When the trainers teleport in, it is clear that this is not the first battle that has taken place. The park staff have cleaned the arena up a bit, but the grass is a bit trampled and there are still the remains of various concessions in the spectator stands - without a doubt, this is one of Asber’s favorite arenas, and hey, the amount of money the league pays the park is more than worth the effort of cleaning up after every single one of them.
After all, who would want to come here otherwise? Just standing here is painful, what with the bulky particles of hail flying through the air and the smaller barrage of sand, combined with cold rain under a somehow bright sun. But it makes for an interesting setting for pokémon battles, and to that end, two more trainers have come in with their referee for a good old-fashioned double battle.
As spectators start to wander in, upon the notice that there’s another battle going on, the battlers send out their pokémon - a Cleffa and a Ferroseed on one side, and a Gible and a Rattata on the other - and immediately the creatures cower under the harsh conditions. The ref then does his best to get ready as quickly as possible, and without delay waves his flag for the battle to begin.
Round 1
Meursault (
OOOO)
Usagi - Cleffa (♀) @ Soothe Bell
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Condition: Not minding the barrage of particles much.
Status: Normal.
Commands: Encore @ God ~ Icy Wind ~ Follow Me
Myryam - Ferroseed (♀) @ Lucky Egg
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Grass / Steel
Ability: Iron Barbs
Condition: Resolute, though the hail is somewhat grating.
Status: Normal.
Commands: Seed Bomb @ Frag ~ Leech Seed @ Frag ~ Acid Spray @ Frag
Aletheia (
OOOO)
God Killing Himself - Rattata (♀) @ Magnet
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Normal
Ability: Guts
Condition: Not appreciating these conditions at all.
Status: Normal.
Commands: Thunder Wave @ Usagi / Focus Energy ~ Charge Beam @ Usagi / Focus Energy ~ Shock Wave @ Usagi / Focus Energy
Frag - Gible (♂) @ Dragon Fang
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Type: Ground / Dragon
Ability: Sand Veil
Condition: Has mixed feelings about the arena.
Status: Sand Veil activated.
Commands: Substitute (10%) ~ Earth Power @ Myryam / Hone Claws ~ Flamethrower @ Myryam / Hone Claws
God Killing Himself’s first command didn’t require him to move at all, which was fine with him - trying to get anywhere in this mishmash of weather seemed like a very bad idea. Quickly, for he had practiced the art of electricity, the Rattata built up a packet of sparks with his two teeth, and sent the Thunder Wave flying through the air, where it miraculously managed to hit its target without being completely dissipated by the hail and sand. Of course, Usagi’s lack of movement was partially to blame for this - as per her commands, she’d been watching God anyway so that she could encourage him. But as the electricity sunk into her body, she sunk to the ground, a frown coming over her face. She struggled to push herself up from the ground and encourage her opponent to do that again, but she quickly found that she could scarcely even open her mouth through the paralysis. There was no way she could carry out her command this action.
Frag, meanwhile, was busy catching weather particles out of the air, and with unimaginable speed (helped by the Sandstorm aspect with which he was especially comfortable), he soon had a little Gible-shaped doll sitting in front of him. Battered by the hail that constituted half of his Substitute’s design, Fang stepped back and sat down for a moment. And in that short moment, his Substitute exploded in a barrage of seeds. Myryam was having none of that business - her opponent wasn’t running away from this, no way. This was a fight, and his Substitute wasn’t going to fight it for him.
On the other front, God’s successful attack had convinced him that sparks were the way to go here. Ignoring the harsh weather, the Rattata charged up another attack, this one with even more sparks, many of which settled into his fur in the process. After a short moment, he sent the those sparks flying in a relatively straight beam towards Usagi, and once again, they miraculously made it across the arena unhindered by the sand and hail flying through the air, painfully striking Usagi with more electricity. She was getting rather tired of it by now.
In the meantime, Frag was crafting an attack of his own, and the first that would damage the arena - but certainly not the last. The Gible let out a roar, and with only a second’s delay, the ground beneath Myryam exploded upwards in a blast of molten earth. The Ferroseed suddenly found herself flying through the air - well, falling - with a particular pain on her normally-impenetrable underside from that burst of energy. But her height did provide her one advantage - it was a fantastic vantage point, and she immediately took advantage of it by shooting a small seed forward at her assailant.
As she descended, she watched the Leech Seed eagerly to see if it would hit its target, and to her dismay it looked to be coming a little bit short. It looked like she had misjudged Frag’s position in the first place - she could have sworn she had aimed perfectly, but maybe sand had gotten in the way? But then, just as it was about to hit the ground, the Leech Seed suddenly increased in height, much to both Myryam and Frag’s surprises. The change was so sudden that Frag barely had time to react, and he could really do no more than take a quick but futile step backwards as the seed slapped him on the head and immediately spawned several thin vines that curled around his head fin. And to make things worse, it was immediately followed by the brunt of the Icy Wind that had carried it, and if there was anything Frag didn’t like, it was cold. The Gible seemed to sink a little in the face of the weather, and God’s reaction wasn’t too far off - he only seemed to be in a bit less pain than his partner. Cringing from the discomfort of her paralysis, Usagi nevertheless winked at her partner, who nodded back to acknowledge her assistance.
God didn’t let the wind slow him down too much, though - with the help of the sparks in his fur, he quickly began to conjure up another blast of electricity, and this one he spread in a wide wave towards Usagi. There was no way to avoid the attack at all, and Usagi could do little but cringe in pain as she endured even more electricity. But there was at least something she could do, and that was protect her teammate. Enduring her paralysis, the Cleffa loudly called out to Frag, taunting him - she barely even felt his teammate’s attack, could he do any better? she doubted it.
There was nothing like a good taunt to get a pokémon to attack - everyone knew that and, Frag was just as suckered in as anyone else. As he gathered flames in his mouth, he snapped to face Usagi, and at the last moment let out his stream of fire in her direction rather than Myryam’s. The Cleffa’s eyes widened in a brief but visible display of fear as the Flamethrower engulfed her, but Myryam was thankful, and as soon as the attack was over she gave her teammate another nod, to show that. And then, she let out a huge spray of acid towards Frag, the moment he closed his mouth. And some of it dissipated in the weather as it traveled across the battlefield, but the attack was never meant for power anyway, and most of the acid still reached its intended target. Frag intelligently closed his eyes as the Acid Spray hit his tough skin, somehow finding its way beneath it and beginning to itch, and the hail certainly didn’t hurt any less as a result. Really, the weather was taking its toll on everyone, save for Usagi, who had her own problems - a severe case of paralysis and a moderate burn that, while it didn’t really hurt thanks to her extraordinarily useful Magic Guard, was causing a similar amount of irritation. The next round would certainly bring her a bit of retribution.
End of Round 1
Meursault (
OOOO)
Usagi - Cleffa (♀) @ Soothe Bell
Health: 74%
Energy: 91%
Type: Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard
Condition: Not minding the barrage of particles much.
Status: Severely paralyzed. Moderately burned.
Actions: Fully Paralyzed ~ Icy Wind ~ Follow Me
Myryam - Ferroseed (♀) @ Lucky Egg
Health: 85%
Energy: 88%
Type: Grass / Steel
Ability: Iron Barbs
Condition: Resolute, though the hail is somewhat grating.
Status: Normal.
Actions: Seed Bomb @ Frag ~ Leech Seed @Frag ~ Acid Spray @Frag
Aletheia (
OOOO)
God Killing Himself - Rattata (♀) @ Magnet
Health: 85%
Energy: 79%
Type: Normal
Ability: Guts
Condition: Not appreciating these conditions at all.
Status: +1 Special Attack. -1 Speed. Seeded by Myryam.
Actions: Thunder Wave @ Usagi ~ Charge Beam @ Usagi ~ Shock Wave @ Usagi
Frag - Gible (♂) @ Dragon Fang
Health: 73%
Energy: 95%
Type: Ground / Dragon
Ability: Sand Veil
Condition: Has mixed feelings about the arena.
Status: Sand Veil activated. -1 Speed. -2 Special Defense.
Actions: Substitute (10%) ~ Earth Power @ Myryam ~ Flamethrower @ Usagi
Referee Notes
~Encore’s description specifically states that it involves at least a little bit of movement, and Usagi’s paralysis roll was so low that it ended up fully paralyzed, unable to use Encore.
~Myryam’s Seed Bomb on Action 1 scored a critical hit and took out Frag’s substitute in one hit. Though it would have done 10% damage anyway.
~Attack orders have been messed with in the writing of the description, for flavor. This does not reflect the underlying mechanics, which follow the correct turn order.
~Meursault commands first next round.
Malmö - Kirlia (♀) <Synchronize> @ 
Bastet - Meowth (♀) <Technician> @ 
[1 EXP]
Ruin - Baltoy <Levitate> @
[2 EXP]
Delve - Gastly (♀) <Levitate> @ 
[1 EXP]
Usagi - Cleffa (♀) <Magic Guard> @ 
Berlin - Larvitar (♂) <Guts> @ 
Myryam - Ferroseed (♀) <Iron Barbs> @ 
Ringi Cordeiro - Chimchar (♀) <Blaze> @ 
Mawatari Yuzuko - Slakoth (♀) <Truant> @ 
Ami - Piplup (♀) <Torrent> @ 
Turtlez - Squirtle (♀) <Torrent> @ 
God Killing Himself - Rattata (♀) <Guts> @ 
Francisco Franco - Noibat (♀) <Infiltrator> [2 EXP]
Pagliaccio -Mime Jr. (♂) <Soundproof> @ 
Brian Eno - Elekid (♂) <Static>
Road Warrior - Pawniard (♂) <Defiant> @ 
Not Espeon - Eevee (♀) <Adaptability> @ 
Frag - Gible (♂) <Sand Veil> @ 
Pan-chan - Pancham (♀) <Iron Fist> @ 
