[Gym] I challenge Ayeun

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 29===

Buckled in with her Ingrain Root, Cotton seems pretty sure of herself. That is, until Tara curls herself up into a ball of metal and coos softly. All of a sudden, the bird loses some of her weariness! Cotton huffs-she's not supposed to move! Another draining takes place, but her own efforts are mitigated...(-2)

T: -15E/-8H/+24H ~~ C: -7E/+4H

Cotton keeps the pressure on, trying to zap the life out of Tara, but with her strength partially restored, the bird seems unwilling to quit. A light flap of one wing allows Tara to fully bring her resistances back up to snuff,and deal a heavy blow to Cotton. (-2)

T: -3E/-4H ~~ C: -7E/+2H/-12H -Spd

Shaking off the cold, Cotton still manages to keep the draining alive. Obviously annoyed by this, Tara flaps that wing again. This time its a nasty bolt of air. Cotton finishes her drain only to get sliced by this blast. (-2)

T: -5E/-4H ~~ C: -7E/+2H/-12H

Ingrain hooks (+4) helping Cotton's cause...but not by much.

===Stats===


Ay

[Ayeun]

Use aromatherapy. If she tries to copy the move in any way, use Encore right after it (as a combo). Finish up with Confusions.

Normal attack - Aromatherapy ~ Confusion ~ Confusion.
If trying to copy Aromatherapy - Aromatherapy + Encore ~ Confusion.

[Wolfsong]

Tara, start with taunt. If taunt worked and kept her from using artomatherapy, follow up with torment otherwise just use toxic again. Finally finish with Drill peck

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 30===

This fight seems to be a healing standstill. With herself hooked in, Cotton tries to cure itself from the dastardly efforts of the poison in her body. With a bit of sunlight, she effortlessly purges herself. In rage, Tara tries to counteract this, but finds her beak binded shut by paralysis.

T: >_O ~~ C: -4E

Cotton smile,s having outsmarted the lamerz bird. She shakes her pompoms and blasts a energy bolt that makes the metal wings of Tara arc backwards..slightly. Being a Steel type really had its advantages right now, as Tara shook off the numbness and refired a Toxic bolt.

Cotton shivered. This...AGAIN?

T: -3E/-4H ~~ C: -5E Txc

Tara smirks, and flaps her wings a few times to achieve lift once more. Cotton, aggravated her bliss was short lived, fires off a second Confusion bolt. This one does hardly anything on that metallic hide. However, the Drilling sensation that Tara lays upon her gives Cotton something to think about.

T: -6E/-4H ~~ C: -5E/-15H

Ingrain hooks (+4) helping Cotton's cause...but not by much. (-3)

===Stats===


WS

[Wolfsong]

Tara, start with taunt, then follow that up with icy wind and finish with air slash. If you're put to sleep, then sleep talk until you wake and if taunt didn't work and she uses aromatherapy again, mimic it

[Ayeun]

Protect vs Taunt ~ Aromatherapy so she mimics + Encore so she is stuck in a loop

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 31===

Tara is slightly annoyed at the survival tactics used here by the other flier, and decides to try and goad her into attacking. Her incessant squabbling about Cotton's second job falls on deaf ears, as she merely protects herself against the onslaught. (-2)

T: -3E ~~ C: -6E

Feeling super confident, Cotton takes a deep breath, and tries once again to purge herself of the sickness that has already started to rip at her system. As it was pushed out of her system, she noted...that Tara just stood there, staring in anguish.

T: Par ~~ C: -4E

Tara breaks free of the crippling force, and opens her wings. Cotton beats her to the punch and claps her pompom's together and cheers, making Tara..look at her quizzically. She didn't do anything to earn the Encore, so she went ahead with her attack anyway.

Cotton closed her eyes and cried as the Slashes of Air cut her down a healthy notch.

T: -5E ~~ C: -3E/-12H

Ingrain hooks (+4) helping Cotton's cause...but now it just seemed paltry.

===Stats===


Ay

[Ayeun]

DL, there was a + in there, not a ~... Comboed on to the end of the aromatherapy...

[DarkestLight]

My bad. Still didn't affect the outcome since Tara was paralyzed, but meh :O

[Ayeun]

Righto then.

Solar beam ~ Synthesis ~ Solar beam

Should she try to copy Synthesis in any way, use Amnesia to make her forget how.

[Wolfsong]

Taunt until successful. If taunt managed to work on the first turn, use sky drop. otherwise use brave bird..

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 32===

This metal monstrosity was really grating on her nerves. Cotton began to charge up a massive bolt of sunlight...and the stinking bird finally decides to get cheeky! Without fault, Tara calls Cotton out, saying she's a used feminine napkin ! Cotton screams at the injustice, blasting Tara down with a pretty potent Solarbeam.

'Kinda hard to be pink and fluffy.

T: -3E/-5H ~~ C: -9E Tnt 3 act.

Reeling with anger, Cotton goes to give Tara the ol one two rah rah rah, but her Ingrain cord yanks her back a bit. She turns to glare at the cord, and is caught off guard by the demonic claws around her body. Struggling to move didn't help any, as Tara flew around the arena-before slamming her into the ground where she once stood.

T: -5E ~~ C: -20H

Cotton wasn't done yet. Although battered from that harsh landing, is was Tara that would see the light. A massive blast struck down from the heavens, leaving Tara once again soaked in light.

T: -5H ~~ C: -9E

Ingrain hooks (+4) helping Cotton's cause...but it was evident she needed help.

===Stats===


WS

[Wolfsong]

Okay Tara, start with air slash. Follow that up with drill peck and finish wiht brave bird

[Ayeun]

Crazy psycho attack go!

Giga drain x 3

YARR (its talk like a pirate day here today)

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 33===

Still seething from that just plain disrespectful comment, Cotton used the last of her sun-given energy to siphon away a meager amount of health from Tara. In response, Tara flapped her wings and flew by Cotton. The air itself sliced Cotton through and through.

T: -5E/-1H ~~ C: -3E/-12H

Cotton exhaled, realizing she was holding her breath after that last strike. Panting, she knew she was tuckered out, and it would take a bit before solar energy revitalized her for a little bit more. It was fortunate then, that Tara seemed to fall like a steel brick, apparently paralyzed.

T: PAR ~~ C: >_o

Cotton sighed, feeling the warm air of this greenhouse push her chlorophyll cells to their limit, almost brimming with a small surplus of sugar. Tara smelled the scent coming from Cotton, and sneered. She kicked her feet under her and charged. Wings flapped once to heighten her speed, and the collision was glorious!

Both Pokemon bounce east and slid to a stop next to each other. Tara shook her head, and Cotton wobbled to her feet. This battle wouldn't last much longer with hits like that to Cotton.

T: -10E/-4H ~~ C: -28H

Ingrain hooks (+4) helping Cotton's cause...

===Stats===


Ay

[Ayeun]

Go out with a bang... Use Momento to finish this up.

[Wolfsong]

Tara, use protect

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 34===

Well, there was no way around it. Cotton was on her last hurrah. She raised her pompoms to the sky and began to sway back an forth. A soft, gentle spell was cast, and thrown over Tara...or at least she wanted it to be cast over Tara.

The avian raised a shield to protect her from the spell, and Cotton murmured under her breath, before falling over.

T: -8E ~~ C: -7E/-5H

Tara caws, and lands next to Wolfy, smiling.

===Stats===


WS release, Ay release and attack.

[Wolfsong]

Angel female absol with the pressure ability

[Ayeun]

We only have one left! The Shiny celebi! (Natural cure)

Substitute ~ Defense curl ~ Mud slap

[Wolfsong]

Angel, start with taunt. If taunt was successful in preventing substitute, use thunder wave. Otherwise, use flash. Finally, finish with megahorn.

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 35===

Wow, what a set of matches we have had here today in the Secret Garden. Each competitor has procured 4 wins, and there was even a draw in the midst! We can only hope one woman comes out on top today.

Wolfy whips out her final Pokemon, a highly preened Absol appropriately named Angel. In response (and eager anticipation, by the twitching of her face into a coarse smile) Ayay points to the heavens. The roof warps and creates a portal, out from which a shining Celebi is revealed.

Angel snarls, and watches as the incumbent traveler is struck by a wayward stone.[Rock Attack!!: -2H] She murmurs something about the fairy being unable to see that coming-ineffectual time traveler, and that bothers the psychic grasser.

A: -3E ~~ C: Tnt: 3 act

Angel dashes over to the shining flier, whom is still ticked that she didn't see that stupid rock. Her inattentiveness leads to a wrapping of electric bands around her. Celebi falls onto her back, staring up at the sky, stark mad.

A: -2E ~~ C: >_0 Par

Angel growls, and charges the now paralyzed and highly angered Celebi. That head scythe shines with an eerie yellowish glow, and he headbutts Celebi with that force. As the strike cuts across her chest, Celebi kicks out in pain and forces mud to fly in Angels eyes. But it's too little too late. Celebi skedaddles across the Garden ground, creating a deep trench as her wake.

A: -10E/-4H -Acc ~~ C: -3E/-30H


===Stats===


WS

Note: I realize this seems a bit odd, since Legends are suppoused to have 150 HP/EP. In a match like this, its a bit off-putting, since there's no chance for switching to even out the health differential.

I'll leave it up to you. Leave it at 100/100 or adjust Celebi's health to reflect the 150/150 rule.

[Wolfsong]

Okay Angel, start with hone claws. Follow that up with Hex and finish with ice beam. If it tries to heal the paralysis once the taunt wears off taunt again

[Ayeun]

Silver wind ~ Signal Beam ~ U - turn

And i thought the 150/150 was only in the SZ or in matches where it was decided on in advance. Here, I was expecting 100/100.

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 36===

The floating stones seemed to lower as the time traveler floats up to an ambient height, adjusting its flight pattern to better deal with this crippling paralysis. Angel grunts in satisfaction and preens herself a bit more. Those claws become super sharp in the process.

Its equated by a nice breeze that blows through the fog. Angel growls in protest, it gave her a nasty itch.

A: -3E/-12H +Atk~~ C: -8E

Boosted by her earlier cleanliness, Angel stares at the incoming traveler. Celebi gives off a howl, before zipping past the darker form with a dual trail of energy circling him. Angel hops back from the beam, and shakes the dizzy feeling from her form.

Angel barks once, casting a strange Hex on the flier. Celebi crashes into the ground, unsure what just happened. All it knows is that the spell cast on its body is preventing him from keeping up the fight!

A: -5E/-14H ~~ C: -8E/-18H

Celebi stretches its arms up, as if pulling on an invisible bar to try and right itself. Angel strides forth and steps on the Pokemon's head with a paw. Opening its jaws, Angel releases a massive ice Blast right atop of the grass Pokemon. Celebi winced in pain from the strike, but was able to scratch at the base of Angel 's paw. Angel winced, and threw Celebi aside.

A: -8E/-16H ~~ C: -9E/-20H


===Stats===


Ay

The Gym Leader is perilously close to being finished off. Can she do anything to survive and put this challenger in her place?

[Ayeun]

Recover ~ Silver wind ~ Signal beam

[Wolfsong]

[colro=skyblue]Angel, start with Taunt. Then follow that up with a couple of megahorns.[/color]

[DarkestLight]

===Stipulations===

Arena: The Secret Garden
DQ: 4 days
Abilities: Active
Damage Cap: None
Win Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

===Battlers===


===Round 36===

Angel snarls, and lets out a nice stream of insults, all of which seem to detrimentally perturb the baseline telepath. Man, you better watch out. When Tinker Bell gets angry, the gloves come off. She seethes-foregoing her basic urge to heal, and gives off a psychic blast that seems to open a wormhole!

A: -3E ~~ C: Tnt 2 act

This energy stays out of the fight, as Celebi floats there in silent reverie. Angel takes a few steps back-was this the calamity she unnervingly predicted at the beginning of her run? No matter, she could hit that small fry before anything fell out that hole...right?

She lunged, and gored at Celebi with that horn of hers. There was a gust of wind which Angel backed away from, and scratched at her hair to get rid of its stinging feeling. Her landing brung no success, as Celebi managed to stay afloat and avoid the strike!

A: -10E/-12H ~~ C: -8E

Celebi turns slowly, feeling her muscles ache, But she pushes past the pain, hollering her malcontent for this beast. This beast, whom with a silent jump, lunged at the grass/Psychic, and this time connected with that glowing headspike. It was too fast and now too powerful for Celebi to ignore.

She landed headfist, alongside Angel's paws, and exhaled slowly..

A: -10E ~~ C: -32H


===Stats===


WS pulls out a win from this round, giving her 5 wins to Ayeun's 4.
With one dual round in the mix, Wolfsong gets a total of 15 points, the badge and the change to have one of her Pokemon learn the TM move.
Ayeun receives ..not bad, 14 points.
I get 20 (ten matches like what!) and I'm gone again!

[Wolfsong]

Ayeun, that was a great battle and i wasn't sure who was going to win. Thanks for reffing DL. *pauses* Before i decide, is the tm Synthesis or Grasswhistle?

[Ayeun]

I am 99% sure that the change to Grasswhistle was approved before this battle.

And congrats. I'm going to have a stern talking to a few of my pokemon...

[Wolfsong]

The pokemon has to be one that participated in the battle right? In that case, if its possible for Ziva (my lucario) to get it then that's who i choose.