1vs1 single
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned Moves: OHKO's
Other: Aerodactyls only. Also, trainers don't have to worry about running out of air because Word of God said so.
Round 1
Crazy Linoone (O)
Currently out: Blazhy
Female Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Signature Attribute:
Mechanical Dragon
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Stable
Condition: All systems running.
Commands:
Thunder Wave/Fly/Stealth Rock ~ Thunder Wave/Ice Fang/Fly ~ Thunder Wave/Ice Fang/Fly
Wargle (O)
Currently out: Xero
Male Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Hold Item: Expert Belt
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Stable
Condition: Polishing his upcoming act.
Commands:
Attract ~ Attract/Flamethrower ~ Attract/Flamethrower/Captivate
Arena: Jar of Air (Cookie Flavor)
It's a jar. Filled with cookie-scented air.
Is there really anything else to say about it?
The jar itself is large -- about three wailords in diameter and three wailords high, or high enough to Fly -- and made of some sort of clear, see-through material. While the material looks like glass and feels like glass and, in all essence, is glass, it's somehow unbreakable. The top of the jar is closed with an air-tight metal lid, to keep all the air inside the jar inside and the air outside the jar, out.
(How the trainers will get out might cause some problems, but there's been weirder arenas in ASBer, so it shouldn't cause that much of a problem.)
The best part? The air inside smells like cookies. The aroma of delicious, sweet, freshly baked cookies, right out of the oven, fills the jar, making anyone who takes a whiff start salivating like there's no tomorrow.
A pokemon can spend one action to take a deep breath of the delicious, cookie-scented air, which will energize the pokemon, restoring 5% energy and giving it a +1 boost in a random stat.
Too bad there's no actual cookies though.
Arena status: Unchanged.
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A zapping sound sliced the sweet-scented air within an airtight, gargantuan jar. About forty-four meters wide and tall, to be roughly precise. Metric for the win.
Three people dropped from nonwhere into the innards of the translucent container. After the painful landings ensued, one of them recalled an Abra while thanking him.
Two of these people took opposite positions, whereas another one stood in between. The third fellow took a moment to revise the match's specific rules. Which is to say, "YES ITEMS, NO OHKO, AERODACTYL ONLY, COOKIE DESTINATION". And something about a damage cap.
The other two took a moment to wallow in unbridled sniffing of the fresh aroma before snapping out of it and gettion on with the sendouts.
The first to take to the skies was a thin-bodied, vaguely draconic creature with a smooth, rocky hide and large wings that paired with the saw teeth to create an imposing image. A black sash hung onto his waistline, its ends fluttering along with his pointed tail.
The next appearance was an unexpected sight. Her skin was not made of rock, but of light blue, affordable metal. Her head had significant differences in shape, most notably the lack of an elongated jaw loaded with scary fangs, and the presence of a strange crystal. Her large, dark blue wings made a pumping noise when she took to the aromatized skies. And, most importantly: (makeshift) ninjatoes.
The third Aerodactyl to take the field was a trip back to the standard, but with an imposing, eerily fluttering cape to let everyone know that the referee is always the mo'fo with the authority.
Once more atop the backs of his most trusty flier, Metallica Fanboy signaled for the battle the commence, while the battlers tried to withstand said trusty flier's ranting about newfangled artificial Pokémon.
Said newfangled artificial Pokémon took the front, shooting a weak pulse of electricity, straight out of her numerous wires. It was a successful preemptive attack that caught its target full-on. While it wasn't strong enough to cause significant damage, it cause severe cramping and made all movements tougher on its victim.
But Xero was confident that he could keep the lead of the battle. With tons of effort, he approached his foe, searching for good pickup lines but realizing always that they would never work with a robot. Hm. Tough call, chatting mechas up. That is, until he remembered vaguely hearing something before the battle. So, as slick as a prehistoric atrocity can muster in Pokémon language, he whispered:
"Hey, baby, I have plenty of maple syrup in my flat."
He had no idea why he said "flat". It just sounded so right.
Nonetheless, the romance bomb exploded just as planned. The sound and thought of "maple syrup" automatically triggered a strange rush within Blazhy. Pumps running faster and all of that. Maybe something about hearts beating, except motherboards don't beat.
The rush was so viciously strong, it took priority over the battle. The man-made (or creature-made, if that's more suitable) Aerodactyl had no intention to fight any longer for a while. The idea of MAPLE SYRUP was more important.
Initially, that hardly mattered, as her enemy's condition worsened and he could hardly stay aloft, let alone strike. But, just before the end of the round, he managed to slide in one session of gushing flames. And affordable metal doesn't take very well to flames.
Round 1 – End
Crazy Linoone (O)
Currently out: Blazhy
Female Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Signature Attribute:
Mechanical Dragon
Health: 85%
Energy: 97%
Status: Attracted (Severe).
Condition: MAPLE SYRUP
Performed: Thunder Wave ~ Full attraction ~ Full attraction
Wargle (O)
Currently out: Xero
Male Aerodactyl
Ability: Pressure
Hold Item: Expert Belt
Health: 100%
Energy: 92%
Status: Paralyzed (Severe).
Condition: Struggling against his predicament.
Performed: Attract ~ Full paralysis ~ Flamethrower
Arena status: Unchanged.
Additional notes:
- I am so going to screw up on how Crazy Linoone's Aerodactyl is supposed to behave.
- The Aerodactyls obviously tie in speed and thus required a who goes first roll up until Xero's paralysis. That was only for the first action, and Blazhy had the luck.
- And Xero was fully paralyzed for the second action. Whereas his opponent also failed to attack, due to full attraction. During both the second and third actions.
- Funny how paralysis/attraction rolls gave me ridiculous numbers like 1 and 10 but crit and burn rolls remained at their average numbers like 57 and 63. I guess the mighty RNG isn't in the mood for awesome just yet.
- Nitpick about Mechanical Dragon: isn't the motherboard more like the brain than the heart? Hearts are pretty much made of muscle anyway, so, they'd be more accurately translated into pumps, I think.
- Wargle attacks first next round.