VCT

Vs Josh Devlin

The Scyther's eyes narrowed as her opponent came at her with flaring fists, taking a instinctive step back.

Experience triumphed instinct after a moment, however. There was no point in attempting to run from her opponent; they were too fast for it to work in such small arena.

She had to get in there and make him regret getting into fisticuff's range—

With a burst of speed, the scyther surged forth as her opponent's blazing fists came flying towards her, her body low to the ground in an attempt to dodge the blow, before the back of her scythe swung up in an attempted counter—

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TL;DR:
-Kama (Scyther) used Counter.

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VCT

Vs Jack Napier

Well shit, now it was their turn on the backfoot.

Getting pushed back as her carapace steamed, Kama's eyes widened as her opponent came flying at her while she was still reeling.

"Counter it!" Doug ordered in a rush, biting his lip. Things were deteriorating for them. The choice to use his Z-move early was biting him in the cheeks now that they had failed to capitalize on their opponent's opening. They had to turn it around—!

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TL;DR:
-Kama used Counter!

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VCT

Vs Jack Napier

The opponent's strategy had seemingly turned on a dime, going from patient to rushing forth.

Understandable, given the Z-move had landed wholly. But—

'Rushing and mistakes go hand in hand.' He thought as he swiped his arm across the air dramatically. "Counter it!"

But then, if one failed to seize upon the opponent's mistakes, one was the greater fool. Kama rushed in for what might well be her last risky move—!

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TL;DR:
-Kama used Counter!

VCT

Vs Jack Napier

Doug's gaze sharpened, his hand sliding down his wrist to tap at his Z-band.

It was perhaps a bit overkill, this early into the fight— but sometimes it was best to strike while the iron was still hot. A good start could make up for a poor lower half.

"Break their focus!"

Kama's aura overflowed, pooling into her scythe as she reeled back before she unleashed her Heaven Cleaver, a bursting blast of cutting wind tearing towards her opponent!

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TL;DR:
-Kama used Z-move: Heaven Cleaver.!

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VCT

vs Hideo Kino

"Damn bro, do you always talk your challengers into submission?" He goaded the boy back, pride welling up in his chest as he stood across from him in the battlefield.

Trash talk aside— Hideo truly had grown well... well, not like, vertically, but he was stronger at least!

"Luckily for you, I'm a big man. I don't even care about Star Tournament thing..." He had won the whole ass tournament in the end, after all! "No, I don't care about that."

He palmed his pokeball tghtly.

"I'm here for my THRONE, brat!" He claimed, pumping a fist. "I AIN'T WAITING FOR SUMMER THIS TIME— WE'LL SETTLE WHO'S THE WATERTANK KING RIGHT HERE! KAMA!"

He threw his pokeball, releasing a very confused looking scyther. Usually, he was pretty chill about these battles, and she was the intense, excited one.

What the hell was this?

"LET'S GOOOO!"

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VCT

Vs Jack Napier

"Don't get impatient! Wait for an opening." He suggested to Kama, prompting a snort and a nod from the bug as she lowered her stance, planting her feet firmly as if preparing for a scrap.

As the enemy's attack came, she attempted yet another close shave maneuver, trying to duck under the swipe while swinging the back of her scythes upwards, trying to counter the blow!

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TL;DR:
-Kama used Counter!

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VCT

Vs Jack Napier

"You too, Jack." Doug said with a nod, before swiping his arm across the air. "Kama— have fun!"

The battle started, and Kama gave the Absol perhaps exactly what it wished, launching forth to close the distance between herself and it in the blink of an eye.

Her scythe glimmered a neon green as she swung the flat of it towards the Absol's head.

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TL;DR:
-Kama used Fury Cutter.

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VCT

Vs Jack Napier

Why, he was fighting a medic still on his scrubs, of course!

"Hey! John Sullivan, pleasure!" The medic said cheerfully as he sauntered to his side of the battlefield, waving at the other before throwing his pokeball onto the field, releasing a scyther. "Let's have a fun one, yeah?"

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TL;DR:
-Medic John wants to battle!

VCT

Vs Josh Devlin

It was a bit jarring when the other youth started speaking about the most recent skirmish; Not quite the time and place.

Luckily, the public wasn't anywhere near enough to them to hear the grizzly details.

Even if some had been— they likely would've been distracted by the dazzling show of speed dominating the battlefield.

The battle began in earnest with both speed specialists rushing to strike fast and strike hard. The Scyther responded to the lightning speed of her opponent with a rushing gales, her scythes blurring as they whipped up and sent flying walls of highly pressured wind for her opponent to hopefully run into.

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TL;DR:
-Kama (Scyther) used Vacuum Wave.

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VCT

Vs Shalin Nariya

He only had one piece of advice for Kama.

"Have fun with it!" He shouted her way cheerfully, both hands cupped around his mouth.

Releasing a snort, the mantis crouched low before launching towards her opponent, her silhouette blurring as she attempted to both dodge the other's blow by the skin of her teeth and strike with the flat of her scythes.

For better or worse, she had been playing it risky the entire tournament, and had no intention of changing that now.

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TL;DR:
-Kama used acrobatics!

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VCT

VS Eris Halla

"Having fun?" He asked as he sauntered towards his end of their designated battlefield— a park's battle compound; several arenas were in use at that very moment— theirs had been cleared just for the two of them, however.

He grinned at Eris, chucking his pokeball up and down as he leaned onto one leg. He was still wearing his scrubs, so he didn't quite cut an impressive or cool silhouette, but...

Ah, whatever.

"Don't go too hard on me, huh? I'm old and rusty."

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TL;DR:
-Hi Eris!

VCT

Vs Shalin Nariya

Doug was mid-stretch when Shalin's words reached him, a single eye fluttering open before he grinned.

"Oh— 'ello, Shalin." He said, letting his arms flop to his sides lazily. "Not too hungry, nah! I'm more sleepy, if anything."

Running back and forth between the ER and the tournament was waging a cruel war on his sleeping schedule.

Ah well— nobody was forcing him to participate but himself. At this point, he was just there out of stubbornness, because it sure as hell didn't seem like he was going to win the tourney.

"You paid for one o'those things?" He said, lips pursing slightly. Shalin must've been more loaded than he thought... or worked herself real hard to save up. Either way— "Huh. Guess it must be a looker of a suit, then. Sure, show me around once we're done 'ere."

But first—

His Scyther stepped forth, having finished her stretches. Time to battle.

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TL;DR:
-'ello Shalin!

VCT

Vs Josh Devlin

"Ah, Devlin! Heard you've been doin' well; Good on ya, man." He said, nodding at the other man's words as his digits fleeted over his pokeball.

The last time a tournament like this had rolled in, Mauville's then Gym Leader (yours truly) had won. If the current one did well, it would do wonders for the city's rep were battling was concerned.

"Honestly, I'll be happy enough if people get a kick out of the battle." He chuckled, glancing down at his ball.

His and Kama's performance had been hit or miss since the tourney began; they had managed to snag a few wins once warmed up, but he wouldn't have called it an exemplar performance. He was not expecting to see his face anywhere near the Top 4 this time.

"Anyway..." He chucked the ball in the air, releasing Kama out. The old Scyther landed in a low crouch on the arena, taking a moment to stretch her limbs and acclimate before bringing her gaze over to her opponent. "Let's not keep the crowd waiting— ready when ya are, Devlin."

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TL;DR:
-Hi hi Devlin.