Way out in the Pacific Ocean, an unusual island floats. Composed primarily of algae, it makes for a beautiful sight. Large pools of freshwater glisten in the bright sun, spoiled only by the ragged bodies of dead Magikarp floating about. The island's inhabitants have no complaints there though, as the thousands of Sentret feast on the unfortunate fish.
At the shore of the island, a strange distortion ripples the air, and in a flash of psychic energy, three people and an Abra abruptly appear out of nowhere.
The Abra sleepily flicks its tail, feeling quite satisfied with himself from his good work. He looks expectantly at the three humans, who are more interested in taking in the sights around them.
The island is alive with movement: seemingly endless waves of Sentrets dart around madly, not paying the three visitors any mind. However, they do appear to keep their distance, and any curious young one is quickly pulled away by its parents.
As Byrus leads the transportation abra to a safe spot, Sage Noctowl sends out his first Pokémon. He throws a Pokéball onto the algae, and a Poochyena appears in a bright flash of light. The little canine yips in excitement, pleased to experience her first battle. As Poochyena sniffs curiously at the strange ground, Ultraviolet sends out her own battler.
A female Nidoran soon appears in a similar flash of white light, twitching her ears and drinking in her interesting surroundings. Poochyena’s ears prick up when she sees her opponent, and she growls briefly before shuffling around on the funny green stuff.
With their transport safely out of harm’s way, the referee returns, and the two trainers ready their commands.
Sage Noctowl (OOO)
(F) <Run away>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Shifting around restlessly.
Chills used: 0/2 | Healing moves used: 0/4
Ultraviolet (OOO)
[Gwen]
(F) <Poison point>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Inspecting the arena.
Chills used: 0/2 | Healing moves used: 0/4
Round one
As the ref signals for the battle to begin, Gwen quickly tears her gaze away from the beautiful scenery to see what her opponent is up to. The Poochyena is growling at her, edging cautiously over the strange ground and watching her step. Gwen hastily prepares a defensive stance, her small, poisonous barbs bristling.
Poochyena doesn’t move any closer however, and instead plants her paws firmly on the squishy ground. She opens her mouth, exposing her glistening fangs, and a ghostly, ethereal orb of purple and black energy begins to form. The eerie orb swirls as it builds up, before Poochyena spits out the shadowy mass with a muffled bark.
Gwen looks up uncertainly, then quickly makes an effort to kick the shadow ball back before it hits. However, her paws simply pass right through it and the ghostly energy scatters over her in a shower of purple and black. Gwen winces as it burns into her skin, briefly engulfing her in shadows before fading into nothingness.
Poochyena grins toothily at her opponent, who is shaking her head and looking perplexed. She wastes no time in opening her mouth to repeat the attack, quickly building up the swirling ball of shadows.
Gwen looks up irritably, and upon catching sight of her opponent’s open jaws, begins to crouch down, her barbs bristling out again.
This time….
As Poochyena fires the shadow ball, Gwen tries to bat the attack back towards her opponent, but spits in frustration as her efforts yield the same results. The shadow ball burns into her skin again, drawing a yelp of pain from the Nidoran and leaving an angry blackened mark on her skin.
Yipping gleefully at her work, Poochyena readies up a third shadow ball. Her confidence has already soared, although she wouldn’t mind a little variety in her commands…
As Gwen gingerly inspects the mark on her side, Poochyena blasts out a third shadow ball. Her jaws are feeling a bit tingly from generating so much ghost energy in such a short space of time, but she’s too hyped up to be bothered by it.
Gwen jerks her head up quickly as she hears the eerie whoosh of the approaching attack. Looking very agitated by now, she struggles to get into a defensive stance, but the shadow ball blasts into her again, bypassing her defenses.
Gwen flails about furiously, batting away the ethereal shadows, but quickly calms down as the pain sets in. Embarrassment also begins to set in, as she examines her failure. Giving the blackened mark on her skin a quick glance, she avoids looking into her opponent’s eyes, silently promising revenge.
Meanwhile, the flurry of movement from the Sentrets becomes more frantic. A number of scouts are standing upright on their bushy tails, emitting loud calls. The sea of furry critters begins to band together, darting to and fro, gathering around the base of the tree trunks.
The two battlers don’t pay much heed to the increased noise, but they do glance up as the sky begins to darken. The bright sunlight beaming down slowly begins to weaken, and a slight chill is noticeable in the air.
End of round one
Sage Noctowl (OOO)
(F) <Run away>
Health: 100%
Energy: 82%
Status: Panting a bit, but looking quite pleased with herself.
Chills used: 0/2 | Healing moves used: 0/4
Ultraviolet (OOO)
[Gwen]
(F) <Poison Point>
Health: 79%
Energy: 97%
Status: Stinging from the repeated attacks and in a very bad mood.
Chills used: 0/2 | Healing moves used: 0/4
Arena notes
The sky is beginning to darken, and the Sentret are becoming noticeably more skittish.
Other notes
- Uh, there was a pretty big loophole in Gwen’s commands. Felt a bit funny reffing that, but the commands were very clear cut and the conditions were clearly wrong for Gwen’s other option. Feel free to ask Negrek if you don’t think the reffing was fair.
- I lost track of the number of times I used the words “shadow” and “shadowy”….
- Gwen used very minor energy for her counter attempts.
- Sage Noctowl attacks first.