2 vs 2 single
DQ Time: 7 days
Damage Cap: 45%.
Banned moves: OHKOs, Earthquake, anything that might even partially destroy the arena, 1 direct healing/Pokemon, 3 chills/Pokemon
Arena: Evolution Stone Cave
Our battle today takes place in the most sparkly, shiny, impossible place ever; the Evolution Stone Cave. The cave is pretty big, with enough space to comfortably fit a Wailord, and with a ring of deep water surrounding the arena. No Wailords are allowed, however. The thing that gets everyone about here though, is the millions and billions of bits of shiny evolution stones embedded in the ground, ceiling and walls. Though these bits are pretty small, if you took a piece out it wouldn't count as an evolution stone so don't try that. Also scattered around the cave are gems, all shining and glittering in some unknown source of light.
The pure power of the evolution stones is pretty concentrated here. Every round, the Pokemon have a 95% chance of changing types; from whatever type they are to either Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Rock, Dark, Ice, Psychic or Ghost. All abilities of the Pokemon remain the same, ghosts can still phase or turn invisible, flying types can still fly. All effects dispel after the end of the round.
Pre-Battle
Now you’re talking. For the gazillionth time, a small group of Asberians had found their way to one of the most bizarre, magical, illogical place in the world. Even though it was only mentioned briefly in old folkloric tales, Blazhy had convinced two of her mates to try and find it, just for the sake of battling in it.
At first, logic struck their mind and they said no, it would be like looking for a healthy meal in a McDonald’s. However, the mechanical dragon had some sort of strange power over people’s mind – and soon they were in a submarine, diving deeper and deeper. According to the legend, the Evolution Stone Cave was in the deepest part of the Caribbean Sea, where no one would be ever able to reach it. Of course, that was centuries ago, and new technologies permitted those sorts of “explorations”.
The submarine dived for hours in a very vague direction – deep – and Grass King was getting fairly impatient. The feeling he had lost his time was growing very present, and Blazhy’s clunking sounds of annoyance weren’t exactly reassuring either. Lord of the Fireflies, for his part, was far more collected – he would get a paycheck no matter what happened.
Suddenly, Blazhy shrieked joyously: a shimmering light could be seen very far away. The sub swam to it lazily, and the passengers realized with much amazement it was a tunnel, covered with shards of a myriad of colors, all shining with impossible light. They entered. Luckily, they had rented a small-sized submarine (the bigger ones were too expensive) and it was just small-sized enough to fit in.
The passageway itself was also very long, but it was noticeable that it was actually going up rather than deeper, and soon the submarine immerged. The view was astonishing.
The entire walls, ceiling, floor – everything was covered by shimmering stones and shards, of more colors than no one could ever imagine. The cave was so brightly ornamented that it seemed like it produced its own light. Wavy forms were created on the walls by the pond the battlers came from; giving the impression the entire scene was nothing more than a dream.
While Grass King and Lord of the Fireflies were observing the world’s eight wonder, the emotionless mechanical dragon cleared her throat. The two of them turned to her quite surprised, and realized they were supposed to have a battle. The referee allowed the battlers to take place and send out their Pokémon.
Without a single instant of thinking, Blazhy opened her mouth and fired off a Poké Ball. Yes, you heard me right. She
spitted her battler. Anyhow, Grass King was oblivious to her peculiar technique (maybe she had done so numerous times in the past, I don’t know) and threw his Dusk Ball. The two devices burst open at the same time, revealing a larvae-like Pokémon with a immaculate mane and a strange gassy
face with hands.
Lord of the Fireflies waved his flag and the trainers shouted commands.
Team Blazhy
Chimera – female
<Swarm>
Stats: (+1|±0|-1|±0)
Held Item: Lucky Egg
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: “What a strange place…” Amazed, but otherwise in a rather good mood.
Team King
Ectoplasm – male
<Levitate>
Stats: (-1|-1|+2|±0)
Held Item: Black Sludge
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: “Hurr, hurr.” Grinning at his ridiculous opponent.
Round I Start
In a flash, the walls of the cave shimmered and glowed quite impressively, and both Pokémon started to shine awkwardly, and soon they were covered entirely by a veil of white light. The light flickered and finally faded away – unexpectedly, though, both Pokémon didn’t seemed so altered. Sure, Chimera seemed slightly fierier and Ectoplasm wasn’t giving off his pesky odor as before, but otherwise both of them looked quite the same as before.
Ectoplasm gave a look at his piece of poison-like mud. He didn’t like its stench and sickening feel anymore; he had the impression it was seeping in his skin, burning instead of healing as it did before. Chimera’s item, though, was
very interesting. The perfect oval shape of the stone, the clear energy emanating from it (it could even smell its delicious aroma of baked eggs): he wanted that egg quite badly. Much more than his disgusting piece of sticky junk, at least.
With a wide grin, Ectoplasm tossed away his black sludge and faded away in nothingness. He reappeared just behind Chimera and without her even noticing, snatched her goodie and disappeared again. She cried in astonishment when she felt the cold feeling of the frisk from the ghostly hands, and soon realized with much discomfiture that she had not been able to keep it for long. But the Lucky Egg was now lost, and she had to focus on the battle. Clearing her mind of all her thoughts, she concentrated on an empty cardboard box. After a few seconds of intensive nothingness, she had achieved a stage of plenitude and was feeling rather calm.
Ectoplasm wasn’t done with the fun – he had just started playing with his foe. He started gathering dark energy in his hands, mustering the scariest thoughts he could think of (we’re far from snakes and spiders here, Haunters can be very imaginative when it comes to gory thoughts) and released it in the form of a pulsing wave. It swept the area, and all the gems covering the floor turned purple as it passed over them. It washed over Chimera and she shivered in awe – the horrors imagined by Ectoplasm were now filling her head, and she winced in fear. However, her clear mind quickly recovered, and soon she calmed down. Concentrating even harder, she gathered that energy to form a pinkish aura around her forehead. Once she felt her mind was clear enough, she ran to Ectoplasm – her head now giving off blue sparkles – and crashed into him with might. The sheer emptiness of Chimera’s mind seared his ghostly skin and he shrieked in pain, hovering away from the Larvesta with a devilish gaze.
He gathered dark thoughts once more, but this time, the dark pulse was rage-filled and unstable. When Ectoplasm released it upon Chimera, the gems glowed red and the pulse crackled while hovering towards the Larvesta. She was already beginning to gather energy from her next attacks, and an orange orb was glowing between her mandibles. The attacks crashed on her like a tsunami of jet-black ink, and the horrifying thoughts completely disrupted her concentration. She fired off the blazing bullet inaccurately and it flew only a few inches left from Ectoplasm. Still, it exploded on the wall like a pack of dynamite, scorching the Haunter along the way. He was thrown backwards by the blow, spinning wildly, and finally stopped only several meters farther.
As Ectoplasm was barely regaining the control over his levitation, Chimera was forced to the ground: even inaccurate, the attack had drained her.
Round I End
Team Blazhy
Chimera – female
<Swarm>
Stats: (+1|±0|-1|±0)
Held Item: none
Health: 85%
Energy: 81%
Status: “Totally worth it.” Slowly clearing her mind from Ectoplasm’s thoughts. (-2 special attack, +2 special defense | Acrobatics forgotten)
Team King
Ectoplasm – male
<Levitate>
Stats: (-1|-1|+2|±0)
Held Item: Lucky Egg
Health: 83%
Energy: 83%
Status: “Could’ve been worse...” Glad he didn’t eat that Overheat in the face.
Damage and Energy Calculations
Thief – 3% damage, 5% energy
Amnesia – 3% energy
Dark Pulse – 6% damage, 6% energy
Zen Headbutt – 10% damage, 6% energy
Dark Pulse – 6% damage, 6% energy
Overheat – 7% damage, 10% energy
Notes:
- This round, Larvesta turned into a pure fire-type and Ectoplasm into a pure Ghost-type. Quite ironical isn’t it.
- Chimera forgot Acrobatics (I knew I had missed something)
- The second Dark Pulse made Chimera flinch, lowering Overheat’s accuracy to 50 and its power to 70.
- Funny how the health + energy totals are the same for both Pokémon.
Arena Notes:
- Some walls are scorched black by the Overheat, otherwise as magical and evolutionary as ever.
Next Round:
- Grass King orders first.
: 9% health