The two trainers loitered around while their referee was gone. They had a small chat with The Boss Lady, who had appeared to inspect the damage done by the Toxic, then continued staring into space and doing nothing. The crowds came and went, and, when nobody was paying any attention, a Turtwig suddenly appeared and started waving flags about. Mike was the first to speak up, a bit confused at what the Turtwig was trying to do -- nobody had went to the Emergency Referee Outpost, so how did this Turtwig get here? Blazhy also snapped out of her stupor and, realizing what's going on, kindly explained to the Turtwig that he's not supposed to be here, while The Boss Lady nodded in agreement in the background. The Turtwig left, seeming a bit down, and the trainers went back to the most interesting activity of staring into space.
What seemed like eternity later, a flustered Linoone rushed out of the crowd, still carrying its backpack even though school was over. "Sorry guys!" It called out and plopped its backpack to the ground, then quickly extracted its referee flags out of its beret (nobody could still figure out how it fit them there) and waved them. "Round start!"
blazheirio889 (XOO)
[Phalanx] Lileep (M)
Ability: Suction Cups
HP: 36% [CAPPED]
Energy: 43%
Status: P... pain... c... c... cold...
Pin: None
Seed Bomb ~ Chill ~ Seed Bomb
Mike the Foxhog (XOO)
[Lutra] Buizel (M)
Ability: Swift Swim
HP: 28% [CAPPED]
Energy: 39%
Status: ASKJDSKF >:|
Pin: Cure Drink
Ice Punch ~ Ice Punch ~ Ice Punch
Round 11 Start
Lutra was feeling pretty tired, but he decided that pain was definitely worse, and, with a sudden burst of speed, the Buizel leapt through the sharp stone shards and ran into the crowd. The people gasped and oohed as the otter pokemon quickly dodged between the stampeding feet, then finally stopped, panting slightly, when he was a good distance away from Phalanx. The buizel peered through the moving crowd nervously. He didn't really want a sneak attack by Mr. Tentacles to hit him, and he couldn't really see the Lileep from this vantage point. All he could do is hope that the Lileep couldn't see him. Phalanx, on the other, uh, tentacle, wasn't planning on attacking though. The Lileep focused, and his body was covered with a healing green light. The cracks and cuts on the fossil pokemon's body sealed over, and, when the light faded, Phalanx looked to be in much better shape than before. However, the Lileep was dead tired. The intense healing had taken a lot of energy, and, although he wasn't in much pain anymore, he still felt as if he would drop dead any second now. Phalanx silently wished for this round to be over soon, and for that annoying orange otter to faint already.
Lutra ducked beneath the crowd, trying not to get stepped on, and looked about. He couldn't really see Mr. Tentacles, but he was sure there was something glowing way out in front of him a bit before, so he decided to attack in that direction. Just in case. The crowd gathered closed when Lutra started gathering a globe of icy energy in his mouth, then quickly scattered when they realized what he was up to. Drawing up water from his water sacks, the Buizel took a deep breath and spat out the water and the air. The icy energy in his mouth quickly turned the previously harmless mixture into a powerful Blizzard, and the flurry of freezing wind and snowflakes blasted through the street, hitting the Lileep right in the face. Seems like Phalanx was just unlucky... The wind chipped away at the Lileep's body, and Phalanx braced himself against the cold, because there was nothing else he could do. After a while, Lutra couldn't keep on upholding the attack anymore and paused for a breath. The crowd all but escaped now, and gentle white snowflakes floated to the ground, covering the battle-worn streets with a beautiful sheet of white. The crowd, or what was left of it, oohed. It never snows in Shibuya, and it was almost Christmas, too, and the few bystanders were obviously overjoyed. Then...
"Sine!"
Lutra flinched and looked around.
"COSINE!"
The referee looked up from its steaming bowl of ramen.
"TANGEEENNNTTTT!"
A large black... thing crashed through the crowd and, with a single swipe, knocked Lutra to the ground. It then disappeared, dropping a strange brown pin on the way. "So zetta slow!" the creature could be heard taunting in the distance.
Lutra winced in pain and crawled back up. Whatever attack that creature used, it was powerful, and it hurt. The few bystanders were just confused at why the Buizel suddenly fell down.
Phalanx, tired as he was, wasn't about to let this little distraction go to waste. Now that the crowd had scattered, he could see the Buizel clearly, and he focused a burst of grass energy into the ground. Vines burst out of the asphalt and wrapped around the Buizel's feet, and Lutra gave a surprised yelp as his feet gave out underneath him. Lutra fell once again, his back crashing to the ground painfully, but the vines still wouldn't let go. Instead, the plants towed the buizel, feet first, towards Phalanx, who was looking deathly tired by this point. The vines gradually loosened and shrank back into the ground as Phalanx gasped in fatigue.
Lutra just lay on the ground for a while, panting and trying to ignore the pain. His vision was starting to blur, and he wasn't sure if he could survive another hit. Biting his lips, he crawled up again. One more attack... Maybe he can knock Mr. Tentacles out... Maybe... Drawing up another huge breath, Lutra breathed out a blizzard of freezing cold wind at the Lileep. Phalanx braced himself for the impact, but, surprisingly, none came -- the Buizel, in his delirium, had missed the Lileep by quite a large distance. Phalanx watched the Blizzard with mild amusement and allowed himself to take a breather before his next attack. He was deathly tired and would rather plop down and sleep for a few days, but he still had a battle to finish. Phalanx coughed up some seeds and flung them at the Buizel. Before the seeds could even sprout, Lutra decided that he had had enough and gave up, sinking into the nice, calming blackness.
Mike the Foxhog quickly took out a pokeball and withdrew the Buizel in a burst of red light.
blazheirio889 (XOO)
[Phalanx] Lileep (M)
Ability: Suction Cups
HP: 64%
Energy: 7%
Status: Deathly tired.
Pin: None
Recover ~ Grass Knot ~ Seed Bomb
Mike the Foxhog (XOO)
[Lutra] Buizel (M)
Ability: Swift Swim
HP: 0%
Energy: 18%
Status:
Knocked Out!
Pin: None
Quick Attack (run into crowd and hide) ~ Blizzard ~ Blizzard
Notes:
- orz Linoone fails again... Will keep note that Toxic is not as bad as I think it is.
- \o/ I beat the boss~ I went leveling like crazy and killed the thing pretty fast after that. Thanks for the tips and encouragement, guys~
- And thanks for waiting for me~ Since it's winter break now (whoo no school), I'll hopefully be able to reff more to make up for it.
- A Leo Cantus appeared during the second action and attacked Lutra.
- It dropped a Fierce as the Flame
- Grass Knot didn't really drag Lutra towards Phalanx that much, since Grass Knot is more of a tripping move, and Phalanx couldn't really control it well.
- The second Blizzard missed. I feel sorry for Lutra... I suppose it's true; the RNG gods do hate everyone.
- The coolest types right now are Ice, Grass, and Water in that order. Ice type only became first because it's almost Christmas.
- Mike sends out
- Blazhy attacks
- Mike attacks
- Tell me if I missed anything.