The day had come, but was already waning. At least that was how she experienced it. After all, this would be her last match of the day. One way or another. After all, this wasn’t a tournament to truly win. It felt much too focused on chance for that. In that case, just doing as many battles as possible. Or something like that. Law of averages and the like.
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Her own luck had not been the best for today. But that was also why she had tried to keep this treat for last. She likewise readied Lucario’s ball, though her expression was bit more…not clouded, but less readable, at the very least.
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“Yes, no holding back. Depending on how this goes, I might have another challenge for you after this.”

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+ ooc notes

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“Yeah, another,” she simply replied, evidently adamant about keeping things undisclosed for the time being. That was not how she usually went about all this stuff, but she had given this a lot of thought. And Megan with a plan was a completely different beast from Megan just playing things by ear.
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Which, admittedly she would do here. “Lucario, use that window of opportunity,” she ordered as Jo went for the predicted play of going big right out of the gate. That was why it did the same, intent on meeting the Claydoll right away in its own empowered form as Megan utilized her mega accessory – right before it threw an mega-empowered Aura Sphere at the incoming Mindstorm – and the Claydol behind it, seeking to pierce through and strike true.

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+ Johanna Joy, VP:3/3, Mega active 1/2, using Aura Sphere hPal6wtd+20

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She could tell that she had piqued some interest, but also that she best left it at that for now. No reason to rush or get distracted. They both had pulled out their big guns already, after all. It was just human nature to focus on this clash of titans – though obviously, Claydol was several times bigger still.
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Meg really had to get her hands on that terra stuff too. But for now, she watched as another Mindstorm was flung towards Lucario – who this time sought to evoke it’s own Extreme Speed and weave around the attack, so it could finally get close and rush right into the Claydol in an attempt to topple it over.

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+ Johanna Joy VP: 3/3, using Extreme Speed, Mega 2/2, rnwLdukd+20

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“You know, I was kind of impressed by the size at first, but it’s kind of a one-trick pony, isn’t it?” This was the third time in a row that the Claydol had used that attack. Maybe it was the only one it could use? Either way, they seemed to get weaker already.

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Lucario had not quite managed to escape the first and was now battered by the second in succession, but it was able to shake that off more easily now, retreating for the time being and using a Sword’s Dance to prepare – just because it quite seemed that it would have to put everything into one attack soon enough.

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+ Johanna Joy, VP 2/3, using Sword's Dance, ww_fd3SM

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Well, could not fault her for that. Then again, type advantage was one heck of a drug when one could not switch anyway. Even with that Dynamax wearing off, it was evident that Lucario was not exactly going to get anywhere like this. It managed to evade the earth power without being rocked too much, but it still did not make any headway yet.
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Naturally, that meant nothing. They were ready to fight until the end, naturally. Only, well, the system did not like it. Despite having stored up power from the Sword’s Dance, being hit by the earth power at all was enough to lose the last vital there, causing Lucario to scoff as it stopped another Aura Sphere in its tracks. “Hmm, that was a bit anticlimactic, to be honest,” Megan had to admit.

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+ Johanna Joy, using Aura SphereTgYkmDd4

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“Sadly, sadly. Not exactly the epic battle I had hoped for. Should have read the rules more carefully,” she admitted, simply hoping that this was a good enough excuse for her blunder. And she had figured it all out ahead of time, even gotten herself some advice from others…only for things to turn out like this.
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But that could not be helped. It was done. “Well, I guess I will just have to own up to it all, then. Either way, we should go and find some dinner, on me. Then we can talk about that other challenge. This here feels a bit too weird for that right now," she simply announced, gesturing for the other to join her.

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