Individual RP: Ebail

BP-11

Ranger Jack fenix
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Jack watched on as Eric and his Scizor decided on what next to do. It looked like Eric had decided to use a Substitute attack first. It looked like he didn’t want to get hit by a status attack this turn and it would absorb a lot of damage from Rotom’s hard hitting attacks. Eric then told Scizor to use a Bug Bite after the substitute was laid down. Then the Scizor went to work.

First thing that happened was the three other Scizor copies disappeared, for as soon as the sub was laid down. There was no point using energy keeping up the three other copies. Substitute was another attack that baffled Jack; he didn’t know how it was done. In this case Scizor snapped both its claws and with the noise a big rubber animal looking shield popped into existence and plopped down in front of the Scizor. Then Jack saw some of Scizor’s own energy feed into the substitute. He was surprised that it didn’t give the doll life considering the energy it had.

Next the Scizor put its sights on the Rotom. It jumped over the sub and charged at the Rotom. It came into close proximity with the Rotom and unleashed its attack. Scizor don’t have a very big mouth so instead of using it for its attack as the name would suggest, it reached out and clamped hard on the floating refrigerator and the Rotom winced in pain. The addition of technician hurt the Rotom even more.

The fridge Rotom then smiled a knowing way. Electricity began to corse through the fridge pokemon and then the Thunderbolt attack was released all at once. However, instead of electrocuting the Scizor as the Rotom was hoping. The attack seemed to avoid Scizor completely and then shot towards the sub. It seemed to hope that having the Scizor so close would make the sub useless, but that didn’t seem to be the case. The attack landed on the sub and exploded. The bits of rubber littered the room.

“Ouch, that sub took a beating.”

The Rotom didn’t look happy and began to do another electric attack as the Scizor jumped away. The Rotom began to charge up an electric attack and looked to be about to release the attack. Scizor braced itself and then, nothing happened. Finally to top it all off, purple bubbles formed and floated away from Rotom and it winced in pain.

Jack laughed, “that was a Charge attack, what are ya gonna do now?”


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Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Rotom (Levitate) 65% (Toxic): Uses Thunderbolt and Charge

Brave, Male Scizor (Technician) 60% : Uses Substitute and Bug Bite

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Trainer Stats:
Name: Eric
Location: Abandoned Power Plant
Encounters left: 7
Pokemon Encountered: Porygon, Blitzle, Elekid, Porygon2, Luxray, Klang, Elekid, Rotom
Pokemon Captured: Porygon G ???, Klang G ???
MCR: 35,000/21,107

Items:
1 Park balls
1 Super balls
2 Hyper balls
5 Super Potion
1x Family Repellent
1x Type Repellent
Digital Camera
PokePlayer
1x Porygon Voice Disc (1 use)
1x Litwick Voice Disc

Used Items:
1 Full Heal
1 Type Repellent (Poison)
Park Ball
Super Ball

Pictures Taken: Luxray, Porygon2

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Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gliscor (77%)
Nickname:
Gender: Female
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Docile
EMs: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 50 Substitute, TM 95 Taunt, TM 98 Brick Break, TM 101 Rock Tomb, TM 102 Aerial Ace, TM 109 Roost, TM 125 Rock Polish, TM 126 Stone Edge, TM 129 Stealth Rock, HM 08 Rock Smash, HM 11 Defog, BM-Counter, BM-Baton

Pokemon: Scizor
Nickname:
Gender: Male
Ability: Technician
Nature: Brave
EMs: TM 06 Toxic, TM 31 Mimic, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 53 Curse, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 62 Snore, TM 64 Protect, TM 67 Endure, TM 71 Return, TM 75 Swagger, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 82 Attract, TM 84 Steel Wing, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 98 Brick Break, TM 104 Facade, TM 109 Roost, TM 114 Fling, TM 137 U-Turn, HM 01 Cut, HM 08 Rock Smash, HM 10 Defog, BM-Reversal, BM-Baton Pass, MT-Bug Bite, MT-Superpower

Pokemon: Ambipom (65%)
Nickname:
Gender: Male
Ability: Technician
Nature: Brave
EMs: TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 71 Return, TM 74 Ice Punch, TM 80 Thunder Punch, TM 85 Fire Punch, TM 95 Taunt, TM 98 Brick Break, TM 102 Aerial Ace, TM 104 Facade, TM 107 Snatch, TM 121 Shadow Claw, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 137 U-Turn, TM 147 Low Sweep, BM-Counter, BM-Fake Out, MT-Seed Bomb, MT-Low Kick

 

OOC: I should stop telling you things on AIM, then come back and edit 5000 characters into my post so I can capture this thing sooner rather than later. So yeah just to be clear I am attempting to capture Rotom now, and should I do so I plan to end the run afterward.

Scizor made the Substitute, and wasted very little time in launching its attack at Rotom. The Bug Bite scored a direct hit on Rotom causing it to show some pain, I laughed at how ironic it was to be using a biting type of attack on a Pokemon the resembled a refrigerator since you go into a fridge to get food, and then bite down on it when eating it. Well I thought this was funny anyway. Rotom didn't seem to be all the thrilled that it took increased damage from Bug Bite, and saw to it that it would cause Scizor some pain in return. I suspected something like this would happen though, and so as such this was the main reason I decided to have Scizor create a Substitute before it attacked. Personally I wasn't as worried about Scizor being hit with a status as I was with Rotom being angry and unleashing a furious attack on Scizor. This plan of mine worked perfectly. Rotom flew as close as it possibly could to Scizor and began to charge up an attack. Electricity started to course all around Rotom, and small bolt began to form in front of it which started to grow in size as the attack charged up more. It was a Thunderbolt attack, a weaker version of Thunder, which had better accuracy, but a lower power, and a lower chance to paralyze the opponent. Unfortunately for Rotom though even though it was close to Scizor the Thunderbolt was drawn away from Scizor and absorbed by the Substitute just like I planned. This however made the Substitute explode leaving bits of rubber all over the place. "Gah, I hate the smell of burning rubber," I said once the smoke started to rise up from the shattered Substitute. I had to admit this Rotom at least knew how to plan, using a move at that close of a range to try and avoid the Substitute was pretty smart, unfortunately the energy placed into a Substitute is like a magnet, and will absorb any attack used on the Pokemon that made the Substitute until it shatters.

This was not the end of this little exchange, not yet anyway. Rotom got back into place and started to form yet another Electric attack. I couldn't help but wonder what it was planning this time. The only thing I could think of at first though was that Rotom was making another attack out of frustration due to both being hurt by Scizor, and because its last attack didn't even touch Scizor. Still though I had to question what move it was going to use. Was it going to use a Thunder to deal some serious damage? Was it just going to use a ThunderShock to scare Scizor into thinking it was going to hurt it more? Was it going to use Shock Wave so that way its attack couldn't miss? Was it going to use an Electro Ball to deal some damage to Scizor due to the difference in their speeds? Or was it going to use Discharge so it had a better chance of inflicting paralysis on Scizor? Scizor wasn't sure of what Rotom was going to do either, so it jumped away from Rotom and braced itself for Rotom's attack. Well my wondering was soon answered as Rotom finished its attack, and nothing happened.

“That was a Charge attack, what are ya gonna do now?” Jack said, and asked as he laughed.

Charge was certainly not the move I was expecting Rotom to use right now. Though Charge was a pretty strategical move in a lot of situations. As its name suggested it charged up power, and if the next attack used was an Electric-type attack then that move would deal twice as much damage than it normally would do. Charge also increases the users Special Defense by one stage. It was a great attack to use if you wanted a powerful move, and a boost in your defenses. In this case though Charge's second effect was pretty worthless since Scizor has pretty bad Special Attack, and is known for using Physical attacks a lot more than it is for using Special attacks. Still though the fact that Rotom's next Electric attack would be doubled in power would still be trouble. Charge was certainly nothing short of deadly here, I could only imagine the kind of damage a Thunder at double its strength could do to Scizor. Even a move like Thunderbolt would be dealing a big impact to Scizor's health. What Charge meant was that Rotom's next attack could easily bring Scizor to the brink of being knocked out, and that was something that I refused to allow to happen. Scizor was too much of a valuable Pokemon to me to allow it to be knocked out so easily.

After Rotom had finished using Charge the purple bubbles began to form again under Rotom, turning it purple in color and floated away, leaving Rotom once again showing signs of pain. Toxic was slowly sapping away Rotom's health, I knew now it wouldn't take all that much to make Rotom weak enough for a capture. After another round of attacks the damage that Toxic inflicts would rise yet again. That was the interesting thing about Toxic, unlike Poison which sucked away one eight of the affect Pokemon's health each turn, Toxic started out as one sixteenth, and would go on to keep increasing in that many intervals each turn. So by turn four when a Pokemon is feeling Toxic it would lose one fourth of its maximum health. A lot of times when Toxic is used the Pokemon that used it will be told to use moves that stall a battle out such as Protect to keep allowing the opposing Pokemon's health be drained away. This wasn't the case for me though, Rotom still had a long way to go before Toxic would make it weak enough to capture, so I knew that I had to have Scizor land another hit before even attempting to capture Rotom.

I finally answered Jack's question from earlier about what I would do now. "Well Jack, since Rotom powered up, why don't I have Scizor power up as well," I answered, of course I knew I was going to have to make Scizor do more than just increase its strength, but what I had to wonder was what move was a good one to have Scizor do at this moment in time. It still had a multitude of different attacks at its disposal that it could use on Rotom. I could have had it set itself up for another attack but using a move such as Substitute again. There was always the option of having Scizor use Protect to just avoid Rotom's next attack and allow Toxic to damage it a little more before attacking again. I had the option of using Return to deal a heavy amount of damage since I knew Scizor enjoyed having me as its trainer. There was the option of using Steel Wing which could have also boosted Scizor's defense by a level if I was lucky enough. Then of course there was Light Screen which would have negated Rotom's double power Electric-type attack as long as it was a Special Attack since Light Screen cuts the damage from all Special Attack moves in half. Scizor could use Brick Break to deal some super effect damage to Rotom, but with Toxic also doing damage that could have easily been too much damage, so the same problem would occur if I had Scizor uses Superpower. At this point Facade would have just been a weaker version of Return so it would have been pointless to use. I could have had Scizor uses Roost to take care of the damage it had taken up to this point. I could have also always thrown Rotom off and had Scizor use U-Turn to the point where I brought something else in. Then of course there was its standard popular moves like Double Hit, X-Scissor, and Bullet Punch. I really wasn't sure what to do, I wasn't even sure if Scizor should have used Curse instead of Swords Dance. It was hard to decided what to have it do. I figured I'd do the only thing I could do right now, and that was to wing things and see what would happen, otherwise if I waited this out too long Toxic could finally do too much damage to Rotom, and it would be uncatchable. Though I wasn't all that worried, Rotom was still a little bit of a while away from being finished off by Toxic, so I knew I still had some time to plan.

"All right now Scizor, first off use a Curse, and then follow up with a Bullet Punch," I said to Scizor who knew what it had to do.

Curse was a very unique move to say the least. Based on what type the Pokemon using it was it could do one of two things. If the user of the move was a Ghost-type Pokemon it would slice its only health in half, and it lays a curse on the opposing Pokemon which drains one fourth of its maximum health each turn. The most unusual thing about this is that unlike other health reducing moves this move can actually cause the user to knock itself out when used. It was certainly a risky, but strategical move for sure. It was a sure fire way of dealing with a Pokemon that was hard to damage with attacks. The other effect of Curse applied only to Pokemon that weren't of the Ghost-type. This was the effect people liked, it would increase the users Attack, and Defense by one stage, at the cost of the Speed stat being reduced by one stage. This was a sacrifice most people were usually willing to live with for the benefits it gives. Curse was normally seen being used by an already slow Pokemon, such as Scizor, or a Pokemon that had boosted its speed so that it wouldn't have its speed lowered to anything lower than normal, and would still get the bonus effects of Curse.

Scizor started to glow a shade of red in color, and streams of purple began to rise up around it the time it was powering up. Once it was done it turned a shade of gray to signal that its speed had lowered now. It certainly was interesting to see any sort of power increasing move used by a Pokemon, because they were always so interesting to watch due to how unique each one looked, and because of how you don't really notice any difference in appearance afterward that signals increased strength, excluding Bulk Up. I always found this fascinating at least.

The reason I decided to have Scizor go for Curse rather than the typical Swords Dance was quite simple really. I wasn't doing it for the boost in defense, I was just concerned that once Swords Dance, and Bullet Punch were used, followed by Toxic damage, Rotom would be knocked out and be unable to be caught. By doing things this way though Scizor still got a boost in strength, and now Bullet Punch wouldn't do nearly as much damage as it would had Scizor increased its strength by two stages. Thus my fears of Bullet Punch and Toxic damage together knocking out Rotom were put at ease.

Once Scizor was finished it got in a stance where its from leaned forward, but its right arm and claw was held back a little, while its left arm and claw was pointed forward. This meant that Scizor intended to hit Rotom using its right claw. Whenever Scizor went to attack it would always attack with its right claw before attacking with the left, or if the move only used one claw it would just use its right claw only. If I had to guess I would say Scizor was a right handed, well clawed, but that made me wonder do Pokemon actually have a dominate hand, or claw like humans do? Once again before the battle continued I was questioning the many mysteries of Pokemon, but before long I came to my senses and realized that this battle was still going on, and Scizor was just about ready to attack.

Bullet Punch was a great attack a lot of the time, many also called this the signature move of Scizor, since Scizor, not only got a stab boost from it, but also since it got a Technician boost from it. Bullet Punch was a move that had an increased priority, so most of the time it would usually strike before the opponent could attack, unless they of course used an increased priority move as well. Bullet Punch wasn't a fancy looking move, in fact it was hard to see half of it being used. The user generally charges at the opponent at a very fast pace, and strikes them with several punches instantly. It is usually hard to keep up with every punch that hits, or to count how many actually did hit. Bullet Punch is usually used as an ending move. It is normally used when the Pokemon using it is about to be knocked out, so the trainer wants it to get in one last hit, or when the opposing Pokemon is nearly finished off Bullet Punch is used to finish it before it could get another attack in. Either way Bullet Punch is usually a very useful move, and is not to be taken lightly just because it is low in power.

With Scizor's attack stat increased by one powering up its Bullet Punch in addition to stab, and Technician, as well as Toxic taking its effect on Rotom, I knew that Rotom wouldn't be around for much longer after this, the only thing I was wondering though was if I should take a Hyperball and throw it at Rotom right after Scizor's attack hit, or if I should wait to see how Rotom is once Bullet Punch hits, and Toxic damage happens. For all I knew with those two things together it wouldn't have been enough to have Rotom weak enough to be captured, and I could easily just be wasting a Hyperball. But of course there was also still always the chance that the capture would fail, and the ball itself would still be in good shape to be used again. Well I figured if you need to take a gamble every now and then, and it was certainly better than waiting to see how Rotom would be, because that would give it a chance at getting a good shot in on Scizor. Still though I decided to see how things would play out, and rather then toss a Hyperball at Rotom, I decided it was best to see what would happen first. But I once again changed my mind and let out a "ah to hell with hit." What I meant by that statement was that if I wanted to capture Rotom I should attempt it now, and that was what I planned to do.

I threw me bag to the ground, and quickly searched around in it for an empty Hyperball. "That's it, no wait, that's a normal Parkball," I said as I pulled out my Parkball. The thing with Park, Super, and Hyperballs is that at first glance they all look exactly alike, the only real way to tell the difference is by looking at the letter on the underside of the ball. "P" was for "Park", "S" was for "Super", and "H" was for "Hyper". I knew that all I would technically need was a Parkball to capture Rotom, but a Hyperball would make my chances of capturing much better, so that is why I planned to use one, and resumed my search. "Ah, there you are," I said once I found one of my empty Hyperballs. I pulled it out of my bag just as Scizor was ready to finally unleash its attack.

Once Scizor had perfectly positioned itself, it flung itself at Rotom, and once it got close you could notice its right claw was about to be thrown forward to start hitting Rotom. After Scizor got ready to hit Rotom I made the Hyperball into full size so it could be used, and threw it once Scizor positioned itself far enough away so that the Hyperball would have time to hit Rotom after Scizor's attack, giving Scizor the chance to move.

It took a lot of debate as to whether or not I should throw the Hyperball before, or after I saw what the outcome of this set of moves would be, but I didn't feel like taking my chances, and allowing Rotom the chance to land a deadly attack on Scizor. It was all down to gamble now, but this wasn't the first time I risked everything on luck, it was the same as earlier with Klang, or in my battle with Vanillite from my previous trip to the park. I just happened to enjoy the thrill of taking a gamble like this, and seeing exactly what the outcome would be. Would it be the end of this battle, and Rotom captured? Would it be the end of this battle, and Rotom knocked out? Or would the battle still be going on after attempting to capture Rotom? Well whatever the outcome would be one thing was for sure, this was certainly the most interesting, as well as entertaining battle I've had in a long time, and whether I captured Rotom or not, I would never forget it.

 

BP-12

Ranger Jack Fenix
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Jack put on his mildly interested face when Eric began his next sets of attacks. The first thing he did was command his Scizor to use Curse. The Scizor went through a series of rainbow inducing stat increases. Jack watched as the Scizor changed from red with streaks of purple, then it turned a shade of gray. After the colorful attack was finished Scizor was ready for the second attack, which Eric was happy to announce as a Bullet Punch.

Jack knew this might be it. The Bullet Punch, coupled with the same type attack bonus increase, the technician increase, then finally the Curse increase. He had a feeling this was the end, apparently Eric though so too, as he began to rummage around for one of the park balls. Finally he pulled out a hyperball. Jack knew he must have wanted to make sure that Rotom was going to get caught. Using the best ball was probably a good way.

The Scizor charged at the Rotom, the lower speed would usually mean a problem and it may have even allowed the Rotom to hit the Scizor with the Charge powered electric attack it had planned. However, Bullet Punch just about made the speed fall pointless. The Scizor hit with fast steel punches. The punches were lightning fast and light and they peppered the hovering fridge. The attack increase was apparent as the Rotom called out in pain.

“Roooooo….”

After the attack was finished even more purple bubbles could be seen floating away from the Rotom to represent the toxic damage. Rotom was about to finally launch its electric attack as Jack could see bits of electricity begin to form around the huge body. It began to cackle until a sphere appeared in Jack’s peripherals. It was the hyper ball that was in Eric’s hand. Jack knew this battle was over, and apparently, so did Eric.

The ball connected with the door handle and the whole floating fridge was sucked inside the cramped ball. It fell to the hard surface with a bounce and began to shake. It shook three times until finally. It stopped and a ping echoed through the empty lunch room.

“Well well well, congratulations. You caught a Rotom, not too many get to say that.” And like that, Jack was bored again.

“I’ll just hold this until you leave the park, blahdy blah blah…” Jack said and exhaled loudly. He reached down and picked up the ball.

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no stats. hes leaving, and Im LAZY!