"Zappa no!" Zac called, as the flames roared towards his darling lizard. The Mystic Fire hit, and Zappa hopped up and down, a scorching burn sizzling up one side of his body. "Time for a replacement. Zappa, Return! Go Megs!" Zac said, trying to juggle two balls at the same time. 

Zac's third Pokemon was a Blastoise, and she shot straight into the fray, drawing in her head and propelling herself towards the barraged Hydreigon with twin jets of water! As she approached her target Megs popped out, aiming to smash her opponent with a high-speed Skull Bash!

Zac went to put Zappa's ball back in his bag, only to realize that the lizard was still on the field! "What? Zappa! Return!" Zac called, but the Heliolisk wasn't listening. Static gathered in the dry, summer air, and Zappa returned fire on Goodwitch with a jagged spear of lightning, straight from the heavens.  

-Zappa was hit by Mystic Fire!
-Zac sent out Megs (Blastoise)
-Blastoise attacked Hydreigon with Skull Bash
-Zappa attacked Goodwitch with Thunder!
-It's now a 3v2?

character tag: Zac Ramsay [break]pokemon & movesets: Heracross - Megahorn, Brick Break, Pin Missile, Arm Thrust, Night Slash, Aerial Ace[break]notes:

"Similar to what?" Zac asked, noticing Salem's signing. The cat would know from the Urban Biome Contest that Zac could sign passably, is a bit slowly. "Oh that reminds me Razz, I enjoyed your sneaky appearance!"

In the battle, things were going badly. The Leaf Storm had sharpened Lurantis' blades and increased his predatorial prowess, but sometimes there is just a better hunter. Link appeared through the phantom portal and struck O'Malley, knocking him out with a brutal, well-placed strike. The leaves blowing through the forest shuddered and spun down, forming a thick layer on the ground.

"Ah damn! Well I guess I can't send in the sleeping one," Zac said, "go Vern!"

But Vern had just seen O'Malley get bodied in a single shot. Granted, the mantis was a grass canon, but Vern wanted nothing to do with the terrifying owl on the other team. Vern galloped over to Tapu Bulu, and shook its antlers above the sleeping legendary. Wriggling seeds fell onto Bulu, worming their way into the wooden cracks in his form.

Bulu scratched its tummy. Then its neck. He frowned in its sleep, rolled over, and scratched again. Then it opened one eye. "Buuuuuu"
The legendary scratched, stood up, and slammed its back against one of the trees, toppling it in an effort to get the seeds free. "BUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Bulu cast around furiously, searching for the culprit. The foolish creature that would dare to disturb its naptime. 

Its ire fell on Link. Ire that fanned to rage, and then to complete, red-eyes fury. It snorted a cloud of steam and spores, before ripping up the palm tree it had bent. Bulu held the crooked tree in one, clanging hand, and with a shuddering battle cry that Zac felt all through his body, Bulu charged Link. 

"BUUUUUUUUULUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"


-Lurantis was knocked out by Phantom Force
-Vern was sent in!
-Vern used Worry Seed to wake up Bulu
-Vern ran away
-BUUUULUUUU!!!

Zac nodded at Amor's agreement. He stuck his fingers in his mouth and whistled. The note was as long and slow as a funeral procession, and as deep as an empty grave. 

Steam rose from the puddles of brine, pulled upwards before they could sink further into the sands. Heat haze rippled above the ocean, making the horizon shiver and shake. The air itself was thicker, more opaque, and Zac and Amor were encircled by a tightening ring of dark, cold, steam. Overhead, thin white strips of cloud banded together, as if seeking strength in numbers. They tangled, thickened, and darkened, before lashing themselves over the sun, obscuring it. Shade turned to shadow, and then to darkness, as Zac and Amor were cast in dull, bruised light.

Kingra's speed was next to useless in the Haze, which approached from every direction. It wrapped and tugged at the dragon, trying to draw him further in. The tendrils of mist were persistent, and immaterial, offering no form for the creature's counterattack.  Two swirls of haze hardened, forming hooves of shadow that swung from the darkness. They were perfectly silent, and had enough force to punch through the Pokemon's scales and separate its soul from its material form.

-Burdock used Haze, removing Aqua's Agility Speed
-Burdock used Double Kick

"Feraligatrade isn't bad," Zac said appraisingly. It was a straight shot sports drink, not a direct competitor, and to be honest he enjoyed their Blue flavor. "A Whiscash, ay? Those are beautiful, powerful Pokemon. Love em to bits. You know, if I wasn't born right in the heart of volcano country I reckon I would have been a water trainer. I've always enjoyed the way the ocean lets creatures grow so big." 

Mantyke took to the air, and Zac hooted in delight. "Yeah! Let's jump into it then!" He felt his blood rise as the battle started. Dugtrio flicked his hair once before dipping under the sands. Zac followed the sandy bulge through the sands as it circled the beach. "A classic ground Pokemon hunting technique is to wait until their opponent lands and then surprise 'em with a strike from below." Zac looked up at the Mantyke, which was easily flapping through the air. "But that may not work in this case." 

Dugtrio quickly reached the same conclusion, and popped back out. Frustrated, Fabrizio swirled his three heads like they were thick, clay wands, and each of its heads of golden blonde hair launched a startling elemental attack.

The left head, with its fiery bob-cut, set forth a ball of flame, formed from the heat of the sand, the sun, and its hot Alolan blood. The middle head, ever the cool and calculating type, tracked Mantyke's movements before he shot a sparkling lance of ice, aiming straight for the heart. The right head, the prankster of the family, bobbed around energetically before shaking its fibrous hairs and generating a bolt a static the burst in the air like sparking fireworks. 

-Dugtrio used Tri-attack!

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