Round 8
Keldeo (
ØO)
River - Ralts (♀)
Health: 39% (Substitute: 11%)
Energy: 52%
Type: Psychic / Fairy
Ability: Synchronize
Condition: Focusing on her opponent, rather than her doll.
Status: Seeded (1%/Action). Can use Magnitude.
Commands: Draining Kiss / Snatch / Calm Mind x3
Lord of the Fireflies (
ØO)
Aramis - Treecko (♂)
Health: 41%
Energy: 66%
Type: Grass
Ability: Overgrow
Condition: Wondering what that thing is.
Status: +2 Attack. -1 Special Defense. Can use Sucker Punch.
Commands: Giga Drain ~ Bullet Seed ~ Giga Drain
As round eight began, River finally moved from her spot, jumping down from the cliff with altogether surprising agility and grace for such a young-looking creature, and advanced on Aramis. As if things couldn’t get any weirder for the Treecko already, River lunged towards him, and though Aramis’s instinct told him to jump away, in this weird space he found himself terribly constricted, and rather than escaping from the attack, he simply tripped and fell backwards. River landed on top of him, and he realized he could see her condescending red eyes, staring down at him as her mouth met his and she began to drain his life.
Forced to hesitate by his surprise, it took a brief moment before Aramis came to his senses and violently pushed River away from him, sending her back through the air to a graceful landing, thanks in part to the Trick Room. Aramis could not let that slide - that attack, and the last couple of actions as a whole, had been way too weird. And so, harnessing his powers as a Grass-type, he tried once again to drain tasty orbs of life energy back out of River and into him.
When these orbs reached him, however, they felt stale and tasteless - probably owing from the fact that they’d come from the suddenly-much-more-battered Jack Frost Doll that had jumped in the way of the attack at the last minute. River smiled slightly, clearly thankful for her Substitute, and while Aramis was preoccupied with the pain from the Justice card that was harshly offsetting the recovery he had just gained, she lunged at him once again.
This time, though, Aramis was more prepared for the attack, and managed to throw his attacker off rather quickly. And even better, he launched an immediate follow-up attack, spitting a barrage of seeds towards his opponent. The Jack Frost Doll leapt in the way of the first volley, absorbing the hit and then exploding into fluff (upon seeing which Elizabeth let out a small whimper, and promptly commanded Theodore to go win her another one at that crane game at Paulownia Mall), but that left nothing to defend River from the second and third volleys, which each struck with considerable force, pushing the Ralts back. Her solace came from Aramis’s clear wince as he finished the attack and took recoil from the Justice card, as retribution for the pain he had caused. One of the most important principles of the Justice arcana, after all, was represented by the double-edged sword found on the card.
River was still in better condition than her opponent, though, and even if the recoil from the Justice card and that Arceus-forsaken leech seed were offsetting most of her recovery, there was still that little bit that she was getting, and that was helping out at least a little. And the taste of Aramis’s life force was just so delicious! Yet again, River launched herself forward, latching on to Aramis before he could attempt to dodge, and once more she sucked out a substantial portion of his remaining vitality before he threw her off. This time she landed with a bit less elegance - between the damage from that, the Leech Seed, and the Justice Card, she was too quickly getting tired - but she was still standing upright when several familiar large green orbs pulled themselves out of her body and disappeared into Aramis’s own. The Treecko smirked at River briefly, proud of finally using her own technique against her successfully, before instinctively cringing as the Justice card sent spikes of pain through his body. As the round came to a close and Igor drew the Justice card back into his tarot deck - thank goodness for that - the battlers stood and faced each other tensely, neither of them willing to give up an inch despite their growing exhaustion.
However happy the battlers may have been at the removal of the Justice card, however, that feeling was reversed when Igor’s next, and possibly final, card surfaced - the Judgment arcana. As dictated by the universe, the climax of the battle was surely at hand.
End of Round 8
Keldeo (
ØO)
River - Ralts (♀)
Health: 22%
Energy: 44%
Type: Psychic / Fairy
Ability: Synchronize
Condition: Tiring, but still competitive.
Status: Seeded (1%/Action). Can use Magnitude.
Actions: Draining Kiss x3
Lord of the Fireflies (
ØO)
Aramis - Treecko (♂)
Health: 14%
Energy: 58%
Type: Grass
Ability: Overgrow
Condition: Cool but determined.
Status: +2 Attack. -1 Special Defense. Overgrow activated. Can use Sucker Punch.
Actions: Giga Drain ~ Bullet Seed ~ Giga Drain
Arena Notes
~The arena is enveloped in a Trick Room for 1 more action
~The card for the next round is
XX: Judgment. At the end of the next round, the pokémon with less health will be dealt 10% typeless damage.
Referee Notes
~Draining Kiss scored a critical hit on action 1
~Bullet Seed hit three times; the first broke the Substitute.
~If percentages look a bit lower than expected, it’s because the recoil dampened the draining moves’ recovery.
~I will be very surprised if the next round is not the last.
~Lord of the Fireflies commands first.
