AbsentNumeral vs. エル.

3vs3 single
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 40%
Banned Moves: OHKO, Direct healing
Arena: The Fairly Boring Arena

The Fairly Boring Arena is a gymnasium of average size. There is a small pool of water in the center. Most of the floor is covered in floorboards, but a ten-foot-wide strip of boulder-strewn earth borders the arena.

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AbsentNumeral's active squad
- Smaug (Male Charmander - Blaze)
- Professor Sprout (Female Oddish - Chlorophyll)
- Shelob (Male Joltik - Compoundeyes)
- Buizel (Male - Swift Swim)
- Hamlet (Male Gastly - Levitate)

エル.'s active squad
- Squirtle (Male - Torrent)
- Smirk (Female Sneasel - Inner Focus)
- Waxwork (Female Litwick - Flame Body)
- Crackle (Male Shinx - Intimidate)
- Legacy (Male Togepi - Serene Grace)

As determined by the coin that happened to be in my pocket:
- エル. sends out first
- AbsentNumeral sends out, then issues commands
- エル. issues commands
- I ref

Allright, let's start out with Legacy.

Go, Hamlet!

Toxic ~ Sludge Wave ~ Confuse Ray

Psycho-shift ~ Safeguard ~ Encore

3vs3 single
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 40%
Banned Moves: OHKO, Direct healing

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Arena: The Fairly Boring Arena

The Fairly Boring Arena is a gymnasium of average size. There is a small pool of water in the center. Most of the floor is covered in floorboards, but a ten-foot-wide strip of boulder-strewn earth borders the arena.

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Arena status: Stable


An Aerodactyl dropped off two folks into the floorboarded ground. A third fellow, who had been riding on that Aerodactyl's back, claimed that that was about as exciting as the battle was likely to get, laughing.

The prehistoric flier was recalled, and the three settled in position -- the trainers faced one another, and the referee stood between them. Metallica Fanboy went through his costumary reminder of rules and then instructed for the sendouts to be made.

エル.'s sendout was a tiny, round, white-shelled critter which bounced around incessantly, bustling with energy and aimless joy. In response, AbsentNumeral released a floating, gaseous blob with a vicious grin across the dark face. Commands were issued for each one, and thus, the battle began.

Hamlet easily shifted towards the opponent, cloaking his head and pumping a massive dose of toxic gas over it. Quickly enough, the toxic agent spread around arteries and veins. However, Legacy rid himself of it as fast as it came along, using psychic powers to ebb it away. Being made of the poisonous smog, the Gastly was not affected by the loose toxins, but anyhow, it was out of the Togepi's system.

The ghost Pokémon took some distance at that point, and appeared to be charging something up. With a jerk forwards, he suddenly unleashed a marsh of dark purple goop from his mouth, washing (or the opposite thereof) over the arena and sweeping his foe right off his feet and into the noxious sludge. The sticky mess was distinctively hard to walk over -- not a cumbrance for the floater, but terribly much a one for the walker. Instead of trying to reach the enemy, however, the egg Pokémon simply set up a light barrier of energy around himself, pushing the garbage around him right aside.

The gaseous blob's next move was to emit a rapidly sparkling orb of light, switching colors at brain-busting rates. Normally, it would have played tricks on the mind of the spiky critter it targeted; however, his protective veil kept his mental state stable, preventing it.

Strangely, right after the Confuse Ray faded, Legacy seemed very disappointed, as though he wanted for the sparkle show to continue. It would be unbecoming of Hamlet to cave in so easily; however, even the wicked could have a hard time staring at a Togepi's pleading eyes and refuse. Unfortunately, the round ended just as he was about to light it up.


Arena status: There's sludge everywhere.

Additional notes:
- Confuse Ray did not take effect due to Safeguard.
- エル. commands first next round (the order is somewhat irrelevant this round, though, considering what's happening).

Try to go hide behind one of the rocks on the edge of the arena, then use Nasty Plot. Try to keep yourself hidden when you use Nasty Plot, lest your true intentions be exposed. If it takes you a whole action to get hidden behind a rock because of the sludge, don't worry about it; the important thing is he doesn't see you. You may not even have to worry about it because your safeguard might push the sludge out of the way for you, but if the sludge is just too much, simply turn your back to Hamlet and come up with some snarky ideas. Don't forget to turn back around/ jump out from behind the boulder and give it those winsome eyes when you're not using your move!

Nasty Plot x3

Well, I guess I don't really have a choice here... Confuse Ray x3

3vs3 single
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 40%
Banned Moves: OHKO, Direct healing

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Arena: The Fairly Boring Arena

The Fairly Boring Arena is a gymnasium of average size. There is a small pool of water in the center. Most of the floor is covered in floorboards, but a ten-foot-wide strip of boulder-strewn earth borders the arena.

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Arena status: Stable


At least half of the next round seemed quite predictable. There were possibilities unaccounted for; nevertheless, they would like only affect one action or so.

Hamlet was at first perfectly eager to keep the lights going on for the entire round, to compensate for how he couldn't get to it earlier because of the end of round. However, while Legacy still seemed amused just fine, he kept backing off, and at one point he outright faced away. Eventually, he reached the rocks bordering the stage, and would keep hiding behind them, then popping back out to congratulate and admire, then hide back in.

All those times in which the Togepi averted his eyes from the spectacle, what he was doing was brainstorming multiple ways in which he might make his attacks more painful on a ghost.

This suspicious behavior had the Gastly very leery. The round wasn't even over yet by the time he realized it was probably a trick. He was quite unlikely to fall for such displays again, and when it was over, his feelings were part seeking vengeance for the wasted round and the trickery, and part fear of what he had secretly been up to.

Slowly, the sludge cleared itself away from the arena proper, instead settling on polluting the pool at the center something terrible.


Arena status: There is sludge scattered all around, mostly on the pool at the center. The waters thereby have become poisonous.

Additional notes:
- Again, obviously, Confuse Ray did not take effect due to Safeguard.
- AbsentNumeral commands first next round.

Sludge Bomb ~ Psych Up ~ Psychic

Allright, PRAY to the RNG gods and use Swagger. Then use Yawn causing its confused mind to slowly cave in on itself. Finish with Psychic.

Swagger ~ Yawn ~ Psychic

3vs3 single
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days
Damage Cap: 40%
Banned Moves: OHKO, Direct healing

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Arena: The Fairly Boring Arena

The Fairly Boring Arena is a gymnasium of average size. There is a small pool of water in the center. Most of the floor is covered in floorboards, but a ten-foot-wide strip of boulder-strewn earth borders the arena.

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Arena status: There is sludge scattered all around, mostly on the pool at the center. The waters thereby have become poisonous.


Having seen Legacy's powerful setup, one would expect エル. to be eager for the smashing it would imply. However, he seemed wary about something the opponent said. Who would take the lead on the ensuing round?

Hamlet opened up with his revenge for the waste of time. Some of the poisonous gases that form him solidified into a mass of muck, which he blasted off at his foe with a hurl of his tongue. There were no ill effects, due to the protective barrier around Legacy, but the venom was damaging even from quick contact, not to mention the powerful motion force behind it.

The Togepi shrugged it off like it was nothing, however. Not that it didn't hurt -- it left a visible mark -- but he began feigning arrogance at that point. His mind already caked in evil from the plotting earlier, he had no trouble whatsoever insulting his opponent into a blind rage.

In spite of the now moreso than ever seething anger, however, the Gastly managed to concentrate for just a brief while, as he read into his enemy's mind. Discovering the plans hidden within was at first shocking, but afterwards gleeful, as every bit of the dark plots could be turned right back into their inventor.

His eagerness to try out these tricks didn't last long, however. His outrage became underscored with uncontrollable sleepiness as he laid eyes on his foe letting rip a loud, lenghty yawn. Struggling to stay awake, the ghost Pokémon hurled himself away, wanting to strike before it was too late. The attempt was doomed -- his charge was far off the mark and led him facefirst into one of the boulders at the edge of the stadium, faster than he could phase.

Just before falling right asleep from the impact, he also had to deal with a mental intrusion from his enemy, one that turned the vile toxic agents all around him against himself.


Arena status: There is sludge scattered all around, mostly on the pool at the center. The waters thereby have become poisonous.

Additional notes:
- I'm operating under the assumption that Psych Up's cost corresponds to what stat gains if yields. Gotta check about that later, though.
- エル. commands first next round.

Show it who gets to haunt! If on the last turn it's already awake, put up a light screen, unless you happen to be taunted, in which case use Psychic. If by some miracle you are tormented, use Light Screen on turn 2 and Psychic on turn 3.

Dream Eater (health) ~ Dream Eater (energy) / Light Screen ~ Dream Eater (health) / Light Screen / Psychic

DQ warning for AbsentNumeral. 48 hours to issue commands.

Oh my, I took long to get back to this.

AbsentNumeral is DQ'd. Hamlet and Legacy are each awarded 1 exp, MelloScreamsKillerKarma earns $8, and I earn $5.

Does Legacy get a happiness point for this?

I... Can't seem to find where information about happiness was written down. I believe he gets one point, though.