QuentinQuonce
formerly green_typhlosion
Part Fifteen - Afu and Abu
Time to take on the next member of the Top Four Kings.
The room after Geyue is a dim and gloomy one, with cracked brick visible through the holes in the floor (why are those there, anyway? Someone could have an accident). But the woman in here is dressed in a strangely incongruous manner - a bright floral skirt that looks kind of Hawaiian. Takes all sorts, I guess. She introduces herself as Afu, a Ghost-type trainer, and our battle commences!
She opens with the bulky-looking Ghost Shalu. Well, I've got a plan to deal with that. I lead with -tT and use Grow to increase my power as it protects itself. After that, even as it uses the Curse attack to try and drain my HP, my souped-up Plot is a solid 2HKO.
She sends out another Shalu next. I get in a quick hit with Plot, but it annihilates -tT with a powerful Electro. Darn. Time to try something else. It falls to Tory to trade blows with it. Though Shalu's Electro rapidly whittles Tory down, it survives with less than 33% HP remaining, and the boosted power of its Riptide ability means that Surf is powerful enough to take it down.
Undaunted, Afu sends out her next mon, Storm. I decide Labor can take this one.
As I hoped, Storm's Shallow and Plot moves barely leave a dent. Before I KO it, though, it annoyingly uses Pray, and Labor's Air loses all of its PP. Darn. Now I've lost the most powerful move I had that could hit Ghost-types. What to do against Afu's second Storm...?
I revive -tT and send it back out, but it gets promptly KOd by Storm's powerful Spiri attack. How annoying. I switch back to Labor and manage to get an accuracy drop with Conf, but it attacks back with Volt and KOs her, too.
Only Tory can get this done, I think. I heal her back up to full HP and send her back out, and she survives a strong hit from Shallow to get a KO in return.
One foe left. Afu sends out Yamil, a tricky-looking mon I know to be both Dark and Ghost type, meaning that it has no weaknesses. I opt to stick with Tory and see what I can do. It starts to use Slip and my attacks all promptly begin to miss. Ugh, why do all the hardest battles seem to go like this...?
But it's okay. Just like always, patience is the key. Yamil starts chipping away at Tory, bringing her down to low HP, but just when I think all hope is lost, Tory connects with Surf and gets a critical hit!
Two down, two to go.
What do you mean "again"? I only met you like five minutes ago.
Afu congratulates me for how well I get along with Mons, and graciously opens the door to the next room. I take a moment to fully heal my squad before continuing.
Woah, tonal shift. The next room is bathed in icy blue light, and blocks of solid ice can be seen on the floor below us. The lady in here is a stately-looking woman dressed in fine clothes, who introduces herself as Abu. (Abu and Afu? Wow, that must get confusing for the people who work here.) She tells me that she specialises in the use of "the freeze skill".
I'd never have guessed. Let's begin, shall we?
She opens with the blubbery blue Seal. Given how bulky it looks, I'm expecting it to survive any hit I can throw at it, but unexpectedly LibDm's Stone attack knocks it out in one go!
But she has another one, a couple of levels more powerful, and this one does survive a hit from Stone. It counterattacks with a frosty Snow attack, and LibDm instantly faints.
Not to worry. I send out my sacrificial lamb... uh, horse... gQ- and heal LibDm while Abu restores her Seal. Time for Labor to take over, I think. It takes a chunk out of Abu's Seal with Rush, but unfortunately it responds by making it hail using... a move also called Snow. Ever more confusing.
But no Ice-type, no matter how bulky, can stand up to a powerful Steel-type like Labor for long. It takes a few tries for the splendidly inaccurate move to connect, but eventually a couple of strikes with Air send it on the way to faint town.
Abu is prepared, though, and sends out her ace mon - the big and bulky evolution of Seal, Vseal. This ain't going to go down easy, I can tell. I switch to LibDm, but I'm not intending to use Stone. Instead, I use Species and get it seeded. As expected, Vseal promptly wrecks me with Electro.
I need to stall it to get its health down. So, it's -tT's time to shine. It gets a flinch with Dream, thereby wasting a turn. I intend to attack it on the next turn, but it gets in first and KOs me. Crap, it's faster than one would assume a big fat seal to be. So we'll need Tory to slow it down. It survives a hit and manages to strike with Force, lowering Vseal's speed by one stage.
UKIP hasn't accomplished much thus far, so I think it's his time to shine. It gets in a solid hit with Shock, but Vseal uses its most wicked move - Degree - and scores a cheap and dirty one-hit KO. Crap crap crap!
Only Labor is left now. I don't trust Air to hit in a pinch, so I opt for Rush instead and finally manage to knock it out. Holy cow. That really was everyone's win.
But now my team is in tatters, and Abu still has two mons left. She sends out her next one, the big icy orb Nigul. Well, it's just a regular Ice-type - no Water. Labor can deal with this, I think confidently. But then it freezes me.
Luckily, I took my old scoutmaster's advice and came prepared. The Recovery item in my bag restores Labor's HP and cures its status condition. Fully restored, Labor strikes with Air and cleanly knocks out Nigul. Abu follows this with a second one, more powerful, but it goes the same way.
Another win in the bag! Three down - just one more to go.
Abu rather sharply tells me to move ahead, so I do just that. The last, and most powerful, member of the Top Four Kings awaits us. Let's get ready for a no-holds-barred clash next time.
Current team:
Tory the Swampert - Level 47
Labor the Aggron - Level 47
LibDM the Breloom - Level 46
UKIP the Kadabra - Level 46
-tT the Nuzleaf - Level 46
gQ- the Horsea - Level 30
Time to take on the next member of the Top Four Kings.
The room after Geyue is a dim and gloomy one, with cracked brick visible through the holes in the floor (why are those there, anyway? Someone could have an accident). But the woman in here is dressed in a strangely incongruous manner - a bright floral skirt that looks kind of Hawaiian. Takes all sorts, I guess. She introduces herself as Afu, a Ghost-type trainer, and our battle commences!
She sends out another Shalu next. I get in a quick hit with Plot, but it annihilates -tT with a powerful Electro. Darn. Time to try something else. It falls to Tory to trade blows with it. Though Shalu's Electro rapidly whittles Tory down, it survives with less than 33% HP remaining, and the boosted power of its Riptide ability means that Surf is powerful enough to take it down.
Undaunted, Afu sends out her next mon, Storm. I decide Labor can take this one.
As I hoped, Storm's Shallow and Plot moves barely leave a dent. Before I KO it, though, it annoyingly uses Pray, and Labor's Air loses all of its PP. Darn. Now I've lost the most powerful move I had that could hit Ghost-types. What to do against Afu's second Storm...?
I revive -tT and send it back out, but it gets promptly KOd by Storm's powerful Spiri attack. How annoying. I switch back to Labor and manage to get an accuracy drop with Conf, but it attacks back with Volt and KOs her, too.
Only Tory can get this done, I think. I heal her back up to full HP and send her back out, and she survives a strong hit from Shallow to get a KO in return.
One foe left. Afu sends out Yamil, a tricky-looking mon I know to be both Dark and Ghost type, meaning that it has no weaknesses. I opt to stick with Tory and see what I can do. It starts to use Slip and my attacks all promptly begin to miss. Ugh, why do all the hardest battles seem to go like this...?
But it's okay. Just like always, patience is the key. Yamil starts chipping away at Tory, bringing her down to low HP, but just when I think all hope is lost, Tory connects with Surf and gets a critical hit!
Two down, two to go.
What do you mean "again"? I only met you like five minutes ago.
Afu congratulates me for how well I get along with Mons, and graciously opens the door to the next room. I take a moment to fully heal my squad before continuing.
Woah, tonal shift. The next room is bathed in icy blue light, and blocks of solid ice can be seen on the floor below us. The lady in here is a stately-looking woman dressed in fine clothes, who introduces herself as Abu. (Abu and Afu? Wow, that must get confusing for the people who work here.) She tells me that she specialises in the use of "the freeze skill".
I'd never have guessed. Let's begin, shall we?
She opens with the blubbery blue Seal. Given how bulky it looks, I'm expecting it to survive any hit I can throw at it, but unexpectedly LibDm's Stone attack knocks it out in one go!
But she has another one, a couple of levels more powerful, and this one does survive a hit from Stone. It counterattacks with a frosty Snow attack, and LibDm instantly faints.
Not to worry. I send out my sacrificial lamb... uh, horse... gQ- and heal LibDm while Abu restores her Seal. Time for Labor to take over, I think. It takes a chunk out of Abu's Seal with Rush, but unfortunately it responds by making it hail using... a move also called Snow. Ever more confusing.
But no Ice-type, no matter how bulky, can stand up to a powerful Steel-type like Labor for long. It takes a few tries for the splendidly inaccurate move to connect, but eventually a couple of strikes with Air send it on the way to faint town.
Abu is prepared, though, and sends out her ace mon - the big and bulky evolution of Seal, Vseal. This ain't going to go down easy, I can tell. I switch to LibDm, but I'm not intending to use Stone. Instead, I use Species and get it seeded. As expected, Vseal promptly wrecks me with Electro.
I need to stall it to get its health down. So, it's -tT's time to shine. It gets a flinch with Dream, thereby wasting a turn. I intend to attack it on the next turn, but it gets in first and KOs me. Crap, it's faster than one would assume a big fat seal to be. So we'll need Tory to slow it down. It survives a hit and manages to strike with Force, lowering Vseal's speed by one stage.
UKIP hasn't accomplished much thus far, so I think it's his time to shine. It gets in a solid hit with Shock, but Vseal uses its most wicked move - Degree - and scores a cheap and dirty one-hit KO. Crap crap crap!
Only Labor is left now. I don't trust Air to hit in a pinch, so I opt for Rush instead and finally manage to knock it out. Holy cow. That really was everyone's win.
But now my team is in tatters, and Abu still has two mons left. She sends out her next one, the big icy orb Nigul. Well, it's just a regular Ice-type - no Water. Labor can deal with this, I think confidently. But then it freezes me.
Luckily, I took my old scoutmaster's advice and came prepared. The Recovery item in my bag restores Labor's HP and cures its status condition. Fully restored, Labor strikes with Air and cleanly knocks out Nigul. Abu follows this with a second one, more powerful, but it goes the same way.
Another win in the bag! Three down - just one more to go.
Abu rather sharply tells me to move ahead, so I do just that. The last, and most powerful, member of the Top Four Kings awaits us. Let's get ready for a no-holds-barred clash next time.
Current team:
Tory the Swampert - Level 47
Labor the Aggron - Level 47
LibDM the Breloom - Level 46
UKIP the Kadabra - Level 46
-tT the Nuzleaf - Level 46
gQ- the Horsea - Level 30