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noah returns his toxicroak with a glittery flourish. as the faeries of terastal light dissipate, the verdanturf gym leader moves toward cian.[break][break]

he puts his hand over the palm holding the WEATHER BADGE. a firm grip and twist converts the bestowment into a proud, honored handshake.[break][break]

"appreciate it, man." noah says. "i'll treat you to dinner tonight if you're down. kyle's coming too."

[attr="class","bottom"]CIAN MAHER[break]
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3/3 HP[break]
TL;DR - Noah wins +2 vitals.

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"maybe i did overdo it." noah watches as his toxicroak shrinks.[break][break]

a bright chime syncs with every degree of reversion. when the toxicroak is returned, the pokeball is warm and tingly on his palm.[break][break]

"hey, no prob man." noah says. "there's no way that larvitar isn't going to grow up to be a beast."[break][break]

evolved or not, the might contained within the basest of forms is not to be underestimated. the 'short' gym leader understands this well.

[attr="class","bottom"]howard slayte[break]
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3/4 HP[break]
Noah wins +2 vitals.

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the ELECTRO BALLS flank noah's toxicroak like a perverse newton's cradle. their impact shocks the frog, forcing each limb and appendage to quiver out the painful current.[break][break]

"gotta practice using this thing!" noah says, his dynamax band winking crimson. "if not now, when, right?"[break][break]

the toxicroak returns to its expanding ball. noah tosses the red planetary capsule, summoning his dynamaxed frog onto the arena.[break][break]

it bellows loudly, dripping poison from its claws.

[attr="class","bottom"]Josh Devlin[break]

rIZDgjwr 3/4 HP[break]
TL;DR - toxicroak hit by electro ball / dynamaxes

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the LIGHT SCREEN glimmers above the quagmire: a radiant red carpet for the swiftest sylveon.[break][break]

"smart!" noah says. "match it with a CLOSE COMBAT!"[break][break]

a breath. a ballooning of the sac. it attempts to time its flurry of claws with the sylveon's impact.

[attr="class","bottom"]Lutgarde Dijkstra[break]

9|TuivcJ 3/3 HP

Terastal Pokémon receive a +15 modifier on every roll that's an even number.

TL;DR - attempts to match quick attack with close combat in time

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truth be told, palkia's arrival bellows thunder into noah's bones. this isolated space of hoenn, encased in ice and charred by war, has been thrust into a cosmic calamity. the universe itself feels like it has teetered off its axis.[break][break]

noah had followed Eko Darling's pidgeot's flight. he arrives when the branch snaps: the least flattering of herald trumpets, but a heralding nonetheless.[break][break]

"hey, you stupid metal lunk!" noah shouts and his hitmonlee throws kicks in taunting cycles. "olé! olé! look over here!" [break][break]

despite the danger, he flashes the white-haired archivist an uncertain smile beneath rosy, frost-nipped cheeks.

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tl;dr: moves to eko's location to taunt the iron bull attacking her / 5 POSTS

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it comes as no surprise that a pokemon rumored to be able to devour mountains possesses a bite equally as acute. and so, despite the discrepancy in size, noah's toxicroak's wail booms in all of its glorious, agonizing bass.[break][break]

"dewford's got enough on its plate already!" noah says. "your larvitar might gobble granite cave whole, not gonna lie."[break][break]

the toxicroak leans downward, its large, round fingers swinging toward the larvitar as if to sweep a pest away.

[attr="class","bottom"]howard slayte[break]
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1lGmmtPb[break]
3/4 HP (dynamax - CRUNCHED by Larvitar)[break]
noah's toxicroak tries to sweep larvitar away

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"maybe it's just my lucky day, man!" noah's smile brightens.[break][break]

like a sharpedo, he can smell simmering blood. the battle's stakes taste metallic. how they rise like mercury as noah sinks his teeth into thrill and dominance.[break][break]

his toxicroak's CLOSE COMBATS the mud-stained substitute. a clawed flurry pursues where the froakie may have fled to.

[attr="class","bottom"]CIAN MAHER[break]
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TLPEbE9V (+15 | 83) 3/3 HP

Terastal Pokémon receive a +15 modifier on every roll that's an even number.

TL;DR - toxicroak's mud bomb hits substitute / close combats to try and find froakie

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the toxicroak attempts to parry the QUICK ATTACK, but the maneuver's purpose of repositioning serves to deceive noah's pokemon as well. [break][break]

noah sucks in breath, eyes wide in recognition of the tactic. he too, plays with that very stratagem.[break][break]

"look out!"[break][break]

the DRAINING KISS graces his toxicroak with no romanticism—just pain.[break][break]

as the toxicroak's crystalline carapace glimmers from the impact, a torrent of mud (MUD BOMB) spews from the frog's throat toward the sylveon—and the arena around it.[break][break]

"hey, you and your pokemon aren't half-bad!"

[attr="class","bottom"]Lutgarde Dijkstra[break]

nGe_pObF (+15 | 97) 3/3 HP

Terastal Pokémon receive a +15 modifier on every roll that's an even number.

TL;DR - hit by draining kiss / uses mud bomb!

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noah chuckles. the stuck out tongue. the hands on doug's hips. in spite of everything that has happened, the verdanturf gym leader is pleased to see the other's youthful spirit intact.[break][break]

the SUPER-EFFECTIVE ACROBATICS makes purchase. noah's kama staggers to one side of the arena, its cherry-toes gripping onto the field as it skids.[break][break]

"so that's how we're gonna play, doug?" noah thrusts his TERA ORB outward, the winds billowing around the glimmering core.[break][break]

with a forceful toss, the orb expends its energies, causing the TOXICROAK to TERASTALLIZE into the DARK-TYPE.[break][break]

sporting a mischievous grin on its tera crown, the frog chases after the SCYTHER with a grin-led PURSUIT.

[attr="class","bottom"]John Sullivan[break]
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will use terastallization.[break]
icHWHJSg (+15 / 107) 3/3 HP

Terastal Pokémon receive a +15 modifier on every roll that's an even number.

TL;DR - toxicroak struck/terastallizes into drk/uses pursuit

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josh's zeraora lives up to its species' name. its stunning leap warrants applause before it soars toward noah's toxicroak like a bolt of lightning.[break][break]

"expected nothing less," noah mutters in praise of the other.[break][break]

his toxicroak attempts to match the BOUNCE, crossing its arms in a defiant X-SCISSOR to defend itself.

[attr="class","bottom"]Josh Devlin[break]

g5Xbq2dE 3/4 HP

planning on using dynamax

TL;DR - toxicroak uses x-scissor to defend / feel free to resolve the action and say if it breaks through or not, i dont mind!!

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"bet."[break][break]

new gym shoes. maybe ollie could sign their soles—but would he display them or wear them? no, noah focuses himself, pulling away from the allure of new footwear.[break][break]

toxicroak's crossed arms struggle against the pikachu's tail. as the clang fades, the frog leaps backward, limbs sore but raised defiantly like set crossbows.[break][break]

"my tastes are pretty pricey, ollie! just letting you know, man!"[break][break]

his toxicroak dashes back toward the pikachu, but rather than cleave with its claws... opts for a CELEBRATE.[break][break]

it prances in place, spraying poisons abound to distract the pikachu.

[attr="class","bottom"]ollie morales[break]

tFrg5UZr 3/4 HP[break]
TL;DR - TOXICROAK USES CELEBRATE TO DISTRACT/DYNAMAX UNACTIVATED

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"y'know what else about to be on the top?" noah jabs his thumb into his chest. "me and my toxicroak at the end of this battle."[break][break]

his toxicroak dashes forth, its mischievous smile leading its stretched back limbs. bolts of electricity from the pikachu's DISCHARGE torch the ground around it before it is finally struck.[break][break]

still, as the toxicroak weathers the burning bolts, it attempts to X-SCISSOR the pikachu should it come close.

[attr="class","bottom"]ollie morales[break]

PO|zRkgj 3/4 HP[break]
TL;DR - DYNAMAX UNACTIVATED