[Coolshaymin]

On the lower regions of the snowy mountain was an intense sight. A large mass of infected and non-infected but all were unmoving. Some were covered completely in metal and petrified. One could easily mistake them for shiny metal statues if not for the look of horror on each of them outside the infected ones... Well, or the artist had a sick taste in art. Though the completely normal people next to them that were completely frozen without any real signs of what caused them to be petrified made that questionable. They just stood there in fear and pain as if paused in time completely.

"... There's no way the same thing did both of these..." Gloria thought out loud as she walked upon the frozen field of statues that were once people. She saw metal goopy footprints in the snow and noticed a purple bird far in the distance... Were they responsible? Well, it could just be some monster turf war. Either way she needed to put an end to it.

"Mhm~! So this is the power of Melmetal and Galarian Articuno, interesting...." a figure watched down from higher in the mountains, shrouded in shadows for now. She was just observing the girl that has wandered into this turf war curiously. Were there more coming? She was one to just watch for now.

[Ash Ketchum]

Ash Ketchum
HP: 170 / SH: 60

HP: 120 SH: 35	HP: 150 SH: 50	HP: 130 SH: 40

---

Outside the area, a massive black bird set down a carriage onto the snow, allowing its passenger to step out. The young passenger walked a few feet from the carriage before waving to it. "Thanks for the ride!!"

"Pika!!"

And the bird flew off with the carriage...and the rider.

A yellow rodent leaped off the shoulder of the passenger, staring at the mountain land before them.

Well, that felt familiar. Kind of reminded him of that one mission in the mountains...which he can't remember how that all went down. It felt like that mission never even started...but that's not important. "Is this the place?" he asked, before running up the hill.

His faithful Pokemon followed him on his fours, "...pika!" But when he noticed the horrid sight ahead, Pikachu rushed over near Gloria. "PIKA?!" This seems like a turf war between two Mythical Pokemon, and so many got caught in their crossfire.

Catching up, Ash gawked at the sight of 'statues' all around, some of them having horrified expressions on their faces and poses. Even to Ash, these statues were alive. "No way! W-What happened here?"

[TartoonHand94]

“Char!” A mighty Fire/Flying type, its wings spread wide, glided down from the skies surrounding Icicle Peaks. The Charizard gracefully touched down, creating a straight grooved wave of snow in its wake. His trainer leapt from his back, touching down in snow deeper than anticipated, to look around.
“...?” These were not merely statues left by some exotic civilization lost to time. These were petrified Pokémon! What on Li transpired here? Who, or more likely what, was responsible? This warranted deeper investigation, and strategizing on what to be done with the culprits once found. Caught, perhaps? To this end, the trainer resisted recalling his Charizard into his Pokéball for the time being. The orange dragon-like beast’s heavy footsteps joined his rider in making his way to find Gloria and… Well well well. Red knew this fashion sense anywhere. Especially since he still wore it. This kid must be from Kanto too.
“...”

	Red	Charizard	Snorlax	Lapras
HP	140/140	140/140	180/180	160/160
Shield	45/45	45/45	65/65	55/55
Status	Normal	In Pokéball	In Pokéball	In Pokéball

[TheSpatialWeeg]

An Ultra Wormhole rips open near the group, and from it...pops out a girl and an Incineroar! The girl was gorging herself on some pizza as she stepped out and closed the wormhole behind them. She takes a moment to look around, as her eyes come across the various statues dotting the place. She pauses on her food as a chill runs through her back, observing the frozen expression of terror. After a shaky breath, she recomposed herself, as she approached the statue and gently knocked on their hand.

"...yeah, it's a weird Steel and Ice-type combo alright." Moon commented as she looked at her partner, Cypher. "Guess the mission creator wasn't exaggerating that bit." She continued. "Incineroar. Cineroar, roar! ("Well, no point in standin' around here. Let's meet up with the other folks, and get crackin' on those freaks!")" Cypher stated, cracking his knuckles as he smirked in excitement. "Hehe, alright, alright. Let's get going." Moon replied, moving to meet the assembled group.

As they came close, Moon made the traditional Alolan greeting gesture. "Alola~! My name's Moon and I come in peace~!" she introduced, making a funny alien reference to go along with it. "And this is Cypher!" she says, pointing to the Incineroar by her side, to which Cypher replied with a cocky smirk and a chuckle. "Sorry we're late, we had to take care of a few things before helping out with this mission." she said, stretching a bit. ...man, wasn't she cold while wearing those summer clothes?

[Coolshaymin]

"Huh, I didn't Corviknight Taxis went out here..." Gloria muttered as she noticed the bird flying towards her location. "I'm not sure. Seems like two legendary Pokemon are having a fued for some reason and they got caught in the crossfire. I heard Galarian Articuno can petrify you with a stare but I don't know about the metal goop," she explained to Ash as Red and Moon arrived.


A sigh weighed heavily. Legendaries can take away so much and for what? Did they have the thought to consider what they were doing? Zamenzenta certainly seemed to as well as the voice of Pokemon suggesting intelligence near humans. But then why? "No problem, you're not too late," She said towards Moon as she collected herself. "The Articuno is not trying to hide," she pointed towards the purple figure flying around further up the mountain. "And the other one... well, it's not good at covering it's tracks," she pointed to the metal goopy footprints. "We can split up or focus one down. I'll leave that up to you three. We probably don't need to worry about someone getting in our way..." She looked back to the 'statues'.

Choice time! You can choose to chase down the Galarian Articuno or the Melmetal. There is consequences for choosing one or both so choose wisely. If there is an uneven group Gloria will side with the lone member.

[Ash Ketchum]

Ash Ketchum
HP: 170 / SH: 60

HP: 120 SH: 35	HP: 150 SH: 50	HP: 130 SH: 40

---

Ash glanced around to see the trainers who arrived to take on this mission. Most notably, the girl who came out of a wormhole. Just how did she do that, he wondered. It must've been one powerful Pokémon attack to do that. "Nice to meet you," he said to Moon. "I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" It was a bad habit of him announcing the town he came from. "And this is my buddy, Pikachu."

"Pika!" The little rodent greeted.

And...that tall guy in the red...had he...met him before? Why was there something odd he felt about him? He can't quite figure it out. "Uh...hi there!"

"Chuuu..." Red. He knew him, alright, right before that Subspace incident. The trainer tried to catch him several times, but Pikachu barely gave him the slip. He's definitely not one trainer anyone should mess with...but yes, he sensed some weird connection between Red and Ash.

Well, that's moot, for it seems that the mission was finally on! While Ash really wanted to see an Articuno, the metal trail caught his interest. An unknown Pokémon out there? Well, that was something he had to check out. "Alright! I'll find this mystery Pokémon! Let's go, Pikachu!" And with the impatience of a child that he is, Ash hurried off, following the metal trail.

"Pika!" The rodent hopped back on Ash's shoulder.

(Ash and Pikachu goes after Melmetal.)

[TartoonHand94]

“…” Red silently gazed down at Ash’s eye level as if he were looking at a mirror of himself from the past. A fellow kid from Palate Town whose eyes, just like his own, carried the wisdom of a thousand battles, and yet, he still had that twinkle, that spark in them that hungered for a thousand more. How quant. Ash earned a smile from Red from this observation alone.
“...?” but then something else caught Red’s attention. His and Charizard’s: Pikachu. This was not any ordinary Pikachu, but a familiar one.
“Ari?” <So, you saddled up with a trainer after all, huh, Rat?> Charizard snorted with a smug arm fold. Red could only wonder if this Ketchum kid had any idea what his Pikachu had been up to before they met.

Both Red and Charizard instinctively stood on their guard when the Ultra Wormhole ripped open. They’d seen them before and each time was bad news. Much to their relief however, it was simply Moon.
“…” Having spent some time in Alola, Red was familiar with the traditional greeting gesture and returned it.
“...?” Suddenly something caught both Red’s and Charizard’s eye. That Pikachu
“Zard?” <What’s your power level?> Charizard asked, looking Cypher over, sizing him up. Before he got a chance to test it or show his off, the fourth trainer arrived.
“…” How do Galarian people greet each other, again? Red stood in silence trying to remember.

“…” With introductions out of the way, Red looked up towards the peaks in the direction of Galarian Articuno, but Ash impulsively running after Melmetal seemed to change his mind. He’d call after him to say it was dangerous to run off on his own, but how hypocritical would that have been. Next best option would just be to back him up.
“…!”

(Red chooses to go after Melmetal)

	Red	Charizard	Snorlax	Lapras
HP	140/140	140/140	180/180	160/160
Shield	45/45	45/45	65/65	55/55
Status	Normal	Normal	In Pokéball	In Pokéball

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"Soo...we can either gang up on one or divide and conquer, huh?" Moon asked. Really, she didn't think leaving either of them unattended a good idea, considering the way things were right now...maybe if they took both of them down quickly, it wouldn't cause such a big problem? Seeing Ash already move on to one of them, Moon looked over the purple bird in the distance. ...huh, wasn't Articuno supposed to be blue or something? That's what she remembered reading in terms of Kantonian legends...

Meanwhile...Cypher gazed at Charizard, folding his arms in a very unimpressed manner. "Roar? Cineroar. (My power level? Over 9000.)" he boasted to the fire dragon before striking a pose and growling. "Roar! Cineroar? Incineroar, roar! (So! Wanna fight, eh? I can tell you, you ain't ready for me!)" Cypher boasted, pressing his face against the dragon...

"Alright, that's enough from the both of you. We're here to work together, not try to one-up each other." Moon chided, shooting a glare at both Charizard and Cypher. Huh, so she understood what was going on... Cypher, in particular, grunted, but did as he was told and moved back to his Trainer...not before throwing a dismissive scoff at Charizard. He's gonna have beef.

Watching Red go off to support Ash, Moon looked to the only person left. "Okay! Cypher and I will tackle the Articuno! You wanna come with?" Moon announced, offering Gloria s. "I don't think we should let one guy keep doing what they're doing while we're dealing with the other. 'Sides, if the legends of Articuno are true, then Cypher's gonna be a good asset there." she said. She knew no cat that were as fiery red-hot as her partner. Cypher chuckled. "Roar. Cineroar! (Ya heard her, fellas! This Articuno guy's boutta get roasted.)" he said, striking another pose.

"I'll see if I can't go get a head-start. Orr...well, if you wanna go with me, we can go together." Moon said, waiting for Gloria's input. Cypher for the most part, just waited impatiently until they could go get roasted Articuno for dinner.

(Moon's going to face off against Galarian Articuno.)

[Coolshaymin]

"Gloria...  from Postwick..." Gloria replied, holding her shirt a bit. Was... her Mom even okay? It was far from any Dynamax locations... Still, she never went home and checked before coming here. Then she listened to the Pokemon. They sounded like they knew each other somehow. Their trainers did not seem to though. 

.... Oh Bloody Hell. "You two can have a battle when we aren't on an important mission," Gloria added to Moon's butting in. Did she understand that too or just agree? Oh, and Ash and the Red kid ran away.... "We... should discuss this a bit more.." she sighed. Well, at least they didn't all run. "Yeah, I agree with ya. Let's greet Articuno personally, Gloria, for the record," she offers as she tags along with the climb.

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ASH AND RED Vs MELMETAL

The goopy, cog like footprints continued on through the snow as the Red Trainers from Pallet Town chased them down to a cave in the side of the Mountain. The cave had more metalfied Pokemon. Specifically a Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Eevee, Pikachu and Dragonite at the cave entrance. A warning perhaps to all who enter here?  Just as she considered that a small gooey creature would climb up to the Pikachu statue and sit atop it.

Meltan absorbed the Pikachu liquid metal statue into itself. A slight change in size but it seemed to just disappear. After this process the eye like orb would shift to the duo and it would panic and flee towards the back of the cave. The Meltan slipped inside of a hulking figure. After doing so it rose and stared at the duo.  It seemed wary of them to say the least. The Melmetal rising to it's metal feet.

Melmetal
Lumbering Liquid Metal Giant
HP: 400
AC: 12 DEX/20 CON/17 STR/13 WIS/14 INT/10 CHA
Ability: Acid Armor: Immune to grabs, physical attacks have their power cut in half.

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MOON AND GLORIA VS GALARIAN ARTICUNO

As they climbed the mountain Gloria would glance to Moon for a moment before looking back. Nah, too early to jump to conclusions. Best not to say 'HEY, YOU HEARD THAT POKEMON, RIGHT?!' like some weird insane girl. Besides, they were getting close to the Pokemon. 

"YOU THREE!" A voice echoed in their heads as the Galarian Articuno flapped down to greet them. It definitely looked even less like the one of Kanto fame up close but still had that frigid air. "Yeah, what ya want?"Gloria stood firm despite the echoing voice in her mind.

"LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN, NOW! YOU ARE UNWANTED HERE!" It declared, raising it's wings. "Yeah, and if we decided not to turn back?" She challenged.

".... THEN YOU WILL GET YOUR WISH AND NEVER LEAVE!" it declared, preparing for battle.

"Go, Zamazenta!" Gloria declared, sending out her legendary canine to fight assuming Moon would engage too. "I will defend us!" The Zamazenta declared with resolve in Pokemon speak.

Galarian Articuno, Elegant Eye of the Storm
Galarian Articuno
HP: 350
AC: 15 DEX/13 CON/12 STR/16 WIS/18 INT/15 CHA
Competitive: Immune to damage being lowered by statuses. For every status it's inflicted with it gets +5 damage

[Ash Ketchum]

Ash Ketchum
HP: 170 / SH: 60

HP: 120 SH: 35	HP: 150 SH: 50	HP: 130 SH: 40

Butterfree used Tailwind, Sleep Powder, and Energy Ball

Tailwind effect: +3 DEX mod for dodging

---

As Ash walked up a path around a mountain to follow the trail...

...he let out all his Pokemon (for some reason, the rules forces him only to carry three) so they can get some exercise...in case he doesn't use them in battle, and that they won't feel like he's playing favoritism with Pikachu which he totally is XP. Butterfree wasted no time latching on Ash's head, especially since it's cold...

...and the little Charmander kept close to him. "Char?" He glanced back, seeing a trainer who...seems much like Ash. Maybe it was his style of clothes, but he just seemed like Ash...only older, wiser...and rather aloof or something. And...oh my, he has a Charizard!! Oh, he always looked up to Charizards! They were so fast, and so powerful, and so brave! Charmander always dreamed of being one! Then maybe he can teach his ex-trainer a lesson for... "<Hey, another trainer's with us, and he has a Charizard!>"

"Piii..." Oh great, Red just had to let his smelly dragon-wannabe out. That lizard was always a punk to him; he was mad that Pikachu beat him in Brawl. He's probably snickering that Pikachu finally has a trainer after all the times he bragged that he'll never let a trainer catch him, let alone a dopey kid like Ash. Well, the joke's on him! He's ten times stronger than last time, and-

"Freee~!" The butterfly cried when they arrived at the mouth of a cave...

...spotting the metallic...statues...? Oh, the bug hoped they were just statues.

"...huh..." Whatever this Pokemon was, it sure had artistic talent...at least, he hoped these were just statues. Noticing Red, "...hey, you know what's all this?" Carefully going deep into the cave, glancing at all these statues...

There's no way these were just ordinary statues. No Pokemon, outside of a Smeargle, had this level of art skill. But these were powerful Pokemon, and this steel thing beat them all?! There just---

...and they spotted the culprit...absorbing a Pikachu 'statue'. Ash's Pikachu felt such a chill on his spine, but clearly, this creep was very specific on its choice: to send a message. "Chuuuu....!" Pikachu angrily scowled, furious that this thing would do that to his kind!

Ash was rather confused. He expected this Pokemon to be much bigger than this. "Is this it?" Checking his Pokedex...

---

Meltan
Species: Hex Nut Pokémon
Type: Steel
Stage: Basic Mythical
Abilities: Acid Armor, Magnet Pull

It melts particles of iron and other metals found in the subsoil, so it can absorb them into its body of molten steel. They live as a group, but when the time comes, one strong Meltan will absorb all the others and evolve.

---

Does that mean that there're more of them? Well, may as well catch this little guy to draw them out. "Alright, I don't know if you're the guy, but you're-UH?!"


And that was when it evolved.

---

Melmetal
Species: Hex Nut Pokémon
Type: Steel
Stage: 1 Mystical
Abilities: Acid Armor

Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years. Centrifugal force is behind the punches of Melmetal's heavy hex-nut arms. Melmetal is said to deliver the strongest punches of all Pokémon. It can send electric beams streaking out from the hole in its belly. The beams' tremendous energy can vaporize an opponent in one shot.

---

...okay, that happened, but that won't stop him. "Butterfree, I choose you!" he dramatically pointed at the metallic brute.

"Freee~!" It happily purred, fluttering off his head. Not a good idea to send him against a Steel type, but Butterfree was just happy to be chosen for battle.

"Then start with Tailwind, then use Sleep Powder!!"

"FREEEE!!!" Flapping his wings rapidly, he pulled winds into the cave to give him and his allies a push.

Tailwind: Butterfree flaps his wings, summoning a gust of wind from behind that makes him and his allies faster. Raises his and allies' DEX by +3 for three turns, even if Butterfree leaves the field. This boost is only used for defense/dodging. 3 turn cooldown AFTER the effect ends.

Unleashing blue smog of pollen, the winds blasted it right at the large metal Pokemon.

Sleep Powder: [Light INT DMG 5%] This INT move has a 40% chance of putting a foe to sleep. 1-turn cooldown.

(5% INT DMG) EyOHAq_op_1d20+1

(40% sleep chance if hit)

 p_1d100 (FAILED!!)

But alas, the pollen brushed through it without so much as to make it flinch. "Darnit! Uhh...use...Energy Ball!"

Energy Ball: [Heavy WIS DMG 25%] Butterfree launched a ball of plant energy at the foe. This has a 10% chance of raising Butterfree's allies WIS damage by 5%, but only against that foe, for two turns. 2-Turn cooldown

"FREEEE!!!" Harnessing energy from nature itself into a green ball between its feet, it catapulted it at the monster.

(25% WIS DMG) p_1d20+1

(10% chance to raise WIS damage by 5% on target)

p_1d100 (FAILED!!)

1d20+1·1d100·1d20+1·1d100

[TartoonHand94]

“Za.” <Mine is 84.> Charizard answered stoically without being the least bit phased by the gap between his and Cypher’s vaguely stated stats. 9000? There’s no way that can be right! The Power Levels scale only goes up to 100, so Charizard could already tell this Incineroar was full of it.
“Ard.” <I sense You are not ready to face Truth.> Charizard snorted steam against Cyphers face in retort.
“…Ahem!” When Moon separated the two, all it took was for Red to clear his throat for Charizard to stand down and back off. He could only squint at Incineroar before turning away, lest he receive a repramandive glare from his trainer. He was merely asking to gauge how much of an ally the Incineroar would make. His diagnosis: more flash than substance. With a shake of his head and a single flap of his mighty wings, Charizard broke into a glide to follow and catch up to Red and Ash.

He caught up to the two trainers with minimal effort and they were soon joined by more of the other trainer’s Pokémon. If it were not enough that Ash resembled Red in his younger years, he also sported a Charmander on his team like Charizard’s younger years.
“Char.” <Young Charmander. As allies, I must know: What is your Power Level?> Charizard asked the Charmander, seeming to welcome his presence, regardless.
Red would consider letting his Pokémon out too, if the icy, mountainous trail they were trekking were more structurally sound and better equipped to support the weight of a Snorlax and Lapras hustling to keep pace with two humans, a Pikachu, a Butterfree, a Charmander and a Charizard. It would just be asking for an avalanche or worse.

Any Pokémon Professor would have stopped in these tracks of goopy cog-shaped footprints to extract samples, but that was why professors don’t catch legendaries. But what any professor would give to find what Red found following Ash to the cave. For a brief moment, Red couldn’t help but speculate the benefits of a half-Steel Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Eevee, Dragonite or Pikachu. A Steel/Fire, Steel/Water, Steel/Grass, Steel/Normal and Steel/Electric hadn’t even been discovered yet, though a Steel/Flying type had to come into his world from Ultra Space, so who even was to say what else was out there? As for what was here, the Meltan was quite an artist, to have sculpted the likeness of these Pokémon out of metal, presuming they had not been real Pokémon transformed into metal by some otherworldly green block. To be coated in metal and then frozen sounded horrible.

“…!” No time to worry about that, for they found the Meltan… which then absorbed the metal Pikachu like it were a metal Ditto. Red had to be sure to keep his backpack out of reach lest he lose half his gear. Much as he’d hoped to see, the little Meltan evolved into Melmetal, like a liquid Magnemite to a Magneton.

“…?” A Bug/Flying Butterfree against a pure Steel type? Ash must have some trick up his sleeve, which Red didn’t doubt for a second. Red, on the other hand, had a much more conventional first pick, already out and ready.
“Go! Charizard!” He finally spoke up with a commending voice after fastening his hat and assuming a battle stance.
“Zard!” Charizard roared, stamping onto the cave floor between Red and Melmetal.

And there was Ash’s trick: Tailwind. Red gave Ash a nod of gratitude and Charizard gave a matching nod to Butterfree..
“Use Flamethrower!” Red commanded, starting off with a classic.

Flamethrower – The target is scorched with an intense blast of fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. Charizard roasts a target with scorching flames. This attack has a 5% chance of causing a burn. This attack has a 1 turn cool down. (Heavy Wisdom Attack; Does 20% Damage)

“CHAR!!!” Charizard roared a torrent of fire at Melmetal, possibly engulfing it in flames.

(oop1EUMlp_1d20-1 Charizard's Flamethrower @ Melmetal; Does 20% Damage, 0.05 chance of Burn status)

“Now use Air Slash!” Red followed up, opting to strike while the iron is hot.

Air Slash – The user attacks with a blade of air that slices even the sky. This may also make the target flinch. Charizard slashes with his claws and his wings so viciously that the resulting wind is enough to leave a scar on a target. (Light Strength Attack; Does 8% Damage)

(p_1d20+2 Charizard's Air Slash @ Melmetal; Does 8% Damage p_1d20+2 Crit Confirm)
(p_1d20+2 Charizard's Air Slash @ Melmetal; Does 8% Damage)
(p_1d20+2 Charizard's Air Slash @ Melmetal; Does 8% Damage)

“Rizard!” Taking off like a rocket, Charizard zoomed in close on the Melmetal, and tested his claws against its hot metal metal body with a flurry of slashes.

“And now, Secret Power!” Red crossed his arms to end his turn.

Secret Power – The additional effects of this attack depend upon where it was used. Charizard employs a nefariously situational battle strategy. Whatever he does, it will inflict a set amount of damage without extra effects. (Medium Strength Attack; Does 18% Damage)

(p_1d20+2 Charizard's Secret Power @ Melmetal; Does 18% Damage)

“Charizard!” Somersaulting in mid-air, Charizard slammed into Melmetal, putting the weight of the rest of his body behind his tail to knock the hot Melmetal down onto the cold cold ground to cool it back off.

	Red	Charizard	Snorlax	Lapras
HP	140/140	140/140	180/180	160/160
Shield	45/45	45/45	65/65	55/55
Status	Normal	Normal	In Pokéball	In Pokéball

1d20-1·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2·1d20+2

[TheSpatialWeeg]

"...Roar--Inci, Cineroar? <84-- Ay, c'mon bro, y'ever heard of hyping the audience up?>" Incineroar...basically deflated at Charizard's straightforward answer, his entire character broken in one swift motion. "Incineroar... <I gotta teach you how we do Battle Royale sometime...>" the cat Pokémon said whilst shaking his head, before focusing on the task at hand.

"Sweet! Let's get going then. Nice meeting you, Gloria!" Moon said in response to Gloria, before getting a move on to the other legendary with her Pokemon and additional ally in tow. She was kind of quiet on their way there herself. Gloria could probably see the other kind of...floating at times? Maybe? She was probably imaging it, right?

In any case, they'd eventually reach the Pokémon, Moon squinting her eyes. Was that...really an Articuno? It looked...so different from the one they said existed in Kanto...still, they were here for something. She couldn't let such a detail distract her. As Gloria sent out Zamazenta, Moon nodded towards her partner. "Get 'em, Cypher!" she announced, pointing forward as Cypher took center stage, striking a pose and flexing towards the opponent. "Incineroar! <Come and get it, birdie!>" he taunted.

Moon hummed in thought for a brief moment, before outstretching one of her arms as energy moved towards Cypher and enveloped him. "Here, Cypher! Make good use of it!" she said.

(Moon used Beast Boost! Cypher gains +2 to his STR and his attacks deal +5 damage)

Cypher's body was enveloped in a powerful, golden aura, and the Pokémon grinned viciously as his body grew a bit more muscular. "Roar...Incineroar!! <Oh yes...I love this POWER!!>" Cypher stated, hollering before rushing towards the Articuno and slamming his arms against the Legendary with a cross chop, leaving behind a trail of flames.

QeFS7_UZp_1d20+5 (Cypher's Cross Chop. 27 damage.)

"Now, Darkest Lariat!" Moon called, with Cypher nodding, as he began charging dark power in his hands. "Roar, Incineroar, Ince?! <Hey, you wanna know why we ain't leaving, punk?!>" Cypher began before he started spinning. "IncineROAR!! <It's because you don't tell us WHY!!>" he said, slamming himself on the Articuno again.

p_1d20+5 (Cypher's Darkest Lariat. 30 damage, ignores damage reduction)

"...and the frozen people too." Moon added. "Incineroar. Cineroar. <Yep. And the frozen people too.>" Cypher added, grinning maliciously from ear to ear as he got ready to attack some more...
1d20+5·1d20+5

[Coolshaymin]

Red and Ash Vs Melmetal 

Melmetal was unaffected by the powder as it just seeped into it's gooey mass. It flinched however from the powerful Energy Ball colliding with it, stepping back a bit. It then deflected the Flametrower with it's hexes. Two of the Air Slashes managed to slip through it's defenses and cut into the steel type along with Charizard's Secret Power, however it seemed to deflect most of the attack's power off it's hard and non-solid body.

Having enough of the antics  the Melmetal had a glow in it's chest that glowed brighter and brighter before firing a powerful beam at Butterfree in the form of a Flash Cannon.

(Butterfree! Melmetal is using Flash Cannon on you! Roll a 13 or higher in DEX or take 35 damage and the Mind Melted status)

Melmetal's "eye" then focused on Charizard. Deciding to show it who holds the real Iron Fists in this cave it would begin to rotate it's body before going in swinging with one of it's hexes at Charizard before trying to catch it with an uppercut from the other arm. It's signature attack, Double Iron Bash!

(Charizard! You are being targeted by double Iron Bash! This attack is in two parts. Roll Dex of 15 or higher to avoid the first swing, if you're hit you will be stunned and take 25 damage. The Second swing is also a DEX roll of 15 or higher but only deals 25 damage)

Static Electricity seemed to flow into Melmetal as electrical energy flowed around it like a conduit. It seems to be planning something big.

(Melmetal is charging a power move for next turn)

HP: 350
AC: 12 DEX/20 CON/17 STR/13 WIS/14 INT/10 CHA

Ability: Acid Armor: Immune to grabs, physical attacks have their power cut in half.

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Moon and Gloria vs Galarian Articuno

"Zamazenta, use your shield now!" Gloria commanded. "Yes, milady!" Zamazenta declared as she become shrouded in a magenta light. Out of it came a shielded warrior of a dog. The Hero of Legend, Zamazenta!

(Dauntless Shield, deflects 5 damage from all attacks, lowers status chances by 30% for 3 turns)

Gloria watched as Moon bestowed Cypher with some weird energy. She can do that too? Galarian Articuno got bashed around hard by the cat. Taking a great deal of damage but... Not seeming like tiring yet. Okay, no mistake that Moon knew exactly what Incineroar said and the way she was floating.... <smear:ffffff>"... Seems like I'm not the only one here that can speak Pokemon and has weird powers," </smear:ffffff>Gloria commented before focusing Articuno down.

"I do not know that you are to be trusted with that truth. Your human's greed has gone too far this time! Especially yours," The Articuno seemed to glare at Moon specifically for some reason. They declared before casting a glare towards Cypher. The glare shined as he felt his body slowly becoming harder to move unless he shook it off.

(Cypher! Articuno is using Freezing Glare on you! Roll a 15 or higher in INT or take 35 damage and a 50% chance of Paused, a variation of the Stop status that is broken with INT and has no fire weakness. Pause Chance is increased for every status on Articuno)

After doing that the Pokemon would flap it's wings and create psychic waves that cut the air at Zamazenta and Cypher.

(Psycho Cut, deals 15 damage normally, if it rolls a 50 or higher instead deals double damage or 30 damage, 15 or higher in DEX to evade.) IhtqHR7Gp_1d100

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Zamazenta flinched at the psychic blades piercing it's defenses. This was a formidable Pokemon. Just then Articuno's eyes glowed and released it's wings to create and released multiple glowing purple orbs... Some kind of trap? They did not seem to be targeting them and just float there... For now...

(Once a turn Articuno will roll a D20. If you roll within 2 of this number naturally Future Sight will target you. In this case roll a WIS Roll of 12 or higher or take 20 damage. Lasts 3 turns, can't target the same opponent more than once a turn.) p_1d20 (Future Sight Roll, 1-5 nat rolls will provoke Future Sight)
 
Zamazenta would jump to try and swipe at the bird but it deftly and elegantly danced around both, clearly finding it's rhythm. After it's second swipe the shield wolf noticed an orb start flying right for her. She landed and quickly hopped away as the orb slammed where she was and exploded. "They seem to be a prediction of your moves. Stay on your guard!" Zamazenta warned.

p_1d20+3(Slash 1, 18%)
p_1d20+3(Slash 2. 18%)

p_1d20-2(Future Sight Dodge)

Zamazenta
HP: 175
Shield HP: 75
Status: Normal

Galarian Articuno, Elegant Eye of the Storm

Galarian Articuno

HP: 297

AC: 15 DEX/13 CON/12 STR/16 WIS/18 INT/15 CHA

Competitive: Immune to damage being lowered by statuses. For every status it's inflicted with it gets +5 damage

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[Ash Ketchum]

Ash Ketchum
HP: 170 / SH: 60

HP: 120 SH: 35	HP: 150 SH: 50	HP: 130 SH: 40

Sleep Powder: 1/1 Turn

Energy Ball: 1/2 turns

Tailwind effect: +3 DEX mod for dodging (1/3 turns)

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"...Cha...man char? <...uhh...I...don't know?>" Charmander timidly answered. Charizards, though amazing, were always intimidating. They also were beings that Charmanders must always treat with respect, and this one seemed to be high up in the tier. He was so afraid of looking so weak compared to this Charizard. "...Charmander...? <...maybe after this...? Also, I'm from the anime. We hadn't used levels since...well...ever!>"

Dodge DEX: HPBMCs52p_1d20+4

"FREEE!!!" Barely, the butterfly fluttered an inch away from the beam, thanks to the push of the wind stream through the cavern. If not for Tailwind, he'd been a goner.

Ash hoped Butterfree could slow it down, but it seemed that powder didn't work against this thing. His other attacks won't affect this thing, so... "Return!!" Ash recalled Butterfree in his Pokeball before deciding to fight this Pokemon with its weakness: fire. Ash doesn't like using type advantages due to giving his opponents a fair fight, but this Pokemon is too dangerous to play like that. "Cha-"

"Pika!" Pikachu barked, leaping off Ash's shoulder to join the battle.

"Y-You wanna battle?!" This was such an unexpected decision from the rodent.

"Pi!" With a determined nod, Pikachu rushed at the steel monster.

Not what he planned, but Pikachu must be angry at what that Pokemon did to that other Pikachu (and he sure hopes that wasn't a real one). "Alright now! Use Thunder Jolt!!"

"PIKA!!" Quickly harnessing electricity into his cheeks, Pikachu shot a pair of jolts at the monster.

Thunder Jolt: [Light WIS DMG 8%] Pikachu unleashes a jolt of electricity that bounces along surfaces, even under platforms.

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[TartoonHand94]

So the discipline of measuring one’s power is a lost art in the Thea Nime region as well? Pitiful.
“Izar?” <If one knows not their own strengths, or limits, how does one work to surpass them?> Charizard imparted rhetorical wisdom onto Charmander with sage-like mystique before resuming the battle.
Charizards eyes met Melmetal’s one and he braced as it began to spin.

(zmP3Ph9pp_1d20+4 Charizard's Dodge of Iron Bash. Failure; Takes 25 Damage and suffers Stunned status)

“…!” Whether it was cockiness or curiosity to feel the fabled intensity of this Legendary’s attack, Charizard underestimated how fast and how far down he would have had to duck to avoid a head-on collision with Melmetal’s hex.
One clang of the giant bolt was not enough to put Charizard down, but it was, however, enough to stun and disorient him long enough to not be able to dodge the follow-up.

(Charizard takes 25 Damage again.)

“Get a hold of yourself!” Red called out to Charizard with only the slightest hint of distress. It seemed Charizard was so well-trained that this was enough to snap him out of him and resume battling. 

Red instructed Charizard to hold his position for a bit and let Ash’s Pikachu Thunder Jolt Melmetal, wanting to gauge if the electricity was more effective than the sleep powder. If this gambit paid off, it’d be stunned and wide open to another...
“Charizard! Use Flame-Secret-Fly!” Red commanded a specific combo. He had particular tastes and sometimes ordered from the secret menu.

“CHAR!” After the lightning came the brush fire as Charizard bounded off the cave wall and blasted a torrent of fire at Melmetal.

Flamethrower – The target is scorched with an intense blast of fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. Charizard roasts a target with scorching flames. This attack has a 5% chance of causing a burn. This attack has a 1 turn cool down. (Heavy Wisdom Attack; Does 20% Damage)

(p_1d20-1 Charizard's Flamethrower @ Melmetal; Does 20% Damage, 0.05 chance of Burn status)

“Rizard!” Out from behind the plume came Charizard barrelling a dropkick into the Melmetal!

Secret Power – The additional effects of this attack depend upon where it was used. Charizard employs a nefariously situational battle strategy. Whatever he does, it will inflict a set amount of damage without extra effects. (Medium Strength Attack; Does 18% Damage)

(p_1d20+2 Charizard's Critical Secret Power @ Melmetal; Does 18% Damage. p_1d20+2 Crit Confirm)

And even stronger than when he jumped from the wall, Charizard jumped from Melmetal’s body toward the roof of the cave, in an aerodynamic spiral supported by the posture of his wings.

(p_1d20+4 Charizard's Fly)

Fly – The user soars and then strikes its target on the next turn. Charizard begins the move by flying high into the sky. This costs a battle action and can act as a pre-emptive dodge roll for an opponents attack in the next turn corresponding to the battle action count. If this roll is beaten by said battle action, Charizard automatically takes penalty damage. Charizard then comes back down and crushes its target under its weight. This takes up a second battle action. This technique has a 3 turn cool down. (Heavy Dexterity Attack; Does 24% Damage)

	Red	Charizard	Snorlax	Lapras
HP	140/140	90/140	180/180	160/160
Shield	45/45	45/45	65/65	55/55
Status	Normal	Normal	In Pokéball	In Pokéball

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