1vs1 Single
Style: Set
DQ: One week
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned Moves: OHKOs, Earthquake, Dig, Eruption
Arena: Ventureni Skies
The Wind Kingdom of Ventureni is a placid place, held up in the sky by strong gales and magic. The palace stands strong in the background of this arena, which takes place in the middle of the main city’s town square. To your left you would see a spaceport, reflecting the pseudo-futuristic setting despite castles and magic and other medieval things. Battles are common in this square for the denizens of the kingdom, for fun and for profit, but there’s a distinct difference between them and you. They can use their magic to fly should they fall off a platform, and you can’t. The king, delighted to see visitors so eager to try the systems they have set up, has generously allowed you to “borrow” one of his mages to referee the battle and prevent the battlers from falling to their deaths should they be knocked off the set of platforms that make up the arena.
The arena itself, despite being made of several 4x4 floating platforms, is shaped like that of a normal, on-the-ground area for battling. Because they’re rather thin platforms, and way up in the air to boot, attacks that have reliance on the ground, such as Earthquake or Dig, will have no effect, and will in fact make the platforms crumble under the attacking Pokemon’s feet. If a platform is destroyed by the effects of another attack, it is gone for the duration of the battle, thus making it harder for the battlers to stay aloft.
There is a 10% chance that a Pokemon may look down over the edge of the arena and be struck with a sense of vertigo, thus rendering them unable to attack for the remainder of the round. This of course, has no effect on Flying-types.
There’s a 5% chance that a Pokemon will trip off the edge of a platform and take a fall, causing 5% untyped damage from the magic striking them and bringing them back up to the platform.
Flying-types like to gather in the square, so there’s a 5% chance that a stray attack will hit a Pidgey or Taillow or something and spur it to attack, causing 3% Flying damage.
Other: Diglett and Dugtrio, as well as any Pokemon over 200lbs, may not be used.
As a bright sun glows through the surrounding clouds, light bathes the kingdom. More importantly, it bathes four figures: one, looking as if she had just arrived from a disco, shook her red hair sleepily, while another, fairer-headed girl adjusts the bow on the back of her head. The third is the very monarch of the kingdom, accompanied by one of his trusted mages. They arrive at the town square, Full Metal Cookies and Zora of Termina taking opposite sides, and the mage pulls out a pair of cloud-print triangular flags...
Only to be flattened under the weight of a falling young man; Blastoise immediately jumps up, dismissing his League-issued Drifblim, and dusts himself off. He helps the mage up, making an insincere apology, and quickly launches into a tirade of legal jargon directed at the mage and king. Snatches of the conversation float out to Zora and FMC; "...must be pre4sided over by a sanctioned referee.' and '...non-regulation flags as well!' among the overheard fragments.
The king apologizes, and assures the League referee that no offense was meant; the mage is rather huffy until she's allowed to do her mage-duties and hold Blastoise's flags.
Zora and FMC, looking at each other with exasperated smiles, release their chose battlers; Cookies' choice is a Sneasel wearing a ski mask and a hopefully-fake cigarette, while Zora releases an odd, flame-winged cat that Blastoise immediately takes several pictures of and looks up on the internet. Both battlers issue commands, and the mage waves the referee's blue-and-white checked flags.
Team Zora
[Chimani] Kitora [F]
Cute Charm
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Notes: Edging away from the curious referee.
Team FMC
[Spy] Sneasel [M]
Keen Eye
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Notes: Brooding and glaring at his opponent's flames.
Spy adjusts his balaclava slightly and gets right to work, a haze of smoky black energy seemingly eating away at him, hiding him in shadows and making him invisible. He snickers to himself and readjusts his balaclava.
Chimani blinks, her fur bristling slightly and her flames flaring. Where'd the weasel go? He was just there... Hmm. At least she has an attack to distract herself with. She stretches out alluringly, tossing her head and flicking her tail. This was degrading...
...but Spy certainly doesn't think so! Wow, who ever thought a Fire-type could be so...
sexy? He grins widely, forgetting his invisibleness, and launches into an ancient dance, scraping his claws together and making clanging sounds. He finishes, dark chest heaving, and looks for his love's reaction.
Chimani squints, hoping to find her opponent somehow... But no, nothing. She had gotten a pretty good idea from the scrapes and clangs issuing from the general area for Arceus-knows-what reason, but she honestly couldn't find him. Determined to at least try, the Kitora spews forth a horizontal column of fire that
almost grazes the Sneasel, who nimbly jumps away in disbelief. His lovely wouldn't attack him; it must have been a scary bug or something. Yeah, that was it. He steps away from the very edge of the platform, almost falling, and launches into another Swords Dance, twisting and hopping wildly. He comes away pumped, and hoping that he's pleased his wife-to-be. Giggety.
The flaming furry fighter in question is puzzling over her command... How was she meant to Glare if she couldn't see her target? Might as well give it a shot, though. She blinks, and her eyes glow purple-red as Chimani opens them. Her line of sight, however, lands entirely on a small passing child who promptly begins crying and wetting himself. Poor kid.
Spy looks over his shoulder, wondering who his pending-approval spouse was ogling. That human child? That was... strange. Without even noticing, he fades back into view.
Team Zora
[Chimani] Kitora [F]
Cute Charm
Health: 100%
Energy: 90%
Notes: Sure,
now he's visible.
Team FMC
[Spy] Sneasel [M]
Keen Eye
Health: 100%
Energy: 84%
Notes: Slightly jealous of the urine-soaked kid.
Attracted (Medium)
+4 Attack
Notes:
* Spy almost fell of on the second action.
* I think that was three actions, since he turned invisible on the beginning of the first one.
* How dare you hire a non-League referee!
* FMC attacks.
* Zora attacks and buys that child some new pants.
* I ref after ogling Chimani some more and finding out who made me seperate Kitara's sprites. >:(
