The Legend Run (Eternal Drifter): Mysterious Cove

Meanwhile...

"Butler!" Walker calls, wandering through the forest, webbed club raised to strike. "Where are you? I can't get through here alone! I don't have my sword! Oh... here again."

Walker has returned to the tree with the berries.

"At least it wasn't the corpse of my alternate again... bah! I never hoped to get to the cove in the first place. I wanted to get around the place so I could grab a few free items and get to a Poke'mon Center my alternate hadn't been. I can't go back his way; people would get suspisious..."

Walker:
Action 1: Search
Action 2: Search

Back at the battle...

Butler gets poisoned, but decides it may be better just to let it go for the moment. At the very least, it could change the spider's attacks to Butler's stronger defense.

Still, with a timer ticking, and the Spinarak immune to the Audino's own timer, Butler could barely afford to heal himself. It was time for an offence. A potentially fatal one.

Butler:
Action 1: Sweet Kiss
Action 2: Shadow Ball

A chance for healing? Butler would take it, though it would have to allow some energy recovery the next round.

Butler:
Action 1: Refresh
Action 2: Wish

The shiny Audino, nearly out of breath, takes a break from the fight, recovering his energy. Then, watching the Spinarak, Butler prepares to try to kiss it to confuse it, but failing that, would continue to recover their energy.

Butler:
Action 1: Chill
Action 2: Sweet Kiss

If the Spinarak uses Evasive Agility round 2, replace round 2's action with Chill.

Walker finally shows up at the battle between Butler and the Spinarak. "There you are!" Walker says, getting behind the Audino. "It felt like I was looking for you for a month!"

"Aud..." Butler says, warily.

"No matter... no matter... but it seems we are in a pickle... Eh? ...Heh... heh... Enyehehehehehehe! Strike when he strikes! Block his blow with Shadow Ball!"

Butler:
Action 1: Chill (Butler)
Action 2: Shadow Ball (against Spinarak's attack when it strikes, to lessen the damage done to Butler, and possibly damage the Spinarak itself; If not possible, against Spinarak's subsitute)

Walker: (Flavor)
Action 1: Chill (Walker)
Action 2: Evil Laugh (Nasty Plot) (Walker)

(After discussing the Shadow Ball damage reduction issue with several other TLR refs [specifically Its_A_Random and Dogfish44], the consensus is that having Shadow Ball nullify some of the combination's damage does not make sufficient realistic sense to warrant me taking it into account. The idea was good, though. [Also, even if the attack had done damage to its attacker, Substitutes act in place of the Pokemon using them, so the Substitute would have taken damage from that, not Spinarak.])

Walker watches the Spinarak warily, with a tired look on his face.

"We are out of time... Let us see if we can finish off our opponent, or they finish us..."

Butler:
Action 1: Chill (Butler)
Action 2: Shadow Ball (Spinarak's subsitute)

IF Spinarak's subsitute is untargetable through evasive or protective moves action 2, replace action 2 with Refresh (Butler). (If I can only have one of "evasive or protective moves" in the substitution, then replace relevant text with "evasive moves." If that is not acceptable, then replace relevant text with "untargetable through Agility (Evasive) action 2, ...")

(OOC: Apologies for being a pest about getting this done... but until this is done, I can't do anything else in ASB. I should have got more Poke'mon first... but hindsight is 20/20.)

Walker finally nods, and sighs.

"We have wandered here far too long..." Walker says, looking at the Spinarak.

"Audino?" Butler asks.

"Yes... I think the best bet would be to end this now. Butler... I am sorry, but we cannot linger here any longer. Let's try to end this... And possibly end the Spinarak while at it."

"End this... Immitation of the Sphere."

With regret, Butler starts drawing shadows from the area into a ball of darkness, but there is a sucking sound as more shadows than usual form the ball. Then the Sphere flies at the Spinarak. Though it won't destroy the Spnarak like the true sphere would, it should still inflict heavy damage.

Butler:
Action 1: Immitation of the Sphere (Shadow Ball+Shadow Ball) (Spinarak)
Action 2: Cooldown (Shadow Ball Spinarak)