Oscar listened passively as jayden cross and Zev Harcourt introduced the gauntlet, a smile creeping across his face as he absorbed the comfort of their familiar voices. It was little consolation, but knowing that they were watching helped settle his nerves. He was surrounded by some of Rocket's best, no one could blame him if he happened to be a little nervous. Those nerves were dead though, stifled by forced confidence. If he could not rise above these elite warriors, his friends would surely give him hell later.

As the others rushed into preparations, Oscar would leisurely wander the starting area and observed. A lot of varied strategies to keep track of. Team ups, hiding, forcing the terrain into an advantageous position. Oscar pondered if he should use any of these observed behaviors as inspiration, but in the end Oscar decided to lean on tried and true methods of the past.

He summoned Genesect Prime from its pokeball, who swiftly faced its master to await his instructions. Oscar placed his hands into his pockets, "Hover mode." Prime obliged, transforming into its compact hoverboard form (Magnet Rise). Oscar stepped upon Prime's back and tapped the top of its head. "Go up, as high as you can."

Prime did so, rising into the air over the battlefield. Floating above the treeline, Oscar patiently waited for the battle to begin in earnest. Then he would rain hell upon his fellow competitors...

Prompt: Use one of your Pokémon's moves to give you an advantage at your current position, such as a weather move, terrain move, Trick Room, etc.
tl;dr
Oscar went up to take the highest ground.

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it isn't long before she spots her first prey. lying in wait, maki's empoleon doesn't miss the opportunity either. the steel penguin, from underneath the water, releases a fine mist into the area, hoping to obscure its surroundings. it keeps its own eyes locked on DANE FAIRCHILD's kirlia overhead, waiting just enough time for the mist to thicken before launching itself out of the pond.

as it does so, maki jumps down from the tree, her figure hidden within the mist. "metal claw," she calls, emotionless. her empoleon rushes at the fairy type, wings outstretched, talons hardening into steel. it swipes at the kirlia viciously, not taking any chances despite the other pokemon's smaller stature. if it's lucky, it'll score a critical hit. if unlucky, its own mist will work against it.

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empoleon uses MIST and then METAL CLAW on DANE FAIRCHILD's kirlia.
maki jumps down from her tree and obscures herself in the mist.

It is not dorian westcliff that Gerald Kaiser finds, but the edge of a hound's fangs. The dog orders his dark knight forward, flames wreathing around the edge of Jubei's blades. They clash against hard stone, seemingly disappearing in shadows. Jubei emerges from the Absol's shadow, a shadow sneak leading into a clash of bitter blades against Absol's night slashes. Hovering on the other side of the wall, the dog sees the inevitable convergence of forces on this epicenter of the clash.[break]
"Oi, Dory! Get yer Magmortar in here! Gonna need all the fire support I can get." He speaks the words while trying desperately to stay on his feet. There will be an opportunity for him to engage in hand to hand combat, but not yet. Not with so many Pokemon on the field, and so many eyes on him. For now, he fights to simply survive.

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With the help of Metagross and some lip reading, Fenelle understood the ongoings, nodding in agreement as they continue their pursuit as a group together with Violet Fairbanks also. It seems like there isn't much of a plan going on, which also worked for Fenelle - as long as dee could focus on a clear target for now, instead of being caught in an overthink overdrive. Too many targets on the field, too many to consider individually but you needed to - everyone is strong in their own rights ...

Fenelle has hopped on Metagross again for a quiet walk through the arena area, but quickly jumps off as dee sees Gerald Kaiser command his Absol. Dee pats der steel type a few times, in addition to making coordinated, but also kinda random sounds that all are fairly irrelevant as large. The Metagross knows what it has to do.

Its instructions are veered off-course by the surprising but also not unexpected introduction of a second figure. With a little psychic communication, the Metagross focuses one Meteor Mash aimed at Hitoshi Inoue's Ceruledge, while the other Meteor Mash is searching its target in presumably dorian westcliff's pokémon, or whoever else Gerald has attacked before.

As battle erupts with the Stone Edge from der current team mate, stealth is out of the floor so the Metagross would aim for maximum destruction. That forest needs to be gone. (Part of dem feels bad, but then again - this arena won't survive its pretty terrain once this battle's over at large, anyway.)

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tl;dr
- pursues dorian with gerald and violet
- as gerald starts the offensive and is then hit by hitoshi, also opens fire
- aims one meteor mash at hitoshi's pokémon and another meteor mash at dorian's/whoever else gerald attacked's pokémon
- generally also attempts to flatten the area if possible lol

As the gauntlet commenced, Oscar watched vigilantly from on high. Things got interesting quickly as Hitoshi Inoue and dorian westcliff ambushed Gerald Kaiser . If more joined the fight, it could be easy pickings for Oscar. They just needed to clump together, and one Techno Blast would probably be enough to blow them all away. Unfortunately, fog began to envelope the battlefield and limit Oscar's visibility. The pale observer clicked his tongue, "Leave it to Rockets to play dirty. Now I can't see shit."

Oscar looked around carefully, staying braced upon Prime in case they had to quickly move. Only the higher areas were visible now, leaving Oscar surprised that so few of the contenders took to the high ground. Then his eyes rested upon kepler brueshaber , though only for a moment. Oscar witnessed the motions of Kepler's Beheeyem, aimed right toward him. Oscar's eyes widened as he felt a surge of static in the air, as well as the unmistakable sound of looming thunder. "Fuckin' twink bastard..."

Oscar rolled off of his Genesect, just in time for it to get smashed with the Thunderbolt. Its HUD blitzed as the electricity roared through its circuitry, causing it to stutter loudly before falling out of the air. The heavier Prime fell past Oscar, who had flattened himself into a proper skydiving stance. Slightly slowing his descent would not mean shit though if Prime could not recover, Oscar was about to become a pancake and he was not psyched about it. "Come on come on come on come on!"

Prime managed to reboot its systems before falling past the treeline, abruptly stopping mid-air as its hovering capabilities resumed. It flew backward, making a sharp turn toward its master in order to catch him upon his back. Oscar landed roughly, probably bruising a fair amount of his chest from the impact. Better than splattering on the ground though.

He stood up shakily, whirling around to locate Kepler once again. Luckily the slim scientist's location upon the high ground made him easy to spot from Oscar's vantage point. Oscar sneered as he held his sore ribs. "Looks like we have a volunteer Prime. Retaliate!" Prime aimed its cannon toward Kepler, or more accurately toward the cliff he was standing on. Kepler was clearly protected by a barrier, so Prime would have to get creative to take him and his pokemon out. Its cannon charged, the mechanisms within gathering as much Infinity Energy as possible before unleashing it as a massive silver blast (Techno Blast(Steel)/Steel Worker).

The blow should strike the cliff itself, ideally causing it to crumble away from beneath the scientist and his alien goon. For good measure, Prime fired a volley of rockets in the same direction (Magnet Bomb/Steel Worker), hopefully either battering that Beheeyem on the way down or anything else that stood within the vicinity. Oscar did not approve, "C'mon man, Kepler's cool. That was overkill." Prime began floating upward, silently content with its attempt at vengeance.

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tl;dr
--Genesect got bopped by Kepler's Thunderbolt.
--Genesect retaliated with Techno Blast and Magnet Bomb empowered by its Steel Worker ability to blow up Kepler's cliff and anyone else nearby.