“The good thing about dealing with paranoid people is that nothing really matters. You’ll just get all scared no matter what,” she replied, shrugging. Honestly, this courier was probably just being properly cautious about matters. Lash did know how that was. She’d been a woman, on her own, dealing with shady people all over the place. Back when she had still looked like an adult, though admittedly, she had started doing so before, too. Just not quite as young as she looked today.

Hence, she was able to empathise at least somewhat with the other. But not too much. Not like people had helped her, after all. She was under no obligation to do anything like that herself. That being said, though, she was done with hiding her personality from anyone. “Though I guess I have nothing else to talk about with regards to business. And this is not exactly the place for anything else. If you want to chat about anything else, I would reckon some kind of coffee shop or the like, if there are even some left open at this hour. Wouldn’t want to keep you in dangerous territory like this any longer than necessary.”
Nothing was said about concern for herself, of course. She had prepared this area thoroughly, with some of her collection being on watch. It always took a lot of care to appear as careless as she did.

vct rewards:

REWARDS OBTAINED:
ABILITY CAPSULE x1
FREE EVO x1
TM/TR x3
ROOT OF PUNGUS x1
PREMIUM GACHA x1
TERA SHARD x1
SALAC NERRY x1
KASIB BERRY x1
SHINY SWAP x1
MEGA STONE x1
DYNAMAX CANDY x1
ZERAORA x1,
10 PD.

Also redeeming VCT stuff for Lash

REWARDS OBTAINED:
ABILITY CAPSULE x1
FREE EVO x1
TM/TR x3
ROOT OF PUNGUS x1
PREMIUM GACHA x1
TERA SHARD x1
SALAC NERRY x1
KASIB BERRY x1
SHINY SWAP x1
MEGA STONE x1
DYNAMAX CANDY x1
ZERAORA x1,
10 PD.

Things had been going well so far. Naturally, the other was also getting something in here. Lyca did her best to double-team and dodge the dragon hammer with that, but this time, the bird got lucky. Or it just chose right. Lash didn’t know, but she accepted it anyway. Lyca was a bit sluggish right after using a Z-Move, so all of that did make sense.

Still though, the dog was hit and flung backwards, but it managed to angle itself to land properly on all four feet, skidding across the arena a bit. “Well, the little one does pack a bit of a punch. We’ll just have to make sure we end it before being hit again then, right, Lyca?”


lam logan
HP: 2/3
Z-Move used up
Double Team used
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“I mean it’s tofu. What can be more bland than that?” She honestly did not like the taste, even though she was not mush of a meat-eater herself. She’d rather have good cheese, really. Then again, the vegans did not like that either.

So, yeah, she never got any of that. Either way though, the fight was still ongoing, with the little electric rodent doing its best to dodge the shards strewn around the battlefield, only to come in closely. “Double-Team, make it run into the rocks,” she ordered her Lycanroc, which would create afterimages of itself seeking to goad the Pikachu to head-butt the stealthy rocks instead of itself. Of course, that would only work if the yellow one chose poorly.

ollie morales
HP: 3/3
Z-Move Status
Double Team used
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“I hope you don’t mind me taking this seriously,” she replied, still retaining her chipper attitude for the most part, but gaining some edge at the same time. Mostly because she wanted to set the stage. This was probably going to be her last match in this little tournament, and she did intend to do it properly – even if her opponent was a Pidove.

Still though, there was an advantage. And she wanted to press it. Hence, she touched her bracelet before striking the proper rock pose. “Let’s meet these slashes head-on. Show it that you can throw more than just stealth rocks with a Splintering Stoneshards,” she called out to Lyca, who howled once more, this time putting a lot more Z-infused power into it.


lam logan
HP: 3/3
Z-Move in use, +50
Splintering Stoneshards
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“The taste is kind of bland,” she replied, shrugging again. Obviously, the little one had not done anything to her. Yet. But that might change. If he won due to those weird vital points and not due to a proper knockout, she would probably be a bit miffed at it, regardless.

Either way, though, the fight was on already. “As always, lay down the hazard,” she ordered, regardless of what the Pikachu would do – and Lyca would howl to summon forth sharp rocks, in the hopes that the incoming Pikachu might run into them. Now or later.

ollie morales
HP: 3/3
Z-Move Status
Stealth Rock used
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Of course it is,” she replied, flipping some of her black-red hair over her shoulder. Alliteration was always nice, though she had not exactly chosen the nickname because of that. No, she wasn’t that good at those. She’d just chosen it because it was a shorter name of the species.

But, well, that could not be helped. She shrugged to herself, then focused on the fight in front of her. The Pidove was going all in right away, but Lash decided that they had enough leeway to set up for the future first. “Try to get away from that and set up your Stealth Rock,” she ordered and the stoney dog tried to do just that. To howl, causing splintered rocks to erupt from the ground all over and then to dive away to the side. They would have a harder time hitting the Pidove in the air, but it might well have to come down to Lyca’s level to hit, after all. Might as well try.


lam logan
HP: 3/3
Z-Move unused
Stealth Rock used
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Seriously? That guy wanted to stay here?

…

Well, everyone knew what to do about unwilling guests. Well, in this case, a too-willing guest. But if he truly wanted to stay, she certainly was not going to stop him. In fact, she barely knew the man. Leaving him behind to his own devices instead of taking him against his will just seemed right, after all.

…

Though his boy would probably try to save him or stay as well, and the two smarter ones would be left having to answer a whole bunch of questions from the authorities later. Lash had her Hydreigon turn, briefly, while going through her Pokeballs, looking for the least worst option to help out there.

Fortunately though, the smarter woman was already on the case. Lash briefly wondered if that Mega was supposed to go and flatten the hive, but instead it was just used to swoop up the silly man. Good enough. “Well, we got our last man then. We really should get a move on, now.”

Guillermo Marceliño Alexei Ivanov Elinor Anderson

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A Pidove, eh. There were all sorts of folks in this. And due to the odd rules, everyone had a chance. In fact, she all but assumed that it was mostly just luck that determined winners here. Most likely to help anyone to have a proper chance of winning.

Likely good for ratings, still felt weird to play with. It probably explained why this guy seemed all but disinterested in the actual fight, not even introducing himself.
Still though, she had come up with a staple introduction, so she would give that. “It’s fine, I guess. Doesn’t really feel like much of a tournament the way it’s set up,” she first stated, shrugging. “Anyway, I am Lash, this is Lyca and we are ready. Sadly no word with L for that one.”
Her dusk form Lycanroc would take the stage anyway, stoic as always.

lam logan
HP: 3/3
Z-Move Status
Move used

“Tofu, hm? Can’t say I am a fan,” she replied, shrugging but inwardly happy at the little pun. Well, even calling it a pun was probably stretching it. More just an observation on the other’s weird naming conventions.

Still, it was a Pikachu. The most popular pokemon of all the polls. Weird how she didn’t run into those as much, come to think of it.

Yet, that meant nothing. Instead, it was on her to keep the etiquette going. “I am Lash, this is Lyca, don’t get it confused. All those four letter words with L, right?”


ollie morales
HP: 3/3
Z-Move Status
Move used

Uh…huh. Truth be told, Lash was not quite sure how that happened. The last vital point was lost, even though no attack actually connected on Lyca. The rock slide did not hit, but it was still weird that a tail-wind would win a match.

There probably was some reason that the system called this for the other, but Lash could only shrug, slightly confounded. But it was also whatever. Ever since she learned that these were more like exhibition matches with obscure rules, some might even say random ones, she had given up on really trying.

Ah, well, she would simply shrug again. “Guess that’s it. People usually don’t stay to chat after these, so I am not going to keep you needlessly. Have fun in your next match,” she replied, staying polite. The other had given her no reason not to. And no one was at fault for the odd system.

Well, neither of them at least.



Shalin Nariya
HP: 0/3
Z-Move Status
lossl]

Yeah, of course mega evolution on top of everything else was enough for that guy to knock Lyca out for the time being. Luckily for him though, he did not end up doing something that might have spilled loads of blood or anything, things just kind of staying on the level of the so-called PG-13.

But while that hurt Lyca, Lash knew that the dog could take it. They had been at this for a long time, after all. This wasn’t really something new in that regard. It would ultimately be fine. Hence she simply recalled Lyca with the implicit promise to get her some healing-up soon enough.

Once that was done she clapped. In the golfy kind of way. “Congratulations, you won against a little girl,” she exclaimed with a chipper grin, evidently not exactly torn up over it, though she would never not make snide remarks here. “I do guess that is a step beyond taking a lollipop from a toddler. Still though, a fight is a fight.” And she shrugged, could not exactly put that on weird rules or anything. Still, she wasn’t here for that, anyway. Hence, she would leave, though as she turned her back to him she would raise her hand and at one more thing: “And give your girlfriend my greetings. And condolences. You know, because of you finishing too quickly.” She had already started mouthing off, might as well end that way.


Gerald Kaiser
HP: 0/3
Z-Move Status
loss
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