Second Anniversary Metronome Bash

[Sandstone-Shadow]

Nice work, Psyfox! Keep it up. Let's do some more cool psychic stuff - be a calm, destroying, untouchable mastermind.

go do ~ some ~ damage

 

[Stryke]

Metronome metronome? Metro nome metronome met!! Met nome metronome ro METRONOME!!

let's destroy~a freaking~plaza

 

[Meowth]

hojeez so damage ;A;

guys we're meant to be blowing up the plaza not the adorable and perfectly innocent wickle abra get with the program

whatever you do ~ don't fucking die ~ okay

 

[Keldeo]

That was a really entertaining round! Let's beat up some more trees. (Also Alex is female)

Metronome ~ Metronome ~ I Can't Believe It's Not Metronome

 

[sanderidge]

:D that was so much fun to read. but let's make it more fun this time! perhaps someone will be able to summon some of those elder gods, or at least their signature moves...

maybe ~ destroy ~ the plaza

(also, dreamling is also female! dunno if it matters yet or if it ever will, but.)

 

[Negrek]

Round Two​

Superbird (O)

Jonathon (M) <Serene Grace> @ Soothe Bell
Health: 95%
Energy: 88%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Lying in the dirt. Camouflaged (ground-type). Paralyzed (severe).

Zero Moment (O)

Goldeneye (F) <Stall>
Health: 100%
Energy: 85%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Admiring the zinnias. -1 Attack, -1 Acc

Kratos Aurion (O)

Random Number Degenerate (M) <Magic Guard> @ Leftovers
Health: 96%
Energy: 69%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Now this is more like it! Wary of The Rock. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Attack, -1 Special Attack

Meowth (O)

Logan (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 57%
Energy: 87%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Damp and out of sorts. -1 Attack

Finchwidget (O)

USB Charger (M) <Static>
Health: 97%
Energy: 80%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Feeling pretty good.

RedneckPhoenix (O)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (M) <Sturdy>
Health: 100%
Energy: 89%
Commands: Metronome x3
- No one messes with The Rock. -1 Attack

Sandstone-Shadow (O)

Psyfox (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 98%
Energy: 70%
Commands: Metronome x3
- A little winded. -1 Attack

sanderidge (O)

Dreamling (F) <Magic Guard> @ Link Cable <Static>
Health: 85%
Energy: 95%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Bruised. Protected by safeguard (4 more actions). -1 Attack

Keldeo (O)

Alex (F) <Defiant> @ Lucky Egg
Health: 79%
Energy: 88%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Pleased with herself. +1 Attack

Still riding high after his healing, USB Charger is the first to fall under metronome's compulsive spell. At least, that's sure to be his excuse. Once the elekid's fingers stop twitching, he dashes across the battle-scarred footpath and hurls himself rear-end first into The Rock's face.

Had that only happened once, it probably could have been passed off as some kind of mistake, a weird attack gone awry, a misfire born of trying to execute a move he's never used before. But while The Rock's still staring in blank shock, USB Charger hops upright, only to throw himself backwards onto the rock-type's face again. The third time he tries he ends up on his back in the dirt; The Rock, having finally shaken off his horrified surprise, ducks aside from USB Charger's clumsy attempt at a tail slap, roaring in pure outrage. USB Charger scrambles to his feet and dashes off as the geodude clenches his hands into fists, bellowing in pure fury and hopping after the electric-type, distressingly fast for a rough-edged hunk of rock.

Most of the other fighters, alerted by The Rock's furious yells, watch the spectacle with open amusement, but the abra contingent are soon bored. Psyfox smacks a fist against his chest, the perhaps-overenthusiastic gesture cracking his tough carapace to leave him with a wider range of motion but also a gaping hole in his armor. Dreamling drifts serenely in a meditative pose, a heavy floral smell floating through the air around her. It's soothing, a nice break from the chaos of the metronome battle, but aside from lifting the spirits a bit, it doesn't have any real effect on Dreamling. Unfortunately for them, Jonathan and Degenerate are both too far away to catch a whiff.

Logan's the only abra whose metronome has him aggressing someone else, and even then, his attack is relatively mild. The abra snaps his fingers and points a claw at Alex, a shivery burst of electricity leaping across to the mankey. Alex grunts, her fur standing on end, but the attack doesn't really hurt, as such. It just makes her feel jittery. Unsettled. Like she can't concentrate on anything. The mankey grumbles to herself, trying to get her nerves under control. After a moment it dawns on her--she never gets this nervous. There's something else going on here. That abra, he's playing mind tricks on her. Of course he is, he's a psychic-type, and that's what they always do, isn't it? Alex lets out an angry snuffle, hopping towards Logan with every intention of impressing on him what happens to psychics who don't stay out of her mind.

Logan teleports away, a bit unnerved by Alex's sudden turn towards anger, but gets only a moment to relax before USB Charger bowls into him, the two pokémon landing in a heap on the ground. The Rock catches up a second later, roaring and lashing out at random. USB Charger manages to slip away, leaving Logan to suffer the brunt of the geodude's beating. It's not all good news for the elekid, though, as he manages to catch an air slash meant for Logan in the bargain. Alex hops up and down, screeching in outrage, to see her attack thwarted like that, and USB Charger takes off running again, only mildly stung by the flying-type attack but with no interest in finding out what Alex might follow it up with.

Removed from all the fuss, Jonathon's been quietly preparing an attack. The air around him shimmers with rainbow colors and thrums with energy as he charges up. Logan certainly doesn't notice the togepi's preparations, far more focused on getting away from The Rock. When he finally manages to drag himself out of range of the geodude's fists, he's far more preoccupied with teleporting even farther away as soon as possible than with looking out for his other opponents. Which is a mistake, of course, and a second later the abra's engulfed by a shimmering beam of light, a crazy collusion of rainbows and sparkling lights that knocks Logan on his back, the abra reaching hopelessly for his face, trying to block out the burning colors he can see even through his closed eyelids. The battle pauses again as the other pokémon stop to admire the prismatic laser, which is quite beautiful, after all, so long as it isn't aimed at any of them.

Goldeneye cackles to herself, watching from the cover of a rosebush. The sableye's been creeping back towards the fight, not wanting to get into the thick of things but not wanting to be left out, either. Not bad, not bad. Not as good as what Goldeneye can do, though.

The ghost cups her hands in front of her, a golden light glowing between her palms. The orb of energy grows ever larger, burning white-hot and reaching nearly the size of a basketball before Goldeneye can't contain it and the attack leaps free as a huge column of light, disintegrating the rosebush and engulfing The Rock, who'd been about to pounce on Logan again. Like Logan and the prismatic laser, The Rock is fortunate to resist the hyper beam, but it still scours away the outer layer of his rocky skin, leaving him noticeably rounder and a lighter gray when it fades away.

And USB Charger, finally, staggers to a panting halt, too tired to run anymore. Which, naturally, means that he gets pounced on by Random Number Degenerate about half a second later, the cleffa brandishing his unnervingly-sharp arms in great excitement and landing a wicked X-scissor across USB Charger's back. The hapless elekid yells and spins around, fingers twitching wildly and, a second later, unnaturally sharp, spiky clots of fur firing from his palms. The spike cannon comes nowhere close to hitting Degenerate and instead shreds into the row of bushes planted along the edge of the path. It also rips through Goldeneye, still sheltering among the plants, but the ghost hardly notices. The spikes pass through her unhindered, and she's feeling too smugly tired to care.

Not far away, Psyfox is gathering his own barrage, enjoying his newfound strength as he digs several hefty rocks out of the ground. Sure, it would be easier to use his psychic powers for this, but doing it this way is actually kind of fun! Jonathon is a bit less amused by the abra's experimentation, since he's its target. The unpleasantness of getting smacked around by rocks is perhaps preferable to the weirdness of having Dreamling float up to him and awkwardly jab at him with the jagged spike of carapace grown out of her forehead. And then Logan manages to drag himself upright, the air around him swirling with a wispy blueish aura and his eyes glowing from beneath their lids. A creeping sensation passes over Jonathon, and he shivers, then lets out an irritated snort. It seems like all the abra are ganging up on him because he shot Logan once. Once! And he's not even doing anything right now, just sitting around, minding his own business!

Alex is similarly frustrated when her metronome fizzles out without any apparent effect. She gets the faint impression that she should be watching Psyfox for some reason, but the sensation disappears before she even begins to understand what it means. While the mankey fumes, The Rock at last manages to get USB Charger back for his uncalled-for attack. While the disoriented elekid is still stumbling away from Degenerate, waving his arms and buzzing to warn the cleffa away, The Rock hops up to him and deals him a hearty slap across the face. USB Charger's knocked down, but unfortunately The Rock doesn't get the pleasure of seeing some item or other knocked comically out of his hands.

USB Charger was wise to be wary of Random Number Degenerate, who now glows a brilliant shade of pink. The cleffa allows himself a small smile of satisfaction as energy builds within him. Things haven't gotten bad yet. Plenty of powerful attacks, but nothing that would threaten to level the city. And when it comes down to it, he doesn't mind so much, getting to try out some real power on the battlefield.

For the third time this round a dazzling beam cuts across the battlefield, this one glowing a warm pink and bringing with it a strong scent of wildflowers, for a moment overwhelming even the smell of fresh-turned earth and burning that's started to hang over the battlefield. The fleur cannon's aimed at Logan, because of course it is, the abra thinks bitterly, but once again everyone else gets a pretty show. Random Number Degenerate's left a bit winded, but pleased. This round's definitely going much better than the last one.

By this point, USB Charger's tired of running. Perhaps The Rock's knock-off slapped some courage back into him; perhaps he's simply realized it isn't a great strategy overall. Whatever the case, the elekid dashes over to Alex, grabbing the preoccupied mankey in a bear hug and squeezing tight.

The abra, meanwhile, have lost interest in Jonathon and leave the togepi to his own devices, fanning out in opposite directions, feet drifting eerily just above the ground. Psyfox parks himself in front of Goldeneye and starts sobbing uncontrollably, huge, glistening tears leaking from under his closed eyelids. And Dreamling turns on her own kin, smacking her face into Logan this time, though the grounded abra acts like he doesn't even notice.

In fact, Logan's more or less given up on even trying to stand. No matter what he does, it only seems to turn the Random Number Gods more strongly against him. Instead he'd rather lie here and let metronome take him where it will, which in this case turns out to be towards sequestering a great deal of his energy, using it to generate a temporary defensive barrier he can break down later as needed. It might be too little, too late, but at least it's better than nothing, a fact reinforced when Alex manages to pry USB Charger off her and get her own turn at attacking.

The mankey strikes a roundish pose, hands together up over her head, standing crouched with her eyes on Logan. White-silver light builds in the air before her, forming a broad, circular disc roughly in line with the frame of her body. A brilliant beam of energy leaps forth, glittering with starshine and blinding any who look directly at it. Logan hisses and covers his head with his hands for what feels like the millionth time. Beam, beams, beams! What's with all the beams going on in this battle? And why are they all aimed at him?

Now that the have finally left him alone and his paralysis isn't playing up too badly, Jonathan is happy to be back to attacking. He fires off a metronome and then bounces off, cheerfully twirling a spectral femur above his head, one that trails greenish fire from both ends and rather disconcertingly travels clean through The Rock rather than bouncing off. The geodude turns on Jonathan with an irritable growl, and the togepi hastens on his way. The Rock doesn't follow, though, stuck swallowing over and over without accomplishing anything.

Random Number Degenerate, too, is temporarily free of paralysis' grip and feeling practically chipper. The cleffa briefly strikes a martial-arts pose, hip (such as it is) turned towards Psyfox and stubby limbs pointed that way, too. Then he lets out an intimidating squeak and leaps, traveling comically, impossibly high, and falls on the floating abra with a high jump kick, temporarily flattening Psyfox into the dirt.

And Goldeneye goes last, as usual. She isn't feeling too hurried, or too bothered about anything, really. As far as she's concerned, this battle's going along fine. As a result, her retaliate attack lacks a certain oomph, a certain real vehemence, but it's excuse enough to smack USB Charger around a bit, and the ghost is happy enough to take advantage.

Superbird (O)

Jonathon (M) <Serene Grace> @ Soothe Bell
Health: 86%
Energy: 79%
Used: Prismatic Laser @ Logan ~ Recharge ~ Shadow Bone @ The Rock
- Winded, but otherwise feeling good. Camouflaged (ground-type). Metronome spited. Paralyzed (severe).

Zero Moment (O)

Goldeneye (F) <Stall>
Health: 100%
Energy: 75%
Used: Hyper Beam @ The Rock ~ Recharge ~ Retaliate @ USB Charger
- Doing just fine. -1 Attack, -2 Special Attack, -1 Accuracy

Kratos Aurion (O)

Random Number Degenerate (M) <Magic Guard> @ Leftovers
Health: 93%
Energy: 69%
Used: X-Scissor @ USB Charger ~ Fleur Cannon @ Logan ~ High Jump Kick @ Psyfox
- Having more fun than he expected. Wary of The Rock. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Attack, -3 Special Attack

Meowth (O)

Logan (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 18%
Energy: 54%
Commands: Eerie Impulse @ Alex ~ Spite @ Jonathon ~ Stockpile
- Lying morosely in the dirt. 25% energy stockpiled. -1 Attack, +1 Defense, +1 Special Defense

Finchwidget (O)

USB Charger (M) <Static>
Health: 80%
Energy: 72%
Commands: Tail Slap @ The Rock ~ Spike Cannon @ Goldeneye ~ Vice Grip @ Alex
- Stop picking on meeeeee!

RedneckPhoenix (O)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (M) <Sturdy>
Health: 82%
Energy: 84%
Commands: Facade @ Logan ~ Knock Off @ USB Charger ~ Swallow (failed)
- A bit cranky. -1 Attack, -1 Defense

Sandstone-Shadow (O)

Psyfox (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 93%
Energy: 66%
Commands: Shell Smash ~ Rock Blast @ Jonathon ~ Fake Tears @ Goldeneye
- On the ground and disoriented. Chest plate cracked. +1 Attack, -1 Defense, +2 Special Attack, -1 Special Defense, +2 Speed

sanderidge (O)

Dreamling (F) <Magic Guard> @ Link Cable <Static>
Health: 85%
Energy: 83%
Commands: Aromatherapy ~ Horn Attack @ Jonathon ~ Peck @ Logan
- Dreaming of victory. Protected by safeguard (1 more actions). -1 Attack

Keldeo (O)

Alex (F) <Defiant> @ Lucky Egg
Health: 72%
Energy: 76%
Commands: Air Slash @ USB Charger ~ Me First @ Psyfox ~ Moongeist Beam @ Logan
- Only getting more pissed off. +3 Attack, -2 Special Attack

Terrain Notes
A wide section of the path has been ripped up, and cobblestones are scattered all over the place, many of them broken. A couple of trees have fallen over near the edge of the path, and the area around them is soaked and muddy.

Final Notes
- Some good damage, but light on the destruction once again. Can we get a precipice blades over here?
- I believe I've fixed the issues with pokémon's genders, items, etc. Let me know if there are still problems.
- More commands! You have 72 hours.

Spoiler: numbers

USB Charger's command: tail slap @ The Rock (3 hits)
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: 85%
Roll: 1, 11, 14
MISS!HIT!HIT!
!crit roll: 12, 7
no crit
Damage:
Pow 25 -> base 2.5% x 0.67 = 1% damage The Rock
Pow 25 -> base 2.5% x 0.67 = 1% damage The Rock

Psyfox's command: shell smash
Energy:
Base 6%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a
!extra effect attkup x2, sattkup x2, spdup x2, defdown, sdefdown

Logan's command: eerie impulse @ Alex
Energy:
Base 2%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: sattkdown x2, attkup x2

Dreamling's command: aromatherapy
Energy:
Base 4% + 1% safeguard = 5% energy
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Alex's command: me first @ Psyfox (fails)
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

The Rock's command: facade @ Logan
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 12
no crit
Damage:
Pow 70 - 10 stat -> base 6% + 2% stat = 8% damage Logan

Jonathon's command: prismatic laser @ Logan
!paralysis check: 25%
Roll: 17
Energy:
Base 9%
Acc: 90%
Roll: 11
HIT!
!crit roll: 3
no crit
Damage:
Pow 160 -> base 16% - 1% stat x 0.67 = 10% damage Logan

RND's command: x-scissor @ USB Charger
!paralysis check: 23%
Roll: 62
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 16
no crit
Damage:
Pow 80 - 10 attk -> base 7% x 1.5 = 10% damage USB Charger

Goldeneye's command: hyper beam @ The Rock
Energy:
Base 9%
Acc: 90% - 5% acc = 85%
Roll: 20
HIT!
!crit roll: 19
no crit
Damage:
Pow 150 -> base 15% x 0.67 = 10% damage The Rock

-- End of Round Damages --

Logan: +1% leftovers
Psyfox: +1% leftovers
RND: +1% leftovers

-- Round One Results --

Jonathon
95
89

Goldeneye
100
80

RND
94
85

Logan
41
85

USB Charger
90
80

Psyfox
99
71

The Rock
88
85

Dreamling
85
90

Alex
79
87

-- Begin Action Round --

USB Charger's command: spike cannon @ Goldeneye
Energy:
Base 5%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Psyfox's command: rock blast @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 3%
Acc: 90%
Roll: 6, 3, 2
HIT!HIT!MISS!
!crit roll: 12, 11
no crit
Damage:
Pow 20 -> base 2% + 1% stat = 3% damage Jonathon
Pow 20 -> base 2% + 1% stat = 3% damage Jonathon

Logan's command: spite @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 5%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: metronome spited

Dreamling's command: horn attack @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 3% + 1% safeguard = 4% energy
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 13
no crit
Damage:
Pow 65 -> base 6.5% - 1% boost - 2% stat = 3% damage Jonathon

Alex's command: air slash @ USB Charger
Energy:
Base 5%
Acc: 95%
Roll: 15
HIT!
Damage:
Pow 75 -> base 7.5% - 2% boosts - 1% stat x 0.66 = 2% damage USB Charger

The Rock's command: knock off @ USB Charger
Energy:
Base 3%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 17
Damage:
Pow 65 -> base 6.5% - 1% boost + 2% stat = 7.5% damage USB Charger
!extra effect: prz (20%)
Roll: 14
no effect

Jonathon's command: recharge
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

RND's command: fleur cannon @ Logan
!paralysis check: 22%
Roll: 69
Energy:
Base 8%
Acc: 90%
Roll: 9
HIT!
!crit roll: 5
no crit
Damage:
Pow 130 -> base 13% - 1% boost + 1% stat = 13% damage
!extra effect: spattkdown x2

Goldeneye's command: recharge
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

-- End of Round Damages --

Logan: +1% leftovers
Psyfox: +1% leftovers
RND: +1% leftovers

-- Action Two Results --

Jonathon
86
88

Goldeneye
100
79

RND
95
77

Logan
29
80

USB Charger
88
75

Psyfox
100
68

The Rock
88
85

Dreamling
85
86

Alex
79
82

-- Begin Action Three --

USB Charger's command: vice grip @ Alex
Energy:
Base 3%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 9
no crit
Damage:
Pow 55 -> base 5.5% + 2% stat = 7% damage Alex

Psyfox's command: fake tears @ Goldeneye
Energy:
Base 2%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: sattkdown x2

Logan's command: stockpile
Energy:
Base 1% + 25% stored
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: 25% stockpiled, defup, sdefup

Dreamling's command: peck @ Logan
Energy:
Base 2% + 1% safeguard -> base 3%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 17
no crit
Damage:
Pow 35 -> 3% - 1% boost = 2% damage Logan

Alex's command: moongeist beam @ Logan
Energy:
Base 6%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 17
no crit
Damage:
Pow 100 -> base 10% - 3% boost - 1% stat x 1.5 = 9% damage Logan

The Rock's command: swallow
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Jonathan's command: shadow bone @ The Rock
!paralysis check: 23%
Roll: 42
Energy:
Base 5% + 4% spite = 9% energy
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 14
no crit
Damage:
Pow 85 -> base 8.5% - 2% stat = 6% damage The Rock
!extra effect: defdown (40%)
Roll: 12
!defdown

RND's command: hi jump kick @ Psyfox
!paralysis check: 21%
Roll: 36
Energy:
Base 8%
Acc: 90%
Roll: 5
HIT!
!crit roll: 9
Damage:
Pow 130 -> base 13% x 0.67 = 8% damage Psyfox

Goldeneye's command: retaliate @ USB Charger
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: 100% - 5% boost = 95% acc
Roll: 10
HIT!
!crit roll: 6
no crit
Damage:
Pow 70 -> base 7% - 1% boost + 2% stat = 8% damage USB Charger
!extra effect: prz (20%)
Roll: 13

-- End of Round Damages --

Logan: +1% leftovers
Psyfox: +1% leftovers
RND: +1% leftovers

-- Action Three Results --

Jonathon
86
79

Goldeneye
100
75

RND
96
69

Logan
18
54

USB Charger
80
72

Psyfox
93
66

The Rock
82
84

Dreamling
85
83

Alex
72
76

 

[Meowth]

stop picking on me :<

selfdestruct ~ explosion ~ memento

 

[RNP]

because of course you get hit by a hyper beam

ocean thing ~ turn into a shark or whatever ~ (i haven't even actually seen moana)

 

[Stryke]

Dang, I'm getting kinda hungry

after this~im probably going to the casteliacone stand~who wants to come with

 

[Keldeo]

Screw it, let's get some destruction in here.

Precipice Blades x3

 

[Superbird]

Excellent work, Jonathon. You're doing great, keep it up! If possible, try to snipe that last bit of damage on Logan, just for the EXP, you know? But other than that, keep it up. Stay safe, too.

Gravity ~ Dark Void ~ Precipice Blades

 

[sanderidge]

this is so much fun to read! Stay safe, Dreamling. :>

boop ~ boop ~ triple boop

(hey let's totally go to the casteliacone stand after! if it isn't wrecked by the end, anyway.)

 

[Zero Moment]

Looking pretty good there, Goldeneye.

Earthshatter ~ Fire Strike ~ Charge

 

[Sandstone-Shadow]

Go go go Psyfox, this is our time to shine!

Very clever ~ non-lazy at all ~ commands

 

[Phoenixsong]

There's the legendary sig move I've been waiting for, RND. Much better. But you can do better still! I've seen it! Make it so, and show these amateurish whelps the true power (occasionally) granted to you by the random number gods!

Roar of Time ~ Spacial Rend ~ Shadow Force

 

[Negrek]

Round Three​

Superbird (O)

Jonathon (M) <Serene Grace> @ Soothe Bell
Health: 86%
Energy: 79%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Winded, but otherwise feeling good. Camouflaged (ground-type). Metronome spited. Paralyzed (severe).

Zero Moment (O)

Goldeneye (F) <Stall>
Health: 100%
Energy: 75%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Doing just fine. Affected by gastro acid. -1 Attack, -2 Special Attack, -1 Accuracy

Kratos Aurion (O)

Random Number Degenerate (M) <Magic Guard> @ Leftovers
Health: 93%
Energy: 69%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Having more fun than he expected. Wary of The Rock. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Attack, -3 Special Attack

Meowth (O)

Logan (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 18%
Energy: 54%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Lying morosely in the dirt. 25% energy stockpiled. -1 Attack, +1 Defense, +1 Special Defense

Finchwidget (O)

USB Charger (M) <Static>
Health: 80%
Energy: 72%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Stop picking on meeeeee!

RedneckPhoenix (O)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (M) <Sturdy>
Health: 82%
Energy: 84%
Commands: Metronome x3
- A bit cranky. -1 Attack, -1 Defense

Sandstone-Shadow (O)

Psyfox (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 93%
Energy: 66%
Commands: Metronome x3
- On the ground and disoriented. Chest plate cracked. +1 Attack, -1 Defense, +2 Special Attack, -1 Special Defense, +2 Speed

sanderidge (O)

Dreamling (F) <Magic Guard> @ Link Cable <Static>
Health: 85%
Energy: 83%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Dreaming of victory. Protected by safeguard (1 more actions). -1 Attack

Keldeo (O)

Alex (F) <Defiant> @ Lucky Egg
Health: 72%
Energy: 76%
Commands: Metronome x3
- Only getting more pissed off. +3 Attack, -2 Special Attack

While Dreamling has a storied history of smashing her face into other pokémon this battle, it's apparently Psyfox's turn to give that strategy a shot. The abra turns towards Alex and lowers her head, a whitish aura building around her body as she charges up for a psy-propelled strike.

Meanwhile, USB Charger's managed to put a bit of distance between himself and The Rock again. The elekid's still distracted, half paying attention to his ticking fingers, and half trying to keep an eye on all the pokémon around him, lest any try to come at him. Fortunately the attack his metronome calls up isn't too taxing, and he generates a small cluster of embers simply by blasting a bit of detritus with electricity, carelessly tossing the flaming debris at Dreamling.

The abra brushes it away just as casually, but a second later she lets out a disconcertingly powerful belch, clutching her midriff as if queasy. But she can't have been poisoned; her safeguard still flickers weakly in the air around her, definitely on its way out but enough to protect her from any foul play for the moment. Still the abra groans, weaving queasily through the air as she searches for some relief.

She recovers miraculously quickly after projectile vomiting a thick, viscous acid all over Goldeneye, fortunately for Dreamling and most definitely not for the sableye. Goldeneye recoils, swiping madly at the cloying stuff while Dreamling swoops away, feeling satisfied.

The last and most dejected of the abra trio, Logan is inspired to actually attack this time by his metronome, but still refuses to rise. He simply raises a hand, a swarm of glowing, multicolored leaves forming in the air around them, and launches the magical leaf without much care as to which way it's pointing, knowing that it will end up finding Alex one way or another.

Find the mankey it does, and for once she can't even be angry about the attack. After all, she just hit Logan with that moongeist beam; a little retaliation is only to be expected. Much more pathetic than what she would have conjured herself, put in his situation, but she can't complain. The mankey turns disdainfully away from Logan, focusing on The Rock instead. She can feel an excellent attack forming, and she's going to need to aim it carefully.

The geodude isn't paying any attention to her, instead making another run at USB Charger. He stops dead when a thick column of water blasts into him, though. The geodude roars, trying to shield himself with his hands, but this proves a mistake. The hydro pump actually gets into his mouth, burning all the worse for it, and the proud geodude's yell is transformed into a kind of pained gargling. Blinded by the hated water, soaked and miserable, he hops blindly forward and somehow disappears into the earth, slipping underground without leaving so much as a ripple behind, or even a hole to indicate where he went down.

And Jonathon and Random Number Degenerate, the two who had felt so free and dangerous at the end of the last round, are alike struck by full paralysis. The two of them stand stock-still while the battle rages around them, twitching and occasionally letting out a strangled noise, cries of frustration bottled up by their treacherous muscles. Goldeneye watches them for a few seconds, but ultimately decides that if she waits on them to do something, she's never going to get the chance to launch an attack of her own. Besides, the weird tingly stuff Dreamling drenched her with is making her feel strange. Impatient, even.

jIt's even stranger when violent anger seizes her as her fingers stutter to a halt, a rage that burns high, hot, and true, so hot that actual flames lick out around the sableye's pointed teeth as she snarls. Sweeping a hand out towards Jonathan, she sends a messy ball of dragonfire at the togepi. For how dramatic the attack was, though, Jonathan is barely singed.

USB Charger is taking aim at the togepi, too. The elekid gets the unsettling feeling that there's something he ought to remember, the key, maybe, to whatever attack is gathering as his metronome ticks down. He feels like whatever it is hangs just outside his reach, some fantastic revelation lying just beneath the level of conscious thought. The elekid is understandably distracted while he swipes at Jonathan with golden-burning claws, but for all his cogitation, he never quite manages to seize on whatever's bothering him.

Alex joins in, paws pressed to her crinkled forehead, projecting waves of pure anger at Jonathan. The togepi, still sadly immobilized, hardly notices, and a second later Psyfox rockets headfirst into Alex, knocking the mankey into a disgruntled heap.

Out of all the pokémon turning against Jonathan, though, the most vicious turns out to be Logan. The abra rises slowly from the ground, pushing up on hands and knees rather than lifting himself with his psychic abilities. A fierce coppery glow fills the air around Logan as he turns all his hurt and despair against Jonathon. The abra isn't very powerful physically, but the force of his anger lends him terrifying strength. Logan hurls Jonathan against the ground, kicks and punches and claws at the togepi's cracked shell, animated by a frightening, furious abandon. All the togepi can do in return is slash at the abra with his stubby paws, a few weak blows that wouldn't have managed to take Logan down even if he were on his last legs.

Dreamling doesn't notice the pile-on around Jonathan. Instead she's concentrating so hard on piercing the dark veil over Goldeneye's mind that she's starting to develop a prodigious headache. There's no overcoming type immunity, of course, and the sableye goes about her way quite without regard for Dreamling's straining, scattering a cloud of deep purple powder over Alex. The mankey coughs and paws the poisonpowder away from her face, but it's too late; within seconds, nausea's taken hold.

Dreamling's concentration is finally broken when The Rock reemerges from the ground beneath her, leading with his fist and dealing the abra a solid blow to the stomach that leaves her gasping on the ground while The Rock bounces away, pleased with himself. He hadn't been running away from Alex--he'd been preparing an attack! Meanwhile Random Number Degenerate is simply thankful to be ignored, still frozen by paralysis and helpless dangerously close to the crush of pokémon around Jonathon.

Alex is still choking and retching, covered in glittering purple powder and starting to bow to its effects, but Psyfox shows no mercy. The abra brings his arm down in a broad slashing motion, eyes and claws alike glowing a brilliant pink. His attack does more than rip through the air--it rips through the actual fabric of spacetime, bending it in unnatural angles and opening a rift to an unsettling blue void. The rent passes straight through Alex, and for a few horrible seconds the mankey is split down the middle, limbs contorted at unnatural angles and appearing both right-side-up and upside-down at once as space crumples and bends around the edge of the crack in space.

Somehow Alex manages to crawl away on mismatched limbs, mercifully returning to normal (albeit drained and in pain) once she gets far enough from the rift. The rent itself stays where it is, though, promising a swift and unsettling dissolution for any pokémon foolish enough to wander into it.

Compared to the spectacle of another legendary attack getting unleashed, USB Charger's attempt at attack looks all the most disappointing. The elekid's toes are tapping, his feet jiggling with the clear desire to dance, but he honestly has no idea how to go about it. He takes a couple hesitant steps forward, puts his arms up over his head and, as a last desperate measure, tries gyrating his more or less nonexistant hips a couple times. The only reaction this gets from Goldeneye is the sableye turning away in disgust, and USB Charger lowers his arms again, dejected and more than a little embarrassed. Logan expresses his opinion of the elekid's dancing by drenching him in toxic sludge.

The spacial rend was impressive, but Dreamling thinks she can do one better. Not a legendary attack, maybe, but one that will have a much more profound effect on the arena. The abra raises her hands, icy air swirling in the air around her and riming her carapace with frost. Freezing winds lash the arena, carrying with them blown snowflakes and fragments of ice. Trees lash in the wind and flowers and bushes disappear under mounting snow, as do the other pokémon, struggling to escape the mounting blizzard. Dreamling lets the storm rage on and on until the snow's heaped nearly two feet deep, Dreamling's small opponents buried entirely. Then she lowers her hands slowly and crosses her arms, floating smugly alone above the quiet, chilly battlefield.

A mound of snow bursts in a chilly shower of powder as Alex paws her way free, whuffling and whining to herself in quiet fury. She just can't catch a break. First she gets bent into some kind of weird pretzel by a spacial rend, then she gets poisoned, and now she's getting frozen and buried and simply being outdone by the flashy attacks her opponents are throwing around. And that's just this round! This whole battle's been a fiasco from beginning to end. It makes her mad. It makes her so mad. Hopping mad. Shrieking mad. And while the other pokémon may not pay much attention to the mankey's temper tantrum, Alex's display is more than just her way of coping with stress. Anger backs up in her throat and seems to heat her chest through. Actual steam puffs from the mankey's nostrils. She's mad. She's so mad she could just explode.

The arena's engulfed in a roaring fireball, the snow vaporizing and a catastrophic shockwave leveling trees and sending pokémon flying in all directions. Gone are the flowers and shrubs and flagstones, and the ice-cream seller's cart has gone and landed in a tree. Even once the initial blast has passed, the air remains full of smoke and debris, and what trees are left are on fire, and more than one of the pokémon, too. The battlefield is marred by a huge crater, its lowest point where Alex was standing. A grisly scorched patch marks the spot where the mankey was standing, but fortunately she's resting safe in her pokéball, saved by its automatic recall beam.

Goldeneye, of course, is completely unaffected. She sits alone at the bottom of the crater, no more than a little cranky that the explosion didn't manage to completely shatter the ice the blizzard had encased her in. There's still a bit clinging to her arms and torso; not enough to stop her from wagging her fingers a bit, though. The attack that grips her doesn't improve her mood, however; she seeks with her mind and eyes alike for USB Charger, but the air is still thick with dust and smoke, and she isn't exactly adept at psychic attacks. In the end the sableye has to give up on the kinesis--would have thrown her hands up, actually, but again, this ice!

The rock is a bit more shaken, but he, too, stayed put and suffered no more than a few hairline fractures. Luckily for him his next target is much closer than Goldeneye's--in fact, it's Goldeneye herself. The Rock raises a rocky hand, palm out towards the sableye. The air in front of it distorts around a growing core of vacuum, wind swirling faster and faster as air gets sucked into the vortex. The Rock lets out a dramatic roar and lets the aeroblast fly free. The attack streaks across the arena in a hissing roar of wind and knocks the feather-light Goldeneye into the air, propelling her nearly to the hapless ice cream cart on the outskirts of the arena.

Most of the other pokémon aren't feeling up to moving--indeed, Jonathon's simply given up, lying staring up at the sky while the skeletal remains of a bush burn dangerously close by. Random Number Degenerate, though, is feeling strangely energetic. This is the kind of metronome battle he knows; this is the kind of thing he foresaw from the very start. Vindicated, he starts his own metronome ticking... but perhaps to his disappointment, all it conjures up is a cloud of fluffy spores, which descend on Goldeneye and stick obnoxiously to her ghostly skin. The cotton spore might be a bit annoying, but after everything that's gone on this round, it feels more than a little anticlimactic.

Superbird (O)

Jonathon (M) <Serene Grace> @ Soothe Bell
Health: 31%
Energy: 71%
Used: Hammer Arm @ Psyfox (failed) ~ False Swipe @ Logan ~ Horn Attack @ Random Number Degenerate (failed)
- Stunned, charred, and with his eggshell armor cracking. Camouflaged (ground-type). Metronome spited. Paralyzed (severe).

Zero Moment (O)

Goldeneye (F) <None>
Health: 77%
Energy: 68%
Used: Dragon Rage @ Jonathon ~ Poison Powder @ Alex ~ Kinesis @ USB Charger
- Far away and grumpy. Partially frozen. Affected by gastro acid. -1 Attack, -2 Special Attack, -2 Speed, -1 Accuracy

Kratos Aurion (O)

Random Number Degenerate (M) <Magic Guard> @ Leftovers
Health: 67%
Energy: 65%
Used: Constrict @ Goldeneye (failed) ~ Trick Room (failed) ~ Cotton Spore @ Goldeneye
- Vindicated. Wary of The Rock. Paralyzed (severe). -1 Attack, -3 Special Attack

Meowth (X)

Logan (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 0%
Energy: 42%
Commands: Magical Leaf @ Alex ~ Reversal @ Jonathon ~ Sludge @ USB Charger
- Knocked out!

Finchwidget (O)

USB Charger (M) <Static>
Health: 36%
Energy: 60%
Commands: Ember @ Dreamling ~ Multi-Attack @ Jonathon ~ Revelation Dance @ Goldeneye
- Scraped and bleeding, and still embarrassed to boot.

RedneckPhoenix (O)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (M) <Sturdy>
Health: 33%
Energy: 80%
Commands: Dive (down) @ Dreamling ~ Dive (attack) @ Dreamling ~ Aeroblast @ Goldeneye
- Badly cracked but trying to keep up a brave face. -1 Attack, -1 Defense

Sandstone-Shadow (O)

Psyfox (M) <Inner Focus> @ Leftovers
Health: 61%
Energy: 52%
Commands: Skull Bash (charge) @ Alex ~ Skull Bash (attack) @ Alex ~ Spacial Rend @ Alex
- Aching, deafened, and still not sure what happened. +1 Attack, -1 Defense, +2 Special Attack, -1 Special Defense, +2 Speed

sanderidge (O)

Dreamling (F) <Magic Guard> @ Link Cable <Static>
Health: 48%
Energy: 72%
Commands: Gastro Acid @ Goldeneye ~ Stored Power @ Goldeneye ~ Blizzard
- Can't believe she was outdone. -1 Attack

Keldeo (X)

Alex (F) <Defiant> @ Lucky Egg
Health: 0%
Energy: 0%
Used: Hydro Pump @ The Rock ~ Psywave @ Jonathon ~ Explosion
- Knocked out!

Terrain Notes
A huge crater marks the center of the battlefield. Around the edges are a few shattered bushes and trees, some still on fire, some still with a thin casing of ice clinging to their branches. A strange rift in spacetime hangs in the air, shimmering and warping reality around it. Looking at it head-on invites madness.

Final Notes
- Now that's more like it! As before, 72 hours for your next set of commands.

Spoiler: numbers

Note: I generate the full round of commands before doing any calculations. Because I could see that Alex was going to blow herself up on the final action, I didn't bother calculating the damage on her earlier on in the round--there was no way she was getting knocked out before the third action, and no apparent way the explosion would fail, so I saw no need to take the time to determine the actual numbers.

Psyfox's command: skull bash @ Alex (charge)
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: defup

USB Charger's command: ember @ Dreamling
Energy:
Base 2%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 10
no crit
Damage:
Pow 40 -> base 4% + 1% stat = 5% damage Dreamling

Logan's command: magical leaf @ Alex
Energy:
Base 3%
Acc: n/a

Dreamling's command: gastro acid @ Goldeneye
Energy:
Base 3% + 1% safeguard = 4% energy
Acc: 100%
HIT!
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: stall nullified

Alex's command: hydro pump @ The Rock
Energy:
Base 7%
Acc: 80%
Roll: 15
HIT!
!crit roll: 8
no crit
Damage:
Pow 110 -> base 11% - 2% boost x 2 = 18% damage The Rock

The Rock's command: dive @ Dreamling (down)
Energy:
Base 2%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Jonathon's command: hammer arm @ Psyfox
!paralysis check: 22%
Roll: 15
!failure
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

RND's command: constrict @ Goldeneye
!paralysis check: 20%
Roll: 15
!fails
Energy:
Base 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Goldeneye's command: dragon rage @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 2%
Acc: 100% - 5% acc = 95% acc
Roll: 14
HIT!
Damage:
Pow 40 -> base 4% Jonathon

-- End of Action Damages --

Logan: +1% leftovers
Psyfox: +1% leftovers
RND: +1% leftovers

-- Action One Results --

Jonathon
82
78

Goldeneye
100
73

RND
97
68

Logan
19
51

USB Charger
80
70

Psyfox
94
62

The Rock
64
82

Dreamling
80
79

Alex
72
69

-- Begin Action Two --

Psyfox's command: skull bash @ Alex (attack)
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

USB Charger's command: multi-attack @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 5%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 17
no crit
Damage:
Pow 90 -> base 9% damage Jonathon

Logan's command: reversal @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 5%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 16
no crit
Damage:
Pow 100 -> base 10% - 1% boost - 2% stat = 7% damage Jonathon

Dreamling's command: stored power @ Goldeneye
Energy:
Base 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Alex's command: psywave @ Jonathon
Energy:
Base 1%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
Damage:
Pow 15 -> base 1.5% - 2% stat - 2% boost = 1% damage Jonathon

Goldeneye's command: poison powder @ Alex
Energy:
Base 3%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

The Rock's command: dive @ Dreamling (attack)
Base 2%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 10
no crit
Damage:
Pow 80 -> base 8% - 1% boost + 2% stats = 9% damage Dreamling

Jonathon's command: fale swipe @ Logan
!paralysis check: 22%
Roll: 39
Energy:
Base 2% + 4% spite = 6% energy
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 17
Damage:
Pow 40 -> base 4% damage Logan

Random Number Degenerate's command: trick room
!paralysis check: 20%
Roll: 17
!paralyzed
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

-- End of Action Damages --

Logan: +1% leftovers
Psyfox: +1% leftovers
RND: +1% leftovers

-- Action Two Results --

Jonathon
65
72

Goldeneye
100
69

RND
98
67

Logan
16
46

USB Charger
80
65

Psyfox
95
58

The Rock
64
80

Dreamling
71
79

Alex
72
68

-- Begin Action Three --

Psyfox's command: spacial rend @ Alex
Energy:
Base 6%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

USB Charger's command: revelation dance @ Goldeneye
Energy:
Base 5%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

Logan's command: sludge @ USB Charger
Energy:
Base 4%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 16
no crit
Damage:
Pow 65 -> base 6.5% + 3% stat = 9% damage USB Charger
!extra effect: psn (30%)
Roll: 15
!psn

Dreamling's command: blizzard
Energy:
Base 7%
Acc: 70%
Roll: 18, 13, 12, 3, 15, 20, 13, 13
HIT!HIT!HIT!MISS!HIT!HIT!HIT!
!crit roll: 4, 7, 13, 20, 19
!one crit
Damage:
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 2% stat + 1% boost = 11% damage Psyfox
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 3% stat = 11% damage USB charger
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 2% stat - 1% boost = 9% damage Logan
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 3% stat + 4% crit = 15% damage Goldeneye
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 3% stat x 1.5 = 16% damage The Rock
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 1% stat x 1.5 = 13% damage Jonathon
Pow 82.5 -> base 8.25% + 1% stat = 9% damage RND
!extra effect: frz (10%)
Roll: 17, 5, 15, 1, 19, 18, 4, 3
!frz The Rock

Alex's command: explosion
Energy: n/a
Acc: 100%
HIT!
!crit roll: 8, 2, 7, 14, 20, 18, 10
!one crit
Damage:
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 2% stat + 4% boost = 24% damage Psyfox
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 2% stat + 3% boost = 23% damage USB Charger
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 2% stat + 2% boost = 22% damage Logan
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 2% stat + 3% boost = 23% damage Dreamling
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 4% boost x 0.66 = 15% damage The Rock
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 3% boost = 21% damage Jonathon
Pow 187.5 -> base 18.75% + 2% stat + 3% boost = 23% damage RND

Goldeneye's command: kinesis @ USB Charger
Energy:
Base 1%
Acc: 80% - 5% = 75% acc
Roll: 3
MISS!
Damage: n/a

The Rock's command: aeroblast @ Goldeneye
Energy:
Base 6%
Acc: 95%
Roll: 2
HIT!
!crit roll: 5
no crit
Damage:
Pow 100 -> base 10% - 2% stat = 8%

Jonathan's command: horn attack @ RND
!paralysis check: 21%
Roll: 4
!fail
Energy: 1%
Acc: n/a
Damage: n/a

RND's command: cotton spore @ Goldeneye
!paralysis check: 20%
Roll: 68
Energy:
Base 2%
Acc: 100%
HIT!
Damage: n/a
!extra effect: spddown x2

-- End of Action Damages --

Psyfox: +1% leftovers
RND: +1% leftovers
USB Charger: 1% posion

-- Action Three Results --

Jonathon
31
71

Goldeneye
77
68

RND
67
65

Logan
0
42

USB Charger
36
60

Psyfox
61
52

The Rock
33
80

Dreamling
48
72

Alex
0
0

 

[RNP]

Well, I mean, the Mankey could have been paralyzed or something.
Alright, The Rock, you've got to pull some sort of healing move or something!
Healing Move~Put effort into metronoming someone into the rend~wish you had gotten a legendary move

 

[Sandstone-Shadow]

You're doing pretty good out there, Psyfox! Nice spacial rift! Proud of you.

blast a hole in the ground ~ break a few more heads or trees ~ wash it all away with some big sweepingly powerful move

 

[Superbird]

paralysis too op

Okay, Jonathon, we have an issue here. You're getting a bit tired, and I don't want you to be the next one down. So let's try to proc a Rest from these next Metronomes, or at the very least Recover or Roost or Heal Order or Synthesis or Moonlight or Morning Sun or Shore Up or even Pain Split @ Goldeneye. Maybe a little Heal Bell, Refresh, or Aromatherapy thrown in for good measure. You're a strong little egg, and it's easter coming up –*it's your time to shine, I know you can do it!

Heal ~ Yourself ~ Up

Oh, and just for kicks, try to make it so that everyone else uses electric attacks on you and no other kind of attack.

 

[Zero Moment]

You're doing fine, Goldeneye! Repeat after me!

I'M~DOING~FINE!