Round 6
Team Lucas755 (OOOO)
Ivysaur (F) <Overgrow>
Health: 24%
Energy: 53%
Status: “Bring. It.
On. -1 Defense, -1 Sp. Defense. Overgrow active.
Diglett (M) <Sand Veil>
Health: 36%
Energy: 42%
Status: “**!*%@&*!!!@!” In rather excruciating pain.
Venonat (M) <Compoundeyes>
Health: 46%
Energy: 34%
Status:
That can’t be good…
Team Shadow_lugia (XOOO)
Nevra (F) <Insomnia>
Health: 36%
Energy: 41%
Status: Refreshed, but hesitant about the whole glowing thing… +1 Sp. Attack, +1 Sp. Defense.
Fern (F) <Overgrow>
Health: 25%
Energy: 54%
Status: Mentally exhausted, yet eager to release her newfound energy. -4 Defense. Overgrow active.
Pearl (F) <Thick Fat>
Health: 71%
Energy: 86%
Status: Injured, but pleased with herself now. -4 Defense
While Ivysaur backs away reluctantly and brings up a protective sphere around herself again, Diglett, head still throbbing painfully, glares at the entire opposing team. This has been going on for far too long, he thinks, and begins gathering Dark energy around his underground claws, watching Nevra closely and preparing to attack the moment she shows any sign of aggression. The shuppet is just floating in one spot right now with her eyes closed, as if she’s concentrating on something and ignoring him completely, but he isn’t fooled - everyone knows that ghosts can’t be trusted! She’s just waiting for him to let his guard down, then she’ll strike! Of course, he’s much too smart for that - no, he’ll watch her as long as it takes, waiting for the opportune moment…
Pearl, seeing that her other two opponents seem to be otherwise engaged, turns her attention to Venonat. Squeaking to get his attention, she bounces over to the purple bug, trying to make her body language as endearing as possible. She smiles and bats her eyes at Venonat, complimenting him on his battling skills - even though she only joined the fight recently, it’s
quite obvious that he’s the most skilled of his team - and oh, she’s just
so impressed by how
brave he is, taking on all three of them practically all by himself. Surprised by the sudden - but not
entirely unwelcome - attention, Venonat averts his gaze bashfully, as if to say,
Aw, I’m not that
good… but her praise, while a little over-the-top, does make him feel rather warm inside, especially coming from such a cute…
…for the love of
Arceus, will his trainer stop
screaming at him?
I get
it, Zen Headbutt, I heard you the first
time, jeez
! Way to ruin the mood… Reluctantly turning away from Pearl (though he gives her a “see what I have to deal with?” shake of the head so she knows it’s not
his decision, as her opinion is suddenly incredibly important to him), he lowers his head and takes careful aim at Fern. With great force of will he pushes aside thoughts of Pearl for now, meditating to build up psychic energy; Fern, trying to sneak up on Diglett with a vine extended, fails to hear Pearl’s warning in time, and is taken completely by surprise as Venonat rushes up and rams into her headfirst. Thrown off balance, the ivysaur stumbles to the side, using her vine to keep herself from falling over; in addition, the shock of the unexpected attack messes up her focus - she shakes her head irritably, trying to regain her composure, but her attack on Diglett seems to be a lost cause.
Ivysaur, realizing that no one’s going to attack her, drops her Protect shield with an annoyed grunt. She’s still overflowing with the energy her plant is pumping into her, and would much rather release some of it into her opponents than just defend herself right now. She spots a disoriented, beaten-up Fern, and smirks -
Perfect. With a wild cry she charges at the other ivysaur, ready to unleash all her strength against her… Fern, however, quickly whirls around to focus on this new threat, shaking her leaves and flower to release a cloud of white spores in front of her. Ivysaur can’t slow down in time and rushes through the cloud, inhales some of the powder, and instantly feels herself growing drowsy. Still, she stumbles the rest of the way over to Fern, eyes full of determination even as she struggles to keep them open… and then collapses on her stomach not a foot away from her intended target, eyes closed and completely zonked out.
Fern listens to Ivysaur’s snoring with satisfaction, glad that at least
that worked. She has little time to feel proud of herself, though, as a distressed squeal from Pearl draws her attention back to the little bug that just attacked her. Venonat has his compound eyes on her once again, though he seems to be hesitating, no doubt from Pearl bouncing beside him, imploring him not to hurt her teammate. Her pleas are in vain, however - while Venonat does throw an angry glare at his trainer for making him upset the spoink, loyalty ultimately wins out over infatuation (plus, he reasons with himself, maybe his trainer will finally
shut up after this and he can admire Pearl in peace), and he charges at Fern a second time.
The ivysaur tries to dodge, but moving aggravates her injuries; unable to get out of his path quickly enough, she is slammed by another psychically-powered headbutt, sending her flying backward and tumbling end over end until she lands on her side. For a moment, Fern just lays there groaning, her entire body smarting from its injuries and her thoughts bleary and unfocused; she makes a halfhearted attempt to push herself back up and is overcome by a rush of pain and dizziness; her vines fall limp to the ground as she finally blacks out.
Diglett barely acknowledges that another one of his foes has fallen, though he does notice the beam of light that removes Fern from the field - he is still completely focused on Nevra, waiting for the attack that he
knows is coming. He may have had to give up on his earlier sucker punch - turned out Nevra actually
wasn’t attacking then - but he’s already got another one ready and waiting! No way that ghost’s getting anything by him…
Wait, what’s that light on her horn? Oh, right, just a confuse ray, not a direct atta- Light suddenly flashes in his eyes, causing Diglett to squeak in discomfort; he blinks several times, but the afterimages won’t go away, and he soon stops trying, transfixed by shimmering globes of light that only he can see.
Pretty colors…
Pearl, feeling rather down again - taking Fern’s knockout by Venonat as a failure on her part to prevent it - turns her attention to the snickering Nevra, her one remaining ally. Closing her eyes, she concentrates on the shuppet, allowing her body and mind to synch up with the other’s. Opening her eyes again, she instantly finds herself much more alert than before, her mental processes strengthened considerably.
At around the same time, Ivysaur’s snores transition into half-conscious mumbling, as the soporific effects of Fern‘s powder begin to wear off. Groggily, she gets back to her feet, stumbling a bit as she tries to get her bearings. As the field comes back into focus, she feels like something is missing… someone… wait… wasn’t there another…
Aw, come on
! She scowls at Diglett and Venonat; yeah, they’re on the same team, but she still can’t help feeling like they’re stealing her knockouts!
Save one for me
, guys, seriously! Without Fern, she doesn’t really have a clear course of action; noticing Nevra grinning evilly at her, she decides that the Protect option her trainer gave probably wouldn’t hurt, and quickly throws one up.
While Nevra tries fruitlessly to break through Ivysaur’s defense, Diglett and Venonat sit off in their own separate worlds, neither paying the others the slightest bit of attention. Diglett is still entranced by the lights bobbing around in his vision - somewhere in the back of his mind the instruction of EARTHQUAKE! lingers, but the only sign that he may be attempting this comes when he absently slams his face into the ground, accomplishing nothing like the earth-shattering tremor his trainer presumably had in mind, though it certainly compounds the mole pokemon’s headache. Venonat, meanwhile, has eyes only for Pearl now; he sits a little ways off from her, not yet daring to get too close (he’s sure she’s angry at him for knocking out her teammate, which he feels quite guilty over), admiring her from afar, and lost in contemplation of the numerous reasons why the two of them are absolutely perfect for each other.
The object of his affection, however, shows little interest in him right now; Pearl is deep in concentration, trying to pull off a distortion in the time-space continuum - surprisingly enough, a very difficult feat. Psychic energy swirls around her pearl as she twists and warps the lines of time around the entire football field. With a jolt, the other combatants are all suddenly overcome by the sense that something, something they usually take for granted about reality, is
off, though they cannot for the life of them pinpoint just what it is. Pearl opens her eyes, pleased with her efforts; Venonat sighs happily, not entirely sure what she just did, but certain that it was amazingly powerful and impressive and perfect, just like her; and, on the sidelines, Lucas755 starts giving his pokemon their new commands, though with a nagging feeling that he was supposed to be letting shadow_lugia go first this time…
Team Lucas755 (OOOO)
Ivysaur (F) <Overgrow>
Health: 24%
Energy: 43%
Status: Ticked off at his teammates. -1 Sp. Defense. Overgrow active.
Diglett (M) <Sand Veil>
Health: 31%
Energy: 30%
Status: Completely out of it. Confused (severe)
Venonat (M) <Compoundeyes>
Health: 46%
Energy: 22%
Status:
…And she’s purple, just like me! …Well, purple-ish. Grayish-purple. Whatever. We’re totally similar. Attracted to Pearl (severe)
Team Shadow_lugia (XXOO)
Nevra (F) <Insomnia>
Health: 36%
Energy: 28%
Status: Amused at Diglett’s antics. +2 Sp. Attack, +2 Sp. Defense.
Fern (F) <Overgrow>
Health: 0%
Energy: 51%
Status: Knocked out!
Pearl (F) <Thick Fat>
Health: 71%
Energy: 74%
Status: Guilty over not stopping Venonat. +2 Sp. Attack, +2 Sp. Defense
Terrain notes:
A small, Diglett-sized tunnel leads down about eight feet underground, to a small, hastily-built cave big enough for two small pokemon.
Trick Room active (2 more rounds).
Battle notes:
Ivysaur’s defense penalty wore off in the first action.
Fern flinched on the first action.
Next round:
Due to Trick Room, Lucas755 attacks first.
