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POSTED ON Jan 17, 2023 1:18:42 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]He didn’t know what had prompted him to take on the gym challenge. He didn’t give a fuck about gyms. His last real honest-to-goodness Pokemon battle, where the odds were fair and breaking someone’s kneecaps was not allowed, was all those years ago in the Galar gym circuit when beat him and, you know, ruined his goddamn piece of shit fucking life.

Ahem.

Maybe it was Andres that was making him want to do this in the first place. After all, he wasn’t challenging the gym as Onyx Straub, local deadbeat, strongman, and muscle for hire, shady background and questionable Rocket ties notwithstanding; he was challenging it as Jett Black, good Hoenn boy on the up and up, rising star trainer making his debut on the gym circuit. A storebought box of black dye and some very assuming brown contacts (well, contact) changed his face in ways he didn’t think were possible.

He looked a lot like his sister, like this, he thought. Which was a stupid fucking thought because they were twins. But he supposed it was fair enough, to wear her face, because he was already using her name.

’s gym was attractive because the modus operandi was hit hard and fast as possible and, well, if that wasn’t right up Onyx’s alley, then he didn’t know what fucking was.

Despite all his efforts at blending in he was still a horrible actor. He also didn’t know what the fuck he was supposed to say in such a situation. He’d taken part in countless gym battles over the course of his life, though they were all so distant as to be memories-- or worse, dreams, figments of the fictional character he was playing today.

“I’m… here to challenge the gym leader?”
he tried, and, quite honestly, his unfamiliarity with what the fuck he was doing worked wonders at playing into the shy, unassuming, trainer-in-training shtick.

tl ; dr


+ god this was a lot. onyx arrives in disguise uwu

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POSTED ON Jan 18, 2023 5:33:43 GMT
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Josh's Gym lobby showcased his blatant love of the fast, the furious, and the king of land speed: the legendary Pokémon Raikou. If was at all familiar with Johtonian myth, he would recognize the purple, yellow, and blue motif as the colors of the electric Beast. It was as though the entire Gym was constructed as a love letter to the now-missing Pokémon Josh suspected was dead, given his talks with the Top Champion and his trip to Johto confirming it. It was a busy day at the Racing Grounds, with well over a dozen appointments on the books.

Shelly was on vacation this week, leaving scheduler ANDREW WEISS working overtime. The young man behind the desk was in the middle of rescheduling some appointments when he was approached by one of Josh's scheduled challengers for the day. "Challenger Jett Black?" the short, black-haired man confirmed his appointment. "The Leader will see you now. Follow the signs all the way to the back of the Main Sector, to the moat arena. Good luck, and remember: with great speed comes great responsibility."

Provided Onyx followed the directions, indicated with ample signage, he would find the Gym Leader, Josh Devlin, carefully removing a saddle from the back of Blinky, his quite-large Jolteon, a Lanturn poking her head out of the nearby channel surrounding the large, circular, grassy battle court. A Dragonair and Kantonian Arcanine were also observing, their heads tilting toward the challenger. The Arcanine gave a greeting howl that attracted Josh's attention and made him fully aware of the challenger's presence.

"Challenger Jett Black?" the Leader asked to confirm. "Leader Josh Devlin, the Master of Faster himself!" He offered a handshake with his right hand covered in his racing glove. "Great to meet you! You're actually my last appointment before we close for lunch. These four are Blinky, Illumina, Resheph, and Braver. They'll be the ones you'll battle today for the official Hoenn League Quick Badge." The Jolteon let out a crackled cry that startled the Leader, still trying to remove her saddle. "Hold still, girl! Gotta get this off before your battle!"

Unlike many of the Leader's courts, this one was constructed to accommodate Water-type Pokémon, which was necessary for the Lanturn on his own side. Channels in the shape of a Poké Ball's outline ran along the court's bounds, the top half and bottom half of the Ball wide fields for Pokémon to run along and build speed. The most noteworthy detail about it was the lack of cover. Not one tree to hide behind. There was everywhere to run, but nowhere to hide.

"Alright, we'll pit our Pokémon against one another, two at a time. Defeat four of my Pokémon before I defeat yours, and the Badge is yours." Even the extra-wide Trainer's Boxes, rising above the arena via hydraulic lift once the Trainers were in position, were a bit of a tight fit for four Pokémon. The Dragonair and Lanturn floated above the Trainer's Box, the Arcanine and Jolteon sandwiching Josh as he explained the rules. "The challenger pits their Pokémon against mine first. Ponder your decision carefully, Jett, as it will be the only decision you will have time to think about."







ooc: Let's go! \o/

{WC: 545}
{PC: 1}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Blinky        Jolteon        Good
Illumina      Lanturn        Good
Resheph       Dragonair      Good
Braver        Arcanine       Good


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POSTED ON Jan 26, 2023 23:13:45 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]Onyx recognized the lobby for what it was, and that was a shrine to Raikou, albeit done in the fashion of a ten-year-old boy’s bedroom. He found it ostentatious at best and, at worst, almost nauseating. But such overt god-worshipping fell well in line with what he imagined most Leaguers to be like. What was the point of wearing your lucky Raikou underpants if no one asked to see them, y’know?

The talking head behind the desk rattles off something Onyx is fairly sure they ripped from a Spinarak-man comic but he manages to force a smile. “Thanks,” he said, and it sounded so sardonic as to be genuine.

He pathed his way through the gym as directed, following the signage he felt was only lacking the Roadrunner jumping out from a painting and smashing Wil-E Coyote with a fucking hammer. Gym Leader Devlin was slinging a saddle down from his Jolteon. After everything, Onyx was a little disappointed he didn’t have garish purple hair run through with yellow streaks or a ridiculous Raikou outfit, but was, instead, just a normal-looking guy. He was so focused on the fracture of the illusion that he almost forgot he had to respond to his fake name.

“Uh, that’s me,”
he said, pretending to be properly awed by the grandeur of the gym around him, and distracted as such. In reality, responding to Jett’s name had tweaked something in him, like a busted wheel bearing being jostled out of place by hitting a speedbump too hard. They had switched places all the time, as children-- usually when Jett went to take his exams, and he would stay at home, being Jett-- and he hadn’t expected being summoned by her name to remind him of that, of all the fucking things.

“Nice to meet you,” he managed, returning the firm handshake with his own-- gloveless, boring, normal-- hand. He managed to avoid having to greet all the Pokemon when Josh was distracted with calming his Jolteon-- who, if he had to be honest, was the best fucking part of this whole charade thus far, because she was massive.

“Two at a time, beat you first. Got it.” It was all so boringly simple, as though the concept of battling-- even battling fast-- was anything nouveau. It was just a fast battle, for fuck’s sake.

Anyway.

He called out Cruceum and Lucan, his Metagross and Pinsir, then stepped up into his own hydraulic box to be lifted above the battlefield. As the hydraulics hummed and the box rose, Cruceum stretched and shook their limbs, agility preparing them for the battle ahead, while Lucan hopped from one foot to the other, snapping his pincers, sword’s dance likewise boosting them for the fight to begin.

tl ; dr


+ metagross and pinsir are out
+ metagross uses agility, pinsir uses sword's dance

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POSTED ON Jan 27, 2023 21:44:23 GMT
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Metagross was a Pokémon Josh had long considered for a racing psychic-type. Had he not run into Janus at the Safari Zone in the before times, he would have gont look for one. Nonetheless, he knew just how powerful the steel-type was, especially under the burst of Agility it had put on. Being in situations where he did not have the speed advantage was something he needed to work on before taking the Elite Test, yes, but in live Gym Challenges that could impact his metrics, the Master of Faster preferred to avoid those types of situations completely.

He didn't ignore the Pinsir, either. The lightning-fast Jolteon leaped off the platform, Illumina the Lanturn splashing into the deep channel surrounding the large, grassy battle court. Having gone through this exact song and dance at 's Gym in Ever Grande City, current surged through the swift electric-types, Blinky's through her paws and quills, and Illumina's through her bright headlight. They discharged twin THUNDER WAVEs toward the combatants while also staying close to one another, ready to cover for each other in the event the pulses didn't leave their foes' limbs as limp as Josh wanted.





tl;dr:
Blinky: THUNDER WAVE >> Cruceum
Illumina: THUNDER WAVE >> Lucan



{WC: 195}
{PC: 2}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Blinky        Jolteon        Good
Illumina      Lanturn        Good
Resheph       Dragonair      Good
Braver        Arcanine       Good
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POSTED ON Jan 28, 2023 22:58:54 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]The Master of Faster-- bet that nickname got him laughed at in high school-- opened his battle with a twofold Thunder Wave aimed at paralysing Onyx’s Pokemon, freezing them where they stood. They surged forward together, a unified force.

Seams of gold fractured across Cruceum’s dark-blue body, a kintsugi of joint-griding energy, lovingly negating much of the benefit of their prior agility. The arena filled with the soft hum of magnetism as the Metagross lifted skyward, magnet rise giving them limited power of flight. Despite the twitching and the mortar-and-pestle noise of their limbs crunching against their body, they persisted.

Pushing off of two limbs, Cruceum leaped into the path of the Lanturn, left two limbs plunging into the water to attempt to grab the fish and yoink it onto dry land.

Lucan, meanwhile, staggered sideways, then bullied through the sparks leaping from his horns, launching his pinsers at the Jolteon’s chest to try and grab and suplex them with superpower, because the stupid bug had never known restraint in his life and wasn’t about to start now.


tl ; dr


+ metagross and pinsir are hit by thunder wave. their speed is lowered by 50% and they may not be able to move.
+ metagross uses magnet rise and hovers sideways into the path of lanturn. They attempt to grab lanturn by the top of their body/their lamp and hurl them up onto dry land.
+ pinsir struggles through the paralysis via sheer dumb stubborn force and attempts to grab jolteon and smash them with superpower.
+ both pokemon's motions are a bit jankily and slow due to paralysis.

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POSTED ON Jan 28, 2023 23:38:28 GMT
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No Pokémon on Josh's watch would deny him his speed advantage, especially not tough-looking ones like Pinsir and Metagross. While he maintained one advantage, Onyx had sheer power over him; the Pinsir's sharp horns had crushing grip strength, paralysis only taking hold after the Jolteon had already been grabbed. It was the same with the Metagross; by the time the psychic-type's circuits began to overload, it had already flipped the Lanturn out of the water.

Josh had carefully positioned the four Pokémon close to one another, which is why he wasn't concerned about his Jolteon being crushed between the bug-type's thorned, clamping horns.

"And now, double DISCHARGE!" the Leader cried, playing one of his trump cards. The two loosed large spheres of electricity around themselves, attempting to catch both of the challenger's Pokémon in each of the wide electric blasts. The moment the SUPERPOWERed Pinsir clamped down on Blinky, Illumina's electric blast washed over it, the VOLT ABSORBed electricity the only reason the Jolteon was still conscious... and even then, her eyes rolled around wildly, like she was going to collapse the moment she hit the ground! Even the most glancing blow, such as a Scratch from a newborn Pokémon, would be enough to send Blinky packing.

Blinky, too, returned the favor; while the Lanturn was beached next to the channel, any impact she suffered from the Metagross lifting her out of the water was reversed by her own ability to VOLT ABSORB the Jolteon's electric blast. The two were a deadly combination, able to recover from even the fiercest blows!





tl;dr:
-> Metagross successfully beaches Lanturn, rendering her immobile.
-> Pinsir's Superpower inflicts serious wounds upon Jolteon, her Volt Absorbing of Lanturn's Discharge the only reason she is standing.
-> Both of Josh's Pokémon use Discharge while all four are in close proximity, trying to take advantage of the big area attacks.



{WC: 265}
{PC: 3}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Blinky        Jolteon        Critical
Illumina      Lanturn        Good
Resheph       Dragonair      Good
Braver        Arcanine       Good
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POSTED ON Jan 29, 2023 17:28:51 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]Almost as soon as Lucan’s pincers dug into the Jolteon’s flesh his body went rigid, motions jerky, like brakes locking up. In the next moment, the gym leader gave his command, and the Jolteon’s head flew back, eyes rolling in its skull, as a sphere of angry crackling energy expanded from its core.

Lucan was blown backwards with an ear-piercing shriek, rolling and skidding along the field. He slid on his face for a little until he popped back up, still twitching and jerking from the paralysis. His pincers were burnt black and smoke rose from his carapace in silvery-gray waves.

Cruceum took the Lanturn’s Discharge with a bit more grace, weathering the blow with little more than a ducking of their head. A soft pink glow outlined them as they struggled to fight through their paralysis, attempting to use psychic to lift the beached Lanturn and, with a simple toss of their body, throw it up and over towards Lucan’s waiting maw, for the Pinsir to snag the angler fish in a vital throw and suplex them face-first into the ground.


tl ; dr


+ metagross (59% HP) and pinsir (48% HP) are both paralysed and hit by discharge.
+ metagross uses psychic to attempt to lift and toss lanturn into pinsir's vital throw. this user attacks last. in return, this throw move never misses.

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POSTED ON Jan 31, 2023 17:15:10 GMT
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Josh pumped a fist when Blinky's hastily-fired Discharge was just fast enough to keep her from being crushed between the Pinsir's spiked horns. It came with a price, though; after being beached, it was trivial for the challenger's Metagross to lift Illumina into the air. The screeching Lanturn went flying above the grass, directly into the waiting horns of the challenger's Pinsir. The gallery roared at the combination attack leading to an instant knockdown.

"Lanturn is unable to battle," the side judge announced, lifting a red flag. "Judges call: one point for Jett."

Josh silently withdrew the fallen water-type before commanding his hulking Arcanine to leap toward the center of the battle court. Both of Jett's Pokémon were hugely problematic for Josh, but his priority had to be on the Pinsir. Blinky may have been on her last legs, but the racing Jolteon was one slippery Pokémon. "Ready to joust?" Josh innocently asked. If Jett had studied some of Josh's previous matches, he may have known what was coming.

"Blinky! Let's get up to speed! Braver, burn that Metagross up with your FLAME WHEEL!" While the Arcanine's head-on charge was much more straightforward, the Jolteon's attack was anything but. She ran laps around the battle court as though it were a full race track, building up speed until she was a yellow blur. With a loud cry and a crackle, she swerved toward the Pinsir in a blindingly fast QUICK ATTACK, passing by the flightless insect with such speed that it would take split second timing to interrupt the charge. She wouldn't stop at one, though! She would kick up grass and dirt, a whiplash-inducing turn reversing her run back toward Jett's Pokémon. It was one slash after another. While each cut individually did little, each strike was so fast that Josh expected to wear the sluggish bug-type down, especially since it was wrack with paralysis. It was one of the Gym's signature tactics.

The THOUSAND CUT JOUST.







{WC: 331}
{PC: 4}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Blinky        Jolteon        Critical
Illumina      Lanturn        KO

Resheph       Dragonair      Good
Braver        Arcanine       Good
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POSTED ON Feb 1, 2023 23:15:39 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]Onyx kept his face stoic. He’d never been one to celebrate victories with anything more than a small smile-- and this battle was far from over.

Case in point: the Arcanine charging at his Metagross was problematic, but Onyx saw it for what it was: a diversion. The real challenge came in the form of the Jolteon and the way it ran rampant around the arena.

Lucan was burnt and bedraggled, slowed and half in the bag. There was no saving him.

“Lucan,”
he called, guillotine.”

The Pinsir took hit after hit of quick attack, spinning this way and that. His carapace cracked with a sound like thunder. On his last legs, he ducked his horns, and dove straight into the blow, sacrificing himself with a final attempt to take the Jolteon with him.

Cruceum, meanwhile, wasn’t fast enough to dodge the flame wheel entirely. They attempted to evade, calling up an iron defense to soften the blow. One of their arms wrenched backwards, and they slumped limply to that side.

Onyx recalled his fainted Pinsir and replaced him with his Gardevoir, who took one look at Cruceum’s mangled body and spread his arms wide.

What the fresh fuck is THIS shit?!

tl ; dr


+ pinsir takes the thousand cut joust and attempts to use guillotine on jolteon prior to fainting. pinsir is recalled. gardevoir is sent out.
+ metagross takes the flame wheel and softens the blow slightly with iron defense. metagross' hp is at 5%.

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Mauville Gym Leader
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"With great speed comes great responsibility."
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POSTED ON Feb 2, 2023 5:46:25 GMT
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Each successive slash got faster and faster, Josh ready to pump a fist at his Jolteon's decisive blow. After the sixth blow, the challenger's Pinsir found the split-second timing needed to catch Blinky in its horns. It took only a glancing blow to down the electric-type.

"Pinsir and Jolteon are both unable to battle," the side judge announced, raising a red flag once more. "Judges' call: one point for Jett, one point for the Leader."

The Gardevoir was a nasty Pokémon for Josh's anchor Pokémon, Resheph the Dragonair, to handle. "Braver, EXTREME SPEED! Don't let that Metagross stand!" the Leader cried, the Arcanine lunging toward the steel-type in an invisibly fast charge than even he could barely follow. Both of his Pokémon put on displays of speed; the blue and white serpent loudly cooed above the battle court, purple energy enveloping her mid-DRAGON DANCE and propelling her to speeds almost as great as Blinky reached when she was dashing back and forth.







{WC: 165}
{PC: 5}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS
Blinky          Jolteon           KO
Illumina        Lanturn           KO

Resheph         Dragonair         Good  
Braver          Arcanine          Good 
 
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POSTED ON Feb 6, 2023 18:03:59 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]No sooner had the Arcanine blown through Cruceum with flame wheel did it turn on its heels and charge again, somehow even faster. With one set of legs disabled, Cruce was a sitting duck. The extreme speed cracked into them and sent them skidding backward, legs buckling and laying at odd angles like a crushed Spinarak.

Meanwhile, having expected his Metagross to be a lost cause, Onyx had turned his attention to Amplexus: “Use Hypnosis on Arcanine,” he instructed, and the Gardevoir quickly got his shit together. A faint pink aura enveloped him and he cast his power out, filling the Arcanine’s head with all sorts of lovely, sleepy thoughts.

Onyx recalled Cruceum and sent out Ferrum, who immediately jumped to cover Amplexus’ rear. The Gallade and Gardevoir stood back-to-back as Ferrum launched a barrage of slicing psychic energy towards the skyborne Dragonair with psycho cut.

tl ; dr


+ metagross is hit by extreme speed and ko'd and recalled. gallade is sent out.
+ gardevoir uses hypnosis on arcanine. gallade uses psycho cut on dragonair.

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POSTED ON Feb 7, 2023 2:08:11 GMT
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Hypnosis was one way to disable the Arcanine, the drowsy Pokémon curling on the ground and looking nothing short of adorable as he started sawing logs. While wanted to shout the fire-type awake, Ferrum would not give him the opportunity. It was only the Dragonair's familiarity with the attack from fighting alongside Twilight, Josh's Absol, that let her dull what would have otherwise been a critical blow. It still stung badly, cutting through her soft scales, a purple spray coming out of where the psychokinetic blade passed through the dragon.

It was a strong blow, but not one that incapacitated the Dragonair, and that's what mattered. "DRAGON RUSH, Resheph! Charge the Gallade!" the Leader shouted, his one conscious Pokémon lowering her horn and performing a corkscrew-laden, Dragon Dance-enhanced ramming attack. Rather than directly diving at the Gallade, Resheph's goal was to land the blow at a slight angle, trying to get out of the way far enough to evade a counterattack. Once Braver woke up from his unplanned nap, the battle would be in his favor once again. But for now, the challenger had the upper hand, and the Leader had to hold down the fort. All his momentum in the battle had been lost, and he had to get it back.

Now.






{WC: 215}
{PC: 6}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS
Blinky          Jolteon           KO
Illumina        Lanturn           KO

Resheph         Dragonair         Fair  
Braver          Arcanine          Sleep
 
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POSTED ON Feb 21, 2023 17:18:25 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]The Arcanine did an adorable curl up on the spot to lay down to sleep.

Amplexus knew this song and dance and immediately launched into a dream eater, delving into the Arcanine’s head to siphon off its dreams and drain its life.

Ferrum was also familiar with this technique. His job was to protect Amplexus, which he would do with his life. He stood his ground as the Dragonair sliced down towards him. Having to guard Amplexus’ rear meant he sacrificed some of his mobility, and the dragon rush crashed against his side, the force of it sending cracks across his ivory armor. Still, he stood his ground, attempting to swing his left arm down in a sacred sword to slice the Dragonair, though his maneuverability was hindered by his protective stance.

tl ; dr


+ gardevoir uses dream eater on arcanine.
+ gallade is hit by dragon rush and uses sacred sword.

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2023 0:54:45 GMT
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Resheph's DRAGON RUSH collided with the Gallade at full speed, threatening to send it flying into the Gardevoir that was currently feasting on Braver's dream of racing Raikou again. The curled-up Braver started restlessly kicking, night-sweating in the middle of combat, but could not wake from its dream collapsing in upon itself after being siphoned away. The threat of a massive double team was too big of a threat to ignore.

Cornered, he ordered the ailing Resheph to press the metaphorical big red button. "Resheph, line them up for a HYPER BEAM!" The wobbly dragon, her scales pierced and sliced open from Gallade's SACRED SWORD, made a best effort to float away from the psychic-types, purple ooze dripping from her tail from the vicious slash. In a desperate, last-ditch effort, she angled her open maw toward the two psychic-types with a high-speed orange beam of pure energy. The exertion was too much for her ravaged body to handle after loosing the violent attack, Josh recalling his precious Dragonair before she suffered any real injuries.






{WC: 174}
{PC: 7}

NAME            SPECIES           STATUS
Blinky          Jolteon           KO
Illumina        Lanturn           KO

Resheph         Dragonair         KO  
Braver          Ar
canine          Sleep
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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2023 1:50:59 GMT
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[attr="class","thadmain"]Ferrum’s purpose was to protect Amplexus. Onyx had made this abundantly clear, in many different scenarios.

As the Dragonair lined up its hyper beam, Ferrum grabbed the sides of its mouth in his hands and threw himself sideways, drawing the Dragonair’s open mouth to his stomach and taking the hyper beam at point blank range directly to the abdomen; in doing so, he diverting Resheph’s attack so that it didn’t hit Amplexus.

His blackened armor crackled and smoked as he fell to his knees, then forward onto his face.

Amplexus made a pained noise, one hand reaching out to Ferrum.

“Stay focused,” Onyx ordered, and the Gardevoir stiffened, then redoubled his efforts to consume the Arcanine’s dreams with dream eater.

tl ; dr


+ gallade sacrifices himself to keep amplexus standing, takes full damage at close range from hyper beam, and faints.
+ gardevoir uses dream eater on arcanine.

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