Blacktitress [OOO]
[Blanka]
(Female) <Illusion>
Health: 77%
Energy: 68%
Status: Get me out of the water before he drowns me! D=
Poisoned (Severe, 2% this round, 3% next round) | Hidden power: dragon
Coroxn [OOO]
[The Fence]
(Male) <Shell Armor>
Health: 90%
Energy: 61%
Status: Getting annoyed with this shiftshaper.
Poisoned (Severe, 2% this round, 3% next round)
Round three
Coughing and spluttering, Blanka tries her best to calm herself down and clear her mind. It isn’t particularly easy, as she’s completely out of her element right now. She paddles her legs frantically and attempts to swim a little closer to the beach, all the while concentrating on keeping calm and clearing her head of any negative thoughts. Eventually, she feels her panic beginning to fade a little as she focuses her mind, and her frantic paddling slows to gentle strokes as she finally approaches shallower water.
The Fence peers out at the swimming Zorua, wondering why she seems to be slowing down. Still looking a little disgruntled, he closes his eyes and concentrates on manipulating the ocean’s currents. The water around the chilled out Blanka gradually begins to stir in response, and Blanka suddenly jolts upright again as she feels the tides begin to shift. She cringes as the water begins to swirl and twist around her, swiftly dragging her into the centre of the aquatic twister and back into the deeper waters. She gives a yelp and frantically pedals her legs, but the current proves to be too strong, and she is left desperately trying to keep her muzzle above water as the whirlpool tosses her around like a rag doll.
Looking a little brighter, The Fence hops across the sand, his shell clacking loudly as he makes his way towards the inviting water. His progress is somewhat awkward, but he eventually makes it into the ocean with one final hop, and allows himself to drift out towards his floundering opponent.
Blanka disgustedly spits out sea water as she struggles desperately against the pull of the current. Every time she tries to open her mouth to prepare a shadow ball, she swallows another revolting gulp of the salt water, which only adds to her rapidly growing panic and frustration. The Fence is quick to take advantage of his opponent’s misfortune, and as soon as he swims close enough, he leaps forward and clamps down hard on the scruff of her neck.
Blanka gives a yelp of pain as The Fence digs his tough shell deep into her coat, and she wildly flails about in fresh panic. The Fence clings onto her tenaciously, and keeps squeezing his shell tighter as she struggles. Growing desperate, Blanka makes another attempt at forming a shadow ball, and tries to ignore the revolting water that gets in her mouth. A shadowy sphere of pitch black energy forms in her mouth, slowly revolving around as it grows in strength.
Blanka tries to twist around to get a better aim at the Shellder, but thanks to her less than stellar swimming skills, she just splashes around helplessly. Eventually, she’s forced to unleash the botched shadow ball, and the ragged orb of energy zig zags uselessly into the air.
Feeling pleased with his success, The Fence digs his shell ever deeper on the flailing Zorua, and prepares to drag her underwater. He tugs down sharply, and Blanka gives a wail of pain as she kicks out with her back legs. It's bad enough being trapped way out in this whirlpool, there's no way she's going down underwater! As she continues to struggle, The Fence pulls even harder, and he finally manages to submerge the frantic Zorua in the swirling water.
She gives a soundless yell of horror and peddles her legs madly as she attempts to resurface, while The Fence clings to her doggedly. It's becoming horribly difficult to keep a hold of her however, as the shock of being submerged has caused her to struggle more madly than ever. Eventually she decides that she needs to really give that Shellder a good sharp shock in order to release her, and a dark pulse sounds like a good option.
Her lungs are burning from the lack of oxygen and she's aching from the pain in her neck, so it's fairly easy for her to summon up a head full of dark, nasty thoughts. She gives a soundless, underwater snarl, and an inky wave of dark energy blasts outward from her body. The Fence's eyes widen in shock as the expanding wave of darkness crashes into him, causing him to lose his grip on the tricky Zorua. He flails backwards as the dark energy burns into his shell, while the relieved Blanka hastily makes her escape. She paddles up to the surface and savours the lungful of air she inhales, although she is disappointed to see the whirlpool is still tearing around her. She whimpers as she paddles madly against the vicious current, and looks longingly over at the shore.
Meanwhile, a slightly dazed looking Shellder emerges close by, his large eyes blinking rapidly from the dark confines of his shell. Well, that didn't work quite according to plan, but he still has the edge at least.
End of round three
Blacktitress [OOO]
[Blanka]
(Female) <Illusion>
Health: 58%
Energy: 43%
Status: Panic-stricken about her near miss, and badly wanting out of the water.
+ 1 special attack, + 1 special defense | Trapped in a whirlpool (To last two more actions), Poisoned (Severe, 3% this round, 4% next round) | Hidden power: dragon
Coroxn [OOO]
[The Fence]
(Male) <Shell Armor>
Health: 77%
Energy: 44%
Status: A little disappointed, but looking quite at home out in the water.
Poisoned (Severe, 3% this round, 4% next round)
Arena notes
The sheer cliff is now partly frozen over. The ice in the water and the beach is still around, although it is starting to melt.
Battle notes
- Shadow ball missed.
- Blanka took damage from being forcefully submerged, and it decreased the accuracy of dark pulse (it still rolled a hit however). The Fence couldn't keep her down for very long I'm afraid, as Pokémon tend to react very violently when you attempt to drown them. Who knew?
- The Fence used extra energy to try and drag Blanka down.
- Blanka also used extra energy for swimming.
- Coroxn attacks first.
