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TruetoCheese vs JackPK

Eifie

oh man, good times.
Pronoun
she/her
[size=+2]TruetoCheese vs JackPK[/size]

Format: 2v2 single
DQ: 1 week
Damage Cap: 30%
Banned/Restricted Moves: OHKOes, Direct Recovery moves, Substitute, Sleep-inducing moves
Arena Description: THE TRAINTASTIC QUEST FOR PIZZA

Jerome the Swablu said he has leftover pizza and can’t finish it. In fact, he has exactly enough pizza to share with one(1) Pokemon. Jerome lives really far away though, so you’ll have to take the train. Jerome’s train.

The train is composed of seven carriages, at the end of every round the unruly passengers (unruly because you keep attacking things near them and oh my god you nearly hit a baby you monster) will attempt to shove you off to another carriage. The two battlers’ health and energy will be averaged (as in total health + total energy then divided by 4) and a random number between 1 and 60 added to it. If Pokemon’s total is greather than the passenger’s specified totals then they get to stay in the carriage.

The seven carriages and their passengers are:

Blue: The economy carriage, right at the back with the bathroom right freaking there. Everyone one here is kind of timid and doesn’t really want to speak out because maybe they can just stomach it before they get there. Of course, there are some who stand out from the pack. 50% chance that the passengers will have a 45 removal total, but a 50% chance they’ll have an 85 removal total.

Purple: The aristocracy lounge here. Well, that’s what they think. The carriage is populated by a group of people who willfully suspend the belief (high above their heads, in fact) that they are indeed the uppermost of the upper class. This is not true, but their rented suits for a train journey will not deter them. Passengers here will not tolerate any indecency, but are normally tolerant of plebian games. They have a 60 removal total that goes up for any loud or unruly move that is used. Just as well, because while they’re tolerant, they’re very much fakely so. They hold themselves so highly that all Pokemon in the carriage gain the Flying type in addition to all other types.

Green: The train’s greenhouse. Jerome actually has it powered by PLANT POWER, and when he says plant power he means they’re just electrical wires in the shape of plants hooked up to the engine. That’s not to say Jerome didn’t go all out. The room is rife with dangerous fake plants and their plasticy, oily stench. There’s a 40% chance that a Venus Wire-trap will fix itself on a battler at random, preventing the use of all physical moves. The battler may spend an action attempting to tear off the Wire-Trap. There is also a 40% chance that instead of a Wire-Trap, a Sun-Flower will emerge and soak up all special moves for the round, and can be destroyed using an action. This arena effect is calculated as soon as the battlers exit the previous carriage, and is told to the trainers before they give their commands for the round taking place in the Green carriage. The power plants have a 60 removal total. However, on every re-entry into the room, both the individual chances for the plants to hinder a battler and the removal total will go down by 10.

Orange: All the children are kept here. Every round spent in this cabin deals 5% typeless damage to each Pokemon present. There is also a 15% chance on each action that the Pokemon will be unable to perform its move because THAT UNATTENDED BABY IS OPENING A WINDOW. Upon leaving the carriage, the trainers will be absolutely pooped, and the Pokemon will get random orders for their next action. Passengers here love Pokemon, a lot, any kind, and have a 90 removal total.

White: This room is blindingly white. Like really, really white. All battler’s suffer a -1 Accuracy penalty. All trainers also have a 30% chance on each action to point their command at the wrong Pokemon on the field(i.e their opponent’s). If given their opponent’s order, the Pokemon will be considered to have access to the ordered move for that action. The room is empty but the doors are painted white, so they have a 70 removal total.

Violet: This is the carriage of true aristocracy. So true that they aren’t actually here because what kind of respectful filthy-richer would ride on a train? Disgusting. All that’s in this room is a really big jet made of solid gold, one of the spares of a regular train rider (but don’t tell his friends). This room is very cramped and any moves that don’t require the user to be a meter from their target will fail. It’s kind of hard to get out of this room, so battlers will stay in it for two rounds.

Black: It’s the train driver’s birthday party! He’s an old coot so he has a lot of friends in his lifetime, most of them being passengers. The room is absolutely brimming with people, all of them wearing conductors’ hats. Pokemon start on top of one of each of the people’s hats and have to jump about between the gaps in the throng, lest they fall in and take 5% typeless damage and are shoved grumpily back to the top. At the end of the round the party ends and everyone returns to their cabins, so the Pokemon are forced out no matter what.

The Roof: WHY ARE WE UP HERE OH GOD. HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE BECAUSE A ROUND IS ONLY TWO ACTIONS OVER HERE. THE REMOVAL TOTAL IS 80, AND IF THE POKEMON FAIL THE REMOVAL ROLL THEN THEY TAKE 10% TYPELESS DAMAGE EACH. AAAAAAAH.

The battlers will begin the battle in a random carriage (except the roof).

EDIT: The battle is now a 2v2. JackPK and I will both use our Honedges as our openers, then we plan to have Jack's Froakie Sheena versus one of my type neutral mons (Jupiter the Drifloon or Frog the Croagunk probably).

TruetoCheese's active squad

pichu Coulomb the male Pichu <Static> @ Thunder Stone
noibat Rathian the female Noibat <Infiltrator>
inkay Cuttler the male Inkay <Contrary>
honedge Nosada the female Honedge <No Guard> @ Lucky Egg
scraggy Pants! the male Scraggy <Shed Skin>
zubat Bram Stoker the male Zubat <Inner Focus>
amaura Littlefoot the male Amaura <Refrigerate> @ Never-Melt Ice
zorua FOXTROT OSCAR X-RAY the female Zorua <Illusion>
drifloon Jupiter the male Drifloon <Unburden> @ Lucky Egg
croagunk Frog the male Croagunk <Anticipation> @ Lucky Egg


JackPK's active squad

froakie Sheena the female Froakie <Torrent>
inkay Reynolds the male Inkay <Contrary>
honedge Lancelot the male Honedge <No Guard>
budew Louise the female Budew <Poison Point>

Since you've already decided to send out Nosada and Lancelot: JackPK posts commands first, then TruetoCheese posts commands.
 
Here we go! Start out with an attempt to get ahead in Speed with Autotomize! Then, if Nosada has used a stat boosting move, give her a taste of her own medicine with Iron Defense; if not, Shadow Claw. On your last action, Shadow Claw again, unless it's Spited, in which case Reflect!

In case of Attraction, default to your non-damaging command for that action; it's nice to show off, and you won't be hurting her, so hopefully you shouldn't have a problem with going ahead and acting!

Autotomize ~ Iron Defense/Shadow Claw ~ Shadow Claw/Reflect

Thanks for picking this battle up, Eifie.
 
Alright, Nosada, you know how a Honedge moves, you know how a Honedge flows. So you'll be able to tell if Lancelot's made a move. And so we'll be making the move by making a move on him. Use that flow of your sash, the slow, tense unsheathing.

Follow this up with a Swords Dance, practice your swing while you can, show him how a real blade moves. Get next to a window on the carriage if you can and really make the light glint off your blade, catch his attention as best you can. You could even slide your blade tantalizingly across a wall, anything really; I don't quite understand Honedge mating rituals but they way you're blushing seems to indicate it'll work. Hopefully we can get his attraction to you even higher? Or just distract him that action.

Then start working on your blade, saunter up to him and Autotomize right in his face. Make him watch as you make yourself the perfect blade right before his eyes. That should get his motor running.

Attract ~ Swords Dance ~ Autotomize
 
Round One

TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Patiently awaiting the start of the battle, her lovely cloth rippling in lovely waves down the back of her lovely sheath.

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Impatiently awaiting the pizza.

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Two Honedge on a Train: A Love Story
by E. L. James

Lancelot was really just here for the pizza. But all that changed when he saw... her.

The Honedge had never seen a female of his species before. He'd been too busy spending all his life in his trainer's basement. Then the pizza had called to him, and he'd had no choice but to answer. So here he is on Jerome's train, surrounded by the pinnacles of high fashion in their rented suits and knockoff designer luggage, all staring at him disapprovingly, while the most beautiful (and only) Honedge maiden he has ever seen watches him critically from across the carriage. Maybe he should drop some of that extra pudge. With one swift, fluid motion (so he hopes), he tugs himself free of his sheath and carelessly tosses it aside, hitting a passenger of high royalty in the face. As said nobleman sputters indignant (yet classy, of course) curses in his direction... it happens.

Nosada unsheathes herself in turn, slowly, emphasizing the smooth graze of sheath on blade as Lancelot watches her, transfixed. When at last the dim, hazy light of the carriage glints off the tip of her blade, she turns to gaze at him intently with her one beautiful azure eye, swirling with all the colours of the ocean and the sky, reflecting the lovely blue of her intricately-sewn sash rippling invitingly in an unseen breeze. Truly it is love at first sight, but is our intrepid young basement-dwelling peasant worthy of such a highborn maiden? Find out in the full version of Two Honedge on a Train: A Love Story, only $2332 ASBux at a bookstore near you!




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Eager to prove his worth, Lancelot gets right down to work, focusing on the tip of his blade until it begins to glow with a blinding white light. (In reality, the light is gray-tinged and pretty dull, but he's never going to admit that.) The energy washes over his blade, leaving a thin layer of fresh new steel in its wake. Lancelot brandishes his new self with an internal smirk, admiring the way the light bounces off its shiny new exterior. Nosada responds with a few swings of her own blade, quickly drawing it across some unfortunate group's table to sharpen its edge before leaping into an intricate series of feints and jabs and whirls that Lancelot recognizes as the fabled Honedge mating dance, which he's only ever read about in private browsing mode before. His breath catches in his throat, and he almost feels his hilt redden as non-existent blood rushes to his non-existent face...

Unsure of how he's supposed to respond to this ritual (he never really paid attention to anything but the beautiful maidens themselves, after all), Lancelot tries an experimental slash of his blade in a circle around him, leaving a trail of glimmering golden energy in his wake. He cuts another, vertical circle through the air, perpendicular to the first, and more psychic energy flows from his blade to fill the gaps between the two rings, expanding into a bubble of protective force around him that surely casts a dazzling light on his newly-polished blade. Nosada halts her dance to fling her sheath, too, off into a corner to rest next to his, all the more to emphasize the slim but deadly blade that slowly, tantalizingly approaches him...

To be continued in book two: estimated release August 2027, three days before the next Game of Thrones novel!

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TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 92%
Status: Feeling a little... exposed. Weight halved. +2 Attack, +2 Speed.
Used: Attract ~ Swords Dance ~ Autotomize

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 94%
Status: Utterly captivated. Severely infatuated (40% failure chance). Weight halved. +2 Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Autotomize ~ Iron Defense ~ Reflect

Arena Status
  • Lancelot is protected by a Reflect (4 more actions).
  • The battlers are in the purple carriage. Everyone has a tertiary Flying type.

Damage and Energy

  • Nosada's Health: 100%
  • Nosada's Energy: 100% - 4% (Attract) - 2% (Swords Dance) - 2% (Autotomize) = 92%
  • Lancelot's Health: 100%
  • Lancelot's Energy: 100% - 2% (Autotomize) - 2% (Iron Defense) - 1% (Reflect) - 1% (Reflect) = 94%

Notes
  • i'm so sorry
  • When there's a speed tie, I have the Pokémon that was commanded first move first.
  • JackPK's justification for Lancelot using his attacks while attracted was not the most convincing, but I knocked 10% off the roll needed for each of those actions. (Then I tacked on an extra 5% for TruetoCheese's oh-so-very convincing Honedge smut, so it was a net 5% difference.) This ended up being relevant on action 3 where he rolled exactly a 45.
  • The battlers starting off in the purple carriage, and were granted the lofty privilege of staying there for another round. Praise be!
  • TruetoCheese commands first.
 
Eifie you missed a 50 Blades of Grey reference :c

Also I can't believe I said that *shudders*

Before I need to go smash my head into a wall, let's handle your love life, Nosada. Tell Lancelot how much better off he'd be with you, that he needs no trainer who just gives him commands. Say it as loud as you can, making sure to disrupt the nearby patrons of this fine carriage. Of course, if he's thrown up a protective shield, then we'll just have to Swords Dance by the light of the window, whipping your sash into any of the patrons nearby as you swirl and swoop and droop about in front of him. He should still be able to see your moves through the barrier, and it'll only help that you made your sword so much more slender last round. All these aerial maneuvers should be easy enough to do since you've got that Flying type, along with the fact you're already floating.

Following in that vein, we'll grab the nearest glass of water, pour it over your blade then Autotomize your exterior coat by the window to let the light glint of your sword. The drops should cascade down your shimmering blade, revealing an even brighter one beneath. Try and see if you can nab a glass someone's just about to drink. The droplets sliding down your blade should be more than enough to entrance Lancelot further, but even so do that thing in the movies where you blink veeeery slowly; so to him the world seems to be in slow motion around you.

End your wooing by sidling up to a wall and Swords Dancing across it, cutting into the metal so you can spell something along the lines of I ❤ U as large as you can. Make sure to be as loud as you can too, we have to distract the patrons and get Lancelot's attention. Swish your sash as you dance as well, it'll only accentuate your newly slendered blade. Dem curves.

Swagger/Swords Dance into the night ~ Autotomize like a jewel gurl ~ Swords Dance your cares away
 
Aha! Look how much she liked your pretty golden shield — it even prompted her to strip down for you! Go get 'er, tiger, by showing her another lovely shield that's sure to woo her even further!

After she sees how lovely that is, give her the mating cry of your people. It may sound awful to us humans, but I'm sure since she's a Honedge she'll adore it! After all, since she's only allowed to use Autotomize once per battle, I'm sure she'll be feeling self-conscious about her command's failure, so hearing the kssshing! of your blade is sure to cheer her up!

After that lovely show with the water on her shiny blade, we know she must love glittery, shimmery things like wet metal or diamonds or... you know, you have an attack that's nice and shiny! Its sparks are bright and beautiful like a thousand suns, which coincidentally are symbols of your love for her! I'm sure she'd love to see a show of your affection, so go ahead and let it glisten!

Protect ~ Metal Sound ~ Shock Wave
 
Round Two

TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 92%
Status: Feeling a little... exposed. Weight halved. +2 Attack, +2 Speed.

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 94%
Status: Utterly captivated. Severely infatuated (40% failure chance). Weight halved. +2 Defense, +2 Speed.

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Eager to impress the fair maiden standing (or whatever swords do) in front of him, Lancelot slices his blade through the air around him again, resulting in a dazzling display of twinkling lights that solidify into a nearly transparent protective bubble around him. Surely the sublime golden light that filters from his Light Screen out through his new shield must be a sight to behold! Nosada hardly spares it a second glance, however, which is quite disappointing. The other Honedge flutters over to a window on a newly-sprouted pair of purple wings to match the walls, "accidentally" slapping a few unfortunate passengers in the face with her fluttering sash on the way. Once again she twirls her blade about, and yet more elegantly-dressed noblemen find themselves slapped by a hard metal hilt, or the flat of a blade. The passengers begin to eye the couple in irritation, muttering a few cross words under their breath.

One of the dissenters reaches for a glass of water, and Nosada sees her chance. Quick as the slash of a fine-tipped blade (for that's exactly what she is), she literally flies across the room, and, lamenting her lack of opposable thumbs, (or indeed, hands at all), resorts to dunking herself point-first into the glass. A few traces of rust flake off of her into the water as she pulls herself out, and the man upends the glass on her hilt in his rage. Nosada gives herself a shake, letting the water drip over her as she's seen Lopunny do in the movies, turns to Lancelot, and... is not quite sure what to do next. She's already thrown away her sheath, and there's not much more of her she can get rid of without being positively indecent. Lancelot applauds her anyway, however, sliding the flat of his blade along the edge of a table to produce a satisfying scrrrrrreeeeeeeech sound that has all the passengers clapping their hands over their ears in agony. Even Nosada seems a little unsettled, shuddering hard enough to shake off another few lingering droplets of water, and Lancelot's heart stops for a moment.

Nosada soon resumes her dancing, however, carving intricate patterns through the air and then, literally, through the metal wall of the carriage. Her finely-honed blade grows even sharper as she defaces the clearly extravagantly-priced metal interior, leaving behind a series of indentations that could be vaguely interpreted to read "τ φ µ". Who said she could spell?

... Maybe she should have spent a little more time on her book studies instead of devoting her entire life to the ways of the blade. From the look in Lancelot's one eye, the gleam of his hilt, the angle of his blade, it's clear that she's written something wrong. Howling in despair, Lancelot mindlessly unleashes a pulse of electric energy in all directions, shocking all the passengers and causing their various Apple devices (proof of their eminent financial status) to malfunction. Good thing they've got AppleCare... what? Damaged caused by electrical shock from a furious Honedge going wild in their train carriage on their quest for free pizza isn't covered under the warranty? None of them can afford to pay for repairs... As Nosada, too, screams in pain, electricity coursing through those delicate purple wings, the dwellers of the purple carriage gang up on the two battling trainers, rudely forcing them out and into the blue economy carriage next door.

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TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 89%
Energy: 88%
Status: Feeling a bit better now that her wings have mysteriously disappeared. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Swords Dance ~ Autotomize (failed) ~ Swords Dance

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 86%
Status: Wondering if he took that a bit too far... Moderately infatuated (25% failure chance). Weight halved. +2 Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Protect ~ Metal Sound ~ Shock Wave

Arena Status
  • Lancelot is protected by a Reflect (1 more action).
  • The battlers were kicked out of the second most boring carriage and are now in the first more boring carriage: the blue carriage. Nothing happens here.

Damage and Energy

  • Nosada's Health: 100% - 11% (Shock Wave) = 89%
  • Nosada's Energy: 92% - 2% (Swords Dance) - 2% (Swords Dance) = 88%
  • Lancelot's Health: 100%
  • Lancelot's Energy: 94% - 2% (Protect) - 2% (Metal Sound) - 4% (Shock Wave) = 86%

Notes
  • I actually really hate writing Attract so I hope you're not too disappointed at the lack of Fifty Blades Darker. :p Rest assured that your command descriptions are still having effect, though!
  • A Pokémon can only use Autotomize once per battle, so Nosada's on the second action failed.
  • The random number gods seem to have bestowed their favour upon our intrepid hero Lancelot.
  • Shock Wave dealt super-effective damage since the purple carriage gave everyone the Flying type.
  • The battlers just barely got kicked out from the purple carriage because of all their disruption. They're in the blue carriage now.
  • JackPK commands first.
 
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Oops, Lancelot! That probably hurt her! She'll be mad now, so make sure you weather her rage so when she cools off, you can get back to wooing her. To that end, start with another layer of defensive coating and then weave yourself another beautiful shield when your current one fades.

With your defenses nice and tight, let loose and show off for her! Make sure she knows you're the goddamn finest Honedge around and any lady would be lucky to be your Guinevere!

Those are your default commands, but if she's commanded to come after you with a Shadow Claw, go ahead and Protect against it instead. Don't Protect on the second action, though; she loved that Reflect shield so much that it'd be a shame to lose it without replacing it.

Iron Defense/Protect ~ Reflect ~ Swagger/Protect
 
Of course we end up in the Blue carriage. Damn, I woudn't be surprised if the RNG throws us back into that damned Purple one again.

While we're here, we can make use of the throng of people, at least. Before Lancelot can react, give him a good Night Slash after his Iron Defense. If he didn't do anything out of his sheer love for you, then Shadow Claw instead.

Then, we'll have to see if he throws up a Reflect. If he doesn't, out of his somewhat lackluster devotion to you, then swipe with a Shadow Claw. If he has used Reflect then use a Brick Break to shatter the barrier and go through him (since he's a ghost), continuing onwards into someone's face. You've been practicing your swordplay all this time, you've dropped your sheathe and you've slendered your blade, so moving dextrously won't be a problem. Hopefully the row at someone being stabbed would be crazy enough so you can't hear or see a Swagger.

If you Shadow Clawed last action, then follow through with a Protect on his Swagger. If you used Brick Break you'll be surrounded by a bunch of rowdy passengers trying to beat you and each other up. They'll probably be punching and fighting and kicking, since they're panicky dudes on a train, so use Shadow Sneak to hide in one of their shadows. But don't come out, I want you to stay with their shadow as the crowd disperses so Lancelot can't find you. We'll save popping out for next round.

Night Slash/Shadow Claw ~ Shadow Claw/Brick Break aimed to slice open or stab someone's face afterwards ~ Protect/Shadow Sneak into one of the person's shadows
 
Round Three

TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 89%
Energy: 88%
Status: Feeling a bit better now that her wings have mysteriously disappeared. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 100%
Energy: 86%
Status: Wondering if he took that a bit too far... Moderately infatuated (25% failure chance). Weight halved. +2 Defense, +2 Speed.

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Deciding to take things slow and keep to himself for a while, Lancelot sits in a corner polishing his blade, as swords do. As he concentrates, another thin, almost liquid layer of shimmering metal appears over the newly-gleaming silver, melding itself to the Honedge's blade to fortify his defenses even further. Apparently it's too late to make amends, though. With an enraged cry, Nosada cloaks her blade with an aura of dark energy and leaps forward through the air to deliver a slash across Lancelot's hilt. His trusty golden shield slows her down, absorbing some of the force of the blow, but it's Lancelot's feelings that are hurt more than his hilt, and as the bubble of psychic energy fades from around him, his heart feels more vulnerable than ever. Overcome by betrayal, the most he can stand to do now is continue to defend: and so he does, closing his eyes and focusing to create a new veil of protective energy to replace the last.

Nosada doesn't like this. No, Nosada doesn't like this at all. Nosada is tired of tiptoeing around Lancelot's little shields and tricks and respecting the passengers' personal space. Positioning herself so that Lancelot is all that separates her from a hapless family of four in seats by the window, Nosada launches herself forward and stabs at Lancelot's shield once, twice. The first strike visibly strains the bubble, and the second shatters it entirely, but Nosada's not done yet. She goes in for the kill, propelling her blade forward with all the strength she can muster, and... flies right through the cowering Lancelot, "accidentally" smacking one of the children in the face with the flat of her blade. The mother turns on her in rage, furiously smacking Nosada with her handbag, as the father upends a glass of water on the little pest.

Lancelot observes the growing riot, perplexed. Nosada doesn't seem to be paying much attention to him, what with the two children screaming and engaging in a fierce game of tug-of-war with her sash, but he's got to give it a shot. The Honedge sidles up to the family's table and clears his throat. A fedora appears upon his hilt, and he reaches up to tilt it with a ghostly hand that pops into existence solely for this maneuver and promptly disappears again. He opens his non-existent mouth and launches into a tirade about how he can free m'lady from a thousand prisons and ride off with m'lady happily into the sunset to live happily ever after, even King freaking Arthur's wife cheated on him with Lancelot... but it's no use. In fact, at some point near the end of his rant Nosada simply melts away into the shadows, leaving the children suddenly clutching at nothing, and when he turns he sees her peeking out from underneath some luggage a table over. How on earth did she get there...?

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TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 86%
Energy: 76%
Status: Cackling at her stealth maneuvers. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Night Slash ~ Brick Break ~ Shadow Sneak

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 94%
Energy: 78%
Status: Finally accepting that he and Nosada are just not meant to be. Weight halved. +4 Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Iron Defense ~ Reflect ~ Swagger (failed)

Arena Status
  • The battlers are still in the blue carriage. Nothing happens here.

Damage and Energy

  • Nosada's Health: 89% - 3% (angry mob) = 86%
  • Nosada's Energy: 88% - 5% (Night Slash) - 5% (Brick Break) - 2% (Shadow Sneak) = 76%
  • Lancelot's Health: 100% - 6% (Night Slash) = 94%
  • Lancelot's Energy: 86% - 2% (Iron Defense) - 1% (Reflect) - 1% (Reflect) - 4% (Swagger) = 78%

Notes
  • On the first action, both battlers were commanded to wait for the other; since Lancelot's orders to wait were more implicit and he was technically faster, he ended up going first.
  • I'm still undecided on the order in which I should apply modifiers when there are stat boosts and Reflect. I wanted to do attack boost, then reflect, then defense boost, but I just did both attack and defense before reflect for this battle.
  • Brick Break was able to break the Reflect shield even though it couldn't damage Lancelot, since the shields aren't actually ghosts or anything.
  • When Nosada smashed some kid in the face, she incited a bit of a riot of angry family train-goers who smacked her around and did 3% typeless damage before she was able to get away from them. Lancelot tried to Swagger her anyway, but couldn't get through since she was otherwise occupied. I'm kind of unsure about this because it's pretty foggy how No Guard interacts with these kinds of things since Pokémon with No Guard can hit things in impossible situations like when they're flying a gazillion feet off the ground and stuff, so I'm not sure if Lancelot's voice should have suddenly gotten loud enough for him to be heard over all the chaos, or what. I'm regarding Swagger more as having failed than as having missed, so there's that. Man, No Guard is confusing. edit: it is probably important for me to mention that I mainly allowed this because the alternative would have been Nosada just plain using Protect, so it didn't actually affect anything negatively for Lancelot and was more interesting, anyway. I'm going to be stricter about these things where it actually matters.
  • Lancelot is the luckiest knight in Asber, and his infatuation wore off at the end of the round.
  • Your removal total was an 83(.5) + a random number which HAPPENED TO BE 1, so you had a 50% chance of getting out of here... but alas, you remain in the blue carriage. :(
  • TruetoCheese commands first.
 
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Alrighty, your relationship is more or less over, and I think you should tell him that. Mosey on up to him and put on your thinking fedora, become a straw feminist, mix up internet stereotypes, I don't care. Just Swagger til it sticks. If he's protecting or you can't reach him with Swagger, then Reflect on the first action or Iron Defense up for the other actions. If he's in range and can be hit by a Shadow Claw, however, then use that on the second and third actions instead.

Once he's been hit with Swagger, start Shadow Clawing his face off.

Swagger/Reflect ~ Swagger/Iron Defense/Shadow Claw ~ Swagger/Iron Defense/Shadow Claw

One day you will learn Shadow Ball, one day...
 
Cancel out her +6 attack with one final defense buff, then take advantage of the attack boost she's so kind to give you as I cross my fingers tightly that you can avoid too much pain from your confusion!

Iron Defense ~ Shadow Claw x2
 
Round Four

TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 86%
Energy: 76%
Status: Cackling at her stealth maneuvers. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 94%
Energy: 78%
Status: Finally accepting that he and Nosada are just not meant to be. Weight halved. +4 Defense, +2 Speed.

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Slipping out of her hiding place in the shadows, Nosada wastes no time in showing Lancelot a real Swagger. Striding up to Lancelot, sword-like, she lifts a ghostly hand that materializes for just this moment to hold up her spork, which materializes for just this moment. "lol u think ur good enuff 4 t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m?????? im 2 random 4 u!!! besides i have a girlfreind deal w/it!!! BANANAS!!!!!!!! lol sry im kind of random... suck it tho :P"

Lancelot watches Nosada stick out her tongue at him in disbelief, boiling over with undescribable rage. How dare Nosada besmirch the English language in this manner?! Has her kingdom taught her no manners? What kind of filth raised her? How could he ever have loved such a... such a monster?! Oh, Lancelot's going to show her her place all right, because he's so alpha, bro. With that established, he channels his rage by backing off a minute to polish his sword some more. Alpha as fuck, man.

And then it begins.

Both swords surround themselves with twin auras of ghostly energy and leap forward to clash in the middle of the carriage with a resounding clang of metal on metal. Nosada manages to open up a gash where Lancelot's hilt meets his blade, a point he'd neglected when polishing it, and caustic energy seeps into the wound to eat at the gleaming silver from the inside. Lancelot's aim is steady and true, cutting open a straight wound across Nosada's blade. A jab here, a feint there, and Nosada strikes again, but in her triumph she lets her guard down for a crucial moment, just enough for Lancelot to return the favour.

The two Honedge back off for a short break, both panting, Nosada looking a little worse off of the two, but not by much. The exhilaration of battle has cleared Lancelot's head, and much of his anger has faded away to be replaced by the pure thirst for victory. He eyes his opponent carefully, waiting for the next moment to strike...

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TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 56%
Energy: 64%
Status: Tiring quickly. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Swagger ~ Shadow Claw ~ Shadow Claw

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 65%
Energy: 68%
Status: Eager for more. Weight halved. +2 Attack, +6 Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Iron Defense ~ Shadow Claw ~ Shadow Claw

Arena Status
  • The battlers are still in the blue carriage. Nothing happens here.

Damage and Energy

  • Nosada's Health: 86% - 15% (Shadow Claw) - 15% (Shadow Claw) = 56%
  • Nosada's Energy: 76% - 4% (Swagger) - 4% (Shadow Claw) - 4% (Shadow Claw) = 64%
  • Lancelot's Health: 94% - 16% (Shadow Claw) - 13% (Shadow Claw) = 65%
  • Lancelot's Energy: 78% - 2% (Iron Defense) - 4% (Shadow Claw) - 4% (Shadow Claw) = 68%

Notes
  • Nosada's first Shadow Claw was a critical hit.
  • All the damage Lancelot took was enough for his confusion to completely wear off after the third action.
  • Annnd the battlers had a removal total of 63, plus a randomly-rolled 59, so they had no chance of getting out of here no matter what happened.
  • Exciting as the idea might have sounded, I have no idea how to satisfactorily describe a Honedge sword fight.
  • JackPK commands first.
 
Double Team for as many clones as you can manage, then start using Shadow Claws. If she decides to use Shadow Claw as well, Spite it after the first time she uses it.

Double Team ~ Shadow Claw/Spite x2
 
Alright, thanks to your lack of guard (huehuehue damnit Nosada that is indecent put your clothes back on) we can break through ALL THE CLONES. Start up with a Reflect to nip his damage in the bud then follow with a Night Slash then a Shadow Claw. His commands go through first this round, so we have no worries about being Spited. Hopefully we can get him low enough that we GET OUT OF THIS DAMN CARRIAGE AND PLEASE NOT THE PURPLE ANYTHING BUT THE PURPLE.

Reflect ~ Night Slash ~ Shadow Claw
 
Round Five

TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 56%
Energy: 64%
Status: Tiring quickly. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 65%
Energy: 68%
Status: Eager for more. Weight halved. +2 Attack, +6 Defense, +2 Speed.

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Lancelot is, of course, far more intelligent than his chat-speaking doom penguin of an opponent. So, clearly, he is aware that this fight requires not just strength, but supreme tactics and strategy. Taking advantage of his lightened load (his sheath is lost somewhere in the purple car, never to be found again), he attempts to zip in a few quick circles around the carriage, but space is tight, so he just kind of plods around instead, trying to dodge people's hands and feet and luggage. A couple of shadowy copies of himself spring up from behind him nonetheless, and all three Lancelots turn to face Nosada, who's busily carving a familiar-looking golden shield into the air around herself. Hmph. Of course she can't think of her own moves.

Already bored of this totally not alpha enough moment, Lancelot leaps back into the fray, ghostly energy glowing around his blade again, to slice the edge along Nosada's hilt, managing to catch her sash in the process even as her protective bubble slows him down. Furious, Nosada turns to one of Lancelot's clones and readies her own blade, and Lancelot smirks to himself... but in her berserk rage, Nosada slashes through all three opposing Honedge in one fell swoop, the first two disappearing when she cuts through them before she makes contact with the last. Lancelot's grin falls right off his face and lands on the floor, where it lies defenseless. How could a maiden with such disregard for strategy have outdone him, the great Lancelot?! The Honedge throws himself back into action and Nosada mimics his movements, and though the passengers around them wince as the clang of their swords echoes through the carriage for the dozenth or so time in the past few minutes, no one is brave enough to speak up and throw them out.

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TruetoCheese (2/2 left)
Honedge
Nosada ♀ @ Lucky Egg
Ability: No Guard
Health: 42%
Energy: 52%
Status: Distraught over the small cut in her sash. Weight halved. +6 Attack, -2 Special Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Reflect ~ Night Slash ~ Shadow Claw

JackPK (2/2 left)
Honedge
Lancelot
Ability: No Guard
Health: 42%
Energy: 58%
Status: Writing a note to his butler. He must brush up on his tactics training! Weight halved. +2 Attack, +6 Defense, +2 Speed.
Used: Double Team (2 clones) ~ Shadow Claw ~ Shadow Claw

Arena Status
  • The battlers are still in the blue carriage. Nothing happens here.
  • A Reflect covers Nosada's side of the field (3 more actions).

Damage and Energy

  • Nosada's Health: 56% - 7% (Shadow Claw) - 7% (Shadow Claw) = 42%
  • Nosada's Energy: 64% - 1% (Reflect) - 1% (Reflect) - 5% (Night Slash) - 1% (Reflect) - 4% (Shadow Claw) = 52%
  • Lancelot's Health: 65% - 10% (Night Slash) - 13% (Shadow Claw) = 42%
  • Lancelot's Energy: 68% - 2% (Double Team) - 4% (Shadow Claw) - 4% (Shadow Claw) = 58%

Notes
  • Honedge continues to have an A+ movepool.
  • Double Team requires space for the user to run around, and train carriages tend to be pretty cramped, so I cut the number of clones Lancelot could produce in half.
  • No Guard sees right through your cloney shenanigans. No Guard is not fooled.
  • From Jack's command string it looks like he meant Lancelot to wait before attacking, but the actual orders didn't really mention anything about that, so Lancelot moved first without waiting each action.
  • I will admit to rolling four times for the carriage thing and each time the battlers ended up staying, so, sorry. :C
  • TruetoCheese commands first.
 
We're going to be really inventive and for a Shadow Claw, a Shadow Claw, then a Shadow Claw. If he's protecting or untargetable just Chill.

If you see a Swagger incoming, then Protect on it, unless you protected last action, in which case go with your standard orders of attack or chill.

Shadow Claw/Chill/Protect x3
 
darnit i forgot about no guard

Okay Lancelot, by my calculations it doesn't look like it's worth it to Spite her and go for an energy win. So instead we're going to be entirely uninventive take the page out of Nosada's book that she already took out of our book, and set up another Reflect. Follow it up with a pair of Shadow Claws. You'll be a bit behind after this next round, but you'll have a Reflect to back you up for longer than her.
 
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