Lord of the Fireflies (OO)
Kaitei (m) <torrent> @lucky egg
Health: 95%
Energy: 76%
- ‘I want to make you happy!!! SMILE!!’
Kazan (m) <blaze> @lucky egg
Health: 65%
Energy: 73%
- ‘Well that worked perfectly.’
Meursault (OO)
Mawatari Yuzuko (f) <truant> @expert belt
Health: 69%
Energy: 90%
- ‘This is more excitement than I was prepared for.’ Has a 9% substitute.
the new meta (x) <torrent> @quick powder
Health: 76%
Energy: 85%
- ‘STOP CHEERING AT ME’
meta furiously coats itself in water again and launches head-first into Kazan, tossing the monkey off hits feet and hoping - praying - for a flinch. Kazan certainly looks pained, wiping waterdrops off his bruised fur as he clumsily picks himself back up, but with a nod to his teammate, there’s no hesitation in his eyes. It’s on.
The two starters move to stand side by side, pressing their palms together to form a two-member wall. Not entirely formidable, not yet anyway, until they raise a single foot in unison and slam it down with all their might. For a moment, nothing happens… and then the ground grumbles, water gurgling to life, and bursts out in a cascading columns towards meta. It hits with enormous force, tossing it straight into the air like nothing, but even worse, it burned like lava. Each time meta sunk closer to the ground the water rushed up to hit him again, bursting columns until it was close enough to the ground for meta to jump off, its entire body feeling like white-hot pain. Even on the ground now, everything hurt to the touch, even the air itself; its skin was on fire.
Yuzuko was clearly unimpressed, as all she spared this was a bored yawn.
meta’s hissing continued, like steam rising from a kettle. Its pain was obvious, but it tried to ignore it as it mashed together piles of mud created by the pledge attack, building up a vaguely dewottish shape. It put very little effort into the actual shape, since it honestly preferred its own natural blob form, and by the end its doll was pretty frankensteinish when it breathed a big chunk of life into it. It flopped in front of meta, eager to protect.
And it was immediately called into action as Kazan’s fist came swinging forth, electricity buzzing around it likes flies. The doll jumped forward to take the blow, crumbling hard under the impact, but it withstood it - cracked, worn, but still standing. Kazan edged away, a bit creeped by the doll, quite honestly.
And he truly wasn’t eager to stand in the path of his teammate’s attack. Kaitei lowered her ears, scrunched up her face and screamed holy hell. Somehow, though everyone certainly heard the screaming, it cut right through meta’s defenses more than anyone elses - perhaps it was Kaitei’s evil glare that went along with the noise. The substitute could do nothing to stop it, either, despite meta’s pitiful looks, and even its attempts to grab the doll and hold it over its head. Nothing stopped the screams until Kaitei ran out of air, gasping for a bit of breath.
And finally, Yuzuko seems to have awoken, perhaps realizing what had happened earlier to her teammate. She gets up onto her hind legs, a grimace crossing her face, and spreads her forepaws before her facing Kaitei - maybe it was the screaming, then, rather hard to sleep during all that. A tiny spark of light grows between her claws, growing fast, so fast she can’t contain it until it explodes outwards into the dewott in a burst of light. It seems too much even for Yuzuko, so strong that it knocks both pokemon off their feet with the impact - though the slakoth only a few inches, while Kaitei is tossed several feet back, skidding across the ground until the light runs out. Her skin is visibly scorched, and it’s several moments before she dares stand again, entirely shocked. Yuzuko doesn’t bother - she’s fine where she landed.
meta resumes familiar tactics, perhaps comforted by routine while in so much pain. A raised fist calls forth the ocean to cloak it before it slams into Kazan, the two pokemon tumbling end-over-end before untangling finally. meta quickly jumps away, wary of a counter-attack, but Kazan seems finally to have been stunned by the blow, lying prone on the ground with water dripping off him and a dull look on his face. A grin spreads across meta’s face… finally.
More screaming from Kaitei cuts its celebration short. The two have a glare-off, neither daring to part their eyes, while Yuzuko slowly gets back to her feet, edging closer and closer to the prone monferno. Nothing stops her from reaching him, or drawing back her fist and holding it there for an absurdly long amount of time, drawing it tigher, focusing as much as she can before slamming it down so fast it seems to have come from an entirely different pokemon. Kazan screams - louder even than Kaitei, loud enough to halt her screeching in sudden fright - Yuzuko’s fist smashing hard into his chest, like a mountain landing on him. He can’t catch his breath, and for a moment he thinks this is it, he’s going to die, until a gasp brings back the air, and the crushing pain with it. Yuzuko stumbles away slowly while the monferno coughs, getting back to his feet.
- ‘I hate you all.’ -4 def. Has a 10% substitute. Torrent activated.
A rainbow shines over Lord of the Fireflies team (granting Serene Grace effects) for 3 more rounds.
Chime the female Zorua <Illusion>
Hook the male Croagunk <Anticipation> @ Expert Belt
Baron the male Lampent <Flame Body> @ Dusk Stone 5 exp
Shinrin the male Grovyle <Overgrow> @ Big Root 5 exp
Lupin the male Ralts <Trace>
Lullaby the female Ekans <Shed Skin> @ Lucky Egg
Elegraff the female Chinchou <Volt Absorb> @ Lucky Egg
Epitaph the female Pumpkaboo (Small Size) <Frisk> @ Link Cable
Malmö the female Kirlia <Synchronize> @ Lucky Egg 4 exp
Georgia the female Swablu <Natural Cure> @ Lucky Egg
Delve the female Gastly <Levitate> @ Lum Berry
Usagi the female Cleffa <Magic Guard> @ Soothe Bell
Berlin the male Larvitar <Guts> @ Lucky Egg
Myryam the female Ferroseed <Iron Barbs> @ Big Root
Rei the female Larvesta <Flame Body> @ Lucky Egg
the new meta the genderless Ditto <Limber> @ Quick Powder
Ami the female Piplup <Torrent> @ Lucky Egg
