It's a one-hit KO!
The grunt recalls his Kirlia.
"Why...?"
Grunt Defeated: +2
Pokémon Remaining: +0
Hero: +0
Purifier: +0
The grunt smashes Abra's Poké Ball on the ground and runs, leaving Akuma there with an angry, corrupted, technically wild Abra - and two Premier Balls to yeet at it.
Bonus Challenge: Catch Abra!
—
Hitmonlee performs an advancing barrage of Low Kicks at Phoenix.
—
Salazzle gets beat up by Dan of all people, and collapses. The grunt recalls it and sends out a Shadow Venomoth.
—
The grunt realizes what's up and jumps out of the way before the Venusaur goes careening past him, smashing through a number of priceless relics before smacking into a wall.
He looks at it in confusion, then at Asura. "What? I lost? No!"
Grunt Defeated: +2
Pokémon Remaining: +1
Hero: +0
Purifier: +0
He pops a Revive into his Charmander's ball, throws it down and steps on it before running away, deeper into the Dwemer Museum. Three Premier Balls appear before Mithra.
Bonus Challenge: Catch Charmander!
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Abandoned House
Akuma grimaces.
Akuma: "How did the boy do it? Hmm..."
He mocks stepping up to the plate, pitching a fastball of a Premier Ball at the Abra.
Temple of Dibella
Phoenix gets tripped by the low kicks...
And finds Giovanni's business card.
Phoenix: "I've got all that I need!"
Evidence: 3/3
Turnabout Mode Active!
Phoenix rolls back into a standing position, throwing out energy projectiles like no tomorrow at the poor Hitmonlee.
Maya looks over to Phoenix.
Maya: "Phoenix! Be careful!"
Hag's Cure
Dan: "Feels good to be on top!"
Amingo summons two mini-cactuses that both jump and try to bite the Venomoth.
Dan lays there for a bit, reveling in his accomplishments.
Dwemer Museum
Mithra looks puzzled, but approaches the Charmander, lobbing a ball at it.
Asura simply steps back, equally confused.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"One, two, three, click!
Gotcha!
Abra was caught!
+ 3 Abra Candy
The other Premier Ball disappears.
—
Hitmonlee gets COMBO'd. Already the grunt is sending out her last Pokémon, Hitmontop.
The top-monster attacks with a Rock Smash spinning attack.
—
Venomoth flutters about the cactuses like the irate moth that it is, spewing bugs at them with Infestation.
—
The Charmander is sucked into the ball. It shakes three times and then snaps shut.
Gotcha!
Charmander was caught!
+ 3 Charmander Candy
The other two Premier Balls vanish.
Edited by KiriK on Oct 6th 2019 at 9:53:04 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Abandoned House
Akuma, Premier Ball in hand, steps out of the house, but not before giving a bow. Not out of respect for the grunt, but rather the previous inhabitants.
Standing outside the house, he looks at the ball and mumbles something about purification and having a chat with nature gods...
Temple of Dibella
Phoenix fires more energy projectiles, combined with a wall of papers coated in blue energy.
Maya stops to rest, her thoughts rushing with the anguish she felt when that last Pokemon fell...
Hag's Cure
Amingo hops up to the Venomoth as the other cactuses just kinda disappear, turning both hands into a large hammer for an overhead smash.
If it connects, the already-recovered Dan will go for a Dan Rising Kick, a rising knee into an upwards kick.
Dwemer Museum
Asura prepares to chase the Grunt, but Mithra puts her hand on his shoulder.
Mithra: "He's gone. And we're okay! Plus, we have to figure out how to cure this guy already."
She smiles warmly at him, seemingly already healed.
Asura calms down, his extra arms disappearing.
Asura: "Okay. Let's get back to the others."
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Hitmontop withstands the paper onslaught and retaliates with Gyro Ball. It becomes a ball and tries to ram Phoenix.
—
Venomoth gets bitched.
We can just skip ahead, right? Good. The grunt flees, leaving behind her Grimer... and also a sack full of potions and money she was unable to bring with her. Dan and Amingo have two Premier Balls between them.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Temple
Phoenix retaliates with a jump, going for a downwards point, then a standing point, both with a large energy hand.
Maya gets up and nods resolutely.
Hag's Cure
Dan tosses a curveball at Grimer.
Amingo moves to take the supplies.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Hitmontop falls.
"Who needs a weak Pokémon like this? It's all yours!" The grunt sends forth her Hitmonchan and runs.
Grunt Defeated: +2
Pokémon Remaining: +0
Hero: +1
Purifier: +0
Well, at least it's alive. Too bad it's hostile. Three Premier Balls.
—
Grimer is caught.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."The ball shakes once, twice... Hitmonchan breaks out!
But another throw does it.
—
The Cidnha Mine marker disappears.
The Grunt who was there is running back to the rift, along with his comrades.
They all come to a stop in front of it.
"They're still out there, right?"
"Looks like it. Probably seeking us out."
"Heh... let's show 'em not to mess with Team GO Rocket! SEND OUT THE BIG ONE!"
The grunts jump back into the rift, and a gigantic striped egg is punted out of it.
It shakes once, shakes twice...
Then an 80-foot 3-inch, 6,099 lb., glitchy monstrosity
◊ erupts from it, effectively blasting away a large portion of Markarth in the process of expanding to its full size.
This one does not exude the pain, fear, and hatred of a Shadow Pokémon. And yet, all the same, it has all the makings of a mistake of reality.
It screams. And it keeps screaming. And it never. NEVER. EVER. STOPS. Not even to take a breath.
Battle! h POKé (Battle! Raid - Pokémon GO)
Edited by KiriK on Feb 11th 2020 at 2:00:06 PM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Markarth Remains
The group reconvenes, Mithra immediately sensing something off, followed by Maya.
Maya: "Something's off with this being..."
Dan: "It's a giant cube of channel 65.3 walking out of a portal, I'm pretty sure that's not natural!"
Amingo grimaces at the freak of nature ahead of it.
Akuma does a "come on" motion.
Asura sprouts his extra arms again.
Phoenix pops his neck.
Phoenix: "Time to deliver justice!"
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"h POKé used HM02!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
An eye forms somewhere in the monstrosity's shape, which glares down at Phoenix and launches a white bolt of skyborne energy at him. It's extremely slow, giving him plenty of time to dodge, but if it hits him... Well, it has a base power of 177, so there is a very good chance it will take him out instantly. It will also heal itself by an amount equal to the damage dealt if it hits.
h POKé used POUND!
EEEEEEEEEEEEREEEREEEEEEEEEEEEIENIEEEEEHGEOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Without delay, it proceeds to form a giant glitchy fist that protrudes in the direction of Asura, trying to punch him.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Markarth Remains
Phoenix hops out of the way, Maya following.
He peppers out projectile fire like a freakin' Gensokyan.
Asura catches the fist with all of his arms, pushing against it before deciding to give it a big ol' headbutt.
Akuma and Dan start charging up Shin Gohadoken and Gadou Cannon respectively, taking the same stance, but mirrored.
Amingo protects Mithra.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Boyero follows the demon into the portal, closing behind them. They found themselves in a castle of ice, so deathly cold even the demon of fire would feel it. They were at the top of a massive staircase, in front of them a massive double door with engravings of a demon's skull. The warlock motions to the door,
"He awaits you."
Boyero disappears in a cloud of snow, as the massive door slowly creaks open
Krampus's Castle (The Throne Room) - Nightbringer
The throne room was massive, easily large enough to fit a small army within. The walls coated in engravings of several massive battles. Krampus is the centerpiece in each, a massive statue of himself in his armor erected behind his stone throne. His voice echoed across the massive room,
"Welcome."
The fist recoils and withdraws.
Some of the projectiles seem to pass part of the way through the monster's mass before making impact. Gee, it's almost like it's a Ghost/Poison type!
h POKé used LICK!
oh god that's a tongue that's its tongue it looks nothing like a tongue and it's screaming
It attempts to, quote-unquote, "lick" Akuma. If it hits, it has a 30% chance to paralyze him.
h POKé used TM24!
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
A horn-like protrusion emerges from the upper-part of the monster. It fires a wildly inaccurate spray of lightning bolts all over the battlefield, which are very powerful (but not as powerful as HM02), with a 30% chance to paralyze on a successful hit.
Edited by KiriK on Oct 7th 2019 at 7:26:23 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Makarth Ruins
Dan cringes at the approaching... tongue, before Amingo puts up a suppressive wall of little cactus minions to tank the lick, barely holding it off.
Dan and Akuma fire their combined Shin Gadou Cannon before getting the hell out of dodge.
Mithra looks on in horror, Amingo raising the large vine out of the ground again, this time in front of h POKé. He gets hit by lightning, however, and is paralyzed.
Phoenix gets whacked by lightning with no extra effects, Maya just barely missing a bolt of her own.
Asura tanks a bolt of lightning, this time being the one to lay suppressive fire.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Oct 7th 2019 at 8:35:38 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"h POKé used NIGHT SHADE!
The monster projects a frightening mirage in front of Amingo (which also screams exactly like the monster does), trying to deal damage to him equal to its (staggeringly high) level.
h POKé used ASURA!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
h POKé "disassembles" into a long, long, long line like a city-sized snake and coils around all its foes. Then it constricts, trying to crush them all at once - also highly inaccurate, but not as powerful as the other two glitch attacks. It will lower the speed of anyone it successfully pulls in, and may also freeze and burn a damaged foe simultaneously. Space and time around it briefly distort as it uses the move.
Edited by KiriK on Oct 7th 2019 at 7:48:25 AM
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Markarth Ruins
Amingo gets seriously damaged, but starts healing almost on his own...
Everyone manages to climb over the enclosing h POKé, but not before Phoenix looks over, thinking about giving it the full court order.
However, he sees the poor creature as innocent, and leaves it to get blasted to hell by Akuma and Asura.
Edited by DefRevenge24601 on Oct 7th 2019 at 9:24:08 AM
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"Finally damaged to the point of falling weak, the monstrosity begins to dissociate from its physical form.
h POKé used EXPLOSION!
... Uh-oh.
The abomination condenses in on itself with Sucking-In Lines, becoming the size of a human. Then it detonates, laying what remained of Markarth to ground zero... for now.
The GO Rocket rift has closed. The h POKé is no more. There is no catching it.
"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."Whiterun Hold, Bleakwind Basin
Thor
◊ stands outside of the entrance to Cinke's laboratory in the giants' camp of Bleakwind Basin, waiting for the eccentric scientist to allow him inside.
Whiterun Hold, Bleakwind Basin
Surprised that he wasn't in for any of Cinke's... unique methods of granting him entry, Thor proceeds to walk through the doors and into the lab.
"No psychedelic rides or hidden trap doors? Heh, I hope this doesn't mean you've grown weary of my visits, Lady Cinke."
Edited by IchigoMontoya on Oct 8th 2019 at 9:46:33 AM

Abandoned House
Akuma allows himself to be knocked back, sliding on his hand before flipping back on his feet.
Akuma: "A tortured soul, consumed. I shall end this quickly, then."
HEAVEN EARTH SOUL ASCEND
Akuma rushes in, attempting to grab Kirlia. If so, Akuma activates his big finishing move...
Shun Goku Satsu; the Raging Demon.
Temple of Dibella
Phoenix bottles a small amount of the thick, black energy that had radiated from the Hitmonchan. Odd...
Maya simply looks on, a tear shedding from her eye.
Evidence: 2/3
Hag's Cure
Dan hops up and does another Gohadoken - Wall Variant, pushing a Gohadoken - Speed Variant through the wall, a small ball of energy that goes fast and far.
If it hits, he'd land and then chase it with a Danryuken, a rising, spinning, multihit uppercut ending in a pratfall.
Dwemer Museum
Asura: "SHUT UP!"
Asura zips to the Venusaur, tanking the Razor Leaves. He attempts to grab it and throw it at the Rocket Grunt.
Mithra gets nicked in the arm by a Razor Leaf, another getting her chest, but not cutting fatally.
"DIO is the ultimate being! The being of the future! Dare you not to rival me!"