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[Fortunately for Venkman, that's just enough to whittle down Cucumis's health. However, unfortunately for Tarantula, that boost in Technician and the defense drop....Those two claw slashes are enough to make the Pyukumuku...well, puke. When the second attack lands, a white fist bursts out from her mouth and socks Tarantula right in the gut, delivering those attacks right back to the Meowth. Her "hand" flops to the ground as the sea cucumber rolls over, unconscious.

Egon looks like he's about to pop a goddamn blood vessel, but he forces himself to remain calm. He's down to his last Pokémon, and Venkman's still got three. Granted, they've been whittled down, but...let's hope that Ford knew what he was doing when he bred Destroying Angel.

Cucumis is returned, and a Shiinotic replaces her. Lucifer stares unblinkingly at Venkman, his uncanny smile stretched still across his face.]

Lucifer. [Said in a forceful tone.] Use Sleep Powder.

[Still staring at Venkman, Lucifer unleashes a cloud of spores from his cap directed towards Tarantula. Watch out!]

[The punch comes as a surprise, and Tarantula cries out in pained alarm. And then just... Doesn't stop. She's yowling now. She comes limping up to Egon and Lucifer, whining pathetically.

... Venkman, meanwhile, takes a step back at the sight of that damn grin. Yeesh.]

Tarantula- knock the smile off it's face. Another Fury Swipes!

[Counting on Lucifer and Egon taking their guard down a bit, she lunges- nowhere near as injured as she appeared before. This time Tarantula hits four times, swiping across Lucifer's face. On the last strike, however, the spores connect, and she stumbles back, yawning.

And then she just. Curls up and goes to sleep. Goodnight Tarantula.]

[Lucifer remains smiling as Tarantula's claws rake against his delicate cap, scratching the fibers up. He seems to grin more widely when Tarantula gets a face full of spores, but that's probably just a trick of the light. The corner of Egon's mouth twitches upwards into a small smile.]

Lucifer, use Giga Drain.

[Lucifer extends his tendrils and plants them right on Tarantula's little body. Glowing essence begins to flow from the Meowth into Lucifer. The scratches that Tarantula dug into Lucifer's head start to close up, and soon, he looks good as new. All the while staring up at Venkman.

He retracts his tendrils when he's had his fill, waving them gently and waiting to take his next move.]

[Baby still sleep. Venkman's still a little unnerved by Lucifer, but doesn't look too worried. Yet.

Tarantula is definitely low on health, though. Another hit or two will probably do her in.]

Alright. Let's top off that health with Moonli--

[Oh, I'm sorry, did you mean Moonblast? Because Lucifer's eyes seem to light up before Egon even finishes his sentence. Before Egon can react, Lucifer reaches upwards with his tendrils, and the sky suddenly darkens. A glowing ball of silver light begins to form between his "hands", growing and growing until the Shiinotic flings the energy towards Tarantula.

The ball of light explodes with a ground-shaking BOOM as the contenders are temporarily blinded. It's a completely unnecessary show of force. Lucifer looks pleased. Egon looks absolutely distraught.]

Lucifer!

[He immediately goes to check on Tarantula. How's she looking?]

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[Yeah uh. That knocks the baby out cold. Luckily, she was already asleep, and didn't even wake up from the pain. She doesn't wake up when Egon checks on her, but she's clearly still, like, alive and breathing. Tarantula is taking an Extended Nap.]

Wow. Good job, Egon, your creepy mushroom beat the shit out of an unconscious kitten.

[He crosses the field and picks Tarantula up, shaking his head. He glares at Lucifer.]

Ever heard of overkill?

[Still, he's not too upset. After a pause, he pulls out a Pokeball and releases his third Pokemon-

Uh. Presumably.

Wait, there he is. It's the Kecleon- Georgie- who is just completely invisible except for the stripe.]

Shadow Sneak.

[Georgie's shadow slips across the ground and behind Lucifer, looming up behind him and preparing to strike.]

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I think I might have to give her extra PokéPuffs to make up for this.

[He sounds genuinely apologetic, at least. He doesn't have time to call out and warn Lucifer when the Shiinotic gets smacked from behind.

Lucifer keeps smiling. He turns his head ever so slightly to try and identify the Kecleon.]

Lucifer, use Confuse Ray.

[Lucifer hardly moves, and a bunch of colorful floating lights float and intertwine, heading straight towards the red stripe.]

[It's a hit! The red zigzag stumbles, disoriented. The Kecleon blinks into visibility for a moment, before disappearing again.]

Fight through it- hit with Psybeam!

[There's a pause, as though Georgie is trying to comprehend the order. He does, though, and a beam of multicolored light zooms towards Lucifer.]

[Lucifer seems to wobble a bit when hit with the lights, like an inflatable punching bag, but he never breaks eye contact with Venkman. He doesn't seem particularly confused, though.]

Use Giga Drain again.

[The Shiinotic's tendrils whip forward with blinding speed, s t r e t c h i n g and reaching for the Kecleon. The ends of his tendrils spread and feel around for Georgie, trying to steal his life force. Not freaky at all.]

[Georgie flickers, turning completely visible again and clearly disoriented. It's easy to latch onto him with the tendrils, though he tries to wriggle free.]

Fury Swipes-

[Not happening. Georgie stumbles and scratches himself up in the process.]

[The thin barrier surrounding Lucifer fades. Egon looks a little worried--a hit from Toxic could seriously wipe him out. Best bets are to try and whittle Georgie's health down until Venkman is forced to send out Felix....

Of course, that's if Lucifer survives.]

Quickly--use Ingrain!

[Lucifer's feet suddenly root themselves into the dirt as tendrils worm their way around the Shiinotic. He smiles, sipping up more nutrients.]

[~~Georgie and Tarantula retroactively take damage from stealth rock because we completely forgot about that~~

The instant the Safeguard fails, Venkman perks up.]

Georgie-

[Georgie shakes his head to clear it. He's still under the effects of confusion, but he regains some control and fades from sight again. He doesn't have to hear the rest of the order to know what Venkman's gonna ask, he just goes ahead and spits out a blob of Toxic ooze, aiming right for Lucifer's face.]

[The fact that Lucifer is now rooted in place helps Georgie's aim, and Lucifer takes the full brunt of the toxic sludge. He delicately raises a tendril to wipe it off his face, though his smile seems a bit strained now.]

Send that sludge right back to him!

[Without hesitating, Lucifer scoops up the toxic goop in his hands and forms a loose ball. With some effort, he lobs the Sludge Bomb right at Georgie. Right after he throws it, his cap seems to wobble as the poison begins to seep further into his body.]

[The Sludge Bomb hits him right on the stripe, and his invisibility fails again. It hurts, particularly because of his Color Change ability- after Giga Drain, he turned into a Grass type. Lucifer gets lucky and poisons him, too- the Kecleon seems to be struggling to stay on his feet, trembling. On the bright side, the attack snapped him out of his confusion.

Now Venkman is starting to look worried.]

Another Shadow Sneak.

[Obediently, Georgie's shadow slips forward, twisting and turning on the ground. Upon reaching Lucifer, the shadow yanks- attempting to dislodge the Shiinotic from his healing roots.]

[Lucifer can't avoid the attack--he tries his best to stay rooted into the ground, but the poison is weakening him severely and with a powerful tug, his roots rip out of the ground and he topples over onto his side.]

Astonish! Now!

[The Shiinotic's smile tightens as he lifts himself up, breaking eye contact with Venkman to stare right into Georgie's eyes.

He opens his mouth and lets out a horrible, bloodcurdling screech. Black ooze begins to pour out of his eyes and mouth as he looms over Georgie. He swipes one of his tendrils to slap the Kecleon across the face.]

[... So That's Cool

Venkman shudders and takes a few steps back, even though the attention isn't on him. The screech is ear-piercing, and combined with the slap it's enough to make Georgie flinch. The Kecleon stumbles from the poison's effects, and his body flickers rapidly in and out of sight.]

[Lucifer is taking the poison pretty badly. Shuddering and twitching as he moves, he instinctively extends his tendrils to try and sap more of Georgie's life energy. Anything to keep him still conscious. His tendrils make contact with Georgie's scales, but as Lucifer drinks, his expression seems to be drooping further. On top of sucking up his health, he's sucked up more poison.

Lucifer to stiffens up and staggers backwards, trying to think through the poison, but it's too much. He ends up tipping over and falling on his back, twitching violently until finally lying still.

Again, not creepy at all!

But this does mean Egon's out of Pokémon.]

[The final drain, on top of the poison, is too much for Georgie as well. The Kecleon is nowhere near as dramatic as Lucifer, instead just stumbling forward and passing out.

Venkman still has his Swellow- barely conscious, but not fainted. He recalls Georgie and looks from Felix's containment unit to the unconscious mushroom.]

I think I just won, Egie.

[Tarantula stirs a little in his arm.]

[Egon grumbles slightly, recalling Lucifer and tucking the containment unit back in his bag]

It was a good effort, all around.

[He pauses, making his way back over to Venkman to inspect Tarantula. He gently scratches her head, still looking a bit concerned.]

Does this mean I have to give you money?

[Without missing a beat:]

Yep. Pay up.

[A brief pause. Venkman digs in his pocket and pulls out a Twinkay, silently handing it to Egon. You earned it.]

If nothing else, now I know I gotta pick up healing moves for my guys. And more status moves. More type coverage can't hurt, either...

[Tarantula's eyes open, and she mewls weakly up at Egon. Hi dad. What happened?]

[Egon rolls his eyes, but doesn't seem to mind when Venkman hands him the Twinkay in exchange. Here's 250P. Don't go spending it all in one place. He immediately unwraps the Twinkay and munches on it, watching Tarantula. He addresses the little Meowth directly--]

We're getting you as many gourmet PokéPuffs as you can eat. Within healthy limits, of course.

[And then he lightly pokes the coin on her head. To Venkman, he says:]

See if I let you borrow my Toxic TM again.

Stingy. I could earn more from the ten year olds in this town.

[He pockets it anyway.

Tarantula purrs lovingly up at Egon, lightly batting at his hand with a sheathed paw.]

Hey, it's a viable strategy! Just needs a little tweaking- if I had Double Team on more Pokemon, maybe, or Confuse Ray...

[Even if Egon banned him from the TM, he'd just steal it during his 14 minute "rest period".]

That's more than enough money to buy a single Twinkay. And it's a strategy for someone who won't bother putting in the effort towards showing their true strategic power.

[Which has coincidentally disappeared from his hand and into his mouth. He almost makes a comment on how to better Venkman's team, but...he gets distracted by the cute little kitty. Egon wipes his fingers on his jacket and gently squishes Tarantula's little cheeks, all while maintaining an absolutely stoic expression.]

You fought the most valiantly out of all of Peter's Pokémon.

Ah-huh. Whatever you say, Egie.

[He's not gonna bother fighting it, not when it's so much more fun to see Egon entranced by a kitten. Tarantula squeaks in delight, before grabbing Egon's hand in her paws and licking his fingers.]

She sure did.

[Tarantula is adorable, thank you. He stays still for a moment to allow her to lick, then pulls his hands away. Egon gingerly scoops her up in his arms, careful not to jostle her too much.]

Now, let's go to the Pokémon Center to get them back into fighting shape, yes?

[Is he talking to Tarantula or to Venkman? Who knows? He does lean forward to kiss Venkman, though. He's not that mad about it.]

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