[Coolshaymin]

Frost heard a break of ice and was momentarily distracted as suddenly a crazy girl with a Frying Pan started rushing at him. It would seem she was not able to keep her attack very subtle though.

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Jack simply took a stepped back and just smiled at the girl as she was in close range for an attack. However he did not notice Cynder disappear into the shadows. Frost gave a pained expression at his underside being cut up and almost did not notice the jade glow.

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p_1d20+3

Shaymin appeared in Sky Forme almost out of nowhere for the Ice Fox and rammed him with a Zen Headbutt. The Zen Headbutt carried him until both him and Shaymin crashed into the ice wall Frost made to prevent them from escaping. Shaymin flew back as the ice wall shattered and Frost was cut up by all the shards of ice as he hit the ground with a bunch of bleeding cuts. The cuts all over his body from Cynder and the ice seemed to weaken him so much he could not move as he laid there with a pained expression.

A Jade Glow erupted from Shaymin as they returned to their Land Forme. Shaymin's glow then focused on the grass on her back and the flowers on the sides of their head as a sweet aroma filled the cave. The aroma felt really refreshing and calming to the senses. The cuts on Frost's body healed partially and stopped bleeding from the smell.

*Aromatherapy has been used, all Status Ailments on the party are cured*

"W-why did you heal me when I want to stop you?" Frost asked.

"Because your friend did not want you to come back too hurt. I doubt she would want to see you unable to move. I am not asking you to return to your friend for my sake or completing my mission. I ask you to do so for her sake so she can take care of your wounds. I just want her to be grateful for your safe return," Shaymin explained.

Frost stared at Shaymin in silent astonishment for a few seconds before shakily getting up. "Grateful for my return, huh?... Fine, I guess you are right..." Frost said before reaching into his pouch and quickly throwing down a ball that caused smoke to erupt throughout the cave. After it cleared Frost was gone but the footprints showed he took the exit they came from.

"Okay, let's go get that flower," Shaymin said before walking through the now open exit out of the cave.
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Paula watched as she dodged the attack and fell on the ground, she watched as Frost was about to attack her, but he was interrupted by another surprise appearance to Cynder, who gave him quite a beat down, Paula stood up and watched as Frost was on the floor, bleeding and mortally wounded. "Oh my gosh...He's very hurt." Paula said as Shaymin appeared and healed him, making him kind of almost better, but the Pocket Monster asked why he was even healed as Shaymin told him his partners promise and asked him to go back to her.

"Yeah you really should...Look I'm sorry that you cant get the flower...But you can achieve one wish...Showing up to your partner, alive." She said to Frost as the Pocket Monster left, allowing Shaymin to collect the flower, he told everyone to follow him as Paula happily did.

"Let's hope we don't run into another Pocket Monster that wants the flower for reasons unknown." Paula said as she turned to Cynder, and quickly hugged the dragoness.

"Thanks for defending me back there...I saw It while I was frozen, we should get going and get the flower."


Damage: 27%

[Cielmira]

If it wasn't for the bright glow of Shaymin healing the ice pokémon Cynder would have continued tearing away. A shadowy claw had raised from the black circle chasing after Frost as he was pushed around by the headbutt but it froze in place. It couldn't be seen but the narrowed glare of Cynder's eyes in her shadowy hub broke into one of confused wonder. Her threatening claw disappeared below before the dragoness erupted from the ground, still encased in shadow making her appear like a bad G&W impersonator as she hovered in the air above staring down at the pair of pocket monsters below. She remained there until the tone of Frost's voice echoed into the chamber. He was defeated.

Surprised at the sudden change of heart and ridiculously great shot by Shaymin out of nowhere, the fog cloud was well into the air before Cynder relented her ultimate and dropped to the ground. She absentmindedly scratched lightly at a print of the glaceon's foot before their legendary urged the party to continue to their goal. She sighed with relief, a twitch of a momentary smile flickering across her scaled face, then followed after her two allies.

"O-oh!" was Cynder's initial reaction to Paula's hug and appreciative words. It took a second for the dragoness to reflect back to the battle and to compose herself from the show of affection. "It was nothing. You would do it for me." She looked to the girl, bright eyes betraying the nonchalant words. Suddenly the area seemed a little bit lighter, though that could be because they were reaching the exit to where that darned flower should be. She couldn't wait to get out of the cold.

[Coolshaymin]

Shaymin walked out into the light and what appeared was a moderately surprising sight. It looked to be some kind of grotto full of life with snow covered trees and other flora. If one was to look up they would see a hole to let light into the grotto. It was probably hidden by all the snowstorms so it was harder to find. In the middle of the plant filled spot was a flower that almost looked crystal in nature. It was a deep indigo color on the tip and sparkled in the light. "That's it!" Shaymin exclaimed before rushing forward.

However he was soon stopped by a bright flash and a loud "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" After the flash died away a large blue bird flew down and stood inbetween Shaymin and the flower. "A-Articuno?!"



"You will not have this flower as long as I stand! I am the guardian of this grotto and I will defend it's life no matter what! I shall strike you down with all my might!"

"We do not have to fight. I just need that one flower to get a cure for a problem I have. Please can you give it to me?" Shaymin asked.

Articuno seemed to stare the canine form of the mythical Pokemon down as they seemed to be considering it. "If you want the flower so bad then you must duel me to get it! If your might is stronger you may have it! Now prepare to face my power! GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The legendary proclaimed before letting off another flash. It would seem this Articuno is the last thing in the path.

THE GUARDIAN OF THE GROTTO, ARTICUNO APPEARED!

Articuno
Damage: 0%
Status: Normal
Reward: Mr. Freezie, Frostvine Flower

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After hugging Cynder, Paula soon followed Shaymin into the next room to see If the flower was in there, sure enough It was and Shaymin happily said that the crystal looking flower was the flower. "Good job everyone, we found It, now let's go to the flower in this giant room where another opponent might appear a---

She jinxed It.

Another Pocket Monster soon appeared, ordering the trio not get the flower, Shaymin tried to persuade the Pocket Monster to not get the flower but It appears It's not sticking through to It and soon attacked the trio, forcing them to fight yet again. "Dont worry Shaymin we can just heal him once we defeat him." Paula said as she aimed her fingers at the pocket monster and shot PSI fire at It.


"Time to add a little heat In this room."


sTcWnUmqp_1d20+3(Paula's heat blast.)


Damage: 27%


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[Cielmira]

There it was! Finally! Cynder took a deep breath and sighed while Shaymin rushed forward. But of course... it was too early to pack up the bags and go home. The flash was unexpected and sudden, blinding the dark dragon for the first few moments of the guardian bird's speech. Despite their friendly legendary's pleads it seemed they had one last fight to partake in. Cynder let out another sigh, though this one a bit more heated as she lowered her stance to prepare for the battle. She was sore and bruised, cut and cold, but they were so close to being out of this freezing place she could almost taste the lovely warm atmosphere of the Life Sphere. Too bad it would be at least an hour for her ultimate to cool down; though it likely wouldn't have been nearly that useful against a flying enemy.

Another flash signaled its start, Paula sending out a wave of fire at the ice pokémon. Cynder broke into a run after it, taking cover behind the rise of flame as it rushed toward Articuno. Immediately following the heat blast Cynder would jump up and go for an aerial tail swipe with her iron blade.

Atk: V8ruqfB_1d20+1

60%

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[Coolshaymin]

Shaymin soon figured out there was no point trying to dissuade Articuno and stood ready. Shaymin plotted her next move to take down this bird so they can get the flower. Articuno however just watched the trio and noticed immediately the girl had fire power. They were going to have to do something about that before this gets out of hand.

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Articuno was not as fast as they would like and got blasted by the fire and let out a screech. Fire was very harmful to them and they really did not appreciate that. The Ice Bird opened it's eyes to see a followup attack coming.

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Articuno almost flew out of the way but their tail feathers were caught by the tail attack. Articuno pulled up and flapped their wings hard to avoid following. The legendary bird of ice then noticed a jade glow coming from the hedgehog. Seeing an opportunity, the bird quickly flew at Shaymin and caught the hedgehog in it's talons before flying up. Shaymin was so shocked their transformation canceled as they were carried into the air. The Gratitude Pokemon struggled with all their might to get out of the hold.

p_1d20-2(Shaymin's Struggle)
p_1d20(Articuno's Sky Drop Grip)

The bird managed to keep Shaymin from breaking out of their grip with a firm hold. "Let's see how you fare when you can hit your own poor friend! GYAAAAAAAAAAH!" Articuno declared with a mighty war cry. Articuno did not want to risk too much though and focused on the air around Paula. Articuno rapidly cooled the air around the girl to try and freeze her or at the least, make her too cold to use her fire power.

p_1d20+4(Freeze Dry on Paula. If Freeze Dry hits, all Fire based Attacks are disabled for 3 turns for Paula. Freeze Dry also has a 10% chance to freeze)

Legendary Bird of the Sheer Cold
Articuno
Damage:28%
Status: Sky Drop (User)
Reward: Mr. Freezie, Frostvine Flower

Gratitude Pokemon

Shaymin
Damage: 39%
Status: Grappled
Current Forme: Land Forme

(Sky Drop puts Shaymin at risk of getting hit by accident. Any attack roll that is a 5 or below will hit Shaymin instead of Articuno. An attack with a power of 16 or higher that hits is required to knock Shaymin out of Articuno's Grip)

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Paula watched as the fire managed to hit Articuno who screeched in pain of being hit by a fire attack and proceeded to attack Shaymin. "Looks like were on to a good start." Paula said to Cynder and Shaymin as the latter tried to dodge some of the attacks, however he was soon grabbed and taken up in the air by Articuno before he could change in his battle forme, making him stuck as his normal forme. "Shaymin, hang on!" Paula said as she tried to fly up to her Pocket Monster friend, however Articuno tried to stop her from flying and possibly use a fire attack by making the air around her extremely cool.

"What's he doing to the air?"


9YozMdZkp_1d20+2(Bad luck Paula.)


p_1d20-1(How much damage Paula got from the attack.)

Paula soon became extremely cold and tried to heat herself up, only to find out that she cant use her fire based attack anymore. "Oh no...I cant use fire anymore...But I can still fly!" Paula said as she quickly flew up to the Articuno and looked at him. "You may have gotten rid of PSI fire Pocket Monster, but I still have other power's I can use to fight you...And physical." Paula said as she took out her frying pan and hit Articuno in the face, but not close to Shaymin in case she accidentally hit's him, speaking of which if Articuno does drop Shaymin then Paula quickly catch him.

"Dont panic If he drop's you Shaymin, we'll save you on time...Unless you happen to transform while falling."


p_1d20+1(Paula's pan smash!)


Damage: 41%
Turns until PSI Fire can be used again: Three1d20+2·1d20-1·1d20+1

[Cielmira]

The group had a strong start, but Articuno instantly turned it around with the capture of Shaymin. The poor little legendary was almost a fly in comparison to the large glittering bird. She fit quite snugly in the ice pokémon's talons, of who looked to be maneuvering to use as a targeted shield. They needed to get up there, thankfully the avian's flight wasn't really any sort of advantage against the dragon or psychic as they, too, possessed the capability. As Articuno focused on the chilling area effect on Paula, Cynder launched herself into the air albeit a little sluggishly considering her existing damage; it was starting to catch up with her.

Cynder closed in, trying to get in behind the bird but with the level of maneuverability that would be difficult. She made her best efforts at positioning in such a way that would make hitting Shaymin a lower possibility but it was all up to luck and who was fastest. As Paula raced into the sky for a frying pan attack Cynder tried to dive in at the same time with a passing claw attack. Unfortunately the best she could accomplish was to be a distraction for Paula's attack to hit.

Atk: zbC4a3u0p_1d20+1

60%

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[Coolshaymin]

Articuno was surprised when the little girl took flight. This girl had some surprises the legendary was not expecting. Articuno decided to try to defend against the attack to avoid dropping the hedgehog in case the human landed the blow and he did not prepare. With this in mind, as the girl flew up to them, they put their wings in front of them in defense.

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The block was very successful as the frying pan bounced off Articuno's diamond like wings. Did not have much time to think though as the dragon was about to strike really soon after.

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Articuno was focusing so much on blocking Paula's pan that they did not set up any defense against Cynder. With how things played out, Paula's attack seemed to be the bigger distraction. Shaymin was not completely defenseless however. A bright jade glow consumed their body before exploding outward in a violent shockwave of jade light known as Seed Flare.

p_1d20+3(Shaymin's Seed Flare)
p_1d20+1(Articuno's counter argument)

Articuno noticed the not very subtle glow coming from the hedgehog. Knowing it would probably not be good to be hit by that, Articuno tossed Shaymin into the air so the Seed Flare did not hit anything. Articuno then quickly flew and scooped Shaymin back up in it's talons as they were helpless.

Articuno then looked between Paula and Cynder before letting out another mighty caw. Articuno then shot a frosty breath at Paula.

p_1d20+3(Frost Breath always causes Frostbite if it hits which lowers DEX and STR Mods by 1 for three turns and deals small damage)

Articuno then turned towards Cynder and let out another roar. The bird then flew at Cynder at incredible speeds in an attempt to ram her.

p_1d20+1(Aerial Ace on Cynder)

Legendary Bird of the Sheer Cold
Articuno
Damage:40%
Status: Sky Drop (User)
Reward: Mr. Freezie, Frostvine Flower


Gratitude Pokemon
Shaymin
Damage: 39%
Status: Grappled
Current Forme: Land Forme
Cooldowns: 3 turn cooldown on Seed Flare

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Paula watched as Articuno managed to block her pan attack, but did not have time to block Cynder's attack and was hit, giving Paula more time to hit It again. "Time to hit you again with my pan." Paula said as she flew towards the Articuno and slammed her pan in front of his face before checking on Shaymin again.

"How are you doing by the way Shaymin?"


|gwFAV5|p_1d20+1(And another good pan strike.)

Soon after Articuno tried to shoot a frost breath at Paula, which one make her a bit weak, Paula of course tried to dodge the shot again. "An Ice breath attack? A great choice in attack, I like that." Paula said to the Articuno as she tried to fly past the Ice Breath so she can attack again.


p_1d20+2(And...It actaully worked.)

Paula flew over the oncoming Ice Breath and watched as It hit the wall and did not do anything. "Sorry Pocket Monster, but that wont do...You did well temporarily getting rid of PSI Fire though." Paula said as she flew towards the Articuno again.

"But let's play another game involving my pan!"


p_1d20+1(And this time It was weak.)

Damage: 41%
Turns until PSI Fire can be used again: Two
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[Cielmira]

It seemed the simultaneous attack had worked! Though not wholly how Cynder had expected but not in a bad way. Her claws raked across the feathery creature as she flew by and began circling back. She watched as Shaymin attempted an attack causing Articuno to free the tiny legendary. Cynder's heart skipped and she attempted to maneuver around to snatch Shaymin away from Articuno but sadly the blue bird cut through the sky and swiftly recaptured the smaller pokémon.

Claw Atk: Gk3_v72Gp_1d20+1                       Dodge: p_1d20+2                       Con: p_1d20+1
While Articuno attacked Paula Cynder closed in and made another go at the bird with her claws. At first it seemed as if it would be an assured hit on the distracted enemy, but then the icey avian suddenly moved, seemingly hopping in the sky as Cynder came in. Her talons still clawed at the bird as it went, but the surprising speed of Articuno left Cynder in a rather bad spot for dodging its next attack. The aerial ace connected with the dragoness, her being spared a brutal blow by the lack of distance Articuno had and Cynder's own panic seconds earlier preparing her defenses. She went spiraling in the sky, hitting the near wall but she was able to dig in and prevent tumbling.

Articuno's attack would have brought it at the very least partially with Cynder as she was pushed through the air, which meant it would need to circle away from where she currently was, thus leaving Cynder capable of launching herself off the wall to trail after the large bird. Oh her muscles cried as she did so, thankfully Articuno was looking a little beat up. Though at this rate she could be toast before it went down. She needed to be more careful... and frankly as safe as being in a blind spot was she wouldn't be able to catch it to do damage; which meant she would have to out maneuver it. The dark dragon willed up their manipulative abilities of wind and prepared for some fast flying, watching Articuno for a better time to strike.

75%

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[Coolshaymin]

Articuno flew at the dragon before noticing she was trying her own attack. The giant bird did not even realize Paula was trying her own attack. The bird tried to alter their angle to still hit the dragon but avoid her claw.

126Z8bSLp_1d20+1(Avoiding collision with Cynder's attack)
p_1d20+1(Avoiding Paula's attack at the same time)

Aritcuno's turn managed to evade Paula's Mighty Frying Pan by sheer coincidence but the bird still got clawed on it's side. Articuno was not effected enough to crash though as it turned around and flew back in the direction of Paula. Unfortunately for Shaymin and Paula, the bird saw the attack coming and quickly flew up but with the speed and trajectory to time it so Paula hit Shaymin with the frying pan instead.

Shaymin flinched at the blow from the frying pan. "I-I am fine... You know... for being held in the talons of a giant bird and being used as a meatshield," Shaymin said before looking up at the bird. Okay, just another try. Shaymin focused on the giant bird and tried to focus as Shaymin glowed blue and Articuno did the same.

p_1d20+3(Shaymin's Psychic Power)
p_1d20+3(Articuno's Mental resistance)

Shaymin's mind struggled against the bird's surprisingly high intellect. The bird's mind seemed to almost over power Shaymin. That is until the blue glow around Shaymin glowed even brighter as did the glow around Articuno. Shaymin's mind finally overpowered Articuno and sent them both flying into the cave wall with an audible crash that sounded through the whole cave and caused it to shake a bit. The force caused Articuno's grip to break and Shaymin to fall out of it before letting off a jade glow to turn into sky forme.

Shaymin looked down at Articuno who looked defeated. However, it was doing a trick as the Articuno raised it's head up and fired a frost Ice Beam at Shaymin.

p_1d20+3(Ice Beam on Shaymin)
p_1d20+4(Shaymin's Dodge)

Shaymin quickly flew to the left of the beam and let it bypass him completely... however the frigid beam was heading straight for an unintended target, Paula.

(Paula Roll: Roll an 11 or higher to avoid the missed Ice Beam. Ice Beam has a 30% chance to freeze if it hits)

Legendary Bird of the Sheer Cold
Articuno
Damage:65%
Status: Normal
Reward: Mr. Freezie, Frostvine Flower


Gratitude Pokemon
Shaymin
Damage: 50%
Status: Normal
Current Forme: Sky Forme
Cooldowns: 2 turn cooldown on Seed Flare

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As Paula was about to hit the Articuno, the pocket monster managed to quickly fly high enough that Paula would accidentally hit Shaymin, the thing she was trying to avoid in the fight, Paula gasped when she realised what she did and checked on her friend. "Sorry about that Shaymin." Paula said to Shaymin who seemed to look surprisingly ok after the hit, however It soon struggled with a mind battle between the Articuno, causing Paula to look towards the Pocket Monster. "What are you doing!?" Paula said to the Pocket Monster as she shot an Ice blast at the pocket monster to get him to stop hurting Shaymin In his mind...Or worse.

"Hope you can focus on this!"



PoHBrYJFp_1d20+3(Paula's normal Ice attack on the focused Articuno.)


After firing the attack however, Articuno and Shaymin's mind battle suddenly stopped and both pocket monsters quickly hit a wall, Paula looked at her fallen friend as he quickly got up and ran toward's the Pocket Monster to see If It's defeated...Paula was unsure. "Be careful Shaymin, this could be a trick." Paula said as she was right...Articuno was playing like he's defeated and quickly shot an ice beam at Shaymin, who dodged and now accidentally sent the ice towards Paula.

Paula got ready for the attack as she thought to herself.

"Meh, I deserve this attack."


p_1d20+2(And Paula dodged another attack!)


Paula quickly saw the...Slow approaching Ice Beam and dodged It quickly, however she got an idea from the beam and quickly flew towards It before It hit's the wall and thus rendering It useless, quickly before the small and slow beam hit the wall. Paula deflected the attack with the frying pan back to the Articuno to give him a piece of his own mind...Of course Shaymin has to dodge again.

"Shaymin lookout, I'm sending the Ice Beam back to the Articuno."


p_1d20+1(Paula deflecting the beam.)

Damage: 41%
Turns until PSI Fire can be used again: Two
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[Cielmira]

Cynder visibly winced when the pan smacked into Shaymin, getting a rather nice view of it from trailing behind the giant blue bird. Thankfully it didn't seem to phase Shaymin much considering what happened next. Now with Articuno down it was a great chance to get in and do some damage. The legendary avian continued to focus on the other two, the dragoness ignoring the light pang of annoyance that she apparently wasn't worthy of attention for the fact that with all her existing wounds it was likely for the best; for her anyway. Thus, Cynder used her flurrying winds to boost her flight over to the grounded Articuno from its side, diving in with the iron blades of her wings securely ahead in an attempt to poke and hook through those lovely blue feathers. Immediately following that she would make for a nice big bite of chicken, her teeth laced with her poison.

Wing Atk: ExRx3Nzp1d20+1
Bite: 1d20+1

75%

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