Crazy Linoone vs. Kratos Aurion

2vs2 single
Style: Switch
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 80%
Banned Moves: OHKO's
Arena: Large Bowl of Shio Ramen

You knew it was coming. When it's a Linoonian battlefield, it's gotta be food. And what's better than a bowl of hot, freshly made, delicious shio ramen made with the finest ingredients and love for ramen-lovers?

The ramen bowl, for those of you unfamiliar with ramen, is a large, porcelain bowl with the top opening diameter about twice as long as the bottom diameter. For battling purposes, it is a few hundred times bigger than your average bowl and can fit two wailords smugly side by side. The bowl is black, with beautiful designs on the side and a large Japanese kanji character meaning "noodle" on the bottom, although it's not like anyone will see it.

This particular battle field was made with the good stuff -- not those icky store-bought instant noodles, but actual ramen made with actual noodles and actual meat and actual soup. The noodles fill almost the whole bowl, and are quite long and delicious. Cooked to a perfect al dente, the yellow ramen noodles are firm to the bite and slightly chewy, just like ramen noodles are supposed to be. The noodles are soaked in a light, clear Shio broth that has been made from boiling plenty of vegetables, chicken, fish, seaweed, and, of course, salt. The broth is light to the taste and savory, and, despite being called "shio ramen" (meaning salt ramen), the soup is not very salty at all. Instead, its flavor is perfectly balanced between light and salty, giving it a pleasing taste. The ramen is topped with six slices of thinly cut pork, tender enough to seemingly melt in one’s mouth, and some fresh vegetables: cabbage, bean sprouts, and a sprinkle of green onions and leeks.

The Large Bowl of Shio Ramen, being freshly made, is still steaming hot, and any pokemon stepping on the ramen or in the soup will be dealt 5% damage per round and hovering pokemon that are still relatively close to the surface will be dealt 2% damage per round for the first five rounds. Afterwards, the ramen will have cooled down slightly and will deal 1% damage per round for all pokemon directly on the ramen and no damage for hovering pokemon for the rest of the battle. The ramen is, of course, edible, as well as everything else inside the bowl, and each item has a different effect upon being ingested. Eating the pork slice will give the pokemon +1 Attack, eating the vegetables will give the pokemon +1 Special Attack, eating the noodles will give the pokemon 10% energy, while drinking the soup will give the pokemon 5% health. The attack and special attack boosts act like regular boosts and cannot exceed the +- 6 limit and can be lowered by moves such as Growl. The food items don’t magically grow back after being eaten, so they will gradually disappear as the battle progresses. This can be used strategically to a battler’s advantage: one can order one’s pokemon to drink lots of soup and leave the opponent’s water-dependent pokemon flopping on dry ramen. There is a catch though: a pokemon can only eat 10 times before it becomes too full to eat anymore, so eat wisely.

Other: Extra soup can be requested for water-dependent pokemon.

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~Team Linoone~
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Ragnarök (F)
Anger Point
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Stalking angrily and wondering what kind of water this is.
+3 Attack, +3 Defense, -2 Special Defense

~Team Aurion~

Ghost in the Machine (X)
Health: 92%
Energy: 73%
Status: Scanning. Offense taken.
+1 Special Attack
Poisoned​

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Ghost's anger fueling its actions, the Porygon-Z flies into action; the ghostly coat of 1s and 0s shimmering away, momentarily returning Ghost to its base Normal form. It selects the Iron Tail data buried in its memory, copies the Steel-type data from the attack's coding, and pastes it in the correct spot in his 'Type' file. The changes begin almost at once, the Porygon model's paint-job turning chrome and Ferrari red. Ragnarök's eyes narrow in temporary confusion, but of course the confusion turns into more anger-fuel.

Through the perpetual shade of red that covers his vision, Ragnarök takes in the new shine that coats his opponent's digital body... a Protect? No, no, it probably isn't, and the Rasqueon won't let a hunch stop him from protecting his territory, no matter how soupy the water. A black light issues from Ragnarök's teeth, causing his white teeth to glow in the UV-like rays. The angry creature springs forward, latching on to Ghost's chrome-covered tail; a slight shriek of ripped metal issues from the wound, Dark energy seeping into the wound like poison and leaving metal hissing where it meets the black ichor.

Assessing the damage to its tailend, Ghost zooms closer to the 'ground', grabbing a stray noodle. Base elements, necessary for the proper function It of any Porygon, are drawn from the noodle, which is quickly reduced to a dry powder. Although unorthodox, this 'meal' leaves Ghost highly energized and a bit less annoyed about the 'Porygon2' comment.

Ragnarök roars in disbelief; this gleaming intruder had eaten his territory. That was unforgivable to the extreme, and the Aurion-discovered creature shows his killer instincts by repeating his last action, leaping off of a chunk of megapork and Crunching his greedy heart out, this time landing a hit on Ghost's horn and leaving rough, dark-swirled dents in the cherry-red metal.

After checking its faculties once more, Kratos' Porygon-Z allows coolant to flood its system, bringing some of its internal water stores to freezing. A fan buzzes to life as Ghost aims its head and fires; a large, angry flurry of snow and bits of ice issues out. Looking like a swarm of angry white bees, the Blizzard hits its Rasqueon target head-on, directly on the forehead. Ragnarök snorts wildly, ice crystals having coated the inside of his snout. Ghost's hopes of freezing its foe's mouth shut, however, where obviously in vain; the thin coat of ice and snow is quickly shaken off, leaving Ragnarök with nothing but a numb nose.

The Rasqueon is, of course, enraged by this, as he would be by an 'invading' butterfly or white after labor day. His still-chilled mouth gains a now-familiar black sheen, and Ragnarök lunges once more, leonine jaws closing around Ghost's right fin and ripping the shiny steel coating there as well. Ragnarök lands on all sixes on top of a plank of celery, while small flakes of metal fall like snow from Ghost's damaged fin.

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~Team Linoone~

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Ragnarök (M)
Anger Point
Health: 82%
Energy: 82%
Status: Holding his muzzle over the warm soup and scowling.

~Team Aurion~

Ghost in the Machine (X)
Health: 76%
Energy: 72%
Status: Flaking and buzzing annoyedly.
+1 Special Attack
Poisoned​

NOTES

1. Ghost is still poisoned, but it has been suspended due to its Steelness.
2. Raggy ruined Ghost's paint job.
3. Ghost took poison damage on the first action.
4. Gogogo Kratos.
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