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Pickle
Champion
Terminal Babey Illness
Posts: 127
OOC Name: Clash
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Post by Pickle on Nov 28, 2019 20:55:36 GMT
A little more conversation, a bit of reassurance and pep talking from Ravenna and Desmond, and the fight was on. Demi erected a barrier around himself and Ravenna responded by calling up some crows to assist her in harrying him. For a moment Pickle took the time to observe, think, plan. They could feel the stress of their first transformation would be coming to a head soon enough, so they would need to be careful about how they tackled this. They watched the crows and Ravenna take turns dive bombing Demi, getting in his face and drawing his attention as much as possible. From this distance Pickle couldn't tell which one was their friend, but that wasn't their concern at the moment.
Pickle charged in, keeping low to the ground and picking up speed. They drew near the edge of the barrier and, allowing the instincts of their Labramon Spirit to guide them, shifted from a headlong charge into skimming the side of the semi-transparent wall and ducking around the edge towards Demi as they opened their mouth and allowed energy to pool in their teeth and jaws.
"Gnaw!" With a shout to activate the effect, Pickle's power enhanced teeth moved to catch Demi's leg in their grip, a single high powered bite that on a fellow rookie level Digimon would be enough to dent metal or gouge into flesh. As it was against a higher level opponent made of flame, there was no telling what the effect would be if it landed. Pickle was depending on Ravenna keeping Demi's attention enough to create an opening for them to duck in for an attack and then bolt back out of melee range. Hit and run tactics would likely be their focus for the fight.
-Pickle charges at Demi while he is being harried by Ravenna and her summoned crows so they can get around his shield
-Pickle aims to bite down on Demi's leg with a Gnaw attack before bolting back out of range of his fists.
Skill Used:
[ATTACK] Gnaw: Infuses energy into the jaws and teeth to increase bite strength.
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Post by Desmond Edmund on Dec 4, 2019 10:15:53 GMT
Demi was looking at the crows that were coming down to strike him. The forcefield disappeared upon losing concentration leaving himself exposed for Pickle to jump into the battle. The fire giant didn't want to use kind of fire attacks just yet. Ravenna, on the other hand, might be able to dodge his Breath of Fire. However, it was kind of hard to aim at those crows as they were flying above his head. And then, he felt something on his leg. In most cases, she would get burn sightly from the fire. But Demi knew how to make his fire to not burn thing that goes into contact with it. While Pickle was a rookie, it still wasn't pleasant at all.
The Digimon looked down at the Labramon let go on his leg and then went away. It was a good plan as it would have been quite bad to stay in close range of the MetalMeramon. Demi then looked at his partner for a second thinking that he would say something to guide him. The blond tamer stayed silent and blink a few times before nodding. While it might be clear for the two spirit users, that nod meant that it was now okay to just attacks. Knowing that Pickle was farther away, the fire giant targeted at the crows instead. He took a deep breath and then a burst of fire came out of his mouth. Moving his head left and right to cover as much space he could. Ravenna could have seen that Demi was inhaling air for a reason and possibly avoid the attack.
After that attack, Demi looked at Desmond once more. Again, staying silent and pretty much immobile, the human pointed at Pickle and nodded. Now was the time to go to attack the new spirit user. Having heavy steps toward her, the Digimon didn't really go fast. However, with his armor, he didn't really need to go faster. Lifting his left arm into the air, Demi was ready to hammer fist the Labramon as soon as she gets remotely closer to him. He didn't really want to hurt her with the arm, it was more of a distraction for his next attack.
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Demi let go of hias Forcefield.
Demi used Breath of Fire at Ravenna and her crows.
Demi is going after Pickle, slowly
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Post by Ravenna on Dec 5, 2019 2:39:40 GMT
Pickle saw the opening Ravenna and the crows are creating and dashes in for an attack. The distraction causes the barrier to falter, leaving Labramon plenty of space for her Gnaw attack. Their game plan had worked, as Demi was overwhelmed by the number's advantage. Ravenna felt kind of bad for ganging up on the Champion, since this was a friendly battle. However, the important thing is getting Pickle experience in battle.
It's time for Demi to go on the offensive. First things first, he's got to take out some of these crows pestering him. Demi unleashes a Breath of Fire into the sky. The crows scatter as the flames rise, but they are not all able to dodge. Two crows are engulfed in the flames, their bodies poofing away into black smoke. Ravenna and one of her crows remain. The Spirit User soars around and drops down behind Demi, one of her tail feathers still smoking from the attack.
Ravenna lets out an ear piercing squawk behind Demi, attempting to disorient the fire giant. A Rookie Digimon might be delayed for a couple turns, but it is likely that a successful attack would only delay a Champion for a round. After using the attack, Ravenna takes off, flying around and sticking close by the other crow. If Demi is quick enough, he could get a shot in at Raye at melee range. The Psycrowmon is running out of tricks to use in this form. With two crows down, Ravenna would not be as big of a distraction, leaving Pickle to go on the defensive soon. Ravenna cheers on the younger Spirit User.
"Way to go, Pickle! Nice attack. You're doing good too, Demi. Those flames were hot! Bwahk!"
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AHWRK!: An ear piercing squawk that disorients up to 3 targets for 2 posts. 3 post cooldown.
Cooldowns: Murder (1/3) AHWRK! (0/3)
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Pickle
Champion
Terminal Babey Illness
Posts: 127
OOC Name: Clash
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Post by Pickle on Dec 5, 2019 2:59:27 GMT
The first round went well enough, the openings created by Ravenna not only distracting Demi but causing him to drop his barrier, and Pickle managing to get in a decent hit due to both. But now Demi was going on the offensive so they would need to both be more careful with their approach. The lack of a wall to maneuver around however opened up some other options, and as Demi blasted flames up at Ravenna and her crows, Pickle began to circle. They observed his movements, the slow approach seemed consistent with the armor weighing down Demi's body, and Pickle was aware that being wary of his arm was key to avoiding taking any heavy hits, and so they waited for him to come closer.
Once Demi was in range but not near enough to swing with his arm, Pickle opened their mouth and howled once more. "Retriever Bark!" They weren't too far out of melee range, the attack would lose too much punch if they were too far away, so if Demi chose to lunge through the attack they would most certainly take a hit. Pickle's attack however was only just behind Ravenna's, so hopefully that would catch Demi flat footed. Without waiting Pickle launched themself back and away from Demi again, moving in a loose circle and planning to kite him around their impromptu area as much as possible to await further openings.
This being Pickle's first fight in this form, they intended to play it safe, to be cautious, but their Spirit nudging them to get in closer, along with Ravenna's encouragement, would likely break them of this caution soon enough. "Thanks!"
-Pickle takes advantage of Demi's slow movement to get off an attack at short range, trying to avoid melee as much as possible -Once they attack alongside Ravenna, Pickle begins to move away, still relying on their higher agility to avoid Demi's approach and lead him around to create openings for Ravenna to use
Skill Used: [ATTACK] Retriever Bark: Attacks at medium to short range via a powerful bark.
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Post by Desmond Edmund on Dec 7, 2019 10:02:41 GMT
As both spirit users used their sound attacks on Demi, the Digimon became disoriented for a short moment. The fire giant looked up, then behind him and then trying to find Pickle that was moving quite fast around him. It was clear that speed was not one of his best points. However, while it did confuse him, they didn't do much damage per se. Demi swung his large bionic arm toward Pickle as she got closer hoping that he didn't swung it too hard. It was a training bout after all. The fire Digimon would then concentrate on Ravenna and her crow ally. He could have used a fire attack once more seeing that they weren't exactly in melee range. But again, the goal wasn't to hurt them too much but give them some experience at fighting.
Desmond would look at Pickle after she got hit by his partner to make sure that she was still ok. Part of him wanted to go toward her to make sure but then stopped himself. If she was really hurt, she would say so. The blond tamer stood there watching the bout with his arm crossed with no real emotion on his face. Now that Pickle learned to coordinate her attacks with Ravenna's, maybe it would be a good time to see how she would fare against something a bit harder to hit. Demi was now just trying to catch the more experienced spirit user or her crow, it was hard to tell which one was which. Unfortunately, even with his long reach, they were still too far away for him to grab them.
"Demi." The Frenchman then said out loud. Demi quickly turned his attention to his tamer before hearing him say. "Steam form." His partner nodded and crossed his arms into an X in front of him. Soon, the fire from his body began to create steam. At first, it was just blurry, they could still see him if maybe vaguely. It didn't take long for his whole body to be blurry and certainly very hot to anyone that would come close to him. Now came the challenge for the two spirit users to see if they can get past this form of his.
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Demi used Steam form.
Active: Steam Form:MetalMeramon can increase the heat of his whole body and armor to create a large amount of steam around him. While active, this ability makes the Digimon blurry for anyone else causing them to miss their attacks. The steam covers 2 times the size of his body. It takes 1 turn to charge and can last up to 3 turns or until he use another ability to attack. This also can lightly burn anything that gets into contact with this form. It has a cooldown of 1 turn.
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Post by Ravenna on Dec 8, 2019 4:48:25 GMT
The tag teaming Spirit Users were doing well so far against the much larger MetalMeramon. Ravenna's squawk successfully disoriented Demi for a moment, and she was quick enough to get out of melee range before Demi had a chance to swat at the pestering crow. With Ravenna attacking from the rear, this made it that much more difficult to fight the duo. Pickle is a natural at coordinating their attacks. Was this instinct from her spirit, or is the bubbly girl experienced in video games?
The Psycrowmon had started out hot, but beyond her crow lackeys and loud caw, there wasn't much else Raye can do in this form. Demi however is just starting to dive into his move pool. The MetalMeramon's flames intensify, creating a cloud of steam around the Champion. To test how hot it is, Ravenna sends the remaining crow flying towards the steam. Upon getting close, it gets too hot, and the bird turns tail and flees. Ravenna has no other crows remaining from the murder she summoned.
This was a good time to use such a defensive technique. Ravenna looks towards Desmond and sees how calm and serious he is watching the fight. He was the one who instructed Demi to create the steam. Pickle had managed to land her Retriever Bark, but now it may be too hot to get in close. Facing Demi at his 2 o'clock from medium range, Ravenna fires a Psychic Blast from her beak in an attempt to blow away some of the steam and create an opening for Pickle.
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Psychic Blast: Fires a psychic blast through the air to damage a target or move an object.
Cooldowns: Murder (2/3) AHWRK! (1/3)
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Pickle
Champion
Terminal Babey Illness
Posts: 127
OOC Name: Clash
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Post by Pickle on Dec 10, 2019 2:35:09 GMT
Pickle was doing well, quite well for someone who was fighting in a new body for the very first time. However, they misjudged Demi's reach and their own reaction time and the end of Demi's metal covered fist clipped them as they attempted to leap back. The blow wasn't taken full on, but it was still enough to send them reeling a bit. Pickle retreated, panting, the strain of their first transformation and this brief combat really starting to take a toll on them. They were determined to stick it out as long as they could though.
Pickle vaguely heard Desmond give an order, and Demi erupted in heat and steam, the billowing clouds of vapour limiting Pickle's ability to spot Demi clearly. However, Pickle just steeled themself and moved back into the fight, this time careful to stick to the edge of their Retriever Bark's effective range as they aimed towards what little they could see within the fog.Getting too close to anything creating this much steam could only be a bad idea, so they'd need to stick to what little range they had and avoid getting too close to the heat. Ravenna released an attack of her own to try and blow away some of the mist and create an opening, and Pickle intended to follow suit.
"Retriever Bark!" They couldn't be sure if their aim was true, but if nothing else the attack should punch a hole in the steam surrounding Demi. They didn't have a lot longer to fight, and they intended to do their utmost.
-Pickle is clipped by Demi's fist and is sent reeling by the attack from the stronger Digimon -Pickle attempts to use the wave of sonic force created by Retriever Bark to disperse some of the steam surrounding Demi
Skill Used:
[ATTACK] Retriever Bark: Attacks at medium to short range via a powerful bark.
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Post by Desmond Edmund on Dec 13, 2019 3:40:56 GMT
With Ravenna using her psychic attack and Pickle using her bark attack, Demi was pretty much surrounded. The fire giant was still in his steam form as he tried to figure to chase after which one of the two. Ravenna could easily fly out of distance but Pickle was also pretty fast compared to him. But, between them, the Labramon would still be easier to hit. The MetalMeramon began moving toward Pickle with the steam blurring his form. He took one step and stopped moving as he felt the more experienced spirit user attack at the back of his head. fighting against opponents on each side was getting harder. None the less, the fire Digimon did manage to take another set of heavy steps.
Clouded in steam, Demi tried to gain up some speed. The Retriever Bark did make the steam move a bit but it only took seconds before it covered the Digimon once more. Desmond was still looking at both spirit users to see what Demi could do next. He didn't want him to use fire attacks but that limited his choices of moves. But that wasn't a real fight so it wasn't bad. The larger Digimon was now entirely covered in steam making him look much larger and blurry. Even with him moving, the steam was moving around him like a cloak. Ravenna could still use her attacks on him, but she would have to pinpoint where he was in that cloud of steam.
The MetalMeramon began making his way toward the new spirit user slowly at first then a bit faster. Pickle would have time to react. Otherwise, Demi's bionic arm would try to grab her. The steam that was emanating from his body could cause some damage. However, Desmond was keeping an eye on them to see if they would get hurt. It was after all, not a real fight. The Frenchman had his arms crossed and was still as a statue. He only briefly looked up at Ravenna to see what she was going to do next before going back to look at them.
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Demi is still in this Steam form and is attempting to grab Pickle.
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Post by Ravenna on Dec 13, 2019 5:22:26 GMT
Demi's Steam form was proving to be more of an advantage than Ravenna first thought. Both Spirit Users use ranged attacks in an attempt to blow away the steam. With her crow allies and disorienting caw still cooling down, the Psycrowmon's move pool was at half. She was left with three options; another ranged attack, getting in close for a melee attack, or waiting it out. Even though she is fighting against a higher level, Ravenna is having fun teaming with Pickle against Desmond's partner Demi.
The steam cloud around Demi starts to move forward towards Pickle. Even as the Champion moves, the steam follows. It was clear Demi is targeting the slower of his two opponents. Ravenna's Psychic Blast did little to affect the cloud of steam. Putting her body in harm's way, Ravenna swoops down towards the top of the steam at about Demi's height in an attempt to peck at Demi's head. If she can find her target, it might distract Demi from going after Pickle, though it leaves Ravenna open to attack.
"I thought steam was relaxing. This better not ruin saunas for me."
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Peck Attack: Attacks with beak. Cooldowns: Murder (3/3) AHWRK! (2/3)
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Pickle
Champion
Terminal Babey Illness
Posts: 127
OOC Name: Clash
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Post by Pickle on Dec 13, 2019 17:38:04 GMT
Still slightly shaken by the hit they had taken and the strain of holding their first spirit evolution in place, Pickle wasn't quite fast enough in moving backwards to avoid Demi's grab as things currently stood and they knew it. So instead of just dodging out of the way their mouth opened as they moved and a barrier of sonic force blasted forth with a howl, the wall doing nothing to harm Demi but slowing his momentum enough for Pickle to successfully escape him and the clouds of steam he was emitting. As they distanced themself from the oncoming MetalMeramon they allowed themself to grin at the fact that it had actually worked. There'd been no telling if the reduction in momentum would work well enough on a higher level Digimon for them to escape, but now they knew.
At the same time Ravenna had dive bombed Demi, braving the heat, and Pickle could feel the need to try to land a good hit on their sparring partner at least once more as well. They began to circle around the steam covered form of Demi, hoping that their memory and intuition was correct as they aimed to close on the side of him not protected by armor in preparation for one more attack. Hopefully he would be distracted enough by Ravenna's own attack that he wouldn't notice Pickle incoming. And hopefully Desmond didn't give him a warning either.
-Pickle uses Barricade Howl to avoid Demi's grab successfully despite their slowing movement
-Pickle begins to close on what they think should be the side Demi has no armor on to prepare for an attack next turn.
Skill Used:
[Defense] Barricade Howl: Howls with such a force that a barrier is created that reduces incoming impacts. Fully effective against other Rookie level Digimon, Partially effective against Champions, ineffective against anything above. 2 post cooldown
Cooldowns:
Barricade Howl: 0/2
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Post by Desmond Edmund on Dec 16, 2019 17:09:40 GMT
As Ravenna came down from above, Demi did felt the Spirit user pecking him. While it didn't do much damage, it sure distracted him. He lowered his head by instincts and then turned around to look at the Psycrowmon. With the steam still around him, the fire giant wasn't sure what to do next. Most of the time, he relies on his tamer to guide him but this time, Desmond didn't do much to help him. In fact, the blond tamer was just watching the spar with his arms crossed. Demi would look at him for some kind of cue but again, nothing from the Frenchman. The Digimon turn looked at the Labramon for a moment when she barked at him.
With his short attention span, the MetalMeramon turned his back to Pickle and the steam slowly dissipated leaving the new Spirit user a chance to hit him. It was nice to see that they were trying to distract the larger Digimon letting each other a chance to attack. Sure, if it were a real battle, it would have been much more different but it wasn't about who can deal the most damage. It was all about making Pickle feel comfortable with her new form. Demi tried to grab Ravenna with his bionic arm with a wide swing which could be easily dodged.
So far, everything was going well. None of them were seriously hurt as Demi did look distracted but no really hurt at all. Neither party did nothing to say that they had enough and they even seemed of having fun. That made the human smile for a second before going back to a more neutral expression. Desmond kept his eyes on Pickle to see if she was getting tired. He didn't want her to exhaust herself since it was her first time digivolving into a Digimon.
But for now, everything was going to plan.
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Demi let go of his steam form and tries to grab Ravenna
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Post by Ravenna on Dec 17, 2019 12:07:26 GMT
The teamwork displayed by the Spirit Users works well enough to hold their own against the higher level MetalMeramon. Pickle manages to avoid being grabbed by Demi with her Barricade Howl ability, creating a barrier to block the attack. Demi then turns his attention to the attacking crow. He glances over at Desmond before looking back at Pickle. It looked like Demi was looking for a command, but Desmond is intentionally letting him handle this battle on his own for now. Maybe this is to test Demi as well.
Ravenna knew it would be risky getting in close. As the steam starts to subside, MetalMeramon's metal hand shoots towards the Psycrowmon. Ravenna goes to dodge, but makes contact with the side of his arm. Ravenna feels the impact and tries to stabilize in the air, but Demi manages to catch Ravenna by the tail feathers. A sweat drop comically appears on her brow as she frantically flaps her wings, trying to get away.
One crow made for a pest, but a flock makes for a much better nuisance. Ravenna lets out a caw in distress, summoning three crow lackeys from the skies. The trio flies right towards their trapped leader, pecking, scratching, and cawing at the armor clad fire Digimon. It was good for Ravenna that this is just a practice battle. Hopefully her crow bros will set her free, and the distraction would likely create a good opening for Pickle.
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Murder: Summons a trio of crows to accompany Psycrowmon. In combat, they last for 4 posts. 3 post cooldown.
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Pickle
Champion
Terminal Babey Illness
Posts: 127
OOC Name: Clash
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Post by Pickle on Dec 17, 2019 18:18:27 GMT
Demi dropping his steam was a boon, Ravenna getting caught was not. Pickle now had another solid reason to attack as they intended, hoping to free their fellow Spirit User from the clutches of the "enemy" that was holding her in place. Luckily due to his armor, Demi was top heavy so they may just be able to pull this off. As Ravenna called in backup of her own to harrass and attack the MetalMeramon holding her by the tail, Pickle charged in at his unarmored side, teeth beginning to glow once more with energy as they moved in rapidly, keeping low to try and avoid being seen before it was too late.
Once they were close enough, they moved to clamp their jaws around Demi's leg once more, though this time they didn't go for simply a passing bite and then retreat. They were aiming to grab hold and lift, hoping to throw Demi off balance and send him falling onto his heavier side. If it worked, Pickle was hoping it would create another opening for them both to take advantage of against the more powerful Digimon.
"Ravenna, are you okay?"
-Pickle continues their charge at Demi, getting into melee range before using Gnaw while biting onto Demi's leg again
-Pickle attempts to use Demi's top heavy state to throw him off balance and maybe even topple him over by lifting and with their jaws around his leg.
Skill Used:
[ATTACK] Gnaw: Infuses energy into the jaws and teeth to increase bite strength.
Cooldowns:
Barricade Howl: 1/2
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Post by Desmond Edmund on Dec 18, 2019 2:53:01 GMT
Demi had his full attention pointed toward Ravenna and her three crows that she just summoned. He had a good grip on her tail feathers even when the other crows began trying to have him lose his grasp. Due to the arm being made of Chrome Digizoid, the fire giant didn't felt much if anything at all but pressure. the MetalMeramon began moving his left arm in a circular motion for a second before swinging his hand toward the ground and released Ravenna before impact. While his intention wasn't to hurt her too much, he might have miscalculated this one. In fact, his tamer did look worried upon seeing his partner trying to slam the spirit user to the ground. Desmond moved a few feet toward Ravenna but stayed far enough to not get into the training spar.
With Demi not looking at Pickle at all, the younger spirit user easily inserted her fangs into his leg. The fire Digimon grunted for a second but didn't lose balance just yet. It was when the Labramon tried to lift his leg that he fell forward on his knee. The champion Digimon was indeed top-heavy but managed to use his long arm to not fall on his face. However, if Ravenna did not manage to get away from the ground, that massive bionic might end up going on top of her. But there were chances that the Psycrowmon would have flown away by then. In any case, the MetalMeramon turned his head to look at Pickle and then twisted his body so that he would be on his back.
That position left him wide open to any attacks as he tried to kick Pickle away from him. His tamer kind of felt bad seeing his partner tried to fend off both spirit users at the same time. Now that the MetalMeramon was on his back, the end of the training bout should be near. After all, if they were to attack at the same time, that would mean that they would have won the spar. Not that there needed to be a winner anyway. So far, Ravenna and Pickle did a good job as a team. The younger spirit user seemed to be getting used to her new body which was good.
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Post by Ravenna on Dec 18, 2019 7:06:52 GMT
Ravenna's distraction proved to be successful, but at what cost? While Demi is preoccupied with the crows, Pickle moves in and attacks from the side. The crow lackeys could do little to Demi's armored limb. MetalMeramon slams his hand down, letting go of Psycrowmon's tail feathers just before impact. The momentum sends Ravenna slamming down against the ground, bouncing and rolling over a few times.
The crows panic and caw loud and rapidly. They quickly dart over towards their master. Pickle grabs onto Demi's foot and tries to tilt the big guy over. Demi drops down to a knee, and reaches his arm out to break his fall. Ravenna sees the metal hand heading right towards her. Two crows grab Ravenna and take off, pulling the Spirit User to safety. The other crow managed to get bonked by Demi's knee, scurrying off with signs of a concussion.
Pickle calls out to Ravenna, asking if she is okay. Ravenna notices Desmond has gotten closer. It was about time to wrap up this practice battle. If this were a real battle, it would not last much longer. "I'm roughed up, but I'll be fine. We can finish things up." Ravenna shakes some dirt out of her feathers. She sees Demi crouching over. The Champion has put in enough time as a punching bag for Labramon's training.
"Pickle, you can use my blast to get a boost. Ride the wave!" Psycrowmon uses the last of the energy she can spare to fire a Psychic Blast towards Demi. If Pickle wants, she can use it as a speed boost for an attack.
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Psychic Blast: Fires a psychic blast through the air to damage a target or move an object.
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