[RAID] Stag Party

[TawnyAngel]

[Attacking #2]

Go time? Well never let it be said he was slow off the mark! KO's earlier fears had faded for now - he was pretty safe where he was for now - and so he signalled his pokemon to strike as per previously ordered.

Duke charged forwards with Quick Attack, which was aimed to strike the ranger squarely on the back of the head, while Regent followed behind ready to offer support to his companion or to Adam's pokemon if the man didn't go down right away.

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[Attacking #1]

No time to waste, time was clearly of the essence here. Frost nodded to his pair of pokemon and they moved out and then struck out quickly; Persephone used Dark Pulse while Boreas used a fairly restrained Faint Attack, aimed for the head and avoiding using his claws as per orders.  

[Gwennythe]

"Shadow Sneak," Tambrey spoke lowly to Neph, letting her go after, under illusion, the man with purple hair.

Clancy gave his Pikachu a shove, causing the rodent to aim his Thundershock at the gray curly haired man.  

[Shaddaling]

Lex moved Grimlock forward, giving her the signal and she darted towards her target, using Hypnosis when she meet the mint hair women's eyes.

"If she fails, Sucker Punch them," he muttered to his Ariados, keeping back as the others rushed forward. They would take their target down one way or another.

Spins tapped his legs in agreement, preparing the move.

Even if he had to physically toss her.  

[Suudonym]

Rook's Rotom took advantage of its ghostly disposition to keep itself thoroughly invisible. It approached its designated target (7) in such a way until it was upon the woman, at which point it relinquished its invisibility, relying on the Zoroark's illusion to stay concealed, and called a Thunderbolt upon the Ranger's head. True to its orders, the Rotom made sure to hold back to avoid outright frying the woman.

The Vespiquen, at the same time, advanced on her own target (8), although she had no choice but to count on her comrades for cover. Aiming for the crown of the woman's head, she conjured a Power Gem attack to strike down onto her skull.  

[Shawn Darrow]

"Jack, go with Eel. Help him and his Pikachu attack that gray-haired guy with Confuse Ray. They'll try to paralyze him. Haunter," Shadow said, locking eyes on the man with the long, blonde hair, "Try using Hypnosis on that dude."

The Chandelure and Haunter rushed out to attack as they were directed. Jack was very, very tempted to light someone's hair on fire, but he knew they couldn't risk getting the uniforms burned and refrained.

The Haunter, meanwhile, concentrated on going right up to his own target before making himself visible long enough to perform Hypnosis.  

[Magician Arcana]

#2

Adam motioned for the ghost to move, whispering an attack previously. Manny moved behind KOs Pokemon, waiting to see if the attack was enough to knock out the ranger. He shot out a Hypnosis just in case.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

Jerome's signal put into a motion a flurry of activity as the group of Rocket pokemon - and Jerome - descended mercilessly upon their targets at roughly the same time.

(1, attacked by Frost)
"Hurry up, Slowpokes!" The redhead said, walking well ahead of the group. "We'll never get there in time to help if you guys don't--" Her sentence ended abruptly as Persephone's Dark Pulse collided with her torso and sent her staggering backwards, winded, startled, confused and in pain, and she glanced around to see what had happened. The only thing she'd seen had been thin wisps of dark smoke, and then--

The girl slumped to the ground a moment after Boreas's Faint Attack struck her head.

(2, attacked by KO and Adam)
The young man didn't know what hit him as something - that something being Duke - crashed into the back of his skull and sent him to his knees on the ground, dazed and mildly concussed. Manny's Hypnosis therefore, unfortunately, had no effect as the man stared dazedly at the ground between his fingers as he struggled to remain at least on his hands and knees despite the blow to the head. As smoke rolled into his line of sight, he found himself wondering if it was from his attacker, or if he was just seeing things after receiving such a strike to the head.

(3, attacked by Lex)
Looking straight ahead as she walked - practically marched - down the route, the practical woman paused a moment when a Braixen all but appeared out of no where directly in her path. She gave the fire-type a quizzical look, but all too quickly found herself the victim of Hypnosis, and promptly collapsed onto the ground, fast asleep.

(4, attacked by Claire)
A startled squeal escaped the young woman as she felt something climb up her, and she spun in a circle while trying to reach around to grab whatever it was. Her hands finally alighted on something furry at her shoulder, and she shouted a triumphant, "Ha!" A split second later she'd fallen in a heap on the ground, not even feeling the blow that had rendered her unconscious.

(5, attacked by Shadow)
Content to keep walking after his colleagues with his hands in his pockets, the blond had no idea what was about to happen. Even as the Haunter appeared without warning in front of his face, he had no time to even think to react as the Hypnosis hit him squarely in his face, and he staggered back a step or two before falling into the grass below him.

(6, attacked by Jerome)
Given Bro's placement directly behind his head, the orange-haired man had absolutely no idea what was about to happen until he felt something slam into the back of his head. The blow pitched him forward, and though one foot moved forward to try to keep him upright, he was unconscious the moment he hit the ground.

(7, attacked by Rook)
The woman's skin prickled and her hair separated with static, but it was only a mere moment's warning of the oncoming Thunderbolt. Restrained though it was, the electrical attack surged through her from her head to her extremities, and as her muscles spasmed, she gave a cry of shock and pain and fell to her hands and knees.

(8, attacked by Rook)
The gray-haired woman turned in the direction of the Vespiquen, alerted to its presence by the breeze produced by its beating wings, but even the slight shimmering of the Zoroark's illusion that betrayed the bee's presence didn't lend time enough for the woman to react. The materialized crystals of energy beat down heavily upon the woman's head, knocking the wind from her with a breathy "oof," and she collapsed to the ground.

(9, attacked by Clancy and Shadow)
An odd sensation caused the man to pause and frown as he felt his hair begin to stand on end, but he had little time to even realize what was happening before Clerval's Thundershock struck him. His muscles seized and spasmed for a moment or two before he fell to the ground with a sharp grunt of pain, and almost immediately after that Jack's Confuse Ray struck him. Despite the extreme unwillingness of his muscles to cooperate, the man struggled to right himself to figure out what was happening - though he wasn't sure if right was right anymore, nor could he believe the smoke that billowed in and out of his vision.

(10, attacked by Jerome)
In the burst of chaos suddenly erupting all around him, the man's first reaction was the reflex to cover his mouth against the abrupt presence of Smokescreen. Before he had time to call out to his comrades, he felt a heavy blow to his stomach that stole his breath and weakened his knees, forcing him to double over and rendering him defenseless against Jerome's grab at his hands.

(11, attacked by Tambrey)
Unfortunately for the purple-haired man, he neither saw nor heard anything suspicious until he felt a sense of foreboding - maybe it was the flickering on the edges of his vision, or maybe it was the faint smell of smoke somewhere - a moment or two before he was struck from behind from Neph's Shadow Sneak. The attack knocked him forward onto his knees and a surprised, pained shout escaped him. Alarmed, rather than reach for his pokeballs or any equipment, he tried to push himself back to his feet to better assess the situation and the state of his teammates.


((Here is the list of targets and their current statuses! Fine = not really affected by the attack and poses the biggest threat; disabled = affected by the attack but is still conscious and may or may not pose a threat; asleep = put to sleep temporarily; unconscious = duh, they're unconscious.))

1. Red ponytail woman - Frost (unconscious)
2. Black cropped hair man - KO (disabled)
3. Mint green haired woman - Kyle & Lex (asleep)
4. Brunette braid-wearing woman - Claire (unconscious)
5. Long blond haired man - Shadow (asleep)
6. Orange spiky haired man - Jerome (unconscious)
7. Blonde pigtails woman - Rook (disabled)
8. Gray bob cut woman - Rook (unconscious)
9. Gray curly haired man - Clancy (disabled)
10. Brunet medium-length haired man - Jerome (disabled)
11. Purple haired man - Tambrey (fine)  

[Magician Arcana]

#2

Adam watched as the man went down, a thrill rushing across his body, biting stronger than electric. He wasn't totally unconscious. Not yet. Adam whispered to KO, "another quick attack should lay him out. Just in case - Sucker Punch his head."

Manny turned invisible and watched the man warrily. Hearing the attack he became visible and focused to harden his body and then flung himself bodily at the downed ranger.  

[Gwennythe]

Tambrey gritted her teeth and watched Neph. Now was the testing time for the spider... What would her next action be?
A breath of relief escaped her as she realised that Neph was about to use Spider Web on the Purple-Haired Man; she was playing along with their plan so far.

Clancy pumped the air and then gleefully rolled his hands over and over in a 'keep going' motion, telling Clerval to hit the downed Gray Curly-haired Man again with Thundershock.  

[Blood_Goddess]

#6
Bro watched the man he had hit go down, with a snort, he flicked his thumb over where a nose might be... if he had one, before tossing both arms out and across his torso, apparently very proud of himself.
with a full cackle Bro popped out of sight again.

#10
Jerome didn't slow his momentum after hitting the guy and successfully getting a hold of his hands. gripping a wrist in each of his hands Jerome brought his knee up in the attempt to knock the winded man onto his back, so he could drive his knee into the man's neck to cut off the remaining air flow.
Though the movements seemed harsh and wild, Jerome would be paying close attention to make sure that he would let up once the man lost consciousness.  

[TawnyAngel]

[Attacking #2]

When his target failed to crumple completely Duke gave a growl of frustration and launched another Quick Attack at his head.

Regent hung back slightly, watching the battlefield in case somebody needed a protect.

Over in the trees KO nodded to Adam, a smirk pulling at his lips as he squinted through the obscuring smoke. "Pretty good though." Most of the rangers seemed to be down, though like their mark not all were out.

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[Attacking #11]

Frost too was peering through the smoke and it was quiet professional satisfaction that he took in the slumped shape of his chosen target. Now, what were his pokemon going to do? He hoped they wouldn't need prompting to help the others.... Ah, indeed not, or at least one of them did not.

Boreas took a few moments to decide that the woman really was unconscious before looking for another target; the purple haired man looked like a good one and so once the Ariados had used Spider Web he launched another Faint Attack, aiming for the head again.

Persephone meanwhile was lingering beside her first target in case it moved. Internally the spirits were also debating whether or not to hit the human again despite its stillness.  

[Shawn Darrow]

[#5 and #9]

Surprised and glad about his pokemon and partner's progress, Shadow hurried in to help, doing his best to keep within the range of Kyle's Zoroark's illusion. He hurried over to Tambrey.

"Agent," he said, attempting to get her attention before, gesturing to the long-haired man that his Haunter had put to sleep in the grass. "Web when you can, please?"

That said, he rushed over with a gesture to Haunter to follow as he went to help Clancy. "Careful, man," he warned the older grunt. "Don't want to end up charring the uniforms with all those shocks!"  

[Shaddaling]

#3
Grimlock perked as the women dropped and gave a cheerful pleased noise at her accomplishment. She kept near, keeping a close eye on the sleeping women and waiting for more orders.


Howlback wheeled in the sky, twisting to circle the downed group. She circled, watching the ongoing battle carefully.

Lex quickly approached their down victim and started carefully search for her poke balls, pokedex, and any communication device, wanting to disarm her as fast as possible.

Spins kept close to his trainer, ready to Sucker punch the trainer if she woke during the search.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Arching an eyebrow as he stood by his Zoroark, not oblivious to the fact that the dark type's shoulders were starting to tremble with the efforts of maintaining such a complicated and quick moving illusion.
He said nothing though as he let him do his job, instead he watched the target that he had picked out for them was hit with a hypnosis and fell down and asleep.

"You had to go with the most boring way to deal with her didn't you." Kyle voiced to Lex, though admittedly pleased with how quickly it was taken care of.

#3
"That won't last long, Roman, restrain her" A pokeball was tossed out, releasing the shiny Sylveon from inside.
With a graceful leap over, ribbons around his body elongating out, the pokemon use them to bind her wrists and ankles behind her until they got a more permanent binding. Cooing in greeting at Lex while he took care of her coms and pokeballs.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

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