Cutie? Well, that was forward. Granted, with the white dress and sandals, she probably invited it on that day. Yet, among her opponents on that day of the tournament, he had been the only one to hit on her. It wasn’t really something she was into too much, given that she preferred that to happen in a bit more indirect or classy style, but she did not mind it either. One of the things that had been trained out of her had been the act of getting embarrassed about such things.

Now, she just took the compliment. And the option of taking the first move as well. For that, she sent out a trio of lesser-used Pokemon, which nevertheless felt appropriate for this kind of battle. Pyukumuku in the back, which would use Helping Hand on its center partner, Ponyta. That one would, in turn, Flare Blitz whatever was in the front here. In the meantime, her Blitzle would use Charge to prepare for a dangerous attack of its own next turn.

- Triple Battle (pending)
- use super effective move (done)

[attr="class","cian"]not the fire-type...

HAIL sets up the battle for them. glalie rolls forward, almost protectively as she places herself between her opponents and the avalugg. she takes the FLARE BLITZ that damages her substantially.

at that, weavile springs forward, looking to take out the biggest threat. he slashes his METAL CLAW across ponyta's body.

avalugg takes the time and sets up an IRON DEFENSE.

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Well, that seemed to hit hard – in both directions. Ponyta took a good chunk of damage as well from this and decided to run away instead and disengage, much like the had practiced. Instead, Blitzle took centre stage, now fully charged. Pyukumuku, too, changed its target and lent a helping hand to the zebra instead, further increasing its power.

With full speed and almost reckless abandon, the Blitzle then charged the Weavile directly, once it misses the Ponyta, seeking to take out this more offensive thread while the Glalie still recuperates from being hit. The Avalugg thus could set up, certainly, but they couldn’t be everywhere.

- Triple Battle (pending)

- Use recoil move (done)
- use super effective move (done)

[attr="class","cian"]with nothing focusing the avalugg, she's free to summon a powerful BLIZZARD that sweeps across the battlefield.

weavile takes the attack from the blitzle, though quickly smacks back with REVENGE.

glalie, from the ground, sends a FREEZE-DRY over ponyta's way.

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The Blitzle recoils, hurt, but is also hit fully and square by the Blizzard. Trying to somehow rush through that, it swiftly Flame Charges the Weavile, hoping that the fires will counteract the cold before anything worse happens.

Meanwhile, Ponyta hides behind the Pyukumuku, crouching down defensively while the small blob protects itself with Harden from both the Freeze-Dry and the Blizzard. It does get hurt and frozen, but succeeds in protecting Ponyta, which reacts by neighing and sending out a powerful Flame Wheel towards the opposing team – which also helps Pyukumuku thaw out more quickly.

[attr="class","cian"]a shield of PROTECT forms over the weavile, keeping him safe from the FLAME CHARGE.

but that leaves glalie open to the FLAME WHEEL. she almost faints as a result but just manages to hold on.

the weavile continues battling the blitzle, this time using a NIGHT SLASH.

the BLIZZARD from avalugg continues.

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This wasn’t going so good, with this Blizzard going on. Ponyta could work its flames against that, staying warm, but Blitzle was clearly suffering. In fact, it needed to be recalled now, after being hit by the Night Slash as well.

However, Blizzard did have an Achilles’ Heel. It couldn’t be kept up forever. Especially not with Pyukumuku around. “Spite at the Avalugg,” Eve ordered and the little ball of darkness fixated its unaware eyes on the other Pokemon intensely, trying to fully break its concentration and stop the Blizzard in its tracks.
Meanwhile, Ponyta surged forward, trying to Stomp on the Glalie to take it out completely.

[attr="class","cian"]the BLIZZARD stops.

glalie's taken out by the STOMP[, fainting after the impact.

weavile spends the turn using AGILITY, speeding up while the avalugg uses IRON DEFENSE once again.

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Phew. The Blizzard was over, at least for now. Two Pokemon were out, leaving two on each side. In fact, it left two teams that were, in some ways, mirroring one another. Much like Weavile, Ponyta also used Agility, in order to allow it to keep up. And Pyukumuku, it used its own harden in order to prepare for the next exchange. Since there were only the two of them left, they would have to act a lot more strategically in the future, if they wanted to retain any chance of winning. After all, without Ponyta, they couldn’t win anymore at all, for obvious reasons.

[attr="class","cian"]it's a close battle; one that'll require him to think.

too bad he's lazy and tired.

"rush in,"

so he can go home.

the weavile charges forward to slash his METAL CLAW at the ponyta while the avalugg uses SKULL BASH on the pyukumuku.

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And then they suddenly came. Both of them. Eve was a little surprised at that, given that it seemed antithetical to how this battle had progressed so far. But that was just part of fighting with Pokemon, wasn’t it? Not every action made sense at first glance, and the power of surprise could turn a battle in and of itself.

And that just meant she had to react quickly. “Pyukumuku, Helping Hand once more, Ponyta, charge it down!” With that, there would be another boosted Flare Blitz at the Weavile, in order to take that one out first, while Pyukumuku braced for impact from the incoming Avalugg.

[attr="class","cian"]weavile takes the FLARE BLITZ and almost faints as a result of it. but for some odd reason, perhaps just stubbornness, he refuses to go down just yet.

turning the attack around, weavile shoots out an ICE SHARD at ponyta.

avalugg continues charging to use her SKULL BASH on pyukumuku.

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This was now fairly evidently turning into a battle of attrition. The Ponyta and Weavile were trading blows, Ponyta being hit by an admittedly not very effective attack and Stomping in return. It was not in good shape either, certainly, but it was still holding on and was determined to see this through one way or another.

Pyukumuku on the other hand…din’t have any attacks. In fact, all it could do was help allies or hamper foes. Or protect itself with Harden, of course. Hence, it did just that again – hoping that Ponyta could win her fight so that she might offer some relief.