Blade and Houndy VS. Phoenix and Negrek (Ref: DarkestLight)

[Blademaster]

Houndoom_Lover agreed to be my partner in a tag-team battle via MSN, so, we're calling out any team who thinks they have what it takes to take us both down!


The rules are:


1. This match will be a 3-on-3 match, 1 Pokemon at a time. (12 Pokemon total)
2. The ref decides which team sends out first and which team attacks first.
3. The Banned moves are Horn Drill, Guillotine, Fissure, Sheer Cold, Explosion, Selfdestruct, Memento, and any other moves that instantly defeat a Pokemon in one strike that I may have forgotten.
4. The DQ time is 5 days, for all four battlers and for the ref.
5. Per Negrek's request, the Damage Cap shall be 30HP.

6. The arena is this:

The Zen Zone

In this realm, all five elements (and the one counter-element) of Feng Shui are represented in perfect union. The battlefield itself (Yes, I know a battle in a place like this is paradoxical at best, but... meh.) is a 100-foot wide circle, evenly divided into six pieces: five 52.3 ft.^2 trapezoids surrounding a sixth 52.3 ft^2 area, this one shaped like another circle (If you're having trouble envisioning this, think of it like a bagel that's been cut into 5 evenly sized pieces; the hole at the center is the sixth 'piece'). Going clockwise, the trapezoids are composed and arranged as follows:

Fire: A pool of molten lava punctuated here and there by circular stone platforms, making the arena look like a bitten slice of pizza from above. Fire and Dragon attacks increase slightly in power here.

Metal: A steel rimmed series of gears make up the floor here, the continous spinning of which may disorient any Pokemon who stands on them for too long. Steel and Electric attacks increase slightly in power here.

Wood: A plain grassy meadow punctuated by a single large tree at its center and shrubbery here and there. Grass, Bug, and Poison attacks increase slightly in power here.

Earth: A barren wasteland of dirt and dust, with rocks of all sizes scattered about. Ground, Rock, and Fighting attacks increase slightly in power here.

Water: A large, trapezoidal pool of water punctuated here and there by ice sheets and icebergs. Water, Ice, and Flying attacks increase slightly in power here.

Void: The small circle at the center of the arena, this area looks like nothing more than a huge hole, but is really a solid mass of pure blackness. Purple and blue spheres and globules bob and distort beneath it, like a huge lava lamp. Normal, Dark, Psychic, and Ghost attacks increase slightly in power here.


We'll be awaiting anyone who accepts our challenge...

~CuleX

[Phoenixsong]

Negrek and I are willing to rough you up some. *whistles* Heeeere, refrefrefref...

[Negrek]

Indeed, indeed. Typically, I ban only insta-KO moves; if you want to add some, Phoenixsong, go ahead.

Also... 30% DC?

[Phoenixsong]

Sounds fine to me. I suppose all that's left is to see what Houndoom_Lover'd like to ban, if anything.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Nope, I have no bans what so ever ^_^. I like to go woth the flow, yo

[Blademaster]

Then it is settled.

(a floating white disc appears beneath each of us)

Simply state an area and these discs will carry you there, in case your current location doesn't suit you or your Pokemon.

Now, who will ref this match for us?

[DarkestLight]

:igging within the Underground, DL finds an old yet interesting match idea. Bringing it to the surface took hardly no effort at all-and alas, it was left unfinished by its creator!::

n_n Bless my stars, a match of epic proportions. I believe that if I finish this match, I'll gladly be known as the happiest ref known to man!

Lets get it on. I'll just need places people like to go or I'll just throw ya around randomly if ya wish.

[Phoenixsong]

I know where I wanna go, but are we going to the place as a team, or can each person choose individually?

Thanks soooo much for taking this, DL. I owe you.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Oh!! YAAAaaay! ^-^ I'm with Blady, of course! Can we use the whole field? I don't know what's going on *giggles*. I'll go with him!

[Blademaster]

Halleluiah, the match lives!

Everyone simply chooses which Pokemon they want to use; it'll instantly start in its 'home field.' Moving to another field takes one action; both members of one team send out, and then both members of the other team attack, and so on.

DL, thanks for reffing. ^^ You decide which team sends out first.

[DarkestLight]

Alright then. With you all being random numbers I like (3,2,7 and 11) we do some quick math here

and get 7+2 =11-3

..Which means nothing lol.

Blade and Houndy go first by way of the die of love and happiness!

[Phoenixsong]

That math is wrong btw lol. Thanks fer clarifying, Blade.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Gasp!!! The die of love and happiness?! Is there a die of Marshmellows and Pizza,too...?

I'll send out Mephistopheles, the male Houndoom, owooo!

[Blademaster]

I think that was a joke, Phoenix...

But wait - 11+3 = 7x2

O.O;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(Mentok voice) Boooooooo-weeeeeee-ooooooooooo-ooooo-weeeeeee-ooooooooooo...!

...

>>

OK, OK. To back up Mephistopheles, I choose Minh T., the female Bulbasaur! Come on out!

(tosses out a Pokeball with a tiny 'dt' etched onto it)

"Bubba-zore!"

You're up, ladies...

[Blademaster]

Phoenix, Negrek, don't forget about us now!

[Negrek]

I'll use my genderless bronzor, Abstruse.

Abstruse! Begin now by setting up a reflect to shield yourself and your partner from damage! Follow with a substitute of about 15% and finish with a psychic on bulbasaur. If possible, drag him toward you in addition to dealing damage.

However, if for some reason you are unable to complete substitute or reflect, instead use rock slide x2 on houndoom to bury him deep beneath a layer of boulders. And if you're targeted by a fire attack, use a mild psychic to misdirect it so that it misses you and goes on to land in Bulbasaur's part of the arena in order to set the grass on fire.

Reflect / Rock Slide @ Mephistopheles / Psychic @ Attack ~ Substitute (15%) / Rock Slide @ Mephistopheles / Psychic @ Attack ~ Psychic @ Bulbasaur / @ Attack

[Houndoom_Lover]

Phoenix, now write your attacks, since Nergal wrote her attacks, like a pair! ^_^ I hope DL is back soon!

Today! This post! I became a junior trainer!!!!!! Rock on!

[DarkestLight]

Oh I'm here. This post is merely to remind myself that currently..
1) Blade and Houndy are a team and Phoenix and Negrek are a team.

2) Blade's home field is Wood
3) Houndy's home field is Fire
4) Negrek's home field is Metal
5) Phoenix's home field is unknown cause it hasnt been sent out yet n_n

Until then ::Fades off to look for the $%&#$%^%# dragon plate::

[Phoenixsong]

I didn't forget! My personal internet-thingie is broken, and if I want to get on I either have to find a way to get time on the family computer or else steal my brother's thingie, and it ain't workin' out so very well. Cut me a little slack here!

Right. I'll send out my female Sandshrew, Sandshark.

Here's what we'll do, Sharky my lovely. Begin by throwing up a Safeguard, would you? Next, use Earthquake; do make sure Abstruse is out of harm's way and floating first so as not to hurt it, if that's at all possible. Finally, take advantage of that wasteland you'll be starting off in... kick up a howling Sandstorm!

If your opponents have the nerve to Taunt you, use Poison Jab on Mephistopheles on the first action, go ahead with Earthquake on the second action, and use Frustration on whoever taunted you on the third.

Safeguard OR Poison Jab @ Mephistopheles if taunted ~ Earthquake ~ Sandstorm OR Frustration @ Taunter if taunted

[Houndoom_Lover]

Let's show them what we're made off ^_~. Avoid what ever was aimed at your face or whatever with a Faint Attack, and use it to appear over Abstruse. Slam down on the pretty coin with a Fire Fang, leap up or cling on to Abstruse to avoid the Earthquake and then aim down at the coin with Shadow Ball, propelling yourself up again ^_^.

Faint attack (to avoid and reapear above Abstruse)~ Fire Fang (Abstruse)~ (hold on or leap up then aim with attack down at Abstruse) Shadow Ball (propell up again)

[DarkestLight]

Where'd Blade go? I wanna start reffing this ;_;

[Blademaster]

Sorry, Darkest... My bad.

OK, Minh T., start off by waiting for Mephistopheles to vanish, and then when he's out of harm's way, soak Abstruse and Sandy with Sleep Powder. That should make things easier for us. Then, when they're sleeping, plant a Leech Seed on each of them.

Move: Sleep Powder(S&A), Leech Seed(A), Leech Seed(S)

[DarkestLight]

Whoo This is EXCITING! New layout and Typing style too n_n!

======Pre Game======

Folding my map-I stop at the designated area, where this most illustrious battle was to take place After having found my scrolls in the underground-I've long since traveled to this mystical place, where the world was but a circle upon itself, covered in the basic elements.

A metal disc appeared before me, and I gleefully jumped on. It zipped me up into the skies, where I could look down upon this undulating mass of moving plateaus. Each place was remarkably even..yet remarkably different. Upon my arrival, the four combatants who were to attempt battle here showed up-and were each taken to their locations.

M-phelz {I'm lazy xD} and Mink T made up one team, and as soon as they appeared, the Houndoom was transported to the Fire realm, where he seemed quite at home, running around the lava plumes. Minh T.-oppositionaly, danced and swayed with the calming breezes that circulated through the Wood realm.

Their opponents-a feminine Sandshark and Abtruse-the metallic mirror-each zipped to their corresponding realms. For Sandshark, she immediately began to dig around in the Earth realm-to feel out its texture. Abstruse was transported to the Steel realm, and began to float between the gears, enjoying his present state thus far.


======Stats======

Negrek and Phoenixsong: X X X __ X X X

Abstruse (x) Sandshark (F)
100/100% 100/100%
Other:
Abstruse: A-OK!
Sandshark: Diddly dandy!
Moves
Abtruse: Reflect / Rock Slide @ Mephistopheles / Psychic @ Attack ~ Substitute (15%) / Rock Slide @ Mephistopheles / Psychic @ Attack ~ Psychic @ Bulbasaur / @ Attack

Sandshark: Safeguard OR Poison Jab @ Mephistopheles if taunted ~ Earthquake ~ Sandstorm OR Frustration @ Taunter if taunted


vs


Blademaster and Houndoom_Lover X X X _ X X X
Minh. T (F) Mephistopheles (M) ((M-phelz for short if you don't mind?))
100/100% 100/100%
Other:
Minh. T: Peace and love n_n
M-phelz: LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!!
Moves
Minh.T: Sleep Powder(S&A), Leech Seed(A), Leech Seed(S)

M-phelz: Faint attack (to avoid and reapear above Abstruse)~ Fire Fang (Abstruse)~ (hold on or leap up then aim with attack down at Abstruse) Shadow Ball (propell up again)
((Everyone : ¬¬...Crazy houndoom.))

======== Round 1: FIGHT! ========

Atop my floating disc, I realized it could move around, so I could act like Silver Surfer and surf along the battle as it took place. Frickin' awesome! Zipping down, I immediately noticed that M-phelz was up and at them.

He was darting across his arena, shrieking with a dark glee as he bounded skyward. His motions were toward the now motionless Abstruse. Evaporating within an instant, both Sandshark and Abstruse would raise their hands/body. Energy poured out from the duo, and Abstruse's settled first, giving both a nice little bit of extra Defense for the upcoming fight.

Sandshark's motion however, fell a tad too late. At first, it seemed to have worked, and she took a deep breath in. But the spores she sucked in were not anything to protect her-they were there to harm her. As her Safeguard failed for the duo; she had already succumbed to the ill effects of the Sleep Powder. Minh T. giggled slyly, as she swayed in the breeze, as Abstruse gave off a heavy sound, M-phelz's strike from above taking him off guard momentarily.

[S:-3E A:-3E/-3H M.T:-4E M-pz:-5E]

As Sandshark fell asleep, M-phelz snickered with glee, and darted up a few gears. His jaws popped open, searing hot with flames. A lunge, and Abstruse was clenched in his jaws, bitten ferociously and scorched partially as well. Shaking his head, M-phelz threw Abstruse aside...and noticed Minh. T running away from the edge of her grassland! It was on FIRE!!!! Hastily, she made her way over-watching her grassland burn! A shower of seeds was released in her rage, and Abstruse merely watched as they littered his body-as he was still recovering from that attack.

[S: zZZZz A:-6E/-9H M.T:-4E M-pz:-6E]

Err... back down there... M-phelz isn't done with Abstruse yet. He tears around the Steel arena, claws clicking against the ground-before bounding up upon a vertically rotating cog, and crouches. Abstruse floats up, rotating in place to see if the dog was nearby. With M-phelz not in its visual acuity, Abstruse turned to the distressed Bulbasaur, and released an enigmatic set of waves. At that moment, M-phelz lunged-through the waves with exceptional ease, and fired a Shadow Ball he had charged at the ready. A point blank hit-as Abstruse reeled back. M-phelz flipped skyward from the blast, and landed atop an even higher cog, which rotated horizontally. She could now look over and spy the burning land that was Minh. T's base of operations. How'd that happen?!?!

The Psychic waves seared through the arena, over the flames (partially putting some out) and slammed into Minh.T. She flipped backwards, but was able to land on her feet. Thoroughly shaken by that attack, she gritted her teeth, and fired another round of seeds off. This time they peppered the sleeping opponent-almost too easily.

[S: Seeded A:-5E/-5H/Seeded M.T:-4E/-8H M-pz:-6E]

Floating back into a stable position, Abstruse would suddenly feel its life force drain slightly-as would the slumbering Sandshark. Both would sacrifice some of their life to the wily Minh. T-whom gleefully accepted.

[S: -4H A:-4H M.T +8H M-pz: Nada]

====Post-Round RESULTS====

Negrek and Phoenixsong: X X X __ X X X

Abstruse (x) Sandshark (F)
79/86% 96/97%
Other:
Abstruse: @_@ Dazed
Sandshark: zzZZzz
Additional:
Reflect lasting for 4 rounds more on both
Both are Leech Seeded, 4HP every round hereafter.
Abstruse is in the Steel realm.
Sandshark is in the Earth realm.

vs

Blademaster and Houndoom_Lover X X X _ X X X
Minh. T (F) Mephistopheles (M)
100/88% 100/83%
Other:
Minh. T: MY LAND IS ON FIRE!!! >O!!!
M-phelz: ..Doing alright...¬¬
Additional:
Minh. T will receive 8Hp every round hereafter.
Minh. T is in the Wood realm.
M-phelz is in the Steel realm.

Anything I missed? Decided to put the accumulations of damage between each move section, so it's less confusing, and easier to tally up.

[Phoenixsong]

I'm sure you can just call "M-phelz" Mephisto... that's the general shortening of the name. Unless Houndy has any objections.

[Blademaster]

She usually shortens it to 'Mephy,' actually...

I'm kinda confused as to how the Grass Zone is on fire from a Fire Fang - as far as I know, that attack is just a bite with fire energy 'injected' into the target, like a snake's poison...

[Negrek]

You can't target two opponents with sleep powder.

Edit: That is, you can, but it won't hit them.

[DarkestLight]

o.O Well, I exaggerated at to the extent of the fire....Its just like.. some shrubs are ablaze. Nothing like meltdown at Chernobyl status. Sorry bout that lol. Minh T just kinda spotted the fire and was like O.O! "OMG I'M RELIVING BAMBI!"

It's alright, next round it'll be gone .

And well, for Fire fang, yeah you're right- it IS fire energy. Upon contact however, flames burst out of the bite {just like how icy chills burst out from Ice Fang, sparks zip out form Thunder fang or ..poison comes out from Poison fang..} Abstruse just blasted that excess flameage away and it caught the Wood zone on fire.

[Blademaster]

Gweh.... >>; Leave it to Minh T. to go nuts like that over something so banal...

OK, I'll wait for Houndy to post attacks before I do, then.

[Negrek]

Still not satisfied with the reffing of sleep powder over here...

[DarkestLight]

:kids back in:: What's wrong with Sleep powder?

::Re-reads::...Bulbasaur beat out Sandslash-Sleep powder hit Sandshark full speed-Oh.

Okay n_n. I'll explain as best I can.

See, Sleep Powder is just that, a powder, It can carry along the air, and it can hit more than one opponent (in ASB). It could have knocked out both Sandshark and Abstruse, but unfortunately it only hit Sandshark.
I've read -and taken notes from- other battles that have Sleep Powder hit more than one opponent*.

(*Usually its if the opponents are close enough together- and in this odd scenario, each opponent wouldn't be more than a certain distance apart due to the mathematical limitations of the field you are fighting in. So creating a thick swath of powder in the air to carry; can feasibly blanket the area.)

Second-Abstruse is a floating mirror-and Sandshark is a shrew. The dust hit Sandshark due to her being lower to the ground and breathing it in. Abstruse was merely lucky that it rose above the pore berth for that moment.

Third-and this is partially my fault, but would explain a bit more- there is a breeze in the arena. The powder was carried along the breeze and more of the powder flew in Sandshark's direction.

o.O It you still dun feel that's justification enough, let me know. :O I aim to please.

[Negrek]

Oh, sure, sleep powder can hit more than one opponent--provided the targets are at least somewhat close to one another.

However, Sandshark and Abstruse are on completely opposite sides of the bulbasaur. There would be no way to direct the attack towards both of them at once, which would mean that bulbasaur would have to rely on natural diffusion of the sleep spores in order for the attack to hit after firing them straight up or in a cloud around himself. Being generous and assuming that a tiny pokémon like bulbasaur can manage a spore cloud approximately three times larger than itself with a diameter of four feet, it still needs to travel in both directions a distance of at least ten feet (I'm really too lazy to work out the crazy hexagonal dimensions), diffusing to fill a total volume of over 4,000 cubic feet of air. At this point, the concentration of sleep powder in the air would be at less than .8% its initial value and almost certainly too low to cause any sort of effect to whatever's breathing it in; unless Sandshark were to sit around and inhale deeply multiple times, it should have no effect upon him. The spores would travel faster with the wind that was never mentioned anywhere, but would also disperse faster. By the time they reached Sandshark they would still be at only about 6% their initial concentration.

That, and the attack would be slow; even with said wind, the attack wouldn't reach Sandshark for several seconds. Sleep powder is already classified as a relatively easy-to-avoid attack, presumably because it is naturally slow-moving (low rate of diffusion) and because it has relatively low potency and would be unlikely to cause sleep if anything but the full blast of spores hit the target.

Basically: because bulbasaur could not target his attack, it would not reach Sandshark or Abstruse fast enough to head off their attacks, and would be likely not to affect them when it did. If both of them were at least on the same side of him, I could see it happening, since he would then be able to direct his attack towards them both and, most importantly, move in their direction so the majority of movement could be made by him rather than the spores, which spread in all directions at random. However, by trying to hit two pokémon in absolutely opposite directions at once, there would seem to be no feasible way that the attack could have taken effect before Sandshark's safeguard, if at all.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Whiners *this word is hence forth trademarked by the Rome company, thank you* ^_^ You can shorten Mephy anyway you want ^_^, we don't mind!

Now...spread the darkness! Use Dark Pulse, then re-dirct your attention to sleeping beauty with a Faint Attack and use Dream Eater on the mole! (However, if the mole isn't asleep or wakes up before Dream Eater can be used, Faint Attack back to the coin thingy like before)

Dark Pulse~Faint Attack~ Dream Eater (Faint Attack just in case)

[DarkestLight]

o.O :: Pauses::

::Takes H-lovers Post and puts in suspension.:; I'm not counting that yet. Negrek's right about Sleep Powder unable to split into two different directions.

I don't disagree with anyone that uses correct math, cause that's just asking for a headache...so I apologize Negrek. Ive decided to re-start the match.

I'll need all of you to re-look up the beginning battle post, since it will be different. It Will be up at 8 PM EST on the dot. No fooling

Again. H-luv, redo your attacks, as I'm not counting them as per this boo boo,

Negrek-again thank you for your quick catching my folly and be warned, I'm coming after my totem pole :O!

Its up.

Read and yeah n_n That beginning post will disappear some other time.

::Copy & Pastes... does a little bit of magic...adds some sugar and spice.. and....::

======Pre Game======

Folding my map-I stop at the designated area, where this most illustrious battle was to take place After having found my scrolls in the underground-I've long since traveled to this mystical place, where the world was but a circle upon itself, covered in the basic elements.

A metal disc appeared before me, and I gleefully jumped on. It zipped me up into the skies, where I could look down upon this undulating mass of moving plateaus. Each place was remarkably even..yet remarkably different. Upon my arrival, the four combatants who were to attempt battle here showed up-and were each taken to their locations.

M-phelz {I'm lazy xD} and Mink T made up one team, and as soon as they appeared, the Houndoom was transported to the Fire realm, where he seemed quite at home, running around the lava plumes. Minh T.-oppositionaly, danced and swayed with the calming breezes that circulated through the Wood realm.

Their opponents-a feminine Sandshark and Abtruse-the metallic mirror-each zipped to their corresponding realms. For Sandshark, she immediately began to dig around in the Earth realm-to feel out its texture. Abstruse was transported to the Steel realm, and began to float between the gears, enjoying his present state thus far.


======Stats======

Negrek and Phoenixsong: X X X __ X X X

Abstruse (x) Sandshark (F)
100/100% 100/100%
Other:
Abstruse: A-OK!
Sandshark: Diddly dandy!
Moves
Abtruse: Reflect / Rock Slide @ Mephistopheles / Psychic @ Attack ~ Substitute (15%) / Rock Slide @ Mephistopheles / Psychic @ Attack ~ Psychic @ Bulbasaur / @ Attack

Sandshark: Safeguard OR Poison Jab @ Mephistopheles if taunted ~ Earthquake ~ Sandstorm OR Frustration @ Taunter if taunted


vs


Blademaster and Houndoom_Lover X X X _ X X X
Minh. T (F) Mephistopheles (M) ((M-phelz for short if you don't mind?))
100/100% 100/100%
Other:
Minh. T: Peace and love n_n
M-phelz: LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!!
Moves
Minh.T: Sleep Powder(S&A), Leech Seed(A), Leech Seed(S)

M-phelz: Faint attack (to avoid and reapear above Abstruse)~ Fire Fang (Abstruse)~ (hold on or leap up then aim with attack down at Abstruse) Shadow Ball (propell up again)
((Everyone : ¬¬...Crazy houndoom.))

======== Round 1: FIGHT! ========

Atop my floating disc, I realized it could move around, so I could act like Silver Surfer and surf along the battle as it took place. Frickin' awesome! Zipping down, I immediately noticed that Mephisto was up and at them.

He was darting across his arena, shrieking with a dark glee as he bounded skyward. His motions were toward the now motionless Abstruse. Evaporating within an instant, Mephisto's opponents wasted no time in trying to accumulate their chances of survivability in this match. Both Sandshark and Abstruse would raise their hands/body to the sky. Energy poured out from the duo, and Abstruse's settled first, giving both a nice little bit of extra Defense for the upcoming fight.

Sandshark's motion followed suit. As Minh tried to shoot a volley of spores high enough to capitalize on hitting both opponents- the twinkling of the atoms around both Abstruse and Sandshark allowed for them to be merely a witness to a bunch of dust and pollen and gritty in your teeth stuff being stuck on their bodies. The Safeguard was successful-and Minh quietly hissed under her breath, moving closer to Abstruse. Abstruse gave off a heavy sound just then-as Mephisto's strike from above took him off guard momentarily.

[S:-3E A:-3E/-3H M.T:-4E M-pz:-5E]

As Sandshark looked over, Mephisto snickered with glee, and darted up a few gears. His jaws popped open, searing hot with flames. A lunge, and Abstruse was clenched in his jaws, bitten ferociously and scorched partially as well. Waves instantly began to shower through Abstruse and through Mephisto as well, forcing the small embers that were dancing in Mephisto's mouth over to the grassland. Shaking his head, M-phelz kept his jaws clenched, but the shock of the attack made Abstruse fall to the ground...that seemed to rise up and want to take Mephisto back to his nameskae's lair!

Sandshark had violently caused a large tremor to rip through the Steelplaying field, a large searing cut across a perfect battleground. Mephisto hastily pawed up Abstruse and kicked off, sending the coin down onto the ground-and himself onto a small cog. The cog however was not steady, and Mephisto felt a reduced force of the quake. Slightly off center, he looked over to Minh T and noticed her running away from the edge of her grassland! It was on FIRE!!!! Hastily, she made her way over-watching her grassland burn! ((Honestly, it really wasn't that bad, like 5 stalks of grass are on fire....¬¬)). Not to mention that the quake ripped through her area and tossed her to her side. A shower of seeds was released in her rage, and Abstruse was the unlucky benefactor, after BARELY levitating above the ground to avoid being hit by that Quake. It merely watched as they littered his body-as he was still recovering from Mephisto's attack.

[S:-6E A:-6E/-9H M.T:-4E/-4H M-pz:-6E/-7H]

Err... back down there... Mephisto isn't done with Abstruse yet. He tears around the cogs in the Steel Arena, claws clicking against them-before bounding up upon a vertically rotating cog, and crouches. Abstruse floats up, rotating in place to see if the dog was nearby. With Mephisto not in its visual acuity, Abstruse turned to the distressed Bulbasaur, and released an enigmatic set of waves. At that moment, Sandshark and Mephisto played their cards. As Mephisto lunged; Sandshark began to wave her claws wildly at the ground, so ferociously that a Sandstorm started to Brew. With it under her command, she released it-and watch it begin to gain power and steam from her wasteland, and over toward both the Wood and Steel realms. The Psychic that Abstruse released flew through Mephisto as he fired a Shadow Ball he had charged at the ready. It was point blank hit-as Abstruse reeled back. Mephisto flipped skyward from the blast, and landed atop an even higher cog, which rotated horizontally. She could now look over and spy the evident weather change that had now engulfed both the Wood and Steel arenas. How'd that happen?!?! He couldn't see the Sandslash, but he knew it was there, somewhere, running around...and the sand was heading his way. Quickly, he dove behind a few cogs, listening with a bit of trepidation as the storm crashed onto them relentlessly. But the cogs blocked him from the Sandstorm...for now.

The Psychic waves seared through the arena, over the flames (putting them out) and slammed into Minh.T. She flipped backwards, but was able to land on her feet. Thoroughly shaken by that attack, she gritted her teeth, and fired another round of seeds off. This time they flew into a stream of sand- and were utterly ripped apart by the relentless fury of the quartz grains before reaching Sandshark.

[S:-4E A:-5E/-5H/Seeded M.T:-4E/-8H M-pz:-6E]

Floating back into a stable position, Abstruse would suddenly feel its life force drain slightly. Minh. T gleefully accepted the gift, but felt that some of it was ebbed away, thank you Sandstorm! Mephisto looked on from his hiding spot at the dust cloud that littered the Steel and Wood realms, unable to pick out where anyone was now. Lucky for him.

[S: Nada A:-4H M.T +4H/-2H Mephisto: Nada]

====Post-Round RESULTS====

Negrek and Phoenixsong: X X X __ X X X

Abstruse (x) Sandshark (F)
79/86% 100/87%
Other:
Abstruse: @_@ Dazed
Sandshark: n_n :rolly singing a sand version of "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head!"
Additional:
Reflect lasting for 4 rounds more on both
Safeguard lasting for 4 more rounds on both
Abstruse is Leech Seeded, 4HP every round hereafter.
Abstruse is in the Steel realm.
Sandshark is in the Earth realm.

vs

Blademaster and Houndoom_Lover X X X _ X X X
Minh. T (F) Mephistopheles (M)
89/88% 93/83%
Other:
Minh. T: I'm BLINDED BY THE STORMZZZ!
M-phelz: ..Doing alright...¬¬...Can't see from up there..
Additional:
Minh. T will receive 4Hp every round hereafter.
Minh. T is in the Wood realm.
Mephisto is in the Steel realm.

Arena Changes:

There is a Sandstorm in the Arena, currently affecting the Wood and SteelRealms. Visibility is greatly reduced. It will also take away 3Hp from every non Ground; Steel or Rock type in the battle. It will last for 4 more rounds.

*Mephisto is not affected by Sandstorm mainly because he is hiding behind steel cogs that block it.



Ok. Overhaul complete. Any problems, lemme know!

[Phoenixsong]

For clarification purposes, Sandshark is a Sandshrew. Not a Sandslash. I WISH she was a Sandslash, but I haven't been able to pay for the evolution yet. Also, you've been mixing up some genders here and there... eh. Not THAT big a deal, but watch for that. You're certainly doing a good job.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Heehehehe!! ^.^ Yesh! A smashing job, now, where was I?

Now...spread the darkness! Use Dark Pulse to...darken your pulse *coughs* anywho- clamp down on Abstruse with Thunder Fang, and keep clamped down with Crunch!

Dark Pulse~Thunder Fang~Crunch ^.^

[Blademaster]

OK, Minh T., start off by leaping onto one of the icebergs in the Water Zone and out of that Sandstorm; then use Sunny Day followed by a Razor Leaf on Sandshark.

Move: Move (Water Zone), Sunny Day, Razor Leaf

[DarkestLight]

;_; No come back pleeze. I'll be better. Promise ;_;

[Houndoom_Lover]

I'm here!!! I check everyday! With all the new moves Houndoom has, how can I not?! ^_^ You're a really good reff!!

[Phoenixsong]

Hrmhrm. Fire off a Secret Power at Minh T., if you please, Sandshark. Do it twice. End with a Swords Dance to raise your attack and deflect some of the leaves, I think.

Secret Power @ Minh T. ~ Secret Power @ Minh T. ~ Swords Dance

[Negrek]

(( Sorry about that, DL. ))

All right, Abstruse, good work. Now, Mephistopheles failed to pick a target for his dark pulse, but I assume it'll be coming for you. Let it wash over you and burn off the leech seed that Minh. T planted on you and respond with a hypnosis. Once she's snoozing, use a rock tomb--or, considering the terrain, more like a gear tomb--to bury him beneath a heavy load of metal. Finish by nullifying Minh. T's sunny day by creating another sandstorm to engulf the entire field.

Hypnosis @ Mephistopheles ~ Rock Tomb @ Mephistopheles ~ Sandstorm