Eerie Wood: Tiki Wandering Spirit Encounter #2

[Morrigan]

The Wandering Spirit of Duskull (Level 17) has appeared!
Please select a Pokemon to use in battle.
Encountered here.

[Tiki]

OOC: lead with ariados, then use Whirlipede and Screech

IC:
With a sense of dread on his head, and purple fog covering his feet, Alex had his head and toes covered in this strange superstitious quest. A short moment later after standing as he felt that he was in "another area", Alex was approached by something else. Even Spiden was alerted of a ghostly presence. A few flashes of quick movement in the woods, and a lot of howls and scowls coming from the dark, sent another chill down Alex's spine that made him shiver for a second.

Spiden crawled a few steps to the direction of the Duskull, giving the a look to back off her human. She knew that this Duskull was up to no good! Then, after the incident he had earlier with the Gastly, Alex felt just slightly better in control of his scares. He grabbed a Pokeball on his hand and called out to Spiden, "Stand back Spiden, take a break this time okay? Come on out, Gig. Start off with a Screech!" He held the Chikorita with one hand as he tossed the capture device. He knew that the Chikorita was in pain, but he was trying as fast he could in this dark forest maze, on top of the ghost Pokemon stopping his steps.

Out from the Pokeball was a different kind of bug. Gig looked sturdier visually, and rounder than the Ariados. The Whirlipede rolled around to figure out where the position of the Duskull was, before opening his insect mouth for some sound attack.

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Duskull was thrilled to see it's mere presence caused Chikorita so much pain. The plant Pokemon was a major step of the plans the evil spirits had to take over the forest. Once it was taken care of there was nothing anyone would be able to do to stop their evil plot however so long as Alex remained in play they could not complete their task of eliminating Chikorita. With this in mind Duskull needed to win this battle no matter the cost before the human could eliminate any more of it's partners. This task was not as easy as it sounded however and as Alex sent out an Ariados things did not look very promising. Suddenly the human had a change of heart however and swapped out the giant spider for another Pokemon, this time a Whirlipede.

Duskull had never been in a battle with either before but it was not going to pass up a chance at a free attack to try and confuse the bug type before it could do any damage. The specter sent out a series of hypnotic waves to confuse Legigent relying on confusion to act as a countermeasure to any attack the bug might use against it. Thinking the confusion alone would protect it from any harm Fudkull quickly learned that confusion alone was no guarantee of protection. With his head still spinning from the confusion Legigent unleashed a deafening Screech that caused the leaves of trees on the other side of the forest to rustle. The specter had never heard such a horrifying sound all of it's life but it wound certainly never forget it as it tried to focus on the battle at hand.

Duskull's eyes turned a deep blue as it gazed towards the bug with an eerie stare. The ghost type was trying old old trick the other spirits had taught it to leave foes unable to make any move. Disable was a very useful move for the spirits in moments of danger and with the horrible memories of screech still in it's head this seemded like the right time to use such a sneaky move. Legigent could not turn away from the evil spirit in time and his own eyes turned deep blue as his mind fell into a hypnotic state unable to remember how to preform screech for the time being. The good news for him was the attack left no physical damage however for the time being he was not in the best of shape mentally.

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Evil Spirit Battle

Duskull|level 17|
HP: 39/39 (100%)
Status: Normal ( Defense -2)
Used Confuse Ray, Used Disable
Leave this place or face my curse

VS

Alex's Legigent|level 24|
HP: 60/60 (100%)
Status: Confused ( Screech is Disabled)
Spiden was switched out and replaced with Legigent, Legigent used Screech
What did you do?

[Tiki]

OOC: LOL, evil spirit battle

IC:
As Alex barely could watch the battle in this dark and foggy environment, he did made out that the Duskull was attacking defensively. He could hear the consistent crunching of leaves under GIg's body, as the bug Pokemon was confused. The confused insect was wobbling and stumbling on his many feet. Because Alex wasn't moving himself, it was cleared to him that his bug was confused. Thankfully for Gig, he didn't need to stay still for the Screech attack. What happened next though, shocked Alex, as he had no idea what the attack was when the Duskull's eyes glowed blue. What move did the phantom just use?

Unfamiliar with ghost type Pokemon, Alex went ahead and told his Whirlipede to use Poison Tail. After all, what would be the better way to defeat the ghost type then going back to offensive attacks. However, he couldn't forget about the confused state that the bug was in either. He told his Whirlipede, optimistically, "Try your best and focus, Gig! Use Poison Tail!"

[Tyger]

The Whirlipede was confused, and while it was doing a decent job in the battle thusfar, at any moment the confusion could send it to a world of pain. Duskull didn't seem as vehemently evil as the Gastly was, but still took joy in seeing the pain it was causing to both the area around it, as well as the Chikorita. It's waves of confusion were still holding strong, and it wanted to stay with it's current tactic of battle. It wasn't as up front in battle was Gastly either, it seemed. Fog and smoke hissed around Duskull, and it's eye kept it's focus on Chikorita until the Whirlipede seemed ready to battle.

Legigent was ready for the next pass, spinning it's body in rapid succession to reach the wily ghost. However, confusion did make it veer off path occasionally. Sound mind and judgement did get it back on course, however. It's body began to glow with a sickly purple hue as it charged towards Duskull, and although the enemy was a ghost, Legigent didn't phase through the creature when he hit it. Instead, Duskull took a chunk of damage with it's defenses lowered. Narrowing it's glowing eye, it flashed for a brief moment before focusing on the Whirlipede. There, it was done. That damaging move was disabled too. If Duskull was going to stop this trainer, it needed to make sure it lived through a few more of those. What better way than to disable it?

Wild Duskull - Level |17|

Health: 23/39

Current Status: Flavor Text
Def. -2
Successful Disable!

Alex's Legigent - Level |24|

Health: 60/60

Current Status: Confused
(Poison Tail disabled!)
Successful Poison Tail!

[Tiki]

OOC: Bug Bite

IC:
This Duskull that Alex was facing now was quite tactful, compared to the Gastly earlier. Seeing how his Whirlipede was confused right now, he had a feeling that this battle would drag out a bit longer, and making the Chikorita feeling in pain longer. The ghost type itself wasn't a nightmare to look at, but its tactic was the one that would be causing nightmare for Alex right now, except he's not sleeping. He tried his best to assess the situation before speaking to his confused Pokemon again.

"Gig, can you hear me? I know it's dark and hard to see, and you're also confused from the attack, but I want you to try a Bug Bite this time! Just give it your best okay? You can do it!" He spoke, giving his next order as well as encouragement for the confused bug. He could also hear his shouting echoed through the forest a bit, as the area was a little bit too quiet. He was hoping that shouting wouldn't wake up more ghosts or attract more ghost to the area, as that would be a problem.

[Morrigan]

This evil, wandering spirit did indeed have some form of a mind still in tact as it was able to completely freeze the more annoying moves of Legigent. Alongside it's powerful wave of confusion, the Whirlipede had certainly been taken down a peg or two. His choice of moves had been dramatically narrowed down and this dose of confusion meant that he was just as likely to hit himself rather than the opponent. Across from Alex, the spirit of the Duskull seemed to give out an eerie cackle, it's lone red eye moving between the holes of it's skull like mask. At first, it seemed like it was just being creepy but it was also trying to overpower Alex's words of encouragement.

The voice of those closest to the Pokemon was usually enough to break them out of confusion, if spoken a memorable word or two. So to avoid this, the Duskull planned to make as many distracting noises as possible. Alex, putting all his faith in his Pokemon, gave Legigent his full support and for a moment, the Whirlpede seemed to return to normal before it's body began to quiver again. Fighting the confusion in his mind, all of a sudden the Duskull let out a banshee like shriek and shot straight for Legigent. Hoping to use a scare tactic to put the Whirlpede back in his place, it actually worked in the opposite way. Flinching, Legigent spun forward, feeling his body crash into the Duskull's own.

It wasn't quite a "bug bite" but then again, such a move was difficult to accomplish when it didn't even have a clear mouth! As he fell back into his state of confusion, the sorry Duskull just barely managed to lift itself back up after that attack. Surviving on pure bitterness, the Duskull sent a shadow of darkness crawling across the forest floor, which lifted like a wave and crashed down upon the body of the Whirlipede. The Duskull wouldn't be able to last for much longer and the subtle lift of the surrounding fog suggested that. The only problem was, was Legigent able to fight off this confusion in time?

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Duskull: | Level 17 |
Health: 8% (3/39 HP)
Status: -2 Def
Duskull used Night Shade!

VS

Legigent: | Level 24 |
Health: 72% (43/60 HP)
Status: Screech/Poison Tail Disabled / Confused
Legigent used Bug Bite!

[Tiki]

OOC: switch to Lombre and used Astonish

IC:
After he had said his encouragement, the battle continued as the environment seemed not much different. It was dark, foggy, and scary for the human who don't like to believe in supernaturals. It was also painful for Alex to see the Chikorita writhing in pain. If this was a gym battle and he wasn't holding a Chikorita, he would have let the Whirlipede fight a bit longer, but at least gyms have lights.

He could see the Duskull moving the red "eye ball" inside the skull, and hear first the cackle and then the shriek. Alex gasped an "Eeeaah!" in response, as the shriek was a bit of a surprise horror for him. This is why even if he can't sleep at night, he wouldn't wander outdoor. Then, as the two Pokemon battled out with the Bug Bite and Shadow Sneak, Alex could once again sense that the fog was lighter, a hint that the Duskull was at the end of its... endurance.

Holding Chikorita with one hand, he held out a Pokeball and returned the Whirlipede. Instead, it actually sent out his Lombre, because it was too dark and he couldn't see well which Pokeball he picked out. Alex awkwardly stared at the Lombre who formed from the flash of light, but after looking at Lodd for a few seconds, he figured maybe this little mistake was a good one. "Oops, sorry Lodd. I was going to returned Legigent, but since you're out, can you use Astonish on the Duskull?" the frantic trainer apologized to his Pokemon that he accidentally sent out, at least now he don't have to worry about his Whirlipede being confused and hitting himself.

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Hoping Alex would try his luck using a confused Pokemon so it could buy more time to come up with a way to stop the human on his quest to save Chikorita the evil specter was in a lot of pain from the prior Bug Bite attack that had left it hardly able to move. With it's powers on the brink of collapsing Duskull had to do something fast or else this battle would be lost. What little hope it had of still winning this battle were quickly dashed however when it saw the human switch out his Pokemon. Duskull was not strong enough to muster many more attacks but it was going to make this next move count.

Summoning a dark shadow from beneath itself the ghost type unleashed it's unholy creation towards Lodd with all of it's remaining might hoping it's defeat would be avenged be another specter. Realizing there was no hope to stop the human now Duskull could only wait for the finishing blow that was sure to come. Expecting some sort of divine beating for the trouble it had caused Duskull closed it's single eye and waited however nothing came towards it for a few moments which left the specter in a state of weariness. Opening it's eye Duskull was greeted by Lodd standing right in front of it's face as Lodd delivered a smack across it's face. Although the hit was fairly weak it was too much for Duskull to bear and it faded into a mist.

As the ghost Pokemon turned into a purple mist and headed deeper into the forest the eerie fog around Alex lifted and a sense of peace filled the area. Chikorita still cried in pain as though something else was still trying to bring it harm making it clear that Alex's quest was not over yet.

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Evil Spirit Battle

Duskull|level 17|
HP: 0/39 (0%)
Status: KO'ed
Used Night Shade, KO'ed
KO'ed

VS

Alex's Lodd|level 18|
HP: 38/55 (69%)
Status: Normal
Ligigent was switched out and replaced with Lodd, Lodd used Astonish
Surprise you evil specter!

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Spiden observed well and gained 1 level. She is now level 23. She also gains +1 happiness and she now has +8 happiness overall. Spiden is trying to learn Fury Swipes but she already knows four moves. Would you like her to forget a move to learn Fury Swipes? Current Attacks: Night Shade, Leech Life, Shadow Sneak, Constrict

Legigent gain 1 level for his participation. He is now level 25 with 0/1951 exp needed to level up. He also gained +1 happiness and he has +2 happiness overall.

Lodd fought well and gained 2 levels. She is now level 20. She also gained +1 happiness and he has +3 happiness overall. Lodd is trying to learn Water Sport but can only know 4 moves. Would you like her to forget a move to learn Water Sport? Current Attacks: Astonish, Fake Out, Absorb, Ice Beam (TM).

The Path forwards is clear.

[Tiki]

OOC: Okay, LOTS of changes going on.
Not learning Water Sport
Learning Fury Swipe over Constrict

and Petilil should be level 25 from Exp share.
Then I'm giving it 3 Rare candies to bump to level 28.
Learning Giga Drain from Level 26 over Mega Drain
Using Sun Stone (when at level 26/27) to evolve
Learning Quiver Dance at Level 28, Replacing Growth
Then Equipping Miracle Seed on Lilligant

*takes a deep breath*

then Boxing Lilligant
Moving Exp Share to Bidoof
Then I'm using 2 Eggnog from Ethan's inventory to bring Zuroy the Azurill from Alex's Box to Happiness +5
And then Evolving to Marill
and also taking out Cacnea from Box

In summary, removing Sun Stone from my box, Moving Miracle Seed to Lilligant, using 2 Eggnog from Ethan, using 3 Rare Candies from Alex

All of this self update

(OMG these took 148 words)

IC:
Even though the area was dark, he was glad that he made the decision to return his Whirilipede. If Gig was out in the field any longer, then the ghost would have made the bug type Pokemon crippled to use any more moves. However, with the switch to his Lombre, Lodd was able to take care of the haunting ghost with a simple Astonish attack. After the Duskull was defeated, the ghost disappeared into the fog, but the Chikorita in Alex's hand was still in pain. For now, this area was lifted from the curse fog, but he won't be surprised if another patch of this Ilex Forest would still have another fog because there was another ghost.

With two Pokemon out with him now, Alex could feel more safe wandering in the woods with his friends, and he decided not to return Lodd and Spiden. Thanking his friends, he took a few deep inhales to clear up his trembling and shaking before moving on. After all, he have a Chikorita to save. Also, he still wondered why can't he just spray potions at the Pokemon, he would have to ask the lake lady.