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: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: What is this place?
Commands: Icy Wind / Bide / Stockpile (10%) ~ Icy Wind / Bide / Stockpile (10%) ~ Icy Wind / Bide / Stockpile (10%)
Chills: 0/3
Healings: 0/1
Team Linoone
Kwak'waka (Female)
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 73%
Energy: 67%
Status: I think I won. Special attack +2, special defense +2, speed doubled
Commands: Grass Knot ~ Grass Knot / Substitute (as small as possible) ~ Grass Knot
Chills: 0/3
Healings: 0/1
Round 8 Begin!
Yet again, sauce mysteriously appears out of nowhere. It won't be around for long.
Both battlers are confused over their orders, Khionas especially.
If Kwak'waka uses three damaging moves, then I use Bide, which makes her use Substitute, which means I use... Icy Wind... but then she uses Grass Knot... so I use Bide? Eh, forget it, I'll just wing it. Noting that her opponent was ordered, at least by default, to use Grass Knot on all three actions, the newcomer figures that's as good a basis as anything. She closes her eyes and begins to glow with a faint red aura. Kwak'waka, meanwhile, is extending her mind to find the plantlife inherent to the arena, trying to pour her own energy into stimulating its growth, but there's one big problem - no plants. No matter where she looks, she can't find a single blade of grass, and so the move fails.
With Khionas still doing absolutely nothing, it is difficult to tell she's using a Bide attack, but Kwak'waka realizes this and prepares for her own attack. Her eyes take on a pink sheen as she pulls a glob of awesomesauce out of the waffle, then as before it glows, and the glow fades to reveal a perfect-if-sightly-sticky Natu, this one far smaller than the other. It opens its eyes and looks at Khionas, recognizing its foe.
The persistent tailwind from Kwak'waka's end of the field fades away, leaving the air undisturbed once more.
Kwak'waka is reluctant to use the same Grass Knot, remembering its uselessness before; unfortunately, her trainer's orders give no way around it. She searches futiley for plantlife for a few seconds before giving up. Khionas stirs at this point, opening his eyes; the faint red aura dissipates and does absolutely nothing. Khionas stares at Kwak'waka in embarrassment, Kwak'waka stares at Khionas in amusement, the substitute blinks and looks away.
The Pokéball now clipped to the referee's belt bursts open, the light that pours out forming into the large Snorlax (and there I thought he'd never eat again) who practically dives into the honey in his frantic attempts to find food. He manages to get to the condimants and with a noise - you know that noise a bathtub makes as it drains? Imagine that but a thousand times louder - he manages to down the massive quantities of sauce. The referee finally stops fumbling with the Pokéball as the Snorlax falls over and begins snoring. She calls it back, mumbling something about getting a safety lock.
Round 8 End!
Team blazhy
Khionas (Female)
Ability: Hydration
Health: 100%
Energy: 97%
Status: That was odd.
Attacks Used: Bide (charge) ~ Bide (charge) ~ Bide (release)
Chills: 0/3
Healings: 0/1
Team Linoone
Kwak'waka (Female)
Ability: Synchronize
Health: 63%
Energy: 62%
Status: Where are all the plants? Special attack +2, special defense +2
Attacks used: Grass Knot ~ Substitute (10%) ~ Grass Knot
Chills: 0/3
Healings: 0/1
Substitute
Health: 10%
Damage / Energy Calculations
Bide - 0% damage stored, 1% energy
Grass Knot - failed due to lack of plantlife
Bide - 0% damage stored, 1% energy
Substitute - 10% health (Kwak'waka), 5% energy
Grass Knot - failed due to lack of plantlife
Bide - 0% damage, 1% energy
Notes
- WAAAAAAAAAAFLES
- We're on a giant waffle. Where's the plants?
- Pretty uneventful round, eh guys?
- Please don't make me write the Snorlax again, there's little I can do to describe it.
- Don't give circular commands guys, they confuse your Pokémon.
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 waffle looks like this:
Next Round
- Linoone Attacks and fills in a square
- blazhy attacks and fills in a square
- I ref
