Sky High (Gym)

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POSTED ON Dec 31, 2022 20:29:57 GMT
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So this was to be his second Gym Challenge. A flying type specialist in the the city of Fortree. Well there was only one Pokemon he could bring to such a gym, his strongest partner, that he never went anywhere without. Besides he felt that Draco would put up the best fight more than any of his other pokemon. Assuming this leader did their best to cover their disadvantages, his Sceptile, and Charizard would be at a distinct disadvantage. Not to mention that he had no idea what other this Leader had other than a Braviary that he had faced against during the Star Tournament.

Though chances were that they wouldn't be using the same one, and so he looked forward to having another strong opponent like the Electric Gym Leader he had faced in . So with a single pokeball in hand he made his way to where he had been told by the receptionist where the leader was waiting for him.



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Alexei Ivanov
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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 15:25:33 GMT
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He was already out at the open-air arena, surrounded by a flock of avianid and not-quite-avianid Pokémon (as he was busy feeding them for the day) when he heard a voice crackling over the earpiece.

“Oh, already? Alright, send him to the arena.”

At the same time, the flock of Pokémon took flight, a literal fluttering of a massive number of wings taking to the skies should the challenger come out in time to see all of the avian Pokémon taking flight.

“That was fast,” he remarked as he stripped down the gloves and placed it in the empty bucket which he took to one side of the arena.

“Just a one-on-one match, right?”

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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 15:30:40 GMT
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Amor looked curiously at the man, and nodded, admiring all of his avians as they flew away. Bird Pokemon were to him, like Dragons were to Amor. It was an interesting thing to note, but he just smiled a bit.

"I apologize for interrupting your feeding, but yes, just a one on one. I am curious to see how much I have improved since the last time, if it's all the same to you." He stated simply as he held the Pokeball that contained his most trusted partner in it. Though the battle hadn't officially started yet, so he refrained from throwing it, and instead waited to be told that the battle was starting.

You didn't just walk into another mans home, and just start unleashing Pokemon everywhere. Amor had manners at the very least.



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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 16:01:31 GMT
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The ‘aura’ he could pick up, at least from the other now that he got a second look as he realized who he was about to meet head-on in combat with…

Yeah, definitely not Kyouya. He’d remember this guy, he thought as he looked skyward and saw one other shadow circling around before said ‘shadow’ bellowed a greeting across the arena.

“You get first move!” he called as he took position on his side of the ‘arena’, his Salamence ready and rearing to go.

While it was no Dragonite (as he knew his own was too gentle of a Pokémon to fight head-on in a rubber match) why not sic one of his most powerful companions at the other?



Salamence is out on the field!


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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 16:07:19 GMT
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Oh a Salamence? Now that was an interesting choice of Pokemon, but it only made him smile as he tossed out his own Pokeball to unleash a Dragonite. It was much larger than normal ones, and it was obviously well taken care of, upon hearing that he got the first move he just smiled.

"Well then I appreciate that! Draco, go!" He roared the command, and the bond with his most trusted partner was such that he didn't need to give him explicit commands. They both understood their strategy. Figure out what your opponent could do, and then crash into them full force. The Dragonite beat it's wings hard against the air taking flight, and then without a seconds pause it blitzed towards the Salamence using Extreme Speed as it's opener to hopefully see just how tough this other mon was.

Choosing a Dragon was good from a type matchup standpoint, but it only got Draco more fired up. The one who wanted to reign supreme above all others in his giving typing, so this would only serve to put him higher up towards that goal!

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Dragonite used Extreme Speed!


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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 16:15:55 GMT
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A head-on charge? Alright then, so be it!

The Salamence roared again, unblinking as the Dragonite disappeared from view—only to rematerialize a few scant seconds later too close for comfort in his personal space.

While he would take the Extreme Speed attack in stride, he wasn’t going to let that cow him down—and instead chose to lash back as the other came too close with a Dragon Claw of his own.

…to be fair, the draconid was tempted to take a bite out of the Dragonite but nah. Once he’d made his own first move, he backed away, waiting for the next move.

Of course, this Salamence also happened to be one of Alex’s longest companions, and it showed as such…



Salamence is out on the field!

Salamence takes the Extreme Speed, before lashing out with a Dragon Claw in return!



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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 16:59:22 GMT
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The Dragon Claw found purchase, but due to the Multiscale that his Dragonite possessed, it did far less damage than it actually should have, but that didn't mean Draco was going to just take that laying down, and so it began to build up an enormous amount of dragon energy, and then it shot it into the sky. This was usually the trump card of most, since it lowered the power of special moves, but Draco didn't rely on just moves like that.

And soon a meteor storm began to rain down from the sky towards the Salamence, who had tried to put more distance between the two, and Draco stood there watching as the purple arrows of energy flew towards his enemy. Draco Meteor was a powerful move, and it wasn't one to be taken lightly. So both Amor, and his Dragon were curious to see how it was handled, but he wasn't naive enough to believe that the battle was over quite yet.

So with abated breath, Amor watched as the two dragons danced in the sky above.



TLDR
Dragonite takes the Dragon Claw, damage is halved due to Multiscale!
Dragonite uses Draco Meteor!

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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 17:17:21 GMT
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The way the Dragonite had suddenly flown up, and then the streaks began crashing down—

As if he’s going to take that lying down, he continued to himself in the back of his head, as the Salamence roared at the tiny little speck that had flown skyward—as the Draco Meteor began to rain down all around him, the only obvious choice was a Protective screen!

(And for some reason, there was… why did he get the feeling that this battle would be accompanied by orchestral music with ominous chanting in the background? Wait, wrong character!)

The Salamence then roared from behind the ‘shield’, glaring at the Dragonite—he thought they were going to have an up-close and personal battle?!

Ooh, looks like someone took extreme offense to the meteors! he went on, stifling a cackle.



Salamence is out on the field!

Salamence throws up a Protective screen while roaring at the Dragonite to come down to where he is and FIGHT LIKE A MAN



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POSTED ON Jan 4, 2023 17:24:38 GMT
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Draco just snarled back as he watched his opponent do the boring thing, and so with a smirk as if he had hoped that is what would happen, light blue energy began to encircle his form as he Roosted to recover from all the damage that had previously been done to him. Cracking his neck now as if nothing had happened, he just glared back at his opponent, with a look that said.

"If you weren't a pansy, I wouldn't have been able to recover." or something like that. Another roar poured from the dragons mouth as he began to prepare for his next move, and now that he was fully rejuvenated, his opponent would feel the pressure all the more.

Amor just quirked a brow at Draco's strategy, well it was technically their strategy, as it was something they had come up with once they realized how common it was for opponents to use moves like Protect. Draco wasn't a fan of it, and so he refused to learn that move in particular, and instead focused his entire being on offense. Though with one move to punish opponents for not facing him on his terms, and now he was showing that to the Salamence.



TLDR
Draco spits in Salamences face as it protects by using Roost.
Draco insults Salamence?
Music is probably being played in an Alternate Universe!

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POSTED ON Jan 5, 2023 2:01:24 GMT
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‘Get down here and fight like a MAN!’

Oh, if Alexei could only understand what the hell was going on up there, he would totally freak the fuck out. But alas. This is what he’ll overhear:

A whole load of roaring and potential screaming.

The Salamence affixed his best angry glare and waited for the Dragonite to come flying down, before… aha. He knew that move looked familiar. Hell, Kyouya the Braviary abused it half the time!

‘You pansy!’ the Salamence roared before charging forward—and bringing along with him, an avalanche of rough-sized boulders, a Rock Slide to lash out and throw at the grounded Dragonite.



Salamence is out on the field!

Salamence angy, charges forward using Rock Slide to strike the grounded Dragonite!



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POSTED ON Jan 6, 2023 18:30:52 GMT
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Draco just laughed as the Salamence came after him with a Rock Slide, and he didn't flinch as the rocks came at him head on, and he met the other dragon with electric charged fists. A Thunder Punch uppercut was thrown to the Salamence, and then a right hook, and a left jab. It was like boxing, but with dragons, and electricity. Draco didn't seem all that perturbed by the Salamence's taunts, and instead didn't reply in an attempt to incense the creature even further to get him to make some more reckless moves.

Thankfully with his injuries restored fully by that last attack, the Rock Slide was buffeted away similarly to the claws earlier, and So Draco barely felt it thanks to his Multiscale, but that cheeky strategy wouldn't work further as he intended to beat this Salamence into the dirt, and it showed in the way that he was unmercifully unleashing punches upon it.

Amor instead was watching his dragon fight curiously, regardless of the fact that he couldn't understand a word of what was going on, he could understand the gist of it. It was some sort of Dragon, chest puffing contest, and part of him was proud that Draco had found an opponent that he could have fun with, the other part was a little embarrassed by the whole ordeal.

TLDR
Draco takes half damage from Rock Slide thanks to Multiscale!
Draco retaliates with Thunder Punch!
Amor mentally facepalms a little!

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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2023 13:09:52 GMT
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“You know,” Alexei shouted from his side of the arena to Amor as the two draconids were now engaged in the approximate equivalent of a brawl, “…if we could understand Pokéspeak this is going to be a thousand times more embarrassing!”

The Salamence came to a stop for a bit, to comprehend the… the utter stupid that his human companion had said before being clocked in the face with an electrified punch! Ow, rude!

‘You little shit!’ the Salamence roared, shaking his head to stave off the jarring aftereffect of the punch landing in so close a range—before lashing out once more with his Claws, imbued with a powerful burst of Draconic energy.

‘You’re up to fighting dirty too?!’ he continued as he lashed out, all four front and hind legs lashing at the Dragonite with the Dragon Claw attack.



Salamence is out on the field!

Salamence angy, takes the Thunder Punch by surprise before retaliating with all-four clawed Dragon Claw attack!


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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2023 21:27:02 GMT
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"I am inclined to agree with that sentiment." He stated to the Gym Leader. Whatever the two dragons were saying to each other, was sure to make both Trainers cringe a little bit. Though before he could finish that thought more roars echoed through the arena as the Salamence seemed intent to strike out with all of it's claws at once. Draco was able to block two of them with his fists, but he was smashed into by the last two, and so the boxing match had resumed. Though Draco wasn't the least bit perturbed, and with both of his fists still charged he attempted to slug the Salamence across the face with a good old fashioned one, two, combo attack.

A quick jab to it's face, followed by a powerful uppercut to it's jaw with it's Thunder Punch. Of course Amor had no idea that his dragon knew how to fight that way, but considering how often Draco sparred the others in the garden, and open field arena in his estate, he assumed that he had picked up there along the way. Fighting so many different kinds of opponents almost daily, had taught him to try, and be ready for anything. Though whether he actually learned from it or not, remained to be seen.

"Not fighting dirty, I am winning." Draco corrected his opponent as he kept his fists charged up ready for another quad-Dragon Claw attack should it come. Though he didn't feel like he could lose, he still kept his eyes on the enemy dragon waiting for an opening to strike next.

TLDR
Draco takes a Dragon Claw!
Draco uses Thunder Punch again!
Draco talks back!

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POSTED ON Jan 22, 2023 14:18:45 GMT
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‘Stop trying to hit me and hit me!’

Well, the Salamence was going to get that, quite literally, in the next few seconds as this time the other side of his face had gotten clobbered…

‘That fucking hurt!’

In retaliation, several furious wingbeats later a sudden avalanche of boulders of varying size came slamming down—an attempt to knock the Dragonite upside the head with a Rock Slide attack!

Over on his side of the arena, Alexei could only… facepalm. Geez, if he could understand what the two draconids were bickering about, he would’ve wanted to sink into the ground and never come back up again!



Salamence is out on the field!

Salamence gets even angier, takes the Thunder Punch before lashing back with a Rock Slide!



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POSTED ON Feb 4, 2023 16:00:48 GMT
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Draco just laughed as the Salamence attempted to use another Rock Slide on him, however the attack would be found to be lacking a target as Draco used Extreme Speed to both dodge the attack, and attempt to land one of his own on the other dragon. Weaving quickly through the cavalcade of rocks that had rained down on him, he wasn't the least bit interested in letting this battle drag on for much longer. They had both taken a ton of damage from each other. Surely his opponents stamina was starting to drop as well? With a grimace on his maw he would continue to hammer away at the opposing dragon.

"Tch don't ask me to hit you, and then complain, wuss." Came Draco's retort to the Salamence as he beat his wings hard in the air to stay aloft. Keeping his eyes on his opponent so that he could react to his next attack just as quickly as before, if he was going to just use another Rock Slide then he would repeat the same attack as before, and beat him into submission. After all if he wasn't going to slug it out with him, then he would return that kindness.

Amor meanwhile had no idea what was happening, but just like the Gym Leader, if he could understand his dragon, he would have wanted to be erased from existence.