Squornshellous Beta vs. Barubu

Thewhut? How did this end up updated without me noticing?
Uh, just do whatever it is you can do. Use your evolved-Pokémon-advantage.

DQ warning for Barubu. You have 48 hours because I'm too lazy to calculate the exact time.

(Repost because it seems like TCoD 500'd on me while I wasn't paying attention and thus this thread wasn't bumped)

Battle Format: 3 vs 3 single
Battle Style: Set, except Baton Pass or similar are permitted
DQ Time: Six days, twenty-three hours, fifty-five minutes Currently on infinite hold
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned and Restricted Moves: Anything can happen (Except healing moves)
Arena Description: The Second Anomaly
The Second Anomaly is, as its name suggests, an Anomaly. Arceus only knows how the battlers got there or how they'll get out, but such is the way of the universe. Also unknown is how anyone can see, being as there are no visible light sources, but it is as bright as a typical midsummers midday. It is, at least to begin with, an infinitely large plain white platform floating in nothing. As the battle goes on, however, that platform changes to whatever is required by the battle - if, for example, there is a fish Pokémon on the field, there will be a large pond to swim in. There will be air for everyone can breathe. If Sandstorm is used, sand appears. And so forth. The gravity there is only half of Earth's, so each Pokémon is only half as heavy for things like Grass Knot. This also removes any energy cost that Flyers or Hoverers would need to fly or hover, be they Inherently or Consentually.

The most important effect of this Anomaly is that at the end of each round, both Pokémon in battle will randomly 'evolve' into any other Pokémon. This can be any Pokémon in existence, including Legendaries. This means they gain the new species' ability, moveset, types, everything. Also, the Pokémon are dazed and confused after this 'evolution', so as soon as the first round is complete and the first 'evolution' has taken place, the Pokémon can't listen to any commands and their moves are selected randomly, similar to Sleep Talk.

Another of the major effects of the Second Anomaly is that at the end of every round, at the same time as the 'evolutions', both battlers' energy is restored to 100%. Not infinite energy, note, so if a Pokémon uses incredibly energy-intensive moves, it could, at least in theory, faint from energy loss. As though to compensate for this, and healing moves will automatically fail or, if indirect like Giga Drain, will only cause damage.

The last effect of note is that at the beginning of every third round, a random object will appear. Any object, from sardines to submarines, and they can appear in any manner the ref wants. What they do is also entirely up to the ref. They vanish at the end of the round, again in a manner of the ref's choosing.

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Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (F) <Levitate>
Health: 11%
Energy: 100%
Status: All hail the RNGGods! Attack +1
Moves: Ingrain ~ Hyper Beam ~ Giga Impact

Boss Barubu's Minions (XOO)

Brittany (F) <Levitate>
Health: 8%
Energy: 100%
Status: IT BURNS Speed +1, Double Team (2 clones)
Moves: Mirror Move ~ Psychic ~ Double Team (2 clones)


The referee seemed to be stalling for time. "And it has finally come to this... The harsh battle between two rivals is about to end! Both pokemon look like they're about to faint at the drop of a hat. The balance of the world lies in their hands! What will --"

"Just start the round already," one of the trainers shouted.

A wave of the referee flags later, the still-spiky Bactrian raised her cloth-like arms and began charging energy. What the referee was babbling was true -- whoever attacks first will be the winner of this round, and the camel-turned-legendary-turned-witch wasn't about to go down without at least doing some more damage. The Energy Ball in her hands soon crackled green, signifying that the attack was ready.

Brittany was flailing her long, skinny legs in the air when the Energy Ball struck her in the face.

Or when it struck one of her in the face, because what had looked like Brittany turned out to be one of her clones, and the image fizzled out as the Energy Ball passed through harmlessly. Brittany cackled evilly at the confused look an Bactrian's face. She might be in loads of pain from being tossed about last round, but she sure wasn't going to lose yet. Focusing her mind, Brittany sent out a powerful blast of psychic energy, a burst stronger than anything she had done before -- this should knock the stupid witch out, she thought to herself.

The RNGGods seemed to be not on her side though, because the blast, although powerful enough to send the dimensions twisting make space to start doing really funny things, did no damage to Bactrian at all. Bactrian silently thanked the RNGGods for saving her hat, and charged her body with dark-type energy, ready to rip her opponent to shreds before she die. Charging forward with cloth-hands raised, Bactrian swiped down at her opponent --

And then time stopped. Well, seems like the psychic blast did some good after all... Brittany, letting out a sigh of relief, once again gathered energy, trying to knock her opponent out before time returned to normal again. Her body glowing light blue, Brittany found her long, skinny legs inadvertently carrying her across the room in little skip-like motions as she blasted the water energy into the sky.

There was a split-second pause as time untwisted itself, then the raindrops began falling out of the sky.

Brittany collapsed on the ground, deciding to just give up now. She was tired and in pain, and none of her attacks did anything! Woe is me! Maybe she should go cut herself. Or get gothic lipstick. Yes, she will become a goth from now on, because life is so unfair to her and nobody understands her poor, tortured, teenage soul --

Bactrian ended the Misdreavus's misery with a bonk to the head, then rummaged through the fainted pokemon's purse to find that it only contained a receipt for some Bath & Body Works shampoos instead of, say, money, or some item that she could actually use.

Dammit.



Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (-) <Levitate>
Health: 11%
Energy: 100%
Status: Maybe if I sold the purse on the Black Market... Attack +1
Moves: Energy Ball ~ Thief ~ whoooo!

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Brittany (F) <Levitate>
Health: 0%
Energy: 100%
Status: *is dead*
Moves: Trick Room ~ Rain Dance ~ *dead*


Notes:
- Brittany's speed boost wasn't enough for her to outspeed Bactrian
- Thief did 9% damage. It's ridiculous.

Arena Notes:
- There's a dried blob of Toxic sitting on the arena really far away from the battlers.
- Trick Room is in effect (1 more round)
- It's raining (7 more actions)

Other Notes:
- Barubu sends out a replacement minion
- SB does a happy dance
- Barubu commands
- I flail about randomly
- IMPORTANT: As per request, the DQ time has been extend infinitely, or until the next time Barubu logs on.

Dorothy gogogo! (Sorry about my in-active-ness. Will get better)

*Happy dances while building yet more RNGgodshrines*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh. I feel stupid. Attack with your attacks.

Well then. I suppose use Earthquake. If it's not utterly destroyed by now, keep spamming Earthquake until it is. Whenever it does die, however, use Defense
Curl a lot.

Earthquake~Earthquake/Defense Curl~ Earthquake/Defense Curl

Battle Format: 3 vs 3 single
Battle Style: Set, except Baton Pass or similar are permitted
DQ Time: Six days, twenty-three hours, fifty-five minutes
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned and Restricted Moves: Anything can happen (Except healing moves)
Arena Description: The Second Anomaly
The Second Anomaly is, as its name suggests, an Anomaly. Arceus only knows how the battlers got there or how they'll get out, but such is the way of the universe. Also unknown is how anyone can see, being as there are no visible light sources, but it is as bright as a typical midsummers midday. It is, at least to begin with, an infinitely large plain white platform floating in nothing. As the battle goes on, however, that platform changes to whatever is required by the battle - if, for example, there is a fish Pokémon on the field, there will be a large pond to swim in. There will be air for everyone can breathe. If Sandstorm is used, sand appears. And so forth. The gravity there is only half of Earth's, so each Pokémon is only half as heavy for things like Grass Knot. This also removes any energy cost that Flyers or Hoverers would need to fly or hover, be they Inherently or Consentually.

The most important effect of this Anomaly is that at the end of each round, both Pokémon in battle will randomly 'evolve' into any other Pokémon. This can be any Pokémon in existence, including Legendaries. This means they gain the new species' ability, moveset, types, everything. Also, the Pokémon are dazed and confused after this 'evolution', so as soon as the first round is complete and the first 'evolution' has taken place, the Pokémon can't listen to any commands and their moves are selected randomly, similar to Sleep Talk.

Another of the major effects of the Second Anomaly is that at the end of every round, at the same time as the 'evolutions', both battlers' energy is restored to 100%. Not infinite energy, note, so if a Pokémon uses incredibly energy-intensive moves, it could, at least in theory, faint from energy loss. As though to compensate for this, and healing moves will automatically fail or, if indirect like Giga Drain, will only cause damage.

The last effect of note is that at the beginning of every third round, a random object will appear. Any object, from sardines to submarines, and they can appear in any manner the ref wants. What they do is also entirely up to the ref. They vanish at the end of the round, again in a manner of the ref's choosing.

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After Asber exploded, imploded, and then rebuilt itself several dimensions away, the trainers found themselves finally able to battle again. Negrek's little "improvement" seemed to have stopped space-time while it was happening (the referee suspected that the Dialga the Boss Lady brought over wasn't a statue at all), because none of the trainers -- nor their pokemon -- had been able to move while buildings exploded and PC systems got set up. Sometime in the middle, Barubu had been able to return his fainted pokemon and sent out a new minion -- a small sandy-colored armadillo, by the looks of it.

The sandshrew wasn't very pleased, however, since nobody could move yet while Asber was under reconstruction.

Eventually, a long time-skip later, time and space went back to normal -- as normal as it could in this Anomaly -- and Dorothy decided that she wanted to murder something the moment she heard her orders.


Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (-) <Levitate>
Health: 11%
Energy: 100%
Status: Maybe if I sold the purse on the Black Market... Attack +1
Moves: Energy Ball ~ Thief ~ whoooo!

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Sand Veil>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: ...Is my trainer serious?
Moves: - ~ - ~ -

Round 17​

Dorothy stared at the nothingness that is the battlefield and sighed. This isn't going to end well, she knew it. One, her opponent was levitating. Levitating. And her trainer expected her to Earthquake it to death? The attack is not going to hit! Wet from the pouring rain and pissed off already, the sandshrew slammed her paw into the ground, watching the arena ripple with energy and taking down at least one victim. Bactrian just stared as the Earthquake passed harmlessly beneath it, trying to figure out why it wasn't able to move before that sandshrew. Some part of Time was still twisted in this space...

Oh well. Hopefully, Dorothy will have more money on her than the pokemon before. Floating all ninja-like, Bactrian approached the annoyed sand mouse and "accidentally" bumped into her very hard, taking care to swipe her pockets while she wasn't paying attention. To Bactrian's disappointment, the only thing of interest was a reminder to go to anger management class. Why are all its opponents so poor, dammit?

Dorothy, who definitely needed some anger management class, roared and slammed her paws into the arena again, which once again did nothing but knock a trainer off the arena floor. Bactrian decided to actually attack this time; from the bloodthirsty look in the sandshrew's eyes, this battle wasn't going to end well. Holding its mitten-hands in front of its body, Bactrian focused its energy into a cackling ball that looked pretty powerful -- yet the slightly warped Time and the fact that its opponent was a Ground Type meant that Dorothy absorbed the Electro Ball as if it were nothing.

The sandshrew was spazzing at this rate. Hissing, Dorothy slammed her paws into the arena once again -- at this rate, the floor is going to snap in half -- and knocked off the last trainer on the battlefield, while Bactrian just hovered, unharmed. Bactrian was in pain from the long battle before, but this was starting to get really funny. In fact, perhaps it was the fatigue getting to its head, Bactrian was so amused that it began to laugh. Very loudly. Dorothy cringed and held her ears, trying to drive out the ridiculously loud sound, but to no avail. Bactrian was causing too much of an Uproar. Even the rain droplets seemed to be repelled by all that noise.

The round was obviously ending, and Bactrian didn't even notice as it "poofed" into a weird blue rock-like thing and landed on the ground with a thump. Dorothy was more surprised -- correction, Dorothy freaked out, when she suddenly sprouted long, slender legs and started sparking electricity, then almost electrocuted the trainers through the rain. At the same time, Time suddenly untwisted itself -- seemed like Dialga had finally realized that something was going on -- and everything seemed to be back to normal again. For a certain definition of normal.


Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (F) <Sturdy>
Health: 11%
Energy: 100%
Status: ...What's an "OO-no-vah"? Attack +1
Moves: Thief ~ Electro Ball ~ Uproar

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Lightningrod>
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Status: ASDFGHJKL;
Moves: Earthquake ~ Earthquake ~ Earthquake


Notes:
- Now with 100% more 5th gen pokemon!
- Thief was a critical hit.

Arena Notes:
- There's a wet blob of Toxic sitting on the arena really far away from the battlers.
- Trick Room's effect faded
- It's raining (4 more actions)

Other Notes:
- More flailing about. Barubu -> SB -> Me

That's 'Rotom-fire', Linooney. And Eelektrik can too breathe underwater.

OH MY GOD I'm soooooooo stupid! Just try not to die too horribly.

Battle Format: 3 vs 3 single
Battle Style: Set, except Baton Pass or similar are permitted
DQ Time: Six days, twenty-three hours, fifty-five minutes
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned and Restricted Moves: Anything can happen (Except healing moves)
Arena Description: The Second Anomaly
The Second Anomaly is, as its name suggests, an Anomaly. Arceus only knows how the battlers got there or how they'll get out, but such is the way of the universe. Also unknown is how anyone can see, being as there are no visible light sources, but it is as bright as a typical midsummers midday. It is, at least to begin with, an infinitely large plain white platform floating in nothing. As the battle goes on, however, that platform changes to whatever is required by the battle - if, for example, there is a fish Pokémon on the field, there will be a large pond to swim in. There will be air for everyone can breathe. If Sandstorm is used, sand appears. And so forth. The gravity there is only half of Earth's, so each Pokémon is only half as heavy for things like Grass Knot. This also removes any energy cost that Flyers or Hoverers would need to fly or hover, be they Inherently or Consentually.

The most important effect of this Anomaly is that at the end of each round, both Pokémon in battle will randomly 'evolve' into any other Pokémon. This can be any Pokémon in existence, including Legendaries. This means they gain the new species' ability, moveset, types, everything. Also, the Pokémon are dazed and confused after this 'evolution', so as soon as the first round is complete and the first 'evolution' has taken place, the Pokémon can't listen to any commands and their moves are selected randomly, similar to Sleep Talk.

Another of the major effects of the Second Anomaly is that at the end of every round, at the same time as the 'evolutions', both battlers' energy is restored to 100%. Not infinite energy, note, so if a Pokémon uses incredibly energy-intensive moves, it could, at least in theory, faint from energy loss. As though to compensate for this, and healing moves will automatically fail or, if indirect like Giga Drain, will only cause damage.

The last effect of note is that at the beginning of every third round, a random object will appear. Any object, from sardines to submarines, and they can appear in any manner the ref wants. What they do is also entirely up to the ref. They vanish at the end of the round, again in a manner of the ref's choosing.

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Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (F) <Sturdy>
Health: 11%
Energy: 100%
Status: ...What's an "OO-no-vah"? Attack +1
Moves: Thief ~ Electro Ball ~ Uproar

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Lightningrod>
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Status: ASDFGHJKL;
Moves: Earthquake ~ Earthquake ~ Earthquake


The sudden transformation from a slow shrew into a long-legged zebra that could shot lightening bolts out of its eyes was disconcerting, at the very least. Before Dorothy could figure out what's going on (or, for that matter, on to stand on hooves when the ground was slippery and wet from the rain), a Venomoth poofed into existence right above her head. The Venomoth was obviously frazzled -- it fluttered around, panicking, probably unused to the decreased gravity of the arena, and scattered a load of sparkly powder all over Dorothy's head. Bactrian would've laughed if not for the fact that the Venomoth almost crashed into her on its way to escape and manged to make her sparkly as well. The dust would've been all nice and swell, if not for that the rain made it sticky and Dorothy couldn't figure out how to get rid of it no matter how hard she tried.

Oh hell. The blitzle growled (whinnied would've been a better word, actually) and charged forward at her opponent recklessly, not caring about her own safety. She wanted this battle over. Now. Too bad for her though, because the RNGods weren't paying attention to her attempts (she hadn't build enough shrines) and Bactrian managed to put up a sparkly green energy barrier right before Dorothy crashed into her. There was a bright-ish flash of light, a panicked flutter of wings (and more sparkly dust), and Dorothy rebounded off the Protected Bactrian, fuming.

Dammit. Dorothy growled again and, seeing that she was basically standing right over her opponent, decided to Stomp on the roggenrola instead. There were a few problems though: namely, Bactrian was a rock and therefore was not pleasant to stomp on. To be fair, it still wasn't pleasant to be stomped on, especially if you're dying already, but Dorothy still didn't do as much damage as she would've liked. Suddenly, Bactrian's rocky body cracked in half -- perhaps the strain of the Stomp was too much, or she was just so injured that she was going to die now -- but the roggenrola seemed to shrug off the fallen pieces of rock like it was nothing. In fact, Bactrian sure looked a lot faster and sleeker, now that the excess weight was gone.

Dorothy was too annoyed to care about the weather. A shadowy aura surrounded her body, and the blitzle shot after Bactrian, tackling the roggenrola to the ground. Dorothy seemed determined to chew her opponent to death -- or something -- because she clamped her teeth onto the rock and refused to let go. Bactrian was in too much pain to care anymore and, instead of struggling, focused on her opponent's energy signature. She'll be sure to deal the damage right back next action. If she survives...

With an all-too-familiar poof (to everyone beside Dorothy, at least), all the pokemon on the battlefield suddenly transformed again and the Venomoth was finally free to flutter off to... wherever it was going.


Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (F) <Hyper-Cutter>
Health: 3%
Energy: 100%
Status: Still alive... Attack +1, Speed +2, weight/2
Moves: Protect ~ Autotomize ~ Lock-On

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Leaf Guard>
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Status: Die die die die die Lock-On'd.
Moves: Take Down ~ Stomp ~ Pursuit


Notes:
- None that I can think of.
- A Venomoth flew by and scattered sparkles dust all over the battlers. All pokemon's abilities became Shield Dust for the duration of this round. It changed back when the pokemon transformed though.

Arena Notes:
- There's a wet blob of Toxic sitting on the arena really far away
from the battlers.
- It's raining (1 more action)

Other Notes:
- Ahhhh late late late sorry guys
- Barubu orders SB

DO SOMETHING POWERFUL BUT LOW ACCURACY
I KNOW USE VICE GRIP
*RNGGODSHRINES*

(Also Linooney why don't you have these written out in advance)

(Wait, another Leafeon?)

We're gonna kick your grass! *Shot*

Battle Format: 3 vs 3 single
Battle Style: Set, except Baton Pass or similar are permitted
DQ Time: Six days, twenty-three hours, fifty-five minutes
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned and Restricted Moves: Anything can happen (Except healing moves)
Arena Description: The Second Anomaly
The Second Anomaly is, as its name suggests, an Anomaly. Arceus only knows how the battlers got there or how they'll get out, but such is the way of the universe. Also unknown is how anyone can see, being as there are no visible light sources, but it is as bright as a typical midsummers midday. It is, at least to begin with, an infinitely large plain white platform floating in nothing. As the battle goes on, however, that platform changes to whatever is required by the battle - if, for example, there is a fish Pokémon on the field, there will be a large pond to swim in. There will be air for everyone can breathe. If Sandstorm is used, sand appears. And so forth. The gravity there is only half of Earth's, so each Pokémon is only half as heavy for things like Grass Knot. This also removes any energy cost that Flyers or Hoverers would need to fly or hover, be they Inherently or Consentually.

The most important effect of this Anomaly is that at the end of each round, both Pokémon in battle will randomly 'evolve' into any other Pokémon. This can be any Pokémon in existence, including Legendaries. This means they gain the new species' ability, moveset, types, everything. Also, the Pokémon are dazed and confused after this 'evolution', so as soon as the first round is complete and the first 'evolution' has taken place, the Pokémon can't listen to any commands and their moves are selected randomly, similar to Sleep Talk.

Another of the major effects of the Second Anomaly is that at the end of every round, at the same time as the 'evolutions', both battlers' energy is restored to 100%. Not infinite energy, note, so if a Pokémon uses incredibly energy-intensive moves, it could, at least in theory, faint from energy loss. As though to compensate for this, and healing moves will automatically fail or, if indirect like Giga Drain, will only cause damage.

The last effect of note is that at the beginning of every third round, a random object will appear. Any object, from sardines to submarines, and they can appear in any manner the ref wants. What they do is also entirely up to the ref. They vanish at the end of the round, again in a manner of the ref's choosing.

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Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (F) <Hyper-Cutter>
Health: 3%
Energy: 100%
Status: Still alive... Attack +1, Speed +2, weight/2
Moves: Protect ~ Autotomize ~ Lock-On

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Leaf Guard>
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Status: Die die die die die Lock-On'd.
Moves: Take Down ~ Stomp ~ Pursuit

Round 19​

The soggy referee waved its soggy referee flag (does anybody even care about this anymore?), and the round officially started. Bactrian was looking pretty much dead at this point -- she was covered with wounds and was barely holding on to her last shred of consciousness. For some reason, she's not tired in the least, just in pain, so she decided to use the strongest attack she could before unconsciounsness took her over. She focused all her power into her pincers and prepared to knock her opponent to the next dimension --

And Dorothy Tackled her to the ground. The leafeon was snarling something nasty, but Bactrian was suddenly overcame with a burst of pain and did not hear what her opponent was saying (it's a good thing, too, because Dorothy had a bit of a potty mouth). Concentration lost, Bactrian collapsed onto the ground, her breath knocked out of her. She struggled to keep conscious, but the pain was too much, and the blackness finally overtook her.

Dorothy stood by the fainted crawdaunt with a smug grin on her face. At the same time, the rain stopped pouring. Seems like things are finally starting to look up for her...


Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XOO)

Bactrian (F) <Hyper-Cutter>
Health: 0%
Energy: 100%
Status: *is dead*
Moves: *fainted* ~ *fainted* ~ *fainted*

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Compoundeyes>
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Status: Ah-ha! Take that, lobster!
Moves: Tackle ~ Finally. ~ Dammit.



Notes:
- lol Tackle.
- Even with +2 Speed, Bactrian was still slower than Dorothy.

Arena Notes:
- There's a wet blob of Toxic sitting on the arena really far away
from the battlers.
- The rain stopped.

Other Notes:
- Ahhhh late late late again sorry guys ;; I had a crapload of homework and I couldn't write any buffers while Barubu hasn't sent Dorothy out yet.
- SB sends out, orders
- Barubu does something

Oh I don't knowwwwww ;.; Go Han Tang, use something super-effective.
Ancientpower ~ Ancientpower ~ Ancientpower

Also Linoone: out of curiosity, what would Bactrian have used there?

Cheese!

Battle Format: 3 vs 3 single
Battle Style: Set, except Baton Pass or similar are permitted
DQ Time: Six days, twenty-three hours, fifty-five minutes
Damage Cap: 45%
Banned and Restricted Moves: Anything can happen (Except healing moves)
Arena Description: The Second Anomaly
The Second Anomaly is, as its name suggests, an Anomaly. Arceus only knows how the battlers got there or how they'll get out, but such is the way of the universe. Also unknown is how anyone can see, being as there are no visible light sources, but it is as bright as a typical midsummers midday. It is, at least to begin with, an infinitely large plain white platform floating in nothing. As the battle goes on, however, that platform changes to whatever is required by the battle - if, for example, there is a fish Pokémon on the field, there will be a large pond to swim in. There will be air for everyone can breathe. If Sandstorm is used, sand appears. And so forth. The gravity there is only half of Earth's, so each Pokémon is only half as heavy for things like Grass Knot. This also removes any energy cost that Flyers or Hoverers would need to fly or hover, be they Inherently or Consentually.

The most important effect of this Anomaly is that at the end of each round, both Pokémon in battle will randomly 'evolve' into any other Pokémon. This can be any Pokémon in existence, including Legendaries. This means they gain the new species' ability, moveset, types, everything. Also, the Pokémon are dazed and confused after this 'evolution', so as soon as the first round is complete and the first 'evolution' has taken place, the Pokémon can't listen to any commands and their moves are selected randomly, similar to Sleep Talk.

Another of the major effects of the Second Anomaly is that at the end of every round, at the same time as the 'evolutions', both battlers' energy is restored to 100%. Not infinite energy, note, so if a Pokémon uses incredibly energy-intensive moves, it could, at least in theory, faint from energy loss. As though to compensate for this, and healing moves will automatically fail or, if indirect like Giga Drain, will only cause damage.

The last effect of note is that at the beginning of every third round, a random object will appear. Any object, from sardines to submarines, and they can appear in any manner the ref wants. What they do is also entirely up to the ref. They vanish at the end of the round, again in a manner of the ref's choosing.

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With a burst of white light, Dorothy found herself facing her next nemesis -- a blue-gray piece of metallic... something. It looked retarded, at any rate, and Dorothy couldn't wait to wipe the floors with it. Screw her lower health -- she has... uh, well, she didn't have money, but she is a figgin fuzzy electric spider with bad-ass purple stripes, and fuzzy electric spiders don't give a crap about weird hovering metallic things. She'll zap 'em right outta the sky.

Han Tang was less eager to fight. The bronzor hovered motionlessly, observing the arena without showing any signs of emotion, or life, for that matter.


Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XXO)

Han Tang (-) <Levitate>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Sig. Move: Move Swap
Status: Hm. Interesting.
Moves: -

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Compoundeyes>
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Status: Ah-ha! Take that, lobster!
Moves: Tackle ~ Finally. ~ Dammit.

Round 20​

Dorothy stared at her opponent with disgust. That bell thing looked retarded, and she hated psychic types. Hate hate hate. The electric spider muttered something nasty under breath and spat at Han Tang. To everyone's surprise, the ball of what looked like spit expanded into a giant, sticky web of spider thread, and it completely enveloped Han Tang, who had no idea that spit could do that. A string of thread was still attached to Dorothy's mouth though, and it only took her half a second to figure out what it could be used for (she might have anger problems, but that doesn't make her any less smart). Sparks shot across the galvantula's back, the string attaching the trapped bronzor to the pissed-off electric spider cackled with electricity, and Han Tang light up like a christmas tree. It was quite spectacular, really, and when the conducting string finally fried off from the heat, Han Tang was obviously worse for wear.

The bronzor viewed the situation calmly. Calling the help of ancestors seemed like a pretty good choice here, yes.... Its slit-like eyes glowing purple, many ancient spirits who just wanted a good nap, goddamn it, awoke and broke through the surface of the arena with a vengeance. Pulling chunks of the arena with them, the spirits, glowing purple with power, proceeded to beat the crap out of Dorothy, who was the first they set their sights on, then poofed back into non-existence after their job was over.

Being pelted by rocks hurt. Especially if the rocks contain very pissed off ancient spirits. The pain soon got too much to bear, and, even more pissed off than before, Dorothy lashed out at her opponent, trying to scratch its body with her flailing. It didn't do much damage though, for Han Tang's metallic body withstood the attack with barely a dent, and the bronzor replied by sending another wave of rocks after Dorothy.

A lot of pain later, Dorothy was lying in a little heap of pissed-off-ness. Screaming bloody murder, the galvantula spat out another ball of sticky threads, which instantly wrapped themselves around Han Tang. The referee shaded its eyes with its claws as the battlefield lit up with electricity, and then purple energy.

Seriously though, the spirits were getting tired of this. One of Han Tang's ancestors made a mental not to itself to haunt the bronzor's trainer for the rest of her life as it pelted Dorothy, who was still trying to fry Han Tang to death, with rocks.

There was a sudden "poof", and the ancient spirits sank back into the arena, happy that they could finally take their afternoon nap. A slightly confused hippowdon stood where Han Tang once floated, and a very pissed off psychic blob thing floated where Dorothy was. There was a second of silence as the two transformed pokemon stared at each other, then a burst of energy suddenly swept out from the sand hippo, bringing with it the sand leaking out of the hippowdon's back. The silence was soon muffled with the sound of a heavy sandstorm and the referee choking, but Dorothy didn't seem to be affected. In fact, she looked even more murderous than ever.


Squornshellous Alpha Squad (XXO)

Han Tang (F) <Sand Stream>
Health: 81%
Energy: 100%
Sig. Move: Move Swap
Status: Slightly negatively charged and attracting lint from all over the place. Speed -2
Moves: Ancient Power ~ Ancient Power ~ Ancient Power

Boss Barubu's Minions (XXO)

Dorothy (F) <Overcoat>
Health: 56%
Energy: 100%
Status: RAGE
Moves: Electroweb ~ Facade ~ Electroweb



Notes:
- Nothing of interest.

Arena Notes:
- There's a wet-ish blob of Toxic sitting on the arena really far away from the battlers.
- A sandstorm is raging. It doesn't look like it's about to stop any time soon.

Other Notes:
- Fling. Bactrian would've used Fling, if she hadn't fainted. Yeah.
- Ahhhh late again I blame my internet connection
- Barubu --> SB

Fling, while she didn't have an item. I should set up more RNG shrines.

...Wait, where's the lint coming from?

OH, COME ON - A SANDSTORM AND MY OPPONENT HAS OVERCOAT?!!?!? RAAAAAH AASDF GIBBERGIBBERSPLUTTER

*Sets up more RNGgodshrines*

RNG SHRINES I DEMAND YOUR PRESENCE!

Squornshellous Beta (xxO)

Han Tang (f) <Blaze>
Health: 60%
Energy: 100%
- 'Well, rain is probably better than sand, right...?' Speed -2

Barubu (xxO)

Dorothy (F) <Levitate>
Health: 42%
Energy: 100%
- '>D' Hidden power ground.

Arena Notes:
- There's a wet-ish blob of Toxic sitting on the arena really far away from the battlers.
- Rain is pouring (4 more rounds). The arena is covered in mud.

Final Notes:
- Han Tang's attacks: Dig, Earthquake, Rock Smash
- Dorothy's attacks: Rain Dance, Round, Hidden Power (ground). Round was critical hit.
- ... I think SB attacks now, not that it really matters?