Facility Battle Tree Challenge: P2X7

[LouisCyphre]

Rather than recalling their defeated Pokemon, the boarders simply leave them where they are and send out their replacement.


As before, your new opponent doesn't verbalize anything. Instead, they simply stride forward to meet Mawile in battle.

Pikachu - Electro Ball | Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt

IF Mawile is to use Metal Burst THEN use Focus Punch and push orders down.​

At the start of the step, IF Mawile is to use a Pain Split AND you do not have a substitute decoy THEN use Substitute (15).​

At the start of the step, IF Mawile is to use a speed-lowering move AND you do not have a substitute decoy THEN use Substitute (15).​

 

[P2X7]

"How about this? If you can understand me, point to me with two fingers."

"Th-They're just going to leave their Palossand there!?"

"...Another opponent? Excellent..."

Rest - Sleep Talk (Play Rough/Super Fang/Payback/Solar Beam) - Sleep Talk (Play Rough/Dazzling Gleam/Payback/Solar Beam)
IF you are awake when you would act a2 or a3, use Play Rough the first instance and Payback the second.

 

[P2X7]

Friendly reminder, LouisCyphre

 

[LouisCyphre]

Team P2X7


HP: 034 / 080 En: 054% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate Status: Speed -1 (28)

Team Unknown Boarders


HP: 075 / 075 En: 100% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static

Battle 2, Round 4
( click for rolls )
178, 391, 426, 309, 188, 383, 88, 425, 352, 282, 11, 68, 350, 182, 226

Step 1

Pikachu used Electro Ball!
Crit <= 25: 178
(11 + 3 + 4 - 4) = 14 DMG!
-8 En


Mawile used Rest!
Mawile fell asleep to regain health!
-15 En

+10 HP (Rest)

Step 2

Pikachu used Thunderbolt!
Crit <= 25: 391
Effect <= 60: 426
(9 + 3 + 4 - 4) = 12 DMG!
-6 En


Mawile used Sleep Talk!
Move called: Ceiling(Roll / 150): 309 ~ 3
-3 En
Mawile used Payback!
Crit <= 25: 188
(10 + 7 - 3) = 14 DMG
-7 En
Static <= 180: 383

+10 HP (Rest)

Step 3

Pikachu used Thunderbolt!
Crit <= 25: 88
Effect <= 60: 425
(9 + 3 + 4 - 4) = 12 DMG!
-10 En


Mawile used Sleep Talk!
Move called: Ceiling(Roll / 150): 352 ~ 3
-7 En
Mawile used Payback!
Crit <= 25: 282
(10 + 7 - 3) = 14 DMG
-7 En
Static <= 180: 11
Mawile was paralyzed!

+10 HP (Rest)
Mawile's Paralysis ended.
Mawile's Sleep ended.

End of Battle 2, Round 4

Team P2X7
HP: 026 / 080 En: 015% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate
HP: 042 / 090 En: 029% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/6/6/100 Hit: - - - Abi: Levitate
Team Unknown Boarders
HP: 000 / 090 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 6/8/7/6/35 Hit: - - - Abi: Sand Veil Status: KO
HP: 047 / 075 En: 076% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static

P2X7 issues orders.
The Unknown Boarders issue orders.
I ref.

 

[P2X7]

"Just two fingers will suffice. We'll mutually improve our odds of escape if we work together, but we need a means of communication first."

"...Boss, these intruders do not want to collaborate with us..."

Play Rough - Dazzling Gleam - Play Rough
IF Pikachu is under the effects of a successful P/E move when you would act, use Sandstorm the first instance and Chill the second, replacing your following action by Play Rough on each instance.
[Check at the start of the step] IF Pikachu is set to use a D/E move, AND it is faster than you, use Sucker Punch the first instance, Solar Beam the second, and Sucker Punch the third, replacing your following action by Play Rough on each instance.
IF Pikachu has at least one Double Team clone when you would act, use Feint Attack the first instance, Dazzling Gleam the second, and Feint Attack the third, replacing your following action by Play Rough on each instance.

 

[LouisCyphre]

The opponent continues wearing the same unchanging smile.

Pikachu - Encore | Wish | Double Team (1)

 

[LouisCyphre]

Team P2X7

HP: 026 / 080 En: 015% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate

Team Unknown Boarders

HP: 047 / 075 En: 076% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static

Battle 2, Round 5
( click for rolls )
169, 525, 141, 438, 477, 223, 417, 257, 13, 56, 121, 405, 345, 370, 301

Step 1

Pikachu used Encore!
Mawile received an Encore!
-15 En


Mawile used Sleep Talk!
But it failed!
-3 En

Step 2

Pikachu used Wish!
Pikachu made a wish!
-12 En


Mawile used Dazzling Gleam!
Crit <= 25: 169
(8 + 3 + 3 - 4) = 10 DMG!
-5 En

Step 3

Pikachu used Double Team!
Pikachu made one illusory clone!
-4 En


Mawile used Feint Attack!
Hit: Automatic.
Crit <= 25: 525
(6 + 7 - 3) = 10 DMG!
-4 En

End of Battle 2, Round 5

Team P2X7
HP: 026 / 080 En: 003% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate
HP: 042 / 090 En: 029% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/6/6/100 Hit: - - - Abi: Levitate
Team Unknown Boarders
HP: 000 / 090 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 6/8/7/6/35 Hit: - - - Abi: Sand Veil Status: KO
HP: 027 / 075 En: 045% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static Status: Wish (19 HP)

The Unknown Boarders issue orders.
P2X7 issues orders.
I ref.

 

[LouisCyphre]

thank goodness that charging isn't acting.

The current active boarder leans forward, seemingly intent on winning this battle.


Your opponent shows no signs of slowing or of fatigue, despite their scrapes and bruises. They merrily dance in the muck you're avoiding, expression unchanging.

Pikachu - Encore | Chill | Chill

[KO] IF Mawile is fainted when you would act THEN Chill.​

 

[LouisCyphre]

(you good P2X7 ?)

 

[P2X7]

I'm waiting on a ruling, and I apparently forgot to post here. Mea culpa.

 

[P2X7]

Discussion with the other mods has yielded the following (paraphrased) ruling: Encore is "wasted" when used on a Pokemon charging an attack/readying Focus Punch because the Encore effect cannot overwrite the charged move its recipient has already committed to using.

"All right, then. If communication is impossible while you can still fight, we'll defeat you first and talk to you second."

...I see...although I'm exhausted, another strike is inevitable...
Fine...I'll test my limits...

Focus Punch - Focus Punch - Focus Punch

 

[LouisCyphre]

hmm. this is a change from my prior ruling, but i don't have the energy to argue about it.

Team P2X7
HP: 026 / 080 En: 003% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate
HP: 042 / 090 En: 029% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/6/6/100 Hit: - - - Abi: Levitate

Team Unknown Boarders
HP: 000 / 090 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 6/8/7/6/35 Hit: - - - Abi: Sand Veil Status: KO
HP: 027 / 075 En: 045% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static Status: Wish (19 HP)

Battle 2, Round 6
( click for rolls )
539, 301, 544, 202, 78, 31, 213, 363, 64, 207, 18, 373, 64, 532, 148

Step 1

Mawile is tightening her focus!


Pikachu used Encore!
Mawile's Feint Attack was applauded!
-15 En


Mawile used Focus Punch!
Crit <= 25: 539
(15 + 7 - 3) = 21 DMG!
Static: <= 180: 301
-10 En
Mawile fainted!

+19 HP (Wish)

Team P2X7
HP: 000 / 080 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate Status: KO
HP: 042 / 090 En: 029% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/6/6/100 Hit: - - - Abi: Levitate

Team Unknown Boarders
HP: 000 / 090 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 6/8/7/6/35 Hit: - - - Abi: Sand Veil Status: KO
HP: 025 / 075 En: 030% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static

P2X7 sends in Flygon (automatic) and issues orders.
The Unknown Boarders issue orders.
I ref.

 

[P2X7]

Mawile's Focus Punch should only deal 19 damage.

Eegh...That is all...I can contribute...

"Well done, Mawile. With caution, we can resume our escape."

"Got it, boss!"

Flygon @ N/A

Earthquake - Bulldoze - Sand Tomb
[Check at the start of the step] IF Pikachu is set to use successful P/E move, use Feint the first instance and Fissure the second, pushing back each instance.
[Check at the start of the step] IF Pikachu is set to use Endure, use Sandstorm that action and Earthquake the next.
[Check at the start of the step] IF Pikachu has <14 HP, AND NOT it has Double Team clones, AND NOT its Defense stage is >+0, use First Impression that action instead and push back. Only play this substitution once.

 

[P2X7]

Friendly reminder, LouisCyphre .

 

[P2X7]

Another friendly reminder, LouisCyphre

 

[LouisCyphre]

ugh and i have to write a bunch of prose for this

The boarders begin to gather their equipment and retreat, while Pikachu continues its merry march into battle.


Pikachu - Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt

 

[LouisCyphre]

Team P2X7

HP: 042 / 090 En: 029% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/6/6/100 Hit: - - - Abi: Levitate

Team Unknown Boarders

HP: 025 / 075 En: 030% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static

(spoiler: you don't take damage from thunderbolt. your ground attacks KO.)

Team P2X7
HP: 000 / 080 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/3/4/50 Hit: - - - Abi: Intimidate Status: KO
HP: 042 / 090 En: 015% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 7/6/6/6/100 Hit: - - - Abi: Levitate

Team Unknown Boarders
HP: 000 / 090 En: 000% - CT: ✕ - Stats: 6/8/7/6/35 Hit: - - - Abi: Sand Veil Status: KO
HP: 000 / 075 En: 000% - CT: ◈ - Stats: 4/3/4/4/90 Hit: - - - Abi: Static Status: KO

Your next fiction and opponents scenario will be forthcoming.

edit: i wrote about half of it here. i will have to write the rest in the morning. thank you for your patience.

 

[LouisCyphre]

The boarders have withdrawn from the bridge and began to escape down the hallway, leaving their Pokemon behind. You recall your own Pokemon and dismiss the thought of helping those left behind, despite yourself. It stands to reason, based on their mannerisms and on what you've observed, that what the boarders used to battle you may not have been Pokemon as you know them. Pushing through your exertion, you begin to run after the boarders in bounding steps. No matter what you must do to get them to talk, you must have answers from them.

The remains of the bridge section of the ship are vastly smaller than the jettisoned portion. In what feels like only moments, you arrive at the bridge's limits. At the end of the hall, the bulkhead that sealed the area beforehand lay open, and the vacuum of space is held at bay by a field instead. Beyond, clearly visible but receding fast, are the boarders you've been pursuing! One pushes off from the ship to drift after the other, having launched ahead. Dominating the view beyond is an immense, sleek space-faring vessel unlike any that you have seen. It has a streamlined, black form that reflects and refracts the colors of the stars dotting the sky in all directions.

As your targets drift away, more and more questions crop up in your mind. The field before you is of standard issue, permeable to solid objects (and their contents) but sufficient to keep loose air from spilling outward.

However, between you and your goal is the bleakness of empty space, and you'll need to cushion your landing as well. How do you give chase?

 

[P2X7]

"...They're...hostile extraterrestrials?.."

"Whatever the case, we can't let them return to their ship! I can carry us to them so that we can drag them back!"

"No. We cannot survive the vacuum of space, which makes a full pursuit impossible. We must stop our disguised friends from escaping through other means."

"Let's try rope skill, then. It'll be just like fishing!"

"..."

Mawile will use Grass Knot to create tethers and then use Seismic Toss to lasso the retreating boarders with them.

Flygon will use Strength to help Mawile pull the boarders back to our presence once she has ensnared them.

 

[P2X7]

Friendly reminder, LouisCyphre .

 

[P2X7]

Another friendly reminder, LouisCyphre .

 

[LouisCyphre]

(apparently, the protocol when an RP result is just not possible is to redo until a solution that works is presented, as per this interaction.)

Additional Literature

You set to work, creating your makeshift tether as your quarry recede into the blackness of the looming ship. Exhausted, and uncertain as to whether this plan will even succeed, you and your Pokemon join forces to hurl your desperate lifeline after your escaping prey.

Propelled by your effort, it flies into the inky blackness and... Nothing? With Flygon's might, the rope travels at a respectable speed in the vacuum before reaching its maximum length of, perhaps, a few dozen meters.

The enormity of the gulf between the ships begins to grasp you. What were you thinking? The lack of calories is clearly affecting you. The ships could be kilometers apart, and your quarry is but a pair of specks against the vastness of the unknown vessel's hull. If you are to give chase and have the answers you seek, from the only possible source of answers, you are going to have to make ingress to the vessel. If you can trap enough air, and launch with enough speed, and land without crushing your bones, you could very well make it. The far vessel's engine doesn't seem to be powered for motion at the moment, and the wretched remains of the cruise liner's bridge is unfit for supporting life as you know it regardless.

How do you secure the air, propulsion, and landing safety you need in order to give chase?

 

[P2X7]

"Hmm...that was a bad idea. We probably should have brought more than stones, metal, and grass on a spacefaring vacation. I think we're underprepared for spaceflight."

"...A meteor travels through space without issue..."

"...Oh, I like that idea. Excellent!"

"...What?"

"We'll make our own craft. If we cushion our landing, we should be able to avoid depressurization when we arrive."

Mawile will construct an airtight stone shell using Rock Tomb and then use her Pokedex Entry (DPP– Attached to its head is a huge set of jaws formed by horns. It can chew through iron beams.) to chew through the remnants of the shell—and, if necessary, the alien craft's hull—upon landing safely.

Flygon will use Mud Shot to coat the outside of our ship with thick, sticky layers of impact-softening mud, then use Hyper Beam from within the shell to propel us to the alien craft. Just before crossing the airlock barrier, it will plug our ship's "thruster" hole with material from its own Rock Tomb.

 

[P2X7]

Friendly reminder, LouisCyphre .

 

[P2X7]

Friendly reminder, LouisCyphre .