2vs2 single
Style: Switch
DQ: Standard week
Damage Cap: 99%
Banned Moves: OHKO's
Arena: Kitchen of Madness
It's actually not a food item this time.
The Kitchen of Madness actually isn't that insane -- it's a rectangular room, slightly larger than the size of a normal arena. There are two cooking counters on each side of the arena, and each counter belongs to one of the trainers. Like regular kitchen counters, there's two sinks, large drawers filled with silverware, stacks of plates, bowls... You name it. There are also several knives sitting in a knifeholder on the each counter, as well as some cutting boards. There is a fridge to the left of each counter, and one can pretty much find any food imaginable inside the fridge. To the right of the counter is a oven and a gas-powered stove top, a perfect place to bake some pies or blow up some propane tanks. A few pots and pans are on the stove top as well as in the drawer underneath the oven.
On request, half of the arena can be sunk down and flooded with water to allow water-only pokemon to battle.
This all sounds like a perfectly normal kitchen until one realizes that every single item in the kitchen can be used as weapons. The knives, spoons, plates, flying pans... Yes, even the frozen turkey in the freezer can be thrown at the enemy. After a bit of testing in a test arena, Linoone has made a chart showing the average damage different types of items do on impact (and they do quite a lot of damage indeed...)
Porcelain and glass (such as plates and, well, glasses): 3% on impact, 1% if shards are stepped on.
Small objects (like spoons and spice bottles): 5%
Sharp pointy things (such as knives, forks, and frozen swordfish heads): 10% if hit by the sharp edge (30% chance), 4% otherwise.
Large, heavy things (like frying pans and frozen turkeys): 12%, but only have 90% accuracy.
The referee: Instant disqualification.
The objects generally take 3% energy to throw, but small objects take only 2% and large, heavy things cost 5%. Thrown objects are considered to have 100% accuracy besides large, heavy things, which only have 90%.
The crazy projectiles don't stop there. You can heat up items on the stove and throw them for a chance of burning your opponent, lob ice cubes at them and hope they catch a cold, force feed them rotten eggs and make them get food poisoning... The possibilities are endless.
Ok, fine, so thrown items aren't that insane. So why is this place called the Kitchen of Madness? The true reason is that the referee will get so tired of rolling the dice that he/she/it will go mad. Yup. That's the reason. Oh, and the little flying pieces of porcelain, but I'm sure that's easily gotten rid of.
Other: Wailords are (for once) allowed.
Surprisingly, the Kitchen of Madness was rather deserted – it was dinnertime, and one would expect chefs and servants of all shapes and sizes running around preparing and serving succulent dishes. Instead, the area was completely deserted save for a small Rattata peeking around the counter, hoping to get a morsel of that frozen turkey over there. It wasn’t really all that far away – run across that huge expanse of a countertop, dodging around multiple knives along the way, skip across the stove without burning its paws…
At that exact moment, the double doors that served as the entryway to the kitchen burst open dramatically with much more force than was needed. In marched three humans, much to the Rattata’s disappointment; with a twitch of its nose it disappeared back into its hole, stomach still growling. Looks like the turkey would have to wait. The small purple mouse went completely unnoticed by the humans, who walked to the approximate center of the room to discuss some apparently-important matters.
These matters, as it turned out, were the rules and restrictions of the Kitchen of Madness. blazheirio889 took care to emphasize that the referee was, under no circumstances, to be thrown, lest the battle end in instantaneous disqualification. The trainers didn’t know whether to cringe or to chuckle. With a nod and several hand gestures from the referee, they took their positions – one at each end of the kitchen – and chose their Pokemon. Crazy Linoone, who had somehow pulled several bowls of steaming hot ramen from the folds of its cloak, declared Kwak’waka the Natu as its pick in a voice muffled by noodles, while Bobino decided on Majin the Gastly. The two Pokemon were sent out in twin flashes of red light; Kwak’waka gazed around the kitchen in wonder, while Majin chortled and made faces at his opponent.
Round One
Crazy Linoone (OO)
Kwak’waka (F) <Synchronize>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Intrigued by the arena.
Commands: Thunder Wave/Calm Mind/Sleep Talk ~ Psychic/Calm Mind/Sleep Talk ~ Psychic/Calm Mind/Sleep Talk
Bobino (OO)
Majin (M) <Levitate>
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: “>:P :< :V :O”
Commands: Hypnosis/Shadow Ball ~ Curse/Protect/Shadow Ball ~ Dream Eater (Health)/Protect/Shadow Ball
With his mouth still in a perfect round formation and his tongue hanging out, Majin floated slowly towards Kwak’waka. What normally would have been a comical scene was made eerie by the strange whisperings coming from the Gastly and the fact that his eyes were glowing a flat, mesmerizing red. Kwak’waka found herself transfixed, unable to tear her eyes away, even as Majin sent subtle psychic signals through eye contact. She only knew that she felt sleepy… so sleepy… And even though she knew sleeping so early after a battle had started was downright unreasonable, she couldn’t keep her eyes open. Several moments later, she collapsed, and a gentle snore escaped her beak.
All of a sudden, Majin felt something in his brain give a
twang and his eyelids snapped shut. He only had a few seconds to sputter indignantly at whatever devilry was at work before he was dragged into a deep rest. Not too far away from him, Kwak’waka shifted in her sleep and muttered something about shared statuses. Oops.
Kwak’waka’s murmuring unexpectedly grew in volume, and then she was stumbling to her feet. Her eyelids were still sealed shut, though; clearly she was still sleeping, but she was animate nonetheless. Lights of many incandescent colours – blues, purples, greens, and pinks – appeared around the small bird’s head, swirling around it like a merry-go-round put on fast forward. Then they detached themselves from their creator and drifted forward to float around Majin, instead. The Gastly slumbered on, while Kwak’waka’s muttering died down and she fell over on her side.
The next few minutes were rather uneventful; both Pokemon just sat there, snoring. Eventually, though, Kwak’waka stirred and started mumbling again. She half-rolled and half-staggered towards her opponent, muttering all the while, and when she reached Majin she pecked him. Fiercely and many times. Each peck was purposeful, as if the small bird was looking for something, but in the end she found nothing and decided to collapse back on the kitchen tiles. A sleep-garbled hiss escaped Majin’s mouth as he twitched. His sleep was obviously more disturbed than before.
Once again, several minutes passed before anything other than snores echoed around the kitchen. The atmosphere was slowly becoming populated with incoherent whisperings as Kwak’waka, predictably, rose to her little talons. What was different this time, though, was that her eyes opened. They were rolled back so only the whites showed. The Natu’s eyes seemed to glow a faint, black-purple glow before two wavering streamers of the same colour shot from them, both making a beeline for Majin. The ghostly tendrils were inexperienced, however, and merely stirred the edges of the Gastly’s body.
Crazy Linoone (OO)
Kwak’waka (F) <Synchronize>
Health: 90%
Energy: 82%
Status: In a deep sleep. Asleep (moderate). Cursed.
Bobino (OO)
Majin (M) <Levitate>
Health: 41%
Energy: 86%
Status: Feeling quite horrid, and turning to them pretty lights for comfort. Confused (strong).
Terrain notes
Nothing to note.
Final notes
Bobino attacks first next round.
Okay, I've edited the stats. Sorry about that. :<
Kwak'waka's Sleep Talk produced Confuse Ray, Pluck, and Night Shade.
Majin attacked himself on the 3rd action.
