Pentimento
[Niska] Gastly (M)
Ability: Levitate
Signature Move: Bogart
Health: 72%
Energy: 86%
Commands: Phase @ Ruin ~ Shadow Ball @ Ruin ~ Shadow Ball @ Ruin
Status: Admiring the lovely run-down city. Substitute destroyed (0% Health). Forced to the ground by Gravity.
Walker
[Ruin] Baltoy (X)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 91%
Energy: 85%
Commands: Earthquake / Protect / Chill ~ Earthquake / Protect / Chill ~ Earthquake / Protect / Chill
Status: On the ground by its master. Forced to the ground by Gravity. Gravity in effect (3 more actions).
sreservoir
[Nenya] Dratini (F)
Ability: Shed Skin
Signature Attribute: Natural Gift something-or-other
Health: 88%
Energy: 77%
Commands: Reflect ~ Mimic @ Ruin / Thunder Wave @ Niska / Light Screen ~ Earthquake / Rain Dance
Status: A bit nervous, but ready to go. Natural Gift: Steel
Round 2
Niska immediately begins scanning the cloud in the direction he just shot at Ruin in. He quickly finds the Baltoy regaining its composure, and hurries through the haze, still invisible, towards his target. Before Ruin even senses the Gastly, he has already slipped inside the Baltoy and spread his ghostly form out.
Only after Niska is invading Ruin does it notice the odd presence. The Baltoy worries about the invader, but is unsure how to deal with him. Unable to see either opponent, Ruin decides that another widespread assault is the best option. With a little difficulty under the intensified gravity, Ruin leaps up and crashes down hard, sending another flurry of shock waves through the ground, further cracking the pavement. Somewhere in the distance, Nenya’s cries of discomfort can be heard. Much to Ruin’s disappointment, however, his ghostly opponent seems unaffected.
Across the courtyard, Nenya struggles to shake off the residual vibrations of the earthquake. Deciding it might help to set up some form of defense, she casts a faint blue shimmering dome of energy around herself. The dome doesn’t stop the haze from slithering through the air, though the Dratini can feel the energy strengthening her defenses.
Now that he’s comfortable inside Ruin, Niska begins charging up ghostly energy. Ruin cries out in shock as the powerful energy tears at it from inside it’s own body. Unable to really form the energy into the proper shape, Niska simply continues gathering eerie energy and allowing it to spread with his body throughout Ruin.
Meanwhile, Ruin starts to panic. Unsure of what just happened, the Baltoy leaps up for another earthquake attack. Again, the shock waves pass under the think haze and ripple through Nenya, almost as powerfully as before despite the protection she put in place against it. Still, she manages to shake off the leftover shock a bit easier than the previous, confirming to herself that the dome is at least partially working.
Putting that aside, Nenya takes a moment to think through her own orders. Unable to see where those shock waves came from, she rules out mimicking them as an option quickly. Seeing as how Niska is inside Ruin, she wonders how she would possibly damage him, and strikes that option out as well. She casts another dome around her, this one a light pink, to support the already in-tact bluish one, together creating an unusual purplish hue.
Niska is content to remain inside Ruin for just a little while longer. He again begins to charge up ghostly energies and allows them to spread through out his, and Ruin’s, bodies. Ruin psychically wails in pain as the attack sears its insides a second time.
True to its orders, though doubting very much at this point that it will help with the ghost problem, Ruin leaps up for yet another earthquake. As with the previous, the shock waves ripple through the ground. Nenya’s shrieks cry out from somewhere in the haze, but this time they don’t last very long.
Thanks to her barrier, Nenya has a much easier time regrouping after this most recent assault. Hoping to be rid of this horrid fog, she looks up to the sky and lets out an earsplitting dragon’s roar that one probably wouldn’t expect from such a tiny, cute little thing. Within seconds, dark storm clouds take shape above Fleet Town, and a downpour begins. The haze, dissipating slowly, is helped along by the constant flow of rain. As the round draws to a close, Niska emerges from his host and reforms his body in order to hear his next commands, noticing both the discomfort of the rain as well as the reduction of gravity beneath him as he does so.
Round 2 Results
Pentimento
[Niska] Gastly (M)
Ability: Levitate
Signature Move: Bogart
Health: 72%
Energy: 68%
Commands: Phase @ Ruin ~ Shadow Ball @ Ruin ~ Shadow Ball @ Ruin
Status: Phased back out of Ruin and floating a short distance from it.
Walker
[Ruin] Baltoy (X)
Ability: Levitate
Health: 65%
Energy: 70%
Commands: Earthquake ~ Earthquake ~ Earthquake
Status: Glad to have Niska out, and hovering again. Gravity returned to normal.
sreservoir
[Nenya] Dratini (F)
Ability: Shed Skin
Signature Attribute: Natural Gift something-or-other
Health: 62%
Energy: 61%
Commands: Reflect ~ Light Screen ~ Rain Dance
Status: Enjoying the light given off by her domes. Reflect active (3 more actions). Light Screen active (4 more actions). Rain Dance in effect (5 more actions). Natural Gift: Steel
-Further ruined, if anything. Ruin’s Gravity faded at the end of the third action. Nenja’s Rain Dance is in effect (5 more actions). Niska’s Haze is still covering the entire area but starting to fade, assisted by the rain.
-Just a reference for the Pokémon’s base speeds, starting with the fastest: Niska, Ruin, Nenya.
-According to the rules thread, a ghost will rematerialize automatically after it does its job (or, in this case, the end of the round). Forgive me if I screw something up with this, as I’ve never dealt with phasing before. Just let me know and I’ll correct it.
-Ruin’s second Earthquake was a critical hit on Nenya (the third was also one point away from a crit). Being inside Ruin, Niska wasn’t damaged by any of them (according to the rules on phasing).
-Next round’s attacks: sreservoir, Walker, Pentimento.
