Metallica Fanboy vs Zero Moment vs Kratos Aurion

[Superbird]

Format: 1 vs 1 vs 1, Singles
Style: Set
DQ: 7 days, which is quite merciful considering that you literally just have to post instead of actually coming up with commands
Damage Cap: 32%
Banned/Restricted Moves: All moves but Metronome
Arena Description: Classic Metronome
After a painful destruction and a grueling reconstruction, Asber is back on hinges and bustling as ever. However, for its own good, one must subject one's work to harsh tests rather than soft ones... So, can the new and improved Asber take the same licking that its fine students have unleashed upon major cities all around the world? There's only one way to find out. From the cutting-edge modernity in the buildings where the new ASB Database is stored, to abandoned and decriept ruins such as that of the Pokémon Registration Office, nothing is safe from total annihilation -- if only the gods of random numbers shall permit it to occur.
Additional Rules: Only Pokémon who can learn the move Metronome are admissible for this battle. Pokémon need not be in the active squad to be chosen for this battle and can be sent out from the PC instead. Essentially, each participant's custom active squad for this match is consisted of all of their Metronome-using Pokémon. All Pokémon in battle will have their Energy count restored to 100% at the end of each round. Also, no experience or money will be awarded to the participants of this battle -- no rewards but the satisfaction of wrecking some good old-fashioned chaos! (All referee rewards are as regular, however)

Metallica Fanboy's Eligible Squad
Kanine West - Snubbull (♂) <Intimidate> @Red Card
My Lips Don't Lie - Smoochum (♀) <Forewarn> @Lucky Egg
Super Macho Man - Machop (♂) <No Guard> @Black Glasses
Kong - Primeape (♂) <Vital Spirit> [EXP: •••]
Alexandrite Dragon - Kecleon (♂) <Color Change>

Zero Moment's Eligible Squad
Eurastar - Cleffa (♀) <Magic Guard> @Magmarizer [EXP: •]

Kratos Aurion's Eligible Squad
Random Number Degenerate - Cleffa (♂) <Magic Guard> @Leftovers
Gregor - Abra (♂) <Synchronize>
Aldonza - Jynx (♀) <Oblivious> [EXP: •••]
Teetotaler - Spinda (♀) <Tangled Feet>
Siovhan - Kecleon (♀) <Color Change>

The battle shall begin as follows:
~Metallica Fanboy sends out and issues commands (to heck with formalities)
~Zero Moment sends out and issues commands
~Kratos Aurion sends out and issues commands
~Chaos ensues

 

[M&F]

Hmm, I was under the impression that Megatherium was capable of using Metronome. A shame.

Instead of that, I'll add to the odds by sending out Alexandrite Dragon. Go forth and destroy!

 

[Zero Moment]

Go, Eurastar! Metronome to your heart's content.

 

[Phoenixsong]

Random Number Degenerate to the stage, s'il vous plait. (I would send out someone else to not double-cleffa, but how can I not use something named Random Number Degenerate in the first metronome battle in ages?)

Well, Degenerate, let's see if you can make a mess even half as interesting as your last little outing. :D

Water Gun ~ Water Gun ~ Sky Attack

 

[Superbird]

One of the largest intersections in Asber has been blocked off by the police, for the safety of bystanders. No one knows just how chaotic this whole mess could get.

The participants, however, could not be more excited. Taking their places at opposite ends of the intersection, the three trainers each select a poké ball and throw it. Three flashes of light later, a Kecleon is staring at two Cleffa, deciding which one to attack.

Round 1

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Normal
Ability: Color Change
Status: Normal

Zero Moment

Eurastar (♀)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Normal

Kratos Aurion

Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Status: Normal​

As soon as the ref started waving the flag to signal the beginning of the round, all three of the pokémon began to wiggle their fingers. Alexandrite Dragon was the first of them to move. Though, it didn’t actually move away from where it was standing. Instead, it got down on all fours, and began to glow a deep green color as it glared at Eurastar. The two Cleffa, waiting for the Random Number God to choose which attacks they would get to use this turn, stared at the Kecleon in confusion until, suddenly, several large vines rose out of the ground around Eurastar, scraping her with their thorns.

As the vines dealt their damage to Eurastar, Random Number Degenerate’s finger stopped waggling, and his hand curled into a fist, which proceeded to glow a steely gray color. And then, almost faster than any of the observers were able to detect, it was rushing towards Alexandrite Dragon. The Cleffa launched its fist into the Kecleon’s head in a blow that looked like it kind of hurt. But, Cleffa being Cleffa, Alexandrite Dragon didn’t look too fazed afterwards, though he stopped glowing green and the vines around Eurastar receded. As soon as it lost its green tint, the Kecleon's skin turned the same metallic gray color as the Cleffa's fist.

Freed from the vines, Eurastar expressed her rage by letting out a piercing cry. As the resultant force from Random Number Degenerate’s punch pushed the pokémon back and out of the way of the attack’s range, leaving Alexandrite Dragon to bear the brunt of the Disarming Voice. Not that said brunt was all that damaging - the pokémon seemed to shrug the attack off with relatively little effort, and afterwards its skin turned a pinkish color. And almost immediately afterwards, the Kecleon decided to retaliate. Glaring at its attacker, Alexandrite Dragon opened its mouth and spat out several large seeds, which flew in a perfect arc over to Eurastar. The Cleffa managed to avoid the first few direct impacts, but it didn’t matter - the moment the seeds hit the ground, they exploded. One explosion knocked her into the rest, and by the time the onslaught was over she was quite battered.

Eurastar was not to be put down easily, however, and no sooner had she recovered from the attack’s impact than did she use Metronome again. When her finger stopped moving this time, a psychic pulse began to emit from her body, travelling along the ground and enveloping the entire battle arena. Random Number Degenerate, who had used a Metronome of his own and who had just given a small burp that might have served as an effective attack if he’d only eaten a berry first, happened to notice that the Leftovers he was holding didn’t look quite so appetizing any more. He couldn’t figure out why.

But Alexandrite Dragon wasn’t holding an item, and through the attack he was waving his finger back and forth, back and forth. After a few seconds, he let out a surprisingly loud roar, and began to glow with a red aura as he beat his chest with his scrawny little arms. Seeing the Kecleon’s building rage, Eurastar immediately began wiggling his own finger, and, not thirty seconds later, curled up into a ball that gave her somewhat of a better defensive position than she had been in before. Random Number Degenerate, however, was again trying to use an ineffective attack. Her wiggling finger glowed with a deep pink color and a beam of lavender-colored circles emerged from it, moving slowly towards Alexandrite Dragon. The attack dissipated almost immediately, though, as if the poor Cleffa simply didn’t know how to use it at all.

And with that, the referee waved a yellow flag to indicate the end of the round. Alexandrite Dragon, feeling much more confident, stared down its two competitors. Eurastar, somewhat more relaxed, did the same. A look of fear could be seen on Random Number Degenerate’s face, predictably given his proximity to the very volatile Kecleon.

End of Round 1

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 78%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Color Change
Actions: Grass Pledge@Eurastar ~ Seed Bomb@Eurastar ~ Belly Drum
Status: Attack +6.

Zero Moment
()
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 84%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Disarming Voice@Alexandrite ~ Magic Room ~ Defense Curl
Status: Defense +1. Item Disabled.

Kratos Aurion
()
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Actions: Bullet Punch@Alexandrite ~ Belch@Eurastar ~ Psywave@Eurastar
Status: Item Disabled.​

Arena Status:
~Nothing has been broken or destroyed yet.
~Magic Room is in effect for three more actions.
~Alexandrite Dragon and Eurastar are situated about 7 meters from each other. Random Number Degenerate is three meters from Alexandrite Dragon, at a diagonal.

Next Round:
~Zero Moment, Metallica Fanboy, and Kratos Aurion order commands in any order
~Chaos probably ensues

(Keep in mind that you can issue orders here! Though you may not be able to tell your pokémon what moves to use, you can still use conditional statements to tell them who to target with the moves they might get, or how to react if they get certain types of moves.)

 

[Zero Moment]

Keep at that Metronome! And focus on RND, if you can—that 100% health just ain't no good.

 

[M&F]

Safety of the bystanders??? What???? Nonsense! Fuck the police! Get those passerby walking through so we can destroy them in a cloud of urban debris!

Also, it'd be remiss to note that as far as Kecleon go, literally everything but the red stripe changes color.

Anyways, Alenxdrite Dragon, you're doing good. Let's make use of that max Attack, like this:
Sacred Fire ~ Dragon Ascent ~ Shadow Force

... Targets? Specified targets, you mean? Psshhh. That wouldn't be random.

 

[Superbird]

Also, it'd be remiss to note that as far as Kecleon go, literally everything but the red stripe changes color.

Right, I'll fix that.

 

[Phoenixsong]

I'm not going to specify any targets, but the bulbasaur coin on my desk is more than welcome to. Let's see...

Horn Drill @Alexandrite ~ TM45 @Eurastar ~ Acid @Eurastar

(...aaaand now I wish glitch pokémon were still a thing in ASB. I was a member back when they were allowed! Why didn't I get any of them? ;-; )

 

[Superbird]

Round 2

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 78%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Color Change
Status: Attack +6.

Zero Moment
()
Eurastar (♀)
Health: 84%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Defense +1. Item Disabled.

Kratos Aurion
()
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Status: Item Disabled.​

As one of the trainers yells at the Asber Police Force for trying to keep civilians unharmed, the referee waves the flag to signal the start of the second round, and immediately Alexandrite Dragon begins to agitatedly wave his finger in the air, wanting to attack something. After only a few seconds, he grins evilly and begins to move, as fast as his stubby legs can carry him, towards Eurastar as the hand with which he just used Metronome glows a deep green hue. Eurastar gasps, and her eyes widen in fear, which increases dramatically when Alexandrite Dragon’s fist somehow morphs into a long, sharp horn. But she doesn’t have a chance to do anything before the Kecleon’s horn-fist pierces through her skin and begins to suck out her energy.

Before long, the Cleffa is able to pull herself away from the attack, thankfully, and, rather reserved now, she begins to wave her own finger, hoping for the Random Number God to reward her pain with something useful. After a few seconds, her finger begins to glow a purplish color, a telltale sign of a psychic-type attack, and she begins to concentrate on the pokémon that just attacked her. “I thought I was prepared for your attack,” she murmurs, closing her eyes and concentrating intensely, “but you must be more prepared for mine…” She opens her eyes suddenly, and realizes that her opponent wasn’t ready to take an attack, only to give one, and she begins to feel uneasy about giving away her defense boost for nothing in return.

While Eurastar rethinks her decisions in this battle so far, Random Number Degenerate walks up to Alexandrite Dragon, who has pulled away from Eurastar now that his attack has finished. The Cleffa makes a seductive pose, and blows a kiss at Alexandrite Dragon. The scene does not change for about five seconds, until Random Number Degenerate realizes that the Attract is not working. And immediately, a shadow of fear comes over it as Alexandrite Dragon suddenly jumps forward, fist again imbued with a green hue, and, seemingly in retaliation for trying to seduce him, knocks the Cleffa over the head with such force that a shiver spreads through his body and knocks out whatever health he might have regained from his last attack.

Eurastar, even more nervous about that Kecleon now but thankful that it is no longer the target, wiggles its finger again, and after a few seconds its body starts to spontaneously increase in size. Not very much, but after her sudden growth spurt ends, Eurastar realizes she’s now about taller by half than Random Number Degenerate, and smiles at the slight boost in power that size increase will give her. This smile quickly turns into an expression of fear as the large Cleffa sees the smaller Cleffa making a very scary face at her, having apparently decided that messing with the vicious Kecleon was a bad idea. Very scared, she steps back slowly, wary of her opponent.

Alexandrite Dragon decides not to attack for her third action, but rather to watch the two Cleffa interact while she hones her claws to increase the accuracy of her strikes for the rest of the battle. Random Number Degenerate stops smiling evilly but keeps grinning as his wiggling finger glows yellow this time. He raises his hand in the air, and then thrusts it towards Eurastar, sending a wave of electricity towards the larger Cleffa. But Eurastar wasn’t about to let herself get hit by the attack - she wiggled her own finger, and almost immediately, her mouth instinctively opened and a small cloud of mustard-yellow spores poured out. The Electrify attack collided with the Stun Spore, electrifying the attack but not stopping it from floating towards Random Number Degenerate. Before the smaller Cleffa could react, she had already inhaled some of the electrified spores, and almost immediately she felt her muscles tense up - the spores themselves would have done that, but the electricity on them didn’t help either.

And then, the referee’s flag came down to signal the end of the second round. The pokémon battling were too busy to notice, but the magic room surrounding the arena had vanished.

End of Round 2

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 78%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Color Change
Actions: Horn Leech@Eurastar ~ Wood Hammer@Random Number Degenerate ~ Hone Claws
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment

Eurastar (♀)
Health: 72%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Guard Swap@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Growth ~ Stun Spore@Random Number Degenerate
Status: Attack +1. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal.

Kratos Aurion
()
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 82%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Actions: Attract@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Scary Face@Eurastar ~ Electrify@Eurastar
Status: Severely Paralyzed (25% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 20% in two actions)​

Arena Status:
~Still nothing has been destroyed yet, although I almost misread the RNG and consequentially Alexandrite Dragon almost tried to use Hyperspace Fury (which wouldn’t have worked anyway)
~Alexandrite Dragon, Eurastar, and Random Number Degenerate are standing in approximately a 2.5m triangle. Alexandrite dragon is slightly less than calm and is ready to kick more ass and take more names, while Random Number Degenerate is suffering in obvious discomfort and Eurastar is cowering in fear of its two mean opponents.

Next Round:
~Zero Moment, Metallica Fanboy, and Kratos Aurion order commands in any order
~Things Happen

 

[Zero Moment]

Do the thing, Eurastar!

 

[M&F]

Metronome Happens So Much

Good going, Alexandrite Dragon. Now, let's finish them.

Guillotine ~ Fissure ~ Explosion

 

[Phoenixsong]

Look at all those stat gains! On the other guys! You're not glitching hard enough, RND. >| Clearly you need a massive evasion boost to avoid any further unpleasantness.

TM05 ~ TM05 ~ TM05

 

[Superbird]

Round 3

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 78%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Color Change
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment

Eurastar (♀)
Health: 72%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Attack +1. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal.

Kratos Aurion
()
Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 82%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Status: Severely Paralyzed (25% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 20% in two actions)​

As soon as Round 3 began, just like for every other round, all of the pokémon on the field began to wave their fingers back and forth. This time, just as in the past two rounds, Alexandrite Dragon was the first of them to move. His finger glowed a light blue, and a moment later he got down on all fours and closed his eyes peacefully as that bluish aura spread to the rest of his body as well. The few nicks and scratches he had acquired thus far in the battle were disappearing from his body at an alarmingly fast rate.

Eurastar didn’t have time to worry about that, though, before her own attack was decided. Harnessing the powers of the Random Number God, she opened her metronome hand wide and raised it in the air. Random Number Degenerate, still waiting for his own Metronome attack to bear fruit, looked at her in confusion for a few seconds, until suddenly the bigger Cleffa brought her arm down in a single, quick stroke. As she did, Random Number Degenerate was forced to stagger back, unable to jump due to her stiff muscles, to avoid an array of spikes that flew past Eurastar’s arm and came to rest in a random layout on the battlefield.

Before he could take account of the spikes’ positions, though, Eurastar’s metronome attack finally went through, and both of his hands began to glow with the telltale black aura of the Dark-type attack. Grinning, the Cleffa put its hands together and fired a pulsing purplish-black beam of negativity towards Alexandrite Dragon. The beam didn’t seem to do all that much, though - the Kecleon didn’t even acknowledge the attack as his skin changed color once again to match the attack he had just been hit with.

The now-black Kecleon opened his eyes as soon as the attack ended, and got back up on two legs, and smiled, for no apparent reason except to appreciate how well the battle was going for him thus far. So, he decided to celebrate, apparently. In a spectacle that awed the spectators, the Kecleon joyously waved his finger around, and not a moment passed before a strange, thick gold ring opened up next to the chameleon pokémon and spat out a present box before vanishing as quickly as it had appeared. The suspiciously Cleffa-sized carton seemed to be empty, though it and its lid were decorated in some beautiful blue paper with a brilliant gold ribbon.

Eurastar ignored Alexandrite Dragon’s pointless celebration, instead choosing to leap nimbly, avoiding the Spikes she had set on the ground, towards Random Number Degenerate. Before the Cleffa could react, Eurastar, who was apparently being a bit more assertive than the past two rounds, reached out and grabbed her opponent’s Leftovers, switching it in a single fluid motion for the Magmarizer she had been holding. Leftovers were more useful anyway, Eurastar thought as she took a bite out of the mysteriously endless apple core.

Random Number Degenerate was furious. How dare she steal his item! That was his and his alone - his trainer had bought it specially for him - or, at least, that was what he’d been told when, among the other hundred or so pokémon at his trainer’s disposal he’d been the one chosen to carry the sacred item. This time, fueled by his anger, Random Number Degenerate’s finger-wiggling was intense and very metronomic - but it paid off. The smaller Cleffa smiled as it opened its hand fully and a surprisingly large rock appeared in it. It was about to get its revenge on Eurastar. Smirking, it pulled its arm back and threw the rock at its larger opponent.

Despite her larger size, though, Eurastar dodged the first rock with ease, mostly because rocks are heavy and Random Number Degenerate, still a young Cleffa with little fighting experience, didn’t quite have the coordination to throw the rock accurately. The smaller Cleffa was undeterred, however, and as soon as the first rock missed another one appeared in her hand. She threw that one too, and more accurately than the first one. But this time, Eurastar saw it coming. She didn’t even bother avoiding the spikes this time - no matter how many she stepped on, it appeared as if she didn’t feel any pain - but instead simply rolled out of the way. The third, fourth, and fifth rocks missed too, and when Random Number Degenerate ran out of rocks he was absolutely furious.

Only for a second, though, as Alexandrite Dragon quickly wiped the smirk off of Eurastar’s face. Having jumped off of the box he’d summoned just a moment ago, Alexandrite Dragon now descended upon Eurastar - literally. It was Random Number Degenerate’s turn to feel amused and satisfied as his opponent was crushed by the Stomp attack despite his large size. But that satisfaction soon turned to fear, to match Alexandrite Dragon’s face, as they both saw Eurastar’s eyes narrow and her mouth turn up into a truly evil grin. And then, leaving only a split second for Alexandrite Dragon to realize what was about to happen and cringe in anticipation, the large Cleffa suddenly grabbed hold of her opponent’s legs, now using Alexandrite Dragon’s momentum against him, and began to swing the Kecleon around and around, faster and faster, finally releasing the poor chameleon after almost ten seconds and sending him flying towards the crowd, which scattered quickly trying to get out of the way. No such luck, unfortunately - a few of them were grazed by the flying Kecleon before it slammed into the edge of a building at the edge of the intersection with a surprising amount of force, his skin color changing from dark purple to a dull, orangey brown.

Random Number Degenerate, watching, was feeling truly sorry for Alexandrite Dragon - that looked very painful. His own affliction was growing slightly less severe, and he hadn’t taken nearly that much damage yet, so he was quite sympathetic towards whom he now interpreted as the lesser of his two opponents. And so, he wiggled his finger back and forth once again, with that wish in mind. And then, he began to glow with a pink aura, and he felt his life force draining away. A realization came to him, suddenly - he knew this attack, and he knew what it was going to do to him if he didn’t stop it. He’d be fine with sacrificing himself if his trainer ordered him to, but his own stake in this battle wasn’t worth a quick heal out of sympathy. Eurastar, now sizing up Random Number Degenerate, sighed a little bit - ‘twas unfortunate, but her opponent wasn’t going to remove himself from the battle after all. She was going to have to make that happen herself, she thought as she took another bite from the Leftovers she’d pilfered from the smaller Cleffa. Definitely worth the trade.

End of Round 3

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 74%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fighting
Ability: Color Change
Actions: Roost ~ Celebrate ~ Stomp@Eurastar
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment

Eurastar (♀)
Health: 62%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard
Actions: Spikes ~ Switcheroo@Random Number Degenerate ~ Counter@Alexandrite Dragon
Status: Attack +1. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal.

Kratos Aurion

Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Dark Pulse@Alexandrite ~ Rock Blast@Eurastar ~ Healing Wish (Failed)
Status: Badly Paralyzed (20% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 15% in two actions)​

Arena Status:
~Healing wish failed because there are no other pokémon to be sent out. Be glad, I guess.
~A doctor who happened to be in the crowd is looking over the grazed civilians to make sure Alexandrite Dragon didn’t inadvertently hurt them somehow.
~There are spikes covering the ground. There is a 30% chance of landing on them on any given action.
~One building, from which Alexandrite Dragon is slowly and painfully making his way back, now has a bit of a dent in it.
~Alexandrite Dragon is angered and is doing his best to get back to the battle and take revenge. Random Number Degenerate is now significantly less confident than before, while Eurastar is much more confident.
~An empty cardboard present box, cube-shaped and about large enough to hold a normal-sized Cleffa, is currently sitting near the two Cleffa.

Next Round:
~You three order commands
~More chaos

 

[Zero Moment]

the mag strats, nooo
also Eurastar is a girl

 

[M&F]

Alright, Alexandrite Dragon, here's the deal: get in the box. Box time. I'm in a box. Kept you waiting, huh?

That shouldn't take up an action, but even if it does, go for it, and then resume Metronomeing.

BOX TIME ~ stealth ~ stealth

 

[Phoenixsong]

...yeeeaah, should've gone with Aldonza. Less confusing. Or, alternatively, yay for not going with Aldonza, because more confusing? Actually, yes, let's go with that.

Confuse Ray ~ Night Shade ~ HM02

 

[Superbird]

Note: I realized that last round, Metronome wasn’t supposed to be able to call Counter - it can’t do so in the games. Didn’t seem anyone noticed. My bad. However, I’m not going to rewrite the reffing; I’m just going to stand by my actions by stating that the ASB handbook does not contain such restrictions on the moves Metronome can summon - it simply says “Any Move”.

Round 4

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 74%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fighting
Ability: Color Change
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Accuracy +1.

Zero Moment

Eurastar (♀)
Health: 62%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard
Status: Attack +1. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal.

Kratos Aurion

Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 83%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Status: Badly Paralyzed (20% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 15% in two actions)​

Even before the referee waved his flag down to signal the start of Round Four, Alexandrite Dragon, following the orders of his Trainer, was hustling back towards his box. But on the way, he thought, why not use another Metronome? And so, he did. And this time the results were truly spectacular. Alexandrite’s dull-brown body glowed a shade of lime green for a moment, capturing the attention of everyone watching, and only a second later, a huge swarm of small, hexagonal green particles began to surge outwards from behind him. The Kecleon waved his arms around, directing the scales towards his opponents, who were soon overwhelmed by the flurry. In the meantime, most of the onlookers, unable to recognize the attack, took out their ASB handbooks and began to flip through them, in the process missing the brilliant display.

The two Cleffa were hit hundreds, or even thousands, of times by the attack - each scale leaving only a small dent, but the sheer quantity of them racking up the damage. And, even worse, the particles stuck to their targets - as the attack, which onlookers were beginning to express confusion over for not appearing in their pocket guides, subsided and Alexandrite Dragon started to finish the trip back to his shiny blue-and-gold present box, Eurastar found that she was having difficulty even wiggling her finger for her Metronome attack. And when the Random Number God bestowed upon her an attack to use, empowering both of her hands with a powerful Fighting-type energy, she couldn’t even take a step towards her target. Random Number Degenerate got it a bit easier - with the aftermath of the Thousand Waves combined with his paralysis, he wasn’t going to be able to so much as budge. Instead of attempting to move, he simply tried to make himself forget about the rest of the battle, which ended up successful.

By this time, Alexandrite Dragon had reached his box again, finding it miraculously unscathed by his last attack, and picked it up jealously. Now that he had his present box, he could do anything. Sure, it was only really big enough for his head, but that was enough. Wiggling one of his fingers, the Kecleon used his other hand to place the box over his head. And then, he charged, faster than a Kecleon should have been able to, towards Eurastar, miraculously not stepping on any of the spikes littering the ground.

The large Cleffa simply went about its business using its own Metronome attack while Alexandrite Dragon barreled past her, whiffing his attack completely. And this time, the Random Number God selected for her a more appropriate attack to use under the circumstances - the scales were slowly peeling off, but not fast enough. Eurastar turned towards Alexandrite Dragon, and let out a terrible screech - it sounded like nails on a chalkboard, except worse, like a Drillbur’s claws scraping uselessly against a Bronzong. The chameleon pokémon’s improvised helmet didn’t protect him from the sound-based attack, and he stopped his charge immediately, reflexively turning towards its source. A glint of fear appeared in Eurastar’s eyes, the fear of incoming retaliation, but Alexandrite Dragon simply shivered. It was probably cringing, but since nobody could see its face, no one could be sure.

No one noticed the spores Random Number Degenerate had quietly spewed in Alexandrite Dragon’s direction - they were too distracted by the Kecleon’s magnificent choice in headgear and the painful noise Eurastar had made to notice the green specks floating through the air. Not that they would have worked on Alexandrite Dragon even if they had been launched in the right direction - the Kecleon’s “helmet” would have shielded him from them.

Meanwhile, Eurastar began to relax, thinking that the time for her opponent’s retaliation was over. It was the wrong time, apparently, because almost immediately Alexandrite Dragon began charging towards her again, one claw outstretched. And maybe it was again due to the box on the creature’s head, but his aim was once again so completely off that he didn’t even graze his nearly-immobile target. Eurastar gave a sigh of relief, and, deciding that maybe it would be better if she didn’t garner Alexandrite Dragon’s rage for once. To that end, she waved her finger once more, and soon was breathing a blast of bitterly cold air towards Random Number Degenerate.

The smaller Cleffa tried to move out of the way of the attack, but was completely unsuccessful. Even if the scales hadn’t still been getting in the way of his movement, his paralysis chose this time above all others to act up, and he found himself unable to so much as twitch to dodge the attack. Instead, he felt an unbearably cold sensation, but at the same time it felt as if something was trying to pull him apart from every direction. When the attack ended, he felt very dehydrated, and in the interest of safety, as soon as the referee called the round, one of the battle’s spectators ran onto the field and gave the poor thing a couple of swigs from a water bottle.

End of Round 4

Metallica Fanboy

Alexandrite Dragon (♂)
Health: 74%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fighting
Ability: Color Change
Actions: Thousand Waves ~ Head Smash@Eurastar (Missed) ~ Cut@Eurastar (Missed)
Status: Attack +6. Defense +1. Special Defense -2. Accuracy +1. Currently wearing a cleffa-sized present box on his head.

Zero Moment

Eurastar (♀)
Health: 54%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Abilities: Magic Guard
Actions: Cross Chop@Random Number Degenerate (Failed/Missed) ~ Metal Sound@Alexandrite Dragon ~ Freeze-Dry@Random Number Degenerate
Status: Attack +1. Special Attack +1. Speed -2. About 15cm taller than normal. Movement Restricted (one more action).

Kratos Aurion

Random Number Degenerate (♂)
Health: 66%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard, Flash Fire
Actions: Amnesia ~ Sleep Powder@Alexandrite (Failed/Missed) ~ Fully Paralyzed
Status: Sp. Def +2. Paralyzed (15% chance of full paralysis - will fade to 10% in two actions). Movement Restricted (one more action).​

Arena Status:
~No civilians are seriously injured.
~There are spikes covering the ground. There is a 30% chance of landing on them on any given action.
~One building, behind Random Number Degenerate, has a bit of a dent in it.
~Alexandrite Dragon is slightly confused and is wondering if his box-hat is impairing his vision. He is standing very near Eurastar, but not in between Eurastar and Random Number Degenerate, who are standing around three meters apart. Eurastar and Random Number Degenerate are partially covered in lime green hexagonal scales, which are restricting their movements, and which are falling off over time.

Referee Notes
~First documented use of Thousand Waves, you heard it here, folks! Calculation reference: 9% base damage, plus 6% for Alexandrite Dragon’s attack boost, times .75 because of its being a spread move targeting both opponents (I don’t use anti-STAB), for a total of 11% damage per target. I made its secondary effect similar to Block, and lasting three actions.
~Random Number Degenerate would have used Power Swap on Alexandrite Dragon if it hadn’t been paralyzed. Just thought I’d mention that.
~Alexandrite Dragon’s box is currently serving as a 5% Substitute for only its head. Also, any damage dealt over said 5% will be carried over to Alexandrite Dragon, rather than the box absorbing the entirety of the attack.

Next Round:
~You three order commands
~Maybe more destruction mixed in this time.

 

[M&F]

In a real match you might want to stick to moves that metronome can roll, but I guess nobody cares in this particular situation. And huh, I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to be using moves that aren't in the database at all, or, well, entirely unreleased even in canon... Specially if I don't get to compromise the safety of the civilians when it's used.

Anyway, Alexandrite Dragon. Now that you're IN A BOX, we're cooking with stealth. Tactical espionage action, in fact. They'll never see you coming. So, you get them from behind with a tranquilizer pistol, and then you take their items, and then you shoot them in the head for good measure.

Shoot tranquilizer pistol ~ Loot ~ Headshot

 

[Zero Moment]

Looks like that Amnesia wasn't added in at the round end. I guess you forgot about it.