X-Scissor again, or Hone Claws if Kazza can't be hit. Finally, use X-Scissor, or Protect if Kazza uses a damaging move, or Hone Claws if Kazza can't be hit.

X-Scissor/Protect ~ X-Scissor/Hone Claws ~ X-Scissor/Protect/Hone Claws