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Injuries gained this round: Outlet (KOed. These bastards will BURN)


The rain of seeds decimates Pitch’s team; many fall under the barrage of attacks. Dilos and Inigan hold firm, their Poisonous nature allowing them to take Grass blows all day. Outlet is dropped by the barrage, causing Pitch to glare menacingly at his foe. Lighter barely stays standing, but is obviously injured. Rope’s vines absorb the blows easily, and Carn’s wings knock away half the barrage, the other barrage barely hurting him through his thick carapace.

Big mistake, Pitch says as he lunges to attack the Shiftry, but the laughter had cut the edge off of his focus. The knife slips in his hand, slicing open his palm, blood spilling out.

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Will just use the base damage, if that’s okay. It’s 12 Base, plus Pitch’s newly boosted 20 Attack for 32, -8 Defense for 24/2 (resist Confusion Struggles) for a final of 12.


Thales, he manages to choke out through his Confusion, pointing at the Shiftry in front of him. Aerial Ace.

Thales didn’t even need a command; before Pitch even gave the order Thales was leaping forward, swinging his shell down in an arc to try to finish this fight before it can truly start. Pitch needed his help!

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AC: HIT [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Crit: [roll2]


After seeing Thales leap to his defense, Pitch regains composure, beginning to send out other commands.

Lighter! Get that one off Outlet! Pitch shouts, wanting to ensure the safety of his Shinx. The Charmander complies, more than happy to burn wood that isn’t already dead. While hurt, Lighter moves towards his objective.

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Targeting K11.
AC: 2 [roll3]
Damage: [roll4]
Crit: [roll5]


Pitch quickly tries to plan out his next move. Carn could easily take another hit, but the snakes were running low and had three near them. Finishing those ones off quickly would allow him to bring Inigan somewhere else while Dilos finished off the other.

Inigan! Dilos! Finish those two off! he shouts, hoping they target their previous targets.

The snakes do not disappoint, once again firing darts into the darkness to try to finish off the two Pokemon.

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Attacking some ones they hit last time; not quite sure which those are.
Poison Sting (Inigan)
AC: 2 [roll6]
Damage: [roll7]
Crit: [roll8]

Poison Sting (Dilos)
AC: 2 [roll9]
Damage: [roll10]
Crit: [roll11]
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Don't count Outlet out quite yet!


Outlet is buried under the strongest barrage of seeds to the point where you cannot even see him any longer.

The beast continues to laugh at you as you cut yourself in blind rage. Without taking its eyes off you, the Shiftry raises an arm to brace itself against Thales' attack. The force elicits a grunt from the Shiftry, but it shrugs the blow off.

Lighter's burst of flame scorches his target and drops the Nuzleaf to its knees, the heat proving almost too hot to endure. It stumbles forward into sight, barely conscious.

Inigan and Dilos once again strike true, knocking out the two Nuzleaf closest to them.

With the younger assailants neutralized, the leader signals for the other larger ones to step out from the shadows. The northeastern one steps out to face Carn without any fear in its eyes. The western one steps out between Inigan and Dilos, apparently intending to take them both on at once.

The eastern one steps up to the pile of seeds covering Outlet and sifts through them with malicious intent. When it finds the prone body of the Shinx, it raises a leafy arm in preparation for a Coup de Grâce.

Time seems to slow down as you're helpless to prevent the incoming execution. As you watch the Shiftry start to bring its arm down, suddenly you see movement in the seeds! A black-blue blur blasts the Shiftry backwards, leaping onto it with frozen fangs. Outlet--bigger and stronger now--tears the beast apart in a reckless fury.

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Outlet evolved into Luxio!
And also learned Ice Fang, no big deal.
Mechanics stuff: place him at 1 HP, same number of injuries still.


Your foes are too shocked by the turn of events to take any further actions, and your team is reinvigorated after watching Outlet's surge.