Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]

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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 8:05:21 GMT
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"Bottom of the ninth," Zac said, as Buzz, his last Pokemon, zipped around the battlefield. She seemed right at home on the scorching sands. 

Zac had gotten her in a trade with , and didn't know much about her past. Maybe she had a history with Slateport Beach.

"That Magnezone of yours is a real champion," he said, grinning at Adrian. Behind him, Buzz hovered in the air for a moment before shooting off up the beach, stretching her wings. 

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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 10:05:31 GMT
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"I've been training it for some time now." And in that time it had seen more harrowing battles than most, although somehow it always pulled through, however today was still an exception. In a miraculous turn of events, its TRI ATTACK had frozen Zac's previous pokemon, presenting an opportunity that was otherwise lost. Onto business...

A Yanmega darted through the air, difficult to detect with the naked eye, though he tried all the same. For a mercy he was able to follow after its aura more closely, though it still posed a challenge for eyes unaccustomed to its chaotic movement.

Adrian would await their attack with anticipation, guessing at the most likely approach.
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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 6, 2021 10:28:45 GMT
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Buzz flew away again. She paused for half an instant, and then darted back towards the group. Zac found it damn near impossible to follow her movements. "Wish I could say the same for Buzz, though she no slouch!" he said with a grin and a laugh. 

She stopped, just over the waves. She shot towards Zac, before cutting an unexpected left and zipping past Magnezone, sending an Air Slash at the floating opponent. BZZZZZZZ! 



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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 8:49:33 GMT
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"She's definitely fast." In all the time it took for them to exchange but a few measly words, Yanmega had zipped up and down the shore and buffeted Magnezone with an AIR SLASH, though it hardly registered. The great machine hovered motionlessly as if lifeless, subtly rocked by the gusts directed at it; its eyes followed after the Yanmega, straining to keep up, yet through persistence and targeting algorithms, it LOCKED ON.
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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 15:47:48 GMT
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Zac thought back to how they'd gotten here. He backtracked. Magnezone had finished off the already battered Venusaur in one fell swoop. That Tri-Attack had burnt, paralyzed, and finally frozen the giant plant. Zac had returned a Venucicle.  

"And she's got a bit more to offer then just air, too," Zac replied, as Yanmega shot past him in a rush of wing and thrumming wings. She alighted on some chunks of beach stone far down hear the headland, suddenly still. Moments later, the dragonfly rushed back along the beach, rocks in tow as she made another pass at Magnezone, this time aiming to zip past and smash her enemy with an ANCIENT POWER


Buzz used Ancient Power!


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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 7, 2021 21:41:50 GMT
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"I would know; I'm from Sinnoh." Adrian recognized the attack at once, having owned a Yanmega of his own, however that was a long, long time ago...

Evolution through Ancient Power had been the precursor to the discovery of Mega Evolution in Sinnoh, though the two phenomenon were not linked. They were simply similes, operating under a shared principle: Reawaken lost evolutionary advantages. When the stones shattered against Magnezone's robust exterior, he could tell the machine was still jarred by the impact, its inner mechanisms rattled and loosened.

In the smokescreen of debris from the attack, Magnezone would take further time to calibrate before unleashing a hellish amplitude of electricity from its largest spire, causing the air between it and Yanmega to shudder and ionize as ZAP CANNON punished the critter for its proximity. Not only effective, but a guaranteed paralysis.
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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 9, 2021 1:03:35 GMT
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Static burst along the length of the massive darner. Yanmega's slick, surprising movements descended into jerky, jittery burst of energy, stopping and starting as if the bug was short-circuiting before completing its pathfinding.

Buzz had become Bzzt.

"Don't get too close!" Zac said, usefully. "That zapper's got a wicked magnetic field!" 

Buzz hovered a few meters away, unsure of how to approach this metal opponent. Air Slashed had bounced off its hide. Ancient Power had rocked it, but the cost of her mobility. She beat her wings, forcing movement through the jumping muscles as she sent a shuddering BUG BUZZ at the machine, hoping to shake loose some internal component. 


Buzz used Bug Buzz!


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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 9, 2021 3:42:19 GMT
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Whether or not it was feigned concern, Adrian's eyebrows shot up at the next attack, watching as Magnezone wobbled in place, seemingly out of focus. Did it need a tune up? That wasn't going to happen until Yanmega was knocked out, or Magnezone itself was a bucket of bolts on the ground, so he could only feel sympathy.

As a result of the attack, Magnezone's circuits shorted and surged, causing a sudden DISCHARGE that arced along the ground surrounding it, before it began careening forward towards the dirt. Did that really do it in? Adrian remained skeptical.
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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 10, 2021 12:59:10 GMT
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The Discharge burst in the air, turning Zac's hair and beard into a frizzy mess. Buzz was not a battler, she was a speedster, but even still she had seen the attack coming. DETECT

At the last second she dove for a dip in the sand, letting the electricity crackle over his body as she was safely grounded by the blanket of sand. Static zipped and zapped between her scales, as she cautiously perched on the edge of the hole, waiting on Magnezone's next move.  


Buzz used DETECT!


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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 10, 2021 19:58:40 GMT
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Adrian wears something of an impressed yet taken aback frown. Huh.

It was a pretty neat thing for Yanmega to scuttle beneath a layer of sand hoping the electricity would bounce off harmlessly, and for the greater part it did exactly that, all while Magnezone clambered to the ground and slid along the sand before becoming entrenched in it. Magnezone was clearly whirring and bleeping as it struggled.

"C'mon, get up." Its magnets pushed at the sand, only to find them digging the bulk of its frame deeper into the sand. Once more and with vigor, Magnezone tried to free itself and finally succeeded, invoking the power of MAGNET RISE to do so.


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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 11, 2021 8:49:16 GMT
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Buzz propped herself up on shaky, staticky legs. Her wings fluttered weakly, shaking off little whirls of sand as she tried to take to the air.

Magnezone loomed over her. This mechanical beast with impenetrable skin and lightning instead of blood. Buzz shuddered. She pumped her wings, lifting herself slightly off the ground as she PSYCHED UP for a final attack. 


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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 11, 2021 9:48:42 GMT
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Teetering where it hovered airborne, Magnezone and Yanmega faced one another off while preparing for their final clash. Once more its internal mechanisms recalibrated themselves, its targeting systems locking onto Buzz' signature.

Turning to face forwards, each magnet began gyrating, generating a whirring sound as the metal parts began firing up, building speed while it LOCKED ON.

"Keep it together, and we've got this," he offered in encouragement.
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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 14, 2021 2:07:43 GMT
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Buzz's faceted eyes danced over her opponent's shell like sunlight on water. Hard, battered steel plates, protecting a rattled core filled with colorful wires and brittle soldering. 

There. A chink in the armor. A little gap between the plates. Buzz hummed with adrenaline and pain. She forced her wings to move. To speed. To push through the fizzing electricity that jumbled her signals and made her muscles jump and jerk.

As Magnezone LOCKED ON, Buzz shot towards her metal foe, her AIR SLASH cutting up towards the thin gap in her opponent, and the weakness inside.

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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 14, 2021 2:10:17 GMT
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Ever the analyst, Magnezone waited for that moment Yanmega had let down its guard, when it had unleashed its attack and paused with anticipation. This delayed timing would be crucial to its downfall as it failed to land the telling blow on Yanmega as it rushed forward, lacerating winds slipping through the cracks of its armor and shredding the hardwired physique underneath. It wailed in mechanical distress.

Following through on its pass, Yanmega would be out of sight when the FLASH CANNON blasted uncontrollably from Magnezone's body, causing it to combust and plummet towards the earth in a fireball. "What the f#ck?! Oh, man...!" Adrian rushed over towards his Magnezone while it spewed out smoke and bolts.

And with that, a referee on the sideline would call the match, and Zac its victor.

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Zac vs Adrian [H✩T]
POSTED ON Jul 14, 2021 3:18:01 GMT
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All the locking on and precise beams in the world won't save you if your wires are cut. And thankfully for Buzz, she had sliced through some rather important connections just microseconds before she was scheduled to meet the world's largest bug zapper.

"Holy crap! That one's packing some serious wattage!" Zac said, applauding his opponent. Buzz, still shaky, zipped back to to Zac's side and settled down on the sand, her winds beating an unsteady rhythm. "Great match, mate," Zac said, holding out a hand to shake with his opponent. 

Seeing the damage done to Magnezone, Zac pulled nutrients and life from the thick dune grass on the upper bank of their battlefield. His body glowed with green avatar energy, and he moved closer to the wounded Pokemon. "Here, let me heal it up."