[Pokemon Liberator Julia]

Julia idly dragged her claws along the surface of a pillar, examining her other claw idly the way someone might inspect their nails. She wasn't all too interested in the idea of fighting for sport herself, but several of her pokemon were and others just needed to get some aggression out, so she had to come support them. "You don't look thrilled to be here..." Talon observed. Julia quickly perked up. "Only because the fight hasn't started yet, catfriend!" she reassured. "If you really want the audience to cheer for you, remember to show off a little." she instructed. "Right! ....You'll help me, right?" Talon asked, somewhat nervous about the strong opponent's they'd be facing here. "Sure will! What are 'trainers' for?" Julia replied.

Nearby, Rex is eyeing the crowd, trying to discern who might be a competitor. He wasn't really paying attention to the world around him otherwise. He needed little encouragement, and Julia didn't like the way he looked at her when she had his full attention, so she was content to let him space out for a bit.

Julia's gaze shifted to Amber, who was stoicly gazing off into space herself. She could only guess Amber was imagining what she'd do when someone challenged her, going over battle plans. While superficially similar looking to what Rex was doing, what was going on in her head was veeery different. Rex didn't have complex strategies. He had big jaws. "...Just so y'know, even if we lose this I'm not giving up on you." she reassures. She had an idea of how discouraging a first loss could be, and wanted to pre-empt that a little. She was just as new to the stadium as Amber was, after all. Amber turned her head and silently nodded in response.

Julia (❤️ 140/140) (🛡️ 45/45) Status: Normal
Talon (❤️ 130/130) (🛡️ 40/40) Status: Normal
Rex (❤️ 170/170) (🛡️ 60/60) Status: Normal
Amber (❤️ 150/150) (🛡️ 50/50) Status: Normal

[Jade Callisto]

Vanitas hated losing but the fact he lost williningly to that old lady infuriated him. What the heck was he even thinking?! In order to regain his pride even by a small amount he would take this open challenge seriously. As he walked into the stadium to see the crowd before him his golden eyes rested on a particularly interesting sight. "And what the hell are you supposed to be, some kind of stadium mascot?" Vanitas asked sarcastically.

He took notice of the others near the creature, summoned creatures perhaps? Or were they like their allies? So many questions, so little time. As if to show off his might Vanitas had a whole legion of dark creatures around him of all shapes and sizes. All of them a part of himself naturally, but this foe didn't need to know that. Nor did he care very much to tell them.

Summoning his keyblade into his hand, Vanitas then took a battle ready stance. "Ladies first." Now Vanitas was by all means NOT being polite or anything as he actually said that to throw her off their guard. Something that Vanitas planned on exploiting in this battle. He held his Keyblade in a defensive stance, ready to counter at any moment.

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Vanitas:

HP: 185/185

MP: 50/50

SHIELD: 65/65

STATUS: Setting up for a counter.

[Pokemon Liberator Julia]

Julia's eyes rose to meet Vanitas, a catty smile of amusement on her face. She points at herself. "Who, me? ...Yeah, I'm my Mom's favorite art project. They liked me so much they decided to hang me up in the stadium!" she replies, playing along in amusement. When Vanitas taunted her with the ladies first though, her demeanor changed. She's pretty sure he's messing with her, but damn if she didn't love to chase laser pointers. "...Don't mind if I do! You're up, Talon." she remarked.

Talon the Torracat becomes Julia's active Pokemon

Talon takes her side, and suddenly Vanitas is getting aggressively OWO'd at by a couple of cat pokemon. That look in their eyes just... radiates a freakish malice. Julia creeps forward first, followed quickly by Talon, both lurching forward as if stalking a mouse. Before they get to Vanitas though, Julia holds back a bit and lets Talon take the lead, holding her pounce at the ready until Talon commits to an attack. She then immediately acts, attempting to slip past Vanitas' guard while he's busy dealing with the second cat!

Nov 14, 2023 11:30:28 GMT -8 Mighty Mia said:

Kitty Krimes [Dark]: Julia and Talon do the most terrifying ÒwÓ you've ever seen in unison before pouncing their victim and giving them huggy wuggies. And by huggy wuggies I mean clinging to them while raking them with claws and teeth. They both make a roll, and the opponent has to dodge both to successfully dodge the attack. Julia and Talon both suffer a -2 penalty to dodging the first attack aimed at them next turn due to their reckless offense. 3 turn cooldown. [DMG 28%]

xcd8|DmPp_1d20+4 (Talon's Kitty Crimes for 28% damage)

p_1d20+4 (Julia's Kitty Crimes assist)

After putting on the pressure, Julia attempts to fall back and extract herself from the violence. However Talon transitions immediately into clawing at Vanitas, not letting up.

Nov 14, 2023 11:30:28 GMT -8 Mighty Mia said:

Talon Style [Normal]: Talon fights with a very focused and vicious claw style, earning her name, but also attempting to wrestle the foe into submission. This is one of the only forms of attacks Talon has that does not function differently in a grapple. [DMG: 8-18%]

p_1d20+4 (Talon's Talon Style 1 for 18% damage)

p_1d20+4 (Talon's Talon Style 2 for 18% damage)

Julia (❤️ 140/140) (🛡️ 45/45) Status: Normal
Talon (❤️ 130/130) (🛡️ 40/40) Status: Normal (Kitty Krimes CD: 2 turns)
Rex (❤️ 170/170) (🛡️ 60/60) Status: Normal
Amber (❤️ 150/150) (🛡️ 50/50) Status: Normal1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4

[Jade Callisto]

(I managed to save the post before the forum broke for me so the new rolls aren't shown here because I'd rather not rewrite the whole thing again, just trust me on this these are the real numbers from before it broke.)


Vanitas didn't care one bit for this one's perky attitude, it just infurianted him more. Holding his keyblade out in his defensive stance he readied himself for what was to come.

Wis rolls for counter:

7

8

His counter was already broken through before he could realize it, taking the full brunt of this attack head on. Yet despite his body being in pain he did not falter, in fact he was laughing manically. The dark aura around him grew larger as it looked like his pain was fueling the dark aura.

But as they came for more attacks Vanitas would try to dodge them this time.

15

The first one was dodged successfully.

5

But the second one was not dodged as he got hit with the attack. Again his pain growing the dark aura even more.

"I see, I see. Looks like you can hit pretty hard when you want to. Good, now it is my turn."

Vanitas would go heavily on the offensive now, readying himself in his battle stance he first went to attack Julia with his Dark Splicer move.

Dark Splicer: Vanitas warps around a single foe with multiple afterimages. Each afterimage attacks on its own as Vanitas slashes at the foe with each warp to a different spot around them as he tries to confuse the foe. If he misses and even after he lands, he is briefly vulnerable, lowering his next dodge roll by 2. [Heavy Wisdom Attack, 28%]

22

Vanitas was hardly done, he then aimed his Dark Spiral attack on Talon, Vanitas' aura sparking a tad from that too.

Dark Spiral: Vanitas drills into his target shrouded by a cone of darkness dealing high damage but draining a small portion of his stamina. 4% recoil. [Heavy Wisdom Attack, 26%]

10

And once again to Talon in case that first one missed.

15

"So had enough yet?" Vanitas said mockingly. "In case you couldn't tell the more pain I take the more powerful I get. How do you plan to win knowing that?" He said laughing manically again. Of course he left out the part that every bit of pain anyone takes he gets more powerful, so really if this girl and her pets took any damage Vanitas would only stand to gain. Though scaring her was just part of the fun.

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HP: 133/185

MP: 50/50

SHIELD: 65/65

Negative Charge: 26%

Cooldowns: Warp Kirioshi: 2 turns.

Status: Ready to fight.

[Pokemon Liberator Julia]

pxHDSKrSp_1d20 [Julia's Critdodge]

At the last moment, Julia almost appeared to vanish. She ducked down low, thrusting a bouquet of flowers up to where she had been so that it would get shredded by the attack that nearly hit her, scattering petals into the air. She then lunged out and away before getting back up and turning about to winking playfully at Vanitas. "You think so? I was a bit worried I'd lost my touch..."

p_1d20+1 [Talon's dodge]
p_1d20+3 [Talon's Second Dodge]

Talon soared backwards, flipping over before landing on her paws and digging them in to stop herself from sliding in the dirt, where she quickly got back up. Julia and Talon bristle a bit at Vanitas' words. The two girls glance at each other uncertainly. They'd never met a pokemon quite like that before! "...That's some real dark type phrenology you've got going on there." Julia replies, unsettled. After a moment though, she eases up a little. "...I've got it! We're going to win using a type advantage! I'm a fairy type, and my friend here is a fighting type." she announces. "I only know one fighting type move." Talon comments. "...We can fix that later." Julia awkwardly reassures. "Do you know any fairy type moves?" Talon asks. "...Not attacks, no. Let's not discuss strategy in front of the enemy." she replies with folded arms. "I'm pretty sure he can't understand me." Talon replies.

"Fine, fine. Y'know that one fighting type move you know? Let's use it. Talon, use Seismic Toss, then Toxic Fang!" Julia announced. Talon then began to run toward Vanitas. "I'm not done until I can't get back up! You won't see me switching out of this fight!" Talon replied ... not that Vanitas can understand her. All that comes out is a bunch of fighting meows and wows. She then pops up onto her hind legs and lunges into the air, attempting to grapple onto Vanitas!

p_1d20+4 [Talon's Grapple]

She yanked hard in an attempt to forcefully bend Vanitas back and suplex him against the ground! ...And then bite him on the shoulder for good measure.

Nov 14, 2023 11:30:28 GMT -8 Mighty Mia said:

Seismic Toss [Fighting]: Talon pounces to grapple the foe before keeping the momentum going to keep them rolling before jumping off and then jumping up and slamming down with immense force. Normally has a 50% chance to paralyze. However, if the foe is already grappled, it also has a 50% chance to inflict Sickness as Talon bites them with a toxic fang followup. Takes 2 actions, 3 turn cooldown. [DMG: 28%]

p_1d20+4 [28% damage total, a 50% chance of paralysis, and a 50% chance of sickness if that grapple worked]

Julia (❤️ 140/140) (🛡️ 45/45) Status: Normal
Talon (❤️ 109/130) (🛡️ 40/40) Status: Normal (Kitty Krimes CD: 1 turns) (Seismic Toss CD: 2 turns)
Rex (❤️ 170/170) (🛡️ 60/60) Status: Normal
Amber (❤️ 150/150) (🛡️ 50/50) Status: Normal1d20·1d20+1·1d20+3·1d20+4·1d20+4

[Jade Callisto]

After his initial Dark Splicer attack he kind of expected that he would not be able to dodge the very next attack. Like it mattered much, whatever they did would just increase his power more. Still he shouldn't let himself get knocked out either, that would defeat the purpose of this fight! As they discussed their plan of attack in front of Vanitas he could sense they were talking about him like he was one of them, how foolish.

He had heard of Pokemon before through his time here in the Life Sphere, usually he paid them no mind since it had nothing to do with him. Still a good way to throw them off would be to play into what they think they know about him. Vanitas may not be very intelligent but he was very much wise when it came to battle strategy. The best way to make them lose here was to make them doubt themselves, doubt being a negative emotion so it really just fed him. 

"So is that it?" Vanitas asked before taking notice that Talon was behind him.

Dodge Roll: 

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(That is a Zero btw.)

Of course Vanitas would now see he was grappled by the strange creature. What would they try to do next? As they tried to toss him into the air then slam him down into the ground Vanitas would try to break the grapple before they landed.

Action for Escape Roll:

p_1d20-4

(Nat 20 btw, Vanitas immediately escapes from the grapple in time!)

And the Dodge Roll for the attack:

p_1d20+2

And Vanitas not only escapes but despite all odds avoided the attack altogether, he landed softly to the ground on his feet before going for his next attack.

"Almost had me there, too bad for you huh? Shame you picked the wrong type when dealing with me."

To prove his point, which was really just more deception, he would make his next attack one of his magical ones. 

Pointing his keyblade at Talon, suddenly a huge wave of Ice came out of it and toward the fire cat. 

 Dark Blizzaga: Creates a wave of ice coated in darkness that forms a spiky ball before exploding into an icy blast of darkness. Has a 50% chance to freeze. Costs 20 MP. (Medium Wisdom Attack, 15%)

 
Following it up with another one just for good measure. 

Wis rolls for Dark Blizzaga:

p_1d20+5

p_1d20+5

"Heh. Type advantage is on my side it seems." Vanitas had no idea what that meant of course, he did know from how the girl said it that it had something to do with Pokemon and the elements. Of course he made it sound like he knew what he was talking about, more deception on his part. Messing with the opponent to make them think one thing when in reality it is something else is key strategy. Divide and Conquer. 

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HP: 133/185

MP: 10/50

SHIELD: 65/65

Negative Charge: 37%

Cooldowns: Warp Kirioshi: 1 turns.

Status: Scheming.

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