Battle Format: 2vs2 Single
Battle Style: Set
DQ: One Week
Damage Cap: 40%
Banned: OHKOs, Perish Song, Destiny Bond. Direct healers are limited to 1 per Pokemon; chills are limited to 3 per Pokemon.
Arena: The Waffle of Many Awesome Condiments
You heard me.
That’s right, this is the next in the Linoone food arena series (though I’ve been given the privilege to write it out). This battle commences on a gigantic waffle that stretches out as far as the eye can see – squares upon squares of soft, delicious breakfast food.
Even the most scrumptious of delicacies can be made better with the right condiment, though. And this is where the biggest quirk of this arena comes in: when the trainers issue their commands, they are also to fill in a waffle square with a condiment of their choice in a heated game of tic-tac-toe. However, the tic-tac-toe order is determined separately from that of the commanding order at the beginning of the match for game-balancing purposes. Therefore, trainer one could be attacking first, but filling in their square second. Tic-tac-toe turns alternate and are not affected by the time-distorting skillz of Trick Room.
Whenever a trainer wins a game of tic-tac-toe, a Snorlax will inexplicably drop out of nowhere, squashing the loser’s Pokemon for 5% typeless damage. The Snorlax will then proceed to drain all the syrups and sauces from the waffle squares (oh, horror!), but will thankfully be incapacitated by the referee before it can get to nomming the actual battlefield itself. In the event that the tic-tac-toe game ends in a tie, the Snorlax will drop out of nowhere regardless, but simply will not land on a Pokemon. It’ll still suck up all the condiments, though.
And finally, I’ve saved the best for last: the condiments. You can put your tongue back in your head now.
Awesomesauce: explodes with awesomeness when thrown. Abbreviated as A.
Maple syrup: gives +1 speed to the consumer due to sugar overload. Also explodes with awesomeness. Abbreviated as M.
Regular syrup: gives +1 attack to the consumer due to I’unno. Abbreviated as R.
High fructose corn syrup: deals 5% typeless damage when thrown/consumed due to ohlookabutterfly *runs* Abbreviated as C.
Butter: it’s slippery. Think of it as on-waffle ice. Abbreviated as B.
Honey: gives +1 sp. attack to the consumer due to it being… the counterpart to regular syrup, somehow. No, I don’t know either. Sorry. Abbreviated as H.
In addition, part of the waffle can be consumed to heal 5% health.
Blazhy is abbreviated as B and Crazy Linoone as C.
And an example of a tic-tac-toe game in case it isn’t clear:
Blazhy’s turn:
[ ] [BB] [ ]
[ ] [ ] [ ]
[ ] [ ] [ ]
Linoone’s turn:
[HC] [BB] [ ]
[ ] [ ] [ ]
[ ] [ ] [ ]
etc.
Team blazhy
Khionas (Female)
Ability: Hydration
Health: 58%
Energy: 25%
Status: Hahahaha, did I mess up your feathers?
Commands: Chill ~ Ice Beam / Disable ~ Disable / Ice Beam
Chills: 1/3
Healings: 0/1
Substitute
Health: 15%
Team Linoone
Kwak'waka (Female)
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 35%
Energy: 82%
Status: Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew! Special attack +3, special defense +3.
Commands: Psychic / Solarbeam ~ Psychic / Giga Drain (health) / Solarbeam ~ Psychic / Giga Drain (health) / Solarbeam
Chills: 2/3
Healings: 0/1
Round 12 Begin!
Two more of the inexplicable globs of topping fall onto the field.
Khionas, as before, lies down and begins gently snoring. Kwak'waka closes her eyes and spreads her mind outwards, looking for the faux-Seel that she's supposed to be dipping; upon finding it, she wraps her mind around its own. Rather than the clone lifting up and hurling towards the corn syrup, however, there is a strong distortion of the air around the clone and then it melts very suddenly, leaving just a pool of water on the ground. Kwak'waka observes this with a feeling of satisfaction, because it wasn't what she was ordered to do but who cares, it destroyed the clone.
Having finished her nap, the Seel stirs and awakens, just as that same old green aura surrounds her and pulls away towards Kwak'waka. It is absorbed into her, as usual. What is less ususal, however, is Khionas' eyes taking on the same red glow they have done only once before, and that glow duplicating itself onto Kwak'waka's eyes, fading to leave Kwak'waka with the same feeling of being missing something.
Kwak'waka attempts to use another Giga Drain, but for some reason she can't seem to use her mental energies in the same way anymore. After trying several times, she gives up and randomly uses one of the other things her trainer said. Her eyes glow bright white and a ball of concentrated solar energy forms in front of her, quickly growing to a massive size and firing a beam of the same energy at Khionas, whose skin is seared and burned by the tremendous force of the attack. Khionas moves to respond, a ball of ice-type energy forming above her horn and what appears to be blue electricity launching from it and towards Kwak'waka, who feels the exact opposite of searing burning heat as all warmth seems to leave her body. The beam fades away, as does the orb of blue energy.
Suddenly, as once before, the Pokéball on the referee's belt bursts open, and the massive Snorlax forms from the energy released. It proceeds once again to consume all the condiments in sight, starting with the maple syrup at the "top" of the battlefield and wirking its way "down". Just as it finishes off the last square of awesomesauce and is about to go for the super-dilute maple syrup, though, it slips on some spilt awesomesauce and falls into the hole it has just sucked dry. The referee considers for a short while whether to recall it or to leave it there where it can't cause any more trouble, but then realizes that a condiment might fall on top of it and drown it, because amazingly, it has fallen asleep once again. The referee mutters something about getting escape-proof Pokéballs for future battles as she recalls the inanimate form.
Round 12 End!
Team blazhy
Khionas (Female)
Ability: Hydration
Health: 22%
Energy: 25%
Status: IT BURNS
Attacks Used: Chill ~ Disable ~ Ice Beam
Chills: 2/3
Healings: 0/1
Team Linoone
Kwak'waka (Female)
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 27%
Energy: 53%
Status: Cold... so cold... Special attack +3, special defense +3; Giga Drain disabled (three more actions).
Attacks used: Psychic ~ Giga Drain ~ Solarbeam
Chills: 3/3
Healings: 0/1
Damage / Energy Calculations
Psychic - 17% damage, 10% energy (accuracy roll 61, needed 100 to miss)
Chill - restored 10% energy
Giga Drain - 12% damage, restored 6% health, 8% energy (accuracy roll 50, needed 100 to miss)
Disable - 3% energy (accuracy roll 51, needed 80 or above to miss)
Solarbeam - 24% damage, 11% energy (accuracy roll 84, needed 100 to miss)
Ice Beam - 14% damage, 7% energy (accuracy roll 84, needed 100 to miss)
Notes
- WAAAAAAAAAAFLES
- Yes I calculated Ice Beam's freezing chance, it came up false.
- ...Wait, how did all the squares end up filled?
- Because she was unable to use Giga Drain and had no commands for that eventuality, Kwak'waka randomized her attack on the third action.
- Whoa. Solarbeam is a strong move.
Arena Notes
- There is a glob of Toxic on the ground some distance to the left of where Canyon was; touching it may well poison someone.
- The sunlight is harsh (two more rounds)
The waffle looks like this:
(That bit at the bottom is the pool; it's maple syrup too dilute to cause a speed boost)
Next Round
- blazhy attacks and fills in a square
- Linoone attacks and fills in a square
- I ref
