Lego City's Main Plaza, surrounded by buildings for all sorts of Lego affairs, is always a bustling hive of activity, and today is no exception. There aren't any people around to witness the Pokemon battle that's about to take place, though, besides the referee, a Lego government-mandated SWAT team standing at guard behind a nondescript building, and the two battlers, who take their places on opposite studs of the main roadway before releasing their Pokemon.
Out of I liek Squirtles's Poke Ball comes a Hoothoot, who flaps directly onto the road divider before beginning to tilt his head rhythmically in the fashion of his species. Cuckoo looks anxious to get the fight over with quickly, especially when his counterpart appears in a burst of freezing wind. Once he's oriented to his surroundings, Boris looks up at the clear sky disapprovingly, and with a crack of Ice energy, storm clouds move in and hail begins to pelt the two battlers. As Cuckoo wildly hops from one foot to the other in an attempt to avoid the showers of ice, the smug Amaura settles down on a stud. With anxious looks towards the sky and SWAT team, the referee raises her flags, the battlers take their marks, and the fight begins.
I liek Squirtles (Ooo)
Cuckoo (m) <Insomnia>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Currently: Ticking apprehensively.
Commands: Fly (up) / Hypnosis ~ Sunny Day / nothing ~ Fly (down)
Dazel (Ooo)
Boris (m) <Snow Warning>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Currently: Loving the ice.
Commands: Ice Beam / Mirror Coat / Iron Defense / Protect x 3
Field Notes
-It is hailing.
Round 1
Before Boris can get his wits about him, Cuckoo has already taken wing, weaving expertly through the falling hailstones to a bird's-eye vantage point where he can fully grasp the city's uncanny stillness after being cleared out for the fight. From his height, the evacuation looks like a good thing, since parts of the fragile skyscrapers in Boris's snow-radius are already being felled or damaged by the hail. When a hunk of ice beans him on the beak, however, Cuckoo is forced to flap madly to stay aloft. Since he can't actually see his opponent in the harsh conditions, the Hoothoot settles for glaring vaguely downward.
Far below, though, Boris is still puzzling through his commands. Dazel had said to spam… Mirror Coat? And then use Ice Beam if Cuckoo did, well, something—but as far as Boris could tell, the Hoothoot wasn't actually doing anything right now, just hovering in midair. Or maybe it was Iron Defense? He couldn't really remember. Well, the Amaura thinks, who is he to question his trainer's orders? In preparation for an incoming ranged attack, Boris surrounds himself in an absorbent Psychic energy that tints the falling ice around him with every shade of the rainbow… but no special attack comes. Thoroughly confused, Boris stops the Mirror Coat and glares right back up at Cuckoo.
The Hoothoot isn't the only one being clocked by stray chunks of ice, though. One hailstone after another hits the beams that support the sign of the Fifth United Lego City Bank, finally doomed to the fate of the other buildings in the area. No sooner has the sign fallen to the ground, breaking off a stud of the lego sidewalk, than a spray of bullets fired by the angry SWAT team peppers Boris's rocky hide. The Amaura winces; that was not how he had wanted to start the battle off.
Upon hearing his trainer's orders, Cuckoo sighs in relief—he really doesn't want a repeat of the hail incident—and then feels a jolt of righteous indignation. How dare his trainer insinuate that he can't execute such simple moves in midair?! The Hoothoot coats his wings with Fire energy and zigzags through the air in an intricate, ancient dance that summons the sun. The gray clouds above him clear away, replaced by the harsh glare of sunlight on a clear day, and the hail embedded in various parts of the plaza begins to melt.
Below, Boris's glare intensifies. That was his weather, and he won't stand for just having it replaced. But what action should he take to avenge the loss of the hail? Sunny Day is certainly
something, meaning he should use Ice Beam, or maybe it was Protect? Well, Ice Beam would probably-maybe-kinda hurt Cuckoo the most, the Amaura thinks, so he gathers a ball of frost in his mouth, squints into the sun to aim in the approximate direction of Cuckoo, then releases the ice in a light blue streak. That'll teach the darn bird… but backing up into the shade, Boris can tell Cuckoo isn't hurt at all, having avoided the narrow jolt of ice. The Amaura's embarrassment is compounded by the SWAT team opening fire on him, mostly on principle. The Ice Beam would've damaged something, right?
Two failed attacks in a row? Cuckoo wants to stick his tongue out at Boris more than anything, but he needs Boris to actually be able to see him for that. The Hoothoot takes aim, tucks in his wings, and plummets recklessly down, only to bash his beak in on Boris's rocky hide. Flapping quickly to get away from the Amaura, who's still trying to pick himself up off the ground, Cuckoo settles onto the street and tries to ignore the stinging in his beak.
Once Boris rights himself, he narrows his eyes at Cuckoo, who appears to be polishing his beak. He'd like to get revenge for the surprise hit, but his trainer had said to use Iron Defense if Cuckoo was "buffing" himself—which he was, wasn't he? And what with the gunfire and all, Boris knows he'll fall soon if his opponent just repeats that attack. Secreting a thin layer of liquid metal, the Amaura rubs the tensile cast over his body and allows it to solidify. As the referee ends the round, Boris is gleaming brightly in the harsh sunlight, and while the Amaura is in clearly worse physical shape, Cuckoo's attacks have tired him out more.
I liek Squirtles (Ooo)
Cuckoo (m) <Insomnia>
Health: 99%
Energy: 88%
Currently: Rubbing his beak abashedly.
Used: Fly (up) ~ Sunny Day ~ Fly (down)
Dazel (Ooo)
Boris (m) <Snow Warning>
Health: 83%
Energy: 92%
Currently: Not loving the heat. +2 Defense.
Used: Mirror Coat (failed) ~ Ice Beam (missed) ~ Iron Defense
Field Notes
-The sunlight is strong (7 more actions).
-The bank sign has been forcibly deprived of its supports and is now grounded.
-Farther away, many buildings have been damaged or destroyed from the hail.
-Main Plaza destruction counter: 2.
Action Notes
-Boris's Mirror Coat on action 1 failed because he wasn't targeted with a special attack.
-SWATs charged Boris when the bank took hail damage at the end of action 1, and when his Ice Beam missed on action 2.
-Since Boris was ordered with four conditionals per action, he had a 1/3 chance to do nothing, and a 1/6 chance to perform each move.
ILS commands next.
Mr. Turtle the male Wartortle <Torrent> @ Wacan Berry
Cave Canem the male Growlithe <Flash Fire> @ Fire Stone
Cuckoo the male Hoothoot <Insomnia>
Roosevelt the male Teddiursa <Quick Feet> @ Lucky Egg
Marty the male Blitzle <Lightning Rod>
Fisticuffs the male Mienfoo <Regenerator>
Baskin the male Vanillite <Ice Body>
Luke Skywalker the male Elgyem <Synchronize>
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra the male Gastly <Levitate>
Von Chosais the male Chespin <Bulletproof>
Boris the male Amaura <Snow Warning>
Firethorn the male Cyndaquil <Blaze>
Mercuria the female Slowpoke <Own Tempo> @ King's Rock
Hair the female Deino <Hustle>
Los Peces Del Amor the female Luvdisc <Hydration>
Rumba the female Maractus <Chlorophyll>
