BATTLE COMMENCE!
By and large, the Mankey have cleared out from the clearing in the aptly-named Mankey Forest, but a few still peek out from the trees. Primeape is off gathering bananas, but he can be back in a flash the moment the need arises.
MurrMurr, grumbling about people and their lack of naming abilities for arenas, stumbles into the clearing, nearly tripping on an inconveniently-placed root. The siblings, rock-ground and Melati2008, are sitting there waiting for MurrMurr to get with the reffing already. After a few moments of trying fruitlessly to shoo away the remaining Mankey and showing active squads, the trainers reach for their Pokéballs.
Melati2008, grinning slightly, sends out Fluffy-baby the Houndour, who grins wickedly as he prances to take his place on one side of the arena. rock-ground, grinning slightly at the incongruence of the Houndour's name with its personality, sends out Darkness the Spiritomb, who looks as crazy as her species usually does as she sidles up to face Fluffy-baby. Fluffy-baby looks nervous--the natural pressure a Spiritomb's appearance and demeanor puts on people is already getting to him. Commands are ordered, and the Mankey watch as the Pokémon react.
Round 1: Pre-Round
rock-ground (Oo)
Darkness (F)
-Pressure
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: Grinning like an idiot, but inside wishing that the Mankey would fall out of the trees and die.
Commands: Rain Dance~Water Pulse/Nasty Plot~Water Pulse/Nasty Plot
Melati2008 (Oo)
Fluffy-baby (M)
-Flash Fire
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%
Status: A little bit freaked out by Darkness, but attempting to be aloof about it.
Commands: Nasty Plot~Sunny Day~Solarbeam
Fluffy-baby, although somewhat disconcerted, goes about thinking as to the best way to kill a maniac, analyzing weak points and attack choices. He feels a mental surge as the critical look at his enemy bolsters his strength. Darkness, straining to move, is nonetheless performing a complicated dance to summon precipitation. Sure enough, as she dances (less-than-fluidly), clouds gather and it starts to rain. A few Mankey hoot uncomfortably, but they don't want to get wet long enough to beat the perpetrator.
<Darkness: -0H, -6E><Fluffy-baby: -0H, -3E>
Fluffy-baby, wet and soaking, refuses to sit content with the pounding rain. He concentrates deeply, then growls at the sky. Much faster than the clouds appearing, they dissipate and intense sunlight streams through. Darkness howls, getting really annoyed by the evil puppy trying to ruin his perfect rainy weather. He half-belches out a jet of water, propelled by the sound wave. The wave smacks Fluffy-baby on the head, disorienting him and scrambling his brains via funny sounds.
<Darkness: -0H, -5E><Fluffy-baby: -5H, -5E, confused (severe)>
Fluffy-baby, once again howling at the sky, gathers solar energy as fast as possible. While he's doing so, Darkness fires another Water Pulse in his direction. It slams into Fluffy-baby, knocking him back a bit, but it doesn't stop him from firing a huge beam of light and heat straight into Darkness' (nonexistent) gut, passing through and nailing a tree behind her. Luckily for the battlers, no Mankey wants to kill them. The only one on the tree faints when she falls out. Darkness hisses as she slides back up to face her opponent, the sunlight bleary. The Mankey are still watching patiently, which Primeape considers a new record. He worries for the participants a little bit.
<Darkness: -15D, -5E><Fluffy-baby: -5H, -7E>
Round 1: Post-Round
rock-ground (Oo)
Darkness (F)
-Pressure
Health: 85%
Energy: 84%
Status: Wishing that Fluffy-baby would die instead of the Mankey--something she intends to cause shortly.
Commands: Rain Dance~Water Pulse~Water Pulse
Melati2008 (Oo)
Fluffy-baby (M)
-Flash Fire
Health: 90%
Energy: 85%
Status:
Sp. Attack +2, Confused (severe). Happy for the success of his Solarbeam, but ticked off at the fact that Darkness is
vibrating.
Commands: Nasty Plot~Sunny Day~Solarbeam
Arena and Battle Notes:
-Darkness' Water Pulse confused Fluffy-baby on the second action. D'oh.
-Because she can't exactly move well, Darkness used a bit more energy for Rain Dance.
-Because of sun, Darkness used a little more energy to expel the Water Pulses.
-The sunlight is intense, and unless changed will remain so for another 10 actions.
-Melati2008 attacks first next round.