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Post by Yumi Tasukai on Nov 5, 2014 15:10:44 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
With the Grimer's going down, Yumi was glad to be making headway, but the arrival of another Muk was worrying. The red head wondered just how many more of these poison types their were...Tranz was still quick to act nonetheless. The moment the new muk came out, he tried to focus his efforts upon it. He threw out his claw and attempted to use his psychic, but just as the energy seemed to build around him, it fizzled out, leaving the abra mildly confused as he looked at the muk who had not moved an inch. Yumi was a little surprised too, but she had a grimer herself. She knew they could learn disable. Her eyes darted towards Josh, who was under fire, but right now, she had her own issues to focus on...
"Goku! Get in there! Sludge bomb is a special attack! You can take it!"
The dragon was quick to follow orders as every, darting between Tranz and the sludge bomb, holding his arms open to take the attack. The purple slosh spooled over him and Tranz even lifted his arms incase of any splash back. Tranz was safe though, and he put that to use. Generating a shadow ball in either claw, he threw them past Goku at the Muk that had thrown the sludge bomb, trying to take it out, but knowing he was nowhere near as powerful without psychic.
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Flygon 50% Def - 4 Tranz 60% DEF + 4 Psychic attempt failed Goku took sludge bomb (1) Tranz fired two shadow balls from either side of Goku (2+3)
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 8, 2014 15:23:22 GMT -5
Josh noticed the limb flicking, and Yumi's difficulty in having her Pokemon's last move work. Josh gritted his teeth, as he realized they had used Disable.. Sadly, Lightning would likely be out of luck for Thunder for a bit too. But they had other things to worry about as a Muk would make itself known. Was this one of the pack leaders, perhaps? They would just have to find out, he supposed. Of course, with two Muk in the battle, this was going to get very difficult. Josh considered sending out another Pokemon to help even it out, but decided it would be best to wait for a bit before making that decision. Hopefully their Pokemon that they currently had would be able to take out anymore that came along.
"Lightning, dodge that!" Josh commanded as he noticed one of the Muk send two sludge bombs toward the Pikachu. "Pika!" Lightning called as he would manage to fly and dodge the first Sludge, but would be hit by the second one as he did so. "Pika!" Lightning cried out in pain as he started going down! Maday! Maday!
Josh gritted his teeth. But while Grimer had gotten rid of Thunder, Josh had another ace up his sleeve. "Lightning, use Nasty Plot, then nail him with Thunderbolt!" he called. Lightning would nod before his eye gleamed, giving him a moment to up-right himself in mid-air, before his cheeks sparked...
"Pika...." Lightning began as Thunderbolt, more powerful then before after his Special Attack was raised, began charging...
"Gawain, use Agility, then Twister!" Josh would call as Lightning charged up. "Dra... TINI!" Gawain would let out as he would leap into the air, his speed increasing before he loosed out a set of twisters toward Muk 1, meant to cause damage but also to distract it while...
"CHUUUUUUUUUUU!" Lightning would let out as he loosed the Thunderbolt on Muk 1, hoping to capitalize on them shooting two attacks at once. Josh had a feeling Yumi could handle the other Muk for now.
Pikachu was hit by Sludge. Pikachu used Nasty Plot (+Special Attack) & Thunderbolt on Muk 1. Dratini used Agility (+Speed) and Twister on Muk 1.
At least the last two Grimers had some sense in leaving a “farewell gift” for two of the more annoying attackers—but they had completely underestimated the power of the two ‘mons that were apparently dishing out most of the attacks; because for one thing—who knew that they had extra moves remaining? As the two Muks began to weather out the hits coming in from all directions (at least the Sludge and one of the two Sludge Bomb attacks had managed to hit their targets) they knew that they weren’t going to be lasting long; what with the annoying little Abra suddenly conjuring up two balls that were crackling quite ominously—but didn’t pack the same punch as the annoying unseen attack that had managed to decimate the underlings! The second Muk let out a roar—that sounded quite strangled—and before it could finish; the first Muk was now being pelted with all manner of attacks!
The last Muk who had been waiting in the bushes had finally decided to come out and assist its lackeys, slithering over the pile of Grimer (showing complete and total disregard for its underlings) and then hit the field. As the first Muk was being pelted under a constant shower of attacks, all it could do was release the stench known as Poison Gas; and did so twice—the purple fog then quickly spread through the clearing; but clearly the Muks were unaffected—while the second Muk took careful aim before scooping up some dirt from the ground; and combining it with the Mud Bomb it had already conjured—before sending them off in two directions—one was headed for the Pikachu, the other headed for either the Abra (or that pesky Flygon that kept taking the hits). As for the third and final Muk, he didn’t want to lift a finger—he was the leader for a reason—but sighed, before deciding to follow up the Mud Bomb attacks with two instances of Sludge Bomb as well; sending both in different directions as well.
Battle!
(all Muks now on battlefield)
Grimer #1 OHKO! Grimer #2 KO'd by Brick Break Grimer #3 KO'd by Thunderbolt Grimer #4 KO'd by Thunder & Aerial Ace Grimer #5 KO'd by Psychic & Dragon Tail
Muk #1 takes 1 of the Shadow Ball attacks; along with the souped-up Thunderbolt and Twister; Muk #2 takes the other Shadow Ball.
Muk #1 uses 2 instances of Poison Gas; while the second Muk uses 2 instances of Mud Bomb; sending one after the Abra; other after Pika, while the 3rd and last Muk
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Nov 11, 2014 16:02:59 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
With the third muk rolling in, and Tranz not making much of an impact, Yumi was starng to worry a tad. Ko-ken had yet to show up, and even then, he likely wouldn't be the best in this situation. The issue was less that she thought she couldn't handle this, but more how bad the collateral damage could be. The best option in this case would be an earthquake, but with dratini and Pikachu out from Josh, that might not be the nicest thing to do...
"Ah, hell with it. Josh! Get your pokemon outta the way for a second, Goku here has something he needs to do!"
Heeding the warning themselves, Tranz and Goku gave Yumi a nod. Waiting till an attack was thrown his way, Tranz used teleport, vanishing high above the battlefieled and above the poison fog, leaving Goku to take it if Josh didn't find a way to get it out of the air. Heck with the move he was about to make, he'd be surprised if Josh even tried to help him. With a growl in the direction of the muks, he slammed down on all fours, unleashing not one, not two, but three instances of earthquake, rippling through the earth. Muk may have been a bulky pokemon, but in no way was it able to jump or fly its way out of this!
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 11, 2014 17:23:52 GMT -5
So far their exploits had been successful. Of course, besides the third Muk showing up. And the poison gas. Scratch that, make that two instances of Poison Gas. Oh and did I mention the multiple Mud Bombs?
God sakes, the Poison Gas was everywhere, he thought. It was going to take a lot more power then what they had to deal with that... Lightning was safe, as long as he stayed in the air, but Yumi's Pokemon weren't. Josh quickly had to bury his nose in his sleeve as he was overwhelmed by the double Poison Gas. "Gah..." he muttered. "Tini!" Gawain let out in panic as he looked over at his Trainer, not faring too well either.
"TIINIIII!" he suddenly let out as he was engulfed in a bright white light. "What the..." Josh managed to let out muffled under his shirt as he looked over at Gawain. Before he knew it, the slick body of the Dratini would begin to expand, grow quite a ways. Actually, the entire damn Pokemon was growing quite a bit. Once the light faded, it was obvious why. Gawain had evolved into Dragonair! "Pika!" Lightning gasped out, happy to see his friend evolve. Gawain let out a sound almost like a harmony, calm, melodic. Very different from the high-pitched baby-like cry of his Dratini form.
But that didn't matter right now, they had a solution to their problem!
"Alright Gawain, use Twister!" Josh called. Gawain let out a cry before unleashing more twisters, more powerful then before. As the Poison Gas began to clear, Josh would call out to him again. "Alright, use Twister again!" he called. Both twisters would be headed for any random Muk (Izumi's choice), but their main goal was to clear out the poison gas before it could do any real damage. Once it cleared out, Josh took a deep breath of fresh air, out of the shirt.
New problem, just as Lightning would dodge out of the way in mid-air of a Mud Bomb. Yumi had decided the best course of action was to use Earthquake. Now, Lightning would be completely safe. He was levitating high in the air. But Gawain would have issues...
"Lightning, dive down and let Gawain wrap himself around you again!" he called. "Pika!" Lightning called as he would dive down, allowing the Dragonair to wrap himself around him before he flew back up again. Josh knew Dragonair's could float, but Gawain still hadn't learned how to yet... He also noticed that Lightning was struggling to hold Gawain this time, in comparison to when he was a Dratini. He gritted his teeth. "Come on, Lightning... Hang on there..." he said quietly.
Josh himself though, would back away from the battlefield, leaping onto a boulder himself to keep from being hit by Earthquake himself. As the three instances of Earthquake went, Josh could feel the boulder under him starting to crumble, and after the third, the boulder would be destroyed, sending Josh crashing to the ground hard out of surprise. The blonde didn't seem to let that stop him though. As covered in dirt and bruises as he was from the impact, he would get up and briskly walk back to the battlefield. The pain was evident in his face, but he wasn't letting that stop him.
"Gawain, you can let go now!" Josh called. Gawain would nod before unwrapping himself from Lightning and landing on the ground. Lightning would let out a breath in relief, obviously having been having difficulties dealing with the added weight of the Dragonair wrapped around him, and even Magnet Rise wouldn't have allowed him to stay afloat forever if he'd gone any longer.
"Lightning, if you can keep going, use Nasty Plot! Then Thunderbolt!" he called. "Pika!" Lightning said, nodding as his eyes gleamed for a moment, then his cheeks sparked...
"Pika... CHUUUUU!" Lightning let out, unleashing a heavy dose of electricity toward Muk 3.
[Dratini evolved into Dragonair. Dragonair used Twister, then Twister again, targeting a random Muk each time but also being used to neutralize the Poison Gas. Pikachu dodged Mud Bomb, and Dragonair piggybacked off the Magnet Rising Pikachu, rendering all three instances of Earthquake ineffective. Pikachu used Nasty Plot (x1 Sp Attack, x2 SA Boosts Total), then Thunderbolt on Muk 3.
Josh is probably kicking himself for not evolving Lightning into Raichu right about now.]
Things were apparently going well for the three Muks, at least—but that was until the Flygon had decided to “bust out the heavy guns”, making the ground tremble and quake. If it wasn’t for the Pikachu’s quick thinking, they’d have gotten caught in the crossfire; but all that got caught in the crossfire…were the Muks themselves. As the first tremor began to rip through the ground, the Muk that was teetering on the verge of collapse had finally given in and let the tremors shake through the pile of ooze that was his body.
After the first wave had hit, he had officially passed out. The second and third waves then shook through the area—along with the battering of the Twister—which had dispersed the effect of the Poison Gas—and the tremors continually rocked the area, shaking and making the other two Muk lose their balance. At the end of it all, there was just a pile of purple ooze—that signified all of the Grimer and Muks that had been either pulverized, pummeled, or otherwise knocked into next week by a battering of attacks. But… was it officially over? Who knew if there was another host of ‘mons headed their way…?
Battle!
(all Muks now on battlefield)
Grimer #1 OHKO! Grimer #2 KO'd by Brick Break Grimer #3 KO'd by Thunderbolt Grimer #4 KO'd by Thunder & Aerial Ace Grimer #5 KO'd by Psychic & Dragon Tail Muks #1, #2 and #3 KO'd by Earthquake spam
Muk #1 knocked out by the Earthquake "spam barrage"; Muks #2 and #3 fall to the barrage as well.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Nov 13, 2014 7:56:00 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Staggering a little to remain steady, and pulling her mouth out of the neck of her hoodie, Yumi was relieved that it was over, especially now that the poison gas was clearing. The Muk were knocked out, and seemed just like piles of...well...muk. Nothing fearsome about them, and most certainly nothing to worry about. Brushing a hand through her fringe, she took two steps forward, her head to the sky and her arms out, until a few seconds later, Tranz landed right in her arms, with Goku turning to her, a grin from the take down of the Muks he'd just performed.
Still, as Yumi let Tranz rest, giving him a piggyback, her eyes turned to Josh, who may have been letting his pokemon get a second of rest after that little onslaught. Stepping closer, she wondered what on earth he was doing here. Sure, he was a great help, but her own reasons for being here weren't the best to be explained. Hoisting her arms behind her, pulling tranz further up her back as he wrapped his arms around her neck, she finally opened her mouth.
"Thanks for that back there Josh...what a coincidence bumping into you here huh?"
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 13, 2014 17:46:28 GMT -5
The Muk and Grimer were down for the count. Josh would take a few gulps of air once the Poison Gas had fully gone away. That was a relief, he thought to himself. Lightning's Magnet Rise would wear off and the Pikachu would fall to the ground. "Pika!" Lightning cried out before Josh caught him. He smiled a bit and ran his fingers through the fur on Lightning's head. "Hey, you did great" he said, patting the Pikachu who would curl up in his Trainer's arms after the hard fight. He smirked over at Gawain, patting the head of the Dragonair as it would look itself over, trying to adjust to the new body. "You did great too" he said to the Dragonair. "Relax, something tells me we're not out of the woods yet. Rest while you can" he warned.
He looked over at Yumi, who seemed to be letting her Pokemon get a rest. As she walked over to him, he nodded when she spoke. "Anytime" he said. "We were just doing some traveling, trying to see what Pokemon we could find out here. You always find new things in places you've never explored before, so... We figured what the hell" he said. "And what brings you here?" he asked.
Little did the two realize that they were being watched by an invisible entitiy—it was one of this pack of Gastly and Haunter, which the Muks were working for. This particular “being” that was watching them while in an invisible state was one of the scouting Gastly; who had been assigned to “tail” the band of Grimer and Muk that they’d “hired” in order to cause panic and disaster. It was a shame they weren’t able to contact the local Ekans/Arbok hode; because they were apparently “on vacation”, so these scrubs had to do in the meantime. Now that the Gastly had seen what had transpired, he quickly flew back as fast as his ectoplasm would allow, and soon met up with his own group—the Haunters that loved wreaking havoc on the human inhabitants of the island, along with his fellow Gastly who were still in training and under their wing.
After communicating via gestures and ghostly murmurs; the pack then decided to execute the next part of the plan: instead of going one at a time against the two bothersome humans, why not just attack them all at once? There was a slight quivering in the air where the “invisible” Haunters and Gastly were—and as one, they all shot forward, a purple mass of ectoplasm; headed right to the clearing where the two humans were, thinking that the danger was over. Well, it was most definitely not—they had to stall long enough in order to let their two “big bosses”, the Gengar and one of its companions, arrive on the scene!
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Battle!
3 Haunter, 4 Gastly are headed towards Josh and Yumi! Will be converging on their location after next round of posting.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Nov 19, 2014 6:46:54 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi, having had a small moment to think up an excuse for being here, gave her answer quickly, perhaps a tad too quickly in all honesty. "Oh you know me, always love to travel. Besides, this time of year, the Sevii islands are the only place you can get any real sun, unless ya wanna get baked to death in orre.~" She gave a soft chuckle, finding her own lie rather well thought out, and basic enough to fly. Its not like Josh would be suspecting her of anything anyway, but with him here now, it would hard for her to continue her search so openly. Her head turned back to the Flygon resting behind her.
"Hey Goku?" The Dragon perked his head up. "Go see if you can find Ko-ken, I'm worried something happened to him. He still hasn't gotten the hang of earthquake so some muk may have got to him?" The Flygon gave a quick salute, and he was off, darting into the forest leaving tranz behind. The Psychic type was still trying to see if he could re-activate his psychic powers, but sadly he had another two "turns" to go. Even with the attacked locked down however, some of his abilities remained, and he could sense they weren't out of the woods yet.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 19, 2014 11:14:05 GMT -5
Josh raised an eyebrow at how quickly she gave her answer. He didn't actually know Yumi that well. Well enough to like the girl, yeah, but he knew next to nothing about her besides her being a Trainer and her having a nice collection of powerful Pokemon. Of course, he supposed it was the other way around too, Josh had never really gone into detail to Yumi about who he is, or more importantly, who he WAS. Or really anything about what he did besides travel. He made a mental note to try to get to know Yumi better down the road, since they seemed to keep running into each other like this he might as well, but that could be done over the phone or something later, or maybe when they weren't being attacked by Grimer and Muk at the very least.
"Gawain, return" he said calmly as he returned his tired new Dragonair to his Pokeball. "You did great, please have a good rest" he said as the Dragonair was sucked back into it's ball. Josh would have said the same to Lightning but... The Pikachu was stubborn and wouldn't go back into his Pokeball if a tidal wave was coming his way. Josh remembered the last time he convinced Lightning to stay in his Pokeball... He let himself out five minutes later and Josh gave up trying. "Lightning.... Just..... Rest" he said, shrugging toward the Pikachu who climbed onto his shoulder eagerly to do just that.
"Just traveling, huh?" he said, laughing. "Isn't it warm enough in Hoenn?" he asked. That had been where he met Yumi after all, so it wasn't like she wasn't familiar with the warmer region. Josh would probably have been unsuspecting, if it hadn't been for the lie and how quickly she'd said it. But... There wasn't much he could do about it. He was sure that whatever it was, it was her personal business and probably wasn't anything harmful. Despite the above, Yumi seemed like a good person. He doubted she'd pull anything wrong. He had no reason to suspect her of any wrongdoing.
Yumi would assign Goku, her Flygon, to go find her Sawk, who if Josh recalled was Yumi's partner. He smirked a bit as he watched it go, before looking over at Yumi. "So what were you doing around here that caused you to get attacked by those Grimer and Muk like that?" he asked curiously. "Seriously, you need to be careful. I know you can handle yourself, and would have done so even without me here, but..." he trailed off as he noticed Lightning's ears were perked up and the Pikachu was staring off into the distance. He was going to finish saying he worried about Yumi, but something was wrong and he could feel it.
"What's up, Lightning?" he asked the Pikachu, who seemed to be sensing something. Instinct, perhaps? It was obvious the Pikachu doubted they were out of the woods either. He would look over at Yumi. "Keep your guard up. Did any of those Grimer escape before or after I arrived?" he asked her curiously. Josh was back into serious mode just like that, it seemed.
As the entire “blob” of invisible miasma that represented the Gastly and Haunter horde sped through the air, literally flying unseen over the two Trainer’s heads; they knew that they had to act fast, or end up regretting it later. As the entire blob of purple ectoplasmic “goo” suddenly materialized above the two chatting Trainers, the four Gastly decided to attempt to strike first, fast, and most certainly fierce! Two of the four Gastly quickly branched apart and then each of the two unleashed a sinister flash of light, engulfing the whole field with a ghastly radiance; but in reality they had used a combined Confuse Ray on all the other ‘mons out on the field that went off like a flash grenade! The first one that had appeared decided to make towards the Pikachu, suddenly flinching in pain—but that was only because it had already decided to take the lead and had used Curse on the Pikachu.
This Gastly was not afraid to sacrifice itself, cutting itself down by half health and apparently starting the fight with a handicap. The second Gastly then went to assist the first; before quickly conjuring a ball of shadow energy and unleashing the Shadow Ball attack on the Pika as well, in order to isolate them away from the redhead and her more troublesome ‘mons. The other two Gastly then immediately decided to deal with the redhead and her Abra; the third Gastly also copying the same tactic that its fellow cohort had used, utilizing Curse on the Abra and cutting itself down to half health. The remaining Gastly who served as this one’s backup closed the distance and prepared to unleash a Sucker Punch attack on the Abra!
Battle!
Four Gastly out on the field! Three Haunter still floating "invisibly" above the "arena".
Gastly #1 & #3 use a combined Confuse Ray on the field before dispersing towards their respective targets. Gastly #1 uses Curse on Pika, cutting itself down to half health. Gastly #2 attacks with Shadow Ball aimed at Pika! Gastly #3 also uses Curse on the Abra; while its companion, Gastly #4 prepares a Sucker Punch attack!
HP of Gastly #1 & #3: 50% HP of Gastly #2 & #4: 100%
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Nov 20, 2014 7:12:01 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi was about to defend herself, stating that, if she really went all out, those muks wouldn't have stood a chance from the start, how it was just her trying not to hurt his pokemon who'd so rudely interrupted, and how those slime balls couldn't ever hold a candle to her glorious pokemon, but, before she could sound like a total bitch, the odd actions of Josh's Pikachu caught her eyes. Thinking about it, even Tranz seemed to be acting a little off.
Then, the flash came.
"AH!" Quickly covering her Abra with her own body, shielding him from the confusing light, Yumi tried to get keep him in as good a condition as she could. His teleporting may be one of his best traits, but at the same time, it couldn't work if he didn't have time to react. Plus, he was their best fighter currently, as no other member of the party she'd brought with her, par one she was saving for an emergency, could stand up to the poison types they were facing. Even with him covered however, the power of a curse could not be avoided, and suddenly, Tranz gripped his chest as he felt a surging pain tear through his body, falling to his knees.
"You okay...?"
The abra gave only a weak nod, glaring up at the two pokemon who had dared to strike him. With one of his hands glowing with the same faded purple the ghost types held, his body teleported above them, far enough to completely get out of the way of the Gastly who was preparing to sucker punch him, before rocketing down two powerful shadow balls.
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Tranz DEF+4 Cursed 35% Tranz avoided confuse ray Hit by curse Teleported above the Gastly to avoid sucker punch Unleashed two shadow balls, one for each gastly that attacked him
Post by Josh Dragomir on Nov 20, 2014 10:22:39 GMT -5
Before the worried gesture could be returned with bitchiness, they were... Maybe not so luckily interrupted. Then the flash came.
Josh had done the same, wrapping his arms around Lightning and protecting the Pikachu with his own body. Josh had a feeling it wasn't over yet, and he had been correct, it seemed... He would look over at Yumi, seeing she'd protected her Abra, and they both seemed to be alright, before looking down at Lightning. "Lightning, you okay?" he asked the Pikachu. "Pika-Pi..." Lightning managed to get out, before he suddenly let out a scream in pain, clutching his chest. Josh recognized the signs... Lightning had been cursed!
Josh would sigh and finally decide to return Lightning to his Pokeball. "Lightning, return..." he said quietly as he did something he would normally never do and let the red light absorb the Pikachu back into the ball, curing him of the Curse and protecting him from further harm, but not in time to shield Josh from...
Boom. An explosion could be seen from where Josh had just been...
Josh was hit dead on by the Shadow Ball in Lightning's place, sending the blonde flying back and crashing hard to the ground. He let out a groan in pain as his face hit the ground. He felt sore all over from the two sets of impact, from the shadow ball and from hitting the ground as hard as he did. He was going to feel that in the morning, but it mattered not to him... Protecting his Pokemon was priority number one.
Josh would grit his teeth and slowly start to get to his feet, his hair a mess, his body covered in bruises and dirt... And his eyes locked with the source of the attack.
[Lightning was returned to his Pokeball, Josh was hit in Lightning's place by Confuse Ray and Shadow Ball, and left unable to send out a new Pokemon until the next post]
There was this incredible sense of irony in the air—even if the four Gastly had managed to cripple the Abra, the Pikachu had been recalled into its containment device, therefore leaving one of the two literally defenseless. One of the Haunter floating invisibly above the area gave props to the redhead, shielding her “companion”—but they knew that it was a dangerous companion, and had to be taken out right away. The Shadow Ball that was intended for the Pikachu had apparently smacked the blond-headed scruffy guy right across the head instead, which caused another one of the Haunter to do a face palm. What was this human thinking, recalling his partner and leaving himself defenseless?! In any case, the two Gastly that were now trying to take out the Abra were focusing their efforts in order to knock out this “thorn in their side”.
As the Sucker Punch evidently missed; and the Gastly ended up hitting air, he looked up a few moments later and saw that the sneaky little Psychic-type had Teleported up into the air; and was now aiming Shadow Ball attacks; one at each of them! The Gastly that had sacrificed himself knew that they were in a sticky situation, and in a last-minute ditch attempt to take out the Abra, had stuck out its tongue—but in reality it had activated Destiny Bond (since he had no limbs, he decided to stick his tongue out instead to activate it) and took the attack head-on; ironically, since Gastly were part-Poison, they were weak to their own Ghost-type attacks. The other Gastly met the incoming blob of shadow energy head-on with a ball of dark, evil, malicious energy; it had fired off a Dark Pulse in order to counter the incoming Shadow Ball attack!
The other two Gastly (who were supposed to take out the blond guy’s Pikachu then decided to unload their own attacks on the human—because they had to! The one that had sent out a Shadow Ball retaliated with the same black, evil ray of energy, sending out a Dark Pulse; while the other Gastly decided to use Night Shade on the human!
Battle!
Four Gastly out on the field! Three Haunter still floating "invisibly" above the "arena".
Gastly #3 activates Destiny Bond seconds before the Shadow Ball hits it and knocks it out (the irony of the Gastly line being weak to Ghost-type attacks); while Gastly #4 meets the Shadow Ball head-on with a Dark Pulse counter of its own. Gastly #1 uses Night Shade on Josh; while Gastly #2 uses Dark Pulse on Josh as well--because seriously who recalls their Pokemon partner while in the middle of a horde battle?
HP of Gastly #1: 50% HP of Gastly #3: KO'd by Shadow Ball. HP of Gastly #2 & #4: 100%
Move Sets:
Gastly #1: Curse / Confuse Ray / Night Shade / ?? Gastly #2: Shadow Ball / Dark Pulse / ?? / ?? Gastly #3: Curse / Confuse Ray / Destiny Bond / ?? Gastly #4: Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse / ?? / ??
If the first method of charging in bit by bit didn't work, do it in one big burst!
