Ah, nature. The wondrous purity of every living thing existing in a harmony unseen between us humans. Take, for example, this estuary here. A serene river tranquilly flowing through an undisturbed plot of land, the surroundings lazily wavering as a cool breeze gently disturbs the sometimes-still grass. Yes, there's certainly nothing here that would ever suggest any sort of conflict.
Until a few moments ago, that is.
In a flash of light, a slightly disoriented and incredibly excited official clad in league-specific clothing appears, toting a sword on his back and enthusiasm in his eyes. Two more bright disturbances signal the appearance of two trainers, each looking fairly anxious. The referee reaches for the whistle around his neck, fumbling with it for a few moments as he organizes his thoughts. The two trainers shake hands, walk to opposite sides of the once-peaceful battlefield, and steel themselves, pokeballs at the ready. With a loud shrill, the ref signals the start of the fight.
ROUND ONE:
Team Meursault (OO)
Ruin the Baltoy
<Levitate> (N/A)
Health:
100%
Energy:
100%
Status: Normal
Conditon: Rotating
Team Meursault (OO)
Schtolteheim Reinbach III the Cleffa
<Magic Guard> (M)
@ Soothe Bell
Health:
100%
Energy:
100%
Status: Normal
Conditon: Ready to pound this relic back into the ground
ROUND START!
In an instant, the combatants are ready to go. One is a small, star-shaped mammal that would normally draw laughter or sighs due to its stature; this one, however, seems different. Despite his pink coloration and the bell on a red ribbon dangling around his neck, the expression he carries on its face is one of intense pride. His opponent appears indifferent. The small clay toy opposite the Cleffa gives off a low hum as it rotates and floats a few inches above the ground, disturbing the grass around it in mysterious patterns and giving the pink star across the battlefield an eternal stare. The Baltoy, aptly named Ruin, begins to glow with a golden aura and then proceeds to spin faster, generating energy from some unseen source. The golden glow expands out into a dome of light that surrounds both the Baltoy and its trainer, singing the grass around it. Reinbach, the Cleffa, becomes enraged as he sees this. His plans, interrupted? Puffing out his middle section in a gesture that could possibly be taken as defiant, Reinbach pummels his central body with his tiny appendages, producing a frenetic rhythm accentuated by the jingles of his bell. In most cases, this would simply be adorable, but the war beat calls forth a blazing aura that surrounds the Cleffa and almost makes the sight terrifying.
Realizing an opportunity when it sees one, Ruin abruptly stops rotating and focuses its gaze upon the enraged Cleffa across the field. A white beam shoots out from behind the dome and envelops a very surprised Reinbach, who floats in the air for a few seconds, flailing, before gently falling back down to the ground. As he picks himself up and looks towards the golden barrier across the field he can just make out the same blazing aura that surrounds him enveloping his opponent. Furious, Reinbach charges towards the golden fortress ahead of him. The ground rumbles during his approach, a white light washing over his body as he picks up speed. When he reaches distance a few feet away from his target Reinbach launches himself towards the dome and streaks across the battlefield the last few feet, colliding with the dome in a brilliant flash of light. Reinbach is held in place in front of the barrier for a few moments before he penetrates it and impacts Ruin, slamming into the top with a devastating force and recoiling out of the barrier and onto the ground a foot or so away. Ruin is knocked into the ground and bounces off of it, coming to a rest on the soil. The top floats back upwards and re-solidifies the flickering dome surrounding it.
Intact, Reinbach once again gets up from the ground and dusts himself off, pleased with the results. He turns towards the dome of light with an indignant look. How could it still be standing after the last hit? His annoyance turns to fear as he realizes the ringing in his ears is not the result of his impact but of Ruin's wildly increased rotation speed. The Baltoy envelops itself in a blue aura and skyrockets out of the dome, spinning madly. Reinbach's gaze follows the Baltoy through the sky until he realizes that the top is set on a collision course. Ruin zooms back down to the ground and aligns himself like a missile toward Reinbach, the rotating tip of its underside gleaming in the sun. Reinbach frantically turns and runs away as he realizes the Baltoy's true course, but his efforts are in vain. Ruin collides with the Cleffa at a blinding speed and Reinbach is knocked flying towards his trainer. Reinbach skids across the ground before coming to a stop. When he gets up, the look on is face is one of pure malice. Letting off a war cry amplified by his pain, Reinbach charges back towards Ruin and swathes himself in the same white light as before. One strong blow is traded for another as Reinbach collides with the Reflect barrier like a meteor, forced to stop for a few moments before breaking through and exacting his revenge on the Baltoy. Bouncing off and falling towards the ground a fourth time, the Cleffa picks himself up and shoots another venomous glare at his indifferent opponent.
ROUND END!
Team Meursault (OO)
Ruin the Baltoy
<Levitate> (N/A)
Health:
78%
Energy:
83%
Status: +6 ATK. Reflect Barrier up for 2 more actions.
Conditon: Rotating with a slight precession.
Team surskitty (OO)
Schtolteheim Reinbach III the Cleffa
<Magic Guard> (M)
@ Soothe Bell
Health:
69%
Energy:
80%
Status: +6 ATK
Conditon: Furious with Ruin.
Referee's Notes
- Reflect cost twice as much energy to keep up during the onslaught, given how damaging those attacks would have been (2% extra energy total)
- Slight cosmetic note- I might change the tense of future rounds, or at the very least a future battle. I've always written reffings in present, but I'm currently experimenting.
- As for frequency: I'm currently in-between laptops, so reffings will be slightly infrequent, but only for the next week or so.
NEXT ROUND:
- Meursault commands
- surskitty commands
- I ref
Bastet the female Meowth <Technician>
Refraction the genderless Staryu <Natural Cure> @ Water Stone
The Mountain Called Monkey the male Primeape <Anger Point>
Ruin the genderless Baltoy <Levitate>
Duke the male Grimer <Sticky Hold> @ Lucky Egg
Georgia the female Swablu <Natural Cure>
Delve the female Gastly <Levitate> @ Petaya Berry
Berlin the male Larvitar <Guts>
Bass the male Munchlax <Pickup> @ Soothe Bell
Schwyz the female Swirlix <Unburden> @ Whipped Dream
Viktor the male Machop <Guts> @ Prism Scale
Maxine the female Cyndaquil <Blaze>
Sierra the female Zubat <Inner Focus> @ Black Sludge
Schtolteheim Reinbach III the male Cleffa <Magic Guard> @ Soothe Bell
Arshtat the female Hoppip <Chlorophyll> @ Eviolite
Jeane the female Pichu <Static> @ Soothe Bell
Elenor Silverberg the female Venonat <Tinted Lens>
Eugene the male Taillow <Guts> @ Prism Scale
Cleo the female Fletchling <Gale Wings> @ Sharp Beak
