[GF] Round 5 - Finals! Chris 2.0 VS Elec Man EXE - Ref Saffire Persian

[Saffire Persian]

Sorry for the long wait. School sucks . I'll try to make up for lost time.

ROUND TWO
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
OOO|OOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 90%
EP: 88%
Status: Wrapped tightly around the Claydol's arm. A tad lightheaded.
Fury Cuter - Fury Cutter - Fury Cutter
Sub: Snatch, Flamethrower



Terrapupa [Ø] - Chris 2.0
HP: 88%
EP: 81%
Status: Slightly rattled. DEF-2
Rapid Spin - Psychic - Earthquake

Arena Status: Normal

~Round 2 Begin!~

Hanging onto the Claydol's unattached arm, Arsael precedes to follow her trainer's orders and "Fury Cutter like a psychopath". Lifting her head, begins to rapidly slash the air, forming strange scythes of green colored energy. The hyper cutters scratch against Terrapupa's hard skin, having no obvious outside effect, but the Claydol itself does seem to feel uncomfortable from the strikes that continue to increase in desperate frenzy.

Then, Terra begins to turn to help combat the rapid strikes that continue to hit at light-speed. With each turn of its massive body, the speed becomes faster and faster, and Arsael's furious melee is soon effected, as the laws of physics kick in as the spins become faster. Everything around her is a blur, and Arsael feels herself being forcefully pulled off Terrapupa's arm, her Fury Cutter rampage cut short. It takes a few seconds, but Arsael is eventually flung off, skidding along the grasses as the Claydol slows to a complete stop.

Both opponents are a bit dizzy from the maneuver, nevertheless, Arsael manages to recover first, releasing a stream of flame from her open jaws. The Claydol, meanwhile, begins to tap in to its Psychic abilities, smashing the snake into the ground, though the damage is light.

Arsael watches in horror as Claydol psychically lifts itself into the air. Knowing exactly what she's up to, Arsael struggles to open her jaw at the Psychic force, breathing out another stream of flames from her smashed place in the grass. The Flamethrower scathes the Claydol's skin, but it seems to ignore the flame attack entirely, dropping to the ground. Again, the earth tremors and quakes, sending long furrows of earthly destruction in every direction.

Needless to say, Arsael isn't pleased.

Post-Round

Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 72%
EP: 71%
Status: On the ground, rattled, but no longer pinned. Displeased.



Terrapupa [Ø] - Chris 2.0
HP: 74%
EP: 65%
Status: Stoic DEF-2

Notes:

~ Chris Attacks First

[Chris 2.1]

Good work Terra. We need to keep it up. Use psychic, followed by an earthquake and finish with Psybeam. If Seviper tries attaching itself onto you (giga drain, bite, crunch, wrap etc) then use rapid spin to hurl her off. If she uses fury cutter, use psychic to grab her as she comes towards you and hurl her away. If she uses double team, use earthquake to eliminate her.

[Saffire Persian]

I'll try and keep on top of it. Just found myself preoccupied with a few other projects. >< I'll try and get this done in a timely manner, if I can't, I'll pass it to a faster Ref.

ROUND THREE
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
OOO|OOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 72%
EP: 71%
Status: On the ground, rattled, but no longer pinned. Displeased.
Giga Drain - Giga Drain - Iron Tail



Terrapupa [Ø] - Chris 2.0
HP: 74%
EP: 65%
Status: Stoic DEF-2
Psychic/Rapid Spin - Earthquake/Rapid Spin - Psybeam/Rapid Spin

Arena Status: Normal

~Round 3 Begin!~

Breathing a sigh of relief, Arasael rises onto her belly, hissing as she commences to slither at top speed towards Terrapupa, her fangs surrounded in a greenish glow. The Claydol, recognizing the attack for what it is, inwardly narrows its eyes, waiting for the snake to spring at her so she can fling the annoying serpentine being off--and, a moment later, Arsael does just that.

With a loud cry, she does her beast to leap towards on of the Claydol's legs, sinking her grass-imbued fangs into the the odd being's body. This time, they penetrate somewhat, due to the lowered defense and the grass-type aura surrounding the snake's fangs, greedily drawing away Terra's lifeforce.

It takes only a few moments for the giant alien-like being to begin to spin about rapidly, and Arasael immediately begins to feel the tugging force that's conspiring against her, in order to fling her off. Unlike last time, this happens fairly quickly, sending the Seviper into a pile of grass and rocks.

Terra slows to a stop, and Arsael, dizzy but determined, lunges again. Her fangs bury deep into about the same location as before, and she tries to bury her fangs in deeper, to better suck away the life energy that resides within her strange foe. But again, it's not to be. Seconds into her drainage, Terra begins to spin around in a perfect, geometrical circle once more. The force of the spin proves too much, and much to Arsael's regret, she's flung off, her belly stinging as she slides across the dirt, extremely dizzy.

Its leg stinging from the snake's penetrating fangs, Terra's eyes flash purple for a single moment, before the large, round eyes send a brilliant rainbow beam of Psychic energy at its target.

Trying to throw off her dizziness, Arasael tries to raise her head, her blade-tail solidifying into a hardened metal with a sleek sheen. Throwing it out in front of her, she finds it quite hard to defend and "cut through" the beam at the same time. The blade tail in front of her parts the Psybeam attack, splitting it neatly in half while the rainbow energy flits about the arena. The majority does strike Arasael in some way, but a small portion of energy is reflected off or lessened by Seviper's iron-coated tail.

The beam spatters to a stop. Arasael seizes her chance, swinging her tail forward, slicing across Terra's hardened skin with a vengeance, leaving a small, superficial gash on the side of one of Terra's legs. Arasael then begins to realize that the dizziness and light-headedness she was feeling hasn't yet gone away - in fact, it seems to be a little worse.

Post-Round

Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 65%
EP: 55%
Status: Lightly confused. Dizzy.


Terrapupa [Ø] - Chris 2.0
HP: 54%
EP: 57%
Status: Right leg covered in puncture wounds, while the left bears a long slash that broke through the hard skin. DEF-2

Notes:

~ Elec Attacks First
-The Energy drained from Claydol helped offset some of the damage Arasael took.

[Saffire Persian]

Thanks to Becca for some advice on this round. 'Twas appreciated to get a second opinion. On an off note, I had an odd image of the substitution-log-whatever technique from Naruto.... for some odd...inexplicable reason.

Anyways.

ROUND FOUR
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
OOO|OOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 65%
EP: 55%
Status: Lightly confused. Dizzy.
Nightslash - Substitute - X-Scissor


Terrapupa [Ø] - Chris 2.0
HP: 54%
EP: 57%
Status: Right leg covered in puncture wounds, while the left bears a long slash that broke through the hard skin. DEF-2
Psychic - Explosion

Arena Status: Normal

~Round 4 Begin!~

With another round of experience under each of the battlers' metaphorical belts, Arasael's tail begins to take on a darkened hue while her mind swims, suffering from alight dose of confusion. The status effect's not enough to halt her attack, and Seviper swings her tail towards the great behemoth in front of her. Slightly confused or not, her opponent is rather hard to miss, being a giant... statue...thing. The obsidian-colored Night Slash strikes the Claydol's hard skin, leaving a mark while Terra grunts in pain. Then, Arasael yelps as she's suddenly lifted upwards and wrapped securely around Terra's arm like a wet towel--which Arsael does not appreciate in the least.

Her dizziness still plaguing her, Arasael starts to notice that Terra is glowing a very strange sort of white. A bad sort of white.... a blinding sort of white. Not good. Hissing at her captor, Arasael struggles a bit as she taps into her inner energy reserves. The Psychic may be stopping her physically, but not mentally. So, through her mental abilities, Arasael is soon able to make a clone to "take" her place and perhaps buffer the blow. This is unbeknownst to Terra, however, who's rather oblivious to the going ons of its serpentine opponent, and more focused on exploding and causing havoc...which it does, roughly three seconds later.

The blast is absolutely massive, creating a veritable mini-crater as the harsh, burning energy rushes over everything in the vicinity, vaporizing grass and some small rocks in its path-- not to mention Arasael's hastily put-together substitute... which quickly dissolves to a nice pile of black ash. The real Seviper, meanwhile, is still alive, but to say that she's completely unharmed would be too much to wish for. The Explosion had gotten her too. She escaped the core of it--her unfortunate double had seen to that - but the blast had still been powerful, and had eventually hit both the real and fake Arasael with its destructive energy.

Terra, meanwhile, has completely exhausted its health reserves, and now is little more than a large statue sticking in the ground like some monstrous monument.

Post-Round

Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 40%
EP: 42%
Status: Hurt and exhausted, though glad she's alive.
"No more explosions, plzkthx."


Terrapupa [Ø] - Chris 2.0
HP: 0%
EP: 49%
Status: fainted.

Notes:

- Chris sends out and attacks, then Elec Man.
-Since Explosion is a move that's rather... big... to say the least, Arasael did get caught in the blast, as Explosion doesn't really 'target' things.. it just is meant to destroy everything that's in its large blast radius. XD
-this was a rather hard round to figure out, so if you have any objections, say so.. but I reffed it to the best of my abilities, and got some advice from TML on the matter, which was helpful.

[Chris 2.1]

Ok Terra you did a good job. Unfortunately DP gave our foe a heavy arsenal of new attacks that really were screwing you over. Good work though.

I'm sending out Daedalus my [M] Aggron. Use an earthquake to begin with, next use a thunderbolt and end with a dragon pulse.

If it uses earthquake, use protect.

[Saffire Persian]

ROUND FIVE
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
OOO|OOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 40%
EP: 42%
Status: Hurt and exhausted, though glad she's alive.
"No more explosions, plzkthx."
Taunt - Earthquake - Dig


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 100%
EP: 100%
Status: Ready to rumble!
Earthquake - Thunderbolt - Dragon Pulse

Arena Status: Normal

~Round 5 Begin!~

With a huge crater having now taken a very large chunk out of the battlefield, Chris returns his fainted Claydol, whipping its pokéball back to his belt with a word of thanks, before tossing out yet another Pokémon to combat their serpentine foe. From amist the surge of erupting white, a large, silver behemouth appears, roaring in challange and stomping the ground. The Aggron, Daedalus, smirks as he beholds his puny competition, quite confident he can knock Arasael out in a quick and timely manner.

Arasael, somewhat duanted by the large, silver ramming machine in front of her, decides to follow her trainers orders, and do what she never herself would decide to do: Taunt the Aggron. Making eye contact, Arasael begins to unleash a slew of bad-mannered talk and language, telling the Aggron in plain Pokemonese, that he is nothing more than a heap of rusted scrap metal, and that if he wants to talk the talk, he better walk the walk -- and with a very angry roar, Daedalus does just that.

The ground ripples with pent up pressure and power, the crater becoming riddled with thick lines of jutting earth and grass. Arasael screeches, staying put as the earth rocks around her, pounding and pushing her long body every which-way, as if she were on a boat. Thirty seconds afterwards, the quake stops, and Daedalus grins widely.

Arasael merely grins somewhat dizzily back, before slamming her own head into the turf, creating a series of tectonic vibrations. Aggron in his panic, tries to summon up a shield to protect himself against the raging earth, but he finds that he cannot, and panics, anger pushing its way to the top as he tries to charge forward - but the moving earth makes such moments from a bulky creature rather impossible, and he collapses onto all-fours until the attack ceases.

Rising from the thick amount of dust, earth, and grass that's now clouded into the air in a thin haze, Daedalus roars, his mouth full of a draconic-energy, which he sends blasting in the direction where Arasael was a moment before, hoping to catch her off guard; however, his attack hits nothing but dirt, leaving a long furrow mark in the terrain from the impact. Down about three feet is Arasael, positively grateful she avoided the attack. There, she waits for more orders.

Post-Round

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 27%
EP: 26%
Status: Resting Underground.
Taunt - Earthquake - Dig


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 85%
EP: 83%
Status: Angry - Taunted for 1 more round.
Earthquake - Thunderbolt - Dragon Pulse

Notes:

- Elec Man Attacks first
-Oh, Elec, if you wanted Arsael to resurface and attack that turn instead of just digging underground and avoiding, tell me, and I'll ref that and recalculate HP/EP stuff really quick.

[Saffire Persian]

ROUND SIX
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
OOO|ØOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 27%
EP: 26%
Status: Resting Underground.
Iron Tail + Earthquake - Flamethrower


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 85%
EP: 83%
Status: Angry - Taunted for 1 more round.
Rain Dance - Protect - Earthquake

Arena Status: Torn up like whoa by Earthquake.

~Round 6 Begin!~

Arsael, knowing very well how much damage an Earthquake to do to her in her present state, does indeed make haste towards the entrance of the tunnel, instead of digging another way out. Using her tail, now coated in a dull silver sheen, she attempts to - well - fling herself out using it. Using her tail to try and anchor her body into the earth, she tries to do just that. The method does clear a few feet, but doesn't have the "flinging" effect she was hoping for, and merely just mini-catapults her in the wall of the hole she dug. Whether it saves her effort or no could be debated, but with her face now stinging with humiliation - secret as it might be - she settles for scrambling out of the hole the only way a snake can, her combo not so much a combo anymore, now more or less a separate occurrence.

What she finds upon exiting her little tunnel, is a very angry Aggron, who seems to be ignoring his trainer's orders entirely, still seeming to be affected by Arsael's harsh words. He seems to have been charging angrily around the arena, waiting for her to resurface. His eyes gleam with a dark light as he spots her, and with an earth-shattering roar, he charges like a gleaming silver bullet from a cannon.

Arsael hisses, trying to intimidate the approaching behemoth as she raises her tail to summon up another Earthquake. Just as her tail slams into the ground, Daedalus slams into her as well, mowing her over as he plows across the earth, accidentally running head first into a jutting shard of ground as the earth begins to quake violently, ripping new tears into the already massacred terrain. As Daedalus is not able to summon up a protective shield - he's too miffed for that, though the effects are obviously wearing off - he instead tries to turn around and mow over Arsael again, but fails to get much of anywhere thanks to the Earthquake and "Dysfunctional" ground layout that's making it hard for such a big beast such as him to move around with any sort of elegance (if Aggron has any of that at tall).

Once the Earthquake stops, Aggron slams his large foot into the ground just as a spiraling wave of flame washes over his metallic coat. The ground quakes, and the flames abruptly stop as Arsael's shaken and stirred as the tectonic waves continue to change the Grand Festival's battling ground. it finally stops, and both opponents are are breathing hard, with the Seviper on her last legs -- and the ground looks that way as well, broken and destroyed like an Atom Bomb zone.

Post-Round

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 9%
EP: 6%
Status: Heavily fatigued. One her last legs (if she had any)...


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 61%
EP: 68%
Status: Not quite so angry anymore. Vindicated.


Notes:

-Chris Attacks first.
-I didn't really think you could "fling' Arsael out that easily. XD But it ended up not mattering much anywho.
~Rain Dance/Protect didn't work, because Aggron was still Taunted for the rest of this round, as noted beforehand. Sorry Chris : (.
~Arsael's tunnel is - if you didn't guess - completely and utterly collapsed. Don't think about trying to use it again.

[Chris 2.1]

Saff: My fault, I forgot about Taunt x_X

Deadal use shock wave until that Snake goes down. If you are tormented, use earthquake in your middle action.

[Saffire Persian]

ROUND SEVEN
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
OOO|ØOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 9%
EP: 6%
Status: Heavily fatigued. One her last legs (if she had any)...
Flamethrower - Rock Smash


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 61%
EP: 68%
Status: Not quite so angry anymore. Vindicated.
Shock Wave - Shock Wave - Shock Wave

Arena Status: Torn up like whoa by Earthquake.

~Round 7 Begin!~

Arsael, feeling her energy wane more by the second, inhales air as she fuels her inner flame, knowing it might very well be her last and final strike - so might as well make it count. She takes careful aim at the Aggron, deadly fire surging out of her gaping maw and over his metallic skin. Arasael hisses as the flames flicker out and die, black dots swimming in front of her eyes, until they encompass the entirety of her vision, and she fades deep into unconsciousness, the Shockwave doing nothing to rouse her.

Post-Round

Stats


Arsael [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 3%
EP: 0%
Status: KOED


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 52%
EP: 64%
Status: Triumphant and smug.


Notes:

-Elec sends out and attacks, Chris attacks.

[Saffire Persian]

ROUND EIGHT
Elec Man.EXE vs. Chris 2.0
ØOO|ØOO

Banned Moves: All status-inflicting moves. Non-direct status inflicters (spark, poison fang etc) will have a 0% chance of said status effect happening.

Arena: The Grand Festival has celebrated the beauty, style and grace of Pokemon, and the finals will mix elegance with strategy in an official 3-3. The arena is outdoors, with short grass and the sky is clear.

Stats


Celeste [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 100%
EP: 100%
Status: Calm
Reflect - Focus Punch - Thunder Punch


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 52%
EP: 64%
Status: Triumphant and smug.
Swords Dance - Protect - Dark Pulse

Arena Status: Torn up like whoa by Earthquake.

~Round 8 Begin!~

With Arasael fallen, Elec Man quickly recalls his fallen Pokémon into her pokéball, mumbling some type of thanks as he quickly scans his eyes down the row of pokéballs at his belt, choosing one, and flinging it onto the torn up turf. The ball cracks open, bursting with the all-too familiar light. As the white light fades, it reveals the once hidden silhouette to be a female Hypno, pendulum swaying back and forth, despite the fact there are no signs of movement, nor is there any wind.

Blinking at his new quarry, Daedalus stamps his feet and bellows in challenge as a horde of silver swords appear out of thin air, misty and with little substance. They float in a ghostly ring around the Aggron, spinning as if in some sort of dance, before turning their pointed edges inward, stabbing the Aggron before disappearing, imbuing him with an extra burst of adrenaline and strength. Against the show of power, Celeste does nothing. Instead, she hones her focus, tempering her mind as she conjures up a pale lavender-pink shield.

With her defenses now set up and secure, the Hypno tightens her focus even more, a strange, brilliant white chi forming a nimbus around her fist, heightening in intensity as the moments pass, and her concentration remains unbroken and undaunted. Daedalus is rather startled by the whole event, wondering vaguely what a tiny little fist could do against a steel-enforced monster such as him, but nevertheless, he heeds his trainers orders and surrounds himself with an impenetrable white shield--and just in time. With her energy and focus at its height, Celeste has no other reason to hold her attack back any longer, and releases it in a wave of raw energy. The attack slams against the shield, causing it to sizzle and spark from the immense power of the focus blast; however, the Protect reigns supreme, and nullifies the attack before it can even so much as tough the surprised Aggron inside.

Miffed that her blast did not work, Celeste's fist once again becomes home to another energy, this time with the golden hue of electric power. As this move requires movement to strike, she runs across the ground, shield securely fixed in front of her, in case of a head-on collision of some sort. Aggron, however, has different plans. Out of his steel maw, he releases a chilling void of dark, pulsing energy that completely bypasses the shield, and strikes Celeste directly. She winces in pain, but keeps moving onward, finally slamming her electrified fist into the Aggron's midsection, wincing as her hand clangs against pure metal, abruptly pulling back from the strike.

Post-Round

Stats


Celeste [F] - Elec Man.EXE
HP: 89%
EP: 81%
Status: Fist aches, but relatively unharmed.
Reflect: 3 more rounds.


Daedalus [M] - Chris 2.0
HP: 49%
EP: 48%
Status: Pumped. ATK +2


Notes:

-Chris attacks.